We were called down later, separated into teams and given our individual envelopes. The air around me was hard to breathe in because of a certain somebody who could not hide their animosity towards me.
We were to leave in much smaller ships and since somebody had to take the mothership Arnold agreed to do it. This meant that the Betty would go with a different group and so Sizana and Choka were chosen for that. They both didn't look too happy to be going with each other, I had a few guesses why but I liked to entertain the thought that they had different ways of dealing with situations.
Sizana thought things through while in battle and Choka despite being the slowest one on the crew always made sure to have a solid plan before taking action.
I was yet to see how Mona handled serious situations, what she did back at the moon was not enough for me to get a grasp on her. I kept getting the urge to use the [Supreme Eyes] but I resisted because like I said before I think she is cute. Therefore I want everything that is to follow to be a surprise, I'm not worried about battles since I am the strongest. I just want to be entertained.
As soon as we reached I notice that there was already a lot of ships there, none of them was as small as ours so assumed not every crew was cut down to twos but rather a small enough amount to disrupt their units.
Mona had not said anything to me all this while and in my hands, I had the envelope handed over to our team. I had not opened it yet because I wanted her to ask me. Every other minute that passes she would sneak a peek behind her to look at me, I saw her every time but I doubt she noticed.
"What are you waiting for?" Mona asked finally breaking the silence.
"Hm," I played dumb.
"Don't act stupid with me, shouldn't you have opened that damned thing by now?"
"I would have if you were a bit nicer to me."
"Why should I be nicer to you?"
"For the same reason why you are being mean to me and only me I might add."
"Ah," she paused and continued to steer the ship. "I'm not mean to you."
"You said I make you angry."
"And that's the end of it."
"Why do I make you angry, do I remind you of a past lover or something?"
"LOVER!?" She blurted out and tried to turn quickly but failed. "No, the hell you don't. But you do remind me of someone from my past."
"Ooh, storytime."
"I'm not telling you anything."
"Do you want butter with your popped corn?"
"YOU IDIOT!?"
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Mona POV
It was back when I was a teenager, no I think it was a bit earlier than that. The night that the royal family got massacred, my family and I were in the castle.
We hailed from a servant family that had been serving the castle for hundreds of years from one generation to the other. My brother and I were under training to take over our father's duties once we were old enough.
I remember everybody was screaming in a frenzy and they ran up and down the halls like headless chickens. "The royals are gone, the royals are gone," they said.
"Hey, Mona! Get back in here, mom told us not to wander into the castle." Choka said as he extended his arm to me from within the vents. I looked at him and then the chaos, I chose drama.
"MONA! YOU ARE GOING TO GET US BOTH IN TROUBLE!" He screamed as he finally came out of them.
I laughed and ran into the crowd following them to the stairs and down them. Choka followed closely behind and did some neat tricks like riding the rails to catch up.
I continued following the chaos until Choka finally caught up to me. He grabbed my hand and pulled me into his arms. As we slowed down I realized that there was a lot of people and they had places to be. They bumped into us and did not even acknowledge we were there. Choka somehow got us through the confusion and we managed to find an empty hallway to walk.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"You wouldn't be asking that had you stayed put just like mom told us to," Choka said without even looking back at me.
"I'm sorry."
"SORRY WON'T TAKE US BACK!"
"But I'm really sorry."
"It's okay, I shouldn't be this way since we just got here. All we need to do is go back where we came from." Choka turned around and grabbed my hand, we faced the direction where we came from and there were a few guards walking down that area.
"What are you kids doing down here? Nobody is allowed to walk these halls but the royal family." The first guard said, he stood in front of them and did not have his face covered. But I could not recognize him even though I knew all the high ranking guards. It was a hobby of mine.
"Ah..." Choka wanted to talk but they cut him out.
"Did you know that this was their Majesties' escape path? Did your boss send you to wait here? How many of you are there? Do you know about the youngest princess Sizana, traces of her are nowhere to be found? Were you here to lead her astray? You know where she is, don't you? Well, we are going on a trip and you are going to accompany us. Arrest them."
"NO! WE ARE JUST KIDS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON!" Choka stood in front of me with his arms spread. I grabbed onto his coth and peeked at the guard with one eye.
He returned my stare and got me hiding behind Choka again. The guards continued trying to arrest us but Choka continued to call back saying that we were innocent the entire time up to the point where they took us in and he never attacked.