Disclaimer: I do not own Vandread. I did make Kagen and I am ready to cooperate with anyone if they want to put him into another story.

(Dream sequence start)

Vandread Dita is flying toward the enemy through the enemy fire.

Hibiki yells as he dodges more beams. He then says, "I'm not going to be defeated by you guys!"

Jura asks, "What is that?"

Meia looks semi-startled.

A huge beam blasts all three of them taking Vandread Dita's left arm off.

Meia says, "Dita!"

Hibiki is holding his arm in pain. He brings his hand away and sees blood on it. He looks on in fear as another beam destroys Meia's dread and another destroy Jura's dread.

He gets infuriated and swings his right arm cannon in preparation to fire at the enemy. It starts to power up and then abruptly loses all power. Hibiki says, "What!"

Another beam shears off the Vandread's legs and swings the cockpit around into a position to see the Nirvana.

Hibiki looks up at the Nirvana and watches in horror as it is bombarded by enemy fire. He says, "S… stop it…" As the Nirvana starts to go critical Hibiki screams, "STOP IT!"

And then the shockwave hits.

(End dream sequence)

Hibiki wakes up in a cold sweat and checks his arm. After he is sure it is fine he gets up and goes to his Vanguard. He says, "That light… What was that?"

Dita says, "Mr. Alien?"

Hibiki turns to see Dita, Meia, and Jura in the entrance to the Hangar.

HIbiki asks, "What's up? Why is everyone together at this hour?"

Meia says, "He was trying to tell us something. At least, that is what I felt."

HIbiki asks, "T…then, you guys saw it too!"

Dita says, "Just as I thought! Mr. Alien saw it too?"

Jura says, "I don't like this… Everyone having the same dream… feels weird…"

Meia says, "We share a common experience. The transformed Dreads and Vanguards are the evidence."

Jura says, "Even so… why that kind of dream… ?" He headache increases and they all looks at her and say, "Jura!"

Jura says, "I'm sorry, I'm going to go back to sleep again."

In engineering

Parfait runs over to the monitors and asks, "How's it doing?"

"Not good. Output is dropping, and the numbers aren't stabilizing."

"When did this happen?"

"About 10 minutes ago."

"Since this Pexis is a prototype, I can't predict what is going to happen!"

To the Pexis, "Dang, what trouble you are!"

In the hallway somewhere.

Hibiki is thinking, 'That sure was an odd thing. But… it felt like it was real…"

Dita says, "Mr. Alien!" as she runs around the corner to him. She then says, "There you are!"

Hibiki says, "What is with that weird look? You still have something to tell me?"

Dita is blushing and says, "Yeah… umm… I was wondering when you're going to come over to Dita's room. Remember? You promised."

Hibiki blushes and says, "How can you say something like that! How can I be in the mood for that right now?"

Dita starts to step closer to him as he backs away. She asks, "Then, when? Tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? Or the day after the day after tomorrow?"

Hibiki says, "E…eventually! Eventually!"

Dita says, "Ah! Wait, Mr. Alien! Then, then, let's go and have breakfast together."

Hibiki says, "I'm eating alone!"

Dita says, "Don't say that… right… right… Mr. Alien!"

Hibiki says, "Damn, you're annoying…"

Meia looks on and visibly relaxes a little.

Paiway says, "Today is clear too. Hibiki and Dita. I can't believe she chases that guy. How scary ribbit."

Pyoro says, "Actually, that is normal-Pyoro!" hick

Paiway says, "What's with you? Isn't it rude to cut in front of a lady? But that is strange… how can a robot hiccup?"

Pyoro hiccups again, throwing her off. Meia just looks on a little worried.

In the captain's ready room

BC says, "We have reached a 90 day distance from Mejerr."

"About the information on the 'Harvest' mission of human tissue/organs by earth…"

BC says, "Communication pods have already been sent to our mother planet Mejerr and the men's planet Taraak."

Magno asks, "What about the communications we sent out before?"

BC says, "Mejerr and Taraak should have received it, but neither have responded yet."

Gascoigne says, "Maybe we're being ignored?"

Magno says, "Well whatever happened, the information this time would cause an uproar on the mother planet. After all they are after our reproductive organs."

A comm. window opens and a panicked Parfait says, "This is Parfait from the engine room!"

Magno asks, "What's wrong, Parfait?"

Yes… yes it's about the problem we've been having with the Pexis since this morning. We can't figure it out at all! Even now, we're trying to control it, but… output has decrease to 80 of normal."

Magno says, "Well well, again huh…"

BC asks, "Could there still be some rejection issues in the merging between the male and female ships?"

Gascoigne says, "Maybe the ship is like us. The gap is pretty large… between men and women."

In the men's quarters

Bart is eating some food pellets and says, "It's said that women… eat men's livers, right? What are you reading, Duero?"

Duero holds the book up so he can see the cover and says, "I found this in the storage room used in the colonization era. A baby comes from the joining together of the seed called, 'sperm', from the father, …and the egg called, 'ovum' from the mother. After that, the fertilized egg…"

Bart interrupts him asking, "Is that interesting?"

Duero looks up from the book and says, "It is VERY interesting."

At that moment Hibiki comes back to his room and plops down on his bed. Bart and Duero look at each other.

In another room somewhere

"We've definitely changed."

"I wonder if it's because we got used to it?"

"Even if we are eating together, we don't worry about them as much anymore, right?"

"We believed that men were diseases."

"But, even if they tell us that women and men are both from Earth…"

"Well, isn't it normal to live under the same roof?"

Barnette, who had just been listening till this point, walks by and says, "A prisoner is a prisoner. If we take it easy on them, men will take advantage of us again!"

The two girls panic and say, "W…w…what should we do? Will she cause an uproar like before?" "S…should we tell the captain or the commander?"

Barnette, who had just left the room, pokes her head back in the door and says, "I'm NOT going to do anything!" She then thinks, 'Last time I did, Kagen ran off and got himself killed.'

In the men's quarters

Duero asks, "Promise? You promised to go to Dita's room?"

Hibiki says, "Yeah… I said it by accident during all that ruckus."

Bart asks, "Why not? Just go visit her."

Hibiki says, "Then YOU go!"

Bart says, "You are the one who promised."

"No way! I'm a man! Why should I go to a woman's room!"

Neo says, "The reason you should go is because you promised. And I was told that a man's word is something you could depend on."

Hibiki says, "I don't intend on breaking the promise, but... "

Neo says, "But what?"

Hibiki says, "What am I supposed to do in a girl's room? What are we supposed to talk about?"

All three of the guys look at each other and say, "Good point."

On the Bridge

Amarone says, "Receiving distress signal."

Magno asks, "Signature?"

"It's not from Earth's fleet. It's a pattern from the colonization era."

BC turns to Magno and asks, "What shall we do?"

Magno says, "It's not our business, but we can't leave it alone, right? Parfait! How's the Pexis?"

"It's doing okay somehow."

Magno changes the comm. window and says to Bart, "Break time is over!"

Bart says, "I'm coming."

Magno sits back and says, "Well then, we'll see what's coming."

In the Infirmary

Duero is running a check on Ezra.

Jura walks in and asks, "Could you give me something for this headache?"

"What's wrong?"

"I've had a headache ever since I woke up from that weird dream this morning."

"Dream? Hibiki did mention having the same dream. The Pexis's condition seems bad as well. I wonder if they are related…"

"Just give me my medicine! I'm sorry I shouted."

"I'll prepare it right now. Sit there." He says, indicating the seat he had just vacated.

Jura turns and looks at the medical screens, which are still displaying Jura's baby.

Jura says, "The baby has gotten big." Then she looks down at the book on the armrest.

On the Bridge

BC says, "It's sending out a distress signal so it won't be a surprise if we suddenly have to enter battle at any time. Run a more thorough system check."

Celtic turns in her seat and says, "Roger!"

BC notices that the bear suit now has a cutout around her face. BC says, "Well, it's an improvement from before I guess."

In the shooting simulator

Barnette is practicing with her pistol. Jura is sitting in the background.

Jura says, "I want a baby…"

Barnette's aim is thrown off by this statement. She asks, "A baby!"

"Yeah."

"Are you asking me to be the oma?"

"No, not that. I mean making a baby with a man."

Barnette's blushes out of shock.

Jura continues, "Use a man's seed to make a baby! Imagine if I went back to Mejerr with that baby. The first one to use a man's seed. I would be a heroine of the new era!"

Barnette's shock subsides at that remark and she says, "Sounds like something you'd do. So? How are you going to get the seed?"

"Find out please."

"M…me!"

Then the general alarm goes off.

"We've traced the origin of the distress signal."

BC says, "Dread team launch! Meia, we're going to start the retrieval process with the Deriki. But, we don't know when the enemies will attack. Please provide cover."

"Roger."

In space

Kagen wakes up inside his mind. He looks at the screen and sees that his body has been incorporated into a machine and has scanned an escape pod.

'There is a person in that pod, female by what I can tell. Is my body going after her?'

'Yess. I am going after her! I thought that you were powerlesss in here. I ssee I wass wrong.'

'Who are you! Why are you in my mind?'

'I am your dark side. You can call me Neg. I came in here to get your tactics from what was left of you. I see now that you are more resilient than my master anticipated.'

'Neg, my tactics will do you no good.'

'I disagree.' Neg walks over to Kagen and sticks his hand into his head.

Kagen screams, "ALAKOR!" Neg is sent flying across the room.

Neg says, 'You were too late. I have what I need.' He then vanishes in a dark shimmer.

Kagen turns back to his screen and watches as the Nirvana sends out the rescue team. He then realizes that today is the day he had invisioned the day he had reawakened. He says, "NO! I will change it this time!" He stretches the bars on his cell apart and gets to the secondary controls. He thinks, 'I won't be able to do a total override, but it will be enough. I hope.'

Neg sends out his drones in a flanking move. He strikes the bottom of the Deriki, shearing off the arms on the bottom.

Kagen notices that Neg has been messing with the Pexis using Kagen's link to it. He thinks, 'So that is why the shields didn't hold in the vision. I can't even mess with that. Damn!'

The rescue team from the Nirvana tries to shoot the drones down, but they can't even hit them. Several cubes grab the pod while the rest run distraction.

Hibiki sees them and charges after them. Three cubes detach from the retrieval formation to stop Hibiki. Two other ones attack him.

Meia shoots the last cube that was carrying the pod. She then tries to combine with Hibiki, but Neg fires off a huge beam of Kagen's energy. Kagen feels the drain of it. He gasps for air. 'That sneak is using my energy instead of his.'

Hibiki says, "That light."

Meia says, "Get the pod and return to the Nirvana!"

Hibiki says, "Yeah!" And goes after the pod again.

Two cubes get to it before he does.

Jura comes up and combines with Hibiki's Vanguard. The pod rest on the Vandread and then Jura asks Hibiki, "Well, how was that?"

Hibiki says, "Better late than never."

Jura then whispers, "Can I use your seed for my baby?"

Hibiki says, "What kind of stupid talk is that! This isn't the time for it!"

Meia says, "Get back to the Nirvana with that pod. The enemy has switched to observation mode. This may be our chance to…"

Neg fires a beam directly at Vandread Jura. It hits the shield and then penetrates, splitting the Vandread.

Hibiki recovers and sees the pod. He starts to go and get it but three cubes grab him and hold him there. Dita flys over to him and combines, destroying the cubes. They then grab the pod in their right hand. They starts to retreat back to the Nirvana, but Neg fires as beam at them. Kagen manages to alter it at the last moment.

The beam freezes the right arm, making it immovable. The remaining drones start attacking the Nirvana.

The machine moves closer to grab the Vandread.

Hibiki activates the left arm cannon and aims it at the machine. It starts to charge up, and then it immediately is drained of its charge. The machine grabs them and starts to bring it to its mouth-like aperture.

Hibiki realizes that this is different from the vision. He realizes that he can change it. He then says, "A dream is something you see when you are asleep! While I have my eyes open, I'm not going to let you guys do whatever you want!"

Suddenly the right arm shatters the red energy's hold and then the rest of the Vandread starts to move. The Vandread breaks free of the restraints and then shoves the left arm cannon deep into the machine's mouth and fires, destroying all but a large crystal.

Kagen is knocked unconscious in body and mind.

Ezra says, "Captain, I am getting a life sign from the giant crystal."

Magno asks, "You mean the crystal that was powering that thing had someone in it?"

Gascoigne asks, "Do you want me to retrieve it?"

Magno says, "Yes, go ahead and retrieve it."

"Roger."

I had this shortly after chap12 a and was going to put it up later in the day, but my parents wouldn't let me. I took so long that I wrote the next one also. But that one won't be ready just yet.

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