Gundam SEED Fan Fiction ❯ Gundam Seed Shadow ❯ Episode 12 ( Chapter 13 )
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By: Hcps 
Anime/Manga: Gundam SEED Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 02.12.2012 | Pages: 6 | Words: 7.1K | Visits: 127 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Gundam SEED Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 02.12.2012 | Pages: 6 | Words: 7.1K | Visits: 127 | Status: Work In Progress
Episode 12
The episode opens up with Nightwing running at full speeds. We cut inside the cockpit to see Shadow grinning.
Shadow: Alright Nightwing time to test out the upgraded systems!
We cut back outside to see Nightwing slow down a little. The propulsion system is working just, suddenly Nightwing sidesteps left, then it starts running backwards, sidesteps right, runs forward for a little bit, then jumps up, then does a kick with one leg and then the other. We cut back inside Nightwing to see Shadow grinning like a loony
Shadow: These upgrades Kenny and Jack made to Nightwing are awesome!
Nightwing lifts up its gun and begins to point it at imaginary foes
Shadow: Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam.
Shadow makes gun sounds and pretends to fire at the imaginary foes, he even uses his shield to block imaginary return fire. We cut back inside Nightwing, suddenly Tom's face pops up on Shadow's helmet screen and Tom is extremely pissed. Shadow shouts, jumps back and waves his arm in surprise.
Shadow: AHHHH!
Tom: What the hell do you think you're doing you Freaking moron!
Tom shouts, his face is very red
Shadow: Um, testing Nightwing's new systems.
Tom still pissed off
Tom: Great, it's working, NOW STOP MESSING AROUND AND TAKE DOWN THAT RAIDER’S SHIP.
Shadow gets refocus
Shadow: Right!
Tom: The raider's ship is to the east of your current position, SO GET MOVING!
We cut back outside to see Nightwing turn east and start running then stops again. Tom calming down asks
Tom: Why did you stop?
Shadow is a little embarrassed
Shadow: Um, well, can you shrink or minimize your window.
Tom is confuse he doesn’t yet realize Shadow is talking about the window that Tom pop out of on Shadow's helmet screen. Similar to a a computer window.
Tom: What?
Shadow tries to example
Shadow: Well, it's just that your window is taking up half my helmet screen, so I only have half my field of vision.
Tom gets mad again
Tom: You moron, you control that!
Shadow is surprise
Shadow: I do?
Tom annoyed now
Tom: Yes, didn't you read the manual?
Shadow is really surprise now
Shadow: Wait there's a manual for Gundams?
Tom: Oh for the love of
Tom stops himself and takes a deep breath
Tom: Ok, you have to visualize the window to the size you want or it minimizing, this is one of those mind over matter things.
Shadow closes his eyes and takes a breath. The window shrinks to a small corner of the helmet screen out of the way of the field of vision. Tom nods his head in approve
Tom: Good, now get going.
Shadow opens his eyes
Shadow: Right
We cut outside to see Nightwing taking off again. We cut back to the communication center of the Warehouse as Tom drops down onto his seat. Mechanic A turns to him worried
Mechanic A: We're screw aren't we?
Tom shrugs
Tom: He's a rookie pilot that's for damn sure.
The camera moves over them, and stops over Jack who is still on the ground seemingly not to have move. She's having flashbacks of Mark and his final movements with her.
Jack (Mark you would of like this Shadow guy, I wonder what you would do?)
Suddenly Jack rubs the tears out of eyes, she's got a new determine look in her eyes
Jack (No, I know what you would of done!)
Jack gets up and starts to move
Jack (You would have done everything you could to help!)
Kenny is working on a computer when Jack walks up behind and grabs his collar and pulls.
Jack: Hey you, you're a programmer right?
Kenny a little intimidated replies
Kenny: Yea, whyargggg
Jack starts to drag Kenny by the collar.
Jack: Come with me.
She says forcefully
Kenny: Argg…..you're…arga….chocking…..argagga…me.
The camera cuts to the housing district, we see Cagalli walking nervously through the houses
Cagalli (Damn I can't believe I let that bastard talk me into coming here by myself!)
We see a picture of Shadow with an evil smile enter Cagalli's head
Cagalli (I know I told Shadow that I served on the Frontline before but in truth I haven't done anything like this since Desert Dawn and back then I had Ledonir Kisaka protecting me, then Kira, and then Athrun.)
Cagalli stops moving as a sudden realization hits her
Cagalli (Now that I think about it, I've always had someone protecting me; I've never been by myself in a combat situation before…)
She stands there thinking about that while a raider quietly sneaks up behind her. Cagalli doesn't notice him, the raider lifts his gun slowly and carefully preparing to shoot her in the back when suddenly Rick comes up behind the raider takes his wrench and whacks the raider hard in the head.
The raider still manages to pull the trigger but the hit to the head causes his shots to go wild as he falls hard to the ground knockout. The bullets pass right by Cagalli causing her to jump very startled.
Cagalli: What the
Rick walks up to her
Rick: What the hell do you think you're doing just standing there during a raider attack, and what the hell are you doing here anyway I thought that all the civilians had been evacuated out of this area!
Cagalli still startled by her near death experience says
Cagalli: I-I was sent here to help.
Now Rick is surprise
Rick: Wait you're the Gundam Fighter Tom said was coming!
The way he says it insults Cagalli and snaps her out of her trance
Cagalli: Yes, why you got a problem with that!
Rick turns around and snaps
Rick: Damn straight I do!
Cagalli is surprise, when she yells at someone she's not use to them yelling back at her.
Rick: When Tom said he was sending a Gundam Fighter to help, I was expecting a big strong fighter or someone smart with plenty of battle experience but instead I got a little girl who is way out of her damn element!
Cagalli is very offended now
Cagalli: I have plenty of battle experience!
Rick turns around and starts walking away,
Rick: Yea whatever, come with me and I'll show where we got our defense base set up. I guess we could always have you help the wounded.
Cagalli chases after him
Cagalli: You're not even listening to me are you!
They continue walking, the houses around them are all deserted and most of the windows are broken and the doors are swinging wide open. Cagalli is looking around and taking this all in nervously, another raider walks onto the street behind them he takes his gun and prepares to fire, when Van shouts out from one of the deserted houses.
Van: Rick!
Rick without looking grabs Cagalli and dives towards the empty house Van shouted from. The raider has open fire but luckily Cagalli and Rick get into the house without taking a hit. The bullets hitting the house make a deafening banging sound from hitting the scrap metal the houses are made from. We cut inside the house to see Rick and Cagalli crawl over to Van. Rick grins at Van
Rick: Thanks for the help Van, I was just leading our here Gundam Fighter to our defense base.
He says Gundam Fighter sarcastically; Van is trying to look out the window without getting shot.
Van: Well you can forget about that, we had to move the base again, that's why I'm out here in the first place to come and tell you. Oh speaking of Gundam Fighter who did they send us?
Van finally turns to get a good look at Cagalli, Cagalli also turns to get a good look at Van, and their eyes open wide in recognition,
Cagalli and Van: You!
Rick looks back and forth between them surprise
Rick: Wait you two know each other?
Van starts to glare angrily at her
Van: Rick this is that spoiled rich brat Cgalial I was telling you about!
(note, he says Cagalli's name wrong, it is not a typing mistake) Cagalli offended
Cagalli: It's Cagalli!
Van loses it
Van: Are you happy now that this dump is getting destroyed!
Cagalli looks down ashamed
Cagalli: Look I'm sorry about what I said
Van still angry cuts her off
Van: Bull!
Cagalli is confused
Cagalli: Huh?
Van: You're just saying sorry to make yourself feel better not because you acknowledge that you were wrong!
A bullet flies over their heads causing them to duck down more. Rick is getting annoyed
Rick: Is this really the best time and place for this!
Van goes back to trying to look out the window without getting shot
Cagalli: But I do acknowledge that I was wrong!
She pleads, Van snorts
Van: Yea right.
Cagalli: I mean it, why do you think I'm here, to help!
Van turns back to look at her again and snaps
Van: And what exactly are you doing to help!
Cagalli is taken back, Van continues
Van: You're a Gundam Fighter right, so when are you going to actually fight someone!
Cagalli stutters
Cagalli: I-I was going to help in the command center.
Van rolls his eyes
Van: Yea thanks but we already got a bunch of old military hounds coming up with a counter-attack plan, what we need is a Fighter who can help us on the frontline not some daddy's little girl type to state obvious fighting plans.
The daddy's little girl comment ticks Cagalli off, we stop hearing bullet firing sounds
Cagalli: I'm not a daddy's little girl!
Although she doesn't raise her voice there's a definitely an edge to her voice. Van is momentary surprise by this tone but gets over it.
Van: Then prove it, or is that weapon on your back just for show!
Van is referring to the Guan Dao on her back. Cagalli takes the Guan Dao off her back, and takes off the small sheaf covering the blade
Cagalli: No it's not!
With that she jumps out the window, she uses her left hand to help her jump out the window while her right hand is holding her Guan Dao with the blade pointing forward. We see the raider fumbling to reload his weapon, Cagalli charges him, she puts her left hand back on her weapon and brings it up preparing to make a downward strike.
The raider looks up surprise, he jumps back a little too late. Due to a combination of the raider moving back and Cagalli's aim her blade only slashes his shoulder. The raider howls in pain and drops his gun. He continues putting distance between himself and Cagalli then drops a knee and grabs his injured shoulder with the other hand.
Cagalli is looking at him then the gun on the ground surprise, then she flips her weapon so that the pole part is facing forward and charges again. The raider looks up just as Cagalli whacks him across the face; he falls to the side unconscious. Cagalli is breathing heavily, Rick and Van come out surprise, and Rick is impressed.
Rick: That wasn't bad!
Van isn't
Van: She was just lucky that he was reloading his weapon.
Cagalli is a little confused, she still staring at the raider and his gun
Cagalli: He dropped his gun when I cut him.
Rick walks over to the raider to check the cut
Van: Yea, what do you expect, these guys aren't profession soldiers. At best they can be called bullies who aren't used to people fighting back.
Cagalli thinks this over, Rick looks up
Rick: He'll be fine; when backup comes they'll fix him up so they can throw his sorry ass in jail.
Van is looking at the raider thinking, Rick gets up
Rick: Well we should head back to the base.
Cagalli nods her head
Cagalli: Right
Rick starts to walk away with Cagalli following but Van grabs her shoulder stopping her.
Van: Hold on a second, where do you think you're going?
Rick: Van!
Van snaps
Van: She can answer for herself!
Cagalli is confused
Cagalli: Um, to the base.
Van says in an even voice
Van: Like I said we don't need you at the base.
Rick tries to reason with Van
Rick: Come on Van don't be stupid.
Van ignores him
Van: The raiders are at their, everyone steal what you want for yourself phase; which means that there are more raiders separated from the main group going through houses and stealing stuff.
Cagalli doesn't understand
Cagalli: Ok, so what?
Van looks her straight in the eye
Van: We have a plan that will take out the raiders but there's a problem, we need them all in one place.
Cagalli still doesn't get it
Cagalli: So what do you want me to do about it?
Van: If you start taking their people out one at a time they'll get spooked and regroup.
Rick is surprise and shocked
Rick: Wait you want her to fight the raiders by herself!
Van snaps back
Van: Most of the fights would be one on one and she just proved that she'll be able to handle that!
Cagalli is a little scare and suspicious
Cagalli: Why doesn't someone us go?
Van doesn't like her tone
Van: Because anyone capable of doing it is already doing something, and if you really want to prove you're sorry and want to save this city then you'll do this job!
Cagalli takes a moment to think then nods her head
Cagalli: Alright.
Van nods then begins to walk away. Rick takes a moment to look at Cagalli then follows Van. Cagalli goes in the other direction, after they walk away for a little bit Rick turns to Van.
Rick: I don't like this Van, she's just a rookie we should send her some backup.
Van doesn't look back
Van: We don't have the man power for that and you know it.
Rick grabs Van's arm stopping him
Rick: Now you need to be straight with me man, are you trying to send this girl to her death?
Van looks Rick straight in the eye
Van: If she really is a Gundam Fighter some raiders won't be a problem for her.
Van shakes Rick off and continues walking
Rick: And if they are?
Van doesn't turn around
Van: Then she'll die.
The scene cuts back to Nightwing. Nightwing is running at full speed, we cut inside the cockpit to see Tom talking to Shadow
Tom: We've equip your Gundam with a beam rifle and a shield.
Shadow asks excited
Shadow: Can I keep them?
Tom answers without hesitation
Tom: Absolutely not, regardless of what most pilots think beam rifles and shields do not grow on trees or magically appear equip on their Gundam. They are expansive to buy and a pain to build so you are NOT TO LOSE OR BREAK THEM.
Shadow flinches when Tom yells at him
Shadow: Ow, alright I heard you, god you do know that the speaker is right up against my ear right.
We cut outside to see the raider's ship come into view of Nightwing. Nightwing stops and we cut back inside the cockpit to see Tom give instructions.
Tom: Alright, the Junk Mountain to your left should be stable enough to support your weight but be careful, in case you forgot Junk Mountains are made entirely out of broken down Gundams and other metal objects, so knocking down the wrong part could cause the whole thing to collapse on top of you, so WATCH YOUR STEP.
Shadow rolls his eyes
Shadow: That doesn't make me nervous at all.
He says sarcastically, we cut back outside to see Nightwing slowly ascend the Junk Mountain because of the beam rifle and shield Nightwing doesn't use its hands. Nightwing gets to the top without causing the mountain to collapse. The camera turns so that we are behind Nightwing facing the raider's ship; Nightwing lifts its beam rifle and points it at the raider's ship. Nightwing lowers its shield below its head to see better.
Tom: Alright, you got a couple of shots before they can react to you so make sure you either hit the bridge or the engine.
Tom says quietly
Shadow: Why are you whispering this is a separate communication line so they can't hear us?
Tom snaps
Tom: BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT NOW FOCUS!
We cut back outside to see the black ball full of parts and broken machinery begin to raise again, as it rises we notice the Junk sinks a little like a sink hole indicting the Junk Mountain is becoming more unstable. Shadow sees this and realizes he's running out of time.
Shadow: Time for you to say goodbye!
Nightwing fires, we cut inside the raider's ship to see the computer screen start flashing red. Hunter turns to the Boss panic
Hunter: Incoming fire!
Boss turns around shocked
Boss: What? Evade!
Hunter: No time!
They brace for impact. We cut outside to see the beam shot go above the ship missing them; we see Shadow continuing to fire at them.
Shadow: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
All of Shadow's shots miss, they're not even close to hitting the raider's ship. We cut inside the raider's ship to see everyone looking up confused. We cut back to inside the cockpit to see Shadow breathing hard (from screaming) Tom looks dumbstruck. Shadow looks down at the beam rifle and says
Shadow: You're gun is broken.
Tom is offended and extremely ticked off
Tom: The gun's fine, YOU'RE JUST A CRAPPY SHOT!
The camera cuts back inside the raider's ship to show the entire crew laughing
Crew person A: HAHAHAHHAH, I seen some bad shots but this one takes the cake.
Boss: HAHAHAHAHHA, with shots like that you have to wonder how they ever survived.
Hunter about to fall out of his chair
Hunter: HAHAHAHAHAH, if we stay perfectly I don't think we have anything to worry about.
The Boss takes a deep breath to calm down
Boss: Alright enough laughing idiots, Hunter did you find who shot at us?
Hunter also calms down; he turns back to the computer
Hunter: Yes Sir, It came from a Basic Original Gundam over at the Junk Mountain next to us.
The main monitor blinks and we see Nightwing come up, Boss laughs again
Boss: hahahahhaha, a Basic Original now I know the people of Junk City our getting desperate asking such a pathetic Gundam to help.
Hunter looks back to the Boss
Hunter: Should we open fire sir?
Boss: And waste the bullets on such a worthless Gundam, just ignore it for now, I doubt such an insignificant machine could ever hit us.
The camera cuts back to Nightwing's cockpit to show Tom and Shadow arguing
Tom: You could have mentioned you NEVER HELD A GUN BEFORE!
Shadow flinches
Shadow: Well I didn't think it would be that hard!
Tom is furious
Tom: You moron people spend years trying to master marksmanship and you thought you could just wing it!
Shadow's eyes suddenly take a focused look
Shadow: SHHHHH, something's not right.
Tom stops talking. We see Shadow's eyes start to scan the area around him, we cut to his point of view to see that the Junk mountain look's quite. The raider's ship has released the magnet again and is lowering it; Tom is getting uneasy
Tom: What is it?
Shadow for the first time in a while start's to show a growing anger
Shadow: Nothing!
Tom is confused
Tom: Huh?
Shadow's anger is growing
Shadow: Nothing is happing, I just attack their ship so they should either be running or returning fire but they're doing nothing!
Shadow's anger has reached a boiling point. Tom is surprise he's never seen Shadow this work up before.
Shadow: THOSE BASTARDS ARE LOOKING DOWN ON ME!
We cut to outside to see Nightwing lift up his beam rifle and start firing again. The camera cuts to a housing district where we see Jack and Kenny running. Jack is in the lead and Kenny is struggling to keep up.
Kenny: Where are we going?
He asks in an out of breath voice, Jack answers over her shoulder
Jack: Back to my house, there's something there we can use to help defeat the raiders.
Kenny too tired to question further can only keep running. We start to see a flashback (should be noted that this isn't someone's memory we're seeing but just a past event). We see Tom in a waiting room, suddenly the door opens and a doctor comes out of the room.
The camera is angle so that we can see inside the room when it opens, we see Jack sitting in one of those doctor checkup beds her expression is blank. The door closes and the doctor goes over to Tom. Tom worried asks
Tom: What's wrong with her doc?
Doctor: There's nothing wrong with her.
Tom cuts the Doctor off, he's very angry
Tom: Nothing wrong with her how can you say that! You think she's bad now you should see her at the Warehouse, most of the time she walks around like a zombie, and she barley speaks, she hardly eats, and one time she got hit with a metal poll by accident but instead of getting mad she just got up and walked away with the same blank look on her face! So how can you tell me nothing is wrong with her?
Tom yells at him, the Doctor is annoyed but keeps his professionalism
Doctor: Before you interrupted me I was going to say that there's nothing wrong with her physically.
Tom calms down
Tom: Oh, so what's wrong with her mentally?
The Doctor scratches his head
Doctor: Well that's tough to say since I'm not a specialist but if I had to guess I would say her time has stop.
Tom is confused
Tom: Her, what has stopped?
Doctor: Time, her time has stopped. Don't get me wrong, she'll still age, if she gets cut she'll bleed but on the inside, her feelings have gone numb, it's like existing without being there.
Tom gets it a little
Tom: Ok, so what can you do?
Doctor laughs
Doctor: hahaha, me, nothing, the only thing anyone can do is wait. In time she'll get better, and someday I have faith her time will once again start.
The flashback fades and we come back to the present. We see Jack running, sweat dripping down her face but she's got an intense look of concentration in her red eyes.
Jack (At that time my biggest regret wasn't that I became a mechanic; it wasn't that Mark and I were born into this life, and it wasn't my feeling of weakness. My biggest regret was that I didn't do anything to help Mark, I just sat there too afraid to move, afraid to risk it all to protect my home!)
While Jack's been thinking this we've been seeing flashbacks of the night Mark died. At the end we should see the screen shot of Jack lying on her hands and knees.
Jack (But this time I won't make the same mistake, this time I'm going to do everything possible to help them!)
Jack burst into her house, Kenny is right behind her. Jack runs to a wall at the back of the house and starts to examine the wall. Kenny walks up behind her, he's looking around the house.
Kenny: Alright where's this thing that can help us defeat the raiders?
He’s still looking wildly for something, Jack smiles at him
Jack: Right here.
Jack hits a hidden switch in the wall, the wall begins to slowly open, and as it opens we have one more flashback. We see Jack in the living room working on a toy car, she seems frustrated, and suddenly she picks up the toy and throws it in frustration. Mark was coming in the room when she threw it but luckily he ducks just in time. The toy car hits the wall with a clang and falls to the floor breaking into pieces. Mark looks to Jack then the toy car, then back to Jack.
Mark: Something the matter Jack?
Jack turns, folds her arms and puffs
Jack: Nothing, I just felt like testing my arm strength.
She say's obviously lying
Mark: You know a mechanic is supposed to build or repair things not destroy them; that's the politician job.
Jack laughs at Marks joke
Jack: Hahahaha, you know it's that stupid toy car's fault.
She points to the Toy car on the ground; Mark walks over to it and picks it up
Mark: How so?
He examines the toy car
Jack: It wouldn't work; no matter what I did I couldn't get that stupid car to work!
Jack then says in a quieter voice
Jack: Just like all the stuff I worked on at the Warehouse today.
Mark walks over to her and puts the toy car back on the table. He smiles a kind warm smile
Mark: Jack, even the best mechanics have bad days, but the important thing is to not let it get to you.
Jack looks at him
Jack: yea I know
Mark smiles then begins to walk away, Jack stops him
Jack: Um, Mark
Mark stops, and then turns to look back at Jack
Jack: How do you, you know, deal with it when you have a bad day?
Mark smiles
Mark: Well I personally like to take a break from the work I'm doing and work on something I really enjoy working on.
Jack nods her head in understanding
Jack: I see, what do you work on?
Mark stops and thinks about this for a second then decides on something.
Mark: How bout I show you, follow me.
Mark leads Jack to the same wall, we saw Jack lead Kenny. When he gets to the wall he turns to Jack and asks in a serious voice.
Mark: Before I show you, you have to promise not to tell anyone what you see.
Jack curious and confused answers
Jack: Ok
Mark puts both hands on Jack's shoulders and gets down to her level
Mark: I'm serious Jack, I haven't shown anyone this, and you have to swear you won't tell anyone.
Jack: I swear.
Mark nods his head then turns around and hits the secret switch, as the door begins to open Jack turns to Mark surprised.
Jack: Since when do we have a secret door in our house?
She asks a little annoyed, Mark answers in an even tone
Mark: It's a private work space our parents built so no one would see their unfinished works.
Jack looks to the floor
Jack: Oh
Jack eager to change the subject
Jack: So what are you building that's so important and secretive.
Mark smiles
Mark: Something that I've been building from scratch, it's my greatest project yet and when it's finish it's going to be my master piece.
The flashback ends with the door opening and Mark and Jack walking in. We come back to the present; the door opens all the way to reveal a closet size room with a ladder leading down. We can tell that's it's a long way down because no light is coming from the bottom.
Jack: Come on.
She starts to climb down the ladder, Kenny is unhappy
Kenny: Of course this thing has to be under ground in some deep dark cave.
Once Jack disappears down the hole, Kenny reluctantly goes down the ladder as well. He grumbles
Kenny: I hate caves.
The cave is completely black; the camera does the night vision thing so we can see a little but not a lot. Jack and Kenny get to the bottom of the ladder and get off, Jack hurries off seeming to know where she's going, most likely she knows the layout by heart because she's been here so often. Kenny has his hands out in front of him and is walking slowly forward
Kenny: Great, just great, its pitch black and I can't see a thing! At this rate I'm just going to step on the thing you want!
Kenny says to Jack, Kenny is very unhappy. Jack seems to have gotten to a wall; Jack gives a small smile to Kenny's comment.
Jack: I doubt that.
With that she flips a light switch, huge flood lights come on. Now that we can see the area better, it looks more like an underground Warehouse than a cave. Kenny is momentary blinded by the sudden light. He puts his hands in front of his eyes when he gets used to the light he puts his hand down and spots the "thing" that Jack wants to use to help defeat the raiders. The camera zooms in on his face as his eyes open wide in shock.
Kenny: Th-That's a battleship!
The camera moves out so we can see a little bit of it but we can't make it out clearly, like looking at something through the corner of your eye. Kenny is still shocked; Jack smiles at him as she walks over
Jack: Actually it's an assault ship, but that wasn't a bad guess.
Jack takes on a focus look
Jack: Now come on.
Jack starts to run to the ship, Kenny shakes his head and refocuses, he then follows Jack. We cut to what looks like the command center of the ship. The camera looks to the door, as it slowly start to open. We look closer to see Jack pushing the door, she's grunting and sweating with effort. Kenny is looking at her confused
Kenny: Um, I'm no expert but shouldn't this door open automatically?
Jack still pushing the door open
Jack: It will, once we get the programming install.
Now Kenny is really surprise
Kenny: Wait, you bought a ship that didn't already have programming installed in it!
Jack manages to get the door open enough to fit through
Jack: I didn't buy it, I built it.
If Kenny was surprised before he’s shocked now
Kenny: You built it!
Jack goes through the opening and Kenny follows. Jack walks over to a computer terminal she turns to Kenny and looks him straight in the eye.
Jack: My brother and I built this ship
Kenny shuts up, Jack continues
Jack: But because we built this ship from scratch and because I don't know a thing about programming, it doesn't have any programming installed in it. It's like a video game console without any video games. I need you to install the programming.
Kenny is shocked
Kenny: You want me to install the programming for this entire ship, do you realize how long that will take!
Jack goes to argue
Jack: It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to be able to move, everything else you can finish later.
Kenny has his hand in his hair thinking, he then comes to a conclusion.
Kenny: Alright, I'll try but even that well still take some time.
Kenny takes a seat and starts up the computer, he fingers become a blur on the key board. Jack smiles in gratitude
Jack: As long as we make it into this fight in time.
The scene ends. The next scene opens up with Shadow in the cockpit. He's breathing and sweating heavy. We cut to Tom in the communication center, mechanic A turns to him
Mechanic A: It's been ten minutes, he's shot over a hundred beam bullets and miss every time. He should have hit them at least once by dumb luck.
Mechanic B turns to Tom
Mechanic B: You think he's working with the raiders?
There's a moment of pause as everyone turns to Tom to see his answer. Tom has a thinking look on his face
Tom: No, I don't think he's working with the raiders; HE'S JUST THE WORST SHOT IN HUMAN HISTORY!
The camera cuts back to Shadow in the cockpit, he looks annoyed
Shadow: You do know I can still hear you!
Tom snaps
Tom: Good!
The camera cuts to the inside of the raider's ship; the boss has the look of someone who thinks he's already claim victory. Hunter turns to him
Hunter: The enemy Gundam has stopped firing again Sir.
One of the other crew member's remarks
Crew Member A: Chances are he should have hit us by now, so not only is he not a good shot but he's also unlucky.
The Boss gives a winners smile
Boss: Of course, it's just what I expected.
The camera cuts back outside, we see the magnet full of Junk get lifted back into the ship again, suddenly we hear a groaning sound like the sound a building makes when it's about to collapse. Shadow hears it and realizes he's out of time
Shadow: That's it, I’m going over there and cutting that magnet off with my beam saber!
Shadow goes to move forward but Tom shouts
Tom: Stop you moron!
Shadow stops surprise
Tom: If you go anywhere near that magnet not only we'll your "metal" Gundam get stuck on it but the magnetic field will mess with the circuits of your Gundam making it useless.
Shadow shouts in frustration
Shadow: Damn it!
He starts thinking
Shadow (I'm out of time I need to stop them now but how; I need to think? As much as it pains me to say it I'm a lousy shot, I could spend all day out here and not hit them.)
We cut back outside to see Nightwing look down at the gun in its hand. It looks back at the now empty magnet lower again; a broken Gundam is pulled and attach to it. The broken Gundam’s arm is swinging slightly. We cut back inside the cockpit to see Shadow's eyes open wide in surprise, we can see him staring intensely at that Gundam's arm.
Shadow (Wait a second, why is that Gundam's arm still swing? Momentum, No, momentum from being pulled to the magnet wouldn't have it swing that much so what?
Shadow: Nightwing can you zoom in on that Gundam's arm.
We switch to Shadow's point of view to see the camera zoom in on the arm. We can see that the chest of the Gundam is releasing gas. Tom is confused by Shadow's interest
Tom: What are you doing? That's just a space type Gundam, its oxygen tank must have been puncture or something like that; why does it matter?
He asks but Shadow is already thinking ahead, suddenly he smiles
Shadow: Tom I've got a plan.
He says with confidence, Tom is surprise
Tom: A plan really what is it!
Shadow: Sorry Tom no time to explain.
The camera cuts back outside, we see Nightwing drop its shield, then it grabs it's beam saber from the hidden compartment and turns it on. We cut back to a confused Tom
Tom (What's he doing, he can't get in close to use his beam saber on the magnet?)
Nightwing is holding the beam saber in his left hand and his gun in the right. He lifts up his beam saber and slightly cuts his gun, when he cuts it sparks start flying out, the camera cuts to Tom for a second to show dead shock. Then Nightwing throws the beam rifle at the magnet. Tom still in shock shouts
Tom: WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!
We cut back to the beam rifle to see it spinning towards the magnet. It looks like it's going to miss when suddenly it curves towards the magnet do to the magnetic attraction and gets attach to the broken space Gundam. We cut to Tom who is furious
Tom: You moron, why the hell did you throw away your only long range weapon!
Shadow is smiling
Shadow: So I could finally score a hit.
We cut back outside to zoom in on the broken space Gundam and the beam rifle. We can see that gas is still being released and the sparks are still flying from the gun, suddenly BANG! There's a huge explosion on the magnet and the steal cable snaps dropping what is now a fire ball on the Junk Mountain. We cut to see Tom's stun face
Tom (He realized that he wasn't going to be able to shoot the raider's ship down in time to prevent them from collapsing Gerodi, so he cut the beam rift enough that it would emit sparks. Then he threw it at the magnet using its own magnetic force against it so that it would become attach right at the broken space Gundam's leaking oxygen tank making it explode.)
While Tom's been thinking the other mechanics have started to cheer, as well as Shadow.
Shadow: YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!
We cut back to the raider's ship. Once again red lights are flashing, and Hunter turns to the Boss
Hunter: Sir, the magnet has just exploded!
The Boss is outrage
Boss: What! HOW!
Hunter is busy typing away on the computer
Hunter: I'm not completely certain Sir but it seems to be the work of that Gundam.
The main monitor flashes to show Nightwing jumping up and down and punching the air mimicking Shadow’s movements.
Crew Member A: With the magnet destroy; we won't be able to collect anymore Gundam parts.
The Boss is looking really piss, he's griping the chair tightly
Boss: I know that! How dare that worthless piece of crap try to defile me!
He suddenly gets up and points to the screen
Boss: Prepare to open fire with everything we got on that Gundam, I don't care what it takes just destroy it!
We cut back to the communication room, everyone is still celebrating. Mechanic A suddenly looks up to Tom
Mechanic A: Tom the raider's ship is turning to firing position on Nightwing!
Tom: What! What's Nightwing's current power level!
He shouts to mechanic B
Mechanic B: 64%
Tom curse
Tom: Damn
Tom (Not only is his power level low but he no longer has his beam rifle to counter attack with.)
Tom suddenly shouts into the monitor
Tom: Shadow get out of there the raider's ship is turning around to attack you!
We cut back outside, we can see the raider ship turning to its side. We can also see the CIW guns on its side lift up and start taking aim at Nightwing. Nightwing has stop jumping up and down, it now has the beam saber in its right hand. We cut inside the cockpit to see Shadow with a crazy smile on his face.
Shadow: So you're finally ready to take me seriously.
There's some excitement in his voice, Tom is panicking
Tom: What the hell are you waiting for; get the hell out of there now!
We cut to inside the raider's ship, Nightwing is still up on the monitor. Hunter typing away on the computer says
Hunter: All guns are in firing range and locked on target Sir.
The Boss is staring intensely at Nightwing with hate.
Boss: FIRE!
We cut to Shadow
Shadow: You're going down!
He shouts, we cut outside to see Nightwing grab the beam saber with both hands and charge the raider's ship as it begins to open fire. The episode ends with a freeze shot of Nightwing and the raider's ship; we can see Shadow above Nightwing and The Boss above the raider's ship.
The episode opens up with Nightwing running at full speeds. We cut inside the cockpit to see Shadow grinning.
Shadow: Alright Nightwing time to test out the upgraded systems!
We cut back outside to see Nightwing slow down a little. The propulsion system is working just, suddenly Nightwing sidesteps left, then it starts running backwards, sidesteps right, runs forward for a little bit, then jumps up, then does a kick with one leg and then the other. We cut back inside Nightwing to see Shadow grinning like a loony
Shadow: These upgrades Kenny and Jack made to Nightwing are awesome!
Nightwing lifts up its gun and begins to point it at imaginary foes
Shadow: Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam.
Shadow makes gun sounds and pretends to fire at the imaginary foes, he even uses his shield to block imaginary return fire. We cut back inside Nightwing, suddenly Tom's face pops up on Shadow's helmet screen and Tom is extremely pissed. Shadow shouts, jumps back and waves his arm in surprise.
Shadow: AHHHH!
Tom: What the hell do you think you're doing you Freaking moron!
Tom shouts, his face is very red
Shadow: Um, testing Nightwing's new systems.
Tom still pissed off
Tom: Great, it's working, NOW STOP MESSING AROUND AND TAKE DOWN THAT RAIDER’S SHIP.
Shadow gets refocus
Shadow: Right!
Tom: The raider's ship is to the east of your current position, SO GET MOVING!
We cut back outside to see Nightwing turn east and start running then stops again. Tom calming down asks
Tom: Why did you stop?
Shadow is a little embarrassed
Shadow: Um, well, can you shrink or minimize your window.
Tom is confuse he doesn’t yet realize Shadow is talking about the window that Tom pop out of on Shadow's helmet screen. Similar to a a computer window.
Tom: What?
Shadow tries to example
Shadow: Well, it's just that your window is taking up half my helmet screen, so I only have half my field of vision.
Tom gets mad again
Tom: You moron, you control that!
Shadow is surprise
Shadow: I do?
Tom annoyed now
Tom: Yes, didn't you read the manual?
Shadow is really surprise now
Shadow: Wait there's a manual for Gundams?
Tom: Oh for the love of
Tom stops himself and takes a deep breath
Tom: Ok, you have to visualize the window to the size you want or it minimizing, this is one of those mind over matter things.
Shadow closes his eyes and takes a breath. The window shrinks to a small corner of the helmet screen out of the way of the field of vision. Tom nods his head in approve
Tom: Good, now get going.
Shadow opens his eyes
Shadow: Right
We cut outside to see Nightwing taking off again. We cut back to the communication center of the Warehouse as Tom drops down onto his seat. Mechanic A turns to him worried
Mechanic A: We're screw aren't we?
Tom shrugs
Tom: He's a rookie pilot that's for damn sure.
The camera moves over them, and stops over Jack who is still on the ground seemingly not to have move. She's having flashbacks of Mark and his final movements with her.
Jack (Mark you would of like this Shadow guy, I wonder what you would do?)
Suddenly Jack rubs the tears out of eyes, she's got a new determine look in her eyes
Jack (No, I know what you would of done!)
Jack gets up and starts to move
Jack (You would have done everything you could to help!)
Kenny is working on a computer when Jack walks up behind and grabs his collar and pulls.
Jack: Hey you, you're a programmer right?
Kenny a little intimidated replies
Kenny: Yea, whyargggg
Jack starts to drag Kenny by the collar.
Jack: Come with me.
She says forcefully
Kenny: Argg…..you're…arga….chocking…..argagga…me.
The camera cuts to the housing district, we see Cagalli walking nervously through the houses
Cagalli (Damn I can't believe I let that bastard talk me into coming here by myself!)
We see a picture of Shadow with an evil smile enter Cagalli's head
Cagalli (I know I told Shadow that I served on the Frontline before but in truth I haven't done anything like this since Desert Dawn and back then I had Ledonir Kisaka protecting me, then Kira, and then Athrun.)
Cagalli stops moving as a sudden realization hits her
Cagalli (Now that I think about it, I've always had someone protecting me; I've never been by myself in a combat situation before…)
She stands there thinking about that while a raider quietly sneaks up behind her. Cagalli doesn't notice him, the raider lifts his gun slowly and carefully preparing to shoot her in the back when suddenly Rick comes up behind the raider takes his wrench and whacks the raider hard in the head.
The raider still manages to pull the trigger but the hit to the head causes his shots to go wild as he falls hard to the ground knockout. The bullets pass right by Cagalli causing her to jump very startled.
Cagalli: What the
Rick walks up to her
Rick: What the hell do you think you're doing just standing there during a raider attack, and what the hell are you doing here anyway I thought that all the civilians had been evacuated out of this area!
Cagalli still startled by her near death experience says
Cagalli: I-I was sent here to help.
Now Rick is surprise
Rick: Wait you're the Gundam Fighter Tom said was coming!
The way he says it insults Cagalli and snaps her out of her trance
Cagalli: Yes, why you got a problem with that!
Rick turns around and snaps
Rick: Damn straight I do!
Cagalli is surprise, when she yells at someone she's not use to them yelling back at her.
Rick: When Tom said he was sending a Gundam Fighter to help, I was expecting a big strong fighter or someone smart with plenty of battle experience but instead I got a little girl who is way out of her damn element!
Cagalli is very offended now
Cagalli: I have plenty of battle experience!
Rick turns around and starts walking away,
Rick: Yea whatever, come with me and I'll show where we got our defense base set up. I guess we could always have you help the wounded.
Cagalli chases after him
Cagalli: You're not even listening to me are you!
They continue walking, the houses around them are all deserted and most of the windows are broken and the doors are swinging wide open. Cagalli is looking around and taking this all in nervously, another raider walks onto the street behind them he takes his gun and prepares to fire, when Van shouts out from one of the deserted houses.
Van: Rick!
Rick without looking grabs Cagalli and dives towards the empty house Van shouted from. The raider has open fire but luckily Cagalli and Rick get into the house without taking a hit. The bullets hitting the house make a deafening banging sound from hitting the scrap metal the houses are made from. We cut inside the house to see Rick and Cagalli crawl over to Van. Rick grins at Van
Rick: Thanks for the help Van, I was just leading our here Gundam Fighter to our defense base.
He says Gundam Fighter sarcastically; Van is trying to look out the window without getting shot.
Van: Well you can forget about that, we had to move the base again, that's why I'm out here in the first place to come and tell you. Oh speaking of Gundam Fighter who did they send us?
Van finally turns to get a good look at Cagalli, Cagalli also turns to get a good look at Van, and their eyes open wide in recognition,
Cagalli and Van: You!
Rick looks back and forth between them surprise
Rick: Wait you two know each other?
Van starts to glare angrily at her
Van: Rick this is that spoiled rich brat Cgalial I was telling you about!
(note, he says Cagalli's name wrong, it is not a typing mistake) Cagalli offended
Cagalli: It's Cagalli!
Van loses it
Van: Are you happy now that this dump is getting destroyed!
Cagalli looks down ashamed
Cagalli: Look I'm sorry about what I said
Van still angry cuts her off
Van: Bull!
Cagalli is confused
Cagalli: Huh?
Van: You're just saying sorry to make yourself feel better not because you acknowledge that you were wrong!
A bullet flies over their heads causing them to duck down more. Rick is getting annoyed
Rick: Is this really the best time and place for this!
Van goes back to trying to look out the window without getting shot
Cagalli: But I do acknowledge that I was wrong!
She pleads, Van snorts
Van: Yea right.
Cagalli: I mean it, why do you think I'm here, to help!
Van turns back to look at her again and snaps
Van: And what exactly are you doing to help!
Cagalli is taken back, Van continues
Van: You're a Gundam Fighter right, so when are you going to actually fight someone!
Cagalli stutters
Cagalli: I-I was going to help in the command center.
Van rolls his eyes
Van: Yea thanks but we already got a bunch of old military hounds coming up with a counter-attack plan, what we need is a Fighter who can help us on the frontline not some daddy's little girl type to state obvious fighting plans.
The daddy's little girl comment ticks Cagalli off, we stop hearing bullet firing sounds
Cagalli: I'm not a daddy's little girl!
Although she doesn't raise her voice there's a definitely an edge to her voice. Van is momentary surprise by this tone but gets over it.
Van: Then prove it, or is that weapon on your back just for show!
Van is referring to the Guan Dao on her back. Cagalli takes the Guan Dao off her back, and takes off the small sheaf covering the blade
Cagalli: No it's not!
With that she jumps out the window, she uses her left hand to help her jump out the window while her right hand is holding her Guan Dao with the blade pointing forward. We see the raider fumbling to reload his weapon, Cagalli charges him, she puts her left hand back on her weapon and brings it up preparing to make a downward strike.
The raider looks up surprise, he jumps back a little too late. Due to a combination of the raider moving back and Cagalli's aim her blade only slashes his shoulder. The raider howls in pain and drops his gun. He continues putting distance between himself and Cagalli then drops a knee and grabs his injured shoulder with the other hand.
Cagalli is looking at him then the gun on the ground surprise, then she flips her weapon so that the pole part is facing forward and charges again. The raider looks up just as Cagalli whacks him across the face; he falls to the side unconscious. Cagalli is breathing heavily, Rick and Van come out surprise, and Rick is impressed.
Rick: That wasn't bad!
Van isn't
Van: She was just lucky that he was reloading his weapon.
Cagalli is a little confused, she still staring at the raider and his gun
Cagalli: He dropped his gun when I cut him.
Rick walks over to the raider to check the cut
Van: Yea, what do you expect, these guys aren't profession soldiers. At best they can be called bullies who aren't used to people fighting back.
Cagalli thinks this over, Rick looks up
Rick: He'll be fine; when backup comes they'll fix him up so they can throw his sorry ass in jail.
Van is looking at the raider thinking, Rick gets up
Rick: Well we should head back to the base.
Cagalli nods her head
Cagalli: Right
Rick starts to walk away with Cagalli following but Van grabs her shoulder stopping her.
Van: Hold on a second, where do you think you're going?
Rick: Van!
Van snaps
Van: She can answer for herself!
Cagalli is confused
Cagalli: Um, to the base.
Van says in an even voice
Van: Like I said we don't need you at the base.
Rick tries to reason with Van
Rick: Come on Van don't be stupid.
Van ignores him
Van: The raiders are at their, everyone steal what you want for yourself phase; which means that there are more raiders separated from the main group going through houses and stealing stuff.
Cagalli doesn't understand
Cagalli: Ok, so what?
Van looks her straight in the eye
Van: We have a plan that will take out the raiders but there's a problem, we need them all in one place.
Cagalli still doesn't get it
Cagalli: So what do you want me to do about it?
Van: If you start taking their people out one at a time they'll get spooked and regroup.
Rick is surprise and shocked
Rick: Wait you want her to fight the raiders by herself!
Van snaps back
Van: Most of the fights would be one on one and she just proved that she'll be able to handle that!
Cagalli is a little scare and suspicious
Cagalli: Why doesn't someone us go?
Van doesn't like her tone
Van: Because anyone capable of doing it is already doing something, and if you really want to prove you're sorry and want to save this city then you'll do this job!
Cagalli takes a moment to think then nods her head
Cagalli: Alright.
Van nods then begins to walk away. Rick takes a moment to look at Cagalli then follows Van. Cagalli goes in the other direction, after they walk away for a little bit Rick turns to Van.
Rick: I don't like this Van, she's just a rookie we should send her some backup.
Van doesn't look back
Van: We don't have the man power for that and you know it.
Rick grabs Van's arm stopping him
Rick: Now you need to be straight with me man, are you trying to send this girl to her death?
Van looks Rick straight in the eye
Van: If she really is a Gundam Fighter some raiders won't be a problem for her.
Van shakes Rick off and continues walking
Rick: And if they are?
Van doesn't turn around
Van: Then she'll die.
The scene cuts back to Nightwing. Nightwing is running at full speed, we cut inside the cockpit to see Tom talking to Shadow
Tom: We've equip your Gundam with a beam rifle and a shield.
Shadow asks excited
Shadow: Can I keep them?
Tom answers without hesitation
Tom: Absolutely not, regardless of what most pilots think beam rifles and shields do not grow on trees or magically appear equip on their Gundam. They are expansive to buy and a pain to build so you are NOT TO LOSE OR BREAK THEM.
Shadow flinches when Tom yells at him
Shadow: Ow, alright I heard you, god you do know that the speaker is right up against my ear right.
We cut outside to see the raider's ship come into view of Nightwing. Nightwing stops and we cut back inside the cockpit to see Tom give instructions.
Tom: Alright, the Junk Mountain to your left should be stable enough to support your weight but be careful, in case you forgot Junk Mountains are made entirely out of broken down Gundams and other metal objects, so knocking down the wrong part could cause the whole thing to collapse on top of you, so WATCH YOUR STEP.
Shadow rolls his eyes
Shadow: That doesn't make me nervous at all.
He says sarcastically, we cut back outside to see Nightwing slowly ascend the Junk Mountain because of the beam rifle and shield Nightwing doesn't use its hands. Nightwing gets to the top without causing the mountain to collapse. The camera turns so that we are behind Nightwing facing the raider's ship; Nightwing lifts its beam rifle and points it at the raider's ship. Nightwing lowers its shield below its head to see better.
Tom: Alright, you got a couple of shots before they can react to you so make sure you either hit the bridge or the engine.
Tom says quietly
Shadow: Why are you whispering this is a separate communication line so they can't hear us?
Tom snaps
Tom: BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT NOW FOCUS!
We cut back outside to see the black ball full of parts and broken machinery begin to raise again, as it rises we notice the Junk sinks a little like a sink hole indicting the Junk Mountain is becoming more unstable. Shadow sees this and realizes he's running out of time.
Shadow: Time for you to say goodbye!
Nightwing fires, we cut inside the raider's ship to see the computer screen start flashing red. Hunter turns to the Boss panic
Hunter: Incoming fire!
Boss turns around shocked
Boss: What? Evade!
Hunter: No time!
They brace for impact. We cut outside to see the beam shot go above the ship missing them; we see Shadow continuing to fire at them.
Shadow: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
All of Shadow's shots miss, they're not even close to hitting the raider's ship. We cut inside the raider's ship to see everyone looking up confused. We cut back to inside the cockpit to see Shadow breathing hard (from screaming) Tom looks dumbstruck. Shadow looks down at the beam rifle and says
Shadow: You're gun is broken.
Tom is offended and extremely ticked off
Tom: The gun's fine, YOU'RE JUST A CRAPPY SHOT!
The camera cuts back inside the raider's ship to show the entire crew laughing
Crew person A: HAHAHAHHAH, I seen some bad shots but this one takes the cake.
Boss: HAHAHAHAHHA, with shots like that you have to wonder how they ever survived.
Hunter about to fall out of his chair
Hunter: HAHAHAHAHAH, if we stay perfectly I don't think we have anything to worry about.
The Boss takes a deep breath to calm down
Boss: Alright enough laughing idiots, Hunter did you find who shot at us?
Hunter also calms down; he turns back to the computer
Hunter: Yes Sir, It came from a Basic Original Gundam over at the Junk Mountain next to us.
The main monitor blinks and we see Nightwing come up, Boss laughs again
Boss: hahahahhaha, a Basic Original now I know the people of Junk City our getting desperate asking such a pathetic Gundam to help.
Hunter looks back to the Boss
Hunter: Should we open fire sir?
Boss: And waste the bullets on such a worthless Gundam, just ignore it for now, I doubt such an insignificant machine could ever hit us.
The camera cuts back to Nightwing's cockpit to show Tom and Shadow arguing
Tom: You could have mentioned you NEVER HELD A GUN BEFORE!
Shadow flinches
Shadow: Well I didn't think it would be that hard!
Tom is furious
Tom: You moron people spend years trying to master marksmanship and you thought you could just wing it!
Shadow's eyes suddenly take a focused look
Shadow: SHHHHH, something's not right.
Tom stops talking. We see Shadow's eyes start to scan the area around him, we cut to his point of view to see that the Junk mountain look's quite. The raider's ship has released the magnet again and is lowering it; Tom is getting uneasy
Tom: What is it?
Shadow for the first time in a while start's to show a growing anger
Shadow: Nothing!
Tom is confused
Tom: Huh?
Shadow's anger is growing
Shadow: Nothing is happing, I just attack their ship so they should either be running or returning fire but they're doing nothing!
Shadow's anger has reached a boiling point. Tom is surprise he's never seen Shadow this work up before.
Shadow: THOSE BASTARDS ARE LOOKING DOWN ON ME!
We cut to outside to see Nightwing lift up his beam rifle and start firing again. The camera cuts to a housing district where we see Jack and Kenny running. Jack is in the lead and Kenny is struggling to keep up.
Kenny: Where are we going?
He asks in an out of breath voice, Jack answers over her shoulder
Jack: Back to my house, there's something there we can use to help defeat the raiders.
Kenny too tired to question further can only keep running. We start to see a flashback (should be noted that this isn't someone's memory we're seeing but just a past event). We see Tom in a waiting room, suddenly the door opens and a doctor comes out of the room.
The camera is angle so that we can see inside the room when it opens, we see Jack sitting in one of those doctor checkup beds her expression is blank. The door closes and the doctor goes over to Tom. Tom worried asks
Tom: What's wrong with her doc?
Doctor: There's nothing wrong with her.
Tom cuts the Doctor off, he's very angry
Tom: Nothing wrong with her how can you say that! You think she's bad now you should see her at the Warehouse, most of the time she walks around like a zombie, and she barley speaks, she hardly eats, and one time she got hit with a metal poll by accident but instead of getting mad she just got up and walked away with the same blank look on her face! So how can you tell me nothing is wrong with her?
Tom yells at him, the Doctor is annoyed but keeps his professionalism
Doctor: Before you interrupted me I was going to say that there's nothing wrong with her physically.
Tom calms down
Tom: Oh, so what's wrong with her mentally?
The Doctor scratches his head
Doctor: Well that's tough to say since I'm not a specialist but if I had to guess I would say her time has stop.
Tom is confused
Tom: Her, what has stopped?
Doctor: Time, her time has stopped. Don't get me wrong, she'll still age, if she gets cut she'll bleed but on the inside, her feelings have gone numb, it's like existing without being there.
Tom gets it a little
Tom: Ok, so what can you do?
Doctor laughs
Doctor: hahaha, me, nothing, the only thing anyone can do is wait. In time she'll get better, and someday I have faith her time will once again start.
The flashback fades and we come back to the present. We see Jack running, sweat dripping down her face but she's got an intense look of concentration in her red eyes.
Jack (At that time my biggest regret wasn't that I became a mechanic; it wasn't that Mark and I were born into this life, and it wasn't my feeling of weakness. My biggest regret was that I didn't do anything to help Mark, I just sat there too afraid to move, afraid to risk it all to protect my home!)
While Jack's been thinking this we've been seeing flashbacks of the night Mark died. At the end we should see the screen shot of Jack lying on her hands and knees.
Jack (But this time I won't make the same mistake, this time I'm going to do everything possible to help them!)
Jack burst into her house, Kenny is right behind her. Jack runs to a wall at the back of the house and starts to examine the wall. Kenny walks up behind her, he's looking around the house.
Kenny: Alright where's this thing that can help us defeat the raiders?
He’s still looking wildly for something, Jack smiles at him
Jack: Right here.
Jack hits a hidden switch in the wall, the wall begins to slowly open, and as it opens we have one more flashback. We see Jack in the living room working on a toy car, she seems frustrated, and suddenly she picks up the toy and throws it in frustration. Mark was coming in the room when she threw it but luckily he ducks just in time. The toy car hits the wall with a clang and falls to the floor breaking into pieces. Mark looks to Jack then the toy car, then back to Jack.
Mark: Something the matter Jack?
Jack turns, folds her arms and puffs
Jack: Nothing, I just felt like testing my arm strength.
She say's obviously lying
Mark: You know a mechanic is supposed to build or repair things not destroy them; that's the politician job.
Jack laughs at Marks joke
Jack: Hahahaha, you know it's that stupid toy car's fault.
She points to the Toy car on the ground; Mark walks over to it and picks it up
Mark: How so?
He examines the toy car
Jack: It wouldn't work; no matter what I did I couldn't get that stupid car to work!
Jack then says in a quieter voice
Jack: Just like all the stuff I worked on at the Warehouse today.
Mark walks over to her and puts the toy car back on the table. He smiles a kind warm smile
Mark: Jack, even the best mechanics have bad days, but the important thing is to not let it get to you.
Jack looks at him
Jack: yea I know
Mark smiles then begins to walk away, Jack stops him
Jack: Um, Mark
Mark stops, and then turns to look back at Jack
Jack: How do you, you know, deal with it when you have a bad day?
Mark smiles
Mark: Well I personally like to take a break from the work I'm doing and work on something I really enjoy working on.
Jack nods her head in understanding
Jack: I see, what do you work on?
Mark stops and thinks about this for a second then decides on something.
Mark: How bout I show you, follow me.
Mark leads Jack to the same wall, we saw Jack lead Kenny. When he gets to the wall he turns to Jack and asks in a serious voice.
Mark: Before I show you, you have to promise not to tell anyone what you see.
Jack curious and confused answers
Jack: Ok
Mark puts both hands on Jack's shoulders and gets down to her level
Mark: I'm serious Jack, I haven't shown anyone this, and you have to swear you won't tell anyone.
Jack: I swear.
Mark nods his head then turns around and hits the secret switch, as the door begins to open Jack turns to Mark surprised.
Jack: Since when do we have a secret door in our house?
She asks a little annoyed, Mark answers in an even tone
Mark: It's a private work space our parents built so no one would see their unfinished works.
Jack looks to the floor
Jack: Oh
Jack eager to change the subject
Jack: So what are you building that's so important and secretive.
Mark smiles
Mark: Something that I've been building from scratch, it's my greatest project yet and when it's finish it's going to be my master piece.
The flashback ends with the door opening and Mark and Jack walking in. We come back to the present; the door opens all the way to reveal a closet size room with a ladder leading down. We can tell that's it's a long way down because no light is coming from the bottom.
Jack: Come on.
She starts to climb down the ladder, Kenny is unhappy
Kenny: Of course this thing has to be under ground in some deep dark cave.
Once Jack disappears down the hole, Kenny reluctantly goes down the ladder as well. He grumbles
Kenny: I hate caves.
The cave is completely black; the camera does the night vision thing so we can see a little but not a lot. Jack and Kenny get to the bottom of the ladder and get off, Jack hurries off seeming to know where she's going, most likely she knows the layout by heart because she's been here so often. Kenny has his hands out in front of him and is walking slowly forward
Kenny: Great, just great, its pitch black and I can't see a thing! At this rate I'm just going to step on the thing you want!
Kenny says to Jack, Kenny is very unhappy. Jack seems to have gotten to a wall; Jack gives a small smile to Kenny's comment.
Jack: I doubt that.
With that she flips a light switch, huge flood lights come on. Now that we can see the area better, it looks more like an underground Warehouse than a cave. Kenny is momentary blinded by the sudden light. He puts his hands in front of his eyes when he gets used to the light he puts his hand down and spots the "thing" that Jack wants to use to help defeat the raiders. The camera zooms in on his face as his eyes open wide in shock.
Kenny: Th-That's a battleship!
The camera moves out so we can see a little bit of it but we can't make it out clearly, like looking at something through the corner of your eye. Kenny is still shocked; Jack smiles at him as she walks over
Jack: Actually it's an assault ship, but that wasn't a bad guess.
Jack takes on a focus look
Jack: Now come on.
Jack starts to run to the ship, Kenny shakes his head and refocuses, he then follows Jack. We cut to what looks like the command center of the ship. The camera looks to the door, as it slowly start to open. We look closer to see Jack pushing the door, she's grunting and sweating with effort. Kenny is looking at her confused
Kenny: Um, I'm no expert but shouldn't this door open automatically?
Jack still pushing the door open
Jack: It will, once we get the programming install.
Now Kenny is really surprise
Kenny: Wait, you bought a ship that didn't already have programming installed in it!
Jack manages to get the door open enough to fit through
Jack: I didn't buy it, I built it.
If Kenny was surprised before he’s shocked now
Kenny: You built it!
Jack goes through the opening and Kenny follows. Jack walks over to a computer terminal she turns to Kenny and looks him straight in the eye.
Jack: My brother and I built this ship
Kenny shuts up, Jack continues
Jack: But because we built this ship from scratch and because I don't know a thing about programming, it doesn't have any programming installed in it. It's like a video game console without any video games. I need you to install the programming.
Kenny is shocked
Kenny: You want me to install the programming for this entire ship, do you realize how long that will take!
Jack goes to argue
Jack: It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to be able to move, everything else you can finish later.
Kenny has his hand in his hair thinking, he then comes to a conclusion.
Kenny: Alright, I'll try but even that well still take some time.
Kenny takes a seat and starts up the computer, he fingers become a blur on the key board. Jack smiles in gratitude
Jack: As long as we make it into this fight in time.
The scene ends. The next scene opens up with Shadow in the cockpit. He's breathing and sweating heavy. We cut to Tom in the communication center, mechanic A turns to him
Mechanic A: It's been ten minutes, he's shot over a hundred beam bullets and miss every time. He should have hit them at least once by dumb luck.
Mechanic B turns to Tom
Mechanic B: You think he's working with the raiders?
There's a moment of pause as everyone turns to Tom to see his answer. Tom has a thinking look on his face
Tom: No, I don't think he's working with the raiders; HE'S JUST THE WORST SHOT IN HUMAN HISTORY!
The camera cuts back to Shadow in the cockpit, he looks annoyed
Shadow: You do know I can still hear you!
Tom snaps
Tom: Good!
The camera cuts to the inside of the raider's ship; the boss has the look of someone who thinks he's already claim victory. Hunter turns to him
Hunter: The enemy Gundam has stopped firing again Sir.
One of the other crew member's remarks
Crew Member A: Chances are he should have hit us by now, so not only is he not a good shot but he's also unlucky.
The Boss gives a winners smile
Boss: Of course, it's just what I expected.
The camera cuts back outside, we see the magnet full of Junk get lifted back into the ship again, suddenly we hear a groaning sound like the sound a building makes when it's about to collapse. Shadow hears it and realizes he's out of time
Shadow: That's it, I’m going over there and cutting that magnet off with my beam saber!
Shadow goes to move forward but Tom shouts
Tom: Stop you moron!
Shadow stops surprise
Tom: If you go anywhere near that magnet not only we'll your "metal" Gundam get stuck on it but the magnetic field will mess with the circuits of your Gundam making it useless.
Shadow shouts in frustration
Shadow: Damn it!
He starts thinking
Shadow (I'm out of time I need to stop them now but how; I need to think? As much as it pains me to say it I'm a lousy shot, I could spend all day out here and not hit them.)
We cut back outside to see Nightwing look down at the gun in its hand. It looks back at the now empty magnet lower again; a broken Gundam is pulled and attach to it. The broken Gundam’s arm is swinging slightly. We cut back inside the cockpit to see Shadow's eyes open wide in surprise, we can see him staring intensely at that Gundam's arm.
Shadow (Wait a second, why is that Gundam's arm still swing? Momentum, No, momentum from being pulled to the magnet wouldn't have it swing that much so what?
Shadow: Nightwing can you zoom in on that Gundam's arm.
We switch to Shadow's point of view to see the camera zoom in on the arm. We can see that the chest of the Gundam is releasing gas. Tom is confused by Shadow's interest
Tom: What are you doing? That's just a space type Gundam, its oxygen tank must have been puncture or something like that; why does it matter?
He asks but Shadow is already thinking ahead, suddenly he smiles
Shadow: Tom I've got a plan.
He says with confidence, Tom is surprise
Tom: A plan really what is it!
Shadow: Sorry Tom no time to explain.
The camera cuts back outside, we see Nightwing drop its shield, then it grabs it's beam saber from the hidden compartment and turns it on. We cut back to a confused Tom
Tom (What's he doing, he can't get in close to use his beam saber on the magnet?)
Nightwing is holding the beam saber in his left hand and his gun in the right. He lifts up his beam saber and slightly cuts his gun, when he cuts it sparks start flying out, the camera cuts to Tom for a second to show dead shock. Then Nightwing throws the beam rifle at the magnet. Tom still in shock shouts
Tom: WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!
We cut back to the beam rifle to see it spinning towards the magnet. It looks like it's going to miss when suddenly it curves towards the magnet do to the magnetic attraction and gets attach to the broken space Gundam. We cut to Tom who is furious
Tom: You moron, why the hell did you throw away your only long range weapon!
Shadow is smiling
Shadow: So I could finally score a hit.
We cut back outside to zoom in on the broken space Gundam and the beam rifle. We can see that gas is still being released and the sparks are still flying from the gun, suddenly BANG! There's a huge explosion on the magnet and the steal cable snaps dropping what is now a fire ball on the Junk Mountain. We cut to see Tom's stun face
Tom (He realized that he wasn't going to be able to shoot the raider's ship down in time to prevent them from collapsing Gerodi, so he cut the beam rift enough that it would emit sparks. Then he threw it at the magnet using its own magnetic force against it so that it would become attach right at the broken space Gundam's leaking oxygen tank making it explode.)
While Tom's been thinking the other mechanics have started to cheer, as well as Shadow.
Shadow: YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!
We cut back to the raider's ship. Once again red lights are flashing, and Hunter turns to the Boss
Hunter: Sir, the magnet has just exploded!
The Boss is outrage
Boss: What! HOW!
Hunter is busy typing away on the computer
Hunter: I'm not completely certain Sir but it seems to be the work of that Gundam.
The main monitor flashes to show Nightwing jumping up and down and punching the air mimicking Shadow’s movements.
Crew Member A: With the magnet destroy; we won't be able to collect anymore Gundam parts.
The Boss is looking really piss, he's griping the chair tightly
Boss: I know that! How dare that worthless piece of crap try to defile me!
He suddenly gets up and points to the screen
Boss: Prepare to open fire with everything we got on that Gundam, I don't care what it takes just destroy it!
We cut back to the communication room, everyone is still celebrating. Mechanic A suddenly looks up to Tom
Mechanic A: Tom the raider's ship is turning to firing position on Nightwing!
Tom: What! What's Nightwing's current power level!
He shouts to mechanic B
Mechanic B: 64%
Tom curse
Tom: Damn
Tom (Not only is his power level low but he no longer has his beam rifle to counter attack with.)
Tom suddenly shouts into the monitor
Tom: Shadow get out of there the raider's ship is turning around to attack you!
We cut back outside, we can see the raider ship turning to its side. We can also see the CIW guns on its side lift up and start taking aim at Nightwing. Nightwing has stop jumping up and down, it now has the beam saber in its right hand. We cut inside the cockpit to see Shadow with a crazy smile on his face.
Shadow: So you're finally ready to take me seriously.
There's some excitement in his voice, Tom is panicking
Tom: What the hell are you waiting for; get the hell out of there now!
We cut to inside the raider's ship, Nightwing is still up on the monitor. Hunter typing away on the computer says
Hunter: All guns are in firing range and locked on target Sir.
The Boss is staring intensely at Nightwing with hate.
Boss: FIRE!
We cut to Shadow
Shadow: You're going down!
He shouts, we cut outside to see Nightwing grab the beam saber with both hands and charge the raider's ship as it begins to open fire. The episode ends with a freeze shot of Nightwing and the raider's ship; we can see Shadow above Nightwing and The Boss above the raider's ship.