Hayate was sitting in her office looking at files when Nanoha opened the door and looked mad.
"Nanoha what can I do for you?"
"It's been days, I want to talk to Carim-san."
"She is busy, sorry."
Nanoha slammed her hands on Hayates desk.
"Not good enough. I have to know if Fate-chan is okay. So get her on the phone now."
Hayate sighed and started to call Carim.
"Nanoha wants to talk to you. Okay I'll tell her."
"Let's go Nanoha."
"What?"
"We are going to see Carim, so let's go."
Hayate knocked on the door to Carims office, quickly the door opens and they both walk in.
"So Nanoha-san, I can't tell you to much. I doubt I will be a lot of help."
"Is she safe?"
"Yes."
"Did they find anything yet?"
"I can't tell you that."
"Why not? I was there, I should know at least a few things. If that terrible woman is still alive then Fate-chan might be in danger, I am not going to sit around."
"Please calm down. I know what happened back then, Fate-san is only on this mission because she has a lot of insight in the matter, otherwise I wouldn't have let her go. Communication with the ship is kept to a minimum for their own safety. So I don't know a lot only a few things and I am sorry to say I cannot tell you."
"Then put me on that damn ship. What if something goes wrong? What are you going to do then?"
"Nanoha-san I told you all I can."
"You told me nothing."
"I know it's frustrating, if anything happens to them I will let you know, but I am not going to put you on that ship. Take care of Vivio and wait for Fate-san to return."
Nanoha looked at Carim about to blow when Hayate pushed out of the room before aplogizing to the knight.
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"Fate, they found the exact same readings on a plant. People live there. We might be able to find something faster." Lindy told Fate.
"Okay, how long until we get there?"
"Not long, maybe two days. The planet is used for researched, mostly animals. A few pople live there, the readings came from an area no one does their research since it doesn't have animals there."
"So a perfect place, people to live there, so there will be resources, but far enough to not get attention."
"Yes, we are trying to get pictures of the area, but we haven't found anything yet."
"Could be underground."
"Yes, but we aren't even sure what we will find. There might not be a lab, we won't know until we get there. Have you spoken to Nanoha yet?"
"No."
"Why not, you should call her, let her know you are okay. I am sure Vivio misses you."
"I miss Vivio too, but what should I say to Nanoha, especially after the night we had before I left. I mean I just left. She must be mad about it."
"Oh honey, don't worry to much. Just take it slow. Now you two took a huge step forward, things are different now. Being apart might help you clear your mind about your feelings, but you should at least let her know you are okay."
"I know, you are right. I am just scared of what might happen, what if she is alive and trying to get to me or my family. What am I going to do then?"
"Fate, for now we don't know anything, this could be anyone. I mean someone surviving the rift is nearly impossible, yet alone survive where ever they land. We don't know enough to say anything specific. So take a deep breath and relax, we will know more once we land at that planet."
Lindy hugged Fate and left the room.
Looking back at her device she was batteling if she should call Nanoha, instead she just wrote to her saying that she was fine and she misses them.
/
Two days later they arrived at their new destination. On the surface they couldn't see anything that would indicate that someone was here. The readings on the other hand showed them they were at their destination. The area was flat, there wasn't much around then a few trees.
Fate looked around hoping they could find anything showing them a way down, Bardiche didn't find any signs of caves beneath them. Their search seemed useless, there was nothing here.
Damnit, how can this be? Where did that reading come from?
"There is nothing here."
Lindy looked at Fate, she could see a mix of emotions in her eyes.
"I don't know what to say. Let's look more for the reading, it definatly came from this area, a rift can't just disappear, it has to be somewhere."
After two hours they gave up. Everyone returned to the ship, Fate was mad she wanted to find something. Lindy tried to comfort her when a call came in.
"Chrono."
"Hey you two, we found something, I'll send you the location, please come here as soon as possible."
He hung up, Fate looked at Lindy confused, who had the same look.
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"They will be here soon." Chrono said turning to Ginga and Teana.
"Okay we will make sure no one enters the area." The two women left.
Chrono sank back into his seat, this was turning into a mad man hunt. Looking for someone, not even knowing who it was and Project F was involved. Now his current mission seems to be linked with his mothers mission. Something is going on, but he doesn't know what.
One thing was for sure, they were going to need more people.
/
Nanoha woke up as usual, she looked at her device to see a single message, it was from Fate. She was disappointed Fate didn't call her and left such a short message, but happy she at least heard from her.
I am getting a bad feeling about this. Fate-chan please be safe.
A/N: sorry, this is shorter then usual, next chapter will be longer :) thanks for reading and reviewing. Follow review do whatever you like, see you soon :)