Fanfic Name / Nombre del Fanfic: Our Destiny

Chapter / Capitulo: 5

Author / Autor: Komander Kool

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

Romance

Action / Accion

Humor

Fanfic: OUR DESTINY 
 
A/N: Thanks for the Reviews! Well, just as we thought that Rick and Lisa would be off to a good start, well let’s see, old habits are hard to break. Please forgive me and please be patient with the story. Don’t worry, this, as I’ve promised, is a Rick and Lisa love story. R&R. 
 
Robotech/Macross belongs to their rightful owners. Characters and trademarks mentioned here are simply borrowed and for purposes of entertainment only. 
 
Chapter 5 – Destined to Be Here 
 
“Oh c’mon Lisa, admit it! He’s cute. I would say he’s a hunk!” Sammy cried while clasping both hands as if praying. 
 
“If that’s what you think, he’s all yours! I wouldn’t even get an inch near that loud-mouthed pilot!” Lisa replied. 
 
“I heard he’s got those shiny blue eyes, unruly hair that you’d want to run you hands through and a body that’s yummy, it will keep you warm all night long!” Vanessa exclaimed and gestured by putting her own arms around her. 
 
Lisa rolled her eyes up in disgust. 
 
“He’s Roy’s brother, right? Any information you could share Claudia?” Kim inquired. 
 
“Nothing! I mean Roy mentioned he’s got this brother but didn’t elaborate much about him. He once mentioned him when he was talking about a certain Flying Circus where he used to work but seemed not to talk much about it. He avoided talking about it, if that’s the right term.” Claudia answered. 
 
“Can we have a different topic instead of that kid who’s barely out of his diapers?” Lisa reacted. 
 
“Hey! Is that the way to be grateful to someone who’s saved your life?” Sammy argued. 
 
“I could’ve done it without him! Besides, he insisted on trying to help me, what choice do I have?” 
 
“Is that so?” Claudia smiled at Lisa wickedly. 
 
“Okay! So he helped me but that doesn’t mean that he’s forgiven for being disrespectful! What would you do Claudia, if some civilian would insult you over the open lines of communications?” 
 
“C’mon Lisa, haven’t you forgiven that boy? Besides, that’s a long time ago and he isn’t a civilian anymore. He’s now flying under Roy’s Skull Squadron. I think he’ll learn to become more courteous to his superiors.” 
 
“I hope you’re right Claudia! But I feel so pessimistic about it. I just don’t know why it’s so difficult for me to deal with cocky pilots and here I am, the Flight Operator where I have to deal with them day in and day out.” 
 
“Give the boy a chance Lisa!” 
 
“Well, break time’s over. Let’s head back to the bridge.” Lisa stood up and called out to the girls instead of answering Claudia. 
 
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Rick did well in training after he decided to join the Robotech Forces. As a matter of fact, he topped all the other recruits, especially when it comes to skills and abilities. The only problem that Roy heard from him was his constant whining of pain due to stress and fatigue during the trainings. Roy would always tell him that those things where important and that those routines will help him increase his endurance and stamina, especially when he enters the real battle. 
 
Roy found it a relief that those were weeks ago. Now, Rick is flying under his command. He was designated to Angel Squadron as a wing man. Though more of a supporting position, Roy knew that his little buddy will soon rise among the ranks and become a leader like he was. He would only wait for right time. 
 
For each and every mission, Rick improved his flying and fighting skills. He’s accepted the full reality of war and that he was destined to become a fighter pilot. He’s kept to himself the ideals that Roy once shared to him and that is to become the protector of the helpless, especially, women. There was only one woman he seemed indignant to protect – Lt. Lisa Hayes. 
 
“She’s a push over Roy. She’s lording it over to us! For each mission we fly, she always gets the best out of me!” Rick slammed his can of Petite Cola over the center table. He was actually having a casual conversation with Roy when suddenly the name Lt. Lisa Hayes popped in. 
 
“Rick, she’s your superior officer and you must treat her with the utmost respect that she deserves.” Roy countered, with a bit of patience in his voice. 
 
“How could I ever do that if she keeps on being indifferent with me? I mean, there are other rookies out there who are more stupid than me but it seems I’m the only one she sees.” 
 
“You’re right about that buddy!” 
 
“Thanks for agreeing with me Roy!” 
 
“Not what you thought Rick but on what you said – That you’re one of those stupid rookies out there.” 
 
“What?” Rick raised his voice and his ears turned red. 
 
“Well, you said it out rightly that you are stupid! Want me to repeat what you said?” 
 
“Roy, you… I didn’t mean that, I mean… ah… uhm…” 
 
“That it’s pointless arguing about Lt. Hayes! Lt. Hayes has to maintain a certain degree of sternness so that you “stupid” pilots will learn the ways of respect and the chain of command!” 
 
“Ouch Roy! That hurts!” 
 
“No Rick! Without respect, people die, things go wrong, things don’t go according to plan! Without respect, no one will follow orders! No one will trust anyone! What do you think that will lead to?” 
 
There was a few seconds of silence between the two but then Rick broke it. 
 
“I-I guess you got a point there Roy!” 
 
“It’s not just a point Rick! It’s the truth!” 
 
Roy only hoped that what he said would sink into Rick’s head. 
 
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On the way to the bridge, Claudia tried to separate Lisa from the rest of the bridge bunnies. She was simply playing safe as she knows how “sensitive” the ears of the other girls are. She fears that rumors might fly quickly if they got to hear what she was about to inquire from Lisa. 
 
“Lisa, darling, tell me, what really happened during the transformation? I still can’t understand why you are so hard on that boy after he rescued you.” 
 
“Oh Claudia, why bring up that topic again?” 
 
“C’mon, I’ve never seen you so resentful over a person before.” 
 
“Boys will be boys Claudia!” 
 
“Let them grow Lisa and they will become men. They will be different!” 
 
“Oh swell, there’s really no stopping you. But do promise this won’t come out! Nobody knows this story except that boy and me. But I don’t even know if he told it to Roy.” 
 
“If he did, Roy would’ve told me about it but there’s nothing about it that we’ve talked about.” 
 
“Hhhmmnn, at least the boy could shut his mouth. Very well, I didn’t know he was that amateur pilot that Roy brought here in the ship but somehow he looked familiar. He came to me asking for information about how to join the military. And guess what? The kid has good timing. It was when Sammy was sounding off the count down for the transformation.” 
 
Claudia just looked at her. 
 
“We had no time to get to the base so we ran towards the nearest shelter entrance. I told that boy to come with us. When we got near the entrance, I let my crew get in first then Hunter. As I was about to follow, I slipped into this big, gaping hole where the seam of this ship separated. Gladly I was able to hang on to a pipeline or something.” 
 
“Uhum.” 
 
“I thought he already got in the shelter but he came to check on me!” 
 
“Isn’t that something to be grateful about?” 
 
“Claudia, I’m not yet done but yes, I do agree with you that I was glad he came to help.” 
 
“That’s my girl! What happened next?” 
 
“Okay, after some arguing, he pulled me out!” 
 
“Arguing?” 
 
“Never mind that Claudia!” 
 
“Hhhhmmnnn!” 
 
“Okay, I’ll tell you next time but anyway, so he pulled me up and got me out safe. When everything was stabilizing, he introduced himself to me and so I did too!” 
 
“Seems to be a nice acquaintance!” 
 
“Well, the acquaintance ruined it all. I found out and my suspicions were right. He was that amateur pilot Roy brought in here. And I can’t believe he called me that “name” again – “sourpuss!”” 
 
“Hahahahahahaha! Aren’t you Lisa!” 
 
“CLAUDIA!” 
 
The rest of the girls noticed Lisa’s raised voice and looked at them with curiosity in their eyes. 
 
“I’m just kidding Lisa, partly!” 
 
“I’ll never forgive you Claudia!” 
 
“Okay, okay… I’m sorry! Girls, nothing to worry about! I just accidentally pressed Lisa’s panic button!” Claudia addressed the bunnies with a wink. 
 
“Okay, you can continue now.” Claudia turned back to Lisa. 
 
“Well, wouldn’t you be offended with that? I called him an arrogant, incompetent, panicky pilot who only knows how to fly toy airplanes.” 
 
“He shot back at me and said given enough time he could fly a VT and become the best SDF-1 pilot!” 
 
“I told him, “In your dreams!”” 
 
“I guess I thought he would be discouraged by what I said but it seems he considered it as a challenge!” 
 
“He said the he’ll make me take my word back! Gosh, he’s too confident and too cocky and he believes so much in himself! I hate people like that!” 
 
“So that’s the reason why you kept on “chewing” him out especially during the mission in the rings of Saturn.” 
 
“Exactly! I want him to give me the due respect as a ranking officer!” 
 
“It seems you’re on the losing end Lisa. He’s improved in his skills so far and I believe he’s already one of the best pilots we have. And guess what? I thing he’s already in line for promotion. Who knows, a little while longer, he’ll be given command to his own squadron.” 
 
“I don’t know Claudia. But given this time, all I can see in him is an immature boy trying to prove something to me. Well, if ever you see him, tell him I’m not impressed one bit! He won’t match my standards!” 
 
“Standards or pride, Liz?” 
 
“What do you mean Clau?” 
 
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“Yes! Mars Base Sara covers a very wide area of terrain. It was built to house close to a million colonists. I believe we can gather remaining supplies there that we could make use of.” Captain Gloval spoke in his usual casual tone. 
 
They have been in orbit in Mars for a few days now. After days of endless battles, they thought they could find solace in the Red Planet. They didn’t know that they were slowly being lured to a trap by a new enemy, the Lord of Trouble himself named Khyron. Originally, the SDF-1 planned on heading straight to earth but recent battles with the Zentraedis pushed them to come near to the red planet. And so, to avoid destruction, at least that’s what they think, they established orbit on Mars. Surprisingly, the enemies attacks halted as well. 
 
“Sir, do you think there could still be some survivors down there?” Lisa asked curiously. 
 
“I don’t think so. The UN reported that all personnel from that base were accounted for and all the different manifestos were even sent to earth even as they broke away from Mars’ atmosphere.” Gloval replied. 
 
“But, of course, we couldn’t leave the benefit of the doubt. It may be possible but after these two years since their ships were ambushed near the moon, I just don’t know.” He continued. 
 
The returning ships of the Mars Base Sara were attacked near the moon as their ships approached earth. 
 
“Sir, I would like to personally volunteer to check the base!” Lisa requested in a somewhat hopeful voice. 
 
“Lisa, you’re not serious…” Captain Gloval was surprised. 
 
“I am sir. I just want to make sure the base is really empty of survivors. I mean, if we found some people there, wouldn’t it be great?” Lisa continued. 
 
“We could sent someone else for that Lisa!” 
 
“But sir, I am also trained to check on the base’s main frame computer. Maybe we could get some information about their stay there, information that we could use, like experiment results and the like.” 
 
“You’re very persistent Lieutenant. Very well, I am giving you the permission but Lisa, make sure you come back in one piece. We need you here in the bridge more than that dying base. That’s an order!” Captain Gloval replied in a firm voice. 
 
“Yes sir! I will be preparing for the mission right away!” Lieutenant Hayes saluted and when the captain acknowledged, she left the bridge. 
 
“Okay! Claudia, get ready a personnel to escort Lisa!” 
 
After the briefing, the SDF-1 started its descent on the red planet. It slowly but cautiously landed a few kilometers from Mars Base Sara. After landing, all the fighters where scrambled to provide defense for the ship. Even squads of Phalanxes and Tomahawks were deployed to ensure the safety. A few kilometers of makeshift roadway was virtually created by large cargo trucks passing to and fro from the SDF-1 to the base. This road will be their lifeline to load important supplies from the base. 
 
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“Commander Fokker! This is Delta 1. You have a new order. Your wing will be providing security for Lieutenant Hayes as she will personally inspect the base. Do assign some of your men to secure the perimeter of the base. Assign someone likewise to escort the Lieutenant on the ground!” The voice of Claudia echoed over the communication line. 
 
“Roger that, loud and clear!” Fokker replied then he turned to call upon the veritech pilots. 
 
“Blue team and Green team, secure area around the base. Red team, secure entrance of base hangar, copy that?” Fokker summoned the forces. 
 
“Roger!” The pilots replied in unison. 
 
“Angel Squadron, provide aerial escort to Lt. Hayes’ vehicle. Capt. Villamor, I would be requiring the services of one of your wingman, Sergeant Hunter.” 
 
“Roger!” 
 
“Rick, I want you to go down the base hangar and meet the Lieutenant there. You will be providing escort for her!” Fokker ordered Rick. 
 
“Why me?” Rick queried. 
 
“You are not to utter any questions when given an order Sergeant!” Fokker replied with an irritated voice. 
 
“Roger that.” Rick replied. 
 
“Anyway, listen up to this short briefing, you will be escorting Lieutenant Lisa Hayes. Meet her at the hangar. ETA, 7 minutes.” Fokker again summoning Rick. 
 
“I’m willing to escort anyone, but why her for crying out loud?” Rick again dropped the military procedure. 
 
“Rick, don’t be picky. Remember, I’m giving you an order!” This time Roy was already mad. 
 
“Okay, okay big brother! No need to be upset. I’m going in!” Rick replied as he maneuvered a nose dive towards the base hangar. 
 
“You’re a good pilot Rick, but if this attitude of yours doesn’t change, you’ll always get into trouble… big, big trouble…” Roy thought to himself as he watched Rick flew his VT towards the hangar. 
 
Rick landed his VT in guardian mode within the hangar. Just as he was about to open the canopy, an all terrain vehicle arrived and parked just near him. Out came Lieutenant Lisa Hayes, in a little fitting space suit and wearing a helmet. 
 
“Reporting as ordered Ma’am!” Rick saluted Lisa with a bit of mischievousness in his voice. 
 
“Don’t over do it Sergeant. I can smell a fake salute within distance… and mind you, I hate fake people!” Lisa answered back without saluting Rick. 
 
Rick was taken aback by the Lieutenant’s reaction. 
 
“What are you waiting for? Get your side arm and come with me.” Lisa ordered Rick. 
 
“Loud and clear!” Rick answered sarcastically. 
 
“If only I didn’t have any other thing to do, this loud-mouthed pilot will get what he’s looking for.” Lisa thought but she frowned externally. 
 
Rick got his fire arm harness and put it on. It was the type that clings to the thigh. He went down and escorted Lisa to the base entrance. 
 
Rick couldn’t help but whistle at what he saw. The base was so huge it would take weeks or months before they could scour the whole area. When he looked at Lisa, she showed a face of determination and someone who knew what she’s doing. As if she knew the place and was familiar with it. 
 
“I know what you’re thinking! No, it’s my first time here but I had a copy of the blue print of this place way back on earth. As to why do I have those blue prints, don’t ask!” Lisa answered the quizzical look on Rick’s face. 
 
“I wasn’t thinking about that. I’m just awed by the hugeness of this place.” 
 
“Whatever… let’s go to the vertical transporter!” Lisa pointed to one of the base’s elevator. 
 
They went below, several floors under the surface of the Mars base. Then the elevator made a stop. Both got out and read a big sign. 
 
“This is it! The power generation room.” Lisa uttered as expectedly. 
 
“I can’t believe it. It looks like it’s was left by the colonist just a while ago. The place looks so normal, everything’s working!” Rick was surprised. 
 
“The UN placed a considerable amount of investment in this Sergeant. This place was meant to become a second home for us who live on earth. That’s the reason why even though this place was abandoned, it is still humming even without the operators.” Lisa explained. 
 
Rick just nodded. 
 
“With this piece of machinery working, it only means that oxygen is still being supplied throughout the base and even a few kilometers away from its proximity. I guess we can remove our helmets Sergeant.” Lisa suggested. 
 
“Are you sure of the Lieutenant?” 
 
She looked sharply against Rick then slowly but surely removed her helmet. For the first time, Rick saw something different in Lisa. Her hair was tied at the back so that he could see her neck. Rick’s eyes grew big at that sight. 
 
Just as Rick was about to enjoy what he was seeing, his fun was broken by Lisa’s voice. 
 
“Sergeant, we gotta get moving! This is a good sign! We can stay for a while in this base and initiate repairs before we could embark to earth. Let’s radio back to the SDF-1.” She said. 
 
Just as they were about to contact the SDF-1, a small temblor was felt by the two, followed by another one, and then another. 
 
“Is that an earthquake?” Rick asked in a baffled tone. 
 
“I hope it is but I fear the Zentraedis followed us here!” Lisa answered. 
 
Indeed it was Khyron and the rest of his minions attacking. 
 
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Unknown to the SDF-1, they landed exactly over an area riddled with magnetic devices that will not allow the ship to take off. Just as Khyron has planned, the SDF-1 fell into position over the trap. Khyron was wise enough to dig and place those magnetic devices just before the SDF-1 landed. 
 
The SDF-1 tried as much as it could to take off but the power of the magnetic field was too strong to let it go. 
 
“Enough! We are going to strain our boosters.” Captain Gloval ordered for the lift off to stop. 
 
“Captain, I think I may have a solution to our problem!” Vanessa called out Captain Gloval and showed her a map of the area. 
 
She said that radar has detected some magnetic devices underneath the ground where the ship is resting. Since the magnetic devices are below the ground, the SDF-1 forces cannot to destroy them. The solution would be to blow up the power core of the base. This would trigger a chain reaction from the base to the magnetic devices. This will destroy the devices and allow the ship to take off. 
 
“Okay, good job Vanessa!” The captain commended Vanessa then immediately ordered for Lisa and Rick to be contacted. 
 
“Lieutenant Hayes, do you copy?” Claudia called over the secured radio frequency. 
 
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“Here Sergeant… “ 
 
Lisa led the way towards the command center of the base. 
 
From there, they could check the computers for any activities in the past months. That could give a clue if there are still survivors in the base. Different computers where designed to make daily logs of all activities in the whole base. 
 
When they entered the command center, Rick and Lisa found that only computers where working there. No signs of any possible survivor. Lisa started working on one system unit but she got a negative report on any signs of life in the base for the past months. Just again another explosion rocked the place and the lights began to flicker. Some computers started shutting down and some just lost power. Rick held the arm of Lisa and told her that it’s time to go. She agreed. 
 
On their way out, Lisa heard a call from her transceiver. 
 
“Lieutenant Hayes, do you copy? This is delta-1 calling and standing by!” Claudia called. 
 
“We copy you delta-1!” Lisa replied. 
 
“Lisa, we need you to overload the core reactor of the base.” It was Captain Gloval who spoke. 
 
“What? Why? But that will create a big explosion. This base will be…” Lisa was cut by the Captain as Rick just listened anxiously to the conversation. 
 
“Yes Lisa, you heard me right and there’s no time to waste. The SDF-1 is trapped by some magnetic devices buried underneath the surface where we landed. It seems to be the enemy’s work. The only way to get out is to blow up the place. This will cause a chain reaction and the magnetic devices will be destroyed as well, setting the fortress free.” The Captain continued. 
 
“Yes sir! We are on the way!” Lisa motioned for Rick to go back to the elevator and back to the power generation room. 
 
In a few moments, they were in the power generation room. Lisa quickly moved to and fro inside the power generation room setting all computers to let the core reactor receive as much fuel as it can until it becomes unstable. After everything was set, Rick and Lisa made way back to the elevator. They had 20 minutes before the place blows up. She advised the SDF-1 for countdown. 
 
As they got out of the elevator, an explosion rocked the hall way that led to the hangar. The explosion was so strong that both of them where thrown back inside the elevator. Rick’s training and reflexes made him cover Lisa with his body to protect her from debris and shrapnel. Unfortunately, one got him on his left leg. He didn’t notice it. 
 
The two opted to pass by another hallway. Rick suddenly felt something in his left leg. He felt it was feeling cold and wet. There was blood. Lisa saw it. 
 
“Oh my God, Sergeant, you got hit!” A worried look on Lisa was obvious as she looked on Rick’s leg. 
 
“This is fine Lieutenant! It would be better if we got out of here! I don’t intend to watch the explosions up close here later!” 
 
Rick sat down and tried to put something on his leg to control the blood flow. He found a hanky and tied it around his leg, a few inches above the wound. As Rick was finishing the knot on his leg, he noticed that Lisa suddenly went silent. 
 
“Lieutenant?” Rick called out to Lisa. 
 
Rick saw Lisa staring blankly in one of the doors along the hallway they were negotiating through. Lisa grabbed the door knob and opened the door and slowly walked inside that seemed like an officer’s room. Rick couldn’t help it but shout this time. 
 
“Lieutenant, what’s going on? We gotta get moving!” 
 
Then he saw Lisa break into tears. She was crying hard. Rick wondered why. As Rick was about to ask Lisa, she grabbed a stool in the room and started swinging it everywhere, breaking everything in its path. She swung it like a crazy baseball player. Rick tried his best to get out of the way. Then Lisa let go of the stool and knelt down, crying, crying so hard. 
 
“I hate you! I hate your guts!” She shouted. 
 
“Lieutenant, if it’s because of my being insubordinate or being loud-mouthed that you are angry, I believe this is not the right time and venue for us to talk about that!” Rick replied to Lisa thinking that what happened was because of him. 
 
Rick came in and looked at the mess the room has become. She tried to pull Lisa from the floor but she didn’t seem interested to go. 
 
“Lieutenant, I don’t know what’s happened here and I don’t know what’s going on but I am risking my life for this mission and I have orders to follow to bring you back in one piece!” 
 
Rick was now a little irritated but controlled himself. His voice did rise up. 
 
Lisa continued crying and while Rick observed that, he mustered his remaining strength to pull her up to his chest, not minding the pain in his left leg. Lisa tried to escape Rick’s grip and beat his chest. She was almost hysterical and so Rick let her down, lifted his left hand and landed a strong slap to Lisa’s right cheek. That was just enough to calm her down or get her unconscious. He felt Lisa buckle down so he caught her and tried so hard to carry her on his shoulder. It was difficult for him as the pain in his left leg was getting worse by the minute, but maybe adrenaline was pumping and it was helping him make his way towards his VT. The pain in his leg was excruciating but he had to fulfill that mission. Something in him told him to do so. 
 
He reached the hangar and fortunately the VT was still unscathed. He first pushed Lisa inside the cockpit then he followed. As he did it, he had to make a shout due to the pain. He tried to squeeze in the tight cockpit then he pulled Lisa up so that she could get seated on his lap for him to be able to manage the controls. Lisa just stayed in that position silently. 
 
Rick fired up the engines but noticed that the hangar entrance was no good. He looked up and fired his last missiles towards the roof just as the explosion from the reactor started to cause a chain reaction. Rick fired the boosters and off the VT went, out of the roof then up in air. 
 
The SDF-1 was able to take-off since the reaction destroyed most of the magnetic devices planted on the surface. 
 
Khyron saw everything and could only comment, “They’re crazy!” 
 
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“Delta 1, this is Sergeant Rick Hunter with the Lieutenant. Mission accomplished!” Rick called out the SDF-1. 
 
Everyone in the bridge was relieved to hear the news that Lisa was back. Sammy, Vanessa and Kim started talking about the incident. What was more intriguing was the funny way they saw Rick and Lisa on the console. There was Lisa, sitting on Rick’s lap and resting her head on Rick’s chest. She was just quiet and seemed to be staring into the nothingness of space. 
 
“Wwwooohhh, what a romantic scene… these two look like they just came from a honeymoon!” Sammy started. 
 
“Well, I think both of them look really cute!” Kim added. 
 
“Well girls, dream on! Oh how I envy the Lieutenant now.” Vanessa injected as well. 
 
“Finally, a knight in shining armor!” Sammy finished. 
 
Everyone in the bridge shared the laugh and Claudia can’t help but see a flicker of hope for her friend, a hope for a new chapter in her life. 
 
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Rick was able to land the VT in one of the decks of the Prometheus. Actually, it was already 20 minutes ago but neither of them moved inside the cockpit. Lisa was still sitting on Rick’s lap, holding on to his right arm, resting her head on left part of his chest. Rick’s left arm was still around Lisa’s waist. Amazing, he forgot he was hit on his left leg and that he didn’t notice he was slowly loosing blood. Lisa was staring at the red planet as it got smaller and smaller from her sight while the SDF-1 moved away. 
 
“Finally Karl, I could say I forgive you! Good bye Karl!” She silently said. 
 
Rick was also lost in thought. There she was, the “sourpuss”, his C.O. who always had something to say about him, tough as nails. But now she is sitting on his lap, feeling helpless. He felt something new in his heart. Something he didn’t even feel before. It was the feeling of being needed, being wanted. He felt like he was “Superman” at that very moment. He can’t help but smile. He loved the feeling. He tried to tighten his grip on Lisa and she didn’t complain. This was the day that he saw the hidden side of Lisa’s life, the soft side of that by-the-book superior officer. He looked at her and she looked so vulnerable and insecure. He thought of her as “precious china” in his hands. 
 
Suddenly, he felt dizzy, everything around him started spinning. Things around him were becoming blurry then slowly turned to darkness. 
 
“Hey, wait! No! no! I’m still enjoying the moment!” Rick’s mind shouted but to no avail, he passed out. 
 
Lisa felt that Rick’s arm fell and all of a sudden, she felt as if she was holding onto a lifeless arm. When she looked up to face Rick, she saw he was pale. Her eyes grew big when she remembered he’s got a leg injury and he was losing blood. She was about to panic but she mustered enough strength and shouted! 
 
“MEDIC!” 
 

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