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"What do you mean by.....Oh......Oh SH*T....."

Asuka covered her mouth and looked down and away, sorry she said anything. Honestly, she was hoping she was wrong, but she wasn't.....And right now she didn't want to be responsible for making anyone uncover horrible forgotten memories. Everyone in their group did fine at THAT on their own without her help...

'Arrgh! Great, now we have THREE recluses!'

Asuka hit herself in the face lightly with her hand. She was getting annoyed with these people, but there wasn't anything she could do. If she yelled at them, there was a good chance she'd get it right back only ten times worse, especially from Kayako. And she couldn't make conversation, because so many things bothered them all. It was a hole, and nobody could climb out.

'Geez....'

"I have mine covered...why the hell do you think we landed? You want everyone to know where Tolly is??"

Kayako was still annoyed at Medri, so she decided to voice herself...loudly. Senturi could remove most programs, it just took longer. As said before...Kayako was no hacker. Luckily, the military, surprisingly, didn't seem to have the best devices lately. Medri made mince-meat out of them, and even she was making decent progress.

"....Coffee?"

And Askua was just confused.

(my posts will be sporadic sorry. Oh and this is long. Again, many appologies)

In his lab Tolly found himself staring again. Ever since Cainen's radio transmission he had felt funny. Like his ears were burning. He pictured Topher around a campfire burning pictures of him or someone in the military cursing his companies name.

He sighed and put down the control screwdriver in his hand. He had no concentration for his work and decided to stop before he made a mistake. The new wiring harness was a special project of his and it wouldn't do to cross wires.

Standing up he left the safety of his desk and headed down the corridor for the bunkers lower deck. He chose to pass through the main bay on his way. Memories ran through him as he went. Not long ago it would have been normal to see Tolly visiting his son in the main hanger. Checking on his progress tending to the archetype models that made there way into the labs. It was hard seeing someone else hooking up a pair of full cells at the hangers recharging station.

A strong image appeared in his head. One of Topher yelling about one of their former visitors. He left the area quickly and walked down the side ramp towards the lower bays.

The main hanger was often used as a parking area. It was large enough to house ten LFO's at one time though it was rare that such a thing happened. A motorcycle based mecha was currently moving a set of crates towards the left side of the hanger. Shipments were collected there often and moved out once the merchandise was ready. The pincher arms on the mecha held tight to it's cargo as it rolled slowly across the bay and set it by several others.

Near the back of the place was a ramp that lead downwards. A set of stairs with a guard rail ran the left side of the ramp. Tolly walked slowly and was happy to see an old friend down there. The Semi was too long to manuveur inside the bay. The cargo mech's had been used to move the LFO inside and down to where it was now.

Cainen stood over the mess. With several parts already stripped and laying out it was apparent that he wasn't paying attention. His arc torch was steady running over a new panel on the front nose of the red mech.

Tolly frowned seeing it. He hadn't given his friend to much grief about being late. In fact he hadn't even come out to see him when the man arrived. Now though, after seeing the new project he wished he had.

"Cainen." Tolly called out, walking towards the man. With the sound of the flame he didn't know if the old cuss' ears would hear it.

Moving closer he smiled when the man looked up, "What's up, Tollers? Been doing alright?" Cainen turned off the torch and laid it down. Pulling off his welding mask he scratched the whiskers on his chin.

"I'm good. Just wondering about this toy of yours." He looked over the angles and walked around it slowly. "It seems familiar. Have you brought it here before?"

Cainen looked at him quizzically. "No, a hacker I know was in trouble and needed it picked up. It's not his though. I think it belonged to someone he's with."

"Cain' it's a military stock LFO. Not a terminus. One of there experimental models. The fact that a hacker is involved doesn't make me feel much better."

"Ah.. don't sweat it. I know this guy pretty well. He covers his tracks. Even if it was stolen I'd reckon he would have warned me. Besides, the squad I ran into wouldn't have let me through if it had been that hot."

"Just seems awfully familiar for some reason." Tolly said and climbed up into the cockpit. Looking it over he smiled. "Standard two seater cockpit. Doesn't surprise me. This things based on the 606. Hey, Cainen. I'm checkin the logs on this thing. Want to see where it's been."

"Hey, suit yerself boss. Just don't leave a mess. I still gotta give it back when I'm done."

Grinning Tolly pulled out a compact interface and plugged it in. "Hey, you ever do any dealing with the Gekkostate?" Smiling slightly he went to work running through landing co-ordinates and navigation histories.

"Yeah, they had a kid named Arrek.. good kid but sloppy pilot. Fixed his 808 up a few weeks ago."

"Arrek huh... Jeez I hope the kid made it back okay. I actually ran into him too. Carrying a payment for me."

"That's funny. Must have been why the kid was so jittery. I bet it was the same mission. couldn't stop yawning and spazzing. Hope all there pilots aren't like that."

"Nay.." Tolly said checking for older records. "Bingo... this thing has been here before."

Cainen waited to here the rest. When nothing else came he walked around the front to see. "Well?"

Tolly looked up in a daze. "What?"

"Well what F*** **u.. that's what.. when was it here *** ******!" Cainen yelled. He wiped his mouth and sneered at the blue haired man in the cockpit.

Tolly let go with several colorful statements after that. The anger in him much more sever than he meant for it to be. Unsure of how to take it Cainen took a step back and raised his hands.

"Jeez buddy. Don't get so upset. I was just curious. Anyway. If it's hot then -"

"It's front the Ageha project. That's bad. Someones gonna come looking for it. Cain. I want this damn thing out of here. Fix it and flush it."

"Come on Tolly. I need a little time to up the -" Cainen was thinking about the payment but Tolly cut him off fast.

"Whatever they offer Cain, take it and cut. You don't want to be involved with these people. You said the UF documented it?"

"Yeah." Cainen's voice was cold and a bit of a tremor floated through it.

"Not good. Listen, I'm going to get a few guys down here. I want you done in 24 hours." The tone was serious and his eyes were clear. Looking over the last few logs he unplugged and jumped out. "No excuses old man. You work through the night and get it out tomorrow. That's final."

"Aye." came Cainen's voice. He had never heard of the Ageha before. It seemed strange that it would spook Tolly so much. However, with a shrug he thanked his old friend for the help and started figuring out the best way to get it all done.

(((Tolly....GAH!! Don't I get a non-psycho moment? Now I have to kick YOUR butt!!)))

"Ok, enough of this!!"

Kayako jumped out of Senturi, conviently dropping her blanket right on Rain's head as she did so. She wasn't sure what cam over her....she just felt the urge to speed everything up for no apparent reason.

"Medri! Quit babbling about drinks and sex and fix things! Go un-trackify Eden.... and Mercury if he lets you."

She never could mope for long. Moping made her feel tired, and being tired made her sleepy...and since she couldn't sleep right now, annoying everyone else was the next best thing.

"I say we finish and go to Tolly's place tonight! I don't know why, but I'm getting that 'oh s**t' feeling. So we MOVE!!"

Asuka almost fell over. Kayako sure was....LOUD. And to think the psycho had actually been quiet for almost an hour. It was too good to be true.

We've got trouble.....

"I think we should move too!!" the redhead raised her hand. She was never to good at hearing her LFO, but when she did she knew to get off her butt and work.

Medri totaly ingored Kayako's explosion.. but heard Asuka's clearly. "OK! Rain I won't touch anything but the bugg you got ok!" Medi ran off to Rain's LFO and in about 1 minute came about out. "DONE here... Ya know I think I am just gunna hack it out the moles, cause who knows when he is gunna come back out.." Medri started for jenny and sat down... it would take a bit long but it would be more fun. "I wonder how my buddies are doing with your LFO Asuka?"

(((HEY!!! You can't ignore me, I'm spiffy!!)))

"Then the mole shall be HACKED!! Yah know I don't even think he's awake...Man if I have to lug his a** to Tolly's somebody's goin' down!!"

Kayako continued her pester-bergade, making sure everyone was doing their jobs. Or rather....something resembling a job anyways. What did you expect? They were mostly teenagers, what the heck were they supposed to do?

"We should really hurry..."

Asuka twitched a little, not liking the vibe she was getting at all. Even GETTING a vibe was strange-Silence almost never communicated with her. And when he did, it was just some trivial and blurry thing that she could hardly understand.