Eto kept his arm back, ready to punch it started to glow even more.

Even though Veronica had seen it before, she was still amazed by what she saw happening in front of them. Both Vieli and Odilia were looking at Eto with big eyes.

'Maybe this will work,' Eto said and he punched against the ice where the door was behind.

The moment his fist hit the ice, you could hear the ice crack and it only took a matter of seconds for not only the ice, but also the door behind it to break.

The pieces of ice flew past them and the door, mostly shattered, fell inside.

Eto's arm stopped glowing and he smiled, knowing his plan worked.

While the rest was still baffled about what just happened, Eto stepped over the rubble to enter the building.

Inside, some lights burned which made it possible for Eto to look at the room.

The round shaped room was filled with different desks, all filled with machines and stuff Eto never had seen. The walls were filled with papers with drawings on them. Some weird coloured liquid could be seen in different shapes of bottles on the tables.

At the back was a staircase which would lead upstairs. On the other side of the room at a desk, sat a man who looked around to the sound of the door that had just been broken.

'Excuse me?' the man said fairly calmly.

Eto looked at the man. He wore a long white lab coat and his long silver hair was held together in a ponytail. On his head were some sort of goggles with which he looked at Eto.

'You the professor?' Eto asked while pointing at him.

'And what if I am?' the man asked, clearly not amused by his house break in.

'Easy, easy Eto,' a voice said and Vieli came inside, grabbing Eto and waving at the professor.

'He is with me, professor,' Vieli said and the tension disappeared.

The professor took off his goggles and kept looking at Eto. It somehow made Eto nervous as Vieli walked past him.

Vieli walked to the professor and they shook hands. They looked at each other as they hadn't seen each other for some time.

Still, Eto could feel the professor keeping an eye on him.

'We didn't know how you were holding up,' Vieli said and the professor nodded.

'I could survive,' he said with a small smile but soon looked serious.

'How is the town?' he asked and Vieli shook his head with a sad face.

'Not much has changed. People are getting more trapped and that damn Ased is still in the castle.'

The professor looked behind Vieli to Veronica and Odilia who just stepped inside.

'I'm sorry to burst in like this professor, but these people need your help and this boy was the one who could help you get out.'

Odilia jumped forward, almost jumping into the professor’s arms who luckily could calm her by petting her head.

The professor looked back at Eto and walked towards him until he was standing right in front of him.

'You're Eto?' he asked and he looked at him. Eto felt uncomfortable but he stayed still. The eyes of the professor looked at him like he had found something he had lost and somehow, Eto had a feeling he had seen those eyes before.

'Have I met you before?' Eto asked. The professor kept studying his face.

'You don't know who I am?' he asked seriously and even though Eto thought he recognized him from somewhere, he could not tell from where so he shook his head. The professor's face changed and a little smirk appeared on his face.

'I'm surprised. I'm a widely known professor after all.' He folded his arms, making a grand post.

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'Of which name?' Veronica asked who stepped into the picture.

She looked at the professor. She thought the professor would be an old guy but this guy was maybe a little bit older than them.

'I'm so sorry for not introducing me yet,' the professor said with a bow.

'I am Professor Hawk, at your service' he said and he looked at Veronica.

'Nice to meet you, I'm Veronica and you already met this boy named Eto' she said and Professor Hawk looked at Eto. 'Yes, we did' he mumbled.

Eto looked at the professor again and only now he saw that the professor's right arm was a complete robotic arm covered by the sleeve of his lab coat.

'Wow, that is so cool,' Eto responded and without asking, he grabbed the arm.

The professor pulled it away. 'That is private, don't you know what that is?' the professor asked angrily.

'Unfortunately, he doesn't,' Veronica said with a sigh, remembering the bathroom moment at home.

Vieli stepped in and put his hand on the shoulder of professor Hawk.

'I'm sorry for the door,' he said but the professor laughed.

'No problem' he said and he pulled the sleeve from his robotic arm.

It was silver with a few buttons on them and he pushed a couple.

Somewhere in the room, a sound was made and after a few seconds, a robot appeared.

He was made of the same material, with four long rubber arms and on his head a few light bulbs that were going off.

'TYO-02, clean and fix the door please,' the professor said and immediately the robot made his way to the door. It made some sounds before it started to pull together the rubble.

'That is so cool,' Eto said with big eyes and he kept following the robot to study without getting in his way.

The professor sighed, thinking it was better to let Eto alone for now.

'You told me they need my help?' professor Hawk asked and Vieli nodded.

'Best to tell during a cup of tea?' Vieli asked and the professor nodded.

He guided them upstairs while Veronica had to pull Eto away from the robot who was still cleaning.

On the upper floor was a big room with chairs and a lot of bookcases. Some doors led to different rooms.

Upstairs they had a drink and Vieli explained why Veronica and Eto needed help. Veronica also explained their situation and how they came here, with the escape from Borner and Generation Zero. After that she mentioned how she got to know Eto and the professor looked at Eto, smiling.

'That explains the memories,' he said and they looked at him, asking what he meant.

'Well, I'm no doctor, I'm a professor, but I can imagine getting down with a blast like that leaves some damage. In this case the memories. That explained why he didn't recognize me,' professor Hawk said with a little ego and a smile. They could all see he was faking the self confidence as much as he could

'I also didn't recognise you,' Veronica said and it cracked the professor's ego.

Soon he smiled and rubbed the back of his head with his hand.

‘Guess it’s not in my character to be that proud,’ he said.

They sat for a while and when the conversation and introductions ended, professor Hawk looked at both Eto and Veronica.

'So you need to get to Etoile, to get Eto home to Green point, am I correct?' he asked and they both nodded.

'I thought you might be the one to help them,' Vieli told him and professor Hawk nodded.

'I can but only not in this place. What type of cargo ship did you say you had?'

' A 554627 type,' Vieli said, remembering it from the docking data.

'That's no good,' the professor said and Veronica asked why.

'Those type of cargo ships are not meant to travel far. Mostly a short distance between two planets and no further. No, we have to get my ship,' he said and Eto looked at him with big eyes.

'A bigger ship?' he asked with a look like he looked at the robot before.

‘Ńot necessary bigger but better. It can get us to any planet within the cluster. Unfortunately, it is not here.'

'Then where is it?' Veronica asked and she noticed that both the professor and Vieli looked sad.

'In my main lab, up in the castle,' Professor Hawk said quietly and calm.

Veronica understood that it would be a problem but Eto didn't get it.

'So? Why don't we go there to get the ship?'

Everbody looked like he said something stupid and the professor almost laughed.

'You wanna go there? Where Ased is?' he asked and Eto nodded.

Professor Hawk's face turned more serious.

'That is ridiculous. We would all be in danger,' Vieli told them and he grabbed odilia, almost like he was scared of losing her.

'We won't,' Eto said with a grin on his face. 'I will kick his butt and then we could get the ship. Heck, we could even rescue the town.'

What Eto said almost sounded like a plan, a stupid plan but Veronica thought about it and looked to the professor and Vieli.

'I know this sounds crazy but he may be right. I don't know how strong that Ased guy is and I still don't understand what Eto can do but I have a feeling that he could do it.'

'Because of his starshard power?' Vieli asked and both he and Odilia looked at Eto's chest.

'Star shard user' professor Hawk mumbled and he let out a laugh.

'I think this might actually work, but first let's get some rest. I will make sure that TYO-02 will get some beds ready so I can make some dinner.'

He stood up and walked to the other side of the room where a self made kitchen was installed.

'Do I need to help?' Veronica asked politely but the professor shook his head with a smile.

'Sweetheart, if there is one thing I could be more interested in than machines, it's cooking' and he started to prepare the kitchen.