fight for a future

Relief sang in her veins as she heard him speak her name finally.
~Thank the gods he's alright...~
Her relief was shortlived, however, as his message about needing to get out of here fast came through.

"Shit!"

She opened the cockpit to the Blitz, having the Blitz reach to get a grip on Hownam, and then dropping him into the cockpit, before she closed it off.

"Hold on, Stephen. I'll get us out of here"

She let go of the Freedom, then maneuvered the Blitz back away from it, barking out an order to Mary and Riina.

"Everyone get the hell back to the Archangel...NOW!"

Zeria commanded the Blitz to burst away from the Freedom, moving it at it's top speed back towards the Archangel. She couldn't think straight right now. She was upset, and relieved, and angry at the same time. She wasn't even looking at Hownam, because she didn't want him to see that she was still crying and clenching her teeth, hands gripping the controls so tight her knuckles were white.
 
"Lets get the hell outta here before the Freedom goes suicidal and blows up." Stephen said, which caused Mary to respond, "Stephen!!! Are you trying to kill everyone you meet today?!?" Mary yelled.

She was happy to hear the pilot's voice again, but at the same time angry at what he did to the colony. "When we get back to the Archangel you have a lot of explaining to do." The Aegis started boosting at high speed away from the Freedom, hoping to catch Riina she said, "Einhorne, we got Stephen, let's get outta here before crap hits the fan!"
 
as the Blitz moved back towards the Archangel, the Freedom finally went off like a nuclear bomb, radiation levels would have been high, and the damage to any nearby suits would have been immense. Stephen looked at the back of Zeria's head "I did it to fake my own death" he announced to Zeria, "I couldn't live with that hatred anymore, and if Zaft believe i am dead, they shall not retaliate" Stephen informed her "I know my Uncle to well" Stephen added quietly.

Stephen then opened a channel to the Bridge of the Archangel, the captain's voice rang out "ZERIA, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED, WHERE IS TRIBAL????" the captain was obviously furious and upset at the same time, furious about what Stephen had done, and upsetbecause he thought he had lost an arial ace.

"wow, captain, it's nice to hear your voice to" Stephen announced with a smirk "TRIBAL I OUGHT TO KICK YOUR ASS" Stephen hung his head "Captain, give me some credit, Zaft won't hold back any mission requests if they think the Freedom and it's pilot are dead" Stephen announced, and the Pilot remained silent "I just doubled your income" Stephen then looked to the side "As for the colony, i shudn't have destroyed it, but i was driven by rage, i had to show the pilots of the destiny, the impulse and the Legend what they did to me"

Stephen then looked downwards "Riina, Mary, i Understand if you can't forgive me for my aactions, but this is something i had to do" Stephen looked up a tear rolling down his cheek "I am fully aware that my actions today have made me a terrorist and not a mercenary, but i don't care, my life no longer revolves around Revenge" Stephen then shut off the com link and looked back to Zeria "But i need you to forgive me, you know why i did this, if you could take someone away like Giulio was taken, you would do it" Stephen muttered as he placed his hand on her shoulder.
 
Zeria began to shake, and let go of the controls to the Blitz. It stopped, and Zeria sat there for a moment, head bowed.

"I forgave you the moment I heard your voice speak my name..."

She finally turned to face him, tears streaming down her cheeks, trembling.

"You're damned lucky the captain told us to come after you, Stephen...had you died, I probably would be an empty, lifeless shell right now..."

She slammed her fist on her chair.

"Damnit, Stephen, I can't lose you too!"

Zeria curled into a ball.

"I lost Giulio to that damned Zaku Phantom...and I still haven't gotten my revenge. That pilot is still out there...you weren't in the Blitz when the Infinite Justice blew up, Stephen......the Zaku Phantom's pilot hacked into my com system and poked fun at me...said that my 'prettyboy' was 'just bits now'. He retreated and I never found him again. I don't remember much afterward..."
~Because my Seed ability kicked in and I slaughtered anything in site...~

She bowed her head again in shame.

"What's going to become of me, Stephen? What can I do? You're all I have left..."
 
Stephen placed his arm around Zeria's shoulder "I'm not leaving you Zeria, and i knew you would come for me" Stephen announced as he glanced around and looked out of the rear camera "I figured the Freedom would be fucked over, but not. . . " Stephen paused "suicidal, i thought me and him had a good run" Stephen muttered talking as though the Freedom was a person.

"and as for the Zaku Phantom, we will find it, and when we do,your taking it down" Stephen informed her, placing his helmet against hers as though he was hugging her. Stephen then straightened up as much as he could "now, what say you to gettin us back to the Archangel so Cap can tear me a new arsehole.
 
Zeria smiled a bit, nodding.

"Right..."

She took back the controls on the Blitz, and manuevered it back towards the Archangel.

"We're docking now, captain. But go easy on him. If he leaves, I leave"

She docked the Blitz, taking off her helmet and setting it on the seat of the Blitz, before climbing out.

"Come on, Stephen...I'm sure the captain is waiting impatiently...and I'm not letting you go alone..."

Zeria extended her hand with a smile, wiping away tears with the other...
 
Mary was the nest suit that entered the hanger. She took off her helmet and said to Stephen, "I don't know if they will ever find out you are still alive, but if they do. I hope you are ready to face the consequences of your actions." She turned focused her eyes towards Zeria. "People who fights monsters should see to it that they don't become monsters themselves." Mary finally said before heading back to her quarters.
 
With the threat of a nuclear reacto blowing, Riina stepped hard on the thruster pedals. Her boosters went into overdrive as it countered her forward momentum and began flying backwards. The explosion didnt do much to her or Le Cygne and she saw that both Aegis and Blitz has returned to the Archangel. Riina, however, remained inside her Gundam and docked onto the top deck of the Archangel. She was needed quiet time. Riina herself was a child and as a child, felt angry at Stephen. Her more logical personalities convinced her to cool off with some quiet time. Kicking back in her suit, Riina stared up into space through the panoramic cockpit, watching the stars fly by. Whatever goes on with the captain, stephen and Zeria, she did not care.
 
Stephen strode through the ship towards the captain's quaters, he knew he was in trouble, and he knew that the other crew members of the Archangel saw him as a terrorist. arriving at the door he was summoned in, entering the captain stayed quiet. Stephen stood stearing at him, and he remained silent "Sir" Stephen said "silence Hownam" Stephen shut up as the captain intervened.

"I don't know what i can say about your actions today" the captain announced "so all im gonna say this" The captain paused, and Stephen figured he was about to get fired and left for Zaft "My suit, the sword calamity, it's now yours" he announced, to Stephen's shock "and wear this" he announced as he slid a mask across the table.

Stephen picked up the mask announced "Sir" and exited, heading to the Hangar bay to see what he had to work with.
 
Mary was seen at the Crew's R&R room, once again back to drinking some beer. The days events were even more taxing now that we were short on one pilot temporarily. She was worried about what would have happened if ZAFT did manage to find out.

But it did not matter, if Stephen believed that he died in that explosion, the Hunter's group could write it off as his top ace being deranged or something.

Right now she just wanted to know when her next mission was going to be.
 
Zeria was waiting outside the door for Stephen, and followed him to the hangar bay.

"Stephen..."

She bit her lower lip, fidgeting nervously.

"I...I'm sorry about earlier...the whole crying like crazy thing..."

She sighed, gazing directly at him. Her eyes were a soft golden yellow at the moment, and she was unusually pale. Probably due to all the stress and high nerves. She was really tensed up too.

"What's the verdict? Is the captain mad at you?"
 
Stephen strode through the hallways of the Archangel, heading back to his room, as he entered he sat on his bed, staring at his new mask he was wondering if he could be able to be a useful part of the team in the sword calamity, like he was in the Strike Freedom, all he could think about was the sight of the Freedom as it exploded.

he shook his head as he stood up and placed the mask on his face looking in the mirror, he couldn't believe the sight "pilot X, please report to the Captain's hangar" Stephen then climbed into his space suit, and headed towards the captain's suit bay.

upon arrival he looked up at the Sword Calamity, "Beautiful Mr Hownam, isn't she" the captain announced, it was only the two of them inside the hangar. Stephen pulled the mask off, the captain had informed the crew that Stephen had been sent to Zaft for punishment, so Stephen required the mask around everyone. "she ain't bad Sir" Stephen replied "She aint no Strike Freedom though" Stephen informed him as he grabbed the grapple to take him up to the cockpit.

when he got there, Stephen took his seat, and slid the mask back onto his face, before sliding his helmit ontop "pilot X, Sword calamity, Launching" he announced as the captain left the hangar. The sword Calamity blasted out of the vertical catapault.

Once in space, the Calamity pulled one of it's beam boomerangs from it's shoulder and threw it, it spun through space and returned back to him. "the range of that thing is crap" Stephen announced as he pulled one of the anti-ship swords from his back and activated it. "what the hell am i meant to do with this, this thing is so bulky and slow i wont be able to use it"
 
Le Cygne had been positioned in a laying back pose, its head staring into the space. Riina was almost dozing off when she heard and felt the rumbling of Archangel's catapult open. As she cracked her eyes open, a gundam shot out from the hangar and began testing its weapons. From what she could see, it was a decent Gundam, much too good for the lesser pilots, but not quite Blitz/Aegis/ Le Cygne/ Strike Freedom level.

Maybe its the captains or something?

However, Riina coulr recognise Stephen's slight habits. Still a bit miffed about the colony, she had too much pent up energy and needed a nice brawl. Getting to its feet, Le Cygne shot off the top of the Archangel and stopped in front of the Sword Calamity. Le Cygne unholstered both pistols and levelled one squarely at Calamity. Over the comm, she announced her intentions, leaving out all names, just in case. Stephen would know this was necessary for Riina to forgive him. If it wasn't, it would probably serve as a stress relief.

Lets go. I'll help you iron out the wrinkles a bit.

 
Mary looked out the window to space and saw Riina's Le Cygne and the Sword Calamity out there. "Hmm, this should be fun. I should go watch this outside." Mary headed out the R&R room and headed straight to the hangar.

Armored Core OST-Dotted Line

Mary rode the cable up to Aegis and climbed into the Gundam. "This is Prometheus, I'm heading out." She walked to the catapult and launched out. The Gundam touched down on top of the Archangel, watching the potential fight between Riina and the pilot of Sword Calamity.

OOC: Hope you like the fight song....If not, I'll change it.
 
OOC: you want a fight song, here

Stephen smiled under the mask as the Le cygne pointed one of it's pistols at him, Stephen listened into his com channel as "Lets go. I'll help you iron out the wrinkles a bit." boomed through. "You will have to go easy on me of course, I'm not used to this suit" he announced in a tone that suggested joking.

Pulling both of the swords from the Calamity's back, Stephen blasted towards the Le Cygne and swung twice, once with each sword, both attempts were aimed for the limbsof the Le Cygne as he was already in trouble and would probably piss off the captain more if he was to destroy the Le Cygne aswell.
 
Hmph.

Riina wasn't in the mood to go easy. Of course, she wouldn't try to kill him, but she needed to release some steam. Luckily, her pistols were already in beam mode. All she had to do was adjust beam strength and change it to training mode. A beam will come out, but if it hits, it'll splash over the armour, much like a paint ball, but without the paint. Riina saw both swords come for her limbs, and with both verniered feet, boosted up and backwards, laying four rounds of beam at Calamity, all aiming for the chest. Both wrist mounted chain gun popped out of its casing on both hands and unleashed a rain of lead. She knew that the machine most likely had phase shift armour, but the very least, it could drive it back. Stepping on the pedal, Riina continued to unload bullets at the Sword Calamity while her back pack boosters shot her in an over arching arc, trying to get behind the Gundam.
 
the Calamity was hit by the rain of lead and weak beams, which didn't effect Stephen much, thephase shift armour protected against them, he noticed the arc like motion of the Le Cygne and Stephen smiled under the mask "this suitmay not be as good as your's Riina, but I'm not that stupid" Pilot X announced through the com before sliding the sword in his right hand back onto the calamity's back, and then pulling the beam boomerang from the right shoulder, spinning 180 degrees and throwing it forward, the idea was for the Beam boomerang to take off Le cygne's legs as it came back to the calamity.
 
Mary was not amused. She would have thought the match would be over as soon as possible. Either Stephen was that good of a pilot, even without Strike Freedom, or Riina was getting sloppy. Still, the only way to prove it would be to fight the so called "Pilot X" next.

Removing her BSR from her holster, and a beam saber from her shield, she prepared for the eventual battle.
 
As the beam boomerang was reaching maximum distance from the SC (Sword calamity) Stephen noticed that the Aegis preparing for a fight, smiling he pulled the Second beam boomerang from it's slot and Launched it at the Aegis, opening a channel to the Aegis "you want a piece, come and get some" Stephen announced as the Boomerang was heading for the legs of the Aegis.

stephen was out to test the capabilities of the Sword calamity so that he didn't have to do so in an actual battle.
 
Mary aimed her sniper rifle at the boomerang. She took the shot and fired it, shooting the boomerang off it's intended course. "Heh, that was a good throw. In any case, if you want 2 on 1, then fine." Boosting off the surface of the Archangel, Mary tried to keep her distance and pick off Strike Calamity with her Sniper Rifle. "Your off your element X. You don't have much in long range capability." She said as her BSR was set to training rounds. "I had you beat from the moment you challenged me." Mary fired 4 rounds off her Sniper Rifle, aiming for Stephen's shoulders.
 
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