Chapter 16: Love Birds
Klein retreated into the rain, he hid in the rain, this battle was going his way until this b*tch came along, he would have to conclude this battle later, nothing was going to stop him from Defects destruction, that much was certain, it would just be delayed for the time being, he would have to deal with this one first.
"RENEE!" I screamed into my com link, "GET OUT OF HERE" still groggy from the crash I tried to see if my AC was still able to move. It was but was everything else about it was non functional. My EMG was damaged in the fall, it didn't matter I was out of ammo any ways. Dropping it I was now defenseless, only equipped with a blade. I couldn't sense Klein in the rain, Renee shouldn't be here. "Renee go!" "I wont leave you Chris" she boosted toward me, lugging the Kawasawa behind her "You have too" the warning siren inside my core was still blaring "No, you left me once" I could hear her voice cracking on the link, "I wont let you leave me again" "Klein is somewhere out there! I don't want to lose you" my eyes becoming misty "Well I don't want to lose you either." I heard her sniffles despite the warning siren, that meant that she was able to hear mines. In my AC I scanned the arena, I could die happy battling Klein alone, I couldn't stand having Renee being there to watch me fall. "Then we need to get out of here" I said, trying to gain my composure, there was a lightning bolt
too late, I had finally tracked Klein, he was behind me
"DIE!!!!!!" Klein's AC merged out of the rain and shadows his grenade launcher aimed directly at Renee's core, the blast came with the thunder, Renee's AC was blasted backwards into my view. I watched as it flew ahead of me, landing on its side twisting and turning, landing into a contorted heap. The Kawasawa was released from her grasp, landing in front of her, the silver polish still gleamed when a lightning bolt flashed overhead. "RENEE!" I boosted toward her, knocking the Kawasawa on the ground away from my path. Tears streaming down my eyes, I vowed that Klein would pay dearly. I turned around to find Klein standing before me, wielding my fathers Kawasawa. My eyes narrowed and my heart began to freeze, Klein had taken the 2 things I held the most sacred. "Go ahead" Klein spoke, "tell me you're last request"
The Kawasawa gleamed once more before it turned into a dull gray, I heard Renee's voice in my headset, bearly a whimper, I heard it clearly, the sirens no longer triggered a noise in my head, all I heard was Renee, I heard it in my heart. "I love you"
"EAT SHIT KLEIN" drawing my blade I charged at him, he met my blade with a blast, the light pulsed out of the Kawasawa, the beam streaked toward me, the blue death would end my life just as it did once before. "I love you Renee." were my last words
The blue ray of light pieced through Defect's AC dead center, it continued on thru him, striking the AC on the ground as well, the blue blast that ensued engulfed the heap, leaving a smoldering husk. Klein's AC was also bathed in light, as soon as the round was fired, the Kawasawa shook violently, overloading and continued to let out a constant blue stream. The AC's energy bar was depleting lower and lower, the tension it put on the generator overheated and exploded. Klein's AC erupted from the seams, exploding from the core on out. The Kawasawa continued to fire, even as the arm holding though was severed from its core, into the air. The light radiated from the Arena, firing into the clouds. The Ravens that witnessed the light show could have sworn that it was the hand of god that parted the clouds, ending the storm.
The Mars Earth rebellion ended after the raid on Klein's fort, his body was found decomposing, proving that Klein was indeed dead. After a careful investigation of the site, one particular area caught the attention of the investigation team. The dome arena located within the fort.
The 3 ACs that were found within the arena were scattered into different directions. All 3 had been subject to an explosion from an unknown weapon, only a few silver pieces remained from it. One AC had its arm blown off, it's frame was blasted into different areas from an explosion caused by the generator. Another AC was found 700 feet away, all that remained was the basic framework of it and parts of the core, what remained were all wielded together caused by an energy blast. The last AC was found in-between the two. A gaping hole in the center of the core, where the cockpit would have been. No remains of any of the pilots were found, the complete destruction of the ACs prevented anyone from identifying the pilots of the ACs.
All that was found at the site was a cross fashioned out of the silver remains of the unknown weapon, providing some information that there was indeed a survivor. Jean finished her report, she closed her laptop and returned to the coffee on the table, looking back on a photo she had on the desk she whipped her tears, she never had the chance to say goodbye to her friend, her ally, her hero. Smiling from recalling all of the good times she stood up and walked out of her office, the lights turning off as the door closed, she walked out of the raven's nest known as Claymore Faction, and drove away into the cold night.
A lone pilot watched her leave, the only one knowing that the war between Earth and Mars has just begun.shrugging in the cold, it would be the first day of many that would be spent alone. Time was running out for the pilot, who wanted nothing more then to be with the lost other, recalling a saying, "when one lovebird dies, the other soon dies of starvation, wanting to join its mate once more" and this saying was never so true.
Klein retreated into the rain, he hid in the rain, this battle was going his way until this b*tch came along, he would have to conclude this battle later, nothing was going to stop him from Defects destruction, that much was certain, it would just be delayed for the time being, he would have to deal with this one first.
"RENEE!" I screamed into my com link, "GET OUT OF HERE" still groggy from the crash I tried to see if my AC was still able to move. It was but was everything else about it was non functional. My EMG was damaged in the fall, it didn't matter I was out of ammo any ways. Dropping it I was now defenseless, only equipped with a blade. I couldn't sense Klein in the rain, Renee shouldn't be here. "Renee go!" "I wont leave you Chris" she boosted toward me, lugging the Kawasawa behind her "You have too" the warning siren inside my core was still blaring "No, you left me once" I could hear her voice cracking on the link, "I wont let you leave me again" "Klein is somewhere out there! I don't want to lose you" my eyes becoming misty "Well I don't want to lose you either." I heard her sniffles despite the warning siren, that meant that she was able to hear mines. In my AC I scanned the arena, I could die happy battling Klein alone, I couldn't stand having Renee being there to watch me fall. "Then we need to get out of here" I said, trying to gain my composure, there was a lightning bolt
too late, I had finally tracked Klein, he was behind me
"DIE!!!!!!" Klein's AC merged out of the rain and shadows his grenade launcher aimed directly at Renee's core, the blast came with the thunder, Renee's AC was blasted backwards into my view. I watched as it flew ahead of me, landing on its side twisting and turning, landing into a contorted heap. The Kawasawa was released from her grasp, landing in front of her, the silver polish still gleamed when a lightning bolt flashed overhead. "RENEE!" I boosted toward her, knocking the Kawasawa on the ground away from my path. Tears streaming down my eyes, I vowed that Klein would pay dearly. I turned around to find Klein standing before me, wielding my fathers Kawasawa. My eyes narrowed and my heart began to freeze, Klein had taken the 2 things I held the most sacred. "Go ahead" Klein spoke, "tell me you're last request"
The Kawasawa gleamed once more before it turned into a dull gray, I heard Renee's voice in my headset, bearly a whimper, I heard it clearly, the sirens no longer triggered a noise in my head, all I heard was Renee, I heard it in my heart. "I love you"
"EAT SHIT KLEIN" drawing my blade I charged at him, he met my blade with a blast, the light pulsed out of the Kawasawa, the beam streaked toward me, the blue death would end my life just as it did once before. "I love you Renee." were my last words
The blue ray of light pieced through Defect's AC dead center, it continued on thru him, striking the AC on the ground as well, the blue blast that ensued engulfed the heap, leaving a smoldering husk. Klein's AC was also bathed in light, as soon as the round was fired, the Kawasawa shook violently, overloading and continued to let out a constant blue stream. The AC's energy bar was depleting lower and lower, the tension it put on the generator overheated and exploded. Klein's AC erupted from the seams, exploding from the core on out. The Kawasawa continued to fire, even as the arm holding though was severed from its core, into the air. The light radiated from the Arena, firing into the clouds. The Ravens that witnessed the light show could have sworn that it was the hand of god that parted the clouds, ending the storm.
The Mars Earth rebellion ended after the raid on Klein's fort, his body was found decomposing, proving that Klein was indeed dead. After a careful investigation of the site, one particular area caught the attention of the investigation team. The dome arena located within the fort.
The 3 ACs that were found within the arena were scattered into different directions. All 3 had been subject to an explosion from an unknown weapon, only a few silver pieces remained from it. One AC had its arm blown off, it's frame was blasted into different areas from an explosion caused by the generator. Another AC was found 700 feet away, all that remained was the basic framework of it and parts of the core, what remained were all wielded together caused by an energy blast. The last AC was found in-between the two. A gaping hole in the center of the core, where the cockpit would have been. No remains of any of the pilots were found, the complete destruction of the ACs prevented anyone from identifying the pilots of the ACs.
All that was found at the site was a cross fashioned out of the silver remains of the unknown weapon, providing some information that there was indeed a survivor. Jean finished her report, she closed her laptop and returned to the coffee on the table, looking back on a photo she had on the desk she whipped her tears, she never had the chance to say goodbye to her friend, her ally, her hero. Smiling from recalling all of the good times she stood up and walked out of her office, the lights turning off as the door closed, she walked out of the raven's nest known as Claymore Faction, and drove away into the cold night.
A lone pilot watched her leave, the only one knowing that the war between Earth and Mars has just begun.shrugging in the cold, it would be the first day of many that would be spent alone. Time was running out for the pilot, who wanted nothing more then to be with the lost other, recalling a saying, "when one lovebird dies, the other soon dies of starvation, wanting to join its mate once more" and this saying was never so true.