RECONSTRUCTION BLUES PLUS
CHAPTER 2
DISCLAIMER AND COPYRIGHT I don't own Robotech so don't take me to court. If you want to uses any stuff from this fic, all I ask is an email – wonga316@yahoo.com.au
AUTHOR'S NOTES This is a different spin on things from episode 28 - reconstruction blues. Will try to and a little more action and love/hate triangle with Rick, Lisa and Minmei. This is my first attempt at Robotech fan fiction. So please be gentle, NOT. Tell me if I suck. How else are we going to improve? Some of the guys made seem OC. I apologies for that. After all it is fiction ;) Roy and Ben will still be alive in this story
"..." = Normal speech
[...] = Thought
-...- = Computer chat
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"Vanessa, status report." Lisa ordered as she and captain entered the control room. Both quickly assume their normal position on the bridge. Since the last major battle where the earth's surface was destroyed, the requirement for full alert status on the bridge have been few and far between. One could be forgiven if they were out of sync. But this was not the case, everyone picked up as if the last major battle was just yesterday. It was kind of sad actually, everyone had been so accustom to the battle and alert situations that it was second nature.
"It just appeared out of nowhere.", she replied.
"What is it Vanessa?", Gloval questioned
"I think it's a Zentraedi battle cruiser or a large number of pods. I can't be sure but it's defiantly Zentreadi in orgin." Vanessa answered.
"WHAT!" / "It can't be!" responded some of the other officers
"All read outs are indicating that it is Zentraedi of origin. The size of the object is similar to a battle cruiser or a squadron of pods." Vanessa confirmed. She had hoped that she was wrong but Vanessa had seen this signal many times before when they were orbiting the earth.
"But I thought all of the Zentraedi fleet was destroyed or surrrended during the last battle?" Claudia question to no one particular.
"Vanessa do we have any one in that sector?" Gloval questioned
"No sir. The closet unit we have is Vermillion which is approximately 20 miles due south of the target and currently on route to the target." Vanessa answered.
Lisa's heart stopped for a moment as she thought of Rick [Vermillion squadron, Rick... he's out there.]
"Lisa, get me vermillion squadron" Gloval ordered.
"Lisa are you listening?" he asked again.
"Lisa are you ok?" Claudia asked with some concern. She knew that look well. She wore that face every time when Roy went out into combat.
Shaking herself out, Lisa responded, "Sorry sir. Contacting vermillion squadron now."
Everyone in the room, even Gloval knew, what Lisa was thinking but thought better of it to say anything.
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Suddenly the image of Lisa Hayes appeared on the each of the VT consoles.
"Vermillion squadron please response."
"Vermillion 1 here. Hey Lisa are you guys seeing what we are seeing?" Rick responded.
"Yes Rick. All reports indicate that is either a Zentreadi battle cruiser or a squadron of pods but we can't be sure."
"Well, Ben you did say it was getting boring", Max added after Lisa had finished.
"I said I was hungry, not bored." Ben replied. His replied resulted in a few laughs from the control room. Especially Kim.
"I guess the quicker we check it out the quicker you get to eat, right corporal Dixon." Rick said smartly.
"We are already on course to target. ETA 2 minutes". Rick finished.
"Rick wait! We have not confirmed what it is yet. All we know that it's Zentraedi. It could be a friendly, it could be a trap, it could be any..." Lisa said sounding worried.
"There is nothing to worry about. It's probably a treasure hunter that got lost or something and he's activated a downed Zentraedi craft in an attempt to get home." Rick said interupting Lisa.
A lot of the population had taken up treasure hunting either for souvenirs or home collections. Human and Zentreadi war machines littered the sands of the once green earth. Occasionally you would read an article in the Macross City News about someone getting lost or injured as a result of searching these wrecks.
"Rick wait..." Lisa said almost in a panic.
"He's turned off his comm, commander." Sammy reported.
"Vermillion is currently super sonic and will reach target in approximately one minute", Vanessa replied.
Lisa hit her console and groaned. Everyone knew to give her some space (even captain Gloval) as she stared back at the black display on her console that was Rick hunter. [He never listens. I don't why I put up with it or him!] She thought angrily.
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"Hey guys see anything yet? We should be just about right on top of it." Rick asked his wingmen.
"Nothing here. Hey Rick, do you think Lisa is going to mad at you when we get back?" Max reported.
"Most likely. But what else is new in my life..." Rick replied.
"Nothing here either. But I reckon you like pissing off the Lt. Commander." Ben answered.
"I have to admit it is fun watching her reactions." said Rick.
"If I didn't know better Lt. Hunter you have a thing for Lisa..." Max said suggestively.
"You might be right there, Max. I heard that..." Ben said, but before he could finish Rick interrupted.
"Ok. That's enough gossiping. You guys are starting to sound like the trio. Stay in formation. We circle the area a couple more times then head back." Rick said.
"Don't try and change the subject Hunter. People only do that if they have something to hide. Do you have something to hide?" Max answered back.
Max like everyone else had heard the rumors about Rick and Lisa. The only person who didn't know was Rick himself. He was either too stupid or stubborn to admit his feelings. He could tell that Lisa had feelings for the young pilot, but what he didn't know was if Rick had feelings for Lisa.
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"Sir, vermillion is over the target." Vanessa stated
Everyone was still quite after another one of Lisa and Rick's little 'disagreement' and had been waiting for someone to break the uncomfortable silence. It was usually Vanessa, because of her bubbly personality and young age no one could really get mad with her.
"Vanessa, has vermillion opened their comm channels yet?" Lisa question.
"No yet."
[Damn, why do keep doing this, Rick? Don't you know how I feel? How I care?] Lisa thought sadly. Suddenly a internal communications message appeared on her console. It was Claudia.
- It's all right Lisa. Don't worry about him – - Thanks Clau, but I can't help it – - Don't worry. Rick's too stupid to die yet ;) –
This brought a small laugh from the first officer. This caught the attention of some of the bridge. Composing herself she continue to type.
- Yeah I guess your right – - Of course I'm right – - I don't know how you do it. What do you do when Roy goes into combat? –
There was a long pause as Claudia thought about what Lisa had typed. Claudia never liked to talk about the subject. even with Roy. It was kind of like an unspoken rule between pilots and partners / wives / girlfriends. She looked down and found that Lisa had responded before she could.
- I'm sorry Clau. Didn't mean to make you think about that – - It's all right. All I do is hope because that's all I have –
Both women looked up and gave each other a simpathic smile. The kind of smile that says don't worry everything will work out fine.
"Control, this is vermillion 1"
It was Rick. A huge relief filled the room. Everybody had been through a lot together and as a result they had grown into a tight knit group of friends. Some would even call it a family. They no longer looked at each as fellow soldiers who had a common objective to achieve but as family. No one really spoke about it. It just was...
Lisa looked down at her console and found the cocky image of Rick Hunter again. She smiled internally that he was ok but her exterior told a different story. [Thank God he's ok... now I'm going kill him!] Claudia saw this and started to smile for she knew what was going to happen next. Claudia knew when Lisa got that sparkle in her eyes that everything was all right with her. It had been a long time since Claudia had seen that sparkle. The last time Lisa's eyes lit up was with... Karl Ribar, her former fiancé.
"Rick Hunter, what in the hell do you think you are doing?" Lisa responded angrily. Before he could response she continued, "Do you know how careless and irresponsible it is to not have your communications link open, not to mention disobeying orders to not investigate!"
"It's good to see you too commander" Rick said sarcastically, giving her a wink. Lisa paused from her triad when Rick winked [Did he just wink at me? My god I'm blushing. Stay with it Lisa] He then continued in a more professional manner, "There's nothing here, control. We have completed multiple sweeps of the area and nothing is out of place. Just junk and scrap".
"Look here Hunter..." Lisa said almost yelling. She was trying to cover up the light blush that was showing maybe even over compensating.
"Vermillion squadron return to base. Hunter please come to my office once you have landed". Gloval interrupted. Everyone was surprised that Gloval had said something; some had even forgotten that he had entered the control room with Lisa.
"Ah... Yes sir. Vermillion squadron returning to base." Rick replied then disappearing from Lisa's console.
"I'm sorry I interrupted you Lisa. I have no issues with you reprimanding Rick. But I would like to have a word with him first regarding that matter we discussed earlier." Gloval stated.
"That's fine, sir" Lisa responded, still reeling from another argument with her favorite pilot.
"I'll be in my office if anyone needs me. Lisa as usually your in charge." Gloval stated to everyone in the control room as he exited.
"Yes sir" everyone said as he left.
As soon as he left, everyone let out a collective sigh and relaxed. Gloval was not a strict captain but he expect that his officers act appropriately when the occasion required it. Sammy was first to speak out.
"So Lisa... Do you want to tell us what the captain wants to discuss with the Rick?"
"Ah... I guess you should know now. The captain is thinking about... prompting Rick to Lt. Commander."
"WHAT?" almost everyone who was left on the bridge replied.
"I know..."
"Hang on. That would place him as the same rank as you. Wouldn't it?" Kim question.
"Yes. But he would still be reporting to me during battle situations like today." [Not that he does in the first place]
"Come on Lisa. What we all want to know is do you think is he ready?" Claudia question smiling, know it would set off a teasing episode with Lisa as the target.
"Yeah Lisa. Have you asked him yet?" Kim questioned. Everyone turned to her with shocked expressions not expecting something that full on.
"What? I know you guys want to know as much as I do. So don't give me those looks" Kim shot back, defending her comment.
Lisa was stunned for a moment from Vanessa's question. After collecting herself she responded smiling "I'll tell you Kim... Only if you tell something about you and corporal Dixon." Lisa replied. Rick Hunter may have been Lisa's only weakness but she was still an expert tactician on and off the battlefield.
Blushing heavily Kim tried to hide, but failed miserably .
"Fine... All right, But this just between all of us. I'll tell you all in the lunchroom. We've been in here for too long". Vanessa told Lisa.
Everyone nodded and left the bridge for the lunchroom.
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[Why did I wink at Lisa? I must be going crazy... Could it be that I... Maybe Max and Ben were right...Nah, I'm just going nuts]
"Hey boss, what do you think that the captain wants with you?" Max question.
Max's question had woken him from his thoughts [I'll been doing that a bit lately... Just zoning out...] "Not sure Max, but all I know is that we better hurry up or I might have two high ranking officers on my back." Rick said as he kick the afterburners on his VT, "At least you get to eat something now, Ben".
"Yeah I can't wait." Ben said smugly.
"But from I've been hearing you wouldn't mind if a certain first officer was on your back?" Max answered smartly.
"You guys never quit... do you?" Rick answered sounding tired from all the harassing. All he could hear was the laughter of Ben and Max as vermillion squadron disappeared into the horizon towards Macros city.
Long after they had gone, a lone Zentraedi figure wearing a cloak and hood emerges from beneath the sands where Rick and his team were patrolling. With only the tips of hair exposing from underneath the hood it spoke to itself "That was close. But soon humans, the mighty Zentraedi army will rise again..."
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AUTHOR'S NOTES I wrote this chapter before I received any reviews / abuse ;) for chapter 1. Minmei, Roy, Miriya and Dana will be making an appearance in the next chapter. Don't worry I have not forgotten about them. Exedore and Breetai will come a little later when the action starts.
Oh and before I forget, apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. After all no one is perfect...
But I have corrected the Minmei spelling.
CHAPTER 2
DISCLAIMER AND COPYRIGHT I don't own Robotech so don't take me to court. If you want to uses any stuff from this fic, all I ask is an email – wonga316@yahoo.com.au
AUTHOR'S NOTES This is a different spin on things from episode 28 - reconstruction blues. Will try to and a little more action and love/hate triangle with Rick, Lisa and Minmei. This is my first attempt at Robotech fan fiction. So please be gentle, NOT. Tell me if I suck. How else are we going to improve? Some of the guys made seem OC. I apologies for that. After all it is fiction ;) Roy and Ben will still be alive in this story
"..." = Normal speech
[...] = Thought
-...- = Computer chat
****
"Vanessa, status report." Lisa ordered as she and captain entered the control room. Both quickly assume their normal position on the bridge. Since the last major battle where the earth's surface was destroyed, the requirement for full alert status on the bridge have been few and far between. One could be forgiven if they were out of sync. But this was not the case, everyone picked up as if the last major battle was just yesterday. It was kind of sad actually, everyone had been so accustom to the battle and alert situations that it was second nature.
"It just appeared out of nowhere.", she replied.
"What is it Vanessa?", Gloval questioned
"I think it's a Zentraedi battle cruiser or a large number of pods. I can't be sure but it's defiantly Zentreadi in orgin." Vanessa answered.
"WHAT!" / "It can't be!" responded some of the other officers
"All read outs are indicating that it is Zentraedi of origin. The size of the object is similar to a battle cruiser or a squadron of pods." Vanessa confirmed. She had hoped that she was wrong but Vanessa had seen this signal many times before when they were orbiting the earth.
"But I thought all of the Zentraedi fleet was destroyed or surrrended during the last battle?" Claudia question to no one particular.
"Vanessa do we have any one in that sector?" Gloval questioned
"No sir. The closet unit we have is Vermillion which is approximately 20 miles due south of the target and currently on route to the target." Vanessa answered.
Lisa's heart stopped for a moment as she thought of Rick [Vermillion squadron, Rick... he's out there.]
"Lisa, get me vermillion squadron" Gloval ordered.
"Lisa are you listening?" he asked again.
"Lisa are you ok?" Claudia asked with some concern. She knew that look well. She wore that face every time when Roy went out into combat.
Shaking herself out, Lisa responded, "Sorry sir. Contacting vermillion squadron now."
Everyone in the room, even Gloval knew, what Lisa was thinking but thought better of it to say anything.
****
Suddenly the image of Lisa Hayes appeared on the each of the VT consoles.
"Vermillion squadron please response."
"Vermillion 1 here. Hey Lisa are you guys seeing what we are seeing?" Rick responded.
"Yes Rick. All reports indicate that is either a Zentreadi battle cruiser or a squadron of pods but we can't be sure."
"Well, Ben you did say it was getting boring", Max added after Lisa had finished.
"I said I was hungry, not bored." Ben replied. His replied resulted in a few laughs from the control room. Especially Kim.
"I guess the quicker we check it out the quicker you get to eat, right corporal Dixon." Rick said smartly.
"We are already on course to target. ETA 2 minutes". Rick finished.
"Rick wait! We have not confirmed what it is yet. All we know that it's Zentraedi. It could be a friendly, it could be a trap, it could be any..." Lisa said sounding worried.
"There is nothing to worry about. It's probably a treasure hunter that got lost or something and he's activated a downed Zentraedi craft in an attempt to get home." Rick said interupting Lisa.
A lot of the population had taken up treasure hunting either for souvenirs or home collections. Human and Zentreadi war machines littered the sands of the once green earth. Occasionally you would read an article in the Macross City News about someone getting lost or injured as a result of searching these wrecks.
"Rick wait..." Lisa said almost in a panic.
"He's turned off his comm, commander." Sammy reported.
"Vermillion is currently super sonic and will reach target in approximately one minute", Vanessa replied.
Lisa hit her console and groaned. Everyone knew to give her some space (even captain Gloval) as she stared back at the black display on her console that was Rick hunter. [He never listens. I don't why I put up with it or him!] She thought angrily.
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"Hey guys see anything yet? We should be just about right on top of it." Rick asked his wingmen.
"Nothing here. Hey Rick, do you think Lisa is going to mad at you when we get back?" Max reported.
"Most likely. But what else is new in my life..." Rick replied.
"Nothing here either. But I reckon you like pissing off the Lt. Commander." Ben answered.
"I have to admit it is fun watching her reactions." said Rick.
"If I didn't know better Lt. Hunter you have a thing for Lisa..." Max said suggestively.
"You might be right there, Max. I heard that..." Ben said, but before he could finish Rick interrupted.
"Ok. That's enough gossiping. You guys are starting to sound like the trio. Stay in formation. We circle the area a couple more times then head back." Rick said.
"Don't try and change the subject Hunter. People only do that if they have something to hide. Do you have something to hide?" Max answered back.
Max like everyone else had heard the rumors about Rick and Lisa. The only person who didn't know was Rick himself. He was either too stupid or stubborn to admit his feelings. He could tell that Lisa had feelings for the young pilot, but what he didn't know was if Rick had feelings for Lisa.
****
"Sir, vermillion is over the target." Vanessa stated
Everyone was still quite after another one of Lisa and Rick's little 'disagreement' and had been waiting for someone to break the uncomfortable silence. It was usually Vanessa, because of her bubbly personality and young age no one could really get mad with her.
"Vanessa, has vermillion opened their comm channels yet?" Lisa question.
"No yet."
[Damn, why do keep doing this, Rick? Don't you know how I feel? How I care?] Lisa thought sadly. Suddenly a internal communications message appeared on her console. It was Claudia.
- It's all right Lisa. Don't worry about him – - Thanks Clau, but I can't help it – - Don't worry. Rick's too stupid to die yet ;) –
This brought a small laugh from the first officer. This caught the attention of some of the bridge. Composing herself she continue to type.
- Yeah I guess your right – - Of course I'm right – - I don't know how you do it. What do you do when Roy goes into combat? –
There was a long pause as Claudia thought about what Lisa had typed. Claudia never liked to talk about the subject. even with Roy. It was kind of like an unspoken rule between pilots and partners / wives / girlfriends. She looked down and found that Lisa had responded before she could.
- I'm sorry Clau. Didn't mean to make you think about that – - It's all right. All I do is hope because that's all I have –
Both women looked up and gave each other a simpathic smile. The kind of smile that says don't worry everything will work out fine.
"Control, this is vermillion 1"
It was Rick. A huge relief filled the room. Everybody had been through a lot together and as a result they had grown into a tight knit group of friends. Some would even call it a family. They no longer looked at each as fellow soldiers who had a common objective to achieve but as family. No one really spoke about it. It just was...
Lisa looked down at her console and found the cocky image of Rick Hunter again. She smiled internally that he was ok but her exterior told a different story. [Thank God he's ok... now I'm going kill him!] Claudia saw this and started to smile for she knew what was going to happen next. Claudia knew when Lisa got that sparkle in her eyes that everything was all right with her. It had been a long time since Claudia had seen that sparkle. The last time Lisa's eyes lit up was with... Karl Ribar, her former fiancé.
"Rick Hunter, what in the hell do you think you are doing?" Lisa responded angrily. Before he could response she continued, "Do you know how careless and irresponsible it is to not have your communications link open, not to mention disobeying orders to not investigate!"
"It's good to see you too commander" Rick said sarcastically, giving her a wink. Lisa paused from her triad when Rick winked [Did he just wink at me? My god I'm blushing. Stay with it Lisa] He then continued in a more professional manner, "There's nothing here, control. We have completed multiple sweeps of the area and nothing is out of place. Just junk and scrap".
"Look here Hunter..." Lisa said almost yelling. She was trying to cover up the light blush that was showing maybe even over compensating.
"Vermillion squadron return to base. Hunter please come to my office once you have landed". Gloval interrupted. Everyone was surprised that Gloval had said something; some had even forgotten that he had entered the control room with Lisa.
"Ah... Yes sir. Vermillion squadron returning to base." Rick replied then disappearing from Lisa's console.
"I'm sorry I interrupted you Lisa. I have no issues with you reprimanding Rick. But I would like to have a word with him first regarding that matter we discussed earlier." Gloval stated.
"That's fine, sir" Lisa responded, still reeling from another argument with her favorite pilot.
"I'll be in my office if anyone needs me. Lisa as usually your in charge." Gloval stated to everyone in the control room as he exited.
"Yes sir" everyone said as he left.
As soon as he left, everyone let out a collective sigh and relaxed. Gloval was not a strict captain but he expect that his officers act appropriately when the occasion required it. Sammy was first to speak out.
"So Lisa... Do you want to tell us what the captain wants to discuss with the Rick?"
"Ah... I guess you should know now. The captain is thinking about... prompting Rick to Lt. Commander."
"WHAT?" almost everyone who was left on the bridge replied.
"I know..."
"Hang on. That would place him as the same rank as you. Wouldn't it?" Kim question.
"Yes. But he would still be reporting to me during battle situations like today." [Not that he does in the first place]
"Come on Lisa. What we all want to know is do you think is he ready?" Claudia question smiling, know it would set off a teasing episode with Lisa as the target.
"Yeah Lisa. Have you asked him yet?" Kim questioned. Everyone turned to her with shocked expressions not expecting something that full on.
"What? I know you guys want to know as much as I do. So don't give me those looks" Kim shot back, defending her comment.
Lisa was stunned for a moment from Vanessa's question. After collecting herself she responded smiling "I'll tell you Kim... Only if you tell something about you and corporal Dixon." Lisa replied. Rick Hunter may have been Lisa's only weakness but she was still an expert tactician on and off the battlefield.
Blushing heavily Kim tried to hide, but failed miserably .
"Fine... All right, But this just between all of us. I'll tell you all in the lunchroom. We've been in here for too long". Vanessa told Lisa.
Everyone nodded and left the bridge for the lunchroom.
****
[Why did I wink at Lisa? I must be going crazy... Could it be that I... Maybe Max and Ben were right...Nah, I'm just going nuts]
"Hey boss, what do you think that the captain wants with you?" Max question.
Max's question had woken him from his thoughts [I'll been doing that a bit lately... Just zoning out...] "Not sure Max, but all I know is that we better hurry up or I might have two high ranking officers on my back." Rick said as he kick the afterburners on his VT, "At least you get to eat something now, Ben".
"Yeah I can't wait." Ben said smugly.
"But from I've been hearing you wouldn't mind if a certain first officer was on your back?" Max answered smartly.
"You guys never quit... do you?" Rick answered sounding tired from all the harassing. All he could hear was the laughter of Ben and Max as vermillion squadron disappeared into the horizon towards Macros city.
Long after they had gone, a lone Zentraedi figure wearing a cloak and hood emerges from beneath the sands where Rick and his team were patrolling. With only the tips of hair exposing from underneath the hood it spoke to itself "That was close. But soon humans, the mighty Zentraedi army will rise again..."
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AUTHOR'S NOTES I wrote this chapter before I received any reviews / abuse ;) for chapter 1. Minmei, Roy, Miriya and Dana will be making an appearance in the next chapter. Don't worry I have not forgotten about them. Exedore and Breetai will come a little later when the action starts.
Oh and before I forget, apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. After all no one is perfect...
But I have corrected the Minmei spelling.