Commander Hours [Punishing Gray Raven Fan-Fiction]

Volume 2《Chapter 1: Hints of Trouble》

[Babylonia Data Lab, 25th January XXXX]

In there, stands a man with brown hair wearing a white coat, grey pants, and a supporting glasses he wore. He's currently typing on a hologram computer that he's currently on as he drink a cup of coffee beside him every two minutes pass.

"Mr. Joyce!" A certain voice calling out to him from behind as he hear the metal door slides open.

He turns his chair around.

"Ah, Kimura. What brings you here?" He inquired.

"How's the progress on the examination?"

"Hmmm, about that..." Joyce adjusted his glasses as he turns back to the screen. He's typing on the keyboard again as another screen pops up that shows 'File has been Terminated'

"File has been Terminated?! So that means, we can't progress further..?" Kimura exclaimed.

"Yes, I'm afraid so.." He simply nodded.

"But, why do you want to dig into this database?" He asked.

Kimura pauses a bit before he opened his mouth a bit.

"Nothing in particular, just i thought it was weird." He answered.

"By the way, where's Frederica?" He added.

"She went out to get some snacks." Joyce replied.

"Heeh..." He raised an eyebrow.

The metal door slides open as a red-haired woman with straight long hair walks in the lab, brought a plastic bag full of chips and colas. She's wearing the same coat as welt, but also wears a causal shirt accompanied by her short skirt. Revealing the curve she has.

"Joyce, I got the snacks- oh?" She stopped talking when she saw Kimura.

"Kimura, what brings you to the lab?" She asked, resting one hand on her hips.

"Well, i uh-"

"He's asking about the progress." Joyce interrupted.

"Listen here... you've been nagging that for a week. It's gonna take awhile to find the file you're looking for." She rubs the bridge of her nose before she took one of the lab chair and sat on it.

"No, The file has been terminated." Welt added as he shows the screen to her.

"Hah? Ueh! No way..." She jumped back a bit.

"Well.. that's troubling..." She sweatdropped.

Kimura awkwardly chuckles.

"Well then, that's unfortunate. But thank you for your effort though." Kimura said with a smile.

"Then, I'll excuse myself." After that he went out from the Laboratory.

"He looks troubled..." Frederica noticed his expression just before he left.

"I noticed that too. He's kinda out of it for the past three days.." Welt added.

"Want Tortilla chips?"

"No thanks, i'll pass." He raised a hand.

"Heeeeh.... after I brought it all the way here..."

In the cold and silent room, sudden metal music with mixed of dubsteps ringtone fills the cold atmosphere.

🎶Silver and Gold!🎶
🎶Won't save my rotting soul!🎶
🎶Just break me down!🎶
🎶Can't bear the weight, Can't back down!🎶