Location: Unknown Forest near an Anti Entropy Base.
Time: ???
Date and Year: December 2013
Synopsis: Shortly after Kira and the Strike were rescued by Setsuna and ELS Qan[T].
A rift appeared in the sky as the Strike flew out. Kira looks at the Strike's monitor and he sees that he is in a completely new area, but also familiar. He sees the snowy trees and snowy floor. And not that far from here is that he sees a base. Oh shit... They are sending out their guys. The temporary power up on the Strike soon faded as Kira landed the Strike and made the Gundam kneel on one leg. Soon after, the Strike's Phase Shift Armor faded as the Strike's color went from white, blue, and red into a dominantly gun-metal grey-colored Gundam.
Kira did another look at the Strike's monitors as it identified the units the nearby base sent out.
Several helicopters, jeeps, tanks, and... robots? Yeah, robots. And they are all approaching the Strike. He saw the jeeps, tanks, helis, and robots stop and aim their weapons at the Gundam. At one jeep, Kira saw a red-haired girl with glasses poke herself out from the jeep's door with a megaphone, and beside her was a girl with blue hair.
"Hey, whoever you are in that big dull robot, come on out with your hands up or else!"
Kira couldn't help himself as he made the Strike's cockpit open and he stepped out, with his hands raised and the Crimson Orb still in his right hand because he didn't have the pockets to fit that said Orb. Even if the Strike still had the energy, Kira still had to come out to make sure he was not an enemy.
"EH?! A KID?!" Kira heard the girl gawk once the Coordinator showed himself out of the Strike.
"Tesla, we also look like teenagers, you know." Kira heard a dull and oblivious voice from beside the red-haired girl. This time that girl beside has blue hair.
"S-Shut up, Mophead!" The girl now identified as Tesla called out to the girl as she groaned, "M-Mou! If only Welt is here! He can take care of this situation!"
Hearing the name of his friend from the Amber Era, Kira couldn't help but yell out a question for them to hear. Not knowing the potential dangers he is going to get.
"Y-You guys know Welt-san?!"
The entirety of the present units of Anti Entropy paused at the mention of their leader/friend's name.
"Did... did I hear that right?" Tesla stuttered and then gasped when she looked at the Orb closely on Kira's hand as she looked at her companion/rival, "Oi, Einstein! That Orb!"
"Yeah... a Herrscher Orb. One that Welt uses. This kid knows Joachim." Einstein muttered in disbelief as her widened eyes returned to normal and grabbed the megaphone from Tesla, "We need to constrain him and ask him questions. Joachim must've helped him escape from the Sea of Quanta."
Later, Kira found himself in cuffs inside a jeep as he was being escorted into the base... Along with the Strike, which is being carried in multiple lines by a Tandem-rotor helicopter/Cargobob.
Location: Anti-Entropy Base in Russia
Time: 4:50 pm
Date and Year: December 2013
Synopsis: Shortly after Kira and the Strike were contained.
(Play: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED OST Athrun no Yuutsu by Toshihiko Sahashi)
Kira is in an interrogation room, looking around the place in fear and curiosity.
In front of him is a mirror. A two-way mirror. One where Kira could only see his reflection, but in actuality, Tesla and Einstein are on the other side, looking at the boy. The former is looking at the computer that is trying to get into the Strike's computers but she can't while the latter is observing the Crimson Orb she got from Kira.
"Yeah, there's no doubt about it." Einstein started as she looked at Tesla, "That boy indeed met Joachim. How's your end? Any information about him and that robot?"
Tesla just groaned as she pulled her twin tails in frustration, a bit insulted, to say the least.
"Augh! Nothing! The lock that boy put in that sorry of an excuse robot is too damn good! I am insulted! I am a genius! Just why can't I unlock a simple lock in a robot!?"
"Well, we have one option to unlock that." Einstein started to suggest as she looked at the mysterious pilot who knows their friend, Welt.
"No. Hell no!" Tesla started as she immediately shocked her head. Denying to ask the boy to unlock the Gundam's lock. If she did, it would shatter her pride as a genius! "We are not gonna ask him!"
"Like we have a choice? It's two birds in one stone." Einstein countered, "He can tell us about Joachim while we can ask him to unlock the lock of his machine."
"What if he's lying about meeting Welt?! He could be a Herrscher! Have you seen his genetics when we scanned him?! They are ten times better than regular humans'!" Tesla barked at her as she pointed an accusing finger at the boy, who was oblivious to what was happening as he couldn't hear their banter due to the room being soundproof, "And I am not gonna let my pride be shattered that I can't unlock a simple lock! I am not gonna ask him to unlock it!"
"Tesla, you need to put aside that pride of yours and accept defeat." Einstein sighed at her colleague's stubbornness, "If we don't ask him, you could further damage his machine, making us lose access to that giant robot. So grow out of that pride of yours and start asking him questions." Finishing with a passive-aggressive tone, Tesla couldn't help but grit her teeth at how right Einstein was.
If she kept on trying to defend her pride and continue to try to unlock the Strike, the Gundam could be further damaged by her actions. And that could also mean losing access to the Strike.
"Grr... Fine!" Tesla admitted defeat as she pressed the button to activate the mic, which was on a table in front of her and Einstein, "You! Boy! We're coming inside, you better not do any funny business once we're in!" Releasing her finger on the button, Tesla begrudgingly went outside of the other side of the interrogation office, "Come on, Mophead!"
(End: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED OST Athrun no Yuutsu by Toshihiko Sahashi)
Sighing at Tesla with a mix of amusement, Einstein followed suit.
Inside the room, Kira looked at the only door that could get in and out of this room being opened by a guard as both namesakes of famous scientists/inventors entered.
"Good Afternoon, I hope the guards weren't too rough with you before." Einstein greeted with a small wave as she and Tesla went in front of the boy... The two are now acting as "Good Cop and Bad Cop" to Kira.
"I-It's fine, really..." Kira reassured her, "The escorts you two assigned are-AH!"
Startled by an impatient Tesla, who slammed her hands on the table with an obvious impatient look.
"Screw that! Give me the combination key or whatever it is that is used to lock that damn machine of yours now!" Tesla threatened, but she was thankfully being held back when two guards immediately barged inside and pulled her a little back, away from Kira which caused Tesla to sigh. So much for putting aside her pride...
"Sorry about my friend, here... She's a bit insulted and impatient that she couldn't gain access to your machine recently." Einstein apologized and explained to Kira about Tesla's unusual behavior today.
"I-It's... fine." He paused there.
Einstein suddenly commands the guards to leave them alone with a hand gesture.
The guards followed that order accordingly and left them in the room and closed the door. However, they still guard the room from the outside.
"Good, now onto business..." She took out the Crimson Orb with a little twirl as she gently placed it in front of Kira, "You have this Orb... that means you met Welt, right?"
"Y-Yeah... I know Welt-san." Kira nodded at her.
"How did you two meet?"
"In... a train."
Okay, now that was weird. On a train? Did this kid meet Welt before the Sea of Quanta?
"In... a train?" Tesla raised a brow, "So you met before entering the Sea of Quanta?"
"That's what the place is called?" Kira repeated before he shook his head, "N-No, I uhh... I think it'll be best to explain if you guys uncuff me."
"And why should we?" Einstein asked, now being a little cautious.
"It's hard to explain. You guys wouldn't believe me if I told you and it'll be far-fetched for you all, so showing you guys will be my best bet. If that's not enough, I'll unlock the Strike to show you guys even more evidence."
"The... Strike?" Tesla repeated the name, "Is that the name of your machine?"
"Y-Yeah..." Kira nodded, "A Mobile Suit to be exact."
Another unfamiliar term. The Strike is a "Mobile Suit"? What is that?
"We're getting more questions than answers. Let's uncuff him." Surprisingly, it was Tesla who said that.
Sighing, Einstein nodded as she went over to Kira and unlocked the cuffs.
Once they are unlocked, Kira immediately activates the Holophone, in brace form. The sight of the device made the members of Anti-Entropy be in awe, or rather gawk for Tesla.
"Hold up! Are you from the future?!" Tesla asked-No. Demanded.
"Uhhh..." Kira tries to find words while he is scrolling through his futuristic phone.
(Play: Star Rail by HOYOMIX)
Once he found the gallery, he pressed it and immediately pressed a picture where it showed them a picture of him and the Astral Express inside the said train.
There, they saw a familiar face, and it was Welt Yang himself. Or rather, an older Welt. And while they were in space, they took a picture of themselves in each location they had trailblazed before. Front of the Qliphoth Fort at the City of Belobog in Jarilo-VI, Storage Zone in Herta Space Station near The Blue, and the statue of Dan Heng's predecessor, Dan Feng, in Scalegorge Waterscape at the Xianzhou Loufu.
"Is that... Welt?" Einstein asked with her eyes widening at the older Welt.
"Yeah, why?" Kira asked, a bit confused as to why both Tesla's and Einstein's reactions were like that.
Tesla pressed something on her glasses and a hologram appeared. She pressed some more as it scrolled into a picture of... a younger Welt, with both Tesla and Einstein present... along with two people with white hair. One female and one male.
"Eh? A... younger Welt-san?" Kira gaped. Was he in the past? "That's..."
"Impossible? Well, now it isn't that we know the Welt you met is older." Tesla stated as she turned off the hologram from her glasses, "It could be that the Welt you met is from another dimension or alternate universe."
"But... he told me that he's from Anno Domini." Kira said as he looked at the placed Crimson Orb on the table, "Even told me to find... I don't know, I didn't manage to hear the rest of it since I was sucked in that mirror that led me to the Sea of Quanta. I just heard "Esla" and "Stein"-"
Tesla and Einstein's eyes widened once again. Okay, now that is for sure the Welt Kira is talking about is THEIR Welt as well.
"Einstein." Einstein finished for him, "Welt is talking about Tesla and Einstein."
(End: Star Rail by HOYOMIX)
"Tesla and Einstein? Aren't they famous scientists and inventors?" Kira tilted his head, "Why does Welt-san mention them? They're... dead-"
"Not really." Tesla cut him off, "At least... in here that is."
"In... this timeline?" Kira asked with a confused look, "Tesla and Einstein are alive?"
"That's because you're looking at them," Einstein said and that made Kira even more confused.
"Eh?"
"I'm Frederica Nikola Tesla." Tesla introduced herself, her glasses tinting a bit.
"Lieserl Albert Einstein." Einstein followed suit as both girls stood side-by-side and crossed their arms.
"We are the famous scientist and inventor duo that you are talking about." Both girls finished as Kira...
"Eh?" Kira's brain was trying to process what was happening, "T-Tesla a-and E-Einstein... ARE GIRLS?!?!?!?!"
"Looks like from where he's from, we're guys." Tesla commented as she scoffed, "Can't imagine ourselves like that."
What they didn't know was that they were still alive even in the far future. But has a different role after what the enemies called Sky People started to invade the planet and Welt left to investigate these enemies' origins. But that tale was never told by Welt to others including the Himeko in the train.
Location: Nagazora City
Time: 08:30 am
Date and Year: February 2014
Synopsis: 2 months later Kira Yamato arrived in Anno Domini's Current Era.
"Hey, kid. Wake up." Kira woke up once he heard the driver calling him out, "We've arrived."
"Oh..." Kira blinked as he yawned a bit, "T-Thank you." He grabbed his bag as he stepped out of the taxi, which left soon after since Kira already paid him from the beginning.
Slinging his bag on his back, Kira took a few steps as he was standing in front of the gate of Chiba Academy.
Kira looked at the building in front of him, mesmerizing at the sight. He is getting a sense of nostalgia from seeing the sight of the school... Almost as if he is remembering the times he is at Heliopolis.
"So... this is it." Kira muttered, "This is Chiba Academy. Where Raiden Mei studies... And to make sure Cocolia's scheme fails." He said with a determined look when he was tasked with this mission by Einstein and Tesla as he took his first step into the school.
The first step of the lone Trailblazer/Strike and Freedom Meister on traversing the dangers of the Honkai-plagued world.
RF2: Expect this to be updated again once the Xianzhou Luofu arc is done! This is RF2 signing off! See you!