Alright! This episode happens to be favorite out of all the episodes, mainly because Celestial Being does something they don't usually do. Now we see the Star Division's new mobile suits in action, plus a few added changes to the Escape Limit Zone. Not only that, but I'm adding a major change to this chapter that didn't happen in the episode. Read and find out!
Ch. 5 The Escape Limit Zone
"So, Taribia returned to the Union." Shirin said. The two were watching were watching a telescreen showing a press conference of the president and Taribian prime minister shaking hands.
Marina Ismail was in a different garment today, unlike the royal dress of Azadistan. She was wearing a white cardigan with a white hat and a blue skirt, meaning she was about to go outdoors.
"The president promised more supplies and an increase to their solar energy." Marina said. "So Taribia and America actually planned out this scheme and Celestial Being was used for the both of their benefit."
"Not exactly." Shirin replied. "All Celestial Being did was follow out on their actions to end war by attacking Taribia. Even if it meant doing what the popular opinion didn't support." She couldn't surpress a small giggle. "I guess it means we can't take advantage of them after all."
"...I suppose."
Two men in black suits walked up to her and stood side-by-side. "Well, Princess Marina, it looks like it's time for your international tour. I hope you have good news when you return."
Marina took the bag Shirin prepared for her. "I'll do my best. After all, we need solar energy to save Azadistan."
The princess turned around and began to walk away. Suddenly, Shirin said, "May I ask one thing? Why did you accept this role of being a princess?"
"...That's an easy one." Marina turned, a smile on her face. "It's because only I can do it."
Human Reform League, Orbital Elevator Linear Train, Departure/Arrival Lobby
Today, the orbital elevator was as busy as ever. The lobby was packed with people were about to go to space, or people who had just returned from the space (mostly the former). 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 branch here." Kinue replied. "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." He apologized. "But Louise insisted on a private car."
Kinue sighed. "Why do rich girls have to be so-"
"Are you guys talking about us?"
The two turned to see Francesca and Louise skipping towards them.
"Ah- huh? You're going too?" Kinue asked Francesca.
"Of course! I can't be away from my two best friends!" She giggled, then got a little closer to Kinue for whispering audio. "And I might just be the cupid of Saji and Louise's love."
"Eh?" Kinue gasped. "You'll-"
"Don't worry, sister! I'll take care of Saji!" Louise said.
Kinue took a deep breath from all this excitement. "I-I suppose that you two will take care of him. Still Saji, you'd better take your studies seriously. And don't you dare do anything 'interesting' with these two young ladies."
"Wha- What are you talking about, big sis?" Saji gasped.
"Don't worry about that!" Francesca reassured her. "Saji doesn't have the balls to do much."
Kinue walked up to Saji and whispered, "To be honest, these 'girl' friends of yours don't suit you."
"I can hear you, you know."
Kinue gasped and backed away, laughing nervously.
Meanwhile, a few feet away from them, the Colonel walked to the six girls waiting around. "I've finished the paperwork. Come, girls."
"Yes sir!" They all saluted.
Back in the apartments, Naoto leaned against the wall as Setsuna did several sit-ups. Hating the quietness of the room, Naoto began a conversation.
"Hey Setsuna." Naoto began. "Do you really think that we'll have to kill Amina?"
"She is a part of the Union military." Setsuna replied. "If she is part of the conflict, then I'll kill her."
"But if she wasn't-"
"This isn't a matter of 'if she wasn't'." He continued. "She is a dangerous pilot. She almost defeated you in your last battle."
"Ah... you're right." Naoto sighed. "Her new Flag was really fast and powerful. But I could say the same thing with you and your battle against... what's his name?"
"...Graham Aker." Setsuna said.
"Yeah him. You almost lost to him." Naoto grinned. "See!"
"You forget that we were retreating." Setsuna answered. "If the mission was to eliminate him, then I would've done so easily."
Setsuna stopped doing his sit-ups. "That's right. I would've killed him. With my Gundam."
Suddenly, the tele-computer next to Setsuna popped a screen. The two turned to it. "What does it say, Setsuna?"
"A mobile suit performance test."
Celestial Being's Island
"The mission plan came from Ms. Sumeragi." Allelujah told Origen and Lockon. "It's the observation of a mobile suit performance test. Depending on the situation, we'll have to destroy it."
"Hmmm..." Origen closed his eyes. "Good. I hope everyone is in good spirits for this next one, especially after our Taribian mission."
"I would hope so." Lockon replied. "The world's not too happy with us after that mission."
Back on the orbital elevator's linear train, the train was entering the weightless zone. Saji, Louise, and Francesca unfastened their seatbelts and the latter two began to float around the room.
Saji pressed a few buttons next to his seat and began to watch a video detailing the construction of the orbital elevator. Louise tried to get his attention, but ended up floating away.
In the next room, Colonel Smirnov, Soma, Mercry, and Sakura sat. The others were in a different room.
"By the way, I never asked you all why you volunteered to join the Super-Human Institute." Sergei started a conversation.
"None of us volunteered." Sakura replied. "We were designed as babies specifically for the project."
"And, we were all designed with different personalities to make us seem like actual human beings!" Mercry exclaimed. "That's why I'm such a happy-go-lucky person while Soma here is a boring bag."
Soma didn't reply.
"Hm..." Sergei's thoughts went back to going to the Super-Human Institute.
Soma and the rest were running on the treadmill at a steady pace for thirty minutes. No sweat poured out, showing they were in amazing shape.
"Each super-soldier has nano-machines embedded in them to maintain their physical features." The man in charge explained. "This allows them to act in space for long periods of time. The sensory aplification treatment was applied to their nervous system-"
"You don't have to explain it!" Sergei snapped.
"Uh... Is there something wrong?"
"Don't you people think that what you're doing is wrong?" Sergei turned away.
"Not at all." He replied. "These super-soldiers are neccessary if we want to adjust to the unforgiving environment of space."
"What's wrong, Colonel?" Soma asked.
Sergei snapped out of his thoughts. "No."
As the train rode on and Saji clearly wasn't paying much attention to Louise, Francesca decided to whisper something to him. "Hey. What if I left right now. What would you do?"
"What do you mean?" Saji frowned, but he already knew what was coming.
"You know what I mean!" Francesca exclaimed in a whisper. "Make the moves on her! You know! A little hugging, a little loving, a little-"
"No no no!" Saji said. "I couldn't do that."
Louise threw some chips into space, then ate them as they floated by. Then she poured her juice out from her cup and rolled it into a ball, sipping it all up.
"What about you Francesca?" Saji asked. "Isn't there a guy in your life?"
"Me? Not really." She replied. "I'm not into anyone at the moment. But one day, I'd love to meet my own Romeo."
"What about that Naoto person from before?"
"He's kind, but he's too innocent." She answered. "But I gotta admit that he's cute. Anyways, you should at least try to flirt with Louise."
"I couldn't-"
Francesca stopped him. "What if we were all going to die today and you had the chance to speak to Louise? What would you say?"
"Come on!" Saji exclaimed. "I'm very sure that nothing bad will happen today!"
Human Reform League, Low Orbital Station, True Pillar
The trio floated into the busy arrival lobby. Although they were in space, the rooms provided oxygen from down below through the Orbital Elevator itself. In case of emergencies it has it's own oxygen tanks (although this is my personal opinion).
"We're finally here!" Francesca cheered.
Saji sighed as Louise clung to his shoulder. "What's wrong, Saji?"
"After Francesca pushed the two of us out, you brought me to every place in the train." Saji responded. "So I'm tired."
"You're weak Saji!"
"No, you're just too strong."
A black man wearing a green suit floated towards them. "Are you three Saji Crossroad, Louise Halevy, and Francesca Apokata?"
"Yes sir!"
""My name is Bors Assan." He introduced. "I'll be watching over your training. Welcome to the Low Orbital Station True Pillar."
To introduce him to his training, Bors brought Saji to the top of the elevator (both in space suits) and showed him the exterior. "Saji, do you know why a low orbital ring is needed?"
"I believe so." He replied. "Forcing a magnetic fluid through the ring creates the centrifugal force which is needed to maintain the station's orbital altitude, right?"
"Wow, you really know your stuff." Bors nodded approvingly.
"Hey Saji! Come over here!"
He turned to see Francesca calling him over to Louise. "Hey! You guys aren't supposed to be there!"
Francesca moved away as Saji came over to Louise's side, and gasped. From the edge of the elevator, he could see the Earth, huge and magnificent. They were extremely close to the planet, so it was very massive.
"Isn't it beautiful?"
"...Yeah..."
"Hey you guys! Be careful!" Bors shouted. "We're at an altitude of 10,000 kilometers, but there's still a little gravity! If you lose your step, you'll fall to Earth."
"Oh! We're sorry!" Louise said, but lost her step and slipped backwards!
Saji, not thinking that he could just grab the rope and pull her back, jumped off and grabbed her hand! But that meant he was falling to Earth too!
"Saji, you idiot! Save me properly!"
Then they stopped falling! Francesca was able to grab their ropes before they entered the Escape Limit Zone. She turned to Bors. "Don't those two make a good couple?"
Meanwhile, in an unknown HRL factory, Colonel Smirnov and the rest of the Star Division walked into a room. Several men sat in front of computers, with a window seperating them from a mobile suit deck.
"Are those the units?" Sergei asked.
"Yes." The soldier replied. "They were built with the purpose of keeping up with each Super Soldier's abilities."
The first one was looked just like a regular Tieren, except it had been painted pink with a purple chest-plate. It had orange joints and it's head extended a little more. "This is Lieutenant Soma Peries's unit, MSJ-06II-SP Tieren Taozi."
"My mobile suit." Some stared in awe.
The second had the same looks as Soma's Tieren, but it was pitch black with orange trim and white joints. "Ensign Oistas Weinberger's unit, MSJ-06II-OW Tieren Heimeizi."
The third was a purple version of their suits. "Next is Ensign Sakura Honda's unit, MSJ-06II-SH Tieren Putao."
The fourth was a green version with brown trim. "This is Ensign Rosa Cardina's mobile suit, MSJ-06II-RC Tieren Li."
The fifth was painted blue, with an interesting small satellite attached to the left side of it's forehead. "That is Ensign Latonia Virtoso's suit, MSJ-06II-LV Tieren Jianguo."
And the sixth was orange-red with sleek red trim. It was the slimmest of all the Tierens in the room, but it was still bulky. "Finally, this is Ensign Mercry Bright's mobile suit, MSJ-06II-MB Tieren Tang."
"Wow! I want to test mine out right now!" Rosa shouted.
"I want to try mine too!" Mercry followed suit.
"Calm down everyone!" Oistas snapped.
"You cannot deny that you want to pilot yours as well." Sakura smiled.
"I just hope that we don't destroy the Earth with these." Latonia said.
"These mobile suits... are our trump cards against the Gundams." Sergei said.
Two Days Later
In the room formerly inhabited by Saji and co., Allelujah and Origen sat in the linear train, riding up to space for the mission.
A female attendent walked into the room with her cart. "Have you two finished your meal?"
"Yes." Origen replied.
"Would you like any drinks, sirs?"
"Coffee, please." Allelujah replied.
"Same. Black." Origen said.
"Okay." She picked up both their trays, clean as a whistle. "Are you two on a vacation?"
"I enjoy seeing the Earth from above." "I hate the Earth's surface." (You can probably guess who said what)
"I agree with you." She looked at Origen. "Earth right now is very troublesome. Especially with Celestial Being roaming around the place."
"Ah..." Allelujah gasped a little to Origen's worry, but then he turned and smile. "Seriously. Aren't they a pain?"
"We'll be arriving at our destination soon." The attendent said. "Please make yourselves comfortable until then."
As soon as she left, Origen said, "I'm surprised Allelujah. I thought you would try to argue to her how Celestial Being is for the good of the world."
"Honestly, I still have some doubts about 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."
"That's an interesting answer."
"Well, I'm an interesting person." Allelujah smiled, brushing his hair away to reveal his other eye. "You know that. Anyway, how about you? You're origin is a mystery to most, if not, all of us."
"While I do believe in the mission," Origen began. "I also have another purpose to joining Celestial Being."
"You do? What-"
Suddenly, the linear train began to come to a halt. "That's our stop, Allelujah, Let's go."
He stood and exited the door. Allelujah sighed. "Just what is it you're hiding from us, Origen?"
Human Reform League, Low Orbital Station, Gravity Blocks
"It feels good to be able to walk on a surface, huh?" Francesca stretched her arms.
"Yeah!" Louise agreed. "I got sick of space after I almost died."
"Don't remind me..." Saji sighed.
Then he blinked as he saw a green-haired girl wearing a trenchcoat with her attendent behind her.
"It's almost time." Hong Long said.
"I know." Wang Liu Mei replied.
"Hey. Look at that girl." Francesca whispered. "She looks very exotic, huh?"
"Eh? Oh yeah, she does." Saji agreed.
Liu Mei looked at Saji and gave him one of her charming smiles. Saji blinked then he was pulled at the ear by Louise! "Just who do you think you're looking at?"
"Ah! Nothing! Nothing!" He yelled as he was pulled away.
And as Wang Liu Mei and Hong Long walked away, the former looked back at Francesca. "That girl looks just like her..."
Another young man crossed Wang Liu Mei, but she didn't pay any attention. He didn't either. This young man was 5'7, with dark white hair wearing a black vest over a white shirt and dress pants.
He looked at his watch. "It's almost time. The big guys better bring that soon."
Outside in space, Sergei and the Star Division were doing a little exercise with their new mobile suits.
"Oh boy!" Rosa squealed within her Tieren Li. "When do we get to try our weapons?"
"Calm down, Ensign!" Soma barked, inside her Tieren Taozi. "We need to get used to these Tierens for space combat."
"That's right." Sakura nodded, activating her comm. through her Tieren Putao. "Although, I do feel that I don't need any practice. I feel as if I can easily take down my enemy on the first try."
"Being cocky will get you nowhere." Oistas responded in the Tieren Heimeizi. "Practice makes perfection."
"We need to make sure all of you are in good health as well." Latonia added, searching her Tieren Jianguo's energy bar. "We don't want anything bad happening to you."
"We're super-soldiers, Latonia!" Mercry said in the Tieren Tang. "Nothing bad like that could ever happen."
"Enough talking, girls." Sergei ordered, himself piloting a Tieren Space Commander Type (which was essentially a dark-blue version of the girls Tierens). "First, we'll test your mobile suits' abilities. Follow the determined course at full acceleration."
"Yes sir!"
All six of the girl's mobile suits' thrusters were fired at full speed, propelling themselves forward. They were quite fast, but not as fast as the Gundams. Still, they were able to follow the course with only a tiny bit of error.
".25% error at full speed?" Sergei was surprised. "So this is what super-soldiers can do? But still, they're only kids."
Suddenly, a strange feeling surged through Soma's brain, hurting her brain. "Wh- What was that?"
And as Allelujah and Origen walked through the lobby, the same feeling surged through the former's head. Allelujah clutched his head in pain. "What is this pain? My head!"
"What's wrong Allelujah?" Origen said.
"It... hurts..." Soma winced, veering off the path.
"Hm? What are you doing, Lieutenant?" Sakura said.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Rosa shouted, following after her. Soon she was followed by the rest of the Star Division.
"Girls! You're going off the path!" Sergei shouted. "What's wrong?"
"E...Everyone..." Soma whispered. "My head's... throbbing..."
Allelujah fell, hands grasping the floor. Origen kneeled down and quickly whispered, "What are you doing Allelujah? You're attracting attention!"
"My headache..." He groaned. "Huhhhh... Agh... ACKKK!"
"Allelujah!"
"Shut up!" He turned. He looked very different though, with his hair covering his left eye, revealing a sickening-yellow eye. "Dammit! Who's barging through my head?"
Origen gasped and stood up. "Who are you? You're not Allelujah."
"Hmph!" The man grinned an evil grin. "At least you know the difference between me and that weakling. Remember this name well. I am Hallelujah!"
"...Hallelujah...?" Origen couldn't believe the quiet, peaceful Allelujah could become a strange monster like this.
"Who- Who are you?" Soma continually gasped in fear.
"You bastard..." Hallelujah muttered. "I'll kill you!" And interestingly enough, no one heard because of Origen's amazing distracting skills.
"NOOOOOOO!" Soma screamed, firing blasts from her smoothbore cannon at the gravity blocks. "NOOOOOOOO! STOPPPP! GET OUTTTTT!"
"Lieutenant!" The girls and Sergei yelled, attempting to stop her.
"Soma!" Mercry and Rosa immediately took the violent route, drawing their weapons. Mercry's Tang drew a solid katana with a rifle attached to it's bottom, while Rosa's Li drew it's hip-mounted revolvers.
"Don't attack those gravity blocks!" Mercry shouted. "They have people in them."
"NOOOO! NOOOO!" Soma screamed.
"Tch!" She fired bullets from her rifle, but missed, instead hitting the gravity blocks herself! "Ooops!"
"You have terrible aim!" Rosa said, leveling her revolvers. "Watch how a pro does it!"
"No wait!" Sergei yelled. "Don't!"
"Take this!" She immediately fired them in rapid amounts, missing every time and hitting the gravity blocks instead! That, combined with Mercry's rifle and Soma's cannon detached a two-block segment of the gravity blocks!
"Nooo!" Latonia cried. "Stop doing that!"
"You fools!" Sakura roared, drawing her katar-fans and throwing them Soma to stop her. The first actually sliced off her cannon, but the second missed and sliced off another two-block! "Oh no!"
Inside of one block, Francesca gasped. "What's going on?"
"Maybe some debris?" Saji suggested.
"Saji! Protect me!" Louise gripped Saji's arm, much to his discomfort.
The white-haired boy gritted his teeth. "This feeling... we're under attack!"
Suddenly, his cell rang. He answered it. "What?... you're kidding me. The unit was here already? You guys are idiots!"
He shut the phone and began to run toward his destination. "I have to launch fast!"
"I didn't want to use violence, but..." Latonia leveled a cannon on Jianguo's right arm. "I have no choice!" And immediately, a special-sort of flames sprouted from the cannon, igniting Mercry's suit!
"Ahhhhh!" She screamed, firing her rifle-sword in all directions!
"Idiot!" Oistas grimaced. "Looks like it's up to me..." Oistas's Heimeizi's forearms opened up to reveal chainwhips. She launched them and wrapped them around Rosa, Mercry, and Soma, effectively stopping them.
Sergei sighed in relief, but it was too late. Another two-block and one three-block was cut off from the elevator, drifting into space. Four sections, including a total of nine blocks were out in space.
"What the- We're floating again?" Francesca gasped as the gravity inside their block was lost. The three were in the three-block that was drifting into space. The power was slowly getting cut too!
"The gravity's gone!" Saji realized.
"Who was that?" Hallelujah murmured to himself. "Who entered my head?"
Suddenly, Hallelujah was slapped by Origen. "You idiot! You almost blew our cover!"
Hallelujah gripped his cheek, angered. "You bastard-"
"Hey! Look at that!" Some of the tourists looked out the window, catching the Meisters' attention. "Aren't those gravity blocks?" They saw the three-block and the three two-blocks floating out in the distance.
"How did that happen?" Origen gritted his teeth.
"Is that an accident?" Hallelujah snickered. "Well, they have my sympathy." Then he turned to Origen, who glared back at him. "As for you-"
"Hallelujah!"
"Huh?" Hallelujah turned away, much to Origen's surprise. "Stay outta this."
"Hallelujah!"
"Are we gonna die?"
"No! I don't wanna die!"
"...Please kill me, Allelujah..."
"NO!" Allelujah yelled. Thankfully, no one noticed that little mini-drama because of the concern over the gravity blocks. He turned to the surprised Origen. "We need to save those people!"
"What? Allelujah?" He tried to make sense of what just happened, but failed. "What was-"
"I'll explain later!" He exclaimed. "Come on!"
"This mission, Allelujah!" He snapped out of his confusion. "The mission takes top priority!"
"Then I'll save them myself!" Allelujah turned and sprinted towards the door.
"That guy..." Origen shut his eyes. "If this is the case, Ms. Sumeragi's definitely going to change the mission plan. That means..."
And he followed after the younger Meister.
"What do we do, Colonel?" Oistas asked.
"Hold on a second." Sergei said, then turned his attention to Soma. "Lieutenant! Lieutenant!"
"I've checked the Taozi's parameters, and nothing seems to be misfunctioning." Latonia said. "But I can't confer what Lieutenant Peries's feeling right now."
"Control room, this is Sergei!" He communicated. "What is the damage to the gravity blocks?"
"Yes sir!" The soldier responded. "According to the distress signals, Gravity Blocks' number four, five, six, and seven are drifting with over 500 people stranded in them."
"How about a rescue team?"
"They've been scheduled to deploy in seven minutes." He replied. "And a small squadron has been sortied to escort them. However, because of the explosion and oxygen leaks, the blocks are quickly losing velocity. They will be dragged into Earth's gravity in less than 14 minutes."
"What?" The five girls gasped.
"Then I'll commence the rescue precedures!" Sergei said. "Deploy a team to recover Second Lt. Peries."
"But sir! Objects that heavy weigh more than five tons-"
"There are human lives at stake!" Sergei barked. "Star Division, follow me!"
"Yes sir!"
And so, they activated the boosters at full speed, heading towards the four gravity block sections.
"The rescue teams have deployed, but they won't make it in time." Wang Liu Mei said as she typed into her mini-computer. "The gravity blocks will be pulled into Earth's gravitational field."
"My lady!"
She turned and saw Hong Long running towards her. "My lady! Allelujah Haptism and Origen Admantus have launched!"
"Eh?"
Meanwhile, Saji and the girls stood at the corner of the block, as the former typed into the wall computer. "This entire gravity block as well as three others have been detached from the station!"
"So, we're drifting in space?" Louise gasped.
"Oh my gosh..." Francesca's eyes widened. "What do we do?"
"They're sending a rescue team, so we'll just have to be patient." Saji reassured them.
The Star Division got close to the gravity blocks. "We only have seven minutes until Escape Limit Zone." Sergei said. "To bring the speed of the block to orbital velocity, we need to accelerate those huge structures."
"But sir! Those blocks weight more than a ton!" Mercry shouted. "None of us can lift them by ourselves!"
"I'm aware of that!" Sergei said. "But we need to try!"
"But-"
"Listen! We're the Human Reform League's Star Division, right?" Sergei attempted a pep talk. "In order to shine like stars, we need to save people and fight evil, right?"
"He's right." Oistas nodded. "We have to save those people no matter what."
"I agree." Sakura nodded.
"Heheh! We'll be heroes!" Rosa squealed.
"I want to make sure whoever's on board can see their families again." Latonia said.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Mercry said, empowered by her companions. "Star Division, let's go!"
"Ensigns Cardina and Bright, you will take one of the two-block sections!" Sergei ordered. "Since Ensign Cardina's mobile suit is half the weight of the others, she will need support. Ensign Virtuoso and Honda will take another two-block. Ensign Weinberger will take the final two-block and I'll take the three-block."
"Are you sure, sir?" Oistas said. "That one in the heaviest."
"It's my duty as leader to keep you all safe as well." Sergei said. "I'll do it."
"Yes sir! Human Reform League Star Division, let's go!"
Mercry and Rosa went to one block, Sakura and Latonia to another, Oistas to the last two-block section, and Sergei to the three-block and fired their boosters at full speed. Despite all that, none were able to push the blocks back.
"This is bad!" A man yelled from inside Saji's block. "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 gasped, causing everyone to panic.
"Saji!" Louise cried.
"No way..." Francesca clenched her fist. "We're gonna die here?"
"In five minutes, we're gonna drift into Earth's gravity?" Saji couldn't believe it.
"They're too heavy!" Rosa cried. "We can't push them back!"
"We've only managed to hold it for awhile, but it's not going to last!" Latonia said. "At this rate, we'll lose power and it will start moving again!"
"Tch!" Oistas grimaced as she was pushed back by the block.
"These blocks' mass are too heavy..." Sergei murmured, being pushed back the most. "This unit's propulsion won't be enough to push it back. And we have 200 seconds before Escape Limit Zone. At this rate, we'll be sucked into Earth's gravity too. Will we be forced to abandon them? Why must space be so unforgiving?"
"Sir!" Sakura yelled, snapping Sergei out of his thoughts. "I detected something on our radar!"
"The rescue team?"
"No! It's... a single unknown mobile suit!"
"Unknown?"
Suddenly, a white dot sped towards them at full speed, grabbing Mercry and Rosa's block and pushing it back slightly! "Hold on!" The pilot yelled.
The mobile suit was white, with a purple torso with blue trim. It also had purple shoulder armor, knee armor and elbow armor.
"Who are you?" Sergei demanded.
"Not important right now!" The pilot shouted. "First, we need to save these people!"
Although Sergei wasn't sure of what to think, he accepted this man's help. Despite that, the three were only able to level the gravity block section and nothing more.
"Come on Tundra... you can do it!" The white-haired pilot shouted. "You're my mobile suit!"
"Tundra...?" Sergei whispered. "That's the name of his mobile suit? I've never heard of it. Is it from the Union, the AEU-"
Another two units flashed onto Sergei's map. "Huh? Another two mobile suits? How come they weren't detected on radar? And they're moving at such high speeds."
"Sir!" Mercry gasped. "Those are... Gundams!"
Two green stars flashed in ths sky and sped towards the four gravity block sections at extremely fast speeds. Kyrios and Adunai, both in their Waverider and Flyer modes, revealed themselves.
"Allelujah Haptism and Origen Admantus. What are you doing?" Wang Liu Mei demanded. "The mission-"
Allelujah shut her off. "You just don't understand the feelings of someone who is drifting in space."
Origen did the same. "Sorry. I hope this is the first and last time I ever do something like this."
The latter looked at side screen. "We only have twenty minutes to Escape Limit Zone! Come, Adunai!"
"Kyrios!"
Adunai's Flyer, the Chest Flyer, and the Leg Flyer docked to form Gundam Adunai as Allelujah's Waverider configured itself to form Gundam Kyrios. Both eyes flashed into battle mode, and they stretched their arms out to grab the blocks. Kyrios grabbed the three-block section while Adunai rammed into Oistas's two-block.
"What the? The enemy!" Oistas gasped.
And as the seconds dropped to zero, Kyrios and Adunai fired their boosters, emitting a huge amount of GN particles from their legs and leveling the blocks to stop moving!
"They actually did it!" The white-haired pilot gasped in disbelief. "So, that's the power of a Gundam..."
"They held it up..." Sergei sighed in relief. "Still, why is Celestial Being doing rescue work?"
"Now, hopefully Ms. Sumeragi changes the mission plan..." Origen hoped.
Ptolemaios...
"We've received an urgent encoded transmission from Wang Liu Mei!" Christina said.
"Those guys are doing rescue work?" Sumeragi gasped. "I might understand Allelujah, but Origen abandoning the mission?"
"So what should we do?" Lichty asked, although he already knew the answer.
"Isn't it obvious?" Sumeragi put her hands on her hips.
Rachel gasped when she heard the news. "Tieria! We need to help them!"
"No." Tieria replied flatly. "This goes against the mission. I refuse."
"Come on!" She yelled. "Lives are at stake!"
"I refuse-"
His eyes widened as she punched him as hard as she could. Because they were in space, he didn't go very far, but he was knocked against the wall.
"You idiot!" Rachel snapped. "When Earth is rid of all warfare, there'll be no place for you!"
And with that, she left to head for her Gundam.
"That girl... she has no qualities suitable to be a Gundam Meister..." Tieria growled, getting up and wiping the blood from his mouth.
"But you know she's right." Sumeragi said from behind.
"I still refuse to help."
"Then think of it this way." She suggested. "If we lose the Gundam Meisters to the Escape Limit Zone, we'll only have four left. Plus, if they find the remains of the Gundams before we do, they can create new weapons, thus hindering the mission. Meaning, it will be your fault."
"Tch!" Tieria grunted. "Even you, Ms. Sumeragi!"
She gave him a small smile. "Even I do interventions sometimes."
JNN Heaven's Pillar Branch
"This just in!" Someone yelled, putting up a list on the telescreen. "We have a missing persons list from the station accident!"
Kinue gasped as she saw Saji, Louise, and Francesca's name on the screen. "No way..."
"But even with the Gundam's propulsion, we can only hold it still..." The Colonel muttered. "Once we run out of energy, we'll be sucked into Earth's gravity..."
"Come on, Gundams..." The white-haired pilot whispered. "Hurry up and save us!"
"Everyone, can you hear me?" Allelujah yelled, to everyone's surprise. "If you want to live, run to the central block!"
"Is that the Gundam pilot?" Mercry said.
"Are we being rescued?" Louise asked worriedly.
"I sure hope so!" Francesca replied. "Let's get outta here!"
"HURRY UP!" Allelujah roared.
"He sounds so young..." Oistas murmured.
"It's the voice... of a young man." Sergei realized.
"Come on..." Origen muttered. "Adunai's big, but that's it's weakness. It's slower than other Gundams so it takes at least 1.5x more GN particles to hold this thing!"
In every block, everyone dressed in normal space suits just in case they lost oxygen. In Saji's block, everyone headed towards the central block just like they were ordered.
"Hey Saji..." Louise said amidst the commotion. "We might actually die here, so I want to tell you something."
"Eh?" Francesca's eyes widened, and she quickly floated ahead of them.
"Louise?"
"Can you hear me, Gundam pilots?" Sergei communicated. "These blocks are about to enter Escape Limit Zone. There's nothing else we can do. Move away."
"Are you making fun of us?" Origen asked, to Sergei's surprise. "We are Celestial Being. We do not give up on any mission. Ever."
"That's right." Allelujah smiled. "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 was destroyed, seperating the two sections!
"What the-" Sergei gasped.
"Whoa! Who did that?" Rosa yelled excitedly.
"Was that a Gundam...?" The white-haired Tundra pilot wondered.
"Nice shooting skill, Lockon Stratos!" Allelujah commented.
On the Earth's surface, at the Gundam Meister's island, Dynames leaned against a support block with a huge sniper rifle aimed at the sky. Lockon smirked as he gazed upon his work.
"Good job!" Naoto grinned.
"GN Particle high density compression in progress!" Haro said. "Time until charge completion, twenty, nineteen, eighteen..."
Lockon took aim again, but there were clouds in the way. "Urghh. Clouds are blocking my view... Setsuna, Naoto! Get rid of them!"
"Roger!" Setsuna responded, with Exia and Alauda drawing their blades and slicing the clouds away!
"Charge complete!"
"Sniping the target!" Lockon yelled.
Another GN compressed bullet was loaded into the gigantic rifle and was fired, with Alauda and Exia barely dodging. It crashed into the left beam that connected the left and central block, removing it!
"Nice strategy, Ms. Sumeragi." Allelujah said. "Now, even higher!"
Kyrios's boosters fired even more GN Particles as it pushed the central block as far as it could, moving it above the Escape Limit Zone and out of harm's way!
"They aimed at the two blocks from the surface and cut them off..." Sergei said, amazed. "...Lowering the mass so it could be pushed up."
"I'm not giving up yet!" The white-haired pilot roared. "Come on Tundra! You can do it!"
It's knees and elbow sections opened up to reveal emergency thrusters when he really was in a pinch and activated, increasing the block's altitude! "It worked!"
"We- We did it!" Mercry cheered. "We saved this block!"
"I- I can't hold any longer!" Latonia and Sakura's eyes widened as they're double block section slowly entered the Escape Limit Zone. "We're done for!"
"Not if I can help it!" Rachel exclaimed. Phasma grabbed their block from above and pushed with as much force as she could, bringing it slowly up.
"That's another Gundam!" Sakura gasped. "Where are they coming from?"
Rachel's eyes widened as Adunai and Heimeizi's block slowly went down. "No! Origen!"
"N- Not yet..." Origen clenched his teeth. "I won't die... yet!"
Suddenly, a huge blast ripped right through the middle of the two-block section Origen and Oistas was trying to push back. "What? Who did that?"
"T- Tieria!" Rachel couldn't believe it, but Virtue stood far from them with it's GN Bazooka leveled.
"Virtue, commencing intervention mission." Tieria said. "This has nothing to do with saving lives."
"Sure it isn't!" Rachel said happily. "I knew you'd come and save us!"
"Hmph!" Tieria scowled. "Hurry up and end it, Origen!"
"You don't need to tell me!" Origen yelled, with him and Oistas pushing their blocks with full speed back up into space.
"I can't believe the Gundams saved us." Sergei whispered, then turned to see three ships heading their way. "The rescue team!"
"We're saved..." Latonia sighed, slunking back into her seat.
"Let's get outta here, then." Rachel said, moving away from the block.
"Yeah..." Allelujah smiled.
"Never again..." Tieria sighed.
Origen couldn't help but smirk.
The four Gundams (with Kyrios and Adunai reverting to their MA forms) turned and flew past the the surprised Tieren Space Types. "Colonel, the Gundams!"
"The rescue operation comes first!" Sergei barked.
"Yes sir!"
"I am not so evil as to be ungrateful for their help." Sergei whispered, heading back to see the Star Division's status. "And... where did that other mobile suit go?" He referred to the Tundra, which was nowhere to be found.
"This just in!" The same man in JNN's Heaven's Pillar Branch yelled. "All the people from the accident have been saved!"
"Ohhhh!" The people cheered.
Kinue gasped, then sighed in relief after spending time on the bench clutching her arms and praying.
Meanwhile, the four Gundams flew towards Ptolemaios. They made sure than no one was following them.
"Good job guys!" Rachel exclaimed. "We saved a bunch of people from impending doom!"
"You seem very happy, Rachel." Allelujah said. "Considering that you love to hack people with your scythe anyway."
"Well, that's cause Tieria helped out, 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 helped was that I wanted to protect the Gundams. But, there were to many casualties. Instead of completing the mission, we did a rescue operation. And worse of all, we showed Dynames's high-altitude shooting rifle."
"None of that matters anymore!" Rachel argued. "We saved the people! Now, everyone will love us!"
"I doubt that." Allelujah said. "They'll probably give all the credit to the HRL, 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 shut off the communications and murmured to himself. "Like that new mobile suit that intervened as well... and that split personality Allelujah showed... Hallelujah, huh?"
Back in the rescue team containers, Louise and Saji huddled together, while Francesca was a little far. She already knew what Saji was going to do, so she didn't want to butt in. But she also knew the intended result.
"Hey Louise..." Saji whispered.
"Huh?"
"What were you going to tell me earlier?"
"Eh?" She gulped.
He turned to her so their helmets touched each other. "Please tell me."
And as the rescue containers reached the Heaven's Pillar, she responded, "I'm not telling you."
Meanwhile, the Tundra flew off to an unknown direction. The white-haired pilot flipped open his cellphone and called a number. "Hey. It's Weiss. How the heck did all that happen?"
"Don't ask me." The callee responded. "I'm a little pissed you revealed the Tundra to everyone though."
"Shut up. I had no choice." Weiss replied. "And it's a good way to attract followers."
"You make us sound like a cult." The man replied. "And the superiors are angry at your actions too."
"The Tundra is my custom mobile suit."
"Yeah, but Antarctica designed it for you." He responded. "So you'd better take better care."
"I will." Weiss said. "Oh, I see it. I'll call you back."
He pressed the end button and laid back. "Earth is going to meet a new nation instead of the Union, the AEU, or the HRL. Us, the Antarctic Organization..."
The Tundra flew straight ahead, for a huge blue and white satellite next to a distant Mars. That satellite was the space base of operations for the Antarctica Organization, a new 'nation' that would be apart of the new Gundam 00...
Surprised? I hope you are. This is the first time I've really added some drastic change. What is the mysterious Antarctic Organization? What is their purposes? Who is Weiss and what is Tundra? Find out next time on Dragon Ball- I mean Gundam 00 Plus.
Another big change is that Tieria actually helped with the rescue operation. This just shows how much Rachel is influencing him in new ways. The Tieria here is a little more lax, but he is still strict. And Origen and Hallelujah interact as well. Not much interaction happens between the two, but Hallelujah is just appearing so they'll get some more conversation. Origen is a lot lighter in this chapter, unlike the cold Meister I've been trying to show for the past few ones. Isn't it strange that he would ignore the mission to save some people? Maybe there's more to this guy than meets the eye.
So what do you guys think of the Star Division? Clumsy, right? Because of some of the younger soldiers' actions, they almost killed over five hundred people. Who knows what'll happen in the future.
At this time, I'll show you the specs for the Star Division's new mobile suits as well as the Tundra.
Name: MSJ-06II-OW Tieren Heimeizi
Model Number: MSJ-06II-OW
Unit Type: Custom Super Soldier-use Mobile Suit
Developed From: MSJ-06YIII-B Tieren Kyitwo
Manufacturer: Human Reform League
Operator: Human Reform League
Known Pilot: Oistas Weinberger
Overall Height: 18.7 meters
Max Weight: 118. 4 metric tons
Power Plant: Hydrogen
Armor: E-Carbon
Looks: Just like Soma's Tieren Taozi, but it sports a black paint-job and orange trim with white joints.
Weapons: Chain Whip x2 (stored in forearms), Machine Gun (on left shoulder joints)
Name: MSJ-06II-SH Tieren Putao
Model Number: MSJ-06II-SH
Unit Type: Custom Super Soldier-use Mobile Suit
Developed From: MSJ-06YIII-B Tieren Kyitwo
Manufacturer: Human Reform League
Operator: Human Reform League
Known Pilot: Sakura Honda
Overall Height: 18.7 meters
Max Weight: 108.6 metric tons
Power Plant: Hydrogen
Armor: E-Carbon
Looks: The Tieren Taozi, a purple version with white trim and pink joints
Weapons: Katar-Fans x2 (hip-mounted), Machine Gun (on left shoulder joint)
Name: MSJ-06II-RC Tieren Li
Model Number: MSJ-06II-RC
Unit Type: Custom Super Soldier-use Mobile Suit
Developed From: MSJ-06YIII-B Tieren Kyitwo
Manufacturer: Human Reform League
Operator: Human Reform League
Known Pilot: Rosa Cardina
Overall Height: 16.7 meters
Max Weight: 101. 3 metric tons
Power Plant: Hydrogen
Armor: E-Carbon
Looks: A green version of the Taozi with brown trim and yellow joints.
Weapons: Assault Revolver x2 (hip-mounted), Machine Gun (on left shoulder joint)
Name: MSJ-06II-LV Tieren Jianguo
Model Number: MSJ-06II-LV
Unit Type: Custom Super Soldier-use Mobile Suit
Developed From: MSJ-06YIII-B Tieren Kyitwo
Manufacturer: Human Reform League
Operator: Human Reform League
Known Pilot: Latonia Virtuoso
Overall Height: 18.7 meters
Max Weight: 113. 6 metric tons
Power Plant: Hydrogen
Armor: E-Carbon
Looks: Blue with white trim. Has a satellite attached to the left side of it's forehead
Weapons: Flamethrower (right forearm-mounted), Machine Gun (on left shoulder joint)
Name: MSJ-06II-MB Tieren Tang
Model Number: MSJ-06II-MB
Unit Type: Custom Super Soldier-use Mobile Suit
Developed From: MSJ-06YIII-B Tieren Kyitwo
Manufacturer: Human Reform League
Operator: Human Reform League
Known Pilot: Mercry Bright
Overall Height: 18.7 meters
Max Weight: 111.9 metric tons
Power Plant: Hydrogen
Armor: E-Carbon
Looks: Orange red with red trim. A little less bulky than the other Tierens
Weapons: Rifle Sword (mounted on left hip), Machine Gun (on left shoulder joint)
All of these mobile suits and the Star Division themselves were based off the actual New York Combat Revue Star Division from Sakura Wars. If you actually played the game, then you should've noticed the similarities. Each Tieren's name was based off a fruit, just as how Taozi is chinese for peach. And each weapon is also based off of the STARs' weapons from the same video game. But they are slightly different, like Jianguo's original weapon was a water-shooter. That's not exactly a real weapon, so I gave it a flamethrower instead. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the Star Division's future battles.
Model: AOK-X02 Tundra
Model Number: AOK-X02
Unit Type: Prototype General-Purpose Mobile Suit
Developed From: ?
Manufacturer: Antarctic Organization
Operator: Antarctic Organization
Known Pilot: Weiss Valentine
Overall Height: 17.1 meters
Max Weight: 70.5 metric tons
Power Plant: Lunar Energy System
Armor: E-Carbon
Special Features: Emergency Boosters, Lunar Energy System, Hardpoints for Tundra Packs
Looks: A white suit with a purple torso and blue trim. It also has purple shoulder armor, elbow armor, and knee armor. While it has the appearance of a slimmer Union Flag, it has a slightly skinnier head of the Strike.
Weapons: Anti-Gun Vulcan System (head-mounted), Anti-Armor Knife x2 (Hip-mounted)
Optional Armaments: Eagle Pack, Ground Pack, Sea Pack
Eagle Pack: Prototype Beam Saber x2 (shoulder-mounted), Prototype Beam Rifle (back of waist), Shield
Ground Pack: Hyper Bazooka (behind left shoulder), Missile Launcher (stored inside chest), Assault Rifle (back of waist; can be fitted with a bayonet)
Sea Pack: Phonon Maser Cannon (behind left shoulder), Torpedo Launcer (stored inside backpack), Spear (back of waist)
Probably one of the most amazing suits during this time, the Tundra is very fast, very powerful, and has various combat abilities. First of all, the suit's obviously based off the Strike. Second of all is the Lunar Energy System. You might think it's some sort of rip-off of the Solar Energy, and you might be on to something. But will I admit that? Nope. Anyways, this is a pretty cool suit, huh? In battles in air and space, it can fly and use prototype versions of beam weapons. Notice that they aren't GN weapons, meaning they're made of something else. They same specs still apply. The Ground pack is for anti-air operations or attacking fortresses. And the Sea Pack (probably the less used) is for underwater battles. It's variability is amazing, so you might wonder what will happen if they battled against the Gundams. Who knows?
And this is only the beginning of the Antarctic Organization. Get ready for the next chapter, because it's gonna be interesting. Exia and Alauda are about to get upgraded! Anyways, press that review button right below please!