Chapter .36

Lance laid on his bed staring at his right arm, the skin was coming apart and wouldn't stick to the biometal, he got up and started peeling it off at his work bench when his door opened, "Hello Alisa." he said without looking.

"How did you know?"

"I can scene life energy remember, I know where everyone in a mile of me is. works on aragami too."

Alisa took a seat on his couch and watched him work, "So what are you doing?"

The boy waved his hand over to for her to see, "When we fought nova it ruined my arm, now I have to fix the covering but the problem is this stuff is hard fix."

"Can't you get a new one?"

Ha, elerium is used to make this and that stuff came from space. So yeah I'm not getting a replacement anytime soon." Lance put the tools down and took off his jacket showing her his metal arm, "Till then I'll have to cover it up with long sleeves and gloves."

"Like Edward Elric."

Lance turned to her grinning, "You know FMA?"

Alisa put her hands on her hips and glared at him, "Is that a problem."

"Look in the shelves on the bedside of the divider." Alisa did as told and walked to Lance's bed, she leaned down and opened the drawer. Alisa found all kinds of animas, dragon ball z, fullmetal alchemist, bleach, souleater, rave master, and a lot more. The small down next to hid an xbox 360 with a stack of games next to it, "Careful, on top of the stack is what gave me a brilliant tactile mind."

The Russian took the game and showed it to him, "Xcom?"

"Best strategy game ever."

"You're a nerd."

"Takes one to know one." Lance put away his tools and went to his door, "Come on I got something you'll like." Alisa fallowed the boy through the den and to the roof where a two man copper was waiting, "That's my bird, built her with Licca a while back. Want to go for a ride."

"Why would you make something like this?"

"This one's for my personal uses and besides, why not." the two climbed inside and Lance started to fly it, they flew for a little while till Lance said anything, "What do you think." Alisa watched everything below her, it felt wonderful to be in the sky and see everything even through it was all in ruin, "You ever had that one thing you wanted to do."

"Why?"

Lance landed the helicopter on the rooftop of the tallest building, "Remember when I told you that I wanted to ride ogretails, and about never giving up on your dream even if some say it sounds dumb."

"Yes I remember that day."

The copper blades stopped and Lance stepped out, "It's time to do something fun just for the hell of it." he opened a side door and took out a large crate.

Alisa looked inside and saw a rifle, a handgun, and a lot of ammo, "What's all this for?" turning to Lance as he took out a cooled, in was cans and cans of sodas and juices. Lance opened and downed a whole soda can, grabbed a rifle then throw the can and shot it midair, "Are you mad."

"Your turn." Lance tossed the gun to Alisa then grabbed another drink, he was going to throw it till he saw her looking at him, "What? It's okay to shot aragami but soda cans are a no no?"

"What if they hear us?"

"Who the orgetails? they won't harm me nor you, besides they're all that's left right now so let's have some fun." Lance threw the can, it sailed for a second before a bullet ripped through it spilling it's fluids as it fell, "That was an easy one to build your confidence."

"Don't do me any favors."

"Then let's see your throw." Alisa threw the can and Lance shot it down, "See, you having fun yet?"

"Give me the gun and step aside." Lance grinned and did as told, he threw it hard but Alisa was still able to hit it.

"Very nice, my turn." Lance and Alisa traded places and got to the next round Alisa threw the can and Lance shot but missed, "Fuck!" he drew the handgun and fired four shots and two hit. Alisa laughed at the boy as he grabbed a soda this time to drink, "What? I still hit it." Lance toss her one and the two sat on the roof watching the city be silent, "So how do you feel about this great aragami disappearance, some of the other say that the targets are dead before they even get there. So I tell them quit wining it's easy money and they get to leave the den for a few hours."

"I don't like it It's too quiet, what about you."

"Hit and miss."

"Like your shooting."

Lance chucked at the joke, "Look at you and your word play, I don't like this ether but if this is the calm before the storm then we should rest up and enjoy the peace then be ready for what comes next."

"And what do you think comes next?"

"Whatever it is we'll deal with it, everything dies if you shoot and slash it enough." Lance got up and grabbed the rifle, "Come on let's shoot some more."

"I think I've had enough."

"Why? you afield you'll loss."

Alisa glared at him then smiled, "I'm sorry, now who was the one that missed."

"Laugh it up that was just practice, this is where shit gets real." Lance and Alisa traded shots for most of the day till it was time to go.

"Don't be a sore loser, just say that I'm better Lance."

"I'm not a sore loser and I will admit your a better shot but I've see you swordsmanship." the two loaded up the copper and rode it back to the den.

A few hours later Kota came by Lance's room, we was about to knock when he heard something on the other side, "Oh my god fire at will, fire at freaken will, throw those rockets!" Kota opened the door and saw Lance and Alisa on the couch that was moved in front of the screen that acted as a window, Alisa was playing Xcom while Lance was giving advice and they were both eating cookies, "Move a little right and your kill the floaters and hurt the pod thing."

"What about the outsider."

"The assault can frag it, your outside supply ship and all the good stuff is inside."

"Hey guys."

Lance tossed a cookie behind him and Kota caught it, "Not now Alisa's in a bind, eat a cookie and join us." the boy watch the play, though he was a little jealous that Lance got a girlfriend and he never tried.

"How did you move the couch there bolted down."

Lance held up his right arm showing it off, "You think this biometal is for looks."

Kota looked where it was suppose to be and saw no damage done, "How did you-" he looked to Lance as he spun a screwdriver in his hand, "You didn't rip it out?"

"Brute force can kick down a door but knowledge is a skeleton key. By the way what so you want?"

"Huh?"

"You came here for something right?"

"I don't remember." Kota got up and left the two alone.

Alisa got up and put the games away while Lance moved the couch back.

"What do you wanna do now?" asked Alisa.

"Anything you want." Lance turned and stood there was they gazed at each others eyes, the couple stepped closer and held each others hands, "I can never tell you how much you mean to me, your the reason I feel human. I love you Alisa."

Alisa pulled Lance closer and kissed him, the two were too busy to hear Kota open the door, "Hey I-" the boy watched the couple. A few minute they broke off, "No far." the couple looked to the door in shock, Alisa turned back to Lance and his eyes changed to blue.

"You will walk out of here and you will forget what you just saw." the boy nodded and left without a word.

"What happened, did you do that?"

Lance's eyes went back to their normal gray color before he looked at her, "I don't Kota to interrupt our time right now." Lance drew Alisa closer and held her.

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