Maverick Thorn is from a military family, he is the oldest among the four siblings. His father and the fathers before were all the heroes of the imperium. Due to the recent unknown origin series of disasters, they are finally putting their training into use. The smallest brother's name is Kamin, who is currently stationed in the Northern HQ of the imperium air force. Antony works for the special forces, at last Robert works for the Ground force division. All of them play an important role in their divisions, and all of them are honored to serve the emperor.

Even Maverick is the biggest brother in the family but he's not very "family attentive", just like in his name, in real life he's a loner. Of Course, he sometimes feels lonely as well, but he usually channels all of those emotions into work, therefore making him a great covert operative. Despite being only a lieutenant, he's always engaging in different types of missions, making him a real veteran during the combat, his greatest story that has been told in the force is the mission in the Eastern desert, where he single-handedly took down a terrorist group with a handgun that has only a single clip of ammo. Despite being one of the top stars in the army, he's still not very happy about the current situation. His model is efficiency, he usually prefers the best way to end a fight, whether through lethal forces or through basic negotiation.

Maverick had friends and they were all close friends of his, but now most of them are now gone, either killed or moved away due to various reasons. But his friends usually describe that he's a sensitive person and things like that. But to be honest, not even Maverick himself believes it. That is until he's moved to the high command of the Naval forces. Where the person who's in charge is Nova Terra. Maverick was always a 'fanboy' of Nova, not only because Nova is like a military legend among the newbies, but also her personal charm. That charm froze away hundreds of young advancers, yet it attracted Maverick like a moth to fire.

The first time Maverick met Nova in person was at the time during a daemon repel mission, where they had to push back a horde of daemons from a spawn hole. As Nova single-handedly takes down a mega-size daemon that can smash a battle tank with ease, Maverick felt something beating in his chest for a long time. Then he tried all he could to finally be in Nova's personal squad where the most dangerous missions are done. Yet Maverick never cared about danger, his whole actions are all based on trying to get closer to Nova.

In the oil rig, when Maverick was tending Nova's wounds, his heart was actually racing badly, but his profession as being a soldier has kept his face straight even though he was amazed at how beautiful Nova is close up. When both of their eyes look into each other, a spark between them is formed. Nova's frozen heart starts to melt, she could feel that the guy in front of her understands her struggle and tiredness throughout the years of advancing in rank. Whenever she's talking to him, she feels peace. Which is a feeling that hasn't been around for Nova ever since she decided to become the most renowned general of the Imperium army.

Even before the day Maverick confessed his feelings to Nova, she could already sense something is going to happen between them due to being a ghost unit, they are granted the power to slightly 'predict' the future due to the psychic training. That's why she's been secretly discussing with her people in HR to talk about the feasibility and consequences. But being publicly in a relationship in the army with a subordinate will surely affect her career. That's why Nova already made her plan about their relationship. Even the plan might seem…' psychotic' as an outsider. This is how Nova does everything, no matter how little the matter is, she always has an extremely detailed plan with several contingency plans.

But when Maverick had the nerve to talk with Nova that evening, she completely destroyed her plan, because apparently Maverick is more direct than she thought thus no amount of plan will work if the "enemy" is taking a straight approach. That's why she gave him a stalling answer so she can think about a response. Nova is not very experienced or creative unlike her sister with emotions and stuff, that's why she called in one of her subordinates: Noel Vermillion. Who is basically the girl that screamed on the oil rig. Even it's a psychotic thing to assume, but she thinks Noel might know a lot about things between man and woman. That's exactly why she invited Noel to come to her house for a cup of 'tea'.

In the afternoon Noel came to Nova's house on time and carrying a small gift. "Good afternoon, Major!" She beams with energy.

"Afternoon lieutenant Vermillion," Nova greets while having a polite smile.

"You are my superior and we are outside of work, maybe you can just call me Noel instead….." while saying that Noel lowers her face and avoids direct eye contact. Honestly, she's terrified of Nova, she wanted to transfer away from the squad, but her papers were always somehow lost in the process.

Nova has never seen anything like that before, the shy look and informal conversation approach are new to her, she always separates her life and work but if she has to be honest the only life, she has is her sister. Now she's sure that she can learn a lot of things from Noel today, starting with this moment.

For Noel, this is not the first time she's been in this house. Back when she was in middle school, Monika used to invite Noel to come and have fun. Even during that time, Noel knows the relationship issue between Monika and Nova. Despite being so close with her sister, Nova never saw Noel before until when Noel was promoted as a lieutenant. And when she knows that Noel and Monika are good friends, her first reaction was jealousy.

"So… what do we do today?" Noel sipping the tea that Nova made, it's a special type of tea that's supposed to be for the generals of the imperium, under unknown circumstances Nova also got it.

"I don't know...Why don't we drink in silence?" Nova replies.

'" Ehhhh, what?" Noel is really confused.

Suddenly Nova realizes the reason she invited Noel to come is to learn from her 'stupid' attitude then Nova gives a heartwarming smile:" I mean why don't you tell me more about yourself? Because I think it's kind of essential for team buildings.

Noel always wanted to bond more with Nova, because ever since she's little with Monika she wants to hang out with both of the Terra sisters one day. Before she said anything, she suddenly remembered what Monika said to her almost a decade ago:" Please, don't tell Nova about our friendship under any circumstances if she wants to talk to you…. Because she will get jealous and ruin it for everyone." Noel still remembers it, however. She always thinks that Nova is a warm-hearted person despite being very harsh outside. But instead of being direct with Nova, she started with a self-introduction.

"So, my name is Noel vermillion. I am 23 years old, and I am a lieutenant of the imperial Naval forces…" suddenly Nova interrupted her.

"I know all about it, Noel. Why don't you tell me something I don't know, like your friends and family?" Nova poured another cup of tea,

"So, I went to the Elite Academie." again Nova interrupted her by putting her teacup on the table loudly. A bit of tea poured out.

"You were in my school? Why don't I remember you?" Nova asks with a suspicious gaze. She's doing this intentionally to see how Noel would react and how far has Monika brainwashed Noel regarding their relationship.

Noel is a bit terrified; she did not expect Nova would give such a reaction when hearing about some basic information.:" I… I was there, it's just I'm not in the higher classes because I wasn't very good at studying…" Noel said it meanwhile lowering her head, not because she's ashamed but trying to avoid eye contact with the living devil sitting across her.

But at some point, Nova is kind of relieved: "So, you are like my sister who's not competent enough to be in the higher class." She made it sound like an insult because if she has the same experience with an idiot like Noel, she will spend the whole week reevaluating her life. "So... Do you know my sister? She should be in your grades and there weren't a lot of people."

"No, not really. What is your sister's name again? I don't recall another Terra in my class at least." Noel decides to not betray her friend. Instead, she makes sure that Nova will never suspect them.

Nova suddenly walks up to Noel and sits beside her; she then proceeds to use her arm to wrap Noel's shoulder with a firm grab. She then whispers next to her ear:" Don't play dumb with me Noel, if you say anything that is a lie. I will make your life miserable."

Noel couldn't move an inch, the only thing she did was nod her head rapidly. Then Nova suddenly releases Noel and then lays back on the couch beside her.

"So, did you make any friends in the army?" Nova says with a bright smile as if nothing happened 30 seconds ago. "I can introduce you to some of my colleagues if you want to be in a relationship."

Noel waves both of her hands:" Noo. it's fine, I am not really ready to be in a relationship yet…" Not because she doesn't want to find one, but she can't really be in debt with her boss. God knows what kind of horrible thing Nova is going to let Noel do in order to repay her.

"You must like someone at least, give me a name. I'm really interested." Nova said.

"Ah, no worries, I don't really have anyone in mind." Noel gently put down her teacup.

"GIVE ME A NAME!" Nova said it very loudly.

"MMMaverick Thorn, I usually hang out with him!" Noel said it while almost in tears.

In this split second, a lot of things have gone through Nova's mind. But eventually, Nova decides to talk more about it, before of course, she makes sure that Noel doesn't leave this house ever again.

Noel has a bit of blush red color on her cheek, this is the first time Noel admits that she likes Maverick. Of course, her life might be in danger if she continues. "He usually helps me with paperwork and reports since I'm not very good with those. And every now and then I make food for him because he said that he likes my cooking."

"Oh really? Can you cook for me today? I really want to try it out if everyone says so." Nova says that with a calm look on her face. She's calm because, if Noel knows so much about Maverick, maybe she can know more thus benefits from it.

"I... I don't think I can today." Noel wants to leave this place because she can already sense something bad is going to happen. But then Nova wraps Noel's head with her arm looking at her while blinking like a sad child.

"I'm kind of lonely when my sister isn't home… maybe next time I can introduce her to you so we can hang out together." She said it with a sad tone as if she's about to cry,

If there are two things she cannot resist, one is the fact that she can continue her friendship with Monika without obstruction the second is when people are begging her for her help. "I... suppose I can push away my other plans and stay with you tonight…" As if she got a great idea;" Can I invite Maverick to come as well? He usually is free at this time."

Nova's cloud in her heart suddenly washed away in an instant:" Sure, why don't you call him now?" Nova hid her excitement, the fact this night just turned from a simple interrogation to a half date makes her feel very happy.

That's until someone opened the door, "I'm back sis~" Monika came in with a bright smile on her face. She sees Noel and Nova sitting with each other and seems to be having a lot of fun.

Monika gives a cold stare to Noel without saying anything then storms into her room. Meanwhile, Nova squeezes Noel harder with her arm, making them look like best friends ever. Monika's reaction is rather predictable and satisfactory.

"Do you really think you can fool me throughout the years?" Nova whispers to Noel's ears. "I always know that you and Monika are good friends, I personally wouldn't change that because we were in school. But…" Nova pulls out a big bright smile "Now, it doesn't really matter, because what I always wanted is fulfilled."

Just as Nova was about to continue to give her speech of victory, the doorbell rang. It's Maverick. Nova quickly leaves Noel on the sofa and then goes to answer the door. As Nova left, Noel quickly ran to Monika's room.

"Hello, Noel. Looks like you've got a new best friend." Monika said it with a stone-cold tone while looking at her with two lifeless eyes. Just about Noel breaking into tears, Monika couldn't hold her laughter, leaving Noel completely confused. "I miss you so much, Noel! I was acting like that just to make sure that Nova will not give you a hard time!"

Both of them hug each other while jumping like children in kindergarten.

Trazyn let Monika go because she's recovered and also needed to attend to some things. Apparently, the silent king summons all available overlords and meets them all at the inevitable conqueror. When Trazyn arrived he hears a familiar voice shouting at him.

"TRAZYN! GUARD, CAPTURE HIM, I WILL MAKE HIM PAY!" The person speaking was the guy who almost snapped Nova's neck.

Before Trazyn was surrounded by the guard, he firmly bowed himself to the person on the throne;" All-mighty, Szarekh, The silent king. I am glad to see your return. Also, greeting to you too, Stormlord, maybe you are having too much stress after sleeping all these years. "

"MY KING, DO NOT LISTEN TO HIS LIES. HE WANTS NOTHING BUT COLLECT MORE HIS FOOLISH GARBAGE." Imotekh isn't trying to let Trazyn off the hook ever since Trazyn told him that he could claim the artifact without ever being spotted.

Meanwhile those two arguings, all the other necron phaerons are looking silently. Not because they don't want to take sides, it's just Trazyn is well known for cheating on his own kind for selfish reasons, what imotekh said is kind of relatable.

"Enough!' Szarekh's strong voice echoes around the hall. " I will not have thy arguments shadow out true purposes. I would not tolerate it anymore! SUBMIT OR FACE DISINTEGRATION." he didn't say it only to these two but to every single Phaeron in the hall. He didn't want to do this but seeing his subordinate quarreling in front of him like children he needs to remind all of them who it is on the throne.

"Forgive me my king." both of them bows on the ground making sure there's no direct eye contact whatsoever.

In the next few hours of conversation, the silent king got a grasp of the current situation of the galaxy then dismissed all of the phaerons when they were done. He looks outside the window and tries to seek how they have gone so far throughout the years. He was the king that caused everything, deep inside he felt guilty to his people. In desperation they chose damnation, even though they've imprisoned the responsible party, the star gods, he's still trying to find a way to take back what they've already lost.

Szarekh wants to reclaim all they've lost, that's why he came up with the strategy 60 million years ago to try to outlast their enemies and recover from the war they've fought against the gods of old. Suddenly the piece of memory from the day that changed everything came back to him while he was meditating.

When the sky darkens, an enormous dark figure appears in front of the palace of the Triarch. It has a humanoid figure but hovering in the sky in a black hood and with a scythe that reeks of the power of death and annihilation, for the Necrontyrs that worship death in their culture, they saw a god. The god that they've been praised for generations and came to them in a time of need.

It "spoke" inside their mind to tell he necrontyr that the war between them and the old ones had granted their attention. Their very own god has arrived to assist them in their war against their common enemy. It was not long before necrontyrs accepted their words of God. Both because they are indeed extremely powerful beings and the necrontyrs are also in need of powerful allies before their own annihilation. Then it's the story of damnations. The c'tan means the star god in the necrontyr language are star spawned creatures that emerged during the beginning of the universe. They are pure energy creatures that feed upon the power of the stars and the mental energy of the living creatures.

One of the C'tan named: Mephet'ran, The Deceiver. Came to Szarekh and gave him an offer what the necrontyr dreamed of: immortality. In return, they convinced the necrontyr to obey them until the total annihilation of the old ones. Szarekh accepted the offer. As the C'tan gave them the instructions to build giant furnaces called the Bio transference chamber. The necrontyr stepped into the pool of the furnace, their weak fleshed body peeled away. Instead, when it came out it's the Mechanical body, we see on the Trazyn's kind alike. The necrontyr passed from history, only the Necron remained. At first, Szarekh and his people were amazed by the new fresh feelings in the body. No more pain from the weakened flesh, they are immune to all of the unkindness that's thrown from the universe itself. Their mind is swifter than usual, and their body is full of strength, even the old weakest slave can now easily flip a boulder.

As promised, the Necrons went into war among the C'tans. In the process, countless stars shattered in the galaxy, the reality was broken due to the enormous power that the c'tan released upon the old ones. In the midst of the war, the old one's warp networks were hijacked by the Necrons and C'tan. Soon after a few centuries of the war, the old ones were gone from the galaxy.

As the Necrons won the war, they soon realized something. An indescribable empty feeling inside their chest and applies to everyone. In this very moment, it reminds them, near the bio transference chamber, there's countless c'tan feasting the essence that came out of the chamber. After the feasting, they are empowered to an unimaginable level.

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The leader of the Necrons realized that they were lied to by the C'tan. Avoiding the watch of the C'tan the Necrons plot a grand plan that tries to overthrow the very gods they once served. At the end after the sacrifice of countless Necrons and long centuries, the war was finished. The Necron used the hyper cannon designed by the best Crypteks in the galaxy. The C'tans were shattered. Imprisoned into shards and forced to serve who they once ruled over.

When Szarekh looked back on their people, he felt only sorrows and regret. Yes, they won but the cost was too great. Therefore, as his last official command on his people, he ordered them to build cities under the ground and sleep for 60 million standard years. As the last city's chamber sealed off, he destroyed the command protocol that allows him to rule over his people. Then proceed to banish himself into the void of the universe.

After seeing the changes of the universe in these 60 million years Szarekh the silent king has returned. Not to rule the galaxy again but to devise a plan for the newly threatened threat he deemed during his journey: the Tyranids. A race from outside the milky way galaxy that exists to consume all the organic life in the universe. The basic principle of the Tyranids clashes with the interest of the Szarekh, which is to find a suitable organic host for the Necron mind. Thus, getting their soul back. This is why Szarekh called all the awaken and reachable Phareons to discuss the plans at the moment.

After the meeting, Trazyn heard the Stormlord seemingly rants in anger: "This man is not the same king we've known before the sleep, once I am ready, I will replace him and take over what should've been mine..."

Back on the ground, Monika swung her sword on the head of the last chaos daemons that was spawned from the sector that she was supposed to take care of a week ago. She still hasn't gotten a good excuse from her superior as disappearing for a week in the army without any reason might face severe punishment. Surely, she can just go ask her sister to deal with this problem but she's already sick of having Nova constantly harassing her saying: oh~ how cute, it seems like someone forgot to grow up, it's fine, your big sis will take care of you. Even thinking about this, it has already started making her barf.

On her way back home, she decides to pay a visit to an old friend of hers, Noel. They came a long way together both in the army and school. In fact, they are more like sisters to each other if anything else. Noel always makes the best food for Monika whenever she came to visit, this is exactly what Monika is trying to do today. Also, she needs to talk to someone about her recent adventure, if anyone else knows about the fact that she stayed with Trazyn for a week, she will surely be prosecuted for high treason.

Monika knocks on the door, she put on her smiling face and beams with energy. When the door opens, it's the usual girly meets and greets, but Monika can tell that Noel was at some point crying before entering the house: "Aw, Noel what happened?"

"My boyfriend broke up with me..." Noel said while looking sad.

"Oh..." Monika however became less bothered: "Was it your fault or his?"

"I don't know." Noel lays her head on Monika's shoulder: "Why can't I find the right man? There's always something wrong that will happen, either is because of him or me. "Noel suddenly has an idea: "You know...?"

"No, Noel. I will not be your girlfriend, I told you when we were in high school, and I will tell you the same thing. Also, come on. This is like your fifth relationship this quarter of a year!" Monika actually can't understand how Noel can keep throwing herself into this kind of situation all the time.

"Meanie!" Noel pouts: " Can we have even one kiss? You know, if I am as beautiful as you, I'd be enjoying myself wayyy better than whatever you are now. Or you are the type of person who would leave her first kiss to your future husband? "Noel's expression suddenly became evil: "Unless... You have someone on your mind?"

Monika suddenly got startled: "I... no, you stop being ridiculous, also I am starving."

Noel crosses her hands and knees on the ground: "Thanks the emperor, Monika finally begging to fall in love."

Monika grabs Noel's head and locks it with her arms: "Stop saying nonsense!"

"Aw, aw, aw. I am sorry... I will stop..." Monika then releases Noel, but Noel still has that evil/perverted look on her face: "By the way, I noticed that you were absent from work for a week... Unless..."

Just when Monika is about to leap up and grab Noel again, she immediately ran to the kitchen and prepares for dinner. Monika is sitting on the sofa, deep in thought, frankly, she's embarrassed that her emotion is so easily can be read, if Nova sees this, she might go berserk immediately and lecture Monika about basic standards. Monika however did not ignore everything Noel said. When she was with Trazyn, for once in her life she felt... calm, instead of seeing things completely hostile around her, she felt more comfortable interacting with a soulless machine.

That's heresy... Monika thought, also she doesn't think that Trazyn likes her company, she felt like he was just being polite most of the time. Thinking about this, she shakes her head to get rid of this thought and proceed to the kitchen to observe Noel's cooking.

A few days later, "Ehhh, so…. boring." Monika looked at herself in the mirror, completely lifeless. Ever since Trazyn went away for the meeting, Monika just realized how boring her life used to be. Every day without purpose or just pointlessly floating around like a leaf on a river. She could go to work in the Navy but when she thought about working under Nova, she couldn't help herself with a feeling of disgust.

Monika and Nova weren't like that as always, they used to be very close and shared almost everything together. When both of them grew up they realized that their interest has also grown apart. Nova went for a path for power and control, yet Monika chose freedom above all else. Monika never wanted to be shackled in a situation that she cannot do anything about. Maybe in some way, both of them chose the same path. It's just Nova chose to be the master of everyone, yet Monika is more self-centered.

Monika looks at her own eyes through the mirror. At some point, she's thankful that she's gifted with such beautiful assets, yet she feels like something was lost. One of the reasons that she went roam around the world is to find where her heart belongs, for many people is to see the world but for her, she doesn't know where she should put her heart to, what's she's doing is not in a romantic way, because she would know that. Knowledge? She's indeed a "bookworm" when she finds something that grabs her attention. She kept confronting her mirrored self-trying to find a reason why she would have so much fun during the time with Trazyn yet not her old life.

After she's getting a bit tired of it, she wears her iconic jacket and steps outside of her house. It's sunny, she likes it when the weather is warm. She always has the problem of cold hands especially when stressed out. As she walks aimlessly, she sees a pawn shop. She shrugs, thinking since she has nothing to do, why won't she just go in and have a look.

The pawnshop is small, there's really nothing to be seen but a few old tools and decorations. As Monika was about to leave, she stopped, a strange pyramid looking decoration grabbed her attention. She pays a bit extra for its intended price and tells the owner to wrap it well, it's for a friend she said. That little artifact's top can be spined for playing music. But when the music plays out, she does not recognize it. But Monika still thinks this might be an interesting gift.

Friend? A mechanical robot is my friend. She left out a small chuckle, she felt pity for herself. Then she sits on a bench in the park and starts looking up at the sky. The sky is blue like Nova's eyes, during her childhood they used to look each other in the eyes for hours without tiring, and eventually, both of them fell asleep.

"A lot of memories came back…." She mumbles to herself, for some reason, she doesn't really remember her childhood or anything that happened before the academie, even though she has an excellent memory. She never thought about why, maybe it's just the gods are fooling with her.

A medium-sized orange cat walk towards her then proceeds to lie down next to Monika. "Are you also bored, kitty cat?" she starts petting its head, the cat makes the comfortable snoring sound. "Can I tell you a secret?... I've always wanted to be a dancer. A …. solo dancer on the stage with classical music playing in the background." She then puts the cat on her lap, the cat did not resist instead submitting itself to let Monika do whatever she wanted to him.

"A lot of things happened these days, first I got my ass kicked in a single beatdown then I made an unusual friend. And guess what, i miss these days!" She spoke with a slightly loud tone as if she's releasing her discomfort. "Then, I found out that my own sister is undermining my friendship and dating a subordinate of hers. Why couldn't she keep it in her pants? I never tried to interfere with her life." The cat looks at Monika as if it agrees with her.

She smiles with her eyes like the crooked moon " what do you understand about us? …. You just need to exist and people already want to love you." She gently scratches the cat's back. "No one ever really falls in love with me, or I've ever done that to anyone." When she was in the academie, a lot came to her for different reasons, lust, greed, or promise of lifetime bondage. She's seen them all but, in the end, she never really liked any of their proposals.

The cat suddenly jumps off Monika's lap, then a shadow covers her from the sun in front of Monika. " Are you really that bored? Sitting in the park and talking to a cat? Really Monika?" It's still the same sarcastic mechanical voice.

Suddenly sparks lights up from her eyes" Trazyn? What are you doing here?" Monika stands up with the gift hiding on the back. She's excited.

" I am here because I'm done with my business, it's really hard to find something to do when you are not here making a mess." Trazyn said it to Monika while purposely making her mad.

Monika knows but she wants Trazyn to say the words. She just pretends that she isn't impressed with what he said," Well, I guess you don't really want me around then?" she frowns and makes an unhappy face.

Trazyn has been alive for ages and of course, he instantly sees through what Monika wants, he directs the conversation to what Monika is holding. Monika's face flushes a bit. At this point, Trazyn starts to like this human girl who dropped into his long never-ending life. For him, she's just one of the passengers of his life. But surely a memorable individual.

"Well, how do I put it together. At some point…. I want you to make a mess in my gallery so I can find things to do." This answer is good enough for Monika, she then gives Trazyn a big wide hug, while Trazyn is a machine, but he still has emotions, the Necrons might have a non-organic body, but their minds are still intact thanks to the ancient technology of the C'tan or at least the memory and personality part only applies to high-status Necrons.

"I got a gift for you." As she gives it to him, she cannot hide the excited look on her face. Trazyn was impressed by the choice from Monika. Maybe this little trinket doesn't really worth anything but as a collector, he sees everything has a special value, either emotional or physical.

Trazyn nods in gratitude, but the real gift he will cherish is the look on Monika's face when he was opening the package. For him being able to find something to care about might be the best gift he ever received from a human. For Monika, she's just very glad that Trazyn also enjoys her company, maybe this type of mutual affection is something Monika is seeking all along.

Later that night, the new dried eye bar reopens after a few weeks of renovation, this was done due to one of the agreements between Dreyer and Trazyn. Trazyn agreed to find a place for it to be relocated and make sure that he will get more business than usual.

However, Dreyer made a mistake: He did not specify the planet or rather dimension. Trazyn gave him an abandoned dimension for him to store trash. Well, even though it's out of nowhere but inside it's a hub for beings of inter dimensions. High intelligence beings all over the universe have found a place to forget about the war and just have fun.

Dreyer found this place very hard to accept at first place, especially for an imperium officer who's been fighting Xeno life for decades, it is still very new for him. But seeing all those different people who are in this hub having a drink or even casually knocking each other's skull out, kind of makes him feel satisfied at some point.

"Well, be sure that you do not let your emotion take over, for what's going to happen…" Trazyn said it in a concerning tone.

"Me? why? You said you are taking me to stroll around but...oh." when Monika sees Dreyer, she narrowed her eyes and began to take deep breaths then she shoots a look of 'are you serious?' to Trazyn. Trazyn just responded with a gesture of 'well I told you. Why wouldn't Monika be angry when she sees the person that shamed her for the past few weeks and probably the rest of her life. A fighter's pride will demand a rematch; however, she did promise to Trazyn that she will hold her anger.

Dreyer sees Monika and Trazyn:" My, My, isn't this the young lady I met quite a while ago? How are you doing these days?" He gives a polite grin and extends his right hand to Monika. But she's terrible at holding her emotions, everyone can feel the killing gaze she's projecting from her beautiful eyes.

Trazyn took over and shook his hand:" We are doing pretty well. I like what you did with this place!" Trazyn is a bit amazed by Dreyer's decoration ability of the hub, it genuinely looks good. It doesn't look too luxurious but surely, it's clean and has a class.

Dreyer sees the expression on Monika, he gives both of them a polite nod then proceeds to meet other customers. Suddenly an old man with a green left eye and dark right eye sways in front of them:" I can hear some drama is brewing here." He scans Monika from head to toe then gives out a big bright smile: " Oh dear, you are such a beautiful lady." He speaks with a weird accent but from the way he looks and his nice gray suit, he at least has a human origin. He then does a hand-kiss to Monika. " May I ask what the name of yours is, darling?"

Surprisingly, because of how well he executed all of those moves, for once Monika didn't get weirded out, instead, she thinks that the old gentleman in front of them is quite different than the usual drunken old man she met before and also, he's not intimidating in anyways. Usually, people like him must have hidden a lot of stories under his harmless-looking face. "Monika, Monik Terra." She replies with a comfortable grin. "And you are….?"

"People call me Wednesday, but you can call me whatever you want darling." He gave a very genuine and polite nod to both of them. But Trazyn doesn't really seem impressed.

"She's with me Wednesday, you can now take back your schemes and let us enjoy ourselves, will you?" Trazyn sounds like he's known this guy for a really long time and thus is trying to dismiss him as soon as possible. Then he uses the back of his hand to move Wednesday away from the entrance.

"I will talk to you later, young lady," he says while waving his hand. Monika is teased and left out of a cute chuckle. Trazyn sees and disappointingly shakes his head.

"I like him," Monika said it but in reality, she wants to see Trazyn's reaction to these words, she's been constantly trying Trazyn's limit because it just seems that he never gets startled by anything. But not this time. Also, she wants to know more about him, it is hard to find a Xeno overlord that's able to communicate with you instead of killing you on sight.

Trazyn looks at Monika in a weird judging way:" Do you even know who he is? Or what he's capable of?" His tone makes him sound like Monika is plain stupid to take a liking on a person like Wednesday.

Monika didn't like it: "No, but I found him funny, which is something outside of knowledge, knowing a way to communicate also show's one's overall intellect." She always has a principle of fighting back if others attack her. Monika then ignores his stare and keeps advancing, but perhaps this is the first time they started to argue on something this minor. She crosses her arms:" Are you going to tell me who he is, or keep telling me what not to do? You act like I am a child, so you keep telling me riddles." she said it with a minor angry tone, maybe it is also triggered by the fact that Trazyn takes her to the hub where she got beaten up, and she's pretty sure that Dreyer told the people on the other table about their stories. The funny part is that age-wise, Monika is indeed a child, if Trazyn wants he can furtherly piss Monika off.

Suddenly someone hugs Monika from behind and leaves a kiss mark on her cheek, it's Nova. Monika wipes her face and asks:" Why are you here? Or How did you get here?!" Nova is the last person she wants to see besides Dreyer in this place, also the fact that she's hanging out with a machine isn't helping her case as well.

But Nova didn't ask any question, instead, a rare smiling face that's full of life and comfort keeps reappearing on Nova: "I am having a date, with…" she then pulls Maverick to her:" him!" Nova's face is full of happiness, which is something that Monika hasn't seen for a long time.

"Well, I guess you are right Trazyn, everything is welcomed here. Even the living embodiment of hell. " Monika is dissing Nova to take her revenge on Nova sabotaging her friendship with Noel. Also, she couldn't help to feel a bit... lonely, if Nova can even find someone to date with then why can't she do it? She then sees Trazyn, she suddenly has a great idea.

"This is my date, his name is Trazyn." Monika smiles brightly

Everyone, even Trazyn is shocked by what Monika said, he wants to laugh out loud because of how ridiculous what Monika just said, but then Trazyn reads the situation more carefully, he then puts his arm around Monika's shoulder and pulls her towards him. Somehow the knowledge he thought he would never use will be used in a place like this. Incidentally, Monika found a lot of Novels while strolling around the library, she read some of them and a few made her blush after a few chapters because of the contents.

Monika lays her head on Trazyn both of them looking at Nova with an expression of victory, Monika is glad that Trazyn is playing along, normally not even a human can read the situation like this. But she's happy that now she has another friend.

Nova wasn't really feeling anything particular at this very moment, but normally she would 100% bury Trazyn in some shallow grave in a few days. But today she's on a real date and she's happy about it. However, she doesn't want Monika to slip away from humiliating her in front of her date: "Oh really? That's great! Why don't we have a double date then? You can talk about funny things and gossip around~..."

Without Nova finishing it, Trazyn answered before Monika can:" Sure, let's sit at the table over there." he points his finger towards that place. He then whispers to Monika;" You do the talking; I'll adapt it very fast. A lesson needs to be taught here."

Monika remains silenced and nods her head. But inside she's excited and conflicted at the same time. Excited because she can finally take a great hit on Nova, conflicted because she hasn't told him that Nova and she are sisters, sure, it is fun to mess with a jerk, but she hopes that Trazyn won't take it too far.

"So, how did you guys meet? I know for a fact that on your planet, we don't have any Xeno activities." Nova started with a topic that will infringe on the conflict between these two because Monika never knew they knew each other and she's sure that Monika also hasn't told Trazyn that they are sisters.

Before Trazyn could say anything, Monika replied:" We met at a bar and we hit off pretty well right off the bat, our relationships started at that point." A half-truth lies. Used to confuse the enemy more efficiently than either a plain lie or truth. It's the same thing that led the necrontyr race to damnation: "We then strolled around his gallery and we had fun."

"Oh really? Because, if I didn't call Trazyn that you were dying like a cockroach that got stepped on. Your relationships wouldn't even start at that point." Nova emphasizes the word "I":" So, I think at some point you do owe me gratitude, little sis." Nova looking at Monika with a narcissistic look. A look that triggers Monika ever since Nova did it for the first time, Nova is sick of being nice towards these two, now she only felt upset and disappointed, upset because Trazyn actually managed to get away by lying to Monika and disappointed that Monika actually stayed with Trazyn even knowing him is a machine, a Xeno, an enemy that the entire empire hate.

"Thank you, sis." Surprisingly Monika didn't get triggered or show any excessive emotion, all because she's more confused at the moment. She starts to realize that she probably doesn't know anything at this point.

"Wait... you are the sister that Nova holds dear the most in life?" Trazyn just realized it, he didn't know because Monika and Nova's personality is so different and their looks is also somewhat varied, one is blond hair with blue-green eyes, and another is crimson-colored hair with emerald, green eyes, but their face symmetrical analysis did show similarities. But Trazyn didn't really pay attention to that when he first saw Monika.

"Trazyn... one more word, I will make sure you will end up in the garbage can." Nova's killer gaze is terrifying.

"Sis, he's, my friend. I will not allow you to touch him for even one bit." Monika also stared right into Nova's eyes, she's not as terrifying but enough to make people take her seriously.

Maverick and Trazyn meanwhile just plainly looking at their drama. Maverick at some point knew that Trazyn is the person that caused the drama in the oil rig. But he's thankful. If it isn't because of him, he wouldn't be invited to Nova's house then bond with her over the night. He knows that most of the time Nova is just fooling around with Monika, that's why he doesn't want to be involved in their personal relationships.

Seeing Monika is at a disadvantage, Trazyn changed the topic:" so. How did you guys find this place?"

"Well, one of Maverick's siblings is the friend of the owner, so naturally we came to visit," Nova replied with a slight hint of superiority.

All of those small talks give Monika a bit of time to recover from the information overload, she doesn't really blame anyone; it's just she really needs time to think alone for a while. This isn't really a problem before, that changed until she met Trazyn. She's happy and he could always give an answer to Monika about almost everything. Making herself almost mindless. She's happy but she's not satisfied, she misses the adventure of discovering new knowledge instead of just taking whatever she's available.

After the 'chat', Nova, and Maverick went away somewhere else, at that moment, Monika told Trazyn what she was thinking and asked him if she made the right choice.

Trazyn replied with a serious tone:" We've had fun, but after every party, there's an end for that. If you think you need a bit of time to think about your life, go. After all, I am persistent and immortal. I will wait for you at the end of the day if you ever want to come back."

Hearing this, Monika hugs Trazyn's cold mechanical body, but for some reason, she felt the warmth that she never felt from another human being.