Gundam 00: Phoenix
Cry Havoc
Pacific Ocean, February 20, UN transport fleet en-route to Arvineo
All was relatively silent as the UN fleet hid under the cover of darkness, mobile suits being brought on deck onboard their carriers in preparation to launch their machines for combat.
They were still a considerable distance away from Arvineo; the fleet would be there by the afternoon but mobile suits could quickly close the distance and this meant they wouldn't have to worry about the risk losing their home base at the start of the operation. The main disadvantage though was there was a chance you couldn't make it back if you were too damaged, but it was a risk they were going to have to take for this operation.
From his machine's cockpit, Sergei watched as one of the Enact squadrons were being prepped for launched, lined up on the deck ready to go at any moment with their engines warming up in the cold, dark air.
His machine, as well as the rest of the GN-Xs on this ship, were standing on the side of the deck having been quickly moved up and were also ready to go, their GN-Drives fully charged to capacity and their condenser so they could make the trip back if things got ugly.
"Colonel," began Peries from her machine, "do you think they'll pick us up on our way to the combat zone?" she asked.
"Hopefully we'll be high enough to go by undetected and that their scanners aren't adpated to pick up GN particles, but be ready if all does not going according to plan." he told her with his voice seemed to be leaning toward the idea things were going to go to an unexpected moment/flaw that had riddled each and every plan.
Soma could only let out a small weak laugh at Sergei's response. "If only we've ever had a plan that went accordingly." she stated to him.
"To true, all just too true." he said to her.
Before they could go on any further the ship's loudspeaker came on to broadcast the message to the surrounding fleet that the operation was to commence.
"All flight crews, last minute check for launch to begin operation." came the voice from the speaker. "Orca mobile armours are launching, stand-by."
Moments passed as the side doors on the hull opened and launched their mobile armours into the sea which quickly dived beneath the veil of darkness the ocean provided. Soon it would be their turn as they waited for their launch to be announced.
He hoped this would be one of the first missions in awhile that went to plan. He had lost nearly all of his previous team against Celestial Being due to numerous unforeseen acts of destruction and war. It would be hard to bear to loss of another team of good men, but he was a Colonel and he had to see his plans through, it was his duty as an officer. Still seeing the list of people lost under his command is never a sight he liked to see, especially after losing his wife and having to bear the guilt of that and the hatred of his son who resented him for his actions.
The speakers then came on once the hull had sealed itself after releasing all their mobile armours. "Preparation for all mobile suit squadrons are complete, you may begin take-off, E.T.A to target approximately an hour and a half."
"Roger that." Colonel replied through the comm. "GN-Xs light up your Drives it's time to head out." he said to his team as he made his GN-X lift off from the deck and into the dark sky.
As the GN-Xs gained altitude, Sergei looked down to see small traces of light head off the carrier's deck and across the ocean before fading away.
"All Enacts are assembled and moving towards the AO, flying low as instructed, and all signal indicators are off, will begin radio silence." one of the squadron's leaders reported confirming all orders before silencing the comm.
Sergei took a breath before he let it out slowly and then set his machine to autopilot once they had reached a certain altitude. It was going to be a long flight before the battle would begin and hopefully the Rising Phoenix wouldn't notice before it was too late.
Pacific Ocean, February 20
A squadron of Aces travelled through the air, making long range patrols at high altitude away from the fleet as a warning should the UN begin their attack, but so far there had been nothing for days.
"Alpha-Six do you see or pick up anything out there, we've got reports of UN forces moving towards Arvineo." came a voice through one of the pilot's comm.
"Negative on that Alpha-Two, still nothing." replied the pilot. "I don't think there will be anything out here for some time; we haven't even seen an enemy scout from Arvineo on our patrols around the coast."
"Keep your eyes open there's bound to eventually be something." the previous speaker stated as the other pilot could only sigh.
The Aces continued on their course, their detection equipment fully functional throughout the journey as nothing but darkness came into view while their engines tuned out the crashing waves of the ocean below.
A small ping then entered their sensors before immediately disappearing causing the pilot to look down on his screen in confusion.
"Did anyone else pick up something out there, I just got a ping before it faded." the pilot spoke out to his fellow teammates.
"You sure it's not a malfunction with your equipment?" someone said back to him casually. "The salt water ain't the best thing for our equipment." he then added.
"Could be, who knows, I can tell you is that I got a ping before it faded." the pilot said back before he looked down out of his cockpit to make sure he wasn't missing something.
The others didn't speak to each other much from there on forth as they continued to patrol the area. This time they were fully on alert should something enter their screen whether it be a malfunction or not.
All the pilot could see though was blackness and the occasional ripple from above in his fighter. He then turned back to his screen only to see then see multiple pings enter his radar before fading out and then fading in.
"Okay I definitely have something here; multiple contacts have just entered my radar. You guys have the same or am I seeing things?" he then told his squadron.
"Ya radar is going nuts here, we've definitely got something here." one member confirmed back to the previous.
"You think they noticed us?"
"Doesn't seem like it."
"I'll get command on the line they'll definitely want to know something may be coming their way that......." the lead pilot spoke before he suddenly paused and appeared to be in shock by something as it took a few seconds for him to recover and speak out what he saw. "I think we just found the enemy fleet." he then told everyone as large objects blanketed their radar screen bigger then what they were getting before.
Before someone could transmit back to base or even think of the idea one of the Aces exploded brightly in the air followed by another as AA fire and missiles began to blanket the air only now their warning systems coming online to the surprise attack.
"What the hell, why didn't we pick that up earlier?!" someone stated loudly through the comm. as the AA fire got more intense by the second.
"They must of waited till we were within close range!" another responded back to the previous.
"Other bull shit!"
"Shut up just RTB, punch it!" the lead pilot screamed trying to escape before it was too late but his fighter was then struck by a missile from below, exploding violently in the air sending the frame spinning into the ocean below aflame.
What Aces that were left after the initial surprise attack had already began to book it back to base, popping countermeasures as they went, now knowing the UN was here, they were going to be here in force and the Aces were already transmitting back in case they were attacked once more, however, no one knew that the enemy strike force was much closer than anticipated and what they picked up were only mobile suits flying as patrols for the fleet not the machines that were going on the attack.
Spain, February 20
It was five 'o 'clock in the morning yet Nena was not asleep. She was too distraught and scared to fall asleep again for the nightmare had visited her again and the memories were just too difficult to shut out as they had been.
It was exactly the same as before, and just as frightening. The same whispers, images and feelings were all there.
All she was feeling was depression and guilt, feeling sorry for the girl and for herself because of what she had done and caused. No longer did her ego cloud her judgment and deny that it was wrong, instead her mind kept telling her that she shouldn't have done it and that things would have been better off by not killing so many innocent people.
Her mind just couldn't get off the past no matter how hard she tried to forget it. If she even stopped to think about something else the memories would just flow back into her mind to haunt her even if it were for just a second. She also kept wishing her brothers were here along with her, to enjoy being here and so that she had her family back, even if it meant Michael being over protective and violent as usual.
Taking a quick glance at her surroundings she felt like she couldn't stay here she needed to do something to keep her mind off the subject either by walking around or staring at something meaningful that wasn't a blank wall would help ease the emotional scars.
Being cooped up here was just terrible for her, there was just nothing to do and she wasn't a fan of television, or reading and though Daveral would disapprove and be worried, she decided it was best to leave her room and wander outdoors near the brink of dawn so she could be alone with most of the city quiet.
Nena, after moments of pondering about what to do, finally got up and grabbed her clothes to get dressed and grabbed a small purse that contained what little money she had been given, she then texted Daveral a message with the miniature computer telling him what she was doing in case he was looking for her.
After all preparations had been completed she left her room, the card key in hand, and wandered out down the stairs instead of using the elevator and exited the building hoping being with herself alone outside in the city would give her something else to think about that would not remind her of the things she had done.
Arvineo, February 20
The night had not been quiet as anticipated by Viper, never thinking that Arvineo loyalists would stray this far out from where the real fighting was taking place in the downtown region.
Battle had come to the Rising Phoenix forward base instead and right outside of the hotel were dozens of Arvineo troops, loyal to the country and their president against a platoon sized Ranger unit who had arrived to reinforce Viper's position not long ago. Outside it was still completely dark and each side was using night vision goggles to see where their enemy laid in the darkness the only light source being muzzle flashes from the weapons of war and death. And as the battle raged, bullets flying in and out of the building, Viper was shouting over the comm. channel after just receiving word that no air support would be available.
"What do you mean our air support is unavailable?!" Viper shouted through the comm. towards his superiors, angry how they were no longer getting any support to engage the loyalist as all aircraft were needed to defend the fleet in case of attack. "We ain't going to last forever, give us something to help us out here!" He continued to shout as he fired off several shots from behind his piece of cover before ducking back down. "Shit!" he cursed quickly as the bullets come too close to him for comfort.
"Allied forces are moving into support just hold on out there." his CO said back over the line. "Viper Tanks are also en-route to provide armour support; we'll contact you once we receive an update on the fleet's status, over and out."
"Well it's better than nothing, over and out!" Viper finished as he went back to battle, trying to pick out infantry in the darkness through his night vision goggles and shoot them with his rifle. "Would've preferred the flyboys, not something using my code name and can get blown up by a thousand different ways in a city." he grumbled to himself as he waited for a pause in the enemy's fire.
Things had gone worse than expected for they didn't expect a large enemy platoon to find and engage them in the cover of night. No one had got any sleep and those that did were quickly rushed up to the battle as they needed everyone to hold back the enemy from overwhelming them. Luckily no enemy mobile suits were in the area or they might as well be dead.
Someone then slid behind where he was hiding and looked up at him as the soldier readied his rifle for action.
"So what did they say?" the trooper asked with a shout trying to talk over the battle as a sudden explosion shook the area, while his hand was over his helmet as it hadn't properly been strapped on yet.
Another explosion happened before Viper could continue but Viper immediately responded once they realized what just hit. "Command has armour on the way; they're pulling air support back though so we're still fucked once things pick up."
"What reason did they have?!" the soldier yelled with the exact same expression Viper had when he heard the news.
Viper quickly fired out several rounds before he answered back. "It's the UN, their naval fleet had been detected and Command expects an attack at night, and from reports the fleet was big."
"That's great." the man said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes before strapping his helmet and night vision goggle on and opening fire at the enemy troops outside.
"We've got ten of them not far ahead hiding behind the rubble in the middle of the street!" someone screamed out after just a few intense moments of combat as he went on. "Two of them seem to have rocket launchers and look like they'll rip the place apart!"
The man's assumption was correct as a pair of rockets raced through the air slamming inside of the hotel sending people racing or ducking away from the explosion they caused while shattering most of the glass windows littering the floor with sharp shards of glass.
"Then hit them with our on rockets!" another shouted back in retaliation to the enemies launchers as there was the sound of a missile launching from their position and at the enemy.
'This is bad, we need those tanks now, we weren't meant to hold positions that could get blasted away like this.' Viper thought in his head at their situation as he reloaded his rifle, throwing the spent to the side and popping in a new one before pulling back on the bolt, chambering a fresh round.
There was then a short garbled cry that came through the air as Viper and the man beside him turned to see their comrade with the missile launcher fall backwards and landed dead on the ground.
"Pick his weapon up your closest!" Viper immediately ordered from the top of his head to the man beside him as another salvo of rockets made their way into the building and exploded both men bracing themselves as the explosion shook the building around.
The man hesitated for a second whether to argue that it was a stupid idea or just go before steeling his nerves with a quick breath and leaving his rifle here ran out towards the location of the launcher and grabbed the launcher while bullets whizzed through the air with both his hands before racing back and jumped back into cover landing prone on the ground before getting back up.
"I've got it." he said to Viper with a crazed smile, amazed he made it back in one piece as he set it on his shoulder and made sure the scope was still intact.
"Good now blast those bastards out and snap back to normal before you use it!" Viper shouted back as he wiped some dirt off his goggles.
Shortly after preparing the launcher, the soldier moved slightly out over cover and fired as an exhaust trail of smoke came out of the launcher with a dimly glowing projectile racing off into the darkness outside before there was the sound of an impact into something.
Quickly peering out from his cover, Viper looked to see the debris the loyalist were hiding behind had now been split into smaller section with dead infantry exposed behind the debris once the smoke had cleared, but there were still plenty of enemies out there as there was fire clearly coming out of nearby buildings judging by the muzzle flashes of certain weapons.
Before he could get up and return fire however there was the sound of a large calibre weapon going off in the distance which almost instantaneously slammed into one of the walls of the hotel leaving a massive trail of destruction with that section being nothing more than a mere shadow of itself while objects and people had been tossed about like a rag doll.
The comm. then went alive from a squad one of the upper levels reporting in what had just hit them being the ones that could see most of the current battlefield from their position. "We've got a Tieren out there!" someone reported through the midst of gun fire. "They're keeping their distance and are lowered so launchers aren't much good since can't get the drop on them and hit their joints."
"Damn it, where's our knights in shining armour when we need them?!" Viper slammed his fist into the ground as things were getting worse and worse by the second, first large amounts of infantry and Tieren fire. He quickly switched to Commands line and got them on the horn not caring if they didn't want to hear from them. "How much longer, we're getting wasted out here!" he stated as another shell tore through the building sending deadly splinters and shrapnel through the air.
"Just hold tight a little longer." came a relatively simple response to their situation.
Viper could only shake his head in annoyance that was the only response they gave him as the battle continued to rage on before finally pulling it together and firing at the enemy once more. He then gritted his teeth and clenched his rifle as another shell struck the building.
'If the Arvineos don't kill us the building surely will.' he said to himself as another shell landed taking apart another section and the building piece by piece.
Arvineo, February 20, Rising Phoenix Navy
The Rising Phoenix fleet was barely functional before the first wave of mobile suits and armours struck their line. It took time to ready the fleet and with many of their planes inland, but roaring back home in hopes to save the fleet, they would be at a disadvantage for the battle.
The few aircraft they had were making quick hit and run attempts on the squadrons of Enacts with long-range missiles, but there just weren't enough as only three flights of aircraft have recently been launched, with what was left being rushed onto the deck for launch.
"Admiral, do you think we'll be able to hold the enemy off?" the vice-admiral asked as outside multiple spouts of water bursted from the ocean as depth charges were released into the deep by the ships that were ready for action.
"We'll probably hold off the first wave, but the later waves are going to grind us into the dust, they haven't even engaged with their fleet yet and already we're having problems." Hiller responded as everyone braced themselves when a light torpedo struck the hull of the ship shaking the vessels with the distinct creek of metal clearly heard after the attack.
"That doesn't sound good."
"The question Vice-Admiral Gerald is any sound at the moment good?"
"Good point." the vice agreed as he moved letting the Admiral reach his console.
Hiller then reached to his console and got the fleet on the air. "All hands to battle stations, this is no time to sit around for the UN has began their attack on the fleet with mobile armours, all ships that haven't, begin dropping depth charges we must wear them off. Our main objective is to defend the carriers at all cost if we lose one, we lose alot of our munitions so keep them safe and watch the skies for anything else that might arrive, if it flies and isn't an Ace blow it out of the sky without warning!" he broadcasted to the fleet what their orders were in a short statement.
Strangely however there was no statement as the line seemed dead before a nearby Destroyer was struck by a beam which melted through part of its hull, but was still functional.
"We've got a communication cut off going on, their coming from above! Their GN-Xs!" someone alerted him to the new threat which had suddenly arisen.
Hiller looked to see up in the sky several glowing red objects quickly coming down upon them before more crimson beams began to descend upon the fleet striking vessels including the Draven, punching several holes in the flight deck, but fortunately the beams had instead burned away instead of going utterly through the hull, however it would not happen again.
"Damn it; switch the to our advanced communication comms, we need to coordinate with the rest of the fleet now, a little red sparkle ain't going to stop us!" Hiller instructed the fleet having been prepared for this for only an idiot would not come up with systems that can operate under such conditions if they possessed the technology to recreate the conditions themselves.
An explosion then rocked the area as everyone turned to look to see one of the destroyers sinking into the ocean.
"We've just lost the Destroyer Kaiser!" one of the crew said as everyone was awe struck how fast it had gone down.
"Where are those damned fighters?" Vice-Admiral Gerald shouted to the crew demanding the answer for the Admiral. "We need all the firepower we can get if we want to hold."
"They're still en-route, ETA fifteen minutes and counting." came the response immediately after as more and more of their ships became fully functional and began to open up with every weapon they had in the fleet's defense.
"Do you think those radicals are going to help us sir?" someone in the ship then asked desperately as more and more particle beams began to rain down upon their fleet from the GN-Xs which were evading most of the AA fire from everything but the destroyers.
"They better; I've already sent them a request earlier when we received the transmission about the attack." Hiller said although he didn't sound too desperate for help and not showing any fear in the face of this first wave of attack which was extremely heavy, being attacked by mobile suits and armours with the possibility of the enemy fleet.
If this was his grave then so be it, but he would not go down without a fight and no one would see them cower from the face of danger and he wasn't going to let all their hard work of preparation and planning be destroyed by one attack.
"Sir, we've got E4 tracking and targeting arrays online from one of the carriers, we should be able to get a bead on those GN-Xs." Gerald told him as Hiller looked at his screen to see targeting data being transferred to them.
"Good about time we put them to use, make sure to keep it safe or we won't be hitting them anytime soon, have the fleet concentrate on protecting the carrier vessel from danger." he then turned and looked out of bridge of the vessel. "Bring it on, let us see how well the UN commander handles this." he said as he watched a GN-X get cut down by CIWS fire, and smiled.
Arvineo, February 20
Sergei and his squadron of GN-Xs fired away at the enemy fleet using their speed to evade the enemy anti-air defenses and hit the destroyers which were launching dozens of missiles into the air in attempt to shoot them down.
So far the operation was looking quite good as the few Rising Phoenix fighters that were out were too busy tied up by Enacts which hadn't been picked up till they were relatively close to the fleet as intended, but still some distance away from the fleet while the Orca mobile armours were doing their job hitting the enemies flank, whittling away at them with their small torpedo which had distracted them to the real threat which was them. So far all was going according to plan with no surprises, yet.
He then heard a warning go off in his cockpit as several missiles came screaming towards GN-Xs only for him and his squadron to shoot them down in quick succession with rifle and Vulcan fire.
"Keep concentrating your fire on the destroyers, if they go done the rest of the fleet can be mopped up as they don't have much in the way of air defense." he reminded everyone in the two squadrons.
"Understood!" everyone replied exactly or something like that as the GN-Xs continued to get closer and closer to the fleet, the AA fire intensifying as the CIWS systems began to track on to them and even cannon fire came up from below as they continued to enter each new line of defense which lit and blanketed the air.
Sergei's GN-X spun forward after they had got in closer towards the enemy evading dozens of deadly CIWS rounds that were flying through the air before he fired several rounds at a frigate below, which was protecting its larger destroyer cousin from close range attackers, the beam pierced right through one of its main guns and breaching the ammunition storage below and detonating the contents which sent a raging fire ball into the air as the ship shook from its wounds, but still continued to open fire.
He then saw Soma's machine then fire at the same target hitting the second set of its guns which also lit into a fireball as the ship sat there dead unable to manoeuvre or respond to the danger in the water as the ship was now at the mercy to the mobile armours in the water and mobile suits above.
"Alright go for the destroyer, its escort is down!" Sergei commanded as his squadron instantly obeyed getting down low to evade missile fire and engage the destroyer.
Suddenly on his screen one of the captains from the fleet appeared. "Sergei you've got enemy fighters coming back towards the fight, we have just recently engaged them and the Arvineo's report enemy aircraft are on their way back to intercept you." he warned.
"Understood, we'll keep an eye on their arrival." Sergei then cut of contact with the fleet and went back to engage the destroyer.
Several beam shots from his squadron speared through the bridge of the ship before it the superstructure began to explode into smoke and flames as more and more beam shots were fired at the ship making sure it could not be a threat again.
The squadron then pulled up back into the air as the destroyer detonated once more this time throughout the entire ship and then began to sink into the ocean below as it took on water with the surviving crew trying to abandon ship.
"Excellent work people now back up and let second squadron do their run." Sergei announced as his squadron began to fly out as the second team began to move in.
A scream then immediately pierced through their channel as Sergei looked to see a GN-X from the second squadron which was heading in to attack get torn in half by a precise hail of rounds from a CIWS and then explode into bits and pieces which fell towards the ocean. Another GN-X was then destroyed by a quick burst of AA fire, something had them locked and was transmitting allowing the guns below to be able to track and home onto them with precision unseen before.
Immediately the second squadron began to pull out and regroup with the colonel shocked by how the defenses had managed to target them so quickly and accurately.
"Sir it seems they've got AA vehicles on the deck of their ships with some kind of advanced tacking system and its relaying targeting data on us for their units that's allowing them to compensate for our speed and altitude." one of his squadron stated to the rest as the GN-Xs moved out of range of the AA guns to plan what to do next.
"Which ship is it on?" Sergei asked.
"It's one of the smaller carriers and it's protected by every vessel in their fleet, don't know which one, alot of them have vehicles on their deck as their defense."
"Then we'll have to go for it and take it out." Sergei told his team as they continued to shoot down incoming missiles from the destroyers.
"But sir we won't last long against that hailstorm they'll put up once we close in." the pilot protested.
"We have to do it, or we'll be in even more trouble once their fighters enter the fray. Now follow me we'll fly and strike at the heart of their fleet by flying low." Sergei replied as his GN-X went in soon followed by the others as they went in once more against the enemy.
This time though they were farther and before they made their descent, and this time they were staying more lower hoping to avoid being locked on by the enemies advanced tracking system.
"Colonel our Enacts have just mopped up with enemy fighters and are heading in to back you up in engaging the fleet over, we're sorry for the delay, those buggers are hard to catch." came the diversion team as Sergei could see them on his sensor screen with the five Enact squadrons moving in low as they were to avoid enemy fire.
"Make sure you don't fly high or they'll track on to you and all their guns will be focused on, we've just found they have an advanced tracking system stationed on one of their carriers and going to take it out." Sergei replied as he gritted his teeth as an enormous column of water violently shot up into the air, due to several vessels using their deck guns in attempts to hit them, forcing him to evade. Running into something like that was like running into a wall, especially at this speed.
"Colonel I can see the carrier that was the system," he heard from Soma as an image popped up on screen which showed a carrier with several vehicles on deck, most of them AA vehicles however one of them stood out as there was a large tracked vehicle sitting on the deck with a large electronic system mounted within a superstructure. "Looks like we'll need to split up and divert that carrier's fire."
Sergei nodded his head at her suggestion. "Agreed, Peries, you take second squadron and I'll take the first, we'll regroup once that carrier is down. All you do is just lead the way for them."
"Understood Colonel." Soma said with a nod as the two GN-X squadrons separated in the midst of darkness, the only light being their particle trails and the flashes of the enemy's guns.
Spain, February 20
Daveral moved quickly down the streets looking for Nena, he could not believe she had actually got up and left her room during the night. He had messaged her but so far she hadn't replied back. And although he would take full responsibility if something did happen to her, it was one thing he would prefer not to happen to him.
He once more looked at his small messenger re-reading message Nena had sent him during the night.
I'm leaving for abit, I just can't fall asleep, the same dream visited me again and I can't stop thinking about it. I'll probably not be back in awhile, so message me if you're looking for me.
He could only sigh at the message, maybe taking her to the memorial wasn't such a good idea after all especially after their talk on the bus yesterday from what she said about it.
All he could hope for was that she wouldn't be like this forever for even if she deserved it, she atleast deserved to be have some happiness in life especially after how she was raised.
It was coming close to early afternoon since he had woken up late due to staying up a reading a book as usual and more and more people were starting to appear on the streets, it was going to be harder to find Nena the longer time past on.
Continuing on walking he heard a small ringtone being emitted as Daveral took out his messenger from one of his' vests breast pockets and flipped it on. It seemed that Nena got the message he had sent her earlier.
'I'm heading back to the hotel I'll meet you there.' was what the message read as Daveral could only sigh that he had to go all the way back to where he started.
'I really got to wake up earlier.' he thought as he made a mental note for himself not to stay up so late trying to finish up the book he was reading.
After atleast twenty or so minutes, he had arrived back at the hotel and entered inside.
There in the lobby he saw Nena just sitting in the waiting area who didn't appear to have saw him as she was still staring blankly at the floor lost in her mind, still the same as the last time he saw her.
"Nena," he began as he walked up beside her as he had to tap her on the shoulder to get her to snap back into reality. "Where the hell did you go? I end up looking for you only to come back all the way here." he then asked.
"I just went out for walk." she replied back to him softly. "I couldn't sleep and I needed something to keep my mind occupied."
"And walking solves that how?" Daveral asked her.
"It's better than sitting around doing nothing if I don't focus on anything for even a second everything just comes flooding back into my head." she responded as her voice seemed to get more and more tired the longer she spoke.
"Did you get any sleep at all?" he then said noticing the tiredness in her voice and how she looked about ready to fall asleep.
She just shook her head as she gave a light sigh laying back in the seat.
Before Daveral could continue his messenger went off as he immediately brought it out and looked to see who sent it. The message was locked, however due to encryption, but Daveral knew how to decrypt it and allow him to view the classified message that had been sent.
To All Rising Phoenix Members
You are all required to return back to the air base for pick up within five hours, everything has gone much faster than expected. Make sure you are set to go as we will leave those behind should you not arrive on time.
From Phoenix
"Already?" he said to himself as he put away the messenger and turned to Nena. "Well looks like we're heading back sooner than expected, we'll take one last look around the city before we leave?" he said.
"Why so soon, I thought we'd get till tomorrow?" Nena's eyes were barely open as she gave her weary response.
"Maybe you should get some sleep before we leave." Daveral noted as she seemed ready to fall asleep at any moment. "C'mon." he said as he put out his hand and pulled Nena up from her seat as she gave a weak groan.
"I don't want to fall asleep." she muttered to him as they walked towards the elevator. "It'll all come back again."
Daveral gave her a light pat on the back. "It'll still be there, but it'll be better than being tired and maybe you'll sleep soundly this time just think of something that makes life worth living." he told her as they entered the elevator.
Nena didn't say anything anymore as she was just too tired to let out a response.
Daveral could only look at her sadly; if she kept this up she wouldn't be fit for duty. All he could do though was hope something would lessen the guilt for her before she goes too far and just becomes a mere shell of the person she once was with no hope of changing.
Unknown Location, February 20
Judgement had his eyes closed as he waited onboard his machine which was heading towards Spain; however he was waiting for Ribbons to give him permission to engage the Phoenix Gundams once more.
His first battle had been not as difficult as he had expected it to be, but he knew those pilots would improve in time and he was ready for such a challenge, for the Innovator's goal should be a challenge as they did have to lead humanity once things began to settle down. Whether he died or not he would let Ribbons be in charge as he was created by a superior being one that stood far above the Innovades that were previously made, which he took as great honour to be created by a superior being.
There was one thing though, Nena Trinity was still alive and she had to be dealt with living was not what the plan had in store for her and she must be punished via death for her crimes against the Innovators was living where she should've died. She had no purpose in life other than a destroyer as stated by the incident in Spain and one such as that must not exist in the world they had planned.
He hated how she could listen in on the Innovators. He never understood why Ribbons needed the Trinities to have Quantum Brainwaves; it was just too much of a waste and a risk. They could've done their job without it for they had no variant of the Trial System that Nadleeh could use or any point at all other then accessing Veda. This could be the only blunder that Ribbons could've made, which is why he was here.
He then turned opened his eyes and looked down at the world. It was beautiful in its own right but also ugly due to what humanity has done over the centuries to it which was another reason the Innovators had to come in, to control the humans from destroying themselves. He was surprised how the planet was still living and breathing by his time.
Regular humans were just so strange and unpredictable. Sometimes they could be seen as a gentle person while other times they could be saw as a merciless, blood lusting killer. Then there was the fact humans would fight over simple matters and kill each other at times other than finding a compromise made him wonder is there any point to letting humanity live on.
Before he could go on with his thoughts he received a transmission and immediately patched it through.
"Judgement the Phoenix is on the move and is leaving Spain, I want you to delay them from reaching Arvineo and kill one of their pilots to send a shock throughout their organization that even if they posses Gundams, they are still just merely human." Ribbons told him, giving him his assignment.
"And you mean any of the pilots?" Judgement asked as he leisured in the thought of killing the last Trinity and tying up that loose end.
"Any." Ribbons nodded his head. "After this the mercenary will accompany in battling the Rising Phoenix."
"Very well, I will carry out your will Ribbons." Judgement bowed his head before letting ceasing the transmission and headed out to find the Phoenix.
Once he found them he would kill either Nena or one of the other Gundam pilots and leave a scar that would remain with the Rising Phoenix till they were wiped off this world.
Author Notes: Sorry for the lack of scenes with characters like Flint, or Helana or the original characters, but don't worry I'll be sure to put them in. Also I need an opinion on who may die and live, it may not affect the story too much since I'm prone to quickly changing my mind but it's nice to have a few comments about what to do. Anyways till next time where the battle really heats up.