Heiki ran into a large skyscraper, protecting himself from the rain by pulling his hood on. Saigo ran behind him, using a jacket to serve as cover. Heiki pulled his hood off as he entered and walked over to the receptionist that was at the front building as Saigo hung the jacket on a drying rack.

"You want something, sir?" the receptionist asked.

"They still have you?" Heiki asked. "I was expecting them not to have a receptionist."

"My employers don't feel comfortable around other reploids." The receptionist gazed over Heiki's shoulder at Saigo and said, "And your friend is a human?"

"Yes," Heiki said, making a mental note to put the little upside down triangle on Saigo's forehead.

"You know where my employers are," the receptionist said as he looked at some reports.

"Thank you," Heiki said as he walked up the stairs, Saigo on his heels.

"What're we doing here?" Saigo asked as she caught up.

"We're visiting some friends that I know. They can probably get us a car. A car that I like," Heiki said as he knocked on a door.

"Come in," a voice called.

"You can talk around these reploids," Heiki told Saigo as he opened the door.

Two reploids, one clothed in a black Mega Man shirt and shorts with a visor attached to his ears, the other clothed in a white cloak with a grey shirt underneath, his grey pants tucked inside of his brown leather boots.

"Heiki, good to see you again," the one in black said with a smile. "Anything you want?"

"Most likely," the other one smirked.

Heiki chuckled. "Yeah. My other form of transportation got blown up by some idiot. This time though, I've brought someone." Heiki brought Saigo to the front and said, "This is Saigo, hopefully only one of the last humans alive."

The one in black smiled as he extended his hand. "Pleasure to meet you, Saigo. I'm Kemnee."

Saigo took his hand gratefully. "Glad to meet you, Kemnee. You wouldn't happen to be the one from all those years ago, would you? Post-Grey and Ashe period?"

"Looks like this one knows her history," the one with the cloak said with a grin.

"And you're his brother, right?" Saigo asked and the one with the cloak nodded. "Shouji."

Shouji nodded again. "So what do you need, Heiki? Most likely something that doesn't deal with me."

"I may need you. I'm thinking about it," Heiki replied. "I need a new car."

"What kind?" Kemnee asked as he scrambled to get a blueprint and a pencil.

"I was thinking of a truck with its own generator to keep it going," Heiki said.

"You know it needs coolant, right? Coolant isn't quite the easiest thing to come around anymore," Kemnee said with a grimace. "Shouji and I are on our hands and knees to pick up some coolant for ourselves. We're trying to get another company going though, so hopefully we'll be able to generate our own coolant and somehow keep both companies going. We mostly get employment from the government, which I'm not altogether pleased with, but we do what we have to. We have a contract to design new stuff and make prototypes."

Heiki nodded. "I know what you and Shouji are going through, but I need transportation."

"I would recommend getting information on where another human might be before we create anything," Shouji said.

"I would have to agree with Shouji on this one," Kemnee said. "At least a general idea of where a human would be. I'm guessing a male, right?" Heiki nodded. "In places filled with reploids, this'll be hard."

"I thought it'd make it easier," Saigo said.

"No, because this human may know that reploids might kill him so he's keeping a low profile which makes it harder to find him," Kemnee said.

"And that's assuming that there actually is one out there," Shouji added.

"Thank you, Shouji, for lightening the mood," Kemnee said, but not altogether harshly.

"I'm just saying that there might not be one out there," Shouji said with a shrug. "We can't live in a fantasy world."

Kemnee sighed. "I guess you're right, but I can't believe that Saigo's the last human."

"Whether people say that there's one out there or not, I've gotta keep on looking. Not until I'm sure that there isn't one will I stop looking," Heiki said firmly. "But I can't look for one without transportation."

Kemnee sighed. "As a friend, I would gladly give you one, but as a businessman, I don't know if we would be able to handle it."

"Surely Kemnee Rauc can produce something," Heiki said, frowning slightly.

Kemnee looked over to Shouji before turning back and sighing. "All right, all right. If it'll help. Give us about a month, okay?"

"A month?" Saigo asked as she put her hands on the edge of the desk. "We can't wait a month!"

"Listen, this project will take two weeks at the least," Shouji said. "If you can't wait that long,..."

"Sounds good," Heiki interrupted. "Come on, Saigo."

"Can't they finish sooner?" Saigo asked as Heiki led her out of the room by the arm.

"No... Things take time, Saigo. Especially when you need to salvage parts to make the necessary device. Kemnee and Shouji will have to be creative in order to get an engine that I like," Heiki said.

They exited the building quietly, Heiki casting wary glances around him. The streets were a dangerous place when you didn't have a vehicle.

"Saigo, keep your head bowed. If anyone asks questions, I'll handle the talking. Got it?" Heiki said quietly.

"Yes, sir," Saigo said as she lowered her head.

"Follow me," Heiki said as he quickened his pace while still keeping his footsteps as quiet as possible.

He made his way across the street and into the middle of another street, his fingers clutching his pistols. He led Saigo down into an alley and stopped beside a dumpster.

"Get in and wait there until I knock on it fifty-five times," Heiki said, implying a different number.

Saigo nodded and climbed in as Heiki ran across the street into another building and up the stairs. He opened a door and quickly closed it behind him, shuddering from the stink of the place. The darkness was perfectly fine since he was used to it and it was his ally.

"Brought the girl?" a voice asked from a corner.

"Why do you need to know?" Heiki asked as he pulled up a chair.

"You mentioned her in the deal. I expect to be paid when my part of the deal is complete."

"So I did," Heiki said. "But how can I trust you to find a male human?"

The voice chuckled. "How do I know that you'll actually bring me the girl once I find the male?"

"Touche," Heiki said. "How about we go about it this way... once you get the guy, let me know. Then, you and I will bring the guy and the girl in our meeting. You get the girl for a while and I'll evaluate the guy to make sure that he's not a reploid."

"Sounds fine."

"Right. Let me know," Heiki said as he stood up. "Don't let me down. You know what I do to people that don't keep their end of the deal."

"You feed them tea and crumpets."

Heiki chuckled. "Poisoned tea and crumpets, Hakai. I find that to work out the best."

"Just don't do it to me or you'll have found a very dangerous enemy."

"I wouldn't think of it unless you betray me first," Heiki said as he opened the door and walked back down the stairs.

His eyes quickly readjusted to the sunlight as he emerged outside and smirked. He lifted his pistol and fired, a reploid standing next to the dumpster toppling to the ground.

"Idiot," he said as he neared the dumpster and knocked on it five times.

"Heiki?" Saigo asked.

"Did that reploid knock fifty-five times?"

"It did. I think it was considering to climb inside," Saigo said as she emerged from the dumpster, her clothes stained and her hair and skin a mess. "You owe me for this."

Heiki chuckled and helped her out of the dumpster while he holstered his pistol.

"That I do," he said as Saigo brushed herself off and picked a banana from out of her hair.