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Imperials Wars: Part 1 Alone! Prologue on a restless night! written by Ian Kim (aka Emiko's Agent) Emiko awoke with a start, not knowing why. She just sat straight up in her bed, head swirling from a dream she could no longer remember. Everything seemed normal. She was in her room. The balcony screen door was shut, letting in the cool night air. Her stuff dolls, models, and other merchandice lay silent on her desk and shelves. She was still covered by a Tenchi blanket, SD Tenchi characters smattered about. A little groggy, Emiko swung her legs out of the bed to meet a surprise. "..what a cute bear...zzzzz...." Mai latched onto Emiko's left foot with a vice grip, apparently in another one of her pastel dreams. Was it worth getting up? Was it worth getting her foot out of Mai's hug? That latter one was a definate yes, and after a brief bit of squirming and a quick lurch, Emiko set her foot free. Despite an extra room where Mai could sleep, the little girl insisted on always being beside her sensei, a sentiment which made Emiko smile. Rubbing her eyes, she grabbed her robe and headed out onto the balcony. First Tokyo was still alive in the wee hours of the morning. Amidst the 200 story buildings and beyond, lights lit up the sky. A few hoverbikes flew by, while some young lovers necked near local cafe. Emiko sighed...normally scenes like that made her smile...seeing people happy made her happy...but tonight, the air seemed restless. Was it just her imagination? Or perhaps one of the many powers she didn't know about was trying to tell her something? A great sence of forboding cast a shadow over her eyes, and it wasn't nice. Up in the sky a group of frigates blocked out a region of stars, something she found quite annoying...sometimes it was difficult to see any stars at all with the amount of congested traffic the First Tokyo space port created. Making profit should take a second seat to enjoying life and watching the stars, she thought to herself. She glanced to the side, a bit surprised to find a half-asleep Mai-chan. "Mai?" Emiko whispered, "What are you doing up?" Mai hugged her Kerroppi doll and used it as support for her dreary head. "If sensei is up, Mai-chan get up too...." she took a big yawn which almost ingulfed space itself. "Well, this sensei is telling you to go back to sleep." Emiko replied dryly. Mai cast a confused gaze at her teacher, before consulting a book in her pocket. After a few seconds of reading, Mai closed the book shut and head back to bed. "Haii..." she called out, before dropping on her face. Emiko suppressed a giggle, wondering how much longer Mai was going to rely on that sidekick manual. It was obvious that leader's orders outweighed complimentary duties. Turning back to the cool wind of the city, she sighed again. It had been a while since the war with Thickett had ended. With the menace removed, there should have been a calm in her soul..Genesis was never in any harm anyways. They lived in such seculsion from the outer dimensions that outside attack was impossible. Yet something made a chill in her spine. Bright flashes of laser light and holograms in the distance caught her eye. It seemed that the Megumi Kareoke concert was going on longer that planned..most likely the hyper idol singer was giving an encore performance. With songs of love, victories, and everything happy, who could not like her? Perhaps a bit sappy, but it was impossible to leave without a light heart and happy thoughts. In some ways, she wished she were there, instead of leaning against the balcony looking like a sleepy mess. Beyond the concert there were huge trees that extended into the sky...the distinction between the city and Fantasia was pretty apparent. With the amount of lights dancing along the trees, it seemed like there was some kind of celebration going on. Emiko shrugged. Perhaps Yumi can explain tomorrow. Finally, her gaze landed on the ACD First Tokyo division headquarters. It lay just at the edge of a canyon which contained a more seedier population (like the Hentai district), ready to spring into action at any call. "What's this?" Emiko strained her eyes, but could make out...yes...an angel standing on one of the pillars surrounding the ACD. Nana wasn't hard to miss...she has this glow about her that seemed to cast a natural light. Emiko went inside and retrieved some binoculars, careful not to wake Mai. She often used the binoculars to keep track of some guys who kept spying on her from a dormatory down the road. It was sometimes unnerving to have these students stalk her with their eyes, but she knew they were harmless and regarded it as flattery from hormone driven males. Using enhanced focus, Nana's upper body flashed into the view screen. Her etheral figure just stood there, and there was a look of concern on her face as she watched up at the night sky. Her too? Perhaps there was more to this night than she thought! Nana's white silky hair flowed gently in the wind, her wings flapping once or twice to maintain her balence. Then, in a move that almost made Emiko drop her binoculars, Nana turned and smiled. Nani? Is she looking at me, or am I just in the same line of sight as someone else? Emiko stared back into lens, and watched as Nana smiled and mouthed the words, "Hi Emiko." before waving with such elegance that flowers seemed to be growing around her. Nana's smile could not be seen without a smile automatically growing on your face, and Emiko began to feel a bit more peace in the soul. She waved back, mouthing the words, "Arigato Nana-sama." Turning off the binoculars, Emiko headed back in and sat on the bed. She was a bit more calm now, but still, there was something wrong. It was then that the night time air struck her with an odd sence of loneliness. It reminded her of one of her friends. "I wonder what my friends are doing?" Tamiko, Jun, and her other friends and daytime ACD crew were probably all asleep. Izumi was probably still writing notes about today's events. She giggled quietly. Mika-chan had probably given into her primal urges again and was singing on the fence, driving the Academy residents crazy. Eric? Hmmm...Eric was off being Eric, saving the homeless from a gang, defending a girl who wondered into an alley, or kicking the bejeezus out of someone evil. Then her mind wandered to her quiet, troubled friend. "I hope Eva is okay." With that, her head hit the pillow. It was quiet. The distant drone of her processes and the occational sparks of energy kept Eva awake. Not that she could sleep though, unless someone turned her off. Eva had descended to the main core where she remained during the night shift. With less officers on duty it was necessary to her to keep her sensors at optimal performance, and conserve resourses. It was slighly selfish of her, but she maintained a holographic projection of herself in the main core. Nobody could see her so it didn't really make sence to keep an image..but for some reason it made her feel more....belonging. She swirled around a few times, a common activity that made her optic nerves spin and readjust. With a big inhale, she sighed. It was lonely here. Quiet, peaceful, and perfect for operations...but the "feelings" she felt told other stories. Her own panels felt cold...alone...unloved. Her papa regarded her as a machine she hypothesized, and her mama didn't like the fact that she had a daughter that was made of tech parts. Eva curled into a little ball, wanting to be absorbed into herself, sitting at the center of the large chamber, creating holographic mist as she breathed. Giant metal tubes entered from all directions towards the center where Eva's "being" was contained, protected with the best security system on the planet. Yet in some ways, the security system also hindered her. She wanted to meet people and love, without them caring that she controlled most ACD weaponry and had a infinite capacity for data. She wondered why people looked upon her with cautious eyes. Her onee-san who she never met, almost ruined the Macross Dimension. The thought made her shudder. Would she do the same here? What delusion would she acquire before eliminating all her friends? Eva shook her head violently. No! I will not let it happen, she thought. The fears of doing something like that crept upon her everyday, and she hoped the reminder of this fear was enough to prevent such an occurance. "Hello?" Eva whispered. Of course, there was no one else in the main core but her, yet she had learned from Emiko some something called hope...and that kept some of her spirit alive...if she in fact had any spirit. "Emiko-chan..." Eva called, raising an image of Emiko in front of her..it was a photo taken when they were at the beach one time. "Emiko-chan...." she repeated. "I wish..I wish you were here now. I'm so lonely. You would know what to do....at night, there is no one here. I'm alone. All alone...." The image flickered, and Eva almost tried to evoke a response out of the image, but that was pointless..it was like creating a fish hologram...it ran on her resourses, and she made it move..so what was the point? Her mind drifted to the monitors for a moment to check upon the other dimensions. The CAPOW dimension seemed to be causing a few ripples in her sensors, but nothing to be worried about. She returned back to her "emotional" side and found herself thinking about a brief encounter with a sword in a hospital. Immediately she blushed..yet it was just a sword..she was made compatible for a human being. The organic components of her android body were created for reproduction of humanoids, not the manufacture of weaponry. Her breathing began to sound more discouraged. "Emiko-chan...what am I supposed to you now...?" What seemed to be a night-time ritual now, she replayed a message that Emiko left one day. "Ohayo Eva-chan!" the perky voice began. "Are you still feeling down? Aw c'mon, you gotta get back on your feet! I'm sure the guy didn't really mean what he said. Who can not love you? Anyways, if you want people to like you, you have to make some effort to be liked!" "Hai." she responded to the recording. She managed a weak smile. "That means you have to try and cut back on resourse management and smile more often!" "Hai..." Her friend let out an exasperated breath. "But until then Eva, remember that if you ever need a friend, I'll be here! Hey, someone's got to teach you about social life, and who better than me, ne? *giggle* So don't you go all depressed on me, okay? Hugs from Mai-chan too! Ja ne!--click--" "H-hai...." The image stopped. The sound died...and in the end, Eva was still alone. "hai..." Next