Wyvern Gold: Chapter 5

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A channel opened between WyvernGold and DragonSilver. It surprised Dei at first since she was only used to seeing the open battlefield, but she quickly composed herself and gained her hard exterior.

"Identify yourself. Are you of Gaea or the Mystic Moon?" Dei hid the urge to growl her command, but kept a sharp edge to her voice."

"The pilot's a female. And she looks like a child. About 16-ish." Jeremy thought of a quick lie." We're both Gaeans from the northwestern continent. I'm Jeremy, and the woman behind me is Kai."

"Hiii-iii!"

Jeremy put his hand over his face and shook his head.

"Why didn't the northwestern continent tell us they had a Mystic Guymelef? The armies were told to keep together to keep the cursed ones on their world!" Dei half muttered to herself. "And why are you both piloting that one Melef? They're not that complicated."

"CURSED!?!? I'LL SHOW YOU CURSED!!" Kai had to bite her tongue to keep from shouting her thoughts. "I'm teaching him how to pilot the Melef. He's taking over for me." Her hands moved smoothly over the controls as she found the remote frequency for WyvernGold's controls.

"That's a strange way to do it. And if he's taking over for you, why aren't you dead?" Dei didn't let them see that she was gripping the controls so tightly they could have broken off.

"You've discovered the strange properties of your suit, also?" Jeremy assumed that she was talking about OSZERO.

Kai whispered in his ear so that Dei couldn't listen in. "Ok, I've got the codes to merge with WyvernGold. All you have to do is get this suit positioned in front of that one." Her fingers were poised over a row of gold and black buttons.

"You're taking a huge risk trying to get rid of the suit like that, Kai. Now tell me who you really are or you'll rain down on Gaea in little flaming pieces." Dei backed her Mystic Guymelef away a little and formed the FanAxe.

"Oh great. She suspects. Guess we'll have to alter the plans a little bit." Kai growled in annoyance, and aimed the aft boosters upward, pushing DragonSilver below WyvernGold.

"Are you crazy?! We would have had a better chance if we had gone over and behind her!" Jeremy grabbed a Beam Saber and readied himself to attack.

"No! One good upswing from the FanAxe and we would have been dead. We can avoid the tail easily. Plus, if she swings down here, she risks chopping the tail off."

What Kai did not suspect was Dei's accuracy using both weapons at the same time. WyvernGold raised its tail, flipped over, and sliced DragonSilver with the Axe, taking out the left thruster. It followed through with it's tail, throwing the mobile suit forward and out of its attack range.

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"Not one word." Kai hissed.

"...I'm taking over. Get out of my way and we won't die." Jeremy pushed Kai out of the seat and took the back controls.

"My hero." Kai rolled her eyes and "accidentally" kneed Jeremy in the arm.

The nudge was enough to send the left arm with BeamSaber up and behind them, and into the fast approaching WyvernGold. The sword passed through the top and left cameras and sliced down to the jaw hinge. Even though this would be counted as only mild damage in a mobile suit battle, it was more than enough to stop WyvernGold.

"It stopped?! Yes! Quick, get DragonSilver in front of it!" Kai cheered and punched Jeremy on the shoulder.

"But why did it stop?! It's still got a camera to see with and nothing important was damaged!"

"WHO CARES! You said yourself, do this as quick as possible, then get the hell out! Our suit is almost immobile. If that thing gets back up, we're screwed."

Jeremy gave it another five seconds thought before he tackled WyvernGold and gave Kai the go to start the merging process. A manual override was built into both suits so if a pilot were ever disabled, the pilot of the other suit could take over both. Both suits shut down save for life support and the Gundams took over from there. The front of WyvernGold and the back of DragonSilver opened and locked together so that the Wyvern's body acted as an armored spine and tail, the head and neck turned into a helmet and shoulder plating, and the arms provided a second layer and claws to Dragon's hands. The Suit and Armor formed together to make Kin no Tatsu, GoldenDragon.

Kai reached off to a side compartment and pulled out a gun. "Letsee. The colonel said no unnecessary kills, but that doesn't mean we can't maim her a bit. Now she'll have a reason to call us a cursed people."

"Desist Major! Only defensive action!"

"What do you think this is?! Any minute she's going to break through here and try to kill us both. I'm just going to take care of it before it gets that bad." She grinned evilly and opened the partition between the two suits.

Dei was on the other side, standing over the door. One hand was holding a sword pointing directly in Kai's face. The other hand was over her own face with a thick trail of blood running down between her fingers. She was breathing hard, trying not to scream. Her remaining eye fixed on Kai, and if she weren't so dizzy, Kai would be dead already.

"My eyessss... my facccceeee..." Dei shook violently and brought her sword down on Kai.

Kai saw the blade come closer and fired a shot, putting a hole in Dei's hand to make her drop her weapon. Dei couldn't take anymore and lunged at her, determined to kill her with her bare hands. Kai fired another shot that went through her shoulder and pushed her back into her seat. Kai was about to put another bullet through her chest when Jeremy grabbed the gun and punched her in the face.

"DON'T KILL HER, YOU IDIOT! Jeez! We have to bring her back in one piece! She's already in three!" He pulled her back and put her in Silver's pilot seat. You take us back. I'll patch her up." He climbed up and back into Gold's cockpit and grabbed a first aid kit from a compartment.

Kai rubbed her jaw and glared at the two of them. "Don't tell me you have sympathy for that brat."

"She's just a kid, Major. And quite soon a dead one. Get us back, NOW."

"Yes, sir." She cursed under her breath and turned around. As soon as she flexed her shoulder to reach the top controls, she felt a sharp pain and watched a red patch appear on her suit. "That bitch cut my shoulder up! I shot her before she could get to me! What the hell!!!"

"JUST SHUT UP AND DRIVE THE DAMN SUITS! Everybody can get patched up when we get back!"

"I think we should just kill the little wretch and be done with it." Kai put her hands into the control wells. "We'll have to go to X74. There's only enough fuel to get us back there. And the propulsion systems for both suits are almost gone. I don't get it. All this stuff was working just fine, and Gold's too by the way she was movin'."

Kin no Tatsu used its wings and returned to the point where DragonSilver first appeared in Gaea. The Mystic Moon was full, and seemed to be dull and ugly with the morning sun reflecting against it. The space in front of them was different, though. A small, curved moon appeared in the back corner.

"Prepare yourself, Major. We're going back through the portal."

WyvernGold's head tilted up and the jaws of the beast armor opened. Inside was a small mechanism that matched the coordinates to the portal on the other side. The rift in space and Kin no Tatsu flashed and a beam of light flashed between the two worlds.

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"AGH! What was that?!" Resia put her hand over her eyes to shield them from the blinding flash.

"It's different from the beam of light that happens whenever the Mystic Melefs come over this side. And isn't the space above us where Dei is keeping watch?"

"...God, let her be okay. Please! Dei...."

"And she told us not to die..." Fras ran his fingers through his hair and sighed.

"SHE ISN'T DEAD. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? As long as I stand here, she is not dead."

"Yes, ma'am." He sighed. "And what do we tell Neuill?"

"....Dei and the Melef have disappeared. It is the truth, and it's vague enough that no one gets in trouble."

"Damn. This also means we have to put up with another one of his rants."

"You want to put up with one of my rants?" Resia's thumb ran up and down her dagger. Strangely enough, the blade wasn't cutting.

Fras stared in disbelief. "Umm... no..."

"Then let's go. Maybe we can get back to the battlefield and find someone that knows what's going on." She grinned slightly and looked at the Chain and Claw her Guymelef held.