The four started the walk back to Edelstein, continuing their conversations about the past and laughing at one another's stories. Xenon gently nudged Luminous's side when Leo and Roo-D ran ahead of them to look at some of the shops, "Lumi, what are we going to do when we get to the base?" Xenon asked, giving Luminous a concerned look, Luminous just stared at Xenon as the two stood still in the middle of the bustling street, "What do you... You mean they won't let him follow us?" Luminous stared at Xenon in disbelief as his friend slowly shook his head. "He's not a member of the Alliance and... not a member of the Resistance either" Xenon said bluntly still shaking his head, "They'd never let him in."Luminous looked over towards Leo and Roo-D who were curiously peering into one of the shop windows, "You're positive? I mean..." Luminous looked towards the ground as if he couldn't find the words to continue, but Xenon gently squeezed his friends shoulder, causing Luminous to look up at him again, "I know what you mean, I like him to, but its still the rules... especially with Orchid around, we need to put all the other members in our thoughts to" Xenon said, patting Luminous's back before turning to walk again,"Remember, these are dangerous times right now for all of us." Luminous watched Xenon join Leo and Roo-D at the shop's window and peer in as well.
"There has to be a way..."Luminous watched his friends from a distance before noticing Checky and Brighton sitting on a bench located on the opposite side of the street, "I can ask them if there's anything that can be done about this, there has to be a way." Luminous cautiously approached the two leaders of the Resistance, his head slightly lowered as he got closer to them, catching their attention. "Luminous, did you find Aran while you were out there? We can't wait much longer so..." Brighton asked watching Luminous slowly come closer to them, head still lowered. "No sir, Aran wasn't at Free Market, we looked all over the place for him." Luminous confirmed, looking up at them then hastily turning his head away again, "How am I going to ask them this..." Luminous gave an odd look that made the two leaders laugh as they watched him. "You have something to ask us I bet?" Checky asked, both still watching Luminous's reactions, "O-oh! Um... Yea, I kinda did" Luminous stuttered, his face turning red with embarrassment as he looked at both Checky and Brighton who were laughing at him again now.
"Was it about your friend over there?" Brighton asked looking thoughtfully at Leo, who was now playing with some of the children that usually stood around Checky when he was on duty. "Oh, y-yes... could he um..." Luminous rubbed his hair and looked down towards the ground, unable to finish his question, but Brighton knew what he wanted to ask already. "He can't... but we can keep him busy up here." Luminous looked up in shock at Brighton's words, "But don't you need to be with us for the meeting?" Brighton and Checky laughed lightly when Luminous asked them, "No, its more for our members then us... we already know about it all." Checky said getting up and getting ready to return to his post. "I'll look after him for you, maybe send him to help the others out a bit"Checky said waving behind him as he walked away. "Lets get going then, Luminous that meeting is about to start, you should join them" Brighton said also getting up and heading towards the entrance of the hideout, Luminous followed him quickly, only peering back once to see Checky giving Leo a job assignment.
Luminous smiled then disappeared from their sights, "Oh, where did Luminous go?"Leo asked finally noticing his friend was gone, Checky simply shook his head "He was given a job to do as well, you know how important it is for him to be funded with all the hero's have to do." Leo looked at Checky in surprise before laughing and looking at his job sheet. "I guess so! Now... I need to go talk to Surl about the water thieves?" Leo asked looking up to Checky who was passing out balloons to the children surrounding him, "Yes, Surl may ask you to do more for him but... talk to the Headmaster Ferdi afterwards, he also wishes to speak with you." Checky pointed towards the Headmaster, who kindly waved back at Checky and Leo in return, "Alright! Maybe he'll be done by the time I get finished!"Leo smiled and with confidence, ran off to find the one called Surl. The bell for school rang and the children ran back to their classroom, Elex waved to Checky before closing the door behind him, Checky looked back towards the shadows of the buildings nearby, Xenon slipped out from the dark alley way "You had something you wanted me to do Checky?" he asked approaching the Mechanic who was still watching Leo run around in the distance,"Your friend's not that bad... I wanna put him through the loop, but maybe he can join the Resistance, the more the marrier anyways right?" Checky laughed lightly before looking Xenon in the eyes and lowering his tone to a whisper, "Xenon... The Black Wings have been restless lately... I'm getting worried" Checky walked back over to the bench he and Brighton were at earlier, Xenon followed him silently. "I want you to help me keep an eye out up here for now, I've got a bad feeling..." Xenon nodded and sat silently next to Checky, "I shall do my best..." Xenon thought as he watched all the people passing up and down the street in front of them.