Chapter 1- A Midget, a Robot, and a Cat

One cannot assume to finish a task so easily... those who thought that way... are fools...

"Breakfast! Wake up, woman! You don't want to miss out my delicious steamed chow mein!"

Yina woke up with a sigh. It was hard for her to sleep last night because of a dream she had. Furthermore, she doesn't care at all. What she can't stand right now is the annoying bell rings Koal always make every morning. Yina slowly stood up and brushed her teeth.

"Hurry up, you don't want to leave your food impatient!"

"I said I'm coming!" Yina, always wearing a long-sleeved shirt, sat down at the table.

"Sheesh, why are you always the last one to wake up? Jugger can beat you in a record of three hours!"

"He's a robot... he woke up 5 am."

"I... er... do not overestimate my buddy! Now, eat."

Yina stared at Koal, who quickly turned to his food and started eating. Then she stared at Jugger, who was doing nothing to his chow mein. "Uhh... why do you bother to feed... a robot... with noodles?"

Koal looked up and said, "It's his power source. Like humans, robots need something to power them. Jugger is programmed to feed on energy of foods to power himself."

Yina studied him hardly. Jugger was just sitting there, doing nothing. Yina continued to stare.

"Hey, woman!"

"My name is Yina, okay? I am no stranger, got that? Now, what the hell do you want?"

"You are being very impolite to Jugger."

"What! All I'm doing is-" When Yina turned to Jugger, his bowl was already finished. "What? That's... impossible..."

She looked under the table, then under the bowl, and then somewhere on Jugger. "How is it that a robot with no mouth can eat something so fast?"

"Hey! You better not do something funny to him!"

Yina was pressing her fingers all over Jugger. "I know this steel ball is keeping something under my ears-"

Suddenly, she was whacked in the head by Koal's serving spoon. "Will you quit examining Jugger and start eating?" Yina made an angry face and said, "How about I examine you with my fists, clown face?" Koal widen his eyes and replied, "Just shut up. I don't want our first mission to get chaotic, so go finish your chow mein and do your grocery job. The fridge is running out of chicken and pork. You do not want to miss tonight's special! Isn't that right Jugger?"

Jugger replied, "Affirmative." Yina kept her grudge and sat down to eat her chow mein.


Somewhat afternoon, Yina left the apartment, muttering. She walked all the way to the market called "The Hachi Mart." Yina looked at the list. "First, I'll need some frozen beef and-" Suddenly, she bumped into a person around the aisle. Yina recovered her head and said, "Watch where you're going, you idiot!"

"Oh sorry, are you alright?" asked the person. "My... y-you have... one eye!" Yina got up and said, "Yeah, I'm not one of your average-looking people. Now, I gotta go... wait a minute... you look familiar." The person had long blue hair, wearing a sweater and long pants.

"Familiar? What makes you say that?" Yina studied the person's face and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name?" the person stuttered and quickly said, "Uhh... it's... er... um... Suzi! Yeah, Suzi! Yup, that's my name!" Yina studied some more. "Are you sure you're Suzi? You've got a unique color for your hair, and you sound... very different compared to your gender..."

"Ahh... I am not who I am! Look, I'm sorry, I gotta go to the bathroom! Where is the bathroom?" Yina pointed out. "It's just over there." The person bowed two times, thanked her, and went to the boys' bathroom. "Gah! Wait, you're in the wrong-" Yina was creeped out that the person went to the boys' bathroom. She asked herself, "Could that person be... why am I thinking about this?" Suddenly, she heard an announcement from the speaker. "Five minutes for early closing today! Sorry for the news, but this market will close in five minutes!"

Yina was shocked. "Ahh, gotta get groceries before clown face gets all mad at me!"


She arrived at the apartment with bags of meat and vegetables. "Finally, you came! And why are tired?"

"Store... closed... five minutes... stupid... clown..." She dropped all the groceries and started to kneel down. Koal took out his apron. "Hmph. And you thought shopping grocery was that hard? Hell, I cook for you and Jugger! Where were you to assist me?"

Yina lay down on the couch and said, "I was busy doing the mission. Remember? The mission! And you were acting like an idiot who doesn't care for Black Hole."

"Excuse me? I've never worked for Black Hole until now! I was in Bolt Guard!"

"Shut the hell up, clown face!"

"What? You shut-"

The door opened. "Oops, I didn't know it was unlock." It was the same person Yina met today. "Hey, you're that girl... or at least I thought you were. But now I know who you are."

The person stuttered like last time. "What? No, you still don't know who I am!" Koal went out of the kitchen and saw the person who opened the door. "Hmm? Is this a friend of yours, woman?"

Yina rubbed her face with her hand and said, "Clown face, you know I don't have friends. But this person... is Commander of Violet Nebula." Koal was shocked and yelled, "A commander... in our house!" Yina continued explaining, "And this here... is Cade."

Cade dropped down for a second, but stood up. "Okay, you found out my disguise. But I gotta admit, I like it." Yina grabbed his collar and yelled, "So why are you here at the Orange Star Capital City? Huh? Is this a mission to assassinate us?"

Cade sweat and said, "Actually, I'm here to retrieve intel about Orange Star!" Yina let her anger down, and was puzzled. "Hey, that's our job. And your against Orange Star, too?" Cade caught his breath and continued, "Your leader paid the Violet Nebula Nation to aid your undercover mission." Yina sighed. "This is... just nonsense. Cade, if what you said is true... then our Black Hole commander is a complete idiot."

"But why would you visit our house at first?" asked Koal. Cade took something out from his pocket and hand it to Yina. "You forgot your 80 dollar change at the market." He smiled. Yina blushed, and Koal made a darkly face. "Yina..." said Koal, in a deep, angry voice. "Did you spend using that hundred dollar bill?"

"Hey, it was gonna close in five minutes! I don't have time to check the money!"

Koal just went back to the kitchen and said, "Even if you blame the market itself, I would consider you irresponsible." There was a pause until...

"Irresponsible? I'll show you... irresponsible..." She picked up a metal rod off the rugged floor and rushed to the kitchen. "Ow! Why you immature woman..."

Cade stared at the fight blankly and said, "Well, I'll be in the apartment room across yours. Say hi to Jugger for me, will you, guys?" He left.

"This... is depressing. I"m too wounded to make my sweet and sour pork now!"

"Shut up, clown face. We're lucky enough that your steel ball is here to heal us. Sheesh..."