1. Kira/Flay (6 votes)
2. Kira/Lacus (5 votes)
3. Yzak/Shiho (3 Votes)
4. Dearka/Miriallia (2 Votes)
5. Athrun/Lacus (1 Votes)
5. Athrun/Lunamaria (1 Votes)
5. Nicol/Meyrin (1 Votes)
5. Dearka/ an Astray Girl (1 Votes)
5. Natarle/OC (NOT KAZUMA) (1 Votes)
5. Flay/OC (NOT KAZUMA) (1 Votes)
5. Meer/OC (NOT KAZUMA) (1 Votes)
5. Lunamaria/OC (NOT KAZUMA) (1 Votes)
Here are the polls so far. Flay has finally taken the led as Kira's pairing with Yzak/Shiho in second, Dearka/Miriallia in third, and well you can tell what is in fourth place. This is the last chapter for those who haven't voted. If Kira/Flay and Kira/Lacus are tied again by the time I post the next chapter then it will be a love-triangle. Otherwise I will only take the one with the most votes.
Well anyways, with the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED or any of their machines that I may include in this story. Sebastian Connor who will appear in this story was created and owned by Storm Wolf77415. The only OCs that I own are members of the Sasaki family and only two machines I have created for this fic.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Comm Chatter or T.V."
Sound Or Author's Note
"AI talking"
Chapter 4: Suprise In The Hanger
Time: Unknown
Date: 1/25/ 71 C.E.
Location: Abandon Hanger X-25
"That is NO shuttle" Kazuma whispered to himself as he walked towards the machine on the catwalk. It was definitely a mobile suit, standing around 19 meters from head to toe and looked eerily similar to the other G-weapons. It had a large shield with a long spike at the bottom connected on it's left arm, while on the right arm was a huge gun connected at the shoulder and extended all the way down to it's mid-shin. The gun had what looked like a turbine close to where the gun connected to the shoulder. On the lower part of the legs something similar to oversized intake vents on the outward parts of the legs. It also had two beam saber hilts coming out from behind the shoulder.
What got his attention the most was the paint job. It wasn't the usual grey colors like on the G-weapons when they had their Phase Shift armor off. This suit was mostly black and white with some gold and a light blue color in certain areas. He could see the optical sensors of the suit were a bright blue as well. (1) (A/N: you MUST see the picture in order to understand fully on what it looks like)
'What's a mobile suit like this doing in a dusty bug infested hanger like this?' Kazuma thought as he walked up to where the cockpit doors are in the middle of the suit's torso and looked up at the suit. He raised an eyebrow when he saw the right side of the G-weapon's face; it had what looked like a scar painted over its right eye. 'Must be a personal touch someone put on,' he thought as he walked up to the cockpit door and looked for the switch to open the doors.
"That's weird," he said aloud as he continued to search the door. "There's no switch to open the door," he finished, stepping back a few feet before he sighed.
'No use using this thing if I can't get in,' Kazuma thought, as he walked back to where he came in. 'Maybe the other hangers have something I could use to get out of here,' he finished while continuing to walk away from the suit.
Kazuma stopped in his tracks as he heard something behind him. Turned around, went into a low fighting stance, and looked at the suit again. He blinked as he saw the suit's cockpit doors open up in a four way split revealing the cockpit interior.
'OK, that's eerie,' he thought getting out of his fighting stance, cautiously walked back towards the suit's cockpit, and looked inside. The cockpit wasn't anything like it was inside the other G-weapons he had seen. It looked like a panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit. He had seen the prototypes for the cockpit, but didn't think they had been installed in into a suit yet. He also noticed there was a black flight-suit helmet and a pair of black gloves with grey streaks on it on the seat. The helmet was hanging on the chair's head rest and it seemed connected to the seats head rest. (2)
Kazuma slowly walked into the cockpit to get a better look at the helmet. When he got to the helmet, he grabbed it, and pulled it closer to him viewing the front of the helmet. 'What the?' he thought curiously as he got a closer look at the back of the helmet. From what he could tell there several wires in different sizes connecting the helmet to the head rest.
"Interesting," he said but was cut off at a weird sound coming from behind him. He quickly turned around to see the cockpit doors shut on him, sealing him in the cockpit of the mobile suit and blocking out all light.
'Great… now I'm stuck in here,' Kazuma thought, mentally kicking himself as he sat down in the chair, the helmet in hand, and sighed. "Might as well see if I can get this thing active," he said aloud as he turned the helmet around and placed it on his head. He was caught by surprise as the inside of the helmet inflated a little; making it fit snuggly on Kazuma's head.
"Please state your name," Kazuma heard a very low male voice said from nowhere, making him look around the cockpit in confusion.
"Who's there?" Kazuma asked, still confused as to who asked for his name.
The panoramic screen flashed for a few seconds meaning it was turned on. Kazuma then saw the screen go black as numerous light green binary codes started to scrolling down the 360 degree screen. Soon after the codes appeared, an image of what looked like a large red sphere with four smaller red spheres encircling it, appeared in the middle of the large screen in front of Kazuma. "In order for you to pilot this machine, you must give your name," it said, flashing as it talked, and the smaller spheres moved around the larger sphere.
"Uh… Ok," Kazuma said, a bit more confused that he's talking to a computer. "Takashi Yamato," he lied, giving the computer his fake name instead of his real name.
"Searching…," It said as the colors of the binary codes changed colors from light green to a light blue, then back to its original color again. "No match found. Please state your correct name."
"Fine," Kazuma said, crossing his arms in frustration. "Kazuma Kurokawa Sasaki," he finished, stating his full name to the computer.
"Searching…," it said as the colors changed again for a few seconds before it went back to the original. "Match found," it said, bringing up Kazuma's old file up on the panoramic screen, right beside the spheres.
"Kazuma Kurokawa Sasaki; Age: 17, Date of Birth: August 15th, Gender: Male, Genetic Race: Second Generation Coordinator, Hair color: Light Brown, Eye color: Light Blue, Status: Missing," the computer said, saying things on the file in order before stopping at 'Missing'. "Due to the 'Missing' status, a DNA and Brain Wave test is required," It finished, closing the file on the large screen.
"Huh?" Kazuma asked even more confused as to how the computer is going to do the 'tests'. He then felt something lift up some of his hair in the helmet and yanked some strands off of his skull. "Ow!" he said in surprise, placing his right hand on the back of the helmet.
"Analyzing," It said, as the color of the binary code changed to a dark green for a few second before it changed back to the bright light green. "DNA match confirmed, now beginning Brain Wave test," It said, before the wires on the helmet grew taunt and pulled Kazuma's head into the head-rest.
"What the hell!" Kazuma yelled in surprise again, as a long C-shaped scanner paned over his face from right to left before it disappeared and the wires became slack again, allowing Kazuma to lean forward in the seat.
"Analyzing," The computer said. "Match confirmed. DNA and Brain Wave test complete. Identity Confirmed. Greetings Kazuma, I am 'Orion', the Artificial Intelligence of this mobile suit," 'Orion' finally greeted Kazuma, after a couple minutes of being left in the dark.
"Alright, 'Orion'," Kazuma said, peeved that he was abused by a computer and crossing his arms. "I have some questions I want to ask you," he finished, looking right at the visual form of 'Orion'.
"Very well, I shall answer any question to the best of my processing power," 'Orion' said, sounding very eager to answer Kazuma's questions for some reason.
"Ok, why is this suit here?" Kazuma asked narrowing his eyes, hoping to get some answers.
"About four years ago, when the Atlantic Federation had gotten information about ZAFT's mobile suits, the GINN via spy network, had started a project to combat them if time of war had ever appeared. Known as the 'O' Project the A.F. started to capture as many blue-prints of ZAFT GINNs as they could. After two years of research and the discovery of new technologies and metals on Mars, the GAT-X025 Orion was created," 'Orion' said making Kazuma blink as he heard the name of the Mobile Suit.
'The GAT-X025 Orion?' Kazuma questioned in his thoughts, raising an eyebrow at the AI. 'I thought Admiral Halberton started the G-weapon project over a year ago, but why did this project stop?' he questioned to himself.
"However," 'Orion' continued, cutting of Kazuma's train of thought. "Due to the large funding needed to continue the project, the A.F. cancelled the 'O' Project, placed the X025 and myself into this hanger, and transferred the remaining funds and research to Admiral Halberton's 'G-Series' mobile suits," he finished, unintentionally answering the question in Kazuma's head.
'That explains how Halberton got the research from almost out of nowhere,' Kazuma thought, his arms still crossed. "How big was the price tag?" he asked, curious as to how much the project cost.
"Calculating…," 'Orion' said, trying to figure out the sum of the project. "The remaining funds were enough to complete the other 'G-Series' prototypes, the mobile suit carrier called the 'Archangel' and still be 300 trillion earth dollars under budget," he finished making Kazuma give a low, but very long, whistle in amazement.
"That's a lot of zeros," Kazuma said before he heard an explosion even through the suit. "What was that?" he asked on instinct looking around the cockpit, trying to figure out where that explosion came from.
"It appears as though the Morgenroete research and factory has been destroyed via bombs planted in key locations," 'Orion' answered calmly, making Kazuma look at 'him'. "We may only have a couple minutes before the hangers go as well," he finished flatly as Kazuma strapped himself into the chair.
"Was an OS installed before the project was cancelled?" Kazuma asked again, finishing putting the belt on and slipping on the gloves he had found earlier.
"Negative, because the X025 never made it to the testing phase, so an OS was never installed," 'Orion' replied making Kazuma curse under his breath as he searched for the button to extend the keyboard.
"Where's the switch to extend the keyboard?" Kazuma question as he continued to search the main console in front of him.
"One moment please," 'Orion' requested.
Kazuma leaned back into his chair as he heard something open up on both sides of the chair. He then saw two projectors on either side move up and lined each other up above Kazuma's lap. There was a flash that lasted a few seconds before Kazuma saw the bright orange holographic form of a keyboard in front of him. "A Holo-keyboard?" he asked aloud as multiple blank screens popped up on the panoramic and console screens. "Now that's new," Kazuma said as he started working on creating Orion's OS at a lightning pace from the ground up. "How do we remove the braces that are holding us down?" he asked, not looking up from the screens as he worked.
"I am able control the suit it self if needed, but it is against protocol and my programming to use the weapons," 'Orion' informed. "However, the suit is running on a minor Heliopolis power conduit while the suit's generator is inactive, so I cannot move," he finished, making Kazuma freeze in his work when he heard Orion say the word 'Generator'.
"What do you mean generator?" Kazuma asked, very confused as to what Orion said before he continued. "The other G-weapons use batteries and not generators because they can't supply enough power to operate the electronics," he finished giving his reason.
"The X025 has an experimental high-energy cryogenic power generator to operate as its main power source," 'Orion' said, as he noticed Kazuma started to work again. "When you have finished with the OS, I should be able to activate the generator."
"Alright, I'm done," Kazuma said, hitting the 'enter' key, making the Holo-keyboard disappear, and the projectors go back inside the seat.
"Upload of OS confirmed, now initializing start-up sequences," 'Orion' confirmed, as his form and the binary codes disappeared from the panoramic screen, making the cockpit go pitch-black as Kazuma lowered the helmet's visor. The monitors on the console came to life one at a time from left to right before the panoramic screen also turned on, giving Kazuma a 360 degree view of the hanger.
Kazuma took a quick glance around the hanger to get a good idea of its condition. Ahead of the Orion were the hanger doors that led to either the exterior to the colony or the interior. The place was starting to fall apart, support beams and major conduits were coming off the ceiling and walls. 'The start-up sequence better hurry up, otherwise were sunk,' Kazuma thought before he noticed something on the main console screen in front of him.
'An acronym?' he thought raising an eyebrow before he leaned in closer to see the words better. "General Unification of Neuro-link Drive with Artificial intelligence Module," he read the words on the screen aloud, leaning back into his chair. He remembered seeing something similar to the X025's acronym in the other G-weapons, the capital letters always spelled out 'Gundam'.
"Generator active, no abnormalities detected," 'Orion' said, as the catwalk in front of the X025's cockpit doors split into to two sections, became horizontal to the maintenance rack as they split apart, away from the Orion. "Systems all green, the GAT-X025 Orion is ready for launch," the AI finished, as Kazuma gripped the controls and placed his feet on the foot pedals.
"Right, open the hanger doors if you can so we can get out of here before this whole place goes," Kazuma ordered, disconnecting the minor power conduit linking Orion to the colony and making the Orion take it's first steps towards the exit.
"Affirmative, it will only take me a few milliseconds to hack into the system," 'Orion' replied, making Kazuma smirk as the hanger doors opened and the Orion walked into a VERY long exit runway that was large enough for the suit to make it through to the other end. "However, if we run towards the end we will not make it to the colony interior in time," he finished making Kazuma cock an eyebrow at what the AI was saying.
"Then how do you suggest we get there?" Kazuma asked sarcastically.
"Activating 'Centari' Hover System," 'Orion' said, making Kazuma blink as the X025 came to a stop and the Hanger doors closed behind the suit.
"Hover Syste-?" Kazuma tried to question but was cut off as he felt the Orion jerk upwards before it stopped, making Kazuma look over and downward over the right arm of the Cockpit's seat. He couldn't see much because of the Orion's torso, but he could see some dust getting blown away near the feet as well as some electrical discharge coming from the feet again and connecting to the ground around it.
"Huh, that's a neat trick," Kazuma said, straightening his back up right again and looking forward. "Remind me to ask you how that system works," he finished, putting aside his amazement for now.
"Affirmative, may I suggest you sit up straight when the system is active," 'Orion' warned, not wanting his new pilot to get injured. "The X025 has a bit of a high acceleration," he finished, hacking into Heliopolis's systems and opening the doors at the very end of the tunnel runway.
"Right, lets get out of here," Kazuma said, pushing the throttle forward to the halfway mark, activating the Orion's main thrusters and making it go from 0 k/ph to 160 k/ph (100mph) in less than a second. "WHOA!!!!" he yelled in surprise, before seeing the speed indicator stop and continued at a steady pace of 232 k/ph (144 mph). After a few seconds, a huge explosion was heard from behind the speeding machine.
Kazuma took a quick look behind him to see where the explosion came from. He saw the hanger they were in had detonated and now the tunnel they were speeding down was also detonating in one big chain reaction. "Crap!" he said surprised, as the explosions came closer. Kazuma look forward again and moved the throttle to max, increasing the suit's speed to 465 k/ph (288 mph).
"We should be able to see the exit soon," 'Orion' informed, as a tunnel seem to elevate a few degrees up and a light at the very end of the tunnel was now visible to Kazuma, making him blink trying to adjust his eyes to the bright light.
"Usually I wouldn't head for the light at the end of the tunnel," Kazuma started, looking over his right shoulder again, seeing the chain reaction explosions coming closer to the Orion. "But given the circumstances I would prefer not getting blown up," he joked, looking forward again as the tunnel opening become larger as they got closer.
A few seconds after the joke, the Orion finally shot out of the tunnel's exit going full speed and into the colony's interior as the tunnel finally exploded in one great ball of fire behind the suit. Once the Orion had a good distance between it and the tunnel Kazuma slowed the Orion down to 1/4th speed, turned the suit 180 degrees so it was facing the tunnel's exit, and then using its main thrusters to slow the X025 to a stop, the hovering system still on.
Kazuma sighed in relief. "Where are we now, 'Orion'?" he asked looking around the screens, noticing some familiar places that might help figure out as to where they might be.
"About 15 km southwest of the Morgenroete factory," 'Orion' said before he stopped and noticed something over the comm. "It appears one of my descendents, the X105 Strike, has escape capture and is now battling a ZAFT GINN," he finished, as Kazuma raise an eyebrow.
"How do you know?" Kazuma asked, curious as to how the AI got the info.
"I am monitoring ZAFT's communications network as we speak," 'Orion' replied, making Kazuma whistle, amazed at how much 'Orion' can do. "If you would like, I can put the conversation on speaker," he suggested, earning a nod from Kazuma.
"Do it," Kazuma ordered, as the voices of ZAFT's communications network came up.
"Alright, I'll capture this machine. You go ahead and get yours out of here."
"You aren't starting the party with out me, are you Miguel?"
"Zack? What are you doing here?"
"Commander Creuset sent me here to help you out if you have trouble. So until you need help, I'll just sit back and watch. You can handle a natural trying to pilot a mobile suit just fine without me."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence."
Kazuma smirked. "Is there anything you can't do 'Orion'?" Kazuma said, leaning back in the chair as the comm was turned off by the said AI.
"As I stated before, I cannot use the X025's weap-," "'Orion' stopped mid sentence by Kazuma raising his right hand.
"It was a complement," Kazuma said flatly, putting his hand back on the control. "I'm saying, 'You are very helpful and I'm amazed by how much you can do'," he finished, hoping the AI understood him that time.
"Oh…. Thank you," 'Orion' said, unsure how to react to the situation. "What course of action should we take?" he asked, making Kazuma's head look down to the ground and go into deep thought.
"Let help the Strike out," Kazuma said, raising his head up high. "Where are they now?" he asked, looking around on the panoramic screen trying to see signs of a mobile suit fight.
"One moment, please," 'Orion' requested, calculating and trying to determine where the three suits are. "The Strike is 22 km west northwest of our position," he informed his pilot.
"Let's go," Kazuma said as he moved the Orion towards the Strike at full speed.
(1) GAT-X025 Orion picture: i127(Dot)photobucket(dot)com/albums/p151/SPARTAN-251/GAT-X025OrionComplete(dot)png
(2) Orion's Cockpit Image: (ww)w(dot)mahq(dot)net/Mecha/gundam/0083/lineart/rx-78gp03s-cockpit(dot)jpg
Man that was a hectic weekend. This chapter would have been up sooner but my computer went on the fritz and I had to set my computer back to factory settings. Luckly, I knew some people that could save the data on it, so everything worked out fine, accept my internet padges keep on jumping as i try to scroll down or up. I'll try and get the next chapter up as soon as i can.
So until next time, This is SPARTAN-25, signing off...(Click)