The next day Anemone stood up and stretched yawning quietly.
She looked around as her body froze over, Haru was no where to be found.
She sprinted out the door and flew through the halls going towards the hanger as fast as her legs could carry her.
When she stood before the door she froze in place as she heard a familiar voice inside yell, "What the hell is this?!" Followed by metal hitting the floor.
Anemone slowly crept inside and sighed with relief.
She could see Haru standing on Redemption's torso halfway inside the open hatch going through all of the parts.
The door behind Anemone opened revealing Dominic who froze when he saw what Haru was doing. "W…What the hell are you doing?!" He screamed.
Haru backed out of Redemption and looked down at Dominic.
"I'm fixing Redemption what does it look like?!" He yelled back then looked at Anemone and smiled with a small wave.
She waved back matching his smile as Dominic stammered behind her, "B…But the mechanics do that!"
Haru shook his head.
"Yeah I don't want them working on Redemption anymore I want to work on him now instead." Dominic sighed shaking his head.
"Fine, I'll tell the Captain." Haru stood upright with his hands on his hips and a wide grin.
Anemone turned to watch Dominic leave as he grumbled to himself.
Suddenly Haru gasped as his vision blurred and his head felt as though it were being ripped in two.
He put his left hand over his left eye as he blinked trying to clear his vision.
He felt a warm liquid slowly slide down from his nose over his lips.
In a few moments his vision came back and his headache was gone.
He wiped his finger under his nose and saw it was blood.
"Haru?" He heard Anemone call from down below.
He jumped lightly then quickly wiped the blood off.
"I...I'll be right there!"
. . . .
Eureka walked down the halls of Gekko still stretching from her nap.
When she reached the observation deck she looked around with a frown, Haru wasn't anywhere in sight.
"What's wrong Eureka?" She turned to see Renton walking towards her.
"Where's Haru?" She asked staring him in the eye.
"I haven't seen him, I figured he would've been here." Renton said looking around.
Eureka frowned and climbed the stairs up to the bridge.
"Holland, where is Haru?" She less asked and more ordered as she stood before him staring daggers at him.
She knew Holland was behind whatever happened.
"I dunno." Holland muttered looking to the side.
Eureka's frown deepened.
"Where. Is. He?" She ordered.
Holland looked up at her with a straight face.
"He went back to the military." It felt as though ice water was dumped through her veins.
"W…What?!" Renton yelled from beside Eureka.
"You heard me boy." Holland growled looking to the side.
"He wouldn't have left without saying anything Holland." He shrugged in return.
. . . .
Haru walked beside Anemone with a wide smile.
He was still overjoyed with being back where he belonged rather than the Gekko where nobody wanted him.
Except Renton and Eureka.
He shook his head.
He couldn't be thinking of them, he was where he belonged and he'd take any order he was given.
Suddenly the loudspeaker came on, "Haru report to the bridge immediately."
Haru looked at Anemone who had a frown on her face as she reached out, grabbing his arm.
"You've just come back...I don't want you to leave again." She whispered sounding miserable at the thought.
In return Haru smiled and put his hand over hers.
"Don't worry Anemone, I'll protect you no matter what." Her sorrowful expression seemed to soften as she gave a small nod.
. . . .
Haru stood at attention until the Captain nodded and he relaxed.
"Haru, how long has it been since your last injection?" The Captain asked with an undertone of concern.
Immediately Haru wanted to leave the room but he stood in place as though rooted to the floor.
"A long time sir. W...Why?" He questioned trying to sound unconcerned but failing.
"We...need to inject you Haru. I know you may not like it..." Out of the corner of his eye he saw Dominic with the needle in his hand.
Haru's heart began to pound as his hands began to shake.
"Captain...please don't-" Before he could finish Dominic was beside him shoving the needle into the injection port.
Haru's body was frozen as his muscles locked and his eyes went wide.
He opened his mouth but no noise escaped.
Powerless.
Just like when he was at the facility being turned into this.
There was a hiss as the liquid was shot into his blood stream.
He tried to blink but couldn't even muster the will to do so.
He felt as though ice were being shot into his veins.
Suddenly he screamed out in pain as the lines in his eyes slowly opened opened.
Then he fell silent as he remained in place, motionless.
"...Haru?" The Captain uncertainly asked.
He slowly straightened and locked eyes with the Captain.
"Yes sir?" The Captain frowned as he stared into Haru's eyes.
No...this isn't Haru.
The Captain thought to himself.
"We have a mission for you and Anemone." Haru nodded with a grin.
"You are to lead an assault on the Gekko, are you able to do that?" Haru's grin grew wider as he nodded.
"I'll leave now." Haru stated and left towards the door.
"Inform Anemone." The Captain ordered to one of the people on the bridge.
. . . .
Eureka sat on the couch in the observation deck beside Renton as she stared down at the clouds.
Renton stared at her with a frown.
He wanted to say something but what could he say?
He opened his mouth but was cut off by the loudspeaker.
"Incoming LFOs! Renton and Eureka take those bastard out already!" Holland yelled as Eureka slowly stood up and walked to the hanger.
. . . .
Haru watched the Gekko grow bigger as they sped towards it.
Suddenly he saw Nirvash launch and fly towards them.
Haru laughed and licked his lips.
"Let's dance!" Haru screamed as missile ports all over Redemption opened up and fired at Nirvash.
theEND fired all missiles as well.
Hundreds of missiles streaked across the sky all screaming towards Nirvash.
Rather than the expected classy dodge they usually did they simply sped through the barrage sustaining damage.
Haru growled with anger.
"This isn't how we usually dance!" Suddenly claws extended on the right and left arms as Redemption sped towards Nirvash.
. . . .
Renton clenched his jaw as Nirvash was bombarded with the missiles.
He looked over at Eureka who had a deep frown.
She was totally in control of Nirvash.
"U...Uh Eureka? Don't you think we should try and dodge?" He asked looking over but she ignored him as she continued speeding towards Redemption.
What's wrong with her?!
. . . .
Redemption brought his right arm back as the two closed the distance.
"Haru be careful!" Anemone yelled over the com.
"Tch! I can't dance without going all out!"
When the two were feet away from each other Redemption ducked the wild right punch Nirvash threw and slashed it's claws across Nirvash's torso.
Following the momentum of the attack Redemption sped past Nirvash before doing a small loop and speeding back at Nirvash.
Then Haru noticed Nirvash was flying towards theEND.
"You're dancing with me!" He screamed as Redemption extended his right arm.
It shot out and flew at Nirvash.
"Get back here!" Haru yelled as Redemption's right arm stabbed into Nirvash's back and yanked them back towards him.
Haru had a wide grin as Redemption's right arm was yanked out of Nirvash and connected back into him.
Nirvash began speeding towards Redemption again when suddenly a single purple shot screamed over Nirvash's shoulder and slammed into Redemption's chest.
Haru's eyes went wide as blood spilled out of his mouth.
His heart skipped a beat as he hung loosely form the yolk.
"N...No fair..." He whispered coughing up blood.
. . . .
Renton gasped as he looked behind them and saw Holland riding in.
"You guys are damn lucky I'm here! Now finish this asshole off while I get the other one!" Holland yelled over the radio.
Renton gave a single nod.
. . . .
"Haru!" Anemone screamed as theEND began flying towards him.
"Anemone no!" He screamed but too late.
A barrage of shots tore at theEND.
Three to the chest and two in the right leg.
Haru's breath caught in his throat as he heard Anemone scream in pain.
He twitched as Redemption was motionless.
Nirvash sped at Redemption, rapidly closing the gap.
Haru screamed at the top of his lungs as he felt Redemption shake from his rage.
"NIRVAAAAAASH!" He screamed as Redemption grabbed Nirvash's right fist with Redemption's left hand.
Haru could see Eureka and Renton's wide eyes.
. . . .
"Damn it Nirvash move! I've got no shot!" Holland yelled but Renton couldn't do anything, Eureka had the controls and locked him out.
What the hell is going on?!
. . . .
"YOU BASTARDS!" He screamed as Redemption grabbed Nirvash's head with his right hand and moved his left hand to Nirvash's forearm.
Slowly Redemption began pulling, metal screamed and whined as it reached it's limits.
Finally Redemption ripped Nirvash's right arm clean off.
A blood like substance exploded out of the open wound then slowly stopped.
Haru screamed Redemption the arm to the side and began squeezing Nirvash's head.
. . . .
Renton's eyes were wide as Nirvash's arm was thrown to the side as though it belonged to a doll.
Suddenly Redemption began squeezing Nirvash's head.
Eureka's eyes went wide as she began screaming and clutching her head.
"E...Eureka?!" Renton yelled unsure of what to do.
"Hang on!" He yelled as he thought of something he could do anything.
"Damn it! I can't get a shot you've gotta get out of there NOW!"
. . . .
Haru looked to where theEND was previously and saw three KLF's carrying him back to the ship.
He growled which slowly turned into a scream of sheer rage.
Redemption released Nirvash's head and began wildly slashing and Nirvash's chest with it's claws.
Suddenly Haru could see a glow from one of the scrapes.
Redemption shoved it's fingers into the scrape and slowly made it bigger to fit his other hand into then began to slowly pull the armor away revealing Nirvash's core.
. . . .
The moment Nirvash's chest armor was pulled away Eureka's eyes went wide.
"No..." She whispered causing Renton to look over.
"NO DON-"
. . . .
Redemption brought his right arm back with claws fully extended.
"DIE DAMNIT!" Haru screamed as Redemption's arm flew at Nirvash and stabbed directly into the glowing core.
The same bloody substance sprayed out drenching Redemption.
Suddenly the glowing grew ten times brighter as Haru saw Eureka's eyes grow wide.
A wide smile grew on Haru's face as Redemption twisted his claws while pulling them out.
For you Anemone.
I do everything for you.
You are my purpose.
My reason to be.
They threaten you.
So I'll kill them.
All of them.
The core suddenly flickered and went dark as Nirvash's eyes went black.
. . . .
All at once Eureka stopped screaming and went limp, wide eyed.
"Eu...Eureka? Eureka?!" Renton screamed but received no reply.
"EUREKAAAA!" He screamed as Nirvash teetered before falling off his board and plummeted towards the ground below.
. . . .
Haru smiled widely as he watched Nirvash fall.
The bloody substance slowly ran down Redemption, covering him.
Then he saw Holland swoop in and catch Nirvash before flying back to the Gekko.
He stayed in place as his vision blurred and he felt light headed.
"I...I'm tired." He whispered before Redemption slowly fell to his knees on his board.
"Send out another team to get Redemption." The Captain ordered over the com.
Haru slowly closed his eyes as Redemption's eyes went dark and Haru slid out from the yolk.