While Veronica and Hawk were looking at the pirate, it seemed like the rest of the harbor went quiet in their heads. Their attention was fully on the alien at the table.

‘You can bring us to Green point? A planet everybody mentions as a lost world?’ Hawk asked to be sure, not knowing if he could believe him.

The pirate kicked a chair next to them in their direction. ‘Sit,’ he said.

Even though Hawk didn’t like the situation they were in, he agreed by sitting next to the man. Veronica took her place next to Hawk without losing the man out of her sight.

When they sat down, Hawk could see that the man had four arms in the black coat he was wearing. Two were laying on his stomach and the other two he used in the conversation.

‘I can get you to Green point, even though it is a lost world.’

Hawk thought carefully about what he was gonna say but something caught his attention.

‘If it really is a lost world, how come you can find it?’ he asked and the man started to laugh.

‘Oh man. Everybody nowadays is so stuck up with their radars and onboard maps.Nobody really knows where they are going. It takes a real traveler to remember the coordinates of the places he has been. Remembering the positions of the stars, the sun of the specific system. And for the record, I’ve been to Green point.’

Hawk slowly nodded. He didn’t like the situation they were in but hearing from the laughter everybody gave off, this man was their best chance. Even though he didn’t like it.

‘And the price?’ he asked and the man again started to laugh.

Hawk was no fool. He knew in these situations, everybody has a price.

‘Money is no option. I need someone to help me with something.’

‘Which is?’ Veronica asked, trying to involve herself in the conversation. The pirate looked at her and gave a cheeky smile.

She felt uncomfortable. A brute alien looking at her like that.

‘A girl wants to know?’ the alien asked as he scratched the horn on his chin and it made Veronica furious.

‘Why does it matter that I'm a girl?’ she asked and again the man started to laugh, only this time a little louder.

‘It doesn’t. It’s just I didn’t hear you speak up before. In my opinion, most girls are more qualified for some jobs when they are quite like you,’ he said and he winked at Veronica. She looked away, angry but blushing at the same time.

‘Get to the point. You needed help with something?’ Hawk asked and the man nodded while he was smiling. He started to sit more straight and Hawk and Veronica could see the blue skin of his chest under his coat. It was marked with many dark blue inked tattoos, just like the rest of his body.

‘My ship has been taken from me by the soldiers of the worlds. They wanted to arrest me but I got away quickly. I do know they took my ship here to Etoile. Down in the shipyard basement. I want to get it back. And I need help with that.’

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Hawk looked at him with irritation.

‘You’re crazy. Why would you think we would help you get your ship back from the soldiers of the worlds?’ he asked but the pirate laughed at his response.

‘Because you’re also crazy. Crazy enough to find someone to bring you to a lost world. Then you are crazy enough to steal my ship back for me.’

Hawk wanted to respond but Veronica pulled him back to whisper something in his ear.

‘I don’t like this. That way we are gonna be criminals,’ she said and even though Hawk agreed with her, he didn’t have another plan.

‘We must do this, for Eto,’ he whispered back at her.

Eto grabbed the arms of the man that was holding him and tried to get free but the grip was too tight.

He heard something moving above them and when he looked up, the man released him and jumped back, giving Eto a little push.

Something big came down from the ceiling and Eto had just enough time to grab TYO and jump away before something almost hit him.

A giant knight in black armor swung his sword towards them and hit the floor where Eto just was standing. Little pieces of marble flew through the air as the sword made a crack in the floor.

Eto jumped back and landed on the floor a few meters from where he was standing. He put TYO down who drove behind him for shelter.

‘You,’ Eto said, recognizing the knight from Borner.

‘Yes,’ the knight said, who pulled his big sword from the floor. It was the same type of sword Eto had broken but now it was as new.

‘Eto, you little brat. This time you won’t get away,’ the knight said with an irritated voice. He left no room to talk as he jumped to Eto in a second.

His sword swung towards Eto but he managed to dodge it by jumping in the air.

Up in the air, Eto started to make his arms glow. He watched for a second at the knight before his jump moved him towards him.

‘Not this time,’ the knight said and he dodged the attack from Eto by jumping in the air, quicker than Eto. The knight hit him with a full blown kick in his back. It made Eto swing across the hall and hit the marble floor.

‘Eto!’ TYO yelled and he wanted to move towards him but the knight hit the floor in front of TYO with his sword, blocking him from going to Eto.

‘This time, you will be mine. I will deliver you personally to the master and our long search will end at last,’ the knight said. His voice was muffled by the helmet and it sounded like he was laughing but was irritated at the same time.

Eto slowly got up, surprised how damaged his body felt with that blow in the back but he tried to prepare himself.

‘I, the Vulture knight will personally deliver you to my master!’ the knight yelled when he jumped again towards Eto.

Eto prepared for an attack and when the knight was close, he wanted to punch him with his glowing arm like he had done on Borner. The knight dove down to dodge it and he started to laugh harder.

‘You’re strong but you have no skill, no tactics’ the knight said and he grabbed Eto’s face with his big hands.

The knight moved his arm back and threw Eto away. Just like Eto had punched him through a wall back at Borner, Eto was now smashed through the wall of the temple, leaving dust and bricks on the floor.

Daylight started to make his way into the temple through the hole.

‘Vulture knight!’ the man screamed from a distance.

‘Be careful not to damage the temple too much. I have to explain everything and Generation Zero is not planned in that report.’

The knight turned his head and watched the man behind him, making a sound that he was irritated.

‘Easy there, councilman Kazerku. You don’t get to tell me what I can or cannot do. If I want to bring this temple or the city down while beating that brat to a pulp, that is just the way it is.’

After that, the Vulture knight started to move to the hole where he threw Eto through, ready to finish the fight.