Everybody Loves Raguna

Episode 53

A Victory and a Defeat


"Push harder, Bianca!" Edward told her, "You have to keep on at it!"

"I... Can't..." Bianca cried in pain, "Please... Make it stop..."

"This is not good." Edward told Lara, "She's going to die before any part of the baby comes out!"

"What can we do?" Lara gasped,

"You're a sister! Pray or something!" Edward grumbled as he held Bianca's hand, "We need all the help we can get!"

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"It'll be alright!" Felicity told Ivan, who was pacing back and forth outside the clinic, "Bianca will be fine!"

"I would give anything for that to be true!" Ivan growled, "All the money I will inherit! My trade stocks! I don't care! I want her safe!"

"She's..." Raguna sighed, "Ivan, come on... She'll be fine."

"I want her... I want Leonard..." Ivan muttered, "I want them in my hands... It doesn't seem so likely now."

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"This beam will send you outside my home." the Spaceman told Jasper as he led him to a capsule, "Just step inside and you'll be off."

"And how about you..." Jasper turned to face him, "Will you not be joining me?"

"We wouldn't fit!" the Spaceman joked,

"Ha ha..." Jasper rolled his eyes, "Well, I'll see you!" he stepped inside the capsule,

"Bye!" the Spaceman pushed a button on the outside,

SHWEEOOM! The gastronomist was whisked away.

"Time for me to go." the Spaceman chuckled as he walked off,

"Ah! It's you!" the businessman found him, "It was nice business! Are you heading off?"

"Yeah... To Mr. Jasper's home world... My home." the Spaceman told him,

"What is your relation to him?" the man asked, "He's a little short and pudgy..." he chuckled,

"He's my son's father-in-law..." the Spaceman grinned, "Yes... I had a family in a Level 5 family."

"Oh! I don't judge!" the businessman told him, "Where is this planet?"

"In quadrant RF-1FTD." the Spaceman answered,

"Ooh..." the businessman looked at the holographic map the Spaceman's suit projected, "Oh man... I would be careful.."

"Huh?"

"Oh, yeah." the businessman looked at him, "Haven't you seen the news? The Terran Armies are fighting the Catarians around there. You should be careful."

"The Catarian Kingdom?" the Spaceman said in shock, "This is not good!"

"Oh definitely." the businessman nodded his head, "They're the biggest threat in the Eastern Front... Planet Busters and everything... I would really be carefu-" he paused when the Spaceman dashed off.

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"Come on, Bianca!" Edward told her, "Damn it!" he slammed his desk,

"Sir, may I suggest something?" Lara told him,

"What?"

"I suggest you let Ivan in to motivate her." Lara suggested, "She needs to have someone... at least... if she..." she gulped hard, "You know..."

"Huh..." Edward sighed, "It's the least we can do... Let him in... I don't believe there's much time.."

"Yes, sir." Lara bowed and went her way,

"Ahh..." Bianca groaned and continued in her efforts, "AH!"

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"Lara!" Raguna said as the nurse appeared,

"Lara!" Ivan pushed his brother aside,

"Ivan... Come with me." Lara told him and stepped aside, "And anyone else..."

"I'm here!" Jasper said, "Is it finally the day!?" he said happily, unaware of the situation,

"Tabatha.." Felicity turned to the maid, "Please catch Jasper up to speed.."

"Alright." Tabatha said and took Jasper aside,

"What's going on?" Jasper asked in confusion, and the three others stepped inside.

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"Bianca!" Ivan dashed in, "Oh my..." he fell to his knees as he saw his wife in her pitiful condition, "By the gods..."

"Ivan..." Bianca muttered, "You're here..."

"Yes..." Ivan went to her side, "Oh Bianca..."

"I can't go on, Ivan." Bianca groaned, "It's too much..."

"Yes you can..." Ivan told her and grabbed her hand,

"Oh Bianca." Felicity's heart dropped, "Please... Don't give up."

"Come on, Bianca!" Raguna yelled, "Don't do this to Ivan! You can't give up!"

"Please, Bianca!" Ivan told her, "I want you and our boy... Please..."

"Oh Ivan..." Bianca smiled and gave a deep breath, "Ok..." she strained, "HA!" she pushed,

"What!?" Edward was surprised by the sudden effort, "Oh my! Bianca! Push!"

"Ah!" Bianca yelled,

"Come on, Bianca!" Ivan motivated her, "You can do it!"

"Ah... Ha.. ha..." Bianca panted, "AHH!"

"Push, girl!" Edward yelled,

"He's... Oh my..." Lara gasped, "Do it, Bianca!"

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"What in the world!?" the Spaceman said as he saw a huge line of space stations in space, with large warships near them, and huge explosions not far away from them.

"You!" a soldier came on his screen, "You are entering a war zone! Turn back now!"

"I am a soldier of the Terran Colonization Corps!" the Spaceman showed his holographic ID, "I am legally able to enter!"

"Alright." the soldier muttered, "You are armed... Enter the Epsilon Space Command."

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"Oh Bianca!" Edward said in victory as Leonard came into view, "Oh!"

"Ha..." Lara gasped and quickly grabbed a blanket, "Oh.." she grabbed the newborn,

"Oh..." Ivan said in joy, "Bianca!"

"Ha.. Ha..." Bianca panted, "I did it..."

"Yes you did..." Edward sighed, "Congratulations..."

"He's beautiful." Lara said as she handed the boy to the two,

"Leonard." Bianca smiled as the boy came into view,

"Thank God." Felicity mumbled,

"Great..." Raguna nodded his head,

"We're a family now." Ivan told her, "Oh... I'm so happy!" he hugged the two, "Leonard, Bianca... I love you two."

"Waahh!" Leonard cried,

"Congratulations!" Raguna clapped,

"I'm here!" Jasper dashed in, prepared for the worst, "Is... Ah..." he saw the three, "Oh my..." he saw Leonard,

"Your grandson." Edward told him, "Congratulations, Jasper."

"Thank you, Ivan." Jasper welled up, "For giving me such joy that's much greater than riches."

"Say, where's dad?" Ivan asked his brother, "He's missing his grandson."

"At least you made it safe." Edward told Bianca, "Without that Space giant's technology! Ha ha! I win!" he smiled.

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"Nice to see you again!" a soldier told the Spaceman,

"Thanks, Captain Prian." the Spaceman said, "I arrived to check this out."

"I'm sorry my soldier was so rude to you." Prian said, "We just have to restrict the flow of ships... There's been a lot of so called "missionaries" that are more like machine gun preachers for the Catarians."

"I see..." the Spaceman chuckled, "Well, I'm really concerned because this skirmish is so close to my planetary abode.."

"Ah..." Prian looked at him, and pulled out a holographic map, "Which one?"

"This one." the Spaceman pointed,

"A Level 5 planet?" Prian said, "Hm... Yeah... I'm sorry... The Catarians are a savage bunch... They probably have like 7 planet busters ready to go."

"That's what I'm worried about." the Spaceman said, "If they fire those freely... My family on that planet is only about 3 lightyears away... In only 15 minutes they'll be gone."

"Well, I'm really sorry." Prian muttered, "But war does not take into consideration one's own feelings... But if you want to keep them safe, I say you dust off that old armor and join us once more."

"Alright." the Spaceman said, "If it can help save my family, I will."

"Great." Prian grinned, "I see your Andromeda Class fighter... With that you'll blast an Catarian fighter to kingdom com-"

KRAKABOOOM! a huge explosion sounded,

"What in the hell!?" Prian ran to the window and saw a space command center explode,

"They broke through the lines!" a command officer said as he looked in the computer, "The Catarians have gone behind our forces and are attacking the command centers!"

"Time to go." the Spaceman told Prian as he ran off, only to stop in his tracks when a group of soldiers came in,

"There's been a landing party!" one of the soldiers yelled,

"Arm yourself!" another tossed a laser rifle to the Spaceman,

"Let's do this!" the Spaceman held his weapon high,

"RAH!" the Catarians dashed in and started to fire,

"Dwah!" a Terran soldier was struck,

"Ah! a Catarian was killed,

"Fire, Fire Fire!" Prian ordered as his troops shot out their payload,

"Place the bomb!" the Catarian leader yelled and a small force ran in the middle of the fray and quickly placed a black orb down,

"Augh!" one of the bomb squad members was struck,

"Bomb has been planted!" the Catarian leader yelled and they started to retreat.

"Let's get out of here!" the Terran forces yelled as they dashed to their ships.

"Not enough time..." the Spaceman gasped, but he still blitz it away.

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"Look, Leonard." Ivan told his newborn son as he pointed to the sky, "Your grandfather came from there."

"Gah..." Leonard yawned,

"Yeah.." Ivan sighed, "I wonder how he's doing..."

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"Sir! Bomb detonation in 30 seconds!" Hudley alerted as the Spaceman strapped in,

"Fire it up!" the Spaceman yelled as his ship roared to life, then he shot out of the space station without hesitation,

"Bomb detonation in 20 seconds!" Hudley said as they tried to escape, "According to my calculations, we will not be able to escape the blast in time!"

"Don't tell me your damn calculations!" the Spaceman said as he continued accelerating, trying desperately to escape,

"10! 9!" Hudley counted down, "8! 7! 6! 5! 4! 3! 2! 1-"

KRAKABOOOM!

"RAH!" the Spaceman yelled as the explosion reached his ship and sent him rocketing into space...