Disclaimer: I do not own Vandread. All I own is my creative talent and my character.

Note: "speaking parts" & 'thinking parts'

Hibiki is pushing through a crowd of people trying to reach the light on the horizon.

He says,

"Just a bit more…one heedful…no, if just a little bit…when height changes…I should be able to see completely different scenery."

Hibiki finally gets to a point where he can't push his way forward and thrusts out his hand in a futile attempt to reach it.

Suddenly the people are gone as crystals thrust up from the ground. They each look like they contain one of the women he had seen. Hibiki remembers Dita as he stares at the crystal that contains her. He then walks around and says,

"Don't get in my way!" He reaches out again and puts his hand on the ledge. He says,

"It's just a little more…just a little bit…" He pulls himself to the top and sees Kagen already there.

Kagen points to the missiles and then to the crystalline robot as it fires off two blasts that incinerates the 2 missiles.

In the real world

Suddenly a wormhole opens and the two ships emerge completely intact.

Magno says, "It doesn't look like the afterlife…what happened?

Amarone says, "I'll check right now."

"W-What's this?"

Suddenly crystals shoot out from the old section and grab the female pirate ship.

Magno ask, "What's going on? Is the crystal trying to eat this ship?"

Back in the Vanguard bay

Jura and Meia are the first ones to wake up. Meia says, "Jura…" Meia checks her head then says, "Dita?"

Dita waves and says, "Y-e-s? Over here…something went beep and then whoosh! Alien power is amazing!"

Meia stands up fully and looks around. She realizes that she is looking for Kagen. She quickly stops looking and sees him lying there about 30 feet away from her.

Kagen wakes up as he feels her eyes on him and says, "Is there any particular reason you are watching me wake up?"

Jura hears Kagen and immediately points her ring at him before remembering that he had joined them.

Meia says, "I guess that you are wondering what our names are?" Kagen says, "I think I have it figured out. You are Meia. The redhead over there is Dita, and the blonde is Jura."

Meia asks, "How did you know?" Kagen says, "You were calling each other by name and I had already established the fact that Dita has red hair." Meia says, "And I thought that all men were stupid."

The ship is repairing itself with debris that was sucked in with the ship's wormhole. The crystals continue to bring the two ships together.

Magno asks, "Gascoigne, can you cut us off?"

Gascoigne replies, "Not with the laser beam. If we don't hurry, this place'll get swallowed up, too."

BC says, "The corrosion has spread throughout the ship."

Parfet says, "The engine's dead, too. It won't move."

Magno says, "So we have to remove it from the source. I'm going up. BC, Parfet! Come with me!"

"Roger." "Roger!"

A shuttle launches from the pirate ship and flies to the old section hanger bay.

The door opens and Magno says, "This is another amazing thing…"

Meia says, "I'm sorry, Captain. Making you come all the way up…"

Magno says, "You don't need to apologize. I just wanted to see it with my own eyes."

Magno sees Kagen and Meia says, "That is the man who has sworn himself to us."

Kagen says, "Hi, my name is Kagen Furystorm. What's yours? Or do you wish to tell me, Magno Vivan? I'd swear my oath again if I wasn't tired."

Magno says, "I see my reputation proceeds me." Magno looks at the other man. Meia says, "This is the man Dita was chasing."

Kagen says, "His name is Hibiki Tokai. He actually believes that you are going to eat him. Actually, I don't think that I should be not handcuffed around him just yet. I don't want to spoil your reputation. If I say anything vulgar then just ignore it. I say that stuff when someone tries to intimidate me."

Meia nods to a security member and they loosely attach handcuffs to him and Hibiki. Kagen says, "I think I'll carry him for you sense he is asleep."

Meia asks, "How are you going to do that one-handed?"

Kagen scoops Hibiki up and walks towards the brig.

Hibiki is floating in an abyss. Hi-type #6's voice asks, "What are you?"

Hibiki replies, "Me? I'm Hibiki…"

The voice of Dita asks, "Hibiki…the term for this organic being or a personal name?"

Jura's voice asks, "Why are you here?"

Hi-type #6's voice says, "Is your objective from instinct or responsibility?"

Hibiki says, "No! I was just sick of it!"

(Flashback)

"I wanted to escape a life of being mocked…just because of how I look or where I work!"

(end Flashback)

Hi-type #6's voice says, "Unable to comprehend."

Dita's voice asks, "What is "Hibiki"?"

Hibiki says, "Hard to answer "what" I am…"

Dita's voice asks, "Why do…"

Jura's voice asks, "…you exist?"

Meia's voice asks, "Your…proof that you are you. What is it?"

Hibiki says, "Proof? Can't you see it by just looking at me?"

Hi-type #6's voice says, "That answer is primal…3-dimensional…"

Hibiki asks, "W-Wait a minute…what are you? Where are we? Wait, What should I do? I…I…"

Hibiki wakes up and smacks his head on some boxes as he tries to sit up.

Hibiki says, "Ow…Huh? Man…looks like I'm back in prison."

Duero says, "Looks like you've come to."

Hibiki asks, "Who?"

Kagen says, "His name is Duero Mcfile, he is a doctor. Duero, this is Hibiki Tokai, not your everyday third class citizen."

Pyoro wakes up and says, "Beep…Beep. Hmm? Pyoro! Hmm? Where is this? Who am I?"

Kagen says, "Oh and don't bother asking me. I can't hack us out of here because I'm on the inside and I already shorted Pyoro's security system. It looks like I deleted some other stuff by accident. Opps."

Bart finally decides to come out of his hiding place.

Bart says, "I'm sure in a big mess now…what happened to this ship?" Suddenly a huge crystal falls about 2 foot away from him.

Bart says, "D-Dammit, what is this? Don't surprise me!" He starts to crawl away and looks up… right into Meia's laser ring. Bart says, "O-Oh, hello…"

"Wow, Ms. Gasco…we're now connected from the inside, too!"

"Sheesh…I didn't think Paksis was such an amazing energetic force…And it's not Gasco. It's Gascoigne!"

"Just as I thought! It's linked down to our core area! Search for a route! Insert Linestar Particles into the main cable over there! Just make it so that we can control this thing!"

Barnette bangs on the window saying, "Paiway, Paiway, Let me out of here! It's cold!"

Paiway responds, "Not till the male germs are gone!" "Paiway!" "And so, even in this time of crisis, the super idol Paiway…"

Pyoro says, "P-Pyoro?"

Hibiki says, "Here, I'll fix you up…"

Pyoro says, "Don't make fun of me! I'm not broken!"

Hibiki says, "No matter how…W-Woman! What do you plan to do by sticking us in here?"

BC says, "This is the safest place, considering the situation."

Hibiki says, "You say that, But you're gonna eat my innards."

BC says raising an eyebrow, "Eat your innards?" The guards start laughing and say,

"He really believes it!"

BC says, "I want to ask you a few things first. Come with me."

As they are walking Hibiki gets curious about the women guarding him. He mumbles, "What's in there?"

He pokes the girl in front of him in the butt.

She immediately says, "Pervert!" and slaps him really, really hard leaving a red mark in the shape of her hand.

Hibiki says,

"Jeez, what was that for?" Pyoro says,

"It was because you were being rude to a lady." Hibiki says,

"Don't say things that don't make sense!"

BC asks, "What, another one?"

Meia says, "Yes, he was hiding in the platform."

Bart says, "Hey, comrades. I'm glad to see you."

Magno says, "Oh my. I came to see the prisoners, but they are all kids!"

Kagen says, "Yeah, compared to you."

Pyoro hops over to Magno saying, "Hey. Hey. Interrogation time! I'll tell you everything!"

Kagen says, "He knows nothing, I accidentally shorted some of his memory."

Magno says, "Oh, how nostalgic! A navi-robot. There's still a functioning one I see."

Duero asks, "What do you mean?"

Hibiki says, "This is a man's ship!"

Magno says, "But it was a colonization ship before that." All the guys are shocked except Kagen.

Magno says, "Oh, you don't know anything do you? This is one of the many ships that left a planet called Earth. Of course that was before this section was cut off. Your

cowardly grandfathers took it from us and escaped."

Pyoro says, "They overhauled an old battle ship with residential quarters."

Kagen says, "I was one of the people who helped repair this ship so I knew that already."

Magno says, "And now we are unexpectedly back on that battleship. We'll take this ship since it is our business…but the problem is what to do with all of you."

Meia says, "Let's get rid of them. The situation is unstable enough."

Magno says, "No need to rush. We'll carefully consider how we want to cook them up."

Hibiki says, "So they are going to eat us…"

Ezra says, "Oh no, none of them match. I don't understand."

Dita says, "You don't understand? It is an amazing thing to come across an alien!"

"But it is amazing. We thought Paksis was just an energy source…but it revamped the entire ship!"

"Revamped, huh? If I get abducted… Ezra what's wrong… A fever?"

"Oh no, I'm fine…I was just remembering everyone…"

"That's true…we left behind all our veterans at the base."

"I hope we get to go back soon. What?"

Dita says, "There! There! Over there!"

Ezra says, "Where? Oh no, what is that?"

Dita excitedly says,

"It has to be a UFO of course!"

Magno says, "So that long haired boy is a doctor, and the short one…"

Meia says, "…is an attacker."

Hibiki stands up and says, "Wait a minute! I'm…"

Bart elbows him in the stomach before he can say anything else.

Hibiki looks at Bart and says, "Damn you…"

Meia says, "I saw him climbing into an enemy powered suit."

Magno says, "I see…"

Hibiki says, "W-Wait a min…" Then a comm. screen opens and someone says,

"Something is approaching us!"

BC asks, "Male reinforcements?"

"Actually…"

"It's a UFO!"

Kagen says, "Of course it is a UFO. It flies and hasn't been identified yet. So that makes it an Unidentified Flying Object, a UFO."

The enemies attack.

"They've commenced attack!"

"The aliens are upset!"

Hibiki asks, "What is it now?"

The enemy's attack continues. Magno drops her bowl of jello and says,

"Oh, my snack…" Meia says,

"The Dreads are going out." BC activates her communicator and says,

"Parfet, can we move?" Parfet says,

"It's impossible! I can't control it! The only thing that's barely operating is auto-defense!"

As Meia runs to the Hangar she activates her communicator asking,

"Barnette, where are you?"

"Paiway has locked me in and I can't get out…"

"Ms. Gasco, What about you?"

"The Dreads have been swallowed up by Paksis. Sorry, but we'll be heading up there, too."

"Got it."

"And it's not Gasco. It's Gascoigne!"

"Jura! Dita! Where are you?"

"I'm heading towards the platform now." Jura says,

"Are these really ours?" Dita says,

"Wow!" As Meia activates her Dread she says,

"The system hasn't changed too much…How about you?" Jura says,

"It looks like it can fly." Dita says,

"I'm sure that they've been powered up! I'm so excited!" Meia says,

"Just don't go out of your league. Got that?" Both Dita and Jura say,

"Roger!"

The Dreads launch. Dita flies around for a few minutes getting shot at saying,

"I'm from a peaceful race! Listen to what I have to say!" Dita blasts past Jura. Jura says,

"Dita, they're all enemies…But was she that good a pilot?"

Meia destroys a few enemies with her blasters but is forced to fly through the explosion.

Meia asks, "What's with this response?" Jura says,

"It sure is an unknown enemy. It isn't men." Dita says,

"I know! Those are evil aliens!" Meia says,

"These are…"

The enemy container moves forward and throws 2 more cubes of enemies out into battle. Meia says,

"What is that system? Are they really aliens?"

"Crew has completed the move."

"Where is this?"

Magno says, "BC, I'm leaving the Bridge to you."

"Right!"

Suddenly the wall caves in on one of the guards. The other guard runs over saying,

"Hold on! I'll help you!"

Duero says, "Don't move her! Don't worry. I'm a doctor. I just want to see my patient. You, help me."

The guard says, "Right!"

Bart sees the cooperation and starts to make a proposition, saying to Magno,

"It looks like you need our help. It's true that we are enemies. But under these circumstances…survival must come first. Well, you know, I am actually a helmsman."

Magno says, "Oh? You, a helmsman?"

Pyoro says, "Warning! Warning! This guy sounds like bogus!"

Magno says, "You stay quiet."

Pyoro apologizes, "Sorry."

Magno says, "So, what do you want to say?"

Bart says, "Well, right now we can call a cease-fire…and by filling our vacant positions…we can regroup and overcome this crisis. I believe that's wise."

Magno says, "I see…That's not a bad idea."

Meanwhile Kagen has already hacked his cuffs open and runs down the hallway toward the Vanguard bays with guards chasing him just for show. Bart says,

Bart says, "I thank you for your wise decision. So, should we shake on it…"

Magno says, "I have no wish to be chummy. I'll still be treating you as a prisoner."

Bart says, "Understandable…"

Duero says,

"It's impossible here. I'm taking her to sick bay."

"Alright. You come with me to the bridge. BC, take the other attacker to the cargo bay."

"Right."

Kagen gets to the bay and stares at his Vanguard. It is dark green, black, and has Jade eyes.

He snaps out of it and gets in, starting up the systems and launching within seconds.

Meia is the first to see him launch. She thinks, 'I wonder how he got out here. That Vanguard suits him.' She then thinks,

'Why did I think that? He is a man he is the enemy. But he joined us so now he is no longer the enemy.' She gets hit by enemy fire. 'I'll have to think about it later.'

Kagen shows up and says, "Fury, reporting for duty in my Darkstar."

He then pulls a sword out and immediately blasts forward slicing enemies left and right.

The container shoots some metal lines at him but he quickly dodges and backs off saying,

"I can't get close enough."

Then Hibiki blasts past Kagen straight for the container with Dita following. Kagen says,

"The poor fool. I'd better go help him."

The enemies try to stop Hibiki and succeed at doing so. Then the container shoots the metal lines and traps Hibiki and Dita. Hibiki says,

"I won't lose!"

Then him and Dita blow up. Jura says,

"That idiot." Kagen says as he backs off from the container,

"My words exactly." Magno says,

"It looks like a miracle didn't happen."

"All hands, abandon…" Suddenly a huge hand comes out of the flames and crushes the bars. Then the whole body comes out. Meia says,

"What.."

Kagen says,

"…is that?"

Magno says,

"Is that another secret weapon that the men had?"

"Impossible…Is this a miracle?"

Vandread Dita rushes forward and opens the container's mouth and blasts it with its shoulder cannons.

The rest of the enemies go dead. Kagen then starts to destroy every single one of them as he picks up Hibiki's sword that he had gotten knocked out of his hand.

He then quickly demolishes the enemy.

Hibiki finally wakes up and says, "I got here…I finally…"

He notices that he is holding Dita's hand and that Dita is in his lap lying back on him.

He says, "W-What's going on here?"

Dita says, "You're amazing, Mr. Alien…"

Hibiki swallows and says, "Is this my proof of existence?"

I decided to skip some parts because I had to make some room for my character. Hibiki was a stage hog last chapter. So I took the time to make Kagen more important. Sorry, I hated doing it but I had to. These chapters are too long to include everything in detail.

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