Chapter 3: Zeon on the rise. Episode 5: Fierce Fighting on a Wasteland.

The next day early in the morning two soldiers in a dim hallway are walking by the simulation room... "Yea well I got to second base with Margie." "You've never gotten to second base with anyone! Besides you think that was good? Well you remember Angela from the 5th MS team? Well, I got her into my bed and..." The two soldier's conversation is interrupted by sounds from the simulation room. When they look inside through the cracked door they see Brock working away at the controls.

As he's working he thinks to himself "Well they wouldn't tell me too much about the Alex. All they did was show me a picture but lets just estimate that the Alex is a minor improvement over the Gundam. In that case it should just have 30% more speed, just to even it out. Yea that should be good! Now lets test the simulation!"

He enters the simulation cockpit and enters the data he just made into the simulation. After the simulation is done he has done fairly well destroying the Alex with 10% of his armor left. "Well I should be able to defeat the actual one then. Ha! This will be a piece of cake!"

Later that day while Brock is walking down the hall 30 minutes away from the test time a Corporal named Marvin Erasso approaches him. He salutes and says "Sir! Lt. Riveral has informed me that during the battle you'll be using live ammunition!" "LIVE AMMO! The other pilot or I may be killed!" "Lieutenant's orders sir!" Erasso walks away as Brock slams his fist against the wall and thinks "The Lieutenant is mad..."

Twenty-nine minutes later Brock is inside the Cockpit of the RX-78-1. A 2nd class officer and a friend of Brock, Christopher Torreli speaks to him "Hey Brock! Look I'm not supposed to tell you this but they put a newtype pilot in that cockpit. He's code-named: Javier" Brock begins to think "A newtype pilot? I guess they really wanted to test that suit for that newtype pilot Amuro Ray."

When the fight begins Javier immediately switches to his Gatling guns and begins fire rapidly at Brock's torso. Brock tries to flank to the left but Javier still hits him. Brock decides to fire his Hyper Hammer at Javier but he boosts into the air and continues to fire. The shots are still hitting Brock no matter what.

"This can't be happening! According to the simulation I should have brought the Alex to 50% damage by now! Could it be the newtype factor? No wait! I guess I never took enough into consideration when I upped the Gundam's speed." Then Brock notices something. "He's only using his long range weapons! Maybe if I take him into close range..." Brock bends down and pulls out his beam saber, then charges at Javier. When Javier pulls out his saber he stabs at Brock's cockpit. Brock flanks to his left and both sabers stab each other in the right arm.

Javier realizes he cannot free himself and begins to attack the Gundam's head with his vulcan guns. Brock turns off his beam saber and thrusts backward. "I have to destroy this thing! How!?!" Javier boosts upward and lands in front of the Gundam while firing. Brock pulls out his left beam saber and flanks to the right. He then slashes off the Alex's left gatling gun. "Now he can't use his guns at all! Now all I have to do is finish him off, and end the test!"

Javier says over him comm. system "HMPH! An oldtype like you, expects to beat a newtype like me!?! HA! We are the next step in human evolution. We out power you!" Brock replies "I'm tired of your oldtype propaganda already and you just started talking!" Brock swiftly pulls his saber back and shoves it into the Alex's cockpit. All we hear is Javier's screams of terror and fright as the beam saber pierces his cockpit and body burning him alive in the cockpit and stopping the Alex.

The rest of the bases crew stare in shock. Later a small funeral is held for Javier outside the base.

Back in the control room of the base Lt. Rohn Riveral signs a paper informing Jaburo of the Alex test by mail. As he signs he softly says "Ahh. The Alex test has ended."

Episode 6: Zeonic Front

"I have enemy confirmation! Leave him to me Brock!" "Okay then take him out now! Hey Johnathan, do you need help with that Dom?" Johnathan's [G] Gundam jumps upward and stabs the Dom through the cockpit. With a smile on his face he says "I finished it the same way you did Javier." "You know I'm NOT proud of that!"

It has been five days since the Alex test. For the past five days this North American base has been suffering non-stop Zeon attacks. They have just finished off the last squadron. It seems having a base in the middle of Zeon controlled territory (The United States) was not the best thing. Thankfully to help the base they were given, or left the Gundam and front-line engineers have been trying to rebuild the Alex with a GM cockpit. Which isn't going to well currently.

A hundred miles away from the base we see a fleet of three GAW attack carriers. Onboard one is commander Nathan Rodeguz. Nathan says to Victanean who is also onboard "Vic, I will forgive you for abandoning my brother if you do one thing." "Sir? What is your request?" "... My request is that you destroy the base that sent out the squad that killed my brother." "Consider it done sir."

Vic exits the bridge where he sees another pilot, Kenrall Boto. "So is Nathan still bothering you?" "Yea same as always except now he wants me to avenge his brother." "Ouch! Well, that's harsh but hey you know I'll be there to help you no matter what." "I guess that means we'll be in the next squad attacking the base." "Yea I guess so..." "Did the other squad come back?" "... No." "I see." Both walk off in separate directions.

One hour later the other squad is preparing to leave. Vic is about to enter the cockpit when Nathan says to him "Best of luck and God speed Vic." Vic replies "And may the glory of victory be yours!" When he enters his cockpit Kenrall says over the comm. "Lets make this another kill record ok Vic?" "Just like in the old academy days Kenrall."

Nine suits leave all three of the GAWs and approach the base. Vic and Kenrall land first. Vic is piloting his custom blue and green Zaku while Kenrall is piloting his light blue Zaku. Vic says "Okay we're down. We'll have..." Kenrall interrupts after letting his canteen of alcohol hang freely, "Vic I don't mean to insult you but wasn't your last base invasion a failure?" "Yes but I'm still commander here! And don't get hung over from the booze!" After taking a huge gulp from the canteen, Kenrall replies "Sooorrrry!"

Several Dopp fighters fly over the base and begin dropping bombs. Three Guntanks and two Guncannons are immediately launched and hold off the enemy fighters very easily. When the Magella Attack tanks break down the base barrier and begin to storm the base, the base itself becomes a battlefield. The base launches it's Type 61 tanks in an attempt to only use the Gundam if necessary.

Vic's Zaku races forward towards the Guntank. The Guntank fires, and Vic flanks to the right to avoid the fire. Kenrall races forward and says "C'mon Vic! Destroying this is simple!" Kenrall fires his bazooka shell and seriously damages the Guntank's treads. He fires again but the pilot ejects in the Core Fighter before the Guntank blows up and kills him.

The Gundam with Brock in it lifts above surface. Immediately Brock begins to fire at the enemy tanks in front of him. "This Bazooka is perfect for destroying these tanks!" Dopps try to fire missiles at the Gundam but Brock dodges and the shot hits the enemy Magella tanks behind him. The Dopp pilot says to the rest of the force. "Dopps hold your fire, were hitting our units!" Brock begins to aim his vulcans at the Dopps destroying most of them. Vic's Zaku then walks from behind a building. Both Vic and Brock see each other.

Vic fires rapidly, at Brock until smoke gathers around the Gundam. When the smoke clears the Gundam... is still standing! The shots only caused minor dents to its armor. Brock lifts his bazooka and fires a shell but Vic flanks to the right. Brock pulls out his beam saber and stabs at Vic's cockpit. It's too late for Vic to dodge, is this the end of our "friend" Victanean Guardaden? Out of nowhere Kenrall Zaku jumps into the air and floats downward. When he lands he is in front of the saber and the saber heads through the cockpit. Kenrall is killed instantly as the saber breaks the cockpit door and rams through the cockpit and pierces out the other side.

"Kenrall..." Vic begins to reflect on his friendship with Kenrall trough their time in the Military Academy. Just as Vic is about to rush recklessly towards Brock the three GAWs come screaming over the sky. Their beam cannons fire down at the base creating huge craters. The main GAW moves ahead to the other end of the base as Nathan asks "Vic did you get that squad yet?" Vic begins to get angry at Nathan's careless strategies, he doesn't care how many lives he sends into battle. As long as he gets his final ways he's so happy. Well no longer! Vic then notices a base cannon, just outside the base walls. "Yes! We confirmed the squad! It's outside the base in the direction you are heading! Hurry and destroy it with the GAW!" As all three GAWs move forward, the two barrel cannons raise their aim and fire rapidly crippling the main GAW's engines and destroying the other two and all the Dopps.

The main GAW with Nathan in it turns around and small explosions happen around it. Soon the engines begin to billow out smoke, one by one. The GAW loses more and more altitude as it falls. "Vic you double crosser!" Nathan begins to turn the GAW towards Vic and Brock "I'll kill both of you for betraying me!" Brock turns around and fires his bazooka shell. As the missile aims for Nathan he says "AND GLORY TO ZEON!" The shot hits the cockpit blowing it and the GAW apart. Vic stares blankly at the disaster and mayhem that is happening around him, and retreats. As he retreats he says to himself "So that's the power of the white mobile suit Commander Char Annabel and Commander Garma Zabi, were talking about before." All the enemy suits and tanks have either been destroyed or are retreating. I think the Zeon attacks will stop for now.

Get suited up for the exciting chapter 4 of Frontline America: California on the horizon! With episodes 7-8!