The Princess and the Beast
Claudia's POV
"RAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!" A war cry erupted from the newly freed Beast.
It was no knight or Armor.
It was a monstrosity akin to a Manic Beast filled with Bloodlust.
It stood tall, towering even the largest ogres and orcs. It's legs are thick and powerful. It's single arm thick and powerful, ending with a wicked clawed hand that's looks capable enough to eviscerate a knight with a single slice. It's head was designed with kin likeness to Mika's armor.
A V-like horn.
Curiously, it's left arm is missing from its shoulder.
"Alicia, get Celestine out of here!" I screamed at the dumbstruck girl, snapping her into action.
My scream also alerted the Beast, it's baleful red eyes locking on Celestine.
Oh no you don't.
The floor caves in with its movement, the sheer power in it's legs are undeniable. It threw itself to Celestine, claws reaching out for the Goddess.
Fortunately, I was already on the move.
"Urgh!" I grunted as I smashed my shoulder on its torso, stopping it on its track.
Surprisingly light for its bulk.
A kick to the torso give me some space before it can retaliate, allowing me turn at Alicia.
She already has Celestine in her arms.
"Alicia! Is that you?!" Celestine yelped in her arms.
"Yes, Celestine-sama."
Good.
"Alicia, take her out of here now!" I ordered her.
"But what about you, Lady Claudia?! We can take it down together!"
"No!" Goddess damnit, listen to me girl, "Celestine comes first, leave! That's an order!"
Just go foolish girl!
I watched with baited breath as the beast crawled up before standing tall.
It's entire attention on me.
That's right, eyes on me.
"Lady Claudia!" I turned to catch a shield thrown at me.
"Please come back." My dear student said before leaving with the Goddess in tow.
I can't promise that.
But I can try.
For now, I need to fight this Beast.
Strapping the shield and drawing my Beam Saber, I took a stance.
"Come at thee!"
Let's see how do I stack up against a Beast of Old.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
It cried out before launching itself to me.
Mika's POV
Screams filled the entire forest as I hunted down men and monster a like. No one can escape or hide. Those who tried to exit the forest will find themselves speared by theDRAGOONSand those who tries to fight back will themselves bisected, shot and crushes in my hands.
It was a slaughter with no challenge.
Heck, even Prim started to help me.
The girl has natural instincts in piloting the Murasame, dipping low in the tree canopies, spooking out anyone who tries hiding from me.
It was quite a sight to see a man fall to his death or watching an Orc crush a man with its weight after falling out from a tree.
We continued on this hunt of ours for 10 minutes straight before the last man and monster is dead.
No reinforcements will come to the Chapel.
Unfortunately, I didn't find Vult so he's most likely be at the Chapel.
Suddenly, the comms opened.
"Master! Alicia has rescued Celestine-sama!" Arte's voice came.
Good, that's one objective done but...
"And the ship?" I asked.
"... The ship was unsealed and it released a mobile suit most likely based on Alicia's description. Claudia-sama is currently fighting it underneath the Chapel.
I bit back a curse.
Of all things. If an enemy mobile suit is inside the ship, then the chances that there are more.
"Alright, secure Celestine and assist Claudia afterwards. I'm coming there." I told her.
But before I can fly, multiple signals alerted me.
Not multiple but hundreds of them.
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"Sir Mika! Something is happening to the sky!"
"Master! Multiple signals and unknowns are dropping in the sky."
I ignored Prim's cry and Arte's alarm to look up in horror as an entire swarm of metallic beings dropped on our world.
In my mind, a single word came.
"ELS..." I whispered in horror.
The World System has found the G-system.
It's target: Mika.
Underground, underneath the chapel
Claudia's POV
Ducking under it's horizontal slash, I once again slashed at its torso 3 times in an instant, my blessings giving me the speed to do so, but with the same results.
Only sparks.
The damn thing is immune from the Beam Saber and Beam Spray Gun.
I then rolled underneath, between its legs, to dodge it's second appendage, a razor sharp tail. The additional appendage was a surprise and it covered it's lack of left arm.
Afterall, it already took my helmet off with just a glancing blow.
With its back on me, I kicked it's left leg. It's thick leg bend, buckling under the force of my strike. I lifted my Beam Saber to strike on its neck, an unarmored part of its structure, but was immediately stopped by its tail lashing out. I was forced to back off while covering myself with the shield.
It then stood up to recover and jump towards the wall, clinging to it like a gecko.
Not again.
I draw the Beam Spray Gun to fire at the Beast but it was too fast. My aim can't lock on it as it bounce around the underground chamber. The only reason I can even keep up with its movement is due to my blessings.
Suddenly it launched itself again to me, making me sidestep in order to dodge the outstretched claw.
But unlike before, my instincts screamed.
I listened and it saved my life as I lifted my shield, stopping the razor sharp tail from piercing my head but it still punched through the shield.
It's learning, I thought in horror.
It then pulled the shield off my arm with its tail, taking away my main defense as it turned to me.
A fist outstretched for a punch.
I weaved through the limb and lashed out, slashing at its lower hip to its left shoulder but without any damage.
It then blindly kicked, nailing me at the torso, and launching me off.
I stopped my momentum in mid air by dragging my arm in the ground and rolling on the floor.
This is bad.
It's immune to my weapons and I can't keep up with its tail now I don't have a shield.
What should I do?
Before it can rush me, I began firing at it to buy some time for me to think. It dodged my attack by bouncing and crawling on the ceiling and walls-
Wait a minute...
Why is it dodging?
It's immune to the Beam Spray Gun, it shouldn't be dodging.
Observing the beast as it clung on the walls with a single claw, I aimed.
It dodged.
And I aimed at its torso.
It dawned on me instantly.
It's damaged! Of course it has a weakness!
And all she needs to go is to attack it's torso.
A plan immediately formed in her mind.
A risky and stupid plan.
I threw my Beam Gun and stored my Beam Saber, leaving me weaponless.
In an instant, its powerful legs destroyed the wall it's clinging with its explosive force, launching itself to me.
It took the bait.
I ignored it's outstretch claw, it was only a distraction for the real danger.
It's tail.
The elongated limb followed behind the claw, hiding its small form in the arms bulk to strike effectively.
It was its mistake.
This time I didn't dodge. Instead, I caught the limb and threw it over my shoulders, throwing the damned beast to the ground behind me with its entire momentum used against it.
It's limber frame buckled from the huge hit but still able to fight.
It tail struck out but at this position, it can only go in one direction.
Up.
I leaned back, allowing the tail struck air, exposing its length to me.
I immediately pulled out my Beam Saber, cutting the tail, taking out it's dangerous weapon.
It roared in anger, it's red eyes glaring at me angrily as it tried to stand up.
Unfortunately, it's remaining arm is still under my grasp.
With a powerful stomp, I cut off its remaining arm from its shoulder.
It's now armless. A crippled Beast.
It tried to stand up.
I didn't let it.
I straddled it, it was helpless and unable to stop me as I began to punch and destroy it's torso.
With each punch, its chest plate caved in, crumpling under the sheer force of my attacks.
I continued on, punching and ripping out its chest until I found something akin to heart in its ruined torso.
I ripped it out and it draw a shuddering breath before laying still.
It's dead.
Finally.
"Lady Claudia!"
"Alicia?!" I turned towards the main entrance to see the girl running back with the Goddess still in her arms.
What is she doing here?!
"Why are you here? I told you to get Celestine to safety!" I shouted at her as she came near.
She shook her, "There's nowhere safe, Ken is under attack!"
"The Black Dogs, I thought Mika took care of them?!" I was alarmed.
"No! Not them butTHEM!!!" I turned at her pointed finger towards the main entrance and stared in horror.
Arte in her golden armor, stumbled inside while fighting off an endless tide of various kinds of Knights of Old. Her once pristine armor is filled with scratches, burn marks and missing some parts as she fought off the enemy.
"We came here to hide in the monolith!" Alicia continued.
Then I remembered something.
"Prim! Where is she?!" I looked at her in alarm.
"Mika is coming here with her." She exclaimed before settling the frighten and shaken Goddess.
"Claudia, what is happening..." She asked me.
" I don't know..." I truly don't know.
"But you need to go to safety, so please go inside the monolith! We'll hold them off until Prim's arrival." I didn't wait for her to reply as Arte is getting overwhelmed.
Alicia followed me to the fray.
Ken's airspace
Mika's POV
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"
Ignoring Prim's cry in alarm, I dived through the streets of Ken to hide from our pursuers.
An entire armada of flying mobile suits.
The Murasame was already destroyed, it was the first to fall. Luckily, Prim found the eject button by my instructions before destruction, allowing me to retrieve the Princess.
But now, we are being chased by mobile suits.
I see a lot of Flag Units, Gouf Flight Customs, Zudahs, and many more I didn't recognize.
But I wasn't the only target.
As the ELS invasion began, they began destroying and killing people without mercy while causing as much destruction.
It's like they are tasked to wipe out everything to dust.
"MIKA!" Prim's cry alerted me of a sneaky mobile suit.
A pure black unit that flanked us, cutting off our flight.
Unfortunately for it, I gotDRAGOONStrailing behind me.
Bastard got the full treatment of being lanced from different direction by beams.
But we are still being chased and I can't lead these fuckers to the chapel.
"Prim, I need you to hold on tight!" I screamed at the air for her to hear through the explosions and dying screams of Ken.
I felt her wrapped her arms around me securely. Good.
"FULL BURST MODE!!!" I pulled out everything.
My Rail Guns
Beam Rifle
And all of my Dragoons and fired.
The entire sky was filled by Beam weapons fire, destroying our pursuers in wild abandon.
But even with its volume, I only destroyed an insigficant number of them.
But it was enough to buy us time to fly towards the chapel.
It was being over run.
Dragoons took the lead and speared through the ground units clambering in its walls. I then used the trail they behind to find the basement tunnels.
As I flew to the tunnels, I hear fighting.
Arte and the others are in danger.
Flying to the chamber, I found a miserable sight.
The Akatsuki is a mess. It's wing pack was broken, grounding it. It once golden glow and shine is now marred with scratches and scorch marks.
Claudia and Alicia is no better, their GM II units has seem better days.
Claudia's chest plate were caved in and missing a helmet.
Alicia's limping on one leg, probably broken and the armor is only holding it in. She is lying on the ground while leaning on a rock, firing at any enemy unit as assistance.
But most importantly,
The monolith behind them.
A certain Ensign's memory came to me,
"WHITEBASE..." I whispered in awe but immediately snapped out of it.
The girls need me.
Dragoons flew in, destroying and assisting the girls as I flew down at the entrance's mouth.
"Everyone in the ship! We are leaving!" I put down Prim to join the others.
"But master, what about you?!" Arte cried out in alarm.
Not now, Arte.
"I'll hold off the entrance, get that ship running!" I then turned towards Prim.
"Prim, that ship is just like the Murasame but bigger! Find the cockpit and make it fly. We need to escape!" I told her, entrusting our faith to her.
She nodded before immediately joining the others, particularly to Alicia.
Ithen turned towards the entrance, "Alright, motherfuckers. Let's fucking Go!"
With all weapons drawn, I stood my last stand.
WHITEBASE interior
Prim's POV
As much as like to marvel the insides of the ship, I have a job to do.
Running through the massive halls, I desperately tried to find the cockpit alone. Arte and rest are too tired to help now and Celestine-sama is still shaken and catatonic.
So it's only me, running and listening to the one man waging war against an endless enemy.
I don't know what our enemy are but we can't win. Even Sir Mika's incredible power, the enemy is endless and too numerous. He will be overwhelmed in no time.
That's why she needs to find the damn cockpit! Where is it?!
A few more running and backtracking, I finally found it.
Then came the hard part, how to make this ship fly.
I know how to control the Murasame's movement in flight but I don't know how to make it fly in the first place!
But I need to do this.
For Sir Mika and Alicia.
3rd POV
Over the entirety of Eostia, The ELS didn't discriminate.
A genocide.
Monsters and Humans are killed.
In the Elven Kingdoms, their magic failed against the bombardment of the Collosal Destroy Gundam.
In the far east, the Astrays laid waste and burned the kingdoms to the ground.
In the shield alliance of Eos, a certain lord gave his all fighting against the Tallgeese before he fell in combat, his dying thoughts going towards a certain princes knight.
Hoping for her survival as the entire world burned.
Throughout the entire world of Eos, the ELS killed and destroyed.
But then they noticed a significant resistance to their forces.
In Ken.
Their forces surges across the planet, gathering to that certain point.
But as everything came to an end.
Hope will arrive
Human Extinction Detected
Activating Emergency System:
Impact Over
AI defense units are deployed.
For this humanity's survival.
Underground Basement, Chapel
Mika's POV
It's been 20 minutes.
20 minutes of grueling unending combat with no rest.
I already lost many of my Dragoons, leaving me with only 7 units.
My Beam Rifle is a bust, an unfortunate victim of a Zaku heat hawk.
Right now, I'm reduced to fighting with my dual Beam Sabers. Slashing and stabbing wildly at the hoard of Mobile Suits.
Fortunately, their main focus is me so they ignored the Prim fumbling the Ship's flight controls.
Unfortunately, that means I had a few close calls of being dragged and ripped apart or who knows what by these Mobile Suits.
I'm still thanking whatever God watching is that we haven't seen a Gundam yet.
Suddenly, the chambers erupted in explosions around me.
"Are you alright, Master? I didn't hit you right?" Arte's voice came from the comms.
"Arte? Was that you?" I can't help but ask.
"Yes! Prim found the weapons system of the ship and I took command. She's still trying to find a way to make it fly."
Suddenly, the ships main engines fired up.
"She got it!" Arte continued.
Good.
"Blow up the ceiling! We are flying up!" I ordered her.
"Find cover, we are firing!" I immediately clambered underneath to the now floating ship to avoid the explosions and falling rocks as Arte bombarded the ceiling.
It also resulted to caving in the main entrance and crushing the mobile suits inside. Good riddance.
With a charge of its main cannons, the WHITEBASE destroyed the ceiling and the chapel with a huge Beam.
I then climbed on top of the ship's deck to see the open sky as we fly upwards.
3rd person POV
Ken is burning.
The entire world is burning.
For just a few minutes of fighting and surviving underground, the world has already ended.
Prim and Arte gasped in horror as the once proud capital of the Seven Shield is filled with fire and destruction.
Mom... Dad...Prim thought in horror of Ur's fate.
Arte's breath hitched once more as she spied the colossal kin of the Giant Mobile Armor from Eldonia, lumbering slowly and razing the land with destruction.
This time, they are numerous. Slowly lumbering in the horizon.
Meanwhile, in the ships medbay, Celestine covered her ears and closes her eyes in pain and sorrow.
She was just attending Alicia and Claudia's wounds, the two have passed out in exhaustion, before she was slammed by untold amounts of wailing souls, crying out for her mercy and help.
Yet she had none to give for its to late.
She can't do anything but endure the torment of her people's cries.
Unable to help.
She has failed them.
She is a failure of a Goddess.
It's all her fault.
I'm sorry... I'm sorry...I'm sorry... Forgive me...
She begged to them but her words were silence by the million voices.
Mika watched as the entire world is being destroyed.
His home.
His friends.
His family.
Maribel... Anna... Lycorice... Dante... Old man Juan...
Marion...
He had failed.
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But...
Prim is still alive...
Alicia is still alive (regrettably)....
Claudia is still alive...
Celestine is still alive...
Arte is counting on me.
No time to wallop in despair.
Time to act.
Fight! Until to the last breath.
Strike Freedom Development:
Meteor Strike Freedom
Prim's POV
Suddenly, the ship's deck lurch as if something huge landed on it, pulling me out of agonizing thoughts of despair.
It was Mika but different.
Attached on his armor are two massive contraptions, akin to swords handle and hilt.
"PRIM!FLY UP!!! WE NEED TO GO UP!!!"
"HIGHER THAN THE SKIES!!!"
I didn't hesitate and followed Sir Mika's orders. Using everything I have learned so far in my short time with the Murasame and this ship, I slowly moved the ship so it's nose is pointing upwards, ascending slowly.
Too slowly.
"I don't know where's the acceleration!" I gasped out in horror, trying to immediately find the button or lever. Arte must have heard me as she descended on my position and began to look for the acceleration.
I gasped as I look out at the window, we are getting swarmed.
"Sir Mika!"
"FOCUS ON THE TASK! I GOT IT!"
Then he attacked.
I covered my ears as Sir Mika's Armor and new addition to its arsenal began to unload everything to the swarm.
Red beams lanced through the mobile suits, eviscerating and causing them to explode. An unending salvo flying smoke flew around them, targeting anyone who get close.
And his flying spears became our shields and swords.
Yet it wasn't enough.
Even with explosions and smoke, I can still see them swarming around ship, climbing and creeping towards Sir Mika.
"BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!" Suddenly, Sir Mika yelled in a hurry as he desperately moved to the front of the ship.
"Oh..." I whispered in hopelessness.
A massive beam is heading towards us, as big as the ship itself.
We are gonna die...
I'm coming... Momma... Papa
As the WHITEBASE faced death, Mika, desperately threw himself forward. Using the Meteor Beam Swords, he would try to block the attack.
He knows it wouldn't do and he'll die.
But death will not claim him today.
(Play BGM: Unicorn Gundam Main theme)
In the last second, AI UNIT UNICORN intercepted the Satellite Cannon fires by the Rogue DX Gundam.
The corrupted unit is immediately destroyed as Gundam Zabanya initiated it's extermination run.
It's BITS flew across the air space, destroying every single unit in the sky while the Zabanya itself launched missiles.
Mika, Prim and Arte watched all of this happen, wondering about their unlikely saviours.
And then they began to QUANTIZE, much to everyone's surprise and panic in the WHITEBASE.
Above, the Gundam QanT began it's job.
To QUANTIZE and teleport the WHITEBASE and it's inhabitants away from this dead world.
To escape the World's Systems Eyes.
In a flash, the WHITEBASE broke apart in green particles.
Gone from Eostia.
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The WHITEBASE then appeared in a new world, far away and undetectable from the World System.
A planet for them to rest, heal, and recuperate.
For they had lost their world.
Their morale broken.
Faith shattered.
And hope extinguished.
But they must recover, for this is the first shot of the massive war they are about to enter.
Fin
MobileSuit Gundam: Blood Price
'An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth and a life for life.'
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Preview of the sequel
(Yes, there is a sequel)
In the world of Ice and Fire, where a game for a throne waged on, foreigner's from a dead world found refuge.
To rest and heal.
But their mere presence shall change the game.
The Dead shall fear the Goddess...
And the Dragon's shall know the might of men.
MobileSuit Gundam Sidestory:
Fenrir
Find out the sequel in the StoryNation APP in the Goggle playstore.
Just Search for MobileSuit Gundam.
But I will still post the sequels here albeit delayed.