Technarious had given them a week. A seven day vacation from the mess their lives had become.
Dante never left. Kelly returned the morning of the fourth day to check on Sonya. Gordon arrived not long after. Warren was the last to arrive, shortly before noon.
He teleported into the command center in mid sentence. " - narious, couldn't we use the drones - " He looked up from his tablet to see the others looking at him. "Oh, you all came back early." He smiled. Then stopped in confusion. "Why?" He asked.
"Because" Sonya mumbled quietly from the med bed. Everyone turned their attention to her in excitement. Dante shut off the containment field and helped her sit up. "five days ago we were just a bunch of kids with some training, a planet to defend, and a robot to defend it with." She started.
Kelly nodded. "I'm tired of being just a kid barely surviving the world." She added.
"I've finally found something worth really fighting for." Gordon offered.
"This is where I can do the most good." Dante added.
"We've all seen just how hard it is to make it as individuals, we weren't ready to depend on each other, to need each other, but now, we're ready to become a team." Sonya finished.
Technarious nodded. "You telling me or yourselves?" he asked.
Sonya shook her head. "I'm not telling, I'm warning, anyone who gets in our way. We were barely five and oh, thanks to dumb luck, pinch hitters, suicide saves, and really, really dumb luck. All that changes, right now."
"You think the enemies of earth are that afraid of a bunch of kids in a robot?" Mark asked.
Sonya shook her head. "I know they're not, but they're damn well going to fear The Shades of Justice." She stood up on her own two feet.
Technarious nodded again. "Then lets get to work."
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