| ~Chapter 4~Battles and Reunions~ |
| ~*~ Nicole proceeded back to the control room the next morning. Doctor J was already there, waiting for her. "Ah, Nicole! Good morning!" Nicole smiled slightly and went to stand next to the old man, where he stood in front of a screen. ""Now, as you heard yesterday, OZ is planning on transporting the new Tauruses to their Siberian Base for some reason. We believe it is primarily because the Victoria Base no longer has the dependable security OZ needs. And you know that there are two routes. One by air, and one by land. We believe that there also might be a guard of Cancers and Pisces coming in off the penninsula coast, should there be any trouble. My crew has analyzed and made calculations as to where to mass of fighting will be. As it seems, although it may be the decoy, the land route will be the most armed, with the air right after. "I need you to start on land, but should it prove to be under control, you will go by air. This is a huge move, so there will be more OZ mobile suits in one battle than you will ever see again." Nicole nodded. "So, I'll take Darkmoon and attack the land route, which consists of several heavy trains, correct?" "Correct." "Since our main goal is to make sure those Tauruses don't ever make it to that Siberian Base, what should happen if they do?" "Destroy the base. I don't want OZ getting those Mobile Suits out against us." "I understand." "I know this is your first battle, and that it would've been better for you to start with small skirmishes, but this came up quite unexpectedly." "It's okay. I'll make sure those mobile suits never reach their destination." "Good. Take a carrier plane. Siberia's a while from here." "Mission Accepted." Nicole nodded once more and walked out. ~*~ The carrier plane with the fifteen year old girl in it and her Gundam flew over the Siberian Base and towards the OZ transports. Down below, she could see the railroad tracks, leading towards the base behind her. Ahead, the air route slowly became visible. 'Time to make my grand entrance,' she thought grimly as a few Aries were let loose to eliminate the carrier plane in their way. The OZ Ms's shot at the carrier, hitting its fuel tank. Nicole's plane burst into flame and exploded. The pilots of the Aries were about to turn around, certain that they had destroyed the plane and its occupants, when several homing missiles shot out and blew them up. Gundam Darkmoon shot down towards the ground, where she saw a foreign Gundam about to cut through the tracks with two heat shotels in its hands. What the Gundam didn't count on was that the oncoming train was equipped with a laser, which shot it in the back, causing it to fall onto the tracks. Nicole knew that she was too far away to help and there wasn't enough time to stop the train. Suddenly another Gundam, as black as Darkmoon, latched onto the side of the train and tried to derail it, pulling upwards with all its strength. The train slowed. Darkmoon shot downwards, one naginata at ready, and sliced through the train, causing the half with the other Gundam on it to easily derail and the other half to sit there on the tracks as two more trains followed and rammed into it. On the tracks, Gundam Sandrock got up. The other Gundam, Deathscythe, looked over at 04. "Hey, man, you all right?" asked pilot Duo Maxwell. "Hai, I'm fine. Is this the right route?" asked Quatre Raberba Winner. "Sorry, but this one's the fake route. The real one's up in the air," replied Duo. "Who's THAT?!" asked Quatre. "I don't know. Looks like help, though, and that's exactly what we need now!" As he said this, hundreds and hundreds of OZ mobiles suites detched themselves from the trains. "Oh crap," came another voice. "Huh?!" It was a GIRL'S voice. "I said, oh crap. You deaf or what?" A visual appeared at the tops of Duo's and Quatre's screens. It was a girl all right. She had black hair and dark brown eyes. "You done staring?" she asked Duo. "Huh? Oh, yeah." "Well then, let's GO!" Darkmoon spun both naginatas in an arc, deflecting the first bullet and cutting through another in the process. The other two sprang into action, with Shotels and Scythe, cutting through everything. After about five minutes, Nicole spotted another carrier in the sky headed straight for them. 'Please let that be help,' thought Nicole. One of the Leos saw it as well and fired, hitting the engine. Nicole sliced its head off. But the carrier had already burst into flames and crashed into the ground. What arose from the plane was what shocked Nicole. Two other Gundams, that didn't fit the descriptions of the original five that Doctor J had shown her, stepped out of the flames. One was almost like fire itself, crimson in color with silver mixed in. The other one was the exact opposite. This one was like water itself, turquoise and blue in color. Both turned to each other and nodded. The fire one drew out a beam saber that was blood red in color, and the water one pulled out the trident-like halberd that was slung across its back. Nicole was so busy staring at the two newcomers that she didn't notice the Leo with the dover gun behind her until she turned slightly. By then it was too late. Until a flash of red appeared and the Leo was cut down by the blood saber. But in saving Darkmoon, the red Gundam was about to be cut down by yet another Leo, until the water Gundam has speared that Leo on its trident. Until Nicole notice that there were several more Leos lined up, ready to go one after the other. "Oh, crap." That is, until they were all shot down, one at a time. This time, it was another Gundam, also red in color, with a machine cannon on its left arm. Heavyarms, Nicole recalled, Pilot 03. Trowa Barton. "That had better be all you were gonna say, Nicole," came another female voice. "Wha-what the hell?!" "Cussing, Nicole!" "Who in the hell ARE YOU?!?!?" Nicole yelled. "I'm Charleen." Nicole stared in dumb shock. "Ch-charleen?!" "Yep, that's me, the one and only POP." "Niiiiicoooole!!!!" came the voice from the water Gundam. "Charlotte?!?!?!" The British girl's happy face appeared on Nicole's screen as did Charleen's. "So, you're pilots too?" "Yup!" said Charlotte. "Yes. We are. Behind you!" said Charleen. Darkmoon whipped around, slamming its foot into a Leo's head. Nicole smirked. "I just love doing that." "That is so like you, Nicole," said Charleen. Her Gundam's buster rifle shot a beam of red straight at another three Leos converging on Heavyarms. In return, the other Gundam launched homing missiles at another four Leos. "So that's the way you want it, eh?" muttered Charleen. And so Charleen and her "rival" began an I-can-kill-more-Leos-than-you war. ~*~ Meanwhile, Heero Yuy, pilot of Wing Gundam ZERO had already arrived on the field and was up in the air, cutting through Aries like butter. Duo was also in the air, cutting through Aries with his scythe, when a dark blur shot through, slicing in half the Aries that he was about to kill himself. "Hey! What was that?!" he exclaimed. As it turns out, it was another Gundam. this one was dark indigo in color with a little bit of bronze, wielding a pike. Inside, a Filipino girl smiled. "Whee!" she exclaimed as she ran another Aries through and back cut through another. Then she turned her attnetion to the other two Gundams watching her and not doing anything. "What?" she asked, "I don't know about you, but I don't think I would let them shoot you now." she said, her Gundam pointing a finger at the Aries around them. Heero sprang into action, drawing his twin buster rifle. Before he could shoot, a huge blast of purple light shot past him and destroyed another 7 Aries. Wing ZERO turned to look behind him. The other Gundam was there, she herself holding a twin buster in her hands. "Too slow!" she called, then turned her attention to the plane carriers, leaving two dumbfounded pilots behind. Nicole decided at this time to leave the land route to the others and do as Doctor J told her. Go for the air. Darkmoon spread her impressive wings and took off, almost as fast as the other Gundam. Nicole shot pass Heero and Duo, after the dark indigo Gundam who was almost at the carriers. Both Gundams drew their pike and naginata and cut through a plane, slicing it into three pieces. A voice cut into Nicole's cockpit. "Do you think yams are sexy?" Nicole grinned. "Oh yeah!" "YAY!" "Loraine!!!" "Nicole!!!" "HEY!" "HEY!" "So what's up?" "The sky!" "YEP!" This conversation carried on all the while they were destroying the carriers. It continued until there were about 5 carriers left, and one of them released something. it looked like a mobile suit. But was it? "Lor, what's that?!" called Nicole. "i don't know. It looks like a goose." "WHAT?!" "It's white. So, it looks like a goose to me!" "Quite correct, girls," came another voice. A visual appeared on every pilot's screen. "I am Zechs Merquise, pilot of the Tallgeese. And I challenge the Pilot of Wing Gundam to a duel!" "In the air, or on land?" asked Loraine. "It would not matter. Where is Pilot 01!?" "Yah, shut it, buddy. He's right over there," said Nicole, jerking her Gundam's finger over at Wing Gundam. "Hai, he is, but you wn't be fighting him. You'll be fighting me," interrupted yet another voice, coming from the ground. Everyone looked down. Standing there was ANOTHER Gundam, This one was green and silver, with a crescent moon rotated upwards on its forehead. "So, you are as good as Pilot 01?" "That would be your decision." "Very well then. Prepare yourself!" Tallgeese dived downwards, headed straight for the green Gundam. When he was half way there, his opponent grabbed what appeared at first to be a shield and flung it straight at Tallgeese. It missed. "Heh, is that the best you can do?!" he said. "Nope," came the voice, "This is." And he was hit from behind, the flying thing returning to its owner's hands. It was then that Zechs saw that the weapon was a boomerang shaped like a crescent moon. Tallgeese had crashed to the ground when it was hit and now it stood up, drawing its beam saber. The other Gundam set its boomerang to one side and drew out a beam saber that was a LOT thicker and wider. A broadsword. The two mobile suits went at it in a frenzy, back cutting and slicing, trying to get under each other's guard. Finally, the green Gundam's stronger broadsword was too much for Zech's saber and he was cut on his arm. "There. I drew first blood, first whatever you wanna call it. Now, leave." "I'll be back for a rematch," spat Zechs, as he turned Tallgeese towards the Siberian Base where a few carriers had made it safely. Suddenly, a huge blueish-white beam shot toward the base. And blew it up. "Oh, so THAT'S what this thing does," came a British voice. Charlotte's Gundam stood there, holding a Hydro Cannon. "Charlotte!" exclaimed Loraine. "What? did I blow something up?" "Yes, Charlotte. You did," said Nicole. Charlotte's Gundam was glistening with water as she stood there, still holding her cannon. Well, looks like there isn't anymore Cancer and Pisces Guard. The three girls turned to the still unknown Gundam and its pilot. "Now, if my memory serves me correctly, SOMEONE was always a bit crazy about the moon..." said Nicole. "ROACH!" "AHHH!!! NICOLE!!!!!" yelled Rochelle. "What?" she asked innocently. "DIE!" Nicole laughed as her Gundam avoided the hand blows Rochelle was using on her. Loraine shook her head in exasperation. Just then, Duo, who had surprisingly kept quiet up until this point noticed something. "Hey, look! It's Trowa!... And...," he whistled, "ANOTHER hot Asian chick!... OW!" Rochelle's Gundam had whacked her boomerang on top of Deathscythe. But sure enough, Trowa, along with Charleen, were walking up over a sand dune, their Gundams, back amidst a field of now useless Leo parts. Nicole opened up her hatch to her cockpit and jumped down, landing on the sand. "Hey, Charleen!" she called. Charleen left Trowa's side to go hug her friend. "So, they're all girls," muttered Zechs, as he watched the five greet each other, from the sky in Tallgeese, "i'm sure LADY Une, would love to hear this." 'We're all back together again,' thought Nicole happily. ~*~ |