"Cherudim to Ptolemaios. Requesting permission to dock with the ship." Lockon already knew that they could sense him but military protocols had to be maintained. Especially since they were so far away from home at the moment.
Mileina's voice came through loud and clear. "Cherudim, you are cleared for docking in Bay Two. Also... Sumeragi-san would like to have a word with you as soon as possible."
"Acknowledged." As soon as he disconnected the transmission, he glanced at the girl sitting with him in the cockpit. "I'll drop you off with a friend of mine and she'll see to it that you get a hot meal. Sound good?"
An uncertain look appeared on Alice's face. "Lockon..."
"Don't worry. She's really nice. And if you want, you can take Haro with you as a guardian." He reached out with his right hand to pet the orange robot affectionately. "Partner, I'll leave her in your hands."
"Roger! Roger!"
"Allelujah? Are you there?"
Allelujah Haptism poked his head out of the cockpit of the Arios Gundam upon hearing the soft voice of his girlfriend. "Marie? I'm over here."
It didn't take too long for the female super soldier to make her way to where he was working. She had a small water bottle and a tuna sandwich with her. "I brought some refreshments."
"Thanks." Seeing that the system diagnostic routines would take a while to complete, he took a bite of the sandwich. "Are you holding up okay? You were looking forward to doing some travelling and soul searching with me after the A-LAWS conflict."
"You don't have to worry about me. Nobody could have seen this coming," replied Marie.
"I suppose you're right about that." He was interrupted when he heard the siren indicating the return of their comrade Lockon along with the standard warnings to evacuate the designated landing bay so the Gundam could safely dock.
"I better get going. The Captain asked me to watch over Lockon's guest." The young woman stood up and prepared to head to the other side of the hanger, leaving a confused Allelujah behind.
'Lockon... has a guest?'
She felt a bit dizzy the minute she stepped out of the cockpit. Luckily for her, the green clad pilot helped her adjust her balance as she disembarked the mobile suit. "This is... your ship?"
Lockon didn't get a chance to answer as someone else did it for him. "That's right. Welcome to the Ptolemaios." He turned around to see Marie Parfacy approaching the Cherudim. "So this is your new friend? The Captain asked me to watch over her while you go attend your debriefing."
"Yup. Her name's Alice." He looked down to the little girl with him. "Alice, this is Marie. She'll be looking after you for a bit while I go get ripped a new one by the Captain."
Alice had a bit of a horrified look upon hearing Lockon say that so casually. As he headed to the bridge, she turned to the young woman who would be looking after her for a while. "Will he be alright?"
"He should be fine. A pretty speech here and an alcoholic bribe there should get him out of trouble more or less."
There was only one thought Alice had in response to that strange comment. '...... what kind of people are they?'
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(Posted Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:43)
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