Little Battlers eXperience

Future Hope 2

Kaidou Jin:

After leaving the laboratory, we started sneaking our way to the bridge. Hiro was slightly distracted but we can't blame him.

Suddenly, all the lights turned yellow and red as alarms sounded throughout the ship. We started running towards the bridge, only to be stopped at a metal door.

"There's a panel here that can operate this door." Yuuya called.

"I guess we'll have to get rid of this lock." Cobra said. He started hacking.

I walked closer. "If you don't hurry, the other LBXs will-"

"I know, i know!" Cobra scowled.

Hiro would sigh to himself every once in a while so I walked over to him. "Hiro."

"Still not done yet?" Yuuya asked.

"Shut up, will you?!" Cobra scolded.

Eva and I ignored it and focused on Hiro. "Mom's been like that ever since I was little." He said. "There were a lot of times where she'd get absorbed in her work, leaving me alone in the house. This happened a pretty long time ago, but... I decided that, if Mom ever get caught up in her work, then I wouldn't get in her way. Because I love her."

"That way of thinking is pretty admirable." Eva commented with a sad smile. I nodded slightly as Hiro faced us with a surprised look.

I looked up at the ceiling and started to recall that day. "I lost my parents in the Tokio Bridge Collapse incident. I would have wanted to be with my mom."

Eva faced him. "I lost my brother in the same incident. He took care of me for as long as I lived..." She looked down. "And now, I can just barely remmember what he looks like..."

I faced him. "Hiro, i think your mom truly wants to spend time with you."

Then he got a call from her. "Hiro, I never thought I'd get lectured by you. Even though it must've been tough being left alone, you've been fighting for the world this whole time with all your might. I was surprised. I'll stop Adam and Eve. I'm powering down the systems now. Though there's a shutdown prevention system and lock in place, so it might take a while. I was wrong. I'm sorry Hiro."

"I'm glad as long as you understand." Hiro replied happily.

I cut into their conversation. I know it's rude, but still. "Can you stop Paradise with that computer?"

"Adam and Eve are only there to support Paradise's functions." She explained. "Only the control center in the bridge can stop it."

"But the way to the bridge is blocked." Yuuya protested.

Suddenly, the lights went back to normal and the door opened. "Will this do?"

"Thanks!" Hiro said to his mom. "Let's hurry to the bridge." We started running our way through the halls.

"Personally, if things hadn't worked out for us, I would've just gone for the red wire..." Eva laughed, still running.

"That doesn't always work, you know." Cobra scowled.

"Yeah, yeah." She really is easy-going nowadays. Wonder what happened... Oh well, this is a good change so I won't question it.

I stopped when i got a video link from Ban's group and saw the last man i had expected to see here. "Lex?!"

Eva froze in place and came up next to me. "That's... I-it can't be..."

"What's wrong?" Yuuya asked.