Eureka 7: A twist of fate
The brig, Gekkostate, 2AM
Renton, Eureka and her children had been locked in the brig for the past day. Renton had no idea why Holland imprisoned Eureka with him but he knew Holland had a tendency to do those kind of things. Moondoggie opens the door, waking them all
Moondoggie: I've come with more than your meals today. I have no idea what these are for, but the captain says you'll need them.
He handed them bullet proof vests, gas masks, and a pistol
Renton: A pistol?
Moondoggie: Eureka should know how to use it. I'm as confused as you are right now.
CRASH!
Moondoggie was knocked to the floor.
The Bridge
Gidget: Was that a Kamikaze?
Woz: Hatch 7 has been breached!
Happ: This is exactly as Holland predicted. They used a distraction to break into the ship.
Kengo: The anti personnel lasers I installed should come in handy, but it will only slow down the Beamse's progress.
The interior of the Gekko
Ray and Charles split up as they entered the ship. Ray was to find Eureka while Charles invaded the engine room. He quickly found the engine room, but it was empty.
Charles: Damnit! Holland saw us coming!
As he looked up, he noticed a security camera by the entrance. In his right hand he held a bomb, which he held behind his back, away from the camera. On his way out of the room, he sneakily attached the bomb to the underside of the control panel
Charles (under his breath): I bet he didn't anticipate this.
Maintenance corridor
Ray: owww!
An anti personnel laser burned a hole through the shoulder of her vest. Ray ducked into a corridor, next to a computer terminal, where she plugged in a small computer.
Ray: The defenses shouldn't cause trouble for too long. Wow, Holland, you put up all of these anti hacking defenses and yet you don't change the OS. v10, same as the Hakucho. The only thing this ship needs right now is life support.
All of the lights shipwide turned off, and Ray noticed some weak red lights flashing on at several points.
The bridge
Woz: How on earth did she get past?
Jobs: I was changing the password every second. This must be the work of a hacking genius.
The Brig
Talho: Renton, Eureka, we need to move you to the bridge. The intruders have moved faster than expo…
Ray walked in from the hallway, holding her pistol to Talho's back.
Ray: Get out of there, all of you, now!
Renton and the children climbed out, with Eureka coming up last.
Maeter: Mama!
Ray: Did you just call her your mom? She killed your real parents!
Renton: Stop, Ray-san, please!
He held up Eureka's pistol.
Renton: I will use this if I have to.
Ray: Wha…!
With the distraction provided, Talho wormed her way out of Ray's grasp and knocked her to the ground.
By the Hangar.
D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D!
Several shots burst from the darkness, hitting the wall of the corridor at Charles's left.
Charles: Holland, it seems you've lost your aim since I last saw you!
D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D!
Charles responded with fire of his own. He heard Holland's footsteps as he ran into the hangar.
Charles: So this is to be our battleground, eh?
In the hangar, Charles found that Holland had figured out how to hide from his night vision equipment. The darkness proved to be a disadvantage. While Charles was turned around, Holland burst from his hiding place as dashed towards him.
D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D!
Charles turned around just before Holland began firing. Holland collapsed to the ground with wounds in his left thigh, shoulder arm, one in the ribcage. A bullet grazed Charles shoulder, but was turned away by his bulletproof vest. Holland was half naked, with strange grey and orange painting over his body.
Charles: This, Holland, is what you get for betraying us in akadani!
He raised his machine gun as Talho ran in.
BAM!
The bullet from Talho's pistol chipped part of his right shoulderblade, making him drop his weapon. Talho and Mischa ran to get Holland, while the rest of the crew moved quickly to restrain Charles.
Mischa: These wounds aren't fatal, but they will be if we don't stop the bloodflow fast!
Talho: Holland! Are you still awake? Can you hear me?
Holland opened his eyes for a briefly, and moaned something for a second, but then passed out before finishing.
Kengo and Happ threw themselves on Charles as Gidget grabbed his gun. Renton and Eureka guarded
Ray, ands tied behind her back, by the entrance.
Talho: Make sure not to let Ray and Charles make contact! You have no idea what kind of escapes they are capable of together!
Talho and Mischa carried Holland, wrapped tightly with cut up pieces of Mischa's labcoat, to the infirmary. Kengo and Happ, on opposite sides of the hangar, tied Charles and Ray in two separate fold up chairs. Renton noticed Ray and Charles looked strangely smug.
Ray: I bet you think you have us under control, don't you?
Charles: I left a bomb in the control room while we were searching the ship.
Ray: Both of us have a trigger in our mouths, so there really isn't much you can do to stop us from activating it.
Happ: How do we know you aren't just making this up?
Charles: Do you want to take that risk? We knew you were going to shoot us if we had no backup plan.
Ray: Anyway, we'll call it of If we get what we came here for, the Nirvash and its pilot.
Kengo: You'd really hand over a weapon that dangerous to a man like Dewey? You know how he is, from the SOF. He'd readily turn it on civilians, even you, if he deemed you a threat.
Gidget: You'd need to take Renton, too. The Nirvash won't fly right with just Eureka.
Ray noticed Renton to her right. He seemed to be trying to ignore and forget everything he was hearing. She felt pangs of guilt as she realized why Renton had ran off from the gekko 3 weeks ago. The conflict between the Gekko and the Beams had turned his life into a living hell.
Ray: Kengo, I see your point. We won't hand it over to Dewey, but we are still taking the Nirvash with us. I have no intention of letting this opportunity go to waste.
Charles: but.. the money…
The look Ray gave him shut him up. Charles and Ray were untied carefully, with pistols to their backs, and led to the Nirvash with Renton. Eureka went to get the kids, and climbed into the left cockpit, while Renton and the Beams were escorted to the right. As gadget opened the cockpit, Eureka flew them out.
Kengo: FIND THAT BOMB!
The Nirvash
Renton was unsure what to think. Although he was glad to escape the brig, he wasn't comfortable being around the Beams anymore, now that he knew what their true intentions were.
Renton: Ray-san, why did you call Eureka a monster? What did she ever do to you?
Ray paused, unsure of what to say. Eureka seemed different than the last time Ray met her, more human. It was clear that she was no longer merely a dog of the military.
Ray: Renton, we weren't all that honest with you when you left. Although the money Dewey was paying us to assault the Gekko was decent, we actually did it for more personal reasons. Renton, you know the seven swell your father caused? It made me infertile. I blamed Eureka for allowing that to happen, but I'm starting to rethink that assumption.
Renton: That explains a lot, but what did you have against Holland?
Charles and Ray ignored the question, and decided to focus on something else. The Hakucho was lying below, in a field. Docking the Nirvash proved to be a problem, but by opening the ramp Eureka carefully climbed into the hangar. It was a close fit, but there was just enough room for the nirvash to lie down in car form. As everyone climbed out, Charles went to check the onboard communicator.
Ray: I'll get some blankets from the closet so all of you can sleep in the guest room. If only there was more room on this ship.
Charles: This is strange. An unknown caller tried to call us while we were flying back. I wonder how they found our number?
Ray: Where did the signal come from?
Charles: Dorol, apparently. I'll try to call them back.
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