A new world A new chance
Chapter 2
"I think you should also get to know the other crew members" suggested Tieria
Eugene and the gang nodded, they took a small tour of the ship before heading to the bridge, since the crew was short handed, everyone was in the bridge.
"By the way Tieria-san, where are we headed anyway?" Mike, the cheery young adult asked
"were heading for Earth, were gonna rescue our comrades Lockon and Hallelujah" Tieria Answered.
"do you know where they are?"
"after A-Laws captured them , they are kept in a cryno chamber "
"do you know where exactly?"
"No, that's why we need to get in touch with our contacts first before we make a move"
Finally they reached the bridge, as they entered they saw two people seated in opposite sides, each have a control panel with them
"How have things been running? Sumeragi lee Noriega?"
The person in the captain's seat stood up, she is an adult, with Age ranging from 30-35, she had long brown flyaway hair almost reaching her legs, she has a white toned skin suggesting Japanese descent and her physical appearance made her almost look exactly like the original bearer of the name a century ago, she was in a sleeveless blue turtleneck shirt with a pair of red khaki shorts covering up till below her knees and a white pair of casual shoes.
"everything's been fine to this point , there's no sign of an enemy ship as of now"
"good, I like you to introduce to you guys the new Gundam Meister for the Exia and his friends, This is Eugene B. Tucker and his friends, Cindi Sierra, Mike and his father Jim Gold, our new mechanic for the ship."
"nice to meet you guys!, this ship's in good hands with me!"
"hey girls! How are you?" Mike smiling at the two girls in the panels with them smiling back
The girl in the right first introduced herself, "Hi I'm Melody Perfacy, were fine and were pleased to meet you." Melody has white skin tone with green eyes and long white hair, her physical appearance suggest she is the descendant of Marie Perfacy, who defected into Celestial Being from A-Laws a century ago, she wears a yellow sweat shirt and blue jeans.
The girl in the left next introduces herself "I'm Mikaela Vashti, a pleasure to meet you" she has a Hispanic skin tone, and long dark brown hair and brown eyes and an impressive body shape. Her great grandparents also served as the crew for the ship a century ago. she wears a brown tank and a pair of blue jeans.
The two men in the forward seat of the bridge introduced themselves next, the guy in the right introduced himself first, " yeah hi, I'm Samuel Witwicky, but you can call me Sam, good to have you aboard guys" He is a medium built body size,short hair similar to Eugenes but only shorter with skin tone suggesting American descent , he's in a dark brown windbreaker with a logo of the Autobots from Transformers on his right sleeve.
The next guy on the left introduced himself, "I'm Ramon Aeon, it's a pleasure" Ramon has curly black hair with a skintone suggesting Hispanic descent, also a descendant of celestial being's original crew. He wears a light green jacket with a whit jersey inside and a pair of jeans.
After further introductions were done Eugene retires into his quarters, lays his jacket on a seat and rests in a small bed, thinking of the recent events, he had many firsts today, he wonders why this whole thing began and what happens next, he obviously didn't like the idea of bringing his two friends with him in the Ptolemeios, he didn't want them to fight, he wanted them to live normal lives in peace, but as faith would have it, it didn't go the way he wanted it to. He really didn't want to get Cindi into any kind of danger, and now she's in this ship together with him, her life will be in danger as well. He stares up the roof to remind him all of the professors lessons before, then he remembers his recent battle with the GN-X, he remembers stopping upon remembering the professor's words, "Become a Gundam".
"Become a Gundam…" he murmured to himself, repeating the professors words, thinking of the meaning behind them.
Meanwhile in the Innovators Lair, Livonze Almark watches Eugene's recent battle inside the colony. He watches it with an annoyed look on his face.
"Looks like it has been reawakened, what do you plant to do now Livonze?"
A person who resembled Tieria walked down the staircase, his eyes glowed suggesting some information being transmitted to him.
"Oh I see, so you haven't figured it out yet"
"we need to be more patient with situations like these, Regene" Livonze reassuring his fellow Innovator
"Eugene Tucker, how interesting…"
Meanwhile the news regarding the attack has spread, as expected of A-Laws, information about the attack was altered, announcing it was a terrorist attack than a raid, News of the reappearance of Celestial Being has been kept a secret.
"Are you sure about this Livonze?" Asked the purple haired Regene
"The world is not yet ready for their return, let's wait and see what their next moves will be, its been a long while since I've been amused, this could be quite entertaining, it can be boring without him around" Livonze replied with a calm expression.
Meanwhile back in the Ptolemeios's bridge
"They spliced the footage and made it look like a terrorist attack!" Cindi and the others except for Eugene and Mike's Dad were watching the News on the Bridge
"That's how A-Laws does things… or should I say the Innovators" Tieria Began to Explain
"Innovators?" asked Cindi who was puzzled.
Before Tieria could continue, Eugene entered the Bridge, he also wanted to hear Tieria's story.
"they are the ones behind A-Laws, During our first series of armed interventions, they sent a spy to hack our system, thus they gained control of Veda, which was the backbone of our organization, their leader, Livonze Almark perceive themselves as shepherds guiding the human race, but in reality they only want to control humanity, stripping away their freedom without them even knowing it"
"the whole idea of the federation splitting again into three factions might be their work too" Sumeragi added.
"In truth I am one of them as well, I've been swayed by Livonze Almark numerous times into joining his side, but I do not wish to condone his actions of belittling humans" Confessed Tieria.
Eugene Looked at him straight at his face with the usual emotionless gesture of his.
"the world shouldn't be controlled, Humans are meant to be free"
"Trust is not gained through blood or pact, it is earned" Spoke the always silent Eugene, who now had something to share to the group.
" The professor once told me that" he continued.
The others stared at him, for the first time, they heard him say more words than usual. Mike stood up,
"then the professors right, trust is not built on blood, race, pact, or any physical objects, its reflected in a person's attitude to one another, the more you work as a team, never abandoning one another, and always being honest and respecting each other is what trust is all about!"
Sam seated on the front seat of the bridge also shared his thoughts
"yeah he's right guys, it dosen't matter where you come from, its what's inside that matters, your professor's a wise man, dude" the smart aleck teen saluted Eugene for his words.
"and that's why I know I made the right choice, staying by your side, Sam" Added Mikaela who had stayed with Sam for years, both of their parents were tied to Celestial Being, the two had known each other since they were kids, the strength of their trust for each other has already passed the test of time.
"well that's a long way to put it, but it is what it means in its truest sense." Added Sumeragi.
"actually my great grandmother also originated from the other side, she was a lieutenant for A-Laws before she defected into Celestial Being, and she had numerous experiments done to her by the Human reform League" Melody Perfacy also added her story into the conversation.
"but she was never been looked down upon because of it, and over time she felt one with her fellow crewmembers"
"But isn't it because our bloodlines that we are all together now?" Asked Ramon, both his parents were computer hackers, they were recruited by Celestial Being because of the potential they posses, now their son caries the torch for them.
"no, I don't think so" Sumeragi humbly disagreed, "I believe there's a greater reason than that, like you heard earlier, Trust is not gained by pact or blood, it is earned, the same concept also applies here, but in this situation you are not just called upon by fate, you are also called upon by your own will"
"and that will is what makes us human beings" Mike's father Jim joined in from the monitor
"you heard the conversation?" asked Cindi
"yup, every single word went right in my ears, figuring out the comm. Codes for this ship is a breeze for me" Mike's father gave a thumbs up.
"thank you guys for understanding" Tieria was again great full for such friendly crew members .
"Guys seriously, this is turning into one big share-your-story high school activity" Mike suggested.
"well yeah guess your right", the discussion continued, after a few more group sharings, Eugene left the bridge on his way to the quarters.
Tieria could only smile, he remembered the first teammates he's been with during their first series of armed interventions, Setsuna the first Sumeragi and the rest also understood him, it is one of the biggest reasons why he chose to stay on their side and gave him strength never give in to the innovators, they never treated him like a freak, he was always welcomed as a part of the team, he thought of them as family as they thought of him in the same way, their bonds became strong, but even with that, they still couldn't stop the tide that came to them a century ago, the purple haired man wanted to blame himself over what happened, but he stood up and told himself that nothing's gonna change even if he blames himself, now he's got a second chance, with the new team and with the help of his old comrades who they are going to rescue soon, seeing the new team coming together like this reminded him of the old days, though even after almost a century he still remembers it like yesterday, It was like a baptism that welcomed him in the circle of the human race, a ritual of acceptance as one may call it.
Later that day Cindi and Eugene crossed paths through the corridor, she again got the cold stare from Eugene. The young girl decided to confront him.
"What's the matter with you Eugene?! You've given me that look since we got on this ship, is there something I did?"
Eugene decided to confront her as well "why do you have to force yourself here?"
"what do you mean force myself here? What's wrong with you?"
"I'm the only one who should be fighting, why did you and Mike get yourselves involved?"
"well Mike has his bloodline tied to Celestial Being you know! He had his own reasons, as for me I…I…"
"You what?... Tell me Cindi!" Eugene's voice was slightly raised.
"well… well… It's because I wanted to be with you two! Is that reason not good enough for you?!" Cindi became emotional. Tears were slowly dropping from her eyes.
"Why can't you understand that Eugene?!" with that the young girl turned her back on Eugene and ran away, the young man lifted his right arm to stop her but it was too late, there was again that blank expression on his face but this time there was a small sign of hesitation and doubt on his face.
"Cindi…"
Eugene then proceeded to his quarters, lying down again in bed thinking of what just happened, he only wanted her to be safe and out of danger, what's so wrong with that? Then he remembered the conversation at the bridge about people choosing to be members of the ships crew instead of simply blood alone.
"Is that it? Is that the reason why?" Eugene whispered to himself. With some more thoughts drifting in his mind as he went to sleep.
After a good nights rest Eugene woke up, grabbed his jacket from the seat near the bed and checked out the hangar.
There stood the Exia, then followed three more unfamiliar suits which were all under repair, Jim Gold greeted him along with some Haro's in little wagons with small arms,"good morning… good morning" the pink colored Haro greeted.
"Oh hi Kiddo!" Jim greeted.
"new models?"
"yeah, the one next to your Exia is the Kyrios, I'm modifying the limbs to make it more effective against GN drive equipped enemies, then next we have the Dynames, I'm modifying its weapons to make it more effective against the same type of enemy, then we have Tieria's Seravee Gundam, just need to do a few more tweaks to make its performance more effective"
"I see" was all Eugene could say.
"oh yeah and I copied some of the professors data from the Exia, and don't worry, I I'm just gonna install the same cockpit system as your Exia has"
Eugene didn't give a reply, Jim took it as a yes and continued working on the mobile suits, he had to hurry, the enemy might attack them when they least expect it, he has a long way to go until he's done with them.