Eureka Seven: The Chosen Ones
By Aditya
Chapter 5: 'Who are these Rebellions?'
"When the 'Second Summer of Love' ended, The World was completely reformed. The sage-Kudo took over the whole of government and Military. She then announced that civilian safeguard as the topmost priority. She knew that no one trusted Military, and it would be a hard task. So, she declared that 'Scub coral isn't our enemy. It has promised to let us to live in peace unless we let it to. So, we won't be involved in the matter of Scub Coral anymore! We will now concentrate only on improving the welfare of the people of this world.' After 4 years, the world somewhat stabilized and the people became seemed to have once again started to trust Military" sighed Soran as he walked and continued to think…
"For the most part I mean; some of the followers of Dewey still viewed 'Scub Coral' as a threat and didn't wanted truce with it. They protested among the Military. But it was of no use. After the destruction caused by Dewey, people concentrated on themselves rather than the 'Scub coral'. After the futile effect they were thrown out of the Military and were banished. So they formed an 'Anti-Federation Organization'. They called themselves, "The Ageha's", but referred by everyone as 'Rebellions'…" stopped Soran as the door before him opened.
"We, the Ageha's have fought against the Military since 3 years. But lucky for us, not a single base of Ageha's is known even to the Military. Even after searching for 3 years, the Military don't have a single clue where we are located. We appear and strike suddenly and run before they realize what hit them. We are following this cowardly tactic from the start. Although we have high level technology in both weapon and defense system that could rival the Military, we are still losing this fight. The reason is that…"
"Meeting will commence in 3 minutes" announce the voice in the protocol as I sat on the seat.
"Yes, today we have a meeting" he continued "This meeting is a crucial one. This is going to decide our future if that's what you want to know. Our commander, commander Agi has been ordered to take some drastic measures. You may ask who could give the commander an order; out of curiosity. To be honest, even I don't know! We only know that there is someone who is superior than the commander who is running this organization, and we only refer to him as-Supremacy. No one except the commander is allowed to see him or talk about him"
"I don't know why" he paused, "the base of Ageha, is in high tension today. All the soldiers are nervous as if though they are sentenced to death. You could feel the tension in the air just by looking at their perspired faces. I can't quite figure out they are sweating, because of heat or of tension. It is true that the temperature today is higher than usual. You can say it is just like a furnace in here"
After 2 minutes, everyone had gathered in the meeting hall. The 'V.I.P door´ before us opened and a scary looking man entered. Everyone stood up as a mark of respect He was our commander. The commander than slowly approached us and sat on the seat reserved for him. He looked like an assassin rather than a commander. He had a pretty thick beard. He had a few cuts in his face among which one was on his eye. He was a muscular man and wore a dark navy-green uniform which had some badges and a strap of silver color. The rest there had similar uniform without a strap, but I was the only one there who wore a blue uniform.
This nervous man is our commander, Commander Agi and you can say, my father. He was a top S.O.F commando in the Military and worked directly under Dewey for 8 years. When my entire family died in the war, he took me in and raised me. He is the only family I have in the world and the reason I am here in Ageha, is him. From the beginning, I had no intension of joining the Military. I wanted to be a researcher and research on Scub Coral. But, he wished me to become a commando. I didn't resist. He is the only one that I look up to. I promised myself that I would follow his will even if it meant the downfall of world!
The meeting started. The Commander stood up…
"We are all here to discuss an important topic here. I guess you all heard the news, but still I shall repeat it once again-Our plan to destroy the Military ship entering the Coralian has failed"
Nobody replied.
"The scenario doesn't end there. Now the Military has requested assistance from the Gekko-Go and we are in serious trouble"
Silence again…
"So, the Supremacy has ordered me to take some drastic measures" he stopped as he looked at everyone's face. Everyone was nervous. No one dared to look into the commander's eye.
"May I ask what those drastic measures are?" asked Colonel Beffort breaking the silence with his trembling voice.
"We are going to attack the Gekko-Go!" replied Commander
"What?!" exclaimed everyone
We knew that Gekko State was something we didn't want to mess with! The Gekko State had cut off all its relationship from Military and was just like a group of freelance reffers. So, the Ageha didn't target the Gekko-State although they were the reason for the downfall of Dewey. We have our hands full with just the Military, then why… I thought.
"And there is something else" said commander
Everyone looked at him. He continued
"We have ordered to take down the Gekko-State completely and we will be using about 20% of our forces."
"20% huh?" I thought, "It would be around 60 ships"
The commander continued, "I will personally supervise the mission, as I will be leading the squad!"
Silence again…
"If Commander himself is leading the squad, then this must be Supremacy's will" everyone including me thought "he thinks commander is now useless"
"If I don't return" continued the commander, "We have to choose a new commander. So, the supremacy have chosen…" he pointed at the man who wore the light blue uniform
"Lieutenant Soran!" he said.
"What Me?!" exclaimed Soran, but seeing everyone talk among themselves, he just became quite. I understood that, nobody liked being me the commander, but this didn't bother me. I was used to such kind of environment! But no one dared to ask the commander why I was promoted from Lieutenant to Commander, skipping the title Colonel!
Soran was a handsome man around the age of 23! He had a blond hair and green eyes. He was the youngest person who had become a Lieutenant both in Military and the Ageha! He was assigned to Lieutenant when he was just 18! Many thought that this was because his father was close to Dewey. But the truth was that, he was really talented and earned those positions.
"We will be cornering the Gekko-Go at 'The Oaser' tomorrow, that's all for the meeting" he said. Everybody stood up and started to exit the room".
"Soran!" he called me and said "Visit me today"
I understood that he wanted to tell me something in person. I couldn't find any words at that moment. I just bowed and exited the room. I wanted to look at his face but I couldn't bring myself to. It was as if I knew how he felt.
"The duration of meeting was not even 10 minutes. But the impact it made was great. I had a slight terror in my heart. It was like today was the last time that I will ever see him."
"When I entered his I mean Commander's room, I was shocked at what I saw. He had completely rearranged the room to my taste! It was if he was saying-You will stay in this room from now on"
"Oh Soran, come here." he said sitting on his couch.
I quietly approached him and sat on the sofa beside him.
"Do you know why I chose Oaser to attack the Gekko-Go" he asked me
"Yes commander" I said, "Because there is almost no Trapar there as the Trapar density is always below 5%. So, both of us can't use any L.F.O.'s . Since they are highly skilled in L.F.O combat then anyone else in the world, they would be at a great disadvantage and when it is 1 of them against 60 of us, we are sure to win"
"Just like always" he said, "You never fail to impress me" and sighed a breath of relief
"Then why did you arrange your room like this? Aren't you sure that you will com back?" I asked him
"Nothing is sure in this world" he continued "If we are going against Gekko-Go nothing is sure"
For unknown reason, I agreed. After all the things they had done in the past. It wouldn't be surprised if they survived our attack. I mean, attacking the capital to retrieve Norvu. Surviving against 100's of battleships at the "Rainbow Sea", they were sure skilled and lucky.
There was a moment of silence in the room
"Do you know why I chose you to be the next Commander?" he asked me breaking the silence
I just kept quite.
"It is because you are a great leader!" he said "You are the only person I know in the world who can keep his calmness amidst a battle" I couldn't say anything because he always told me I was gifted and was a special child. He continued "If I die tomorrow, Ageha will be at good hands" he chuckled
"Father!" I exclaimed and went into a pause.
"Do you realize what the important crisis Ageha is facing right now is?" he asked me again
I knew the answer but wasn't sure to say it or not because it was caused by him. "Lack of man power" I said at last.
"We can easily overpower the Military if we had as many people as them." He said. I didn't answer.
He suddenly turned serious. I could say he was depressed just by his look,
He continued, "Supremacy is angry at me after so many failures. He has lost his trust in me. This is the only way I can win back his trust."
I knew he was lying right away. Because, once you lose the supremacy's trust, you can't win it back. And I also understood, why he was talking about things which were off the topic like that, he just wanted to talk to me and didn't had a topic to discuss. It was like we would have our last talk there. I just stayed quite
"May I ask something?" I asked
"Go on" he said
"Why did you decide to join Ageha?"
He just smiled, "You do know; don't you?" he asked
"Was it because of Dewey?" I asked slowly
"Yes" he said in a silent voice
"But why are you going so far for him?" I asked
He again smiled and said, "Because, when my life was ruined by war, he saved me from the horrible things back then" he paused for a moment and continued "That was when I swore that I would follow Dewey's will"
His words felt so familiar. I understood that he was taken in by Dewey just as I was taken in by him. He felt about Dewey just as I felt about him. I wanted to say at least-please don't go, father. But, I couldn't bring myself to. I understood exactly how he felt. I would have done the same thing if I were in his position. So, I just stood up and exited the room without a response.