Chapter 5 - Assembling

'Welcome back,' said Selph. 'It's been a year since you left.'

'Yes it is,' replied Star.

'Situation had changed.'

‘I’m aware of it. If not you wouldn't called me back.'

'Anyway I am glad you are back.'

'Your prediction was right. But still it is earlier than we expected.'

'So how was the progress going on?' asked Selph.

'We had provided bunkers and underground shelled cities for the entire world,' replied Star. 'But only capable to catered up to 80% of the world population.'

'How about the searching of Val units?' asked Selph.

'I've brought Soul and Jess with me. Excluding us, and in this country, we have discovered a total of 143.'

Star took out a mini size CD from her leather pouch and placed into the mainframe processing unit. Then a list of photos and data of every member were displaying on the screen.

'It means we have a total of 150 units now.'

'You found a new member other than Sher?' asked Star.

'Yes. We discovered her 2 weeks ago. Somehow I felt she possessed a very strong hidden power.'

'I see.'

'The surface is no longer safe for inhabitant. It's only a matter of time before they covered the entire surface and reach here too.'

As they were discussing, suddenly the speaker panel sounded.

-= Neon reporting mission accomplished. =-

-= Soul and Jess reporting mission accomplished. =-

'Good job everyone,' ordered Selph. ‘Get back at once. We have severe issue to confer.’