The Curse of Gundams (Gundam:Witch From Mercury x Male Reader)

Chapter 6: The Curse and Prayer of Possibility

A.S-[Ad Stella] Year 116

After making preparations for their departure from Mercury to escape the sights of Elnora, with the help of Casval who was able to make relations with an ex-military group that was hiding on Mercury, Emily was making the final preparations for her and her family to leave the planet as she was supervising the loading of the mobile suits she created. She watched from an upper scaffolding as another one of her creations, the Kyshatriya, was moving the mobile suit containers out of the docking bays.

"Thank you, Marida. I can't express how grateful I am to you and Zinnerman." Emily spoke into an earpiece as the woman piloting Kyshatriya replied.

"No need for thanks. I'm just following my master's orders." Marida replied as she pulled out the container that read 'RX-0: Unit 02' on the container.

"He really doesn't like it when you call him that, don't you know?" Emily said with a hint of humor as she was going over some schematics of the Unicorn.

"You want this one loaded in the farther back storage hold of the Garenceries?" Marida asked Emily.

"Yes, that's right." Emily said as the door behind her opened and she turned around to see her son, Darren, walking towards her as his hair was damp from a fresh shower. "Darren? What are you doing here?" She asked.

"I just wanted to see how things were going." Darren said as he and leaned against the rail of the scaffolding and stared at the Unicorn as it was no longer in its container and would be stored as is in one of the mobile suit holds on the ship. "I'm sorry, Mom. After a whole year...The Unicorn just wouldn't accept me as its pilot..." He said with a hint of guilt as Emily also grew a sad look.

"No...It's my fault we have to do this..." Emily said as she lowered the schematics and looked longingly at the Unicorn Gundam. "If I had stopped Elnora sooner, if I had done more for everyone...if I didn't create these machines in the first place..." She balled her fist before opening it back up and gently placed her hand on Darren's cheek. "If none of this had happened...I wouldn't have had to turn you into a Cyber-Newtype." She said with guilt as Darren looked to her.

"I would make the same choice to become enhanced like this again if it meant we could protect people. You and Dad don't have to do this alone, I'll also be there by your sides when the time comes to stop her." Darren said as Emily was surprised for a moment, before she smiled sadly and kissed her son on the head.

"Thank you, Darren..." Emily said as the two of them turned back to the Unicorn. "Still, I can't wrap my head around it. Why won't the Unicorn accept you and your father as its pilots? I created them...yet I don't know what it is they want..." She said as they stared ominously at the machine, but their trance was broken when the door behind them opened once more.

"Emily, Darren." The pair turned around to see Casval walk up to them. "I can't find Y/N. Have you seen him?" He asked.

"Huh? You can't find him?" Emily said in confusion.

"I saw in the hallway after my last try at powering on the Unicorn. I thought he was gonna just go to find something to eat." Darren explained.

"I already checked there, nothing." Casval said as Emily double tapped her ear piece.

"Marida, stop what you're doing first." Emily said as Kyshatriya stopped one step from entering the Garenceries.

"What happened?" Marida asked in confusion.

"Y/N's gone missing. We need some help covering ground to find him." Emily said as Marida began unstrapping herself from her cockpit seat.

"Goodness, that boy..." Marida muttered as she opened her hatch and put her mobile suit into a temporary stasis as used a rappelling hook to descend to the ground.