A/N: More action this chapter. That's it. Read and enjoy it.

Chapter Six: The Captured

"Hibiki! Stop eating her face!" yelled Jura. He immediately pulled away leaving a slightly dazed Dita to wonder what had just happened. He blushed as he looked away.

"I don't know what you're talking about." he said trying to wipe away the saliva from his chin. Then a pair of arms wrapped around his neck, hugging him tightly. Dita rubbed against him, her eyes closed trying to show her love for him in a annoying matter. He would normally push her away but now he enjoyed it, he actually returned the hug. Jura and Barnette tried their best to figure out this new reaction between them. Large question marks appeared over their head. They looked at each other in confusion and then at the hugging teens.

"Dita, what are you doing?" asked Barnette. Dita released Hibiki and turned happily to her comrades. She couldn't explain it but Hibiki didn't have that problem. He slung his arm over Dita's shoulder.

"Well, isn't it obvious" he said grinning. Jura nearly fainted as Barnette extended her hands to catch her.

"Don't tell me you love each other? How is that possible? Man and woman?" she exclaimed. Hibiki and Dita both gave her a curt nod. But the happiness didn't last long, Hibiki felt his heart began to beat rapidly. He ran out of breath and bent over in pain. He stumbled to the floor, he was having another nightmare. His eyes seemed to loose their focus.

"Hibiki!" yelled Dita, Jura, and Barnette. But he could no longer hear them. He had already slipped into darkness. He felt his body fall through nothingness, but it wasn't a pleasant fall. All around him he heard terrifying screams. The screaming voice was familiar.

It was Dita's.

"Please!"

"Let him go!"

"No! I beg you!"

Horrid images spawned in front of him, all of them revealing scarring events. Dita was chained to a wall, scratches and bruises littered her body as she struggled to keep consciousness. A tall man in front of her dealt the blows as blood left her lips. Where was he? Why wasn't he trying to help? The man pulled out a knife and held it to her neck. Everything went black. Everything ended with a earsplitting scream.

Hibiki quickly sat up quickly rubbing the blackness away from his eyes. Dita hovered over him, her blue eyes gazing down on him. She grazed the line of his hair with her index finger and smiled.

"Glad you came to." she said. Hibiki shook his head, why was he having these? They were so annoying and were killer to his health. Jura and Barnette looked down in awe.

"Do all you men do that?" she asked. Hibiki shook off that comment and stood only to have the ships alarm run widely in his ear. Jura looked up and then at Hibiki.

"No time for this right now. We have enemy incoming." she said. Barnette and Jura ran to their respective space vehicles. Dita pulled Hibiki until they separated to their own areas. They took off from the hangar and into the calm depths of space, Hibiki panicked when he realized the situation.

"Everyone, be on your guard. Especially you Dita." he announced. Meia soon joined in, her dread whizzing through space. The harvest fleet zoomed in, not showing any relief of their ongoing fire. Hibiki kept his eye on Dita and made sure she was within sight at all times. What he didn't realize the harvest's new weapon. It didn't occur to him until he a large red beam of light engulfed his Vanguard making him hit dashboard controls.

"Get out of there! They're pulling you in!" yelled Meia. Dita wasn't going to allow this, Hibiki was blinded and couldn't distinguish his controls. She tailed him.

"Mr. Alien. If we combine, then we can fight the current." she yelled. Hibiki although didn't understand the logic behind that idea, but he had no other chance but to agree. Since she was coming from behind, he let the Vanguard drift so Dita could clash with him. With a mighty blast of light, the offensive Vandread formed. Hibiki regained sight as he settled himself behind Dita.

"You alright? Let's get out of here." she exclaimed. Hibiki tried not to think of his earlier visions, what were the chances of that happening anyway? He reached over to the controls which were already being operated by Dita. Regardless, he placed his hands over hers and began to pull back. The mighty Vandread deployed its booster rockets but to their dismay, the beam seemed to have the upper hand.

"What's going on? They're disabling us! They're shutting down our engines!" she panicked. Hibiki gritted his teeth. He kept a firm grip over Dita's hands and tried to concentrate.

"Come on, dammit! Work!" he yelled. A long strap deployed from the harvest mother ship and wrapped itself around the Vandread causing it to drift into its realm. They entered to what seemed to be a hangar, the Vandread came to a halt. They had been captured. Hibiki heard Dita softly whimper in fear.

"Calm down. Don't be afraid." he whispered into her ear. He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tight, placing his head on her shoulder. He concentrated on her heartbeat as it went from a rapid rhythm to a slow beat. The soothing atmosphere dissipated when the cockpit window shattered, spreading glass everywhere. Dita shrieked as she quickly grabbed Hibiki. Two men entered through the cockpit and grabbed the first person they could reach, namely Dita. One of them ripped Dita away from Hibiki and handed her to the other. Hibiki lunged after her but was stopped short when the man punched him dead in the face sending him crashing to the floor. He had been knocked unconsciousness.

Hibiki awoke in a cell, the white lights beamed overhead revealing the disgusting environment he was in. The chamber was small and was littered with blood and dirt. Dita sat sorrowfully on what looked like to be a toilet. Not using it of course. The door was chained shut, a tiny slit was set upon the frame of the door where the guards would peer in and snicker cold remarks.

"What happened?" he asked. Dita looked at him.

"Not much, they brought us here. That's all I could remember." she said rubbing her arm. Hibiki stood and eyed his surroundings. His head jerked in the direction of the cell door, four men appeared at the doorway. They were dressed in identical black uniforms all bearing huge muscular figures.

"What the hell do you want?" Hibiki snarled at them. The four men smiled as they rushed in. Hibiki tried to fight them off but was quickly pinned to the wall, they surrounded Dita and threw her to the corner of the cell. Both Dita and Hibiki were fastened to the wall, a fifth man walked in very casually. His hands behind his back, he looked at Hibiki and with a quick motion drew a knife and held it to his neck. Dita tried to pull of their grip but ended up fatigued from the struggle.

"Please let him go!" she yelled. Hibiki froze, why was this so familiar to him even though he had never witnessed this event before? The man leaned in closer with his knife still drawn dangerously at his neck.

"Shut up, Dita. You're making this worse." he said through his teeth. The man who held the knife to his neck retreated as his gaze went from Hibiki to Dita with a evil smile plastered onto his face. He inched toward the frightened girl and grabbed her chin. He pulled her head up and snickered. Dita felt like she couldn't breath. The stench that the man emitted was almost unbearable. He backed away and with one furious punch struck Dita across her face.

"You asshole!" yelled Hibiki, he struggled to break free but was no match for the two guards that held him down. Dita's head hung over, blood trickling down her lower lip. The man spun around and grabbed Hibiki by the neck.

"Listen, tell me what I need to know and your friend will be fine. Tell me everything you know and we'll spare your precious ship." he hissed. Hibiki couldn't think of anything that was valuable to them. What could they ask?

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