The blue planet of Capgelu was behind them when the group entered space.

Hawk took control of his ship while Veronica stood beside him, watching and learning from everything he did to pilot the ship. She could see the professor was glad to be back on his ship as his smile revealed. Eto on the other hand took a deep nap behind them in a chair.

'You say you want to go to Etoile?' he asked and Veronica nodded.

'We thought that was the best place to go. He originally needs to go to Green point but I can't tell where that planet is. Maybe the archives on Etoile will know.'

Hawk nodded that he understood it.

'Etoile indeed would be our best bet.'

He looked behind at Eto who was sleeping and somehow it gave him a comforting feeling.

While they traveled with the ship, somewhere else in the galaxy someone was preparing himself.

Further away on the other side of the solar system, the giant fleet of Generation Zero was floating in the dark space.

Deep within the main ship, a giant room filled with light was locked off. Nobody seemed to bother to enter it or go near it. The sounds the crewmembers heard from within the chamber gave them fright and when they had to pass the room, they did it in a hurry.

The sound of blasters firing and metal scratching came from behind the closed doors.

Inside the room, Captain Hanzou was busy with his training.

The room was big and round. The lights filled the room and almost made it hard to see because of the brightness.

Inside the room were dozens of black coloured robots. They were large and their bodies were shaped like humans. Their parts were all black and their faces were like a helmet with nothing on them. Some had markings painted on them but it was only to know which robots were ranked as a shooter or a melee type.

In the middle of the group of robots stood captain Hanzou.

He didn't wear his black armor, except for his helmet which still hid his face.

He was dressed in gray latex training gear and he watched the robots that surrounded them. In one of his hands was a sword with a black hilt and a long thin blade attached to it. He held it low to the ground.

'Come now,' his voice said from behind the mask.

The moment he said it, the robots started to move. Some of them moved in front of him while the others in the back prepared their rifles.

The sound of the rifles went off and captain Hanzou made his move.

Elegant as a skilled warrior he dodged the shots from the rifles while in the meantime he blocked the melee attacks from the coming robots with his sword.

Quickly as he was, he took down some robots and used their own attacks to destroy the others.

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The melee robots were quickly disabled and in a moment he took down the shooters until the floor was filled with robot parts.

He took a moment to examine the fight in his mind until he was disturbed by the door opening.

A man with an black official uniform came in slowly as he looked afraid at captain Hanzou.

The captain looked at him and the light reflected on the man's badge irritated him. It was a deep red circle with an Z in it, marking him as an elite officer of Generation Zero.

'What is it?' he asked with the voice muffled from inside the helmet.

'Excuse me captain,' the man said. He trembled a little bit and his voice was filled with fear.

When Captain Hanzou turned his helmet that gave away he was waiting for the reason, the man quickly began to talk.

'I have an encrypted message for you only. It is waiting in your room.'

For a moment, nothing happened. After a few seconds, captain Hanzou straightened his back and held onto his sword. He walked to the door and passed the man.

'Let the technician department know that the current version of the robots aren't that much of an improvement. Let them analyze my training video and make sure they upgrade them to be worthy puppets of Generation Zero.'

Captain Hanzou left the room, leaving the man behind.

The man was afraid. He knew the guys at the tech department never could satisfy their captain. Nothing seems to satisfy their captain.

Captain Hanzou left the training facility and walked through the dark hallways. In some parts the lights weren't completely working but he didn't bother. What he couldn't understand is why everything that had happened turned out to be a failure. First his knights in which he had to be accountable to his master. And now those damn robots don't seem to be as tough as they should be.

He entered his room which like the rest of the ship was dark most of the time.

Hanzou put his sword away and walked to his communicator.

There he entered his code and received the message that had entered his system. It was indeed encrypted but his communicator seemed to open it.

In front of him appeared a hologram. The hologram contained a man hidden in a large robe.

'Captain Hanzou. Even though I don't like to have much interaction with you due to my status, I would like to inform you that I have received a message from my employees. They told me that my friend Ased had fallen and the town on the planet of Capgelu is back in control of the citizens.'

Captain Hanzou listened to the message. When he thought he had enough failures, this one made him even more angry. Still he kept listening.

'I believe that the troublemaker you are looking for is responsible for that. It is a planet close to Borner and as this has happened as quickly after he escaped, there is no doubt about it.'

This part of the message gave captain Hanzou some hope. Finally some good news. The message continued.

'I believe you know what to do as I keep doing what I can do for my part, for our master.'

The message ended with the man in the robed slowly bending his knee before the hologram disappeared.

Quickly, captain Hanzou opened a hologram of the map of the galaxy and looked for the planet Capgelu. While searching, he opened his communicator again until another hologram appeared.

This time a small alien with pink scales for a skin and feelers appeared.

'Captain Hanzou, you called?' the person said with a squeaky voice and he bent his knee.

'Get contact with the Vulture knight. Tell him that the target is in his area. Last sighted at Capgelu but probably he already left.'

Then captain Hanzou saw something on the map that gave him an idea.

'Tell him to meet our contact on Etoile. Tell him I will soon be there as well.'

The pink alien was shocked.

'But captain. Planet Etoile is the capital. It will be swarming with soldiers of the worlds.'

Captain Hanzou gave a little laugh which sounded surprisingly weird coming from behind his helmet.

'Nothing to fear. They won't notice us. Tell the other knights to come back to the fleet with haste. We will depart as soon as they land here.'

The alien wanted to say something but captain Hanzou already turned off the communicator.

Deep inside he still wanted to laugh and his thoughts made him.

'Eto, you little brat. Finally I will get you.'