Chapter 1

One day After Falling from the Sky…

"Ugh, where are we?" Renton groaned as he sat up. He looked around; Eureka lied next to him. She was still in her white gown and he was still wearing the clothes he wore when he rescued her. "Oh, yeah…" Renton laid back, memories of the day before flooded back into him, "I just rescued Eureka… the Nirvash took her place… we were falling to the earth, and kissed… then everything faded to black…" Eureka squeezed his left hand, waking him from the flashbacks.

"Renton… Let's go home"

"Yes, let's go…"

They both got up and looked around them. A vast desert stretches from all around them. "Out of all places to land, we landed in a desert!" Renton told Eureka. In the far distant, a tiny spec was visible.

"Look, Eureka!"

"It looks like a town." She responded.

"Yeah, let's head there."

They walked in silence, enjoying the peace of being with each other. Eureka breaks the silence asking Renton,

"Do you think they're waiting for us?"

"Of course! Maurice, Maeter, Linck, Holland, and everyone on the Gekko-Go are waiting for us."

They continued to walk in silence but then Eureka broke the silence again,

"Tell me how you rescued me."

"Well… the Nirvash transformed like theEND did. Its armor turned to silver, the cockpit changed too. It was like flying through the air… I felt like I could do anything because of you…" Renton blushed at the words he just said.

"I feel like that too!" Eureka answered. They both stared at each other for a moment and then bursted into fits of giggles and laughs. They continued walking and enjoyed the sight together.

Eureka and Renton walked for what seems like ages but finally arrived at the entrance of the town. "Finally, let's go look for someone that can point us in the right direction… Eureka?" Eureka took a few steps back and answered, "What about these wings? Some still bear grudges against Coralians…"

"Eureka… Don't worry about it, I'll protect you no matter what," Renton replied as he embraced her.

They continued into the town looking for a person to ask for directions. The town was a bit smashed up, trash littered the streets, sidewalks were cracked and cars were old and rusty. After they walked for a few minutes, they come upon a man in tattered clothes who was sitting against a wall. "Old man," asked Renton, "do you know which way BellForest is?" The man raised his head. He had a crazed look in his eyes and has obviously not shaven in a while. He smiled, one that sent chills through Renton and Eureka. He observed Renton but then his eyes darted over to Eureka.

"Those wings, those eyes… You! You're the one who caused my misery!" the man gasped. He quickly pulled out a small pistol and aimed it at Eureka. "DIE!" the man screamed and pulled the trigger. "No!" Renton yelled as he jumped in the line of fire. In a flash, Renton was on the ground grasping his left shoulder. "Renton!" Eureka frantically cried. "DIE!" the man cried as he aimed the point of the barrel at Renton's forehead. "Stop, this isn't fair!" Eureka said as she covered Renton with her body. "Fair?" the man laughed, "Life isn't fair… Because of you Coralians, my wife lost her life… She always wanted a kid of her own…" The man stuttered for a moment as tears started streaming down his face, "I was in the middle of giving her the baby she always wanted… We did not hear the alarm before it was too late. On the bedroom wall, a hole grew and then some creature flew in. Before I noticed it, it blew my wife off me… blood ….everything….came out…." The man's face became crazed again, "That's why I will kill you all!" His pistol was now aimed at Eureka instead. To his surprised, however, a loud bang sounded out; The man grasped his stomach and slumped down onto the concrete. Tears streamed down from Eureka's eyes as she held a small black pistol that she found in Renton's right pocket. It was given to him by Holland before the mission began.

"Renton… Hold on…"