Disclamier: I don't own Eureka seven or anything that profits from it. However, all new LFOs and Characters are mine.
Chapter 9: Flying High
Renton took Eureka and the kids to the brig, where he got them to go into the last cell. He went in last, as Eureka and the kids sat down on the little bench Renton smashed his fist into a wall of the cell. It opened, in side was a machine gun and a few pistols, Renton took one out and handed one to Eureka.
"Eureka, if you see anyone you don't know try to come in, use it" Renton said as he climbed out of the cell.
"What about you?" Eureka asked with a concerned face.
"I have to hold them off" Renton said as he got out. He turned back to face them then he looked around.
"I'll be back, don't worry Eureka" Renton said. He closed the door on it and placed his back against the wall, he waited until he heard foot steps. Hilda came up.
"Renton, where are Eureka and the kids" Hilda asked.
"Their safe in the brig cells" he said while looking around. Just as Hilda was about to leave they heard a large boom else where.
"I'll stay here to look after Eureka" Renton said as he ran back to the brig. He waited in the cell next to Eureka's, he soon heard foot steps. When he looked it was a person dressed in black and they were holding a gun. Renton opened fire and shot the person in the leg, but it didn't seem to affect them. Renton knew he had no choice. He began shooting for the vital parts, as he did he got the head. They dropped, but it wasn't over; soon many others came. Renton began firing, as he did; he got a few of them. Renton knew that Unit seven was trained to do this, to kill and murder. Even if Unit seven was a different personality it was still part of him, so when it received the training so did he. Renton could tell that they were after Eureka, whether it was to kill her or to just get her; they were after her. As the battle continued Renton ran out of bullets, but the enemy was still coming in fast. He took out a knife from one of the enemy's pants, and ran to the area they were in. Quickly stabbing one of them the other made a shot to his leg, with little time to respond Renton stabbed the other one. He couldn't continue, so he limped back to the cell where Eureka and the kids were. Knowing that his injuries would just get him killed, Renton went into the cell. Eureka was shocked to see Renton's leg, but just as he got in one of the attackers tried to shoot them. Renton took the shot in his side and grabbed the pistol from Eureka turned around and shot the attacker. He ran to a control panel and pressed something, the hatch to the cell began to close. Renton sat down to take a look at his injuries.
"Renton, are you alright!" Eureka said as tears formed on her eyes.
"I'll be fine" Renton replied.
"I'm just glad all of you are safe" Renton added.
"But what about you, you almost got killed" Eureka was starting to cry.
"I have to protect this family, Eureka" Renton said in a gentle voice. Renton began ripping off his sleeve and tied it to the injury on his leg. Then he ripped the other sleeve to cover up the injury to his side. When he was done he moved to the intercom on the side of the room. He pressed a few numbers and Gidget answered.
"Gidget? Eureka and the kids are in the safe zone" Renton said.
"Where's Holland" Renton asked quickly.
"He's some where around the ship, there were other intruders that got in!" Gidget said over the intercom. Renton knew he couldn't move from this spot, if he tried to take them to the bridge or the sub bridge then they'd be easy targets.
"If Holland asks, tell him we're in the brig" Renton said.
"Mama, I'm scared." Linck said as he huddled close to Eureka.
"It's alright, Renton will protect us" Eureka said trying to contain her tears. The truth was she was scared that Renton might get killed here.
"Renton, are you really alright" Maurice asked.
"Don't worry Maurice, I'll be fine" Renton replied.
"I'll protect all of you because you're my family, and I won't let anything happen to you" Renton said.
"Renton, just watch out for your own life too" Eureka said.
"I will" Renton replied. Not long after, the attackers seem to have retreated. The reason they retreated was unknown to the crew, but it might be because they lost too much forces. Either way, the Gekko-Go was badly damage. When Holland got to the brig, he was surprised to see 3 attackers' dead and Renton injured in his leg and side. They quickly took Renton to the infirmary. The injury wasn't too serious but he lost a lot of blood, other then that; Renton was fine.
"Renton what happened?" Holland asked.
"I knew they were coming after us, so I had to see if they were near by" Renton responded.
"But when I got there, there were 3 guys coming at us" Renton said slowly.
"I had to attack back" he said.
"Holland, I couldn't stop them. They wouldn't go down with a leg or arm injury" Renton said.
"I think they have a separate personality, like me and Unit seven" Renton said. Eureka was beside him when Renton mentioned Unit seven. She didn't like that name, it hurt Renton and she hated those who would hurt Renton.
"I see…I think you did a good job" Holland said.
"I knew I shouldn't have killed them but…" Renton looked upset.
"You did what you have to, I would have done the same" Holland said.
"Well, I'll be going now. You rest up" Holland said as he left the room. Renton and Eureka were alone again with Mitsuki.
"Sorry for worrying you like that" Renton said with a smile.
"It's alright, you did it to protect us" Eureka said nervously. Eureka had her head down when Renton went up to kiss her on the fore head; this was seen by Mathieu who was walking by.
"Renton…" Mathieu said with a sly smile.
"Mathieu-" Renton said as his face turned red. Eureka's face turned red as well.
"Heh heh" Mathieu said as he walked off.
"Damn you Mathieu…" Renton said looking a bit angry. Renton soon recovered from his injuries; he was walking down the hall to his old room. He was still used to going there, but as he opened the door; Omega was there looking at him.
"My room now" Omega said as he anchored himself to the floor.
"Uh…I just dropped by to say hi" Renton said.
"Oh, then, uh… Hi" Omega didn't know what to say.
"Say what's that you're working on" Renton asked as he pointed to box with odd looking colors.
"The unit compact, using the data I got from you when you pushed Unit seven out. I made this to push other unit souls from any other people who's been affected" Omega said.
"I'm sure that will be useful" Renton said as he thought of something.
"I have one more question" Renton added.
"What is it?" Omega asked.
"Why didn't the attackers feel pain when I shot them" Renton asked with a more serious look.
"They altered the physical bodies, they cut off certain nerves to stop pain" Omega said.
"I see…" Renton said quietly.
"The affects however, are only temporary" Omega said.
"Once it wears off, they will feel the pain 10 times worst" he added.
"Talho how's Charles" Eureka asked as she placed Mitsuki next to him.
"With all this excitement, it's amazing he's still okay" Talho said.
"Talho it's amazing how you can bring another life to the world like that" Eureka said looking at Talho with admiration.
"You're pretty amazing yourself Eureka" Talho said.
"Going into battle with a baby like that" she added.
"I had Renton with me, so I felt safe" Eureka said with a small smile.
"Oh, I forgot. Holland got this for you" Talho said as she reached for a piece of paper.
"This makes it official" Talho said as she handed the paper to Eureka. The paper had her and Renton's names on it; it was Mitsuki Thurston's birth certificate.
"Thank you" Eureka said cheerfully. After talking with Talho, Eureka left Mitsuki under Talho's care while she went to see Gidget.
"Hi Gidget" Eureka said as she saw Gidget walking to the cafeteria.
"Oh, Hi Eureka" Gidget replied. Hilda was with her too. Eureka sat down with them to talk, and as you might expect it. They asked about her and Renton, she of course being innocent and what-not said everything was fine.
"So how was it?" Gidget asked.
"How was what?" Eureka asked.
"You know, how you did it with Renton" Gidget said. Eureka's face turned bright red.
"He…he was nice about it" Eureka said nervously.
"Tell us" Gidget and Hilda said as they inched closer to her. Eureka couldn't answer, the truth was; she liked it. She liked the time she and Renton were together at 'that time', she really enjoyed but she was too nervous about it.
"I-" Eureka couldn't find the words.
"Yes, do go on" they said with anxious voice.
"I liked it okay!" Eureka's face was really red now.
"You...liked it?!" they said together.
"Did Renton force you or anything?" they asked.
"He didn't" Eureka said quietly. Gidget and Hilda continued to interrogate Eureka about her time with Renton. Renton on the other hand was visiting Holland for a change.
"Holland, so what are we going to do" Renton asked.
"I'm not sure, but for now; we have to keep running from the FAC" Holland replied in his boxers.
"We have to figure out a way to eliminate the FAC once and for all" Renton said.
"I met their leader before" Renton added.
"Wait, you've seen the leader of the FAC" Holland was surprised.
"Yeah, her name is Reina. She wanted me to leave Eureka, she was also the one who ordered Unit seven to be placed inside me" Renton said.
"She's also one of the kids Dewey trained" Renton added.
"Dewey?" Holland was angry at the thought of his brother.
"Yeah, one of the scientists told me" Renton said.
"When did you find out?" Holland asked.
"When they were using drugs and machines to install Unit seven, one of the scientists tried to slow it down as much as possible" Renton said.
"He helped me a lot, he even told me about Reina" he continued.
"What happened to him" Holland asked.
"I think they killed him, he tried to help me when you attacked the base" Renton said with a guilty voice.
"He was held there against his will like me" Renton said.
"I'm betting he was the one who gave us the information to attack the base" Holland said.
"What did they do to you anyway" Holland asked.
"With that scientist gone, they experimented with Unit seven and me a lot" Renton said as he recalled his memory.
"Soon after they succeed in getting Unit seven to take over, I can remember what they used Unit seven for. They trained him to kill as quickly as possible, and to use a gun effectively. I can't tell for how long but I think they trained him for about 2 months, for the other month they sent him on missions" Renton explained.
"What kind of missions" Holland asked.
"I don't remember what he's done, but I have a few recollections though" Renton said.
"What can you remember" Holland was curious as to what they used Renton for.
"I think Unit seven attacked the Super Izumo, I remember part of what his mission was; to capture someone" Renton said coldly.
"I see…" Holland couldn't tell Renton that Dominic and Anemone was taken.
"Speaking of the Super Izumo, how's Dominic and Anemone?" Renton asked.
"Their…fine" Holland hesitated.
"Wonder if I can talk to them, they must have been worried when I was gone. I haven't seen them since they helped me and Eureka get back to you guys" Renton said.
"Their busy, best not disturb them" Holland said.
"Okay, but it has been a while" Renton said. After his talk with Holland, Renton met up with Eureka who was free from the wrath of Gidget and Hilda.
"Hi Eureka" Renton said cheerily.
"Renton…" Eureka said with a smile.
"Where's Mitsuki?" Renton asked looking at Eureka.
"She's with Charles and Talho" Eureka replied.
"What about the kids" Renton wanted to spend time with the kids now.
"I guess they're in the main cafeteria" Eureka answered.
"Oh, and I almost forgot" Renton said as he reached into his pocket.
"I think you dropped this when we were under attack" Renton said as he opened his hand, it was Eureka's flower hair pin. Eureka reached for her hair and realized that the hair pin was gone.
"Thank you Renton" Eureka said shyly as she took the hair pin.
"Can you help me put it on?" Eureka asked.
"Sure" Renton said as he clipped the hair pin. She liked it when Renton helped her put on the hair pin. They then set out to look for the kids, who were in Stoner's room using the large TV for playing the Play Station 2000. When Eureka and Renton saw them, they spent the entire evening playing in Stoner's room.
"No fair Renton!" Maeter said as she lost another round against Renton.
"Heh-heh, still not good enough-" Renton was cut off.
"No!" Renton yelled as Eureka beat him at his own game.
"You're really easy to beat" Eureka said as she laughed. They were playing Team Buddies, a classic game from the 20th century. Eureka just killed Renton with a stealth bomber. This was their time, their time of fun; the FAC are planning their attack.
"Are those two ready?" asked Reina.
"They are" said a sniveling voice.
"Good, then we need to get the project back from them" said Reina said.
"When should we get the TA 101 Nirvash typeEX ready?" asked the voice.
"Soon…" she replied.
To be continued…
The young man and the young woman find a little peace in the time of war, but what's this new child? Next time: Friendly enemies.
