BL4CK R4BBIT- Hey guys! I know I haven't updated my other story Closer Than You Think. My editor isn't really doing a good job so it's talking a while longer than I thought.

Len- But we're working hard on this one. We still need an editor to help us out.

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BL4CK R4BBIt- Also, I know I haven't put in a lot of romance in this fan fiction and I'm sorry. That's one of the drawbacks to an action/sci-fi piece of writing. All the romance comes in the middle. I will try to incorporate some lovveee in the next chapter!

Len- Happy reading!

Freedom

I woke up with a warm feeling on my chest. The tent was small and as I looked to my side, I saw Miku's hands on my chest. Her breathing was calm and normal. Her face was pretty cute and her long hair was straight and not in their usual pigtails.. I smiled as I slowly got up and exited the tent. I took in the cool, fresh morning air and sighed.

"What a nice day." I said to myself as the desert Sun was just rising.

There was a small noise from Lily's tent. I quickly started a fire and started to boil a pot of coffee.
Lily emerged from the tent rubbing her eyes as the aroma of the coffee began to envelope the camp site. She rubbed her eyes and sat on a log in front of the fire. I handed a cup of coffee.

"Thank you." Said Lily as she took a sip; her face changed from sleepy to disgust as she tasted the coffee.

"Is my coffee that bad?" I asked. I took a sip from my own cup. It was delicious and far from being anywhere near tasting bad.

"It's bitter…" said Lily while holding out her tongue.

"But its coffee. It's supposed to be bitter…"

Miku just then emerged from my tent.

"Morning sleepy head," I said cheerfully.

Miku sat down without a word and took a cup of coffee and sipped it. Her reaction was the same as Lily's.

"It's bitter…"

"I know right?" agreed Lily.

"But coffee is supposed to taste like this…" I argued.

Lily rummaged through out bags until she found some sugar, milk, and honey.

"Honey?" I asked

Lily and Miku nodded.

"Its good!" exclaimed Miku.

"Suit yourself." I said. I never liked the taste of sweet things in my coffee. Coffee should be bitter.

I finished my cup of coffee and threw the dregs into the fire.

Miku poured in honey and drank the whole thing. When she finished, she took two hair bands and tied her hair into twin pigtails.

"No breakfast?" asked Lily.

"Nope. We should get a move on." I said packing up the tent.

Lily nodded and packed her own things. Miku watched from afar. Once Lily and I were done and loaded our things onto the motorcycles we put out the fire.

"Lets go Miku!" I called as I got onto my motorcycle.

Miku hesitated for a bit and then climbed onto to the back of my bike.

"Hold on tightly." I warned.

Miku just grabbed my jacket lightly. I looked at Miku.

"You're going to fall off…"

"I'm not."

I started the motorcycle and sped away 70 MPH and Lily followed behind me. Miku gave a little cry of surprise and hugged my waist as if her life depended on it.

We rode for a couple of hours until we saw he slave market. It was an old deserted mall. Trucks were stopped in front bringing slaves out. The three of us rode in casually. None of the guards tried to stop us. After all, Lily and I looked official while Miku looked as if she was our slave.

Every store was full of people on display. My throat was dry. I placed my hand inside my bag making the C4 was still there. I couldn't wait to blow this place up.

Lily leaned close and whispered.

"I think we should evacuate the people here first…"

"How are you going to manage that?" asked Miku.

Lily patted her gun.

"Just shoot everyone who tries to stop us."

I looked around some more when I saw a scene that tore my heart. A little girl who looked like she was only five was torn from her father's arms. The little girl had small pigtails and a red bag which I assumed had her belongings.

"Daddy!" The girl cried. The father smiled at her while being held back by two traders.

"Everything's going to be all right Yuki. I'll see you soon."

I turned to Lily.

"Lets start already." I growled softly.

Lily nodded.

"Lead the way." She said pulling out her gun.

I raised my gun and shot three bullets into the air. Everyone turned to look at me.

"By the order of EDEN! All slaves are free! Whoever resists will be shot!" I called.

Everyone hesitated. Both the traders and slaves couldn't believe their ears. What could three people do? Then, everything went right. A lone slave cheered. The cheer was infectious of the other slaves as shouts of joy ran gout. The traders got out their whips but Lily and I quickly shot the traders. Blood spewed the ground as the bodies were now lifeless and fell down.

Miku ran over to some slaves and started to cut the ropes with a pocket knife she had found. More slave traders ran over to stop the commotion. Lily was trigger happy and would not stop shooting.

The amounts of traders were enourmous. Even Lily and I couldn't hold for long. Every one we shot seemed to be replaced by another. Thankfully, all they had were whips and knives. After all, they never wanted to kill any slaves, just beat them.

There was a fierce cry behind me. I turned to see Miku leading a couple of slaves with knives the slaves picked up from the bodies Lily and I had shot down.

The traders looked at each other. They couldn't take on this many people. More slaves would join in making winning the battle impossible to win. They had only one choice. Run.

The traders fled outside and hopped into their own vehicles. The slaves jeered and laughed as the traders ran away.

We ran around the whole mall chasing out any remaining traders.

Once we were sure that there were no one else, one of the slaves turned to me and smiled. An action that may have not been used in a long time.

"How can we thank you?" He asked.

I looked around at the slaves.

"Well talk how you can thank me later. First, some of you come with me and release the other slaves. The others follow Lily and Miku here and make a big fire."

"We'll do what you tell us. Right guys?" called the slave.

A large cheer came over the people. Half of the slaves and I went to free the other slaves. We went inside different stores where slaves were tied up and cut their chains or I shot the chains until they broke.

It was a painstaking process of cutting ropes and braking chains. When we were done, with the last store, a man with a little girl came up to me.

I realized this was the girl who was almost separated before the fight but then I saw the man. He was not her father.

"This girl, she was separated from her father during the commotion. What should we do?" The man asked.

I kneeled down and looked at the girl. She was crying big tears. Her little red backpack was ripped and one of her pigtails was not gone.

"Your name is Yuki right?" I asked remembering the name her father had called out.

Yuki looked up in surprise at her name. I gently patted her head and smiled.

"We'll find your father soon. Don't worry."

"Are you sure?" She asked doubting me.

"I'm sure."

"Thank you mister…"

"Len. Just call me Len."

Yuki beamed and I got up. I heard a muffled yawn from Yuki. I picked her up and gave her a little piggy back ride.

"Let's go guys!" I called out to the others.

We walked all the way to where the others were staying. Yuki was asleep by now, her breathing like a small animal's.

"We're back!" I called.

Lily and Miku ran up to me beaming.

"We caught enough rabbits, deer, and weird animals to feed all of us!" exclaimed Lily. I looked to her waist and saw some bullet clips missing.

"I see…"

Miku looked at Yuki.

"Who is this?" she asked.

"Her name is Yuki; we need to find her father…"

I looked around. A lot of the free slaves were huddled together. A huge bonfire was lit and I could see the animals being roasted. The others had scavenged silverware, beer, bread, and other food.

We all sat down to eat. Miku, Lily, and 20 other people passed out food. There must have been 200 people but luckily, we had enough food to go around.

Laughter and smiles came over everyone as they chatted without the fear of getting beaten,

Once everyone had finished eating, I stood up. The room had gone silent and was waiting to hear what I was about to say.

"Hey everyone, you're now free. Tomorrow, Lily, Miku and I are going to leave. You guys can do whatever you want,"

"Where are you going?" A person called out.

"Were going to drop Miku here off and then going back to EDEN." Answered Lily.

"EDEN? Aren't they? Evil?"

Miku stood up and puffed up her cheeks.

"If they were evil, why would they free you?" she asked.

Several conversations broke out amongst the people.

"Anyways, we found a little girl here! She's looking for her father!" I continued. ," Her name is Yuki."

There was a silence among the people. Yuki had now woken up and came to my side. There was a gasp in the crowd.

"I know her!" cried a man. "I saw her with him yesterday and I just saw her father running away from here."

"When!" I asked.

"He must have run away during all the fighting."

"So he abandoned her?" Asked Miku, her temper flaring up.

"I guess so. It's not that rare around here. Families can't afford to keep children." Said Lily.

"But its wrong to do it!" shouted a woman. A murmur agreement came from the others,

Yuki tugged my pants wanting me to look at her,

"Where is my daddy?" she asked.

My mouth went dry all of a sudden. What could I say to the child? Your father left you in hopes of a better life without you? Just then, Miku stepped in.

"Your father went away fro a while."

"You mean he ran away right?" asked Yuki.

Miku and I exchanged glances.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"Daddy told me to find someone else to take care of me a few days before because he couldn't."

"And you agreed?" asked Lily.

"I didn't want daddy to be sad."

I turned to the crowed.

"Is there anyone who could take care of this girl?"

There was silence. I couldn't blame them. Taking care of another child meant they needed more supplies and money which was hard to come by.

Yuki shook her head.

"I don't want to go with anyone else. I want you… daddy…"

I pointed to myself.

"M-Me?"

Yuki nodded.

"You."

"I couldn't have agreed more!" Shouted a man.

"He seems like a good father." Said a woman.

"HE'S SO HANDSOME! MARRY ME!" screamed a teenager. For some reason, Miku had glared in the direction of the voice,

I looked at Lily who just shrugged.

"I guess I have no choice." I sighed.

Lily looked at her watch.

"Brother, its late. We should go to bed."

"You're right." I agreed. I turned to everyone once again, "Its late guys. Lily, Yuki, Miku and I will leave tomorrow and it's going to be a long day for most of you. Best to get some sleep now."

There was a chorus of agreement and they all spread out. The bonfire by now was reduced to a few embers.

Lily and I took out our sleeping bags. Lily slept in her own while Miku and Yuki shared mine. I walked around the mall. Everyone was sleeping by now and only a few others were up. A group of people had invited me to a table to chill.

"Tough day?" asked a silver haired girl with a full bottle of beer. Her friend was passed out drooling.

"I guess so. A lot has happened, I got a child without even marrying." I sighed.

The male with the purple hair gave a small laugh. He was dressed like a samurai.

"Anyways, I'm Gakupo." Said the purple haired cosplaying man,

"I'm Haku" said the silver haired one. Haku pushed her friend a bit to wake her up. "Wake up Meiko. Introduce yourself."

Her friend slowly got up sleepily.

"H-Hello… I have big breasts." She said and went right back to sleep.

"She likes to drink." Explained Gakupo, "Her name is Meiko though."

I nodded.

"And I'm Len. Nice to meet you."

Haku poured me a glass of wine.

"We have to thank you Len. If you weren't here to free us…" Haku shivered at the thought.

"Don't worry about it guys. I'm glad to help. What are your plans for tomorrow?" I asked.

Gakupo and Haku exchanged glances.

"The three of us were thinking about staying here." Admitted Gakupo.

"Here? Why?"

"Think about it Len. It's shelter. We could get our own food and there is an oasis not too far from here for water."

"I see…"

"Besides, Meiko and Gakupo are starting a little family." Said Haku slyly.

"Haku!" Exclaimed Gakupo blushing.

"Lucky…" I sighed.

"Don't you have a girlfriend Len? That cute girl with teal hair." Asked Haku.

I shook my head violently.

"N-No! She's just someone I met on my way here!"

Haku gave me a little nudge and winked.

"You never know. Love might blossom."

I quickly drank my wine.

"I probably won't get a girlfriend in my life..."

"Are you kidding!" asked Gakupo,"With your looks, you could be working at a host club or something!"

I laughed.

"Good joke."

Gakupo and Haku sighed.

"Len, it's not necessarily a joke." Sighed Haku.

I felt a tug at my side. I turned to see Yuki half asleep.

"Why aren't you asleep Yuki?"

"I can't sleep without you daddy…."

I smiled and picked Yuki up.

"Sorry guys but its time for me to sleep."

"Good night." Said Haku and Gakupo. Mieko just moaned loudly.

Yuki and I found some blankets and we huddled against a wall.

"Say, Yuki…"

"Yeah daddy?"

"Why do you want me to be your dad?"

"Because, you're warm."

I touched my arm. The skin was icy cold because of the metal underneath it and the cold desert air filling up the building.

"I don't think I'm warm at all Yuki."

Yuki shook her head.

"Not there." Yuki placed a hand on my heart. ,"Its warm here."

I smiled.

"Seems like I have a daughter now. Time to find a wife." I joked.

"Do you mean Miku?"

I looked at Yuki with a surprise.

"Why Miku?"

Yuki shrugged.

"Seems like your type." Se said as she snuggled on my chest wrapped in a blanket.

I looked up at the ceiling.

"My type huh?"