Chapter 32 of 62

Red but not Dead

Solar Gear1,526 words~8 min read

3rd person POV:

Inside a hospital bed, laid a very sick woman attached to many types of machinery which kept her alive and left her suffering to a minimum.

(Tiffany Vonford)

CEO of Nexstar industries, Decardo Vonford then entered the room to visit his wife.

Decardo: Hello, dear.

Tiffany: Hm...?

Taking a seat next to her, Decardo turns on the television.

Decardo: I know how the Crescent issue and the whole sun and moon gears have got you all so worried.

Decardo: But there is no need to worry about any of that anymore.

Tiffany turns her attention to the television to see a Nexstar commercial for the eclipse gears.

TV: With these two Gear piloted by the greatest pilot the system has ever seen...

TV: These Crescent plaguing our solar system will soon be a long-forgotten memory.

TV: Including the Gears that have orchestrated this whole event simply to battle.

Lunas and Solas then appear on the screen, fighting amongst each other.

The screen then changed showing their defeat at Saiko's hands.

TV: Nexstar industries. We build the future.

Tiffany:(weak smile) I...I can always rely on you...to do what's right.

Decardo:... Yes... What's right.

Decardo:(mind) I'll do whatever is necessary to save you... Even if it means helping the devil I built.

(Opening theme)

(S.S Dawn)

Escaping the area, the Crew now gathered around to discuss their situation, especially after seeing a broadcast of Nexstar's newest commercial.

Cynthia: What happened to Yn? Is he...

Aibella: He's alive.

Everyone:?

Ron: How do you know?

Aibella: The wormhole gate, it activated. And they entered it before it was destroyed.

Aibella: Worst-case scenario, he's really far away from us.

Jacklin: If you're certainn... Then we'll move on to the next subject.

Aibella: Nexstar industries.

Jacklin: Correct. They planned this. I don't understand how, but they did.

Jacklin: And of course we don't know what they want.

Jacklin: But one does not simply construct an entire city simply to hide a factory.

Aibella: I have a theory...

Ryuka: What is it.

Aibella: They started the Crescent war.

Juliet: That's crazy. Do you honestly think they can do that?

Aibella: Yes.

Cynthia: Let's say they did, why?

Aibella: The idea came to me after I saw the first eclipse Gear. They wanted the document allowing them to build weapons.

Jacklin: And why would they want that?

Aibella: It's...it's...it's difficult to explain...this is still just a theory.

Jacklin:...

Ron: So what is our game plan.

Cynthia: Arrest the Eclipse pilot.

Everyone:!?

Cynthia: Yn is a member of the U.S.R.A.P.U. And what she did was attack him and now blaming him.

Cynthia: With Luna gone, Crescent has suffered a massive loss. So they aren't something to really worry about.

Cynthia: So let's go after her.

Jacklin:...

Cynthia: Captain...?

Jacklin:... Very well. But we must approach this carefully. She posses weapons greater than Solas and Lunas.

Jacklin: We can't afford to go at it head-on like Direx so loves to do.

Juliet: I'll find her position.

Ron: I'll set a course.

Jacklin: Good. Jacklin and Chuma you rest. Aibella, find Yn.

Aibella:(mumbles) Way ahead of you...

(Unknown location)

Darkness surrounded Yn. All he heard was a loud constant, repeating beeping noise.

Opened his eyes and found himself on the floor of Solas's cockpit.

Noticing a holographic screen, Yn saw that it showed the amount of damage Solas received.

Yn: Ugh... B-beginners luck, Saiko...

Getting Solas back onto his feet, the young pilot saw Lunas do the same across from him.

Yn: Well good morning Princess. Sleep well.

Luna:(coms) Sil-

Yn:(mind) Was that her normal voice just now!?

Luna:(coms) Silence. I know you just woke up as well.

Looking around, the two find themselves in what could only be described as an underground arena

The large circle-shaped open room with walls and ceiling made from some kind of stone, Solas, and Lunas had the Gear equivalent to a boxing ring to move in.

Luna:(coms) Great, look where you got us.

Yn: Where I got us!? Is that bucket of yours cutting circulation to your head or something?!

Luna:(coms) Circulation? Wow, such big words. You're such a big boy.

Yn: You wanna fight, miss useless?

Shaking his fist at Lunas, Yn hears metal creaking, until...

(Creek)

(POP)

(SLAM)

Solas's right arm fell off.

Yn:!??

Yn: SOLAS!!!

Luna:(coms) Looks like you're in no condition to fight.

Yn: Tch!

Luna:(mind) And judging by what the monitors are showing me, neither is Lunas.

Yn: So happens now?

Luna:(coms) I don't know... I have no idea where we are or how to-

(Zzzzummmmm)

Yn/Luna:?

Looking to the other side of the room, the two saw a wormhole open up and a figure inside of it.

They both watched in slight worry as this new Gear arrived.

Once it exited the wormhole, both pilots felt a sense of emotion they couldn't quite understand.

It was like fear but acted like dread.

Yn:(mind) Solas?

Luna:(mind) Lunas, is this coming from you?

The wormhole closed, and the light that shined from behind the Gear and masked it in shadows disappeared. The two pilots got a better look at the spiky gear with a sword on its side.

Solas and Lunas's display then identified this Red Gear to their pilots.

Luna/Yn:!?

Luna: Impossible...

Yn: That's...that's...

Yn/Luna: The legendary Red Gear! Azrexel!?

(Legendary Red Gear: King Azrexel)

Azrexel:(glare)

Yn: Is that Red guy glaring at us?!

Luna:(coms) Are you also getting this strange feeling from your Gear?

Yn: Yep...

Yn: Can this really be THE Azrexel?

Luna:(coms) I think that's why Lunas and Solas identified him as such.

Luna:(coms) The only question now, is what do we do, we are in no condition to fight.

Yn: Well... Why not talk to him?

Luna:(coms) That might not work, seeing as we don't know who's piloting Azrexel.

Yn: Worth a shot.

Yn:(speaker) Hey, so how did you get your hands on that famous Gear?

Solas and Lunas's monitors then revealed, Azrexel had no pilot.

Yn/Luna:!?

Yn: Oh, Great! It's fucking haunted!

Azrexel began walking up to the twin Gears.

Solas began walking towards it, reluctantly, with his left hand out as if to want to try and shake Azrexel's hand.

Yn:(speaker) Put 'em there, bud!

The legendary Red Gear took out its spear, and after getting close enough pointed the spear in front of Solas's cockpit.

Azrexel: Get. Out.

Yn:(speaker) Listen, dude, I don't even know how I got here. So if you're not going to show us the exit-

(Poke)

The Red Gear taps Solas's cockpit.

Azrexel: Out.

Yn:(speaker) You know what? This is getting nowhere. Either show me how or get lost!

Yn:(speaker) And stop pointing that at me!

He slaps away Azrexel's spear.

Luna: This won't end well, I can feel it.

Lunas starts to approach the two as reluctantly as Solas.

Azrexel:...

Yn:(speaker) Listen I'm willing to talk, but if you're going to shove a weapon in my face, then legends, be damned, I-

Azrexel kicks Solas into Lunas.

Yn/Luna:(grunts)

Azrexel: Out. Both of you.

Yn: Oh-ho-ho...

Yn:(speaker) Listen here, you haunted son of a bitch! I'm in a bad mood, and you just ticked me off even more!

Solas got up and rushed towards Azrexel thanks to the rage of Yn. Rasing its only fist left, Solas swings at the Red Gear, but despite how far Yn pushed, the fist stopped an inch away from Azrexel.

Yn: Come...on! We can take him!

Realizing the situation he was in, Azrexel found no point in keeping his spear out. Placing it on his back, the Red Gear softly lowered Solas's arm.

Yn: Huh?

The red gears hand then glowed with some kind of energy as he grabbed Solas's chest.

(BEEP, BEEP BEep...)

Yn:!?

Solas lost all power and shut down as Azrexel ripped open the cockpit.

Yn:!!

Azrexel's emerald eyes peer into the cockpit with a glare.

Azrexel: Out.

Yn: Ugh!?

Looking down to his feet, Yn begins to clench his fist in anger.

Yn: Y-you...YOU RUSTY PIECE OF TRASH!

In anger, Yn runs out of the cockpit and leaps towards Azrexel's face.

Yn: I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT YOU GET FOR BUSTING UP SOLAS!

(Punch)

He punches Azrexel's face but only harms himself in the process.

Yn:(grunts)

He begins falling down Azrexel's body, trying to catch himself, but fails to and ends up on the ground.

Azrexel then throws Solas over his shoulder and approaches Lunas.

Luna: Oh no...

She attempts to move, but after what just transpired, Lunas failed to move.

Luna: Come on, not now of all times!

The Red Gear stopped in front of them.

Azrexel:...(looks at Solas)

Azrexel:(glares at Lunas)

Lunas's cockpit then opened.

Luna:!?

Luna:... Tch!

With no choice, she exits Lunas, Azrexel allowing her to get on the ground before grabbing the Lunar Gears arm and dragging them to Solas's fallen off arm.

Azrexel: Take it.

Lunas complies and grabs the arm as a wormhole opens up and Azrexel takes the twin Gears away as their pilots helplessly watched

Yn: Ugh! N-no! Get back here! Solas!

He shouted while struggling to get back to his feet after sustaining injuries from the fall from Azrexel.

Luna:...

(Ending theme)

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