‘Warriors! Come out and plaaaaaaay!” The Epyon stood menacingly at the docks of the base, as Alex taunted the pilots who were hiding in the hangars. The moon hung low in the sky, casting a tall shadow over Durban.

The devil suit’s eyes glowed a bright green as it stared into the heart of the base, as if it had come for its soul. O’rion grew restless as he waited patiently for the suits to come storming out of the hangars.

Much to his disappointment all he was met with was a few crumbling buildings and a tumble weed that blew in front of his Gundam. The pilot turned towards a mounted turret and ‘poked’ it with the Epyon’s hand and watched it fall over.

“Well now that was disappointing… And where the hell did a tumble weed come from?!” He shouted at no one in particular. The pilot was disheartened at the lack of any challenge presented by his newest mission.

“I’m going to kill that friggin closet dominatrix wannabe!” Alex cursed Theresa under his breath. He let out a big sigh as another turret fell at the touch of his suits hand.

“Yeah, Dewey? Base is clear… umm… no one’s home…”

—-

10 Minutes earlier…

“We need to leave…” Ethan looked up from his drink at the others pilots. They had all been sitting in the hangar, working on repairs to their suits, expecting another attack, but not this soon.

“What? Why would we do that?” Paz stepped away from the Freedom as he looked at the startled Newtype.

“Nevermind… Listen to the man, pack up and let us get out of here!” Paz grabbed Herr Hopflop and made his way into his suit.

Not seconds after the Freedom powered on, the klaxons blared, alerting the motley crew to the approach of an enemy.

“Nothing good comes from waiting around here…” And with that the Nu took off, followed by the suits that had not but a couple of days ago conquered this base.

—-

“It’s Dimitri…” The pilot of the Zero sighed, after explaining for what seemed like the 15th time that night.

“Yeah yeah yeah, Daffy, gotcha…” He waved his hand in dismissal towards his ‘partner’ as the two suits marched through out the abandoned base.

“So I hear you like puppies.” The bored pilot asked as he chuckled to himself at his joke.

“Actually I d… wait, what?! Where the hell did that come from?” Dimitri stopped mid sentence and just stared at the Epyon.

With out a word the Epyon ignited its beam sword in a flurry of emerald green energy. A second later, its heat rod hit the ground with a heavy clank as it began to resonate with heat. Dimitri narrowed his eyes at Alex’s suit as he clinched his controls.

“Shall we?” and with out further explanation, Alex took off and slammed the blistering whip through a building, which was followed by a series of small explosions. Before Dimitri could draw his beam saber, the Epyon had already demolished two missile launchers.

“We shall…” Dimitri burst into the sky and began lighting the sky up with the fire from his machine cannons. The bullets riddled the sides of building as they began to crumble beneath the barrage. He brought the Zero exploding through the rising cloud of dust that was kicked up by the falling building, and took out 3 canons in a tornado of beam sabers.

“That’s what I’m talking about!” Alex grew excited as he thrust his beam sword through the steel doors that housed the heavy cannons, rewarded with an explosion before speeding off to destroy another lifeless defense.

Dust kicked up all around the base, mixing with the smoke to create an eerie scene as the two colossal machines destroyed the installation. Fire and debris decorated the ground as Durban lay in ruins; all that could be seen amongst the smoke were the two Gundams towering over the chaos.

The two suits turned to face each other, an explosion firing off behind each suit, as two missile launchers detonated. As soon as their computers registered each suit, a flash of light went off and both systems engaged simultaneously.

-ENEMY- flashed across each suits screen.

Their eyes flashed a bright fiery green as they both entered a crouching position.

“I see… ZERO says you’re the enemy…” Dimitri kicked off and hit the thrusters as he hurtled towards Epyon, beam sabers drawn.

Alex reacted quickly pulling beam sword to block, but Zero adjusted quickly and hit the Epyon in the skirt armor with his second saber.

“Damnit!” Alex screamed. Green energy began pulsating from the beam sword, as it grew slightly in size. He growled as he slammed his shoulder into the Zero’s midsection sending it skidding across the ground.

Epyon threw its sword to the side and descended upon Dimitri’s suit for the killing blow. As he went to swing, the Zero planted its foot on the Epyon’s chest and sent him crashing into one of the few remaining buildings.

“I have another gift for you Lamonica my dear…” He drew his buster rifle.

A white light began to emanate from the barrel of the Zero’s rifle as he charged his shot. Numbers began scrolling down the screen, and flashes of Lamonica appeared before him. Dimitri tried to shake these images as he took his suit to the sky.

“I don’t think so!” A black and red whip came hurtling from the smoke and wrapped around the Zero’s foot. The paint began to peel from the suits armor as the heat rod began to glow. With a quick jerk of the Epyon’s arm, the Zero came crashing back to the ground.

Dimitri leveled his gun at the Epyon, as it tossed its sword over head, each looking to finish the other off when both suits came to a halt. The sword powered down as the green energy escaped back into its bonds from where it was unleashed. The buster rifle whirred to a stop, smoke escaping the barrel as it cooled down.

“Lamonica…”

“Crazy dominatrix lady…”

Both pilots stared into the screens as the ZERO systems began to malfunction; numbers filled each screen before flashing into a bright light. Alex and Dimitri both screamed in pain as their cockpits hissed open and they stumbled out to the ground.

Alex could see his ‘partner’ briefly as he lost consciousness.

“Hey puppy dude…” Was all he could mutter before both pilots passed out in the wreckage of Durban.

—–

Outcome: Durban Captured/Draw

Wing Zero: 11vp, 2 days damage
Epyon: 11vp, 2 days damage
Durban: 3 cannons lost, 2 heavy cannons lost, 6 rocket launchers lost