Previously:
Ryder Hakashi, Avi Isamu, Miho Okana, and Kyo Yoshiharu were few survivors living in
the first strike zone, living their lives day to day as best as they could with what they were left with.
The next thing they knew it they were in the middle of a battle between two Gundams, in the end
it resulted in them being captured by the Nexis Union's Army.but because of an old man that Ryder
shared a cell with he and his friends are about to begin a brand new adventure.....
Episode Three: Break towards Freedom
Taka was walking towards her room with her eyes shut, It had been a long couple of hours
and all she wanted more then the world was to hide in her room and sleep for a few hours. However,
she couldn't manage to get the image of her friends lifeless body falling to the ground, she knew that
that image would haunt her for the rest of her life. She didn't even know if he was really dead or not,
and thinking that he was gone forever only made her feel even worse, but she had decided along time
ago that she deserved any punishment she could inflict upon herself. She wouldn't even allow herself
to think of the man she had so heartlessly just killed. for if she thought of every man she killed she
would surely go insane.
'Lady Zetsume!'
Taka turned to see a woman perhaps a year older then her come dashing towards her. This woman
had short flaming red hair and emerald green eyes, she smiled slightly as she came to a casual stop.
'may I help you?'
taka asked, thinking of how familiar this woman looked though she had never met her before.
'We need you're help-some prisoners have over powered our guards and are trying to excape.'
the woman replied breathlessly.
'Show me where they are!'
Taka followed the woman, she usually didn't handle such problems but it was in her dosier that she
had recieved 165/166 points on over all combat battle.
'They've moved to the hangers-they're going to try and steal a mobile suit.'
'not if I can help it.'
the two rounded a corner and saw they're destination at the end of the hall.
Avi fired the large rifle, taking down a soldier with a painful scream.
'Miho, get us outta here!'
She yelled over her shoulder at Miho who was desperatly trying to hot wire one of the trucks.
Ryder and Kyo were also holding the soldiers back as best they could-but were starting to
feel tired from holding the heavy guns for so long.
'This' nuts-these guys are trained perfessionals.'
Kyo yelled over the gun fire to his friends, who barely acknowledged him.
'I know,but keep fireing...'
growled Ryder as he shot down two more soldiers- he had to keep fighting for he knew that if
they were to be recaught that they would surely be killed.
'Got it!'
Miho cried as she lept up with joy, she spun around but the grin on her face vanished as a single
shot rang through the air.
'AAAgggghhhhh.'
'MIHO!'
the others yelled, watching as Miho fell to the ground, blood gushing from her chest wound. All
fireing had ceased as the soldiers turned to see who had shot the girl. Kyo and Avi ran, dropping
their weapons to aid their friend, while Ryder moved to protect the others, he was glaring angerly
at the sharpshooter. Standing on the top of a walk way stood a woman still posed and smoke
raising from her silver sleek gun.
'Don't move or you'll all suffer like you're friend!'
She commanded with a cold and loathing tone of voice, she ment business and wasn't afraid to shoot
the others if they gave her a reason to.
Miho raised her head and tried to stand, but Kyo held her down-if she moved she would only make
things worse for both her and the others.
'Don't move...'
he whispered in her ear, Miho shook her head in defiance, she had to see the face of the woman who
had shot her.
'I have to...It sounds like...'
Miho couldn't finish her sentence as she was overcome by a coughing fit.
'How can you be so cold and shoot another human being like that!? it's not right!'
Avi yelled, jumping to her feet and storming forwards, Ryder watched as Avi was just passing him.
Annoyed Taka fired her gun so that the bullet would end just short of this girl-Avi lept back in shock.
'Why don't you just let us go? we've done nothing and there's no point in keeping us here.'
Kyo said cooly, trying to reason with the trigger happy woman, but it didn't seem to do any good.
'Get Miho in the truck-we're leaving wheither they let us or not.'
Ryder hissed at Kyo who slowly nodded and managed to pull Miho to her feet, she was half concioius
'I said...Don't MOVE!'
Taka yelled, aiming the gun at Kyo's leg now, willing to shoot if the stupid kids wouldn't listen to her.
'Come and stop us!'
Ryder yelled as he opened fire on the woman and the remaining soldiers, all took for cover instantly.
Kyo had Miho resting in the back seat of the truck and had jumped into the driver's seat. Avi lept
in beside Miho and held the door open for Ryder.
'C'mon Ryder-let's go before they lock us in!'
she yelled.
Ryder ignored his friends, he had lost sight of the woman and was finding it unnerving. he knew that
he hadn't shot her-he wasn't aiming to shoot, just to keep the soldiers at bay while he and his friends
exacpe.
'RYDER! look out!'
Avi yelled, but as Ryder twisted to see what was going on, he was knocked off his feet by the woman
rushing him with a body slam. he had been off balance and landed on the ground in a crumpled heap.
The woman chuckled as she pulled her gun out and leveled it with Ryder's head, she had her eyes
narrowed in anger at the group.
'Don't any of you try and play hero or I'll kill you're little friend.'
she growled, seeing both Kyo and Avi half out of the truck to help Ryder.
'Get Up!'
Taka demanded, kicking Ryder's foot, he had his jacket covering his face and he groaned-his arm
was still in a lot of pain and the stress he had put it under was catching up with him.
'Move! Now!'
taka yelled, anger filled her voice at how foolish the kids were being, what had they been thinking-
trying to fight their way out of this military base.
'Fine!'
Ryder stood to his feet, and glared angerly at the woman. Taka's expression fell as she saw the face
of the boy she had been threatening to kill. There was no way, it was impossible,Taka's hand began
to shake as she looked Ryder over. She had to be mistaken, the boy infront of her and the other three
could not be her long lost friends. They had grown alot since she had last seen them, but so had she-
no, it was deffinatly them....
'What's your problem!?'
Ryder growled, not liking how this woman was eyeing him, though there was something strange about
her, something almost familiar.
'My problem is you, Ryder Hakashi. You and your friends.'
Taka couldn't explain the feeling she felt right now, it was like she wanted to break down and cry and
hug each of them but at the same time she wanted to slap them all in the face for not coming to find
her. It hurt to see the four of them working together, getting themselves in touble and having fun like
old times, while she was busy trying to destroy their world.
'How do you know my name....'
'That's none of your business.'
she said in a cold and deadly tone, surprised that Ryder didn't reconize her, she hadn't changed that
much or at least she didn't think she did. She had matured alot though, finding herself thinking of her
old friends as kids while they were older or the same age as she was. Ryder was watching her
out of one of his eyes, trying not to look her straight in the face as he had a bitter expression on his
face.
'Tell me, if you and your friends could so easily find each other, why didn't you find and save the one
that had truly needed it?'
'What are...what?'
Ryder was glaring at Taka in confusion and looking like she had lost her mind, and maybe she had.
Avi was intensly looking from Taka to Ryder and back again, she shook her head, this was insane-
this woman was going to kill them over some stupid thing like thinking she had known them.
'You've obviously mistaken us...we don't know you...'
'I said, DON'T MOVE!'
Taka turned her gun to Avi who froze instantly-Ryder took the oppertunity to strike. He kicked the
gun from Taka's hands and slammed her to the ground before leaping over her and into the truck
after Avi.
'Floor it!'
he yelled as Kyo sped out of the base' hanger, none of them looking back-Miho laying passed out in
the back of the truck,she let out a small moan.
'we'll get you help soon.'
Ryder promised, looking down at her.
Taka stood to her feet and picked up her gun, there was a smudge where Ryder had kicked it on the
butt of the gun.
'Lady Zetsume.'
yelled the red haired girl as she ran towards Taka, who looked like she didn't even notice the girl.
'They've forgotten me...'
she whispered to herself, biting back the wave of tears that wanted to break free of their prison behind
her eyes. she balled one hand angerly, it was shaking violently and she hung her head, trying to calm
herself.
'Lady Zetsume?'
'Those kids are nothing more but a waste of time.'
'huh.'
Taka began to walk away, she had to get away from people.
'How could they have forgotten me? was I just there for their own amusement...did they even really
care? How could the lost be forgotten so easily?'
she thought to herself as she walked away from the hangers and towards her room, finding herself
back in the same spot she had been the first time she had been when the red haired woman had
stopped her.
'Why is life so complicated?'
she sighed, seeing that she had blood on her arm from Ryder-he had been hurt and it wasn't from her.
'Lady Zetsume!'
an Officer jogged to Taka's side, she was surprised to see him wearing the badge from her ship.
'What is it?'
'There is a transmission for you in the communications room. please follow me.'
'alright.'
She sighed and let herself be lead away again, she fell a few paces behind the mysterious officer, she
was in no hurry to have some 'noble' yell at her for not having her mission completed yet or something
-she huffed, she was only human what more could they expect from her?
'Just in there ma'am.'
'thank you.'
the officer bowed and walked briskly back the way they had come. Taka watched him for a moment,
wondering where he had come from and where he was going. she then walked into the large but
dimly lit communications room. She tilted her head in confusion, all transmission screens were off and
there wasn't anyone manning the radios.
'Ah, it's about time you showed up-I was starting to wonder if I'd see you again...'
Taka spun around to face the source of the voice talking to her, and almost fell over into an empty
chair. There standing half hidden by shadows grinning widely was a person in a ranking officer's
uniform.
'Now, aren't you going to tell me how good it is to see me?'
he laughed lightly, Taka was still silent, this time she couldn't hold the tears back but they were tears
of joy....Zash was Alive!
Next Episode
The Dark Class Unit pilots are reunited, but are sent out on a new mission before they
could leave to locate the other Gundams. They must attend a gala and assinate the president
of the Earth forces. Miho is still in pretty bad shape, but luckily her friends found a doctor that was
still in town. she manages to reveal the reason she wanted to move when she had been shot, and
tell the others who she thought the woman was....
Episode Four: Federation Assination.