Vandread: The Pilot from the Past
By: Cre A. Tor 00X
Cre: ((screams like a little girl)) Alright!! Alright!! I'll write, I'll write!! JUST STOP BENDING MY BACK THE WRONG WAY!!!!
Legna: Not until it's done!!! ((breaks his back))
Cre: ((screams in pure agony))
Disclaimer: Cre does not own any characters of Vandread, only Legna, and Blue Angel, his friend owns Pyrena. All done in Legna's point of view
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Chapter 10: The Oblivion Cannon Drive
I sighed as I look at the switches that I have yet to pull, however my mind was on a certain woman, a certain girlfriend, a certain Pyrena. As much as I wanted to run around the ship screaming at the top of my lungs 'I FINALLY HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!!!' but sadly that can't be unless I want to be looked at oddly, beaten, and probably maimed. We decided to keep it a secret, so in public we act like friends; eating together, talking, working on our machines, that sort of things. But in private we act like a regular couple back in my time, however we always stop at making out; last thing I wanted to do was to get her pregnant and get killed in the most painful way possible. So basically I'm now suffering what all men suffer during their relationships, sexual tension. "I NEED SOME PU-"
"Mr. BAB!!" A voice said out of no where, stopping me from finishing what I was going to say and from ripping out my hair. "There you are, why are you in here?" she asked in her cute and dense manner as always, I swear she has a mind of a child sometimes.
"Ah," I blush madly as I try to figure out a cover story, "I….lost track of time?" /Crap, no way she's gonna-/
"Oh, I understand Mr. BAB."
/never mind/ "Okay then, so what do you need, it's not on more advice on how to get Little Man's attention now is it? Cause I've already had a chat with Jura and Meia, trust me I have a bruises to prove it too." I told her in a tired voice, these three girls have been driving me nuts lately. Everyday I have at least one of them come to me asking on how they could get closer to Hikibi, even if the blue haired one tried to hide it; however whenever I got too close to the subject or tried and make a joke…I get a punch in the spleen or some other organ, I'm just so glad they still don't know how to Really hurt a guy.
"No, no Mr. BAB; Leader wanted me to get you, they found something that um…what did they call it? Energy sign…Energy wave??" She said as she enter her thinking pose, cocking her head to one side with a finger on her cheek.
"…energy signature?"
"YES THAT WAS IT!!! They said they found an energy signature that was like was like your partner." The red stated with a giggle, unaware that my eyes were nearly out of my socket, when she did finally noticed she started to poke my face, "Mr. BAB, Mr. BAB are you okay?" she asked innocently.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!!" I shouted at the very top of my lungs.
"That's were the signs are coming from," BC stated as she pointed to planet on the map, I looked to see the planet seemed like a desert planet to me.
"Sweet, maybe we'll find some cool gear for A.B. or maybe it'll have data that kind help me out or…" I continued to ramble on, I felt I was drooling but I really didn't care right now /gear, tools, and information/.
"There's a problem though." the white haired woman said, causing me to face her /Of course, can't I catch a break/
"What is it?" I said as I sobered up from my excitement.
"There's a fleet of harvesters surrounding the planet, it seems they're trying to break through a shield surrounding the planet."
I sighed, "So it seems that trying to get on the planet isn't worth the effort and pilots right?"
"Wrong," The tall woman said as her eyes narrowed at me, "if they're going this far to get on the planet with no life on it, there must be something they want to not hunt us."
"Then it has to be something big then," I thought out loud as recalled another trip to the Green Ocean.
One day ago and in the dream realm
I opened my eyes to see a familiar green tinted water/Well it's been awhile since I was here, so what's it this time?/
"You must keep it safe." The voice said, but it sounded. . .scared?
/…keep what safe?/
"The key."
/Key to what?/
"To the. . . " before it finished it started to fade and I woke up on my couch, with Pyrena sleeping on my chest.
Back to the present
"What ever it is, I won't let them have it." I said, then without even bothering to listen to BC tell me to come back I left and headed straight towards Angel Blade; I had a lot of work to do.
To say I was frustrated was an understatement, I was down right pissed. After hours of fine tuning and repairing, I was only able to get a small increase in power of Angel Blade. "GOD FUCKING DAMN IT!!" I shouted as I kicked my garbage can half way across the hanger/All that fucking work and I get shitty results/ with only a few more hours till we get in range of the Harvesters I was losing my mind. "Even if I use the over drive, I'll be a sitting duck out there once I'm out of power groan, so that means I'm force to rely on the second switch; FUCK!!" I ranted on speaking to no one, or at least I thought before I got slapped in the back of my head. As I rubbed the back of my head I turned to see the head of the Reg. Crew "Oh, it's you Gascogne, what do you want?" I asked her, she was just giving me a look I couldn't define.
"Well I was looking where all the noise and swearing was coming from, and wouldn't you know it I find you here swearing worse than a pirate, and that's saying something coming from one." she let out a sigh when she finished and looked over to my partner. "Seems, like you've been working hard."
"I needed to if I was going to be of any use out there, but I could barely increase the output by two percent, and if I rely on the overdrive I'd be screwed if they're any survivors survive it." I say as I look over my partner and then into the armor to see my refection. "So when it comes down to the wire I'll have to try the next switch."
"You worry too much." She simply stated, I turn to her to say something around the lines of 'What does that mean?', but she continued, "You're not the only one who's going to be out there, all the other pilots will be going all out too, and they're also nervous as hell, we never faced this big of a number of Harvesters before, so if they see their trump card worrying and scared how do you think their moral will turn out; I'll tell you, it will sink." I couldn't look at her so I took a sudden interest into my feet, the next thing I know I felt a hand on my shoulder, "So you need to put a smile on your face, just like us; the pilots need that little bit of reassurances that we'll have their backs." I looked up at her to see her smiling, oddly enough I felt myself smiling.
"So your motto is, 'service with a smile'?" I asked.
"Basically."
"….Alright," I said as I chuckled, "but you're not going to make me wear the uniform." we both shared a laugh at that.
I sighed as I closed the last panel, I wiped the sweat off my brow as I look over Angel Blade; it wasn't much of a boost, but 5 percent more juice should help out in the fight. Just then the alarm went off, "Perfect timing." I said out loud as I put on my suit and enter the cockpit /It's time/ I thought as I saw the hangers door open, once they were fully open I let the engine at full power and shot out towards the rest of the pilots in the formation that was planned out. I was bring up the rear while the others flew in front since they had more experience, I took a deep breathe and closed my eyes, I turned to see the radar to see hundreds upon hundreds of enemy blips, I knew the other saw the same thing since I could hear their doubts over the communication link. I was growing worried myself, but then I remember what Gascogne told me, what my friends told me, what my father told me at times like these /Now it's my turn/ I quickly set the comm. to all channels, making sure EVERYONE would hear this. "I know you're all scared, fuck even I am; but that's what makes us better than the Harvesters. It's our will that pushes us to move forward even if we're afraid. They also don't have the ability to go beyond their limits like we can. They may have us out numbers and out gun, but we got the souls to take this good for nothing, no good killing, piECES OF SCRAP METAL TO THE JUNKYARD!! LET'S GIVE THEM HELL!!!" I screamed out, soon afterwards I heard everyone screaming in agreement, with a grin I shot forward and took out the first cube, the battle for planet was on.
The battle seemed to be going on for hours, I was in the hanger resting up as I tried to catch my breathe while Angel Blade was recharging as fast as possible. I looked at the battle through the sub screen, we manage to drop a quarter of their forces but they still continued. We were also taking so hits, a couple of the dreads were out of commission and we're running low on ammo, even when we take some from the downed dreads. I look over to the energy display, it was 85 percent /that's enough, I need to go back and help/ I turned on the comm. system and hailed the bridge, "This is Blue Angel Blader, Angel Blade at an acceptable energy range, ready to launch."
"Alright, we're opening up the hanger doors, good luck." BC stated as the doors did open."
"Sorry, but I don't believe in luck." I told her as I launched out of bay and back into the fight, quickly taking out as many harvesters as possible, I saw that Hikibi merged with Dita and started to take out a lot more harvesters, but it still wasn't enough /Damn, there are still too many, we're losing more and more dreads, and ammo is running low…((sighs)) looks like it's time/ I look over to the second switch, "Okay, SECOND SWITCH DON'T FAIL ME!!" I shouted out as I flipped it, which caused the first to flip by itself "What the…" but before I even finished it a sudden beam of light came from the planet "OH SHIT!!" I braced for an impact but it never happened, I open my eyes to see the light form into, for a lack of a better word, a giant cannon. Just then the main screen then blinked "OBLIVOIN CANNON DRIVE READY TO ARM" then the controls went into the walls and from the ceiling dropped what looked like the back side of the cannon, I slide my arms into the holes meant for the arms, Angel Blade did the same thing, and then the main screen turning into a large cross-hair, at the top "OBLIVOIN CANNON ARMED" . I grinned and turned the cannon towards the mass of Harvesters, "Oh booooys….SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!!!" I shouted out and pulled the two triggers in the hand grips. First there was a humming noise that got louder and louder, the barrel started to glow brighter and brighter, then all of a sudden a large beam of light shot out and literally blasted the what was left of the harvesters inside out. Once the blast died down, the cannon turned into light again and went back planet side.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!!!" Shortie shouted at me, but I was paying attention, I was too busy looking at the planet.
/What's ever down there…I'm going to find out/ and with that thought I headed down towards the planet in the same direction as the cannon. /I need to know…./
Legna: This is it….I'll finally find out
Legna: So this is why you called it a key….
Legna: Next time…Chapter 11: The key to many questions
Legna: You son of a bitch. . .you did this to me….
SORRY SORRY SORRY...sorry it took so long