The next day, I was heading for the Basilicom until my system detected a cry of alarm from the town. I floated in place for a second. I heard it again. I had the system begin calculating how far it was, how long it would take me to get there, how long it would take me to get to the Basilicom after I was done with the disturbance and if I was going to be late because of it. If I hurried, I could make it! I switched the suit into overdrive and shot off towards the disturbance. When I arrived over the area, I stopped in 0.0005 seconds and landed with a back flip. You gotta make a dramatic entrance somehow. I saw that some thug-looking guys were mugging some lady.
-"I don't tolerate people who break the law."
-"Who's this guy?" One of the thugs said.
-"Probably some guy who wants to be a hero." His partner said.
-"I will NOT say this a second time. Leave. NOW." I said firmly.
-"Is he tryin' to pick a fight?" One of them said.
-"I'll fight you if I have to. But I gave you a warning."
-"I bet that suit is home made anyway!" The other one said.
-"Don't test me boy!" I shouted
-"Whatever, let's kill this guy and then take the suit with us." He said.
-"Your funeral." I said.
I turned the suit into combat mode and the system said:"WEAPON SYSTEMS ONLINE". Both of them looked pretty scared at that point, but they lunged at me anyway. I caught both of their fists and squeezed them. Both of them were screaming in pain.
-"Will you follow my request or not?" I asked.
-"Okay! Okay! We'll stop! Just don't kill us!"
-"Yeah! I'll go back to retail, I swear!"
I let go of their hands.
-"No no. Don't go back to retail. Here, look at this."
I handed them a paper with an ad for the Planeptune military. They both seemed happy.
-"ARE YOU SERIOUS BRO!?!?!" They both said in unison.
-"Of course I am. Go to the Basilicom and become like me! Be the one who saves the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians!"
-"Right away sir!" They both said to me in unison.
-"How are your hands? They good?"
-"It still hurts a little but we'll train to make sure that we get more resilient!" He said.
-"Alright boys, I gotta go to work now. Best of luck to you both."
-"Farewell sir!" The other one said.
I rocketed in the air and flew away to the Basilicom. I had 5 minutes to get to my post before Neptune got there!
-"MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!" I shouted.
The suit seemed to triple its speed and I was approaching the Basilicom MUCH faster now. I got to my post with 1:30 to spare. That was close! Soon after, I saw Neptune walking down the hallway. I tried to act natural but I could tell she noticed.
-"Why you so nervous?" she said after giving me a kiss on the cheek.
-"No point in hiding it now, I guess. Don't be surprised if we get 2 new recruits today or tomorrow, okay?"
-"You went to go get some recruits before work?!" She said excitedly.
-"More like I turned evil to good."
-"Ohhh Riley, you're getting even better by the day!"
-"Thank you. I do try my best."
-"Oh yeah! That reminds me! I hope you don't mind but I invited the other CPU's to come over to meet you! They're all pretty eager to see you since no photographers have taken a picture of you yet!"
-"I just didn't know what was going on at first, so I thought it was an invasion of privacy."
-"That makes sense, anyway. Just stay here after you're done work for the meeting!"
-"Alright."
She kissed me on the cheek again before entering her room and I stood guard. The rest of the day passed uneventfully and my watch alarm went off. I knocked on Neptunes door.
-"Can I come in Neptune?"
-"Of course!"
We played some Mortal Zombat X while waiting for the others to arrive. Histoire and Nepgear were already there so I didn't need to hide myself from them. I had gotten really at playing Zohnny Cage over the past 9 months. 1v1 me bro! Finally, after 20 minutes I heard a knock at the door.
-"Neptune! Let us in! We're here!" Noire said.
-"Gimme a second ladies!" Neptune said to them.
-"Riley, go into my room around the corner! Take this with you! it'll light up when I want you to come back. Got it?" Neptune whispered to me.
-"I got it." I whispered back.
I went into her room around the corner, closed the door and waited. I could hear the door opening and the 3 CPU's entering the other room. I could hear them talking but I couldn't tell of what. Eventually I could hear them clearly when the heating turned off.
-"Sooooo...where is he? I couldn't wait to meet him! Your description of him was very interesting." I heard a very feminine voice say.
-"He is kinda the main reason I came here." I heard another soft voice say.
-"I didn't exactly get to meet him formally yesterday." I heard Noire say.
The thing in my hand started to light up, I opened the door quietly and started walking slowly towards them in a cool manner.
-"He's already here."
I started to turn the corner and time seemed to slow down as I did. Soon the girls turned to me and they saw my XS1 Atlas in front of them.
-"No tricks here! I want to see him outside the suit!" The tallest one said.
The rear hydraulics started to adjust and I stepped out to reveal my true face. The tallest of them seemed impressed, the one with the hat seemed to be inspecting me and Noire just looked annoyed. I was still taller than the tallest of them but not by a lot.
-"Guys, this...is Riley." Neptune declared.
-"Hey." I said to them.
That's when the tallest one walked over and shook my hand.
-"Hello Riley, I am Green heart or Vert for short. It's a pleasure to meet you."
-"Nice to meet you too! Now I can finally tell if it's actually you on "Four Goddesses online", There's so many people who impersonate you on that game."
-"So you play that as well? We'll have to see how good you really are if ever we get on the same server together!"
-"I look forward to it!"
She stepped aside to let the others get their turn. The one with the hat was next.
-"Hey, I'm White heart, Blanc if you prefer that. Nice to meet you."
-"Same to you! Weren't you the first CPU alive?"
-"I'm glad to see someone remembers that!"
The last one was Noire.
-"Hey. I know we've seen each other before but I'll say it again. I'm Black heart or as you know me, Noire."
-"Your name matches your clothes, good. Sorry I get really OCD sometimes."
-"I know what you mean, I made Lastation with as much fine tuning as I could because of my OCD."
-"Alright everyone! Let's just play some video games!" Neptune said.
-"What are we playing?" Blanc asked.
-"Mortal Zombat X." Neptune said.
-"Alright, I've heard of that game." Vert said.
After a lot of rounds of Mortal Zombat X (And WAY too many drinks) we finally decided to play a different game.
-"What game are we playin' now anyway?" I asked.
-"I'd like to do a game called "Spin the bottle" Vert said.
Perhaps it was the alcohol kicking in, but everyone else and myself agreed. We sat in a circle and chose Blanc to go first. She spun it. It pointed towards Nepgear. I turned away until they were done and until I couldn't hear everyone else chanting. Verts turn. She spun it. It pointed towards Histoire. Once again, I looked away while they kissed and turned back when they were done. My turn. Uh-oh. I spun it. I stared directly at it while it spun. It pointed towards Neptune. I breathed a sigh of releif inside of me but I would still have to kiss her in front of everyone. That's what I worried about.
-"Oh! This should be interesting~" Vert said.
I looked over at Neptune who was blushing slightly. But not as much as our first kiss. We came closer together while looking at each other in the eyes. eventually I closed my eyes and our lips locked for only a second before she parted again.
-"Now what was that? Not even a long one?" Vert said disappointed
-"I'll admit it was disappointed with that." Blanc said.
-"Fine"
I walked over to Neptune who was still sitting down and I stretched out my had to stand her up. She grabbed my hand, I pulled her up to my height and locked lips with her. I held her in a long and loving embrace before parting. I went to let go of her but she grabbed me, pulled my head toward hers and kissed me again, keeping me there for a long time before finally releasing me. That felt good. All the girls were cheering and I looked at the time. 10:30 already? My suit needs to be recharged by 12:00 or else it won't work properly tomorrow!
-"Alright, I think I'll head out now."
-"Why dear~" Vert said, trying to get me to stay.
-"Because my suit needs to be recharged before midnight, it won't work properly!"
-"Alright. See you tomorrow then!" Neptune said, waving me goodbye.
I flew home after that interesting night and found more photographers and reporters outside my house I flew down and answered their questions properly. After that was over I got inside my house and turned to the news channel where there was already a segment about my "face reveal" on TV. I didn't even bother watching it because I was there when it happened! I went to bed and let my thoughts about the future consume me.