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This story is coming to a CLOSE! That's right, this is th esecond to last chapter, and it will be a good onw, though a bit prompt.
The disclaimer is that i wish that i own gundam, but i don't.
After Eve Gundam Wing: A New Heero
Chapter Thirty-Seven
It was so weird. They had just watched Vance say that he was going to resign from OZ. He was going to end the war just like that. Jin and his friends couldn't help but feel a little skeptical as they left Vance's office and began walking down the hall.
"We can announce it from the control tower," said Vance. "From there, I'll accept whatever is to be my punishment."
"Don't start thinking you're forgiven Vance," said Jin. "I won't be forgetting everything just because you're surrendering."
"Of course not Jin," said Vance. "I would expect you to never forgive me. That's okay for me I guess."
There was a powerful quake of the ground, and everyone stumbled around. The quick rumble stopped for a second, and then there was another shake.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Kreed.
"Earthquake?" suggested Stephen.
"Not likely," said Vance. Red lights began flashing all around the corridors, and high-pitched alarms were sounding everywhere. "Let's get to the tower." They began running, but Rachel stopped and looked back. Jin was having a little trouble standing himself up.
"Jin," said Rachel. Jin looked up painfully at Rachel above him. Her hand was extended toward him. He grinned and took her hand, allowing himself to be pulled to his feet. He was breathing heavily and painfully, leaning on Rachel's shoulder for support.
"Are you okay, Jin?" asked Vance.
"Does it look like he's okay?" asked Anita.
"He can barely run," said Stephen. "Damn those guys!"
"Now hold on just a second," said Jin. "I never said I cannot run. It may hurt a bit, but I can still run." He disentangled himself from Rachel's arm and stood on his own. "Let's get to that tower immediately."
"Right," said Vance. "You've got a lot of strength Jin."
"Cut the flattery and lead the way," replied Jin.
They took off down the halls and eventually took an elevator to the tower they were searching for. Once at the top, they could see all around them. There seemed to be some explosions occurring not too far away on the ground.
"What on Earth is going on up here?!" shouted Vance. Everyone saluted and one man ran up to him.
"It's the Commander sir," said the man. "He's attacking us for some reason. He's destroyed most of the MD hangars and has now centered his attack n the Long Range Missile Cannons."
"No," said Vance.
"How bad is that?" asked Kreed.
"Not very, unless," began Vance.
"He's overheating the reactor," continued the same officer. "It will blow if his assault continues."
"Very bad," said Vance. "The Core Reactor is centered in the middle of the ring of our cannons. It takes a great deal of energy to launch the missiles, and the Core powers them. It's a large reactor that has the same output of a nuclear factory core. If it blows..."
"Boom," said Jin. "This entire place will be incinerated."
"The force would be equivalent to that of three Thermonuclear Bombs," said Vance. "But there'd be no radiation fallout, because it's technically not a radioactive core."
"Holy shit," said Anita. "The death toll would be catastrophic."
Everyone sat in the room in silence, their eyes on the commander. More small explosions rumbled the ground as they remained quiet. Jin looked around at them all incredulously.
"What the hell is everyone waiting for?!" he asked. "Evacuate the entire base! Everyone needs to get out of here!" Everyone left from their chairs and scrambled out of the tower, leaving them alone.
"What can we do?" asked Rachel.
"The core will undoubtedly explode," said Vance, "unless Max is stopped. But there are only a couple of minutes left. We need to get out of here."
"We can help!" said Kreed.
"Let's get to the hangars," said Vance. "I'll take you there."
Vance led them out of the tower to the lowest corridors below the base.
"These are secret corridors that only the highest ranking officers use. They're lead directly to the hangars. We'll be there in no time."
They arrived at a hatch, which led them up to the hangar all the Gundams were standing in. The first thing anyone noticed was a lot of fire. There were fallen rafters and bricks everywhere, and more explosions caused more quaking.
"The hangar fires have spread to this one," said Vance. "Come on everyone. There's not much time." Vance began running to a red and back Tauros Mobile Suit, and prepared to climb in.
"Father!" shouted Rachel. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm gonna go after Max," he called back. "I may be able to buy some time for the evacuation. I have to do what I can!"
The cockpit hatch closed, and the Tauros immediately ran out o the hangar and transformed to flight mode, flying to the site of the explosions.
"Father!" shouted Rachel again. A piece of the ceiling fell nearby. It was about to land on Rachel. She looked up and was unable to move, probably because of shock. At the last minute, Jin dove into her and the rolled out of the wreckage's way before it crashed. Rachel was lying on top of Jin, and he was having trouble moving. She quickly got off of him, aware of his injuries, and he coughed up some more blood.
"He's gonna die," said Rachel as her eyes glazed over with tears. "After all we did and after getting him back, he's gonna get himself killed."
"Not while I live," said Jin. He got up and began to limp over to Wing Zero. "I'll go get him. Max's ass is mine." Rachel grabbed his hand and spun him around.
"No!" she pleaded. "Not you too. Don't you leave me too." Jin looked into her eyes, which were spilling their tears like a river. "I can't lose you also. You're in no condition to fight now."
"Rachel," he said with a smile. "I have no intention of dying. I must fight." He held her in front of him with both arms. "I'll save your father, and I will save everyone here. I promise I won't fail. If I die...then I have no regrets of my life. If dying is what it takes, then I will choose that option. It's what I must do..."
"Don't talk like that!" said Rachel desperately. "You're not going to die!
"Rachel," said Jin. "If I have to die, I will. But I will try to live...so that I can return to you..." She looked up into hiss eyes, and their eyes locked onto each other. "I Love You Rachel. If I die, don't forget that." Jin quickly leaned into her and caught her lips with her own. It caught her off guard, but she replied by allowing him to kiss her passionately. He just as quickly pulled away and ran to Wing Zero. In seconds he was in the cockpit, which closed, and Wing Zero flew out of the hangar before all of the other Gundams.
"Come on Rachel!" shouted Kreed from Nataku's cockpit hatch. "This place is about to go down! We can't wait!" Rachel came to her senses and pulled herself into reality. She ran to Heavy Arms and got in the cockpit, following everyone out of the hangar.
"Today you go down Max," said Jin to himself as he approached the site of the battle. "I will try to not kill you, but if you leave me with no choice... I will show you no mercy!!!"
End Chapter Thirty-Seven
A nice chapter! As said before, this is just before the end. Also, the end will be two chapters actually. The first will be the good ending, and the one following will be the bad ending. You can probably guess the respective endings from clues left by the chapter here. Basically,, one will be the tragic death of Jin, and the oter will be... well, I won't get too far ahead of myself...