Chapter One

~Chase's POV~
I was floating around Hyperion in my hologram form. I would choose my physical form but Hugo is looking for me. I turned a corner and ran into someone.

"Chase!" Rhys called my name.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't paying any attention." I smiled.

"I've been looking for you for the past hour. Hugo has been wanting to talk to you."

"And now you know why you haven't been able to find me in the past hour," I said. Rhys chuckled and smiled. He grabbed my arm and we went to see Vaughn. Rhys is the only one who can touch me when I'm a hologram. He's also the person who created me.

"Rhys, Chase, how's it going?" Yvette greets us. Vaughn was right behind her. I floated behind him.

"Boo!" I shouted in his ear. He screamed like a girl and ran into the wall. Yvette, Rhys, and I were dying of laughter.

"Holy crap Chase! I hate when you do that!" He yelled while shaking.

"It's your fault for making it too easy to scare you," I commented. An announcement came over the speaker and it was asking Rhys and I to head to Henderson's office.

"Let's go," Rhys said and grinned. I flew ahead of him and opened the door. I poked my head through the other side of the wall and saw Hugo shaking. He must think there's a ghost. Hugo cleared his throat when he saw Rhys. We were wondering why he was in Henderson's office.

Rhys sat down in front of Hugo. I hovered above Rhys. He's used to me doing this. After all, we've been together for eight years. While Hugo was looking out the window, we saw Henderson float into view.

"Oh my god..." I muttered and covered my mouth with one of my hands. Rhys wore a shocked expression.

"I couldn't have timed that any better," Hugo said. He approached Rhys and sat on the edge of his desk. Turns out, Hugo murdered Henderson and took his position.

"I respect you, Rhys. That's why I'm gonna make you Assistant... Vice... Janitor," Hugo said. He started laughing.

"You can't do that to me!!" Rhys went to punch Vasquez but ended up being punched in the face. He flew back into the chair and fell on the ground.

"Are you okay?" I ask. His nose was bleeding.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he said.

"Im your boss now, Rhys. You do what I say when I say it. And you're coming with me," Vasquez said while looking at me. He reached a hand out and tried to grab me. Of course, it went right through me. I laughed at his stupidity.

"You're an idiot and Rhys deserves this position! You killed Henderson!!" I shouted while helping Rhys up.

"I'll change your coding if I have to get you to obey me!!" Hugo shouted at me.

"Don't....touch her," Rhys said while trying to keep his balance.

"The only way for you to change her code is if she lets you." Rhys brushed himself off and we left the office. Hugo was grumbling and grunting when we left.

"Hey! How did it go?" Vaughn asked as if he didn't hear a thing. Rhys' face was contorting with anger. I saw a trash can and I could tell he wanted to kick it.

"Rhys, don't do it. You'll be the one who'll end up cleaning it up," I scolded him.

"I know, I know. After all, I'm a janitor now." Rhys said, keeping his anger in check.

"Wait......what?!" Vaughn yelled. Yvette joined us after she heard him scream.

"Vasquez tossed Henderson out of an airlock and took his place. Rhys lost his promotion and was demoted to janitor," I told him.

"So, I guess you aren't buying lunch?" Yvette said. Vaughn, Rhys, and I looked at her in disbelief.

"What? Just trying to lighten up the mood."
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After a long silence, Rhys told us something shocking.

"While we were talking to Vasquez, I figured out where we can get a vault key. The problem is, we need ten million for it," Rhys stated.

"Hold on...." Vaughn's glasses glowed green for a few seconds.

"Done." Vaughn smiled at us.

"I've got to admit....that was pretty impressive," Rhys complimented.

"Chase, stay here and keep an eye out while Vaughn and I get the money." I nodded. Both of them disappear. I changed into my physical form and sat down.

"There you are!" A voice I was hoping I wouldn't here for the rest of the day. Hugo was speed walking towards me.

"Oh, crap," I muttered. I stood up and was about to run. Hugo grabbed my arm and started dragging me away.

"Let me go!!" I shouted.

"You have work to do for me!!" He snapped back. I was almost pulled into his office when a fist came out of nowhere and knocked Hugo out. Even though he was knocked out, he still had a grip on my arm and was dragging me down with him. Arms wrapped around my waist to support me. I looked up and saw Rhys. Vaughn used his free hand to pry Hugo's hand off my arm.

"You okay?" He asked me.

"Yeah, thanks to you two," I answered.

"We need to go!" Vaughn said.

"Where are we going?!" I ask as Rhys drags me behind him while running. He turned and grinned at me.

"To Pandora."

-On Pandora-

Thanks to Yvette, we made to Pandora and we have Vasquez's car to drive. We were close to someplace because I saw it in the distance. I read a billboard that said 'Prosperity Junction.' Suddenly, Rhys hits something.

"Holy freakin' crap!! What was that?!" He shouted.

"I hope that wasn't a super ugly person!" Vaughn freaked out.

"Chase, were you able to scan it?" Rhys asked as he took deep breaths to calm himself down.

"Yeah. On Pandora, it's known as a Skag. They're pretty common here. They also can tear you to shreds." I cancel the scanner.

"Well, nice to know," Rhys said.

"It is, isn't it?" Vaughn laughed. We arrived at a place that was called Prosperity Junction.

Rhys stopped the car and asked for help to The World of Curiosities because that's where the deal was being made. He tried to smooth it over but it didn't end up so well. The guy running the food stand figured out we're with Hyperion. I scanned him and learned he was Rudiger. He pulled out a butchers knife and waved it around. Next, we were surrounded by bandits.

"What did you do Rhys?!" I asked with a yell.

"N-nothing!" He responded with a stutter. I smack him on his real arm.

"Ow! What was that for?" He asked while giving me an innocent glare.

"For being an idiot! Now we have to get rid of them!" I gestured towards the bandits. They started shooting at us. Rhys grabbed me and we took cover behind the car with Vaughn. He still had the brief case with him.

"What do we do now?!" Vaughn yelled over the gunfire. Rhys called Yvette and activated his ECHO-eye. He started modifying a Loader Bot on a scanner in his cybernetic arm.

"Send in.... the Loader Bot!!" He cheered.

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