((The year is Universal Salutis Century 8-81, humanity lives in earth built colonies named Towers. An enforcement guild called The Brothers of Solomon colonized their ruling over all that is space as they seek capture of the Legion of Earth's crystallized energy source called Bion. Enemy pilot Lola Kayleigh assists in the assault of rescuing her fiancé from execution sentencing only to find herself saving the people she was trained to kill.))

Mobile Suit Gundam

DECIMATION

CREED 11: Quin-La's Pursuit

Thai-Long established a mining base in Burgeida, edge of former Germany. Do to recent diggings; it was a hot spot for natural resources that will strengthen The Brothers of Solomon forces greatly. Intelligence has been monitoring the Quin-La's whereabouts for a week straight and word came to Thai-Long that they discovered the location of the mining base.

"Status?" asked Thai-Long. A few of his men were in the main camp mapping out their plan of operation to counter the Quin-La's pursuit.

"Sir! The vessel is on course for Burgeida. It'll arrive within two hours," said General Cassydi.

"Excellent…and the XT-Dyaglas?"

"The XT-04s are ready, but we're still tuning up the XT-05," said a soldier.

"I can be of some assistance…" The men in the room turned seeing Esme walking into the camp.

"Ah, my dear Esme. I'm curious…what can you offer without a mobile suit?" asked Thai-Long.

"Why…with these my Master." Esme held up a deck of cards. There was an empty table were she sat,

"Cards?" asked General Cassydi.

"Not just any deck of cards, but tarot cards. Tarot works through symbolism, each tarot card symbolizes a universal form or aspect of the human condition. Archetype uses the fundamental central ideas, experiences, actions, emotions, and or situations common to all.

All archetypes represent a universal circumstances or phases that everyone at one time or another is involved with or will encounter," she explained while shuffling the cards.

"Fortune telling? Don't make me laugh," chuckled General Cassydi.

"By looking at a tarot card, the person whose card is being read reflects on the past and present and projects into the future of his or her specific individual life upon the general archetype meaning. This reflection and projection of the personal situation unto the universal archetype brings in expansion of conscious thought by surfacing and illuminating the unconscious and guiding the awareness into the previously unaware."

"So I see. You're going to use your power of consciousness to foresee the outcome of soon to be battle," said Thai-Long with interest. Could the power possessed by an Anointed Being be powerful enough to change the future?

"Not change…but alter it," she corrected and slightly smiled at him. "Tarot reveals hidden knowledge insight, and understanding not even possible when locked within the confines of the individual ego perspective. Therefore, when used correctly by structuring perception through the contents of archetypes, one can use it to aid in understanding one's self and situation. Using the tarot in meditating reflection and projection expands the mind, extends empathy towards others by virtue of its universal application and fosters hope." Esme placed the deck on the table and cut the deck with her left hand. She placed each card face down creating the fifteen positions and the golden dawn spread, looking like a giant "I". Esme then ran her right hand over the golden dawn, feeling each of the cards before flipping the first (middle).

"Card one reveals a situation: Wheel of Fortune. It's associated with destiny, fate, beyond individual control, good luck, opportunity, and elevation."

"Which means?" asked Thai-Long, curiously.

"…you were going to send the Dyaglas correct?" asked Esme, flipping over the second card that revealed choice one.

"Yes, the plan was the send a blockade and attack the Quin-La with our new models," said General Cassydi.

"Send the Zodacs instead," said Esme after viewing the third card, which revealed choice two.

"WHAT!" shouted General Cassydi.

"By sending the Zodacs out you'll completely catch them off guard when the Dyaglas are release afterwards," explained Esme after viewing the forth card which choice two in more detail.

"So be it," said Thai-Long.

"But sir," pleaded General Cassydi.

"I trust her judgment. Have frontline men pilot their Zodacs leaving the remaining soldiers with the Dyaglas. I want you men in here to suit up the carrier. We're leaving this place afterwards," said Thai-Long.

THE QUIN-LA CONTINUED pursuing the Devil's Phenix whereabouts, moving into the Burgeida territory.

"Heat sources sir, picking up enemy mobile suits heading in our direction," informed Stacy.

"Confirmed, a total of seven Zodacs," replied Tracy.

"Is the Helloid ready to be deployed?" asked Etrius.

"Yes, along with the Jackals," confirmed Cici.

"Excellent, deploy all mobile suits!" commanded Etrius.

"Lola…Harold…Landon…Trinidad…Zan…LAUCHING!" The four Jackals and Helloid were greeted with shells firing at them. Landon's Jackal whipped out its beam machine gun and began firing back. The three Jackals stayed by the tank while the Helloid and Zan's Jackal went more forward.

"Do we know what's so important about this mining base?" asked Lola.

"No, but we did pick up strong radiation of that belonging to Bions," said Zan. This was the first time Lola heard of the Bion crystals giving off radiation of some sort. The Helloid swung its arm to the right and fired it's beam rifle twice, taking out a Zodac. Zan charged forward, taking out a beam saber and sliced a Zodac's left leg off as he tried dodging the strike.

"Incoming missiles!" shouted Tracy.

"West side, 3 minutes for impact," added Stacy.

"Malik, dodge it and counter with main weapons," ordered Etrius. Malik quickly turned the wheel to the right causing the Quin-La to swerve, barely missing the missiles. The armor started opening up revealing cannons which if fired, assisting the mobile suits.

"Hmmm…this is not going into my favor," complained Thai-Long, looking at the screen.

"We still need more time loading the Gisbin," said General Cassydi.

"I'll go out," said Thai-Long.

"What!?" asked Esme. "You can't, the timeline doesn't have you in it. By you going in, it will upset the balance."

"Then I will turn the balance into my favor. Keep me safe," he said, placing his hand on her shoulder. Esme drew a new card from the remaining deck and placed it on top of the face over card eight.

"Go on top of the northern hill, point the cannons three degrees below and trust your instincts. When the time is right…when you feel it, fire," explained Esme. Thai-Long jumped inside the unfinished XT-05 Dyagla and closed the hatch. On the battlefield, Lola took out another Zodac as her sensors were picking up something that was entering into the Earth's atmosphere.

"Is that…" thought Lola, even zoomed in at max she could barely make out what it was, but some type of craft was entering. On the hillside, stood the Dyagla. It was in its mobile armor wolf mode. It was on its four hine legs with its thrusters being two jet-like wings, with the color scheme of green, black, and gold. The two-doberguns on its back in the middle of the wings lowered three degrees as instructed.

"…there!" he said and fired two powerful beams directly at the Helloid.

"!! Whoa?" gasped Lola as a white bolt flashed across her forehead with an accompanying sound effect. The Helloid quickly sprung out of the way as the blast hit and melted the ground it just stood on. As Thai-Long felt this strange Anointed experience, Esme eyes widen in disbelief when she gasped, dropping a card on the golden dawn. This phenomenon was so strong it even reached her as she grabbed her head,

"Wha…what is this pressure. Someone…is calling. Who is calling out to my Master?" Esme question. She looked down and saw the card she dropped was The Tower.

WHEN THE HELLOID feet touched the ground Lola knew exactly where the beams came from and pointed its beam rifle at the direction and fired. The Dyagla jumped, dodging the blast and down from left to right down hill,

"Is this a new model?" she asked. Suddenly the Dyagla pushed off and took off in the air using its wings. The head was unique from the other Dyaglas as the head had fangs and teeth. While in the air the head extended out and down like a snake, forcing the Helloid to jump out of the way as the head slammed down into the ground with such force the ground trembled for a second.

"LOLA!" shouted Zan. Lola viewed her single monitors under the main screen and saw,

"Four unidentified heat sources have appeared," said Stacy.

"Unidentified? Put it on screen," said Etrius. The Screen blew up showing wolf-like machines attacking the Quin-La.

"Mobile Armors," said Landon.

"What? They have that technology?" asked Trinidad.

"Oh you have no idea," said Lola. She felt a strong presence from the mobile armor that was in front of her, a presence she felt before. "…Thai-Long…are you piloting that Armor?"

"We're getting out of here now," said General Cassydi.

"What?" asked Esme.

"We have what wanted, time to leave this hellhole." General Cassydi. As much as she wanted to resist, the cards were lade out in front of her. She knew that it was the best possible future and went with Cassydi.

"Alright then," said Thai-Long, receiving word that it was time to head out. Soon the Dyagla charged forward at the Helloid, but to Thai-Long surprise it was pushed out of the way by a Jackal and to turn this into his favor the head of the Dyagla extended and it's teeth clinched onto the Jackal's shoulder and using the wings the Dyagla took off into the air, taking the Jackal with it.

"Who Jackal that was?" asked Harold.

"ZANNNN!" screamed Lola in a state of stress.

"They're retreating," said Malik.

"Etrius, picking up suddenly heavy interference," reported Cici.

"This place is bombed!" shouted Etrius, realizing they knew that if the tank were to be attack then it would move more into the central vicinity rather than away. "Cici do your best to send a message to Landon. Turn this tank around, backup forty degrees south NOW!" order Etrius. Landon received the message and told everyone else that the area was planted with bombs. Lola kicked her thrusters into high gear and blasted off as the Jackals darted back to the tank.

"…boom," whispered Thai-Long as the bombs via timer went off.

"AHAHAH!" screamed everyone inside the Quin-La as it was push the tank more on its side, Malik was trying to get a hold on the tank.

After the dust and debris settled, the Quin-La stood intact and able to move, but needed heavy repairs and fast. Harold, Trinidad, and Landon came out their mobile suits while outside on the tank and stood around Lola as tears strolled down her face. She was angered than upset to what just happened. Why did Thai-Long take Zan, what was so important about this mining base, and who was inside the craft that entered the Earth?