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"Owen, stay by Umiko's side and make sure nobody else gets near her for an attack! I'm going in to look for the Extreme pilot! He's been giving us trouble, lately! and he may be here!"

"O-Okay!" Owen immediately moved his Gundam to the front of Akatsuki, swinging his rifle around, preparing for whatever attack might come to them. Zake matched the pilot's Gundam's movements and stopped at the opposite side of the Akatsuki. "I'll give you a backup in case you screw up. Your first mission and you're entrusted with guarding someone. You got some rotten luck there, bro." Zake laughed at Owen, who was busy trying to locate any weird movements from the building or maybe even from somewhere else.

"This will probably make me more famous in the Federation." Owen replied, still aiming his rifle around. "Dude, don't be so tense! We're probably safe for now thanks to Mr. Gregor Cain back there. He probably wiped out the mobile suits that have deployed. Even if they had pilots, Strike would have probably dealt with that in the Tomier." Zake's Gundam slowly put down his rifle, confirming that there were no suits other than theirs and the suit that the Akatsuki had forced to move towards where Gregor Cain was.

"You won't believe me if I said that things never went your way." Owen begged to differ. His rifle was still up, aiming every possible places where mobiles suits might appear. Zake turned to the Akatsuki, putting up the open channel. "Is this the pilot of the Akatsuki, the Gundam which was once piloted by Cagalli Yula Athha? My name is Zake Holl, I am the pilot of the Gundam, Titanium. The other tensed Gundam there is Zexon and his pilot, Owen Kazuya. We're here to provide you defense on the request of Andros Yamoto-Clyne."

Zake took the chance to introduce himself, whereas Owen stayed silent. Owen never dealt well with people inside his mobile suit, but outside of one, he can literally talk to anyone at all. Whether it be a criminal or a warmonger, he is able to converse with them on a level where they at least approve of each other. Things were going well for a moment, but like Owen had predicted, enemies appeared. A squad of seven approached them, firing beams at their location.

The Akatsuki did well on deflecting their lasers, however, this time, the squad was fairly different from the usual beam rifles. One of the laser went right through the shield and hit directly at the Akatsuki's right arm. It only scratched a little bit, but the fact that they were firing more than what Akatsuki can handle was trouble. Zexon quickly moved in front and activated it's GN shield. It managed to deflect some attack, but amount of random lasers was too much for even Zexon to handle. "Zake, we got a problem. We'll need the Akatsuki to move on. Their suits were using GN particles, and Akatsuki's shield isn't capable of blocking them.

Zake waited for a moment before nodding. He trusted the purple haired pilot's words and pulled out his rifle. "Alright. I'll leave this to you, Owen. Don't die on me now!" Firing a few shots, Zake turned and moved forward, begging the Akatsuki pilot to follow him. "Let's go. We need to reach the others. Owen's still new at this but he can defend himself. Don't let the newbie's hard work go to waste."