Author Note: I think I failed to mention both DevilFish and the R909 were onboard the Gekko Go. After this he won't be placed in the Devilfish anymore. I noticed some people were worrying about Holland. Plus there's reason why I had Holland take the Devilfish out.
Chapter 14
Clones
The enemy LFO units looked entirely different and the way they moved almost matched the Nirvash. It said Hammer of God on the side of these LFO's then underneath it. Death Delvers Squad. DDS for short. So they formed a new squad did they he thought. Right then a familiar voice came over all frequencies. Holland was positive he heard this voice before. It hit him it was Dewey's voice but he was dead!
"I was cloned by the DDS to carry out my will in eradicating the filthy coralians from this planet. My name is Dewey and I am the leader of the Hammer of God Rebel faction. If anyone wishes to eradicate the evil coralians and purify this planet then join me to make a difference!" Dewey said then the transmission ended. When it ended the enemy LFO's went straight after the Gekko Go's LFO's.
"INCOMING CAREFUL EVERYONE." Holland yelled
The first two arrived first targeting the Nirvash. The A unit shot a laser beam at them nearly missing them thanks to Renton's fancy moves. The B unit used it's boosters to get around the Nirvash while firing missiles in the progress. They shot up releasing a missile smoke screen then doubling back in circle of the sun. Both the units couldn't see them until they looked up. It was too late. The Nirvash had activated the amita driver causing the something similar to the seventh swell but it was more focused. Where Renton pointed a seven colored beam shot from the chest of Nirvash nailing the A unit dead one. The units arms and other manmade metal on it exploded from it. They aimed the beam at the B unit, but it had already retreated after that attack. In the progress it managed to grab Unit A.
Unit C & D we're fighting the Devilfish. They were proving to be a challenge for Holland. The Nirvash rushed over to help when a huge beam of light shot past Unit C & D hitting the right side of the Devilfish. Nearly missing the Nirvash some of the armor pulled away due to how close it was. The last thing the beam hit was the Gekko Go It did some damage but thanks to MoonDoggie's pilot skills the damage was minimal. A huge ship came out of the clouds and it wasn't showing up on the radar at all. The Nirvash came in hot grabbing the Devilfish and heading back to the Gekko Go. Ken-Goh Position the guns just right so those two new LFO's and that ship were in the blast range. "FIRE." Talho yelled. The guns powered up then released 6 lasers. Unit C & D barely missed the beams. They decided to retreat for now. Unit E & D also retreated but not without the R606 and R808 nailing them once in the arms with their lasers. The 4 of the 6 Beam hit the ship In front of them dead on a few explosions happened then it flew back underneath the clouds while the other LFO's followed it.
Meanwhile back on the bridge. "They were testing us." I said. "Whoa where the hell did you come from." Ken-Goh said. I just shrugged. "I'd suggest getting Mischa down to the Hanger and someone else to help get Holland out of the Devilfish." I said.
"Mischa hanger now! Holland was hit." Talho said over the PA system "Hap, Ken-goh with me now." "Shawn and Moondoggie watch the bridge." Talho said while rushing off. I was left speechless. "Well I hope nothing else happens." I said. "I Agree with you there." Moondoggie and Gidget said. As if on cue something did happen, another ship not as big as the last one but still a threat came from below the clouds.
"DOGGIE BELOW US. THEY GOT A LOCK ON US." Gidget said "TALHO GET KEN-GOH BACK HERE. ENEMY BELOW US." Gidget said over the PA system.
"EVASIVE MANEUVERS JAMES." I yelled while I limped over to where Ken-Goh sits with Amarante I was able to get into his seat. I quickly surveyed the controls and found what I thought to be the correct trigger to fire the main lasers. Doggie did a good job on evading the laser they fired upon us and put us in the perfect position to fire ours at them. "FIRING LASERS NOW." I yelled. I pulled the trigger, on the screen In front of me showing the canons energy being dispersed and firing at the other ship. It hit dead on all 6 lasers causing the ship to blow up but still remained on its course to collide with the Gekko Go. "JAMES 90 DEGREES LEFT AND PUT THE ENGINES TO FULL THRUST." I yelled in a panic. Somehow I knew that would save us, I didn't know why though. Doggie did as he was told and we barely missed them from hitting us. I wiped the sweat off my fore head and let out a loud sigh.
"God I hate these guys, almost giving me a heart attack." I joked
"Nice shooting, Shawn and nice moves, Moondoggie." Ken-goh said. Oh shit I'm in his post I thought.
"Sorry about this. I just hopped in on an impulse to try to save our asses." I said scratching the back of head while laughing nervously.
"Well I'm not mad. You did an excellent job and on directing moondoggie on the angles and such. Where'd you learn that?" Ken-goh asked
"Back in my world I took Algebra and Geometry. So I guess in the heat of the moment my brain did the math and I shouted what my brain had calculated. Regarding the guns I just figured this trigger would fire the main guns." I said
"How would you like to be trained on the weapons system? I could use the help." Ken-goh said. I was speechless. I managed to nod my head.
"Isn't this great Shawn?" Amarante exclaimed
"Yeah it is. Mind if I get trained a bit later when things settle down?" I asked
"Why don't we start now? The threats passed and you're sitting in my seat." Ken-goh said
"Good point. Wanna go check on Holland first though?" I asked
"Hap and Mattheiu have It handled. One more person would get in the way." Ken-goh said
"I see. Well lets start then." I said
Ken-goh started going over the basics of the controls which I understood. What button does what, how to disengage and engage the safeties on the ships weapons, what all the numbers among other things. A bit later Talho walked in stressed with her son in tow. "Mommy will daddy be ok?" Dewey asked. I looked back and could tell she was having trouble to answer that. "He'll be ok, he was always a stubborn one when it comes to giving up." I said. "Yay, daddy will be ok." Dewey said as he ran off with joyous laughter. Talho looked to make sure Dewey had left.
"Thanks, Shawn. That meant a lot." Talho said
"No Worries. I saw your distress though you do a job on hiding it." I said
"Thanks." Talho said again
"So how is Holland doing?" I asked with a worry evident in my voice and showing on my face.
It was silent for a few moments. "Mischa said it's a 30/70 chance. Hap and Matthieu are helping Mischa best they can." Talho said
"Man this is total bullshit. First me, now Holland. I should have been out there!" I said angrily
"We couldn't even detect that ship. Having you out there might have put you back into a coma or worse kill you." Talho said "I appreciate your thoughts. I really do. So what happened earlier while I was away?"
"Shawn gave doggie perfect orders to save us from being rammed into and managed to take down that ship that fired upon us from below." Ken-goh said.
I just shrugged. "It was nothing. I just took control of the situation and turned it into a better one with the help of Doggies quick maneuver skills." I said. "It wasn't much." Doggie said
"Don't be modest Doggie if you hadn't done what you did we would be dead." I said
"Well I notice Ken-goh is training you on the weapons system." Talho said
"Yep." I said
"How's it coming?" Talho asked
"He's a really fast learner and smart." Ken-goh said
"Always have been even in my own world I got that a lot." I said
"How would you like to be trained to become a backup leader when Holland needs a break?" Talho asked. This caught me way off guard. I just stared at her in a stupor. Ken-goh nudged my shoulder to bring me back into the real world.
"You Sure?" I asked
"You think I would have asked if I wasn't sure." Talho said in a sarcastically joking manner.
"Good point. Very well if I could be of use then go ahead and train me once Ken-goh is done." I said
"This won't be easy. It will probably be the most difficult thing you've ever done." Talho said
"I know, but I get the feeling that this would help me in the long run." I said
"Very well, when Holland wakes up I'll discuss this with him. Continue on Ken-goh" Talho said
"Yes Ma'am." Ken-goh said
"Amarante you can go relax down below. Shawn's probably going to be a while." Talho said
"Ok." She said in a disappoint tone. "Don't worry I won't be too long." I said trying to cheer her up a bit which worked. She went down below to relax. Ken-goh got back to teaching me. It took another hour then I was relieved of my post. I went down stairs and noticed Amarante had fallen asleep with a small smile touching her lips and some of her hair had dropped over her face covering it like a veil.
"Beautiful." I thought out loud. Stoner came behind me and tapped my shoulder causing me to yell a bit and jump forward. "Jumpy are we?" Stoner said. I looked back to make sure I didn't wake her. Nope she was still asleep. "Whatever. So whatcha you need?" I asked. Stoner gave me a photo with the blank side up. "Turn it over." Stoner said. I did as I was told and I was speechless. It was a picture of her sleeping with her long hair draped on the front of her body with a smile touching her lips. She looked heavenly in the picture with how my wings we're glowing causing it to illuminate her face and hair. "You can have it." Stoner said. "Thanks and you're really good ya know." I said. "That's thanks for the story you gave me." Stoner said. I just nodded as Stoner walked back up the metal stairs as quietly as possible. I limped over and sat down on the other side of the booth. I brought my legs around and laid myself down wondering how Holland was doing. I closed my eyes and soon fell asleep. In my dream I was floating among an erray of colors it was the weirdest dream I've had so far but it was comforting. Eventually I opened my eyes and I was standing over Hollands body in Mischa office with my hands placed on his wound and my gem was glowing brightly along with my wings. I released my hands immediately and surveyed my surroundings. "How'd I get here?" I thought out loud. I turned around noticed Eureka, Renton, Talho with Dewey next to her, Eureka's Kids, Hap, Matthieu and Mischa standing there speechless. "What?" I asked causing them to snap out of their stupor.
"What did you do?" Mischa asked with amazement in her eyes.
"I don't know. I was sleeping the last thing I knew. Then I woke up in here with my hands on Hollands wound." I said
"Not only did you stabilize him into a healthly state but his wound has healed some." Mischa said
I just stared at her then began feeling dizzy. The world began spinning and then I passed out but I never hit the ground.
"Mischa what is he. I don't know of any Coralian able to do what he's been doing." Eureka said
"Well he's also a human and Coralian. Plus being a different world maybe these things play a part in this. Also his wings are almost ¼ or ½ the size of yours now. Though I'm sure some of these powers have side effects. We'll have to run some tests to find out how he is doing." Mischa said.
Talho lifted Shawn and put him in the bed next to Holland. "Thanks Shawn. Whatever you did." Talho said with tears in her eyes. She stood back up and went over to her husbands side giving him a kiss on the lips and took their son out of the room.
"Man we owe this kid big time." Hap said
"I second that." Matthieu said
"I'm just glad Holland is ok now." Renton said and Eureka nodded
A few minutes later after Mischa had started doing some tests on Shawn. Amarante walked in the room.
"Does anyone know where Shawn is? I can't find him anywhere." Amarante said
"Amarante! Um, before I tell you he Is fine. He somehow healed Holland and well passed out." Eureka said as she pointed to the other bed. Amarante looked over then realized that it was Shawn. She ran over to the other side. "How is he?" Amarante asked.
"He's fine by the looks of it. He just used up his energy while healing Holland. He should be awake in a few." Mischa said. This gave Amarante a sense of relief. She got up and brought one of the spare chairs over next to Shawn's bed, sat down, didn't move and gave everyone this look like don't even try it. I should have stayed awake she thought.
Eureka and Renton went over to Anemone and Dominic's room and explained the situation so they wouldn't wonder what's going on.
"WHAT!" Anemone yelled
"It's ok he's fine now. He just exhausted his energy while healing Holland." Renton said
"Wow. I don't know what to say except this guy just doesn't get a break." Dominic said
"What about Amarante?" Anemone asked
"She's not moving from his side and had this look that said try moving me and see what happens." Renton said
"Talk about faithfulness." Anemone said
"I Agree." Renton and Dominic said
"Well thanks for informing us you guys. We really appreciate it." Dominic said
"Anytime." Renton said as Eureka and Renton left the room and headed to theirs. They found the kids inside sitting on the bed.
"How's Shawn, papa?" Maurice asked
"How'd you know about Shawn?" Eureka asked
"We were watching behind you." Maeter said
"I see. He's doing fine and Holland is now healing nicely." Renton said
"We're lucky to have him onboard." Maurice said
"Mama can we see him?" Lynck asked
"Not yet he's resting. He used a lot of his energy when he healed Holland. When he wakes up we'll go see him." Eureka said
"YAY!" Lynck yelled this caused Eureka and Renton to smile. It was already evening and hunger finally set in.
"You guys want something to eat." Renton asked
"Yeah!" They all said
"Ok, let's go to the kitchen kids." Eureka said
They all walked to the kitchen as the door opened most of the crew was there eating. They all looked up and then continued conversing among themselves about what happened earlier. Renton started fixing something while the kids sat down on the floor next to the table with Eureka. There was one more day left to go until the ship reached Tresor. Eureka hoped nothing else bad happened. Renton finished cookie and brought the kids and Eureka plate along with his self too. With all the things that had happened everybody's emotions were in disarray. Everybody finished eating and they all left one by one and went back to their own rooms including Eureka, Renton and the kids. Talho and Moondoggie were on the bridge doing their shifts. Talho decided to go see Mischa again and put Doggie in charge. She walked back into the medical room.
"How's Holland?" Talho asked
"Still hasn't woken up. He's stirred a bit in his sleep which is a good sign." Mischa said
"And Shawn?"
"He woke up once and didn't say much then went back to sleep again." Mischa said
Talho walked over to Amarante who was still sitting in that chair asleep. Something caused her to smile and Mischa saw this. Mischa got up and walked over looking at what caused Talho to smile.
"Amarante must have grabbed his hand after he fell asleep." Mischa said
"She really is a cute kid and devoted." Talho said while a smile touched her lips.
"Thanks for everything Mischa." Talho said as she walked out of the room. Talho went back to the bridge and let Doggie know that Holland was still unconscious. They both went back to their duties for the night.
Everyone else was asleep already due to what happened today. They all just wanted to forget today and dream of something better.