Autumn's mobile suit crawled across the sand dunes, the mobile suit's left leg was reduced to nothing but a frail frame, the left arm was completely blown off, and the mono-eye was nearly destroyed. The explosion from the GM had kicked up a large dust cloud that made seeing long distances impossible. Autumn had tried the comms multiple times. but all he heard was static. The wind outside had picked up, turning the dust cloud into more of a contained sandstorm, the small grains of sand pelted the Zaku's scorched armor. Autumn finally stumbles upon the town where the Sandsharks were. It's in ruins, buildings are completely toppled over, the outer wall is blown to pieces, and in the town center lies the arm of one of the GMs, some of the fingers on it are still twitching. Autumn's heart sinks, he sees no sign of the town's residents. With his mobile suit's remaining arm, he fumbles through the rubble looking for survivors, but all he finds is bodies. "Please...Please..." Autumn whispers to himself over and over again. Tears well up in Autumn's eyes as he realizes what he's done.
The Zaku finally comes to a halt, the machine finally dies shrouding Autumn in darkness once more. He tries to hold back tears, he doesn't want to believe what has happened. Autumn wipes his eyes with his forearm and opens the hatch of his cockpit. The wind gusts inside as Autumn climbs down into one of the destroyed houses. He stumbles over the rubble and walks out into the town center. Autumn is taken back to reality when the crack of gunfire erupts near him. Bullets land in the sand beside Autumn as a Federation pilot stumbles out into the open holding a hand gun. Autumn quickly sprints and takes cover behind a crumbled wall. The pilot limps forward, in one hand he's holding a pistol and the other is clenching his blood soaked leg.
Autumn puts his hands up from behind the wall. "Wait! Stop!" He shouts. The pilot halts for a moment.
"Why? So you can peek up from behind that wall and shoot me?" He asks pointing the pistol at the wall.
"Don't you think we've done enough damage already? Why don't we both just go our own separate ways?"
Autumn slowly rises up from behind the wall with his hands still up.
"We've done enough damage?" says the pilot sarcastically, "This was all you. You were the one who caused the meltdown in the first place. We're probably already dead anyway, who knows how much radiation that explosion dispersed." The pilot slowly starts walking forward towards Autumn.
"Yeah...I know. I just..." says Autumn trailing off. The pilot lowers his gun for a moment. The pilot's expression goes from one of blame to one of empathy.
Before he can say anything, the ground shakes slightly. Soon the ground begins to tremor with each one getting stronger than the last. Autumn gestures for the pilot to come hide behind the wall. The pilot hesitates for a moment, but seeing no other choice, he sprints his way over to Autumn. As he ducks behind the wall, Autumn finally sees what's causing the tremors. A Zeon amphibious Zgok rises from behind one the buildings that was left standing. The mono-eye scans the town and soon two more mobile suits of the same type follow up behind.
"Friends of yours?" asks the pilot.
"I don't think so, I don't really consider myself part of Zeon anymore." responds Autumn. The three Zgoks examine the wreckage of the town. By this time the sandstorm had started to die down and it was becoming much easier to see. The pilot slowly made his way to the top of the destroyed building they were in. He looked out and was able to see the coastline, down by the water was another amphibious Zeon mobile suit, the Gogg. The mobile suit was deactivated and kneeling in the sand, the pilot stood next to it trying to repair something in it's leg. The Federation pilot whispered to Autumn and gestured for him to follow him. Autumn looked and saw the Gogg and knew what he was thinking. The two hesitated for a few moments before sprinting across the open sand towards the mobile suits. One of the Zgoks turns and sees the two figures sprinting across the sand. It turns and fires missiles towards the fleeing pilots. The missiles land in the sand a few yards behind the two blowing sand all over them. The Gogg pilot turns around and sees the two pilots sprinting towards him. The federation pilot lifts his gun and fires a few shots towards the Gogg pilot. One of the bullets strikes the Gogg pilot in the stomach causing him to stumble to the ground. Autumn quickly opens the Gogg cockpit and the Federation pilot follows him inside. Autumn sits in the cockpit seat and the pilot squeezes in beside him. The hatch closes as the Gogg flares to life.
All three of the Zgoks were now sprinting towards the Gogg. Autumn looked over the controls and realized how similar they were to a Zaku. The Gogg stood up as Autumn gets ready to fight.
"I hope you know how to work this thing..." says the Federation pilot seeming a little worried.
"We'll be fine... I think." says Autumn.
The two mega particle cannons on the Gogg's stomach begin to spool up. The two cannons fired large green beams at the advancing Zgoks. The beams collide with one of the mobile suits but instead of melting the armor, they warp around the mobile suit and dissipate into the sand. Autumn's eyes widen as he realizes the ineffectiveness of his weapon. "They must be coated in anti-beam armor." says the Federation pilot. Autumn nods and tries firing another weapon. The two torpedo hatches on the front of the Gogg open up and two torpedoes eject and fall into the sand. "You idiot! Those are torpedoes, move over let me pilot." says the Federation pilot. He moves over and the two switch places.
The Gogg's thrusters fire launching the mobile suit towards the aggressors. The Gogg reaches it's clawed hands out towards it's first target, the Gogg sinks it's iron nails into the first Zgok. Instead of letting go, the Gogg drags the Zgok in the sand before hurling the mobile suit into a destroyed house. The two other Zgoks extend out their arms and fire their particle cannons. One of the beams strike the Gogg's left hand, two of the claws fly off the mobile suit and land in the sand. The Gogg picks up one of the claws and charges towards the Zgok stuck in the building and leaps up and thrusts the dismembered claw into the Zgoks mono-eye. The Zgok stops struggling and lies limp in the building. The Gogg turns around and jets forward once more towards the water. It grabs the leg of another one of the Zgok and drags it behind as the other Zgok fires more beams towards them. The Gogg enters the water and slams the Zgok into a coral bed. It uses its claws and cuts a hole in the Zgok cockpit causing it to fill with water. The mobile suit struggles for a few moments before slowly lying down into the sand. The last Zgok clings to the Gogg's back, it tries to cut it's way through the Gogg's thick armor using it's own claws. The Gogg flips around and kicks the Zgok away. The torpedo tubes open up on the Gogg and a lone torpedo shoots out towards the Zgok. It collides with the mobile suit and explodes blowing away the cockpit causing the mobile suit to sink down to the bottom.
The Federation pilot leans back and crosses his arms. Autumn simply sits in awe at the pilot's abilities. The Federation pilot taps away on the controls in front of him. The Gogg descends deep into the sea...