[NO LONGER UPDATED] AVEM → A Different World

Chapter 7: Hello, World (Part I)

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Time: 2113/10/12

POV: Chelsea_W14373

"Now, let the questioning begin."

After two days of waiting, the questioning subject was finally here. From first sight she didn't seem like any sort of threat, but you would never know. "Never judge a book by its cover," they said. I'd better be safe than sorry.

"First thing first. Why did you show up in our territory?" Glancing at my pre-written list, I read out loud.

"I- uh, I don't really know..." she seemed really nervous, her voice deep but trembling. It reminded me of my assessment day, before I was promoted to the Team. I didn't want to put so much pressure on her, but knowing that I couldn't completely trust her, I put on a colder attitude still. I would only reveal my inner self to the people I trust, or the Walkers. And definitely not a random intruder whose reliability was still in question.

"Stop stuttering. Now tell me the truth." I said without any tone or emotions. I hoped this would make her speak the truth and make my work done quicker.

"Um... I was attacked... People broke into m-my apartment, I ran away..." she made out.

"Speak clearer. Now, what we have is that you were attacked by people who intruded your private space, and you escaped, correct?" I asked, taking a note mentally. She was possibly lying. No one would attack the Neutral Territory in any form, unless it was a dispute within members of the Territory itself.

"So, what happened next?"

"I went to a dark alleyway, and the next thing I know, is the medical room..."

"Describe it in detail. Don't be so vague."

She thought for some time, before pain and fear showed from her eyes. "N-no, don't..." she whispered, trying not to let me hear, but of course I heard it. I took advantage of the moment to study her appearance. She had black hooded clothing on just like ours, but of course not our standard "Unity in the Darkside" uniform. It didn't have our symbol on the back or front either. Just plain black clothing. She didn't have a mask on. She had straight dark brown hair, which was pretty common a hair color, also none of my business. There was a healed wound on her left eye, now looking like a light slash across the eye. She also looked extremely thin for some reason... all those useless details...

And... Her neck. There was a pendant. I'd better examine that when this question was done.

"Tell me. Who attacked you."

"Um... a squad... red..." She looked as if she was post-traumatic. It looked that the attack must have caused her much damage.

Wait. "Red"? Does she mean Red Nexus? Did they start attacking again? Are they becoming a threat again?

"Red what?" I questioned.

"I- I'm not quite sure... but they might be called Red... Red Nexus..."

Oh.. no!

If she was really giving true information, then we were in danger again. This time, I sincerely hoped that she was lying.

"Speak the truth."

"It's true..." she made out.

"Right. Now reveal that pendant of yours. I am not going to take it or touch it, but I just want to have a look."