When she came to the room that contained Ralph she still felt a sudden rush
of nausea and flashbacks to litter her mind but she pushed them aside and
continued over to Ralph.
She ran her hand over the side and marvelled and the smooth cool surface.
The cockpit called to her but she was wearing a skirt and didn't feel like trying to hoist herself up if one of the guys were about to enter or there was a camera somewhere which there no doubt was.
She was about to give up and go change when Ralph lowered a hand towards her. S
he stepped onto it and was taken until level with the cockpit. The hand then lowered and assumed its previous position.
As Taryn stood there trying to work out what had happened J ran in.
"I saw you on the screen, the gundam he.. he .. just lowered and you just stood and raised and .. low.. lowered and how did you do that?"
"Ralph" Taryn said.
"Ralph?" answered J.
"Yes Ralph . my gundam.. I named it Ralph .. now don't start I've been through this with Duo and I know you guys like your big posh meaningful names that only you understand and all that but I like Ralph." She answered before taking in a deep lungful of air.
"Ok ok calm down Ralph is fine. I'm more interested in how it moves without anyone in the cockpit," replied J before sticking his head inside the cockpit.
Taryn stood inside the cockpit watching J poke around wit Ralph's control panel.
It was strange being inside her gundam and she inched past J to sit in her chair. As she sat down the safety harness strapped her without her touching anything.
She smiled in delight at the shocked look on J's face. Obviously this had never happened before.
Sitting in Ralph felt so natural and running her fingers over the control panel before her she could feel the power and energy.
J suddenly jumped out and Ralph got to his feet without Taryn pushing a thing.
She heard shouts from below as the other pilots and J ran about.
She heard a crashing sound, which she put down to Ralph's head going through the roof and watched as pieces of the roof fell down onto the guys below.
A sudden wave of fear ran through her body, she couldn't control Ralph she didn't even know how to pilot it properly.
As she sat there panicking Ralph bent down and picked something up from the floor and bought it to the cockpit hatch.
Duos voice came muffled through the hatch telling her to open it. It suddenly slid open and Duo entered.
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Seeing J sprint from the room and enter another room where a gundam was working without input was something you didn't see every day.
Duo had immediately followed J into the room where Ralph was. He had stood by the door and watched as J jumped into the cockpit and then a few minutes later when Duo was about to join him jumped back out again.
He then ran across to Duo and asked him to go and get a list of things.
As he was reeling them off Duo lost concentration as the gundam behind J started to stand. It was amazing.
It wasn't like he had never seen one stand before but watching Ralph stand and knowing Taryn was piloting it was awe inspiring she had only just started to learn and already she could balance the weight sufficiently to make it stand.
The one flaw in this was when the roof was shattered as Ralph's head disappeared through it. The rest of the pilots had ran into the room and were standing around mouths open... even Heero.
J was running muttering to himself and Duo was just trying to talk to J.
Suddenly Ralph's hand swept down and picked Duo up.
This was surprising in the least but then being lifted to the cockpit and the door to slide open to show a very harrowed Taryn was beyond belief.
"Careful Duo or Ralph will eject us bothhhaaaaaaaaargggggghhhhhhhh" screamed Taryn as she and Duo were launched across the room.
She watched almost is slow motion ad Duo smacked into the wall then fell to the floor whilst she was caught by Ralph.
She ran to the edge of Ralph's palm as he placed her on the floor and then ran over to Duo who was already surrounded by the other pilots.
She took his head and cradled it in her lap. His breathing was shallow and blood flowed from his nose and head.
Heero picked Duo out of her lap and carried her into the lab followed by a sombre looking crew of pilots. J got ready to operate.
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As he carried Duo to the operating room he could feel his own heartbeat speeding up and his stomach being tied up in knots.
Duo was his best friend and in some ways his only friend. He was the only one who seemed to bother with Heero whereas the others just kept themselves to themselves.
He was the only person who could make him laugh and that in itself was an achievement.
Taryns heart looked like it had broken the minute Duo had hit the wall and was running along right beside Duo her face was white as a sheet.
It scared Heero that he was now emotionally attached to two people... who obviously liked each other. Gave him a gooseberry status but he didn't care.
"OW I have a cracking headache and I think someone's snapped me in half! Duo mumbled and he awoke to find Taryns concerned face staring down at him.
"Thank god your ok!" Shouted Taryn before throwing herself on Duo causing him to cry out in pain.
"Oh I'm so sorry I'm just so glad your ok" Taryn said straightening up and trying to look dignified.
Duo smiled at her but is smile soon turned into a grimace as the pain came rushing back.
"Ah man I'll go get J" Taryn said before rushing from the room.
She ran her hand over the side and marvelled and the smooth cool surface.
The cockpit called to her but she was wearing a skirt and didn't feel like trying to hoist herself up if one of the guys were about to enter or there was a camera somewhere which there no doubt was.
She was about to give up and go change when Ralph lowered a hand towards her. S
he stepped onto it and was taken until level with the cockpit. The hand then lowered and assumed its previous position.
As Taryn stood there trying to work out what had happened J ran in.
"I saw you on the screen, the gundam he.. he .. just lowered and you just stood and raised and .. low.. lowered and how did you do that?"
"Ralph" Taryn said.
"Ralph?" answered J.
"Yes Ralph . my gundam.. I named it Ralph .. now don't start I've been through this with Duo and I know you guys like your big posh meaningful names that only you understand and all that but I like Ralph." She answered before taking in a deep lungful of air.
"Ok ok calm down Ralph is fine. I'm more interested in how it moves without anyone in the cockpit," replied J before sticking his head inside the cockpit.
Taryn stood inside the cockpit watching J poke around wit Ralph's control panel.
It was strange being inside her gundam and she inched past J to sit in her chair. As she sat down the safety harness strapped her without her touching anything.
She smiled in delight at the shocked look on J's face. Obviously this had never happened before.
Sitting in Ralph felt so natural and running her fingers over the control panel before her she could feel the power and energy.
J suddenly jumped out and Ralph got to his feet without Taryn pushing a thing.
She heard shouts from below as the other pilots and J ran about.
She heard a crashing sound, which she put down to Ralph's head going through the roof and watched as pieces of the roof fell down onto the guys below.
A sudden wave of fear ran through her body, she couldn't control Ralph she didn't even know how to pilot it properly.
As she sat there panicking Ralph bent down and picked something up from the floor and bought it to the cockpit hatch.
Duos voice came muffled through the hatch telling her to open it. It suddenly slid open and Duo entered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~***~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seeing J sprint from the room and enter another room where a gundam was working without input was something you didn't see every day.
Duo had immediately followed J into the room where Ralph was. He had stood by the door and watched as J jumped into the cockpit and then a few minutes later when Duo was about to join him jumped back out again.
He then ran across to Duo and asked him to go and get a list of things.
As he was reeling them off Duo lost concentration as the gundam behind J started to stand. It was amazing.
It wasn't like he had never seen one stand before but watching Ralph stand and knowing Taryn was piloting it was awe inspiring she had only just started to learn and already she could balance the weight sufficiently to make it stand.
The one flaw in this was when the roof was shattered as Ralph's head disappeared through it. The rest of the pilots had ran into the room and were standing around mouths open... even Heero.
J was running muttering to himself and Duo was just trying to talk to J.
Suddenly Ralph's hand swept down and picked Duo up.
This was surprising in the least but then being lifted to the cockpit and the door to slide open to show a very harrowed Taryn was beyond belief.
"Careful Duo or Ralph will eject us bothhhaaaaaaaaargggggghhhhhhhh" screamed Taryn as she and Duo were launched across the room.
She watched almost is slow motion ad Duo smacked into the wall then fell to the floor whilst she was caught by Ralph.
She ran to the edge of Ralph's palm as he placed her on the floor and then ran over to Duo who was already surrounded by the other pilots.
She took his head and cradled it in her lap. His breathing was shallow and blood flowed from his nose and head.
Heero picked Duo out of her lap and carried her into the lab followed by a sombre looking crew of pilots. J got ready to operate.
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As he carried Duo to the operating room he could feel his own heartbeat speeding up and his stomach being tied up in knots.
Duo was his best friend and in some ways his only friend. He was the only one who seemed to bother with Heero whereas the others just kept themselves to themselves.
He was the only person who could make him laugh and that in itself was an achievement.
Taryns heart looked like it had broken the minute Duo had hit the wall and was running along right beside Duo her face was white as a sheet.
It scared Heero that he was now emotionally attached to two people... who obviously liked each other. Gave him a gooseberry status but he didn't care.
"OW I have a cracking headache and I think someone's snapped me in half! Duo mumbled and he awoke to find Taryns concerned face staring down at him.
"Thank god your ok!" Shouted Taryn before throwing herself on Duo causing him to cry out in pain.
"Oh I'm so sorry I'm just so glad your ok" Taryn said straightening up and trying to look dignified.
Duo smiled at her but is smile soon turned into a grimace as the pain came rushing back.
"Ah man I'll go get J" Taryn said before rushing from the room.