A/N: This was a very difficult desicion, i had to decide... this was it. I had to do it... i had to choice to either pick the lettuce from the tomato... Just kidding. But seriously, this chapter is not the end. The story is still a little ways from the ending. Oh, this may be a little of topic but does anyone know what kawaii mean?

Chapter Thirteen: Hibiki's Last Stand

Paiway frantically checked the machine again as another shocker came to her mind.

"Duero! The babies are rejecting the mother! It seems that she's going to have them... now!" she screamed. Duero felt his stomach turn as he had never delivered a child before. He turned his gaze to the window and saw the massive battle begin.

Hibiki soared through space, almost fainting at the sight of his enemy. A massive fleet of enemy flag ships entered into view. This was his chance to prove himself, he felt Dita within him. He knew she felt his fear but also his courage. Meia and Jura flew next to him as they charged through space.

"Jura stick close to me, you too Meia. I think if we head straight to the flag ship, we can take that down along with any of its buddies." he said. Unaware to him, another dilemma was taking place on the ship.

Dita arched her back as she struggled to maintain her breath. Duero glanced over to her vitals which were displayed on a nearby screen. His pupils shrunk as he soon realized they had skyrocketed. Duero had no choice but to spread Dita's legs apart, he had to deliver the children if he had any hope of saving Dita.

"What are you doing?" asked Paiway. Duero gave her a stressed glare.

"Calm her down as much as possible. We need her to relax her pelvic muscles in order for this to work." he said.

Dita opened her eye.

"Hibiki... I can feel him..."

Dita yelled as she felt her insides push out, she had no control. The pain was excruciating as she tried to maintain her sobs.

"Hibiki!" she screamed. She gripped the sides of the bed as she felt her stomach tremble with pain.

A fleet of enemy ships came rushing in, Hibiki immediately reacted.

"Now, Bart!" he shouted into his cockpit.

"Roger that!" he answered. Several thousands of blue lasers engulfed the battle site, destroying every single enemy all while avoiding Hibiki and the other dreads.

"Alright, that's only the first wave. How long until the next rapid fire?" asked Hibiki trying to dodge as much as he could. He didn't want to waste any of the ammo on the small fry.

"Give me five minutes." he said.

"You got two" Hibiki retorted. They reached the area with the first enemy flag ship, Hibiki turned to Meia.

"Combine!"

With a burst of a seemingly bright light and fast recovery, Vandread Meia soared through the debris left over from the recent blast. They whizzed toward the flag ship, destroying any enemy in the way. Jura tried to keep at their tail. They managed to avoid oncoming fire and sped to the center of the ship.

"Alright, this is enough." said Hibiki as he broke away from Meia. Jura came just in time, everything was going as planned.

"Jura, combine!"

With yet another burst of light, Vandread Jura deployed several round chargers into space surrounding the enemy ship and creating a barrier around it.

"Bart, Now!" he ordered. The Nirvana did nothing.

"What are you waiting for?" he yelled.

"I'm not sure, it's not responding. Get out of there!" he said. But it was too late, the enemy ship broke from the barrier and launched an all out attack on the Vandread making it split. Hibiki spiraled outward toward the enemy as Jura was flung in the opposite direction. Hibiki who was trying to regain control realized he was bleeding at the back of his head.

"Dammit! This is my only chance! I won't lose" he yelled. He regained control and plummeted down to the underbelly of the ship. He knew that the harvest had their core stored there, if it was to ever be touched the whole ship was sure to explode. This was his chance, he was going to take this and not any other way. He flew under it, he felt consciousness leave his body as darkness quickly drew near. He had to do this, there was no way out of this.

"Push, Dita. Come on, a little more." demanded Duero. She gritted her teeth and grabbed onto her bed post feeling the pain increase with each passing second.

"I can't, I'm losing it... Hibiki he... he's losing." she stuttered. Paiway gripped Dita's hand and held it firmly.

"Dita, have hope. Their trying their best." she said. Dita felt her eyes water as she tried her best to breath as she was losing her oxygen.

"Someone... someone is going to be lost... I can feel it." she said. She screamed as she felt herself giving way to an unnatural feeling. Her legs felt numb as her mind was trying to find the exact reason for it, she panted for air as she could no longer bring it in.

"I... I can't breath... I can't take this anymore!" she yelled out into the air. Paiway grabbed an oxygen mask and placed it over Dita's mouth.

"Duero, her vitals are dropping! Her heart rate is going down hill fast... she's losing consciousness." she said. Duero felt his heart race like never before, he had three lives to tend to. He wasn't about to let one die.

Hibiki trying to maintain his breathing, quickly scanned the underbelly of the ship all while was getting blasted by the turrets that were protecting its side. He felt behind his head to feel a very large gash going from the bottom of his ear to his shoulder blade. He spotted an orange orb underneath, there it was. He managed to grab onto it, still being blasted with lasers and whatnot he decided to take the last bit a time he had left to regain his last thoughts.

"For you, and for you alone... I give my life to you..." he whispered. With one final blow, he thrust the lever forward making the Vanguard force its arm into the orb. The core shattered as a domino effect took place. The enemy ship was silent, until a massive explosion erupted. The smaller enemy ships soon imploded on themselves. The harvest had been defeated.

"That idiot!" yelled Jura.

Back at the bridge of the Nirvana, Ezra frantically checked the online controls after hearing the massive explosions, she turned to the commander.

"There's nothing, right now. There's to much noise to comprehend any signal... wait a minute." she said. The bridge was silent, everyone's heart was beating rapidly in the chest as their anticipation started to reach its end.

"Jura's dread... is online." she spoke. Some tension was released.

"Checking... checking... okay, Meia's dread is online." she spoke aloud. More tension seemed to be added rather than taking away. Ezra stared at the controls, her heart racing to see if fate was on their side.

"What! No! Hibiki! Hibiki!" she yelled. Buzam ran next to her, her sights on the controls.

"Hibiki... is... offline?" she asked. Ezra found tears welled up in her eyes.

"No... it's not just offline. There's no trace of it... it's gone."

Utter Silence...

"Hibiki's gone."

No, this can't be happening. Actually, yes it can. Sorry for that but i guarentee that everything will be alright. I hope.