Recalling the Day Two Sisters-in-Arms Met

"Look out, they're coming everywhere!" Pyrrha alerted.

"The enemies are moving too fast for us to keep up!" Barnette groaned as her Dread got blasted.

"These guys are getting annoying." Hibiki said mad.

"We have to do something quick." Jaune pointed out.

"They're on my tail!" Blake said

Right now, the Nirvana crew are being attack by the machine enemies again only this time the ones they're facing are really fast ones easily dodging the crew's attacks including the countering ones and breaking off their formation, everyone try their best to fight back but they can only hold out for so long.

"This is fucking nuts, we can't beat them like this." Hikibi grunted.

"The Bad Aliens are going to take us down quickly at this rate." Ruby worried.

"Well, the only idea I can think of is Hikibi and Meia combined to take these guys on." Jaune said as trying to block the speedy-bots tackles with his mech shield.

"I thought about that too, but I'm not sure if we can handle eight against one." Meia concerned.

"We'll try to help you as much as we can, but you two need to focus on your energies to take them down." Cinder stated and narrowly dodges another enemy strike.

"Okay, fine. Let get this over with already!" Hikibi agreed impatiently.

"Alright, let's form Silver Speedster." Meia ordered.

But before Meia could go to Hikibi, she saw one of the Dread pilot slowing down as her ship has taken too much damage during the battle and one more hit from the enemies will end her life. Reacting quickly, Meia flies to rescue her comrade from the enemy attack that is about to hit her at the cost of taking the attack herself and got spent spiraling out of control and crash into one of the asteroids nearby.

"MEIA?!" Everyone gasped.

"Meia? Meia, can you hear me?" Cinder called Meia through the comm, but no responses and got worry.

"Meia's vital signs have drop critical, she's in serious trouble." Ezra alerted worry.

"Someone, get Meia back on the ship for emergency medical needs!" Glynda ordered.

"Right. Come on, alien girl." Hikibi said as Dita quickly follow behind.

"Everyone, full retreat. We're returning back to the Nirvana." Cinder ordered and everyone quickly flies back to the ship while avoiding the enemies.

Once everyone got back on the ship, Hibiki and Dita quickly pit Meia on a medical bed where Duelo was waiting and they ran to the nurse office into the emergency room as the male Doctor and Paiway put her under a medical reading machine with a breathi8ng mask.

"Meia, will she be alright?" Dita asked worry.

"Don't worry, Meia is too stubborn for let something like this keep her down for long. All we can do is wait and prey for her safe recovery." Pyrrha said with a strong look on her face.

"But we're not going to wait for her to recovery, we need to deal with those speedy enemies here and now if we are to stand a chance against them." Cinder pointed out and then they felt shaking of the Nirvana being hit one the enemies.

"She's right, let's go." Jaune said.

Soon, the strike team got back into their Dreads and Vanguards after some quickly repair work from the Registry crew and make their outside again.

"I'll be taking in command; we'll be splitting into pairs of two as one will focus on the defense with their shields up at the max and the other on the offense against the enemy. Do NOT separate from each other no matter what." Cinder ordered as everyone agrees to the plan.

Soon, the speedy enemies came out again attacking them as the Dread teams attack back with the formation Cinder gave them of pairs going together as they try taking them down, but despite the plan working a little the enemies are still too fast for them to land a single hit in.

"Barnette, look out!" Jura warned and blocked an enemy's strike that push Jura back a little.

"Jura!" Barnette gasped and tries firing at the enemy, but it leaves the scene before the blasters could be fire from her Dread.

"Damn it, even with Cinder in charge, the enemies are still being difficult." Barnette grunted.

True to Barnette's words, the speedy enemies are still giving our heroes even though Cinder's formation plan is working on keeping everyone in the team alive as the acting leader herself and Pyrrha are having a hard time hitting them within their range.

(Bridge of Nirvana)

"Well, at least they're doing a little better than last time." Glynda commented.

"I guess it was a good thing we secretly made Cinder Second-in-Command in case something like this ever happened." BC said.

"Because Meia didn't want someone taking over. That girl refuse to make human contact unless it was absolutely necessary, to avoid relying on people, from the day Cinder introduces me to her, I knew this day would come." Magno said remembering how Meia life was from having a good life to the living through the bad times.

"I remember how that girl was. Once praised by the people for her Ohma's work, but it failed and got cold stares from everyone, everywhere she goes and believe that she had nothing left to live for." Glynda recalled.

"That girl insist on punishing herself. She can't tolerate making mistakes, she blames it all on her own weaknesses." Magno said.

"I remember what she used to say to me." Magno recalled Meia's words.

"I have no use to things dear to me. If you let yourself become attach, you'll become weak. I want to be strong, strong enough that no matter what, I will never be hurt."

"(Meia, you can't keep living in the past forever. I'm sure your parents would want you to be happy.)" Magno thought preyed that Meia let go of the tragic past.

(Back in the Fight)

"Damn it, they're moving too fast for us to lock on to." Cinder annoyed.

"We have to do something. Alien girl, let's combine." Hikibi suggested.

"O-Okay." Dita followed Hikibi.

They combined into Blue Thunder hoping this will turn the tide into their favor, but despite the combined power the Vandread doesn't have the speed to keep up with the enemies as they nearly got crash into an asteroid.

"Oh, come on!" Hikibi yelled.

"This isn't working, we're still getting creamed out here." Jaune pointed just after blocking an enemy's tackle that pushes him back several feet.

"I got separated from my partner!" A female pilot alerted.

"My shield isn't going to last much longer!" Another female pilot reported.

"Alright, everyone retreats back to the Nirvana. We'll be safe behind the shield until we can think of a new plan." Cinder ordered.

"Hikibi, Dita, give us covering fire." Cinder said.

"We're on it." Hikibi said as the Blue Thunder Vandread fire some beams hoping to keep them away for a little while as everyone made their way back to the Nirvana until they got inside the shield too.

"Okay, Vandread Blue Thunder will stay outside for lookout while the rest of us go in for some repairs." Cinder said.

"Well, that could have gone better." Jura sighed as she exits out of her Dread.

"We need a way to get the enemies without moving so much." Pyrrha suggested.

"That easier said than done, even our combined form can't keep up with them unless it's Vandread Silver Speed." Jaune said.

Cinder look slightly sad on her face and pull out her comm earpiece to call the medical room.

"(Meia.)" Cinder thought worried.

(With Duelo and Paiway)

"The problem is there a Paxis fragment that entered her wound. It's creating a reaction of its own inside her, it's starting to invade Meia's braincells in a very strange way. I don't know how long her spirit will last in the confusion of her central nerve system." Duelo said from the readings in the scan.

"I hope you'll get better soon, Meia." Paiway hoped.

Meanwhile, Meina's face flinches bit as she is having a flashback of her past.

(Dreamscape)

"Don't hate your Ohma, she is quite wonderful. She's just a little… unapproachable, but she is such an honest person who ignore those in need and always get the short end of the stick. Yet those are the reasons I fell in love with her, and why you were born." Meia's mother said to the younger Meia who is down on her knees looking sad and upset.

"I'm sure you'll understand someday, when someone just as important as you show up." Meia's mother believed.

"I don't need someone like that. Not if someone else gets hurt because of me." Young Meia said without turning around to look at her mother.

"Meia, falling in love with someone is a wonderful thing. You become strong when you have someone to care for." Meia's mother stated.

"You're wrong! You become weak because of that." Meia argued as she sobs.

"Don't you see? Don't you see whose fault it is we feel this way!" Meia cried.

"…I'm sorry, we shouldn't involve you in all this." Meia's mother said.

"I always regretted those words back then, I wanted to apologize for my mothers. But now I'll never get the chance, and no matter what I say she'll never hear it."

The Young Meia look back only to see her mother isn't in the room anymore like she just disappeared from her life.

(Back to Reality)

The Medical alerted that Meia's vital signs are dropping more.

"Hold on, Meia! You can't give up like this!" Duelo said.

"(I don't want to… anymore…)" Meia thought.

(With Cinder)

Cinder is seen sitting on her Dread wanting some alone time until Jaune climbs up sitting next to her.

"You're really that worry about Meia, aren't you?" Jaune asked.

"You can tell from just looking at me, huh? You seem smarter than you look." Cinder commented.

"Maybe, I just go help someone in need whenever they look down. Like when they're worry about someone they care for." Jaune mentioned.

Cinder look at Jaune seeing his calm smile which makes her body feel warm inside for some reason and just felt more open around him.

"I'm the reason Meia joined this crew." Cinder said getting Jaune's attention.

"It was years ago back on Mejeiru when Meia lost everything, her home and family. She had nothing in the world to live for, so she wasted her time picking times, getting out to drink, and sleeping with other women but she is just doing that to forget about her past. That's when I stepped in." Cinder started the story of how she met Meia.

(Flashback)

"So, this is where the once proud child of amazing parents ended up." A slight younger-looking Cinder said looking down at the younger Meia sitting on a dirty mattress in the junkyard.

"You were spoiled a lot, never got the chance to learn some real-life lessons because you probably thought that your life wouldn't become a living Hell until now and beg for the sweet release of death." Cinder mocked a little.

"Then just kill me, I don't want to live this way anymore." Young Meia begged.

"If you didn't want to live anymore then why are you still alive?" Cinder asked making Meia confuse.

"I can see great in you, something that I'm sure your parents saw that too and believe that you should keep on living." Cinder said.

"BUT HOW!" Meia yelled.

"How am I supposed to live with the guilt and despair that my parents are gone, nothing I do will ever bring them back." Meia cried.

"That is why you must live!" Cinder threw a punch to Meia's face knocking her down.

"Most of your life decisions have been decided for you, and you want someone else to say how you die. When your life goes down, the only direction you go is up and forge a new path for yourself and live a life your parents would be proud of!" Cinder scolded.

"But… but where do I even start? Where would I even go" Meia asked as she slow sat back up.

"Then how about joining my crew?" Magno offered as she walks up to Cinder.

"If you are so willing to find your way, then I can provide the reason do so." Magno tossed a small object at Meia as she catches it in her hands.

Meia opens her hands to see it's a gold laser ring.

"The choice is yours, Meia. If you want to die so badly, then maybe you can go out doing some amazing." Cinder smiled as she holds out her hand to Meia.

(Flashback End)

"When Meia joined the crew, I was the one training her and she learned everything fast as her life was depended on it. Both Captain and I saw that she already had the potential to lead a team in the crew. She learned how to fly a Dread faster than anyone here, even beating my own record." Cinder finished her story of how Meia joined the crew.

"In other words, you saved her from the deep depression she was suffering." Jaune believed.

"You could say that, and I also refuse to let her die because she hasn't paid us back for giving her the life she has been seeking." Cinder said.

"Hey Jaune, com in." Hikibi called through Jaune's comm.

"What's up, Hikibi?" Jaune responded.

"Get everyone back outside, I got a plan to beat those guys." Hibiki said.

(Later)

"Hikibi. This is by far the craziest plan I ever heard." Jaune said worry as he and the others are in their ships and mechs.

"This plan is going to work; I know it and I'm getting hungry too." Hibiki excited.

"The speedy enemies are coming along with some friends." Jura alerted.

"Oh great, as if that's all we need right now." Yang annoyed

And the robot enemies started firing their lasers at the Nirvana pushing back the shield.

"OW! Can't you guys hurry this up?" Bart asked in pain.

"Not yet, it ain't over yet." Hibiki smirked.

(Medical Room)

Duelo asked Parfet to come here for a shock treatment in hopes to wake Meia up from her coma state.

"If we have to do this right otherwise, we'll risking losing the Meia we love." Parfet warned.

"It's our only shot." Duelo said.

"Okay, the wires are attach and ready." Nora informed, who is also helping.

"Here we go!" Parfet pushed the button and the electric begins as Meia starts to scream in pain.

"Come on, Meia. Come back to us." Paiway preyed.

(Back with Hibiki and Others)

"The third layer of the main shield is giving way." Belvedere informed.

"Hibiki, anytime for that plan of yours." Jaune groaned worry.

"Just a little more." Hibiki said.

They waited a little longer and when Amarone said that the distance with the enemy is now 900, that's when Hibiki shouted for everyone to shatter while dodging the laser blasts from the enemies. Vandread Blue Thunder charges forward and defend itself from the countless laser blasts hitting him and Dita for a while until Hibiki pulls out the two spear blasters from the back and fire multiple laser shots in all direction from the side and hitting the other Dreads deflecting them with their shields including Jaune's mech shield. This causes the blasts to bounce off and destroy ever enemy in front of them along with the speedy enemies.

"What an incredible idea." BC admitted.

"Reflecting the shots from the Dreads' shield to attack all enemies at once. Such a thing should be impossible." Glynda surprised.

"The man's idea was dangerous, but it's a pretty good one." Magno smiled.

(Meia's Dreamscape)

Meia has been seeing vision of her pasts, the time when everything and everyone was lost to her and the bad times she put herself in, then she started seeing visions of Hibiki and the times they were near each other feeling something strange in her heart.

And then her mother came into the picture.

"Meia, your mother is weak person. I simply never got the chance to step out into the world like you and your Ohma. My dream was to create a safe haven where you can feel secure at home, whether you are sad, fully of energy, or exhausted, I will always greet you with a happy smile. No matter what kind of day it was." Meia's mother said.

"NO! You weren't the weak one, mother. It was me, I was the weak one! I didn't have the courage to understand others, I was afraid of showing them how I felt, I was afraid of not being like." Meia confessed her fear.

"Meia, you are a very strong woman with a gentle heart. So please, don't blame yourself anymore. You have nothing to fear now, open your heart. People can't live by themselves, so go back to the place where you belong. Where the who are important to you." Meia's mother advised as she disappears.

"WAIT!" Meia ran hoping to find her mother again as they are so many things, she wants to tell her then she heard the voices of her friends calling out to her.

(Dreamscape End)

Meia opens her eyes finding herself in the medical room, then sees Paiway, Parfet, and Nora crying for her.

"I'm so glad you're okay." Parfet cried tears of joy.

"We saved you." Paiway said.

"I'm so happy you're alive!" Nora sobbed cheering.

"Thank you." Meia thanked and notice her headpiece is missing.

"Here's this is precious to you. Isn't it?" Duelo held Meia's headpiece clean like new.

"No, it's a lesson." Meia said.

"Well then, I hope the lesson is not to get hurt like that again." Cinder walked in.

"Cinder, I take it the enemies have been dealt with?" Meia asked.

"Yep, thanks to Hibiki's idea. You know, you two are the opposite of each other though have a few things in common: you both want to prove yourselves." Cinder stated.

"Is that so? Hey, remember when we first met?" Meia asked smiling.

"Like it was yesterday." Cinder smiled back.


KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!

We got a look at Meia's past of how her life was shit and even got to see her mother again for a moment during her coma state, and how she was recruited in Magno's pirate crew with a little convincing from Cinder's words and a punch to the face. Hope this experience will help Meia be a little more open of her feelings to others and make herself stronger too.

KO comment, favorite, and follow through of how this story will go!