‘I am finally out!!’ Leo screamed inwardly as he finally had the opportunity to breathe in the fresh air. He seemed to have started to develop a phobia of spacecrafts after being copped up in their for whole time like a prisoner.

“Sir, please stay in my sight and don’t leave far…” the guard assigned to Leo informed him as he quietly followed behind. He seemed very disciplined and it certainly wasn’t a good news for Leo.

‘How am I suppose to leave when he follows me so closely?!!’ Leo felt another headache coming in. But he had to do something about him.

He led the guard all around the city hoping that he would get distracted or lose sight of him even for a second. But the guy kept staring at Leo as if he had murdered his wife.

“I want to go in there.” Leo suddenly said pointing at he PC cafe.

The guard gave him a strange look but just nodded. He was simply asked to accompany him and it wasn’t his job to question. As a soldier he only needed to carry out orders.

“Umn..I don’t have any money..”

Leo’s word almost made him choke on air. He gave Leo a look and was about to speak when he interrupted him.

“I heard humans were a race known for their hospitality..” Those words immediately sealed the guards all escape routes.

In the end, the guard dejectedly walked into the PC cafe while being led by the cheerful Leo.

“Six Hours!”

The guard almost puked out blood when he heard Leo speak on the counter. It was true they had the entire day. But was this guy out just to have fun and that too with his hard earned money. And why did it feel like this guy was too familiar with this stuff.

He looked at Leo but since he had already agreed, he couldn’t back down as it would give a bad impression of the human race.

Leo very skillfully led the guard to one of the VR capsules to play games. But as expected, the guy refused and insisted to be on standby.

‘No problem….I am still not done..’ Leo muttered inwardly as he entered the capsule and logged into his account on MechField, one of the most hardcore and popular game around.

And as expected that girl was online, he was right to have come in here.

But, the next instant Leo almost went crazy when he saw his own picture on her profile pic and the line below that read.

Rest in Peace my friend, I will slaughter ten thousand Mechas in your memory (6000/10000)

‘That girl!!!’

He really wanted to teach her a lesson but in the end calmed down realizing that she was a barbarian girl whom he was no match for.

[Its me, Semantha. Where are you? I need your help!]

Leo send her a message a minute later, she replied.

[You piece of sh*t! You dare to hack into my deceased friends account!! I challenge you to a death match!]

Leo was really speechless.

He was alive for god sake!!

[I am alive!! Don’t go killing me!! You just help me contact Kyle. He knows everything. Hurry up and ask him to come online. I am in trouble!]

[I don’t believe you….I am reporting you damn hacker!]

Leo almost smashed the pod in anger.

[Didn’t you get invited by Athena’s Pro MechField Team to play for them?]

[How do you know that?]

[Because you told me about it idiot! Now hurry up and contact Kyle!]

[Is it really you?]

[Yes, its me!! Now hurry up!! We can have a tear jerking reunion later.]

[Did you know how may hours have I spent trying to complete the tribute to you? Why did you have to revive now? Couldn’t you have done it later? I only had 4000 more to go.]

Leo almost puked out blood in anger. This girl, once she got into her games, no one could talk sense to her.

But after a few back and forth, she finally got Kyle online.

Whether she was convinced or not was not known. But she at least got Kyle on thinking that they would be able to deal with this person together.

Actually, Leo had lost his phone and didn’t remember Kyle’s number. In this days, smart phones were already replace by Smart Links which were basically hi-tech smart watches which provided dozen of new features like 3D and 2D projections, A.I. Support, A free cloud service and almost am uncrackable security. But poor people weren’t able to afford it and hence some still used smart phones and Leo was one of them.

Now that he had lost his phone, this was his only option to contact Kyle.

When Kyle arrived online, Leo didn’t hesitate and told him that he was in trouble and needed help.

…

An hour passed…

The guard looked at he VR Pod with a wretched face. It had been more than an hour and the guy hadn’t come out once.

“Excuse me sir, here is your drink..”

The guard looked at the staff and then at the glass of drink before shaking his head, “I didn’t order it…”

“Its the the lady there who has offered it..” The staff said with a smile while pointing towards girl sitting near the counter with a drink in her hands.

The girl was really beautiful with red hairs and had a slightly harsher skin stone. Her hairs came down her nape in a single pony tail and that enchanting smile on her face immediately made the guard feel his throat go dry.

She seemed to be a Martian.

The girl slightly raised her glass in his direction and the guard hurriedly did the same when the girl beckoned him and patted the seat beside her.

The guard looked at the VR pod in conflict. He was here to guard Leo. But, the guy had taken six hours worth of playtime. Maybe…

As the thoughts began to appear in his mind, he hurriedly shook his head. As a soldier, his orders were to be his top priority. In the end, he put a rock on his throbbing heart and gave up on the temptations. But who would have thought that the girl would suddenly get up and walk to his seat.

“Its very rare to see any soldier in such places. Are you here to have some fun?” Her coyish voice along with that playful demeanor was enough to charm people.

“Uh..I am here on a guard duty.” The guard said with a silly smile. It was clear that he was a gone case.

“Guard duty? Here? Who are you trying to fool?” The girl smiled as her her finger slid across the guard’s cheek and she slowly whispered to him in a low and provocative voice, “I can let you guard me though..”

The guard couldn’t help but gulp looking at the girl being so provocative. His hand unconsciously moved towards the girl’s body and as he was about to touch her, she screamed, “Help! Help me! This creep is trying to touch me!”

The guard immediately froze but before he could retract his hand, she grabbed it and an evil smile emerged in her face while the guard turned pale.

People were immediately attracted by the scream of the beautiful girl.

“Hey! What are you trying to do?”

“Just because you wear a uniform doesn’t mean that you could do whatever you want!”

“No, I di-” The guard had merely spoken a few words when the girl suddenly broke into tears and ran towards a tall huge guy into the crowd who seemed to be a Jupiterian.

The solar system was actually filled mostly with humans. But after thousands of year, they had adapted a bit according to their environment leading to slight changes in physique from each other.

“Sniff! I just offered him- Sniff! -a drink appreciating him for defending our homes-sniff!- and yet he-he..Awaawaaa!!!’

The guard was dumbfounded looking at the girl crying like that as if he had done something very wrong to him.

“Semantha!! What happened?!!” Suddenly a guy rushed out from the crowd to her.

Semantha looked at him and immediately flew into his arms and began to cry even louder, “Kyle! He misbehaved with me!!”

Kyle turned towards the guard shaking in anger as a yellow colored aura began to leak out of him. The calm air in the room immediately began to quiver. The people nearby were shocked and hastily began to ran out of the shop. Getting into fights between awakened, they weren’t foolish enough to do so.

The guard’s face turned serious and he took on a defensive stance. Even though he wasn’t suppose to hurt civilians, he had to subdue the guy or else it might lead to destruction of property or injuries.

“Sir, please stop!! You will destroy my shop!” The cafe owner immediately came down on his knees begging them to stop.

Kyle looked at him and then at the guard before threatening him, “I will definitely file a complaint in Federation against you.”

The guard sighed as he looked at the two leave. Just what did he do to deserved this. He then swore in his life to never take a drink with Martian again.

In the end, he sat back down and continue to stare at the VR pod. That guy still hadn’t come out even after such a commotion.

He was truly amazed now.. He wondered if the guy had fallen asleep in there.