Another Chapter. Gammatron's charaters belong to Gammatron. I am once more bringing some new characters into the mix. Enjoy.

Old Friends Part I

"So, why are we here again," Lan asked as he walked through the mall with Max.

"J and Will need us to find some parts. Remember the two gravboards that J and Solo bought about three weeks back at the beach," Max said, stopping in front of a technology store.

"Yeah. What about them?"

"Well, J's figured out how to build more. He wants some parts to see if he can make perfect replicas and then improve them."

"What about Will?"

"Whenever one or the other starts on a big project like this, the other just pitches in to help. Those two love tech stuff." They went in and came back out a few minutes later with some parts in their arms and headed back towards the entrance of the mall. "I'm pretty sure we got everything." He dropped the piece, but couldn't bend down to grab it, due to the fact that both arms were full of parts. "Damn it."

"Here, let me get that for you," a female voice said behind them. They turned around to see a young girl, looking to be fifteen years old, a little short as well, wearing a gray dress without any shoes or even socks for that matter, bending down to pick up the part. She had brown hair going just below her shoulders and eyes that veered between green and gray in color. When she stood back up to give it to Max, she looked at his face and stopped. "Max?"

"Eva? Is that you," Max said, looking at the young girl. "It is you. What are you doing back here? I thought you were back in your zone."

"Heh heh. We were in our zone for a about a year. But, unfortunately, we uh…kinda got too close to another portal." The girl, Eva, was looking at the ground, as if embarrassed by the explanation. She then remembered that she had the part in her hand. "Oh, here's the…whatever it is that you dropped." She handed it back to him.

"You said 'we'. Who else is here with you?"

"Luna Rena and our partners." She turned to Lan, as if just now noticing him. "Oh, Lan. What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry, but…do I know you," Lan asked, looking at Eva with a puzzled look.

"Don't you remember me?" Eva looked hurt by his question.

"Oh. Sorry, Eva, but this isn't the Lan Hikari you know. This Lan is from a different zone," Max said, noticing the look on Eva's face.

"Oh. A different Lan."

"Anyways, you said Luna Rena was here. Where is she?"

"Hey, Eva," a voice called out from their right. They turned to see a girl looking to be fifteen as well with white hair and green eyes coming towards them, waving at them. She was wearing a pink colored tank top with blue jeans and pink sock with a pair of pink colored tennis shoes.

"Who's that," Lan whispered to Max.

"That is Luna Rena," Max answered. He turned back towards the girl walking towards them. "Hey Luna. Surprised to see you two here again. Didn't I tell you to stay away from those green warps?"

"Oh, Max. And Lan. What a nice surprise," Luna said. "How did Lan get here?"

"Luna, that isn't the Lan we know," Eva said to the white haired girl. "He's from a different zone."

"Oh. What, he went too close to the green warps?"

"Uh, no. J and I brought him and quite a few others here," Max said.

"Ok, that makes sense. But does that mean we're gonna see other people we think we know?"

"Most definitely. Listen, we're heading back to the HQ right now. Why don't you two come and bring your partners and we all catch up?"

"Alright. Do you need help carrying any of that," Eva asked, noting Lan's knees starting to shake.

"Naw, we got it. Right, Lan," Max said. Lan's answer to that was what sounded like a grunt. "I think that meant yes. Actually, I'm pretty sure that meant yes."

CLANG! BAM!

Lan was now under a pile of parts. "Osik, Lan. How the shab did you drop all of those," Max asked.

Lan looked at him. "What are you speaking?"

"Habit. Whenever Eva's around, I switch to cursing in Mando'a. It was easier than covering her ears," Max said, acting like that was a perfectly good explanation.(Side Note: look it up. There's a language dictionary for Mando'a and I know a few words myself. It's so funny seeing the looks some people give me when I speak in Mando'a.) "Now then, if you'll get up, we can get going."

"Yeah, yeah," Lan grumbled.

"We'll help you," Eva said, bending down to pick up a few of the parts, Luna Rena following suit.

"Thanks."

***

As they walked through the front door, Max called out. "Hey, J, Jen, Z, and Will. Come quick and see who we picked up at the mall."

"Hang on a sec," Will called out from another room, while Jen, J, and Z all came walking in. They heard what sounded like things crashing, small explosions, and Will yelling, "OW," every few crashes. He finally came out of the room, holding his head and limping on his right foot. "Who'd ya find?" He then noticed the two girls standing behind them. "Well, I'll be darned. Luna Rena and Eva. It's been about a year now, hasn't it?"

"Yes, it has," Luna Rena answered. "Uh, where do you want us to put these parts?"

"Oh, the parts," J said. "I need them in my shop." He took the parts from Luna, Eva, and Lan, and to Max and Will, he said, "Come on. Help me get some of this set up." He, Will, and Max walked down the hall.

"So, you two got too close to a portal again, didn't you," Z asked, looking at the two with a swerious look on her face. The two looked down at the ground as if in shame. Z then smiled and stepped forward to wrap her arms around the two girls' necks. "It's good to see you again." The two returned the hug, smiling as well.

"What, no hug for me," Jen said, feigning a hurt expression.

"Come on," Luna Rena said, holding her arm out.

Jen smiled, stepping forward to join the other three girls. Once they all stepped back from the group embrace, Jen said to the two girls, "Come on. You might as well meet the rest of the team."

More people. And another chapter done. Gammatron's character belong to Gammatron. The new characters belong to Apapa155. Please Review. PS: Anyone wants to know what those two words mean without having to look them up, just ask.