When the ship stopped from the hyperjump and entered the Etoile atmosphere, the ship shook a little bit. Veronica and Eto looked a little worried at Hawk.

'Nothing wrong. She hasn't flown in a long time,' he said laughing softly.

The space they entered was dark but soon they saw something shining in the distance.

It had a top shape, where the top was wide and getting smaller to the bottom until it was a long tip. The ship entered the airzone and it began to become lighter around them.

'There it is,' Hawk said and Veronica and Eto looked outside the window. 'That is Etoile,' he said while pushing different buttons.

The top shaped thing turned out to be a giant space station almost the size of a planet. When they came closer, they could see thousands of ships flying in and out of Etoile.

'Wow!' both Eto and Veronica said at the same time while looking amazed at the giant city floating in space. TYO stepped beside them and also looked at Etoile.

'Too much calculations' he said and his lens changed size like he was zooming in and out.

The speaker on the ship started to talk.

'Flightship 12216625-EO. You are entering the Etoile atmosphere. State your name and business.'

It was a deep rough voice of someone who seemed to work at Etoile security.

Eto and Veronica looked a little shocked, not knowing what to say but Hawk looked like he knew how to play it.

'Hello, this is Professor Zipp. I am traveling from Borner and I'm searching for a place to rest and refuel. Do you want my identification code?'

Eto and Veronica looked at him, questioning what he was saying but more concerned with what the person that asked them would say back.

After a long silence the voice spoke again.

'No need. Flightship 12216625-EO, you are clear for landing. Landing platform 1-B-234 is waiting for you. Sending you the coordinates.'

'Thank you,' Hawk said with confidence and the speaker went silent.

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He looked at Veronica and Eto, seeing their surprised faces and he had to laugh.

'Best for them not to know we are here,' he said.

'What if that didn't work?' Veronica asked and Hawk raised his shoulders.

'Then we had to think of a plan we didn't have yet.'

Veronica looked frustrated. She thought she only had to deal with one person here who doesn't think ahead while looking at Eto. He was already lost to the view outside again.

TYO jumped off the desk.

'You lied 100% about your name. The rest 50%' he said and Hawk smiled.

'That's true. We do have to rest and refuel. We just need to make sure people don't know we are here.'

'Why is that?' Eto asked, taking his eyes from the view to look at Hawk. Veronica wanted to know the same thing.

'Generation Zero is behind the three of us. Even in the capital with the order from the council around, they have many spies and we can't be too careful.'

Hawk slowly started to enter the atmosphere and daylight appeared.

‘Artificial daylight. A whole system to copy nature,’ Hawk mumbled while laughing mockingly for a bit.

When they entered, the city was huge and everywhere you looked were ships flying or tall buildings. In front of them were hangers on which Hawk was located to land.

Veronica looked at the different ships flying in and out. These were of a whole other level then the ones back home. Eto pressed his face against the window next to her. She looked at him and a little giggle escaped her.

For some reason, she couldn’t get mad at him. He made her happy deep down.

'Whatever happens, you are my assistants,' Hawk said when the ship started to autoland.

‘We will try to refuel and find someone who knows the way to Green point. Best to start at the harbor. There must be some underground pilots who can help us.'

'Underground pilots?' Veronica asked and she wasn't happy with what she heard. Her father always told her that the people in the underground were nothing more than thieves and criminals. She looked at Eto and her attention was on his chest.

Then again, her father also always said that people with star shard powers are monsters. She felt uncomfortable doubting her father and thinking about him. She tried to ignore her thoughts and focus on the landing.

The ship went into the hangar where more ships were stationed. Humans and different species walked in and out of the place.

While Eto was happy seeing everything, Veronica felt overwhelmed with everything new she saw.

The ship came to the ground and the engine turned off. Lights went on next to the exit.

'Alright, follow me,' Hawk said and he got up. Eto started to run to the door but Veronica grabbed him by his ear. 'Ouch, ouch' Eto said while jumping back on one leg.

'Follow him,' Veronica said bossily before she let him go. Hawk nodded to Eto and walked to the door.

'Remember. You are my assistants' he said before opening the door.

TYO jumped on Eto's back, grabbed on and mumbled 'I have a bad feeling about this adventure.'