I don't own Robotech, this is a fanfiction only.
Well climbing up and getting into the tube was a hassle, it sure didn't help that she made me climb first, honestly she is not wearing a dress, and I would never disrespect her like that, I, of course, understand if she actually felt insulted if I simply for some reason can't get enough of seeing how her suit clings to her body like that.
I am a healthy young man, with an absolute beauty near me, honestly, I was more confused than I ever been in my life, one the one side I wanted to grab her and kiss her, and on the other, my conscious was screaming at me that such thoughts were immoral and unbecoming.
I had to do something to keep my mind off the beauty that was a few feet behind me, the only thing that came to mind was an old Zentradi song, so that is exactly what I began singing in a low volume, once we made it to the hangar I saw that we didn't have that much of a climb down.
"We are trying to escape and you decided to make weird grunting noises, do you want them to notice us and make ruin our chance at an escape?" I was not about to tell her that the song I was singing was considered to be a very romantic melody or at least that what I seem to remember, it was an old song.
As we got near one of the battle pods, I began to try and find a display that had a navigation information. I saw Max and Ben trying to get into a battle pod and I could not help but laugh at their attempt, Ben was trying climb up by using Max as a ladder.
I walked near them and looked at them both, "Max you should be the one trying to get Ben to help you up instead of the other way around. Honestly, people, can't leave you two alone for a second before you try to get in some sort of trouble. That is the exhaust port that you are trying to climb into."
I moved aside and looked at a place and with some effort, we managed to get the manual release to the cockpit. As we climbed on I went straight for one of the consoles and began touching it."
"Rick does your mind not hitting that touch display at random, you might end up causing this thing to self-destruct." I felt insulted by her remark. I was sorry tempted to tell her the button for the self-destruct was the one she was sitting on, and it was.
"I am actually trying to get our current position if we aren't close enough to the Fortress, it would not matter if we could escape. This battle pod simply does not have any way for long range travel. This thing would be little more than a coffin for us if we left too far away from our forces."
I kept looking and sure enough, the display told me as clear as day. We were currently in a system that was not even in our neighboring to our own solar system. In other words, we had been transported for quite some time.
"This shows we are no less than fifty light years from our own solar system, which means this battle pod is in one of the cruisers that are on standby. If we try to escape at this precise moment, the turret control officers will detect us and will blast this battle pod as a mere punishment for taking one of them for a joyride, and to enforce the military code. We have only one chance, and that is if this battle pod is taken back to our own solar system."
This made me realize that the questions Supreme Commander Dolza was asking and I had a good feeling since I saw the symbol at the top of the cockpit. "Chances are this pod will be taken to our solar system within the hour, If their Supreme Commander believes our fortress is indeed the one that holds the secret to protoculture, they will most certainly try and attack again."
Lisa looked at me and moved to where I was, "You said the transfusion caused you to gain some of their knowledge, do you know what they mean by protoculture?" I would love to tell her I did, but the fact is I have only the knowledge concerning what the Zentradi know, in other words only military knowledge.
"Zentradi believes it to be a way to randomize their genetic structure during the cloning process, this would be used to correct inherit defects in repeated cloning. It is sort of the way if you make a copy of a copy, the more copies are made the less clear it is compared to the original document. The same thing is happening to their people, in other words, they need this protoculture in order to save their species."
I took a deep breath, "I guess I should say our species since at least two men think of me as a Zentradi, we need to wait our time. We act too rashly and we will never make back to Macross, and the information we obtained will be of no use."
Lisa looked at me and she began to nod her head, "Yes, the video from my camera. I must deliver this data to Macross, and High Command, they must know that their estimations are wrong or it could cause an incident that would be the end of all life on Earth. So tell me Rick is there any way to know when they will begin to mobilize?"
I pointed at the terminal where Ben was leaning against, "That is a fleet communication device, much like our own communication link we have on our Valkyries. If you push the button near where Ben in learning it would turn the communication channel on, the dial to the left of it controls the volume and the one on the right the frequency."
"If you turn down the volume and turn it on we should be able to listen to their transmissions without drawing too much attention." That is when two men had to work together while Lisa and I argued that the frequency was right, which by the way it was. I don't understand why Lisa didn't understand something even a new born knew about, oh wait, that's right, I forget, she doesn't have the knowledge I got due to that transfusion.
Finally, we got it turned the communication link on, and what do I hear from the people around me, complaining, a lot of complaining. The compared the quality of the people talking something akin to as a pack of cats using their own tails as music instruments and banging each other on their heads with hammers.
Personally, for some odd reason, I found such comments to be both hurtful and very disrespectful of a rather nice sounding guy giving instructions that Commander Breetai was about to fold his fleet to recapture the space fortress. I waited for them to finish their complaining, might as well let them air out all their negative feelings.
As soon as the place was quiet and I got done thanking god for making these cockpits soundproof. I looked at them, "Done complaining? The sounds you hate said that this battle pod and several thousand others were being moved to Breetai's fleet to replace the ones we actually destroyed."
"Several hundred clones will also be transferred and by the sound of things we are already on one of the ships in this particular fleet. Max, Ben and you Lisa were arguing so much that you didn't notice them moving this battle pod."
They sort of looked at each other and became really quiet for a few minutes, I decided to let them know what exactly they complained about the song. I myself felt that it was a kind of touching and very tender song, but then again I actually understood the lyrics.
"The last part of Ben here turned off the transmission was a song, a song that was being played for those that actually remember losing friends and family during this entire ordeal. The good things about living among brothers while traveling in a sea of stars. Guess you felt that it was hate filled talk about Macross, sorry it was a memorial song for all those that have died."
They all looked at me as I tried to wipe the tears from my face with my right hand. Lisa was surprised at seeing this if the way she looked at me was any indication. "Sorry Rick, we didn't know. I guess that transfusion left you with a lot more than knowledge of their language."
I sort of understood what Max was saying. I looked at the controls and knew what each lever, button, and control did, even though I never piloted one of these things. In fact, this was the first time ever that I saw the inside of one of these battle pods in person.
It did make me feel a bit strange since everything from my memories in my mind was a lot smaller, and is the size I was it was if anything hard for me to picture how we were going to even manage to push the controls hard enough to pilot this thing.
As we looked at each other I felt the sudden kick of the fleet coming out of the jump. That is when I felt like someone was trying to board the battle pod we were in. That would spell disaster in various ways. I quickly told Ben and Max to push the buttons so that the outer speakers could be turned on.
"This battle pod is occupied, I highly suggest you find another. I don't think Commander Breetai would appreciate a delay in deployment now would he?"
I heard the man outside laugh and say that he agreed with me, Commander Breetai would most certainly not be pleased with a delay in deployment and even wished me good luck in the coming battle. We exchange a typical fight well for the fleet farewell and that is when Max and Ben looked at me trying very hard not to laugh.
"You just sounded like they did? What exactly did you tell that person Rick?"
I looked at her and I was sorely tempted to tell her that I was planning to tell him that I was spending time making out with a lovely young woman, but that would not make any sense since the female Zentradi and male Zentradi never served in ships together.
"I told him this battle pod is occupied and that he needed to find another one. Or do you want to explain how three micronians are doing inside here when in reality we should be in a holding cell awaiting interrogation and quite possibly execution?"
Ben began laughing and I began to shake my head at how funny he found our current situation. "Well, in that case, it's a good thing you know how to talk like they do. You just saved our lives there skipper. Now how do we pilot this thing out of here?"
I began to look at my surroundings. "Alright here is what we are going to do. The first thing we are going to set the frequency to contact Macross, then we are going to take positions. Me and Commander Hayes here are going to control the controls you control the pitch Lisa, I will control the other control. Max and Ben see the pedals down there? They are the same as the engine controls of our planes."
I looked at them and could not help but smile as Ben and Max understood what I was telling them. "Now we got a little time, may fortune and good tidings find us in our struggle." I decided to change the frequency since I knew how to do it. As I floated to my side of the controls I saw Lisa smiling, I swear she has been doing that more and more.
"What was that thing about fortune and good tidings Rick?" I looked at her, she must be nervous to ask me such a thing. I looked at how her hand was trembling, I guess she also a little bit afraid we might get blasted by the Macross pilots too.
"It was a traditional Zentradi farewell, it is often said for situations like this. I honestly don't know what I am anymore Lisa, am I human with knowledge of the Zentradi culture or am I a Zentradi that had been made the size of a micronian with weird knowledge on micronian language and culture?"
She must have sensed the distress in my voice since she jumped off her controls and came to wrap her arms around me. I could feel her body press against my back as he put her arms around my waist or at least try to do so.
"You are Rick Hunter, the man who is doing his best to make our mission a success, keep his subordinates and fellow officer safe, and the man who I love." I must admit I was not expecting her to say that at all. I turned around to try and see her face, I was expecting her to have a teasing if not sarcastic look on her face, but certainly not her blushing like she was.
The next thing I know she is kissing me on my lips, and the kiss got hotter and hotter, and I somehow trying to say something ended up kissing her too. What is wrong with me? The feel of her soft lips, the taste of her as her tongue meets with mine, the softness of her as she and I hold each other.
Max began to clear his throat and I got to say I felt a bit of conflicting feelings about it. First I wouldn't mind if that kiss went on a little longer, and second I didn't like his interruption of something that as far as I understood it would not happen ever again.
"Commander as much as Ben and I enjoy this obvious public display of affection, I think we should man the controls since it sounds like they are about ready to launch us into space. It does sound like when preparations to launch are getting underway."
That made Lisa realize that it indeed sounded like that, she looked at me and smiled, "We will have to continue our discussion of this later, you ain't getting off that easy buster." She immediately jumped away from me towards her control rather quickly. I didn't even have a chance to reply to what she just said to me.
The pod was launched and we saw as many of our own people fought against them, we had managed to program a message into the communication console that repeated the same thing, don't kill us, we are friends. We had a bit of a hard time making it sound sincere, but as it was not having the desired effect or more than likely Ben and Max were bored they switched frequencies.
Next thing I know I am listening to Lynn Minmay sing a song that would have made any pilot blush, it was entitled my boyfriend is a pilot. Lisa was glaring daggers at me, how in the world is this my fault? She could be talking about any pilot for all we know, alright, I know she is talking about me, but I don't even think of her that way.
Next thing we know the Veritech planes around us grab our battle pod and bring it back to our ship. The moment they realize that we are being taken back into what most would call friendly territory, Ben, Max, and Lisa began to get really excited and screaming that they were going home.
Here I was thinking that it might be my home, but I was also secretly hoping that I don't end up on an autopsy table. I somehow don't think they will be happy when they hear that the man in charge of attacking them is my now adoptive father figure, well not so much adopted since we are pretty much blood relatives.
"You were very quiet for a few minutes Rick? Penny for your thoughts?" I looked at Lisa who since she was no longer going to need to move any of the controls floated to stand right near me.
"I can't help but think the possible negative consequences of you and the other people present here telling our commanding officer and other officers how much I have changed since our time in captivity. I can already hear some clamoring to have me dissected and studied like a bug, and others flat calling for my execution since I know the Zentradi language I must have been a sleeper agent all along."
She held me close to her and as she held me I couldn't help to control the urge I felt, I leaned close enough and began kissing her. Just as we were really beginning to enjoy the kiss the hatch of the battle pod came off and the second it was off I heard a familiar voice.
"Rick I know you are happy to be back home, but do I really need to explain to you the regulations against fraternizing with a higher ranking officer? You owe me twenty bucks, here I was thinking that you would never kiss her."
I turned around and saw the face of my brother and his girlfriend looking at us, Claudia was trying very hard not to laugh as she kept her mouth hidden behind her hands. "I want those twenty bucks by tomorrow buster, or you fix that bucket of bolts you used to call a plane."
I could not help but to laugh as I heard the man in charge of plane maintenance say that. "Well, guys it looks like we really are back home. Come on everyone let's go find Captain Global and telling him what we found out about the aliens that are attacking us."
