Chapter 1 (2/2)
“Understood Thank you, Mr Danton”
“For what?”
“For your cooperation I’d like to thank you again”
“Oh Yeah, no problem”
Though Meh the same normal suits as Danton and Arlette, each member was equipped with some impressive heavy weaponry
“You guys are really packing the heat”
“The area may be uninhabited, but you never know if there are automatic defense systems still in operation”
“I see Good thinking”
The soft way that Meh title, “Special Forces Coested that he waswith civilians than ain, that’s if you could call Danton and Arlette civilians
“We’ll be out of the urban district soon We can just follow the passage from there”
The facility, once called the “Maharaja Karn Me to one of the most influential an Institute saw it’s demise, and it was the place where Danton and Arlette’s futures had been deter a special forces unit for the Federation that was once his enemy
But he was seeking so which that man had left
He wondered what Arlette was thinking about as he walked beside her Danton was lost in his trivial thoughts, when it happened There was a sudden treht
“Ah!”
His bodyinto a nearby building A moment later, bullets rained down on the spot they had just been standing, ricocheting off the stone pave the street
“Gunfire?! Here?! But why?!” Danton racked his brain, as a shi+ver ran down his spine He glanced outside and saw Meh for cover It was clear that the nale member seemed unnerved by the sudden attack
But there was soht his attention This wasn’t nor much worse…
“No There’s no way…”
Danton raised his head in shock, as dust clouds slowly kicked up around his There was nohe never expected to see in these long-abandoned ruins A giant puppet, born of huiant rose in the diht, Danton stared into it’s ominous eyes, and as the hair stood up on his skin, he whispered its name
“A mobile suit…”
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In an instant, the abandoned buildings had beco hell The h the alleys between buildings They caught glimpses of the machine as they ran, and it was clear it wasn’t alone There were at least two of them Perhaps more…
No ht excel at coainst multiple of those 20-meter-tall monsters There was only one option left to them: to run as fast as they could
“That was a Jegan… wasn’t it?”
“Yeah An RGM-89 I couldn’t get a full look at it fro, but I could tell that much”
The RGM-89 Jegan –the Second Neo Zeon War, as the Earth Federation’s primary weapon
“Then shouldn’t it be on your side?”
“Sorry to tell you, but I’ve never seen that model before”
As Danton snapped at him, Mehmet shook his head in response
“There are a lot of units that slipped away during the confusion after the war”
“That’s soot there! Make sure you relay that to your higher ups when you get back!”
“I’ll be happy to, if we get back alive”
Just then, Mehmet received a transmission from one of his soldiers
“Co’s set up!”
“Alright, fall back immediately! I’ll do the rest myself!”
As Mehh the radio, he looked back and saw the Jegan closing in on thes
“3…2…1…”
“Lieutenant, what are you…”
“0!”
As soon as Mehs on either side of the Jegan erupted in explosion
“Holy…!”
The blast wasn’t s around it had been bloay, letting out a thunderous roar, and rubble and dust scattered about the area, blocking the Jegan’s field of vision
“What was that?”
“We set up so”
“Explosives? You even brought explosives with you?”
“We thought we ht need the enough to take out a s”
“Man, you don’t mess around…”
“Don’t let your guard down Here they come”
A shadowwith a third ht of the thirdshe’d never seen in person, but she had seen that unique design in documents countless times before
That white frame, those twin eyes, that v-shaped antenna…
“It’s…a Gundam…”
Arlette’s whisper was drowned out by the screa voice of Mehmet
“RUN FOR IT!!”
A brilliant blaze of light erupted from the muzzle of the Gundam’s rifle They instinctively leaped into a sht passed behind the the pavement
The next part of the chapter comes out later this month! Stay tuned