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Chapter X
The next day certainly was a busy one. After breakfast, Jr. headed back to their craft to contact Matthews and let them know the situation. chaos started to talk to Allen and Shion about the possibility of them living on Lost Jerusalem, and what number of houses they might need to start building. Shion and Allen agreed that they would definitely want one, and probably should count Jr. in as well. As for the rest of the crew, they would have to ask them personally. And then, there were Momo and Ziggy to consider, besides others on the Dammerung. chaos suggested that they should take things slow, starting with those who had already arrived, and worrying about the others later, as they made their decisions to come.
When Jr. returned, they asked him about a house and he agreed that he would like one as well, right along the beach like chaos' house. Shion and Allen agreed that it was a great location. Shion suggested that they should rendezvous with the Elsa to discuss the options with the crew, and to bring more things down to the planet. chaos planned to go and find his group of woodsmen and carpenters to get started on the building and planning. Shion, Allen, and Jr. said they expected to be back later that evening, and chaos said he would have dinner for them when they arrived. Once they made it into the craft and had taken off, Jr. decided it was a good time to bring up the conversation from last night.
"So, Kosmos is staying in the other room of chaos' house, huh?"
"Yes," said Shion, though she didn't sound happy.
"Shion, that's great!" said Allen, enthusiastically. "It looks like we'll all be reunited. All we need to do is bring down her maintenance bed, right?"
"It's not going to be that simple. She's missing both of her legs, as well as her right arm. What's left of her frame has taken serious damage. She will require a new body. It would be pointless to just try and repair her."
"Hey, that's not a problem," said Allen. "After all, the Professor and Scott and I have been working on creating…"
Shion interrupted him. "I was thinking that maybe she didn't have to be an android."
"What are you suggesting?" asked Jr. Allen looked confused as well.
"I'll have to talk to the Professor, but I was hoping that maybe we could transfer her consciousness into a Realian body."
"Ah, I get it," said Jr. with a smirk. "You're thinking about chaos."
"chaos?" asked Allen, still confused.
"There are many reasons I'm considering it," she replied. "First of all, we've defeated the enemy threat for which she was created, so if we are all receiving a break from war, doesn't she deserve one as well? Secondly, as Allen has pointed out, they have almost finished creating a replacement for her at the Robot Academy. And then, yes, there is chaos. We've already seen that he had a history with Kosmos' human form, Mary. If you could have seen the room, you would know that he still cares for her. She looks like a sleeping princess who may open her eyes at any time."
"That's similar to how Joseph described it," said Allen, thoughtfully.
"Yeah," said Jr. "While you were in the room, Joseph told us that chaos visits her everyday, waiting for her to wake up. Joseph seems to think that she has some kind of sickness that their medicine can't cure. I guess chaos didn't want to explain the entire situation to him."
"The other thing I wonder, is does she have feelings for him, buried somewhere deep inside of her? If so, a Realian body would really be the fairest thing for both of them."
"Hell, I say if it's possible, let's do it!" said Jr.
"I agree," said Allen. "They've both done a lot for us."
Shion smiled. "I'm glad you guys agree. When we get to the ship, Jr., you check in with the Captain and the others, and get their feelings on living on Lost Jerusalem. Allen and I will go see the Professor. Then I'll report to Juli and Ziggy."
"That sounds like a plan," said Jr. "Just one thing: are we going to tell chaos about this if it is possibility?"
"I don't know," said Shion. "What do you think, Allen?"
"Well, I'm kind of a romantic who loves a surprise. I think we should keep it a secret, if it is possible. We'll let him see her first hand when she wakes up and hope that everything works out for the best."
"I'll agree to that," said Jr.
Shion smile and relaxed back in her chair. "That's what I love about you, Allen." She closed her eyes. "chaos, Kosmos, you'll only have to wait a little while longer."
When they reached the ship, Jr. headed for the bridge while Allen and Shion headed for the Robot Academy. After conferring with the Professor, he told Shion that if it was a modern Realian, one that was highly humanoid, he felt it could be done with some modifications that, of course, he and Scott could handle. Shion left Allen to discuss moving the Academy to the planet while she went to contact Ziggy.
Ziggy appeared on the screen after Shion input the key sequence. "Shion. How are things going?"
"Wonderful," said Shion, beaming with happiness. "Ziggy, we've reached Lost Jerusalem. Not only that, we've found chaos and Kosmos and Jin."
"That's incredible. What are the coordinates?"
Shion gave them to him. "Listen, Ziggy, there's something I need to talk to you about. We've decided to stay and live here. I was wondering about you and Juli and Momo."
"I'll have to talk with Juli, of course, but I personally am excited about the idea. What's the planet like?"
"It's beautiful. I just know that you would all love it. Listen, Ziggy, is it possible you could get in touch with Juli and get back to me within a few hours? We're going to be headed back down to the planet and I'm anxious to hear the decision."
"Sure. I'll get in touch with her right now. Give me an hour, maximum."
"I look forward to hearing from you again." Shion switched off the terminal, and went to the women's quarters, looking for anything else she might want to take with her to the planet. Within forty minutes, she was being paged for a call.
"Hey, Ziggy. So, what's the word?"
"Juli is very excited about things, but she won't be able to come at this time. She is, as you know, in a very high position in the current government. I have convinced her to let Momo come with me, however. We can leave on our own ship by the end of this week."
"Ziggy, that's wonderful! I'm so excited to see Momo again! But I need to ask you a favor…" Shion gave him a list of the Realian parts that she would require.
"I'll see what I can do."
"Thanks, Ziggy. I'll talk to you again in a few weeks."
Just as Shion was ending her conversation, Jr. came off the bridge. Matthews, Hammer, and Tony felt that they weren't ready for retirement yet and planned to head back to the Dammerung for more work after the others had made their final descent. Shion was a little disappointed, but it was their decision. They headed downstairs to find that the Professor and Scott were excited about the prospect of moving the Robot Academy to the new planet. Loading some equipment that would help them establish a communications center on Lost Jerusalem, Allen, Shion and Jr. headed back down to the planet, promising to return the next day with more information. When they arrived at chaos' house, they could see where trees had already been cleared for two houses.