Mobile Suit Gundam Fan Fiction ❯ Human Touch ❯ If you believe ( Chapter 5 )

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Human Touch - CH5




Title:
Human Touch
Chapter 5: If you believe
Source: After War: Gundam X
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam X or any of it's characters.
Brief description: After 15 years the destructive power of a newtype
is revived

From inside the large mobile
armor Tifa struggled to regain control of her thoughts but the influence she
was under was just too strong. She could only watch as one mobile suit was destroyed
after another. She could feel the pain and suffering of those she had killed,
their fear and despair. Not just of the mobile suit pilots, but of those at
the unknown base that had been destroyed miles away. The massive weapon seemed
to amplify her abilities, she could even sense the fear of her friends, not
of their own deaths, but of the thought of having to kill her to save themselves.
But through it all a voice kept calling out to her. She couldn't make it out,
there was too much in her mind. The computers were running so much through her
she could barely maintain her sanity.
After several unsuccessful
attempts to contact her telepathically, Jammil fell to the ground, blood dripping
from his ears and nose. There was too great of a block for him to communicate.
The gundam pilots stood frozen and unsure of what to do. Suddenly GX shot up
toward Patulia and dodged the incoming beam shots and missiles that were being
launched at it. "What the hell is he doing?" Witz thought. Witz and
Roabie began covering Garrod with coverfire as he got closer to the mobile armor,
no one had any other ideas so they placed their faith in him. More shots fired
from Patulia as the Federation scientists controlling Tifa's mind noticed the
incoming gundam. Garrod was quick and dodged many shots but a group caught him
on the side and GX's left arm was blown off.
"Tifa!" Garrod
called out to her hoping she could somehow hear his voice. He continue to dodge
the onslaught until he was finally able to land on top of Patulia. Within it
Tifa was nearly loosing her mind, she could see them all and also what happened
to Gundam X, the sight of it caused her great pain that somewhat diminished
as she could sense that Garrod was all right. Garrod was lost in what to do,
he couldn't destroy this thing if it might hurt Tifa, but how much longer could
the others survive?
In the base several engineers
and scientists were baffled by a strange turn of events. The mobile armor had
a sudden and large decrease in the processing speed of commands. For a brief
instant Jammil could sense Tifa's mind calling out for help. Thought it lasted
only a moment, he could pinpoint her location. Meanwhile the engineers had increased
their system's output to a dangerous level that could kill the pilot, but it
seemed the only way to regain control.
Garrod was shaken from
his trance-like state of indecision as the wire beam cannons were deployed and
targeted him. He dodged two but was struck by three more from behind knocking
his shield out of GX's hand. Two more from below sped up and fired at the beam
rifle and destroyed it. GX backed off but was completely surrounded by the wire
beam cannons, Garrod activated his beam sword and was about to make one last
strike on them when beam shots and bullets rained from below. Airmaster and
Leopard had used the period of weakness to get close enough to attack. "We'll
take these down, go get the girl!" Witz yelled out at Garrod.
Just as he got the message,
he got another from the Freeden with Tifa's location. "Got it!" He
shot forward as Airmaster and Leopard lay coverfire. He looked back and saw
both gundams were getting in trouble as Patulia's other weapons were coming
back online. But he couldn't go back, not yet. He shot forward, ignoring everything
that was coming after him. Bullets, beams and missiles targeted the lone gundam
but nothing slowed it down. Even after one successful missile hit blew off it's
left arm, it still kept going without hesitation. In his mind he could hear
her calling to him, she was in such pain he couldn't stand it. Though he himself
wasn't a newtype, Garrod knew deep inside, he could just feel that she was in
danger and time was running out. Quickly he used his remaining arm and beam
sword to cut into the hull frantically trying to get inside.
After penetrating the hull
Garrod exited the gundam and entered the control room of Patulia. Looking in
the center he saw Tifa being held in some weird tube-like device, he could see
blood spilling from her nose and ears and she was convulsing. If he didn't get
her out soon she wouldn't survive much more. He picked up a fallen piece of
the hull and used it to smash the glass tube that held Tifa. After doing so
Patulia starting shutting down and began to fall. Garrod quickly picked up the
unconscious girl and carried her out as fast as he could, Outside, the gundams
which had now used up all their energy and ammo noticed the mobile armor was
now unstable and jumped off to try to get to a safe distance. Jammil immediately
ordered the Freeden to back away to avoid being crushed. The others could only
watch as Patulia fell toward the base below, with Tifa and Garrod along with
it. Garrod had managed to reach the spot he had entered in and GX was still
in place. With only seconds remaining he entered the cockpit, still holding
Tifa. Placing the G-controller unit back into place the gundam came to life
and shot up into the sky as Patulia came crashing down on the base causing a
major explosion that completely wiped the base out.
In the aftermath of the
explosion, GX landed and as soon as it did, nearly fell apart. The other two
gundams weren't any better, but at least it was over. Moments later they were
all picked up and the Freeden set a new course to take some cover while they
repaired the damaged systems and gundams. With Tifa now safe in the infirmary,
everyone could finally take a sigh of relief and relax for a moment. However,
now the New Earth Federation would be after them more then ever and it would
only be a matter of time before the next battle.
. . . . . to be continued
~Akurei_GX