Meanwhile, At the Headquarters, Eta and the others had just reached the Chief's room.
Henry looked out the window at his people taking the goods from the platform where Eta and the others came from. Henry was in a wheelchair with only his right leg. He had green hair.
Eta, "Hey! Henry, how are you all holding up?"
Henry, "*sigh* Hard, but fine. We could keep it if only we deflect the current problem at hand," and turned around with his wheelchair moving automatically to face Eta and the others.
Eta was confused, "How? What is the other problem?"
Henry, "That is the kid you brought here along!"
Eta, "I am sorry! I couldn't leave him there even if you were there with me to tell!"
Pit intervened, "I am sorry for speaking out of line, but Chief Eta means well!"
Henry stopped arguing to think over everything carefully, then said, "Alright then! I understand Dad you mean well, but I have to think also about the ones here too!"
Eta waved the others to leave the room. After they left the room and closed the door to give them some privacy.
Eta, "What do you mean? What is the thing bothering you?"
Henry, "The kid was part of the auction, and the thing for us was not to start a war with Sunrise or Nightstrive!"
Eta, "Calm down! Henry, take a deep breath in", and Henry then took a deep breath in.
Eta, "And now out with it", then Henry exhaled.
Eta, "Now put all the responsibility on me!"
Henry looked at him with a death glare.
Eta giggled, "I am always there for you and all of them. I am the Chief after all, and you the next!"
A lady enters the room. She had short black hair.
She said, "Sir! Both of you have to listen to this transmission we just received!"
Henry, "Alia! You knew the door was closed right?", He saw Alia was not listening as she took out a floppy disk-like device with a button on it.
Henry, "*sigh* Whatever!"
As she pressed it, a holographic screen appeared with many files on it from indoor cameras, outdoor cameras, outside records, inside records, transmissions, etc., She then pressed transmissions and clicked on the latest one.
It said, "It's connected? It's connected! Here my lord!", And then they heard someone walking in and someone else walking away.
The transmission, "If you can hear. Pass my price to me! I had plans for it and if some of you are clueless about what it is, It is the Homunculus kid with you. If you don't return it to me before the year ends, I will have to begin the war", Then transmission cuts off.
Henry, "Threatening us!? The guy has some balls. They are from the auction of the kid, probably one of the 7 executives. He said about starting a war, didn't he? That means one of the richest among them. Q'fon or Shivan is the buyer. Damn it! We are screwed!"
Alia, "I already know where the transmission came from. It was Shivan"
Eta and Henry looked at Alia as if she were joking.
Henry, "Dad! This is serious right?"
Eta, "I think so!?"
Henry, "And I am not dreaming, right?"
Eta, "I feel not!"
Henry, "Dad! Come over so I can tell something", Then Eta bent to hear what Henry's got to say.
Henry plucked out a long strand of hair from Eta's head.
Eta, "Ouch! That hurt, What was that for?"
Henry, "This is bad, bad, Dad!"
Eta looked at Alia and waved at her as a sign to leave, So, Alia left the room to meet Pit and the Pilot of the helicopter waiting outside the door.
Pit, "What was the news?"
Alia nodded her head to say no, "Henry panicked again"
Pit, "He is talented even more than Chief. Sadly, he lost his leg back then"
After the Pilot heard that he put his head down.
Pit saw that, "No! I am not blaming you. I am sorry, Leon!"
Pit hugged Leon to comfort him, "It was not your fault that happened. We were just in a bad circumstance then!"
Alia joined in on the hug, "I believe Henry wouldn't even blame you. He would instead blame himself"
Then they went silent and laughed silently to keep it between them.
That was when Rhea came after sending Persis to the dorms.
Rhea, "Hey!", They looked around and saw her coming towards them.
Rhea, "Is the old man inside?"
Pit, "Ya!"
Then tried to go in, but Pit stopped her grabbing her shoulder and said, "You shouldn't probably go in there at this time"
Rhea turned to him, "Why?"
Pit, "Ya, you know Chief, he didn't tell it was you who brought the kid", Rhea felt bad that he burdened Eta.
Alia, "Then I tell you something. Know that you will be the reason if there is a war"
Pit, Rhea and Leon were not expecting that and shouted, "A WAR!?", simultaneously.
Henry and Eta who were inside heard that and went out to check on them.
Eta opened the door and kept it open for Henry to move out.
Henry, "What was all the commotion about?"
They all then stood up straight like a soldier.
Pit, "We just heard the news about a war soon, Sir!"
Henry, "*sigh* Alia! Why do you inform them before I do? Then Why don't you just start a newspaper company"
Others around cracked upon hearing that.
Alia, "I just heard something related to it that is why I told them!"
Henry felt intrigued by it, "Interesting, What was it related to this?"
Eta looked at Alia looking at her. Eta nodded no.
Alia inhaled deeply, "The boy gave Chief a chocolate!"
Henry was stunned, pissed off and grinning in pain, "So, that was it!"
Someone else comes towards them this time with a box in hand. It was a lady who works in the storage department since it was written on her jacket.
Henry saw her, "What is it that came here for?"
The lady, "It's about the package we've received just now from the surface"
Henry, "What was it this time?"
The lady, "An O-pass"
They all paused.
Henry, "You are talking about the one in the basement, right?"
The lady was confused, "Sir, We are not from that department. I am talking about the one we just found!"
Henry felt this all was a misunderstanding, that's when the alarms sounded around them.
Henry, "Alright, keep the O-pass at my desk. I want you to inform the base Warehouse Department to hide away the O-pass and join in for the evacuation!"
The lady, "Of Course, Sir. But evacuation?"
Henry, "That is if the situation is worse than I had expected." he then looked over to Rhea, "You should help the children evacuate." Both of them left the group, but Rhea hesitated a bit to leave.
Eta asked, "Henry are you thinking about the 2 O-passes? I feel the same about it too!"
Henry replied, "This might be a trap, and somehow we already fell right into it, but if we get away from this unscathed. We could turn this into an advantage!"
Eta said, "Let's hope it goes according to your vision." He then helped Henry to the Entrance to face the danger ahead.
Pit and Leon accompanied them too.
As they reached the entry port where the Storage Department folks collect platform goods, they saw 3 large portals open up and smaller portals opening all around the Golden Valley.