Author Notes:
A man in heavy looking armor appears with mike in hand and strikes a pose
"Ladies and Gentlemen may I present long awaited Part IV..." The Writer DZ informed his loyal reviewers as he was rudely interrupted by a man wearing organic looking purple armor.
"About Time! Jeez Took you long enough." The Purple Armored Man said with a smirk
"Who asked you Beta!" DZ snapped in return surprised and pissed that his friend EVA Unit-01 Beta crashed his party.
"Myself! I just can't believe that you let that Bitch Menmei live!" The mysterious Beta said in return.
"So what I am planning killing her in Savior... Opps! Cats out of the bag! Look what you made me do... you... you Jerk!" DZ snapped as he started towards Beta. Beta started getting a cocky grin on his face as he raised his fists to defend himself.
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"Ummm... Guys he can't write the next chapter if you kill him or disable him." Beta said having returned his dagger to his place and started to save his friend.
Reveiwers: Grumble Grumble He's right! But he is not getting off so light!
Beta Sweat dropped again and after helping his friend up turned to greet the reviewers and the readers.
"Ladies and Gentlemen since DZ here is out of commission at this moment! I will introduce the chapter to you so without further ado I give you Part IV: Family Love of Frozen in Time!" Beta introduced and took a gallant bow and lights turned off.
"Yeah who turned off the lights?" Beta screamed then all black.
Part IV: Family Love
Rick smiled in pleasure to see his mother after so long. For her part Ann stood in the doorway shocked and looking like she seen a ghost, for she had thought that Rick was dead. Now Rick mysteriously is alive standing before her with that annoying smile on his face.
"Hello Mother, can we come in?" Rick asked with a smile. Ann shook her head to clear it and took another look at Rick to make sure it was true, which made Rick laugh lightly.
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Ann Hunter looked over her son still waiting patiently in the doorway. Her little boy was all grown up to fine young man and he was also now taller then here for when he left for Macross Island he was up to her forehead for she was a pretty tall lady. Finally Rick asked again which brought her out of her funk and moved out of the way to let Rick and Kyle in.
"Rick I just can't believe it your alive and well standing here. Oh my little baby you are all grown up now!" Ann said once she had recovered from her shock and did the most unthinkable thing a son could ask for; she started to pinch his check to the amusement of Kyle.
"Mom...Mom please stop!" Rick frantically yelled pushing his mother from him. Granted he wanted to see mother but he did not imagine something like this.
"Oh bummer, I haven't see in you in what two years and you can't let your dear mother do that. I'm hurt!" Ann replied trying to look hurt but to no avail as she threw her arms around her son and embraced him in a hug.
"Oh God have I missed you," Ann whispered quietly to Rick with tears in her eyes. Rick returned the hug twice over.
"I missed you to Mom and I'm sorry I made you worry but trust me when I say I didn't intend to make you think I was dead," he replied with a smile and eyes filled with tears. Ann and Rick stayed like this int'l a soft cough came from Matt who had just walked into the room and was wondering what the heck was going on. Mother and son broke apart and looked over at the fifteen year old boy.
"Matt were are my matters this is Rick Hunter your brother... well sort of, well anyways Rick can you tell me were you have been all this time," Ann said happily with a smile but she was really worried about something.
"Yes I will but you need to sit down mother for this is a hell of story," Rick replied with a sad smile and started to look for somewhere to sit down.
"Right lets seat down in the living room and you can tell me all about this hell of a story as you so colorfully put it," Ann said with a another sad smile, a copy of Ricks own and started lead the group to the living room.
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As his mother lead him to the living room Rick took a look around the house to see everything the same when he left. Everything but the, what could be called a shrine on the mantle piece that shocked Rick to the core. For the shrine was for him and Roy, which made Rick flinch in memory of his mentors death yet again, as well as feeling sorry for his family for leaving them like that. But he knew if he could go back in time till the day before he left he would still go. Kyle seeing him looking at the shrine put his hand on his cousin shoulder to lead him into the living room were his mother waited to hear what happened to him.
'Thank god the Captain authorized me to tell her the whole true I don't want to lie to my family,' Rick thought to himself with a sullen expression. Finally he sat down on the couch opposite to his mother and adopted sibling sitting on the two seat couch on the other side of the 'V' that the couches formed. While Kyle pulled his fathers favorite rocking chair to the front of the 'V' and sat down.
"Well were can I begin, well first of all I can tell you that all I am about to tell you is true and I am sorry for leaving you, but if I had gone back in time and given that same choice I would take it hands down," he said and got nods in return. Rick nodded as well and leaned over to the coffe table picked up the glass of water that was poured for him by his mother when he came into the living room. After drinking his fill from the cup, he turned to look out the living room's window at sunny day outside as if to gather his thoughts, granted he had pieced together a speech to tell them earlier but it didn't really feel right to say.
"For the past two years I have been onboard the SDF-1 fighting for my live as well as the people aboard the ship, you see that fateful day at Macross Island was the started of an Interstellar war. A war between us humans and the human like giants named the Zentreadi, which were hell bent of taking out the SDF-1. But the RDF pilots and troops aboard her would not let them without a fight. It was during this battle that I got my first taste of combat thanks to Roy Fokker and managed to meet a girl named Menmei you sorted became a part of my family," Rick said and reached down to take another drink from the glass and sat back down. He took this time to inspect his listeners and saw that they were wide-eyed and surprised. Even Kyle who was given a 2 minute rundown of it.
"You see I had forged a family aboard that ship, don't get me wrong my real family would always be here in New Carter. But when traveling for two years alone with only the people aboard the ship to keep you company and getting hounded ever turn by the Zentreadi I became close to several people and they became my family, Menmei included. Well anyways back to the battle after meeting Menmei and saving her live from a Zentreadi we headed towards the SDF-1 which was heading to space to take the fight to the enemy. But we got our butts handed to us and over half of the space fleet got themselves destroyed as I would later learn. When this happened Captain Gloval the captain of the SDF-1 ordered a retreat were the SDF-1 headed back to Macross Island where they would execute a fold operation –a faster the light travel for those you don't know- which was targeted for the moon..." Rick said but was interrupted by Matt.
"I take it that it didn't exactly happen like that?" the boy asked which made Rick smile and the others nod in agreement. Rick sighed and launched himself back into the story.
"Anyways, Matt is right for the SDF-1 didn't reappear at the darkside of the moon like the Captain wanted to but all the way across the Solar System to Pluto. But this wasn't just the SDF-1; she had brought Macross Island, the cities shelters, and a small stunt plane by the name of the Mockingbird with me and the dear Menmei inside. We then started to make our way to the grounded SDF-1 which had collided with the drifting island. So into the hellstorm of a battle between the SDF-1 and Zentreadi still in the city that we had brought with us in the fold, we went. It was there Menmei and myself were trapped for two weeks in the belly of the ship. While we were trapped the citizens of Macross City started to rebuild their city in the SDF-1s heart a marvelous achievement for they were done by the time the two of us were rescued from our prison two weeks later. Days after are rescue the SDF-1 had its first battle on our long trek back to Earth. It was there that the ship used her godly powerful maingun for the first time in combat. Meanwhile inside the ship and as the battle raged outside the ship I was faced with a dilemma, for Roy had asked me earlier that day to join the defense forces but I was still stuck with Dad's notion of peace in my head. So after saving Menmei yet again I finally decided to join the RDF as a Veritech pilot to protect the fledgling city inside the great ship. After a few weeks I was ready and in the rings of Saturn I went into my first battle. I survived this battle and moved on to many more battles along the way back to our home Earth. Once we arrived back in Earth's orbit we meet up with one of the Orbital fleets which Rachael was stationed aboard. It was there in the orbit of our homeplanet we had our most fierce fight since the Battle of Macross that first day. We lost a good portion of our fighters, including Roy Fokker and many others that were my friends and family. We also nearly lost our most precious command crew were over the course of our journey had been ironed into a steel blade like the Veritech teams aboard her to a Zentreadi ship that had folded right in front of the ship. For no one else in the entire RDF had our experience in a fight for we had been through the pits of hell and back twice over forging us into a close nit unit that everyone had something to do. So after the brutal fight we landed in the Atlantic Ocean to repair and refit. There I got myself promoted into Roy's shoes to command the SDF-1s Air Group. Then I got myself permission to visit you guys and here I am sitting before you," he finished with a tired sigh and saw that his listeners jaws were wide open in surprise. But suddenly the doorbell rang bringing a douse of reality to the listeners. Matt sighed and got up to answer the door for he answered to see a beautiful brunette in jeans and a short sleeve t-shirt with Angel stenciled across the front. Matt speechless stared at her since she did indeed look like an angel.
"Is Rick Hunter here?" the angel asked with a soft smile that would make any man melt inside. Then Matt decided that this was Menmei the girl that Rick just talked about, oh boy was he wrong.
"I take it that your Menmei for Rick had just told us what happened to SDF- 1," Matt said but was not expecting the soft smile to melt into much worse one. Inside the house Rick having heard the conversation slapped his forehead in stupidly for he had forgot to mention Lisa in his story for he was trying make the story short and sweet. He had only mentioned Menmei because she was important to his story while Lisa even though she was his wife and former girlfriend was sadly not for had been on the sidelines.
"Matt let her in before you get yourself killed," Rick ordered walking up to the door to try to simmer down the solution. What he saw took his breath away for Lisa was dressed in an outfit he had never seen her wear. She had most have gotten it shopping with the girls. But her red face took all the beauty out of it for the Angel had turned into the devil himself.
"Hello dear, sorry but I wanted my story to short and sweet so I forgot to mention you," he said with wince as he lead her inside the house. He could tell that Lisa was hurt and angry, and Rick knowing that this was a bad sign steered her past the Shrine and on to the living room.
"You forgot, you forgot. Rick Hunter if you weren't so sweet and nice I would clumber you here and now," Lisa said softening up for she knew why Rick mentioned Menmei because she was important to his brief story. They had long ago talked about what to say to his parents and Menmei always came up for if it wasn't for her he would had never joined the RDF. Once the pair arrived in the living room his small audience had recovered and was drinking some water as well.
"Mother, Matt may I present you my wife Lisa Hayes-Hunter the first and other important women in my life. Right above Menmei right were she supposed to be," Rick announced and got shocked gasped and choking for those who still were drinking.
"YOUR MARRIED!!" the two shouted from the couch. Rick nodded and dragged Lisa on top of his lap as he sat down again his mother feinted while Matt nose started to bleed and his jaw dropped to the ground.
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High above New Carter in the slowly darkening sky were four C-17A Globemaster III's transports on their approach victor towards the airport. In the lead transport was Richard "Pop" Hunter the father of Rick and the leader of the Hunter Air Circus looking over his two pilots shoulders at his home. It was good to be home for he had been on a year and a half circus tour. He sighed as he remembered the day before he left for the tour it was determined that his son and his best friend's son were dead thanks to some Anti-Unification Terrorist. Which gave him a better view of this so called peace for he had been against his daughters appointment to the so- called Robotech Academy.
"Boss I have New Carter Flight Control online," the pilot said handing over his headset over to Richard, which Richard placed over his head.
"New Carter Flight Control this is Hunter 1 and Hunter Flight on approach," Richard replied into the headset.
"Roger Hunter One you are clear to land and boss welcome home," came the voice of the controller over his headset which made him frown for his nephew Kyle was suppose to be in the control tower tonight.
"Thanks, but I thought Kyle was on watch tonight," Richard replied with a frown trying to wonder why the boy wasn't at his post.
"Well sir he is off visiting your wife and son sir," came the nervous reply of the controller. This made Richard's eyes narrowed in suspicion for something was up and he intended to find out.
"Right land these monsters and inform me when we land I have something to do," Richard ordered throwing the headset back to the pilot and exited the cockpit heading towards the refitted passenger compartment. Both pilots looked at each other in surprise for the big boss usually sat with them for the entire trip and hardly left for the passenger compartment.
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Back in the Hunter house Ann's eyes fluttered open to see both her sons leaning over her with worry itched over their faces. At first she started to wonder what happened then it came crashing down on her and she flinched in memory knowing the shock of seeing her son safe and sound, followed by the totally unbelievable story, and then knowing that her only son beside the adopted Matt was married it was far more then she could handle. So she fainted dead away, of course she believed him for she saw the look in his eyes and face that gave it all away.
"Help me up you two," she ordered and the two boys... no the boy and the man helped her to sit up against the couch for she was on the floor and most likely fell down to the floor somehow when she fainted . Just then the women, that is her new daughter-in-law came walking into the living room with a glass of water in her hand, she was followed by Kyle most likely showing her around the kitchen.
"Here drink this Mrs. Hunter and I'm sorry about that," the women said with a hint of authority that told Ann that the women, was part of the military as well.
"Nonsense young lady it was mostly your big hunk of a husband that did it for he appeared here when we thought he was dead and told us this unbelievable story," Ann replied with a smirk slowly sipping the water. Her comment earned her a chuckle from the other boys beside Rick who was blushing in surprise.
"Oh I told him we should have gone somewhere else for our honeymoon Mrs. Hunter," she said in reply with a chuckle. This surprised Ann yet again for she didn't know they were just married.
"So you guys just got married then, and by the way call me Ann," Ann said dragging her body back onto the couch behind her.
"Yes Ann we were just married yesterday and you can call me Lisa," Lisa replied with a smile sitting down next to her mother-in-law.
"So how did you meet this thickhead excuse for a son Lisa?" Ann asked taking another sip of the water.
"Well you see he was in one of our Veritechs were he was left by Roy and here I am in the control tower of the SDF-1 and I ordered him into the sky not knowing he was a Civilian. Then after his adventure in the city Roy was taking him back to the ship when I first saw him through the COMM window he turned to me and asked: 'Yeah Roy so who's the old sourpuss'. Right in my face, this earned a well needed laugh around the bridge including all my friends," Lisa began with a smile wondering if Ann was going to blow up on her but she didn't.
"He did what!" Ann replied looking over at her son with a glare that made him flinch in response the turned back to Lisa.
"Okay then after the fold and his rescue from the bowels of the ship we meet again. After that we started to get close..." Lisa started to say but Rick, Matt, and Kyle tuned them out knowing that they were going to start talking girl talk, so they left the room.
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At the airport Richard walked out of the giant transport behind him and started towards the control tower when he saw a plane sitting in front of one of the guest hangers. Richard curious started to head for it with his second, Brain Hunter his oldest nephew in tow. The two men stopped in front of the plane to see that the techs had placed a small tarp over the cockpit and threw much smaller ones over the engines.
"Have you ever seen something like this Uncle?" Brain asked with a frown looking over the plane. It looked like your average stunt plane with one noted exception; it was a little too big to be a fully fledged stunt place.
"No Brain I have not see anything like this anywhere," as he pulled the tarp off the cockpit to see that it was a two-seater and had a strange set of controls unlike his stunt planes in his air circus. He then called over a couple of techs unloading the planes from the transports to help him inspect the plane. For like ten minutes the four men went over the plane form top to bottom having not seen anything like it in their entire careers.
"Yeah sir check this out!" cried one of the techs excitedly as he saw something under the cockpit canopy. Richard with a frown climbed up to the man to see some writing shiny under the large floodlights around the airport. He quickly took the techs flashlight from his belt and pointed its beam at the writing. "Peregrine Hunter's Special AKA Mockingbird II," the tech read the golden lettering out loud to the others. This made Richard frown again in confusion for the Mockingbird was the name of his son's most favorite Fanliner, the one he had won over seven Junior Flight Competitions.
"Alright cover her back up boys let found out you she belongs to," Richard said as he started to head towards the administrative building. The two techs nodded and started to cover up the plane again. Brain followed his uncle into the building and saw that he picked up the log and was looking through its page. Suddenly he stopped on the days page and saw a single name on it.
"Lisa Hunter, hmmm I wonder who that is Uncle?" Brain asked as he leaned over the other mans shoulder. He then saw his uncle's face and knew what was going on in the older mans head and his heart.
"Pops, there are more people named Hunter out there somewhere. This could be somebody from across the country for gods sake," Brain send gently laying a hand on the other mans shoulder and started to steer him away from the building towards the Jeep waiting to take him home.
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Rick in the house flinched as he his mother pulled out the dreaded baby pictures for Lisa to see. So he decided to exit the room to see what Kyle and Matt were up too and soon found them in his dad's office.
"What you guys doing in here?" Rick asked looking around the room to see many of the pictures from his fathers days in the Global Civil War.
"Just nothing thought you guys might want time with her," Kyle said from his seat in his dad's office chair.
"Yeah thanks for that, anyways Mom pulled out the baby pictures for Lisa to see," Rick said taking a seat in the single arm chair in the room. Kyle flinched at that and turned his attention back to reading something he found in one of the shelf. But Matt looked between the two older men sitting with equal horrified expressions on their faces.
"What is the matter with baby pictures?" Matt asked confused looking at the two guys before him. Both looked over at him sharply and burst out laughing.
"Geez Matt were have you been, have you ever dated any girls?" Rick asked as he started to laugh. Matt shocked by the laughter just shook his head no.
"Well boy you see when you bring your darling date home mom dearest starts to pull out baby pictures to show your date, it is of stuff you don't want her to see," Kyle said with a smile as he leaned back remembering back when he brought his first date home and the laughter afterwards from his mother showing his girlfriend pictures of him whizzing in his dads hair while the poor guy was asleep when he was only a year or so.
"Is that really going to happen?" Matt asked with a shudder trying think of any that would make him embarrassed.
"Yes, when dear mom pulls out those pictures run like hell Matt," Rick said with a smile as he too remembered when he brought his first date home and how his mother showed the picture of him throwing up all over Roy who was in his clean uniform.
"Well I guess I don't have to worry for I don't have any pictures like that," Matt said with mixed emotions. His comment made the other two guys laugh with him soon joining in.
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Back in the living room Lisa smiled looking down at the picture of baby Rick throwing up all over a younger more dashing Roy Fokker. This would make the others crack up back in Macross including Claudia.
"Can I keep this Ann the others are going to love this," Lisa asked in response and a slight laugh.
"Sure there are many more were that came from Lisa," Ann said and laughed along with Lisa which blended really well with the loud laughing coming from upstairs. They didn't even realized as Richard and Brian entered the house and heard the laughter.
"Oh god I am so going to razz him so much over this and if Roy was still alive I would do the same to him as well," Lisa said once she stopped laughing and started to slip a few pictures into her purse along with the ones she showed Ann herself of their time aboard the SDF-1. Both Richard and Brian stood silent as they watched the two women shaking hands.
"Well I better get my brain dead husband and get going to the hotel for it is getting late and I am really tired for packing all of our stuff since he had to get some sleep for he was going to fly today," Lisa said with a smile at her mother-in-law standing before her. But as she turned she saw both Richard and Brain, which made her freeze in place not knowing who these men were. But Ann did for she rushed over to Richard and hugged him.
"Richard, Brain your back Kyle said that you guys wouldn't be back till tomorrow night," Ann said with a smile but found that her husband and oldest Nephew's glances on Lisa. Ann frowned as she saw the glances at her daughter-in-law.
"Who is this Ann and why is she looking over Rick baby pictures?" Richard asked clearly mad that someone was looking over his dead son's baby pictures.
"First of all Richard allow me to show you something," Ann said and told Lisa with a glance to be quiet. Then looked up the stairs behind Richard, having been in the entranceway to the living room were the stairs to the second floor were located.
"Matt you and the others get down here now please," Ann yelled up the stairs to the ears of the three guys having a pleasant guy talk with each other.
"Coming Mom!" came Matt's reply as the sounds of running feet could be heard above their heads then one by one the guys came down the stairs. Rick being the third down stopped in his tracks when he saw his father standing in the Living Room Entrance way looking inside the living room with a glare and with his mother standing in front of him looking over at them. But his oldest cousin Brain saw him and his jaw dropped in surprise when he saw him. Rick using his skills of stealth that he learned during boot camp stepped right behind his father.
"Hello Dad long time no see," Rick softly spoke to his dad, who upon hearing his sons voice turned so quickly that his head would have fallen off. When Richard saw Rick standing there right behind him, alive and well his face went white.
"Rick is that you?" Richard ask harshly not believing what he was seeing his long dead son before him.
"Yes Dad it's me and no I am not dead," Rick said with a smile landing a hand on his father's shoulder which showed him that what he was seeing was not a trick or a illusion.
"I knew it, no terrorist could kill a Hunter so easily," Richard said with a hardly laugh as he grabbed his son and hugged him tightly.
"Richard let him down for he has quite the story to tell and I believe you owl our daughter-in-law an apology for that tone you used," Ann said glaring at her husband in anger. Again Richard turned sharply to look at the Lisa still standing in the living room.
"Daughter-in-law! Since when was Rick married?" Richard asked in disbelieve at Lisa standing before him.
"Yesterday dad and please sit down and I will explain what happened to me over the two years since I left," Rick answered and when his father sat down in his favorite arm chair along with the others. Rick proceeded to tell them the same story that he had told the others hours before, but with Lisa in his story to make his tired wife happy. We he was done he got the same responses from Richard and Brain he got from Kyle, Ann, and Matt.
"So you joined the defense force to protect your friends and your new family aboard the SDF-1 from these giants," Richard said with a frown for long ago he had left his military life behind him and didn't believe in what his government was doing. But know he was all out pissed at the government for even thinking that its people would not like what has happened. Hell they been preparing for just that for over ten years now and they go and lie right to their faces. But his new daughter-in-law jolted him out of his ranting, by lightly breathing indicating that she was asleep.
"Well looks like we have to go guys, Kyle can you drive us to the hotel?" Rick asked as he picked up Lisa and started to the door with Kyle in tow.
"'Night guys see you in the morning and thank you for understanding," Rick said before disappearing out the door. Watching him Richard smiled as the couple made its way to the Jeep. He knew that his son was telling the truth by the intense stare in his eyes, ones that have seen death and walked away from it. It was the same look on his own face only years before.
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The next morning found Rick and Lisa walking down the street of the small town of New Carter back to Rick's house. As Rick walked he hid a small as most of the morning joggers and store owners who were out this early did double takes for Rick was very popular back around the city for he had brought a lot of attention to small town. Finally the husband and wife couple arrived at the houses front door. Rick knocked and in a couple of seconds found his mother answering the door with a smile.
"Yeah you lovebirds I didn't think you would wake up this early," Ann said with a smile letting them into the house.
"Well we're light sleepers and I wanted to go out for breakfast or something with you guys," Rick said with a smile since he had always been a light sleeper which saved him numerous times from getting kicked out of his rack in boot camp. Lisa at his side smiled for she too was a light sleeper having a high ranking UEG Officer as a father.
"Well I'm making breakfast and I think I can make some for two more," Ann said as she started to head for the kitchen.
"May I help Ann?" Lisa asked with a smile as she followed the older women to the kitchen while Rick head for the dining room were his brother and father waited.
"Sure you can dear follow me," Ann said with a smile as she headed for the kitchen to make breakfast for the two no three hungry men in the dining room.
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Rick smiled as he walked into the dining room to see his father doing his usual thing reading the morning newspaper. While Matt was tiredly looking over something in his hand probably homework no doubt.
"Morning guys," Rick said with a smile taking his usual seat at the table right next to his smiling father who had put down his paper to look over at his son, but it quickly turned to a frown.
"So Rick, Roy's dead I take it?" he asked with a frown remembering the blond haired man that he learned to call a son. Rick frowned looking up the ceiling remembering the last time he saw the man when they were getting ready to take off for the battle.
"Yes he bought it when a Officer Pod –a Zentreadi fighter made for high ranking pilots or aces- decided to join the fun in our last battle," Rick said with a sigh looking over at his father who nodded.
"That's the way he wanted to go if I'm not mistaken," Pops said with a smile remembering the pilot with fond thoughts.
"Yes he did, but he is not forgotten for he left behind a son that he didn't have a clue about," Rick said sadly but with a smile. This took his father by surprise for he didn't have a clue that the pilot was married.
"You are full of surprises aren't you son," Pops said with a smile and went back to his paper but remembered the plane from last night.
"By the way son is that your plane sitting in front of the guest hangers?" he asked looking back at his son.
"Yes it is he and boy can that plane fly. It can outfly and out maneuver the Mockingbird," Rick said with a smile remembering his flight here and how well the plane flew. His father chuckled knowing that was most likely true since he had gone over it.
"Yeah that reminds me you guys up for a welcome back party and meet up with your old friends here?" Pops asked with a smile that made his son brightened in response.
"That would be great dad," Rick said excitedly as Lisa and Ann done with breakfast brought it into the room to serve which stopped all conversation and the extended family sat down to eat.
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Pops smiled as he walked into the City's Recreation Center that doubled as a capital building. He walked up right to the front desk ignoring everything around him in the Rec Centers lobby. The girl at the desk by the name of Sarah looked up at him with a smile.
"Pops sir what can I do for you?" the seventeen year old girl asked with a smile for the girl wanted to be part of the air circus someday.
"Yeah Sarah is the Dance Hall open?" Pops asked with a smile back as he looked around the lobby at the others. He had named the largest room in the center which was reserved for big parties and functions that the mayor throws. Sarah for her part checked the calendar and found that yes it was open but only for the next couple of days.
"Yes sir it's open for the next two days, I take it you want to throw a welcome back party for the rest of the Air Circus," Sarah said with a smile which made Pops chuckle lightly.
"Well that and something else," Pops said with a smile knowing that Rick wanted to surprise his friends and Sarah was one of them.
"Okay for what day Pops?" Sarah asked looking at the man knowing he had something in store for them.
"Tomorrow if you please Sarah," Pops said with a smile and started to walk out of the Rec Center leaving behind a very confused young lady behind him.
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For the rest of the day Lisa, Ann and the other wife's of the Air Circus started to decorate the Dance Hall in preparation of the party. Lisa who was under the name of Lisa Hunter and was introduced as a relative of Pops was having a blast getting the Dance hall ready for what would be the best party in history here in New Carter. Meanwhile Rick was told to say in the house to make the surprise a lot better, but some people were already asking questions since he had walked to the house the previous day. Finally after sleeping on the couch the night Rick was carefully escorted by the men who made up his welcoming committee when he had arrived at the airport and knew he was here to the Rec Center.
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Pops smiled as he stepped up to the small raised platform that served as a band floor or as an announcing stand like he was doing now. He looked around to see that the party was in full swing and the latest song started close since the band had saw him stepping onto the platform. Once the song stopped Pops got the crowds attention for an announcement.
"As you all know this party is a welcome back to the Hunters Traveling Air Circus but this party serves a duel purpose, one to welcome back our tired sons, fathers, daughter, and mothers. But the other purpose is to welcome back a special person to us all, someone who has been gone longer then the Circus and has traveled a lot further as well. So without further ado may I present my son, Rick Hunter!" Pops said with a smile as Rick made his entrance and jumped onto the platform to see shock and surprised faces. Pops jumped down so his son could work the crowd.
"My friends and comrades it is nice to see you all again after the two years I have been away, as you can see I'm not dead. But sadly I can not tell you what has happened to me over these two years for it is classified and you will be told anyways sometime later. Anyways nice to see you and please feel free to say hi to me," Rick said and jumped off the platform next to his father right in time as the crowd over their shock started to clap and cheer.
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Rick with Lisa at his side started to meet up with all his old friends from his past. He had introduced them to Lisa and all felt happy for him. Suddenly somebody behind him grabbed him and turned him around to kiss him taking Rick by surprise. Lisa turned to see a black haired woman kissing her husband which made her pissed and jealous. But she didn't have to do anything for Rick pushed her away for it got out of control.
"Melissa what a surprise," Rick said in monotone looking over the girl that was obsessed with him. He had dated her briefly but found her a little to demanding and obsessive about him, so he had dumped her. But she never gave up and keep trying to get him back but to no avail.
"Rick I can't believe it your alive, so are we going to married now?" she asked with a smile not even noticing Lisa at his side. Rick smiled evilly as he turned around and brought Lisa forward.
"Melissa I'm sorry but I'm already married to someone," Rick said with a smile wrapping his arm around Lisa. Melissa gasped and started to cry. Rick left her like this as he turned around and went back to meet up with friends. But another person came into his vision.
"Hi Rick I see that your married then," Sarah Thompson with a smile. A good friend of his that use to be his girlfriend but broke up because it didn't feel right, so instead became the best of friends. Rick smiled and stepped forward to hug her much to the amusement of Lisa
"Sarah its so good to see you again, Lisa this is Sarah and Sarah this is Lisa," Rick introduce them with a smile knowing they would get along greatly. Both ladies said hi to each other and started up a conversation. But Kyle was motioning him towards another group of friends so he left his wife in the care of Sarah and went to meet them. But suddenly his world turned to white as something near them exploded.
...to be continued!
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Author Notes:
Hello guys and I am sorry for the long wait for this chapter. There are no excuses for this and for that I am sorry from the bottom of my heart. Anyways thank you to all my reviewers and I hope you like this chapter.
Warior and SHAWN: Don't worry I plan on having the next chapter up by the end of this week or next week. Hopefully!
Pchad: Hmmm... Maybe he takes it from Roy.
SHAWN: Ummm... you reviewed twice you know.
Knight Templar: Bad boy! Bad boy! You read it then review it if you like it Templar! Anyways yes I have read your fics and I love them greatly. Thank you for that.
By the way guys I have been reading Legend of Megaroad and Attention on Deck which I hope will be updateing pretty soon. Aod is the best and I recommend it to those people you have not read it. It will give you a better idea of Carrier Ops and Robotech in general. Just go to google and type in Attention on Deck! and you well get the website.
Next Time of Frozen in Time: The Anti-Unification Terrorists are at again and are ready to blow up the city of New Carter with a "Dirty Bomb" Nuke can Rick and Lisa survive this new threat find out in Love is Stronger...