Chapter 7
Renton followed Will through a twisting path of pines trees and grass.
"Can I ask you something?" Renton asked Will.
"Sure."
"When did your wife get better?"
"Just about one month ago. It was weird though, a bunch of stuff crashed down from the sky."
"So all those broken towers by your house were caused that?"
"Yeah."
"How come it didn't hit your place?"
"I told you before. If you resist the power of the land, it will eventually overcome you. The stuff just flew straight over my house."
"Oh," Renton thought about what Will said about Martha. "Wait… Your wife was pregnant when I first came here!?"
"Yeah. While we were on our journey here, she wanted a baby."
"Wha.." Renton decided not to ask. The thought was too funny that he chuckled. Will noticed him laughing but did not know why. "You are one strange boy." Will said.
Turning the corner of the road, they came upon the hot spring. "Here we are!" Will said, "Just put your clothes on the rocks over there and soak in! Hurry though, 5 minutes is all we can take." With that, both of them stripped down to their underclothes and walked slowly into the hot spring, making sure not to trip and burn their faces. Renton flinched as the warm water touched his bullet wound, but soon the pain ebbed away.
They sat there, staring off into the clear blue sky. "It's so peaceful…" Renton thought to himself. He threw up his hand and began closing it into a fist, finger by finger. "Father Finger, Mother, Brother, sister…" He closed his eyes. He missed everyone. Grandpa, Gekko-State team, the kids, he wanted to see all their faces again. He opened his eyes and closed them again. Flashbacks of the Nirvash flooded his vision. "Live on...on this planet. Live together, and show the way to all life on the planet." Flashbacks of the Scrab Coral breaking up and the Nirvash filled his mind. "Not all life will remain on this planet. Half will come along with us. But Renton, Eureka, If you two return to the planet and further evolution by two becoming one, We will one day return before you." Renton opened his eyes, ending the flashbacks. "It's a promise, Nirvash!"
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"How did you get a baby?" Eureka asked Martha. "No one ever told you?" Eureka shook her head. Martha laughed. "Well, it all starts with – "
Martha and Eureka looked over to the door as they heard footsteps. Two men dressed in black suits stepped in. "We found her." One of them said in a coarse voice. They began advancing and laughed coarsely, "Don't bother calling out to your lover. He's being taken care of."
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Renton and Will finished bathing and were on the way back. Only Will noticed something was wrong. The forest was strangely quiet. Suddenly the bushes rustled and two men in black suits jumped out, one grabbing Will and the other grabbing Renton. Will, being alert, quickly slipped out of the man's grip and knocked out the guy with one chop on the man's neck. Renton, being experienced with fighting Holland, quickly stomped his foot down on the man's foot causing him to release his grip. Seeing an opening, Renton quickly tackled the man to the ground. "You're too late." The man said before he passed out. A scream cut through the air. "Eureka!" "Martha!" Renton and Will yelled and sprinted back to the house as fast as they could.
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Martha and Eureka were picking up anything they could get their hands on and threw them at the advancing intruders. "Can't we just kill them?" one of the men said. "No, we need her alive for Dewey's plans." The other one replied. They were slowed down a bit by the barrage from Eureka and Martha. One of the men in black suits jumped through and grabbed Eureka. He quickly hit her across the back of her head causing her to slump down to the ground. "Renton…" She said before her vision faded to darkness. "Got her, finish the rest here." The man said and disappeared with Eureka. "No problem." The other man chuckled and advanced on Martha. He slapped Martha across the face, making her fall backwards. He took out a small pistol and pointed it at Martha. "Now die…" He said but stopped; he heard footsteps quickly advancing. He turned to face the door and stumbled backwards as Will charged into him. "Ugh" with that the man passed out. "Martha, are you OK?" Will asked. "Y-yes, but they took Eureka!" she answered. "Dammit… Dammit.. dammit… DAMMIT!" Renton yelled as he pounded the floor. He ran up to the unconscious man, held him by the collar, and shook him. "Tell me where Eureka is!" The man opened his eyes and laughed. "You won't find her even if you searched all of Gianas." Renton dropped the man. "Gianas… That's close to here." Renton began packing up things and picked up Eureka's backpack. He winced a bit because of his shoulder. "Renton," Will called while holding a book in his hands, "See you later, I'll show you Martha's book when you finish what you have to do." With that, he shook hands with Renton and handed him a pack of food. "Martha wants you to have this." Renton nodded. "Thanks." with that he waved goodbye and left the cottage. "Eureka, I'm coming!"