Fanfic Name / Nombre del Fanfic: Beyond the Stars

Chapter / Capitulo: Chapter 1

Author / Autor: Clo

Rating / Clasificacion: AP15 (For Teenagers = Para Adolescentes)

Romance

Angst / Drama

Fanfic: Macross – Beyond the Stars 
 
After thinking over and over, I decided not to create another conflict around Rick and Lisa relationship, perhaps playing a little bit with Minmei’s “maybe”, but more as a support line of my main story. Hayes and Hunter story is great as it is, I don’t want to push my luck and turn it into a cheesy soap opera.  
 
My new characters features and personality come from different places… Roy is obviously a combination of his parents (Rick and Lisa) as well as a bit of Roy Focker; Maya is not based on Dana Stearling or Silvie from Macross II but in the first SCI-FI heroin Ellen Ripley (Alien) with a hint of Princess Leia and my own personality, Chiara Beaumont I imagine her very similar to Vazquez from Aliens.  
 
 
Chapter I – Smiling Cheshire Cat  
 
There was Alice standing at a crossroad trying to decide which road to follow, then she had slight sudden fright when saw the Cheshire Cat seated on a branch of a nearby tree. The cat saw Alice and smiled, it seamed it had a nice mood, but also had long nails and sharp teeth, so she decided to treat him in a very respectfully manner.  
 
- Cheshire Kitty - Alice spoke very shyly, because after all she was not pretty sure that it would like that treatment: but the Cat just smiled wider, Alice decided it liked the way she spoke – Cheshire kitty, can you tell me, please, which road I have to follow to get out of here?  
 
- That depends mainly on the place you want to go – said the cat  
 
- The place doesn’t matter much… - replied Alice 
 
- Then it doesn’t matter which road you take – said the cat  
 
- ... as long as it goes somewhere – add Alice as an explanation  
 
- ¡Oh, you’ll always reach somewhere – the Cat assured – if you walk long enough  
 
Lisa 
 
I don’t like my office, I’ve never had… it’s so big and cold, I rather to be at the bridge giving orders, but an Admiral have to make sacrifices. I’m trying to focus on my work but I can’t, my memories have been sweeping me away to those days when Rick was undecided between me and Minmei, and not even all the confirmations of his feelings during the past 25 years can erase the fact that he almost chose her over me. Why relationships are so hard. 
 
I remembered everything, even which song I heard during an specific moment; I have them all in my portable recording device… strange as it might sound the first and last song of that playlist are Minmei’s. “We will win” was the song we heard after our first real kiss, the one that started everything, and “Ain’t no Mountain” the one she sang at our wedding and that gave kind of a closure to the Lynn Minmei – Rick Hunter – Lisa Hayes triangle, ironies of the life we end up being very closed friends.  
 
I was the first person she told about Lieutenant Adolfo Veytia, they met at the engagement party of Sammy with Nikolai Wladislavosky, my number one fan back in Macross Island. They expended all night talking, they left the party together and next day she called me “It finally happened, not even when I met Rick I felt like this… we didn’t sleep together we just talk and when he kissed me I knew it, he is the one” she said. Two months later they got married, she didn’t need time, finally found what she deserved, a handsome man, intelligent and devoted but not blinded by the entire blink around her, for him she was only Minmei, not the biggest star in the universe. Rick and I couldn’t be happier, Minmei was having all she ever wanted, a successful career, a loving husband, and good friends. 
 
Claudia, the trio, Minmei and I were always taking care of each other, bridesmaids in each others weddings, godmothers of all their kids, which grew as cousins, those were happy days. But then something happened, Adolfo died in a battle and Minmei was crushed… her pain made her to focused on her career at first and little Maya, her beautiful daughter and Minmei’s life best achievement, was left behind.  
 
Minmei’s never got together after Adolfo’s death, and got ill a few years after, when doctor told her she had a few months left she asked Claudia and me to take care of her daughter as if she were our and we have. 
 
Claudia kind of adopted her; actually she lived with her until she joined the army. Claudia raised her along with my son, Roy, and later on my daughter, Claudia, the three of them always saw each other as brother and sisters.  
 
Their group was complemented by Chiara Beaumont (daughter of Vanessa), Christma Porter-Wladislavosky, Yao Yueng (Kim’s son) and Christian Grant, they were inseparable until they grew up and each one followed their own path. Roy, Maya, Chiara and Yao became pilots, Christma followed her mum’s steps and became a communication officer, Christian and Claudia didn’t join the army and ended up in Medical school.  
 
And is now that my kids are grown ups, that I don’t know how to mend Maya’s broken heart. I didn’t notice, actually it was Claudia the one who told me that our Tinkerbelle (as we cold Maya) is head over heals for Roy, at first I didn’t believe it, they grew together as brothers, but somewhere in the road Maya started to see him as a man, the big problem is that he continues seeing her not as a sister but as his baby brother.  
 
- Admiral Hayes, do you need something else? Admiral Hayes… - the voice of my helper returns me from my memories  
 
- Sorry Johnson… the report is on my desk, isn’t it?  
 
- Yes madam, if I may you don’t look too well, can I help you with something  
 
- No Johnson, but thank you for asking, get some rest and see you tomorrow  
 
The report on my desk needs to be review, and I know that there are bigger things that my strong headed boy and the heart of one of the best pilots on the ship. But it worked for me, Rick and I are still together and Minmei became one of my best friends, sometimes I miss her so much.  
 
I wonder how things would be if I wouldn’t find the balls to tell him about my feelings, or worst that if he was really in love with Minmei.  
 
- Hell Mrs. Hayes-Hunter, there is not I wonder, that’s the past perfect of I fucked it.  
 
Not even Claudia has succeed with that girl, she is so convinced that she is not worthy of having love, so center in her duty, she reminds me of me always hiding behind my ice queen.  
 
How can she be so different from the mother, they are like day and night, Maya is as pretty as Minmei and has her good heart, the flying skills come from her father, an excellent pilot, but somehow she is as shy as me, worst than me actually. She works very hard to hide her good looks by behaving as a boy, being as rough as the rest of the pilots. 
 
I have overheard in a thousand of male conversations, including my husband and son’s, how they can believe Maya Veytia is really Minmei’s daughter, how the Marilyn Monroe of our generation could give birth an elf like Maya.  
 
Talking with my son about Maya’s feelings is complete out of the question; unfortunately he inherited the best and worst of his parents, Rick’s stubbornness included.  
 
I know I have to review the damn report; I need to focus on the job… I better go home and give my mind a rest, I’ll work late at night after my husband and our kids help me to clear my mind.  
 
 
Maya and Roy 
 
“There’s Roy, showing off as always after he had a good fuck, he just loved how everyone kiss his ass by giving him kudos about his latest conquest” – Maya Veytia is trying to pretend she is checking her VT, but all she can do is to have one of her hatred inside monologues, all that conversations she is so afraid of having usually take place in her mind – “Tammy James, what on earth does Tammy has… skinny legs and no brain as most of the communications officers” – sights while she answers herself – “come’n Maya she is beautiful… yeah I know she is beautiful but as most of the skinny legs girls he dates has no soul and only two brain cells, one for make-up and other for flirting” – continues her charade of working in her unit – “but how on earth can he figures out that you are a girl if you insist of behaving as a boy and most of all how do you want him to see what you feel for him if you don’t open your mind… SHUT UP MAYA or I have to hurt you”. 
 
- Roy, congrats bro Tammy is really gorgeous  
 
“Of course Mr. All Women Wants a Piece of Me of Yao Yuen” 
 
- Thanks Yuen, she is hot, isn’t it? 
 
- Freaking hot - “I don’t know what the hell I’m doing here, with so much testosterone I’m going to grow something” Maya thought while Marquez complement – but not as hot as Miss Porter. 
 
Maya is gesturing along with each comment about the hotties those three dated last night, they even had contests to see which one of them dated the cutest girl of the week. 
 
- Just the soldier I wanted to see – says Roy with the voice she loves and hates so much, with that cocky tone of voice  
 
- Lieutenant Hunter – she answers while continue pretending to verify the status of her green and blue VT 
 
- Thanks for your music advice, I cannot believe you are so romantic  
 
- Thank Admiral Hayes-Hunter, she recommended me that CD 
 
- Mum, so she is a romantic after all, I think she learned a thing or two from aunt Claudia 
 
- She is and she learned so much more from Mum Claudia, as much as you could learn if only you were less self-involved and strong headed. 
 
- What’s your damn problem Maya? From which side of the bed you fall  
 
- At least it was MY BED  
 
- Well, someone is jealous – says Yuen and Maya gave him a look that could scare even the fiercer enemy  
 
- Of course Yuen, I’m SO jealous and you are an excellent pilot, by the way Roy – says while approach him raising her hand, “she is going to kick my ass” though Roy while she handles a feminine hankie – clean your neck that color doesn’t suit you at all  
 
- Ok Ladies, leave the jokes for later – Roy is being saved by the bell when Captain Wladislavosky, Bloody Vlad started to shout orders – it’s time to patrol, Veytia and Hunter you are going to Sector 14, Marquez and Williams 15, Beaumont and Yuen 16 
 
Maya is not happy with assignments, but what she can do; she has been Roy’s wing man since she left the academy. They were the pick of the crop  
 
- Ok Veytia, you and me together 
 
- Yeah let me leap of happiness  
 
- Come on Padawan of mine – he knows she is fan of antiques, and that one the reasons she became a pilot was that old SCI-FI movie of space samurais that she forced him to see million of times, and her first crushed for Han Solo. 
 
- Look master “Joda” – answers, playing with the name of Master Yoda and the Spanish word for annoy – I’m not in the mood for your silly jokes – turns and leaves him standing talking alone  
 
- Maya – shouts but as only answers she gives him a finger gesture no lady like  
 
- She is really pissed off, what do you do to her now, Hunter? 
 
- Nothing that I’m aware of Marquez 
 
- Is more than obvious, Hunter, you don’t need to be a woman to realize it – Beaumont enters the conversation, she is a fantastic pilot but pretty masculine, by saying this turns to see Yao and gives him the “drop death” look – don’t say a word Yuen – he just laughs. 
 
- About what Beaumont  
 
- That Pilot Veytia is head over heals for you, something that shows the bad taste of my friend 
 
- Ladies – Bloody Vlad approaches the group – do you want coffee and cookies or are you going to initiate patrol, because last time I check you are soldiers in an hangar not little women at the beauty parlor  
 
- Sir that sexist remark offends me  
 
- Beaumont, shut up and get on your VT to patrol… that’s not a sexist order at all, or is it? 
 
- No sir  
 
 
Rick 
 
“I’ll always love the sound of VT’s taking off, I really miss being on one, new models are so great, nothing compare with my old Skull 1, I’m so glad the skull is still flying”  
 
Thinks Rick whiles sees the group getting ready to take off, the old skull is now in his son’s VT, as once Roy Focker and himself used during the First Robotech Wars. 
 
- They are still rookies, isn’t it Vlad? 
 
- Yeah Hunter, but they all have potential, too much, specially the new skulls, that group will be the elite of the force in a few years 
 
- Their only problem… how indiscipline they are, according to what I read in your reports 
 
- We were like them Rick, or according to what I heard you were worst, besides that’s what makes a pilot extraordinary  
 
- Yeah Kolya, but remember that in that squadron is flying my son and the best friends of my daughter  
 
- I thought all soldiers were the same 
 
- Me too, until Roy started flying  
 
- He reminds so much to Roy Fockker… the way he flies and how smooth he is with the ladies.  
 
Vlad is right he flew with Roy long before him, and his Roy was so similar to his big brother, he even learned to play the guitar.  
 
“At least he is not as confused as his old man; with his love triangle with the huge star and the professional commander… sometimes I still wonder what if, I have never regretted choosing Lisa over you but you were my first love and just when Lisa told me she was leaving me for good I realizes about my real feelings”.  
 
- Base to Admiral Hunter  
 
- Sorry Bloody, I was remembering some things when I was a pilot  
 
- If I find out who the hell put me that name, is going to pay  
 
The responsible was a young lady flying as the wing man of the skull leader 
 
- I have to return home, if not the Mrs. Is going to believe I’m having an affair with some girl from communications  
 
- I don’t think the skulls left you one, between Yuen, Marquez y Roy have dated every single one of them, besides old man you have to be extremely stupid to change someone as Lisa for any girl, it doesn’t mater how beautiful she is  
 
- Bloody, you are giving me ideas  
 
- Don’t take me wrong Hunter; Lisa is one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen as beautiful as Minmei, but with more personality, sexy without knowing  
 
- I was very lucky to find a woman like her, without her I wouldn’t be where I’m, give my regards to Sammy, we missed her voice giving orders. 
 
- No leave her where she is – answers laughing – is pretty hard to control her at home, imagine her back in the services 
 
 
Skull Squadron at Patrol… 2300 hours  
 
It has been a quite and calm patrol, not an enemy at sight and skull squadron is just flying around checking their assign perimeter inside the blue and green VT its pilot is following her routine for that kind of situations. 
 
“Boring… I hate these patrols with no action and need to kick someone’s ass to get this bitterness outside” – she smiles and remember her mother, the one she misses everyday but also disappointed her for being so week – “I’m sure mum would be yelling why can’t you be more like Claudia… simple Mrs. Star because you weren’t there, you were to damn busy with you stupid career and then you left, Claudia Grant and Lisa Hayes did the best they could but I’m my father’s daughter, sometimes I wonder how my life could be if you weren’t too chicken shit to continue without dad… to be more like Cloe, she is so gorgeous, I’m not even half pretty she is, besides that it won’t change the way Roy sees me, at least as a pilot he respects me”.  
 
- Veytia, stop fooling around – “why I didn’t shut the tacnet or at least block this wincker” Maya thinks while Roy continues – there’s some action at 3 o’clock  
 
- Same bet Lieutenant Hunter  
 
- Of course, the one destroying less enemies pays dinner  
 
“Good at least I can put the face of the latest skinny legs girl to each enemy” Maya thinks “I’m going to force him to take me to a fancy restaurant not eating hamburgers with Pete” 
 
- One more Veytia, you are being left behind  
 
- Your girlfriends must be very bored Hunter, it’s not being fast but the quantity and the QUALITY of what you do that matters  
 
- Ouch Hunter, I believe Maya has being talking with your girls  
 
- Shut up Yuen – yelled at the same times… sometimes it seem as if they shared a brain, Maya wants for some years now to share a heart  
 
- Watch out Skull 3, behind you – Beaumont was saving Maya’s ass  
 
- Thank you Skull 5, it was closed – “more than closed, I have to focus… I cannot depend on Chiara saving my bony ass all the time, I putting myself and my squadron in danger”  
 
- Open your eyes skulls – “come’n Maya what’s your problem, what are you thinking about and why on earth I didn’t protect her, she is my wing man” 
 
There are not too many enemy fighters, it looks more like a recognition party than a strike squadron, the battle just last a few minutes and skull squadron is more than enough to take most of them down, the rest starts the maneuvers to retire. 
 
- Well Hunter, I hope the skinny legs left you some money because I won the bet – Maya’s voices sounds so happy  
 
- What are you talking Veytia, there are still some enemies  
 
- Sure if you want to follow them – Marquez says  
 
- They are escaping boss - Yao is pointing out what’s obvious – do you want us to follow them 
 
- Don’t you thinks this is rather estrange Hunter – Maya is now expressing what the rest of skulls have in mind  
 
- Yeah running away is not their style, they are trained as kamikazes  
 
- Marquez is right, as much as I would like to continue busting heads, it could be  
 
- A trap, I know Beaumont that’s what I was thinking, we better return to the base and submit our report… but I think this was only a diversion, about the bet, where are you taking Veyita  
 
- On contraire, if my calculations are correct, we are 6 to 7 and Maya is the winner 
 
- Beaumont, you don’t count because you are a girl, I’m still expecting to find a brave to confirm it, but you have boobs so let’s suppose you are indeed a girl 
 
- You are a moron Yuen, I’m a woman but you in the other hand even when you have something between your legs, no matter how tiny it is don’t make you a man… Marquez you are not misogynist with a nut for brain, and are not part of the bet, you have the quality vote  
 
- Hunter you are my Lieutenant and best friend, but fair is fair Maya won this time  
 
Maya shouts of happiness, and Roy is speechless, he really lost the bet, Maya has really become a great pilot, in a few years she could be even better than him.  
 
- And by the way, I don’t want to go to Pete’s, this bet has been forever and I think is time that really hurts, I want to go to a fancy restaurant… to dress up and maybe dance  
 
- Do you have a dress? 
 
- don't worry, I figure she can borrow one of yours Yao – Beaumont and Yuen were always looking for a window to kick each other 
 
- Saturday is our day off, so I suppose we can go tomorrow night and not having a hang over on a working day, what do you say – “I love to go out with Maya, I can be me because she doesn’t expect Casanova”  
 
- Ok… it’s a date  
 
- A date it is. Squadron let’s return to the base… I don’t think they are going to regroup anytime soon 
 
“He didn’t say anything about the date and me asking him to take me to one of the nice and luxurious restaurants he takes his bimbos” Maya thinks while the whole squadron flights back to their base, but her happiness is not very long because at the moment Roy calls the bridge to ask permission to return and communication officer answering is the only skinny leg that last, Christma Porter… old childhood friend, now swear enemy. From nowhere, she forgot that once she was best friend of Chiara, Cloe and Maya, and became so popular, the cheerleader dating the football quarterback, who else but Roy.  
 
- Here Skull Leader, requesting permission to return to base 
 
- Why is that Lieutenant Hunter, your patrol ends at five hundred  
 
- The enemy attack and retire in less than half an hour and I want to discuss it with Captain Wlad 
 
- Permission granted Skull Leader, by the way when is your day off Lieutenant? – asked in a sexy tone of voice – I need to verify important matters with you  
 
- I’m free this Friday… 
 
Maya shuts her communication channel, she doesn’t wan to listen to that conversation anymore… 
 
“You are really the biggest asshole on the universe Roy Hunter, you just listen that sexy and slutty voice and forget about everything… what kind of emergency batter do you think I am” 
 
Lisa 
 
Lisa arrives home and it’s empty, she is really disappointed because she wanted to have her family company to keep her mind away from old memories. She goes to the kitchen to fix something to eat while working on the studio listening to some music, when she sees a note posted on the fridge, a note from Claudia … 
 
“Mummy I’m going to the movies with Christian, I might be late, don’t wait for me up, with love Cloe… p.s. Remember that Roy has the night shift this week.” 
 
“Ok this explains why my kids are not here, but my husband…” 
 
- Honey I’m home – “speaking of the devil” 
 
- In the kitchen darling – “speaking of the devil” answers amused, that silly joke they have of talking as a couple from a XX Century sitcom makes her laugh every time. 
 
- And Claudia? 
 
- Out with Christian 
 
- Again with that boy?  
 
- So typical, you used to think he is a great kid 
 
- Yeah, before he started dating our daughter… she is just a baby 
 
- She is old enough to start dating, and believe it could be worst… I rather she dates someone as Christian Grant than someone as Roy, who I suppose you know is in patrol  
 
- I saw them take off, I talked with Kolya  
 
- How is Bloody  
 
- Fine, he sends you his love, I didn’t know he was your fan  
 
- Number 1 fan actually, long before you arrive Macross… are you jealous  
 
- Me, jealous, please  
 
- Sometimes I get jealous of you  
 
- The kids are out, we have the house for ourselves and you are discussing about jealousy… come to bed and I’ll show you there’s no need to be jealous  
 
- I have work to do 
 
- I’ll help you, of course after we finish more important matters  
 
And just like that, Rick gives to Lisa another confirmation about his everlasting love.  
 
 
Maya 
 
The women locker rooms are so quite, until a loud voice brake the silence 
 
- Maya, where the hell are you 
 
As a poster girl of sadness, Maya Veytia is seated over a toilet crying in silence. 
 
- Maya, fuck, I you don’t tell me where are you, we cannot curse Hunter together. 
 
- You know where I am, Chiara so don’t pretend  
 
- I thought that for once in your life you wouldn’t be crying your eyes out on a bathroom – says while sees her from above while standing over the toilet next to Maya’s 
 
- You know, I don’t know anymore what I want from him  
 
- What all expect from a man… what I expect from Yuen, love  
 
- But you are not the drama queen hiding in the corners crying  
 
- Because I already know Yuen is an idiot and we are a lost cause, but you and Hunter, that’s different  
 
- How… you heard him, he forgot about our date and only because mega slut Christma Porter, who has more mileage than SDF1 and SDF2 together. 
 
- First of all, Maya he is a guy, the fact that Christma is easy makes her desirable, second when outside your brain it was a date, he was planning to go out to have dinner with a FRIEND not a girl, and if you insist in proving that you are noting more than a soldier and a pal, that’s what you are going to be forever  
 
- As you said, first of all don’t expend so much time with Claudia Grant you sound like her 
 
- I wish 
 
- Second… look who’s talking, when you are going to show Yao there’s a girl underneath that equipment and muscles.  
 
- Come on friend, as you said bulls are so easy to see from the grades… which has to be something Latin cultural because I don’t get it, but I know that to do with your life, but when it comes to mine I get lost. 
 
- What about if you, Cloe and I go out tomorrow for drinks, just the girls  
 
- Sounds great we can trash guys 
 
- Except Christian 
 
- Except Christian, I’ll call Miss Hunter-Hayes to ask her to cancel whatever she might have with Grant… damn Cloe she is the only one with any luck with men 
 
- She is the only one that doesn’t behave as a guy Chiara  
 
- Come on get out of your hiding place, because to be sincere I’m starting to pull something, and let’s get out of here, Roy can present his report 
 

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