Hawk, Djon and TYO returned from the ship to Eto and Veronica.
Hawk took over the guard of their prisoner and Djon took Eto and Veronica a few steps away.
‘Alright, I don’t want to scare you guys but this girl is an assassin named Morning Python. She was tasked by Hanzou to bring Eto to him.’
Eto quickly turned around and looked at the girl, who still was staring at him.
‘So now what?’ Veronica asked. Djon rubbed his horned chin.
‘I don’t know,’ he said. He wanted to suggest something but he looked at Eto who walked back to the assassin.
He bent his knees and stared at the girl, face to face.
‘Why do you help Hanzou?’ he asked with a serious face.
The girl showed a little smile and started to grin.
‘Why would I share information with the target?’ she replied.
Eto looked at the handcuffs and back at her.
‘Because you are stuck. And we can decide what to do with you. Best to tell us something to make it easier.’
The girl started laughing a bit harder.
‘You don’t know why Hanzou wants you?’ she asked, now looking a bit intrigued.
Eto thought about it and he didn’t want to tell why Hanzou wanted him. He knew Hanzou was after him, but he couldn’t understand why someone would help an organization like Generation Zero.
‘Look kid, it’s nothing personal. I was hired and I work to get the job done,’ she said.
Djon stepped in.
‘I say we leave her to rot. Blow up her ship and leave her on this wreckage.’
Eto, still staying low, looked up and he saw Djon’s face.
‘That would be the same as killing her,’ Eto said and Djon slowly nodded.
"We are not gonna do that,'' Eto said and he looked back at the girl.
‘She is the one that tried to get to Hanzou. Who knows what could have happened. You could have been killed,’ Djon said but Eto quickly shook his head.
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‘But I am not, and we are not anything like Generation Zero or Hanzou.’
A silence appeared and they all stared at Eto, who kept looking at the girl who looked back at him with a confused face.
‘So what do you suggest?’ Veronica asked him and for the first time since they entered the wreckage, Eto gave a smile.
‘We will take her with us. We will drop her somewhere where she can find a way home. In the meantime she can think about her way of living,’ Eto said and he stared at the girl who gave a little blush and looked away, angry.
The rest looked at each other, not completely fan of the plan but they knew that if Eto had something in mind, it would happen.
Hawk grabbed the girl and lifted her until she stood. Right after that, a flash appeared and they looked at Veronica who held her Snapper.
‘Just in case she runs off. I have her photo,’ she said, looking at the girl while the assassin looked at Veronica with frustration.
They all slowly returned to the Tortoise and right before they entered, Hawk said something.
‘What about her ship?’ he asked and Djon looked like he wanted to share his idea of the blow up plan again. Instead, Veronica came with a plan.
‘Take it with us. We lost your ship Hawk. Maybe we can use this one.’
The girl looked angry and yelled at her.
‘Don’t touch my ship,’ the assassin yelled and for the first time, Veronica felt confident enough to look her in the eyes with a smile.
‘You don’t get to decide that,’ she said as she took her over from Hawk.
‘I’ll grab it and park it in the back,’ Hawk said as he rushed back to where the ship was.
Djon walked to the controls of the Tortoise as Veronica took the girl inside and put her in a single bedroom and locked the door behind her.
‘All set,’ Veronica said to Djon who nodded and started the ship’s engines.
They saw the tiny ship of the assassin fly out of the wreckage and came closer.
‘I don’t know,’ Djon said and he looked at Veronica.
‘Taking the assassin with us, and the ship. It doesn’t feel right. I have seen plenty of mistakes made in the past by choices like this.’
Veronica nodded slightly. ‘I understand but for now we have to keep our eye on her. It’s not like we can change Eto’s plan.’
In the back, Eto had made his way to the room where the girl was put in.
He opened the door and he saw the girl sitting, who looked up to the person coming in.
‘You?’ she asked and Eto said nothing.
Ever since they had found her, he somehow became obsessed with her.
He walked towards her and sat down in front of her.
‘You need to eat,’ he said and he pulled out a travel bar. He made a dirty face for a second when he saw the bar in his hand.
‘I’m not hungry,’ the girl responded softly with a little anger in her voice.
Unfortunately, Eto pushed the bar into her mouth and she quickly began to chew on it as Eto kept pushing.
‘You must eat something,’ he said and when the bar was gone, the girl coughed.
‘What the hell?’ she asked while coughing. ‘I told you I wasn’t hungry’ she almost yelled.
Eto put up the big smile he normally had stuck on his face.
‘You have to rethink your life and live it to the fullest. For that you need to stay healthy and eat enough.’
The girl looked at Eto, surprised by his sudden words as his big smile stayed on his face.