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World Reset

Chapter 8 – Enemies or Allies?

A week had passed since the four Chosen went to the research lab. The commander of the Guardians had just come out of the medic wing, where the four Chosen Ones were resting while recovering their wounds from the battle. Prairie let out a sad sigh as she made her way back to the command center with her mind wandering about.

'I can't believe how Vent, Aile, and the Hunters met the missing four Guardians and were involved in such brutal fights…' Prairie stopped in front of the door leading towards the command center and looked back, 'How could Master Thomas do such things only to fulfill his desires?'

"Commander Prairie!" Prairie snapped out from her thoughts as a Guardian had approached her along with two people following behind him, "My team had checked the research lab once more, but there are no signs of Thomas or the other four Chosen Ones there," The Guardian turned to the two people behind him, "We only found them there, hiding behind a broken shelf."

The people stepped forward from behind the Guardian and revealed themselves. One was a male Reploid with his long light blue hair tied to a ponytail and was wearing dark purple clothes. His red eyes were filled with confusion as he looked up at Prairie. The other one was a female Reploid with long green hair, and was hiding behind the male Reploid with her red eyes looking down at the ground.

"Hey, who are they?" Ashe's voice was heard as the two Guardians and Hunters had gone out of the elevator.

The green-haired girl quickly hid behind the boy as she noticed the four coming towards them. Prairie turned to the four Chosen Ones and saw that the bandages they had earlier on their bodies were no more, "Are you all okay? Are you still hurt?"

"We're okay, Prairie. Muguet told us that we're free to go now," Vent replied before he turned to the two Reploids, "But more importantly, who are they anyway? I haven't seen them around here or the city."

"P-Prometheus… I-I'm scared…" The girl whispered as she hid behind the boy.

The five people's eyes grew wide as they heard the girl's whisper, "PROMETHEUS!?"

"Huh? Yeah, I'm Prometheus," The boy replied casually before he turned to the girl hiding behind him, "And this is my little sister, Pandora."

"P-Pandora!?" Grey suddenly went over to the Reploid siblings with a surprised look on his face while looking at Pandora, who was surprised to see him approaching, "You're that Pandora, who was trying to kill me because I'm the so-called Defective!?"

Pandora hid behind Prometheus and started pulling on the back of his clothes, "W-Who are you…?"

"Wait, doesn't she remember us?" Ashe asked as she approached Pandora from Prometheus' right side, only to have Pandora cling to Prometheus' left side.

"I'm not sure we've met before," Prometheus said as he looked up at the four Chosen Ones, "But if we have, then I guess we must've lost our memories somehow…"

"Maybe…" Aile spoke up before putting her finger under her chin as she started thinking, "I think it was because of that time that Weil absorbed the two of you, but you guys were completely gone!"

"Yes, I remember now!" Vent spoke up before turning to the Reploid siblings, "Can you guys tell us anything that you can remember? Anything will do."

The siblings went silent for a moment as they looked at each other before they turned back to the Chosen Ones, "Sorry, but our names are the only thing we can remember now."

"I can see that," Ashe flatly said before she approached the siblings once more, "The other thing I can tell is that these two aren't like the Prometheus and Pandora we all know," Ashe turned back to the other three, "I do remember Prometheus being a real psycho and Pandora isn't as timid as she is now!"

There was a short pause as all eyes in the area were on the Reploid siblings before Prairie spoke up and broke the silence, "For the time being, we'll let these two stay here in the base. I'm not sure if Thomas is involved with this, but we'll find out more about him and the siblings if he is involved," Prairie turned to the Guardian beside her, "Maquereau, thank you for bringing these two here."

"You're welcome, Commander!" The Guardian, Maquereau saluted before he went back to the transerver room.

"The four of you should show them around the base," Prairie turned to the Reploid siblings with smile, "You don't have to be shy about anything. Just ask us when you need anything."

"Thank you," Prometheus nodded and smiled before Prairie went back to the command center and he turned to the four Chosen Ones, "We've lost our memories, so I hope you don't mind introducing yourselves first."

"My name's Aile," Aile started before she pointed at Vent, "This is Vent, my partner and husband."

Grey walked in front of the two Guardians and turned to Pandora, "U-Um… Pandora?" Pandora peeked from behind Prometheus, "I-I'm Grey, and I'm a Hunter. I don't live here, but sometimes I come here and go to my favorite place here," Grey rubbed the back of his neck nervously, "W-Would you like me to show you?"

"Nice going, Grey! You've got yourself a date!" Ashe bluntly commented, making Grey blush out of embarrassment.

Pandora looked up at Prometheus, who gave her a nod, before she turned back to Grey with a small smile, "T-Thank you… Grey…"

"And who might you be?" Prometheus casually pointed at Ashe.

"I'm Ashe, the top Hunter you called a bug!" Ashe gave Prometheus a fake smile.

"Oh, I did that before?" Prometheus asked before he gave her an apologetic look, "Sorry for that…"

Ashe let out a sigh before she walked over to Prometheus and put him into a headlock, much to Pandora's surprise as she moved away from her brother and Ashe, "Alright, I'll forgive you if you can be my little brother for a day or two!"

Aile let out a laugh as she saw Prometheus almost being chocked by Ashe's headlock, "I guess Ashe has a thing for little brothers…"