8 - blue thunder

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    Escape
[00:17] ---
    On this wind,
[00:19] ---
    I let my tears ride
[00:21] ---
    Speeding up until they dry
[00:26] ---
    I can fly over and go on
[00:29] ---
    I just know that the answer
[00:32] ---
    Is out there, on the far side of that distant sky
[00:42] ---
    In this place, where I can't find the answer
[00:47] ---
    I sigh and look at the sky
[00:52] ---
    Shining deep in these eyes suffused in blue
[00:58] ---
    Is a dreamer, who can go anywhere
[01:01] ---
    That's me, you see
[01:03] ---
    Escape
[01:04] ---
    On this wind,
[01:07] ---
    I let my wish ride
[01:09] ---
    My outstretched hands paint the future
[01:14] ---
    I'm not afraid anymore
[01:17] ---
    Of the trace of tears
[01:20] ---
    Suffused in rainbow colors, I fly on
[01:30] ---
    To the far side of that sky
[01:59] ---
    Looks like we're finally back
    to being on routine standby.
[02:07] ---
    That's not even funny!
[02:29] ---
    It isn't our job to pursue that terrorist.
[02:33] ---
    To destroy Secrets before
    they detonate in a fusion blast.
[02:37] ---
    That is the mission of the IFO teams.
[02:39] ---
    We don't have the time
    to take on any extra work.
[02:51] ---
    Now, now, you two, I think
    that's enough of that.
[02:55] ---
    So, what's his penalty?
[02:58] ---
    There is no precedent for this,
[03:00] ---
    but I believe he should be punished severely.
[03:02] ---
    I think a stern reprimand
    should do for this time around.
[03:05] ---
    That is going too easy on him!
[03:06] ---
    Are you of the same opinion?
[03:10] ---
    There's the matter of Team
    Goldilocks to consider, too...
[03:13] ---
    Then it's settled.
[03:16] ---
    I'm going to put my trust in you,
    so there'll be no further punishment.
[03:19] ---
    What?
[03:20] ---
    To me, IFO pilots are like
    my own children, after all.
[03:25] ---
    It's part of a father's duty to give
    his children the benefit of his trust.
[03:30] ---
    A father...
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    You have no right to say such things.
[03:51] ---
    Hey, what's with that guy?
[03:52] ---
    I know!
[04:21] ---
    "Fleur Blanc Official Blog"
    "A Place to Connect"
[04:29] ---
    Ao!
[04:34] ---
    Shopping?
[04:36] ---
    Yeah.
[04:41] ---
    Hey! Sweetheart!
[04:44] ---
    Get me a Generation coffee! Hot!
[04:49] ---
    What's the big idea?
[04:52] ---
    Why are you following me around?!
[04:55] ---
    Oh, well, lemme think...
[04:58] ---
    Just quit hanging around me already!
[05:09] ---
    Was that his idea of being intimidating?
[05:12] ---
    Are you monitoring Ao?
[05:14] ---
    If you are, you should put
    a little more thought into it.
[05:16] ---
    You're being way too obvious.
[05:19] ---
    That's what we've been told to do.
[05:23] ---
    You're blatantly monitoring him
    to put pressure on him?!
[05:29] ---
    I find it hard to believe that this was your idea.
[05:33] ---
    Orders... from the CEO?
[05:36] ---
    So I hear that you don't get
    along with your old man?
[05:42] ---
    Ao's the same.
[05:43] ---
    What?
[05:46] ---
    Him and his old man...
[06:14] ---
    We have a formal request.
[06:17] ---
    Mobilize at once.
[06:19] ---
    Roger that.
[06:22] ---
    Faisal Arabia, huh?
[06:24] ---
    It certainly turned up in a troublesome spot.
[06:27] ---
    A telephone call from the
    Allied Forces for the CEO.
[06:30] ---
    And speak of the devil.
[06:33] ---
    I'll take it in my office.
[06:34] ---
    Transfer the call for me.
[06:43] ---
    In Colombia, your team got taken out,
[06:45] ---
    and the other day, you had that terrorist scare.
[06:47] ---
    You've taken one hit after
    another there, Christophe.
[06:50] ---
    I appreciate your concern,
    Mr. Secretary of State.
[06:53] ---
    Thinking about what I've got coming up
    ahead makes my head hurt, too.
[06:57] ---
    Meaning?
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    It's that Nirvash of yours.
[07:01] ---
    Some of our congressmen have
    begun fussing that it's the Mark I,
[07:05] ---
    which was in our country's custody
    until it went missing at some point.
[07:10] ---
    Oh?
[07:11] ---
    It seems they're planning
    to team up with the media
[07:13] ---
    and put pressure on the President.
[07:16] ---
    The election is coming up, so they're
    willing to do whatever it takes.
[07:20] ---
    I see.
[07:21] ---
    However, the Nirvash and the Mark I
    are two completely different crafts.
[07:26] ---
    Yes, I know that.
[07:28] ---
    But for the United States government
    to respect Generation Bleu's claim...
[07:35] ---
    Faisal Arabia, is it?
[07:48] ---
    It's still a ways out.
[07:50] ---
    Shall we make it our priority
    to retrieve the Quartz?
[07:53] ---
    What will you do if the
    enemy increases its speed?
[07:56] ---
    That's...
[07:59] ---
    Since we've allowed for the Secret to appear,
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    there's only one course
    of action we ought to take.
[08:05] ---
    H-Hold on a second.
[08:07] ---
    Then those guys were monitoring
    me on orders from the CEO?
[08:11] ---
    Probably.
[08:12] ---
    I see.
[08:14] ---
    After all that stuff he said
    about trust and being a father...
[08:18] ---
    The things he says and does
    are totally inconsistent!
[08:20] ---
    Oh, so he pulled that line on you, too.
[08:25] ---
    "The IFO pilots are my children."
[08:29] ---
    He's got some nerve saying that
    in front of his own daughter.
[08:33] ---
    Daughter?
[08:33] ---
    Oh? Did we never tell you?
[08:37] ---
    Fleur is our CEO's daughter.
[08:40] ---
    Wha... What?!
[08:43] ---
    That's enough chitchat.
[08:44] ---
    We've identified the Secret.
[08:48] ---
    This Secret closely resembles the one
[08:50] ---
    that was sighted in 1752 in Philadelphia, USA.
[08:59] ---
    Apparently, when the Secret
    appeared on that occasion,
[09:01] ---
    the surrounding area suffered damage
    caused by a series of lightning strikes.
[09:05] ---
    When you get down to it,
    the phenomenon called lightning
[09:08] ---
    occurs when a difference in
    electric potential arises in space
[09:10] ---
    that exceeds the dielectric strength of air--
[09:12] ---
    The mission is cancelled.
[09:14] ---
    The Triton will return immediately.
[09:17] ---
    What in the world happened?!
[09:19] ---
    CEO's orders.
[09:20] ---
    What? The CEO?!
    What kind of order is that?!
[09:23] ---
    Reverse course.
[09:25] ---
    Chief?! You can't be...
[09:27] ---
    Chief?! Chief!
[09:29] ---
    Chief!
[09:30] ---
    Roger that.
[09:46] ---
    Yes, it's me.
[09:51] ---
    Some kind of deal was struck behind the scenes.
[09:54] ---
    That's the only thing I can think of.
[09:55] ---
    If so, about the only entity that
    can put pressure on our CEO
[10:00] ---
    is probably the United States government.
[10:02] ---
    Why would America do that?
[10:05] ---
    Faisal Arabia, where the
    Scub turned up this time,
[10:08] ---
    is the most anti-US country
    in all of the Middle East.
[10:11] ---
    And the US deems Faisal Arabia to
    have aided terrorist organizations
[10:14] ---
    and regards them with hostility,
[10:16] ---
    so the two countries are in a situation
[10:17] ---
    where war could break out
    between them at any time.
[10:20] ---
    Faisal Arabia's thoroughly anti-US sentiments
[10:23] ---
    grew out of conflict within the
    royal family of former Saudi Arabia...
[10:27] ---
    If the fusion blast is allowed to occur,
[10:29] ---
    it will be a serious blow to their enemy
[10:32] ---
    and also prevent the establishment
    of a Coral plant. That's why.
[10:36] ---
    You've got to be kidding me!
[10:37] ---
    Why would our CEO go along
    with something like that?!
[10:41] ---
    Probably because he was
    presented with conditions
[10:42] ---
    that would be profitable for the company.
[10:44] ---
    You're wrong about that! I'm sure he--
[10:47] ---
    Rebecka!
[10:52] ---
    Telling us to go back now
    means he expects us...
[11:00] ---
    ...to stand by and watch people die!
[11:22] ---
    Fleur?!
[11:28] ---
    Are they eloping?!
[11:57] ---
    I hate my father.
[12:02] ---
    You hate yours, too, right?
[12:05] ---
    I heard about it from Mr. Gazelle and his gang.
[12:07] ---
    Maybe that makes us alike.
[12:10] ---
    It doesn't make any sense.
[12:11] ---
    What?
[12:12] ---
    Why do you work for the company
    run by the father you hate?
[12:21] ---
    Five years ago, my maman and I
    were caught in a traffic accident.
[12:29] ---
    With transplant surgery using
    the organs we had between us,
[12:33] ---
    one of us could be saved.
[12:35] ---
    When my father was told this by the doctor,
[12:38] ---
    he chose me and killed my maman.
[12:44] ---
    I loved my maman.
[12:47] ---
    If I'd died then, she probably would be...
[12:56] ---
    I despise my father for burdening me with this.
[13:02] ---
    That's why I do what he least wants me to do.
[13:15] ---
    Chief...
[13:22] ---
    These are scenes from within
    the country of Faisal Arabia.
[13:25] ---
    This footage was taken in the suburbs
    of Abuha, the old state capital,
[13:29] ---
    where the G-Monster appeared.
[13:32] ---
    --In light of this...
    --Both of you get back right away.
[13:35] ---
    Because of this footage, cries have
    gone up all across the globe
[13:38] ---
    that aid should be given to Faisal Arabia.
[13:41] ---
    It seems the Allied Forces had no
    choice but to endorse it as well.
[13:45] ---
    Then...!
[13:46] ---
    The order to return has been rescinded.
[13:48] ---
    We're resuming the mission.
[13:58] ---
    I'm not going to let those
    bastards get their way!
[14:01] ---
    I'll show them!
    America and our stupid CEO, too!
[14:04] ---
    Our stupid CEO!
[14:19] ---
    We've got even more reason not
    to lose than usual, Miss Fleur!
[14:22] ---
    You said it, Ao!
[14:25] ---
    You guys are kind of fired up.
[14:27] ---
    Wanna just go for it and "combine"?
[14:29] ---
    Huh?!
[14:32] ---
    180 seconds to combat airspace.
[14:35] ---
    Target acquired.
[14:37] ---
    Putting it up on the screen.
[14:39] ---
    That lightning is nothing
    more than a phenomenon
[14:42] ---
    resulting from the charged
    particles released by the Secret.
[14:46] ---
    Because IFOs are enveloped in trapar,
[14:48] ---
    Secrets ordinarily do not attack them.
[14:51] ---
    However, in this case, the lightning
    is independent of the Secret's will
[14:55] ---
    and is merely electricity being
    discharged, so please be careful.
[14:59] ---
    The lightning can also occur outside the ZOA.
[15:02] ---
    IFOs have electromagnetic shields
    as a countermeasure against lightning,
[15:07] ---
    but in the event of a direct strike,
[15:09] ---
    there is a chance that the system will go down.
[15:12] ---
    Please be careful of this as well.
[15:13] ---
    You keep telling us to be careful,
    but specifically, what should we do?
[15:17] ---
    Please avoid them.
[15:19] ---
    He makes it sound so simple, daccha.
[15:21] ---
    Didn't I tell you to dial it back during combat?
[15:24] ---
    Let's get going soon.
[15:32] ---
    You'll be outside the discharge zone there.
[15:34] ---
    The Hot Summer of Ukraine at full power!
[15:54] ---
    Again!
[16:00] ---
    The amount of charged particles being released
[16:01] ---
    is increasing at a rate of 250% per second.
[16:04] ---
    --Discharge zone is expanding.
[16:05] ---
    --All IFOs retreat!
[16:17] ---
    No way!
[16:19] ---
    Oh, man...
[16:22] ---
    Elena, come in! Elena!
[16:24] ---
    Nirvash and Alleluia, stand by where you are.
[16:26] ---
    But...!
[16:27] ---
    Without the Kyrie, this operation can't succeed.
[16:30] ---
    Chief, the Secret!
[16:44] ---
    The Secret has released all the
    charged particles it had accumulated
[16:48] ---
    and has begun to gain altitude.
[16:50] ---
    75 seconds from now, it will lose thrust.
[16:52] ---
    It is anticipated that it will crash.
[16:54] ---
    Estimated location of the crash is...
[16:56] ---
    The Scub Coral?!
[16:57] ---
    No! Don't tell me it's going
    to smash itself into it?!
[17:00] ---
    The operation is canceled! Take cover at once!
[17:02] ---
    What?!
[17:03] ---
    The situation has changed. We have no choice.
[17:06] ---
    Damn.
[17:07] ---
    Don't say we have no choice!
[17:09] ---
    If we leave it at this, we lose.
[17:11] ---
    And losing to those bastards
    is out of the question!
[17:15] ---
    Listen to me. You need to
    start by calming down, Ao.
[17:17] ---
    But...!
[17:20] ---
    Miss Fleur?! Miss Fleur!
[17:22] ---
    Fleur, get back here! Fleur!
[17:25] ---
    115 seconds until fusion blast.
[17:39] ---
    Miss Fleur, please respond! Miss Fleur!
[17:45] ---
    There's no way the Alleluia's
    firepower will be enough, so...
[17:48] ---
    This is the one fight I don't want to lose.
[17:50] ---
    What?
[17:51] ---
    For me, this is the one
    fight I don't want to lose.
[17:55] ---
    No matter what happens to me.
[17:57] ---
    Secret has arrived at an altitude
    of 7,200 feet over Faisal Arabia.
[18:02] ---
    It has lost thrust.
[18:04] ---
    Commencing descent.
[18:08] ---
    I'm not okay with that.
[18:11] ---
    I hate my dad, too.
[18:13] ---
    But...
[18:15] ---
    ...I won't risk my life for a bastard like him.
[18:18] ---
    I'm going to live through this...
[18:19] ---
    Live through it all no matter what,
[18:21] ---
    and punch him real good!
[18:24] ---
    So, Fleur!
[18:26] ---
    You can't die, either!
[18:36] ---
    There's no time.
[18:38] ---
    Here we go, Fleur!
[18:39] ---
    Okay!
[18:53] ---
    Nirvash and Alleluia have
    latched on to the Secret.
[18:56] ---
    25 seconds remaining to fusion blast.
[19:13] ---
    Ten... Nine... Eight... Seven...
[19:17] ---
    Six... Five... Four... Three...
[19:21] ---
    Two... One...
[19:30] ---
    Georg, what about Alleluia and Nirvash?
[19:34] ---
    Alleluia and Nirvash are both in good shape.
[19:37] ---
    We also have confirmed life signs,
[19:40] ---
    so I believe the pilots are fine as well.
[19:48] ---
    Fleur, are you okay?
[19:51] ---
    Yes.
[19:54] ---
    I'm alive.
[19:58] ---
    Yeah, we're alive.
[20:09] ---
    Where are you two going?
[20:10] ---
    To see our stupid CEO!
[20:12] ---
    We need to report our victory to him!
[20:16] ---
    I can't wait to see the look on his face.
[20:17] ---
    Maybe he'll be crying after
    getting chewed out by America.
[20:20] ---
    I wonder how our stupid CEO
    will look when he greets us.
[20:24] ---
    Ow-ow-ow!
[20:26] ---
    Stop yanking on it!
[20:29] ---
    Ow!
[20:30] ---
    Wow, it's got some real sticking power.
[20:34] ---
    Hey, they're back.
[20:36] ---
    Oh, hey! What do you think?!
    I look pretty good, huh?!
[20:51] ---
    Those outfits...
[21:01] ---
    You left your posts without permission
    in the middle of an active operation.
[21:06] ---
    I have a couple questions for
    you regarding that incident.
[21:12] ---
    After playing that footage, a report
    went out from goodness knows where
[21:15] ---
    that we had yet to arrive on site
[21:17] ---
    in spite of the fact that we'd
    received a formal request to mobilize.
[21:23] ---
    I immediately got a call from America.
[21:25] ---
    It seems they thought that the
    information had come from us.
[21:29] ---
    And?
[21:29] ---
    Of course, my response was,
    "I have no knowledge of that."
[21:36] ---
    By the way, why did you stay on-site
    even after you'd been ordered to return?
[21:41] ---
    Engine trouble.
[21:43] ---
    I had a hell of a time repairing it.
[21:49] ---
    Where to?
[21:51] ---
    The children are waiting.
[21:54] ---
    It was the CEO who made that footage...
[21:57] ---
    That bastard deceived the world, you know.
[22:00] ---
    But thanks to that,
    we were allowed to mobilize.
[22:03] ---
    We were able to save lots of lives.
[22:08] ---
    Fleur...
[22:10] ---
    Did we win?
[22:14] ---
    Hey, since when do you get off
    addressing me so casually?!
[22:17] ---
    What?
[22:34] ---
    "To Be Continued"
[22:36] ---
    To be continued!
[22:39] ---
    The pounding beat of my heart
[22:46] ---
    Had become a familiar part
    of me before I knew it
[22:51] ---
    Even if there's a stiff wind blowing
[22:57] ---
    I'll always be looking ahead, eyes wide open
[23:03] ---
    If you ever feel like crying, remember
[23:11] ---
    The promise we silently swore to one another
[23:17] ---
    The song of a fledgling taking wing
[23:23] ---
    Even now, still unable to fly well
[23:29] ---
    But over time that comes and goes
[23:35] ---
    Single-mindedly
[23:37] ---
    Following those joined hands
[23:40] ---
    "So I never let you go!!" Those words
[23:46] ---
    Even if they only vanish into the sky
[23:52] ---
    Inside the scattering lights
[23:58] ---
    Unwaveringly
[24:00] ---
    I know I can find you
[24:08] ---
    "Preview"
[24:12] ---
    Next time on Eureka Seven AO.
[24:15] ---
    Desiring radical change in order
    to bring about something new,
[24:18] ---
    a youth summons a relic of the past.
[24:21] ---
    A thing appears in the
    pitch-black depths of the water.
[24:23] ---
    What in the world will it offer the youth?
[24:25] ---
    And what in the world will it show the boy?
[24:28] ---
    Eureka Seven AO, Episode 9.
[24:33] ---
    Hear the cry of the children of the stars.
[24:35] ---