Chapter 29
War
Meanwhile on the airship's bridge...
"So how we doing on our time Doggie?" Holland asked. "Well by my rough calculations we should reach the city in just under an hour." James replied. "Your piloting skills have really improved." said Hap. "Woz, anything on radar?" Holland asked. "Negative. Nothing yet leader." Woz answered. "Don't worry. If we do encounter enemy resistance just leave them to me." said Ken-Goh. "Gidget, any response from Ciudedes del Cielo?" Talho asked. Gidget shook her head. "No. I'll keep trying."
Elsewhere...
Sumner and Ruri discussed their strategy in the briefing room while Matthieu and Hilda babysat Dewey. Hilda wanted a family of her own too. Matthieu had proposed to her long ago but they had to keep putting off the wedding day because of all the chaos in both their lives. Maybe when this war was over they could finally get married. Elsewhere Jobs had finished his routine maintenance check on the SL-1200 MkII's engines and had gone to see Mischa and Greg. Greg was just laying Norb to rest in his crib when Jobs knocked on the door. "Who is it?" Mischa asked. "It's me Jobs." he replied from the hall. "Oh, come in." she said. "Is there something we could help you with?" she asked as Jobs entered the room. "No, not really. I was just wondering if we could all talk." said Jobs. Mischa sighed. She was a medical doctor not a psychiatrist. "Alright, what about?" Mischa inquired. "Eureka and Renton..." Jobs began. But before he could speak another word Holland's voice came over the loud speakers. "Attention! We've spotted enemy KLFs on radar. Everyone to your battle stations!" his voice echoed. "Sorry but excuse me." said Jobs as he rushed back to the engines room. The conversation would have to wait until later.
On the bridge...
"How many KLFs Woz?" asked Holland. "I count five Lightning series Wyverns and ten Mon-Soono type20s." answered Woz. "Heh. Only fifteen huh? That shouldn't be a problem for us. Right, Maestro?" said Holland as patting his weapons specialist on the back. Ken-Goh grinned confidently. "Of course not." he stated. "Alright then. Let 'em have it!" Holland ordered. "With pleasure." said Ken-Goh. 'Maestro' lined up the SL-1200 MkII's laser cannons with the enemies' KLFs in his cross-hairs and fired. Phzzt went all six of the cannons. The monumental lasers struck four KLFs and one of the NAS air carriers port side wing reflectors out of the six targets Ken-Goh was aiming at. He had actually been targeting six enemy KLFs. Striking one of the NAS carriers was shear luck. "Damn it!" shouted Ken-Goh. "Sorry Holland. I must be losing my touch due to age. Guess I'm not as sharp as I once was." he apologized. "Non sense don't beat yourself up." Holland told him. The enemy began returning fire. One of the NAS KLF's missiles hit the ship's side causing the vessel to shake. "Lower the catapult! We're launching." ordered a pair of voices over the intercom. "Eureka, Renton..." stammered Holland. "Holland please!" Eureka pleaded. "Grr" went Holland. "Don't worry we'll look out for them." said Dominic. He turned to Gidget as he slammed his fist down in frustration. "Gidget lower it!" he ordered. "Roger!" she responded. The catapult lowered it's launch pad. "HOPE heading out!" stated the pilots. "TheBEGINNING heading out!" stated the other couple. The white Nirvash launched itself into the sky followed by the grey Nirvash. They switched their LFOs into high-speed jet mode and rode the trapar into battle.
The battlefield...
"What the hell?!" went one of the enemy KLFs. "What wrong?" asked his comrade. "Look!" the pilot responded. The KLFs turned to face not one but two legendary LFOs descending upon them. "No it can't be! Th-That's the typeZERO and TheEND!" Renton and Eureka lunged at their enemy. Using it's boomerang they sliced off the Wyvern's weapons. Blood sprayed from the severed KLF's archetype. "Wrong. It's not typeZERO you face. We're typeHOPE!" Eureka and Renton announced. The grey LFO fired it's Slide Mercy-Talon (NOTE: Since TheBEGINNING is no longer TheEND, the Slide Mercy-Talon attack will replace the Grind Death-Scythe attack) from each of it's arms. The claws caught hold of a Mon-Soono type20 and tore off it's weapons. Blood spewed from it's archetype as well. "And this isn't TheEND." stated Anemone. "It's only TheBEGINNING!" Dominic added. The Gekko crew and enemy KLFs couldn't help but snicker. "That was a clever remark those two made." commented Talho. "I thought it was sorta lame." James voiced.
"Alright, so you can lift and talk big. But let's see how good you really are against our entire unit!" a voice said. The enemy armada revealed itself from out of the clouds. The vast unit consisted of numerous KLF series; Lightning, Mon-Soono type10 & type20, Terminus, Spearhead, Azure, and Cyclopes. "Oh crap." remarked Doggie. "Um yeah. I think that just about sums up our situation here." stated Stoner. GekkoState stared at the overwhelming number of NAS forces before Holland took charge and snapped his crew to attention. "Ruri, Sumner, get to your Spec-2 LFOs immediately!" he ordered. "Roger!" Sumner and Ruri responded. "Matthieu, Hilda, board your Guardian A606 and A808." Holland shouted. "No problem leader." Hilda and Matthieu replied. The four rushed to the hanger and began launching their mecha.
Holland started to leave the bridge when Talho stopped him. "Wait Holland. Where do you think you're going?" she asked even though she already knew the answer. "I'm taking the "Angelfish" I have to help them, I have to fight Talho." he told his wife. "Idiot. You better come back alive you hear me?" she said with tears in her eyes. "Don't worry I will." Holland replied as he kissed her on the lips. He jumped in his TX202, started the controls, and speed off the catapult. GekkoState and Neo-Ageha Squad forces began clashing fiercely.
"Eureka, Renton, we've just received a transmission from Tiptory. She's fine at the moment but is in desperate need of our help." Gidget radioed them. "Where is she?" Eureka asked. "About five klicks east in the middle of the city. She's fighting alongside some Vodarac High Priests." Gidget answered. "Gotcha." Renton responded. "Hurry and get going now you two. Tiptory said their resistance is severely out-numbered and dwindling." Talho ordered. "We can handle these guys." Renton and Eureka nodded. "Roger! Let's go! Nirvash!" they said simultaneously. The couple landed their white mech, switched to vehicle mode, and speed into the ruined city unaware that an enemy KLF had locked on to them. An evil grin formed on the pilot's face. "Hmph. Say farewell to your insignificant HOPE!" the enemy yelled firing every single one of the KLF's missile pods at them.
NEXT CHAPTER: WITH THE WHITE NIRVASH IN GRAVE DANGER CAN ANYONE HELP THEM? WILL THE BOY AND THE GIRL ARRIVE IN TIME TO RESCUE TIPTORY AND THE OTHER VODARAC? CHAPTER 30: SAVIN' ME
