Alfenheims Warlords (a SAO fanfic)

Chapter 42

Sinon and Kommando293 stood there, looking at one another, as Kommando then slowly put his new gun down butt first and leaned its large bulk against him as he said awkwardly, "Ummmmm...... hi Sinon.."

"Kommando...." she said with another awkward note as she hadn't expected to run into him and he certainly didn't seem like he was expecting to run into her anytime soon.

And then she soon realized what he was holding as she looked at the gigantic 20mm Swiss S100 Anti-tank rifle as he then coughed and asked her, "So long time no see! Where have you been to of late?"

"Hmm... dealing with trying to run away with an overlord. You?" Asked Sinon.

"Trying to get gud, as they say." Said Kommando as he bought some ammo before he then let the gun go to inventory before he said, "So is it a player Overlord or some sorta NPC?"

"NPC.... But..." Sinon suddenly had something tickling her brain, something about Kommando seemed..... recently familiar and not in a way she suspected previously. She swore she had heard his voice before

In Alfenheim in fact.

Still, she tried to not let such a sudden suspicion get to her head as she then finished her sentence, saying to Kommando, "But it's really random with its movement and behavior so I haven't been able to get away from it.... although part of me doesn't want to."

"Why is that?" Kommando was sweating literal bullets in his mask and not because of the mask but from Sinon's suddenly pause and topic but he soon changed it as he then asked her, "So... wanna head out beyond Glocken and see what we run into? Heard a new update with support AI called ARFA are being implemented soon."

"Ehhh... well...." Sinon had that nagging feeling again and she managed to push it away again as she then said, "Sure.... let's hope we don't run into big guilds though. I don't have a gas mask..."

"I can get you one... I have a partial mask that covers the mouth and nose but not the eyes so you'll need goggles." Said Kommando as he began to open his inventory to grab it.

"That's fine, I guess..." Said Sinon, somewhat thankful he had a spare but also curious why he did but simply shrugged.

Once they had equipped what they wished, which for Sinon was pistol and sniper and for Kommando his Bow, brand new 20mm AT rifle, grenades, and swords while also equipping his Titanfall-esque maneuvering gear, they quickly left the ship and as Kommando approached his Panzer 4, he simply turned to Sinon and said, "After you, my lady- I mean Sinon! Sinon! I meant Sinon."

Kommando293's heart raced at that small mistake and even more when she paused to look at him. Sinon had heard him, how he said it, and now even more so she swore up and down he was reminding her of someone she knew too well.

The Prince of Darkness.

Still, she tried to push such a suspicion away but even as they loaded into the tank and headed out towards the gates of Glocken that would lead to the outside world, she felt like she was knowing him from somewhere else beyond GGO. And it bugged her so much she also made a question about it for him then they were in the outside wastelands as they passed various vehicles and bands of players coming to and fro from the wastes.

"Sooo, Sinon.... how have you been beyond gaming?" Asked Kommando.

"Boring. School is meh and all that." Said Sinon.

"Yeah and my new job is a pain dealing with cocky twerps trying to start trouble." Said Kommando with a sigh.

"You a security Officer?" Asked Sinon as she looked down from the turret to him.