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Chapter 14: Lost hero
"The Gekko-Go!" Renton said. The man that had taken Eureka entered the KLF that rested near the trees and it took off. Renton tried to use to the Nirvash to follow them but the ref board and damages to the Nirvash made it in no shape to fight back.
"Eureka!" Renton yelled hopelessly to the LF that was flying away. But a voice only transmission came through.
"Renton Thurston, if you ever want to see Eureka alive again; come to the steel tower in the abandoned Kenosha city, come alone" it said. Renton needed to regroup with Holland and needed to repair the Nirvash. He watched as the KLF made off with Eureka and how he failed to protect her. He waited for the Gekko-Go and the Dango-Go to land.
"Renton, what happened?" Holland asked with Adrock not far behind him.
"They took Eureka…" Renton hated himself.
"Renton, as long as you are with the Nirvash we can get Eureka back" Adrock said.
"Dad, I need that replacement ref board for Nirvash" Renton suddenly said. They took the Nirvash to the hanger of the Dango-Go and Renton began his repairs on the Nirvash. Axel, Adrock, Dr. Bear and Omega helped with the repairs, but due to the extensive damages to it; it took a while to do so. When they were done Omega, Dr. Bear and Adrock had information on the location of where they had taken Eureka.
"Renton, you should wait a little longer; at least wait a day or two" Omega tried to stop Renton from going so soon.
"Omega, I can't do that… Eureka's in danger and I can't just wait around like that" Renton was very serious in the matter. Holland soon called for a meeting of both crews to the cafeteria of the Gekko-Go.
"Okay, as you all know; Eureka been kidnapped but the military" Holland started. Maurice, Maeter and Linck were there with Renton but when they looked up to him, his face was super serious.
"We need to plan a strategy to get in and out without trouble" Holland continued but before he started his next sentence Omega stopped him.
"Holland, if we plan out everything now then there's a good chance we'll take 3 days tops" Omega said.
"We don't have that time" he added.
"All the LFOs but the Nirvash are still being repaired, and we need time and parts" he said as he looked around.
"But still we can't rush in recklessly" Holland as ready for an argument.
"Holland, I'll go with Maurice Maeter and Linck" Renton said as he got up.
"Wait, why the kids?" Holland sounded surprise at Renton's suggestion.
"Holland, if something happens to Eureka, the kids know what to do and they do it better then anyone. And… you have to trust me on this one Holland" Renton had a gut feeling that the kids were the right choice.
"Renton… But their just kids" Holland protested.
"They may be just kids Holland, but their mine and Eureka's kids, and they've been through a lot with us. They know what to do… Because I believe in them" Renton looked at Maurice.
"Please believe in them and me…" Renton said.
"Remember: You can't beg for things, you got to go out and win it; do that you'll be awarded" Renton finished.
"Just bring them back safely Renton…" Holland couldn't win against Renton in this one. Even though Renton goofs off and has his moments when it came to protecting Eureka, he was always serious; even when he didn't know anything.
"Renton, you've really become quite a man" Anemone said from behind him.
"Yeah Renton… you're not the old Renton anymore" Dominic added.
"Please wish me luck everyone" Renton said. He, Maurice, Maeter and Linck went to the hanger where he seated them on the Nirvash. When he got a few first-aid supplies ready he felt a round object on his ring finger; he looked to it to find the ring he bought. He remembered that he'd placed it on himself and Eureka when they were with the Nirvash. Renton had a limited supply of power to the Nirvash because all the spare power packs were used up and they didn't recharge to the Nirvash properly. Soon they launched the Nirvash and they were in the air; taking on jet-mode it roared on the sky.
"Papa… Why did you want us to go…?" Maurice suddenly broke out.
"I need someone to watch the Nirvash, and if anything comes up I need someone who can move the Nirvash" Renton replied.
"But you know I can't-" Renton cut off Maurice.
"Maurice, Nirvash is familiar with you, Maeter and Linck. And she said she will move for you" Renton said.
"Maurice, I believe that you three are the best choice because when we went to earth together, you all pulled through. I'm proud of all of you for that" Renton said with a smile.
"But I…" Maurice couldn't finish.
"I believe in all three of you because you're mine and Eureka's kids" Renton sounded confident.
"Maeter, Linck, when we get Eureka back, if she's injured I need you to help me treat her injuries" Renton started.
"Okay!" they replied. Renton looked at his foster family; he couldn't help but feel pride in them. The Nirvash soon reached the destination and Renton looked around to see if there was anyone around, he then turned to the kids.
"Maurice, use this if you see anyone else come okay?" Renton handed him a gun.
"And don't be afraid to move Nirvash" he wasn't finished.
"Stay low but make sure you can see if anyone is coming or not" they all gave a nod. Renton opened the cockpit door and jumped out; he pretended that he brought no one. The building was an incomplete building and the steel that was used to make the structure was rusted. Renton kept running until he found a note that was addressed to him.
Renton, if you want to see Eureka; then come to the 7th floor.
"Eureka… I'm coming for you" Renton said to himself. He ran to the elevator and pressed the button for the 7th floor. Even though it wasn't used for a while the elevator was still operational and rolled smoothly. Soon enough he came to a clearing on the 7th floor and found Helen with a bunch of military officers.
"Helen… What are you doing here?" Renton couldn't believe it.
"Renton, please come join us… We can defeat the coralians together" Helen said looking hopeful.
"Where's Eureka?" Renton's voice was bitter and serious. Helen gave a snap and an officer came with Eureka she was a bit conscious but she looked drugged.
"Renton, coralians are evil… Eureka's just lied to you!" Helen tried to convince Renton.
"Eureka didn't lie to me about anything… And how can she be evil?" Renton knew Eureka better then anyone.
"They stole our planet 10 000 years ago!" Helen raised her voice.
"We left because we were scared and didn't try to understand it. Even if they stole it, I wouldn't change anything" Renton's voice was firm.
"I see… Then I guess I'll have to take Eureka away now" Helen turned bitter on him. She took out a needle and got ready to stab it into Eureka, just as she pulled it back to Renton ran as fast as he could; taking most of the officers by surprise and took the shot in Eureka's place. He punched the officer that was holding Eureka and carried her and ran as fast as he could. Renton had taken the shot in the arm but the affects weren't coming yet and he felt fine. Eureka stirred in his arms as he was running.
"Eureka, are you alright?" Renton heard gun shots.
"Renton…" Eureka was still only a bit conscious.
"Don't worry; I'll get you back safely!" Renton's voice gave Eureka peace as she woke up. Eureka heard a single shot and then heard Renton give a slight scream.
"Renton, are you alright" she asked him.
"Yeah… It just startled me" Renton said calmly. Renton had taken the stairs and soon enough the Nirvash was still there and no one had gotten to it yet. When Maurice saw them running he opened the cockpit door transformed the Nirvash into humanoid mode where it picked them up and let them on the cockpit. When the Nirvash took flight he could see an army of KLFs coming after him, he took the Nirvash into jet-mode and raced off. He was right; none of the KLFs could catch up. He looked back again and found the Ariel chasing after him at an insane amount of speed. The Ariel was catching up fast and it soon got a head where it transformed and launched an attack with its claws from the right side of the Nirvash. Renton turned and cork screwed to avoid it, he put the engines on max and got a head of it. Renton knew that the injury on her neck was the main cause, he could see that they hit her there two or three times. Soon Renton could see the Gekko-Go and the Dango-Go in sight but he could also see the various war ships that came after them. Renton opened a communication channel to the Gekko-Go and Dango-Go.
"Holland, Dad, start moving away now!" he yelled.
"Renton, why?" they both asked.
"The military is chasing us and they sent a large army on us" Renton replied. He transformed the Nirvash into humanoid mode to slice the cable of the Ariel but the wire was made of something durable and didn't cut. Renton checked the power and easily made the calculation that he had two options. There was only enough power to fight for a short burst of time or a straight no distraction run to the Gekko-Go. None of them fit but he knew that if Eureka's here he could do something.
"Eureka… I'm sorry…" he said. Eureka grabbed his arm.
"Renton… Please don't go…" she said weakly. His arm was on the Amita drive column.
"Maurice, take good care of your Mama for me" Renton said. He removed Eureka's hand and pulled the Amita drive.
"Survive Eureka! Live on for me!" Renton said.
"Nirvash, please, you have to help me on this one!" he yelled as he pulled it. The Amita drive lit up and he turned to Eureka who tried to reach out to him and he almost took the hand. He stopped and turned the control on the Nirvash. A wall formed between Renton and the rest of his family and everyone saw the Nirvash glow. The next thing they could see was a red Nirvash coming out from the normal one. When the red Nirvash fully came out the other one turned blue. Renton gave a last minute instruction to the blue Nirvash.
"Nirvash, please take my family to safety!" he yelled desperately. The blue Nirvash transformed into jet-mode and raced off the running Gekko-Go. Renton turned to the Ariel and the army that stood in front of him. The Nirvash's hands reached to the back and took out six boomerang blades with one between the fingers and used them as claws. When he lined up for an attack on the Ariel, Helen couldn't dodge it but when it hit the blades shattered. Renton quickly reloaded the hand with other set of blades and turned to disable the further KLFs while at the same time trying to find a weakness in the Ariel. Seeing that he had too much space to cover he threw the boomerang blades and reloaded again. It was a hopeless battle but his objective was just to buy everyone time to escape.
"I won't let you!" Renton yelled as he tried again on the Ariel. Failing again he tore his way through many other KLFs and then started destroying reflection films on the war ships. Everyone on the Gekko-Go watched as Renton fought a battle he'll die from, Eureka had recovered some more and turned to the side of the blue Nirvash to see Renton fighting desperately.
"Nirvash, we have to go back!" Eureka yelled to the compact. She gave a small gasp; the Amita drive was gone but the compact that housed it remained. She turned to the red Nirvash. Horror lit up her face; she knew the price of removing the Amita drive from the Compact drive was great and the price for Renton was clear: to die in a hopeless battle. Eureka noticed that the pilot seat on her side was covered in blood and she realized something else. Renton had been shot in the shoulder with a bullet; she could feel Renton's mind slipping away.
"Please… Just a little…longer…" he said. He lost a fare amount of blood and he was getting numb. But from his blurry vision he didn't see the Ariel launch its claw; it stabbed its way into the red Nirvash's stomach. This was the end.
"Nirvash… One more thing please…" he said. The red Nirvash with the claw still in it turned and threw six boomerang blades to the leading attack on the Gekko-Go. This was the final thing he could do, but the Gekko-Go could retrieve the blue Nirvash and leave with its engines at full power. He accomplished his objective and he gave out a smile. The Ariel retracted its claw from the red Nirvash and it began to fall from the sky. Eureka looked to the cockpit from a far and saw Renton's bloody hand on the glass reaching out for her. He clenched his fists as he saw around sixteen missiles come his way, with his final amount of energy he reached to the controls and pulled out another set of boomerang blades and threw them to the sky where it took some of the missiles out. But some got through and hit it; in the air the Nirvash was hit three times, back then leg then left side. When it hit the ground four missiles landed where he was an explosion took place and Eureka stared blankly at the smoke. She could no longer feel Renton's feelings and this time, both her heart and eyes confirmed the same thing. Renton was gone this time. Everyone on the Gekko-Go and Dango-Go watched as the army came after them but they had a great amount of distance.
"No… NO!" Eureka screamed as loudly as she could. The Gekko-GO retrieved the Nirvash and put its engines on max to escape from the army. The Gekko-Go and the Dango-Go reached Tresor in 2 hours with their ships at maximum speed. Eureka and the kids didn't leave the Nirvash since they returned to it. Everyone could tell this time that Renton was truly gone. Finally Adrock opened the cockpit door to find Eureka sitting there blankly starring at the compact drive. He took her out and they walked to the Dango-Go. He took her to Renton's room while he was with them.
"Eureka… Renton said he wanted you to have this" he hand Eureka a small box that was on the desk of the room. Eureka opened it slightly and found a blue wave hairclip. She turned to Adrock then turned to the hairclip once again. She reached out to her own hair clip but the flower one had gone. She remembered no: when Renton performed that cork screw she dropped it somewhere on the Nirvash. She ran to the Nirvash and looked at every part of it and realized that when the Nirvash split it was on Renton's side. Eureka didn't want to use the blue hairclip but instead she kept it with her. She returned to Adrock and she found that he held large box and placed it on the bed.
"Renton… got those for you when he was with us on our side" Adrock said as he left the room. Eureka opened the box and found various dresses and shoes; there was also a picture of him in a reffing contest and a poster that stated the prize.
"Renton… Why…" Eureka let herself cry. Axel, Adrock and the kids decided to leave Eureka alone.
"Renton… what about our future together… what about Exiellenia's wish… and what about your family…" Eureka couldn't stop crying.
"You can't just leave like that… You said… you said…" Eureka felt lonely, sad and angry. She remembered the girl that looked like her; Helen. She remembered the Ariel too and realized that they were the ones that made Renton go away.
"How can I live on without you…?" Eureka found herself crying even hard now.
"Everyone… leave Eureka alone for a while…" Holland said. Everyone turned their heads slightly.
"Poor Eureka… She just watched Renton give everything…" Anemone said sadly.
"It was hard choice on him… If he didn't we might not have made it out of there" Dominic said comforting Anemone. It seemed after that everyone was crying in their own way. They all felt guilty.
"Renton… Please come home… You know I hate being alone…" Eureka whispered to the ring on her finger. She could remember it clearly; how Renton placed it on her finger. He held her hand and gave her a kiss then he took out the small ring and slid it on to her finger.
"How will Eureka hold up?" Talho asked.
"She's really shocked right now… I'm not sure if she'll recover at all" Holland replied.
"Let's just hope for the better…" Talho said quietly.
"Hey, hey, hey, looks like our plan worked" a little voice said.
"Yup, we got the Amita drive!" other added.
"May I collect my prize now" Helen asked nervously.
"Of course you can" they said together.
"Finally, with this we can complete the colonel's plans" the blond kid said.
To be continued…
The adults have taken the young man from the young woman, how will they bring peace this time? Next time: Alone