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MARCUS'S NEW COMBINATION
They all charged in, dodging fire from the enemy's shots. All of them, trying their best not to get hit by the shots and taking out the enemy as they go, though it wasn't that hard for Taiho, Marcus, Hibiki and the other four women.
"No way these guys are going to beat me, they're going to get what's coming to them," Hibiki said as he and Dita charged in Vandread Dita.
"You won't have all the fun to yourself, Hibiki," Taiho said as he and Meia combined their machines to make Wing Zero. Once they got ahead of them they cocked the Buster Rifle towards a group of Leo Mobile suits.
"LOCKED ONTO THE TARGET," Taiho and Meia said at the same time as the rifle charged up. They were about to fire when they heard Jura say something.
"What is that?" she asked as he squinted her eyes a bit, only to she a beam hit Vandread Dita and take its left arm completely off.
"Dita! Hibiki!" Marcus called out as he wondered if they were alright from the shot.
Taiho then saw Barnette go in and try to shoot down whatever shot them, only to shot down herself and destroyed," no," Taiho whispered as he saw another shot take down Jura," no," he said louder and started to shake in anger," eehh, DAMN YOU," he called out as he and Meia cocked the Buster Rifle in the enemy's direction.
Marcus was about to follow his example, only to see Wing Zero get impaled right through the chest by a long whit spear of some sort. He looked back and saw a giant grey hand catch his whole body and started to crush him," AHHH," he screamed out in pain as he felt the cockpit close in on him and felt the pressure on his whole body as well.
Hibiki saw all of this and was about to shoot with his remaining arm with the back cannon cocked on it, only for its power to be diminished. The last thing he and Dita saw was a giant red beam coming towards them.
"Not again," Taiho said as he coughed up blood from his mouth," stop," he whispered, hoping they would listen to him, only for them to continued firing at the Nirvana," Stop," he said louder, but they kept firing at the ship and the Immortal Purpose," STOP," he called out, only to see a bright flash of explosion occur from both ships exploding," NOOOO," he called out as that was the last vision he saw.
"NO," he called out as he shot up from his bed in the Immortal Purpose. He panted and felt the sweat on his body drench him. He heard a moan beside him and saw Meia getting up from beside him.
After the last fight, they both had started to sleep with each other. Taiho was surprised when it happened and that she was the one who proposed to sleep with him, but of course, not to have any sex, not yet at least. After that proposal, Meia had quickly gone to pack her stuff and live with Taiho, and the two of them couldn't be happier, for now at least.
"I guess it would be too much of a serious moment to say 'Ohayo', huh?" Taiho asked as he sat on the side of the bed and put his hand on his forehead, still having a fresh memory of what happened in his dream.
"If you had the same dream as me, yes, it really doesn't suit the situation now," she answered as she leaned her head in the back of his neck and remembered what happened to her and Taiho when they fought in the dream.
Another thing they both did to pass the time was Taiho teaching her both languages of Japanese and Spanish. It wasn't much of a priority, but they at least had fun speaking to each other in a different language. Though for Taiho, he thought she sounded real sexy when she started to speak Spanish, a thing Meia herself noted and did whenever she wanted something bad.
"I did amore (love), 'sigh' let's get up and see if the others got it too," he proposed as he felt her nodded in the back of his neck. They both got up and got their clothes, but not before the both of them had taken a shower to take off the smell of heavy sweat on their bodies.
Once they were done, they were about to leave out the door when it opened up to see Marcus in his usual white and blue clothing," let me guess, you guys had the same dream too," he asked as they both nodded. He then sighed tiredly and nodded towards the hangar," let's go see how everyone else is doing."
"YEAH," they both said as they followed him to the hangar. Once they did, they boarded a small ship and headed towards the Nirvana. When they landed inside its hangar and got out, they saw Hibiki, Dita, and Barnette in front of the Vanguard, though it seemed Hibiki was too caught up in his own world to feel they were there.
"That light…" they heard him start as he talked to himself, as if trying to figure out what the dream was about for himself," just what was that?"
"Mr. Alien?" Dita asked as her question got him out of his trance to see them all there behind him.
"What do you guys want? What are you doing here so early in the morning?" he asked in a rude manner, only to have Taiho come up behind him and bonk him on the head," ow, what did you do that for sensei?"
"You're being rude…" he scolded as he breathed in a big sigh," we all had the same dream, am I correct?" he asked as he surprised the other three and made them nod, knowing what he meant.
"The dream was trying to communicate to us, sending us a message. At least, that is how it felt to me," Meia commented as everyone felt they had to agree.
"So you're saying you saw the same thing I did?" Hibiki asked in a freaked out manner, it was crazy for so many people to have the same dream at the same time; Taiho mumble about saying that he asked that earlier.
"So you saw it too, Mr. Alien?" Dita asked as Taiho and Meia just shook their heads at her.
'ISN'T THAT WHAT HE JUST SAID?' they both thought, as it seemed obvious from what he asked.
"That's just creepy," Jura said as she looked a little sick from dream," how could we all have the same dream at the same time? It's really weird," she said as she put her slender hand on her forehead from the headache she was receiving.
"All of us here have something important in common…" Meia started as she remembered how those whole fell into the light of the Paksis, the changed Dreads and Vanguards, and the Gundams that seemed the same as Hibiki's Vanguard," the modified Dreads and Vanguard, including the Gundam Taiho and Marcus use are the proof of that."
"It's still weird, a dream like that, it's not, ah," Jura started only to feel a big throb of a headache happen. The other asked if she was alright, but she just turned and said," I'm okay, I'm going back to sleep," she said as she headed back to her room.
Marcus seeing this, wondered if he should help her out, but then noticed Barnette was shaking a bit. He saw a lot of fear in her eyes and made a decision. He then went up to her and put a hand on her shoulder," hey, you alright Barnette?" he asked in a concerned voice.
She nodded weakly and looked up to him," just a bit shaken up, that's all, I just need some rest," she said as she was about to turn away, only to have Marcus cling his hand onto her wrist.
"If you, uhm, if you, uh, need any thing to talk about, uh, I'm here, okay?" Marcus said as he looked to the side so as not to look at her in the face, it felt a bit embarrassing to give comfort to someone who has been knocking you out for no good reasons, but he felt he should at least do this.
Barnette got a bit of a blush on her face and nodded weakly again," thanks Marcus, I appreciate that…see ya," she said as she felt him let go of her wrist and went to get some sleep herself, but couldn't help but wonder why it felt so good to hear him voice such concern for her,' must be my fatigue, that's right, my fatigue…I think,' she said before she left the hangar.
After that, everyone went his or her separate ways into the ship. Marcus went to see how Duero was doing; since he remembered that this was when he started to focus on the birth of babies and how they're created. Taiho, along with Meia, went to see how the conditions of the ship were holding up. Barnette, after she got some shuteye, went to practice up on her shooting, while also trying to figure out why she still felt good on Marcus's offer. Everyone else, of course, went along with what happened in the series original storyline.
And that's how both Taiho and Meia found Hibiki and Barnette chatting about the promise Hibki made to her.
"What's up? What do you want now?" he asked irritably, as they could tell from his voice," Why are you following me?"
"Um, well I, uh," she fidgeted a bit as she twiddled her finger a bit under the long sleeved PJ's she had on," I was wondering when you would come to my room, you know, for a little visit," she said as she cocked her head cutely and had a smile like face on with a blush," you promised you would, remember?"
Taiho chuckled at Hibiki's startled and panicked face, the little man was trying to figure what to do in such a foreign situation as this," Dita, look at what's going on, do you think I would want to come and go for a visit to your room right now?!" he asked as his face got a big blush on it.
That brought the question they heard from her as they saw her walk closely to him," huh, then when? Tomorrow? The day after? Or maybe the day after that?" she questioned as Hibiki tried to quickly think of an answer. Meia could only shake her head a bit at the bubbly redhead.
"Sometime real soon, okay?" he said as he turned to walk away.
"Huh, hey wait Mr. Alien. We can go and have some breakfast together, okay?" she proposed.
"I'll eat by myself," he said stubbornly.
"Aw, come on, don't say that," she said as she quickly ran after him to join him in breakfast, while also arguing about it as well.
"And so another day begins," a voice said as Taiho and Meia broke from their trances and saw it was Paiway who spoke," Dita chasing Hibiki," she said as she wrote something down in her noteback. She then threw her little frog puppet up to them and started to speak in an attempted frog voice," she'll have to learn something from you two to know what's she doing wrong, right, ribbit?" she asked as the two only shook their heads a bit at her attitude.
"What's going on 'hiccup'?" Pyoro asked as he in between the three.
"What are you doing interrupting a lady like that? How rude," she said as she pulled him down from the air a bit with a vein popping out of her forehead. But then she caught what he just did," wait a minute, I just heard you hiccup, but you're a machine, you can't hiccup," she was quickly thrown off as he hiccupped again with a look of fever on his visor. The two could only look in concern of the little white robot and wondered if this was connected to the dream, well, Meia wondered, Taiho already knew what it was.
With Marcus, he was hanging out with the doctor and Bart, who was yapping his mouth off as usual," you know, at first, I thought women were weird and heard they eat men's internal organs," Marcus had to chuckle bit at that, he just couldn't see such a thing happen, unless that person was someone like Hannibal Lector," but thanks to Taiho, I think I can understand them a bit, including Jura."
"About that, how's it going with you two?" Marcus asked as he remembered Taiho saying he was trying to hook the two of them up and trying to get Bart not to fall for BC, for obvious reasons.
"It's going good, although…" Bart started, only sigh a bit," she's been feeling a bit down lately, I don't know what to do," he said as he was worried about the other blond's state.
"Well, you'll have to figure it out for yourself. My suggestion, just be there for her if she's feeling down and out, or just plain sad, it strengthens whatever relationship you two have," Marcus said as he was really trying to help out the helmsman.
"Thanks," Bart said as he welcomed any help from Taiho and Marcus, as he knew the two were more used to men and women relationships. He then noticed the Duero was reading something," hey doc, what's that you're reading there?"
"I found it in a storage hold of the Pioneer part of the ship," he answered as he held it up and showed the title of 'Hello, Baby' with the drawing of a small baby under the title," babies begin when the sperm of the father's seed is accepted by the mother's egg, which is called an ovum. The two of them form that which is called a zygote…"
"Ehh, you really interested into that stuff?" Bart asked, as he was totally confused by all of the terms.
"If you want to have good time with Jura, you would be too," Marcus said under his breath as he knew what the requirement was to make a baby, which made him grin a bit in a perverse manner.
"I find it fascinating," the doctor answered Bart, only to see at the corner of his Hibiki tiredly coming in to lie in his bed. Everyone looked at each other and wondered what was up with him.
With Barnette, she was just about to go in the bathroom to do some lady's business. As she went to one of the stalls, she heard a conversation between two girls.
"Things sure are different now, but I guess you get used to anything, even men," girl one said as she started to powder up her face.
"You're right, I mean, even eating meals with them doesn't bother us anymore," girl two replied as she shrugged a bit at her friend.
"We used to think they were so primitive, they were barely human."
"And then they suddenly tell us we're from the same planet and that both men and women came from earth."
"That's something I can definitely believe, since both of the leader's, Taiho and Meia, are living with each other in the same room and ship."
"You know, I have to admit, he is cute, including his friend he brought along, what's his name…Marcus, yeah, I wonder…"
That was the last straw for Barnette as she heard the second girl try to think of getting with Marcus," I think you two should remember that Taiho, even though our sub-leader, is also our prison, and Marcus is only a guest," she said as she walked passed them, only to turn her head with fire in her eyes," GOT THAT."
The two could only nod as they felt she was being a real scary woman now. The first girl then got her senses back and whispered," you think Barnette has the hot's for Marcus, it would explain her defending him and why she got so angry."
"Yeah, definitely, she must have the hot's for him," the second girl whispered back.
"I DO NOT HAVE THE HOT'S FOR…FOR THAT PERVERT," Barnette called out as she stuck her head out of the stall and startled the two girls and humphed as she went back to do her business.
At that moment, Marcus felt a chill go down his spine and sneezed a bit," Marcus, you alright?" Hibiki asked as he saw how he sneezed and shivered a bit.
"Yeah, I'm good," Marcus answered as he scratched his head a bit,' I wonder who was talking about me, ah well, now back to this,' he then turned back to Hibiki.
"You promised?" the doctored asked, wondering if he heard right," you promised that you would got to Dita's room?"
"Yeah, it kind of just came out in the heat of the moment, you know?" Hibiki replied as he scratched with a tired look on his face.
"So what's the problem, just go and see her?" Bart said as he felt it was just one simple thing.
"YOU GO AND SEE HER," Hibiki snapped back as he felt it wasn't as simple as that.
"Look pal, you were the one who made the promise," Bart shot back as he knew Hibiki only dug his own grave and no one else could hardly do anything to help him now.
Hibiki paused a bit before he turned away from him with his arms crossed in stubbornness," you've got to be kidding, go to a woman's room? A real man would never do that…right?" he asked as he looked towards Marcus.
"Well, not if they don't know each other…intimately that is?" Marcus said as he said the last part under his breath and smirked a bit at Hibiki.
"A real man would also keep promises," Duero started as he got Hibiki's attention," your previous self would have been adamant about that part, I would think."
Hibiki looked a bit defeated before he looked down with a blush on his face and started to fidget a bit," I don't mean I want to break my promise, but…."
"But what?" the doctor asked as he left the question hanging in the air.
"It would be better you say the whole thing so we can help you man," Marcus commented as he could hardly hold in his chuckled, because he found Hibiki's situation to be a bit funny.
That's when he snapped while still holding the blush on his face," LOOK, if I go to her room, what are we going to do when I go in there? I mean, what are we going to talk about?" he asked as he mostly directed the questions towards Marcus.
'I can name a few things, but I'll keep that to myself,' Marcus thought as he inwardly smirked as the other two shrugged in unison, agreeing with the short navy haired man as they too didn't know what to talk about with women," well, you should just do it anyways, better to get it out of the way than just keep it hanging in the air."
"But, I just, ahhhhh," Hibiki said, as he got frustrated with himself as he felt the whole thing was against him.
"Well, I have to go, I need to go and check up on my patients, Ezra is due for a check up now," the doctor said as he got up to leave.
"Yo, wait for me doc, I'd like to see this for myself," Marcus said as Duero nodded and let the second Gundam Pilot follow him.
As they walked the halls, he caught a glimpse of blond hair and saw a flushed Jura walking down the halls," hey doc, you go on ahead, I'm going to catch up with you later."
"Okay, see you then," Duero relpied as he went on ahead to the infirmary.
When he got there, he put a hand on her shoulder and got her attention," you okay, Jura?" he asked in concern.
"Not really, could you help me out a bit, please?" she asked as held her head a bit from headache she has.
"Sure, come on," he complied as he led her slowly to the infirmary.
When they got there, they both saw the doctor checking up on Ezra and seeing if the baby she had was doing fine," doctor, do you have something for my headache?" Jura asked as Marcus sat her down on a chair.
"What's the matter?" Duero asked as wondered if it wasn't any worse than that.
"Well, it started out after I had that dream this morning," she explained as she thanked Marcus, who just shook his head and mouthed to her 'no prob'.
"A dream? Come to think of it, Hibiki did mention that he had the same dream. The Paksis is acting up as well," the then looked towards Pyoro, who still looked a bit sick himself," are these connected somehow?" he asked himself as he pondered the connections.
"MY HEAD IS KILLING ME, CAN I PLEASE HAVE SOME MEDICINE," she snapped as she felt a doozy of a throb in her head. She looked up and saw everyone staring at her," I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell like that," she quickly apologized as she tried to keep herself in check.
"I'll go get the medicine right away, please wait her for a bit," the doctor ordered as he got up to get the medicine.
She nodded as she saw him leave and then looked up to the monitor in the room and saw a monitor that had Ezra's baby on it," you baby has grown," she commented.
"Good luck on a safe delivery Ezra," Marcus commented," well, I gotta go, take care Jura, Ezra," he said as he turned back and left.
"Goodbye Marcus and thank you," Ezra said as waved goodbye to him, along with Jura.
As he walked through the halls, he started to wonder what he was missing,' something I'm forgetting, hhmmm, ah well, shouldn't really affect me,' he thought as he continued to wander through the halls, forgetting that a certain book caught Jura's eye while she waited for her medicine.
With Taiho, he and Meia had gone to the garden just below the bridge and were training with each other. When they finished, they went by a tree, where their drinks and towels were.
"You know, you're coming along nicely, a few more weeks of this and you might just be up to Hibik's level of skill," Taiho commented as he wiped some sweat from his forehead.
"Don't think I'll stop there, I'm going to be sure I can go past you, so I can keep you in check mister," she said playfully as she saw him grin a bit weakly at her.
"R-right, well, you can always dream I guess," he said nervously as he got a playful punch on the shoulder from Meia,' man, I hope she was kidding about that, otherwise, I'm dead,' he thought as he mentally sweated of what might happen if she got too bossy with him.
As she wiped some sweat from her own forehead, she looked down a bit and started to think. When she got her thoughts together, she looked at Taiho and asked one thing," hey Taiho, what's your planet like?"
Taiho blinked a bit; he didn't expect a question like that from out of the blue. He started think and decided to tell as much truth he could," well, it's definitely not as advance as the other planets we've been to, including Tarark, Mejale, and this ship. But despite that, we some got some good landscape. We have plenty of plants throughout the world, trees, flowers, grass, combine all that, and you might find a good scenery or two. We also got plenty of water, both regular and salt water, salt water of course being in our oceans. Along those oceans are some really cool beaches and the clearest blue crystal waters you can see. If you ever were to be on the beach in the morning or dusk times, you would most likely see a cool sunrise or sunset that would set a good mood. But despite all of that, Gaia has some problems. We seem to be wasting our planets resources too quickly, gas won't last us forever, water will someday run out on us, our ozone layers has holes in them, a lot of our trees and rainforests are being cut down for the development of buildings when we need to preserve them in order for us to have a good supply of air for us to live, and of course, you have your basic tyrant here and there in the world. So basically, Gaia has its ups and downs with it," Taiho finished as he looked up to the stars and started to wonder on some things.
"Well, I still hope to see it myself, if you don't mind?" she asked as she put her arms around his neck.
Taiho smirked a bit and put his hand on her waist," I wouldn't mind at all, I'd would be happy if you could see my world," he said as he smiled at her, but that made him wonder,' I wonder how my mom is doing, I hope she isn't freaking out too much. And what about Meia?' he asked himself as he looked into Meia's eyes,' will I be able to bring her with me if I'm able to go back to my dimension, if so, what will we do, and where will we live?' he wondered as he started to doubt what would happen after his journey was done.
"Honey," he heard Meia say as it snapped him from his thoughts," what's wrong?" she asked in a concerned voice.
Taiho just looked at her and smiled genuinely at her," nothing, nothing is wrong Meia, I was just thinking of something…now," he started as he leaned down to her," how about I give you a little honey," he suggested as he lips started to brush against hers.
"Sure, as long as it's sweet," she said with a smiled and started to passionately kiss him.
'Corny, but what the hell, I don't care, just like I don't care what happens after this,' he thought as he continued to kiss her and hold her in his arms,' Meia, as long as you're with me, I don't care what happens, just as long as you are with me,' they both then stopped making out and had their foreheads against each other, with smiles and closed eyes as they started to wonder what life will bring them.
On another part of the ship, Barnette was back to her target practice, with Jura looking off in the distance in thought," you know Barnette, I want to have a baby," Jura said out of the blue and made Barnette miss her final target.
"W-what, a b-baby?" Barnette stuttered as she was surprised by what she just heard,' I hope she isn't thinking what I think she's thinking,' she thought, as she looked a bit panicky.
"Yeah, a baby," Jura said as she smiled at her best friend.
"And just who do you want this baby?" she asked nervously, hoping it wasn't going where she thought it was going,' please don't let it be, just please,' she pleaded with whatever outside power that may be able to help her.
"Well, with one of the men of course, just think how meaningful it would be," when she said this Barnette gasped and lowered her head a bit with a blush, knowing this was what she wanted when she saw the look on Jura's face," that's what I want, to make a baby with a man's seed. Think about going back to Mejale with that news Barnette," she said excitedly as she got up and got up to Barnette's face," no Mejalian has done it before, I'll be Mejale's greatest heroine," she said as she got hearts and a sparkly smile and face on when she said that.
"I thought so…" Barnette sighed as she shook head a bit at Jura," So, this seed, where do you think you'd get it?" she asked as Barnette looked embarrassed about the conversation.
"Well, why don't you find out from Marcus? You two do seem pretty close," Jura suggested with a wink.
"Wh-wh-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN, LIKE HE AND I ARE EVEN CLOSE AT ALL," she snapped back at her best friend with her face going beet red.
"Ah, but why are you blushing, I think someone has a crush," Jura suggested playfully.
"I-I DON'T, I DON"T EVEN L-LIKE HIM," she yelled back as her red face was starting to turn bright. Before they could continue their conversation, the alarm went off.
Everyone was now out in space and were receiving orders to received an escape pod floating by itself in space,' guess it's finally time to get Misty into our little group,' Taiho thought as he flew along with Meia.
"Hey, Tiaho," he was then broken from his thoughts when he heard Marcus and saw his face on the screen," I've got a bad feeling about this man, I don't know what it is, but…watch your back, okay?"
"Sure, and you watch yours too, kay?" he replied as he got a nod from his best friend.
"Meia, Taiho, don't fight unless you have to. As soon as the pod is secure, we're outta here," Taiho heard from BC as she ordered the both of them on what she had planned.
"ROGER," they both of them said as they complied.
"I wonder what's in that pod?" Jura asked herself, only to get a call from someone,' hmm? Who would be calling me now?' she asked herself again as she opened up the channel and saw Bart," oh, hi Bart, what's the matter?"
"Just wanted to say good luck to ya, and stay safe, okay? I'd feel bad if you got injured," he said nervously and scratched the back of his neck.
"Don't worry about me dear, something as elegant as myself won't die in a place like this, buh-bye," she waved as she blew a kiss to him and winked at him.
"B-bye," he waved back as he got a big blush on his face.
"Uh, Marcus?" Barnette said as he got the second Gundam pilot's attention," wh-what do you have to do to get a seed from a male to get a female pregnant?" she asked with a big blush on her face.
"WHAT?!" he asked as he stared wide eyed as Barnette and then remembered what he forgot,' I should've taken that book away from Jura's sight, now she's going to go on a rampage to get some dick to get a baby, shit,' Marcus said as slapped his forehead a bit," um, well, ya see…" but he was cut off as the sensors detected enemies coming," no time to explain that, enemies coming from behind, LET'S GO," he called out as he blasted off towards the cubes and Gundam Wing mobile suits that were behind them.
Marcus quickly shot two rounds at a Leo, one hit it's rifle and another hit it's torso, destroying it. He then dodged some fire from behind, but quickly shot off three rounds and quickly destroyed two Leos and one cube new cube Harvester. He saw one of the Virgos coming in to sneak past him, but he wouldn't have any of that," not on my watch," he called out as he quickly connected both sabers and had them extend to have Shenlong Gundam's trident beam staff. He quickly blasted off towards it and cut in two. As soon as he did, he quickly got out of explosion range. When he looked back, he saw a platoon heading toward him," you think all of you are going to stop me, heh, you all don't know who fucking with," he said as he activated the ZERO system and entered SEED mode. Once that was done, he targeted as many as he could and shot with all of his weapons, taking down many of the Leos and cubes, and a few of the Virgos that didn't have enough time to put up their shields.
"Meia, lets form up," Taiho called out to Meia and saw her nod. They fly towards each other and form Wing Zero," let's show them their no match for the two of us," he said to his girlfriend, who nodded with a bit of smirk on her face. They blast off and quickly took out their saber to cut down two enemies through the midsection, one being a Leo and the other being a Virgo. They then took the Buster Rifle and cock it towards a large group," locked onto the target," Taiho said as the two of them fire the Buster Rifle and take down a whole group of cubes, Leos, and Virgos, whose shields could not hold up to the destructive force of the beam shot off. When they saw a lot of them closing in on them, they split the Buster Rifle and charge up the beam. They both smirk again as they shoot off the now twin rifles and circled around to take down all of those who were going to close in on them.
"Alright, time to change it up, BARNETTE," Taiho called out as he and Meia disengaged Wing Zero and quickly made Gundam Epyon. Once combined, he gave a thumbs up to Barnette," let's get close and personal with these guys," he said as Barnette nodded. They then threw up them whip and heated it up. Once it was done, they dash in at great speeds and cut down all of those they close to. When they passed, they all exploded into pieces. Having enough of that, they took the beam saber from the side of Epyon and activated the large beam saber. They charge in and cut a Virgo down the middle. They then shot the whip towards a Leo and swing it around towards a cube and dashed in and cut the two of them down at the same time.
While all of this happened, Hibiki charged in to get the pod, but the cubes came in to take it away," that pod is ours, we got to it first and we're going to take it back," he called out as he continued to charge towards them. But he was cut off as he saw three cube, one Leo and Virgo stood in his path,' think you'll stop me, I haven't been training for nothing,' he thought as he quickly took out his sword and quickly cut through the midsections of the Leo and Virgo. He saw that two of the three cubes were about to grab him, but he quickly ducked under them and slashed them from behind and destroyed them. With the last one, he charged in with all of his speed with his sword going in a stabbing position. The last cube didn't have time to put a defense as it was sliced in two," you guys may have gotten quicker, but that doesn't mean I can see you and cut you down," he said with a big cocky smirk. He then looked ahead and saw that only one Cube was taking the pod, but that one was destroyed as he saw Meia shoot it down.
"Hibiki, we should combine together and take the pod," Meia said over the communicator.
"Sounds like a plan," he replied, just as they were about to combine, a red beam got in their way and clipped Meia," ah, what's that red light?" he asked himself.
"The pod," Meia said as her system seemed to have frozen up," you have to get the pod and get back to the Nirvana now," she ordered as she tried to get her systems back up.
"Yeah, right," he said as he quickly went for the pod. He looked back and saw four more going for either him or the pod," you're not getting it no matter what," he called out to them as he tried to get to the pod as fast as he could, only for it to be snatched up by two more.
"I don't think so," Jura said sweetly as she went in and combined with Hibiki to make Vandread Jura. The two of them quickly put up a shield and take the pod for themselves," ta-da, am I good or what?" she asked Hibiki.
"Yeah, well, you're better late than never I suppose," Hibiki deadpanned to her. He then saw her quickly scoot up to him and get real close, intimately close, which freaks him out a bit.
"Listen Hibiki…" she trails off as her voice starts to sound sexy.
"Yeah, what do ya want Jura?" he asked in a nervous voice.
"I want make a baby, will you give me what I need?" she asks in that sexy voice of hers.
Hibiki gulps and starts sweat as he turns beet red," LOOK, WE'RE IN COMBAT SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF NOW," he snaps at her as she laughs a bit at his anger.
"Jura, Hibiki, get back to the Nirvana, now," Taiho says to the two of them as he drags Meia into the shield. He then disengages Epyon and combines with Meia again to make Wing Zero.
"ROGER," the two of them reply.
"The enemy is in observation mode, they are not attacking. Meanwhile, we'll…" Meia started but was cut off as both Meia and Taiho felt something behind them. They look back and saw a new type of Harvester. One that looks like a stingray or something like that, but it didn't stop there. Everyone turned just in time to see something grow from its back, but they couldn't see anything grow anymore as smoke appeared and blocked their vision. But they didn't have to wait long as a long white spear shot out and went passed the barrier and hook Wing Zero in the right shoulder.
"AHHH," both Taiho and Meia scream out in pain as if they felt the blow themselves. Then from out of the smoke, four cannons burst out and charged up. Everyone was stuck in place as the cannons shot four red beams.
When they hit, Vandread Jura was disengaged by it," hey, what is this, what's going on here?" Jura asked as she and Hibiki tumbled around in space. A scream of pain brought their attention as they saw Wing Zero was still held by the long white spear.
The smoke cleared and showed a massive Gundam that only Marcus could identify now," Grand Gundam," he said out loud as he looked at the hulking form of one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Dark Gundam's army. The body was that of an elephant, tanned colored, two large white spears on it back which had one occupied at the moment, and four large cannons for arms that could pop out hands at any given notice. He was cut off from his staring as one of the four cannons quickly aimed at him and shot a hand out that caught him," AAHHHH," he screamed out in pain as he felt the hand squeezing and crushing the life out of him.
Hibiki knew this wasn't good and called out to the only thing that could help him out, along with getting the pod at the same time," hey, you annoying girl, let's combine now," he called out to Dita.
"Okay Mr. Alien, let's combine," she said happily as she flew in and combine with him to make Vandread Dita. The light of the combination destroyed most of the enemies, except the Grand Gundam, and let it get the pod, which they took in its hand.
"Now, let's go help our friends," Hibiki said as he got a nod from the bubbly redhead. They were about to charge in, but they saw the Grand Gundam charge up shots from the other three cannons and shoot it at the Vandread. They try to get out the way, only to get grazed on the right arm.
They both start to come back to their senses from the initial shock and pain, when Dita notices something on the right arms controls," Mr. Alien, look."
Hibiki looks and see the right arm starting to deteriorate, just like in their dream," are you saying that dream is going to come true?" he asks, only to get no answer from anyone. As they did this, the two ships were under attack.
Marcus gritted his teeth in pain as he looked at the situation," guys, even if that dream we had seemed real, it doesn't mean it will come true, we make our own destinies and one thing is for sure, we'll never let them win, AHH," he said all of this in pain as he felt another squeeze at the end.
"MARCUS, I'M COMING IN," he heard and shakily looked to see it was Barnette charging in.
"BARNETTE, NO, STAY BACK, YOU'LL GET KILLED, AAAHHHH," he then started to feel the Gundam starting to get crushed under the immense pain and pressure.
"I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE A COMRADE," she called out as flew in towards him. When she got close enough, there was a flash of light from her right hand and showed a kanji for the north on the back of a black turtle. When that happened, another flash of light appeared, blinding everyone as to what was going on.
The next thing they knew, they heard an explosion. When they looked, they saw the cannon that held Marcus was destroyed. When they looked to see where Marcus and Barnnette were, they saw a new mech in both of their places. This mech held two large double gatling guns, shoulder guns, head vulcans, and the body of a Gundam with green and white colors. It blasted off towards the spear that held Wing Zero. When it cut off its boosters, it started to flip around like an acrobatic. When it lowered down, it cocked both double gatling guns, and, to the surprise of many, opened up its chest and shoulders to show missile compartments. It then let loose a barrage of bullets and missiles from the gatling guns, chest, shoulder, and even legs that shot off missiles. While all of the fired rounds of ammo went off in many directions that hit the body of the enemy Gundam, most of them hit the spear. When enough damage was done, the spear broke in two and freed the Wing Zero. (If you guys haven't figured it out now, it's Gundam Heavyarms Kai from Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz)
"Sensei, Meia, are you alright?" Hibiki called out as he got out of his stunned state of the new appearance of another Gundam.
"Yeah, were good, now, let's finish this guy off," he said as he rubbed his pained shoulder a bit.
"Right," Meia said as she too felt the ghost of pain on her shoulder as well.
Without any compliance, the new Gundam shot off more rounds at the Grand Gundam, which tried to fire back at it, only to for it to nimbly get out of its fire range and shoot off more rounds. Taking the moment of distraction, Wing Zero and Vandread Dita, who recovered thanks to Marcus's speech, blasted off to get in close range and shoot off their best attacks.
The Grand Gundam noticed this and tried to shoot them down, but it was too easy to evade the fire, seeing as how it had only three cannons that only locked onto the three of them. When the two got close enough, Hibiki cocked back the right hand and charged up the javelin it had in the right part of his back on it, while Taiho got up to its face and cocked the Buster rifle right in front of it.
"DIE," the four of them say as Hibiki plunged the javelin into the section of the stingray Harvester, while Taiho shot a hole right through head and body of the Grand Gundam. Before the explosion occurs, they the three mechs get out of the range of the explosion, with the escape pod safely in the hands of Vandread Dita.
"We got too reckless with that, but I guess it's the results that count sometimes," Meia said as she leaned back into Taiho's chest.
"That reminds me…" Taiho said as he looked towards the new Gundam.
"Hmm?" she then looked where he was looking and opened up communications," Marcus, Barnette, do you copy…"
Marcus groaned and shook his head a bit. He looked around and saw that he was in a cockpit that had a three-sixty degree vision that looked a lot like when Hibiki and Dita combine with each other to make Vandread Dita, but it was mostly white with blue jagged marks here and there. He then suddenly felt the weight on his lap and looked down to see Barnette laying her head on his chest," ooohhh boy," he said as he knew this wouldn't end well.
"Marcus, Barnette, do you copy," he heard from Meia and saw Barnette stir from her unconscious state.
"Huh? What's going on? The last thing I remember is…" she trailed off as she felt the something on the back of her rear and looked back to see Marcus grinning and chucking nervously at her while he scratching the back of his neck," MAARRRCCUUUSS," she yelled out as she turned and raised her fist and punched him across the face.
"Well, at least they're both alive, I guess," Taiho commented as he heard the sounds of bloody murder over the communicator and sweatdropped along with Meia when they saw the Gundam flying around aimlessly because of their fighting,' when will those two get along I wonder,' he thought as he shook his head.
When the Gundam stopped flying around and they settle down, they disengaged the form, along with the other two who combined mechs and quickly made their way to see who was in the escape pod.
Before all of them got to where they put the escape pod to see who was in it, Marcus pulled Barnette back," what, what is it Marcus? If you got something to say, say it…" she was then silenced as he put his finger in her mouth to silence.
After a bit of silence, he breathed in and looked at her with gratitude on his face," thanks for coming in to help me out, I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for what you did and for that, I owe you my life," he said with great care and thanks in his voice.
"Wha-what are you talking about, you're embarrassing me," she said as she tried to wave all he said off. She felt her cheeks start to redden and for good reason, the way he thanked her started to make her feel good for some reason.
"It's the truth, so I think I know how to think another way as well," he said as he paused a bit before quickly pecking her on the cheek and leaving a stunned Barnette in the hall. She quickly shook it off and went back to see who was in the escape pod, but one could not miss the small warm smile on her face.
When everyone got their, they waited for Parfet to get the thing open," okay…done," she said as it opened up with a steam of cold air coming out. When everyone looked, they saw a blue haired girl with a ponytail and a yellow and white jumpsuit," there's a girl inside."
"Is it an alien?" Dita asked hopefully.
"Sorry Dita, she's as human as we are," Parfet answered as she wondered why every new person Dita meets has to be an alien.
"I see," she said in a disappointed voice.
"HEY, HEY, LET ME SEE," Hibiki said from the back of the crowd. He then started to cut through the crowd," Get out of the way, will ya!"
"Is she?" Paiway asked as Duero checked up on her to see if she was alive.
"Her life support system is working perfectly," the docter said as he got the diagnostic on her vitals. At that moment, the girl in the pod opened her eyes to show she had red eyes.
"Hey, she's awake," Dita said happily.
"Who's awake," Hibiki called out as he shoved through both Dita and Jura to see. Unfortunately, he lost his footing and was about to land in the pod, that is, if Marcus wasn't in the way and got pushed into it himself.
"Dammit Hibiki, watch where you're going," Marcus said in an angered tone as he got up and looked down at the blue haired girl, who's hair color seemed to be between that of Meia's and Hibiki's. He saw that she was looking at him in a strange way and was getting a little nervous, so he just threw up his right hand up and said," yo."
A flash of light appeared and showed a weird transparent yellow blob that had small white circled eyes and two lined eyebrows with no mouth," it was you…" she started and then immediately got a happy face," you save my life, oh thank you," she then glomped him in a big hug," oh thank you so much my lord prince," she said happily as she hung off his neck.
"Lord…" Dita started as she got a confused look on her face.
"Prince?" Jura finised the question as she was a bit taken back by her attitude.
Barnette only stood there with her hands balling up into fists," Maaarrrcccusss," she said slowly as she started to approach the Tiger of the West.
Marcus felt a chill go down his spine and shakily looked back to see fire in Barnette's eyes as she somehow got a red battle aura around her," now Barnette, come on, you gotta listen to me, it wasn't my fault she hugged me, come on you gotta listen," he quickly said all of this as he got the girl off his neck and threw his hands up in defense.
"PERVERT," she called out as she pulled out her mallet and started to beat him down.
Taiho only shook his head at this and wondered one thing,' is Marcus somehow related to Ranma…naw,' he thought as he and Meia left the poor black male to his doom.
A/N: And that CH. 14 for ya guyz, sorry it took so long, but I had a major block in my mind, what do you guyz call it, writer's block? Well, whatever, I got it done and will start up on the next chapter tomorrow, I'll hopefully have it done within the week. If you guyz got any questions or wonders, PM me or post it on the reviews, ja ne.
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