Disclaimer: See chapter nine.
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Alex and Meria made their way back to her house, walking in total silence due to the exhaustion the two shared. Their hands were still clasped from the moment they returned to the complex. "Ah!" Meria exclaimed, dropping to one knee while clutching the other.
"Are you alright Meria? Here, let me take a look." Alex said, kneeling next to her.
"No, no, that's okay Alex. I must have twisted it during the fight, that's all. Come on, it hurts quite a bit so perhaps I could stay at your place? Youkai is currently doing something at mine and she says that it would be dangerous for an organic life form to be there while she's doing it. I'm guessing she's painting the walls that don't have crystal." Meria said, getting back up slowly.
"Of course you can stay at my place, I have plenty of room. Come on, it's this way. The place is a bit off a mess right now, just to warn you." Alex replied, putting his arm around Meria.
The couple walked towards the less populated part of the complex. "How come you live way out here? It seems like such a long walk." Meria said, about ten minutes later.
"I live in the remains if my old house, fixed up of course. This whole complex was once my Hometown of Rethorec, that's why I renamed the planet Rethorec, a tribute to those who died unnecessarily. Including my family.
"We were of the Merchant caste, all of us Freeborns. We were just barely carving out a life here in the slums, the most unforgiving place on the entire planet. I was raised learning how to defend myself, both physically and mentally. I went to school, the Scientist caste obviously teaching me, and I made quite a few friends. Then, on my second day of school, I found an abandoned Battlemech, a Firemoth, on the planet's surface. I would sneak out quite a bit to go there, learning more and more about how it worked, how the myomers moved the appendages, how the neural helmet transmitted thing such as movement, balance, visuals, audios, as well as how the different weapon systems worked.
"I also learned how to pilot it. The weapon systems were severely damaged, far beyond repair, as well as some of the sensors and the communication equipment, at least, the transmitter. I could hear what went on throughout the galaxy. It was very interesting to me to listen to the Battlespeech that the Mechwarriors used. I tried to learn it, and it took me three years. I became a fairly skilled pilot for 'Mechs, and I also had already learned the speech of the Mechwarrior. It wasn't long after that the Jade Falcon clan attacked Irora. I now realize that it wasn't the Wolves who attacked with the Falcons, but the Dark Knights. Now I can get my revenge on them both. Ah, here we are. Step back." Alex said, telling his life story to Meria as they walked towards the planet's surface.
"Alex, what are you doing? The surface has a vacuum now! If you open that hatch you'll kill us all!" Meria yelled as Alex went to open a strange hatch.
"Wrong. We are currently under a mountain. And even if a breach did occur, the defense systems would fill it back up before it could do any real damage. I needed to live close to the surface so that my parents could do business with the entire town. We would sell hand-held weapons and the Battlemech part designs that I had drawn up. This, is my home." He said, his arms spread out wide.
They walked through the door to find a room with several 'Mech engines and other assorted 'Mech components strewn about the floor, but most were on workbenches. "I see you like to toy around with dangerous stuff Alex, quite interesting that you would have a LRM rocket, still active, in your home." Meria said as she looked around.
"This, obviously, is my workroom. The Programming room is behind that door, but this is the door we want." Alex replied, pointing to a reinforced door across the room. "That door leads to the living room, where I have my old holoTV, as well as my old game systems. Over there is the room you'll be staying in, it's the best guest room in the house. I myself am currently staying in the room next to it, not my room. I haven't fixed it yet." Alex said as he gave her a tour, showing her the kitchen, bathroom, music room, and the other guest rooms.
"Well, I'm pretty tired, I'm gonna go to bed Alex. See ya in the morning!" Meria said cheerfully.
"Alright, g'night Meria." Alex said as he yawned. Meria walked to the door to her room, and noticed no handle. She was just about to open her mouth to ask Alex how to open it when the lights above it turned green and it opened for her.
There was a white bed across the room, next to it a nightstand made of the same crystal that was in her house's walls. She got her bedclothes out of the bag Youkai gave her and lay down on the soft bed, being careful with her knee. As soon as she was under the covers, she fell fast asleep, her mind wandering through many different things.
Author: I wonder what she's gonna dream of? I really don't know what I'm gonna write while I'm writing it. I just, type.