Ch 4
Later that night Wrath met up with Meia and they set off towards a location unknown to Wrath. "Meia, where are you taking me?" he asked looking down at her. At full height Wrath was at least a foot taller than she was, "You'll see." said Meia. They walked for about ten more minutes in witch they went through two turbo lifts and along dozens of hallways, they made a brief stop at the mess hall on the way to pick up their dinner. Finally they reached their destination.
The twin metallic doors opened to reveal a huge biodome. They walked across the grass to a place surrounded by trees and shrubs and then sat down. Meia opened the box she was carrying and laid some food on a small spread. Wrath picked up a rice ball and looked it over carefully. "I've never seen food like this before, is it edible?" he said sniffing it. "Just try it." said Meia biting into one herself. He took a bite out of it and his eyes started to water. "What's wrong?" said Meia looking at the expression on his face. "THIS STUFF IS GREAT!" he exclaimed beginning to shovel the food in his mouth.
When the meal was finished, Wrath was on his back and Meia was resting her head on his chest. "I never knew that food could taste this good." he said while running his real hand through her hair. "Meia, can I tell you something?" he said looking down at her. She nodded and sat up "As you could probably tell, my real name isn't Wrath," he said, looking into her eyes, "it's Bill Katana." He finished looking out of the glass roof and into the starry space above them. "Why does everyone call you Wrath then?" she asked resting her upper half on his chest. "I really don't know." he said starting to laugh, "I guess it just stuck."
Just then an alarm sounded through out the asteroid base. "All pilots to their stations, proximity stations registering multiple incoming enemy ships. Repeat all pilots to their stations." the alarm blared "I have to go." said Meia getting to her feet and putting on her chest armor. "So do I." said Wrath getting to his feet as well. "Damn," he said "I can't." He lowered his head a bit and said "Go." Meia turned from him and ran the Nirvana's docking station and into the ship to where her Dread was docked. As she ran she was joined by Jura, Hibiki, and Dita. Their fighters were launched and they joined the rest of the defenders in front of the base where they met hundreds of cube types and several of the copies. Also there were about thirteen of the cube factory ships. "A-team defend the Nirvana and the base B-team your with me, were going to finish this fast." She said over a channel to the other fighters. "Rodger." came all of the defenders voices. "Hey Dita, lets combine." said Hibiki. "Sure." She said. Their fighters flew ahead of all the others met in a flash of light and then Vandread Dita accelerated into the fight.
Mean while, back in the hanger Wrath, now in his flight armor, looked at the torn wing of the F-35. 'Better get started on this thing.' He thought "Hey!" he called to some women engineers that were still in the hanger, "Can I get some help over here!" "Sure!" they yelled and with smiles on their faces ran over to where he was standing. With Wraths instruction and help they all set to removing the wing and start repairs.