Fanfic Name / Nombre del Fanfic: Our Destiny
Chapter / Capitulo: 9
Author / Autor: Komander Kool
Rating / Clasificacion: AP (All People = Todo espectador)
Romance
Angst / Drama
Fanfic: Chapter 9
Destiny’s Treats
A/N: Again, many thanks to these Fanfiction Folks: VoltActionSniper, your reviews are worth diamonds, especially for a hobbyist like me =); LisaAndRickForever and Reeven, thanks for sticking it out with me. To all Robotech/Macross Readers and Reviewers, thanks.
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“Oh why am I not surprised that this was your idea commander! It’s ironic that I have to fly escort for you!”
“Will you shut up Lieutenant Hunter and focus on our mission?”
“Fine! But if you’re trying to impress me, it would take more than flying this recon mission!”
Lisa tried to squeeze every ounce of composure so as not to let Rick get the best of her. She instead trained her eyes on the scanner to monitor any unusual activities being picked up by their radar.
“Lieutenant, I have 4 bogeys at 4 O’clock.” Max quickly reported.
“Alright! Ben, stay here and provide cover for the Cat’s Eye.”
“Aw shucks skipper. Don’t leave me here!” Ben whined.
“Lieutenant, don’t worry about us. We can take care of ourselves.” Lisa exclaimed.
“But commander…” Rick protested.
“Do you need to hear a direct order?” Lisa immediately countered.
“Alright men, you heard the lady. Follow me!”
Rick, Max and Ben engaged the battle pods that threatened the Cat’s Eye. The battle would’ve been a walk in the park for the three but found it challenging due to the planetary debris that hampered their visibility and radar efficiency.
The Cat’s Eye started to carefully maneuver away from the debris, much to the delight of the Zentraedis who were closely watching and anticipating their every move. Unknown to them, they were being set up like pawns on a chess board, and they took the bait.
“Wait a minute! That’s way too big for a planetary fragment.” Lisa’s adrenaline level rose when she heard a blip on her monitor.
Alarmed, Lisa called the attention of his pilot to be extra-vigilant as she realized they were approaching a Zentraedi warship. Their space craft was just a dot compared to the size of the organic green and hulking ship before them.
“Watch out for the fragments!” Lisa cried out as she noticed that her pilot took their plane into a tight spot amongst the debris to avoid the Zentraedi warship.
It was too late and a large hurling chunk hit their canopy, even destroying the radar that was mounted on the Cat’s Eye.
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“That takes care of them!” Max surmised as the three took down their last targets.
“Okay team, let’s resume formation with the Cat’s Eye!” Rick ordered.
“Cat’s Eye, this is Vermillion Leader… what’s your current position!”
There was no response.
“Commander Hayes, this is Vermillion Leader… please respond!”
Still, no response came from the Cat's Eye.
“Lieutenant, look!” Ben directed the three to the position of a small Zentraedi scout craft that salvaged the heavily battered Cat’s Eye.
“Okay, prepare to move in!”
“Vermillion squad, don’t worry about me. Get out of here now!” Lisa ordered when she finally was able to tune in the right frequency with the Vermillions squad.
Yes she gave that order to abandon her but she also very well knew that Rick was notorious for disobeying her.
The Vermillion squad moved to engage the scout ship but was met by heavy resistance from enemy battle pods. The attacks prevented them from reaching the Cat’s Eye.
“Sir, they’re bringing them inside that battle ship.” Max called out.
“Defensive maneuvers men. We’ll follow them inside.” Rick ordered.
Just before the airlocks closed, the three veritechs were able to go inside the battle ship. The team was met by pockets of hostile forces but was able to overcome them. They saw the battered Cat’s Eye in what looked like a flight deck. They changed to battloid mode and carefully made their way to the plane’s direction.
“Max, Ben, provide covering fire. I’ll check on Commander Hayes!” Rick reached out to the cockpit of the Cat’s Eye.
“Lieutenant Hunter, you have disobeyed my orders! I told you to get out!”
“C’mon, this is no time for protocol commander! Watch out!” Rick, using his battloid’s hand, carefully crushed the Cat’s Eye’s canopy.
“Lieutenant, my ammo’s almost used up.” Max notified the group.
“Then let’s find a way out of here!” Rick replied. “C’mon commander!” Rick offered his battloid’s hand for Lisa to hop in.
But even before Lisa can get on the battloid’s hand, Breetai, coming from nowhere, jumped over Rick’s battloid and hit his back. Rick was thrown a few meters away from Lisa due to the impact. Max ran over and tried to restrain Breetai from behind using his gun pod.
“Wow! This guy’s strong!” Max noticed. “Ben, fire your missiles at 12 O’clock!”
“Why?”
“Just do it!”
The missiles fired from the wings of Ben’s battloid. It hit the ceiling and created a gaping hole. Max fired his thrusters and his battloid ascended slowly, with Breetai still under his restraint. Max thought if they didn’t have success in fighting the giant on the ground, pushing him off the gaping hole was their other option.
The gaping hole caused the air in the deck to escape. Lisa found herself floating with the other equipment and materials towards the hole but Rick was able to grab her.
Max was able to push Breetai out of the hole before the airlocks sealed the hole.
“What do we do now commander?”
“Why not use your lasers on that door to slice open a passage for us. Make it quick. Pretty sure reinforcements are on their way as we speak.” Lisa suggested.
“Alright ma’am. Ben, you first. Max, you and I stand guard!” Rick instructed.
“And Lieutenant, I think you can put me down now. It’s time to stop admiring me!” Lisa let out a sarcastic joke.
“Oh yes. Right away ma’am!”
“It seems our boss gets a little disoriented with Commander Hayes!” Max nudged Ben.
“Yeah, you’re right about that one Max!”
Ben kept firing his laser for a few minutes. “My lasers are overheating!”
“Okay Max, your turn.” Max and Ben switched places.
Unknown to the four, Breetai was able to find a passage back to the ship. As a matter of fact, he was already on the service vent right above them, ever determined not to let the them find their way out. He grabbed a metal pole and got ready to jump. He chose his target and it was the unsuspecting battloid of Ben.
“BEEENNNNNN WATCH OUT!” Max shouted.
Ben’s battloid took a solid hit. The head of his battloid was totaled as Breetai swung forward the metal pole with full force.
“Where’d he come from?”
“I’ll take care of this bozo!” Max took the challenge with full confidence and prepared to fight Breetai.
“Commander, try to get some cover!” Rick cried out to Lisa.
To make matters worse, other Zentraedi soldiers arrived and immediately aided their commander just as Lisa predicted. Max’s attention was forced towards the incoming waves of soldiers. Rick on the other hand prepared his battloid to square off with Breetai. The Zentraedi soldiers began firing their weapons on Max’s VT.
Rick held this gun pod like a baseball bat and positioned himself to make a sure hit on the charging Breetai. The Zentraedi leader likewise prepared to meet Rick head on using the metal pole that he used to bring down Ben’s battloid. Deafening sounds of clanging metals filled the deck. Breetai’s sways were so strong Rick lost a grip on his gun pod. If flew towards Lisa who was trying to look for cover.
“Commander, watch out!“ Rick called out to warn Lisa.
The gun pod landed a few feet from Lisa but the temblor it created caused Lisa to stumble. With nowhere to go, she crawled towards the gun pod that dropped near her, not noticing that a Zentraedi soldier was about to get her and put her in a bag.
“Hey, let me go!” Lisa struggled as the Zentraedi soldier placed her like a cat inside the bag.
“Ha! Ha! Ha! I got you!” The Zentraedi soldier celebrated.
"Commander!" Rick shouted.
The commotion took Rick’s attention from Breetai who came back charging against him. He mustered all that he can to dodge all the attacks that the giant was pouring on him. It was an easy realization for him that he had no edge over the Zentraedi commander.
Max started to fly all over the flight deck to avoid enemy fire. He calculated the situation. In one hand, Ben was not battle capable as his battloid lay down with no motion. Commander Hayes was now at the hands of one of the Zentraedi soldiers. Rick’s battloid was already impaled on the flight deck wall and Breetai was slowly tearing down the chest area of the battloid. He decided to rescue Rick first but he saw Rick eject from his battloid. To his surprise, Breetai jumped to catch Rick. Rick’s battloid exploded due to the damage, creating another gaping hole. The air in the deck started escaping again through the new gaping hole and Max was also sucked out of the ship.
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“What the- what happened?” Rick whispered as he started to gain consciousness.
He stood up and examined his surroundings. Lisa and Ben still lay unconscious. He noticed they were in a glass chamber of some sort. He turned to see Lisa gaining consciousness as well.
“Where are we?” Lisa asked.
“Right where your dangerous plan brought us! We’re now their prisoners.”
“Hey watch that tone Hunter!”
“Well, we shouldn’t be here if not of your stupid idea to go on recon!”
“Wait a minute! I’m the ranking officer here. What right do you have to raise your voice at me like that?”
“Great! Now you’re pulling your rank on me huh? That’s why I wished for women not to join the military. You women should just stay home and take care of the house, the kids, cook…” Rick walk past Lisa towards Ben but still vented his sentiments.
“Hey Ben, wake up!”
“Ah, wake me up when it’s time to eat…” A half-asleep Ben answered.
“Gosh, even when he sleeps, all he thinks about is food.” Rick was amazed.
A sudden dizzy feeling hit Rick and Lisa. They felt the grounds shaking and heard weird noises all around.
“What’s going on commander?” Rick inquired from Lisa.
“I think they are commencing fold operations?”
“A fold? You mean, the one same thing that happened with the SDF-1?”
“Yes!”
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“Lord Dolza, this is Commander Breetai requesting an audience with you!”
“Commander Breetai, I heard you have something for me. I’ll meet you in the briefing room.”
“Yes my lord!”
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“Commander, look at this!” Rick's jaw dropped at the sight of the grand fleet of the Zentraedi.
“Oh my God! There are thousands of them.”
“How can we survive his war with all this firepower our enemy possesses?"
"What are you doing?” Rick noticed Lisa taking snap shots of the great fleet before them.
“With this, I believe we can bring back vital information to the SDF-1!”
“I think we first have to find a way to escape!” Rick suggested.
A Zentraedi soldier suddenly carried the chamber where the three were contained. They were transported to a bigger ship with an odd shape. They noted that it should be main fortress or mother ship of the whole fleet.
They reached the destination of what looked liked a briefing room. They were set free on the table where Breetai, Exedore and Dolza were sitting. Behind them, Rico, Konda and Bron have also taken their seats.
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“I want to know what process did you become micronians?” Dolza gripped Lisa like a tiny doll in his hand.
Lisa didn’t answer making Dolza angrier that he tightened his grip.
“Aaaaahhhh!” Lisa screamed.
“Answer me!” Dolza demanded.
“Stop squeezing her. We were born from our mothers!” Rick took the initiative to answer.
“Born?”
“Yes, we came out as babies from the wombs of our mothers!” Rick turned towards Breetai to answer.
“What is this thing mother?” Konda asked.
“That’s the female parent!” Ben answered.
“You were born from these females? How?” Exedore asked.
“Look it’s like the birds and bees, it’s no big deal. It’s a process of nature. When a female and male love each other, it just happens.” Ben continued.
“What is this thing called love? How do you express it?” Breetai asked.
“Well, we usually do it by kissing.”
“Hhhhhmmmm… this kiss? I want you to demonstrate right now!” Dolza ordered Rick and Ben.
“You must be joking, there’s no way I’m kissing him!” Rick protested.
“You show us the kiss right now or I will crush all of you!” Dolza threatened.
“Wait! I’ll be the one to demonstrate!” Lisa volunteered.
Dolza put her down on the table to join Rick and Ben. She tried to regain her balance and moved towards Rick.
“You better make it quick!” Dolza ordered.
“Lieutenant Hunter, kiss me!”
“Huh! Why not do it with Ben?”
Lisa looked at Ben for a second and returned her gaze to Rick.
“I’d rather do it with you…”
Rick looked at Dolza who was becoming impatient then looked at Lisa.
“Alright commander… but you have to make it an order.”
“Lieutenant Hunter, I order you to kiss me!”
“Forgive me Leila…”
Rick at first didn’t know what to make of the kiss. He thought he knew better prior to the kiss that he will do it out of duty, no emotions attached, nothing fancy, just a kiss. But now, that his lips are entangled with Lisa’s, he felt something unfamiliar. It was like the flood gates of his emotions suddenly opened and started drowning his heart, mind, his soul. Lisa likewise was having similar feelings. Here she was kissing the most annoying man she had encountered in her life but the experience of kissing him was slowly erasing the very thing that made Rick a bane to her.
“It’s been a long time since…” Lisa thought as she was starting to enjoy the kiss.
Rick’s mind continued wandering and it brought him back to a most recent conversation he had with Leila.
"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.” Leila exclaimed.
Just like the feeling of getting burned, Rick’s reflexes made him pull away from Lisa to her surprise. He paused, held on to Lisa’s shoulders, stared at her and tried to catch his breath. He saw something different regarding Lisa. He saw a different side of her and he tried to figure it out. But one thing is for sure, that kiss was something really different and he liked it. He liked it so much he didn’t know what to make of the restlessness in his heart. Was it guilt?
Rick was brought back to his right senses when Dolza shouted.
“PROTOCULTURE! TAKE THEM OUT OF MY SIGHT!”
Dolza and the Zentradi officers where shocked at what Rick and Lisa did. It had an indescribable effect on them.
“Lord Dolza, what is protoculture?”
“What I’m about to tell you is highly classified. Nothing of which will leave this room or suffer the consequences. Am I clear?”
“Yes my lord!”
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A Zentraedi soldier detained Lisa, Rick and Ben to a giant prison cell. Lisa and Ben took their spots and sat down and leaned against the wall of the cold cell. Rick just stood and leaned against the wall.
“Did you notice how shocked they were when you two kissed?”
“Based on my observation, I think in their race, males and females do not live together.” Lisa answered while tinkering with her digital camera.
“Hey, I got an idea. I think that will be our ticket out of here!”
“And what is that Lieutenant?”
“We know how kissing affects them. We can cause a diversion when they come and check on us or when they will bring us food.”
“That’s a ridiculous idea Hunter! I think you are making it up just for you to be able to kiss me again.”
“What? Like I really wanted to kiss you, huh! I think your lying commander. You liked the kiss didn’t you?” Rick mocked Lisa.
“How dare you Lieutenant! Why would I even like to kiss you?” Lisa sounded irritated.
“Hey, if you two won’t make up, just call on me and I’ll do the kiss. Mmmm Tsup! Tsup! Tsup!” Ben puckered up made a kissing gesture.
“Shut up Ben!” Both Rick and Lisa shouted at Ben.
“O-Okay… no need to become unfriendly!” Ben retreated.
Rick leaned on the wall and didn’t say a word. Deep in his heart, he felt something wanting to try that kiss again. But he tried not to show it to Lisa.
Lisa went back to her sitting position and thought for a while. She admitted that Rick’s plan was indeed brilliant. It’s the best option they have to get out of that place. Deep inside, since being captured, she developed the determination to get back to SDF-1. Getting back to their ship meant giving herself a chance to get back to her child Andrea. Mixed with those thoughts, she also contemplated of what she felt of the kiss they “shared” in front of Dolza. Finally, she resolved that there’s nothing to lose and surrendered that Rick’s plan had a great chance of working.
“I guess your plan might work Lieutenant!” Lisa broke the silence.
“Oh really? Sorry honey but I have a headache!” Rick answered Lisa scornfully.
“This is no time to be childish Hunter! We must try all possible means to get out of here. I have to bring this digital recording back to SDF-1.” Lisa found a valid excuse.
“Look who’s talking! Suddenly, it’s all about the mission. Anyway now that you’re up to it here’s the plan: When they open the door, we’ll take our positions right there where they can see us. Ben, you stay by the door.”
“Aye sir!”
“When they are shocked, we’ll make a run for it!”
“Sounds like a plan Lieutenant!”
“Thanks commander- hey, somebody’s at the door. C’mon, let’s move!”
Just as the door opened, Rick and Lisa immediately kissed. There was no room to issue a command. There was no room to hesitate. There was no room to apologize. They just – kissed.
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