● Graviton
Exact Location: Unknown.
The pale-skinned green-haired girl, Selene, sat on a chair in front of a computer, anxiously waiting for a notification to pop up. The door to the room she was in opened and her younger brother Samuel entered the room."
"That guy Leo is really reaching for the stars now," he said while walking to a fridge.
"What did he say this time?" She questioned, her eyes still fixed on the screen of her computer.
Samuel dropped the box he entered with inside the fridge before turning to his sister. A frown flushed all over his face the moment he realized what she was doing. "Really, Selene, you are still obsessing over these people? You know they are not going to call you, they've gotten all they need from us."
The green-haired girl spun her chair to face her brother. "They promised to make contact when they need us, and I believe they will."
Samuel sighed. "Why do you want to do this? You know those people are wanted criminals of this planet."
"Father managed to break into the palace and become the Star Lord's wise man… I too want to be responsible for something that will be mentioned to future generations, especially revealing the truth about what mother told us." She leaned back on her chair. "Plus father thinks we are useless, I want to prove him wrong."
"And you chose to work with terrorist?"
Before she could reply, the computer behind Selene buzzed with a notification. She quickly turned to view what it was. "It's them, they made contact."
Samuel shook his head and turned around, filling a cup with water. "And what do they want?"
"To get them the layout of the Villa," she revealed.
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● Satellite
Exact Location: The Sweepers Organization.
A spaceship landed in front of the building. The door opened and Nyx stepped out while ordering some men who also exited the ship with boxes in their hands.
She turned around to see Daniel standing a few meters ahead. "Hey, Danny, were you waiting for me?"
"For professional reasons. You should have been here minutes ago." Nyx reached where he was and they both started towards the main building.
"We had to make a few updates to the suits… I also fixed the body cam, it shouldn't damage when they enter the Zone anymore, that is if the repair works," she revealed.
As they continued walking, Nyx stopped and held Daniel's hand, also stopping him in his tracks. "What is it?"
"I just realized you haven't called me by my first name since our agreement," she said while inching closer.
"This is not the time or place for this, we have things to attend to," the bald man said before turning to leave.
Nyx smiled. "So there is a place and time for it? Is that what you're saying? Danny…" she sighed and looked around before following after him. "Danny."
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Aria stepped out of the shower with a bathrobe covering her body while wiping her face with a towel.
"Hello there."
The brunette looked to the direction the voice came from and her face turned into a frown the moment she saw Owen leaning by the door. Aria looked around the locker room but found no one else there. She then turned back to the blonde still holding the frown. "Am…" she stopped and pushed back her wet hair.
"I don't think we've met before, so let me introduce myself." He walked forward and extended his hand for a handshake. "My name is Owen Bennett, and I would have been the first man to kill a creature if it wasn't for some interference of some sort."
Owen closed his fist and slipped his hand into his pocket. "You must not be a talking type-- prefer to walk in the Zone don't you?"
"I am pretty sure this is the female's room, right?" Aria chipped. "Or did I somehow walk into the wrong room?" She looked around the place.
Owen laughed and placed his hands on his chest. "I don't know how things are in Hydrospace, but over here, we are all about openness, we all have nothing to hide from each other, and knocking isn't really something we normally do."
Aria frowned even more. "I literally have no words to say… you're disgusting," she added before walking out of the room.
The blonde-haired man furrowed and pushed back his hair as he watched her walk away. "Did I say something wrong?"
Meanwhile, "It's a simple and direct question that needs a simple and direct answer," the owner of JERICHO said while following after Daniel.
"We don't have time for this, we are currently preparing for an operation."
She frowned and began taking longer steps to catch up to him as Danny quickened his pace. "Why are you being so difficult, Danny? This whole thing would have been over..."
"Mr. Grayson, what brings you here?" Daniel said to Liam who seemed to have been waiting for his arrival.
The teal green-haired man slipped his hand into his pocket and sighed. "There's something I need to tell you, it's about one of our previous operations."
"Let's enter the office then." The three entered Daniel's office and after sitting, Liam narrated everything that happened in the mission where he first sighted the creature to them.
The owner of JERICHO leaned back on her chair and furrowed, pondering on what she just heard while Daniel clasped his hands and exhaled. "The option that it is indeed a creature you saw can't be ruled out, especially since a few days ago, but why didn't it attack you?" He questioned.
Liam paused and looked between the two as if thinking whether or not to divulge the information to them. "I am just as confused…"
"The Luminaire stick," Nyx chipped.
Liam and the head of the Sweepers both turned their attention to Nyx as she stood up on her feet and walked to an open space in the room. She double-tapped her watch and an image projected in front of her.
"This is just what I think, but I believe the creatures are afraid of something in the luminaire stick, that must be why nothing happens to it when they are inserted in the ground," she stated.
"You said the luminaire stick was the only device you were holding when you locked eyes with the creature?" Daniel asked.
Liam nodded yes. "It is."
Nyx chuckled victoriously and swiftly began sliding through the images. She held an expression of one who had found the solution to all her problems. "It has to be it."
The teal green-eyed man bites the inner part of his lower lips and hesitated before speaking. "What if it isn't?"
Nyx and Daniel looked at the light brown-haired man. "I have this weird feeling," he paused. "What if the creatures are being controlled? What if they are all just pawns for a much bigger threat??"
Nyx's smile vanished like the sun when night fell. Her eyes moved to Daniel who was already pondering the thoughts then back to Liam who had his eyes locked on her without shifting.
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