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It's been soooooo long since I've updated, and I'm very sorry! I sort of forgot about it and started to write a fic for Blue Seed. But I promise to not neglect this anymore!
Please Enjoy! And don't forget to review!
Chapter Three
"It doesn't work!" Aisha shouted, kicking at the side of the ship. "You brought us to a ship that doesn't work! The door won't even open!"
Jim put his hands in his pockets and glared at her. "Well your kicking at it won't make it better, Aisha. Frankly, you're just making the problem even worse than it already is."
Gene sighed in frustration as he watched her kick the ship. He couldn't believe that they came all this way to find that the ship doesn't work. He didn't know why it wouldn't, since it worked perfectly the last time he used it. So why wouldn't work now? After all these years of sitting in the spaceport?
"Gene, did anything happen to it while you were in space?" Melfina asked, looking up at him with hope. "Do you remember?"
He scratched his head as if he was trying to scratch away the blank spot in his head to recover his memories. "No. I don't remember anything." He only remembered watching a missile heading violently towards Hilda's ship and blowing up in midair.
"Jim, do you remember?" Melfina asked, turning her gaze towards him.
Jim shook his head. "I wasn't with Gene then. I met him after he came to Sentinal."
"Open!" Aisha said, continuing to kick. "In the name of the Catarl Catarl, I command you to open!"
Gene walked up to her and pushed her out of the way. "Stop it for a minute," he said. She growled at him, but he ignored her. He rubbed his hand over the metal panel that was next to the door until he found a latch. He lifted it and the panel flew open with a sound of air pressure releasing.
"Wow," Aisha said, staring wide-eyed at it. "How did you know to do that?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not sure. Instinct I guess."
He lifted his finger to the number pad and dialed in a password.
"Incorrect password," a male voice said, as the panel flashed red. "If you are not that captain, please step away from the ship. If you are the captain, please state your name."
Gene looked at the others and then turned back to the panel. He didn't know what to do or say. So he just stood there, staring at it.
"Do it, Gene," Jim coaxed, nudging his shoulder.
"Yeah," Aisha said. "I want to go inside."
He sighed. "All right, already."
"Please state your name," it said again.
"Gene Starwind," he replied.
"Please wait a moment so I can process the data," it said.
They stepped back as they watched the ship come to life. Lights on the sides of the ship burned with glory and shields over the windows retracted, revealing glass portholes.
"Confirmation complete," the voice said. "You may enter."
The door lifted up, blowing air at their faces. They looked at each other and then stepped inside. The door closed behind them as they walked down the dark corridor. They past doors and glass windows with stars engraved on them. It was everything he remembered. All the memories and moments he had that happened here. It was the ship he wanted as a child and finally received as an adult. But now that he has it, does he still want it as much as he did?
"Gene," Suzuka said, "where did you get this ship?"
"Long story," he admitted, and looked straight ahead. "Not enough time to tell."
After a of couple minutes, they finally got to the cockpit. Jim rushed in and sat down in one of the four chairs. He was smiling like a kid in a candy store, except his candy store would be filled with computers and other electronics.
"This is amazing," he said. "The technology is very advanced even for today!"
Gene smiled. "Yeah, kid. Now I have you to figure out everything, because me and computers just don't mix."
"I saw that coming," Jim muttered under his breath.
Gene laughed and sat down in the captain's seat. He turned the key that was already in the ignition. The lights inside the ship turned on and the doors unlocked to the rooms along the corridors.
"Welcome, Gene Starwind," the voice said. "I am Gilliam, the brain of the Outlaw Star."
"What the hell is that?" Jim asked with an uneasy look on his face.
"Uh… I'm not sure," Gene said. "I don't remember there being a voice for the ship."
"Men. They're such idiots," Suzuka said. "When we were outside it talked to us and now when we're in here, it says that it's the computer. So obviously the computer for the ship is very advanced to have a voice."
Aisha nodded. "Yep."
Jim rolled his eyes and turned to Gene. "What do girls know anyway?"
Gene shrugged.
"There appears to be more than one person aboard the ship," Gilliam stated. "Please state your name."
"Jim Hawking."
"Aisha Clan Clan of the invincible Catarl Catarl."
"Suzuka."
"Melfina."
"Thank you for cooperating," Gilliam replied. "Captain Starwind, should I get ready for launch?"
"Call me Gene," he said. "Sure, we're ready for launch."
As he gripped the throttle, he heard a high pitched scream behind me. He instantly turned to see Melfina with a terrified look on her face.
"Gene!" she shouted.
Suddenly a tubular pod elevated from the ground below her. The tube came all the way up, sealing her inside of it.
"What the hell?" Gene asked. "What happened to her?"
"I--I don't know," Jim admitted, staring wide-eyed.
After a couple of minutes, pieces of the tube's covering started to split open like cracks in the sidewalk. There was Melfina, suspended in a water-like substance, naked. Her arms were crossed over her chest and the tube's covering covered everything below her bellybutton, all except her legs. They stared in bewilderment.
"Melfina?" Gene said, and stood up. He walked over to the tube and placed his pond on the glass. "Why are you in there?"
"She didn't open her eyes yet," Aisha pointed out. "Is she still alive?"
"Of course she is," he replied defensively.
"Then maybe we should find a way to get her out," Jim said.
Gene nodded and got ready to pound the handle of his gun into the glass tank, when Suzuka grabbed a hold of his arm. He turned to her with a scowl on his face. "What are you doing?"
"Look," she said, pointing to Melfina. "Her eyes are opening."
He turned back to the tube and sure enough, she was wide awake. She didn't blink, nor did it look like she was breathing, but she was still alive. And that's all that mattered to him.
"Melfina?" he said. "What are you doing in there?"
She said, without moving her lips, "Navigational unit now fully operating."
"Huh?" Aisha said. "What is she talking about?"
"Melfina is simply the navigator for the Outlaw Star," Gilliam explained. "She has the ability take you to anywhere you could possibly want to go and find shortcuts on the way. But I assure you that her abilities stretch beyond that."
"So basically she's a human compass?" Jim asked.
"Mostly," he replied. "Now you all may be seated so we could takeoff safely."
"Melfina?" Gene said, continuing to stare at her. He didn't understand it… Why was she the one to be the navigator and not somebody else? Out of the five of them, why was she the one?"
"Come on, Gene," Jim said, placing his hand on his shoulder. "It's time to launch.
He nodded and then sat down in his seat. He took the throttle in his hand, gripping it tightly, trying to release his stress.
[Calm down, Gene. Everything will be all right. Be the strong outlaw that you are. Don't let a stupid thing like going into space freak you out.]
He nodded to himself and pulled the throttle toward him. "The Outlaw Star is ready for some space action."
And with that, the ship blasted into the air like a rocket , shooting for the stars.
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To Be Continued…
Please Review and tell me what you think!
It's been soooooo long since I've updated, and I'm very sorry! I sort of forgot about it and started to write a fic for Blue Seed. But I promise to not neglect this anymore!
Please Enjoy! And don't forget to review!
Chapter Three
"It doesn't work!" Aisha shouted, kicking at the side of the ship. "You brought us to a ship that doesn't work! The door won't even open!"
Jim put his hands in his pockets and glared at her. "Well your kicking at it won't make it better, Aisha. Frankly, you're just making the problem even worse than it already is."
Gene sighed in frustration as he watched her kick the ship. He couldn't believe that they came all this way to find that the ship doesn't work. He didn't know why it wouldn't, since it worked perfectly the last time he used it. So why wouldn't work now? After all these years of sitting in the spaceport?
"Gene, did anything happen to it while you were in space?" Melfina asked, looking up at him with hope. "Do you remember?"
He scratched his head as if he was trying to scratch away the blank spot in his head to recover his memories. "No. I don't remember anything." He only remembered watching a missile heading violently towards Hilda's ship and blowing up in midair.
"Jim, do you remember?" Melfina asked, turning her gaze towards him.
Jim shook his head. "I wasn't with Gene then. I met him after he came to Sentinal."
"Open!" Aisha said, continuing to kick. "In the name of the Catarl Catarl, I command you to open!"
Gene walked up to her and pushed her out of the way. "Stop it for a minute," he said. She growled at him, but he ignored her. He rubbed his hand over the metal panel that was next to the door until he found a latch. He lifted it and the panel flew open with a sound of air pressure releasing.
"Wow," Aisha said, staring wide-eyed at it. "How did you know to do that?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not sure. Instinct I guess."
He lifted his finger to the number pad and dialed in a password.
"Incorrect password," a male voice said, as the panel flashed red. "If you are not that captain, please step away from the ship. If you are the captain, please state your name."
Gene looked at the others and then turned back to the panel. He didn't know what to do or say. So he just stood there, staring at it.
"Do it, Gene," Jim coaxed, nudging his shoulder.
"Yeah," Aisha said. "I want to go inside."
He sighed. "All right, already."
"Please state your name," it said again.
"Gene Starwind," he replied.
"Please wait a moment so I can process the data," it said.
They stepped back as they watched the ship come to life. Lights on the sides of the ship burned with glory and shields over the windows retracted, revealing glass portholes.
"Confirmation complete," the voice said. "You may enter."
The door lifted up, blowing air at their faces. They looked at each other and then stepped inside. The door closed behind them as they walked down the dark corridor. They past doors and glass windows with stars engraved on them. It was everything he remembered. All the memories and moments he had that happened here. It was the ship he wanted as a child and finally received as an adult. But now that he has it, does he still want it as much as he did?
"Gene," Suzuka said, "where did you get this ship?"
"Long story," he admitted, and looked straight ahead. "Not enough time to tell."
After a of couple minutes, they finally got to the cockpit. Jim rushed in and sat down in one of the four chairs. He was smiling like a kid in a candy store, except his candy store would be filled with computers and other electronics.
"This is amazing," he said. "The technology is very advanced even for today!"
Gene smiled. "Yeah, kid. Now I have you to figure out everything, because me and computers just don't mix."
"I saw that coming," Jim muttered under his breath.
Gene laughed and sat down in the captain's seat. He turned the key that was already in the ignition. The lights inside the ship turned on and the doors unlocked to the rooms along the corridors.
"Welcome, Gene Starwind," the voice said. "I am Gilliam, the brain of the Outlaw Star."
"What the hell is that?" Jim asked with an uneasy look on his face.
"Uh… I'm not sure," Gene said. "I don't remember there being a voice for the ship."
"Men. They're such idiots," Suzuka said. "When we were outside it talked to us and now when we're in here, it says that it's the computer. So obviously the computer for the ship is very advanced to have a voice."
Aisha nodded. "Yep."
Jim rolled his eyes and turned to Gene. "What do girls know anyway?"
Gene shrugged.
"There appears to be more than one person aboard the ship," Gilliam stated. "Please state your name."
"Jim Hawking."
"Aisha Clan Clan of the invincible Catarl Catarl."
"Suzuka."
"Melfina."
"Thank you for cooperating," Gilliam replied. "Captain Starwind, should I get ready for launch?"
"Call me Gene," he said. "Sure, we're ready for launch."
As he gripped the throttle, he heard a high pitched scream behind me. He instantly turned to see Melfina with a terrified look on her face.
"Gene!" she shouted.
Suddenly a tubular pod elevated from the ground below her. The tube came all the way up, sealing her inside of it.
"What the hell?" Gene asked. "What happened to her?"
"I--I don't know," Jim admitted, staring wide-eyed.
After a couple of minutes, pieces of the tube's covering started to split open like cracks in the sidewalk. There was Melfina, suspended in a water-like substance, naked. Her arms were crossed over her chest and the tube's covering covered everything below her bellybutton, all except her legs. They stared in bewilderment.
"Melfina?" Gene said, and stood up. He walked over to the tube and placed his pond on the glass. "Why are you in there?"
"She didn't open her eyes yet," Aisha pointed out. "Is she still alive?"
"Of course she is," he replied defensively.
"Then maybe we should find a way to get her out," Jim said.
Gene nodded and got ready to pound the handle of his gun into the glass tank, when Suzuka grabbed a hold of his arm. He turned to her with a scowl on his face. "What are you doing?"
"Look," she said, pointing to Melfina. "Her eyes are opening."
He turned back to the tube and sure enough, she was wide awake. She didn't blink, nor did it look like she was breathing, but she was still alive. And that's all that mattered to him.
"Melfina?" he said. "What are you doing in there?"
She said, without moving her lips, "Navigational unit now fully operating."
"Huh?" Aisha said. "What is she talking about?"
"Melfina is simply the navigator for the Outlaw Star," Gilliam explained. "She has the ability take you to anywhere you could possibly want to go and find shortcuts on the way. But I assure you that her abilities stretch beyond that."
"So basically she's a human compass?" Jim asked.
"Mostly," he replied. "Now you all may be seated so we could takeoff safely."
"Melfina?" Gene said, continuing to stare at her. He didn't understand it… Why was she the one to be the navigator and not somebody else? Out of the five of them, why was she the one?"
"Come on, Gene," Jim said, placing his hand on his shoulder. "It's time to launch.
He nodded and then sat down in his seat. He took the throttle in his hand, gripping it tightly, trying to release his stress.
[Calm down, Gene. Everything will be all right. Be the strong outlaw that you are. Don't let a stupid thing like going into space freak you out.]
He nodded to himself and pulled the throttle toward him. "The Outlaw Star is ready for some space action."
And with that, the ship blasted into the air like a rocket , shooting for the stars.
--
To Be Continued…
Please Review and tell me what you think!