Chapter 1

Liberation Day

In a car, heading for the city, a man talks to his wife next to him and his daughter in the backseat. "Hey, Ryan, do you think that after work, you could spend some time with us before the big move?" Spoke the woman, who turns off the radio in the car. "Carrie, you know that today's Friday, I will most likely have a lot of work to grade from the class before their summer vacation!" replied the man driving, named Ryan. Carrie remains silent for a while, then says, "Well, then since it's the weekend, you can go to the park with us after your grading, right Ryan?" Ryan thinks for a moment, then smiles and replies with, "I believe so, how's Sunday?" Then the little girl in the back speaks up and replies, "That'll work, right mommy!" Carrie chuckles, then nods.

In the city, the car stops in front of a newly painted red house. Carrie and the little girl get out of the car and starts heading inside the house. "Remember," Carrie yells out to Ryan, heading inside, "Sunday is the park, you have to take a

break soon!" Ryan smiles in his car, and then drives off.

Ryan pushes a button and the radio turns on. "Yes, in here, Colony SC-038, it's a beautiful day and at 6:30 tonight, light rain for the plants. Now, since today is the last day of the week on June 12th, I think that music for our youngsters are in order..." Soon new age music turned on, and Ryan turns off the radio instantly. "Just wanted the weather, not the music today..."

The car drives up into a parking spot, when suddenly an explosion appears at the school he was headed for. "What in God's name–!" Ryan then sees three Buster Armors heading into the city. "No! Carrie and Karen!" Ryan jumps inside his car and drives towards the city.

Several blasts hit the colony interior and the buildings disappears in clouds of fire and in mushroom clouds. Ryan finally reaches the house he had left a few minutes ago, and saw it crumbled and in flames. Ryan gets out of his car and sees the flames of horror as to his family's demise. Ryan screams out and in tears and falls to his knees and continues to sob.

Ryan looks up to see one of the Buster Armors in front of him shooting at a nearby building. Ryan grows anger in his face and stands up in anger, forming fists. Just as Ryan was beginning to run after the giant Mobile Suit in a futile attempt to take revenge, the ground began to shake and a fissure crater appeared next to the Mobile Suit.

The Mobile Suit began to lose it's balance when Ryan saw something come out of the ground. It was a Mobile Suit coming out of the ground, but not Earth based. The machine had horns on it's forehead in the shape of a "V." The machine had green eyes, black armor, and a handle in one hand. The eyes of the new machine glowed and the handle grew a red beam type blade, making the form of a beam sword. The machine stepped forward, and the Buster Armor stepped back. On the speakers of the Buster Armor, Ryan heard, "What the hell is that!"

The Mobile Suit stabbed the Buster Armor in the upper torso, where the cockpit was located at, and the Buster Armor fell down, without exploding. Soon, a beam blast hit the new machine in the back, and forced it to fall down and made it collide with a nearby building. The machine's cockpit opened up, and the pilot fell out, dead. Ryan dashed for the new machine, and in a blind rage, jumped inside and activated it.

Once Ryan jumped inside, Ryan realized a very important piece of information, he didn't know how to activate or operate such a machine. "I'm in way over my head here!" Ryan looked towards the wreckage of his hopes and dreams of the future, then looked at the two Buster Armors walking towards him, to take his life as well. "They've taken everything from me, I will not let them take my life as well!" Ryan pushed a button like in action of a reflex, the door of the cockpit closed and the machine started to come to life. The words "Gundam Magna Prototype System Activated" showed

up on the forward control screen. "Gundam Magna eh, well, let's see what you can do!"

Ryan begins to remember how to pilot the machine by remembering what his 5 year-old daughter taught him at an arcade that had a mobile suit simulation. "I will not lose to you!" The Gundam stood up and activated the beam sword of red light. The Gundam jumped up and the two Buster Armors fired beam shots at the Gundam. The Gundam dodged the attack and sliced one of the Beam Rifles in half, then stabbed the machine in the cockpit. The machine dies and falls to the ground. The remaining Buster Armor looks as if to shiver at the sight of the Gundam. The Gundam dashes forward, towards the remaining machine, when a beam blast hits the Gundam.

A new Buster Armor appears out of nowhere and defends the afraid Buster Armor. "Cale, return to the ship, I'll finish the mission!" The Buster Armor nods and activates it's thrusters and boosts out of the colony. The new Buster Armor points it's Beam Rifle at the rising Gundam, trying to get up.

"I don't know what the hell you are, but you will not defeat me!" Yelled the pilot of the Buster Armor. The Gundam jumps up into the air and falls down to it's feet behind the Buster Armor. Buster Armor dashes out of the way and stands face to face with the Gundam. "What are you!"

Ryan turns on the Gundam's speakers and replies, "I am the demon you created by killing my family!" The Gundam dashes forward and slices off the Buster Armor's right arm. The Buster Armor then pulls out it's blade sword with it's left hand. "I'm sorry for your loss, but you people were creating a weapon of mass destruction, you had to be stopped!" The Buster slashes down on the Gundam, but then the Gundam slices through the sword's blade, basically turning the sword into a knife.

"How could you do that?" asked the pilot of the Buster Armor. Then the Buster Armor begins to retreat. The Gundam

starts to follow, then the machine shuts down. "What, why is it stopping?" Ryan looks at the control panel to find out that it was out of fuel.

The Gundam stops entirely, the beam sword shuts down, and the glowing eyes cease to glow. Ryan then steps out of the Gundam's cockpit, then sees people cheering for the amazing action that Ryan took on to save the colony from total destruction.

Ryan finally steps down completely from the Gundam when suddenly three military soldiers stop in front of Ryan, and aimed their pistols at him. Ryan raised his hands to the sky, surrendering to the soldiers. Finally, a scientist appears and waves at the soldiers, making them lower their guns from Ryan's face.

"I see that you have piloted this new mobile suit, but you are no pilot, are you?" asked the scientist.

"No, I am not, however I learned how to pilot it from my... daughter." Replied Ryan. The scientist looks at Ryan in a curious way, then finally asks, "And how old was your daughter?" Ryan, shocked to be asked that question, replies, "about five years old."

"I see, the next generations always happen to be smarter than the previous ones..." the scientist said to himself.

Then the scientist asked, "And you? How old?" "Um, twenty two, but what does that have to do with my piloting skills?"

"Oh nothing, just for the fact that you are one of the few people that can handle that mobile suit." replied the scientist, then gesturing Ryan to enter his limo.

Ryan enters the limo and sits inside, between two large men who look like they have muscles of steel. "Ryan, that's your name, correct?" asked the scientist. "Yes, but how did you know my name?" The scientist picks up a clipboard with several papers of information on it, and hands it to Ryan. Ryan takes the clipboard and glances at the papers. All of the information on the papers were all about him and his family. Ryan looks up at the scientist with a confused look and asks, "What do you want with me?"

The scientist chuckles and replies, "Well, Ryan Noel, I represent the military adviser for the United Colony Republic, and I want you to participate in our program, using that mobile suit you piloted. Only that we want you to become a full fledge pilot for the mobile suit in an operation to completely form our new independent nation."

"Oh, that seems so honorable of you, but at what cost? I'm leaving." Ryan opens the door when the scientist says, "And where will you go, Mr. Noel? Your home is gone, your family is no more, so where will you go?"

Ryan thinks for a moment, then Ryan closes the limo

door. Ryan returns to his seat and remains quiet. "Don't worry, we'll give you shelter at the new colony where you will be training at to become a full fledge pilot for the Gundam Magna... Mr. Noel."

The limo starts to drive away from the scene as Ryan's destiny has taken a new turn for the worst...