Gundam 00S: Star Struck Episode 7: War

==Chapter 14: Exhaustion ==

“We can’t keep this up much longer, sir! We’re all exhausted, we haven’t had a break since this war started!” “I know that, Strafe! Unfortunately there isn’t much we can do about that until we reach Africa!” It was the daily argument between Strafe and Daryl. The two had constantly clashed over what needed to be done. Unfortunately it had gotten nobody anywhere. Privately, Ransac believed they did it just to relieve stress. “Attention all personnel! Prepare for immediate combat! Again.” “Oh come on! That’s the eighth time this week!” Burst Dom. “Stop whining and just do your job.” Snapped Longshot. The group quickly got into their mobile suits. By now it had been done so many times they could do it in their sleep. “They’re trying to tire us out, that’s all this is.” Said Ransac, mostly to himself. “Ya, well it’s working.” Snapped Dom. The group became quiet as they exited their airlocks. Now was the hard part. Almost immediately the group had to dodge beam fire. “Damn it, at least let us get out!” Said Ransac as he immediately brought the Rush Gundam into a rapid dive. The Aquatic Flags pursued Ransac, almost entirely ignoring the others. He was now facing over 15 mobile suits, with another squad holding the others off. “So it’s going to be this game is it?” Ransac pulled out the Fin Blades, severing the arm of a flag as it charged. Following this he delivered a powerful swinging kick while swinging the fist of the Gundam to crash into the head of another suit. Before he could continue, he was suddenly tackled by two of the flags, pinning him down against the hull of the Atlantis Base. While the two held him down, the others began to deliver a bombardment of beam fire into the armor of the Gundam. Alarms went off within the cockpit. If something wasn’t done the Gundam would be finished. A sudden plan entered Ransac’s head. Now he had a way out. Maxing out the thrust of the Gundam, he slowly forced the two back. Once that was done he made a straight shot for the surface. “Follow me if you can!” Taunted Ransac as he shot one of the aqua flags in the chest with his beam rifle. The mobile suits did exactly that. The Gundam suddenly exploded out of the water, soaring high into the sky. Below the aqua flags rose their heads out of the ocean, bringing their rifles to bear against the now airborne target. Ransac took out another 2 mobile suits before he was forced to stop. Despite the Gundam being able to fly normally, the Aquatic Armor traded that for underwater maneuverability. And Ransac was now falling rapidly back towards the water. He decided to put the fin blades to good use. Just before striking the water, the Rush Gundam tossed the fin blades downwards, destroying one mobile suit while removing the arms of another. Using the momentary distraction, Ransac delivered a powerful downward thrust with the Gundam foot, smashing through another mobile suit before crashing into the ocean. Pulling out the physical sword, He dashed at a flag, slicing it in half with the blade. He suddenly swung around to block a vertical swing from an enemy beam saber. As the blades locked, the section behind the blade suddenly opened to reveal the ends of four sub machine guns. The flag was torn apart by the sudden close range barrage. Instead of continuing their assault, the flags suddenly took off, heading outside of the battlefield. Ransac took a breath of relief. He was exhausted after those maneuvers. “We can’t keep this up, we need to get out of here, away from the water if we have to.” “I agree entirely, and I think it’s time we pulled something risky. Return to the main hanger immediately, don’t use the airlock.” Ordered Daryl over the com. Ransac did as told, waiting as Atlantis Base rose to the surface again. Once that was done, he followed the others into the main hanger. Syrene beckoned them over to a mobile suit elevator at the far side of the hanger. “So what are we going to do?” Asked Ransac. “We’re going to use the assault container to get the Gundams out of here. From there the ship will use it’s optical camouflage to get it out of here safely. Without the GN-Particles to blow it’s cover, it shouldn’t have any further trouble.” Explained Daryl. “The assault containers? And here I thought you weren’t serious with the risky part.” Said Dom as he loaded his Agas onto the elevator. Ransac followed once Dom rose out of sight. “You won’t need the aquatic armor.” Said Syrene. “Roger, detaching armor.” Ransac began pressing buttons as he loaded into the elevator. With a loud hiss the aquatic armor fell off of the Gundam. As they fell, the armor was caught by mechanical arms that brought the pieces out of sight. “Ransac, Rush Gundam, loading into second assault container.” Ransac waited as the elevator loaded the Gundam into the container. With a sudden shake of the mobile suit, he realized it was also being turned onto it’s side. “We’re re-equipping the standard armaments, stand by.” Ransac watched the screen as it indicated the reattachment of the GN-Claws. Good, now he would be able to operate without worrying about being surrounded. “You will be passed control of the assault container once docking is complete.” Announced Syrene. “What?! I don’t know how to fly that thing!” “Relax, the controls are connected to the Rush Gundam, just pilot like you normally would, hopefully you won’t need to use the weapons.” The Gundam suddenly stopped moving. A loud whirr announced that the GN-Drive was connected to the Assault Container. The monitors flashed to replace the Gundam with an image of the container. “You will be launched via catapult deck, we’ll meet you back at Africa Base.” Informed Daryl, replacing Syrene at the com. “Roger that, wish me luck.” “You don’t need it, beginning countdown. Ransac took a deep breath in anticipation of the launch. Once outside he was to fly something with systems he’d never used before. “Launching in 3, 2, 1. Launch!” Ransac slammed back into his seat as the Assault Container shot straight out of the ship, leaving him to take control.