The hatch Femi, Arwan and Eina used to leave led them a few miles away from the facility.
Arwan collapsed from the aftereffects of the buff battery, and ended up being carried by Eina.
They navigated through the forest following Femi's lead while they avoided people using Eina's ability to detect lifeforms.
Out of three of them, Eina looked the worst, the end of her white pants stained with the blood while her body had dried stains, visible hit marks along with her previous scars shown to the open because she wore only a short tube top that exposed her other body.
Arwan was the least battered, his blue engineer's outfit and white bodysuit had little to no scratches. He didn't face anything troubling enough to damage him which was something he was glad about.
Femi's sleeveless shirt had lots of minimal cuts making it look like a victim to claw attacks, his face was painted with dried blood. He didn't have any visible outer damage as most of his injuries were done to his bone and his non-vital innards.
On reaching the end of the forest and closer to Moribus City, Arwan took it as a responsibility to tame and care for the remaining two with him as both their bodies struggled as they hid the pain with an indifferent and smiling face. Arwan took off his outfit, giving it to Eina to hide her bloodied pants so the suspicion people of the city might have for them would lessen .
Realizing that they underestimated how small Eina is, Femi suggested he give his shirt to her instead. It was already baggy for Femi, so for Eina, it reached her knees. They just had to cut her pants short and they were all set.
In the end it was unnecessary. Arwan was in a rush that he forgot his hover bike was not parked inside the city. Like he did on Mars, he concealed his bike with a hologram in the midst of the bushes.
Arwan and Eina pondered whether they were just finally lucky, or Femi's hunch was that good because they had arrived meters beside the bike.
"Let's go, let's go," Femi sat on the bike, waiting for the two who just stared at him with curious eyes.
They shrugged and accepted the cheat that was bestowed to them in dire moments where the enforcers were checking the environment around the facility. It was at that moment they also realized Eina didn't help in the navigation, Femi navigated this unfamiliar forest without leading towards danger based on his instincts!
Arwan had already accepted that Femi's hunch was legit enough to not be called luck, while Eina questioned her inner self if Femi might be one of those with powers. With what she saw when she looked at him, she didn't believe Femi's hunch was like the usual... He was closer to supernatural than human to her.
With that settled, Arwan drove Femi and Eina around the city, going directly to the Spacecrafts Hangar.
The security around the Spacecraft hangar was going to be tighter and Arwan began believing that he'd have to depend on Killian one more time.
But what they met instead of that was a commotion.
Things moved too fast and ended up becoming unorganized. The sudden founding caused turmoil in the Alliance. An order was sent to all Space Fighters to prepare to engage the enemy.
The large amounts of Enforcers and Spacecrafts that were preparing for ignition alarmed those who were in the vicinity of the Hangar.
The trio took the opportunity and slid into the Hanger with not much of an issue after Arwan and Femi passed the security check. For Eina to pass the check - She didn't. They had to play it smart by rushing through the gates when all the ships began hovering leading to the guards being distracted, her petty figure had its advantages.
When they had reached close to Section B where Rimora was parked, that was when they could relax. They slowly walked and turned to the direction where the majority of those in the Hangar looked.
Kilometers ahead, in the direction of the middle of the forest, a huge ship hovered as if coming from underground which was not supposed to be possible, after all, there wasn't supposed to be a hangar there.
The instant it rose up, in section A where the Spacecrafts of the officials were, a squadron of Space Fighters hit the ignition button. Their engine charged up fully, in a slight bit after the Unknown Spacecraft took off, the Official Space Fighters chased after it.
It was at that moment the chase of The Hollows by the Galactic Alliance officially began.
"Well, that was fun," Femi said at the sight, gaining the attention of the other two. "To the next planet it is!"
Arwan sighed, "You're right. We should leave soon. I believe there's a suitable place in my mind."
Femi gave Arwan a thumbs up gesturing 'Good job.'
Arwan raised down the boarding bridge to enter Rimora.
Both Femi and Arwan didn't enter. They just stared at Eina. Once again she didn't move and she didn't look like she was ready to move
No one judged her for acting this way though. Femi already judged her earlier based on his hunch, and to him, she'll be an interesting person to venture with. Judging people was not a complex thing for him.
Arwan already glanced through her dossier and documents regarding her. He couldn't completely finish reading them but with the little he saw she had experienced was enough to make a person run mad. He pitied Eina - It was too much for a seventeen year old to handle. He even avoided sending her files to Killian and cleared other proof of her existence to ensure she'll live an easy life.
But for Eina, or even any of the Rimora mates, living an easy life was next to impossible.
Femi eventually pulled her in. He said as he moved her, "What kind of food do you eat? We have a lot of food... Let's do an eating competition, I always wanted to try that! You look strong too, let's spar, it'll be fun! How does your eye change shape? You're not human right?!" Femi bombarded her with questions.
Just like that, Eina who subconsciously believed she was a source of bad luck for everyone, joined the Rimora mates and found herself a new place.
*****
The crewmates gathered at the bridge. Femi sat at the captain's chair while Arwan sat at the pilot's chair. Eina was the odd one, she knelt on the bridge's floor.
They all headed straight to the bridge to talk about where they'd be going next and what they'd do relating to Eina.
"We need to leave this planet as soon as possible. I don't even want to leave Rimora alone when we're on this planet. We can't underestimate the skills of the Alliance, recent events are going to make them harsher than they used to be. The last thing I'd like to get right now is a large amount of attention from them." Arwan said.
Femi didn't think it through and replied immediately, "What are we waiting for? Let's go then!"
"Yeah...The thing is that the planet we'll be heading to might be dangerous for newbies like us."Arwan stated. "We'll have to get Eina a temporary identification card and get some other stuff while also avoiding the Alliance. You guys should also know that this facility and the organization, the Imprius Practice Group, where Eina was trapped has many more branches on multiple planets. We have to be wary of them, they'll be on the lookout for who unveiled them."
Femi stroked his chin as he curled up his lips to form a smile. "The spacecraft that left the forest too, it seems there are some people who escaped us in that facility. What you're trying to say is that we're going to a dangerous planet to get things done while hiding Eina and also running away from some weird, strong and dangerous group..." Femi shrugged. "I don't see any problem... All I'm hearing are exciting things that'll be beneficial!"
"Eina, don't you agree?" Femi asked.
Eina was caught off guard. She was usually just a bystander that was never allowed to answer or butt in a conversation. Her iris widened, she realized she hadn't answered and gave an affirmative nod with a low response. "Mhm mhm." Over the years, Eina has come to believe that anything can be exciting as long as she has someone to share the experience with.
Arwan also knew they had no choice but to move like this in order to avoid issues in the future.
But deep in his heart, he still believed that they were underestimating the forces that they had tampered with.
In the Era they were, people who really knew The Hollows would rather die than get marked by them.
The main reason why the Rimora mates were not close to being worried was because of Femi's reassuring hunch.
"Onto the next planet," Arwan said, hitting the ignition button.