New Mobile Suit: Project Gundam Hina Eternity
Chapter 1: Epitaph of Peace (Revised)
Well, yet another fanfiction idea that has been intriguing me lately. And here it is, my first Love Hina-Mobile Suit Gundam-Gundam Seed-Gundam Wing (and probably Mahou Sensei Negima if I run out of pilots) crossover. Also, I imported some of my OCs from Love Hina Children of the Exodus.
I decided to revise the first chapter and continue the story. Recent events have caused me to take up interest in Gundam again. Right, here it goes. Please Review, your comments and feedback are highly appreciated.
Now to reply to the reviews so far...again BigFic2 is the first reviewer.
BigFic 2: Yeah, I've read your Gundam Hina, and indeed it's a superb piece of work. But I'm pretty sure this is the first Gundam Seed/Gundam Wing/Mobile Suit Gundam/Love Hina crossover here. Hope you don't mind. Thanks for the review.
The Thirteenth Saphire : Thanks a lot for the review. Yes, definitely, more gundam Wing MSs will be featuring here, ESPECIALLY the Heavy Arms and Tallgeese, not to mention Epyon, Sandrock, Deathscythe, Shenlong, and many others which I wouldn't want to spoil right now. Thanks again for the review.
Also, please read Love Hina: Children of the Exodus, another one of my creations, and drop off a review if you have the time. It really means a lot to me, it really does. Thanks.
Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina, or anything from the Gundam series. They are properties of their respective owners. Fair enough?
Dear Diary,
It's almost a year since the war started and it's now the year 2112. How did humanity manage to plunge themselves into another war? Earth, the cradle of humanity, has been torn between many major powers…The Earth Alliance, the ZAFT Republic and the Oz federation, backed up by the Romefeller Foundation, and the ZEON (rebellion) Federation of Natural Colonies. Meanwhile, standing on the sidelines were the neutral nations of the United Emirates of ORB and the United HINATA Regencies, as well as a number of smaller neutral nations such as the Kingdom of Scandinavia and the Kingdom of Peacecraft.
The war between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT has been raging on for almost 11 months now… It was a tragedy born of the natural human's hate against the genetically engineered superior humans known as coordinators who now make up the ZAFT republic. It all started when Earth launched a nuclear assault on Junius Seven, one of the coordinators' civilian colonies (called PLANTS)…that was February 14th, 2111, almost a year ago…now remembered as Bloody Valentine. The coordinators rallied together to form the ZAFT Alliance in an effort to defend themselves against further Earth massacres.
Though initially the EAF (Earth Alliance Armed Forces) had the advantage of surprise and numbers at the beginning, the superiority of ZAFT Military Technology and troops took the upper hand shortly after the war started. While ZAFT overpowered the Earth Alliance, the Oz federation rallied all the anti-war countries of Earth and announced a war for peace against the Earth Alliance. Seeing the opportunity, the Natural Colonies (where naturals live) decided to seize the chance to proclaim their independence under the flag of a new united ZEON colony federation, declaring war upon the Earth Alliance at the same time.
Meanwhile…here in this small, remote HINATA colony, ZO-1…it's so peaceful…so unreal…everyone is oblivious of the war that was tearing apart humanity outside our peaceful colony. But how long will it last? This uneasy peace?
Morgenroette Laboratories, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 09.30 GMT
Keitarou shut his notebook computer, leaned back, and sighed. The robotic turtle on his shoulder looked up at his face and went, "myuuu?"
"Hey, Kei-kun, they say when two people who really love each other go to Toudai on earth, they'll achieve everlasting happiness!" A young girl, around the age of 8, said.
"hmmm? Really, Na-chan?" the boy called Kei-kun, probably aged 10 or 11, asked.
"Yeah, so promise me, we'll both go to Toudai, ok?" Na-chan offered a pinky to Kei-kun to seal the promise.
"I promise, Na-chan." Kei-kun hooked his own pinky around the girl's pinky and shook it. "I promise."
"And don't forget to visit PLANT, ok? Me and my mom live on Junius Seven. Ok? Don't forget!" Na-chan said, handing Kei-kun a robotic turtle. "This here's Mecha Tama, my trusted companion. Take care of him for me, ok?"
"uh…Mecha Tama? Oh, ok, thanks, Na-chan. I promise I'll come visit sometime, and together we'll go to Toudai."
"Right, Well, I've got to be off. Mom told me our flight will leave soon. Don't forget our promise, 'k?" Na-chan ran down the path amidst the falling autumn leaves. "Don't Forget, Kei-kun!"
"Hey Keitarou!" He looked around at the voice that had just called him. It was Rayce, Keitarou's close friend at the academy, dressed in a black shirt and a pair of black jeans. Behind him was Shinobu Maehara, another good friend from the academy, dressed in her usual dark blue Cabot 13 Routine anorak and a long skirt.
"Working as usual, you workaholic…" Rayce laughed, sitting down on the bench beside him. Shinobu followed suit and sat on the bench beside Rayce.
"Anou…Y…You're still trying to get into Toudai?" Shinobu asked, stammering slightly.
"You crazy bastard…Toudai's on earth for heaven's sake…you want to go down and join the chaos down there? Why would you throw away the safety of this colony for a war torn life on earth." Rayce leaned back and looked up at the blue sky. The interior of the colony was fashioned to look just like earth.
"I…made a promise…" Keitarou explained. "I promised I'd meet someone in Toudai on earth…"
"Myuuu…" Mecha Tama added.
"Well…it's still crazy. Have you heard, the earth alliance just lost Moonbase Endymion yesterday…apparently a Cyclops went out of control and exploded underneath the base. The entire ZAFT army that tried to capture it was also annihilated." Rayce said, scratching his head.
"Well, ZO-1 isn't going to be safe forever…" Keitarou sighed. "Apparently, there have been a few attacks as well on nearby colonies…"
"But HINATA's a neutral country…they can't attack us…I mean, it would raise a political ruckus back at their own countries." Rayce said, looking at Keitarou.
"…umm…shouldn't we get back to the lab?" Shinobu asked, looking at her watch.
Mecha Tama decided to add a random "Myuuu" at this point.
"Yeah…break time's over." Rayce said. "Anyway, Dr. Maxton wants you in the lab."
"Oh…right…" Keitarou looks up at the sky. "How much longer must we wait?"
Onboard the ZAFT flagship, Israfel, a few hundred kilometers outside the UHF territorial space of ZO-1. 10.15 GMT
"All right people, the scouts have verified the info. Apparently new EAF weapons are being produced in the HINATA colony, ZO-1, and they are due to ship it to Earth onboard their new flagship that has also just been completed on the colony." The Officer in front of the briefing room said, pointing at a number of photographs displayed on the holographic screen. "Our mission is to…excuse me, 2nd lieutenant Narusegawa, is there something you want to add to our briefing?" He addressed a young red uniformed woman who incidentally was trying to simultaneously choke and punch a red uniformed man beside her.
"Sorry sir, but I do not tolerate perverted acts of any sort." Lieutenant Narusegawa explained, sitting back down at her seat.
"Please excuse lieutenant Narusegawa, sir, she's just impatient to kick some serious EAF buttocks." A young girl dressed in a green uniform beside the officer explained.
"You'll all get your chance, people, just try to save the killing for the EAFs, ok?" the officer said. "As I was saying, HQ wants us to infiltrate the colony and capture the new Earth Weapons and possibly the new flagship. Should retrieval fail, we are ordered to destroy them. Is that understood? Then dismissed. Remember, ZAFT and PLANT depends on you." The officer finished.
As the personnel gathered in the room all got up, the green uniformed girl approached lieutenant Narusegawa. "Liutenant Narusegawa, with all due to respect, you could have gotten into serious trouble."
"I know, Mei, it's just that…I don't know…" the lieutenant shook her head. The last of the personnel left the room.
"Yes, ma'am?"
"When there's only the two of us, you may call me Naru-neechan, Mei-chan. No need for formalities. It's just that…I don't know what I'm fighting for anymore, Mei…" Naru sighed.
"Naru-neechan?"
"I don't know…at first I thought I'd join to…get revenge…but…who am I trying to get revenge against?" Naru shook her head slowly. "not only that, you had to go and join the army too…I feel like I dragged you into this mess." Naru leaned on the window sill and looked out at the small colony, ZO-1.
"But, Naru-neechan…we joined the ZAFT armed forces to protect PLANT…so that no one else must suffer as we did." Mei looked out of the window as well.
"Very well…Mei…you're right…" Naru smiled down at her younger sister. "you'd better get back to the bridge, they're going to need the controller when all hell breaks lose down there."
"Please be careful down there." Mei gave her sister a concerned look. "Please come back safely…that's all that matters."
"…I will, Mei. Don't worry." Lieutenant Narusegawa smiled at her younger sister before turning towards the door. "The mission's about to start, let's get ready."
"Good luck!"
"Thanks."
Morgenroette Laboratories, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 10.45 GMT
"All right, time to see if this baby works…" Keitarou said, sitting behind a control panel. A number of holographic screens floated above the console. Before him was a small construction robot, in which sat Shinobu. "System checks…hydraulics all green…"
"Who's that over there?" Rayce asked one of his friends, Miyazaki Nodoka, gesturing at a young black haired girl standing by the door. She was wearing a black dress with a white blouse on top and a really lifeless expression.
"Anou…Probably Dr.Maxton's guest…" Nodoka answered, looking down at a clipboard. "Um…Has anyone seen Ssigh?"
"Well, if it's Ssigh, he's probably with Flay Allstar. I heard they just got together...strange isn't it, how did a guy like Ssigh score a girl like Flay Allstar?" Shirai walked over to them, carrying a data disk. "By the way, Dr. Maxton wants this data checked."
Onboard the ZAFT flagship, Israfel, a few hundred kilometers outside the ORB territorial space of ZO-1. 10.55 GMT
"Uneasy are we?" A young woman asked Naru, who was now dressed in her usual red ZAFT pilot suit.
"I'm ok, Makie…" Naru said to her fellow ZAFT pilot, Sasaki Makie, also dressed in a red ZAFT pilot suit.
"Probably scared, eh? Don't worry, we all are…" Chao Rin Yen, another ZAFT pilot, said.
"It's natural…" Rusty, another ZAFT pilot, the only male pilot in the Klueze team, said.
"It's not….like that…I mean, the Regency of HINATA…it isn't exactly at war with us. It's a neutral nation…and we're basically violating…" Naru began.
"No, we can no longer hold them as a neutral nation, as they've decided to produce weapons for our enemies, the EAF." Mitsune Konno, another ZAFT pilot, said. "And anyways, those people at HINATA don't know how to make proper sake."
"Well said, Mitsune. You're right, they have forfeited their own neutrality by aiding our enemies. Remember, what we do, we do it for PLANT. PLANT depends on you now…all of you. Remember that." Their leader, Raww La Klueze, a man wearing a white mask, said as he entered the room. "Best of luck to you all." The pilots all saluted.
Morgenroette Laboratories, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 11.34 GMT
"Sorry I'm late guys, I had to drop someone off somewhere…" Ssigh Arggle came into the lab.
"Sorry? You're sorry? You just scored Flay Allstar, man! And you just dropped her off somewhere, I bet. How can you say you're sorry, you lucky #($#!)#$!" Rayce ran up to him and held him in a choke grip.
"Be careful not to kill him…we might not get any wedding cake…" Shirai laughed.
"Ok, fellas, we're starting the test. All systems are go for the test. You're good to go Shinobu." Keitarou announced from behind his console.
"you guys are starting all ready!" Ssigh threw Rayce aside and ran over to his console.
"Oh man, you could at least warn me first!" Rayce ran to his own console…where Dr. Maxton, a dark haired man wearing a lab coat, was already standing. He coughed lightly, before pointing at Rayce's console. "Who gave you permission to play Gundam Battle Assault on the computer?" He asked, putting one hand on Rayce's shoulder.
"…uhh…you told us to prep the simulation data…I'm just…uh…researching…" Rayce laughed, sweating buckets.
Dr. Maxton pushed Rayce's shoulder, sending him crashing into the computer screen. "The hell you are….now back to work."
"ok, first off, let's test movement. Shinobu, move the robot forwards, slowly." Yue Ayase, another friend of theirs, said.
"…ok…uh…move forwards…" Shinobu pushed a small joystick forwards on the panel beside her. The small construction robot she was in started to lift one foot. Slowly but surely, it began to move forwards.
"Oh…yay! It's working!" Shinobu cried with joy. A second later, the robot tripped over a watermelon and crashed into the floor.
"Oh man, Shinobu, are you all right?" Keitarou got up and rushed over to Shinobu. Everyone else did the same. Keitarou helped her up, aided by Rayce and Nodoka. Ssigh and Shirai stood by, holding fire extinguishers.
"I'm…ok…" Shinobu said, getting up. "I think we're going to have to…" Suddenly the ground shook violently. All the lights flickered as the emergency lights flashed on.
"All Civilians, please proceed to the nearest shelter…this is not a drill…Repeat…all civilians…" The PA announced.
"What is it now?" Keitarou asked, holding onto Shinobu.
"Ok, kids, to the shelters. You too, Kanako." Dr. Maxton gestured the black haired girl to come along. "move along now, no need to panic."
"What the heck was that?" Rayce asked.
"Something big just hit us…" Yue said, sipping her usual apple juice.
"And from the sound of it…." Shirai added. The ground shook violently again. "We're being bombarded by some sort of large caliber gun…"
"We…we're under attack?" Nodoka asked, suddenly panicking.
"Don't worry about it…whoever they are…they won't hurt civilians…" Ssigh said.
"Enough chit chat…get moving!" Dr. Maxton shouted.
District V-12, Highway C-17, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 11.42 GMT
"hey, Mitsune, hurry, board that mobile suit! Me and Makie will take the other two! The other commandos will cover us, get moving!" Chao shouted, laying down a burst of covering fire with her submachine gun. They were amidst a gunfight with EAF soldiers on a highway on which 3 large transports and military escorts had stopped due to the attack. A ZAFT Ginn mobile suit landed on the highway and started pounding some serious firepower in the direction of the EAF.
"Right, where're the other mobile suits?" Makie shouted into her com, boarding one of the transports and neutralizing the guards. "We've got to retrieve all of them!"
"The rest are still in the hangars! Naru, Rusty, and some commandos are gonna retrieve them!" Mitsune shouted, throwing a grenade into another transport. It exploded, sending a number of EAF soldiers flying out of the door. "Hey, we've got incoming!"
"What is it!" Chao shouted, boarding the first mobile suit.
"It's…this can't be right…we've got the ZEON and OZ military here as well!" Makie shouted. A whole platoon of OZ Leo mobile suits had entered the colony somehow and where moving towards their position. "They must be here for the new weapons too!"
"Great, get moving you hunk of junk!" Mitsune shouted, as she activated the HINATA mobile suit. The words "GUNDAM system activated, Unit name:GAT 305 Codename Blitz now activated." Flashed on her screen. "Ok…let's get moving…"
"Right…I think OZ wants a fight…" Makie said, as her mobile suit got up from its transport. "Let's see what this GAT 302 Buster can do…"
"Ok, GAT 306 Duel, activated! Don't forget to re-program the neural data…there's barely any maneuver functions on these things." Chao said over the com.
"Right, neural data in place…weapons ok…combat sequence activated…" Makie said. The Ginn unit beside them suddenly exploded as a machine gun barrage tore it to shreds. All three pilots looked up at the incoming Leo platoon.
"Surrender those mobile suits at once or we will resort to force." A short yet concise ultimatum came over the com-link. It came from one of the Leo pilots.
"Yeah right, as if!" Makie shouted. The Leos immediately opened fire with their heavy machine guns and rocket launchers.
"H…Hey! I'm not ready yet!" Mitsune shouted, as she rolled her MS to the side to avoid the barrage.
"OK! You guys wanna play!" Chao shouted, "then eat this!" Her MS brandished its beam rifle and fired at one of the Leos. The Leo crackled for a moment at the point of impact before exploding into a ball of fire. "Anyone else want some!"
"I think the ZEONs want some too…" Makie said. Her radar showed another platoon of ZEON Zakus coming their way.
"Surrender those mobile suits or…" another ultimatum came over the com, this time from the ZEON forces.
"You kidding me!" Mitsune shouted, raising her shield missile launchers and aiming it at the ZEON forces. "I make the threats here, and I say you guys pull back before I pull back this trigger!"
"Commander Aoyama! They've taken the mobile suits! What should we do now!" An EAF soldier asked the commanding officer, a raven haired woman wearing a white overall. They were down on the highway. Above them towered the three mobile suits that were now ripping to shreds both the ZEON and OZ forces.
"Pull back to Morgenroette hangar, we'll secure the other mobile suits…at the very least, we mustn't let those fall into enemy hands!" Aoyama shouted. "Get moving! Damn those ZAFT demons!" she gritted her teeth.
Civilian Shelter Entrance, Morgenroette Laboratories, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 11.56 GMT
"All right, we're here…we're safe now." Dr. Maxton said. They had reached the shelter doors where there was a rather large queue of evacuees. "Now we just wait…"
"Could it be…this attack…" The black haired girl named Kanako whispered, before suddenly running away down the corridor.
"H…hey! Kanako!" Dr. Maxton shouted.
"I'll get her." Keitarou launched into a pursuit. Shinobu gasped and ran after him, followed by Rayce. Everyone else was about to follow suit when Dr. Maxton shouted. "Hey, stay where you are! All of you! Shinobu! Rayce! Keitarou! HEY!"
As the four of them ran down the corridor, Kanako in the lead with Keitarou tailing close behind, followed some distance away by Shinobu and Rayce, the floor shook violently again. Shinobu tripped and was saved from a fall by Rayce.
"Hey! You'd better get back to the shelter! This place is gonna crumble any minute now!" Keitarou shouted after the girl.
"Don't follow me!" Kanako shouted. Suddenly the roof collapsed behind Keitarou.
"Damn…no way back!" Keitarou gritted his teeth. He caught up with Kanako and grasped her by the arm. "Hey, what got into you! We've gotta get back, now!" Keitarou shouted at her.
"Let go of me! There's something I gotta check!" She shouted, flailing at Keitarou.
"Well…our way back is out…so what is it you want to check?" Keitarou sighed. "We're both trapped here anyway…"
"You're the one who followed me, anyway, I have to get to hangar 13, immediately." Kanako said, looking about, as if expecting a directory somewhere.
"Well…it seems you don't even know the way, but you still dashed recklessly like that…very well, I'll take you there…there might be shelters down there too." Keitarou sighed. "Let's go!"
"Well…that's just great…I think we should get back now…" Rayce scratched the back of his head. "I mean…would you rather get this pile of rubble out of the way? I wouldn't mind going and finding a shovel but…"
"shhh…do you hear that?" Shinobu was straining her ears in the direction of another corridor.
"what? Don't tell me it's a ticking noise…I can't stand ticking…" Rayce said.
"No…it sounds like…" Shinobu said, before rushing down the corridor.
"Hey!" Rayce shouted. "Not you too! What is it with people today?" He rolled his eyes and followed.
They went past an intersection, Shinobu in the lead. Suddenly, the roof collapsed again, right behind Shinobu.
"Right! I'll just go get a shovel, shall I!" Rayce shouted sarcastically.
"Don't bother! Ummm….just get back to the shelter and wait, ok? I'll be back in a moment!" Shinobu shouted from the other side of the rubble pile.
"Right! Sure! As if! No way I'll let you run off by yourself! Try not to wander off too far…I'll find a way around…" Rayce shouted. He ran back to the intersection and took a turn. "let's see…if Shinobu's in corridor B4…then if I take this turn here, I should be able to head her off down corridor C4…" he mused as he ran down the corridor. "hmmm…which way was it again?"
"There, found you!" Shinobu whipped around a corner and found a young girl crying by a rubble pile. "ok, you're safe now, ok, calm down…"
"I'm…sob…not crying…" the blonde haired girl was wearing a blue overall with a red sweater underneath, as well as a scowl.
"Don't worry, we'll find your mommy, ok? Don't worry." Shinobu said, trying to calm the girl. "We've got to get out of here first." She said.
"I said….I'm not crying…and I don't have a mommy." She said, scowling up at Shinobu. "my papa left me here…he said he needed to do something…and he hasn't returned."
"Well, we've got to get out of here first, ok? We'll find your papa later, I promise." Shinobu tried to get the girl to come with her. She held out a hand to her. "I promise we'll find you papa, so come with me now, ok?"
The girl looked at the outstretched hand, before looking up at Shinobu. The ground shook again as the girl hesitantly took Shinobu's hand. "good, let's go!" Shinobu shouted.
She took the child to the nearest shelter, which was by the transport hangars. She pressed the touch pad by the shelter doors and requested clearance.
"Sorry, we're full up. We can't handle any more people, miss. We're sorry." A voice said apologetically out of the speaker beside the door.
"But at least take her in, she's only a little girl!" Shinobu shouted at the door.
"…all right, but just her. You'll have to go to another shelter miss." The voice said again, as the door opened up.
Shinobu pushed the girl in gently, and said, "Don't worry, you're safe now." She smiled.
"Hey, what about you!" the girl protested as the door closed again.
"Now, I've got to get to the nearest shelter…umm…I think it's on the other side of the hangar…." Shinobu looked out at the transport hangar…parts of it was already caving in due to the assault.
"Awawawa…" She cried, before slowly traversing the catwalk above the hangar, holding tightly onto the railings as she did so. She ventured a glance over the railing as she did so, "wa…what's that!" she gasped. Below her was a blue and white MS lying on a MS transporter.
"Isn't that…?" she started. Suddenly the ground shook again. The catwalk bounced violently in response. "Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" She cried out as the catwalk suddenly gave away under her feet. 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Hangar 13, Morgenroette Laboratories, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 11.56 GMT
"All right, here's hangar 13…" Keitarou said as they reached a blast door marked 13. "But I don't have clearance to get in there…" Keitarou added.
"I do," Kanako said, typing in the password into the console beside the blast door.
The door slowly opened to reveal a huge hangar. They were both on the second floor around the hangar. They went over to the railings and looked down. Kanako gasped and sank to the floor as she did so. "why….why father…grandma…why…how can you let this happen?" she shuddered violently.
"hey, I don't think this place will hold out much longer," Keitarou said, looking down at the two MS that lay on transporters below them. There seemed to be a gun fight down there between a number of people. "C'mon!"
Laboratory Block M-5, Morgenroette Laboratories, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 12.05 GMT
"So…" A ZEON soldier said. "you're the designer of the new EAF weapons…"
"Huh? What?" A young, dark skinned woman asked, getting up from her seat. "I…I don't know anything…"
"Don't play around with us. ZEON's independence is compromised by your creations, don't deny it!" the soldier advanced on the young woman and grasped her by the arm. "We were told the designer would be here in this lab, so you must be her!"
"Unhand her…I'm the designer…" a younger dark skinned girl came out of a sliding door and regarded the assembled ZEON soldiers with cold, calculating eyes. "Please don't hurt her, Suu'll come."
"SUU-CHAN!" The young woman shouted. "Don't! Run away! SUU!"
"Well…apparently this girl means something to you…your sister perhaps? Well, I didn't expect the designer to be a kid, but no matter…as long as we got you." The ZEON soldier said. "Now…one of the EAF MS should still be in this lab…where is it, the Heavy Arms?" the soldier held a gun up to the young woman's head.
"…very well…" the girl sighed. "If you insist…" She turned around and walked towards the door she came through. The soldiers followed. The door closed behind the girl. As the soldier holding the young woman approached the sliding door, it automatically opened again…to reveal the girl aiming a gun at him.
"huh?" before the soldier could react, Suu shot the gun out of his hand while running forwards. She gave him a flying kick, straight in the face, before swinging around and pushing her sister through the door. As they landed with a whomp on the other side of the door, Suu aimed back and shot the console on the sliding door, causing it to lock automatically.
"Huff…." Suu let out a breath of relief. "Right…get on…" she said, gesturing at the MS that stood in the hangar before them. There was only one word to describe this MS…overkill. It was armed to the teeth with long range weapons, from a bazooka pack to a gatling gun.
"Wow…Suu-chan…you built this?" her sister asked in awe.
"No, Amala-neechan…mom and dad did. Suu-chan just filled in the smaller details…" Suu replied, running over to the console and prepping the MS. "get on the elevator, we'll have to get out on this thing…there's no other way out of here. And grab those bananas while you're at it."
"Smaller details, huh? I'm sure the smaller details include the weapons, right?" Amala laughed, grabbing a bunch of bananas form a fruit holder and getting on the elevator.
Suu joined her on the elevator and both ascended towards the cockpit. "Caught Suu-chan out, huh?" Suu giggled. "Yep, Suu-chan armed her, though I couldn't find any space to put that nuclear launcher Suu-chan wanted so badly…" Amala merely sweatdropped big time.
"GUNDAM system activated. Unit name: MOL-309 codename Heavy Arms." The words flashed across the panel in front of them. "it's kinda cramped in here…but bear with me." Suu said. Amala was squished into the space behind the pilot's seat. The hangar doors slowly opened before them, revealing an intense battlefield. Tracers, missiles, and beam shots trailed across the sky as the brawl between the HINATA and EAF forces versus the ZAFT, ZEON, and OZ forces ensued. "Suu-chan didn't expect to get to test it out this soon…"
Hangar 13, Morgenroette Laboratories, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 12.15 GMT
"Lieutenant Narusegawa, we've seized three other EAF mobile suits, the Duel, Blitz, and Buster." Mei's voice came over the com-link.
"Good, get those mobile suits out of here. I'll go get the other 7" Naru said. She had entered the hangar and was currently engaged in a gun fight with the EAF.
"I won't let any of you take these!" The young woman shouted, deflecting the bullets with her katana, while firing using a pistol in her left hand. She was crouching on top of one of the MS.
"Watch out! Behind you!" Keitarou shouted from a catwalk above.
The katana wielding EAF officer spun around, slicing through the ZAFT soldier behind her, sending the soldier spinning onto the floor.
The ground suddenly shook again. The catwalk Keitarou was on suddenly gave away, and Keitarou plummeted down onto the EAF officer.
"Rusty!" Narusegawa shouted. "You!" She shouted, running up the mobile suit, aiming her rifle at the officer. She saw her opportunity, the EAF officer was down on the ground. But just as she came close, the man who had just fallen on the officer got up. Their eyes met…the shock shook them both to the core.
"Na-chan?" Keitarou asked in surprise.
"Kei-kun!" Naru gasped. They stared at one another for a few moments…
"Get out of the way!" The officer stood up, pushed Keitarou out of the way and shot a number of shots at Naru who dodged easily and leaped off the mobile suit, propelled by her jetpack, towards the Aegis gundam which was lying on the transport right beside the mobile suit they were standing on.
"ugh…" Naru gritted her teeth. "We're one pilot short…guess I'll only be able to secure this one for now…" She immediately entered the gundam and activated it. "GAT 303 codename Aegis, activated." The words flashed across her panel. She maneuvered it into a standing position and proceeded out through the hangar doors.
"Great…now I'm going to have to pilot this thing…All our test pilots are dead." The EAF officer leaped into the gundam's cockpit. Keitarou followed suit.
"Hey, you lecherous, perverted male, what the hell are you doing in here!" The earth officer swung her katana around trying to slice Keitarou, who dodged every slash with superhuman reflexes.
"Huff…you're annoying. Just sit back like a good kid while I get this thing off the ground, ok?" She said, turning to the controls. "I've never driven one of these infernal things before…but I guess there's a first time for everything…"
The controls and the monitor before them lit up. The screens around them flashed alive, giving them a good all round view of the exterior. "Okay, the 'on' button was easy to find…now where's the directional pad and the x, triangle, circle, and square buttons…"
"You've never piloted one of these things before!" Keitarou shouted.
"Shut up, I've only tried simulators before…"
"What! Gundam battle assault on the playstation!"
"…so what, it's still a damn good simulator!" The officer shouted back. "This is commander Aoyama Motoko of the Earth Alliance Special Forces, I have retrieved the X-105 Strike, but the other pilots have been killed. The Aegis has been taken. I don't know about the Wing Exodus, Hinata, or any of the other gundams. I think it's they're in another hangar…" She reported into the intercom, while prepping the Strike.
"Good, proceed immediately to the Arch-Hinata, we're ready for launch as soon as the new mobile suits are secured. We've sent some people to retrieve the other gundams, don't worry." A voice said through the intercom.
"Got you, Arch-Hinata, we're on our way!" Motoko said into the intercom. The Strike was now in a standing position, ready to move out. "Okay…this is gonna be interesting…" She said, as she tried pressing down on the pedals in an effort to maneuver the legs. "Let's see what this does…"
Morgenroette Laboratories Hospital Wing, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 12.17 GMT
"Come, Oneechan! We've gotta get out of here before the whole place blows up" a 10 year old boy was leading her older sister by the hand as they made their way down the crumbling corridors.
"Negi…I…I don't think I'll…cough…make it…" His sister wheezed, holding one arm to her chest. She suddenly collapsed, wheezing and gasping for breath.
"Mana-neechan!" Negi shouted, kneeling down by his sister and holding her head up to him. "Mana-neechan…ah…it's no good…I told her she should've taken her medicine today…" He moaned, getting up and looking around. "Darn…the shelters are too far away…is there any place safe to stay around here…."
Suddenly a young man appeared around the corner. He seemed to be in a rush. Negi called out to him "Hey, you there, please, can you help me?" as the man approached Negi noticed that he was in a pilot suit and carrying a submachine gun…but now wasn't the time to be picky.
The man slowed down as he approached them and raised his submachine gun cautiously as he approached. "Oh, you're civilians…" he said, lowering his gun as he got closer. "I'm kind of in a hurry…"
"Please…can you at least help me carry her as far as the shelter? Or at least somewhere safe? Her condition's critical and I shouldn't really be moving her around like this…" Negi said.
"She's your sister, huh? Well…uhh…." The pilot seemed to be trying to decide what to do.
"Huh?" Negi noticed the badge on the pilot's suit. "You…you're an OZ soldier…!" he gasped. Now was the time to be picky…
"Oh, this? Oh yeah, I'm on an infiltration mission…by the way, listen, you won't find any shelters in this block, they were all launching when I got here." The pilot said, looking around.
"Ah…" Negi suddenly looked downcast. "But…I've…I've just got to get my sister to safety…"
"Right…listen kid, I'm here to get a couple of MSs out of here. The nearest shelters from here is in the next district, and your chances of getting there in time for launch is complete nil." The pilot said. "I'm guessing….aghh…my commanding officer's gonna kill me for this…your only chance is to come with me. I'll take you and your sister on the MS…" he sighed.
Negi nodded, "Anything to save my sister, please!".
"This ain't gonna look pretty in the report." He got down and picked up Negi's sister. "Right, follow me…I don't think there would be any enemy soldiers here so…" He started running. Negi followed closely behind. As he did so, he noticed that the young man was barely a man…he was only 3 or 4 years older than he way, still a boy.
They ran down a number of corridors until they reached a steel blast door. The boy swiped a card and typed in a few digits into the console beside the door. The locks slid open with a deep, metallic sound, followed by the slow painful growl of the doors slowly opening. Before them towered a pitch black MS. They were on a platform on the second floor of the hangar with catwalks that led straight to the MSs' cockpits.
"Right, no EAF soldiers in sight…this is looking good." The boy said, hefting up Mana up a bit. "Right, I'll just take her to that MS right there. Kid, I'm sure you could go and get the hangar doors open for me, right? I'll go and put her on the MS." The boy said, running up to the MS and opening the cockpit doors. Negi did as he was told and went up to the hangar bay doors control panel. The controls were easy to use, even a 10 year old could do it.
Suddenly another door leading off the hangar was blasted open. From within the smoke came a number of soldiers. "So…this is the new EAF weapon eh?" One of them laughed.
"Eh…must be worth big bucks back at home base…the bos'll really be pleased…" another said. They all laughed. Their laughter chilled Negi to the bone.
"Huh…what the hell…" one of the soldiers cried out, "GRENADE!" as a grenade rolled across the floor and exploded, sending out a brief yet bright flash of light, temporarily blinding the soldiers. "Damn it, open fire! Kill anything that moves!"
A blur moved in between the blind gunfire towards the control console.
"Hey, kid." Negi jumped when he heard the voice. It was the pilot, kneeling beside him. "Those goons there are ZEON-hired pirate mercenaries…they'd loot anything worth anything...and occasionally they also kidnap civilians, especially females, if you know what I mean. Now…no way they'd let you and your sister get away, you got me? So whatever happens, you've got to get your sister as far away from here as possible. I'm gonna throw my last flashbang grenade at them to confuse them for a few moments, then we'll dash together to that MS over there, ok?" the pilot said.
"Wait…I've never gotten your name…" Negi suddenly said.
"I'll tell you later, get ready…" He said, priming the flashbang and throwing it over the console. They both shielded their eyes as the loud bang ensued. "GO!"
They both dashed across the platform towards the cockpit. The pilot hammered tracers with his submachine gun at the soldiers as they did so. A number of the soldiers had recovered by the time they reached the catwalk. They opened fire.
One of the bullets pierced the cable supporting the catwalk, causing a section of it to collapse…and it just happened Negi was on it. The pilot who was in front of him whirled around and grabbed him by the arm just in time.
A tracer ripped through his shoulder at the exact same moment. He winced.
"Just get out of here! Get my sister to safety!" Negi shouted.
"Damn it kid…you're gonna do it yourself…" The pilot grunted, "EAAAAAGH!" He heaved Negi up and over himself, straight into the cockpit. At that same moment a bullet pierced his chest.
"Hey, Are you…" Negi was about to run out of the cockpit again to help the pilot who was only a few metres outside the cockpit hatch when the pilot shouted.
"Stay right where you are kid…This here's a mortal wound…no way…cough…I'll make it out…here…" The pilot coughed up some blood as he threw a disk to Negi. "This here's…cough…a friendly marker beacon and…cough… autopilot program …cough…the OZ folks'll take care of ya if you input this into…cough…wheeze…the MS's OS…" He coughed up more blood.
"But…you…" Negi reached out a hand. "We can still…"
"No…get out of here, kid…I'm sure you could at the very …cough…least activate…the…autopilot and marker…Take care of your sister kid…" He smiled, as tracers sprinkled all around him. "Don't…do the same mistake…I did…NOW GO!" He took out a pistol and shot the exterior hatch controls of the MS, causing the hatch to close automatically. He took aim and shot a few shots at the ZEON pirates. "DIE YOU BASTA…" A bullet came…and passed…
"NO!" Negi cried, slamming his fists on the hatch. "No…."he sniffed, looking around at his sister. At the very least, he should complete the pilot's final wish. He got up and sat down at the pilot's seat. He took out the disk, regarded it for a moment, before placing it in the drive in the console.
"GUNDAM System activated, Unit name: XXXG-06 E codename Epyon now activated…" the words flashed across the screen. Negi swallowed back his tears as he typed in the commands to enter the marker and autopilot functions. The screen before him had turned on, showing him a view of the exterior. Fire was blazing everywhere, guns flared outside the hangar doors.
"ID marker activated…Autopilot malfunction detected…Shifting to manual drive mode…" the computer announced.
"NO!" Negi shouted. He looked down, "no…" then he looked at his sister who was gasping and wheezing in the space behind the pilot's seat. He hardened his face and took hold of the controls.
"Quick! Open up that hatch!" the ZEON Pirates shouted. They were standing outside the hatch, trying to force it open. Suddenly the MS advanced and forced aside the catwalk, causing the ZEON pirates to fall down into the hangar below.
"Right…boosters…boosters…" Negi whispered under his breath as he tried buttons on his controls randomly. The Igelstellung machine guns on the MS's head suddenly opened fire. "Not that, definitely…" He tried another button. This time the MS's boosters roared into life.
"Great…now…how do you control this thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!" He cried as the Epyon suddenly zoomed out of the hangar.
District G3, Highway M-4, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 12.20 GMT
"Take this!" Suu shouted. Her MS's huge hand beam gattling cannon spun, spewing green laser beams at everything in her path. "And this!" The shoulder guards of her MS opened up, revealing a cluster of missile launchers. Suu's targeting computer marked 24 enemy MS. 6 dozen missiles or so was launched into a haphazard burst of missiles that flew in individual directions at multiple enemies. "And stay out of my home!" she shouted, firing up her booster rockets. She flew up and opened up more hidden missile launchers in her MS's thighs, while reloading the shoulder launchers.
"Huh?" a small fast moving blip appeared on her radar marked unknown, followed by another. "What's that…wait…identification's almost done…" Suu murmured.
"Something wrong…Suu-chan?" Amala asked.
"Oh, it's just the XXXG-01W Wing Exodus (based on gundam wing) and the GU-01AGeminass…and they've locked onto me…" Suu explained, typing furiously with one hand on a keyboard beside her seat.
"Greetings, we are OZ Special Forces agents, here on a peace-keeping mission on behalf of…" a voice came over the intercom.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Whaddya want?" Suu asked. "I see you've already stolen the Wing Exodus and the Geminass…lemme guess, you want this one too?"
The Wing Exodus suddenly zoomed away, leaving the Geminass in front of the Heavy Arms. The voice stayed silent for a few moments before replying, "We believe the current….crap, I'm seriously not used to talking like this. Listen, dudette, I'm here for that MS so that the ZAFT and EAF folks don't get their slimy hands on it cause we think these MS are the cause of the whole assault, got it?"
"Well, you want it, you're gonna have to get it!" Suu shouted, locking on all her missile launchers on the MS Geminass. "No way am I handing it to anyone!" She fired all her missiles at the Geminass.
"Crap…why can't we all just get along…" the pilot of the Geminass sighed, as he activated the Igelstellung machine guns on the MS's head and started shooting down the missiles. All the missiles exploded before Suu's MS, the flash blinding her for a moment.
"Ughh…" Suu shielded her eyes. "Where is he…" Suddenly the Geminass burst through the smoke, its beam saber raised. "You kidding me…" Suu flipped open a button on her controls and pressed it hard. The chest plate of the MS opened up to reveal twin gattling beam cannons. The Geminass pilot realized it at the last moment and pulled out of the attack run as beam shots threatened to rip him to shreds. Suu followed his ascent with her arm gattling gun, firing incessantly.
"So…you wanna play long range?" the pilot of the Geminass asked. "Well, have it your way! I, Kotarou, will never back down from a fight!"
In the air nearby...
"Werner? Is that you?" A voice came over the intercom. Negi looked up. He had gotten the hang of the booster controls and was now hovering high over the battlefield. He noticed a blip on the radar that was marked friendly, bearing the ID XXXG-01W Wing Exodus.
"Uh…was that the name of that pilot?" Negi ventured.
"Huh?" A face flashed onto the screen before Negi. "You're not Werner…"
"I…the pilot helped me escape…and he got shot…he told me to go without him…" Negi explained. "I've got a sick civilian onboard. She's my sister, and she needs medical attention immediately."
"Werner…" the pilot on the screen looked down. "Well…this is the sort of thing he'd do…right, I'll help you as long as you can get that MS safely onboard our ship. I'll have to leave the piloting to you. I'll escort you as far as the exit…then you're on your own, I've still got a mission to do." The pilot said. "I'm lieutenant Lee Davis, by the way. If getting you to safety was Werner's last wish, then I'll honour him by carrying it out."
"Th…Thanks…" Negi voiced his gratitude.
"Just follow me, I'll get you out of here."
Hangar 25, Morgenroette Laboratories, Morgenroette Industrial Park, United HINATA Regencies (UHR) civilian colony, ZO-1, L3 space. 12.32 GMT
"Uh…." Shinobu rubbed her head as she got up. She had landed in a pile of…rubbish, interestingly. This particular rubbish bin was filled to the brim with banana peels. "Well…it could've been worse…it could've been something else." She shuddered at the thought and quickly got out of the large rubbish bin. After scrambling out she glanced around. She was at the bottom of the hangar. Above her the blue and white MS towered.
She ran over to a console and logged into the administration server. "Hmmm…oh darn…all the shelters in this block have launched…" She moaned. "I've got to contact someone…but where would one find communications equipment in here…" She mused, looking around, before her gaze went up to the MS.
To Be continued… Please Review! Your comments and feedback is highly appreciated.
Credits:
Written by: Beyond the Bounds
Cast (in order of appearance)
Keitarou Urashima : Keitarou Urashima from Love Hina
Naru Narusegawa : Naru Narusegawa from Love Hina
Rayce Farelle : Rayce Farelle from Love Hina Children of the Exodus
Shinobu Maehara : Shinobu Maehara from Love Hina
Mei Narusegawa/Sakura : Mei Narusegawa/Sakura from Love Hina/MSN
Kanako Yula Hina : Kanako Urashima from Love Hina
Nodoka Miyazaki : Nodoka Miyazaki from Mahou Sensei Negima
Ssigh Arggle : Ssigh Arggle from Gundam Seed
Flay Allstar : Flay Allstar from Gundam Seed
Yue Ayase : Yue Ayase from Mahou Sensei Negima
Makie Sasaki : Makie Sasaki from Mahou Sensei Negima
Chao Rin Yen : Chao Rin Yen from Mahou Sensei Negima
Mitsune Konno : Mitsune Konno from Love Hina
Rustal (Rusty) Vermont: OC
Motoko Aoyama : Aoyama Motoko from Love Hina
Sarah McDouggal : Sarah McDouggal from Love Hina
Amala Suu : Amala Suu from Love Hina
Kaolla suu : Kaolla Suu from Love Hina
Negi Springfield : Negi Springfield from Mahou Sensei Negima
Mana Springfield : Mana Springfield from Mahou Sensei Negima
Siegfried Werner : OC
Kotarou : Kotarou from Mahou Sensei Negima
Lee Davis : Lee Davis from Love Hina Children of the Exodus
Gundams (so far):
Strike Gundam (from Gundam Seed), piloted by Keitaoru Urashima (faction not yet decided)
Gundam Duel (From Gundam Seed), piloted by Chao Rin Yen (ZAFT)
Gundam Buster (From Gundam Seed), piloted by Makie Sasaki (ZAFT)
Gundam Blitz (From Gundam Seed), piloted by Mitsune Konno (ZAFT)
Gundam Aegis (From Gundam Seed), piloted by Naru Narusegawa (ZAFT)
Gundam Heavy Arms (From Gundam Wing), piloted by Kaolla Suu (faction not yet decided)
Gundam Geminass (From Gundam G-Unit, Wing Dual Story), piloted by Kotarou (OZ)
Gundam Wing Exodus (OC, based on Gundam Wing from Gundam Wing), piloted by Lee Davis (OZ)
Gundam Epyon (From Gundam Wing), piloted by Negi Springfield (faction not yet decided)