Disclaimer: I do not own Vandread, it belongs to Gonzo, the things are mine are characters from Theora.

Allies Out There

By Eric Tsai

Chapter 5 "The Talk"

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Hey everyone, another chapter, hope you are enjoying it. Well, please don't hesitate to give me feedbacks and comments if you feel like it. Well, see you at the other side.

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"Welcome home, Hibiki, Meia." That was what a banner Hibiki and Meia saw as they got off their Vandread and stepped onto the floor of the hangar of Nirvana for the first time in two months of absence.

Under the banner were other crew members of the ship, including Paiway, Parfet, Dureo, Bart, Gascogne, Jua, Barnette, and Dita.

"Welcome back." Gascogne greeted as she represented the entire crew's feeling.

"It's good to be back." Meia and Hibiki both said, then they turned their gaze to each and smiled.

Dita at that moment saw how much they were in love with one another, so she felt relieved as a smile mixed with sadness and happiness displayed on her face while her eyes watered.

Dita then walked forward, embraced the blue hair girl and Hibiki saying, "Welcome home."

Hibiki and Meia said nothing, but received her embrace as their reply, while Meia smiled happily.

"It's good to be home." Meia said in her heart as she and Hibiki hugged Dita.

Moments later, Hibiki and Meia entered the bridge of Nirvana and greeted everyone there.

"Welcome home, Hibki, Meia." Magno said as the two youngster stood before their captain.

They nodded and then they began to explain what happened to their captain.

"I see, so you are saying that the Theorians helped you?" Hibiki and Meia nodded, telling her that it was correct.

"I see." At that moment, a transmission came in.

"Captain, we are receiving a transmission coming from one of the Theorian ships." Ezra said as she a read the text displayed on her terminal.

"Patch it onto the main screen." Then the image of Independence bridge was displayed on the screen with David in the center.

"This is Commodore David E. Lin, commanding officer of Theora Federation Starfleet, 1st Armada, 4th Fleet, 6th Squadron, 1st Unit, commanding officer of Theora Aniesia Joint Taskforce 11, and captain of Theora Federation Ship Independence. We came here upon the request Hibiki Tokai and Meia Gisborn." David said as the screen focused on him.

"I am Magno Vivian, captain of Nirvana." Magno could see how advance these people were by what she saw.

"Captain Vivian, I am here as a representative of my country, Theora Federation, and the Coalition of Theora and Aniesia; therefore, if it is not inconvenient for you, I wish to have a meeting with you." David said as the other crew member on board the Nirvana listened.

"I agree. We will meet in half an hour later on board Nirvana, if that is okay with you." Magno replied and David nodded.

"Agreed. I will see you there then. Independence out." Then the screen went black.

Around thirty minutes later, one shuttle from Independence and one from Majestic were launched and docked in Nirvana's hangar bay.

The representatives from Aniesia and Theora were greeted by Magno, BC, Gascogne, Duero, Parfet, Meia, and Hibiki.

"Welcome on board Nirvana." Magno said as she extended hand her showing her welcome.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Captain Alexander Smith, captain of the Majestic, he will be representing Aniesia Republic." David then allowed his friend to step forward.

Magno nodded as she shook hand with the Aniesian.

"This way please. We will talk in the conference room." Magno invited them as they began their walk.

The crew of Nirvana watched with amazement as they saw several female in the company from their 'guests', which surprised them, and whispered could be heard as they walked passed the crew.

Finally, they arrived at the conference room and the negotiation began.

"We came here under the order of our leaders." David said as he opened the meeting.

"After hearing Hibiki and Meia, our Congressional members and other members of government of my country decided to face the threat and not to hide ourselves anymore." David continued as he looked at Hibiki and Meia, who were sitting together, across on the other side.

"My people had been allies with the Theorian since a war one century ago." Alex added after David finished. "My government also understood the threat of the Earth Harvest, so we too decided to fight this war."

"I see." Magno nodded as she continued to listen.

The talk continued until as both sides conversed until David came to the terms.

"Our governments wish to sign a mutual defense treaty with your governments." David finally came to the point and there was silence as the Nirvana crew, except Hibiki and Meia, looked at each other.

"Is there a problem?" Alex asked as he tried to break the silence.

"Well, we don't know if our governments will believe us." B.C. added after a few seconds.

David chuckled a bit, then said, "Don't worry, Hibiki and Meia had informed us about your home world's political situation."

"If we come in with you, they will understand." David continued as he knew his place as the chief representative of the coalition.

"We will fight them if that is what it takes for them to understand what is really ahead of them." David said in a confident voice.

Then Magno and B.C. discussed amongst themselves in whispers while Hibiki, Meia, David and Alex awaited patiently for their answer.

Then Magno turned to look at Hibiki and Meia as they held their hands together.

"It's going to be okay." Hibiki said as he squeezed Meia's soft hand with confidence while the other hand palm gently touched it.

"They have grown." Magno thought as she turned her attention back to the group of diplomats in front of her.

"We agree to do our best in convincing our governments to agree to this treaty." That brought smile to the face of everyone inside room.

When the announcement was made to the crew, all on board was in festive mood, as they knew that they had to gained allies from the most unexpected place. The crew of Nirvana knew they were one more step closer in winning against this most terrible enemy, Earth and most of all, the hopelessness and fear.

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