Chapter 36

The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill Ya

"Renton let's go together!" Eureka looked into Renton's eyes as she placed her hand on the Amita Drive. "Yeah." he replied with a confident smile laying his hand atop her's. The children joined in too, placing their hands atop their parents'. "Together!" Linck cheered. With that said the family lifted the Compac Drive upright activating the Satori Program. Nirvash typeHOPE's green eyes glowed brightly before it's irises once again changed to the brilliant hue of sky-blue and amethyst. The usual green mist surrounded their mech as Eureka and Renton's minds joined as one. When they opened their eyes the children immediately noticed the difference in color. It surprised them a little as it was the first time they'd ever witnessed this. Linck was the first to comment. "Look," he exclaimed. "Mama and Papa's eyes are all different!" Maeter just gazed into them. "Pretty." she complimented. "Neat Papa!" commented Maurice. Eureka's blue gem and Renton's red gem shimmered simultaneously as the couple blushed. "Thank you kids." Eureka/Renton said together wearing smiles on their faces.

Subsequently unknown to them the Light of Kings from typeHOPE had also engulfed TheBEGINNING as well. This caused all of the second Nirvash's systems to go offline without a single inkling of warning. Anemone and Dominic screamed panic-stricken as their LFO plummeted to the ground. As they fell a rainbow colored barrier began to cover TheBEGINNING. "Anemone! Dominic!" yelled Eureka/Renton. "Nirvash hurry!" they commanded igniting the boosters. Unfortunately it was too late as the second Nirvash had already hit the ground. But, from the point of impact rose a giant pillar of light. "No way, it can't be. This is... Anemone, this is a Seventh Swell effect!" Dominic told her. Anemone turned to him. "It is? Then that means my TheEND has completely awoken hasn't it?" she asked him. "Well, yeah I suppose so." he replied. Anemone smiled happily. "It was all thanks to their light wasn't it?" She looked up at typeHOPE. Dominic smiled at her. Maybe it was just the spectrum of colors surrounding their LFO but he thought she looked even more radiant than ever. "Well if that's the case I have a different theory." he said. "Oh really? What other explanation could there be?" he asked him. He chuckled. "Why our light of course!" Dominic placed his hand over his heart and gently smiled. "The reason for TheBEGINNING's true awakening would have to be us." he told her. They blushed. "You're right. How could I have forgotten." Anemone touched her heart too. "This is our light." she agreed.

One-thousand, two-hundred, forty-six seconds later all power to TheBEGINNING was restored. As soon as it did they heard Eureka/Renton screaming through their COM-link. "Anemone, Dominic come in! If you can hear this don't worry we're almost there!" typeHOPE radioed them. After Dominic finally managed to find the switch for the COM he responded. "We read you. That won't be necessary." Dominic told them. "Are you sure? You're both alright?" Eureka/Renton asked still concerned. "Yeah we're both just fine. Really." Anemone answered.

Once they regained control Anemone and Dominic left the pillars of salt caused by their Seventh Swell behind to rejoin typeHOPE. "What happened back there?" their friends asked. "Well, we're not entirely sure." they answered. After all, the typeZERO and typeTheEND were the only Nirvash archetypes in existence. "Could that have been the reason why their LFO was capable of accessing the Satori Program as well?" Dominic thought to himself. To him it seemed to be the only other plausible explanation other than love. "Dominic did you say something?" Anemone asked him all of a sudden. "Huh? No. Why?" he asked. "Really? Never mind. Must have just been my imagination." she said shrugging. However, as much as the transformation stunned them they still had a mission to complete and the Neo-Ageha forces certainly wouldn't wait for an explanation either.

Meanwhile their enemies were closing in on their location. One such enemy was a man piloting a monstrous crimson KLF unlike any other who went by the name, Riddick. He'd custom built his mech from scrap using numerous other LFO parts. The head and the reflection boards around it's waist were from a Spearhead SH-101. It's body: Terminus typeR505. Arms: Wild Boar. The shoulder weapons: Mon-Soono type 20. Last, it was packing an old SOF high-beam laser rifle. The name he gave his crimson KLF monstrosity, Vendetta.

Two dots appeared on Riddick's radar screen. "Well, well, well. If it isn't the Coralian parasite and it's traitorous human companions." he said. Riddick, commander of his unit, was a member Neo-SOF and a formidable foe indeed. He was a bloodthirsty man who despised the Coralians and with justifiable reasons. Anit-body Coralians had utterly destroyed his home tower state of Gemikowa. He lost his family, his friends, everything he had to live for. He was stationed in Liverchester when he received the news. After he was refused permission to take his KLF to check on his home town Riddick went on blood-drunk rampage. It wasn't until his comrades Kurtz, Elena, and Rodriguez had to forcefully subdue with a sedative to end his insanity. But not before killing his own commanding officer with a fire extinguisher because he hadn't allowed him to go home.

After the incident he was sentenced to life in prison. The only reason he hadn't been executed for his crime was he'd been declared mentally insane with post-traumatic stress syndrome. He was to spend his remaining days rotting in his cell and he would've if a certain group wasn't in the midst of forming. Yes, the group which would later become Neo-Ageha, and they were looking for recruits. Ironically enough the persons dispatched to retrieve him were none other than the very same whom were responsible for sending him away, his old comrades, Kurtz, Elena, and Rodriguez. Riddick was more than willing to lend his services to them. He believed... no, he knew if he joined he'd get revenge for the massacre of Gremikowa. It was no coincidence that his comrades were assigned to make up the rest of his unit either. With his Neo-SOF squad along with the twenty fleet ships behind him how could their approaching opponents even hope to win?

The white Nirvash couldn't get a lock-on their enemy. Seeing this Dominic turned to his partner. "Anemone!" he shouted. "I know, I see them Dominic!" she answered igniting their boosters. Missile pods from other enemy KLFs hit TheBEGINNING as they attempted to reach their friends. Meanwhile the crimson KLF continued it's barrage of attack upon typeHOPE until a section of the armor started to crumble. "Mama, I'm scared." cried Linck. "Me too, I wanna go home." said Maeter. "Don't worry. We won't let anything hurt you" Eureka/Renton told them. "We promise we'll protect you!" In reality they didn't know how much more damage their LFO could handle. Eureka/Renton cried in agony as they took another hit. "Anemone hurry!" Dominic shouted again. "I said I know already! What do you think I'm doing here?!" she scolded. "Just keep firing Dominic!" Just as the crimson KLF was about to strike typeHOPE with it's fist again TheBEGINNING fired it's Slide Mercy-Talon knocking it away. "Leave our friends alone or else!" Dominic and Anemone warned the attacker.

"Well hello there. Come to play with me?" Riddick laughed manically. "Why do you keep attacking us? What is it that Neo-Ageha hopes to accomplish from all this fighting?" Eureka/Renton asked. "I couldn't care less what NAS has planned. What I want is revenge for Gremikowa! I'm gonna wipe Coralian and Vodarac scum from the face of this planet using my Vendetta!" Riddick answered. "Vendetta?" they asked. "My KLF. I custom built this nightmare mech myself to destroy you parasites for what you did to my family! Now DIE!" he screamed. He used his spearhead to pierce the grey Nirvash's cockpit. The blade tore through Dominic's left leg. He screamed in pain. "DOMINIC!" Anemone yelled. As she reached over the spear retracted, slashing her right arm. She cried as she started bleeding. With it's pilots injured Nirvash typeTheBEGINNING plummeted, crashing to the ground.

"NO! DAMN YOU BASTARD!!" Eureka/Renton screamed. "Nirvash give us power! Give us power to save our friends!" they pleaded. "As you wish." Nirvash answered them telepathically. As if on cue typeHOPE's chest cavity caved in and begun sucking in the surrounding trapar dust. Then the collected trapar exploded outward like a cannon blast, cutting through Vendetta and destroying the rest of th entire fleet. "What the fuck?!" Riddick yelled. "Where'd that power come from?" he asked himself. "This is the fleet commander! All units retreat!" a voice ordered. "No! I can still fight!" Riddick objected. "Riddick, that was an order!" Rodriguez radioed. "We can't fight against a weapon like that!" Elena added. "Yeah, besides we'll get another chance to finish them sooner or later." Kurtz reminded him. "Very well." Riddick gritted his teeth. "I'll get you next time." he vowed as he retreated with the rest of his comrades.

"Anemone, Dominic just hold on a little while longer. We'll be right there!" Eureka/Renton yelled into thir COM-link as they dived down. All of a sudden Eureka began screaming in pain. "Renton, it's time." she told him. Her water had just broke. She was going into labor.

NEXT CHAPTER: AS SOON AS TYPEHOPE REACHES THEIR FRIENDS THE GIRL'S CONTRACTIONS START GETTING WORSE. WITH THE PILOTS OF THE GREY NIRVASH SEVERLY INJURED AND NO MEDICAL TEAM AOUND TO HELP THEM MAETER, MAURICE, LINCK, AND THE BOY ARE FACED WITH THE PROBLEM OF DELIVERING THE TWINS WHILE CARING FOR ANEMONE AND DOMINIC AT THE SAME TIME UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. CHAPTER 37: MIRACLES HAPPEN