Gundam 00: Phoenix
Meeting Battle
Arvineo, February 21, UN transport fleet
Onboard one of the carriers that was left relatively unscathed by the Rising Phoenix's daring raid, recently out of surgery Colonel Sergei Smirnov watched a red blip on the digital map that headed towards the continent.
This became all too familiar, they just couldn't seem to hold onto a Gundam long enough to analysis its GN-Drive or get anything useful from it. The one that they had captured had its GN-Drive missing and nothing useful had come of the Gundam yet.
"At least they were smart enough to keep tags on captured equipment," Sergei commented as slowly got up, giving a slight grunt as his leg ached, still recovering from his injury.
"Shouldn't we send a team out now sir to intercept?" someone asked, only for Sergei to shake his head in response.
"Soon, we just need it to come a little closer to us, and then we'll overwhelm it and recapture it. If not, we'll just leave the GN-Drive intact for our techs to study,"
"Sir, target is changing its flight path, looks like it's taking a detour to avoid us," a report then just came in as the red blip had begun to move off its predicted course.
Sergei then turned to the ship's captain. "How many mobile suits you think your ship can spare?"
Already the captain seemed to know what Sergei wanted. "Probably about a third of all mobile suits onboard," the captain replied, in a polite yet questioning tone, "but what do you plan to do with them? Clearly our ships compliment would be much more suited towards the fighting inland."
"True, but we need all we can get. If they decide to send escorts out we need machines that can intercept while the GN-Xs are off trying to recapture this machine. We'll also need them to force the machine to where we want it with missile barrages that currently only ordinary mobile suits have,"
He couldn't let that machine get too close to the continent or they were most likely going to stir up a hornets' nest. The enemy still currently dominated the skies over the country, for the Aces have returned to once again watch over the area and the radicals didn't make things easier with their mobile suits and anti-air defenses.
"Understood, you'll have those mobile suits for your operation," the captain acknowledged, who quite liked the idea of pinning down the enemy into their area of choosing. "Any other carriers taking place in this as well?" he then asked.
"I've managed to get one other group to pitch in, offering relatively the same amount of ship's complement," he answered back. "Now," Sergei began as he turned to one of the bridge hands, "what's the progress on our forces inland?"
A second, large screen to the movement and positions of their forces inland, showing his troops right at the edge of the city with more coming up to reinforce.
"Mobile suit and infantry companies have reached the city, letting infantry move up first, but it's been a very slow push. The enemy has their own mobile suits and infantry right in the area where we're pushing through, they're heavily dug in," the report came in from the crew member currently monitoring the situation.
"If they are meeting heavy resistance have some of the reinforcing units go around and hit the enemies left and right flank. It'll take longer for them to reach the enemy, but we should be able to put the enemy at a disadvantage, possibly forcing them to retreat. If possible try to get some units to hit their rear flank if there aren't too many troops to reinforce their position, we can't afford to get bogged down in a single area," he ordered which immediately then began to get out to the troops in the field.
For several minutes work went on as usual on the bridge before the captain then finally spoke up. "Will you be heading out to recapture the Gundam as well?"
Immediately he thought whether if he should go out to see the plan go through or stay onboard to maintain command of the operation. Both were important, but his decision leaned more to staying onboard at the moment. "I'm still thinking on that. I'm leaning towards staying onboard and making sure we end this conflict as quickly as possible. I may head out, but it depends how well things go here," Sergei then responded back.
Suddenly, on the map several new blips appeared, heading towards the Gundam that they were tracking.
"Incoming enemy aircraft heading towards the target, sir, looks like the escorts that you predicted."
Although the Gundams were much harder to find and detect, he knew they were there. They were going to send the best they could to retrieve such a valuable piece of equipment.
He had, already prepared for the Gundams, however, hopefully their numbers would put them at a disadvantage and if his predictions were correct the situation may be easier to deal with.
"Have mobile suit teams prepare to head out; we need to intercept that machine before they reach it,"
"Guess the plan has to happen much sooner than expected," the captain remarked.
"If we don't we'll lose alot more good soldiers," Sergei simply stated as he sat down. "Now let's hope it actually works."
Unknown Location, February 21
Ali waited impatiently as he stared a screen which monitored the Zesus. Time was wasting and if the UN got it first, then money was also at stake, he wouldn't get the money if the UN did the work for him.
They, however, had to wait till there were signs of the Rising Phoenix approaching. Everyone, including the UN knew that the Phoenix would send out Gundams to help escort. He doubted the Rising Phoenix would like the secrets of their GN-Drive taken away from them a second time.
He could barely even wait for the fight to come, the money may be good, but even more so, he wanted to test out his new machine to see what it could do. Simulations were one thing, but an actual combat situation was another, in simulations enemies didn't know fear, rage or any other human emotion that could change the way someone fights on the battlefield, compters being unable to distinguish the situation properly. Simulations were useless in his opinion, they rarely ever made the battles even close to what actually happens in the real world.
Essentially an upgraded Zwei, the machine would easily outmatch most other mobile suits once it entered into close combat, which was his preferred way to fight, up close and personal, not hiding in the back and taking shots at long range. Sure fighting at long range made it much less dangerous and not as dirty, but the satisfaction he got from seeing his enemies fall right in front of him made it invigorating. It also was alot more intense and desperate since fighting up close usually made things more dangerous, but what could he say, he enjoyed it.
He didn't care if people called him a warmonger, since he was a merc after all. He made a living off it and most of his life he fought so why stop now when it was now enjoyable to him? The last thing someone would see is him sitting back and living a 'normal' life.
Footsteps he then heard made his head rise, before they stopped. Would it be time to finally head out now?
"So is it time yet, I seriously don't have the patients when I haven't even tested out my machine in combat yet," Ali asked Judgement waiting for the answer.
"It is, Rising Phoenix escorts are approaching the Zesus and so is the UN," Judgement said back. Ali knew the other man didn't seem to like working with him from his tone and he could tell the man's eyes were watching him carefully as if he would do something.
Ali gave a wide grin, "Well let's go then, we can't let them wait forever," he said before he remembered the UN would be getting involved. "What do we consider the UN in all this?" he asked curiously rubbing his chin.
Judgement walked away, but answered his question when he neared the exit into the hanger, "Ribbons, doesn't care what happens to the UN forces as long as Gundams go down as planned," Judgment said before he then exited into the hanger to prepare for launch.
His grin widened even more; it looks like he would get all the testing his machine needs and all the opponents he could find.
He cracked his knuckles before grabbing his helmet, eager to get to the fight that would commence.
Time for the Ares to show what it's got and see what this glourious weapon can do, he said to himself as he began to leave for the hanger and the next battle.
Pacific Ocean, February 21
Inside the Zesus, Flint continued on his designated course. It had been a relatively quiet trip, but eventually it would end if the UN found him and attempted to recapture what they had just lost.
His eyes continued to switch between looking at his sensors and his visual screen, making sure there was no sign of activity on either.
I wonder how many mobile suits they'll be sending after, he wondered to himself. Ordinary mobile suits could just overwhelm him, especially at range since the Zesus lacked anything heavier than its carbine while the GN-Xs would put up quite a fight at either range thanks to their rifles and sabers. If they all hit him at once he didn't know how he would get out of that mess without help. Thankfully the others were on their way so they would hopefully get here before he got beat up too bad.
A small beeping sound notified him of something as he looked to see several blips closing in on the Zesus from all sides.
Readying himself for the upcoming fight, the Zesus drew its sword and raised its shield, but continued forward. I need to break out of this, can't allow them to hit me from all sides, he thought.
Moving forward, his sensors then notified him about incoming missiles as he saw smaller and faster moving targets appear by the dozens if not hundreds before the mobile suits began to pull away, likely to avoid friendly fire should the missile miss.
"Shit, definitely in trouble here," he murmured to himself as the first wave of missiles raced towards him.
The Zesus began to evade the incoming missiles, while trying to find cracks in the barrage to try and continue forward, but for every missile that he dodged two more came right at him from a different direction forcing the Zesus to either use its GN-Field or delay its advance, out of the surround.
He gritted his teeth as his Gundam was forced to take damage from a missile that had struck him which rattled the inside of the cockpit. If I can survive this I'll hate what they'll throw at me next, he just knew once this ended something worse would be hitting him, every mobile suit out there or a squadron of GN-Xs would be gunning for him, either way it would be worse than a barrage of missiles.
With a quick slash of the Zesus' blade, several missiles were detonated prematurely before reaching their intended target as the Zesus then dropped down right near the surface of the ocean the rippling waves nearly touching the Zesus.
Missiles that were coming towards him seemed to lose track of their target as they continued on, but the missiles behind him still continued to chase him, but the gap between the Zesus and the missiles widened.
It looked like he would get away out of the surround at this rate since the only missiles that were dangerous to him were the one behind as the one upfront had passed by, but several bright red particle beams forced the Zesus to once again evade as he saw a small team of three GN-Xs race towards him.
Damn it guys you better get here fast, or I'm toast, he tightened his grip around the control as he tried to race past them.
A another small missile barrage abruptly ended that attempt almost immediately as it forced him to evade again, he climbed upwards before then rapidly coming back down so the missiles may lose track of him, but the GN-Xs had opened fired making evasive manoeuvres all more difficult.
"Son of a bitch, looks like I'll have to fight my way out of this if these guys are just going to sit around and launch missiles at me all day," he said to himself as he plotted a direct course towards the three GN-Xs.
Whether the odds were against him or not, in his mind it currently was the only choice. He would get out of here alive or in pieces; he would not let them have possession of his machine once more.
Inside his cockpit the Lancaster's cockpit Daveral just watched the sky in case of anything coming up during their rendezvous with the Zesus. The only thing he currently saw were several fighters and the Drei which was slightly further ahead.
There wasn't much light in the sky as dusk began to approach. Thankfully it meant back on Arvineo they could get transports in under the cover of darkness get people out.
The Lancaster moved much faster than usual which Daveral quite liked as it allowed his machine to keep up. The large heavy shield had drastically been reduced in size not nearly as tall as the mobile suit anymore. It was about time this modification went in, since the shield felt nearly useless against more agile opponents.
"So, you happy about doing this to see Flint again?" Nena asked him.
"A little bit, although I may hate him if things turn out badly on the way back," Daveral replied back.
"Well you seem happier at least, just about a day ago you were crying how you weren't good enough and that the team was falling apart," Nena reminded him of what he said with a slight giggle.
"If I can do this, I'll be a bit happier with myself and maybe I'll regret saying those words," he said back as he gave a small smile.
Nena gave a sigh as she then replied, "I hope so, we don't need everyone to be depressed," Clearly referring to herself. "Although I did managed to talk to Helana, I think I may actually get along with her once she can actually get up or not be at risk by rage."
This was something he didn't really expect to hear, he didn't even think she was actually telling the truth. "Really?" he said as the smile disappeared and he gave her an odd look.
"Said she wanted to change, saying clinging onto the past wouldn't do her any good," Nena stated.
"Good for her, maybe she'll also get along with the rest of us then," Daveral said, Things may be going abit fast, but hopefully we can all make up for it. I just hope mom and dad's faith is well placed in me.
Most of the talk he had with his parents was about how he needed to see how the good outweighed the bad in the end and that after this ended things would change. They also clearly stated that the human emotions that made this extremely hard to accomplish was just normal, but the world would sort it out in the end like it had done for centuries and they would adapt to the changes.
It, however, wasn't enough to entirely change his view on the matter, but it did make the outcome slightly more positive and talking to his parents was nice after quite a long period of silence.
Suddenly a message came from Willard and from the tone of his voice it didn't sound good.
"Look out, we've got mobile suits closing on the Zesus' position from what were getting on the long-range sensors, looks like they're going to try to contain him to a single area," Willard told everyone before continuing, "Even worse we've got incoming enemy mobile suits, looks like they're going to try and hold us off till they get the Zesus. You don't mind if we go ahead and intercept while you continue on? I'm sure he prefers some help now then no help at all."
"Roger that," Daveral responded accordingly as he saw the fighters break off, moving to engage. "Nena you heard him, we continue on," he then told her as she nodded her head in response.
"Don't worry we'll take care of them before you know it, just don't get into too much trouble," Willard then said, "Alright boys, let's do this."
A cheer came from his squadron through the comm. system before he already began noticing missiles immediately being launched from his sensor. Most likely to score the first kills and draw attention.
The two Gundams continued on as a battle soon erupted beneath them as fighters engaged in a dogfight with incoming mobile suits, trying to keep them off the Gundams as long as possible and outright destroying all resistance that opposed the Death Wings so they wouldn't have to worry about stragglers.
"If only this damn thing could go faster," Daveral commented after about fifteen minutes or so about his machine as the Drei and Lancaster continued on moving as quickly as possible, often ending up with the Drei being too far ahead and waiting for the Lancaster to catch up.
"At least you're not as slow as before," Nena replied back slightly irritated as she waited for the Lancaster to catch up once again.
"Well I could go slower if you like," Daveral then looked at his sensors to see where the Zesus was. "He's right up ahead and in trouble from what I'm getting," he stated as he took a deep breath. "Alright here we go, Nena stay close until, I get the first shot off. After that you head in to support Flint while I pick off enemies that pose the most threat," He activated the Lancaster's long range sights and began to zoom in on the enemy while both Gundams began to descend, coming out of the darkness above onto the enemy below.
Locking onto a GN-X that attempted to attack the Zesus from behind, he fired off a single shot as the Drei immediately moved in, signalling that they had joined the battle.
Soma Peries watched as the two Gundams appeared out of the clouds with a single shot from what appeared to be a long ranged Gundam taking out one of the GN-Xs by surprise.
It felt strange not having the colonel here with her, which had become usual over the many missions she had taken part in, but order were orders and Colonel Smirnov couldn't be on here and commanding people on Arvineo at once.
"Second team move in, the Gundams have appeared as plan, keep the green one distracted. Super Soldier Number 1take Joker and intercept the red one," the order came out as the current commanding officer called her by her call sign.
"Understood sir," she acknowledged without question as the team of four GN-Xs took off towards their designated targets.
Immediately she recognized the machine she was going after was one of the Gundams that they had been chasing before, the machine that could disperse GN-Particles across an extremely large area. It had to been taken down unless they wanted all communications and tracking equipment to become useless.
As the GN-Xs drew closer towards the their target they opened up with a couple of shots, only for a cloud of what almost looked like smoke to be instantly deployed as she watched the particles just disperse into the cloud.
Almost immediately after the particle beams at dispersed a small series of missiles came towards her and her teammate, both of them quickly opening up with the head mounted Vulcans to intercept.
As they shot down the missiles, several bright particle beams then came towards them as the Drei left the safety of the disruption cloud and open fired at the two GN-Xs.
Soma immediately dodged the first incoming shots, and faced where the Drei was, only to see it had gone back into the cloud for safety, making the GN-Xs weaponry useless.
"Sir, target is hiding in what appears to be a gas cloud that disperses particle beams," she said to CO.
Immediately after she sent the message, several Enacts and Hellions swooped in towards the smoke cloud and fired off a barrage of missiles to try and force the Drei out of its protective position.
The first missiles darted into the cloud and there was a moment's pause as everyone waited to see what would happen.
Suddenly from the top of the cloud the Drei emerged with the missiles straying behind it, yet the pilot wasn't even bothering to shoot down the missiles to her surprise.
Immediately she snapped out of her thoughts as her GN-Xs then let loose a series of shots from its rifle at the Drei along with every other machine to try and cause some damage.
Continuing to shoot at the Drei she suddenly noticed the missiles begin veer off course and towards a GN-X instead, that currently engaged the Zesus.
The GN-X must have been marked by something that attracted the missiles towards it as everyone shifted fire towards their own missiles to avoid a friendly fire incident.
"Goddamn it," came a curse from the pilot of the GN-X as the GN-X ripped the jamming pod which had magnetically latched onto it and threw it into the ocean.
Just then the very same GN-X suddenly found the Zesus right up close as it brought its sword up for the killing blow as it the blade began to plunge at the machines torso.
Quickly, Soma took aim and fired several shots at the Zesus forcing it to break off before it could finish its attack, saving the pilot and his machine, if being forced to suffer some damage as a large gash, clearly visible, had appeared with small sparks shooting out from the damage electronic systems.
A mixed squadron of Enacts and Hellions then appeared from behind her and launched another barrage to keep the Zesus from regrouping with its allies as damaged GN-X and its remaining comrade gave chase.
"Good shooting," someone complemented, amazed by the quick reaction time.
"Never mind that, where's the Drei?" Soma began scanning for the Drei, for all she knew it could be coming dangerously close for an attack.
Her sensors instead picked up an energy signature heading right towards her. Her reflexes immediately kicked in as her GN-X handily dodged a long particle beam that had now passed her GN-X.
Another wave of particle beams followed, this time at several Hellions that were instantly punctured by the particle beams sending them either into a raging fireball or spinning wildly out of control.
Looking up she spotted the Lancaster taking shots at them with its beam cannon, where the hell were those GN-Xs that were suppose to distract it? It shouldn't of been able to get shots off like that, unless they've already been able to regroup. Their concentration on shooting down the barrage must have given the Drei enough time to help the Lancaster out.
Her thoughts were correct as she then saw the Lancaster shift it aim towards two GN-Xs that were being tied up by the Drei which continued to fire away with its GN-Handgun to keep the GN-Xs as far back as possible from the Lancaster.
Upon seeing this, she took off towards the Drei and Lancaster as did her allies as the other GN-Xs raced in, while Enacts and Hellions kept their distance, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
A message came through the line as her GN-X fired at the Drei forcing it to evade. "We've got to keep them separated from each other, without support the heavier Gundam will be easy prey for our GN-Xs. We've got the other contained."
Soma's mind focused in on the Drei while she closed the distance between them, firing off half a dozen shots before her GN-X flourished its beam saber and then collided head on with the Drei's own saber.
She just needed to hold it place long enough for her allies to flank it and then hopefully land a fatal blow once she got out of the way.
Neither one of them broke off as their sabers remained connected, both just keeping the other at bay till one of them gave way.
A sudden energy signature however ended the brief struggle as several red particles beams traced the skies between her and the Drei.
"Who fired those shots?" she said out loud, did one of her own allies just try to shoot her down with the Drei? No that couldn't be it, no one would be stupid enough to do that, not the soldiers here.
Everyone, including the other Gundams turned to face where the shots had been fired from to see two Gundams. One was a crimson red colour while the other was white with a barely visible white trim due to the distance. She recognizedthe red one bore a strikingly familiar resemblance to one of the Gundams that they had chased, but the other one, it was nothing she had ever seen before.
"Incoming mobile suits... they're...more Gundams," a surprised voice came, clearly not expecting this at as two machines came into view.
The Rising Phoenix Gundams had already began to regroup during the pause as her superior officer then began to issue orders and regain control of the situation. "All units are to consider them hostile until further notice. Whoever they are they're interfering with our operation."
Deciding that the Rising Phoenix couldn't escape as the three machines had regrouped during the confusion, she once more engaged them with her GN-X with others soon following as she could see on a separate screen, the two machines that had appeared tear up UN mobile suits in their path as they kept racing towards both her and the Rising Phoenix Gundams.
Whoever they were they seemed intent on making sure the Gundams didn't escape and that almost no one would be getting out of here alive.
A gleeful smirk appeared on Ali's face as he impaled an escaping Enact with the Ares' massive blade.
The suit exploded as he flew right through the debris that came from the explosion while he continued to race towards the three Gundams that had regrouped.
He had unfinished business with the girl who piloted the Drei and she undoubtedly remembered him all too well; she would most likely be pissed at him for killing her brothers which hopefully would lead to a reckless charge that would put him at an advantage and once he drew her in close enough, away from the others, he would quickly take her out before that Judgement did and get a nice bonus to his already handsome payment.
Several missiles were launched at him from a squadron of mobile suits that then broke off to avoid him. He could only continue to grin as he raised the Ares' massive GN Buster Sword and allowed it to take the blows.
As he passed through the smoke, the Ares' damage control systems reporting only extremely minor damage that wasn't even worth noticing, he noticed the Legacy had passed him and neared his prey which currently was tied up with a GN-X
The gleeful smirk remained on his face as he closed the distance, passing right by the Legacy which was forced to evade several particle beams from the Lancaster. "Now, be a good girl and die this time," he said to the pilot of the Drei as the GN-X pulled away while he took a swipe with the Ares' sword.
"Now be a good girl and die this time," was all she heard before Nena dodged the swipe from the Ares before she found herself being attacked by ten GN-Fangs that had been deployed.
Immediately she fired at the closing GN-Fangs, shooting down three of them before she felt herself forced straight back into her seat as the Ares tackled the Drei sending her downwards before the Ares came in for the kill.
"You got another Gundam?" Nena screamed as she looked straight at the Ares in fear as in closed in, immediately having flashbacks of the Zwei preparing for the killing blow.
A short maniacal laugh came from Ares. "Indeed I did, and you get to be the first one to pay for the regeneration surgeries I had to go through." The Ares then prepared to impale the Drei, raising its blade.
"Nena, I got him!" she heard, called out from Flint as the Zesus moved in and intercepted him, blocking his blade long enough for her to regain control of the Drei and pull back.
Immediately the Zesus then backed off the engagement, knowing full well it couldn't last that long under the brute power of the Ares' blade as the Zesus just quickly darted back using its speed to escape the swipe that followed.
As the two machines regroup, Nena felt anger boil up in her. The man who killed her brother was now here to finish the job again. The man who had taken the only family she had, the man that had helped mess up her life; she couldn't bear to see him live after what he had done to her. He had to die no matter what it took.
"You know this guy?" Flint quickly asked, having tuned in on their transmissions.
"Ya," Nena replied before then suddenly charging the Ares in a rage. "He's the guy who killed my brothers!" she screamed as the Drei fired off several particle beams.
The Ares dodged the incoming shots before finding itself being attacked by the Drei's beam saber. "Well its clear you remember me, too bad you won't live long enough to tell everyone who just came back!" Ali mocked as the Ares then pushed the Drei back and sent its GN-Fangs right at her, all at once.
Several shots were fired at the GN-Fangs, sending another one into a fireball, Nena felt the urge the kill him over all else continue to build up as she didn't notice the Legacy Flyer had attempted to flank her.
"Enemy approaching, enemy approaching!" she heard from her Haro, trying to warn her of the impending danger, just barely managing to temporarily snap Nena back to her senses.
Turning around, all she saw was a brilliant, bluish white particle pass between her and the flyer which forced it to veer off course before it could get any shots off.
"Nena, what the hell are you doing, revenge isn't going to solve anything, especially not at this time!" Daveral pointed out harshly as the Zesus covered the Lancaster from the Legacy which attempted to flank allowing the three Gundams to regroup again.
"You don't what this guy has done to my life!" she snapped back as she charged the Ares again leaving the Lancaster to open fire on the incoming GN-Fangs with only aid from the Zesus which tried to slash them out of the air with its beam sabers.
"You'll get yourself killed!" The Lancaster fired off several missiles at the Ares' Fangs trying to keep Nena from getting flanked and killed by her own rage.
Charging forward, the Drei slashed at the Ares with one of its beam sabers, only to be pushed back once more, but this time the Ares slashed the shield pod off the Drei's right shoulder before she had time to react. "It's the only thing I can do to make things right for my brothers; they barely even got to live before he killed them!" The Drei attempted to bring down its beam saber on the Ares only to have it blocked before the Ares surprised her by having a beam saber ignite on its forearm and then attempted to impale the Drei with it.
She saw it coming as she made the Drei pull back before attacking again, managing to fire off several shots at Ares which protected itself with its sword before sending its remaining GN-Fangs on her.
"Just die already!" she screamed as the GN-Fangs attacked from all directions before the Ares' blade once more attempted to cut her down with a single swipe.
The Drei threw jamming pod as an effort to keep the Ares back for a second, most likely not knowing what it was, it cut right through the device with a single sweep allowing the Drei to fire more shots at the Ares. "Keep up your screaming, it won't change anything, you'll be the one to die!" Ali laughed.
She couldn't control herself as she continued constantly charging Ares. "Shut up!" she shouted, agitated by the sound of his voice mocking her.
The Drei continued its chase, even as the UN finally decided to interfere with the fight between the Gundams as GN-Xs and ordinary mobile suit squadron fired everything they had towards where all the Gundams were in attempt to bring them all down at once.
The Lancaster raised its shield as a volley of fire nearly struck it while the Zesus raised its GN-Field for its own protection.
"She has completely lost it," Flint stated as the Drei continued after the Ares.
"You figured that part out now, look how smart you are! Of course she's lost it!" Daveral rudely replied, which was abit unusual if it weren't for the circumstances, as he continued to watch the Nena pursue the Ares. "She's even cut off communications, to pursue this guy."
A warning immediately then came flashing on his screen, warning him of an incoming mobile suit as he turned to see the Legacy fire several shots at his side. Turning the Lancaster to block the incoming shots, he immediately felt the Lancaster take a hit as Daveral got forcefully pushed forward in his seat.
"Great if the UN doesn't kill us he will!" Daveral let several missiles loose to attempt to push the Legacy back only for them to get shot down by stray, enemy fire. "What happened to its flyer, Flint?" he then asked.
"It's going after Nena now," he heard Flint grunt as the Zesus took a hit. "This is very bad; the only bright side to this is the GN-Fangs are gone."
"Not really a bright side when the every mobile suit is shooting at us!" Daveral remarked as he felt the Lancaster take another hit.
"I'm just saying."
The two made a break in their defense to fire several shots back at their attackers, forcing mobile suits to evade and allowing the two Gundams more room to manoeuvre.
"We've got to get out of here, even if it means leaving Nena behind or we'll all be dead!" Flint then suggested to him as he immediately shook his head.
"No way, this is no exchange, we're all going to get of here together," Daveral then switched the comm. channel to Willard's squadron. "Willard how much longer will it take you to get here, we're in trouble out here and we need help now!" he told Willard as soon as the link was established.
Willard's radio filtered voice finally then responded after a short period of time. "Negative we're way too tied up with these guys, if we don't keep them tied up they'll block off our escape route and were barely managing that. I was forced to call Teller squadron to get out here to help us; there we- shit, I'm cutting the line way too busy at the moment," The line then cut dead.
"That's not good, we're screwed if we don't get help," Flint stated as his Gundam dodged several particle beams from both the Legacy and the GN-Xs. "You got any plan or idea, because I'll take it over just sitting here getting my ass shot at."
In his mind Daveral knew he had to disable Nena's machine if he could get the chance, it was the only way to stop her from getting killed or turning on them if he failed, but the odds of him successfully landing a shot that got knock out the Drei without destroying it and the options he had were extremely limited. It was just too risky to pull off, especially with all the fire that was being directed at them.
Before he could open his mouth, a warning signal went off about massive spike of energy incoming as he turned in the direction to see a massive radiant particle blast just trail through the UN forces, scattering them lest they want to be vaporised.
Seeing pinkish hue of the particles and the massive burst that was created, it meant only one thing, the Virtue was here.
He didn't have time to rejoice, however as the Legacy continued to fire away at him with its beam rifle, until the Zesus moved in, to intercept the Legacy.
"Great, just what the hell did we get ourselves into?" he murmured, everyone seemed to be drawn here, the UN, them, Nena's killer, the unknown Gundam that had attacked them, and even a member of Celestial Being.
This just seemed all abit too much, with everyone here at once, but at least he could now finally do something as he turned the Lancaster towards where the Ares and the Drei were battling and then moved in. Hopefully he could get Nena out of there before she got herself killed by her own feelings.