"Alright guys, were going to land in Henderson in two hours, we're staying there for a few days so enjoy the sights." said Holland. Moondoggie and Gidget suddenly cheered out making Renton jump out of his seat from behind the counter of the ships store. "Why are you guys so glad about landing in Henderson?" he had never heard of the place before but from the way they reacted it seemed exciting. "What, you don't know about Henderson?" Gidget asked bewildered. "No, is their something nice about it?" The two smiled at each other before explaining, "Henderson has one of the biggest Region Fair's in this hemisphere, it's a major trade city that has almost anything and everything you could want or need. Even with all that it's quaint, not many large building's or factories to pollute the air and no large tower like Bellforest has. It's got two medium-sized airfield's on the outskirts of the city and one large one near the city center that takes most of the freight traffic. The Fair is going on now, they're going to have plenty of rides and games, Ref Board Races, and a huge concert that goes on each night of the fair!"

Renton could understand their excitement as it spread to him, "Wow, that sounds great!" was his reply. He closed up shop early since no one had shown up. Everyone just seemed to take what they needed and leave the money in the register even if he wasn't there. He walked down the hallway to his room, smiling when he walked in, it was really taking shape. Instead of the sleeping bag he had once used he had a hammock, he had saved up for a small dresser which sat against the corner of the room. On it were some of the items he had collected from his time on the Gekko, the ray=out magazine that showed him after the run-in with the crooks in Bridgeport, a picture of him, Eureka, and the kids gathered around the Nirvash, the pistol, also from that day in Bridgeport, and the cleaning kit for his Ref Board. Holland had let him keep the pistol saying, "You'll use it more responsibly than those men did, but I hope you'll never use it all." He understood the meaning behind those words, and kept it unloaded for exactly that reason, the hope he would never have to use it. He looked over to see his Ref Board next to the dresser, it was still in the harness he had bought so he could carry it on his back.

He grabbed his Ref Board and headed down to the Gekko's hangar, he wanted to be ready for when they landed. Checking one of the clocks on the hanger wall he still had an hour and 45 minutes, he set his ref board down then climbed up into the Nirvash and relaxed. Being with the LFO put him at ease, almost like being around Eureka did. He thought about going to look for Eureka, but she was probably with the kids. A small smile spread on his face as he thought about his family, though it was quickly wiped off when something landed in his lap. He opened his eyes to see Maeter sitting in his lap, above him stood Eureka, Maurice, and Linck. "I was wondering where you guy's were." Linck started giggling and said, "We were hiding from Mama, but she found us." he smiled up at Eureka the looked at Maeter and said, "Where did you three hide?" "In the air duct!" she replied enthusiastically. "It took me an hour to find them, and another 20 minutes to get them out, just to get them to put their toys' away" Eureka said. Renton chuckled then said, "Well, you guy's know how Holland said we would be landing in Henderson right." he continued when they nodded, "The fair is tonight, how would you guys like to go?"

Linck and Maeter started jumping around in excitement and begging Eureka to let them, Maurice tried to play it off slightly calmer and said, "Yeah!" but his excitement was barely contained as well. Eureka acted like she was looking thoughtful then said, "Well, I guess, but you have to go clean up your toys first." they all took off towards their room leaving Eureka and Renton alone. Renton sat up enough in his seat to grab Eureka around the waist and pull her down into the pilot chair with him. He wrapped his arms tighter around her as she leaned back into his lap, he could tell they had exhausted her. "Hey, we've got over an hour, how about a nap." "Sounds wonderful." she replied, then curled up in his lap placing her head against his chest, Renton placed his feet up on the console and kissed Eureka on the forehead then let sleep overcome him.

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Renton looked out over the city in wonder, it was just like Brother Doggie and Gidget had described it. He could see the fair grounds in the distance, set up along the beach and on a large pier that extended out into the ocean. Most of the crew split off into groups, some headed into the city while most headed towards the fair grounds. Renton, Eureka, and the kids headed in the same direction but took their time to see the sights. When they arrived at the beach Renton couldn't believe how big it actually was, dozens of large stalls were set up for shop owners and many of the stores and restaurants along the shore front were packed with people. The pier held dozens of rides including two roller coasters, a tilt-a-whirl, bumper cars, and a Ferris wheel. They all headed in that direction, the first thing they came across was a merry-go-round that the kids wanted to ride. Renton and Eureka watched as Maurice and Linck had an imaginary race on two of the horses and Maeter acted like she was driving an old car from earth, they laughed when Maeter, who was in front of the boys turned around and made faces at them and yelled, "Mama, Papa, I'm winning!" and the boys started making faces back.

When the kids were off of the ride Renton asked, "Where should we go next?" they all looked around until Eureka said, "That looks interesting." and pointed to the bumper cars. They all entered and strapped into a car, the operator of the ride started it and they took off. Renton slammed into some random people before he saw Eureka and Maurice fighting it out in a pushing contest, flooring the little cart he slammed into both of their nose's and sent them spinning. Suddenly Renton's car jarred forward, he looked behind him to see Linck laughing and driving in the other direction, he turned around and started to chase him only to get blind-sided by Maeter. He stopped next to Eureka and said, "I think the kids are teaming up on us, what do you say we team up on them?" she nodded in agreement and they took off. They found Maeter off to herself and charged in, before Maeter could even move her car they hit her from both sides. The girl turned around and gave pursuit. The two thought they were in the clear when Linck and Maurice hit them and pushed them into each other, then Maeter came up behind them and pinned them against the wall. Eventually their time ran out and they departed the arena.

They went on some of the smaller rides and got turned away from the roller coaster because of the kids being to young when Linck started to pull on Eurekas dress "Mama, I'm hungry." Maurice and Maeter nodded in agreement as the family headed to the concessions. As they all ate their food they were soon joined by Holland and Talho, both had shopping bags and were tired. Holland asked, "So, are you guys enjoying the fair?" "It's fun, I'm glad we stopped here." Eureka replied. Renton looked over the bags and said, "Looks like you've enjoyed the shops Miss Talho." she smirked and said, "Yeah, but I miss my old servant, he was an idiot, but he could carry so much more than my new one." Holland looked over at her and said, "Hey, how do you expect one guy to carry all of that and look at all of the lifting stuff they've got here?" Talho responded by knocking him over the head, which made him fall off of his bench and the kids laugh.

They were still talking when Renton looked over as something leaned up against him, Linck was fast asleep and the others didn't look far off. He got Eureka's attention and said, "We might want to get these three back to the ship before they fall asleep." Eureka sighed, she had wanted to spend some more time here with Renton, but they couldn't run the kids around all night. Seeing this Holland said, "Talho and I were about to head back to the Gekko, we could take them back and put them to bed for you if you two want to stay out a little later." They agreed to it and the two that Eureka and Renton considered parents took their children back to the Gekko in a taxi. Renton and Eureka walked down to the beach and started to browse through some of the shops, they looked at some of the lifting supplies and Renton bought a detailing kit for their boards. He noticed Eureka wasn't with him and looked around for her, she was at one of the stalls looking at something intently.

When she walked away to another shop Renton walked over to the one she had been at, he saw what it was, a silver necklace with a strange green glowing stone set in it. It resembled a trapar wave and Renton understood why Eureka would be interested in it. "Ah, I see you're eyeing the necklace that young lady was looking at. It's got a small amount of trapar inside of it and the inside of the glass is covered in reflective material so the trapar is always moving." said the elderly gentleman behind the counter, Renton nodded in wonder and said, " Wow, I didn't know they could even do that! I was hoping to get it for her, she's my girlfriend sir, but I don't have the money for it." It was true, he had spent most of his money on their food and the detailing kit. "Well, I can remember when I was your age and in a similar situation, so I'll take 50% off of it. Before you say anything, my business has been good lately so don't worry about it." Renton thanked the old man gratefully and gave him the money, he slipped the necklace into his pocket and hurried to catch up with Eureka.

He found her at the end of the row of shops looking around, "Renton!?" she called out. He waved and said, "I'm over here Eureka!" he ran over to her and asked, "So, did you see anything interesting Eureka?" she looked thoughtful for a moment then said, "No, not much." but he could see that she wasn't telling the truth. "Oh, well, I found some interesting stuff that we could use." he then showed her the detailing kit. When she took it from his hands to inspect it more closely he stepped behind her and gently wrapped his arms around her. In one he held the necklace, he pulled it up around her neck and fixed the clasp. Eureka was speechless for a moment as she stared at the necklace that now hung around her neck, she realized it was the one from that stand. She whirled around and wrapped her arms around Renton, "Where did you get this, Renton!? How did you know that I was even looking at this!?" she was overflowing with questions about how he got the necklace, Renton placed a finger on her lips to silence her then whispered, "Don't worry about any of that, I wanted to do something nice for you and when I saw you looking at the necklace I knew it would be the perfect thing." then he kissed her. She just smiled and thanked him.

Renton wrapped his arm around Eureka's waist as they started to walk through the city, they just roamed around the well-lit streets looking into some of the restaurants and stores. It wasn't long before they found themselves back at the airfield, they found the hangar the Gekko-Go was in and boarded the ship. Not wanting to wake the kids the two returned to Renton's room. Renton lent Eureka some of his clothes to sleep in and when both had returned from the showers they climbed into the hammock and entered the land of dreams.