Disclaimer: We've been through this how many times? I DON'T OWN EUREKA SEVEN OR ANYTHING COPYRIGHTED TO IT.

Chapter 20: Love that brings hope

"Hey Holland, could you pass Eureka the wrench?" Renton said from under the Nirvash.

"Holland, could you get Renton a screw driver?" Eureka asked from the back of the Nirvash. They were doing maintenance on the Nirvash; it seems like it a lot of the components were moved when the two Nirvashes merged back together. Holland looked around for the tools that Renton and Eureka asked for, but it didn't cross his mind that they didn't ask for themselves. It didn't cross his mind that Eureka and Renton asked for each other. For the next four days nothing significant happened but Omega and Dr. Bear working extra hard on something; something caught their attention good.

"Hey Mama, Papa, could you help us fix this?" Linck said handing Renton a duck. Both Eureka and Renton examined the toy.

"The springs just outta place, here I'll fix it" Renton said as he took out a small screw driver from a pouch around his waist. He unscrewed the duck and moved a few things around after about thirty seconds; he returned the toy to Linck.

"Thanks Papa!" Linck said as he started to make the toy move again. Maurice and Maeter were with him.

"Do you like this picture?" Maurice asked nervously. He showed them a picture he taken a few days ago; it showed an oil spill unleashing on Renton while Eureka was behind him. They couldn't help but chuckle but Renton's face turned red at it.

"When did you?" Renton started.

"I was walking in when I saw it" Maurice said trying to hold back a laugh.

"Let me see, Let me see!" Maeter and Linck said as they jumped up and down.

"Holland, I have something to talk to you about" Omega said. They were on the bridge and Omega had just come in.

"Yeah, what is it?" Holland replied.

"Well, Dr. Bear and I have something to tell you… It's about Renton and Eureka. And after that I have to tell them something too" Omega said; he looked worried. Holland followed him to the map room where Dr. Bear and Mischa were already sitting.

"What did you want to tell me" Holland said as he took a seat.

"Something about Eureka and Renton…" Dr. Bear started. Holland looked interested.

"As you might know, Holland; Eureka and Renton have a special connection with each other, and it's not love… Dr. Bear, myself and Mischa did a mental records examination a few days ago" Omega started.

"We discovered that Renton and Eureka's mental signatures were exactly the same" Omega continued.

"So to speak, they have the same thoughts" Dr. Bear explained.

"I have other news about them too…" Mischa added.

"Recently I did an experiment on Renton and managed to find that his blood type has been altered" Mischa started.

"Did the military-?!" Holland was about to up roar.

"No, it happened after Renton retrieved the Amita drive" Mischa quickly said; Holland calmed down now.

"It happened recently, and I also discovered that Renton's blood type has been altered so it matches Eureka's" Mischa said calmly.

"Also, going by vital signals… Renton and Eureka are perfectly in sync; it's like they share the same body" Mischa sounded confused herself.

"I have something to add to that, there is, however, a part in Renton and Eureka's mental signature that are different, which means that they could still think differently… Sort of like debating within one's mind but eventually they'll come to one thought" Omega waved his hand around a bit.

"But when you boil it all down, Holland… Eureka and Renton is basically the same person, you can't tell one of them to keep a secret from the other. Once one of them knows, they both know" Omega placed his hands in front of his face.

"I see…" Holland said.

"Now I need you to get everyone in the cafeteria; it's very important for everyone to know what I'm about to tell them" Omega seriously said. Holland looked at Omega for moment and realized that he was serious about this. The Gekko-Go and the Dango-Go landed and everyone from both ships got to the cafeteria of the Gekko-Go. Everyone curiously watched Omega as they waited for everyone to get there so they could start. It took about twenty minutes for everyone to get to the cafeteria, but it was the longest wait they experienced in a long time. When Omega confirmed that everyone was there, he began.

"Okay, I called you all here because I have an informer in the military. He managed to get into a high rank so I was able to get reliable information… However, there are things he still didn't have access to. One of which how they caught Renton" Omega gave a look to Renton.

"Two days ago, he was caught and executed" he looked down to the floor. Gasps could be heard at the word executed.

"But not before he sent the final and most piece of information that everyone here needs to know…" Omega reached into his pocket and took out a series of pictures.

"You're all aware of what this is, am I correct?" he pointed to one of them.

"The Amita drive…" Renton said with a confused voice.

"Now take a look at this" he pointed to another picture. Everyone leaned over to see it and they all gave a shocked look.

"But… But how did they…?" Eureka looked horrified. The picture showed six other Amita drives in a huge generator room.

"The informer managed to get enough information on it for me… Those six Amita drives are counterfeits… But from tests that he observed" he stopped.

"They are really close to the real thing… They plan to launch an attack on Tresor, then to the Scab Coral; the remained half anyways" everyone knew what the Amita drive could do but no one could guess how much damage six would do.

"As you all know, if the cross-over points blow… they'll take a lot more then our chance of reconnecting the two sides; if they destroy the Scab, it'll release huge amounts of Anti-Body Coralians… Enough to surpass the limit of the life again" Omega's voice dropped.

"What do we have to do?" Renton and Eureka said together.

"But the Amita drive needs Renton and Eureka's balanced mental signals" Mischa protested.

"I'm aware of that… But our fears are confirmed, they have what they need to activate the Amita drives" Omega answered.

"How?" Everyone asked.

"According to the informer… When he first learned about it, he gained a few details. The drug that Eureka described wasn't enough to take down Renton's mental signals, the only reason why Eureka couldn't sense Renton anymore was because of injuries that slowly weaken him. Shortly after they took him back, they took readings from Renton and got a few things needed for the Amita drive" Omega explained.

"What will happen with the Amita drives become active?" Holland's voice was low and deep.

"In the tests he saw… it's a powerful trappar cannon; about 10 to the power 6 times more powerful then the ones on the Exiellenias" he replied.

"The extent of damage I can imagine from the numbers is… a 100 mile radius of destruction… Might be less, might be more" Omega added.

"We have to stop them… Do you know where they are?" Holland was getting ready to give the order for an all out assault.

"We may already be too late… the thing is set to be operational in two days, and if my hunch is right, the thing might be operational by this afternoon" Omega was looking at a bunch of papers.

"Gidget, alert Tresor of the threat. Doggie, Ken-Goh and Hap, get the ship to the location of the weapon-" Omega stopped Holland.

"Here, the location for the weapon… and it's called the 7ADEX… The device used to channel the power is a large man-made LFO shell, we're going to need all the help we can get" Omega handed Hap a piece of paper.

"Gidget, get the Super Izumo and all forces that they can get, Hilda, Mathieu, Omega, Akira, Stella, Renton, Eureka, and Anemone, we're going to be launching when we get to the location" Holland commanded.

"Everyone to your battle stations!" Holland added.

"Adrock, I need to the Dango-Go for cover fire" Holland turned to Adrock who was studying the pictures that Omega got.

"How did they… It's not possible…" Adrock said to himself.

"It is and they did, right now we have to stop it" Holland pulled Adrock back from his thinking.

"Holland, I have one last thing to talk to you about" Omega said when he came back to the room.

"I forgot to mention this before, but I managed to restore one of the cross-over points but… if they fire the trappar cannon too close to even one… It'll over load and destroy a lot people and things in the area" Omega turned to Adrock.

"Luckily… the place of the battle is far from any of them so we have time and opportunity to do what we need" Omega said reassuringly. Renton and Eureka were outside in the hall listening to this.

"Eureka…" Renton started.

"Renton… We'll stop the ADEX together… Just don't run away from me this time" Eureka's voice had a worried tone.

"I promise, Eureka… No matter what happens, I'll stay with you…" they let their foreheads touch each other. Axel and the kids were to go to the bridge to observe the battle, the battle that will end the war; one way or the other.

"Everyone, ballistic flight preparations" Talho's voice came from the intercom. The location that Omega stated was about three days under normal flight, but with the Ballistic flight it would take about twelve hours. For the twelve hours in space everyone could relax slightly and enjoy the view; it might be the last time they ever see it. When Eureka and Renton looked outside to the planet; they could see missing Scab pieces and the smaller sphere that was with in it. The name earth was returned to the planet but even though Eureka and Renton showed the world that they could live together, people still burned with the desire to kill the Scab and Coralians. Eureka and Renton soon spotted the moon and their names on it.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" Rentons started. Eureka looked at him for a moment.

"Our planet is beautiful isn't it?" Eureka asked. Maurice, Maeter and Linck were looking outside too and a series of yeahs came.

"We'll protect this planet with everything we have, because it's our home" Renton added to the statement.

"Fire!" Holland yelled as a large black ship come into view. The ship had a triangular shape and sharp edges; in fact, it has a resemblance to the Ginga-Go. Many standard military battle ships flew beside it. The Gekko-Go fired off its main laser cannon along with a shower of missiles. The Dango-Go waited for the barrier of the large ship to drop before it launched an attack. This strategy was thwarted by the military ship's counter attack. For now, it was two ships verses an army; just like the old days.

"Launch the LFOs!" Talho said. Holland had gone to the hanger to get ready for launching.

"909 launching, 808 launching, 606 launching, Nirvash launching, typeChaos launching" one by one the LFOs exited the Gekko-Go. The Dango-Go did the same; a whole fleet of ships and KLFs headed their way.

"How soon can we get the power online?" one of the kids asked.

"Thirty minutes" an officer replied. The kids gave a chuckle.

"Send the Ariel out, we don't want to take any chances" one of them said. A door opened and the LFO dropped out; it headed for the Nirvash.

"Renton!" Eureka said as the sensors picked up on a new target heading into the area. Renton looked at the screen then to the outside of the Nirvash.

"The Ariel!" Renton yelled. Disabling KLFs was second nature for Eureka and Renton; it was their fighting style together. The two LFOs met in the battle field and clashed their blades against each other. From the horizon, everyone could see another army coming; the Super Izumo was in the lead. While everyone cheered on the Super Izumo, Renton and Eureka were too occupied with the Ariel to notice. Even though the Nirvash got repaired, the boomerang blade still couldn't damage the Ariel due to the intense armor it had.

"Renton… Please come back" a voice came from the intercom. Renton recognized the voice right away; it was Helen.

"He's not going anywhere!" Eureka argued back.

"This doesn't involve you!" Helen yelled back.

"It has everything to do with me!" Eureka and Helen were about to start a verbal war too.

"Renton, please come back" Renton was caught in between.

"Don't you dare move!" Eureka said just as Renton got ready to press a button. Renton shot back; the fact was Holland was calling them and Helen was blocking up the line. All Renton could do at this point was help Eureka dodge attacks while she argued with Helen about who gets Renton. Renton at this point was too scared to speak; the argument and constant yelling had him too scared.

"Renton, Eureka, answer me!" Holland yelled desperately in the intercom. While Eureka was too distracted with Helen Renton managed to turn on the line to Holland.

"Renton, thank-" Holland was stopped.

"You no-good copy cat, Renton's mine!" Holland heard Eureka's voice.

"You two-bit goodie two shoes, he's my Renton!" Holland also heard Helen's voice. He closed the line and concentrated on the battle.

"Everyone, get out of there now!" Talho's voice was wired to every KLF and LFO in the battle area. Everyone turned their heads to the large black ship; a huge LFO had come out of the middle and its mouth opened. It fired a trappar beam straight ahead; the beam was green in color and when it shot into the ground a huge fire blast come up and the surrounding KLFs were engulfed. The explosion began to spread and the KLFs and LFOs took on jet-mode to escape; when the smoke cleared, a huge hole could be seen and the earth below was visible. The large LFO clenched its fists and fired a barrage of homing lasers; both sides were hit with the massive attack. The Nirvash, Ariel and typeChaos did everything to dodge the apocalyptic attack and a lot of forces were wiped out from both sides. When the chaos passed everyone could see the black LFO had gone offline for a bit; the eyes that lit up in a green glow had disappeared and it was black instead. The whole body of the enormous LFO draped and everyone stared at it for a moment. Renton quickly opened the line to the Gekko-Go and all the other LFOs.

"Everyone, are you alright?!" Renton yelled desperately in the intercom.

"The Gekko-Go's fine… But it looks like we can't continue fighting" Talho's voice came through. A sigh of relief came over him but he turned his attention to the Dango-Go's response.

"Renton, don't worry, the Dango-Go and everyone is okay" Adrock's voice came through.

"The 808s are A-okay" Omega's cheery voice came through.

"Same with the 909s" Holland said. Soon Stella, Anemone and the rest gave their situation and confirmed that they all survived. Renton looked around and found the Ariel survived too and it was floating there; it was staring at the black LFO that rested there.

"What terrible force…" Eureka said slowly.

"Is the Super Izumo okay?" Renton suddenly asked.

"We're not doing too well, we took some pretty bad hits but I think we'll live" Jurgens answered. Eureka and Renton felt relieved that their friends survived the ordeal, but many people had just been sacrifice for a mere test of the six Amita drives.

"How many do you think we took out" the blonde child examined the map.

"I'd say about 2400 KLFs and 143 battle ships" other replied.

"See? The colonel's plans always work" another said. They started laughing.

"How can something do this much damage in such a short amount of time" Stoner said. The scene that lay in front of him was a piece of land that was covered but KLF parts and flattened trees and a huge gapping hole in the Scab. If Anti-Body Coralians were there, they were all dead and destroyed.

"Eureka… Are you alright?" Renton turned to her. Eureka was holding herself and shaking; the scene crashed down on her heart hard.

"Renton… I'm scared… That child… it… It!" Eureka started crying. Renton held Eureka and looked to the massive LFO that fell asleep on the black ship. From the torso, it was attached to the ship and it supported the huge weight of the demon. Eureka's soft cries died down when she felt Renton's grip on her, but soon she felt his breathing had increased. Eureka looked up.

"Renton?" Eureka asked. He was looking to the right; she looked there and saw the LFO had woken up. It turned and pointed to them; immediately the Nirvash began moving. Renton took the controls and headed to the spot with the least amount of people and but it was also the area of the Ariel.

"Helen, get out of here…" Renton said. He couldn't get anyone into this area; the black LFO was getting ready for its next great attack. Helen didn't move; she was still shocked. Everyone watched as the LFO slammed its hands together and they locked up and a huge cannon appeared. The cannon started charging; electricity crackled where the hole was. Renton and Eureka watched; they were planning on going jet-mode when it fired. A light formed and it fired. Renton realized that Helen was still in the area and flew over to place the Nirvash in front of it; Eureka shared his determination to protect. They placed their hand on the Amita drive column. As the light got closer they pulled on the column and the Nirvash reacted.

"Renton! Eureka!" Holland yelled as the Nirvash was hit but for some reason at the end of the shot there were lines the spread out. The smoke cleared again and the Ariel was undamaged but it was on the ground. When Helen looked around she saw the Nirvash not far from it. It was still in one piece but the arms were torn up pretty bad; the Nirvash tried to get up again and Helen could see electricity coming out of the Nirvash's arms. It was severely damaged. It clasped on its knees when it tried to get its ref board. The black LFO got ready for another attack.

"I won't run Eureka" Renton said. His hands were off the controls and he sat there looking at the massive LFO.

"If we go… Then we'll go together, a couple" Renton turned and smiled to her.

"Through good and bad, up and down" he added. Eureka looked at him.

"No Renton, if it's just you and me; it'll never be bad and down" Eureka replied.

"Thanks… For staying with me" Eureka added. Renton moved his hand over Eureka's whose hand was on the moved column of the Amita drive. They leaned over to each other and gave a kiss as the LFO unleashed another apocalyptic against them. Holland watched as the final attack was struck. Everyone turned their heads or closed their eyes when the hit reached its target. They expected a hole to appear but the result was far from it; within the area that the Nirvash stood something silver took its place. The Nirvash was in its spec-3 design again but this time it had two eyes and the armor that enveloped it was floating around it. The Nirvash stood tall and proud and protective; even the other forces looked to it with hope.

"I love you, Renton" Eureka said. Renton was standing in front of Eureka and they had just broken off from their kiss.

"I love you too, Eureka" Renton replied gently. They leaned over for another kiss.

"Fire again!" the Dewey kids yelled. The black LFO charged its huge cannon again but the Nirvash opened moved its arms from its chest and a cannon appeared. The armor that floated around it seemed to move a bit and adjusted their positions. They both fired and a little beam felt smaller as the large one came closer; everyone expected the larger one to win but just like Eureka and Renton had always done; the small beam shot through it and headed straight for the heart of the LFO. It pierced it and went right through it; it was where the six Amita drives were held. The LFO started to fall and clasp.

"Huh?" Eureka and Renton asked as a light blinded them. They broke off from their passionate kiss and found they were still in the Nirvash but it was still damaged but the black LFO was blowing up and falling apart.

"I wonder who did it" Renton asked curiously.

"Doesn't matter, I have you all to myself. And only that matters to me" Eureka replied.

"I guess it doesn't matter, as long as you and I are together… Nothing bad can hurt us" Renton smiled.

To be continued…

The young man and the young woman may have freed the world, but did they truly win? Next time: Life