(During Issue 10: Officer Lair enters Elyon's home)
The days gone quickly as the Christmas season and the New Year's has passed, the Vanguards continue to train the men and evaluate each of them in the upcoming raid. In their ordinary and normal side of life, Martin and Nigel's play was a success as they operate the audio and lights very well and watched as the 'factual' legend was told to the audience.
After the New Year's Day, Martin sighs as he bikes along the Heatherfield roads in his raincoat as the rain showers upon them. "Some learning experiences it turned out to be." He disappointingly says to himself. "Yet these so called Meridianites, were something worth to be examined more."
When Martin signed up to be one of the legionates last year, Nigel showed him the underground where he trained the rebels. He was in awe when he saw the large rest house underground and he even almost fainted when he saw the weird looking aliens! Surprisingly, he also sees the inner darkness that Nigel has when he trains the rebel fighters, scarier than Uriah himself.
"Yet where am I? Patrolling these so called portals!" Martin complains as the rain keeps to kick on his raincoat. "And if I refuse, surely Nigel's demon side would threaten my dear life!"
As the news reached Eric and Ray to Open Hills about Martin's recruitment, Eric then just lets Martin to expose himself with the Meridianites at the 'Calluna' with a jacket as well to cover his identity, throughout the Christmas season. But two days ago, Eric then instructs to Martin, through Nigel, to patrol the remaining portals, just to avoid another Futurdome incident.
"Well I guess it would be very helpful to get a glimpse and to study on the portals, but I was also instructed to not go through it." Martin thinks as he arrives with only a hundred feet from Elyon's house. "Light of Meridian…" he recalls
Through the Christmas season Martin learns more about the world of Meridian, about the cruelty of Phobos, the destitution and hardships in Merdian, the Rebellion Army and the whereabouts of her batchmate, Elyon. That's where he discovered her identity as the long awaited Light and Savior of Meridian.
"And why is there flashes of light on that window?" he asks himself as he sees the focused light as it moves all around the window from the Brown's Residence. 'Why is there flashlight light coming out from the second-floor window? I thought the Browns are arrested in Meridian! Burglars?'
He then sees a dark and black car that parks on front of the Brown Residence, with its gate open. He stops his bike and places it on a nearby tree. He then moves discretely to the car from behind and looks through the windows of the car from the backseat and glances on a messy pile of papers, folders and pictures of Elyon and her 'parents'.
'With this files I'm presuming—' then as his comes across to certain logo on the folder printed on ink. 'INTERPOL?!—Why are they here?' he shockingly says.
Suddenly, from the Brown's residence the entry door opens and quickly hide behinds the car where he couldn't be seen. He peeps and overlooks to see a large and blond muscular man in a blue trench coat and also in a dark coat is a woman in a ponytail with round glasses who walk towards their car. 'This is even worse than a burglar heist!'
"What do you think, McTiennan? You ever wonder what's the Brown's business here in Heatherfield and just suddenly disappear all of a sudden?" says the woman before she gets into the car by the shotgun seat.
"Neither do I know why they have to fake their documents at the city hall or even leave their car at Aubry, Medina." McTiennan replies. "All we know is we have mysterious and strange case in our hands."
"You think her 'five' friends are in this?" Medina asks as she gets in the car.
"They may be innocent girls, but I think it's worth interrogating with." McTiennan replies as he too gets in the car as they both close their doors behind them.
'Five friends? It must be the Guardians! Oh no Irma!' Martin cries out in him as he uses his black raincoat to camouflage from the behind as he makes his escape from behind the car as the engine starts.
"I must tell Nigel about this!"
(During Issue 10 after Interpol investigations in the Elyon's house)
Meanwhile a hundred kilometers away from Heatherfield, the Eric, Ray, Rod and Mosquito shared and told their experiences among themselves on the attended the required Christmas Ball as they somehow enjoyed the last year's night away...
"It's funny how a number of girls invited you to dance..." Ray says as he laughs on the prom pictures taken from Rod as the four friends had pizza at Mosquito's place. As the snow dried up and as the spring comes, the season starts with nimbus clouds above and heavy rainfall pours down.
"I bet you danced a number of girls than the school's heartthrob himself." Mosquito, on the bed as he leans on the small table to reach for pizza, sarcastically as he also looks at the pictures of Eric who dances with a number of random girls on each picture. "Your date got jealous didn't she?"
"But I didn't have a date." Eric annoyingly replies as he takes a bite of the pizza. "I never invited anyone and no one invited me."
"Oh right, he doesn't need one." Ray teases. "Because he already has a harem of his own."
Mosquito whistles as he and Ray appears hands. "Ooohh… sleek man! And I thought harem exists in anime!"
"Knock it off you two." Eric annoyingly replies. "It was just a couple of girls, and besides where were you then? And how did Rod even take pictures if he's with Anita the whole night?"
"When Anita and I were having a short break from the dance." Rod explains as he taps the buttons on his portable gadget "I saw you dancing around the ballroom, so I just pictured you all the way."
"Sadly for us only one or two or none at all is enough." Mosquito dramatically says as he exaggeratingly covers his face. "All we need are—"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Eric continues. "—waifus because they never break your heart, yeah I got that."
"I was wondering Eric of all the girls you danced with who was the most prettiest—And heck! No way Eric! You danced with Monique!? The Monique Romano!" Mosquito cuts off as he takes a picture from Ray as he holds a picture. It was Eric who dances with a beautiful girl with the curly brown hair with fair skin in an extravagant white gown dress. "She's a real beauty back at the dance."
Eric sighs in a bit of embarrassment. "And I thought that would never have been pictured."
"I told you Eric, I pictured everything, man" Rod says as he taps the buttons harder.
"Wait how on Earth did you danced with her?" Ray says as he takes the pictures. "You do know that she's only interested in dating the jocks. I wonder why she's interested in a nerd like you and I heard she also rejected to dance with most of the guys who wanted to dance with her.
"Really? Because she seems rather nice to me." Eric explains. "I think it was after I danced with Amelia. After I let her go in the ballroom, I was about to go back to you guys when I turned around to see her in front of me, and we've been awkwardly staring at each other for a while when I decided to ask her to dance."
"You asked her to dance with you?!" Mosquito ask surprisingly. "Man, salutations to your guts!"
"Well it's better than to awkwardly bump into each other and do nothing, right?" Eric says. "And if she rejects me, so what? I have nothing to gain out of it either way. What's not okay if you Quito, did not give me back my air brushes you used for your waifu figurines."
"Oh r-right." Mosquito hesitantly chuckles as he rubs his afro-hair.
A half hour later, they decided to go home. They opened their umbrellas and out to the rain as Rod, Eric and Ray say their byes to Mosquito. Later as Rod also took another turn and say his farewell, Ray and Eric are left as they once again walk back to Eric's dorm, because as usual, they have to get there to be dressed in uniform before proceeding to the 'Heights' to train the men.
"Of all the girls you danced that night, even the beautiful Monique, you still like that cute girl you bumped into Futurdome?" Ray recalls to Eric about the familiar girl he met when he chased down Cedric.
"Now that you mentioned her, it seems like I forgot what she looked like." Eric tries to recalls.
"Seriously, Eric?" Ray crosses his brows in disappointment. "You're truly are hopeless when it comes to love."
"Good thing you notice, because I'm not interested." Eric says. "To be honest, I felt that night that I somehow prefer her than the girls who danced with me. But fairly enough all the girls are beauties especially Monique, but I prefer the girl in Futurdome whose eyes shine like the stars!"
Ray sighs with a blank on his face. "And there you again with the stars. I hate it when you metaphorically compare everything to stars. Didn't you say she looks familiar to you?"
"She is, but I can't remember on where I've seen her." Eric says. "I swear if I could only go back to see her and besides I should drop it already because I can't see a possibility for me finding her!"
"Oh I bet you will." Ray says sarcastically. "And when you see her once again, I hope your mind kicks in that she's a cutie or something and not something about stars!"
Eric laughs in relief as they approach the scooter. "Yeah sure sure—" he cuts off when his cellphone rings. He shoves it out and answers the phone.
"Nigel? What is it?" Eric asks
"Eric, we have a problem."
