Rebirth (story)

Rebirth is the fifth side-story of Story III: The Light of Jehuty. It's also the continued ending of Evac. from Story II.

Summary
It starts where Evac. ended, with Ghost holding Teresa and screaming into the sky in anger. He stops as the Evac. finally appear. They take the corpse of Teresa and Ghost back to Earth Sol to recover. Three years later, to the events of Story III, when the Invetgi appear over Navi and invade it. Mag and Arksin soldiers hold out the Invetgi, as the Evac Order happens, saying that the planet's doomed anyway.

Soldiers are sent to the nearest escape craft, but some are shot down by Invetgi cannon fire. Two soldiers near a Mag/Arksin base fight off the Invetgi, while they talk about being in Ghost's group and that they "always die". Invetgi cannon fire is launched at them as they close their eyes, but when they open them, the MG/W-004P Thanatos Suit prototype, something they needed to destroy, appears in front of them. Ghost is piloting as he orders the two to leave the planet as he distracts the Invetgi long enough for every Evac. ship to reach the nearest flagship, the MG/S-066 River Styx. Captain Isis Dylandy calls Ghost and orders him to leave the planet and destroy the suit, but Ghost tells her he already deleted the data in Thanatos, and is using the remaining time to keep the soldiers and civilians from dying.

He hangs Isis up as Invetgi cannon fire hits him in the arm, destroying his and the suit's right arm. He rests on the ground of the battlefield as the Evac. ships become safe for the cannon fire and reach River Styx. the timer expires and tells him to say "I am Reborn". He takes a second before saying it completely, saying to the reader "And for a second, right before the end, I was reborn human." before Thanatos self-destructs, wiping out the Invetgi near the radius. Isis sees the Evac. ships and the explosion from River Styx as she sends a report to the main Mag base on Earth Sol, saying that Ghost saved over a million people and that he's "MIA".

Results towards Main Story
This makes Navi Invetgi property, and the Thanatos suit prototype is lost, removing another way to destroy the Invetgi from the list. But Ghost's actions make soldier population only slightly lower and proved the Thanatos suit could of destroyed the Invetgi. Also the data from the Thanatos prototype and the two A.I.s on board was sent to the River Styx, along with live combat data regarding Thanatos' use in the battlefield. Ghost also showed even a normal soldier (considered a pawn) can change the outcome of things through will.

Characters

 * Dingo "Ghost" (final appearance)
 * Teresa "Huntest" (final appearance)
 * Two unnamed soldiers
 * Isis Dylandy

Trivia

 * Like most stories, the title refers to something in the story itself. In Rebirth's case, it's the rebirth of Ghost from Evac.'s story.