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Chapter 8: Painful separation
"Eureka, Renton move!" Holland yelled at the missile came in closer. Renton and Eureka quickly jumped in the Exiellenia and fired up the engines and put the drive in reverse. Reversing then turning they just managed to get out of the missile's way, but of course there were other enemy KLFs coming in.
"Talho, are you and the Gekko-Go alright?" Holland yelled into the intercom.
"We're fine. What happened?" Talho's voice came from the speakers.
"We're under attack!" Holland yelled into the intercom.
"Watch out for enemy forces, I think they're coming!" he continued. Renton and Eureka were in a bad situation, the cave that they were in wasn't big enough for the Exiellenia to transform into its humanoid mode to fight. The door to the cave was also too small for the Exiellenia to escape in jet mode, the only option left was to try and run. Renton and Eureka angled the Exiellenia toward the cave entrance and put the engines on full force. The enemy was after the Exiellenia and they knew this, but they watched as Raymond pressed a button and yelled something Holland. Soon after that the 909, 808, and the 606 left and they watched as the cave clasped. Raymond caused a cave in to give them time and room to escape, but he didn't come out. Eureka and Renton knew he had just died giving time to escape.
"Holland, did Raymond get out?" Renton asked over the intercom.
"Sorry, but he didn't want to leave the LFOs and KLFs behind…" Holland said sadly.
"We understand…" Eureka said as she reached out to touch Renton's hand. They let Holland take the front position just in case there was an attack on the front side. Soon they saw a light at the end of the tunnel; putting their LFOs at full speed they headed out and quickly transformed into humanoid mode. Taking flight, the forces that were attacking had revealed themselves to the Gekko-Go. Following the attack force was a LFO familiar to Anemone; the TB 202 Ariel type52K. After it saw the Exiellenia it quickly used its claw and launched it at them.
"Renton!" Eureka yelled at the attack came into range. They turned the Exiellenia and readied themselves for a counter attack. They activated the Exiellenia's arm blades and went straight to attacking the Ariel; the other LFOs were busy fighting the 909, 808 and the 606. The two prototype LFOs met in the middle of the battle while everyone fought the war.
"This is the Gekko-Go; please send the Super Izumo here. We need back up!" Talho yelled to the screen. The Gekko-Go just launched the typeChaos while Dominic watched Anemone fight; the forces that were against them were great. Anemone knew that she can't interfere with Renton and Eureka's fight but she could keep the other KLFs away. It seems that the pilot of the Ariel was an expert because even with Renton and Eureka trying their best, the Ariel still didn't receive much damage. The Exiellenia switched its weapons several times; however, when the Exiellenia switched to using its ref board for attack the Ariel used its ref board as well. Both sides were evenly matched.
"Damn it… Who's piloting that?!" Renton said angrily.
"They're even better then the SOF pilots" Eureka looked worried.
"Eureka, I'm going to use the Devilfish" Renton said as he looked around for an opening. Renton knew that they couldn't win this; at this rate the Exiellenia would lose its power before they could do any significant damage. Even if the Exiellenia had unlimited power, it still wouldn't fare so well against it; his only option was to use the Devilfish and fight it together with two LFOs.
"Talho, get the Devilfish ready" Renton yelled to the intercom.
"Anemone can you help me make an opening" he continued.
"Okay!" Anemone answered. The Exiellenia had a small ref board on board so Renton used that to return to the Gekko-Go. He knew that Eureka could pilot the Devilfish too, but the Exiellenia was stronger and safer; the Devilfish might give them the advantage they needed. When he entered the hanger Stoner was there and gave him a small bottle.
"You shouldn't use this, but…you should use it only when you really have to" Stoner said as he handed Renton the small bottle.
"I understand!" Renton yelled as he ran for the Devilfish. He hopped in a started the systems; the CFS helmet was next to him but he knew he shouldn't use it now. The Devilfish didn't have a vehicle mode so it ran to the outside of the hanger then deployed its ref board. Everyone watched as the Devilfish took flight and with its help the enemy began lessening. He could now concentrate on the Ariel with Eureka in the Exiellenia.
"Eureka, let's go!" he yelled over the intercom.
"Yeah!" Eureka nodded. Renton's decision was right, with the Devilfish and the Exiellenia against it, it was backing off slowly. However, something unexpected happened; the Exiellenia series flew into the battle. Everyone thought that they were there to help; far from it. Renton saw the four LFOs concentrate on Eureka and the Exiellenia, but even with them attacking her they still fought against those who would get near her.
"Renton, Eureka, we have to retreat!" Holland yelled over the intercom.
"Roger" they said. But this was easier said then done, because the four Exiellenias kept Eureka from leaving and she was losing energy to the LFO. The Ariel by now had been fought off and left with most of the other KLF forces. Everyone was confused; why would the four LFOs attack Eureka and not anyone else? Both Anemone and Renton entered the scene to help but the battle was three on four and Renton, Anemone and Eureka suffered too much damage from their other battle. For the first time ever, the four Exiellenias revealed what they could do. Firs the yellow LFO's arms and legs opened and it fired homing lasers; the blue one spread out its arms and in the chest was a large cannon and it began firing on Eureka; next was the red one, its back opened up and it took out eight boomerang blades four in each arm; the last orange colored LFO had fins come out of its arms; it was using blades that had replaced its hands. Renton started to distract the LFOs while Anemone covered Eureka so she could get to safety.
"Eureka, get back to the Gekko-Go; Hurry!" Renton yelled.
"Anemone and I will hold them off!" he added.
"But what about you, you can't take on four of them like that" Eureka protested.
"I'll be fine, just go!" Renton yelled back. Deep down, Renton knew Eureka was right; he couldn't take on all four LFOs at the same time with the skills and LFO he has now. He only option was to use the CFS and drugs. The small bottle that held his only hope of giving Eureka an escape route; he unscrewed the bottle and dumped the contents into his mouth. He placed the helmet over his head and attached the metal wire to it; the Devilfish's eyes lit up and Renton's head was tearing him apart. With the CFS and his skills from the Nirvash, Renton was able to hold them off but Anemone wasn't so lucky. Just as the typeChaos was about to get hit in a vital area, Eureka threw a boomerang blade to stop it. This left her completely open; the blue Exiellenia opened fire.
"Renton!" Eureka yelled as the cannon's charged contents hurled at her. He watched as the others started their attacks as well. He poured all the power that the Devilfish had in its body and raced off to Eureka. Everything slowed; Renton charged to Eureka; the typeSlasher's lasers headed for Eureka; the typeCross's large laser was headed for Eureka; the typeFlyer's boomerang blades headed for Eureka; and the typeWill itself was headed for Eureka. Renton slammed Eureka out of the way; the typeWill slammed into the Devilfish's arm and tore it off; the typeFlyer's blades impaled themselves into the Devilfish; the typeCross's laser destroyed the other arm of the Devilfish; and the typeSlasher's homing lasers finished off the legs and board. It seems this was a combination attack; the mouth plates of the LFOs opened and they all fired. The final attack fired on Renton. Everyone watched as the four lights came closer and closer; everything on the Devilfish was damaged. The back engines were damaged, the arms and legs were gone and so was the board. The four lights finally hit Renton and the Devilfish.
"RENTON!" Eureka yelled as the four lights met. A large pillar of light shot up and a red orb appeared and electric currents ran everywhere; the orb shrank and flattened out. The four LFOs closed their mouth plates and turned around to fly away in four different directions. Eureka couldn't see anything left of the Devilfish, and she was in a state of confusion. What her eyes and her heart told her were different. Her eyes told her that Renton was killed, but her heart told her that he was still alive but in danger.
"Damn it!" Holland yelled said punching the dashboard of the 909.
"Eureka…" Anemone said quietly as she looked to the Exiellenia.
"N-no…RENTON!" Eureka yelled as loud as she could. Eureka couldn't move from the spot, but her heart told her that Renton was alive and safe now; but how could this be? Anemone grabbed the Exiellenia around the waist and pulled it to the hanger of the damaged Gekko-Go. When she landed the Exiellenia in the hanger she got out slowly and leaned against it. Holland got out of the 909 and the whole Gekko State with Anemone and Dominic tried to comfort her.
"Eureka…I'm sorry…" Holland apologized. Eureka looked slowly and tears flooded her eyes.
"Holland… Please tell me this is just a dream" she asked slowly, trying to contain her tears.
"I'm sorry Eureka…this isn't a dream…Renton's gone…" he said looking away.
"Bu-but I can still feel Renton, he's still alive" Eureka was shaking.
"Eureka… We all saw it… Renton's gone" Anemone was trying to keep Eureka fro denying the truth.
"Everyone… I know Renton's still alive!" Eureka said angrily.
"Eureka, please face reality. Renton was just killed with the Devilfish" Holland said bitterly.
"Please, Holland, you have to believe me. Renton's still alive somewhere" Eureka didn't want to hear that Renton was dead. Eureka wanted to believe her heart but it seems it was wrong. Eureka was about to cry when Dr. Bear and Mischa came up to them.
"Eureka… We know this might be wrong… But we believe Renton might be alive" he said slowly. Eureka looked up with hopeful eyes.
"How?" Holland asked in confusion.
"Take a look at this" Mischa said as she pointed a small chart in her hands.
"This is the recording of Renton's vital signals before he was hit" she said moving her finger toward the end of the chart.
"However, when they stopped, they stopped suddenly" Mischa said as she pointed out that the chart and all of Renton's vital and mental signals had disappeared at the exact same time.
"But he was blown up, so they might have stopped at the same time" Holland said still confused.
"Not true, if he was killed in that attack then the mental and the vital should have a delay between them, but in this case it disappeared completely" Mischa said.
"Also… Something happened before his vitals disappeared" Dr. Bear added.
"What happened?" Everyone asked. They all leaned over to Dr. Bear who opened a small laptop with a video of the battle.
"As you can see, a pillar of light shot from the ground up as the four lasers met" he started.
"But this is a fifth light, there's something about that light. It might have saved Renton" Dr. Bear said.
"There's not enough data to support it though" he said.
"So… Raymond was right…" Holland said realizing something.
"Renton entered a cross-over point" Holland said recalling his memory.
Flashback
"Holland, there's a cross-over point here. The Exiellenia told me that with energy it can take people to another dimension, be careful!" Raymond yelled as he pressed a small red button on the side of the wall.
End of flash back
"I'll do a little more research on this" Dr. Bear said as he walked back to the infirmary with Mischa.
"Woz, Jobs, start on the repairs of the Gekko-Go" he said.
"Mathieu take Dr. Bear to the last location of the Devilfish and take come samples of the area" Holland commanded. Eureka sadly left the hanger and headed for Axel and the kids' room. She needed comforting.
"Mama!" they yelled as she entered the room.
"Is it safe now mama?" Maurice asked.
"Yes…it is…" she said slowly.
"Where's papa?" Maeter and Linck asked together. Eureka turned her head slightly and then to Axel. Axel had crossed his arms and looked very confused.
"Renton's with the Super Izumo, the hanger can't hold the Devilfish anymore" Eureka lied.
"Now run along, I have to talk to Grandpa Axel" she said gently. The kids ran off to the cafeteria.
"What is it Eureka?" Axel looked at her.
"Renton…Renton was shot down, we're not sure if he's alive or not…" Eureka said sadly.
"Well…even if he's dead we'll get the body back…" he said firmly.
"I'll talk with Holland about this" he said. Axel saw that Eureka was very upset and wanted to leave her alone.
"Where-Where an I?" Renton asked as he got up. He looked around to see that he was in a military ship. The room was a bedroom with two beds and it seemed like the other one belonged to some. He got up slowly and found that a blond haired girl was reading a book and sat next to him. She noticed his movement and closed the book and put it down; Renton was surprised to see that the blond hair girl looked a lot like Eureka.
"I see you're up" she said looking at him.
"Who-Who are you?" Renton asked. His body hurt quite a bit from the Devilfish's damages.
"I'm Helen" the girl said.
"I'll go get the leader now" she said as she got up and walked out of the door. Renton reached into his pant pocket and found a small picture of Eureka with him. This picture was taken by Stoner when they returned to the Gekko-Go and he knew that this wasn't the Eureka he knew. Renton remembered looking at the girl, he could see that she had eyes just like Anemone but she dressed the same as Eureka and even had the same hair style. For a little while he waited and the door opened again.
"He's awake now leader" the girl's voice said. Renton looked up to the man and got another shock. It was his father Adrock.
"D-Dad?" Renton asked in confusion.
"Renton…How did you get here?" Adrock asked.
"I'm not sure…" Renton said trying to recall his memory.
"But where am I now?" he turned his head up.
"You're on the Dango-Go" Adrock said.
"Wait, where's Eureka?!" Renton asked trying to get up.
"We're not sure, we only found you" he said scratching his head.
"How did you find me" Renton was full of questions.
"When we were flying past here we saw a light shoot from the ground and a red light appeared, and we saw a silver chuck fall. We realized it was a LFO cockpit so we sent Helen here to save you" Adrock said.
"Dad…" Renton started.
"What is it?" Adrock asked.
"Never mind" Renton changed his mind. After an hour past Renton got up and decided to explore the Dango-Go, he walked around the ship and before he knew it, he was in the hanger. When he looked he saw that there was five LFOs, from right to left there was a light blue LFO, next was a gray/silver one, then there was a pink one, next to that was a purple one, Renton turned his head again and saw that the last LFO was the Nirvash.
"Nirvash?!" Renton said surprisingly.
"Renton… You know the Nirvash typeZERO?" Helen said from behind him.
"Know it, I piloted it" he said happily.
"It seems to be sleeping all the time, can you wake it up?" Helen asked. Renton ran to the Nirvash and placed his hand on it. He placed his left hand and brought his ear to it and pulled back and looked to the Nirvash again. The familiar smell of the Nirvash gave Renton renewed hope that he will see Eureka again.
"I'm back Nirvash… but I need to get back to Eureka" Renton said with determination.
To be continued…
Worlds separate the young man and young woman, will they ever see each other again? Next time: New life.