The brothers spent all day training, only letting up, as the sun set. They made their way back to the shuttle, entering completely exhausted.

Osei began making his way towards the shower as Tobi stopped in front of the offline android. It displayed no defining characteristics, just an androgynous, android doll. "Can this thing... take care of my family, while I'm gone?" He finally asked, curious.

Osei turned back around and looked at him, then at the doll. "Depending on the instructions you give it, it could... possibly. They're efficient and strong enough to take on a bear, but that's about it."

Tobi pondered a bit. "I have an idea, but will we be traced, if we turn it on?"

Osei was curious about what his brother had in mind. "The whole shuttle has been combed through and the server operates using its own smaller satellite, which I launched before landing." He gave his brother a reassuring look. "Don't worry, we can't be traced."

Tobi looked at him with the widest grin. "Then... let's upload our minds to it."

Osei was confused, still not seeing where he was going with this, but reluctantly agreed and proceeded to turn the android on. It made a few foreign noises, which Tobi could not understand, but Osei seemed like he did, as he continued to grab the laurel-like headset, then asked Tobi to sit.

He placed it on Tobi's head, while the console flickered to life, whirring away with a loading symbol on the screen. The android's eyes flickered and sparked for second, as lights lit up inside it.

On cue, Tobi's life began flashing before his eyes, like a movie being uploaded out of him, while Osei typed away on the computer. After about 30 seconds, it stopped, and Osei lifted the laurel, took the seat, and repeated the same process to himself.

When it was all done, he lifted the headset off ofhis head and turned towards Tobi. "Now tell it what you want it to do and it should be able to process your request."

Tobi was excited to see what would happen, he stood in front of the android and chose his words carefully. "I want you to run independently. Use our memories to protect Earth, keep human beings safe, and back us up in the war against the Cerian empire. Also, Make sure my family is safe at all times and do it all discreetly for the time being, until we have to go public."

It started flickering, with its iris and pupils spinning within the socket. Osei was surprised by what his brother had asked for. He looked over at the console and typed a few commands. "We'll need to wait till the morning for that kind of request." He explained to him. Then pressed a few more buttons and turned around to face him. "It will reread your memories, then mine, and start to go about it, the way we would."

Tobi smiled. "Sick, looking forward to it." He replied. Afterward, they both showered, ate, and then went to sleep exhausted.

The next morning...

Tobi got up much earlier than Osei, too excited to see his experiment. He rushed out of the dorm in boxers and went straight to the cockpit. However shocking him awake was a beautiful blonde woman in her late 20s, typing commands away at the console chair.

Noticing someone behind her, the lady, rotated her chair around. She wore a flower-green dress. "Hi Tobi, I'm Sarah." She said, breaking out a smile.

Stunned that she knew his name and more so of how she was here. Still, something about her felt unnatural to Tobi. "Hi Sarah, how did you get on our ship?" He asked, calmly.

She let out a genuine light-hearted chuckle, before responding. "Silly, I'm the Type 3 Naya, you programmed. I just chose a form, that would help me get around easier on Earth, to fulfill your request."

Tobi immediately felt guilty about something he wasn't sure of, but he shook it away to keep his cool. "Damn, I dunno how I feel about that... Anyways what are you working on?" He replied.

She looked back at the console and then back at him. "I've drawn out several plans while you guys were asleep. We'll be building our headquarters on the moon and will commence building an army to combat the incoming invaders, utilizing resources from the surrounding planets." She explained, happily.

"Wow, you've thought this through. Why the moon though?" Tobi was curious.

"We'll be able to overlook and respond quicker while keeping under the radar. This way you can train in private." She smiled reassuringly.

She then added, "Thank you, Tobi, for giving me the opportunity to protect the Earth. Now leave it up to me. Go wake up Osei and get ready for training. I have to go somewhere."

Tobi was astonished by what he had created and what she was up to, but he decided to leave it be for the time being. He was hungry. As the thought crossed his mind, he noticed lots of shopping bags, in a corner.

"Did you go shopping?" Tobi asked.

Sarah without looking up from her task, responded. "Yup, your breakfasts just need to be heated and coffee is on the side. You can do the rest yourself, I'm busy."

Tobi felt like, that she had probably inherited that personality from his side. Osei was a little surprised to see how the android turned out, but he quickly shrugged it off and prepared for training.

Sarah informed Osei that she would need to borrow the shuttle, but assured him that she would be back by the evening. Osei reluctantly agreed with a little pressure from Tobi.

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Tobi was starting to get better at controlling his abilities. He pictured each element as an extension of his limbs and started to move gracefully in tandem with them.

Sarah returned later that night, with dirt on her face and dress. Although Tobi was exhausted and bruised from the beating his brother gave him, he couldn't help his curiosity. "Where did you go?" He asked.

She gave him a playful smile. "Woman's secret... Give me one week and I'll show you." She replied.

He grudgingly accepted her answer and went in to rest. The week passed by pretty quickly and Sarah finally came to them to get them.

"It's time... I want to show you guys something."

Moments later...

It was Tobi's first time in space. He had thrown up multiple times, in the last last twenty minutes. The shuttle was going too fast and he wasn't used to it. He still couldn't believe how advanced it was compared to the rockets on Earth. The shuttle finally made it to a middle point between the far side of the moon and the near side. Stopping, as they floated above a massive crater.

"What are we looking at?" Tobi asked, still trying to recover from the trip. Osei was quiet, still unsure where this was going.

Sarah giggled, seeing their confused expression. "Just wait a moment." As she finished her sentence, nanotech, like fleas, seemingly parted ways, leaving an opening big enough for the shuttle to fly through. It continued a ripple around an invisible massive dome, revealing itself for a second, then camouflaging and closing the opening as their shuttle entered.

Bright lights beamed on them, as they flew into a construction zone. The biggest attraction catching the brother's eyes was a massive, ancient futuristic-looking spaceship. Draped in red and gold, with a smudged royal insignia on it. Androids rushed around it trying to refurbish it back to its good days.

Osei yelled out, nearly breaking down into tears. "How... how did you find this?"

Sarah smiled, understanding what he would be feeling right now. "I have your memories, remember? It seems as though Atlas did not care, for what was left...."

Osei couldn't believe it. The Aratris, beat up, but still in good condition, was brought back before him. His father's ship.

Sarah continued, as she flew around the construction site, showing them all of the buildings. "... After he picked you up 20 years ago... I went out and scavenged everything I could. Broke down the other spaceships... Won lots of easy bets online, using Tobi's credit card." She continued, looking back to give Tobi a playful smile. "Then got to work repairing the Aratris and building our headquarters."

The brothers were shocked by what she had been up to and she was glad to see their surprise. "Isn't this cool!" She ended gleefully.

Tobi was mind-blown. He'd given her free reign to do as she pleased and didn't have much time to check on her, but he never thought she would go to such lengths. "This is insane! You've done great, keep it up." He said, praising her, as their shuttle landed at a landing bay.

"Do we have space suits?" Tobi asked, fearfully looking around the shuttle, seeing none.

She chuckled lightly. "Don't worry, the Terraforma is active and it's circulating air around the dome as we speak. You can walk around freely, I've repaired it and done all the maintenance needed, including the backup power source." She replied, trying to reassure him. Then turned to look at Osei.

"Let me show Tobi around the site and the Aratris... In the meantime, I've set up a private gravesite far behind the building... There you can pay your respects to your teacher." She said with a faint smile.

Osei was speechless and was only able to utter a few words. "Thank you." Then he left quickly, with the directions Sarah gave him.

Tobi was still trying to process how there was air in space, but he overheard them and understood Osei needed some time alone. Sarah proceeded to show Tobi around the construction site, and told him, of all of her plans to protect and defend Earth. Using the knowledge she had gained from the brothers, Sarah devised thousands of plans to counter the might of the Cerian empire.

"You're safety, is of paramount importance as to Earth's defense. No current nuclear power or military power will be capable of stopping Atlas or any of his children. That's why... You're going to need this." As she said that, they had just reached turned into a massive room, within one of the buildings being built. Each connected by a tunnel for easy access.

The entire room looked like a robot factory, with a smelting area, and a storage in the back, storing away androids. While the active ones bustled about, building more copies of themselves. However, one shiny object caught Tobi's eye, stopping him in his tracks. On a pedestal, on one side of the room, was a katana, black, with a crimson edge and the hilt matching it by intertwining the two colors.

"My own sword?!" He exclaimed, raising his hands to his head, holding it in disbelief. He had been practicing swordplay with Osei, with a crude alien spare sword, on the shuttle.

"I made it myself, tempered with a new recipe of steel alloys. It can handle up to 11,000 degrees Celsius and won't break in cold temperatures. I felt like you would want something familiar with all the stories you've read."

Tobi was barely listening, already swinging the sword around excitedly and getting a feel of it. "Honestly Sarah, you've outdone yourself. This is way too cool and this place will make a sick base!" He said, content with his new sword.

"Thanks, Tobi." She replied content with seeing him happy. "What do you think about registering as a security company or a mercenary group and calling it the Beyond Space Force? We'll use shell companies first." This was one decision she felt like she wanted to run by him first.

Tobi was intrigued by the idea. "But won't that put us in danger, if we go public?"

She shook her head. "We'll eventually need to go public. Every simulation that I've run, showed us needing to have set up an organization before our debut... Otherwise you and I both know, the humans of Earth won't trust us."

Tobi thought about it for a moment. Then shrugged, not wanting to dwell on it any further. "Do what you got to do."

She was happy with his response and immediately sent out tasks wirelessly to her androids to begin. "Awesome, because I'm just missing your IDs and signatures."

Tobi rolled his eyes. "Sure."

She brought Tobi to a massive indoor room still undergoing construction but had gym-like floors. Osei was escorted to them, by an android, Sarah summoned. "This will be your training area." She said, showcasing the brand-new gym.

Tobi looked around, taking it all in. "This is way better than the forest!" He remarked.

Sarah chuckled. "I will have one of the androids bring you some moon rocks to play with, aside from that, I've got things to do. So, see ya!"

She ran along, happy that her show and tell went well.

Tobi shook his head in disbelief. "I still can't get over how life-like she is." He said as he and Osei did some stretches.

"Slaves were always in the front lines..." Osei replied as he switched stances. "...Since they were constantly thrown into battle, Atlas created these advanced androids to help take care of them and boost morale, but limited them."

He continued, as he and Tobi, broke into a jog. "He didn't care about their lives, but he knew it would make them fight harder, keeping them under surveillance and helping them terraform or mine planets." He looked back at Tobi, trailing behind him. "It seems like he was able to simulate feelings into code, through the people he had absorbed. Since the Type-3 Naya are nothing like the other androids we had on Rennaya. However Sarah, is unlike any Type-3, I've ever seen."

Tobi still couldn't wrap his head around an AI absorbing people. He wondered what would happen if Atlas absorbed him as he and Osei, trained in their new gym for the rest of the day. Before long, the next four days had passed by in a blur and the day of the raid had come...