Author's Note One

Usual reminder about canon scenes

"Regular speech"

'Thought'

"Soma/Hallelujah speech"

With the Gundams

The four gundams moved towards the approaching twelve red particles trails, that were concentrated in three groups of four suits. Sumeragi's voice blared in their suits, "All gundams use tactical plan S43. Intercept incoming enemy mobile suits. Keep an eye out for reinforcements." The gundam meisters all responded affirmatively.

Setsuna spoke to Feldt, "Keep an eye out for the innovators."

She responded evenly, "Understood."

The two formations met, beginning combat. Setsuna reached them first, charging through one of the formations. He opened fire with his blasters taking out two of the suits. 'Where are the innovators?' Feldt focused on the sensors, trying to locate the innovator's mobile suits. But she couldn't seem to locate them. 'Are they hiding?' Setsuna continued to engage the enemy mobile suits, staying mobile to dodge the red energy blasts, when he heard Feldt call out, "Setsuna, large energy blast!"

Seeing a large orange beam approaching him, he dodged out of the way easily. 'It's the Gadessa.' Over the comms, he spoke to the rest of the gundams, "Innovator located. Tieria!" He sent the visual data to Tieria of the location of the Gadessa.

Tieria responded, kicking away a GN-X from the Seravee, "Roger that." Setsuna turned his attention back to the rest of the battlefield, knowing Tieria could handle the Gadessa.

With the Arios and Gun Archer

As the Arios and Gun archer entered combat, Soma immediately noticed that her old suit leading one of the formations. Anger boiling, she charged into the enemy, focusing on getting to Andrei. Allelujah followed her, seeing Andrei's suit as well. He spoke to Soma in a controlled voice, "Keep your head on straight. Don't get sloppy." He noticed in his peripheral vision that Tieria had pulled out of the general combat to engage the innovator's mobile suit. 'Looks like it's up to the Cheridum and I to keep them busy.'

She called back angrily, "Don't worry. He won't know what hit him." He sighed, knowing she had tunnel vision. 'I need to cover her back.' He switched over to mobile suit mode and engaged the rest of the formation, keeping them busy so Soma wouldn't be overwhelmed. He dodged out of the way of most of the attacks, his reflexes feeling stronger than ever. He returned fire, damaging one and taking out another. 'Those four months have done Hallelujah well.' He could feel Hallelujah's happiness at being in the thick of battle. 'At least he got what he wanted.'

Soma charged Andrei, opening fire wildly. The Ahead dodged the attacks, returning fire but missing the Gun Archer. Closing in, she pulled out her beam saber and swiped at the Ahead, slicing his gun in half. She called out in anger, "You will pay for what you did to the Colonel!"

Andrei pulled back, pulling out his own beam saber before charging back in, replying coldly, "I did my duty. And you'll join him soon enough, like the traitor you and him are." She felt tears of anger flow up. 'How dare he call him that!' She let out a roar of anger, matching blades with Andrei. She would kill him, and she would enjoy it.

With the 00

As Setsuna was engaging enemy mobile suits, Feldt noticed something odd on her sensors. There were two asteroids approaching the Ptolemy, but she saw two mobile suit signatures inside them. 'The enemy is trying that trick again? These sensors are good.' She opened up communications with the ship, sending data on the asteroids, "Two enemy mobile suits hiding as an asteroids approaching the ship."

Sumeragi gave her an appreciative look, "Thank you, Feldt." Feldt dropped the communications, seeing the ship open fire on the approaching mobile suits. 'I can't believe they thought that trick would work twice.'

Feldt then heard Setsuna's voice call out, "Incoming!"

The Garazzo came charging at the 00 Raiser, all hand blades extended, the pilot yelling out, "This is for Bring and Divine!" The Krugis pilot recognized the voice as the same innovator guarding the Memento Mori. Setsuna matched the blades, holding them back with more of a struggle than he expected. The suit felt a little stronger than it did before. 'They must have upgraded it.' He shoved the suit back, trying to shoot it with one of his blasters, but the Garazzo dodged out of the way, getting back into melee range. Setsuna swung his blade, but Hilling parried the blade, putting the 00 off balance. Setsuna pulled back to get some space and recover his balance.

After recovering his balance, he charged back in once again, hoping he could overwhelm his opponent. The two went back and forth attacking, dodging and parrying, unable to gain a significant advantage. Setsuna's opponent called out in frustration, "How can you keep up with me?! You are only a human!"

Setsuna glared at the suit from inside the cockpit, tired of these claims of superiority, "You underestimate people. I'll show you the power of humanity!" The 00 Raiser began to glow red and GN particles began to radiate in a wide area around the suit, spreading around the battlefield. Setsuna once again felt the normal buzz that came from using it, voices and thoughts surrounding him, this time coming in clearly. He could hear the thoughts of his fellow meisters as they engaged the enemy. He could feel the hatred between Soma and Andrei. Feel Feldt's determination to protect the crew. Lyle's frustration at the wave of enemies he was facing. 'Trans-am lets me hear people's thoughts? Feel their emotions? Can everyone feel this? Or is it just me?'

He focused on t the innovator he was facing, teleporting to the side of the machine and opening fire with the 00's blasters, scoring hits on the machine, destroying a leg and an arm. He then brought down the blasters on the wings of the 0 Raiser, destroying the head and left arm of the suit. He saw the pod eject from the suit and as he moved to grab it, he felt himself being pulled away from the battlefield as his vision turned to white. 'Not now!' When he opened them up again, he saw he was standing on a hill of flowers, looking over a ruined town in the middle of a rocky desert. 'That's my hometown. Why am I here?' Scanning around, he saw he was wearing his uniform and saw Feldt to his left, a strong sense of confusion rolling off of her.

She looked up at him, confusion somewhat abating. She could sense he was just as confused as him. 'Wait, how can I sense his emotions? What is going on?' She walked up to him, grabbing onto one of his arms, trying to keep her cool, "Setsuna, where are we? Why aren't we floating in that weird space?"

Setsuna thought for a second, before he realized something, "The 00 Raiser is the catalyst for all of this. Every time I use it, I can understand people. Hear their thoughts and sense their feelings. Like when I sensed your affection for me the first time we used trans-am."

Feldt looked at him curiously, blushing slightly, "Oh, you sensed my affection? I guess that made it easier for us to get together. Seems easier than normal."

Setsuna chuckled at that, "Yeah, that is true."

"But how is this happening? Is this you or the machine?"

Setsuna gave her a thoughtful look, "I have no idea, but I get the sense it's a mix of both." Feldt began to ask a question when he interrupted her, "I don't know exactly why, it's something that I can just… feel."

Knowing there was not much more she could ask about that, she asked another question that had been bugging her, "Where are we? Just some random place?"

Setsuna sighed heavily, "This is my hometown, or at least it was. It was destroyed during the wars in the middle east. Whatever dragged us here brought this out of my memories." Feldt could feel a strong sense of regret and loss looking at Setsuna, the weight of his childhood coming down on his shoulders. Feldt had only read about what happened to Setsuna as a child, but to see what impact it had on him and the scars that it left showed her how far those wounds went. 'I'm sorry no one was there for you. I wish I could have helped you sooner. But I'm here now.'

She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling herself close. Setsuna wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his hands on her lower back. She spoke softly, "It's alright. I'm here with you." A sense of peace washed over both of them. Setsuna could feeling the devotion and affection radiating off of her. 'How did I get so lucky?'

They held each other for a minute, once again in their own world, before he could feel both of them being pulled out of this world, back to reality. He whispered quietly to her, "Thank you." The world turned to white and then they both saw they were in the 00 Raiser, and the feelings and thoughts he was sensing before had disappeared. The enemy pod had also disappeared. 'Time must have passed.' Setsuna sighed in frustration. 'Damnit!' Feldt's face popped up on his display, "Setsuna, I looked at the output of the machine during the trans-am and I noticed it was seven times higher than baseline results. What is this machine?"

Setsuna spoke resolutely, "Whatever it is, Aeolia designed it like this for a reason. We just need to find out why."

With the Seravee

Tieria reached the Gadessa, getting in closer than he normally would, but he needed to stay close. He needed to react fast when the escape pod flew away. Pulling out one of the small energy blasters, he opened fire on the Gadessa. Against his expectations, Revive skimmed the edge of the attack, its free hand punching through the Seravee's blaster. The Seravee brought up its main blaster at the same time the Gadessa did, barrels nearly touching.

Both fired on each other, the two blasts hitting creating an explosion wrecking both of the primary weapons of each suit, as well as leaving a cloud of particles. Both suits were knocked back, but quickly recovered, each pulling out a beam saber. The two matched blades, neither side able to push the other, sparks of energy flying from the clashing blades.

Tieria spoke with a snarky tone, "It looks like close quarters isn't your strength."

Revive replied with a smug tone, "It looks like yours isn't either. You're nothing but firepower."

Tieria chuckled, a smirk forming, "I wouldn't be so sure. Trans-am!" He began to push the Gadessa back, the arm holding the beam saber being pushed away from the machine. Revive began to sweat in worry, not expecting this. Tieria then knocked the blade out of its hand, the Gadessa retreating to put some distance between the two of them. 'I can't allow that.'

He charged towards the Gadessa, pulling out five more beam sabers. The suit tried to hit the Seravee with its wrist blaster, but Tieria activated the GN field, blocking all of the attacks. As the Seravee closed into melee range, Revive pulled out another beam saber to try to block the attacks. It managed to block the upper two, but the rest of them sliced the machine to pieces, forcing Revive to eject from the mobile suit.

The Seravee, still in melee with the remains of the Gadessa, saw the pod beginning to escape. Tieria called out, "Oh no you don't!" The Seraphim shot out of the Seravee, easily catching up with the escaping pod. Grabbing onto it, he spoke to Revive, "I have some questions for you, and you are going to answer them!"

Inside the pod, Revive smirked. 'Just as planned.'

With the Arios and Gun Archer

As the Arios continued to engage the regular suits, Allelujah suddenly felt a wave of quantum particles hit him, just like when the 00 Raiser did its test back on Lagrange 3. He heard Hallelujah laugh manically then speak to him, "Let me off the leash! I want to have some fun!" Knowing that they weren't at too much of a risk and Soma seemed to be doing decently, he agreed and let him take over.

Hallelujah let out a laugh then spoke over his speakers, "Well guess who I get to have fun with? You guys!" He shifted into jet mode and immediately charged into an enemy suit, cutting it in half. An explosion went off behind him, particles floating in the air. He cackled happily, "Who's next?" He charged off into a formation of three suits, keeping an eye on Soma.

While Hallelujah felt a powerup from the wave of particles, Soma suddenly felt a strange feeling in the back of her head as she was firing her blasters at Andrei's Ahead. 'What is this? What is going on?'

Unexpectedly, she heard a response in her head that wasn't from Marie, 'Lieutenant Peries? Why can I hear you in my head? Trying to brainwash me or steal intel?'

Soma glared at the suit she was firing at, 'Why did you kill him?! He wasn't a part of that!' She drew out her beam saber and charged back in, anger flooding more and more into her system. Andrei matched her, keeping her from moving him or hitting him.

Andrei responded in a chilling voice, 'Of course a traitor would pretend he was innocent. He probably knew what was going on and went to join his friend. He did hide that you joined Celestial Being.' He tried to knock her saber out of her hand, but she parried the blow, attempting to riposte the blow, but the Ahead avoided the blow.

She swung her blade again, but it was becoming more and more noticeable her form was becoming sloppy. She spit out her words with white hot anger, 'You killed your father! Why?! Family was the one thing I wanted and you took him away from me! What did he do to deserve it?!'

Andrei sneered, easily dodging the blows being swung at him. 'He killed my mother and practically abandoned me. What I did to him was the least that he deserved. He always said to follow orders and I was told to kill traitors. I was just doing my duty. I would think he would be proud of me.'

'Proud!?' Soma tried to swing again, but Andrei easily blocked the blade, redirecting it away from him. Soma, in her grief-fueled anger, did not notice how quickly the tide was turning against her. She spat mental venom at him, tears in her eyes, 'Don't you dare sully his name! He was a good man who did his best to treat me as his daughter!'

Andrei replied in a cold and harsh tone, 'Did you think he actually cared for you? He only wanted to feel like less of a failure as a parent. He failed with me so maybe he thought he could redeem himself. You were nothing more than a substitute.' Soma let out a roar and charged him, aiming her saber at his cockpit. Just as she was about to stab him, he dodged out of the way. It took her a second to realize the error she had made, but in that time, Andrei slashed across the back of the suit, damaging the power supply.

All her displays and lights went out. Her controls also refused to respond. All her anger flowed out of her, replaced in an instant by fear. She was so distracted she didn't even notice the particles had disappeared. 'I'm going to die here! Why did I make such a stupid mistake!? Why did I let him get to me!?' She desperately tried to move the Gun Archer, hoping it would move. Andrei slashed his sword at the cockpit, happy to remove one more traitor. But just as he was about to hit the suit, a blast came towards him, destroying the hand with the beam saber along with knocking him back. The Arios came flying in, Hallelujah yelling, "Stay away from her!" He positioned himself in between Andrei's ahead and Soma's suit protectively.

Andrei, looking around and seeing most of the A-Laws suits destroyed along with the innovator suits gone, called a retreat. He retreated quickly, not seeing the Arios chasing him. Hallelujah watched the suit retreat, wanting to chase after him, but knew protecting Soma was more important. As he saw the surviving A-Laws retreat, Hallelujah flew out of the Arios's cockpit and headed to the hatch on the Gun Archer. Opening it up, he saw Soma eyes swollen with tears, emotions plain to see. She looked at him in wonder and curiosity, "You… you saved me?"

Hallelujah rolled his eyes, voice friendly, "Of course I did. I don't want to see you die just as much as Allelujah would."

She gave him a weak smile, "It's strange to hear you so friendly."

He smirked, "Maybe I'm nicer than you expected. Do you want a ride back?" Allelujah internally smirked at Hallelujah's reaction to her. 'He likes her more than he knows. Still strange to see.'

Soma blushed at the question, "I think so. My power supply is shot."

He motioned towards the Arios, "Jump in."

Cabin somewhere in Europe

Marina and Shirin stood in the kitchen, casually talking when they heard a cry coming from outside. Curious, Marina approached the front door beginning to open it when suddenly it was thrown wide open, causing Marina to be thrown back. A man dressed in civilian garb yelled desperately, "They found-" He was interrupted by a bullet going through his chest, causing him to fall to the ground with his last breath. Marina and Shirin looked on with horror.

Unable to react quickly, Marina saw a man in the nearby fields take aim at her, presumably the same man who shot the man on the floor of the Cabin. Marina tried to move, but she had frozen. She was taken by surprise when she was tackled from behind and heard a grunt of pain.

Looking around in confusion, she saw Shirin on top of her, shoulder covered in blood. Her eyes widened in shock. Klaus came around the corner with a submachine gun in hand, taking aim and gunning down the man in front of the cabin. Seeing that the man was gone, Shirin looked at Marina, wincing in pain, "I…had to save you."

Marina spoke desperately, "You didn't need to take a bullet for me! You're hurt!"

"You are my friend. Of course I would take a bullet for you." Shirin looked over at Klaus, "We have to get out of here." She then looked at Marina, "Get to the escape tunnel and go to the designated meeting spot. There should be a truck there." Marina looked at her worried, knowing she wasn't in good shape. Shirin stood up but grunted in pain when she tried to move her arm.

Klaus put a hand on her good shoulder, "I'll hold them off." She began to object but Klaus stopped her, "You are injured. Get your arm wrapped up and you two get to the truck."

"But Klaus!"

Klaus shook his head, and looked at her resolute, "Someone needs to escape to warn the rest of Katharon. I'll draw them away, so you should be safe. I'll see you at the rendezvous point." He looked at Marina, "Keep her safe."

He ran out the front door, firing a burst of gunfire into the wheatfield. Shirin reached out desperately, yelling, "Klaus!"

"We…" Marina steeled her voice, "We have to get out of here Shirin. We will meet him at the rendezvous point." Shirin nodded, fighting her urge to chase after Klaus. 'You better make it back.' The two women made their way to the hidden hatch, grabbing important documents and information on the way and opened up the hatch. Marina made her way down the ladder, watching as Shirin struggled through the pain as they reached the bottom. She closed the hatch behind her, hoping they had enough time to escape. Catching their breath, Marina looked at Shirin with a determined look, "I need to wrap your wound."

Shirin nodded. Marina ripped a part of her dress, turning it into a makeshift bandage. She knew they had a proper medkit in the truck, but for now this would have to work. Her focus remained on bandaging the wound, unaware her friend was studying her. Shirin watched her friend cover her wound, impressed. Gone was the indecisive princess, Shirin could only see a woman who had come into her own. Marina was focused and maintaining her cool, despite the bad situation they were in. 'You've grown so much. Now just carry this into the future.'

Marina finished up tying the bandage, and spoke calmly, "I'll fix your shoulder when we get to the truck."

Shirin nodded and grimacing in pain, she replied, "If we run into trouble, you will need to defend us. They got my good arm."

Marina sighed, not keen on using a weapon, but she had to defend her friend, "I know. Just take cover if we get attacked." The two women made their way through the tunnel, light from a lantern guiding them and they eventually made their way to the end of the tunnel, which led out into the forest that surrounded the cabin that they were in. Looking around, they saw no enemies, so the continued on through the path in the woods to the hidden truck.

About ten minutes into their travel, a shot rang out and impacted a nearby tree. Both women reacted quickly, diving for cover. Marina took cover behind a bigger tree while Shirin laid down behind a bush. Marina drew out her pistol and scanned the area where she heard the gunshot from. Behind two trees across from her were Federation agents, submachine guns aimed at the two Azadi women. She aimed and took a shot at one of the agents, shot impacting the ground right next to them. The agents returned fire, keeping Marina pinned where she was.

Marina fired back, trying to keep them pinned, adrenaline flowing through her. 'I'm outnumbered and outgunned. I don't know how long I can hold out.' The two sides went back and forth for a few minutes, unable to gain an advantage. Marina noticed something odd, a chill going down her spine. 'I only see one person. Where is the other agent?' She scanned her environment, hearing approaching footsteps. In her peripheral vision, she saw the other agent approaching her position, out in the open. Taking careful aim, she fired and hit center mass. The agent dropped, not breathing, and Marina began to breathe heavily, the fact she just killed someone in the forefront of her mind. She had seen dead bodies before, but she had never caused them.

Guilt rolled into her mind, wondering if this agent had a family, maybe children or people depending on them. 'No, I can't focus on that. We need to survive, to escape. I'll deal with this when I am not in danger.' She reloaded her gun, hands shaking a bit, panic at shooting a person almost causing her to drop the magazine and just as she was turning to face the remaining agent, she heard the sound of a vehicle approaching her and Shirin's position.

Looking in the direction of the approaching sound, she saw Klaus in the cabin of an old canvas covered army truck, who took aim and shot out a burst of gunfire of one of the open windows, hitting the remaining agent. Seeing them fall, Klaus called out, "Get in the truck!" Marina nodded, seeing Shirin stand up. The two women pulled back the flaps back in the back of the truck. Marina leaned against the wall, the adrenaline flowing out of her. 'Setsuna, you did this as a child? I find it hard enough to kill one person. You had to kill so many as a child.' She was still shaking a bit. Shirin saw her friend and spoke sympathetically, "Marina, how do you feel?"

Marina gave a tired smile, "I think I need some time to get a grip on what I just did. I'll be fine."

Shirin could tell her friend was hiding the true extent of how much it affected her, but they could talk later. Right now they just needed to get out of here. Marina moved over to Shirin with a medkit, undoing the binding and beginning to treat the wound. It wouldn't be perfect, but they survived. They just had to hope the gundams could finally deal with the A-Laws, before they could be caught again.

Soma's Room

Soma left the hanger as soon as she got out of the Arios. Allelujah called out to her, but she ignored the call. She had a lot weighing on her mind and she needed to be alone. She made her way to her quarters, feeling numb. 'How could I be so stupid? Why did I let my urge for revenge take over?' Her desire to kill Andrei, to avenge her father, had almost gotten her killed. When the power had died in the suit, her life flashed before her eyes. She had never been so close to dying. 'Would he have wanted to me to avenge him? Would he have wanted me to put myself so at risk I almost died? No he wouldn't have. Of course he wouldn't have. He would have wanted me to live a long, happy life, free from conflict.'

She reached her room, the door sliding open and closing behind her. She floated to her bathroom, looking at herself in the mirror. 'I am such an idiot.' She heard Marie's voice speak sympathetically, "It's alright Soma. He pushed your buttons, but you survived."

Soma's voice cracked, "But if I hadn't been so focused on killing him, so focused on avenging the Colonel, then that wouldn't have happened! Would he have even been ok with me risking my life like that?"

"Maybe he would accept…."

Soma's voice took on a hard edge, "Don't bullshit me! Tell me what you really think!"

Marie sighed, "This obsession with revenge… it's bad for you. I know why you are doing it, I miss the Colonel too, but he wouldn't want you hurting yourself like this! I don't want you to lose yourself and become a monster! Or die trying! You are a good person, Soma! Revenge won't get you the happiness you want!

Soma could feel tears begin to flow down her cheeks, hanging her head in shame. 'All this time she had talked to me about turning away from revenge, and it took me almost dying to get to this point? Why was I so stubborn?'

Soma spoke from the bottom of her heart, "I'm so sorry! I'm sorry about all I've put you through! I wanted to feel better about what happened to the Colonel. I thought killing Andrei would alleviate that, bring me peace. But instead, I almost get both of us killed and took out my anger on you, Allelujah and Hallelujah." Her vision fogged up from the tears, "What do I do now? How do I move on?"

Marie sent a comforting feeling to Soma, "It's alright. You were dealing with grief and anger. They probably didn't help your emotional state. Live by what the Colonel said. Find happiness. He would never have wanted you to sacrifice your life to avenge him."

Soma remembered Sergei's words, thinking back on all of the moments with her father, tears rolling down her cheeks at the memories. He had always treated her like a person. After so many years of being treated like a product, she got to experience human happiness. He had been her rock in this world, someone she didn't know how to live without. That is what she had focused on after he had died. Someone who had been so important to her dying had driven her off the deep end. Her life had lost part of its meaning and getting any sort of revenge drove her. She hadn't even really thought about what would have happened if she died. To some extent she didn't even care if she died, as long as Andrei died for what he did. 'How could I have been so selfish?'

Despite her initial misgivings, Marie, Allelujah, and even Hallelujah to a lesser degree had come to treat her with respect. She blushed slightly at realizing Hallelujah was part of that group. It had certainly been a surprise when he came to save her. He had even been her biggest advocate after the Colonel died. 'He saved me, despite how I treated him. I probably should apologize to him.'

Even the crew of the Ptolemy had treated her well, in spite of her being part of the group that had defeated them five years ago. She had mostly ignored them, especially when they asked how she was doing. 'They would probably miss me if I died. I wish I had been more open to them earlier.' Soma spoke regretfully, tears stopping, 'I want that happiness. I don't want to be so angry, so full of hate."

Marie asked curiously, "And I want you to find that happiness. I can help you, I will always be there to help you. We are basically sisters.' Soma blushed at that, finally realizing that Marie had had a point all along. Marie continued, "What is your plan with Andrei, if you regret your focus on revenge? Let him go? Forgive him?"

Soma shook her head, "No. Regardless my feelings, he is a threat. He is working for the A-Laws and innovators. He needs to be killed or locked up. And even if he lives, I will never forgive him." Regardless of her epiphany, she still was a soldier. And Andrei was a skilled pilot who had been taken in by the A-Laws ideology. Someone like him wouldn't accept the peace Celestial Being wanted. And he may have killed her father, but the threat he posed was beyond that. 'He will never be able to make up for that fact, especially because the Colonel was also his father.' Soma continued, "Marie, I think I am ok with you taking over again. It was unfair for me to control your body and keep you separated from Allelujah for so long. And when we face Andrei again, I won't do it in anger. I'll do it to protect us."

Marie's voice was happy, "Thank you Soma. If you ever want to do something or take temporary control, you just have to ask."

Soma nodded at that, smile on her face. She spoke again, "Can I have control for one more day? After that, then you are in charge." She felt Marie confirm that happily. Looking in the mirror, she could see that her eyes were swollen from the tears. She heard her entrance door open and Feldt's voice call out, "Soma, are you here? I wanted to check up on you."

Soma exited the bathroom, seeing the pink-haired pilot still in her pilot suit. Soma's spoke in a friendly tone, "I am better. I just needed to be on my own for a couple minutes. Thank you for coming to check on me."

Feldt was taken a bit back by her friendly tone, as well as her swollen eyes. 'When had Soma become so friendly? And was she crying?' Feldt gave her a smile, "Do you want to talk? Sometimes-"

Soma raised her hand, causing Feldt to stop talking in curiosity. The white-haired woman's eyes narrowed, feeling a surge of quantum brainwaves travel through the ship, orginating from where Allelujah and presumably the rest of the pilots were. But these definitely were not the brainwaves of her fellow super soldier. Soma looked at Feldt, voice turning serious "Something is up. Someone sent Quantum brainwaves somewhere on the ship. I have felt it before but not nearly as strong." Soma exited her room, Feldt right behind her.

Ptolemy Conference Room

The four pilots and Sumeragi stood looking at the prisoner, light purple helmet still darkened so the crew couldn't see their face. Setsuna spoke up first, "So this is one of the innovators?"

Sumeragi nodded and spoke to Revive in a commanding tone, "You can take off your helmet now."

Revive complied, removing his helmet, showing his light purple hair and purple eyes. What shocked the crew, and especially Lyle, was they looked just like Anew. 'Is this what is was like with me for everyone else?' For a second the eyes glowed gold, before disappearing. Lyle in particular noted the glowing eyes. 'That's what Anew's looked like. Does that mean…?' Setsuna and Allelujah both sense quantum brainwaves coming from the innovator in front of them, though Setsuna didn't fully understand what he was detecting. Allelujah narrowed his eyes. 'Where were those brainwaves going?'

Revive spoke in an even tone, "Greetings to you all, members of Celestial Being. My name is Revive Revival. I am an innovator."

Sumeragi replied curiously, "Would you be willing to talk to us about the innovators?" The innovator smirked at that question.

Bridge of the Ptolemy

The bridge crew remained on standby, keeping an eye out for another attack. Out of the corner of his eye, Lasse noticed they were going off their designated course. 'What is Anew doing?' Looking at Anew, he stated, "Anew, you are taking us off course. Please get us back on track."

Anew turned to look at him, her eyes glowing gold for a second before turning back to their normal color. She gave him a blank look before aiming her pistol at him. Lasse gave her a shocked look and yelled, "Anew!"

Saji and Mileina turned to see Anew aiming a gun at Lasse, having stood up from her seat. Mileina called out in desperate worry, "Anew, what are you doing!?" She responded in a cold tone, "What am I doing? It should be obvious that I am an innovator." A gunshot then rang out in the cockpit.

Author's Note Two

The major change I wanted to highlight is because Andrei is higher ranked and no Louise, Soma got to have a dramatic fight against Andrei. The fight is what it is and I hope you enjoy it. Also because no Louise, Setsuna and Feldt got another moment and I thought the ruins of his hometown would be a good way to show Setsuna's past still haunting him. I really do prefer set locations like that over vague floating in space and have an interesting idea with Graham.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter. All of the events are speeding up and we are close to the end. Thank you to those that do all the favorite and like and follow things, as well as reviewers. Love you guys. Anyways, I'll see you next time.

Editor comment of the chapter: (In relation to a wrong its) FIRST FUCKING PAGE FOR GODS' SAKE!