The entire world seemed to freeze for two particular warriors on the battlefield at that moment, though their reactions were quite different and their reaction times were more then a little staggered. Jillian, who had just recently hit the battlefield and was on her way for her usual confrontation against the Gundam unit, froze in place when the Zanzabar was lit up in flames. For the first time in her life, Jillian found herself completely unable to react to something, and speaking in a very soft voice. "Wh-... what." She was shocked... That couldn't have happened, right? That ship... That ship was only trying to evacuate wounded soldiers and civilians, and yet it got... it got...<br/><br/>That weapon that shot it down, Jillian saw it herself, it came from the direction of the Gundam unit... Wait... the GUNDAM UNIT?<br/><br/>As in, the Gundam that was currently charging towards the wreckage headfirst.<br/><br/>Jillian's speechlessness, her paralysis, was over. Her eyes hardened into a furious gaze, and she let her genuine rage take over as a heat rod snapped out and came to life with a golden glow. "AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Her dom blasted at full throttle towards the Gundam, swinging it's heat rod furiously as she opened public speakers. This motherfucker was going to hear her, rather he wanted to open a comm with her or not. "This is what the federation does now!? Killing the wounded and the innocent!? So much for all that self-righteous bullshit that you tried to talk about up until this point! You almost had me tricked into thinking that you were an actual, decent human being!"<br/><br/>.............................................<br/><br/>Isabel, on the other hand, found herself completely unable to process the newfound information... The fire, the destruction, all of the bodies... She leaned in, gripping her forehead as she let out a light gasp, so many painful memories coming back all at once, all of them circling around that one day.<em>"Fire, fire everywhere. Isabel's home was destroyed, all of her comrades caught in the blaze as an entire city was wrecked and put to the ground. Innocent people, the people that Isabel spent her entire life trying to protect, her home, her friends, the closest thing she ever had to family, all of it gone. Isabel fell to her knees, too sickened and scared for tears as her entire body trembled. In the end, all she could do was lift her head towards the sky above and scream. In the background of the flickering and cracking of the flames, the only sound that she could hear through the entire city was laughter, the laughter of a man that she'd never be able to forget."</em><br/><br/>.....................................................<br/><br/>Graves watched as the Zanzabar burned, and the actions of every single soldier on the battlefield afterwards. The Zeons were filled with a sense of righteous justice, while the feddies were all still recovering from what could only have been some faulty information. "Yes... yes..." He grinned, diving in and slicing apart another couple of GMs who's pilots dared to get in his way. "Come alive, battlefield! Show the world what being a soldier is really like!" It was moments like this, battles like the one that this was about to become, that made Graves look forward to deploying every single time.<br/><br/>This, this would be<em>fun</em>.<br/><br/>His speakers were open, so the entire battlefield would hear his words, along with his laughter as he continued to throw his Gouf at the unfortunate GMs that got in his way.<br/><br/>......................................<br/><br/>Laughter, that was the LAUGHTER!<br/><br/>Isabel's shock ended with a snap, she heard that voice, that same sickening laughter that she had overheard the day that her entire life burned to the ground. She was more then happy to obey Makoto's first order, the one about picking up the beam rifle, however, her GM would rip through the formation and make a bee line right towards the black Gouf that was expelling the sound of laughter. For the first time in ages, Isabel truly came to life as she opened fire relentlessly on the Gouf, almost causing the beam rifle to overheat as she bombarded her opponent with shots. Because of that, she ended up running the entire rifle dry in a matter of seconds, however, she got a few critical hits on the Gouf beforehand, causing it's left arm and it's right leg to both be significantly damaged.<br/><br/>All of the other stalkers were busy fighting the remaining Federation forces on equal grounds, so nobody was able to prevent Isabel from tackling the Gouf head-on, even when Graves threw out his electric rod to defend himself and paralyze the GM. The two mobile suits crashed against one another, and when the paralyses ended by cause of significant hull damage to the Gouf due to collision to the ground, she reached forward and swung the GM's fist right at the cockpit hatch of the Gouf, ripping the weakened hull away with the GM's bare fist before she opened up her own cockpit to get a good solid look at the man inside.<br/><br/>This was him! she knew it!<br/><br/>....................................................<br/><br/>Graves paused, quite confused by the behavior of this berserk GM until it's hatch opened and he saw the woman inside... Oh yeah, he recognized her from a few years back... Funny that a terrorist like her would find her home in the federation now... She must have been looking for revenge or something, considering the lesson he taught her back on her home colony.<br/><br/>Yup, judging from the fact that she rose a pistol and was now aiming it right for his forehead, he would say that she was<em>most certainly</em>looking for revenge. Well he couldn't have that just yet, not when the battlefield, no, the entire conflict for Africa, was about to get about ten times more fun. If this was to be his last hurrah as a soldier, he'd happily die once the fighting was over and he no longer had a place in this world, but until that day, this girl would just have to hold her horses.<br/><br/>Graves retaliated quickly by signaling towards his fellow Stalkers that he was downed, though he instructed them<em>not</em>to bother with destroying the GM. Having this girl running around would make things far more fun in future battles, after all. With that he popped a flash-bang grenade and threw it right into her hatch, blinding her when it went off and forcing her back into the cockpit. Blessedly, in that time her GM was shoved away by one of his trusty comrades, and he was able to hitch a ride on the Zaku's hand. He'd have preferred to get his Gouf, but that thing was too messed up for movement, he'd have to come back for it when the battle was over.<br/><br/>He grinned, looking back at the toppled over GM and giving it a teasing salute as the Zaku rushed for freedom with him in tow.<br/><br/>.................................................................<br/><br/>Damn it, DAMN IT,<em><strong>DAMN IT!!!!</strong></em><br/><br/>Isabel pulled out her standard 100mm machine gun and forced the GM back up to it's knees, unloading clip after clip on the fleeing Zaku as it got farther and farther away. She even gave chase a little bit, until it was far too deeply entrenched in Zeon territory/forces for her to go any further. "No... He's here, he was right in front of me and I... and I couldn't... I couldn't..." Just like before, all Isabel had the mindset to do was grip her head, lift it upwards, and let out a shout of pure emotional anguish. "He's here... He's here though... That means he'll fight again."<br/><br/>She calmed herself down, though she most certainly wasn't the same woman that she was a few seconds ago. Her eyes, filled to the brim with unbridled fury, looked over at the zeon base. "... He'll fight again, and when that happens... Next time... Next time... NEXT TIME HE DIES!" To that end, she'd continue fighting... Until that man was dead she was a member of the federation military.<br/><br/>When that day did come though... Well, after this little event, she had some decisions to make.