Chapter 15

Back in the Gekko-Go

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One day after the soccer match

Renton was punished by Holland for kicking the soccer ball into his face. The punishment was to repair all the LFO's, this however, was far from being a punishment. He enjoyed repairing the machines so it was more like a day off. That afternoon, Eureka came in with lunch. "Thanks." Renton said and started eating. He stopped and looked up to Eureka,

"What's up? I mean, why won't you go do something else?"

"There's nothing else to do right now."

"Really? What about the kids?"

"They're playing their own games right now."

"Oh..."

"Being with you is fun anyways."

"Really? Wanna help me fix up these LFO's?"

"Ok."

"Pass me the wrench from that red toolbox."

Eureka opened the toolbox and was bewildered by the amounts of tools.

"Which one is that?" She asked Renton.

"The one that looks like a bird's beak." Renton called out from under the orange LFO.

"This one?" Eureka said aloud and handed it to Renton who chuckled.

"No, those are pliers."

"How about this one..."

Soon it turned out to be a game where Eureka would try to figure out which tool is which. After several hours and the entire morning, Eureka knew all the names in the little red toolbox.

"Phew! Finally done!" Renton exclaimed to Eureka. She smiled, "Let's go make dinner for everyone."

It was past noon and everyone had eaten lunch already. Eureka and Renton were washing dishes when Mischa interrupted them. For the past three days, she had been collecting information on Eureka's and Renton's health and body. "Come this way." Mischa said. Renton and Eureka quickly removed their dishwashing clothes and followed.

"What is it?" Renton asked.

"Eureka's and your test results have finished." Mischa said.

"That's great!" Renton exclaimed.

"Yeah, but first, let's discuss this back in the lab." Mischa finished and began walking to the lab.

Renton and Eureka nodded and followed. When they arrived at the entrance of the lab, Mischa stopped and turned to face Eureka and Renton. She began talking, "Eureka, you have the 46 chromosomes that regular humans have." Eureka did not understand what exactly she meant, but she nodded her head regardless. Mischa continued, "This means that you will be able to bear children with normal human beings and you're offspring would be normal. The strange thing is that your genetic makeup is nearly the same as a human's even though you are a Coralian. You've become nearly human." Eureka's eyes widened.

Mischa continued on, "The only thing different about you is that your hair color is natural and your immune system is more advanced. Another thing is that you have wings and an extra set of muscles on your back that moves the wings. I have no idea why they are there though."

After a moment of silence Mischa started talking again.

"You can move them right?" Mischa asked Eureka, who nodded in return and flapped her wings slowly two times.

"Yeah… that's a bit strange because you can't fly either."

Renton chuckled and patted Eureka's wings, "At least that's good news!"

Eureka looked at the ground. Renton noticed that something was bothering her and asked,

"What's wrong, Eureka?"

"It's nothing…"

"Just say it."

"Well…How exactly are babies made?"

Renton's eyes widened, "Errm, ummm…" He knew how babies were created because he took health education in school. His face suddenly felt hot. He still was not comfortable about these kinds of things. Mischa sighed, "Hey Renton, you know how babies are made right?" Renton nodded slowly.

"And you haven't taught it to her yet?" Mischa asked Renton.

"H-How can I do that?" Renton stuttered.

Mischa sighed, "Alright then. Eureka follow me. I'll show you a video that will clearly explain that process of recreation."

Renton laughed nervously, "OK, I'll leave you two alone. I got some work to finish anyways."

He turned to leave but Eureka clutched his hands.

"Will you watch it with me?" She asked softly.

Renton looked into her purple eyes and became entranced. For some reason, he could never turn down Eureka's requests.

"Fine." He sighed.

Eureka smiled and briefly hugged him. "Thanks."

Renton and Eureka followed Mischa into a dark room with a projector. Mischa took out an old disc and inserted it into the movie player. "It's a bit graphical, but I think you're old enough now." Mischa warned. The movie started and Renton groaned. He watched the same exact movie in his health class and he did not like one bit of it. The entire movie took nearly an hour to finish. Renton hated because the movie would say what the right way is and what the wrong way is, what are some risks, STD's, etc. Every time there was a demonstration, Renton would turn away. Eureka, however, did not. She watched through the movie wide-eyed and with great interest. By the end of the movie, Eureka was still very confused about the process of making babies. She bombarded Mischa with tons of questions such as, "Why do they take off their clothes? Why do they make weird noises? Why do they look so tired after? And last but not least, why does it look so tiring?" As usual, Mischa answered these questions as scientifically as she could. "Humans are amazing…" Eureka quietly whispered to Renton who in return let out a small smile.

The doors banged opened and Holland and Talho walked into the room. Holland instantly recognized the movie and chuckled, "Hey Renton, I think that's what the Nirvash meant by further evolution by two becoming one." Talho glared at him and lightly hit the back of his head, "Bakka! Do not give them weird ideas! The Nirvash probably meant later in the future. It could even be something else completely too."

Holland rubbed the back of his head and quietly said, "But still, what else could the Nirvash meant?" Mischa coughed and grabbed everyone's attention. "Eureka, you should not think about having kids until you are at least 20. Having kids is the last thing to do. Girls should experience other things and save reproducing for last. For one reason, it will be much more satisfying and also, your child will have a better life." Holland clapped and exclaimed, "Well done!" Mischa's eyes darted over to Renton.

"You got that Renton? If Eureka becomes pregnant, you will take the blame." Mischa said sternly.

Renton raised his arm in defense and laughed nervously.

"Don't worry. I don't think of that stuff anyways."

Mischa stared at him for a moment and decided that he was not lying. Holland let out a cough; everyone's attention diverted over to him. He lifted up his left hand, which held a magazine.

"Renton, Eureka, I'm going to enter you guys into a reffing contest. It's called Couples' Ref Race."

Renton's face was full of excitement and Eureka smiled.
"Really!?!" Renton asked excitedly.

"Of course."

"Cool! Are you and Talho entering too?"

Holland laughed, "Of course not! If we did, there would be no competition. Plus most of these people entering are your and Eureka's age."

Renton could not hold his excitement in.

"Yeah!" He cheered. "When will the contest start!?!"

"This Friday, three days from today."

"Sweet! This is going to be fun, Eureka!" Renton said and looked over to Eureka. She simply smiled and nodded.

"Alright you two, get back to your jobs now!" Talho yelled. Eureka and Renton quickly shuffled out of the room but then Holland gripped Renton's left shoulder and quickly whispered into his ears, "Meet me later in right here, and bring Eureka too." With that, everyone returned to their tasks.