Mobile Fighter G Gundam: Gathering Shadows

Tempest Gundam: The Ace of Diamonds



"Rhia, Domon has agreed that if he travels with you it will be better." Allenby told her daughter.

"Mom, we're different countries! I won't do it!" Rhia said.

"Rhia, if your dream was true, then it's better if Domon travels with you." Allenby explained. So, in the end, Rhia ended up in the back seat of Domon's Corlander.

"Why can't I just take Luna Gundam? I'll travel faster!" Rhia complained.

"Because you'll get ahead of us. What's the point of me traveling with you if we don't stay together?" Domon asked.

"Why don't you get in your Gundam and let Rain drive the Corlander?" Rhia asked.

"What? I wouldn't do that!" Domon said.

"I thought you used to." Rhia said.

"How did you.?" Domon asked.

"Schwartz wasn't the only book in the library." Rhia answered slyly.

"What? Rain, remind me to kill George when we see him again." Domon growled. Rain laughed.

"Well, Domon, she got you there!" Rain said, laughing. "But she does have a point. You would go faster in your Gundams."

"Are you sure, Rain?" Domon asked.

"Of course, Domon." Rain said. But both Rhia and Domon sensed the uncertainty in her voice.

"Don't worry, Rain. We'll stay right here." Domon said, looking sharply at Rhia. Rhia shrugged.

"But Domon--" Rain started. Domon put his hand over her lips.

"Sh, sh, sh. I'm not going anywhere, no buts." He said.

"Hey Domon, where's the next ring?" Rhia asked. "I think my next match is waiting for me there."

"It's around 50 miles from here." Domon answered.

"Then hurry it up! Can't this old 'Lander go any faster?" Rhia said.

"I was just waiting for you to ask." Domon said mischievously. Then the Corlander shot forward, and still Domon pressed the pedal. "We're closing in on the arena."

"Stop just outside the barrier. This is my fight." Rhia said.

"But, Rhia." Rain never finished. Rhia jumped over to the front and pressed the button to open the top.

"Rise, Luna Gundam!" she shouted. Luna Gundam of Neo-Germany rose up out of the ground in front of them, causing Domon to take a sharp stop. Rhia jumped into her Gundam and rushed toward the waiting Gundam. She did have many of the qualities of Burning Gundam, the main ones being the arrow- shaped rods poking out of the back of her Gundam and the big shield-like thing in front. When she did her special attack, the shield-like thing in the front would split down the middle and open, revealing a silver orb. The arrow-shaped rods would open and a ring going from silver to white would appear around them. Then she'd place her hands, fingers spread, around the orb, and shout, "Lunar Cannon!" The orb would charge up for a second, and then shoot an energy beam that looked like liquid-silver. And she rushed on to meet her opponent, Thomas Kelper in his Tempest Gundam.



"Well, Tempest Gundam," Thomas said. "It looks as if we have company." Rhia cut her boosters sharply.

"I challenge you!" Rhia shouted.

"Fine with me. I've been waiting for days to fight with someone." Thomas answered.

"Gundam fight, ready."

"GO!"

The two Gundams rushed at each other.

"Go, Luna Gundam!" Rhia shouted. She punched his stomach unmercilessly. As he doubled up, she elbowed his back, sending him into the floor of the ring.



"Wow, she's good." Domon commented.

"I understand how she could have defeated George." Rain added.

"Yes. I wonder how good she is with the sword?" Domon asked.

"If she unarmed George, then she has to be good." Rain said.



I'm going to loose if this keeps up. Thomas thought. He managed to roll aside as she punched downward. He got up.

"Tempest Wave!" he shouted. His hands went up and a huge wave reared up behind him. A fierce wind came as he threw his hands down. Then the wave came, large and unforgiving. Unknown to Rhia, the Berserker system activated and she was sent to the field of red haze. In this field, she dodged the attack from her opponent.

"How did she do that?" Thomas asked. Then she was beating him up, but her punches were cold. How is it that she now has no heart in her punch? Thomas asked himself. "Time to see what's going on in her mind."

Rhia was practicing in her red field of mist. Punching, kicking, anything to keep moving. Then she saw a target. She stopped. In the ring, the shield-like object opened and the arrows spread. In her field, Rhia placed her hands around the hollow in her chest.

"Lunar Cannon!" she shouted, aiming for the middle of the target. She missed. "No!"

"Girl, what are you doing?" a man asked, the one from her dreams. He walked toward her. His hair was blonde and neatly combed with a part in the middle. He wore a black t-shirt with a blue jacket, open partway. He wore jeans and black tennishoes. Her crest started to glow, and as he walked toward her, a crest glowed on his hand as well. "Hello, I am Tomas Kelper, the Ace of Diamonds. As you can see, I can look into your mind."

Rhia remembered her dream before answering. "My mind? This is my practice area."

"And I suppose you aren't fighting a Gundam match with me?" Thomas asked.

"Yes, and no. Thomas, I know what's going to happen, mostly." Rhia said.

"How?" he asked suspiciously.

"You have the psychic power to see into people's minds. You have a crest that no one knows about, and is the first of the kind. I have the power to see into the future, using my dreams. I am the Queen of Hearts." Rhia said. She showed him her crest. It had a heart with two arrows crossing, and a picture of a queen in the middle of them. On a scroll on the bottom it said "Queen of Hearts."

"Then, you know what I must do?" Thomas asked. "How I must lead you out of this place in your mind?"

"Yes, but only to a point." Rhia said. Thomas frowned.

"Then how come you didn't do it before? How come you didn't walk out of the door yourself?" he asked.

"I don't know where it is." Rhia answered.

"Fine." He said with a sigh. "Follow me." He led her around until a door loomed out of the mist. It was very plain, with only the letters "BS" painted on.

"BS. Berserker system." Rhia said.

"So that is what this place is." Thomas said. He opened the door and then she was back in her Gundam.

"Thank you Thomas." She said. "I propose a draw."

"I accept." Thomas said. They both got out of their Gundams and shook hands. Domon ran over. Thomas looked at him wildly and shoved his hand into his pocket.

"Why did you make it a draw?" Domon asked. "You could have won!"

"Domon, this is Thomas." Rhia said. "He'll be traveling with us for a while."

"I will?" Thomas asked.

"Yes." Rhia answered. Then she yanked Thomas's hand out of his pocket. Domon gasped.

"Rain! Come over here!" Domon yelled. He looked at his own King of Hearts crest. It was glowing. As was Rhia's.

"The King of Hearts." Thomas said. "Damn, Rhia! Why'd you show him?"

"Thomas, shut up. It'll be better for you. Besides, you're like me." Rhia said.

"God, no." Thomas whispered. Rain walked over.

"Another oddball." She said. Rhia grinned.

"Thomas, welcome to the club!"

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