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Reach for the Stars; But don't forget your towel.
Topic Started: Sep 10 2008, 09:37 PM (187,308 Views)
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Haven

"Maybe we should go catch up over smoothies or something?" Elaina said with a smile "You still like smoothies don't you Ben?"

"Actually we're REALLLLLY busy!" jade interrupted "We were just about to be briefed on a new mission to save the universe."

Elaina raised a brow "Mission? What are you a spy"

"Plumber" Jade shot back. Elaina didn't look impressed.

"They're Plumbers, that I know" Elaina said pointing to Ben, Gwen and Kevin. "You, I doubt it. Too short."

[...]

"I know I know, but it won't make me miss you any less" Melanie said kissing the boy one more time before getting up and heading to the door. While she REALLY didn't want to go downstairs (she didn't want to look at Lily right now) she knew that she should do what Galv's father said, after all she was just a guest in the house now.

"Come on, we should probably go back down there..."

[...]

Jason gave a small laugh "I'm always warm, though I have been noticing Solanna getting warmer...I wonder if that means she'll have my powers? She's already a little hot-box, I can't imagine her running around as a toddler blasting things with light."

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[Haven]

Kevin was having too much fun. He was grinning like a maniac at the whole thing.

Rex, meanwhile, had been rather quiet… until now. He simply shrugged.

“Plumbers, huh? I suppose that’s interesting… but if you’re on an important mission, then why not take along some help?” Rex grinned.

[…]

Rica shrugged his shoulders.

“I could go for a good card game… but I don’t think Samuel will be too interested in sitting down for anything with me.”

Rica gave a grim chuckle.

[…]

“Oh, that sounds nice dearie.” The strange woman smiled at Kanna. There was something dangerous about her smile. “I hope you and your children have fun here. Come, Dr. Maddox, help me get settled in.”

Mara paused, and looked over to Kanna. “It was nice meeting you.”

They began to walk away.

[Oa]

Atrocitus had not expected THAT… a massive tornado, crackling with electricity, consumed his body and threw him into the air! It could have been a very dangerous situation… but Atrocitus shielded himself with his ring just before he was smashed into the ship.

Sama, meanwhile, frowned. “Yeah… it is. Okay, do what you can, I’m going to try something nuts!”

He rushed towards Atrocitus!

[…]

The Guardian nodded.

“… Very well, Doctor. Do what you need to do… but I’m afraid that even if you save us now, my colleagues will not change their opinions of you.”

[TRS Crusader]

Asuka shook her head.

“Blah, blah, blah. I’ll wear the dress, but I’m not changing my hair. You need to relax. I won’t go around being a jackass to any of the officials, but I’m not going to go kiss their asses either.”
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-Haven-

“No, Jade's a Plumber,” Ben said, nodding, “She's got a Badge and everything. We took the test to become full fledged Plumbers together too, and not just trainees...”

He paused, then checked the time, “And we have time for smoothies. We always have time for smoothies!”

Ben likes smoothies.

He then turned to Rex. Albedo had said the team needed to be small...but someone like Rex could help a lot...But would he be willing?

“Well, uhhh...” Ben said, rubbing his head, “Why don't we just get these smoothies first and talk about it?”



“Okay...I guess we should...” Galv nodded. He would have preferred to stay up here and kiss Melanie some more, but she had a point.

He got up and headed downstairs with Melanie, pausing as he saw his father trying to comfort Elizabeth, who was crying now.

“Here...” Galv said, taking his crying and sparking sister from his arms. Elizabeth paused, staring up at Galv as he sparked back at her, calmly the girl down.

“She likes other people sparking at her,” Galv said, “Except Melanie though...She's always really careful not to hurt her...”

Samuel smiled faintly, nodding his head, “Yah...the sparks don't bother me, but I can't do it back to her...Guess she's got your mom's powers too...”

Galv nodded, “Yah...doesn't seem like any of us got your's...”

“Elizabeth can be hurt? She's been hurt before?!” Samuel asked, suddenly worried.

“What? No, well...she had to get some shots before...” Galv said, “Just some standard shots all babies get though...”

“Oh...oh yah, right...” Samuel nodded slowly.



“I'm sure Solanna will be a perfect little angel,” Erin said faintly, getting drowsier. “She'll be wonderful and such a good little girl.”

So, not at all like her parents.



“Samuel knows it wasn't you who killed Levina,” Ethan said, “I've known him for a lot longer then anyone else, including Levina. He's not one to hold a grudge. Besides...you might not have seen it, but I can read body language pretty well. I think he's got his mind on other things...”

-Oa-

Cole breathed heavily. That attack had taken a lot of juice from him, and he was going to need more energy if he was going to keep this up.

He reached into his back and pulled out a small orb. He focused, feeling electricity flood back into him. It didn't fill him up to the top, but it helped a lot, enough to keep going!



“I'm use to saving people who don't like me. Comes with the job,” The Doctor said, nodding to the Guardian and heading off, racing towards the central battery core...
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Didymus sighed.

"I...maybe I do. Just...it's all so..."

He shook his head and spoke again.

"I didn't mean, change your hair per se. I meant just...don't wear the nerve clippings from your old EVA. I mean...if they're sentimental or something, I may understand, but...well, it was an illegal development, and it turned out,as you know...kind of...bad."

He paused.

"I'm not sure WHY you'd still want to wear them, but I imagine it's something sentimental now...if it REALLY means that much to you, I can give it the okay...but...yeah. May not be the best thing to wear, I'm sure that we can get something to replace them if you DO want to switch it...just I hope that they are at least inactive..."
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Jade groaned, wondering if Elaina knew about Ben's weakness for smoothies...Probably. Either way it seemed as if they were going for a treat rather than whatever mission they were supposed to be doing...

Jade suddenly looked up as Gwen walked past and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry, Elaina's harmless, those two are just friends" The redhead tried to explain. Jade gave a little huff.

"Yeah, right" she muttered, following behind.

"So Ben how've you been? You look good, stronger I mean." Elaina said with a smile. "Working with the omnitrix? Have you figured it all out yet?"

[...]

Melanie stood back, watching as Galv tended to Elizabeth. While the baby didn't often shock her the times she did were painful. So she waited until the baby wasn't near Galv to come over. She looked up at Samuel but didn't say anything, instead she just twisted a long strand of black hair around her finger.

[...]

Kanna blinked as the two left her alone in the hallway...The encounter had been strange but she tried not to think about it much. Instead she headed in to sign a few papers and make this place their home.

[...]

Jason noticed Erin was growing sleepy. He smiled and kissed the girl. "Maybe you should get some rest, you look exhausted" he told her.

Oa

Crystal didn't like when Sama mentioned doing dangerous things...Especially not in this fight. "Dangit Sama! Hold on im coming with you!!" she exclaimed, extinguishing the flames she had been working on before running after the boy.

She wasn't going to let him die here!
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[Haven]

Rex raised an eyebrow to Ben as the green jacketed boy looked his way. He wondered just what their mission was…

“I could go for a smoothie.” He shrugged.

Kevin, meanwhile, was still grinning like a maniac. Having Jade and Elaina together was SURE to be a lot of fun.

[Oa]

Atrocitus paused for a moment. His eyes moved down to Oa around them. There were several Green Lanterns attacking the Behemoth, but so far the massive laser batteries had been more than enough to blast the Lanterns away, and the onslaught of Red Lanterns was keeping them too busy to stop their plans.

“I grow weary of these games.” Atrocitus sighed. He raised his hand with the ring – but it was then that Sama jumped at him.

Sama planned on attacking Atrocitus’ ring, destroying it and defeating the villain… but before Sama could even reach him, Atrocitus spun around and grabbed him with a massive red light hand.

“I’m tired of this.” Atrocitus grunted. He flicked his wrist, and tossed Sama right off the side of the ship, and towards the burning city below!

[…]

The Guardian frowned, but did not try to stop the Doctor.

“… I can only hope you will succeed.” The Guardian sighed.

[TRS Crusader]

Asuka raised an eyebrow.

“The clipping have nothing to do with NERV or the EVA. Just relax for once, will you? You’re getting all uptight over my fashion accessories… you need to chill. I don’t normally encourage people to drink, but you could use it.”

Asuka laughed, and then waved her hand dismissively. “I’m going to the shooting range now. I am looking forward to the party, though.”
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-Haven-

“Errr, I'm still working on trying to figure it out, actually...” Ben said, rubbing the back of his head, “And right now I have the Ultimatrix. It's kind of a prototype to a better version Azmuth is working on. Kevin broke the original Omnitrix...”

He frowned, remembering when Kevin briefly turned evil again after absorbing energy. Ben had thought giving Kevin the Omnitrix would bring back his sanity. That had not worked out well.

Soon the group would find themselves outside a Mr. Smoothie, opened everywhere you wanted to be, and Ben ordered the group smoothies, finding a seat as they waited for the order.

“Okay...so...I made Kevin wait to tell you guys...but, well...the mission...” Ben said, glancing towards the others. They would be helpful, especially Rex if Ben remembered his powers right.

“So...The Yeerks...they're in a civil war right now. One of the sides wants to continue to enslave other species. Another wants to find another way. They think they might have found one, but they need help. Here's where The Plumbers come in. They need an Andalite device, and Kevin and I found one that we might be able to get our hands on. It'll be very dangerous though, so if you don't want to come, you don't have to...” Ben said, carefully leaving out the part of about Albedo.



Galv held Elizabeth carefully as the baby cooed in his arms. Samuel paused, looking down towards Melanie. He had a brief flash of memory, remembering the younger Kanna trying to find a place to stay, hungry and tired. Melanie did look so much like her mother.

“Hey, Melanie...” Samuel said after a moment, looking a little distraught, “I know you and your mother have your differences, but, give her a chance...She was a lot like you when she was younger. Just...I don't think she ever really met someone like Galv. And if anything happens, you have a place here, okay?”



“I can't help it...I feel so safe and warm like this...” Erin said, still curled up in Jason's arms, holding Solanna in her's, “Like all the troubles of the world are gone and won't come back...”

-Oa-

Cole cursed as Atrocitus threw Sama over the edge of the ship.

Cole focused, throwing several electrical grenades at Atrocitus to distract him, then hurrying to the edge.

“This may hurt a little kid...” Cole muttered, then focused, sending a line of electricity at the falling Sama, attempting to use it to grab him and pull him back!



The Main Battery Core. It's power stunned The Doctor momentarily. It was Willpower incarnate, powering a corps of Green Lanterns, and the Guardians.

The Doctor had met some Green Lanterns. Generally The Doctor liked them, though a few had tried to arrest him. Heck, The Doctor thought the Guardians were a bit snobbish, but he admitted they had a point about him.

“Alright then...” The Doctor said, holding up the odd cylinder. “This won't last very long in that amount of energy, but it should last just long enough.”

He held it up, taking a deep breath, then pitched the cylinder into the expanse of green energy flowing in front of him. Something beeped on his wrist, and he glanced at a countdown there.

“Not long at all...Well then I better hurry!” The Doctor yelled, then turned and ran back towards his T.A.R.D.I.S...
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Elaina raised a brow looking back to Kevin. "How do you break an all-power piece of alien tech?"

Gwen sighed "It's Kevin we're talking about. This was not a challenge for him"

The group headed to Haven's Mr. Smoothie (because Mr. Smoothie exists EVERYWHERE) where they all sat down with their drinks. Elaina perked up a bit when Ben began to explain the mission.

Jade on the other hand wasn't so happy that her boyfriend was choosing now to mention the mission. "Should we really be telling those two this" Jade asked with a frown, chewing on her straw a bit.

"Don't worry, i'm more than capable in a fight" Elaina stated simply. "And so is Rex"

Jade rolled her eyes, looking to Rex. "What can you do? You don't look so scary"

[...]

Melanie blinked, almost missing Samuel's statement about Kanna when she was younger. She frowned, unaware of her mother's chance encounter with the man back when she was a teenager.

"How do you know?" she said, a bit bitterly. "I appreciate you trying to make me feel better but I bet she was just as mean when she was my age"

[...]

"I hope so" Jason said, closing his eyes for a moment and thinking about it. It would be a welcome change not to have to worry about crazy people trying to kill his family...

Oa

"SAMA!" Crystal exclaimed, rushing to the edge and readying her hands to manipulate the air under him. Luckily Cole was also there, grabing him with...Electricity?

"Gah! Don't make him extra crispy!" she exclaimed.
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"Nothing, Asuka? But...aren't those the nerve clips that EVA pilots wore...?"

He paused.

"Well, if I'm wrong, that's even better. As for drinking...no, Asuka. That dulls the mind and lowers one's...inhibitions. I assure you, I cannot afford either as it stands now. Besides, you know me. You somehow picked a guy who likes to live straight edge, if he can."

He gave a small, quick grin.

“I’m going to the shooting range now. I am looking forward to the party, though.”

"You...look...forward...?"

He shook his head, stunned for a bit by this.

"Um, uh, good! Yes, good. I've got to place orders for dress and shoe rental for you, by the way...is there a color you prefer?"

She's being publicly presented as a couple with you, basically...and she looks FORWARD to it?

"Well, good, hitting the range. I'll...see if I can place an order for a dress for you...and otherwise, I have other preparations to make..."

-localized timeskip-

Didymus was primed and in a freshly cared uniform, as fresh as he could get it, at least. An order had already been placed for Asuka, getting her a fancy (but conservative) party dress of her desired color, and matching heels. Didymus had placed a rental order on the way in, apparently sparing little expense.

In his quarters, he had been speaking with Clarke via hologram.

"I've studied the information that we've released concerning what happened on Mobius...my own worst enemy for this press briefing may be myself, ma'am..." he said.

"On that subject-" Clarke began. "-deep breaths, and may God be with you-you're gonna need all the help you can get out there. These media sharks have smelled military blood in the waters of Mobius."

"Feeding frenzy, ma'am?"

Clarke just smiled.

"See you tonight." she said, and cut the hologram.

Didymus followed Clarke's advice, standing head bowed for a moment, before heading out of his quarters to a waiting shuttle. He wasn't sure if Asuka was ready, she had some time if not, he had to brief the press on what had happened first...

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[Haven]

Kevin coughed. He didn’t like to remember that he had become a giant chimera-like monster, broken the Omnitrix, and tried to kill his friends.

When they arrived at the Mr. Smoothie, Rex raised an eyebrow as Ben explained.

“I have no idea what this device is, but if it ends a civil war I’ll go ahead and help you out.” Rex agreed.

Then Jade asked what he could do, and Rex grinned. “I’m pretty impressive. Maybe I’ll show you sometime.”

Why do my characters keep hitting on Ben’s girlfriend in different RPs?

[Oa]

While Cole and Crystal watched as Sama fell off the edge of the ship, Atrocitus surrounded himself with a red shield to protect him from Cole’s grenades. Then he flew back into the ship, ignoring the heroes!

Sama was grabbed by the lightning just before he smashed into a burning building. It was painful, but he was happy to be alive. He looked up and shouted to Cole. “Thanks! Where’s Big Red?”


Atrocitus went inside, and moved towards a massive computer. He pressed a few buttons… and something shot from the bottom of the Behemoth and smashed into the ground! A missile – one that was drilling into the surface of the planet!

[TRS Crusader]

Asuka wasn’t sure about any of this. Despite what Didymus thought, she wasn’t actually worried about people finding out that they were a couple.

She was more worried about the inevitable moment when she pissed someone off, and the fallout that would come back on Didymus.

“… Maybe I should have gone as Omega’s date.” Asuka groaned. She was already dressed in a red dress, but she had a feeling tonight was going to be… interesting.
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Didymus stepped out, freshened up and ready as he could be.

"Prayers...deep breaths..." he said.

He waited in a shuttle for Asuka, which would first be taking them to Guardian Station in orbit over Earth before the planet itself...
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Ben frowned at Rex, mostly because the boy was hitting on Jade.

“If all goes well we won't have to fight,” Ben said, “This mission is more stealth. Kevin can fight, I suppose, but he's also pretty good with alien tech. Gwen can sense others and is good at coordinating groups. I haven't seen a security system yet that Jade couldn't get past, and me, well, I'm me.”

Ben grinned a bit, looking towards Rex and Elaina, “So hopefully we won't be fighting anyone...”



Samuel paused. He supposed he could tell them about his meeting of Kanna in the past, but that could prove to be a very big mistake. Samuel had the chance to try and fix things, but he didn't.

Of course, he had been terrified if he tried to fix things, he would change the future, maybe cause a paradox, and end up making things worse.

“Errrr...trust me, no one's that mean when they're that age,” Samuel said, “But you should try talking to your mother. Communicate with her. Find out about her childhood. If you talk more, I'm sure things will work out better. Just being silent and sullen at each other hasn't improved things, has it?”



Erin smiled, was asleep in Jason's arms, a contented look on her face.

-Oa-

Cole focused, then pulled Sama back up to him and Crystal, taking a deep breath.

“Phew...” Cole said, wiping his forehead, “The red guy flew back into his ship...and he just fired that missile...”

He frowned, “I don't think I can stop that...”
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[TRS Crusader]

Asuka arrived at the shuttle and gave a small smile. Then she boarded the shuttle, and if Vidit wants they can arrive for the sake of time since I know he’s leaving tomorrow.

[Haven]

Rex shrugged his shoulders.

“Hey, stealth is cool too, man. And I think you’ll find I’m more than helpful with that. Check it… my nanites can interface with virtually ANY tech out there. They’re adaptable, so in just a few seconds to a few minutes, they can get used to any system. Human, Tamaranian, Yeerk… I might even be able to crack Time Lord tech if I ever got my hands on it.”

Proposal: Later on Rex messes up the TARDIS and everyone goes back in time and has to fight dinosaurs.

[…]

The mysterious woman – Mara – and Jack Maddox were hard at work in her ‘apartment’. Her apartment was actually a cleverly disguise laboratory, with equipment so high tech that even the best scientists of Haven would be lost using it.

“Do you think we can find Burke’s notes this way?” Maddox asked.

“Of course.” ‘Mara’ replied. “I’m monitoring all communication going back since the foundation of Haven… now we simply need to sift through all of these calls. I’m sure someone spoke on the phone about Burke’s notes, once we find out who, we’ll know who we have to… eliminate.”

[Oa]

Sama groaned as he stepped back onto the deck, breathing heavy. Another few seconds and he would have crashed into a burning building.

“That… doesn’t look good.” Sama gulped as he saw the missile.
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Melanie had no clue why Samuel was trying to defend her mom, after all right behind Galv she would imagine him having the biggest grudge with the woman. But no, he seemed to genuinely want she and Kanna to get back on good terms.

Melanie sighed but gave a small nod, taking a seat at the table.

[...]

(I just noticed I never spell Elena's name right. I faaaail)

I haven't seen a security system yet that Jade couldn't get past, and me, well, I'm me.”

"What a convincing argument you've got there Ben" Gwen said, rolling her eyes at Ben's near-constant arrogance. Though she really couldn't say much against his logic, after all somehow Ben's 'Ben-ness' always did seem to get them out of trouble.

No one could explain it. It just kinda worked.

"Well just in case fighting becomes necessary Rex here is one of the best" Elena stated, sipping her smoothie "And i'm not too bad around some tech myself. I bet I could teach Kevin here a thing or two"

Oa

"Sama! Are you okay!?" Crystal exclaimed, before looking up at the missile coming at them "That might be a bit big for my waterbending too...."

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Didymus returned Asuka's small smile with one of his own.

"First we're going to Guardian Station in orbit...I've got to meet the press...then we're going to Earth itself for to start the ball..."

The ride was a short one, and eventually, they were on Guardian Station...

Guardian Station

Didymus was visibly nervous. He was taking deep breaths, and would be quiet and still at times...

"No matter what happens out there, Asuka...do not try to interfere. Please."

The press conference was standard-a podium set up between flags, up to which Didymus, in full dress uniform, stepped up and stood at.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. As you know, the situation on the front with the metarex has taken a turn for the worse, and our retreat from Mobius was most unfortunate. However, we are already planning our next operations in the area, and while their surprising sweep was too much for our forces positioned there at the time to handle, we are nonetheless forming a defensive line on other Mobian colonies and already plans to liberate the planet have been proposed. I will now take your questions."

Didymus was known to these reporters.

One of them stood up.

"Joss Brown, Arcturus Tribute. Why exactly are you here? That is, why were you ordered to withdraw to Earth while other, in many cases lower-ranking men with weaker ships ordered to hold their ground and die? Isn't it customary for the field commander to take care of his men first?"

"I was ordered to withdraw because it was obvious that we were not going to hold. While the presences of the Crusader COULD have given time for more mobian civilians to evacuate-if we weren't ambushed by mobian defectors-I believe EarthCom deemed the Crusader and her crew eventually able to save more lives if we escaped intact rather than made a stand in a battle we could not win."

Another reporter.

"Toby Hunter, Voice of Mother Earth. How did it feel knowing that you were running away from a battle that countless men-some of whom you had led before-were being butchered in? Some could say you were abandoning them, orders or no."

Didymus paused for a moment, his professional manner refusing to give. But the trained eye could see that the question grated him.

"I followed my orders. Did it feel good to watch Mobius and my brothers-in-arms burning as we sped away? Of course not. Those men who died there did so to buy time so that others could live, and for that, myself and every single human and mobian that escaped from that area should be very, very thankful."

"But the fact is," Toby pressed. "the Crusader and only the Crusader turned around and ran when the fight began. It didn't even TRY to put up a defense. Perhaps those men could still be alive, some of them, if only the Crusader had stayed a LITTLE longer?"

"...as is public record, we were ORDERED to retreat. The situation on Mobius was ugly, and such tragedies, and the cold calculations that go into how to handle them, are simply a part of the job. We lost a lot of good people and ships on Mobius. The Malta. The Athens. The Tokyo. The Aeon. The Orleans. The Galbadia. The Angelwing. The Trebia. The Yeoman. The Kay. And the San Diego. Their fearless sacrifices and refusal to retreat in the face of such odds was in keeping with the highest traditions and callings of military service. To their families, I say that while I know my words cannot assuage your grief, your sons, daughters, fathers, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, and more died with honor and go with our great and heartfelt thanks and respect."

Toby sat down, slowly, and another reporter rose.

"Brad Noran, Rim Tribute. Isn't that a tad black and white? Has EarthCom considered the possible reasons WHY the Metarex are driven to do these things that they do? Has EarthCom considered that military power may not be the answer to this situation?"

"What do you mean, Mr. Noran?"

"What I mean is that deep space recon has showed before that planets the metarex occupy are in pristine condition ecologically. Perhaps they're attacking because they feel threatened. Human civilization has proven irreverent of nature and other life forms-our effective occupation of the Mobian Kingdom proves this. Perhaps the metarex simply see monsters that need to be put in their place. And when they appear-we only confirm their fears, fighting back with all manner of powerful weapons and then running when we believe our effective puppets are too costly to defend."

"...we HAVE attempted to negotiate with them and have broadcast messages beckoning peace and a cease-fire in almost every way we know how to communicate and some ways we don't. I imagine if they were interested in talking, they may have attempted to do so already, and if there was a peaceful way to end this conflict we would be glad to see it, but as it stands the metarex are apparently uninterested in talk."

"What about the live metarex captured on Corneria? Perhaps if a gesture of good faith was offered-"

"Are you suggesting that we release a high profile POW to an enemy we have had little contact except in battle with?"

"It would show that we're interested in giving back and not just taking and killing."

"We would love to release the prisoner, if a ceasing of hostilities would come about. As it stands, we believe this to be a high-profile member of our opposition, and that his detention is ultimately helping us defeat them and safeguard our people-"

"But a sign of good faith could be what this war REALLY needs to end."

"Possibly, but we believe that doing that with no indication that the metarex would slow their attacks would be unwise, but perhaps new information concerning this will come to light as we continue to examine and inquire with the prisoner."

Another reporter.

"Paxton Yulo, Terran Times. How did our forces safeguarding a key allied planet get caught so off-guard? Can we expect a resignation from some high-ranking personnel at some point?"

"...it was a surprise to all of us, a tragic one. Part of it was the suddenness of it, part of it our equipment simply failed to detect...sabatouge is suspected, and we do have many leads, though I cannot disclose more on that subject."

He couldn't say that they suspected and had possible traces to the alien conspiracy that that mobian aristocrat, codename "Moon Maiden", was a part of. He couldn't say that the sudden pouring of metarex forces into Mobius, though surprising, could be used to the Republic's advantage...the enemy could be watching the broadcast.

One final reporter stood.

"Katie Dawson, Fornax Lives Magazine. How does it feel, knowing that your faithful and devoted aide is at death's doorstep because her attacker wanted to deal with YOU? Why did you hide in your secure war room while letting your steadfast and devoted aide-and FRIEND for the past few years be brutally torn at and beaten for your own personal safety? ...is another redhead diverting your attentions?"

Didymus paused. Every other question is what he expected, and even what they may have honestly believed. This question, however...


Should have expected the blasted Fornax media would disguise a personal attack as a journalistic question.


"How did you get that information?"

"A journalist never reveals confidential sources."

Did someone on my crew contact the media...? Or someone in EarthCom...?

"My prayers go out for Rachel and her family, as well as all those who suffer now as a result of recent events. I felt...devastated...when I saw what they did to her. Angry. Sad. But I know she wouldn't want me to let it subdue me. But she will be given the finest treatment we have, and her assailent was caught."

"Planning to vent some of that anger on him, then, colonel?"

"...no."

The interview was concluded, and Didymus walked out.

He gestured silently to Asuka, and they sat down in the shuttle.

He was quiet, but for the occasional sigh.

Earth-Republic Military Ballroom

The ballroom was lavish, and draped in all manner of patriotic and traditional decorations-flags were in many places. The dance floor was immense, there was a cocktail bar and hors d’śuvre table, and it was clearly a very formal and classy event.

Many military personnel were already there, including General Clarke herself.

Didymus finally spoke up as they approached the entrance.

"Well, Miss Soryu..." he said, using her last name again, and offering his arm.

"...shall we? Tonight...I am your gentleman; it is my task to attempt to make you happy, as happy as you can be here, in addition to my functions as a believer and an officer."
(Insert witty/moving/inspiring phrase here)

This is my car:

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Gas mileage is pretty bad, but traffic jams aren't a problem.
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