Mobile Suite G Gundam: Gathering Shadow
A Blank Memory: Schwartz Reappears!
Again, Domon, Rhia and Rain were driving across the Earth, looking for a new fight. But this time, Thomas was sitting sulkily in the back seat.
"C'mon, cheer up, Thomas!" Rhia shouted. Thomas only sank lower in his seat.
"It's amazing how energetic Rhia becomes when she has someone her age around." Rain observed.
"Lot like her mother, isn't she?" Domon asked. Rain knew that Domon still hadn't quite gotten over Allenby, but she also knew that Domon loved her with all his heart. That's why he had risked his life for her. That's why they were married.
"Yes, she is." Rain agreed.
"Aw, c'mon! Don't be a spoilsport! What, do you wanna fight or something?"
"God help us! Of course not!" Thomas said.
"He said something! He said something!" Rhia shouted. Thomas looked at Rain and Domon beseechingly and mouthed, "Help me!"
Domon laughed. "You're on your own, pal." Thomas slumped down again and gave in to Rhia's pestering for a mini autobiography.
"Fine, fine! I was born on May 9th, 19 years ago. You do the math. I guess I had pretty bad luck as a child. The Earth was no longer a deathspot anymore, I know, but my parents were still killed. My dad was a Gundam fighter. He was killed by Neros Gundam. My mom and I never found out the pilot's name." Thomas began dejectedly.
"Michelo Chariot." Domon said.
"Who?" Rhia asked.
"Michelo Chariot is...was the pilot of Neros Gundam. But once he was exposed to DG cells, his Gundam could also become Raven Gundam. I thought he had died along with Chapman when I defeated the Dark Gundam, but it seems I was wrong." Domon said darkly.
"He had to have died!" Rain cried.
"Thomas, go on." Rhia urged when Domon didn't answer Rain.
"A couple years later, when I was 16, my mother was killed by some mass- murderer. I got out of that city as quickly as I could. Eventually, I got picked as a Gundam fighter because of my self-training and...other reasons. I've trained for two years for this fight." Thomas said, then smiled ruefully at Rhia, "But I guess I'm just not ready."
"Nah, you're ready. I'm just good." Rhia said.
"I second that." Domon said. Rhia gasped.
"You...you think I'm a good fighter?" Rhia asked.
"Yup, I sure do. All I have to see now is your swordmanship, which I can test myself." Domon said.
"When?" Rhia asked.
"Soon." Domon said. There plans were postponed, however, as Thomas said something unexpected.
"In the ring ahead of us, there's a Gundam. And he wants to fight you, Domon." Thomas said.
"What? Who? And how do you know?" Domon asked, stopping the car.
"I don't know who want's to battle you. I know because...I just know." Thomas answered.
"Fine. If he wants to fight, then he's got a fight!" Domon shouted.
"Rise, Burn--" Domon started to shout, but Rhia stopped him.
"Can you tell if it's a man named Schwartz Bruder? Because if it is, then I believe he has orders to beat me first." Rhia said.
"Like I said, I don't know. It could be. Right now he's...he wants to fight Domon, but he does have orders from "headquarters" to disqualify you, Rhia." Thomas said.
"Thanks. Then it is Schwartz." Rhia said.
"Rhia, listen. In order for you to fight him, you have to understand one thing: Schwartz is good. He was the closest to beating me in the 13th Gundam Tournament. After that, though...we all thought he was dead." Domon said. He looked at Rain, who nodded. "And besides that...aw, hell! I'll tell you another time. But I'm going to fight him first. You and Thomas can be on standby if you want."
Rhia had never seen Domon so happy and angry and sad at the same time. She nodded. Obviously Schwartz meant something to him that she didn't know about. "Thomas and I will be on standby."
"Rise, Burning Gundam!" Domon yelled and snapped.
"Rise, Luna Gundam!"
"Rise, Tempest Gundam!" The three Gundams burst out of the ground and all three pilots jumped in. They sped off, leaving Rain in the Corlander, waiting in their dust.
"Can Kyoji still be...alive?"
As they approached, a Gundam loomed up ahead. It was black and green. To Domon, it looked almost like Schwartz's Shadow Gundam, and it was a welcome sight.
"Something's wrong here." Thomas said to Rhia.
"I know." Rhia agreed.
"Domon! I've been waiting to fight you!" Schwartz shouted. "Of course...I have orders to defeat Luna Gundam first."
Then a transmission was sent to Schwartz. "Forget about Luna Gundam! Fight Domon!"
"Yes, Major Ryan." Schwartz said and saluted. He turned to Domon. "Plans have changed. You can say goodbye to Burning Gundam!"
"Schwartz, don't you remember me?" Domon asked.
"I remember you as an enemy--Neo-Finland's enemy--no more." Schwartz replied. Even as he said it, though, Schwartz had a feeling he should know more about the fighter from Neo-Japan. He shook off the feeling. "Gundam fight ready..."
"Go." Domon said halfheartedly. Schwartz flew at Domon with a vengeance.
"Schwartz, why am I your enemy? I thought we were...more than that." Domon said, desperately dodging Schwartz's attacks. Then something occurred to him. "Please say that you aren't...don't say...the Dark Gundam isn't back because...you are, is it?"
"If I knew, why would I tell you?"
"But Schwartz...don't you remember at all? About the 13th Gundam Tournament? About me, your little brother?"
"I am not your big brother, Domon. I am Schwartz Bruder, Gundam fighter for Neo-Finland, your enemy."
Rhia and Thomas watched from the sidelines as Domon and Schwartz battled. Though it was rather one-sided, as Schwartz was the only one attacking.
"Did I just hear correctly? Did Domon just say Schwartz was his brother?" Rhia asked.
"I don't know. It seems this happened during the 13th fight, and I wasn't alive." Thomas said. "But why don't we see what's going round in Schwartz's head, okay?"
"Sure." Rhia replied. The got out of their Gundams and held hands while Thomas took them into Schwartz's mind. When they got there, it was all blank. Rhia looked around. Neo-Finland didn't mess around when they said that his memory was blank as a sheet of paper.
"Neo-Finland did a great job of keeping his conscious memory locked up." Thomas observed.
"Then where do we go to find out what happened in the 13th Tournament?" Rhia asked.
"To his subconscious memory." Thomas answered simply. They walked deeper into Schwartz's mind. All of a sudden, Rhia felt a sharp stab of pain to her head. She winced and rubbed her forehead to ease the pain, but it kept growing.
"Rhia, are you alright?" Thomas asked, worried.
"Fine." Rhia lied. The pain kept growing and growing until she couldn't take it anymore. She dropped to her knees.
"Rhia!" Thomas shouted. Rhia went on her hands and knees, clutching at the invisible floor.
"Rhia!" Thomas shouted again, but she was gone. She was gone into her Gundam, into her field of red mist. But this time around, she had company, and it sure wasn't Thomas.
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do you like it? Hmmm? I hope you did. I'm typing this while my friends are at school. My mom let me stay home because I don't feel good. Wish me well!
~*DarkDragon*~
A Blank Memory: Schwartz Reappears!
Again, Domon, Rhia and Rain were driving across the Earth, looking for a new fight. But this time, Thomas was sitting sulkily in the back seat.
"C'mon, cheer up, Thomas!" Rhia shouted. Thomas only sank lower in his seat.
"It's amazing how energetic Rhia becomes when she has someone her age around." Rain observed.
"Lot like her mother, isn't she?" Domon asked. Rain knew that Domon still hadn't quite gotten over Allenby, but she also knew that Domon loved her with all his heart. That's why he had risked his life for her. That's why they were married.
"Yes, she is." Rain agreed.
"Aw, c'mon! Don't be a spoilsport! What, do you wanna fight or something?"
"God help us! Of course not!" Thomas said.
"He said something! He said something!" Rhia shouted. Thomas looked at Rain and Domon beseechingly and mouthed, "Help me!"
Domon laughed. "You're on your own, pal." Thomas slumped down again and gave in to Rhia's pestering for a mini autobiography.
"Fine, fine! I was born on May 9th, 19 years ago. You do the math. I guess I had pretty bad luck as a child. The Earth was no longer a deathspot anymore, I know, but my parents were still killed. My dad was a Gundam fighter. He was killed by Neros Gundam. My mom and I never found out the pilot's name." Thomas began dejectedly.
"Michelo Chariot." Domon said.
"Who?" Rhia asked.
"Michelo Chariot is...was the pilot of Neros Gundam. But once he was exposed to DG cells, his Gundam could also become Raven Gundam. I thought he had died along with Chapman when I defeated the Dark Gundam, but it seems I was wrong." Domon said darkly.
"He had to have died!" Rain cried.
"Thomas, go on." Rhia urged when Domon didn't answer Rain.
"A couple years later, when I was 16, my mother was killed by some mass- murderer. I got out of that city as quickly as I could. Eventually, I got picked as a Gundam fighter because of my self-training and...other reasons. I've trained for two years for this fight." Thomas said, then smiled ruefully at Rhia, "But I guess I'm just not ready."
"Nah, you're ready. I'm just good." Rhia said.
"I second that." Domon said. Rhia gasped.
"You...you think I'm a good fighter?" Rhia asked.
"Yup, I sure do. All I have to see now is your swordmanship, which I can test myself." Domon said.
"When?" Rhia asked.
"Soon." Domon said. There plans were postponed, however, as Thomas said something unexpected.
"In the ring ahead of us, there's a Gundam. And he wants to fight you, Domon." Thomas said.
"What? Who? And how do you know?" Domon asked, stopping the car.
"I don't know who want's to battle you. I know because...I just know." Thomas answered.
"Fine. If he wants to fight, then he's got a fight!" Domon shouted.
"Rise, Burn--" Domon started to shout, but Rhia stopped him.
"Can you tell if it's a man named Schwartz Bruder? Because if it is, then I believe he has orders to beat me first." Rhia said.
"Like I said, I don't know. It could be. Right now he's...he wants to fight Domon, but he does have orders from "headquarters" to disqualify you, Rhia." Thomas said.
"Thanks. Then it is Schwartz." Rhia said.
"Rhia, listen. In order for you to fight him, you have to understand one thing: Schwartz is good. He was the closest to beating me in the 13th Gundam Tournament. After that, though...we all thought he was dead." Domon said. He looked at Rain, who nodded. "And besides that...aw, hell! I'll tell you another time. But I'm going to fight him first. You and Thomas can be on standby if you want."
Rhia had never seen Domon so happy and angry and sad at the same time. She nodded. Obviously Schwartz meant something to him that she didn't know about. "Thomas and I will be on standby."
"Rise, Burning Gundam!" Domon yelled and snapped.
"Rise, Luna Gundam!"
"Rise, Tempest Gundam!" The three Gundams burst out of the ground and all three pilots jumped in. They sped off, leaving Rain in the Corlander, waiting in their dust.
"Can Kyoji still be...alive?"
As they approached, a Gundam loomed up ahead. It was black and green. To Domon, it looked almost like Schwartz's Shadow Gundam, and it was a welcome sight.
"Something's wrong here." Thomas said to Rhia.
"I know." Rhia agreed.
"Domon! I've been waiting to fight you!" Schwartz shouted. "Of course...I have orders to defeat Luna Gundam first."
Then a transmission was sent to Schwartz. "Forget about Luna Gundam! Fight Domon!"
"Yes, Major Ryan." Schwartz said and saluted. He turned to Domon. "Plans have changed. You can say goodbye to Burning Gundam!"
"Schwartz, don't you remember me?" Domon asked.
"I remember you as an enemy--Neo-Finland's enemy--no more." Schwartz replied. Even as he said it, though, Schwartz had a feeling he should know more about the fighter from Neo-Japan. He shook off the feeling. "Gundam fight ready..."
"Go." Domon said halfheartedly. Schwartz flew at Domon with a vengeance.
"Schwartz, why am I your enemy? I thought we were...more than that." Domon said, desperately dodging Schwartz's attacks. Then something occurred to him. "Please say that you aren't...don't say...the Dark Gundam isn't back because...you are, is it?"
"If I knew, why would I tell you?"
"But Schwartz...don't you remember at all? About the 13th Gundam Tournament? About me, your little brother?"
"I am not your big brother, Domon. I am Schwartz Bruder, Gundam fighter for Neo-Finland, your enemy."
Rhia and Thomas watched from the sidelines as Domon and Schwartz battled. Though it was rather one-sided, as Schwartz was the only one attacking.
"Did I just hear correctly? Did Domon just say Schwartz was his brother?" Rhia asked.
"I don't know. It seems this happened during the 13th fight, and I wasn't alive." Thomas said. "But why don't we see what's going round in Schwartz's head, okay?"
"Sure." Rhia replied. The got out of their Gundams and held hands while Thomas took them into Schwartz's mind. When they got there, it was all blank. Rhia looked around. Neo-Finland didn't mess around when they said that his memory was blank as a sheet of paper.
"Neo-Finland did a great job of keeping his conscious memory locked up." Thomas observed.
"Then where do we go to find out what happened in the 13th Tournament?" Rhia asked.
"To his subconscious memory." Thomas answered simply. They walked deeper into Schwartz's mind. All of a sudden, Rhia felt a sharp stab of pain to her head. She winced and rubbed her forehead to ease the pain, but it kept growing.
"Rhia, are you alright?" Thomas asked, worried.
"Fine." Rhia lied. The pain kept growing and growing until she couldn't take it anymore. She dropped to her knees.
"Rhia!" Thomas shouted. Rhia went on her hands and knees, clutching at the invisible floor.
"Rhia!" Thomas shouted again, but she was gone. She was gone into her Gundam, into her field of red mist. But this time around, she had company, and it sure wasn't Thomas.
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do you like it? Hmmm? I hope you did. I'm typing this while my friends are at school. My mom let me stay home because I don't feel good. Wish me well!
~*DarkDragon*~