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I didn't know what to do. There was very little I could do.
When half an asteroid is falling to earth there isn't exactly much I could accomplish, my Jegan already didn't seem content with being thrown into battle so soon. I'm just thankful it was still in one piece. There wasn't much time to get used to piloting it, everything still felt quite sluggish.
But out of the corner of my eye, I saw something. That Gundam pilot, Amuro Ray, seemed to have made up his mind about something. In hindsight the mission objective was clear: stop the descent of Axis AT ALL COSTS. Regardless of the situation around him, he was going to fulfil that objective. I knew it was in vain, but something inside me felt different in that moment. Something was compelled to help.
We were few, but I wasn't alone. We flew in to assist, someone commented about not letting Londo Bell take all of the credit. Even as our numbers grew to include Neo Zeon pilots, they would soon begin to dwindle as Mobile suits began to either fall off or explode in the atmosphere.
It was hot. Even now; I could hear the joints of my mobile suit groan in complaint. Out of fuel and out of options, I let go of Axis. Fate seemed to have a different plan for me, however, as after tumbling for only a brief moment I found myself lodged into the asteroid. Unable to move, I was only able to watch as my fellow soldiers, friend and foe alike, met a slightly worse fate than I.
I wondered if this was all for nothing, wondered if Char had succeeded. A green flash of light left me with many doubts.
I don't know what it was, but it was nothing like I could ever have experienced previously. In place of panic and worry, was left warmth, and comfort. It felt as though the will of all humanity had suddenly been focused on this one single point in space and time. Hope is our greatest strength, and it was then that it came in droves.
By the time my monitor was clear again, the sky that lay before me was one I had never seen before. Worst part was that I was falling through it.