Chapter Ten: Back Aboard
We're here. thought Renton as he stood in the large hangar of the Gekko-Go. He looked back at Tyler, who had his arm extended and was touching the side of the Nirvash, just like Eureka used to. Tyler suddenly gasped in surprise then quickly withdrew his hand and leapt back "What's wrong?" asked Renton, "What happened?"
"It's," started Tyler, but then seemed to change his mind, "nothing." he finished, lamely.
Renton groaned silently, Why is everyone always like that when it comes to me? he asked himself.
Renton blinked as he heard the door open at the other end of the hangar and looked in that direction. Holland stood in the doorway wearing only his undergarments, "I assume everything went as planned?" he asked lazily,
"Yeah." replied Renton in a matching tone. "Hey Holland, I don't suppose you've seen Eureka around today? I haven't seen her since before breakfast."
"Yeah, she said she was heading back to her room." answered Holland, pointing with his thumb over his shoulder and out of the hangar. "But I think Stoner wants an interview or something."
"Oh yea, I forgot."
"And when you see him, tell him to stop taking pictures of me while I'm sleeping." sighed Holland as he jammed his hands into the pockets of his boxers and walked out of the hanger, leaving the door open behind him.
"I guess I'll see you later." said Renton, turning to Tyler, but Tyler wasn't there. Renton put a hand to his head, Whatever. he thought, and walked to the door.
He took one last look over his shoulder at the Nirvash, then left the hanger and headed for Eureka's room.
Good, thought Tyler as he peered around Matthieu's Terminus606. He confirmed that he was alone, then pulled a personal communicator out of his pocket and switched it on. Frequency 962, password sheepdog, encryption number 5032187. he thought as he followed his own instructions. "This is Tyler." He whispered into the communicator.
"Tyler, report." Replied a deep male voice,
"The Nirvash knows. If it spoke with Eureka then chances of success would be low."
"Understood, skip to the final phase and carry it out as soon as possible. Do not allow Eureka to speak with the Nirvash."
"Understood."
Tyler turned off the personal communicator, then got up and walked out of the hangar.
"Eureka? Are you in there?" asked Renton as he knocked on the door of Eureka's room.
The door opened and Eureka stood on the other side, she nodded and grabbed Renton's hand, pulling him into the room. "Come on." She said smiling.
"Hey, wait!" exclaimed Renton in surprise as Eureka sat him down on her bed then sat down next to him, "What are you, oh the interview!" Renton realized as he spotted stoner on the bed opposite the one they sat in with his camera at the ready.
"Ah, you're here, we were waiting for you." said Stoner, lowering his camera, "You ready for that interview?"
"Yea I guess so," replied Renton, scratching his head, "But like I said, I think you'll be disappointed. Not much has happened."
"That's alright. It wouldn't matter if you'd been sleeping all this time, the people should still be told that you're safe, and once they learn you're safe they'll want to know where you've been. It's my job to record the events of the various members of Gekko-State, no matter how small or unimportant."
Renton blushed at this and looked down awkwardly, "Well, you see, we kind of were asleep."
"Eh?" said Stoner, surprised. He recovered quickly however, "Like I said, it doesent matter. I want to hear all about it." he said with a smile.
"Ok." said Eureka, catching Renton's eye and smiling,
"Alright, fine, fine!" said Renton playfully, and the two recalled the previous events and painstakingly put them into words, with Stoner endlessly clicking away with his camera and asking for more specific explanation about various events. He asked them curtly to retell the story about eight times.
About two hours later a very happy Stoner finally left Eureka and Renton to peace. He had left to go ask Dominic 'a few questions'. They both laid down the moment he had left, exhausted, and were content to simply stay in the room with each other the remainder of the day, leaving only for dinner.