Disclaimer: I don't own Eureka Seven or anything that goes with it, but the plot and new characters in this fanfic are mine.
Chapter 3: The enemy's new face.
"When and how am I going to tell her" Renton thought to himself as he looked at the gold and silver ring he bought for Eureka. The ring he got was really two rings that fit together, one side for him and the other half for Eureka. The main body of the ring is silver with gold making wave patterns and the engraved "R to E" in the ring on both sides.
"How am I going to tell her…" he continued.
"Holland, I got a report. The second part of the military that broke off, they formed into a fully operational military. They call themselves the FAC or Federation Against Coralians, but as to their leader and how they are formed is unknown to us" said a man in a white suit.
"Does that mean more paper work for me…"asked a half dead Holland.
"They might be planning a full assault on the capital sir" the man exclaimed.
"And they might be after Renton and Eureka" he added.
"This is bad, I want more security around Bellforest" Holland said as he was waking a bit up.
"And please get me some coffee… it's the only thing keeping me awake these days" Holland said as his head fell into mountains of paper.
Renton had chickened out on giving Eureka the ring so he kept it with him at all times, waiting for the right moment to give it to her. But with him being Renton, he chickened out for 6 months. During the first 2 months they were with the kids, but they soon had to start school again. Even after he delivered them to school Renton is still bombed with questions about the Gekko-Go and the Nirvash. Apparently Stoner got his hands on a picture of the Nirvash in its final form and used it in RayOut, along with a story about Renton and his journey to save Eureka. For 4 months nothing major happened, but it seems the peace was going to disappear again.
As Maurice was sitting in his class room, he suddenly heard a loud boom noise. A bomb was set off, and about 2 minutes after this several men made their way into the class room and took everyone hostage. Even all that the UF military arrived, a gun battle had begun and Maurice, Maeter and Linck were in the middle of it all. Through all the guns firing, Maurice got his sister and brother out of the building where he saw Renton behind a car holding a gun. He took no time in running to him, when Renton saw him he covered for them and going as far as trying to use his own body as a shield for them. But without injuries, they got into the car and Renton droved them home. The whole of Bellforest was under attack and he knew why. As Renton neared the garage he could see Eureka and Axel getting ready to close the doors to the underground shelter. Renton let the kids go first and he followed looking behind them. As the doors closed Axel called Holland and alerted him of their situation.
"Holland, can you hear me? We're under attack but we don't know why" Axel said calmly over the phone.
"Stay there! The Gekko-Go isn't too far but it needs about another 20 minutes to get there can you wait that long?" said Holland over the phone.
"We'll try" Axel said. Those 20 minutes were the longest they ever felt, but the Gekko-Go had arrived and an all-too-familiar terminus 606 appeared.
"Get on!" as a voice from the speaker phone said this as the cockpit opened. Renton and Axel had to run to the Gekko-Go because of room issues but using the 606 as cover they made it without problems.
"Are you guys alright?" asked Hilda as she climbed out of the 808.
"We're alright no one's injured or anything, but what happened?" asked Renton.
"We're not sure of that either but for now we're heading for the capital" said Hilda in a reassuring voice. The Gekko-Go lifted off and as Renton suspected the attack sub-sided and all the attackers were coming in at them. Renton, Eureka, Axel and the kids ran to the bridge (ok Axel didn't make it to the bridge they kinda left him in the hanger.) As the Gekko-Go's engine roared with power, the ship quickly escaped.
"Where are we headed now?" asked Renton as he got closer to Doggie.
"We're going to the capital, it's the safest place for now" Doggie answered but still focused on the Gekko-Go.
"What do we do after that?" Eureka said coming up from behind Renton.
"We don't know, but we're going to talk about it with Holland" Doggie replied. Renton and Eureka took the kids and Axel to the rooms. As they walked to the room Renton saw his old room and decided to check it out. To his surprise, everything was as it was when he left 1 and a half years ago. Seeing how the room can still be used he let Axel go with the kids but Eureka wanted to share that room with Renton.
"Eureka you know you don't have to" Renton said with red cheeks.
"If Axel's with them then there isn't enough space, and even though this room is small. It's still big enough for two people." Eureka replied.
"I guess so… Oh, I was wondering, I only saw the 606 and the 808 in the hanger, and I think Holland got a new LFO. I didn't ask him when I had the chance, I was unset over the fact you disappeared and turned into the command cluster." Renton said with a little sadness in his voice.
"I don't know what happened to Holland and his LFOs but I know this, you came for me when I became the command cluster and you saved me." Eureka said. Renton and Eureka spent 2 hours talking about their time on the Gekko-Go when they realized they had to catch up with a few of them. For one they haven't seen Mischa, who is the new captain and why is Stoner no where to be seen. So they decided to wander around the Gekko-Go and ask a few questions themselves.
"Hey Mathieu! What's up" Renton asked as he was running up to him.
"Just filling out a report, well its gotten fun since you two came back." Mathieu said as he walked to the infirmary.
"I was wondering what happened to Mischa" Renton asked almost immediately.
"With you and Eureka gone she really didn't have much to do here, and because Holland took over one-third of the Military we don't have much battles." Mathieu said as the door slides open.
"You said one third, what about the other two thirds?" Renton asked in confusion.
"One third of the military still didn't like Coralians and wanted to follow Dewey's plans so they broke off. But that's only one third of the military too, the last bit broke off because they didn't like working for Holland" Mathieu added.
"People still don't like coralians?" Renton asked looking a bit surprised.
"Only the people that is still obsessed with Dewey's work." Mathieu said.
"And what about the other ones, what will that part of the military do?" Renton was now showing interest in the break up of the military.
"They don't like Holland, but they know he's right. They're just a neutral part, they try to help people rebuild cities and employment." Mathieu said answering Renton's question.
"I see… Well I can't wait to see Holland, I wonder of he's still like that after we left him" Renton seems to laugh at the thought of Holland and an office.
"We need Stoner to get the camera ready!" Mathieu said in excitement.
"Say where's Stoner now?" Renton asked.
"He was developing pictures in that little room of his" Mathieu replied.
"Thanks" Renton said as he moved away. The Gekko-Go hadn't change much since he left, but he wondered of there's going to be pranks on him at any minute. As he came up to Stoner's room he could hear the news of the large TV screen in it.
"Bellforest was attacked earlier today but an unknown group, as to the reasons why they attacked is also unknown but they left after 25 minutes" the man in the TV said.
"Uh… Stoner?" Renton said as he entered the room.
"Oh! Hi Renton long time no see" Stoner said as he recovered from the shock.
"I just wanted to drop by and say hi" Renton said taking the empty seat on the couch next to him.
"I need to ask you this one question, what was it like in the Nirvash when you were in it?" Stoner asked trying to contain his excitement.
"Um… I didn't pay much attention to that; I just concentrated on getting to Eureka when I was in it." Renton said with a sense of guilt.
"Well can you remember anything at all?" Stoner's excitement seemed to have increased.
"I know that the controls were different, I mean I wasn't using a control at all" Renton said as he tried to remember his time in the Nirvash.
"I also know that the Nirvash copied my every move when I was in it. Other then that I didn't pay much attention." Renton finished.
"I see… I got this picture from one of the ship's cameras; it was the picture from outside the Nirvash." Stoner added.
"This reminds me, Nirvash spoke to us and-"Renton was cut off by Stoner.
"What! Nirvash spoke? Amazing, what did it say?" Stoner's excitement was increasing again. Renton knew he just added fuel to the fire.
"The Nirvash's voice was a female's, and it told us to live on this planet and show the way to all life on earth." Renton was getting ready to continue.
"She also said if we furthered evolution by uniting then everyone that disappeared will return." Renton said as he watches Stoner ready his camera.
"Interesting, by the way where's Eureka isn't she with you?" Stoner asked.
"She's with Gidget and Hilda, it seems they wanted to talk to her" Renton replied.
"So Eureka, how were things with you and Renton?" Gidget said as she placed her arm over Eureka.
"What do you mean?" Eureka said in an innocent tone.
"I mean what did you do while you were alone" Gidget said in an annoyed voice.
"We just wandered around and helped people" Eureka said still sounding innocent.
"Did Renton try anything on you?" Hilda added.
"What do you mean by that" said Eureka innocently. (She's cute when she doesn't know stuff. .)
"I mean did Renton try to do it with you?" Gidget said looking more annoyed.
"Huh?" Eureka said looking confused.
"We have a hard time understanding you Eureka…" Hilda said in disappointment.
"Remember that thing we talked about before?" Gidget said as she placed her hands on Eureka's shoulders. (That thing is that time in episode 38; I think they gave Eureka 5 minutes of sex-ed.)
"Oh… No, he didn't do that" Eureka said understand a little more about the term "doing it".
"Wow Renton has really good self control" Gidget said.
"Being alone together and controlling the urge" Hilda added.
"What are you talking about?" Eureka said in a still innocent voice. After their "little" talk with the Gekko-Go, Moon doggie and Mathieu began to chase Renton for his story with Eureka. Eureka and Renton just as before cooked dinner for the crew, Axel and the kids were busy trying out a new video game that Moon doggie got for Gidget. The kids also took the time to show Axel the Gekko State's little prank on Renton. (Remember episode 7?)
"Delicious like always" Stoner said as he ate the salad that Renton and Eureka had made.
"Mama and Renton's cooking is always the best" Maeter added. No one had noticed Eureka's wings because of certain reasons for one, when they were wandering around and not to attract any attention Renton got a dress for Eureka to hide the wings. Even now she was using a dress to hide the wings; she was always trying her best to keep the wings folded. Even 6 months ago she was hiding her wings and because she was trying to hide them for so long she got used to hiding them, and Renton had forgotten she was hiding them too. But this time it was different, Eureka's dress got caught in the corner of the counter and ripped and her wings were revealed. The crew of the Gekko-Go did hear about it but they had forgotten about it too.
"Eureka… You have wings?" Gidget said. Renton came out to comfort Eureka.
"Camera, Camera where's my camera" Stoner said looking around.
"Sorry everyone we were so busy talking with you guys, we forgot to tell about Eureka's wings" Renton said trying to cool the situation down.
"Wow! There beautiful Eureka!" Gidget said in amazement.
"R-Really?" Eureka asked with hopeful eyes.
"GOT IT!" Stoner said as he took a picture of Eureka's wings with Renton holding her.
"Mama's wings are beautiful aren't they" Linck said as he finished up his soup. Everyone nodded in agreement to that, with that out of the way; the Gekko-Go neared its destination. They could see the capital in the distance, and just as before no attacks were launched against the Gekko-Go. After the Gekko-Go landed, everyone headed to central. Holland was waiting for them, but he was sleeping while he waited. When they got there, they still had to poke Holland until he got up again.
"Oh, you guys are here…" Holland said weakly.
"Wow paper work must really mess you up" Mathieu said.
"Stoner now!" Mathieu said as Stoner got his camera ready. Stoner took a picture of Holland's face in the paper and Mathieu rubbing his face in it.
"You bastard…" Holland said while in the papers.
"Holland why did those people attacked Bellforest" Renton asked with a serious look.
"Talho can you help me on this one" Holland said weakly. Talho sighed.
"With Holland like this I guess I have to fill in the blanks" Talho said.
"One part of the military broke off and formed a group called the FAC" Talho continued.
"It seems they were regrouping after they broke off, and when they got news that you two have returned; I guess they attacked." Talho said as she rocked the baby in her arms.
"The FAC? What's that?" Eureka asked.
"The federation against coralians" Talho said with a grim face.
"So they came out and said it eh?" Stoner said while taking the film out of his camera.
"But why would they still follow Dewey?" Renton said in almost a shouting voice.
"We don't know that much, we only know the name other then that. We don't know how they are formed, their locations or their objectives" Talho said in a calm voice.
"Until we resolve this, you all staying at the capital" Holland said as he tried to recover some strength.
"Well since we're here anyways we'll help you with the paper work" Stoner said as he began picking up some papers. Renton, Eureka, Axel and the kids decided to walk around the capital for a bit. Holland had given them an address for where they can stay, for about 3 weeks there wasn't any commotion. However, that wouldn't last long; an attack was launched against the capital. As missiles fired, the capital's defense grid came up. The city was to get shelter, but Renton and Eureka wanted to help. But with no idea where LFOs or even where the weapons are, they couldn't help. Renton and Eureka knew they were the ones the attack was staged for so they went to Holland to tell him to send them away or else everyone in the capital will be in danger. When they arrived they found Holland up and getting into his old Gekko State clothes.
"Holland we need to leave, it's us their after" Renton said.
"I know, get to the Gekko-Go" Holland replied. To Renton and Eureka's surprise they, he didn't put up resistance.
"I wonder what's Holland up to-" Renton stopped as he saw the 909 and the Devilfish being put in the Gekko-Go.
"Renton! Eureka! Hurry, we're launching soon!" Hilda yelled. As they got in and waited, they realized that they had to leave the kids behind. If it's Renton and Eureka they want then leaving the kids in the safest place is best. When Holland and Talho entered the bridge, Renton could see Talho holding Charles. (Charles the baby) The Gekko-Go launched and just as before the attack changed from attacking the capital to attacking the Gekko-Go.
"Doggie get us outta here, Ken-Goh keep those missiles away. Ready the AAMs for fire, Woz keep an eye out for enemy KLFs" Holland said in a commanding voice. As the engines and lasers were fired off, the attackers placed more and more troops to take them down. The Gekko-Go needed to get more speed or else the capital would be in danger. The attacker wouldn't give up they kept chasing them no matter what, Holland then called up Jurgens and the Super Izumo. He told them the situation and just like that, an army showed up at the horizon. The battle began, and the objective; to protect or destroy the Gekko-Go. The battle waged on, Holland had gone into the 909, and ordered Mathieu and Hilda to take the 606 and the 808. The FAC's KLFs had markings on them, red and black armor replaced some of the old blue ones. Renton could tell they were in danger; he needed to help but how? Just then the Gekko-Go took a hit and a piece of metal had knocked Eureka unconscious.
"Eureka! Eureka! Are you alright?" Renton said franticly. He rushed her to the infirmary and left her on the bed. He had to pilot the Devilfish, he ran to the hanger where he could see the newly repaired devilfish.
"Holland there's too many of them" Hilda said over the intercom.
"We have to buy time for the Gekko-Go to-" Holland was cut off by the Devilfish's appearance.
"Who's that?" Holland asked as the Devilfish attacked. The Devilfish wasted no time in disabling the FAC's KLF units, still striking the arms legs and armor of the KLFs.
"Damn it! Renton's in the thing" Holland yelled.
"Renton! What do you think you're doing" Holland yelled into the intercom.
"Holland, Eureka's been knocked unconscious" Renton said.
"Sorry but I have to protect the Gekko-Go" Renton continued. The Devilfish was disabling the other KLF units quickly and he held up he "no killing" rule.
"Renton, are you using the drugs and CFS system?" Holland asked in desperation.
"No, I'm not using it" as Renton used the camera screen to show that the CFS helmet wasn't on him. The Devilfish still continued to attack, but a few squads got past him and were prepared to attack the Gekko-Go. Unable to respond fast enough, Renton opened the bottle and swallowed its contents. Then he placed the helmet over his head, the Devilfish awakened. As if the Devilfish has gone berserk, it flew crazily over the battle field disabling all units that got near the Gekko-Go. Holland then realized that Renton was using the CFS now. But what a jump in the Devilfish's fighting abilities, but even with the Devilfish at this level they were still in danger. With most units taking on Renton it was inevitable that he would be hit. The board had been destroyed but Renton wasn't giving up, he leaped from KLF to KLF disabling them and using their boards to stay in the air. As this continued, Renton's consciousness began to drift, he could tell that he was going to faint soon.
"No…Not yet" Renton said to himself.
"If I faint now, I'll be late for dinner with Eureka. Eureka, sorry" Renton said as his head went down. The Devilfish began dropping, but it still continued to fight but its fighting abilities were dropping. Holland knew Renton might be killed, so trying to cover him he tried his best to get closer to Renton. But it was too late, 5 KLFs punched the Devilfish and Renton had lost all consciousness. Holland watched as the 5 KLFs ran away with the Devilfish and Renton, the enemy's attacking force was too thick and all he could do was watch as they took him away.
To be continued…
The young man has been captured by the enemy, but what will they do to him? Next time: Fighting yourself.