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
The escape pod carrying Lisa and the others made its way towards the SDF1. Lisa began to wonder why the SDF1 hadn't tried to make contact with the pod. She then remembered the radar dish was taken out during one of the last battles between the SDF1 and the Zentreadi. Without the dish the SDF1 would be flying blind. The long-range scanners still worked but they were good for detecting life signs and planets not space ships and Veritechs. Lisa decided it was high time she contacted the SDF1 to let them know they were alright.
"This is Commander Lisa Hayes calling the SDF1." Lisa said into the oversized Zentreadi radio.
Everyone on the bridge of the SDF1 froze when they heard Lisa's voice over the radio. They didn't know if they were hearing a ghost or not. After a couple of minutes of silence Claudia responded to Lisa's incoming message.
"This is the SDF1 it sure is good to hear your voice again commander." Claudia said.
"It's good to hear yours too Claudia. Everyone here is well and accounted for. We could however use some assistance returning to the ship." Lisa told her friend.
"I'll have Roy and Corporal Kino give you guys a tow home." Claudia informed them.
"Thank you Claudia."
Six minutes later two Veritech fighters made their way towards the floating escape pod. The small group was happy to see the familiar sight of Roy Fokker in his Skull One fighter. Alongside the head of the Skull Squad was Lita in her own green trimmed Veritech.
"Need a tow commander?" Roy said over the radio.
The two Veritechs attached a set of tow cables to the pod and began pulling it to the SDF1. Twenty minutes later Rick, Lisa, Serena, Darien, Max, and Ben were home.
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The small crowd gathered in the infirmary to hear the harrowing tale of how Lisa, Serena, Darien, and the three members of the Vermilion Squad escaped the Zentreadi. The captain had insisted Amy and Zack check everyone out for any signs of injury. And after hearing Serena had returned every single one of her friends including Luna and Artemis had gone down to the infirmary to welcome their princess and her prince home.
"If it wasn't for Max here we would still be in that Zentreadi holding cell." Serena told them.
"Yeah but how was Max able to get passed the Zentreadi?" Lita wondered.
"You never did tell us how you got that uniform you had on your fighter." Rick added.
"Yeah this I got to hear Max!" Nathan said.
"Well after finding a place to hide I waited things out for a while." Max began.
"You mean the toilet stall?" Ben said getting a blush out of Max.
"He hid in a toilet stall!?" Justin asked stifling a laugh.
"Yeah the toilet stall. Anyway I guess the Zentreadi don't knock because when the door opened I panicked and did the first thing that came to my mind. I cold cocked the guy right between the eyes. That's when I decided to take advantage of the situation and took the guy's uniform." Max said.
"Well anyway good job Max!" Kevin told him.
"Yeah Max Kevin's right you did a good job back there!" Rick told him.
"Gee thanks guys!" Max said smiling at the gratitude the others were showing him.
Amy was in the middle of giving Rick the once over and was curious as to how he obtained the number of bruises, cuts, and scrapes he had on his body.
"Lt. Hunter if you don't mind my asking but how did you get so many minor bruises and cuts on your body? Most of them seem to be on your arms, chest, stomach, and upper thighs." Amy wondered.
"Well it was a matter of life and death so we had to act fast. One of the Zentreadi soldiers caught sight of us and began chasing after the commander and me. When we reached this weird looking room the commander found this cord and used it to trip the guy, which knocked his gun loose. I picked up the gun and when he began to get up I fired it. That thing had a lot of kickback to it and knocked me over." Rick told the group in the infirmary.
"Well if I were you I'd take it easy and not over do things for a while." Amy instructed.
"She's right Lt. Hunter you'll be sore for awhile so as of today and Amy's orders I hope you take light duty for a few day's!" Zack added.
"I can only try, however, I promise not to much stressful stuff for a few days!" Rick told them.
"Say commander what happened to you guys while I was in the stall?" Max asked Lisa.
Lisa didn't really want to mention she and Rick had kissed in front of the Zentreadi until she gave her official report and sorted out some feelings she was having. But Serena had no trouble telling the entire story to everyone in the room.
"Well the Zentreadi were all interested in some goofy stuff they call protoculture. They thought we knew where they could get their hands on some. But that's not the best part. It seems they have no idea what emotions are because when Rick and Ben tried to explain how love is a major factor in human births the Zentreadi insisted they demonstrate kissing." Serena said.
"They didn't actually go through with it did they?" Mina asked Serena.
"No they didn't because the commander volunteered to kiss someone for them. Knowing Darien was taken and not seeing anything convincing with Ben Commander Hayes ordered Rick to kiss her. Let me tell you those Zentreadi backed away like frightened babies. It appeared to me they had never seen two people kiss before." She replied.
"Wow looks like Minmei has some competition huh Lt. Hunter?" Justin asked.
"Man so what was it like Guys?" Nathan asked.
"Okay you two I'm sure the Commander and Lieutenant don't want to explain their love life whether or not it exist!" Kevin told the two men.
Rick and Lisa began to turn red and then gave Serena a look like she was a dead woman. Serena quickly hid behind Darien afraid they would do something to her.
"What do you suppose protoculture is?" Luna asked the former captives.
"The way the Zentreadi were going on about it I'd have to say it's a key part of their makeup. The strange chambers Lt. Hunter and I saw lead me to believe it's essential to creating a new generation of Zentreadi and it allows them to be the size they are. I'd say at one point before protoculture they were the same size as we are." Lisa told her.
"That is very interesting! Write down what you just said to all of us commander and you'll have no trouble convincing the captain the Zentreadi pose a real threat." Artemis told her.
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Part 11: Lisa's Report
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Minmei couldn't wait to see Rick. The news of his return thrilled the young beauty queen. There were so many things Minmei wanted to say to Rick. The most import was the apology she had been rehearsing since the night in the café when she had snapped at Rick for a comment he had said to her. Minmei knew he didn't mean what he had said and she let it get to her. And when Roy had told her they thought Rick was dead Minmei felt pretty low thinking the last thing she had said to him were mean hurtful words. She wished more than anything to be able to get a chance to take it all back. Now she was given a second chance to set things straight.
Minmei waited for Rick in their favorite place in the park overlooking the city. As Rick headed her way Minmei made a mad dash for the young lieutenant. Rick saw Minmei running towards him and got a look of dread on his face. Rick knew this embrace was going to really hurt.
Minmei clamped her arms around Rick as tight as she could. There was no way she was going to let him out of her sight again. Rick began struggling in Minmei's arms. The young woman looked up at the Veritech pilot and saw a look of pure pain on his face.
"Rick what's wrong?" Minmei asked him.
"Oh nothing. It's just that every muscle in my upper body is extremely sore and tender right now. I don't mind the hug but could you please be a bit more gentle." Rick explained.
"Oh sorry Rick." Minmei said loosening her grip.
"Don't be. You didn't know." Rick said with a smile.
Minmei became silent and stared out at the city. Rick looked over at the young girl and wondered what was wrong. Placing a hand on her shoulder Rick tried to find out what was bothering her.
"Minmei is something wrong?" Rick asked her.
"Rick I feel like a total heel for the way I've been acting lately. I've let this whole beauty pageant thing go to my head. I'm sorry for all the things I said to you. I guess I was just angry! " Minmei replied.
"Look we both said some stupid things to each other but the important thing is we don't let it get to us" Rick told her.
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The bridge of the SDF1 was a different place with Lisa back. The crew was able to work as a team once more instead of fighting and arguing with each other. And lately most of the fighting and arguing was coming from Rei and Mina. Even though Lisa wasn't physically on the bridge her mere presence on the SDF1 had a profound effect on the bridge crew. Knowing she was safely back on the SDF1 put everyone at ease and allowed them to focus on the task at hand.
Lisa was preparing for the one of the most difficult tasks in her life reporting her findings to the senior officers on board the SDF1. Lisa remembered what Artemis had told her. She found it a bit strange she was listening to the advice of a talking cat. But if Serena's friends could trust his advice then she knew she could as well. Besides the things Lisa had seen and heard on board Breetai's warship had opened her eyes to new possibilities. One of which was reincarnated princesses and talking cats.
Lisa had put the finishing touches on the final draft of her report and looked it over one last time. Taking into account the things the others had seen and done before and after Max had broken them out of the holding cell Lisa had to make several rewrites to the report. She knew she couldn't tell the senior officers about Serena being the princess of the moon or use the exact wording Max had use to describe what happened in the toilet stall. Satisfied with the report Lisa printed several copies for the senior staff.
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"Azonia, Miriya is in place and awaiting for the next phase to begin." one of Azonia's crew said.
"Good we can kill two birds with one stone. Have the Quadronos attack the SDF1." She replied.
The elite squad in the Zentreadi military knew this attack was a diversional tactic to allow Miriya to be able to deposit the three male spies on board the Micronian ship. The all-female squad was looking forward to the opportunity to show off their skills. The Quadronos were considered the best of any squad in the Zentreadi military and they proved it time and time again.
Miriya watched as the members in her squad made their way towards the large Micronian ship. It was only a matter of time before she would be able to deposit the three micronized Zentreadi spies onto the Micronian ship to gather information.
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The radar was barely working and the long-range scanners were not giving an accurate reading but Rei knew something was wrong the moment her internal alarms went off. Someone or something was about to attack the SDF1. Rei could feel several signs of evil heading towards the SDF1.
"Captain something is heading towards the SDF1." Rei informed him.
"How many?" Captain Gloval asked her.
"That's one thing I don't know. With the radar out all I do know is someone or something is heading our way. I can sense it." Rei replied.
"Claudia assemble the Veritechs." The captain said.
"Aye sir." Claudia replied, "All Veritech squads report for battle. Repeat all Veritech squads report for battle." Claudia sent this message to every part of the SDF1 including Macross City.
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The alarms were going off all over the SDF1. Every single pilot out on the streets of Macross City were scrambling to get to their Veritechs and fast. Rick knew he had to get back to the Prometheus as fast as he could. The thought of going back into battle had Rick pumped.
"Sorry Minmei but I have to go." Rick said.
"That's okay Rick. I understand." Minmei replied.
Rick ran as fast as he could towards the military section of the SDF1. As he ran through the streets of Macross Rick caught up with Kevin, Nathan, Justin, Max and Ben. The six members of the Vermilion squad were just about to enter the military section of the ship when Roy put his jeep between them and the entrance.
"Didn't you hear the captain is giving all of you a little R and R. So I guess we won't be needing you on this one." Roy told them.
"But Roy we need to get back up there." Rick protested.
"Listen Rick if you want me to throw you into the brig to keep you from going I will." Roy said.
"Oh alright we'll stay. Though I don't see why." Rick mumbled.
Roy pulled off in the jeep and headed off to battle the Zentreadi leaving a disappointed Rick, Kevin, Justin and Nathan and a relieved Max and Ben behind.
"Why are you two so happy?" Rick asked his squad.
"We get a few days to sit around and do nothing." Ben replied.
"Besides we've earned it." Max added.
"But we want to fight!" Nathan complained.
"Yeah why do we have to go on R&R?" Justin asked.
"I guess they feel in order to be fair they gave us all some time off!" Kevin said.
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Outside the SDF1 the distraction was working like a charm. With the battle raging on no one saw the lone battle suit slip past the battle scene and deposit a small pod containing the three spies.
"This is Miriya reporting in. I have succeeded in placing the spies on board the Micronian ship. I am now returning to the ship." Miriya reported.
"Well done Miriya. Have your squad return as well." Azonia replied.
"Yes Azonia." Miriya said.
Miriya then sent Azonia's order to return to the other members in her squad.
"This is Miriya the drop off of the spies was successful. Our orders are now to return to the ship."
Once Miriya's message was sent the members of the Quadronos left the battle. It was now up to the spies to do their job and gather the necessary information needed.
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The Zentreadi had successfully placed three spies on board the SDF1. As the pod unlocked Rico, Bron, and Konda woke and emerged. Taking in their surroundings the three male Zentreadi noticed something was terribly wrong.
"Oh boy." Konda said nervously after looking at Bron.
"What's up Konda?" Bron asked his fellow Zentreadi.
"We're naked! How could they do this to us?" Konda yelled.
"Here put these around your waists so we can go find some uniforms to wear." Rico instructed.
After much fumbling around the three Zentreadi in their makeshift loincloths went to find something to wear while on board the SDF1.
Stepping into another part of the ship the three spies noticed three women in RDF uniforms. One woman had long blond hair, the next one had black hair, and the last one had aqua green hair. The spies were eager to see where the women went and what they were talking about.
"I'll be glad to get out of this thing." The blonde said.
"I know, these shoes are killing me." The brunette commented.
"I'll just be glad to get home and relax." The woman with aqua hair added.
"If you call taking care of Hotaru relaxing." The brunette remarked.
Rico, Bron, and Konda wondered what the strange women were talking about. They also wondered why the women needed to get out of the uniforms they had on. As they continued to follow the Micronian women the three spies saw them enter a strange room marked lockers. Six minutes later the three Micronian women emerged from the room wearing different clothes.
"Hmm Micronians must wear different uniforms for different tasks. And that must be the room where they get them." Rico deduced.
"Well if that's were we can get some new uniforms then let's go in." Konda said.
The three Zentreadi made their way into the locker room not realizing it was for females only. Luckily and unbeknownst to them they were the only ones in the room. Looking around the locker room the Zentreadi spies noticed three open lockers. One was marked Mina Aino, the middle one was marked Rei Hino, and the last one was marked Michelle Kaiou. Each taking a locker the three spies put on the clothes that were left in the lockers. Rico found an orange shirt blue pants and a blue vest. Konda put on a red top and black pants. Bron ended up wearing an aqua green skirt and a white blouse. Thinking they had on the proper uniforms the three Zentreadi spies made their way towards Macross City.
The sight of the city both amazed and confused the three Zentreadi. The spies had never seen such a sight before in their lives and they had no idea what purpose the city was to the Micronian military. As Rico, Konda, and Bron stood amongst the citizens of Macross they heard some odd noises coming from the people of the city. Within minutes a small crowd was staring and pointing at one of the Zentreadi.
"I think you have on the wrong uniform Bron." Konda whispered.
"There's a uniform changing room over there." Rico said as he pointed to the ladies public washroom where a woman was going.
Bron quickly made his way over to the ladies washroom and entered. Three minutes later Bron emerged from the washroom with a large red slap mark on his face. A minute later an angry woman stormed out of the washroom.
"I didn't know I wasn't supposed to be in there," a confused Bron said to his fellow spies.
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The senior staff of the SDF1 had asked to see Commander Lisa Hayes to discuss the events that took place on board the Zentreadi ship. Most of the staff wanted to hear what Commander Hayes had to report on the Zentreadi.
They were having a hard time believing that at one point she had visual evidence of everything she had written in her report.
Standing before Captain Gloval and the others Lisa prepared to give her report of what had taken place on the Zentreadi ship.
"You may begin when you are ready commander." Captain Gloval told her.
"Thank you captain." Lisa began, "Members of the senior staff I'd like to present to you my findings on the Zentreadi. To begin with the Zentreadi are a race of beings averaging around forty to fifty feet in height. This is evident in the dimensions of their ships. The Zentreadi military centers on a fleet of ships averaging between four and five million in number. It is my belief the Zentreadi society is militaristic in nature keeping males and females separate.
The core of the Zentreadi society is something they call protoculture. Protoculture seems to dominate their entire makeup. I have found that the Zentreadi are created from this substance and were at one point the same size as us. The Zentreadi possess large chambers that not only allow them to manipulate their size but also creates a new generation of Zentreadi as well.
The Zentreadi called Dolza seemed quite interested in knowing whether or not we humans possessed any knowledge of protoculture. This may be the reason why the Zentreadi are interested in capturing the SDF1. When the Zentreadi learned that humans are created by the love of a man and a woman and not protoculture they insisted on knowing what love was. After a brief explanation of love the Zentreadi demanded they be shown kissing. Dolza demanded Lt. Hunter and Corporal Dixon demonstrate kissing since they had brought up the concept. Not wanting to cause further problems I volunteered to demonstrate kissing for them. The Zentreadi were horrified by the kiss they had seen. It appeared to us that years of separation from females had caused the Zentreadi society to become emotionless.
In conclusion it is my belief that the Zentreadi not only pose a threat to the SDF1 but to Earth as well. I believe they will stop at nothing to either capture or destroy the SDF1. We must do everything within our abilities to stop the Zentreadi from gaining whatever lies inside this ship. Thank you." Lisa finished.
When Lisa had finished giving her report the senior officers of the SDF1 discussed what she had told them. Captain Gloval seemed to be defending some of the things Lisa had told them but he was also agreeing with them about other items Lisa had brought up. One member of the senior staff Colonel Mulistad appeared as though he didn't believe a single word Lisa had said.
"Commander Hayes the Zentreadi can not be the way you claim them to be. You have no concrete evidence." Colonel Mulistad argued.
"I had evidence at one point sir but that was destroyed during our escape." Lisa replied.
After the meeting with the senior staff had concluded the captain stopped to talk to Lisa.
"Lisa while it is hard to believe what you said about protoculture I do believe you when you said the Zentreadi pose a threat to the SDF1 and the Earth." Captain Gloval said.
"Thank you captain. I needed to hear that someone believes in something I've said." Lisa replied.
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Azonia was feeling pretty good for a Zentreadi. A sense of great satisfaction washed over the Zentreadi fleet commander. The Quadronos did an excellent job distracting the Micronians long enough for Miriya to deposit Dolza's spies on board the SDF1. And with any luck the spies would do their job and gather the necessary information Lord Dolza wanted. At the moment Azonia wasn't concerned with such things, she had bigger fish to fry.
Khyron had been, from what she was told, a pain in Breetai's side. The Zentreadi squad commander had disobeyed orders and messed up several missions. Even for the brief moment he was in charge of the mission Khyron still managed to get nowhere. Azonia was going to have it out with him.
"Get me Khyron's ship." Azonia said to one of her crew.
"Yes Azonia." The woman replied.
Khyron's smarmy face appeared on the screen mocking the authority figure.
The smile he gave Azonia only served to fuel her anger. Azonia decided to let Khyron make the first move so she could get a better sense of who she had command over.
"Azonia to what do I owe this pleasure?" Khyron asked her smugly.
"Dolza has sent me to take over this mission." Azonia told him.
Azonia could tell Khyron wasn't too happy about that. She could also tell he was thrilled to hear he wouldn't have to deal with Breetai any longer.
"Well, well it looks like Breetai got what was coming to him." Khyron remarked.
"Don't think I'll go easy on you. One botched mission and you'll see the full extent of my anger."
"My dear Azonia you can trust me." Khyron said nonchalantly.
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Rico and Konda knew the first thing they had to do was find male uniforms. After much confusion and embarrassment with the washroom incident the two spies dragged their unwilling counterpart into a place that had uniforms for males and females in the window.
With the proper uniforms on the spies made their way back into the city. Their mission was simple. Locate any and all Micronian weapons and find out how the Zentreadi could use them to their advantage. It seemed like a simple mission at first but then they saw the city. Males and females were together everywhere. You had to be careful about which rooms you went into or else the females would unleash their furry upon the male face.
TBC
Please R&R!
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
The escape pod carrying Lisa and the others made its way towards the SDF1. Lisa began to wonder why the SDF1 hadn't tried to make contact with the pod. She then remembered the radar dish was taken out during one of the last battles between the SDF1 and the Zentreadi. Without the dish the SDF1 would be flying blind. The long-range scanners still worked but they were good for detecting life signs and planets not space ships and Veritechs. Lisa decided it was high time she contacted the SDF1 to let them know they were alright.
"This is Commander Lisa Hayes calling the SDF1." Lisa said into the oversized Zentreadi radio.
Everyone on the bridge of the SDF1 froze when they heard Lisa's voice over the radio. They didn't know if they were hearing a ghost or not. After a couple of minutes of silence Claudia responded to Lisa's incoming message.
"This is the SDF1 it sure is good to hear your voice again commander." Claudia said.
"It's good to hear yours too Claudia. Everyone here is well and accounted for. We could however use some assistance returning to the ship." Lisa told her friend.
"I'll have Roy and Corporal Kino give you guys a tow home." Claudia informed them.
"Thank you Claudia."
Six minutes later two Veritech fighters made their way towards the floating escape pod. The small group was happy to see the familiar sight of Roy Fokker in his Skull One fighter. Alongside the head of the Skull Squad was Lita in her own green trimmed Veritech.
"Need a tow commander?" Roy said over the radio.
The two Veritechs attached a set of tow cables to the pod and began pulling it to the SDF1. Twenty minutes later Rick, Lisa, Serena, Darien, Max, and Ben were home.
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The small crowd gathered in the infirmary to hear the harrowing tale of how Lisa, Serena, Darien, and the three members of the Vermilion Squad escaped the Zentreadi. The captain had insisted Amy and Zack check everyone out for any signs of injury. And after hearing Serena had returned every single one of her friends including Luna and Artemis had gone down to the infirmary to welcome their princess and her prince home.
"If it wasn't for Max here we would still be in that Zentreadi holding cell." Serena told them.
"Yeah but how was Max able to get passed the Zentreadi?" Lita wondered.
"You never did tell us how you got that uniform you had on your fighter." Rick added.
"Yeah this I got to hear Max!" Nathan said.
"Well after finding a place to hide I waited things out for a while." Max began.
"You mean the toilet stall?" Ben said getting a blush out of Max.
"He hid in a toilet stall!?" Justin asked stifling a laugh.
"Yeah the toilet stall. Anyway I guess the Zentreadi don't knock because when the door opened I panicked and did the first thing that came to my mind. I cold cocked the guy right between the eyes. That's when I decided to take advantage of the situation and took the guy's uniform." Max said.
"Well anyway good job Max!" Kevin told him.
"Yeah Max Kevin's right you did a good job back there!" Rick told him.
"Gee thanks guys!" Max said smiling at the gratitude the others were showing him.
Amy was in the middle of giving Rick the once over and was curious as to how he obtained the number of bruises, cuts, and scrapes he had on his body.
"Lt. Hunter if you don't mind my asking but how did you get so many minor bruises and cuts on your body? Most of them seem to be on your arms, chest, stomach, and upper thighs." Amy wondered.
"Well it was a matter of life and death so we had to act fast. One of the Zentreadi soldiers caught sight of us and began chasing after the commander and me. When we reached this weird looking room the commander found this cord and used it to trip the guy, which knocked his gun loose. I picked up the gun and when he began to get up I fired it. That thing had a lot of kickback to it and knocked me over." Rick told the group in the infirmary.
"Well if I were you I'd take it easy and not over do things for a while." Amy instructed.
"She's right Lt. Hunter you'll be sore for awhile so as of today and Amy's orders I hope you take light duty for a few day's!" Zack added.
"I can only try, however, I promise not to much stressful stuff for a few days!" Rick told them.
"Say commander what happened to you guys while I was in the stall?" Max asked Lisa.
Lisa didn't really want to mention she and Rick had kissed in front of the Zentreadi until she gave her official report and sorted out some feelings she was having. But Serena had no trouble telling the entire story to everyone in the room.
"Well the Zentreadi were all interested in some goofy stuff they call protoculture. They thought we knew where they could get their hands on some. But that's not the best part. It seems they have no idea what emotions are because when Rick and Ben tried to explain how love is a major factor in human births the Zentreadi insisted they demonstrate kissing." Serena said.
"They didn't actually go through with it did they?" Mina asked Serena.
"No they didn't because the commander volunteered to kiss someone for them. Knowing Darien was taken and not seeing anything convincing with Ben Commander Hayes ordered Rick to kiss her. Let me tell you those Zentreadi backed away like frightened babies. It appeared to me they had never seen two people kiss before." She replied.
"Wow looks like Minmei has some competition huh Lt. Hunter?" Justin asked.
"Man so what was it like Guys?" Nathan asked.
"Okay you two I'm sure the Commander and Lieutenant don't want to explain their love life whether or not it exist!" Kevin told the two men.
Rick and Lisa began to turn red and then gave Serena a look like she was a dead woman. Serena quickly hid behind Darien afraid they would do something to her.
"What do you suppose protoculture is?" Luna asked the former captives.
"The way the Zentreadi were going on about it I'd have to say it's a key part of their makeup. The strange chambers Lt. Hunter and I saw lead me to believe it's essential to creating a new generation of Zentreadi and it allows them to be the size they are. I'd say at one point before protoculture they were the same size as we are." Lisa told her.
"That is very interesting! Write down what you just said to all of us commander and you'll have no trouble convincing the captain the Zentreadi pose a real threat." Artemis told her.
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Part 11: Lisa's Report
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Minmei couldn't wait to see Rick. The news of his return thrilled the young beauty queen. There were so many things Minmei wanted to say to Rick. The most import was the apology she had been rehearsing since the night in the café when she had snapped at Rick for a comment he had said to her. Minmei knew he didn't mean what he had said and she let it get to her. And when Roy had told her they thought Rick was dead Minmei felt pretty low thinking the last thing she had said to him were mean hurtful words. She wished more than anything to be able to get a chance to take it all back. Now she was given a second chance to set things straight.
Minmei waited for Rick in their favorite place in the park overlooking the city. As Rick headed her way Minmei made a mad dash for the young lieutenant. Rick saw Minmei running towards him and got a look of dread on his face. Rick knew this embrace was going to really hurt.
Minmei clamped her arms around Rick as tight as she could. There was no way she was going to let him out of her sight again. Rick began struggling in Minmei's arms. The young woman looked up at the Veritech pilot and saw a look of pure pain on his face.
"Rick what's wrong?" Minmei asked him.
"Oh nothing. It's just that every muscle in my upper body is extremely sore and tender right now. I don't mind the hug but could you please be a bit more gentle." Rick explained.
"Oh sorry Rick." Minmei said loosening her grip.
"Don't be. You didn't know." Rick said with a smile.
Minmei became silent and stared out at the city. Rick looked over at the young girl and wondered what was wrong. Placing a hand on her shoulder Rick tried to find out what was bothering her.
"Minmei is something wrong?" Rick asked her.
"Rick I feel like a total heel for the way I've been acting lately. I've let this whole beauty pageant thing go to my head. I'm sorry for all the things I said to you. I guess I was just angry! " Minmei replied.
"Look we both said some stupid things to each other but the important thing is we don't let it get to us" Rick told her.
******
The bridge of the SDF1 was a different place with Lisa back. The crew was able to work as a team once more instead of fighting and arguing with each other. And lately most of the fighting and arguing was coming from Rei and Mina. Even though Lisa wasn't physically on the bridge her mere presence on the SDF1 had a profound effect on the bridge crew. Knowing she was safely back on the SDF1 put everyone at ease and allowed them to focus on the task at hand.
Lisa was preparing for the one of the most difficult tasks in her life reporting her findings to the senior officers on board the SDF1. Lisa remembered what Artemis had told her. She found it a bit strange she was listening to the advice of a talking cat. But if Serena's friends could trust his advice then she knew she could as well. Besides the things Lisa had seen and heard on board Breetai's warship had opened her eyes to new possibilities. One of which was reincarnated princesses and talking cats.
Lisa had put the finishing touches on the final draft of her report and looked it over one last time. Taking into account the things the others had seen and done before and after Max had broken them out of the holding cell Lisa had to make several rewrites to the report. She knew she couldn't tell the senior officers about Serena being the princess of the moon or use the exact wording Max had use to describe what happened in the toilet stall. Satisfied with the report Lisa printed several copies for the senior staff.
******
"Azonia, Miriya is in place and awaiting for the next phase to begin." one of Azonia's crew said.
"Good we can kill two birds with one stone. Have the Quadronos attack the SDF1." She replied.
The elite squad in the Zentreadi military knew this attack was a diversional tactic to allow Miriya to be able to deposit the three male spies on board the Micronian ship. The all-female squad was looking forward to the opportunity to show off their skills. The Quadronos were considered the best of any squad in the Zentreadi military and they proved it time and time again.
Miriya watched as the members in her squad made their way towards the large Micronian ship. It was only a matter of time before she would be able to deposit the three micronized Zentreadi spies onto the Micronian ship to gather information.
******
The radar was barely working and the long-range scanners were not giving an accurate reading but Rei knew something was wrong the moment her internal alarms went off. Someone or something was about to attack the SDF1. Rei could feel several signs of evil heading towards the SDF1.
"Captain something is heading towards the SDF1." Rei informed him.
"How many?" Captain Gloval asked her.
"That's one thing I don't know. With the radar out all I do know is someone or something is heading our way. I can sense it." Rei replied.
"Claudia assemble the Veritechs." The captain said.
"Aye sir." Claudia replied, "All Veritech squads report for battle. Repeat all Veritech squads report for battle." Claudia sent this message to every part of the SDF1 including Macross City.
******
The alarms were going off all over the SDF1. Every single pilot out on the streets of Macross City were scrambling to get to their Veritechs and fast. Rick knew he had to get back to the Prometheus as fast as he could. The thought of going back into battle had Rick pumped.
"Sorry Minmei but I have to go." Rick said.
"That's okay Rick. I understand." Minmei replied.
Rick ran as fast as he could towards the military section of the SDF1. As he ran through the streets of Macross Rick caught up with Kevin, Nathan, Justin, Max and Ben. The six members of the Vermilion squad were just about to enter the military section of the ship when Roy put his jeep between them and the entrance.
"Didn't you hear the captain is giving all of you a little R and R. So I guess we won't be needing you on this one." Roy told them.
"But Roy we need to get back up there." Rick protested.
"Listen Rick if you want me to throw you into the brig to keep you from going I will." Roy said.
"Oh alright we'll stay. Though I don't see why." Rick mumbled.
Roy pulled off in the jeep and headed off to battle the Zentreadi leaving a disappointed Rick, Kevin, Justin and Nathan and a relieved Max and Ben behind.
"Why are you two so happy?" Rick asked his squad.
"We get a few days to sit around and do nothing." Ben replied.
"Besides we've earned it." Max added.
"But we want to fight!" Nathan complained.
"Yeah why do we have to go on R&R?" Justin asked.
"I guess they feel in order to be fair they gave us all some time off!" Kevin said.
******
Outside the SDF1 the distraction was working like a charm. With the battle raging on no one saw the lone battle suit slip past the battle scene and deposit a small pod containing the three spies.
"This is Miriya reporting in. I have succeeded in placing the spies on board the Micronian ship. I am now returning to the ship." Miriya reported.
"Well done Miriya. Have your squad return as well." Azonia replied.
"Yes Azonia." Miriya said.
Miriya then sent Azonia's order to return to the other members in her squad.
"This is Miriya the drop off of the spies was successful. Our orders are now to return to the ship."
Once Miriya's message was sent the members of the Quadronos left the battle. It was now up to the spies to do their job and gather the necessary information needed.
******
The Zentreadi had successfully placed three spies on board the SDF1. As the pod unlocked Rico, Bron, and Konda woke and emerged. Taking in their surroundings the three male Zentreadi noticed something was terribly wrong.
"Oh boy." Konda said nervously after looking at Bron.
"What's up Konda?" Bron asked his fellow Zentreadi.
"We're naked! How could they do this to us?" Konda yelled.
"Here put these around your waists so we can go find some uniforms to wear." Rico instructed.
After much fumbling around the three Zentreadi in their makeshift loincloths went to find something to wear while on board the SDF1.
Stepping into another part of the ship the three spies noticed three women in RDF uniforms. One woman had long blond hair, the next one had black hair, and the last one had aqua green hair. The spies were eager to see where the women went and what they were talking about.
"I'll be glad to get out of this thing." The blonde said.
"I know, these shoes are killing me." The brunette commented.
"I'll just be glad to get home and relax." The woman with aqua hair added.
"If you call taking care of Hotaru relaxing." The brunette remarked.
Rico, Bron, and Konda wondered what the strange women were talking about. They also wondered why the women needed to get out of the uniforms they had on. As they continued to follow the Micronian women the three spies saw them enter a strange room marked lockers. Six minutes later the three Micronian women emerged from the room wearing different clothes.
"Hmm Micronians must wear different uniforms for different tasks. And that must be the room where they get them." Rico deduced.
"Well if that's were we can get some new uniforms then let's go in." Konda said.
The three Zentreadi made their way into the locker room not realizing it was for females only. Luckily and unbeknownst to them they were the only ones in the room. Looking around the locker room the Zentreadi spies noticed three open lockers. One was marked Mina Aino, the middle one was marked Rei Hino, and the last one was marked Michelle Kaiou. Each taking a locker the three spies put on the clothes that were left in the lockers. Rico found an orange shirt blue pants and a blue vest. Konda put on a red top and black pants. Bron ended up wearing an aqua green skirt and a white blouse. Thinking they had on the proper uniforms the three Zentreadi spies made their way towards Macross City.
The sight of the city both amazed and confused the three Zentreadi. The spies had never seen such a sight before in their lives and they had no idea what purpose the city was to the Micronian military. As Rico, Konda, and Bron stood amongst the citizens of Macross they heard some odd noises coming from the people of the city. Within minutes a small crowd was staring and pointing at one of the Zentreadi.
"I think you have on the wrong uniform Bron." Konda whispered.
"There's a uniform changing room over there." Rico said as he pointed to the ladies public washroom where a woman was going.
Bron quickly made his way over to the ladies washroom and entered. Three minutes later Bron emerged from the washroom with a large red slap mark on his face. A minute later an angry woman stormed out of the washroom.
"I didn't know I wasn't supposed to be in there," a confused Bron said to his fellow spies.
******
The senior staff of the SDF1 had asked to see Commander Lisa Hayes to discuss the events that took place on board the Zentreadi ship. Most of the staff wanted to hear what Commander Hayes had to report on the Zentreadi.
They were having a hard time believing that at one point she had visual evidence of everything she had written in her report.
Standing before Captain Gloval and the others Lisa prepared to give her report of what had taken place on the Zentreadi ship.
"You may begin when you are ready commander." Captain Gloval told her.
"Thank you captain." Lisa began, "Members of the senior staff I'd like to present to you my findings on the Zentreadi. To begin with the Zentreadi are a race of beings averaging around forty to fifty feet in height. This is evident in the dimensions of their ships. The Zentreadi military centers on a fleet of ships averaging between four and five million in number. It is my belief the Zentreadi society is militaristic in nature keeping males and females separate.
The core of the Zentreadi society is something they call protoculture. Protoculture seems to dominate their entire makeup. I have found that the Zentreadi are created from this substance and were at one point the same size as us. The Zentreadi possess large chambers that not only allow them to manipulate their size but also creates a new generation of Zentreadi as well.
The Zentreadi called Dolza seemed quite interested in knowing whether or not we humans possessed any knowledge of protoculture. This may be the reason why the Zentreadi are interested in capturing the SDF1. When the Zentreadi learned that humans are created by the love of a man and a woman and not protoculture they insisted on knowing what love was. After a brief explanation of love the Zentreadi demanded they be shown kissing. Dolza demanded Lt. Hunter and Corporal Dixon demonstrate kissing since they had brought up the concept. Not wanting to cause further problems I volunteered to demonstrate kissing for them. The Zentreadi were horrified by the kiss they had seen. It appeared to us that years of separation from females had caused the Zentreadi society to become emotionless.
In conclusion it is my belief that the Zentreadi not only pose a threat to the SDF1 but to Earth as well. I believe they will stop at nothing to either capture or destroy the SDF1. We must do everything within our abilities to stop the Zentreadi from gaining whatever lies inside this ship. Thank you." Lisa finished.
When Lisa had finished giving her report the senior officers of the SDF1 discussed what she had told them. Captain Gloval seemed to be defending some of the things Lisa had told them but he was also agreeing with them about other items Lisa had brought up. One member of the senior staff Colonel Mulistad appeared as though he didn't believe a single word Lisa had said.
"Commander Hayes the Zentreadi can not be the way you claim them to be. You have no concrete evidence." Colonel Mulistad argued.
"I had evidence at one point sir but that was destroyed during our escape." Lisa replied.
After the meeting with the senior staff had concluded the captain stopped to talk to Lisa.
"Lisa while it is hard to believe what you said about protoculture I do believe you when you said the Zentreadi pose a threat to the SDF1 and the Earth." Captain Gloval said.
"Thank you captain. I needed to hear that someone believes in something I've said." Lisa replied.
******
Azonia was feeling pretty good for a Zentreadi. A sense of great satisfaction washed over the Zentreadi fleet commander. The Quadronos did an excellent job distracting the Micronians long enough for Miriya to deposit Dolza's spies on board the SDF1. And with any luck the spies would do their job and gather the necessary information Lord Dolza wanted. At the moment Azonia wasn't concerned with such things, she had bigger fish to fry.
Khyron had been, from what she was told, a pain in Breetai's side. The Zentreadi squad commander had disobeyed orders and messed up several missions. Even for the brief moment he was in charge of the mission Khyron still managed to get nowhere. Azonia was going to have it out with him.
"Get me Khyron's ship." Azonia said to one of her crew.
"Yes Azonia." The woman replied.
Khyron's smarmy face appeared on the screen mocking the authority figure.
The smile he gave Azonia only served to fuel her anger. Azonia decided to let Khyron make the first move so she could get a better sense of who she had command over.
"Azonia to what do I owe this pleasure?" Khyron asked her smugly.
"Dolza has sent me to take over this mission." Azonia told him.
Azonia could tell Khyron wasn't too happy about that. She could also tell he was thrilled to hear he wouldn't have to deal with Breetai any longer.
"Well, well it looks like Breetai got what was coming to him." Khyron remarked.
"Don't think I'll go easy on you. One botched mission and you'll see the full extent of my anger."
"My dear Azonia you can trust me." Khyron said nonchalantly.
******
Rico and Konda knew the first thing they had to do was find male uniforms. After much confusion and embarrassment with the washroom incident the two spies dragged their unwilling counterpart into a place that had uniforms for males and females in the window.
With the proper uniforms on the spies made their way back into the city. Their mission was simple. Locate any and all Micronian weapons and find out how the Zentreadi could use them to their advantage. It seemed like a simple mission at first but then they saw the city. Males and females were together everywhere. You had to be careful about which rooms you went into or else the females would unleash their furry upon the male face.
TBC
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