Fanfic Name / Nombre del Fanfic: Our Destiny

Chapter / Capitulo: 7

Author / Autor: Komander Kool

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

Romance: on

Action / Accion

Humor

Fanfic: Chapter 7 
 
Destiny’s Twist Part 2 
 
A/N: Please don’t hate for me this chapter. I'm not doing this to make Lisa suffer this early. I just thought this had to happen for Rick’s character development as well as the rest. Please be kind with your reviews. I’m no pro, just a hobbyist. I really had no time to go over... so please be kind and gracious with every error that you see... and most of all ENJOY =) 
 
“I saw this as an opportunity to meet you again – after a very long time.” 
 
“Does this mean you have finally forgiven me?” 
 
“Whatever happened between us is ages ago Rick. I have made it a resolve to forget all about it.” 
 
“Yeah, I can see that now… Major Fonacier.” Rick replied with a smile. 
 
“I’m quite surprised that I didn’t know you were here on board this 1 kilometer ship and funny, we both work for the military.” He continued. 
 
“Well, you pilots don’t usually hang out with us Destroid operators.” 
 
“So you’re with the armored division.” 
 
“Yes. I was assigned to SDF-1 a month prior to the launch.” 
 
“I see. I’m still amazed.” 
 
“Rick, do you believe in second chances?” Leila suddenly shifted the topic. 
 
“Why’d you ask that?” 
 
“It’s just funny how we’d end up in the same ship. I knew for sure when I left you, I had decided to find a new life.” 
 
“Well, welcome back babe!” Rick opened his arms wide as if inviting Leila for a hug. 
 
“Same old Rick that I used to know. So you think you can just sweep me off my feet again just like that eh, Lieutenant?” Leila let out with a chuckle. 
 
Both smiled and stared at each other for a while. 
 
“So how’d you know I was with the air group?” 
 
“I heard your name mentioned by one of the bridge crew one time. I think it was in one of the restaurants in town when I happened to pass by. The girls were talking about you and your quarrels with the First Officer.” 
 
“Oh yeah, Lisa… we quarrel a lot.” Rick smilingly started to recall the countless tirades he had with his CO. 
 
“At first I shrugged it off, thinking it was just some pilot with the same name as yours but I saw you once in the docking bay and I guess that confirmed it… I didn’t know how to react then. I asked myself if I should approach you or not? I guess I didn’t find the courage to do it then. Now, that you’re in a helpless state, I thought it was the right time!” Leila let out a playful giggle. 
 
“You still make me smile, Leila, after all these years.” 
 
Leila looked Rick straight in the eye and then – silence. 
 
“There’s no one else isn’t it?” Rick asked. 
 
“It has always been you Rick…” 
 
Leila stooped and gave Rick a kiss on his parched lips. It started out dry and tense but the two was drowned by their emotions flooding their minds and their hearts. The kiss became meaningful and full of affection. 
 
 
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Lisa made her way to the infirmary, uncertain about every step she made along the way. 
 
“Darn it! How do I do this?” She imagined herself talking to Rick. After all that happened, she still didn’t find it amusing that it was Rick who saved her from the last mission – at least that’s what she thought. 
 
“I came here to apologize, about my behavior down there…” She started to practice, trying to weave the right words to say. 
 
“But what will he think about me if I say that? Will he still respect me as a person, or as commanding officer?” She thought to herself. 
 
As if it took forever, she was already standing in front of Rick’s room. 
 
“Ma’am, if you’re looking for Lieutenant Hunter, he is out in the garden.” Lisa heard a voice from the nurse station not too far away. 
 
“Oh, thanks.” Lisa made her way. 
 
As she was about to step out into the garden, she mustered all her strength and decided to tell Rick what she had to. Somehow, she didn’t want to entertain the feeling that was forming in her heart – that she was starting to like this hotshot pilot – but nevertheless he still irritated her. 
 
A view came before her very eyes. There she saw a woman with brown hair and fair complexion, back against her, stooping down at head level with Rick –probably kissing Rick – or by the looks of it. She noticed that this woman was from the military, from the armored division she presumed. Lisa’s foot was glued to the ground where she was standing, not knowing what do, whether to go away or stay. She made the hard decision to continue observing what was unfolding before her very eyes. 
 
“What’s this I’m feeling?” She thought as she tried to figure out why her heartbeat became faster and a flush of red was now forming on her cheeks. 
 
Rick on the other hand, opened his eyes and it grew wider as he noticed who was watching from behind Leila. 
 
“Lisa – I mean, Lieutenant Hayes!” Rick cried out in surprise. 
 
Leila was startled, made an about-face and immediately examined who this person behind her back was. It wasn’t too hard for her to figure out. 
 
“Lieutenant-Commander!” Leila exclaimed. 
 
Lisa nodded. 
 
“Major Fonacier, I presume, from the armored division?” 
 
“Yes -” 
 
“W-What are you doing here Lieu- er - Commander?” Rick asked curiously albeit nervously. 
 
“Uhm… I went to see my doctor for an examination. I saw this garden and thought of getting a breather…” Lisa answered professionally, trying to hide as much the uneasy feeling that was welling up inside her. 
 
“Are you alright? I mean, from the last mission…” Rick probed. 
 
“I’m fine. That will be all. I’m sorry for disturbing you.” Lisa tried to dismiss Rick’s question. 
 
“Be safe commander.” Leila uttered. 
 
Lisa hurriedly turned around and walked away from the two. Rick stared at Lisa until she vanished by the entrance to the garden. 
 
“What’s gotten into her?” He mused. 
 
 
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“Hey, you’re back this soon?” An amazed Claudia greeted Lisa as her good friend wore a long face while entering the bridge. 
 
“Did you tell him what you had to?” 
 
“Yes – but he had to rest so I didn’t take much of his time.” Lisa lied. 
 
“Liar! From the looks on your face I would say something didn’t go according to how you have planned.” 
 
“I guess there’s really no hiding the truth from you Claudia.” 
 
“Poor girl. Tell me what happened.” 
 
“I saw him with this Major, they were kissing.” 
 
“Major? Kissing?” Claudia was surprised. 
 
“Well, that’s how it looked to me. She’s from the armored division – Major Fonacier.” Lisa replied. 
 
“What was her name again?” Claudia inquired. 
 
“Leila – Leila Fonacier.” 
 
“So that’s the girl.” Claudia replied as if confirming something. 
 
“You know her?” Lisa asked inquisitively. 
 
“Not really but Roy did mention her. She was Rick’s childhood sweetheart.” 
 
“What happened?” Lisa got interested. 
 
“Roy just said about those two not agreeing on certain things that led to their break up. Rick wanted to marry her with the condition that she gave up her dream of joining the army. I think she just left him without a word, knowing there’s no convincing Rick.” 
 
“Well they are both in the military now. I guess there’s no stopping them.” Lisa said softly, trying to identify herself with Claudia’s story. 
 
“Well, maybe you’re right. Funny how destiny works its way with us…” Claudia sighed. 
 
“I guess you are right Claudia.” Lisa sadly agreed. 
 
“Hey what’s with the long face? Don’t tell me you’re jealous that someone took your knight in shining armor away from you?” Claudia teased. 
 
“CLAUDIA!” Lisa’s eyes widened. 
 
“Just asking-“ Claudia winked. 
 
“No – I don’t know. Maybe I just miss my Andrea. It’s been months since I last saw her. I just wish we have an idea about what’s the status on earth.” 
 
Lisa tried to dismiss the topic and shifted to her daughter, the most important thing to her over anything else. 
 
“It’s too bad we’re still maintaining radio silence with earth.” 
 
 
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“Grandpa, you promised mommy will only be gone for a few days. It’s been too long. I miss her.” 
 
“I know darling…” Admiral Hayes tried to calm down Andrea, not having any clue on how to answer the child. 
 
“I miss her too…” He added. 
 
“She promised me she’ll bring me with her when she comes home. I want to go with her Grandpa.” 
 
“Pray a little harder my little one… I’m sure she’ll be back.” 
 
“Can we just go to Macross Island Grandpa?” 
 
“We can’t darling. Besides, mommy’s ship isn’t there anymore… they’re somewhere – they’re on a far, far place right now so it’s impossible to go them.” 
 
“I wanna to go to my mommy. Kids in school are teasing me. They keep saying my daddy left me and now even my mommy.” 
 
“Don’t listen to them Andrea. They don’t know what they’re saying.” 
 
“Then who’s my daddy, Grandpa?” 
 
The admiral was taken aback by the question of young Andrea. It was the dreaded question that both he and Lisa would avoid – but they always knew at time such as this would come, and they will have to answer Andrea somehow. 
 
 
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“Rick!” Shouted a very excited Minmay. 
 
“Happy Birthday Minmay!” Rick gave Minmay a friendly kiss on the cheek. 
 
“So, who are these guys with you?” 
 
“Y-yes, uhm – this is Leila, Major Leila Fonacier.” 
 
“- and this is Corporal Ben Dixon and Corporal Max Sterling.” 
 
“Happy Birthday Minmay, I’m so honored to meet you!” Ben overextended his arm to shake hands with Minmay. 
 
There was a little hint of fright on Minmay’s face when Ben reached in but disappeared quickly when she sensed that Ben’s a harmless guy. She turned her attention to Max, who was a little shy when he greeted Minmay. 
 
“Hhhmmmmm… come over here Mr. Sterling, you will sit beside me.” Minmay pulled Max’s arm and led the whole group to a table ready for their accommodation. 
 
Minmay brought back her attention to Rick. She first noticed how Leila had locked her arm around Rick’s arm. Minmay looked Rick straight in the eye. 
 
“So where is it? You forgot? Oh well, I knew it.” 
 
“No Minmay, as a matter of fact, I rushed going here making me forget my gift for you in my quarters. I’ll just hand it to you later today. Promise!” 
 
“That won’t do!” Minmay protested. 
 
“C’mon Minmay, give Rick a break. Besides, he’s been busy these days. How about you forget about it and let us hear this new song of yours that you’ve been talking about a while ago?” The mayor commented who was seated with another group of guests across them. 
 
“I think it should be Rick who should sing to make up for his excuses.” Minmay frowned and pointed to Rick. 
 
“But I’m no good at singing.” Rick declined. 
 
“I’ll do it Minmay, I’m really not that good but I’ll do it for you.” Max obliged. 
 
While Max took his chances on the stage, Leila had a question for Rick. 
 
“How’d you get to know this Minmay?” 
 
“It’s a long story Leila.” 
 
“Is she one of your flings Rick?” Leila sarcastically asked Rick. 
 
“Huh? No way. She’s just a close friend of mine. One of the few I have in the ship. Jealous?” Rick tried teasing Leila. 
 
“Right now that we have a good thing going Rick, I will definitely get jealous when someone gets in the way.” 
 
“C’mon Leila, enjoy the party.” 
 
“I’m sorry Rick… I just… I just can stand the thought of us parting ways again – I mean, it was all my fault to leave you but now, I found another chance for myself, for us and –“ 
 
“Leila? Please… “ 
 
Suddenly, the SDF-1 paging system sounded a level 5 alarm. 
 
“Attention all VT Pilots. Potential attack detected. Man your stations. Destroid groups, be on stand by. This is not a drill… repeat…” 
 
“I’m going… Leila, take care… don’t do anything stupid, you’re off duty remember?” Rick gave Leila a short kiss. 
 
“Be careful out there Rick…” Leila responded with a hint of fear. 
 
“Hey, I got somebody to go back to. I’ll be fine.” Rick reassured Leila. 
 
“Minmay, we got to go. Happy birthday again!” Rick waved goodbye to Minmay. 
 
“Attention all VT Pilots. Potential attack detected. Man your stations. Destroid groups, be on stand by. This is not a drill…" 
 
“Men, let’s go!” 
 
 
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It was another fierce fight with the alien forces. Rick and his squad were able to make it back though, having scored a good number of kills. 
 
“Good work Max, Ben… get yourselves a well deserved rest.” 
 
“Alright sir!” Both men gave their salute and went their way. 
 
“Gosh, Minmay’s gift!” Rick suddenly remembered. 
 
Rick ran towards his quarters and grabbed a small box, opened it and smiled at what was in it. He then made his way towards where Minmay was, running through the dark alleys. 
 
He was able to reach the restaurant where Minmay was staying with her uncle and aunt. The restaurant was already closed and he didn’t want to cause a scene. He noticed a silhouette on the window of the room on the second floor and knew that was her. He tried calling out but she did not answer. He picked up a small pebble and threw on the window to get her attention. 
 
“Rick! You came back!” A surprised Minmay as she opened her window. 
 
“Hi Minmay, I told you I didn’t forget. Here, catch!” Rick tossed the box towards the window. Minmay caught the box and then slowly opened it. 
 
“Hey, this looks nice!” 
 
“I gotta go Minmay… Happy Birthday!” Rick saluted and then made his way back to his barracks. 
 
As Rick was taking regular strides to his barracks, his head started playing the events that happened in the past days. He had just been promoted and was given command to inexperienced men. He thought that Max’s flying and combat skills were impressive for someone new. Ben on the other hand was reckless – which may cause his team trouble soon and he thought he had to watch out for that. Then there was Leila, a long lost love suddenly back in his arms. He remembered that if Leila didn’t leave him before, they would probably be married by now. Since that day she left, he had kept the pain in his heart by engaging himself in different, overlapping relationships – all he thought would take away the anger and the pain. All these years, he waited for the opportunity of having her back. Now, the waiting is over but it was surreal. He still had reservations about the relationship – maybe everything happened too fast and too soon. 
 
 
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Rick reached his quarters without incident. He grabbed his keys and with the usual routine opened the door and reached out for the light switch. 
 
“I think the woman that you should see first after your mission should be me, not that Minmay.” Arms crossed, eyebrows meeting, an upset Leila was the scene that Rick found in his living room. 
 
“Leila!” Rick was stunned to see Leila in his quarters, looking just like a mother who’s about to scold a school boy who came home late. 
 
“We’re you expecting anyone else?” 
 
“What are you talking about Leila?” 
 
“For crying out loud Rick, I’m your girlfriend. Don’t you think I deserve to be the first in your list?” She lashed out. 
 
“Leila, I was just being true to my word – I just gave my birthday gift to Minmay. I don’t see any problem with that. It’s not like I went out for a date to stab you in the back.” Rick reasoned back. 
 
“I’m sorry Rick. I was just so worried… “ Sobering, she moved to Rick and embraced him tight. 
 
“It’s alright… it’s alright…” Rick tried to reassure her while stroking her brown hair. 
 

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