Gundam 00: Phoenix
To Fear
Pacific Ocean, February 22, Rising Phoenix Carrier
What Aces leftover from both Teller and Death Wing squadron continued to pursue the Gundam Ares and Legacy in a high speed chase with the Virtue fired endlessly at both Gundams with trying to stop the Phoenix from either being destroyed or crippled.
"Can't we get anymore guys out here? We can barely hold as it is!" Willard heard his wing-man cry out as GN Fangs flew in to attack, appearing infront of them and fired.
A split second upon the GN Fangs appearance infront already made Willard manoeuvre out of the way to his right while veering side to side in an effort to avoid incoming particle beams behind him and make it harder for the Fangs to get a lock.
His fighter suddenly violently jerked to its right-side causing the Ace become unstable as it began to lose lost control while losing speed as it began to decelerate upon being hit. Willard felt his heart skip several beats before he attempted to stabilize his fighter after overcoming the sudden shock and surprise.
"Your right wing's been damaged boss and it looks like it got part of your engine, lot of smoke coming from out," he heard his wing-man state as Willard turned his head over his shoulder and looked out of the side of his cockpit to make sure it what his wing-mate said was true.
What he saw behind him was black smoke spewing out of his fighter's wound while bits of metal continuously flaked off the wing. He cursed as he activated the comm. system, directed towards the Phoenix's hanger crew.
"Hurry up and get off your asses! Can't the Flags the Arvineos have launch?" he shouted, maddened by the fact there were just too few of them out here to handle the two Gundams. "I can't keep dodging forever here!"
There was garbled response as static filled the channel before it began to clear up into a clearer tone. "That electrical surge has delayed launching of the Flags, they're busy trying to open the bay door as we speak."
"Roger that," he responded as he began to get into position to attack the Legacy. "Just tell them to hurry, my fighter will need emergency repairs if this keeps up."
"Understood."
He then switched the communications channel and contacted the remnants of his team. "Jeff, Carlos keep a loose formation around me we're hitting the white one. As long as we can distract from targeting the bridge we'll be okay."
"You sure you're still in this boss? Another hit like that and you'll be falling for a very long time," one of his guys stated to him, concerned about the hit he had sustained.
"Doesn't matter, I'll be okay, now just fall into formation," Willard replied unconcerned.
Two immediate response came in as another Ace formed up with him as the three fighters began to race towards the Legacy tried to get a clear shot at the bridge only to continuously be repelled by the Virtue. The Virtue then ceased firing at the Legacy and turned to the Ares that had somehow managed to slice a fighter in half with its blade and engaged it.
He began locking onto the Legacy and with a quick confirmation he fired off his remaining missiles, as did his squad mates, before following up with several short burst of autocannon fire before pulling off the engagement.
Retaliating, the Legacy had its GN Fangs open fire while it continued to try and hammer away at the Phoenix, its shots gradually wearing away the thick, heavy armour that protected the bridge.
Willard and his two remaining men dodged the incoming particle beams as they raced towards the Legacy once more, taking out a GN Fang that had entered right into his gun sights.
"Stupid thing, just hurry up and die already," he said in discontent, just sick of all the GN Fangs that were constantly shooting at him, damaging his precious Ace and the fact there were a considerable amount of these weapons flying around did not keep his hatred for the Fangs in check.
Seeing him and his wing-men, the Legacy quickly turned and fired before having the flyer pack race and fire several particle beams at the Aces, driving them off while a single missile that managed to be let loose simply glanced off the Legacy's shield.
"Now you're just pissing me off!" Willard shirked at the Legacy as their attacks continuously did nothing.
Before setting himself up for another pass he noticed several bluish tracers deflect off the Legacy's shield as a large squadron of Flags, which were all in flight mode, break off into smaller groups as they made another attack run at the Legacy.
"I've got a fourth of my squadron covering for us against those flying bits. No need to worry about them now," came the voice of one of the pilots as the Flags continued to keep the Legacy on the defense.
Holding back a smile, thanks to the new support, he fired away at the Legacy before then speaking up, "Once we start hitting the other one tell your men to keep their distance we don't want them to get fried," he told the Flag pilot.
"Roger."
Now this is what we could've used alot sooner, Willard thought to himself as more and more weapons were being brought to bear on the Legacy.
Eventually the Legacy would go down, it just couldn't possibly keep this up for much longer. As for the Ares, it would be up to Celestial Being and just a few of their guys till they were finished with the threat.
Tieria could only be everything but calm as the Trans-Am reached its time limit and then he would be in an unfavourable situation as the Ares continually dodged his attacks, waiting for the Trans-Am to end.
No matter how many particle beams he fired at the Ares all he could hit were the GN Fangs that weren't fast enough to evade the barrage, and the GN Fangs were definitely not what he was worried about; instead, the Ares' heavy Buster blade had what had him worried as one swipe could probably go right through the Virtue if it hit the torso and that fact it could attempt to electrocute him again to get into a perfect position to attack while he was writhed in pain from the electrical discharge.
The fighting then shifted its direction with the Ares taking cover near the Phoenixbefore Tieria gave chase and noticed the Ares firing at the bridge resulting in several small explosions on the superstructure before closing in to gouge out the bridge with one strike.
If explosions were happening on the bridge's superstructure then they must have worn the armour way enough to start hitting vital spots, and worst of all was no way for the bridge to survive against the Ares Buster blade if it got into contact with it.
"You're not destroying the Phoenix while I still stand!" he shouted at the Ares, firing off the GN Cannons, driving a wedge between the Ares and its prey which forced it to back off.
Tieria quickly glanced over at the bridge and gave a sigh of relief. The Ares may have caused some damage, but it was still functioning and the ship was still aloft in the air.
He's just too fast, even with Tran-Am on, Tieria said to himself in his mind while he gritted his teeth, his eyes glanced over at the system's time limit. Only ten seconds were left on the clock maybe even less depending on how fast he used the remaining particles.
He really needed help right about now, and alot of it. Half a squadron of Aces did not cut against a Gundam barely any could put even dents in the armour let alone hit the Ares enough to even create one.
He had only one choice, he needed to use up all his remaining particles in one final shot which he could no waste. Charging for one last shot, Tieria took aim at the Ares' and fired with the GN Bazookas after a short charge cycle producing a massive particle beam that dwarfed the Virtue itself with the beam moving towards the Ares as fast as Tieria could possibly make it go.
The Ares dodged, skirting to the side, but it was not fast enough in the end. For once it sustained damage, the concentrated particle beam managed to melt away part of the machine's legs and even a Fang holder in the process which seemed to cause the Ares to be stop moving for a moment as if the pilot was stunned that he had been hit.
After that, the radiant glow wore off as the Virtue performance dropped considerably, having used up most of its particle reserves during its time in Trans- Am.
The Ares, upon seeing this, began to move in as readying its blade for vengeance and would easily catch the Virtue even if it tried to run.
"You're going to pay for that! Nobody messes with me, ever!" Ali screamed at him as his Gundam closed in on Tieria.
The Virtue attempted to drive it off with several weak particle beams, but the shots simply deflected off the GN Buster sword which shielded the Ares as it kept coming; the particle output of the beams were now far too weak to punch through the reinforced blade.
Scowling at the ineffectiveness of the beams, Tieria could only watch as the Ares came closer and closer while his attacks did nothing to halt the charge.
Maybe this time I'll actually be joining you, Lockon, Tieria whsipered in his mind knowing this could be it. Even as he kept moving back in hopes of dodging the blade it only seemed to get closer and closer to the cockpit with every inch of movement.
His mind then quickly made him relive everything he had done and experienced. From when he first entered this world from the incubation chamber to Celestial Being's operation to where he was now. How he first felt about people and what they've taught him in this world. It made him happy that at least he understood people better, but he just had so little time and wished he had morem, but this was to be the end so be it, and hopefully Ian and the rest of Celestial Being will forgive him for dying during their current situation.
As the final blow came closer and closer, he noticed the Ares had a small gap in the armour near the torso that must of come from the damage it sustained earlier as it now swung its blade in a horizontal fashion attempting to separate the Virtue's legs and torso.
Widening his eyes from the stare he quickly fired all the Virtue's weapons off at point-blank range with the Ares at the small breach in its armour while trying to back up as far as possible to avoid the blade as much as possible.
What happened next was anyone's guess as a series of explosions engulfed both Gundams as pieces from the machines was sent scattering through the air with a mixture of red and green particles. The sounds of battle seemed to die down as everyone wondered what just happened before the explosion cleared revealing both Gundams falling out of the sky and were picking up velocity as they fell.
Inside his cockpit Tieria screamed as explosions ravaged the inside of the cockpit, blasting debris inward while his viewing screens exploded and the controls seemed to shut off.
As the Virtue plummeted downwards, Tieria attempted to reactivate the Virtue's systems when he recovered from the damage in the cockpit, after realising he got no response from the controls, and he was now attempting to fight off then enormous amount G-forces that pushed against his body and threatened to cause him blackout or even lose consciousness.
Never had he fallen from this high of altitude without having his systems working, and each second his machine fell faster and faster through the air before it finally reached its maximum velocity.
He needed the system back on now, the colour in his vision already began to slip away while the Virtue's cockpit flashed warning lights inside the cockpit constantly telling him his systems were offline.
Must regain control, or else, he struggled think up of the rest in his head as he hammered away at the console so that he could hopefully restart the system and regain control before he lost consciousness and ended up at the bottom sea which is nearly impossible for the Virtue to escape once it reached a certain depth while the pressure would force itself down on his machine and himself if the cockpit got breached.
His vision then went go everything completely faded into blackness while the warning signals continued to go off, but were slowly fading signalling him his consciousness was next as he felt it difficult for his mind to stay functioning.
Just as he was about to pass out the warning system silenced itself before Tieria tugged back on the controls so the Virtue ended in an upright position and ceased falling through the air like rock that had been tossed out a window.
After regaining control he then ascended back up towards the Phoenix with hisvision coming back and he no longer felt like he would pass out as his brain no longer suffered from oxygen deprivation.
He wondered if the Ares had survived as he checked his surroundings making sure there would be no surprises if it had survived the blast.
It was quite lucky that he even managed to hit the Ares' weak point, but he realised it had come at a trade. Only the most basic controls remained functional and all of the Virtue's weapons had been sliced in half ; the Ares must have slashed all four apart at the last moment before the explosion occurred.
As he continued to head back towards the Phoenix he noticed several incoming particle beams heading towards him causing him to evade them, giving a sigh of relief that he had not been struck before he noticed the Legacy fly straight past him before squadrons of Flags and the remaining Aces raced after it.
Just then, he felt something warm drip down his forehead, it was blood. But he did not care it was not too much and he should be okay till he got onboard.
"You should head back to the Phoenixfor repairs, looks like you need it," he heard a staticky transmission say to him. "We've got this one covered, good work taking out the other one and saving the Phoenix we owe ya," a complement then came.
Tieria nodded his head, acknowledging the pilots words as he headed towards the Phoenix. People may have died, but at least the ship was intact and they could finally carry on with negotiations once things slowly got back to normal.
Pacific Ocean, February 22
Judgment retreated as fast as he could away from the combat zone. They had just taken far too long in bringing down the Phoenix and with more and more aircraft filling the skies he would be overwhelmed within moments if he tried to attack again.
He had caused some damage, however, as he was chased he managed to get several shots off at the engines taking out two of them before he decided to pull back and it would be some time before the Rising Phoenix's vessel would be back to full working order.
As he retreated, under a hail of linear cannons and missiles, he wondered what happened to the Ares. He had just lost its signal and got no response from Ali-Al Saachez. It was likely he had been killed judging by the situation, but there may still be a chance; nevertheless, he had to return to base first and then head up to space as ordered. If the mercenary indeed had survived, well, he would have to find his own way into space. Judgment wasn't going to go looking for him, the area being too vast and the Rising Phoenix drove him further from the area with each passing second like bees keen on defending their hive from invaders.
He needed to worry about himself first anyways, the Ares' recovery extremely low on his priority list.
Bursts from several Linear cannon were fired causing him to commit his entire mind to the task at hand. In return, he fired back several shots at the Rising Phoenix which scattered their formation with the destruction of two Flags, giving him a few seconds of breathing room and the further they got away from him the sooner he could get back home.
For maybe ten minutes he continued to scatter their formation from pursuing him, all while having to constantly shield himself or shooting down missiles until the Rising Phoenix gave up the chase with him being too difficult prey for them to hunt as he managed to get far enough from them to finally be able to head back to base without the risk of being followed.
Many of his GN Fangs had been destroyed while both his machine and the Flier pack were running low on particles after draining most of the condensers during that intense battle. If something attacked him on his way back to base he would be in trouble; nevertheless, he had to take that risk or take a plunge into the sea and swim with the fishes if he attempted to take a longer route home.
The eerie silence of the Phoenix over the communications channel drove all three Gundams to head back home to see what the problem was. The crew would never be that quiet unless something had devastating happened.
All the while Nena kept hearing Daveral's repeated attempts to contact the Phoenix, but to no avail as he soon gave up after several minutes, but he said he would try again later once they got closer home. The signal was still working on the Phoenix, but for all they knew, the Phoenix could be now sitting right at the bottom of the ocean. The fact the the Phoenix's signature was not moving on the map made it worse. For all they knew it could be sitting several thousand metres underwater.
"You think the UN hit the Phoenix?" Flint asked in a uneasy tone.
"Either that or those Gundams appeared. I just hope the Phoenix is alright and that their comm. just got knocked out," Daveral replied back just as uneasily.
"What happens if it is gone?" Nena then asked, the thought racked her mind with each passing second that she had to let it out, bringing up the point what if the Phoenix had actually been destroyed. "It'll mean Helana's gone, Tieria, and everyone else," she stated. She may not be on the best terms with people, but it didn't mean their lose would not worry her.
"Don't you dare say that now Nena," she heard Flint say back at her. "I didn't get out so the Phoenix would be destroyed in the next day."
"I don't like the idea either, but we got to remain calm till we find what actually happened. If whoever hit the ship is still out we've got to remain alert, nobody else is going to die this day due to stupid decisions," Daveral stated to both her and Flint trying to stop both of them from worrying, although clearly he was worrying judging by his voice which was filled with uncertainty.
Everyone remained silent afterwards continuing on their way home while Nena kept hoping everyone was still alright back onboard the Phoenix as she looked out at the horizon at the closing darkness of the skies.
Staring at her view screen, she noticed a faint red trail to her right as she suddenly stopped catching the attention of both Daveral and Flint who both slowed down wondering why she had stopped.
"Nena, is something wrong," Daveral asked her, failing to see the trail that she was staring at.
"Red GN Particle trail," she said softly as she magnified in on the image to see the a badly damaged Legacy fleeing away and getting further from them.
Suddenly, after those words, the Zesus raced in the direction of the Legacy surprising both her and Daveral.
The Lancaster then chased after him as Daveral called out to him, "Flint what do you think you're doing? Get back here!" he commanded, but it seemed to fall on deaf ears as the Zesus kept moving ahead in the Legacy's direction.
"He's in bad shape Daveral, I'm sure we can beat him if we attack now," Flint replied back in response to the order. "That bastard hit the Phoenix, and I plan to make him pay. Don't even stop me Daveral you know he's the reason why we can't contact the others and you know we should finally get rid of this guy once and for all."
As Nena caught up she heard Daveral sigh before his machine then turned to her.
"We better go and catch him. If it did hit the Phoenix we might as well make the pilot pay, the Phoenixcan wait for the moment," he said to her reluctantly as his machine soon took off after the Zesus leaving her behind again.
Quickly she followed after Daveral and looked at her Haro. "And they said I had problems," she said to it.
"Everyone has problems, everyone has problems!" it answered in its usual cheerful tone.
Nena frowned as her head cocked her head slightly to the left and said to it, "Thanks for stating the obvious Haro." Even if it was an obedient robot, she knew her Haro was specifically pointing the finger at her as if to mischievously remind her of the last incident.
Although the strange part of this was the Ares could not be seen near the Legacy, which had been the instigator of her rage in the last engagement. Just where could it exactly be? Had it been destroyed by the Phoenix squadrons or could it be lurking around the area, ready to ambush them at the perfect opportunity.
If this was not a trap, however, then in Nena's mind they had to get rid of the Legacy. Every time it has appeared it's always been out to kill someone, mainly her, and the sooner he went down the better, she did not want the pilot to kill Daveral, Tieria, Flint or anyone else for the matter. It just had to go down, and it would not be for herself to assure she wouldn't be constantly hunted by this guy, but to make sure no one else will have to suffer due to him.
Judgement could only mutter a sharp curse at himself as he pushed the Legacy to the limit. It was just his luck that he had been spotted by the three Rising Phoenix Gundams and now they were all after him to make sure he would never strike against the Rising Phoenix again.
He needed to make it to his base of operations and seal off the hidden hanger once he got inside. The underground hanger doors should be resistant enough to hold them off an in fact there were multiple doors that could be set up giving him ample time to make quick repair, there was also a surprise for his enemies when they reached the island
However, this meant he could leave nothing lying around, once he got back he needed to purge all information on the main terminal if they decided to send more troops to search the place afterwards. There could be absolutely nothing that could give Celestial Being, the Rising Phoenix or anyone else of Ribbon's plans for the future. He would raze the entire base if it meant protecting the future.
I need to buy more time, he thought, preparing to disengage the locking systems on the GN Fangs and have them fly loose to distract his pursuers.
A rapid beeping then came from his console as it then displayed his particle level output showing he had only a couple minutes left before he used up all his particles, but there were just enough to get him back if he was conservative. Unfortunately being conservative would not be easy, especially with one of them closing in extremely quickly, it would soon overtake him once right before he reached the base.
Luck seemed to be playing the strongest lead role in this meeting, and he wondered did it favour him or his enemy? It already seem to be playing into their part since they've located him, but maybe he would get. He did not like having luck decide whether or not he would make it, but at the moment it was the only thing that he could count on to get him through this and continue with the plan.
Pacific Ocean, February 22, Rising Phoenix Carrier
Walking into the bridge for the first time since he had left, being delayed since everyone was so worried about his safety that he had to concede to their demands. he could still see the emergency lights on, but everything else had changed.
Beams had crashed down onto the floor, consoles were smashed open and broken while electrical wiring lay exposed all around the bridge occasionally sparking, making engineers keep their distance.
None of the damage matter though as Wesker went to the front of the bridge to see what had happened to his friend. Nobody had told him anything which left him impatient for answers.
A Medical teams passed him with a stretcher before settling down near the front and picked up someone, laying them gently on the stretcher.
Instantly Wesker knew who it was, but he kept a constant pace towards the medical team who were preparing to move.
Before the medical team was about to move Wesker signalled for them to stop. He then looked at Kail who was lying on the stretcher groaning in pain, his badly burned right hand covering his eyes. His left hand didn't look much better either, but he looked like he would make it.
"You okay Kail?" Wesker asked in a slightly concerned tone as he took off his glasses for a moment.
A groan came before Kail responded back, raising his left arm in the process, "If you mean did you survive, then I would say yes, though it feels like I've been hit by that bomb again," Kail then lowered his arm as he took a breath. "Can't see anything either. My eyes burn like hell and I can barely feel my hands anymore, but the ship's controls are still alright last time I saw them and we don't seem to be falling out of the sky." Raising his left arm he limply waved at the direction of the exit. "C'mon get me out of here already. We can talk later Wesker after they fix me up," he said with a groan before laying his arm back down.
Wesker nodded his head at the medical team who then took off towards the emergency exit with the lift currently unoperational until the damaged systems could be repaired. The Phoenix would also need its navigation systems checked to make sure they could still continue on, with two less engines at the moment.
"What a mess," Wesker said, putting his glasses back on after the team had left. With this much destruction in the so-called brain of the ship he wondered how were they suppose to contact their Gundams. The long range communication systems were currently offline as the station that operated them had several fallen beams going right through the consoles and controls rendering them useless.
After seeing the damage he signalled technician who happened to be in the bridge examining the damage as well as the engineers on duty. They needed their equipment back up and running as soon as possible
Once everyone gathered around he spoke up, "How long do you think it will take to get communications back online?" Wesker asked, pointing towards the communication system.
The technician thought for a moment to examine the external damage before replying back, "Possibly two to four hours depending how badly the system's been hit, but I need those guys to remove the beams in the way before I can get replacement parts in. Only then will I know exactly how long it take for repairs."
Wesker turned his head over to the engineers. "Get to work on clearing the beams on the communication station first, and then move on to removing the beams at the front of the ship so the navigation controls are clear of debris, understood? And make sure the autopilot systems are still functioning, I don't want us to suddenly fall out of the sky."
"Yes sir, we'll get to work immediately," one of the engineers replied and signalled for work to begin before the group dispersed to gather the necessary tools.
Wesker then decided he would be no more use here and decided to head down to other parts of the ship to take account of the damage. Everything here needed to be taken care of, and he hoped the Gundams would find their own way home without needing to be called back.
Pacific Ocean, February 22
The three Gundam remained in pursuit of the Legacy with the Zesus far ahead of the Drei and Lancaster as it quickly closed in on its prey which could not outrun its predator, especially in the condition it was in.
"Damn it, if Flint doesn't slow down I may be forced to shoot at him so he waits for us," Nena heard Daveral say, frustrated that they could not keep up with the lighter Zesus, even when both were moving as fast as mechanically possible.
Two small explosion were seen in the distance in skies as the Zesus destroyed two GN Fangs with its carbine before drawing its blade again. Nothing was going to stop the Zesus from taking out the Legacy at the rate it was going.
"He's going for the island up ahead!" they both heard Flint shout out to them.
Nena saw the silhouette of an island appear on the horizon and Flint's statement seemed to be correct as the Legacy could be seen lowering altitude towards the place, either because it's running out of particles or that was where its base lay.
The Legacy, in the distance, then detached its Flier pack while continuing on towards the island. The pilot seemed desperate to get to the island, so it must be the base where he originated from.
Several particle beams traced the skies, emitted from the flier pack and drew the Zesus' attention forcing it to finally cease its chase as it swung its sword at the flier; however, to everyone's surprise instead of breaking off to evade, it instead spun to avoid most of the blade and then collided with the Zesus before detonating its GN Particle reserves in a brilliant, fiery explosion.
"Flint!" Both Daveral and Nena screamed as Nena's eyes went wide with horror as her upon seeing the explosion.
A moment of silence overcame both her and Daveral, their Gundams had come to a complete halt upon the explosion before everything settled revealing the Zesus had actually survived the explosion, but it came at the cost of its left arm and shield.
Nena fell back in her seat and let out a sigh, seeing the both Flint and the Zesus had survived the explosion. While her Haro repeated the phrase 'too close', over several times.
"Son of a bitch, I've just lost visuals with that Gundam, he must have landed somewhere on the island!" Flint exclaimed, slamming his fist on the side of his seat that he had lost the target before the Zesus raced towards the island.
"There's just no stopping him, and he said that he wasn't completely crazy and would listen, guess I was wrong," Daveral said with a deep sigh. "But I guess he's right, we need to finish this guy off once and for all, and might as well destroy his base in the process."
The two Gundams then took off towards the Zesus which was now over the island and scanning the area looking for the Legacy that had disappeared.
Nena looked at the island, it was relatively large with thick tropical vegetation covering nearly the entire island. If there was a base here it was extremely well hidden in the foliage, but something did not seem right about a certain area of the island.
The vegetation seemed slightly different from the plants, mainly it being shorter, thinner in coverage, compared to the rest of the island, however the difference could only be seen close up, the Drei being right above the foliage in the area. From a satellite image or even a reconnaissance it would not be noticeable, although she could be wrong and this area of the island had suffered a fire that devastated this area and the plants were growing back up. The area wasn't too irregular and seemed natural.
Something suddenly then emerged one her on the Drei's sensors. Turning her head she saw a rectangular launcher appear from underground before it launched several missiles, however these had particles trails as she was forced to shoot at the missiles whil the Lancaster took out the launcher with a single blast with its shoulder mounted cannon a moment later.
"If that's where the turret popped up from, could his base-" Daveral did not finish his sentence as warning signals flashed in the cockpit.
When the first turret went down in an explosion several more turrets appeared from hidden areas all around the island and fired with more and more turret popping up. There had to be dozens of launchers them as missiles streamed at them by the dozen.
"There's so many damn missiles and launchers! Is this entire island covered in them?" Flint said, surprised by the sheer amount of launchers as he had the Zesus draw its carbine, only to have that shot out of its hands by an incoming missiles forcing the Zesus to draw its weak pistol as a last line defense.
Nena had the Drei pod a missile jammer causing a large amount of the missiles, scrambling their targetting systems and lock onto the decoy instead. "What do we do Daveral!" she cried out, as she saw a cloud envelope her machine. "I don't think we can take out this many launchers without getting hit.
"We'll land, then throw up a GN Stealth field, it should stop the launchers from tracking us!" Daveral responded to her as she instantly obeyed as the three Gundams began to descend down into the vegetation and then deployed the GN Stealth field.
Several moments the launchers to stopped firing and then disappeared back into their hidden shelters, during this time Daveral called for both her and Flint to exit their machines.
"Haro watch over the Drei for me, alright?" she told her Haro as she took over her helmet and let her hair flow with the wave of her head.
"Roger, roger," it replied back as she exited the Drei met with Daveral and Flint who appeared out of their machines.
Daveral sealed his Gundams cockpit and took a look at their surroundings before looking back at her and Flint, "Well we're are officially lost at the moment, the GN Stealth field is now messing with our maps so finding our way back to the Phoenix is out of the question for now. At least when we lost contact the Phoenix its signature was still working, but now we can't even follow that," Daveral told them of their current situation. "Worse that Gundams base is here and I'm not going to pound the island into the dust just to find an entrance."
Flint then spoke up to Daveral, "Well where do you think the entrance is, I doubt we'll find any in the open so-"
"What about that turret we just destroyed?" Nena then brought up interrupting Flint, just remembering about it. "It could possibly lead directly into his base, they have to be loaded somehow and connected to fire control system to operate that efficiently." She turned her head towards where smoke could be seen from the cracks in the tree line.
"Any way we can get into this guy's base works for me, he deserves the ass kicking he's got coming," Flint stated cracking his knuckles as Daveral gave a nod of approval to him.
"Well it isn't too far, I can even smell the smoke from here," Daveral stated to them as he looked in the direction of the smoke. "Might as well do it now then later, grab what we need and then we'll go see if you're theory is right Nena, which I hope it is," he then turned towards the Lancaster and started off in its direction.
Before heading back to the Drei, Nena took one last look at the trail of smoke. If they did get into the Judgment's base, she wondered if this would reveal any light on anything, even if it did not affect her others may be interested, especially Celestial Being, but the matter at hand at the moment was to see if they could actually get in first.
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Author Notes: Well that's it for now, and if anyone asks if I'm only incorporating the Gundam 00 stuff I've seen during the first and second season. No books as I don't have the best clue about on how I should incoporate them as I've never read them before and I live in a place where finding books or DVDs Anime is hard. Anyways see ya till next chapter!
(no line to seperate this from the story with lines, makes me sad as I'm forced to use the excuse I have above)