Kirito was about to ask what was wrong when he heard the wounds of something making a clanking sound he tried to see what it was but 9s held him in place.

Kirito tried to move 9s was a lot stronger than he looked so he had no choice but to stay put until 9s let go of him.

The music stopped playing and Kirito listened to the sounds of robots short-circuiting, he didn't know how long 9s held him in place but he couldn't bring himself to care.

Kirito couldn't help but smile, this felt right somehow, the last couple of years he had spent in Aincrad had been so dangerous that he had gotten used to what he was feeling now.

It wasn't adrenalin, nor was it fear, but it was something, maybe it was a combination of the two but it was familiar.

The sounds soon stopped and 9s finally loosened his grip.

'Sorry for doing that but the machines are everywhere" 9s said to Kirito who just smiled at him

"So 9s do you know any places that might be able to get us some things we might need?" Kirito asked 9s

"Well there's the Resistance camp, but I'm afraid that they might not have a lot of things that Humans need at the moment, but I'm not sure considering that I never bothered to ask" 9s answered Kirito

"Alright let's go there." Kirito said to 9s

'Are you sure about that it's kind of far from here and there are machines everywhere" 9s said to Kirito hoping that he would listen to his warning

"Yeah, the map you gave me is enough for everyone to get an idea of what's around them and if more people are going to be sent out they're bound to look through every building"

"So we should see if the places you knew about are still there" Kirito answered 9s

they walked for five days and the only reason Kirito was able to tell how long it took them was because of his help screen telling what time it was.

Every now and then 9s would either warn him about machines approaching or pulling him into abuilding or something they could use to hide behind before the machines left.

"The Resistance Camp shouldn't be too far ahead," 9s said to Krito as a message from Klein came in, 9s and Kirito both opened the message and it showed different kinds of robots.

The robots were all rusted and broken as if someone or something had destroyed them and no one had bothered to either fix them or clean the area where they were destroyed.

"Man these are some old models, just by looking at them I can tell that they must have been built to take damage," 9s said as he looked through the pictures

"So you haven't seen these before?" Kirito said to 9s who immediately shook his head

"No they must have been from before Humans evacuated... well before you left for the moon because the earth had become so dangerous" 9s answered Kirito as they walked.

"9s how does" Kirito began to ask 9s when he noticed that there was a village in front of them, they had finally reached the Resistance.

As they entered the village, Kirito began to understand just how different 9s was when compared to everyone around him, the Android, no the boy was thin with bleach white hair, bright blue eyes, and wore clean black clothes.

It was the clothes that stuck out the most, his coat- shorts, and boots along with the socks that he wore looked more like a uniform than regular clothes.

The people in the village were all wearing worn-out clothing and while they were clean they didn't look like they had just gotten out of the shower like 9s did.

As they walked around Kirito began to notice that his help screen was connecting to something on the map and as he got closer to it he found that the signal was getting stronger.

He soon found himself standing in front of a pair of twins who looked at him before turning their attention to 9s.

'So your back, where 2b?" Popola asked 9s.

"Sister don't say it like that" Devola said to Popola before the network finished connecting to them.

"Match found connecting models to network" appeared in front of Kirito and s

Both women stopped talking and gasped before opening and closing their mouths again, it was as if they couldn't understand what they were seeing.

"How is he here?' Popola said to 9s

"Why would you risk." Devola said to 9s before Kirito stopped her from saying anything else

"We told him to."

Unbeknownst to Kirito, the sisters were receiving a message from their counterparts

"A new purpose has been given to us, we must observe and help the humans as best as we can"

"Let me guess you're looking for food."

"Well your not going to find a lot here, there are a lot of machines near here so most of the animals left because of all of the fighting." Popola said to Kirito

"..." Kirito

"There are still some animals like mooses, wild boars, and deer but not much else," Devola said to Kirito before turning to look at her sister, who turned to look at her.

The two of them held hands and wondered if they could ask Kirito something, before deciding that it was better if they didn't.

Kirito began to look around and noticed something strange that he hadn't noticed before, people no matter who they were made noise but the village was strangely quiet.

He had seen enough documentaries to know that even soldiers made noise when they were stationed somewhere.

"So is everyone here an android?" Kirito asked 9s and the two sisters in front of him.

"Yes, besides you and... there aren't any other humans here, everyone else went to the moon like I told you earlier" 9s answered Kirito

"I see..." Kirito said to himself as he tried to understand the world around him.

He said thanks to Devola and Popola before he began to look around the village, most of the things that the village had were things like spare parts so the androids could repair themselves.

There were weapons like guns and swords, as well as computer ships and u.s.b drives but he couldn't find any food.

With nothing else to do he sent everything, he had found so far to Asuna, before deciding that didn't rely on the people here.

He was just about to leave the village when he heard a familiar pair of voices calling out to him, it was the two women that he had met earlier.

'Waite, we can help you set up your colony and we can help you get food" Devola said to Kirito

"We know a lot about defenses and what has happened over the years." Popola said to Kirito who just looked at them.

"Hold on a second." Kirito said to the pair as he tried to contact Asuna.

"I'm glad to hear you." Asuna said to him

"Asuna I met a pair of twins that look like the ones that showed up on our help screens, they seem to be the same models that Klein and his guild are looking for." Kirito said to Asuna

"And you want to send them to us...Sure, I mean Klein and his friends already connected them to us so they must know where we're at." Asuna said to Kirito, who turned to look at Devola and Popola

'So do you two know where we're living at?" Kirito asked the twins who immediately nodded

"We knew the moment we connected to the network" Popola answered Kirito

'Go ahead, but you have to go on your own I still have to do my own thing" Kirito said to the two who immediately ran back into the village.