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Chapter 10 Finding Hope
"I'll show you, that even Behind the Scenes people can pull their weight!" Gascgone cried as she fired off another volley of missiles. The large clone reared back before stabbing her Delivery Craft with its large claw like hands. Gascgone heard her name being yelled as she pushed forward on her throttle to send the large monster into the Flag Ship. Gascgone smiled as the clone and her delivery craft crashed into the ship, resulting in a large explosion that tore a large hole in the enemy Flag Ship.
Miss Gascgone…
Everyone watched with sad eyes as her Delivery Craft vanished off their radars. No one could say anything. No one wanted to do anything. No one could do anything anyway. The only thing they could do was sit back and watch the large clone reappear. Some of the Dread pilots quickly began retreating without even being told to. For the others, they quickly began trying to fight back.
"MISS GASCGONE!" Barnette yelled. The clone reappeared, its eye shinning brightly as it looked at Barnette's damaged Dread. Barnette growled at the large clone slowly stood up on the hull of the Flag Ship.
"BASTARD!" Hibiki roared as he disassembled the combination to attack the Nirvana fake on his own. Meia gasped at his sudden move, and quickly got out of his way to make sure he had a straight shot at the large monster. Hibiki's golden mech spun to regain its bearings before charging towards the large fake with his sword.
"Stop!" Barnette shouted as she appeared in front of him to stop him from progressing any further. "We need to head back and regroup before charging in blindly! We need to think a head of these things!"
"Those aren't your words!" Hibiki snapped. Realization hit the two pilots like a brick as they knew who would have actually said those words. Barnette's Dread began taking serious damage as she waited for him to leave the battle zone. Hibiki, realizing that she was in trouble and not about to let him pass, left the battle zone with Meia beside him.
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Bart stared at where the large explosion took place. He knew what had just happened. He knew because everyone on the bridge began calling out for her. He could have sworn he even heard the Pexis cry out for her. He growled again, knowing that the enemy was about to come and hit him because the pilots were returning.
"Damn it all." Bart whispered. A small zip got his attention before his whole arm felt like it was being burned. Bart screamed in pain before the ship suddenly did a U turn, heading straight for an electric nebula.
"Bart, what the hell do you think you're doing?!" BC yelled. Bart felt intense pain before blacking out.
A swirl of energy on the bridge had everyone gasping at Bart's bad timing. When the energy faded away, everyone saw an unconscious Bart lying near the Navigation Chamber entrance.
"Bart!" BC yelled as she ran to him. She quickly checked him. His arm was covered with large burn marks. "He's out cold!" Magno gritted her teeth. "I'll take him to the Infirmary!" BC stated as she lift Bart over her shoulder.
"Captain…" Meia's face appeared on screen. "All Dread units are back in the hanger. We're waiting for further orders."
"Just rest for now. We need to come up with another plan of attack before we head back out there." Mango stated. Meia nodded.
"Captain… I'm sorry about…"
"Don't worry about it right now." Magno interrupted her. Magno's eyes landed on the damaged Flag Ship. "She did a lot of good things in her life. But what Gascgone left behind was a big gapping hole in their Flag Ship. We'll take that thing out for her now." Meia nodded as she closed the screen.
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Meia smashed her fist into the controls for her Dread. "Damn it! I thought I was strong enough for this to never happen…" She whispered.
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"What happened?" Duerro asked as he began looking at the burn marks on the newly awakened Bart.
"I don't know really." Bart stammered. He still sounded a little bit sleepy. "I'm not to sure myself, but I remember that Gascgone's ship went down, and then there was a lot of yelling. Then I felt a slight tingle in my arm, and then I blacked out." Bart answered.
Duerro gave a low "Hm" as he finished bandaging up his arm. Bart made a fist to get a feel for his bandages. Duerro placed Bart's knife into a small slot on his computer, bringing up a mountain of data on him. It was Bart's personal medical file, and Duerro was now really concerned. His eyes landed on Hibiki's data chip, the same necklace he always wore. How strange…
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"It's just as I feared." Magno whispered. BC nodded. "The Crew's moral has gone down with her death. They looked up to her, and now they have hardly anyone to look up that was like her. There were too few women like her, and that was why I picked her in the first place."
"True, but we have to motivate them to fight again." BC reminded. Magno winced slightly, looking back at the large beast that was now tailing them. "We need to take that thing out so we can continue our journey home. If we can kill it, then we'll have one less Flag Ship to deal with when we get home."
"I don't think we can motivate them to fight again." Magno whispered.
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Barnette stared down at Jura, uncertain of what to do. She was lost, but more so in the fact that she now had to calm herself down, and not have Gascgone remind her. It was strange to not have her looking over her shoulder to tell her she was doing wrong, but she knew that some things needed to be done for a reason. Without Jura, she felt as though she had lost everything. She need someone like her to tell her she did something funny or boss her around like she did. She was all alone at the moment. She did have Gascgone's words to cheer her up or tell her to calm down. She didn't have Jura to laugh for, to make food for, or to make happy. She didn't have her Ouma to correct her. She didn't have her Fahma to scold her. She did have her sisters to nag at her over the small stuff. She was alone and it felt bad knowing she was that way. She just lowered her head as she tried not to cry. Something soft caressed her face slightly, causing her to look up. Jura's hand was against her face, and Jura was awake, smiling up at her.
"Jura!" She wailed.
"What's wrong my Darling Barnette?" Jura whispered. Barnette sniffed a bit. "Come on Barnette, don't cry. That's not you and you know that." She whispered. Barnette smiled slightly as she realized she was right. "That's better. That's the Barnette I know and love."
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Hibiki just stared at them. He wondered about turning them over for a few seconds. He didn't want to, but a piece of him had to know. He and Gascgone's last moments of happiness were before the Flag Ship appeared, and they were playing cards. Hibiki knew he probably couldn't win, but he loved to try and beat her. It was her way of showing she cared in his eyes. Only this time, she wouldn't have any kind words for when he lost. She had always tried to help him in playing, but he never listened. Sighing, he looked behind the table to see something strange.
"Smile. Smile." It was a little puppet. Dita appeared a few seconds later with a small smile on her face.
"What the hell is the matter with you?!" Hibiki snapped. Dita's expression turned sad at his yelled of confusion and anger.
"I… I've always been this way." She admitted. Hibiki calmed down considerably at that. "Ever since I was little I've always been this way. When our colony ran out of power, everyone became so sad and worried, but I was too young to understand why. Every time I tried to make them happy, I ended up doing something wrong, and they would laugh at it. So I guess I just got used to being the one to try and cheer people up when they get sad."
The door hissed open. Hibiki bit his bottom lip. He didn't need to turn around to see who it was. Dita's expression was enough to tell him who was. But as to why she was here he wouldn't know.
"Why?" Barnette questioned. Hibiki slowly turned around with a sad expression. "Why couldn't you save her?" She asked.
"Are you saying this is my fault?" Hibiki snapped. Dita clutched the tiny puppet as Hibiki's tone turned back to a hateful one.
"Why not; you always talk tough and say you can protect everyone. But where were you when Gascgone needed you?!" Barnette questioned.
"Please stop…" Dita whispered.
"Me, what about you?! Rain wouldn't be in his current condition if you had been paying attention!" Hibiki snapped.
"We wouldn't be in this mess if you had protected Jura better!" She yelled back. Hibiki gritted his teeth as he continued to glare at her. A long period of silence passed through the dark room. Hibiki knew that she was right. If he had moved the combination faster or to left a little more, Jura would have been okay, and Barnette wouldn't have been in danger from the Nirvana clone. Rain would still be with them as well.
A loud buzzing noise filled the room. Hibiki turned to face the small clock that Gascgone had started using when he took too long to make his move. It just kept ringing and the three just kept staring at it. They knew that they were all to blame, but they still felt as though it was more their fault than their own.
Hibiki slowly picked up the item to stop it from blaring. He stared at it for a few minutes before placing it back on the table. "Get everyone down here." He whispered. Barnette looked at him with a strange expression. "It's time for a tactical meeting."
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"Why's everyone here?" Meia questioned. The Registry Room was packed full of pilots, important crew members, and the Bridge Bunnies. Everyone seemed kind of worried at the moment, but considering that Hibiki had another idea brought a few smiles to everyone.
"We're going to attack them one more time." Hibiki stated.
"Why?" Barnette questioned. "The last time we tried anything on that large thing, we lost Gascgone. What are we going to do this time?"
"We're going to give it a virus." Misty said with a grin as she showed everyone the message device that had the Pexis Virus. "All you have to do is hook this up to its power core to deliver the virus."
"But who's going to go hook it up? We would be a sitting target when we get in there." Barnette stated.
"Easy, the only person that's actually to small for them to see." Hibiki said with a grin. Everyone blinked in surprise before smiling. Everyone's eyes landed on the floating Navy Bot that currently had Kahlua roped to its back. "Pyoro will be delivering the virus to the enemy Flag Ships' power core."
Pyoro was about to run/float away when he heard those words. Ezra quickly snatched up her baby, while Meia grabbed Pyoro before he would escape. Pyoro continued to try to get away, much to Hibiki and Meia's displeasure. Hibiki smiled a he snatched up Pyoro from Meia. "Pyoro, wouldn't you like to be able to tell Kahlua…" Meia began.
"IT'S PYORO-2!" He wailed.
"…that you helped save her from the enemy Flag Ship?" Meia continued as though she had never been interrupted. Pyoro stopped and started thinking about that. He never figured on being a hero. "I see you like this idea." Pyoro nodded. "Okay then, now we only have one problem."
"Don't worry. I think I have an answer to that problem." Parfait stated. "I've been waiting to test out a new weapon I made a few months ago. It's like the EMP missiles from that planet you went to, but this one will only infect the enemy's ships. As to how long it'll last, I'm not to sure. But it should work for a few seconds that I'm certain of."
"Can you place it on my Dread?" Barnette questioned. Parfait nodded. "Okay then, let's go."
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The Dread teams launched one more time. The plan was simple, the main Dread teams would stay back and deal with the main forces, while Dita, Vandread Meia, and Barnette would head through the large hole in ship towards the ship power core. Barnette would disable the enemy fighters with her EMP cannons. For those on the bridge, they had been told to hang back, and help the fighters.
"The Pexis is back within working parameters again." Celtic announced. Bart let out a large cry of joy as he jumped into the Navigation Chamber to help out the Dread Fighters. "Looks like he's ready to fight for once."
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The Dread teams waited for Barnette's to fire the EMP cannon's. The enemy fighters continued to fire as they progressed through their ranks. A few of the Dread pilots blasted forward to send a salvo of missiles towards them, temporarily stopping them. A few seconds later, two purple energy blasts shot out from Barnette's Dread, spinning between enemy units before crashing together. The enemy units all went silent as the Dread teams flew through them as fast as they could.
"Parfait, your toy works perfectly." Barnette stated with an evil smirk. She could hear Parfait cheering after hearing those words. Barnette just grinned as she continued to fly through the mass of deactivated units. For those that were staying back, the downed units became target practice. The large Nirvana clone reappeared in front of the hole, attempting to block them from entering. Meia went underneath it, diving through its legs. Dita zipped around its head, blasting it in its eye to temporally blind it. Barnette released her EMP Cannon's just in time to make them crash into its red core, sending it crashing into the hole as she zipped in just before it landed.
Once the team was inside, laser blasts filled the large tunnel. The team started dodging all the laser beams by doing barrel rolls, much to Pyoro's displeasure. Pyoro's cries for them stop spinning filled all the com channels, much to the amusement of Bart. Barnette went up front to launch a wave of missiles into the turrets. No matter how many she destroyed, there were still millions more for them to count.
"This is getting too dangerous!" Pyoro wailed.
"It's not like we can turn around, Pyoro." Hibiki chimed. Meia smiled as the little robot continued to yell for them to stop. Hibiki just gritted his teeth as the laser turrets continued to grow in numbers.
"Damn it!" Barnette cursed. "I've been hit! I'll catch up with you as soon as I can! Don't worry about me!" Barnette's Dread slowly began to fade away from view.
The remaining two members of the team pushed forward, dodging the enemy fire with ease. The team soon came to the end of the tunnel, opening up to a large circler chamber filled with what looked like never cells connectors.
"This is the place." Meia stated. She placed a hand on Hibiki's shoulder. "I'll leave the rest to you." Hibiki nodded as a flash of light covered the room before fading to form Vandread Dita. "You two hang back and cover Pyoro while I deal with the Cube Types." Meia told them.
"No problem." Hibiki said.
"You had better protect me!" Pyoro wailed. Hibiki just smirked as he flew the combination in front of Pyoro to make sure nothing got in front of him. Once Pyoro was sure they were going to be protecting him to their fullest, he started looking for the wires that were under the fleshy exterior.
Barnette's Dread finally arrived, blasting two Cubes as she entered into battlefield. Barnette blasted a few more Cubes while saying, "Sorry for being so late everyone," as she fired off another barrage of missiles. The missiles hit their attended targets, some even managed to take down two units that were to close to each other.
A Vandread Meia clone appeared in front of Vandread Dita, which promptly kicked it in the face before turning it into scrap metal with two tubes of energy. "Damn it Pyoro, what's taking you so long?" Hibiki questioned. Another Vandread Meia clone appeared, but was quickly shot down by Vandread Dita.
"Noisy human, just you wait." Pyoro muttered.
"Damn it Pyoro, hurry it up! We can't hold them off forever you know!" Barnette yelled out as her Dread took another small hit.
"I'm working as fast as I can! Pyoro." The little robot wailed.
A loud crash got everyone's attention as the Nirvana clone came tumbling into the chamber, via a hole it created. Man, that thing really didn't care for others now did it? The large beast landed on one of the Nerve like things, glaring at the opposition bellow it. The team figured it had enough sense to not shot anything too deadly in the room, but they were wrong. It quickly began charging up for a blast. Everyone gritted their death at the thought of having to dodge something that big and destructive in such a small area. They knew they could do it, but they really didn't want to considering that there were still too many Cube Types and a Dita clone. As the thing began to finish gathering the energy needed, a large explosion took place, momentarly stunning the big monster. Everyone turned to see the culprit as Jura's Dread, flying to meet its fellow fighters.
"Jura!" Barnette cried.
"Don't worry about me." Jura's face appeared on screen. She had a bandage wrapped around her head and a smile on her face. "Let's just worry about protecting Pyoro for the time being." She suggested. The others nodded as the large clone fired off red threads that hit everything but the enemy. Large pieces of the wall began caving in from the blast where it struck. Vandread Dita was forced to knock away a few large pieces of debris while the three Dread units began trying to take out the large clone.
"Hibiki, target the thing its standing on!" Meia ordered. The combination quickly did so, firing its two cannons at the base of its feet. The clone flew backwards after loosing its footing, crashing into the floor beneath them in a fiery explosion.
"Hey Pyoro, you better hurry up or we'll have killed everything before you even get a chance to launch the virus." Hibiki joked. Hibiki could hear Pyoro mutter a few curses, obviously something he picked up from Maya or Dale as he announced he had launched the virus.
"Is it working?" Barnette questioned.
"The enemy units are shutting down." Amarone replied. "The virus worked! Pyoro you did it!" A bunch of loud squeals soon came over the radio, giving the infiltration team, a much needed relief.
"Oh right everyone, let's head home." Meia ordered with a sigh. The team nodded and began head to pick up Pyoro.
"You had better not leave me behind! Or you'll be very sorry!" The little robot yelled.
"What a loud mouth." Hibiki whispered. Dita just smiled as they floated over to the small robot to pick him up. Hibiki saw a flash of red out of the corner of his. He didn't have enough time to yell at the team to evade it, nor did anyone else. The only thing he could do was swat Barnette's Dread away so he would take the damage instead of her.
Barnette went wide eyed at the sight before her. Jura's Dread was missing everything up front, her cockpit hatch was cracked, and she could see large blood driblets floating beside her. Meia's Dread was missing its left wing, her hatch was cracked and slowly getting worse, while blood driblets could be seen floating beside her body. Vandread Dita was in the worse shape. Its left arm had been shot off, its left leg had been shot off. Its right arm which held its cannon at the moment was cracked and the cannon was missing its spike part. The hatch was cracked badly and looked like it was about to give at any moment. Though Barnette couldn't see inside it, she figured that the same image was inside their cockpit.
"Barnette… get… out of… here…" Hibiki gasped.
"NO! I CAN'T JUST LEAVE YOU BEHIND!" She yelled back.
"Don't… worry about… us…" Meia gasped. "Just please… get out… of here…"
"So this is how it ends? What a bummer." Jura mumbled.
The large clone reappeared from the depths of the debris, its body showing no signs of injuries. Its red core once again began to glow bright red, this time, aiming to leave no trace of them alive. With a final surge, it sent a red ball straight at the Dread team.
"GET OUT OF HERE YOU IDIOT!" Hibiki yelled. The ball hit. The Pexis altered Dread's had been beaten. Vandread Dita had been destroyed. Nothing but a big ball of fire remained. Barnette just watched helplessly as her friends, comrades, people she considered a second family slipped away. She slowly started to cry as the reality of the moment slipped into her mind.
Please no…
As if hearing prayers, or those of another, tiny white lights were soon being emitted from the burning ruble inside the fire nova. Barnette watched with stunned eyes as a humanoid shaped creature appeared from within the fire ball. The fire was slowly sucked into the bright light that was soon being emitted through out the room. The Nirvana clone even seemed to shield itself from the light. Once the light faded away, a new mech appeared on the battlefield. Barnette just stared at it, wondering if her prayers had been answered.
It can't be.
The new arrival crossed its arms as it slowly began to awake from its slumber. When it finally seemed to be awake, its yellow eyes latched to the clone off in the distance.
"This is… incredible." Barnette gasped.
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"I don't believe it… did all the Dreads combine into one?!" BC gasped. The bridge was just as stunned by the new development as the enemy was. They had no idea that such a feat was possible. But then again, they were working with a ship that was totally out of this world, and had a power source that was just the same as the ship.
"It sure is impressive." Misty stated.
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Inside the combination, Jura was sitting in front of a large control panel with not a scratch on her delicate body. She was sitting at her station, completely confused at all the buttons she had. Dita was sitting in Hibiki's lap like she always did in her combination and figured that they still controlled the all over action of the ship since anything they seemed to do when they got in it, did it. Meia was sitting behind them with her back turned to them, staring down at her controls. She had no idea on what to do, but they seemed to make the mech move when she pushed on the peddle below her, making it pretty clear that she controlled the all over speed of the mech.
"Huh, where am I?" Pyoro inquired. His egg shaped eyes scanned the room for a few seconds before realization hit him. "I'M IN THE CENTER!" He cried.
The Nirvana clone, finally coming from its shock, decided to open fire on them. It began charging up for an attack as the team too came from their shock. Once again, the battlefield was lit up with the clones' red threads.
"Jura do something!" Hibiki yelled.
"There's too many buttons!" She cried as he slammed her hands down on the control panel. The eyes of the white mech shinned brightly as it waved its hands around, pulling out seven odd little disks before placing a large circler shield in front of them. The team was slightly amazed that it blocked the entire shot, leaving even the large monster stunned at its power. The surprises didn't stop as Dita somehow managed to pull a sword from the hand of the white machine, stunning everyone that watched. Meia instantly took her chance as she pushed down on the peddles; sending them sorrowing towards the clone as it charged up for another attack. The new machine wasn't about to let that happen, nor were the pilots as Meia pushed harder on the peddles; sending them even faster. Hibiki and Dita pulled the sword above their heads, before they seemed to zip to the other side of the beast, somehow managing to slice the monster in two before it could fire.
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The crew on the bridge sat in their chairs, completely stunned at the power of the new machine. It was a sight for sore eyes as they came, flying out of the large hole the clone had made with Barnette's Dread following them all the way.
"They did it!" Misty cried. The crew on the bridge all jumped for joy, say for Bart and Magno of course, as the new machine disassembled to enter into the hanger.
BC walked over to Magno with a look that she knew she did want to see. Magno looked down at the control panel at her station as she said, "I'll leave you in charge of everything, BC," before her chair lifted her up into the room above her. BC nodded sadly, along with everyone on the bridge.
"Why is she so sad?" Misty questioned. Everyone almost blinked in confusion. "I mean, why is she sad over her death? She seems worse than what I would have thought she would be."
"Magno has always been like a Grandmother to all of us, and Gascgone was like a sister to her." Ezra answered. "The two have them have been close for a long time that their bond was stronger than what ours was to hers. They truly believed they were like sisters."
Misty looked down at the floor as she said, "I see."
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"So, how is he?" Meia questioned. Duerro smiled as she leaned over onto Rain's bed, moving a strand of his hair out of his face. Despite the way he acted all the time, when he slept, he really did look like a kid that could do no harm.
"He'll be okay now. He just needs some rest." Duerro answered. Meia nodded as she yawned. He smiled sheepishly as she walked out of the room. "I guess we all need some rest after that battle, don't we?" Meia nodded as she walked off to her quarters.
The door hissed open again as Barnette and Jura walked into the room. Duerro sighed, knowing why Jura was in the room. He slowly pulled out a syringe and filled with Morphine. Jura sighed as she pulled up her sleeve to allow him to give her the shot. Her eyes landed on Rain for the second time that day. She knew why he was in the Infirmary after Barnette told her what he did, but as to why he did it, she didn't know. By the time she pushed the thought from her mind, Duerro was finished giving her, her drugs so she could sleep without having to worry about any pain.
Barnette stayed behind, staring down at his sleeping form. She truly didn't know what to think of him. Sure he was a little hot headed during battles, when they would argue over stupid stuff, but this time, he looked so peaceful. Duerro sighed, knowing that she would probably stay with him to just stare at him. He grinned slightly at a thought of why Barnette felt that way as he left the room.
"Thank you, Rain." Barnette whispered. She smiled sadly at him as she turned to leave.
"Smells nice…" Barnette stopped as she turned to see Rain's head moving over in her direction. He was still out could, yet his senses seemed to still work. "…must be Barnette." He mumbled. Barnette went wide eyed at that. She just stared at him for a number of seconds before smiling.
He cares about me…
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Meia and Jura were in the Pexis chamber, looking over at the large crystal from the bridge that overlooked it. Meia had her back against the railing as she always did. Jura was leaning over the railing, just staring at it.
"It answered our calls." Meia finally spoke. Jura turned to her in confusion. "We all wanted to live so badly that it answered our calls for help. It knew we needed it and was just waiting for us to admit it."
"I don't care if you say it did, all I care about is that we're alive and that we get to see another day." Jura replied as she mimicked her. "So what now?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what are we going to do about Rain? He obviously doesn't have a machine right now that he can pilot. You think he can pilot a Van-type?"
"I'd rather not push him right now. Besides, Parfait could have the Justice repaired before he wakes up." Meia admitted.
"You care for him, don't you?" Meia bit her bottom lip as Jura continued. "He's different from Alex, yet he seems to be the same in a few ways. Barnette told me that he blocked the shot that was meant to kill her. I asked her about it when she was helping me get back to the Infirmary for some more medicine."
"But he's a little younger than he was." Meia stated.
"But he's as strong as him. He's probably even faster than what Alex was. We know he's not as smart, and he doesn't play Chess. He loves riddles and has fun cooking." Jura said with a smile.
"Cooking was something Alex didn't like doing." Meia laughed.
"So what's the deal with you two? I know you care for him, by why that much? You seem to be… getting as close to him as you did with Alex. Why?" Jura leaned back over the railing as she stared at the blue ball of light.
"When we had that incident with him, before he passed out, he called me, Meia-nee-chan, meaning he viewed me as his sister." Jura blinked as she turned to face her. "Zoey told me that if Alex had made it back to the colony with us, he would have asked me to marry him. I never figured that Rain would still want to view me as a sibling though."
"So that's why you're always around him. I was wondering why you were, but I never could place it as to why you would." Jura exclaimed. Meia just smiled slightly as she leaned over the railing. "Do you know how long he'll be out for?"
"Not sure, but before we went out on the second attack, Gascgone told me that he has a habit of bouncing back from anything. She is the one that hit him with a steel pipe, remember?" Jura just chuckled as she turned to leave. "Hey," Jura stopped to look over her shoulder. "If you tell anyone what I just told you about us, I'll kill you."
"Picking up bad habits from Dale and Rain now are we?" Meia just chuckled as she turned to follow her. "But then again, I sort of like this new Meia." Meia playfully pushed Jura.
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Barnette stood before Magno with Gascgone's old little chest. She knew it meant something to her, and figured that Magno would be able to keep it safe. Magno sighed, knowing why she was doing it, but figured it was for the best.
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"How are things looking now?" BC asked Ezra.
"Things are looking pretty…"
"Captain, I'll be rewriting most of the systems in the main frame, so the computers are going to be down for one hour." Barnette interrupted her as her face appeared screen. BC stared at the new look Barnette had. Her flower that she always wore in her hair was gone. She seemed more bossy than usual. Her flight suit had been replaced with a pair of dark pants, a yellow shirt with a blue and black open vest over it.
BC opened her mouth to protest, but Barnette's image vanished before she could do so. BC smiled as she turned to face Magno. "It looks like she setting up shop." Magno nodded with a smile. "I think selecting her was the right choice."
"I didn't select her. She just wanted to make Gascgone prod. So I gave it to her since she came to me willingly." Magno admitted. BC nodded as she looked back towards the stars.
We do have a bright future ahead of us.