Galaxy Angel: Normad's Big Move

 

Malibu Perot had been working all night on this. They thought it would be a nice gift for Normad and make it contribute more to the team. That morning, the twins unveiled the new Normad to the Galaxy Angels.

"Here we go. Enjoy the new Normad." Malibu said.

"What's different about him? He looks the same as he always does." Forte asked.

Normad took a few teetering steps. "I can move on my own now." It said.

"And... how is this supposed to be a good thing?" Forte asked.

Like Queen Victoria, Normad was not amused.

"What are you talking about!?" Normad snapped at her.

"This really isn't an improvement. Now we have to lock our doors to keep you from spying on us." Forte said.

"Of all the nerve! I am not interested in you!" Normad said. "I like only Vanilla."

"Oh, calm down, Normad-san." Milfuelle said. "I am glad he can walk. That means Vanilla-san doesn't have to carry him around."

"I am relieved as well." Vanilla said.

"Now I can become a contributing member of the troop." Normad said.

"That is scary." Forte said. Normad waved its arms and tail around.

"I have arm and tail function as well." Normad said.

"That is the cutest thing." Milfeulle said.

"Well, we'll have to see where we can use you now, Normad." Commander Myers said. "We should return to our assignments. I've got loads of paperwork to do."

"Yea, I got stuff to do too." Forte said.

They all went back to their assignments. Normad followed Vanilla back to the infirmary. Kokomo Perot had gotten into an accident involving shattered glass and was covered in small cuts. Vanilla's nanopets were working to heal him.

"I want a progress report from the nanomachines." Vanilla said.

"I'll see what they say." Normad responded. He communicated with them through ultrasonic frequencies.

"They say they are about half done. They have healed the cuts on the underside of his body. They're having trouble with a few of the cuts due to the number of glass shards in them." Normad said.

"Let me know when they have finished." Vanilla said.

Ranpha Framboise is not a very patient person by nature. She was sitting at a computer, doing paperwork. The more she did, however, the more it made her crazy. She was about halfway through when she slammed her fists on the desk.

"GAH! I can't take it anymore! I didn't sign up to be stuck behind some computer!" She said. She then paused for a moment.

"It wouldn't hurt if I take a break now, would it?" She thought. She decided to jump online and visit some web sites. Her favorite site, lookingforstuds.com, was down for an upgrade. So was her second-most favorite site, menmenmen.com.

"Damn! Why did those sites have to go down at the same time! ARGH!" Ranpha thought. She went to another of her favorite sites, shirtless men.com, and it had just updated. There was a new group of pictures there. Ranpha clicked on the first name, Kotomo, and fell in love with the guy pictured. This bishonen man was pictured wearing a pair of swimtrunks only, pictured on a sailboat. Ranpha smiled and got hearts in her eyes. "Oh man... he is cute! I'd like to go sailing with him!" Ranpha thought. She then advanced the picture to the next frame. This showed the same guy holding a length of rope.

"Who is that? He sure is cute!" A voice said behind Ranpha. Startled, Ranpha turned around to see Mint there.

"Mint! What are you doing here?" Ranpha snapped.

"I have some paperwork to do, but I see you're taking up the computer now." Mint said.

"Oh - uh. I was just taking a break from my paperwork. Why not try Commander Myers' work station?" Ranpha said.

"Forte's doing her paperwork there." Mint replied.

"DAMN!" Ranpha thought.

"Well... all right. I'll let you finish your paperwork." Ranpha said. She closed the window and logged off.

Several light years away, the forces of Eonia were gathered in front of him. He addressed them sternly.

"We now have the means to destroy the Elie Ciel. However, I want the prince taken alive. We will disable their defenses, and take them all down. I want to have the commander watching. I want to laugh in his face as I torture and kill prince Shiva." Eonia said.

Back on the Elle Ciel, Forte and Chitose were walking down a hallway. They were heading towards the dining area when Forte suddenly tripped over something and fell flat on her chest.

"HEY! Why don't you look where you're going!?" Normad said. Forte had tripped over Normad, and was hurting as she stood back up.

"You little creep! How dare you get in my way!" Forte snapped back at Normad.

"Forte-sempai, you shouldn't argue with it." Chitose said.

"Yea... you're right. It's not worth it." Forte said. They walked away from

Normad.

"Of all the nerve... Forte-san is very rude." Normad said.

"Ah!" Ranpha had entered and tripped over Normad's tail. She staggered for a bit before grabbing a wall.

"Watch where you're going!" Normad said.

Later on in the dining area, Chitose was sitting next to Forte. Forte was topping off a fifth of vodka.

"Forte-sempai, tell me: Why do you drink so much? You know too much alcohol is bad for you." Chitose said.

"It dulls the pain." Forte responded. "My childhood was very rough. I got hurt a lot. I got several deep wounds that will be painful for life."

"Oh... I'm... sorry, Forte-sempai." Chitose responded.

"Every month I go through extreme pain when it's that time of the month for me." Forte said. "I've tried various pain relievers, but nothing worked... until I got drunk." Forte then sipped her drink.

"Well... I sympathize, Forte-sempai." Chitose said. Forte drank some more.

"You ever drink, Chitose-san?" Forte asked.

"No. I haven't." Chitose replied.

"If you ever start, remember that moderation is the key. Don't ever drink as much as I do." Forte said. "Men don't like a lush." Chitose was very moved by this. She would forever take Forte's words to heart.

"Attention! The forces of Eonia have been located 5 light years from our position and are heading this way. All forces are on red alert! Galaxy Angels, report to your emblem frames!" A voice announced.

"Uh-oh. Let's go, Chitose-san." Forte said.

"Are you sure you can pilot your emblem frame like this?" Chitose asked.

"I had only one drink. That didn't give me a buzz." Forte said as she stood up.

At the hangar, the six Galaxy Angels entered their emblem frames and took off. Milfeulle led the way with the Lucky Star.

"We won't let those meanies take Prince Shiva!" Milfeulle said.

They came to about 15 fighters that had Eonia's crest on them.

"This must be them! Get them, Angels!" The forces of Eonia opened fire, and the Galaxy Angels returned that fire. Milfeulle and Forte combined for the first kill. The forces of Eonia, however, were split in two: 15 other fighters went unopposed to the Elle Ciel. Commander Myers scrambled everyone, but Eonia's forces managed to cripple the cannon early, and then disable the shields. They landed in landing bay 1 and started shooting up the place. The Transbaal army fought back, but were outnumbered and outclassed. On the bridge, Commander Myers barricaded himself and about 5 other troops in the bridge. They had sealed access to the garden where Prince Shiva was, however. They couldn't get to Shiva without killing him, and that was against Eonia's orders.

The only being that escaped capture outside of Shiva was Normad. When the Eonian forces saw him, he said nothing and they thought he was just a plush toy. One soldier kicked him into a wall.

"Out of my way, you stupid toy!" He said. The soldiers left the area, and Normad righted himself.

"How rude! Eonia should teach his troops some manners." Normad said quietly.

Back with the Angels, they were making some progress against the forces of Eonia. Six of their ships had been destroyed before the Kung Fu fighter was disabled.

"They hit my engines! I'm dead in the water!" Ranpha said.

Vanilla flew over to the Kung Fu fighter and unleashed one of her nanomachine pets on the engine.

"I will try to protect you while you undergo repairs." Vanilla said.

The others were sustaining some damage to their shields, but fought on.

Back on the Elle Ciel, Normad hatched a plan to stop Eonia's forces. He stood in the way as some soldiers came rushing down the hall. One of them tripped over Normad, accidentally firing his gun and killing the other. When he stood up, he kicked Normad into a wall.

"Goddamned toy! What kind of soldiers would leave a toy lying around like that!?" He then fired his laser, grazing Normad's head. Once the soldier was gone, however, Normad said, "You really need to control your temper."

Normad moved around and hid for the next pair.

The battle between the Galaxy Angels and Eonia's forces was heating up. The Kung Fu fighter could only be fixed enough to let Ranpha limp home. That didn't matter much, as Eonia's forces were dwindling. They were not able to penetrate the defenses of the Harvester and the Happy Trigger. Milfeulle's Lucky Star had taken some damage, but was still able to fight. Milfeulle and Chitose had teamed up to destroy another fighter.

"I think I understand this now." Chitose said.

"You're getting much better." Mint noted.

Forte managed to cripple the weapons on the last ship. The lone ship retreated.

"C'mon! I'm just getting started!" Forte shouted at the fleeing ship.

Back on the Elie Ciel, Normad had been pretty torn up defending the way to Shiva. However, the last man he tripped up got mad and shot Normad at point blank range, destroying its ability to move. At that time, the Angels arrived back in hangar bay 1 and found the spacecraft there. Forte drew her gun.

"Trouble. Get ready for combat." Forte said. At that moment, an Eonian guard entered. Forte shot him in the leg, and he went down like lead. She then came up to him and pointed her gun at his head.

"Talk. How many more of you are there?" Forte demanded.

"Go to hell, &*@#!" was his response. Forte pistol-whipped the soldier.

"I don't think you'll get an answer here." Ranpha said.

"We're going to have to search the ship." Forte said.

"Right. We should split into pairs." Forte said.

Vanilla and Chitose encountered Normad first. He was lying next to a pile of about 8 dead bodies, and all torn to shreads. Much of his locomotion systems were destroyed.

"Normad..." Vanilla said. She seemed to be hurt by seeing Normad like that, but didn't show it.

"Vanilla-chan! I'm so glad to see you! These bullies were so mean to me." Normad said.

"We'll get you fixed up as soon as we can. Did you kill all these guys yourself?" Chitose asked.

"Well... I don't want to brag, but they did die through my actions." Normad replied.

"Way to go, Normad! High command will be pleased." Chitose said.

"Aw... shucks." Normad replied.

"You have done well." Vanilla added.

"Vanilla-chan... coming from you, that means a lot." Normad said.

On the other side of the ship, Ranpha and Forte managed to trap three of the guards between them and Commander Myers.

"You are surrounded! Surrender and no harm will come to you!" Forte shouted.

"Death before dishonor! Long live Eonia-sama!" The guard shouted. He pushed a button on his suit, and all Eonian guards exploded. This showered the area with shrapnel. Forte, Ranpha and Commander Myers dove behind cover, but didn't completely escape the blast. Everyone was knocked down.

Later as Forte recovered in the infirmary, she was told about Normad's heroics along with Commander Myers and Ranpha.

"How the hell did that toy manage to kill eight Eonian soldiers!?" Forte asked. "They always blow themselves up before getting killed."

"None the less, Normad did manage to get seven Eonian battle suits that we can study." Milfeulle said.

"You've got to be kidding me." Ranpha said.

"I thought you said he killed eight of them." Forte said.

"Well, we're having a bit of a problem with that. Mint tried to remove one of the suits and it exploded. Vanilla's nanomachines are performing surgery on her as we speak." Milfeulle said.

"Oh, I hope she'll be o.k." Ranpha said.

"She should be fine." Milfeulle said.

Three days later, the Angels were faring better. A shuttle arrived carrying a General of the Transbaal Empire. He was an elderly man in his 70's, with close-cropped white hair and brown eyes. He summoned the Angels to the meeting room.

"I have come with a special accommodation for a Private Normad." He announced. "He is to be promoted to corporal and recognized for his bravery in the recent attack on the Elle Ciel."

"We're still sewing him up, general. However, I'll go get him now." Milfuelle said.

"Sewing him up? I did not know he had been injured. We should go to the infirmary then..." The general said.

"He's not in the infirmary. He's in Milfuelle's room." Forte said as Milfuelle left the room after bowing to the general. About a minute later, she returned with Normad in her arms. Milfeulle had been sewing him up, but was only partially done.

"He has temporarily lost all mobility, but the Perot twins are working on his motion systems, General-sama." Milfuelle said.

"You never mentioned that Normad was a doll." The general said.

"Actually, I am a piece of lost technology stuffed into a doll, General-sama." Normad said. The general was surprised that Normad talked, but quickly recovered.

"Well, you have been made a corporal in the Transbaal army." The general said. He pinned a medal on Normad's front.

"Arigato, general-sama. This is a great honor." Normad said.

"In addition, we have awards of bravery for the rest of you Galaxy Angels." The general announced. "Prince Shiva will present these medals himself."

Prince Shiva came forth and proceeded to pin a medal on each of the Galaxy Angels.

"You have done a great job keeping me safe. Keep up the good work." Prince Shiva said.

What followed was a feast featuring some of the angel's favorite foods. Milfeulle was given a rest as the General's chefs prepared the food. Everyone had a great time as they went on their way.

 

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