Before he had time to ponder what that meant, the mobile suit took flight towards the blazing African sun. Just as the humanoid aircraft positioned itself to fly west, a team of SK70 fighter jets circled the mobile suit and launched a series of homing missiles. But it was no use. With the agility and grace of a dancer, the mobile suit skillfully evaded the projectiles. It then fired machinegun-like bullets from its right arm, taking down two of the four fighter jets.
“Unbelievable,” Captain Leo Richter muttered, as he watched the action from below. “What the hell is that thing?”
In spite of himself, he knew he wasn’t going to get any answers. At the rate his men were going, there wasn’t going to be anything left of his unit to find out. Richter climbed back into his dislodged cockpit and attempted to work the radio frequency. Minutes later, he found his attempt to be unnecessary as he glanced up to see the Gundam mobile suit leaving the site of the battlefield. Richter ran out of the cockpit and kept his eyes locked on the mechanized craft until it was nothing but a speck on the horizon.
Meanwhile, in the cockpit of the mobile suit, the young pilot wiped the sweat from her brow.
“That was a close one,” she said as her amethyst-colored eyes darted around the cockpit, in search of the communications system.
“Carter here,” the pilot said. “I should be back at base in about half an hour. Clear the hangar for me.”
“Are you sure there’s no one following you?” a voice on the other line asked.
“Affirmative. I made sure all enemies were destroyed before leaving the battle site.”
Leaning back in her seat, Carter brushed the jet black bangs from her eyes. So much for a joy ride, she thought.