So we weren't left for dead
"Holland when are mama and papa coming back?" Linck said a week after Renton had gone to save Eureka.
"Well your mama and papa are going to take some time alone together so they will be a while." Holland said as the three small children crowded around him.
"Where are we going to go then? Its too dangerous for us on the ship to start, and the only reason we were aloud here was because of mama." Maurice said as he walked away from the group looking out of the ships window. He saired out at the rainbow color clouds that were the effect of the secound summer of love.
"Well the three of you are going to go live at the same place your papa grew up. You'll be living with your great-grandfather Axel Thurston." Holland said with a smile. He didn't want to intrust the kids to him, but that's what renton told him to do in his letter he gave to Maurice befor he left to save Eureka.
"I remember reading about him!" Linck said exsidely.
"yea, he was the machanic who was one of the first to exivate the narvish and helped make it run for mama!" maeter added.
"Is everyone in papa's family famous?" maurice asked him.
"Yes, they all did something to help the world that we live in now." Holland said as he smiled thinking about how that whiny little brat managed to turn into a hero.
"But what about talho and you holland? Will we ever see you guys again?" Maeter asked as holland explained what was happening.
"we will visit, don't worry your mama is like my oldest daughter, so I'll be sure you guys are fine and if your papa dose anything bad your sure to call me no matter what I will answer." Holland asured her.
"even if your in the middle of a battle?" Maeter asked skeptically.
"Yes, even if someone has a gun to my head I will still answer even if it will coast me my life." Holland said with an air of confidence.
When they finaly arvied at the small no-where town they came to the repair shop on the hill. It seemed vacaint but the sound of buzzing powere tools came from the workshop.
"Jeez old man its Sunday, the day you take in the children." Holland said as he walked into the worshop. The three children all huddled together behind holland afraid of the old man that was covered in oil and dirt. He pulled a cloth from his back pocket and whiped his hand.
"You guys were taking to long and I had work to do. Where are their bags?" axel asked holland.
"Well, all their stuff is in this suit case." Holland handed it to him and he led them to the small building that he lived in.
"Lets see I didn't know if the three of you wanted to share one room or if you wanted to split into three different rooms or to have boys in one and the lady in the other."
"why don't we all stay in one room for now because that's what we did on the ship with mama." Maurice said unafraid of the old man while his little sister and brother each death gripped either of his hand.
"Very well, right this way. I appologize for not having such a lovely place but your papa is having a house built around the corner but for now I live here." Axle opened a small bed room with tree cots and a small window in the ceiling. He placed the suit case on the one closes to the door that pluped down with a cloud of smoke.
That night the three of them all sat down together on one of the cots huddled under all their blankets. They sat in silence trying to get used to their new surroundings. They werent used to spending a night off of the ship. It had been two and a half years since they lived with renton and it had been at least four or five years since they were saved by eureka and first brought to the military base, they did not think it was okay for eureka to horrbor these children and ordered them killed so that is when the gekko state was formed.
"I miss mama." Meater said finally.
"I miss mama too and papa." Linck said as tears welled up in his eyes.
"It will be okay." Maurice said confortingly, but did not believe it himself.
"Its been 10 months I knew we shouldn't let renton go get mama. He probally stole her from us." Linck said as tears began to fall.
"That's not true mama will come back for us, she has to." Meater sarted to cry as well.
"they probally didn't come back to us because they think were dead!" linck cried out.
"Don't say things like that!" meater said trying to believe what he said was not true by coveing her ears and humming loudly to herself.
"hey, sush don't cry." Kink said trying to confort his siblings. A knock came from the door as the room filled with light.
"maurice, meater, linck I have a surpise for you all." Axel said as he started to pull the top blanket off. "what the-" he pulled off three more before he finaly got down to them. "you guys sure know how to hide. Did holland teach your that?"
"yea, when anyone would come on the ship we didn't know mama and papa were put in a cell with guns, food and blankets. They kept us safe, prepared for anything. Not like our real mamas that didn't know what was going on in the ambush." Maurice said coveing his mouth after relizing what he just said.
"well I got something to cheer you guys up." Axel said as he walked to the door and they followed.
"what is it?" linck said excitedly while snot trailed down his nose.
"well I advise you straighten up alittle and meet me in the workshop in less than five minutes cause that's all the time I can keep the line open. Maurice you look okay so come with me. Linck you need to blow your nose and meater you need to whipe your eyes they're all puff." Axel informed them.
As they got to the workshop, axel led them into the control room where there was a small screen that had gone black and the sound of two excited people chatting on the other line.
"they're here." Axel said saking the mouse to the screen making the likeness of rento and eureka apper.
"So we finaly got the timing right." Renton said excitedly.
"yes, it only took 8 months." They said as the three kids shoved their faces to the screen.
"Mama! Papa!" the three kids all said at once.
"how are you all doing?" eureka asked beaming as she looked upon her children.
"were okay mama, when are you coming home?" meater asked not letting her brothers say anything that would worry threir parents.
"soon." Eureka said and with that all the kids alaughed and smiled for the first time since they left.
"now your great-grandfather axel has been treating you right?" renton asked as he saw his grandfather smile in the back ground.
"yea-huh! He got me a whole bunch of pretty dresses. Most of them are blue and purple and pink, like the ones mama said she always wanted to see me wear!" meater said excitedly.
"and he got me little trucks too!" linck said happily.
"Hes teaching me to be a machanic just like papa!" maurice said in a smile. He was wearing the same clothing that renton used to wear, he didn't want any of the new clothing that axel was getting them as they grew.
"that's great." Renton smiled.
"and have you all been studing really hard?" eureka aske as she watched them all look away."
"yes, we all go to school now. But we don't like it much." Maurice said.
"well we'll fix that when we come home. I hear the building is almost done, have you guys seen the designs for your new rooms?" renton asked.
"no, I think that's something their mama and papa need to show them." Axel said over the children with his hands crossed.
"we'll call you again really soon. But we got to go. We'll be headed home really soon so don't give gg axel too much trouble." Eureka said sweetly.
"mama how did you know we call him gg axel?" meater asked.
"mama always knows what your doing, now make sure you work on your math. Don't hesitate to ask gg axel for help, hes a smart man." Eureka said she blew a kiss to the monitor and they copyed her motion before the monitor went blank again.
"so they didn't leave us to die here!" linck said happily.
"don't be stupid gg axel wouldn't let that happen." Meater said mocking linck.
"come on lets all go out and get some ice cream." Axel said as the children cheered. They were in good hands and nothing bad would ever happen to them again.