Intermission
The Gundam XXXG-00W0 also known as Wing Zero was severely damaged but never destroyed in the finally war on Earth in the year A.C. 196. Following the battle the four remaining Gundams Deathsycthe Hell, Sandrock, Heavyarms, and Altron, were then self detonated by their pilots, Duo Maxwell, Quatre Raberba Winner, Trowa Barton, and Chang Wue-Fei. All of them including Heero Yuy went on to live out their lives as they wished. Heero Yuy traveled to Mars with Relena Darlian and stayed with her while she spearheaded the colonization of Mars. Relena soon married Heero and they lived their rest of their lives on the planet, creating a family which bloodlines still flow strong today.
But unknown to the pilots the mobile suit Tallgeese III still remained intact and was shipped to Mars, while the main computer of Wing Zero also survived the major damage in the battle and the years of nonuse while inside the torso of the Gundam buried deep in the sand of a beach. The computer of the Tallgeese contained detailed information on mobile suits weaker than it including the Serpent mobile suit while Wing Zero's contained blue prints and data on the other four Gundams and even Epyon, Mercurius, Vayeate and the Mobile Doll Pisces.
Chapter 2: The Three Beats Pound OnIt is revealed that at the end of chapter 1 that Damien Yuy is the pilot of the once forgotten Gundam Wing Zero. After escaping danger many times, with his best friend, Naomi Ruleas. After being chased by gang members, bikers and even Leo type mobile suits, they are forced to head to Je'tion base were Damien leaves Naomi in a building a takes a secret passage underground. While she waits, she is almost crushed by an oncoming Leo, but is saved by Damien as he rises within the building inside Wing Zero holding Naomi in hand.
19:25 Inside Gundam Wing-0 cockpit
"What took you so long dummy!" Naomi yells after repeatedly smacking Damien upside the head.
"Is that all you have to say. No thank you, or why are you in such a machine?"
Naomi smacks him upside the head again, "No you idiot. If it were, it would've already been said. Besides you have more things to worry about than my reaction." Naomi points to the main heads-up display.
Damien turns to see a Leo charging at him with its beam saber drawn, "Ah, hell."
Damien takes the controls and the Gundam instantly reacts dodging the slashes of the Leo. Unfortunately, the inner workings of a Gundam aren't made for two people and Naomi is tossed left and right while Damien is strapped into the pilot seat obviously enjoying the moment as she curses him. Suddenly Wing Zero surges forward and crabs the Leo by the head and crushes it instantly. The other Leos then begin firing at them, which drives Naomi insane.
"My god there shooting at us, dodge, fight back do something!" Damien looks at her with a puzzled look on his face, "Shoot back at them!"
"I can't, I my ammo back in the base. Besides, their not using beam rifles against us, its not like were gonna be hurt. But if it makes you happy I'll take'em down."
Kaiya turns white from his response, but she looks at his hands as he flips a small switch on the joystick. Wing Zero reacts and draws its beam saber. And its wings extend sending it surging forward with speed from its thrusters. It slices through two Leos instantly and cuts through he weapon arm of another. One Leo comes from behind with its weapon the mobile suits are far two slow.
"Pests! You come on to my base and actually think you can beat me! Damien yells as he turns and grabs the Leo and slams it on the ground crushing the torso.
Suddenly a monitor to Damien's right comes on and the man that appears is Doctor Denson.
"Damien it seems that we have a small problem."
"I'm kinda busy right now Doc!"
Naomi quickly follows up, "Yeah talk to him after he saves my life OK!"
"Oh dear you brought someone in the cockpit with you."
Tearing trough two more Leos, "Say what you gotta say."
"It seems that three men have infiltrated the base, we managed to hold them off but…"
Doctor Jensen is interrupted as an explosion knocks out the transmission and Damien finishes off three more Leos. He turns to his left to see that three have been abandoned and he finally sees the enemies plan. They have drawn him away from the base, and he sees the reason why as the worst case scenario ever arises. Gundams Heavyarms, Sandrock, and Altron rise from three separate buildings.
"Shit! Doc if you can hear me, I need a beam rifle up here now!"
Damien ignores the last of the Leos as he heads full thrust after the other Gundams. He flies by Sandrock and heads after Heavyarms, but he dives right barely dodging the fire from one of Heavyarms Dual Gatling-guns. The spray of bullets hit Sandrock instead, but the Gundam doesn't even budge, not to avoid, attack, nor escape. Altron hover chooses to escape as it and the remaining Leos flee to the southeast towards the see. Damien stands Wing Zero up but must take cover as Heavyarms continues to fire the gatling-guns. Damien waits a few seconds after the fire ends, but it proves to be a mistake. Because when he turns the corner, Heavyarms has also fled.
"Aren't you going after them?" Naomi asks.
"It'll only end up a stale mate. Neither one of us has our weapons, nor since you're here, I can't go all out. Besides I have to secure Sandrock."
19:55
The ground rumbles as an elevator brings a large rifle to the surface and the buster shield but Damien ignores both and drags Sandrock by the leg to the cargo elevator and heads down.
"What are these things Damien?"
"Took you long enough to ask." Taking a deep breath he lets go of the controls, throughout the whole thing he didn't even sweat a drop.
"There a type of weapon dubbed a mobile suit. The type that were just stolen and the one right here and what your in are called Gundams."
"So," She slaps him again, "HOW LONG WERE YOU GOING TO HOLD OUT!"
"You weren't supposed to know, besides. I was only supposed to pilot this thing if we went to war. But the way Mars is headed that'll be soon."
Naomi climbs from behind Damien and sits on his lap. Her hands are shaking as she places her hands on the joysticks.
"Can I?"
"Wait till we hit bottom. I'll let you dock him."
"You speak like he's alive."
"Pretty much is."
The elevator soon hits bottom, and leaving Sandrock on the platform, Damien instructs Naomi on how to dock Wing Zero. She amazingly does extremely well for a novice and as she docks, she gets it on the first try. They exit the cockpit as the hatch opens and the first person they see is Doctor Denson. He has aged well over the years. His hair is all gone and beard trimmed into a goatee. But his face is still the same.
"You're getting better at piloting Damien."
"I fought," Pointing at Naomi, "She docked."
"This young lady was able to handle Wing Zero?"
"I turned off the combat systems and had the stabilizers at max."
Naomi kicks him in the butt, "You know that was all skill jerk!"
"It seems your girlfriend has you trained Damien." Doctor Densen laughs as Damien and Naomi have the most dumfounded look on their faces.
"Her my girlfriend? I'd rather bang a hole in a granite."
Naomi slaps him again, "Hi my name is Naomi, Naomi Ruleas. Hiya."
She offers her hand and Doctor Jensen quickly shakes it all the while staring at her chest (the pervert).
"My name is Doctor Densen. Just call me Doctor D. If you to will excuse me I have to refit Wing Zero and dock and repair Sandrock.
He walks away as workers pour into the area. Electricians, metal workers, and mechanics begin working feverishly on the two Gundams. The base is mostly clean and has a sterile feeling to it, other than the signs of the recent battle; it is hard to figure out how the base was discovered. Naomi follows Damien past another Gundam and she stops him as he just passes by.
"Damien what is this ones name?"
"It's name?
"Yeah, you called that one Sandrock." She points to the damaged Gundam, "And the one we were in Wing Zero."
Smiling, "That one is Deathscythe. Well that's just part of its name. The rest of it is just an unnecessary add on."
"What's the add on?"
"HELL."
Naomi's jaw drops to the ground, "Why hell?"
"You see the two pieces of metal covering it like a cloak. When those are extended it looks like the devil itself. Come on, your covered in sweat. You need to change your clothes."
"You just want to see me naked."
"Already have."
"What?" Damien continues walking through the door, "Come back here Damien. What did you mean!?"
21:15
Naomi's clothes are cleaned and dried, as she talks to Damien in the above mess hall. He tells here the situation there in and how the gundams were created. And even how his family came into so much money after his mothers' death.
In a borrowed sweats pants and shirt, "You mean you're a twin?"
"Yeah. My sister was taken in the nursery. We haven't heard anything about her since then."
"Must be tough."
"Not really. I've been training since I was young. It seems my ancestor set aside some cash that built up interest, and he had info stashed away to be released if a war were to break out."
"Why did he have to do things in such a way?"
"Because total pacifism was instituted. All the weapons in the Earth Sphere were destroyed right before Mars was colonized. And because his wife was a pacifist, as well. She helped him stop fighting, and he had faith in here ideals, but being such a hardcore fighter he had to set something up in case things were to go bad."
"Man that's deep."
The conversation is cut short as Doctor D comes in with Naomi's clothes, he lays them on the table and both he and Damien turn around as she puts her clothes on. For some reason Doctor D faces the window where the light is reflected.
"A meeting has been called. Both of you are to report to the briefing room."
"Both of us?" Damien asks.
"Yes it seems that the higher ups are interested in the you lady."
"Ha, I told you it was all skill Damien."
"If you actually think they'll let you pilot a Gundam your insane."
Looking down at the ground, "Actually that's exactly what they want her for. She's to pilot Sandrock on the recovery mission."
"But she hasn't had any training. There probably heading into space!"
"They already are. We've located a ship heavily broadcasting Minovsky particles. We had to boost are sensors to maximum just to get them on radar. Wing-0 and Sandrock have been equipped for space flight. Your verneers equipped. Both of your weapons have been fully loaded and charged."
Grabbing Doctor J by the shoulders, "My Buster rifle is finished doc?"
"Well, no. You'll have to use the smaller beam rifle to disable the other Gundams systems. Hopefully they haven't changed the basic programming code. So it should shut down there systems."
"Excuse me Doctor D, how did the E.S.C. get a hold of such technology?"
"That all will be taken care of in the briefing room dear follow me."
They enter the briefing room and sit in the center three chairs of a large oval table. Sitting with them on one side are doctors and a few military brass. On the other side the higher ups of The Preventers, which was brought back together, a year before the war broke out and failed to stop the colonies from producing weapons. On the same side sits a young red haired man around 18. He has a certain feeling about him that causes Naomi to grab Damien's arm and draw him close. The young man looks at them his eyes are brown and are quite large and he has on a white t-shirt with long blue shorts. He continues to stare even as the lights dim and the meeting begin.
"As long as you keep looking at him Naomi, he'll keep looking at you. He's funny that way."
Naomi tries to ignore him but she can still feel his eyes on her and is finally relieved when she sees the whites of his huge eyes finally focuses on a man in front of a large monitor.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. I am Argo Leo'nald of The Preventers. As you know we were just attacked by Leo units and Gundams Heavyarms, and Altron were stolen. Unfortunately the Leo units were lower grade mass-produced versions of the Leos stolen eight years ago along with the Taurus prototype. Luckily we managed to stop the theft of the Tallgeese III then and the theft of the Gundam Sandrock tonight since its main core was not activated. The information from the thief has revealed to us that the are part of an E.S.C. special covet op. Unfortunately the Gundams have made to a rondeuview point in the southeast were they are now on their way to a ship in Mars orbit."
The Lieutenant is in his mid forties with long blond hair that goes down to his back. His blue and white uniform is pressed and he constantly fiddles with his sleeves (they keep riding up his arms due to the fact that he's 6'2' and the suit is way too small).
Damien raises his hand, "How the hell did they find this place. I don't mind being chased by gangs and bikers, but a squad of Leos is overkill man."
"Its Lieutenant Leo'nald to you. And no we don't know how as of yet"
The red haired guy finally speaks leaning over to Naomi, "More like Lieutenant PUHB."
"PUHB?"
Damien leans in and whispers, "Pole Up His Butt."
All three bust out laughing, which cuts off the Lieutenant.
"Is there something funny you three? Huh, Janus Durai?"
Still laughing, "No sir Lieutenant PUHB Sir!"
The Lieutenant ignores them for the time being and continues on.
"The three pilots will enter their Gundams and be launched at and angle to intercept the ship. Once done, they will retrieve, Heavyarms and Altron, then rendezvous with the Heavy Carrier Chronos."
Janus looks at Naomi, "Is that why she's here?"
Doctor D leans past Damien and Naomi, "Yes, even though it was a simple procedure of docking, she able to handle Wing-0 for that small amount of time. The gundams are all based off of basic design principles of Wing-0. But Zero itself, is vastly superior. To be able to get the basic movements down is quite an accomplishment. Men who have trained for years couldn't even dock. Besides we're kinda short on pilots."
"Told you I have what it takes." Naomi gloats as she looks at Damien.
"That only means you have what it takes. It doesn't mean you can actually do what a hundred other guys and gals failed at. It just means you're a victim of circumstance." Damien responds.
"A hundred?"
Damien notices the Lieutenant leaving,
"Damn I better ask before he leaves." Damien catches the attention, of the Lieutenant, "Excuse me sir, what is the condition of my twin buster rifle?"
"Unfortunately your twin buster rifle is aboard Chronos. But if things get hairy the pilot of the Tallgeese IV will bring it to you."
Janus burst out, "All hell not him!"
Naomi turns to Damien, "Who?"
Damien is about to answer but is cut off buy Janus.
"I'll tell you who, the most straight arrow of all time! He cares more about pride and the honor of Mars and getting the mission done the way it's laid out in the briefing room than his own partners' lives. He almost sliced me in half during a training mission!"
"You still didn't answer my…"
She isn't able to finish as he storms out of the room. The personnel soon file out, talking to each and looking at Damien.
"Why do they keep looking at you like that?"
Damien stands up and exits the room not giving her an answer.
"They do not approve of him being the pilot of Wing-0." Doctor D responds.
"Why?"
"They think he is only the pilot because I knew that his ancestor was the original Wing-0 Gundam pilot Heero Yuy."
"But he did great."
"He's the best we have. But not physically I mean, mentally. He is the only person that can handle the Zero system even though he chooses not to use it, decreasing his performance."
"But…"
"Enough for now Naomi. You need to eat, suit up, and prepare for launch.
Naomi does so and she follows Damien and Janus into the hanger. They each get into there Gundams and she quickly notices the cloak covering Sandrock. She turns to ask Damien but he shakes his head as if saying not now on the monitor. Damien's hatch closes and his screen and systems come on. The sound of machinery humming fills his ears then dies away. His COM monitor suddenly clicks on and its Janus on the screen.
"So you think she can handle it."
"You did."
"No not the fighting, she's probably buried in the manual. I'm talking about the launch."
"Oh that, god no."
Naomi appears on a PIP in the corner of the same monitor, "What do you mean god no?"
Janus looks at her, "PUHB, didn't tell you. Were going by Rail Gun."
"WHAT! But won't that fry our systems?"
"Nope, the Gundams are shielded. Just sit back and exhale when your fired like bullet into the great beyond." Damien laughs and turns off his additional COM links so that he can only here the launch countdown. 10…9…8…
Damien crosses his arms and closes his eyes,
7…6…5…
Janus eyes grow even larger as he begins to laugh and talk to himself,
"Duo Maxwell eat your heart out, a new Great Destroyer has come."
4…3…2…
Naomi begins to talk as well,
"I was fine until then, why does this shit always happen to me!"
…1
Damien opens his eyes:
"Begin Destruction."
End Chapter TwoNext chapter: Escape to Chronos