Chapter 28

Tresor & Alienation


When Amarante and I walked out of the ships hanger I noticed Sonia was standing there with a worried expression on her face.

"Sonia what's wrong?" I asked

"We had a spy in our troops who was giving information regarding you and our movements to the enemies." Sonia said

"Did you guys find out who it was?" I asked

" Yes we did but before we could apprehend him he escaped into the woods then completely disappeared." She paused for a moment then continued "Also he spread the info he attained to everyone at the facility."

"What info!" I asked in an angry tone. I began giving off an angry aura while my wings turned bloody red causing everyone to back off except for Amarante, who approached and touched my arm. She moved into my view looking into my eyes causing me to calm down. My expression changed back to my normal usual expression while my wings slowly changed back to green. It took longer this time which was unusual. Once I was fully calm again she moved beside me while her hand moved from my shoulder to holding my hand.

"Remember when you destroyed that enemy base with those new powers of yours. He told everyone on base all that had happened. Some of the staff is fearful of you now while others don't really care." Sonia said

"I see. As for the traitor how long ago did he disappear?" I asked

"About 2 hours ago." Sonia said

"Hm. What does he look like?" I asked

"Remember the gentleman you punched out of the way in the hanger that Michiko was in? That was the traitor." Sonia said, I thought for a moment trying to bring back his face then it hit me.

"Alright if I see him I'll inform you guys of it. I'll only engage as a last resort." I said

"Sonia, do you mind if we go to the cafeteria and eat something?" Amarante asked

"Sure, just be careful." Sonia said

"We will. Let's go Shawn. Bye Sonia." Amarante said happily

"Yes love and thanks for the tip Sonia, it's greatly appreciated." I said

Amarante then lead me out of the hanger towards the cafeteria. Along the way she pulled me closer while releasing my hand and linking our arms together. I could feel she was really happy at this moment despite everything that was going on. We continued that way not saying a word till we reached the cafeteria. We grabbed some food then sat down at one of the tables. I could then feel the staffs eyes on me and Amarante.

"If any of you have a problem then voice it otherwise stop staring or glaring at us." I said in a rather loud tone causing the feeling I was getting to go away almost instantly. I figured everyone got the hint and went back to minding their business.

"It's ok Shawn don't worry about them. I'll always be here with you to love and care about you." Amarante said with a bright smile as I smiled back

'She really is my light in this darkness' I thought which caused her to radiate even brighter.

We continued eating in peace after that. After finishing we put the trays where they belonged then left the cafeteria. We decided to go to the grassy plain next to the hanger where Michiko was repaired after a couple minutes of walking we finally reached it. I laid down while she laid down next to me our arms touching and our hands intertwined watching the clouds while the cool breeze blew over us. Amarante then rolled over and snuggled into me as I wrapped my arm around her. A few minutes later I noticed Greg walking over to me.

"Nice weather." Greg said

"I agree. The breeze feels great. You wanna take a seat?" I asked, Greg nodded then sat down next to us.

"I heard about everything that happened." Greg said

"I see." Was all I could say as I wasn't sure what else to say.

"Myself, Sonia, Mischa, Jurgens, Morita and a few staff members will make sure you're safe on this base as we still see you as a friend." Greg said

Amarante, I noticed had turned her head and was looking at Greg. I looked over at Greg.

"Thank you, that means a lot to me. I wasn't sure who was going to stay on my side after they all found the terrible power I have. Since the humans wouldn't understand it and what they don't understand they fear." I said

"We'll do our best to keep things from being released to the public about you." Greg said

"Thanks." Amarante and I both said. After that it remained silent as we all enjoyed the weather watching the clouds as I watched the trapar dancing across the sky. Greg eventually stood up waving to us as he walked away heading back into one of the buildings.

"I have a feeling things will be getting even more hectic in the months to come." I said, more to myself then anyone.

"I'll be right here with you, supporting you and loving you no matter what happens to you." Amarante said as she brought her lips to mine. We both closed our eyes and remained kissing for quite sometime forgetting the world around us while we let our passion take hold.

Stoner was walking around and saw the scene of us as he decided on taking another picture. He finally had enough pictures to put in Ray=Out along with a few scenes that happened. He went back onto the gecko go and began developing the photos while writing the articles about my hardships that I had went through and everything that has been taking place including my powers.

As stoner was walking back onto the Gekko go, he walked by Renton, Eureka, Talho and Holland. They all wondered why he was chuckling to himself. As they all continued walking past him and out of the hanger they got their answer. They all just smiled seeing the happy couple having a moment of peace and showing one another their love they held for each other. They all continued walking into the cafeteria building. They got some food then sat down and began eating. Though what they kept on overhearing from some of the employees they didn't like one bit. They were saying some really cruel things about Shawn behind his back. Holland and Renton didn't like this one bit. Talho and Eureka calmed their lovers down telling them to just ignore them and they weren't worth the time. Holland and Renton finally calmed down but not without earning some attention from the employees who were talking about Shawn. Those staff members then became really quiet and in the end they got up and left the room rather quickly thanks to Holland and the others.

Gidget and Moondoggie decided to go reffing as the trapar was very nice. They ran out of the gekko go with their boards in hand. They hopped on their boards and began reffing going past Shawn and Amarante. They both smiled but didn't say anything as continued past enjoying the wind blowing past them.

Maeter and Linck were out running around being kids, enjoying the weather as well while Hilda was playing with them too. They were having a blast playing with bubbles Sonia gave to them. They were blowing bubbles at each other and giggling while the bubbles touched their noses then popped.

Maurice was with Stoner developing the pictures commenting on how Shawn and Amarante looked in a lot of the pictures. Stoner nodded agreeing with Maurice. Maurice had become a good photographer too. He had taken some very nice scenery shots as well.

Jobs was relaxing in the engine room looking over the engine like he usually did while Woz was working on the O.S. of the Gekko Go.

Dominic and Anemone were just strolling around on the Tresor base hand in hand while Gullivar was walking around with them but not without noticing Shawn and Amarante as well having their intimate moment over in the grassy field. They both just smiled by seeing how happy the both of them were.

Mischa was reading over Shawn's records and all the notes she's taken regarding all the incidents. She eventually left the medical bay with all the notes heading to where Sonia and her husband was to give them a copy of her notes too. When she came out of the hanger she also noticed Shawn and Amarante.

She just smiled thinking 'I'm glad those two are moving forward, I hope things work out so they can live happily with each other.'

As she continued walking into the medical lab in the building where all those tests were done with Amarante and Shawn.

The kiss ended as we both stared into each other eyes with love evident as I could feel what Amarante was feeling as well. "Your beautiful Amarante." I said while I wrapped my arms around her tighter. She blushed a little then laid her head on my chest. Holland, Renton, Eureka and Talho walked out of the building heading to where Amarante and I were. They all stopped then sat down on the grassy field next to us.

"Hey whats up?" I asked noticing that some of the crew members seemed a bit crossed.

"Nothing just stupid people in the cafeteria." Renton said

"Oh those people, yeah, already had to deal with them." I said while I shrugged a bit not letting it get to me.

"I still wonder how you do it." Renton said

"I wonder sometimes as well. It's probably all thanks to Amarante." I said smiling

"So how's everyone enjoying their downtime?" I asked

"We're enjoying it really well." Everyone said.

"There's some nice waves building up around here. You all interested in reffing?" I asked

They all thought for a moment then everyone nodded their head. Amarante and I finally got up. When we all went into the hanger I noticed another board sitting there painted in blue.

"Holland, you didn't?" I asked

"Didn't what?" He asked back.

"You got Amarante a board to ref with." I said

"Oh that, yes I did. Amarante this is your board now." Holland said picking it up and handing it to her.

"Thank you Holland!" Amarnate said happily. He also went into explaining how reffing worked as well. I went and grabbed my board out of my room as well then came back out. I noticed she was slowly getting the hang of it. A few times she hit the grass hard but got back up and kept on trying.

"She's got some good determination there." I said while standing next to Renton and Eureka.

"She does." Eureka and Renton said

"Man I'm glad I came to this world. Minus the war stuff I really enjoy it here. I can't wait to make my home here with everyone. Oh I want to show you all a movie off of my ipod. It's Called Eureka Seven Pocket Full of Rainbows and an AMV passed from that movie as well." I said as this gained everyone's attention.

"I'm interested in watching this." Renton said

"It's quite good. Except the plot is completely different compared to what actually happened in your actual lives. Still worth watching. Once we're all done reffing I'll put it on for everyone." I said happily.

"I'd love that." Eureka said with a bright smile on her face.

I looked back over and noticed Amarante got the hang of it to where we all could go reffing now. I ran and jumped onto my board catching up with Amarante quickly. Renton, Eureka, Holland and Talho all hopped on their boards now following suit as well. I noticed Holland was doing really well thanks to his artificial arm that looked almost real. Gidget and moondoggie saw everyone having a blast so they both reffed over there as well. We were reffing around for a good 2 or more hours; just ignoring the problems at hand as we enjoy the wind blowing past us, the sun rays hitting us and the sound of the wind. After when we're done reffing we all walked into the cafeteria again with our boards and grabbed some lemonade then walked back outside drinking the lemonade as we talked, joked around and just enjoyed our time with this big family we were all apart of. It was now about 8 in the evening. The Tresor mechanics were still working on the Gekko Go as it took a lot of damage. They also were doing maintenance on all the LFO that were on the Gekko Go.

"So I take it Holland we have quite a bit down time then?" I asked

"Yes we do or until we get our next mission. Seeing as you have that power now you may get tougher missions now." Holland said

"Ugh, this ain't going to be fun but I am working for the federation now so guess there's nothing I can really do." I said

"Well if the mission gets too dangerous you can always abort it so no one dies or gets injured especially yourself." Holland said

"Point taken. Well guess we'll just play everything by ear since that's all we really can do." I said

"Oh hey Holland when do we get paid?" I asked

"Completely forgot your pay is on the bridge. I'm not used to handing out pay to everyone." Holland laughed

"Alright we can grab it once we head back in." I said

Holland just nodded as we all continued watching the sun set. Eventually everyone started going into the bunkers one by one. Amarante and I stayed out there till the stars came out.

"Some life, eh?" I asked

"What do you mean?" Amarante asked

"Coming to this world, turning into a quarter or half coralian, joining the federation, being chosen by gonzy for this task, being chosen by you to be your partner and so on. Who would have thought anything of this was possible till my near death accident on my world." I said as I stared up at the stars.

"Do you regret it?" Amarante asked

"Nope not in the least, I'm very happy since I have you and everyone else as my new family now though I will always miss my old family on my world. Well if Gonzy can ever open up a gate into my world I'll bring u along to show you it. I'm sure you'll love it." I said

"I'd love to see your world. That would mean so much to me." Amarante said happily.

"I'll make it a point to ask Gonzy next time he summons me into his world then." I said as I stood up and extended my hand to Amarante. She grasped it as I helped her up.

"Wanna hit the sack?" I asked, amarante had finally gotten used to the slang I seem to use a lot of the time so she never gave me those confused looks anymore. Well most of the time.

"Yes, let's." Amarante said as we headed into the bunker room. She laid on her side as I climbed in behind her wraping my arms around her waist then kissing her cheek good night.

"Night, Love." I said

"Night, Shawn." Amarante said.

I had another one of those frightening dreams of being on the battlefield again and eventually came the part where Dewey shoots me as I wake up in a cold sweat shooting straight up while quickly looking around. I noticed Amarante wasn't in bed anymore. I looked at the clock they had on the wall and it was 2 am in the morning. I decided to get up and walk around to clear my mind. I walked into the cafeteria and grabbed a can of soda from the vending machine then continued to walk outside of the building. I caught a glimpse of someone disappearing into the hanger where the Gekko Go was. I couldn't make out if it was a man or woman but figured it was Amarante so I just followed wondering why she was up this late. I walked into the hanger then into the Gekko go's hanger. I could hear someone moving around over by Michiko.

"Hey Amarante that you?" I called out.

I got no answer so I called out again. Eventually I found out who it was. I felt something pressed against my back. It was a gun. "Don't make a sound." A mans voice ordered me. I did as I was told. The man turned on a flash light then turned me around shining it into my face and I heard a surprised gasp come from the man.

"I want you to get into your LFO and take me to a rebel base as your machine will not move or open for me. Do it or I shoot you." The man said

"Very well." I calmly said though I was freaking out on the inside trying to calm my nerves. I climbed up onto Michiko then opened the cock pit. I climbed in then the man climbed in on the co-pilots side. I started up Michiko then someone else came into the ships hanger flipping on the lights. Startling both the man and I. It turns out it was the guy who was hiding in the forest. The man's name was Tony.

"What are you doing to Shawn!" A girls voice called out. Once my eyes focused to the light I noticed it was Amarante standing by the door that entered into the actual ship.

"Amarante run!" I yelled out as the man's eyes focused he managed to catch a glimpse of her before she ran into the ship. The man fired off a few rounds but was too late as the bullets hit the door instead of entering into the ship and possibly hitting Amarante.

"Get us out of here now!" Tony demanded.

I did as I was told. I closed the cock pit then moved Michiko out of the ships hanger bay then busted open the hangers door that the ship was being kept in. I accelerated then switched into mech mode reffing in just a random direction away from Tresor as lights upon lights lit up on the base and an alarm sound. A moment later people came running out. The Gekko Go crew all hopped in their LFO's and began chasing after Shawn.

"So where am I going." I said

"Head to these coordinates." Tony said as he gave me a piece of paper. I entered in the coordinates and it was taking me to the outskirts of a city called Bellforest. It was about 3 days travel from our current location. I couldn't fathom why he would want to head back there because we're likely to get caught before we even reached there.

"Very well. So want to explain why your doing this?" I asked

"Why should I tell you!" He said

"Well I might be able to help, since you know of how powerful I am." I said, this caused him to think for a moment and after a few minutes of silence he spoke again.

"Hammer of God organization kidnap my family and forced me to kidnap you while stealing your LFO too." He said

"Hm, I take it the base your family is kept at is in Bellforest?" I asked

"From what they told me, yes." He said

"If I offered you my help to rescue your family would you reconsider this current course of action?" I asked

"You would do that for me? But I just held you at gun point and shot at that coralian girl." He said

"Well do you really hate coralians?" I asked

"No I don't." He said

"Then I can forgive you for this whole ordeal due to your family being endanger. I would have done the same thing." I said

The man again thought for a few more minutes then nodded his head after coming to some sort of conclusion.

"If you promise to help me get my family back then go ahead and head back to Tresor." He said as he lowered his gun.

"Thank You for reconsidering." I said as I turned Michiko around.

I opened up the frequency that Jurgens assigned to the SOF. "This is Lieutentant, Shawn Murphie. Situation is under control. I am heading back to Tresor base now. Shawn over." I said as I waited for someone to answer back. A female voice came onto the frequency.

"Shawn! This Amarante. Are you alright!" Pause "Over" Amarante said

"Hey Love. I'm fine. Are you hurt at all? Over" I asked

"I was only graced by one of the bullets on my leg. Over" Amarante said

I looked over at the man thinking your lucky she didn't get a bullet In her chest.

"Alright. ETA is about 1 hour. Over" I said

"Shawn, This is Holland now, is the man that kidnapped you still with you? Over" Holland asked

"Yes, I'll explain everything when I get back to base, okay? Over" I said

"Roger. Over" Holland said

The rest of the hour was quiet till I reached the base, changing back into vehicle mode then parking myself back on the Gekko Go.

"Hand over the gun or I'm sure they'll shoot you on site." I said, after some hesitation he finally managed to hand it over. I opened the cock pit then climbed out as Talho, Holland, Amarante, Eureka and Renton were in the hanger. The man followed suit getting out of the LFO. When we reached the ground I outright hit him with enough force causing him to fumble backwards then fell down due to tripping over his feet.

"Your lucky Amarante wasn't hurt more or killed. You would be dead right now." I said in a very dark tone. Then my facial features went back to my normal calm expression. Amarante ran to me, full out tackling me in a tight a hug with tears in her eyes. I returned her embrace as Holland approached me.

"Nice work, kid. How'd you do it?" Holland asked as Talho handcuffed Tony.

"Turns out his family was kidnapped by Dewey's rebel faction group. So I told him I'd rescue his family cause I would have done the same thing for Amarante." I said.

Holland thought for a moment. "You realize we have to get his okayed by the higher ups?" Holland asked

"Yep I know but figured I could use my position plus the fact this base is near Bellforest." I said

"NANI!" Renton and Eureka said

"Yes. It's on the outskirts of town. Tony didn't give me any details about the base except the coordinates." I said looking over at Tony who was now handcuffed standing next to me. This entire time Amarante had remained hugging me refusing to let go. I just smiled thinking I'm glad your safe Amarante.

Just then something like a phone sounded like it was ringing. Well to me it sounded like a phone. We all looked around then looked at Tony. It was coming from his pocket. I gently removed Amarante from me and grabbed the device from Tony's pocket then answered it putting it up to his ears.

"Yes?" Tony answered

"You Failed your mission we see. Have a nice life. Your family was already experimented on and died while you were trying to complete your mission." A voice said

A moment later a beeping sound went off, it clicked in my head this was a bomb within mere seconds I was running to cover Amarante. *BEEEEP* as Tony eye's widened then the bomb inside of him went off causing his body to explode apart as shrapnel came flying out of his body. Michiko ended up going into mech mode and tried moving her arm to block the shrapnel but failed. The shrapnel ended up hitting myself first, Talho, Holland, Eureka, Renton and Amarante. The shrapnel hit my right leg with two pieces, my left arm with three pieces and multiple pieces hit my wings causing me to cry out in extreme pain. It hit Hollands left arm and his side. It hit Talho in both her legs and stomach but the stomach wound was minor. Eureka and Renton only got minor scraps as it passed by them. Amarante got hit in the chest, stomach and her right leg severely as she screamed out in pain. Once I came to my senses I noticed Mischa came running into the hanger with multiple other doctors surveying the situation then the doctors began working. The people picked up the wounded and rushed them back to the Tresor Medical Lab. Eureka and Renton weren't as badly injured so they walked there as Amarante, Talho, Holland and I were being rushed to the medical bay. Amarante was injured the worse out of all of them, loosing a lot of blood and fast.


O.O! What will happen to Amarante! Will she die or will she be saved?
Note: I meant to not include the movie yet to those wondering.