Chapter Four - White Base vs. Nadesico
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"Alright, Bright, I want answers!"
Ashura marched into Bright Noah's quarters, a stern look on his face. He held out on telling him what happened with the Meteor for too long. He had to know why Merc and Sabian were needed and he wanted to know now.
"Persistant, aren't we?" Bright said,
"Especially when it comes to my friends!" Ashura said. "What happened, Captain? What happened when the Meteor arrived.?" Bright let out a sigh.
"Well, I guess I should tell you..." Bright said. "A few weeks ago, we were let known of Meteor's presence by various space agencies and such. You know, S.T.A.R Labs, NASA, NASADA, and people like that."
'NASADA?' Ashura thought to himself. "The National Air and Space Administration for Dumb Asses? Nah...'
"Anyway, with this threat, The Earth Federation decided to mobilize two Mobile Suits they developed, if anything, thanks to the designs we found from books from the Gamemaster's Earth, namely the Dendrobium Mobile Suit and Armor and the Newtype Mobile Suit Nu Gundam." Bright said. "Professor Saotome, the Getter Robo creator, added his latest invention, the Shin Getter Robo, to our lineup. The plan was simple: Dendrobium and Shin Getter would attack the Meteor with their beam attacks and Nu Gundam would follow up, taking out many of the bigger chunks. We had various GMs and Guncannons ready to take out any pieces they missed. Heck, we had Zeon helping out..."
"Woah, hold on! Zeon? THE Principality of Zeon?!" Ashura said.
"Yes, but they had renamed themselves the Republic of Zeon. We had signed a peace treaty with them just before the Imperiex War, seeing as, somehow, the ruling Zabi family had been ousted. We're stilling trying to figure that out." Bright said. "Anyway, just before the Meteor got too close to Earth, we mobilized our forces and got ready to attack... when your friends, apparently...fused...attacked the Meteor, destroying it. The chunks were too big and too fast for us to hit. We did stop a few, but not all. Amuro found the person who did it and tried going after him, but couldn't catch him. He's still mad that he couldn't catch him."
"I...see." Ashura said. "Man, I don't get it. Why WOULD they go and do that?"
"I don't know, Ashura." Bright said. "Right now, we need to focus on the here and now. We'll get back to that problem if and when we survive this."
"Alright." Ashura said. He turned around and started to head back.
"Ashura?" Bright called out, causing the hedgehog to stop. "I'm glad you understand..."
"I barely understand anything nowadays, but I'm gonna hafta understand..." Ashura said. With that, Ashura left the room and began making his way to the hangars to look at the robots.
"Hey, Ash! Hold up!" a voice called up. Ashura turned to see Seiyuka approach him.
"Hey, Sei! Say, can I ask you something?" Ashura said.
"Sure!" Seiyuka said, picking up Ashura and cuddling him. "Anything for my best friend!"
"Did Trunks bond with your Guardian Gem?" Ashura asked. "That power he showed during the battle back at Capsule Corp looked something like that."
"Nooo..." Seiyuka said, concerned. "I don't remember that... and, wouldn't Crystallis have known it as well?"
"True... but, that's odd. How did he get that strong if he didn't bond with the Guardian Gem?" Ashura said.
"I...I don't know. I hope he isn't under anything bad..." Seiyuka said, putting Ashura down.
"We'll ask him when we find him." Ashura said. Seiyuka nodded, following him to the hangars. Before they could get to the doors, the sirens screamed, letting them know that something's wrong. "Aw, man!"
"All pilots report immediately to the bridge!" a voice called out. The two shrugged and raced back to the bridge.
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"Yo, Bright, Washu, what's going on?!" Sonic said, one of the first to arrive.
"Just look outside, Sonikku." Washu said. What he and the other arrivals saw was shocking. Out of nowhere, a massive battleship was materializing. The gray and red battleship was a bit bigger than the White Base, yet looked like it came from the future.
"What the heck IS that?!" Benkei asked.
"Looks like something out of that "Star Trek" show!" Sayaka said.
"That's what I was gonna say!" Anthony said.
"You think it's a Metallix battleship?" Crystallis asked.
"Doesn't seem like it." Vegeta said. "I detect ki levels. Most likely there are humans in there."
"I can't hail it at all. All frequencies can't get through it!" one of the crew members said.
"I can fix that, but it'll take awhile." Washu said.
"Uh-oh..." Amuro said. "They're launching units!" He was right, as five small mecha, colored blue, purple, orange, red and yellow, shot out of an opening in the front.
"Alright, we'll launch our units as well." Bright said.
"Let's go!" Koji said, making a break for the hangars.
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In a matter of seconds, the units were launched and were ready to counter the others if they attacked. As they all stood ready for anything, Tails flew around the battlefield in the Tornado X, Anthony in the passenger seat.
"It looks like one of those high noon showdowns..." Tails said, looking down.
"I just hope no one does something stupid..." Anthony said.
"Anthony, that ship's pretty sophisicated. I can't hail them or anything!" Washu said from Anthony's communicator.
"Damn, now what?" Anthony asked.
"Just hope THEY hail first." Washu said. "Perhaps I can match their frequency if they hail first."
"Perhaps, but..." Anthony said. Then, he looked out and saw Vegeta, on the bridge of the White Base, getting ready to launch a Final Flash at the other battleship. "Vegeta, NO!"
"FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta shouted, firing the ki blast at the battleship, only to watch as a barrier around the ship deflect the blast, nearly hitting Great Mazinger.
"Vegeta, you NITWIT!" Crystallis shouted. "Why did you do that?!"
"No time for talk! The units are attacking!" Amuro said, as the red unit raced towards Gundam, knocking him over as it rammed it. "GAH!" As the unit backed off, Gundam pulled out its Beam Rifle and fired at it, the barrier on that deflecting the blasts. "No! Guys, beam weaponry won't cut it here!"
"Don't worry, *I* don't need beam weaponry!" Koji shouted. "DOUBLE ROCKET PUNCH!" With that, both of Mazinger Z's fists raced off towards his target, the blue mech. With expert ease, the blue mech dodged the fists and raced to the Mazinger, slamming it in the chest, causing the robot to tumble to the ground, the fists slamming into the ground as it headed back. The blue mech got on top of Mazinger Z and pulled out a knife. "Hey, get off! BREAST FIRE!" Z's chest flared up and fired its energy blast, causing the robot to stumble off Mazinger, almost getting its arm melted off. With it confused, Z raced back and retreved its arms.
"Can someone get these things off our tail?!" Ryouma said, as the Getter G was getting attacked by the three other units.
"I got 'em! ATOMIC PUNCH!" Tetsuya shouted, firing his rocket fist at the three units, only catching the attention of the purple unit, who just stopped in its tracks. The yellow and orange stopped briefly, allowing Getter G to make a break for it. A few seconds later, the two remaining mech turned their attention back to the Getter Robo.
"These things are getting on my nerves!" Hayato said. "Let's take them out hard and fast."
"I know what you're thinking, and I like it!" Ryouma said.
"Let's do it!" Benkei shouted.
"OPEN GATE!" Ryouma shouted, reverting the mech into its plane modes. With expert ease, Ryouma flew his plane behind Benkei's, setting up for the next transformation.
"CHANGE GETTER LIGER, SWITCH ON!" Hayato shouted, as the three planes conneced, turning the three planes into a sleek, yet skinny, blue robot with a winged rocket back and a covered drill arm. Directing the Getter Liger to the ground, Hayato just kept on going, knowing the other robots are following.
"Uh, Hayato? Aren't you gonna use your Getter Drill?" Benkei asked, worried.
"Nope. Got something better planned." Hayato said.
"Better?" Ryouma said.
"Yep. Watch." Hayato said, the ground coming dangerously close. "GETTER VISION!" In the blink of an eye, the Getter Liger was gone. Unable to stop, the two mechs slammed into the ground, though they didn't blow up.
"Daaaamn, that thing's faster than the Getter-2 was!" Sonic commented, having saw what the Getter Liger had done: landed on the ground and dashed away a few yards from where he was gonna hit. He looked up and saw both Wing Gundam and DragonZord taking their shots at the new battleship, all doing zip to get through its barrier. "Y'know, they're waisting ammo..."
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"Can't you figure out their frequency YET?!" Bright asked Washu, annoyed that they can't get through to the other ship.
"Give me a few seconds, Captain. Almost got it." Washu said, typing on her holotop. A sound on her computer made her face brighten. "Alright! I got it! Hailing them again...now!" With that, a viewscreen came on, showing a purple-haired girl.
"--make them STOOOOOOOOOOOP!" the girl shouted, catching everyone off guard.
"Uh, captain? We're being hailed by the other ship." A female voice said.
"We are?" the girl said, looking at the screen, blinking.
"Idiot..." a second female, yet younger, voice said.
"Ah....*ahem*... this is Captain Bright Noah of the Earth Federation battleship White Base." Bright said. "Please identify yourself."
"I'm Captain Yurika Misamaru of the Nergal Battleship Nadesico!" the girl said, saluting.
"Nadesico? Nergal?" Bright Noah said.
"I know of Nergal. They're a fledgling construction company specializing in space-based battleships and mobile suits." Washu said. "They just appeared soon after Ani-Earth became part of Arcadia. Rumor had it they have technology from alien races. Of course, that's the rumor."
"But...Nadesico? What type of person names their ship Nadesico?" Bright asked.
"Who knows?" Washu said.
"In that case, call back everyone and let's figure out what's going on here." Bright said.
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In a matter of minutes, some of the crew of the Nadesico, along with Yurika, had boarded the White Base and came face to face with the crew on board. Joining the captain was a young blue haired girl, a green haired young woman, a brown haired young woman with glasses, a tall, blue haired woman, a brown haired young man and another brown haired young man, this one sporting Ryouma's distinctive hairstyle.
"Ms. Misamura, it's a pleasure to meet you." Bright said.
"Same here, captain. It's the first time I've met a ghost captain..." Yurika said. This statement shocked the Arcadians.
"Bright's DEAD?!" Koji said, freaking out
"No, he's not dead, Kabuto. I would have known if we were in the presence of a spectoral anomalty." Washu said.
"Translation?" Sonic asked.
"She would have known that he was a ghost." the young girl said
"Then... how is he alive?" the first young man asked.
"What year IS this anyway?" Yurika asked.
"2004." Ashura said, matter-of-factly.
"TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR?!" the Nadesico crew said, shocked beyond belief.
"We're nearly two hundred years in the PAST!" the brown haired girl said.
"Whatever that weapon the Jovians had, it must HAVE been a time machine!" the first young man said.
"Alright, all of this is going WAY over my head here..." Sonic said. "How about with some introductions? We already know of Yurika..."
"Oh, that's a good idea!" Yurika said, interrupting Sonic. She identified the young girl as Ruri Hoshino, the three girls as respectively Ryoko Subaru, Hikaru Amano, and Izumi Maki, the first young man as Akito Tenkawa (followed by a glomping), and the other young man as Jiro Yamada, then corrected, very loudly as Gai Daidouji.
"Well, that's out of the way, time for our introductions." Anthony said. "I'm Anthony Bault, Gamemaster of Arcadia..." the Nadesico group's eyes went wide and their jaws dropped at that.
"YOU'RE the great Gamemaster of Arcadia!?" Yurika said, eyes sparkling. "Wow, this...this is an honor!"
"Yeah, a great honor!" Akito said. "You're a legend in our time!"
"You're a hero amongst heroes!" Gai said.
"Woah, easy on the ego-boosting, guys. Any more like that and the room'll get crowded!" Amuro said, smirking a bit.
"Maybe that explains the lack of hair..." Izumi said, trying not to laugh.
"I should hurt you for that..." Anthony said.
"*sigh* I'll never understand them..." Ruri said, shaking her head.
"None of us will understand any of them." Tails said. At that, Ruri extended her hand to Tails.
"It's...nice to meet the protege of Mrs Washu Kint...er... nice to meet YOU." Ruri said, hoping Tails didn't hear that slip up.
"Heh... nice to meet you, too." Tails said, taking her hand and shaking it. Then, he began thinking ' What did she mean by that?' He just shook his head and smiled.
"Y'know, there's something that's been bothering me." Tetsuya said. "When I had Great Mazinger attack to get Getter Dragon freed,.."
"Getter Dragon?" Anthony said.
"That would be that first Getter G mode." Ashura said.
"...that purple mech just flat out stopped." Tetsuya continued.
"That would be mine, sir." Akito said, raising his hand. "It was because your attack and the look of your mech reminded me Gekiganger 3!"
"Gekiganger...Three?" Tetsuya said, confused.
"I could say the same thing with that robot the girls were chasing!" Gai said, remembering the Getter in action.
"And for your information, our mechs are Aestivalises..." Ryoko said.
"Aesti...valis?" Amuro said. "I hafta admit, from an inventor's point of view, those Aestivalises are amazing! I can't believe something so small can be so effective like a normal Mobile Suit!"
"You'll hafta thank Seiya Urubitake!" Hikaru said. "He's the one who helped build it and it's weapons!"
"Amazing!" Amuro said. The little occasion was cut off as the White Base shook violently.
"What the hell?!" Bright shouted. "What's going on?!"
[I've picked up three power sources outside!] DragonMetal Sonic said. [All three mechs!]
"Which ones?!" Anthony said.
[Can't tell...] DragonMetal said.
"Got 'em!" Washu said, typing on her holotop. "We got the ZMZ-002 Thunder MegaZord, the RX-78GP-01Fb Gundam Zephrantes Full Vernian and... RX-78GP- 02A Gundam Physallis?!"
"Physallis?!" Ashura said, eyes wide. "I'm going!" With that, he raced out.
"Ashura, WAIT!" Crystallis called out, but it was too late. "Washu, do you know who's in the robots?!"
"Yes. Thunder MegaZord's being piloted by Metal Amy, Zephrantes is being piloted by an Ensign Kou Uraki, but I can't tell who's piloting Physallis." Washu said. "Most likely it's AfterAshura..."
"Alright, Amuro, Koji, Getter Team, aid Ashura, Metal Amy and Ensign Uraki in subdue, not destroy the Physallis. We don't know if AfterAshura has a hostage OR has another nuclear weapon!" Bright said. "Miles, Tetsuya, get Captain Misamura and her crew back to the Nadesico, then go and help the others.
"Right!" the group said, racing out to their mechs to help.
[I'm helping, too!] DragonMetal Sonic said. As he said that, he pulled out the Saba Saber, a weapon he got for Christmas, although he REALLY didn't want it.
"You're using TigerZord?" Anthony asked.
[You got it!] DragonMetal Sonic said.
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As everyone got ready for combat, the Gundam and Megazord continued dueling with the Physallis. With the two mechs fighting it Physallis, it seemed that they had everything under control.
"Return the Gundam at once!" Kou said, making his Gundam swing a beam saber, only to have it blocked with Physallis' beam saber.
"HA! You think I'm gonna give it up so easily?! You're NUTS!" AfterAshura said.
"Brother, please stop it!" Meg shouted. "This is stupid!"
"SHUT UP!" AfterAshura shouted, backhanding his sister.
[Give it up, AfterAshura!] Metal Amy shouted. [We're gonna win, like it or not!]
"I still have the nuclear warhead, I can BLOW THIS PLACE UP any time I WANT!" AfterAshura shouted.
"You're bluffing!" Kou said. "If you WERE the one who destroyed that city, then you have no weapons left! It's over!"
"YOU LIE!" AfterAshura shouted, swinging his beam saber horizontally at Zephrantes.
"SEPERATE!" Kou shouted, making the Gundam seperate his lower torso from his upper, his Vernian boosters, causing him to fly. Sheathing his beam saber, he switched to his beam gun and fired at the Gundam, each blast staggering the Gundam.
[My turn!] Metal Amy shouted. Taking the Thunder MegaZord's Power Sword it its right hand, it spun it's blade so it's tip was facing the sky. The mech's eyes glowing yellow, it charged up electricity. It brought the sword up to his left shoulder, the mech gripping the sword with both hands now. [Take...THIS!] With all its might, it swung at Physallis. The power of the sword was too much for the Physallis. Its shield, legs, left rocket booster and left arm was destroyed.
"NOOOOOOO!" AfterAshura shouted. As the destroyed mech hit the ground, Gundam, Mazinger Z, Getter G and the TigerZord arrived. Ashura reached the group as well, flying towards the damaged Physallis in his Wing ZERO Custom armor.
"Give it up, After! It's OVER!" Ashura shouted. "Surrender and we MIGHT go easy on you!" With that, the cockpit of the Physallis opened up and AfterAshura climbed out, taking Meg with him. "No... MEGAN!"
"Eh...heheheheheheh... you think I'll give up so easily?" AfterAshura said. He took Meg by the neck.
"Leave Megan out of this!" Ashura shouted "She's done NOTHING to you!"
"Oh, didn't she? The little traitor..." AfterAshura said. "Tell me, Ashura, you remember that little...catchphrase they use for that Rice Krispies commercial?"
"W...what are you going to..." Ashura said, before realizing it. "No! Don't do it!"
"SNAP!" AfterAshura said, snapping Meg's neck. Letting go of her body, he grabbed her with both hands and brought her down on his knee, snapping her spine. "CRACKLE! And..." Letting go of her body, his Physallis armor came up over him, taking the cannon part of the bazooka, he swung with all his might, connecting with her head. "...POP!"
"MEGAN! NOOOO!" Ashura shouted as her body landed by him. Ashura didn't need to check. Meg was dead the second her neck was snapped. Tears rolled down his eyes. "Nooo... Megan..."
"Oh....my....god..." Koji said, horrified.
"That....that monster!" Amuro said, equally horrified. Benkei responded by throwing up behind his seat.
[We should have stopped him... we should have stopped him back on Cotan...] DragonMetal said. As AfterAshura laughed at the group, Ashura scooped Meg's lifeless body in his arms.
"Megan...oh, god... Megan, I'm so sorry..." Ashura said, crying.
"You've lost again. You lost your home, now you lost your "sister". Why not let me go for a triple play and let me kill Crystallis?" AfterAshura said.
"She did nothing to you..." Ashura said. "All she did was bring love to a group who had suffered so much... and now she's gone. Are you happy now?" He looked up at AfterAshura "ARE YOU?!"
"Well, I could be more happier if I could kill you..." AfterAshura said.
"I've lost so much because of you... I lost almost 20 years because of you. Now... now you do this..." Ashura said. "It ends here... you versus me, no robots, no help! One of us will walk away from this alive."
"Ashura! Don't!" Anthony shouted from his comlink to Ashura's armor. "Fall back!"
"PISS OFF!" Ashura shouted. "This is MY fight!"
"Very well, Ashura..." AfterAshura said, the Physallis armor dropping from his body and being replaced by a new armor, this time resembling the Gundam Epyon. "I'm gonna do something I've been DYING to do since we first met."
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"Alright, Bright, I want answers!"
Ashura marched into Bright Noah's quarters, a stern look on his face. He held out on telling him what happened with the Meteor for too long. He had to know why Merc and Sabian were needed and he wanted to know now.
"Persistant, aren't we?" Bright said,
"Especially when it comes to my friends!" Ashura said. "What happened, Captain? What happened when the Meteor arrived.?" Bright let out a sigh.
"Well, I guess I should tell you..." Bright said. "A few weeks ago, we were let known of Meteor's presence by various space agencies and such. You know, S.T.A.R Labs, NASA, NASADA, and people like that."
'NASADA?' Ashura thought to himself. "The National Air and Space Administration for Dumb Asses? Nah...'
"Anyway, with this threat, The Earth Federation decided to mobilize two Mobile Suits they developed, if anything, thanks to the designs we found from books from the Gamemaster's Earth, namely the Dendrobium Mobile Suit and Armor and the Newtype Mobile Suit Nu Gundam." Bright said. "Professor Saotome, the Getter Robo creator, added his latest invention, the Shin Getter Robo, to our lineup. The plan was simple: Dendrobium and Shin Getter would attack the Meteor with their beam attacks and Nu Gundam would follow up, taking out many of the bigger chunks. We had various GMs and Guncannons ready to take out any pieces they missed. Heck, we had Zeon helping out..."
"Woah, hold on! Zeon? THE Principality of Zeon?!" Ashura said.
"Yes, but they had renamed themselves the Republic of Zeon. We had signed a peace treaty with them just before the Imperiex War, seeing as, somehow, the ruling Zabi family had been ousted. We're stilling trying to figure that out." Bright said. "Anyway, just before the Meteor got too close to Earth, we mobilized our forces and got ready to attack... when your friends, apparently...fused...attacked the Meteor, destroying it. The chunks were too big and too fast for us to hit. We did stop a few, but not all. Amuro found the person who did it and tried going after him, but couldn't catch him. He's still mad that he couldn't catch him."
"I...see." Ashura said. "Man, I don't get it. Why WOULD they go and do that?"
"I don't know, Ashura." Bright said. "Right now, we need to focus on the here and now. We'll get back to that problem if and when we survive this."
"Alright." Ashura said. He turned around and started to head back.
"Ashura?" Bright called out, causing the hedgehog to stop. "I'm glad you understand..."
"I barely understand anything nowadays, but I'm gonna hafta understand..." Ashura said. With that, Ashura left the room and began making his way to the hangars to look at the robots.
"Hey, Ash! Hold up!" a voice called up. Ashura turned to see Seiyuka approach him.
"Hey, Sei! Say, can I ask you something?" Ashura said.
"Sure!" Seiyuka said, picking up Ashura and cuddling him. "Anything for my best friend!"
"Did Trunks bond with your Guardian Gem?" Ashura asked. "That power he showed during the battle back at Capsule Corp looked something like that."
"Nooo..." Seiyuka said, concerned. "I don't remember that... and, wouldn't Crystallis have known it as well?"
"True... but, that's odd. How did he get that strong if he didn't bond with the Guardian Gem?" Ashura said.
"I...I don't know. I hope he isn't under anything bad..." Seiyuka said, putting Ashura down.
"We'll ask him when we find him." Ashura said. Seiyuka nodded, following him to the hangars. Before they could get to the doors, the sirens screamed, letting them know that something's wrong. "Aw, man!"
"All pilots report immediately to the bridge!" a voice called out. The two shrugged and raced back to the bridge.
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"Yo, Bright, Washu, what's going on?!" Sonic said, one of the first to arrive.
"Just look outside, Sonikku." Washu said. What he and the other arrivals saw was shocking. Out of nowhere, a massive battleship was materializing. The gray and red battleship was a bit bigger than the White Base, yet looked like it came from the future.
"What the heck IS that?!" Benkei asked.
"Looks like something out of that "Star Trek" show!" Sayaka said.
"That's what I was gonna say!" Anthony said.
"You think it's a Metallix battleship?" Crystallis asked.
"Doesn't seem like it." Vegeta said. "I detect ki levels. Most likely there are humans in there."
"I can't hail it at all. All frequencies can't get through it!" one of the crew members said.
"I can fix that, but it'll take awhile." Washu said.
"Uh-oh..." Amuro said. "They're launching units!" He was right, as five small mecha, colored blue, purple, orange, red and yellow, shot out of an opening in the front.
"Alright, we'll launch our units as well." Bright said.
"Let's go!" Koji said, making a break for the hangars.
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In a matter of seconds, the units were launched and were ready to counter the others if they attacked. As they all stood ready for anything, Tails flew around the battlefield in the Tornado X, Anthony in the passenger seat.
"It looks like one of those high noon showdowns..." Tails said, looking down.
"I just hope no one does something stupid..." Anthony said.
"Anthony, that ship's pretty sophisicated. I can't hail them or anything!" Washu said from Anthony's communicator.
"Damn, now what?" Anthony asked.
"Just hope THEY hail first." Washu said. "Perhaps I can match their frequency if they hail first."
"Perhaps, but..." Anthony said. Then, he looked out and saw Vegeta, on the bridge of the White Base, getting ready to launch a Final Flash at the other battleship. "Vegeta, NO!"
"FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta shouted, firing the ki blast at the battleship, only to watch as a barrier around the ship deflect the blast, nearly hitting Great Mazinger.
"Vegeta, you NITWIT!" Crystallis shouted. "Why did you do that?!"
"No time for talk! The units are attacking!" Amuro said, as the red unit raced towards Gundam, knocking him over as it rammed it. "GAH!" As the unit backed off, Gundam pulled out its Beam Rifle and fired at it, the barrier on that deflecting the blasts. "No! Guys, beam weaponry won't cut it here!"
"Don't worry, *I* don't need beam weaponry!" Koji shouted. "DOUBLE ROCKET PUNCH!" With that, both of Mazinger Z's fists raced off towards his target, the blue mech. With expert ease, the blue mech dodged the fists and raced to the Mazinger, slamming it in the chest, causing the robot to tumble to the ground, the fists slamming into the ground as it headed back. The blue mech got on top of Mazinger Z and pulled out a knife. "Hey, get off! BREAST FIRE!" Z's chest flared up and fired its energy blast, causing the robot to stumble off Mazinger, almost getting its arm melted off. With it confused, Z raced back and retreved its arms.
"Can someone get these things off our tail?!" Ryouma said, as the Getter G was getting attacked by the three other units.
"I got 'em! ATOMIC PUNCH!" Tetsuya shouted, firing his rocket fist at the three units, only catching the attention of the purple unit, who just stopped in its tracks. The yellow and orange stopped briefly, allowing Getter G to make a break for it. A few seconds later, the two remaining mech turned their attention back to the Getter Robo.
"These things are getting on my nerves!" Hayato said. "Let's take them out hard and fast."
"I know what you're thinking, and I like it!" Ryouma said.
"Let's do it!" Benkei shouted.
"OPEN GATE!" Ryouma shouted, reverting the mech into its plane modes. With expert ease, Ryouma flew his plane behind Benkei's, setting up for the next transformation.
"CHANGE GETTER LIGER, SWITCH ON!" Hayato shouted, as the three planes conneced, turning the three planes into a sleek, yet skinny, blue robot with a winged rocket back and a covered drill arm. Directing the Getter Liger to the ground, Hayato just kept on going, knowing the other robots are following.
"Uh, Hayato? Aren't you gonna use your Getter Drill?" Benkei asked, worried.
"Nope. Got something better planned." Hayato said.
"Better?" Ryouma said.
"Yep. Watch." Hayato said, the ground coming dangerously close. "GETTER VISION!" In the blink of an eye, the Getter Liger was gone. Unable to stop, the two mechs slammed into the ground, though they didn't blow up.
"Daaaamn, that thing's faster than the Getter-2 was!" Sonic commented, having saw what the Getter Liger had done: landed on the ground and dashed away a few yards from where he was gonna hit. He looked up and saw both Wing Gundam and DragonZord taking their shots at the new battleship, all doing zip to get through its barrier. "Y'know, they're waisting ammo..."
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"Can't you figure out their frequency YET?!" Bright asked Washu, annoyed that they can't get through to the other ship.
"Give me a few seconds, Captain. Almost got it." Washu said, typing on her holotop. A sound on her computer made her face brighten. "Alright! I got it! Hailing them again...now!" With that, a viewscreen came on, showing a purple-haired girl.
"--make them STOOOOOOOOOOOP!" the girl shouted, catching everyone off guard.
"Uh, captain? We're being hailed by the other ship." A female voice said.
"We are?" the girl said, looking at the screen, blinking.
"Idiot..." a second female, yet younger, voice said.
"Ah....*ahem*... this is Captain Bright Noah of the Earth Federation battleship White Base." Bright said. "Please identify yourself."
"I'm Captain Yurika Misamaru of the Nergal Battleship Nadesico!" the girl said, saluting.
"Nadesico? Nergal?" Bright Noah said.
"I know of Nergal. They're a fledgling construction company specializing in space-based battleships and mobile suits." Washu said. "They just appeared soon after Ani-Earth became part of Arcadia. Rumor had it they have technology from alien races. Of course, that's the rumor."
"But...Nadesico? What type of person names their ship Nadesico?" Bright asked.
"Who knows?" Washu said.
"In that case, call back everyone and let's figure out what's going on here." Bright said.
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In a matter of minutes, some of the crew of the Nadesico, along with Yurika, had boarded the White Base and came face to face with the crew on board. Joining the captain was a young blue haired girl, a green haired young woman, a brown haired young woman with glasses, a tall, blue haired woman, a brown haired young man and another brown haired young man, this one sporting Ryouma's distinctive hairstyle.
"Ms. Misamura, it's a pleasure to meet you." Bright said.
"Same here, captain. It's the first time I've met a ghost captain..." Yurika said. This statement shocked the Arcadians.
"Bright's DEAD?!" Koji said, freaking out
"No, he's not dead, Kabuto. I would have known if we were in the presence of a spectoral anomalty." Washu said.
"Translation?" Sonic asked.
"She would have known that he was a ghost." the young girl said
"Then... how is he alive?" the first young man asked.
"What year IS this anyway?" Yurika asked.
"2004." Ashura said, matter-of-factly.
"TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR?!" the Nadesico crew said, shocked beyond belief.
"We're nearly two hundred years in the PAST!" the brown haired girl said.
"Whatever that weapon the Jovians had, it must HAVE been a time machine!" the first young man said.
"Alright, all of this is going WAY over my head here..." Sonic said. "How about with some introductions? We already know of Yurika..."
"Oh, that's a good idea!" Yurika said, interrupting Sonic. She identified the young girl as Ruri Hoshino, the three girls as respectively Ryoko Subaru, Hikaru Amano, and Izumi Maki, the first young man as Akito Tenkawa (followed by a glomping), and the other young man as Jiro Yamada, then corrected, very loudly as Gai Daidouji.
"Well, that's out of the way, time for our introductions." Anthony said. "I'm Anthony Bault, Gamemaster of Arcadia..." the Nadesico group's eyes went wide and their jaws dropped at that.
"YOU'RE the great Gamemaster of Arcadia!?" Yurika said, eyes sparkling. "Wow, this...this is an honor!"
"Yeah, a great honor!" Akito said. "You're a legend in our time!"
"You're a hero amongst heroes!" Gai said.
"Woah, easy on the ego-boosting, guys. Any more like that and the room'll get crowded!" Amuro said, smirking a bit.
"Maybe that explains the lack of hair..." Izumi said, trying not to laugh.
"I should hurt you for that..." Anthony said.
"*sigh* I'll never understand them..." Ruri said, shaking her head.
"None of us will understand any of them." Tails said. At that, Ruri extended her hand to Tails.
"It's...nice to meet the protege of Mrs Washu Kint...er... nice to meet YOU." Ruri said, hoping Tails didn't hear that slip up.
"Heh... nice to meet you, too." Tails said, taking her hand and shaking it. Then, he began thinking ' What did she mean by that?' He just shook his head and smiled.
"Y'know, there's something that's been bothering me." Tetsuya said. "When I had Great Mazinger attack to get Getter Dragon freed,.."
"Getter Dragon?" Anthony said.
"That would be that first Getter G mode." Ashura said.
"...that purple mech just flat out stopped." Tetsuya continued.
"That would be mine, sir." Akito said, raising his hand. "It was because your attack and the look of your mech reminded me Gekiganger 3!"
"Gekiganger...Three?" Tetsuya said, confused.
"I could say the same thing with that robot the girls were chasing!" Gai said, remembering the Getter in action.
"And for your information, our mechs are Aestivalises..." Ryoko said.
"Aesti...valis?" Amuro said. "I hafta admit, from an inventor's point of view, those Aestivalises are amazing! I can't believe something so small can be so effective like a normal Mobile Suit!"
"You'll hafta thank Seiya Urubitake!" Hikaru said. "He's the one who helped build it and it's weapons!"
"Amazing!" Amuro said. The little occasion was cut off as the White Base shook violently.
"What the hell?!" Bright shouted. "What's going on?!"
[I've picked up three power sources outside!] DragonMetal Sonic said. [All three mechs!]
"Which ones?!" Anthony said.
[Can't tell...] DragonMetal said.
"Got 'em!" Washu said, typing on her holotop. "We got the ZMZ-002 Thunder MegaZord, the RX-78GP-01Fb Gundam Zephrantes Full Vernian and... RX-78GP- 02A Gundam Physallis?!"
"Physallis?!" Ashura said, eyes wide. "I'm going!" With that, he raced out.
"Ashura, WAIT!" Crystallis called out, but it was too late. "Washu, do you know who's in the robots?!"
"Yes. Thunder MegaZord's being piloted by Metal Amy, Zephrantes is being piloted by an Ensign Kou Uraki, but I can't tell who's piloting Physallis." Washu said. "Most likely it's AfterAshura..."
"Alright, Amuro, Koji, Getter Team, aid Ashura, Metal Amy and Ensign Uraki in subdue, not destroy the Physallis. We don't know if AfterAshura has a hostage OR has another nuclear weapon!" Bright said. "Miles, Tetsuya, get Captain Misamura and her crew back to the Nadesico, then go and help the others.
"Right!" the group said, racing out to their mechs to help.
[I'm helping, too!] DragonMetal Sonic said. As he said that, he pulled out the Saba Saber, a weapon he got for Christmas, although he REALLY didn't want it.
"You're using TigerZord?" Anthony asked.
[You got it!] DragonMetal Sonic said.
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As everyone got ready for combat, the Gundam and Megazord continued dueling with the Physallis. With the two mechs fighting it Physallis, it seemed that they had everything under control.
"Return the Gundam at once!" Kou said, making his Gundam swing a beam saber, only to have it blocked with Physallis' beam saber.
"HA! You think I'm gonna give it up so easily?! You're NUTS!" AfterAshura said.
"Brother, please stop it!" Meg shouted. "This is stupid!"
"SHUT UP!" AfterAshura shouted, backhanding his sister.
[Give it up, AfterAshura!] Metal Amy shouted. [We're gonna win, like it or not!]
"I still have the nuclear warhead, I can BLOW THIS PLACE UP any time I WANT!" AfterAshura shouted.
"You're bluffing!" Kou said. "If you WERE the one who destroyed that city, then you have no weapons left! It's over!"
"YOU LIE!" AfterAshura shouted, swinging his beam saber horizontally at Zephrantes.
"SEPERATE!" Kou shouted, making the Gundam seperate his lower torso from his upper, his Vernian boosters, causing him to fly. Sheathing his beam saber, he switched to his beam gun and fired at the Gundam, each blast staggering the Gundam.
[My turn!] Metal Amy shouted. Taking the Thunder MegaZord's Power Sword it its right hand, it spun it's blade so it's tip was facing the sky. The mech's eyes glowing yellow, it charged up electricity. It brought the sword up to his left shoulder, the mech gripping the sword with both hands now. [Take...THIS!] With all its might, it swung at Physallis. The power of the sword was too much for the Physallis. Its shield, legs, left rocket booster and left arm was destroyed.
"NOOOOOOO!" AfterAshura shouted. As the destroyed mech hit the ground, Gundam, Mazinger Z, Getter G and the TigerZord arrived. Ashura reached the group as well, flying towards the damaged Physallis in his Wing ZERO Custom armor.
"Give it up, After! It's OVER!" Ashura shouted. "Surrender and we MIGHT go easy on you!" With that, the cockpit of the Physallis opened up and AfterAshura climbed out, taking Meg with him. "No... MEGAN!"
"Eh...heheheheheheh... you think I'll give up so easily?" AfterAshura said. He took Meg by the neck.
"Leave Megan out of this!" Ashura shouted "She's done NOTHING to you!"
"Oh, didn't she? The little traitor..." AfterAshura said. "Tell me, Ashura, you remember that little...catchphrase they use for that Rice Krispies commercial?"
"W...what are you going to..." Ashura said, before realizing it. "No! Don't do it!"
"SNAP!" AfterAshura said, snapping Meg's neck. Letting go of her body, he grabbed her with both hands and brought her down on his knee, snapping her spine. "CRACKLE! And..." Letting go of her body, his Physallis armor came up over him, taking the cannon part of the bazooka, he swung with all his might, connecting with her head. "...POP!"
"MEGAN! NOOOO!" Ashura shouted as her body landed by him. Ashura didn't need to check. Meg was dead the second her neck was snapped. Tears rolled down his eyes. "Nooo... Megan..."
"Oh....my....god..." Koji said, horrified.
"That....that monster!" Amuro said, equally horrified. Benkei responded by throwing up behind his seat.
[We should have stopped him... we should have stopped him back on Cotan...] DragonMetal said. As AfterAshura laughed at the group, Ashura scooped Meg's lifeless body in his arms.
"Megan...oh, god... Megan, I'm so sorry..." Ashura said, crying.
"You've lost again. You lost your home, now you lost your "sister". Why not let me go for a triple play and let me kill Crystallis?" AfterAshura said.
"She did nothing to you..." Ashura said. "All she did was bring love to a group who had suffered so much... and now she's gone. Are you happy now?" He looked up at AfterAshura "ARE YOU?!"
"Well, I could be more happier if I could kill you..." AfterAshura said.
"I've lost so much because of you... I lost almost 20 years because of you. Now... now you do this..." Ashura said. "It ends here... you versus me, no robots, no help! One of us will walk away from this alive."
"Ashura! Don't!" Anthony shouted from his comlink to Ashura's armor. "Fall back!"
"PISS OFF!" Ashura shouted. "This is MY fight!"
"Very well, Ashura..." AfterAshura said, the Physallis armor dropping from his body and being replaced by a new armor, this time resembling the Gundam Epyon. "I'm gonna do something I've been DYING to do since we first met."