"Robotech - To The
Stars: Aftermath - The First Year"
Chapter 2 continued
Major T.R. Edwards sat
at in a small, dusty room that had acted temporarily as his office. He was reading
flight reports when an aide knocked on his door.
"Major Edwards sir, Captain Porter wants me to let you know that you've
been given permission to setup the observation post."
Edwards smiled knowingly and then asked his aide, "So which one of the
stuffed shirts is coming out here? Maistroff? Carruthers?"
"Neither one of them sir."
Edwards gave the aide a surprised look. He knew that Maistroff and Carruthers
were men who would jump at the chance to get away from the thick of things if
they could. "Well then who's coming?"
"Admiral Hayes, sir."
Edwards slowly stood up then looked at his aide as if he hadn't heard correctly,
"Did you say Admiral Hayes?"
"Yes sir."
Edwards took a few paces around the room and then turned around quickly to the
aide, "Which Admiral Hayes?"
The aide was puzzled by Edwards strange change of demeanor. "Well sir,
of course, the only Hayes there is left. Lisa Hayes."
Edwards replied more to himself than to his aide, "Yes...the only one left
now...Lisa..." Edwards snapped out of his distracted look and told the
aide commandingly, "Lieutenant, once she arrives here, make sure she is
taken good care of. Make sure no one gives her a difficult time or else they
will hear directly from me, is that understood?"
"Yes sir."
The aide saluted Edwards and left the room.
* * * * * * *
Rick decided he'd make
everyone some toast as well when he also noticed that nobody had washed the
dishes. Figuring that Lisa would take at least half an hour to take her shower
and change, he thought he could squeeze in some time to cleanup around the kitchen.
Once she finished her shower which was a bit shorter than she expected, due
to the fact that Sammie had gone into the other bathroom and started the hot
water before her, leaving Lisa with only warm water instead of the nice steaming
hot water she was hoping for to relax her aching muscles, Lisa went back upstairs
to her room expecting to find Rick there.
He wasn't there so she decided to sit on the couch and wait for him. She was
wearing jeans and a tight-fitting sweater. At first she thought to put on her
pajamas, which consisted of a long flannel gown, which was rather grandmotherly
looking. She quickly decided not to wear that, then she thought to wear her
other flannel pajamas, which were a two-piece set with a flowerly print, but
that was also a bit too plain as well. Then she thought to take one of Rick's
white cotton shirts from the closet, and since they were almost the same height,
the shirt would reveal alot of her legs. She thought over that idea for some
time before deciding that it wasn't a very good idea for the moment, so she
finally settled on jeans and a sweater and then she would change into one of
her flannels after Rick fell asleep.
After a few moments, a cellphone rang and at first Lisa thought it was hers,
but the ringing was coming from Rick's side of the room, so she let it ring,
assuming that whoever was calling would leave a message on his voicemail. After
6 rings it stopped, but then about twenty seconds later, the phone started ringing
again. Lisa let the phone ring the six times again then it stopped. When the
phone started ringing for a third time, Lisa decided to go pick it up, maybe
it was Claudia trying to get a hold of Rick.
Lisa picked up the phone and looked at the caller ID display, it read, "Minmei."
The phone was now on its fifth ring and Lisa stood there staring at the phone
until it finished it's sixth ring and stopped. She wondered what she should
do if it started ringing again. Should she just pretend she didn't know who
was calling and tell Rick that someone had tried to call him on his phone? But
why was Minmei calling Rick after it was understood that they had broken up?
She wondered if she should just answer the phone and let Rick know that she
knew it was Minmei who was trying to call him and see how he would react. But
if she answered Rick's phone, would he get mad at her? He might see it as Lisa
being too suspicious and infringing on his privacy. Either way, if she answered
the phone or not, she was in a no-win situation.
The phone started ringing again and Lisa answered it but didn't say anything,
hoping Minmei would start talking first.
"Hello Rick, this is Minmei, I was wondering if I could talk to you, I
know it's late but--"
"Hello Minmei, Rick is downstairs right now, I'll get him for you, hang
on."
Lisa waited to see if Minmei would respond or just hang up, and was a disappointed
when Minmei answered her, "Oh...Lisa...um...hi...I'm sorry for bothering
this late at night..."
Just then Rick walked through the door with a tray in his hands and a smile
on his face. When he saw Lisa standing there with his phone to her ear, wearing
a startled expression, he quickly put down the tray.
Lisa told Minmei, "Hang on," and then held the phone out towards Rick,
"It's Minmei."
Rick's mouth dropped open a little and he didn't know what to say, then Lisa
took Rick's hand and placed it in his hand without saying a word. She started
to head towards the door to leave but Rick quickly grabbed her hand and held
her in place as he began his conversation with Minmei.
"Yes Minmei..."
"Hi Rick, I'm sorry to bother you, I just...well, I was just feeling so
lonely at the moment and I needed to hear your voice..."
Rick could sense Lisa watching him and couldn't meet her eye. He wondered if
this phonecalling of Minmei's was going to become a habit. If it was, then he
was going to have problems with Lisa very quickly. The fact was, he was somewhat
annoyed that Minmei had called him, it's as if she was clinging to him or trying
to win him back.
"Minmei, I'm sure you'll be fine, is your uncle and aunt alright?"
"Yes Rick, everyone is fine. But I feel so tired, tired of picking up and
moving again, I just wanted someone who understood to listen for awhile."
Rick heaved a slightly exasperated sigh, "Minmei. Please understand, things
are different now and--"
"I know Rick, I'm sorry. It's alright, I'll be alright, I'm sorry I bothered
you," and then she hung up the phone.
Rick hit the end-call button somewhat guiltily and dropped the phone down on
the couch and turned around fearfully to see what the reaction on Lisa's face
was.
She wasn't crying and she didn't look angry. The look on her face was completely
unreadable.
"Lisa I...she..." stammered Rick.
Lisa sighed and then shrugged her shoulders as she said with a resigned tone,
"What can be done about it? She's going to try and hang on to you as long
as possible and no one can stop her and there's nothing I can do about it--"
"Lisa, she and I are never getting back together. Please believe me when
I tell you this."
"I believe you Rick, now can we just forget about Minmei for now. Our tea
is getting cold."
Rick knew that Minmei's phonecall had bothered Lisa, he could see it on her
face, and they eventually would have to have to figure out what to do if Minmei
kept on calling, but they were both tired and after the up-and-down moments
they had had that day, Rick had no wish to get into another argument. Rick watched
as Lisa sat down on the couch, cup of tea in hand, and remembered that he had
asked her to stay up awhile so that he could talk to her. Considering the effect
that Minmei's phonecall had had on Lisa, he knew it was important for him to
say what he had wanted to say to her as soon as possible.
Rick let Lisa take a few sips of her tea then began, "Lisa...I..I don't
even know where to begin. These last two days have been such a whirlwind...First
of all, I just want to say how sorry I am for all that you had to go through
because of me. I can't believe how blind and stupid I've been for all these
years..."
Lisa genuinely had no answer for him, because it was actually true, he was so
blinded by his dreams of himself and Minmei that he honestly had not seen any
of the signals Lisa was putting out to him.
Rick had many questions for her, so much more that could be answered in just
one conversation, so he thought to ask the most important ones first, "Lisa...when
did..."
Lisa finished the sentence for him, "When did I fall in love with you?"
She thought for a moment then, "Well, as for when I was first attracted
to you, I guess it was when I saw you that very first time we saw each other
over the comm screens back on Macross Island. I thought you were very cute.
As for when I fell in love with you...I can't say for sure...I guess...maybe
it was right before the time we were POW's on Breetai's ship..."
Rick gaped at her, "That was four years ago!" he said with a tone
of complete surprise. He then buried his face in his hands and started shaking
his head back and forth.
Lisa was going to put her hand on his shoulder but he stood up and paced around
the room and angrily said, "Four years! How could I be so blind!? How could
I be so stupid?!"
Lisa quickly got up and held him still by his shoulders, "Rick. Let's not
worry about when things happened ok? It's all in the past now, we can't go back
and change it, let's just try and focus on now and the future."
"But Lisa..."
"Rick, it won't do either of us any good to beat our heads over what has
already happened." She knew him better than he knew himself sometimes and
she suspected that Rick would not be able to let go of the 'four years' fact
for quite some time and that he would probably spend a good part of his spare
time for the next week or so, worrying and replaying scenarios in his head.
It was 1:30 am by now and she had a busy day ahead of her.
"Rick, we're both exhausted, why don't we get some sleep, we've got a lot
to do tommorrow. There will be plenty of time to talk and I think both of us
can think better when we're not as tired as we are now."
Rick couldn't argue with her there and he suddenly realized that she was wearing
jeans. "Lisa...is that what you wear to sleep?"
Lisa hadn't thought of an explanation about her clothes when she had decided
what to wear and she was still stammering the first word of an explanation when
Rick said, "I guess you didn't have time to pack any pajamas, here, I think
I have something for you to wear." Then Rick went over to the closet and
pulled out one of his shirts, a black, long-sleeved dress-shirt, only one of
two that he had ever worn in the entire time since he had become a solider.
Then he rummaged around in a duffle bag that he had yet to unpack and pulled
out a pair of grey sweatpants and handed both the shirt and the pants to Lisa.
She went to the bathroom to change and in a few minutes she came back, the shirt
sleeves were too long and the pants flopped around her feet as she walked. Rick
chuckled at her and then the two of them suddenly became shy around each other.
"Are those clothes ok?" asked Rick.
"Oh...why yes, they are fine, thank you," smiled Lisa.
"So..." said Rick, looking as if he didn't know what to do.
"So..." echoed Lisa, equally unsure of what to do.
"Uh, do you have enough blankets, you won't be cold will you?" asked
Rick suddenly.
"I should be fine Rick...um...how about you...you didn't look to comfortable
on the couch last night..."
"I...uh...it's ok, don't worry about me," Rick returned with a meek
smile.
Lisa returned a weak smile and then said, "Well then...uh...goodnight Rick."
Rick hesitated a moment, then, sensing that Lisa wasn't going to make any physical
gesture, Rick took the initiative and pulled her into his embrace, kissed her
on the cheek, then said quietly in her ear, "Goodnight Lisa."
Again, for the umpteenth time in the past two days, Lisa felt her knees go weak.
He had, always had, such a strong effect on her that she thought surely she'd
end up in the insane ward someday.
Rick took her by the hand and led her to her bed, then tucked her in and gave
her another kiss, this time on the lips, and then went back to the couch to
try and settle into a few hours of sleep.
* * * * * * *
"Oh this tea is so
good! And that was very sweet of Rick to make us some toast too..." said
a refreshed Sammie.
"Sammie..." said a tenative Vanessa.
Sammie looked at her and huffed and then jabbered, "Oh Vanessa, you're
not still mad at me for hitting Rick are you, I apologized to him already and--"
"No, it's not about that Sammie, it's about Kim."
Sammie's eyes widenend and then she quickly put down her tea, spilling a little
bit of it, and rushed over to Vanessa's end of the room and said in a hushed
voice, "What is it?! Is there something wrong?! Tell me Vanessa!"
Vanessa thought for a moment then said distractedly, "Well...I am not really
sure. It's all so strange, whenever the doctors come around to do those evaluations,
she's 100% back to normal, but as soon as they leave, she's silent again and
I can't get her to talk to me about anything. Now, the doctors are saying that
they are so impressed with her improvement that they want to let her go home
in 2 days."
"But they said she wouldn't be able to go home for at least a week!"
protested Sammie.
Vanessa heaved a sigh and continued, "They haven't asked me how she's doing
when it's just me and her in the room. It's like they take what they see as
her true condition. I don't know if I should tell them about it or not. I don't
want Kim to get mad at me, and you know what happens when she gets ticked off..."
Sammie rolled her eyes, "Boy! Do I know. Do you remember that time I borrowed
her keys and forgot to return them to her, so she was locked out of the house
in the pouring rain. She was so piiiiiiiiiiissed off at me for a whole week!
"
"Well, that's our firebrand alright. Now you can understand why I'm not
sure if I should snitch on her or not."
"But Vanessa, if we let her condition go as it is, won't that be more harmful
to her?"
"I know, I know..." said Vanessa, shaking her head tiredly.
Both ladies were silent for a moment then Vannessa announced in a decisive voice,
"Alright. This is what I'm going to do. When I go see Kim tommorrow I'm
gonna tell her that I can see this flip-flop of moods she's having and that
I'm going to mention it to the doctor's because I don't think this is as normal
as a recovery as they are believing."
"Vanessa! She'll get mad at you if you tell her that!" said a fearul
Sammie.
Vanessa thought for a moment, then she closed her eyes briefly before continuing,
"I know. And I'm not looking forward to her blowing up at me, but it's
something that needs to be done. She's got to understand that we are just thinking
about her well-being."
Sammie nodded and then headed back to her bed, got into her bed, then said to
Vanessa, "Good luck! Because you sure will need it!" and managed to
cover herself with the blankets before Vanessa's thrown pillow could hit its
intended target.
* * * * * * *
Minmei stared at the phone
sadly. She had lost Rick, and it was no one's fault but her own. After all the
years of Rick being there for her whenever she needed him, and carrying a torch
for her, the torch was now burning for another woman, an older woman even.
She remembered the time when she first met Rick back in Macross City. He emerged
out of the battloid dazed and confused. He spoke to her that very first time
and she immediately thought he was very cute. Then he saved her life more than
once that day, and she would always be grateful to him for that. As the weeks
progressed she sensed Rick wanting to hang around her more and suspected that
he had a crush on her but still greeted him with her usual charisma and charm.
Some people said she was flirting, but she didn't think so, she couldn't help
it, it was her personality to be friendly to everyone, and it wasn't her fault
that the handsome guys seemed to make her pour on the extra charm.
She pushed that thought aside and then made a realization that she had actually
seen this coming. It seems to have been brewing for the past several months
now, and she this fear was probably a subconcsious reason as to why she had
asked Rick if he wanted to get married. She remembered he had would get distracted
sometimes after he had gotten off the phone with Lisa; they had exchanged several
phonecalls because of work. Rick would get off the phone with Lisa and then
come back to the living room to watch TV with Minmei and she would try to cuddle
up to him and he would seem very distracted. Then there was the time when she
was cleaning up around Rick's desk and had found a photo of a teenaged Lisa
in the top drawer.
Minmei suddenly felt a flash of anger. She was angry that Lisa had stolen Rick
from her. She knew that Lisa might be some type of competition when she first
saw her. Lisa was older than Rick by five years, but that didn't mean she couldn't
be attractive. Minmei had remembered seeing Lisa on the comm monitors of Rick's
plane the first time but since she was watching from behind the seat, she couldn't
really get a good look at 'the old sourpuss.' Then she saw Lisa in person for
the first time one day in Macross City.
Minmei was in the market and overheard two people talking in the next aisle,
the conversation was nothing to take notice of but Minmei recognized one of
the voices and peeked around the corner to see Lisa Hayes standing there talking
to a store clerk. Minmei looked at Lisa and hoped that the military wouldn't
be entering anyone in the Miss Macross pageant, because she knew for sure that
Lisa could beat her in the swimsuit and speech portions of the contest. She
watched Lisa walk to the cash register and told herself that she definitely
didn't want to go up against Lisa at the pageant. Lisa's stride was upright
and confident, she had an air of complete coolness, composure and confidence.
Minmei finished up her shopping and breathed a silent prayer that the military
wasn't entering anyone in the contest, especially Lisa Hayes.
Minmei was still staring at the phone, but her anger was subsiding somewhat.
She couldn't really blame Lisa for falling in love with Rick, Rick was the kind
of guy who probably had more than a couple women fall in love with him if they
got to know him well enough. She thought about it, Lisa had been chasing after
Rick for almost as long as Rick had been chasing after herself (Minmei). She
thought that there must be a very serious and strong love there for Lisa to
secretly carry a flame for Rick even though he was seemingly taken. Minmei knew
deep down that Rick and Lisa were more suited for each other than she and Rick
could ever be. Rick had matured so much and Minmei wasn't on his level yet and
she knew it.
Minmei heaved a heavy-hearted sigh and decided to go to sleep, wishing that
Rick was there in her arms, but she knew that would never happen again. Now
she had to accept the fact that Rick belonged to Lisa now and try and get on
with her life, but getting over Rick wouldn't be that easy.
* * * * * * *
It was 2AM when Claudia walked through the front door of the house that she
shared with her brother's family and the Sterlings. She was completely exhausted
but had so much on her mind. She silently cursed at Reinhardt for putting her
in charge of the evacuation, but she knew that it was a compliment to her leadership
abilities so she didn't bear any ill will towards him, but she surely wished
that they had chosen someone else.
She knew she had to get up early tommorrow but knew that there was no way she
could sleep tonight. The top brass had hastily designated Monument City as being
the chosen city to relocate the New Macross survivors too, but what the brass
had overlooked was that Monument was a Zendtraedi free-autonomy area. The joint
Zentraedi-terran city council made it clearly known to her that they would accept
the New Macrossians only temporarily, at most, six months, then they would have
to find another place to relocate to. This surely would not sit well with the
people of New Macross. How many times had they had to relocate and rebuild?
Once was already unnecessary, and twice was really pushing it, but a third time?
She needed to figure out a way to convince the government of Monument to allow
the people from New Macross to at least relocate themselves to the fringes of
Monument permanently, and hope that they could set up again without having to
put too much of a burden on the current inhabitants of Monument, which was 60%
Zendtraedi. She knew she couldn't really work out any strategies right at the
moment, she needed to consult Mark as well as General Reinhardt, so she decided
to have a nightcap before she went to bed.
She was too tired to notice that the light in the kitchen was on and was surprised
to find Miriya sitting at the table. Miriya was taken off guard by Claudia's
sudden appearance and quickly turned away from Claudia. Claudia could see that
Miriya was wiping away tears and quickly sat down and asked her, "Miriya
honey, what's wrong?"
Miriya, embarrassed by her display of fragile emotions, quickly wiped away the
last of her tears and told Claudia, "It's nothing, I'll be alright."
Claudia looked at her sternly, "Come off it girl, you know that's not true,
I'm not blind. Now come on and tell me what's wrong, maybe I can help you."
Miriya looked at Claudia but didn't look as if she were going to say anything
so Claudia decided that she was going to have to play interrogator.
"Miriya, was it about the incident this afternoon?" she said calmly
and quietly.
Miriya didn't reply but merely nodded her head. After a couple of seconds of
silence, she looked at Claudia and said in a resigned tone, "Sometimes
I feel as if I won't ever be able to be completely
micronian. I've been a micronian for 3 years now and there's still so much I
need to learn."
Claudia looked her in the eyes and said, "It's alright to feel that way,
but you shouldn't torment yourself over it. Of course it takes time to become
used to being a micronian, and it won't happen overnight. It will take some
time. And for those people out there who insult you or harrass you because you
are Zentraedi, walk away from them and leave them in their ignorance because
they most likely will never change. You should be so proud of yourself and hold
your head high. You're an ace pilot, a beautiful woman, and you've got a loving
husband, a wonderful little girl, and a group of friends who love you, and that's
all you need. You don't need the approval of every stranger you meet. Just be
true to yourself and your loved ones and nobody else matters."
Miriya got misty-eyed again and said with a hint of embarrassment, "This
thing of emotions, it's such a strange feeling, sometimes it feels good, sometimes
it feels bad, but right now when you told me what you did, I felt so happy that
I feel like crying."
Claudia was starting to get a bit choked up herself so she quickly reached over
the table to give Miriya a quick hug and pat on the back.
Miriya got up from the table and said, "Let me make you a cup of coffee!
Jean gave me this new machine that makes a type of coffee called 'Cappachin.'
I will make some for you!"
Claudia thought twice before speaking. She was going to protest and tell Miriya
that it was ok and that she'd just pass on the coffee, but she didn't want to
hurt Miriya's feelings so she quicky scanned the room for a fire extinguisher
incase it would be needed, and then sat patiently but apprehensively as she
watched Miriya fiddle with the Cappaccino maker.
Several minute later, to Claudia's great surprise, Miriya set down two mugs
of coffee, topped off with some whip cream and sprinkled cinnamon. Miriya sat
down with a triumphant look on her face and Claudia suddenly gasped, "Miriya!"
"What is it Claudia? What's wrong? Is the coffee unacceptable?" asked
an anxious Miriya.
"No no no it's not about the coffee, I just had an idea!"
Miriya looked at her, waiting for her to elaborate.
"Miriya, do you know a Lady Hialeah?"
"Yes, I do somewhat, why do you ask?"
"She is one of the Zendtraedi council members for Monument City, I have
this idea....," then Claudia began to explain her plan to Miriya...
* * * * * * *
Kim felt herself dozing
off to sleep when she was awoken by a metallic sound, as if someone were banging
on a pipe with a wrench. Kim sat up and wondered why the nursing staff had let
such a loud noise persist at this hour of the night. She sat up and listened
carefully, it didn't sound as if anyone in the hall was scurrying to take care
of the problem, so she got up out of her bed, put on her slippers, put on her
robe and went to the door and peeked out into the hall.
She was surprised to find the hall dimly lit with an eerie bluish light and
she could see no nurses, doctors, or orderlies in sight. She decided to go to
the nurses station to find out what was going on but when she got there she
found the station empty. She suddenly heard a noise down the hall and found
a pilot standing there, beckoning her to follow him, so she hurried towards
his direction and yelled for him to wait when he took off down an adjacent hall.
She got to the hall and looked around but the pilot was nowhere to be found.
Suddenly she heard Sammie yelling, "Kim! Come on! We have to get out of
here now!!!" Then she heard a large booming sound come from the hall where
her room was and saw that that section of the hospital wing had collapsed. Then
she heard Vanessa's voice, coming from an unseen location, shouting, "Kim!!
Don't just stand there, we have to leave now!!" Kim looked around her and
couldn't find the source of the voices and shouted out for Sammie and Vanessa
but they didn't answer her. All of a sudden she heard a rush of water and saw
that a room was spilling out gallons of water so she took off running down the
other end of the hall.
Kim found herself at a dead-end and felt the hallway filling up with water,
she saw a door in front of her so she decided to open it so see if she could
find a window to climb out of. She opened the door and closed it behind her,
confused as to why the water wasn't flowing under the door. She decided not
to waste anytime and ran to the window and looked out. About 5 feet down she
saw Sammie and Vanessa standing on the lawn, beckoning her to jump. She perched
herself on the ledge and jumped, expecting to feel soft grass underneath her
feet. Instead, she felt herself make a splash and she felt herself sinking.
For the life of her, she couldn't make any headway towards the surface, and
she was shocked with the realization that she was probably going to drown.
She then felt something pull on her right leg and she looked down, it was Admiral
Gloval, looking as he did when the SDF-1 was destroyed. Kim wanted to scream
but she knew if she did she'd expend the last of her oxygen. She stared in terror
at Gloval and then she felt something pull on her other leg. She looked down
and it was Lisa. Lisa was holding out her free hand to Kim, as if wanting Kim
to pull her up but then suddenly a light flashed through the water overhead
and Kim felt herself being lifted upwards towards the surface. She looked down
and saw Gloval was nowhere to be seen, but she saw Lisa's pleading face and
arms reaching out for her. Kim tried to head back down towards Lisa's direction
but she couldn't move and watched as Lisa soon disappeared from her sight.
Kim was pulled out of the water and gulped down as much fresh air as she could
just before she heard an angry voice shout, "Where's Lisa?!" She turned
around to see who it was and she saw Rick's face, wearing the look of a madman.
He shook her while yelling, "Where's Lisa?! You only saved yourself, you
let her drown, you coward!"
Kim shook her head back and forth and started yelling, "No!! No!! No!!"
over and over again.
Kim bolted straight up in bed and looked around her and found she was back in
her hospital room. She was in her hospital gown still and was sweating profusely.
She got up out of bed quickly and peeked outside the room to see nurses quietly
coming and going to and fro up and down the hallway. She quickly went back to
her bed and pulled the covers over her head before anyone could discover that
she was awake.
Her heart was pounding at an alarming rate and she took several deep breaths
to try and calm herself down. So it was all a dream then huh? Some dream, she
thought spitefully. She wondered how many more of these nightmares might plague
her and she worried that the one she just had might come true in some ways.
Vanessa had told her she was going to be Lisa's aide, now Kim wondered if the
job should go to someone else. Kim wasn't very superstitious, and she more than
once chided and teased Sammie for being superstitious, but she couldn't help
but feel as if her nightmare was a bad omen.
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Next time....
Lisa makes her way out to the jungles of Costa Rica to help Edwards set up an
observation post, Vanessa gets back to work and picks up the radar investigation,
and Miriya practices her diplomacy...
Authors notes:
1. This was a down-time type of chapter. I think all of our characters needed a little breather after all that they've been through the past couple days, but things will really start to pickup when all of our characters wake up in the morning (next chapter)!
2. I hope you don't think Miriya 'wimpy' in this chapter. Remember, she can't be tough all the time, and surely she has gone through some difficult times adjusting to her new life as a Micronian.
3. Kim has not been seen
too much in these opening chapters, but Kim-fans don't fear, she will have
plenty of air-time very soon! :)
4. There has been a couple comments about finishing this fanfic. Actually, I have no idea when it might be finished, since I don't have a plot or outline for this story. I just sit down and write whatever comes to my mind as I type. As long as I can keep coming up with ideas and twists and turns, it will keep going and going...( just like the Energizer bunny!) until the year (macross time) is done. I don't think I can come up with 365 chapters, one for each day, but at the snails pace I'm travelling right now, it just might happen! :)
5. "Hialeah?!" Yes, well, I am not versed in Zendtraedi and so I coudlnt' figure out what would be a good Zendtraedi name and that wasn't already used in some other story somewhere else in fanfic land, so I just looked at the map and picked one exotic sounding. :)
6. Well, though I cannot stand Minmei, she shouldn't go totally ignored, although I'm sure many people wouldn't mind ;) With this little Minmei scene I'm trying to convince myself that she isn't as bad as us anti-Minmei's think she is... :)