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Gundam Wing: 3 Days In London

Mobile Suit Gundam: Three
Days In London
By Eric Jacobson
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Hey, People! There's a Fic here! You know, the kind you read and review? Hello?
I guess stories based in the Gundam world featuring original characters aren't
that popular. That doesn't matter, though, since this one is for Megan, really.
So here we go with Day Three...

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Day Three...

Waking up alone is something that noone really enjoys. I'm no exception.

I woke up and rolled over, the night's memroies still fresh in my mind. Good
lord, it was intense. I would have never thought that I'd end up meeting a girl
like her while on duty at a refugee camp, especially during the OZ occupation.
But here she was, with me...

Or not...

When I finally opened my eyes to look at her laying next to me, I realized she
was gone. "What the hell? Where's Megan?" I looked around quickly,
but to no avail. No sign of her anywhere. "Damnit! Where'd she go?"
I looked over at the clock, which read 10:18. "Ah shit! I'm late!"
I sprang out of bed and threw on my uniform, then headed out the door to the
square, where Devon was taking morning head count.

When he'd finished, I caught up with him. "Hey Dev, was Megan here for
head count?"

"Megan? Oh, aye, the girl you've been palin' 'round with. I think her family
checked out this mornin'."

"They did? Did you see them at all?"

"Aye, Jon, I did. Saw her leavin' with that hot-headed haggas, Standish."

"Standish?" I tried to reason why she'd be leaving with that moron,
and then it hit me. She had said that her father was something of an old codger,
always complaining and such, being gruff and unpleasant. Lord Standish WAS her
father. "Did he say anything before he left?"

"I think he mentioned somethin' about hating this place, though I'm not
surprised at that. And he wanted me to tell you that you'ld be seein' him real
soon. Dunno what that's all about."

"Neither do I. Damnit. Thanks, Dev."

"No problem, Sir. Oh, Niles wanted you to check out that latrine situation.
I hear they are working better now, so you should sign off on it as a resolved
problem."

"Yeah. I'll get right on that. Thanks." As I walked off, I tried to
reason why she had left so suddenly. Obviously, she'd gotten out of bed before
I woke up and left to join her family. I could only assume that when she had
arrived, her father was waiting to find out where she was. If he knew that she'd
been with me, doing what we were doing, he'd kill us both.

In my mind, I went over every conversation I'd had with Standish. They'd all
been arguments, and heated ones at that. If he knew that Megan and I were together,
I knew that he'd come after me with a vengance. But instead, he'd chosen to
leave.

And that's when it began.

Devon came running up behind me. "Jon! What the hell is goin' on?"

"It's OZ. They're moving into the camp. Only reason I can figure is they're
trying to take control of it. And it looks like they think force is necessary."

"Bastards. Once I get the word from Central Command, I'm gonna thrash OZ
a new arsehole."

"Well, let's get back to OQ, and fast."

"Wait! You don't have to go!" Niles came running up to us from the
OQ building's direction. "I just got the go ahead. We're to suit up and
get OZ out of here, pronto."

"Now we're talkin'!" Dev ran off to get his Mobile Suit, and Niles
and I remained to look over the situation.

"Alright, Niles, here's the plan. Get as many ground troops as you can
to move the refugees away from the action. Taking them into London won't be
safe, OZ will probably attack there, too. Get them on transports and take them
to Canterbury."

"Yes Sir. I'm all over it." Niles took off to rally up the troops.

"Megan, I'll find you at some point. But for now, I have a job to do..."


A short time later, the three of us were in the Mobile Suit hangar, along with
5 support troops in Taurus suits. "Alright gentlemen, our mission is simple.
Hold OZ back long enough to get as many refugees as we can out of the camp.
I've been given authorization from Central Command to use deadly force, so that
goes for all of you, too. But be careful! We don't want to hit any civilians
if we can help it. Everyone ready?"

"Ready as we'll ever be, Jon." Dev was ready to go, that was for sure.

"Then let's show OZ what happens when they mess with the London Guard.
Move out!"

The suits began their trek to the northern section of the camp, ready to engage
the OZ forces. Sitting in my Leo, I thought over everything that had happened
in the past two days. OZ moving in, meeting Megan, dealing with her father,
it had all come to a head at this moment, as we approached the front lines of
a battle that shouldn't be happening in a refugee camp. I flicked on my radio
and tried to contact the advance troops.

"This is Lieutenant Jonathan Leary of the London Mobile Suit Guard. What
the hell is going on up there?"

Over the radio came a frantic sounding voice. "Thank god! We're in serious
trouble up here, and we need your help badly. They're all over the place, and
they're hard to take down from a distance. I think they have blaster shields
or something. It's total chaos. Get up here as fast as you can! We don't know
how much longer we can... AHHHHHH!" Static, then silence came over the
radio.

"Shit. We'd better hurry. Let's pick up the pace. Taurus units, fly ahead
and get some recon info. Dev, Niles, it looks like we're going to have to take
them on hand to hand. Blasters are gonna be useless, so we'll have to use beam
sabres."

"Lieutenant. Svenson here. Looks like we've got 6 OZ troops up here, all
Leos. The leader's suit looks like it's got Rommafellar markings on it. They've
got blaster shields alright, the three remaining guard suits aren't making a
dent. But it does look like they've managed to drop a couple of OZ troops. I
count 4 on the ground already."

"Good job, Svenson. Get the rest of the Taurus' ready to counterattack.
We'll be there in 3 minutes." I switched the radio over and tuned in Niles
and Devon. "Alright, gentlemen, this is it. Let's take it to them!"

"Aye, Sir. Glad to." Devon drew his beam sabre and began to rush forward.

"God damn, do I hate this sort of thing." Niles was still walking
beside me, reluctant to draw his sabre.

"I do too, Niles. But we have to defend these people. We're they're only
hope for escape."

"You're right." He drew his sabre and charged ahead. "See ya
on the front lines, boss."

I bowed my head and closed my eyes. The only thought on my mind was Megan. Had
she made it out OK? Was she caught in the battle? Was she alive? I didn't know.
All I knew was that in order to find her, I was going to have to make it through
this first. "I'll find you, Megan. Someday..." I drew my beam sabre
and rushed forward to the battleground.


The battle was fast and furious. We'd managed to take out three of the OZ suits,
leaving the leader and two others to deal with. Dev had moved to take on one,
while Niles was dealing with the other. This left me and the leader, one on
one, head to head. Beam sabre in hand, I stood my ground, staring down my opponent,
trying to calculate who was going to make the first move. That question was
soon answered as the leader charged at me.

I reacted and moved to defend myself, stopping his sabre with my own. We exchanged
what seemed to be an endless series of attacks, neither able to do any damage.
I quickly moved off to the side to avoid a slash and managed to get behind him.
Swinging with all I had, I managed to take out his blaster shields.

"Damn you, Leary. Now I'm going to finish you off." The voice that
came over the open channel sounded familiar, though I couldn't place it.

"Who the hell are you, and how do you know who I am?"

He turned and slashed at me again, a move which I barely avoided. "What's
the matter, Leary? Don't you recognize an old friend?"

"Standish! What in the hell are you doing?"

"I told you, Lieutenant. I'd get my revenge. And I also told you I was
thinking of joining OZ. Well, truth be told, I was a card carrying member of
the Rommafellar Foundation before I ever came to this God aweful camp. My wife
insisted that we come here for the children's sake."

"So where are they now? Did you desert them in order to come back here
and settle a personal grudge? Is that the reason why you attacked this camp?"

"I attacked this camp to lure you out, Leary. I know that you and my daughter
had a thing going, and that sent me over the edge. I never did like you, and
now I hate you with everything I am. And I'm willing to sacrifice these pitiful
peasant's lives just to get back at you."

"You're insane, Standish. These people did nothing to you, there's no reason
to bring them into this at all. And as for Megan and I, well, she sees the good
in things, unlike you. She'll be ten times greater that what you've ever been."

"Silence, dog! You'll never see her again. I've moved my family out of
the area. And besides, you'll be dead long before you ever get the chance to
try and find my daughter."

"I was right about you, Standish. You did have some good in you. But that
good was transferred to your daughter, because you've become evil itself. Thanks
for showing me what OZ is all about. Now, are we going to sit here and talk,
or are we going to resolve this little grudge of yours? Because I'm not going
to let you go any further into this camp."

"I'd like to see you try. Now you die, Leary!" He came at me hard,
obviously going for the kill early. I managed to get out of the way and put
some distance between us. "This time, Leary, I won't miss. Prepare to meet
your maker, you arrogant son of a bitch!" Once again, he charged at me,
and fast.

Holding my beam sabre, I stood my ground. He was getting closer quickly, and
I could think of only one counter attack. "I don't think so, Standish.
It's your turn. But I will promise you this. I'll find Megan, and when I do,
I'm going to take care of her. I'm going to be there for her. I'm going to love
her. And you won't be around to stop me."

"Bullshit. You're going to die, here and now!" He raised his sabre
and prepared to bring it down onto my suit.

And that's when I moved. Just as he reached me, I managed to get my Leo to kneel,
and drove my sabre into the lower torso of his suit. "It's over, Standish.
You lose."

"Damn... Damn you, Leary..." Those were the last words
I heard from Lord Standish before his suit exploded, taking him with it.

"I'm sorry... Megan..." I stood my suit upright and put my beam sabre
away. Just then, Devon came up next to me, followed by Niles.

"Jon. Are you alright?"

"Yeah, Niles, I'm OK. You're not going to believe who was in that Mobile
Suit, though."

"It was that haggas Standish, wasn't it?" Dev looked at the chared
remains of Standish's suit. "Good riddance to bad rubbish. That wanker
was a true pain in the arse."

"Alright, you guys, let's report back to Central Command. Mission, complete."

As we made our way back to the camp, I thought of Megan. She was all I could
think about.

That was yesterday. Today, I sit here, doing my dutys as normal, and jotting
this story into my journal. Things are getting stable again, but I miss having
Megan here with me. Her smile made my days better, her charm made my heart light
despite the situation we were all in.

And even if I do find her, how am I supposed to tell her that I killed her father?
Will she understand? Will she turn away from me forever? There's only one way
to find out. And no matter how long it takes, no matter what I have to do, I'm
going to find her...

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Day Three is in the books! There's one more part to go, though, it's not over
yet. If you know my style, you know that I don't write "Love And Loss"
style fics. Being a hopeless romantic, you always want a happy ending, and this
Fic will be no exception.Once again, it's time to Review, and please be nice.
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