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"Haa" A fist connected with their chest.
–Thud–
He fell to the ground coughing a few times, head turned upwards and the hand of a white–haired blue eyed man appeared in his vision. He laughed at the stupidity of it. This guy had surpassed him in the 3 months since his enlistment.
He reached out holding his hand and was then pulled up.
"Kaslana. Your improvement these past few months has been incredible."
Kevin joined him chuckling. "Thanks Captain. But yeah, weird isn't it." He grabs his shirt from the bench unfolding it then putting it on sweat soaking through.
He then pulled out his phone "6:23. I'll make it."
"You better, you don't want the doctor to knock you on your ass again do ya" The captain held his stomach trying not to burst out laughing.
Kevin remembered it clear as day. They had been on a simple training exercise, but something went wrong, a nearby outbreak occurred unknowingly. A bunch of things happened. 2 people died and they were missing for 4 days presumed dead.
Mei went on a warpath when she found out on the third day. Thor was out with Aurora and Hua dealing with an Emperor level outbreak and couldn't be contacted. Using her new Soulium based suit, even without a perfect powersource, just a small form nuclear reactor. She rushed to the training site and found the horde of Honkai and he quotes "Rip & tear until it is done." satellite recordings showed her tearing them in two, throwing them at each other, crushing them, ripping limbs and using them as weapons.
All this until she found them huddled in a cave, tired and hungry. She saw Kevin asleep in the back unharmed, Paramedics came in and recovered everyone and people got whatever treatment they needed.
All seemed good until Kevin was training only one day after returning. Mei found out got mad, put on her suit again and beat him.
He was bedridden for a week. Mei however was the one who took care of him.
He honestly felt it was more of a reward than anything. Though he will say he might have awakened something, being powerless to Mei was maybe something he'd like to try again.
Ahem, anyway he knew that if he was late to the event not just Mei but Thor and Hua would beat his ass, you'd be surprised how strong that young girl is. Thor? He'd beat him up, heal him, beat him up again. Mei… He wouldn't mind.
Well that took him a while to recount and now it was 6:30 only 30 mins to get to the wash up, get changed and make his way to the other side of the building.
He ran off to do just that, leaving the giggling captain behind.
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Su had finally done it. After a few months of time with his parents and even getting his doctor's licence from the medical board. At first he thought it was Thor doing, but a single phone call told him otherwise, his parents were happy for him and wished him well at Moth.
He was escorted in a black-out SUV, his suitcase on his lap, happy to see everyone after months.
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"Thank you for coming Eden." Thor gave Eden a hug. He asked to be here for Su and since she didn't have anything going on she accepted.
She was also going to be staying here for the next few days until her next concert everyone would be going to, including Mobius, Klein and Mei. They needed to get out more, if it wasn't for their job, he'd call them NEETs.
After their little hug Eden went to Elysia, giving each other a high five followed by a hug as well.
Elysia and Eden had been in contact with each other constantly these past months, if it wasn't for her missions Elysia would have gone to see her more than once when she was on a mission near her venue.
Aurora was just stood next to Thor trying to blend in, she didn't know this Su person, but if their one of Thor's friends she knew they must be a good person (*Cough* Mobius *Cough*).
–Step– –Step–
Kevin had finally arrived panting, even with his stamina running 3 miles in 4 minutes was exhausting even counting how fast he is.
Even hunched over hands on his knees Kevin could feel Mei's burning gaze. He however knew he was safe. While she was annoyed he was this close to being late, he was safe as Su hadn't arrived yet.
She did, however, walk over to him and yank him by the ear, pulling him to a bench sitting down, while forcing him to lay down with his head in her lap, gently running her fingers through his hair.
Vill was messing around with a few "Trinkets" some of them looked similar to Thor's now famous designs.
Mobius and Klein were confused why they were here. They didn't even know the guy so why were they here? Thor had simply come by the lab on his off day telling them to meet at the front by half six.
So rather than wasting their(Just Mobius) time they started going through some research reports and future prospective experiments.
Himeko and Hua stood side-by-side while taking in the scene before them. They glanced at one another, awkward expressions plastering their faces. Then a few seconds later nodded a silent agreement, 'Their the top brass here, are we going to be okay?'
Suddenly everyone turned to the front, many with smiles, some nervous, others interested. Heck even the random employees who knew who all these people gathered were, are curious who could be so important to bring all of these big shots together.
–Shhhh–
The doors slide open to reveal Su, suitcase in hand. He scanned the room seeing new faces and then old ones before a soft smile set in on his lips.
"Su" Thor came up to him and wrapped his arm over his shoulder using telekinesis to float the suitcase behind them. "It's so good to finally see you. It's been forever man."
Su appreciated Thor's enthusiasm, he even saw Kevin with his head in Mei's lap raising his hand giving him a thumbs up followed by a "Cool" sign before going back to enjoying Mei's thighs.
Speaking of Mei she gave him a small nod and smile before focusing back on Kevin.
"So Su, how have you been, how are the parents?" Thor questioned.
They caught up a little before Su asked who the new faces were.
"Riiiiight, you wouldn;t know em, alright let me introduce them." He started with Aurora.
Going behind her he presented her to him, "This cute little thing is Aurora, the Third Herrscher reformed, now Herrscher killer… hopefully." Aurora gave a nervous awkward wave.
He then moved onto Vill tapping her on the shoulder to bring her out of her musings. Her eyes regained their light. "Oh, Thor." She peeked at Su. "This that friend of yours? Su right?" She scanned him up and down. His thin, lanky looks combined with his waist length grey hair, if she didn't know any better she'd think he's a woman. All he needs is a little cleavage and he's there.
"Yep, He's gonna be starting her as a biological researcher working alongside Kelin and Mobius, and part time in the ER we have. So be nice to him, he's also a little… um…" He looks at Su. "What else did you do?" He genuinely forgot somehow.
Su's right brow arched "Really? You forgot? Haah–" Facing Vill he explains some of what else he does. She takes it all in before, giving a subtle nod and going back to her tinkering.
Next up on the docket is Mobius and Klein. They are who he is going to be working with after all.
Mobius starts, "So you're the one Thor had me accept. You better be worth the trouble." Her eyes pivot to Thor, "Are you sure you want to bring him on for this? Fusing Soulium into you will be very difficult, we can't have any errors." Voicing her concerns, Thor assured her otherwise. A little introduction with Klein later and they were off to Himeko and Hua.
"Now while you might know Hime over there, let me introduce you to our cute birb mascot." Himeko gave a small greeting, while Hua's cheek puffed at being called a mascot. Birb she could let slide as that was Thor's nickname for her, but mascot in no way was she a mascot.
Thor patted Hua on the head, soothing her thoughts. Su got what Thor was trying to say. "She's suffered a lot, treat her like you would a younger sister."
"Ohh Suuu~" Elysia jumped him from behind, giving him a tight squeeze choking him. He had to tap out before she let go.
"Sorry about that Su, Guess I'm too used to Thor, fufufu, sorry" Elysia apologised.
Su rubbed his neck after escaping Elysia's death hug and wandered over to Kevin and Mei. Kevin greeted him with a lazy wave from her lap.
"Glad you're back, man," he said, voice muffled slightly by thigh.
Mei gave him a more composed nod. "Try not to let these idiots get you killed."
Su smirked. "No promises."
After catching up for a few minutes, Su made his way over to Eden. She gave him a warm smile, elegant as ever.
Mobius's voice cut through the warm atmosphere.
"Come on newbie, time to see the dungeon you'll be working in."
A few sentences later Mobius, Su and Klein were halfway down the hallway.
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