"Desperate to stop the Glorft, Kiva Andru sends M.E.G.A.S. to the past but instead of its intended destination, it was sent to the Anno Domini timeline where Celestial Being had found the mech and repurposed it for themselves. Stuck with them, Kiva finds out there is more than meets the eye."
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Megas 00 Chapter 1
Hello there and what's up guys? Warmachine375 here and I have made a Gundam 00 x Megas XLR crossover fic called "Megas 00". I miss watching Megas XLR and wished it got a Season 3 someday like Samurai Jack did with its Season 5 that finishes the entire show.
On the other hand, I thank fnplra, the author of "In Another Time, Another World" for the support and editing. I appreciate it and by the way guys, go check out fnplra's stories at Fanfiction . Net. They are good read.
Synopsis: "Desperate to stop the Glorft, Kiva Andru sends M.E.G.A.S. to the past but instead of its intended destination, it was sent to the Anno Domini timeline where Celestial Being had found the mech and repurposed it for themselves. Stuck with them, Kiva finds out there is more than meets the eye."
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
Nearby the outskirts Lunar Base, Earth, The Future - 3037
The Earth Coalition is on its last legs.
Commander Kiva Andru bitterly knew this as she flew her CMDR-KA mobile suit through the floating debris of destroyed Earth Coalition mechs and ships along with the corpses of the crews too as well to evade a squad of Glorft enemies pursuing her through space. After all, she was responsible of stealing their Avatar prototype from them, coming at a great cost of her comrades' lives when they pulled it off.
And now Warmaster Gorrath is leading his armada to retrieve M.E.G.A.S. no matter the cost., she thought.
Prior to the Glorft invasion, Earth was once a crown jewel of the galaxy where it was a seat of a prosperous coalition of humanity and several other races of sentient life that banded together as friends, equals and lived together in peace, unity and coexistence since 3012. Surface was covered with hive spires, housing millions. Factories were built deep underground, leaving cities and endless oceans and wilderness on the Earth's surface in pristine condition.
And even before then, it was once known as the Earth Sphere Federation that had unified most of the countries on the planet into one nation before moving forward into space to explore and befriend new worlds with the aid of the Celestial Being.
However, details behind it were currently scarce due to the near complete loss of records and history of Earth's deep and rich past thanks to the Glorft destroying everything during the war. The tattered remains of the Earth Sphere Federation was eventually reformed into the Earth Coalition, rallying what's left of humanity and any surviving allied races under its banner.
To make their united stand against the cruelty and tyranny of the Glorft Imperium.
Unfortunately, the Earth Coalition prioritizes survival and resistance, and rebuilding the Earth as secondary due to the state of the war against the Glorft, which looks unlikely in their current state after their devastating loss at the Battle of the Last Stand in 3035.
It was the greatest gathering of the strongest mobile suits and ships the Earth Coalition had brought out in that Last Stand... And they were ultimately no match for the full might of Warmaster Gorrath's vast legions of brutal technology and firepower.
Now, all what's left of the Earth Coalition forces are one battle cruiser, Lunar Captain Richard McGonagle, and a handful of sleeker advanced drone mechs with laser weaponry which were once mass produced, currently controlled by the last of Artificial Intelligences calling itself Haro with its sole duty to protect the human and alien personnel of the Earth Coalition.
Too many mobile suit pilots' lives were lost and there was not enough time to train new pilots before throwing them to the meat grinder, which would have done more harm than good to the morale in the Earth Coalition.
Not to mention as adding salt to the injury, the GN technology was forever lost in the first wave of the Glorft invasion during the war and the Earth Coalition was unable to recover any vestiges of it.
Damn the Glorft... Xhosa, Winston, Li Tiu, your sacrifices won't be in vain!. Kiva thought in an absolutely livid manner after brushing off her hair post-battle with the Glorft squadron that she swiftly took out with relative manner.
Guerilla warfare is all the Earth Coalition remnants are good for in the face of the Glorft Imperium's superior military might.
And even that is not enough and they are delaying the inevitable.
In her mobile suit's holographic display, the Lunar Captain contacted her with a look of distress as Kiva saw the headquarters of the Lunar Base fall apart around him. "Commander! The Glorft found our base! The defenses are failing! We are being overrun!"
"Understood! I'm on my way!", Kiva responded urgently before contacting her forces. "All wings form on me and defend the base! If the Glorft capture M.E.G.A.S., any hope Earth has its freedom is lost."
"Roger! Roger! Defend the base! Defend the base!", the EC Drones chirped eagerly as they flew next to her, evading enemy blasts at full speed.
It is still unsettling to hear them sound like cute children filled with lots of energy., the red-headed Commander frowned at the child-like voices of the drones before focusing on defending the Lunar Base from the assault from Warmaster Gorrath and his massive fleet who are determined to recapture their Avatar prototype no matter what.
At the Lunar Base
Despite Kiva rallying the EC Drones and taking out several Glorft mechs in several exchanges of fire, it was a futile effort when Gorrath unleashed the U.M.D. or rather the "Ultimate Mech Destroyer" for short to the surface of the Moon. The EC Drones fired everything from their arm wrist cannons at the U.M.D. but the large machine did not suffer any damage. It was like throwing tiny pebbles at a colossus who won't budge or notice anything at all.
The massive Glorft war mech began to fire its weapons into the drones, destroying them in droves.
"We can't fight that! Fall back to the hanger!", Kiva said with an unnerved manner before she ordered her forces to retreat from their overrun position.
Then she directed her CMDR-KA to the main entrance of the base, where M.E.G.A.S. lies inside, their last hope.
The Commander approached the heavily Earth Coalition-modified Avatar prototype mech, having been renamed as the "Mechanized Earth Guard Attack System" with a new white and blue colors that of the Earth Coalition and a head believed to be reminiscent of a Gundam whose eye visor shine red.
Proceeding, Kiva tapped into the holographic terminal of her mobile suit's head cockpit to remotely activate the large war machine for take-off.
Gundam.
Angels of graceful destruction and salvation in Earth's ancient past and folk legend and they were piloted by men and women of legend.
Each of them are a One-Man Army in their own right and among them is Setsuna, Kiva's hero and inspiration when she was a child with no family to remember.
Now M.E.G.A.S. has been remodeled into an image of the Gundam, it will save Earth from the Glorft and change the future!, she reminisced before Lunar Captain Richard contacted her.
"Commander! What are you doing?!", he demanded an explanation.
"My job! Taking M.E.G.A.S. into the past!", Kiva revealed, pushing aside the holographic screen of Richard to add in the coordinates to the time travel device.
The Lunar Captain protested with a look of concern and alarm, "Negative! The Time Flux is untested! We don't even know your modifications to the Glorft technology have stabilized! If anything goes wrong, you can be trapped in a timeless temporal rift forever!"
Kiva remembered that the Time Flux device apparently came from Veda, the most powerful supercomputer from the era of Gundams in the Earth Sphere Federation before it was ultimately destroyed by the Glorft during the war. Despite the mothership's massive firepower and most advanced GN technology at its disposal, it went down in a blaze of glory.
Its loss was completely devastating to the Earth Coalition.
However, the Haro AI and the Drone units they control as their bodies were sent by Veda to the Earth Coalition before the supercomputer itself was destroyed, running without the need for Veda. Although, there were some minority among the remnants of Earth Coalition forces who were wary to use Haro, seeing that it was the last of Veda's tech and they are not easy to replace.
But beggars can't be choosers, and they have to make do what they have left.
As for the Time Flux, Veda sent the holographic schematics of the device to the Earth Coalition's databases prior to its fiery destruction. But with the severe loss of the GN technology, Kiva resorted to using stolen Glorft technology to create and modify the Time Flux.
The redhead woman reassured her superior, "We don't have a choice, Captain! M.E.G.A.S. would have made all the difference at the Battle of the Last Stand!"
"In theory.", Richard interjected, believing that her dangerous gamble may not work and could backfire badly.
Undeterred, Kiva stated with strong sense of conviction, "I know that with M.E.G.A.S., I can turn the tide and change the outcome of the war we lost! I have to take it back there now!"
Seeing that there was no stopping her and desperate times that calls for desperate measures, the Lunar Captain sighed but then narrowed his eyes at her with determination, "We will keep them occupied as long as we can!"
With that, Kiva activated the Time Flux that is a combination of Glorft and EC technology, which fired a large blue energy beam past the Glorft forces, a large portal opening up. Just as the Glorft breaks through the heavy hanger door, she sets the M.E.G.A.S. on auto-pilot before lifting off and charging towards the portal, providing cover fire and escort it.
Seeing the overwhelming forces she faced, she spoke to the captain, "Captain! It's too hot in here! I'll try transfer into M.E.G.A.S. and route to the temporal warp."
The captain acknowledged that, nodding in response. "Copy that, Commander!"
Of course, when I modified it extensively, I set its biometrics system in the Black Box Internal Security Grid to allow only me to pilot M.E.G.A.S. through my DNA. I made that decision as a security measure to prevent the Glorft from reclaiming it or any unsavory thieves attempting to steal it for themselves., thought the commander as she flew out of the overrun Lunar Base, protecting the M.E.G.A.S. and beginning the transfer in the middle of a warzone.
Unfortunately, it caught the attention of Warmaster Gorrath the leader of the Glorft, who noticed it and he was not pleased, seeing his stolen Avatar mech being heavily changed by his enemies. On the other hand, Kiva overheard Gorrath's warship is turning its attention towards her and M.E.G.A.S. and quickly flew straight to the portal, proceeding with the transfer immediately.
In his furious anger, Gorrath set his Glorft warship Karajor at full speed to intercept and reclaim the M.E.G.A.S. despite the protest of his Glorft Commander who showed concern at the consequences of going into the portal.
Realizing the enemy's intentions, the Lunar Captain quickly called out, "They're trying to cut them off! Any remaining Drones! Form on Commander Andru and provide cover while she transfers to M.E.G.A.S.!"
Despite being in the middle of heated battle, the EC Drones chirped together in response. "Roger! Roger! Protect the Commander! Protect the Commander!"
As the CMDR-KA prepares its docking transfer sequence to M.E.G.A.S., five EC Drones flew in formation around the mechs to protect Kiva with 2 of them shielding while the other three went on the offenses, energy blasts firing. Unfortunately for Kiva and the Ddrones, the Karajor's main batteries had completely destroyed 2 of the said drones with active shields, forcing the 3 offensive Drones to take their place and maximize full power of its shields.
"Come on, come on!", Kiva pleaded for the docking tube to connect with the head of M.E.G.A.S. and she lets out a breath when it worked.
Leaving her CMDR-KA behind, the redhead woman attempted to launch herself to her new mobile suit, ready to use it and carry out her plan to avert the Glorft victory in the Battle of the Last Stand.
Sadly, plans do not survive first contact as the Glorft missiles struck not just the head of M.E.G.A.S. but also the back of Kiva's mobile suit.
Forcefully sent flying back into her cockpit, Kiva reconnects herself with the CMDR-KA, suffering a backlash from the damages it suffered from the back, electrocuting her. Coughing up blood, the Commander sees her intended destination in time randomly change, much to her dismay.
The three surviving EC Drones flew to help, with one using its shield to cover Kiva and the M.E.G.A.S. while the latter two attempt emergency repairs.
"Oh no...", Her last words were weak upon seeing the randomized years of the time traveling device as she fell unconscious and she, her Drones along with Gorrath and his Glorft battleship are fully pulled inside the time warp portal.
At Krung Thep, The Past - 2310
Within the isolated space colony controlled by Celestial Being which serves as its major mobile suit development lab and factory, Commander Chall Acustica gazed upon the headless mobile suit that is undergoing some repairs and modifications with look of suspicion and wonder. It was brought in by Ian Vashti when he and his group of Celestial Being engineers encountered the one designated as M.E.G.A.S. that crash landed on a large asteroid.
They claim that it came out from a portal which vanished afterward.
Upon close scanning and inspection with his wife Linda Vashti, Ian discovered that the mysterious mobile suit possessed an unknown hybrid type of advanced technology that they have never seen before and are currently studying to understand and possibly replicate it with the GN technology.
That also included a heavily damaged device called the Time Flux.
The reaction from the members of Celestial Being towards the reveal that it possessed a time travel device from the future was an understatement.
This sounds more like a fantastical science fiction novel like that of H.G. Welles' The Time Machine or Back to the Future. Time travel? Preposterous. Even if it was proven to be true and not a theoretical, why would someone from the future send this powerful mobile suit here to the past? For what purpose exactly?, the former 2nd Generation Gundam Meister thought as she watched a new head of Gundam Astraea being placed on top of this M.E.G.A.S.'s neck and the engineers and Haros in Karel units are welding them together on every angle.
She made the right call to order the Time Flux to be taken to the Krung Thep's vault and sealed away along with ordering those who are involved with this M.E.G.A.S. to keep it classified. The device was too damaged to be used anyway and all the time, effort and resources Celestial Being had are dedicated to develop the new generation of Gundams and CBS-74 Ptolemaios 2.
Even if they did somehow fixed the device and get it to work, there is no telling what would happen if they tried using the Time Flux without causing potentially dangerous time paradoxes and butterflies of doom.
Such as using the Time Flux to go back in time to undo what happened back at Operation Fallen Angels that befell their comrades for example.
And it's very tempting to do so.
But that's all in the past.
All they have to do now is keep moving forward and take down the A-Laws for the sake of setting Aeolia Schenberg's plan back on track.
"Commander Chall! Penny for thoughts?", Ian asked, casually approaching her.
Humming, the bespectacled woman replied, "I'd say that our mystery mobile suit from the future is more than meets the eye. It's a good thing we found it before the A-Laws did. It'd be terrifying to imagine if Megas fell under their control and they would have used it to cause massive destruction and death. Especially after we found out the contents of its arsenal that we had some of the most dangerous ones removed for safety reasons."
The chief engineer of Celestial Being commented, "I agree. Speaking of Megas, we have added the cockpit on the torso of the mobile suit along with a Haro terminal. I can tell that the previous head that got blown off was probably a former cockpit there. To be bluntly honest, that was a very bad design flaw, obviously leaving the pilot vulnerable when the enemy aims for the head."
"It unnerves me to imagine what happened to the unlucky pilot of Megas when the head cockpit exploded.", he added.
"Since it came from the future apparently, the unfortunate pilot must have died in an attempt to time travel before Megas was sent here when that happened. We will never know what was his or her mission to come here in our timeline in the first place.", Chall remarked in speculation.
A grimacing Ian commented, "True. Not to mention that Megas got a biometric system of its own within the black box after Lasse tried piloting it to no avail and the Haros couldn't crack the code to unlock it. Since its future pilot is dead, we would have to find which one of us in Celestial Being shares the DNA with him or her in order to bypass it and pilot the Megas."
He finished, "If not, we might have to find someone on Earth who does. As long as that guy is not part of A-Laws or the Federation Army."
While she have vowed to never set foot on a Gundam ever again for the rest of her life, the Celestial Being commander stated, "Regardless, we shall make good use of this mobile suit. It may not be GN Drive-powered like the new Gundams we are developing... But it will be our secret weapon against the A-Laws. It never hurts to have an extra firepower especially with Megas here. Until then, I am sure that we will find the one who can pilot it."
"You're right. I will inform Tieria about our new addition when he gets back to Krung Thep. No doubt that he would be very interested.", Ian nodded before going back to work on the M.E.G.A.S.'s modifications while Chall continues her observation silently.
Meanwhile, Feldt Grace noticed the M.E.G.A.S. surrounded by engineers and Haros behind the glass windows when she was just passing by with Orange Haro held in her arms. "Haro, what is that?", she asked with curiosity.
"An abandoned mobile suit! An abandoned mobile suit! A new Gundam! A new Gundam!", the Orange Haro chirped as it shared info with its fellow Haros in the Krung Thep.
"I see. Aunt Chall must have deemed it useful for Celestial Being when we are ready to show ourselves to the world once again. It looks bigger and more powerful. Although it doesn't seem to have a GN Drive of its own.", the pink-haired young woman noted of the new Gundam taller than the four new Gundams.
Orange Haro stated as it flapped its ears, "It's a special case! A special case!"
"Okay then, I will ask Aunt Chall about the details with that new Gundam later. Let's continue searching for Setsuna and bring him home back to us. He is out there somewhere.", she said with a look of determination.
With that, Feldt Grace and Orange Haro have left the room as the eyes of M.E.G.A.S.'s new Gundam head shines green.
Author's Notes: Looks like Chapter 1 of "Megas 00 is finished" and I hope you like it. It is a shame that there is little information regarding the Earth Coalition, showing how dark the future is before it transitioned to Kiva being forced to stick around with Coop and Jamie in the Megas in the first episode of the show. On the other hand, Celestial Being in the middle of rebuilding themselves back to full strength post-Operation Fallen Angels have gotten their hands on M.E.G.A.S. and decided to keep it around as a new secret weapon against the A-Laws.
As for M.E.G.A.S. ending up in the middle of the Gundam 00 timeskip where Celestial Being is in hiding and developing new Gundams at the time, at least it didn't get dumped on 1930 where it remained on the junkyards of New Jersey until Coop found it and made it his own on 2004 in the canon.
On the bright side, the damaged Time Flux is not destroyed and currently kept in storage at Krung Thep.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
On the other hand, I thank fnplra, the author of "In Another Time, Another World" for the support and editing. I appreciate it and by the way guys, go check out fnplra's stories at Fanfiction . Net. They are good read.
Synopsis: "Desperate to stop the Glorft, Kiva Andru sends M.E.G.A.S. to the past but instead of its intended destination, it was sent to the Anno Domini timeline where Celestial Being had found the mech and repurposed it for themselves. Stuck with them, Kiva finds out there is more than meets the eye."
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
Chapter 1
Nearby the outskirts Lunar Base, Earth, The Future - 3037
The Earth Coalition is on its last legs.
Commander Kiva Andru bitterly knew this as she flew her CMDR-KA mobile suit through the floating debris of destroyed Earth Coalition mechs and ships along with the corpses of the crews too as well to evade a squad of Glorft enemies pursuing her through space. After all, she was responsible of stealing their Avatar prototype from them, coming at a great cost of her comrades' lives when they pulled it off.
And now Warmaster Gorrath is leading his armada to retrieve M.E.G.A.S. no matter the cost., she thought.
Prior to the Glorft invasion, Earth was once a crown jewel of the galaxy where it was a seat of a prosperous coalition of humanity and several other races of sentient life that banded together as friends, equals and lived together in peace, unity and coexistence since 3012. Surface was covered with hive spires, housing millions. Factories were built deep underground, leaving cities and endless oceans and wilderness on the Earth's surface in pristine condition.
And even before then, it was once known as the Earth Sphere Federation that had unified most of the countries on the planet into one nation before moving forward into space to explore and befriend new worlds with the aid of the Celestial Being.
However, details behind it were currently scarce due to the near complete loss of records and history of Earth's deep and rich past thanks to the Glorft destroying everything during the war. The tattered remains of the Earth Sphere Federation was eventually reformed into the Earth Coalition, rallying what's left of humanity and any surviving allied races under its banner.
To make their united stand against the cruelty and tyranny of the Glorft Imperium.
Unfortunately, the Earth Coalition prioritizes survival and resistance, and rebuilding the Earth as secondary due to the state of the war against the Glorft, which looks unlikely in their current state after their devastating loss at the Battle of the Last Stand in 3035.
It was the greatest gathering of the strongest mobile suits and ships the Earth Coalition had brought out in that Last Stand... And they were ultimately no match for the full might of Warmaster Gorrath's vast legions of brutal technology and firepower.
Now, all what's left of the Earth Coalition forces are one battle cruiser, Lunar Captain Richard McGonagle, and a handful of sleeker advanced drone mechs with laser weaponry which were once mass produced, currently controlled by the last of Artificial Intelligences calling itself Haro with its sole duty to protect the human and alien personnel of the Earth Coalition.
Too many mobile suit pilots' lives were lost and there was not enough time to train new pilots before throwing them to the meat grinder, which would have done more harm than good to the morale in the Earth Coalition.
Not to mention as adding salt to the injury, the GN technology was forever lost in the first wave of the Glorft invasion during the war and the Earth Coalition was unable to recover any vestiges of it.
Damn the Glorft... Xhosa, Winston, Li Tiu, your sacrifices won't be in vain!. Kiva thought in an absolutely livid manner after brushing off her hair post-battle with the Glorft squadron that she swiftly took out with relative manner.
Guerilla warfare is all the Earth Coalition remnants are good for in the face of the Glorft Imperium's superior military might.
And even that is not enough and they are delaying the inevitable.
In her mobile suit's holographic display, the Lunar Captain contacted her with a look of distress as Kiva saw the headquarters of the Lunar Base fall apart around him. "Commander! The Glorft found our base! The defenses are failing! We are being overrun!"
"Understood! I'm on my way!", Kiva responded urgently before contacting her forces. "All wings form on me and defend the base! If the Glorft capture M.E.G.A.S., any hope Earth has its freedom is lost."
"Roger! Roger! Defend the base! Defend the base!", the EC Drones chirped eagerly as they flew next to her, evading enemy blasts at full speed.
It is still unsettling to hear them sound like cute children filled with lots of energy., the red-headed Commander frowned at the child-like voices of the drones before focusing on defending the Lunar Base from the assault from Warmaster Gorrath and his massive fleet who are determined to recapture their Avatar prototype no matter what.
At the Lunar Base
Despite Kiva rallying the EC Drones and taking out several Glorft mechs in several exchanges of fire, it was a futile effort when Gorrath unleashed the U.M.D. or rather the "Ultimate Mech Destroyer" for short to the surface of the Moon. The EC Drones fired everything from their arm wrist cannons at the U.M.D. but the large machine did not suffer any damage. It was like throwing tiny pebbles at a colossus who won't budge or notice anything at all.
The massive Glorft war mech began to fire its weapons into the drones, destroying them in droves.
"We can't fight that! Fall back to the hanger!", Kiva said with an unnerved manner before she ordered her forces to retreat from their overrun position.
Then she directed her CMDR-KA to the main entrance of the base, where M.E.G.A.S. lies inside, their last hope.
The Commander approached the heavily Earth Coalition-modified Avatar prototype mech, having been renamed as the "Mechanized Earth Guard Attack System" with a new white and blue colors that of the Earth Coalition and a head believed to be reminiscent of a Gundam whose eye visor shine red.
Proceeding, Kiva tapped into the holographic terminal of her mobile suit's head cockpit to remotely activate the large war machine for take-off.
Gundam.
Angels of graceful destruction and salvation in Earth's ancient past and folk legend and they were piloted by men and women of legend.
Each of them are a One-Man Army in their own right and among them is Setsuna, Kiva's hero and inspiration when she was a child with no family to remember.
Now M.E.G.A.S. has been remodeled into an image of the Gundam, it will save Earth from the Glorft and change the future!, she reminisced before Lunar Captain Richard contacted her.
"Commander! What are you doing?!", he demanded an explanation.
"My job! Taking M.E.G.A.S. into the past!", Kiva revealed, pushing aside the holographic screen of Richard to add in the coordinates to the time travel device.
The Lunar Captain protested with a look of concern and alarm, "Negative! The Time Flux is untested! We don't even know your modifications to the Glorft technology have stabilized! If anything goes wrong, you can be trapped in a timeless temporal rift forever!"
Kiva remembered that the Time Flux device apparently came from Veda, the most powerful supercomputer from the era of Gundams in the Earth Sphere Federation before it was ultimately destroyed by the Glorft during the war. Despite the mothership's massive firepower and most advanced GN technology at its disposal, it went down in a blaze of glory.
Its loss was completely devastating to the Earth Coalition.
However, the Haro AI and the Drone units they control as their bodies were sent by Veda to the Earth Coalition before the supercomputer itself was destroyed, running without the need for Veda. Although, there were some minority among the remnants of Earth Coalition forces who were wary to use Haro, seeing that it was the last of Veda's tech and they are not easy to replace.
But beggars can't be choosers, and they have to make do what they have left.
As for the Time Flux, Veda sent the holographic schematics of the device to the Earth Coalition's databases prior to its fiery destruction. But with the severe loss of the GN technology, Kiva resorted to using stolen Glorft technology to create and modify the Time Flux.
The redhead woman reassured her superior, "We don't have a choice, Captain! M.E.G.A.S. would have made all the difference at the Battle of the Last Stand!"
"In theory.", Richard interjected, believing that her dangerous gamble may not work and could backfire badly.
Undeterred, Kiva stated with strong sense of conviction, "I know that with M.E.G.A.S., I can turn the tide and change the outcome of the war we lost! I have to take it back there now!"
Seeing that there was no stopping her and desperate times that calls for desperate measures, the Lunar Captain sighed but then narrowed his eyes at her with determination, "We will keep them occupied as long as we can!"
With that, Kiva activated the Time Flux that is a combination of Glorft and EC technology, which fired a large blue energy beam past the Glorft forces, a large portal opening up. Just as the Glorft breaks through the heavy hanger door, she sets the M.E.G.A.S. on auto-pilot before lifting off and charging towards the portal, providing cover fire and escort it.
Seeing the overwhelming forces she faced, she spoke to the captain, "Captain! It's too hot in here! I'll try transfer into M.E.G.A.S. and route to the temporal warp."
The captain acknowledged that, nodding in response. "Copy that, Commander!"
Of course, when I modified it extensively, I set its biometrics system in the Black Box Internal Security Grid to allow only me to pilot M.E.G.A.S. through my DNA. I made that decision as a security measure to prevent the Glorft from reclaiming it or any unsavory thieves attempting to steal it for themselves., thought the commander as she flew out of the overrun Lunar Base, protecting the M.E.G.A.S. and beginning the transfer in the middle of a warzone.
Unfortunately, it caught the attention of Warmaster Gorrath the leader of the Glorft, who noticed it and he was not pleased, seeing his stolen Avatar mech being heavily changed by his enemies. On the other hand, Kiva overheard Gorrath's warship is turning its attention towards her and M.E.G.A.S. and quickly flew straight to the portal, proceeding with the transfer immediately.
In his furious anger, Gorrath set his Glorft warship Karajor at full speed to intercept and reclaim the M.E.G.A.S. despite the protest of his Glorft Commander who showed concern at the consequences of going into the portal.
Realizing the enemy's intentions, the Lunar Captain quickly called out, "They're trying to cut them off! Any remaining Drones! Form on Commander Andru and provide cover while she transfers to M.E.G.A.S.!"
Despite being in the middle of heated battle, the EC Drones chirped together in response. "Roger! Roger! Protect the Commander! Protect the Commander!"
As the CMDR-KA prepares its docking transfer sequence to M.E.G.A.S., five EC Drones flew in formation around the mechs to protect Kiva with 2 of them shielding while the other three went on the offenses, energy blasts firing. Unfortunately for Kiva and the Ddrones, the Karajor's main batteries had completely destroyed 2 of the said drones with active shields, forcing the 3 offensive Drones to take their place and maximize full power of its shields.
"Come on, come on!", Kiva pleaded for the docking tube to connect with the head of M.E.G.A.S. and she lets out a breath when it worked.
Leaving her CMDR-KA behind, the redhead woman attempted to launch herself to her new mobile suit, ready to use it and carry out her plan to avert the Glorft victory in the Battle of the Last Stand.
Sadly, plans do not survive first contact as the Glorft missiles struck not just the head of M.E.G.A.S. but also the back of Kiva's mobile suit.
Forcefully sent flying back into her cockpit, Kiva reconnects herself with the CMDR-KA, suffering a backlash from the damages it suffered from the back, electrocuting her. Coughing up blood, the Commander sees her intended destination in time randomly change, much to her dismay.
The three surviving EC Drones flew to help, with one using its shield to cover Kiva and the M.E.G.A.S. while the latter two attempt emergency repairs.
"Oh no...", Her last words were weak upon seeing the randomized years of the time traveling device as she fell unconscious and she, her Drones along with Gorrath and his Glorft battleship are fully pulled inside the time warp portal.
At Krung Thep, The Past - 2310
Within the isolated space colony controlled by Celestial Being which serves as its major mobile suit development lab and factory, Commander Chall Acustica gazed upon the headless mobile suit that is undergoing some repairs and modifications with look of suspicion and wonder. It was brought in by Ian Vashti when he and his group of Celestial Being engineers encountered the one designated as M.E.G.A.S. that crash landed on a large asteroid.
They claim that it came out from a portal which vanished afterward.
Upon close scanning and inspection with his wife Linda Vashti, Ian discovered that the mysterious mobile suit possessed an unknown hybrid type of advanced technology that they have never seen before and are currently studying to understand and possibly replicate it with the GN technology.
That also included a heavily damaged device called the Time Flux.
The reaction from the members of Celestial Being towards the reveal that it possessed a time travel device from the future was an understatement.
This sounds more like a fantastical science fiction novel like that of H.G. Welles' The Time Machine or Back to the Future. Time travel? Preposterous. Even if it was proven to be true and not a theoretical, why would someone from the future send this powerful mobile suit here to the past? For what purpose exactly?, the former 2nd Generation Gundam Meister thought as she watched a new head of Gundam Astraea being placed on top of this M.E.G.A.S.'s neck and the engineers and Haros in Karel units are welding them together on every angle.
She made the right call to order the Time Flux to be taken to the Krung Thep's vault and sealed away along with ordering those who are involved with this M.E.G.A.S. to keep it classified. The device was too damaged to be used anyway and all the time, effort and resources Celestial Being had are dedicated to develop the new generation of Gundams and CBS-74 Ptolemaios 2.
Even if they did somehow fixed the device and get it to work, there is no telling what would happen if they tried using the Time Flux without causing potentially dangerous time paradoxes and butterflies of doom.
Such as using the Time Flux to go back in time to undo what happened back at Operation Fallen Angels that befell their comrades for example.
And it's very tempting to do so.
But that's all in the past.
All they have to do now is keep moving forward and take down the A-Laws for the sake of setting Aeolia Schenberg's plan back on track.
"Commander Chall! Penny for thoughts?", Ian asked, casually approaching her.
Humming, the bespectacled woman replied, "I'd say that our mystery mobile suit from the future is more than meets the eye. It's a good thing we found it before the A-Laws did. It'd be terrifying to imagine if Megas fell under their control and they would have used it to cause massive destruction and death. Especially after we found out the contents of its arsenal that we had some of the most dangerous ones removed for safety reasons."
The chief engineer of Celestial Being commented, "I agree. Speaking of Megas, we have added the cockpit on the torso of the mobile suit along with a Haro terminal. I can tell that the previous head that got blown off was probably a former cockpit there. To be bluntly honest, that was a very bad design flaw, obviously leaving the pilot vulnerable when the enemy aims for the head."
"It unnerves me to imagine what happened to the unlucky pilot of Megas when the head cockpit exploded.", he added.
"Since it came from the future apparently, the unfortunate pilot must have died in an attempt to time travel before Megas was sent here when that happened. We will never know what was his or her mission to come here in our timeline in the first place.", Chall remarked in speculation.
A grimacing Ian commented, "True. Not to mention that Megas got a biometric system of its own within the black box after Lasse tried piloting it to no avail and the Haros couldn't crack the code to unlock it. Since its future pilot is dead, we would have to find which one of us in Celestial Being shares the DNA with him or her in order to bypass it and pilot the Megas."
He finished, "If not, we might have to find someone on Earth who does. As long as that guy is not part of A-Laws or the Federation Army."
While she have vowed to never set foot on a Gundam ever again for the rest of her life, the Celestial Being commander stated, "Regardless, we shall make good use of this mobile suit. It may not be GN Drive-powered like the new Gundams we are developing... But it will be our secret weapon against the A-Laws. It never hurts to have an extra firepower especially with Megas here. Until then, I am sure that we will find the one who can pilot it."
"You're right. I will inform Tieria about our new addition when he gets back to Krung Thep. No doubt that he would be very interested.", Ian nodded before going back to work on the M.E.G.A.S.'s modifications while Chall continues her observation silently.
Meanwhile, Feldt Grace noticed the M.E.G.A.S. surrounded by engineers and Haros behind the glass windows when she was just passing by with Orange Haro held in her arms. "Haro, what is that?", she asked with curiosity.
"An abandoned mobile suit! An abandoned mobile suit! A new Gundam! A new Gundam!", the Orange Haro chirped as it shared info with its fellow Haros in the Krung Thep.
"I see. Aunt Chall must have deemed it useful for Celestial Being when we are ready to show ourselves to the world once again. It looks bigger and more powerful. Although it doesn't seem to have a GN Drive of its own.", the pink-haired young woman noted of the new Gundam taller than the four new Gundams.
Orange Haro stated as it flapped its ears, "It's a special case! A special case!"
"Okay then, I will ask Aunt Chall about the details with that new Gundam later. Let's continue searching for Setsuna and bring him home back to us. He is out there somewhere.", she said with a look of determination.
With that, Feldt Grace and Orange Haro have left the room as the eyes of M.E.G.A.S.'s new Gundam head shines green.
Author's Notes: Looks like Chapter 1 of "Megas 00 is finished" and I hope you like it. It is a shame that there is little information regarding the Earth Coalition, showing how dark the future is before it transitioned to Kiva being forced to stick around with Coop and Jamie in the Megas in the first episode of the show. On the other hand, Celestial Being in the middle of rebuilding themselves back to full strength post-Operation Fallen Angels have gotten their hands on M.E.G.A.S. and decided to keep it around as a new secret weapon against the A-Laws.
As for M.E.G.A.S. ending up in the middle of the Gundam 00 timeskip where Celestial Being is in hiding and developing new Gundams at the time, at least it didn't get dumped on 1930 where it remained on the junkyards of New Jersey until Coop found it and made it his own on 2004 in the canon.
On the bright side, the damaged Time Flux is not destroyed and currently kept in storage at Krung Thep.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
Chapter 2
Hey everyone, I have returned and Chapter 2 of "Megas 00" is here.
As M.E.G.A.S. is currently in the hands of Celestial Being, it will take some time until the arrival of Kiva and her remaining Earth Coalition Drones since they haven't used the giant robot and accidentally triggered the Tachyon Beacon, the one Coop did twice in the canon, yet.
Credits to fnplra for helping me with this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
Within the hangar of Krung Thep
"I see. So you're telling me that this Megas came from the future?", Tieria Erde inquired after inspecting the recently-refurbished and repaired M.E.G.A.S. in front of him.
He also reviewed the footage on the pad provided for him to see the headless 80 feet tall mobile suit emerging from the blue portal and crash landed on the asteroids prior to Ian and his fellow Celestial Being members moving in to retrieve it before the A-Laws took notice of the anomaly.
Megas looks more like a Mobile Armor than a Gundam!, Tieria thought after comparing the height of M.E.G.A.S. and the Alvatore mobile armor's remains that Celestial Being had recovered for study of its interior and GN Tau Drives.
He had recently returned from Lagrange 3 a week ago after testing out the 00 Gundam to activate the theoretical Twin Drive System but unfortunately his Virtue's GN Drive didn't work at all with the 0 Gundam's.
And now, it was back to the drawing board to try again with Kyrios' solar reactor.
Ian nodded as he explained, "Yup, I know it sounds like it came out of a sci-fi movie but we found out that it has the Time Flux capable of time travel. But it has sustained damage and is currently sealed away in the vault by Commander Chall's orders. Even if we did fixed it, we don't know what will happen if we tried using it without causing consequences to the space time continuum. Like time paradoxes and alternate timelines, you know sci-fi stuff."
The purple haired Gundam Meister frowned but understood the chief engineer's logical reasoning. It was indeed tempting to go back to the past and save the lives of their comrades Lichty, Christina and Dr. Moreno especially Lockon Stratos most of all during Operation Fallen Angels with the 3.5 Generation Gundams that Celestial Being is developing.
But they have to keep moving forward and build up their strength in secret until it is time to reveal themselves to the world once more and take down the A-Laws for perverting Aeolia Schenberg's plan with their senseless massacres under the façade of world unity.
"Very well then, who will pilot the Megas?", Tieria asked, wondering who will be chosen to be its new Meister.
"We already have some candidates in mind among the Reserve Meisters. But the problem is that Megas has its own biometric system within the black box that prevents anyone from using it. Since the pilot from the future is dead after the head cockpit exploded, which I still hold against whoever who made that design flaw in the first place, we have to find the one who shares the same DNA.", Ian stated with a huff of annoyance.
The glasses wearing young man suggested the simple solution, "Why don't you just hack into the black box or simply remove it from the mobile suit?"
Then, Tieria and Ian's attention were drawn to the voice of a man with slicked spiky blonde hair, a goatee, green eyes and large build in a standard Celestial Being uniform who raised his hand as he lowers two fingers and explained.
"If only that were easy. One, Megas' black box is from the future with technology far more advanced than even ours. I don't think that our computer experts and the Haros could crack into it and allow our new friend to be pilotable without removing the DNA lock. And two, it is embedded too deep within Megas. We can't remove it without damaging the interior of our newly-acquired mobile suit too much and it will be a pain to try fix it back together."
"That's a fair assessment.", Tiera accepted as he gazed upon the giant mobile suit having a Gundam head.
"Ah, Coop. Good to see you.", the older man greeted him as he fist bump with his fellow engineer and did the gang signs together.
Tieria raised an eyebrow while interested on their form of greeting, "Coop?"
Ian elaborated for him, "We call David Cooplowski Halevy that nickname back when we were getting our mobile suit engineering degree because he got cooped up in his room all day long creating new mobile weapons designs long before Celestial Being recruited us respectively. At least he got to be invited to join while I and Joyce had to be spared from being ordered for execution by Veda when we saw the Astraea accidentally."
He smiled with fondness and amusement, "Back in the day when we were in the AEU military's mobile suit development division together, Coop had made so many crazy designs of his own the AEU outright rejected most of them. They claim that his designs are being way too impractical, inefficient and over the top when he proposed them. He resigned out of protest."
"Oh come on! It's not my fault that the heads of the AEU are a greedy bunch of cheapskates who'd rather steal designs from the Union and make knockoffs out of them like that Enact than try create their own original mobile suits that stand out from those from the Union and the Human Reform League. "Totally not a Flag.", my freaking ass.", Coop angrily protested with a huff, folding his arms.
His friend rolled his eyes and waved off, "Oh relax big guy. At least we had kept some of your designs that are more sensible in mind and make good use of them. It will come in handy when the time comes."
"You'd better be.", Coop hmphed before deciding to change the subject and gave out the pads of the results to Ian and Tiera for inspection. "Anyways, the progress on studying the GN Tau Drives inside out is going well after we had recovered the relatively intact remains of the few UN Forces' GN-Xs and the GN Tau Drive-Powered Mobile Armor Alvatore. I figured that we should improve the GN Drive chassis technology by miniaturizing it to a small size. We would be taking cue from the Tau Drive's chassis design."
Ian rubbed his chin with interest and noted, "By reducing the size of the surrounding parts that stabilize the core, the said core would be compact enough for the solar reactor to be placed in a self-contained unit. This miniaturization would allow the GN Drives to have more specialized roles if they can be easily mounted in a lot more places on the Gundams. Impressive."
Tieria nodded in agreement, "Indeed, this could be useful for our next generation of Gundams against our enemies in the battlefield. Is there anything else?"
Coop shook his head and stated upon looking at the Celestial Being-modified M.E.G.A.S. with an interested smirk, "Nope, I believe that's all for now. You know if it weren't for that future black box, perhaps I could pilot the Megas myself and give the A-Laws or anyone that hurt my niece a butt-whooping they won't forget."
"I feel bad for the poor schmucks that would fight you if you got in the suit. You could cause some real damage. Even though you are not properly trained to pilot one, you were a menace at fighting robot video games that we played together back at high school.", Ian deadpan snarked which the large blonde man smirking at him that he always win.
"I would advise you not to do that.", Tieria warned with a straight face.
The last thing he needs is an untrained man or woman in Celestial Being piloting a Gundam mobile suit or GN Arms without knowing how to use its controls properly even with the help of a Haro unit.
He dislikes amateur pilots after all.
Looking at each other, Coop and Ian laughed out loud together after hearing that from Tieria, whom they view him as the comically serious even though Tieria had made great improvements with his human aspects to socially interact more with fellow members of Celestial Being.
It was refreshing from the old Tieria who was seen as a negatively-stoic person; distrusting, strict, and self-righteous pain in the ass.
Wiping a tear of laughter from his eye, Coop straightened up and retrieved his pads. "I gotta go pay Louise a visit here and check on her condition before I get back to Earth. Hopefully the GN T Particle poisoning treatment is still working. The doctors should be able to come up with something, cure or not. See ya later!", he said with a a wave of goodbye.
"Will David Halevy please report to the briefing room? Commander Chall requests your presence.", the announcement called out in the hangar.
Rolling his eyes at the bad timing, the older blonde man grumbled before heading to the briefing room, "After I deal with this first, of course."
"Who is Louise?", Tieria asked with a look of curiosity as he watched Coop leave.
Sighing, the chief engineer explained, "Louise Cooplowski Halevy. Bright, sweet, and carefree girl, albeit little spoiled. Studied aerospace engineering in Japan as a transfer student before dropping out due to continual suffering from those GN T particle poisoning. She was the only survivor of the attack by the Gundam Thrones that took out her family on her cousin's wedding day."
He grumbled, "Damn those Trinity brats."
Tieria grimaced, remembering that notorious incident which was one of the last straws that prompted him and Setsuna to take action and confront the three rogue Gundam Meisters, whom they unanimously deem as a source of conflict to eradicate, head on.
If it weren't for the unexpected interference that cut off Tieria from his connection to Veda, he would have slain both Johann Trinity and Nena Trinity with his Nadleeh's Trial System that disabled the Gundam Thrones while Setsuna would have finished off Michael Trinity as punishment for being disgraces to the Gundam Meister name.
"David had to drop everything in his work here and acquired permission to return to Earth where he found his niece to be the only one left. As the only remaining oldest relative of Miss Louise and the brother of her mother Layla, he currently holds the Halevy fortune as the head of the family. After learning that those pseudo solar reactors' particles are the reason behind her condition, the first thing he did to help her is to bring her to us for medical treatment in space.", Ian finished.
"That explains about the loud screaming at the infirmary.", the purple haired Gundam Meister noted with a straight face as he recalled such screeching noises filled with hate and anger that woke him up in the middle of his recovery from the nearby room of the Krung Thep's infirmary.
In his honest opinion, he could have sworn that it was one of the female members of Celestial Being's rank and file who was about to give birth to a baby as a soon-to-be mother and shouting profane language toward her spouse in a space colony.
But Tieria would rather keep that to himself until he dies.
Wincing, Ian said, "Yeah, Louise didn't handle the revelation well that she was taken to a paramilitary organization that had Gundams upon recognizing the symbol. Especially the fact her favorite uncle works for it all along. We had to sedate her and knock her out before undergoing the procedure to try stabilize her body from the GN T particle poisoning like we did for Lasse."
It wasn't easy but with the few intact GN Tau Drives retrieved for study, the nanomachines used for Commander Chall's affliction and dedication of Celestial Being's professional doctors, despite the loss of their chief doctor Joyce B. Moreno, they were able to temporarily halt the conditions happening on Louise Halevy and also Lasse Aeon too as well.
Unfortunately the GN T particle poisoning were still on their bodies but the pain had been lessened to some extent. Even then, they couldn't save the life of Fon Spaak who had succumbed to his own GN T particle contamination that is far more direct and potent into his body after his near fatal encounter with Team Trinity which resulted with his explosive collar detonated at his neck directly and suffered fatal bleeding.
The psychotic Fereshte Gundam Meister had held out long enough with sheer willpower and fought to stay alive but unfortunately for him, in the end, Death cannot be denied.
He was given a small funeral with a gun salute as the coffin carrying his corpse was ejected into the far depths of space.
And that regrowing an amputated arm is still an issue though, which is why Louise had to be given a lifelike prosthetic replacement instead.
"And where is she now?", Tieria wondered.
Ian replied, "Currently, Louise is at the combat simulation chamber. Originally, we let her use it to blow off some steam by setting up virtual enemies as Gundams and the Thrones too for her to take down. But it seemed that she has the potential to be a Meister and is undergoing training with Lasse as he's a Reserve Meister too and a former candidate of Exia before Setsuna came along."
Nodding, the glasses wearing Gundam Meister hoped that his comrade is still alive out there somewhere with Exia had disappeared and the only thing Celestial Being found from the battlefield where Setsuna's Gundam was last located in the aftermath of the Operation Fallen Angels was a GN Flag bereft of the pilot seemingly dead or rescued by the UN Forces.
"At least Louise had calmed down eventually and got to open up with my daughter Mileina, Feldt, and Sherilyn Hyde and the Haros too. She has grown attached to a red one. It took a while for her to reconcile with her uncle and he had to correct her that Celestial Being had nothing to do with the wedding attack and tried to destroy Team Trinity. He even told her that they had died during the Operation Fallen Angels and calls it justice. It was a hectic moment back there to be honest.", the chief engineer finished with a relieved look.
Tieria narrowed his eyes suspiciously because the last time he checked, only Johann and Michael had perished at the hands of Ali al-Saachez, who somehow hijacked the Throne Zwei for his own personal use, while Nena had managed to disappear without any trace after Setsuna had sent a report about it prior to the Ptolemy crew being under attack by the UN Forces.
At the mobile suit combat simulation chamber, Krung Thep
"Battle Ended! Battle Ended! Victory! Victory!"
The Red Haro announced the defeat of the virtual A-Laws mobile suits in a simulated battle as Louise Halevy exited the cockpit of the simulation room and removed her helmet to breathe and steady herself.
"Not a bad score. I am getting the hang of this.", she commented at the high scores of hers as she dusted her hands off and picked up Red Haro from the terminal, holding him affectionately.
"Great job there, Louise! You really didn't hold back there. I never took you for being a big fan of wrestling.", Lasse complimented as he supervised her combat simulation routine and witnessed the results which are pretty impressive from his point of view.
Louise brushed it off as she chuckled, "It's nothing really. I just wanted to try out some moves and I can't believe they worked honestly."
Rubbing her medium-length blonde hair of her head affectionately like a big brother to her, the helmsman of Ptolemy advised her, "Maybe in that simulation but in a real fight, those wrestling moves would be very impractical. Because, I don't think the group of enemies would just stand there and let you hit them like that."
"Not with that attitude.", Louise Halevy protested with a pout.
Lasse chuckled before ordering, "Alright whatever you say. You're dismissed. Go freshen yourself up and relax."
"Roger that.", she nodded with a playful salute.
Leaving the combat simulation chamber, Louise headed towards her room to refresh herself and get dressed up in a standard Celestial Being female uniform with a knee length skirt like her friend Mileina in the Krung Thep. It felt surreal for her to be a member of Celestial Being after they had went through all the trouble to try help fix her particle poisoning condition and she acted like an ungrateful brat to them before calming down and realized her mistake.
She had to repay them back somehow.
Sitting on her bed, Louise still felt bad for violently expressing her explosive words of anger and hate towards her uncle, who just took it with stride instead of lashing out on her and didn't seem to regret revealing his affiliation to her that he was a member of an organization that claimed to end war with Gundams' armed interventions just to save her life.
Uncle Coop knew that I hurt him but he still cares for me and forgives me..., she thought with regret.
Her favorite uncle often pay visits to spend time with the family away from work in a space colony and she enjoyed playing video games and watching pay-per-view wrestling shows with him. Her parents were often exasperated at Uncle David and his antics involving her, wanting Louise to focus on studying.
After that unprovoked attack by a Gundam Throne on her cousin's wedding, her uncle is all she had left and he often returned back to Earth, covering her absence up and taking care of the family estate and its fortune.
It is no big secret that the members of rich families don't want to get out on public appearances often if they don't want to, preferring to stay out of the spotlight from the annoying paparazzi.
No one is going to question her disappearance and life goes on as usual.
After learning what A-Laws had done to innocents with every bloody atrocity in their so-called world unification attempt and got away with it, Louise wanted to help Celestial Being. Unfortunately, Commander Chall wanted her to finish her education on the Krung Thep alongside mobile suit pilot training that she happened to have potential as a Gundam Meister after using the combat simulation originally given to her for stress release.
Ever since her near fatal encounter with a Gundam Throne that killed her family and relatives in an unprovoked attack, she had to drop out of aero-engineering school due to her particle poisoning ravaging her body, hampering her attention and focus, and her uncle had to bring her to Celestial Being for long periods of time for recovery.
"I hope Saji is doing alright on Earth...", Louise muttered, as she held up a wedding ring wrapped around her like a necklace.
She wondered if he had eventually reached his dream to become a space engineer and is working in space, even though it became more dangerous than it seemed due to the colony revolts and the brutal A-Law suppression that are being covered up from the public. Louise hoped that Saji will be safe while she will find a way to reach out to him.
After all, Louise made Saji swear a promise to her that he will wait for her in space.
Although she didn't expect her uncle to derail it unintentionally but they will cross the bridge when it gets there.
But what will he think of me if or when he finds out I'm part of Celestial Being?... , she thought with a worried expression.
Although she is allowed to communicate with Saji to keep in touch with him under the condition to keep her affiliation with Celestial Being a secret via encrypted messages or even sometimes writing letters, which was the far safer option, so that they won't be traced back to them by the A-Laws, Louise learned from her boyfriend that he had lost his older sister Kinue, who died investigating Celestial Being after getting too close, and blamed the organization for it.
Since she had calmed down, Louise knew that Celestial Being had nothing to do with Kinue's murder and asked Commander Chall about it. The older woman had granted her request to find out the truth and tasked Hixar Fermi or even Wang Liu Mei to investigate the truth.
It would take time and effort though especially when Celestial Being is doing its best to lay low and not get attention from the Federation.
Then there is Nena Trinity, the one responsible behind the wedding attack after Louise was informed of the truth when she had calmed down and think clearly. Her uncle told her that Nena and her two brothers had perished at the hands of the United Nations Forces during the Operation Fallen Angels and called it justice for their murdered family.
But why do I have a gut feeling that she's still out there somewhere? Either way, I hope she stayed dead or else she's going to wish she had..., Louise suspiciously thought with hint of anger as she gripped her fists and wanted nothing more than to rip Nena Trinity and her Gundam Throne apart piece by piece in her imagination which she had kept mostly to herself.
"Are you alright? Are you alright?", the Red Haro asked with a chirp as it flapped its mechanical wings and bounced in front of her.
Snapping out of her negative thoughts, the blonde young woman reassured to the adorable mechanical ball AI with a smile. "I'm fine, Haro. Just thinking stuff."
The Red Haro inquired, "You hungry? You hungry?"
Louise felt her stomach grumble and blushed. "I guess I am. Come on, let's go to the mess hall."
With that, Louise and her Haro companion left their room.
At the mess hall of Krung Thep
Having filled out her tray with food after waiting in line with other members of Celestial Being, Louise found a table and took seat with Red Haro where Feldt Grace and her Orange Haro who welcomed them. The two Haros are enjoying each other's company like mood kindred, while the two young women are helping themselves with their meals respectively.
"So, um Feldt, have you found Setsuna lately?", she asked, trying to make a small talk to pass the time during meal time.
Back then, Louise had never thought that Saji's socially aloof next door apartment neighbor in Japan was actually one of the four Gundam pilots of Celestial Being who debuted to the world by attacking the AEU Enact publicly before she learned the truth.
In her honest opinion, she never really got to know Setsuna on personal level compared with her boyfriend who at least tried to interact with him to little success.
Shaking her head, the pink-haired young woman replied, "None so far unfortunately. He has been elusive. I checked for rumors of a Gundam flying around, hacked into the ESF Army's communication lines for any Gundam sighting and the E-Sensors couldn't pick up Exia's GN Drive signature at all. But I know he is still out there somewhere."
"Setsuna still out there! Setsuna still out there!", the Orange Haro chirped.
"You really miss him don't you?", Louise noted as she understood the same way she felt about Saji who's on Earth.
"Miss him! Miss him!", the Red Haro repeated.
Feldt nodded as she remembered her fallen comrades with a mourning tone, "Yeah, everyone in Ptolemy is like a family to me. We lost Lichty, Christina, Dr. Moreno and... Lockon. We don't know where Alellujah is but Setsuna is the only one confirmed to be alive."
The Orange Haro sadly chanted, "Lockon... Lockon..."
Deciding to change the subject and try get her mind out of things, Feldt asked her with curiosity, "So what was Setsuna like when you met him, Louise? You mentioned that he lived next door with Saji Crossroad at Japan."
Trying to recall anything about the Exia's Gundam Meister, Louise replied. "Well, Setsuna was pretty closed off and doesn't talk much. He mostly kept to himself. And I never really had a chance to know him like Saji did. The last words I said to Setsuna is that I called him a big jerk when he left for some important business he claimed."
Chuckling, Feldt commented, "Yeah, Setsuna is not really good at social interacting with others and focus on the mission and its objectives. Then again, so was I in the past."
"Better hope he improved his social skills by the time you find him sooner or later. Speaking of which, what if Setsuna became hot with a pack of abs that you can grind meat on? That would weird, but I could see it just like I can see Saji having it too. What do you think?", Louise wondered out with a mischievous look on her face.
Feldt blushed slightly at the image of an older Setsuna without his shirt in her mind, "He's a crew member and a friend. He's precious to me because of that."
"Riiight. Just because he's a crew member?", Louise smirked with a teasing tone, clearly enjoying this levity and wanted to milk it.
"A-a-anyway! Have you heard about the new addition to Celestial Being lately?", the pink-haired young woman quickly changed topic again before things get out of hand and recomposed herself.
Orange Haro chirped, "Gundam Megas! Gundam Megas!"
Disappointed that Feldt had to dodge her teasing but interested of the new subject, Louise commented. "I did overhear the personnel talk about it. They said it is like a gigantic mobile suit that is way taller than the Gundams. Like an eXtra Large Robot. Then I heard that they say it cannot be piloted due to some blackbox installed inside Megas."
"Blackbox?", Feldt wondered after learning about it.
"It is DNA-locked! It is DNA-locked!", the Orange Haro informed her through his fellow Haros that worked on refurbishing M.E.G.A.S. sending him info.
Red Haro followed suit, "No one can use it! No one can use it!"
"So that means Megas is going to stay unpiloted for a long time. What is the point of having such gigantic mobile suit if it cannot be used at all?", Louise frowned before having an idea forming and suggested. "Hey Feldt, maybe we should go and take a look at the blackbox of Megas. Maybe they are missing something that you can spot."
She knows that Feldt is very good with electronics especially at fixing and hacking things too as well. Her friend stated that she learned them while growing up in Celestial Being under care of her aunt Commander Chall, Ian and the late Dr. Joyce.
Feldt contemplated the idea from Louise before making a decision. "Well, I might as well give it a try and see what I can do."
Within the briefing room of Krung Thep
At the briefing room of Celestial Being's command center with soundproof walls to prevent eavesdropping from anyone stumbling, Commander Chall Acustica watched the several holographic visuals of Katharon mobile suits clashing with the A-Laws and the ESF Army in various skirmishes on Earth.
They were specially modified with their own variant of the GN Tau Drives and/or high powered rocket boosters, alongside anti-beam coating protection, and conventional laser beam & armor-piercing linear round armaments and weapons.
That made them a bit faster, more agile, and harder to kill, which it gave Katharon a bit of an edge in battle against the more advanced GNX types from the ESF Army and A-Laws in ranged and melee combat.
Eco Calore whistled at the one visual of several blue rocket booster-enhanced Fantons and GN Tierens exchange fire with a squad of red GN-XIIIs they took few down but suffered some casualties themselves as he commented about the overall battle, "Damn, those pseudo solar reactors had really improved the combat performances of the "outdated" mobile suits at the hands of Katharon and they kicked some serious ass there. Even then, the A-Laws still had the upper hand against them."
"It can't be helped but it seemed they have proven to the Federation that they won't go down without a fight so easily. After recovering the GN Flag that was left empty in the aftermath of Operation Fallen Angels, we made it possible for Katharon to modify their mobile suits with their own GN Tau Drives, which they can derive their power source from the very same GN particle outlines that are meant to choke out the Middle East's economy. Hoisted by their own petard.", Commander Chall remarked as she observed a blue GN Enact with a rocket booster-propelled Agrissa ramming through the GNX-704T Aheads.
Before looking at the older blonde man who had heeded her call to the meeting, she asked. "Wouldn't you agree, Goliath-13 of Katharon's mobile suit development division?"
Looking away from visual battle of some blue rocket booster-enhanced Anfs firing anti-tank linear rounds at the ESF mobile suits, David Halevy shrugged as he stated, "What can I say? It's not easy but I did manage to discreetly transfer the schematics for fake solar reactors, mobile suits and underground factories to produce or jury-rig them, and funds and resources to several of Katharon members' accounts with help from Hanayo."
He finished, "Even then, it's the best I can do underneath the Federation's nose while keeping my cover."
Sherilyn Hyde frowned as she watched the blue GN Flag take on a red GNX-704T Ahead that had a samurai-themed helmet for some reason and they clash with each other almost evenly in a skilled sword-to-sword combat with beam sabers on the visual screen, "This is wrong. I mean we are Celestial Being. We're supposed to end war, not perpetuate them."
She knew that certain members of Celestial Being will not like it and take that issue personally if they found out the truth behind Katharon's backer.
"No need to sweat the small stuff, kid. Besides only you Fereshte guys here know that I am a double agent within Katharon, the largest anti-Federation rebel army on Earth with mobile suits. Gotta give them something to even the odds against A-Laws a little until Celestial Being is ready to make its return before the world.", he waved off before giving out his other pad to the Commander of Celestial Being.
He stated, "By the way, I found an interesting candidate for Cherudim when I was at Katharon, Commander Chall."
Taking the pad, Chall analyzed the contents and raised an eyebrow, "Lyle Dylandy, Jean-1 of Katharon's spying and intelligence division. Hmmm, he looks exactly like his brother Lockon Stratos or Neil Dylandy albeit too alike. He actually had combat experience in a mobile suit while with Katharon and had scored several victories as a pilot."
She asked, "Are you suggesting that we should scout him to be the new Gundam Meister?"
David nodded as he explained, "Yup, he's really good at marksmanship at sniping and firearms, both inside and outside of a mobile suit, even though he scored lower ranks in accuracy compared to his brother. I think that he is the perfect guy for Cherudim. Plus I think it'd be humorous to see him try be a double agent for Katharon if he joins Celestial Being, not knowing about me way ahead of him of course."
Chall had to resist from rolling her eyes, but saw the merit of having new Lockon as the records speak for themselves. Even though it could potentially cause some confusion and uncomfortable reaction from the Ptolemy crew and its Gundam Meisters when they meet and work with the man who bears too much resemblance with their dead comrade.
"Hey, what about me?! Why can't I get to pilot that Gundam?! I am a Meister too you know!", Eco protested as he is not pleased that he is passed over again.
"A sub-par one to be exact. You lost to Louise Halevy in the combat simulation despite being part of Celestial Being longer than her.", Sherilyn snickered with Hanayo nodding.
Eco comically shouted, "I DIDN'T EXPECT HER TO USE PEOPLE'S ELBOW OF ALL THINGS ON ME IN A GUNDAM FIGHT!"
"It was unorthodox but effective.", Hanayo commented with amusement.
Ignoring a verbally roasted Eco crying and sitting on the corner of the briefing room, Commander Chall stated with a nod, "Very well then, Lyle Dylandy will be scouted as Cherudim's new Meister. When the time comes for our official return, we will send someone in Celestial Being to pick him up and he will take up his mantle as the new Lockon Stratos."
Sherilyn asked her Fereshte superior officer, "What about Miss Sumeragi? Will we get her back when Celestial Being make its official return to the world? Ptolemy 2 won't be the same without its captain."
Chall frowned as she remembered the tactical forecaster/coordinator of Ptolemy had resigned from Celestial Being out of guilt for the loss of her fellow comrades and went to Earth, keeping a low profile. No doubt Sumeragi Lee Noriega was running away from her problems with heavy drinking.
While a more paranoid individual might think she would accidentally loose lips to anyone affiliated with the Federation or those overhearing her to report to the authorities due to her drinking habit, Chall knew that despite her loss of faith in Aeolia Schenberg's vision, Sumeragi won't spill the beans about Celestial Being.
"We will cross the bridge when we get there. Anything else?", the former Second Generation Gundam Meister stated as she was about to end the meet and call it a day for now.
"Yeah, what does the acronym of M.E.G.A.S. mean? That really bothered me when I looked at it.", Eco wondered out loud after recovering from his verbal roasting.
Suddenly, a loud blaring noise echoed across the Krung Thep with every single Haro chirping together as one, which caught all of the members of Celestial Being by surprise.
"DNA CONFIRMED! DNA CONFIRMED! MECHANIZED EARTH GUARD ATTACK SYSTEM UNLOCKED! MECHANIZED EARTH GUARD ATTACK SYSTEM UNLOCKED!"
While Commander Chall and her fellow former Fereshte members are shocked with a jaw drop from the collective Haros' announcement that they didn't expect to have found the pilot they were looking for so soon, David nonchalantly commented,
"Huh, so that's what the name Megas meant."
Author's Note: Okay, the second chapter of "Megas 00" is done with a cliffhanger of M.E.G.A.S. unlocked by a certain someone and I bet that you didn't see that coming huh? Louise Halevy is with Celestial Being instead of A-Laws and Innovators group of Ribbons in canon. Thanks to intervention by her uncle David Halevy (yeah I based off his name from Coop's voice actor David DeLuise) to bring her to Celestial Being for treatment, she never got in with the bad crowd.
And that, Louise has the Red Haro, the same one Saji had as a companion/aide with the 0 Raiser in canon.
Due to M.E.G.A.S. not being sent far back to 1930 and remained at the New Jersey junkyards until in 2004 in this story, the original Coop or Harold Cooplowski never found the giant robot and lived his casual life of a gearhead as usual.
Until eventually at some point, he met and fell in love with Brigitte Halevy which he started to clean up his act, became a self-made man with his own fortune he made by opening his tech company (this is the same guy who had mechanical knowledge on modifying Megas and its technology despite it's way more advanced from the future, and is smarter than he looked when being properly motivated in canon), and moved to Spain with her.
And the rest is history.
Apparently, uptown girls meeting backstreet guys (like Louise and Saji) and motivating the latter to be better occasionally runs in the family, lol.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
As M.E.G.A.S. is currently in the hands of Celestial Being, it will take some time until the arrival of Kiva and her remaining Earth Coalition Drones since they haven't used the giant robot and accidentally triggered the Tachyon Beacon, the one Coop did twice in the canon, yet.
Credits to fnplra for helping me with this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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Chapter 2
Within the hangar of Krung Thep
"I see. So you're telling me that this Megas came from the future?", Tieria Erde inquired after inspecting the recently-refurbished and repaired M.E.G.A.S. in front of him.
He also reviewed the footage on the pad provided for him to see the headless 80 feet tall mobile suit emerging from the blue portal and crash landed on the asteroids prior to Ian and his fellow Celestial Being members moving in to retrieve it before the A-Laws took notice of the anomaly.
Megas looks more like a Mobile Armor than a Gundam!, Tieria thought after comparing the height of M.E.G.A.S. and the Alvatore mobile armor's remains that Celestial Being had recovered for study of its interior and GN Tau Drives.
He had recently returned from Lagrange 3 a week ago after testing out the 00 Gundam to activate the theoretical Twin Drive System but unfortunately his Virtue's GN Drive didn't work at all with the 0 Gundam's.
And now, it was back to the drawing board to try again with Kyrios' solar reactor.
Ian nodded as he explained, "Yup, I know it sounds like it came out of a sci-fi movie but we found out that it has the Time Flux capable of time travel. But it has sustained damage and is currently sealed away in the vault by Commander Chall's orders. Even if we did fixed it, we don't know what will happen if we tried using it without causing consequences to the space time continuum. Like time paradoxes and alternate timelines, you know sci-fi stuff."
The purple haired Gundam Meister frowned but understood the chief engineer's logical reasoning. It was indeed tempting to go back to the past and save the lives of their comrades Lichty, Christina and Dr. Moreno especially Lockon Stratos most of all during Operation Fallen Angels with the 3.5 Generation Gundams that Celestial Being is developing.
But they have to keep moving forward and build up their strength in secret until it is time to reveal themselves to the world once more and take down the A-Laws for perverting Aeolia Schenberg's plan with their senseless massacres under the façade of world unity.
"Very well then, who will pilot the Megas?", Tieria asked, wondering who will be chosen to be its new Meister.
"We already have some candidates in mind among the Reserve Meisters. But the problem is that Megas has its own biometric system within the black box that prevents anyone from using it. Since the pilot from the future is dead after the head cockpit exploded, which I still hold against whoever who made that design flaw in the first place, we have to find the one who shares the same DNA.", Ian stated with a huff of annoyance.
The glasses wearing young man suggested the simple solution, "Why don't you just hack into the black box or simply remove it from the mobile suit?"
Then, Tieria and Ian's attention were drawn to the voice of a man with slicked spiky blonde hair, a goatee, green eyes and large build in a standard Celestial Being uniform who raised his hand as he lowers two fingers and explained.
"If only that were easy. One, Megas' black box is from the future with technology far more advanced than even ours. I don't think that our computer experts and the Haros could crack into it and allow our new friend to be pilotable without removing the DNA lock. And two, it is embedded too deep within Megas. We can't remove it without damaging the interior of our newly-acquired mobile suit too much and it will be a pain to try fix it back together."
"That's a fair assessment.", Tiera accepted as he gazed upon the giant mobile suit having a Gundam head.
"Ah, Coop. Good to see you.", the older man greeted him as he fist bump with his fellow engineer and did the gang signs together.
Tieria raised an eyebrow while interested on their form of greeting, "Coop?"
Ian elaborated for him, "We call David Cooplowski Halevy that nickname back when we were getting our mobile suit engineering degree because he got cooped up in his room all day long creating new mobile weapons designs long before Celestial Being recruited us respectively. At least he got to be invited to join while I and Joyce had to be spared from being ordered for execution by Veda when we saw the Astraea accidentally."
He smiled with fondness and amusement, "Back in the day when we were in the AEU military's mobile suit development division together, Coop had made so many crazy designs of his own the AEU outright rejected most of them. They claim that his designs are being way too impractical, inefficient and over the top when he proposed them. He resigned out of protest."
"Oh come on! It's not my fault that the heads of the AEU are a greedy bunch of cheapskates who'd rather steal designs from the Union and make knockoffs out of them like that Enact than try create their own original mobile suits that stand out from those from the Union and the Human Reform League. "Totally not a Flag.", my freaking ass.", Coop angrily protested with a huff, folding his arms.
His friend rolled his eyes and waved off, "Oh relax big guy. At least we had kept some of your designs that are more sensible in mind and make good use of them. It will come in handy when the time comes."
"You'd better be.", Coop hmphed before deciding to change the subject and gave out the pads of the results to Ian and Tiera for inspection. "Anyways, the progress on studying the GN Tau Drives inside out is going well after we had recovered the relatively intact remains of the few UN Forces' GN-Xs and the GN Tau Drive-Powered Mobile Armor Alvatore. I figured that we should improve the GN Drive chassis technology by miniaturizing it to a small size. We would be taking cue from the Tau Drive's chassis design."
Ian rubbed his chin with interest and noted, "By reducing the size of the surrounding parts that stabilize the core, the said core would be compact enough for the solar reactor to be placed in a self-contained unit. This miniaturization would allow the GN Drives to have more specialized roles if they can be easily mounted in a lot more places on the Gundams. Impressive."
Tieria nodded in agreement, "Indeed, this could be useful for our next generation of Gundams against our enemies in the battlefield. Is there anything else?"
Coop shook his head and stated upon looking at the Celestial Being-modified M.E.G.A.S. with an interested smirk, "Nope, I believe that's all for now. You know if it weren't for that future black box, perhaps I could pilot the Megas myself and give the A-Laws or anyone that hurt my niece a butt-whooping they won't forget."
"I feel bad for the poor schmucks that would fight you if you got in the suit. You could cause some real damage. Even though you are not properly trained to pilot one, you were a menace at fighting robot video games that we played together back at high school.", Ian deadpan snarked which the large blonde man smirking at him that he always win.
"I would advise you not to do that.", Tieria warned with a straight face.
The last thing he needs is an untrained man or woman in Celestial Being piloting a Gundam mobile suit or GN Arms without knowing how to use its controls properly even with the help of a Haro unit.
He dislikes amateur pilots after all.
Looking at each other, Coop and Ian laughed out loud together after hearing that from Tieria, whom they view him as the comically serious even though Tieria had made great improvements with his human aspects to socially interact more with fellow members of Celestial Being.
It was refreshing from the old Tieria who was seen as a negatively-stoic person; distrusting, strict, and self-righteous pain in the ass.
Wiping a tear of laughter from his eye, Coop straightened up and retrieved his pads. "I gotta go pay Louise a visit here and check on her condition before I get back to Earth. Hopefully the GN T Particle poisoning treatment is still working. The doctors should be able to come up with something, cure or not. See ya later!", he said with a a wave of goodbye.
"Will David Halevy please report to the briefing room? Commander Chall requests your presence.", the announcement called out in the hangar.
Rolling his eyes at the bad timing, the older blonde man grumbled before heading to the briefing room, "After I deal with this first, of course."
"Who is Louise?", Tieria asked with a look of curiosity as he watched Coop leave.
Sighing, the chief engineer explained, "Louise Cooplowski Halevy. Bright, sweet, and carefree girl, albeit little spoiled. Studied aerospace engineering in Japan as a transfer student before dropping out due to continual suffering from those GN T particle poisoning. She was the only survivor of the attack by the Gundam Thrones that took out her family on her cousin's wedding day."
He grumbled, "Damn those Trinity brats."
Tieria grimaced, remembering that notorious incident which was one of the last straws that prompted him and Setsuna to take action and confront the three rogue Gundam Meisters, whom they unanimously deem as a source of conflict to eradicate, head on.
If it weren't for the unexpected interference that cut off Tieria from his connection to Veda, he would have slain both Johann Trinity and Nena Trinity with his Nadleeh's Trial System that disabled the Gundam Thrones while Setsuna would have finished off Michael Trinity as punishment for being disgraces to the Gundam Meister name.
"David had to drop everything in his work here and acquired permission to return to Earth where he found his niece to be the only one left. As the only remaining oldest relative of Miss Louise and the brother of her mother Layla, he currently holds the Halevy fortune as the head of the family. After learning that those pseudo solar reactors' particles are the reason behind her condition, the first thing he did to help her is to bring her to us for medical treatment in space.", Ian finished.
"That explains about the loud screaming at the infirmary.", the purple haired Gundam Meister noted with a straight face as he recalled such screeching noises filled with hate and anger that woke him up in the middle of his recovery from the nearby room of the Krung Thep's infirmary.
In his honest opinion, he could have sworn that it was one of the female members of Celestial Being's rank and file who was about to give birth to a baby as a soon-to-be mother and shouting profane language toward her spouse in a space colony.
But Tieria would rather keep that to himself until he dies.
Wincing, Ian said, "Yeah, Louise didn't handle the revelation well that she was taken to a paramilitary organization that had Gundams upon recognizing the symbol. Especially the fact her favorite uncle works for it all along. We had to sedate her and knock her out before undergoing the procedure to try stabilize her body from the GN T particle poisoning like we did for Lasse."
It wasn't easy but with the few intact GN Tau Drives retrieved for study, the nanomachines used for Commander Chall's affliction and dedication of Celestial Being's professional doctors, despite the loss of their chief doctor Joyce B. Moreno, they were able to temporarily halt the conditions happening on Louise Halevy and also Lasse Aeon too as well.
Unfortunately the GN T particle poisoning were still on their bodies but the pain had been lessened to some extent. Even then, they couldn't save the life of Fon Spaak who had succumbed to his own GN T particle contamination that is far more direct and potent into his body after his near fatal encounter with Team Trinity which resulted with his explosive collar detonated at his neck directly and suffered fatal bleeding.
The psychotic Fereshte Gundam Meister had held out long enough with sheer willpower and fought to stay alive but unfortunately for him, in the end, Death cannot be denied.
He was given a small funeral with a gun salute as the coffin carrying his corpse was ejected into the far depths of space.
And that regrowing an amputated arm is still an issue though, which is why Louise had to be given a lifelike prosthetic replacement instead.
"And where is she now?", Tieria wondered.
Ian replied, "Currently, Louise is at the combat simulation chamber. Originally, we let her use it to blow off some steam by setting up virtual enemies as Gundams and the Thrones too for her to take down. But it seemed that she has the potential to be a Meister and is undergoing training with Lasse as he's a Reserve Meister too and a former candidate of Exia before Setsuna came along."
Nodding, the glasses wearing Gundam Meister hoped that his comrade is still alive out there somewhere with Exia had disappeared and the only thing Celestial Being found from the battlefield where Setsuna's Gundam was last located in the aftermath of the Operation Fallen Angels was a GN Flag bereft of the pilot seemingly dead or rescued by the UN Forces.
"At least Louise had calmed down eventually and got to open up with my daughter Mileina, Feldt, and Sherilyn Hyde and the Haros too. She has grown attached to a red one. It took a while for her to reconcile with her uncle and he had to correct her that Celestial Being had nothing to do with the wedding attack and tried to destroy Team Trinity. He even told her that they had died during the Operation Fallen Angels and calls it justice. It was a hectic moment back there to be honest.", the chief engineer finished with a relieved look.
Tieria narrowed his eyes suspiciously because the last time he checked, only Johann and Michael had perished at the hands of Ali al-Saachez, who somehow hijacked the Throne Zwei for his own personal use, while Nena had managed to disappear without any trace after Setsuna had sent a report about it prior to the Ptolemy crew being under attack by the UN Forces.
At the mobile suit combat simulation chamber, Krung Thep
"Battle Ended! Battle Ended! Victory! Victory!"
The Red Haro announced the defeat of the virtual A-Laws mobile suits in a simulated battle as Louise Halevy exited the cockpit of the simulation room and removed her helmet to breathe and steady herself.
"Not a bad score. I am getting the hang of this.", she commented at the high scores of hers as she dusted her hands off and picked up Red Haro from the terminal, holding him affectionately.
"Great job there, Louise! You really didn't hold back there. I never took you for being a big fan of wrestling.", Lasse complimented as he supervised her combat simulation routine and witnessed the results which are pretty impressive from his point of view.
Louise brushed it off as she chuckled, "It's nothing really. I just wanted to try out some moves and I can't believe they worked honestly."
Rubbing her medium-length blonde hair of her head affectionately like a big brother to her, the helmsman of Ptolemy advised her, "Maybe in that simulation but in a real fight, those wrestling moves would be very impractical. Because, I don't think the group of enemies would just stand there and let you hit them like that."
"Not with that attitude.", Louise Halevy protested with a pout.
Lasse chuckled before ordering, "Alright whatever you say. You're dismissed. Go freshen yourself up and relax."
"Roger that.", she nodded with a playful salute.
Leaving the combat simulation chamber, Louise headed towards her room to refresh herself and get dressed up in a standard Celestial Being female uniform with a knee length skirt like her friend Mileina in the Krung Thep. It felt surreal for her to be a member of Celestial Being after they had went through all the trouble to try help fix her particle poisoning condition and she acted like an ungrateful brat to them before calming down and realized her mistake.
She had to repay them back somehow.
Sitting on her bed, Louise still felt bad for violently expressing her explosive words of anger and hate towards her uncle, who just took it with stride instead of lashing out on her and didn't seem to regret revealing his affiliation to her that he was a member of an organization that claimed to end war with Gundams' armed interventions just to save her life.
Uncle Coop knew that I hurt him but he still cares for me and forgives me..., she thought with regret.
Her favorite uncle often pay visits to spend time with the family away from work in a space colony and she enjoyed playing video games and watching pay-per-view wrestling shows with him. Her parents were often exasperated at Uncle David and his antics involving her, wanting Louise to focus on studying.
After that unprovoked attack by a Gundam Throne on her cousin's wedding, her uncle is all she had left and he often returned back to Earth, covering her absence up and taking care of the family estate and its fortune.
It is no big secret that the members of rich families don't want to get out on public appearances often if they don't want to, preferring to stay out of the spotlight from the annoying paparazzi.
No one is going to question her disappearance and life goes on as usual.
After learning what A-Laws had done to innocents with every bloody atrocity in their so-called world unification attempt and got away with it, Louise wanted to help Celestial Being. Unfortunately, Commander Chall wanted her to finish her education on the Krung Thep alongside mobile suit pilot training that she happened to have potential as a Gundam Meister after using the combat simulation originally given to her for stress release.
Ever since her near fatal encounter with a Gundam Throne that killed her family and relatives in an unprovoked attack, she had to drop out of aero-engineering school due to her particle poisoning ravaging her body, hampering her attention and focus, and her uncle had to bring her to Celestial Being for long periods of time for recovery.
"I hope Saji is doing alright on Earth...", Louise muttered, as she held up a wedding ring wrapped around her like a necklace.
She wondered if he had eventually reached his dream to become a space engineer and is working in space, even though it became more dangerous than it seemed due to the colony revolts and the brutal A-Law suppression that are being covered up from the public. Louise hoped that Saji will be safe while she will find a way to reach out to him.
After all, Louise made Saji swear a promise to her that he will wait for her in space.
Although she didn't expect her uncle to derail it unintentionally but they will cross the bridge when it gets there.
But what will he think of me if or when he finds out I'm part of Celestial Being?... , she thought with a worried expression.
Although she is allowed to communicate with Saji to keep in touch with him under the condition to keep her affiliation with Celestial Being a secret via encrypted messages or even sometimes writing letters, which was the far safer option, so that they won't be traced back to them by the A-Laws, Louise learned from her boyfriend that he had lost his older sister Kinue, who died investigating Celestial Being after getting too close, and blamed the organization for it.
Since she had calmed down, Louise knew that Celestial Being had nothing to do with Kinue's murder and asked Commander Chall about it. The older woman had granted her request to find out the truth and tasked Hixar Fermi or even Wang Liu Mei to investigate the truth.
It would take time and effort though especially when Celestial Being is doing its best to lay low and not get attention from the Federation.
Then there is Nena Trinity, the one responsible behind the wedding attack after Louise was informed of the truth when she had calmed down and think clearly. Her uncle told her that Nena and her two brothers had perished at the hands of the United Nations Forces during the Operation Fallen Angels and called it justice for their murdered family.
But why do I have a gut feeling that she's still out there somewhere? Either way, I hope she stayed dead or else she's going to wish she had..., Louise suspiciously thought with hint of anger as she gripped her fists and wanted nothing more than to rip Nena Trinity and her Gundam Throne apart piece by piece in her imagination which she had kept mostly to herself.
"Are you alright? Are you alright?", the Red Haro asked with a chirp as it flapped its mechanical wings and bounced in front of her.
Snapping out of her negative thoughts, the blonde young woman reassured to the adorable mechanical ball AI with a smile. "I'm fine, Haro. Just thinking stuff."
The Red Haro inquired, "You hungry? You hungry?"
Louise felt her stomach grumble and blushed. "I guess I am. Come on, let's go to the mess hall."
With that, Louise and her Haro companion left their room.
At the mess hall of Krung Thep
Having filled out her tray with food after waiting in line with other members of Celestial Being, Louise found a table and took seat with Red Haro where Feldt Grace and her Orange Haro who welcomed them. The two Haros are enjoying each other's company like mood kindred, while the two young women are helping themselves with their meals respectively.
"So, um Feldt, have you found Setsuna lately?", she asked, trying to make a small talk to pass the time during meal time.
Back then, Louise had never thought that Saji's socially aloof next door apartment neighbor in Japan was actually one of the four Gundam pilots of Celestial Being who debuted to the world by attacking the AEU Enact publicly before she learned the truth.
In her honest opinion, she never really got to know Setsuna on personal level compared with her boyfriend who at least tried to interact with him to little success.
Shaking her head, the pink-haired young woman replied, "None so far unfortunately. He has been elusive. I checked for rumors of a Gundam flying around, hacked into the ESF Army's communication lines for any Gundam sighting and the E-Sensors couldn't pick up Exia's GN Drive signature at all. But I know he is still out there somewhere."
"Setsuna still out there! Setsuna still out there!", the Orange Haro chirped.
"You really miss him don't you?", Louise noted as she understood the same way she felt about Saji who's on Earth.
"Miss him! Miss him!", the Red Haro repeated.
Feldt nodded as she remembered her fallen comrades with a mourning tone, "Yeah, everyone in Ptolemy is like a family to me. We lost Lichty, Christina, Dr. Moreno and... Lockon. We don't know where Alellujah is but Setsuna is the only one confirmed to be alive."
The Orange Haro sadly chanted, "Lockon... Lockon..."
Deciding to change the subject and try get her mind out of things, Feldt asked her with curiosity, "So what was Setsuna like when you met him, Louise? You mentioned that he lived next door with Saji Crossroad at Japan."
Trying to recall anything about the Exia's Gundam Meister, Louise replied. "Well, Setsuna was pretty closed off and doesn't talk much. He mostly kept to himself. And I never really had a chance to know him like Saji did. The last words I said to Setsuna is that I called him a big jerk when he left for some important business he claimed."
Chuckling, Feldt commented, "Yeah, Setsuna is not really good at social interacting with others and focus on the mission and its objectives. Then again, so was I in the past."
"Better hope he improved his social skills by the time you find him sooner or later. Speaking of which, what if Setsuna became hot with a pack of abs that you can grind meat on? That would weird, but I could see it just like I can see Saji having it too. What do you think?", Louise wondered out with a mischievous look on her face.
Feldt blushed slightly at the image of an older Setsuna without his shirt in her mind, "He's a crew member and a friend. He's precious to me because of that."
"Riiight. Just because he's a crew member?", Louise smirked with a teasing tone, clearly enjoying this levity and wanted to milk it.
"A-a-anyway! Have you heard about the new addition to Celestial Being lately?", the pink-haired young woman quickly changed topic again before things get out of hand and recomposed herself.
Orange Haro chirped, "Gundam Megas! Gundam Megas!"
Disappointed that Feldt had to dodge her teasing but interested of the new subject, Louise commented. "I did overhear the personnel talk about it. They said it is like a gigantic mobile suit that is way taller than the Gundams. Like an eXtra Large Robot. Then I heard that they say it cannot be piloted due to some blackbox installed inside Megas."
"Blackbox?", Feldt wondered after learning about it.
"It is DNA-locked! It is DNA-locked!", the Orange Haro informed her through his fellow Haros that worked on refurbishing M.E.G.A.S. sending him info.
Red Haro followed suit, "No one can use it! No one can use it!"
"So that means Megas is going to stay unpiloted for a long time. What is the point of having such gigantic mobile suit if it cannot be used at all?", Louise frowned before having an idea forming and suggested. "Hey Feldt, maybe we should go and take a look at the blackbox of Megas. Maybe they are missing something that you can spot."
She knows that Feldt is very good with electronics especially at fixing and hacking things too as well. Her friend stated that she learned them while growing up in Celestial Being under care of her aunt Commander Chall, Ian and the late Dr. Joyce.
Feldt contemplated the idea from Louise before making a decision. "Well, I might as well give it a try and see what I can do."
Within the briefing room of Krung Thep
At the briefing room of Celestial Being's command center with soundproof walls to prevent eavesdropping from anyone stumbling, Commander Chall Acustica watched the several holographic visuals of Katharon mobile suits clashing with the A-Laws and the ESF Army in various skirmishes on Earth.
They were specially modified with their own variant of the GN Tau Drives and/or high powered rocket boosters, alongside anti-beam coating protection, and conventional laser beam & armor-piercing linear round armaments and weapons.
That made them a bit faster, more agile, and harder to kill, which it gave Katharon a bit of an edge in battle against the more advanced GNX types from the ESF Army and A-Laws in ranged and melee combat.
Eco Calore whistled at the one visual of several blue rocket booster-enhanced Fantons and GN Tierens exchange fire with a squad of red GN-XIIIs they took few down but suffered some casualties themselves as he commented about the overall battle, "Damn, those pseudo solar reactors had really improved the combat performances of the "outdated" mobile suits at the hands of Katharon and they kicked some serious ass there. Even then, the A-Laws still had the upper hand against them."
"It can't be helped but it seemed they have proven to the Federation that they won't go down without a fight so easily. After recovering the GN Flag that was left empty in the aftermath of Operation Fallen Angels, we made it possible for Katharon to modify their mobile suits with their own GN Tau Drives, which they can derive their power source from the very same GN particle outlines that are meant to choke out the Middle East's economy. Hoisted by their own petard.", Commander Chall remarked as she observed a blue GN Enact with a rocket booster-propelled Agrissa ramming through the GNX-704T Aheads.
Before looking at the older blonde man who had heeded her call to the meeting, she asked. "Wouldn't you agree, Goliath-13 of Katharon's mobile suit development division?"
Looking away from visual battle of some blue rocket booster-enhanced Anfs firing anti-tank linear rounds at the ESF mobile suits, David Halevy shrugged as he stated, "What can I say? It's not easy but I did manage to discreetly transfer the schematics for fake solar reactors, mobile suits and underground factories to produce or jury-rig them, and funds and resources to several of Katharon members' accounts with help from Hanayo."
He finished, "Even then, it's the best I can do underneath the Federation's nose while keeping my cover."
Sherilyn Hyde frowned as she watched the blue GN Flag take on a red GNX-704T Ahead that had a samurai-themed helmet for some reason and they clash with each other almost evenly in a skilled sword-to-sword combat with beam sabers on the visual screen, "This is wrong. I mean we are Celestial Being. We're supposed to end war, not perpetuate them."
She knew that certain members of Celestial Being will not like it and take that issue personally if they found out the truth behind Katharon's backer.
"No need to sweat the small stuff, kid. Besides only you Fereshte guys here know that I am a double agent within Katharon, the largest anti-Federation rebel army on Earth with mobile suits. Gotta give them something to even the odds against A-Laws a little until Celestial Being is ready to make its return before the world.", he waved off before giving out his other pad to the Commander of Celestial Being.
He stated, "By the way, I found an interesting candidate for Cherudim when I was at Katharon, Commander Chall."
Taking the pad, Chall analyzed the contents and raised an eyebrow, "Lyle Dylandy, Jean-1 of Katharon's spying and intelligence division. Hmmm, he looks exactly like his brother Lockon Stratos or Neil Dylandy albeit too alike. He actually had combat experience in a mobile suit while with Katharon and had scored several victories as a pilot."
She asked, "Are you suggesting that we should scout him to be the new Gundam Meister?"
David nodded as he explained, "Yup, he's really good at marksmanship at sniping and firearms, both inside and outside of a mobile suit, even though he scored lower ranks in accuracy compared to his brother. I think that he is the perfect guy for Cherudim. Plus I think it'd be humorous to see him try be a double agent for Katharon if he joins Celestial Being, not knowing about me way ahead of him of course."
Chall had to resist from rolling her eyes, but saw the merit of having new Lockon as the records speak for themselves. Even though it could potentially cause some confusion and uncomfortable reaction from the Ptolemy crew and its Gundam Meisters when they meet and work with the man who bears too much resemblance with their dead comrade.
"Hey, what about me?! Why can't I get to pilot that Gundam?! I am a Meister too you know!", Eco protested as he is not pleased that he is passed over again.
"A sub-par one to be exact. You lost to Louise Halevy in the combat simulation despite being part of Celestial Being longer than her.", Sherilyn snickered with Hanayo nodding.
Eco comically shouted, "I DIDN'T EXPECT HER TO USE PEOPLE'S ELBOW OF ALL THINGS ON ME IN A GUNDAM FIGHT!"
"It was unorthodox but effective.", Hanayo commented with amusement.
Ignoring a verbally roasted Eco crying and sitting on the corner of the briefing room, Commander Chall stated with a nod, "Very well then, Lyle Dylandy will be scouted as Cherudim's new Meister. When the time comes for our official return, we will send someone in Celestial Being to pick him up and he will take up his mantle as the new Lockon Stratos."
Sherilyn asked her Fereshte superior officer, "What about Miss Sumeragi? Will we get her back when Celestial Being make its official return to the world? Ptolemy 2 won't be the same without its captain."
Chall frowned as she remembered the tactical forecaster/coordinator of Ptolemy had resigned from Celestial Being out of guilt for the loss of her fellow comrades and went to Earth, keeping a low profile. No doubt Sumeragi Lee Noriega was running away from her problems with heavy drinking.
While a more paranoid individual might think she would accidentally loose lips to anyone affiliated with the Federation or those overhearing her to report to the authorities due to her drinking habit, Chall knew that despite her loss of faith in Aeolia Schenberg's vision, Sumeragi won't spill the beans about Celestial Being.
"We will cross the bridge when we get there. Anything else?", the former Second Generation Gundam Meister stated as she was about to end the meet and call it a day for now.
"Yeah, what does the acronym of M.E.G.A.S. mean? That really bothered me when I looked at it.", Eco wondered out loud after recovering from his verbal roasting.
Suddenly, a loud blaring noise echoed across the Krung Thep with every single Haro chirping together as one, which caught all of the members of Celestial Being by surprise.
"DNA CONFIRMED! DNA CONFIRMED! MECHANIZED EARTH GUARD ATTACK SYSTEM UNLOCKED! MECHANIZED EARTH GUARD ATTACK SYSTEM UNLOCKED!"
While Commander Chall and her fellow former Fereshte members are shocked with a jaw drop from the collective Haros' announcement that they didn't expect to have found the pilot they were looking for so soon, David nonchalantly commented,
"Huh, so that's what the name Megas meant."
Author's Note: Okay, the second chapter of "Megas 00" is done with a cliffhanger of M.E.G.A.S. unlocked by a certain someone and I bet that you didn't see that coming huh? Louise Halevy is with Celestial Being instead of A-Laws and Innovators group of Ribbons in canon. Thanks to intervention by her uncle David Halevy (yeah I based off his name from Coop's voice actor David DeLuise) to bring her to Celestial Being for treatment, she never got in with the bad crowd.
And that, Louise has the Red Haro, the same one Saji had as a companion/aide with the 0 Raiser in canon.
Due to M.E.G.A.S. not being sent far back to 1930 and remained at the New Jersey junkyards until in 2004 in this story, the original Coop or Harold Cooplowski never found the giant robot and lived his casual life of a gearhead as usual.
Until eventually at some point, he met and fell in love with Brigitte Halevy which he started to clean up his act, became a self-made man with his own fortune he made by opening his tech company (this is the same guy who had mechanical knowledge on modifying Megas and its technology despite it's way more advanced from the future, and is smarter than he looked when being properly motivated in canon), and moved to Spain with her.
And the rest is history.
Apparently, uptown girls meeting backstreet guys (like Louise and Saji) and motivating the latter to be better occasionally runs in the family, lol.
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Chapter 3
I'm back with the third chapter of "Megas 00".
Thank you fnplra for the ideas and suggestions for this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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At the Briefing Room of the Krung Thep
"I can't believe that it's you of all people who unlocked the giant mobile suit, Feldt Grace."
The pink haired young woman blushed in front of her surrogate aunt and commander of Celestial Being who is looking stern at her with arms folded as she and Louise were called in to the briefing room after the security cameras reveal to Chall Acustica and her fellow peers that the girls were behind the unexpected surprise unlocking of M.E.G.A.S.'s biometric black box, now fully identified as the "Mechanized Earth Guard Attack System".
Thanks to the two girls, the gigantic mobile suit is currently open to be fully accessed by Celestial Being.
On the other hand, members of the paramilitary organization who heard the announcement calling for Feldt and Louise were having bets among themselves on who did the deed.
Raising her hand, Louise Halevy defended her friend. "It was my idea, Commander Chall. I thought Feldt would be able to hack into it and bypass the security system so that it can be accessed when I suggested it to her. We didn't expect it would happen like that."
"Ahahahahahaha! That's my niece for you! Nothing gets past through her at all! Reminds me of the time when I tried to hide all of the birthday presents from her at the Halevy Mansion and then she easily found them in less than five minutes.", David Halevy laughed heartily with a fond smile on his face.
"UNCLE COOP!", the blonde girl shouted with a red look of embarrassment in front of others being amused at her expense.
Chall Acustica can only sigh as she simply brushed it off. "Ugh, it can't be helped. At least we won't have to spend considerable time and resources in finding the pilot for Megas at Celestial Being or Earth. Talk about thanking your lucky stars."
Tieria Erde nodded as he too heard of Megas' unlocking by the collective Haros' announcement and showed up at the briefing room to see the one responsible. "I agree, Commander. Although Feldt is our combat controller and temporary captain of the Ptolemaios 2 until we locate and retrieve Sumeragi Lee Noriega back into the fold.", he stated.
Although Feldt was surprised that she is considered as a captain of the Ptolemy 2 albeit temporarily, she gave a small frown. "So I won't be piloting the Megas then."
"I am afraid so, Feldt. We are too short on crew members for the Ptolemy 2. And with everyone else preoccupied with their duties, it is difficult to find new members to recruit into Celestial Being. And that you aren't even trained properly trained how to pilot a Gundam and fight in it.", Ian Vashti stated with a look of concern after learning that Feldt shared the same DNA with the previous deceased pilot of Megas.
Apparently, the descendant of Feldt from the future had died bringing the gigantic mobile suit to the past for an unknown purpose when the attempted time travel had gone horribly wrong.
Worst of all, there's not even a body found from the destroyed head cockpit of M.E.G.A.S. to recover and bury.
Not even a smidge of blood left behind to identify the unnamed pilot from the future.
And now, the chief engineer can tell that Chall shares the same concern too as well.
Lasse Aeon recommended as he directed his thumb at Louise, "Well we have one here. Louise Halevy can pilot the Megas. I oversaw the results of her combat simulation during training and they're pretty good so far. Even though her fighting style is quite unorthodox but she did make it work somehow."
"Um, thanks." The niece of Coop blushed as she sheepishly scratched her head behind her back after receiving a compliment from the Reserve Meister in front of the others. Especially the Third Generation Gundam Meister who had piloted the Virtue and is an experienced pilot in his own right.
Interested to see those said results for himself, Tieria pondered, "How unorthodox exactly?"
Eco Calore comically responded as he is still being a sore loser about it, "She fights like a wrestler! A wrestler! It shouldn't be possible!"
Sherilyn Hyde and Hanayo can simply roll their eyes at their comrade being overdramatic, while David laughed his ass off, feeling proud that his niece actually implemented wrestling in mobile suit combat. Tieria raised his eyebrow about the concept of a Meister using close range melee with martial arts which does sound indeed unorthodox but interesting.
"That would mean I will have to transfer control of Megas to Louise...", the pink haired young woman noted out loud with a bit of her emotionless mask like she once had in the past, feeling inner turmoil.
Her reasonable side was telling her that they have a point. Ptolemy 2 needed her to coordinate with the crew and the four Meisters, once they're reassembled once more so that their operations will be managed without a hassle.
But for her emotional side, she wanted to be close to her deceased parents who were Second Generation Gundam Meisters like her adoptive aunt in the past by wanting to follow their example.
And yet it appears that Feldt was denied the opportunity to pilot Megas even though it was her DNA that unlocked its black box to be granted access to the gigantic mobile suit in the first place.
Concerned, Ian looked at Chall who nodded and put her hand on her adopted niece's shoulder. She explained to her with calm logic and a little white lie, "Feldt, there was a very small part of me that once wanted to go back piloting a Gundam one day if given the chance... But as commander of Celestial Being as a whole, I am in charge of all of its personnel, operations and facilities in the entire organization. I have to do my part to make sure everything here runs smoothly."
"What are you saying?", Feldt inquired.
"What I am saying that even Meisters on the frontline need support allies. Engineers who repair and maintain the Gundams and their weapons to ensure they're fully functional, intelligence agents gathering vital information to know the enemy and their capabilities; suppliers providing funds and resources to keep everything going; people who operate systems on the bridge have an important role to do their part and guide them in the battlefield; and captains lead the entire ship's crew and oversee the mission to be completed.", the bespectacled older woman replied.
She finished, "Without them, the Meisters wouldn't be effective in their roles as a result."
Everyone on the briefing room nodded in agreement with Commander Chall.
However Feldt is reminded of the bad memories of Christina, Lichty, Dr. Moreno and Lockon dying at the hands of the United Nations Forces during Operation Fallen Angels. She had felt so helpless back then, sometimes wishing she could have done something about it. But her surrogate aunt had a point, everyone has their role to do their part and she will not shirk from it.
Especially when the time will come for the fateful reunion of the original Ptolemy crew to take down A-Laws and their oppressive genocidal ways.
"I see. I will keep that in mind, Aunt Chall.", she said with small voice of resignation and acceptance. "... Very well, I will transfer Megas' control over to Louise."
Feeling bad after noticing her friend's tone, Louise tried to apologize. ".... I'm sorry, Feldt. I-"
"It's alright, Louise. It's not your fault. You've been training to be a Meister the whole time while I have been working as the combat controller on the Ptolemy's bridge long before you came here and joined us.", Feldt reassured her.
"I'm sure you'll find a chance to be a pilot one day. You won't know it till it hits you!", the blonde girl told her in reassurance, hoping that Feldt will have the opportunity in the future.
Hanayo approached Feldt and Louise where she held their hands before connecting herself with Orange Haro who remained at the terminal of Megas' new cockpit post-unlocking and requests him to alter the biometric system of Feldt's DNA to that of Louise's, which the adorable mechanical ball AI complied eagerly.
"It is done, Commander. The Mechanized Earth Guard Attack System mobile suit is now under Louise Halevy's control and she can now pilot it.", the Innovade with a body of small looking girl declared to Chall after letting go of Feldt and Louise's hands.
"Just call it Megas to make it simpler.", David chimed in with his fellow Celestial Being members nodding that he is right.
Deciding to cheer her adopted niece up, Chall suggested. "Well since you've unlocked Megas, I suggest that you should be the first to choose which color to have it painted, Feldt. Mileina and Sherilyn can help you out."
Sherilyn squealed with excitement as she grabbed her friend, "This is gonna be fun! Come on, Feldt! Let's go get Mileina and start up our painting campaign on Megas!"
"Oh okay.", Feldt complied as she gets dragged away from the briefing room and thought. What kind of colors would I like to have it painted on Megas? Perhaps yellow for the desert flower and blue for Setsuna...
"And what about me, Commander?", Louise asked after watching the two leave the briefing room.
Seeing that Chall giving him the green light with a nod, Tieria approached towards the aspiring Meister of Megas with a look that of a serious teacher who expects best performance in class from his promising student. "Come with me, Louise Halevy. Lasse and I will supervise the completion of your training. Starting at the combat simulation chamber. I would like to see your actions speak louder than words regarding your... unorthodox fighting style.", he stated.
Louise gulped a little but steeled herself with a determined resolve and stood at attention. "Yes sir!"
"You can do it! You feel great! You can do this! Show him the power of wrestling, Louise!", David cheered up his niece as he watches her smile and also feel embarrassed from his encouragement before following the Third Generation Gundam Meister and Lasse.
Eco pondered, "So what will we tell everyone in Krung Thep, Commander?"
Chall promptly answered, "Tell them that it was Louise Halevy who unlocked the Megas. And when they see her training under Tieria's tutelage to be a full fledged Meister, they will buy it."
After everyone agreed to that cover story, Ian used his pad to open up a holographic screen of M.E.G.A.S.'s entire mainframe slowly unraveling itself from within which displays several parts of technology from the future that stand out in their own right. "Now that's out of the way, we will talk serious business about our giant mobile suit from the future after Feldt unlocked it.", he stated before explaining more.
"According to our scans, it appears that the metal alloys from Megas which we scanned it from is identified to be made out of Tritanium and Lunar Titanium.", the father of Mileina remarked on.
David raised an eyebrow as he commented, "Tritanium? That one sounds like it came straight out from Star Trek to be honest. And Lunar Titanium? Considering that Megas is from the future, it makes sense that they have the reached a whole new level of technology where they can create such advanced metal alloys from the Moon or other lunar objects in space that surpasses the E-Carbon here."
Eco noted with interest, "With those two types of metals from the future from Megas, it would be an unstoppable juggernaut in battle! Especially the Gundams if they have the same armor like Megas!"
"But not invincible, Eco. Remember our Gundams were thought to be that way too with our E-Carbon being much more advanced and reinforced version that is up to tens of times stronger than carbon nanotubes. ... Until the traitor Alejandro and the UN Forces' GN-Xs almost destroyed the Ptolemy crew. It was a very harsh wake up call for Celestial Being.", Chall interjected as she pushed up her glasses.
"For all of us.", she added with a frowning look.
Hanayo analyzed on the holographic screen of the gigantic machine, "Not to mention, Megas appears to be a one of a kind mobile suit that no one can just mass produce it easily. While Lunar Titanium can be extracted from the Moon and other lunar objects as the sources, hence the name, for possible replication and limited production, the Tritanium comes from an unknown planet far away from the Solar System."
"I can guess that humanity must have reached out into further space and colonized worlds where they found new types of resources there.", the Innovade speculated.
Before she added, "Assuming that they've truly united as one to leave behind their differences for good and finally understand each other with the dialogues to come being successful in accordance to Aeolia Schenberg's plan of course."
Coop interjected however with a narrowed look of suspicion at the mobile suit that his niece would be piloting especially its possession of several dangerous weaponry of their own right, "Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that way. Megas is a war mech. It's not something the people from the future would build if they've truly left conflict behind. It's even literally called a Guard Attack System."
He finished, "It would only mean that they were at war..."
That left a feeling of unease and apprehension from his fellow Celestial Being members to think about the terrible implications of the future where Megas came from in the first place.
"That's not all. It looks like Megas is actually powered by a double ultra-compact thermonuclear fusion reactor.", the father of Mileina revealed with a deep frown upon magnifying the holographic image of the said core for everyone in the meeting to see.
"WHAT?!", Chall and the others shouted with surprise.
Coop also frowned as he noticed the electric rod connecting between the two nuclear-powered engines from the holographic screen, "Not only that, it has some sort of Photonic Stabilizer regulating power so that Megas won't have a nuclear meltdown and destruction. If it gets broken or destroyed, it will definitely happen."
"Man, it must be a very bleak future if the guys who built Megas resorted to using nuclear power instead of GN Particles.", he then commented.
"Did something really bad happened to humanity in the future?!", Eco wondered with a look of horror that the long-term plan of Aeolia Schenberg might have failed.
This reminds me too much of Plutone..., Chall thought as she felt relieved that she made the right call to not let Feldt be the pilot of Megas and Louise will be its Meister instead.
She agreed with a frown. "It would make sense why they'd send the Megas to the past... but we still don't know the exact circumstances behind the construction of the gigantic mobile suit powered by nuclear energy. The same energy that was deemed banned and outdated when the solar elevators became a widespread use across Earth."
The chief engineer made a suggestion to his comrades, "Indeed, we will have to carefully remove the fusion core from Megas and replace it with a GN Tau Drive we can use from the remains of the Alvatore or the GN-Xs as alternative instead. It is a far safer option for Louise in order for her to pilot it. It would be bad if she ends up in danger of being within the close range vicinity of a nuclear explosion of her mobile suit if the Photonic Stabilizer gets damaged or destroyed."
He reassured, "We will make sure her cockpit will be protected from GN Tau Particle radiation."
"But the GN Tau Drive depends solely on electrical power to continuously generate the red or orange GN particles, whatever they are and it is not self-sufficient without recharging. For Megas, it would consume tons of energy just to power it up and won't be able to use any of the weapons system without draining itself way too quickly! Case in point, the Alvatore has 7 GN Tau Drives needed to sustain itself and power its weaponry!", the uncle of Louise protested.
Eco agreed, "That means we will have to install an electric generator for Megas' pseudo solar reactor... but obtaining one from the Federation would be difficult as they're closely under its jurisdiction. Katharon relied on the GN Particle outlines set up in the Middle East as their recharging stations which the Federation can't pull them out without making it look like they've lifted the embargo on countries that refused to join into their fold."
Hanayo stated with conflicted feelings regarding the late Fon Spaak after he had finally succumbed to his injuries and poisonous GN particle affliction, "Even Wang Liu Mei managed to procure one only for her Trinity Mothership which she claimed as her personal space transport after those 3 jerks died at the hands of the UN Forces in Operation Fallen Angels."
"Then what are your ideas to solve the problem, David?", Chall wondered as she folded her arms.
Tapping into the hologram to have M.E.G.A.S. being outfitted with a GN Tau Drive that connects between the double fusion core reactor before it generates a lot of GN Particles as a simulation. "I would like to suggest that we should connect the fake solar reactor to the Megas' nuclear core. It will make a far better power regulator than the Photonic Stabilizer.", David elaborated.
Hanayo widened her eyes with shock at the older blonde man's solution, "You mean to say that if the GN Tau Drive that has no Topological Defect Blanket is attached to Megas' double thermonuclear fusion reactor, it would be able to create its own unique brand of unlimited amount of GN Particles!"
"That sounds really crazy... But it might be able to work, Coop! The pseudo solar reactors used by the Federation and A-Laws don't have TD Blankets of their own but with your idea, it would be the closest thing to keep up with the five True GN Drives!", Ian remarked as he was one of a select few Celestial Being engineers know the technical aspects of the TD Blanket which were kept secret even from Veda.
Pleased to see that they have found an unorthodox solution to the problem, Chall ordered, "Very well then. You and David will be in charge of testing and experimenting on Megas' power source to see if the GN Tau Drive attached to its nuclear core will work or not. Consult help from Dr. Yuri Minovsky, our chief expert on studying the GN Particles and their effects if you have to."
"Along with turning the Megas into a Gundam-Type mobile suit befitting Celestial Being's secret weapon with whatever GN-powered arsenal that you see fit to add.", she added.
The father of Mileina rubbed his chin in contemplation, "It might take us two years to modify Megas thoroughly along with completing our new generation of Gundams and coordinating with other resource satellites for this ambitious endeavor... But we will manage and multitask to get the job done as best as we can. We've restored and upgraded Dynames as a Repair-Type before and we can do the same with Megas."
"Rock on!", Coop declared as he and Ian make their signature fist bump with a gang sign.
Eco interrupted, "But shall we address the elephant in the room? ... And by elephant, I mean Megas! It's an 80 foot tall mobile suit, taller than the Gundams, and I don't think it will be able to fit inside the Ptolemy 2 for docking and launching."
The uncle of Louise brushed off as he tapped into the hologram to show Megas slowly transforming into a position totally almost similar with the Flag or Enact's fighter form, "No sweat. We will go for the fighter mode. Simple but practical. It will be more than enough for Megas to fit inside Ptolemaois and launch out of it when deployed."
"Great idea, Coop. I like it. Although, Megas might need some wing attachments in order to fly like fighter despite it is big enough to be classified as a mobile armor than a mobile suit. We will use the data from the Kyrios and Arios to make its transformation between fighter and robot modes will be smoother and quicker.", Ian remarked.
"Will Megas' fighter mode need a large gun emplacement as its forward section too? I remember that it is the main component for the Flag, Hellion and Enact in their fighter forms in aerial and space combat.", the former Fereshte member asked.
Watching the two older men, and Hanayo and Eco Calore trading ideas and suggestions with each other regarding on how to improve the M.E.G.A.S. as a new Gundam-Type, Chall muttered with a fond smile and nostalgia. "Never a dull moment in Celestial Being."
Timeskip - Two years later - 2312
"This is Allelujah Haptism, reporting in. I am escorting transport ships to Krung Thep!"
Chall nodded in acknowledgement at the visual of the Super Soldier pilot calling her at the mission control room of Krung Thep. "This is Chall Acustica, Commander of Celestial Being. Thank you for the assist, Arios. We will prepare accommodations for the remaining personnel of Lagrange 3 in Krung Thep once they arrive."
It upsets her to know that the A-Laws have assaulted Lagrange 3 after following the Ptolemy Crew and killed several members of Celestial Being when they bombarded the asteroid base with GN Missiles from their Baikal-class ships. This shouldn't be possible. For A-Laws to find Lagrange 3 within such a short amount of time, did they have good tracking skills or technology to trace Ptolemy 2's route ... Or did they have someone who is a spy and leaked the location to them?... , the former Second Generation Gundam Meister thought with a feeling of worry and unease.
That latter one seemed plausible but highly unlikely as the Commander of Celestial Being was very sure that she and her former fellow Fereshte members had gone through extensive background checks on every new recruit who are introduced into the organization before she makes the final decision whether to accept or reject them.
Either that or someone sold them out.
"You're welcome.", Allelujah responded before noting with curiosity. "Commander? I didn't know we have one."
"Your confusion is understandable. Someone has to be in charge to gather what's left of Celestial Being, rebuild it into one cohesive organization instead of separate cells like in the past, and make our Gundams stronger for 4 years after all.", the older woman with glasses stated.
The Meister of Arios said with a nod, "I see. Well, as soon as my escorting task is complete, I will head back immediately and aid my comrades against the A-Laws."
"Good, I will send you reinforcements to back you up and turn the tide especially when you will need all the firepower by your side to destroy the Memento Mori on your next mission.", Chall said which she muses at Allelujah's look of surprise.
"Reinforcements? You mean that you're sending out the GN Arms?", the Third Generation Gundam Meister wondered as he remembered them back when Celestial Being used the GN Arms to try even the odds against the UN Forces' GN-Xs but it wasn't enough, and assumed that they are deploying a new generation of it just like they did with the 3.5 Generation Gundams.
Chall let out a small smirk as she reassured, "Oh this one is way better and you will see what I mean when it gets deployed in action."
At the launching bay of Krung Thep
Dressed up in the female Celestial Being pilot suit that is colored yellow and fitting to her measurements, Louise Halevy is sitting inside the cockpit of Megas with her Red Haro stationed on its terminal next to her as the Gundam-Type giant mobile suit in fighter form is transported to the catapult deck of the launching bay.
After completing her Meister training and also her education as well for two years, she is officially the Gundam Meister of Megas.
Although, the niece of Coop is ordered to stay back and be the reserve by Commander Chall Acustica until it is time to deploy. At the time, she also helped out in maintaining Megas in order to understand the inner workings of the Celestial Being-modified mobile suit.
While Feldt Grace and her fellow members of Ptolemy 2 crew especially Tieria Erde went ahead to begin their public debut to the world that Celestial Being is officially back while getting back Sumeragi Lee Noriega and the other Gundam Meisters together again.
So far, they were holding on their own in battle with the A-Laws, proving themselves to be not pushovers unlike the last time 4 years ago.
But now Commander Chall is finally sending Louise out in her first combat deployment with Megas against the A-Laws and some of their brand new models of mobile suits that seemed more powerful and more dangerous than the Aheads, the elites of the Federation's tyrannical peacekeeping force, which gave the Ptolemy 2 and their Gundams serious trouble.
And that their enemy had unleashed the Memento Mori, a satellite free-electron laser strafing superweapon device that was installed onto the lower orbital ring of the solar satellite system and it was responsible behind the destruction of the Kingdom of Suille and its entire civilian population.
"Are you ready, Haro?", the blonde woman asked her cute companion, patting it in the head before she puts on her Meister helmet and gripped on the controls of Megas.
Flapping its ears, Red Haro cheered. "Ready! Ready! Our first deployment! Our first deployment!"
GNMA-00012XLR Megas, the official name for the "Custom Transformable Heavy Assault Mobile Armor" of Celestial Being.
It is a Gundam-Type with a GN Tau Drive attached to the thermonuclear fusion reactor as its stabilizer with wing emitters serving as a back extension, which it was jokingly called the "GN Minovsky Drive" by her uncle Coop when working with Dr. Yuri Minovsky to ensure that the photonic stabilizer is safely removed and sealed away inside a vault while the fake solar reactor is installed in its place.
Blue particles were emitted as a result which is a surprise for the senior members of Celestial Being working on it and they did their best to reduce its toxicity as minimum as possible like how the ESF and A-Laws scientists did for own GN Tau Drives that now emit orange particles than red in the past.
Megas possessed the colors of yellow (body), blue (legs) and red (arms) painted all over its mechanical form with flame designs. Its Gundam head is a heavily modified Astraea's head with its forehead looking like it had a blaster cannon installed, a sharp looking V-fin and a pair of GN Vulcans on both sides.
It is said to carry more than enough maximum firepower that would give Ptolemy 2 a run for its money or put it to shame.
Or even both at the same time.
Currently, it is in its fighter mode akin to the Flag with wing attachments and a GN Large Beam Cannon serving as its front section so that Megas' height will be far more manageable for docking and launching from the Ptolemy 2 or Celestial Being's asteroid bases.
"Megas has entered the catapult deck with C-Gear. Stabilized with linear field. Launch and sortie preparations complete.", Sherilyn Hyde declared through the communications channel with her friend, serving as the controller in Krung Thep. "Alright, you're good to go!"
"Thank you.", Louise gave a nod to her friend before closing her eyes and breathed in and out. This is it. My first deployment. Time to make those A-Laws bastards pay for everything they have done! They've gone full Death Star on countless innocent lives with the Memento Mori! Unforgivable!
Commander Chall appeared on her visual screen as she tells her, "Sayla Mass, after you wipe out the A-Laws forces at Lagrange 3, join up with Ptolemaois 2 for the upcoming assault on the Memento Mori and destroy it with immense prejudice. Allelujah Haptism will catch up with you once the transports he's escorting reach Krung Thep. In the meantime, activate the beacon to signal Captain Sumeragi Lee Noriega that you're heading your way straight in the middle of the battlefield while identified yourself as an ally."
That's right. Sayla Mass is my codename now after Commander Chall gave it to me when I completed the Meister training. I can't use my real name while piloting Megas or else the A-Laws would somehow find out that I'm affiliated with Celestial Being and Uncle Coop would end up getting in big trouble on Earth. Better safe than sorry., the blonde woman thought as she opened her eyes and readied herself for battle.
Activating the transponder beacon as instructed and made her first step forward into space, the female Meister called out, "Roger that, Commander! Megas, Sayla Mass, launching!"
Activating her giant Gundam's GN Tau Drive connected with the fusion core, a large mass of blue particles are produced from Megas' wing emitters and feet thrusters before it launched out of Krung Thep's launching bay at full power.
The sheer speed of Megas in its fighter form with a fake solar reactor being powered by nuclear energy that produced the said blue particles is astounding as it zoomed quickly for its massive size right past Arios, surprising Allelujah.
"What the hell is that?! It looked like a Flag version of a Gundam and it's gigantic!", the Super Soldier pilot wondered aloud which his alter-ego agreeing with him, opening up a channel for answers from the transport ships of the Lagrange 3 base's survivors.
Linda Vashti, who recognized the giant mobile suit in fighter form, since she is one of the people who helped out her husband and his friend modify and upgrade it, fly at full speed towards the Lagrange 3, smiled and explained. "That's Megas... Gundam Megas. Celestial Being's secret weapon and now it is unleashed to turn the tides..."
"Please hold on, everyone! I'm on my way!", Sayla Mass declared as she narrowed her eyes at the raging battlefield that is filled with several exchanges of pink and orange beam fire, missiles flying in all directions and explosions happening everywhere, and accelerated Megas' speed enhanced by blue GN Particles towards Lagrange 3 while Red Haro helped guide her through the asteroids or just blast through them.
"Hold the Line! Hold the Line!", Red Haro chanted happily.
On the far side of the Lagrange Point 3, however, a large blue portal is opening with certain figures are emerging from it...
Author's Note: Okay, the third chapter of "Megas 00" is done and I hope you like it guys. Feldt is revealed to be matched with Kiva's DNA and unlocked Megas' biometric system but had to pass over control to Louise as she is Ptolemy's combat controller and temporary captain (before Sumeragi eventually return to regain her place) after all. On the other hand, Louise becomes the Gundam Meister of Megas after completing her training and Megas has been fully modified by Celestial Being with a GN Tau Drive as a Gundam-Type.
Feldt's father, Ruido Resonance was a redhead and I checked that there isn't much backstory about his life prior to joining Celestial Being in 00 canon, in this story he is the descendant of Ally, the redhead woman whom Gorrath attempted to assassinate for being Kiva's ancestor but was thwarted by OG Coop, Kiva and Jamie in the Megas XLR show.
Since there's no Megas sent to the 21st century here, Ally never went through that and life goes on as usual.
As for the timeskip, it takes place when Celestial Being's Lagrange 3 is under attack and besieged by the A-Laws forces under Colonel Kati Mannequin, which Commander Chall Acustica ordered Louise Halevy to sortie out with the Celestial Being-modified Megas for deployment and aid the Ptolemy crew and their Gundams.
Regarding Louise's codename as Sayla Mass, it is a shout out to the main heroine herself from the original Mobile Suit Gundam 1979 anime.
By the way, the Tritanium came from the Glorft themselves in Megas XLR show while the Lunar Titanium on the Earth Coalition-modified Megas is another shout-out to Mobile Suit Gundam 1979.
Since Megas XLR show didn't reveal what kind of metal alloy the canon Megas possessed to be so strong and durable in withstanding almost anything OG Coop's enemies throw at him during his fights, it's safe to assume that Megas obviously have Tritanium when it was created by the Glorft as its Avatar prototype before Kiva stole the machine and applied the Lunar Titanium as part of her extensive modifications on it at the Lunar Base.
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Thank you fnplra for the ideas and suggestions for this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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Chapter 3
At the Briefing Room of the Krung Thep
"I can't believe that it's you of all people who unlocked the giant mobile suit, Feldt Grace."
The pink haired young woman blushed in front of her surrogate aunt and commander of Celestial Being who is looking stern at her with arms folded as she and Louise were called in to the briefing room after the security cameras reveal to Chall Acustica and her fellow peers that the girls were behind the unexpected surprise unlocking of M.E.G.A.S.'s biometric black box, now fully identified as the "Mechanized Earth Guard Attack System".
Thanks to the two girls, the gigantic mobile suit is currently open to be fully accessed by Celestial Being.
On the other hand, members of the paramilitary organization who heard the announcement calling for Feldt and Louise were having bets among themselves on who did the deed.
Raising her hand, Louise Halevy defended her friend. "It was my idea, Commander Chall. I thought Feldt would be able to hack into it and bypass the security system so that it can be accessed when I suggested it to her. We didn't expect it would happen like that."
"Ahahahahahaha! That's my niece for you! Nothing gets past through her at all! Reminds me of the time when I tried to hide all of the birthday presents from her at the Halevy Mansion and then she easily found them in less than five minutes.", David Halevy laughed heartily with a fond smile on his face.
"UNCLE COOP!", the blonde girl shouted with a red look of embarrassment in front of others being amused at her expense.
Chall Acustica can only sigh as she simply brushed it off. "Ugh, it can't be helped. At least we won't have to spend considerable time and resources in finding the pilot for Megas at Celestial Being or Earth. Talk about thanking your lucky stars."
Tieria Erde nodded as he too heard of Megas' unlocking by the collective Haros' announcement and showed up at the briefing room to see the one responsible. "I agree, Commander. Although Feldt is our combat controller and temporary captain of the Ptolemaios 2 until we locate and retrieve Sumeragi Lee Noriega back into the fold.", he stated.
Although Feldt was surprised that she is considered as a captain of the Ptolemy 2 albeit temporarily, she gave a small frown. "So I won't be piloting the Megas then."
"I am afraid so, Feldt. We are too short on crew members for the Ptolemy 2. And with everyone else preoccupied with their duties, it is difficult to find new members to recruit into Celestial Being. And that you aren't even trained properly trained how to pilot a Gundam and fight in it.", Ian Vashti stated with a look of concern after learning that Feldt shared the same DNA with the previous deceased pilot of Megas.
Apparently, the descendant of Feldt from the future had died bringing the gigantic mobile suit to the past for an unknown purpose when the attempted time travel had gone horribly wrong.
Worst of all, there's not even a body found from the destroyed head cockpit of M.E.G.A.S. to recover and bury.
Not even a smidge of blood left behind to identify the unnamed pilot from the future.
And now, the chief engineer can tell that Chall shares the same concern too as well.
Lasse Aeon recommended as he directed his thumb at Louise, "Well we have one here. Louise Halevy can pilot the Megas. I oversaw the results of her combat simulation during training and they're pretty good so far. Even though her fighting style is quite unorthodox but she did make it work somehow."
"Um, thanks." The niece of Coop blushed as she sheepishly scratched her head behind her back after receiving a compliment from the Reserve Meister in front of the others. Especially the Third Generation Gundam Meister who had piloted the Virtue and is an experienced pilot in his own right.
Interested to see those said results for himself, Tieria pondered, "How unorthodox exactly?"
Eco Calore comically responded as he is still being a sore loser about it, "She fights like a wrestler! A wrestler! It shouldn't be possible!"
Sherilyn Hyde and Hanayo can simply roll their eyes at their comrade being overdramatic, while David laughed his ass off, feeling proud that his niece actually implemented wrestling in mobile suit combat. Tieria raised his eyebrow about the concept of a Meister using close range melee with martial arts which does sound indeed unorthodox but interesting.
"That would mean I will have to transfer control of Megas to Louise...", the pink haired young woman noted out loud with a bit of her emotionless mask like she once had in the past, feeling inner turmoil.
Her reasonable side was telling her that they have a point. Ptolemy 2 needed her to coordinate with the crew and the four Meisters, once they're reassembled once more so that their operations will be managed without a hassle.
But for her emotional side, she wanted to be close to her deceased parents who were Second Generation Gundam Meisters like her adoptive aunt in the past by wanting to follow their example.
And yet it appears that Feldt was denied the opportunity to pilot Megas even though it was her DNA that unlocked its black box to be granted access to the gigantic mobile suit in the first place.
Concerned, Ian looked at Chall who nodded and put her hand on her adopted niece's shoulder. She explained to her with calm logic and a little white lie, "Feldt, there was a very small part of me that once wanted to go back piloting a Gundam one day if given the chance... But as commander of Celestial Being as a whole, I am in charge of all of its personnel, operations and facilities in the entire organization. I have to do my part to make sure everything here runs smoothly."
"What are you saying?", Feldt inquired.
"What I am saying that even Meisters on the frontline need support allies. Engineers who repair and maintain the Gundams and their weapons to ensure they're fully functional, intelligence agents gathering vital information to know the enemy and their capabilities; suppliers providing funds and resources to keep everything going; people who operate systems on the bridge have an important role to do their part and guide them in the battlefield; and captains lead the entire ship's crew and oversee the mission to be completed.", the bespectacled older woman replied.
She finished, "Without them, the Meisters wouldn't be effective in their roles as a result."
Everyone on the briefing room nodded in agreement with Commander Chall.
However Feldt is reminded of the bad memories of Christina, Lichty, Dr. Moreno and Lockon dying at the hands of the United Nations Forces during Operation Fallen Angels. She had felt so helpless back then, sometimes wishing she could have done something about it. But her surrogate aunt had a point, everyone has their role to do their part and she will not shirk from it.
Especially when the time will come for the fateful reunion of the original Ptolemy crew to take down A-Laws and their oppressive genocidal ways.
"I see. I will keep that in mind, Aunt Chall.", she said with small voice of resignation and acceptance. "... Very well, I will transfer Megas' control over to Louise."
Feeling bad after noticing her friend's tone, Louise tried to apologize. ".... I'm sorry, Feldt. I-"
"It's alright, Louise. It's not your fault. You've been training to be a Meister the whole time while I have been working as the combat controller on the Ptolemy's bridge long before you came here and joined us.", Feldt reassured her.
"I'm sure you'll find a chance to be a pilot one day. You won't know it till it hits you!", the blonde girl told her in reassurance, hoping that Feldt will have the opportunity in the future.
Hanayo approached Feldt and Louise where she held their hands before connecting herself with Orange Haro who remained at the terminal of Megas' new cockpit post-unlocking and requests him to alter the biometric system of Feldt's DNA to that of Louise's, which the adorable mechanical ball AI complied eagerly.
"It is done, Commander. The Mechanized Earth Guard Attack System mobile suit is now under Louise Halevy's control and she can now pilot it.", the Innovade with a body of small looking girl declared to Chall after letting go of Feldt and Louise's hands.
"Just call it Megas to make it simpler.", David chimed in with his fellow Celestial Being members nodding that he is right.
Deciding to cheer her adopted niece up, Chall suggested. "Well since you've unlocked Megas, I suggest that you should be the first to choose which color to have it painted, Feldt. Mileina and Sherilyn can help you out."
Sherilyn squealed with excitement as she grabbed her friend, "This is gonna be fun! Come on, Feldt! Let's go get Mileina and start up our painting campaign on Megas!"
"Oh okay.", Feldt complied as she gets dragged away from the briefing room and thought. What kind of colors would I like to have it painted on Megas? Perhaps yellow for the desert flower and blue for Setsuna...
"And what about me, Commander?", Louise asked after watching the two leave the briefing room.
Seeing that Chall giving him the green light with a nod, Tieria approached towards the aspiring Meister of Megas with a look that of a serious teacher who expects best performance in class from his promising student. "Come with me, Louise Halevy. Lasse and I will supervise the completion of your training. Starting at the combat simulation chamber. I would like to see your actions speak louder than words regarding your... unorthodox fighting style.", he stated.
Louise gulped a little but steeled herself with a determined resolve and stood at attention. "Yes sir!"
"You can do it! You feel great! You can do this! Show him the power of wrestling, Louise!", David cheered up his niece as he watches her smile and also feel embarrassed from his encouragement before following the Third Generation Gundam Meister and Lasse.
Eco pondered, "So what will we tell everyone in Krung Thep, Commander?"
Chall promptly answered, "Tell them that it was Louise Halevy who unlocked the Megas. And when they see her training under Tieria's tutelage to be a full fledged Meister, they will buy it."
After everyone agreed to that cover story, Ian used his pad to open up a holographic screen of M.E.G.A.S.'s entire mainframe slowly unraveling itself from within which displays several parts of technology from the future that stand out in their own right. "Now that's out of the way, we will talk serious business about our giant mobile suit from the future after Feldt unlocked it.", he stated before explaining more.
"According to our scans, it appears that the metal alloys from Megas which we scanned it from is identified to be made out of Tritanium and Lunar Titanium.", the father of Mileina remarked on.
David raised an eyebrow as he commented, "Tritanium? That one sounds like it came straight out from Star Trek to be honest. And Lunar Titanium? Considering that Megas is from the future, it makes sense that they have the reached a whole new level of technology where they can create such advanced metal alloys from the Moon or other lunar objects in space that surpasses the E-Carbon here."
Eco noted with interest, "With those two types of metals from the future from Megas, it would be an unstoppable juggernaut in battle! Especially the Gundams if they have the same armor like Megas!"
"But not invincible, Eco. Remember our Gundams were thought to be that way too with our E-Carbon being much more advanced and reinforced version that is up to tens of times stronger than carbon nanotubes. ... Until the traitor Alejandro and the UN Forces' GN-Xs almost destroyed the Ptolemy crew. It was a very harsh wake up call for Celestial Being.", Chall interjected as she pushed up her glasses.
"For all of us.", she added with a frowning look.
Hanayo analyzed on the holographic screen of the gigantic machine, "Not to mention, Megas appears to be a one of a kind mobile suit that no one can just mass produce it easily. While Lunar Titanium can be extracted from the Moon and other lunar objects as the sources, hence the name, for possible replication and limited production, the Tritanium comes from an unknown planet far away from the Solar System."
"I can guess that humanity must have reached out into further space and colonized worlds where they found new types of resources there.", the Innovade speculated.
Before she added, "Assuming that they've truly united as one to leave behind their differences for good and finally understand each other with the dialogues to come being successful in accordance to Aeolia Schenberg's plan of course."
Coop interjected however with a narrowed look of suspicion at the mobile suit that his niece would be piloting especially its possession of several dangerous weaponry of their own right, "Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that way. Megas is a war mech. It's not something the people from the future would build if they've truly left conflict behind. It's even literally called a Guard Attack System."
He finished, "It would only mean that they were at war..."
That left a feeling of unease and apprehension from his fellow Celestial Being members to think about the terrible implications of the future where Megas came from in the first place.
"That's not all. It looks like Megas is actually powered by a double ultra-compact thermonuclear fusion reactor.", the father of Mileina revealed with a deep frown upon magnifying the holographic image of the said core for everyone in the meeting to see.
"WHAT?!", Chall and the others shouted with surprise.
Coop also frowned as he noticed the electric rod connecting between the two nuclear-powered engines from the holographic screen, "Not only that, it has some sort of Photonic Stabilizer regulating power so that Megas won't have a nuclear meltdown and destruction. If it gets broken or destroyed, it will definitely happen."
"Man, it must be a very bleak future if the guys who built Megas resorted to using nuclear power instead of GN Particles.", he then commented.
"Did something really bad happened to humanity in the future?!", Eco wondered with a look of horror that the long-term plan of Aeolia Schenberg might have failed.
This reminds me too much of Plutone..., Chall thought as she felt relieved that she made the right call to not let Feldt be the pilot of Megas and Louise will be its Meister instead.
She agreed with a frown. "It would make sense why they'd send the Megas to the past... but we still don't know the exact circumstances behind the construction of the gigantic mobile suit powered by nuclear energy. The same energy that was deemed banned and outdated when the solar elevators became a widespread use across Earth."
The chief engineer made a suggestion to his comrades, "Indeed, we will have to carefully remove the fusion core from Megas and replace it with a GN Tau Drive we can use from the remains of the Alvatore or the GN-Xs as alternative instead. It is a far safer option for Louise in order for her to pilot it. It would be bad if she ends up in danger of being within the close range vicinity of a nuclear explosion of her mobile suit if the Photonic Stabilizer gets damaged or destroyed."
He reassured, "We will make sure her cockpit will be protected from GN Tau Particle radiation."
"But the GN Tau Drive depends solely on electrical power to continuously generate the red or orange GN particles, whatever they are and it is not self-sufficient without recharging. For Megas, it would consume tons of energy just to power it up and won't be able to use any of the weapons system without draining itself way too quickly! Case in point, the Alvatore has 7 GN Tau Drives needed to sustain itself and power its weaponry!", the uncle of Louise protested.
Eco agreed, "That means we will have to install an electric generator for Megas' pseudo solar reactor... but obtaining one from the Federation would be difficult as they're closely under its jurisdiction. Katharon relied on the GN Particle outlines set up in the Middle East as their recharging stations which the Federation can't pull them out without making it look like they've lifted the embargo on countries that refused to join into their fold."
Hanayo stated with conflicted feelings regarding the late Fon Spaak after he had finally succumbed to his injuries and poisonous GN particle affliction, "Even Wang Liu Mei managed to procure one only for her Trinity Mothership which she claimed as her personal space transport after those 3 jerks died at the hands of the UN Forces in Operation Fallen Angels."
"Then what are your ideas to solve the problem, David?", Chall wondered as she folded her arms.
Tapping into the hologram to have M.E.G.A.S. being outfitted with a GN Tau Drive that connects between the double fusion core reactor before it generates a lot of GN Particles as a simulation. "I would like to suggest that we should connect the fake solar reactor to the Megas' nuclear core. It will make a far better power regulator than the Photonic Stabilizer.", David elaborated.
Hanayo widened her eyes with shock at the older blonde man's solution, "You mean to say that if the GN Tau Drive that has no Topological Defect Blanket is attached to Megas' double thermonuclear fusion reactor, it would be able to create its own unique brand of unlimited amount of GN Particles!"
"That sounds really crazy... But it might be able to work, Coop! The pseudo solar reactors used by the Federation and A-Laws don't have TD Blankets of their own but with your idea, it would be the closest thing to keep up with the five True GN Drives!", Ian remarked as he was one of a select few Celestial Being engineers know the technical aspects of the TD Blanket which were kept secret even from Veda.
Pleased to see that they have found an unorthodox solution to the problem, Chall ordered, "Very well then. You and David will be in charge of testing and experimenting on Megas' power source to see if the GN Tau Drive attached to its nuclear core will work or not. Consult help from Dr. Yuri Minovsky, our chief expert on studying the GN Particles and their effects if you have to."
"Along with turning the Megas into a Gundam-Type mobile suit befitting Celestial Being's secret weapon with whatever GN-powered arsenal that you see fit to add.", she added.
The father of Mileina rubbed his chin in contemplation, "It might take us two years to modify Megas thoroughly along with completing our new generation of Gundams and coordinating with other resource satellites for this ambitious endeavor... But we will manage and multitask to get the job done as best as we can. We've restored and upgraded Dynames as a Repair-Type before and we can do the same with Megas."
"Rock on!", Coop declared as he and Ian make their signature fist bump with a gang sign.
Eco interrupted, "But shall we address the elephant in the room? ... And by elephant, I mean Megas! It's an 80 foot tall mobile suit, taller than the Gundams, and I don't think it will be able to fit inside the Ptolemy 2 for docking and launching."
The uncle of Louise brushed off as he tapped into the hologram to show Megas slowly transforming into a position totally almost similar with the Flag or Enact's fighter form, "No sweat. We will go for the fighter mode. Simple but practical. It will be more than enough for Megas to fit inside Ptolemaois and launch out of it when deployed."
"Great idea, Coop. I like it. Although, Megas might need some wing attachments in order to fly like fighter despite it is big enough to be classified as a mobile armor than a mobile suit. We will use the data from the Kyrios and Arios to make its transformation between fighter and robot modes will be smoother and quicker.", Ian remarked.
"Will Megas' fighter mode need a large gun emplacement as its forward section too? I remember that it is the main component for the Flag, Hellion and Enact in their fighter forms in aerial and space combat.", the former Fereshte member asked.
Watching the two older men, and Hanayo and Eco Calore trading ideas and suggestions with each other regarding on how to improve the M.E.G.A.S. as a new Gundam-Type, Chall muttered with a fond smile and nostalgia. "Never a dull moment in Celestial Being."
Timeskip - Two years later - 2312
"This is Allelujah Haptism, reporting in. I am escorting transport ships to Krung Thep!"
Chall nodded in acknowledgement at the visual of the Super Soldier pilot calling her at the mission control room of Krung Thep. "This is Chall Acustica, Commander of Celestial Being. Thank you for the assist, Arios. We will prepare accommodations for the remaining personnel of Lagrange 3 in Krung Thep once they arrive."
It upsets her to know that the A-Laws have assaulted Lagrange 3 after following the Ptolemy Crew and killed several members of Celestial Being when they bombarded the asteroid base with GN Missiles from their Baikal-class ships. This shouldn't be possible. For A-Laws to find Lagrange 3 within such a short amount of time, did they have good tracking skills or technology to trace Ptolemy 2's route ... Or did they have someone who is a spy and leaked the location to them?... , the former Second Generation Gundam Meister thought with a feeling of worry and unease.
That latter one seemed plausible but highly unlikely as the Commander of Celestial Being was very sure that she and her former fellow Fereshte members had gone through extensive background checks on every new recruit who are introduced into the organization before she makes the final decision whether to accept or reject them.
Either that or someone sold them out.
"You're welcome.", Allelujah responded before noting with curiosity. "Commander? I didn't know we have one."
"Your confusion is understandable. Someone has to be in charge to gather what's left of Celestial Being, rebuild it into one cohesive organization instead of separate cells like in the past, and make our Gundams stronger for 4 years after all.", the older woman with glasses stated.
The Meister of Arios said with a nod, "I see. Well, as soon as my escorting task is complete, I will head back immediately and aid my comrades against the A-Laws."
"Good, I will send you reinforcements to back you up and turn the tide especially when you will need all the firepower by your side to destroy the Memento Mori on your next mission.", Chall said which she muses at Allelujah's look of surprise.
"Reinforcements? You mean that you're sending out the GN Arms?", the Third Generation Gundam Meister wondered as he remembered them back when Celestial Being used the GN Arms to try even the odds against the UN Forces' GN-Xs but it wasn't enough, and assumed that they are deploying a new generation of it just like they did with the 3.5 Generation Gundams.
Chall let out a small smirk as she reassured, "Oh this one is way better and you will see what I mean when it gets deployed in action."
At the launching bay of Krung Thep
Dressed up in the female Celestial Being pilot suit that is colored yellow and fitting to her measurements, Louise Halevy is sitting inside the cockpit of Megas with her Red Haro stationed on its terminal next to her as the Gundam-Type giant mobile suit in fighter form is transported to the catapult deck of the launching bay.
After completing her Meister training and also her education as well for two years, she is officially the Gundam Meister of Megas.
Although, the niece of Coop is ordered to stay back and be the reserve by Commander Chall Acustica until it is time to deploy. At the time, she also helped out in maintaining Megas in order to understand the inner workings of the Celestial Being-modified mobile suit.
While Feldt Grace and her fellow members of Ptolemy 2 crew especially Tieria Erde went ahead to begin their public debut to the world that Celestial Being is officially back while getting back Sumeragi Lee Noriega and the other Gundam Meisters together again.
So far, they were holding on their own in battle with the A-Laws, proving themselves to be not pushovers unlike the last time 4 years ago.
But now Commander Chall is finally sending Louise out in her first combat deployment with Megas against the A-Laws and some of their brand new models of mobile suits that seemed more powerful and more dangerous than the Aheads, the elites of the Federation's tyrannical peacekeeping force, which gave the Ptolemy 2 and their Gundams serious trouble.
And that their enemy had unleashed the Memento Mori, a satellite free-electron laser strafing superweapon device that was installed onto the lower orbital ring of the solar satellite system and it was responsible behind the destruction of the Kingdom of Suille and its entire civilian population.
"Are you ready, Haro?", the blonde woman asked her cute companion, patting it in the head before she puts on her Meister helmet and gripped on the controls of Megas.
Flapping its ears, Red Haro cheered. "Ready! Ready! Our first deployment! Our first deployment!"
GNMA-00012XLR Megas, the official name for the "Custom Transformable Heavy Assault Mobile Armor" of Celestial Being.
It is a Gundam-Type with a GN Tau Drive attached to the thermonuclear fusion reactor as its stabilizer with wing emitters serving as a back extension, which it was jokingly called the "GN Minovsky Drive" by her uncle Coop when working with Dr. Yuri Minovsky to ensure that the photonic stabilizer is safely removed and sealed away inside a vault while the fake solar reactor is installed in its place.
Blue particles were emitted as a result which is a surprise for the senior members of Celestial Being working on it and they did their best to reduce its toxicity as minimum as possible like how the ESF and A-Laws scientists did for own GN Tau Drives that now emit orange particles than red in the past.
Megas possessed the colors of yellow (body), blue (legs) and red (arms) painted all over its mechanical form with flame designs. Its Gundam head is a heavily modified Astraea's head with its forehead looking like it had a blaster cannon installed, a sharp looking V-fin and a pair of GN Vulcans on both sides.
It is said to carry more than enough maximum firepower that would give Ptolemy 2 a run for its money or put it to shame.
Or even both at the same time.
Currently, it is in its fighter mode akin to the Flag with wing attachments and a GN Large Beam Cannon serving as its front section so that Megas' height will be far more manageable for docking and launching from the Ptolemy 2 or Celestial Being's asteroid bases.
"Megas has entered the catapult deck with C-Gear. Stabilized with linear field. Launch and sortie preparations complete.", Sherilyn Hyde declared through the communications channel with her friend, serving as the controller in Krung Thep. "Alright, you're good to go!"
"Thank you.", Louise gave a nod to her friend before closing her eyes and breathed in and out. This is it. My first deployment. Time to make those A-Laws bastards pay for everything they have done! They've gone full Death Star on countless innocent lives with the Memento Mori! Unforgivable!
Commander Chall appeared on her visual screen as she tells her, "Sayla Mass, after you wipe out the A-Laws forces at Lagrange 3, join up with Ptolemaois 2 for the upcoming assault on the Memento Mori and destroy it with immense prejudice. Allelujah Haptism will catch up with you once the transports he's escorting reach Krung Thep. In the meantime, activate the beacon to signal Captain Sumeragi Lee Noriega that you're heading your way straight in the middle of the battlefield while identified yourself as an ally."
That's right. Sayla Mass is my codename now after Commander Chall gave it to me when I completed the Meister training. I can't use my real name while piloting Megas or else the A-Laws would somehow find out that I'm affiliated with Celestial Being and Uncle Coop would end up getting in big trouble on Earth. Better safe than sorry., the blonde woman thought as she opened her eyes and readied herself for battle.
Activating the transponder beacon as instructed and made her first step forward into space, the female Meister called out, "Roger that, Commander! Megas, Sayla Mass, launching!"
Activating her giant Gundam's GN Tau Drive connected with the fusion core, a large mass of blue particles are produced from Megas' wing emitters and feet thrusters before it launched out of Krung Thep's launching bay at full power.
The sheer speed of Megas in its fighter form with a fake solar reactor being powered by nuclear energy that produced the said blue particles is astounding as it zoomed quickly for its massive size right past Arios, surprising Allelujah.
"What the hell is that?! It looked like a Flag version of a Gundam and it's gigantic!", the Super Soldier pilot wondered aloud which his alter-ego agreeing with him, opening up a channel for answers from the transport ships of the Lagrange 3 base's survivors.
Linda Vashti, who recognized the giant mobile suit in fighter form, since she is one of the people who helped out her husband and his friend modify and upgrade it, fly at full speed towards the Lagrange 3, smiled and explained. "That's Megas... Gundam Megas. Celestial Being's secret weapon and now it is unleashed to turn the tides..."
"Please hold on, everyone! I'm on my way!", Sayla Mass declared as she narrowed her eyes at the raging battlefield that is filled with several exchanges of pink and orange beam fire, missiles flying in all directions and explosions happening everywhere, and accelerated Megas' speed enhanced by blue GN Particles towards Lagrange 3 while Red Haro helped guide her through the asteroids or just blast through them.
"Hold the Line! Hold the Line!", Red Haro chanted happily.
On the far side of the Lagrange Point 3, however, a large blue portal is opening with certain figures are emerging from it...
Author's Note: Okay, the third chapter of "Megas 00" is done and I hope you like it guys. Feldt is revealed to be matched with Kiva's DNA and unlocked Megas' biometric system but had to pass over control to Louise as she is Ptolemy's combat controller and temporary captain (before Sumeragi eventually return to regain her place) after all. On the other hand, Louise becomes the Gundam Meister of Megas after completing her training and Megas has been fully modified by Celestial Being with a GN Tau Drive as a Gundam-Type.
Feldt's father, Ruido Resonance was a redhead and I checked that there isn't much backstory about his life prior to joining Celestial Being in 00 canon, in this story he is the descendant of Ally, the redhead woman whom Gorrath attempted to assassinate for being Kiva's ancestor but was thwarted by OG Coop, Kiva and Jamie in the Megas XLR show.
Since there's no Megas sent to the 21st century here, Ally never went through that and life goes on as usual.
As for the timeskip, it takes place when Celestial Being's Lagrange 3 is under attack and besieged by the A-Laws forces under Colonel Kati Mannequin, which Commander Chall Acustica ordered Louise Halevy to sortie out with the Celestial Being-modified Megas for deployment and aid the Ptolemy crew and their Gundams.
Regarding Louise's codename as Sayla Mass, it is a shout out to the main heroine herself from the original Mobile Suit Gundam 1979 anime.
By the way, the Tritanium came from the Glorft themselves in Megas XLR show while the Lunar Titanium on the Earth Coalition-modified Megas is another shout-out to Mobile Suit Gundam 1979.
Since Megas XLR show didn't reveal what kind of metal alloy the canon Megas possessed to be so strong and durable in withstanding almost anything OG Coop's enemies throw at him during his fights, it's safe to assume that Megas obviously have Tritanium when it was created by the Glorft as its Avatar prototype before Kiva stole the machine and applied the Lunar Titanium as part of her extensive modifications on it at the Lunar Base.
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Chapter 4
Hello everyone, Warmachine375 here and once again I have returned with Chapter 4 of "Megas 00" which will feature the Battle of Lagrange 3 with some certain unexpected surprises and monkey wrenches that would take both sides: the Ptolemy crew and A-Laws/Ribbon's Innovators respectively quite off guard.
Thank you fnplra and Obsidian Nova Arc for the ideas and suggestions for this chapter.
For reference as to what Gundam Megas' Flag-lite fighter form position looks like which I find it fitting, here it is:
ht/tps dot : / / gundam . fandom dot com wiki / Carrier_Plane?file=Carrier_Plane_Hangar_01_S1 . png
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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At Lagrange 3
Upon arriving closer to the raging battlefield with Gundam Megas, Louise Halevy, or rather her codename Sayla Mass, views through the visual screen of her cockpit that showed her the Ptolemaios II and the three Gundams trying to fight off the waves of A-Laws mobile suits attacking them in every direction around them. It reminded her that she flew past Arios that was escorting the group of shuttles containing Lagrange 3 personnel to Krung Thep upon her Gundam-Type's first launching into battle.
Among the three battling Gundams, she saw the Seravee trying to wrestle with its enemy that appeared to be a brand new model that stood out from the rest of the A-Laws forces. But the latter is seemingly overpowering Tieria's Gundam despite its great strength of its own right.
And then, she witnessed the Seravee knee the enemy on the torso before pulling a Judo flip on the latter, sending it flying and crashing into an asteroid. Then the Seravee fired his shoulder mounted cannons at his opponent who quickly recovered and dodge the blasts with ease.
I knew Master Tieria would apply it!, the blonde woman happily thought with vindication that her mentor really did took up some wrestling tricks. Even though he finds them really unorthodox during her Gundam Meister training under his strict tutelage.
"Warning! Warning! Enemy compressed particle build up! Enemy compressed particle build up!", Red Haro warned.
Receiving a visual screen from her robot companion's warning, the female Meister noticed another A-Laws new model charging up a GN cannon rifle and it is aiming right for the Ptolemy 2 unaware of the danger.
Deciding to act immediately, she ordered as her helmet's visor manifested a visual targeting scope similar with that of the Union's for her to aim. "Haro, prepare the GN Large Beam Cannon and charge it up!"
"Roger! Roger!", Red Haro complied with her request as Gundam Megas draws power from the GN Tau Drive connected with its thermonuclear fusion reactors and compress the blue particles into the barrel of the GN Large Beam Cannon whose form was based from the schematics of Virtue's GN Bazooka itself, glowing brightly blue.
Locking on to her target, Sayla Mass narrowed her eyes, held breath steady and steeled herself before pulling the trigger of her mobile suit cockpit controls. Let's see how you like it to be on the receiving end, A-Laws!
"Targeted and firing!", she shouted and a massive blast is unleashed from her Gundam-Type mobile suit's main weapon.
Meanwhile, Revive Revival aimed his weapon with his cockpit's targeting system while the feet of his GNZ-003 Gadessa are deeply entrenched on the asteroid so that it won't be sent flying by the immense recoil to snipe his target from a far away distance in order to catch his enemies unaware.
"Charging complete. Targeting Ptolemaios. GN Mega Launcher ready... And Fire!", he shouted with a smirk.
His weapon fired a large orange particle blast upon the mothership of Celestial Being and pierced its GN Field, hitting the starboard side and severely damaging it which leaves a huge hole behind. He can already see the looks on his enemies' faces when they are at his mercy.
Revive loved his Gadessa and its firepower so much and believed that there is nothing in the world can stand a chance against it. Not even that Twin Drive Gundam can stop me now!, he boasted.
Suddenly, the lavender haired Innovator is alarmed when his Gadessa's E-Sensors warned him of an incoming attack from the right side of his direction and turned around to see a massive blue particle blast that made his own attack look small in comparison. "What the hell?! Where did it come fr-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!", he screamed painfully as his Gadessa instantly melted and exploded around him in a blue flash before his eyes, incinerating him.
Too little, too late to fly and get out of the way on time even with a Core Fighter that has already been destroyed, Revive Revival has been unceremoniously struck down by Gundam Megas' particle beam attack and got vaporized into utter oblivion along with his Gadessa and several large asteroids in its path of massive destruction.
Karma is a bitch and Bitches love cannons.
"No!", Bring Stabity yelled out in shock and grief upon witnessing the swift demise of his fellow Innovator before his very eyes at the hands of a new Gundam showing up unexpectedly, knowing that his leader Ribbons would be very displeased from it.
This has gotten the attention of everyone on the battlefield, even when they continue to exchange fire at each other, where they saw the massive blue particle beam and its aftermath. They see a new Gundam-looking mobile suit that is bigger than the four Gundams themselves, which it would be taller than it looked when it transforms in battle, and it is in a fighter mode almost like that of a Flag.
While the GN Large Beam Cannon is cooling off from the intense release of its attack, Louise deployed several missile launchers and cannons from the forearms and shoulders of Megas with Red Haro's help.
Then, she fired all of them with a war cry that she adopted from her uncle Coop back when she spent fun time playing video games with him in happier times of the past.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
A massive barrage of several powerful blue particle beams and GN missiles were fired from Megas and bombarded the entire asteroid area, outright obliterating asteroids and A-Laws troops unlucky to be caught within their path. One of the three Baikal-class ships got hit and detonated in a fiery blaze of glory, killing the entire crew and personnel of the Federation's autonomous peacekeeping force.
"So they have finally decided to deploy Megas at our time of need? I am very grateful.", Tieria Erde muttered with awe and relief that reinforcement has arrived in the form of his pupil. He didn't expect their newest addition to Celestial Being could contain so much firepower at its disposal after it was under development by Ian and Coop.
And Good Lord, the lungs on Louise Halevy., he added with a sweatdrop after hearing her battle scream.
Then the purple haired man resumed battle when the insolent Patrick Colasour and his comrades decided to try their luck against him head on, which he is more than willing to show that he will make them regret it.
Holding back his sneeze even though that he was sure that there was no dust inside his helmet and cockpit, Lyle Dylandy, who is recently the new Lockon Stratos, asked from Orange Haro. "What was that? And where did that noise come from?", he wondered after hearing a woman's war cry.
"Gundam Megas! Gundam Megas! We have reinforcements! We have reinforcements!", the adorable mechanical ball enthusiastically replied with a flap of its wings on Cherudim's terminal after receiving the transponder signal. Orange Haro even showed him visual of the new Gundam entering the fray.
The twin brother of the deceased Neil Dylandy accepted before resuming combat with the A-Laws who are now focused on the new enemy but some had left themselves exposed to his sniping range which he is more than happy to exploit that in his advantage, "That's reassuring! Thanks! Now it's time for Celestial Being to counterattack!"
"Roger! Roger!", Orange Haro chirped in agreement.
On the other hand, Setsuna F Seiei managed to free himself from the plasma field that was set up by Patrick Colasour earlier and the 00 Gundam emerged above from it almost unscathed.
"What the? Is that a Gundam? In a Flag fighter form... Who could be the pilot?... And that loud screaming, it sounded familiar...", he wondered with surprise and curiosity upon seeing a new ally appearing to aid the Ptolemy crew in his visual before he was interrupted by an angry Bring Stabity.
Discarding his stoic self and looking visibly pissed off from Revive's death, Bring yelled as he is no longer holding back and going all out. "It doesn't matter if you brought in a new Gundam to turn the tide, Celestial Being! My machine is still far superior than your 00 and you will die!"
Now the Krugis young man grits his teeth in annoyance, and will have to focus on trying to beat the Innovator and stay alive.
At the bridge of the Baikal-class command ship
"Colonel Mannequin, we've lost Captain Revival! Oh my God... It was a massive overkill!", the older A-Laws bridge officer with glasses reported with a shocked look on his face.
It can't be... The scale of such particle blast is almost like that of the Alvatore... And what the Devil was that noise?!, thought Kati Mannequin, the tactical forecaster for the A-Laws with a look of mild panic after seeing it with her own eyes. She remembered how the deceased UN Ambassador Alejandro Corner's mobile armor had easily decimated everything in its way after joining up with the UN Forces in an attempt to finally wipe out Celestial Being 4 years ago.
Considering that Alejandro was the traitor of the paramilitary organization who gave the UN Forces the means of fighting back on even terms, Kati considered it a relief that he was on their side and they won't be on the receiving end of the Alvatore if they made him their enemy. Even though Alejandro had rubbed her the wrong way when she and Colonel Sergei met up with him to coordinate and plan for the final offensive against Celestial Being.
Alejandro seemed so smug and overconfident in the strength of his mobile armor and look where that got him.
A dead man with nothing left to be buried among the wreckage of Alvatore that was left behind in space.
Calming herself down, she ordered. "Get me visual, Ensign Vincent! I want to know who's behind that attack!"
"Yes, ma'am!", he complied with a nod.
Receiving a clear screen of the interloper from her competent subordinates, she sees a giant Flag-type Gundam in its fighter form entering the battlefield at full speed and opening fire on her forces with GN missiles and particle beam barrage while noting of its blue GN particles it emitted that stood out from the other Gundams.
Interesting. Either Celestial Being had resorted to using GN Tau Drives or they somehow create a new True GN Drive of their own when they were busy hiding and rebuilding their strength for 4 years..., she thought with eyes narrowed.
The bespectacled woman declared to her forces through her communications channel. "To nearby units, Celestial Being has launched a new Gundam-Type model against us! Intercept and eliminate it!"
"Roger!", the A-Laws mobile suit teams complied in response as they begin to divert and charge towards their new foe while the others continue their attack on Celestial Being.
Well played, Kujo. Well played. You always have had that one last remaining trick on your sleeve when I thought that I had you cornered back in the old days. But still, don't think that it will be enough while I still have more cards to play!, the colonel complimented her fellow tactical forecaster-now-enemy.
Then she decided that it is time to call up for reinforcements that were on standby just in case and thinking up a new strategy to try take down the new Gundam despite it possessing more firepower than all four Gundams and their mothership combined.
And if there's anything she learned from the defeat of the Alvatore despite possessing greater size over any mobile suits and overwhelming firepower that made all GN-powered ships look inadequate at its disposal, there is an old saying:
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall."
At the bridge of Ptolemy 2
On the other hand at the the bridge of the Ptolemy 2, Sumeragi Lee Noriega felt a chill down her back for some reason before brushing it off and gazed upon the visual of a giant Gundam in fighter form that of the Flag and checked on its IFF that she received a the transponder beacon to be from Krung Thep as GNMA-00012XLR Megas from her captain's seat.
"What is that?! Megas? I didn't know we have a fifth Gundam!", the brunette woman wondered with a befuddled look on her face.
Not that she was ungrateful but she was surprised to see a new model and its attack that wiped out the enemy right after it blasted through the Ptolemy 2's GN Field and starboard. After reeling from such attack, Sumeragi had to send both Feldt Grace and Saji Crossroad to check at Hangar 3 and see if Ian is alright or not which he may require medical attention, leaving Marie Parfacy to temporarily take over the pink-haired woman's place as the combat controller for now.
It reminded her too much of the giant golden mobile armor's massive beam attack 4 years ago and it took the life of Dr. Moreno during Operation Fallen Angels.
Did Celestial Being salvage the Alvatore's remains at some point while I was gone?, she thought with wide eyes.
"Hell, it's about time! Commander Chall had finally released the Megas!", Lasse Aeon said with a smile of relief, obviously knowing who is the pilot of their new addition to the Ptolemy crew.
"Wait what?! Can somebody give me the context here?!", the tactical forecaster for Celestial Being questioned with her eyes wide open with shock as she clearly felt that she has been out of the loop.
How much did I miss for the past 4 years while I was drinking?!, she lamented.
Brushing away her tears aside while hoping for her parents' safety, Mileina answered. "Yup, it's a long story Captain Sumeragi, but to make it short, Dad found the abandoned mobile suit 2 years ago and had it modified into a Gundam with help of Mom and their friends at Krung Thep. And not only that, I know who's piloting Megas out there!"
"I see. Well, you can tell me more about Megas and its pilot later after we win this battle.", Sumeragi decided before noticing the lavender haired woman looking like she is having a splitting headache but held on to the Ptolemy 2's helm controls to keep the ship steady in the middle of the battle against A-Laws as best as she can.
"... Uh... Are you alright Anew?", she asked in concern.
Anew Returner gritted her teeth as she tried to shake off this painful feeling from her head as if she had lost her other half for some reason she couldn't tell why. "... I'm fine, Captain. Just feeling a migraine."
Lasse reassured while in the middle of firing Ptolemy 2's weapon systems at the attackers from multiple directions around them, "I don't blame you. It must be your first time to be in the battlefield when you're recruited into Celestial Being. Don't worry, we'll pull through."
"Thanks, Lasse.", Anew smiled gratefully as she tries to shake that off and focus on piloting the mothership, to keep it on one piece.
Migraine, my ass! She has Quantum Brainwaves!, Soma Peries called out within Marie Parfacy who is surprised to hear her alternate persona and her suspicious tone after looking at Anew with concern. She can clearly see the soldier herself on the reflection of her standard Ptolemy crew spacesuit's helmet.
How did you know she has them? Do you think she could be a Super Soldier like us and Allelujah and Hallelujah?, Marie mentally asked her while returning to focus on her temporary combat controller post in Feldt's place.
Soma responded with a stern look from the reflection, It happened on a split second right when that massive blue particle beam outright destroy the A-Laws new model and then Anew felt a "migraine" after that. As for her and that now deceased pilot being Super Soldiers like us, it's not possible. The Super Human Institute was destroyed by your boyfriend and his psychopathic half along with everyone else inside there 4 years ago.
And if the Federation had created more Super Soldiers to augment their military strength, Colonel Sergei would have found out and I would have already sensed them with Quantum Brainwaves among the ranks of the A-Laws by now. Not to mention, there would have been more Smultron variants manufactured specifically for them to pilot too as well, Marie., she finished.
I see your point, Soma but... if Anew isn't a Super Soldier, then what is she really?, Marie wondered as she glanced at the helmswoman of Ptolemy 2 who managed to eventually recompose herself and focus on driving the ship.
At the Living Room of Celestial Being Mothership
To say that Ribbons Almark being in a state of Absolutely Livid is an understatement.
The leader of the Innovators did not expect that Celestial Being to have built a 5th Gundam and released it on the battlefield against the A-Laws and his two Innovators, who serve as its Licensed Officers with their new GNZ models, which caught them off guard just when the demise of Celestial Being has reached its close and inevitable conclusion.
With Revive Revival dead, his twin Anew Returner, who serves as my spy and sleeper agent within that wretched organization, cannot be reactivated to free her from her false persona! It takes an Innovator, who has been grown in the pod with their twin sibling of the same DNA together, to do that! Not only that, my dormant control over Anew has been completely severed by that blue particle output after feeling the aftershock of Revive's demise! How could that happen?!, he thought with barely contained anger.
While Ribbons could technically bring back Revive Revival in a new body with help of Veda by his side so long the copy of his data is available as he's more useful to him as his warrior and valuable pawn, the latter's Quantum Brainwaves would be now too different for Anew to feel and receive them. Unable to trigger her true self and remember her purpose as a being superior over lowly humans at all.
He added with irritation and small regret that he has connection with most of his Innovators which turns out to be a two-way street, And now I have a splitting headache of all things!
"Wang Liu Mei, did you know about this?", the green haired man demanded as he turned around to see even she didn't see it coming too as well with her mouth having a bit of a jaw drop upon watching the screen of the giant mobile suit in fighter form destroying A-Laws forces like it was nothing.
Composing herself in front of the Innovator whom she allied herself with, the rich Chinese socialite woman replied with a look of unease as she was out of the loop, "I didn't. I only saw Celestial Being developing the new Gundams especially the 00 when I visited Lagrange 3 to see the fruits of their rebirth. They must have created it at some point but didn't tell me about it."
Noting from her body language that Liu Mei was really telling the truth, Ribbons accepted her explanation for now as he narrowed his eyes on the GN Tau Drive of the new player on visual screen. "I see. This new Gundam must be Celestial Being's real secret weapon instead of the 00 all along. And knowing that creating a true GN Drive without taking a long trip to Jupiter would be impossible, they must have used the pseudo solar reactors.", he speculated.
Ali-al Saachez hmphed with a look of interest and amusement as he watches the new Gundam in action against the forces of A-Laws and how it emitted blue particles which is a complete contrast with his Arche Gundam's red particles. "I gotta say those Celestial Whatchamacallits are quite resourceful. They must have salvaged what's left of those GN-Xs back at the Operation Fallen Angels and reverse engineered their power sources for themselves which I bet that created the blue particles out of it.", he remarked.
"Or that they also have gotten those fake GN Drives from the Alvatore after Setsuna F Seiei killed Alejandro Corner and allowed our esteemed leader here take the reigns in his place. Even taking control over the Corner and Harvey families and subvert them to our side too as well.", Regene Regetta chimed in with a cheeky smirk which he can tell that Ribbon is looking annoyed of being reminded of the foolish man whom he played like a jester until at his last moments.
Then the two Innovators and the Krugis mercenary overheard Wang Liu Mei's incredulous comment and see what she meant upon watching the visual of the battle.
"Did... did that new Gundam just use some wrestling moves on the A-Laws?"
On the Battle of Lagrange 3
After scoring her first kill on the A-Laws new model and unleashed a huge indiscriminate barrage of GN missiles and blue particle beams that wiped out nearly everything in her path, Sayla Mass continue attacking several squads of Aheads and GN-XIIIs with Gundam Megas, dispatching them. In response, the A-Laws members returned fire to intercept the missiles while evading them at the same time. Although few more got hit and detonated in blue explosions, killing the pilots.
They managed to land some hits Megas with their beam blasters but due to GN Tau Drive attached to its fusion reactor's mass particle enhancement on the hybrid metal alloys of Lunar Titanium and Tritanium, it was able to withstand most of the attacks thrown at the Gundam-Type and remain unharmed.
It's like throwing pebbles at an unstoppable juggernaut that is stronger and faster than it looks.
Flying right past them with unbelievable amount of speed for a large mech in fighter form, the Gundam-Type mobile suit is attacked from behind by the A-Laws but the sheer amount of blue GN particles produced from the back extensions deflected the orange GN particle beams away.
Turning around, the female Meister charge at her enemies and fired the GN Vulcans of Megas to inflict more destruction.
Concerned and afraid that their new enemy will use the same attack that wiped out Licensed Officer Revive at any time without warning, Captain Barack Zinin in his Ahead ordered while trying to damage the incoming Megas with his weapon, "We can't let that Gundam-Type power up its main weapon and fire it again like it did before! Take it down!"
Piloting the GNX-704T/SP Ahead Smultron that was modified for him to control it better after the "death" of the Super Soldier No. 1 Soma Peries since he doesn't even have Quantum Brainwaves to begin with, Lieutenant Andrei Smirnov complied, "Roger!"
He and his comrades in their Aheads and GN-XIIIs charged forward at Megas with their GN spears and beam sabers drawn out together at full speed to pierce it from every direction, only for their large enemy to seamlessly transform in mid-air, or rather mid-space, and placed its GN Large Beam Cannon on its back.
The Gundam-Types's optics glow green menacingly at the A-Laws!
It's like the Graham Special!, Andrei thought in surprise.
Then the Gundam-Type used the momentum to double kick the A-Laws mechs within range and smashed all of them like paper with its feet, causing huge explosions from their immediate destruction. Backflipping her Megas in a graceful maneuver, Sayla grabbed the special-looking Ahead and punted it hard with a superkick into the asteroid above them.
Andrei's remaining squadmates barely survived such devastating melee blow with some of their mobile suits' arms, legs and even a head is torn off and floating as space debris.
On the other hand, the Smultron suffered damage to the point it needed immediate repairs if it didn't return to the A-Laws ship while Andrei suffering a bleeding concussion from the violent impact and floated away from the broken asteroid driftlessly.
"... Damn you, Gundam!", the estranged son of Sergei cursed with blood on his mouth, vowing revenge on the enemy pilot as he slowly flew away and withdraw in order to preserve his life.
"No! Grrr! You'll pay for that, Gundam!", Captain Zinin yelled after witnessing the one-sided massacre of his men and fired his weapon at the Gundam-Type enemy that got its attention towards him.
Charging at her outmatched opponents as the orange beams repeatedly bounced off from Megas' particle-enhanced hybrid metal armor, the blonde woman called out to them. "Not so fun now to be on the receiving end huh, A-Laws? Good! That's how everyone felt when you trampled on their lives and snuffed them out like a bunch of arrogant self-righteous butchers you are!"
Raising up her Megas' arms to make subsequent punching moves, Sayla yelled in a straightforward manner. "Rocket Punch!"
Two large metallic fists were launched from the wrists of her Gundam-Type with two high powered rocket boosters, and they are remote-controlled weaponry with the help of Red Haro as they fly at great speed towards Barack and his troops.
"An all-range attack?!", Petty Officer Ren in his GN-XIII shouted with a look of incredulousness.
"You got to be kidding me!", Warrant Officer Winchester in his Ahead panicked.
"Scatter and evade!", Captain Zinnin ordered which they dodge the rocket fists of Megas and are about to continue their assault.
But to their shock and dismay, the detached fists quickly turned themselves around and struck the A-Laws mobile suits from behind one by one, killing the pilots. The older man barely dodged in time with his Ahead losing its left arm holding the GN blaster rifle. He is the only one left standing as he watched the rocket hands return to the Gundam-Type's wrists.
However, with his Ahead suffering extensive damage and about to explode sooner or later, the A-Laws captain sneered at the Megas before him and brandished a beam saber for a suicidal charge. "You know you don't stand a chance! The A-Laws will soon prevail and wipe you out from the face of the Earth, Celestial Being!", he declared.
Just when he is close to directly stab at the 80 foot tall mobile suit as his final moment of defiance, Megas uppercuts his Ahead and sending it flying. It broke away the face plate and parts of the armored chassis, while severely injuring Barack with blood on his mouth and helmet's visor fully cracked and destroyed.
"I don't know nothing! High Mega Cannon!", Sayla retorted and unleashed a forehead cannon mounted in the center of Megas' modified Astraea head at the damaged Ahead to completely finish it off with extreme prejudice.
The concentrated blue particle blast from the Gundam-Type had completely vaporized Barack Zinin and his mobile suit in an explosion. Caroline, my love... I'm coming home..., he thought in his last moments about his wife who was unjustly murdered by Katharon's act of terrorism before embracing oblivion seconds later.
After dispatching the last A-Laws officer, the niece of David Halevy continued on her way to intercept more of Celestial Being's enemies and relieve the pressure on the Ptolemaios 2.
Meanwhile at the Hanger 3 of Ptolemy 2
When Feldt Grace and Saji Crossroad reached the hanger, they found the hallway leading up to it where it was charred and blackened slightly and the door didn't work. The two of them shoved the door open and when they entered the room with the Blue Haro floating behind them, it was a mess. There was a massive hole where the blast had hit and the metal in the room was melted and warped.
Feldt gasped in shock as she saw Ian's body floating in the middle of the room. The two moved towards him, trying to check on his condition and saw he suffered small bleeding wounds on his right side of his body but thankfully there were no obvious breaches in his suit such as his helmet, but they had no way to tell the full extent of his damage at this moment.
When they reached him, Saji said to him desperately and hoping he is alive. "Mr. Ian, are you alright?"
Hearing his voice, Ian opened his eyes painfully, looking at the Japanese man and the pink-haired girl, and grunted with shallow breath, "... I finished all of the adjustments to the 0 Raiser..."
"The 0 Raiser?" Feldt asked before she and Saji looked over to see it looked completely undamaged and intact from the enemy's large GN beam attack, which surprised both of them.
Ian looked at both of them even when his eyes are closing and breathing steady and shallow before losing consciousness, "... One of you take it to the 00. We will all die if it isn't delivered...to Setsuna..."
Carrying the chief engineer's unconscious body, Saji looked at Feldt, and stated in a serious tone. "You take it. I'll get Ian to the medical bay."
Feldt looked at him in surprise, "What? But I'm-"
The boyfriend of Louise Halevy looked her right in the eyes, "I owe Mr. Ian for helping find something to do on this ship. Even though I screwed up badly after what I did to Katharon's people. So, you will have to do it."
Feldt's thoughts were a rush. On one hand, she belonged on the bridge and had done that her entire life career which she is content on her role as her surrogate aunt point out the importance of being a support personnel in Celestial Being. On the other hand, her departed parents' path as pilots called out to her including even Megas despite transferring her biometrics to Louise who is already chosen to be its Gundam Meister.
What do I do?, she contemplated.
Saji could see her hesitating, knowing that they didn't have time for hesitation, "Setsuna needs this machine. I don't know if we can win if he doesn't get it. We will probably die if we can't win now."
Hearing a reminder of the stakes brought it all into perspective for her. The crew needs this. Setsuna needs this. The daughter of Ruido and Marlene looked at Saji still a bit conflicted but convinced, her voice stuttering slightly, "I-I don't know how to pilot."
Not like when Louise had the training to pilot Megas as a new Gundam Meister..., she added, unaware her friend is out there in battle.
"I will help! I will help!", Blue Haro called out, floating happily and seemingly oblivious to the destruction around it.
"Take it. You will need it more than I do.", the Japanese man said which Feldt nodded at his words and grabbed the Haro unit. She knew in a pinch the machines could act as pilots, though they couldn't match the skills of a human one.
The memory of her friend Louise came to her mind from two years ago, "I'm sure you'll find a chance to be a pilot one day. You won't know it till it hits you!"
Steeling her nerves, she floated towards the 0 Raiser's cockpit before looking over at Saji, who was beginning to take Ian out of the hanger and gave her a thumbs up. As she entered the cockpit, she put Blue Haro in the round slot and watched at the displays turned on as the 0 Raiser powered up.
Internally, the combat controller reassured herself. You can do this. My parents were pilots and I can follow in their footsteps. I can handle this. Forgive me Aunt Chall but there's no other choice. It's either this or we don't survive. While she tried to calm down, she could still feel her hands shaking from her nervousness. She opened up communications with the bridge of Ptolemy 2, "This is Feldt. I'm taking the 0 Raiser to the 00."
Sumeragi looked at her in shock, "Why are you-"
Feldt explained, "Ian told us one of us needed to get this to Setsuna and Saji is taking him to the medical bay. Blue Haro is here to help me."
"Indeed! Indeed!", Blue Haro chirped with the flapping of its wings.
The captain of Ptolemy 2 thought for a second and then responded, "Tieria and Lockon will cover you. Make sure you get to the 00 safely." Feldt could hear the slight fear in her voice at potentially losing another crew member. Before communications closed, Sumeragi said one last thing, "Good luck and come back to us alive."
"I will.", Feldt muttered before declaring. "0-Raiser, Feldt Grace, launching!"
Activating the 0 Raiser, the pink-haired woman blasted out of the hanger, heading towards the 00 Gundam into the heat of the battle, already feeling the protection of the Ptolemy 2 being stripped away from her. She felt like that she was entering an unknown world to her but she knew what needed to be done and even the odds against Celestial Being's enemies.
And as Feldt flew past the A-Laws forces, being covered by Lyle and Tieria in their Cherudim and Seravee Gundams, the shaking of her hands reduced somewhat, though her nerves were still a bit frayed. Getting visual of 00 Gundam struggling against the new A-Laws model that dominated it previously, she accelerated the 0-Raiser's speed towards them.
"Hold on, Setsuna! I'm coming!", she said.
"Hold the line! Hold the line!", Blue Haro cheered.
On the other side of Lagrange 3
As the battle rages on, Captain Descartes Shaman is leading his three squad of Aheads and GN-XIIIs followed by two Laohu cruisers and three more Baikal-class ship while piloting his own custom Ahead, the GNX-803OG Ogre. After receiving a call of reinforcements from Colonel Kati Mannequin, they are on route to aid their allies and keep up the pressure on Celestial Being still besieged by her forces in response of their enemy having backup of their own.
"Captain! Are you seeing this? Some kind of portal is opening!", Ensign Franklin in his GN-XIII called out when he noticed something.
Portal? Are you kidding me? What do you think is this? Star Trek?, the white haired man rolled his eyes before taking visual of his Ahead to see that his subordinate is right. There was a portal opening and four figures emerged from it before it was closed behind them. They look like white and blue-colored mobile suits that looked vaguely familiar with the GN-Xs of the UN Forces from 4 years ago since Operation Fallen Angels.
Although the other three looked way bigger, bulkier and stronger variants capable of brute strength and firepower while the fourth one looked small, lean and feminine albeit severely damaged and in the arms of its comrade. Not only that, their red eyes looked oddly cute except the last whose face is almost like that of a Gundam in a way.
"What the hell are they?", Lieutenant Hilda wondered upon seeing through her Ahead's visual.
Ensign Jack in his GN-XIII shrugged in a joking manner, "They could be aliens since Franklin said there was a portal they came out from."
"Quiet!", the A-Laws captain ordered before tuning in on the newcomers' conversation for him and his comrades to overhear and know of their intentions.
For them to hear childlike voices from the three giant mechs was quite unsettling in their honest opinion. And since no human pilot really talks like that, they can tell that the machines are controlled by Artificial Intelligence.
"Where are we? Where are we?", the Drone asked as it looked around and scan for anything it can find.
The second Drone replied while holding the slender-shaped mech on its arms, "Lagrange 3! Lagrange 3!"
"Transponder beacon detected! Transponder beacon detected! Source Identified: Celestial Being! Source Identified: Celestial Being!", the third Drone excitedly told its comrades before raising its large hand to point to the direction where the battle is ongoing. "Follow it! Follow it!"
"Roger! Roger! M.E.G.A.S. found! M.E.G.A.S. found!", the two Drones chirped in agreement.
Having heard enough and now knew the identity of the 5th Gundam that had been causing chaos on Kati's task force unit at Lagrange 3, Descartes Shaman ordered. "All units, they must be additional reinforcements from Celestial Being after the Gundam-Type Megas! New models with A.I. most likely! Wipe them out before they come to aid their comrades!"
"Yes sir!" His forces complied and they raised their GN Lances and blasters to open fire on the newcomers with the Baikal-class ships and two Laohu cruisers that were modified and outfitted with laser weaponry and GN missiles following suit.
And it caught them their full attention.
Protecting its comrades with an encompassing blue energy shield while holding unconscious Kiva's CMDR-KA in its arms, the Earth Coalition Drone shouted with its chirping tone as their eyes glow red. "Hostiles detected! Hostiles detected! Eliminate them! Eliminate them!"
"Roger! Roger! Protect the Commander! Protect the Commander!", the other two Drones chirped together with their eyes glowing red too and brandished their arm wrist cannons to return fire at the enemy mechs attacking them unprovoked.
The two offensive EC Drones' blue laser blasts were able to shoot down several of Captain Shaman's troops before they fly off with rocket thrusters on their backs to engage the mechs in combat. On the other hand, some of the A-Laws mobile suits were able to dodge or use their GN Field defense rods to block the laser attacks in front of them.
And then they come face to face with the two Drones punching, blasting and tearing their comrades' machines apart piece by piece.
"This is insane! They don't have GN Drives and yet they're able to keep up with u-AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!", Petty Officer Simon yelled before his Ahead exploded by the Drone #2's haymaker punch.
However, the said Drone got attacked by the five ships of the A-Laws' cannons firing particle and laser beams, forcing it to deploy the blue shield around itself. But it was not enough and it broke, forcing the Drone to evade the attack and retaliated with its arm wrist cannon blasts. It managed to destroy one Laohu cruiser and one Baikal-class ship at the same time, killing their respective crews.
"Don't panic! They may not have GN Drives but we still hold the advantage over them! Just like Katharon!" Descartes rallied before brandished his custom Ahead Ogre's twin scimitars and charged at Drone #1. The Drone noticed him and fired its arm wrist cannons, which the white-haired man skillfully evade the blasts before blitzing through it and cutting his enemy's arm.
The maimed Drone is undeterred and continued blasting at his back with its remaining arm wrist cannon, damaging his mobile suit that took out the left shoulder and right leg in retaliation. But it left itself wide open with Shaman's men giving it a taste of its own medicine. Soon, the fight was quickly turning against the Earth Coalition members as they are outnumbered and outgunned.
But they are not doing to die and leave their commander alone in this timeline they have landed on. Not until they found the missing M.E.G.A.S. and its time drive to return back to the future.
"There's too many of them! There's too many of them!", the Drone stated after it lost its left arm to the beam saber slash by the ogre horned-themed Ahead's scimitars.
The second Drone agreed as it suffered head damage from the particle beam blast, "Fly to the beacon's location! Fly to the beacon's location!"
"Roger! Roger!", the third Drone nodded as its blue energy shields are starting to break from the particle beam barrage from two ships.
Disengaging the superior enemy, the three EC Drones immediately left the area with Kiva's mobile suit they carry and head to where the missing M.E.G.A.S. is located through the transponder beacon signal at full speed of their rocket thrusters. The A-Laws troops gave pursuit with the two Baikal-class ships and the last remaining Laohu cruiser following along.
Within the damaged head cockpit of CMDR-KA whose systems remained inactive after being critically hit by Glorft battery fire, the unconscious redhead woman's body begins to slightly twitch.
Author's Note: Alright then, Chapter 4 of "Megas 00" is done and I hope you like it. Megas has entered the battlefield by blasting away Revive Revival which would give Celestial Being's enemies quite a headache for that. More specifically, Ribbons Almark himself when he and his cronies witnessing the entire battle slowly that is shifting now on Celestial Being's favor.
Oh the irony of Louise killing Barack Zinin and making an enemy out of Andrei Smirnov considering their canon relationship as fellow A-Laws members. Then again Barack didn't hold a high opinion on Louise to begin with but it's somewhat justified considering he sees her condition as a liability in his squad, and that he's still more sympathetic compared to Andrei who projects his ideal to Louise just to satisfy his own selfish need when he had a one-sided crush on her.
Not to worry though, the Battle of Lagrange 3 still continues on with 00 Raiser Gundam will have its moment to debut and shine on the next chapter with Feldt piloting the 0-Raiser instead of Saji.
If you want to know the context, check out "In Another Time, Another World" story by fnplra and it is a good read. I've obtained permission from fnplra to use it as basis for this chapter.
As for Kiva's mech and the Earth Coalition Drones from the future, they really somewhat roughly resemble the GN-Xs from the later half of Gundam 00 Season 1 and it's quite easy to connect them. Don't worry, I have plans for them in this story.
By the way, Coop's war cry in Megas XLR show was really "WAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" which explains about the meme of Coop being an Ork from Warhammer 40k. As he adds anything that he find cool and unorthodox into canon Megas so long he believes that they will work and always did. Like fixing the damaged photon stabilizer with a duct tape or refueling Megas' gasoline tanks with greasy oil of his fatty cheeseburgers he kept in his pockets for example. And that he has lots of Dakka at his disposal.
Oh and, Descartes Shaman is from A Wakening of the Trailblazer and here he wasn't fully awakened as a True Innovator yet.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
Thank you fnplra and Obsidian Nova Arc for the ideas and suggestions for this chapter.
For reference as to what Gundam Megas' Flag-lite fighter form position looks like which I find it fitting, here it is:
ht/tps dot : / / gundam . fandom dot com wiki / Carrier_Plane?file=Carrier_Plane_Hangar_01_S1 . png
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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Chapter 4
At Lagrange 3
Upon arriving closer to the raging battlefield with Gundam Megas, Louise Halevy, or rather her codename Sayla Mass, views through the visual screen of her cockpit that showed her the Ptolemaios II and the three Gundams trying to fight off the waves of A-Laws mobile suits attacking them in every direction around them. It reminded her that she flew past Arios that was escorting the group of shuttles containing Lagrange 3 personnel to Krung Thep upon her Gundam-Type's first launching into battle.
Among the three battling Gundams, she saw the Seravee trying to wrestle with its enemy that appeared to be a brand new model that stood out from the rest of the A-Laws forces. But the latter is seemingly overpowering Tieria's Gundam despite its great strength of its own right.
And then, she witnessed the Seravee knee the enemy on the torso before pulling a Judo flip on the latter, sending it flying and crashing into an asteroid. Then the Seravee fired his shoulder mounted cannons at his opponent who quickly recovered and dodge the blasts with ease.
I knew Master Tieria would apply it!, the blonde woman happily thought with vindication that her mentor really did took up some wrestling tricks. Even though he finds them really unorthodox during her Gundam Meister training under his strict tutelage.
"Warning! Warning! Enemy compressed particle build up! Enemy compressed particle build up!", Red Haro warned.
Receiving a visual screen from her robot companion's warning, the female Meister noticed another A-Laws new model charging up a GN cannon rifle and it is aiming right for the Ptolemy 2 unaware of the danger.
Deciding to act immediately, she ordered as her helmet's visor manifested a visual targeting scope similar with that of the Union's for her to aim. "Haro, prepare the GN Large Beam Cannon and charge it up!"
"Roger! Roger!", Red Haro complied with her request as Gundam Megas draws power from the GN Tau Drive connected with its thermonuclear fusion reactors and compress the blue particles into the barrel of the GN Large Beam Cannon whose form was based from the schematics of Virtue's GN Bazooka itself, glowing brightly blue.
Locking on to her target, Sayla Mass narrowed her eyes, held breath steady and steeled herself before pulling the trigger of her mobile suit cockpit controls. Let's see how you like it to be on the receiving end, A-Laws!
"Targeted and firing!", she shouted and a massive blast is unleashed from her Gundam-Type mobile suit's main weapon.
Meanwhile, Revive Revival aimed his weapon with his cockpit's targeting system while the feet of his GNZ-003 Gadessa are deeply entrenched on the asteroid so that it won't be sent flying by the immense recoil to snipe his target from a far away distance in order to catch his enemies unaware.
"Charging complete. Targeting Ptolemaios. GN Mega Launcher ready... And Fire!", he shouted with a smirk.
His weapon fired a large orange particle blast upon the mothership of Celestial Being and pierced its GN Field, hitting the starboard side and severely damaging it which leaves a huge hole behind. He can already see the looks on his enemies' faces when they are at his mercy.
Revive loved his Gadessa and its firepower so much and believed that there is nothing in the world can stand a chance against it. Not even that Twin Drive Gundam can stop me now!, he boasted.
Suddenly, the lavender haired Innovator is alarmed when his Gadessa's E-Sensors warned him of an incoming attack from the right side of his direction and turned around to see a massive blue particle blast that made his own attack look small in comparison. "What the hell?! Where did it come fr-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!", he screamed painfully as his Gadessa instantly melted and exploded around him in a blue flash before his eyes, incinerating him.
Too little, too late to fly and get out of the way on time even with a Core Fighter that has already been destroyed, Revive Revival has been unceremoniously struck down by Gundam Megas' particle beam attack and got vaporized into utter oblivion along with his Gadessa and several large asteroids in its path of massive destruction.
Karma is a bitch and Bitches love cannons.
"No!", Bring Stabity yelled out in shock and grief upon witnessing the swift demise of his fellow Innovator before his very eyes at the hands of a new Gundam showing up unexpectedly, knowing that his leader Ribbons would be very displeased from it.
This has gotten the attention of everyone on the battlefield, even when they continue to exchange fire at each other, where they saw the massive blue particle beam and its aftermath. They see a new Gundam-looking mobile suit that is bigger than the four Gundams themselves, which it would be taller than it looked when it transforms in battle, and it is in a fighter mode almost like that of a Flag.
While the GN Large Beam Cannon is cooling off from the intense release of its attack, Louise deployed several missile launchers and cannons from the forearms and shoulders of Megas with Red Haro's help.
Then, she fired all of them with a war cry that she adopted from her uncle Coop back when she spent fun time playing video games with him in happier times of the past.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
A massive barrage of several powerful blue particle beams and GN missiles were fired from Megas and bombarded the entire asteroid area, outright obliterating asteroids and A-Laws troops unlucky to be caught within their path. One of the three Baikal-class ships got hit and detonated in a fiery blaze of glory, killing the entire crew and personnel of the Federation's autonomous peacekeeping force.
"So they have finally decided to deploy Megas at our time of need? I am very grateful.", Tieria Erde muttered with awe and relief that reinforcement has arrived in the form of his pupil. He didn't expect their newest addition to Celestial Being could contain so much firepower at its disposal after it was under development by Ian and Coop.
And Good Lord, the lungs on Louise Halevy., he added with a sweatdrop after hearing her battle scream.
Then the purple haired man resumed battle when the insolent Patrick Colasour and his comrades decided to try their luck against him head on, which he is more than willing to show that he will make them regret it.
Holding back his sneeze even though that he was sure that there was no dust inside his helmet and cockpit, Lyle Dylandy, who is recently the new Lockon Stratos, asked from Orange Haro. "What was that? And where did that noise come from?", he wondered after hearing a woman's war cry.
"Gundam Megas! Gundam Megas! We have reinforcements! We have reinforcements!", the adorable mechanical ball enthusiastically replied with a flap of its wings on Cherudim's terminal after receiving the transponder signal. Orange Haro even showed him visual of the new Gundam entering the fray.
The twin brother of the deceased Neil Dylandy accepted before resuming combat with the A-Laws who are now focused on the new enemy but some had left themselves exposed to his sniping range which he is more than happy to exploit that in his advantage, "That's reassuring! Thanks! Now it's time for Celestial Being to counterattack!"
"Roger! Roger!", Orange Haro chirped in agreement.
On the other hand, Setsuna F Seiei managed to free himself from the plasma field that was set up by Patrick Colasour earlier and the 00 Gundam emerged above from it almost unscathed.
"What the? Is that a Gundam? In a Flag fighter form... Who could be the pilot?... And that loud screaming, it sounded familiar...", he wondered with surprise and curiosity upon seeing a new ally appearing to aid the Ptolemy crew in his visual before he was interrupted by an angry Bring Stabity.
Discarding his stoic self and looking visibly pissed off from Revive's death, Bring yelled as he is no longer holding back and going all out. "It doesn't matter if you brought in a new Gundam to turn the tide, Celestial Being! My machine is still far superior than your 00 and you will die!"
Now the Krugis young man grits his teeth in annoyance, and will have to focus on trying to beat the Innovator and stay alive.
At the bridge of the Baikal-class command ship
"Colonel Mannequin, we've lost Captain Revival! Oh my God... It was a massive overkill!", the older A-Laws bridge officer with glasses reported with a shocked look on his face.
It can't be... The scale of such particle blast is almost like that of the Alvatore... And what the Devil was that noise?!, thought Kati Mannequin, the tactical forecaster for the A-Laws with a look of mild panic after seeing it with her own eyes. She remembered how the deceased UN Ambassador Alejandro Corner's mobile armor had easily decimated everything in its way after joining up with the UN Forces in an attempt to finally wipe out Celestial Being 4 years ago.
Considering that Alejandro was the traitor of the paramilitary organization who gave the UN Forces the means of fighting back on even terms, Kati considered it a relief that he was on their side and they won't be on the receiving end of the Alvatore if they made him their enemy. Even though Alejandro had rubbed her the wrong way when she and Colonel Sergei met up with him to coordinate and plan for the final offensive against Celestial Being.
Alejandro seemed so smug and overconfident in the strength of his mobile armor and look where that got him.
A dead man with nothing left to be buried among the wreckage of Alvatore that was left behind in space.
Calming herself down, she ordered. "Get me visual, Ensign Vincent! I want to know who's behind that attack!"
"Yes, ma'am!", he complied with a nod.
Receiving a clear screen of the interloper from her competent subordinates, she sees a giant Flag-type Gundam in its fighter form entering the battlefield at full speed and opening fire on her forces with GN missiles and particle beam barrage while noting of its blue GN particles it emitted that stood out from the other Gundams.
Interesting. Either Celestial Being had resorted to using GN Tau Drives or they somehow create a new True GN Drive of their own when they were busy hiding and rebuilding their strength for 4 years..., she thought with eyes narrowed.
The bespectacled woman declared to her forces through her communications channel. "To nearby units, Celestial Being has launched a new Gundam-Type model against us! Intercept and eliminate it!"
"Roger!", the A-Laws mobile suit teams complied in response as they begin to divert and charge towards their new foe while the others continue their attack on Celestial Being.
Well played, Kujo. Well played. You always have had that one last remaining trick on your sleeve when I thought that I had you cornered back in the old days. But still, don't think that it will be enough while I still have more cards to play!, the colonel complimented her fellow tactical forecaster-now-enemy.
Then she decided that it is time to call up for reinforcements that were on standby just in case and thinking up a new strategy to try take down the new Gundam despite it possessing more firepower than all four Gundams and their mothership combined.
And if there's anything she learned from the defeat of the Alvatore despite possessing greater size over any mobile suits and overwhelming firepower that made all GN-powered ships look inadequate at its disposal, there is an old saying:
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall."
At the bridge of Ptolemy 2
On the other hand at the the bridge of the Ptolemy 2, Sumeragi Lee Noriega felt a chill down her back for some reason before brushing it off and gazed upon the visual of a giant Gundam in fighter form that of the Flag and checked on its IFF that she received a the transponder beacon to be from Krung Thep as GNMA-00012XLR Megas from her captain's seat.
"What is that?! Megas? I didn't know we have a fifth Gundam!", the brunette woman wondered with a befuddled look on her face.
Not that she was ungrateful but she was surprised to see a new model and its attack that wiped out the enemy right after it blasted through the Ptolemy 2's GN Field and starboard. After reeling from such attack, Sumeragi had to send both Feldt Grace and Saji Crossroad to check at Hangar 3 and see if Ian is alright or not which he may require medical attention, leaving Marie Parfacy to temporarily take over the pink-haired woman's place as the combat controller for now.
It reminded her too much of the giant golden mobile armor's massive beam attack 4 years ago and it took the life of Dr. Moreno during Operation Fallen Angels.
Did Celestial Being salvage the Alvatore's remains at some point while I was gone?, she thought with wide eyes.
"Hell, it's about time! Commander Chall had finally released the Megas!", Lasse Aeon said with a smile of relief, obviously knowing who is the pilot of their new addition to the Ptolemy crew.
"Wait what?! Can somebody give me the context here?!", the tactical forecaster for Celestial Being questioned with her eyes wide open with shock as she clearly felt that she has been out of the loop.
How much did I miss for the past 4 years while I was drinking?!, she lamented.
Brushing away her tears aside while hoping for her parents' safety, Mileina answered. "Yup, it's a long story Captain Sumeragi, but to make it short, Dad found the abandoned mobile suit 2 years ago and had it modified into a Gundam with help of Mom and their friends at Krung Thep. And not only that, I know who's piloting Megas out there!"
"I see. Well, you can tell me more about Megas and its pilot later after we win this battle.", Sumeragi decided before noticing the lavender haired woman looking like she is having a splitting headache but held on to the Ptolemy 2's helm controls to keep the ship steady in the middle of the battle against A-Laws as best as she can.
"... Uh... Are you alright Anew?", she asked in concern.
Anew Returner gritted her teeth as she tried to shake off this painful feeling from her head as if she had lost her other half for some reason she couldn't tell why. "... I'm fine, Captain. Just feeling a migraine."
Lasse reassured while in the middle of firing Ptolemy 2's weapon systems at the attackers from multiple directions around them, "I don't blame you. It must be your first time to be in the battlefield when you're recruited into Celestial Being. Don't worry, we'll pull through."
"Thanks, Lasse.", Anew smiled gratefully as she tries to shake that off and focus on piloting the mothership, to keep it on one piece.
Migraine, my ass! She has Quantum Brainwaves!, Soma Peries called out within Marie Parfacy who is surprised to hear her alternate persona and her suspicious tone after looking at Anew with concern. She can clearly see the soldier herself on the reflection of her standard Ptolemy crew spacesuit's helmet.
How did you know she has them? Do you think she could be a Super Soldier like us and Allelujah and Hallelujah?, Marie mentally asked her while returning to focus on her temporary combat controller post in Feldt's place.
Soma responded with a stern look from the reflection, It happened on a split second right when that massive blue particle beam outright destroy the A-Laws new model and then Anew felt a "migraine" after that. As for her and that now deceased pilot being Super Soldiers like us, it's not possible. The Super Human Institute was destroyed by your boyfriend and his psychopathic half along with everyone else inside there 4 years ago.
And if the Federation had created more Super Soldiers to augment their military strength, Colonel Sergei would have found out and I would have already sensed them with Quantum Brainwaves among the ranks of the A-Laws by now. Not to mention, there would have been more Smultron variants manufactured specifically for them to pilot too as well, Marie., she finished.
I see your point, Soma but... if Anew isn't a Super Soldier, then what is she really?, Marie wondered as she glanced at the helmswoman of Ptolemy 2 who managed to eventually recompose herself and focus on driving the ship.
At the Living Room of Celestial Being Mothership
To say that Ribbons Almark being in a state of Absolutely Livid is an understatement.
The leader of the Innovators did not expect that Celestial Being to have built a 5th Gundam and released it on the battlefield against the A-Laws and his two Innovators, who serve as its Licensed Officers with their new GNZ models, which caught them off guard just when the demise of Celestial Being has reached its close and inevitable conclusion.
With Revive Revival dead, his twin Anew Returner, who serves as my spy and sleeper agent within that wretched organization, cannot be reactivated to free her from her false persona! It takes an Innovator, who has been grown in the pod with their twin sibling of the same DNA together, to do that! Not only that, my dormant control over Anew has been completely severed by that blue particle output after feeling the aftershock of Revive's demise! How could that happen?!, he thought with barely contained anger.
While Ribbons could technically bring back Revive Revival in a new body with help of Veda by his side so long the copy of his data is available as he's more useful to him as his warrior and valuable pawn, the latter's Quantum Brainwaves would be now too different for Anew to feel and receive them. Unable to trigger her true self and remember her purpose as a being superior over lowly humans at all.
He added with irritation and small regret that he has connection with most of his Innovators which turns out to be a two-way street, And now I have a splitting headache of all things!
"Wang Liu Mei, did you know about this?", the green haired man demanded as he turned around to see even she didn't see it coming too as well with her mouth having a bit of a jaw drop upon watching the screen of the giant mobile suit in fighter form destroying A-Laws forces like it was nothing.
Composing herself in front of the Innovator whom she allied herself with, the rich Chinese socialite woman replied with a look of unease as she was out of the loop, "I didn't. I only saw Celestial Being developing the new Gundams especially the 00 when I visited Lagrange 3 to see the fruits of their rebirth. They must have created it at some point but didn't tell me about it."
Noting from her body language that Liu Mei was really telling the truth, Ribbons accepted her explanation for now as he narrowed his eyes on the GN Tau Drive of the new player on visual screen. "I see. This new Gundam must be Celestial Being's real secret weapon instead of the 00 all along. And knowing that creating a true GN Drive without taking a long trip to Jupiter would be impossible, they must have used the pseudo solar reactors.", he speculated.
Ali-al Saachez hmphed with a look of interest and amusement as he watches the new Gundam in action against the forces of A-Laws and how it emitted blue particles which is a complete contrast with his Arche Gundam's red particles. "I gotta say those Celestial Whatchamacallits are quite resourceful. They must have salvaged what's left of those GN-Xs back at the Operation Fallen Angels and reverse engineered their power sources for themselves which I bet that created the blue particles out of it.", he remarked.
"Or that they also have gotten those fake GN Drives from the Alvatore after Setsuna F Seiei killed Alejandro Corner and allowed our esteemed leader here take the reigns in his place. Even taking control over the Corner and Harvey families and subvert them to our side too as well.", Regene Regetta chimed in with a cheeky smirk which he can tell that Ribbon is looking annoyed of being reminded of the foolish man whom he played like a jester until at his last moments.
Then the two Innovators and the Krugis mercenary overheard Wang Liu Mei's incredulous comment and see what she meant upon watching the visual of the battle.
"Did... did that new Gundam just use some wrestling moves on the A-Laws?"
On the Battle of Lagrange 3
After scoring her first kill on the A-Laws new model and unleashed a huge indiscriminate barrage of GN missiles and blue particle beams that wiped out nearly everything in her path, Sayla Mass continue attacking several squads of Aheads and GN-XIIIs with Gundam Megas, dispatching them. In response, the A-Laws members returned fire to intercept the missiles while evading them at the same time. Although few more got hit and detonated in blue explosions, killing the pilots.
They managed to land some hits Megas with their beam blasters but due to GN Tau Drive attached to its fusion reactor's mass particle enhancement on the hybrid metal alloys of Lunar Titanium and Tritanium, it was able to withstand most of the attacks thrown at the Gundam-Type and remain unharmed.
It's like throwing pebbles at an unstoppable juggernaut that is stronger and faster than it looks.
Flying right past them with unbelievable amount of speed for a large mech in fighter form, the Gundam-Type mobile suit is attacked from behind by the A-Laws but the sheer amount of blue GN particles produced from the back extensions deflected the orange GN particle beams away.
Turning around, the female Meister charge at her enemies and fired the GN Vulcans of Megas to inflict more destruction.
Concerned and afraid that their new enemy will use the same attack that wiped out Licensed Officer Revive at any time without warning, Captain Barack Zinin in his Ahead ordered while trying to damage the incoming Megas with his weapon, "We can't let that Gundam-Type power up its main weapon and fire it again like it did before! Take it down!"
Piloting the GNX-704T/SP Ahead Smultron that was modified for him to control it better after the "death" of the Super Soldier No. 1 Soma Peries since he doesn't even have Quantum Brainwaves to begin with, Lieutenant Andrei Smirnov complied, "Roger!"
He and his comrades in their Aheads and GN-XIIIs charged forward at Megas with their GN spears and beam sabers drawn out together at full speed to pierce it from every direction, only for their large enemy to seamlessly transform in mid-air, or rather mid-space, and placed its GN Large Beam Cannon on its back.
The Gundam-Types's optics glow green menacingly at the A-Laws!
It's like the Graham Special!, Andrei thought in surprise.
Then the Gundam-Type used the momentum to double kick the A-Laws mechs within range and smashed all of them like paper with its feet, causing huge explosions from their immediate destruction. Backflipping her Megas in a graceful maneuver, Sayla grabbed the special-looking Ahead and punted it hard with a superkick into the asteroid above them.
Andrei's remaining squadmates barely survived such devastating melee blow with some of their mobile suits' arms, legs and even a head is torn off and floating as space debris.
On the other hand, the Smultron suffered damage to the point it needed immediate repairs if it didn't return to the A-Laws ship while Andrei suffering a bleeding concussion from the violent impact and floated away from the broken asteroid driftlessly.
"... Damn you, Gundam!", the estranged son of Sergei cursed with blood on his mouth, vowing revenge on the enemy pilot as he slowly flew away and withdraw in order to preserve his life.
"No! Grrr! You'll pay for that, Gundam!", Captain Zinin yelled after witnessing the one-sided massacre of his men and fired his weapon at the Gundam-Type enemy that got its attention towards him.
Charging at her outmatched opponents as the orange beams repeatedly bounced off from Megas' particle-enhanced hybrid metal armor, the blonde woman called out to them. "Not so fun now to be on the receiving end huh, A-Laws? Good! That's how everyone felt when you trampled on their lives and snuffed them out like a bunch of arrogant self-righteous butchers you are!"
Raising up her Megas' arms to make subsequent punching moves, Sayla yelled in a straightforward manner. "Rocket Punch!"
Two large metallic fists were launched from the wrists of her Gundam-Type with two high powered rocket boosters, and they are remote-controlled weaponry with the help of Red Haro as they fly at great speed towards Barack and his troops.
"An all-range attack?!", Petty Officer Ren in his GN-XIII shouted with a look of incredulousness.
"You got to be kidding me!", Warrant Officer Winchester in his Ahead panicked.
"Scatter and evade!", Captain Zinnin ordered which they dodge the rocket fists of Megas and are about to continue their assault.
But to their shock and dismay, the detached fists quickly turned themselves around and struck the A-Laws mobile suits from behind one by one, killing the pilots. The older man barely dodged in time with his Ahead losing its left arm holding the GN blaster rifle. He is the only one left standing as he watched the rocket hands return to the Gundam-Type's wrists.
However, with his Ahead suffering extensive damage and about to explode sooner or later, the A-Laws captain sneered at the Megas before him and brandished a beam saber for a suicidal charge. "You know you don't stand a chance! The A-Laws will soon prevail and wipe you out from the face of the Earth, Celestial Being!", he declared.
Just when he is close to directly stab at the 80 foot tall mobile suit as his final moment of defiance, Megas uppercuts his Ahead and sending it flying. It broke away the face plate and parts of the armored chassis, while severely injuring Barack with blood on his mouth and helmet's visor fully cracked and destroyed.
"I don't know nothing! High Mega Cannon!", Sayla retorted and unleashed a forehead cannon mounted in the center of Megas' modified Astraea head at the damaged Ahead to completely finish it off with extreme prejudice.
The concentrated blue particle blast from the Gundam-Type had completely vaporized Barack Zinin and his mobile suit in an explosion. Caroline, my love... I'm coming home..., he thought in his last moments about his wife who was unjustly murdered by Katharon's act of terrorism before embracing oblivion seconds later.
After dispatching the last A-Laws officer, the niece of David Halevy continued on her way to intercept more of Celestial Being's enemies and relieve the pressure on the Ptolemaios 2.
Meanwhile at the Hanger 3 of Ptolemy 2
When Feldt Grace and Saji Crossroad reached the hanger, they found the hallway leading up to it where it was charred and blackened slightly and the door didn't work. The two of them shoved the door open and when they entered the room with the Blue Haro floating behind them, it was a mess. There was a massive hole where the blast had hit and the metal in the room was melted and warped.
Feldt gasped in shock as she saw Ian's body floating in the middle of the room. The two moved towards him, trying to check on his condition and saw he suffered small bleeding wounds on his right side of his body but thankfully there were no obvious breaches in his suit such as his helmet, but they had no way to tell the full extent of his damage at this moment.
When they reached him, Saji said to him desperately and hoping he is alive. "Mr. Ian, are you alright?"
Hearing his voice, Ian opened his eyes painfully, looking at the Japanese man and the pink-haired girl, and grunted with shallow breath, "... I finished all of the adjustments to the 0 Raiser..."
"The 0 Raiser?" Feldt asked before she and Saji looked over to see it looked completely undamaged and intact from the enemy's large GN beam attack, which surprised both of them.
Ian looked at both of them even when his eyes are closing and breathing steady and shallow before losing consciousness, "... One of you take it to the 00. We will all die if it isn't delivered...to Setsuna..."
Carrying the chief engineer's unconscious body, Saji looked at Feldt, and stated in a serious tone. "You take it. I'll get Ian to the medical bay."
Feldt looked at him in surprise, "What? But I'm-"
The boyfriend of Louise Halevy looked her right in the eyes, "I owe Mr. Ian for helping find something to do on this ship. Even though I screwed up badly after what I did to Katharon's people. So, you will have to do it."
Feldt's thoughts were a rush. On one hand, she belonged on the bridge and had done that her entire life career which she is content on her role as her surrogate aunt point out the importance of being a support personnel in Celestial Being. On the other hand, her departed parents' path as pilots called out to her including even Megas despite transferring her biometrics to Louise who is already chosen to be its Gundam Meister.
What do I do?, she contemplated.
Saji could see her hesitating, knowing that they didn't have time for hesitation, "Setsuna needs this machine. I don't know if we can win if he doesn't get it. We will probably die if we can't win now."
Hearing a reminder of the stakes brought it all into perspective for her. The crew needs this. Setsuna needs this. The daughter of Ruido and Marlene looked at Saji still a bit conflicted but convinced, her voice stuttering slightly, "I-I don't know how to pilot."
Not like when Louise had the training to pilot Megas as a new Gundam Meister..., she added, unaware her friend is out there in battle.
"I will help! I will help!", Blue Haro called out, floating happily and seemingly oblivious to the destruction around it.
"Take it. You will need it more than I do.", the Japanese man said which Feldt nodded at his words and grabbed the Haro unit. She knew in a pinch the machines could act as pilots, though they couldn't match the skills of a human one.
The memory of her friend Louise came to her mind from two years ago, "I'm sure you'll find a chance to be a pilot one day. You won't know it till it hits you!"
Steeling her nerves, she floated towards the 0 Raiser's cockpit before looking over at Saji, who was beginning to take Ian out of the hanger and gave her a thumbs up. As she entered the cockpit, she put Blue Haro in the round slot and watched at the displays turned on as the 0 Raiser powered up.
Internally, the combat controller reassured herself. You can do this. My parents were pilots and I can follow in their footsteps. I can handle this. Forgive me Aunt Chall but there's no other choice. It's either this or we don't survive. While she tried to calm down, she could still feel her hands shaking from her nervousness. She opened up communications with the bridge of Ptolemy 2, "This is Feldt. I'm taking the 0 Raiser to the 00."
Sumeragi looked at her in shock, "Why are you-"
Feldt explained, "Ian told us one of us needed to get this to Setsuna and Saji is taking him to the medical bay. Blue Haro is here to help me."
"Indeed! Indeed!", Blue Haro chirped with the flapping of its wings.
The captain of Ptolemy 2 thought for a second and then responded, "Tieria and Lockon will cover you. Make sure you get to the 00 safely." Feldt could hear the slight fear in her voice at potentially losing another crew member. Before communications closed, Sumeragi said one last thing, "Good luck and come back to us alive."
"I will.", Feldt muttered before declaring. "0-Raiser, Feldt Grace, launching!"
Activating the 0 Raiser, the pink-haired woman blasted out of the hanger, heading towards the 00 Gundam into the heat of the battle, already feeling the protection of the Ptolemy 2 being stripped away from her. She felt like that she was entering an unknown world to her but she knew what needed to be done and even the odds against Celestial Being's enemies.
And as Feldt flew past the A-Laws forces, being covered by Lyle and Tieria in their Cherudim and Seravee Gundams, the shaking of her hands reduced somewhat, though her nerves were still a bit frayed. Getting visual of 00 Gundam struggling against the new A-Laws model that dominated it previously, she accelerated the 0-Raiser's speed towards them.
"Hold on, Setsuna! I'm coming!", she said.
"Hold the line! Hold the line!", Blue Haro cheered.
On the other side of Lagrange 3
As the battle rages on, Captain Descartes Shaman is leading his three squad of Aheads and GN-XIIIs followed by two Laohu cruisers and three more Baikal-class ship while piloting his own custom Ahead, the GNX-803OG Ogre. After receiving a call of reinforcements from Colonel Kati Mannequin, they are on route to aid their allies and keep up the pressure on Celestial Being still besieged by her forces in response of their enemy having backup of their own.
"Captain! Are you seeing this? Some kind of portal is opening!", Ensign Franklin in his GN-XIII called out when he noticed something.
Portal? Are you kidding me? What do you think is this? Star Trek?, the white haired man rolled his eyes before taking visual of his Ahead to see that his subordinate is right. There was a portal opening and four figures emerged from it before it was closed behind them. They look like white and blue-colored mobile suits that looked vaguely familiar with the GN-Xs of the UN Forces from 4 years ago since Operation Fallen Angels.
Although the other three looked way bigger, bulkier and stronger variants capable of brute strength and firepower while the fourth one looked small, lean and feminine albeit severely damaged and in the arms of its comrade. Not only that, their red eyes looked oddly cute except the last whose face is almost like that of a Gundam in a way.
"What the hell are they?", Lieutenant Hilda wondered upon seeing through her Ahead's visual.
Ensign Jack in his GN-XIII shrugged in a joking manner, "They could be aliens since Franklin said there was a portal they came out from."
"Quiet!", the A-Laws captain ordered before tuning in on the newcomers' conversation for him and his comrades to overhear and know of their intentions.
For them to hear childlike voices from the three giant mechs was quite unsettling in their honest opinion. And since no human pilot really talks like that, they can tell that the machines are controlled by Artificial Intelligence.
"Where are we? Where are we?", the Drone asked as it looked around and scan for anything it can find.
The second Drone replied while holding the slender-shaped mech on its arms, "Lagrange 3! Lagrange 3!"
"Transponder beacon detected! Transponder beacon detected! Source Identified: Celestial Being! Source Identified: Celestial Being!", the third Drone excitedly told its comrades before raising its large hand to point to the direction where the battle is ongoing. "Follow it! Follow it!"
"Roger! Roger! M.E.G.A.S. found! M.E.G.A.S. found!", the two Drones chirped in agreement.
Having heard enough and now knew the identity of the 5th Gundam that had been causing chaos on Kati's task force unit at Lagrange 3, Descartes Shaman ordered. "All units, they must be additional reinforcements from Celestial Being after the Gundam-Type Megas! New models with A.I. most likely! Wipe them out before they come to aid their comrades!"
"Yes sir!" His forces complied and they raised their GN Lances and blasters to open fire on the newcomers with the Baikal-class ships and two Laohu cruisers that were modified and outfitted with laser weaponry and GN missiles following suit.
And it caught them their full attention.
Protecting its comrades with an encompassing blue energy shield while holding unconscious Kiva's CMDR-KA in its arms, the Earth Coalition Drone shouted with its chirping tone as their eyes glow red. "Hostiles detected! Hostiles detected! Eliminate them! Eliminate them!"
"Roger! Roger! Protect the Commander! Protect the Commander!", the other two Drones chirped together with their eyes glowing red too and brandished their arm wrist cannons to return fire at the enemy mechs attacking them unprovoked.
The two offensive EC Drones' blue laser blasts were able to shoot down several of Captain Shaman's troops before they fly off with rocket thrusters on their backs to engage the mechs in combat. On the other hand, some of the A-Laws mobile suits were able to dodge or use their GN Field defense rods to block the laser attacks in front of them.
And then they come face to face with the two Drones punching, blasting and tearing their comrades' machines apart piece by piece.
"This is insane! They don't have GN Drives and yet they're able to keep up with u-AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!", Petty Officer Simon yelled before his Ahead exploded by the Drone #2's haymaker punch.
However, the said Drone got attacked by the five ships of the A-Laws' cannons firing particle and laser beams, forcing it to deploy the blue shield around itself. But it was not enough and it broke, forcing the Drone to evade the attack and retaliated with its arm wrist cannon blasts. It managed to destroy one Laohu cruiser and one Baikal-class ship at the same time, killing their respective crews.
"Don't panic! They may not have GN Drives but we still hold the advantage over them! Just like Katharon!" Descartes rallied before brandished his custom Ahead Ogre's twin scimitars and charged at Drone #1. The Drone noticed him and fired its arm wrist cannons, which the white-haired man skillfully evade the blasts before blitzing through it and cutting his enemy's arm.
The maimed Drone is undeterred and continued blasting at his back with its remaining arm wrist cannon, damaging his mobile suit that took out the left shoulder and right leg in retaliation. But it left itself wide open with Shaman's men giving it a taste of its own medicine. Soon, the fight was quickly turning against the Earth Coalition members as they are outnumbered and outgunned.
But they are not doing to die and leave their commander alone in this timeline they have landed on. Not until they found the missing M.E.G.A.S. and its time drive to return back to the future.
"There's too many of them! There's too many of them!", the Drone stated after it lost its left arm to the beam saber slash by the ogre horned-themed Ahead's scimitars.
The second Drone agreed as it suffered head damage from the particle beam blast, "Fly to the beacon's location! Fly to the beacon's location!"
"Roger! Roger!", the third Drone nodded as its blue energy shields are starting to break from the particle beam barrage from two ships.
Disengaging the superior enemy, the three EC Drones immediately left the area with Kiva's mobile suit they carry and head to where the missing M.E.G.A.S. is located through the transponder beacon signal at full speed of their rocket thrusters. The A-Laws troops gave pursuit with the two Baikal-class ships and the last remaining Laohu cruiser following along.
Within the damaged head cockpit of CMDR-KA whose systems remained inactive after being critically hit by Glorft battery fire, the unconscious redhead woman's body begins to slightly twitch.
Author's Note: Alright then, Chapter 4 of "Megas 00" is done and I hope you like it. Megas has entered the battlefield by blasting away Revive Revival which would give Celestial Being's enemies quite a headache for that. More specifically, Ribbons Almark himself when he and his cronies witnessing the entire battle slowly that is shifting now on Celestial Being's favor.
Oh the irony of Louise killing Barack Zinin and making an enemy out of Andrei Smirnov considering their canon relationship as fellow A-Laws members. Then again Barack didn't hold a high opinion on Louise to begin with but it's somewhat justified considering he sees her condition as a liability in his squad, and that he's still more sympathetic compared to Andrei who projects his ideal to Louise just to satisfy his own selfish need when he had a one-sided crush on her.
Not to worry though, the Battle of Lagrange 3 still continues on with 00 Raiser Gundam will have its moment to debut and shine on the next chapter with Feldt piloting the 0-Raiser instead of Saji.
If you want to know the context, check out "In Another Time, Another World" story by fnplra and it is a good read. I've obtained permission from fnplra to use it as basis for this chapter.
As for Kiva's mech and the Earth Coalition Drones from the future, they really somewhat roughly resemble the GN-Xs from the later half of Gundam 00 Season 1 and it's quite easy to connect them. Don't worry, I have plans for them in this story.
By the way, Coop's war cry in Megas XLR show was really "WAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" which explains about the meme of Coop being an Ork from Warhammer 40k. As he adds anything that he find cool and unorthodox into canon Megas so long he believes that they will work and always did. Like fixing the damaged photon stabilizer with a duct tape or refueling Megas' gasoline tanks with greasy oil of his fatty cheeseburgers he kept in his pockets for example. And that he has lots of Dakka at his disposal.
Oh and, Descartes Shaman is from A Wakening of the Trailblazer and here he wasn't fully awakened as a True Innovator yet.
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Chapter 5
Hello there again guys and I have returned once more with Chapter 5 of "Megas 00". With the debut of Gundam Megas, the tables have turned and Celestial Being strikes back, while the Earth Coalition Drones came out of the time portal with an incapacitated Kiva and got under attack by A-Laws forces before fleeing to the source of the beacon which is Megas itself.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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Back at the Battle of Lagrange 3
In the midst of a raging battle, the 00 Gundam was struggling to keep up with GNZ-005 Garazzo flailing around dangerously like a crazy berserker as the latter unleashed several slashes at it with the GN Beam Claws. Setsuna F. Seiei barely managed to parry and deflect Bring Stabity's assault with his Twin Drive mobile suit's GN Swords before being kicked hard by the absolutely livid Innovade into a nearby asteroid, causing a huge crater on it.
Bring used Char Kick on Setsuna and it is Super Effective.
"Gaaaahh!", Setsuna cried out in pain as he felt the impact and thought with frustration. I need to get back to the Ptolemy! If only I have the 0 Raiser!
"DIE, 00!", Bring screamed as he prepared the final blow with his Garazzo's two Beam Claws raised up to deliver a devastating slash that will cut the Twin Drive Gundam in twain.
Suddenly, the Garazzo is struck in the back by several small pink GN beams but it did no serious damage at all. Yet it was enough to distract Bring and allow Setsuna to retaliate. The 00 Gundam threw a powerful punch at the Garazzo hard in the face, damaging the head's camera and disorienting the enemy pilot briefly before grabbing the machine and judo flipping it away into the same asteroid and flying away from his opponent.
The Krugis young man saw a friendly signal on his E-Sensor and it identified it to be the 0 Raiser.
Finally!, he thought with relief before making way towards the incoming 0 Raiser.
Shaking his head after being tossed into the asteroid and adjusting his machine's camera, Bring also noticed a newcomer on his E-Sensor and saw the 00 Gundam is flying towards it, immediately deducing that the fighter must be important. "Oh no, you don't!", he shouted and gave pursuit, using the Garazzo's GN Vulcans at the tip of each forearm at his fleeing opponent and another new machine brought out by Celestial Being.
Within the cockpit of the GNR-010 0 Raiser, Feldt Grace felt both relief and fear. Relief that she managed to save Setsuna from being killed by the A-Laws new model and fear that she got the enemy's attention towards her which it did and was firing at the machine she's piloting with Blue Haro's help. One wrong maneuver and the 0 Raiser will be shot down along with her, dooming Setsuna and everyone else in Celestial Being. The pink haired girl tried to calm herself down but her heart kept racing and she can feel the adrenaline pumping through her body.
Stay calm, Feldt! Stay calm! You got this! You can do it! Just hold on!, she tried to motivate herself as the orange GN beam blast passed close by her cockpit, which is a close call for comfort to be honest.
Then Feldt received communication signal from the 00 Gundam and received it to see Setsuna's face on the visual screen in front of her. His face has the expression of shock and worry for her. "Feldt?! What are you doing in the 0 Raiser?!", he said as he was expecting Ian Vashti since the last time he saw him, the chief engineer of Celestial Being was working his finishing touches with the new machine prior to the attack by A-Laws.
Thank you Setsuna! Feeling her heart rate decreasing and relief as the 0 Raiser and 00 Gundam get closer, the pink haired woman hastily explained with a slight blush. "Ian sent me! He told me to bring it to you!"
Setsuna accepted it before stating with a smile, "I see. It was a good shot there by the way."
"Thanks.", Feldt said with her blush slightly redder at such face.
Unfortunately, there was no time for further chit-chat as the two pilots notice an angry Bring Stabity closing on them with his Garazzo, which Setsuna promptly called out to Feldt with a tone that there is no room for hesitation. "We're going to dock! Now!"
Feldt nodded in agreement with him before ordering the blue robot ball at the terminal of the 0 Raiser's cockpit, "Roger that! Haro, do it!"
"Roger! Roger! 0 Raiser, docking mode! 0 Raiser, docking mode!", Blue Haro happily declared.
The daughter of the late Marlene Vlady and Ruido Resonance felt the 0 Raiser halting before it transformed itself before attaching with the 00 Gundam's Twin GN Drives at the back. While the former pilot of Exia can sense the new level of power flowing and growing through his mobile suit once the docking mode is complete, completing it.
The GN-0000 + GNR-010 00 Raiser.
"Docking complete!", Feldt declared with Blue Haro enthusiastically flapping its ears.
I can do this... No, we can do this!, Setsuna smiled. "Good job, Feldt! Now hold on, it might get rough!"
Feldt Grace braced herself when the 00 Raiser rushed forward which she can feel the G-Forces pushing on her, forcing her back into the seat. Literally riding backwards in that case. Feldt grunted in pain as Setsuna pushed the newly-combined Gundam to its limit and she barely noticing the system fully integrating as the 00 Raiser's speed further increased. Just let Setsuna do all the work now! He knows what to do!, she gritted her teeth and prepared for whatever insane maneuvers Setsuna is about to pull off.
"That won't help you, human!", Bring Stabity yelled as his Garazzo opened fire at the Twin Drive Gundam with his GN Vulcan forearms.
"00 Raiser! Preparing to eliminate the target!", Setsuna declared as he easily dodged his enemy's orange GN beam barrage with graceful maneuvers, increased the speed of his mobile suit and charged at the enemy who brandished the GN Beam Claws on both hands and is about to slash at him.
With a swift strike in a blink of an eye, the 00 Raiser Gundam sliced off the Garazzo's left arm which the decapitated limb exploded as a result. Bring is surprised and did not see it coming but he remained undeterred and gave pursuit of his opponent who is maneuvering through the asteroids. However, Setsuna expected the so-called Innovator to follow him and the latter did, which he then flew through the side of the larger asteroid where its gravity will shoot his Gundam faster around it.
It allowed the 00 Raiser to quickly catch up behind the Garazzo, further increasing speed and momentum.
"I'll destroy them! We will destroy them!", Setsuna F. Seiei yelled as he closed in on the Innovade's mobile suit and brandished the GN Sword II to attack.
"What the?!", Bring Stabity shouted with a face of incredulity and inability to comprehend his enemy's new speed. Before his eyes glowed and he heard a telepathic call from his esteemed leader Ribbons Almark that is strict and direct via their Quantum Brainwaves, Escape and withdraw immediately.
Yes sir!, he obeyed.
Setsuna finished, "AND WE WILL DO IT WITH OUR OWN WILL!"
With one powerful slash, the 00 Raiser easily broke through the GNZ-005 Garazzo's attempt to block it with its remaining arm that has the GN Beam Claw and sliced through it like a hot knife through butter, destroying the opposing mobile suit. Unfortunately for Setsuna, Bring managed to escape alive through the Core Fighter of his mobile suit and fled from the battlefield.
The redhead member of the Innovators group gritted his teeth with shame and anger that he had been bested by a human and that he brought shame to Ribbons Almark.
Setsuna watched the Core Fighter leaving as fast as it can but decided to ignore it as the Garazzo is neutralized and unable to fight anymore before traveling at full speed back to the Ptolemy 2, which he saw it in the middle of a large battle with the A-Laws ships and mobile suits. "What's the situation with the Ptolemy?", he spoke to Feldt with urgency.
Feldt replied calmly as if she was the combat controller of Ptolemy 2 again as she checked through the visuals of the battlefield, "Enemy forces are surrounding the ship but they are unable to get through the Ptolemy's GN Field. Tieria and Lyle are holding them off for now but there is something that was able to pierce through the GN Field and caused damage to Hanger 3. I don't think the ship can take another hit like that."
"Allelujah has yet to return from escorting the Lagrange 3 base's personnel and staff to Krung Thep.", she finished.
"I see. But what about the Gundam-Type machine that appeared out of nowhere? It showed up and attacked the A-Laws.", the pilot of the 00 Raiser asked while mentally adding. Not to mention that loud screaming which sounded very familiar...
Her eyes widened with recognition and surprise as Feldt brought up the visual of the gigantic mobile suit with a Gundam's head easily decimating the forces of the Federation's despicably corrupt peacekeeping organization in its path. "That's Gundam Megas! Aunt Chall finally ordered Louise to sortie out with it from the Krung Thep and help us!", she said with a smile.
"Gundam Megas! Gundam Megas!", Blue Haro chirped with a happy cheer, knowing that its fellow adorable ball robot, the Red Haro is with Louise.
Who's Aunt Chall and what's the meaning of Megas? I will ask her later when this is over., Setsuna thought as he was shocked to hear not only Celestial Being had apparently created another new Gundam during the four years of rebuilding itself back to full strength but also that its pilot happened to be the girlfriend of his friend and next door apartment neighbor Saji Crossroad.
"Louise? As in Louise Halevy?! She's a Gundam Meister of Celestial Being?!", he said with a look of surprise, almost jaw-dropping.
I remember Saji told me that he hadn't heard from Louise after she apparently stopped replying to him with the last message telling him to keep his head down and stay out of trouble long before I ran into him at Space Colony Proud., the Meister of 00 Raiser thought as he realized with worry and concern. Oh no, the reunion is going to be very awkward when Saji and Louise meet each other once the battle is over.
"Yeah, it's a long story, Setsuna. I will explain after we deal with A-Laws.", Feldt stated while she thought with an uncomfortable feeling dawning on her. Now that Louise showed up as Megas' pilot, Saji is gonna freak out when he finds out and meet her in person when the battle is over! He may have gotten over his misplaced hate on us but he's going to get the wrong idea!
Ever since Saji Crossroad became the Ptolemy 2's guest under their protection after being framed by the A-Laws as a wanted criminal at Space Colony Proud, he used to be passive aggressive towards the crew and being a pain in the ass with his black and white perspective, refusing to accept his situation that was out of his control. He also blamed Celestial Being for the murder of his older sister Kinue Crossroad and the attack on the Halevy family that took the lives of Louise's parents and relatives and also her arm and her body affected by the GN Tau Particles.
Originally, Feldt and Milenia intended to inform Saji about Louise who is at Krung Thep and was slowly recovering from the particle poisoning.
But Tieria stopped them, stating that Saji would take it the wrong way and immediately assume Celestial Being is holding her hostage to keep him compliant with them from his mental gymnastics, further intensifying his bias against them. The purple haired man even added that even if Saji found out through browsing Celestial Being's computers with Blue Haro who was assigned to keep an eye on him and be his new companion, the same result will still happen.
Ian and Lasse supported him which the girls had made a compromise with the adults to tell Saji about Louise once he calms down and think clearly. Which somewhat happened after Saji unintentionally led the A-Laws to the hidden desert Katharon base Rub' al Khali which killed many members inside in an attempt to get his name cleared and return to normal civilian life.
He deeply regretted his reckless action with great remorse after Tieria called him out on his idiocy and selfishness, wanting to atone for his mistakes and grew out of his prejudice toward Celestial Being.
They were supposed to tell Saji at Lagrange 3 during the resupply run but the surprise attack by A-Laws interrupted that unfortunately.
She vowed as she gripped the 0 Raiser's controls, I'm going to make sure your reunion won't end up badly, Louise.
Setting aside the issue with the revelation about the new Gundam and its pilot and her reunion with Saji, Setsuna called out a warning to Feldt, "I'm activating the Trans-Am!"
Feldt nodded in response and braced herself for the speed boost that will further increase 3x faster than before as she saw her display turn red that signals the activation of the Trans-Am System.
But neither of the pilots noticed that when the 00 Raiser Gundam turns red under Trans-Am, two rings of light formed from the Twin Drives and it then rushed towards the raging battlefield as quickly as it can.
Suddenly, Setsuna and Feldt found themselves floating in multi-colored space with glittering particles of light and they are naked as the day they are born. The Krugis young man realized it but was too confused to react about it at this point. He looked around to meet Feldt's eyes and apparently, they do not feel a sense of shame of being naked.
"Setsuna? What's going on?...", the pink haired young woman asked with a tone of confusion and worry.
One thing that Setsuna felt from her was that of longing and affection when she said his name. And that she likes him.
"I don't know either... But I think we're safe.", he replied honestly, trying to reassure her.
Feldt looked at him and beyond the surface, sensed something strange. It was almost compared to that of a cloudy day with the Sun wanting to peek through and shining brightly but it couldn't. She does not know what it meant after feeling that from Setsuna.
The two heard the various voices speaking around them in the multi-colored space which some are familiar and others not so much.
I failed you Ribbons... I couldn't avenge Revive... I'm supposed to be an Innovator!
This can't be happening! The Gundam-Type smashed through all my plans!
Damn you Gundam... You killed Captain Zinin!
COLONEEEEEEELLLL!
Acknowledged, colonel. Pursue the gigantic machines affiliated with Celestial Being and destroy them!
However, one of the voices felt like as if she's familiar to one of them for some reason.
Megas... Setsuna... Stop... the... Glorft...
It confused the two pilots of the 00 Raiser as they wonder who the unknown woman is, why does she know Setsuna's name or how Gundam Megas is connected with her, and what is the meaning of Glorft.
Questions for later.
And then the voice of Louise Halevy pulled them back to reality.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Setsuna and Feldt winced together from the blonde woman's battle scream as they are back on their respective cockpits of the 00 Gundam and 0 Raiser with their pilot suits and helmets back on. "Owwww! Did Louise really have to shout out that loud?", he gritted his teeth while trying to keep his focus on piloting the Twin Drive Gundam through the asteroids and reach Ptolemy and their fellow Gundams.
"Ugh yeah, Louise got that from her uncle Coop, Setsuna. She developed a habit of using it on combat simulations during her training at Krung Thep.", Feldt said as she tried to shake off the ringing on her head. Dammit Louise! No need to be that loud!
Who is Coop? Is he another survivor of the Halevy family attack by Nena Trinity?, Setsuna thought before filing that away for later. "You can tell me later. We have to save everyone and the ship!", he said.
"Roger!", Feldt nodded as she focused her full attention on the E-Sensor for enemy mobile suits nearby the advancing 00 Raiser in its Trans-Am mode.
There the 00 Raiser started taking down several A-Laws' GN-XIIIs and Aheads in its red-colored path, catching them off guard in the middle of attacking Celestial Being's Gundams and Ptolemy 2 and routed them with ease as a result. Its intervention allowed Cherudim, that was about to ambushed on both sides by two more enemies, to punch Patrick Colasour's machine in the face and send it flying away, defeated and humiliated.
"COLONEEEEEEELLLL!", Patrick screamed as his headless GN-XIII helplessly drifted into space.
Meanwhile at the bridge of the Baikal-class command ship
"This can't be happening! The Gundam-Type smashed through all my plans!"
Colonel Kati Mannequin frustratingly gripped her fists on the sides of her main armchair of the bridge of her A-Laws flagship. She was half-tempted to take off her helmet of her spacesuit and pull out her hair strands before screaming out loud at how it is so utterly unfair if it weren't for her excellent control of her emotions and retain her poker face befitting her epithet, "The Iron Lady" during her time at the AEU and later the Earth Sphere Federation.
Very few individuals made her lose her cool such as that annoying but somewhat endearing buffoon, Lieutenant Patrick Colasour who has his own dorky charm and confidence despite being the butt of jokes regarding his "The Immortal" title thrown at him. She had specifically warned the Frenchman not to join A-Laws and yet he did so willingly anyway, all to fight for her and show his devotion to her.
Then there's the annoying German son of a bitch, Major Aber Rindt who dared bring up the infamous friendly fire incident between her and Leesa Kujo, who's now her enemy, during their time at the AEU and rub it on her face about it when she called him out for use of Automatons to indiscriminately wipe out members of Katharon at their base in Rub' al Khali.
And now, the giant Gundam' insufferable female pilot is officially on her shit list.
Despite her belief that the giant Gundam-Type machine would be the same like the Alvatore and her implementing her tactics to bring it down in coordination with her forces, it had easily destroyed many GN-XIIIs and Aheads with wrestling moves like an equivalent of an adult tossing around toddlers. Not to mention, she saw the gigantic mobile suit grabbed one of the Baikal-class cruiser it tackled on, easily lifting the spaceship with both hands.
Then the Gundam-Type giant spun around with it until letting it go to crash and explode on the giant asteroid. The said cruiser didn't get completely destroyed but it suffered heavy damage and casualties among its crew.
The gigantic Gundam-Type pilot did all that while screaming, "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
What an utterly ear-aching war cry of that woman heard across the bridge of her Baikal-class flagship!
This is outright total annihilation! Celestial Being really did salvage Alvatore and remade into a giant mobile suit! Who the hell is the psychopathic woman they recruited to pilot that monster as if it's like a video game to her!?, the glasses wearing tactical forecaster gritted her teeth as her fellow A-Laws officers panicked at the sheer carnage and destruction brought about by the new Gundam.
Such a huge drop of morale within her ranks all because of Celestial Being's new machine that the A-Laws never saw it coming.
Ensign Vincent informed his superior officer with hope and relief in his panicking eyes, "Colonel Mannequin! Reinforcements have arrived! Captain Descartes Shaman and his task force are here!"
She received visual only to frown when she saw two Baikal-class cruisers and one Laohu-class cruiser where there are supposed to five of them in the group. While the mobile suit forces' numbers not as many as before. And apparently they were pursuing three gigantic mobile suits that used high-speed rocket thrusters like Katharon instead of GN Drives and one of them was carrying an immobile female-shaped machine in a bridal carry hold.
Don't tell me Celestial Being unleashed more of those monsters?!, she thought with annoyance, however she noticing something off from the visual of the new enemies. ... But that mobile suit in its arms, why is it not moving like the rest? Did something happen to that pilot?
Opening communication channel with the leader of the group supposed to back them up, she called. "This is Colonel Kati Mannequin. What happened to your forces? Explain yourself, Captain Shaman!"
"Colonel Mannequin, we were on our way to reinforce you and your troops but we've encountered new machines revealed to be affiliated with Celestial Being and they are like the Gundam-Type identified as Megas. We engaged them in battle before they can meet up with the enemy. Unfortunately, we have suffered some losses as you can see.", the white haired A-Laws captain explained with a wince upon noting the damage the non-GN powered giant mechs have caused before retaliating and forcing them on the run.
It doesn't take a genius to know that the newcomers were responsible of Shaman's recent losses. Megas huh? So that's the name of the Gundam-Type machine Celestial Being had created..., she learned of the new enemy machine's identity.
"Some losses huh?", Colonel Kati dryly snarked with an unimpressed glare before sternly ordered. "In that case, take them out and regroup with me when you're done with them!"
Nodding, Captain Shaman then ordered, "Acknowledged, colonel. Pursue the gigantic machines affiliated with Celestial Being and destroy them!"
His A-Laws troops obeyed their leader, "Roger!"
Closing off her communication channel with the A-Laws captain, the former associate of Sumeragi Lee Noriega continue to observe the raging battlefield where many soldiers under her command died in blazing and unceremonious deaths at the hands of Celestial Being. Damn you Kujo! I bet you were laughing at my face after unleashing that monster of a Gundam and render all of my plans useless!, she bitterly believed.
At the Ptolemy 2 in the middle of combat
"Achoo!"
Sumeragi cutely sneezed for some reason before she opened her helmet's visor, which automatically clear away the spittle clouding the glass before putting it back on, good and clean as new. It happened right after she and Ptolemy crew had noticed the 00 Raiser entering the battlefield.
"I really should check in at the medical bay when this is over.", she muttered while lamenting about the loss of a valued friend and doctor four years ago. I miss Dr. Joyce...
Mileina Vashti asked, "Are you alright Captain Sumeragi?"
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me.", the formerly alcoholic woman reassured.
Marie Parfacy detected new signals from the E-Sensor in front of her and announced, "Captain, we have incoming! The A-Laws have reinforcements en route to our location!"
"That's just great!", Lasse Aeon snarked with annoyance as he kept firing the barrages of GN Cannons and Missiles from the Ptolemy 2 as much as he can at the enemy in every direction.
"There's no end to them!", Anew Returner nodded in agreement as she focused to keep the mothership under control while trying to shake off that lingering headache.
Deciding to contact the Gundam Megas' pilot, Sumeragi opened a communication channel. "This is Captain Sumeragi Lee Noriega of Ptolemy 2. Identify yourself, Megas' Meister."
Her call got a response with the visual reveal of a young woman in a yellow pilot suit with Red Haro on the cockpit's terminal. "This is Sayla Mass, Gundam Meister of Megas, Captain Sumeragi! What are your orders?", she asked.
"Intercept the A-Laws reinforcements heading our way and eliminate them.", Sumeragi ordered as she sent out the coordinates and location to the new Gundam Meister.
"Roger that!", Sayla complied with an affirmative nod.
Meanwhile, Saji Crossroad entered the bridge of the Ptolemy 2 as he panted. "I'm back! Mr. Ian is hurt from the attack but I brought him to the medical bay so I-", he spoke but words died on his mouth when he saw a familiar-looking woman as she was checking the display of her cockpit on the visual before cutting off contact. No, it can't be... Louise?, the Japanese-American thought with eyes widening in shock.
"Mr. Crossroad, you're back. Are you alright?", Marie Parfacy noted of the space engineer's presence.
Briefly snapping out, Saji gave a weak smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. I better take a seat."
The female Super Soldier nodded before returning back to survey the ongoing battle as a temporary combat controller. While Saji took his seat in the bridge as he used the computer system to give him visual of the gigantic-sized Gundam transform into a fighter mode almost like a Flag and fly at high speed. It doesn't make any sense! What is going on here?! Why is Louise piloting a Gundam?! How long has she been a member of Celestial Being?!, he thought, trying to comprehend.
Once the battle is over, Saji hoped there is an explanation about everything regarding his girlfriend.
Back at the Battle of Lagrange 3
After receiving orders from Captain Sumeragi, Louise Halevy under codename of Sayla Mass piloted Gundam Megas in its fighter form at full speed to intercept and take down the A-Laws reinforcements. Upon getting closer to her destination, the female Meister saw three white and blue-colored gigantic mobile suits flying towards her in her visual. Are those enemy reinforcements? They kinda look like the GN-Xs used by the UN Forces four years ago. But they look enormous! They're as big as Megas!, she thought with a look of surprise.
Then she noticed that the GN-X looking machines have no GN Tau Drives, just high speed rocket thrusters on their backs. Just like the mobile suits of Katharon that were heavily modified and upgraded to give GN-powered mechs a run for their money. Was A-Laws trying to even the odds by creating those 3 yet didn't add fake solar reactors for some reason?, she thought but noticed the GN-XIIIs and Aheads were opening fire on them and landing blows upon their metal forms.
One of the three giant mechs was protecting an immobilized slender mobile suit with blue energy shield that is soon to give out under orange GN beam attacks.
"Help, Celestial Being! Help, Celestial Being! M.E.G.A.S.! M.E.G.A.S.!", they cried out for salvation with their cute childlike voices and their red cute-looking eyes glowing as if they're blinking.
They know about Celestial Being and Gundam Megas? And their voice, they sounded like... Haros?!, Sayla thought with shock but it is clear to her that they are definitely not with A-Laws. And so she took action and had Red Haro prepare the GN Large Beam Cannon that has finally cooled down and ready to fire again.
Shouting as loud as she can, hoping that the mechanical giants can hear her and not get hit by her attack in the crossfire. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!", the Meister of Megas yelled as she pulled the trigger and unleashed a massive blue particle blast from her giant mobile suit's main weapon.
To Sayla's relief, the three massive mechs really did heard her and swiftly flew down as low as they can with their rocket thrusters on full throttle, dodging the blast immediately. On the other hand, Captain Descartes Shaman widened his eyes and shouted to his forces as he moved his Ahead Ogre out of the way from it as fast as he can, "SCATTER! SCATTER!"
Several pilots of the Aheads and GN-XIIIs followed his lead and escaped the Gundam Megas' GN Large Beam Cannon's attack with their lives. But the rest who didn't dodge on time weren't very lucky and perished as the blue particle blast vaporized them all to oblivion.
One of the two remaining Baikal-class ships and the last Laohu cruiser have been destroyed along with its crew and personnel.
Captain Shaman and his surviving A-Laws troops can only gape with horror upon looking at the result of Gundam Megas' most powerful attack with only scraps of burnt metal remain. "So this is the power of the Megas the three were talking about...", the white haired man muttered as he tried his best to not wet himself in terror.
Oh my God, it's definitely like the Alvatore my friends in the UN Forces told me four years ago... but I didn't believe them until now... How the hell can we defeat Celestial Being with that monster on their side?!, he thought in internal panic.
Then he received an emergency notification which he took a look and smiled with relief. "Withdrawal orders? Thank you, colonel! A-Laws! We. Are. Leaving!"
"ROGER!", everyone is more than happy to comply as Captain Descartes Shaman and his remaining forces went about face and flew away as fast as they can. The last Baikal-class ships followed suit and fled too as well.
Witnessing the A-Laws hastily retreating away from Lagrange 3, Louise sighed with relief and let go of the controls of Gundam Megas as she opened the visor of her Meister suit's helmet to breathe. The adrenaline from her body was going away while she steadied her heart rate back to normal. Thank God, it's over. There's no going back after I've done this..., she thought as she knew what she had signed up for in Celestial Being and when she fired the first shot upon A-Laws. But Saji, will he forgive me if he found out?...
"Thank you! Thank you! We're saved! We're saved!", the three giant robots said together as they approached her mobile suit.
Red Haro looked surprised and confused as it rolled around the cockpit's terminal. "Familiar voices! Familiar voices!"
That snapped Louise out from her thoughts and look up to see the ones she saved face-to-face. "Um, you're welcome. Who are you guys really?"
Then the three GN-X looking gigantic mobile suits' heads open up together with a hiss of smoke and sound in front of Louise. To her shock and bafflement, three small adorable balls of green, pink and yellow revealed themselves to be the pilots within the central terminal of the heads as they flap their wings with their eyes beeping.
"HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO!"
Meanwhile, Kiva within the deactivated CMDR-KA stirred with her eyes looking like they're in a trance and slowly muttered the words repeatedly as her mantra. "Megas... Setsuna... Stop... the... Glorft..."
Back to the Ptolemy 2
"Enemy mobile suits and ships have begun falling back!"
Marie Parfacy announced to Sumeragi and the rest of the Ptolemy crew upon seeing visual of A-Laws retreating, which brought huge relief that the battle is over and the enemy have been driven away from Lagrange 3. Her alter ego Soma Peries agreed with her but reminded herself to ask Anew about her Quantum Brainwaves when they have the time for it.
"Ptolemy, cease firing! Gundams, assume defensive positions!", the tactical forecaster of Celestial Being quickly ordered.
"Roger.", Tieria Erde complied as he and Lyle Dylandy are on a look out in case if the retreat by A-Laws turned out to be a ruse all along.
Anew Returner commented with look of amazement and worry, "Wow, I never imagined the 00 Raiser and Megas had made A-Laws run away after taking out their new models and their numbers."
"We are pretty much unstoppable at this point!", Lasse Aeon smirked with amusement as he stopped firing the GN Cannons and Missiles. It made him feel de ja vu and some catharsis that the enemy now know how they felt during the Operation Fallen Angels.
It's not like he is tempting fate or anything.
"Don't relax just yet! Our main objective is still the destruction of the satellite weapon!", Sumeragi reminded them before turning to the daughter of Ian and Linda Vashti. "Mileina, I realize you must be worried about your parents but I need you to use the Karels and Haros to repair Ptolemy and the Gundams. Including the Megas as well."
"Roger that, ma'am.", Mileina complied as she prepared to leave the bridge albeit in a somber manner.
Then the Ptolemy crew received a communication call from Allelujah Haptism. "This is Arios. I escorted all of the transports to a safe distance at Krung Thep! And Mileina, your mom's okay too.", he informed them.
It brightened up the young girl's spirit before she left the ship's bridge to start up the repairing session. Saji Crossroad quietly left his seat and joined her, giving the impression to the captain and her comrades that he is going to help out in Ian's place. Which he is and he wanted answers from Louise once they meet face-to-face in Ptolemy 2.
Sumeragi smiled before contemplating her thoughts on the recent revelation and development she had witnessed. 00 Raiser and Megas... Who would have imagined such incredible abilities of the two mobile suits? Still I hope we get answers when we meet Sayla Mass after she returned to Ptolemy...
Allelujah then called out, "Miss Sumeragi, Commander Chall wants to talk to you. You should receive her incoming transmission right about now."
Confused of who the person is but decided to comply, the captain of Ptolemy 2 opened the communications channel which she and the rest of the crew can see the visual of a middle-aged woman with light silver hair in a ponytailed bun with and glasses. She is also dressed in a female Celestial Being uniform colored dark and blue, and looked the part of a serious-looking professional woman who is in charge of a large organization.
"This is Chall Acustica, Commander of Celestial Being as a whole. I believe that you deserved your questions to be answered."
Author's Note: Alright then, Chapter 5 of "Megas 00" is done and I hope you like it. Feldt piloted the 0 Raiser and docked with Setsuna's 00 Gundam, forming the 00 Raiser and defeating Bring Stabity who fled from the battlefield in shame, while Louise does what a respectable Cooplowski does best, smashing through anything in her way with Gundam Megas.
On the other hand, the cat's out of the bag when Saji Crossroad saw Louise Halevy and oh boy, the reunion really gonna be awkward when the Ptolemy crew regroup and meet up with the newest Gundam Meister at the end of the battle. Especially with Louise bringing new guests in the form of Future Haros controlling the Earth Coalition Drones and Kiva who will be sent to medical bay for healing once they're at Ptolemy 2.
As for the moment where 00 Raiser quantizing under Trans-Am, it will come later at the upcoming battle at Memento Mori which will definitely go differently from the canon. There's no way A-Laws and Ribbons would not increase their strength in numbers and stronger mobile suit types after the appearance of 00 Raiser and Gundam Megas.
Credit goes to fnlrpa whom I borrowed some elements of the "In Another Time, Another World" in this chapter and check out his stories for they are good read. Especially his latest story, "Old Family, New Memories."
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Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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Chapter 5
Back at the Battle of Lagrange 3
In the midst of a raging battle, the 00 Gundam was struggling to keep up with GNZ-005 Garazzo flailing around dangerously like a crazy berserker as the latter unleashed several slashes at it with the GN Beam Claws. Setsuna F. Seiei barely managed to parry and deflect Bring Stabity's assault with his Twin Drive mobile suit's GN Swords before being kicked hard by the absolutely livid Innovade into a nearby asteroid, causing a huge crater on it.
Bring used Char Kick on Setsuna and it is Super Effective.
"Gaaaahh!", Setsuna cried out in pain as he felt the impact and thought with frustration. I need to get back to the Ptolemy! If only I have the 0 Raiser!
"DIE, 00!", Bring screamed as he prepared the final blow with his Garazzo's two Beam Claws raised up to deliver a devastating slash that will cut the Twin Drive Gundam in twain.
Suddenly, the Garazzo is struck in the back by several small pink GN beams but it did no serious damage at all. Yet it was enough to distract Bring and allow Setsuna to retaliate. The 00 Gundam threw a powerful punch at the Garazzo hard in the face, damaging the head's camera and disorienting the enemy pilot briefly before grabbing the machine and judo flipping it away into the same asteroid and flying away from his opponent.
The Krugis young man saw a friendly signal on his E-Sensor and it identified it to be the 0 Raiser.
Finally!, he thought with relief before making way towards the incoming 0 Raiser.
Shaking his head after being tossed into the asteroid and adjusting his machine's camera, Bring also noticed a newcomer on his E-Sensor and saw the 00 Gundam is flying towards it, immediately deducing that the fighter must be important. "Oh no, you don't!", he shouted and gave pursuit, using the Garazzo's GN Vulcans at the tip of each forearm at his fleeing opponent and another new machine brought out by Celestial Being.
Within the cockpit of the GNR-010 0 Raiser, Feldt Grace felt both relief and fear. Relief that she managed to save Setsuna from being killed by the A-Laws new model and fear that she got the enemy's attention towards her which it did and was firing at the machine she's piloting with Blue Haro's help. One wrong maneuver and the 0 Raiser will be shot down along with her, dooming Setsuna and everyone else in Celestial Being. The pink haired girl tried to calm herself down but her heart kept racing and she can feel the adrenaline pumping through her body.
Stay calm, Feldt! Stay calm! You got this! You can do it! Just hold on!, she tried to motivate herself as the orange GN beam blast passed close by her cockpit, which is a close call for comfort to be honest.
Then Feldt received communication signal from the 00 Gundam and received it to see Setsuna's face on the visual screen in front of her. His face has the expression of shock and worry for her. "Feldt?! What are you doing in the 0 Raiser?!", he said as he was expecting Ian Vashti since the last time he saw him, the chief engineer of Celestial Being was working his finishing touches with the new machine prior to the attack by A-Laws.
Thank you Setsuna! Feeling her heart rate decreasing and relief as the 0 Raiser and 00 Gundam get closer, the pink haired woman hastily explained with a slight blush. "Ian sent me! He told me to bring it to you!"
Setsuna accepted it before stating with a smile, "I see. It was a good shot there by the way."
"Thanks.", Feldt said with her blush slightly redder at such face.
Unfortunately, there was no time for further chit-chat as the two pilots notice an angry Bring Stabity closing on them with his Garazzo, which Setsuna promptly called out to Feldt with a tone that there is no room for hesitation. "We're going to dock! Now!"
Feldt nodded in agreement with him before ordering the blue robot ball at the terminal of the 0 Raiser's cockpit, "Roger that! Haro, do it!"
"Roger! Roger! 0 Raiser, docking mode! 0 Raiser, docking mode!", Blue Haro happily declared.
The daughter of the late Marlene Vlady and Ruido Resonance felt the 0 Raiser halting before it transformed itself before attaching with the 00 Gundam's Twin GN Drives at the back. While the former pilot of Exia can sense the new level of power flowing and growing through his mobile suit once the docking mode is complete, completing it.
The GN-0000 + GNR-010 00 Raiser.
"Docking complete!", Feldt declared with Blue Haro enthusiastically flapping its ears.
I can do this... No, we can do this!, Setsuna smiled. "Good job, Feldt! Now hold on, it might get rough!"
Feldt Grace braced herself when the 00 Raiser rushed forward which she can feel the G-Forces pushing on her, forcing her back into the seat. Literally riding backwards in that case. Feldt grunted in pain as Setsuna pushed the newly-combined Gundam to its limit and she barely noticing the system fully integrating as the 00 Raiser's speed further increased. Just let Setsuna do all the work now! He knows what to do!, she gritted her teeth and prepared for whatever insane maneuvers Setsuna is about to pull off.
"That won't help you, human!", Bring Stabity yelled as his Garazzo opened fire at the Twin Drive Gundam with his GN Vulcan forearms.
"00 Raiser! Preparing to eliminate the target!", Setsuna declared as he easily dodged his enemy's orange GN beam barrage with graceful maneuvers, increased the speed of his mobile suit and charged at the enemy who brandished the GN Beam Claws on both hands and is about to slash at him.
With a swift strike in a blink of an eye, the 00 Raiser Gundam sliced off the Garazzo's left arm which the decapitated limb exploded as a result. Bring is surprised and did not see it coming but he remained undeterred and gave pursuit of his opponent who is maneuvering through the asteroids. However, Setsuna expected the so-called Innovator to follow him and the latter did, which he then flew through the side of the larger asteroid where its gravity will shoot his Gundam faster around it.
It allowed the 00 Raiser to quickly catch up behind the Garazzo, further increasing speed and momentum.
"I'll destroy them! We will destroy them!", Setsuna F. Seiei yelled as he closed in on the Innovade's mobile suit and brandished the GN Sword II to attack.
"What the?!", Bring Stabity shouted with a face of incredulity and inability to comprehend his enemy's new speed. Before his eyes glowed and he heard a telepathic call from his esteemed leader Ribbons Almark that is strict and direct via their Quantum Brainwaves, Escape and withdraw immediately.
Yes sir!, he obeyed.
Setsuna finished, "AND WE WILL DO IT WITH OUR OWN WILL!"
With one powerful slash, the 00 Raiser easily broke through the GNZ-005 Garazzo's attempt to block it with its remaining arm that has the GN Beam Claw and sliced through it like a hot knife through butter, destroying the opposing mobile suit. Unfortunately for Setsuna, Bring managed to escape alive through the Core Fighter of his mobile suit and fled from the battlefield.
The redhead member of the Innovators group gritted his teeth with shame and anger that he had been bested by a human and that he brought shame to Ribbons Almark.
Setsuna watched the Core Fighter leaving as fast as it can but decided to ignore it as the Garazzo is neutralized and unable to fight anymore before traveling at full speed back to the Ptolemy 2, which he saw it in the middle of a large battle with the A-Laws ships and mobile suits. "What's the situation with the Ptolemy?", he spoke to Feldt with urgency.
Feldt replied calmly as if she was the combat controller of Ptolemy 2 again as she checked through the visuals of the battlefield, "Enemy forces are surrounding the ship but they are unable to get through the Ptolemy's GN Field. Tieria and Lyle are holding them off for now but there is something that was able to pierce through the GN Field and caused damage to Hanger 3. I don't think the ship can take another hit like that."
"Allelujah has yet to return from escorting the Lagrange 3 base's personnel and staff to Krung Thep.", she finished.
"I see. But what about the Gundam-Type machine that appeared out of nowhere? It showed up and attacked the A-Laws.", the pilot of the 00 Raiser asked while mentally adding. Not to mention that loud screaming which sounded very familiar...
Her eyes widened with recognition and surprise as Feldt brought up the visual of the gigantic mobile suit with a Gundam's head easily decimating the forces of the Federation's despicably corrupt peacekeeping organization in its path. "That's Gundam Megas! Aunt Chall finally ordered Louise to sortie out with it from the Krung Thep and help us!", she said with a smile.
"Gundam Megas! Gundam Megas!", Blue Haro chirped with a happy cheer, knowing that its fellow adorable ball robot, the Red Haro is with Louise.
Who's Aunt Chall and what's the meaning of Megas? I will ask her later when this is over., Setsuna thought as he was shocked to hear not only Celestial Being had apparently created another new Gundam during the four years of rebuilding itself back to full strength but also that its pilot happened to be the girlfriend of his friend and next door apartment neighbor Saji Crossroad.
"Louise? As in Louise Halevy?! She's a Gundam Meister of Celestial Being?!", he said with a look of surprise, almost jaw-dropping.
I remember Saji told me that he hadn't heard from Louise after she apparently stopped replying to him with the last message telling him to keep his head down and stay out of trouble long before I ran into him at Space Colony Proud., the Meister of 00 Raiser thought as he realized with worry and concern. Oh no, the reunion is going to be very awkward when Saji and Louise meet each other once the battle is over.
"Yeah, it's a long story, Setsuna. I will explain after we deal with A-Laws.", Feldt stated while she thought with an uncomfortable feeling dawning on her. Now that Louise showed up as Megas' pilot, Saji is gonna freak out when he finds out and meet her in person when the battle is over! He may have gotten over his misplaced hate on us but he's going to get the wrong idea!
Ever since Saji Crossroad became the Ptolemy 2's guest under their protection after being framed by the A-Laws as a wanted criminal at Space Colony Proud, he used to be passive aggressive towards the crew and being a pain in the ass with his black and white perspective, refusing to accept his situation that was out of his control. He also blamed Celestial Being for the murder of his older sister Kinue Crossroad and the attack on the Halevy family that took the lives of Louise's parents and relatives and also her arm and her body affected by the GN Tau Particles.
Originally, Feldt and Milenia intended to inform Saji about Louise who is at Krung Thep and was slowly recovering from the particle poisoning.
But Tieria stopped them, stating that Saji would take it the wrong way and immediately assume Celestial Being is holding her hostage to keep him compliant with them from his mental gymnastics, further intensifying his bias against them. The purple haired man even added that even if Saji found out through browsing Celestial Being's computers with Blue Haro who was assigned to keep an eye on him and be his new companion, the same result will still happen.
Ian and Lasse supported him which the girls had made a compromise with the adults to tell Saji about Louise once he calms down and think clearly. Which somewhat happened after Saji unintentionally led the A-Laws to the hidden desert Katharon base Rub' al Khali which killed many members inside in an attempt to get his name cleared and return to normal civilian life.
He deeply regretted his reckless action with great remorse after Tieria called him out on his idiocy and selfishness, wanting to atone for his mistakes and grew out of his prejudice toward Celestial Being.
They were supposed to tell Saji at Lagrange 3 during the resupply run but the surprise attack by A-Laws interrupted that unfortunately.
She vowed as she gripped the 0 Raiser's controls, I'm going to make sure your reunion won't end up badly, Louise.
Setting aside the issue with the revelation about the new Gundam and its pilot and her reunion with Saji, Setsuna called out a warning to Feldt, "I'm activating the Trans-Am!"
Feldt nodded in response and braced herself for the speed boost that will further increase 3x faster than before as she saw her display turn red that signals the activation of the Trans-Am System.
But neither of the pilots noticed that when the 00 Raiser Gundam turns red under Trans-Am, two rings of light formed from the Twin Drives and it then rushed towards the raging battlefield as quickly as it can.
Suddenly, Setsuna and Feldt found themselves floating in multi-colored space with glittering particles of light and they are naked as the day they are born. The Krugis young man realized it but was too confused to react about it at this point. He looked around to meet Feldt's eyes and apparently, they do not feel a sense of shame of being naked.
"Setsuna? What's going on?...", the pink haired young woman asked with a tone of confusion and worry.
One thing that Setsuna felt from her was that of longing and affection when she said his name. And that she likes him.
"I don't know either... But I think we're safe.", he replied honestly, trying to reassure her.
Feldt looked at him and beyond the surface, sensed something strange. It was almost compared to that of a cloudy day with the Sun wanting to peek through and shining brightly but it couldn't. She does not know what it meant after feeling that from Setsuna.
The two heard the various voices speaking around them in the multi-colored space which some are familiar and others not so much.
I failed you Ribbons... I couldn't avenge Revive... I'm supposed to be an Innovator!
This can't be happening! The Gundam-Type smashed through all my plans!
Damn you Gundam... You killed Captain Zinin!
COLONEEEEEEELLLL!
Acknowledged, colonel. Pursue the gigantic machines affiliated with Celestial Being and destroy them!
However, one of the voices felt like as if she's familiar to one of them for some reason.
Megas... Setsuna... Stop... the... Glorft...
It confused the two pilots of the 00 Raiser as they wonder who the unknown woman is, why does she know Setsuna's name or how Gundam Megas is connected with her, and what is the meaning of Glorft.
Questions for later.
And then the voice of Louise Halevy pulled them back to reality.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Setsuna and Feldt winced together from the blonde woman's battle scream as they are back on their respective cockpits of the 00 Gundam and 0 Raiser with their pilot suits and helmets back on. "Owwww! Did Louise really have to shout out that loud?", he gritted his teeth while trying to keep his focus on piloting the Twin Drive Gundam through the asteroids and reach Ptolemy and their fellow Gundams.
"Ugh yeah, Louise got that from her uncle Coop, Setsuna. She developed a habit of using it on combat simulations during her training at Krung Thep.", Feldt said as she tried to shake off the ringing on her head. Dammit Louise! No need to be that loud!
Who is Coop? Is he another survivor of the Halevy family attack by Nena Trinity?, Setsuna thought before filing that away for later. "You can tell me later. We have to save everyone and the ship!", he said.
"Roger!", Feldt nodded as she focused her full attention on the E-Sensor for enemy mobile suits nearby the advancing 00 Raiser in its Trans-Am mode.
There the 00 Raiser started taking down several A-Laws' GN-XIIIs and Aheads in its red-colored path, catching them off guard in the middle of attacking Celestial Being's Gundams and Ptolemy 2 and routed them with ease as a result. Its intervention allowed Cherudim, that was about to ambushed on both sides by two more enemies, to punch Patrick Colasour's machine in the face and send it flying away, defeated and humiliated.
"COLONEEEEEEELLLL!", Patrick screamed as his headless GN-XIII helplessly drifted into space.
Meanwhile at the bridge of the Baikal-class command ship
"This can't be happening! The Gundam-Type smashed through all my plans!"
Colonel Kati Mannequin frustratingly gripped her fists on the sides of her main armchair of the bridge of her A-Laws flagship. She was half-tempted to take off her helmet of her spacesuit and pull out her hair strands before screaming out loud at how it is so utterly unfair if it weren't for her excellent control of her emotions and retain her poker face befitting her epithet, "The Iron Lady" during her time at the AEU and later the Earth Sphere Federation.
Very few individuals made her lose her cool such as that annoying but somewhat endearing buffoon, Lieutenant Patrick Colasour who has his own dorky charm and confidence despite being the butt of jokes regarding his "The Immortal" title thrown at him. She had specifically warned the Frenchman not to join A-Laws and yet he did so willingly anyway, all to fight for her and show his devotion to her.
Then there's the annoying German son of a bitch, Major Aber Rindt who dared bring up the infamous friendly fire incident between her and Leesa Kujo, who's now her enemy, during their time at the AEU and rub it on her face about it when she called him out for use of Automatons to indiscriminately wipe out members of Katharon at their base in Rub' al Khali.
And now, the giant Gundam' insufferable female pilot is officially on her shit list.
Despite her belief that the giant Gundam-Type machine would be the same like the Alvatore and her implementing her tactics to bring it down in coordination with her forces, it had easily destroyed many GN-XIIIs and Aheads with wrestling moves like an equivalent of an adult tossing around toddlers. Not to mention, she saw the gigantic mobile suit grabbed one of the Baikal-class cruiser it tackled on, easily lifting the spaceship with both hands.
Then the Gundam-Type giant spun around with it until letting it go to crash and explode on the giant asteroid. The said cruiser didn't get completely destroyed but it suffered heavy damage and casualties among its crew.
The gigantic Gundam-Type pilot did all that while screaming, "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
What an utterly ear-aching war cry of that woman heard across the bridge of her Baikal-class flagship!
This is outright total annihilation! Celestial Being really did salvage Alvatore and remade into a giant mobile suit! Who the hell is the psychopathic woman they recruited to pilot that monster as if it's like a video game to her!?, the glasses wearing tactical forecaster gritted her teeth as her fellow A-Laws officers panicked at the sheer carnage and destruction brought about by the new Gundam.
Such a huge drop of morale within her ranks all because of Celestial Being's new machine that the A-Laws never saw it coming.
Ensign Vincent informed his superior officer with hope and relief in his panicking eyes, "Colonel Mannequin! Reinforcements have arrived! Captain Descartes Shaman and his task force are here!"
She received visual only to frown when she saw two Baikal-class cruisers and one Laohu-class cruiser where there are supposed to five of them in the group. While the mobile suit forces' numbers not as many as before. And apparently they were pursuing three gigantic mobile suits that used high-speed rocket thrusters like Katharon instead of GN Drives and one of them was carrying an immobile female-shaped machine in a bridal carry hold.
Don't tell me Celestial Being unleashed more of those monsters?!, she thought with annoyance, however she noticing something off from the visual of the new enemies. ... But that mobile suit in its arms, why is it not moving like the rest? Did something happen to that pilot?
Opening communication channel with the leader of the group supposed to back them up, she called. "This is Colonel Kati Mannequin. What happened to your forces? Explain yourself, Captain Shaman!"
"Colonel Mannequin, we were on our way to reinforce you and your troops but we've encountered new machines revealed to be affiliated with Celestial Being and they are like the Gundam-Type identified as Megas. We engaged them in battle before they can meet up with the enemy. Unfortunately, we have suffered some losses as you can see.", the white haired A-Laws captain explained with a wince upon noting the damage the non-GN powered giant mechs have caused before retaliating and forcing them on the run.
It doesn't take a genius to know that the newcomers were responsible of Shaman's recent losses. Megas huh? So that's the name of the Gundam-Type machine Celestial Being had created..., she learned of the new enemy machine's identity.
"Some losses huh?", Colonel Kati dryly snarked with an unimpressed glare before sternly ordered. "In that case, take them out and regroup with me when you're done with them!"
Nodding, Captain Shaman then ordered, "Acknowledged, colonel. Pursue the gigantic machines affiliated with Celestial Being and destroy them!"
His A-Laws troops obeyed their leader, "Roger!"
Closing off her communication channel with the A-Laws captain, the former associate of Sumeragi Lee Noriega continue to observe the raging battlefield where many soldiers under her command died in blazing and unceremonious deaths at the hands of Celestial Being. Damn you Kujo! I bet you were laughing at my face after unleashing that monster of a Gundam and render all of my plans useless!, she bitterly believed.
At the Ptolemy 2 in the middle of combat
"Achoo!"
Sumeragi cutely sneezed for some reason before she opened her helmet's visor, which automatically clear away the spittle clouding the glass before putting it back on, good and clean as new. It happened right after she and Ptolemy crew had noticed the 00 Raiser entering the battlefield.
"I really should check in at the medical bay when this is over.", she muttered while lamenting about the loss of a valued friend and doctor four years ago. I miss Dr. Joyce...
Mileina Vashti asked, "Are you alright Captain Sumeragi?"
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me.", the formerly alcoholic woman reassured.
Marie Parfacy detected new signals from the E-Sensor in front of her and announced, "Captain, we have incoming! The A-Laws have reinforcements en route to our location!"
"That's just great!", Lasse Aeon snarked with annoyance as he kept firing the barrages of GN Cannons and Missiles from the Ptolemy 2 as much as he can at the enemy in every direction.
"There's no end to them!", Anew Returner nodded in agreement as she focused to keep the mothership under control while trying to shake off that lingering headache.
Deciding to contact the Gundam Megas' pilot, Sumeragi opened a communication channel. "This is Captain Sumeragi Lee Noriega of Ptolemy 2. Identify yourself, Megas' Meister."
Her call got a response with the visual reveal of a young woman in a yellow pilot suit with Red Haro on the cockpit's terminal. "This is Sayla Mass, Gundam Meister of Megas, Captain Sumeragi! What are your orders?", she asked.
"Intercept the A-Laws reinforcements heading our way and eliminate them.", Sumeragi ordered as she sent out the coordinates and location to the new Gundam Meister.
"Roger that!", Sayla complied with an affirmative nod.
Meanwhile, Saji Crossroad entered the bridge of the Ptolemy 2 as he panted. "I'm back! Mr. Ian is hurt from the attack but I brought him to the medical bay so I-", he spoke but words died on his mouth when he saw a familiar-looking woman as she was checking the display of her cockpit on the visual before cutting off contact. No, it can't be... Louise?, the Japanese-American thought with eyes widening in shock.
"Mr. Crossroad, you're back. Are you alright?", Marie Parfacy noted of the space engineer's presence.
Briefly snapping out, Saji gave a weak smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. I better take a seat."
The female Super Soldier nodded before returning back to survey the ongoing battle as a temporary combat controller. While Saji took his seat in the bridge as he used the computer system to give him visual of the gigantic-sized Gundam transform into a fighter mode almost like a Flag and fly at high speed. It doesn't make any sense! What is going on here?! Why is Louise piloting a Gundam?! How long has she been a member of Celestial Being?!, he thought, trying to comprehend.
Once the battle is over, Saji hoped there is an explanation about everything regarding his girlfriend.
Back at the Battle of Lagrange 3
After receiving orders from Captain Sumeragi, Louise Halevy under codename of Sayla Mass piloted Gundam Megas in its fighter form at full speed to intercept and take down the A-Laws reinforcements. Upon getting closer to her destination, the female Meister saw three white and blue-colored gigantic mobile suits flying towards her in her visual. Are those enemy reinforcements? They kinda look like the GN-Xs used by the UN Forces four years ago. But they look enormous! They're as big as Megas!, she thought with a look of surprise.
Then she noticed that the GN-X looking machines have no GN Tau Drives, just high speed rocket thrusters on their backs. Just like the mobile suits of Katharon that were heavily modified and upgraded to give GN-powered mechs a run for their money. Was A-Laws trying to even the odds by creating those 3 yet didn't add fake solar reactors for some reason?, she thought but noticed the GN-XIIIs and Aheads were opening fire on them and landing blows upon their metal forms.
One of the three giant mechs was protecting an immobilized slender mobile suit with blue energy shield that is soon to give out under orange GN beam attacks.
"Help, Celestial Being! Help, Celestial Being! M.E.G.A.S.! M.E.G.A.S.!", they cried out for salvation with their cute childlike voices and their red cute-looking eyes glowing as if they're blinking.
They know about Celestial Being and Gundam Megas? And their voice, they sounded like... Haros?!, Sayla thought with shock but it is clear to her that they are definitely not with A-Laws. And so she took action and had Red Haro prepare the GN Large Beam Cannon that has finally cooled down and ready to fire again.
Shouting as loud as she can, hoping that the mechanical giants can hear her and not get hit by her attack in the crossfire. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!", the Meister of Megas yelled as she pulled the trigger and unleashed a massive blue particle blast from her giant mobile suit's main weapon.
To Sayla's relief, the three massive mechs really did heard her and swiftly flew down as low as they can with their rocket thrusters on full throttle, dodging the blast immediately. On the other hand, Captain Descartes Shaman widened his eyes and shouted to his forces as he moved his Ahead Ogre out of the way from it as fast as he can, "SCATTER! SCATTER!"
Several pilots of the Aheads and GN-XIIIs followed his lead and escaped the Gundam Megas' GN Large Beam Cannon's attack with their lives. But the rest who didn't dodge on time weren't very lucky and perished as the blue particle blast vaporized them all to oblivion.
One of the two remaining Baikal-class ships and the last Laohu cruiser have been destroyed along with its crew and personnel.
Captain Shaman and his surviving A-Laws troops can only gape with horror upon looking at the result of Gundam Megas' most powerful attack with only scraps of burnt metal remain. "So this is the power of the Megas the three were talking about...", the white haired man muttered as he tried his best to not wet himself in terror.
Oh my God, it's definitely like the Alvatore my friends in the UN Forces told me four years ago... but I didn't believe them until now... How the hell can we defeat Celestial Being with that monster on their side?!, he thought in internal panic.
Then he received an emergency notification which he took a look and smiled with relief. "Withdrawal orders? Thank you, colonel! A-Laws! We. Are. Leaving!"
"ROGER!", everyone is more than happy to comply as Captain Descartes Shaman and his remaining forces went about face and flew away as fast as they can. The last Baikal-class ships followed suit and fled too as well.
Witnessing the A-Laws hastily retreating away from Lagrange 3, Louise sighed with relief and let go of the controls of Gundam Megas as she opened the visor of her Meister suit's helmet to breathe. The adrenaline from her body was going away while she steadied her heart rate back to normal. Thank God, it's over. There's no going back after I've done this..., she thought as she knew what she had signed up for in Celestial Being and when she fired the first shot upon A-Laws. But Saji, will he forgive me if he found out?...
"Thank you! Thank you! We're saved! We're saved!", the three giant robots said together as they approached her mobile suit.
Red Haro looked surprised and confused as it rolled around the cockpit's terminal. "Familiar voices! Familiar voices!"
That snapped Louise out from her thoughts and look up to see the ones she saved face-to-face. "Um, you're welcome. Who are you guys really?"
Then the three GN-X looking gigantic mobile suits' heads open up together with a hiss of smoke and sound in front of Louise. To her shock and bafflement, three small adorable balls of green, pink and yellow revealed themselves to be the pilots within the central terminal of the heads as they flap their wings with their eyes beeping.
"HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO! HARO!"
Meanwhile, Kiva within the deactivated CMDR-KA stirred with her eyes looking like they're in a trance and slowly muttered the words repeatedly as her mantra. "Megas... Setsuna... Stop... the... Glorft..."
Back to the Ptolemy 2
"Enemy mobile suits and ships have begun falling back!"
Marie Parfacy announced to Sumeragi and the rest of the Ptolemy crew upon seeing visual of A-Laws retreating, which brought huge relief that the battle is over and the enemy have been driven away from Lagrange 3. Her alter ego Soma Peries agreed with her but reminded herself to ask Anew about her Quantum Brainwaves when they have the time for it.
"Ptolemy, cease firing! Gundams, assume defensive positions!", the tactical forecaster of Celestial Being quickly ordered.
"Roger.", Tieria Erde complied as he and Lyle Dylandy are on a look out in case if the retreat by A-Laws turned out to be a ruse all along.
Anew Returner commented with look of amazement and worry, "Wow, I never imagined the 00 Raiser and Megas had made A-Laws run away after taking out their new models and their numbers."
"We are pretty much unstoppable at this point!", Lasse Aeon smirked with amusement as he stopped firing the GN Cannons and Missiles. It made him feel de ja vu and some catharsis that the enemy now know how they felt during the Operation Fallen Angels.
It's not like he is tempting fate or anything.
"Don't relax just yet! Our main objective is still the destruction of the satellite weapon!", Sumeragi reminded them before turning to the daughter of Ian and Linda Vashti. "Mileina, I realize you must be worried about your parents but I need you to use the Karels and Haros to repair Ptolemy and the Gundams. Including the Megas as well."
"Roger that, ma'am.", Mileina complied as she prepared to leave the bridge albeit in a somber manner.
Then the Ptolemy crew received a communication call from Allelujah Haptism. "This is Arios. I escorted all of the transports to a safe distance at Krung Thep! And Mileina, your mom's okay too.", he informed them.
It brightened up the young girl's spirit before she left the ship's bridge to start up the repairing session. Saji Crossroad quietly left his seat and joined her, giving the impression to the captain and her comrades that he is going to help out in Ian's place. Which he is and he wanted answers from Louise once they meet face-to-face in Ptolemy 2.
Sumeragi smiled before contemplating her thoughts on the recent revelation and development she had witnessed. 00 Raiser and Megas... Who would have imagined such incredible abilities of the two mobile suits? Still I hope we get answers when we meet Sayla Mass after she returned to Ptolemy...
Allelujah then called out, "Miss Sumeragi, Commander Chall wants to talk to you. You should receive her incoming transmission right about now."
Confused of who the person is but decided to comply, the captain of Ptolemy 2 opened the communications channel which she and the rest of the crew can see the visual of a middle-aged woman with light silver hair in a ponytailed bun with and glasses. She is also dressed in a female Celestial Being uniform colored dark and blue, and looked the part of a serious-looking professional woman who is in charge of a large organization.
"This is Chall Acustica, Commander of Celestial Being as a whole. I believe that you deserved your questions to be answered."
Author's Note: Alright then, Chapter 5 of "Megas 00" is done and I hope you like it. Feldt piloted the 0 Raiser and docked with Setsuna's 00 Gundam, forming the 00 Raiser and defeating Bring Stabity who fled from the battlefield in shame, while Louise does what a respectable Cooplowski does best, smashing through anything in her way with Gundam Megas.
On the other hand, the cat's out of the bag when Saji Crossroad saw Louise Halevy and oh boy, the reunion really gonna be awkward when the Ptolemy crew regroup and meet up with the newest Gundam Meister at the end of the battle. Especially with Louise bringing new guests in the form of Future Haros controlling the Earth Coalition Drones and Kiva who will be sent to medical bay for healing once they're at Ptolemy 2.
As for the moment where 00 Raiser quantizing under Trans-Am, it will come later at the upcoming battle at Memento Mori which will definitely go differently from the canon. There's no way A-Laws and Ribbons would not increase their strength in numbers and stronger mobile suit types after the appearance of 00 Raiser and Gundam Megas.
Credit goes to fnlrpa whom I borrowed some elements of the "In Another Time, Another World" in this chapter and check out his stories for they are good read. Especially his latest story, "Old Family, New Memories."
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Chapter 6
Hello there everyone and I'm finally back with Chapter 6 of "Megas 00". After driving off the decimated A-Laws forces into full retreat, the Ptolemy crew are going to meet the newest Gundam Meister, Louise Halevy and also hold a conference meeting with Commander Chall Acustica. That also includes the inevitable Louise's reunion with Saji Crossroad too as well and their guests from the future.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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Rest in Peace Michael Kopsa (January 22, 1956 – October 23, 2022), the English dub voice actor of Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam 1979 show and Aeolia Schenberg from Gundam 00. He died peacefully at the age of 66.
At the Conference Room of Ptolemaois 2, several hours later
While the Celestial Being tactical mothership is currently under full repair and maintenance post-Battle of Lagrange 3 that ended with the full retreat of the decimated A-Laws forces and victory for the paramilitary organization, the crew of the Ptolemy were waiting for the arrival of the Gundam Meister of GNMA-00012XLR Megas, Sayla Mass.
In its fighter form, the large Gundam-Type machine had managed to fit inside the central hangar of Ptolemy upon docking entry before the new Gundam Meister exited the chest cockpit with her Red Haro following her lead.
Although Megas brought back along with three unknown GN-X-looking machines and one female-shaped mobile suit after intercepting A-Laws reinforcements and wiped them out, surprising the Ptolemy crew members when they learn of it. And they're as big as Gundam Megas itself too as well and the three of them were revealed to be Haros piloting them.
Currently, those said mobile suits were floating next to the Celestial Being's capital ship with some Haros and Karels inspecting the damage while repairing them. While Sayla Mass had brought the unconscious redhead pilot out of her inactive machine's head cockpit and took her to the medical bay of Ptolemy 2 after getting a spare helmet to put on the latter's head.
So that the unconscious female pilot won't get exposed to lack of air in space until they're inside the ship.
On the other hand, they currently hold a conference meeting with Chall Acustica, who had revealed herself to be the Commander of Celestial Being organization as a whole, which Sumeragi Lee Noriega was listening to the bespectacled woman's explanation and sharing her information about the Gundam Megas.
It was interesting and enlightening for the former alcoholic woman to know about the 5th Gundam.
Except Mileina Vashti and Saji Crossroad who took part of leading the maintenance team of Haros and Karels to fix up the mothership of Celestial Being from its sustained damages from the battle as soon as possible. Orange Haro had recently left Lyle Dylandy the 2nd Lockon Stratos' side to take part of the repair efforts.
"I see. So that's how you obtained Megas?", the tactical forecaster of Celestial Being inquired as she viewed the recorded footage of the headless Megas that appeared out of a blue portal before crashing into one of the large asteroids.
The Ptolemy crew especially Feldt Grace and Lasse Aeon, who didn't know of the exact origins of Megas in the first place 2 years ago, were informed that the gigantic mobile suit was from the future via time portal. To them, it sounded like it's from one of those sci-fi time travel movies like Back to the Future or The Terminator.
Of course, Chall confirmed that it is true and currently she held its time device sealed away in Krung Thep.
Only Tieria Erde who knew about it after Ian told him 2 years ago.
Along with the image of the said device in its damaged state being displayed on screen as proof of her claims to the the crew, and then the appearance of the three GN-X-looking gigantic machines and their commander-themed mobile suit pilot who came from the future as confirmed by the Haro pilots.
And the footage of the recent blue portal opening that caught Krung Thep's attention where they witnessed the three future machines being attacked by the A-Laws reinforcements but were forced to retreat and head towards Lagrange 3 with their unconscious human commander where they were saved by Gundam Megas, which Chall showed it to the Ptolemy crew.
The said machines even share the similar color scheme with Megas in its pre-Celestial Being modification too as well.
It helped that the Future Haros were cooperative with their present, or past from their perspective, counterparts to confirm they really are from the future by sharing familiar valid codes that identify them to be of Celestial Being origin and they're accepted.
"Indeed. We claimed and modified it 2 years ago during the middle of Celestial Being rebuilding itself post-Operation Fallen Angels under my supervision. Using the remains of the Alvatore and one of its GN Tau Drives, we're able to transform Megas into a Gundam-Type machine thanks to Chief Engineer Ian Vashti, and Dr. Yuri Minovsky. Megas' fighter form that of the Flag was another Chief Engineer David Halevy's idea in order for it to fit inside Ptolemy's hangars better.", Chall said with a nod as more visuals of the schematics of Gundam Megas were displayed on screen.
Which also includes the live footage of several transformation test sequences of Gundam Megas into its Flag-esque form and the remains of Alvatore being salvaged of its fake solar reactors to be taken away by the personnel of Krung Thep for study and research.
Although the mention of Ian Vashti from the Celestial Being Commander made Sumeragi and the others feel sad and worried after remembering that the father of Mileina is currently recuperating at the medical bay of Ptolemy II after he was nearly killed by the huge particle beam blast from the A-Laws new model which had easily tore through the ship's GN Field like paper.
At least Ian is still alive or else he would have joined Christina Sierra, Lichtendahl Tsery, Dr. Joyce B. Moreno and Neil Dylandy the 1st Lockon Stratos in the afterlife.
David Halevy huh? I wonder if he's as good as Goliath-13 or Chief Engineer Blex Forer in Katharon. That guy is crazy with his modifications on Katharon's mobile suits and ships, GN Drive-powered or not, to try even the odds against A-Laws before Celestial Being came back after their 4 years of hiatus., Lyle Dylandy thought in wonder and interest upon hearing this explanation from Chall.
Having recently returned from his successful escorting mission to protect the Lagrange 3 personnel en route to Krung Thep, Allelujah Haptism commented with a nod upon looking at the specs on screen, "That might explain why Megas had a familiar-looking massive beam attack when I saw it on the visual while I was escorting the staff and personnel of Lagrange 3 to Krung Thep."
Yeah, that said attack almost killed us too 4 years ago and Kyrios got a hell of a blast from it! Lost the arm and leg there as a result!, Hallelujah mentally chimed in within his head.
Don't remind me about that... It scared Colonel Sergei and I when we saw its first attack. UN Ambassador Alejandro Corner was a very insufferable man when he showed up as reinforcements to the UN Forces with the Alvatore. Buying himself too much into the hype of his Mobile Armor... Acting as if he had already won. Now he's space dust., Soma Peries added in the head of Marie Parfacy with her fellow Super Soldier via Quantum Brainwaves while still suspiciously looking at the lavender-haired woman standing next to her.
Anew Returner inquired with a skeptic eye upon checking the specs of the transformable Gundam-Type Mobile Armor for her to analyze, "Hmm... I see. But if Megas has 1 GN Tau Drive attached to it, how was it able to sustain its particle power to function and fight throughout the battle, Commander Chall? Aren't the fake solar reactors dependent on electric generators in order to activate and replenish? They have limited operating time compared to the True GN Drives' semi-perpetual nature."
The bespectacled woman revealed in turn to the recent recruit of Celestial Being, "When we found and recovered Megas, we've discovered that it was nuclear-powered and Dr. Yuri Minovsky from the Krung Thep's research and development division managed to link the GN Tau Drive into the fusion reactor of Megas. As a result, it was able to generate its own GN particles without the need of a daily recharge."
That surprised Sumeragi, Allelujah, Marie, Anew and Lyle after they learned that the fifth Gundam's power source turned out to be from the banned energy which had been disused and abandoned hundreds of years ago. Even Feldt Grace and Lasse Aeon were surprised too as well since they were expecting Megas' GN Tau Drive to be fully energized by a huge electric generator.
Only Tieria doesn't seem to react like everyone else and nod in approval, which he can see it that it made sense behind Megas' source of power. And that he trusted Ian and the experts since they knew what they were doing in their jobs in Celestial Being.
"Nuclear energy... Isn't it dangerous?", Setsuna F. Seiei frowned after learning the tidbit of information regarding the source of power currently used by the new Gundam-Type machine from Chall.
Although the Meister of the 00 Gundam was not properly educated due to his... troubled upbringing back in Krugis, he knew enough of the dangers of nuclear radiation. Of how it poisons the land, taints the air, and bring only pain, suffering and misery to anyone unfortunate enough to come across it.
Such as, for example, the infamous nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that made Japan surrender to the USA in the final days of World War II centuries ago, and the Cold War where the USA and the former Soviet Union made a huge nuclear arms race alongside other countries capable of producing them.
Hence, the world had eventually discarded away nuclear power for good in complete favor of solar energy drawn from the Three Orbital Elevators and the series of major space rings with large solar panels that connect with each other around Earth's orbit. Rendering nuclear power utterly obsolete as a relic of the past.
But it seemed that whoever created Megas in the first place before it was found and modified by Celestial Being had dark intentions for it. Especially with its name acronym being revealed to be called as the: Mechanized Earth Guard Attack System.
A gigantic machine that came from the future which happened to be a weapon of war.
A future that Setsuna F. Seiei does not like the terrible implications behind it at all.
Then a portly Santa Claus-bearded older man with a bald head who wears a suit and a lab coat appeared before the Ptolemy crew in the conference room meeting and he looked the part of a kindly grandfather which he is.
He chimed in as his screen is displayed next to Commander Chall's and replied, "Dr. Yuri Minovsky here. We are aware of it, Meister Setsuna. But do not worry, with the GN Tau Drive attached to the fusion cores of Megas as a stabilizer, there won't be a risk of a nuclear fallout if Megas ever gets damaged or compromised."
"Along with the fact, my team of scientists and I had spent most of our time reducing the blue particles' toxicity rate to a minimum as possible.", Dr. Yuri Minovsky added in reassurance.
Obliging Soma's request to ask through her, Marie wondered as she reviewed the footage of the Gundam-Type Mobile Armor tanking A-Laws' orange beam blasts without suffering any form of damage at all, "And what's Megas' armor? It seemed different than the E-Carbon used by the Gundams here and even then, they can take damage in battle. No offense."
"Some taken.", Setsuna, Allelujah and Tieria said together in response.
Dr. Yuri Minovsky revealed as he showed the screens about the armor of Gundam Megas to the members of Ptolemy 2 crew, "Ah yes, about that. Chief Engineers Ian and David and I discovered that Megas, prior to modifying it, had Lunar Titanium and Tritanium. Both powerful metal alloys from the future that made it stronger and durable."
The old man frowned with a tone of disappointment, "... Although, judging the destroyed head cockpit of the mobile suit when we took in Megas, those dual metals weren't enough as it seems."
Sumeragi and the other Gundam Meisters winced after hearing that from the doctor. Especially with the earlier footage of Megas being headless after exiting the blue portal they saw.
The head cockpit was an easy target for the enemy to aim for it and the purpose of the mobile suit's head is to act as the main cameras for the pilots for that reason.
Meanwhile, Anew seemed to absorb the information about these unique metal alloys that served as Megas' armor pre-modification upon hearing it from the chief scientist.
"So we have to merge them with the E-Carbon through gradual GN Particle infusion through its nuclear-powered fake solar reactor that we managed to apply into Megas and succeeded. We call it "Gundinallium-E" as a result of the research and development.", he stated.
Lyle Dylandy said with a mix of incredulous and amazed tone after silently processing the information about Megas, "An-and-and you guys had that massive war machine in the reserve for 2 years after finding and modifying it?! But why didn't you deploy Megas when Celestial Being made its official return before I got recruited? It could have easily turned the tide against the A-Laws like it did now!"
After witnessing Gundam Megas' strength and firepower in the middle of the Battle of Lagrange 3, he knew that not even the likes of the Federation's tyrannical peacekeeping force and the regular military would be able to stand a chance against it in any mobile suit battle when Ptolemy crew were on Earth at the time if the giant mobile armor was involved.
And every fight with Gundam Megas would have been rendered one-sided as a result.
The Katharon base massacre would have been averted if Megas had been there to stop it!, he angrily thought about the sheer speed of the Gundam-Type mobile suit it displayed. Just like it did when quickly intercepting A-Laws reinforcements.
Tieria Erde explained to the twin brother of the late Neil Dylandy, "Because Celestial Being had to finish the development of the 3.5 Generation Gundams and the 4th Generation, the 00 Gundam first. Before proceeding with the complete modification of Gundam Megas. Not only that, the Mobile Armor was meant as a last resort."
"You do not put all your cards on the table.", he added.
Commander Chall nodded in agreement, "Correct, and you will need Megas and also the 00 Raiser for the upcoming operation to destroy the Memento Mori once you finished Ptolemy II's repairs. Now that we have finally revealed them, the A-Laws will increase their forces guarding the orbital super laser and bring more of their elites to deploy against us."
Lasse Aeon casually shrugged as there is really nothing to be worried about at all as he said, "Even if they did, I doubt it will make a difference for the A-Law schmucks anyway. We're pretty unstoppable now."
"No. Just because we have better machines now on our sides, it doesn't mean absolute victory. The Gundams were unstoppable too... Until they almost got captured by Colonel Sergei Smirnov's anti-Gundam squad and later the joint military effort between the Union, AEU and the Human Reform League at the Taklamakan Desert with just their conventional machines and tactics.", Sumeragi scolded in a stern tone.
She finished, "And that is before they got their hands on the 30 fake solar reactor-powered mobile suits for the UN Forces to finally even the odds against us during Operation Fallen Angels."
Following her gut feeling and prediction, the Celestial Being tactical forecaster knew that the A-Laws won't take this defeat lying down once news from Kati's surviving forces had reached them and they will not hesitate to use any means and all the firepower and machines they got to try take down Gundam Megas at all costs.
Even resorting to use the Memento Mori itself if they have to.
That's what Setsuna, Tieria and Allelujah can agree on as even though Team Trinity later may have turned out to be up to no good, their sudden appearance had saved them from being taken down and captured by the three superpowers. Soma within Marie also nodded in agreement with the captain of Ptolemy 2 as she had taken part of the Chobu's space military operation led by her surrogate father and the three superpowers' joint effort.
These two separate battles had been proven that the Gundams were, ultimately in the end, not always invincible.
That's the fact.
Unfortunately though, Lyle made a skeptical interjection in support of Lasse to everyone in the conference room. "Hah! As if that would work on Megas and also the 00 Raiser too since both of them were able to easily wipe out the A-Laws ships and mobile suit teams like nothing in their tracks. Tactics mean nothing to raw strength and overwhelming firepower those two possessed.", he said.
Sumeragi gave a stink eye at the 2nd Lockon Stratos in response as she took offense to that remark, having her pride as a tactical forecaster after all. Especially Lasse of all people whom she expected him to have known better after the fall of Alvatore. The same Mobile Armor that had sheer power but ended up losing in the end.
But it seemed that she was wrong. And from her perspective, these two knuckleheads had believed that apparently strategy is no longer needed anymore.
Tieria shared the same sentiment with her as Sumeragi's tactics were the reason why the Ptolemy crew were able to win their victories against the A-Laws and escape from their ambush attempts. Sure, his Seravee Gundam may have the strength and firepower almost similarly like that of Megas albeit his fighting style is somewhat different from his student Louise.
But he was no longer the same overconfident fool who thought that he was untouchable with his Virtue Gundam 4 years ago, and he had learned from his past mistakes.
Setsuna frowned in disapproval as well. Because despite his 00 Gundam gaining a major power boost with the 0 Raiser which allowed him to overpower the A-Laws new model and turn the tide of battle, he still valued Sumeragi's tactics and planning for him to follow and enact on them accordingly.
It would be a foolish action to rush in without any sort of plan and brute force alone cannot win battles.
The undercover Katharon member then remarked, "I mean come on! Those two machines are like trump cards, if the cards literally flipped the table over and shot the other player!"
Allelujah winced at the bizarre image on his head while Hallelujah found it funny, "Uhhh... That's an apt way of saying it, Lockon."
Then the door slid open to reveal the blonde woman in a yellow pilot suit with her helmet hanging from behind the neck who entered the conference room. Following behind her are the floating Haros, which the red one is known to be her partner and the other three whose colors are green, pink and yellow who were the pilots of the GN-X-looking massive machines that came from the future.
"Sorry, I'm late. I just had to put someone on the medical bay and I saw Mr. Ian in there. What happened to him?", she said.
"Is he alright? Is he alright?", Red Haro asked in concern.
The other three Haros from the future spoke in unison, "Casualty of war! Casualty of war! Dead man walking! Dead man walking!"
That disturbed some of the Celestial Being members upon hearing the Future Haros brushing off Ian like that with their childlike voices. Reminding them of that Purple Haro who was owned by Team Trinity before they're dissolved with two brothers Johann Trinity and Michael Trinity were wiped out by Ali-al Saachez and Nena Trinity was presumably taken down by the United Nations Forces 4 years ago.
Shaking off her unease from the three future Haros joining the meeting with them, Feldt Grace informed her friend, "Mr. Ian got hurt by the A-Laws new model's particle cannon attack. Before you wiped that guy out, Louise."
The niece of David Halevy nodded, relieved that she avenged Ian Vashti by taking out the A-Laws elite soldier as her first kill in retaliation.
Commander Chall noted of her presence as she pushed up her glasses, "Ah I see you've finally joined us, Sayla Mass."
Standing sharp at attention, Louise Halevy saluted to everyone in the conference room in front of her. "Sayla Mass. Gundam Meister of Megas, reporting for duty.", she said.
The tactical forecaster of Celestial Being simply told her with a friendly wave of her hand, "Welcome to Ptolemy 2 and at ease please. There's no need for that. We're not like the Federation military."
"Yes, Captain Sumeragi.", she obliged, dropping the salute.
Lyle complimented her with his own Dylandy charm, "So you're the pilot of Gundam Megas huh?... Not bad in your first sortie there, rookie."
Giving an unimpressed stare at the Meister of Cherudim, the blonde young woman tilted her head at the Irishman who's apparently flirting with her. "Really? Rookie? I've been training to be a Gundam Meister for 4 years before you recently joined Celestial Being in its official return, mister. If anything, you're the rookie here. And sorry, but I have a boyfriend.", she said in a deadpan tone.
This made the Ptolemy 2 crew laugh at the twin brother of Neil Dylandy who got brought down a peg from the female Gundam Meister. Even the ever serious Commander Chall tried to stifle her giggle and Dr. Yuri Minovsky guffawed himself. Setsuna nods in agreement that it was hilarious and it's actually true since Lyle was the newest recruit prior to Anew Returner in Lagrange 3.
"She got you there, Lockon.", Allelujah commented with a chuckle.
"That's not nice to flirt with someone who's already in a relationship.", Anew scolded in a teasing manner.
"Roasted! Roasted!", the four Haros said together.
Making a mock surrender with his hands raised, the Irishman said to ease thing up. "Alright, alright you made your point. And congratulations by the way."
On the other hand, I could have pointed out that "Experience outranks everything."... But I'll not ruin the newbie's moment. It was her first battle after all., Lyle thought as he was a seasoned member of Katharon with mobile suit experience and sniping ability before he was recruited by Celestial Being in the first place as their member and his rebel group's double agent.
"That voice. I remember it four years ago...", Louise said with widened eyes, pointing her finger towards the surprised male Super Soldier whom she recognized. "... You're the Gundam Meister who saved me and Saji. The one who told us and everyone to go to the center of the gravity block."
Through Soma's memories along with sensing a regret from her fellow alternate persona, Marie stated, "Aye, the True Pillar gravity block incident..."
Where we encountered Allelujah and Hallelujah for the first time after they escaped from the Super Human Institute years ago..., the female Super Soldier stated, remembering that her Quantum Brainwaves nearly drove her mad after encountering that of Allelujah's 4 years ago in the middle of testing the Tieren Taozi.
Hallelujah laughed which Soma glared at him, Yeah, you're freaking out back then and it was hilarious!
Aside from Lyle, the members of Celestial Being remembered that incident where the Tieren Taozi suddenly attacked the HRL's Orbital Elevator station and caused one gravity block to break off from the damage and floated dangerously near towards the Breakaway Limit Zone. If it weren't for Allelujah's immediate action with the aid of Setsuna and Neil the 1st Lockon Stratos, the said block filled with hundreds of civilians would have made a nasty descent into Earth's atmosphere and crashing into the planet's surface, causing severe destruction and death.
The Human Reform League had tried to cover it up as a terrorist attack from Celestial Being upon the True Pillar as one of their "so-called armed interventions" but got foiled by Colonel Sergei and his forces.
But the eyewitnesses, rescued people and the truth-seeking journalists ruined that by revealing that it's the Gundam that aided the Wild Bear of Russia and saved the people stuck inside gravity block.
Just like how the Kyrios and Virtue had stopped a terrorist group using Hellion mobile suits from attacking the HRL's Orbital Elevator in the middle of its anniversary during Celestial Being's first public debut.
And now the Ptolemy 2 crew recently learned that their guest Saji Crossroad and now the female Meister of Gundam Megas were among the people saved by Allelujah Haptism 4 years ago. It finally came around in full circle that the rescued victims have gotten to meet the hero who had saved them.
Making a formal bow of gratefulness to Allelujah, Louise said. "Thank you for saving us. I never thought we'd cross paths like this."
"You're welcome, Sayla. I was just doing the right thing.", the Gundam Meister of Arios humbly responded while he can feel Hallelujah internally roll his eyes but let him have it as it seemed he got good karma paying off after 4 years.
However, he can also sense Soma's guilt of causing the accident to happen in the first due to their Quantum Brainwaves clashing while Marie was advising her to not tell the blonde woman about her involvement in it. Until there's better timing to tell the truth.
"Louise Halevy, I didn't expect you of all people to be a Gundam Meister...", Setsuna commented, remembering her as willful, playful and devoted to Saji whenever he had to spend time with them outside his work in Celestial Being.
And that was before Nena Trinity suddenly attacked the wedding event of the Halevy family, sadistically taking many lives and landed Louise into the hospital.
"And I didn't expect a boring apartment neighbor of my boyfriend to be one as well 4 years ago, Setsuna F. Seiei.", the blonde young woman playfully shot back in response.
Lightly chuckling that it's actually accurate and true, the Gundam Meister of the 00 nodded before asking, "Touché. So how did you join Celestial Being?"
As Louise was about to make a short summarization about it, Commander Chall had to cut in as she stated, "I am afraid that will have to wait. That also includes our certain guests from the future as well. Right now, the destruction of the Memento Mori takes top priority."
Sumeragi and her fellow Ptolemy 2 crew members agreed with the de facto leader of Celestial Being as they need to eliminate the Memento Mori before the A-Laws keep attacking more innocents with it. Even Lyle nodded as well because the lives of his comrades in Katharon are in danger, knowing that they won't stand around and be idle when there's the Federation's orbital superlaser above their heads.
I can guess she's related to this David Halevy., the Gundam Meister of Cherudim observed in thought about her surname after hearing Setsuna calling Sayla Mass her real name as they were old acquaintances in the past.
"Can we help? Can we help?", the green Future Haro asked.
"We can fight! We can fight!", the pink Future Haro yelled.
"Please! Please!", the yellow Future Haro pleaded.
"As for the Future Haros here, they will be part of the crew for now and their mobile suits will be taken to Krung Thep for study and repair. Including their commander's.", the Commander of Celestial Being declared much to the disappointment of the robotic pilots of the GN-X-looking giant machines.
She added, "As for the said commander, she will remain at the medical bay until she recovers from her coma. Once the Memento Mori is dealt with, you will ask questions from her, Captain Sumeragi."
The Future Haros said together to the humans, "Her name is Kiva Andru! Her name is Kiva Andru!"
So that's her name. She might probably the voice me and Setsuna heard last... before Louise's screaming ruined it., Feldt wondered in her thought.
"Roger, Commander. ", the older brown haired woman nodded in agreement.
They needed more answers but only they will get them after they win and survive first.
"Meeting adjourned.", Chall Acustica said with a nod before turning off her communication and Dr. Yuri Minovsky followed suit.
Feldt Grace sighed in relief after her surrogate relative is gone from the visual screen, "Phew, I thought Aunt Chall might bring up about me piloting the 0 Raiser. She would have reprimanded me for abandoning my post."
Sumeragi reassured the pink haired young woman, "But I'm sure she will understand once the operation is over."
Lasse shrugged with bemusement, "Probably, she might have already known since she was watching the entire battle and ordered Megas to be launched into battle. But apparently, we have bigger things to worry about like the Memento Mori."
Louise was surprised after hearing it from the helmsman of Ptolemy 2, "Whoa, you're actually piloting, Feldt? Congratulations!"
"Blue Haro helped though. But I did distract Setsuna's opponent by shooting his new model machine in the back. Long enough to dock the 0 Raiser into the 00 and he took care of the rest.", the daughter of Marlene and Ruido sheepishly said.
"So basically, you're riding him, hmmm?", the blonde young woman mischievously inquired with a wiggling of her eyebrows.
"LOUISE!", Feldt screamed with a red face after knowing what her blonde friend exactly meant. "It's not like that!"
Marie blushed as she remembered the... compromising position she had with Allelujah in their reunion when finally coming out to take over the body and putting Soma into the backseat. Hallelujah who reviewed the memories of his other half after he woke up from his 4 years of coma laughed his ass off when he saw that kind of memory.
Setsuna was confused as he explained with a straight face, "Well, yes. She was piloting the 0 Raiser attached to the 00 at the back. I did warn Feldt to hold on to me as the ride might get rough."
Everyone in the conference room burst out laughing at his innocent innuendo while Feldt's face turned redder as a result. "I see. It must be an exciting ride of your life eh Feldt? Feels good right, am I right?", Louise teasingly inquired.
"Alright, that's enough! We need to stay focused and get Ptolemy 2 and the Gundams ready for the upcoming mission to destroy the Memento Mori.", Sumeragi ordered, sparing Feldt from further teasing. It's a good thing Commander Chall is not here to see this. It would get out of hand!
"Roger!", the members of Celestial Being agreed.
"Before I forget, I should reprimand you.", Setsuna then stated which caught the others' attention and wonder.
Louise asked with a confused face, "Reprimand me for what, Setsuna?"
The Krugis young man lightly karate chopped the niece of David Halevy in the head in front of everyone in the meeting, surprised of his action.
"Owwwww! What did you do that for, Setsuna?!", Louise yelled as she soothed her aching head.
Setsuna scolded her as he folded his arms, "You were shouting too loud with your war cry, Louise. It nearly broke my concentration in the battlefield when I heard you. You need to tone it down."
Feldt nodded in agreement with him about that. My ears are still a bit ringing...
Giving a blank look at him, the female Gundam Meister sassed back at him in turn as she made a deep sounding voice impression, "At least I don't scream "I AM GUNDAM!" like Batman!"
Those who knew Setsuna personally found it hilarious as the former pilot of Exia was known to be obsessed into thinking that he is Gundam as his only identity. Almost similarly like Batman who sees himself as the true identity while Bruce Wayne was only his mask from the DC superhero comics.
The Krugis young man rolled his eyes at his old habit. "I'm never living this one down. Who told you?", he muttered.
"The Haros did. They're very chatty.", Louise replied in a cheeky manner.
"Confirmed! Confirmed!", Red Haro agreed with his partner.
"We are Haro! We are Legion! We are the Earth Coalition! We are the Last Bastion!", the three Future Haros proudly said together as one.
So many questions, so little time to ask about what is the Earth Coalition to the Ptolemy 2 crew. Perhaps later after Memento Mori is successfully taken out.
"Setsuna has a point though, Sayla. Your battle screaming is something to behold even in space. Everyone have heard it. Probably even your uncle. But seriously, tone it down.", the purple haired Gundam Meister of Seravee mused with a mischievous glint of his eye glasses at his student.
"Et tu Brute, Master Tieria?... ", Louise dryly snarked as the members of Celestial Being chuckle at her expense.
The pink haired young woman said after calming down her blushing, "There's also something I'd like to tell you. It's about Saji..."
The Meister of Megas was caught off guard from what Feldt just informed her with a double take, "Wait what?!"
At Hangar 3 of Ptolemy 2, few hours later post-meeting
Directing a group of several Haros piloting the Karels to seal the huge hole caused by the powerful beam attack from the A-Laws' new model on the hangar, Saji Crossroad in his civilian attire heard the door slide open and continued his work as he knew who the person was coming to see him after four years. At least with the hole being sealed off and breathable air available again, there is no need to wear the space suits for protection anymore.
Meanwhile, Louise Halevy approached her busy boyfriend from behind and stopped to stand next to him until one of them said something. Dammit Feldt, you should have told me about Saji being a guest in Ptolemy before the attack on Lagrange 3 happened! Well, at least he is doing fine. I think., she thought upon seeing how tall and handsome he had become.
"... How long, Louise?", Saji asked in a neutral tone while looking at his pad of the repair status.
Briefly wincing as she can tell that he already knew her affiliation by piloting Gundam Megas and it's time to face the music, Louise replied, "How long was I part of Celestial Being, Saji?... Four years."
"Four years after Celestial Being was defeated by the UN Forces in Operation Fallen Angels...", the brown haired young man blankly noted as he put down the pad and confronted her face to face. "And you didn't tell me throughout the messages we shared with each other before you apparently ghosted me..."
That hit a bit of a sore spot on him after learning that his girlfriend was with Celestial Being the whole time and it seemed Setsuna and the others didn't tell him the truth when they took him in as a guest under their protection from the A-Laws. Although Saji couldn't deny that Louise's new hairstyle in form of a short length coif bobcut is pretty when he looked at her appearance for the first time since 4 years.
Wow, she's beautiful..., he internally noted.
The blonde young woman retorted in response, "Would you have believed me then if I told you? That I was whisked away to space by my uncle so I can get particle poisoning treatment from the same organization that tried to eliminate war and they managed to succeed."
Almost..., she thought about her prosthetic arm hidden underneath her pilot suit but didn't add that to her words.
"You have an uncle? I-I-I thought...", Saji commented with wide eyes, remembering the female nurse who informed him that most members of the Halevy family had perished by a Gundam Throne Drei's petty indiscriminate attack.
"Uncle David wasn't at my cousin's wedding when Nena Trinity attacked and killed my family. He was working at Krung Thep at the time.", Louise explained to her boyfriend after shaking her head.
Noticing that Louise had already known the identity of the serial attacker long before he did when he was browsing Celestial Being's computers with Blue Haro back then, Saji frowned, "And that's how you learned that he worked for Celestial Being the whole time when he took you to space?"
"Before I found out Uncle David was a member of Celestial Being, he said he was part of the AEU's colony construction effort as a civilian contractor. Uncle David sometimes come down to Earth and pay a visit to the family... Even though he was a clumsy goofball.", the Gundam Meister of Megas explained as she had some fond memories of her uncle watching pay-per-view wrestling shows and playing video games with her together.
Even though she wasn't able to beat him at those games but it was still fun regardless.
Saji asked while internally wincing as he remembered how he reacted negatively to Setsuna being revealed to be a Celestial Being member in their reunion post-4 years timeskip, "And you didn't take it well?..."
GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT! YOU KILLED MOM AND DAD! HOW COULD YOU?! YOU WORKED FOR CELESTIAL BEING, YOU BASTARD! I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU! Louise remembered those words full of spite, hatred and anger towards her uncle continuing to haunt her in her mind. Even though she calmed down and he took it in stride and forgave her to let bygones be bygones, she still could not forgive herself.
Uncle David was the only family she had left and God help you if you take him away from her.
"No. No I didn't...", she shamefully replied.
"And you joined Celestial Being because they managed to fix you up, Louise?", the brown haired young man questioned.
The blonde young woman simply remarked to her boyfriend in a self-deprecating manner, "Four years of rehabilitation, healing and stress release can do that for you, Saji. Ironically, I was chosen to be trained as a Gundam Meister after I... showed potential when I was allowed to use the mobile suit simulation to vent out my rage on the Gundams and beat the crap out of them."
Playing video games was quite therapeutic for me back then., she thought.
"Before you say it, yes. I knew what I signed up for Saji. That I would be taking enemy lives when I'm in a Gundam. The feeling to pull the trigger for the first time and knowing there's no turning back... But I have no regrets.", she preemptively declared, remembering her first kill with the Gundam Megas' Large Beam Cannon that took away the life of the A-Laws elite soldier who attacked the Ptolemy 2.
Louise was relieved she killed that person threatening the Celestial Being spaceship. Otherwise, her friends and Saji would have been harmed if the A-Laws special machine hadn't been dealt with immediately.
On the other hand, Saji can see why his girlfriend was comfortable to be around with Celestial Being and became one of their pilots of the Gundams. Especially when they had saved her life and fixed her particle poisoning afflicting her body.
However, it saddened him to see that Louise was actually willing to take lives of the enemy with her mobile suit to protect everyone here and made peace with her choice. In complete contrast to himself as he once tried to shoot Setsuna with a gun he stole from his holster while angrily ranted at him.
"It was your fault...that the person I love... You wounded her... and killed her parents and all of her family! And my one and only family, my sister, too... All she ever did was get involved with Celestial Being and she was killed! Louise...and my sister! They're gone now! Say something!"
But Saji refused to pull the trigger as he didn't want to stoop to Celestial Being's level and became a passive-aggressive self-righteous piece of shit he was to them instead. Even when the Ptolemy 2 crew tried to make sure his stay in their ship was comfortable and they gave him Blue Haro as his new companion.
Until the Katharon base massacre by the A-Laws had happened because of his idiotic actions gave him a nasty slap in the face. Literally with Tieria Erde who slapped him and harshly called him out on his selfishness and naivety upon learning what he did.
And yet he still couldn't do it when he tried to volunteer to man the Ptolemy 2's turrets to attack the A-Laws as part of the crew's risky but improvised plan to draw them away from the evacuating Katharon survivors who left their destroyed base to another safe location somewhere in the Middle East.
It had nearly ended in disaster if it weren't for the lucky recovery of Sumeragi Lee Noriega who previously fainted from witnessing the results of the atrocities A-Laws had done at the base, and woke up in time to order a smokescreen cover for a retreat. Which fortunately, the A-Laws also withdrew from the battle as well.
Sadly sighing, the space engineer revealed to her. "You're right, Louise. It's not like I have any right to judge you for taking lives of the enemy as a Gundam pilot... Not when I had killed others myself."
Shocked at her boyfriend's confession, the female Gundam Meister demanded, "... What did you do?"
The brown haired young man somberly explained as he expected a harsh rebuttal from her which he deserved it, "I see Tieria didn't tell you. I will do it then... I screwed up Louise. I led A-Laws to Katharon base and they killed everyone inside with their Automatons."
"All because I just wanted to go home and get away from this madness... And they died because of me.", he finished, remembering the Katharon members being friendly and welcoming including the kids. Especially the guard who gave him the keys to one of their vehicles for a trip to the town.
Before the rebels were callously shot down in droves by the killer blocky robots deployed by the A-Laws.
At least the children were fine and safe from the danger but sadly the adults were not so lucky, being slaughtered in droves like animals.
Grabbing Saji by the collar of his blue civilian shirt with her prosthetic arm, Louise angrily called out. "Saji, you idiot! I thought I told you to stay out of trouble! Did you even read my message?!"
"I DID!", Saji protested with tears on his eyes. "... But I didn't expect to get falsely accused of being a Katharon sympathizer, forced into slave labor against my will and would have died if it weren't for Setsuna saving my worthless life, and be that one fucking idiot who tried to run away from reality that slapped me in the face for it! Believing everything will be alright after I explained to the Wild Bear of Russia of my wrongful situation when I ran into him!"
"Colonel Sergei Smirnov? Did he...?", the blonde woman asked with narrowed eyes, vowing that if that Russian man had harmed Saji personally, he will severely regret it.
Saji shook his head and explained, "No! He was kind and respectful to me. He wanted to help me clear my name if I told him my story to him and I did... He didn't expect one of his own subordinates to be a snitch and told the A-Laws where Katharon base is behind his back. So they can go there and start the massacre."
Louise let go of Saji as he finished and tearfully looked down on the floor, "Because of that, Colonel Smirnov had to let me go and get away from the A-Laws... Back to Celestial Being before they come get me and finish the job."
I wonder if Commander Chall should have allowed me to join the Ptolemy 2 far earlier than now. I could have stopped all of this..., the Meister of Megas thought about the what ifs and what could have been.
But for now, Saji was affected and the guilt has been eating at his conscience.
Sympathizing with Saji, she hugged her remorseful boyfriend and he returned the hug. "It's okay, Saji. At least you're still alive.", she said. "... I don't know what I will do if something happened to you..."
"You might probably explode in a huge temper and wipe out the A-Laws from the face of the Earth.", the brown haired young man chuckled, remembering how she easily gets angry back whenever things don't go her way and he had to try calm her down during their teenager days.
Since Louise is a Gundam pilot, he can already see her going on a vengeful rampage with Megas and it's clear that she won't hesitate to use it. Although he hoped that she doesn't do that and go too far.
On the other hand, Louise wanted to confess to him that she failed to say since the True Pillar gravity block incident 4 years ago. Taking the opportunity, she said. "Hey, Saji... I'm not sure whether or not will live through this, so there's something I want to say... You know Saji, I-"
She didn't expect Saji to kiss her on the lips!
And yet she returned it which lasted for a minute before they let go.
"I know. I love you too Louise.", the space engineer declared before noticing something around her neck and made a good guess. "I see you kept the ring."
"You as well. We have four years catching up...", the female Gundam Meister slyly stated as she can see the necklace from her boyfriend which holds the ring too.
Somewhere around Hangar 3 is Mileina Vashti internally squealing with happiness while hiding to not get the couple's attention as she had Blue Haro take a picture of their kiss.
So she can share it with everyone in Ptolemy 2!
En route back to the Earth Sphere Federation
As the pitiful remnants of A-Laws task force made their way back home from their failure to wipe out Celestial Being at their home turf, the handful of survivors were reeling from the huge losses they have suffered. It was utterly devastating and humiliating for them to lose so many of their comrades to Celestial Being especially with Gundam Megas showing up to give them the Alvatore treatment on the receiving end.
Meanwhile, Colonel Kati Mannequin recently made contact with Brigadier General Arthur Goodman to give her After Action Report to him at her personal office of her Baikal-class command cruiser. The Iron Lady knew that she is bringing bad news to the general but she will not sugarcoat it and thus, she explained everything in detail of what happened at the Battle of Lagrange 3.
She even had the recorded footage of the Gundam Megas with its blue particles in action directly sent to her superior officer himself as further valid proof of her claims.
His reaction to such unfortunate news was quite an understatement in a nutshell.
"Alright, let me get this straight here, colonel. You almost pushed Celestial Being into a corner like a hammer to an anvil... You were this close to wipe them out since Operation Fallen Angels... And then this Gundam-Type Mobile Armor had appeared out of nowhere. Causing massive losses to your fleet and the mobile suit teams under your command. Even managing to take down one of the two Licensed Officers accompanying by itself. Is that right?", the fat blonde man reviewed with a big frown on his face and a twitch on his eye.
It is clear that he was expecting total annihilation upon Celestial Being, but instead it's the A-Laws forces under Kati that suffered it instead.
The bespectacled woman grimly confirmed in response, "Yes, general. The Gundam-Type machine identified as Megas was unleashed by Celestial Being as their newest ace in the hole and we believe that they had used the remains of deceased UN Ambassador Alejandro Corner's Alvatore and its GN Tau Drives to create it."
Accepting this tidbit of information from her, General Goodman remarked, "I see... It was a grave mistake of the UN Forces to leave behind that blasted Mobile Armor after it failed to finish off Celestial Being 4 years ago. And now we're paying the price for it."
That Colonel Kati can agree with him and now so many lives of her troops under her command were lost, reduced to space dust. Her plan to destroy Celestial Being spectacularly failed. No doubt the remainder of her forces had been traumatized after losing their comrades and witnessing the giant Gundam-Type machine's firepower tearing through their ranks thoroughly and mercilessly.
Especially after they all have heard the psychopathic female Gundam pilot's battle cry of "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" and it's something they can never unhear for the rest of their lives.
Some broke down and despaired while others vowed revenge on Celestial Being especially Megas. As for the rest, they carried on to their duties in form of repairing the damaged ships and mobile suits and applying medical treatment to the injured pilots and crew members in need of it even though they are also affected by the Megas' assault.
She even heard some of them fearfully calling Megas, "The Blue Giant" which Captain Descartes Shaman was the first to give it a fitting nickname.
General Goodman demanded, "Is there anything else to report to me, colonel?"
"Yes, there's more.", the tactical forecaster of the A-Laws confirmed before showing him the footage of the 00 Raiser slicing and blasting through her mobile suit forces in its path. "Celestial Being has revealed that they've created a new fighter attachment machine from their hidden base and launched it to augment the Twin Drive Gundam's GN particle power output to turn the tide in their favor. Increasing its strength to the point it overpowered Licensed Officer Bring Stabity's GNZ model."
"That would mean Celestial Being holds two trump cards and they won't be afraid to use it after unleashing them on the battlefield.", the brigadier general of the A-Laws noted with a visible twitch on his eye before stating. "... I will inform Commander Homer Katagiri about this precarious situation. Hopefully he will convince Federation President Horace Williams to further increase the budget on mobile suit research and development. To create new stronger models to counter them with the best Licensed Officers in our ranks."
It probably won't be enough with those two machines going to destroy them with ease anyway... Unless they recreate the Alvatore or upgrade the Trilobites for space use somehow., Colonel Kati bitterly thought but kept that to herself. Not after her tactics were made a joke to the Gundam-Type Mobile Armor and the Twin Drive Gundam subsequently.
"What are your orders, general?", she asked from her superior officer in the A-Laws.
"For now, return to base. Your forces had suffered heavy blows because of this Megas and the Twin Drive Gundam. Major Abner Rindt and his forces will take it from here.", the fat blonde man told her in response.
"Yes sir.", the tactical forecaster of the A-Laws saluted as her contact with the brigadier general ended and her holographic screen closed itself. She thought with a scoff of disdain about the so-called specialist of mop-up operations, As if that smug German asshole can do anything to stop Celestial Being better than I. He'll die a fool's death anyway.
Slumping on her seat, Colonel Kati was tempted to get a bottle of wine from her desk and drink away her frustration and sorrow after the major disaster of her operation thanks to Megas and its psychopathic female Gundam pilot. No, that would mean stooping to Kujo's level... , she bitterly thought about her former friend-revealed-to-be-terrorist.
Then the Iron Lady noticed that something is off ever since she ordered the complete withdrawal of all remaining A-Laws forces away from Lagrange 3.
She was expecting Lieutenant Patrick Colasour to be entering into her office unannounced where he would sheepishly apologize to her for failing to take down Celestial Being in her name, and cheer her up by naturally being his goofy self at any moment.
But the so-called King of Mock Battles, who was her self-proclaimed white knight in shining armor, never showed up...
Meanwhile at one of the vacant rooms within the ship, Bring Stabity angrily smashed his right fist into the metal wall that left some noticeable dent behind, demonstrating his superhuman strength as an Innovator. "I can't believe we were bested in battle by mere humans! Revive Revival taken out by that giant Gundam-Type's surprise attack and now the Twin Drive Gundam had that fighter back attachment that increased its power, besting me!", he snarled in rage.
It grated a lot on his pride as a combat-type Innovator. They're supposed to be superior than the humans Ribbons intended to rule over and guide them as their Messiah!
Bring also knew about Revive's connection with his twin sister Anew Returner via Quantum Brainwaves and now it's severed with the lavender-haired Innovator's death. His fellow Innovator can never regain her true memories and remain stuck inside her false persona during her stay at Celestial Being even if Ribbons brought Revive back with a new cloned body.
Now he would have to dedicate himself and his power to destroy Celestial Being and erase the stain of dishonor to the Innovators!
Suddenly, he received a telepathic message from Ribbons Almark via a quick flash of Quantum Brainwaves they share, which snapped him out of his anger. "I see... We are to capture the 00 and the Megas.", he noted after calming himself down and processing his leader's orders.
He finished, "And he's getting Regene Regetta, Hilling Care and Devine Nova involved. Along with bringing back Revive Revival in a new body."
Exiting the room, Bring walked past by several despondent A-Laws members carrying the boxes of their deceased comrades' belongings including a grief-stricken Lieutenant Andrei Smirnov who held the box containing the belongings of the deceased Captain Barack Zinin in the hallway of the Baikal-class cruiser.
Not only that, Ribbons is sending out his three wards from the Corner and Harvey families he took in after the deaths of Alejandro and Laguna 4 years ago. Molding them as his Neo Team Trinity with Ali-al Saachez as their leader and trainer., he thought.
As soon as he receives another GNZ unit, hopefully the more powerful and stronger variant, upon its finished production and deployment from The Celestial Being mothership to the frontlines and meet up with his comrades and allies, the combat-type Innovator will be more than happy to carry out the mission for the sake of a unified world under Ribbons Almark's control.
For that, Celestial Being must fall!
At the Katharon Middle East Base
Marina Ismail rested against the wall in the hallway nearby the mobile suit hangar of Katharon outside the meeting room, having just exited after the most recent meeting she participated had ended with Klaus Grad expressing himself to be something beyond furious at the Federation and its A-Laws. That is before he started contacting the Katharon space forces stationed from the Axis and other hidden asteroid bases to mobilize as soon as possible and destroy the so-called Memento Mori.
Then Klaus decided to call for the man named Goliath-13 for his help as well. Something about deploying some of his prototype machines to take part of the upcoming space military offense.
Marina had learned that they're codenames for various undercover members of Katharon such as Jean or Goliath to ensure that the Federation won't find out their true identities as they worked underneath its nose, supporting the rebel army organization and its branches dotting on Earth and in space through discreet funding, spying and gathering sympathizers into the cause, etc.
They fired the space laser again. And they even wiped out a large refugee camp full of innocent people!... How can anyone be so cruel?!, she angrily thought.
The more time progressed and events happened, the more she realized that her old ideology just didn't seem to work at all.
Between the two subsequent laser attacks, the A-Laws had probably killed over one million people with it and millions more will join the body count if the Memento Mori wasn't stopped as soon as possible. Was one million people enough for these people to justify what they were doing? How many more people were they willing to kill to make their point?!, the former ruler of Azadistan bitterly thought as she gripped her hands.
Marina could see that Setsuna F. Seiei and Shirin Bakhtiar were at least partially right about the world. No one would give her pacifism a second thought if they wanted something that she had, as the Federation had shown by forcibly taking over her country and her people were completely helpless to stop it from happening.
Right after the red Gundam-Type mobile suit, which she presumed it to be from the A-Laws, had singlehanded burned down everything to the ground and its sadistic pilot clearly had reveled in it. And Setsuna knew who that pilot really was. Could he be from Krugis as well?..., she wondered.
And even before that, when Azadistan was tearing itself apart five years ago, the former First Princess could do nothing to stop it despite her efforts. All her pleas for stopping the violence had been ignored and her people had suffered from it. The older woman had been so married to her ideals when she was elected as its ruler, but now that she no longer was, her belief in her dream was weakened.
Someone among the royal palace's staff had even attempted to assassinate Marina directly with a stolen handgun before the two guards quickly dispatched the woman in time. And the dead face of the shot down would-be assassin horrified her before the guards took the corpse away.
If I had been more forceful, stronger in the assembly, could I have averted that? She internally pondered as she knew what ifs were always something you can't fully trust, but it had been haunting her recently.
Could I have prevented the need for the Gundams to show up to solve my problems, at least somewhat? She was aware that there was a third party that had been stoking the fire, but there has to be an existing conflict for it to create such a large blaze from it.
The painful question Marina would had to ask to herself is: would she be willing to fight personally? If the base was attacked right now, would she be willing to help defend the base against their attackers?
If she had asked even a few months ago, she would have vehemently denied ever wanting a gun, but after the events of the last month or so, she was much more uncertain. Setsuna and other members of Katharon had shown how just because you are willing to kill people, doesn't mean you would become cruel.
There are innocent people who live here, displaced by the Federation and had no where to stay. Would they judge me for being willing to kill?, Marina thought as she glanced at the blue mobile suits standing in Katharon base's hangar bays.
Some of them she recognized were the Anfs that were used by her country's royal military and they appeared to be heavily modified than the standard ones that she was more familiar with.
It had taken her a while, but the former First Princess had realized one of her hang ups on using weapons personally. The previous ruler of Azadistan had shown himself to be willing to use force and violence to get what he wanted, such as with the invasion and annexation of Krugis which ended in bloodshed and piles of corpses on the ground.
And all what's left of that former country was a barren wasteland with few remnants of its people alive and bitter at Azadistan.
After succeeding him, Marina had wanted to separate herself as much from that horrible image, becoming "a princess of peace and diplomacy", which in hindsight was to her detriment.
To the international community and the world leaders, Marina may have looked good and appealing, but to the traditionalists and her people, her policies only made her look weak and spineless instead. But who is there to judge me now? Would someone see me turn down a gun and look at me like I'm a hero?
No, none of the people would judge her now.
After all, Marina had been through with reality slapping her in the face and it would be understandable if she changed her point of view.
Maybe she would taken Shirin's offer to learn how to defend herself by either using a gun or even piloting a mobile suit if she has to. If the base was under attack or they ever had to go on the run, she could at least delay the enemy till someone who knew how to fight could deal with them.
Getting off the wall, Marina Ismail straightened her back and began her search for Shirin, walking with purpose and resolve in her eyes. If I'm going to break my old principles, I might as well do it without any doubts. It's what Setsuna would have told me to do.
Meanwhile in deep space far far away from the Lagrange 3
Due to being punched in the face by Gundam Cherudim and sent flying away, the headless GN-XIII of Lieutenant Patrick Colasour was drifted away into deep space from the territorial area of Lagrange 3 and the remaining A-Laws forces had unknowingly left him behind when they received withdrawal order from Colonel Kati Mannequin after they had sustained far too many losses from Gundam Megas and the 00 Raiser Gundam.
Unlucky for him for the first time of his life, his false solar reactor had lost most of its power, unable to move and fly his way back to the A-Laws.
"Dammit, dammit, dammit! Move already! I need to get back to the Colonel!", the Frenchman pilot repeatedly tried to activate his machine's GN Tau Drive to no success.
Please God! I don't want to die alone! Save me! Anyone! Please! Give me a miracle! Anything!, he internally pleaded.
Suddenly, a gigantic blue portal opened above Patrick and out comes a gargantuan green warship that looks very intimidating and armed to the teeth. And it made the Baikal-class cruisers used by the A-Laws and the Federation Forces look very small in comparison to it. That also includes the Celestial Being's own capital ship too as well.
"A-A-A-ALIENS?!", the redhead young man shouted with surprise and widened eyes in terror, recognizing the ship to be obviously not of Earth origin at all.
He didn't expect aliens to be actually real and appearing now of all times.
However, if the sci-fi movies had told him right about one thing: aliens with massive guns on their mothership are obviously not here to come in peace with humans at all.
If I stay perfectly still, they will go away..., Patrick hoped as his GN-XIII had no orange particles left from its deactivated fake solar reactor and that there would be nothing for them to detect at all.
On the other hand at the bridge of the Karajor, Warmaster Gorrath got up on his feet and barked out orders to the recovering Glorft crew members of his personal warship after they managed to escape from the Time Warp Portal that had dragged them inside in the first place. "ARRRGGGGHHH! Status report!"
The Glort Navigator reported as he checked the warship's advanced computer systems to know before informing his leader, "It appears that we have arrived in the year 2312, Warmaster. We followed the beacon transponder of the Avatar Prototype that was activated which led us here as you instructed."
"Warmaster Gorrath, we have detected an unknown mech floating next to the Karajor and heat signature is stated to be that of a human.", the Glorft Commander informed his superior officer which he then showed it to him.
Getting visual from his bridge's screen, Gorrath saw a red-colored human mobile suit with no head floating around near his warship. "Humans of this timeline must have been at their middle stages of mecha development... At least it won't be a boring battle to crush these monkeys if they can't fight back.", the Warmaster of the Glorft observed before ordering with a malicious smile.
He said, "Send out a squad and bring it in. We should give our... "esteemed guest" a warm welcome and then ask him if they have my Avatar Prototype in their possession..."
"Yes sir!", the Glorft Commander gleefully complied.
Before Patrick's eyes, the hangar bay of the Karajor opened its door to reveal a squad of five gigantic mobile suits that has a digitigrade design with a hunched-like posture and its head design that generally resemble part-amphibian, part-cephalopod appearance for some reason, back shoulder-mounted missile tube launchers and a backpack with three rocket thrusters, and giant minigun on the right arm while the left arm has three-clawed hands.
And they're flying towards him!
"Oh no no no no no! Please don't take me to your leader! Please don't take me to your leader! Please don't take me to your leader!", the so-called Immortal Colasour pleaded as he constantly attempts to reactivate his mobile suit again to no avail.
One of the Glorft Mechs grabbed the depowered GN-XIII with its claw hand and flew its way back into the Karajor with their four other comrades flying behind it to ensure their quarry does not suddenly reactivate and try to escape. In comparison of heights, the GN-XIII looked short to the Glorft machines, just being barely at their knee level.
Terrified of what the aliens are going to do to him in their interrogation and the fact that he can never go back home to Earth once he entered into the alien mothership, Patrick Colasour tearfully screamed out his last words before his impending doom.
"SAVE ME COLONEEEEEEELLLL!"
Then the door of Karajor's hangar bay ominously shut itself behind them.
Author's Note: Alright then, Chapter 6 of "Megas 00" is done and I hope you like it. Ptolemy crew had to put aside their questions regarding the unconscious Kiva currently at the medical bay for healing and focus on taking down the Memento Mori, Katharon is on the move with David Halevy/Goliath-13 getting involved into the fray of battle, and of course Ribbons Almark is making his new moves to counter Celestial Being due to the unexpected appearance of Gundam Megas and the power of 00 Raiser.
On the other hand, alas poor Patrick. It looks like your luck has appeared to be run out when you encounter the Glorft and been taken prisoner. Maybe Patrick should blame Lyle Dylandy for punching his GN-XIII right into deep space that led him to the Glorft... But then again, Patrick was the reason why Neil Dylandy lost his good sniping eye after attempting to block the red beam saber stab meant for Tieria Erde. Which it became a catalyst of losing his duel against Ali-al Saachez later on in Season 1.
So yeah, long overdue karma for Patrick is a bitch.
As for the Glorft, they won't make a move against Earth of the Anno Domini timeline just yet. They're somewhere in deep space away from the Earth Sphere and the Lagranges after they just exited the time portal. Plus they got Patrick in their custody for interrogation to get information from him one way or another.
Credits goes to Dontus -not Donut- Powerus for the suggestion of a unique name of Gundam Megas' armor, and also to fnlrpa whom I borrowed some elements of the "In Another Time, Another World" in this chapter and check out his stories for they are good read. Especially his latest story, "Old Family, New Memories."
On the next chapter, I will have to focus on the antagonists and their perspective in the aftermath of the Battle of Lagrange 3 in Celestial Being's victory. The upcoming Battle of Memento Mori won't be the same after all and I'm raising the stakes.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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Rest in Peace Michael Kopsa (January 22, 1956 – October 23, 2022), the English dub voice actor of Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam 1979 show and Aeolia Schenberg from Gundam 00. He died peacefully at the age of 66.
Chapter 6
At the Conference Room of Ptolemaois 2, several hours later
While the Celestial Being tactical mothership is currently under full repair and maintenance post-Battle of Lagrange 3 that ended with the full retreat of the decimated A-Laws forces and victory for the paramilitary organization, the crew of the Ptolemy were waiting for the arrival of the Gundam Meister of GNMA-00012XLR Megas, Sayla Mass.
In its fighter form, the large Gundam-Type machine had managed to fit inside the central hangar of Ptolemy upon docking entry before the new Gundam Meister exited the chest cockpit with her Red Haro following her lead.
Although Megas brought back along with three unknown GN-X-looking machines and one female-shaped mobile suit after intercepting A-Laws reinforcements and wiped them out, surprising the Ptolemy crew members when they learn of it. And they're as big as Gundam Megas itself too as well and the three of them were revealed to be Haros piloting them.
Currently, those said mobile suits were floating next to the Celestial Being's capital ship with some Haros and Karels inspecting the damage while repairing them. While Sayla Mass had brought the unconscious redhead pilot out of her inactive machine's head cockpit and took her to the medical bay of Ptolemy 2 after getting a spare helmet to put on the latter's head.
So that the unconscious female pilot won't get exposed to lack of air in space until they're inside the ship.
On the other hand, they currently hold a conference meeting with Chall Acustica, who had revealed herself to be the Commander of Celestial Being organization as a whole, which Sumeragi Lee Noriega was listening to the bespectacled woman's explanation and sharing her information about the Gundam Megas.
It was interesting and enlightening for the former alcoholic woman to know about the 5th Gundam.
Except Mileina Vashti and Saji Crossroad who took part of leading the maintenance team of Haros and Karels to fix up the mothership of Celestial Being from its sustained damages from the battle as soon as possible. Orange Haro had recently left Lyle Dylandy the 2nd Lockon Stratos' side to take part of the repair efforts.
"I see. So that's how you obtained Megas?", the tactical forecaster of Celestial Being inquired as she viewed the recorded footage of the headless Megas that appeared out of a blue portal before crashing into one of the large asteroids.
The Ptolemy crew especially Feldt Grace and Lasse Aeon, who didn't know of the exact origins of Megas in the first place 2 years ago, were informed that the gigantic mobile suit was from the future via time portal. To them, it sounded like it's from one of those sci-fi time travel movies like Back to the Future or The Terminator.
Of course, Chall confirmed that it is true and currently she held its time device sealed away in Krung Thep.
Only Tieria Erde who knew about it after Ian told him 2 years ago.
Along with the image of the said device in its damaged state being displayed on screen as proof of her claims to the the crew, and then the appearance of the three GN-X-looking gigantic machines and their commander-themed mobile suit pilot who came from the future as confirmed by the Haro pilots.
And the footage of the recent blue portal opening that caught Krung Thep's attention where they witnessed the three future machines being attacked by the A-Laws reinforcements but were forced to retreat and head towards Lagrange 3 with their unconscious human commander where they were saved by Gundam Megas, which Chall showed it to the Ptolemy crew.
The said machines even share the similar color scheme with Megas in its pre-Celestial Being modification too as well.
It helped that the Future Haros were cooperative with their present, or past from their perspective, counterparts to confirm they really are from the future by sharing familiar valid codes that identify them to be of Celestial Being origin and they're accepted.
"Indeed. We claimed and modified it 2 years ago during the middle of Celestial Being rebuilding itself post-Operation Fallen Angels under my supervision. Using the remains of the Alvatore and one of its GN Tau Drives, we're able to transform Megas into a Gundam-Type machine thanks to Chief Engineer Ian Vashti, and Dr. Yuri Minovsky. Megas' fighter form that of the Flag was another Chief Engineer David Halevy's idea in order for it to fit inside Ptolemy's hangars better.", Chall said with a nod as more visuals of the schematics of Gundam Megas were displayed on screen.
Which also includes the live footage of several transformation test sequences of Gundam Megas into its Flag-esque form and the remains of Alvatore being salvaged of its fake solar reactors to be taken away by the personnel of Krung Thep for study and research.
Although the mention of Ian Vashti from the Celestial Being Commander made Sumeragi and the others feel sad and worried after remembering that the father of Mileina is currently recuperating at the medical bay of Ptolemy II after he was nearly killed by the huge particle beam blast from the A-Laws new model which had easily tore through the ship's GN Field like paper.
At least Ian is still alive or else he would have joined Christina Sierra, Lichtendahl Tsery, Dr. Joyce B. Moreno and Neil Dylandy the 1st Lockon Stratos in the afterlife.
David Halevy huh? I wonder if he's as good as Goliath-13 or Chief Engineer Blex Forer in Katharon. That guy is crazy with his modifications on Katharon's mobile suits and ships, GN Drive-powered or not, to try even the odds against A-Laws before Celestial Being came back after their 4 years of hiatus., Lyle Dylandy thought in wonder and interest upon hearing this explanation from Chall.
Having recently returned from his successful escorting mission to protect the Lagrange 3 personnel en route to Krung Thep, Allelujah Haptism commented with a nod upon looking at the specs on screen, "That might explain why Megas had a familiar-looking massive beam attack when I saw it on the visual while I was escorting the staff and personnel of Lagrange 3 to Krung Thep."
Yeah, that said attack almost killed us too 4 years ago and Kyrios got a hell of a blast from it! Lost the arm and leg there as a result!, Hallelujah mentally chimed in within his head.
Don't remind me about that... It scared Colonel Sergei and I when we saw its first attack. UN Ambassador Alejandro Corner was a very insufferable man when he showed up as reinforcements to the UN Forces with the Alvatore. Buying himself too much into the hype of his Mobile Armor... Acting as if he had already won. Now he's space dust., Soma Peries added in the head of Marie Parfacy with her fellow Super Soldier via Quantum Brainwaves while still suspiciously looking at the lavender-haired woman standing next to her.
Anew Returner inquired with a skeptic eye upon checking the specs of the transformable Gundam-Type Mobile Armor for her to analyze, "Hmm... I see. But if Megas has 1 GN Tau Drive attached to it, how was it able to sustain its particle power to function and fight throughout the battle, Commander Chall? Aren't the fake solar reactors dependent on electric generators in order to activate and replenish? They have limited operating time compared to the True GN Drives' semi-perpetual nature."
The bespectacled woman revealed in turn to the recent recruit of Celestial Being, "When we found and recovered Megas, we've discovered that it was nuclear-powered and Dr. Yuri Minovsky from the Krung Thep's research and development division managed to link the GN Tau Drive into the fusion reactor of Megas. As a result, it was able to generate its own GN particles without the need of a daily recharge."
That surprised Sumeragi, Allelujah, Marie, Anew and Lyle after they learned that the fifth Gundam's power source turned out to be from the banned energy which had been disused and abandoned hundreds of years ago. Even Feldt Grace and Lasse Aeon were surprised too as well since they were expecting Megas' GN Tau Drive to be fully energized by a huge electric generator.
Only Tieria doesn't seem to react like everyone else and nod in approval, which he can see it that it made sense behind Megas' source of power. And that he trusted Ian and the experts since they knew what they were doing in their jobs in Celestial Being.
"Nuclear energy... Isn't it dangerous?", Setsuna F. Seiei frowned after learning the tidbit of information regarding the source of power currently used by the new Gundam-Type machine from Chall.
Although the Meister of the 00 Gundam was not properly educated due to his... troubled upbringing back in Krugis, he knew enough of the dangers of nuclear radiation. Of how it poisons the land, taints the air, and bring only pain, suffering and misery to anyone unfortunate enough to come across it.
Such as, for example, the infamous nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that made Japan surrender to the USA in the final days of World War II centuries ago, and the Cold War where the USA and the former Soviet Union made a huge nuclear arms race alongside other countries capable of producing them.
Hence, the world had eventually discarded away nuclear power for good in complete favor of solar energy drawn from the Three Orbital Elevators and the series of major space rings with large solar panels that connect with each other around Earth's orbit. Rendering nuclear power utterly obsolete as a relic of the past.
But it seemed that whoever created Megas in the first place before it was found and modified by Celestial Being had dark intentions for it. Especially with its name acronym being revealed to be called as the: Mechanized Earth Guard Attack System.
A gigantic machine that came from the future which happened to be a weapon of war.
A future that Setsuna F. Seiei does not like the terrible implications behind it at all.
Then a portly Santa Claus-bearded older man with a bald head who wears a suit and a lab coat appeared before the Ptolemy crew in the conference room meeting and he looked the part of a kindly grandfather which he is.
He chimed in as his screen is displayed next to Commander Chall's and replied, "Dr. Yuri Minovsky here. We are aware of it, Meister Setsuna. But do not worry, with the GN Tau Drive attached to the fusion cores of Megas as a stabilizer, there won't be a risk of a nuclear fallout if Megas ever gets damaged or compromised."
"Along with the fact, my team of scientists and I had spent most of our time reducing the blue particles' toxicity rate to a minimum as possible.", Dr. Yuri Minovsky added in reassurance.
Obliging Soma's request to ask through her, Marie wondered as she reviewed the footage of the Gundam-Type Mobile Armor tanking A-Laws' orange beam blasts without suffering any form of damage at all, "And what's Megas' armor? It seemed different than the E-Carbon used by the Gundams here and even then, they can take damage in battle. No offense."
"Some taken.", Setsuna, Allelujah and Tieria said together in response.
Dr. Yuri Minovsky revealed as he showed the screens about the armor of Gundam Megas to the members of Ptolemy 2 crew, "Ah yes, about that. Chief Engineers Ian and David and I discovered that Megas, prior to modifying it, had Lunar Titanium and Tritanium. Both powerful metal alloys from the future that made it stronger and durable."
The old man frowned with a tone of disappointment, "... Although, judging the destroyed head cockpit of the mobile suit when we took in Megas, those dual metals weren't enough as it seems."
Sumeragi and the other Gundam Meisters winced after hearing that from the doctor. Especially with the earlier footage of Megas being headless after exiting the blue portal they saw.
The head cockpit was an easy target for the enemy to aim for it and the purpose of the mobile suit's head is to act as the main cameras for the pilots for that reason.
Meanwhile, Anew seemed to absorb the information about these unique metal alloys that served as Megas' armor pre-modification upon hearing it from the chief scientist.
"So we have to merge them with the E-Carbon through gradual GN Particle infusion through its nuclear-powered fake solar reactor that we managed to apply into Megas and succeeded. We call it "Gundinallium-E" as a result of the research and development.", he stated.
Lyle Dylandy said with a mix of incredulous and amazed tone after silently processing the information about Megas, "An-and-and you guys had that massive war machine in the reserve for 2 years after finding and modifying it?! But why didn't you deploy Megas when Celestial Being made its official return before I got recruited? It could have easily turned the tide against the A-Laws like it did now!"
After witnessing Gundam Megas' strength and firepower in the middle of the Battle of Lagrange 3, he knew that not even the likes of the Federation's tyrannical peacekeeping force and the regular military would be able to stand a chance against it in any mobile suit battle when Ptolemy crew were on Earth at the time if the giant mobile armor was involved.
And every fight with Gundam Megas would have been rendered one-sided as a result.
The Katharon base massacre would have been averted if Megas had been there to stop it!, he angrily thought about the sheer speed of the Gundam-Type mobile suit it displayed. Just like it did when quickly intercepting A-Laws reinforcements.
Tieria Erde explained to the twin brother of the late Neil Dylandy, "Because Celestial Being had to finish the development of the 3.5 Generation Gundams and the 4th Generation, the 00 Gundam first. Before proceeding with the complete modification of Gundam Megas. Not only that, the Mobile Armor was meant as a last resort."
"You do not put all your cards on the table.", he added.
Commander Chall nodded in agreement, "Correct, and you will need Megas and also the 00 Raiser for the upcoming operation to destroy the Memento Mori once you finished Ptolemy II's repairs. Now that we have finally revealed them, the A-Laws will increase their forces guarding the orbital super laser and bring more of their elites to deploy against us."
Lasse Aeon casually shrugged as there is really nothing to be worried about at all as he said, "Even if they did, I doubt it will make a difference for the A-Law schmucks anyway. We're pretty unstoppable now."
"No. Just because we have better machines now on our sides, it doesn't mean absolute victory. The Gundams were unstoppable too... Until they almost got captured by Colonel Sergei Smirnov's anti-Gundam squad and later the joint military effort between the Union, AEU and the Human Reform League at the Taklamakan Desert with just their conventional machines and tactics.", Sumeragi scolded in a stern tone.
She finished, "And that is before they got their hands on the 30 fake solar reactor-powered mobile suits for the UN Forces to finally even the odds against us during Operation Fallen Angels."
Following her gut feeling and prediction, the Celestial Being tactical forecaster knew that the A-Laws won't take this defeat lying down once news from Kati's surviving forces had reached them and they will not hesitate to use any means and all the firepower and machines they got to try take down Gundam Megas at all costs.
Even resorting to use the Memento Mori itself if they have to.
That's what Setsuna, Tieria and Allelujah can agree on as even though Team Trinity later may have turned out to be up to no good, their sudden appearance had saved them from being taken down and captured by the three superpowers. Soma within Marie also nodded in agreement with the captain of Ptolemy 2 as she had taken part of the Chobu's space military operation led by her surrogate father and the three superpowers' joint effort.
These two separate battles had been proven that the Gundams were, ultimately in the end, not always invincible.
That's the fact.
Unfortunately though, Lyle made a skeptical interjection in support of Lasse to everyone in the conference room. "Hah! As if that would work on Megas and also the 00 Raiser too since both of them were able to easily wipe out the A-Laws ships and mobile suit teams like nothing in their tracks. Tactics mean nothing to raw strength and overwhelming firepower those two possessed.", he said.
Sumeragi gave a stink eye at the 2nd Lockon Stratos in response as she took offense to that remark, having her pride as a tactical forecaster after all. Especially Lasse of all people whom she expected him to have known better after the fall of Alvatore. The same Mobile Armor that had sheer power but ended up losing in the end.
But it seemed that she was wrong. And from her perspective, these two knuckleheads had believed that apparently strategy is no longer needed anymore.
Tieria shared the same sentiment with her as Sumeragi's tactics were the reason why the Ptolemy crew were able to win their victories against the A-Laws and escape from their ambush attempts. Sure, his Seravee Gundam may have the strength and firepower almost similarly like that of Megas albeit his fighting style is somewhat different from his student Louise.
But he was no longer the same overconfident fool who thought that he was untouchable with his Virtue Gundam 4 years ago, and he had learned from his past mistakes.
Setsuna frowned in disapproval as well. Because despite his 00 Gundam gaining a major power boost with the 0 Raiser which allowed him to overpower the A-Laws new model and turn the tide of battle, he still valued Sumeragi's tactics and planning for him to follow and enact on them accordingly.
It would be a foolish action to rush in without any sort of plan and brute force alone cannot win battles.
The undercover Katharon member then remarked, "I mean come on! Those two machines are like trump cards, if the cards literally flipped the table over and shot the other player!"
Allelujah winced at the bizarre image on his head while Hallelujah found it funny, "Uhhh... That's an apt way of saying it, Lockon."
Then the door slid open to reveal the blonde woman in a yellow pilot suit with her helmet hanging from behind the neck who entered the conference room. Following behind her are the floating Haros, which the red one is known to be her partner and the other three whose colors are green, pink and yellow who were the pilots of the GN-X-looking massive machines that came from the future.
"Sorry, I'm late. I just had to put someone on the medical bay and I saw Mr. Ian in there. What happened to him?", she said.
"Is he alright? Is he alright?", Red Haro asked in concern.
The other three Haros from the future spoke in unison, "Casualty of war! Casualty of war! Dead man walking! Dead man walking!"
That disturbed some of the Celestial Being members upon hearing the Future Haros brushing off Ian like that with their childlike voices. Reminding them of that Purple Haro who was owned by Team Trinity before they're dissolved with two brothers Johann Trinity and Michael Trinity were wiped out by Ali-al Saachez and Nena Trinity was presumably taken down by the United Nations Forces 4 years ago.
Shaking off her unease from the three future Haros joining the meeting with them, Feldt Grace informed her friend, "Mr. Ian got hurt by the A-Laws new model's particle cannon attack. Before you wiped that guy out, Louise."
The niece of David Halevy nodded, relieved that she avenged Ian Vashti by taking out the A-Laws elite soldier as her first kill in retaliation.
Commander Chall noted of her presence as she pushed up her glasses, "Ah I see you've finally joined us, Sayla Mass."
Standing sharp at attention, Louise Halevy saluted to everyone in the conference room in front of her. "Sayla Mass. Gundam Meister of Megas, reporting for duty.", she said.
The tactical forecaster of Celestial Being simply told her with a friendly wave of her hand, "Welcome to Ptolemy 2 and at ease please. There's no need for that. We're not like the Federation military."
"Yes, Captain Sumeragi.", she obliged, dropping the salute.
Lyle complimented her with his own Dylandy charm, "So you're the pilot of Gundam Megas huh?... Not bad in your first sortie there, rookie."
Giving an unimpressed stare at the Meister of Cherudim, the blonde young woman tilted her head at the Irishman who's apparently flirting with her. "Really? Rookie? I've been training to be a Gundam Meister for 4 years before you recently joined Celestial Being in its official return, mister. If anything, you're the rookie here. And sorry, but I have a boyfriend.", she said in a deadpan tone.
This made the Ptolemy 2 crew laugh at the twin brother of Neil Dylandy who got brought down a peg from the female Gundam Meister. Even the ever serious Commander Chall tried to stifle her giggle and Dr. Yuri Minovsky guffawed himself. Setsuna nods in agreement that it was hilarious and it's actually true since Lyle was the newest recruit prior to Anew Returner in Lagrange 3.
"She got you there, Lockon.", Allelujah commented with a chuckle.
"That's not nice to flirt with someone who's already in a relationship.", Anew scolded in a teasing manner.
"Roasted! Roasted!", the four Haros said together.
Making a mock surrender with his hands raised, the Irishman said to ease thing up. "Alright, alright you made your point. And congratulations by the way."
On the other hand, I could have pointed out that "Experience outranks everything."... But I'll not ruin the newbie's moment. It was her first battle after all., Lyle thought as he was a seasoned member of Katharon with mobile suit experience and sniping ability before he was recruited by Celestial Being in the first place as their member and his rebel group's double agent.
"That voice. I remember it four years ago...", Louise said with widened eyes, pointing her finger towards the surprised male Super Soldier whom she recognized. "... You're the Gundam Meister who saved me and Saji. The one who told us and everyone to go to the center of the gravity block."
Through Soma's memories along with sensing a regret from her fellow alternate persona, Marie stated, "Aye, the True Pillar gravity block incident..."
Where we encountered Allelujah and Hallelujah for the first time after they escaped from the Super Human Institute years ago..., the female Super Soldier stated, remembering that her Quantum Brainwaves nearly drove her mad after encountering that of Allelujah's 4 years ago in the middle of testing the Tieren Taozi.
Hallelujah laughed which Soma glared at him, Yeah, you're freaking out back then and it was hilarious!
Aside from Lyle, the members of Celestial Being remembered that incident where the Tieren Taozi suddenly attacked the HRL's Orbital Elevator station and caused one gravity block to break off from the damage and floated dangerously near towards the Breakaway Limit Zone. If it weren't for Allelujah's immediate action with the aid of Setsuna and Neil the 1st Lockon Stratos, the said block filled with hundreds of civilians would have made a nasty descent into Earth's atmosphere and crashing into the planet's surface, causing severe destruction and death.
The Human Reform League had tried to cover it up as a terrorist attack from Celestial Being upon the True Pillar as one of their "so-called armed interventions" but got foiled by Colonel Sergei and his forces.
But the eyewitnesses, rescued people and the truth-seeking journalists ruined that by revealing that it's the Gundam that aided the Wild Bear of Russia and saved the people stuck inside gravity block.
Just like how the Kyrios and Virtue had stopped a terrorist group using Hellion mobile suits from attacking the HRL's Orbital Elevator in the middle of its anniversary during Celestial Being's first public debut.
And now the Ptolemy 2 crew recently learned that their guest Saji Crossroad and now the female Meister of Gundam Megas were among the people saved by Allelujah Haptism 4 years ago. It finally came around in full circle that the rescued victims have gotten to meet the hero who had saved them.
Making a formal bow of gratefulness to Allelujah, Louise said. "Thank you for saving us. I never thought we'd cross paths like this."
"You're welcome, Sayla. I was just doing the right thing.", the Gundam Meister of Arios humbly responded while he can feel Hallelujah internally roll his eyes but let him have it as it seemed he got good karma paying off after 4 years.
However, he can also sense Soma's guilt of causing the accident to happen in the first due to their Quantum Brainwaves clashing while Marie was advising her to not tell the blonde woman about her involvement in it. Until there's better timing to tell the truth.
"Louise Halevy, I didn't expect you of all people to be a Gundam Meister...", Setsuna commented, remembering her as willful, playful and devoted to Saji whenever he had to spend time with them outside his work in Celestial Being.
And that was before Nena Trinity suddenly attacked the wedding event of the Halevy family, sadistically taking many lives and landed Louise into the hospital.
"And I didn't expect a boring apartment neighbor of my boyfriend to be one as well 4 years ago, Setsuna F. Seiei.", the blonde young woman playfully shot back in response.
Lightly chuckling that it's actually accurate and true, the Gundam Meister of the 00 nodded before asking, "Touché. So how did you join Celestial Being?"
As Louise was about to make a short summarization about it, Commander Chall had to cut in as she stated, "I am afraid that will have to wait. That also includes our certain guests from the future as well. Right now, the destruction of the Memento Mori takes top priority."
Sumeragi and her fellow Ptolemy 2 crew members agreed with the de facto leader of Celestial Being as they need to eliminate the Memento Mori before the A-Laws keep attacking more innocents with it. Even Lyle nodded as well because the lives of his comrades in Katharon are in danger, knowing that they won't stand around and be idle when there's the Federation's orbital superlaser above their heads.
I can guess she's related to this David Halevy., the Gundam Meister of Cherudim observed in thought about her surname after hearing Setsuna calling Sayla Mass her real name as they were old acquaintances in the past.
"Can we help? Can we help?", the green Future Haro asked.
"We can fight! We can fight!", the pink Future Haro yelled.
"Please! Please!", the yellow Future Haro pleaded.
"As for the Future Haros here, they will be part of the crew for now and their mobile suits will be taken to Krung Thep for study and repair. Including their commander's.", the Commander of Celestial Being declared much to the disappointment of the robotic pilots of the GN-X-looking giant machines.
She added, "As for the said commander, she will remain at the medical bay until she recovers from her coma. Once the Memento Mori is dealt with, you will ask questions from her, Captain Sumeragi."
The Future Haros said together to the humans, "Her name is Kiva Andru! Her name is Kiva Andru!"
So that's her name. She might probably the voice me and Setsuna heard last... before Louise's screaming ruined it., Feldt wondered in her thought.
"Roger, Commander. ", the older brown haired woman nodded in agreement.
They needed more answers but only they will get them after they win and survive first.
"Meeting adjourned.", Chall Acustica said with a nod before turning off her communication and Dr. Yuri Minovsky followed suit.
Feldt Grace sighed in relief after her surrogate relative is gone from the visual screen, "Phew, I thought Aunt Chall might bring up about me piloting the 0 Raiser. She would have reprimanded me for abandoning my post."
Sumeragi reassured the pink haired young woman, "But I'm sure she will understand once the operation is over."
Lasse shrugged with bemusement, "Probably, she might have already known since she was watching the entire battle and ordered Megas to be launched into battle. But apparently, we have bigger things to worry about like the Memento Mori."
Louise was surprised after hearing it from the helmsman of Ptolemy 2, "Whoa, you're actually piloting, Feldt? Congratulations!"
"Blue Haro helped though. But I did distract Setsuna's opponent by shooting his new model machine in the back. Long enough to dock the 0 Raiser into the 00 and he took care of the rest.", the daughter of Marlene and Ruido sheepishly said.
"So basically, you're riding him, hmmm?", the blonde young woman mischievously inquired with a wiggling of her eyebrows.
"LOUISE!", Feldt screamed with a red face after knowing what her blonde friend exactly meant. "It's not like that!"
Marie blushed as she remembered the... compromising position she had with Allelujah in their reunion when finally coming out to take over the body and putting Soma into the backseat. Hallelujah who reviewed the memories of his other half after he woke up from his 4 years of coma laughed his ass off when he saw that kind of memory.
Setsuna was confused as he explained with a straight face, "Well, yes. She was piloting the 0 Raiser attached to the 00 at the back. I did warn Feldt to hold on to me as the ride might get rough."
Everyone in the conference room burst out laughing at his innocent innuendo while Feldt's face turned redder as a result. "I see. It must be an exciting ride of your life eh Feldt? Feels good right, am I right?", Louise teasingly inquired.
"Alright, that's enough! We need to stay focused and get Ptolemy 2 and the Gundams ready for the upcoming mission to destroy the Memento Mori.", Sumeragi ordered, sparing Feldt from further teasing. It's a good thing Commander Chall is not here to see this. It would get out of hand!
"Roger!", the members of Celestial Being agreed.
"Before I forget, I should reprimand you.", Setsuna then stated which caught the others' attention and wonder.
Louise asked with a confused face, "Reprimand me for what, Setsuna?"
The Krugis young man lightly karate chopped the niece of David Halevy in the head in front of everyone in the meeting, surprised of his action.
"Owwwww! What did you do that for, Setsuna?!", Louise yelled as she soothed her aching head.
Setsuna scolded her as he folded his arms, "You were shouting too loud with your war cry, Louise. It nearly broke my concentration in the battlefield when I heard you. You need to tone it down."
Feldt nodded in agreement with him about that. My ears are still a bit ringing...
Giving a blank look at him, the female Gundam Meister sassed back at him in turn as she made a deep sounding voice impression, "At least I don't scream "I AM GUNDAM!" like Batman!"
Those who knew Setsuna personally found it hilarious as the former pilot of Exia was known to be obsessed into thinking that he is Gundam as his only identity. Almost similarly like Batman who sees himself as the true identity while Bruce Wayne was only his mask from the DC superhero comics.
The Krugis young man rolled his eyes at his old habit. "I'm never living this one down. Who told you?", he muttered.
"The Haros did. They're very chatty.", Louise replied in a cheeky manner.
"Confirmed! Confirmed!", Red Haro agreed with his partner.
"We are Haro! We are Legion! We are the Earth Coalition! We are the Last Bastion!", the three Future Haros proudly said together as one.
So many questions, so little time to ask about what is the Earth Coalition to the Ptolemy 2 crew. Perhaps later after Memento Mori is successfully taken out.
"Setsuna has a point though, Sayla. Your battle screaming is something to behold even in space. Everyone have heard it. Probably even your uncle. But seriously, tone it down.", the purple haired Gundam Meister of Seravee mused with a mischievous glint of his eye glasses at his student.
"Et tu Brute, Master Tieria?... ", Louise dryly snarked as the members of Celestial Being chuckle at her expense.
The pink haired young woman said after calming down her blushing, "There's also something I'd like to tell you. It's about Saji..."
The Meister of Megas was caught off guard from what Feldt just informed her with a double take, "Wait what?!"
At Hangar 3 of Ptolemy 2, few hours later post-meeting
Directing a group of several Haros piloting the Karels to seal the huge hole caused by the powerful beam attack from the A-Laws' new model on the hangar, Saji Crossroad in his civilian attire heard the door slide open and continued his work as he knew who the person was coming to see him after four years. At least with the hole being sealed off and breathable air available again, there is no need to wear the space suits for protection anymore.
Meanwhile, Louise Halevy approached her busy boyfriend from behind and stopped to stand next to him until one of them said something. Dammit Feldt, you should have told me about Saji being a guest in Ptolemy before the attack on Lagrange 3 happened! Well, at least he is doing fine. I think., she thought upon seeing how tall and handsome he had become.
"... How long, Louise?", Saji asked in a neutral tone while looking at his pad of the repair status.
Briefly wincing as she can tell that he already knew her affiliation by piloting Gundam Megas and it's time to face the music, Louise replied, "How long was I part of Celestial Being, Saji?... Four years."
"Four years after Celestial Being was defeated by the UN Forces in Operation Fallen Angels...", the brown haired young man blankly noted as he put down the pad and confronted her face to face. "And you didn't tell me throughout the messages we shared with each other before you apparently ghosted me..."
That hit a bit of a sore spot on him after learning that his girlfriend was with Celestial Being the whole time and it seemed Setsuna and the others didn't tell him the truth when they took him in as a guest under their protection from the A-Laws. Although Saji couldn't deny that Louise's new hairstyle in form of a short length coif bobcut is pretty when he looked at her appearance for the first time since 4 years.
Wow, she's beautiful..., he internally noted.
The blonde young woman retorted in response, "Would you have believed me then if I told you? That I was whisked away to space by my uncle so I can get particle poisoning treatment from the same organization that tried to eliminate war and they managed to succeed."
Almost..., she thought about her prosthetic arm hidden underneath her pilot suit but didn't add that to her words.
"You have an uncle? I-I-I thought...", Saji commented with wide eyes, remembering the female nurse who informed him that most members of the Halevy family had perished by a Gundam Throne Drei's petty indiscriminate attack.
"Uncle David wasn't at my cousin's wedding when Nena Trinity attacked and killed my family. He was working at Krung Thep at the time.", Louise explained to her boyfriend after shaking her head.
Noticing that Louise had already known the identity of the serial attacker long before he did when he was browsing Celestial Being's computers with Blue Haro back then, Saji frowned, "And that's how you learned that he worked for Celestial Being the whole time when he took you to space?"
"Before I found out Uncle David was a member of Celestial Being, he said he was part of the AEU's colony construction effort as a civilian contractor. Uncle David sometimes come down to Earth and pay a visit to the family... Even though he was a clumsy goofball.", the Gundam Meister of Megas explained as she had some fond memories of her uncle watching pay-per-view wrestling shows and playing video games with her together.
Even though she wasn't able to beat him at those games but it was still fun regardless.
Saji asked while internally wincing as he remembered how he reacted negatively to Setsuna being revealed to be a Celestial Being member in their reunion post-4 years timeskip, "And you didn't take it well?..."
GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT! YOU KILLED MOM AND DAD! HOW COULD YOU?! YOU WORKED FOR CELESTIAL BEING, YOU BASTARD! I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU! Louise remembered those words full of spite, hatred and anger towards her uncle continuing to haunt her in her mind. Even though she calmed down and he took it in stride and forgave her to let bygones be bygones, she still could not forgive herself.
Uncle David was the only family she had left and God help you if you take him away from her.
"No. No I didn't...", she shamefully replied.
"And you joined Celestial Being because they managed to fix you up, Louise?", the brown haired young man questioned.
The blonde young woman simply remarked to her boyfriend in a self-deprecating manner, "Four years of rehabilitation, healing and stress release can do that for you, Saji. Ironically, I was chosen to be trained as a Gundam Meister after I... showed potential when I was allowed to use the mobile suit simulation to vent out my rage on the Gundams and beat the crap out of them."
Playing video games was quite therapeutic for me back then., she thought.
"Before you say it, yes. I knew what I signed up for Saji. That I would be taking enemy lives when I'm in a Gundam. The feeling to pull the trigger for the first time and knowing there's no turning back... But I have no regrets.", she preemptively declared, remembering her first kill with the Gundam Megas' Large Beam Cannon that took away the life of the A-Laws elite soldier who attacked the Ptolemy 2.
Louise was relieved she killed that person threatening the Celestial Being spaceship. Otherwise, her friends and Saji would have been harmed if the A-Laws special machine hadn't been dealt with immediately.
On the other hand, Saji can see why his girlfriend was comfortable to be around with Celestial Being and became one of their pilots of the Gundams. Especially when they had saved her life and fixed her particle poisoning afflicting her body.
However, it saddened him to see that Louise was actually willing to take lives of the enemy with her mobile suit to protect everyone here and made peace with her choice. In complete contrast to himself as he once tried to shoot Setsuna with a gun he stole from his holster while angrily ranted at him.
"It was your fault...that the person I love... You wounded her... and killed her parents and all of her family! And my one and only family, my sister, too... All she ever did was get involved with Celestial Being and she was killed! Louise...and my sister! They're gone now! Say something!"
But Saji refused to pull the trigger as he didn't want to stoop to Celestial Being's level and became a passive-aggressive self-righteous piece of shit he was to them instead. Even when the Ptolemy 2 crew tried to make sure his stay in their ship was comfortable and they gave him Blue Haro as his new companion.
Until the Katharon base massacre by the A-Laws had happened because of his idiotic actions gave him a nasty slap in the face. Literally with Tieria Erde who slapped him and harshly called him out on his selfishness and naivety upon learning what he did.
And yet he still couldn't do it when he tried to volunteer to man the Ptolemy 2's turrets to attack the A-Laws as part of the crew's risky but improvised plan to draw them away from the evacuating Katharon survivors who left their destroyed base to another safe location somewhere in the Middle East.
It had nearly ended in disaster if it weren't for the lucky recovery of Sumeragi Lee Noriega who previously fainted from witnessing the results of the atrocities A-Laws had done at the base, and woke up in time to order a smokescreen cover for a retreat. Which fortunately, the A-Laws also withdrew from the battle as well.
Sadly sighing, the space engineer revealed to her. "You're right, Louise. It's not like I have any right to judge you for taking lives of the enemy as a Gundam pilot... Not when I had killed others myself."
Shocked at her boyfriend's confession, the female Gundam Meister demanded, "... What did you do?"
The brown haired young man somberly explained as he expected a harsh rebuttal from her which he deserved it, "I see Tieria didn't tell you. I will do it then... I screwed up Louise. I led A-Laws to Katharon base and they killed everyone inside with their Automatons."
"All because I just wanted to go home and get away from this madness... And they died because of me.", he finished, remembering the Katharon members being friendly and welcoming including the kids. Especially the guard who gave him the keys to one of their vehicles for a trip to the town.
Before the rebels were callously shot down in droves by the killer blocky robots deployed by the A-Laws.
At least the children were fine and safe from the danger but sadly the adults were not so lucky, being slaughtered in droves like animals.
Grabbing Saji by the collar of his blue civilian shirt with her prosthetic arm, Louise angrily called out. "Saji, you idiot! I thought I told you to stay out of trouble! Did you even read my message?!"
"I DID!", Saji protested with tears on his eyes. "... But I didn't expect to get falsely accused of being a Katharon sympathizer, forced into slave labor against my will and would have died if it weren't for Setsuna saving my worthless life, and be that one fucking idiot who tried to run away from reality that slapped me in the face for it! Believing everything will be alright after I explained to the Wild Bear of Russia of my wrongful situation when I ran into him!"
"Colonel Sergei Smirnov? Did he...?", the blonde woman asked with narrowed eyes, vowing that if that Russian man had harmed Saji personally, he will severely regret it.
Saji shook his head and explained, "No! He was kind and respectful to me. He wanted to help me clear my name if I told him my story to him and I did... He didn't expect one of his own subordinates to be a snitch and told the A-Laws where Katharon base is behind his back. So they can go there and start the massacre."
Louise let go of Saji as he finished and tearfully looked down on the floor, "Because of that, Colonel Smirnov had to let me go and get away from the A-Laws... Back to Celestial Being before they come get me and finish the job."
I wonder if Commander Chall should have allowed me to join the Ptolemy 2 far earlier than now. I could have stopped all of this..., the Meister of Megas thought about the what ifs and what could have been.
But for now, Saji was affected and the guilt has been eating at his conscience.
Sympathizing with Saji, she hugged her remorseful boyfriend and he returned the hug. "It's okay, Saji. At least you're still alive.", she said. "... I don't know what I will do if something happened to you..."
"You might probably explode in a huge temper and wipe out the A-Laws from the face of the Earth.", the brown haired young man chuckled, remembering how she easily gets angry back whenever things don't go her way and he had to try calm her down during their teenager days.
Since Louise is a Gundam pilot, he can already see her going on a vengeful rampage with Megas and it's clear that she won't hesitate to use it. Although he hoped that she doesn't do that and go too far.
On the other hand, Louise wanted to confess to him that she failed to say since the True Pillar gravity block incident 4 years ago. Taking the opportunity, she said. "Hey, Saji... I'm not sure whether or not will live through this, so there's something I want to say... You know Saji, I-"
She didn't expect Saji to kiss her on the lips!
And yet she returned it which lasted for a minute before they let go.
"I know. I love you too Louise.", the space engineer declared before noticing something around her neck and made a good guess. "I see you kept the ring."
"You as well. We have four years catching up...", the female Gundam Meister slyly stated as she can see the necklace from her boyfriend which holds the ring too.
Somewhere around Hangar 3 is Mileina Vashti internally squealing with happiness while hiding to not get the couple's attention as she had Blue Haro take a picture of their kiss.
So she can share it with everyone in Ptolemy 2!
En route back to the Earth Sphere Federation
As the pitiful remnants of A-Laws task force made their way back home from their failure to wipe out Celestial Being at their home turf, the handful of survivors were reeling from the huge losses they have suffered. It was utterly devastating and humiliating for them to lose so many of their comrades to Celestial Being especially with Gundam Megas showing up to give them the Alvatore treatment on the receiving end.
Meanwhile, Colonel Kati Mannequin recently made contact with Brigadier General Arthur Goodman to give her After Action Report to him at her personal office of her Baikal-class command cruiser. The Iron Lady knew that she is bringing bad news to the general but she will not sugarcoat it and thus, she explained everything in detail of what happened at the Battle of Lagrange 3.
She even had the recorded footage of the Gundam Megas with its blue particles in action directly sent to her superior officer himself as further valid proof of her claims.
His reaction to such unfortunate news was quite an understatement in a nutshell.
"Alright, let me get this straight here, colonel. You almost pushed Celestial Being into a corner like a hammer to an anvil... You were this close to wipe them out since Operation Fallen Angels... And then this Gundam-Type Mobile Armor had appeared out of nowhere. Causing massive losses to your fleet and the mobile suit teams under your command. Even managing to take down one of the two Licensed Officers accompanying by itself. Is that right?", the fat blonde man reviewed with a big frown on his face and a twitch on his eye.
It is clear that he was expecting total annihilation upon Celestial Being, but instead it's the A-Laws forces under Kati that suffered it instead.
The bespectacled woman grimly confirmed in response, "Yes, general. The Gundam-Type machine identified as Megas was unleashed by Celestial Being as their newest ace in the hole and we believe that they had used the remains of deceased UN Ambassador Alejandro Corner's Alvatore and its GN Tau Drives to create it."
Accepting this tidbit of information from her, General Goodman remarked, "I see... It was a grave mistake of the UN Forces to leave behind that blasted Mobile Armor after it failed to finish off Celestial Being 4 years ago. And now we're paying the price for it."
That Colonel Kati can agree with him and now so many lives of her troops under her command were lost, reduced to space dust. Her plan to destroy Celestial Being spectacularly failed. No doubt the remainder of her forces had been traumatized after losing their comrades and witnessing the giant Gundam-Type machine's firepower tearing through their ranks thoroughly and mercilessly.
Especially after they all have heard the psychopathic female Gundam pilot's battle cry of "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" and it's something they can never unhear for the rest of their lives.
Some broke down and despaired while others vowed revenge on Celestial Being especially Megas. As for the rest, they carried on to their duties in form of repairing the damaged ships and mobile suits and applying medical treatment to the injured pilots and crew members in need of it even though they are also affected by the Megas' assault.
She even heard some of them fearfully calling Megas, "The Blue Giant" which Captain Descartes Shaman was the first to give it a fitting nickname.
General Goodman demanded, "Is there anything else to report to me, colonel?"
"Yes, there's more.", the tactical forecaster of the A-Laws confirmed before showing him the footage of the 00 Raiser slicing and blasting through her mobile suit forces in its path. "Celestial Being has revealed that they've created a new fighter attachment machine from their hidden base and launched it to augment the Twin Drive Gundam's GN particle power output to turn the tide in their favor. Increasing its strength to the point it overpowered Licensed Officer Bring Stabity's GNZ model."
"That would mean Celestial Being holds two trump cards and they won't be afraid to use it after unleashing them on the battlefield.", the brigadier general of the A-Laws noted with a visible twitch on his eye before stating. "... I will inform Commander Homer Katagiri about this precarious situation. Hopefully he will convince Federation President Horace Williams to further increase the budget on mobile suit research and development. To create new stronger models to counter them with the best Licensed Officers in our ranks."
It probably won't be enough with those two machines going to destroy them with ease anyway... Unless they recreate the Alvatore or upgrade the Trilobites for space use somehow., Colonel Kati bitterly thought but kept that to herself. Not after her tactics were made a joke to the Gundam-Type Mobile Armor and the Twin Drive Gundam subsequently.
"What are your orders, general?", she asked from her superior officer in the A-Laws.
"For now, return to base. Your forces had suffered heavy blows because of this Megas and the Twin Drive Gundam. Major Abner Rindt and his forces will take it from here.", the fat blonde man told her in response.
"Yes sir.", the tactical forecaster of the A-Laws saluted as her contact with the brigadier general ended and her holographic screen closed itself. She thought with a scoff of disdain about the so-called specialist of mop-up operations, As if that smug German asshole can do anything to stop Celestial Being better than I. He'll die a fool's death anyway.
Slumping on her seat, Colonel Kati was tempted to get a bottle of wine from her desk and drink away her frustration and sorrow after the major disaster of her operation thanks to Megas and its psychopathic female Gundam pilot. No, that would mean stooping to Kujo's level... , she bitterly thought about her former friend-revealed-to-be-terrorist.
Then the Iron Lady noticed that something is off ever since she ordered the complete withdrawal of all remaining A-Laws forces away from Lagrange 3.
She was expecting Lieutenant Patrick Colasour to be entering into her office unannounced where he would sheepishly apologize to her for failing to take down Celestial Being in her name, and cheer her up by naturally being his goofy self at any moment.
But the so-called King of Mock Battles, who was her self-proclaimed white knight in shining armor, never showed up...
Meanwhile at one of the vacant rooms within the ship, Bring Stabity angrily smashed his right fist into the metal wall that left some noticeable dent behind, demonstrating his superhuman strength as an Innovator. "I can't believe we were bested in battle by mere humans! Revive Revival taken out by that giant Gundam-Type's surprise attack and now the Twin Drive Gundam had that fighter back attachment that increased its power, besting me!", he snarled in rage.
It grated a lot on his pride as a combat-type Innovator. They're supposed to be superior than the humans Ribbons intended to rule over and guide them as their Messiah!
Bring also knew about Revive's connection with his twin sister Anew Returner via Quantum Brainwaves and now it's severed with the lavender-haired Innovator's death. His fellow Innovator can never regain her true memories and remain stuck inside her false persona during her stay at Celestial Being even if Ribbons brought Revive back with a new cloned body.
Now he would have to dedicate himself and his power to destroy Celestial Being and erase the stain of dishonor to the Innovators!
Suddenly, he received a telepathic message from Ribbons Almark via a quick flash of Quantum Brainwaves they share, which snapped him out of his anger. "I see... We are to capture the 00 and the Megas.", he noted after calming himself down and processing his leader's orders.
He finished, "And he's getting Regene Regetta, Hilling Care and Devine Nova involved. Along with bringing back Revive Revival in a new body."
Exiting the room, Bring walked past by several despondent A-Laws members carrying the boxes of their deceased comrades' belongings including a grief-stricken Lieutenant Andrei Smirnov who held the box containing the belongings of the deceased Captain Barack Zinin in the hallway of the Baikal-class cruiser.
Not only that, Ribbons is sending out his three wards from the Corner and Harvey families he took in after the deaths of Alejandro and Laguna 4 years ago. Molding them as his Neo Team Trinity with Ali-al Saachez as their leader and trainer., he thought.
As soon as he receives another GNZ unit, hopefully the more powerful and stronger variant, upon its finished production and deployment from The Celestial Being mothership to the frontlines and meet up with his comrades and allies, the combat-type Innovator will be more than happy to carry out the mission for the sake of a unified world under Ribbons Almark's control.
For that, Celestial Being must fall!
At the Katharon Middle East Base
Marina Ismail rested against the wall in the hallway nearby the mobile suit hangar of Katharon outside the meeting room, having just exited after the most recent meeting she participated had ended with Klaus Grad expressing himself to be something beyond furious at the Federation and its A-Laws. That is before he started contacting the Katharon space forces stationed from the Axis and other hidden asteroid bases to mobilize as soon as possible and destroy the so-called Memento Mori.
Then Klaus decided to call for the man named Goliath-13 for his help as well. Something about deploying some of his prototype machines to take part of the upcoming space military offense.
Marina had learned that they're codenames for various undercover members of Katharon such as Jean or Goliath to ensure that the Federation won't find out their true identities as they worked underneath its nose, supporting the rebel army organization and its branches dotting on Earth and in space through discreet funding, spying and gathering sympathizers into the cause, etc.
They fired the space laser again. And they even wiped out a large refugee camp full of innocent people!... How can anyone be so cruel?!, she angrily thought.
The more time progressed and events happened, the more she realized that her old ideology just didn't seem to work at all.
Between the two subsequent laser attacks, the A-Laws had probably killed over one million people with it and millions more will join the body count if the Memento Mori wasn't stopped as soon as possible. Was one million people enough for these people to justify what they were doing? How many more people were they willing to kill to make their point?!, the former ruler of Azadistan bitterly thought as she gripped her hands.
Marina could see that Setsuna F. Seiei and Shirin Bakhtiar were at least partially right about the world. No one would give her pacifism a second thought if they wanted something that she had, as the Federation had shown by forcibly taking over her country and her people were completely helpless to stop it from happening.
Right after the red Gundam-Type mobile suit, which she presumed it to be from the A-Laws, had singlehanded burned down everything to the ground and its sadistic pilot clearly had reveled in it. And Setsuna knew who that pilot really was. Could he be from Krugis as well?..., she wondered.
And even before that, when Azadistan was tearing itself apart five years ago, the former First Princess could do nothing to stop it despite her efforts. All her pleas for stopping the violence had been ignored and her people had suffered from it. The older woman had been so married to her ideals when she was elected as its ruler, but now that she no longer was, her belief in her dream was weakened.
Someone among the royal palace's staff had even attempted to assassinate Marina directly with a stolen handgun before the two guards quickly dispatched the woman in time. And the dead face of the shot down would-be assassin horrified her before the guards took the corpse away.
If I had been more forceful, stronger in the assembly, could I have averted that? She internally pondered as she knew what ifs were always something you can't fully trust, but it had been haunting her recently.
Could I have prevented the need for the Gundams to show up to solve my problems, at least somewhat? She was aware that there was a third party that had been stoking the fire, but there has to be an existing conflict for it to create such a large blaze from it.
The painful question Marina would had to ask to herself is: would she be willing to fight personally? If the base was attacked right now, would she be willing to help defend the base against their attackers?
If she had asked even a few months ago, she would have vehemently denied ever wanting a gun, but after the events of the last month or so, she was much more uncertain. Setsuna and other members of Katharon had shown how just because you are willing to kill people, doesn't mean you would become cruel.
There are innocent people who live here, displaced by the Federation and had no where to stay. Would they judge me for being willing to kill?, Marina thought as she glanced at the blue mobile suits standing in Katharon base's hangar bays.
Some of them she recognized were the Anfs that were used by her country's royal military and they appeared to be heavily modified than the standard ones that she was more familiar with.
It had taken her a while, but the former First Princess had realized one of her hang ups on using weapons personally. The previous ruler of Azadistan had shown himself to be willing to use force and violence to get what he wanted, such as with the invasion and annexation of Krugis which ended in bloodshed and piles of corpses on the ground.
And all what's left of that former country was a barren wasteland with few remnants of its people alive and bitter at Azadistan.
After succeeding him, Marina had wanted to separate herself as much from that horrible image, becoming "a princess of peace and diplomacy", which in hindsight was to her detriment.
To the international community and the world leaders, Marina may have looked good and appealing, but to the traditionalists and her people, her policies only made her look weak and spineless instead. But who is there to judge me now? Would someone see me turn down a gun and look at me like I'm a hero?
No, none of the people would judge her now.
After all, Marina had been through with reality slapping her in the face and it would be understandable if she changed her point of view.
Maybe she would taken Shirin's offer to learn how to defend herself by either using a gun or even piloting a mobile suit if she has to. If the base was under attack or they ever had to go on the run, she could at least delay the enemy till someone who knew how to fight could deal with them.
Getting off the wall, Marina Ismail straightened her back and began her search for Shirin, walking with purpose and resolve in her eyes. If I'm going to break my old principles, I might as well do it without any doubts. It's what Setsuna would have told me to do.
Meanwhile in deep space far far away from the Lagrange 3
Due to being punched in the face by Gundam Cherudim and sent flying away, the headless GN-XIII of Lieutenant Patrick Colasour was drifted away into deep space from the territorial area of Lagrange 3 and the remaining A-Laws forces had unknowingly left him behind when they received withdrawal order from Colonel Kati Mannequin after they had sustained far too many losses from Gundam Megas and the 00 Raiser Gundam.
Unlucky for him for the first time of his life, his false solar reactor had lost most of its power, unable to move and fly his way back to the A-Laws.
"Dammit, dammit, dammit! Move already! I need to get back to the Colonel!", the Frenchman pilot repeatedly tried to activate his machine's GN Tau Drive to no success.
Please God! I don't want to die alone! Save me! Anyone! Please! Give me a miracle! Anything!, he internally pleaded.
Suddenly, a gigantic blue portal opened above Patrick and out comes a gargantuan green warship that looks very intimidating and armed to the teeth. And it made the Baikal-class cruisers used by the A-Laws and the Federation Forces look very small in comparison to it. That also includes the Celestial Being's own capital ship too as well.
"A-A-A-ALIENS?!", the redhead young man shouted with surprise and widened eyes in terror, recognizing the ship to be obviously not of Earth origin at all.
He didn't expect aliens to be actually real and appearing now of all times.
However, if the sci-fi movies had told him right about one thing: aliens with massive guns on their mothership are obviously not here to come in peace with humans at all.
If I stay perfectly still, they will go away..., Patrick hoped as his GN-XIII had no orange particles left from its deactivated fake solar reactor and that there would be nothing for them to detect at all.
On the other hand at the bridge of the Karajor, Warmaster Gorrath got up on his feet and barked out orders to the recovering Glorft crew members of his personal warship after they managed to escape from the Time Warp Portal that had dragged them inside in the first place. "ARRRGGGGHHH! Status report!"
The Glort Navigator reported as he checked the warship's advanced computer systems to know before informing his leader, "It appears that we have arrived in the year 2312, Warmaster. We followed the beacon transponder of the Avatar Prototype that was activated which led us here as you instructed."
"Warmaster Gorrath, we have detected an unknown mech floating next to the Karajor and heat signature is stated to be that of a human.", the Glorft Commander informed his superior officer which he then showed it to him.
Getting visual from his bridge's screen, Gorrath saw a red-colored human mobile suit with no head floating around near his warship. "Humans of this timeline must have been at their middle stages of mecha development... At least it won't be a boring battle to crush these monkeys if they can't fight back.", the Warmaster of the Glorft observed before ordering with a malicious smile.
He said, "Send out a squad and bring it in. We should give our... "esteemed guest" a warm welcome and then ask him if they have my Avatar Prototype in their possession..."
"Yes sir!", the Glorft Commander gleefully complied.
Before Patrick's eyes, the hangar bay of the Karajor opened its door to reveal a squad of five gigantic mobile suits that has a digitigrade design with a hunched-like posture and its head design that generally resemble part-amphibian, part-cephalopod appearance for some reason, back shoulder-mounted missile tube launchers and a backpack with three rocket thrusters, and giant minigun on the right arm while the left arm has three-clawed hands.
And they're flying towards him!
"Oh no no no no no! Please don't take me to your leader! Please don't take me to your leader! Please don't take me to your leader!", the so-called Immortal Colasour pleaded as he constantly attempts to reactivate his mobile suit again to no avail.
One of the Glorft Mechs grabbed the depowered GN-XIII with its claw hand and flew its way back into the Karajor with their four other comrades flying behind it to ensure their quarry does not suddenly reactivate and try to escape. In comparison of heights, the GN-XIII looked short to the Glorft machines, just being barely at their knee level.
Terrified of what the aliens are going to do to him in their interrogation and the fact that he can never go back home to Earth once he entered into the alien mothership, Patrick Colasour tearfully screamed out his last words before his impending doom.
"SAVE ME COLONEEEEEEELLLL!"
Then the door of Karajor's hangar bay ominously shut itself behind them.
Author's Note: Alright then, Chapter 6 of "Megas 00" is done and I hope you like it. Ptolemy crew had to put aside their questions regarding the unconscious Kiva currently at the medical bay for healing and focus on taking down the Memento Mori, Katharon is on the move with David Halevy/Goliath-13 getting involved into the fray of battle, and of course Ribbons Almark is making his new moves to counter Celestial Being due to the unexpected appearance of Gundam Megas and the power of 00 Raiser.
On the other hand, alas poor Patrick. It looks like your luck has appeared to be run out when you encounter the Glorft and been taken prisoner. Maybe Patrick should blame Lyle Dylandy for punching his GN-XIII right into deep space that led him to the Glorft... But then again, Patrick was the reason why Neil Dylandy lost his good sniping eye after attempting to block the red beam saber stab meant for Tieria Erde. Which it became a catalyst of losing his duel against Ali-al Saachez later on in Season 1.
So yeah, long overdue karma for Patrick is a bitch.
As for the Glorft, they won't make a move against Earth of the Anno Domini timeline just yet. They're somewhere in deep space away from the Earth Sphere and the Lagranges after they just exited the time portal. Plus they got Patrick in their custody for interrogation to get information from him one way or another.
Credits goes to Dontus -not Donut- Powerus for the suggestion of a unique name of Gundam Megas' armor, and also to fnlrpa whom I borrowed some elements of the "In Another Time, Another World" in this chapter and check out his stories for they are good read. Especially his latest story, "Old Family, New Memories."
On the next chapter, I will have to focus on the antagonists and their perspective in the aftermath of the Battle of Lagrange 3 in Celestial Being's victory. The upcoming Battle of Memento Mori won't be the same after all and I'm raising the stakes.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.
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