Two Men, Once Force
Chapter 4: Strike of the Crimson Lightning
"Johnny Ridden? Is it . . . is it really you?"
"Rear Admiral Kycilia?"
Nanai Miguel stood in front of Johnny Ridden posing as Kycilia Zabi. In the back of the room was Admiral, who could hardly conceal his smile from watching the two.
"Admiral Kycilia! I can't believe it's really you!"
"Oh Major . . ."
The two embraced. Kycilia had a devilish smile gleaming across her face.
"Ms. Kycilia . . . I . . . what's happened?"
"It's a long story, Major Ridden. A long story."
"I heard . . . we lost. And Gihren died . . ."
"Yes, yes, but that's all in the past now . . ."
"I . . . I-I-I-I-I don't know anymore . . . who am I?"
"Why, you're Johnny Ridden of course. The Crimson Lightning of the One Year War. My most trusted pilot along with Char Aznable."
"Captain Char! What's become of him?"
"Dead. He was a traitor."
"He betrayed us? Why?"
"He was destined to kill all the Zabis. He would've gotten me . . . but you're efforts at A Baoa Que kept me alive. I lived to see you again. And together, we'll revive the Zeon Duchy."
"What's become of Side 3?"
"Traitors. All traitors."
"Traitors?"
"Right after the Principality of Zeon fell, they succumbed to democracy just so they wouldn't be harmed. They've forgotten the ideals of the old Zeon and have replaced them with a false one. Will you help me?"
"I . . . I'll try . . . but sometimes I lose control . . . I-I lose control of myself and . . . can't control myself."
"But you're the heart of what's left of Zeon. I need you, Major Ridden."
"Yes, yes. Anything for Zeon."
In the hanger of the Black Dream's flagship, Johnny Ridden is sitting in a Mobile Suit known as the Regalus. It has a humanoid shape, however, it has a dome shaped head, large dome-shaped legs surrounded by thrusters, The shoulders stood out as they were very large and spike-shaped. The body was fairly large, with a shape very similar to that of a standard Gundam suit. The color of the suit is a mix of Crimson red and dark blue.
The Admiral stretched his arms and stared at Kycilia. "He's a psycho. Stupid enough believe anything he's told, not to mention he can lose control of himself."
"All the better."
"But why? There are normal humans that have died trying to control this suit? What makes you think someone with psychological issues can do it."
"Two reasons. Number one, he's destined. He's loyal. He's a veteran. A machine as unstable as EXAM and a person as unstable as Major Ridden are compatible. The crazier one gets, the crazier the other gets. And when this happens, we'll have the total annihilation of fleets. The Regalus will be invincible! More than enough for Londo Bell to handle."
"If we do decimate Londo Bell, we'll have to deal with the entire Earth Federal Forces fleet. They're going to be a giant obstacle. The harder we push against it, the bigger the obstacle becomes."
Nanai stares at the bay door. The Regalus is in the corner of her eye. "Well, we'll just have to see what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object . . ."
"And . . .?" the Admiral asked.
"And what?"
"The second reason you think this psycho should be able to handle EXAM?"
"My second reason is much simpler - he can't."
"What? What do you mean?'
"I expect him to go psycho and have EXAM engulf his mind. At that point, the Regalus and Johnny Ridden become one."
"A single force meant to destroy everything in its path. I still don't trust it. What if he tries to attack us?"
"He won't."
"How can you be sure?"
"Because Rear Admiral Kycilia Zabi is making sure of it."
"I'm ready," Ridden stated.
Admiral gets onto the speaker. "Listen closely, currently, the Republic of Zeon's left wing and right wing members have been having constant disputes. That colony over there is Zoom Colony, the capital of Side 3. You're ordered to wreck the colony by any means necessary."
"Yes, sir."
Johnny pulled back on the controls.
"This is Johnny Ridden . . . launching!"
The Regalus took off accompanied by 6 Geara Dogas. Nanai notices how close they are to the Regalus.
"Don't stay too close to the Regalus, just cover its rear."
The Geara Dogas complied and fell back. The Regalus thrusted forward and neared the colony.
"For the glory of the spacenoids, for the honor of the Zabi family, Side 3, I have returned! Sieg Zeon!"
The Regalus held its waist launchers and fired four large warheads, all crashing into the side of the colony. An inferno erupted on the side.
"Ha, ha, ha . . . HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!"
The laugh echoed throughout the radio. Nanai shrugged as she heard this. The Regalus swooped down and put its Mega Beam Rifle into Beam Machine Gun mode and released a barrage of beams into the side of the colony. Explosions ripped through the side.
"For the glory of the Zabi family! I will kill you all! Kill you all!"
Suddenly, about a dozen Mobile Suits launched from the colony.
"You . . ." said a female voice.
"What? Who's there?"
"You are . . ."
"W-What's that?!"
"YOU!"
"AAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!"
The Regalus jetted out of the way of the GM III's attacks. He fired his chest gattling gun and nailed direct shots into the GMs. Not one bullet missed. Ridden stored his beam rifle and ignited his beam saber. He rushed at the suits and dodged every single beam and missile thrown at him.
"DIE! DIE! DIE!"
The GMs fire a frenzy of attacks in every possible direction. The Regalus blurs by them. Every time a pilot blinked, the Regalus would be out of sight. The pilots stopped firing, and the enemy suit was gone. In a quick flash, one of the GMs was cut in half. The Regalus swept by and fired its overhead cannons and beam rifle. The GMs didn't stand a chance.
"SIEG ZEON! ARGH!"
The Regalus aimed its beam rifle in beam machine gun mode and its overhead cannons at the colony's window and blew a hole in the colony. It then launched a barrage off attacks into the colony. The explosions soon reached the energy storage building of the colony, turning a chunk of it into a giant fireball . . .
On the Ra Cailum, Yuu and Philip were talking in the lounge.
"Remember that time Blue attacked us for the first time?"
"God, I was scared out of my pants," Philip answered.
"You played it off pretty god damn well, too."
"I guess I did . . ."
"You're a lot less of an asshole than you were back then."
"Yep. But . . . you know why . . ."
"The Titans . . ." Yuu said, as the enthusiasm in his voice faded.
". . . And Samana."
"The last time I saw him, I was screaming at him for spilling some soft drink onto the foot my Barzam at Killimanjaro. Then I left my post and forced him to take over for me. And then they took him down . . . the AEUG . . ."
"Then we found out what the Titans were really up to."
"I always wondered why you refused to join the Titans . . . now I wish I were in your shows. The whole reason Samana joined the Titans was because I said he'd be too much of a wuss to try and join the elite group. He knew something was up and kept saying it, but I kept kicking him around. We got in, but now look where that got us. Look where it got him. I remember that beam ripping through his Hi-zack. It was meant for me . . . that was my post . . ."
The Gryps Conflict - The battle between the cruel Federation branch known as the Titans and the spacenoid freedom fighters, the AEUG. Physically, it wasn't as destructive as the One Year War, but mentally, it was a war among wars. Its outcome left a scar on everyone, no matter who you were and what side you were on.
Philip looked away from Yuu and rested his head on his hand. "Every time . . . every time since his funeral . . . I've never been able to look Maureen in the eyes . . . her or their children . . ."
"Philip . . ."
"Hell, all of it's my fault. They almost didn't get together after I started telling everybody that the operator girl aboard the Medea was pregnant was his kid. It was kinda funny at the time. She took it to seriously . . ."
"Yeah . . . how is she?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen her in such a long time. How's Amy?"
"Fine, fine. I haven't seen her for the past 5 months. Looks like she's put on a little weight since the last time I saw her, though."
Philip snickered. He laid back in his seat and looked at the roof and sighed.
"What are you piloting?"
"What do you mean what am I piloting? Like they'd throw me in something other than a Jegan. What did they throw you in?"
"I've got a Gundam. The Miracle Gundam."
"Lucky you," he said sarcastically. "I heard about this partner of yours. A former member of the Titans, also."
"None of the guys here like it, I suggest you watch your back, too."
"I deserve it . . ."
"Hey, don't put yourself down. Samana's death isn't all your fault."
"Well, most of it is."
In the room came in Ensign Jill Kerrigan, a young Jegan pilot. Her hair was a bright pink color and her eye color was a blue, very striking, like Maureen's. She had a light skin shade and a gorgeous figure. She had an obvious British accent.
"Sir."
"Ensign Kerrigan."
She saluted Yuu, and Yuu stood up and saluted back.
"Sir, the Side 3 colony of Zoom was completely destroyed. Zoom was our destination as well . . ."
"Destroyed? By what? Was it the Black Dream or Neo Zeon?"
"We received word that a single Mobile Suit was out there doing a majority of the damage, sir."
"One Mobile Suit destroyed an entire colony? No way. What kind of Mobile Suit was it?"
"We don't know, sir. The nearest colony began scanning the area during the scuffle, but by that time, the colony was already wrecked."
Ensign Kerrigan's eyes floated off slightly and spotted Philip. Philip merely blinked twice.
"So, what's our new destination?" Yuu said, continuing their conversation.
"Well, sir, in light of the recent attacks, the set of GMs that took part in the battle managed to get a small tracking device onto the enemy Mobile Suit. The Side 3 Colony of 37 Bunch is relaying us the signal. Captain Noa wants us all on alert and ready for combat as soon as we enter Side 3 space."
"Alright. Thank you, Engisn Kerrigan."
Jill's eyes slowly drifted off towards Philip, but soon found their way back to Yuu. "Yes, sir." She left.
Yuu took a seat and shifted his head over to Philip. "Looks like we're seeing some more action."
"I guess we are."
"But did you hear that?"
"Here what?"
"Weren't you listening?"
"Umm . . . to most of it. It's been a pain for me to pay attention to anything lately ever since I got assigned to Londo Bell . . ."
"A single Mobile Suit destroyed a bunch of GMs and destroyed an entire colony. There's a whole lot more to this conflict then I thought there would be . . ."
On the bridge of the Ra Cailum, Jill Kerrigan approached Bright Noa.
"Sir, I've delivered the news to Captain Kajima."
"Good work, Ensign. How were things at Side 3 before you left?"
"Always a bloody mess, sir. By the way, the Federation couldn't find a way to get this letter to you, so they sent it to us knowing you're destination would be Side 3."
She hands him a large brown envelope. Bright rips it open and reads it. His face has a strained look.
"Bad news, sir?"
"It's from my doctor. Umm . . . you're dismissed, Ensign."
"Hope it's nothing bad, sir."
She leaves the room. Bright slaps the envelope down onto his desk and sighs.
Hours pass. At Side 3, the schedule is rain, and sprinklers from the top of the colonies release water in a way much rain falls, indistinguishable from a real rain storm that occurs on Earth. Floating near Side 3 are the Black Dream's ships. In the flagship, the ---, Nanai, Admiral Constatine, and her men examine Johnny Ridden from a window opposite the room he is in. Doctors are examining him.
"He was in the cockpit just like that?"
"Just like that," Nanai answered.
Johnny was sitting in his chair still, babbling random things over and over.
"Told it was dangerous to stick him in that cockpit."
"Everything's working out just like I planned. Mr. Ridden will be just fine. He's done his job quite nicely. Did you watch when he destroyed that colony? I thought it was an elegant display."
"You have a sick taste for war."
"Not for war, Constatine, just for the burning traitors."
"Really? Then you shouldn't be around us, now should you."
"I know you're not traitors, Captain. You're just a bunch of disgruntled POWs that got blamed for everything."
"If only the Federation could here that and believe it."
"By the way, Admiral, I found something I think you should be informed of."
"What is it?"
"I found something on the leg of the Regalus. It was camouflaged to look like nothing was there, much like this ship's stealth ability. It's a homing device. They're onto us."
"What? Did you remove it?"
"Of course not."
"Why didn't you!"
"It's the perfect opportunity to test one of the two Nuremburg Mobile Suits."
"Ah . . ."
"Is your son ready?"
"Always. I'll have him ready to move out along with some of the Geara Dogas."
"A battle would be the perfect decoy for me to go meet my candidate to pilot the other Nurember at Side 3's 37 Bunch. I'm going to go get ready."
"Before you leave, Ms. Nanai, this candidate of yours . . . are you sure he'll join our cause?"
"Oh, he will. As you know, he's related to your former leader Admiral Kintaro. I'm sure he'll join us. He's another disgruntled one."
"Good luck, Ms. Nanai."
"Good luck to you and your men as well."
Aboard the Ra Cailum, the Mobile Suit deck was buy with people everywhere. Yuu leaped up from the ground using the zero gravity and stood on the platform leading to his cockpit. To his right was the Lionheart. Yazan was nowhere to be found, though. And the far left side of the room was Philip, boarding his Jegan, but at the same time, he eyed Jill Kerrigan, who was doing the same. Yuu smiled and boarded the Miracle Gundam. He closed the cockpit and got onto the launch pad.
"Ready to, Captain Kajima?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"You're cleared to launch, sir."
"Yuu Kajima in the Miracle Gundam . . . ikimasu!"
To Be Continued . . .
"Johnny Ridden? Is it . . . is it really you?"
"Rear Admiral Kycilia?"
Nanai Miguel stood in front of Johnny Ridden posing as Kycilia Zabi. In the back of the room was Admiral, who could hardly conceal his smile from watching the two.
"Admiral Kycilia! I can't believe it's really you!"
"Oh Major . . ."
The two embraced. Kycilia had a devilish smile gleaming across her face.
"Ms. Kycilia . . . I . . . what's happened?"
"It's a long story, Major Ridden. A long story."
"I heard . . . we lost. And Gihren died . . ."
"Yes, yes, but that's all in the past now . . ."
"I . . . I-I-I-I-I don't know anymore . . . who am I?"
"Why, you're Johnny Ridden of course. The Crimson Lightning of the One Year War. My most trusted pilot along with Char Aznable."
"Captain Char! What's become of him?"
"Dead. He was a traitor."
"He betrayed us? Why?"
"He was destined to kill all the Zabis. He would've gotten me . . . but you're efforts at A Baoa Que kept me alive. I lived to see you again. And together, we'll revive the Zeon Duchy."
"What's become of Side 3?"
"Traitors. All traitors."
"Traitors?"
"Right after the Principality of Zeon fell, they succumbed to democracy just so they wouldn't be harmed. They've forgotten the ideals of the old Zeon and have replaced them with a false one. Will you help me?"
"I . . . I'll try . . . but sometimes I lose control . . . I-I lose control of myself and . . . can't control myself."
"But you're the heart of what's left of Zeon. I need you, Major Ridden."
"Yes, yes. Anything for Zeon."
In the hanger of the Black Dream's flagship, Johnny Ridden is sitting in a Mobile Suit known as the Regalus. It has a humanoid shape, however, it has a dome shaped head, large dome-shaped legs surrounded by thrusters, The shoulders stood out as they were very large and spike-shaped. The body was fairly large, with a shape very similar to that of a standard Gundam suit. The color of the suit is a mix of Crimson red and dark blue.
The Admiral stretched his arms and stared at Kycilia. "He's a psycho. Stupid enough believe anything he's told, not to mention he can lose control of himself."
"All the better."
"But why? There are normal humans that have died trying to control this suit? What makes you think someone with psychological issues can do it."
"Two reasons. Number one, he's destined. He's loyal. He's a veteran. A machine as unstable as EXAM and a person as unstable as Major Ridden are compatible. The crazier one gets, the crazier the other gets. And when this happens, we'll have the total annihilation of fleets. The Regalus will be invincible! More than enough for Londo Bell to handle."
"If we do decimate Londo Bell, we'll have to deal with the entire Earth Federal Forces fleet. They're going to be a giant obstacle. The harder we push against it, the bigger the obstacle becomes."
Nanai stares at the bay door. The Regalus is in the corner of her eye. "Well, we'll just have to see what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object . . ."
"And . . .?" the Admiral asked.
"And what?"
"The second reason you think this psycho should be able to handle EXAM?"
"My second reason is much simpler - he can't."
"What? What do you mean?'
"I expect him to go psycho and have EXAM engulf his mind. At that point, the Regalus and Johnny Ridden become one."
"A single force meant to destroy everything in its path. I still don't trust it. What if he tries to attack us?"
"He won't."
"How can you be sure?"
"Because Rear Admiral Kycilia Zabi is making sure of it."
"I'm ready," Ridden stated.
Admiral gets onto the speaker. "Listen closely, currently, the Republic of Zeon's left wing and right wing members have been having constant disputes. That colony over there is Zoom Colony, the capital of Side 3. You're ordered to wreck the colony by any means necessary."
"Yes, sir."
Johnny pulled back on the controls.
"This is Johnny Ridden . . . launching!"
The Regalus took off accompanied by 6 Geara Dogas. Nanai notices how close they are to the Regalus.
"Don't stay too close to the Regalus, just cover its rear."
The Geara Dogas complied and fell back. The Regalus thrusted forward and neared the colony.
"For the glory of the spacenoids, for the honor of the Zabi family, Side 3, I have returned! Sieg Zeon!"
The Regalus held its waist launchers and fired four large warheads, all crashing into the side of the colony. An inferno erupted on the side.
"Ha, ha, ha . . . HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!"
The laugh echoed throughout the radio. Nanai shrugged as she heard this. The Regalus swooped down and put its Mega Beam Rifle into Beam Machine Gun mode and released a barrage of beams into the side of the colony. Explosions ripped through the side.
"For the glory of the Zabi family! I will kill you all! Kill you all!"
Suddenly, about a dozen Mobile Suits launched from the colony.
"You . . ." said a female voice.
"What? Who's there?"
"You are . . ."
"W-What's that?!"
"YOU!"
"AAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!"
The Regalus jetted out of the way of the GM III's attacks. He fired his chest gattling gun and nailed direct shots into the GMs. Not one bullet missed. Ridden stored his beam rifle and ignited his beam saber. He rushed at the suits and dodged every single beam and missile thrown at him.
"DIE! DIE! DIE!"
The GMs fire a frenzy of attacks in every possible direction. The Regalus blurs by them. Every time a pilot blinked, the Regalus would be out of sight. The pilots stopped firing, and the enemy suit was gone. In a quick flash, one of the GMs was cut in half. The Regalus swept by and fired its overhead cannons and beam rifle. The GMs didn't stand a chance.
"SIEG ZEON! ARGH!"
The Regalus aimed its beam rifle in beam machine gun mode and its overhead cannons at the colony's window and blew a hole in the colony. It then launched a barrage off attacks into the colony. The explosions soon reached the energy storage building of the colony, turning a chunk of it into a giant fireball . . .
On the Ra Cailum, Yuu and Philip were talking in the lounge.
"Remember that time Blue attacked us for the first time?"
"God, I was scared out of my pants," Philip answered.
"You played it off pretty god damn well, too."
"I guess I did . . ."
"You're a lot less of an asshole than you were back then."
"Yep. But . . . you know why . . ."
"The Titans . . ." Yuu said, as the enthusiasm in his voice faded.
". . . And Samana."
"The last time I saw him, I was screaming at him for spilling some soft drink onto the foot my Barzam at Killimanjaro. Then I left my post and forced him to take over for me. And then they took him down . . . the AEUG . . ."
"Then we found out what the Titans were really up to."
"I always wondered why you refused to join the Titans . . . now I wish I were in your shows. The whole reason Samana joined the Titans was because I said he'd be too much of a wuss to try and join the elite group. He knew something was up and kept saying it, but I kept kicking him around. We got in, but now look where that got us. Look where it got him. I remember that beam ripping through his Hi-zack. It was meant for me . . . that was my post . . ."
The Gryps Conflict - The battle between the cruel Federation branch known as the Titans and the spacenoid freedom fighters, the AEUG. Physically, it wasn't as destructive as the One Year War, but mentally, it was a war among wars. Its outcome left a scar on everyone, no matter who you were and what side you were on.
Philip looked away from Yuu and rested his head on his hand. "Every time . . . every time since his funeral . . . I've never been able to look Maureen in the eyes . . . her or their children . . ."
"Philip . . ."
"Hell, all of it's my fault. They almost didn't get together after I started telling everybody that the operator girl aboard the Medea was pregnant was his kid. It was kinda funny at the time. She took it to seriously . . ."
"Yeah . . . how is she?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen her in such a long time. How's Amy?"
"Fine, fine. I haven't seen her for the past 5 months. Looks like she's put on a little weight since the last time I saw her, though."
Philip snickered. He laid back in his seat and looked at the roof and sighed.
"What are you piloting?"
"What do you mean what am I piloting? Like they'd throw me in something other than a Jegan. What did they throw you in?"
"I've got a Gundam. The Miracle Gundam."
"Lucky you," he said sarcastically. "I heard about this partner of yours. A former member of the Titans, also."
"None of the guys here like it, I suggest you watch your back, too."
"I deserve it . . ."
"Hey, don't put yourself down. Samana's death isn't all your fault."
"Well, most of it is."
In the room came in Ensign Jill Kerrigan, a young Jegan pilot. Her hair was a bright pink color and her eye color was a blue, very striking, like Maureen's. She had a light skin shade and a gorgeous figure. She had an obvious British accent.
"Sir."
"Ensign Kerrigan."
She saluted Yuu, and Yuu stood up and saluted back.
"Sir, the Side 3 colony of Zoom was completely destroyed. Zoom was our destination as well . . ."
"Destroyed? By what? Was it the Black Dream or Neo Zeon?"
"We received word that a single Mobile Suit was out there doing a majority of the damage, sir."
"One Mobile Suit destroyed an entire colony? No way. What kind of Mobile Suit was it?"
"We don't know, sir. The nearest colony began scanning the area during the scuffle, but by that time, the colony was already wrecked."
Ensign Kerrigan's eyes floated off slightly and spotted Philip. Philip merely blinked twice.
"So, what's our new destination?" Yuu said, continuing their conversation.
"Well, sir, in light of the recent attacks, the set of GMs that took part in the battle managed to get a small tracking device onto the enemy Mobile Suit. The Side 3 Colony of 37 Bunch is relaying us the signal. Captain Noa wants us all on alert and ready for combat as soon as we enter Side 3 space."
"Alright. Thank you, Engisn Kerrigan."
Jill's eyes slowly drifted off towards Philip, but soon found their way back to Yuu. "Yes, sir." She left.
Yuu took a seat and shifted his head over to Philip. "Looks like we're seeing some more action."
"I guess we are."
"But did you hear that?"
"Here what?"
"Weren't you listening?"
"Umm . . . to most of it. It's been a pain for me to pay attention to anything lately ever since I got assigned to Londo Bell . . ."
"A single Mobile Suit destroyed a bunch of GMs and destroyed an entire colony. There's a whole lot more to this conflict then I thought there would be . . ."
On the bridge of the Ra Cailum, Jill Kerrigan approached Bright Noa.
"Sir, I've delivered the news to Captain Kajima."
"Good work, Ensign. How were things at Side 3 before you left?"
"Always a bloody mess, sir. By the way, the Federation couldn't find a way to get this letter to you, so they sent it to us knowing you're destination would be Side 3."
She hands him a large brown envelope. Bright rips it open and reads it. His face has a strained look.
"Bad news, sir?"
"It's from my doctor. Umm . . . you're dismissed, Ensign."
"Hope it's nothing bad, sir."
She leaves the room. Bright slaps the envelope down onto his desk and sighs.
Hours pass. At Side 3, the schedule is rain, and sprinklers from the top of the colonies release water in a way much rain falls, indistinguishable from a real rain storm that occurs on Earth. Floating near Side 3 are the Black Dream's ships. In the flagship, the ---, Nanai, Admiral Constatine, and her men examine Johnny Ridden from a window opposite the room he is in. Doctors are examining him.
"He was in the cockpit just like that?"
"Just like that," Nanai answered.
Johnny was sitting in his chair still, babbling random things over and over.
"Told it was dangerous to stick him in that cockpit."
"Everything's working out just like I planned. Mr. Ridden will be just fine. He's done his job quite nicely. Did you watch when he destroyed that colony? I thought it was an elegant display."
"You have a sick taste for war."
"Not for war, Constatine, just for the burning traitors."
"Really? Then you shouldn't be around us, now should you."
"I know you're not traitors, Captain. You're just a bunch of disgruntled POWs that got blamed for everything."
"If only the Federation could here that and believe it."
"By the way, Admiral, I found something I think you should be informed of."
"What is it?"
"I found something on the leg of the Regalus. It was camouflaged to look like nothing was there, much like this ship's stealth ability. It's a homing device. They're onto us."
"What? Did you remove it?"
"Of course not."
"Why didn't you!"
"It's the perfect opportunity to test one of the two Nuremburg Mobile Suits."
"Ah . . ."
"Is your son ready?"
"Always. I'll have him ready to move out along with some of the Geara Dogas."
"A battle would be the perfect decoy for me to go meet my candidate to pilot the other Nurember at Side 3's 37 Bunch. I'm going to go get ready."
"Before you leave, Ms. Nanai, this candidate of yours . . . are you sure he'll join our cause?"
"Oh, he will. As you know, he's related to your former leader Admiral Kintaro. I'm sure he'll join us. He's another disgruntled one."
"Good luck, Ms. Nanai."
"Good luck to you and your men as well."
Aboard the Ra Cailum, the Mobile Suit deck was buy with people everywhere. Yuu leaped up from the ground using the zero gravity and stood on the platform leading to his cockpit. To his right was the Lionheart. Yazan was nowhere to be found, though. And the far left side of the room was Philip, boarding his Jegan, but at the same time, he eyed Jill Kerrigan, who was doing the same. Yuu smiled and boarded the Miracle Gundam. He closed the cockpit and got onto the launch pad.
"Ready to, Captain Kajima?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"You're cleared to launch, sir."
"Yuu Kajima in the Miracle Gundam . . . ikimasu!"
To Be Continued . . .