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Concealed Past; Episode 8
Topic Started: Nov 21 2011, 11:16 AM (980 Views)
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Hearing the signal of returning, and switching with Allen, somehow Sayla was relieved. She really did not expect Allen to return, but she wanted him to be back and nearby. Retreating from the front line and landing the Gundam back in the hanger, Sayla quickly descended down and grabbed her pistol. Unlocking the safety, she was not sure how to approach this matter. She disliked war, and even more dislike to kill, like any sane human being. However right now, is the situation of shoot or be shot, if she does not pull the trigger before the enemy, the one laying dead will be her instead. However when the automatic door slid open, it seems like she ran into a person. Bumping into a CRADLE soldier that seems to be somewhat different than the others, her eyes widened. Ramba Ral immediately turned and pointed his rifle at her. She gasped, but did not have enough time to point her gun back. Was it all over, she asked herself. There is no reason why a CRADLE soldier will leave her alive. "You are...that person from the cafe..." she muttered and took a step back.

Ral saw little reason to leave her alive, just because Sayla is a girl and just a kid, she was armed. If Ral ignored her and moved on, exposing his back, he will be shot instead. Laying his fingers on the trigger, he stopped however. Something caught his eye, the pendant that dangled around Sayla's neck, the impact just now must have shook it out of her vest. Ramba Ral recognized that pendant, because only two pendants like that existed in this world. One was given to each child of his former ruler. "Your...your highness?" Ramba Ral was shocked, but his tone immediately changed. Sayla was puzzled, not remembering much about her past, because she was taken away from her family and sent to the Earth sphere at a young age, to avoid trouble that she did not know about. "When I met you at the cafe, I did not want to believe it. Maybe it was just another person that looked really similar to your highness Artesia. But, that pendant, only two people is suppose to have that. I am not mistaken now, but I still find it difficult to accept the fact that you are a soldier for the Federation. Please remember me, I am Ramba Ral, the son of Jimba Ral, the loyal servant of your father Zeon Aznable."

"Ramba...Ral..!! Ah!!" Sayla's memories suddenly flipped upside down, remembering everything. Her life as a child was difficult, being born into the aristocrat family of the Aznable, that once ruled Side 3 and most of the colonies along with the Elisards. Royalty dominated the places, Sayla's childhood was difficult. Her brother, unlike her succeed in every single area ranging from academics to physical education, a child prodigy in many areas. Sayla however, was just an ordinary girl. Ever since the day when the tragedy struck, she did not want to recall that. Afraid of being the next target of assassination, Sayla and her brother were separated, each moved to a different part of Earth. Being adopted into the Mass family on Earth, Jimba Ral a loyalist of Sayla's father became one of the few caretakers of her. "Then, if you know that I am Artesia Aznable, why are you pointing a gun at me!" Sayla shouted back, Ramba Ral immediately lowered his gun.

Running down the corridors, Allen was thinking. Noa was not angry, is he not going to blame him? Maybe the crew finally understood what Allen was trying to say all these times. He is not a part of the Gundam, and he wants to be seen as a person that can act and think on their own. Allen felt only a little guilty about the fact that he ran off and attempted to leave the Argama, but in the end they still need him on board. "Yeah, they will understand if I tell them how I felt. In the end they need me on the Argama, because being the Gundam's pilot is something only I can do!" he had a small smirk on his face. But that was soon wiped out by what he saw right up ahead. Pulling, grabbing a rifle from a fallen soldier on the ground, he charged. "You...!! Get away from Sayla!!" Allen shouted in fury, the fear of his nightmares coming true. Seeing Ramba Ral pointing armed and against Sayla, Allen did not even hesitate to pull the trigger, shells flew past the corridors and forced Ral to back down. One bullet grazed past his arm as he groaned in pain. Clenching his jaws, he ran.

"Hold on! Ramba Ral, wait!!" Sayla tried to stop him, she wanted to ask more and know more about her past. She was taken away at the age of 4, it was already 12 years from now, so many things about her past she cannot recall. The only memories she can, are the days she spent in the Mass family, therefore giving her name, Sayla Mass. Her memories with the Ral family, were happy ones as well. With Jimba and Ramba Ral.

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"Sayla, back down! Its dangerous here, quickly return to the bridge! I will go out in the Gundam!!" Allen patted her on the back, he did not chase after Ral. Although he knew they were saying something, but Allen did not hear anything clearly enough due to the gun sounds in the background. He was somewhat concerned what Sayla was talking, but maybe she was just resisting against her enemies. Now is not the time to think anything else, other than face the trouble in front. Quickly climbing in his MS, the seat was still warm, Sayla did not get off it for long. Without time to change into a normal suit, Allen closed the hatches. Most of the crew were fighting the intruders, Allen only grabbed the Gundam's shield and manually opened the hatches. "This is because, only I can best pilot the Gundam!"

Stepping on the acceleration, Allen's MS took off into the air. Using the booster's impulse, the Gundam landed firmly on the ground. Unlike Sayla that basically crashed the MS, Allen took good sight of the Gallop in front. Hamon was puzzled, the Gundam retreated once, and why did it deploy again, this time without a weapon as well. "That white MS, its called the Gundam is it? Fire at it, dont let it up close, it doesnt have a projectile right now, this is our chance!" she waved her hands and pointed in front. The Gallop adjusted its cannon, launching heavy shells at Allen. Knowing clearly where each shell might land, Allen skillfully side stepped out of the impact course, and blocked a few shots with its shield. The vulcan guns manage to catch the Gundam in course, however putting up the shield again, Allen continued to push forward. Regardless of what battered against the Gundam's shield, vulcan turret shells are far too weak to leave any damage on the tough MS.

"Ramba Ral is in the Argama, so right now its Ms. Hamon thats in the ship?!" Allen wondered, missiles came at him this time. Ducking down to avoid some, he pulled the periscope from behind his seat over his eyes. Pulling the trigger, the Gundam shot down the remains with its head vulcans. Grabbing a beam saber and throwing away the shield, the white devil charged forward. Slashing down at the missile turret and destroying it, the entire Gallop crew was shocked at how much more powerful the Gundam can be if properly used. It was obvious enough that the pilot has changed, but even knowing this, it did not improve the situation at all. Grabbing the other beam saber and joining two handles together, Allen formed a long beam javelin, holding the long pole backhanded, he turned his radio on. "Ms. Hamon, I'm going to crush your ship! Please evacuate yourselves!!" Allen warned, not wanting to kill his enemies. He knows, despite being enemies, after meeting Ramba Ral and Hamon face to face, he noticed that they were not in fact bad people. Only fate has played a game with him, making them enemies to kill each other.

Thrusting the spearhead made with fiery beam, the javelin easily dented past the Gallop's alloy armor and drilled into its generator. The damaged machine overloaded with heat and energy, about to explode. Seeing this, the ship shook abruptly, Hamon grabbed hold of the closest object to avoid being thrown onto the ground. "Ugh, this is as far as we go! Sorry darling, but I'll have to back down! Bridge eject, hurry!" she ordered, the Gallop's unique feature allowed its bridge to be ejected from the main battleship in times of emergency. A small escape pod like object with the Gallop crew was thrown into mid air and over the mountain of sand. Allen jumped back to avoid being blown away in the explosion as well. In a bright flash of light, the Gallop exploded and sunk into the ruin for an eternity.
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"Clamp!!!" Ramba Ral shouted as he saw his subordinates gunned down one after another, the remains of his forces all gathered togethere, there were less than 5 of them now, including Ral himself. Quickly running into the second bridge, it held a few controls, however far not enough to take over the ship. Ral's operation failed, the could not make it to the main bridge. Federation soldiers, or Argama crew members were firing behind their backs. Ral peaked out the door as one shell blasted his helmet off his head. He clenched his jaws and shut the automatic door. Noa, Hayate and Sayla along with other crew members eventually reached the cornered CRADLE team. The automatic door on the sub bridge was heavily armored, once locked from the inside it will be difficult to open even from the main bridge.

Ral panted, he endured the pain on his arm and sighed. With a slight grin, he was ashamed at how badly he is defeated in guerrilla warfare. "Heh, in the middle of a fight, Ramba Ral forgot to fight. But thinking back, this ship only had crews of civilian and children, its ironic that I've been fighting a bunch of kids like that boy called Allen all these days. Indeed the times have changed...hows the connection with the Gallop?" he asked, the remains of his infiltration team was messing around with the controls of the bridge. However there were no replies from the Gallop's radio. Ral closed his eyes and leaned back on a wall.

"Tsk, seems like we have no choice. Allen! Crush the second bridge, just do it! We can fix it later!" Noa called over the radio. Although somehow reluctant of doing it, Allen grabbed the beam javelin and thrusted it into the wall of the Argama. BANG, and a huge explosion occured, snatching the lives of another few CRADLE soldiers. Because Ral was leaning against a wall, he survived the impact. Wind blew inside the room from the huge hole the Gundam made in the wall. It was no longer desert wind, calm oceanic wind brushed past his face.

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The door opened and Ral quickly stood up, Noa and his crew pointed their rifles at the CRADLE commander, but only Sayla looked at him in pity from behind. She did not want him to die, but as the crew of the Argama, she has the duty of protecting the ship in any way possible. "Mr. Ramba Ral, please surrender yourself! You have lost this battle!" Allen called out from the Gundam's speakers, Ral laughed and shook his head. He refused to surrender, nor be captured by the enemy. Even less so killed by the enemy, he thought of a way, that was the most suitable way for a soldier to end his life.

"Hmph, I guess this is the end of me. Live long, young lives...this is probably not the place you should be. Old guys like me can die, but young lives like you people have a future. Therefore I shall show you, what it means to become a soldier! The fate of a soldier!" he grabbed the last grenade from his belt and pulled the pin out. Turning and jumping down from from the hole in the wall, grasping the grenade with its pin already out. Allen quickly reached out to catch the falling person, but only an explosion that swallowed up Ramba Ral occured.

"Ah...Ramba Ral...!! No...why did you have to do that..." Sayla watched in horror, even for an enemy, he was a respected soldier, and to Sayla, it meant even more to her as he was one of the few people that was ever really kind of her. The horror of war, slowly consumed the hearts of people. Showing respect, Noa saluted, as the crew followed him. Allen did not believe what he just saw, only able to stare at the screen that took a close picture of the Gundam's hand, that left nothing but dust now.

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Slam, as the cage like gate closed shut. Allen grabbed the bars of the small window on top, the large black door blocked most of the light. There was only a small bed and a toilet in the dark room. Like the detention room for misbehaving children at school, Allen was exactly throw into this place for that reason. For not following orders and running off. "Mr. Noa!! Hayate...!! Why are you doing this to me?! Listen to me! You dont know how I feel! If you listen to what I have to say then...you guys will understand!!" Allen slammed his fists at the door.

Noa only narrowed his eyes and peaked in for a while, then turned and walked away. Hayate looked into the dark little room, that Allen was lock into. He left without any more words as well. Allen slumped down onto his knees and was about to cry. He was not a part of the Gundam, he was only a person that wanted to end this war. He did not understand what he did wrong, what was it wrong to run away from the things he did not want to do. "Why, do I have to suffer all this! I am, I am the best pilot and the only person that can defeat the enemy on this ship...!! Why am I treated like an animal?!" Allen shouted. Allen heard footsteps however, someone was coming back. For a moment he thought someone understood him, but it was Hayate's face raging in anger.

Opening the steel door he grabbed Allen up by the collar and screamed in his face. "Allen! You still dont seem to understand why we're doing this? Do you think we want to lock you up here and feed you everyday? Why dont you just grow up?! And learn, and face reality! And you know what, even without you the Gundam is still around. If I mean it I can move that thing as well! I know I havent told you about this, but you know what Ms. Silvia said about you?!" Hayate continued, Allen's eyes opened up. Silvia, Allen trusted her as a mature adult, an elder sister figure to him. Although he has only known her for a short amount of time, Allen might even look up to her as a motherly figure. "Silvia said, she holds hope in you! She felt that you are different, and maybe special from other people. That you hold great talent and hopes that you can become an excellent adult when you grow up! But look at you right now! Sulking again, dont you have any shame?!"

"Yeah then why dont you try telling me in your own words, instead of saying it with someone else's!" Allen fought back. Hayate failed to understand now, maybe the last resort was to lock him up for a few days and maybe he will learn something. Pushing him and throwing him against a wall, Hayate turned and slammed the door again. Allen this time clearly heard the lock and then no one ever came back. Did not understand, he did not understand why. But maybe, it was only because cannot look at the situation with a wider point of view. Or perhaps what he tried to think was wrong in the first place. "Sayla! You're watching right? I know you are!! Help me get out of here, tell Mr. Noa and the others...!! Because, without me...the Gundam cant do anything!!" he continued to shout, no one ever came back for hours...
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