Mobile Fighter G Gundam: Anonymous
Chapter V: Dreamer
Reborn from the sea. Waves are crashing against the shore.
"When we go live on Earth, Gina, we'll be fishermen, just like Grandfather." a voice says soothingly. It never happened.
I'm scared.
Everything is black. There is a voice. "She'll never live through it. Five more years at the most.It's a fatal disease, Mr. Rodriguez, nothing can stop it from killing your sister."
"Nothing?" a broken voice asks.
"Nothing," the other voice confirms. "All the tests prove it. The disease if fatal. Your sister should be dead by the age of sixteen."
"Why do you scientists always have to be so god d*** straight-forward!"
"We believe it is our job to inform people when."
What's happening?
The scene changes. Now there is a man coming out of the ocean, dripping wet. "Maybe I'll be reborn in the ocean, too."
SAVE ME!
HELP! CHICO! BROTHER, HELP! Waves carry me away.
Life.
Everything is silver. The whole world is silver. There are wires, cells infesting a body. No! I can't let this thing take over the world. Not after Domon stopped it once! A silver glow, created me. A silver glow, and the will of Gina Rodriguez.
Safe and warm.
Again, the voices swirl.
"No! I mean-you look nice in that. I think you should wear it.".
Bliss.
"You're afraid of a clown?"
Happiness.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Laughter. "Stop it!"
"Told ya."
God, does life get any better than this?.
"Get away from me! Can't you see I'm cooking? Do you want dinner or not? I can always feed yours to-Mmmm." Soft and warm and safe.
End my misery.
Now there is a large rocky field. Pain. Pain is everywhere; I can feel it in the air. "Kill me now! Please, end our suffering! I'm begging you."
" No! I-I can't, Gina. I can't kill you."
"Do it!"
A roar. "SEKIHA TENKYOUKEN!"
"BURSTING MACHINE-GUN PUNCH!"
A flash of white, and-
"No!" Gina woke up with a jolt. Sweat was pouring down her forehead. She breathed quickly and shallowly. It was only a dream; it was only a dream.she repeated over and over in her mind. A sob escaped Gina's throat. Can she really send dreams to me? Gina wondered. It must be.I'll have to start working faster, I guess-
Gina's thoughts were cut off as Chibodee and Bunny came bursting into her room. Bunny was wearing a blue tank top and really short light green shorts. Chibodee was topless. Gina blushed as she looked at him.
"What happened, Gina?" Bunny asked, coming over to the bed.
"Why'd ya have to scream so d*** loud? I was having a nice dream." Chibodee complained.
"About what? All those girls in bikinis in Miami?" Bunny teased.
"No," Chibodee said defensively. "It was about.something else."
Bunny brought her attention back to Gina. "Are you okay, hun?"
"I-I think so, it's just that I had a-a nightmare." Gina said weakly.
"Do seventeen-year-olds get nightmares?" Chibodee asked. Gina looked down at the covers of her bed, embarrassed.
"I wouldn't be talking, mister," Bunny glanced up sharply at her boss. "Remember that Jester Gundam?"
Chibodee's face looked a bit pained. "Please.don't remind me," he said.
"Exactly," Bunny replied.
"What happened with the Jester Gundam?" Gina asked.
"He, he.nothin'," Chibodee muttered nervously.
"He was afraid of it," Bunny said frankly.
"You're afraid of a clown?" Gina asked in disbelief.
"Please, you're ruining my reputation as a fearless, powerful Gundam fighter," Chibodee groaned.
"You never had that reputation in the first place," Bunny snapped back.
Suddenly, Gina gasped. 'You're afraid of a clown?' The question echoed in her head. That dream.
"Gina? You 'kay?" Chibodee asked, showing an unnatural amount of concern for the girl.
"Yeah," Gina replied weakly. Bunny and Chibodee looked at the Neo-Mexican skeptically. "Really, I'm fine," she repeated.
"Are you sure?" Bunny asked.
Gina nodded.
"Okay.I'm goin' back to sleep. Scream for me if anything happens," she called over her shoulder and left the room. "G'night."
"Like you'd do anything else," Chibodee snorted. He turned towards Gina again. The Neo-American opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when he saw the look of fear and pain in Gina's eyes. "You're not all right, are you?" he asked and sat down on the edge of the bed.
Gina's eyes widened. "No, I-I'm fine," she lied.
Chibodee raised an eyebrow. "You're lying." After a few moments of silence, he finally realized that Gina wasn't going to admit the truth.
"Go back to sleep," Gina suggested. "I'm fine."
"Want me to stay until you fall asleep?" Chibodee asked. "I mean, maybe the presence of another human being will keep you from having nightmares," he added lamely.
"I'd hardly call you a human being," Gina said with a smile, but made no move to send Chibodee away. For some reason, his presence was somewhat calming.
Chibodee sighed and leaned back against the wall. He closed his eyes but opened them again quickly when he realized that Gina was staring at him. "What?" he asked. A slight blush that Chibodee failed to notive crept into Gina's cheeks. "Are you going to sleep or not?"
Gina nodded. She was suddenly quite aware of the flimsy white nightgown she had on. "G' night," she said. But instead of lying back down on the bed, Gina leaned against Chibodee's arm. He sat bolt upright as Gina's soft skin made contact with his, but soon relaxed.
"Gina?" he asked softly after a few minutes. There was no reply. Chibodee looked down at the girl. She was already asleep.
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"Morning, humans!" Rye greeted everyone as he walked into the dinning room the next morning. The thief sat down and took an orange from a bowl in the center of the table.
" Hi," four sleepy voices replied.
"Where's Mr. Crickett-Crockett-whatever-and that girl?" Rye asked as he looked for the blue-haired Gundam fighter and the Neo-Mexican.
Bunny shrugged. "Chibodee probably got lost in a time warp on his way back to his room," she said. "I guess Gina's still asleep. She had a rough night."
Rye looked at Bunny quizzically. "What happened?" he asked.
"I really dunno. She said she was fine, but I could have sworn she was freaked out of her mind," Bunny replied. "I left her alone with the Boss.Oh, god!" Bunny smacked herself. "How could I be so stupid? I left Gina alone with Chibodee! God."
"Yep," Shirley agreed. "You're an idiot."
"Gee, thanks," Bunny said sourly. "You're someone I really want to have around when I need some moral support."
"Don't worry, Bunny," Janet said. "The Boss wouldn't do something like that.not to a seventeen-year-old, at least."
Bunny sank lower in her chair. Rye looked on in amusement as the girls discussed what might have happened to Gina and Chibodee. Their conversation was abruptly cut off as Chibodee entered the room, as snappy and tired as usual.
"Gimme some pancakes, will ya, Shirl?" the Neo-American fighter asked as he sat down, completely forgetting the hazard that came along with such an action.
Shirley got up and walked over to the stove, where a bunch of pancakes were cooking.
"So, how'd you sleep, Boss?" Bunny asked slyly.
"Fine," he muttered through a yawn. There was a moment of silence. "Why?" Chibodee asked suspiciously.
"Oh, nothin'," Bunny said and smiled sweetly.
"You're up to somethin', aren't ya?" Chibodee asked.
"No," Bunny replied innocently.
"You never asked me how I slept before. Why the sudden interest?" H leaned forward on the table. "Thanks, Shirl," Chibodee added as Shirley brought him a plate piled high with pancakes. He started devouring them quickly.
"I dunno. What's wrong with asking about how you slept?" Bunny responded.
"Nothin'. Except none of us ever ask. You're up to something, and I'm gonna find out what," Chibodee vowed, ending the conversation.
"Wow, Mr. Crickett-" Rye started.
"Crockett," Gina corrected absently as she entered the room, dressed in another pair of the same outfit she had modeled the day before.
Chibodee gagged on his food as he looked at Gina. She was fully awake (unlike most of the others at the table) and had a rosy blush in her cheeks, let alone the outfit. Wooooooooooooooooow, Chibodee thought intellectually.
"Chibodee, are you all right?" Gina asked as Chibodee coughed up some chewed pancake. "Ew," she muttered under her breath.
"Fine," Chibodee managed through another cough. "Fine. So, how'd ya sleep last night, Gina?"
Bunny, Shirley, Janet, and Cath stared at Chibodee. 'None of us ever as how someone slept', huh? each of the four crewmembers thought skeptically. They didn't notice the blush that crept into Gina's cheeks.
Chapter V: Dreamer
Reborn from the sea. Waves are crashing against the shore.
"When we go live on Earth, Gina, we'll be fishermen, just like Grandfather." a voice says soothingly. It never happened.
I'm scared.
Everything is black. There is a voice. "She'll never live through it. Five more years at the most.It's a fatal disease, Mr. Rodriguez, nothing can stop it from killing your sister."
"Nothing?" a broken voice asks.
"Nothing," the other voice confirms. "All the tests prove it. The disease if fatal. Your sister should be dead by the age of sixteen."
"Why do you scientists always have to be so god d*** straight-forward!"
"We believe it is our job to inform people when."
What's happening?
The scene changes. Now there is a man coming out of the ocean, dripping wet. "Maybe I'll be reborn in the ocean, too."
SAVE ME!
HELP! CHICO! BROTHER, HELP! Waves carry me away.
Life.
Everything is silver. The whole world is silver. There are wires, cells infesting a body. No! I can't let this thing take over the world. Not after Domon stopped it once! A silver glow, created me. A silver glow, and the will of Gina Rodriguez.
Safe and warm.
Again, the voices swirl.
"No! I mean-you look nice in that. I think you should wear it.".
Bliss.
"You're afraid of a clown?"
Happiness.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Laughter. "Stop it!"
"Told ya."
God, does life get any better than this?.
"Get away from me! Can't you see I'm cooking? Do you want dinner or not? I can always feed yours to-Mmmm." Soft and warm and safe.
End my misery.
Now there is a large rocky field. Pain. Pain is everywhere; I can feel it in the air. "Kill me now! Please, end our suffering! I'm begging you."
" No! I-I can't, Gina. I can't kill you."
"Do it!"
A roar. "SEKIHA TENKYOUKEN!"
"BURSTING MACHINE-GUN PUNCH!"
A flash of white, and-
"No!" Gina woke up with a jolt. Sweat was pouring down her forehead. She breathed quickly and shallowly. It was only a dream; it was only a dream.she repeated over and over in her mind. A sob escaped Gina's throat. Can she really send dreams to me? Gina wondered. It must be.I'll have to start working faster, I guess-
Gina's thoughts were cut off as Chibodee and Bunny came bursting into her room. Bunny was wearing a blue tank top and really short light green shorts. Chibodee was topless. Gina blushed as she looked at him.
"What happened, Gina?" Bunny asked, coming over to the bed.
"Why'd ya have to scream so d*** loud? I was having a nice dream." Chibodee complained.
"About what? All those girls in bikinis in Miami?" Bunny teased.
"No," Chibodee said defensively. "It was about.something else."
Bunny brought her attention back to Gina. "Are you okay, hun?"
"I-I think so, it's just that I had a-a nightmare." Gina said weakly.
"Do seventeen-year-olds get nightmares?" Chibodee asked. Gina looked down at the covers of her bed, embarrassed.
"I wouldn't be talking, mister," Bunny glanced up sharply at her boss. "Remember that Jester Gundam?"
Chibodee's face looked a bit pained. "Please.don't remind me," he said.
"Exactly," Bunny replied.
"What happened with the Jester Gundam?" Gina asked.
"He, he.nothin'," Chibodee muttered nervously.
"He was afraid of it," Bunny said frankly.
"You're afraid of a clown?" Gina asked in disbelief.
"Please, you're ruining my reputation as a fearless, powerful Gundam fighter," Chibodee groaned.
"You never had that reputation in the first place," Bunny snapped back.
Suddenly, Gina gasped. 'You're afraid of a clown?' The question echoed in her head. That dream.
"Gina? You 'kay?" Chibodee asked, showing an unnatural amount of concern for the girl.
"Yeah," Gina replied weakly. Bunny and Chibodee looked at the Neo-Mexican skeptically. "Really, I'm fine," she repeated.
"Are you sure?" Bunny asked.
Gina nodded.
"Okay.I'm goin' back to sleep. Scream for me if anything happens," she called over her shoulder and left the room. "G'night."
"Like you'd do anything else," Chibodee snorted. He turned towards Gina again. The Neo-American opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when he saw the look of fear and pain in Gina's eyes. "You're not all right, are you?" he asked and sat down on the edge of the bed.
Gina's eyes widened. "No, I-I'm fine," she lied.
Chibodee raised an eyebrow. "You're lying." After a few moments of silence, he finally realized that Gina wasn't going to admit the truth.
"Go back to sleep," Gina suggested. "I'm fine."
"Want me to stay until you fall asleep?" Chibodee asked. "I mean, maybe the presence of another human being will keep you from having nightmares," he added lamely.
"I'd hardly call you a human being," Gina said with a smile, but made no move to send Chibodee away. For some reason, his presence was somewhat calming.
Chibodee sighed and leaned back against the wall. He closed his eyes but opened them again quickly when he realized that Gina was staring at him. "What?" he asked. A slight blush that Chibodee failed to notive crept into Gina's cheeks. "Are you going to sleep or not?"
Gina nodded. She was suddenly quite aware of the flimsy white nightgown she had on. "G' night," she said. But instead of lying back down on the bed, Gina leaned against Chibodee's arm. He sat bolt upright as Gina's soft skin made contact with his, but soon relaxed.
"Gina?" he asked softly after a few minutes. There was no reply. Chibodee looked down at the girl. She was already asleep.
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"Morning, humans!" Rye greeted everyone as he walked into the dinning room the next morning. The thief sat down and took an orange from a bowl in the center of the table.
" Hi," four sleepy voices replied.
"Where's Mr. Crickett-Crockett-whatever-and that girl?" Rye asked as he looked for the blue-haired Gundam fighter and the Neo-Mexican.
Bunny shrugged. "Chibodee probably got lost in a time warp on his way back to his room," she said. "I guess Gina's still asleep. She had a rough night."
Rye looked at Bunny quizzically. "What happened?" he asked.
"I really dunno. She said she was fine, but I could have sworn she was freaked out of her mind," Bunny replied. "I left her alone with the Boss.Oh, god!" Bunny smacked herself. "How could I be so stupid? I left Gina alone with Chibodee! God."
"Yep," Shirley agreed. "You're an idiot."
"Gee, thanks," Bunny said sourly. "You're someone I really want to have around when I need some moral support."
"Don't worry, Bunny," Janet said. "The Boss wouldn't do something like that.not to a seventeen-year-old, at least."
Bunny sank lower in her chair. Rye looked on in amusement as the girls discussed what might have happened to Gina and Chibodee. Their conversation was abruptly cut off as Chibodee entered the room, as snappy and tired as usual.
"Gimme some pancakes, will ya, Shirl?" the Neo-American fighter asked as he sat down, completely forgetting the hazard that came along with such an action.
Shirley got up and walked over to the stove, where a bunch of pancakes were cooking.
"So, how'd you sleep, Boss?" Bunny asked slyly.
"Fine," he muttered through a yawn. There was a moment of silence. "Why?" Chibodee asked suspiciously.
"Oh, nothin'," Bunny said and smiled sweetly.
"You're up to somethin', aren't ya?" Chibodee asked.
"No," Bunny replied innocently.
"You never asked me how I slept before. Why the sudden interest?" H leaned forward on the table. "Thanks, Shirl," Chibodee added as Shirley brought him a plate piled high with pancakes. He started devouring them quickly.
"I dunno. What's wrong with asking about how you slept?" Bunny responded.
"Nothin'. Except none of us ever ask. You're up to something, and I'm gonna find out what," Chibodee vowed, ending the conversation.
"Wow, Mr. Crickett-" Rye started.
"Crockett," Gina corrected absently as she entered the room, dressed in another pair of the same outfit she had modeled the day before.
Chibodee gagged on his food as he looked at Gina. She was fully awake (unlike most of the others at the table) and had a rosy blush in her cheeks, let alone the outfit. Wooooooooooooooooow, Chibodee thought intellectually.
"Chibodee, are you all right?" Gina asked as Chibodee coughed up some chewed pancake. "Ew," she muttered under her breath.
"Fine," Chibodee managed through another cough. "Fine. So, how'd ya sleep last night, Gina?"
Bunny, Shirley, Janet, and Cath stared at Chibodee. 'None of us ever as how someone slept', huh? each of the four crewmembers thought skeptically. They didn't notice the blush that crept into Gina's cheeks.