A/N: Ok, here's chapter 2! Sorry it took so long. Explanation at the end.
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DISCLAIMER: I killed Renton... Shot Eureka... AND I STILL DON'T FREAKING OWN EUREKA SEVEN!!!
Anemone: Damn Straight!
Me: (Twitches)
Dominic: Anemone... Run.
Me: ARG!! (Pulls out AK-47 and starts shooting everywhere.)
ENJOY!
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Chapter 2
Capital Battles
Holland layed in bed, alone. It had been two weeks since Talho left him and the crew.
'I hope you have the time of your life.'
Why did he have to say those words? He had ruined his life, and he would never forgive himself. Tears formed in his eyes.
"Why..."
"Leader!"
The door opened to reveal Matthieu
"Huh, Matthieu? What is it?" Holland asked, wiping the tears from his face.
"We're at the capital!" Matthieu exclaimed. Holland's eyes widened, and he slapped his head. Since Talho left, there was no one who could meet the informer. He felt so stupid that he forgot about that. Holland sighed.
"Ok, let's go."
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"Nii-San! We're at the capital!" Angie called out to her brother. Landon walked onto the bridge, half asleep, with a can of pop in his hand. He yawned.
"Already? Well, then, let's head in." He yawned.
"What! But half the crew's asleep from that all nighter last night!" Talho exclaimed from the pilot's chair.
"Yeah, and we're the other half." Landon said lazily. "We have all we need. A pilot, someone on the communications, and an LFO pilot. How hard is it to meet up and help the Gekko State get Master Norbu?"
"Wait, you didn't tell me that part of the plan!" Talho exclaimed.
"Oh yeah, I meant to. Where were you when I was explaining the details?" Landon asked.
"I was throwing up." She said.
"Oh yeah, now I remember!" Landon exclaimed.
"It's a little late now." Talho sighed. "Do they know we're helping them?"
"Nope." Landon simply said.
"What! But then how are we gonna-" Talho was cut off by Landon.
"They need someone to meet an informer. I think they'll appreciate the help, considering that they're only way to get to him is lost." Landon stated. Talho just stared at him for a bit, and went back to piloting.
"Well, let's go." Landon said, and left the bridge to go to the hanger. Talho just sat there in thought.
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"Renton! Eureka! Go!" Holland exclaimed from his LFO.
"Right!" Renton and Eureka both exclaimed. They then started their journey to find Master Norbu. Holland flew around, doing the same thing, but he was honestly thinking of a way to meet the informer.
"Holland! Do you copy?" A voice called out through his head set.
"Yes, who is this?" Holland asked.
"Landon Anodon. I can meet your informer." The person now identified as Landon Anodon said. Holland's eyes widened.
"Really!? How can I trust you?" Holland asked.
"I am the leader of a peace keeping operation called Piece+. We are pretty much like you, the Gekko State, just much smaller. I was part of the Information Burou. I can meet up with your informer and give you the information as to what he says." Landon explained. Holland thought for a bit. He didn't have a clue as to where Talho was, nor did he figure that she would want to help them.
"And we have your old pilot." Landon finished. Holland's eyes widened.
"You have Talho!?" He asked.
"Yeah, and don't worry, she's ok. Don't ask about her coming back, though." Landon explained. Holland sighed.
"I didn't think so..." He sighed "Landon!" Holland exclaimed afterwards.
"Go find our informer!"
"Right!" Landon exclaimed. Landon, in his LFO named the 202 Dragonbeast, went and started to look for the informer. The Dragonbeast was a red LFO similar in shape and design as the Devilfish. It had a red body with a white head and a white board. They were piloted differently, though, for that Landon did not have to drug himself in order to pilot, and for that the LFO was somewhat of a prototype for the Devilfish and was not designed for space.
After about 15 minutes, Landon finally found where the informer was to meet them. All he found, however, was a note. As Landon read it, his eyes widened. He took his walkie talkie, and got Holland on the line.
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Meanwhile, up in the sky...
"I'm awake, I'm awake..." Tylor yawned as he walked in.
"Took you long enough. Landon must be almost done by now." Talho coldly stated.
"Meh, I can still go on the weapons." Tylor said. "Hey, where's Lau-"
"Right here!" Laura exclaimed as she ran in. Her brother was right behind her.
"Hey, Tylor! Can I do the weapons today? Please!?" Seth pleaded.
"I don't know. What's the status of the mission?" Tylor asked.
"Well, I think Landon-" Talho tried to say before she was cut off.
"Get out of here!" Landon's voice from a transmission ordered.
"What do you mean, 'get out of here?'" Angie asked her brother.
"Just do it- AHHH!" Landon's voice screamed.
"LANDON!" Talho exclaimed. The group looked out the window to find Landon being chased by military KLFs shooting him down. The Dragonbeast was seen having only half a board and an arm shot off.
"You can't fight, your arm's off!" one of the KLF pilots exclaimed.
"It's only a flesh wound." Landon stated. He then quickly shot up into the air and did a Kick Back Drop Turn onto the KLFs. He destroyed all of them.
"I'm coming back now! Open the hanger!" Landon's voice exclaimed. Piece+ did as they were ordered. Once Landon was back on the ship, he told them what happened.
"Well, I had the location of Master Norbu, in the Central Garden." Landon started telling them.
"I had told Holland and we both tried to get there as fast as possible. I made it out of the building with the information, and tried to get back. However, we were both stopped by KLFs. Holland and the rest made it past the KLFs, because I side tracked them. They still need help, though, that's why Laura, Seth and I will go out to help them." Landon finished saying. Tylor nodded his head in approval.
"What about Tylor? he's the best pilot we have." Seth asked, curious as to why Tylor wasn't going out.
"We need someone with experience to be on the weapons part of the ship. Believe me, if we had someone else with as much experience as him, we would be sending him out." Landon explained. He then smiled and put a hand on Seth's shoulder.
"You'll be on them soon enough, Seth." Landon said, very father like. Very... Holland like. In Talho's eyes at least.
"Well, let's head out!" Landon exclaimed.
"Roger that!"
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"Seth, go out and take that KLF!" Landon exclaimed from the Dragonbeast.
"Got it!" Seth exclaimed from his blue LFO, the Terminus 1212 (Which looked like the other Terminuses) as he attacked and destroyed his target.
"Sis, behind you!" Seth called out to his sister as she was being attacked by a KLF. She quickly dodged in her brown Terminus 1011 and attacked her enemy KLF.
"Landon!" Laura called out to him afterwards, as he was about to be shot down by a KLF. Landon had no time to dodge, and that's when a beam of light came from the Shiroaoi-Go.
"Talho! Bring her in!" Tylor exclaimed from the weapons' chair.
"Right!" Talho exclaimed.
"Tylor! A transmission is coming from the Gekko State!" Angie exclaimed.
"Ok, that's fine! What do they have to say?" Tylor asked. Gidget's voice came from the transmission.
"Um... Piece+, right? Um, anyways, we have Master Norbu and we are leaving the scene. The KLFs should leave soon as well." Gidget's voice said.
"Great!" Talho exclaimed.
"Talho!? Is that you!?" Gidget asked in shock.
"So I guess Stoner is the only one who knows..." Talho muttered under her breath.
"Well, whatever. We have Master Norbu and we're leaving, bye!" Gidget said as the transmission ended. From below, Talho, Angie, and Tylor could see that the KLFs were leaving, so Talho opened the hanger and let the LFO pilots back in. The three of them ran to the hanger.
"Nii-San! You got the Dragonbeast all messed up!" Angie exclaimed.
"Would you rather I not come back at all?" Landon asked, sounding a bit pissed.
"Well, I guess not." Angie simply said.
"You did good out there, Seth." Tylor told Seth. Seth nodded proudly.
"Yeah!" He exclaimed with a smile.
"Aww... you're so cute when you're happy!" Angie exclaimed, laughing.
"R-Really!?" Seth asked shockingly.
"Geez, you're so gullible! Of course not!" Angie laughed. Seth sighed.
"I-I knew that..." Seth muttered. Everyone laughed and left the hanger. Landon stayed behind, wanting to work on the Dragonbeast. Talho stayed behind as well, and Landon noticed this. He smiled.
"Aren't you going with the others?" He asked. Talho smiled as well.
"Nah, I don't feel like it." Talho shrugged.
"Well, wanna help me fix the Dragonbeast?" Landon asked, somewhat shy. Talho shrugged again.
"Sure." She simply said, and went to go help Landon fix the Dragonbeast.
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Later that night on the Gekko-Go, Holland was laying in bed, thinking about what had happened. Renton and Eureka were out looking for survivors.
"Leader! Renton and Eureka are back!" Matthieu told his leader, barging into his room.
"Did they find anyone?" Holland asked.
"Yeah! One person. A girl." Matthieu told him. Holland got up and went to the hanger to find the girl wrapped in a blanket. She was blond and was wearing a white tank top and ripped blue jeans. She was about his age. Holland went up to her and held out his hand.
"My name is Holland Novak, and you are safe on the Gekko-Go." Holland said with a smile.
"Ano." The girl simply said. "My name is Ano."
And she grabbed his hand back.
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Back on the Shiroaoi-Go, Landon and Talho were fixing up the Dragonbeast.
"Well, that's all we can do today." Landon said, wiping away his sweat from his brow. He hopped down and proceeded to help Talho down as well.
"I can get down myself!" Talho exclaimed rudely. She hopped down and slipped. Landon broke her fall.
"Ow..." They both said. They then looked at each other, eye in eye, and blushed a bit. Talho was the first one to snap out of it.
"Well, um, I feel a cheeseburger coming on." She said with a smile. Landon smiled back, and they left to go eat dinner with their friends.
And Talho swore that Landon held her hand on the way there. And she was happy that he did.
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A/N: So sorry it took so long, but here it is on the holidays! An update is the greatest gift of all, eh? I didn't update for a while because I had a severe case of being grounded and writers block. But, here it is now!
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Me: (takes out list of E7 characters and marks Anemone off.) Ok... I've got her... I'll get Dominic later...
Gidget: Are you killing me next?
Me: Yes. Because I don't like you.
Gidget: Ahhh! (starts running.)
Me: I'LL GET YOU YOU LITTLE... (shoots gun and misses.) TELL ME I CAN'T DREAM ABOUT EUREKA SEVEN, WILL YOU!!!
Gidget: I didn't!
Me: Well I still don't like you! ARG! (shoots AK-47 again.)
