DISCLAIMER: I do not own Vandread or any of the Gundam series, and everything else; you already know what I own.
MARCUS'S STORY
"Nice to see you too, Taiho," Marcus said with a smirk as he and Taiho struggle to overcome each other's perspective attacks. Just as one of them was about to power their attacks further, Marcus is hailed by the commander of the Menalos fleet," what is it? Don't you see I'm busy here, dammit?"
"I think you've had enough fun," the commander said," it seems these two were just here to investigate YOUR signal, from what I can understand from the man who told us of their intentions," the command then rose an eyebrow at him," and I don't think Nagi would…" but he was cut off as Marcus gave him a cold glare.
"I thought I told not to speak her name, EVER," the white Gundam piloted growled with fire within his dark brown eyes. He then took a big breath and gave an apologetic look to him," I'm sorry, you know how I feel when people talk about her," he then turned his attention to his fellow Gundam pilot," Taiho, we're done now, how about we get outta of here and head to my ship?"
"You're ship?" Taiho asked, as he felt surprised that his best bud had one, and that he didn't notice that they both backed off from attacking each other.
"Yeah, my ship, come on homie," he said as he blasted off with a little confused, but happy Taiho behind him. Taiho was now just glad he was meeting his best friend and knew that he would explain why and how he even got in this dimension in the first place.
As soon as he got out, Taiho was contacted by Hibiki," hey sensei, are you alright?" he asked as his vid screen popped up in Taiho's cockpit with a worried look on his face.
"Yeah, I'm good, I was just doing a little sparring with an old friend of mine," Taiho said with a happy look on his face. Hibiki raised an eyebrow at him, but nodded and knew Taiho would explain what happened to him later.
"My ship is this way," Marcus said as he blasted off in the direction away from the Menalos fleet. When Taiho saw where he was going, he saw a familiar ship he had seen off of Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny.
"THAT'S your ship?" Taiho asked with wide eyes. Marcus face came up on his monitor with a big smirk on his lips. What Taiho was looking at was the ship that belonged to Lacus Clyne on the Seed series, the Eternal. Only the color was a bit different, seeing as how it was black with red and white highlights going around it.
"Yup, though I still haven't named it yet, I may not do it all," he answered as he cocky face turned sad. Taiho was about to ask what was wrong, but Marcus jus shook his head," never mind that, let's get on board and I'll tell you how I got here."
Nodding his head, he followed his fellow Gundam pilot. When they both got in, Taiho saw that it had the same type of platforms made for Gundams and other mobile suits to be put on standby, so he went for the one beside where Marcus had placed his Gundam. Once he got out, Marcus was waiting by the door that lead inside," come on, I'll fix us up something and I'll tell you what happened," he said as nodded his head toward the door.
As they both walked the halls, Taiho couldn't help but note one thing,' there isn't anybody on this ship,' he thought as he looked at the empty halls of the ship. Taiho then focused on the black male in front of him,' why? Shouldn't the Menalos fleet have sent some of their people to help keep it under good condition?' deciding that he should voice his thought, he spoke," Marcus?" his best bud stopped and looked towards him," I've noticed that there isn't anyone on this ship, why?"
Marcus then turned his back to him and Taiho felt he wasn't going to answer, but he spoke in a monotone type voice," it's because I requested that they leave this ship alone for me to take care of," he then turned his head a bit and Taiho saw sorrow in his eyes," I want to take care of it…for her."
Seeing the look in his eyes, Taiho stopped himself from asking anything else at the moment,' he'll tell me I guess…at least I hope so,' Taiho thought as he followed Marcus to the mess hall of the ship.
As they got in the mess hall, Marcus tells him to relax on one the seats of the mess hall. Taiho then waits for his friend to come back from the kitchen. When he does, he see Marcus carrying two trays of hamburgers, French fries, and two glasses of soft drinks (or soda, or pop, or however you want to call them). Taiho thanks him and starts to eat his food along with Marcus. They eat their food in relative silence, not one of them speaking a word while they ate. Once done, Marcus takes the trays and glasses to the kitchen's sink. Once he did that, he returned to his seat and sighed," I guess it's time I told you how I got here, huh?"
"If you would, it's not that I'm not glad you're here, but…" Taiho said as he trailed a bit.
"I know, well, here goes," he then took a deep breath and spoke," it all started after I left you at the park, when I told you I was going to leave for texas…"
FLASHBACKMarcus was now at his house, packing what little things he had in his home,' this really sucks, I don't want to leave, but I have to,' he then sighed again, he really wanted to stay and hang out with his best bud, Taiho,' but I have to go to the college there in order to get the education I want.'
About some hours went by and Marcus was finishing up on packing his things in his car. Once done, he got in and sat there for sometime. He sat in the seat his car without turning it on, while thinking of something. He then got an idea,' well, it wouldn't hurt to have one last time of game playing with him and among other things,' he thought happily, so he started the car and drove off to have one last bit of fun with his best bud.
As he drove, he started play some of the music he copied off the CDs he bought and mixed together. But then it suddenly stopped playing the music,' what the fuck?' he thought as he pushed the on button for the radio…nothing happened,' okay, come on, don't tell me it broke down on me, I got enough troubles on my mind already,' he thought as he tried to get the radio and CD player to work for him. After some minutes, he gave up,' ah fuck it…Taiho isn't going to believe the thing just busted on me,' he thought as he kept on driving, only to see the radio comeback to life,' okay, what the hell?'
What he didn't expect to hear was a voice that sounded kind of creepy with a monotone sound to it," you are one of the chosen few," it simply said before the view in front of Marcus started to turn bright white.
"What the fuck?!" he asked himself, only to soon find himself not in his car and standing in a small open field of flowers,' okay, how the hell did it turn all 'Advent Children' on me?' Marcus thought to himself as he started to look for anyone that was in the field.
He looked behind him to see someone relaxing with a piece of stick in their mouth. He walks up to him, only to go wide eyed to see who it was,' Chibodee Crocket from G Gundam,' he thought as he looked at the Gundam pilot of Neo-America.
Chibodee opens his eyes and notices the black male staring at him with wide eyes," hey, what going on Marcus?" he asks in a cool casual manner.
Taken out of his thoughts, he's surprised to hear his name from the Queen of Spades," you know my name?" he asked him as he pointed to himself.
"Yup, sure do kid," Chibodee then got up and dusted himself off," seeing as how you're the Guardian Spirit Tiger of the West," he answered as he looked at him with a smirk.
"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute, you met Chibodee and he told you that you are the Tiger of the West," Taiho asked in a frantic voice.
"Yeah, I know it sounds crazy, but I did meet him and he did say that," he then took a looked at him and rose an eye brow at him," why?"
"Because man, I met Domon and he told me I was the Dragon of the East," Taiho answered as he pointed to himself, but then he shook his head," but I'll tell you all about that later, continue with what you were telling me," Marcus then nodded his head and tried to think back on his story.
"Well after he had said that, I asked him what he meant, but…"
"Oh, you'll find out kid, anyhow, you're buddy Taiho is in some trouble, you know that?" Chibodee asked with a smirk that held the twig in his mouth.
"Huh, what do you mean he's in trouble?" Marcus asked in a worried tone.
"He's been sent to a dimension you two both know well, or should I say show," Chibodee said as he tried to think, but just shrugged," anyway, it's your choice if you want to follow him and help him out."
"I ain't got nothing to think about, if my homie is in trouble, then I'm going to help him," Marcus said immediately.
"I guess it's a good thing he has a friend like you, well, get to thinking," he said simply. After some moments passed, Chibodee noticed that Marcus hadn't done anything," what's the matter, why ain't you thinking up of a Gundam?"
"Huh?" he Marcus said," what, you mean I gotta think up of a Gundam? You mean I got think of a Gundam to use or something?"
"Yup, you think of the Gundam you want, you can even think of combinations to the Gundam itself," Chibodee answered in a matter of a fact tone," Taiho has already thought of one himself and is going to use it in the universe he is going to be in."
"I see," Marcus said, he then started to think on what his Gundam should look like. After he was done, he heard Chibodee whistle and looked to see the Gundam he had created in front of him.
"Nice piece of machinery, I like how you put my Gundam enhancements on yours," Chibodee complimented as he looked at the boxer enhancements that were on the Gundam," so, what are going to name it?"
Taiho thought for a minute and then thought of one last thing to add to his Gundam. He turned it completely white while leaving the gold parts on it alone; he then put blue jagged lines on it. When it was done, he looked at it and thought of one name for it," Angelic Byakko Gundam."
"Byakko, doesn't that mean white tiger?" Chibodee asked; as he wanted know if he meant that.
"Yeah, since you said I'm the Tiger of the West, I mind as well give my Gundam the feeling of being a tiger," Marcus answered as he didn't take his eyes off the Gundam he had created.
"Nice thinking," he complimented, he then turned to him with a serious face," now that you've got this done, it's time that you be sent to the dimension you friend is in," he then paused a bit and then smirked," but don't think you'll be going in without some training, while you are in this dimension, I'll be training you while you sleep."
"Can you do that?" Marcus asked in surprise and excitement,' if he's telling me the truth, I wonder if I'll be able to do the Cyclone Punch, Burning Punch, hell, even the Machine Gun Punch,' he thought as he could only fantasize on using such techniques.
"Yeah, well," he then nudged Marcus up to his Gundam," go on and hop in, it's time for you to go," Marcus was about to climb on his Gundam, but Chibodee then remembered something and stopped him," oh, I forgot something."
"What?" he asked as he looked at the Queen of Spades, who only smirked at him. Next he knew, he was enveloped in an aqua colored light.
"The Paksis Pragma," Taiho thought outloud.
"Yeah, that's what I thought myself when I got to this dimension, once I knew this was the Vandread universe," Marcus agreed," anyhow, after that, I didn't even need to climb up my Gundam, I could just jump up to the top of the cockpit like as if I was a ninja off of Naruto…"
Once inside the cockpit, Marcus started to check if the movements of the Gundam were good. Once satisfied, he looked up on his three-sixty degree monitor to see Chibodee look up to him with a smirk on his face," you ready to go kid," he asked out loud to him.
"Yeah," he nodded as he got himself psyched,' don't worry Taiho, I'm coming to help you homie,' he thought to himself.
"Alright, see you next time when you rest," Chibodee said as he gave him a thumbs up. The next thing Marcus knew, he was in space.
'Okay, let's review the situation. You're by yourself, in your own custom made Gundam, with no civilization in sight, what do you do?' he questioned himself. After some moments, he then went over to the communications system," you try and see if anyone is out there and send a distress signal," he answered himself out loud.
After some moments, he sees that no one is within the immediate area, so goes ahead and sends a distress signal for someone to catch. After he did that, he knew it would take a while for someone to receive the signal and sat himself down to rest,' no other choice but to rest now anyway,' he thought as he closed his eyes to sleep, with Chibodee there to help him train.
About half a day had passed and Marcus had just started to wake up. He then heard something on the radar that something was nearby, so he quickly looked around to see what it was," hey, anyone there, hello," he called out, only to be met with silence.
"Hello?" he called out again, unsure that anyone had heard him at all. He then saw something off in the distance that he seemed to look familiar to him,' no, it can't be…can it?' he thought.
Next thing he knew, he was being attacked by one of the cube Harvester," shit it is," he said as he dodged shots being fired at him. Just as he was about to attack, a whole barrage of blue laser were shot from behind him, destroying the cube Harvesters," huh?" he said as he paused himself from attacking at all,' man, I should have been the one to take them out, that's bullshit,' he then looked to see who had helped him, only to see the entire Menalos fleet behind him,' okay…I hope I'm not screwed,' he then looked at one of the ships, only to see them cock their cannons at him,' I'm screwed.'
"Hailing the strange mech, are you friend or foe? Answer correctly and we may let you live," a vid screen then popped up to show the commander of the fleet.
"Uum, would it help to say I'm definitely a friend and that I'm totally lost in space?" Marcus asked in a scared voice,' please, oh please don't let them think I'm an enemy.'
The commander then grew a smirk on his face," it helps that your at least showing emotions that are showing you're an actual human," he then got a warm looking face on," come on board our ship and we'll help you out."
"So, they just let you on?" Taiho asked as he raised an eyebrow at his best bud.
"Yeah, but they did a total doctor check-up and interrogation to prove that I was not with the Harvesters," Marcus said as he felt the ghost of pain from his rear,' I hope to never feel anyone do a cavity search on me again,' Marcus thought to himself with a shiver going down his spine," though they did say I have what I think is the Paksis fragment in my left bicep." (He got it when he was engulfed in that light, just go with it, k?)
"I see, I ain't even going to ask why it's there, but all in all, that's cool man," then Taiho felt it was a good time to find out something," Marcus, I was wondering, does your Gundam have the ZERO system?" Taiho asked with a little fear in his voice.
"Yeah, it does, it took me awhile to master it, but I'm good on it. The only way I was able to master it was to go into a state like the SEED mode off of the Seed series," Marcus explained, but then grew little sad," but I was only able to master those modes only after I met…Nagi."
"Hmm? Now that you mention it, the commander of the fleet did mention that name, who is that?" Taiho asked out of pure curiosity.
Marcus then pulled out his wallet, took a picture out and handed it to Taiho. Taiho took it and saw Marcus had his arms around a woman who looked like Lunamaria Hawke off of Gundam Seed Destiny, but she had string strap blue tank top that showed her well built belly and a nice cleavage, a short white skirt that was just above her knees, and blue high heels on her feet. Taiho then noticed a gold ring on her wedding finger," that's Nagi, Nagi Strife…she was my fiancée."
"Was?" Taiho asked as he felt something had gone wrong between the two.
"Yeah," he then took a deep breath and looked his best bud with sadness in his eyes," it was when I was trying to figure out on how to get the ZERO system under my control…"
It had been at least a few months and the fleet couldn't have been happier to have the Gundam pilot with them. Marcus was now in one of the gyms that was on the command ship and was trying to think on what to do to control the ZERO system,' dammit, how the hell am I supposed to get that damn thing under control? If this continues, I won't be able to take on the tougher opponents the Harvesters send at us,' Marcus thought as he continued to punch the punching bag in front of him," dammit, dammit, dammit, DAMMIT," he then punched right through the bag, letting out all the sand that was in it.
"What did that bag ever do to you?" a feminine voice asked. Marcus groaned and was about to tell the person to fuck off, only to go a little wide eye at the girl on front of him.
'Lunamaria,' he thought as he looked at the redhead in front of him who had the clothing that mechanics wear, who took care of the fighters and his Gundam. He then shook his head a bit and turned away from her," nothing, I was just getting little pissed off about my situation."
"Oh, and what would that be…oh, let me guess, it has to do with that so called ZERO system you have on your, what do you call it, oh yeah, Gundam," she guessed in a cheery voice.
"Um, yeah," he then turned to her and raised an eyebrow at her," how do you know about that?"
"Oh, all of us mechanics have to know about what they take care of, or we can't work properly, besides," she then grew a cute smirk on her face," a lot of us know because you kept on shouting and cursing about having the so called ZERO system when you found out you had it on your Gundam."
Marcus then hung his head bit in embarrassment,' they should make that hangar sound proof,' Marcus thought as he remembered when he found out his Gundam had the ZERO system, to say the least, he wasn't happy,' and that thing has been the source to many of my headaches, I almost took out one of the fighters when I went berserk, due to it being turned on,' he then lifted his head to look at the woman in front of him,' she's hella hot.'
She noticed him staring and grew a cut smirk on her face," like something you see big guy?" she asked playfully.
Marcus then notice he was staring and turned away with a blush on his chocolate skinned face. He calmed down a bit and grew his own smirk," and what would you do if I said I did see something I liked?" he asked as he turned to her and saw that she still had that smirk of her own on her face.
"I'd let you take me out on a date," she answered as she winked at him with cute smile on her face, to which he smiled back at. From then on, the two would always be eating, talking, and even sparring a little with each other, other times would be spent seeing what they could do to help Marcus himself on controlling the ZERO system.
After a few month's went by, around the time Taiho was having the flashbacks of his life, Marcus was now getting ready for an important date with Nagi," okay Marcus, you can do this, you just have to pop that question, it's not that much big of deal," cue very long pause, he then looked straight at the mirror, put his hands on it and immediately started to shake it left and right," WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING, IT IS A GOD DAMN BIG DEAL. I'M TALKING ABOUT MARRIAGE HERE DAMMIT!!"
After that little outburst, he was panting in and out. He then calmed himself down a bit and set his mirror back up straight,' I wonder if this is the right thing to do, I mean, she's just a fictional character,' he then looked at the straightened mirror and grew smile on his face,' what am I thinking, I don't care about that. The hell with that shit, I'm just going to do it anyway, because…' he then looked at the small black box in his right hand,' I love her.'
"Hey Marcus-honey," Nagi's said as she surprised Marcus, who fumbled the box in his hand a bit and immediately put it right in his pocket," you ready for our date?" she asked with that cute smile she always had.
"Shit, you know I am baby," he said with his usual cocky manner as he slinked his arm around her waist, which she let him do as she leaned up against him. They both then walked out with happy smiles on their faces.
They both sat in a sat in a private room where they both saw a one of moons they pass by on the fleet's patrols. They had both talked about what had been bugging them and what had been going good for them so far. As the date started to come to a close, Marcus put his right hand in his pocket, where the wedding ring was," Nagi?" he said with a little uncertainty in his voice.
"Hm, what is it Marcus-honey, is something wrong?" she asked as she put her hands on his left hand with a worried look on her face.
"Oh, it's nothing to be worried about," he said as he shook his head with a happy smile on his face, he then gulped,' this is it,' he said as he psyched himself up," you and I have been dating for almost half a year, and I know it may be a little early to be thinking of something like this," he then saw her eye widen a bit,' she must be getting what I'm saying now,' he thought as he continued to speak," but if it would be anyone, I would like my first to be you," he then got up from his seat as he still held onto her hands with his left hand. He then took out the little black box and flipped it open to show a gold ring with brilliant silver white jewel on it," will you do me the honor of marrying me, Nagi Strife?" he asked with a loving tone in his voice.
She then started to tear up in the eyes and suddenly embraced him in a fierce hug," yes, yes, I would love to," she then started to cry in his arms with a truly happy smile on her face," I love you Marcus, I love you," she said, which was only muffled a bit since her face was in his chest.
"I love you too Nagi, I will always love you," he said as he stroke her hair with truly happy smile on his face as well.
It only had been a month since that day and the two couldn't have been the least bit happier. Marcus was then starting to wonder if he should get his own ship so that he and Nagi could at least have some privacy to themselves,' it would really help, but what can I do, the fleet won't go back to their planet so I can't go get a new ship for myself and more to the point, I ain't got no money for such a thing,' he thought as he shook his head a bit.
As he finished his thoughts, one of the messengers for the commander came into view," excuse me sir, the commander would like to have a word with you," the messenger said as he stood at attention.
"Thanks, you can go now and would it hurt for you guys to relax around me?" he asked as he walked passed him, only to met with silence as the messenger went back to his duties as if he was a soldier. Marcus just shook his head a bit," I guess it would," he said as he turned back and walked on ahead to see what the commander wanted.
When he got there, he saw the commander was deep in a conversation with one of his soldiers," oh, Marcus, how good of you to show up, I have something that might be of importance to you," the commander said as motioned him to come closer.
Marcus did as he motioned him to," so, what is that you wanted to talk about and what do you mean by something important?" Marcus asked as he walked up to the commander's side.
The commander then pressed a button to pop up a screen. When Marcus looked at what was on the screen, his eyes went wide," this ship seems to have been out for some time and we want you and a part of our mechanics to salvage, or if possible, repair it and take it under our fleet."
'The Eternal,' Marcus thought as he looked at the ship from Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny. Marcus calmed himself a bit and nodded," will do, I'll go prep myself for launch," he said as he turned back to the door and left.
When he got to the hangar, Marcus spotted Nagi right away, who was getting ready to go with the mechanics that were going to repair or salvage the Eternal. He then crept up behind her and pinched her butt. She 'eeped' and turned around to slap the pervert who did it to her," PERVERT," she called out, only to be stopped as her hand was caught. She opened her eyes to look who had caught her hand and saw it was Marcus," oooh, don't do that Marcus, you almost gave me a heart attack, I thought I was going to get raped or something," she said with a cute pout on her face.
"Oh, you know if anyone did anything like that to you, I would kill the guy who did that to you about at least a hundred times and then some, right?" he said in a mocking mad face. He then grinned at her at the moment," but since it was me, you should be fine with it…right?"
"Wouldn't you like to know," she said with her cute smirk as she winked at him," I hear you're going to be coming along with us, is that true?" she asked, hoping that it was true.
"Yeah, I am. So, you wanna ride?" he asked as he thumbed to his Gundam.
She thought of it for a second, but nodded with a smile on her face," sure, I've always wanted to know how it felt like to be in that Gundam of yours," she said as she put a thoughtful look on her face, as if trying to imagine the feel of what it might feel like.
"Okay, come on," he said as he picked her up in his arms and got a 'eep' from her, as she didn't expect him to suddenly do such a thing. He then ran a bit and jumped up to his Gundam's cockpit.
They both went to ahead of the mechanics and flew over to the ship. Once there, Marcus looked around and saw where they stationed the mobile suits," weird, it's as if this ship was made for your Gundam, along with others that might be like yours," Nagi said as she looked around the hangar area.
When he stationed his Gundam on one of the platforms, they both got out of the cockpit and looked around," it looks like this place hasn't been used in a while," Marcus said as he looked at the hangar area, with Nagi nodding her head in agreement.
They both then went in to look at what the inside looked like, it seemed to have some living quarters, a mess hall, bathing area, and a command deck. All of which seemed to have not been used in quite sometime. As they looked around, the mechanic crew arrived and looked around for what they could repair. Nagi started herself as Marcus kept watch for any Harvest from a window," the ship doesn't seem to be a total loss, if we can do it right, we'll be able to get this baby up and running in no time," she said as she repaired what was on the ship.
"Good, cause the Gundam is a bit too small for the hangar on the command ship, or any of the ships for that matter," Marcus said as he kept his eyes open for any hostile attacks.
"So," Nagi started," are you going to ask to have this ship? I know you've been feeling a little cramped with the crew on the command ship," she said as she didn't take her eyes from her work.
"Yeah," she then stopped at what she was working on and looked at him with a worried look," but I'm going to ask for them to have you be with me on this ship. That's the main reason I want this ship, I want to spend some more alone time with you Nagi," he said as he smiled at her.
She then got a happy look on her face that he always found cute," I'd like that," she said happily and then went back to her work, all the while keeping a very happy smile on her face.
Another month later and the ship was now under the ownership of both Marcus and Nagi. The two didn't like the orange base paint that was on it, so they changed it to black and added red and white highlights that made the ship more cool looking. The two had some of the mechanics from the fleet come and keep the ship under good condition and also keep the ammunition on the ship at a good amount, all in all, they lived with each other with the utmost privacy.
Just as the two were about to have some 'alone' time, there was a call from the commander of the ship. With a unison of groans, Marcus went and opened the channel for the commander to speak through," what's up commander? Do have any idea what time it is?" he asked as he looked at the clock that said one O'clock, not that he could complain since he was going to do some naughty things with his fiancée.
"Yes, I do know, but I was hoping if you could send Nagi over. The mechanics over here are having trouble with something on the ship and she might have a better insight on what it is," the commander requested as he relaxed in his easy seat.
Marcus thought of this for a moment but decided to agree with it, the mood was already killed so it wouldn't hurt for her to see what was wrong," sure, she heard what you said just now and is already getting ready, goodbye commander."
"Goodbye," he replied as he cut off communications.
Marcus turned around and saw Nagi putting on her mechanic clothing on and getting ready to leave," you know, we still haven't named this ship?" she then gave warm smile to him as she turned her head to him," I think we should come up with a good name when we have our wedding, what do you think?"
Marcus smiled at her and started to think before nodding," sounds like a good idea to me baby," he then went up to her and hugged her. After a minute of them holding each other in the warm embrace, Marcus turned his head a bit to kiss her on the lips," now go and get to work, don't want to be slacking on your work now," he said as he smirked at her.
"Right," she said as she got out of the hug and walked to the door," I'll see you later Marcus-honey," she said as she left the room.
Marcus sat on his bed for few minutes before deciding to go workout in the small gym they made in one of the spare rooms. Just as he was about to enter the small gym, he got a call from the commander," what is it commander, something wrong?"
"Marcus, the Harvesters are here, Nagi is still out there, hurry!!" the commander said frantically.
"WHAT?!" he then rushed to the hangar for his Gundam. Once he got there, he didn't give a second thought as he got in and blasted off from the ship that was the Eternal.
When he got out there, he saw that the Harvesters and the fighters from the Menalos fleet were already fighting. As he looked left and right for his fiancee's space pod, he took out both his saber and attached them, forming the familiar double spear trident in his hands. He spun the weapon in his hand over his head and charged, slicing the cubes left and right with it.
After about a minute of battling, he finally found her pod, and rushed over to it. But before he could get to it, a stray shot from one of the cubes was coming towards it, so Marcus blasted off towards the pod with all the booster the Gundam had could take. As he got closer, he stretched his right hand toward the pod as the shot got closer and closer. Thankfully, he got there in time to use his beam shield and block the stray.
Marcus looked from his monitor and saw his fiancée's beautiful face and mouth his name in a loving way,' Nagi,' he thought lovingly. That was until one of the commanding Harvesters shot a spear like attack his way and speared the pod. Marcus looked on in horror at what just happened as he saw his fiancée be burned alive in the pod," Nagi?" he said in disbelieving voice, he then couldn't take and yelled," NO, NAAGGIII!!"
"Dammit, I…I just couldn't do it, Nagi," he said out loud, hoping his fiancée heard him; he then started to cry for her.
"Please, don't cry anymore," he heard, he then looked up to what could be her soul calling out to him.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't…I couldn't protect you," he said as cried his eyes out for her.
"Don't cry my love, my feeling will always be with you," her soul then went up to him and she cupped her hand to caress his cheek," now go and help those who need your help," she said as placed her lips to kiss him goodbye.
After that little vision, his Gundam got out of the smoke of destruction that was from the pod. When he looked up, his dark brown eye were now glowing with the light the Paksis showed with tears still coming from his eyes,' I will…I will live on for you, Nagi,' he thought as he activated the ZERO system and blasted off to destroy the Harvesters who took his loving fiancée.
END OF FLASHBACKTaiho would've have asked for him to go into detail of what happened after that, but he felt that Marcus was doing all he could not to break down on him for thinking of his fiancée now," I see," he said sadly,' I know I couldn't take it if Meia was taken from like that,' he then curled his hand up into a fist,' I won't let that happen, ever,' he vowed to himself.
"Yeah, that's basically what has happened so far and that's how I got this little tug boat here as well," Marcus said as he looked down on the table with sorrow in his eyes.
After some moments of silence, Taiho was about to say something, until the alarms went off. They both got up, looked at each other, and nodded, knowing what they both were telling each at that moment,' time to kill some Harvesters.'
Both of them were now in their Gundams, but just before Marcus could get on the launch pad, he felt a hand on his Gundam's shoulder. He looked to see Taiho's Gundam putting his hand on his shoulder," what's up man?"
"I just want you to know, we'll beat these assholes, for you and for her," he said as he patted Angelic Byakko Gundam's shoulder.
"Thanks, but worry about yourself while out there for now, I'll take care of my own revenge," Marcus said as he got up on the launch pad," see ya out there homie," he said before he blasted off to battle.
Taiho shook his head a bit and got on the launch pad himself,' I hope he'll be able to battle properly out there,' he thought before he blasted off himself.
Once he got out there, he saw the fighters shooting down as many Harvesters as they could. He hanged back bit to see if Marcus could battle with straight head against the people who killed his fiancée. He looked to see what he would be fighting and gaped at what was there,' Dark Army Soldiers, Zakus and Goufs from Gundam Seed, and Leos and Virgos from Gundam Wing,' seeing that, he blasted off to take down the mobile suits from Gundam Wing, all the while keeping an eye on Marcus. (Cue in the Strike Freedom them song folks )
Marcus opened his wings and blasted towards two Zakus who were shooting at him, but he dodged the shots and cut the two in the midsection as he passed them and destroyed them. He looked and saw a Gouf shooting its finger beam bullets at him, but all the same he went by the shots and diced the Gouf into pieces as he passed it.
He then saw that two Goufs and two Zakus were closing in on him. So he took out his two hand beam rifles and shot the four in a way a gunslinger would. But he was stopped as two other Goufs used their heat rods to bind his right leg and left hand,' you think you got me assholes,' he thought as he burst his wings open and let out his DRAGOON units to shot them down. Once free, he flew upward and targeted as many enemies as he could.
"Take this," he said as he shot all the enemies down with his DRAGOON units, central beam cannon, two hand beam rifles, and rail beam cannons all at once. After he got that done, he went in for the commanding Harvester. The commanding Harvester tried to take him down with their spear attacks, but he dodged them with relative ease. As soon as he got close enough, he cocked the rail beam cannons and shot two of them down.
He then let his DRAGOON units out again and had them rush in for the remaining commanding Harvesters," STRIKE THEM," he commanded to the units, which they complied by letting out a barrage of beam shots and destroyed the remaining command Harvesters.
As soon as he got that done, he raced off to fight off the Dark Army soldiers," you all will DIE," he called out as he did his combination shot and took down as many as he could. A few were coming up from behind him, but they were cut down as Marcus had his double bladed beam trident out, while creating arc that was going across their chests," you think you can sneak up on me fuckers?" he said as did another quick cut and destroyed them into pieces.
As Marcus took care of Dark Army soldiers and mobile suits from Gundam Seed series, Taiho was fighting against the Harvesters and the mobile suit from Gundam wing. Taiho charged in with his hand beam rifle and shot off four round that took down two Leos and cubes. He then cocked his long rang beam rifle and shot down a bunch of the Leos and Cubes, along with some Virgos that weren't prepared to shield themselves.
But Taiho took care of that problem by letting loose his boomerangs while charging in with his blade beam. The two boomerang went right through the shields the Virgos put up and diced them, while Taiho stabbed one right through the chest and cut upward to cut it in two, he then went passed it and cocked his right hand back," Erupting Burning Finger," he called out as he plunged his burning hand into the torso of one of the Virgos," and now HEAT END," the Virgo then exploded into many pieces of scrap.
"Do they all die SO EASILY?!" they both heard on their communicators. The two then look to see Hibiki dicing the cube Harvesters, and even some of the other mobiles suits, down left and right with his sword. Marcus saw this and was about to call the commander to retreat, but was stopped as Taiho tackled him toward his ship.
"Taiho, what the fuck are you doing?!" Marcus asked angrily as he tried to get out of the Dark Angel Gundam's grasp.
"I'm saving your damn life, you know this has to happen," Taiho said as he tried his best to keep him in his hold.
"I don't give a damn, let me save them," Marcus said as he tried to use more of this strength and help the Menalos fleet," huh? What the hell?" he then saw something creep out from the Harvester flagship.
"What?" he asked as he turned his head a bit to the flagship," huh?!" this surprised even him as he saw a the body a Gundam come out from the front of the flagship…the body of the Dark Gundam. The next thing they both knew, the Dark Gundam released a giant beam the hit the entire Menalos fleet.
"No," Marcus whispered," NOOOO," he said as he stuggled even more out of Taiho's grasp.
"Marcus," he then stopped and looked at Taiho," we need to get Hibiki out of here now, come on, get your head straight," Taiho said as he called out to his fellow Gundam pilot.
Marcus lowered his head a bit as flash of light covered the area, meaning that Hibiki had just now charged the flagship, only to fail in his attack," okay, let's go get him and get him to my ship," he said with sorrow in his eye and blasted off to get Hibiki. Taiho just stood there, wondering if he did the right thing," you do realize it'll take awhile for me to forgive for what you just did, right?" Marcus asked in a monotone type voice.
"Yeah, but you know that this was one thing that we couldn't change, no matter how powerful our Gundams are now," Taiho said in sad tone. He heard Marcus sigh, signifying that he agreed with him, even more so that what they saw meant only one thing…the Dark Gundam has combined with the Harvesters and that they were even more powerful than before.
As soon as the two got to the ship, they put Hibiki's Vanguard on one of the platforms. Taiho hurried over to the cockpit and got his student out of it," whoa, it seems you toughened him up a bit," Marcus commented as he looked at the more muscular Hibiki.
"Yeah, you should have seen how he took care of Rabat man," Taiho said with a smirk on is face.
"Oh yeah, you didn't tell me what happened to you," Marcus said as he paused a bit," care to share?"
"Sure, but let's set a course back the Nirvana, I've got the coordinates in my Gundam," Taiho said as he picked Hibiki gently.
As soon as they made sure the Vanguard pilot was alright, they went to the command center to set the coordinates," alright, all set and ready to go," Marcus said as he punched in the coordinates.
"You know, you mind if I name the ship?" Taiho asked as he felt he might be going over the line to ask such a thing.
Marcus thought of it for a bit, but nodded," naw, I don't mind, I know I can't since it'll feel like I'm cheating Nagi on naming it and you are my best bud, so I don't mind at all," he then raised and eyebrow at Taiho," what name do you got in mind?"
Taiho then took a seat and looked out the window," Immortal Purpose," he said simply.
"Why that name?" Marcus asked as he was confused by the name.
"If we both ever find our purpose for being here, we'll stick to it for the rest of our lives and beyond," he then looked at his best bud straight in the eye," at least, I will."
"You're speaking for both of us then, now," Marcus said as he took the commanding chair," let's go," he said as the newly named ship, Immortal Pupose, launched to get back to the Nirvana," you know in the meantime, tell me what's been going on with you man," Taiho nodded and started his story from the beginning.
Unbeknownst to the two, a ship was tailing them in the darkness," well, well, it seems we have a new player in the game," a voice said that revealed to be Rabat," I wonder what is in store for that ship now," he said to himself as he tailed the ship from the darkness.
A/N: Well, that's CH.11, hope you guys liked Marcus story on how he got there, if not, I may just revise later some other time. Anyways, I put the enemy mobile suits to make it more interesting for our two Gundam pilots. Well, if anything else, PM me, or post it on the reviews, ja ne.
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