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Story Details: This is sort of an intermission fanfic sub-project I have been working in between operations. This story takes place just after the successful dispatch of the Harvester Mothership, the red Nirvana. However, with regards to events in time, the crew is still together and has not taken on their experimental role as of yet. As an avid fan of this series, I will try to keep all characters in perspective however, bear with me as I do not by any means consider myself a grandmaster author.

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Chapter 6

Earth on the Move

 

As many of the crew tour the ship in its new form for the first time, the Nirvana bridge crew remains ever vigilant. As you know, reports of heavy activity near Earth have begun to come in from recon forces from various anti-earth factions. Last news was that the Earth was rebuilding their fleet. To what end all of this activity would eventually serve no one could discover that is until now.

 

The Nirvana Super Destroyer flies its fairly routine patrol of the Mejaare/Taraak border keeping a wary eye for forces with hostile intent. Whereas they have been receiving up to date reports regarding terran activity near Earth there have been little to no activity near their worlds.

 

Thus activity on board the Nirvana herself is routine. Just moments after returning to Mejaare to report the latest changes to the ship, the assigned to the vessel were recalled due to reports of possible future Harvester attacks. Thus the experiment of the Mejaare/Taraak trials had ended as soon as they had started. Those not wondering around the ship exploring the new sections lounged around their usual comfortable places of lounging.

 

Hibiki after so many months of gathering advice and courage finally is ready to make good on his word to Dita. And so here he stands in front of her door preparing to knock. Its not that the process of knocking is a task but what mysteries would await him after doing so.

This is what Laserai was talking about. The fatal error many men make is playing up all these terrible situations before anything gets started and effectively they shoot themselves down without even getting started. Well, Hibiki the Man never goes back on a promise. I just hope I know what I am getting myself into.

 

Hibiki knocks on the door which opens shortly after and in the doorway is Dita in a never before little black dress with a moderate low cut top and decently short length above the knee. Finishing the look are some fashionable stiletto heels she likely got from Jura. To say she was beautiful would be an understatement. Obviously, she knew he was coming by today.

 

“Uhm, hi Dita. I figured I would finally come by your room today. It is my policy to keep my word.”

 

“I am so glad you made it. I figured you might be hungry so look what I made for you.” Dita grabs his hand and leads him inside as the door closes automatically.

 

On a medium sized table in the room with two chairs around it, an array of different Japanese foods are spread out. All appear to be piping hot apparently fresh out of the oven or wok as their fine aromas are already playing havoc on his systems.

 

“Whats all this Dita? If I knew this is what you wanted me here for I would have been here sooner.”

 

“Well, that’s not the only reason.” Dita thinks to herself.

 

“Go ahead and eat all you want. I made all this for you. I hope its okay.” Dita looks to Hibiki expectantly as he sits down and gets started.

 

As expected the finely prepared food tastes just as great as it looks, as Hibiki can’t eat fast enough. Dita seeing him eating her food so eagerly watches him with a very satisfied look on her face and smile.

 

“Dita, your one heck of a cook. I can’t tell you enough.” Hibiki finishes up the last of the food in record time and leans back in his chair.

 

“I am so happy you liked it. Now what else?” Dita looks to the ceiling starting to become nervous.

 

Okay, Misty said once he is here I need to take the initiative. Hibiki should be expecting something to progress soon. Barnett has already followed her advice and it worked perfectly. Well, only one-way to know if it will work for me.

Besides the comm. system came on during her little moment after they had already been kissing so Hibiki doesn’t know how they got that way.

 

Dita returns her gaze to Hibiki and pulls up a chair beside him. Hibiki looks at her curiously knowing she is up to something but not sure what.

 

“Ne Hibiki, can you close your eyes for a minute?” Dita closes one of her eyes and clasps her hands together.

 

“Uhm, yeah. All right.” Hibiki shrugs his shoulders and follows along.

 

Now Dita finds herself in a familiar position Barnett found herself in only moments ago.

 

Misty had said that: “if the guy you really liked had similar feelings he would listen to you. Once that happened, then your opportunity to kiss him is up to you.”

Well, here goes nothing.

 

Dita leans in closer to Hibiki and smiles at the calm yet strong look on his face. She had fallen for his looks when she first met him but at the time she didn’t know what it meant. Falling in love with a man had never happened before as far as she knew so she thought it had to be something else.

 

Dita’s smile only widens at seeing his features unchanged. They had been through a lot together. He got mad at her sometimes. But through it all, he still didn’t mind being around her and recently it was starting to become clear his feelings for her were similar.

 

Not wasting any more time, Dita softly presses her lips to his causing his eyes to open. Dita pulls back at this and starts to turn away expecting his disapproval but is pleasantly surprised when he wraps his arms around her waist pulling her in for another kiss. Wrapping her arms around his neck the two remain embraced and kissing for quite a few minutes before breaking their kiss due to the need to breathe.

 

The two smile with obvious blushes as they draw closer together for a series of kisses as months of pent up emotions and relief at realization of one another’s feelings fuel their actions. Their chaste kisses soon turn to ones of passion as the two practically redefine what the art of kissing is all about.

 

Paiway having managed to bug Dita’s room with a hidden camera prior had begins transmitting the scene to all monitors throughout the ship. Virtually all activity aboard the Nirvana had come to a complete stand still as eyes were fixed on their favorite couple making out.

 

“Its about $%@ time!” Jura expresses clear relief as she looks at the two.

 

“I figured she would get around to it after seeing me and Laserai.” Barnett smiles at the two on screen.

 

“All it took was patience and my advice. I knew they had it in them!” Misty beams at seeing her advice was not wasted and makes a mental note to thank Laserai for his part in making this come to pass.

 

“Wow! Looks like a lot of couples are getting to it around here. Eh, Captain?” BC nods and looks to Magno who is smiling.

 

“Indeed. I am kind of glad those men from Taraak went back for the time being. I think it’s a step in the right direction but our crew is still discovering themselves right now. Forcing this kind of a change is wrong. This sort of thing must come about naturally like whats happening now. Wouldn’t you agree BC?” Magno looks to her first officer who smiles.

 

“It is just as my lil informant Paiway has been telling me.” BC looks to Magno who raises a brow.

 

“So is see you have her working for you directly. Well, that’s fine. She was starting to become restless.” Magno looks to the screen which closes and returns to its previous setting viewing the front view of the Nirvana.

 

“Captain, I am getting a message from Taraak. Apparently, they are receiving an urgent live feed from Pluto. They are trying to reach us.” Ezra looks to Magno who shifts her glance.

 

“Put it up on the main screen.”

 

The main screen shifts views to that of an elderly looking military man in garb befitting one weathering a planet of the harshest weather conditions in the sol system. What is of further interest however are a number of people in similarly garb running about many carrying suitcases and other items. Ships of varying sizes can also be seen lifting off from the surface.

 

“General Seinheim, its been a long time hasn’t it?”

 

“Indeed, Magno. Its been way too long. I wish I could say I am contacting you to catch up on old times but I digress. Things are not so sweet here on the Sol fringes.”

 

“Talk to me, General. What’s going on over there? It looks like everyone is pulling out of there.”

 

“Your not to far off the mark, Magno. You have been hearing all these reports lately about the Earth starting up their Harvester nonsense again right?”

“Yeah. But so far nothing else has been reported.”

 

“Well, that was true until a few hours ago over here. Apparently, the planet Earth has been converted into some kind of super destroyer of its own right and a direct threat was issued to all colonies within the sol system. It appears instead of harvesting us, the Earth madmen now want to slaughter everyone. Their warning stated their bringing that abomination to destroy Pluto and any other colonies they encounter along the way.”

 

“My god. They have indeed lost it. How goes the planet wide evacuation?”

 

“We are wrapping things up. Non-essential personnel have already been sent into space. Right now were mothballing all military installations and preparing for the big move. Were scheduled to ship out from Pluto in about three hours. We have all agreed to take refuge in your system and have gone over the details with Taraak and Mejaare authorities.”

 

“Very well. Let us know when you get near the border and we will provide escort. Do you know when the Earth is expected to attack?”

 

“Last word was the Jupiter Anti-Earth Secret Intelligence Station tracked the planet Earth passing through their space moments ago. Don’t worry, the station is at the center of Jupiter making its detection impossible to those who don’t already know its there. Still, that’s why we have calculated less then three hours remaining. Well, I will let you know were in the clear when we have gotten underway. General Seinheim signing off.”

 

The screen returns to normal viewing.

 

“Well, captain looks like the Earth is far from ending this madness.” BC looks to Magno with concern who is now apparently holding her chest in pain.

 

In the Meantime

 

Bart, Duelo, Laserai and Hibiki sit around a table in the café talking about latest events and what else, women.

 

“Laserai, it seems you and Barnett are coming along rather nicely.” Hibiki grins and leans back in his chair.

 

“Indeed, however, for this to work continuous effort on my part is required. Some say things are meant to happen naturally and you should be yourself and all that. Well, there is something you should know. When interacting with women its important to remember what they need and then determine what they want. Wants and needs are to different things. Much like when dealing with children, too much of a good thing can be bad. Basically, I am saying its fine to compliment her from time to time and give her gifts but do this on special occasions and sparingly at times without a reason. Being predictable with a woman is always a recipe for disaster. They actually want to be kept guessing what your going to do next.”

 

“Hey, Laserai. How the heck do you know all this stuff?” Bart looks to Laserai astonished.

 

“Indeed. Your wisdom really is beyond your years. Surely, you didn’t read all of this somewhere.” Duelo glances up from his drink at Laserai curiously.

 

“I can’t really explain it guys. Somehow I just know all of this. Its like I have knowledge and wisdom from a past life. Whats even more odd is my knowledge doesn’t just stop here. You see my parents never really taught me how to fly. They put me behind the flight controls and after a few minutes I was able to do it with no help and I was only seven at the time. To my knowledge, I had never piloted before. I am a prodigy not because I studied a lot but because I knew a lot of stuff right when I was only five. Heck, I was figuring advanced calculus when I was that age.”

 

“How very interesting. It seems to coordinate with me and Parfet’s findings.” Duelo looks up at Laserai.

 

“Whats that? Did you find something while searching the post-frontier records of this ship?”

 

“No, well nothing conclusive. Partial records say something about an unexplained fighter, which seems to have been the result of both terran and Vasudan engineering. They had reportedly only seen such cooperation within their lost forces but as far as anyone knows the jump node leading out of SOL is still out. I couldn’t recover anything else. This may not even be related but.” Duelo looks up from his explanation to see Laserai’s face.

 

“Any description on the ship?”

 

“Afraid not. The report appears to have been heavily edited. That’s all we could find. Everything else was badly corrupted. Sorry.” Parfet smiles and sits down.

“Well, all the same. That’s another problem to deal with at an opportune time.”

 

The com suddenly comes on with an emergency tone along with BC’s voice.

 

“Medical emergency on the bridge! Emergency medical teams to the bridge now! Dr. Laserai and Dr. Duelo, your presence is needed here at once!”

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What? Mad because it’s another cliff. Sorry. It’s a part of life so next time bring your mountain climbing gear. Okay, as you can see I am about to address Magno and why the heck she is always clutching her chest during the series. This matter is never addressed in the series but it’s apparent she has heart trouble and could have even been experiencing heart attacks during these times. Anybody knows this sort of thing can’t be ignored and will eventually cause the enemy death to be a step closer to the door so to speak. Next time: Dragon’s Glory – “Death of a Star.” You will NOT want to miss this. Guaranteed or my money back. Hey, who said I was giving you anything . . . . just review all right. Laserai Out!