How could I forget all of you? (I didn't! Promise! Just really busy FINISHING MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE!)

*ahem*

Well, it is a measly chapter, but it is something. I have more for you later, I just have to tinker around, most of the next chapters were written in my sleep... so they aren't terrific. This one has been checked up, it's good. It also gives you a perspective of what is to come.

Enjoy!

Maria sighed and assumed the position. Her hands gripped the rod firmly as she bent over slightly, eyes focused on a small hole on the other end of the hallway.

Why am I playing golf again?

"Because! I felt it would be a good waste of time!" XT, her robot captor, cheered, "We can't have you up here doing nothing the whole time! Besides, I get bored. There is nothing for me to do in the plot for a long, long while."

Maria cursed under her breath, the mind-reading was getting boring fast. "Why do you speak as if you have planned everything... this is a dumb question, isn't it?"

XT grinned, "why yes, yes it is."

Maria let loose another sigh, and swung.

"Hole in one, not bad!" XT complimented.

"Of course, from what you've told me, your processing speed is fast enough to calculate every variable necessary to do just what I did."

"Indeed. That is why I will get better than a hole in one on this shot."

"Figures." Maria huffed.

XT swung his putter with a gentle ease, and the ball rolled away speedily towards the hole. The ball rolled around the rim at a dizzying speed, and landed in the hole. The rotational force of XT's ball was then transferred to Maria's already sunk ball, and it popped out due to the sheer magnitude of the spin.

Maria's ball rolled back to the place she had originally shot it from.

Her eye twitched.

"What can I say? I'm awesome."

Rather than debating that statement, Maria tried to get some information out of XT. He had just gotten back to the space ship, which concerned Maria. Where was he all of yesterday?

"Why are you getting back now?" She asked.

"Oh, I was busy with some stuff. Setting some pawns places. On a completely unrelated topic, did you hear that you've been replaced at the mansion?"

Maria dropped her putter.

"Really? I-I lost my job? H-How could they..." Maria closed her eyes, and her demeanor returned to her.

"It is only a temporary solution. The Sanzenin SP's are looking for you."

"But they're useless..." Maria's mouth creaked open hopelessly.

"Rest assured, everything is going to work out wonderfully. After I sell you back for the Sanzenin Estate you can help Nagi and Hayate reclaim sad memories of their broken past, while I take over the world!" XT clapped his hands, excited about this scenario.

"But you said that was fake, that you taking over the world was only a side task."

"Ah, yes, you'll see. Though, back to the topic of your replacement. I have the entire Sanzenin Mansion under extreme observation. While I can view any of the camera's from my head, you are human, and can't do that. Therefore, I placed a monitor in your room so that you can watch over the mansion from here!"

Maria winced, spying on Hayate and Nagi was a little devious, but, she could still check up on them.

"XT-421, how long will I be up here?" This was a question that Maria was slightly afraid of asking.

"Hmm... This is why I have been doing my best to befriend you. You see, there is a book I wrote, the play-by-play of this entire operation. It is a few hundred pages long, detailing every possible outcome of my interference in your world. Right now, we are entering phase three, out of about six phases. Your kidnapping was the first. Ultimately... two more groups of people must fall, and then there will be a mighty climax, and that may happen a month or so from now."

A MONTH! Maria took a step back.

"So, in that time, I hope to become better friends with you, and sooner than later you'll get it out of me, the awesomsauce plot that I've cooked up for you three. But, I am open to suggestions. I'll be honest, I didn't think the kidnapping out too far, I was way too obsessed with what happens on Earth that I kind of forgot you in the scheme of things. So, if you want to go take a small vacation to some beach, I can hook you up very well. But you can't go back to the mansion, and you'll essentially have to be tethered to me at all times."

Maria sighed, there was no escape.

"I'll repeat that for you once more, if there is anything you ever need, please ask, I will work on it immediately. I feel rather apologetic that you had to get caught up in all of this blathering nonsense."

"I will hate this. But, there is no avoiding it, is there?"

"Not particularly, no."

"Fine."

Generally, Maria was a contained, reserved person who never really got angry at anyone. But, caught between a rock and a hard place, with no real way out that looks remotely desirable, she agreed to play his game.

"Oh and, by the way..."

XT produced from his internal workings a scanty black article of clothing, notably a form of lingerie, lacking on one side. Maria's face paled.

"I got a word in that these were yours?"

"XT," Maria's smile was forced, "What. Are. You. Doing. With. Those?"

"I take it they are then. Didn't know you had such a sinister side to you." XT tossed her the suspicious undergarments as he smirked.

"I am entitled to my own fancies!" Maria shouted, holding her underwear close.

"That you are. Maybe I can help you get a boyfriend? I mean, what good is seductive lingerie if you're not dating anyone."

"I have gone on a date or two!" Maria declared.

"You are such a liar. Your whole mind is focused on fabrication and creation right now."

"XT." Maria had been extremely well conditioned: whenever angry, she smiled. She was smiling firmly right now. XT noticed her train of thought, and ended the conversation.

"Shall I leave you be?" Maria glared, "I'll take that as a yes. I've picked on you enough for a few chapters anyways. If you need me, just give that computer in your room a buzz. I will be writing a story in the main room."

Maria fumed as XT left the hall. She walked back to her room with her misunderstood underwear, and moped at her capture, mumbling angrily and incoherently about not being able to help Nagi or Hayate.

So, there you go. To readers who HAVEN'T yet encountered XT, this is normally how he acts: crazy, shady, and waaay over the top.

It also tells you that this story will last the duration of a month (in story). Hopefully it was well received. I will get to converting the other files shortly (deliberately left vague, tee hee.)

Chapter added 14:34, 12/05/2012