Chapter 10

Perfect Insanity

Two months later...

The missions grew harder as time went by but, the more we did, the closer everyone became. Each mission we completed gained those in Omega more respect weather we were teammates or not. Everywhere I went soldiers saluted us. It felt good. Last month I had Yuki enrolled at the base's school. She needed to go to kindergarten. It was my responsibility as her brother to make sure she received a proper education just like everyone else. It was comforting to see her playing with other kids her age too. I was on my way to pick her up now.

"Hey, Miss Ibuki." I said to her teacher. She smiled. "Yuki-chan, your brother's here to pick you up." she called out. A moment later Yuki came out of the classroom. "Blaze!" she cheered and hugged me. "How was school today?" I asked her. "Good. I had a lot of fun today." she replied. "That's great." I said petting her head. "Yuki's a bright child and she gets along well with others too." Miss Ibuki remarked. "That's good to hear. We'll see you tomorrow. Say goodbye to your teacher, Yuki. " I said. "Goodbye, Ibuki-sensai." Yuki bowed.

As we walked home I noticed she was holding something. "What's that?" I asked her. "A flower. Sousuke gave it to me." she said. Sousuke was one of her classmates. "Sousuke? That little Coralian boy?" I asked. "Uh-huh." she responded.

A soldier rushed up to us and saluted me. "Yes?" I asked. "Sir, there's been an emergency. You're to report to the Eclipse immediately." he told me. I turned to Yuki. "Yuki, head home and wait for Izumi." I instructed. She nodded and ran off.

Eclipse, 0902 hours...

The rest of the team was already assembled when I arrived at the hanger. "What's the mission?" I asked the commander. "Hacienda is under attack. To be specific, FAC-51, one of our KLF plants." he informed us. "Gamma's already been dispatched to the scene." stated Todd as we boarded Eclipse. "Gamma Team?" repeated Matt. "Unfortunately, their numbers have dwindled down by over half." went Jacobs. "So it's a rescue mission then, sir?" inquired Dahlia. "Not just that. Over a third of the planet's LFOs and KLFs are grown at FAC-51. We lose that facility, we could lose this war." said Cipher. "Enough chit-chat. Let's go, Omega." ordered Todd. "Roger," responded his crew.

FAC-51, 0945 hours...

"Bobby, toss me a mag!" the soldier radioed to the KLF beside him. "Here, it's my last one. Make it count, Kuroko!" radioed the one called Bobby as his KLF tossed his comrade a magazine. Kuroko loaded the mag into his KLF's massive gun. "Just stay down, if they spot us we're dead." barked the third KLF. "Yeah, no shit, Lucy." retorted Kuroko.

The three KLFs were huddled together behind a large boulder in the cave. The place was crawling was Image. "Are we the only ones left?" wondered Bobby. "Looks like it." responded Lucy solemnly. "Dammit! Where the hell is that support from Omega Team?" cursed Bobby impatiently. Lucy looked at her radar. "They're about six clicks away." she answered.

"How much time do these bastards have left?" Bobby asked next. Kuroko looked at his watch. "33 minutes, 4 seconds." he answered. "Look, the only thing we can do is sit tight and wait for backup." went Lucy.

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"Unless off course you wanna charge them, guns a blazing. In which case, you're going in alone buddy." she added sarcastically. "No thanks," responded Bobby. "Then shut the hell up, Bobby!" yelled Kuroko.

Eclipse, 1001 hours...

"Sir," went Alice. "What is it, Alice?" inquired Todd. "I'm only picking up three IKF signatures on radar." she stated. "What? Are you serious? That can't be right. There should be a lot more. Check it again." he ordered. "I did, sir." she responded. "Crap. Then it's worse than we thought." he grunted. "Everyone to your KLFs, we're going in now." he ordered over the intercoms.

"We're going in now?" repeated Emma confused. "If we're going in now then that means things have really gone to hell." stated Dahlia as she jumped in TheBELLONA's cockpit. "TheBELLONA, heading out." Dahlia radioed as she sped off the launchpad. "Lets go get those calamari!" yelled Matt enthusiastically as his GA505 launched next.

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"There, I see the entrance." I said pointing with the Nirvash's finger. The entrance was full of Image. "On my mark we charge in there. Emma, Matt, Blaze, I want you to locate and get the survivors the hell out of here!" Dahlia said. Everyone tensed up. I couldn't blame them, this was probably the deadliest mission we've ever done. "MARK!" Dahila yelled. We ignited our boosters to max and were able to get the jump on the squids. "I'll make a distraction, you get the survivors." Dahila ordered. "Roger," we responded.

We entered the cave and I look around before Matt spoke up. "There! I see them their behind that rock!" he said. We rushed to them.

"Where's everyone else?" I asked them. "Dead. We're all that's left." answered Kuroku. "C'mon, lets get you out of here." said Emma.

"Lets get the hell out of here!" screamed Matt. The six of us rushed out of the cavern. "Can you still lift?" I asked the squad. "Yeah, our boards aren't damaged." they answered. We took to the skies and began escorting them back to the ship. We were about halfway back when suddenly a huge Image appeared. It was right over Emma.

"Emma, look out!" I screamed. But Emma just stared, frozen with fear. I threw one of my boomerangs at the Image, but it wasn't fast enough. I watched in horror as the beast used one of it's tentacles to pierce Emma's cockpit. "NO!" I screamed as the Flestnia X plummeted to the ground. And that's the last thing I remember.

Rider's high…

Ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-dump. "ZITA!" I bellowed. My mind flashed back to the day of Lillian's death. I remembered the kiss she gave me before she died."No…first Lillian, now Zita. Dammit! I'll kill you, all of you! I'll kill every last one of you monsters! AHHH!" I screamed.

A brilliant rainbow pillar lit up the sky and engulfed the Nirvash. It pealed the blue paint away. "What the hell is that?" Todd said in amazement. "The trapar values have sky rocketed." reported Hax. Todd used Eclipse's gun-cam to zoom in on the phenomenon. "What the…" he gasped.

I barreled towards the nearest enemy. "DAMMIT!" I screamed. I ripped the monster apart with the mech's hands. Blood poured over the now white LFO. "DAMMIT!" I screamed again as immediately went for the next Image. I did a Cut-back Drop Turn and I sliced the boomerang blade through the bakemono. "AHH!" I screamed.

"Blaze, can you hear me? Blaze, respond!" radioed Dahlia. But no response came.

Tears fell down both my cheeks. "I promised to protect you, I couldn't protect my family or Lillian. You and Yuki were the only people I had left. AAAAHHHHH!" I screamed so loud that Nirvash answered my calls of pain. The lights became more intense. I saw the giant red sphere in the sky and I rushed it.

"It's Rider's High…no Blaze is far beyond that. But...what the hell is that light? It's almost like...No, it can't be." muttered Todd from aboard his ship.

"Lets go, Nirvash!" I screamed in hatred like I had never had before. Once I was underneath the sphere I shot upward. "DIE!" I screamed as the Nirvash pierced the Image core.

The Eclipse crew watched in awe as the mech entered the core. It disappeared for moment. Then reappeared above the core. Every Image in the area ceased functioning. Then the core imploded into a cloud of dust and vanished. All way before the remaining time limit was up.

With the Image gone the Nirvash rushed to where the Flestnia X crashed. A barrier surrounded the two LFOs. I used the mech's hands to tear the cockpit open. I saw Zita lying there in a pool on her own blood. I opened my canopy and jumped from my mech to hers. "Zita!" I cried. I checked her pulse. She was alive, but unconscious. "Forgive me," I said as I ripped her clothes open and started checking for the wounds. But I found none. There wasn't even a single scratch on her body. "Thank god," were my last words before I passed out from the exhaustion on top of her. The barrier surrounding us disappeared.

Meanwhile aboard the Eclipse...

"The trapar values have returned to normal." reported Lloyd. He looked back at Todd. "What the hell was all that?" he asked his friend. "I don't know. The Vendetta shouldn't be capable of power like that." he said.

He radioed the Guardian typeX606 and typeX808. "Rob, Kelly, I wanted you to retrieve those two." he ordered. "Roger,"" they responded. The two landed next to white mech and what was left of the Flestnia X.

"It looks like Flestnia X is damaged beyond repair." reported Kelly. "Leave it then," said Todd. Rob looked in the cockpit. When he saw the two asleep together with Emma's clothes ripped half-off he whistled. "Get your mind out of the gutter and help me move them into Blaze's mech." his sister retorted. "Yes, sis." he said and helped her move them.

Once the unconscious Blaze and Emma were secured in the Vendetta's cockpit the twins used their mechs to transport the white LFO back to the Eclipse.

"Blaze Hamilton, who are you?" wondered Todd and the rest of Eclipse's crew. Dalhia and Matt kept looked at each other, but kept their mouth shut. They'd find out soon enough.

A/N: Here's the new chapter. Sorry it took so long. Somebody wouldn't get off his lazy ass and edit the chapter like he was supposed to. You have anything to say for yourself, Ref? *Refboarder gets down on his knees and bows humbly* "Please forgive me!" apologizes Ref. Wave puts his foot on Ref's head and shoves his face deeper in the dirt, "You're damn right you're sorry!" Sorry you had to see that folks. Hopefully he's learned his leason and will get to work editing the next chapter. "Won't you?" glares at Ref. Refboarder says nothing. Anyway, please leave a review. Thanks!

~Wave