Ch 6 – The Two Black Kings
Medical Bay, RAS Sinbad the Sailor, Persian Gulf
The designation of RAS stood for "Royal Azad Ship", the standard of Azadistani vessels. While the Navy of Azadistan was the smallest among military branches, their vessels were still able to carry transport. In the wake of civic unrest, the port cities were targeted and few ships remained. The RAS Sinbad the Sailor was among the only left.
Now, the vessel Sinbad the Sailor was en route around the Persian Gulf as it fled the attack on their home nation. Inside the Medical Bay, Mouvasi was still in coma from his valiant defence against the Arche Jagd. Marina and the children were seated around his bed, as they waited for him to awaken. Soon, he came into awaking.
"Mouvasi, you're alive!" Marina exclaimed joyfully, "can one of you send in Doctor Rashid here?"
"Princess, tell me… where are we now…" he asked wearily, "why are we shaking?"
"We're onboard the RAS Sinbad the Sailor currently," she explained, "The ESF has declared an international force into Azadistan in light of its civic unrest."
"What… we were obviously attacked by something powered by the GN Drive!" Mouvasi shouted, "Only the Federation has that kind of technology… we must surface now and…"
Suddenly, Shirin also appeared in the Bay. She was accompanied by a much older hunchbacked male in a lab coat, and thick spectacles over his eyes.
"Doctor Rashid is here," Shirin said, "and Mouvasi, your actions may be most foolish. The Federation has been eyeing our region for so long, they will not let it go once their armies charge in."
"You may be right…" Mouvasi grudgingly agreed, "But we will reclaim our country someday…"
Rub' al Khali Desert, former Saudi lands
Within the Rub' al Khali Desert, the lone Gundam Cherudim was patrolling the vast emptiness of the desert. Inside, it was only Lockon and his loyal Haro there. Feeling thirsty from the heat, Lockon guzzled down his water.
"So they say that escape pod went all the way out in this no man's land," Lockon said, "I better be careful, the Federation is on regular patrol in these parts. Speaking of which, Haro, what is the status?"
"Nothing on radar. Nothing on radar," it cried, "Mobile Suits in combat. Mobile Suits in combat."
"Only two possibilities here…" Lockon exclaimed, and he piloted the Cherudim forward at once.
Over the distance, the battle was unfolding before his eyes. A Ground Battleship was stationed there; a sign of the Federation's coming. The black-painted Tierens and Enacts were fending off against the group of GN-XIIIs and Federation Tierens; the battle was more in favour of the Federation of course.
"This, I cannot stand for," Lockon said, "Haro, prepare for Battle Mode."
Suddenly, the Cherudim went in towards the battle ahead and pulled out its set of GN Pistols, firing on the Federation's forces. However, the attack was also noticed by both sides as well.
"General Smirnov, a Gundam is attacking our forces!" one of the technicians had reported.
On the podium, Sergei oversaw the battle, and soon sighted the Cherudim attacking a GN-XIII.
"Send in reinforcements for our units," Sergei declared, "I will take command of the reinforcements and all remaining forces already dispatched."
With the Gundam Cherudim, the fight went more in favour to the defending Schwarze Ritters as they began to escape. However, another group of GN-XIIIs were dispatched from the Ground Battleship. They were led by a Tieren unit, but the newest of them all. It was dubbed the Tieren All Region-Type, a recently-developed Tieren able to cross land, sea and space without equipment change. It was piloted by Sergei himself.
"Men, I want all of you to secure the Schwarze Ritters from escaping us!" Sergei declared, "I will handle the Gundam myself. Is that understood?"
"Yes, my liege!" all of them cried, and they took off at once.
As the Cherudim was firing on the Federation Tierens, the All Region-Type literally used its heavy weight and slammed into it. The Tieren ART then grabbed the Gundam and hurled it into the ground.
"Gundam, you have resurfaced after five years," Sergei said, "now I shall put an end to you again!"
The Tieren ART fired on the Gundam with its beam rifle, as it swooped down. The Cherudim retaliated with its GN Pistols, but the Tieren ART easily dodged them all.
"This is no normal Tieren speed," Lockon exclaimed, "Haro, fire the GN Missiles."
Soon, the GN Missiles were also launched to cover the Gundam. But the Tieren ART simply fired through the barrage, and even landed on the ground. At that stage, a Beam Sabre appeared on the Beam Rifle attachment of its arm.
"So you're going for a direct fight," Lockon said, "okay, you're on."
Suddenly, the Cherudim charged forward on the Tieren ART and fired its rounds along the way. The Tieren did likewise and clashed its Beam Sabre against the Gundam, only to be blocked by the two guns.
"You can block that move, but your arms are now preoccupied!" Sergei cried.
The Tieren ART raised its iron fist and tried to punch into the cockpit of the Gundam. However, the Shield Bits were deployed in time and cushioned the attack. After that, the Tieren backed off and shot at the Cherudim along the way.
"Thanks Haro," Lockon said, "block me while I move in."
"Roger" it cried, "Roger."
The Shield Bits dispersed again, and blocked out each of the Tieren's attacks. Without much to stop it, the Cherudim continued its own attack on the Tieren instead. But the Tieren rushed forward and tried to slash the Gundam with the Beam Sabre. However, the Cherudim blocked the sabre with the Pistols.
"So those guns are coated with anti-beam measures," Sergei said.
"Shield Bits, switch to Attack Mode!" Lockon cried.
Suddenly, the Shield Bits scattered around the area went out and struck into the armour of the Tieren. The Tieren immediately tried to get rid of the Shield Bits at once, leaving the Cherudim be.
Taking this chance, the Cherudim flew up and pulled out a Beam Sabre from its right hand for an attack from above. However, Sergei saw that coming and his Tieren turned 180 degree and intercepted the attack.
"Oh no, you won't get me that easily!" Lockon cried, "go, Trans-Am!"
The Cherudim glowed red and narrowly dodged the blade's strikes. It returned to noraml after the dodged, flew overhead the Tieren and shot at it, then slashing it at the front and exposing the cockpit. The Tieren quickly punched the Gundam away as the other GN-XIIIs were attacking it.
"General, we have you covered," a soldier said, "please return to Base."
However, a beam blast that destroyed one of the GN-XIIIs got the Federation forces to flee at once. The Apollyon and Gabriel were also coming to the scene as well, followed by the remaining Mobile Suits of the Schwarze Ritters.
With the Federation forces departing, Lelouch got off the Apollyon to see Lockon.
"Lockon, are you okay?" Zero called out.
Suddenly, the Schwarze Ritter Enacts and Tierens aimed their guns on the Gundams. The Gabriel quickly stomped in and slashed off the gun bayonet off a Tieren, and another Enact fired on the Gundam to no effect.
At once, another black Enact appeared on the scene. However, it was notably shorter as its legs were attached to a land propeller for desert travel. It shot the Enact down with its plasma cannon, and skewed next to Zero. Its pilot, Klaus, quickly to out and greeted Celestial Being.
"Greetings, I am Klaus Grado from the Schwarze Ritters," he greeted, "I apologise for my people's rude actions. Hope you will forgive their ignorance? This place is too dangerous; perhaps you would like to discuss more in our base."
"Very well, I am curious as to your queries," Zero said, "Setsuna, inform the others of our statuses."
"But sir, after they had attacked us!" Setsuna exclaimed.
"The first encounter between two parties is never smooth," Zero said, "we share a common foe too, so the cause for cooperation is higher."
With the Schwarze Ritters gone with the Gundams along, the desert was only filled with the debris of fallen Mobil Suits. Suddenly, another Mobile Suit appeared out of thin air – the Alpha Gundam. Inside, C2 smiled.
"V2, you've heard that," C2 said, "Celestial Being is now led into the Schwarze Ritter base. These Ritters don't really use much of their brain…"
C2 paused for a while, and then she spoke again.
"Okay, you will contact Anya and Gino again," C2 said, "I am not to interfere and finding Al-Saachez is of top priority."
Schwarze Ritter HQ, Rub' al Khali Desert, former Saudi lands
The Schwarze Ritter contingent was travelling alongside with the Gundams back to their base. They moved on towards a seemingly normal hill of sand.
"Okay, we will be reaching there soon," Klaus said, "requesting to open Gate."
"Password required" the computerised voice said.
"Divine atonement," Klaus announced.
"Access approved, Gate will now open," the voice said.
Suddenly, a metal doorway opened up on the surface of the sand hill. The Tierens, Enacts and Gundams all went in at once and it closed in again.
Within the Schwarze Ritter base, hundreds of Mobile Suits stood at the hangars. Soldiers of various races and faith were walking about, all in the similar black uniform of the Schwarze Ritters… and looking towards the Gundams that had arrived there.
"Those machines… they're the Gundams…" one whispered.
"Last time I saw them was on the TV, now's face-to-face," claimed another.
"My comrades were once killed by them…" said a third Ritter.
From the advanced sensors bestowed to the Apollyon, Zero was able to detect the various conversations from the Ritters around them.
"These men, they hail from the Imperium, ICF, EU, Japan…" he thought, "…Azadistan, the former Saudi Empire… and they rally united as one…"
Soon, everyone left their respective Mobile Suits and went out. Bismarck, Sulu, Milly and Rivalz were first of the welcome committee. For this encounter, both Setsuna and Lockon set their helmets to opaque while Zero's mask had already sealed his face.
"Lelouch…" Milly thought.
"Gundam Meisters, we finally meet face-to-face," Bismarck said, "I may have sparred against your people then. I am Bismarck Waldstein, formerly of the EU Armed Forces. Now I fight for the people as the Schwarze Ritters. It means 'the Black Knights' in my native German tongue."
"You may call me Zero," Zero said, "I take it that you are the one behind this arrangement."
"Rest assure it is only by Fate's hand," Bismarck said, "it's only through Fate that we meet. We share a common enemy, the Federation who oppress and blind the masses. Please, we need all the help we can have to being down…"
"Mr Waldstein, may I dare say the facts?" Zero said, "On the contrary, those who accept the aegis of the Earth Sphere Federation live in high standards, even more so than under either one of the three superpowers before."
"But the Federation is still guilty of deceiving its citizens and allowing the A-Laws to do as they wish!" Klaus exclaimed, "This is no more different than a dictatorship!"
"Correct is that the A-Laws are the foes my group shall fight against," Zero professed, "however, we have no interests or desire to fight the Federation, a key force in the unification of the world."
"Even if the A-Laws are vanquished, the Federation can simply reinstate another similar organisation in its place," Bismarck reasoned, "if the A-Laws are to be stopped, it must be from the vile source they gain power from."
"But Zero, it may be logical that we should unite all factions against…" Lockon said.
"We do not share an absolute goal together, so there may be frictions in such an alliance," Zero said, "if it were truly within my group's interest, of course we will join in an alliance."
Ground Battleship ALS Tenacious, Rub' al Khali Desert, former Saudi lands
Outside in the deserts, the Ground Battleship, ALS Tenacious was treading along the sands. Inside the control room, Kati was manning the operations with Cornelia beside her.
"So you were forced into the A-Laws," Kati commented.
"I never like special ops like this," Cornelia said, "the IBI had made me sick, and that buffoon Lindt makes me puke. But you chose to join…"
"We cannot refuse the orders from the higher-ups," Kati said, "and Celestial Being has resurfaced again, according to rumours."
"We had once put an end to those vigilantes," Cornelia said, "we will have to do it again, but this time will be different."
"Generals, we have Intel from the regular army," Guildford came in and informed, "They have sent us coordinates for a possible Schwarze Ritter base and the presence of Gundams."
"We can take them both out by surprise," Lindt commented, "This will be a splendid revenge."
"Okay then, we will need an attack plan…" Kati said.
"No, I recommend Operation D-34," Lindt suggested, "everyone in the A-Laws knows that is the standard orders given."
"And why should we trust you?" Cornelia wondered.
"You can ask General Goodman what to do," Lindt said, "but mind yourselves for bothering him over a trivial matter that does not require thinking."
"Very well, Operation D-34 it is," she declared, "all forces march onward according to coordinates."
"And we'll see the true colours of the A-Laws," Kati thought.
Schwarze Ritter HQ, Rub' al Khali Desert, former Saudi lands
Back in the Schwarze Ritter base, the A-Laws had made priority to arrive and attack quickly. Scores of Aheads and GN-XIIIs were advancing towards the base and quickly fired down their weapons over the area. Their attacks shook the underground base, as everyone panicked.
"What's the matter?" Bismarck cried, "Get me the visual!"
A large holo-screen appeared in the hangar, depicting the A-Laws Mobile Suits.
"They've found us!" Bismarck cried.
"Those Gundams are to blame!" cried one of the Ritters, "we should offer them to the A-Laws for mercy."
"Fighting amongst ourselves will do no good," Bismarck cried out, "Klaus, you're in charge of the defence line. In meanwhile, everyone are to evacuate the base pronto."
"Gundam Meisters, sortie for battle!" Zero proclaimed, "Setsuna, call Allelujah and Q-1 for backup forces. We will launch a pincer attack!"
Outside, the Ritters' Tierens and Hellions were deployed to counter the threat of the A-Laws. However, the A-Laws' Mobile Suits shot down these units like flies on a fly-swatter. However, there were still a handful of such old Hellions who had avoided the first wave of attacks. Suddenly, a beam attack blew those Hellions off-course and they crashed.
Over the distance, two more new Mobile Suits were on the way. One of them was given a violet paintjob, and had four cannons protruding from its front. It was a Mobile Suit dubbed the GN Cannon, mostly used by long-range combat. It was piloted by Anya Alstriem, a member of the A-Laws.
"Tag, you're dead…" she commented.
"Anya, you take on the ground forces," Gino said, "while I will take on those Hellions there."
Next to the GN Cannon, there was another Mobile Suit styled like a fighter jet coming in as well. In fact, it was similar to the old Kyrios, only in a crimson red paintjob. It was called the GN Flyer, a newly-built Mobile Suit leased to the A-Laws and piloted by Gino Weinberg.
It followed some of the Hellions and Enacts flying about, and easily shot them down with its GN Machine Guns. It suddenly shifted to its Mobile Suit Mode, with a MS head protruding from the nose of the jet and its limbs out. It quickly pulled out its two Beam Sabres and slashed off the wings of an Enact.
"These Ritters are just as easy as those Saudi forces," Gino commented, "Where are the Gundams?"
"Gino, our orders are that the Gundams must be captured," Anya said, "leave the Ritters to the A-Laws to handle."
"Just who are those two units?" Kati exclaimed, "Are they with us?"
"They are special soldiers of the A-Laws, given the special privilege to work independently from the rest of A-Laws," Lindt explained, "they are effectively a one-man army on their own."
Meanwhile, some of the Aheads and even the Ahead Prototype moved in towards the Ritter's base and unloaded their backpacks. Soon, the backpacks opened up to reveal swarms of Automatons charging in and gunning down the Ritters.
"Automatons?" exclaimed Bismarck, "Have they stooped this low?"
"What, I will snipe those robots down!" Lockon shouted.
As his Cherudim flew out, he fired his GN Pistols on the attacking Automatons in the way of killing more Ritters. As it got out, the GN-XIIIs suddenly bombarded the Cherudim. Then, the GN Flyer intercepted the Cherudim and attacked on it instead.
"Hello Gundam," Gino said.
After the Cherudim's appearance, both the Gabriel and Apollyon had resurfaced too. Suddenly, the Ahead Smultron, Zinin's Ahead and Andrei's GN-XIII charged in on them.
"Gundam!" Soma yelled.
"We have no time for you," Zero said, "GN Cannons, fire!"
Suddenly, all of the Apollyon's cannons fired away at the Mobile Suits. But all three of them evaded in time, though the GN-XIII's leg was caught in the blast. Suddenly, the regular Ahead pulled out its Beam Sabre to attack the Apollyon.
"I won't let you!" Setsuna cried.
In time, Setsuna blocked out the sword strike from the Ahead and pierced another GN Sword into the side of the Ahead. It quickly flew away, and fired it down with GN Vulcan blasts. Suddenly, a GN-XIII was colliding with Setsuna, but the Apollyon cleared the obstacle by destroying it.
"We have to break this formation of theirs," Zero said.
Suddenly, another squadron of GN-XIIIs was charging towards the Aplloyon.
"Gundam, we meet again!" cried the pilot, who was seemingly Patrick, "remember me, I'm back to finish you…"
Before he even finished his sentence, the Apollyon fired its beams and shot Patrick's unit to the deserts. The other units continued, led by an Ahead armed with a GN Lance. However, they were distracted by a distant beam blast. Both Gundams Arios and Akagi were on the way too.
"More Gundams," Kati stated, "Cornelia, lead your group to intercept them."
On the other hand, Lindt spoke softly to his earpiece.
"Rolo, get that Gundam with the cannons," he ordered, "We can only regain Goodman's trust this way."
Cornelia's Ahead (the one with the GN Lance) led her group towards the Akagi, while the Ahead Smultron turned its attention to the approaching Arios.
"Marie!" Allelujah exclaimed, as his Arios narrowly dodged the Beam Sabre of the Ahead.
"I'll avenge my comrades this time!" Soma cried.
"If I don't fight… I'll die…" Allelujah thought, "…but I may harm Marie… I don't that again…"
"…But if I must, I will just have to fight for her sake," Allelujah declared, "Marie, I am coming for you!"
The Arios shot up and struck against the Ahead Smultron with its Beam Sabre. The Ahead simply returned the attack, as Arios fled and returned from another angle.
Meanwhile, Cornelia and her squadron fought off against Gundam Akagi. Guildford and Claudio (in their GN-XIIIs) charged in from the sides, while Cornelia charged in from the front. Luckily, the Akagi fled the three-pronged attack. After that, they all turned to fire on the Gundam itself.
"Come back this instance, you Gundam!" Cornelia shouted, "You're finished this time!"
The Akagi flew in with the Beam Sabre drawn out, and it clashed against Cornelia's GN Lance. The Gundam quickly fell back and launched a Radiation blast on the GN-XIIIs coming as reinforcements.
"Damn it, just I, Claudio and milady are taking on this Gundam!" Guildford exclaimed, "We need more…"
"No, it will just destroy more of us," Cornelia said, "I will finish this one on my own."
Suddenly, Cornelia charged towards the Akagi again. However, it easily blocked out the GN Lance's attack and grabbed onto the Lance. As the weapon began to burst inside out, Cornelia quickly fled the weapon and drew out a Beam Sabre. Likewise, so did the Akagi.
Meanwhile, Zero was dealing with the GN Cannon in a fierce dogfight. As the GN Cannon fired another blast, the Apollyon blocked it out and returned with his own blasts. However, the GN Cannon dodged the attack.
Suddenly, Anya's face appeared on the monitor for the Apollyon.
"You're the pilot for that unit!" Zero exclaimed, "But you're barely past a child's age."
"Even so, I can still hurt you," Anya replied coldly, "never underestimate your opponents."
"Who said I would," Zero retorted.
Suddenly, the Apollyon unleashed his Beam Sabres and slashed off the four cannons on the GN Cannon. The GN Cannon itself escaped before more damage could be done and launched away GN Missiles instead. In response, the Apollyon shot all of them down.
"I'm losing myself…" Anya claimed, "urg… something in my head…"
Suddenly, Anya's mind was away from the battle and sent elsewhere. In her mind, she saw the image of a woman staring into Anya.
"Who are you?" Anya cried, "you always appear in my dreams!"
The strange lady only smiled back, and various images flashed at once – A group of four people inside an underground base, soldiers marching in, one of the men were shot, a rocket launched into space…
"AAAHHH!" Anya yelled, "I can't take this! Gino, we're retreating!"
"Huh, but we are still…" Gino exclaimed.
However, that had distracted him as the Gabriel had slashed away the Flyer's right arm and his Beam Sabre dropped.
"Fine, no one will point fingers at us anyway," Gino relented.
Soon, the GN Flyer returned to Fighter Mode and flew away along with the GN Cannon.
"What? They're retreating!" Kati exclaimed, "All forces to apprehend the Gundams. Leave the Ritters be."
As the Apollyon was left without his foe, the Ahead Prototype charged in armed with Beam Daggers on both hands.
"Gundam, I won't let you get away this…" Rolo said.
Suddenly, the Gabriel flew in and intercepted the Prototype instead. A device opened up in the elbow of the Prototype and butted into the Gabriel. Setsuna yelled in pain from the attack.
"That attack fried my systems…" he claimed.
"Setsuna, out of the way!" Zero cried.
At this instance, a beam blast shot out and both Gabriel and the Prototype dodged it in time.
Meanwhile, Andrei's GN-III looked over towards the bout between the Arios and Ahead Smultron. It then raised its GN Lance and readied fire.
"…For… her… Soma… I won't let you die…" Andrei panted.
However, his GN-XIII was bombarded by some Ritters fleeing the area. These Ritters were led by a unique Enact, mounted on a set of Sand Tracks for desert combat. This variant was known as the Enact Land-striker Package, and piloted by Klaus.
"Ritters, attack that GN-XIII while it is distracted!" Klaus ordered.
Andrei soon knew of its attackers, and fired back on the Ritter contingent. Two of the Tierens were easily shot down, but the rest managed to flee. Klaus turned back his Enact, ready to go all-out on the GNX-III.
"Klaus, get out of the area now!" Bismarck ordered.
"But Colonel, we are making…" Klaus said instead.
"No buts, I need you to live on if I were to perish," Bismarck said, "all men are to leave for the Suille base ASAP. I will call you should I survive this ordeal."
"Colonel…" Klaus said, "Your wishes… I will accord to."
With that, even Klaus' unit had retreated into the deserts. Bismarck spied on the outside from the cameras placed over the surface. He sighed and went inside a magnet rail. As he escaped from the site, he pressed a button on the interface inside his capsule.
"Password, please," a computerised voice spoke out.
"Nero," Bismarck spoke, as he keyed in the password.
"Password approved," the voice spoke, "Detonation will commence."
Suddenly, the ground exploded and kicked up into the sky as a wide-spreading dust cloud. The Gundams took the cue and fled the scene immediately, while the A-Laws forces were enveloped in the gushing sands.
"What the Hell!" exclaimed Lindt.
"I can't see!" Rolo exclaimed.
"Gundam!" Cornelia exclaimed, but the sands blocked her view.
Inside the Apollyon, Lelouch was smiling underneath his mask… as he thought of his plan's capability.
"Mr Waldstein, the A-Laws may overrun your base in a matter of time," Zero warned, "even with us, they can't be fended off."
"I have already ordered an evacuation," Bismarck replied.
"Not enough from you, you must limit their numbers," Zero said, "there are explosives locked up in this base, right?"
"You couldn't be suggesting…" Bismarck exclaimed.
"It's the only way out for all of us," Zero insisted.
"Guess he had listened to my suggestion…" Zero said.
The sandstorm forcefully stirred in eventually settled down, but by then the Gundams were gone. Some of the GN-XIIIs, Aheads and Automatons had flew out and crashed against the ground again. The entire Ritter base was obliterated by the blast, and was of no use for further investigations.
"Report on our status and where did the Gundasm go off to," Kati ordered.
"Our forces are scattered over a range of 8 km and maybe beyond that point," a coordinator reported back.
"Send out the regular army to rescue them," Lindt said, "we must continue the pursuit of the Gundams."
"You…" Kati responded.
"Madame, we have a message from HQ…" the coordinator said, "It seems to be urgent."
"Another mission, I see…" Kati said, and our destination will be…"
They looked at the screen and stopped short.
"This is unexpected…" she said, "…but orders are orders. We will have to leave this to the regulars."
"Madame, we have feedback on missing persons," the second coordinator announced, "the list will be flashed soon."
The list of missing persons appeared on screen, and both Kati and Lindt scanned through it.
"The Super-Soldier Peries is missing!" Lindt exclaimed, "HQ will be furious…"
"But orders must be obeyed," Kati said, "we are to leave. All who refuse the order are to be handled under martial court."
Meanwhile, the Apollyon had met with the other Gundams. Zero then engaged in communication with them.
"What was that for?" Q-1 exclaimed.
"Something I had advised Mr Waldstein to do as a declaration of his sincerity to our alliance," Zero said, "and also to handicap the A-Laws for now."
"You what?" Lockon exclaimed.
"But where is Arios?" Setsuna said.
"Don't tell me he got carried away by the blast," Zero pointed out, "everyone, search for Allelujah now! I will contact the St. Cuthbert II at once."
In the Ground Battleship, Sergei was in the infirmary with the ship's medic.
"Mr Smirnov, you aren't the Wild Bear of Manchuria you used to be called," the medic reprimanded, "you will not hold out much more if you constantly put yourself at such risk."
"I have my job to do, and I feel bored with retirement," Sergei simply said.
"Men," the medic lamented, "I got a husband like you; we actually met in the EU Army in the Balkans. One day, he went to handle a conflict and that was game over for him…"
Suddenly, a lower soldier came inside the infirmary and saluted to Sergei.
"General, we have a message from the A-Laws," he said, "They want us to locate their missing members after a surprise attack on them."
"These A-Laws think they're so great," the medic complained, "they're leaving all the hard work to us the regulars."
"And they had placed a priority in locating an Ms Soma Peries," the soldier continued.
Suddenly, Sergei stood up and went on to leave the infirmary.
"This settles it, we have a new mission to accomplish," he said.
Desert Region, Former Kurdistan
Since the breakdown of Azadistan, all its lands were in a state of anarchy and under the control of either warlords or the ESF Army. In the former Kurdistan, some cities were occupied by the Kurdish National Front while others were occupied by Imperialists, Communists or the ESF.
Along the old borders with Azadistan, the Escape Pod for the Arche Gundam was seen there. Suddenly, the Alpha Gundam landed on the area and C2 walked out of her Gundam, climbing to its hand.
"Ali Al-Saachez, I know you're here…" she said.
Soon, Ali walked out of his Escape Pod and looked up at C2.
"I got my Gundam quite banged up," he said, "but I still did my part."
"And you have already been paid for the job," C2 verified, "another Arche is available to you at HQ. We will require your future support."
"Of course…" Ali replied.