I Know I said I'd update weekly but that will be when I start university again next week. For now enjoy. I know everyone has understood by now but I don't own Titan AE.

As the asteroid approached New Earth things continued as usual in the cities of the planet. Because of their own inability to evacuate the people the government had decided not to give an official announcement, Mr. Wong suggested it would cause civil unrest, although most of the volunteers and even his daughter agreed that the civil unrest would be the less problematic issue right now. As the time drew near almost every person in the Neo Bangkok's volunteer HQ was devastated.

Cale and Akima were in a corner of Chief Lee's office cuddling together. He was far more devastated than she was as he felt this was his fault. Akima thought that was nonsense but his arguments were good. If he hadn't created a new planet, the human race would at least have a few years more.

"Don't worry Cale not all the humans have arrived yet" she said trying to console him. "And besides maybe the "Valkyrie" can arrive and help us"

"Yes sure" Cale replied sarcastically. "With Gune at the controls"

Ignoring the tone he had used Akima laughed. "Oh my, that would be a sight to see. Remember the time at the Titan? I almost didn't recognize him. I mean he is quite the aggressive pilot type"

This time Cale laughed, with no sarcasm in his tone and Akima smiled. "Yes. And that is why Stith doesn't let him pilot the ship. He is a genius but sometimes he is a little too impulsive and tends to overdo things " He joked back. "She said all the trips would be risky id he was the pilot"

She went from laugh to tears when she realized that she may have never see their friends again, friends that had given her something she thought lost. A family, the same way Cale had given her something new. Love. She cuddled closer as he kissed her forehead and began to console her.

"You know" He began joking again. "I never thought I would die in a police station. I always thought I would die in space alone or, after the creation of New Earth watching a Sunset in the sea with you with a tropical cocktail in my hand and a session of steamy sex". Akima laughed and kissed him on the lips.

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As Lin began to remember her life she began to self-inspect herself. She had lost her parents in a revolution in China. How she had wondered through the streets of Hong Kong and how a year later she had been adopted by Mr. Wong and his wife. She remembered how it was to be the daughter of ruthless triad leader, who only adopted her to use it as a pawn, but she also remembered all the love her adoptive mother had given her before, during and after the destruction of Earth and how she had cried when the Drej killed her in an attack to the Drifter colony 8 years ago. She also remembered her younger siblings who never knew their mother. She remembered raising them by herself while her father made an effort to rebuild his criminal empire in the Drifter colony.

It was because of them that she was loyal to her father, the most selfish person she ever knew and the only person she could say she hated. A father with no love towards his children, children that, like she did once, adored him without reserves, except probably the eldest one, her eleven year old sister, who has just begin to know her father well, too well.

She had only respect for Akima, Cale, Bob and Nanami and didn't like to lie to them but she feared the consequences. That's why tragically the asteroid was more a liberation than a punishment for her.

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Cale took a walk around the building of the volunteer's HQ after Akima declined thrice his suggestion of "steamy sex". It was a beautiful skyscraper in the city center, the appearance was exactly like one police HQ with its offices. Thinking back the only problem the volunteer corps had was that they didn't have a regular infrastructure, as for example there weren't special divisions like homicides or narcotics, people weren't 100% dedicated to the jobs, they had other jobs besides this one and they weren't trained enough. They did however have the best facilities their technology could offer although they didn't take full advantage of it. They just needed to reform themselves.

However the asteroid was going to end it all. He couldn't help but wonder what kind of strategy would have been effective if they had the resources. He remembered sadly how the proposition to set up a defense ring against space objects was denied because none of the Drifter colonies would last any longer in space, he found it funny that the human race would have had a few years in space left, as the colonies deteriorated rapidly, if not for the creation of New Earth and some alien races letting humans into their planets to establish colonies. The creation of a watcher station was declined because of low budget and how the radars in the surface were programmed to inform of incoming vessels not asteroids or other space problems. No matter how he looked at it but the destruction of planet "Bob" was the humans own fault.

He saw Bob with Nanami talking about something that seemed serious but decided not to interrupt. If it was something that would give them a solution he was sure they would come to him, although by the look on their faces it was something far more amusing, something he could tease them about the next few hours if he got the chance as they blushed furiously after realizing he was watching. After returning to the bullpen a volunteer told him Chief Lee, the "Sheriff", Carl and Akima expected him in the communication room.

He went to the second room where such room was. Akima came to him and hugged him and smiled, a face of relief was in the faces of all the people present in the room.

"The Valkyrie is coming Cale, they are going to help us" she said with a voice full of hope.

"How?" Cale asked with voice full of disbelief.

"Well they were on their way here back from a mission" Akima began, but Cale interrupted her with a Chuckle.

"No, Akima I am asking how are they going to help us" He cut her.

"It seems Gune has created something really usefull in his sleep again, he calls it the "Shoo Shoo go away" She said smiling.

"But Akima we are dealing with an asteroid here, not a dog" He said jokingly. She punched him playfully in the shoulder. It didn't bother her, for the first time in the last five hours she saw a future again.

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Stith maneuvered the ship as fast as she could flying over the surface of the asteroid. The thing was huge, it would surely destroy the planet if it crashed. Gune was in his room preparing his new inventions the "Shoo Shoo go away" artefacts. The voice of her only crew member sounded through the communications device.

"Stith I ready" Gune said.

"Ok, Gunie, remember what I told you, you have to hold on to something when I open the door of the compartment or you'll fall to space. Once you drop our little friends, contact me again and I'll close it." She said reviewing their plan.

"Ok dokey" Gune replied and Stith couldn't help but chuckle at her little friend. "Beginning operation now" She announced before cutting communication. As she opened the cargo compartment she threw a silent prayer to the Mantrin deities. Meanwhile Gune was focused on dropping what seemed like spears to the asteroid, 10km apart from each other, until he ran out of them. All the "spears" had an intermittent light on top. The operation lasted 10 minutes, and finally he communicated to Stith he was finished.

Stith took the "Valkyrie" out of the way of the asteroid. Gune went to the bridge and took out a detonator, Stith looked at him in horror, detonating the asteroid was not a good idea, it would just break it not destroy him. "Wait Gune, you told me it wouldn't go boom" she reminded him.

"It won't" He replied with a childish grin on his face. "Then what will it do?" She asked a little less worried.

"I don't know" he said happily as he pressed the detonator. A second afterwards a really bright white light surrounded the asteroid and a second afterwards it was gone.

"What the hell?" An incredulous Stith said. She looked over at her happy grepoan friend who was dancing with joy. Their happiness was short-lived as a fleet of over 500 ships, the same model as the Valkyrie but more well-armed appeared out of nowhere and an holographic image of their former though-to-be-dead captain appeared before them.

"Hello Stith" He said.

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The akrennian merchant tried his best to explain to his clients that he wasn't at fault for losing the cargo. After all he didn't know the asteroids could teleport.