Gundam Seed
"Ever After, Ever Beautiful"
Chapter 2
"Fear and Excitement"
She remembered her near-death experience, that day when she was seconds away from destruction, nearly leaving the innocents she took in and crew she grew to love, in exploded rubble. That was the part of fear, the ghost of the past.
Still, she hopes to see and thank her savior, the one who made her past mission a success, in the same time, leaving an everlasting memory in her mind. This is the part of excitement, the light of the future.
"Excuse me for a while." The seemingly grumpy owner said as she passed through the lines of clothes then walked into a back door.
She was slowly reaching towards meeting him, every step heightening her heartbeat. Without hesitation and without care, she leaped through the counter entering the door.
It was strange, she saw… nothing! Nothing but an ordinary room, the old lady, vanished without a trace.
She needed to see him, there was no turning back. She thought some kind of passage was bound to be there.
Her eyes crossed through every corner of the room, she needed to rely on luck once again. She decided to run through a vintage style wardrobe, big enough to carry a person.
She breathed in, then sighed and then opened the wardrobe. Everything 'seemed' normal, she touched through the back of the wardrobe, and while resting her knee on the clothes of the woman she was following.
Click!
This was it. Her excitement took another step forward, the back of the wardrobe opened, leading into a steel chute.
She bravely jumped in, no risk seemed too grave.
However, her blessings seemed to fall back, since there was a greeting of a gun, point-blank in her face.
"Nora, give me a report. What are the enemies?"
There was no response. He needed to go without information, without knowing what he was up against, as well as not knowing what was happening to Nora.
"Let's get started."
A familiar command prompt greeted him with the words…
General
Unilateral
Neuro-link
Dispersive
Autonomic
Maneuver system
"Let's give them a surprise, Blizzard."
He activated a set of switches, and a set of messages came out of the cockpit's right panel; namely, "Phase-shift armor activated", "Mirage Colloid activated", "Radar jammer activated", "Weapons armed" and a lot of powerful functions to be reckoned with.
"Noah Amalfi and Blizzard, ready for take off." He alerted the catapult system.
Déjà vu, he'll probably have another rude greeting. It's like if they were connected, connected to share each others experiences.
"You're too curious for your own good, get out of here before I blow your head off." Nora threatened Murrue, not knowing her intentions.
Again, no risk seemed too great, "You don't understand, I need to talk to him."
Nothing seemed to appease her, "To thank him? That's quite over-virtuous, don't you think?" She continued to threaten her, "On three, get out. One…"
"Two…"
"I'm too far to let you go."
She grabbed her wrist loosening her grip and quickly slapping the gun out of her hand. She was surprised at her move, too surprised to react.
As he exited the dock, he saw at first glance, three CGUE units and five Strike Daggers, a larger number of enemies compared to the regular pirate attacks. A chill ran through his spine, a feeling of cold fear, he wondered why as drops of sweat gently slid through his skin.
He engaged, taking out three clustered mobile suits down with his beam saber.
The others were startled at the attack out of nowhere.
He looked for him, he who brings his fear, "Where are you?"
The remaining two daggers responded with rifle shots, but he dodged them with ease, as if they were only flies to be swatted, he vanished again after his agile maneuvers.
He shot the remaining CGUE and hacked the other daggers in two.
An impulse suddenly struck him; a shot came from north, big enough to come from a battleship. If that wasn't enough, the fear finally emerged and launched himself at him.
"Hey, Nora, I need some help here, I need an ID on a mobile suit and battleship attacking me; get the Longsword ready, I might need some help." The familiar voice struck Murrue.
Nora punched Murrue down to respond to the call.
"Sorry for the 'inconvenience'" She seemed to keep calm, she continued, "There seems to be a bounty on the battleship, not much details except for the reward and the looks. No info on the mobile suit."
Desperate times, desperate measures. Murrue decided to stand down, "The mobile suit's another gundam of course, by the hooks on the feet, it looks like a Aegis copy or modification, capable to transform into a mobile armor capable of firing a high energy shot."
Nora's distrust hasn't faded, she tried to stop her, "Don't listen-"
"Continue."
Nora suddenly let her guard down enough to let her speak; after all, it may be his life on the line.
While Murrue's felt her heart pacing faster, stronger, upon hearing his voice again.
End of Chapter 2
Next chapter:
"Murrue Ramius"