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Chapter 17: Breaking the lock
"Hey Renton… We should get some sleep…" Eureka said softly. He had just sat there the whole time but Eureka wanted to tell him her feelings. However, she couldn't because she was afraid of what might happen; instead she decided to take him through his old routines in the morning.
"You normally sleep here" Eureka told him to sleep closer to her then he would normally would. Obediently he went to the spot where Eureka had told him to go, and Eureka couldn't believe that he didn't complain what so ever. He lied down and closed his eyes, Eureka couldn't help but feel happy that Renton had returned to her but at the same time she felt bad that he had no memories of her. The only thing that Eureka could count him on was the fact he had fallen in love with her again. Eureka looked at him as he slept.
"Even without memories… he still loves me…" Eureka quietly said. She looked to his hand and found a shiny ring around it; looking more closely revealed that it was a match to her's. For some reason, he kept it with him the whole time; this gave hope that he could still recover his memories some how. Eureka rested beside him and let her hands rest on his chest. For that night, she wouldn't have to worry about nightmares.
"Omega… We want to ask you a few questions" Dominic and Anemone asked in the computer screen. Omega's face came up and he was still half a sleep.
"What is it…?" Omega said as he yawned.
"Can you tell us a bit about Renton?" they asked together. Omega was half expecting someone to ask him this question but he didn't expect them to ask that late into the night.
"What do you want to know?" Omega was falling asleep again.
"Why did he protect Eureka and get the Amita drive for us?" Dominic asked.
"I'm not sure of that… I need more time… And I was having a nice dream too" Omega had fallen asleep now. Anemone and Dominic turned off the computer when they saw Omega had drifted into sleep.
"I guess we should let Omega rest up a bit but… Can he really be trusted?" Dominic turned to Anemone.
"He didn't try to kill any of us… And it looked like he was trying to…" Anemone stopped.
"Yeah…" Dominic and Anemone were troubled by the silent Renton. In the morning Eureka woke up and saw Renton look at his old clothes and his military uniform; Eureka wanted to see which he'll chose. Slowly he reached out and took the old clothes, he examined the shirt closely. He was wearing nothing but an undershirt and boxers, just like he always has. Eureka looked at him a bit more and realized that he didn't know she was awake already. Eureka watched him get dressed and for a moment Eureka forgot he had lost his memories and that he was Renton.
"Hey Renton" Eureka felt cheery today. He turned to her and gave her a stare; his expression didn't change; it was the same wide eye stare that he shown her for a while now. He walked closer to her and sat down on the bed to look at Eureka again; Eureka wasn't sure but he just seemed to be starring at her. Eureka took the chance to jump at him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Mama, Papa's acting really funny" Linck said. Renton had obediently done everything that Eureka had asked him to do; Eureka felt a bit strange that Renton didn't protest against anything she asked him to do.
"He's just gong through a few things, he'll be back to normal soon" Eureka said comfortingly.
"Is Papa going to be alright?" Maeter added.
"Of course he'll be…" Eureka felt that if he was able to come back to her then he'll return to his old self sooner or later. Eureka and Renton had finished cooking breakfast and had called everyone to the cafeteria. As everyone ate they were looking at their meals carefully to see if he had poisoned them. Doggie carelessly placed a knife on a fork; he was stuffing his face as fast as he could.
"You should really stop eating like that!" Gidget said as she slammed her fist in to the fork; she launched the knife at Eureka. Eureka closed her eyes when the knife was about to hit but when she waited a bit she felt nothing but instead, when she opened her eyes she saw Renton's left hand in the way and the knife had impaled it. She turned to Renton and watched him bring his hand down, remove the knife, placed it somewhere further and resumed eating his left hand resting on the table. Everyone, including Holland and Talho stopped eating a just stared at him; Renton was the only one still eating.
"Do-Does it hurt?" Eureka asked in shock. He turned his head to her and gave her a slight nod.
"I-I'm sorry" Gidget said. Everyone in the room was shocked at Renton's action and no sense of pain came from him.
"W-We should bandage that up" Eureka said. She picked him up by his arm and brought him up where she led him to the infirmary; carefully Eureka wrapped the bandages on his hand. He looked at her for a moment and then turned to the bandages; he examined it carefully.
"Let's go back" Eureka said nervously as she got up. He got up along with Eureka and followed her back to the cafeteria where everyone was still frozen on the spot; even the kids and Axel.
"Are you alright, Renton?" Holland broke the silence. Eureka turned to Renton and he gave a slight nod.
"He's fine, Holland…" Eureka said quietly. Eureka led him back to their spot and everyone still starred at them for a moment while they ate. For a moment no one talked, until Linck broke the silence.
"Is papa really going to be okay?" Linck asked. Eureka turned to him and gave him a quiet yes. After that everyone quietly ate their breakfast and Eureka and Renton cleaned up after that. Eureka gave Renton a towel and told him to dry the dishes instead; she didn't want him to get his injury wet. Finally they finished and Eureka brought him to the hanger where they saw the damaged blue Nirvash. Eureka turned to Renton who starred at the Nirvash for a moment before he walked up to it and placed his hand on it. Eureka walked up beside him simply looked at him; Eureka knew he was apologizing. She placed her hand on the blue Nirvash as well.
"Nirvash…" Eureka said slowly. She watched Renton turn away and walk to the tool box where he picked up a screw driver.
"You think we'll ever get Renton back…" Anemone asked. Dominic and Anemone were had just walked into the cafeteria.
"If he managed to break off from the military to help us then… there's hope for him" Dominic replied.
"Let's just hope Eureka can bring him back…" Anemone looked down.
"How's everything right now?" Holland asked as he came to the bridge.
"Everything's normal, leader" Woz said as he scanned the area.
"Wait, 6 KLF squads headed our way" he suddenly said.
"We've wandered into a military area!" Hap said.
"Sound off the alarm!" Holland commanded. Everyone on the Gekko-Go ran to their stations and Eureka with Renton went to the hanger. The blue Nirvash was still being repaired so she and Renton launched in the red Nirvash.
"Nirvash launching" Eureka said as the Nirvash was pushed from the catapult. The red Nirvash took to the sky and took out its two sets of boomerang blades. It engaged the squads swiftly and quickly. Holland held off the others from launching and watched as the red Nirvash fought the KLFs. For some reason, Holland wanted to see how Renton would fight against the squads or rather, if he'll take Eureka and go with them. The red Nirvash destroyed two KLFs quickly by slicing them to pieces and clawing its way through them. Eureka looked at him for moment and gave him a sad look.
"Renton… Could you just disable them…?" Eureka couldn't watch Renton kill heartlessly. He turned to her then turned back to concentrate on the battle. Just like Eureka had asked him he went for the arms and legs and weapons of the KLFs. He took out four more KLFs but he spared them this time; he flew to the rest of the pact and finished disabling them as well. He left them to fall as he returned to the Gekko-Go.
"We know one thing… Renton will listen to Eureka only…" Holland said.
"Renton's closed off his heart to everyone but Eureka…" Anemone said from behind him.
"He's just opened only to Eureka… and no one else…" she added.
"But we know as long as Eureka is with him, he won't try anything" Holland sounded confident. It was six hours after the battle and everyone was exhausted from repairing the LFOs but finally they could rest. Eureka and Renton had nearly finished repairing the blue Nirvash but Eureka felt a bit tired and wanted to rest for a bit. They returned to their room and Eureka just sat there next to Renton.
"Hey Renton… thanks for not killing all of them…" Eureka said softly. Eureka sat to the left of Renton.
"If only I could hear your voice again…" she said as she fell asleep. Eureka fell asleep on his shoulder and when he felt her body loosen a bit he picked her up and placed her gently on the bed. He wasn't going to sleep tonight, for tonight he wanted to think about something; something that made him run from his orders, military and the weird girl known as Helen. He looked to the coralian that lay asleep on the bed he was sitting on and thought about her. Her florescent wings and green/blue hair and pale-white skin made her look different from any other person he'd met but when he was around her he felt like he already knew her. He turned to a small mirror that was lying around and looked into it. But when he saw his hand, he realized that the red Nirvash's armor had disappeared and a human hand; his hand was there. He examined the image closely and realized that the armor had cracked and fallen off; his hand felt warm. He turned to Eureka again and brought his hand to her image he gripped it and felt that he wasn't going to hesitate anymore; Eureka was important to him and he'll do what ever it take to protect her.
"Hey, I heard that Renton got stabbed in the hand with a knife for Eureka!" Sakuya said to Norbu. On the Dango-Go everyone felt just like back up and not the centre of attention like they were on their side.
"Okay, Dr. Bear…" Omega said yawning.
"We should get some sleep now…" said a tired Dr. Bear.
"Wait… just a few more notes…" Omega protested as he fought the urge to sleep.
"We'll continue this tomorrow, we really need the sleep, Omega" Dr. Bear felt himself yawning again; he turned off the screen and Omega starred at the black screen looking defeated.
"Damn…" he said as his urge to sleep won. Everyone rested easy; everyone except the two that lay awake to think about their problems. The Gekko-Go and the Dango-Go landed in a near-by city for repairs and parts.
"Hey Eureka! Renton!" Sakuya yelled. With Renton firmly beside her, Eureka felt like she could open up her heart again.
"Oh, Hi Sakuya" Eureka greeted her cheery friend.
"Glad to see you've become happier" Sakuya said cheerfully. Norbu starred at Renton for a long time and remembered the time he was on the Gekko-Go for the first time. The nervous, panicky, and love stuck Renton had somehow completely disappeared from the world. Though he looked like him, Renton became a cold, serious and dangerous soldier.
"Hey this dress would look perfect on you!" Anemone and Sakuya were human-coralians, but they discovered the fun of shopping and burning holes in their boyfriend/ husband's wallet. Only Eureka remained discreet and quiet, she could only think about how Renton's personality was lost and how she could get it back. Anemone and Sakuya began inventing a new game called: Cheer Eureka up. They had taken her into a clothing store while the guys waited outside. Dominic had tried to stay out of Renton's way from when he returned to the Gekko-Go with the Amita drive. Norbu now broke the awkward silence between himself and Dominic.
"How are things with Anemone?" Norbu said slyly.
"Fine…" he answered nervously.
"So… How far have you gotten with her then…?" Norbu hadn't seen Dominic much and simply wanted to break the silence. Renton stood silently to the right of them and looked at the sky. Suddenly they heard a man yell from the store and when they looked inside he was holding a gun and it was pointed to Eureka.
"You should die monster!" he yelled. He heard someone open the door and ran up to him. Renton pushed his arm up and turned to lock the man in place then used his left leg to quickly trip him to the floor. He grabbed the man's face and pressed it against the floor. His grip got tense to get the man to drop the gun; Eureka never saw someone move that fast and effectively before; not even in the SOF. The more Anemone, Dominic, Norbu and Sakuya talked to each other; the more she wanted Renton to talk too. However, when they walked into a dark ally; the man's accomplices were waiting for them. They all seem to want only Eureka.
"You should kill that monster!" one of them yelled. They could clearly see there were ten of them.
"If you give the monster to us we'll let the rest of you go free" other said from else where. Dominic turned to the expression on Renton's face; it hadn't changed from before but he could see he was looking around. Renton was examining his surroundings but they had no way of knowing what he'll do next. The way that they had come from was blocked off by them and it seems like they couldn't escape; at least, not in Dominic and Norbu's eyes. Renton backed off enough so the man on his back side was within attacking distance. He knew that the man would try to take Eureka soon and he needed to act quickly; he moved his foot slightly and kicked a can that was on the spot at the middle person and turned and kicked the man behind them. He picked up Eureka and ran with her and used his body as a shield for her head and most of her body. Dominic and Norbu used this chance to take their lovers away too. They were being chased but soon enough they reached the Gekko-Go once again where Holland was waiting for them. When the three pairs entered the ship he saw people chasing them with guns, he didn't have much time to respond but Renton had returned with a gun and fired off ten shots; he shot them in the legs.
"Everyone, we're getting out of here!" Holland yelled.
"Roger!" said the crew of the Gekko-Go. Holland turned back to Renton who was inspecting Eureka to see if she was injured in any way. Holland felt amazed at his shooting skills and realized that the military trained him to do such things.
"What's the matter?" Talho asked as she placed the bundle in her arms in the crib; they were in their room.
"I wonder what they did to Renton, he's like the perfect SOF soldier" Holland said still in thought.
"They did have him for one year, so I guess they could have done anything to him" Talho replied.
"No, that's not what I meant. I mean how they removed his memories completely, and why did he…" Holland was still confused.
"Omega said they have ways to do such things, but I guess I know what you're asking" Talho said understandingly.
"How did they break the bond between Eureka and Renton so quickly" she added.
"Yeah…" he said.
"I'm scared Dominic…" Anemone said. They were in a spare room of the Gekko-Go and they both sat on the bed.
"Yeah… If they could do that to Renton, then what is the limit" Dominic remembered when he visited Warsaw.
"We have to shut down the military once and for all, before any other people suffer" Dominic added.
"Renton…" Eureka whispered quietly in their room; Renton had always gone directly to the bed when ever they entered it. Eureka was sitting to the left of him on the bed; she turned and held his hand.
"I wish I could hear your voice again" she said drawing herself closer to him.
"I love how you always know what to say; even in the hardest times" she started.
"I love how you would always renew the promises you made to me…" she started to drift into tears again.
"Can you say something, even just a word? I want to hear your voice… Even if it's just a small and quiet word" Eureka closed her eyes to try and stop the tears. She felt Renton had helped her wipe off the tears and gave her an embrace.
"I love you, you're the most important person to me" Eureka heard the softest and quietest voice ever; but in all that quietness Eureka could tell it was Renton's voice. It didn't have to be from the mouth of Renton and even if it wasn't she was fine.
"Thank you" she said; she could feel tiredness take over. Sleep was always an issue with Eureka now; she felt tired and weak all the time but lately she felt stronger and stronger because he was there.
"The Gekko-Go and the Dango-Go were hard to track down, but we got a good measurement of where they are" a rather childish voice said.
"So can we get both back?" Helen asked.
"It'd be better if we have it and that thing back" other voice said.
"Bring that incase he is unwilling to co-operate" other added.
"Okay" Helen's voice rose up at the end.
To be continued…
The young man is returning to the young woman, but what do the adults have planned for them? Next time: The kiss in the sky.