Fanfic Name / Nombre del Fanfic: Our Destiny

Chapter / Capitulo: 10

Author / Autor: Komander Kool

Rating / Clasificacion: AP (All People = Todo espectador)

Romance

Angst / Drama

Fanfic: Chapter 10 
 
Destiny’s Providence 
 
A/N: VoltActionSniper, thanks for reminding me about the plot. Is it time to kill Leila lol? LisaAndRickForever thanks for being there , Reeven I missed your comments =( And I do miss the rest who used to review this story. I hope you come back because your reviews are precious to me. It’s fuel for the flame. To all Rick and Lisa fans out there, this chapter is for you. 
 
 
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“Commander, Lieutenant!” Max called out. 
 
It turned out that it was Max on the door and was disguised as a Zentraedi soldier. Rick and Lisa broke off from the kiss. 
 
“Max, how did you- ?” 
 
“It’s a long story sir. But for now, we have to get out of here.” 
 
Max picked up Lisa and Rick but blocked Ben from joining the two. He placed Rick and Lisa in the left pocket of his Zentraedi uniform disguise. 
 
“Ben, you don’t want to disturb this two love birds, do you?” 
 
Max picked up Ben and placed him on the right pocket. 
 
“Lieutenant, now I know that you’re really into older women and with those with higher rank.” Max teased. 
 
“Hey, it’s not what you think!” Rick defended. 
 
“Don’t worry sir. My lips are sealed!”  
 
Rick and Lisa still protested trying to make Max realize that they just kissed in order to find a way of escape. Or did they? They both knew there was something to it. 
 
“With all those noise, somebody might notice us!” Max warned and the two quieted themselves in surrender. 
 
Max started moving and scanning the area. He saw a door open and thought that would be a good place to start searching for a way out. Two Zentraedi soldiers came out of the door with a curious look on their faces. Max tried to ignore them and just proceeded walking. The two Zentraedi called out Max whom they thought suspicious. 
 
“I guess our cover is broken!” 
 
Max started running and the soldiers started firing at them. 
 
“Max, switch to guardian mode!” Rick suggested. 
 
“Roger!” 
 
 
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The battloid switched to guardian mode and picked up speed. The guardian was so fast that Max relied on his instincts as to where to go. He saw a console and flew towards it. The guardian crashed the console through and out of Breetai’s command center where Dolza, Breetai and Exedore were having a talk and was caught unaware of the events that took place so quickly. 
 
“I am impressed with these micronians!” Dolza commented. 
 
“I will get them back my lord!” Breetai replied. 
 
“Yes you should commander Breetai. But for now, I’m sending Azonia to relieve you of your duties in pursuing the micronian ship.” 
 
“My lord?” Breetai was about to protest but decided against it. 
 
 
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Max was able to reach a vertical lift while experiencing heavy fire. Once inside the lift, he tried to reach the door lever for the lift to function. 
 
“The VT’s overheating. Sir, reach out for the lever!” 
 
“Alright!” Rick climbed the arm of the guardian and reached the lever. Just in time, the door closed and the lift brought them several levels down. 
 
“The VT might explode any moment now. We have to get away from here!” Max warned the three. 
 
“Lieutenant, it’s just a matter of time. Get ready when the door opens.” 
 
“Roger commander!” 
 
As soon as the door opened, the four ran as fast as they could, knowing that Max’s veritech was about to explode at any second. 
 
Immediately, a Zentraedi soldier noticed the four. The soldier tried catching them by jumping over. This caused the four to split. Max and Ben ran towards the right wing of the structure while Rick and Lisa towards the opposite direction. The Zentraedi was confused as to who to chase. Then, the VT that was in the lift exploded, instantly killing the soldier. 
 
“Hurry! In here!” Rick called out to Lisa. 
 
Rick and Lisa ran until they saw no Zentraedi was in sight. Both stopped in a safe area to catch their breath. They noticed that they ran into an area that looked like a laboratory. They examined the area and saw big chambers with Zentraedis inside. Lisa brought out her camera and took snapshots and videos of the chambers. She noted that it was being used to macronize or micronize the Zentraedis. 
 
“So this is how they become giants!” 
 
They heard footsteps coming towards their direction so they decided to move away from the laboratory. The two ended in the armory and rested along a row of rifles. Suddenly a Zentraedi soldier picked up Lisa and she squirmed trying to get free. In so doing, the digital camera she was carrying fell on the floor and was crushed. Rick tried to run after the Zentraedi soldier who caught Lisa but was simply kicked like a rag doll and crashed in the row of rifles. Amazingly, Rick was still conscious. He gathered all his strength to lift a big Zentraedi rifle and tried to aim at the back of the soldier who carried Lisa away. He pulled the trigger and he was able to hit the soldier on the head. The Zentraedi fell face flat on the floor but still had a tight grip on Lisa. He went over to Lisa to check if she’s okay. 
 
“Commander, are you alright?” 
 
“Yes but I can’t get out of here. It’s too tight!” 
 
“Hold on to me. I’ll try to pull you at the count of three, okay? One… two… three…” 
 
Lisa was freed from the grip of the dead Zentraedi. They started running towards a dark alley. The responding soldiers followed them and fired their weapons. Some projectiles hit the floor, causing some parts to crack. It was dark and both Rick and Lisa fell into one of the crevice. 
 
 
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“Captain, we have an incoming secured message from earth station code Alpha Golf Charlie.” 
 
“Put it on speaker Sammy!” 
 
“Yes sir!” 
 
“Captain Gloval, this is Admiral Hayes!” 
 
“Donald!” 
 
“Yes Henry. This will be short as we are all aware that we are being monitored.” 
 
“Understood!” 
 
“First, my apologies for the directive given to you more than a month ago. It was the earth’s defense council’s decision and you know very well that it is of the best interest for all the countries represented in the United Earth Government.” 
 
“That’s easy to understand Donald if everyone aboard the SDF-1 is military personnel. Can we at least let the civilians get back to earth?” 
 
“The council will need convincing regarding that Henry. I give my word that I will discuss this with them.” 
 
“Thank you Donald!” 
 
“Don’t thank me yet! I’m not promising you that we’ll get favorable results.” 
 
“I know-“ 
 
“Second, what’s your situation up there?” 
 
“The enemy seemed to have halted their attacks. We’re in a sort of a stalemate!” 
 
“When did this start to happen?” 
 
“More than a month now since-“ 
 
“Since when?” 
 
“Donald, don’t be alarmed about what I’m about to tell you.” 
 
“What’s that? You’re not talking about- what happened to Lisa?” 
 
“The attacks halted ever since Lisa and her veritech escorts lost contact with us!” 
 
“Damn it Henry, what do you mean Lisa got lost?” 
 
“She volunteered on a recon mission. She insisted- We’re still not concluding the worst. “ 
 
“I thought you are the captain of that ship Henry!” 
 
“It’s a long story but you and I both know that she’s the most capable of doing such a job. Besides, your daughter’s insistence is remarkable. And for crying out loud, she’s a soldier!” 
 
“I’m putting you personally responsible for all this mess Henry. Make sure you get them back!” 
 
“I’m pretty much aware of that Donald, thank you very much!” 
 
“That will be all! The same directive as before stands!” 
 
Captain Gloval stared in the vastness of space after that conversation. He hoped against all hope that Lisa and her team are still alive. He was tempted to blame himself even for allowing Lisa on that mission but he knew very well that all of them have sworn to fulfill their duties as soldiers in that ship. 
 
“Captain, I believe they are still out there, somewhere! I know it’s been more than a month but I have this feeling-” 
 
Claudia stood beside Captain Gloval hoping to give words of comfort. 
 
“I agree with you Claudia. Somehow, I feel we haven’t lost them completely.” 
 
“Lisa is a strong-willed woman. Besides, she has every reason to survive!” Claudia hinted at Lisa’s instinct as a mother. 
 
Captain Gloval gave a nod to Claudia’s comments. 
 
 
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“Mommy! You’re back!” 
 
“Oh Andrea, I missed you so much!” Lisa ran towards her child and gave her a big hug. 
 
“Where’d you go mommy?” 
 
“Darling, it’s a long story. Do you want to hear it?” 
 
“Sure!” 
 
“How about we go out first to your favorite restaurant?” 
 
“You mean ‘Kiddie Camp Fun’?” 
 
“Yup! Let’s go!” 
 
 
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“Are you having fun my love?” 
 
“Yes mommy!” 
 
“Me too. It’s been a while since we did this!” 
 
Lisa notices a sudden change in Andrea’s countenance. 
 
“Is there something wrong Andrea?” 
 
“Nothing!” 
 
“C’mon, tell mommy about it.” 
 
“It’s just – It’s just that my classmates keep teasing me.” 
 
“About what?” 
 
“About who my daddy is?” 
 
“Huh!” Lisa was struck by Andrea’s confession. 
 
“They kept saying that my daddy left me because he didn’t love me! Is it true mommy?” 
 
“Don’t listen to them Andrea. They don’t know what they are saying!” 
 
“Then where’s my daddy?” 
 
“Andrea, darling, you’re dad- he died before you were born.” 
 
“That’s what grandpa told me. So it’s true. Did he love me mommy?” 
 
“I-I’m sure he did love you!” Lisa stammered as she nervously answered her child. 
 
“Oh Karl, why did you put us in this predicament!” Lisa cursed in her thoughts. 
 
“Really mommy? I knew it, he did love me! I’m sure he’s my angel watching over me.” 
 
“That’s why I told you to ignore your classmates! Try to find good friends from school and avoid those bullies.” 
 
“Yes mommy, I will!” 
 
“Good girl!” 
 
“Mommy, I like to play there, with those kids.” Andrea pointed at the play area of the restaurant. 
 
“Okay, go ahead! I’ll just be here.” 
 
Andrea ran towards the play area and started using the swing. Lisa was so filled with joy at the sight of her child playing. 
 
“At last we’re together my darling. I won’t let anything separate us anymore!” She smiled. 
 
Suddenly, a flash of bright light covered the restaurant. People and children started screaming. She heard jet engines fly overhead. She heard missiles falling and exploding everywhere. The restaurant was now filled with black smoke. 
 
“Andrea! Where are you darling?” Lisa stood up and worriedly shouted. 
 
“Mommy!” Andrea shouted. 
 
“Mommy’s here, where are you?  
 
“I’m scared!” 
 
“Andrea! I’m coming for you!” Lisa moved towards the play area amidst the black smoke. 
 
Finally Lisa was able to grab Andrea. 
 
“Don’t worry darling, mommy’s here!” 
 
She carried her child and started to find a way out of the restaurant. She saw something bright and thought that could be the window or the door. She summoned her strength to reach that direction. Indeed, it was the door, actually the back door. She made it out and ran towards an open, grassy space. Lisa and Andrea dropped on the ground trying to gasp for fresher air as the black smoke of the restaurant almost asphyxiated them. 
 
“Andrea, are you okay? Is there anything that hurts?” Lisa tried to scan the body of her child. 
 
“I’m okay mommy!” 
 
“Brave girl!” 
 
“What’s happening mommy?” 
 
“I still don’t know but I need to get you to a shelter.” 
 
Just as Lisa got up to scan where to go, a giant Zentraedi soldier appeared in front of them. 
 
“You have no place to run! Ha! Ha! Ha!” 
 
“Mommy!” Andrea clung to Lisa in fear. 
 
A sudden burst of gun pod fire followed next and the giant dropped dead on the ground. 
 
“Are you two okay?” A voice came from the veritech guardian that fell the Zentraedi. 
 
“Rick! Thank God you’re here!”  
 
Rick took a defensive position to protect Lisa and Andrea. 
 
“C’mon, try to look for shelter and I’ll cover you!” 
 
“Let’s go darling!” Lisa carried Andrea and started to run. 
 
Breetai suddenly appeared and fought off Rick. Breetai was able to snatch Rick’s gun pod and used it against him. After a few blasts, Rick’s VT exploded. 
 
“Riiiiccckkkkk!” Lisa was shocked at the scene. 
 
“You can’t run away from me micronian!” Breetai moved towards Lisa. 
 
Lisa let Andrea run ahead towards a shelter. The giant Breetai was able to gain ground and picked up Lisa. 
 
“Run Andrea, run!” 
 
“Mommy!” Andrea was crying. 
 
“Don’t stop, just run… don’t look back!” 
 
“It’s too late micronian! You’re now my prisoner!” 
 
“Andrea!” Lisa shouted as Breetai moved away from the scene to bring her to his transport. 
 
 
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“Commander, at last you’re awake!” Rick sounded glad. 
 
“Huh? What happened?” Lisa tried to sit upright. 
 
“We fell into this area of the ship. Good thing it’s a water reservoir of some sort. It saved our lives.” Rick stood and point at “pool like” area of the ship. 
 
“Oh, I thought…” 
 
“Thought what commander?” 
 
“Nothing…” 
 
“You we’re dreaming-” 
 
“How’d you know?” 
 
“Well, you shouted my name and a certain girl’s name. I think it was Andrea.” 
 
“Y-yes, I guess I did.” 
 
“Was it bad?” 
 
“Y-yeah.” 
 
“Who’s Andrea?” 
 
Lisa paused, and looked like she was about to cry. 
 
“I’m sorry, you don’t have to...” Rick regretted his being straightforward. 
 
He sat down beside Lisa. 
 
“It’s okay.” Lisa assured Rick. 
 
This time it was Rick who went silent. He embraced himself as he sat down. 
 
“I know how anxious you are to get back to SDF-1. You have someone waiting for your there, am I right?” Lisa asked. 
 
Rick nodded emotionless. 
 
“Major Fonacier, she’s your girlfriend right?” Lisa tried to sound innocent. 
 
“I guess that’s how you call it.” 
 
“Hey, why the gloomy tone? Is there something wrong between you and Leila?” 
 
“I don’t know- maybe it’s just me. I’m just so overwhelmed of how fast things are going on between me and Leila. It’s just so fast I don’t have time to contemplate about anything anymore.” 
 
“Seems like a good thing. Want to talk about it?” 
 
Ricked sighed. 
 
“Well, remember when you saw us in the infirmary?” 
 
Lisa just nodded and tried to remember that funny scene in the garden. 
 
“That was the first time I saw her after five years, I think. I felt like she claimed me back that time.” 
 
“What do you mean, ‘She claimed you?’” 
 
“Well, she left me to join the military. I was strongly against it because she was a woman. Forgive me commander, but that’s how I feel and that’s why I said the same thing to you when we were captured.” 
 
“Any chance of you changing your position regarding women in the military?” Lisa tried to lighten up their conversation. 
 
“Commander, if we get out of here alive, you can count on it!” Rick finally smiled. 
 
“So, what happened after that?” Lisa returned the discussion to Rick’s relationship with Leila. 
 
“After that day in the infirmary, I thought that would be the start of a new life for me. She tried to make me understand why she left me and that’s because she gave her word to her father in his death bed. She thought I might think that would be a silly excuse so she just ran away knowing I would still object.” 
 
Lisa just stared at Rick, looking like she wanted to know more. 
 
“You’re very good at listening Commander Hayes!” 
 
Lisa smiled. 
 
“Well, these past few weeks, Leila has been so controlling and jealous.” 
 
“Jealous? The only reason for a woman to get jealous is because of a third party. Do you have another girl Hunter?” 
 
“The SDF-1’s a small world commander, Leila would’ve known if I were being unfaithful.” 
 
“Okay…” Lisa sounded like she only wanted to believe. 
 
“You don’t believe me, don’t you?” 
 
“Did I say I’m not?” 
 
“She’s jealous of Minmay and –“ Rick almost mentioned that Lisa is the other one. 
 
“And?” 
 
“No. Just Minmay. But she’s just a friend and I tried a hundred times to explain it to her.” 
 
“That’s the problem with you men. You expect women to be secured with you but you just have so many girlfriends!” Lisa declared. 
 
“Hey! Not all men are like that!” 
 
“Maybe…” Lisa sounded unconvinced. 
 
“Anyway, before we left for this mission, she said she’ll seek psychological help.” 
 
“She’s that helpless? Like that could help.” Lisa sounded pessimistic. 
 
“Well, she’s trying…” 
 
“Do you love her Lieutenant?” 
 
Rick did not answer Lisa. Rick stared at the pool of water in front of them. Lisa noticed a confused look in his eyes. As if Rick was looking for some answers. She was slowly but surely starting to comprehend what Rick meant when he said he was overwhelmed. 
 
“Then I guess we both have very good reasons to survive, to get back to our ship.” Lisa tried to bring back 
 
Rick from his thoughts. 
 
“What’s your reason to survive commander?” Rick turned to Lisa and asked. 
 
“Well, there are people in SDF-1 who are counting on us to survive and get back. I’m sure of that!” Lisa started. 
 
“You got a loved one there in the ship?” Rick followed up. 
 
“It depends on what you mean about ‘loved one’.” Lisa answered smartly trying to avoid the question. 
 
“Well, allow me to be honest with you commander. When I first met you, I thought you were this ‘old sourpuss’, a grumpy old lady who’s got a cold heart.” 
 
“Lieutenant?” Lisa opened her eyes wide and raised her voice. 
 
“Just being honest.” Rick smiled to cool down Lisa’s angry eyes. 
 
“But and I’m saying but-, now I see that you are a beautiful and lovable kind of person who will not find it difficult to have somebody to love you as well. Just as I said, SDF-1 is a just a small world. There might be someone there who will be brave enough to let you know.” 
 
“Don’t try to flatter me Lieutenant.” 
 
“I’m not! What I’m saying is true.” 
 
“So have you seen any way out of here?” Lisa changed the topic to get a way out of Rick’s statements. 
 
“Judging by the flow of the wind, I guess we can follow that direction!” Rick pointed to a long tunnel. 
 
“Then I guess we should make a head start by now. We have to get back!” 
 
“I agree!” Rick stood up and offered his hand to Lisa to help her up. 
 
“You know what? I never thought we can have a conversation like this. I hope you found out for yourself that you can be nice if you put your heart into it.” Lisa said in an amazed tone. 
 
“Well, don’t count on it commander. You’d still find yourself arguing with me!” Rick replied with a wide smile. 
 
“We’ll see! I’m up to the challenge Lieutenant!” Lisa smiled and the two went off their way. 
 
 
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“Is that loading bay?” 
 
“I think you’re hunch is right commander.” 
 
“That might be our way out, c’mon!” 
 
“Right with you!” 
 
Lisa and Rick reached the area and it was a loading bay just as Lisa suspected. They saw a Zentraedi ship that was loading cargo and thought that the ship might already be preparing to depart. They decided to move closer to the ship. 
 
“Wait Lieutenant!” Lisa cautioned Rick as she heard footsteps heading their direction. 
 
Rick held his pistol just in case. 
 
“Hey Ben! Quickly!” 
 
“Max, don’t run that fast again, okay!” Ben whined trying to catch his breathe. 
 
It turned out that the footsteps were of Max and Ben. 
 
“Max, Ben!” 
 
“Lieutenant! Commander!” 
 
“Thank God both of you are safe!” 
 
“Yeah! Rick and I were trying to move towards that ship. I think it’s preparing to go.” 
 
“I guess you’re right commander. I think that’s our transport out of here.” 
 
The reunited four cautiously made their way towards the conveyor that carried the cargo towards the ship. They hopped into one of the crates and were able to make it inside. They spotted a battle pod and quickly ran towards it in the hopes that they be able to commandeer it. 
 
After a few hours of waiting, the ship started to move away from the docking bay. The four assumed that the ship would already be on its way. They could only hope that the destination would be where the SDF-1 is. 
 
 
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“The ship stopped! The fold operation’s over.” 
 
“I just hope we’re near the vicinity of our own ship!” 
 
“Hunter, Sterling, Dixon, there’s one thing you need to know as we’ve been subjected to a number of space folds.” 
 
“What’s that commander?” 
 
“Time may have moved faster in SDF-1. An hour during the fold may have been weeks or months in the SDF-1.” 
 
“Well, the important thing is for us to get back, however much time lapsed.” 
 
“If ever we get back, just don’t expect things the way they were when you left. Just a precaution to you three!” 
 
“Aye commander!” The three pilots answered in unison. 
 
In their hearts, hope was building up that they would be able to get back but the worst is still far from over. 
 
The ship shook and some explosions could be heard. The four realized that there was a battle going on. They thought of using the situation to start maneuvering the battle pod. With a yank on a lever, the battle pod stood up and this was noticed by a nearby Zentraedi soldier. 
 
“Hey!” The Zentraedi called out. 
 
“Rick, find the lever for firing the weapons system.” 
 
“I’m trying… I hope it’s this one.” 
 
The battle pod guns shot the soldier dead. The battle pod kept firing that it blew a hole on the ship’s wall. 
 
“Now that’s our chance of escape!” 
 
The battle pod got out of the hole was able to drift away from the Zentraedi ship. On the monitors, Lisa noticed flying VTs. 
 
“Hey, we’re back! We’re near the SDF-1!” She cried out. 
 
“Let’s try to contact them!” 
 
“SDF-1 this is Lieutenant-Commander Hayes with the Vermillion group, do you copy?” 
 
“SDF-1 this is Lieutenant-Commander Hayes with the Vermillion group, can you hear us?” 
 
“Commander Hayes! We hear you. What’s your position?” 
 
“I’m not really sure but we’re adrift in this battle pod!” 
 
“SDF-1 this is Skull Leader, we got them on our screens!” Roy radioed as his team was able to locate the battle pod immediately. 
 
 
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The battloids lowered the Zentraedi battle pod on the landing bay. The engineers started the process of figuring out how to open the battle pod. The four started to get out. The flight engineers on the deck applauded. Rick started to move away from the crowd and thought of getting back to Leila. 
 
“Rick! Rick!” Roy ran and called out towards a rushing Rick. 
 
“Roy, if you’re planning to get me a physical, I’m okay so there’s no need for it. I’m in a hurry big brother. I have to see Leila first.” Rick answered while jumping over a transport vehicle. He gestured for the driver to “hit it” and off they went. 
 
“Rick, wait – there’s something you need to know!“ Roy shouted and tried to catch the transport but to no avail. 
 
“I guess you will have to find out for yourself my little brother.” A little worried Roy thought to himself. 

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