And...I'm back with the ACTUAL first chapter!
Now, I'm going to admit here that I feel that the story MIGHT have lost a little bit of quality from here on out(or maybe a lot, I don't know.) After all, I'm trying to fill in a time gap that wasn't exactly covered in the anime OR the 00F manga(and that I'm new. Like, REALLY new. Total n00b level-new), so bear with me here for a bit.
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Now, ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
As usual, Speech:
Talking: "Lockon, Lockon."
Whispering: "Lockon, Lockon."
Thought: 'Lockon, Lockon.'
Comms: "Lockon, Lockon."
I do not own either Gundam SEED or Gundam 00.
Copyright: Sunrise inc.
Gundam SEED: 2002, 2013
Gundam 00: 2007
Chapter 1
A.D. 2312
February 18
Lagrange 3, Celestial Being Factory base
"I'm back, Ian." Jonathan Garfield said, as he exited the GN-007 Arios Gundam.
"Good work out there." Ian Vashti, the head engineer for Celestial Being, called out as he approached the suit with a few Karels trailing behind him. "So, were you seen?"
"Doubt it." Jonathan replied, "We're a LONG way away from the prying eyes of civilization, and even if I WAS seen, I doubt anyone will believe them when they say they saw a Gundam all the way out here."
"Well I suppose you have a point there." Ian said, as he activated his data terminal and started work on the Arios. "So, any problems with Arios's control?"
"The unit itself is up to par." Jonathan replied. "But considering who it's intended pilot is, we'll have to do a little more adjustment to the control's response time."
"I see. Although, we still have no news about him. Anything else?" Ian asked as he pulled the diagnostics from the onboard computer.
"No, not really. By the way, was someone here earlier? I saw the Trinity's old ship leaving on the way in."
"Yeah. It was Wang Liu Mei."
"So THAT'S who the ship ended up with, eh? So, What was she here for?"
"She wanted to know how the new Gundams were coming along. She even asked to see the 0 Gundam."
"Huh, didn't think that fossil would interest her."
"Well, it IS the first Solar Furnace-equipped Mobile Suit made by Celestial Being, after all. Must've been enough to pique her interest. Anyway, thanks for today, Jon."
"No problem Ian. I'm just glad that I can finally take a break."
"That said," a voice came from a man approaching them, wearing a purple Pilot Suit. "We can't afford to drop our guard, not at this stage."
"Tieria Erde. Ugh, to what do I owe the pleasure?"
"I've got a message for Ian from Linda and the others, they are ready to begin the synchronization test between Dynames's and Kyrios's GN Drives, now that the Arios is back."
"Alright. As soon as we're done with the Arios's diagnostics, we'll pull the drive out and-"
But before anyone could continue, an alert went off throughout the secret base, and a comms link popped up on Ian's terminal.
"Ian, we have a problem!" the staff on the other end exclaimed, with a look of panic on his face.
"What happened?! Did the Federation find us?!"
"No, we picked up an unknown energy reading nearby! It gone now, but something else appeared in its place. It's like a nuke went off there!"
"HAH?!" Jonathan and Ian exclaimed together at the news. "That's impossible!" Ian continued, "Nuclear weapons were banned decades ago! And not even the Federation is stupid enough to test a weapon like that in an asteroid field near a colony!"
"I'll head out in the Seravee. Open the Bay!" Tieria said, as he headed to the bay where the Seravee was docked.
"Don't be reckless, Tieria! We're still not done with the settings on the Seravee, and we're still working on it's specialized weapons!"
"Better than sitting around doing nothing. I'll take one of Virtue's spare GN Bazookas." Tieria said as he continued towards the hanger bay.
"Tieria! Argh, why are the Meisters all so reckless?! God damnit! Don't blame me if you die!" Ian said, as he opened the bay door from his terminal.
"*sigh* I am SO going to regret this…...Ian, prepare the Arios! I'm going out after him!" Jonathan said with an exasperated tone in his voice, as he put his helmet back on, and headed back towards the Arios's Cockpit.
"What?! You too, Jon?! You're not even a Meister, for crying out loud!"
"Better than leaving him alone out there with a half-completed unit! And I've got enough experience on the damn thing! I'll be fine!" Jonathan shouted back. As he got into the cockpit, he whispers to himself "Well, I think."
"Tieria Erde, Seravee. Heading out."
"Well, here goes nothing…... Jonathan Garfield, Arios. Launching!"
With one bright flash of GN Particles, both Gundams headed towards the location of the anomaly.
15 Minutes later
"Damn… I can't see shit." Jonathan hit the switch to pull up the comms to the base, "Hey, you guys sure this is the spot?"
"There's no mistake, you're at the point where we picked up the energy readings. Judging from the time frame, there should still be traces of whatever caused it there, you've just gotta keep looking."
"Yeah, easier said than-"
Before Jonathan could finish his sentence, an alert popped up on the cockpit's screen.
"Wait. I've got a reading on the E-Sensor, it's close by. 2 o'clock…above us?" both pilots looked up, towards the point indicated by their mobile suit's sensors. "Is that a…"
"A Mobile Suit"
Before them, laid an unknown, yet heavily damaged mobile suit in monotone colors, with its head unit and right arm completely gone, its right leg heavily damaged, and judging from the machine's backpack, missing a lot more parts.
"I don't recognize the design, and it looks pretty torn up, too. What is a unit like that doing all the way out here?"
"I don't know." Tieria replied, "But that design, it almost looks like..."
"Yeah. Like a Gundam."
Before Tieria could get any closer, the Arios's hand reached out and grabbed the Seravee's shoulder, stopping it.
"WOAH there, Tieria, I don't think we should approach that thing carelessly. It's minute, but I'm picking up radiation readings coming from that thing. It's as if that thing was in the middle of that 'nuclear explosion' the base detected."
"So, it might be the cause of that abnormal reading? That still brings up more questions than answers, like how did it even get here?"
"I understand your concerns, but that's not the worst part."
Jonathan's statement caught Tieria's attention. "What do you mean?" He asked.
"I'm getting the same kind of readings from that things backpack. It's faint, but it looks like it's powered by a nuclear engine. And I'm picking vital signs from it, too."
"So it's manned, huh?"
"And it's powerplant is even mobile suit sized, to boot, which means that whoever gets their hand on it is going to get a huge force multiplier."
"True..."
"...So, what do we do now, Tieria? Do we play it safe and destroy it? Or leave it out here for the Federation? Worst case scenario, perhaps…"
"...A-LAWS."
"Yeah. The regular army seems honest enough to not abuse it, but if those bastards get their hands on this unit first, who knows what they could do with it? Either way, we take a huge risk, whether we leave it here or not. Nothing good is going to come out of this."
"…We'll take it back with us."
"Are you serious?! Like I said, there's life signs in there! Who knows who, or what, is in there!"
"Still, better than it being left out here." Tieria proceeded to use the Seravee's free hand to grab the backpack of the unknown machine. "And you said it yourself: we're taking a huge risk, whether we leave it here or not. Come on, let's head back."
"*sigh* Oh, me and my big mouth..." Jonathan muttered to himself, cursing the fact that his own words just bit him in the arse. "Alright, your call, Tieria." Jonathan replied, "But don't blame me if Ian starts screaming your ears off for this."
As the two Gundams headed back to base with their 'spoils', unknown to them, the young man trapped in the unit stirred, as his machine was pulled along.
"F…Flay…I'm sorry…...I'm sorry…..."
And we have come to the end of the first chapter!
How many guessed that i would throw Kira into Season 2? I still have more planned for him, after all, and this was a time period where i could safely throw him in, without exposing him to too much problems right at the get-go (cough ELS conflict cough cough).
There's a chance that Kira might go slightly out-of character(I say MIGHT, as i'm still figuring it all out. No promises.), so brace yourself(I guess).
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Uploaded: 25/02/2018
Edited: 09/04/2018
Next update: 25/04/2018