Mobile Suit Gundam Rebirth

Frame 12: Can You Be Trusted?

Frame 12: Can You Be Trusted?

~Porter Town~

            “I am so sorry,” said the girl as Zax helped placed her back on her feet. The girl had on a pink top that exposed her bellybutton, watermelon green shorts, and pink sneakers.

            “Hey you! Stop!” yelled approaching Xen-Dominion soldiers.

            “They’re after me,” said both the girl and Zax at the same time. “After you? They’re after me.”

            “Great, this is just fantastic. We still need a mechanic and Hall is still MIA,” said Falyn.

            “Hal? As in Hal Forester?” she asked them.

            “You know him?” Zax asked.

            “No…maybe, kind of. It’s messy. I came across him right before he died.” Falyn eyes narrowed, realizing why he couldn’t sense Hal via this existence anymore. However, what was it about this girl for Hal’s essence to latch onto her. In his eyes, this girl couldn’t be trusted.

            “Captain, we need to go. If what she said is true, for all we know she could have killed him,” Falyn said.

            “Baka! That’s all you have to say? Your friend died in front of me, wanting me to show up to this location and the only thing you can say is that I was the one that killed him? How dare you!” Rikka expressed which sent Falyn to step forward toward her,

            “He wasn’t my friend.” Zax went in and placed his hand on Falyn’s shoulder, silently expressing for him to stand down. He felt a knot in his throat that he had to force down for this wasn’t the time or place to morn the loss of his teammate.

            “You said that he sent you to us?” Zax decided to ask. “Who are you?”

            “My name is Rikka Fleak. Though his message was a bit cryptic, but he wanted me to wear this Xel’tool and—”

            “The Xel’tool? So that means you know of B23?” Zax cut her off.

            “Noy Jitat,” cursed Falyn as the Xen-Dominion soldiers reached them. The immediate danger struck a cord within Rikka when she unconsciously pulled out a gun that belonged to Hal. She edged up the gun with both hands directly at the soldiers.

            “Whoa…what just happened? Why am I holding a gun?” she asked herself out loud. One minute she was hand free and with one blink she found herself in possession of a gun.

            “Ha! Don’t make me laugh, do you even know how to use that thing little girl?” a soldier asked. Both Falyn and Zax eyed each other when two more soldiers came at them from the rear.

            “Come..come any closer and I’ll shoot,” Rikka stuttered. Her hand wouldn’t stop shaking as the soldier called out her bluff and took a step forward. “Stop…I’ll do it, I really will.”

            “Cut the bullshit kid, these two are coming with us, and you can join them,” said a soldier. Noticeable fear in her eyes took over her body as the gun continued shaking unsteadily in her hands. “Put it down and hand it to me before you make me angry.” It wasn’t till then that she began lowering the gun and blacked out before saying,

            “Catch.” The gun was tossed at the soldier that caught him by surprise. So much so, Rikka kicked the gun out of his hand, which flew overhead, allowing Zax to catch it. As Zax started firing in the opposite direction, Rikka spun around and elbowed the soldier in the gut and then upper jabbed him with the same elbow in his face. Just as Zax fired his last shot, he tossed the gun in the air, allowing Falyn to catch it in synchronization. Falyn pointed the gun at the last remaining soldier and sent an electric bullet into him, knocking him out completely. When Rikka regained her composure, she found herself standing over the soldier she just knocked out,

            “What the hell just happened? What did I just do?”

            “You don’t remember?” Zax asked.

            “No! One minute I was lowering the gun, next this dude is knocked out,” said Rikka.

            “We need to leave now,” said Falyn.

            “I’m coming with too then,” Rikka said.

            “Captain, she is not coming with us,” Falyn intervened. Rika literally shoved Falyn into some shrubberies, making Zax focus his attention on her instead.

            “Listen, last time I checked, I’m a mechanical engineer, plus I have this Xel’tool thingy. I’m coming with,” she said, pleading her case. Falyn pulled himself out of the shrubs only to find himself completely covered with greenery and twigs, Rikka hid behind Zax.

            “She comes. Rikka, we’re the United-Federation Extraterrestrial Attestation also known as U-FEA (U-Feh-Ah). If you’re truly in, then we roll out now,” Zax commanded.