Linck: Hey, Slop? Why you crying?
Slop Doggy: I'm so happy the new movie is coming out soon.
Tyler: Movie? What movie?
Slop Doggy: The Eureka Seven movie, of course.
Eureka: They're making a movie of us?
Slop Doggy: Yup. It comes out on April 25, 2009 in Japan and should be in the US by December.
Renton: Awesome. Now, who wants to do the disclaimer this time?
Eureka: I'll do it, dear. Slop Doggy does not own Eureka Seven in any way. He only owns OCs and the storyline.
Slop Doggy: Enjoy the new chapter!
Chapter 10: Rescue
"Leader, you have a call from Jurgens," said Gidget over at the comm center.
"Got it. Hey Jurgens, what's up?"
"Holland. I've got good news and bad news."
"Great…what's the good news?"
"We've found Amelia."
"That's good news. That's definitely good news. What's the bad news?"
"She is in rebel custody."
"That's bad news. That's definitely bad news."
"They seem to be training her to be like Renton and Eureka. They're training her to be a weapon."
"How would she be like those two if they're training her to be a weapon?"
"They're looking for her partner. They want to use a Seven Swell as a weapon against us."
"Damn it. Do they know who her partner is?"
"Luckily, no."
"Good. Do you know where they're housing her?"
"Yes, I do. They have her at Pratik City."
"That about a days flight from where we are."
"Where are you now?"
"Tresor."
"Why?"
"We've found out who Amelia's partner and LFO are."
"Who?"
"Maurice and the type Ultima, a new LFO that was just discovered."
"Maurice?!"
"Ow, geez… Yeah. He has a Compac with Amelia's name on it and he's the only one who can pilot the Ultima. He even says it's missing something."
"Damn. Now we really can't let the rebels find her partner."
"You've got that right. Do you have a plan?" asked Holland.
"A rescue op. only problem is you guys are the closest ones to Pratik City. The nearest Federation forces are three days away."
"Then I guess we'll go solo."
"Holland, don't be an idiot! You can't destroy a base with one ship!"
"No, but we can cause one hell of a diversion while a small strike force infiltrates the base and rescues Amelia."
"I still don't like it."
"I can have myself, Hilda, and Mattheiu as the strike force."
"Then who's going to be the diversion, Nirvash?"
"No, the Oblivion."
"Whoa, hang on. I know the kid's good, but attacking a rebel base single handedly is way too much for him to handle."
"No, he's stronger than you know."
Jurgens' face darkened. "What do you mean?" he demanded.
Holland hesitated, then said, "Well, he's a-"
"Holland." Tyler's face appeared on the vidlink. "Let me tell him."
Jurgens' eyes narrowed. "Tell me what?"
Tyler sighed and took out his contacts. To his credit, Jurgen's eyes widened only a bit.
"Why didn't you tell me you were a Coralian?" he asked.
"You might have forced me to find a partner. I can't take partners, only 'blank sheets' can. I'm a guardian type Coralian."
"I see. But, Holland?"
"Yeah."
"How does this prove he can take out a baseful of KLFs?"
"He can use the Seven Swell."
Jurgens sighed. After a few minutes, he said, "Go."
"Thank you, Admiral," said Holland, and signed off. "Gidget, tell the crew we have a meeting in 10 minutes in the cafeteria."
10 minutes later, the whole crew was gathered in the designated meeting place.
"All right. Good news. We found Amelia," said Holland.
A cheer swept through the crew, particularly from Maurice.
"Bad news. She's in rebel custody."
A groan swept through the crew, particularly from Maurice.
She's being held at the rebel base at Pratik City. We're going to rescue her."
"Wait," said Mattheiu. "We're going to attack a rebel base? What kind of backup will we have?"
"The same we always have: us."
"So, we're assaulting a rebel base alone?"
"That's the idea."
"Great…"
"Me, Hilda, and Mattheiu will infiltrate the rebel base and attempt to rescue Amelia."
"Wait a minute. Who's going to keep the KLFs off you?" Talho demanded.
"The Oblivion will."
Tyler looked surprised for a moment, then grinned a predator's grin.
"If I can make a suggestion," he said.
"Go ahead," said Holland.
"The Oblivion has been equipped with an experimental cloaking device that hides it from radar. I can fly in, drop you guys off. then go cause havoc among the base's defenses."
"That's a good idea," said Holland.
"There is a down side though. The cloaking only lasts 10 minutes."
"That'll be fine for our mission."
"All right then. When can we start?"
"Tomorrow. All right, crew. Go get some sleep. We have a busy day tomorrow. Renton, Eureka, can I talk to you two for a moment?"
"Sure, Holland," said Eureka.
"What's up?" said Renton.
"Uh…nothing. Never mind. Go get some sleep. You'll need it."
"All right. Night," said Eureka.
"Yeah. Good night."
After Eureka and Renton left, Holland was sitting in his room. Talho came in.
"Did you tell them?" she asked.
"Not yet."
"Idiot. We need to tell them soon."
"I know. I just thought we could use a little bit more time, is all."
"We're already ready. I expect you to tell them after we rescue Amelia."
"…all right. I'll tell them after the operation."
"Good. Now come to bed."
The next day was a flurry of activity onboard the Gekko. To prevent the enemy from detecting them, they had to stay at least 1 mile away from the city. Talho was not happy about that.
"What if you get into a firefight? How will we help?"
"We'll be fine. The Oblivion will distract them and we'll just go in and out. Piece of cake."
"I hope you're right."
"I am. All right. We're off."
"Good luck," said Talho, and gave him a kiss.
"We'll be back with Amelia before sundown. All right, Tyler. We're ready over here."
"All right. Oblivion launching," said Tyler.
"Oh, Holland. Be careful," whispered Talho as she watched the Oblivion take off.
"We're clear of the Gekko. ETA 10 minutes," said Tyler.
"Good. It's tight in here."
"Well, it's not my fault the Oblivion was built for one."
10 minutes later, the Oblivion landed on the outskirts of Pratik City.
"All right. Let's go over the plan," said Holland. "The Oblivion will cloak when we're 5 minutes from the base, land near one of the buildings, drop us off, then fly off and cause havoc with the enemy. Any objections?"
"Just one," said Tyler. "Why aren't we doing it? Let's go!"
"Slow down. A good plan means the difference between victory and defeat. Now, when we find the target, we will eliminate all enemy targets and the Oblivion will be our Evac. Got it?"
"Yes sir."
"Yup."
"You got it."
"All right. Let's go."
When the Oblivion was 5 minutes away from the rebel base, Tyler reached over and flipped a switch.
"There. Cloaking on."
"All right. Go forward carefully."
A few meters from the side of the building, the strike team had a heart-stopping moment as a rebel KLF rounded the corner.
"Freeze," hissed Holland.
The Oblivion slid to a stop as the KLF passed not 3 feet from it.
"Wait 'till it's gone, then keep going," said Holland.
When the KLF rounded the corner, Tyler asked, "How are you guys going to get in?"
"We'll blow a hole in the wall," replied Holland.
"Too noisy. Let me make an opening."
The Oblivion sidled up to the wall and opened its cockpit. When Holland and the others disembarked, the Oblivion extended its arm and literally pushed the wall down.
"There. Radio me with your position when you have her. She's 300 meters to the northwest."
"How do you know that?" Holland asked. Tyler just looked at him with his purple eyes. Holland grimaced and said, "Right. All right, team. Let's go. Tyler?"
"Yes, sir?"
"Don't get killed."
Tyler smiled and said, "You won't get rid of me that easily. Now go."
"Good luck."
"Don't need it. Give it to the poor soldiers on duty right now."
"All right. I'll call you with our position, so come fast."
"Got it." And with that, the Oblivion transformed into its vehicle form and drove off. Holland turned and ran into the base.
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The Oblivion looked down at the base from the cliff it was perched on, arms extended.
"Hmm. I wonder what's going on. Why are they forming straight lines? Maybe I need to take a closer look."
Tyler took out a sniper rifle and poked his head out of the cockpit.
"Looks like an honor guard, but for whom?" Then he caught sight of the person and stiffened. "Oh, hell. Holland isn't going to like this." He activated the recorder built into the sniper rifle's scope and trained it on the leader. "This damn war just got a lot harder to win."
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Holland carefully poked his head around the corner. No one.
"Damn. Where the hell are they? Why don't they have guards?"
"Maybe they're on break." Matthieu suggested.
"Nah. They'd at least have one guard on duty to guard Amelia."
"How far away is she?" asked Hilda, fingering the trigger of her assault rifle nervously.
"Tyler said 300 meters northwest. We've gone about 250. So about 50 more meters."
Holland poked his head around the last corner, and then quickly brought it back.
"Three guards at one door. Think that's the one we want to go to? All right. Matthieu, get the smoke grenades. Hilda, get ready to fire."
"On it."
"Ready to shoot."
"All right. Matthieu, go."
Matthieu prepped two smoke grenades and threw them around the corner. Hilda and Holland waited until they heard the surprised cries of the guards, and then cut loose with a hail of bullets. The guards dropped.
"Well. That was easy," remarked Matthieu as they walked to the door of the cell the late guards were guarding.
"Which one had the keys?" asked Hilda.
"Here they are," said Holland, taking a key ring from one of the dead guard's bodies.
He opened the door.
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The Oblivion was still on its perch on a cliff overlooking the rebel base, with its arms still extended.
"Let's see. If I fire lasers into the two lines of KLFs, I could take care of the problem right now. But that wouldn't be fun," thought Tyler. "Ah, well. I'm not here to have fun. I'm here to protect Renton and Eureka."
The Oblivion fired two blasts from its palm lasers, destroying the two lines of KLFs.
"Well, that was anticlimactic," he thought as he watched the person on the podium scurry away into the base.
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Holland opened the door to reveal Amelia. She looked like Sakuya, but with Eureka's hair. She was wearing a military dress like Eureka, but instead of white and blue, it was black and red.
"Amelia?" asked Holland.
"Yes? Are you here to make me fight more? I don't want to fight."
"No, we're here to rescue you. You don't have to fight with us if you don't want to. Come on out of there."
"How do I know I can trust you?"
"We have two other Coralians and they don't fight if they don't want to."
"Besides, sweetie," said Hilda. "We have an LFO and a partner for you waiting back at our base."
Amelia's eyes lit up. She stood up and walked out of the cell.
"Take me to my LFO and partner," she said.
"Sure. We just need to call our friend to pick us up." Holland took out the radio. "Tyler, come in. You there?"
"Hey, Holland. What's up?"
"We're ready for pick up."
"Roger that. On my way. Did you get her?"
"Affirmative."
"So you're right by her, right now?"
"Yes."
"All right. Be there in a jif."
A few minutes later, the Oblivion poked a hole in the wall big enough for them to climb out of.
"God, it's tight in here. And where are all the guards?" asked Holland.
"All KLFs are destroyed. That was the only defense the base had. We caught them at a low point, Holland. When we get back to the Gekko, I need to show you something."
Back at the Gekko, Talho was sitting in the communications chair waiting anxiously for a call from Holland.
"Talho, we have one LFO incoming," said Woz. "Verifying…it's the Oblivion!"
"Got it. Holland, can you hear me? What's going on?"
"Can't talk right now. Too tight."
"Gidget, open the catapult. Let the rest of the crew know that the Oblivion's back."
"Roger."
In the hanger, the tightly packed crew nearly fell out of the Oblivion.
"Tyler, are you ok?" asked Eureka.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Listen, I need to talk to Holland for a sec. I'll be right back. In the meantime, give Amelia a tour of the Gekko."
Just then, Maurice walked up.
"Hey, welcome back Tyler. Did you-"He caught sight of Amelia, looked down, and blushed. Amelia saw him and did the same thing.
"I see a romance in the future," Tyler whispered to Renton and Eureka and the three shared a silent laugh.
"Holland, come on. I need to talk to you now. Let the rest of the crew know, except for Renton, Eureka, and the kids."
In the cafeteria, Tyler took out his sniper rifle and plugged it into the T.V.
"This is what I saw when I was about to attack," he explained.
As the video ran on, Holland's eyes got bigger and bigger. "Impossible," he breathed.
"We must strike against the Coralians while we still have a chance. I thank you all for staying true to my ideals."
Colonel Dewey Novak looked out at the crew from the T.V.
"Together, we can destroy the Coralians, and take back this planet for mankind!"
Before I get to the character part, let me just say…SORRY!!!!! OMG!!! Blame writer's block!!!! I didn't think it would take this long.
Renton (slowly): Slop Doggy. If the next words I hear from you are not, "I'm going to update very soon," you're in trouble.
Slop Doggy: Umm…
Maeter: When are you updating next?
Slop Doggy: Not for a while. I have the TAKS test and finals coming up, so it'll be a while. I'm sorry.
Linck: Well, you better update soon.
Amelia: Yeah!
Slop Doggy: I'll do my best. I swear it!
Be safe and well
Slop Doggy
