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>Bright: Who let the Gundam launch?! If Jerid is in there-
>Fraw: Captain, its Amate!
>Bright: Switch to condition red! I want all GM II's to subdue and recover the Gundam immediately!

Atop the hull of the Pegasus-class, Amate locks the Gundam's shield onto its back, before readying both beam sabers and pointing them towards the firing Musai.

>GM II pilot 1: What are they doing?
>Amate: (Ok Amate...you can do this!)

Colliding the tips of both sabers, a field of sparks emerges from the merging energy fields, with loose Minovsky Particles flickering in front of the Pegasus. Pulling them away from one another, Amate moves both of the Gundam's arms aside, spinning its hands to rotate the sabers at blinding speeds.

>GM II pilot 2: Pilot, cease immediately and stand down! If you refuse-
>GM II pilot 3: Burrs, Zeon's Mobile Suit teams in front of that ship are starting to pull back! I think they got spooked!
>GM II pilot 2: I'll be damned...alright, you've done your part. Put the sabers away and return to the hangar. What the...their communications are down? That field of Minovsky Particles must be creating a barrier blocking our radio waves...

Observing Zeon's forces ceasing their attack, Fraw lets out a small sigh of relief.

>Fraw: Captain, we are ready to begin descent. It was a little unorthodox, but that actually scared Zeon from-
>Bright: All we did was paint a far larger target on our backs now. Word will spread, and some fools within their ranks will take a chance to attack us. Once the Gundam is recovered, that girl is to be denied meals until we can transfer her to proper authorities.
>Fraw: Captain, please-

As Amate returns the Gundam's sabers, she feels a short burst of pride in herself.

>Amate: (Nobody is going to stop us from going to the Earth. The ocean...I will finally be able to-)

Staring down to the Earth, Amate clutches her head as her vision begins to fluctuate.

>Amate: N-no...not now...please...!