"WHAT?"
"how is that possible Maria?"
"simple Jody because the Mesanic Brothers split off from the Red Halls"
"so the only reason why your group took them down was because you knew them"
"pretty much, now then don't forget that this happened a few years before I began my training so everything I learned is from the survivors of the battle"
"wait survivors?"
(sighs) "yes, according to the elders the final battle was so hard that over half the Red Halls were lost and two thirds of the Mesanic Brothers were lost"
"ouch that's a lot of people"
"indeed it was and there's more"
"what else could there be?"
"before the last of the ones who couldn't be retrained was taken away for cryo they made a promise to one day return and have their revenge against the Red Halls"
"so why haven't they done anything yet?"
"that's the thing Lucy, they might just've done what they promised three days ago"
"what do you mean?"
(sighs) "three days ago I tried to report to the elders. Because I'm a racer I don't live with the clan, sort of like Samurai Goro except I don't think any of his clan is alive anymore. Anyways I am required every two months to let the clan elders know that I'm alive and continuing my regular training that one does should they be away from the group for long periods of time. I tried reporting in three days ago and I couldn't get anybody on the radio, I left a message just in case everyone was outside training because
it does happen. However I should've gotten a return message by at least yesterday morning, that is the latest anyone can report in or return a message before being declared MIA"
"and for being declared a rogue?"
"there are slightly stricter requirements"
"like what?"
"either you declare your intentions of going rogue, and when I mean rogue I do not mean leaving the group to teach others what you have been taught, or someone in the clan witnesses you doing something that make you a rogue through your actions"
"how long until your declared dead?"
"the clan either has to wait a full year of no sightings, or they have definitive proof of your death"
"and if your found amnesic?"
"they either hope you regain your memories by bringing you back to where you trained or, if that doesn't work then they just leave you be to hopefully regain your memories on your own. But if you are left to regain your memories on your own hopefully, they have someone always looking in on you, sort of like a guard and if the main guard is sent on
assignment, then the rest of the clan that is traveling are to keep
an eye out for you and report whenever you see them"
"so your whole clan is MIA right now?"
"yes Lucy, the whole clan is MIA"
two days later they would find out that it was not the case as they thought. They were at another planet to race when someone called Maria's name