The Symbol

Prologue

"BREEEAAA!!!" Zero yells, storming down the stairs. "Wasn't me." Brea says, twirling a strand of her black hair, a mischievous glint in her dark blue eyes. "Yes it was and you know it was!" Zero stands in the doorway, his arms folded across his chest. Brea rolls her eyes. "Well, I wouldn't hack into your stuff as much if you told me what the folder is that has like 20 firewalls!" "30 and it's none of your business." "Ooh, is it about your dark and mysterious past?" Brea reaches out to push him playfully on the shoulder, but he grabs her wrist and growls dangerously. "You touch that folder, and I will make sure you don't remember a thing about it or anything else." Zero hisses. Brea's eyes widen and she nods and tries to pull away. Zero lets her go, still glaring at her as she bolts up the staircase. "How far did you get." He mumbles to himself, going over to Brea's computer and unlocking it. He hums a soft melody under his mask. "Not far, thank God." He mutters.

"Will Zero please report to the medical office please? Thank you." No. Not right now. Zero did not want to go see Astrid at this moment. Five minutes pass. The speakers buzz again, and instead of Pandora's ai speaking, Astrid's voice booms loudly, causing Zero to cover his ears. "Zero, you get your sorry butt into the office or I will come down to the computer room myself and drag you myself!" Crap. Now he had to go.

"You know I really hate you sometimes." Zero says, plopping down on the couch. "Key word, sometimes." Astrid said cheerily, sitting down in front of him on the ottoman. "Brea said you went haywire, in the hacker way." Zero slouches. "All I did was grab her wrist." "What did you say." Zero looks down and mutters a curse under his breath. "I threatened her..." "Well she kinda deserved it, but next time don't get close to her. She finds physical contact like that hot, and she won't take it seriously. But what did she do?" "She keeps trying to get into my WID folder." "Ah." Astrid is silent for a second. "Pandora, send Brea's computer up in here please." She says into the coms. Seconds later a hole on the table opens and Brea's computer pops up. Astrid speaks into the coms again. "Brea, you are suspended from hacking for a week." Zero sighs, and gets up to leave. "You need to open up about it eventually." Zero turns on his heel to face Astrid. "When I'm able to trust one person in the Tempest family, I'll tell one person about my past. One." "You know I'm going to force you to do that, right Z?" Astrid gives her signature grin. "Sorry to interrupt Miss Astrid, but Walker Zero's presence is needed outside the base. There has been a disturbance outside the base." Pandora's voice speaks through the speaker in Astrid's office. "She's here." Zero mutters and stands up. "You have the drones ready?" "Yes." "Then get your butt outta my office! Go! Now!" Astrid kicks Zero in the shin. "Ok ok ok! I'm going!" Zero says, putting his hands up like he was being arrested. When it came to Astrid, he could never tell if she actually wanted him out or not. She probably did.

Zero now stood inside the walls of the World Of Walker, kind of having a Raya moment. Just for the fun of it, as he pulls up his mask, he quotes the scene. "Note to self, don't die." Then the doors swing open. This was going to be fun. Not.

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A/N- Hei! Just an fyi, Brea isn't a bad guy. She's just annoying and doesn't know how traumatic his WID folder is. Don't hate her, she exists in reality, along with Astrid and Pandora. Anyway, have a good whatever time it is. Morning, Afternoon, etc. Byeeeeeee