Nura exited the apartment with even more difficulty than when he entered, and from that point, Relovan spent the next two days taking care of errands and making sure there were no loose ends. He even got another haircut from Tony, and by the time the third day came around, he was ready to go. He was dressed in his police uniform, complete with the cape and cap. He sat in his tiny lounge with his weapons holstered and his bag packed. His possessions by and large all fit in the single bag he had decided to bring with him, and he figured the Marshals were likely to teleport in and wreak havoc with his things again, so he moved most of the smaller items into his bedroom and closed the door. Sometime in the morning, he heard the Chief approaching with his usual motorcade and less than five minutes later, there was a knock. Nura invited himself in without waiting for Relovan to answer and squeezed in with some difficulty again. He looked as though he was close to smashing the entire apartment out of annoyance, but stopped himself and waved at Relovan.
"Lawman."
"Chief."
"I take it that you're ready?"
"Indeed I am."
Nura looked around the apartment for a few seconds, before looking at Relovan.
"Something's different."
"The Marshals wreck things when they teleport, so I moved the things that could potentially get wrecked."
"Well, they are beings of pure power, so I'm not surprised that happens."
As Nura spoke, he noticed that Relovan's bedroom door was slightly ajar, and he could see a bit of Relovan's broken gun and stun baton.
"Are those the weapons you used that day?" He asked as he pointed.
"Oh, those? Yeah." Relovan answered as he looked back at them. "They were in my locker down at the precinct, so I took them."
"Mind if I look at them?"
Relovan stood up and went into the bedroom, before emerging with the weapons a few moments later.
"Something to drink, Chief?"
"I would like to say yes, but there isn't all that much time left before the Marshals arrive."
Nura took the weapons in his hands and looked at them, his attention especially focused on the baton.
"I've never seen this happen to a standard issue police baton before, Lawman. Even watching the surveillance footage, I couldn't quite believe it. These things are built tough."
"There are duds and defects everywhere, Chief."
"True as that may be, I think it's best if we go to the Station now – the Marshals aren't all that far from landing, I think."
"Landing? So they won't be teleporting in here?'
"Not likely. They will be arriving with the SS Illusive after all, so it would only be proper for us to meet them at the Station."
"Makes sense." Relovan agreed as he stood up.
He grabbed his bag and gestured for the Chief to walk out first, which he did. The door was then locked and the pair made their way down to the cars in the parking lot. The drive over to the Station was two things that Relovan's previous trip up was not – quiet and nowhere near as rushed and frantic. They were able to drive like normal people, which is precisely what they did. They didn't even drive with the sirens blaring, and they actually stopped at the boom gate and went through one after the other – like normal people. They reached the Dock, and even drove past Nala, who was still stuck there like some kind of beached sea creature. Relovan could have sworn he heard a noise coming from the Void Walker as it saw them drive past, but he chalked that down to his imagination. The group parked at a non-refueling part of Blargon Station, which was smaller and less used than the refueling section of the Station. The two men stepped out of the car they were in, and Relovan leaned against the side of the car while waiting for the Marshals to arrive. The team of staff that had travelled with Nura started to offload his plethora of luggage from the vehicles that were part of the motorcade, and Relovan just watched as the piled the bags on top of each other.
"…what? How much stuff did you bring, Chief?"
"Enough." Nura answered quickly as he walked around and stood next to Relovan.
"You are entering a different world now, Lawman." He said as he looked at the Human. "The beings you are about to come into contact with are likely unlike anything you have seen before – and I say this while being aware that you were part of the Death Squad. I need you to prepare yourself mentally in whatever way you must, because the moment we step on the Illusive, we'll be entering a different realm entirely. The second phase of the plan begins immediately after the Hearings conclude, so things will be busy."
"Hmph." Relovan snorted as he pushed himself away from the car and stood up straight. "Understood, Sir."
The conversation was unable to progress any further however, as a split appeared in the darkness above the Station and the two halves separated. The split became broader and soon enough, streaks of lightning, swirling flames, gale force winds, waves and all manner of Elemental occurrences could be heard and seen happening in the Void inside the split. Multicoloured Shields lined the surface of whatever Voidcraft was coming through the split, and that was really the only way that those on the ground were able to see that there was actually something coming out from the Void. Whatever it was appeared to be particularly large, and the Shields repelled all of the Void attacks rather proficiently for around a minute or so until the entire brightly coloured ship had exited the Void and was now hovering above the Station. The vessel was massive, and its multiple thrusters changed direction, facing the ground. The split was a Void Portal, much like the ones created by the Void Walkers that arrived at the Station two months ago, and whatever cloaking system the ship had been using as it came through the portal was deactivated, revealing the SS Illusive. It was large, incredibly sleek looking – as if it had a unibody that was chiseled out of one large piece of whatever it was made from, instead of being put together and assembled. It had many a light, many a thruster of varying size, and was branded with a positively massive example of the Council Fleet insignia.
Upon receiving the necessary instruction and approvals, the ship then began its descent, and the one thing that Relovan noted was that despite the size and scale of the Voidcraft, it was damn near silent. Unlike the sense of occasion the Void Walkers brought with them, the SS Illusive barely made a noise or kicked up any dust – it just arrived, descended and then after some time, landed. It wasn't completely silent, but comparatively, it's like it didn't even exist. Relovan and Nura watched from a distance as the ship landed and settled down. A few moments later, police vehicles zoomed past them and flew towards the Illusive. Even Station Security Officers were rushing over in their goofy looking four wheeled carts. After a number of vehicles went past them, as well as a few Security Officers that ran by on foot, things quietened down again. Relovan and Nura looked at each other in silence for a bit, before they both sensed the incoming presence of more than a few entities. Not even a second later, four Marshals landed in front of the pair and looked at them both.
"Chief Nura, Enforcer Relovan." One of the Marshals said in a raspy voice. "We have come to escort you both to the ship – please follow me."
One of the Marshals looked at the ridiculous amount of bags that had been piled up and a moment later, they were all engulfed by a turquoise light and rose up off the floor. The Marshals then flanked both men, and the one that had addressed them signaled for them to follow after him, which they did. They all walked in silence, and after a few minutes of walking, they reached the SS Illusive – the sight of which caught Relovan's attention.
"…whoa." He muttered as they walked.
There was a large number of Marshals present, and they all formed a guard of honour of sorts to the entrance of the ship. The Illusive was vast up close, and looked far better than Relovan felt it had any right to.
"First time seeing something like this?" Nura asked.
"First time boarding one." Relovan replied. "I'm more accustomed to rinky-dink pieces of shit like V-Fighters."
Nura shuddered at the mere mention of V-Fighters, and then chuckled.
"Well, then this is about to be a vastly different experience. Traveling through the Void in something that doesn't creek, or violently wobble when struck by lightning will be quite the experience. Even the Voidcraft that the police use are pieces of shit in comparison."
"I'll bet." Relovan said as he examined the Illusive.