DISCLAIMER: I do not own Vandread or any of the Gundam series, but I do own my OC's and their Gundams.
CHANGES
A light turned on to show Taiho looking at himself in the mirror. As he looked at himself in the mirror, a thought or two came to his mind,' man, do I need a shave and haircut,' he thought as he rubbed his growing mustache and beard. He opens up the bathroom cabinet and takes out a razor, once has that, he puts the foam on and covers all of his facial hair.
As Taiho starts shaving, Meia finally gets up and walks over to the bathroom, all the while taking off all of her article of clothing. She was so deep in her line of thought of taking a shower that she didn't notice the other occupant in the room.
Right when she took off her white T-shirt, which was lent to her by Taiho ( who also commented on how sexy she looked in it), Taiho himself was about to shave off the last of the foam when he instantly saw his girlfriend take off her shirt and revealed her well endowed chest, who had taken off her bra during her sleep. He stayed their stunned at how beautiful, and not to mention sexy, she looked now with just her upper portion showing with only her blue laced panties on. All this and you get a major slip up with him cutting himself on the cheek," OOWW!"
"Huh?" Meia asked groggily, as she was still dazed from waking up. She looked over to the side and saw a blurry vision in front of her. As her half-lidded eyes started to open up further, her vision started to get clearer. When it cleared she saw Taiho quickly finishing shaving and putting on a bandage right below his right eye," aaahh," she shrieked a bit before she put the shirt back on. When she looked back, she was about to berate him for being in there, but saw he was wincing a bit from the cut. Not one to be a bad lover, she went over to him to see if he was alright," are you alright Taiho?" she asked as she touched the bandage.
He winced a bit as she touched it, but nodded his nonetheless," I'm alright amore, it's just small deep cut, it'll heal on its own," he then put the things he was using to shave himself with back in their places. Once that was done, he looked at his slightly longer black hair," hey honey?"
"Yes, what is it, Taiho?" Meia asked as she was about to brush her teeth.
"You think I should cut my hair back to the way it was or do something else?" he asked as he started to turn his head left and right in front of the mirror, trying to think of possible new hair style to go with.
"Hmm?" she then looked at him intently while brushing her teeth. She took her free hand and turned his head in some angles. Once she got a good look, she spat in the sink and washed her mouth. Once she got done with that, she looked up to him," I think you should keep it like you had it when we met. But with just one small change."
Taiho rose and eyebrow at her at that," and what would that be?"
She then put her hand around the back of his neck and tugged the back bottom of his hair to show what she was going to talk about," just let that part of your hair grow, get a ponytail with it. I think it'll make you look better," she answered as she smiled at him.
He turned from her and looked back at the mirror and tried to imagine himself with that," hmm, I don't know, I might just..."
"¿ello para mí, papi," she spoke in spanish to him in a husky voice, which almost melts him right then as put her arms around his neck and presses her body up against his," por favor?" (Translation: do it for me daddy/baby, please?)
"You know how you make me feel when you talk like that?" he asked in a half annoyed and half aroused voice.
"I know," she replied with triumphant smirk," but you know you love it," she said as she rubbed her nose against his.
"Yeah, yeah, alright, I'll go with the ponytail," he said as he slowly kissed her on the lips. After a half a minute of kissing, he pulled away and started to walk towards the door," I'll wait when your done with showering and then I'll do mine, then we'll go see how the that girl, Misty, is doing," he said as he got a nod from Meia. As soon as the door slid shut, she started to take her clothes off to take a shower and get ready for the day.
While the two were getting ready for the day, Marcus was up bright and early in the Immortal purposes gym, who had made it when he and Nagi first got property over it. He was slugging away at a punching back, doing his best to work up a good sweat.
As he punched the bag, he couldn't help but wonder why all of a sudden bad things kept happening to him whenever he was hugged by another female and Barnette getting pissed all the time and beat his him up for getting in close contact with one,' either she really thinks I'm a total pervert, a guy who she just wants to torture for just seeing her body, or...' his last thought trailed off as he shook his head off at the 'seemingly' ridiculous thought, for all thing she has done and what she has recently shown through the rare times she seen her blush and smile, she couldn't possibly like him...could she?
With one last weak punch, he looked at his right hand a bit and remembered when he and Barnette combine their mechs to make Gundam Heavyarms Kai. The feeling of having her in his arms, the way she felt and the way she smelled, it vaguely registered to him that it was close to feeling to how he felt with Nagi,' but no one can take her place...,' he thought as he put his head up against the punching bag, with the shadow of his forehead shadowing over his eyes. One could almost see a single small tear come down his cheek," no one," he whispered as his eyes seemed glazed over a bit.
After a moment of silence, he pushed off the bag and went to shower room and cleaned himself up. Once done, he was once again donned in his blue and white attire,' now let's go and see how that crazy chick is doing,' he thought to himself as he remembered Misty. When he was about to get to the hangar, he saw both Taiho and Meia waiting for him," hm? Hey guys?"
"What's up marcus?" he greeted as he slapped each other's hand.
"How are you?" Meia said in a calm tone as usual.
"So you guys ready to go see how that girl is doing?" he asked as he got a nod from both of them," then let's go, come on," he said as he went into the hangar. While on the way, Marcus couldn't help but notice something different about Taiho," hey Taiho? What you do to yourself, I can't place it, but there's something different about you?"
"Oh, I got a bit of ponytail, if you haven't noticed," Taiho said like it was nothing.
Marcus looked back and noticed the new little tail he had sticking," nice," he chuckled a bit, only to be slapped from the behind the head," ow," he looked and saw a stern look from Meia," what you do that for?"
"Don't make fun of it, I think it looks good on him," she said as she crossed her arms and closed her eyes in satisfaction.
"Whatever," he muttered before they all continued on.
When they got there, they quickly made their way to the infirmary. The three of them saw that almost everyone of the Vandread cast was there," she's regaining consciousness," they heard the Duero say as they made their way to the front to see her awaken.
As she opened her red eyes, she took a glance at everyone in the room. With or without her knowing, that yellow transparent blob they had seen earlier appeared once again," DID YOU SEE THAT?!" Pyoro exclaimed, but no one paid him no mind and waited for her to speak.
She looked over to her little blob companion and smile reassuringly at it," it's alright Q-chan, I'll be fine," she said as she started to get up, only to cross her arms and start rubbing them," eeh, it's so cold," she a little weakly.
The doctor came over and put a pink cover over her shoulders," that's the effect of the cryo-stasis, you should try and get some rest now," he advised.
She looked over at him and got a big smile on her face," WOW, you're a handsome guy," she exclaimed at him and got him to blush a bit.
"Hey, is it true you're another person from environment where men and women coexist?" Bart asked quickly as he felt he might get another kind person to get advice from, namely women advice, if ever he couldn't understand anything of the opposite sex.
"That's about the silliest question someone has asked me," she then looked a bit snobbish at that moment," what are you, a moron?"
"B-but, I just, uhhh," Bart looked downcast as his plan for more help if ever he wanted to get closer to Jura.
Hibiki snickered at Bart's expense while Marcus came up beside him and patted him on the back," there, there, it's alright," he said as he tried to get the blond in a happier mood.
The girl, Misty, looked a bit flushed when he saw him and turned to the doctor," who's he, what's his name?" she asked with bright smile.
"Hmm?" the doctor looked over at the three other males around Bart as they tried to cheer him up," I'm not sure which one you're talking about, but I know it's not Bart you're talking about..."
"The black male in the white and blue," she pointed out excitedly.
"Oh, you mean Marcus?" he said in a more of a statement than a quiestion.
"Marcus, that's such a manly name," she dreamily said as she looked at him with a meaningful gaze.
"Huh?" Marcus asked as he felt things were about to turn for the worse.
"I always knew I would meet someone, someday, and it would be love at first site," she then put up her pinky up in the air as her yellow blob friend turned into a string, with Pyoro looking intently at it in a weird manner," the red string of fate, you know?"
Everyone looked intently at Marcus as he looked disbelieving at her," no...no, no, no," he said as he waved his arms right in front of him," ain't nothing like that going on around here. Uh-uh, find some other brotha' play with."
Misty just smirked playfully at him," ahh, he's playing hard to get, come on Marc," she then brought her hand up and motioned him to come to her with her index finger," come on over and sit by me and we can get to know each other?" she asked in playful.
Seeing what was going on, Barnette developed a popping vein on her forehead," OH NO," she exclaimed as she got in front of him," he doesn't need to do anything, you need get some rest missy and that's that," she said as she put her hands on her hips and had a look in her eyes saying 'challenge me at you own risk little girl'.
While in the background, Paiway was writing in her notebook," prediction of a love battle, definite Pai-check," she said as she whispered to herself.
Back to the front of the stage, Misty was glaring holes at the busty green haired woman. She then turned to the doctor for answers," hey, that girl over there, is that his girlfriend?" she asked.
Just as the doctor was about ask what she meant, Marcus got right in front of Barnette," ain't no way in hell I'm going out with this chick?!" he exclaimed. He then vaguely noticed it became eerily silent. Wondering why it was, he looked around until he felt a soft and squishy feel he knew he felt before. He squeezed and heard a low growl from beside him. He looked and saw Barnette's bangs were covering her eyes, but that was not what he noticed. He arms seemed to be around somewhere on her torso. He slowly looked down and saw his hand was right up on her left breast. He blinked once, then twice, as he squeezed a couple more times to make sure this even was real. He then looked up and saw Barnette's shadowed eyes were glowing red and her usual red aura was back," ah shit," he meekly to himself as he prepared what was going to happen next.
"Maaarrrrrcccccuuuuuuusssss," Barnette said real slowly. Right at that moment, her 'Out-of-Nowhere' mallet appeared and she swung hard at his body," DIE," she called out as she sent him flying into the wall, leaving a Marcus imprint in the wall. When the aura went down, she was left panting with her face beet red from both anger and embarrassment.
"Uncute tomboy," he said weakly as he slid off the wall.
"Marcus!!" Misty called out as she got ready to come to his aid, but was cut off as hand was put on her shoulder. She looked up and saw the Taiho's smiling face.
"Don't worry, this happens all the time, it's just their way of letting each other know they care for each other," he said loud enough for everyone to hear, except Marcus, who was still a bit dazed.
At hearing this, Barnette yelled out at him," WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BY THAT, I-I HAVE N-NO SUCH FEELING FO-FOR HIM," thought the stutter and the increasing blush proved otherwise. Though she herself wouldn't admit, she was slowly beginning to feel drawn to the black male, but being as stubborn as her source of growing affection, it's going to take some effort for the two of them to see that what they have for each other.
Misty herself looked with critical eye at the green haired woman's denial," anyhow," Taiho said as he cut her off from any further thought," you should know that you have come aboard a ship that has a sort of different environment than your used to," she her questioning look, he continued," aside from a few of us, Me and Marcus especially, have been raised in a totally different environment. Like for example, our good doctor here," he said as he looked over at Duero," was raised on a planet primarily of men while women like Barnette, who you seem to be looking intensely at," he said as her eyes seemed to harden a bit more at the green haired woman," was raised on a planet full of women. And neither planet have interacted with each other from what I know, and when they did, it was usually in bloody battles of trying to see who was the better sex... in a nutshell," he puased a bit to let the info sink before adding on last thing," but you don't have to worry about that last part, both sides are in sort of a truce on this ship that is in a process of becoming permanently accepted."
Misty sighed as she got thoughtful look on her face, while her yellow friend took the form of a question mark," you know, that is really strange," Pyoro said as he got close to it and made Misty look funny at the little robot.
"Now, go on get some rest, I'm sure that Marcus will come and visit you..." at this, he gets a groan of disagreement from his knocked out body," when he might, but if you behave yourself, we could let you out early so you can chase him," at this point, Barnette was seething from the inside while her exterior showed nothing of her turmoil.
"Really?" she asked in happy hopefulness. He chuckled a bit before he nodded. Seeing this, she quickly set herself back down on the bed to sleep.
While everyone else went to go their seperate ways on the ship, Barnette is stopped by Ezra," would like to have some tea and cake with me Barnette, you look like you need something to talk about," the pregnant woman offered. She was about to protest, but then thought about it, it really sounded good to her now.
Taiho raises an eyebrow at this,' wasn't she supposed to go with Dita, though...' he trailed off as he looked down at his fallen companion,' instead of Hibiki, it's now Marcus, so I guess there's a change of script,' he then shook his head a bit as he knelt down and slung his friend over his shoulder and went to set him up on another bed...away AND out of Misty's sight.
Back with Barnette, she just now took a sip of tea and moved a plate of cake next to herself," the little girl has nerve, I mean she just barges in and starts hanging off the guy," she said with some heat in her voice.
"Yes, I see, but wouldn't be scared and confused if you woke up in a strange and unfamiliar place?" Ezra asked as she tried to help the woman beside her.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean she has to go and start latching onto him like the together or something," she shot back as she ate a piece of the cake. She then sighed bit as tried let out all of the anger she had earlier and tried to sort out why she was so protective of Marcus in the first place," you know, when I first Marcus, he seemed like this really nice guy that I could get along with..."
"And despite how you fight, you still do," Ezra interrupted.
Barnette shot her a bit of a look for cutting her off," he's even protected us from the Harvesters and those 'Mobile Suits'...he even tried to comfort me when I felt my most weakest," she said until her voice was a whisper into the last part.
"Barnette..." Ezra started, only to flinch in pain and start clutching her pregnant belly.
"Huh?" upon seeing her pained look, Barnette got up to what was wrong," Ezra, what's wrong?!"
"Th-the baby," she said weakly as her face stated to get flushed, most likely due to the pain. (I'm going ahead and say, DUH)
"Wait, you m-mean the b-baby is going to..." she let it hang for as Ezra nodded her head in answering the unfinished question," oh great," she simply said with a comically panicked face.
After leaving the infirmary, with a big headache of course, Marcus decide to relax a bit and play some video-games, currently, he was using an old PS3 (which I'm proud I have one, 'I look up to the sky' Thank you) and was playing Ninja Gaiden Sigma (play the game, it's badass). After an hour of playing, he decided to get some work done and left to go to the Nirvana's gym.
Along the way, he wondered just how he got himself in the current mess he is in now,' Hibiki, that's who, that damn jerk pushed me in when it should have been him to be crushed on by Misty, but nooo, this shit had to happen to me,' he then stopped and yelled out," WHY THE HELL IS THIS HAPPENING?!" he asked. He looked around and noticed the strange looks he was getting from the majority of women. After seeing this, he starts to scratch the back of his head nervously with a strained smile,' great, now everyone thinks I'm a total nutjob, way ta Marcus, you just made another mess for yourself,' he sighed as he put his hands in his pockets and continues to walk down the hallway.
As he was about to come to one of the elevator, he saw Barnette guiding Ezra with her arm sling over her shoulders. When he saw this he gasped which made Barnette look in his direction,' oh no, not right now, I need some help,' she frantically looked left and right, but couldn't find anybody else,' no choice,' she thought," Marcus, I need some help here, Ezra's having the baby!" her answer was him rushing towards them and helping Ezra to the elevator.
When they set her down, Marcus went over to the emergency communicator on the elevator," Infirmary, this Marcus, we a have 911, a code red, the eagle has flown the coop, Elvis is about to..."
"WOULD YOU JUST SAY WHAT'S GOING?!" Barnette snapped as she looked ready to clobber him.
"Oh sorry," he then composed himself and spoke calmly, but quickly," we have situation here, Ezra is about to have the baby and we need you guys to be ready, because were about to bring her now."
"Has she already gone into labor," Duero asked as he got ready give out instructions just incase.
Marcus looked back to see her condition. Once he got what he needed, he spoke once again," she seems to be in a lot of pain right now, were trying our best to get her there as fast as possible."
The doctor then got the book he read about baby and how their born and opened it up," Marcus, can you tell what type of condition she's in and what type of pain she is feeling."
Marcus sweatdropped at that moment,' I forgot that the old hag was the one who really helped out in this,' he then looked back and knew one thing,' I guess I'll just have to play along for now.'
As this was happening, Hibiki was standing in the garden below the bridge,' Marcus...Barnette...and sensei, they all seem to have some sort of power now that I haven't even seen before,' he thought as he remembered the crest that appeared on the back of their hands. He knew AND felt they were more than just some tattoo with good designs on them. The weird thing was that the power he felt from felt familiar. These thoughts continued to bug as he also started to hear someone calling out to him in his dreams.
But he was cut off from his thoughts as he heard someone walking towards him. He looked and saw that it was his sensei. Just as he was about to ask what he was doing here, Taiho beat him to the question," what are doing here Hibiki? It's not like you to be wondering around without training or working on your Vandread."
"I've just been wondering...those tattoos or whatever they are on the back of your right hand, including Marcus and Barnettes, what are they?" he come out and asked out the blue.
Surprised by the question, Taiho just rose an eyebrow at him," why do you want to know?"
"It's just been bugging me a whole lot lately, I mean, tattoos don't just come in a slap them selves on the back of your hands...do they?" he asked in a naïve sort of way.
"No, they don't, trust me," Taiho said as he quickly shook his head,' unless you count those fake tattoos you have to wet and put it on your skin,' he then took a breath wondered how he would explain," well, I thought me and Marcus would be the only ones to know this, but it seems that amongst us are potential candidates for these crests, that's what they're called. Anyhow, my crest is the Dragon of the East, Marcus is the Tiger of the West, and Barnette, whom now found out is the Tortoise of the North. Now there is only two more people left, The Phoenix of the South and the Chimera of the Center. Who those two are, I don't know," he then paused a bit to let this info sink in," all five of these crest mark them as the best of the best and are combined to be called The Guardian Spirits. Me, I'm guessing Martial Arts, Marcus, I'm assuming, is Street Fighting, and Barnette is most likely to deal with long range weaponry and swordsmanship from what I can tell. But from aside all of that, I don't know what The Guardian Spirits whole objective is, at least not yet that is..." Taiho then looked up into the sky, as if searching for something," but I'll find out, even if it takes me my whole life and I have a feeling, that will answer my question from the start of this journey."
After a bit of silence, Hibiki had to know what he meant," what would that be sensei?"
"...My purpose," he said simply. He then turned and patted Hibiki on the shoulder as he left, but what neither noticed that his crest activated for a split second and sent small jolt of Ki into Hibiki.
But just as soon as that happened, the lighting around the area went out and the looked like from their positions, that power was beginning get cut from the ship," what the hell is going?!" Hibiki asked in frantic and pissed off manner.
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out," Taiho said as he lifted up his watch," Meia, do you read me, Meia?" he called through the communicator.
"Yes Taiho, I'm here," she answered as her face came up on the screen of the watch.
"What's going on, what the status of the ship now?" he quickly asked to find out what's going on.
"I'm not sure, but it seems there's some sort of virus affecting the system of the ship and everything is starting to shutdown on us," Meia answered as she checked on the systems in the area herself.
"This isn't good," Taiho said under his breath," Hibiki, let's go and..." he trailed off as he looked back and saw Hibiki being hugged to death by Dita.
"I'm scare Mr. Alien, what's going on?" she asked as she hugged him harder.
"Let...go...you...idiot," Hibiki said as his head started to turn blue and was being crushed to death by a hug.
"Right..."Taiho said as he walked passed them. He vaguely heard Hibiki calling out for his help. He then stopped at mid-step and looked back at them,' wait a minute, if those two are hear at this period of time, then that means...oh no,' he thought as he rushed of to the infirmary.
While all of this was happening, Marcus was cursing for the little item Misty had with her that made all of this happen. He then turned his attention to the communicator on the elevator," Marcus, it seems there's been and accident and all of the motor systems on the ship are completely inoperable. Can you give an description of the patience condition?"
Marcus breathed in and went over to check. He felt her forehead, looked at her face and listened for her breathing. Granted, he wasn't a doctor, he tried to check everything he could for himself to see if anything wrong," she's sweating a lot, looks to be in pain every now and again, and her breathing is becoming shorter at points...at least I think that's her condition," he said as he scratched the back of his head a bit. He barely heard Magno say to the doctor that she was going into labor.
"Now listen up you two, if the system isn't up in time, she'll have to give birth right there," old lady Magno said to them through the communicator.
"Wh-what, in here?!" Barnette said as she keeping Ezra company and helping her through what was going on.
Marcus sighed and wondered how it really came to this for second before he turned his attention back to the situation," will do old lady," he then looked and saw Barnette was panicking a bit and knew he had to settle her down some, so he went over to them and took Ezra's hand and held it for a moment," Ezra, don't worry, me and Barnette are right here and we're going be here by your side the whole time. And if it makes you feel any better, just think that whole ship is behind you all the way," he then let go of her hand and went back to the communicator.
"Marcus," Barnette said simply as she calmed down and looked him in admiring way.
"Thank you Marcus, and you too Barnette, I'm grateful," Ezra said as she herself calmed down.
Before Marcus could ask what to do next, the ship began to shake," as shit, not now," he said as he knew it meant the enemy was here.
From his position, Taiho skidded to a stop from and cursed," dammit, and was close to getting to the infirmary," he cursed again as he turned back and went to the hangar. When he got there, he saw that Meia and the other three were already out.
"Taiho, did you just get here?" Hibiki asked as he just came in the room.
"Yeah, come on, let's get going," he answered as he ran towards his Gundam with Hibiki running towards his Vanguard. Once they got into them, Taiho quickly got on the launch pad," Taiho Lobo, Dark Angel, LAUNCHING!" he called out as he blasted off from the hangar into space.
After that, Hibiki himself got onto the launch pad," Hibiki Tokai, Vanguard, HEADING OUT," he called out as he too blasted off into space. The two quickly make there way to those who already out.
"Sorry were late," Taiho said to Meia, only to get her shaking her head a bit at him.
"We've got to get them away from the Nirvana, 'A' Team, go with attack pattern Delta-4," She commanded to the group.
"'B' Team, make sure stay close and take those who get past us, use defense pattern Sigma-3," Taiho quickly added in," Immortal Purpose, get those weapons systems online now and give us cover fire," he called to the ship.
"Roger," everyone called in confirmation to the leaders.
"Darn it, I really wanted to be there for the baby being born," Jura quickly complained.
"Here they come," Meia said so that everyone got ready.
"Alright..." Hibiki said as he psyched himself up," LET'S GO," he called out as everyone blasted to destroy the enemy and defend the ship.
As Taiho and the rest defend the Nirvana, Marcus and Barnette were doing their best to help Ezra. But it seemed she was getting into more pain," I need guidance for this, I haven't delivered baby before, what should I do?" he quickly asked the doctor.
He waited for few moments until he heard old lady Magno talk," Ezra, can you hear me? Don't push just yet and use shallow breaths to help lessen the pain," Ezra quickly nodded and did so before they felt the ship shake a bit from an attack.
It got even worse and soon, both Ezra and Barnette were thrown to the side of the elevator. Barnette hit the side hard," ow," she then remembered Ezra and got worried," Ezra?!" she then looked and saw that Marcus had got in the way of Ezra being hurt.
"hehehehe," he said as he winced a bit from the hit he got from catching," see, I can helpful sometimes too," he said as he gave a thumbs-up. He then saw that Ezra was in wince a bit herself until she let something out. Marcus looked down and said one thing," aah crap!"
"Marcus, what's wrong?" the doctor asked quickly.
"She's broken her water," he quickly said as he set her head on torso and held her so that she could relax a bit.
As this was happening, everyone on the battlefield was giving what they could to defeat the enemy, it was all going smoothly when out of the blackness of space, three flagships came into the battle. Two of them successfully came in and anchored the Nirvana on the it wings with their spear like attacks. The third was about to destroy the Immortal purpose when Taiho quickly came in and cut the spear attack before it it even got to it," I think not," he exclaimed as he cocked the long rang beam rifle on his back and shot it down.
But back to the immediate problem, Marcus was now trying to keep Ezra calm while Barnette was cursing a bit," man, what I wouldn't give to be out there right now and teaching those damn enemies what I'm made of."
"Right now, that isn't important, Ezra is our main priority now," Marcus snapped at her for being so hotheaded.
"Don't you snap at me you...," she was cut off as Ezra took her hand.
"Please, there's something I'd like for you two to do," she started as she placed Barnette's hand on top of Marcus's," be friendly to each other," she then smiled at the two of them," okay?"
They both looked at her and then to each other, then look down at where they were holding hands and look back at each other. They then turn away their heads and blush. Ezra just giggles a bit at them, but then suddenly cries out in pain.
"Hey old lady, Ezra is in pain again, what we do now?" Marcus asked from his position.
"It's on it's way, which one of you is closest to her legs?" Old lady Magno asked from the communicator.
"I am ma'am," Barnette answered from where she was sitting.
"Then your elected, open up her legs and when the baby's head appears, just gently pull it all they way out," she instructed as Barnetted went over and flipped up the dress so she could spread Ezra's legs further.
"Here," Marcus then took off the top of his shirts," used it as cushion and something to wrap it up in," Marcus said as she gave Barnette took the shirt in thanks.
"Thanks Marcus," she said as she gave a smile to him.
"You're welcome," he said back to her. He then took a bit of a nervous breath, this was the first time for him to do such a thing," you ready Ezra?" he asked as he saw her nod a bit.
"Alright ma'am," Barnette said a bit nervously, as she too was nervous about this," I'm in position."
"Alright Ezra, take a deep breath and push with all of you might, one...two...three, push," Magno counted down as Ezra did as instructed and pushed, as she did, she whimpered in pain and held onto the hand Marcus offered tightly.
"Alright I see the head," Barnette announced as she was ready to hear more instructions.
"This is the point of delivery Barnette, put you hands around the baby's head and pull very gently," Duero instructed.
"You can do this Ezra, everyone on the ship has been wanting to see this baby for quite sometime now, that's why we'll both do all we can to make sure you have a safe delivery," Marcus said as he tried to encourage Ezra, as well as himself mostly.
"What he says is true, we'll do all we can Ezra, so don't give up on us now," she said as she started to gently pull the baby little by little, with each push Ezra gave.
"Barnette...Marcus...Thank you," Ezra said through panting as the two nodded to her with smiles on their faces.
Back to the battle, the flagships now started to pull the ship toward somewhere, most likely to an area where they'll be harvested.
'Not on my watch,' Taiho thought as he flew alongside Meia.
"Target the grappling devices they've hooked on the Nirvana's hull," Meia commanded to her comrades.
"Hibiki, Dita, Jura, you and half of the team go on the port side, the rest of you will follow me and Meia," Taiho said quickly," alright, let's combine NOW," he commanded as he and Meia fuse their mechs to make Wing Zero, while Hibki and Dita make Vandread Dita. They all then split up to take down the flaghships.
In the elevator, once again, The two were still in the middle of delivering the baby," captain, most of the head is showing now," Barnette said as she held onto the head.
"Ezra, don't push anymore, use shallow breathing again," said old lady Magno from the infirmary," Alright Barnette, reach under the baby and support it."
"Okay," she replied as she did so. Ezra then started to breath more shallow and then opted for on last push.
"We're almost there," Magno said to herself mostly than to everyone else. With one last push and cry, Ezra pushed the baby out and let the baby go from her.
Barnette quickly wrapped the baby up in Marcus shirt as she wiped off the water that made it come out of Ezra's womb," she's so beautiful Ezra," Barnette said as she held the baby close to her.
"Yeah, the little girl looks good, I can tell it's going to have a good life," Marcus commented as he went over to her and put his finger out to the baby. When the baby saw it, she latched her little hand on the black male's finger and put her mouth on it suck on it,"hahaha, she's got my finger."
Barnette just looked at him with admiring look in her eyes as she saw how he treated the baby. This look did not pass Ezra's tired gaze and wanted to say something that would make the two think about each other," you know, you two look like you would make real good parents," the effect was immediate as the two looked at each other and turned beet red in the faces.
As things were wrapping up in the elevator, so too was the battle in space. As the team that went with Hibiki took care of the cubes getting in the way of destroying the flagship, Vandread Dita quickly went passed them and cocked the shoulder cannons and shot the flagship down," heh, too easy," Hibiki said in his cocky self.
The same was happening on the other side as Taiho and Meia blast right passed the Cubes and cocked the buster rifle at the flagship," LOCKED ONTO THE TARGET," the two said calmly. The two then press the trigger and blast the Buster Rifles beam and take down the flagship, freeing the Nirvana completely.
"Hey guys," a screen then popped up on everyones screens, showing it to be the aqua haired girl who used to wear the big teddy bear suit," the baby was just born," she happily said to everyone.
"Really?" Jura asked in happy tone.
"hmm, I wonder what it looks like," Hibiki asked as he got a giggle from Dita when he asked.
"Let's hurry up and go see," she suggested with a happy smile.
"Right, let's go and see that baby," Taiho said as both Wing Zero and Vandread Dita disengage and blast off with everyone else to the Nirvana.
While everyone else was going to the hangar quickly, the ones in the elevator were now relaxing. Ezra was now holding the baby withing her arms with a warm smile on her face," my, she's already sound asleep," she said as she looked down at her sleeping baby.
"A mother's touch has that feeling," Marcus said to her as he remembered the time he was when he was but a little kid with his mom.
"Sorry I took so long guys, I'll get you down in a sec," Parfet said to through the communicator of the elevator.
"No rush," Barnette said sarcastically. Just as she said that the elevator railings broke and sent it down in crashing speeds," PARFET, WE WANT TO BE IN ONE PIECE," she called out when all of a sudden, it stopped.
"Pyoro-2," the heard Pyoro voice say from below," I will protect Pyoro-2," the little bot vowed as it lifted the elevator back to a safe level.
"Oooh, just get something from Mcdonalds and a chocolate shake and I'll be back and up again," Marcus said as got down from elevator with the other.
A few moments later, the whole ship saw the message Misty had brought along with her and what was going on with planet earth. Once again, Taiho and Marcus hardly listened, because they knew, it wasn't anything surprising, but to keep the up the act of being surprised, they acted surprised when the major news occurred. After that, everyone we back to what they were doing.
"Ooh, she's so adorable," Barnette said as she looked down at the baby," so, have you chosen a name yet, Ezra?"
"Pyoro-2," Pyoro said happily.
Barnette then bonked the little white bot hard," this little girl will not have such a ridiculous name," she said angrily.
"Grr, this has already been deicded," the white bot said angrily.
As they two argue back and forth, they were cut off as Ezra's soft voice," oh, it's you," she said. The two blink a bit and turn to see Misty standing in the door way, who put her hand up and waved at them," feeling better now?"
"Yes," she answered," I heard about the baby, congratulations," she said with an honest smile.
"Thank you," Ezra said, but then turned her head as she heard the sound of whistling. On the otherside came Hibiki, Taiho, and...
"Marcus," Misty said happily as she rushed towards him," I heard all about what you did, taking control of the situation and keeping a firm head while making sure the baby was born, you know, that's really manly," she said dreamily to him.
"Eheheh, you think so," he said nervously as he took a quick glance at Barnette, and gulped a bit. She still had a smile, albeit forcefully put on, as she hand her hand on Ezra's bed rail's, which were now starting to bending a little from her strained hands.
"I just love guys like that," she exclaimed as she launched herself at him and latched her arms around his neck and deeply kissed. He was now frozen in her grip. When she was done, she looked back at Barnette and licked her lips," I just love hunky men," she said with a satisfied smile.
Marcus was about to tell her off when he felt a rising heat beside him. He looked where Barnette was and saw she was gone, he then shakily turned his head and saw Barnette was right beside him with flaming eyes," Maaarrrrcccuuussss," she said slowly.
"Oh crap," he said as slumped his shoulder and waited for his impending doom.
"YOU PERVERT," she called out as she punched him across the face and started to beat him down.
Off on the side, Taiho and Hibiki just watched the scene with sweat drops going down their heads," I take it back, Marcus must related to Ranma," Taiho said under his breath.
"What was that sensei?" Hibiki asked as he cocked his head to the side and raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing," he then looked back at the scene as Barnette continued to beat down Marcus and chuckled a bit," nothing at all."
A/N: CH.15 done, sorry it took so long guys, but I'm back in business. Don't know what to answer right now, so just review or PM me, ja ne.
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