February 20,U.C. 0079 One month has passed since The Battle of Loum and Alex has finally received his custom Zaku II and is prepared for the journey to North America so that he can carry out his assignment of assisting Garma. Alex had heard that one of the people assigned to his unit recently made it to Side 3 and the pilot's name is Mike. He was positive that it wouldn't be the Mike he knew because he thought "Man what are the chances?" so he continued down to the space port to board the Musai that would take him to Earth trying not to get his hopes up that he might me one of the good friends that he left behind when he moved to Side 3.
Alex had gotten to the space port and after showing I.D. he was amazed that the two soldiers checking for his military I.D. recognized the name and asked "Hey, are u that young pilot who destroyed 3 battleships in his first time in real combat?" after one of the soldiers asked that he simply replied "Yeah, that's me". On his way in after passing the soldiers, he heard the one that asked about him say "See I told you it was him. We get to see all the great pilots pass through here on their way out" after hearing this Alex only wondered if they had met up with Char The Red Comet, because after hearing of his accomplishments he only hoped that he would get to fight alongside such a great pilot someday, but instead of asking he just continued on into the space port. Once inside he asked where he could find the pilots assigned to his unit, but apparently they hadn't arrived yet, so he waited.
"I hope these guys show up soon. Besides wanting to know if one of them is the Mike I know, I just wanna get goin." However they would not arrive for another half hour. "Man where are they? It's been twenty minutes already. I guess I'll check out my new mobile suit." So he walked around, admiring his personal custom and asking if it's what he asked for then he just sat in the pilot seat and tried to get familiar with the controls for they were somewhat different "Hm, so this is the mobile suit that ill be using from now on. Or at least until they develop some new ones."
Finally the time passed and the new pilots arrived. Alex watched the first one enter and to his surprise it was the Mike that he knew back on earth. "Hey how's it been? I didn't know you were a mobile suit pilot." Said Alex in just amazement because Mike hadn't shown much interest in mobile suits before. "Well I didn't, but as I learned more I realized why you like them so much." As the two were talking a young girl already in her normal suit passed by and when the two tried to stop her and talk a little before they had to launch, she paid them no mind and continued walking "I wonder who that was." Said Mike "Why you gonna cheat on your girlfriend just because you're thousands upon thousands of miles away from her?" replied Alex jokingly. "Shut up! I just wanna know who we'll be piloting with" said Mike trying to cover his tracks. "Yeah sure. Keep it in your pants Mike, haha" he said as they continued to walk onboard.
They had nearly made it to the vicinity of the Earth's atmosphere when they were confronted by two Salamis and a Magellan. "I guess they heard that one of they aces from the Battle of Loum was headed to earth, so now they're tryin to block our path!" said Mike as he got up from his seat and made his way to his mobile suit which at this time was only a Zaku IIF. Alex followed Mike but the girl who boarded with them didn't move an inch, and even though Alex had noticed this, he didn't let it distract him and he continued on to the mobile suit hanger. Once he got there he realized there were only two mobile suits there including Mike's. "I thought she was a pilot. If she can't help us in battle why was she assigned to my unit?"
Mike was the first one to launch "You just watch. Even though I wasn't here for the beginning of the war I'll still fight better than a lot of the pilots who were!" Alex just laughed a little and launched shortly after him saying "Okay then, let's see what you can do." Mike dashed over to the Salamis closet to him and began firing his bazooka "Yeah! Take that." Alex charged towards the other Salamis hoping that Mike could handle himself and began to open fire with his new customized machine gun, and after shooting for about three seconds he looked in amazement of it's power when after shooting for such little time and only at the bridge that the ship was stopped in it's tracks. "Ha! Look at that. Hey Mike you need any help?" and as Alex said that, Mike had destroyed the Salamis and was headed towards the Magellan "Uhh, yeah mind destroying that Salamis ship for me?" said Mike very jokingly in an "I told you so" manner. "Ok then, not bad but for this ship we should work together" he said as he dashed towards it with his knuckle shield out in front of him. "Yeah whatever, I can take this thing on my own but if you need help I'll be glad to." However while Mike was saying this his head and left leg were destroyed "Dammit! Fine you can have this one if you want it. I'm goin back to the carrier."
As Mike was leaving Alex charged in and began to fire while easily dodging because even though it only had it's mobility slightly increased it was still more than enough for Alex. "C'mon. what's the matter? Am I too fast for you?" as he said these words he made it within spitting distance of the battleship and grabbed a cracker after letting go of his gun for a moment and threw it at the bridge which quite obviously blew up in the crews face. "Now to finish this!" he said while he grabbed his gun, opened fire, and once using up all the ammo in that clip the ship began to explode " That's another two down!"
After returning to the ship Mike said "I could've done that." They were all soon ordered to make their way to their seats and prepare for atmospheric reentry. Alex, Mike and the girl that the both assumed was a pilot made it to their seats in the Co-Musai which soon launched and began it's descent. "Finally, Earth" said Alex in anticipation not realizing that the girl was looking at him while she quietly said "Maybe I can find him if I stick with these guys for a while."