Chapter 17
Brandt Ran as fast as his legs would carry him to the transport car set aside for his suit. it didn't take long for him to get settled into the cockpit, and the unit's startup time was incredibly short. The ceiling of the transport car slid open, and Brandt hit the thrusters full up.
The Hephaestus's Angel wings gave a single great push as the thrusters fired, throwing the machine upward into the open Air. as it shot upward, Brandt got his first good look at the enemy MS, Gundam, By the look of them, he felt that he should be surprised, or afraid, or something, but all he could feel was a strong bloodlust, so strong he didn't stop to think that the feeling wasn't his...
Rush fired his suits dober guns again, dispatching another EMF suit, when he noticed too things, first, that the wrecked train was dispatching a unit of heavier MS, and second, something approaching him at incredible speed. He couldn't make it out, until it flashed by him faster than he could follow, all he could make out was a distinctive pair of wings.
"Angel wings", he thought, "Him!" he put the Dreadnaught into a spin, turning to see the Angel winged MS hovering well above him nearly half a mile away. he got his first good look at, it was yellow, with an Anubis head, and carried a huge, ornately painted shield in one hand, a large rifle in the other, and the distinctive Angel wings, now that he got a good look at them, seemed too large for the body they were attached too.
Without Thinking, He fired a volley from his Dober gun, which Brandt dodged easily, returning fire with his rifle. The rifle shells impacted against the dreadnaughts armor with tremendous force, forcing it backwards. Rush recovered just in time to dodge the berserk shield rush Brandt threw at him, using the Hephaestus's shield as a battering ram. Rush scored a few hits on the Hephaestus as Brandt recovered from the attack.
Brandt was rather Impressed with this new colony MS and its pilot, but he still didn't think it would take long to dispatch this rookie. It was at this point that the Cydra appeared, and evened out the odds again.
Or at least everyone assumed so. Brandt didn't remember telling it to do so, or even thinking of the maneuver, but the Hephaestus jumped backwards, smashing its huge shield into the Cydra, knocking it to the ground in a heap.
This, of course, was just too much for Rush to take. "Rachel! You BASTARD! do you have to kill Everyone I care about?" he fired All of the Dreadnought's weapons in salvo, the wave of ordinance zeroing in on the Hephaestus before Brandt could react. Brandt lifted the Shield to protect him self, and without any consent on his part, the Hephaestus's angel wings wrapped around it like a cloak, screening off the lighter ordinance.
Brandt started a circle strafe, firing his cannon and smaller weapons, pounding the Dreadnought with shells, missiles and laser beams. Rush pulled back, attempting to hit Brandt with another salvo, but found himself on the wrong end of a beam cannon instead.
With a thunderous bang, Dreadnought's head imploded under the force of the blast, rendering the suit useless. it dropped to the ground in a smoking heap next to the Cydra. Brandt would have shot them both into a pulp, but by now he had regained some self control and turned away, satisfied with the complete thrashing he had delivered to his adversaries. "next time around, Kids." he said, though no one could hear him.