Gundam SEED Fan Fiction ❯ Gundam Seed Shadow ❯ Episode 22 ( Chapter 23 )
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By: Hcps 
Anime/Manga: Gundam SEED Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 02.12.2012 | Pages: 5 | Words: 8.2K | Visits: 150 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Gundam SEED Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 02.12.2012 | Pages: 5 | Words: 8.2K | Visits: 150 | Status: Work In Progress
Episode 22
The episode opens up to show Cowboy land on the rock arena square on its feet. The moment Cowboy lands on the ground it takes off at a steady jog. We can see its head moving slightly side to side scanning the area. We cut inside the cockpit to show Nick looking focus, we can see Kenny on his helmet screen.
Kenny: Nick be careful, there's a good chance that your opponent launch into the arena before you and is now waiting to ambush you like Cagalli.
Nick knows his head
Nick: Good point mate.
Nick (So what should I do now? If I keep going there's a good chance I'll get ambush since I don't the land as we as my opponent and I can't just wait for him to come to me so what should I do?)
Nick suddenly gets a light bulb moment
Nick: Wait that's it!
The camera cuts to Rob, Tim and Drake in the spectator stand. Rob looks smug enough to punch, Tim looks nervous and Drake looks perfectly calm.
Rob: You seem unusually calm Drake since your team is about to lose.
Drake glances at Rob
Drake: Oh are you sure about that Rob?
Rob looks annoyed
Rob: Bluffing at such a late stage in the game Drake is unlike you. My team is up by 2 wins 1 more and we win the team victory. You can't possibly expect a bunch of first time fighters to win 3 battles in a row can you?
Drake doesn't answer Rob. Tim really nervous now leans close to Drake and whispers.
Tim: Drake?
The nervousness and fear is evident in his voice. Drake smiles
Drake: Relax Tim I expected us to lose those matches but now is the time we start winning and make are ultimate comeback.
The camera looks back to the battle, we can see a new Gundam (Odysseus) hiding behind a rock mound. The new Gundam resembles the Basic Original only it's bigger and bulkier.
It's holding a Gundam size Gatling gun. The Gatling gun requires two hands to hold so Odysseus isn't carrying a shield. We can also see a box on one of its shoulders, we cut inside Odysseus cockpit to see a confident pilot.
Gael (I'll win this in one shot, the moment that other pilot walks into my line of sight I'll nail him with my beam Gatling gun!)
Suddenly we hear gasps of surprise coming from the audience. Gael hears this and becomes confused and curious. We cut outside to see Odysseus peek its head out of its hiding spot. We do the split screen, we see Gael in the lower half of the screen; he looks shocked.
Gael: What!
The camera turns to look in the direction Gael is looking at to show that Cowboy has hop on top of one of the rock mounds about 200 yards away completely exposing itself. The camera looks up to the huge screen in the spectators stand.
Referee: Unbelievable folks Cowboy has just hop on top of one of the rock mounds completely exposing himself to the enemy! What in the world could the pilot be thinking!
The camera looks to Rob, Tim and Drake. Rob is laughing
Rob: Hahahahahah, I know they're rookies but still what an idiot, what kind of Gundam Fighter would make such a stupid mistake!
Drake slightly grins
Drake (Rob you're the idiot, what you perceive as a mistake is in fact a strategic move towards victory.)
The camera cuts to the planning room. We now see Nick on one of the monitors, Jack is also on one of the monitors. Jack, Kenny, and Cagalli are panicking. Roxas seems to have lost interest and is on the ground curl up taking a nap. Zuke is just sitting on the couch looking bored. Shadow is watching one of the monitors closely.
Jack: Nick what are you doing?
Cagalli: Are you out of your mind you're completely exposing yourself to the enemy!
Shadow puts a hand on Cagalli's shoulder, confused Cagalli turns to look at him to find him smiling.
Shadow: Relax Cagalli Nick knows what he's doing.
Cagalli goes to argue
Cagalli: But
Shadow cut her off
Shadow: Cagalli you're looking at this the wrong way, instead of thinking that he exposed himself to the enemy think that he can now see the enemy.
Cagalli blinks in surprise having never thought of it like that before. The camera cuts back outside to the battle, we can see Cowboy looking left and right. We cut inside to see Nick scanning the area, he's talking low to himself.
Nick: Now where are you mate? Where are you?
His eyes open wide, we quickly switch to his perspective to show Odysseus peeking out from behind a rock mound.
Nick: Got you mate!
We cut to the inside of Odysseus's cockpit to see Gael getting over his surprise.
Gael (No this is a good thing; now that he's completely out in the open I'll just empty my Gatling gun at him. From this distance at least one bullet will hit him although I can't be certain it will be a kill shot.)
We cut back outside to see Odysseus lift its Gatling gun and point it at Cowboy. We cut back inside the cockpit to see Gael brimming with self-confidence aiming.
Gael (I got you.)
We cut outside to see one of the rock mounds next to Odysseus suddenly explode from being hit with a beam bullet. We do the split screen over Odysseus to see a shocked Gael.
Gael: What!
The camera turns around and zooms in to show the shot came from Cowboy's beam rifle, Cowboy's beam rifle is still smoking. We cut inside to the cockpit to see a slightly annoyed Nick.
Nick: Damn my shot was a little off to the right.
The camera cuts back outside to see Cowboy take its beam rifle and open fire on Odysseus. We do the split screen over Odysseus to show Gael gritting his teeth as Odysseus jumps back to avoid the shots.
The screen goes back to normal to show Odysseus continuing to jump back as more shots are fire at it. Odysseus doesn't seem to be that fast and is relying heavily on its thrusters to jump. All of Cowboy’s shots are within a 1 foot radius of Odysseus but none hit it.
It looks like the only thing that is keeping Odysseus from getting shot is its constant movement but that's also preventing it from returning fire. We cut inside Odysseus to see Gael frustrated/nervous/scare/angry.
Gael: Damn it what the hell! He's got to be over 200 yards away and yet he's firing within a foot radius of me with just a beam rifle! What the hell is he!
The camera looks up to the huge screen in the spectators stand to show the referee once again on the edge of his seat.
Referee: Oh my god someone call the world records holder because I am positive that this pilot Nick of the Shadow Knights has got to be breaking some kind of record! From over 200 yards away he's shooting at Odysseus with a standard beam rifle, now I've been an official GFC referee for 20 years and I have never seen anything like this!
The camera looks over to Rob, Tim, and Drake. Rob is shock
Rob: What kind of E rank pilot can shoot like that!
Tim boasting says with a smile
Tim: Nick was already a good shot when he became a Gundam Fighter but now after Drake's training he's become a great shot. One day he's definitely going to become a first class marksman.
Rob turns to glare at Tim.
Rob: Your Gundam Fighter might be a better pilot then my Gundam Fighter but at the end of the day the better equip Gundam always wins and Odysseus is way better equip then your Gundam!
The camera looks back down at Odysseus, beam bullets are still flying all around it. One beam bullet grazes the left shoulder. The right shoulder has the big box on it. We cut inside Odysseus's cockpit to see Gael gritting his teeth. He looks frustrated and panic is starting to creep in.
Gael (Damn it his shots are starting to get more accurate!)
Suddenly red warning lights start blinking
Odysseus: Warning thrusters starting to overheat.
Gael looks even more pissed
Gael: Damn it, I didn't want to use this so early in the fight but you're not leaving me much choice so taste my missile!
The camera cuts back outside to see the box on Odysseus's right shoulder open up to reveal 12 missiles. One of the missiles launches towards Cowboy, we quickly do a split screen over Cowboy to show a shock/surprise/scare Nick.
Nick: Crap!
The screen goes back to normal to show Cowboy hop off the rock mound while at the same time moving its shield in front of itself. It's impossible for Cowboy to avoid the missile, the missile hits Cowboy square on the shield and explodes. Cowboy comes flying/falling out of the dust cloud and crashes into one of the rock mounds.
The rock mound shatters from the force of impact causing Cowboy to start to spin as it continues falling straight into the ground. It skips once like a stone then continues rolling on the ground until it gradually stops and lays unmoving on its back.
Throughout this event it never lets go of its beam rifle and shield. The camera looks up to the spectator stands to see that everyone has gone silent.
Referee: What a hit folks what a hit, Cowboy has just been hit with what I believe to be a GX-U36 missile. Although small those babies pack quite a punch; Cowboy is down and unmoving but from are readouts it seems that the safety device has yet to be activated however it is quite possible that the pilot has lost consciousness due to the force of impact from the explosion. According to official GFC rules the Shadow Knights have 2 minutes to prove that their pilot is still conscious, able and willing to fight. During this time both fighters are forbidden from attacking one another until I give the green light to continue the fight.
We can see some genuine concern from most of the crowd, although they like to watch Gundam Fights they're not monsters they don't want to see anyone get killed or seriously hurt. Rob however shows no such sympathy.
Rob: HA K.O. after only one missile blast and here I was expecting something more from your team Drake.
Tim looks pissed and looks like he might hit Rob but Drake puts a hand on his shoulder and prevents him from getting up.
Tim: You asshole is that all you can think about! Nick could be serious hurt in there!
Rob looks at Tim bored and slightly annoyed.
Rob: A GX-U36 isn't capable of causing damage to inside a cockpit. Your pilot probably lost consciousness because of the sudden acceleration of his Gundam by the explosion. Any other reason would be caused by poor maintenance or mechanic error. Which would not be my fault so don't blame me if your pilot is dead because you hired a crappy mechanic, ha after all I did say that at the end of the day the better equip Gundam would win.
Tim is even more pissed and struggles under Drake's grip to attack Rob.
Drake: Tim calm down! We both know that there's no maintenance or mechanic error, Rob is most likely right when he said Nick lost consciousness because of the sudden acceleration in which case he will be fine when he wakes up.
Tim begins to calm down and stops' struggling under Drake's grip. Rob looks smug enough to punch.
Rob: Thank you Drake for stopping your lackey from doing something completely foolish.
Drake suddenly turns to glare at Rob and trust me when I say that Drake glaring is equal to a thousand nightmares.
Drake: Rob shut up now before I decide to KILL YOU!
The threat turns Rob white and shuts him up. Drake satisfied turns back to look at the battle.
Drake (Nick was smart in jumping off the rock mound at the last second, if he had stay he would have taken the full force of the blast instead of rolling with it like he did when it hit him in midair. It didn't do much for him but still the little it did could be the difference of him getting back up and him staying out cold.)
The camera cuts to the planning room, Cagalli, Jack, Kenny, Roxas and Shadow are very worried. The monitor where Nick was has the snow effect going on.
Cagalli: Nick, Nick, Nick come in do you read us!
Roxas: Come on cowboy answer us!
The referee on one of the other monitors is starting to look impatient.
Referee: Shadow Knights you have a minute and 23 seconds to prove your pilot is conscious and still capable of fighting.
Shadow annoyed snaps
Shadow: Thank you for feeling the need to state the obvious now shut up and let us get a hold of Nick!
The referee is insulted by Shadow's attitude but maintains self-control.
Referee: You now have a minute and 14 seconds.
The monitor the referee was on goes black as if the referee cut communication. Shadow still annoyed now turns back to the others.
Shadow: Will someone please tell me what's going on!
Kenny rapidly typing on his computer shakes his head
Kenny: I don't know, the shield took most of the damage from the missile but the back and right arm are also damage to some extent.
We look up to the monitor Jack is on to see that she's also typing on a computer but nowhere near as fast as Kenny.
Jack: There's no way in hell that missile manage to cause damage to the cockpit or to Nick directly.
Shadow growing more frustrated.
Shadow: Ok then why are we getting snow on his monitor, is there something wrong with his helmet screen!
Kenny shakes his head
Kenny: No there's nothing mechanically wrong with his helmet screen but the helmet screen is connected to the neurons in his brain so if he falls unconscious the helmet screen stops working.
This doesn't make Shadow feel any better.
Shadow: Ok so he's unconscious but how did he get that way?
Cagalli suddenly remembers something
Cagalli: The sudden acceleration; when the missile hit him his Gundam must have accelerated beyond his tolerance and knock him out. The same thing happen in Orb when the Flight pack was first develop for the Astray series, the sudden acceleration from takeoff to full speed used to knock out the test pilots before they develop a system to protect against it.
Jack rolls her eyes and says in a non-believe voice
Jack: Right and you know this all from your time as chief representative of Orb on Earth.
Jack is being sarcastic. Cagalli despite the situation finds herself getting annoyed.
Cagalli: Orb does exist and I'm its chief representative!
Kenny cuts into the argument before Jack replies
Kenny: Whether or not Orb exists doesn't matter. I think Cagalli's right about the sudden acceleration knocking Nick out; I remember reading about something like that in an article about G-force on the web.
Shadow processing the information
Shadow: Alright so what can we do to help him?
There's a moment's pause as nobody knows what to say. Zuke still sitting on the couch looking bored says in a voice as if they're all idiots.
Zuke: There's nothing you can do, you obviously don't have enough time to establish a new communication link to wake him up and you can't accuse the Gundam remotely which means he has to regain consciousness by himself and the chances of that happening are 7.65 percent or to put in more simple terms for people of your intelligence the chances of him waking up is slim to none.
Cagalli, Roxas, Jack and Kenny look at Zuke very annoyed and pissed, but Shadow is smiling at him.
Shadow: But there is a 7 percent chance that he could wake up.
For the first time Zuke looks annoyed
Zuke: 7.65 percent but yes there is a chance and there's also a 2.35 percent chance that you'll get hit by lightning when you walk outside at any given time.
Shadow turns around to look at the monitor ignoring Zuke's additional comment. He's smiling.
Shadow: But there's still a chance and I'm feeling lucky today!
Zuke frowns. The camera cuts inside Cowboy's cockpit, the cockpit is still functioning, the lights are on and the zero gravity bubble is still working. Nick is on his back floating in mid-air.
As the camera moves over Nick, the picture of Nick becomes translucent and we begin to see pictures behind him his memories and dreams. The pictures are of Nick riding a horse on a range in what we can assume be his home farm. Nick herding cattle, Nick hanging out at a local bar in his home town.
Nick (I can't lose!)
Just to be clear Nick is still unconscious. The thoughts he's currently thinking are the result of his unconscious mind trying to process information his conscious mind couldn't accept. The camera cuts quickly to his hand to see his finger twitch and then goes back to where it was before.
We now see more recent images of Nick; Nick hanging out with Shadow, Kenny and Cagalli before they met Drake, Nick chilling in the hospital with Shadow and the others, Nick traveling to Junk City, Nick hanging out in Junk City and other pictures of Nick hanging out with Shadow and co.
Nick (I made a promise! I gave him my word!)
The pictures are now of Nick training with Shadow, Cagalli and Roxas. Nick talking with Shadow just before his fight, and the final picture we see is of young women most likely the same age as Nick, she looks quite beautiful.
Nick (And a man never goes back on his word!)
Nick's eyes pop open as he forces himself to regain consciousness. The camera quickly looks down to his Neon Gauntlet to show it turn grass green and start to slightly glow. The camera goes back to normal and cuts outside to show Cowboy starting to get up.
Odysseus by this point had come closer to Cowboy to get a better look now jumps back in surprise or as surprise as a Gundam can look getting some distance between itself and Cowboy. We do a split screen over Odysseus to show Gael gritting his teeth looking annoyed.
Gael: Argh
The camera looks up to spectators stand to see many people gasp with shock and surprise, apparently many people thought he wouldn't get up.
Referee: He's getting up, he's getting up; Cowboy is getting back up!
The crowd begins to applaud and cheer admiring Nick's fighting spirit. The camera looks over to Rob, Tim and Drake. Tim is clapping, cheering, and whistling; Rob looks highly annoyed and Drake is slightly grinning.
The camera cuts to the planning room to show that Nick's monitor is back up and running, everyone except Zuke who never cared is relieve.
Cagalli: Nick you’re ok!
Roxas sighs
Roxas: You had us worry there for moment cowboy.
Nick looks like he's still recovering but he manages a faint smile.
Nick: Sorry about that mates.
Zuke is looking at Nick now with some interest. Shadow notices this and smiles
Shadow: He woke up.
Zuke looks annoyed again
Zuke: So what, I didn't say it was impossible I said it was improbable. Congratulations you should try your luck at the slots now.
Shadow just continues to smile at Zuke then turns to look back at Nick
Shadow: Can you still fight?
Cagalli shock and annoyed snaps at Shadow.
Cagalli: Shadow, Nick just regain consciousness, he shouldn't be fighting any more in some stupid game he needs to be look over by a doctor in case he has a series head injury, RIGHT!
Cagalli says the right part at Roxas, Kenny and Jack looking for support. Roxas looks away pretending to be thinking about something us. Cagalli turns her glaring eyes to Jack who says reluctantly
Jack: The Gundam may not have been that badly damage but Nick could still have gotten a concession, we should have Nick come in and get a checkup; it's better safe than sorry.
Cagalli nods self-satisfied, but Kenny adds.
Kenny: But if Nick leaves the battle field for any reason it's counted as a lost and we've already lost 2 matches, if we lose this one we lose the team victory.
Cagalli angry again snaps
Cagalli: Are you saying that winning this stupid game is more important than Nick's life!
Kenny looks to the floor ashamed.
Nick: Cagalli don't worry about me mate, I'm fine.
Nick says gently to Cagalli. Cagalli looks at Nick concern and she's about to say something when Shadow speaks.
Shadow: Are you sure?
Shadow asks with genuine concern. Cagalli looks at Shadow surprise, Nick nods his head
Nick: Positive.
The monitor the referee was on suddenly blinks on. The referee appears and he seems to be in a better mood then when he left.
Referee: Shadow Knights is your Gundam Pilot still capable and willing to continue the match?
Shadow looks at Nick for a moment longer then nods his head.
Shadow: Yes.
The referee nods his head
Referee: Alright I will give the ok to resume the match momentarily.
The camera cuts to inside Cowboy's cockpit. Nick sighs then begins to rotate his neck to work his sore muscles, suddenly Gael pops up in a new window on his helmet screen. Nick is mildly surprise, Gael is smiling.
Gael: Hello there I hope I didn't hurt you too bad with that missile attack.
The way Gael says this implies otherwise. The camera quickly cuts outside to show Odysseus and Cowboy facing each other than cuts back inside. Nick smiles back
Nick: I'm ok mate but thanks for the concern.
The camera cuts outside to the referee's screen.
Referee: Alright just a reminder both Gundam Fighters are forbidden to attack each other until I say go, if either one attacks prematurely that fighter will be disqualified no exceptions.
The camera cuts back inside Cowboy's cockpit, Gael and Nick are still talking.
Gael: You should have just stay down it would've saved your Gundam from suffering a lot of damage.
Gael and Nick are both fake smiling at each other.
Nick: Oh and how do you figure that mate?
We quickly cut outside to see Odysseus gesture to his Gatling gun then we cut back inside the cockpit.
Gael: My guns bigger.
Gael says with confidence but Nick is unmoved.
Nick: Didn't your mother ever teach you mate that size doesn't matter it's the user.
The referee has started the countdown
Referee: 10
Gael: Aren't you going to hide?
Referee: 9
Gael: We can't attack one another until he says go but we can still move.
Referee: 8
Nick: I'm fine
Referee: 7
Nick: I'm a pretty quick draw mate.
The camera quickly cuts outside to see both Gundams with their guns at the ready; we cut back inside Cowboy's cockpit.
Referee: 6
Gael: So am I, I could be faster.
Referee: 5
Nick nods his head
Nick: True but your Gatling as you so kindly pointed out mate has a delay between the pulling of the trigger and firing.
Referee: 4
Nick: My beam rifle doesn't.
Gael isn't concern
Gael: We'll see.
Referee: 3
Nick looks confused for moment about Gael's confidence.
Referee: 2
Nick blinks and refocuses. The camera cuts back outside.
Referee: 1 FIGHT!
Both Gundams fire at each other at the same time. There is no delay for Odysseus's beam Gatling gun. Cowboy gets off one shot and that one shot hits Odysseus's right shoulder. Odysseus’s right arm is the arm that's only holding the Gatling gun, the left arm is the one that is pulling the trigger and controlling where the gun fires.
At the same time at the last second Cowboy lifts its shield in front of itself blocking the tidal wave of beam bullets from Odysseus's beam Gatling gun from hitting him but the force knocks Cowboy back on the ground. Cowboy still holding its weapons begins to roll away as more beam bullets come flying at it.
Cowboy rolls behind a rock mound for cover and hops back onto its legs. Odysseus takes a step towards the rock mound Cowboy is using for cover and never taking its finger off the trigger points its Gatling gun at the rock mound.
Other than a big hole in its right shoulder Odysseus is working just fine. The camera cuts to the spectator stands, to show Tim looking nervous and Rob grinning. Rob seems to have gotten over Drake's threat.
Rob: Your guys in trouble now Drake. Too bad his shot was off because thanks to Odysseus's Gatling gun he's not going to get another chance to shoot!
Drake is watching the battle intensely
Drake (Nick didn't miss his shot; he hit exactly where he was aiming at. Nick always aims for the shoulder of his opponent so that he doesn't kill them, and because he's been doing this for years it's become part of his instinct as a gunman the same way a baseball player's instinct is to catch a ball that's thrown to them. The high stressed of the draw made him revert back to his most natural instinctual target the shoulder, looks like I'll have to work with him on suppressing that instinct during a Gundam Fight.)
The camera cuts to inside Odysseus's cockpit, we can still hear the Gatling gun firing in the background.
Gael: Odysseus reroute enough power to the right arm so that you can lock it in place.
Odysseus: Understood, rerouting power now.
Gael focuses back on Cowboy
Gael: That shot to my right shoulder hurt a lot so let me pay you back!
The camera cuts back outside to show Cowboy try to inch its head out of the rock mound so it can take a shot but it has to quickly duck behind the rock mound again as Odysseus continues to fire at it with its beam Gatling gun. We cut to inside Cowboy's cockpit
Nick (Crap I aim for his shoulder by reflex; I got to remember that I'm in a Gundam fight now and that I don't have to worry about his safety thanks to the safety devices built into the Gundams.)
The camera cuts outside to show the rock mound Cowboy is hiding behind start to crack and break as the beam bullets hit it. It's going to collapse in minutes, the camera cuts inside Odysseus's cockpit to show a grinning Gael.
Gael: Oh did I forget to mention that my Gatling gun has been modified so that it doesn't have the delay between pulling the trigger and firing!
The rock mound shatters from the beam bullets. Cowboy holding its shield in front itself begins to run to another rock mound. A good number of beam bullets hit Cowboy's shield and it's clear that it is all Cowboy can do to keep itself from being knock down again. We cut inside the cockpit to see Nick gritting his teeth.
Nick (Damn I can't get a shot in)
We can see Jack and Kenny on his helmet screen
Jack: Nick you have to keep ducking behind the rock mounds your shield suffered major damage from that missile; it's now only working at 45% ability.
Kenny goes next, they're both talking fast.
Kenny: He has a GX missile launcher on his shoulder that carries 12 GX-U36 missiles, the good news is that he's down to 11 missiles now.
Nick doesn't look too thrilled about the good news. The camera cuts back outside to show Cowboy duck behind another rock mound. We quickly cut back inside Cowboy's cockpit
Nick (I need to get some distance from him and then I'll snipe him.)
We cut back outside to see Cowboy begin to run away from Odysseus. The rock mound it was using for a shield hasn't been destroyed yet. Cowboy is running to another rock mound farther away.
Odysseus begins to chase after it but it's obvious that Cowboy is faster and quickly putting distance between itself and Odysseus. We do a split screen over Odysseus to show Gael in the lower half of the screen.
Gael: Oh no you don't, you're not getting away from me!
The screen goes back to normal to show Odysseus launch another missile at Cowboy. We do another split screen over Cowboy to show Nick panicking.
Nick: Crap not again!
The screen goes back to normal as Cowboy jumps back avoiding getting hit by the missile. The missile hits the rock mound Cowboy was running towards and explodes obliterating the rock mound. Cowboy doesn't have time to process this as Odysseus comes right in front of it and fires its Gatling gun at Cowboy.
Cowboy lifts its shield in front of itself as it once again retreats behind a rock mound. The rock mound quickly begins to crumble under the force of the beam bullets from Odysseus Gatling gun, we enter a quick slideshow mode.
The pictures are of Odysseus firing its Gatling gun at Cowboy, Odysseus destroying the rock mounds Cowboy is hiding behind, and Odysseus firing a missile at Cowboy whenever Cowboy gets too far away. The camera goes back to normal to show the referee's screen.
Referee: Odysseus seems to have Cowboy on the run, how much longer can Cowboy evade Odysseus's beam Gatling gun!
The camera looks over to Tim, Rob and Drake. Rob is once again smug
Rob: Not much longer.
Tim turns to glare at him
Tim: Says you, Nick can keep this up all day!
Drake says evenly
Drake: No he can't.
Tim looks at Drake shock
Tim: Drake!
Drake glances at Tim slightly annoyed then looks back to the battle
Drake: Tim you have to stop getting so emotional about these fights it's clouding your judgment. Rob's Gundam Pilot is laying down a solid strategy, if Nick doesn't see it and do something about it he's done for.
The camera looks back down to the battle to show Cowboy ducking behind another rock mound. We can see cracks appearing and small pieces of the rock mound breaking off as the beam bullets from Odysseus's Gatling gun rip into it. The camera cuts into Cowboy's cockpit, to show Nick looking annoyed and frustrated and it’s only getting worst.
Cowboy: Gundam power levels at 77 percent.
Nick (Damn it all I need is one shot and I can nail him from this distance but it seems he knows that and he's not going to give me an opening. Plus every time I try to get some distance between us he fires a missile at me. According to my count he's got 5 missiles left; I can try to force him to use up all his remaining missiles and then make a brake for it.)
The camera quickly cuts outside to see the rock mound Cowboy is hiding behind shatter. Cowboy runs once again to a new rock mound to hid behind while Odysseus keeps firing its beam Gatling gun at Cowboy. We cut back inside Cowboy's cockpit
Nick (Still something doesn't feel right, I can't quite put my finger on it but this feels like what me and my mates do to cattle back on the range. We create noise in order to scare the cattle to go in the direction we want them to go in so if I'm the cattle then where is he trying to get me to go?)
The camera cuts outside again to see another rock mound Cowboy is hiding behind shatter. Cowboy once again moves to hide behind another rock mound, as Cowboy is running we look over its shoulder to see the rock mound battle field.
We can see that there's now a gap between the rock mounds behind Odysseus and in front of Odysseus. At the beginning of the match the rock mounds were all spread out evenly. The camera cuts inside Cowboy's cockpit to show a shock Nick
Nick (No it couldn't be, he's making a clearing!)
The camera cuts back outside and does a bird's eye view of the battle field to show that there's now a circle clearing surrounding the rock mound area Nick is using for cover.
We can see rubble piles in the circle clearing where rock mounds once stood before being blown down by Odysseus's Gatling gun. The camera cuts to Tim, Rob and Drake in the stands. Tim has just figure out what's going on.
Tim: He's making a clearing!
Drake nods his head
Drake: Yup Rob's fighter first destroyed the rock mounds circling a small area of other rock mounds Nick was using for cover, separating the area Nick has been using from the rest of the battle field. He's made the gap so big now that Nick can't make it to the other part of the battle field without getting shot down by the beam Gatling gun first. It's actually very impressive that he's done that while keeping Nick moving and making it look like he was aiming for him.
Tim looks worried
Tim: Well what can Nick do now?
Rob with confidence says
Rob: There's nothing he can do, Gael will keep destroying the surrounding rock mounds until there's only one left in the middle of a clearing. The distance between the last rock mound in the clearing and the other rock mounds in the battle field will be too great for your Gundam Pilot to make it without getting mowed down by Odysseus's Gatling gun, the trap has already been sprung.
Tim goes back to watching the battle very nervous now. Drake still looks calm
Drake (Just because we know about the trap doesn't mean it's been sprung. Nick still has time to set a counter-trap but let's see if he's smart enough to do it.)
The camera cuts back to inside Cowboy's cockpit to see Nick gritting his teeth
Nick (My shield has 15 percent power left, if I run across the clearing now I might make it but my shield would be done for but what else can I do?)
The camera cuts outside to see another rock mound bite the dust. Cowboy begins running to one of the few remain rock mounds in his area. Odysseus takes a step towards him, we see Odysseus foot hit the ground, the ground begins to slightly crake and break and Odysseus's foot slightly sinks into it. The camera cuts inside Cowboy's cockpit to see Nick notice this.
Nick: His foot sank.
Jack still on his helmet screen takes this as a question
Jack: Well yea, it's not call a Basic Heavy for nothing, the Basic Heavy is 3 times heavier than the Basic Original.
Nick suddenly gets an idea
Nick: That's it mate!
Jack is confused
Jack: What's it?
Nick smiles
Nick: I have a plan mate.
The camera cuts back outside to show Cowboy still hiding behind a rock mound turn and fire its beam rifle at the opposite direction Odysseus. The camera moves over to Odysseus and does a split screen to show Gael almost laughing.
Gael: HAHAHA, what are you aim at!
The camera goes back to normal to show Odysseus destroying the rock mound Cowboy was using for cover. Cowboy runs over to another rock mound and fires another shot in a direction nowhere near Odysseus. Odysseus destroys that rock mound too.
They continue to repeat this process until there’s only one rock mound left standing in the clearing. We can see other rock mounds in the distance but it's obvious that Cowboy wouldn't be able to reach them without first getting mowed down by Odysseus beam Gatling gun.
Cowboy is hiding behind the last rock mound. The camera cuts to inside Cowboy's cockpit to show Nick looking nervous.
Nick (This is it; I've done all I could now it's up to lady luck.)
The camera looks up to the referee's screen
Referee: What a well thought out trap, it looks like this is the end for Cowboy and the Shadow Knights folks.
The camera moves over to Tim, Rob and Drake. Tim looks really worried, Rob looks like he's already won and Drake still looks cool and collected.
Rob: Well this is the official end but we already knew how it would end from the beginning didn't we Drake. Don't be too hard on your team for losing they are rookies after all.
Drake tunes Rob out
Drake (Looks like nobodies notice the counter-trap Nick's put into place. I got to say though that it is a risky move even for me, it relies a lot on luck but it's not over yet.)
The camera cuts into the planning room. Jack and Kenny look frustrated at not being able to think of anything to do to help. Roxas is pretending not to care but we can see her keep glancing back at the screen. Cagalli seems defeated
Cagalli: It was a good try, Nick did the best he could there's no one to blame for this lost.
Shadow is watching the monitor closely, he smiles at her.
Shadow: Why are you talking like he's lost?
Cagalli begins to talk to Shadow like she's talking to someone in denial.
Cagalli: Shadow
Shadow still smiling at her
Shadow: Nick's not done yet Cagalli, like the saying goes it's not over till the fat lady sings.
Zuke has remain quiet throughout this talk and is now watching the battle closely. The camera cuts back outside to Odysseus, the camera then cuts into Odysseus cockpit, Gael is enjoying prolonging this moment.
Gael: I got to admit you were one tough opponent, but in the end my better equipment and superior battle experience gave me the win in this battle. I wish you better luck next time but now it's time to finish you!
The camera cuts outside to see Odysseus preparing to fire at the last rock mound and Nick. Odysseus takes a step towards the rock mound, when Odysseus steps his foot falls into a ditch and sinks deep into the ground causing Odysseus to lose its balance. We do a split screen over Odysseus to show a shock Gael.
Gael: What!
The screen goes back to normal to show Odysseus lean forward in a poor attempt to regain its balance. By leaning forward Odysseus's Gatling gun is pointed all the way to the ground. The camera cuts to inside Cowboy's cockpit
Nick: NOW!
The camera cuts outside to show Cowboy climb to the top of the rock mound and jump off towards Odysseus. Cowboy has ditch its shield and is gripping its beam rifle with two hands aiming at Odysseus.
We do a three way split screen, Nick is in the top panel, the Gundams are in the middle and Gael is at the bottom. Nick looks determine and Gael looks panic, at the same time they both say
Nick: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Gael: Crapppppppppppppppppppppp
In the middle panel we see Odysseus struggle to lift its Gatling gun and point it at Cowboy but it's too late. Cowboy is overhead of Odysseus and has the shot. Cowboy shoots and hits Odysseus directly in the head.
The screen goes back to normal to show Cowboy fly over Odysseus and crash to the ground as Odysseus falls backwards with its head blown off. Cowboy with some effort gets back up. The camera looks to the crowd to see them all stun silent then the referee starts going nuts.
Referee: Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god he did it, he did it Cowboy has just won the match he manage to come back from an impossible situation and win the match!
The crowd goes nuts with applause and cheering. The camera does a split screen over Cowboy to show a tired Nick wave back to the crowd. The camera goes back to normal and looks up to Rob, Tim and Drake. Tim is going nuts with cheering, clapping and whistling while Rob is shocked.
Rob: How, how could this have happen, what happen!
Drake with a growing smile turns to look at Rob
Drake: Oh you don't know? While your guy was setting a trap Nick was setting a counter-trap.
Rob's shock gets replace with anger
Rob: What the hell is that supposed to mean!
Drake still smiling explains
Drake: Did you think those shots Nick fired when he was pinned down by your guy's beam Gatling gun were random acts of a desperate man. Nick realize what was happening so he pick a rock mound where he would make his last stand and created ditches in the ground where he thought his opponent would stand to finish him off with his beam Gatling gun. When Odysseus lost its balance its Gatling gun fell all the way to the ground. The Gatling gun was too heavy to lift up fast enough to point at Nick before Nick shot him.
Rob is still pissed
Rob: How the hell could he have known where Odysseus would step!
Drake answers calmly
Drake: He didn't, this plan relied largely on luck to work.
Rob forces himself to calm down
Rob: It doesn't matter. Your team was bound to win at least 1 match, and we're still up by 2 wins all my team has to do is win 1 of the next 2 matches to win the team victory.
The camera cuts to the planning room Nick walks in with Jack right behind him. Nick has his helmet off. Everyone except Zuke is celebrating, slapping Nick on the back and giving him high-fives.
Shadow: I knew you could do it Nick!
Cagalli: Way to go Nick!
Kenny: Nick you rock!
Roxas: Way to go cowboy!
Jack: Never doubted you for a second man!
Zuke is just standing there looking bored
Zuke (That strategy, no that fight was nothing special, although I will say that he's got a good amount of luck but luck only wins so many fights.)
Nick nodding and smiling says
Nick: Thanks mates.
Nick then turns to Roxas. Nick looks Roxas directly in the eye and high-fives her. Roxas looks a little confused.
Nick: You're up mate; good luck and make sure to keep our winning streak going.
Roxas smiles and nods her head.
Roxas: No problem, I've been waiting to take out Quanlier for a spin!
Everyone turns to Roxas now.
Cagalli: Well good luck Roxas.
Roxas gets in Cagalli's personal space bubble.
Roxas: Cagalli if I win this fight will you sleep with me?
Cagalli goes from happy to piss in seconds
Cagalli: Absolutely not you pervert!
Shadow steps in eagerly
Shadow: I'll sleep with!
Roxas sighs depressed
Roxas: But I'm not interested in you.
Shadow becomes depressed. Jack annoyed now grabs Roxas's shirt collar and begins to drag her towards the Gundam bay elevator.
Jack: Come on you animal, we better get you into your Gundam before you completely forget why you're here.
The elevator shuts behind them. The camera cuts outside to the referee's screen
Referee: The Gargoyles are still up with 2 wins but the Shadow Knights with 1 win aren't giving up without a fight. Can they make a comeback we'll find out right now in the 4th match! Fighting for the Shadow Knights is Roxas Nile in Quanlier and Fighting for the Gargoyles is Ida Macaulay in Orchard.
The camera cuts to the Gundam bay, we see Jack leaning Roxas who at least has her pilot suit on except the helmet and is walking on all fours, on a catwalk over Quanlier's back.
Jack: Because Quanlier is an animal type Gundam the hatch to the cockpit is located on its back.
Roxas gets distracted by another mechanic using a blow touch on another Gundam a little ways away.
Roxas: Oh shiny.
Jack annoyed whacks Roxas on the head with her wrench.
Roxas: Owwwwwwwww
Jack: Pay attention, if you lose this match we lose the team victory so for once try to have an attention span for longer than minute.
Roxas sitting on two legs now rubs her head and glares at Jack for a moment then sighs.
Roxas: Fine
Jack nods then throws a helmet at Roxas. Roxas surprise catches the helmet.
Jack: Good now put your helmet on and get going!
Roxas sticks her tongue out at Jack as Jack walks away. Roxas sighs again then puts on her helmet. She lifts up her Neon Gauntlet and hits a few buttons on it. The camera looks down to show the hatch on Quanlier's back open. Roxas smiles as she takes a step back and then runs forward and jumps off the catwalk towards the cockpit.
There's a ladder from the hatch to the cockpit and as Roxas falls she grabs onto the ladder and proceeds to slid down into the cockpit slowing her decent. Roxas lets go of the ladder and lands lightly on her feet in the cockpit. She then walks to the sunken part of the floor and says
Roxas: Quanlier my beautiful Gundam please begin the launching sequence.
We hear the motors start up
Quanlier: Beginning launching sequence. Activating S-generator.
The camera cuts into a metal room to show a crystal or something like it in the center. We see a bolt of electrically hit it, creating a large boom, and then a mini sun appears. We cut outside to see Quanlier's eyes flash then we cut back to Roxas.
Quanlier: Activating NS system.
We see the black fog being release from the floor. When the black fog touches Roxas's feet the red lines start to appear. The camera begins to circle Roxas, starting from her feet the red lines begin to spread all over Roxas. Roxas gives a yup when the fog first hits her feet but after that she only grits her teeth, once the red lines hit her helmet they disappear.
Quanlier: Activating Zero-gravity.
The Zero-gravity bubble surrounds Roxas and lifts her off her feet, however unlike the other Gundam Pilots we've seen so far who stand straight up Roxas gets down on all fours. To us watching it, it seems like she's standing on an invisible floor.
Quanlier: All systems check, all systems ready to go on pilot's command.
We see Kenny appear on Roxas's helmet screen
Kenny: Alright I'm getting all green lights over here Roxas you're good to launch.
Roxas does a wet dog shake, the camera cuts outside to show Quanlier mimic her moves. We can also Quanlier's tail beginning to wag side to side. The camera cuts back to an excited Roxas.
Roxas: Roxas Nile piloting the awesome Quanlier let's do this thing!
The episode ends with Quanlier launching into the arena.
The episode opens up to show Cowboy land on the rock arena square on its feet. The moment Cowboy lands on the ground it takes off at a steady jog. We can see its head moving slightly side to side scanning the area. We cut inside the cockpit to show Nick looking focus, we can see Kenny on his helmet screen.
Kenny: Nick be careful, there's a good chance that your opponent launch into the arena before you and is now waiting to ambush you like Cagalli.
Nick knows his head
Nick: Good point mate.
Nick (So what should I do now? If I keep going there's a good chance I'll get ambush since I don't the land as we as my opponent and I can't just wait for him to come to me so what should I do?)
Nick suddenly gets a light bulb moment
Nick: Wait that's it!
The camera cuts to Rob, Tim and Drake in the spectator stand. Rob looks smug enough to punch, Tim looks nervous and Drake looks perfectly calm.
Rob: You seem unusually calm Drake since your team is about to lose.
Drake glances at Rob
Drake: Oh are you sure about that Rob?
Rob looks annoyed
Rob: Bluffing at such a late stage in the game Drake is unlike you. My team is up by 2 wins 1 more and we win the team victory. You can't possibly expect a bunch of first time fighters to win 3 battles in a row can you?
Drake doesn't answer Rob. Tim really nervous now leans close to Drake and whispers.
Tim: Drake?
The nervousness and fear is evident in his voice. Drake smiles
Drake: Relax Tim I expected us to lose those matches but now is the time we start winning and make are ultimate comeback.
The camera looks back to the battle, we can see a new Gundam (Odysseus) hiding behind a rock mound. The new Gundam resembles the Basic Original only it's bigger and bulkier.
It's holding a Gundam size Gatling gun. The Gatling gun requires two hands to hold so Odysseus isn't carrying a shield. We can also see a box on one of its shoulders, we cut inside Odysseus cockpit to see a confident pilot.
Gael (I'll win this in one shot, the moment that other pilot walks into my line of sight I'll nail him with my beam Gatling gun!)
Suddenly we hear gasps of surprise coming from the audience. Gael hears this and becomes confused and curious. We cut outside to see Odysseus peek its head out of its hiding spot. We do the split screen, we see Gael in the lower half of the screen; he looks shocked.
Gael: What!
The camera turns to look in the direction Gael is looking at to show that Cowboy has hop on top of one of the rock mounds about 200 yards away completely exposing itself. The camera looks up to the huge screen in the spectators stand.
Referee: Unbelievable folks Cowboy has just hop on top of one of the rock mounds completely exposing himself to the enemy! What in the world could the pilot be thinking!
The camera looks to Rob, Tim and Drake. Rob is laughing
Rob: Hahahahahah, I know they're rookies but still what an idiot, what kind of Gundam Fighter would make such a stupid mistake!
Drake slightly grins
Drake (Rob you're the idiot, what you perceive as a mistake is in fact a strategic move towards victory.)
The camera cuts to the planning room. We now see Nick on one of the monitors, Jack is also on one of the monitors. Jack, Kenny, and Cagalli are panicking. Roxas seems to have lost interest and is on the ground curl up taking a nap. Zuke is just sitting on the couch looking bored. Shadow is watching one of the monitors closely.
Jack: Nick what are you doing?
Cagalli: Are you out of your mind you're completely exposing yourself to the enemy!
Shadow puts a hand on Cagalli's shoulder, confused Cagalli turns to look at him to find him smiling.
Shadow: Relax Cagalli Nick knows what he's doing.
Cagalli goes to argue
Cagalli: But
Shadow cut her off
Shadow: Cagalli you're looking at this the wrong way, instead of thinking that he exposed himself to the enemy think that he can now see the enemy.
Cagalli blinks in surprise having never thought of it like that before. The camera cuts back outside to the battle, we can see Cowboy looking left and right. We cut inside to see Nick scanning the area, he's talking low to himself.
Nick: Now where are you mate? Where are you?
His eyes open wide, we quickly switch to his perspective to show Odysseus peeking out from behind a rock mound.
Nick: Got you mate!
We cut to the inside of Odysseus's cockpit to see Gael getting over his surprise.
Gael (No this is a good thing; now that he's completely out in the open I'll just empty my Gatling gun at him. From this distance at least one bullet will hit him although I can't be certain it will be a kill shot.)
We cut back outside to see Odysseus lift its Gatling gun and point it at Cowboy. We cut back inside the cockpit to see Gael brimming with self-confidence aiming.
Gael (I got you.)
We cut outside to see one of the rock mounds next to Odysseus suddenly explode from being hit with a beam bullet. We do the split screen over Odysseus to see a shocked Gael.
Gael: What!
The camera turns around and zooms in to show the shot came from Cowboy's beam rifle, Cowboy's beam rifle is still smoking. We cut inside to the cockpit to see a slightly annoyed Nick.
Nick: Damn my shot was a little off to the right.
The camera cuts back outside to see Cowboy take its beam rifle and open fire on Odysseus. We do the split screen over Odysseus to show Gael gritting his teeth as Odysseus jumps back to avoid the shots.
The screen goes back to normal to show Odysseus continuing to jump back as more shots are fire at it. Odysseus doesn't seem to be that fast and is relying heavily on its thrusters to jump. All of Cowboy’s shots are within a 1 foot radius of Odysseus but none hit it.
It looks like the only thing that is keeping Odysseus from getting shot is its constant movement but that's also preventing it from returning fire. We cut inside Odysseus to see Gael frustrated/nervous/scare/angry.
Gael: Damn it what the hell! He's got to be over 200 yards away and yet he's firing within a foot radius of me with just a beam rifle! What the hell is he!
The camera looks up to the huge screen in the spectators stand to show the referee once again on the edge of his seat.
Referee: Oh my god someone call the world records holder because I am positive that this pilot Nick of the Shadow Knights has got to be breaking some kind of record! From over 200 yards away he's shooting at Odysseus with a standard beam rifle, now I've been an official GFC referee for 20 years and I have never seen anything like this!
The camera looks over to Rob, Tim, and Drake. Rob is shock
Rob: What kind of E rank pilot can shoot like that!
Tim boasting says with a smile
Tim: Nick was already a good shot when he became a Gundam Fighter but now after Drake's training he's become a great shot. One day he's definitely going to become a first class marksman.
Rob turns to glare at Tim.
Rob: Your Gundam Fighter might be a better pilot then my Gundam Fighter but at the end of the day the better equip Gundam always wins and Odysseus is way better equip then your Gundam!
The camera looks back down at Odysseus, beam bullets are still flying all around it. One beam bullet grazes the left shoulder. The right shoulder has the big box on it. We cut inside Odysseus's cockpit to see Gael gritting his teeth. He looks frustrated and panic is starting to creep in.
Gael (Damn it his shots are starting to get more accurate!)
Suddenly red warning lights start blinking
Odysseus: Warning thrusters starting to overheat.
Gael looks even more pissed
Gael: Damn it, I didn't want to use this so early in the fight but you're not leaving me much choice so taste my missile!
The camera cuts back outside to see the box on Odysseus's right shoulder open up to reveal 12 missiles. One of the missiles launches towards Cowboy, we quickly do a split screen over Cowboy to show a shock/surprise/scare Nick.
Nick: Crap!
The screen goes back to normal to show Cowboy hop off the rock mound while at the same time moving its shield in front of itself. It's impossible for Cowboy to avoid the missile, the missile hits Cowboy square on the shield and explodes. Cowboy comes flying/falling out of the dust cloud and crashes into one of the rock mounds.
The rock mound shatters from the force of impact causing Cowboy to start to spin as it continues falling straight into the ground. It skips once like a stone then continues rolling on the ground until it gradually stops and lays unmoving on its back.
Throughout this event it never lets go of its beam rifle and shield. The camera looks up to the spectator stands to see that everyone has gone silent.
Referee: What a hit folks what a hit, Cowboy has just been hit with what I believe to be a GX-U36 missile. Although small those babies pack quite a punch; Cowboy is down and unmoving but from are readouts it seems that the safety device has yet to be activated however it is quite possible that the pilot has lost consciousness due to the force of impact from the explosion. According to official GFC rules the Shadow Knights have 2 minutes to prove that their pilot is still conscious, able and willing to fight. During this time both fighters are forbidden from attacking one another until I give the green light to continue the fight.
We can see some genuine concern from most of the crowd, although they like to watch Gundam Fights they're not monsters they don't want to see anyone get killed or seriously hurt. Rob however shows no such sympathy.
Rob: HA K.O. after only one missile blast and here I was expecting something more from your team Drake.
Tim looks pissed and looks like he might hit Rob but Drake puts a hand on his shoulder and prevents him from getting up.
Tim: You asshole is that all you can think about! Nick could be serious hurt in there!
Rob looks at Tim bored and slightly annoyed.
Rob: A GX-U36 isn't capable of causing damage to inside a cockpit. Your pilot probably lost consciousness because of the sudden acceleration of his Gundam by the explosion. Any other reason would be caused by poor maintenance or mechanic error. Which would not be my fault so don't blame me if your pilot is dead because you hired a crappy mechanic, ha after all I did say that at the end of the day the better equip Gundam would win.
Tim is even more pissed and struggles under Drake's grip to attack Rob.
Drake: Tim calm down! We both know that there's no maintenance or mechanic error, Rob is most likely right when he said Nick lost consciousness because of the sudden acceleration in which case he will be fine when he wakes up.
Tim begins to calm down and stops' struggling under Drake's grip. Rob looks smug enough to punch.
Rob: Thank you Drake for stopping your lackey from doing something completely foolish.
Drake suddenly turns to glare at Rob and trust me when I say that Drake glaring is equal to a thousand nightmares.
Drake: Rob shut up now before I decide to KILL YOU!
The threat turns Rob white and shuts him up. Drake satisfied turns back to look at the battle.
Drake (Nick was smart in jumping off the rock mound at the last second, if he had stay he would have taken the full force of the blast instead of rolling with it like he did when it hit him in midair. It didn't do much for him but still the little it did could be the difference of him getting back up and him staying out cold.)
The camera cuts to the planning room, Cagalli, Jack, Kenny, Roxas and Shadow are very worried. The monitor where Nick was has the snow effect going on.
Cagalli: Nick, Nick, Nick come in do you read us!
Roxas: Come on cowboy answer us!
The referee on one of the other monitors is starting to look impatient.
Referee: Shadow Knights you have a minute and 23 seconds to prove your pilot is conscious and still capable of fighting.
Shadow annoyed snaps
Shadow: Thank you for feeling the need to state the obvious now shut up and let us get a hold of Nick!
The referee is insulted by Shadow's attitude but maintains self-control.
Referee: You now have a minute and 14 seconds.
The monitor the referee was on goes black as if the referee cut communication. Shadow still annoyed now turns back to the others.
Shadow: Will someone please tell me what's going on!
Kenny rapidly typing on his computer shakes his head
Kenny: I don't know, the shield took most of the damage from the missile but the back and right arm are also damage to some extent.
We look up to the monitor Jack is on to see that she's also typing on a computer but nowhere near as fast as Kenny.
Jack: There's no way in hell that missile manage to cause damage to the cockpit or to Nick directly.
Shadow growing more frustrated.
Shadow: Ok then why are we getting snow on his monitor, is there something wrong with his helmet screen!
Kenny shakes his head
Kenny: No there's nothing mechanically wrong with his helmet screen but the helmet screen is connected to the neurons in his brain so if he falls unconscious the helmet screen stops working.
This doesn't make Shadow feel any better.
Shadow: Ok so he's unconscious but how did he get that way?
Cagalli suddenly remembers something
Cagalli: The sudden acceleration; when the missile hit him his Gundam must have accelerated beyond his tolerance and knock him out. The same thing happen in Orb when the Flight pack was first develop for the Astray series, the sudden acceleration from takeoff to full speed used to knock out the test pilots before they develop a system to protect against it.
Jack rolls her eyes and says in a non-believe voice
Jack: Right and you know this all from your time as chief representative of Orb on Earth.
Jack is being sarcastic. Cagalli despite the situation finds herself getting annoyed.
Cagalli: Orb does exist and I'm its chief representative!
Kenny cuts into the argument before Jack replies
Kenny: Whether or not Orb exists doesn't matter. I think Cagalli's right about the sudden acceleration knocking Nick out; I remember reading about something like that in an article about G-force on the web.
Shadow processing the information
Shadow: Alright so what can we do to help him?
There's a moment's pause as nobody knows what to say. Zuke still sitting on the couch looking bored says in a voice as if they're all idiots.
Zuke: There's nothing you can do, you obviously don't have enough time to establish a new communication link to wake him up and you can't accuse the Gundam remotely which means he has to regain consciousness by himself and the chances of that happening are 7.65 percent or to put in more simple terms for people of your intelligence the chances of him waking up is slim to none.
Cagalli, Roxas, Jack and Kenny look at Zuke very annoyed and pissed, but Shadow is smiling at him.
Shadow: But there is a 7 percent chance that he could wake up.
For the first time Zuke looks annoyed
Zuke: 7.65 percent but yes there is a chance and there's also a 2.35 percent chance that you'll get hit by lightning when you walk outside at any given time.
Shadow turns around to look at the monitor ignoring Zuke's additional comment. He's smiling.
Shadow: But there's still a chance and I'm feeling lucky today!
Zuke frowns. The camera cuts inside Cowboy's cockpit, the cockpit is still functioning, the lights are on and the zero gravity bubble is still working. Nick is on his back floating in mid-air.
As the camera moves over Nick, the picture of Nick becomes translucent and we begin to see pictures behind him his memories and dreams. The pictures are of Nick riding a horse on a range in what we can assume be his home farm. Nick herding cattle, Nick hanging out at a local bar in his home town.
Nick (I can't lose!)
Just to be clear Nick is still unconscious. The thoughts he's currently thinking are the result of his unconscious mind trying to process information his conscious mind couldn't accept. The camera cuts quickly to his hand to see his finger twitch and then goes back to where it was before.
We now see more recent images of Nick; Nick hanging out with Shadow, Kenny and Cagalli before they met Drake, Nick chilling in the hospital with Shadow and the others, Nick traveling to Junk City, Nick hanging out in Junk City and other pictures of Nick hanging out with Shadow and co.
Nick (I made a promise! I gave him my word!)
The pictures are now of Nick training with Shadow, Cagalli and Roxas. Nick talking with Shadow just before his fight, and the final picture we see is of young women most likely the same age as Nick, she looks quite beautiful.
Nick (And a man never goes back on his word!)
Nick's eyes pop open as he forces himself to regain consciousness. The camera quickly looks down to his Neon Gauntlet to show it turn grass green and start to slightly glow. The camera goes back to normal and cuts outside to show Cowboy starting to get up.
Odysseus by this point had come closer to Cowboy to get a better look now jumps back in surprise or as surprise as a Gundam can look getting some distance between itself and Cowboy. We do a split screen over Odysseus to show Gael gritting his teeth looking annoyed.
Gael: Argh
The camera looks up to spectators stand to see many people gasp with shock and surprise, apparently many people thought he wouldn't get up.
Referee: He's getting up, he's getting up; Cowboy is getting back up!
The crowd begins to applaud and cheer admiring Nick's fighting spirit. The camera looks over to Rob, Tim and Drake. Tim is clapping, cheering, and whistling; Rob looks highly annoyed and Drake is slightly grinning.
The camera cuts to the planning room to show that Nick's monitor is back up and running, everyone except Zuke who never cared is relieve.
Cagalli: Nick you’re ok!
Roxas sighs
Roxas: You had us worry there for moment cowboy.
Nick looks like he's still recovering but he manages a faint smile.
Nick: Sorry about that mates.
Zuke is looking at Nick now with some interest. Shadow notices this and smiles
Shadow: He woke up.
Zuke looks annoyed again
Zuke: So what, I didn't say it was impossible I said it was improbable. Congratulations you should try your luck at the slots now.
Shadow just continues to smile at Zuke then turns to look back at Nick
Shadow: Can you still fight?
Cagalli shock and annoyed snaps at Shadow.
Cagalli: Shadow, Nick just regain consciousness, he shouldn't be fighting any more in some stupid game he needs to be look over by a doctor in case he has a series head injury, RIGHT!
Cagalli says the right part at Roxas, Kenny and Jack looking for support. Roxas looks away pretending to be thinking about something us. Cagalli turns her glaring eyes to Jack who says reluctantly
Jack: The Gundam may not have been that badly damage but Nick could still have gotten a concession, we should have Nick come in and get a checkup; it's better safe than sorry.
Cagalli nods self-satisfied, but Kenny adds.
Kenny: But if Nick leaves the battle field for any reason it's counted as a lost and we've already lost 2 matches, if we lose this one we lose the team victory.
Cagalli angry again snaps
Cagalli: Are you saying that winning this stupid game is more important than Nick's life!
Kenny looks to the floor ashamed.
Nick: Cagalli don't worry about me mate, I'm fine.
Nick says gently to Cagalli. Cagalli looks at Nick concern and she's about to say something when Shadow speaks.
Shadow: Are you sure?
Shadow asks with genuine concern. Cagalli looks at Shadow surprise, Nick nods his head
Nick: Positive.
The monitor the referee was on suddenly blinks on. The referee appears and he seems to be in a better mood then when he left.
Referee: Shadow Knights is your Gundam Pilot still capable and willing to continue the match?
Shadow looks at Nick for a moment longer then nods his head.
Shadow: Yes.
The referee nods his head
Referee: Alright I will give the ok to resume the match momentarily.
The camera cuts to inside Cowboy's cockpit. Nick sighs then begins to rotate his neck to work his sore muscles, suddenly Gael pops up in a new window on his helmet screen. Nick is mildly surprise, Gael is smiling.
Gael: Hello there I hope I didn't hurt you too bad with that missile attack.
The way Gael says this implies otherwise. The camera quickly cuts outside to show Odysseus and Cowboy facing each other than cuts back inside. Nick smiles back
Nick: I'm ok mate but thanks for the concern.
The camera cuts outside to the referee's screen.
Referee: Alright just a reminder both Gundam Fighters are forbidden to attack each other until I say go, if either one attacks prematurely that fighter will be disqualified no exceptions.
The camera cuts back inside Cowboy's cockpit, Gael and Nick are still talking.
Gael: You should have just stay down it would've saved your Gundam from suffering a lot of damage.
Gael and Nick are both fake smiling at each other.
Nick: Oh and how do you figure that mate?
We quickly cut outside to see Odysseus gesture to his Gatling gun then we cut back inside the cockpit.
Gael: My guns bigger.
Gael says with confidence but Nick is unmoved.
Nick: Didn't your mother ever teach you mate that size doesn't matter it's the user.
The referee has started the countdown
Referee: 10
Gael: Aren't you going to hide?
Referee: 9
Gael: We can't attack one another until he says go but we can still move.
Referee: 8
Nick: I'm fine
Referee: 7
Nick: I'm a pretty quick draw mate.
The camera quickly cuts outside to see both Gundams with their guns at the ready; we cut back inside Cowboy's cockpit.
Referee: 6
Gael: So am I, I could be faster.
Referee: 5
Nick nods his head
Nick: True but your Gatling as you so kindly pointed out mate has a delay between the pulling of the trigger and firing.
Referee: 4
Nick: My beam rifle doesn't.
Gael isn't concern
Gael: We'll see.
Referee: 3
Nick looks confused for moment about Gael's confidence.
Referee: 2
Nick blinks and refocuses. The camera cuts back outside.
Referee: 1 FIGHT!
Both Gundams fire at each other at the same time. There is no delay for Odysseus's beam Gatling gun. Cowboy gets off one shot and that one shot hits Odysseus's right shoulder. Odysseus’s right arm is the arm that's only holding the Gatling gun, the left arm is the one that is pulling the trigger and controlling where the gun fires.
At the same time at the last second Cowboy lifts its shield in front of itself blocking the tidal wave of beam bullets from Odysseus's beam Gatling gun from hitting him but the force knocks Cowboy back on the ground. Cowboy still holding its weapons begins to roll away as more beam bullets come flying at it.
Cowboy rolls behind a rock mound for cover and hops back onto its legs. Odysseus takes a step towards the rock mound Cowboy is using for cover and never taking its finger off the trigger points its Gatling gun at the rock mound.
Other than a big hole in its right shoulder Odysseus is working just fine. The camera cuts to the spectator stands, to show Tim looking nervous and Rob grinning. Rob seems to have gotten over Drake's threat.
Rob: Your guys in trouble now Drake. Too bad his shot was off because thanks to Odysseus's Gatling gun he's not going to get another chance to shoot!
Drake is watching the battle intensely
Drake (Nick didn't miss his shot; he hit exactly where he was aiming at. Nick always aims for the shoulder of his opponent so that he doesn't kill them, and because he's been doing this for years it's become part of his instinct as a gunman the same way a baseball player's instinct is to catch a ball that's thrown to them. The high stressed of the draw made him revert back to his most natural instinctual target the shoulder, looks like I'll have to work with him on suppressing that instinct during a Gundam Fight.)
The camera cuts to inside Odysseus's cockpit, we can still hear the Gatling gun firing in the background.
Gael: Odysseus reroute enough power to the right arm so that you can lock it in place.
Odysseus: Understood, rerouting power now.
Gael focuses back on Cowboy
Gael: That shot to my right shoulder hurt a lot so let me pay you back!
The camera cuts back outside to show Cowboy try to inch its head out of the rock mound so it can take a shot but it has to quickly duck behind the rock mound again as Odysseus continues to fire at it with its beam Gatling gun. We cut to inside Cowboy's cockpit
Nick (Crap I aim for his shoulder by reflex; I got to remember that I'm in a Gundam fight now and that I don't have to worry about his safety thanks to the safety devices built into the Gundams.)
The camera cuts outside to show the rock mound Cowboy is hiding behind start to crack and break as the beam bullets hit it. It's going to collapse in minutes, the camera cuts inside Odysseus's cockpit to show a grinning Gael.
Gael: Oh did I forget to mention that my Gatling gun has been modified so that it doesn't have the delay between pulling the trigger and firing!
The rock mound shatters from the beam bullets. Cowboy holding its shield in front itself begins to run to another rock mound. A good number of beam bullets hit Cowboy's shield and it's clear that it is all Cowboy can do to keep itself from being knock down again. We cut inside the cockpit to see Nick gritting his teeth.
Nick (Damn I can't get a shot in)
We can see Jack and Kenny on his helmet screen
Jack: Nick you have to keep ducking behind the rock mounds your shield suffered major damage from that missile; it's now only working at 45% ability.
Kenny goes next, they're both talking fast.
Kenny: He has a GX missile launcher on his shoulder that carries 12 GX-U36 missiles, the good news is that he's down to 11 missiles now.
Nick doesn't look too thrilled about the good news. The camera cuts back outside to show Cowboy duck behind another rock mound. We quickly cut back inside Cowboy's cockpit
Nick (I need to get some distance from him and then I'll snipe him.)
We cut back outside to see Cowboy begin to run away from Odysseus. The rock mound it was using for a shield hasn't been destroyed yet. Cowboy is running to another rock mound farther away.
Odysseus begins to chase after it but it's obvious that Cowboy is faster and quickly putting distance between itself and Odysseus. We do a split screen over Odysseus to show Gael in the lower half of the screen.
Gael: Oh no you don't, you're not getting away from me!
The screen goes back to normal to show Odysseus launch another missile at Cowboy. We do another split screen over Cowboy to show Nick panicking.
Nick: Crap not again!
The screen goes back to normal as Cowboy jumps back avoiding getting hit by the missile. The missile hits the rock mound Cowboy was running towards and explodes obliterating the rock mound. Cowboy doesn't have time to process this as Odysseus comes right in front of it and fires its Gatling gun at Cowboy.
Cowboy lifts its shield in front of itself as it once again retreats behind a rock mound. The rock mound quickly begins to crumble under the force of the beam bullets from Odysseus Gatling gun, we enter a quick slideshow mode.
The pictures are of Odysseus firing its Gatling gun at Cowboy, Odysseus destroying the rock mounds Cowboy is hiding behind, and Odysseus firing a missile at Cowboy whenever Cowboy gets too far away. The camera goes back to normal to show the referee's screen.
Referee: Odysseus seems to have Cowboy on the run, how much longer can Cowboy evade Odysseus's beam Gatling gun!
The camera looks over to Tim, Rob and Drake. Rob is once again smug
Rob: Not much longer.
Tim turns to glare at him
Tim: Says you, Nick can keep this up all day!
Drake says evenly
Drake: No he can't.
Tim looks at Drake shock
Tim: Drake!
Drake glances at Tim slightly annoyed then looks back to the battle
Drake: Tim you have to stop getting so emotional about these fights it's clouding your judgment. Rob's Gundam Pilot is laying down a solid strategy, if Nick doesn't see it and do something about it he's done for.
The camera looks back down to the battle to show Cowboy ducking behind another rock mound. We can see cracks appearing and small pieces of the rock mound breaking off as the beam bullets from Odysseus's Gatling gun rip into it. The camera cuts into Cowboy's cockpit, to show Nick looking annoyed and frustrated and it’s only getting worst.
Cowboy: Gundam power levels at 77 percent.
Nick (Damn it all I need is one shot and I can nail him from this distance but it seems he knows that and he's not going to give me an opening. Plus every time I try to get some distance between us he fires a missile at me. According to my count he's got 5 missiles left; I can try to force him to use up all his remaining missiles and then make a brake for it.)
The camera quickly cuts outside to see the rock mound Cowboy is hiding behind shatter. Cowboy runs once again to a new rock mound to hid behind while Odysseus keeps firing its beam Gatling gun at Cowboy. We cut back inside Cowboy's cockpit
Nick (Still something doesn't feel right, I can't quite put my finger on it but this feels like what me and my mates do to cattle back on the range. We create noise in order to scare the cattle to go in the direction we want them to go in so if I'm the cattle then where is he trying to get me to go?)
The camera cuts outside again to see another rock mound Cowboy is hiding behind shatter. Cowboy once again moves to hide behind another rock mound, as Cowboy is running we look over its shoulder to see the rock mound battle field.
We can see that there's now a gap between the rock mounds behind Odysseus and in front of Odysseus. At the beginning of the match the rock mounds were all spread out evenly. The camera cuts inside Cowboy's cockpit to show a shock Nick
Nick (No it couldn't be, he's making a clearing!)
The camera cuts back outside and does a bird's eye view of the battle field to show that there's now a circle clearing surrounding the rock mound area Nick is using for cover.
We can see rubble piles in the circle clearing where rock mounds once stood before being blown down by Odysseus's Gatling gun. The camera cuts to Tim, Rob and Drake in the stands. Tim has just figure out what's going on.
Tim: He's making a clearing!
Drake nods his head
Drake: Yup Rob's fighter first destroyed the rock mounds circling a small area of other rock mounds Nick was using for cover, separating the area Nick has been using from the rest of the battle field. He's made the gap so big now that Nick can't make it to the other part of the battle field without getting shot down by the beam Gatling gun first. It's actually very impressive that he's done that while keeping Nick moving and making it look like he was aiming for him.
Tim looks worried
Tim: Well what can Nick do now?
Rob with confidence says
Rob: There's nothing he can do, Gael will keep destroying the surrounding rock mounds until there's only one left in the middle of a clearing. The distance between the last rock mound in the clearing and the other rock mounds in the battle field will be too great for your Gundam Pilot to make it without getting mowed down by Odysseus's Gatling gun, the trap has already been sprung.
Tim goes back to watching the battle very nervous now. Drake still looks calm
Drake (Just because we know about the trap doesn't mean it's been sprung. Nick still has time to set a counter-trap but let's see if he's smart enough to do it.)
The camera cuts back to inside Cowboy's cockpit to see Nick gritting his teeth
Nick (My shield has 15 percent power left, if I run across the clearing now I might make it but my shield would be done for but what else can I do?)
The camera cuts outside to see another rock mound bite the dust. Cowboy begins running to one of the few remain rock mounds in his area. Odysseus takes a step towards him, we see Odysseus foot hit the ground, the ground begins to slightly crake and break and Odysseus's foot slightly sinks into it. The camera cuts inside Cowboy's cockpit to see Nick notice this.
Nick: His foot sank.
Jack still on his helmet screen takes this as a question
Jack: Well yea, it's not call a Basic Heavy for nothing, the Basic Heavy is 3 times heavier than the Basic Original.
Nick suddenly gets an idea
Nick: That's it mate!
Jack is confused
Jack: What's it?
Nick smiles
Nick: I have a plan mate.
The camera cuts back outside to show Cowboy still hiding behind a rock mound turn and fire its beam rifle at the opposite direction Odysseus. The camera moves over to Odysseus and does a split screen to show Gael almost laughing.
Gael: HAHAHA, what are you aim at!
The camera goes back to normal to show Odysseus destroying the rock mound Cowboy was using for cover. Cowboy runs over to another rock mound and fires another shot in a direction nowhere near Odysseus. Odysseus destroys that rock mound too.
They continue to repeat this process until there’s only one rock mound left standing in the clearing. We can see other rock mounds in the distance but it's obvious that Cowboy wouldn't be able to reach them without first getting mowed down by Odysseus beam Gatling gun.
Cowboy is hiding behind the last rock mound. The camera cuts to inside Cowboy's cockpit to show Nick looking nervous.
Nick (This is it; I've done all I could now it's up to lady luck.)
The camera looks up to the referee's screen
Referee: What a well thought out trap, it looks like this is the end for Cowboy and the Shadow Knights folks.
The camera moves over to Tim, Rob and Drake. Tim looks really worried, Rob looks like he's already won and Drake still looks cool and collected.
Rob: Well this is the official end but we already knew how it would end from the beginning didn't we Drake. Don't be too hard on your team for losing they are rookies after all.
Drake tunes Rob out
Drake (Looks like nobodies notice the counter-trap Nick's put into place. I got to say though that it is a risky move even for me, it relies a lot on luck but it's not over yet.)
The camera cuts into the planning room. Jack and Kenny look frustrated at not being able to think of anything to do to help. Roxas is pretending not to care but we can see her keep glancing back at the screen. Cagalli seems defeated
Cagalli: It was a good try, Nick did the best he could there's no one to blame for this lost.
Shadow is watching the monitor closely, he smiles at her.
Shadow: Why are you talking like he's lost?
Cagalli begins to talk to Shadow like she's talking to someone in denial.
Cagalli: Shadow
Shadow still smiling at her
Shadow: Nick's not done yet Cagalli, like the saying goes it's not over till the fat lady sings.
Zuke has remain quiet throughout this talk and is now watching the battle closely. The camera cuts back outside to Odysseus, the camera then cuts into Odysseus cockpit, Gael is enjoying prolonging this moment.
Gael: I got to admit you were one tough opponent, but in the end my better equipment and superior battle experience gave me the win in this battle. I wish you better luck next time but now it's time to finish you!
The camera cuts outside to see Odysseus preparing to fire at the last rock mound and Nick. Odysseus takes a step towards the rock mound, when Odysseus steps his foot falls into a ditch and sinks deep into the ground causing Odysseus to lose its balance. We do a split screen over Odysseus to show a shock Gael.
Gael: What!
The screen goes back to normal to show Odysseus lean forward in a poor attempt to regain its balance. By leaning forward Odysseus's Gatling gun is pointed all the way to the ground. The camera cuts to inside Cowboy's cockpit
Nick: NOW!
The camera cuts outside to show Cowboy climb to the top of the rock mound and jump off towards Odysseus. Cowboy has ditch its shield and is gripping its beam rifle with two hands aiming at Odysseus.
We do a three way split screen, Nick is in the top panel, the Gundams are in the middle and Gael is at the bottom. Nick looks determine and Gael looks panic, at the same time they both say
Nick: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Gael: Crapppppppppppppppppppppp
In the middle panel we see Odysseus struggle to lift its Gatling gun and point it at Cowboy but it's too late. Cowboy is overhead of Odysseus and has the shot. Cowboy shoots and hits Odysseus directly in the head.
The screen goes back to normal to show Cowboy fly over Odysseus and crash to the ground as Odysseus falls backwards with its head blown off. Cowboy with some effort gets back up. The camera looks to the crowd to see them all stun silent then the referee starts going nuts.
Referee: Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god he did it, he did it Cowboy has just won the match he manage to come back from an impossible situation and win the match!
The crowd goes nuts with applause and cheering. The camera does a split screen over Cowboy to show a tired Nick wave back to the crowd. The camera goes back to normal and looks up to Rob, Tim and Drake. Tim is going nuts with cheering, clapping and whistling while Rob is shocked.
Rob: How, how could this have happen, what happen!
Drake with a growing smile turns to look at Rob
Drake: Oh you don't know? While your guy was setting a trap Nick was setting a counter-trap.
Rob's shock gets replace with anger
Rob: What the hell is that supposed to mean!
Drake still smiling explains
Drake: Did you think those shots Nick fired when he was pinned down by your guy's beam Gatling gun were random acts of a desperate man. Nick realize what was happening so he pick a rock mound where he would make his last stand and created ditches in the ground where he thought his opponent would stand to finish him off with his beam Gatling gun. When Odysseus lost its balance its Gatling gun fell all the way to the ground. The Gatling gun was too heavy to lift up fast enough to point at Nick before Nick shot him.
Rob is still pissed
Rob: How the hell could he have known where Odysseus would step!
Drake answers calmly
Drake: He didn't, this plan relied largely on luck to work.
Rob forces himself to calm down
Rob: It doesn't matter. Your team was bound to win at least 1 match, and we're still up by 2 wins all my team has to do is win 1 of the next 2 matches to win the team victory.
The camera cuts to the planning room Nick walks in with Jack right behind him. Nick has his helmet off. Everyone except Zuke is celebrating, slapping Nick on the back and giving him high-fives.
Shadow: I knew you could do it Nick!
Cagalli: Way to go Nick!
Kenny: Nick you rock!
Roxas: Way to go cowboy!
Jack: Never doubted you for a second man!
Zuke is just standing there looking bored
Zuke (That strategy, no that fight was nothing special, although I will say that he's got a good amount of luck but luck only wins so many fights.)
Nick nodding and smiling says
Nick: Thanks mates.
Nick then turns to Roxas. Nick looks Roxas directly in the eye and high-fives her. Roxas looks a little confused.
Nick: You're up mate; good luck and make sure to keep our winning streak going.
Roxas smiles and nods her head.
Roxas: No problem, I've been waiting to take out Quanlier for a spin!
Everyone turns to Roxas now.
Cagalli: Well good luck Roxas.
Roxas gets in Cagalli's personal space bubble.
Roxas: Cagalli if I win this fight will you sleep with me?
Cagalli goes from happy to piss in seconds
Cagalli: Absolutely not you pervert!
Shadow steps in eagerly
Shadow: I'll sleep with!
Roxas sighs depressed
Roxas: But I'm not interested in you.
Shadow becomes depressed. Jack annoyed now grabs Roxas's shirt collar and begins to drag her towards the Gundam bay elevator.
Jack: Come on you animal, we better get you into your Gundam before you completely forget why you're here.
The elevator shuts behind them. The camera cuts outside to the referee's screen
Referee: The Gargoyles are still up with 2 wins but the Shadow Knights with 1 win aren't giving up without a fight. Can they make a comeback we'll find out right now in the 4th match! Fighting for the Shadow Knights is Roxas Nile in Quanlier and Fighting for the Gargoyles is Ida Macaulay in Orchard.
The camera cuts to the Gundam bay, we see Jack leaning Roxas who at least has her pilot suit on except the helmet and is walking on all fours, on a catwalk over Quanlier's back.
Jack: Because Quanlier is an animal type Gundam the hatch to the cockpit is located on its back.
Roxas gets distracted by another mechanic using a blow touch on another Gundam a little ways away.
Roxas: Oh shiny.
Jack annoyed whacks Roxas on the head with her wrench.
Roxas: Owwwwwwwww
Jack: Pay attention, if you lose this match we lose the team victory so for once try to have an attention span for longer than minute.
Roxas sitting on two legs now rubs her head and glares at Jack for a moment then sighs.
Roxas: Fine
Jack nods then throws a helmet at Roxas. Roxas surprise catches the helmet.
Jack: Good now put your helmet on and get going!
Roxas sticks her tongue out at Jack as Jack walks away. Roxas sighs again then puts on her helmet. She lifts up her Neon Gauntlet and hits a few buttons on it. The camera looks down to show the hatch on Quanlier's back open. Roxas smiles as she takes a step back and then runs forward and jumps off the catwalk towards the cockpit.
There's a ladder from the hatch to the cockpit and as Roxas falls she grabs onto the ladder and proceeds to slid down into the cockpit slowing her decent. Roxas lets go of the ladder and lands lightly on her feet in the cockpit. She then walks to the sunken part of the floor and says
Roxas: Quanlier my beautiful Gundam please begin the launching sequence.
We hear the motors start up
Quanlier: Beginning launching sequence. Activating S-generator.
The camera cuts into a metal room to show a crystal or something like it in the center. We see a bolt of electrically hit it, creating a large boom, and then a mini sun appears. We cut outside to see Quanlier's eyes flash then we cut back to Roxas.
Quanlier: Activating NS system.
We see the black fog being release from the floor. When the black fog touches Roxas's feet the red lines start to appear. The camera begins to circle Roxas, starting from her feet the red lines begin to spread all over Roxas. Roxas gives a yup when the fog first hits her feet but after that she only grits her teeth, once the red lines hit her helmet they disappear.
Quanlier: Activating Zero-gravity.
The Zero-gravity bubble surrounds Roxas and lifts her off her feet, however unlike the other Gundam Pilots we've seen so far who stand straight up Roxas gets down on all fours. To us watching it, it seems like she's standing on an invisible floor.
Quanlier: All systems check, all systems ready to go on pilot's command.
We see Kenny appear on Roxas's helmet screen
Kenny: Alright I'm getting all green lights over here Roxas you're good to launch.
Roxas does a wet dog shake, the camera cuts outside to show Quanlier mimic her moves. We can also Quanlier's tail beginning to wag side to side. The camera cuts back to an excited Roxas.
Roxas: Roxas Nile piloting the awesome Quanlier let's do this thing!
The episode ends with Quanlier launching into the arena.