Subject: [FFML] [Fanfic][X-over][Gundam-W/Macross Plus][revision] New Macross 10 (3/10)
From: Joshua Loomis
Date: 12/16/2000, 9:31 PM
To: FFML@fanfic.com
CC: vejiita@hotmail.com, Arikel13@aol.com, taikobo@nergal.org, General_Hannings@yahoo.com

NEW MACROSS 10 - A Gundam Wing/Macross Plus Crossover

by: Joshua Loomis (cougar_jel@hotmail.com)



DISCLAIMER



Macross, Macross Plus and Macross 7 are all 

registered trademarks owned and licensed by 

Big West/Bandai. Macross Plus is distributed 

by Manga Video in the US, Canada, and the UK. 

Gundam Wing is copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise

and TV Asahi.  Please don't sue me!  

Battou Tenmou, the Zarritzen Empire, and the Doc are 

all my characters, as well as their mecha, mannerisms,

etc.  Please don't use 'em without my permission!



NOTES



Many thanks to Rai for the C&C that lead to this

revision!  What are the excuse of the rest of

you?  Hmm?  Anyway, 'nantaru' means 'what??' but

is an expression of anger or surprise.  It's

a bit on the vulgar side... but this is Isamu

we're talking about.  ~_^



CHAPTER THE THIRD: THE BATTLE IS JOINED



     Myung Fang Long sighed as she set the stylus

down.  She looked up from her polished cherry desk

to look at City 10.  The holographic equipment 

mounted inside of the huge dome was projecting

an image of a cloudless day.  During combat, the

dome was lowered and secured to protect the 300,000

colonists.  Usually, shuttles would be running

from the City 10 to the Boardwalk or to the Vegas,

the two main off-ship sources of amusement. 

     But the 10 was in a perpetual state of 

alertness. The last thing the military people 

wanted was for the aliens to capture a shuttle full 

of civilians. So they were stuck here, which wasn't 

terrible.  City 10, after all, had all the perks 

and modern comforts of any metropolis back on 

Earth.  But being stuck in a relatively small space

could lead to serious cases of cabin fever.

     "Man, she's even beautiful when she's 

thoughtful."

     Myung turned from the expansive view  

and smiled at her fiancee. His uniform was

completely out of order, but it was that

ruffled look that Myung loved.

     "Arigato, Isamu-chan.  What brings you

by my door?"

     "Just wanted to drop by.  Also, I'm 

worried about Battou.  He hasn't been the same

since the last battle."

     "He's lost the only people he spent time with

on any regular basis," Myung said thoughtfully as

Isamu crossed the carpeted floor towards her, 

smirking in that way that drove her crazy. "What?"

     "Just thinking about how sexy you are." His

face fell.  "Still... I can't get the Battou

problem out of my mind.  What are we gonna...?"

     His comm buzzed at that moment.  Sighing he 

blew a kiss to his fiancee as he picked it up.

     "Yeah?"

     "Captain," Lucy said, a little breathless.

"Lieutenant Tenmou stole a Valkerie from the 

landing bay!"

     "N...nantaru!?"

     "One of the ordinance officers was doing 

inventory and noted a VF-11 Thunderbolt and its

option armor were missing!  And Lt. Tenmou 

wasn't at morning mess!"

     "Get a channel open to that Thunderbolt,

double-quick!"

     "H...hai!"

     Battou shut off the comm.  "Kuso..."

     "What?"

     "I'm afraid Battou might do something 

stupid..."

      

~  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ~



     The White Rose resembled a sunflower more

than a rose.  Naturally, this was because it

was a Sunflower-class agricultural platform.  

Now atop the White Rose stood the imposing form

of a fully-armored VF-11 Thunderbolt.

     Within the cockpit, Battou Tenmou considered

all his options.  He missed the Jijins terribly,

even though it had been less than 24 hours since

his death and her abduction.  Leaving the

controls as they were, he folded his arms

over his chest and closed his eyes.  

     In the armored sections that encased the

Thunderbolt was more than enough explosives to

end his existence.  And he had enough fuel to

carry himself far away from the fleet and any

civilians.  But what would that accomplish?  

The Crusader was gone and Battou wasn't sure

if he could fight effectively in another mecha.

Although the more time he spent in the VF-11, 

the more he re-acclimated to it.  It was, 

after all, one of the fighters he'd trained

in.  But when Doctor Jijin had offered him the

chance to fight in a melee-focused prototype,

he'd jumped at the chance.

     But now, Hikari was dead.  So was Makoto,

if she was lucky.  Battou certainly would never

wish torture on anyone, especially someone as

sweet as Makoto... though he'd never been tortured,

the earlier part of his life was torture enough...

     Rescue?  Battou shook his head.  If the

aliens operated anything like UN Spacy did,

only portions of their forces were sent at them

every time they attacked.  Their HQ, where ever 

it was, was more likely than not heavily guarded.

On top of that, he was just one warrior.  Even if

he was...

     The Breetai, the largest warship in the New

Macross 10 fleet, moved into view and obscured the

fleet, breaking Battou out of his reverie.  The

White Rose was situated on the far side of the

fleet, closer to the nearest source of sunlight.

Battou's brooding grew deeper, thinking of the

thousands of micronized Zentraedi warriors walking

the decks of the battleship.  He growled and

closed his eyes again, pushing thoughts on 

Zentraedi from his already tortured mind.

     Whatever he was going to do, he had better

decide soon, he thought.  They would only let

him stand here so long... And then there were

the dreams he'd been having lately...



~  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ~



     Arrtizo basked in his glory.  Atop the new

mecha he himself had designed and built, he

thought back to the last few cycles.  The 

interrogation had been amusing.  While precious

little information had been divulged, the 

human woman's other reactions had been quite...

delicious.  He sat with his long human legs 

crossed, running over some of the more 

particular specifications.

     "My lord Prince?"

     He looked up.  Another member of the

royal family, a cousin, bowed to him.

     "The Emperor and Empress have requested

your presence in the throne room at once."

     "I'm busy."

     "M... my lord?"

     "I'm planning another attack and I am

making sure I will not die when I take Ebongold

into combat.  Are the Guardians prepared?"

     "I... I am sorry, sir, b- but...Your 

mother... told me to inform you that she will 

peruse your thoughts from afar if you do not 

appear before them."

     Arritzo's head snapped up, gray eyes

burning with anger.

     "WHAT."

     "A... apparently at our stage of evolution

the females can and have developed abilities 

related to the mind... just as our bodies

have become superior..."

     In the next half-heartbeat, Arritzo had 

rushed his cousin and knocked him halfway 

across the hangar bay with one blow.  The other

royal screamed in terror as he plunged to

the deck.  Arritzo sighed and smiled, his

eyes fluttering shut.  Ah, the power of the

more evolved form.

     "What happened?  Are you well?"

     He looked down at the diminutive workers

and the Soldier-type that was their supervisor.

     "He fell.  Dispose of it."

     Of course, this 'accidental' death of a 

family member might mean Arritzo's timetable

needed to be moved up...



     In another part of the WarWorld, Princess

Lysstza poured over the information gleaned 

from the human woman.  While precious little

had attracted her brother's attention, a great

deal of it was of interest to Lysstza.  In

particular, the connection to two other humans;

"Hikari" and "Battou."

     "Hikari" was, apparently, deceased.  He

had been one of the humans' top scientists, and

was more than likely on the now-cripped science

vessel Lysstza herself had bombed.  Upon

explaining that "Hikari" was her "husband,"

Lysstza had asked about the concept.  



     "Is it like a mate?" Lysstza had asked.

     "More than that," the human woman had

replied, out of breath from another round of

torture (which turned Lysstza's innards). "He

is my best friend in all the universe.  He

laughed when I laughed and consoled me in 

times of sorrow.  It is always more than

simply mating..."

     "What more is there?" Arritzo had 

asked coldly, shrugging.  "This is meaningless

to me.  So is whoever these... humans... are."

     "Hold, brother.  Lieutenant Jijin, you 

mentioned two humans.  Who is... 'Battou'?"

     The human had smiled.  Even with her red

blood on her face and lines of pain around her

eyes, Lysstza had been haunted by the peace

and beauty in that human visage.

     "He's a better warrior than both of you

put together.  His sword always strikes true."

     Arritzo had laughed.  "That fool?  I 

folded him around one of my slugs."

     "He is very hard to kill, Your highness,"

Jijin had said quietly.  "Now that you have

taken both my husband and myself, he will not

forgive you..." Her eyes had fluttered shut.

"I see my dear friend Battou carrying a flaming

sword of vengeance... zankoku na tenshi..."

     The Prince just shrugged.

     "Rubbish.  She's delirious.  We'll continue

this once she's healed a bit from this round."



     That had been hours ago.  While her brother

had been quick to dismiss Lt. Jijin's statements,

Lysstza was still shaken.  The fact that the

translation devices had no idea what "zankoku

na tenshi" meant only added to her anxiety.

     Lysstza's brows had furrowed.  Where had 

the strength come from?  She had called Arritzo

'your highness' more to drive home the fact that

she is not noble-born instead of honoring him.

While this normally would have enraged her 

brother, he'd stayed calm... very calm...

until later, that is..

     And... when he had mentioned that he'd shot

the mecha "Battou" flew, Lysstza had recalled

something from the battle.  When he'd shot that

mecha, for a moment, she'd felt an unfathomably

strong fighting spirit, one that

rivaled the bravest of Zarritzen warriors...

and for a split-second she'd seen a pair

of intense, almost glowing, blue eyes, that 

even now sent waves of cold down her spine...



~  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ~



     Heero Yuy was up to his neck in trouble.

     For some reason, he was having incredible

difficulty getting the UN Spacy transformation

circuitry to meld with the inner workings of 

Wing Zero.  It was looking more and more like

the damage he'd sustained during the shift

in dimensions had robbed him of the Neo-Bird

Mode.  But everything else was intact, and 

the Spacy scientist Yang Newman had ideas 

concerning boosting the power of his already-

devastating twin buster rifle, despite the

reports all the Gundam pilots had given of

its power and the damage it had done during

the battle with the White Fang.

     Heero personally didn't care.

     They had been so close.  So close to 

finishing the battle with the White Fang.  It

had almost been over, and he was almost 

free.  And now... now he was forced to walk 

the path of the warrior again.  Then again,

it was all he really knew...

     "You look like I did an hour ago."

     Heero looked up.  Zechs Merquise, dressed

in a simple dark blue pressure suit, kneeled

by the access panel in Wing Zero's torso.  He

was looking with concern at Heero.

     "I don't follow."

     "You're wondering why you're being forced

to walk the path of a soldier again."

     "..."

     "I can see it, Heero.  Because I was 

wondering the exact same thing.  I assumed

control of the White Fang to bring an end to

war on Earth, so soldiers could find peace at

last.  Now we're stuck here in the middle of a

war that we had no part of and are being forced

to fight in it."

     "..."

     "You care about my sister, don't you?"

     "...Maybe."

     "It's all right, Heero.  There's no shame

in admitting your feelings.  But I also 

understand wanting to hole those feelings

away in order to focus on the battle ahead."

     "Zechs.  I'm still gonna kill you."

     "For now, Heero, let's put our duel 

aside and resolve it later.  In a fencing match,

or in our mobile suits, but not now.  Now

we have to protect those we love."

     Heero hated to admit it, but Zechs made

sense.  And he expressed no fear in Heero's

intention to kill him.  He looked down and

hauled his body out of the access shunt, 

again marvelling at the ability of the 

dark flight suit Quatre had given him aboard

the Peacemillion to move with him.  

     "Fencing match.  One blow."

     Zechs smirked.

     "My pleasure."

     Zechs and Heero shook hands for the first

time as the alarm klaxon blew.



~  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ~



     Golden-brown hair...

     Emerald green eyes...

     A vivaciousness and love for life that

rivaled Makoto Jijin...

     The shrill tone of the proximity alarm

jolted Battou out of his meditative state.  

Several fighters from Skull Squadron blazed

past his position, probably called away from

their patrol circuit.  He had never seen

the beginning of an alien attack this close...

     There was a green glow near the Breetai,

that blossomed into a scintillating disk that

resembled the photos Battou had seen of

black holes.  From it came a formidable 

force of mecha.  There were the Gold and 

Silver suits, and the Crimson transformable

ones that tried to act like the Valkeries...

but they only had two modes and seemed to

have trouble shifting.  There was a new

model as well.  It stood taller than

the Gold mecha but looked leaner, and

generally meaner, encased in black

armor.  And there was...

     Battou swallowed.  It was bigger than

the black ones.  It resembled the Gundams,

at least superficially.  Angular wings

sprang from its back, and its blood-red

eyes flickered.  A cannon even larger than

the one that had torn the Crusader apart

was held in dark hands.  It turned

toward the White Rose, and somehow,

Battou knew the look.  It wasn't just

a similar weapon...

     It was the same pilot.

     "Fine," he whispered.  "Come get me, then."



     Lysstza double-checked her instruments as 

soon as they completed the Gate-jump.  It was

as Arritzo had planned.  She rallied the 

Soldiers and Guardians with her to assault

their main force.  Meanwhile, Arritzo

gathered the fast Shifters around his newly-

created Ebongold and took off towards the 

secluded ship that, according to the little

information they got from Jijin, was 

responsible for most of the sustenance consumed

by the humans.  The human mecha were already

moving to defend against her force.

     Then she saw it.  Alone, atop the

objective of her brother.  A heavily armed

and armored human mecha.  She focused on it

for a moment... 

     The cries of rage and bloodlust from

her troops, inspired by Ap-Orrid moving into

battle in the form of a taloned flying beast,

drowned out her gasp.  

     Those were the eyes... the eyes that

haunted her... the eyes of that pilot...



     "Are we ready?"

     The question came from Quatre as the Gundams

assembled on the deck of the New Macross 10.

     Isamu looked over his shoulder, circling the

10 in Skull One, as the affirmative reports were 

filtered back to him. He remembered their names, 

as well.

     Sandrock, ready.

     Wing Zero, ready.

     Altron, ready.

     Heavyarms, ready.

     Deathscythe Hell... ready.

     Epyon... took off already.

     "Well don't just stand there," Isamu barked,

"follow him!"

     And with that, the Gundam pilots joined the

fray.  

     Trowa didn't get very far before some Ebon 

suits waylaid him.  He opened up with the beam 

gatlings, and while his scanners read their armor

as something like Gundanium, his shots tore them

up pretty easily.  He smiled a bit.

     "Disappointing... perhaps one of you could

have given me peace..."

     Wufei growled as Altron shot towards the 

Gold suits.  Two of them moved to intercept him,

knife-like blades that registered as Gundanium

springing into their hands like switchblades.

He lit his trident and met them, cutting one

of them open easily and spinning to face the

other.

     "Is that all you got?" he demanded.  "I've

seen low-level Oz soldiers with more balls!"

     Heero and Zechs paced each other as

they moved into battle.  The competiton was

silent as they cleaved into the enemy.  A

dark shape darted past them and an active

cloak was flung open. Duo ignited his scythe

and scowled.

     "The God of Death has judged you alien scum 

and FOUND YOU WANTING!"  he cried.  Rage boiled 

in him and he let out a howl of battle as he

attacked.

     Across the battlefield, Dorothy Catalonia

saw Deathscythe Hell move into action and shifted

her Sturmvogel to jet mode, moving in his 

direction.  While it might not be needed, or even

wanted, she was going to give him her protection.

It was a concept she wasn't terribly familiar with,

but no one ever accused Dorothy of being unwilling

to learn.

     Quatre found fighters flanking him as he

moved deftly through the enemy formation.  His mind

raced, calculating potential movements and counter-

tactics.  He was impressing himself... as well as

the New Macross brass.  Of course, he didn't know

that yet.  What he knew, what he could feel, was

Dorothy's concern for Duo.  And he felt Duo's rage

and sorrow.  He tried to shut out those feelings,

silently asking Sandrock for strength.  His Gundam

didn't disappoint him, almost aiming the beam 

machine gun for him and coaxing him into pulling

the trigger.

     Lucrezia Noin gunned down one of the Ebon

suits and saw Epyon turn towards the new commanding

mobile suit.  A shiver passed through her body and

she turned from the battle to follow, despire Lt.

Zillah's screamed protests.

     "I promised I would be with him," she whispered,

"and I will.  No matter the cost."

     Zechs Merquise felt something he'd never felt

from Epyon before as he swept towards the battle.

It was an uncomfortable, odd feeling, generated by

the black and gold mobile suit that awaited him.

     Fear.



     Prince Arritzo grinned as the Ip-yonn facsimile

came towards him.  He shifted to battle mode,

levelled his rail cannon, and fired.  Ip-yonn dodged

and sliced the weapon in twain with the vicious

energy sword.  Arritzo let the rail cannon fall away

and crossed his arms.  When he brought them down,

claws forged of the purest sample of the new

alloy and honed to the same monomolecular edge as

the enemy sword he'd captured sprag from Ebongold's

wrists, three from each arm.

     He tore into Ip-yonn, screaming "Now you die,

you false god, and bring me the glory worthy of the

future Zarritzen Emperor!"  Metal screeched against

metal, conduits snapping and cracking, coolants and

other fluids bleeding off into the void.  It was a 

battle of Gods, and the Zarritzen loved it.  The raw

power and speed of Ip-yonn was no match for the rage,

strength and prowess of Ap-Orrid.  Even Princess 

Lysstza had to admit she was impressed.

     Then she turned towards the armored mecha and

the Shifters moving towards it at high speed...

     "My prince!"

     The cry was choked off from the Shifter squadron

leader.  Arritzo frowned.  He had his gauntlet around

Ip-yonn's throat, claws poised to strike the head off.

He checked his rear-views.  Wasn't the agricultural 

ship destroyed yet?

     What he saw chilled his azure blood.

     Moving more easily than should have been possible

considering the armor, the single opposing mecha

used the huge rotary cannon in it's hands to tear 

apart Shifter after Shifter.  The sound of the cannon

barking mixed with the screams of his men boiled the

Prince's blood. Cannons on the armored mecha's shoulders

added to the volume of fire and Arritzo's rage.

     Lysstza's blood, on the other hand, quickened at

the sight of such bravery.  For a human to show such

audacity in battle against such insurmountable odds

was uncanny.  It was unheard of for anyone to so

feircly oppose the Zarritzen.  Lysstza blinked, confused,

then felt a feeling of intrigue.  Where did this 

man draw the strength from?  She brought her 

Leader to a halt, closed her eyes and concentrated...

     Lt. Jijin.

     A man that must have been her husband.

     A cold face, peering through a liquid.

     A handsome human, associated with command.

     A yellow symbol on a black field, and the word

"Zentraedi."

     The crippling of the science vessel.

     Her brother's suit, looking triumphant.

     A sword shattering.

     A heart breaking...

     "All remaining Guardians, move to my location!  

Destroy that insolent human!"

     The rallying cry of her brother snapped Lysstza

out of her visions.  She was panting, exhausted, her

body soaked in some liquid secreted by her own pores.

But... Zarritzen didn't have this kind of reaction...

to anything...

     The Guardians responded, moving away even 

as the dark winged mecha and the one with 

dragons for arms followed with weapons blazing.  

Firing some mini-missiles from it's backpack 

towards the remaining Shifters, the armored 

mecha turned and saw the Guardians coming.  

He alighted on the agricultural ship as the dark 

suits lifted their weapons.

     "Now you die," Arritzo hissed.

     And again, the human surprised him.

     One by one, the armored panels popped open.  Under

each was a cluster of missiles.  There was a moment of

pause, and both Arritzo and Lysstza could *feel* the 

pilot immersed in the power he suddenly held.  Then that

pilot let fly with over 100 rockets that covered the 

space before him in cleasing fire.  They launched 

sucessively, the staccato sound ringing in Arritzo's 

ears through the feedback speakers.  He jumped back,

letting the recoils propel him, as Guardian after 

Guardian met with a firey end.  There had been a dozen

of them!  Against ONE!  One human!!

     "We should capture him, brother," she said, trying

to hide her true motivation.

     "Capture?"  he growled in reply.  "You can capture 

his innards after I scatter them across space!"

     With that, Ebongold leapt toward the armored foe,

who turned to face him...



     Now he'd done it.  He'd pissed the guy off.

     Battou smiled as his missile bays registered as

empty.  As the bad boy grabbed his big boom-stick

and pointed it at him, he jettosined the armor

and jumped.  The free-floating armor plates were

blown away as he shifted to jet mode and got distance.

He flew towards the mostly white Gundam... Wing Zero.

     "Need a melee weapon," he radioed.

     The pilot of Wing Zero was quick.  He reached 

into his shoulder and pulled a beam saber free.  

Thanking Yang Newman for the general tech reports

on the Gundams' technology, Battou shifted to

soldier mode, flying backwards.  He held out his

hand and the accurate throw of Wing Zero put the

beam saber in his hand.  He lit it, and to his

satisfaction, the golden-black mecha dropped

the cannon and unsheathed his nasty claws.  He

parried the incoming blow to his head, surprised

that metal claws stood against a laser sword... the

claws must have some kind of sheild around them.  

Even as he thought this, the other set of claws 

tore off his arm and the sheild attatched to it.  

Battou kicked, propelling himself back from the 

suit.  Cursing himself for not being fast enough, 

he raised the saber to block again as the claws 

moved towards his cockpit...



     In that moment, Lysstza could feel her heart

tearing in half.  She loved her brother.  But 

the rage and power he felt, that which was driving

him, was born of evil.  Even looking in his 

direction was beginning to make her flesh crawl.

Something about Arritzo had become anathema to

her.

     She closed her eyes again, and felt the

righteous anger from the pilot of the other

mecha.  It was a seething mess.  But there was

purity in his heart, a purity Arritzo had lost...

or maybe he'd never had it...?

     Her eyes flew open.  She saw Ap-orrid, 

locked in combat with the nameless mecha.

She felt the evil rage in one and the righteous

vengenace in the other.

     Suddenly, Princess Lysstza knew her course.

  

     A flash of gold obscured Battou's vision.  There

was an audible pause, as the only remaing Gold and it's

big, nasty brother faced off.  Then Battou saw his

cannon was in the Gold's hands.  The weapon howled 

and the black-gold mecha shot back.  It grabbed its

boom-stick and started firing.  Battou dodged, as 

did the other Gold, and they were suddenly moving

like old wingmates, much to Battou's shock.  Then

he felt it again.  The vivaciousness...a love of

life that wouldn't die without a fight.

     A slug tore into the Gold suit.  As it shot 

back and Battou moved to follow, he saw on his radar

that the Gundams and Skull Squadron were all moving

to his position.  He lost track of the battle as

he watched the Gundams work in concert.  That's when 

the slug hit him in the back.  Luckily, it only 

took off his head and shut down his controls.  He 

sealed his pressure suit and popped the hatch.  

Kicking with all his might, grabbing the 

emergency propulsion kit, he moved towards the 

dying Gold.  Already it was starting to spark.  

He strapped on the extra backpack, stepping 

into the kit's stirrups, and grabbed a 

handhold of the Gold.  He found the hinge for the 

cockpit and cut it open with a single stroke of a 

laser torch.

     A humanoid body was in the command seat, 

unconsious.  He was surprised that the pilot

was humanoid, moreso that it was female.

He drew his boot-knife and slashed the

restraining straps away. Hugging her close

to him, he kicked away from the self-detonating

Gold and reached around her to his shoulder,

to the control unit of the emergency pack.  

Murmuring a prayer, he pressed the switch.

     The jets caused his calves to shake, and 

they were shot backwards like a missile as

the Gold went nova.  The explosion consumed

what was left of the Thunderbolt, but they

were safe.  Battou turned to see the black-

gold leader and what was left of his force 

were gone.

     He kicked his legs down, then back,

killing his momentum as the fuel gave out.

He finally let himself breathe a sigh of 

relief.  He was drifting in space with the 

alien woman cradled in his arm when he took 

the time to look at her more closely.  She

had a dark faceplate down covering her 

face, as he waited for the S.A.R. to arrive 

he decided to lift it gently.

     The very human, very beautiful face

of the unconscious alien surprised and 

shocked Battou.  Especially when her body

shifted in his arms and a lock of golden-

brown hair fell across her features.  

Her eyes fluttered open, and Battou found

himself falling into a sea of green...



     She couldn't stop it.  The moment she 

beheld the soft yet strong almost glowing 

blue eyes of her rescuer, the vision of the

past had flooded from her mind.  She was 

reliving the death of Lt. Jijin.  And she

knew the human was watching.

     "More!  Give me more information!"

     She writhed on the table of pain.

Arritzo's lips were pulled back in a grin

of macabre amusement, manipulating the

controls.  Lysstza clutched her head; she

would have begged her brother to stop if

she could have formed the words.  But

she felt every lance of pain Makoto felt,

saw the bursting dark light that consumed

the doomed human.  Saw the visions of

her husband and the human called Battou.

     "More, bitch!  More secrets, human 

whore!"

     Lysstza knew it wasn't secrets her 

brother wanted.  He wanted her to suffer,      

to feel pain.  Even if she gave up every

specification of the human's flagship, he 

would still torture her to death.  This

is where she'd felt the evil for the

first time.  She'd felt it again, later,

watching Ap-orrid and Ip-yonn, but she'd

seen it here.

     For the first time, Lysstza had wept.

     "Scream for me!  Feel my power,

you human insect!  SCREAM!"

     Makoto Jijin screamed.

     Lysstza screamed.

     Battou stood in Jijin's mind.  

Glaring.  Bright flaming sword in hand.  

Dark wings fluttering in a silent breeze.

     Vengeance.

     Death.

     *zankoku na tenshi*

     Her consciousness snapped off.  But

as she felt herself fade, she felt him

falling with her... and her last

conscious act was to try and wrap her

arms around him...



     Isamu drifted by the scene in Gerwalk.

The S.A.R. people gently pushed Battou and

the alien towards the shuttle.  

     "They're both all right but 

unconscious.  The alien seems to have

normal human vital signs."

     "Interesting.  Put her in an ICU with

guards."

     "Roger."

     "Captain Dyson?"

     He turned.  Quatre floated nearby, 

several Thunderbolts near him like an honor

guard.  Apparently, the boy had quite a 

mind for tactics...

     "Yes?"

     "Is everything all right?"

     "Hai.  We lost less people this time,

thanks to you Gundam pilots."

     "I'm glad we could help.  What... who is

that with Battou?"

     "Gets me, Quatre.  Let's head back to 

the 10."

     Who indeed? Isamu asked himself as he

shifted to fighter mode.  Did things just

get better...

     ...or a whole lot worse?

                   

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    TO BE CONTINUED...

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