Sup guys! Here's the last chapter of my previous rewrite. After this chappie, everything will be new! Hope you look forward to that! For now, here's the next chapter. In this chapter, the new super soldiers Tierens are introduced and I've excluded the Antarctic Organization in favor of a different plot twist. There's a lot of changes and character development in this chapter, so I hope you enjoy!
By the way, sorry for the long wait for the update! School's been piling the work lately!
SulliMike23: Thanks a lot!
Unicorn 359: I kind of don't understand. Are you saying that the Reeves Team plus Graham Team isn't stronger than the Gundam Meisters? The only reason the Meisters suffered that 'loss' was because they were focusing on retreating. Their mission wasn't to kill, but to escape. And that was their priority. Besides, the stronger suit doesn't make the victor. Setsuna and Souji are amateurs compared to Graham and Julia, so they fight evenly. But thanks for the comment!
Ch. 5 The Escape Limit Zone
2302 A.D. Lagrange 1
Tieria Erde zipped up his new purple jumpsuit, a serious look on his face. He took out his helmet and placed it on the bench, putting on his glasses. The glasses were unneccessary, but it helped to keep his vision in perfect condition.
Today was a special day for him. It would be the first official day he would get to pilot the new third generation experimental Gundam Virtue. He had been studying and observing it's battle systems and programs, but hasn't used it in actual combat. But he would be using it during a mock battle against an actual Gundam and it's Gundam Meister, Grave Violento.
It was exciting for the new Meister prospect. But he didn't want to be compared to the humans that Veda had chosen for the new third-generation team. He felt he was too elite for that. He surpassed the common human.
He hopped into the Gundam's cockpit, turning it on. Virtue's eyes flashed green and it's solar furnace began to light up. The lights in the mobile suit bridge lit, showing Virtue's brown, bulky armor and several guns mounted around it's body.
This Virtue was the physical-type Gundam that Celestial Being created for anti-ship combat. It's original particle-type form consumed too many GN Particles that they decided to create a Virtue that relied on solid-round weaponry. This Gundam was still plenty powerful, and Tieria predicted it would be more than a match for the Gundam Rasiel. He wanted to make a good first impression on the Gundam Meister agent.
"Are you ready, Tieria?" A man's voice came over the communications.
"Yes, Ian." Tieria said. "I'm ready."
"Alright then, launch. Your opponent is already waiting in space."
Tieria nodded. "Virtue, Tieria Erde, launching."
Virtue was launched out of the catapult deck and opened all it's GN Verniers, propelling itself into space.
Tieria looked around, but couldn't find his opponent. Not taking any chances, Tieria lightly gripped the trigger for the GN Physical Bazooka. He began scanning the area for any heat sources, but there was none. Gundam Rasiel definitely lived up to it's unit type as recon suit: It had a superior stealth ability that not even a more advanced Gundam could track it.
Suddenly, a strong beam source was tracked by the sensors. Tieria quickly reacted by activating Virtue's GN Field, blocking the beam from behind!
Virtue turned around. A single mobile suit flew at fast speeds towards the Gundam, beam rifle in hand. It was a white suit with light blue armor and it's 'V'-shaped emblem was curved. But the most surprising thing about the suit was five pods attached to it's back, colored the same as the Gundam.
"I've located Sefer Rasiel." Tieria stated, hardly fazed by the Gundam. "Now entering combat phase."
Virtue leveled it's GN Physical Bazooka and fired a hyper-velocity solid round at the Sefer Rasiel! The Gundam barely dodged it then froze, horrified at what almost hit it. Tieria wasn't planning on relenting though. The missile containers on it's legs opened up, firing several GN Missiles. His opponent responded by dodging them all, firing at the ones that almost made contact.
The Sefer Rasiel continued to fire beams from it's beam rifle, but to no avail; Virtue's GN Field continued to block all the blasts. So Rasiel took a different approach: It switched to it's GN Beam Saber and flew right in front of Virtue, hoping to gain the advantage at close-ranged combat. Virtue wouldn't let that happen, drawing it's own beam sabers from it's knees and striking down theirs!
"What about that?" Tieria taunted.
Rasiel's eyes flashed, narrowing Tieria's eyes. Suddenly, the five pods stored on it's back split from the suit and seperated into ten smaller pods. Tieria gasped. Those were the prototype GN Bits he's been hearing so much about. Remote attack drones containing beam guns were definitely a frightening weapon to use. Especially when the opponent had ten of them.
Virtue activated it's GN Field once again, thinking that it could easily defend from the bits. He's was right for the most part, as the beams did not harm him. But the impact of each beam slowly began to overwhelm the massive Gundam, pushing it back. Tieria attempted to hold it's position in space putting all it's GN Verniers into full blast, but it was still not enough. It didn't help that Rasiel continually fired its beam rifle at it.
"Tch!" Tieria scowled. "I'm not out of this yet!"
Tieria waited for his chance. Although his GN Field was slowly losing power, so was the GN Bits. As soon as he knew that the GN Bits were out of particles, he quickly deactivated the field and leveled the beam cannon on Virtue's left shoulder. Rasiel was now at the disadvantage: it closed in on Virtue, thinking that it was about to defeat the Gundam. And it's beam rifle was out of juice as well.
"Take this!" Tieria roared, firing Virtue's beam cannon!
It seemed like Virtue's was going to win when suddenly, the GN Sefer detached itself from Rasiel and flew into the line of fire! Tieria watched in horror as it was caught in the blast, exploding into flames!
"Hixar Fermi!" The voice of the Rasiel Gundam Meister was heard yelling his comrade's name.
Rasiel immediately stopped fighting and flew towards the almost-obliterated GN Sefer. Tieria couldn't move. He was too horrified to move. He had almost killed a Gundam Meister.
He had almost killed a Gundam Meister.
"Arghhh!" Tieria screamed as he jump out of his bed. He landed on the ground with a loud thud, causing a gasp of pain from the Meister. He breathed heavily, slowly regaining consciousness from his nightmare.
That's right. It was a nightmare. But it was reality. He had almost killed a Gundam Meister.
Tieria slowly got up, using his bed as support. He inhaled and exhaled very slowly, attempting to regain composure. He picked up his glasses from his desk and put them on, staring out of his room's window inside the Ptolemaios.
He remembered. The mock battle between Gundam Sefer Rasiel and the experimental version of Virtue. Wanting to make a good impression, he fought with everything he got. But he forgot that his Gundam was the most powerful of them all in terms of firepower. He forgot that Virtue's weapons could easily crush a Gundam as well.
And now, Grave Violento and Hixar Fermi were gone. No information relating to them wasn't in Veda. It was strange, but Tieria thought nothing of it. He assumed that they were KIA or MIA or something like that. Veda's will was Tieria's will, after all. He couldn't be bothered to have anything to do with anything else.
"Tieria!" A female, irritating voice yelled from beyond his door. "Open up! I can't open this pickle jar!"
"Go away, Rachel!" Tieria snapped.
"Come on, Tieria!" She continued to yell. "Open up please! I'm hungry!"
"Ask someone else!" Tieria's reply roared through the door.
Rachel sighed and leaned against the hallway, attempting to open up the pickle jar. It didn't even budge. She knew how smart and strong Tieria was and wanted to ask for his help, but he always said 'no'.
"What's wrong Rachel?" Lichty asked as he walked to the depressed Meister. "...Can't open the pickle jar?"
"No..." She said with a sad sigh.
Lichty took the jar from her and easily took off the lid, baffling Rachel. He took one pickle and plopped it into his mouth, munching on it with a blissful look on his face. "Ahh... that sure hit the spot."
She took one out too and crunched on the pickle with a frown on her face. She began to speak as she munched on it. "Tieria's a meanie! A big, fat meanie!"
"Did you ask Tieria if he could open it?" Lichty asked.
"Yeah, but he wouldn't do it." She replied, then began yelling so that Tieria could hear her. "He's so mean! He doesn't have a heart!"
"I'll say." Lichty said with a small smile. "That guy doesn't open up to anyone in Celestial Being. Sometimes I think he isn't even human."
"Eh?"
"Well, that doesn't matter right now." Lichty said. "We're all members of Celestial Being. It doesn't matter whether we are human or not. What matters is that we eradicate all war, right?"
"...I guess..." Rachel replied.
As Lichty walked away, Rachel turned to Tieria's door, a worried expression on her face. I think Tieria's a human being.
In the palace of Azadistan, Marina and Shirin watched as the press conference between Taribia and the Union came to a conclusion. The president and the Taribian prime minister shook hands as a symbol of peace between the two.
Today, Marina was wearing different clothes other than her royal apparel. She wore a light blue cardigan with a white hat and blue skirt; outdoor clothes. She was just about to leave for her tour to other countries, requesting aid from high-class people to help their country. It would be a difficult task to convince people to help their crumbling kingdom, but Marina was no pessimist. She was ready to save her country, no matter what it took.
"Taribia returned to the Union and the president made a visit for peace talks." Marina said, reviewing the contents of the press conference. "To satisfy them, the president promised more material aid and an increase to it's energy supply. I suppose Taribia and American both planned out this scheme and Celestial Being was a pawn for their benefit."
"Not exactly." Shirin replied. "All Celestial Being did was follow out on their declaration to eradicate all warfare by attacking Taribia. Even if that meant going against the popular opinion." She slightly giggled. "I guess it means we can't take advantage of them after all."
"...I guess..."
Shirin blinked as she saw two black-suited bodyguards walk up to the princess. "Princess Marina, it's almost time to leave for your international tour. I hope you have good news upon returning."
"I'll do my best." Marina replied, taking the bag that Shirin spent time preparing. "After all, we need solar energy if we want to save Azadistan."
Marina turned around and began to walk to the exit when Shirin stopped her. "May I ask one thing? Why did you accept the role of being a princess?"
"...That's an easy one." Marina said, a smile on her face. "It's because only I can do this."
AEU Warehouse
"So you finished the mobile suit?" Peter asked the engineer.
"Yup." He replied.
The two were walking towards a warehouse in the AEU's military district. It was a special warehouse, designated for the creation of custom AEU mobile suits. Only special pilots got the honor of getting these kind of suits. But because Patrick is really arrogant and thinks that he can pilot every mobile suit on Earth, he decided that custom mobile suits are a waste.
The warehouse's garage opened. Peter's eyes widened as he viewed the mobile suit in front of him.
It looked like a regular Enact, but with a darker green paint job, white trim, and a few minor details added. It's wings were slightly more jagged and painted jade green. At it's side was a firearm resembling a shotgun.
"It's what you asked for. A custom long-ranged mobile suit for your purposes." The engineer said. "It's the Valiant."
"The... Valiant..." Peter said with awe in his voice.
"I'd describe it's abilities, but I'm sure you'd like to see it in person."
"Yeah." Peter said, nodding. "Thanks a lot. This mobile suit... definitely suits my future goals."
Human Reform League, Orbital Elevator Linear Train, Departure/Arrival Lobby
Today, Heaven's Pillar was as busy as ever. The lobby was packed with people about to head towards space or people who had just came from space. Today, Saji Crossroad was about to begin his new training program in space.
"Hey big sis. You didn't have to see me off." Saji said to Kinue moments before he was about to leave.
"Actually, I have some business at the JNN branch here." She said. Then her eyes darkened. "Now, listen to me Saji. This isn't a vacation. Even though your study tour is paid by your scholarship, I'm paying your travel fares."
"Sorry about that." Saji apologized. "Louise insisted on a private car."
Kinue sighed. "Why do rich girls have to be so-"
"Are you guys talking about me?"
Kinue and Saji turned to see Louise skipping towards them. Saji had a nervous smile on his face, but Kinue groaned.
"Don't worry about it, sister!" Louise exclaimed. "I'll take very good care of Saji!"
"I-I suppose I can relax knowing that you are with him." Kinue said with a nervous smile. Then she narrowed her eyes at Saji. "Saji, you'd better take your studies seriously. And no funny stuff with Louise either."
"Wh- What are you talking about, big sis?" Saji asked incrediously.
"Don't worry about that, sister!" Louise said with a laugh. "Saji doesn't have the guts to do anything like that."
"I uh... see..." She replied, then walked up to Saji, whispering, "Honestly, I don't think this girl suits you."
"I can hear you, you know."
Kinue instantly backed away, laughing nervously.
Meanwhile, Palus, Rhei, and Soma sat at the small lounge near Saji and the rest, waiting for the colonel. Palus twiddled her thumbs, unknowing of what to say to the two serious super soldiers.
She didn't know anything about her two comrades. Soma was a complete mystery as they were both in different training areas at the reseach facility. Rhei she had seen. But he was always with the scientists, not fighting against the other super soldiers. He was different and he showed it in his composed state of mind and his cool intellect. But he was always a strange young man nevertheless. And he always had those pills with him.
Speak of the devil. He took out his pills and ate one, ending the continuous shuddering of his body. Rhei gasped for breath, attracting the attention of Soma. She quickly dismissed his actions as habit and looked away.
The colonel towards them, with each soldier immediately standing and snapping into attention.
"I've got the documents signed." Sergei said. "Come."
"Yes sir."
Souji walked into Setsuna's apartment, which was left unlocked. Souji was slightly surprised at Setsuna's carelessness, but he figured that he knew that the Gundam Meister would walk in.
Setsuna was doing sit-ups using his bed to hold him in place. He didn't show any change of attitude as Souji walked into the room, continuing his exercise. Souji smiled softly and leaned against the wall.
"Hey Setsuna." Souji began. "Do you think I have what it takes to kill Amina?"
"She is part of the Union military." Setsuna suddenly said to Souji's surprise. "If she becomes involved in the conflict, then we must not hesitate to kill her. No matter what our past is."
"But if she wasn't-"
"This isn't a matter of 'if she wasn't'." Setsuna said. "She is a dangerous pilot. She was a threat to you during our mission, and as a result, she almost damaged the Gundam."
"...You're right." Souji said with a sigh. "That new Flag of hers is fast and powerful. But the other Gundams fought custom Flags as well and they stuggled to even damage them. You as well!"
"You forget we were retreating." He continued, doing his sit-ups in the process. "If the mission stated to eliminate the Flag, I would've done so."
Then he suddenly stopped exercising. That's right. I would've killed them all. With my Gundam.
The laptop next to Setsuna suddenly began to ring, with a screen popping on it. The two turned to the computer. "What does it say, Setsuna?"
"...A mobile suit performance test."
Back on the island, the three Gundams Adunai, Dynames, and Kyrios were recharging. Lockon and Origen leaned against the wall, staring blankly at their Gundams.
Suddenly, Allelujah walked into the room. "Ms. Sumeragi has a new mission plan. It's the observation of a mobile suit perfomance test. Depending on their course of action, we may have to intervene."
"Good." Origen nodded approvingly. "Although I truly wish that the other Meisters would be in much happier spirits. The last mission left them in tatters after the conclusion of the last mission."
"Yeah." Lockon said. "Those Flags that attacked us were no pushovers. Plus, the world's not too happy about our intervention in Taribia."
Back at the Heaven's Pillar orbital elevator's linear train, the train was slowly exiting the atmosphere, thus entering the weightless zone. Saji and Louise both unfastened their seatbelts inside their room, allowing them to float in midair.
Saji pressed a few buttons next to his seat and began to watch a video detailing the orbital elevator's construction and use. Louise attempted to get his attention, but failed and floated away instead.
In the next room, Sergei, Soma, Rhei, and Palus sat quietly. Once again, the room was filled with an air of depression that left Palus discomforted.
Sergei seemed to notice this, and decided to strike up a conversation. "By the way, I've never asked you all why you decided to volunteered to join the Super-Human Insitute."
"None of us volunteered." Soma said. "We were designed as babies specifically for this project."
"Yup. We were all designed with seperate personalities to make us seem like actual human beings." Palus explained. "For example, I'm so chipper and Rhei's so depressing."
Rhei couldn't say anything audibly, but Soma could swear she could hear him saying, "It's not like I asked for this..."
Sergei leaned back on his seat, remembering his time visiting the Super-Human Institute. All three of the super soldiers ran at a steady pace for half an hour, and no sweat poured down their head, signifying they were in amazing shape.
"Each super-soldier has nano-machines embedded in their bodies to maintain their physical features." The leading scientist explained. "This allows them to act in space for long periods of time. This sensory amplification treatment was applied to their nervous system-"
"You don't have to explain it!" Sergei snapped.
"Uh... Is something the matter?"
"Don't you people think that what you are doing is wrong?" Sergei demanded.
"Not at all." The scientist replied. "These super-soldiers are neccessary if we want to adjust to the harsh environment of space."
Sergei sighed. Then he remembered Rhei's strange condition.
"What do you know about Super Soldier #3, Rhei Las Plaga?" He asked. "His body shakes several times a day and he takes some pills to calm his nerves. This is not evident in the other two. Is there something wrong with him?"
"I do know him." The scientist immediately recalled. "He was a part of an... experiment we attempted a while ago."
"An experiment?"
"Well, that's all I will say about that subject."
"Is something the matter, Colonel?" Rhei asked, snapping Sergei out of his thoughts.
"Ah!... No, it's nothing..."
As the train continued up the orbital elevator, Louise got very bored. Saji clearly wasn't paying attention during their conversations, more focused on the video detailing the elevator's construction. So she took out a few chips into space and ate a few before missing the third one. Then he took out some juice and spilled it into space, molding it into a spherical object and slurping the entire thing.
Finally she couldn't stand the boredom no longer. She grabbed the reluctant Saji and pushed him out of the room, deciding to explore the train.
Human Reform League, Low Orbital Station, True Pillar
The pair floated into the busy arrival/departure lobby. Although they were in space, air was literally sent from Earth through the orbital elevator into the space station to provide oxygen. In case of emergencies, oxygen tanks and normal suits would be standard issue to everyone.
"We're finally here!" Louise cheered.
Saji replied with a tired sigh, causing her to frown. "What's wrong, Saji?"
"I'm exhausted from you dragging me all over the train." He said, groaning.
"You're so weak!"
"No, you're just too strong."
A green suit-wearing black man floated towards them. "You two must be Saji Crossroad and Louise Halevy."
"Yes sir." Saji replied.
"My name is Bors Assan." He said. "I'll be your supervisor during your training. Welcome to the Low Orbital Station, True Pillar!"
As an introduction to Saji's training, they donned space suits and floated towards the top of the elevator to view the exterior. Louise was goofing off somewhere while Bors and Saji viewed robots as they continued construction on the low orbital ring. Each of them had a rope attached to their suits for oxygen purposes and the few cases where some people actually fell off the station and drifted into space or almost entered Earth's gravity.
"Saji, do you know why a low orbital ring is neccessary?" Bors asked.
"I think so." Saji replied, then proceeded to explain. "Forcing a magnetic fluid through the ring creates a centrifugal force which is needed to maintain the station's orbital altitude, right?"
"Wow, you really know your stuff!" Bors exclaimed, nodding approvingly.
"Hey Saji!" Louise called from somewhere nearby. "Come over here!"
Saji turned around and gasped as Louise looked down from the edge of the orbital station. "Louise, you can't be over there! This area's out of bounds!"
Then he immediately stopped talking as reached Louise's side and saw what she saw. From the edge of the station, they could see Earth right below them, huge and magnificent with it's vibrant blue and green colors, with patches of white clouds in the sky. It's massiveness caused butterflies to flutter in Saji's stomach, but he was so amazed that he didn't really care.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Louise whispered.
"...Yeah..." Saji breathed.
"Hey you guys! Be careful!" Bors yelled out to them. "We're at an altitude of 10,000 kilometers, but there's still a little gravity! If you lose your step, you'll fall towards Earth!"
"Oh, we're sorry!" Louise apologized with a wave, but actually lost her step and screamed as she fell off the station!
Without even thinking, Saji leaped after her and grabbed her hand, but now he was falling towards Earth as well!
"Saji, you idiot!" Louise yelled as the two were slowly dragged into Earth's gravity. "You've gotta save me properly!"
Then they stopped falling as their ropes were tugged. Bors was able to grab their safetly ropes in time, sighing at the thoughtlessness of youth.
Meanwhile in an HRL mobile suit deck somewhere in the True Pillar, Colonel Smirnov and the super-soldiers walked into the viewing room. Several soldiers sat at computer desks, typing and looking over the schematics of their mobile suits. A window seperated them from the mobile suit deck, with three oddly colored Tierens at the other side.
"Are those the units?" Sergei asked the soldier who had led them inside.
"Yes sir." He replied, referring to the three Tierens. "Each was built with the purpose of keeping up with each super-soldier's abilities."
The one in the middle looked like a Tieren, except it had been painted pink with a purple chestplate. It had orange joints and it's head extended a little more. Rhei suppressed a scoff. This mobile suit looked highly unsuitable for combat, with it's bright frilly colors and bulkyness that surpassed the biggest Gundam. In fact, he preferred the speed and mobility of the Flags and Enacts of the other countries. He wondered why the Human Reform League had the slowest mobile suits in the world. Still, he couldn't complain. It's not like he had a say on anything.
"This is Lieutenant Soma Peries's mobile suit, MSJ-06II-SP Tieren Taozi." The soldier said.
"This is my mobile suit..." Soma said with awe.
"That's amazing." Palus said, although her flat tone said otherwise. "So where's my mobile suit?"
The soldier referred to the right of the Taozi. It looked exactly like the Taozi, except it was painted a bright red with a black chestplate and white joints. "The MSJ-06II-PE Tieren Yue."
"Cool!" Palus exclaimed with much enthusiasm. "Now this is a Tieren! When do we fight the Gundams?"
"Calm down, soldier." Soma ordered.
The third one had an ominous feeling to it compared to the other Tierens. It was painted purely white with black joints. It's monochromatic colors gave way to a disturbing mobile suit, even though it looked exactly like the others. Even Sergei felt a slight shudder as he stared at the mobile suit. Rhei gave no emotion. He simply stared at the mobile suit with a disapproving look.
"MSJ-06II-RLP Tieren Wu." The soldier said, concluding the Tieren showing.
"...A fitting name." Rhei said.
"What does that mean?" Palus asked.
Rhei didn't reply. Nor did Sergei or Soma. Not even the other soldiers answered her. Palus frowned, then shrugged it off.
"So these mobile suits are our trump cards against the Gundams." Sergei said. "At least, I hope they can trump them."
Back in the Ptolemaios...
Sumeragi leaned against her chair in her room, sipping some sake from her thermal. She knew that she shouldn't be drinking, especially with a mission coming up soon. But her alcoholism could never be broken. It wasn't like she was addicted to the stuff; she used it to cope with his death. But when she was sober, the memories began flooding her brain, and she would soon break down.
There was a knock at the door, with Rachel's voice coming through. "Ms. Sumeragi? Can we talk?"
Sumeragi was surprised. Usually Rachel was skipping and frittering all around the Ptolemaios, annoying the heck out of the crew. It was a pain, but it helped to have a positive Meister as opposed to the other six. She also loved to barge into everyone's rooms; even the guys! Now she was knocking on Sumeragi's door? It must be a serious issue then.
"Come in." Sumeragi replied.
The door slid open and Rachel walked in. She gave her a soft smile before sitting down at the edge of the bed. Now Sumeragi knew that this was serious.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"It's about Tieria." Rachel replied. "Lichty told me he might not be human. Do you think he's human?"
"What?" Sumeragi said with a frown. "What do you mean? And why are you asking me this?"
"Well, I've been thinking lately, and I've realized that Tieria acts different than all of us." Rachel explained. "He's cold and mean, and I've never seen him smile. Sometimes I think he doesn't have any other emotion than anger."
"He's prideful, Rachel." Sumeragi said. "He doesn't want any mistakes because of how crucial our mission is. He believes that every other Meister slacks off and so he places the entire burden on himself."
"But mistakes are part of human life!" Rachel argued. "He can't be human if he doesn't expect mistakes!"
Sumeragi smiled sadly, whispering, "Then I must not be a human..."
"Eh?"
"Nothing." Sumeragi quickly said.
"Anyway, how do I know if Tieria is human or not?"
"Should it matter to you whether or not Tieria is human?" Sumeragi asked. "What if Tieria isn't human? What will you do then?"
"Uhhh..." Rachel was stumped now.
Sumeragi stood up and patted Rachel on the head. "It doesn't matter if Tieria is human or not. What matters right now is that Tieria and you have the same goals and ambitions. We all strive for a world with no violence, a world with change right?"
Rachel looked up, a small smile on her face. "Yeah..."
Two days later...
In the room formerly inhabited by Saji and Louise, Allelujah and Origen rode in the linear train up to space to prepare for their mission. Unlike the previous pair, these two didn't talk much, preferring to read a book or stare out the window.
A female attendent walked into the room pushing a cart of food. "Have you two finished your meal?"
"Yes." Origen replied.
"Would you like any drinks, sirs?"
"Coffee, please." Allelujah said.
"Same. Black." Origen said.
"Yes sir." She said, picking up both trays, clean as a whistle. "Are you two on vacation?"
"I enjoy seeing the Earth from above." "I hate the Earth's surface." The two replied immediately.
"I agree with you." She said, with a nod to Origen. "The Earth is very troublesome. Especially with Celestial Being running around."
"Ah...!" Allelujah gasped a little to Origen's surprise, but then he turned with a soft smile. "Seriously. Aren't they a pain?"
"We'll be arriving at our destination soon." She said. "Please make yourselves comfortable until then."
As soon as she left, Origen said, "I'm surprised Allelujah. I thought you would attempt to argue how Celestial Being is for the good of the world.
"Honestly, I still have some doubts whether violence is the right path toward Earth's salvation." Allelujah replied. "But since I can't find any other path, then I will stick to Celestial Being no matter what. It's not like I have anywhere else to go."
"That's an interesting answer."
"Well, I won't say I'm not interesting." Allelujah said with a sly grin. "You know that. Anyway, what about you? You're a mystery to all of us, even to Veda. All we know is your name and a few background details on your personal life."
"I am striving to complete the goal of Celestial Being." Origen said. "But I also have another goal."
"You do? What-"
Suddenly, the train came to a halt. Origen immediately stood up. "That's out stop. Let's go."
He exited the door, not waiting for Allelujah. The other Meister sighed, muttering, "You're a complete mystery to us all, Origen."
Human Reform League, Low Orbital Station, Gravity Blocks
The gravity blocks were a sort of recreational center for tourists and travelers. Several concession stands filled with hot dogs and sweets lined up throughout each of the gravity blocks as well as arcades, sports parks, etc. There were also residential areas in some blocks for people willing to help with the space development program. It was located in the perfect spot because of the station for linear trains.
"It sure feels good to be in gravity again!" Louise exclaimed, stretching her arms as her and Saji walked past some stands.
"Yeah." Saji replied.
Then he blinked as he saw a green-haired girl wearing a brown trenchcoat walking in their direction. A young man wearing a blue chinese garb walked behind her.
"Mistress, it's almost time." Hong Long whispered.
"Yes, I know." Wang Liu Mei said.
As the two pairs crossed paths, Liu Mei and Saji's eyes met for a spilt second. She turned and gave him a curt smile, with Saji slightly surprised. His surprise was instantly replaced with horror as Louise grabbed his ear.
"Where do you think you're looking at?" She demanded.
"N-Nothing!" Saji exclaimed.
Right outside of Heaven's Pillar, Sergei's team of Tierens prepared to begin a practice course. The Tieren mobile suits were the bulkiest of the three common suits in the whole world, and thus it needed a calm, steady pilot willing to go through slow training. Graham Aker and Peter Loewen would never be able to pilot such a slow mobile suit. They wouldn't have the patience.
The three soldiers were piloting the Tierens Taozi, Yue, and Wu while Sergei was piloting a Tieren Space Commander Type, which had a different headpiece than it's grunt variant. It's shoulder thrusters were replaced by two shields mounting additional thrusters.
"Hoo boy..." Palus breathed as she tightly gripped Yue's controls. "Earth sure is large from here. Sometimes, I'm afraid that I'll be dragged down by it's gravity."
"As a super-soldier, you must not show these types of emotions." Rhei replied, completely calm within the Tieren Wu. "We were design specifically for space, remember? And every super-soldier was designed with perfection in mind. No need to doubt your abilities."
"Y-You're right." Palus said, nodding. Her nerves slightly cooled down.
Palus knew her history. She knew that less than 1% of the orphaned kids brought into the institute would become a super human. In fact, she wasn't even perfect. She wasn't a completed subject. But her designers wanted to impress the boss, and lied about Palus being an actual super-soldier. Despite all that, Palus had some mobile suit experience beforehand which gave her the edge against other would-be soldiers.
"Enough talking." Sergei ordered, slowly deccelerating. "We will conduct a test on your suits' mobility. I want all of you to follow the predetermined course at full acceleration."
"Yes sir." The three replied.
Each Tieren's thrusters were fired at full blast, throwing themselves into that imaginary course. The Yue jerked around a little, but Taozi and Wu were perfectly fine. They showed no struggle as they did loops and zig-zags in space.
".25% course error at full speed?" Sergei murmured. "So this is what a super soldier can do. But they're only kids..."
"Whoa!" Palus cried as she pushed on the control stick too much, dropping her out of the course.
"Don't put too much force in movement!" Soma barked. "Your wrist slightly twitches each time you turn the control stick. Keep you hand straight and calm and you'll-"
Suddenly, a painful feeling surged through her brain. Her eyes widened. "Wha- What is this feeling?"
At this same time, Allelujah and Origen were walking down the station arrival lobby. Suddenly, the same feeling surged through Allelujah's head. He immediately dropped his bag, clutching his head in pain. "What is this? My head..."
"What's wrong, Allelujah?" Origen asked.
"Lieutenant?" Rhei communicated. "What's the matter?"
"It... hurts...!" Soma cried, her mobile suit veering off the path... and heading straight for Heaven's Pillar!
"Lieutenant Soma Peries!" Palus yelled. "What's wrong?"
"You're going off the course, Lieutenant!" Sergei shouted.
"E-Everyone..." Soma whispered, a strain in her voice. "My head's... throbbing..."
Allelujah fell, hands grasping the floor. The tourists turned and looked at him, confused. Origen kneeled down and quickly whispered, "What are you doing, Allelujah? You're attracting attention!"
"I... I have a headache!" Allelujah barely said, groaning. "Huhhhh... Agh... ACKKK!"
"Allelujah!" Origen exclaimed.
"Shut up!" came the reply from Allelujah's body, to Origen's surprise. He turned around to face Origen. His hair covered his left eye this time, revealing a sickening yellow eye. "Dammit! Who's barging through my head?"
Origen's eyes widened. He immediately stood up and straightened himself. "Who are you? You're not Allelujah."
"Hmph!" The man grinned evily, despite the pain that he was feeling. "At least you know the difference between me and that weaking. Remember this name well! I am Hallelujah!"
"...Hallelujah...?" Origen repeated. He couldn't believe that the calm, peaceful Allelujah could turn into a beast like this.
Back outside the orbital elevator, Soma had completely forgotten about her mobile suit as it continued to descend. Rhei, Palus and Sergei gave chase to the uncontrolled mobile suit.
"This is bad." Sergei said. "Soldiers! Do you have any idea what's going on?"
"Not at all!" Palus exclaimed.
"There was no physical ailments in her examination." Rhei muttered. "And she's definitely not like me. There must be something going on in her brainwaves!"
Several screens popped up in Soma's viewer as she attempted to find the culprit messing with her brain. She continually gasped in pain as she demanded to know the guy. "Who- Who are you?"
"Why you!" Hallelujah roared. "I'll kill you!"
And amazingly enough, no one heard his spheal because of Origen's amazing distraction skills.
"NOOOOOO!" Soma screamed, firing blasts from her smoothbore cannon directly upwards... and struck the gravity blocks attached to Heaven's Pillar! "NOOOOOOO! STOPPPPP! GET OUTTTT!"
"Lieutenant!" The Tieren pilots yelled, rushing towards her.
Yue latched itself onto Taozi, attempting to pull the cannon away! But the Taozi's superior strength allowed it to stay in place, continually firing at the gravity blocks! "I can't move her!"
"Tch!" Rhei scowled. Wu tackled Taozi, firing it's thrusters at an amazing velocity. The combined weight of Wu and Yue enabled them to move Taozi, but all she did was adjust her aiming to fire at the same spot over and over!
"Colonel, I'm going on the offensive!" Rhei shouted. "I will attempt to disarm the Tieren Taozi without damaging the pilot."
"Urghh..." Sergei groaned. But he couldn't think of any other options. "Very well then. But be sure not to strike her down."
"Yes sir."
The hips of Tieren Wu opened up, with the Tieren pulling out two axes. Both axes emitted a crimson red, sizzling edge that could melt through almost any substance; perfect for taking out a cannon.
I've gotta do something too! Palus thought, eyes widening in horror as she watched Rhei.
Tieren Wu threw it's first heat axe at the cannon, but Taozi moved out of the way. Rhei cringed as he realized that Soma was firing at the gravity blocks on purpose. He decided to switch to the Wu's specialty: close-quarters combat. Wu moved even closer, grabbing onto Taozi's left arm with it's right and tried to slice off it's cannon. The first and second strikes missed because Taozi kept on moving it's arm as it shot.
"I'm going to help too!" Palus yelled.
"What? Wait!" Sergei cried.
She ignored her superior's order and flew directly underneath Wu and Taozi. Her mobile suit was fitted for long-ranged combat, and thus was equipped with a special double-barrel smoothbore cannon. She carefully aimed at Taozi's cannon, making sure she wouldn't hit Wu.
"I've got you!" Rhei roared, finally slicing off Taozi's smoothbore cannon!
"Take this!" Palus shouted, firing two blasts from her cannon. Unfortunately, it missed and went straight for the gravity blocks! The four Tieren pilots watched in horror as a segment of four gravity blocks was forcibly detached from the station, drifing into space!
Everyone inside those gravity blocks definitely knew that this was happening to them and they dropped to the floor in terror. Their suspicions were realized as the alarm went off and the lights flickered on and off!
"Aghh!" Louise exclaimed. "What's going on!"
Then she abruptly stopped as everyone began floating. Saji immediately grabbed Louise to make sure they didn't seperate.
"The gravity. It's gone!" Saji said with a realization of horror.
"Who was that?" Hallelujah murmured. "Who was that person?"
Suddenly, Hallelujah was slapped by Origen. He angrily whispered, "Fool! You almost blew our cover!"
Hallelujah put a hand on his cheek, a murderous look on his face. "You bastard-"
"Hey! Look at that!" One of the tourists exclaimed. "Isn't that a gravity block?"
Hallelujah and Origen's attention immediately turned to the large glass windows, looking out to space. Everyone gasped in horror as they saw the four gravity block segment floating out in the distance!
"How did that happen?" Origen demanded, gritting his teeth.
"An accident?" Hallelujah said with a snicker. "Well, they have my sympathy." Then he turned to Origen, glaring at him. "As for you-"
"Hallelujah!"
"Huh?" Hallelujah immediately stopped, turning away and gripping his head. "Stay outta this!"
"Hallelujah!"
"You can't go! They'll kill you!... Must I be the one to suffer?"
"...Are we gonna die?"
"No! I don't wanna die!"
"...Please kill me, Allelujah..."
"NO!" Allelujah screamed. Fortunately, no one noticed his mini-drama because of the concern of the gravity blocks. He quickly turned to the surprised Origen, saying, "We need to save those people!"
"What? Is it you, Allelujah?" Origen asked, attempting to make sense of what just happened. "Who was-"
"I'll explain later!" He said, hurriedly. "Come on!"
Origen quickly shook his head, snapping himself out of his confusion. "The mission, Allelujah! The mission takes top priority!"
"Then I'll save them myself!" Allelujah yelled, then turned around and headed straight for the exit.
That guy... Origen thought, a groan supressed by his lips. We can't exactly have a perfect mission with Allelujah unfulfilling his role. Thus, I must retrieve him before we commence with the mission. The actions we commit are much more important than beginning the mission on time. And Allelujah will not return until the people are rescued. Therefore...
And so, Origen sprinted after the younger Meister.
"You idiot!" Rhei snapped at Palus. "Why did you act without permission!"
"I-I-" Palus stuttered.
"Enough!" Sergei barked. He gently flew to the calmed Taozi, lightly gripping the suit like a father comforting a child. "Lieutenant Peries. Are you alright? Please respond! Lieutenant!"
"Tch!" Rhei scowled.
Palus was frozen in terror. She had just screwed up, and now lives were on the line because of her foolish mistake. She suddenly felt like comitting suicide, but then she wouldn't be fulfilling her duties as a soldier. Slow, gasping breaths began to fill the communications line.
"Control room, this is Sergei!" Sergei opened up communications. "Give me the status of the gravity blocks!"
"Colonel, according to the distress signal, Gravity Block #7 and a third of #8 are drifting, with over 300 people stranded." A soldier replied.
"What about the rescue team?"
"They've been scheduled to deploy in seven minutes!" The soldier answered. "A small squadron has been sortied to escort them. But because of the explosions and gas leaks, the block is quickly losing velocity. It will be dragged into Earth's gravity in less than 14 minutes!"
"What did you say?" Rhei and Sergei both exclaimed.
Sergei gritted his teeth. Then he yelled, "I'll commence the rescue procedures! Eagle, take care of Lieutenant Peries!"
No response from Yue. But Sergei could hear faint gasps and sobs coming from Palus's communication line. No matter how many times he attempted to beckon to her, she wouldn't budge. Even when Wu pushed the mobile suit, Palus wouldn't change her reaction.
"Las Plaga, can you take care of these two?" Sergei asked.
"Yes sir-" Rhei began, then felt a sharp pain in his head. "Oh no!"
"What's wrong?" Sergei demanded.
"Khh! My medicine!" Rhei cried, searching around his jumpsuit and cockpit. "I can't find my medicine!"
"You have got to be kidding me..." Sergei muttered. "Control room, send a team to recover these three Tierens! I will attempt to stop the Gravity Block from dropping into Earth's gravity!"
"But sir, an object that heavy-"
"Human lives are at stake!" Sergei roared. "I'm going!"
Sergei fired his Tieren's thrusters at full blast, launching towards the gravity block. As he did so, several spacecrafts launched from the orbital station, heading towards the gravity blocks as well. But they first had to rescue the three Tierens that were adrift in space.
Inside a gravity block which was right next to the one Saji was in, Liu Mei typed into her computer to find the info on their situation. "The rescue teams have deployed, but they won't make it in time. The gravity blocks will be pulled into Earth's gravitational field."
"My lady!"
She turned to see Hong Long floating towards her, saying, "My lady! Allelujah Haptism and Origen Admantus have launched!"
"Eh?"
Meanwhile, Saji and Louise hurried to a wall computer at the corner. Saji hurriedly typed into the computer to see what was going on. "The entire gravity block and a third of another have detached from the station!"
"So, does that mean we're drifting in space?" Louise said with a gasp. "No way!"
"They're sending a rescue team, so we have to be patient." Saji said, attempting to reassure her.
By this time, Sergei had arrived at the vicinity of the gravity block. It was steadily floating above the Earth's atmosphere. It seemed like one small shove would make it enter the Escape Limit Zone and they would fall like a falling meteor. It was a frightening and chilling feeling, and Sergei shuddered at the thought of it.
"Seven minutes until Escape Limit Zone..." Sergei murmured. "To bring the speed of the block to orbital velocity, I need to accelerate that huge structure."
Sergei fired the boosters at full speed, ramming into the gravity block. All the people inside gasped in confusion as they felt a rumbling shake the structures. Sergei clenched his teeth as the Tieren's power wasn't enough to push the block back!
"This is bad!" A man cried from inside the same block Saji was in. "I just calculated it on my terminal! These blocks will be trapped in Earth's gravity in less than five minutes!"
"What did you say?" Another man exclaimed.
"Saji!" Louise cried.
"You've gotta be kidding." Saji whispered. "In five minutes, we're gonna drift into Earth's gravity?"
"The block's mass is too heavy..." Sergei whispered, his attempts to push the block back going nowhere. "This unit's propulsion won't be enough to push it back. And we have two hundred seconds before Escape Limit Zone. As this rate, I will be sucked into Earth's gravity as well. Will I be forced to abandon them?...Why must space be so unforgiving?"
Suddenly, the sensors went off at around thirty seconds later. Sergei frowned as he looked at the small map. "Huh? A unit moving at such high speeds? Why didn't it show up on my radar?... Could it be-"
Two green stars flashed in the starry sky and sped towards the gravity block! It was Kyrios and Adunai, both in their fighter forms, with several amounts of GN particles emitting from their verniers!
"Those are... Gundams!" Sergei exclaimed.
"Allelujah Haptism and Origen Admantus. What are you doing?" Wang Liu Mei demanded. "This mission-"
Allelujah shut off her communications screen. "You just don't understand the feelings of someone drifting in space."
Origen did the same, although he slightly hesitated. He gave a heavy sigh. "Sorry. I hope this is the first and last time I ever do this." He looked at the the side screen. "We've got less than twenty seconds before Escape Limit Zone!"
"Kyrios!" "Come, Adunai!"
The Adunai Flyer, Leg Flyer, and Chest Flyer immediately flew into combining positions, docking to form Gundam Adunai as Allelujah's fighter unfolded into Gundam Kyrios. Both eyes flashed bright green and they stretched out their arms, ramming into the blocks!
"What the-" Sergei yelled in disbelief. Were the Gundams helping him?
And as time limit dropped to zero, Kyrios and Adunai thrust their GN Verniers into full throttle, emitting a huge amount of GN Particles! The velocity of the two Gundams enabled to the blocks to stop moving!
"I-It held up..." Sergei whispered, sweat pouring down his forehead. "But why is Celestial Being doing rescue work?"
"Come on, Ms. Sumeragi..." Origen whispered.
Back at the Ptolemaios...
"We've received an urgent encoded transmission from Wang Liu Mei!" Christina reported.
"Those guys are doing rescue work?" Sumeragi said in disbelief. "I can understand why Allelujah would do something like that, but Origen is a different story..."
"So, what should we do?" Lichty asked, rhetorically.
"Isn't it obvious." Sumeragi replied, putting her hands on her hips.
Rachel gasped when she heard the news. "Tieria! We need to help them!"
"No." Tieria said, flatly. "They chose to rescue some foolish civilians rather than execute the mission. I refuse."
"Come on!" She yelled. "Lives are at stake!"
"I refuse-"
He was cut off as Rachel punched him as hard as she could! Because of their weightlessness, he didn't go very far, but he still felt the full impact of her punch.
"You dumb bastard!" Rachel snapped. "Ms. Sumeragi said that it doesn't matter if you're a human or not; you still have feelings! But now, you're acting like a heartless monster! There'll be no place for you in the reformed world!"
And with that, she floated away towards the mobile suit deck, never looking back at the shocked Tieria.
"That child..." Tieria growled, wiping away the sliver of blood from his mouth. "She has no qualities of being a Gundam Meister..."
"But you know she's right." Sumeragi suddenly said, floating from behind.
"I still refuse to help."
"Then think of it this way." Sumeragi suggested. "If we lose the Gundam Meisters to the Escape Limit Zone, we'll only have four left. And if they find the remains of the Gundams before we do, they can create new weapons, thus hindering the mission. And we can all conclude that it was your fault."
"Tch!" Tieria scowled. "Not you too, Ms. Sumeragi!" He also floated away in a fit.
She smiled. "Even Gundam Meisters need a few interventions sometimes."
2302 A.D.
Tieria was very concerned. He had almost killed a Gundam Meister. And he was very confused as well. He was just informed that Virtue's limiters were removed without any knowledge of it happening. Who did it? And why did it happen?
He decided to inquire of Veda. Perhaps it had some knowledge about this unforseen event. And maybe it had some news on Hixar Fermi's condition. He had received news that his condition was stable, but he wanted to make sure that he was in a much better situation.
He entered the terminal. Orange lights filled the spherical room, with words and numbers following it. It was the only way Tieria could access Veda and it's knowledge.
"Veda, please tell me the status of Gundam Meister Hixar Fermi." Tieria said.
"Hixar Fermi. Health positive." The words of Veda had appeared in front of him.
Tieria breathed a sigh of relief. "Good."
"Update from Gundam Meister Grave Violento." Veda wrote to Tieria's surprise. "Tieria Erde has of recently been appointed as Gundam Meister of Celestial Being."
"What?" Tieria exclaimed, gasping. "But why?"
"Tieria Erde has shown his humane side in his mock battle against Gundam Rasiel." Veda explained. "By showing concern towards his fellow comrades, he has proved that he has a human heart. It does not matter whether he has a human heart or not."
Tieria's eyes widened. "A human heart..."
"Khh..." Tieria scowled, then turned around... heading towards the mobile suit deck.
JNN Heaven's Pillar Branch
"This just in!" A journalist yelled, putting up a list on the telescreen. "We have a missing persons list from the station accident!"
Kinue gasped when she saw Saji and Louise's name on the list. "No way..."
Back at the gravity blocks, the Tieren, Kyrios, and Adunai continued attempts to bring it up. But despite putting their boosters and verniers at maximum speed, they were only able to keep it steady. They could barely push it away from Earth's gravity!
"But even with the Gundams' propulsion, the best we can do is maintain it's current velocity..." Sergei murmured. "And once the mobile suits run out of energy, we'll be sucked into Earth's atmosphere..."
"Everyone! Can you hear me?" Allelujah communicated, to everyone's surprise. "If you want to live, move to the central block of Gravity Block #7!"
Sergei's eyes widened. "Is this the Gundam pilot speaking?"
"Is someone trying to rescue us?" Louise asked Saji, clutching his arm.
"Let's go, Louise!" Saji exclaimed, pulling her with him.
"HURRY UP!" Allelujah roared.
"It's the voice... of a young man." Sergei said upon realization.
"Come on..." Origen muttered. "Adunai's big, but that's its weakness. Its slower than the other Gundams, so it takes at least 1.5x the GN Particles to hold this thing up!"
In every block, everyone donned the emergency normal space suits in the case that they lose oxygen. Everyone began floating towards the central block, as per orders by their mysterios rescuer.
"Hey Saji..." Louise said amidst the commotion. "We might actually die here, so I want to tell you something."
"Louise?"
"Can you hear me, Gundam pilots?" Sergei said after opening up his communications. "This block is about to enter the Escape Limit Zone. There's nothing more we can do, so move away."
"Are you mocking us?" Origen asked to Sergei's surprise. "We are Celestial Being. We do not give up on any mission. Ever."
"That's right." Allelujah said with a smile. "Besides..."
"Saji, I-"
"A Gundam Meister is never alone!"
Suddenly a huge beam erupted from Earth, crashing into the beam holding the right and central blocks together! It disintegrated, seperating the two sections!
"What the-" Sergei exclaimed.
"Nice shooting skill, Lockon Stratos!" Allelujah commented.
On the CB island on Earth's surface, Gundam Dynames leaned against a support block aiming a huge rifle twice the size of his normal one at the sky. Lockon smirked as he gazed upon his work.
"Good job, Lockon!" Souji yelled.
"GN Particle high density compression in progress." Haro reported.
Lockon took aim again, but clouds blocked his view so he couldn't even aim in space. "Urgh... clouds are in my way... Setsuna, Souji, clear them out!"
"Roger." Setsuna replied. Exusia and Alauda immediately flew up and sliced the clouds away with their swords.
"Charge complete." Haro reported.
"Sniping the target!" Lockon yelled as he pulled the trigger.
Another GN Particle compressed bullet was loaded into the gigantic rifle and fired, with Alauda and Exusia barely dodging the blast as it reached for the sky. It crashed into the left beam, detaching the two-block segment from the central block!
"Nice strategy, Ms. Sumeragi!" Allelujah exclaimed. "Now, even higher!"
Origen gasped as he saw the two-block segment begin to fall into Earth's gravity. "Oh no! The mass of those gravity blocks are too heavy to disintegrate in Earth's atmosphere! They're gonna hit Earth!"
"What?" Sergei gasped.
Origen was correct. That two block segment that Lockon detached from the central block slowly began drifting towards the Escape Limit Zone. If it wasn't stopped, those two gravity blocks would have the force of a meteor!
"I'm here!" Rachel's voice pierced the communications line. Gundam Phasma slowly neared the area.
"Wha- Rachel?" Allelujah exclaimed.
"What...?" Sergei murmured. "Now it's the voice of a young woman. Almost like a child..."
"I'll cut off the beam connecting those gravity blocks." Rachel said. "That way, the two seperated blocks will disintegrate when they reach Earth's atmosphere!"
She flew closer towards the gravity blocks, close to the Escape Limit Zone. Phasma drew it's GN Beam Scythe and activated it, closing in on the beam. It rose it's blade to the air and brought it down... only to miss! She was too late! The gravity blocks had entered Earth's atmosphere and began spiraling like a giant fireball.
"Oh no!" Rachel cried.
"Crap!" Origen yelled. "If that thing hits-"
He was cut off as the giant fireball was disintegrated by a gigantic beam from space! Every pilot gasped and turned to the source, seeing a huge, bulky mobile suit flying their way with a bazooka in hand.
"No way!" Rachel exclaimed, eyes widened in shock. "T-Tieria...?"
"Even Tieria has come to help..." Origen muttered.
"Virtue, commencing intervention." Tieria reported, then added, "This has nothing to do with saving lives."
"Sure it doesn't!" Rachel said happily. "I knew you'd come and help us!"
Sergei breathed a heavy sigh of relief, then turned to see a fleet of three ships with some Tieren Space Types heading their way. "It's the rescue team!"
"Let's get outta here!" Rachel exclaimed.
"Yeah..." Allelujah said with a smile.
"Never again..." Tieria said, sighing.
Origen had a small smile on his face.
The four Gundams, with Kyrios and Adunai reverting to their fighter modes, turned and flew past the surprised Tieren Space Types. Bill gasped. "Colonel, the Gundams!"
"Ignore them!" Sergei yelled.
"But, they killed-"
"The rescue mission is top priority!"
"Urghh... yes sir."
I understand your thirst for revenge soldier. Sergei thought. But I am not so evil as to be ungrateful for their help.
"This just in!" The same man from Heaven's Pillar's branch yelled. "All the people from the accident have been saved!"
"Ohhhh!" All the employees cheered.
Kinue gasped, then sighed in relief after spending time on the bench clutching her arms and praying.
Meanwhile, the four Gundams flew toward the Ptolemaios. They made sure that no one was following them.
"Good job, you guys." Rachel said. "We just saved a bunch of people from impending doom."
"You seem very happy, Rachel." Allelujah said. "Considering you love to hack people with your scythe anyway."
"Well, that's 'cause Tieria helped, even though he said he wouldn't."
"I'm surprised as well." Origen said. "Tieria, you're not the type to bail on the mission."
"You're not either." Tieria responded. "The only reason I intervened was because I wanted to protect the Gundams. But there were too many casualties. Instead of completing the mission, we gave the world the wrong message by doing a rescue operation. And worse of all, we showed Dynames's high-altitude shooting rifle."
"None of that matters anymore!" Rachel argued. "We saved them all! Now everyone will love us!"
"I doubt that." Allelujah said. "They'll probably give all the credit to the Human Reform League because they don't want to glorify us."
"Awww..."
"In any case, you'd better have a good report to turn into Veda." Tieria said.
"Oh, don't worry about that." Origen said. "I have plenty to say... and discuss."
He turned off his communications and murmured, "Like the spilt personality Allelujah reavealed... Hallelujah, huh?"
Back at the rescue team's containers, Louise and Saji huddled together among the dozens of tourists.
"Hey Louise..." Saji whispered.
"Huh?"
He turned to her, a kindly look on his face. "What were you going to tell me earlier?"
"Eh?" She gulped.
He pressed his visor against hers. "Please tell me."
And as the rescue team reached Heaven's Pillar, she responded, "I'm not telling you."
And that's it for this chapter! I hoped yall liked it! It was definitely one of the longest chapters I've ever wrote. And it took a long time as well! I hope you guys didn't mind the long wait for the chapter. Hopefully, updates will be faster since Thanksgiving Break is around the corner.
Anyway, a lot of changes in this chapter huh? I won't talk about it since I already explained it in my last fanfic. But Palus and Rhei are definitely going to get much more attention than that Star Division I created previously.
Just so you guys know, I've never read Gundam 00P. I can't find it in my local bookstore and I can't find in on the internet either. So I'm making up the stories based on summaries I've read on the internet. This is a fanfic anyway, so this is from my perspective. For those who liked Ruido Resonance and Grave Violento, you'll see a lot of them in the future. And they will also affect this story in the future.
Speaking of which, here's the specs for the Tierens Wu and Yue.
MSJ-06II-PE Tieren Yue
The Tieren Yue is a mobile suit of the Tieren line, however it is a vast improvement over previous HRL machines in terms of heavy firepower. The Yue is capable of functioning in space and Earth, as opposed to normal suits. It is also capable of greater acceleration and maneuverability. This mobile suit is installed with a sensor system and a processor capable of keeping up with increased data load. It is equipped with a dual smoothbore cannon capable of sinking battleships. This Tieren is designed and assigned for Super Soldier Palus Eagle.
Model Number: MSJ-06II-PE
Code Name: Yue
Unit Type: Custom Super Soldier-use Artillery Mobile Suit
Manufacturer: Human Reform League
Operator: Human Reform League
Pilot: Palus Eagle
Accomodation: Pilot only, cockpit in torso
Dimensions: Overall height 18. 7 meters
Weight: Max gross weight 114.4 tons
Armor Materials: E-Carbon
Power Plant: Hydrogen
Special Features: Sensors, Data Processor
Looks: Just like the Tieren Taozi. It's painted bright red with a black chestplate and white joints.
Weapons: Dual 200x25mm Smoothbore Cannon, forearm-mounted, hand operated in use; 30mm Machine Gun, mounted on left shoulder; Cable Hook, mounted on right shoulder;
Notes: Palus was based off Lunamaria Hawke from SEED Destiny, so this mobile suit is based off her Gunner ZAKU Warrior as well. It's more powerful than the Taozi, but it's a lot slower. It's double-barrel cannon's power can't live up to Silverback's myriad of missiles and Virtue's bazooka though. It's the weakest of all the heavy duty suits in the entire series, but it's still powerful. With Palus's training and superhuman experimenting, she's a lot better off than some of the people in this fanfic anyway.
MSJ-06II-RLP Tieren Wu
The Tieren Wu is a mobile suit of the Tieren line, however it is a vast improvement over previous HRL machines in terms of close-quarter combat capabilities. The Wu is capable of functioning in both Earth and space, as opposed to normal suits. It is also capable of greater acceleration and maneuverability. This mobile suit is installed with a sensor system and a processor capable of keeping up with increased data load. It is equpped with two heat-edged axes rather than the standard smoothbore cannon in an experiment to determine if Tierens are capable of close combat. This mobile suit was designed and assigned to Super Soldier Rhei Las Plaga.
Model Number: MSJ-06II-RLP
Code Name: Wu
Unit Type: Custom Super Soldier-use Close-Quarters Combat Mobile Suit
Manufacturer: Human Reform League
Operator: Human Reform League
Pilot: Rhei Las Plaga
Accomodation: Pilot only, cockpit in torso
Dimensions: Overall height 18.7 meters
Weight: Max gross weight 110.9 tons
Armor Materials: E-Carbon
Power Plant: Hydrogen
Special Features: Sensors, Data Processor
Looks: Just like the Tieren Taozi. White with black joints.
Weapons: 2x Heat Axe Type 2, hip-mounted, hand-carried in use; 20mm Machine Gun, mounted on left shoulder; Cable Hook, mounted on right shoulder;
Notes: Rhei is based off Rey Za Burrel from SEED Destiny, so this suit is loosely based off his Blaze ZAKU Phantom. It's supposed to give off the same sense of fear Graham's Gallant does, but in a more subtle way. Hopefully it does that. The only difference is that this mobile suit mainly uses axes rather than long-ranged weapons like the ZAKU did. I created this specifically to oppose the long-ranged weaponry that Soma and Palus use.
You might be thinking that all the cool guys got close-ranged weapons (ex. Graham, Rhei, Souji), but don't worry. Next chapter, we got a guy with a gun (even though the gun is used at close-range).
Again, sorry for the late update. I still hoped you enjoy. Now, please review!