Disclaimer: I do not now or have I ever owned the characters of Sailor
Moon, Robotech. People I want to say something about Miss Lynn Minmei. I
don't like her. I like the Rick/Lisa romance and Minmei just gets in the
way. So if you like her don't read this, however, if you want to see a new
bitchy side to Minmei please enjoy! At first she'll be nice until the Miss
Macross pageant then watch out people Rick will leave her in the dust for
Lisa don't worry I slowly bring Rick and Lisa together. Again I want to
thank Chibi Halo who wrote 'Sailor Moon Macross' without this story
wouldn't have existed. As always please R&R this so I know how it is coming
across to people! Chibi Halo I would like to know what you think as well!
Chibi Halo there might be a few scenes in my story but I pray you won't
mind. One more thing for the beginning of the first few chapters I will use
your chapter names, I will come up with my own after the last chapter you
named. People who haven't read her story yet please do it is a great read!
Please enjoy and now on with the story! This is the only Disclaimer I will
write! I just wanted to thank Chibi Halo for being my beta reader!
Authors note: When ever I am talking about Kevin, Nathan, Justin and Zack as a group I will refer to them as the four earth generals as that is what they were suppose to be in the manga before Beryl brainwashed them!
Here comes Trista ready or not! Oh and Minmei lovers this is the beginning of the end of her old goody two-shoe days! But if you like Rick/Lisa relationships stick with it we're going to be headed there!
Robotech Warriors Book 1 By thunderbird with Sections From Chibi Halo
"Surrender your vessel now or we begin attacking your home world." The alien demanded.
The cards were laid out on the table either give up the ship or get the Earth involved. Either way it was a lose-lose situation. The bridge crew of the SDF1 was in a state of shock over what they had just heard. No one had expected the Zentreadi to be capable of speaking in English.
"The Zentreadi don't expect us to hand over a ship full of civilians to them do they?" Lisa asked.
"From the sound of it they do. They expect us to sacrifice a few thousand to save billions." The captain told the crew.
"There has to be some way we can keep them from attacking the Earth and getting the SDF1." Claudia wondered aloud.
"Right now I just don't know Claudia." The captain replied.
"Well what can we do captain?" Mina asked.
"That's one thing I'm going to have to think over thoroughly before I can come up with a satisfactory answer Mina." He explained.
The girls knew what the answer to the Zentreadi's demands would be. There would be no way Captain Gloval would sacrifice either the SDF1 or the Earth. And the captain would try and do everything within his power to try and keep both from happening. The only question was what would he do.
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Part 9: Capture
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Zentreadi, the aliens now had a name to go along with the thirty-foot menace that had been stalking the SDF1 for a year. And for that past year people in the RDF on board the SDF1 either referred to them as the enemy or simply the aliens. Now that the enemy threat had a name attached to it the Zentreadi took on a whole different meaning. People began to wonder what they were actually like and why they were attacking the SDF1.
Captain Henry Gloval was no exception. As he sat in his office he wondered why the Zentreadi waited for so long to contact them. Was it because they were so close to Earth? Or was it because of some other underlying reason? The captain was at a loss for words but he did have a plan.
After leaving the bridge to consider his options Henry Gloval had decided to try and pull the same stunt the Zentreadi had pulled on them. He was going to listen in on their conversations. And the best way he knew how to accomplish that was to send someone out in the Cat's Eye recon plane. The best person he knew for this particular job was none other than his first officer Lisa Hayes.
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"Lisa I'd like to see you in my office please." Captain Gloval said.
As she followed the captain to his office Lisa wondered what he wanted to see her about. She had a feeling it might have something to do with the Zentreadi but there was no way to be absolutely certain. When they reached his office the captain offered Lisa a seat.
"Have a seat Lisa." He said.
"Thank you sir." Lisa began, "Sir if you don't mind me asking why did you ask to see me?"
"Lisa I have a special assignment for you. I want you to go on a reconnaissance mission in the Cat's Eye." The captain told her.
"Where to sir?" Lisa wanted to know.
"You will gather information on the Zentreadi ships and their transmissions." He replied.
"I see sir. Will I have a pilot on this mission?"
"We will find a pilot for the Cat's Eye and have escorts to keep you and the plane in one piece."
"When do I leave?"
"As soon as the pilot and the escorts are debriefed you will leave for your mission."
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Roy wondered why the captain wanted to see him. He figured it might have something to do with recent events. Dozens of questions were racing through his mind. Maybe the captain had a mission for him and his squad. The skull squad had been doing all right since Rick and Serena left to head their own squads. With five less members Roy's squad wasn't the largest in the fleet anymore.
When he reached the captain's office Roy knocked on the door and nervously waited for a reply.
"Enter." The captain called through the door.
"You wanted to see me sir?" Roy asked him.
"Yes, I need your assistance in selecting individuals to assist Commander Hayes on a mission I have assigned to her." Captain Gloval explained.
"What kind of mission is she going on?"
"Commander Hayes will be gathering information on the Zentreadi fleet and their transmissions."
"The Zentreadi sir?"
"Yes the aliens have finally made an official introduction."
"How will she be going about this mission?"
"The commander will be using the Cat's Eye recon plane."
"So you'll need a pilot and at least three other planes assisting her then."
"Yes, do you have anyone in mind for this mission?"
"Well Lt. Tuskino can fly the Cat's Eye and three members of the Vermilion Squad can provide backup. But I know I wouldn't feel right if I didn't send Corporal Shields along too." Roy said.
"Why did you chose him as well?"
"He and Lt. Tuskino make a great team sir. I saw it from day one and besides the three members of Rick's squad I'm thinking of could use the experience of another level headed individual like him."
"Alright he'll go with them. I want you to brief them on the mission as soon as possible."
"Aye sir." Roy said as he got up to leave.
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Darien, Max, and Ben sat in the briefing room waiting for the briefing to get underway. The three pilots had no clue as to why they were asked to meet in the room. Serena had told Darien she had some important information to tell him. And Rick wanted to see Ben and Max at the same time in the same room. The three pilots thought it was odd they were there at the same time for different reasons.
As they sat there waiting for someone to show up Serena walked into the room. Darien could tell whatever she needed to tell him it was quite serious.
"Good morning gentleman." Serena began, "As soon as Lt. Hunter arrives we can begin."
Two minutes later Rick walked into the briefing room and took his place next to Serena.
"Now that everyone is here let's begin." Serena said, "We've called you here because we have been asked to assist Commander Hayes on a very important mission."
"Commander Hayes has been asked by the captain to gather information on the enemy fleet using the Cat's Eye recon plane." Rick told them.
"I have been asked to fly the commander in the Cat's Eye." Serena announced.
"The rest of us will provide backup for them under my command." Rick said.
"Serena did they mention what the significance of this mission is?" Darien asked.
"As a matter of fact they did. Since last night's broadcast we have learned more about our enemy. This morning at exactly 08:00 Corporal Michelle Kaiou picked up a transmission from the Zentreadi fleet. Because of the nature of their transmission the captain needs to gather more information about them before he can choose a proper course of action. At least that's what Roy told us." Serena explained.
"Lt. Hunter why aren't the other members of the Vermilion squad joining us?" Ben asked.
"Because this is a simple search and find mission! We don't want to draw attention to ourselves." Rick said.
"When do we leave?" Max wanted to know.
"As soon as this briefing is over we go to the Prometheus and meet up with the commander." Rick told the others.
"Is it over yet?" Ben asked.
Rick and Serena looked at each other for a moment before giving the final answer to the question.
"It's over." They said in unison.
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The Cat's Eye sailed along through space headed towards the Zentreadi fleet. The inhabitants of the plane were quiet and focused on the mission at hand. Lisa kept her eyes on her instrument panel and would every once in a while look in her flight suit to make certain she remembered to bring her digital recorder with her. If they were captured by the Zentreadi Lisa was going to make certain she had every conversation recorded. Serena on the other hand kept her eyes focused on the huge ships ahead.
"Serena do you see the size of those things?" Darien asked her over the radio.
"Yeah they're huge. I guess when you're as big as they are you need a huge ship." She replied.
"Okay everyone keep on your toes we don't know what the Zentreadi might pull." Rick said.
The five planes flew around the Zentreadi fleet gathering as much data as possible. Lisa was amazed at all the information she was getting. And the Zentreadi didn't even know they were being watched. Unfortunately there were no transmissions between ships for her to record. All in all the mission was going quite smoothly.
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Breetai knew full well that the five planes were out there. He knew that all it would take to capture the Micronians was one well-placed shot on the odd looking plane in the center of the pack, or at least a good hunk of asteroid in the right place at the right time. And once one plane was inside the rest of the planes would come looking for their fallen comrades. It was all just a matter of time.
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Serena was unaware anything was wrong until it was too late. A chunk of an asteroid smacked into the side of the Cat's Eye causing Serena to loose control of the plane. As the plane began spinning out of control it plowed into a hole in the side of the Zentreadi ship caused by another hunk of the same asteroid. As the plane hit the ship both Serena and Lisa were tossed from the now burning plane.
Darien knew something was wrong. His link to Serena was never wrong and now it was going haywire. Darien had to do something to save the one he loved.
"Guys something's wrong with the Cat's Eye." Darien said to the others.
"How do you know?" Max asked.
"I just do." Darien replied.
"Well then let's get them out of there." Rick said.
As Rick and the others were about to go into the hole that the Cat's Eye had used a small contingent of pods ambushed the group. The four pilots quickly changed into battleoid mode. They were about to engage the Zentreadi pods when Max spoke up.
"Listen you three go get the commander and Lt. Tuskino I think I can hold these guys off."
"You sure you can do it?" Rick asked Max.
"Yes, now go." Max replied.
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Serena opened her eyes and tried to move. Every muscle in her body screamed out in pain from the jarring fall. Looking over at Commander Hayes Serena could tell she was in the same shape. Man am I going to be feeling it in the morning, Serena thought. As she slowly sat up Serena could hear the commander wake up from the fall.
"Commander Hayes are you alright?" Serena asked her.
"A bit sore but I think I'll survive." Lisa replied.
Looking around the ship Serena and Lisa could see how enormous it was. The ceiling had to be at least one hundred feet above the floor. The doorway looked as though it was at least ten feet wide and ninety feet high. Just how big are these people, Lisa thought.
Serena's curiosity was beginning to get the best of her. Taking a peek through the door Serena could see what looked like the command center of the entire ship. A huge balcony with a glass window overlooked the rest of the room. Serena decided to take a closer look at the room.
Lisa saw Serena enter the room and followed her through the door. Part of her was just as curious about the Zentreadi and part of her wanted to get Serena and get out of the ship. But with the Cat's Eye out of commission leaving on their own was out of the question.
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Breetai knew the Micronians were on the ship. The moment the hull breech alert had gone off the intruder alarm went off as well. Going into the command deck of the ship Breetai saw two Micronian females. Instinct told Breetai to do away with the females. As he made his way to the females the blonde stepped between him and the other female. Breetai was going to squash the two females like a pair of insects. The moment his foot went up the blonde threw herself on top of the other female and began wailing. The sound hurt Breetai's ears.
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Rick, Darien, and Ben made their way into the hole in the ship. The moment they were inside the Zentreadi warship the automatic repair measures went into effect.
As Rick looked around he could see no sign of the commander or Serena. All of a sudden out of nowhere Rick heard a loud screeching wail. Rick didn't know who could be making a noise that loud or that high but he did know it had to be one of the girls.
"Serena's in trouble again!" Darien yelled.
"That's Serena?" Rick asked.
"Yes and they're through that door." Darien told them.
Darien and Rick maneuvered their way through the door and saw Serena trying to protect the commander from a very large looking Zentreadi male. The large alien male with his bald head, blue skin, and face plate covering half his face looked as though he was about to step on Serena and Lisa. Rick knew he had to do something to keep them from harm.
Rick sent his Veritech diving for the Zentreadi knocking him onto the ground. As the pair wrestled with each other Serena and Lisa tried to get out of the way. The Zentreadi soldier surprised everyone in the room when he pulled a huge gun on Rick and shot his Veritech in the torso. Rick bailed out of the fighter moments before it went up in smoke.
The Zentreadi wasn't going to take any chances. After shooting Rick's Veritech he then aimed his gun at Darien's fighter and pulled the trigger getting the same results. Before anyone could try and escape the Zentreadi grabbed them and took the small group out of the room.
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Ben had been covering the exit when a small group of Zentreadi soldiers converged on his location. He tried to hold them off as long as he could but they were able to overpower him. The only course of action for the plucky pilot was to bail out of his fighter and make a run for it. As Ben tried to leave the area one of the soldiers grabbed him and carried him off. This was just not his month.
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Max had just taken out the last of the pods when he noticed all three signals from the other fighters go dead. Searching around the ship in guardian mode Max saw an open hanger on the side of the main ship. He knew this was the best way to get to his friends and save them. Mustering up all the remaining courage he had left Max entered the Zentreadi ship.
The moment he was inside the ship Max went back to battleoid mode so he could maneuver around the ship easier. Checking outside the hanger Max saw a number of Zentreadi soldiers heading down one of the corridors of the ship. When the soldiers were out of sight Max entered the corridor.
Max knew the best thing to do at the moment was to hide from the Zentreadi until things died down. Looking down the long corridor Max saw a door open and a Zentreadi soldier step out. When the soldier was well out of sight Max checked the door and found the perfect place to hide, the bathroom.
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Breetai was feeling pretty good as he checked the Micronians over. The call to Lord Dolza was going quite well. Breetai had single handedly captured four Micronian spies. Dolza was pleased.
"Yes these four Micronians will do very well." Dolza said.
"Lord Breetai we've found another Micronian spy." The soldier holding Ben announced.
"So we have five of them now? Excellent. Breetai I want you to bring them to me. Leave Khyron in charge of the fleet until you return." Dolza instructed.
"Yes Lord Dolza." Breetai replied.
Breetai then turned to his subordinates and gave them his orders.
"Put the Micronians into the holding cell then prepare to rejoin the main fleet. Lord Dolza wishes to see the Micronian spies." Breetai told them.
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The bridge crew of the SDF1 was in total shock when the Cat's Eye and it's four escort planes vanished without a trace. Six of the SDF1's best crewmembers were gone. Rei had been monitoring their progress and received another premonition when one by one the planes began disappearing from her screen. The last one vanished the same time the largest of Zentreadi ships went off her screen.
"Captain my intuition tells me something horrible has happened to the recon mission." Rei said.
"Rei what are we going to do?" Mina asked.
"I don't know Mina! Captain is there anything we can do?" Rei said.
"Let's just hope they're still alive." The captain replied.
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Word traveled fast in the military section of the SDF1 about the sudden disappearance of the Cat's Eye and its four escort planes. No one knew exactly what had happened to them and everyone began speculating the worst. Everyone began believing they were all dead.
Roy was not too happy about the task given to him. He had to burst the bubble of one of the happiest girls on the entire ship. Roy had to go tell Minmei Rick was missing and presumed dead. Roy had a hard time believing it himself. How Minmei would react to the situation was another story.
Roy walked into the Chinese restaurant hoping to find Minmei inside. Instead he saw Minmei's aunt, Kim, setting tables for the lunch crowd. Mustering up any courage he had left Roy went over to talk to the older Lynn.
"Excuse me Mrs. Lynn but can you tell me where I might find Minmei?" Roy asked her.
"She's up in her room. Why do you ask?" Kim replied.
"I need to talk to her about Rick Hunter. My name is Roy Fokker and I happen to be a friend of his and I have something very important I need to tell her." Roy said.
"I'll show you to her room. But I must tell you I do not appreciate the way that boy treated her the other day!" Kim told him.
"Ma'am I don't wish to get in the middle of their argument!" Roy said.
Kim led Roy up to the apartment above the restaurant and showed him to Minmei's room. Kim knocked on the door and a few moments later Minmei responded.
"Yes." She said.
"Minmei you have a visitor. A gentleman named Roy Fokker." Kim told her.
The door quickly opened and Minmei gave her aunt a look that told the older woman everything would be alright. Kim smiled and went back to her preparations for the lunch crowd.
"You came about Rick haven't you?" Minmei asked Roy.
"Yes it's about Rick." Roy replied.
"I didn't mean to say what I did to him honest. He just made me angry!" Minmei blurted out.
"Whoa take it easy. I didn't come about that. I came on a different matter." Roy said.
"Why did you come then?" Minmei asked a bit worried.
"Well Rick and four others were escorting Commander Lisa Hayes on a recon mission and something went wrong. We don't know exactly what happened but we haven't been able to find them and we have reason to believe they might be dead." Roy told her.
Minmei burst into tears upon hearing Roy's news. Roy held onto the young woman who was soaking his uniform with her tears and let her cry for the both of them.
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"This is just great." Rick said in frustration.
The five captured members of the SDF1 crew sat in the hold wondering what was going to happen to them next. Rick and Lisa sat at opposite ends of the cell while Serena was crying her eyes out in Darien's arms. Ben just sat in silence taking in his surroundings.
"Do you think I like this anymore than you?" Lisa yelled at Rick.
"I wonder how long we'll be on this tub?" Ben said to no one in particular trying to calm things.
"Minmei's probably giving her first concert by now. And could care less about me!" Rick commented.
By this time Serena had stopped crying and was looking at the long faces on the commander and her friends. Something had to be done to keep them from tearing each other apart. And Serena knew just the thing that would do it a good story. Serena had just the story too, the story of her own life.
"I know what we need to get our minds off our current situation, a story." Serena suggested.
"A story, what is this kindergarten?" Rick complained.
"What kind of story?" Ben asked.
"Well, it's one that has romance, adventure, and magic." Serena told him.
"Where does this story of yours take place?" Lisa wondered a bit curios.
"It starts off on the moon and ends in Tokyo. At least the main story does. The follow up to it has yet to be completed." Serena replied.
"You're not thinking of telling the story I think you thinking of." Darien wanted to know.
"Yes muffin I am." Serena began, "Would you three like to know how we met?"
"Sure it should be an interesting tale." Lisa said.
"I've always liked a good story." Ben added.
"You're gonna tell us anyway so why not." Rick moaned.
"Our story begins over one thousand years ago on the moon..."
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The entire city gathered at the amphitheater for Minmei's first concert appearance. Not only would the people in the amphitheater see Minmei's performance but also the rest of the city would be able to watch it at home. Ever since she was crowned Miss Macross Minmei was the center of attention. And now once again Minmei's nerves were running a mile a minute. Minmei was going to be alone on stage for the first time since the pageant.
As the lights focused on the stage the orchestra began playing. The people in the audience were ready to see Minmei perform. They didn't care or even know about the missing pilots and their commander. The only thing they cared about was being able to see Minmei sing. And when the orchestra finished its fanfare Minmei walked out on stage wearing her gown from the Miss Macross pageant.
The moment Minmei was in front of the microphone the orchestra began playing Minmei's signature song 'Stage Lights.' When Minmei finished singing the song she addressed the audience.
"Thank you for coming to my concert. This next song I'm going to sing is called 'My Boyfriend is a Pilot.' I'd like to dedicate this song to my special friend Rick Hunter and all the pilots on the SDF1."
The song was soft and slow and appeared to have been written just for her. The crowd loved it and loved Minmei even more. And for the second time since the pageant Minmei felt good about herself.
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"...Darien's sword was pointed at my head. As I knelt on the ground in front of him I begged and pleaded for Darien to resist Beryl's influence. But Beryl just stood there and laughed at me. 'He'll never listen to you. His mind belongs to me!' she yelled. I knew she may have control over his mind but Darien's heart was still free. 'You can never control his heart!' I yelled back at her. Then one last desperate time I tried to get through to Darien. Taking my star locket I held it out and let the melody play for him. 'Trust in your heart. Touch our locket and be free once more.' I said to him. This time he did not pull away and placed his hand on the locket. As a rush of memories returned to him and Darien was free of Beryl's evil mind control.
"Beryl was outraged over loosing Darien. In a fit of anger she threw a crystal shard at me. Darien, seeing the crystal coming at me, stood between the crystal and me and took it in the back. As his energy was fading Darien was able to send one last rose at Beryl. The rose found its mark and embedded itself in her heart. With his last ounce of strength gone Darien was no more. Beryl crawled off to gather more strength from her master Metallia. As she did I left the cave to prepare for my final fight alone.
"Beryl burst out of the cave and turned to face me. 'So it's just you and I now. You're finished moon brat!' she said to me. Defiantly I issued my challenge to her. 'You'll never win Beryl. Wherever you go I'll find you. I won't rest until you've been stopped.' I called out. Controlling the ice and winds Beryl caused a great column of ice to form around me. Using my abilities and the crystal I broke free and stood before her as Princess Serenity. 'Princess Serenity it can't be!' she yelled. Calling on the strength of my fallen friends I prepared to send my final attack at Beryl. 'I do need you my friends.' Using their energy and powers I called forth the power of my crystal. 'Cosmic Moon Power!' I called out. With that Beryl and the Dark Kingdom were no more." Serena said as she finished her story.
Everyone sat in the hold completely speechless. Lisa had a lot of questions running through her mind. She didn't know where to begin so she asked the obvious question first.
"If Darien was dead how is he able to be alive now?" she asked.
"The crystal granted the last wish in my heart. I wanted to be able to live a normal life once more and have all my friends have a second chance at life including Darien." She explained.
"So you two have been in love since then?" Ben wanted to know.
"Yes we were." Serena explained.
"Let me get this straight you're claiming to be a long lost princess of the moon who also happens to be Sailor Moon." Rick said in disbelief.
"Yep." Serena replied.
"Alright prove it." Rick challenged.
Serena reached behind her back and pulled out her locket from her subspace pocket. She then opened it and called out her transformation phrase.
"Moon Eternal Power!" she called out.
In a flash of light Serena had transformed into Eternal Sailor Moon. Then using all her concentration Sailor Moon became Princess Serenity.
"Now I've seen everything." Rick said.
"Incredible." Ben added.
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Breetai's warship had traveled halfway across the universe to join with the rest of the main Zentreadi fleet. The large ship made its way to an even larger warship and stopped. The larger of the two ships belonged to the high commander of the Zentreadi military Lord Dolza.
Dolza had wanted to oversee the interrogation of the five captured Micronians personally. When he learned Breetai's ship was now with the rest of the main fleet Dolza set off to board Breetai's ship. This would be the first time anyone talked to a Micronian face to face and Dolza didn't want to miss it.
Lisa, Rick, Serena, Darien, and Ben were brought into a large room and placed on the large conference table. Looking out the nearby window they could see millions of warships. A few moments later Dolza entered the room followed by Breetai, Exedore, Rico, Bron, and Konda. Dolza seemed quite interested in the fact that two of the prisoners were female. He was also interested in the actions of two prisoners that had separated themselves from the others.
Lisa remembered she still had her digital recorder on her and reached into her flight suit to turn it on. There was no way she was going to miss this opportunity.
"I am Lord Dolza high commander of the Zentreadi military. Who is the commander of your mission here?" Dolza said.
"I am." Lisa replied as she stepped forward.
"A female in charge of these males?" Dolza said a bit shocked.
"Yes in our culture males and females work and live together." Lisa explained.
"Males and females actually work together?" Breetai asked.
"Don't males and females work together in your society?" Lisa replied.
"We work separately." Exedore said.
"I have a question. Just how many ships do you have here?" Rick wondered.
"We have between four and five million ships in the entire Zentreadi fleet." Breetai said.
"Whoa that's a lot of ships." Ben commented.
"Where are you hiding your protoculture." Dolza demanded.
"We don't know what you're taking about." Rick replied.
"Were are you hiding the protoculture?" Dolza asked again.
"If we knew what protoculture was we wouldn't tell you about it." Lisa came back.
Dolza was growing weary of the Micronian female and grabbed her. Much to his surprise and the surprise of everyone else in the room the other female stepped forward and stood up to the Zentreadi leader.
"Put her down!" Serena yelled.
"Serena calm down!" Darien whispered to her.
"If you claim you know nothing about protoculture then how do you become Micronians?" Dolza demanded to know.
"We're born that way." Rick said.
"What does that mean?" Exedore asked.
"It means that we come from a man and a woman who love each other." Rick tried to explain.
"What is this love you speak of?" Breetai wanted to know.
"Love is how two people feel about each other. It's the strongest of human emotions and they show it by kissing each other." Ben said.
Dolza was intrigued by what Rick and Ben had told him and wanted to know exactly what a kiss was. And the only way he would know is if someone showed him.
"You two," he said pointing to Rick and Ben, "show me what you mean by kiss."
Kissing, the Zentreadi demanded that Rick and Ben show them kissing. What happened next confused the Zentreadi further. The two pilots stared at each other like they were contaminated
"I'll do it." Lisa volunteered.
Dolza put Lisa down so she could show them kissing. Lisa looked around at the men in the room as though she was picking a piece of produce. After making her decision Lisa walked over to Rick and began talking to him.
"Alright Lt. Hunter you and I are going to kiss." She said to Rick.
"What? Have you lost your mind? What about Ben or Darien?" Rick replied trying to back out.
"I can't kiss Corporal Shields it wouldn't be right. He loves Serena. And as for Corporal Dixon no offense but I couldn't see myself kissing him." Lisa explained.
"Well then why can't Serena and Darien kiss for them?" Rick wanted to know.
"I volunteered to do it. And besides I want to get their reaction on tape." Lisa said.
"You're recording all of this?" Rick asked.
"Yes, that way we'll be able to give our findings to RDF command when we return to the Earth."
"If we return at all."
"Look I don't have time to argue about this Rick so just kiss me already."
"Only if it's an order commander."
"If that's the way you want it to be then I order you to kiss me."
Rick sighed and gave in to Lisa's direct order to kiss her. Leaning in close to each other Rick and Lisa placed their lips together and began kissing. Then without even knowing it Rick pulled Lisa into his arms. Lisa instinctively placed her arms around Rick's neck.
Why does this feel so familiar to me? Rick thought.
Why does it feel like I've kissed him before? Lisa thought to herself.
As the Zentreadi watched Rick and Lisa kiss they began screaming and backing away from the table. Never in all their lives had they seen a male and a female get so close to each other. A minute later when the kiss ended the Zentreadi high commander stared at Rick and Lisa in horror.
Lisa and Rick backed away from each other with looks of dread in their eyes. The simple kiss had become much more then either had intended. What was supposed to be a way to show the Zentreadi what love looked like had turned into the beginnings of real feelings towards one another. Oh my god what just happened there, Lisa thought. I can't be having feelings for Commander Hayes I love Minmei or do I, Rick thought as he stared at Lisa.
"Get them out of here!" Dolza demanded.
Breetai motioned for one of he subordinates to come and take the five prisoners back to the holding cell. The sooner they were out of the room the better. The frightened Zentreadi gathered the prisoners and took them back to their cell.
TBC
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Authors note: When ever I am talking about Kevin, Nathan, Justin and Zack as a group I will refer to them as the four earth generals as that is what they were suppose to be in the manga before Beryl brainwashed them!
Here comes Trista ready or not! Oh and Minmei lovers this is the beginning of the end of her old goody two-shoe days! But if you like Rick/Lisa relationships stick with it we're going to be headed there!
Robotech Warriors Book 1 By thunderbird with Sections From Chibi Halo
"Surrender your vessel now or we begin attacking your home world." The alien demanded.
The cards were laid out on the table either give up the ship or get the Earth involved. Either way it was a lose-lose situation. The bridge crew of the SDF1 was in a state of shock over what they had just heard. No one had expected the Zentreadi to be capable of speaking in English.
"The Zentreadi don't expect us to hand over a ship full of civilians to them do they?" Lisa asked.
"From the sound of it they do. They expect us to sacrifice a few thousand to save billions." The captain told the crew.
"There has to be some way we can keep them from attacking the Earth and getting the SDF1." Claudia wondered aloud.
"Right now I just don't know Claudia." The captain replied.
"Well what can we do captain?" Mina asked.
"That's one thing I'm going to have to think over thoroughly before I can come up with a satisfactory answer Mina." He explained.
The girls knew what the answer to the Zentreadi's demands would be. There would be no way Captain Gloval would sacrifice either the SDF1 or the Earth. And the captain would try and do everything within his power to try and keep both from happening. The only question was what would he do.
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Part 9: Capture
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Zentreadi, the aliens now had a name to go along with the thirty-foot menace that had been stalking the SDF1 for a year. And for that past year people in the RDF on board the SDF1 either referred to them as the enemy or simply the aliens. Now that the enemy threat had a name attached to it the Zentreadi took on a whole different meaning. People began to wonder what they were actually like and why they were attacking the SDF1.
Captain Henry Gloval was no exception. As he sat in his office he wondered why the Zentreadi waited for so long to contact them. Was it because they were so close to Earth? Or was it because of some other underlying reason? The captain was at a loss for words but he did have a plan.
After leaving the bridge to consider his options Henry Gloval had decided to try and pull the same stunt the Zentreadi had pulled on them. He was going to listen in on their conversations. And the best way he knew how to accomplish that was to send someone out in the Cat's Eye recon plane. The best person he knew for this particular job was none other than his first officer Lisa Hayes.
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"Lisa I'd like to see you in my office please." Captain Gloval said.
As she followed the captain to his office Lisa wondered what he wanted to see her about. She had a feeling it might have something to do with the Zentreadi but there was no way to be absolutely certain. When they reached his office the captain offered Lisa a seat.
"Have a seat Lisa." He said.
"Thank you sir." Lisa began, "Sir if you don't mind me asking why did you ask to see me?"
"Lisa I have a special assignment for you. I want you to go on a reconnaissance mission in the Cat's Eye." The captain told her.
"Where to sir?" Lisa wanted to know.
"You will gather information on the Zentreadi ships and their transmissions." He replied.
"I see sir. Will I have a pilot on this mission?"
"We will find a pilot for the Cat's Eye and have escorts to keep you and the plane in one piece."
"When do I leave?"
"As soon as the pilot and the escorts are debriefed you will leave for your mission."
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Roy wondered why the captain wanted to see him. He figured it might have something to do with recent events. Dozens of questions were racing through his mind. Maybe the captain had a mission for him and his squad. The skull squad had been doing all right since Rick and Serena left to head their own squads. With five less members Roy's squad wasn't the largest in the fleet anymore.
When he reached the captain's office Roy knocked on the door and nervously waited for a reply.
"Enter." The captain called through the door.
"You wanted to see me sir?" Roy asked him.
"Yes, I need your assistance in selecting individuals to assist Commander Hayes on a mission I have assigned to her." Captain Gloval explained.
"What kind of mission is she going on?"
"Commander Hayes will be gathering information on the Zentreadi fleet and their transmissions."
"The Zentreadi sir?"
"Yes the aliens have finally made an official introduction."
"How will she be going about this mission?"
"The commander will be using the Cat's Eye recon plane."
"So you'll need a pilot and at least three other planes assisting her then."
"Yes, do you have anyone in mind for this mission?"
"Well Lt. Tuskino can fly the Cat's Eye and three members of the Vermilion Squad can provide backup. But I know I wouldn't feel right if I didn't send Corporal Shields along too." Roy said.
"Why did you chose him as well?"
"He and Lt. Tuskino make a great team sir. I saw it from day one and besides the three members of Rick's squad I'm thinking of could use the experience of another level headed individual like him."
"Alright he'll go with them. I want you to brief them on the mission as soon as possible."
"Aye sir." Roy said as he got up to leave.
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Darien, Max, and Ben sat in the briefing room waiting for the briefing to get underway. The three pilots had no clue as to why they were asked to meet in the room. Serena had told Darien she had some important information to tell him. And Rick wanted to see Ben and Max at the same time in the same room. The three pilots thought it was odd they were there at the same time for different reasons.
As they sat there waiting for someone to show up Serena walked into the room. Darien could tell whatever she needed to tell him it was quite serious.
"Good morning gentleman." Serena began, "As soon as Lt. Hunter arrives we can begin."
Two minutes later Rick walked into the briefing room and took his place next to Serena.
"Now that everyone is here let's begin." Serena said, "We've called you here because we have been asked to assist Commander Hayes on a very important mission."
"Commander Hayes has been asked by the captain to gather information on the enemy fleet using the Cat's Eye recon plane." Rick told them.
"I have been asked to fly the commander in the Cat's Eye." Serena announced.
"The rest of us will provide backup for them under my command." Rick said.
"Serena did they mention what the significance of this mission is?" Darien asked.
"As a matter of fact they did. Since last night's broadcast we have learned more about our enemy. This morning at exactly 08:00 Corporal Michelle Kaiou picked up a transmission from the Zentreadi fleet. Because of the nature of their transmission the captain needs to gather more information about them before he can choose a proper course of action. At least that's what Roy told us." Serena explained.
"Lt. Hunter why aren't the other members of the Vermilion squad joining us?" Ben asked.
"Because this is a simple search and find mission! We don't want to draw attention to ourselves." Rick said.
"When do we leave?" Max wanted to know.
"As soon as this briefing is over we go to the Prometheus and meet up with the commander." Rick told the others.
"Is it over yet?" Ben asked.
Rick and Serena looked at each other for a moment before giving the final answer to the question.
"It's over." They said in unison.
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The Cat's Eye sailed along through space headed towards the Zentreadi fleet. The inhabitants of the plane were quiet and focused on the mission at hand. Lisa kept her eyes on her instrument panel and would every once in a while look in her flight suit to make certain she remembered to bring her digital recorder with her. If they were captured by the Zentreadi Lisa was going to make certain she had every conversation recorded. Serena on the other hand kept her eyes focused on the huge ships ahead.
"Serena do you see the size of those things?" Darien asked her over the radio.
"Yeah they're huge. I guess when you're as big as they are you need a huge ship." She replied.
"Okay everyone keep on your toes we don't know what the Zentreadi might pull." Rick said.
The five planes flew around the Zentreadi fleet gathering as much data as possible. Lisa was amazed at all the information she was getting. And the Zentreadi didn't even know they were being watched. Unfortunately there were no transmissions between ships for her to record. All in all the mission was going quite smoothly.
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Breetai knew full well that the five planes were out there. He knew that all it would take to capture the Micronians was one well-placed shot on the odd looking plane in the center of the pack, or at least a good hunk of asteroid in the right place at the right time. And once one plane was inside the rest of the planes would come looking for their fallen comrades. It was all just a matter of time.
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Serena was unaware anything was wrong until it was too late. A chunk of an asteroid smacked into the side of the Cat's Eye causing Serena to loose control of the plane. As the plane began spinning out of control it plowed into a hole in the side of the Zentreadi ship caused by another hunk of the same asteroid. As the plane hit the ship both Serena and Lisa were tossed from the now burning plane.
Darien knew something was wrong. His link to Serena was never wrong and now it was going haywire. Darien had to do something to save the one he loved.
"Guys something's wrong with the Cat's Eye." Darien said to the others.
"How do you know?" Max asked.
"I just do." Darien replied.
"Well then let's get them out of there." Rick said.
As Rick and the others were about to go into the hole that the Cat's Eye had used a small contingent of pods ambushed the group. The four pilots quickly changed into battleoid mode. They were about to engage the Zentreadi pods when Max spoke up.
"Listen you three go get the commander and Lt. Tuskino I think I can hold these guys off."
"You sure you can do it?" Rick asked Max.
"Yes, now go." Max replied.
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Serena opened her eyes and tried to move. Every muscle in her body screamed out in pain from the jarring fall. Looking over at Commander Hayes Serena could tell she was in the same shape. Man am I going to be feeling it in the morning, Serena thought. As she slowly sat up Serena could hear the commander wake up from the fall.
"Commander Hayes are you alright?" Serena asked her.
"A bit sore but I think I'll survive." Lisa replied.
Looking around the ship Serena and Lisa could see how enormous it was. The ceiling had to be at least one hundred feet above the floor. The doorway looked as though it was at least ten feet wide and ninety feet high. Just how big are these people, Lisa thought.
Serena's curiosity was beginning to get the best of her. Taking a peek through the door Serena could see what looked like the command center of the entire ship. A huge balcony with a glass window overlooked the rest of the room. Serena decided to take a closer look at the room.
Lisa saw Serena enter the room and followed her through the door. Part of her was just as curious about the Zentreadi and part of her wanted to get Serena and get out of the ship. But with the Cat's Eye out of commission leaving on their own was out of the question.
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Breetai knew the Micronians were on the ship. The moment the hull breech alert had gone off the intruder alarm went off as well. Going into the command deck of the ship Breetai saw two Micronian females. Instinct told Breetai to do away with the females. As he made his way to the females the blonde stepped between him and the other female. Breetai was going to squash the two females like a pair of insects. The moment his foot went up the blonde threw herself on top of the other female and began wailing. The sound hurt Breetai's ears.
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Rick, Darien, and Ben made their way into the hole in the ship. The moment they were inside the Zentreadi warship the automatic repair measures went into effect.
As Rick looked around he could see no sign of the commander or Serena. All of a sudden out of nowhere Rick heard a loud screeching wail. Rick didn't know who could be making a noise that loud or that high but he did know it had to be one of the girls.
"Serena's in trouble again!" Darien yelled.
"That's Serena?" Rick asked.
"Yes and they're through that door." Darien told them.
Darien and Rick maneuvered their way through the door and saw Serena trying to protect the commander from a very large looking Zentreadi male. The large alien male with his bald head, blue skin, and face plate covering half his face looked as though he was about to step on Serena and Lisa. Rick knew he had to do something to keep them from harm.
Rick sent his Veritech diving for the Zentreadi knocking him onto the ground. As the pair wrestled with each other Serena and Lisa tried to get out of the way. The Zentreadi soldier surprised everyone in the room when he pulled a huge gun on Rick and shot his Veritech in the torso. Rick bailed out of the fighter moments before it went up in smoke.
The Zentreadi wasn't going to take any chances. After shooting Rick's Veritech he then aimed his gun at Darien's fighter and pulled the trigger getting the same results. Before anyone could try and escape the Zentreadi grabbed them and took the small group out of the room.
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Ben had been covering the exit when a small group of Zentreadi soldiers converged on his location. He tried to hold them off as long as he could but they were able to overpower him. The only course of action for the plucky pilot was to bail out of his fighter and make a run for it. As Ben tried to leave the area one of the soldiers grabbed him and carried him off. This was just not his month.
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Max had just taken out the last of the pods when he noticed all three signals from the other fighters go dead. Searching around the ship in guardian mode Max saw an open hanger on the side of the main ship. He knew this was the best way to get to his friends and save them. Mustering up all the remaining courage he had left Max entered the Zentreadi ship.
The moment he was inside the ship Max went back to battleoid mode so he could maneuver around the ship easier. Checking outside the hanger Max saw a number of Zentreadi soldiers heading down one of the corridors of the ship. When the soldiers were out of sight Max entered the corridor.
Max knew the best thing to do at the moment was to hide from the Zentreadi until things died down. Looking down the long corridor Max saw a door open and a Zentreadi soldier step out. When the soldier was well out of sight Max checked the door and found the perfect place to hide, the bathroom.
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Breetai was feeling pretty good as he checked the Micronians over. The call to Lord Dolza was going quite well. Breetai had single handedly captured four Micronian spies. Dolza was pleased.
"Yes these four Micronians will do very well." Dolza said.
"Lord Breetai we've found another Micronian spy." The soldier holding Ben announced.
"So we have five of them now? Excellent. Breetai I want you to bring them to me. Leave Khyron in charge of the fleet until you return." Dolza instructed.
"Yes Lord Dolza." Breetai replied.
Breetai then turned to his subordinates and gave them his orders.
"Put the Micronians into the holding cell then prepare to rejoin the main fleet. Lord Dolza wishes to see the Micronian spies." Breetai told them.
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The bridge crew of the SDF1 was in total shock when the Cat's Eye and it's four escort planes vanished without a trace. Six of the SDF1's best crewmembers were gone. Rei had been monitoring their progress and received another premonition when one by one the planes began disappearing from her screen. The last one vanished the same time the largest of Zentreadi ships went off her screen.
"Captain my intuition tells me something horrible has happened to the recon mission." Rei said.
"Rei what are we going to do?" Mina asked.
"I don't know Mina! Captain is there anything we can do?" Rei said.
"Let's just hope they're still alive." The captain replied.
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Word traveled fast in the military section of the SDF1 about the sudden disappearance of the Cat's Eye and its four escort planes. No one knew exactly what had happened to them and everyone began speculating the worst. Everyone began believing they were all dead.
Roy was not too happy about the task given to him. He had to burst the bubble of one of the happiest girls on the entire ship. Roy had to go tell Minmei Rick was missing and presumed dead. Roy had a hard time believing it himself. How Minmei would react to the situation was another story.
Roy walked into the Chinese restaurant hoping to find Minmei inside. Instead he saw Minmei's aunt, Kim, setting tables for the lunch crowd. Mustering up any courage he had left Roy went over to talk to the older Lynn.
"Excuse me Mrs. Lynn but can you tell me where I might find Minmei?" Roy asked her.
"She's up in her room. Why do you ask?" Kim replied.
"I need to talk to her about Rick Hunter. My name is Roy Fokker and I happen to be a friend of his and I have something very important I need to tell her." Roy said.
"I'll show you to her room. But I must tell you I do not appreciate the way that boy treated her the other day!" Kim told him.
"Ma'am I don't wish to get in the middle of their argument!" Roy said.
Kim led Roy up to the apartment above the restaurant and showed him to Minmei's room. Kim knocked on the door and a few moments later Minmei responded.
"Yes." She said.
"Minmei you have a visitor. A gentleman named Roy Fokker." Kim told her.
The door quickly opened and Minmei gave her aunt a look that told the older woman everything would be alright. Kim smiled and went back to her preparations for the lunch crowd.
"You came about Rick haven't you?" Minmei asked Roy.
"Yes it's about Rick." Roy replied.
"I didn't mean to say what I did to him honest. He just made me angry!" Minmei blurted out.
"Whoa take it easy. I didn't come about that. I came on a different matter." Roy said.
"Why did you come then?" Minmei asked a bit worried.
"Well Rick and four others were escorting Commander Lisa Hayes on a recon mission and something went wrong. We don't know exactly what happened but we haven't been able to find them and we have reason to believe they might be dead." Roy told her.
Minmei burst into tears upon hearing Roy's news. Roy held onto the young woman who was soaking his uniform with her tears and let her cry for the both of them.
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"This is just great." Rick said in frustration.
The five captured members of the SDF1 crew sat in the hold wondering what was going to happen to them next. Rick and Lisa sat at opposite ends of the cell while Serena was crying her eyes out in Darien's arms. Ben just sat in silence taking in his surroundings.
"Do you think I like this anymore than you?" Lisa yelled at Rick.
"I wonder how long we'll be on this tub?" Ben said to no one in particular trying to calm things.
"Minmei's probably giving her first concert by now. And could care less about me!" Rick commented.
By this time Serena had stopped crying and was looking at the long faces on the commander and her friends. Something had to be done to keep them from tearing each other apart. And Serena knew just the thing that would do it a good story. Serena had just the story too, the story of her own life.
"I know what we need to get our minds off our current situation, a story." Serena suggested.
"A story, what is this kindergarten?" Rick complained.
"What kind of story?" Ben asked.
"Well, it's one that has romance, adventure, and magic." Serena told him.
"Where does this story of yours take place?" Lisa wondered a bit curios.
"It starts off on the moon and ends in Tokyo. At least the main story does. The follow up to it has yet to be completed." Serena replied.
"You're not thinking of telling the story I think you thinking of." Darien wanted to know.
"Yes muffin I am." Serena began, "Would you three like to know how we met?"
"Sure it should be an interesting tale." Lisa said.
"I've always liked a good story." Ben added.
"You're gonna tell us anyway so why not." Rick moaned.
"Our story begins over one thousand years ago on the moon..."
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The entire city gathered at the amphitheater for Minmei's first concert appearance. Not only would the people in the amphitheater see Minmei's performance but also the rest of the city would be able to watch it at home. Ever since she was crowned Miss Macross Minmei was the center of attention. And now once again Minmei's nerves were running a mile a minute. Minmei was going to be alone on stage for the first time since the pageant.
As the lights focused on the stage the orchestra began playing. The people in the audience were ready to see Minmei perform. They didn't care or even know about the missing pilots and their commander. The only thing they cared about was being able to see Minmei sing. And when the orchestra finished its fanfare Minmei walked out on stage wearing her gown from the Miss Macross pageant.
The moment Minmei was in front of the microphone the orchestra began playing Minmei's signature song 'Stage Lights.' When Minmei finished singing the song she addressed the audience.
"Thank you for coming to my concert. This next song I'm going to sing is called 'My Boyfriend is a Pilot.' I'd like to dedicate this song to my special friend Rick Hunter and all the pilots on the SDF1."
The song was soft and slow and appeared to have been written just for her. The crowd loved it and loved Minmei even more. And for the second time since the pageant Minmei felt good about herself.
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"...Darien's sword was pointed at my head. As I knelt on the ground in front of him I begged and pleaded for Darien to resist Beryl's influence. But Beryl just stood there and laughed at me. 'He'll never listen to you. His mind belongs to me!' she yelled. I knew she may have control over his mind but Darien's heart was still free. 'You can never control his heart!' I yelled back at her. Then one last desperate time I tried to get through to Darien. Taking my star locket I held it out and let the melody play for him. 'Trust in your heart. Touch our locket and be free once more.' I said to him. This time he did not pull away and placed his hand on the locket. As a rush of memories returned to him and Darien was free of Beryl's evil mind control.
"Beryl was outraged over loosing Darien. In a fit of anger she threw a crystal shard at me. Darien, seeing the crystal coming at me, stood between the crystal and me and took it in the back. As his energy was fading Darien was able to send one last rose at Beryl. The rose found its mark and embedded itself in her heart. With his last ounce of strength gone Darien was no more. Beryl crawled off to gather more strength from her master Metallia. As she did I left the cave to prepare for my final fight alone.
"Beryl burst out of the cave and turned to face me. 'So it's just you and I now. You're finished moon brat!' she said to me. Defiantly I issued my challenge to her. 'You'll never win Beryl. Wherever you go I'll find you. I won't rest until you've been stopped.' I called out. Controlling the ice and winds Beryl caused a great column of ice to form around me. Using my abilities and the crystal I broke free and stood before her as Princess Serenity. 'Princess Serenity it can't be!' she yelled. Calling on the strength of my fallen friends I prepared to send my final attack at Beryl. 'I do need you my friends.' Using their energy and powers I called forth the power of my crystal. 'Cosmic Moon Power!' I called out. With that Beryl and the Dark Kingdom were no more." Serena said as she finished her story.
Everyone sat in the hold completely speechless. Lisa had a lot of questions running through her mind. She didn't know where to begin so she asked the obvious question first.
"If Darien was dead how is he able to be alive now?" she asked.
"The crystal granted the last wish in my heart. I wanted to be able to live a normal life once more and have all my friends have a second chance at life including Darien." She explained.
"So you two have been in love since then?" Ben wanted to know.
"Yes we were." Serena explained.
"Let me get this straight you're claiming to be a long lost princess of the moon who also happens to be Sailor Moon." Rick said in disbelief.
"Yep." Serena replied.
"Alright prove it." Rick challenged.
Serena reached behind her back and pulled out her locket from her subspace pocket. She then opened it and called out her transformation phrase.
"Moon Eternal Power!" she called out.
In a flash of light Serena had transformed into Eternal Sailor Moon. Then using all her concentration Sailor Moon became Princess Serenity.
"Now I've seen everything." Rick said.
"Incredible." Ben added.
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Breetai's warship had traveled halfway across the universe to join with the rest of the main Zentreadi fleet. The large ship made its way to an even larger warship and stopped. The larger of the two ships belonged to the high commander of the Zentreadi military Lord Dolza.
Dolza had wanted to oversee the interrogation of the five captured Micronians personally. When he learned Breetai's ship was now with the rest of the main fleet Dolza set off to board Breetai's ship. This would be the first time anyone talked to a Micronian face to face and Dolza didn't want to miss it.
Lisa, Rick, Serena, Darien, and Ben were brought into a large room and placed on the large conference table. Looking out the nearby window they could see millions of warships. A few moments later Dolza entered the room followed by Breetai, Exedore, Rico, Bron, and Konda. Dolza seemed quite interested in the fact that two of the prisoners were female. He was also interested in the actions of two prisoners that had separated themselves from the others.
Lisa remembered she still had her digital recorder on her and reached into her flight suit to turn it on. There was no way she was going to miss this opportunity.
"I am Lord Dolza high commander of the Zentreadi military. Who is the commander of your mission here?" Dolza said.
"I am." Lisa replied as she stepped forward.
"A female in charge of these males?" Dolza said a bit shocked.
"Yes in our culture males and females work and live together." Lisa explained.
"Males and females actually work together?" Breetai asked.
"Don't males and females work together in your society?" Lisa replied.
"We work separately." Exedore said.
"I have a question. Just how many ships do you have here?" Rick wondered.
"We have between four and five million ships in the entire Zentreadi fleet." Breetai said.
"Whoa that's a lot of ships." Ben commented.
"Where are you hiding your protoculture." Dolza demanded.
"We don't know what you're taking about." Rick replied.
"Were are you hiding the protoculture?" Dolza asked again.
"If we knew what protoculture was we wouldn't tell you about it." Lisa came back.
Dolza was growing weary of the Micronian female and grabbed her. Much to his surprise and the surprise of everyone else in the room the other female stepped forward and stood up to the Zentreadi leader.
"Put her down!" Serena yelled.
"Serena calm down!" Darien whispered to her.
"If you claim you know nothing about protoculture then how do you become Micronians?" Dolza demanded to know.
"We're born that way." Rick said.
"What does that mean?" Exedore asked.
"It means that we come from a man and a woman who love each other." Rick tried to explain.
"What is this love you speak of?" Breetai wanted to know.
"Love is how two people feel about each other. It's the strongest of human emotions and they show it by kissing each other." Ben said.
Dolza was intrigued by what Rick and Ben had told him and wanted to know exactly what a kiss was. And the only way he would know is if someone showed him.
"You two," he said pointing to Rick and Ben, "show me what you mean by kiss."
Kissing, the Zentreadi demanded that Rick and Ben show them kissing. What happened next confused the Zentreadi further. The two pilots stared at each other like they were contaminated
"I'll do it." Lisa volunteered.
Dolza put Lisa down so she could show them kissing. Lisa looked around at the men in the room as though she was picking a piece of produce. After making her decision Lisa walked over to Rick and began talking to him.
"Alright Lt. Hunter you and I are going to kiss." She said to Rick.
"What? Have you lost your mind? What about Ben or Darien?" Rick replied trying to back out.
"I can't kiss Corporal Shields it wouldn't be right. He loves Serena. And as for Corporal Dixon no offense but I couldn't see myself kissing him." Lisa explained.
"Well then why can't Serena and Darien kiss for them?" Rick wanted to know.
"I volunteered to do it. And besides I want to get their reaction on tape." Lisa said.
"You're recording all of this?" Rick asked.
"Yes, that way we'll be able to give our findings to RDF command when we return to the Earth."
"If we return at all."
"Look I don't have time to argue about this Rick so just kiss me already."
"Only if it's an order commander."
"If that's the way you want it to be then I order you to kiss me."
Rick sighed and gave in to Lisa's direct order to kiss her. Leaning in close to each other Rick and Lisa placed their lips together and began kissing. Then without even knowing it Rick pulled Lisa into his arms. Lisa instinctively placed her arms around Rick's neck.
Why does this feel so familiar to me? Rick thought.
Why does it feel like I've kissed him before? Lisa thought to herself.
As the Zentreadi watched Rick and Lisa kiss they began screaming and backing away from the table. Never in all their lives had they seen a male and a female get so close to each other. A minute later when the kiss ended the Zentreadi high commander stared at Rick and Lisa in horror.
Lisa and Rick backed away from each other with looks of dread in their eyes. The simple kiss had become much more then either had intended. What was supposed to be a way to show the Zentreadi what love looked like had turned into the beginnings of real feelings towards one another. Oh my god what just happened there, Lisa thought. I can't be having feelings for Commander Hayes I love Minmei or do I, Rick thought as he stared at Lisa.
"Get them out of here!" Dolza demanded.
Breetai motioned for one of he subordinates to come and take the five prisoners back to the holding cell. The sooner they were out of the room the better. The frightened Zentreadi gathered the prisoners and took them back to their cell.
TBC
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