Disclaimer: I own nothing of Sigma 6, which is owned by Hasbro. Only the plot is mine.

This was written at the request of Shiary on .

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Hi-Tech heard the door to his lab open and looked up from his current busy work project, an attempt to make a better shielding against spells for his machines, to see that Duke had walked in with Lt. Stone in tow. Likely they were there to see how the program upgrades for the Dragonhawk were coming along, which Hi-Tech had finished an hour ago.

Since he didn't have much else to do and was curious about it, he asked, "Hey Duke, so how did you and Stone meet anyway?"

Duke looked at him, "I told you didn't I? Stone and I met during Ops training."

Hi-Tech nodded as he put aside his work and stood up, "Well, yeah, I know that. I meant 'how' you met, not when."

Stone smirked, "Ah, you mean how did it go when Duke and I first met each other?"

To Hi-Tech's surprise, Duke grimaced a little, "It's not that special. Stone was my senior there and he showed me around the place until I got used to everything."

The spy chuckled, "Now Duke, don't be so modest."

Turning to Hi-Tech, Lt. Stone said, "What he doesn't want you to know is that he was so nervous during his first couple of days that he kept making rookie mistakes. In fact, the first time I actually met Duke, it was on the shooting range. He-"

Duke cut in, "I think that's enough reminiscing for now. Hi-Tech, how are those upgrades doing?"

At the very clear cue to change topics, Hi-Tech went to one of his lab's many computers to bring up the programs and walk the other two through them. Once they were both satisfied and a time slot was set for the upgrades to be put into the Dragonhawk, the other two men made to leave but Stone hung back at the door.

He gave Hi-Tech a grin, "If you want to hear the rest of that story or have any other questions for me, please feel free to ask. We'll be working together on the same team now, so it won't do for either of us to be a stranger to the other. Till then!"

With that said, he left.

Hi-Tech stared at the door in contemplation for a few minutes, then shrugged and returned to his project. He'd take Stone up on that offer later, especially now since he was really curious about what had happened on the shooting range back then.