Mobile Suit Gundam Resurrection
Episode 18: Temuro's Regret
Temuro has suffered the pain of all the civilians killed in the village and now he has fallen into a deep depression. The Pegasus, heading for Beijing managed to catch up with rest of their fleet.
Alissa walks up to the door of Temuro's room carrying a tray of food and knocks on the door.
"Temuro, are you awake?"
"Go away!"
"Temuro you haven't come out for since yesterday. I brought you some food."
"Please, just leave me alone."
"You know that we're concerned about you."
"You're just concerned about the Gundam's pilot."
"That's not true and you know it!"
Silence comes from Temuro's room as Alissa sits down the tray and she walks right into Masaki.
"Oh I'm sorry."
"No it was my fault. How is he?"
"I don't know what's wrong with him. He just tells me to leave and doesn't want to see anyone."
"I guess I'll come back later after I eat."
Senion walks down to the Medical Bay.
"You wanted to see me doctor?"
"It's about Ensign Maki. His brain wave patterns have become quite unstable."
"Unstable?"
"Because of his heightened emotional state, the hyper psycho frame reached full capacity. The system was designed to grow and adapt to the pilots mind. Both the pilot and mobile suit essentially become one mind."
"I'm guessing that's why he could pilot the Gundam whenever he first operated it."
"Exactly, I have gone over the technical data over the psycho frame and studied the Ensign's brain waves since he first piloted it. His patterns have become irregular lately and that's what's causing his depressive state."
Back in his room Temuro cradles in the corner with his eyes wide open. His mind is flooded with all the battles he had faced and the people who he killed.
"Why? Why did I have to have to go and pilot that thing? All it did was turn me into a monster. I'm a horrible killing machine!"
Alissa knocks on the door.
"Temuro, what's wrong?!"
"I told you to go away!"
Masaki starts banging on the door.
"Hey kid this is ridiculous! It would be better to come out so we can discuss this."
"If I come out, I'll just kill again!"
"Killing is something that shouldn't happen, but it does. It is necessary to protect the people you care about in this time of war."
Temuro rises from the corner and opens the door.
"Who have I been protecting? I've just been fighting to satisfy my ego and nothing else."
"But you fought to protect those people in the village."
"And they died for it!"
Masaki places a hand on Temuro's shoulder.
"Kid, if you didn't fight we would have been shot down and all the people would have died."
"You don't know that Lt."
"That's exactly how Sneed plays. He's a dirty bastard that will sacrifice civilians."
Temuro becomes angry after hearing his name and clenches his fist.
"Sneed."
Alissa grabs Temuro by the arm.
"Temuro, you need to eat."
Alissa and Temuro enter the mess hall where a group of pilots take notice.
"Hey look it's the Gundam kid."
"Yeah that village was destroyed when he went out."
"That kids out of control."
Temuro gets up and shouts at the three.
"Well I'm so sorry! You cowards didn't even bother to try! I felt everyone of those people that died. All their fear and hatred consumed me! It was a horrible feeling that you can't even imagine!"
One of the pilots get up and grabs Temuro.
"Who the hell do you think you are you little brat."
Masaki gets up and pushes away the other pilot.
"Sit down and shut the hell up. That's an order. Both of you"
"Urgh, yes sir."
"Temuro, don't listen to those morons."
In Beijing, many Volstar class ships take off from the spaceport and head out towards the Pegasus fleet approaching the city. General Jeru watches from the control center in Beijing.
"I want all forces to blitz that fleet into submission. Show no mercy!"
"Captain, enemy ships are approaching the fleet. Ten Volstar class with about thirty mobile suits."
"That's not a very large force. Have all of our mobile suits launch."
Masaki pulls Temuro up.
"Come on kid let's go."
"I don't want to."
"What?! We can't take them without you."
"You'll just have to do your best without me. I don't want to become a monster again."
"Does a monster fight to protect the people they care about? I care about all the people on this ship and any person in the middle of the war. That's why I fight."
Temuro runs down to the mobile suit dock and quickly prepares the Gundam to launch.
"I'll fight to protect, not to destroy. Gemini Gundam, Temuro launching!"
The Gundam's eyes light up as it heads into another battle.
19-The Beast Within