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Chapter 9: New life
"I see… Well, I'm sure we'll find a way" Holland said to Dr. Bear. Holland called for a meeting on the Gekko-Go.
"Everyone… Dr. Bear did a little more research into what happened to Renton" Holland said with Talho beside him.
"It seems there's something known as a cross-over point" Holland added.
"What is a cross-over point" Axel said from the back.
"According to Dr. Bear… A cross-over point and a point that over laps with the other half of the scab coral that disappeared" Holland said recalling his memory.
"Over lap? How?" Questions filled the air about the cross-over points.
"I'll do the explaining Holland" Dr. Bear said from the door.
"You're much better at explaining this anyways" Holland said as he made room for Dr. Bear. Eureka was there with the kids and seemed almost happy that Renton was still alive. She had to tell the kids that Renton was missing sooner or later but she just couldn't bear to do so.
"A cross-over point, is a part of the Scab coral that exists in two dimensions, in other words with enough power to the middle of the point we could transport something or someone to the other point" Dr. Bear said adjusting his glasses.
"So… The attack from the four Exiellenia provided the energy?" Anemone asked.
"In theory…yes, there was enough power to do so. But where Renton was transported and landed is completely unknown to us" Dr. Bear said as he waited for the next question.
"But I'm sure Renton's alive and well…" Eureka said quietly to herself. The four Exiellenias that attacked Eureka didn't return to Tresor nor did they attack again, it seemed like it was their mission was completed.
"Well, that's all for now… Dismissed" Holland said. Everyone left for their stations and Eureka with Axel left with the kids. Holland, Talho, Mischa and Dr. Bear remained on the cafeteria.
"Do you think Eureka will be alright?" Talho asked.
"It seems that she can feel Renton even through dimensions…" Dr. Bear sounded impressed.
"As long as she can feel Renton then we can rest easy too, you think he's with Nirvash right now?" Holland asked curiously.
"Mostly yes… but it's half a world out there, let's just hope he can stay alive" Dr. Bear said sounding concerned.
"Renton's a strong person, and he'll be back just like he always has…" Holland said. Axel told the kids about Renton's possible death and they seemed worried, they finally accepted him as their papa but now he might be dead. Eureka felt lonely during this time, but she knew that Renton would return just like he always has. It's been three days since Renton disappeared and they searched the area for any other pieces of the Devilfish. Everything was leaning to the point where Renton did indeed make it to the other side.
"Mama, will Papa come home?" Linck asked.
"Of course he will, he promised Mama that he would always be there" Eureka said sounding gentle.
"Well, when he gets back can you tell him to help me fix this?" Linck said as he held up a small wine up toy. Eureka soon sent the kids off to play with Axel in the hanger, and soon she went to her own room with Renton. She fell on the bed and took the pillow that Renton used and hugged it. Her heart was missing something she knew it was Renton.
"Renton…Please come back" Eureka said quietly.
"I miss you…" she said trying to talk to Renton through her heart.
"What's wrong?" Helen asked as Renton lay there silently.
"Nothing… I'm just thinking" Renton said. He felt his forehead and felt the green jewel was there. He wanted to be with Eureka again and he knew it all to be true.
"Nirvash has been happier since you started caring for it, Renton" Helen said. In her image Renton felt like this was the Eureka that he started out with. From Adrock, Renton learned the truth and many things about where they are. On this side, there was another earth here and the Scab Coral covered half of it, just like on his side. However, this side's people were previously despair victims or Voderak priests. Basically, people that had a strong connection with the Scab Coral; of course Renton's sister was with them on the Dango-Go and so were Norbu and Sakuya. Adrock also recruited three other people; Omega Ken, Akira Mitsuda and Stella Wilson. (Like I said before, some characters will over lap in my stories, and as a warning; some plot lines as well.) Omega was the maintenance guy and pilot of the 808, Akira was the pilot of the 505, Stella was the pilot of the 909 and Adrock himself was the pilot of the 707. The 505 was a purple colored LFO and the 707 was a grey/silver LFO. Helen was the pilot for the Nirvash, but she couldn't use its true power and Renton knew he couldn't do it without Eureka. The 707 had two seats and used boomerang blades while the 505 was a military standard LFO.
"Well, it'd be happier with Eureka here too" Renton said smiling.
"You keep talking about Eureka, who is she?" Helen asked in confusion.
"She's someone very important to me and I love her… I guess you can say that I miss her a lot" Renton said. Helen turned her head slightly and tried to understand the meaning of love but it was a strange word. Adrock told Renton that Helen was a human-made coralian that the military created. During the second summer of love, the military finally made another one to replace Anemone but it was too late and the world was divided. Just like Holland and the Gekko-Go, Adrock and the Dango-Go were running from the military as well. He managed to steal the Dango-Go because everyone thought he was going to help them destroy the coralians but he soon learned about the military from Omega, Akira and Stella. The Dango-Go was a deep silver and blue ship; it had the design of the Hakucho-Go and the Gekko-Go (You know? The long neck thing and the wings that head to the front.) It had missile compartment on the wings and a large laser cannon built next to the head of the ship.
"Renton, can you come here for a bit?" Adrock asked as he came into the hanger.
"Sure, dad" Renton said as he go up, he was working on the Nirvash. Life with his father on the Dango-Go was awkward and funny; for one Adrock acted like himself and Norbu and Sakuya made him miss Eureka that much more. Renton learned about how the Nirvash returned to its armored form; Adrock found it in its damaged form. Even though Adrock told him all this, Renton really learned it from Nirvash; Renton learned the ability to hear Nirvash. Something that he must have learned from Eureka, but this was a secret that he kept from everyone; even Adrock, Norbu and Sakuya. Norbu had somehow returned it his young self from when he met Sakuya and it seems that the partners of coralians don't age.
"Renton… We're still not sure how to return you to your side and to Eureka… But…we're still working on it so please wait" Adrock said formally.
"Dad… There's something called a cross-over point… I think one activated and took me here" Renton said. From talking with Nirvash in secret he learned this, Nirvash knew a lot about the cross-over points.
"Also… When one is activated it becomes useless and can't be used again, and I believe there's six more" he added.
"How did you know all this?" Adrock asked as he scratched his head.
"Dad…I have something to confess…I can hear Nirvash…." Renton said.
"She told me" he added.
"Wow, my son can hear archetypes?" Adrock asked sounding impressed.
"No… Just Nirvash" Renton said.
"And I thought only Eureka or Helen could hear the Nirvash" Adrock said laughing. Soon everyone heard that Renton could hear Nirvash and even Helen found out, but she didn't seem to feel anything. Renton was still adjusting to his new life on the Dango-Go when the Military attacked them; they ran into them by accident. Omega, Akira, Stella and Helen launched to take them down.
"Dad, let me fight" Renton said looking determined.
"Renton, you shouldn't get involved" Adrock said crossing his arms.
"But-" Renton was cut off.
"Listen, this isn't your battle" Adrock's voice was bitter.
"Why?" Renton asked.
"Look what happened to you in that silver LFO" Adrock was raising his voice. Renton had to stay back and watch. This was a bad day for the Dango-Go; the military had a fair amount of forces with them. The military ships and KLF units began to corner them, even with the Nirvash they were backing off slowly. Renton knew that the Nirvash wasn't fighting at a good pace and it wasn't even at half of what it could do. What they needed was a seven swell affect, but how could he do it? Eureka wasn't there and Renton couldn't just replace her.
"Dad, let me pilot the Nirvash" Renton said firmly.
"Renton, for the last time, you can't fight" Adrock was tired of fighting with Renton.
"Please believe in me!" Renton said. Adrock needed to trust Renton, but he had his doubts about it.
"Okay… But be careful, Renton" Adrock said. Renton ran to a hatch with a ref board and looked down to the ground.
"Nirvash, Don't worry, I'm coming" he said to himself. He jumped outside and began to make his way to the Nirvash. Helen was in trouble with the Nirvash, even though it was the most powerful LFO ever, she couldn't use it to its full potential. Swirling around to dodge attacks, Helen knew she might get shot down at this rate. However, in the distance she saw Renton reffing to her location. Renton not long he caught up with the Nirvash and jumped on it. He opened the hatch for the Nirvash and hopped in.
"Helen, please move over" he said calmly.
"Can you really win?" Helen asked formally.
"We'll see" he said almost jokingly. Helen moved over and Renton took the main controls. As if the Nirvash was sleeping the whole time, it woke up and its eyes lit up. Speed, power, performance, everything jumped up, with Renton in the pilot seat Nirvash was 5 times better. It spun around dodging every missile that came its way, then taking out the boomerang blade it took off the arms and legs of the KLF units. Nirvash was a one man army, without any support from the 808, 909 or the 505 the enemy numbers had already decreased by another 30 percent.
"Is Renton really that good?" Adrock asked himself. No one on the Dango-Go had really seen Renton with the Nirvash in action; not even Norbu. Norbu had only seen him pilot it but never really saw him fight with it.
"The Nirvash's abilities are even greater than I thought" Adrock said out loud. Everyone realized that whatever did that to Renton in the Devilfish must've really been strong. Pulling a cut-back drop turn, Renton sliced his way into one of the battle ships and destroyed the reflection films of many others. Helen was really impressed with his pilot skills but Renton didn't care; protecting people close to him was all he thought about. The 505, 808, and the 909 turned around to board the Dango-Go for regrouping but it didn't seemed to bother Renton one bit that he was going to fight alone. They all looked back to wonder if that was the Nirvash that they had repaired but everything showed that with Renton on the Nirvash; it was a white devil. Even with all that speed and accuracy, Renton didn't kill anyone; he simply disabled them. A familiar feeling washed over him but he was still missing Eureka and Helen could never replace her. The military could no longer take anymore damage and retreated; Renton let them retreat as he turned around and headed back to the Dango-Go.
"Renton, you never told me you're that good" Omega said as he greeted Renton when he got out.
"Well you never asked" Renton replied with a small laugh.
"You really are my son!" Adrock said as he walked up to Renton.
"You were really good with Nirvash" Helen said with a small smile.
"I'd do a lot better with Eureka as my side" Renton said quietly.
"Can you really do better with her with you?" Adrock asked in amazement.
"Yeah, we find it hard to believe that the Nirvash can get even better!" Stella said mockingly.
"If Eureka and I are together, we use the Amita drive; dad, Eureka and I used the Seven swell before" Renton said as he looked up to him.
"What? But the Seven Swell has so much power, how could you control it all?" Adrock seemed amazed.
"I didn't use the power to destroy; I used it to protect Eureka. I can't find anything else to explain it dad" Renton said scratching his head.
"Eureka, are you alright?" Gidget asked.
"I'm fine…" Eureka said quietly. Eureka seemed to get more and more tired everyday, because of lack of sleep but she didn't tell anyone anything about it. Eureka's dreams were tormented by nightmares now. She could recall most of them and how they frighten her. Every night she would be waiting for the nightmares to come and go, even with sleeping pills the nightmares would wake her up. Most of the time the dream would be the same; she would be standing alone in a plain area with grass and the sky would be dark and gray with clouds and everything would be cold. Then she would see the four Exiellenias come for her, she would run and run until she looks back to see if they're still there. She would see Renton trying to stop them and then he would disappear just like that and the four LFOs would continue their attack on her. She would run from that and then she would find herself in a hall way. She would always look both sides of the hall and find nothing and then the nothing would come and she would continued to run until it got her and she would wake up.
"It's so cold…" Eureka would find herself say.
"Everything hurts…Why…Why did you have to take him away from me?" Eureka found herself asking the four Exiellenias but they would never answer. She tried everything; from confronting them to asking them every question she could think of but nothing changed. For the next two weeks everything would remain the same.
"Renton?" Helen asked as she came into the hanger.
"What is it?" Renton asked back from writing something in a notebook.
"We need to pick up some supplies, you need anything?" Helen asked, Renton could sense she was a bit nervous.
"Actually, I do. I need a few parts for Nirvash, some of the parts need to be replaced" Renton said still examining the Nirvash's parts.
"Can some of the part be repaired?" Helen asked concerning.
"I repaired some of the parts already but these can't be" Renton held up a small melted part.
"This over heated and melted, I also need to an upgraded part for a few of the pistons" he said as he looked at his check list for parts again.
"Also, the 505, 808 and the 909 need some repairs too" he added. Renton wanted to personally repair the Nirvash and tune it, and he wanted to pick the parts he needed to repair it with. He discussed the matter with Adrock.
"Dad, can I get supplies with Helen?" he asked.
"I see Dad taught you well in the art of mechanics…" Adrock was feeling pride and disappointment.
"I was there when they upgraded the Nirvash and I did some maintenance on her before" Renton said proudly.
"How much do you need then?" Adrock asked.
"Here's the list for the parts to repair all the LFOs" Renton said as he handed him a list.
"Stella's coming along as well too, okay?" Adrock added.
"That's fine by me" Renton seemed to be very happy to work on the Nirvash again. They launched in the 707 to a near-by town where Renton and Helen shopped for parts and Stella picked up other supplies. Stella was 24 year-old young woman and she was a high ranking military officer and was very skilled with a gun so she could defend herself easily. Renton was given about 2000 dollars for parts and he could get something extra if he had any money left. One of the parts on his list was a cooling unit and when they entered the store Renton picked up one that he knew would fit the Nirvash perfectly.
"Oh, that part's beautifully crafted; you can't get one like it anywhere else" the store owner said.
"Renton, that child's dead already" Helen said from behind him.
"Hey you got another one of these?" Renton asked as he rose up the part.
"Sorry, other one was sold to another customer" the store owner said. Helen took the part to the store owner and told his it was broke beyond repair. He examined the part closely and found that the blades in the part where half melted out of shape.
"Oh sorry, I didn't realize that it was broken like that" he said apologizing. Renton carefully looked at the part and put the part down and searched around in a pile of propeller blades and took one out.
"I'll buy this off you of you give me a discount on it" Renton said as he placed his hand on the part.
"Okay, but don't blame me if it doesn't work" the store owner said raising his hands. Renton paid the man and took out a screw driver and a small battery and started working on the part. Somehow he opened the part and got the melted propeller blade and placed the new one he got in it. Carefully he put something back into place and closed up the part again and hooked it up to the battery. He turned it on and listened to the part's humming as the blades turned.
"Good as new!" he said putting his hands on his hips.
"Wow, I've never seen anyone fix a part like that!" the store owner was impressed.
"This is a good part, only the propeller blades melted but the other parts here are resistant to heat so I just replaced the blades with a more heat resistant one" Renton said explaining. Helen placed her hand on the part and looked up at him in amazement. They left the store after that.
"You know we could just get another one?" she asked in confusion.
"The store owner was right, it is a good part. But if the propeller was melted even more then I probably couldn't repair it" Renton said as he placed the part in a bag. It was the last thing on his list of parts and he still had some money left over. They were walking back to the 707 when Renton came across and jewelry store and something caught his eye. It was a silver ring with gold waves on it; he saw that it could be split in half. He went into the store with Helen and asked the store owner for the price of the silver ring and with a stroke of luck he had just enough left over for it. Helen was really confused as to when Renton would buy something like that.
"Why did you buy that ring?" she asked as they left the store.
"I want to give this to Eureka when I see her again" he said smiling at the ring. He closed the box and placed it in his pocket.
"Why would you want to give that to her?" Helen was a bit confused.
"I want to show her that I'll always be there for her" that was Renton's answer.
To be continued…
The young woman suffers from silence while the young man plans for his return, will they ever meet each other again? Next time: Chance meeting.
