DeltaX: The life of a Hunter

by Lock Ostire

Delta X is a hunter. His entire exsitance so far has been with them. Soon, his true past will be revealed and he will find something he unknowingly longs for.

2. A New Life

Delta X: A New Life

By: Delta X

All characters in this fic except Delta X and Sapphire are owned by Capcom, the other two are owned by me but I don't mind you using them, just tell me.

No real Football players where injured in the writing of this fan-fic.

A lot happened after X and Alia confessed their love for each other. At first the Hunters were winning the war but things started to turn sour after the mavericks started to counter attack. The United Nations, who joined the fight on the hunter's side as always, had cleared legislation to restore Repliforce to full power along with reviving the brilliant Gate after re-opening the case and deciding that, after careful review, that with the Virus gone, and the leader of the Reploid research team that ordered the destruction of his creations in jail for those crimes. This meant reviving all the fallen Repliforce officers and soldiers who were unfairly condemned maverick a... Storm Owl… Jet Stingray… The Skiver… Cornel… and to Zero's utmost joy…Iris…the one person who was able to open Zero's heart. Needless to say, he was very happy that she was finally revived. It is rumored that he heard the news that she was just revived when training his troops, and when he was told, his men claimed that it was the only time they saw Zero cry and ask his unit to stop training with him. Shortly after that, the mavericks were finally stopped and the revolt was over with the help of the repliforce.

The real story, or really the life of, Delta X starts now.

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October 14th 2130 A.D.

All the people who were there for the meeting so long ago where here, including Iris who had heard from Zero Delta's story and was let in on the secret. Lifesavor looked towards the small crowd of reploids, "He is going become on-line now within the next 20 minutes or so."

X closed his eyes, " I may have not been able to protect you, nor I will be able to replace your parents, but I will do the best I can."

Signas looked sympathetically at X, " X, your doing every thing in your power to help him."

Zero made one of his sly remarks, " He much better off as a reploid… all the benefits of a human minus the part about being squishy and easily killed. He has more potential than an orphaned human, whose parents were killed by mav's, would have had."

Douglas smiled, partly because he was getting some more attention in this fic, and partly because of his masterpiece of Armour that he had created with Alia for Delta X; Since the mechanic had plenty of free time since X 7 and it was the only real project for him, " He was made with parts that most civilian reploids would crave for, and I made plenty of room for upgrades if he decides to join us as a hunter."

Alia added to that, "He should be able to get by pretty well if he decides to leave."

Iris looked over to Lifesavor, " How long until he wakes up?"

" In about 12 minuets."

" Everybody, I think it would be best if only one of us would stay with him, he would be confused and shocked if he was surrounded by people."

Lifesavor nodded, "Iris is right, she had only had Zero around when she was reactivated. We shouldn't startle him like that." Everyone agreed that Iris, who did not have anything to do that day, would stay by his side and show him around the base.

Delta X

Main Os: Delta X………Uploading………Complete

Fusion core………Online

Cooling systems……… Online

Communication systems………Online

Memory Banks……… Online

Servomotors………Online

Auto-Repair………Standby

Tactile, thermal, and miscellaneous sensors………Online

Chemical Sensors……… Online

Audio and visual sensors………Online

All other systems………Online

Delta X……… All systems green

Lunching O.S. Delta X……… 100 complete

ToDelta X the portion of his life before this was a quick blur that had quickly aged him for, although he could not understand why he felt like it aged him, (This fells so odd… yet familiar that I have a physical body. What am I? Where am I? Who am I? Wait, I am a reploid and my name is Delta X… How I do I know this? Maybe that blur that I experienced somehow gave that information to me.) As he opened his eyes, he saw someone with a red beret and long brown hair looking down at him, " Who are you?" He said with a groan

She smiled nicely at him and spoke a nice quiet voice that had a British accent, " My name is Iris Thorne. I'm glad that you're awake now."

Delta felt a jar in his memory, (She sounds like my… mother? I am a reploid, I don't have a mother or a father, but she feels like one to me… why?) Delta unintentionally muttered, "Mother?" wile he was thinking

" I'm sorry, but… I am not your mother."

" I know that, but something in my memory… never mind."

" Delta… don't worry, I will help get you up and on your feet."

"How did you know my name Ms. Thorne?"

Iris smiled back at him making feel warm inside, "You're so polite and formal for someone your age, but please just call me Iris. I know your name because I worked with your creators. How are you feeling Delta?"

Delta tried to sit up and succeeded after some mild difficulty, " Disoriented, what time is it?"

"About seven in the morning." She said after checking her internal clock.

Delta looked around the room he was in, " And I get the feeling I'm in a hospital of sorts, right."

" Your not to far off , you are in the hospital wing of the Maverick Hunter's main base."

Delta knew what the Maverick Hunters were… but did that mean he was created to fight with them, "Was I created to join the hunters?"

" If you wanted to, you could. Nobody is forcing you to though."

(Should I? They were the ones who created me… so I should probably join them to pay them back. I will decide later.) "Can I decide if I want to join later?"

"Of course! We don't want to rush you or anything."

"Thanks." Delta slowly got out of his capsule still unsteady with his movements, " I don't want to sound narcissistic, but where is the mirror? I don't even know what I look like."

Iris understood him… people should know at least what they look like. She led him over to the mirror and Delta was able to look at himself. He was about Iris's height, only a bit taller, so he fit the average range of humanoid reploid size. His amour was different from X's basic design, his entire body was covered with the amour, and his boots weren't huge club-like things, but a close fitting type of amour but still thick enough. His hands were also armored and very well articulated, unlike the white glove that protected the hand. (If you have trouble visualizing it, think of the Mega Man in the legends series. Delta wears the same style of amour as he does.) He liked the deep blue and gunmetal, a dark silvery color, coloration of his amour. His eyes were a rich blue, his hair was a nice shade of brown, and his skin was a only barely tanned but it was nowhere close to pale. (Wow… I like It.), "Iris… were is my helmet?"

"It's in your room. I have to show you around the base." She took him by the hand and showed him around the base.

Delta went in his room after saying good-bye to Iris, it was nearly barren, but he wasn't expecting much as he was a raw trainee. However, the room was on the officer's floor and was therefore larger and more privet than the barrack style that the E-G rank hunters got. Of course, they had homes to go to for their off-duty time and vacations unlike Delta. The room was laid out in said manner: There was a small living room in front of him that went to the back of the room and turned to the right, becoming larger, it was covered in a somewhat new dark gray carpet and only had a small T.V. on a short stand. The living room surrounded the kitchen on the close right, with it's brown tiles and bare cabinets it looked deserted to, however, the new refrigerator stood out, " Well, at lest they gave me a new clean fridge." Delta noticed the bathroom directly to his left with it's pale red coloration, the bathtub / shower being slightly larger than he expected. Next he looked at his bedroom in the back, his bed was a twin size and it looked old… but Delta didn't mind… he suspected that he would like the feel of it. It also had a closet and a dresser, not that he would need one now. Finally, he noticed the windows, they where sturdy – looking and were 3 and a half square feet in area. There were three of them evenly spaced out, one in the bedroom and two in the living room.

As Delta finished looking around the 20 by 30 yard room he said to him self, " Welcome home, Delta X."

It was about a week after he was activated and joined the hunters that he had developed a routine, Sunday though Friday was training with Zero and X starting at 5:00 AM after breakfast, which isn't bad for reploids since they don't need much sleep, until 7:00 AM and from 8:00 Am till 10:00 Am Then at 11:45 Am Delta haves his lunch and talks to his friend Axl. After lunch he would listen to X and Zero's lessons regarding tactics or would join them for a low risk mission. Then around 4:45 Pm after Delta was finished he would have dinner and would head to the library to read books about sailing or the adventures of pirates, he liked that kind of stuff and was somewhat knowledgeable in the area of nautical topics. Every now and then, about once every month, he would visit Axl, his best friend, and go shopping for stuff… usually for his barren room and wardrobe. Other times he would challenge Delta to a video game duel or challenge. Saturday was his day off despite the fact that he still trained from 8:00Am to 11:00 Am and took voluntary portal duty from 1:00 Pm to 4:30 Pm.

Zero and X noticed something odd with Delta… he was one of the younger recruits that year, but he attended both X's and Zero's lessons on Monday and most, if not all, the drill sessions that covered the lessons throughout the week and the extra practice sessions on Saturdays that were open for all the hunters. Hunters with ranks F and lower were expected to attend at least one lesson each week and three of the eight drill sessions each week, making Delta a sort of a over achiever. Zero once commented on Delta, " That kid is like a drill sergeant on himself… almost his entire life so far has been spent training. He's an odd person, but at the same time he reminds me of X and myself back when the hunters started… he sweets up a storm during practice and when I go over to him to see how he is doing he is just standing there waiting of orders ready to go at it again. I try my hardest to make the 'Cannon Fodder' under my control go though a 'boot camp from hell' but nothing seems to bother him… he is one strange person."

Soon afterwards as more and more recruits fell out of the program some of Zero's classes where only attended by Delta. Zero canceled the under attended classes and sent a report to Signas asking the few remaining students to attend X's classes. Signas agreed to this, and Zero was finally able to get back his free time, part of which was spent with Delta. He started to teach Delta some more advanced techniques, but he spent most of their free time teaching Delta the finer points in life… like how to play pool, falling in love, and getting drunk. X started to do the same with Delta after the program was over although he covered more refined areas like golf and philosophy. But it was Axl who thought Delta how to use energy pistols like he had and more importantly, the sacred art of video games… playing all the 'old' classic games like Halo, The Legend of Zelda, Fire Emblem, and of course, in Axl's words, "The one game to rule them all…Final Fantasy 7."

Friday, April 16th 2131 A.D.

It is six months afterwards now and Delta had already gone up three ranks, of a grand total of 7 total possible ranks, and was waiting for a position in X's unit, he had served under X's officers and sometimes directly under X or Zero. Delta always paired up with Axl on missions, they were finally becoming 'war buddies' like X and Zero having seen plenty of action. It is Friday, at dusk. Delta is sitting on one of the beaches out side the base facing the ocean wearing some casual clothes.

(Why… Why do I feel as though something is missing? Why does it feel like that I've done nothing important?) He soon heard footsteps behind him.

"Hey Delta, do you want to go out to the boardwalk? It's just Iris and myself so far. "

"Not really." Delta said to Zero, who was also in casual clothing, in his melancholy voice. If Delta had acquired any negative attributes over the last six months it was that he became more and more detached form everybody slowly but surely. He was absorbed in his work and study of nautical knowledge and maverick hunting; it was the only real reason that he seemed to exist. Zero was the only person that understood what was going on inside Delta's head… Zero did the exact same thing when he joined the hunters… and it was Iris that made him more open and friendly as a person although he did not realize this until she was long dead. Delta needed an Iris of his own.

"Delta… your lonely… aren't you?" Delta looked down at the ground, silent, "Look, I did the same thing when I was a hunter, working my ass off and never enjoying life… except for the drinking and playing pranks, and it was Iris who made me open up. X has Alia, I have Iris… it's natural to love someone Delta."

"I know Zero."

"Well listen up Delta, you will not get a girlfriend on your first try. But you have to keep on trying. That's the first rule of dating. So Delta, if you screw up this time there will always be a next one."

Delta looked up at Zero; he wasn't surprised that Zero had figured out him so easily, "You are always right Zero… I am lonely, but I can't be a turtle all my life. I should at least try to find a girlfriend."

"That's the spirit Delta!" Zero said giving him a pat on the back, "Me and Iris are going on a 'romantic date' although it's just some corny movie as always."

"Um… Zero. Where would I find a girlfriend at the board walk?" Delta asked the sage of dating sheepishly.

Zero chuckled at this question, "Everywhere! In restaurants, shops, movie theaters, on the beach… everywhere."

"Oh…"

"Well come on! Iris will meet me at the theater. This is the perfect time to impart my knowledge of dating to you." Zero said with some subtle references in his tone.

"Zero… I'm not perverted like that."

"Well then what do you want to see in a girl then?" Zero said raising an eyebrow.

"I want a nice, sweet, calm girl who can cheer me up. She doesn't need to be rich or have certain attributes that a certain perverted hunter likes."

"I am happy with Iris. I have no complaints with her… equipment." Zero said making certain gestures

Delta sighed, Zero tended to be perverted at times, "Well… I would like a girl of average height and weight, nice long hair, and something special…"

"Something special?" Zero stared at Delta with a slightly confused look.

"Anything… something that sets them apart from everyone… it could be a habit, some odd ability… anything."

"And it can be assumed that you want someone your age? Right?"

"…Yes... "

"Well Delta, I think that I know were you can go to pick up a date."

Zero lead Delta over to a restaurant, over looking the sea, that was on the beach level to the boardwalk it's self, "Um Zero… what is this place exactly? It sounds like a party of some sorts is going on inside."

" It's a casual restaurant, mostly a hang out for teens, although it is intended for adults mainly. I think the local high school meat bags… I mean… football team is celebrating their recent win over some other team... don't ask… it isn't something I know a whole lot about. Be careful… I once heard that Human Teens are very hot-tempered and irrational"

"Into the fray… wish me luck Zero." Delta said as he walked into the bar.

Zero was right… although the place was big, it was full of jocks, bandies, preps, and the hordes of other people that attend the high school, expect for the rebels, who were bruning the school flag, and the geeks, who were having a major fourm war over who was the cutest video game girl." This place is a nut house… humans… I will never understand them at all."

Delta walked forward for a little bit and saw something, their was these three girls, two of them had blond hair and preppy looking attire, with their short skirts and all. But it was the third one that attracted Delta; She had slightly baggy pants that were a nice olive green color with an also slightly baggy brown t-shirt with nothing fancy on it. She also had this blue bucket hat on her head; the odd thing was that the brim was so wide that the hat nearly covered her face.

One of the girls turned to the other, "Hey Leona, I wonder what kind of sewer she crawled out of?"

The other prep turned to respond, " It must have been near a toxic waste center Scarlet."

" She smells like it to."

The poor girl who was at the center of the abuse just sat there, like she had gotten used to it, "I take a shower at least once every day."

Leona looked around as to gather support from her fellow comrades, " Oh, then it must be the cheep perfume."

As if by cue the people around her all yelled, " Shut down, she just owned you!"

The girl sitting at the table sank lower, " Just leave me alone… I don't want to fight… please."

Leona got in her face, "What is the baby going to do? Cry? You shouldn't be ashamed…" She turned and grabbed the nearest hand she could find, Delta X's, "What school do you go to?"

Delta tried to respond truthfully, "I don't go to school, I'm..."

"Too smart, see Sapphire, we have a genius here and he'll prove to you who's better. So who do find more attractive?"

" My intelligence would have no impact on who I find more attractive Miss Leona. And secondly, I'm a mavric-."

"Just tell us! I don't care if you are even a Maverick Hunter! Just tell us."

Delta looked over to Sapphire, "Well… I can't tell unless I can actually see her face."

As Sapphire slowly took off her hat, she stunned Delta with what she kept hidden under her hat. Her hair was a mixture of silver and blue strands of hair and her eyes had alternating bands of those same colors. But the most important thing was that under her left eye she had a scar that was about an inch long Delta saw that she didn't looked to happy being exposed like that, " Can I please put it back on?"

"Go right ahead, I've already made my decision… you are more attractive than Miss Leona."

Sapphire seemed to not move at all, but Leona and her 'cult' were not pleased at all but handled it in a mature fashion, "You jerk! Can't you tell that I'm the most bountiful lady around! We deserve the attention! Were perfect in every single way. You're a jerk!" It was truly a 'mature' way to handle the situation.

Delta sighed and started to walk away but he felt another pair of hands. But this time it was gentle, " Thank you… for cheering me up. I know that you probably wanted to have her for a date."

Delta started to laugh, " I mean it… she looks like a… never mind. I actually kina… um… can I sit down with you?"

Sapphire moved over in her corner both to allow Delta to enter, "What's your name?"

"Delta X."

"That's an odd sounding name…"

" Like I was trying to tell everyone, I am a D-Rank Maverick Hunter."

"Really? You look like your one of us."

"I'm a reploid. No humans under 18 are allowed to join the hunters."

" I've never met one in my entire life… well that isn't saying much since there are only a few living here."

"Hey, you haven't told me your name."

"I am Sapphire… I am a human despite the way my name sounds. I am a nobody unlike you…"

"Come on, their has to be something your good at."

"Well… I am a good singer and I can play the ocarina."

The two sat together, Delta looking at Sapphire's eyes, " I've never seen eyes like yours before… is it some kind of contact lens?"

She lowered her head for a minuet and came up with an explanation quickly, " No… it's my… I would rather discuss that in a more privet location," She looked back down, " I know that I'm a ugly freak… you don't have to stay."

" I actually like it… it makes you seem more peaceful looking and angelic."

She scooted over to him, " You really think so?"

"Absolutely sure."

" I… thank you Delta… nobody says anything like that to me. You know, I got this feeling that we will be very close to one another. Like it's going to go beyond simple friendship…"

" Sapphire… I think I'm getting that same feeling too…"

"Delta, I think that… it's time we headed out. I want to talk more."

" I'm up for that… any particular place in mind?"

" I was just thinking of walking along the beach… how about you?"

" Okay."

As the newly formed couple walked out, the preps were already thinking up a plan for their return, " They will pay… yes they will."

Sapphire let her hair blow freely in the wind as she carried her hat in her arms, " It feels good to let my hair just blow in the breeze."

"It looks good to that way too."

"Thanks."

" So um… want is you last name?"

"I don't have one, I am a orphan…"

"Oh…"

"Don't worry about it. It doesn't bother me that much. So how old are you?"

"I'm about six months old now."

Sapphire giggled, " I can't believe I'm dating someone much younger than me." She then calmly looked out towards the ocean, " Hey Delta, have you ever just stared at the ocean for a long amounts of time?"

"Occasionally." His eyes trailed to the ocean.

"Do you start to wonder?"

"About what?"

"Why were you born? Where are you headed? If you'll make it though life? What is life exactly about?"

"Not really… I start to wonder if I'll be still living next week… or if certain things matter anymore."

" That must be depressing… anything positive at all?"

Delta stopped and tried to remember anything positive, " Well… their was this one time that I saw the reflection of the full moon in the ocean," Delta started to slow the pace of his speech, " The ocean looked calm, like it was a mirror, and the reflection of the moon was perfect, the moonlight that was given off made everything shimmer."

"That must of have been nice." She closed her eyes to try to imagine what Delta saw.

The pair walked further down the beach in silence until Delta spoke up, "So what do in your free time?"

" I read occasionally… most of the time though I just walk around."

" Oh…"

" My family isn't rich. Most of the people that attend the school have families that are famous in some way or rich."

"That must be though."

"It is, but I've learned to deal with it."

After walking for a few minuets, the couple then approached Sapphire's house, "Hey Delta, this is my house. I guess that I will be seeing you later then."

"Alright, See ya on Sunday" Delta turned around and walked towards the base.

Sapphire entered here house, but soon came out again with a backpack, " Hey Delta, wait up."

Delta turned around and raised his brow, "What is it?"

"Delta, I wonder if I could stay over at your place for the weekend?"

"Um…Sapphire" Delta was half shocked, half curious as to what she said, "Did your parents said it was okay?"

"My parents are hardly ever home. It can get very lonely at my house since they are never at our house for very long."

Delta retuned to state of normalcy, "Well… I guess you can stay. I have enough room."

Her face brightened, "Thank you Delta." She smiled and held Delta's hand as she walked alongside him.

Delta was confused, "Sapphire, I just met you and you already trust me that much?"

"You wouldn't have said that if you where going to pull anything on me, and I know that hunters are trustworthy people. And… I just got this gut feeling that I can trust you. It is like this was meant to happen to us."

"That's interesting. Well, I can take tomorrow and Sunday off."

"Is their anything interesting at the base to see?"

"Other than X and Zero, not a whole lot… but that is from a Hunter's perspective."

"I bet Zero is easy to spot with all that hair."

"True… and his red armor stands out a lot."

After running out of topics they continued to walk to the base silently, but they were interrupted by a wall of big teenaged humans, " Are you the one who insulted the perfect-ness of the great Leona Clan!"

Delta cocked his head to the side, to a hunter, the wall of humans were just like the 'meat bags' that Zero claimed they were. But never the less, he tried to negotiate, "I did not mean to insult your group, but I was honest and true, I shall not retract my earlier statement. I regret that it was an insult to you."

The familiar voice was heard once again, It was Leona, "That won't do. You see… I can't let Sapphire get a boyfriend before I get one. You know… I know how WE could remedy this situation." She crawled over to Delta like a viper, "Why don't you be MY boyfriend you hottie."

Delta had faced bloodthirsty mavericks and the bloody mess of both human and reploid remains that they left behind, he faced the 'Boot Camp from hell' that was Zero's idea, and he had to endure Axl's ratings about Final Fantasy and how Aries shouldn't have been killed and all that. But this… somehow this was more terrifying than all of that, "Please… I'm not attracted to you like that!"

But she continued the assault "You know you are." Delta's eyebrow backed away in fear, if he had his armor on, he would have charged his buster and fired it at point blank range despite that it would make him a maverick.

Delta did the only thing he could think of, he established a radio contact with Zero, Zero! Where are you?

Delta? What no earth is going on?

Zero, how do I get rid of a girl that won't leave me alone and has an entire football team to obey her every whim?"

Delta… what in the hell did you do?

Well Zero, I walked into the restaurant and I saw these girls fighting. I said something apparently wrong and I got a cult on my tail right now. Apparently the high school people are divided into clans and tribes.

Delta, the best thing to do is run away… there is no use fighting them. Especially when women are involved.

Thanks.

Delta ended the conversation, but before he could run had remembered that unfortunately, he couldn't run without Sapphire, (Well, if I batter a hole in the human wall then we could run though it.)

Delta lunged into the closest exit and was able to force a hole open for Sapphire to escape, " Sapphire! Run!"

The human and reploid couple ran down the boardwalk to escape the horde of people following them. Eventually they did out-run their pursuers and were able to rest for a while before continuing on to the base, "That was a close call Delta."

" How can you out-run a football player like that? You did a pretty good job of keeping up with me considering that you are a human."

" That's what I have been doing ever since they started to harass me. I just run away from them…" She turned to Delta, " Do you think that I'm running away form my problems? I know that I can't fight them and that any other kind of resistance is bound to make them angry at me."

" I don't think that you are running away from your problems. Didn't that girl say that you got a boyfriend before she did?"

" I guess…"

"Sapphire, sometimes winning a battle isn't about destroying the opponent's forces. Many battles are won because the army was able to buy time for reinforcements, or maybe having the opposing army chase you constantly while they slowly waste their time and resources trying to catch you. Some battles are purely psychological and demoralizing the enemy wins the battle."

"Delta?"

" There are more than two ways to solve a problem. You are trying to remain hidden from them so they cannot find you and bother you. Look, if you charge straight at them you'll get beat up, and that's plain stupid. If you just give up that would be surrendering and that would be truly running away."

" It makes sense… in a way. It's just that I don't feel like am doing anything effective."

"Sapphire…" Delta would have finished that thought if not for the two familiar people in front of him.

" Hey Delta! We are heading back now." Exclaimed the blond hunter.

Sapphire looked at Iris and recognized her, " Hey, didn't you just write that book about Repliforce before the repliforce incident?"

"Yes." She looked at Zero and realized where this was headed.

Sapphire looked at the two, "So your Iris and Zero…"

Zero looked around with alarm and to his relief, no rabid fan girls attacked him, " Not so loud. If anyone knew that, I'd be attacked by rabid fans and that would be the end of my sanity."

Sapphire understood what the crimson hunter was saying, "True. Hey, Iris, I read your book and it was very interesting."

Iris smiled back, "Thank You." As the two girls talked Zero was looking at Sapphire making all sorts of 'Hm' and 'un-ha' sounds as though he was analyzing her.

" About as tall as you are, thin boned, light toned skin, but her 'equipment' is kinda on the small side." Delta sighed in response, "Okay, you are not into that. Her hair is odd… I've never thought that humans had hair color like that. She must dye it or something. Same deal with her eyes. She's odd… but good none the less."

" She wanted to stay over at my room at the base for the night, her parents are rarely home so she is able to do this without getting into trouble with them."

Zero smirked, "Thinking of putting the moves on her? Home field advantage, Eh?"

Delta Sighed "Not unless she does it to me."

Soon the foursome arrived at the base. After going though the main gate they went to their rooms, Zero and Iris in theirs and Delta and Sapphire in Delta's room. Sapphire soon slipped off her book bag and looked around. The room was the same one Delta had been given so long ago. However, major improvements had been made. The walls were freshly painted in a deep blue and the carpet and tiles were a dark metallic gray. The kitchen had a new stove / oven, a microwave, and a round table that had enough space for three chairs. The living room had a T.V. and a couch sitting directly across form it. On the far wall near the two windows sat Delta's desk and computer with a clock sitting on the right hand side. The bedroom had a twin bed, a dresser, a bookcase, and a wooden chest.

"You have a peaty nice room here Delta."

"It's a shame that I don't spend much of my time in here."

Sapphire placed her book bag by the couch and sat down, "So Delta, do you have anything in mind you want to talk about?"

Delta smiled " You said that you going to tell me about why your hair and eyes are both blue and silver colored."

Sapphire looked down and remained silent for a moment before she responded, " All right… but please believe me."

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I am thinking of writing a separate fic from the time Iris get revived to the time Delta meats Sapphire in order to provide more detail.

They never say where the hunter base is, or if there is more than one, but the interior of the base seems to change every game so I can assume that there are multiple bases around the world. Anyway, the main Hunter base in this fic is located somewhere on the coast of New Jersey.

Thank you Macross – Green for the advice, as you can see it helped with the revisions.