Mobile Fighter G Gundam: Gathering Shadows
The Fight Begins: Gundam Tournament 20
Rhia had woken up an hour after, and Domon, Allenby and she had talked about her Gundam, Luna Gundam. The strange thing was, the attack was Lunar Canon, like the special attack she had used in her dream. Then they had left. Later, after Rhia had gone to bed, Allenby and Moro talked over what had happened.
"Allenby, though it is not scientifically possible, I do believe that what I'm about to suggest may be true." Moro said to Allenby that night.
"Yes, and...?" Allenby asked.
"People have been known to have...powers. Of course, the word "powers" is suggesting a bit too much, but it is the only thing that explains the dream." Moro explained.
"Rhia has the power to what?" Allenby asked.
"Maybe see the future." Moro said.
"That's impossible." Allenby stated.
"No, scientifically impossible. But all the same, not probable. You say a crest glowed on her hand, the crest of the Queen of Hearts. And yet there is no "Queen of Hearts" in the Shuffle Alliance. The crest may be connected to the dream. Somehow she had this dream, it scared her out of her wits, and, above all, she's the sixth Alliance member. I think there is something happening in this Tournament that we have yet to find out." Moro said. Then he turned off the light and turned on his side. Allenby got the message: case closed.
In space, many pods launched, one from each colony. One to Neo-France, home of George de Sand, the Jack of Diamonds. One to Neo-Russia, home of Argo Gulskii, the Black Joker. One to Neo-America, home to Chibbody Crocket, Queen of Spades. One to Neo-China, the home of Sai Sici, the Ace of Clubs. And one to Domon Kasshu in Neo-Japan, the King of Hearts. This time though, two went to Neo-Sweden, Luna Gundam and Noble Gundam both. Though only one was for Neo-Sweden, the pods had to go to where their masters were. And one was for the mysterious Queen of Hearts, Rhia Avalon. When the pods crashed, they melded rocks to them in the shape of a rose, which George greatly admired. Then the pilots would seek them out. And so began Gundam Tournament 20. The rules were simple:
1.You must fight in a set arena, or you will be disqualified. 2.If your Gundam's headpiece gets destroyed, you are disqualified. 3.You may not aim for the pilot's cockpit. Disregarding this rule will cause extreme penalties. 4.You must find and defeat ten other countries before you may continue to the Finals.
Then you could fight. The Earth was on its way to recovery, and the set battlefields were a part of the rehabilitation. Gundam Tournaments were not fought for supremacy any more, now it was just entertainment. Though the rules were simple, they were strictly observed, and some punishments for disregarding some ruled were harsh. But no one wanted to plunge the Earth into another age like that, which ended with the defeat of the Dark Gundam. But something lurked in the shadows of this year's Tournament, like it had those 28 years ago. Something that would be put in the hands of two strange, inexperienced youngsters.
In Neo-England, Thomas Kelper woke up. He was younger than most Gundam pilots, only 19, and one thing he knew, he had a crest. Of course he had never told anyone, but he had a crest that glowed on the back of his hand. He had read it, he was the Ace of Diamonds. He never wondered why he had the crest. As far as he knew and cared, he was a detached part of the Shuffle Alliance, so detached no one knew about him. And that suited him just fine. He also knew that his Tempest Gundam had landed in the bare rock peninsula the night and that the Gundam Tournament had now begun.
He leisurely dressed, ate breakfast, and put on his coat. Then he walked outside. It was time to get Tempest Gundam. He went outside, and walked down the street, turned once or twice, and then walked up an alley. He climbed up an emergency stair to the roof. From there he proceeded on a more direct route, across the roofs. Finally he had to climb down because the roofs became too far spaced. He was nearing the peninsula. Thomas saw the rock-rose that concealed the pod holding Tempest Gundam.
"Rise, Tempest Gundam!" he shouted. The rocks cracked off the pod as it opened, revealing a blue-and-white Gundam. Its eyes glowed a brilliant green. The cockpit opened. He stepped in, and all of the systems checked. He charged his boosters and flew off to the nearest ring to wait for an opponent.
Rhia Avalon had waited for an hour at each arena, but no challenger had come, so she left.
"Luna Gundam, check out the next ring." Rhia told the Gundam. "And go there. Wake when we arrive." Then she curled up and fell asleep, her crest glowing slightly. She had another strange dream.
"Sir, she's heading for Neo-France's Gundam Rose. The pilot is a man named George de Sand." An assistant said.
"Good. A chance to see how the Berserker system works. Hopefully you got it right." A man, the same one from the other dream, said. Then the scene changed.
Rhia was in her Gundam. She was battling a blue-and-white Gundam. The other pilot shouted "Tempest Wave!" A wave rose out of the sea that surrounded them. First there was a fierce wind, then the wave came crashing down. Again it came, the feeling, lightning quick. And again she was in a red mist. She was fighting, ever practicing. She shouted out her special move.
"Lunar Canon!" she spread her hands and placed them around the dip in her chest. Then a silver-white beam shot from the hollow in her chest, and barely missed the target in front of her. "No!"
"Girl, what are you doing?" a man asked. He walked toward her. The crest on her hand started to glow, and another crest glowed on his. He showed her. "I am Thomas Kelper, the mysterious Ace of Diamonds. As you can see, I can look into your mind."
"My mind? This...this is my practice area." Rhia said.
"And I suppose that you aren't fighting a Gundam match against me?" the man, Thomas, asked.
"Gundam fight? I'm not..." Rhia started. "Then where am I now? How did I get here?"
"You're in your mind. Follow me, I think I can get you out of this place in your mind, Queen of Hearts." Thomas said. They walked around before they came to a door. It had a 'BS' on it. The crest on their hands glowed brighter. Thomas opened the door and all of a sudden Rhia was back in her Gundam. Then she heard something from far away, a beeping, a beeping that was waking her...
Rhia woke up with a start. Her Gundam was beeping, showing another Gundam on her screen. It was the Gundam from her first dream. Her crest started to glow.
"George de Sand." She whispered. In her dream she had killed him. But it's only a dream, she reasoned with herself, and pushed the odd notion away.
"Hello, Gundam. Would you like to fight?" the pilot asked.
"You wouldn't happen to be George de Sand, the Jack of Diamonds?" Rhia asked.
"Oui. I am George de Sand, and this is my Gundam, Gundam Rose. Most people do not know about my crest, though." George said.
"I am Rhia Avalon of Neo-Germany, the Queen of Hearts." Rhia said.
"The Queen of Hearts?! Quoi?! How is it possible that no one told me that there was a new member?" George cried. "I don't remember there being a Queen of Hearts in the Shuffle Alliance."
"That's because, until two months ago, there wasn't." Rhia said.
"But...who made you the Queen of Hearts, mademoiselle?" George asked.
"Listen, I don't know, okay? If you doubt me, just look at your own glowing crest." Rhia said. George looked at the back of his hand, and to his surprise, his Jack of Diamonds crest was glowing.
"But...how?" George asked to no one in particular.
"Can we start? Gundam fight ready..." Rhia shouted.
"GO!" George shouted. They both flew at each other, swords drawn. They clashed, and the shields were activated.
"You won't win, Queen of Hearts." George growled.
"Think again, amateur." Rhia whispered. Then she sidestepped and used her free arm to hit his sword arm. She hit him right on the funnybone, causing him to loosen his grip on his sword. Then she twisted her sword, catching his, and jerked up. His sword went flying. Her tip was against his throat in a second.
"You're good, mademoiselle. No one has disarmed me since my first fight with Domon." George said. He could feel the pressure of the swordtip on his throat. " Oui, but I too have some tricks up my sleeve."
All of a sudden Rhia was shoved backward as his shield opened and he shouted "Rose Bits!" Then the feeling she got in her dreams came, and again she was in the red haze-field. She didn't know why she was there. All she knew was that she had to fight, and fight, she couldn't stop. Her fingers spread and she framed them around the hollow in her chest. Then she remembered her dream. She had done this same thing and killed George. It had happened just like this. She would not do it. And yet at the same time, it was hard not to. It was like she was being partially controlled. It was a battle of the wills, hers against whatever else wanted her to fire. The mental strain was taking its toll on Rhia, and her vision started to blur and blacken at the edges. Slowly the blackness spread across Rhia's vision and she fainted, both inside the red haze and in her Gundam.
"Miss Rhia? Miss Rhia?" George asked. Her Gundam had folded like a woman would faint. He looked into the cockpit using the communication system. He saw that Rhia had fainted. "Well, Queen of Hearts, I guess this would be a draw."
George stepped out of Rose Gundam and walked over to Rhia's Gundam. So strange, he thought as he pried open the cockpit door. It looks so much like Domon's Burning Gundam. He gently lifted Rhia up. Her eyes opened for a second.
"You're alive," she whispered, barely audible. "Good."
George wondered what she meant, but at the moment his wife, Maria Louise, came in their limousine.
"George, who is that?" she asked.
"Rhia Avalon. Maria Louise, do you mind if she stays with us for a while?" George said.
"Of course, George. I'll get a Gundam carrier to take Rose Gundam and...her Gundam to our embassy." Maria Louise said. Then she picked up the phone and called a number, talked a moment and hung up. George set Rhia down and got in beside Maria Louise. They drove to the embassy, where Rhia was given an empty room. All the time, George was careful to hide her glowing crest.
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okay, fans. How is it? I accept constructive criticism, not flames. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. If you don't like this fic, tough. Stop reading it. That's all I have to say.
~*DarkDragon*~
The Fight Begins: Gundam Tournament 20
Rhia had woken up an hour after, and Domon, Allenby and she had talked about her Gundam, Luna Gundam. The strange thing was, the attack was Lunar Canon, like the special attack she had used in her dream. Then they had left. Later, after Rhia had gone to bed, Allenby and Moro talked over what had happened.
"Allenby, though it is not scientifically possible, I do believe that what I'm about to suggest may be true." Moro said to Allenby that night.
"Yes, and...?" Allenby asked.
"People have been known to have...powers. Of course, the word "powers" is suggesting a bit too much, but it is the only thing that explains the dream." Moro explained.
"Rhia has the power to what?" Allenby asked.
"Maybe see the future." Moro said.
"That's impossible." Allenby stated.
"No, scientifically impossible. But all the same, not probable. You say a crest glowed on her hand, the crest of the Queen of Hearts. And yet there is no "Queen of Hearts" in the Shuffle Alliance. The crest may be connected to the dream. Somehow she had this dream, it scared her out of her wits, and, above all, she's the sixth Alliance member. I think there is something happening in this Tournament that we have yet to find out." Moro said. Then he turned off the light and turned on his side. Allenby got the message: case closed.
In space, many pods launched, one from each colony. One to Neo-France, home of George de Sand, the Jack of Diamonds. One to Neo-Russia, home of Argo Gulskii, the Black Joker. One to Neo-America, home to Chibbody Crocket, Queen of Spades. One to Neo-China, the home of Sai Sici, the Ace of Clubs. And one to Domon Kasshu in Neo-Japan, the King of Hearts. This time though, two went to Neo-Sweden, Luna Gundam and Noble Gundam both. Though only one was for Neo-Sweden, the pods had to go to where their masters were. And one was for the mysterious Queen of Hearts, Rhia Avalon. When the pods crashed, they melded rocks to them in the shape of a rose, which George greatly admired. Then the pilots would seek them out. And so began Gundam Tournament 20. The rules were simple:
1.You must fight in a set arena, or you will be disqualified. 2.If your Gundam's headpiece gets destroyed, you are disqualified. 3.You may not aim for the pilot's cockpit. Disregarding this rule will cause extreme penalties. 4.You must find and defeat ten other countries before you may continue to the Finals.
Then you could fight. The Earth was on its way to recovery, and the set battlefields were a part of the rehabilitation. Gundam Tournaments were not fought for supremacy any more, now it was just entertainment. Though the rules were simple, they were strictly observed, and some punishments for disregarding some ruled were harsh. But no one wanted to plunge the Earth into another age like that, which ended with the defeat of the Dark Gundam. But something lurked in the shadows of this year's Tournament, like it had those 28 years ago. Something that would be put in the hands of two strange, inexperienced youngsters.
In Neo-England, Thomas Kelper woke up. He was younger than most Gundam pilots, only 19, and one thing he knew, he had a crest. Of course he had never told anyone, but he had a crest that glowed on the back of his hand. He had read it, he was the Ace of Diamonds. He never wondered why he had the crest. As far as he knew and cared, he was a detached part of the Shuffle Alliance, so detached no one knew about him. And that suited him just fine. He also knew that his Tempest Gundam had landed in the bare rock peninsula the night and that the Gundam Tournament had now begun.
He leisurely dressed, ate breakfast, and put on his coat. Then he walked outside. It was time to get Tempest Gundam. He went outside, and walked down the street, turned once or twice, and then walked up an alley. He climbed up an emergency stair to the roof. From there he proceeded on a more direct route, across the roofs. Finally he had to climb down because the roofs became too far spaced. He was nearing the peninsula. Thomas saw the rock-rose that concealed the pod holding Tempest Gundam.
"Rise, Tempest Gundam!" he shouted. The rocks cracked off the pod as it opened, revealing a blue-and-white Gundam. Its eyes glowed a brilliant green. The cockpit opened. He stepped in, and all of the systems checked. He charged his boosters and flew off to the nearest ring to wait for an opponent.
Rhia Avalon had waited for an hour at each arena, but no challenger had come, so she left.
"Luna Gundam, check out the next ring." Rhia told the Gundam. "And go there. Wake when we arrive." Then she curled up and fell asleep, her crest glowing slightly. She had another strange dream.
"Sir, she's heading for Neo-France's Gundam Rose. The pilot is a man named George de Sand." An assistant said.
"Good. A chance to see how the Berserker system works. Hopefully you got it right." A man, the same one from the other dream, said. Then the scene changed.
Rhia was in her Gundam. She was battling a blue-and-white Gundam. The other pilot shouted "Tempest Wave!" A wave rose out of the sea that surrounded them. First there was a fierce wind, then the wave came crashing down. Again it came, the feeling, lightning quick. And again she was in a red mist. She was fighting, ever practicing. She shouted out her special move.
"Lunar Canon!" she spread her hands and placed them around the dip in her chest. Then a silver-white beam shot from the hollow in her chest, and barely missed the target in front of her. "No!"
"Girl, what are you doing?" a man asked. He walked toward her. The crest on her hand started to glow, and another crest glowed on his. He showed her. "I am Thomas Kelper, the mysterious Ace of Diamonds. As you can see, I can look into your mind."
"My mind? This...this is my practice area." Rhia said.
"And I suppose that you aren't fighting a Gundam match against me?" the man, Thomas, asked.
"Gundam fight? I'm not..." Rhia started. "Then where am I now? How did I get here?"
"You're in your mind. Follow me, I think I can get you out of this place in your mind, Queen of Hearts." Thomas said. They walked around before they came to a door. It had a 'BS' on it. The crest on their hands glowed brighter. Thomas opened the door and all of a sudden Rhia was back in her Gundam. Then she heard something from far away, a beeping, a beeping that was waking her...
Rhia woke up with a start. Her Gundam was beeping, showing another Gundam on her screen. It was the Gundam from her first dream. Her crest started to glow.
"George de Sand." She whispered. In her dream she had killed him. But it's only a dream, she reasoned with herself, and pushed the odd notion away.
"Hello, Gundam. Would you like to fight?" the pilot asked.
"You wouldn't happen to be George de Sand, the Jack of Diamonds?" Rhia asked.
"Oui. I am George de Sand, and this is my Gundam, Gundam Rose. Most people do not know about my crest, though." George said.
"I am Rhia Avalon of Neo-Germany, the Queen of Hearts." Rhia said.
"The Queen of Hearts?! Quoi?! How is it possible that no one told me that there was a new member?" George cried. "I don't remember there being a Queen of Hearts in the Shuffle Alliance."
"That's because, until two months ago, there wasn't." Rhia said.
"But...who made you the Queen of Hearts, mademoiselle?" George asked.
"Listen, I don't know, okay? If you doubt me, just look at your own glowing crest." Rhia said. George looked at the back of his hand, and to his surprise, his Jack of Diamonds crest was glowing.
"But...how?" George asked to no one in particular.
"Can we start? Gundam fight ready..." Rhia shouted.
"GO!" George shouted. They both flew at each other, swords drawn. They clashed, and the shields were activated.
"You won't win, Queen of Hearts." George growled.
"Think again, amateur." Rhia whispered. Then she sidestepped and used her free arm to hit his sword arm. She hit him right on the funnybone, causing him to loosen his grip on his sword. Then she twisted her sword, catching his, and jerked up. His sword went flying. Her tip was against his throat in a second.
"You're good, mademoiselle. No one has disarmed me since my first fight with Domon." George said. He could feel the pressure of the swordtip on his throat. " Oui, but I too have some tricks up my sleeve."
All of a sudden Rhia was shoved backward as his shield opened and he shouted "Rose Bits!" Then the feeling she got in her dreams came, and again she was in the red haze-field. She didn't know why she was there. All she knew was that she had to fight, and fight, she couldn't stop. Her fingers spread and she framed them around the hollow in her chest. Then she remembered her dream. She had done this same thing and killed George. It had happened just like this. She would not do it. And yet at the same time, it was hard not to. It was like she was being partially controlled. It was a battle of the wills, hers against whatever else wanted her to fire. The mental strain was taking its toll on Rhia, and her vision started to blur and blacken at the edges. Slowly the blackness spread across Rhia's vision and she fainted, both inside the red haze and in her Gundam.
"Miss Rhia? Miss Rhia?" George asked. Her Gundam had folded like a woman would faint. He looked into the cockpit using the communication system. He saw that Rhia had fainted. "Well, Queen of Hearts, I guess this would be a draw."
George stepped out of Rose Gundam and walked over to Rhia's Gundam. So strange, he thought as he pried open the cockpit door. It looks so much like Domon's Burning Gundam. He gently lifted Rhia up. Her eyes opened for a second.
"You're alive," she whispered, barely audible. "Good."
George wondered what she meant, but at the moment his wife, Maria Louise, came in their limousine.
"George, who is that?" she asked.
"Rhia Avalon. Maria Louise, do you mind if she stays with us for a while?" George said.
"Of course, George. I'll get a Gundam carrier to take Rose Gundam and...her Gundam to our embassy." Maria Louise said. Then she picked up the phone and called a number, talked a moment and hung up. George set Rhia down and got in beside Maria Louise. They drove to the embassy, where Rhia was given an empty room. All the time, George was careful to hide her glowing crest.
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okay, fans. How is it? I accept constructive criticism, not flames. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. If you don't like this fic, tough. Stop reading it. That's all I have to say.
~*DarkDragon*~