THE BLACK VERITECH
Capítulo 9: Bitter welcome
Knight was happy that they were finally able to return to Earth, however, for some reason all communication with the outside world was interrupted. Knight and Rick asked Roy the reason for this, but they were surprised to see that Roy didn't know much either.
“I don't like this guys, according to what Claudia told me, neither does Captain Global know much about it..... I don't know what to think, all this is out of the established protocol, the high command behaves as if we were the enemy.....”
The civilians on the ship were unhappy, but Global reassured them that this was a normal quarantine procedure, but several were not satisfied with this explanation, especially with regard to the blocked communications.
Minmei was a key factor in reassuring the population as her continuous presentations distracted people's attention from more important issues. After a couple of days Minmei was allowed to visit the mainland, all this only propaganda to reassure the most nervous citizens of the city.
“Lucky Rick, I hope you have fun getting off the ship," Knight told his friend.
“Yes, I heard that it was Minmei who asked me to be her pilot," Rick told him when Minmei and her representative arrived.
Minmei was very polite, something that made Knight assume that the girl was only acting for the media, while her representative was not happy with the young pilot's presence.
“But he looks so young," said the nasty fellow, and Knight reprimanded him for what a good pilot Rick was both before and after he joined the army.
After Rick left, Knight went to the ship's cafeteria to hang out, where he found that several pilots and commanders were a little uneasy with the military high command's actions.
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Knight waited for Rick's arrival in the evening and was surprised to see an oriental-looking young man with them. The pilot tried to talk to the man but several people working with Minmei had already surrounded him and taken him inside the ship.
“Who was that guy Rick?”
“Oh, hello Knight.... That guy is Kyle, Minmei's cousin," said Rick, who was disturbed by something.
“Is something wrong, Rick?”
“It's nothing Knight, let's go inside the ship, the wind's getting strong.”
Knight followed Rick inside the ship and kept thinking about Kyle.
"I don't know, I've only seen him once, but I'm sure the guy will be trouble."
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After a couple of days things were getting more and more difficult, the civilians were getting more and more upset and rightly so, the conduct of the high command of the SPACY left much to be desired.
Knight and the others went to Minmei's restaurant and there they met Lisa and the other girls, apparently Minmei's uncles were having a party in Kyle's honor. The girl introduced her cousin and Knight was able to prove he was a first-rate asshole.
"I didn't join the army to kill," Knight thought. "Only to use violence in a lawful manner."
In this regard, a television advertisement informed those present that the United Earth Government and the UN SPACY would not allow civilians to return to the mainland under any circumstances. This announcement was disastrous and the parishioners who were there, emboldened by the alcohol consumed, went to complain to Lisa and the others, and there was even one who rudely held Lisa's arm.
Knight threatened the aggressive drunkard, but he was not deterred and threw a punch at Knight, which he easily dodged, and then struck the drunkard in the face.
In contrast to what you see in the movies, where people fight and rarely get bruises (or even unkempt), there was spectacular blood flow here, even gore'. With one punch from Knight the drunk was shot down, but a lot of blood from him stained Knight's face and clothes. The other parishioners attacked the pilots and everything was chaotic, even Kyle participated in the battle.
“Hey, the way you fight you don't look like a pacifist” Knight questioned Minmei's cousin.
Lisa and the girls retired from the restaurant, just like the pilots, Knight was upset, as the blood of a drunk always stinks and more if he had consumed wine before.
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Knight was taking a shower when the ship's alarms rang and after drying and getting dressed very quickly, he rushed to the hangar.
“Well, guys, it got ugly," Roy told them. “A zentraedi ship penetrated the atmosphere and is heading straight for us, the UN SPACY launched conventional missiles that did not tickle the enemy, nor do they intend to send reinforcements to the fortress.”
“Are we alone?” Knight asked indignantly.
“Our presence makes the bosses up there uncomfortable, don't expect help from those bastards.”
Knight and Rick exchanged worried looks but had no time for further conversation so they turned to their veritechs and took off from the ship.
Roy was not joking, several enemy combat pods were already hovering over them and there were too many of them.
“Hell, it seems they are serious this time, Shiru, Hyoga, they tell us to cover the Prometeus," he pointed out to his men.
“Understood," said the pilots and headed for the assigned area.
The situation was urgent, more and more pods were appearing. The mechas of the Prometeus had been destroyed and only Knight and his men had covered that sector.
“Damn it, now the power armor of the Zentraedi women are coming, this time we're not going to tell it.”
Knight and his men were sheltered behind an improvised barricade when Shiru decided to go ahead to take down the enemies.
“Shiru no!” shouted Knight, but Shiru continued onward and his veritech was destroyed by enemy fire.
“Shiruuuu!” Hyoga shouted forward and destroyed the enemy pod with a punch that he punched into his leg, causing the pod to collapse to the ground and explode. Other combat pods fired point-blank at Hyoga's veritech destroying it.
“NOOO! Shiru and Hyoga have fallen, you hear me, Shiru and Hyoga are on the ground," shouted Knight and unloaded his ammunition on the enemies already on their way to him. In that the pods retreated and Knight watched in horror as the Zentraedi ship charged into SDF-1.
The SDF-1 started to move and Knight had to take off, he saw how the mechas of the ship were firing their cannons against the enormous mass that was approaching, then, the ship started to move and using the Daedalus as an arm, he destroyed the Zentraedi ship.
“Rick... That was close.” Knight was trying to get in touch with his friend, but he didn't make it.
They told Knight about what happened to Rick and he went to find his friend right away.
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“Rick!” Knight shouted as he spotted his friend who was unconscious and proceeded to rescue him from the cold waters and take him to the nearest hospital.
“How are you feeling, Knight?” Ben asked him in the waiting room of the ship's hospital.
“How do you think I feel about Ben.... Shiru and Hyoga died and Rick is in operations right now.”
“We're so sorry, Knight.” Max comforted him.
“Thanks guys, I really just hope Rick gets out of the operation well," said Knight worried when Lisa approached the group.
Lisa also tried to encourage Knight and confessed that it was her fault that Rick was injured.
“Don't say that, Lisa! You were not to blame, the situation was desperate, and if you had given the order to release the missiles earlier, Rick would surely have been hurt by the shock of the blast as well, so don't think it's your fault” Knight tried to calm her down, although Lisa seemed still sad.
One of the doctors approached the group and told them that the operation was a success.
“When will Rick wake up?” Knight asked anxiously.
“I think your friend regained consciousness in about 24 hours," the doctor told them and then returned to work.
All the friends breathed a sigh of relief and decided to return to the barracks.
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Knight came back the next day to see Rick. Ben, Max and Roy Fokker were with him. Rick was complaining about being alone, but Ben and Max noticed the vase of flowers in Rick's room.
“I hope you were nice to Lisa," Knight said, "she still feels guilty about what happened to you.”
“Don't worry, I told her it wasn't her fault.”
The boys left after the visit and Roy told them he would go to Minmei's to see if he could convince her to go visit Rick.
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A couple of hours later Roy informed them that a Zentraedi ship was approaching and that they should be ready for the attack.
“Apparently the enemy forces consist of power armors zentraedi” Knight pointed out to Roy.
“You're right, Knight, a word of warning, guys, don't be fooled, women can be scary," Roy advised.
The enemy attack was strange, it seemed that the zentraedi were attacking according to a rehearsed choreography, but then a zentraedi warrior seemed to take it out on Max and then the other zentraedi began to attack seriously.1
Knight saw firsthand that the power armor of the zentraedi women was very maneuverable, fortunately he and the other pilots were professionals and did not let themselves be intimidated.
“Roy, Max is heading for the fortress and a zentraedi is after him.”
“I know Knight, Max was ordered to leave because it seems that the zentraedi unit chasing him has a very particular interest in him.”
“I hope Max will take care of himself," Knight muttered and returned to the battle, which did not last long.
“Roy, are you all right? Your flight is somewhat erratic," Knight noted.
“Don't worry Knight, I'm just tired, but I'll get over it with a nice pineapple salad that Claudia will make for me.”
“Lucky Roy, but be careful, the pineapple cracks your tongue.”
“The remedy for that is Claudia's tongue.”
“Oh, yeah," said Knight somewhat uncomfortably and proceeded to land his veritech, not suspecting that this would be the last time he spoke to Roy.
CONTINUARÁ...
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