CHAPTER IV
VICTORY WITHOUT A VICTOR
Heinz and Francis led Gary, his GM cannons, and the Gunperry along the landscape of Russia towards the Zeon storage base in Moscow. Francis couldn't deny Russia's beauty, but the Zeon buildings didn't seem beautiful to Francis anymore.
"When are our reinforcements coming?" asked Greg. "If they aren't coming we might as well turn around and leave".
"I don't think so", said Heinz. "These Gundams are nearly as powerful as the Gelgoog cannons, Zeon's most powerful Mobile Suit, if not more powerful. We might be able to win this battle just because of these Gundams".
"Whatever", sighed Greg. They then continued flying over for several more minutes when Heinz's Gundam began to beep.
"We're over the base", said Heinz. "Begin drop NOW!" Heinz then plunged his Gundam down through the clouds and towards the base and the other suits followed. Several anti-orbital cannons were fired at them but they expertly dodged all the blasts and they continued to spiral downwards. The Gundams and mobile suits then reached the ground and landed on their feet while the Gunperry circled around the base and fired at the anti- orbital cannons with its missiles. The Gundams and the mobile suits then got up while Heinz scanned the area with the scanner he built into the Full Armor Gundam's shield arm.
"There are twenty-five Zaku Cannons and five Zaku Tanks coming at us!" yelled Heinz.
"Which way?" asked Francis.
"GET DOWN!" yelled Heinz. A barrage of blasts then zinged towards the Rebels and they all jumped out of the way, all except for one GM cannon who did not move fast enough. As Heinz was in the air, he aimed the twin blaster arm at a Zaku tank and fired, which caused it to explode. One he landed he spun around and fired at the Zakus, blowing one of their legs of which caused it to fall down. Francis came down and began to fire with his shoulder cannon while he grabbed his beam saber, activated it, and then charged at the Zakus and began to slice them. The GM cannons, however, didn't have the maneuverability that the Gundams had and were taking a real pounding.
"GM Cannons, get out of the way!!!" yelled Heinz. The GM cannons didn't react fast enough and they all exploded. "DAMN IT! Francis, Gary, we have to get out of the way."
"Aye, aye", said Francis as he chopped one last Zaku and got out of the way. They then head retreated towards a large sand dune where Gary set up his cannon and began to use it like a sniper's gun.
"We need a strategy", said Heinz.
"How about we use this sand mound to blow dust into their face?" asked Francis. "We could do it with our thrusters."
"That would cause them to go blind for a second so we could blow the hell out of them", said Heinz.
"Good thinking", said Gary, "But there's about twenty of them left."
"One second can make all the difference", said Heinz.
"But still", said Gary. "That would be taking a big risk".
"If you wanted to avoid risk, you should've been sitting on your ass watching TV instead of fighting Zeeks", said Heinz. "Remember, our mission is to rescue the pilots. Capturing the base is our secondary objective. Now, let's show them the power of the Rebels". The three mobile suits then turned around and activated their thrusters. The sand whirled around the area and blinded the Zakus for a quick second, which gave the Gundams and Guncannon enough time to turn around and fire back. Just as they had turned around, a gray blur flashed through the sky, and all of a sudden Gary fell to the floor.
"What the hell was that?" asked Francis.
"Oh god, I broke my arm", yelled Gary. "Jesus, this hurts". The gray blur then appeared again, but this time a heat hawk was through the cockpit section of Gary's Guncannon II.
"GARY!" yelled Francis. He turned around and finally saw what the gray blur was- it was the Zaku of Shin Matsunaga. "I'm going to kill that filthy Zeek."
"Francis, no!" yelled Heinz. "You don't know how powerful he is! He's the White Wolf of Solomon!"
"And I could care less", said Francis as he activated his beam saber and charged forward at Shin. Shin then got his heat hawk out of the wreckage of Gary's RX-77-4 and blocked the slash. Heinz grabbed his beam saber to go help Francis, but several shot near him got his attention and he turned back to the Zakus. He decided it would be too much and he retreated back a few dozen meters and got on his comm.
"GREG!" yelled Heinz. "Are you there? Come in, Greg!" For several seconds he heard several gunshots in the background and he finally heard heavy breathing and someone lift up the communicator.
"I'm here", said Greg.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Heinz. "Is everything all right?"
"We just released the pilots", said Greg. "We're having an intense fire fight over here, but we will last the night. Is everything all right for you?"
"Everyone has died except for Francis and I", said Heinz. "Francis is fighting the White Wolf and Solomon. I bet he's dead. Damn, I wish we had some reinforcements!"
"Sir", said Greg. "Just look at the sky". Heinz decided to heed Greg's advice and looks upwards, and he saw a sight that filled him with joy. About six gunperry's, twenty-five FF-S3 Saberfish, two-dozen GM cannons, and about six GM snipers came dropping out of the sky. Heinz then turned back to the Zakus and saw that the GM cannons and snipers were beginning to mow them down with their blaster, but he turned towards the sand dunes and winced at the sights. Francis, in the Perfect Gundam, was zooming from sand dune to sand dune trying to evade Shin's blasts, and he was successful since the blasts blew apart the dunes. Heinz then aimed his twin arm blaster at Shin and sighed.
"Damn!" yelled Heinz. "He moves too fast! He's like one of the Newtypes or something! Oh, hell". He then shot his twin blaster towards Shin, which caused the gray Zaku to rock a little bit. Shin then turned towards Heinz and hurled his heat hawk at him. Heinz tried to evade the heat hawk, but Shin's throw was too powerful and flew straight at him. He then lifted up his shield arm and the heat hawk got stuck inside the shield. Francis then charged towards Shin with a loud battle cry and began to slash at Shin very violently.
"Give up, kid", yelled Shin. "You are merely a kid playing with a big toy, while I'm an ace with a tool of war. Give up and I will spare you and you can unleash your hormones on some women instead of doing it in warfare."
"Well fuck that, wolfie", said Heinz. He then fired at Shin several times with his twin arm cannons, and all of them hit strategic points on the Zaku. Francis then was about to chop him up with his beam saber, but the cockpit opened up and Shin got out.
"I surrender", said Shin while raising his arms. Francis got his gun and got out of his Gundam, but Heinz knew what was happening.
"GET BACK IN THE GUNDAM!" yelled Heinz. He then began to shoot up the gray Zaku with his Vulcan cannons. Shin then began to fly away on a jetpack that was hidden underneath his flight outfit to get away from the battlefield. "Don't worry about it. We'll get another chance at him".
"Yeah", said Francis. "Well, we won the battle. Let's celebrate!"
"We got a big Russian base with nothing but Zakus and worthless sand dunes", said Heinz. "Whoopee doo".
"But it's a victory!" yelled Francis. "And a proof that these Gundams can with the war!"
"The problem is that we haven't won the war yet", said Heinz. "I refuse to celebrate until this war is over, and I don't know if I will ever live to see the end of it."
VICTORY WITHOUT A VICTOR
Heinz and Francis led Gary, his GM cannons, and the Gunperry along the landscape of Russia towards the Zeon storage base in Moscow. Francis couldn't deny Russia's beauty, but the Zeon buildings didn't seem beautiful to Francis anymore.
"When are our reinforcements coming?" asked Greg. "If they aren't coming we might as well turn around and leave".
"I don't think so", said Heinz. "These Gundams are nearly as powerful as the Gelgoog cannons, Zeon's most powerful Mobile Suit, if not more powerful. We might be able to win this battle just because of these Gundams".
"Whatever", sighed Greg. They then continued flying over for several more minutes when Heinz's Gundam began to beep.
"We're over the base", said Heinz. "Begin drop NOW!" Heinz then plunged his Gundam down through the clouds and towards the base and the other suits followed. Several anti-orbital cannons were fired at them but they expertly dodged all the blasts and they continued to spiral downwards. The Gundams and mobile suits then reached the ground and landed on their feet while the Gunperry circled around the base and fired at the anti- orbital cannons with its missiles. The Gundams and the mobile suits then got up while Heinz scanned the area with the scanner he built into the Full Armor Gundam's shield arm.
"There are twenty-five Zaku Cannons and five Zaku Tanks coming at us!" yelled Heinz.
"Which way?" asked Francis.
"GET DOWN!" yelled Heinz. A barrage of blasts then zinged towards the Rebels and they all jumped out of the way, all except for one GM cannon who did not move fast enough. As Heinz was in the air, he aimed the twin blaster arm at a Zaku tank and fired, which caused it to explode. One he landed he spun around and fired at the Zakus, blowing one of their legs of which caused it to fall down. Francis came down and began to fire with his shoulder cannon while he grabbed his beam saber, activated it, and then charged at the Zakus and began to slice them. The GM cannons, however, didn't have the maneuverability that the Gundams had and were taking a real pounding.
"GM Cannons, get out of the way!!!" yelled Heinz. The GM cannons didn't react fast enough and they all exploded. "DAMN IT! Francis, Gary, we have to get out of the way."
"Aye, aye", said Francis as he chopped one last Zaku and got out of the way. They then head retreated towards a large sand dune where Gary set up his cannon and began to use it like a sniper's gun.
"We need a strategy", said Heinz.
"How about we use this sand mound to blow dust into their face?" asked Francis. "We could do it with our thrusters."
"That would cause them to go blind for a second so we could blow the hell out of them", said Heinz.
"Good thinking", said Gary, "But there's about twenty of them left."
"One second can make all the difference", said Heinz.
"But still", said Gary. "That would be taking a big risk".
"If you wanted to avoid risk, you should've been sitting on your ass watching TV instead of fighting Zeeks", said Heinz. "Remember, our mission is to rescue the pilots. Capturing the base is our secondary objective. Now, let's show them the power of the Rebels". The three mobile suits then turned around and activated their thrusters. The sand whirled around the area and blinded the Zakus for a quick second, which gave the Gundams and Guncannon enough time to turn around and fire back. Just as they had turned around, a gray blur flashed through the sky, and all of a sudden Gary fell to the floor.
"What the hell was that?" asked Francis.
"Oh god, I broke my arm", yelled Gary. "Jesus, this hurts". The gray blur then appeared again, but this time a heat hawk was through the cockpit section of Gary's Guncannon II.
"GARY!" yelled Francis. He turned around and finally saw what the gray blur was- it was the Zaku of Shin Matsunaga. "I'm going to kill that filthy Zeek."
"Francis, no!" yelled Heinz. "You don't know how powerful he is! He's the White Wolf of Solomon!"
"And I could care less", said Francis as he activated his beam saber and charged forward at Shin. Shin then got his heat hawk out of the wreckage of Gary's RX-77-4 and blocked the slash. Heinz grabbed his beam saber to go help Francis, but several shot near him got his attention and he turned back to the Zakus. He decided it would be too much and he retreated back a few dozen meters and got on his comm.
"GREG!" yelled Heinz. "Are you there? Come in, Greg!" For several seconds he heard several gunshots in the background and he finally heard heavy breathing and someone lift up the communicator.
"I'm here", said Greg.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Heinz. "Is everything all right?"
"We just released the pilots", said Greg. "We're having an intense fire fight over here, but we will last the night. Is everything all right for you?"
"Everyone has died except for Francis and I", said Heinz. "Francis is fighting the White Wolf and Solomon. I bet he's dead. Damn, I wish we had some reinforcements!"
"Sir", said Greg. "Just look at the sky". Heinz decided to heed Greg's advice and looks upwards, and he saw a sight that filled him with joy. About six gunperry's, twenty-five FF-S3 Saberfish, two-dozen GM cannons, and about six GM snipers came dropping out of the sky. Heinz then turned back to the Zakus and saw that the GM cannons and snipers were beginning to mow them down with their blaster, but he turned towards the sand dunes and winced at the sights. Francis, in the Perfect Gundam, was zooming from sand dune to sand dune trying to evade Shin's blasts, and he was successful since the blasts blew apart the dunes. Heinz then aimed his twin arm blaster at Shin and sighed.
"Damn!" yelled Heinz. "He moves too fast! He's like one of the Newtypes or something! Oh, hell". He then shot his twin blaster towards Shin, which caused the gray Zaku to rock a little bit. Shin then turned towards Heinz and hurled his heat hawk at him. Heinz tried to evade the heat hawk, but Shin's throw was too powerful and flew straight at him. He then lifted up his shield arm and the heat hawk got stuck inside the shield. Francis then charged towards Shin with a loud battle cry and began to slash at Shin very violently.
"Give up, kid", yelled Shin. "You are merely a kid playing with a big toy, while I'm an ace with a tool of war. Give up and I will spare you and you can unleash your hormones on some women instead of doing it in warfare."
"Well fuck that, wolfie", said Heinz. He then fired at Shin several times with his twin arm cannons, and all of them hit strategic points on the Zaku. Francis then was about to chop him up with his beam saber, but the cockpit opened up and Shin got out.
"I surrender", said Shin while raising his arms. Francis got his gun and got out of his Gundam, but Heinz knew what was happening.
"GET BACK IN THE GUNDAM!" yelled Heinz. He then began to shoot up the gray Zaku with his Vulcan cannons. Shin then began to fly away on a jetpack that was hidden underneath his flight outfit to get away from the battlefield. "Don't worry about it. We'll get another chance at him".
"Yeah", said Francis. "Well, we won the battle. Let's celebrate!"
"We got a big Russian base with nothing but Zakus and worthless sand dunes", said Heinz. "Whoopee doo".
"But it's a victory!" yelled Francis. "And a proof that these Gundams can with the war!"
"The problem is that we haven't won the war yet", said Heinz. "I refuse to celebrate until this war is over, and I don't know if I will ever live to see the end of it."