Darius laughed, but it was a hollow sound. “Kid, we’re the Maggots. We don’t get Gundams. We get Balls. And we make them work.”
But the first Zaku was enraged. It vaulted over a burning fuel tank, machine gun blazing. Darius’s Ball took a hit to the thruster assembly. He spun out of control, tumbling toward the lunar surface. mobile suit gundam uc 0079
“Three left,” Aris whispered. “Three left, three left…” Darius laughed, but it was a hollow sound
“I’m dead in the water!” he shouted. “Finish the depot! Aris, you’re in charge! Get Milos out!” We get Balls
Then the Zakos moved.
She saw it. The second Zaku had overcommitted. Its back was to a steep crater wall. She had one shot. Her Ball’s cannon was slow to reload. Instead, she did the unthinkable. She jettisoned her weapon—the only thing keeping her alive—and used both claw-arms to grab a loose boulder the size of a car.
As the Zaku turned its back to search for Milos, Aris fired her emergency cold-gas thrusters. The Ball launched silently, like a fist from the dark. She slammed into the Zaku’s back, her claw arms latching onto its backpack thrusters.