The Awakening (Private RP)

WeRules:

 * Nothing over rate PG-13
 * There will be cute stuff involved in the story, please be refrained from taking it over PG-13.
 * This is considered canon and anything that happens will be placed on the character's timeline.
 * Have fun ^^!
 * This takes place during "Not Far From Home" RP

Recognition:
Within the medical bay, Benjamine remains silent as he rests while he is watched by Jayden.

Jayden was within the medical bay with him as she was sitting on a chair, keeping a watchful eye on him as she looked around the medical bay.

-The room felt very quiet as time pass, but after a few minutes have passed Benjamin's left hand begun to move a bit as if he was trying to push itself up. Though the rest of his body remained still as if he was in a deep sleep.-

Jayden noticed his hand move out of the corner of her eye before she fully turned to face him "...Huh? Is he waking up?" She thought to herself as she hopped off the chair she was sitting on.

-As it happens his left-hand falls quickly as if it has given up, but his eyes begun to open a bit as he glares around. "Uhhh....am I dead...?", he says to himself not knowing what is going on.-

"Oh, you're waking up!" Jayden said upon seeing his eyes open though didn't hear his words to himself, as she walked over to him "How are you feeling?"

- Hearing the voice he moves his eyes around, "well...other than feeling a bit aching and stiff...I feel never better." Glancing around he wonders, "uh may I ask who am I talking to?"-

"Me? Oh, my name is Jayden! Jayden Sarah Burns!" She said to him in a friendly tone "And don't worry, your in good hands!"

-"Jayden..sounds like a nice name...the name is Benjamin.", he then looks up at the ceiling as he remains still. "In good hands..I thank you for it, Jayden...is Nelson, ok?", he says to her.-

"Hehe, thank you!" Jayden said to him as he complimented her name "Nelson? Oh you mean the professor? He's alright!" She said to him.

-"Well...that is a relief, glad he made it...I should have listened to him.", he says as he glances over. "It was a stupid move for me to make...should known her limit before making that dive", he says to Jayden.-

"Her limit?" Jayden asked him as she didn't know what he was referring to.

-"The plane I flew during my life, for every aviator in my world that I could remember we used to call our planes "she". Don't know where it came from, but it is something I could remember. Though her limit was that she was in rough shape and hard to control or even broke down at times.", he says to her.

"Ohh, okay" She said to him "Well all that matters is that you're alive and well!"

-"Well sort of well..but you are right I am alive", says Benjamin in a joking tone. "May I ask where are we?", he asks Jayden.-

"You're onboard the ZFAS Velocity, my dad's personal ship. We're in the medical bay as you can tell" She answered with a friendly tone.

-"Oh ok...yeah it feels like a medical bay", says Benjamin as he slowly sits up and looks around. As he does his hair falls over his eyes as he blows air on it. "Though I do thank you and your father for the help", he says as he attempts to get up but his body refuses.-

"No problem... Oop, easy on yourself there" She said, giving a short giggle "Your wounds are still healing"

-"I see that...but I must assist", he states peacefully as he eventually gets onto his two feet and rubs his head with his one good arm. Looking around he stumbles a bit but remains standing up. Glancing at everything he seems a bit confused, "mind if we walk around Jayden?" -

"No I don't mind! But... are you sure?" She replied, looking to see if there were any visible wound on him.

''-Upon seeing physical wounds, they seemed to have somehow healed quickly. The 2nd Degree Burns seemed to also have disappeared as if something has healed it. New fur has begun to grow in some patches where it was apparently burnt off. A few small bruises still was apparent though.-''

- Benjamin nods to her, "yes I am sure..head is hurting a bit as well as my right arm, but some fresh air and a small walk wouldn't hurt much."-

"...Okay, let's go then!" Jayden said, amazed on how he healed very quickly.

- Starting to walk off he looks back to her and nervously says, "by the way...where am I able to walk around at? Don't want to start any trouble by going to the wrong places.." -

"Almost everyone on the ship is accessible, just not the bridge, engine room, and my family's personal quarters. I'll let you know if you go near any of those places" Jayden said to him.

- "Right then", says Benjamin as he continues walking. Looking around the ship he is still a bit stunned as he observes everything, meanwhile glancing around for any situation to arise. "The inside of this ship...its hard to say", but stunning he says to Jayden. -

"Hm?" Jayden mouthed, looking over to him as they walked "Hard to say?" She asked curiously.

- "It is just that I have never been in anything like this before...that I can remember. Don't get me wrong Jayden, from what I have seen it looks cool", says Benjamin as he nervously changes the subject. "Hay is there a part of the ship to see the outside?", he asks.-

"Ohh okay" Jayden said before being asked if there was an observation deck "Like a window?" She asked.

-He nods to her and smiles, "yes...anything really with the view of the outside."-

"Of course! There's some windows over in the quarter rooms" Jayden said, as she began to walk over towards of where the quarters were present.

-Benjamin follows her to where the quarters were present.-

Jayden walks up to a door within a hallway as she opened said door before walking in. Upon entering, Benjamin may notice the room had consisted of a king-sized bed, a couple of chairs, a personal kitchen that probably came with many cooking essentials and ingredients, a bathroom, and a television. There was also a couple of windows here and there.

-Looking around the room to see something familiar to him he looks around and heads to one of the windows and looks out. "This is a nice room Jayden", he says as he glances at her with a smile. -

"Thank you, my father makes sure that guests are comfortable here!" She said, giving back a friendly smile.

-"From the looks of it, it would be comfy to stay here", says Benjamin looking back outside as he stares done to what appears to be a horizon with the edge of a lush land coming into view. "it is very beautiful out there", he says to her attempting to start a conversation.-

"It is?" Jayden said as he walked over to the other window as she saw the outside "...Oh yeah, it is beautiful!" She said.

- "I do enjoy the look of the landscape everytime I am in the air, it keeps it peaceful at times", says as he stares out. "Have you ever been to anywhere beautiful Jayden", says Benjamin as he looks to her.-

"A few times" Jayden said "I visited Mobotropolis with my dad and brother, along with Green Hill and... uhm... think that's it" She said.

-Ohh, never visited there before..Nelson always told me never to go there at any time. Though I bet it was very beautiful there", he says to her with a smile. Then looks back out of the window for one last view he sighs a bit," when I was out...I did have a dream of a faraway land Jayden such as this.."-

"A far away land?" She said, turning to face him "What was it like?"

-"It was nice..very large pieces of land. It felt if I was there..or have been there. There was a meadow..a small line of forest..a small pond", he paused for a second as he continues. "It was a nice experience, it felt a home.", Benjamin says to her.-

"That sounds pretty wonderful!" She said to him "I wonder if there are places like that"

- "Who knows, maybe there is a place out there like it", he says to her. "Maybe if we land we can go explore that beautiful horizon there, Nelson always told me to take a break from flying...and with what happened..I think I might be grounded for a bit", says Benjamin with a smile.-

"Land the ship? Well we can't land the ship, but..." She said before looking over to him "I can ask my dad if we can go down there using the transport!" She said, smiling.

-"If you can that would be awesome, it will be nice for a change of scenery", Benjamin says to her as he walks closer. "Shall we go to ask him?", he nervously asks her.

"Of course!" She said to him smiling "He should be in the main room, come on!" She said while she proceeded to walk out of the quarters to head towards the main room.

- Benjamin follows her as he thinks of the situations.-

As the two walked through the hallway, they would make it over to the main room as Adex was standing behind a couch while watching a television, while Joshua and Marilyn were sitting on the sofa, watching the same television.

-Alisa and Professor Nelson will also be watching the television as the large explosion in the skies were replayed. Though glancing from the corner of his eyes Nelson speaks up, "well it looks like someone is awake.."-

"...Hm?" Adex mouthed as he turned over to face Jayden and Benjamin "...Oh hey, he's up" He said.

- Benjamin nods, "mhm..still feel a bit sore, but feeling a bit better. Thank you for the help Jayden's father." He then looks at Nelson and nervously rubs the back of his head, "and I have a feeling you'll be lecturing me soon..."-

-Looking at Nelson with a straight face at him and states, "soon, but not now." -

"Anytime. And please, call me Adex" He said as Joshua and Marilyn looked over to Benjamin "Huh, look who's up and about, greetings" Joshua said to Benjamin while Marilyn gave a greeting wave.

-He nods back to them an smile than smiles to Jayden for a second, "nice to meet you all...Adex I also have to thank your daughter for watching over me when I was out.."-

"It was no trouble at all!" Jayden said in a friendly, as Adex gave a slight chuckle "So I see. Well, it's nice to see you well Benjamin" Adex said to him "...Oh, dad! We wanted to ask you something" Jayden said to him "...Oh? What is it?" Adex asked.

-"Why me...", thinks Benjamin as he realizes he has to ask. "Well uh, we were wondering if we can go back down and hang out in the nearby area for a bit..for fresh air", says Benjamin not knowing what the answer would.-

"...I don't see why not" Adex said to them as he pointed to the hallway "The hangar is down the hall on the right, just tell the transport's pilot that I gave you permission" He said "Thank you, dad!" Jayden said to her happily before looking over to Benjamin "Come on lets go" She said to him.

-Looking to her, Benjamin follows her.-

-Looking at them as they walk away Alisa and Nelson looked at the two appearing to be dumbfounded. "My race should be setting up shop by now..so they will be in good hands for the time being down there..", says Alisa.-

"Well that's good to hear then" Adex said to Alisa, looking over to her as he didn't seem to be dumbfounded at all, while Joshua and Marilyn turned back to face the television "...What just happened" Joshua thought to himself.

-Alisa and Nelson also turn their attention back to the television

Meanwhile. Jayden had just opened the door to the hangar as she walked in, towards a small transport with someone standing outside said transport... they looked human.

-"I am guessing that is the transport your father was talking about", whisper Benjamin.-

"Mhm" Jayden whispered back as she walked up to the human... Benjamin may also notice it was the same transport Nelson boarded back then "Ah, hello Miss Jayden" The human said as he looked down at her and Benjamin "What can I do for you today?" He asked the two of them "My dad gave us permission to go down to the field below and I'd like for you to take us there" Jayden said. "To the field below? Alright if he gave you permission then I will take you down there" The human said as he hopped into the transport before walking into the cockpit to sit down, Jayden hopping in as well to take a seat in the passenger hold.

-Looking a bit confused with the creature that he never seen before up close, he follows Jayden as he goes to sit next to her. "Oh now I remember, this was the thing I was trying to wave down earlier", he says to her with a smile.-

"Oh yeah! I remember that" Jayden said to him as she smiled back "Alright we all ready back there?" The human said from the cockpit "We're ready!" Jayden said back. Upon her confirmation, the side doors of the transport closed as the transport slowly lifted off the hangar floor... before it slowly flew out of said hangar.

-Benjamin waits for a second to continue the conversation as not to interrupt them. Then he speaks up as he scratches the back of his head, "so what did you think of some of the maneuvers I have done with the plane."-

"Hm? Oh, I thought they were pretty cool, though I never actually flew a plane so my opinion is sort of biased" She said while smiling... and sweatdropping.-

- Benjamin laughs a bit, "your opinion good Jayden, don't really need to actually fly to say it is cool. And to be honest you are the first one to say it was pretty cool.... I'm used to getting "this is reckless!" from Nelson."-

Jayden giggled at him "Are you always reckless?" She asked out of curiosity.

-A sweatdrop appears on Benjamin's head as he pauses for second after hearing her questions. "Uhh...I mean not all the time..I mean 50% of the time..alright 60% of the time...though if it is life threating I try to avoid it", he finally answers.-

"Oh okay, as long as your careful" She said to him, smiling.

-"I'll try to", Benjamin says nervously as he remembers the "engine incident" and chooses not to mention it.-

"Heads up you two, we're landing" The human said to them from the cockpit, as the transport's landing gear activated before the transport landed on the ground. The side doors of the transport opened upon landing "Alright, there you go. I'll be here to take you back whenever you want, or when the faction leader wishes your return" The human said "Thank you very much!" Jayden said back to the human.

-Benjamin sits up as he stretches, "shall we go Jayden."-

"Mhm!" She mouthed happily, as she hopped off the transport, setting her feet down on the ground.

-Benjamin follows her as he gets off, landing on the ground. "Well here we are Jayden, the greatness of nature", he says to her.-

''-The area that they arrived on was a small meadow with the edge of the forest near them. A small stream runs by them and leads into the woods, as well as fresh trails of traveling people that leads deep into the woods. The grass flows with the breeze as little flowers were in bloom for the season.-''

Jayden looked all around her as she gazed at the scenery with happiness "It all looks so beautiful here!" She said, happily.

-Benjamin looking, "yeah it does look beautiful here." Observing the area he begins to walk to the stream, "the water here is quite clean as well." He then takes a deep breath as he relaxes and looks to Jayden with a smile, "it is great to be back outside."-

Jayden followed him to the stream as she looked back at him "It is great isn't it?" She said with a happy smile.

-"It is", says Benjamin as he looks to a small pile of river stones as he notices a group dark pink flower. Looking at it he bends down and picks ne of them. "Huh...idk know why...but these seem familiar to me..", thinks Benjamin as he looks over to Jayden and hands her it. "Hear, this is for helping Jayden", he says trying to remember what the flowers were.-

Jayden was still looking at the stream as he picked before she looked at him, seeing the flower "Aww you shouldn't have! Thank you!" She said with a smile, being handed the flower as she took it "It looks so pretty"

-He nods at her, "it is very pretty." He then looks to the edge of the forest and the trail left behind, "it looks like there is a path int the woods if you want to explore a bit Jayden."-

"A forest? Sure, let's go!" Jayden said as she put the flower behind her left ear.

-Benjamin smiles at her as he begun to lead the way, looking around the area as he observes for dangers.-

Jayden followed, not too far from him as she also looked around, though only to observe the scenery.

''-The area seems calm and quiet, as if who was there is already long gone. Though the tracks appear to be both living people and multiple amounts of motorized vehicles. Within the forest, tress covers the sky above as their branches and leave entangle with each other as it blocks some of the sunlight. The areas that the sunlight does hit is lush with small bushes, flowers, and undergrowth.-''

-Benjamin takes a deep breath of fresh air as he states to her, "yep this is what I needed Jayden...the outdoors..feeling better already."-

Jayden nodded to him happily before she looked down on the path, seeing the tracks, but thought none of it before looking at the trees and such "There's sure a lot of trees, but I guess that's what makes it a forest" She said aloud.

-Nodding to her, "yes that what it makes." As he continues for a few minute, Benjamin notices a path that separates from the one that was made, though this one seems to be older as it somewhat grown over a bit. "Huh this looks different", he thinks as he stops in front of it. "This path feels different Jayden, makes want to see whats down there for some reason..", he says to her.-

"Huh, it does look different... want to go down it?" She said, sounding curious.

-Looking down the eriee path Benjamin sighs and nods as his curious mind takes over. "Let's just stay close Jayden..just in case something is there..", he says to her. He then begins going down the eriee path as he walks slowly.-

She nodded in acknowledgement, standing by his side while following him down the eerie path as she looked around.

''-As they go down the path, the 'eriee' feeling gets stronger as the area felt a bit darker. A cool breeze can be felt as the path opens up to a small meadow area.-''

Jayden felt the cold breeze, which was resisted by her sweater though couldn't shake off the eerie feeling, as she noticed the small meadow "Whoa..." She mouthed in amazement of the sight it displayed.

-A dark figure began to manifest behind the town of the as it begins to develop it self.-

-Benjamin looks to it as well in amazment, "it is beautifull out..." Before finishing his statement, he begins to be felt as if they were being watched. "Hay Jayden..do you feel like someone is watching us?", he says to her standing still.-

"Yeah... why do you ask?" Jayden asked him as she looked over to him with a curious expression.

-"....I thinking whatever is...is behind us..", he says as he keeps his calm not glancing back.-

Jayden kept silent as she slowly turned around to look behind her, though had a calm expression on her face.

-Benjamin turns around as well as he becomes a bit stunned of the figure.-

''-The dark figure stood 5ft tall as he begins to stretch out in the air. His hands had long fingers with as some sort of dark mast continues to be absorbed by them. Within seconds the clothing of the figure appeared as of a blood red trench Coat, a white undershirt with white pants, a red tie, black boats, and a blood red fedora with a white band around it. Some type of gadget can be seen on his right wrist as two sabers held to his side. His figure under it all appears to be that of a fox as his deep red eyes look down to the two.His fur color or facial expressions cannot be seen at this time.-''

-"Oh, that is just lovely...first time manifesting after being beaten to death I see two kids...again...Can I ever catch a damn break!", the figure thinks to himself. But within a few moments he speaks after remembering an old story, "hay kids want to see a dead body!?"-

"...Um... no thank you" Jayden said politely before looking at the figure curiously.

-Benjamin looks over to Jayden as he still is a bit in shock, "yeah what she said."-

-The figure smiles as he finally shows his colors of orange fur mixed with a bit of tan, "wow never knew kids were such party poopers nowadays, I would say I have come to drink your blood..." Moving into is coat he pulls out tinted glasses as he places them on. "So two kids went strolling into the woods alone...unknown of what could have happened chooses a dark eriee path.", he says in a bit of sarcastic tone.-

"Drink our blood? ...Are you a vampire?" Jayden asked, still looking at him curiously.

-Benjamin looks to the figure, but before speaking the figure cuts him off.-

-"Wow we got a smart one here, ten points to the small girl!", Jefferson says in a sarcastic tone. He then looks to her, "you can call me a vampire, shadow walker, demon, supernatural, or even happy happy Mr. Sunshine", he says to them as he fixes his coat. "But, do not fear..I am not going to drink your guy's blood and take your souls...even though you guys look very delicious...It is sort of not my thing..", he says to them.-

"Oh... okay Mr. Sunshine!" Jayden said, giving Jefferson an innocent smile.

-"Oh she is sassy! I like her!", says the figure as he points and looks to Benjamin.-

-Benjamin blushes a bit as he finally speaks, "why are you here anyway Mr. Sunshine!?.."-

Jayden gave a giggle upon hearing the figure's statement and seeing Benjamin blush "Who are you anyway?" She asked.

-He smirks a bit to the two as his fangs can be seen. "I am the darkest of the shadows, the walker of the danm, and a assassin controlled by my crazy..I mean gerogus wife to fill out certain missions", he says sarcastically. "Though you can call me Jefferson and for being here...that is a bit of a long story..", he says to them as he remembers his encounters.-

"Ohh, okay. My name is Jayden, it's nice to meet you!" Jayden said to him in her usual friendly tone.

-Benjamin looks to the figure, "I am Benjamin."-

-Jefferson continues to look down to them with a smirk as the gaget on his wrist begun to buzz, "oh got to take this." He walks away as he press on the device and begins to talk into it.-

-Scooting closer to Jayden Benjamin whispers, "this guy seems very weird..."-

"Yeah... but at least he's not a bad weird" Jayden whispered back as she attempted to listen in on Jefferson's conversation.

-The conversation abruptly ends as Jefferson looks back to them, "and with that, I must go..I have some, unfinished business to attend to in this world." He then begins to walk into the shadows as he shouts out, "don't worry I will be seeing you two again, enjoy your two alone time in the woods!" Jefferson then disappears into the deep dark of the forest.

-"Hay it is not like that you!!", before Benjamin can finish he sees him disappear-

Jayden watched as Jefferson disappeared into the forest "...What did he mean by that?" She asked, noticing the keyword in his statement.

-Benjamin blushes a bit to her statement, "oh nothing, nothing you should be concerned about." He then goes to nervously change the subject, "hay why don't we look around this meadow a bit more, looks like a calm place.-

"...Sure!" Jayden said to him with a friendly smile.

''-The meadow has had the feeling of at home was the sky could be seen above. A small breeze kicks in as the grass sways with its every move as if it was dancing. Wildlife could be seen in the distance as butterflies scatter the nearby areas, landing on flowers and rocks. A few old tree stumps could be seen in the middle of the meadow as a few logs scatter the area.-''

-"That looks like a good spot to relax at Jayden, maybe we could just look up to the sky and just look at the clouds for a second", says Benjamin as he walks up to the stumps as he goes to sit next to it.-

"Of course!" She said to him happily, as she followed him to the stumps, sitting next to him on his left side.

-Seeing her sit next to him he looks up, "got a nice sky today Jayden, not too many clouds but just enough to see." Looking he points to one, "see that one, it looks like a bird with its wings a beak."-

"Oh yeah, it does look like a bird" She said, looking up at the cloud Benjamin pointed at.

-"Mhm yes it does", says Benjamin as he looks at her with a smile. "Hay Jayden may I ask you something?", he says to her.-

"Hmm? What is it?" She said, rearing her head over to face him with a smile.

-"I was wondering if you would like to hang out with me this evening..at my races campsite of course", he says as he gains his thoughts. "And probably treat you to something to eat, if they have anything up for that", Benjamin says nervously.-

"Sure! I'd like that" She said to him rather happily.

-He smiles at her response as he goes to look back up to the clouds while they dotted the blue sky. "Great now the only problem...where are they located at..", he says out loud.-

"Oh, um... we can always ask my dad" She suggested to him as she also dotted the sky.

-Hearing this Benjamin looks over to Jayden, "we can, would be better to look from the sky for them."-

"Yeah, that can work! Should we head back now or do you want to wait a bit?" She asked.

-Lifting himself up Benjamin stretches and stands up, "sure we can get going, feeling much better anyways." He then looks down to Jayden as he holds out his hand, "need help up?"-

"That's good to hear!" Jayden said before she was offered help "Oh, yes please" She said, extending her hand outwards to grab his.

-Grabbing her hand Benjamin attempts to pull her from the grown as he positions himself so he does fall.-

Jayden was pulled up to her feet as she stood beside him... their hands were still touching though but she didn't seem to mind "Let's get going!" She said.

-"Yes mam", he says happily as he noticed their hands and quickly withdrew his hand. "Sorry about that Jayden, didn't mean to hold your hand for that long", says Benjamin as he scratches the back of his head

"Oh, it's okay" She said to him with an innocent smile "You were just pulling me up from the ground after all" She added.

-"Yeah, pulling you up", says Benjamin as he smiles back. Then he goes and begins to head into the darkened pathway, "just keep close again...who knows what else crazy people we would encounter again.."-

"Yeah, some weird people like to hide in forests" She said as she followed him, relatively close to him, almost to where their shoulders would touch.

''-As they go along the path, the same eerie feeling from before could be felt as they move along. Though no noise can be heard as it was completely silent with no signs of wildlife. Upon getting to the end of the eerie path and onto the main, the feeling became neutral as a few birds can be heard.-''

-Stopping for a second after exiting the eerie path, Benjamin takes a small deep breath as a sign of relief from being there. "Phew...never going that path again...dark feeling down there, right Jayden?", he says calmly to Jayden as he still scores a small smile.-

"Yeah, it feels uneasy when going down there" She said to him with a kind smile, before glancing over to the arm she was standing besides for a few seconds... before she seemingly reached to hug onto said arm, practically clinging on it... It was there when Jayden showed her clingy side "I couldn't help myself" She said with a giggle.

-Having a few faint blushes on his cheek as he feels her clinging to his arm, he smiles at her giggle as he begins to walk down the path with her. "Its fine Jayden, like you said you couldn't help yourself..", he says in a bit a nervous tone as he continues to guide them down the path as the exit gets closer.-

Jayden continued to cling onto his arm as the two approached the exit. She had a happy smile on her face, seeing he was alright with her clinginess.

-Benjamin continues to walk them as they exit the woods and makes his way towards her father's transport, though he thinks of what is going on with her as the walked on. "We shouldn't be too far from your father's transport", he says happily to her.-

"Mhm! It should be close by" Jayden said back happily as they walked onwards. Eventually the transport may come into view as the pilot was once again leaning his back on it, not yet noticing them.

-Benjamin spots the pilot and transport as he walks them up to him. Benjamin looks down to Jayden as he looks back to the pilot as he notices him not noticing. "Excuse me sir..excuse me..?", Benjamin says trying to get his attention.-

"...Huh? Oh, your back already? That was fast" The pilot said as Jayden gave a friendly smile "Yep! Can we go back up to the ship real quick?" Jayden asked "Of course, Miss Jayden" The pilot said as he hopped into the transport and going into it's cockpit.

-Benjamin walks up to the transport with Jayden as he looks to her, "go ahead you first."-

"Oh, thanks!" She said looking back at him, before hopping onto the transport... While seeming pulling Benjamin along as she still clung on his arm.

-Feeling her pull on his arm as she enters the transport, Benjamin almost trips in but regains himself as he hops on with her. "Very clingy huh?", says Benjamin as he walks them to the seats.

"Mhm!" Jayden replied with a happy tone as she was led to their seats "You two ready back there?" The pilot asked them from the cockpit.

-Sitting down with his arm still being clung on, Benjamin makes some room as he allows her to continue to cling. "Waiting on you Jayden", he says happily.-

She nodded as she sat next to him, still clinging on his arm "We're ready!" Jayden called out to the pilot "Roger that, heading back to the Velocity" The pilot said before the sidedoors of the transport closed, before it took you and headed back to the ZFAS Velocity.

-Relaxing a bit in the seat, Benjamin leans back as he looks out the glass. "I remember Nelson always told me about their cooking Jayden. He said some of the cooking was to die for", says Benjamin as he tries to start a conversation.-

"Huh? Who's cooking? Your races?" She asked.

-Benjamin looks to her with a smile, "yep, he said it wasn't very different to people in this world on what was used..but some ingredients that were special amongst my race were very hard to come by..especially nowadays." He then looks back at the window, as his smile sort of faded away as he relaxes a bit more.-

"Ohh, okay" She said back, before leaning her head on his shoulder "What sort of ingredients did they have?" She asked.

- Benjamin looks glances over as he smiles a bit, "there was some fruits, vegetables, and some seasonings...I remember Nelson saying that he would make a beef stew with a seasoning called Moon Sorrel, a sweet but spicey seasoning."-

"That sounds delicious!" She said happily, sounding very interested in the topic "I want to try and cook with that someday!"

-Benjamin lets out a small laugh as he looks back at the window, "hopefully my race will be able to grow them for you then, it takes time and patients. Nelson said the plant used for it grows only to moonlight, instead of sunlight."-

"That's pretty cool!" Jayden said "But, em... I don't quite know how to cook that well yet" She said with a "^^'" facial expression.

-Looking from the window Benjamin smiles at her, "don't worry Jayden it takes practice..that is what Nelson always says to me. Maybe when we are down there we can see some of the cooking?"-

"Sure! I'd love that!" Jayden said excitedly, while smiling back at him. A slight this could then be felt as the transport had landed, with it's side doors opening up "We have landed" The pilot said.

-"Well we are here Jayden", Benjamin says as he begins to get out of the seat.-

"Yep, back home away from home!" She said before standing up with him, taking her head off his shoulder but still clinging onto his arm.

-Feeling her still clinging on, Benjamin moves her a bit closer as he walks down back to where he remembers where the other was. "They ought to be at the same place Jayden", he says to her as the walk.-

Jayden allowed herself to be moved closer to him, still giving off a happy smile, but a very faint blush, as the two walked over to where the others may still located, which was the Velocity's main room.

-Benjamin continues to walk them until they got into the Main Room, but was easily spotted by Alisa as she was turned around looking at them.-

-"Well well, look who is back. Had a nice time on your walk you two?", says Alisa with a bit of sarcastic tone.-

Adex was also in the room as he turned around to face the two of them... Joshua and Marilyn however seemed to be away from the room.

"Mhm! It was fun seeing the scenery!" Jayden replied.

-Benjamin nods, "yes the scenery was nice...had a weird encounter, but other than that is was enjoyable."-

-Sitting by Alisa Nelson sits up as he pats her shoulder, "now Alisa lets not pick on them..we must get going back to our people, they must be set up right now and we need to figure things out." He states this as Alisa gets up with him and begins to walks.-

"Yes, they should be at their new settlement by now" Adex said to Alisa and Nelson, getting up to walk with them as Jayden looked over to Benjamin "What did he mean by not pick on us?" She whispered to him.

-Benjamin looks to Jayden as he shrugs, "I don't know, I always thought she is like that." He then watches them walk as he remembers, "should we go ask your father to go with them?"-

"Oh, yeah, let's go do that!" Jayden said to him as she proceeded to follow the other three to where they were walking... attempting to drag Benjamin along as his arm was still clung on.

-"Wait! Jayden!", says Benjamin as he forgot she was clinging to his arm; causing him to trip a bit until he got his footing.-

"...Huh?" Jayden mouthed as she came to a stop while looking at Benjamin with a puzzled look.

-After gaining his footing, Benjamin sees her look of puzzlement as he scratches his the back of his head with his free hand. "It was nothing Jayden, kind of took me by surprise when you started to follow them that I almost lost my footing", he says with a bit of a nervous tone.-

"Oh, I'm sorry. I should've gave some warning" She said apologetically with a "^^' " expression.

-Benjamin smiles at her expression and gives a small wink, " it's all good, just warn me next time, shall we continue?"-

"Sure, let's go!" Jayden said, as she again began to follow Adex and the others, making sure Benjamin had proper preparation this time.

-Benjamin follows her as he keeps up, watching them as they gotten closer to transport. Clearing his throat, "hay Adex?"-

"...Hm?" Adex mouthed upon hearing Benjamin, turning around to face him "Yes Benjamin?"

-"I was ...wondering if Jayden could come down with us to enjoy some sort of dinner and possibly learn some new ways of cooking..?", he says to Adex with a bit of a nervous tone.-

"Taken notice in her interest of cooking, eh? Sure, I don't mind" Adex said to Benjamin as Jayden looked at her father in joy "Thank you, dad!" She said to him happily.

-"Thank you Mr. Adex we'll make sure she's ok", says Benjamin as he sees Nelson rubbing his forehead. "Come Jayden lets get going", he says to her with a smile.-

"No problem at all" Adex said to him, before he also noticed Nelson rubbing his head from the corner of his eye "Sure, let's go!" Jayden said to Benjamin.

-Hearing this he goes to bring them towards the transport as he passes both Alisa and Nelson, without realizing Nelson. He then waits as he jesters to Jayden, "ladies first."-

Adex saw as the two sped past him and the others, scratching the side of his head "Oh, thank you... watch yourself!" She said, before she entered the transport, bringing Benjamin along as, well, obvious reasons... good thing she gave him fair warning. Upon their entry, they could see Joshua and Marilyn already seating themselves in the transport, the two of them looking at them as they entered.

-Benjamin looks at the two in a bit of a shock after being brought onto the transport, "hello there." As he says the Alisa and Nelson sneaks in from behind as they go to take their seats.-

"Greetings" Joshua said as Marilyn gave a polite wave, while Adex snuck in as well, taking his seat and taking his eyes on the others "Hey Josh and Marilyn!" Jayden said to them happily "Hello Jayden" Marilyn said with a smile "Hi Sis' " Joshua said after.

- Smiling back to them Benjamin guides the two to the next available seats, "here should do Jayden?"-

"Mhm! That spot shall suffice" She said to him happily as Joshua looked at the two rather curiously.

-Happy with her answer Benjamin goes to sit down as he gives his arm room for her, he then looks at Joshua as he sees him looking at them. "Is everything alright with him Jayden", he says as he whispers to her.-

"Huh? Oh, I don't really know, but he's usually like that when he's thinking about something" Jayden whispered back as Joshua still held that curious look on his face, before he glanced over to Marilyn when she put her hand over his, giving a slight smile as his curious expression faded when he looked over to the others "So, where are we going?" He asked.

-"We're going to where our people have settled down and hopefully have an enjoyable evening as an appreciation for all your guy's help", says Alisa as she smiles at the two and Adex.-

"Oh, I see" Joshua replied "That's very thoughtful of you" Marilyn said as well, Adex nodding in agreement "Well, we have everyone, right?" Adex asked.

-Looking for a brief moment to see Alisa nods to Adex, "yep seems like everyone is here."-

"Alright, then let's-" Adex said, about to finish before interrupted "Wait, Hold up!" A voice from across the hangar cried out, sounding female "...Eh?" Joshua mouthed, before he and the other three looked out the side door to see who called out.

-Hearing this Alisa, Nelson, and Benjamin looks over-

As they looked over, they could see a Mobian Fennec with Aqua Green fur and cyan short hair, wearing a red shirt with black buttons and a orange exterior shirt pocket on the right side, along with black shorts with orange stripes going diagonally on each side, with orange shoes with black Velcro straps and a red outline on the bottom, and red glasses... She to be running up to the transport with a book in her right hand before she approached, catching her breath "...Oh hi Connie!" Jayden said happily to the Fennec "Ha.. ha... Hello Jayden" The fennec replied, her name being Connie.

-Alisa, Nelson, and Benjamin looks at her a bit baffled. "Who is she?", Benjamin whispers again to Jayden.-

"Oh, that's my tutor, as well as my brother's and Marilyn's" Jayden whispered back as Connie boarded the transport "I hope you don't mind if I tag along, I just thought this would be a good opportunity to learn new things to teach" Connie said "It's no problem at all, Connie" Adex replied back, Connie nodding in response before sitting on the left of Marilyn.

-Alisa watches her as she enters then looks to Adex, "I think that should be everyone."

-Nelson looks at her with a smile. "Learning new things, guessing you're a teacher miss?", he says to her.-

"Alright then. Pilot, we're ready to proceed now" Adex called out to the cockpit "Alright, lifting off now" The pilot called back as the transport's side doors closed and the transport slowly lifted off, heading out of the hangar soon after "Indeed I am, but more so a personal tutor for the Faction Leader's children and their friend" Connie replied to Nelson with a kind smile.

-"Ah personal tutor I remember having one many years ago, wasn't really good at math in my younger years", he says to her.-

-Benjamin listens to Nelson for a second as he leans back a bit. "Wasn't really good at math either", he whispers to Jayden.-

"Oh I see! Well we all start somewhere, I actually had trouble with Biology at first" Connie said, while Jayden gave a silent giggle to Benjamin.

-"Biology, yeah that is a hard topic. I was actually a professor and research for my race at one time. I was in the Cybernetic Research & Development Department for some time, had to learn a lot of biology for that one", Nelson says to Connie.

"Ah, that must have taken a lot of studying to get that job. I was also a caretaker several years ago before becoming a full-fledged tutor and medic. I actually used to care for Joshua when he was little, ain't that right?" Connie said, glancing over at Joshua with a smile "Yeah I remember..." Joshua replied back.

- "That must of took a lot of time miss Connie, when I was younger my wife was a nurse for the town we used to live in. She never really had any time off until she eventually quit", says Nelson.-

"Yeah it took a long time" Connie said "I'm curious though, how come your wife quit?" She asked.

-"She quit when we had our daughter miss Connie. When she came into our world we needed someone to watch over her while I was busy with work. So she quit her job to take care of her while I worked as hard as I could.-

"Oh okay. That's completely understandable" Connie said with a smile as Jayden leaned in to whisper to Benjamin's ear "I didn't know he has a daughter... where is she?" She asked him in a whisper.

-"Uh...I'll tell you later, something that he doesn't want to be reminded of", Benjamin whispers in a bit of a nervous tone.-

"Oh... okay" Jayden said understandingly as Joshua noticed them speaking, but couldn't make out what they were saying due to the volume of their tones... which prompted him to have a curious and suspicious expression that he tried to hide.

-"Though I do know one thing about him...he snores..alot when he sleeps", he whispers back to her as to lighten the mood.-

Jayden silently giggled as a response to that "...So, um... how much further?" Joshua asked the others, breaking any potential silence.

-"We should be getting closer, they probably got a small clearing cut down by now for are planes so it should be easy to find", says Alisa as she looks to Adex.-

"How convenient then. I wonder how the settlement looks like" Adex said, as Joshua nodded to agree with this "I can't wait to get there!" Jayden said excitingly.

-"They're probably just starting to set up, I know we have alot of work to do", Alisa says to them with a smile.-

"Yes indeed" Adex said, agreeing with her "So what do you plan on doing over there once we get there?" Marilyn asked everyone "Well honestly, just explore the town" Joshua replied "Unless there's official business, just to relax" Adex answered "I'm going to see the types of cooking they have with Benjamin!" Jayden said, excited.

-Benjamin nods to Jayden's response, "that is right." Nelson looks at them, "I am going to look around for someone...someone that stayed behind when I left." Alisa looks at all of them, "I will most likely get some things together for a little party tonight. If you are all interested I think there would be some shops set up with different unique items."-

"That would be great" Marilyn said with a smile, while Joshua looked curiously at Jayden and Benjamin, though he tried to hide his expression "A party you say?" He said to further attempt to hide it.

-Benjamin notices his expression and nods with a smile, "I've heard from Nelson they usually through little parties here and there to make sure the community is held together."-

"Ohh... it's a cultural thing I take it then" Joshua replied, secretly relieved he managed to hide it.

-"Yes, culture mixed with a bit of tradition from our past", Nelson adds in.-

"Well, that's interesting then" Joshua said "Splendid! There is a lot to learn here, and I for one am excited for future sessions" Connie said.

-Alisa nods to Connie's statement, "it is alot of neat thing to learn."-

Connie nodded positively to Alisa's statement "Heads up everyone, the town is in sight. Might want to get ready back there" The pilot called out to the others "Already? That was fast" Marilyn said, a bit surprised.

-"That was fast..guessing they weren't that far", Benjamin says.-

"We're almost there? Oooo I can't wait!" Jayden said excitingly, hardly able to keep herself still as the transport indeed was getting close to the town, and could be seen/detectable "Heh, someone's excited" Joshua said to Jayden, noticing her eagerness.

-"I can tell", Benjamin says nervously as he holds onto the seat while Nelson laughs a bit.-

''-Meanwhile down below a small crew saw the transport as one takes out two small red sticks from his coat. While walking near he begins waving the sticks to the right towards the craft as if signaling.-''

The pilot sees the signal given by the crew members, and carefully followed their instructions as signaled. Jayden gave a giggle as a response "I'm just so excited!" Jayden said, Adex, Joshua, Ma- okay pretty much everyone gave her some kind of smile as a response to her, excluding the pilot for obvious reasons.

-Benjamin smiles as well to Jayden-

- Getting it angled right the crew member beings signal downwards towards the craft as an "all clear" signal.-

Seeing the signal from the crew, the pilot had the transport slowly descend onto whatever landing area they've had cleared. Upon landing, the transport's side doors opened, allowing the others to exit.

''-Waiting, the few crew members run up to the transport after it lands. They wore old light blue coats and tan pants, with dark brown web gear attached to it.-''

-Watching as the doors opened Alisa sits up as she stretches, "well looks like we are here." She then goes to walk out of the transport while Nelson follows close behind her.-

"Yep, let's get going" Adex said, following Alisa and Nelson, Joshua and Marilyn doing the same as well as Connie "Here we are Benjamin!" Jayden said to him, clearly excited.

-"Yep here we are", Benjamin says happily to her as he gets up to exit.-

Jayden went up with him as she was still holding onto his arm, exiting the transport with him as the others were looking around their surroundings.

''-The surroundings seemed simple as a make-shift tent was near, with barrels next to it. On the other end of the field was a line of mixed planes and vehicles as small groups of 3 can be seen unloading and inspecting each one. Feet from them there is a line of what appeared to be a line of 20 young kids as they walk past a table, dropping what appears to be weapons onto the table as an older gentleman with a clipboard checks things off as they pass.-''

-"Guessing they were really low to use kids..", Benjamin whispers to Jayden as they catch up with the group.-

"They used children as soldiers? I guess they were desperate..." Joshua thought to himself upon seeing the line "I guess... but then again me and my brother go out of missions willingly, so maybe they did too" Jayden whispered back.

''- The two that were waiting for looks to them as they both did a salute to Alisa, "Queen Alisa we weren't expecting you to arrive this evening..." Before finishing their statement Alisa hold her hand up.-''

-"I was treated kindly, Mr. Adex here and his family were very kind. Know I would like to know where the others are located. I would like to show my guest here and invite them to a meal of sort", she says to them.-

''-The two pointed down the road pointed down a recently cut path further in. "There is much my Queen, just a few tents and vendors set up at the moment. I know a lot of the people want to have a communal dinner, some of our cooks are currently working on it.-''

-"Ah thank you", she says as she waves to the other to follow.-

"Well alright then, let us proceed" Adex said as he gestured for the others to follow, which they did... except for Joshua, who looked over at Benjamin and waited for the others to get out of hearing range for him to speak "...Hey, can I talk to you for a bit? Alone?" He asked him, which prompted Jayden to tilt her head from being puzzled.

-Benjamin got a bit nervous about his question, "sure thing Joshua." He then looks to Jayden and smile, "I will catch up to you Jayden, need to chat about something.-

"Okay!" Jayden mouthed to him as she let go of his arm, running up to the others as Joshua stood there silently as he glanced at him.

-"So...", said Benjamin as he seems a bit confused.-

"...Do you like my sister?" Joshua suddenly asked him from out of nowhere.

-"I mean I think she is a nice person and have feelings for her that I have never felt or heard of before", he says nervously to him. "But she seems very clingly to my arm for some reason", he says to him.-

"Heh, don't worry, she's always clingy with people she cares about... but I suspected you developed feelings of affection towards her" He said as he crossed his arms.

-Benjamin shrugs a bit in confusion, "I guess...I mean before all this it was just me and Nelson before meeting you guys. He never really explained much about feelings due to us hiding in isolation."-

"...Wait, so your new to this thing? So I see... hm... well, regardless of your feelings, I don't mind if you want to be all... y'know, with her... but" He said before his expression went serious "If I ever find out that you do anything... and I mean, anything, that's bad to her... nothing will safe you from my rage... are we clear?" He said.

-"We are clear, I'll make sure nothing bad happens or try to harm her", says Benjamin as he scratches the back of his head.-

"...Very good then" Joshua said before giving a slight smile, while patting him on the shoulder "I can see you mean by your word... which probably means we're going to get along just fine" He said.

-Benjamin nods to his statement as he looks towards the group's direction,"I think we should catch up to them Joshua."-

"Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Go get her, tiger" Joshua said with a wink to his left eye, which if his father, sister, or girlfriend saw that, they would have been surprised,, before he turned around to walk back towards the group.

-"Uh...thanks??", says Benjamin in a bit of a confused tone as he follows behind, catching up to the group.-

Joshua had walked up besides Marilyn, the two walking together for the time being, Adex himself nearby Nelson and Alisa, with Connie and Jayden by themselves.

-The trail seems to continue for a bit in the woods for about 15 minutes.-

-Benjamin catches up to Jayden as he smiles at her, "sorry about that, was greeting your brother there."-

Jayden noticed him catch up to her as she smiled happily to him "It's no problem! So what did you two talk about?" She asked curiously.

-"Uh..nothing much, just the usual meet and great", he says to her nervously as they walk.-

"Oh, okay! To tell you the truth I thought he would've gotten a bit protective, knowing how he is" She said, before reaching out to grab a hold on his arm again - or at least attempt to "But I'm glad seeing that wasn't the case!" She added.

-Feeling Jayden trying to hold onto his arm, Benjamin allows her. "Yeah seemed a bit confusing at first, even some of his comments. But, I sort of understand him being protective of you. Nelson did the same for me when we were sort of in hiding, made me come back during certain times, told me to avoid any contact with natives, and to avoid cities or towns", he says to her with a smile.-

''-As the group gotten closer, they walked upon a clearing with many tents that were set up. Some seemed to be rugged look, others were well kept. Many were closed, but some were opened with items out for display. Two of the tents seemed to have smoke coming out of the top as if make-shift chimneys were being used. The area was quite busy as many of the occupants were unpacking and setting things up. A group of them roll a wooden barrel pass the group towards an area of what appears to be another group clean different types of clothing, ranging from formal, ordinary, to military. Though scattered around lies some of the people as if they were relaxing after a long walk.-''

"You were told to avoid contact with natives? But... you're here with us, so... what changed?" She said, tilting her head a bit as the others noticed the area they entered "Well... I assume it's not much, but it'll make do" Adex thought to himself as Connie looked over to where some of the tents that had items of display out for open, showing interest as Joshua and Marilyn glanced at the group that passed them "...Seems they still got a lot of work to do" Joshua commented.

Overhead what could assumed to be the town, a Rupture had appeared as a Regiment G26 Frigate emerged from it shortly afterwards, it's commanding crew immediately attemptimg to establish contact with the Buthuaian ground control to state their business, while it's arrival immediately catching Adex's attention as he looked up at the aerostat "Hm... seems the first of the defense fleet is arriving" He said aloud.

-A few feet away from the make-shift runway, a roughly set up ground control group establishes contact and clears them.

Some of the items that were displayed seemed to be handcrafted; one had a setup of old fashion clothing of various styles, another sold what appeared to be household supplies and cookware, meanwhile, the further one sold the assortment of items.-

-Benjamin shrugs to Jayden, "that I am still figuring out myself." He continues to walk around as he guides them towards the tent area as well, though looking around to see Alisa walking off. "Guessing shes got bigger things to deal with..?", he says to Jayden.-

Jayden glanced over to Alisa, seeing her path divert from the group's, while also noticing Adex follow her, assuming the two were on some business "Maybe, she is considered the queen after all!" She said to him, while Joshua and Marilyn turned their heads over to where the tends are, seeing the various items being sold as well as Connie "...Ooo, Josh, look!" Marilyn said to him, pointing at the variety of clothing items being sold "...Mm? I guess you want to take a look?" He asked, Marilyn nodding in response "Alright, let's go" He said, the two making their way over there, as Connie was making her way over to the "assortment" of items, interested in their selection.

Jayden herself too turned over to the tents, taking a few seconds to see the tent selling "cookware", which immediately excited her as she pointed to it "Benjamin, look what they're selling!" She said.

Benjamin looks over to see the cookware and walks over to the tent," Wow that is pretty neat Jayden!"

-The cookware appeared to be handmade as some wielding and decorative design can be seen on the edges of some of the pans. Others include some sort of clay vessels and utensils. An older lady sat on a stool as it appears that she is making something with metal wiring, "you can come closer darlings."-

"Thank you, miss!" Jayden replied, as she happily went closer to the tent to see more what the tent offered, looking at all of the various cooking essentials with excitement.

-Meanwhile back at the clothing tent, Nelson walks up next to Connies, Joshua, and Marilyn while looking around. "These are all hand woven", he says as he goes to pull a dress out that appeared to be used in some tradition. "For example, this dress here is mainly worn by females during the Festival of the Full Moon", he says as he holds it up to them.-

As Joshua and Marilyn were looking at the various clothing, they turned to face Nelson as he was holding up the dress "Wow, it looks so beautiful" Marilyn said with an interested smile "Hand woven? Like, made by hand?" Joshua asked. Connie on the other hand was at a different tent.

-"Indeed made by hand, it takes a while to make them but it is well worth", he says as he goes to hand it to them. "Go ahead take it, it is very soft", he says as he looks over to find the owner.-

Marilyn proceeded to hold the dress, careful not to get it on the floor, as she observed it's contents "It is very soft... aw, it's a little big on me though, isn't it?" Marilyn said to Joshua "I'm sure if we really wanted to, we can have tailor sort that out" Joshua replied "I guess your right" Marilyn said with a smile, holding the dress close to her "I think it matches my earring, don't you think?" She said "...Er, yeah, it does" Joshua said, scratching the back of his head.

-A young adult female watches them as she cleans her self and walks over to the two as she bows a bit. "You are interested in the dress? That is one of the best dress I have done since I was taught", she says with a smile.-

Marilyn and Joshua glanced over to the young adult, the former bowing slightly out of respect as she also gave a smile "...You made this dress?" Joshua asked "It looks well done!" Marilyn said in a compliment.

-"Thank, it served quiet useful when just sitting around not doing anything", she says to them with a smile. "And hearing from the back it seems that you are liking the dress, so it is yours on the house", she says to them with a smile.-

"Oh really!? Thank you so much!" Marilyn said with a grateful, happy smile "...Well then, I guess at some point we'll have it tailored to fit" Joshua said with a slight smile.

-Smiles to them, the young lady glances to Nelson and realizes who it is. With that, she bows to them, "I must get going..got many things to weave and sew." Looking at them for a second she goes and heads towards the back as she disappears.-

Marilyn and Joshua watched as the woman went into the back room before the former looked at Nelson, holding up her new dress "She gave me this dress for free! She's very thoughtful!" She said, still grateful.