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Chapter 4: Returning to the sky
"Do you think we did the right thing by not returning to the Gekko-Go" Renton asked looking at a screw driver.
"This isn't our war… Even if we return we can't do anything" Eureka said trying to comfort Renton.
"Thanks…" he said feeling a bit better.
"Well, I better help Grandpa finish up in the garage" he said as he got up. It's been a week since Holland came to ask Axel if he'd seen them, Renton didn't feel right about avoiding him. But what's done is done so Renton brushed off the thought and life continued just as it did before he left; only he has three kids and a wife at age 16. He thought about this and he felt a bit embarrassed, that wasn't the only thing that made him a little embarrassed; Maurice, Maeter and Linck got around the idea to call him "Papa". While he felt a little embarrassed about this, he was happy with Eureka and the kids living with him. This life wouldn't be disturbed for six months.
"Dr. Bear, the Exiellenia won't move anymore" a scientist said looking at a chart.
"How strange, it won't even more for Anemone…Same with the other models…" Dr. Bear said. He looked at the data and finally concluded why they wouldn't move anymore: some of them didn't need pilots. He looked at the picture of the cockpits again and realized that they weren't meant for piloting; but rather for holding people.
"Tell Anemone, she can only pilot the typeChaos from this series" he said.
"I wonder why this is happening…" Dr. Bear said. A man ran to him with another chart, he examined the papers and came to a conclusion.
"What purpose do these LFOs have…" he thought, he knew there wasn't enough data to make any conclusions but he had a faint idea as to why. Each of the four LFOs didn't have any type of weapons and they didn't have anything other then the armor. The ref boards that each held were also the same now, each followed the colors of the LFO. One was bright yellow, one was odd blue not like the Exiellenia, another was fiery red and the last one was orangey. Dr. Bear pondered about the meaning of the colors but nothing came to mind. The colors didn't match the seven swell and it didn't match anything else, the Exiellenia series was full of mysteries that not even Greg Egan could solve. He looked to the typeChaos again, the black and white of the LFO some what made it look innocent. It didn't seem to have a proper color but the black and white suited it well. He went over the weapon systems of the Exiellenia in great detail to himself; even adding the most common ones. The Exiellenia had over 10 different common and new based weapons. It had: 2 sets of boomerang blades, homing lasers attached to the arms, missiles hidden near the back, two blades under the fore arm, the ref board could be used to hit enemies because the Exiellenia had ref board bits on the body, a large laser cannon was mounted on the chest, the blade placed on the head could also be used, the legs missiles holders that would come out and fire, the other two were just missile holders that could be attached or detached. The LFO had a sleek design even with all the weapons designed into it. This was a new generation LFO, even the power pack for this one was great; this was one of the reasons it was given the number "TB 101". All LFOs with TA 101 in their series number was a Nirvash and all those that had TB 101 were Exiellenias, however, there has been only two Nirvashes; one being the Nirvash itself and the other being theEND. The Exiellenia series was just as strange as the Nirvash series itself, for one there was never a TB for the 101 series but Exiellenia took that title. Even though they have six of the seven they had only 1 of them was useable, the rest wouldn't move; even at the most experienced pilots or even Anemone. Dr. Bear thought more and more about this until Mischa broke his concentration.
"You know if you continue to stand there someone might hit you" she said walking to him. Dr. Bear was standing on the middle of the hanger where supply cars would go by.
"Oh, sorry" Dr. Bear said a small blush.
"Always the same" Mischa said sighing.
"How much weight have you lost this time" she asked crossing her arms.
"About another 5 kilograms" he said feeling a bit proud of himself. Dr. Bear didn't look any thinner then the last time Renton and Eureka saw him but he has lost some weight.
"Glad to see you're making a bit of progress" she said looking at him.
"So, how's Anemone?" he asked.
"Nothing's wrong with her, as far as the records go; Anemone is perfectly normal" she said.
"It seems that these LFO won't move for her and normally they would, even the ones that could move a bit on their own" he said.
"Well, whatever the cause is, Anemone doesn't have anything to do with this" she said before walking further to the LFOs.
"So these four changed right?" she said as she looked to the four Exiellenias.
"Yeah… we gave them their types too" he said.
"The yellow one is the typeSlasher, the blue one is the typeCross, the red one is the typeFlyer and the last one is the typeWill" he said explaining the LFOs.
"Amazing how they recovered and repaired themselves, but it seems they don't like the pilots" he said.
"Well, until the times comes these LFO will just have to stay here" Mischa said.
"Hey Dominic…" Anemone said looking depressed.
"How was it?" Dominic asked.
"Those children won't talk to me anymore, they said one thing to me and that was it" she said.
"What did they say?" Dominic asked.
"Nirvash…" she said.
"That's weird, why would they say Nirvash… everyone knows it disappeared with Renton and Eureka…" Dominic said. Holland and he had a theory that where the Nirvash took the other half of the planet is where Renton and Eureka might be, still unsure if this theory is correct. Everyone that known Renton and Eureka were at a lost and not sure if they were still even on the planet. Holland and the rest of the Gekko-Go crew set out to look for them or at least try to, while Dr. Bear and the rest of Tresor researched about the Command Cluster sphere that held Eureka. Nothing remained of Eureka's prison; everything from it was destroyed and returned to the Scab Coral. Dominic and Anemone were planning on having a wedding when Renton and Eureka returned or when they were 18, which ever one came first. Dominic broke away form his thoughts and turned to Anemone who was still depressed about the LFOs.
"Hey, let's get some cake!" Dominic said cheerfully.
"What type of cake…?" Anemone said with a spark in her eyes.
"You pick, my treat tonight" he said.
"Okay…" Anemone said evilly. They went to the cake store and she ordered the triple supreme strawberry with chocolate surprise. This of course was a very, very, very expensive cake (About $400) and it was huge.
"How are you going to finish that" Dominic said looking surprised.
"I'll eat it…" Anemone said as Dominic got ready to pay the chief.
"You're never goanna finished that" he said as he paid the chief.
"I will!" Anemone protested.
"Well, not in one day" she added.
"I just hope you don't get sick…" Dominic said sounding worried. Dominic had the pleasure of bringing the cake to the motorcycle, seeing as how he could never bring it home he had the store deliver it in their truck. Their home was near Tresor and it was a large house for two people, for one; there were six bedrooms, two living rooms, 3 bathrooms, and two stories (Two floors for the dim people out there). Even though they didn't have much stuff, Anemone filled up most of the house with stuffed animals and litter boxes for Gilver. In the cellar there is a cool room and Anemone stored her huge cake there, along with other cakes that Dominic might not even know about. Dominic knew about the cakes but he would never venture to there. Anemone took 3 weeks to finish the cake, Dominic still wasn't sure how Anemone could eat so much sugar and still be thin and no high sugar-blood levels. Once she was done Dominic wanted to bring a small chocolate to Tresor for a party. He opened the door and saw the cake he needed and reached out to get it.
"Anemone won't miss one cake would she…?" he said looking at the small cake.
"Are you stealing my cake?" Anemone asked from behind him. Shivers shot through his spine.
"N-no, I was just getting this for the party at Tresor…" he said shaking.
"But that's my cake…" Anemone said; Dominic still had he back to her.
"Uh…" Dominic couldn't say anything.
"Okay, let's go to the party now!" Anemone's voice sounded cheery. Dominic was still shaking.
"What's wrong?" Anemone asked; Dominic felt his body weaken; the poor guy was still shaking but he soon recovered and proceed.
"Hey Hap how long before we reach Tresor?" Holland asked.
"Two hours Holland" Hap replied.
"Ah we're goanna be late" he said disappointingly.
"Well if you didn't spend so much time at that ref spot we wouldn't be late would we?" Talho said sarcastically.
"But-but everyone wanted to stay and…" he couldn't find an excuse.
"Can't change anything now" Talho said. Using the ballistic flight was useless at this range to Tresor so they arrived at the party late. It was the anniversary of Renton and Eureka's disappearance from the world and everyone that knew them came. Jurgens and the crew of the Super Izumo came as well, but the kids refused to see the man who killed Dewey.
"Well, it's been two years now…" Holland started talking to Jurgens.
"Still no word?" Jurgens asked.
"Yeah… I'm thinking they may have really disappeared with the Nirvash" Holland replied.
"Maybe they're waiting for us…" Jurgens started.
"For what?" Holland asked in confusion.
"For us to finally get people to understand Coralians and to stop this war once and for all" he said.
"Well, the parts that broke off… I got information that they joined each other" Holland said.
"How many parts now…" Jurgens asked.
"About three separate groups remain, one of them was responsible for the attack here" he said.
"Well, maybe when we finally bring peace they'll return with everyone" he said. The party was mostly talking and Dr. Bear devouring the sweets and Anemone devouring the cake. Dominic finally got a chance to speak with Holland again.
"Holland… Do you really think Renton and Eureka are still here" he asked.
"I believe in them and whether they're still on our side or with the Nirvash" Holland replied.
"If they wish to return then they will, if they don't want to then we have to make the world ready for it" he said.
"Hey, where's Anemone?" Holland started.
"She's over there" he said as he pointed to the girl dressed in pink eating the large cake that they had.
"Wow" Holland said in amazement.
"I've been living with her and I still don't get how she could eat so many cakes" Dominic said sighing.
"Anyways, how's you're kid" Dominic asked.
"Fine, you want to see him?" Holland said feeling overwhelming pride.
"Sure, I'll get Anemone" Dominic said. He went to Anemone and told her that he was going to see Holland and Talho's child; she put down the plate and walked with him.
"Talho, Dominic wants to see Charles" Holland said as he took the baby in his arms. Dominic and Anemone looked at the baby who was awake and smiling.
"He has grey hair" Anemone said. The baby had short grey hair and green eyes, the eyes were large and he was cheerful.
"Looks like you" Dominic said comparing the father and son. Stoner walked by now and he saw Dominic and Anemone with Holland.
"Hey Stoner" Dominic and Anemone said as he came up to them.
"Hey yourself" Stoner said bringing up his hand.
"How's RayOut coming along" Dominic asked.
"Well with the chaos that the second summer of love caused, I managed to continue RayOut for a few more issues" he said.
"Well, I say keep up the good work" Anemone said.
"Haven't been anything too interesting without those two though…" he said disappointingly.
"Yeah, everything seems to have been more adventurous with those two" Dominic said.
"Well, I better go get some cake" Stoner said walking away.
"Save some for me!" Anemone said running after him.
"Dominic, you really need to watch her cake consuming" Talho said in amazement.
"She loves cake too much to be controlled…" he said jokingly. After the party Anemone got sick from eating one-third of the cake (It's a really, really, really big cake okay?). Tresor was a separate part of the military but because the others had broken off they got research money and supplies by selling KLFs, LFOs, and even other types of weapons. As for the other three parts, they performed services for the public; the council of sages was gone, and the military easily disbanded. One of these four remaining parts attacked Tresor to steal the new generation LFO models, but they were only successful in capturing one. Not long after the party at Tresor, they got information about the SOF that attacked them. That part held 3000 battle ships and many soldiers; they even had the SOF with them. It wasn't long before they launched an attack on those who supported Holland and Tresor. They started with Bellforest.
"Hey Maurice, help me get the torch" Renton said form under the large KLF. He and Axel were working on a KLF from Tresor, a normal order. It was known as a new generation KLF, using the typeZERO's spec-2 design they made new types of KLF with a plane/jet mode. This one was damaged in an air combat with bandits and needed to be repaired, but the scientists at Tresor didn't have the skills to make it so they asked Axel to.
"Well, good as new!" Renton said looking at the KLF.
"It looks nice" Eureka said looking at it as well.
"It's a happy child" she added. Maurice took a snap shot and examined his catch.
"You really out done yourself this time Papa" Maurice said showing him his new picture.
"It's not really that good…" Renton said nervously.
"Everyone run!" a voice from the outside yelled. Axel heard this and opened the door to the garage, it was a man and he was injured. They got him a blanket and rested him on the floor.
"What happened?" Axel asked.
"An-an attack" he said frightfully.
"What?" Renton asked.
"Some…some KLFs came in and started attacking us…" the man said trying to calm down.
"Where are they now?" Axel asked.
"They're coming! You have to get out of here" he said. Renton looked to the KLF he just repaired and looked to Eureka. They climbed in and started the KLF's engines; it got out of the holder and walked outside. The ref board was with it and it left the garage, in no time at all it flew into the air; after a short flight the enemy came into sight.
"Renton!" Eureka said as the KLFs came into contact. Quickly responding Renton turned the KLF and tried to hit the other KLF with its ref board; he was forced to do this because the KLF he was using didn't have weapons with it. Eureka and Renton managed to get the KLF to injure the arm and leg of the enemy KLF but they knew other units would come. They landed back to the garage.
"Grandpa, get the kids and that man on" Renton yelled.
"What are you doing!?" Axel asked back.
"Getting us away form here, we can't win like this!" Renton yelled back. Axel took everyone on the KLF, there barely enough room and the KLF was meant only to have three people but they needed to get away. Taking flight it changed into a jet.
"Sorry Eureka… Looks like we have to return to fighting" Renton sadly.
To be continued…
The young man and the young woman must return to the friends that might bring them to war, but how will the adults act? Next time: Fly with the Child.