As expected, Section 18 agents arrived the next day. A total of 6 agents from Section 18 came to the SWA. Each one picked specifically for each cyborg at the SWA.

"Hey big brother!", said the youngest of the girls.

"How are you Amor, Girls?"

"The ride here was ok.", said the eldest girl.

"Good to know Bridget."

"Crap, where's Naomi?", asked Bridget.

"Right behind you.", said Naomi.

"Thank god, I thought you got lost already."

"Real funny."

"Ok that's three, where's the other three?", I ask.

"Phoebe, Ellie, and Heidi just got off the helicopter.", said Naomi.

"Anyway big brother, where are we supposed to be heading?", asked Bridget.

"The Chief's office."

"Where's that?"

"Don't worry I'll show you. And leave your stuff, they'll come by and put it in your rooms."

"Lead the way big brother."

Walking up the stairs, we finally reach the office. I knock on the door.

"Come in."

Entering the room, he tells us to have a seat. I choose to stand.

"Welcome to the Social Welfare Agency, my name is Pieri Lorenzo. I'm the one in charge of Section 2, so you will call me Chief. The foldiers I'm passing out to you have the cyborg you will be working with for the time being. They also contain your room locations and key. Kozak will help you if you need it. Clear."

"Yes sir."

"Good. Qualifications will start tomorrow and missions start the the day after that, dismissed."

"So how's life here?", asked Bridget.

"Almost like Section 18, without challenging."

"Thank god. I'm tired of that."

"Same here."

"Lets hurry, I want to go meet my partner."

"Hey Claes, I heard more agents are coming to the SWA.", said Triela.

"So did I."

"I wonder when I'll get to meet them."

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

"Come in.", said Triela.

"Hey Triela, you two busy?", I ask.

"No come in."

"Hi, you must be Triela. I'm your new partner.", said Bridget.

"Hi Bridget. I was wondering when I'll meet one of you. Who's that?"

"Oh sorry, my name is Naomi. I'm Claes' partner."

"Nice to meet you.", said Claes jumping off her bed. "I'll go make tea."

"You going to stay with us big brother?", ased Bridget.

"Yeah big brother.", said Triela.

"Sure."

"So how long have you known Nick?", asked Triela.

"When I first joined Section 18. He was actually the first agent I met.", said Bridget.

"How do you join Section 18 anyway?"

"Well...uh...you have to prove yourself."

"How?"

"Uh...a competition."

"What kind of competition?"

"A fight to the death with 50 other kids.", I said. "I'll be back."

Triela goes to a cold stare.

"I'm sorry you had to hear that, but it's the truth.", said Bridget.

"It's ok. No wonder you were stuttering so much.", said Triela.

"I'll go check on Nick.", said Claes.

"No I'll go."

"No Triela, you stay here."

I watch the sunset from the roof. Painfull memories flow through my head.

"I knew you were going to be here.", said Claes.

"You know during Repentance, I killed a boy with my bare hands. He begged and begged, but he killed my friend earlier during the game."

"I'm sorry Triela had to ask so many questions."

"It's not your fault. She was going to find out just like you did."

"You know Bridget is really nice, so is Naomi."

"Yeah, but every agent here from Section 18 fought and survived Repentance. But I was the only one that won Repentance with all the other competitors getting killed."

"You need to forget the past."

"Yeah, but it's hard to forget when those painfull memories come back to haunt you."

"Lets go back to the dorm."

"Alright."

"You have so many bears! Amor would be going crazy if she saw how many you have!", said Bridget.

"Yeah, I get one every Christmas.", said Triela.

"You noticed Triela's cute hobby Bridget."

"Oh hey Nick, I'm sorry If I..."

"Don't worry about it."

"Well, I'll leave you two alone. You comming big brother?"

"Sure."

As we reach the roof, all the Section 18 agents are there.

"Hey big brother.", said Amor.

"Hey Amor. Who's your partner?"

"Some girl named Elsa. She's kind of depressing though."

"How about you Heidi?"

"I got a girl named Henrietta. She's pretty cool."

"What about you Ellie?"

"I got someone named Rico. I don't know why she's named that, but other than that she's good."

"Phoebe?"

"I got a girl named Angelica. I like her."

"That's good. Go get some rest, you're going to need it."