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[chou. ♥]

  The future of Earth was turned into a great success - The New Gaia, it is called right now. The objective and mission to continue protecting the The New Gaia was something of one organization's - a mission that it will keep forever. Whoever the enemy, whatever happens; it was them that will always be there to save the world and keep the beauty up. Be it human, nature or anything else - WORLD will always be there... But this rather smoky and mysterious mission clouded them... Some other world was there, their portals invaded The New Gaia; making WORLD weaker as they have lost two main officers...

  Marynessa was alone in the forestry of the other world, clouding her senses. She could not find any earthly beings in there - just weird creatures that were practically of elves and goblins - technically tweaked into half-machinery. She had already tried contacting the home base of WORLD, yet for no apparent reason; she just could not get the signal to get the communication right back to the home base to inform what have she found in the world; mostly of the random encounters of those strange creatures.

  "Where in this world is the other officer Ira? How could he have lost me so easily?" she wiped her sweaty forehead gently with her wrist. She had been wandering around then, everything had been so much as of hallucinations - the other world had been tough. She might have not been able to survive the whole forestry and attacks if it was not for Black Pearl, her cylinder handgun. Marynessa raised an eyebrow when she felt the presence of something near, and with quick reflexes she leaped up to the nearest tree and on a low branch - she cannot leap much higher - controlling her balance to watch for an encounter, and there it was - a green ugly goblin with wrinkled face and bloated stomach, with a hatchet in it's right big hand. Half the body of the goblin seemed natural while on the other it was made of fractal codes and wires... In some ways.

  "Eww, ugly goblin," Marynessa sneered and with carefully aimed Black Pearl, she shot a bullet right on the goblin's stomach, she then shot a few more bullets to it's chip-brain and a few on it's arms. She hated these random encounters - they really annoy her a lot. The goblins were pretty weak though they seemed pretty big in size and slow in reflexes - she wanted something more challenging but nothing was even more challenging than the fact that WORLD still have not sent anyone to save her and Ira away from this strange world!

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  Quick gray eyes traveled from word by word, understanding and deciphering the words to himself very fast as he was made of such wide vocabulary - Aulden was completely lonely and at the same time, he felt content even with just a book with him. He was reading a book of nostalgic feelings of lost love - such as his - he sighed at the memory of Mellisa, she was that average-looking girl with natural blonde hair that she ties so neatly with her red ribbon. Mellisa, no matter how average she was; she was the most beautiful and fine woman that he had ever met in his whole life. They got married at such a young age - but they were respected yet, why did she have to leave him just after a year of happiness together?

  Aulden stopped thinking of his wife, he wanted to shut the whole thing away and focus of the safety of The New Gaia - that was what his father wanted him to do. "Don't worry, father, I will be your successor," he thought, he put on a serious yet calm expression onto his slightly feminine face. He took off his reading glasses and walked over to the bathroom of his cabin - it felt sort of lonely since Mellisa left but he decided to move on. Aulden took off his shirt, revealing his well-built body and a dragon and butterfly tattoo that was carved beautifully on his lower right abdomen. It symbolizes his desperate and overwhelming love and protection for Mellisa.

  As the water trickled down his body, he thought of the long gone two officers, their disappearance had been noticed by everyone since two weeks ago - he could not figure out why would they suddenly disappear. They were main officers, greatly appreciated in some ways; yet their mission was confidential. He was a trainee himself yet no one knew except for the upper ranks. He wondered if the other officers realized this and knew what happened to the two officers - he shivered as he thought of them dead - they could not be.

[KoH]

Noman scratched his head, waiting for the sudden rush of ideas to pound his brain. He was sitting in a cold, black leather chair, Topaz by his side, in front of a desk full of complex buttons, switches, circuitry, and flashing lights. He gestured for a soldier to come forwards, and muttered to him. "Get me a beer." The soldier nodded, running off towards the canteen.

Noman had been struck with pneumonia for several days before now; however, today, he was feeling significantly better, but still, he was under the weather and had a pounding headache. He had resolved to drinking alcohol in large portions; he was already feeling quite drunk.

His personal battle drone, an Artificial Fighter Drone V3.3, nicknamed by Noman, 'ART', for short, was buzzing and flying around his head.

"Well, we need to figure out a way to get rid of these assholes." Noman muttered to ART.
"Yes, sir. How do you propose we do so, sir?"
"ART, how many times have you been told to call me Noman?"
"My memory replies... two hundred and ninety three."


ART hadn't been upgraded in two years; however, he was still a steadfast and helpful companion.

"So, where's that girl... Marynessa, I think it was?"
"You don't know, sir?" The other soldier exclaimed.
"What?"
"She's been missing; after a mission in the other world."

[chou. ♥]

  Aulden finished off his shower and grabbed a casual shirt and pants, he tied his long jet black hair into a long ponytail that falls to his waist neatly. "Maybe I should go walk around this place," he said to himself, obviously close to being an insensitive person. He may seem calm but somehow, there is a part of him that is really calling to him that he should really, someday, find someone that can take over his heart from thinking of Mellisa all day long but that would be impossible. There was barely any girl in WORLD, except for Marynessa and it is again, impossible to love a girl that is older than him.

  He walked down the corridor with his hands in his pockets. He wanted to see the commander, see if he has any mission to command on him. WORLD is a very peaceful place, though full of officers and scientists, this place had been a complete tranquil for him; Aulden then thought of his gun. "Amethyst! How could I forget that gun back in the room?" he stopped by mid-walk. He then shrugged the thought off, it was too late to take it then, he was already walking past so many people in the canteen.

  The food from the canteen was not that bad either, it had been more to less processed than how it was, they were healthier. He decided that he should eat something - his stomach growled a little at the sight of food. Aulden took a plateful of Carbonara spaghetti, hoping that it could satisfy his hunger. He even took a few slices of watermelon and orange. Aulden, roughly speaking, a very healthy eater. He eats according to the nutrients stored in food and that is why he is very fit. Aulden then took a seat on an empty table made for four, he barely had any friends since he came to WORLD... He shrugged the thought of and starting devouring the food he took.

[L]

Zero was whistling, lying down upon his bed and idly throwing a tennis ball at the ceiling. He caught the tennis ball again, threw it, caught it, threw it, caught it. He wondered about what he was going to do today-sure, there was the disappearance of Marynessa and Ira in the...Ah, other world. Zero chuckled at remembering that he had had a brief scuffle with Marynessa a few years ago-he had the feeling it was about who got the last dessert in the canteen. He then remembered that he had always seen Ira in the hallways, at meetings, but he had never bothered to get to know him. Oh well. Too late now.

His musings were interrupted as the ball bounced in a different direction off the ceiling-cursing, Zero threw his hand forward to catch it but was too late. He didn't feel like getting up to go get the ball, so Zero concentrated and put his hand forward. The ball started to levitate toward him, and then shot toward his hand. Satisfied, Zero resumed throwing the ball at the ceiling...

[KoH]

"Very well... is Kyro here?"
"Kyro?"
"Y'know.... whatshisname... Kyro Xenon..."
"Oh, him... yeah, he's here."
"Would you mind getting him for me?" Noman's eyes were starting to feel heavy.

Silence.

"Why?" The soldier cocked his head.
"Dammit, don't ask why!" Noman slammed his fist on the board, and small, plastic objects of every shape and size flew everywhere. As usual, ART scurried around, picking them up, before trying to return them to their original positions. "Just do it!" The soldier nodded, and ran off towards Kyro's room.

[chou. ♥]

  Marynessa was walking in the forest again, Black Pearl ready in her right hand. She wanted so much to communicate with the WORLD Home Base yet she could not get in contact with anyone including Ira despite the fact that he was himself lost in this other world with her. They lost contact from each other since they went through the first portal they have found. They also needed to recruit some human that went missing from random countries - but mostly from around Australia and New Zealand - Marynessa cringed at the sound of the bushes behind her.

  She quickly ran to the bushes to reveal a lake, a beautiful glittering lake that it seemed almost too safe to be true - but Marynessa was ahead - she knew that there is always danger in the different world. "Whatever you are, come out," she held Black Pearl closer to her face, alerting herself to ignore the loud sounds made of her own stomach. She held the growls back, "Oh shut up, you stomach!" - in which, brought the creature that was hiding think that she was distracted.

  Suddenly, a huge piranha with some technical tweaks that seemed obvious on it's fins as they seemed less natural leaped up from the lake, making Marynessa take a step back; to be aware of the sudden appearance. "Wanna play with me like this, fishes?" Marynessa grinned the evil way as she noticed that the amount of fishes grew drastically - jumping up and down from the lake - making her seem pretty vulnerable as she was alone - with only Black Pearl and her harmless ability of understanding animal languages. Marynessa gulped at the sight of the fishes...

[L]

Kyro was steadily typing on his computer, putting in a URL and then tapping the "Enter" button. He waited silently for the page to load, glancing every now and then out the window. He clicked a few links, then went back to the original homepage. He'd been at this for hours-trying to find a specific picture of his farm. Apparently, the Internet was suppose to have a record of every single farm; guess it didn't have his. Kyro sighed, then pushed away from the desk and stood up. Might as well just go ahead and read for now.

Just as he was pulling a book off his bookshelf, a soldier came in. Kyro glanced at him for a second, then pulled the book out and stared. The soldier was looking at him in a strange way-as did everyone-but then coughed and said, "The commander wants you, Trainee Kyro. I'll lead you to him." The soldier then turned around back into the hallway. Shrugging, Kyro tossed his book onto his bed and then followed the soldier toward the commander's office.

"You asked for me, sir?" Kyro said politely-his mother had told him to always be polite to everyone. This he could do, despite his lack of social skills...

[KoH]

"Kid," Noman said, opening a beer on the desktop. "sit down. Want a beer?" Noman offered out the other bottle of beer. ART had just placed the last key back in its place when Noman's hand tipped slightly and drunkenly, nearly spilling the beer. ART quickly tipped it back up, and propped the commander's arm up against the armrest of the chair.

"Sir," the drone said. "I would advise you not to drink any more beer. Although it is of your choice, your reaction timing is lowering, making you potentially dangerous." Noman nodded.

"This'll be my last one, ART. Promise."

[K3]

Scrap stood idle, thinking to himself of the officers who had recently disappeared into the strange other world. He had not known either of them well at all, but still. He thought it was right to hope for their safety. Halfheartedly, he slowly caressed the golden handle of his sword, Turquoise. His robotic hand made quiet clinking sounds against the handle as he did so. He wondered if the officers were even alive.

“Hey! Scrap!” a voice called, intruding his thoughts.

“B326583900546 here, sir,” Scrap replied in a monotonous electronic voice.

“We got another serious wound coming your way,” the man said to him, his voice suddenly losing its firmness.

“Of course, sir,” Scrap tilted his head, indifferent. The patient was quickly placed on an operating table. Scrap adjusted his red optical receivers, preparing to repair yet another warrior.

“Bullet wound,” the man informed him.

“Ah, yes,” Scrap said quietly, clicking his three claw like fingers together. His receivers adjusted one last time as he leaned in closer to his new patient.

[chou. ♥]

  Aulden noticed the other Trainee, he overheard that the name was Kyro, Kyro Xenon as they said it was. He decided that he should try making more friends to forget about Mellisa but his lazy legs managed to make him stay in the seat. "Awh, come on," he sighed to himself; with force he managed to bring himself up with his arms and followed the Trainee and the soldier from behind, making himself inconspicuous. If they were to notice him he would act casually, flipping his hair or something. It was not his intention to be girly or anything - he just had gotten the habit of flipping his hair; thanks to Mellisa who liked him better with long hair.

  As they walked into the commander's office, he stayed outside - whistling and folding his arms, he had a reason to get to the commander too - in case he planned a mission to find Marynessa and Ira in the other world but then, when he thought of it - it would not be so clever of WORLD to lose them this time - and more people after them and then the whole WORLD will be lost in the other world - making them stupid in the views of the Mirage Being.

  While whistling, Aulden thought of the Mirage Being, "What is their intention...?" he leaned his head against the wall behind him, and let his long ponytail fall on his shoulder. He felt sort of girly - he even remembered his old friends calling him a drag queen for his hair. Some other men also tried flirting with him - and it got him the vibes of fear too. Aulden decided that he should start acting more manly rather than flipping his hair. He does not want to invite any "gay"... Not at all.

[L]

Swallowing, Kyro silently sat down in the chair across from the Commander. He'd heard tons of stories about him-about his courage, about his leadership, about his strength and quick thinking. Now he saw this man drinking beer and offering him one-should he say yes? He'd never had a beer before-but then again, his parents never had any either. "No thank you, sir," he said, hands clasped together on his lap.

His eyes were wide as he saw the small flying robot-ART-balance the commander out and advising him. For a moment, Kyro wished he had one. He'd never be able to afford one though, not unless he became an officer. Of course, then again, he was just a Trainee. His mind went back to the letter he had received earlier, where it said that an Officer, named Zero Xepher, was to teach him. He'd heard lots about that man-he disliked having anyone dragging him down. That was all he knew though...

[KoH]

Seeing the other trainee outside, Noman stood up, brushing Kyro aside, and opened the door. He needed all the information he could get; Marynessa and Ira were two irreplaceable assets to WORLD... not to mention he'd be in very, very deep water if he lost them.

"Yes?" He said, almost slurring the one word.

[chou. ♥]

  Aulden was shocked at the sudden appearance of the commander right at the door, he never knew that the commander noticed him - but he noticed that the commander had been drinking a little too much for a human to stand. "Sir..." he held the commander on both of his shoulders, "I need your help," he said strictly, trying to keep the commander to his senses rather than getting drunk at such time that he needed to talk to the commander - to his senses - immediately.

  "Marynessa and Ira had been gone for two weeks and... You never realized?" Aulden asked with such a desperate tone, suddenly; he had been sick of losing those around him - especially since the loss of his Mellisa - his Mellisa that loved him with all her heart. Aulden held that thought back and continued, "Sir, we need some people to find them in the other world - to search for them - it's just a suggestion; it is only if you are willing to send some of us there, but not all, sir," he let his hands fall off his commander's shoulders.

  "I care, even though I seem like I don't, and sir; there is a trainee and you should treat him now," Aulden frowned, he pitied Kyro, the newcomer - for being ignored all at once the commander noticed him, making him feel like a stupid whiner. "Sir, I seriously think you should talk to the trainee now - tell him all he needs, I should get going right now, and remember my suggestion," Aulden raised a hand to his forehead and walked away slowly, not in a hurry.

[KoH]

"Stop."

Noman held up a hand.

"First, you don't suggest anything. You're a trainee, I'm a commander. You'd do well to remember that. Second, your suggestion, be as it may, has been my idea for the past few minutes. We'll sen out troops. Aulden, you have permission to leave and start packing. I'm coming, too. I'll see what Kyro thinks." Noman turned to Kyro.

"So," Noman said, taking another slug of beer. "coming?"

[L]

"Y-y-yes sir!" Kyro quickly said, standing up and hurrying to the door. The man that had suggested going out to find the missing officers sure had a lot of guts to tell the commander about what to do-simply being in the presence of the powerful man had him shaking. Kyro quickly shook his head-this was his first mission. He had to do it well or he might as well just go back home.

Just as he got to the door, he turned to the commander and said, "But, um, sir, what about my mentor? Zero Xepher? Will he be coming too, to teach me?" Kyro silently hoped that the commander wouldn't yell at him for wasting his valuable time...