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Alia looked up and saw Zero enter the control room. He looked slightly heavy-lidded, and a worried-looking X followed. Zero sat down on one of the chairs, propping his forehead on a hand, and X stood beside Alia, who asked, "What's the matter with Zero?"
"It's about the…you know…the anniversary of…" X made gestures with his hands, and Alia got it. "Oh!" she said. "I see. Still hasn't got over it, eh?"
"Yeah," nodded X. "I'm worried. He's like this for some time now. I think he still blames himself for it."
Alia just shook her head. "He'll get over it."
"I hope so," said X.
Alia moved to the table with X following her and said to the hunters sitting around the table, "Okay, guys. There's going to be a new Hunter transferred here."
"A Hunter?" asked Zero. "Not a rookie or a trainee?"
"A Hunter," nodded Alia. "Transferred here from Section Nova 767."
"Nova 767?" asked one hunter. "That place is hard core, isn't it?"
"Yeah," nodded X, sitting beside Zero. "Hunters there are drilled harder and their training is a lot more strict. That area is tougher, even though ours is of a more general and overruling area. The Hunters there have to be really good."
"That's right," said Alia. "I think this one is no different. So this Hunter passed the tests and is fully qualified to be among you."
She turned to the door along with everyone else, and the door oppened with a whoosh. Through the slight mist, a figure stepped through. It was a girl reploid.
She looked rather young, but only as young as X and Zero looked. Her armor was deep purple and white, and her helmet was a little like Zero's, only it had translucent lavender glittering wings. The gem on her helmet was a purple star. A purple translucent visor covered her eyes, but they could clearly see a long sheet of black hair emerging from below the helmet.
She walked forward in silence, and the only sound in the room heard were her footsteps.
Every eye was riveted to her, and she stepped beside Alia, facing the other Hunters. She did not say a word.
Alia cleared her throat and commanded, "State your name."
"Dawn, ma'am," came the short reply. Her voice was quiet, but it had a strange quality of it's own. It was pleasant, but sounded serious. She had a British accent.
"Our new Hunter is a girl?" asked one Hunter.
Alia glared at them and they all silenced. X stared at the girl. He couldn't see her face clearly because of the visor covering her face. Her head slightly turned to him, and X had the feeling that he was being studied. He looked back at the visor, but could not penetrate.
The girl turned back to everyone, leaving X feeling rather queer. He looked at Zero. He only looked serious as he looked at the purple Hunter. He knew that there was something about this Hunter that's different. There must be more to her than what is let on.
"Well, she does look like she's from Nova 767," said one hunter.
He was right. She certainly seemed rather imposing in her silence. X looked at Zero and whispered, "I don't see her weapon."
"She must not have brought it out for this meeting," replied Zero.
"Maybe she doesn't have one," suggested X.
"There's no way she could've passed the tests with no weapon," said Zero reasonably.
X and he looked back at the Hunter, who had not moved from her position. She acts more like a robot than a Reploid, he thought. Must be all that drilling and training.
"All right," said Alia. "Which unit shall she be in, then?"
Everybody started talking at once. They all seem to want to have such a tough Hunter among their midst, even if it was a girl.
Then, Dawn spoke. "I am under orders, ma'am."
They all shushed and looked at her. Alia asked, "What orders?"
"I'm under strict orders to participate within Unit 00, ma'am," she said in monotone.
At that, everyone looked at Zero, the captain of that unit. He looked right at the Hunter and asked, "Ordered by whom?"
There was a little pause that they sensed, and she replied, "By Colonel, sir."
"The Colonel?" Alia asked, her eyes wide.
Dawn nodded quietly.
They all began whispering and Zero, looking rather surprised, sat up and said, "But Colonel is dead."
"Not only that, he's with Repliforce," added X.
"He used to have control over Nova 767," replied Dawn. "I was to be transferred here, and he had given orders for me to do so. However, due to circumstances I wasn't able to come through at that time, and by then, the Colonel had joined with the Repliforce."
"Wouldn't his order have been made void?" asked X.
"There is no voiding a command at Nova 767, sir, may the commander has left the sector or not," replied Dawn in the same monotone as she had been using since she started speaking. "So long as it has nothing to do with endangering a member of the sector."
The Hunters all looked at one another, but could not say anything about it. Nova 767 was rather eccentric and left to their own ways, but method has been found in their…madness.
Zero then nodded and said, "Fine. I trust the Colonel's judgement whether he be here or not. You'll be in my unit from now on."
"Yes, sir," she replied in a direct monotone. The expression on her face, blank and serious, never changed, as X noticed.
"Come with me," said Zero, standing. "I shall show you to your quarters."
The girl turned to him, but did not say anything. As Zero walked to her, he asked, "By, the way, what is your Hunter level? Based on this sector, that is."
"GA, sir," she replied.
They all looked at each other, astounded. X's mouth hung open. The only GAs in this sector was him and Zero.
They all looked at Alia, who shrugged in uncomfort. "It's true. She's a GA."
Zero caught X's eye. The blue Hunter just shrugged.
Dawn said, "Is that a…an unqualified level around here?"
"It's the highest there is," said Zero quietly. "Only X and I have that level." He motioned to the blue Hunter, but the girl barely glanced back at him. "Why, what was your level at Nova?"
"Level S," she replied.
"Would that be the highest as well?" asked Alia.
Dawn nodded.
"Were there others who had that level?"
Dawn shook her head.
"So you're the best at that sector," said Zero.
"Yes, sir," she replied. "That is why they had pushed through with my transfer here."
Zero let out his breath and said, "Fine. Come on, then."
Dawn followed him silently as the walked on, and the both of them vanished out the door. As the door shut with a whoosh, X said, "She kind of gives me the creeps, Alia."
"If you think you had the creeps now, I had worse when I was the one who was overseeing her in her tests," Alia replied. "She's extremely obedient. It was like if I told her to jump out of the window, she will. And she was so quiet. And she focuses only on the command. She never gets distracted."
"Well, she's Zero's problem now," said X.
"Somehow, I don't that that's going to be too much trouble, then," said Alia with a grin.
Alia looked up and saw Zero enter the control room. He looked slightly heavy-lidded, and a worried-looking X followed. Zero sat down on one of the chairs, propping his forehead on a hand, and X stood beside Alia, who asked, "What's the matter with Zero?"
"It's about the…you know…the anniversary of…" X made gestures with his hands, and Alia got it. "Oh!" she said. "I see. Still hasn't got over it, eh?"
"Yeah," nodded X. "I'm worried. He's like this for some time now. I think he still blames himself for it."
Alia just shook her head. "He'll get over it."
"I hope so," said X.
Alia moved to the table with X following her and said to the hunters sitting around the table, "Okay, guys. There's going to be a new Hunter transferred here."
"A Hunter?" asked Zero. "Not a rookie or a trainee?"
"A Hunter," nodded Alia. "Transferred here from Section Nova 767."
"Nova 767?" asked one hunter. "That place is hard core, isn't it?"
"Yeah," nodded X, sitting beside Zero. "Hunters there are drilled harder and their training is a lot more strict. That area is tougher, even though ours is of a more general and overruling area. The Hunters there have to be really good."
"That's right," said Alia. "I think this one is no different. So this Hunter passed the tests and is fully qualified to be among you."
She turned to the door along with everyone else, and the door oppened with a whoosh. Through the slight mist, a figure stepped through. It was a girl reploid.
She looked rather young, but only as young as X and Zero looked. Her armor was deep purple and white, and her helmet was a little like Zero's, only it had translucent lavender glittering wings. The gem on her helmet was a purple star. A purple translucent visor covered her eyes, but they could clearly see a long sheet of black hair emerging from below the helmet.
She walked forward in silence, and the only sound in the room heard were her footsteps.
Every eye was riveted to her, and she stepped beside Alia, facing the other Hunters. She did not say a word.
Alia cleared her throat and commanded, "State your name."
"Dawn, ma'am," came the short reply. Her voice was quiet, but it had a strange quality of it's own. It was pleasant, but sounded serious. She had a British accent.
"Our new Hunter is a girl?" asked one Hunter.
Alia glared at them and they all silenced. X stared at the girl. He couldn't see her face clearly because of the visor covering her face. Her head slightly turned to him, and X had the feeling that he was being studied. He looked back at the visor, but could not penetrate.
The girl turned back to everyone, leaving X feeling rather queer. He looked at Zero. He only looked serious as he looked at the purple Hunter. He knew that there was something about this Hunter that's different. There must be more to her than what is let on.
"Well, she does look like she's from Nova 767," said one hunter.
He was right. She certainly seemed rather imposing in her silence. X looked at Zero and whispered, "I don't see her weapon."
"She must not have brought it out for this meeting," replied Zero.
"Maybe she doesn't have one," suggested X.
"There's no way she could've passed the tests with no weapon," said Zero reasonably.
X and he looked back at the Hunter, who had not moved from her position. She acts more like a robot than a Reploid, he thought. Must be all that drilling and training.
"All right," said Alia. "Which unit shall she be in, then?"
Everybody started talking at once. They all seem to want to have such a tough Hunter among their midst, even if it was a girl.
Then, Dawn spoke. "I am under orders, ma'am."
They all shushed and looked at her. Alia asked, "What orders?"
"I'm under strict orders to participate within Unit 00, ma'am," she said in monotone.
At that, everyone looked at Zero, the captain of that unit. He looked right at the Hunter and asked, "Ordered by whom?"
There was a little pause that they sensed, and she replied, "By Colonel, sir."
"The Colonel?" Alia asked, her eyes wide.
Dawn nodded quietly.
They all began whispering and Zero, looking rather surprised, sat up and said, "But Colonel is dead."
"Not only that, he's with Repliforce," added X.
"He used to have control over Nova 767," replied Dawn. "I was to be transferred here, and he had given orders for me to do so. However, due to circumstances I wasn't able to come through at that time, and by then, the Colonel had joined with the Repliforce."
"Wouldn't his order have been made void?" asked X.
"There is no voiding a command at Nova 767, sir, may the commander has left the sector or not," replied Dawn in the same monotone as she had been using since she started speaking. "So long as it has nothing to do with endangering a member of the sector."
The Hunters all looked at one another, but could not say anything about it. Nova 767 was rather eccentric and left to their own ways, but method has been found in their…madness.
Zero then nodded and said, "Fine. I trust the Colonel's judgement whether he be here or not. You'll be in my unit from now on."
"Yes, sir," she replied in a direct monotone. The expression on her face, blank and serious, never changed, as X noticed.
"Come with me," said Zero, standing. "I shall show you to your quarters."
The girl turned to him, but did not say anything. As Zero walked to her, he asked, "By, the way, what is your Hunter level? Based on this sector, that is."
"GA, sir," she replied.
They all looked at each other, astounded. X's mouth hung open. The only GAs in this sector was him and Zero.
They all looked at Alia, who shrugged in uncomfort. "It's true. She's a GA."
Zero caught X's eye. The blue Hunter just shrugged.
Dawn said, "Is that a…an unqualified level around here?"
"It's the highest there is," said Zero quietly. "Only X and I have that level." He motioned to the blue Hunter, but the girl barely glanced back at him. "Why, what was your level at Nova?"
"Level S," she replied.
"Would that be the highest as well?" asked Alia.
Dawn nodded.
"Were there others who had that level?"
Dawn shook her head.
"So you're the best at that sector," said Zero.
"Yes, sir," she replied. "That is why they had pushed through with my transfer here."
Zero let out his breath and said, "Fine. Come on, then."
Dawn followed him silently as the walked on, and the both of them vanished out the door. As the door shut with a whoosh, X said, "She kind of gives me the creeps, Alia."
"If you think you had the creeps now, I had worse when I was the one who was overseeing her in her tests," Alia replied. "She's extremely obedient. It was like if I told her to jump out of the window, she will. And she was so quiet. And she focuses only on the command. She never gets distracted."
"Well, she's Zero's problem now," said X.
"Somehow, I don't that that's going to be too much trouble, then," said Alia with a grin.