Soldier
Disclaimer: I wish, but I don't own Vandreads characters, their vehicles, or anything else. Vandread is copywrite to Gonzo, but the fan character is copywrite to me.
Authors notes: To answer a few things, yes, this is a fan character insertion. To those who are not liking towards such thing, I advise you stop reading. And if your one of those types who demands 'quality fics' and such perfection in the words of George Carlin, please, GO THE F OUTSIDE! (I said please, I also censor so some weak-hearted fool doesn't complain about the language and get me in trouble).
Now, on with the fic.
Chapter One
Diagnosis: Amnesia
The Nirvana once more was trapped in a heated battle with the harvesters of Earth, mechanical droids created by the Earth Paksis. So far each side was tied, as the Dreads fought hard against the cube droids, mere units that moved at a speed faster then the Dreads could aim.
"Damn, these guys are fast!" Hibiki remarked, whiny as always.
"Don't let them get to you!" Meia ordered, before giving a quick grunt as her ship was shot upon.
Easily the cube like enemies with mechanical arms and legs had moved behind, nearly striking the blind spot of the Dreads. Finding a few ahead, she opened fire, blowing one down as it ran into the beams unleashed by the Dread fighter.
"All units, keep up the attack on the enemy fighters, we must break through them!" Meia ordered once more, following the replies of 'Roger' from her comrades.
"Are you sure there was a signal coming from around here?" BC asked, glaring to Belvedere.
"Yes, signal apparently is a second frontier hail signal. The enemy is swarming around it!" Belvedere answered, showing the signal on screen.
"The ship is apparently carrying a human, why else would the enemy be after it." Magno mentioned glancing to BC
"Another human?" Misty asked, standing in the main deck, Q-chan forming into a question mark.
"Apparently so." BC remarked glancing to the screen.
The cube fighters swarmed around the now captured ship, the rockets built in the near back, arranged in a delta formation. Its pod shaped structure easily was reinforced to take on any damage inflicted to the area. The jet black shuttle easily had several dents upon the surface from perhaps recent exploits in the battle against the cube enemies.
"Mr. Alien, lets combine!" Dita cheerfully recommended.
"Roger that!" Hibiki replied, as the two circled each other with their plasma engines giving off a trending tail of light.
The two combined, creating the human shaped Vandread referred to as Vandread Dita.
"Lets finish this now!" Hibiki remarked, his hands pressing against Dita's, glancing forth, the twin shoulder cannons moved into place, firing away with several of the cubic fighters were blown to pieces as the duel laser cannons fired away.
Cracking a smile on his face, the blue humanoid mech accelerated forth, closing in on the captured pod.
"Hibiki! Dita!! Enemy ship on your tail!" Meia mentioned, as a huge oval saucer-ship closed in upon Vandread Dita, a large mechanical tongue shot forth, wrapping around the waist, pulling the mech towards the opening of the front area of the ship, several large mouths opened up, the pearl white teeth glistened as if ready to chomp down on them.
"That enemy flagship is the same we faced when retrieving Misty's pod." Celtic noted, analyzing the enemy ship.
"Must be a harvester craft, the one that takes the organs needed, before returning to the mother ship." BC noted looking upon the monitor.
Several blasts erupted upon the beast, one of the shots breaking the tentacle holding Vandread Dita, as the droid flew forth.
"We're free Mr. Alien." Dita said gleefully.
"Good, now to free that ship!" With those last words did the humanoid mech charge forth.
The large flagship charged its weapons, only to receive several rounds of missiles, as each one blew apart a chunk of the flagship, blowing it apart layer by layer, before the last missile hit the vital spot, blowing it into several pieces.
"Hmm, another human, wonder where this ones from?" Gascogne questioned, tailing right behind the mech.
Three Dreads flew in, firing away as they shot forth eliminating the cubes already holding the ship hostage. Each one blew to pieces as the shots blew each one to pieces.
"Dread teams, cover Gascogne's ship from enemy fighters, formation delta, keep your guards up." BC ordered.
"Roger!" All replied as they moved within the range of Gascogne's ship, firing upon the cube like enemies in their path.
Gascogne easily had the ship locked into her catch shield, a two shield known for towing in disabled ships or anything in critical damage.
"Waves incoming upon Gascogne at seven o' clock!" Barnette mentioned, as Jura swooped in, firing several beams upon the oncoming enemies.
"How was that one Barnette, fabulous as I am?" Jura asked, stroking her hair back.
"For crying out loud, could you focus on the battle!?" Hibiki yelled, scowling Jura for her never-ending egotistic comments.
"Maybe we should meet up after the battle; I still need that seed of yours." Jura remarked giving him the ever so seductive eyes.
"Mr. Alien isn't interested in even being with you Jura." Dita screamed, glaring to Jura.
"Enough quarreling, you three can argue later!" Meia reminded them, her face giving a solemn glance it always had.
More enemies approached, still the ever so evasive cube like enemies that were truly a pain.
"These guys really get on my last nerve" Hibiki stated, as he pressed down more upon Dita's hand, the two pods glowing more brighter.
Twin beam cannons mounted into place over Vandread Dita's shoulders, both charging up as they fired forth, blowing apart each of the enemy units that were closing in upon them.
"We did it Mr. Alien." Dita said joyfully.
"They may not be the last..." Hibiki said, glancing to the scanners.
The Dread still flew in attack formation, scouting around Gascogne's shuttle, guarding it from any remaining enemies.
"All enemy fighters defeated, I have no reading of anymore enemy fighters." Belvedere stated.
"The Nirvana has no major damages, the enemy must truly have been after that pod." Amarone remarked, as she glanced upon her monitor.
"Mission accomplished I suppose." BC remarked, looking to the captain.
"Yes, and another addition to our crew as well." Magno answered with a smile pursed upon her face.
"I just hope it's another guy, a real cutie as well." Misty mentioned, a luscious daydream face planted on her face, as her Q-tron forming an heart shape.
"I don't understand how a girl could even stand a guy." Celtic said with a sigh.
"Might as well head down and greet our new guest, I just hope the enemy won't try to make an attack now." Magno mentioned, standing up from her own seat, as she hunched over, being at least a hundred years old did put it's strain upon the body.
A quick flash filled the room, as Bart exited the main helmsman station, knowing it was his break.
"Ha, maybe this time it will be a girl who I can get some respect from." Bart thought mentally, still keeping his poker face expression on his face, as he ran off, knowing he had to get somewhere close to be able to witness the entrance of the newcomer.
Almost the entire ship had gathered in order to greet the newcomer, it was apparent the ship had a human aboard, why else would such a ship be hunted by the earth fleet for the usual reason to harvest the humans organs. Parfet worked carefully as she used her laptop to find out how to open the ship. She didn't have to wait too long as a large thin light carefully beamed out, the thin wall of light rotated around scanning the area around before dying out.
"Lifeforms detected, species human, permission for entrance granted." A computerized human voice mentioned, as a compartment around the front opened up, a two door area that was located around the front side.
"This easy to enter, real fishy." Parfet said, placing her index finger on her chin.
"Even Misty's pod had a safelock on, I wonder... could this be a trap?" Duero mentioned, as he stepped inside.
"Maybe the earth fleet wanted us to get this so they could infiltrate us from the inside, ribbit." Piaway mentioned with her puppet.
Duero and Parfet set forth inside, as they looked upon the wide but seemingly small area of the ship.
"Talk about heavy duty, the armor of this ship is thick enough to withstand several attacks, they must have been aware of the earth fleet beforehand to have something like this." Parfet said, adjusting her glasses as she glanced at the frames making the thick plated area.
Duero only took a few steps, before he noticed an round half cylinder capsule, light gray and easily active, as a green light was already active in the process of keeping the patient inside alive.
"So this is where the passenger aboard is, now just how do I-"
As Parfet turned to walk over to him, another scan wall spread forth, running through them to detect just who was nearby.
"Access granted, human life forms detected, stasis pod suspended animation mode now disengaging." The computerized female voice mentions as few clicks followed before the pod was finally unlocked from within the mechanical area.
Slowly did the pod door open from the top end, a white mist rushed out as inside in the cushioned pod laid a male, wearing a light blue hospital gown. His eyes remained closed as he remained on the bed, Duero moving in close as he glanced upon the males body.
"Hmm, the functions seem to work right, so he is alive... huh?" Duero stopped suddenly noticing several scars upon the skin of the boy.
Three thin but still visible scars were imprinted vertically on his left side cheek down to his chin. Two slashes forming in X were also visible, on his other side, plus a vertical slash running down on his right eyes, nearing the cheekbone spread near his nose. More scars were visible, most of three claws but others that were larger then ever, spreading at least the size of ones index finger. His body indeed was covered with scars, legs and arms being the only visible, but with this many, it was more then obvious he had more upon his upper body and lower torso then anyone could imagine.
"Oh my." Parfet said, seeing the scars upon his body.
"I seen and learned many things, but to think one lives with scars is beyond my expectations." Duero mentioned looking him over.
A groan easily caught the two crewmates attentions, as the boy sat up, rubbing his head, as his short greenish-blue hair remained in place, but a large strand of hair hung down his back, his blue eyes still bloodshot from his sleep.
"So your finally awake, I guess you have several questions to ask, but so do we. But let-"
"Meow!"
Duero looked below, finding a full black as night cat with pure shining yellow eyes
sparkling in the light. The cat rolled upon its back, belly up as it kept its front
paws up, swatting up into the air.
"Where am I? What am I? Who am I?" The boy groaned, his palms pressed upon his cheek.
"Your aboard the Nirvana... but are you sure you don't know who you are?" Duero asked, looking down at him.
"Huh? Nirvana? Is that my name?" The man asked, a puzzled glance upon his face.
"The Nirvana is a spaceship, your aboard the ship at the present time." Duero noted, as he remained calm.
"Spaceship? Present time?" The man asked, tilting his head
"C'mon kid, snap out of it." Paiway commanded, walking into the area.
"Kid? Is that my name?" The man asked, blinking his eyes.
"Jeez, what are you, dumb, rwibbit?" Paiway asked irritatingly with her puppet.
"Apparently this guy has amnesia. He has no idea who he is or of his past. It could be the result of being in suspended animation with another life form." He mentioned, as Paiway stepped forth, looking at the guy.
"So you mean he doesn't have a clue of anything?" Parfet asked, looking to Duero.
"Apparently so, he seems to have a young mind of a child still naive of the world around him." Duero said, before a shriek broke his attention.
"GET OFF MY PUPPET YOU STUPID CAT!" Paiway demanded irritatingly as the cat remained latched on to the puppet.
"And it appears that the feline also has amnesia as well. It acts just like a young kitten." Duero said, looking to the now conflicting war between the cat and Paiway.
"Huh, Kitten?" The man replied, looking to the cat.
"Kid, get your damn cat off my puppet." Paiway demanded still pulling her puppet from the cats clawed grasp.
"Kid? So that is my name." Kid replied.
Slowly did the mans glance draw closer, as he gazed to Paiway, going wide eye as he started shaking, his hands moved to his head as he closed his eyes, visions of a young girl pursed in his head, a girl in a silk white dress with a gleeful face glancing up at him, long black hair ran down to her torso, dark as Paiways hair, but yet her face nearly resembled the girl in the mans vision.
"What the?"
"Apparently he's having a flashback... its obvious he must be from a society similar to Misty's." Duero mentioned as he looked to the boy.
"Shoo kitty, let go of my frog!" Paiway said shoving the cat off of her puppet.
"Duero, take a look at this." Parfet mentioned, as she glanced at the silver pyramid shaped box.
"A message box or something?"
"Yes, but it's appears to be voice activated, somehow I think only this kid would know what it is." Parfet replied, looking at them.
"Keep it for now, it might come in handy for later. Paiway, go out and get some cloths for 'Kid', as it appears he calls himself that." Duero mentioned, as he glanced down at Kid, seeing the guy petting the black cat.
"Yes sir." Paiway responded eagerly to get away from the vicious cat.
Trotting outside, she walked out of the dim lit room and into the brightly lit ship, shielding her eyes from the rays she encountered as she walked outside.
"What, is that- Oh, its your Paiway."
"So what is the passenger aboard this ship?"
"Is it a male or female?"
Numerous questions were shouted from the huge crowd gathered to meet the newcomer. Paiway took a deep breath, knowing she had to make her voice heard to get through.
"QUIET!! NOW LISTEN, THE NEWCOMER IS A MALE, AND HE NEEDS A PAIR OF CLOTHS. I NEED ONE OF YOU TO GET THEM FOR ME!!!" Paiway screamed at the top of her lungs, taking several deep breaths after.
Everyone grew quiet when the sound of Paiway's high pitched words shot through the air, piercing through mostly everyone's ears. A few seconds past as one of the crew members trotted off, coming back a moment later with a long light gray robe, as she pushed her way through the crowd, making her way to Paiway, handing the robe to the young nurse.
"I had a feeling he might need some footwear, these sandals are the only things I could grab. Sorry if it isn't much." The girl said, as she casually handed Paiway the sandals by the sewed on flaps that were used upon the sides.
Paiway sighed, as she turned, walking inside and over to where Kid still sat, a still dazed glance one his face.
"I have the cloths for the kid, Rwibbit." Paiway stated, using her frog puppet to do the talking.
Immediately did the cat leap at the frog, as it grasped onto the green puppet with its claws.
"Ah, shoo, Shoo, SHOO!!" Paiway demanded swinging her arm rapidly to throw the cat off.
The cat let go, unable to grasp through the clothed puppet as the cat flew off, but landed on its feet.
"KITTY!?" Kid cried out as the cat flew from the puppet dangerously.
"Pai check on cat needing lessons in behavior." She remarked, as she noted it on her notepad.
As the robe was nearly on, his hands slid through as he leaped off, his feet bare, but his movement truly fast and unseen. He ran to the cat, wrapping his arms around it as he held it close to it, shivering as he closed his eyes, kneeled to the ground, holding the cat close to him.
"Kid, don't worry about Kitty. Cats are known to land on their feet by instinct, if anything, the kitten is just fine." Duero mentioned walking calmly over to his side.
Kid looked over to Duero with the same puzzled glance that had been spread on his face as before, tilting his head as he was confused by all this. He slowly stood to his feet, staring oddly at Duero before looking down at the cat he held.
"Duero, sorry to trouble you, but... can you give me hand with this?" Parfet asked, as she tried to lift the silver pyramid sitting on the table.
"Huh?" Duero turned around, seeing Parfet struggling with the pyramid, her teeth clenched as she desperately tried to lift it up. "Yeah, be right there. Paiway, introduce our guest to the crew, and please, try not to do anything to scare him." Duero ordered, as he glanced down to the youthful nurse, before turning as he ran over, helping Parfet lift the pyramid shaped device.
Paiway gave an annoyed face, as she sighed, looking over to the kid, who held the cat close.
"I'm not gonna hurt the cat this time, so stop being so over protective." Paiway said, as the boy nodded.
Walking her usual manner, the boy slowly followed behind, walking to the exit, as the two left the shuttle, walking out into the open, as the light basked down upon them. Kid immediately shielded his eyes with his left hand, holding the cat in his right arm. The crew waiting upon the area was nearly silent, with a few chit-chats being heard within the crowd.
"So this is the passenger aboard, huh?" Magno asked, looking at the boy, who glanced to the crowd looking each one of them over, with a still puzzled emotion spread upon his face.
"Jeez, what's wrong with him, he looks as if he hasn't seen a crowd before." Jura mentioned, a hand on her hips as she examined him.
"What's that in his arms?"
"Is that a cat?"
"So what's your name?"
"Where you from?"
"Do males and females live together where you come from?"
"Ewww, what's with the scars on the body?"
"Yuck, that's disgusting."
Kid remained in place, giving a bubble-headed look as he remained standing, baffled by all their questions. Paiway sighed, knowing Kid would not be able to even answer, much less be more confused by their questions and ask for more. Taking a deep breath, she opened her mouth to say one word.
"QUIIIIEEEETTTTT!!!" Paiway shouted loudly as the room went dead silent, she huffed away, the wind in her lungs already was out.
Everyone in the room remained silent, Paiway's sheer screeching high pitched yell really sent shivers down most peoples spines.
"You hanging in there Duero?"
"Yeah, just don't put most of the work on my shoulders." He replied with a sly smile.
Parfet blushed a bit, as the two slowly walked down the platform, a few of the engineers who worked with Parfet pushed their way forth, running to her side, as they took hold of the silver pyramid.
"We'll take it from her Doctor." One mentioned, as Duero released his grip from the pyramid, nodding, as the four helped Parfet carry it to the decoding sector for scanning.
"Tell me Doctor, just who is this male?" Magno asked, looking over to him.
"For now he seems to answer to the name 'Kid', mainly since Paiway seemed to address him with that name." Duero answered taking a deep breath.
"His cat tried to kill me, rwibbit." Paiway commented with her ripped up puppet.
"He apparently suffers from amnesia; I'm sure your familiar with the symptoms." Duero continued, as he took a quick breath, moving his hands into his lab coat pockets.
"So the boy has no idea who he is? Guess time will tell when he will regain most of his memory." Magno replied, as she glanced down at him with a smile, looking to his cat. "I don't exactly approve of pets aboard this ship, but considering cats are more intelligent then flea bag dogs I can make exceptions." She said, petting the cat over the head, as it purred amusingly.
"Pets? Flea bag dogs?" Kid said confused.
"Nothing to be concerned about Kid, just remember to feed the little kitten." Magno mentioned, looking to him, still keeping the joyful face.
"Those scars, apparently this male has had his share of battles, definitely a soldier." Magno thought looking him over.
"Feed?" He asked, confused once more.
"Guess we may have to help him... apparently he is unaware of responsibilities of a pet." Magno said taking a deep breath.
"If you don't mind, shall I run a few physicals on him... just to get a medical record started?" Duero asked, getting a nod from Magno.
"We can worry about the tour and introductions later, just see if our guest is in more proper shape." Mango ordered, as Duero nodded, looking over to Kid.
"Come with me Kid, I need to do a few tests on you." He said, Kid once more glancing to the doctor still unaware, as his hands pet the black cat gently.
Turning away from Kid, he took a few steps as Kid slowly followed his lead, as a few girls in the crowd stared at him with pitiful eyes.
"How strange, humans can forget their memories one minute, yet remember them the next, but how can one lose their entire memory and regain it again?" Pyoro mentioned out loud.
"You think too much Pyoro." Hibiki remarked crossing his arms.
"And you whine too often Habiki!" Pyoro responded as he glared down at Hibiki.
"What did you say!?" Hibiki demanded, clenching his teeth angrily, as he held a fist up ready to fight.
"Mr. Alien!"
Hibiki's demented glance immediately turned to a nervous edgy flush.
"Yes Dita?" He said, his head slowly turning til his face looked upon her face.
"I was wondering, if you were going to come to my room sometime soon." She asked, blushing a bit.
"Dammit, will you stop bothering me with that, I know I promised, but I have things to do." He answered, with a deep huff.
"You do not, your just scared to visit her." Pyoro tantalized, as he glimpsed to Hibiki with narrow eyes.
"Grrrr, shuddup Pyoro, you don't know what your talking about." Hibiki yelled as he glared to the hovering robot, fist balled as if ready to throw a fist.
"Mr. Alien, please, just for once can you give me an honest answer?" She asked, clasping her hands together as she looked to him.
"Sheesh, okay, I will go to your room when I can think of what we can even talk about." He answered with a deep red blush forming upon his face.
Dita remained silent as she blinked, before glancing to the ground, as she sighed, turning to run off.
"Looks like you blew it again Hibiki." Pyoro mentioned from behind Hibiki's back.
"Buzz off!!" Hibiki shouted, as he backhanded Pyoro away in one slap.
"Hmm, so far you seem healthy for a human, but..."
Duero easily took out a needle, the pointy edge giving a small shine that sent a cold chill down Kids spine. Slowly backing away, his face turned to fright as he glanced at the shape needle that he knew was going into him.
"Don't get so scared, it will be over before you know it." Duero mentioned as he took a few steps forth.
Shivering in fear, the boy hopped off the examination table, as he knelt down, grasping the cat he set aside as Duero asked, as he headed for the door, trying to open it up.
"Look, will you just calm down, it will only be a few seconds." Duero mentioned, an uneasy glance pursed on his face.
The door immediately opened, as the boy ran off, panting in fear, as he shoved Misty aside, fleeing far away from the doctors room, as he fled down the hall, loudly gasping as he shut his eyes, shoving through anyone in the hallway.
"Huh? What's wrong with him?" Misty asked, looking on as he fled, Q-tron once more going into a question mark.
"I guess he has a problem with needles." Duero mentioned taking a deep breath.
"Well what do you expect, he's got the mind of a kid, remember!?" Misty reminded him with a irritated glare, Q-chan imitating her as well with a nasty glare.
"Captain, I'm getting reading of a several hundred human life reading on the planet ahead." Amarone said, as she read the readings upon the screen.
"Human life forms? if anything, they might be pawns like the last planet we encountered." Magno remarked.
"Belvedere, what type of ecosystem is this planet?" BC asked calmly.
"It appears this planet is a desert, but the entire planet's atmosphere is entirely polluted. The land is merely a dead zone at these readings, diseased by the ecosystems unstable environment." Belvedere said shaking her head.
"If anything, the inhabitants of this planet are diseased as well, we might as well avoid this place." Celtic mentioned.
"NO!! A planet with people living in such a polluted environment are suffering. It sickens me to even think they would live in such a place. BC, Assemble most of the crew, we best prepare an away team to go down and aid them." Magno instructed, BC looking to her with a firm answered glance.
"Understood Captain." BC complied, as she walked off to assemble the team.
Kid continued to run, his eyes traced, but his body moving.
Images flooded through, a shot he was given as a teen, scruffy looking men in rags desperately trying to stab him, as he avoided them with ease.
He grasped his head, panting loudly as he shut his eyes tightly, running as he shoves through bystanders, as he continued to run with the fear, even as the images played in his mind. His feet continued to push off the ground as he ran away from the doctors, his robe swaying rapidly as he ran with all his strength. His robes cloth slipped directly under his feet, forcing him to slip from his feet. His decent to the floor was halted, as his face fell against her breasts, he glanced up with confused eyes. Jura at first gave a freaked out glance, but immediately smiled, as she moved her hands along his chin, a seductive smile spread on her lips.
"Whats the matter Kid? Did the doctor try to give you shot?" Jura asked, as she rubbed her soft hand against his chin, as Kid nodded slowly.
"Ugg, not this again." Barnette muttered as she watched Jura flirt with him.
"Tell ya what Kid, why don't you tag along with us, were heading to see Ezra's newborn." Jura mentioned, running her fingers through his long light green hair.
Barnette sighed, easily annoyed that Jura was letting a male tag along with them.
"Why the long face Barnette, he's not exactly as active as the three other males on this ship, so I think you can cut the disgruntled face." Jura kindly requested.
"We still have to show them that were the boss, even if he is mentally unstable, he's still a male." She angrily replied, crossing her arms.
"Huh? Why does Barnette not like me?" Kid asked sadly.
"She does, just that she's a bit jealous and has a few anger problems-"
"JURA!!" Barnette yelled, irritated that her friend was telling him this.
"Okay, okay, we'll get going. C'malong Kiddo." She said, Kid nodding as he followed the three.
Entering the empty café did the two loosely dress females walk over, looking down to Ezra's newborn, smiling with joy as they looked to it. Kid slowly remained to the side, looking over to the cute child, as his eyes went wide, once more entering a flashback.
He remembered walking over to one of the bed, his mother sitting up, her arms caressing a blanket hidden object. Slowly moving to the bed, he looked up to see his mothers tear-filled eyes, as she held the child out for him to glance at. Slowly his gaze moved to the sleeping child in her arms, he stared at it for a while before pure white light ended the flashback, as he glanced around, finding himself back aboard the ship.
"Huh...?" He looked around, still confused.
"Is everything alright Kid?" Ezra asked, looking at him with a concerned glance.
"I... I..." He glanced around, as he glanced to the little baby, taking a deep breath.
"I don't know..." He said shaking his head.
"Probably having a flashback that he can't possibly understand." Barnette mentioned looking at his baffled eyes.
"Jura, I need you and Barnette to report to the meeting hall for a discussion of our next mission." BC ordered in her leadership tone.
"Roger that." Jura remarked, getting off the phone.
"Sorry to cut things short Ezra, but we better get moving. You know how things are when we don't get there on time." Jura mentioned, as she turned to the door.
"It's okay, its just good of you to drop by." Ezra mentioned with a smile.
"See you again." Barnette cheerfully said.
Kid remained in place for a few seconds, before he walked out, following the two ladies to the meeting hall, as he looked around seeing a few of the people there. He glanced around, still holding onto his cat, as he walked by a few of the girls there, who looked down with curious faces. Duero glanced over, as he examined the newcomer, a smile pursed upon his face as he turned to face Gascogne.
"Gascogne, can I ask a favor of you?" Duero asked, as she looked to him with her usual smile, her metal wire hanging out of her mouth.
"What's up?"
"Awe, he's such a cute kitty." One of the girls commented, petting him softly.
Slowly did a few gather around, looking to the kitty with the glass loving eyes, a few reaching out to pet it. Kid remained in place, as he watched them with curiosity. His viewing was interrupted as a pair of arms from behind restrained him from behind, wrapping around his arms tightly, as he was forced to dropping, the cat to the ground, as Gascogne held tightly onto Kid, as Duero walked forth, Kid struggled viciously to escape.
"I'll hand it to you Kid, your pretty strong. Though you won't beat 'ol Gascogne at this game." Gascogne remarked, holding onto him tightly.
Growling in anger, the boy closed his eyes raising his forearms as he created a bit of a gap, before using his shoulders to shove Gascogne's arms away, his strength easily overpower as he shoved them aside before shoving her to the ground, as he started to flee away, shoving each of the girls crowded around aside.
"I'll say one thing, Kid is no pushover!" Gascogne mentioned, standing up.
Kid continued through the crowd, but stopped dead in place, as he fell to the ground, eyes slowly closing, as he fell asleep.
"Gotcha Kiddo, Pai-check on securing the patient, check... too bad my puppet had to be sacrificed for the cat... still, he served it well." Paiway sadly mentioned holding up the sleeping injector, as she glanced over, finding the cat playing with it, as its claws dug into it.
"I didn't exactly want him asleep, but..." Duero mentioned, as he glanced over to where Gascogne was now standing to her feet, "Guess Kid's got more strength then even the great Gascogne does." Duero finished with a grunt.
"Better watch what you say, or Gascogne will really let ya have it, rwibbit." Paiway remarked with her puppet.
"It just Gascogne, titles ain't exactly something I am taking these days." Gascogne mentioned, with a smile to Duero and Paiway.
Kneeling down, Duero tied up Kids one arm, as a green vain rose up, taking a needle as he put it inside, drawling enough blood as he pulled it out, Paiway moving in, taking out a can of healing spray, as she applied it to the wounded area.
"Puncture now healed, red circle Pai-check on that." She stated, as she jotted it down in her notepad.
"I just wish you didn't use the sleeping dose to put him to sleep... still, the monitoring system is able to cancel out traces of any chemicals like that." Duero mentioned, as he looked over the blood sample drawn from Kid.
"What the hell?" Duero looked directly at the blood sample with a fascinated glance.
"What is it?" Paiway asked, looking up at the drawn blood sample.
"It's strange, the blood is glowing, but I am not getting any radio-activity readings." He mentioned, looking it over.
"So what is wrong with him?" Paiway asked curiously.
"Whatever it is, we can worry about it later, right now, we have a priority. From what our scanners have detected, there are humans down there living in this polluted planet, and if anything, we must help them in whatever way we can." Magno mentioned, as she glanced directly to the fast asleep Kid.
"The scars on his body are proof he is a soldier, but could he be a project that the military sent into space? But why did it open when we approached it, unless he's planning to steal the Nirvana. It's almost as if the thing was meant to find a human population, yet leave no data of where it originated. Truly the boy is an enigma that awaits to be unraveled." Magno thought, thinking of the recent events.
Taking him by the shoulders, two females of the engineering area lifted the deep sleeping boy to his feet, as they carried him to one of the benches, sitting him down right next to him, their arms still behind him, not wanting him to fall back and break his own head open. It had been already over a few months since the two ships had fused together to form the Nirvana, but since that time most of the crew had learned to accept the men aboard, and vice-versa for the females.
As everyone took their seats, Duero couldn't help but take one last look at the blood sample he had drawn from Kid. He took a deep breath putting it away, knowing he had to focus upon other things besides the blood sample.
Authors notes: So starts the chapter, I still feel it is a bit slow, but... guess that's how most things I start with are, especially when the character has amnesia. Also, to give an exact time, this occurs after Ezra gives birth to Kahlua and before the Nirvana reaches the polluted planet (episode three of Vandread: Second Stage, where Bart finally gains courage.)
And to clarify, Kid is about ten cm higher then Hibiki in height.