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Chapter 2-3: Voyage Revenge

"Riiiiinnggg, Riiinnng! Rinnnnng, Riiiiinggggg!"

The phone continued as the sound shocked Kori out of his sleep. Eyes bloodshot with confusion and worry, he rolled over to examine the time on his clock. "2:50?" he whispered to himself as he staggered over to the phone, which stood at the head of his night stand. As he picked up, he could hear the sound of whispering in the background.

"Hello?" Kori asked with an unclear voice, for his throat was still raspy from all the screaming he did the past few days. No one replied. Kori scratched his head as he stared at the phone itself, making sure he didn't hit anything while picking it up.

"Kori!" a feminine voice proclaimed. The voice was that of Justine. The way she spoke his name sounded like she had done something that she shouldn't have. The whispers got louder. Suddenlt Justine yelled a "Be quiet" loud enough to shatter Kori's eardrums.

" Justine, did you do what I think you did?" Kori asked with a raised voice, but not loud enough to awaken his father.

"Yes, we did." Justine said with the sound of a smirk on her face. Suddenly, Gaile's voice could be heard in the background, along with Jaques, and Vladimar.

Kori gasped, knowing what they planned to do. He let out a strange chuckle, a chuckle of approval. "I'll meet you guys in the forest, ok?"

"Sure, and make sure to pack a lot of food." Kori smiled. Justine then paused for a sec. "You know we are here for you."

"Justine," Kori started to say, " It's nice to know, but if I hear another ' I'm here for you' again, I'm going to scream!" Justine chuckled as she silently blew him a kiss over the phone. "Eww, nasty!" Kori groaned. "Well, see you soon"

"Okay!" Justine replied.

Kori hung up the phone and took a look at himself in the mirror.

"Man I look horrible" he thought to himself as he ran his hands through his "bed hair". He looked down upon his night stand and gazed at the picture of him and his sister at the park.

"Those were the good days!" he proclaimed as he cocked his head back in anxiety, awaiting the trials and errors he must go through in order to get his sister back.

The Forest

The time was 4:00 in the morning, a nearly perfect day for an adventure. The reach of the tree branches tried to embrace the sky, but sadly could not. The sounds of animals could be heard scampering about through the breeze as the early morning dew settled on the leaves. The approach of vehicles could be heard in the distance. All of a sudden the sound came to a screeching halt.

"So you're finally here!" exclaimed Justine with a hardy look on her face. As planned the group met up at the said location in their Core Landers.

"Well, sneeking around the house while dad is home is like smoking cigarettes, it's not healthy." Kori snickered. His eyes made a sudden jump at Justine. "Wow" he thought in his head, for he had never seen her so beautiful. She was a stunning image of a goddess. He was in a different reality when he looked at her, spaced out like he had seen the best Gundam fight of his life.

"Um... up here Kori." Justine said with a smile on her face. Kori snapped out of his dazed and confused state and noticed the rest of his friends were there, and they all laughed at the way he was staring at Justine.

"So guys," Kori started, trying to get there attention off of him, " I thought of a plan that would get us started." The crew quieted down, now knowing that this was a time to be serious. Vladimar, who looked ready for anything, cracked his medium sized knuckles in anticipation.

"So whatcha got?" asked Gaile as she sat on the hood of her Core Lander. The group all waited to hear what Kori would say.

Kori winked an eye at the group. "We will first go to every city and asked if anybody seen Milo!" Just as he said that, Justine smacked Kori in the back of his head.

"You dummy!" she screamed. " You aren't my dad, so be original for once!"

Kori grabbed the back of his head in agony. Picking himself up from where he had fallen, he looked at Justine in anger. "I was only kidding." he stated with a pout on his face. Justine blushed furiously.

"Oops! Sorry!" she exclaimed in a sincere voice.

"I thought we should break up into groups, so we could cover a lot of ground much faster. Hell, once we finish scouting the Earth, maybe we could even break out into space, and search there also" The group sat quiet. Jaques then suddenly blurted out a problem.

Jaques stroked his flowing red hair as he stated the problem."Um... Kori, you do know the Gundam Fight starts next week, oui?"

"IT IS?" Kori proclaimed. He jumped in the seat of his Core Lander to take a peak at his computer date book. A scream could be heard from inside. Kori then jumped out with a sign of anguish on his face. Gaile let out a smirk and continued with a laugh that caused her to fall from the hood of her Core Lander.

A rustle could be heard in the bushes not so far away. It caught the groups attention.

"What was that?" Vladimar asked in a suprised manner.

Jaques shrugged his shoulders. The rustling got louder and louder, while the group looked ready to challenge whatever popped out.

"Awww," Gaile started, " It's just a deer". The group relaxed as they saw that the deer was only a baby, and not a threat. Suddenly, a group of 20 Amps appeared out of the trees, soaring high into the sky, looking ready to attack the group.

"What the hell!" Justine cried out in shock. The look on her face was clear; it was a look of surprise.

The individuals jumped into the cockpit of there separate Core Landers and drove off into the forest, with hopes of losing the Amps. Kori, who was feeling afraid for his friends, suddenly recieved a message on his Core Lander monitor. It was Justine.

"Kori! Thank God you're ok. It looks like the only way to defeat these guys is to take them out with our Gundams."

Kori breathed a sigh of relief, and answered. "Sure, let's show them who they are messing with!"

A smile then creeped up on Justine's slim face. "Yeah!" she expressed.

"Come Out! GUNDAM BREAKER!" Kori screamed. Nothing happened. "What the hell?" Kori asked himself questionly. "Hey," he screamed over his commlink, "My Gundam isn't responding!"

Justine screamed back. "My isn't either!" said stated hysterically. "Gaile, I thought you disabled the override our parents had on our Gundams!"

Gaile chuckled embarrassingly. "Well, I'm working on it now, but nothing seems to be happening."

The Amps were hovering over the forest, shooting their beam weaponry into the green sea which was the forest. The beam projectiles rained down onto the group as if they were needles pouring down on the floor. The group continued to speed through the forest, dodging the trees and fallen branches which had been hit by the beam weapons. The chase continued for a good while, and plenty of close calls were made.

"Hey guys," Kori yelled in shock, "The clearing is up ahead!" Knowing that there would be a slim chance of their survival if left in the open, the group all sighed in despair. Finally, a cheer could be heard through Gaile's commlink.

"I finally hacked in, we can use our Gundams now!" Gaile stated with a smirk on her face.

"That's what I want to hear!" Vladimar answered.

"Let's get busy!" Jaques added on.

"LET'S GO GUNDAM!" the 5 yelled out in unison, each clenching their fist in anticipation.

Suddenly, the five Gundams flew in from the atmosphere, and the Core Landers initiated in their separate docking sequences. The first to dock was Jaques into his Flash Gundam. As the nanomachines covered his slim body, the color of blue started to take notice. Red and white rings engulfed his arms and legs, and the Mobile Trace Suit was complete.

Flash Gundam, which was the fastest Gundam on the team, stood around the same size as Chaos. Its white and red armor stood glowing as its arms reaches up to the sky, revealing the row of beam daggers placed on his lower arm. Its one beam saber, which was placed on his side, stood in its holster, ready to do combat. It had a very sleek design, while its vernier thrusters (10 in all) were all pointed towards the ground.

"Let's do it!" he screamed as he posed with his arms crossed.

Next was Gaile and her Blade Gundam. Her MTS consisted of red with a blue V that came from her shoulders to her pelvis. She brushed her long flowing hair to her back as the sequence was finishing. Blade Gundam was a very unique Gundam indeed. Not holding any beam sabers, she had two fairly large swords, called Sail Swords, which were mounted on her back, and could be equipped to her arms or to her hands. The rest of her arsenal included a beam pistol, which she was given by her dad from his Maxter, and two "beam shield barriers" which were kept on her arms when her sword wasn't equipped.

"Time to kick some Amp ass!" she proclaimed as she withdrew one of her swords and attached it to her arm.

"Let's get crackin'!" Vladimar exclaimed as his MTS engulfed his broad and muscular body. The suit was all dark green with black camo blots on it. Chains ran around Vladamar's shoulders as the process came to a hault.

Crusher Gundam. The name explains it all. Crusher was 2 meters shorter than Breaker, making it the shortest one on the team. His black and yellow armor clashed with his broad build. Having 3 beam sabers, he would be able to make quick shreds of his opponents in only a matter of seconds. His offense was something to be reckoned with, for his fist were able to fire off at the wrist and grab opponents to bring them closer.

The other two, Kori and Justine, entered their Gundams and prepared for battle. The 5 were able to take on the 20 Amps who were all ready for battle.

"Hey , it's 20 of them, does that mean we each get 4?" Gaile asked questiongly.

"Hey, 4 aren't enough for me!" exclaimed Justine, who looked ready to take on a legion of Amps.

"Let's just get it over with!" Kori yelled as he turned his thrusters on and dashed towards one of the Amps. The fight commenced.

Echoes ran throughout the forest as the sound of armor hitting one another caused a few animals to flee from their homes. As Breaker approached the Amps, he withdrew his Giga Saber and slashed straight down the middle of one of the Amps. As the Amp split apart, Kori noticed something.

"There is no pilot!" he expressed out loud. "They must be computer controlled!"

"That makes it a lot easier to dispose of this trash!" Jaques stated as his beam daggers on his arms ignited. Two Amps were firing their Beam Shotguns at the Mobile Suit. Flash Gundam flew ahead at them, dodging the fire and slashed both of them with the dagers. The suits fell to the ground with a thundering crash. "That takes care of them." he expressed calmly.

Justine, on the other hand, was having fun toying with the suits. Dodging the suits fire, she fought them head on without waepons. She punched one of the Amps into the air and kicked it as it was approaching the ground, sending the Amp into 4 other Amps.

"This is boring." she yawned as she activated the Chaos Cannon, her Gundam's most devastating move. The center of Chaos body opened to reveal a mini cannon. Chaos' shoulder guards opened to reveal cannons, one in each. "CHAOS CANNON!" she screamed as the cannons glowed with a greenish energy and fired a green energy towards the center of the mecha, which errupted into a greenish Sekiha Tenkyoken-like move, destroying 6 of the Amps.

"Hey you hit 2 of my Amps!" Jaques screamed in confusion.

"Show-off! You just had to destroy the 3 I had, right?" Kori yelled in unison with Jaques comment.

Justine smirked. "14 down, 6 to go!"

Vladimar had 3 Amps on him. The look on his face looked as if he was willing to take them on with his hands. "No weapons." he whispered under his voice. He cracked his knuckles, and dashed towards one of them. The Amp was no good in hand-to-hand combat, and Crusher Gundam easily disposed of it. He ripped through it's chest with ease. With his hand still in it, he stood still. His free arm withdrew his beam saber and diced the already destroyed mecha into pieces.

"I thought you said no weapons?" Gaile asked, looking confused.

"I lied." Vladimar joked as Crusher put the beam saber back in its holster. He was ready for his next target. He boosted towards his next enemy with fist clenched. The sound of the armor cracking vibrated as Crusher decapitated the Mecha. Suddenly, Vladimar could hear the firing of a Beam Shotgun.

"Vlad! Watch out!" Kori yelled as the beam hit Crusher in its shoulder, denting the armor. Breaker slashed the Amp with its Giga Saber, causing the Amp to fall to the ground with a devastating thump. Vladimar held his arm and groaned in pain as Crusher did the same.

"Damn! That stung like hell!" Vladimar cried out as his MTS started glowing red.

"Well," Gaile started," I guess these last 3 are mine." She smiled with anxiety and clenched her fist.

Blade Gundam withdrew both of her Sail Swords and slashed one of the Amps with them, knocking it into the air and blowing it up.

"Fighting with weapons is a lil' too easy. It takes the fun out of the Gundam Fight." Gaile stated.

"We're not Gundam Fighters, Gaile." Justine replied.

"But if we are to be one day," Kori started, "we might as well only use them in emergencies."

The group nodded their head in agreement and put away all of their weapons.

"Well let me continue!" Gaile screamed as she punched one of the 2 remaining Amps in the stomach, following up with a volley of punches to the chest. It seems that she had inherited her dad's boxing skills. Crashing to the ground in a heap of steam, the Amp was out of comission. Attacking the last Amp with a kick to the side, Gale seemed victorious in her fight.

"Nice fighting Gaile!" Jaques said with a sincere smile. The female fighter blushed.

"I guess that's it." Kori calmly whispered.

Just as the group was aout to walk away to continue their journey, around 200 Amps suddenly appeared from the forest in front of them. Still in the clearing, the group was surrounded.

"Oh CRAP!" Justine screamed in horror. Knowing that they could never win with all the Amps surrounding them, they almost gave up hope. Out of nowhere, something shining rained from the sky. The group looked up to see what it was.

"IT'S HIM!" Kori yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Who?" asked Vladimar.

"It's the Samurai Gundam!" Kori replied with a joyous look on his face.

Hundreds of beam shurikens rained from the sky, destroying around 100 of the Amps. The Samurai Gundam, in all its glory, landed and stood standing with its arms crossed.

"Nice to see you again." Ace said with a smile on his face. "Looks like you're having a little bit of trouble." Samurai Gundam withdrew his Katanas, ready to slash some Amps.

"Who is this guy?" Jaques asked.

"It's Ace!" Kori replied.

The group stood silent, not knowing what to say to the supposedly deceased man. They had not seen him in such a while, they almost forgot what he had looked like.

"We'll get reacquainted later." Ace said. "Let's first destroy the rest of these Amps!

Samurai Gundam dashed staright ahead towards a row of 50 firing Amps. Not even coming close to hitting the Gundam, they were rendered useless. Rapid arm movements could be seen from Samurai's arms. As the Gundam approached the end of the row, he stopped.

"IGNITE!" Ace screamed. Suddenly the Amps blew up one by one in the order they were hit.

"Wow... 50 Amps destroyed like that? Computers suck." Justine boldly stated as she crossed her arms.

The group continued with the onslaught until all the Amps were destroyed. Breathing a sigh of relief they all exited their Gundams.

"So," Ace started, "what's with the sudden outbreak of Amps?"

"They are after us, I think." Kori replied.

"What?" Ace asked in a surprised manner.

"They took Ceadar, Ace." Kori said calmly.

"DAMN!" Ace shouted. "... I'm too late."

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