Vollkommen: Prologue.

We all know that in the end, Chris and Alito will bring an end to DES and DGTO, but what about the events that happened a month and a half earlier? What about Minami Minegishi the 5th?

What about Yuko Oshima the 9th's hope of getting the Center Novae?

Note: I do not own anything from EA, Need for Speed, Nintendo, Metroid, Satellite, or even AKB0048! I own Chris and Alito, though!

A week after the event of Chris and Alito's redemptive awakenings.

AKB0048's Headquarter - Chris and Alito's quarters.

"The damage assessment isn't serious as people have feared. Damage restoration at 95%, the injuries that victim suffered have been more or less stabilized. Family members affected during DES and DGTO's assault are reunited…Everything's going fine so far, dear thanks to our efforts and the citizens that stood up during the hoo-hah." A long pale-green hair woman smiled as she assessed the database for Akibastar on her Handheld PDA device.

"We can't count our chickens till they hatch…although the other half of DES and DGTO are probably thinking of another way to regroup; there is still one idol that I'm worried about." Chris sighed as she set at her office armchair, eating Tic-tacs in Mint flavor.

Her former loyal servant and now loyal lover, Alito Gnade, was not dense enough to know who that Idol she mentioned was…

"Dear…You mean, Hikari?" Alito wondered.

Chris nodded gently…

"Lord knows how involved she was in wanting to become the Center Novae…" Chris frowned.

"Hikari…she's passionate alright, but uncertain about whom she really was. Becoming to engrossed in things too much to a point where she lost tracks of reality…" Alito followed.

"Often keeping one's own frustration and anger to one self to fuel her motives, but I guess this time it's going to backfire on her. Even if we are going to help her, I'm sure she's going to reject our help as she wants to unleash the Novae alone…" Chris shrugged as she made as she made a 'I don't know' expression.

"I will be the Center Novae, whether you like it or not!"

"I…I don't need your help! I want to rely upon myself to get it!"

"The Center Novae is my aim!"

"You can release…the Center Novae?"

"If that means working my ass of just to get what I want, then so be it! I want to let everyone understand the hard work that I have endured so far, so I won't let anyone, Nagisa or Chieri, even get through me!"

"You will never understand, Chris! You won't! I'm willing to do anything to become the Center Stage to prove myself, ANYTHING!"

Both Chris and Alito looked at each other, smiling gently.

"She sure reminded us a lot about you, isn't it, Chris?" Alito wondered.

Chris crossed her legs as she relaxed her body, juggling the Tic-Tac container.

"Yeah…nearly, of course, if it weren't for you I would have completely lost myself during the process of wanting to become one of the best in the automobile industry. To have someone remind now and then, that I shouldn't lose what make me…me. You're like my mentor to me, Alito…thanks." Chris smiled gently.

Alito sighed; a blusing smile could be seen across her face.

"As a Chinese saying goes, we need to have someone to pull us back from reaching those drastic extremes because more often than not, things will happen that make us lose our values, what makes us unique. We try so hard to impress a lot of people, or even a group of people, or even wanting to meet that certain goal, that we lose ourselves in the midst of it." She replied.

"That someone is us...Hikari's friends, the Idols, the people close to her like us and the Idols that will remind her that we love her for the peppy, sassy, and enthusiastic lady she is, to be her natural self. With a week left to the Final Elections, let's make sure that her sanity remained intact. I wouldn't want to see her getting her own ass kicked by her own backfire, ya know." Chris nodded firmly as she stood up.

Alito simpered tenderly as she joined her left arm and Chris's right arm in a traditional friendly handshake. They approached each other's bodies closed to each other, blushing.

"Of course we will, Chris…" she whispered seductively, her breath tingled Chris's sensitive spot on her neck, and her hands stroked Chris's icy blue dress as she giggled.

"Ayee…." Chris placed a finger upon Alito's lips, smirking. "Later, my sweet…"

"Oh…you sure love to tease." Alito winked.

*Beep*

"Huh? Who's that calling?" Chris wondered.

Chris deciphered the frequency and both she and Alito recognize the figure after deciphering it so well.

"Congratulations, Chris Fuschia and Alito Gnade. You have let go of the trauma that haunted you for years on end. Admiral Dane and the Elite Troops whom you have rescued are happy for you, and so do I."

"We accept your humble congratulations, Aurora Unit 242. Truth is, if it weren't for Chieri and the crew…we wouldn't be here as our new selves today." Alito smiled politely.

"What comes around goes around in full circle. You have helped them many times, and now it's their turn to help you realize that you are not alone. So, to a large extent, it is your contributions that have a part to play." AU 242 praised.

Chris and Alito looked at each other and smiled.

"Oh, yes…how's Samus? Is she okay in dealing with the Leviathan Seed threat?" Chris wondered.

"She is coping well so far, but today's topic is not on that. For I have received a call from a certain lady…We accessed the database for the Akibastar System, and you should probably know her as 'The Runaway Center Novae'." AU 242 replied.

Chris's smile died a little at once, replaced with a concerned look upon her face.

"Minami Minegishi the 5th…" Chris replied.

"You know her?" AU 242 wondered.

"Yes. Who wouldn't know the runaway former Center Stage Idol? The girl who worked with DES and DGTO temporary to nullify the Center Novae…" Alito explained.

"Really?" AU 242 asked.

"Yes, Minami's aim in assisting DES and DGTO first is so that they will be able to prevent the Center Novae from happening. Since she's the former Center Idol, she will have known the requirements for activating it. She intended to share it with Mr. Sono, in hopes of stopping the Novae completely and save anymore AKB members from disappearing, never to know that Phazon corrupted him back then. If I'm not wrong, her purpose this time round is that she wants to contact me, but doesn't have the courage to do so because she thinks that I will mistake her as a betrayer towards AKB0048. So she relays the message via you towards Alito and me, right?" Chris calmly spoke.

"Yes. She also mentions that she does not expect forgiveness after she realized the damage she has caused." AU 242 replied.

Chris and Alito looked at each other, and nodded as both replied at the same time.

"Starbucks, 12.30 PM sharp; be there, or be squared!" both winked.