World Reset

Chapter 15 – Surprise Transmission

Two months had passed since Prometheus and Pandora regained their power and memories. The Mavericks sent by Thomas to attack had come to the city each day, keeping Vent and the two Hunters busy. Vent had just returned from his solo mission in the city and was about to head to the command center to report when he saw Grey walking out from the elevator.

"Grey! What are you doing here?" Vent asked the Reploid, who snapped out from his thoughts.

"Huh? Oh…" Grey lowered his head, "I was just… visiting…" Grey raised his head with a frown on his face, "Those two don't come out much now, huh?"

Vent nodded in reply, "Yeah, they only came out for breakfast this morning before they went back to their room," Vent noticed that Grey was on his own, "Hey, are you here on your own today?"

"Yeah…" Grey walked towards the door leading to the transerver room, "Ashe's back in the camp. I'm here to visit on my own today," Grey turned back to Vent, "I'm going back to the camp now. I guess I'll see you around…"

"Okay…" Vent saw as the male Hunter walked slowly into the transerver room before letting a sad smile, "He must be thinking about Pandora…" Vent turned to the elevator and let out a sad sigh, 'No one has ever told me where Aile is for the past two months… I wonder if she's really okay…'

Vent walked into the command center and was greeted by Prairie, who stood up from her seat and smiled at him, "Welcome back, Vent. Good job as always."

"Thanks…" Vent replied sadly before letting out a sigh, "Prairie, can I at least know where Aile is?"

The smile on the commander's face disappeared as she let out a sigh, "I'm sorry Vent, but you had just been from Thomas' side and I'm afraid that he might still put some tracking device on you."

"I don't recall Thomas putting some kind of weird device on me!" Vent replied angrily, "Prairie, tell me where she is already! Aile is my wife, and I'm her husband!" Vent curled his hands into fists angrily before he soon relaxed them with a loud sigh and turned to Prairie calmly, "If I could, then at least… let me hear her voice… Let me hear from Aile herself that she's okay…"

"Vent…" Prairie looked at Vent, who looked both worried and upset, before nodding, "Alright, just a moment," Prairie turned her chair away from Vent as she started typing on her computer before she turned back to Vent, "You can contact Aile with your communicator for now. I've put up a safe connection for you to talk to her."

A smile slowly made its way to Vent's face, "Thanks… Prairie…" Vent turned away from the commander before he ran out of the command center and headed to his and Aile's bedroom.

Meanwhile in the Hunter Camp, Aile was lying down on her bed, which was the lower bunk of the bunk bed. A few empty glasses were on the bedside table while her bag containing her clothes and daily needs were under the bed. The female silver-haired Hunter came into the room, smiling, as she carried a glass of milk in her hand.

"Here, I've brought you some more milk," Ashe said before she put the glass on the bedside table before taking the empty glasses in her hands, "Do you need anything else?"

"I don't think I need anything else," Aile sat up on the bed and let out a laugh as she saw the empty glasses in Ashe's hands, "If you want to treat me like a queen, you need to give me things other than those glasses of milk."

"Sorry," Ashe laughed along, "I don't know about a pregnant woman's daily needs other than milk. There aren't any pregnant Hunters, so I don't have any references here."

"It's okay, thanks anyway," Ashe left the room with a smile before she turned to the glass of milk on the bedside table and let out a sigh, "And that'll be the thirtieth glass of milk today…" Aile lied down on the bed once more before she ran a hand on the small bump on her stomach, "I wonder how Vent's doing… He must've been very worried after he found that I'm missing just after he had recovered from using that Model O…"

"Aile… Aile, can you hear me?" Vent's voice was heard suddenly from Aile's communicator before she sat up in surprise.

"Vent? Is that you? Is that really you?" A smile appeared on Aile's face, "It's been ages since I last heard your voices…"

Vent laughed from the other side, "Same here…" There was a short pause before Vent continued, "I miss you, Aile…"

The smile on Aile's face turned into a sad one, "I miss you too, Vent… so much…" A single tear dropped from her face as she sniffed.

"Aile, what's wrong?" Vent's panicked voice was heard, "Why are you crying? A-Are you hurt?"

"No, I'm okay…" Aile wiped her tears away, "I feel perfectly fine… I'm just… I'm just happy to hear your voice again…"

"That's good to hear then…" Vent let out a sigh in relief, "So, where are you now? Can I see you?" Vent waited for a reply, but Aile stayed silent while she had her hand on her growing stomach, "Aile? Are you there?"

"Sorry, Vent… But I really can't tell you…" Aile took a deep breath before continuing, "C-Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, I guess…" Aile could hear that Vent had let out a depressed sigh, "What is it that you wanna ask?"

"Well…" Aile turned to the hand she had over her stomach, "I was wonder about something… If, and only if we ever get the news that we're going to have a baby around this time of crisis, is that… okay with you? I know that you want a child so badly, but I'm just wondering about this…"

"That's just it?" Vent asked before he paused for a moment to think, "I guess… I'm not too okay with that, though…"

"Oh…" Aile replied with a hint of disappointment in her voice.

"What is it? You're not saying that you're pregnant, are you?" Vent asked as he noticed Aile's disappointed tone.

"N-No! I'm just…" Aile closed her eyes and let out a sigh, "It just crossed my mind just then…" Aile reopened her eyes and turned her head back to her stomach, 'I think it's better that he doesn't know about this yet… not until Thomas is defeated…'

"Alright then…" Vent let out another sigh, "I'm going to take a break now. I just hope that I get to see you soon. I love you, Aile…"

A sad smile came across Aile's face, "I love you too, Vent…" Aile ended the communication before she let out a loud sigh and lied down on the bed, 'Sorry Vent, but I can't tell you about our baby… I don't want you to leave me like this…'

Aile closed her eyes with one of her hands sitting on her stomach as she drifted off to sleep.

I'll update more once I have some time since I'll also be working on another fic from a different fandom right now. It's currently under construction so I won't be uploading it anytime soon (I think). Anyways, any thoughts and comments for these chapters? Feel free to let me know from your reviews!