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Chapter 3

Stealth1

"The two of you are to go to FAC51. Miss Yuki you are to report the recent findings to the intelligence department there and gather the information that they have. Commander Novak you are to make sure that nothing stops Miss Yuki from doing so. Your team may also have to protect the civilians there from the attacks from the Voderak. Understood?" Lieutenant Colonel Dewey asked.

"Yes sir," both Holland and Talho said at the same time.

"Good. Now the Sage Council has requested that Miss Yuki is to be your 'personal assistant' from now on Commander Novak. Or if you like officer on board," Dewey reported. "Is that okay with you Miss Yuki?"

"Yes sir," Talho replied bluntly. I won't mind at all.

"Okay then. Commander Novak if you don't mind I'd like to talk to Miss Yuki alone," said the Lieutenant Colonel

"Yes sir," Holland said. He then turned and left the room. I get to work with Talho everyday. I must be the luckiest guy on earth. Once Holland had left the room Dewey turned all of his attention to Talho. He looked her up and down and made his mind up as quickly as he could kill someone.

"Miss Yuki as you know you will now be working under Commander Novak. If you wouldn't mind informing the officer that will be taking your place about how I like things done. Also if you don't mind I would like to keep our relationship strictly professional from now onwards," Dewey said.

"So you're…," Talho hesitated, "dumping me?"

"We were never officially together, so I wouldn't say dump. More ending a possible relationship before things occur," Dewey said bluntly.

"You're dumping me. Well then Lieutenant Colonel Novak as my last act under your command I'll train the next poor sucker into literally being under you. Good day sir," Talho said and walked out of his office. Tomorrow I'll be under the command of someone far more competent. At least I won't be used anymore.

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6:45 am. Damn it I'm late! Gotta hurry or I'll be even later. Talho jumped out of bed, ran to the shower and then hurried to get dressed. She grabbed her bags and hastily locked her apartment, but not before checking that she looked great for her first day of working with Holland. She almost ran the entire way to the hangars but stopped a couple metres away to catch her breath and to make sure that she looked completely natural. She saw Holland coming out of the closed hangar doors. Good, he didn't see me running the entire way here, but then again no one did. Hey wait why isn't anyone else here? Talho walked up to Holland, rolling her trolley bag behind her.

"Good morning Miss Yuki. How come you're here so early?" Holland asked. I'm glad you are. It gives me a chance to talk to you.

"Good morning Commander Novak. I'm starting to ask myself the same question. I guess that's what Ray wanted to talk to me about yesterday."

Holland smiled. "Well then I guess I can give you a tour of the ship in the mean time. Considering that you're gonna be spending a lot of time on it from now onward."

"Yeah, I might as well memorise the interior of the Stealth1."

"Let me take your bags. They look heavy." Holland offered.

"Thanks," Talho said as she handed him her bags. As they went through the various rooms of the Stealth1, Holland informed her that she would be sharing a room with the pilot of the TypeZero The Nirvash. He also told her the pilot, Eureka wasn't really that talkative and mainly kept to herself. As they reached the control room Talho felt light-headed and stopped to lean against the wall.

"Are you ok Miss Yuki?" Holland said as he took a few steps towards her.

"Just a little light-headed," Talho replied as she noticed how close Holland was to her. Omigosh please kiss me now and make my day. "I'll be fine in a minute.

"Sure," Holland said as he took a step back. So damn close to kissing her. Maybe next time. What the hell am I saying? Me, Holland Novak unable to pull a move on a girl. What a pathetic excuse for a Novak. Once Talho was feeling better, or so she said, they finished the tour and then went to see if the other crew members had started to arrive. Once everyone had arrived they all departed for FAC51.

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Talho's roommate, Eureka was small and petite. She barely looked older than thirteen. She had aqua hair with baby pink eyes that had a thin red line through them. The crew of the Stealth1 were really friendly. They didn't seem like the type of people that could kill others, but then again neither did Holland. But there was one particular person who was different from the rest. Her name- Hilda. She was an excellent cook according to the crew, but a pro when it came to using a KLF. She and Talho became friends almost instantly. Talho and Holland barely saw each other much after their departure, but when they did they barely spoke.

"Commander Novak isn't always like that. Just when he has something on his mind. Which is only before a mission," Hilda said when Talho asked her about Holland. "You'll get used to it in no time. Trust me."

"Okay," Talho said. She was helping Hilda prepare lunch.

"So since when have you liked him?" Hilda asked.

"Is it that obvious?"

"Yeah."

"I guess since I first saw him."

"Not to be forward or anything, but are the rumours about you and Dewey true?" Hilda asked in a voice that anyone could tell to be 'say-if-you-want'.

"Yeah. He broke up with me yesterday."

"Good. 'Cause from what I've heard he's absolutely tactless and ain't worth it."

"You heard right he's n-"

Holland walked into the kitchen. "Hilda is there caffeine or did Charles clean it out?"

"Sorry Holland but the caffeine is gone."

"Damn Charles," Holland said as he walked out of the door.

"Caffeine is all that keeps Holland going since Diane disappeared, other that beer and the odd occasional woman he might fancy for a while." Hilda said truthfully. "Recently he's cut down. Must be 'cause of someone new."

"Someone new," Talho repeated under her breath.

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