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I'm back, sorry for the lack of Content, couldn't get together with my proofreader to rework the chapters together and since my tests where coming up I had lots of stuff to do.

My Hands are mostly better now thanks to a lot of ointment xD

I hope you enjoy the welcoming chapter and thanks for sticking with the Story. ^^

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To say that I was not amused was an understatement. I was pissed.

My parents old memories flowed through me. It had been the reason why I was able to make dolls of them in the first place with most of their habits intact. But it didn't mean I wanted to remember any of it.

I wasn't my mother neither was I my father. Old parts of my brain were unlocked and the damage was already done. I could remember my parents meeting for the first time. I could remember my own birth from another point of view. It was sickening.

All I knew as of now was that this guy Liam did something with my head.

"What exactly did you do with me? And I'm not in the mood for any excuses right now."

Captain seems angry too and looks down on her subordinate.

Liam shrinks back and he seems quite scared.

"I didn't think that could happen." he answers barely audible.

I can't control myself anymore and my hand snaps forward grabbing Liam over the table and knocking his head on it.

"You what?!"

Something blocks my entire arm and I notice Ithild holding it back.

"Calm down Alexis. I'm mad too but let him explain."

I pull back and nod at him to keep going.

He doesn't even seem fazed by my attack and simply looks at me again.

"My power allows me to send a certain amount of information at other humans brains. It enables me to communicate my thoughts with pretty much anyone I want to. I tried it with you at first but I noticed that some functions in your brain were being blocked. I made your brain unlock them. The brain structure didn't seem like it was something terrible since.

It's hard to explain to people that do not know how I see brains. I can only apologize and try to make it up to you somehow."

I was still mad, though my old memories forced my father's forgivingness onto me.

But I was interested in that power. Simply because of old projects I had to discard in the past.

"Can you return my brain to normal?" I simply asked.

Fidgeting around Liam looks at his captain for advice. She coldly returns his gaze basically telling him to give me the truth.

"I can't, not as I am now. I'm a pretty low level to be honest and that's currently above what I can do. I'm sorry."

Two opinions formed in my head. It was annoying, I wanted both of my parents memories to be gone. They only restrained my thoughts.

My father would've forgiven him.

My mother would simply force him to help me with something, live with it and call it even.

And me? I didn't care anymore, what I was mostly interested in was that power of his.

"I don't care. I'll deal with it, you don't need to worry about it." I sighted.

This would be a bother to deal with.

"You owe me, you owe me big time."

He nods in appreciation and relief.

"I know, just ask me anything and if it's in my power I'll do it ok?"

I look towards my new captain.

"If it's not against anything concerning the whole squad then I don't have anything against it. I'm just glad you're not trying to kill him or anything."

"I've calmed down" was my only answer.

She send us both a look before speaking again.

"So it's settled?"

We both nod as an answer. I would get something out of it, I even knew what I wanted already.

"If you're both done then you're dismissed Liam, you should still have some work to finish right?"

Again he nods his head and leaves the room. Before he closes the door behind him I can see that he took his helmet off revealing a lot of sweat. Apparently he had been still quite nervous.

"And you Alexis. We've been put back a few days because of this. If you feel ok then I'll assign one of the other members to you so you can familiarize yourself with the buildings. We're not going to start with any training for now. But you really should take a shower first. Is that ok with you?"

I look down at myself and realize for the first time that I had been completely naked. The dead cells were still covering most of my body but it seemed that I had destroyed whatever clothing I had worn before.

My dad would've been embarrassed to death.

My mother would've been pissed and would've poked out the eyes of any onlookers.

I didn't care.

"I'm fine, I just want to take a shower as you said and maybe eat something."

"Probably a good idea too. The nurturing from the machines isn't that good. It's only enough to sustain the body. I'll call Rose over, she'll show you around."

With that she seemingly talks to the air. Probably communicating over some kind of headset inside of her helmet.

"Hey Rose, mind showing the new one around?"

"..."

"Yeah, exactly. That ok with you?"

"..."

"Of course, just come to room 102. We're waiting there. And get some clothes for her too."

She seems to hang up and looks at me.

"Rose is nice. I'm sure you two will get along just fine. You pretty much met everyone that's currently available. The other half of the squadron is on a mission right now. She'll be right here. Is there anything left that you want to ask me?"

I did indeed have some questions so I answered her look.

"There are but most of them are not that important. I mostly want to know how many espers you've got in your squadron."

With a surprised expression she examined me.

"Not what I expected as a first question after what happened but whatever. Currently I have four espers under my command, not counting you. You already met Liam, he normally stays behind, acts as backup and keeps everything in check. Since he can relay what he's seeing over large distances he's perfect for that purpose. He's only lv 2 thought.

The other one that's currently in the facility is actually Rose. But her power is not really useful right now since she's barely highest tier lv 1. We're not even sure if we should call her an esper. She's able dampen her senses. Sadly she can only dampen every single one of them. She uses it sometimes to overcome the pain from the gear but we can't communicate with her under those circumstances so we rarely use it."

I interrupt her.

"Why is everyone so low level? I mean, wouldn't it make more sense to equip the higher level espers with these gears?"

She smiles.

"Espers aren't trusted that much you know. You only got the gear because of my special connections and you helping me with finding out Polinsks dealings with the Raiders. If a high level esper turned out to be untrustworthy they would have had access to our equipment. It would be quite bad.

And by the way, the other two are lv 2 and 3 so they're not that weak. Most of them are simply handpicked soldiers from different camps. And they have yet to fail a mission. But like I said before, both of them are on a mission right now. So-"

Before she can finish her sentence one of the doors to the room open and a woman wearing a blackish military uniform walks in. Like pretty much every single one of the other soldiers I had seen until now she had short hair. It had the color of dark crimson and her face looked like she smiled a lot.

"Hey Karen.... Why is the new one naked? And why is she still covered in that slime? It looks disgusting."

Well, she certainly does not beat around the bush.

Karen turns towards what I assume to be rose.

"Well you got changed quickly. But I'm glad you're not walking around in full armor, that'd be awkward. Anyways that slime is the reason she needs a bath. Just do me a favor and show her around, after that you two have a day off. We'll begin with the training tomorrow. See you around."

Not waiting for another word Karen jumps up and leaves the room.

"Karen- ah for fucks sake. Fine whatever just go back to your work."

Rose turns around to me.

"So you're Alexis? I saw you sleeping with the others, the captain was quite pissed about the whole matter. Surprised Liam didn't get punished. Ah well, who cares."

Smiling she extends her hand towards me.

"I'm Rose, I guess I'm your senior for now. Come with me, I'll show you a place where you can get that stuff of off your body."

After shaking her hand she pulls me through a door and back through the hallway we had come from.

"So what is that stuff anyways? I'm pretty sure we don't have any kind of mud bath in here. We were told that you're actually quite a high level esper."

She seems sincerely interested in the decayed cells so I just smile back at her.

"Yeah, you could say that it has to do with my power. Though I used it on accident."

"Hmmm, try to not use your power inside the building too much. The superiors don't like it that much if we mess around with that. It's gotten annoying to be honest. Anyways, through that hallway are the living quarters."

Motioning into the direction of a set of doors she keeps talking and shoves me through them.

"You don't really have a room as of now. We got some you can use though. We'll probably let you decide for yourself. Oh and the showers are over there. I suggest you take one now. Afterwards we're going to get something to eat for you and then I'll show you the rest."

With that she opens another set of doors and reveals a big area with multiple shower heads on the walls. It was a group shower.

My father would not have simply felt comfortable.

My mother would have kicked everyone out of the room and then locked it before showering.

I didn't care.

"Just wash everything off. Soap and stuff is over there. I'll wait outside with a towel and your new clothes. Your old ones seem to have been ruined by that slime."

After waiting for her to step outside I simply walk towards one of the showers and start the water. I didn't need soap.

The water around me quickly turned black as I kept removing my old cells. It took me barely ten minutes to get everything off me so Rose was quite surprised to see me step out of the shower after such a short amount of time.

She had been talking with what seemed to be one of the other members of the squad. Bald with dark rings under his eyes. He seemed exhausted.

"Oh Alexis. Did not expect you to finish that quickly. This is Ignar, he's one of the other members...You might want to cover yourself up, you're not covered in slime anymore you know?"

My father would've been- NO

She throws me a towel and I quickly wrap it around myself while sorting my thoughts.

"I have your clothes right here, you can change in your new room."

She motions me to follow her again and waves to Ignar.

"Thanks for the hard work Ignar. You should get yourself some sleep. I'll ask the captain if she lets you skip one shift tomorrow."

He simply nods and walks off into the opposite direction as us.

Shaking her head Rose shows me a worried face.

"He's not going to get any sleep. He's one of those workaholics maybe I should ask Karen to force him to sleep. Might work. He told me what room would be best for you, it's that one."

She points at the last door in the corridor.

"I personally would let you choose yourself but he's the one coordinating everything so it would be better if you simply took that one."

I guess I'll be fine. It doesn't really matter much.

My father would've been alright with it.

My mother would've still asked to be able to take a look at the other rooms.

I didn'-

"It'll do."

I smile at Rose since she had been quite nice to me.

"Thanks a lot, I'll get changed right away just give me a second."

She returned my smile and it felt sincere.

"Don't worry about it. Karen made you part of our family so you're one of us. Welcome home comrade."

Interestingly formulated.

With that I open the door. Seems like you cannot lock the door. The room as such isn't much. A shelf on one side of the room, probably for clothing, another shelf for personal possessions mostly, a small chair with a table and a bed with fresh clothes on it.

I liked it. It was small but efficient.

Sighing I pick up the clothes. Their a copy of what Rose had been wearing outside.

I don't even care anymore how they got my sizes and get into the uniform leaving the wet towel on the bed behind me.

Turning back towards the door I notice a mirror that was hanging on it.

Looking back at me was a tired looking young woman that resembled my mother more than before. It would become a problem if my memories and powers combined but I should be able to control most of the changes.

With that I reach for the handle and open the door.