Garret ate his dinner and then proceeded to his room with Victoria. "So you feel asleep in your Gundam huh?" she said with a little giggle. Garret nodded in reply. "That sounds like you" she spoke, looking around his room. Her eyes stopped at his desk, spying the photograph of Garret, Aston and Cecil. Garret watched as the female pilot walked over his desk and looked at the photo. "Is this Cecil?" she asked, pointing at the pilot that was unfamiliar to her.
"Yeah, that was taken just after I became a red" Garret said, walking to join her.
"The three of you look so happy, Commander Falcon hasn't changed at all" Victoria spoke. "Are you worried about tomorrow?" she asked her friend, turning to face him as she leant on his desk a little.
"A bit yeah, are you?" Garret asked in reply. Victoria nodded. "Everything will be fine though, if you're in trouble, I'll come running" the blonde pilot spoke.
"You'll only come running cause you can't fly" Victoria said, poking her tongue out. The two laughed loudly as they moved over to Garret's bed and sat down. Victoria leant to the side, resting her head on Garret's shoulder.
"It'll all be fine" Garret spoke, running his hand over her long hair.
Garret's eyes opened when his alarm went off the next morning. Again, he hadn't remembered falling asleep. He looked beside him and saw Victoria asleep, her hand in his. He smiled and gently shook he shoulder. Her eyes opened slowly and she groaned, slightly annoyed. When she realized where she was her eyes shot open and she sat bolt upright, her hair all over the place. "I…I'm sorry, I must have fallen asleep in here!" she said flustered.
"It's ok, but we need to get to our machines and you need to go over to the Izanami" Garret said, swinging his legs over the side of the bed. He looked down and noticed he'd fallen asleep in his uniform. He slipped on his boots and got to his feet. He turned and saw Victoria still sit on the bed, looking around. "There's a brush in my draw if that's what you're looking for" the blonde pilot commented, motioning to his desk. He walked to the door as she got up and headed for the desk. "Everything will be fine out there; I promise I'll protect you if anything happens" Garret said looking at her, his eyes serious.
"I know" Victoria said quietly.
"I'll see you out there" Garret said, leaving the room and running towards the hanger. He glanced down at the white watch around his wrist, seven-thirty the screen showed and Garret slowed as he reached the locker room. Marcel was already in there, just zipping up his flight suit.
"Morning Garret" the brown haired young man spoke, grabbing his helmet.
"Morning" Garret said after a short yawn. He rubbed his eyes with his free hand as he opened his locker. "Good luck out there, don't get shot down" the blonde boy said as he slowly changed into his flight suit.
"Same goes for you, I'm not coming down to save you" Marcel said with a grin and Garret smiled in response. "Is four people going to be enough? Maybe I should join you" he said as they walked into the hangar.
"You know you can't. We all have our role to play in this battle and yours will be flying around up there blowing holes in Purity mobile suits" Garret spoke.
"Well when you put it that way, how could I refuse that role?" Marcel asked as he climbed into the Chaos. Garret went to get into the Duel when he heard Victoria call out behind him. The blonde boy turned as Victoria ran up to him, her long hair tied in a bun.
"Is everything ok?" Garret asked. Victoria took a moment to catch her breath before she spoke.
"Yes, I'm fine. I just forgot something" Victoria said. Garret tilted his head slightly, confused at what she meant. The brunette girl quickly leant up and kissed Garret. She pulled away from him and smiled at the blushing pilot. "I love you" she said quietly before running to the Strike. Garret smiled and got into the Duel's cockpit and closed the hatch. He watched as the Chaos, Saviour and Aile Strike all left the hangar, heading over to the Izanami. Only a few minutes later Lucian's DOM Trooper and Atticus' M1A Astray walked into the hangar of the hangar.
The four pilots spoke amongst each other from their suits until the time to launch arrived. "The Ceres has arrived at the launch zone, all pilots head out immediately" Richard's voice spoke to the mobile suits. Aston's Sword Calamity was the first on the catapult; the pilot closed the visor on his helmet and gripped the controls.
"This is Aston Falcon, Sword Calamity Gundam, engage!" the crimson haired pilot called as his silver and black Gundam shot out of the ship. Next onto the catapult was Lucian.
"Lucian Williams, DOM Trooper, tearing up the battlefield!" the black haired pilot called and his black and purple suit joined Aston. Atticus' Astray was quickly loaded onto the catapult.
"Atticus von Schwarzlang, M1A Astray, sighting the enemy" the Orb pilot spoke, clearly not as gung-ho as the others as his suit was flung out onto Purity's artificial island. Garret closed his eyes as his suit was carried to the catapult.
"Let's kick ass, Garret Kross in the Duel Gundam, soar!" he called as the grey mobile suit rocketed out of the ship, a new energy seeming to envelop the mobile suit as it descended from the air and landed near Atticus' machine.
"There's no time to waste, let's move" Aston said as himself and Lucian moved forward. Garret quickly glanced into the sky where he could already see explosions. He took his eyes away from the blue expanse and walked away with his comrades, Atticus close behind. The Orb pilot's face appeared on Garret's screen, covered by his custom blue and white Orb flight suit.
"Just a warning, if I tell you to get out of the way, you'd best do it if you don't want to be shot" Atticus warned calmly. Garret knew it wasn't intended as a threat but the Orb pilot's tone still sounded rather off putting.
"I'll keep that in mind" Garret responded just before Atticus closed the communication. The four moved forward through the streets between all of the hangars and workshops. The island was unnaturally quiet, there seemed to be nobody around even though the fight had only just started. "Where is everyone?" Garret asked, looking around.
"There's a good chance they're probably already evacuating to get to any ships heading for space" Lucian commented as his DOM hovered across the ground, scanning it's bazooka around. Atticus raised his sniper rifle and gazed through the scope, looking ahead of the DOM and Sword Calamity.
"There are people running up ahead, Lucian is probably right" the Orb pilot spoke, lowering his gun.
"We need to be careful of any enemies hiding around corners, don't let your guard down" Aston spoke, drawing both of his swords as he walked. The group proceeded at a steady pace, weaving through buildings as the battle raged in the sky above them.
Marcel flew forward, his beam sabres slicing through the torso of a Windam. He spun around and sent out his gunbarrels, blasting several holes in the body of a Murasame heading for the ground group. "I won't let any of you touch them" he said as his gunbarrels returned. He saw Victoria engaged in a sword fight with a GOUF, he watched as the two clashed their weapons several times, sword against beam sabre. As the GOUF attacked with a high, vertical swing the Strike raised its shield and blocked the attack before Victoria nimbly sliced through the waist of the blue mobile suit. "She's gotten good" Marcel said with a few nods before he turned his attention to a number of incoming suits. The pilots from the Izanami stuck together, moving in an arrowhead formation and dispatching any enemies they passed.
"Marcel, above you!" Hilde called. Marcel looked up as a GOUF was descending upon him. He tried to raise his shield but Hilde fired her beam rifle into the Purity suit's sword arm, destroying it. Marcel then flew up and impaled the cockpit with his sabre.
"Thanks for the save" Marcel spoke as the Saviour reached the Chaos and both Gundams transformed into their mobile armour forms. The Izanami and Ceres supported the mobile suits with covering fire from the edge of the island as well as taking out any suits that got too close.
"There's not as many mobile suits as I thought there'd be. Where are they all?" Hilde asked, shooting down a BABI and a Slaughter Dagger with her plasma cannons.
"Maybe there's just not many stationed here" Marcel replied, avoiding shots from several enemy suits.
"I doubt that, this place would be a pretty significant location and Purity always over guards everything" Hilde said, her tone sounding a little worried. As if to answer her question, the island's mass drive came to life and the pilots watched as an Agamemnon-class ship shot along it.
"Hilde, Marcel, shoot that ship down!" Captain Phillips' voice called over the radios of the two Gundams. The Chaos and Saviour flew quickly towards the mass driver as the large carrier ran along it. Their path was barred however by a group of four Saviour Gundams all in mobile armour form.
"Well crap…" Marcel muttered, transforming into mobile suit form and pulling out his rifle. Before he could take aim, the four Gundams were upon him and Hilde. One of the Saviours slammed into the Chaos' torso, sending the green Gundam tumbling down towards the ground while the other three went after Hilde. The purple haired pilot ascended higher into the air, weaving from side to side to avoid the attacks of the Purity suits.
"Dammit, where did they come from?!" Hilde roared, trying to find an opening to fight back. She felt her Gundam shake as one of the plasma beams tore through her left wing. "No!" she screamed as her Gundam started spiraling downwards and the enemy Saviours transformed, taking aim with their rifles. Marcel's eyes looked up, seeing his ally spiraling downwards and the enemies aiming at her.
"Hilde! I won't let you… touch her!" Marcel roared. The pupils of his emerald eyes dilated and his Chaos suddenly came to life. As he flew forward, his beam rifle came up and fired and the rightmost Purity Saviour. The beam tore through the Gundam's chest and destroyed it. The Saviour next to the one that exploded turned on Marcel and flew down at him. "I'll kill you" Marcel said quietly. His gunbarrels flew out and fired a barrage of missiles into the Gundam. The Saviour's phase shift armour protected it, but Marcel flew through the smoke cloud the explosion left and rammed his sword through the Purity mobile suit's cockpit. He left the weapon in as the red Gundam exploded and then flew for the remaining two suits as his gunbarrels returned. Marcel saw Hilde land in mobile suit form and the remaining two Purity Gundams came after the Chaos now.
Marcel transformed the Gundam and flew at the two Saviours, the thrusters on the gunbarrels giving him extra speed. As he reached the Gundams, they attempted to fly to either side of the Chaos; however Marcel reached out with the two claws and grabbed both of his enemies by the waists. He activated the beam claws and cut both of the Saviours clean in half. Hilde watched as the four sections of the two Gundams fell and exploded and Marcel's Chaos floated in the air. "Marcel…" she said quietly.