Chapter 6

Mae Takakashii

We boarded the Dammerung hastily. I was afraid that I would be left behind, so I made sure that I hurried up. Behind me, I heard many people moaning and groaning because of the long line, ad how it wasn't moving. The size of the Dammerung surprised me. It was as large as a colony, and it had so much space! It is a wonder how they fit in into the dock on Second Milita! I heard someone yell, "MAE!" And I turned around. A few people behind me was Kaci!

"KACI!" I screamed. I was so happy that she would be on the same ship as me!

"Im glad to see that your going on the Dammerung to! Did you know that its still in development? There're going to finish it in space!" Kaci yelled. The Old Man behind me started to yell about how the line was moving and I wasn't. I let him and the other go in front of me so I could talk to Kaci.

"Im so glad to see you again!" I gushed with happiness. Kaci and I had been best buds since Kindergarten and we never went anywhere without each other.

"Im so glad you came out okay," Kaci said patting my shoulder. I cocked my head to the side, and then it dawned on me. She was talking about the incident.

"Oh yea," I looked at my shoes and she quickly said, "Im sorry!"

"Would the First Division please come forward!" Information yelled. Kaci nodded and I forced my way up front.

"Please board," The Realian said motioning for the Behemoth before me. I saw Shion going on, so I felt better. I walked forward with my luggage and I followed the little hallway until I reached the inside. I gasped at the beauty. Everything in there was all techy, beige and shiny!

"Your room Miss Takakashii is on the West Side to the Left, number 723!" A Realian smiled and pointed to a large section of the Dammerung. She handed me a special disk for my Connection Gear. I downloaded the Attachment and opened the file; it was a map of the Dammerung. Behind me, people started to come in so I made my way to my room. It took a few minuets, and a lot of checking the map to find my special room. Since I was the Assistant Chief, I got a somewhat bigger room than the other workers. I had a full bed, bath and kitchen. I also got one of the state of the art Holographic screens in my room to. I sat down my luggage and prepared for a walk around the ship. When I got outside, almost everyone had boarded and it was crowded. I opened the Map to see where the Cafeteria was. 6th Floor, wonderful. I walked around until I saw an Elevator and rode it up. The 5th Floor was Third Division, 4th and 3rd were Second and 2nd and 1st were First Division, but if we needed to, the 7th floor could be used for us, or Third Division, who ever needed it the most at the time. I walked around the Cafeteria and I saw a familiar Brunette.

"Shion!" I waved. She turned and motioned me to come sit with her.

"Well hey, how do you like this new ship? Super amazing huh?" Shion asked biting into her food.

"Its really big," I said looking up and the ceiling.

"Yea, so is the shopping center," Shion said with her mouth full. Shopping Center? Why wasn't that on the map?

"Where is it?" I asked intrigued. I hadn't been shopping in a while and I really wanted to.

"Oh, Ill show you!" Shion stood up and made me follow her to an Elevator. When we got inside she simply said, "Mall." In addition, we lurched upwards. The Elevator opened and I about fainted. This entire floor was dedicated to shopping, a dream come true. I ran forward like a little girl in a candy shop and admired the cosmetics and clothes.

"They even have a hardware store! Every time we stop on a planet, they restock! Isn't that the greatest? But what's really bad is that everything here is so expensive, mostly because of our enormous salaries!" Shion chuckled. I did almost faint when I saw the price tag on the Lip Gloss I was looking at. 10,000 Gs, are they mad? It isn't that much really, I could buy fifty million of them with one month salary, so I guess I would be shopping here often.

"Anything else interesting?" I asked Shion and she nodded vigorously.

"Time to see the E.S Dinah!"

I followed Shion to the Second Division Hangar.

"Im here to see the Prototype E.S Dinah, for the KOS-MOS unit of First Division," Shion said to the Realian guarding the Second Division Hangar Door.

"Please State your names, rank and Division," It replied.

"Shion Uzuki, Chief Engineer of the KOS-MOS Project, Vector First R&D Division." He nodded and looked at me.

"Umm, Mae Takakashii, Assistant Chief Engineer of the KOS-MOS Project, Vector First R&D Division." I said copying Shion.

"Im sorry, but I don't have the name Mae Takakashii under Assistant Chief, Miss Uzuki, is she a part of the Project?' The Realian asked. I cannot believe they did not have me under the First Division!

"Yes!" Shion said a little outraged.

"She was the only survivor, beside me of the incident, it was all over the news, how could you not have her listed?"

"Im sorry, but her name is not listed under Assistant Chief, under that name is Allen Ridgeley, not Miss Takakashii, but we do have her under the Project List." I gasped, I didn't even have my new Assistant job for even a week and they already replaced me. The Realian let us in and I gasped. Inside the room were hundreds of A.G.W.S units, some I haven't even heard of, but I really haven't heard of that many. I don't think anyone knows what there for, well maybe the CEO of Vector does.

"Mae?" I heard some shout. I turned around and there was Kaci with something in her hand.

"Hey, I didn't know you were coming in the Hangar!" Kaci said giving whatever that was to another man.

"Umm Ma'am," Shion said to Kaci.

"Could you tell me where the First Division's Prototype E.S Dinah is?" Kaci nodded.

"That's a fine robot there, its stronger than any A.G.W.S on the market, or in development!" Kaci pointed to a hallway with an arrow sign. Follow that there and go into the Third Dock, its there, you certainly can't miss it." Shion took me by the hand and pulled me into the Third Dock. I gasped at the Marvel that lay before us.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Shion asked. I nodded in amazement.

"I told you that it was equipped with the Vessel of Anima right? Well see how the head is and back is Spine shaped, that's where it goes. Were also working on a Mini Bike that transforms into the Cockpit for KOS-MOS' E.S Unit."

"Umm, what exactly is this for?" I asked bewildered.

"In case something terrible goes wrong," Shion smiled.

"But what are A.G.W.S?" I asked slightly changing the subject.

"They are Anti Gnosis Weapons Systems," Shion said looking at the specs for the Dinah.

"Gnosis?" I asked. What in the Lords name is Gnosis?

"You were to young weren't you? Do you remember Joachim Mizrahi?" Shion asked. He died before I was born, but I think I remember him.

"Yea," I replied.

"Well, he released creatures from another dimension, the gnosis. When they appear, they come all an white and unbeatable, but with the A.G.W.S, we should be able to control them if and when they come." I wonder why I hadn't heard of Gnosis before. They seem like something important, but I feel different, I do know what they are, but I don't.

"Well be better be getting back to the First Division and meet the new recruits before they decide to leave the ship before it departs!" Shion said pulling me out of the room. I waved goodbye to Kaci and we rode the Elevator down to the First Floor. We walked into the First Division room and I saw the new recruits.

"Hello!" Shion smiled. I waved to everyone. Meredith came up to Shion and asked, "There aren't going to be any more accidents are there?" Shion grimaced.

"Well, we hope not, right Mae?"

"Right!"

"Okay, my name is Shion Uzuki, your Chief Engineer and this is Mae Takakashii, we don't know her status yet, but if your wondering, yes we were in that accident and we both lost loved ones."

"I really sorry about that," Janice said kindly. The man Allen came up to Shion.

"Umm Chief?' He stammered.

"Yes Allen?"

"I think they assigned me Assistant Chief, of the Project." Shion nodded.

"Ill go check out the status of everyone with the Director, Mae, give everyone their jobs and make sure they do them correctly okay?"

"You got it Shion!" Shion walked out the door and everyone turned to me.

"Okie Dokie, Allen you watch over the Bindings, Janice and Meredith I need you guys to debug the system and Mark and Steven, please correct her Auto Mode!" I commanded. Everyone nodded and I helped them with the debugging and such. Shion came back a little later.

"Okay Mae, they want to see you in action before they decide who should be the Assistant Chief. I also had the Director update every list that included the First Division KOS-MOS project, so that it says Mae Takakashii, Assistant Chief, okay?" Shion asked. I nodded and gave thumbs up. I knew they couldn't do that on such short notice; I had better pick up the slack and work extra hard.

"Okay everyone! I know this is weird being on a ship like this, and working at a new job, but im positive that everyone is capable of doing his or her work!" Shion yelled.

"Give us a hoo-haa!" I shouted.

"HOO-HAA!"