Gundam Seed Destiny: The Keepers of Justice
Prelude III
Dante slammed his fist onto the controls as he got out of the pod. "I don't believe it, I finally get my chance and I blew it." Dante sighed. He looked around, Matt Kiara and Tamara were already waiting.
"You guys as well?" he asked, floating over to them.
"No." Matt said. "Only us, they completed their missions, we'll have to see what they make of this. They might keep them and two members of the other team."
"I'll put in a good word for you guys." Kiara said out of the corner of her mouth as the examiners stepped up to the balcony again. One of the examiners pressed a button and it descended to the candidates.
"Attention!" one of them said as the lead soldier stepped up.
"Ahe-hem" the leader said, "Candidate 17, Tamara Ferring. You did as commanded and protected Candidate 48, Matthew Wyte, as best you could. You have been selected as the controller of the Neon in the future team." He handed her a badge in the shape of a strange star.
"Candidate 22, Kiara Cage. Your task, handed to you by team leader Dante Cage, was to take on the Mobeus Zero. You completed this task using your crafts manoeuvrability and beam sabre, cutting it's guns away and then attacking the main body. You have been selected as the pilot of the Swift in the future team." He handed her the star.
"Candidate 48, Matthew Wyte. Your tasks were to take out the shield and then survive the attack; you were unable to do this. Due to your inability to dodge large particle cannons you were destroyed along with your suit. This said the other candidate for the Ghost had the same problem so a written test will be given to determine which of you is best suited for the team." Matt saluted and allowed the leader to continue on.
"Candidate 75, Dante Cage. You were team leader and, due to your decisions a team member, and yourself, died. You did however complete your task of destroying the strike Gundam. Though I would have preferred it if you had merely disabled it, you will be given the chance to redeem yourself with an examination." Dante saluted.
"Candidates 17 and 22, dismissed, Candidates 48, and 75 please follow these men."
Dante and Matt were led into a dark small room. Two desks in the centre of the room were illuminated, but that wasn't what Matt and Dante were looking at. Behind the desks were bloodstained walls.
"What is this?" Dante said turning around. He stepped back as the three men raised their pistols.
"What's going on?" Matt said, getting into a defensive position.
"You know too much about the Darkness program." One of the soldiers said, "you must be terminated."
"The… The what?" Dante asked,
"The Darkness program, the operation you have been preparing for." The soldier cocked his gun. "enough talk…"
Matt looked at Dante and Dante nodded. Dante ran forwards, ducking down slightly as the first guard's bullet grazed his shoulder. As he reached the soldier he rammed his shoulder into his gut, knocking him out. Matt leapt over Dante and span, kicking both the other soldiers in the head while their attention was on Dante.
"I don't know what's going on but I think we should get out of here." Matt said, taking one of the guns and opening the door.
"What about the girls?" Dante asked taking a gun and stepping out into the corridor.
"They got onto the team, they'll be fine."
"Ok… let's go."
Dante and met walked down the corridor, guns behind their backs in case they saw someone that wasn't trying to kill them.
The pair turned a corner and saluted to a group of soldiers as they passed. It was then that an alarm sounded.
"Spies have been located within the base… I repeat, Spies for the earth alliance have been located within the base. Please restrain Dante Cross and Matthew Wyte."
The soldiers stopped and turned towards them, raising their guns.
"Shit…" Dante said, raising his pistol at the 20 or so soldiers.
"Don't look like we're getting out of this." Matt said.
"Throw us your gu…" a soldier started, but stopped as his brains hit the wall.
"What the." The soldiers said, turning around.
"A-Andrew Waltfeld and…" the soldier said, raising his gun and Waltfeld and his small group of soldiers. "Kill him!"
Waltfeld's soldiers got into formation and fired off all of their guns, killing the soldiers.
"Dante Cross, Matthew Wyte?" Waltfeld asked, stepping forwards.
"Erm… yes?" the boys said, raising their hands and dropping their guns.
"Put your arms down, you're coming with us." Waltfeld said, pulling the boys towards the door they had come from.
The boys looked at each other and followed.