Chapter Three: Reunions
Act Two: An Anger Restored
By: Knuckles19{I don't have anything to say......sorry for any typo's!}
"Our Gundams!" Wufei gazed up at the Altron. It was exactly as he remembered it. The two prideful dragons shone in the beam of light that reflected off of the golden teeth.
"Sand Rock.........it's good to see you again my friend." Quatre said as he walked up to the bulky mobile suit.
"Care to explain these, military man?" Duo asked.
"These are the prototypes for the original gundams that you flew in the war against Libra. They are slightly better armed than your old machines with a twenty percent armor increase." Lance walked further into the room and pressed a few keys on a keypad. A large hangar door flew open. "And this is Gundam Aero." In the large storage locker stood a large blue and yellow mobile suit. Heero couldn't see any visible weapons, but he never judged an enemy by appearance. "It's a machine with fifty percent more armor than any other mobile suit, and twice the firepower of anything!"
"Then why wasn't it deployed in Operation Meteor?" Trowa's curiosity was growing to it's peak.
"It's not the fastest thing in the world, due to all of the armor, so we knew it could easily survive the descent to Earth, but we we're afraid it would be too slow to fight on a gravity battlefield. It's better suited to space combat with a powerful thrust system."
"The Great Destroyer and the Deathscythe Hell are reunited at last! Civilian life was starting to get on my nerves! Do you know how many restaurants I've been kicked out of for having an "Improper appearance"?" Duo had been "asked" out of numerous establishments for his apparel.
At that moment, the station shook wildly. "What the?! What's going on here?" Yelled Heero.
A monitor flashed to life. In the picture, was a totally black mobile suit that Heero immediately identified. "The Epyon!" The suit was slashing away at the hull of the space station. Then a voice came over the radio port built into the monitor.
"It's been a while, Heero Yuy.........too long." Heero recognized the voice faster than he recognized the Talgeese.
"Vincent Bangotti!" He yelled with a rash tone of fury in his voice.
"Shouldn't you be burning in hell?!" Screamed Duo. The other pilots remembered the events from the previous year.
"I had it all.........money, power, and Releena.....but then YOU came into the picture and ruined everything!" The Epyon raised it's arm and threw another mighty slash. "I should have done you in when I had the chance!" The station shook again.
"I've had enough!" Heero shot up a ladder to a catwalk, and jumped into the Zero's cockpit. "You only had Releena in your mind!" The eyes of the Zero flashed green, and the mobile suit came to life.
"Heero, wait!" Lance yelled. "You don't stand a chance against that thing!"
It was too late. The Zero had already cut through the hangar doors with it's beam saber, and was proceeding to engage the Epyon. The remaining five grabbed onto their Gundams until the emergency blast door for the hangar closed.
"Don't worry about Heero." Duo told Lance, then he turned to Wufei. "He's taken on a lot worse than this creep."
"You don't understand! The Zero system isn't installed on that thing! Without it, he may not be able to take on such an advanced enemy!"
Meanwhile, Heero and Vincent locked sabers. Each put their heart into it, but the other refused to concede an inch.
"You ruined my life! If it weren't for you, I would have been on top of the world!" Vincent coughed out in his deep voice. It had changed considerably from his old voice that spoke with a certain rich tone.
"Shut up! Shut your damn mouth! I've heard enough of your crap to last me a lifetime!" Heero threw his life into his attacks, but Vincent's saber began to throw the Zero back. "What's going on?! Why doesn't the Zero fight him off?!" Heero thought as his blade made contact.
"This is pathetic." Vincent raised the arm and slashed his weapon one last time. This time, it removed the arm of the Zero. This was it. Heero had no way of defending himself. He was going to die in space, never to hear Releena's voice again. "Die little rat!" Vincent prepared to strike.
At that moment, something ripped through the leg of the Epyon. "WHAT THE HELL?! Who's there?!" When Vincent's turned, he couldn't believe what he saw. A red and black mobile suit heading straight for him. The suit was retracting a whip-like heat rod to it's arm. The mobile suit looked just like his own. It was the REAL Epyon.
"Yuy, I know you're better than that." A new familiar deep voice came over the radio. A voice that Heero hadn't heard in a long time."
"Peacecraft! You're Late!" Lance yelled over the radio link.
"It's.........Zechs?" He finally placed the voice as that of the man that had helped him and fought him in the past.
"I guess it's true what they say about "Better late than never." The real Epyon relieved Vincent of his left arm.
"Damn!........................this time I'll let you go Yuy!" The black Epyon turned and began to withdraw. "But the next time we meet, you won't be so lucky!"
"Peacecraft! Bring the Zero back into the Hangar. Are the rest of the transports close behind?" Lance had a distressed voice.
"They're a few hours behind me. Upset about the Zero?" Zechs taunted.
"Yeah........the paperwork to get this place running is gonna be hell. Glad I'm not Dermail. We're just gonna get all the menial repair work." Zechs and Lance laughed, but Heero saw nothing funny about the current situation.
"He's still alive..........Releena!" Heero flipped his radio on. "Lance! You have to get Releena to a safe place! If anything happens to her.........."
"Relax! I'm not called "Perfect Soldier" for nothing. Before we left, I had Releena escorted to one of our shuttles. I'm afraid she'll be in this for the long run."
"He's not even married and he's going through hell." Joked Duo. Quatre smacked him. "OW! What was that for?!"
"Insensitive clod! Don't you realize what Heero's going through?!" It was like one of Quatre's old soap operas.
Trowa stepped in. "We can bash Duo for his bad jokes later. Right now we have to fix the Zero."
Act Two: An Anger Restored
By: Knuckles19{I don't have anything to say......sorry for any typo's!}
"Our Gundams!" Wufei gazed up at the Altron. It was exactly as he remembered it. The two prideful dragons shone in the beam of light that reflected off of the golden teeth.
"Sand Rock.........it's good to see you again my friend." Quatre said as he walked up to the bulky mobile suit.
"Care to explain these, military man?" Duo asked.
"These are the prototypes for the original gundams that you flew in the war against Libra. They are slightly better armed than your old machines with a twenty percent armor increase." Lance walked further into the room and pressed a few keys on a keypad. A large hangar door flew open. "And this is Gundam Aero." In the large storage locker stood a large blue and yellow mobile suit. Heero couldn't see any visible weapons, but he never judged an enemy by appearance. "It's a machine with fifty percent more armor than any other mobile suit, and twice the firepower of anything!"
"Then why wasn't it deployed in Operation Meteor?" Trowa's curiosity was growing to it's peak.
"It's not the fastest thing in the world, due to all of the armor, so we knew it could easily survive the descent to Earth, but we we're afraid it would be too slow to fight on a gravity battlefield. It's better suited to space combat with a powerful thrust system."
"The Great Destroyer and the Deathscythe Hell are reunited at last! Civilian life was starting to get on my nerves! Do you know how many restaurants I've been kicked out of for having an "Improper appearance"?" Duo had been "asked" out of numerous establishments for his apparel.
At that moment, the station shook wildly. "What the?! What's going on here?" Yelled Heero.
A monitor flashed to life. In the picture, was a totally black mobile suit that Heero immediately identified. "The Epyon!" The suit was slashing away at the hull of the space station. Then a voice came over the radio port built into the monitor.
"It's been a while, Heero Yuy.........too long." Heero recognized the voice faster than he recognized the Talgeese.
"Vincent Bangotti!" He yelled with a rash tone of fury in his voice.
"Shouldn't you be burning in hell?!" Screamed Duo. The other pilots remembered the events from the previous year.
"I had it all.........money, power, and Releena.....but then YOU came into the picture and ruined everything!" The Epyon raised it's arm and threw another mighty slash. "I should have done you in when I had the chance!" The station shook again.
"I've had enough!" Heero shot up a ladder to a catwalk, and jumped into the Zero's cockpit. "You only had Releena in your mind!" The eyes of the Zero flashed green, and the mobile suit came to life.
"Heero, wait!" Lance yelled. "You don't stand a chance against that thing!"
It was too late. The Zero had already cut through the hangar doors with it's beam saber, and was proceeding to engage the Epyon. The remaining five grabbed onto their Gundams until the emergency blast door for the hangar closed.
"Don't worry about Heero." Duo told Lance, then he turned to Wufei. "He's taken on a lot worse than this creep."
"You don't understand! The Zero system isn't installed on that thing! Without it, he may not be able to take on such an advanced enemy!"
Meanwhile, Heero and Vincent locked sabers. Each put their heart into it, but the other refused to concede an inch.
"You ruined my life! If it weren't for you, I would have been on top of the world!" Vincent coughed out in his deep voice. It had changed considerably from his old voice that spoke with a certain rich tone.
"Shut up! Shut your damn mouth! I've heard enough of your crap to last me a lifetime!" Heero threw his life into his attacks, but Vincent's saber began to throw the Zero back. "What's going on?! Why doesn't the Zero fight him off?!" Heero thought as his blade made contact.
"This is pathetic." Vincent raised the arm and slashed his weapon one last time. This time, it removed the arm of the Zero. This was it. Heero had no way of defending himself. He was going to die in space, never to hear Releena's voice again. "Die little rat!" Vincent prepared to strike.
At that moment, something ripped through the leg of the Epyon. "WHAT THE HELL?! Who's there?!" When Vincent's turned, he couldn't believe what he saw. A red and black mobile suit heading straight for him. The suit was retracting a whip-like heat rod to it's arm. The mobile suit looked just like his own. It was the REAL Epyon.
"Yuy, I know you're better than that." A new familiar deep voice came over the radio. A voice that Heero hadn't heard in a long time."
"Peacecraft! You're Late!" Lance yelled over the radio link.
"It's.........Zechs?" He finally placed the voice as that of the man that had helped him and fought him in the past.
"I guess it's true what they say about "Better late than never." The real Epyon relieved Vincent of his left arm.
"Damn!........................this time I'll let you go Yuy!" The black Epyon turned and began to withdraw. "But the next time we meet, you won't be so lucky!"
"Peacecraft! Bring the Zero back into the Hangar. Are the rest of the transports close behind?" Lance had a distressed voice.
"They're a few hours behind me. Upset about the Zero?" Zechs taunted.
"Yeah........the paperwork to get this place running is gonna be hell. Glad I'm not Dermail. We're just gonna get all the menial repair work." Zechs and Lance laughed, but Heero saw nothing funny about the current situation.
"He's still alive..........Releena!" Heero flipped his radio on. "Lance! You have to get Releena to a safe place! If anything happens to her.........."
"Relax! I'm not called "Perfect Soldier" for nothing. Before we left, I had Releena escorted to one of our shuttles. I'm afraid she'll be in this for the long run."
"He's not even married and he's going through hell." Joked Duo. Quatre smacked him. "OW! What was that for?!"
"Insensitive clod! Don't you realize what Heero's going through?!" It was like one of Quatre's old soap operas.
Trowa stepped in. "We can bash Duo for his bad jokes later. Right now we have to fix the Zero."