The Conn-Pod was open and Elsa stepped out first.
"So you're just gonna step out and didn't explain everything to me?"
"Outside and private, Raleigh."
Raleigh and Elsa came into the Loccent. Everybody was reluctant to actually talk to the two. Including Herc, Tendo and Mako.
"Tendo."
"Yes, Elsa?"
"The system was not developed well. You should …. Fire whoever did that crappy job. It ruined my whole program. The debug is not finished, I'll look into that later."
Raleigh approached Mako.
"You okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. You, Raleigh?"
"I'm fine."
Mako, Herc and Tendo now found themselves eavesdropping outside of Raleigh's room. It's not that they can hear anything from inside. They're just curious about what is happening inside.
Inside, the two was not talking to each other, or even look at each other. When you've tapped into someone's mind, there is really not to talk about.
"So you deleted yourself out of Yancy's memory before he went back to Alaska…."
"You know so, Raleigh."
"It's the time when Yancy was sent to Panama for some errand without me."
"You knew everything already, Raleigh….",Elsa's voice sounds desperate.
Raleigh, who was looking down on the floor of his room, now looked up and stared inside of Elsa.
"I want to hear it directly from the person."
Elsa exhales a deep breath.
"So as you know, Yancy was sent on some Gypsy Danger's development related thingy to Panama. It was only a few months with Yancy but it was intense. I was happy but on the other side….."
"Guilty."
"Yes, guilty. Guilty because I'm afraid I will be Yancy's deadweight. Besides him and death or humanity's safety, is his brother and probably me. I can't risk being a deadweight when humanity is at stake"
"You made this decision based on your feelings alone. You didn't know Yancy, he can control his feelings. He's not an amateur pilot !",Raleigh raises his voice.
"I knew ! I knew it after I tapped into his mind and it was already too late, I deleted myself already! I can't undo it, and you know how disappointed I am !"
The trio outside was quite shocked. They can't hear anything before, and but now Raleigh and Elsa are yelling about Yancy.
"This is so much like a lovers' quarrel.", Mako pouted.
"No, this is like a family quarrel.",Herc replied Mako.
"Why did Raleigh wants to know about her so much anyway? He came to me every single day asking if I found her already."
"Well…."
Mako and Tendo looked at Herc, demanding his answer to Tendo's question.
"This is what I think, after Yancy died, Raleigh got no other family member left. Well, there's us, but still we are not his real family. If Elsa got a connection to Yancy, she is probably Raleigh's last living family member."
Raleigh sighed and Elsa stared into the floor.
"Look, I'm sorry for yelling, Elsa."
"There really is nothing to explain anymore Raleigh. You knew everything after you tapped into my mind.",replied Elsa.
The atmosphere in the room somehow got calmer a little bit after all those yelling.
"So tell me more about the thing you used to delete Yancy's memory of you…If you're okay with it."
"It was just my invention to control minds and I use it to delete myself."
Raleigh made the wrong question choice, now is not the time to talk about machines.
"I know you're very eager to look for me."
"Tendo told you?"
"Yeah."
A small smile appear on Raleigh's face.
"And here I am."
"Yes, you are."
"Not more than your brother's old girlfriend."
Raleigh stood up and approached Elsa.
"Listen, you are my only closest thing to a family now. And I know it is the same for you as well."
Elsa smiled, Raleigh knew that she was alone as well. She proceeds to step out of Raleigh's room.
The door in front of the trio opened and Elsa stepped out.
"So you've settled things with Raleigh?",Herc asked.
"Yes sir."
"Good."
Tendo sighed out of relief. Mako enters Raleigh's room to check on him, while the latter went back to the Control Room.
"Raleigh."
Mako closes the door behind her, and found Raleigh sitting on his bed with his hands covering his face. Mako panicked.
"Raleigh? What's wrong?!"
"It was terrible."
"What is terrible?"
"Elsa's feelings…."
"What? What do you mean?"
"When we got connected, she got tapped into Yancy's mind in me, that brings up her memories of Yancy…. The strongest one was when she heard of Yancy's death."
Images of Elsa appeared vividly on Raleigh's mind. Images of her crouching on her bed, wailing and crying herself out. Screamed from the bottom of her voice.
"It was very sad."
Mako just sat there, leaned herself on Raleigh. She doesn't know what else to do to comfort him for the moment.
It was dinnertime, and as usual, everybody gathered there. Raleigh and Mako was eating peacefully. Then suddenly, a Rubik cube was put on Raleigh's table.
"How my name ended up in the cube you found. Thought you wanna know."
Elsa sat herself in front of Raleigh and Mako. The cube in front of them is finished, identical to the one in Raleigh's possession.
"Is this the cube with your name on it?",Mako asked.
"No it's not."
Raleigh was the one to answer. He then turn the cube and reveals a side with Yancy's name.
"I like to write on cubes and then shuffle them. It's like a time capsule or sometimes a reminder for me.",Elsa continued.
"So you gave one to Yancy and keeps one for you?",Mako ask again.
"Yes. I gave it to him after I deleted his memories. I just said that it was mine and gave it away for him in case he needs something to kill time. He looked kind of confused."
"Yancy was not a cube kind of guy, so he never touched it again. That's why I never saw it before.",Raleigh continued.
Elsa and Raleigh smiled and share a small laugh, while Mako looked at the two with envious eyes.