Chapter 2
Reunion in the Rainbow Clouds pt 1
Okay, I'm really exited about continuing this story. So let's keep it going and... Let's kick it up!
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On board the Gekko, Eureka was running operations of the ship store, which was Renton's job on board the ship. This was one of the many attempts to still feel close to Renton despite his absence.
Eureka bent down to pick up a particularly heavy box, which proved to be difficult with her still weakened arm. She had still been trying to regain the use of her arm. But her attempts had become far less desperate upon the leader of the Gekkostate, Holland leaving the ship to go and track down Renton two and and a half weeks ago. That thought alone, the thought of having Renton returned to her, had breathed new life in to Eureka and while her arm was still giving her trouble, the rest of her body was back to a hundred percent and then some.
As Eureka was finishing restocking the shelves a dark skined girl wearing a mostly white outfit and a pink bandana over pink see through visor entered and approached her.
"Hello Gidget." Eureka greeted the other girl.
"Hey, Eureka. I just heard from Hilda that Leader is on his way back to the Gekko right now." Gidget explained to Eureka before her eyes widened in excitement.
"That must mean that he's found Renton." Eureka said before she ran out of the store and made her way as fast as she could to the ship's hanger with a large smile stuck to her face. The smile faded however when she saw a grey haired man with a black shirt climbing out of an orange vehicle alone and walking up to a slightly bulky man and a man with an afro who was wearing a yellow basketball jersey. These men were in order, the Gekkostate's leader, Holland, his best friend and self proclaimed financial officer, Hap, and one of the LFO pilots of the crew, Matthieu.
"Any luck?" Hap asked before Holland shook his head.
"Unfortunately, the trail went cold pretty fast. Found Doggy's bag though." Holland said before holding up a purple bag.
"Well, that's at least one piece of good news." Matthieu joked.
"Yeah. That's about the only piece of good news. When the trail went cold I found out that Charles and Ray are coming." Holland said.
"Oh shit!" Hap said before letting out a stressed sigh. "What are we gonna do?" He asked.
"The army is moving a blockade to try and catch us. There's whole in it. We should go through it and find a place to lay low for a while." Holland said.
"And what about Renton?" Asked Talho, who had been leaning against the wall the entire time.
"We don't have a choice. We have to wait before continuing the search." Holland said, gaining a disappointed look from Talho.
"I hope he knows what he's doing." Talho whispered to Hap as Holland walked away.
"So do I, Talho." Hap said before they followed Holland, none of them noticing that the railing at the top of the hanger's stairs were dented from being squeezed.
Several minutes later, Eureka and Gidget were sitting next to each other while watching three young children, one, a black haired boy yearning a white hoodie under a beige shirt, a blonde girl wearing a blue and white dress with pink straps and pink fish on it, and the youngest of the group who had a scar on his forehead who was wearing a blue and yellow shirt. Maurice, Maeter, and Linck, Eureka's adopted children.
"So, what are you going to do?" Gidget asked, Eureka having filled her in on the situation
"The only thing I can do. I have to go and get Renton my self." Eureka said quietly.
"Are you crazy? You can't go out there alone." Gidget whispered to her.
"Gidget. I have to. I need him." Eureka said with tears beginning to fill her eyes as before her friend pulled her in to a hug.
"Okay. What's the plan?" Gidget asked, making it clear that she had every intention of helping Eureka in any way that she possibly could.
"I can't take the Nirvash and the others need all the LFOs to protect the Gekko. My only option is go to Guianas on my board." Eureka said.
"But we're not even sure if Renton even went to Guianas." Gidget pointed out.
"Then if he's not there, I'll go everywhere else he could have gone. Bell Forest, Controado, Ciudades del Cielo. I don't care how long I have to look I'm going to find him and bring him home." Eureka said before standing up and walking over to the kids. "Maeter, Maurice, Linck." She said before the kids looked up at here. "I'm gonna have to go away for a while." She said before the children adopted surprise and saddened looks.
"What? Why?" Maeter asked in a sorrowful voice.
"Because, I have to go bring Renton back home." Eureka replied.
"But, Mama. Renton's been gone a real long time. What if you end up being gone for that long too?" Linck asked with his head down.
"Don't worry. I'll have a communicator and a tracker so the Gekko can find me." Eureka said in a attempt to ease their worries. "Don't worry. I'll be home before you know it. I promise." She said with a smile before Linck and Maeter jumped in to her arms. Eureka then looked up to see Maurice was looking away from her so she signaled for the younger two to go sit with Gidget? "What's wrong?" She asked.
"Why are you going looking for Renton? He hurt you didn't he?" Maurice asked in a tone that conveyed betrayal.
"No. Holland blamed him. But he never hurt me. Renton saved me." Eureka explained before a guilty expression came to her face. "And I never helped him when he was hurting. I have to tell him how sorry I am for that." She said.
"Okay. Just... promise that you'll come back." Maurice pleaded.
"I promise." Eureka said before pulling her oldest child in to a hug.
A short while later, Eureka was at an exit hatch, now clad in a blue jacket, white pants and a blue hat and holding a white and blue board. Suddenly, she turned around to see an one man with white hair covering his eyes sitting on a mat with a pot of tea in front of him.
"Care for a cup?" The old man asked before Eureka smiled and politely shook her head.
"No thank you, Gonzi." Eureka replied before opening a hatch before jumping out of the ship letting her feet land on the board before waved of green light became noticeable under her and she began riding them away from the ship. "Please. Please wait for me, Renton." She said before leaning forward so that the board would go faster.
At the same time in an amassment of multi colored clouds, a woman with raven black hair wearing a thin white sweater that was blue on the biceps and pink on the shoulders was piloting a ship that looked very much like a blue version of the Gekko as it was joined on all sides by a fleet of black ships and one eyed blue mechs on giant boards. Suddenly, she looked down before gasping in horror.
"Charles. I'm moving in." The woman said to a man wearing a plum shirt who was sitting in a six eyed blue mech.
"What's your hurry, Ray? The operation hasn't started yet." Charles replied.
"Yes. But Eureka if flying this way and she's alone." Ray replied before Charles shot up in his seat.
"Okay. Now that's a reason to hurry!" Charles exclaimed before he launched his mech out of the ship and began flying.
(Back with Eureka)
As the bluenette flew through the sky on her board, thoughts of Renton began to flood her mind. She found herself at the same time worried as to if Renton would forgive her for her actions, if he would return to the Gekko or if she would choose to stay with him and send for her children. But those questions didn't matter at that moment to her all that mattered what finding the one she loved. Everything else would come later.
Just as Eureka's resolve was re-cemented, she suddenly felt uneasy. As if something was coming towards her. These fears were quickly proven right as she past over and cloud and noticed the fleet being led by the blue ship.
"The State Army!" Eureka exclaimed in fear before fully processing the lead ship. "The Swan." She said in a much more quiet. She quickly maneuvered her board to turn around while hitting a distress button on her communicator in order to alert the Gekko. Just then, a large blast came from the Swan and came dangerously close to hitting Eureka.
Eureka flinched from the laser passing over her just long enough for Charles to catch up to her. Eureka then tried maneuvering the board to escape only for it to hit hard against the head of Charles mech causing it to shatter and Eureka to begin plummeting trough the sky.
"Damn it!" Charles exclaimed as he maneuvered his mech to fly after her.
'This is it.' Eureka thought as Charles approached. Either she would be captured or die. Either way, she had lost. Just then, the images of her friends, her children, and Renton flashed through her mind before she clenched her fist. "No." She said simply before the flesh on her arm cracked away leaving it reflective and entirely green with exception to to the back, the bicep and the inside of the forearm which were pink. A violate aura then appeared over her body before she narrowly opened her eyes before firing a red blast out of her hand.
"What in the..." Charles began before Eureka began to fly away. "I don't know how you're doing that. But I won't let you get away." Charles said before he reached for the com system only for it to come on before he could touch it.
"Charles. Something's coming this way and moving almost too fast for me to track Ray said, as Eureka and Charles both broke through the clouds, the bluenette, taking notice of a squad of KLFs that floated between her and her escape. She then tried to charge another blast only for it to fade before it had been fully formed.
"No good. I'm still not back at full strength after the cave." Eureka said to herself as the KLFs flew straight for her. "I really need some back up right..." She began to say before, out of nowhere, a large glowing green orb flew between and through several of the KLFs and them plummeting to the ground before stopping directly in front of Eureka before fading.
Eureka's crimson eyes then widened at the sight of who now floated in front of her. A young man with spiky hair glad in black pants and a black compression shirt, black black and and gold armor with black and gold boots and bracers to match, and a distinctive Wolf pelt wrapped around his waist. Only one word could escape from her mouth at the sight of the young man floating in front of her. "Renton."
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And there you go, guys. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next time the reunion continues as Renton decide whether or not to stay with the Gekkostate once more. Until then and as always... Keep on keeping on.