A.N: I originally wrote this planning a sequel that told more of my OC's story, but then before I posted it on ficwad I realized I probably wouldn't get around to it. So, that's why this first scene in the chapter might seem a little thrown together.
Disclaimer: Not Mine. Oh well.
Whilst this was all going on at the Saint Nazaire, back at Puerto Angel the Vector and Lena were researching. Cheung was really a lot better at this, but he was busy.
"You said their names were…" the Vector trailed off
"Genevieve and Estelle." Lena filled in.
"Alright then. Let's see what we've got. Ah, here we go." Just then the old man brought up a bunch of records on his computer.
"Estelle…it appears she was a guardian once, but left only a short time after your mother." Lena raised her eyebrows at this, but let the Vector continue as he brought up records they had salvaged from a damaged computer on the deserted block with the tombstones. Lena sat down and read the files with the old man.
It seemed that Estelle managed to find her home block and hide out there, eventually settling down. She'd had twins a few months after returning home. Names of… Genevieve and…Gwinn, both girls' were sejinns. When they were still young, the twins' mother married their stepfather, Michael. By all accounts they looked to have been close.
"If Michael was their Stepfather then who was their father?" Lena asked aloud. The Vector shrugged.
"It doesn't say." They continued analyzing the data. Genevieve had died young, the records said of an illness but they didn't specify.
"If the rogue is this Gwinn, she hasn't had an easy life." The Vector commented as they continued. A few years later The Sphere took Gwen and Michael away, neither of them ever seen again.
"It looks like we've hit a dead end." The old man sighed. "It says here that Gwen was reported dead in an accident at the lab she was taken to. Estelle died 4 years after her child and husband were taken in a raid and her young son disappeared along with her mother. Oh well. It was a good thought."
However Dahlia who had been listening a little way off wasn't so convinced. Records could be altered, and explosions could be avoided.
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Mahad came to with a groan. Sitting up slowly he groaned and went to rub his head only to find his hands tied.
"I remember that thing. That was the Sonic-thingy…"
"Ugnnn…Sonic paralyser." Cheung moaned
"Very good. I'm impressed." Said that familiar voice. They were in the back of the cockpit of a small ship. There were seats, but they were on the floor, they'd probably fallen there or been laid there on purpose.
"Look," The Rogue started "I'm sorry it had to be this way-"
"No you're not. You had this planned from the beginning didn't you?"
"Not quite from the beginning-but anyway this is how it is. Live with it. Now, there's something you ought to know-"
"The reason for this by any chance?" Mahad growled
"No. When you hear the words 'obsessive Guardian' duck and run. It might just save your lives." The girl's two captives frowned at each other in confusion and waited for her to elaborate. However, she didn't say anything more, just flipped the ship onto some kind of auto-pilot and began admiring Cheung's laptop (How she'd gotten a hold of that they'd never know) and the two young rebels began looking for a way to escape. While they were doing so Mahad couldn't help but notice the three old photographs in the window. Squinting, he tried to make them out. One was of quite an attractive woman in her late 20's-early 30's. There she was again with a little girl on either side of her. In the third was obviously the Rogue, but who was the little boy and old woman with her? That's when Mahad and Cheung both had the same idea. Perhaps they could trick her, or talk her out of this at least. By now the thief had found the Vector's map and seemed to be fairly impressed by it.
Suddenly Cheung asked
"Why us? And what are they paying you?"
"Isn't it obvious why they want you? Cheung, you're a Child GENIUS who can do almost anything with a computer and also the Rebel leader's adoptive son. Mahad, you are-"
"Lena's brother and Mila's son. I know okay?" he snapped. Frankly he was tired of just being someone's brother or friend or son.
"-And the best pilot in Skyland not to mention a major pain in the Sphere's backside."
"Really?" The teenage boy asked brightly. Oddly enough, the fact that this might even put him in more danger didn't seem to faze him. The girl turned around to face him
"Really. The Guardians only care about your sister and your mother. The Sphere Council however…they want you out of the picture because you're an annoying pain in their ass."
"I thought the guardians ruled the Sphere." The Pilot commented
"Well in a way they do, their the Sphere's weaponry. However, officially the Council rules it. They occasionally decide to remind Oslo and his minions of their place by shooting someone with x-elerium or funding a new run of xelerium experiments." She practically growled out the last statement, clenching one of her gloved hands on the steer-stick. Mahad hadn't noticed the metal wrist-band that only just peeked out from under her glove.
"So Oslo doesn't run the Sphere?" Mahad exclaimed
"Actually, I can imagine they're pretty upset with him at the moment."
"Why?" Was Cheung's question.
"Well, all the activities he was doing with Mahad and Lena were all under the table. He didn't inform the Council."
"Okay, how do YOU know all this???" The two boys asked simultaneously.
"Spy for hire? Remember?! For one thing I've had dealings with them before. Also, do you two really think objects are the only things you can steal, or want for that matter? Secrets are some of the most valuable items on the market. It's useful to have systems figured out." She said cryptically.
"One more question, if you had ear-plugs in, how did you talk to us before you fired the weapon, and if not, how did you manage to not get knocked out by that thing you shot us with?" Cheung inquired
"Too far." Was the prompt reply
However, before they could say anything more, a little beeping ball appeared in the back and a partition went up blocking the pilot's seat. As the thing stopped beeping it broke apart with a horrible sound that made their ears ring…
