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CHAPTER FOUR
REPAIR III
Miss Sumeragi came in no more than three minutes later and sat down next to me.
"Are you healed yet?" she asked instantly.
"No, it might take a while"
"Setsuna, Tieria said that when he scanned your body in the med bay he noticed something wrong"
"What did he see?"
"He says that it was probably from the QUANTUM BURST. He explained it as increased intelligence and your reaction time has been reduced tens fold. When you where in QUANTUM BURST your particle output was cubed...As you know with two GN DRIVE's your particles were already squared, the QUNTUM BURST just amplified it so more particles come out more rapidly. This is very helpful it makes you unstoppable. However, be careful it seems like it is starting to have dramatic effects on your brain it is starting to lead to something uncontrollable, somewhat unstable"
"What is the worst case scenario?"
"I can't say, it's never happened to anyone, Tieria says that you could start seeing or hearing things but it is just a guess at the moment"
"Is that so? I'll tell you if I experience anything unusual"
"Okay, I have to go to the bridge again"
My appetite was gone. Could what she had mentioned be related to the voice I have been hearing? I got up and walked over to the glass window. The flower the ELS formed could be seen. Feldt. Her name popped in my head. I quickly left the mess hall and went to Mileina's room.
"Hey Setsuna, where are you heading?" I heard Allelujah say from down the hall.
"Nowhere, just walking"
"Oh. So I heard what happened, couldn't wait until we got back could you? Haven't changed a bit", his long black hair went in his face as he stopped in front of me.
"I hope your wrong"
"What do mean?"
"Nothing, but where are the others? I haven't seen them yet"
"Lockon is in his room, Marie is sleeping. Where were you all this time?"
"I don't know? I feel like I was only gone for a couple of hours. The QAN [T] does weird things to you"
"Really? Well, I guess that is what TWIN DRIVES do"
"Yeah", I said leaving.
Mileina's room was farthest down the hall. I was not really sure what I was doing when I knocked on her door.
"Hello Mr. Seiei", Mileina said smiling. "What are you doing here?"
"Hello, I am looking for Feldt do you know where she is?"
"Yes she is right here" she said as she got out of the way.
"Hey, I just wanted to talk for you in a little bit", I added.
"Um we were just about to watch a movie", Feldt said as she stood up and came to the door.
She was still and suddenly stumbled right into me. I put my arms around her so she wouldn't get hurt. Mileina had pushed her out of the door into me.
"Mileina!" Feldt yelped.
"I can get this ready on my own okay come back in half an hour", she slipped a wink to her as the door closed but I noticed.
My arms were still around her and I quickly jumped and put my arms back at my side.
"Feldt I just wanted to talk to you for a little bit longer"
"W-what do you want to talk about?"
"I want to show you something, come to my room", I responded emotionless.
"O-okay"
I pushed off the ground with her behind me. My room was two doors down from Mileina's. My door slid open when I walked by and I reached for the black box on my shelf.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Close your eyes", I said coldly.
I waited silently for her eyes to close and put the flower in her hand. She jumped at the feeling of the cold glass. Her eyes opened slowly and looked at the desert flower. Her face was in shock.
"You still have this?" she asked softly.
"I have been taking care of this since you gave it to me"
"Why?"
"It was the best gift anyone has ever given me"
With her free hand she grabbed mine and stared deeply into my eyes. A small blush spread across her face as she continued to stare. I turned away quick and soon after felt something wrap around my waist line.
"Thank you", she mumbled just loud enough to be heard
She let go and walked toward the door leaving the flower in my hands.
"Wait the flower"
"It's yours. Remember?"
She left with a breeze and I placed the flower on my shelf outside of the black box. I felt the same feeling as before in my gut. I screwed my head back on strait and walked out surprised to see Feldt still there.
"Feldt, what are you..."
"I am sorry, but I don't care if you return my feelings I just want you to know how I feal"
Her arms went around my neck and pulled me near her. Her lips pressed against mine and she held me tightly. I was wide eyed and stumbled back but the wall stopped me from going any further, if it wasnt there i would have flown back. However, I relaxed and put my arms around her waist, closing my eyes. Was I so blind? Could I not see her love for me until now? There were unexplainable feelings coursing through my body. Seven years ago, Nena Trinity invaded my space and kissed me. I pushed her off then because she was a creepy person, but with Feldt it was different. I felt comforted and some other feeling I couldn't explain.
"Ahhh", Mileina screamed in joy.
We stopped and looked at her; she had left her room and started to come to us.
"Yay I knew it would work. Are you two lovers now?" She asked.
"Mileina!" Feldt yelped.
"Sorry, but I got to excited", she responded.
Feldt stared at her calmly for a little bit. "Can we get a little privacy?"
"Oh right", she added leaving.
"Feldt I am going to go. I am sorry", I finally spoke.
"Wait Setsuna your wound"
"I'm fine doing worry about it", I said looking at all the blood seeping through my clothes.
"I'm not going to let you leave Setsuna", she said as she grabbed my arm and looked at me. She removed my blue jacket and then unzipped my uniform. She then held my arm and pushed off the floor in the direction of the med bay.
I could feel my stomach burning and I could feel my entire right side throbbing. Feldt then kicked off the wall and everything was black. I was asleep but I didn't realize I was until I couldn't see. "LOOK TO YOUR LEFT". I looked to my left and there he was; it was me. But something seemed different. It was me but his eyes were blue and he seemed, stronger. "DOES THIS ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS?" You're me? "OF COURSE I AM". I don't understand though, what are you? "THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO FIND OUT". Are you part of me? "YES, WE MUST WORK TOGETHER; WE ARE FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLE. HOWEVER TO WIN STRENGTHS AND THOUGHTS MUST BE ONE. I AM YOUR THOUGHTS. DO WHAT YOU NEED AND I WILL DO WHAT I NEED". He then left and I woke up. I saw Feldt next to me. She had her pink over coat off and her uniform shirt was unzipped.
"Feldt", I said as I saw her holding gauze to my wound.
"Setsuna, you have to stop doing that" She said as she jumped on top of me.
I stayed silent.
"Are you any better?", she asked regaining herself and sitting up.
"Not much I feel light headed"
"Okay, stay here, and don't leave you have lost a lot of blood and we can't have this happen again, I have to go report to the bridge, I will see you after my shift"
"Okay"
"Call if anything happens", she added leaving the room.
I sat up and went to the monitor on the far corner and sat down. I logged in and opened a file labeled Ptolemy. A sub file named security was next to many other files. I opened it and looked through them until I found the footage for the day I went to the ELS planetoid. I was on the bed in this room the whole time I was comatose. A pink haired figure was next to me. I fast forwarded through the three days of footage and she was there the whole time. My fingers hit the back button and opened another file from before yesterday. She was curled up next to me for half the time holding me until she sat up and stayed sitting. She really cared for me, that's for sure; but why? What have if done to her to notice me, she deserves better. I kill people and destroy the lives of others. I looked at the last file for this room. Feldt held me close to her the whole time. There was something I saw that caught my attention. It back tracked until it stopped at the part. She leaned close to me and kissed me. I chuckled to myself briefly seeing her do this. I logged out, went to the bed and decided to relax but I couldn't. I had slept so much in the past six days, I couldn't sleep anymore. So I tried to force myself. I ended up staring at the ceiling of the room, the next thing I know two hours pass by. "GET UP QUICK SOMETHING IS WRONG". The voice caught me by surprise. What is it? "I SHALL INFORM YOU SOON, WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GET UP". I quickly sat up and removed the needle on my arm slowly. "GET TO THE BRIDGE THERE ARE APPROACHING ENEMY UNITS AND THERE ARE TOO MANY I CAN'T TELL WHAT THEY ARE". I quickly made myself to the bridge and halfway there the power went out. I can't see. "I CAN, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS". Then all I can tell was that I wasn't in control of what was going on. I could see but not do anything. "HERE JUST GO IN THE BRIDGE AND CHECK WHAT IS GOING ON".
"What's going on?" I asked as I walked in.
"Setsuna, you were supposed to stay in the med bay"
"I'm sorry I will explain later; just tell me what is happening"
"We don't know yet, the power just went out", Miss Sumeragi said.
What's going on? "THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN OUR POWER BY FORCE". Do you know how to get it back? "GIVE ME TWO MINUTES". Then he took over and went towards the main control desk. He found the hidden wires and started cutting.
"Setsuna, what are you doing?
"HOLD ON"
"Are you ok? Something seems a little strange"
"NOTHING IS WRONG"
Then the power came back and the computers started up
"I didn't know you knew how to do that?" Miss Sumeragi asked
"Neither did I, anyways what's the problem"
"It seems like there are twenty GAGA units"
"I'm launching"
"Setsuna, your 00 QAN [T] isn't done with the repairs but it will be soon"
"I'll go in the EXIA R III"
"Setsuna you can't, your wound", Feldt said following me into the hall.
"I have to"
"Something seemed different about you before are you okay?"
"I am fine, I have to go"
"Don't get yourself killed, okay. We need you"
"Got it", I then left the bridge and left her there by the door.
It hurt me to do so but I had to. "QUICKLY GET TO THE HANGER AND INTO THE EXIA". I kicked off the walls as fast as I could but it is hard to go fast in zero gravity. I quickly got to the hanger meeting Allelujah and Lockon in the elevator.
"Marie's not coming?" I asked.
"HARUTE no longer needs a co pilot", Allelujah answered.
"How about Tieria?" I questioned.
"Earth"
The second the doors slid open I pushed off the ground and jumped in the cockpit. The regular systems came online. The solar reactor started up and the screen on the control panel read EXIA in white bold letters and then the blinking words SEVEN SWORDS EQUIPMENT came on. The monitor came on as well and I saw Feldt's extremely worried face.
"Setsuna, please come back"
"I will, Setsuna F. Seiei, GUNDAM – GN - 001 – EXIA R III, launching"
The speed of this GUNDAM was faster compared to the 00 QAN [T]. The monitor gave me a rundown of the situation. 20 GAGA UNITS ~ GENUIN GN DRIVE ~ GN-XV ~ 10 MELEE, 9 RANGED, 1 ARTILLERY. I pulled out the GN SWORD VIII and pushed the boost gauges to the max. As I quickly got closer and closer to the enemy units I got ready to attack. I pulled down on my left stabilizer to rotate and swung the GN SWORD out as I passed by the first melee unit. The maneuver split the unit in half. I quickly evened out the stabilizer and pulled down on the boost gauge. I then lifted the shield to clash into the next melee unit. That stunned the pilot so I dropped the shield and grabbed his mobile suit to block the incoming fire from the surrounding ranged units. As it exploded I noticed that the other units were trying to double team to get behind me. Two pink beams shot through them killing them instantly.
"I got your back kid", Lockon said over the radio.
I unequipped the GN SWORD VIII and pulled out both of the GN BLADE'S. Another enemy came from above, he charged forward and I maintained a stance until the last second when I ducked and used both blades to slice through both legs and then spin around and slice him in half. I had only killed three but I was already exhausted. There were blood bubbles already floating around the cockpit so I stopped to catch my breath. The last five melee units and three ranged units came in. I started going defense so I could relax. I had to raise my left blade to block an incoming BEAM SABER and then use my right to push another blade that was in the middle of a stab attempt, downward. I then stab the unit on my left leaving fourteen more. I pulled down three different levers then the control panel read PARTICLE OUTPUT MAX. Then I reequipped the GN SWORD VIII and switched it to the GN RIFLE VIII and fired a huge burst of particles. The burst was the equivalent of the RAISER SWORD. After the burst I was then alerted I missed all targets. The words PARTICLE HAZARD came on the control panel. I had to lift all three of the levers again to lower the particle output. This GUNDAM wasn't meant to be used with that large of a particle output. I tried to boost out of there but one of the enemy units launched a missile barrage and I had to take evasive maneuvers. I pulled both thrust gauges and pulled down on my right stabilizer and used the GN SWORD VIII to try and cut through a couple of missiles. Allelujah was bombarding all of the enemies with his missiles. The other remaining missiles either missed or hit my mobile suit. The smoke then cleared and thirteen enemy units were surrounding me in TRANS AM. My only chance was to defend myself so I activated my TRANS AM and I attacked on ranged unit but before I could reach him I was repeatedly struck by beam rifle shots. Lockon in his ZABANYA sniped three targets with ease. I forced the EXIA towards an attacker and swung the GN SWORD VIII but he blocked so I had to pull out a GN BLADE to dual wield and try to stab another behind but he was able to dodge and cut through my right arm. At that moment my TRANS AM shut down. "DASH RIGHT AND CIRCLE AROUND. DON'T LOOSE FOCUS". Where have you been? "WAITING". I did as he told me and then sliced through a ranged mobile suit. And I looked right and tried to block an incoming attack but he broke through and stabbed through the side of the EXIA. Allelujah cut through the enemy attacker and it exploded leaving the beam saber shut in my hand, I grabbed it turned it back on and threw it at another suit. He dodged but it was just a decoy. "UPPERCUT" I punched upwards and I was able to puncture the entire cockpit area and I killed the pilot. "BOOST LEFT AND PUNCH ARTILLERY UNIT". As I boosted left I quickly punched the unit and took out his cameras. "SPIN KICK AND AIM FOR HIS COCKPIT AREA TO STUN HIM. TRY AND OBTAIN HIS HYPER BURST CANON". The spin kick somewhat worked but as I was about reach for his canon another suit shot my cockpit. I opened my eyes after the explosion expecting the worst just to find that the shot didn't penetrate. But all of this rush was making me bleed continuously and I couldn't stop it.
"Enemy reinforcements", Feldt's voice rang in my ears.
"Lockon!" I yelled my comrade's name in hope to get a little assistance.
"I'm on it"
The pilot of the artillery unit was still stunned so I pulled his beam rifle instead of his HBC and jumped on the other mobile suit and shot rapidly at his unit and didn't stop until I was sure he was dead. Then turned around and destroyed the artillery unit. I then killed the one armed melee suit and quickly blocked another swinging blade with the beam rifle I had. I kicked him off and shot him until it exploded.
"Setsuna, come back, you have been out to long", Feldt said over the radio.
"Not yet, I just need five more minutes"
"Don't take long"
"I won't"
I then started shooting at the remaining ranged units and shot two of them down. I pushed both thrust gauges forward and then pulled back when I was in range. Fired a couple of times but I was also being attacked so I had to spin around and try to block a blade. When the gun made contact with the blade I kicked him away and shot him twice in the chest. "DISARM THE MELEE UNIT BEHIND YOU AND USE HIM AS A SHIELD. USE HIM TO RAM INTO ANOTHER SUIT AND REEQUIP YOUR GUN AND REPEATEDLY FIRE AT THE TWO SUITS". As I put away the gun I grabbed the suit behind me with my one hand and pushed the thrust forward and clashed with the other GN-XIV. After I quickly let go of him I shot him many times the explosion of his suit caused a chain reaction and exploded the other. I turned around and saw that two more suits were coming in so I extended my arm towards the last melee enemy and impaled him with the gun and started shooting until the bullets came out the other side and aimed at the next attacker. After he was destroyed I pulled out my hand from the suit and it also exploded. "ACTIVATE TRANS AM AGAIN AND ACTIVATE BURST MODE". As I did so I also dropped the gun and pulled out a beam saber. "BOOST TOWARD THE RANGED ENEMY ONYOUR RIGHT, RAISE BOOST GUAGE, PUSH LEGS FORWARD AND KICK THEN STAB AND JUMP OFF". I started raising the boost gauge and I pushed my legs in front of me and kicked the cockpit and started stabbing, then pushed up on the boost and launched to the next. When I was reaching the next enemy bullets interrupted and I was forced to pull back. I threw my beam saber and impaled an enemy unit. Then using my last beam saber I pushed forward and tried to ram into another ranged GAGA while evading shots. Then one of the last shots hit my suit in the chest. All I felt was the throbbing feeling in my stomach. I tried to make sense of what was happening but I couldn't do anything. Then when I finally regained sight I was confused. Then I realized the fist of the mobile suit going towards my face. It made contact and it stunned me. I couldn't move. Allelujah came and clashed his beam saber with him. I gripped the beam saber again and slashed through the enemy.
"Don't go after the rest of the enemies Setsuna, you've lost a lot of blood", I heard Feldt say over the radio.
"I just need more time'. Then I looked around my cockpit and saw all the blood floating around. "Okay I am coming back. Allelujah cover me"
"Got it"
I was already going back to the Ptolemy and the pain in my stomach had spread to the entire right side of my body. "LOOK BEHIND YOU". I looked behind me and I saw a ranged unit coming up behind me so I pulled out the beam saber I had before and tossed it in his direction. It was a direct hit to the upper chest and it seemed to go through the solar reactor as well and he exploded.
"Damn, more reinforcements!" Lockon yelled over the radio.
I sensed a strong QUANTUM BRAINWAVE's user. I turned around and looked for the source. A REBORNS GUNDAM was mixed in with GN-XIV, I boosted back to the battle.
"Setsuna F. Seiei, I was hoping I could find you here"
A bright light of green particles occurred and the enemy GUNDAM boosted towards me. It was going to be an unfair battle, I only have one MS arm. A particle explosion could be seen from my location and the REBORNS GUNDAM reappeared from quantization in front of me. They have finally gotten the GENUINE TWIN DRIVE system to work.
"Now we can see who the strong one here is Setsuna F. Seiei!"
I blocked his beam saber with mine and expected for this to end right here. I could feel something pricking my skin. Nothing happened; he won't quantize or overpower me. I looked at my monitor and analyzed his mobile suit. They may have the twin drive, but its only 58% synchronized.
"Ribbons Almark, do you even know the power of the TWIN DRIVE?"
"Of course you fool"
"Hey Ribbons you overheating", he looked down at his monitor and that gave me enough time to push him off me and stab him through the cockpit. His image disappeared from my screen as the GUNDAM exploded. Allelujah and Lockon were on their way to help me but there was no need.
"All contacts confirmed have been neutralized, heading back to the Ptolemy", I stated as I made my way back with my teammates behind me.
I was finally on the way back; I was exhausted and was ready to go to the med bay. My right arm was limp and as soon as the hatch to get into the hanger was open I got in and opened the cockpit. I looked back at the EXIA and saw I had to get it repaired again.
"Setsuna, your back", Feldt said
"I need to get to the med bay" I said in a straining voice
"Alright, give me your hand"
She helped me arrive at the med bay and when we got in she helped me get in to the bed. She grabbed my arm and slowly pushed the needle into my upper forearm. She looked into my eyes and I looked back.
"You scared me back there", she spoke.
"Setsuna, I've got a mission for you", Miss Sumeragi said as she walked in
"What do you mean?"
"I need you to go to earth and regroup with Tierria"
Why the hell should i launch now? "What do you need?", i asked coldley
"Tierria is plotting something. he wont tell me what but he specifically asked for you to meet him"
"Is that a good idea?" i asked hinring at my stomach.
"Feldts going with you"
I reverted back to my silence and stared akwardly at Sumeragi.
"Why Feldt?" i asked finally
"Would you rather go with Ian?"
"Fine"
"Alright I will inform Tierria"
She made her way to the quickly and i stared blankley at the floor. Feldts silence was making it akward.
"Go get ready", i spoke maintaining my stoic personality.
She nodded and left. Moments around her are becoming more uncomfortable. I cant get attached to someone, not now. There are many important things i must finish
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