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Traitors of the Stars: Genesis

Chapter 8: Saving Captain Nemo

Agharta Hospital

Shinji was starting to wake up. "What happened?"

"You took a nasty spil near the docks." Kaji explained. "Took that bullet out from you. Something's strange though, if they wanted to kill you, they wouldn't aim at the gut."

"I remember those monsters taking them to..." Shinji realized something. "What happened to Uncle Keiichi!?"

Kaji was hesitant to tell him, but decided too anyway. "I'm afraid Keiichi didn't make it."

Shinji looked at his hands. "I did this. I did all of this."

"Gargoyle's the bad guy here." Kaji said. "Him and Keel Lorenz."

"I was the one who shot him!" Shinji said. "It was either him or both of us! Keiichi told me it's okay, but I don't..."

"I understand." Kaji confort him. "I understand the problem of taking a life against your will. I was hoping you wouldn't suffer the same fate. Wishful thinking on my part."

Shinji looked to Kaji. "You were forced to do that before?"

"Yes. It was then I decided to quit SEELE." Kaji said. "Nothing but friend killing. But, sorry for the change of subject, someone wants to see you."

Neo came from the shadows. "No, no, please no. I'm sorry!"

"Calm down Shinji." Neo said. "I'm not angry at you. But I do want answers. Why did you take her heirloom?"

"I didn't want to." Shinji pleaded. "But I can't tell you how many people died in SEELE just for failing a mission."

"Okay, who is SEELE?" Neo asked.

"A military organization runned by General Keel Lorenz." Shinji answered

"How did they find us?" Neo asked.

"I don't know." Shinji said. "He just said that he'd wipe out the Neo-Atlanteans in exchange for the sapphire."

"And they decided to attack us instead?" asked Neo.

"Yes. The Neo-Atlanteans must have followed them." Shinji said.

"I see." Neo was adding numbers in his head. "They killed my best friends. Bast and Pericles."

Shinji hung his head. "Gargoyle himself was a mole in SEELE."

Kaji was surprised. "Who was it."

"My master, Kozo Fuyutsuki." Shinji said.

"Then we have common enemies." Neo said. "That sapphire is really important, more than you think."

"What's so important about a jewel?" Shinji asked.

"It has the potential to give back life and the potential to take it away." the Emperor informed him. "That's why Gargoyle wants it. Kill all of humanity in one fell swoop."

"It can bring back the dead?" Shinji asked.

"Only if the will to live is strong enough." Neo said. "I'm very sorry, but I'm afraid you uncle has been dead long enough for it to not work."

'So it is my fault.' Shinji thought. "We need to go get it back."

"How? We don't even know where they are." Neo said.

"We have co-conspirators in SEELE." Kaji said. "I have word that Keel Lorenz is going to Greece."

"YES!" Shinji shouted. "And I told Fuyutsuki about Lorenz having it. We can kill two birds with one stone."

"That would work, but we only have one submarine left, sadly it's a prototype, and I don't know much about SEELE's tech, but the Neo-Atlanteans have a complicated sonar, not that it's stealthy anyway." Neo explained.

"I have a sub that can hide from sonars." Kaji said.

"We need a group of soldiers willing to fight for us." Neo said. "Luckily for you, I have just that."

They heard a call from Shinji's cell phone. "It's my parents!" Shinji laughed. "They can tell us where Lorenz going!" he answered the call. "Hello."

"Shinji! Thank the gods, you're okay." Yui said worried on the other side of the phone.

"Hi, mom. I'm fine." Shinji assured her.

"Good. I heard everything from Kaji." Yui said. "Is it true that you were forced to shoot Keiichi."

Shinji stood silent for a couple seconds before summoning the courage to speak. "Yes, it is. I am sorry."

"I understand. There was nothing you could do." Yui said. "Kill Keel Lorenz, he's the one behind all this, kill him, even if you have to kill your former comrades to do it."

"I will." Shinji swore. "Do you know where he is?"

"We can't say for sure where he is exactly." Yui said. "But your father found out where he is going now. Right off the coast of Greece."

"Near Greece? Why would he go there?" Shinji asked.

"Atlantis." Neo said. "They're going to Atlantis."

"What do you mean Atlantis?" Kaji asked.

"It was one of the three cities. Tartessos, another one of those cities, is our home." Neo said. "Until Gargoyle started to rebel and we had to leave. But they left the city, too, not to long ago. I don't know why."

"Why go there?" Shinji asked.

"To activate it." Neo said. "He's going to activate Tartessos!"

"What do he mean?" Kaji asked Shinji.

"I don't know, this is all news to me." Shinji said.

"Tartessos is more than a city, it's a space ship and there's weapons in them." Neo informed them. "There's at least three of them. The Red Noah in Atlantis and the Blue Noah in Tartessos. I don't know anything about the third one. The Red Noah sunk with Atlantis. The Blue Noah is alright, but if put into the wrong hands it could spell death for us."

"Did you get all that?" Shinji asked his mother.

"Yes. I'm sending a few workers that found out about Lorenz's plot." Yui said.

"Didn't you say that SEELE's the enemy?" The Emperor asked.

"We have other's who are willing to help us." Yui said. "I can ask 'Commander Ikari' to send them there."

Neo though about it. "Do it." Neo said.

"Are you sure." Shinji asked.

"It's do or die." Neo said. "I say we 'do'."


Leviathan, Cells

Nadia, Jean, Marie, Captain Nemo, the Grandis Gang, even the cub were in cells. Nadia and Jean stood in a cell next to the other. They stood silent over what happened. "I know you want to say something." Nadia said to Jean.

"I do." Jean said. "I just don't know how to say it."

"It's alright. It's not you're fault or Shinji's." Nadia told him. They sat in silence until Nadia spoke again. "Do you know why Shinji keeps mispronouncing you name?"

"Why?" Jean asked wondering.

"Because, other than me, he never had any friends. He saw you as a friend, that's why he called you those names, he thought that was a thing." Nadia laughed.

Jean just chuckled. "Good to know."

"Shinji always stayed away from others, because he was scared of losing them." Nadia said to him more. "It was new territory for him and he didn't know what to do with it."

"When and if we get out of this, I'm going to call him Shingen just to see his face." Jean laughed then fell to silence. "I really am sorry about your Father."

"Thanks. I appreciate it." Nadia thanked him.

The door opened to reveal Electra, the traitor. "I have brought you food. You better thank me, cause I had to convince Gargoyle." Captain Nemo gave her a monstrous look. "Don't look at me like that. You would starve if it wasn't for me."

Nadia find whispered a word. "Why?" Electra heard it. "Why did you betray your friends? Why did you a part of my fathers death!? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO SHOOT SHINJI!?" Nadia shouted.

"I have my reasons. You may not accept it, but I am sorry, for everything." Electra said.

"What a load of crap!" Grandis said. "You're just as bad as Gargoyle if you think you can get away with this."

"Let me tell you something. There's no one to save you. Not the Emperor, not the Loyalist, and not Shinji." Electra said.

"You underestimate all of them." Nemo said. "The Emperor and his Loyalist are some of the toughest men I've seen and with Shinji on they're side, going by what I heard, we can see about that."

"Even with his help, the Neo-Atlanteans will defeat them." Electra said. "If you don't believe me, wait and see what happens." She left, leaving them alone with thier thoughts.


Agharta Docks

A group of people were lined up. "They definitely got here fast. These are the specialists?" Neo asked.

"Yes, guaranteed." Kaji said. "You're here for a very important mission! One that could spell victory or death!" Kaji shouted at the group. "We are going to rescue some captives and annihilate the Neo-Atlanteans and SEELE! I know you considered them comrades, but after this, take that emotion out completely! Engineers! You are tasked to repair that sub!" Kaji ordered. "Soldiers! You are tasked to help out the Atlantean Loyalist when they fix that submarine! This will be our defining moment! Remember this! It's now or never!" The crowd cheered.

Neo was impressed. "Good speech."

"I will take the Hattori." Shinji said behind them. "There's no way the Atlanteans can find it."

"What are you planning?" Kaji asked.

"I'm going to get them out, give you a chance to go all out." Shinji said.

"Do you think you can use that vessel all by yourself?" Neo asked.

"I didn't say I'm going alone." Shinji said. "I'm going to need your help."

"I'm just an ruler, not a scout." Neo exclaimed.

"But you're familiar with the terrain." Shinji begged. "Or was I mistaken?"

"I am familiar with it, but I only been there once, before all this." Neo admitted.

"Then I need you to do me a favor. Let Kaji take command of the Nautilus II." Shinji said.

"Named after Nemo's ship?" He asked. "Fine. Just let me tell my men to follow his orders. At least, until I say otherwise."

"Fair enough." he smiled to the Emperor.

Later, Shinji was preparing to go down, waiting for the Emperor. "I told them everything. Are you sure this will work?"

"Yes, I'm connected to Kaji via radio." Shinji showed the radio. "I will tell him what to do when the Nautilus II's repairs are finished."

"This is a terrible idea." Neo started to laugh. "But like Kaji said, it's now or never." the Hattori launched under the sea. "I just hope these engineers are fast."

"They are the fastest in the world, the best of the best." Shinji said to him. "There's nothing they CAN'T fix. Let's save Nadia, Jean, and the others, even the Captain. TO ATLANTIS!"


Looks like Shinji formed a real army. An alliance of Atlantean Loyalist and SEELE rebels and both plan on saving the world. Will SEELE and the Neo-Atlanteans go down or will Neo give in, tossing his bloody crown?