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| Across the Blaze; Episode 7 | |
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| Sunrise | Nov 16 2011, 08:48 AM Post #11 |
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Sayla wanted to throw up, she never expected the real Gundam to be so powerful. The moment she was launched into the sky by the catapult, it felt like a truck falling right on her stomach, pinning her flat down onto the seat. While she only caught her breath, the Gundam landed on the ground but lost balance and landed on all 4. Noa seeing this was thinking now, it is not like Allen to make the same mistake twice. Last time the Gundam's balance was dodgy due to the new sand proof parts, but by now he should of gotten use to it. Though he still did not say much more due to the situation. Sayla quickly fiddled with the controls clumsily to get the Gundam back on its feet, the instruction manual Allen left under the seat was wide open on her lap, which she still occasionally need to glance at to know how to pilot it. However the enemy did not give Sayla this chance. The Zaku took aim with their machine guns, a barrage of bullets went for the Gundam, and Sayla was unable to avoid the attack. Despite knowing the fact that Zaku's rifle cannot do significant damage, if any at all, Sayla still wants to continue to combat her enemies. Leaving the computer to automatically grab its weapon and take aim, Sayla pulled the periscope like control from behind her seat and put it over her eye. The two aims were about to overlap, she was waiting for them to lock onto the target and fire the beam rifle. Spoiler: click to toggle What Sayla thought was correct, indeed the Zakus cannot do any damage to the Gundam from that distant, and the fact that just standing still and take aim with the beam rifle was also fairly safe. Though one thing Sayla factored out, the fact that her enemies are not still targets. After seeing records of the Gundam's battle, they are especially cautious about its beam rifle that can destroy any MS CRADLE makes in just one blast. The Zaku, piloted by Cozun, one of Ramba Ral's trusted subordinates tilted and stepped on the paddle to have his unit jump to the side to avoid the beam. While taking this chance, the unit Acos piloted, the other subordinate of captain Ral rammed into the Gundam with its shoulder spikes. "Kya....ah!! Hey...!!" Sayla gasped as the Gundam was forced back, swallowing hard, she decided to take aim once again. "Even though I did enough simulations, I never thought that the Gundam was this powerful and difficult to pilot..." she was dazed by the performance of this MS, but at the same time discouraged by the fact she cannot handle its power. Sayla took another step forward, however the sand under the Gundam's feet seems softer than usual. It was not the infamous quicksand in the desert, but the fact that there was something hidden underneath it. Completely oblivious of this fact, Sayla took another step forward, however this was exactly what Ral was aiming for. Suddenly from under the Gundam, a long tentacle bursted out of the sand and caught it by the foot. A powerful shock of electricity flowed past the heat rod and sliced past the inner arc and through to the outer arc of the Gundam's left foot. Losing balance and without enough time to adjust herself, Sayla screamed as the white giant tipped over. Bursting out of the sand, Ramba Ral's Gouf glared at the Gundam with its gleaming monoeye. Edited by Sunrise, Nov 16 2011, 08:51 AM.
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| Sunrise | Nov 16 2011, 09:29 AM Post #12 |
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Noa saw the performance of the Gundam, he was also shocked to see that the Gundam was being cornered so easily. Allen managed to still put up a fight against the Gouf last time, but why is it that this time the Gundam cannot even get past two Zakus. In the meantime, the intended pilot of the Gundam went over and jumped onto the seat of a turret. The solider next to him was surprised, and now the entire combat crew began to wonder who is in the Gundam. Grabbing the interphone and dialed to the bridge, before Allen can speak Noa was shouting at him already. "Allen! What are you doing, you can do better than that!!" "Noa-san! Do you even know who is inside the Gundam...? By the time I got to the hanger Sayla already launched it out, whats happened cannot unhappen, I will be a turret mounter this time, quickly pull back! Sayla...is not fit for combat like that!" Allen shouted back, Noa now understood. Maybe it was his fault after all, what he said deeply disappointed Sayla and discouraged her, thats why she wanted to prove Noa to be wrong by launching in the Gundam. No time for any further thought, Noa slammed the interphone down to cut its communication to Allen and broadcasted to the Guntank and Gundam this time. The Argama cannot lose the Gundam, and most importantly it cannot lose a crew member. Allen turned the turret and took aim at the Gouf from behind, firing long rails of shells to force the blue enemy out of range and prevent it from attacking the Gundam. "This is strange, this MS' movement is significantly duller than last time. Did the pilot change? This pilot seems like an amateur, maybe its a good chance to finish it right here! Acos, Cozun, surround fire and finish it!!" Ramba Ral shouted over the radio, the two other Zakus got into their positions as well. However from a far, two rails of shells landed in front of the Gouf. Readjusting his camera, Ral saw that the Guntank was approaching from a far. Since it cannot use a catapult, it took enough time to move into shooting range, but once it is in range, it can provide solid cover for the much troubled Gundam. "Hmph, the other unit came out too huh, I guess this wont be so easy after all...!!" he muttered to himself. Hayate, Sayla is in trouble. For certain reasons she ended up piloting the Gundam, immediately provide covering fire and tell her to retreat. We need to pull back at once, it is difficult for us to continue fighting the Gouf without Allen! Noa called over the radio, Hayate acknowledged this order immediately. Locking onto CRADLE's MS, Hayate continued to fire and force the Zakus and Gouf out of its position to attack. Turning on the radio, Hayate connected to the Gundam. As the battle dragged, the minovsky particles began to dissolve further into the air and is beginning to block radio waves. "Sayla, I know its you so listen up! I'm not sure why you ended up taking Allen's seat, but this is just not right. We need to pull back, I will provide covering, quickly return on board the Argama!!" he shouted. The shells from the Gallop were not to be underestimated as well. From a far, the enemy's mother ship was providing covering for their units as well. Slowly eating away at the natural formation of rocks, that barricaded the Argama, another shell punched a hole in the white ship's deck. "Ugh...we wont last like this. Rie, lift off! Missile, mega particle cannon, angle 90, fire!" Noa commanded, the Argama's minovsky craft engine slowly began to lift off the ground. Long beam cannons and missiles were released from the ship to counter the enemy. |
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| Sunrise | Nov 17 2011, 06:58 AM Post #13 |
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Sayla tried to push the Gundam back on the ground, but after losing half of its left feet unit, it cannot balance and finally smashed onto the sandy earth again and again. If Allen was put into this position, he would have adjusted the balancer and used his skills to force the MS to retreat. But Sayla does not know how to do that, she can only clumsily flip through the pages to find a solution. But of course the instruction manuel will not cover every single situation the Gundam is put under, and naturally will not provide her any help in a situation so specific. "Allen...help me...!" she closed her eyes and prayed Allen will somehow magically appear and get her out of here. "Captain, this is a good chance to finish off the white MS! Allow me to take charge!!" Acos was starting to get impatient, seeing the Gundam pathetically trying to crawly away, he by instinct grabbed the heat hawk, that is more than enough to crush the Gundam's cockpit at least. From behind the green cyclop's leg, a melee weapon shaped like an axe was pulled out. The blade glowed in orange at a heat over a few thousand degrees, the CRADLE pilot intended to cut his enemy down in one slash. "Acos, come back! Dont rush it!! Youre going too deep into the enemy's firing range, that tank is still around, you might be hit recklessly charging in!!" Ral shouted, trying to get his subordinate back, but it was too late, Acos' Zaku is completely into Hayate's Guntank's kill zone. Although a somewhat dull looking unit, the Guntank's most fearsome point is the ability to shoot even above cover to destroy its enemy. Right now Acos does not even have a cover and is charging straight for the Gundam. "This guy!! I wont let you get any closer!!" Hayate lowered the shoulder cannons and fired two rails of shells, smashing past the Zaku's leg. Finally the green giant tipped down on its back and unable to get up without a leg left. Since he dropped his gun in exchange to hold the heat hawk with both hands, there was no way for him to counter attack as well. Hayate saw the enemy still intact but unable to counter, the Guntank's shoulder cannons lowered further, taking aim at the Zaku down on its back. The hunter can become the hunted at anytime, this is the iron rule on the battlefield. Two 180 mm recoil-less shells were fired, smashing past the chest of the fallen cyclops, spearing through its generator. CAPTAIN RAL!!! "ACOS!!! Ngh...curses, how dare you..." Ral clenched his teeth as he saw Acos' unit explode in a bright flash of white. Unable to do anything to help, Ral can only watch his subordinate die in the explosion. The Argama's attack is getting fiercer every second, they are trying their best and throwing everything they got to prevent any CRADLE units from coming up close against the Gundam. Allen noticed that the Gundam cannot get up, he knows that Sayla does not know how to adjust the balance for the Gundam. Immediately jumping off his seat in the turret, he set off towards the bridge at full speed sprinting. Bumping into people and walls and finally reaching the bridge, he grabbed and pushed Taures off his seat. The operator did not even have time to complain as Allen put on the headphones and grabbed the microphone, adjusting the radio channel to the Gundam. Sayla! You hear me?! Dont ask why, just do as I say...!! Turn on the adjustment soft under the maintenance menu and select adjust balancer!! Allen!! Sayla shouted back, maybe god had heard her prayers, or maybe just half. But the person she wanted to hear from right now has appeared at least. Now, she feels confident to know what is there to be done. Scanning her eyes around the screen, she found what Allen was talking about. Sliding her fingers over the touch screen, eventually something stopped her again, two numbers each indicating right and left balancer appeared on the screen. She has no idea what number to set, but Allen was not sure what the situation was right now since he is not on the MS himself. "I got there, but I dont know what to do next!!" she replied. Right, turn the right balancer to 0 and the left to whatever number the computer allows! After you do so just stomp down on both burners to max and brace for impact! Having no idea what Allen was thinking, she trusted him. If this is the best way he can think of, then this must be the best way there is for Sayla as well. Typing 0 and holding the 9 down in the other box, somehow nothing has happened. But when Sayla stepped full power on the burners, the Gundam began to rotate on the ground like a drill. But this gyro spin rocketed the Gundam forward making it bursting through the sand towards the Argama. Hayate seeing the Gundam, somewhat managing to return back onto the Argama, or at least flying towards it, he began to back off from the battlefield as well. The enemy was not the Red Comet, Hayate has good chances of getting away as well. |
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| Sunrise | Nov 17 2011, 08:43 AM Post #14 |
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Jumping down the stairs, the lower hatch opened as Allen jumped onto the sand, without even thinking he began to run towards where the Gundam stopped spinning and still landed on the ground. He tripped and smashed his face against the sandy ground as well, but this did not stop him from running, quickly pulling himself back onto his feet, the Gundam was right in front. Climbing up and opening the hatches from the emergency switch outside, the cockpit revealed Sayla that was still dizzy from the spinning motion the Gundam took to get here. "Sayla!! You alright, hold on, will get us back on board!!" he jumped in, the cockpit was not designed for two people, Sayla still not too sure what was going on, but she removed her seat belts and scooted over a bit. Allen jumping onto the seat, he wrapped his arms over Sayla's waist to move to reach the other side of the controls. The hatches were still open, but Allen never intended to close it in the first place. Bringing up the balancer adjustment menu once again, he tilted a bit and adjusted the numbers according to what he saw. The Gundam this time finally got back up again, but it was still difficult for it to maintain balance. "Even once is fine, jump, Gundam!!" Allen stepped on the accelerate again, as the white MS slowly ascended up to the Argama and landed on the gray runway on the deck. In the meantime, Hayate's Guntank has also returned on board through the other side of the deck. The Argama fired another rail of beam that nearly hit the Gallop. Seeing this situation, Ral decided that it was difficult to continue to fight. With only two MS left and the Gallop put under pressure, this was the first time Ral decided that this enemy must be attacked using guerilla tactics, otherwise there is no way to win. "Hamon, pull back! We're pulling back as well, we are being put at a disadvantage now...!!" Ral called over the radio, Cozun's Zaku followed Ral's Gouf back onto the Gallop, as the land battleship began to slowly retreat. |
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| Sunrise | Nov 18 2011, 12:41 PM Post #15 |
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The Gundam slowly leaned its back against a wall as it cannot balance and got down on the ground. The maintenance crew rushed over and got the carriages ready to support the Gundam that can fall onto the ground anytime. Allen and Sayla both quickly crawled out of the cockpit, Allen wiped a bit of sweat with his sleeves but Sayla only sat down on the ground, almost bursting out into tears. But she tried to stay strong and not show her weak side. However she has regretted what she has done. Allen, somehow found a handkerchief inside his pocket, not too sure since when he had one, he still decided to hand it over to her. Reaching down and offering to help her up. "Sayla, you are not fit for fighting...dont do something so dangerous, I cannot imagine my life...without you..." he tenderly wiped a tear off her eyes. Hayate from a far saw the two, not sure who is the one thats jealous now, as the more mature and wide minded person, Hayate admits his defeat here without even beginning. From the beginning, it was an impossible foe to attempt to challenge. Without Allen, he would of been dead long ago. He does not want to try and take someone from a person that saved his life not just once, but twice and even more. The most he can do is to protect the two from a far. Suddenly the broadcast rang throughout the hangers. "The pilot of Gundam, immediately report to the bridge!!" Sayla felt a shiver, she knows what she has done was against orders, and going against orders is at a level of treason in the army. Noa left Hayate with just a slap last time, but seeing that, and despite seeing it Sayla still refused to follow Noa's orders. However Allen gripped her hand tightly, she felt warmth. It will be fine, if it is with him. The two walked towards the bridge. And as they thought, Noa was standing there with a very annoyed expression. The Argama began to move and continued to take flight. "...Sayla, I suppose you know what I am about to say right?" he questioned and taking a few steps up. Allen however walked inbetween the two, glaring Noa in the eye. Those were the eyes of determination, he will not strike back at Noa, but he will only stand in between the two. "Noa-san, the pilot of the Gundam is me! It is my responsibility for not watching my own unit properly. If youre going to punish then punish me! Dont hurt Sayla...!!" he called back, Sayla did not know what to react to this. Noa though, was not surprised. He lifted his hands up and slammed down onto Allen's cheek, swinging again with his backhand, ramming against his face again, and one last time. A total of three slaps battered Allen swelling red again. Sayla watched it in horror, because originally she would be the one thats going to be hit like that. Allen only bowed and pulled Sayla out of the bridge. Though before they went out, Noa called out. "Originally for doing something like this, I am perfectly fine to throw both of you into a prison cell and have you two spend a few days in there, separated of course. Go think about what you have done!" Allen without turning only continued walking outside as the automatic door shut. Noa sat back on his seat and sighed, it was difficult watching kids, somehow he feels more and more like a father instead of a captain. Rie only smiled and gave him a few words. Youre very kind, but also not very honest with yourself. She smiled and Noa just brushed her off like a small blush. "D...dont be mistaken, its just not a time we can afford throwing people into cells!" In the infirmary, the doctor seems to be out. Sayla looked around and found where they leave the first aid kits. Putting two patches on Allen's face she did not say anything. Allen felt that this atmosphere is a bit strange, but he knows he did the right thing. For a while, the entire room was silent. But then there was only two words that came out from Sayla. It was a tender smile, almost with a tear rolling down again. Thank you... Ah, maybe this was what I wanted to hear and see all along. Allen thought as he smiled back. |
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