Reccoa's Shadow
- How long now?! - We've caught up with the Audhumla!
We'll make contact in about five minutes!
Okay, send out our mobile suits.
I'm going out, too!
This is no longer Dakar. I'll do as I wish!
Is there anything left to be loaded...
...Lieutenant Quattro?
Kamille's doing it for me.
Oh...!
Sorry to cause you all the trouble, Director Hayato.
Not a problem.
The general public gets easily excited but calms down just as fast.
Please proceed quickly with the operation.
I was told the same thing by Beltorchika.
You were?
Well, we Oldtypes can't help giving unnecessary advice.
Actually, it's probably an accurate assessment of human nature.
And it is your job to change that characteristic in people.
No, Director Hayato, it is our job.
I stand corrected.
Will the Argama come for us?
They can't come down low enough.
At least, that's what we should assume.
But then...!
We'll wait for the Argama in orbit.
Thanks to the Minovsky particles...
...it's impossible to target a small shuttle from the Earth's surface.
Right.
It looks like you're ready.
The sooner you leave, the better.
It's not as if the Titans have given up on their attack.
You're right.
Amuro, take care of everything else for me.
Beltorchika says you're more handsome without the sunglasses.
Please leave everything here on Earth to us...
...Char Aznable.
You've changed, Amuro.
You've returned to the Amuro Ray of the old days.
You're the one who changed me.
Well...!
It's from the bridge.
What?!
How many enemy mobile suits?
Amuro!
We'll cover the shuttle's take-off. We won't let the enemy get in the way.
Thanks, Amuro!
Launch the shuttle!
Please take me to the gun turret.
Kamille, come!
We still have time. We should fight, too!
Our duties here on Earth are over.
Our immediate duty is to return to space uninjured.
Yes, sir.
It's that guy! Why haven't the Zeta and the Hyaku Shiki come out yet?!
It's the new model from yesterday.
All mobile suits! We'll hold the enemy here!
Audhumla! Ascend!
Shuttle positioning for launch.
Okay!
It's started. Are you okay with the controls, sir?
I've had training on this.
I suggest you also learn how to pilot a shuttle.
I already can. I flew one, don't you remember?
No, I mean learning to operate one in the official way.
Self-taught style isn't good enough.
I'll learn when it becomes more peaceful, Char Azna...!
You can still call me Lieutenant Quattro.
Yes, Lieutenant Quattro.
It's what's left of the Titans' force.
Go down!
Why aren't you coming out, Zeta Gundam?!
I get it!
They're trying to get away!
Melord!
Attack the Audhumla! Even if it means ramming into it!
He says ram into the enemy.
He can't be sane.
He's only telling us to be prepared, that's all!
Fire missiles!
We'll see who gives up first! Fire everything we have!
We're doing it!
Time it with the enemy's movements!
You'll never hit them by firing randomly!
There's one! It's close!
Fall! Fall! Fall!
Lieutenant, we should launch to make the Audhumla lighter!
We haven't received orders to take off from Hayato yet!
But...!
Close your eyes if you're scared!
Hayato! Launch the shuttle!
While I'm shooting down the enemy Garuda!
I did it!
I'm launching the shuttle! Ready?!
We're ready! We'll follow your orders!
Director Hayato, any message for Katz?
Just tell him, "I'm happy as long as you're alive".
- Sure! - We'll omit the countdown!
Melord!
Have you lost control?!
We've transferred our control to the number three bridge!
We can avoid hitting the ground!
Okay.
How dare you hit the Melord!
Char, now! Go!
Lieutenant Quattro.
Their shuttle's taken off!
The Zeta and the Hyaku Shiki must be in there!
It's useless.
Good luck Char, Kamille.
Whatever you do, don't die in vain.
- Uncomfortable, aren't you? - No.
But I can never get used to...
...this terrible feeling.
In the old days, people went out to space enduring G-Forces many times stronger.
Yes, I know.
These people believed their promised land existed in space.
Rather than hate the elites on Earth who forced them into space...
...they thought it more positive to think that way.
Once people were able to shake off gravity...
...they acquired a new sense.
And that led to the emergence of Newtypes.
In that regard, outer space was indeed a promised land.
That's easy to understand.
I will also pursue that promise.
Right now, that is my responsibility.
Unless I do that, Four will cease to live within me.
- Did you see that? - Yes. Likely flashes from a battle.
It must be the Argama.
Looks like we've reached orbit.
Lieutenant!
We'll prepare to support the Argama. Come.
Yes, sir!
Their defense is weaker than usual. Perhaps a lack of supplies?
Batch, return to protect the Argama!
Roger!
Qum!
- Fa! - It'll be all right.
Shinta, go to your room. Play with Haro and stay there.
- We'll be all right. - I'm counting on you.
Fa!
Fa's going out to fight.
She has to fight, or else the Argama will be gone!
Kamille, are you all right?
Yes.
The weight has now been reduced considerably.
Lieutenant, this can go, too!
- Hurry! - Right!
- Ready?! - Yes.
You're using your vernier too much! It's your final lifeline! Use it sparingly!
I'm sorry! I'll be more careful!
Oh, that can't go!
Why not?
It's got gifts from Miss Beltorchika for the crew of the Argama!
I see.
- Load it onto the Zeta! - Right!
- We're starting the shuttle! - Right!
Ready, Lieutenant!
We have power to reach there?
How is our ascending angle?
We'll get there in about fifteen minutes.
I hope the Argama will survive until we get there.
I'll disconnect the joints securing the mobile suits!
Don't forget the spare oxygen cylinders for our normal suits.
Yes, sir!
Second wave... no, third wave coming!
Forget the trivial details! Starboard!
What's going on with the anti-air battery?!
Portside gunners, barrage is weak! What the hell are you doing?!
There are eight enemy mobile suits out there! They're new models!
We still have the Methuss!
Gather the mobile suits and have them protect the Argama!
I can't allow it. I don't want to damage the Methuss!
But I'm used to piloting the Methuss.
The barrage is weak! Shoot down at least one of them!
If your death will end this war, I'll permit you to go.
Yes, sir!
- What's the matter?! - Captain Bright, is Fa there?!
She's here. What's up?
Those little kids. They're up to no good.
- Hey, come out of there! - What are you doing?!
- Can we open this from the outside?! - It'll take time!
Can you move it?
I always watch, but... Maybe like this.
- I'm telling you, come out! - There's no way you can move this thing!
They sound mad!
We'll be okay as long as we do it like Kamille.
Come on, kids!
Is it this lever?
We should've brought Haro here with us.
Don't be silly! We don't need toys in battle!
- But still...! - Those children!
Do they think they're Newtypes or something?!
One of our Nemos has been destroyed!
We must protect the Argama!
- In place of Kamille?! - That's right!
- We're going to do it! - Hurry and move it!
Fa.
Go to the Methuss and give those two a spanking they won't forget!
Y-Yes, sir!
Thank you, Captain Bright.
I'm opening it!
You two!
I've told you a million times never to touch this!
- Get out at once! - Okay.
How are you feeling?
The battleship that you belonged to is now under attack.
I'd like to hear your comments on this.
Any decent human being would find this unbearable.
I'm decent!
That's why I came here!
You may say you've had a change of heart...
...but we still see you as a spy.
I find that quite regrettable!
What are your true objectives, Ensign Reccoa?
I...
...I just didn't want to go against what my heart feels.
That's all.
I don't believe you are that ideological.
My ideology is to comply with what my heart feels!
Don't you understand that?
No, I don't.
I'm selfish.
And that's why you betrayed them?
Is that wrong?
Our patrol ship has been sunk!
Can't they survive until we catch up to them?
Is the Yazan team able to launch with the Hambrabis?!
Yes, sir!
- Can we get there in time? - I'm sure we will.
I just saw some new flashes.
They can hold for a while.
I'm amazed. So, you can tell?
Well, it looks that way to me.
What?!
Th-The output's increased?!
Batch!
Lieutenant Apolly, are you all right?!
Thanks, Fa.
- Will we get there? - I don't know.
- Let's go! - Yes, sir!
Lieutenant!
I'll take you with the Zeta!
But then the Zeta won't make it!
Rather than go separately and neither of us getting there...
...it would be better if at least you got there, Lieutenant.
All right!
Fa, bail!
Right.
Y-You're kidding!
It's the Zeta Gundam and the Hyaku Shiki!
What?!
Have you confirmed it?!
No mistake about it!
The barrage has got to be thicker!
We'll pick up the Zeta and the Hyaku Shiki, then return to the Moon!
Yes, sir!
Is it you, Fa?! Fa Yuiry!
Are you injured?!
Kamille.
Did you come out with the Methuss?! Why?!
I wanted to see for myself just one more time...
...if I'm suited... to be a pilot.
Kamille, don't worry about me. Go out and fight.
Argama!
Shoot out the Mega Bazooka Launcher!
Do you hear me?!
Lieutenant Quattro is requesting the Mega Launcher!
- Give it to him! - But what if the enemy shoots it down?!
Worry about that if it gets shot down!
Ready to shoot out!
It's going!
You're not going to stop it!
Where's the enemy ship?!
Nemo team, spread out! Otherwise, you'll get sucked into this!
Lieutenant Quattro!
Captain Gady! Please have this ship pull back!
What for?
It's the Mega Bazooka Launcher. That thing's directed at this bridge!
I don't see anything! Not even the Argama's main cannon...!
Char and Kamille have returned to this battle area!
Do you realize what that means?!
All right!
Alexandria, retreat at top speed!
Yes, sir!
I won't let you fire it!
Go down!
It's just as you told us, Ensign Reccoa!
Hurry with the retreat!
They can't fire again right away.
We should also have the mobile suits retreat.
Good point, Ensign.
How could I miss? Why?
I felt something get in the way.
Will you explain it to me so that I can understand?
All I can say is that I was drawn.
To what?
To a strong man, like Yazan.
Really.
Excuse me.
Damn.
Ever since teaming with Scirocco, I keep coming across strange ones.
- I'm glad that you're okay, Lt. Ramsus. - Well, well.
I hear you saved the Alexandria, Ensign.
I wanted to prove I wasn't a spy.
I know what your real target is.
Scirocco's life, right?
Not a chance!
I'm flattered with you overrating me, but I'm not that great a soldier.
Although it would be nice to attract the attention of a man like that.
It's the same thing! So you're really that kind of woman.
Excuse me.
No one's going to easily steal the heart of that woman.
Batch hasn't returned?!
N-No.
And I'm only alive because you saved me, Fa.
Batch...!
Lieutenant Apolly.
What about you, Fa?
I know... I had a close call, too.
Fa!
But you know...
...those two tried to go out to fight with the Methuss instead of me.
Fa!
Then, I couldn't help...!
- Fa! - That was very dangerous!
You two!
I heard that you got an enemy mobile suit!
You're really something, Fa!
Kamille!
- Job well done. - Thank you very much, Captain Bright!
Thanks to you, I was able to avoid becoming lost in space.
You also saved us.
You look well.
What are you being so shy about, Lieutenant?
Well, I did take on that role as a clown in Dakar.
The broadcast was also aired in the Colonies.
A bootleg copy of the original broadcast, that is.
Lieutenant, you've given Spacenoids hope.
I look forward to working with you...
...Char Aznable.
I feel the same way, Captain Bright.
But...
...Miss Reccoa cannot be alive.
During a lull between battles, Kamille meets Rosamia, Mineva...
...and Haman Karn at a Colony resort.
Char stands aghast at the coincidence.
Does Kamille have a power for attracting the enemy?
Next on Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, "By the Lake".
By the Lake
You will see the tears of time.