Chapter Title : Where Am I?

Grey listened as he was talked at by Katachi, his superior having returned to his other business. Currently they were on a tour of the facility. Everything seemed to be the same metal walls, light fixtures, and doors though somehow Katachi knew his way around easily, as if he'd lived there his whole life. There were no signs as far as Grey could see that would give any indication as to where they were.

"And here is the Information Center," Katachi said, gesturing at a door then turning to put his palm on the glowing pad beside it. "This is where we electronically imprint information directly into someone's mind. As an Elite, you will need a broad range of knowledge." The doctor led the way into the room who's ceiling was the same height as the one in the hall.

It also wasn't a very big room, simply containing a chair with some strange contraption on top of it. Beside it on the wall was a screen built in with a keypad under it. "Have a seat," Katachi said and gestured toward the chair. Obediently, Grey sat in it, his legs automatically crossing at the knees and folding his arms on his chest. Katachi gave Grey a long look before placing the headset on Grey's brow, adjusting it and turning to the screen. "We'll start with something small."

Katachi's fingers moved like lightning over the keypad, quickly locating one of the smaller files in the database available to staff. "Here's a map of the station, small as I could find," the doctor said as he started the process. The room swam in Grey's vision and he closed his eyes to block it out. Instead, he concentrated on what he could see in his mind.

Apparently, he was on a metal structure floating on the direct course between two very populated planets, used as a refueling station and as a research station for the Seyruun Empire which spanned quite a lot of space, though how much wasn't included with the file Katachi had chosen. Grey's lips pressed together slightly, Seyruun seemed familiar, he just couldn't place where he'd heard it before.

He was on the fourth floor of the station in the starboard side, his room was on port and up one floor. The column he'd seen in that large room was the gravity axis and reached up through the entire station which was shaped like a wheel. In all there were seven levels, the outer ring was used as a port for those coming in and headed out of the station.

Each floor inward was dedicated to a specific thing, such as, the seventh and smallest was the officer's level, containing the quarters of those who were in charge and the bridge. The sixth level was Elite Guard training. The fifth was Elite Guard quarters. The fourth was science with the medical bay included. The Third was science personnel quarters. The second was cargo and mechanics. The first was ports.

The officers had red circles on their insignia, Elite had gold, Science had blue, medics had white, mechanical personnel had green, and all others with no rank had no insignia.

Grey opened his eyes once more to find Katachi in front of him, looking worried. "How do you feel?"

"Fine," Grey replied shortly and thought a moment, "What about weapons?"

Katachi blinked a few times, "Well... if that's what you
want." At Grey's nod, Katachi returned to the screen and
found up a few files of the more commonly used weapons.