Disclaimer: Don't own the stuff from the show. Do own some of the
characters and some of the Mobile Suits.
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"The fights are starting soon." Tobias Andarion didn't look at his wife, Gabrielle, as he stated the obvious.
"I know."
They sat in silence for several moments. Then he spoke again. "You know the fighting calls me."
"I know. Why, though?"
"Why, what?"
"Why does the fighting call you every four years? It seems that's all you do for every one year out of four."
"Truthfully, I don't know. I can only guess that it's the way I was brought up. All my life, I've been fighting or running. Fighting in the Gundam Fight has destroyed my coward's instincts. All that's left is the desire to fight."
"But why only every four years?"
"Again it's the Fight. My anger and aggression was uncontrollable, but the fights allowed me to harness it outside of the arena. It took a tragic incident to teach me, though."
"A tragedy? Are you referring to what happened in Neo Luxembourg?"
Silence.
*****
During the 19th fight, he had been searching across Europe for remaining fighters to challenge when he came across Neo Luxembourg's Gundam. The refusal of the challenge had angered him to the point where he had taken the fighter's wife as a hostage to force a fight.
The fight itself had been close, but in the end, he won, just like he always had. But something had gone wrong. He lost control of his emotions and did not quit when the regulations told him to. Instead, he continued his attack, eventually killing the pilot.
When confronted by the forlorn wife, his brain twitched and his Gundam killed her instantly. He had changed that day, his emotions leaving him an empty shell. He almost killed himself after that, but loyalty to his family and country kept him from doing something stupid.
He continued to fight, but his tactics were much less erratic, more controlled. It was as if he had become a machine.
*****
He turned to face Gabrielle for the first time. "Fighting is one of the few things that has ever made me complete. It is as much of me as you and Kristiana are. Without it, I am nothing."
"I understand then. But will Neo Germany?"
"They need me, and they know it. They will not risk alienating me just to prove a point."
He smiled to himself, an odd little smile. He turned and walked out the door, heading for the hangar and the Gundam Schwarzherz.[1]
*****
Another chapter done. Unlike my Gundam Wing fics, I'll try and keep this relatively short so they're not as hard to read.
[1] Literally, "Blackheart." That is the name I will use for it from now on.
Colonel
******
"The fights are starting soon." Tobias Andarion didn't look at his wife, Gabrielle, as he stated the obvious.
"I know."
They sat in silence for several moments. Then he spoke again. "You know the fighting calls me."
"I know. Why, though?"
"Why, what?"
"Why does the fighting call you every four years? It seems that's all you do for every one year out of four."
"Truthfully, I don't know. I can only guess that it's the way I was brought up. All my life, I've been fighting or running. Fighting in the Gundam Fight has destroyed my coward's instincts. All that's left is the desire to fight."
"But why only every four years?"
"Again it's the Fight. My anger and aggression was uncontrollable, but the fights allowed me to harness it outside of the arena. It took a tragic incident to teach me, though."
"A tragedy? Are you referring to what happened in Neo Luxembourg?"
Silence.
*****
During the 19th fight, he had been searching across Europe for remaining fighters to challenge when he came across Neo Luxembourg's Gundam. The refusal of the challenge had angered him to the point where he had taken the fighter's wife as a hostage to force a fight.
The fight itself had been close, but in the end, he won, just like he always had. But something had gone wrong. He lost control of his emotions and did not quit when the regulations told him to. Instead, he continued his attack, eventually killing the pilot.
When confronted by the forlorn wife, his brain twitched and his Gundam killed her instantly. He had changed that day, his emotions leaving him an empty shell. He almost killed himself after that, but loyalty to his family and country kept him from doing something stupid.
He continued to fight, but his tactics were much less erratic, more controlled. It was as if he had become a machine.
*****
He turned to face Gabrielle for the first time. "Fighting is one of the few things that has ever made me complete. It is as much of me as you and Kristiana are. Without it, I am nothing."
"I understand then. But will Neo Germany?"
"They need me, and they know it. They will not risk alienating me just to prove a point."
He smiled to himself, an odd little smile. He turned and walked out the door, heading for the hangar and the Gundam Schwarzherz.[1]
*****
Another chapter done. Unlike my Gundam Wing fics, I'll try and keep this relatively short so they're not as hard to read.
[1] Literally, "Blackheart." That is the name I will use for it from now on.
Colonel
