Note: Sorry for the late chapter update. Busy with Work, Cycling, Running a MC:Tekkit Server, Conventions.
Chapter 12
Recuitment
It had rain most of the night as Akane made her way into town. She remembered to bring a rain coat so she wasn't in as bad as shape as she could be. After walking a good 4 to 5 hours she finally made it to town in the early morning hours. Tired from exhaustion she collapsed in front of this tea place. As the day became brighter the shop opened up. The shopkeeper was surprised to find the girl passed out in front of her shop. She picked her up and brought her into her house which was connected to the shop. The woman removed the wet coat, cloths and put on clean dry cloths for the girl. She laid her down in her bed tucking her in then went back out to her shop to open up for the day. Around noon is when Akane slowly woke up. Noticing she wasn't outside anymore her eyes shot open surveying her surroundings. She heard a rocking chair in the other room and the sounds of someone sipping something. She quietly got up and looked around the room. She noticed her cloths were neatly folded and dry in a chair next to the bed. Feeling less like she was in danger she undressed herself and put on her cloths. She opened the door to be greeted by a slender, blonde hair woman with green eyes. The woman looked over and smiled a bit then went back to drinking her tea.
"Did you bring me in here?" Akane asked
The woman nodded
"Thank you. May I ask your name?" Akane asked
"Krystal." She replied, "And yours?" Krystal asked
"Akane." She replied
"I see, so why were you out there soaking wet?" Krystal asked
"Cause of a stupid coralian boys decision." Akane stated
"Do you wish to tell me about it?" Krystal asked, seeing as Akane didn't see a reason not to she told Krystal the story of when she met Shawn up to the point where she passed out. Krystal let everything soak in before she spoke.
"How would you like to join the rebel group that plans to take away Amarante and everything else Shawn holds dear while taking out the military too?" Krystal asked. Akanes' eyes widened a bit realizing who Krystal exactly was. Akane thought about her offer then nodded.
"You realize this isn't something you can just back out of the moment you're in, you're in for life." Krystal stated seriously
"I know, I won't betray you." Akane stated
"Very well. First you'll start out with small assignments and be trained as well. Then we'll move you up to bigger assignments." Krystal stated as Akane just nodded.
The rest of the day passed by with Akane helping Krystal in the shop and around 3 pm another gal stopped in to take over the shift. Krystal and Akane then left by car to where one of the hideouts was for the rebels. When they got there Akane was given a rebel uniform and began her training to over throw the military and kill Amarante. In the days to come, things would become rather dreadful for our heros. A fight that none of them would ever forget.
Meanwhile back at the base, Shawn and Amarante had woken up. They were listening to the bustle of all the coralians in the building until they decided to finally get up.
"What's for breakfast?" Amarante asked
"Hm, suppose I could make pancakes." I said as I got dressed
"Yum!" she replied
"I thought you'd like that." I said with a smile as we both finished getting dressed. We both walked hand in hand to the kitchen where there were some coralians at the island eating. We all waved to each other. Amarante sat down at the island as well, striking up a conversation with the other Coralian girls. I grabbed all the ingredients I need for pancakes and pulled out my ipod. I started up 'Stay Beautiful by Diggy-Mo'. I began making breakfast, dancing around the kitchen to the music as my wings began to glow with many different colors.
"Does he do this often?" One of the girls asked
"The cooking or dancing?" Amarante replied
"Both."
"Cooking is from time to time and the dancing happens usually when he listens to that device." Amarante replied smiling
"You're very lucky to have him." The girl smiled as Amarante blushed slightly and nodded
When I fired up the stove the song switched to Cosmic Castaway from the Titan AE movie. As I started cooking the pancakes I would randomly begin singing certain parts of the song as it is one of my favorite songs. I removed one of the head phones and asked the other girls if they would like some food. They all nodded yes.
"Alright." I replied as I put the head phone back in and continued cooking. I finished everything and we all ate chatting amongst all of us. Renton and Eureka then come in and sat down with us too. We all chatted and joked about many different things while we continued eating. Though during the conversation I was distracted as I had a bad feeling pass through my body and then fade. I decided not to worry anybody about it but made a mental note about it. Once everybody had finished Renton offered to do the dishes.
"Thanks man." I said
"Anytime and Holland needs to talk to you alone." Renton stated as he gathered up all the dishes and started cleaning then.
"Very well. See ya'll later." I said waving to the other girls and giving Amarante a kiss as I went out to go talk with Holland.
I got to the base cafeteria when I realized I didn't ask Renton where Holland was. So I decided to go wondering about till I found him. Decided to go check out the Gekko Go first as that's the obvious place he would probably be. I walked to the hanger it was at. Entering it, I noticed Talho storm past me with an angry look on her face. Another fight I thought. I went up to the bridge and noticed most of the crew but Holland was there.
"You guys know where Holland is?" I asked
"Yeah, his room." Ken-goh replied
"Thanks." I replied as he made a noise signifying he heard me.
I headed over to his room and Knocked on the door.
"Enter." Holland said
I went in and noticed him sitting on his bed messing with some sort of trinket. I went over to the couch and sat down.
"Whats on your mind?" I asked after a few moments Holland looked over to me
"Your friend Akane, was recruited by the rebel forces." Holland stated, it really didn't phase me as I figured she would go there.
"I see. I figured she would so fighting her is inevitable." I stated as Holland nodded
"Can you kill someone who was once your friends?" Holland asked
"If I have to then I will but I'll still try to save her." I replied
"Same old Shawn." Holland smirked as I just shrugged
"Anything else?" I asked
"Yeah, how are you adjusting to having your memories back?" Holland asked
"Holland showing concern, wow I think hell has frozen over." I teased as Holland just shook his head
"It's going well as one would hope." I replied with a smile. Giving a Holland a wave I headed out
"One last thing, You have a mission in four days." Holland said as he tossed an envelope to me. I picked it up and continued on my way. I opened up the contents and the mission was to invade a small rebel encampment. Intel gathered that people were trained at this encampment. It wasn't guarded heavily either. I'm suppose to observe and if possible sneak in to gain more intel on anything I can then if a threat is found to blow up the place.
"Risky mission." I said to myself as Dominque came up behind me tapping me on the shoulder. I jumped a little and turned around.
"Hey Dominque, whats up?" I asked
"Scary easily it seems." He joked "Nothing really. Wanted to see how you were doing?" he asked
"Decent and got a mission to do observation on a rebel encampment." I said the last part quietly
"Ah, if it's you I'm sure you can do it." He replied patting my back as I just laughed a little
"Wanna walk around base then to kill some time?" he asked
"Sure." As we walked off the ship and wandered aimlessly around base.
"How's Anemone doing?" I asked
"Usual self. She's off doing something with Amarante." He said
"Glad to hear it. Getting back in the swing of things is a bit harder then I would think due to all the stuff that's happened." I said
"I can agree there." He replied
"So you going to plan anything fun again?" he asked
I thought about it for a moment. Wondering what fun things I could plan. I've already done dances and trips to the nearby lake. I figured we all could go camping out in the forest that's near a river a little ways from the base.
"Now that I think about it, I'm sure you all know what camping is, right?" I asked
Dominque nodded
"That's settles it then! Let's all go camping with a lake nearby. The Entire Gekko Go crew." I exclaimed excitedly
"What about us?" Dominque asked
"You and Amarante are apart of the crew dumbass." I said with a smile while I patted his back.
"Suppose you're right." Dominque pipped back
"No duh, should lighten up dude. Life's much better that way." I said cheerily. Dominque just nodded.
"Well, I'm gonna head out for a bit. We'll talk more when I get back." I said happily as Dominque just nodded again.
I started running, opening my wings, as the trapar hit my wings a green trail lit up behind me. I began flapping as I gained altitude. I leveled out when I was about 7 stories high in the air. I began gliding around thinking about the mission to come. I was thinking about heading out tonight so I can get a head start on the mission. A few hours passed by with me flying around as many personal noticed me up there. Eventually I flew back down and noticed the General was waiting for me when I landed.
"General?" I asked as I caught my breath
"Enjoy your flight soldier?" The general asked
"Always do, what can I do for you?" I asked
"Well soldier I need you to head out tonight to survey that area. There's been some movement." The General replied
"I was already thinking about leaving tonight anyways." I said with a smile
"Want to get the mission over with sooner than later." The General said with a smirk.
"Yes sir." I replied
"You have permission. Leave tonight and don't tell anyone. I'll have your LFO moved outside for you. You leave at 0100 Hours." The general said as I saluted as he returned it.
"I'll get it done sir." I said as I went to shower and get my gear prepped. I had about 5 more hours till I had to go. After everything was done I had about 2 hours more. So I went to go see Adir, my LFO. Along the way I noticed Amarante with some friends she made.
"Hey Amarante I'll be late tonight, boss wants me to go do maintenance and a perimeter check as well." I said making myself look quite bored. It got a laugh out of the girls.
"Come over here and give me a kiss and hug." Amarante said holding open her arms and giving me a cute look. I chuckled a bit and walked over giving her what she wanted.
"Don't be too late." Amarante said afterwards.
"I'll try not to be." I said smiling and waved at her friends too then continued on my way.
I arrived at Adir fifteen minutes later after I grabbed something to eat. I started doing systems checks on all my weapons and making sure everything was functioning.
'We going somewhere?' Adir asked
'Some surveillance on an enemy base' I replied
'Sounds fun, how big of a base?' Adir replied
'Not too big, we could handle them if we had to but don't want any bloodshed tonight' I replied
'Very well, when will we be leaving?' Adir replied
'At 0100 Hours, till then I will prob take a nap for an hour. Want to wake me when it hits forty five past midnight?' I asked
'Very well.' Adir replied as he went silent while I fell asleep for a little bit.
In the Dream I drifted to place where there was flowers everywhere and an old man was sitting in the field of them. It hit me as memories of our talks came back. It was Gonzy.
"Hey ya old fart. How ya been?" I asked earning a smile from Gonzy
"Interesting." Gonzy replied
"I see, so how come I'm here?" I asked as I went and sat down next to him
"You shouldn't go do this mission." Gonzy replied
"Why not, nobody will get hurt. I'm only doing surveillance on the area." I defended myself
"Think what you will. I'm only here to give warnings. It is up to you to heed them." Gonzy replied
"I think you worry a bit much. Nothing will happen I'm sure." I said with a smile patting his back
"Very well, so it seems you gained all memories back." Gonzy said changing the subject
I paused for a moment noticing the change.
"Yep I did. Took me a bit but it's nice to have my old self back." I replied
"Time to wake up." Gonzy said.
The world disappeared as I began falling very fast. The earth came into view then the location of the base then buildings then I was smacked into my body as I jerked up and my eyes shot open. My heart was racing. It took me a few minutes to calm my senses down. I checked the time and noticed It was time to leave.
'Something happen?' Adir asked
'Gonzy.' I replied
Adir didn't anything more. I started up the LFO. Slowly and as quietly as possible I moved my myself to the edge of the base. I sped up then jumped as adir caught the trapar, I lifted up higher and higher. I was off. It was an hour away from the base. To pass the time I put on Approaching Nirvana and continued enjoying the ride as my 3 orbs scanned the area for any disturbances in the area. I flipped on my camo mode. The trip out there was smooth. When I got close I ended up dropping to the ground. I crept up as close as I could get then informed Adir if things went wrong to come in and get me. I had a AR15 with a scoop on it, two combat knifes, two pistols on my side, my night vision binoculars and normal binoculars. I hopped out of the LFO and began moving silently towards the camp. When I got there I noticed eight tents and 20 LFO's. There were a few guards outside, maybe 2 or 3. I brought out my normal binoculars and surveyed the area. Didn't notice anything out of the ordinary then I switched to my night vision ones. Noticed there was somebody else guarding what seems to be the entrance into a cave a bit away. I put away the binoculars then began moving on the outskirts of the camp forcing my wings to dim down to where no light shown from them. On my way to the entrance one of the guards ended coming my way.
"I'll be right back." One of the soldiers said
"Where you going?" The other one asked
"Takin a piss, what, you wanna watch." The soldier replied sarcastically
The other guy just huffed and went back to surveying the area. The soldier continued into the bushes a bit then stopped a few short feet of me. Ended up relieving himself, after a few seconds he was done. He started to turn around but then stopped and looked over in my direction. Not directly at me but in my direction. A rustle of leaves to the left and behind me sounded. The guard immediately drew his weapon.
"Who's out there!" He yelled just as he did an animal jumped out and ran past him into the camp. The guard turned around following the sound then followed it into camp.
"What was that yelling?" Another guard asked
"This animal." The guard replied sounding rather annoyed
'Stupid animal.' I thought as I hurried on my way.
The rest of the time it was weaving between tents and avoiding soldiers till I manage to get to the cave opening. Surveying all of my options I noticed the only way in was to sneak up and kill the guard then get in quickly. I grabbed out my knife and slowly approached the guard till luck would have it. Somebody called the soldier over to them. I hugged the outside rock tightly in hopes of not being noticed. The soldier looked around then walked towards where he was called. I quickly snuck into the cave opening. Putting on my night vision binoculars and heading deeper into the cave. I finally heard some voices. I took out a hearing device that enhances your hearing. I activated that and could hear what was being said.
"It's almost done." A man sound
"Good, those bastards at the base won't know what hit them." A woman replied
"Shawn won't be hurt will he?" a familiar voice said
'That can't be.' I thought. I removed my binoculars and sure enough taking some feet away was Akane and something that resembled a bomb.
"Shawn will be fine. We will make sure he isn't near the base when this goes off." The woman replied
"Good." Akane replied
"So what's the range of this?" the woman asked
"Explosion radius is probably a mile then shock wave plus radiation." The man said
'This woman looks familiar and sounds familiar.' I thought but for now I put it behind me and continued to listen.
"Excellent. How soon can we move it?" The woman asked
"In two days we can move it." The man replied
"Good make it happen." The woman said then Akane and her left while the man continued working.
I slowly moved around to try to get behind the guy. After a few minutes of moving around I finally got my chance. I drew my knife and quickly ran up behind him. I wrapped my arm around his neck and my knife was positioned to plunge it into his knife.
"Make one wrong move and you're dead." I stated
"Okay Okay, what do you want?" The Man asked
"I'm asking the question. So this bomb here can take out an area a mile wide?" I asked
"….Yes it can." The man replied
"Why'd you make such a dangerous thing for this mad woman?" I asked
"Cause I share her ideal that all coralians should die." The man replied
I moved my wings out and around to show the man them then moved them back behind me.
"It's you….." The man said then went silent
"So why shouldn't I kill you now and set off this bomb to kill all of you?" I asked
"Cause then innocent people will die that area near here. You don't want that now do you?" the man asked with an evil grin on his face.
"What if I said I don't care and set it off anyways?" I asked sounding dead serious
"You wouldn't!" the man replied
"To save the life of many others sometimes a few have to be sacrificed." I said
"You monster." The man said
"Takes one to know one but I could just instantly wipe this device and you with it as well without harming anyone." I stated
"…." The man didn't make a reply
Just to prove to him I could. I concentrated focusing on the dark energy then forming a ball in my spare hand that didn't have a knife. The man became very scared. I ended up flinging the ball at the bomb which it then enveloped and erased it completely.
"For now I'll let you live but if I ever see you again. You're a dead man." I stated as he nodded
I ended up smacking him hard on the back of the head knocking him out. I found some rope and tied him up then gagged him. I immediately exit the cave putting my binoculars back on. When I came to the exit there was a guard there again. I quickly came up behind and smack him hard knocking him out. I moved him into the cave entrance. Then quickly weaved through the tents and back into the forest. A few seconds later an alarm sounded and men rushed out of the tents. They began running to the forest where I was at. They were all armed. I had to weave and go deeper into the forest to avoid some other soldiers. Then I could hear somebody yell he's over there. I picked up speed and to my bad luck I ran straight to a cliff with a good ways down. I began running along it heading back towards the LFO's. one fourth of the way back I was headed off by one guard. I picked up my gun and fired a shot hitting his head dead on. Stopping quickly and grabbing his gun and some ammo including a grenade I continued on my way. I picked up speed and made it back to the LFO to find 10 soldiers checking out the LFO that weren't friendly. Looking at the grenade and at them I decided to go for it. I got ready to pull the pin then a gun was pointed at me.
"Put it down." The woman said, I removed my finger from the pin and place the grenade down next to me.
"Get Up and move over towards your machine." She said
I did as I was told. They ended up handcuffing me and was made to sit at the foot of my machine.
"So what should we do with him?" One of the soldiers asked
"We'll hold him here at camp then move him to a different location. Get rid of the LFO." The woman ordered.
"Yes Maim! Come here you." The solder said
'I never get a break.' I thought as I focused my powers and opened my palms many mini black orbs formed.
'Want me to take over?' Alucard asked
'For once I got this.' I replied
'Good to see your adapting, you may not need me anymore in the days to come.' Alucard replied
'Nah you're good company, even if people think I'm crazy' I replied with a grin on my face this earned me a good laugh from Alucard
The orbs raised from my hand then went out and thru the heads of the soldiers around me. Then from there I ended up blacking out as I ended up hearing the woman call for backup and saw more soldiers approaching.