Fanfic Name / Nombre del Fanfic: Our Destiny
Chapter / Capitulo: 8
Author / Autor: Komander Kool
Rating / Clasificacion: AP (All People = Todo espectador)
Romance
Angst / Drama
Fanfic: Chapter 8
Destiny’s Hints
A/N: This is again a little slow moving chapter. I had to go over and review the videos to get some things right and of course, to get me going. I hope you are still patient with me. Special thanks to VoltActionSniper, Reeven, GPPR and RickandLisaForever- you keep me going… Carla Fox, thanks for allowing me to update the story in your homepage... and of course, thanks to the creators of Macross and Robotech. (addendum: thanks VoltActionSniper... i edited the "word"... funny how two letters can change the whole meaning... lol)
“I never thought of how handsome Captain Gloval is until right now.”
“So, why didn’t you consider joining the Miss Macross contest? Afraid of the competition?” Claudia poked Lisa.
“You must be kidding me.”
All of a sudden Vanessa’s console gave off an alert regarding a vessel that have crossed the SDF-1 airspace.
“It’s seems to be a recon ship commander.” Vanessa promptly reported.
“Lisa, who’s on duty for ghost patrol?” Claudia asked immediately.
“It’s the Vermillion squad, commanded by Lieutenant Rick Hunter! Let me contact Prometheus.”
“Prometheus, this is Gun Sight One. Scramble Vermillion squad to investigate air space breach.”
“Prometheus flight deck here Ma’am. Lieutenant Hunter has not yet arrived.”
“Huh? What do you mean, hasn’t arrived?”
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“Leila, I’m on duty tonight. I really need to go!”
“I heard what you did. You told your team that they can have the night off so they can support your Minmay.”
“Yes I did but I’m going on patrol tonight.”
“You’re risking your life by going alone in order for your Minmay to get all the support… How heroic of you!”
“Leila, I won’t discuss this any further with you. It’s pointless. I have to go.”
“Lieutenant Hunter, contact the bridge immediately.” The PA system echoed Rick’s name all over Macross City.
“They are looking for me. I gotta go -” Rick left with a sigh of frustration as Leila started her jealous act again.
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“Lieutenant Hunter, according to the battle manual, you can only use the armored battloid during special missions.” Lisa reprimanded Rick.
“I guess I blew it this time commander.”
“That’s an understatement. Anyway, since arguing with you will just lead to nothing, you better be take note of the coordinates that you need to check.”
“Whatever makes you happy Ma’am!” Rick replied sarcastically.
“You are to set your co… nates… zzzttt… quadr… zzzzttttt…” Lisa’s transmission was garbled and Rick couldn’t figure out the instructions.
“Commander, you’re breaking off. Commander…”
Rick clicked a button on the touch-screen console and the Miss Macross transmission came up. Like in a trance, he was instantly glued to the monitor as the parade of beautiful women came on the screen. He found every candidate interesting but when Minmay’s turn came up, his heart started to pound erratically.
“No wonder Leila is so dead jealous when it comes to Minmay.” Rick smiled. He never thought that the girl he met months earlier and has become his friend has grown to become a lady and a potential beauty queen.
Rick’s thought has carried him away from the main purpose why he was on flight. He was so glued to the Miss Macross broadcast when all of a sudden, beeps and alarms sounded on his console. The screen revealed that he was already approaching a recon ship a few meters away. The recon ship's automatic defense system fired missiles at Rick. He quickly flipped the reverse thrusters to get out of harm’s way. When he was able to gain enough space, he positioned his battloid to destroy the incoming missiles. Rick encountered no difficulty in doing so. He paused for a while trying to catch his breath for the close call.
“Okay, my turn!” Rick yelled as he regained his battle composure. He fired all his missiles towards the direction of the enemy ship. Unbelievably, the recon ship survived the onslaught.
"They must be crazy!" Rick reacted.
The recon ship started firing towards Rick's direction, destroying much of the armor on his battloid.
"Whew, that was close! Okay Rick, let's show them what you've got." He ordered himself.
Rick maneuvered his battloid towards the recon ship. A steady fire from his laser and gun pod pounded the enemy ship destroying much of its nozzle. Rick landed right infront and made a big hole on the hull of the enemy ship. He carefully made his way through inside but the Zentraedi scouts had already boarded the escape pod. Rick started inspecting the ship and noticed the screens that showed the Miss Macross broadcast. It was Minmay on the screen and once again, Rick got glued on the sight. He was brought back to his senses when the escape pod ejected and in a matter of microseconds, the whole ship exploded with Rick still inside.
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“Commander, radar confirms recon ship was destroyed.” Vanessa quickly reported.
“Good! Any more signs of hostile ships?”
“It’s a negative Ma’am.”
“Let’s tune back to the pageant. We could still catch up and see who’s the winner!”
“And the winner of the Miss Macross pageant is… Miss Lynn Minmay!”
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Rick’s damaged battloid was floating amongst the debris of the destroyed recon ship. Slowly, Rick has gained consciousness and as he opened his eyes, the console revealed who the winner of the Miss Macross contest is. With all that’s left of his remaining strength, he pulled the lever to convert his battloid to fighter mode and readily maneuvered his plane back to SDF-1. It was another fortunate day for Rick Hunter as his destiny has given him another chance at life.
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“I think it was some kind of new armor or weapon.”
“I don’t understand why they were wearing such clothing that only covers small areas of the body.”
“I told you it’s a new weapon.”
“No it’s not!”
“Enough of this! You’re all dismissed!” Breetai lashed out to stop Rico, Konda and Bron, the three scouts, from the pointless quarrels they were displaying as they reported their findings. As soon as they saw the fiery eyes of their commander, they all turned about and made their way out surely of the debriefing room.
“This seems interesting Lord Breetai.” Exedore tried as much to calm down Breetai.
“I agree Exedore but with this kind of effect on those men, it might spread like a virus and lower the morale of the fleet.”
“I suggest we study them closely-“
“What do you mean Exedore?”
“We would need a live specimen from that ship.”
“Seems like you have plan Exedore. Let’s discuss this further in my quarters.”
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“Sir, I’m picking up a message coming directly from earth headquarters.”
“Let’s put that on speakers commander Hayes.”
“Alright sir.”
“Captain Gloval. This is earth headquarters. We need you to continue wearing down the enemy as we prepare our earth defenses. You have to buy us some time. It seems the enemy is only interested with that ship. Don't ever attempt to make a forced landing back to earth. We’re counting on you. Don’t let us down.”
“Those sons of bit----, oh I’m sorry captain!” Claudia blurted out.
“It’s alright Claudia. Anyone who’d hear that message will definitely have something to say.”
“Sir, I wonder why the enemy has stopped jamming our communication lines? Could it be that our ‘radio silence’ worked on our favor?” Lisa
“I don’t think so. I believe they are allowing us to start communications in order for them to get vital information.”
“I haven’t thought of that.” Lisa commented as she found it amazing how Captain Global’s mind analyzes so quickly. It has to be experience she thought.
“So what do we do now sir?” Claudia asked.
“For now there’s only one option we have- to survive.”
Indeed survival was the order of the day. The Zentraedi has been sending waves and waves of battle pods and fighters and such tactic has been wearing down the air and armor division of the SDF-1.
Lisa herself was elated to know that radio silence was lifted. However, she still didn’t know if it was possible to contact her father and of course, Andrea. With what the situation presented, she understood that all of them were stuck on that ship, trying as hard to get back to their home planet.
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“Hey Ben, are you okay up there?” Rick inquired with a hint of concern as he noticed that fuel is wasting away from his VT.
“I got hit back there sir, I’m slowly losing fuel but I’ll be alright!” Ben replied.
“Not from what I see here. We’ll have to go back to SDF-1.”
“This is Lieutenant Hunter. Vermillion squad is heading back.”
“Lieutenant, you are not yet given the orders to land back.” Lisa responded.
“Commander, one of our birds took a hit and needs repair.”
“Is it that bad? I believe you can still carry on with your mission with that minor damage.”
“Commander, I wouldn’t be this persistent if I know that the damage is minor. Haven’t you learned from the academy that there’s no air in space? If our equipment is damaged, the chance of us not surviving the atmosphere here skyrockets!” Rick raised his voice.
“Who are you to lecture me regarding what I learned from the academy?” Lisa fired back.
“With all due respect commander, experience is different with what your computers there tell you. When you’re here, it’s different compared to that safe and cozy position you are in right now.” Rick got the upperhand.
“Why you!” A flushed red Lisa yelled.
“Alright that’s enough Commander Hayes. This time, Lieutenant Hunter is right. Vermillion squad, you are to head back to base for immediate repairs. As for you Lieutenant Hunter, you talk too much!” Major Roy Fokker interjected.
“Roger that sir.” Rick replied realizing he’s gone overboard again with his superior officer.
“Who does he think is the commanding officer here?” Lisa angrily thought against Rick.
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“A warning shot?”
“Yes my lord. I guess it’s one of Exedore’s ideas.”
“That big head still doesn’t get it. Our mission here is simple- to destroy that ship.”
“But my lord, Breetai gave strict orders not to-“ Grel was cut short by Khyron.
“Yes I know. But accidents do happen right? We can take an 'accidental shot' right over- there!” Khyron hinted at firing at the bridge of the SDF-1.
“You’re a genius sir!”
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“So, another bad day at work huh?”
“Yeah! I had another ‘one’ with Commander Hayes.”
“I’m starting to get jealous with this C.O. of yours.”
“Leila, don’t tell me –-“ Rick was about to complain.
“I’m just kidding Rick! Well, she has the right to get mad you know. If I hadn’t known you any better, I think I would be reacting in the same way.”
“So, you’re siding with her!”
“C’mon Rick, you know better than I do!”
“Y-yeah, you’re right Leila. I have to learn to keep my temper down- keep my mouth shut.”
“Let’s forget about that. So why’d you bring me here in the park?” Leila asked.
“Lieutenant Hunter! Lieutenant Hunter! Phone call for Lieutenant Hunter!” A phone droid called out asking every person in the park.
“Hey! Over here!” Rick called out. The phone droid rolled towards Rick.
“Who could that be?” Leila curiously asked.
“Hi Rick!” Minmay called out from the monitor.
“Minmay!” Rick replied surprised. Leila on the other hand was starting to form a dangerous stare at Rick the moment she found out who was in the other line.
“I’m sorry I cannot meet you there in the park. I have voice lessons today and they were able to find a song writer here in the ship. He’ll let me try out the songs he composed.”
“I understand!”
“Next time Rick when I’m not too busy. Bye-bye!”
Rick put down the phone and realized how upset Leila was already.
“Let me explain okay?”
“It seems you took the wrong woman here in the park Rick!”
“No, it’s not that! I intentionally brought you here so you can meet Minmay so that you two can finally get to know one another and to assure you that she’s really just a friend!”
“Oh, really?” Leila replied with a hint of sarcasm.
“It’s true. There’s only one thing I want and that is for you to stop getting jealous of Minmay. I thought this was a good idea.”
There was a pause. Rick didn’t know if he said the right thing or not. All he knew was he needed to get Leila get over her insecurities.
“Am I a burden to you Rick? It’s just that I get so insecure... I don’t know.” Leila started sobbing.
“L-Leila… that’s a stupid thought. Please, stop thinking of that.”
“Would it be better if I were out your life Rick?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I’m sorry. Maybe you’d be better off without me.”
“That’s ridiculous Leila.”
All of a sudden, the surrounding shook. The waters from the fountain splashed out. The grounds started breaking.
“Leila, we’re under attack. We have to go back to the base!”
“I'm with you!”
Just as they were about make a run towards the base, the ground were Leila was standing caved in and Leila fell over.
“Riiiiiiccckkkkk!” Leila cried out.
Just in time, Rick was able to catch Leila’s hand. “I got you!”
He looked at Leila but it was Lisa who he saw. He tried to clear his thoughts and wondered if he was dreaming. Rick thought it was déjà vu.
“Hold on Lisa, I’ll pull you out! Try grabbing my arm!”
After a few tries Rick was able to pull Leila out of the cavern.
“Are you okay?” Rick probed as he held Leila in a tight embrace.
“You mentioned Lisa!”
“What?”
“I said you called me ‘Lisa’!”
“I didn’t!” Rick defended.
“Don’t tell me you are also into that C.O. of yours!”
“Leila, you almost just had a brush with death and still that’s what you’re thinking of?”
“You should have just let me go!”
“You are impossible! Let’s forget about this and head back to the base!”
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“Lieutenant Hunter, your Vermillion team will provide escort to the recon plane of Lieutenant Commander Hayes. As you all know now, we are blind. Our radars were hit hard by the recent attacks.”
“Major Fokker, who’s idea is this?” Rick asked in protest.
“What is your problem Hunter? You are to obey orders, not question them. If you have any other sensible questions, you may ask them now.”
“Alright, assemble your team here in 0300 hours. Dismissed!”
“Aye Sir!” Rick saluted.
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“I heard about your new mission…” Leila showed up in Rick’s quarters.
“Yeah, we’ll leave in about an hour.”
“Rick, I just wanted to say I’m sorry, again, about what happened today. I wanted you to know that I’m also bothered by this.”
“Hey, come over here. It’s okay.” Rick tugged Leila and gave her a hug.
“I-I’d be seeing a psychiatrist. I already filed for sick leave.”
“That’s a good start! But do you really think that’s necessary?”
“I’d do anything Rick, just for us to have a happy life- together! I also want to get over with this problem. I know that you’re just a friend to Minmay and it’s even crazy for me to think that you have the hots for your commander.”
"You're right. That's a crazy thought?" Rick let out a hearty laughter. His mind brought it up for a quick preview. Him, falling for Lisa? He said to himself it was impossible.
“I love you Rick. That’s all that matters to me now.”
“I care Leila.”
“Come back to me safe, okay?”
“I will.”
Leila gave Rick a passionate kiss he had to push Leila back gently knowing that he was rushing for the mission.
“I gotta go okay?”
“Okay…”
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