"Hey- Kyodai!" Alban greets Yugo once he sees him entering back from the basement.

"Kyodai!" Yugo cheers back, chuckling by the sudden nickname but doesn't mind anyway, "We're in luck- found 3 generators for the building to work with electricity!" Yugo then join Alban at the living room's couch before placing a mechanism in the table. "I was able to build the antenna signal, too-"

The DJ pulls one of the triggers, making the living room lights, and the plugged TV screen turn on.

"LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Both the Thief and the DJ yell as Alban quickly grabs the remote control while Yugo grabs the spare snacks he has. "Yugo, you big tech brain-"

"I'm not big brain!!!"

"You do!"

"I'm not!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"No."

"Ye- ALBAN!!!" The DJ nearly fell for it, and attempts to hit the catboy with a couch cushion playfully. Causing the other laugh more.

Movie time it is then-

"Wait, where is Uki-" Alban asks. Yugo hums as he tries to get a beverage can from the one of food cabinets.

Just as if the Psychic just knew(which he knew but also still meant to go downstairs to call out for something else-), Uki appears.

"Yo," Uki starts as he descends from the stairs to the living room area, making Yugo and Alban glance from behind. "Have you just seen someone fell??? They fell right in front of the building- Right from the sky-"

"Wait what???" Alban stops the TV, internally swearing the building is pretty much abandoned the fifth time he checked. "How???"

"Portal...." That Yugo responds in a whispers as he quickly slides the glass door that leads to the backyard, now seeing an unconscious man on the floor.

"D-D*mn..." Alban follows with a tiny white cat in his arms, sweatdropping at how the crack on the floor is getting wider, "That man must be bulletproof-"

In case if there's some bloody sight about to be unfolded, Alban protectively covers the cat's eyes with his unoccupied gloved hand for the feline's confusion.

"Right when you say that-" Yugo comments as he sees Uki trying to turn the unconscious, blonde man around to place his head on his lap- Only to find a bulletproof chest plate the man's torso.

"...He is surprisingly alive." Uki says after checking his pulse, then pausing to look at the unconscious man's face. "Oh sh*t, he even looks this cute despite of that fall-"

"What?"

"What?"

"What?"

"D*mn-" Alban says before shutting up, letting his cat companion now open their eyes from his gloved hands. "He's a lucky one-"

"To have that face?" The Psychic asks.

"I meant the fall... but also that too-"

"AYO-" Yugo was about to say something about it, but attempts to change the subject anyway, "So.. The chest plate must be the reason why he survived from that fall- but how....-???" Yugo says, now having exaggerating math calculations in his mind as he questions logic.

"I have no idea??? We never fell whenever we go into the portal?" Alban says, wondering what did the highlighter hair man just did.

Yet, as the DJ contemplates, Alban doesn't hesitate as he quickly feels around the unconscious person for any valuables-

"Alban-" Uki warns.

"Wait- OH SH*T!!" Alban now exclaims before jumping in 5 feet high once he sees a machine gun beneath the jacket. He then checks the safety lock, only to see it in at least-

"Phew... It's locked-" Alban says with a relief sight, but now goes back to alert mode- "VSF... A cyber police officer!!!"

That was Alban's cue to hide Yugo' back, who seems to not like the term "police" either so he also moves a few steps away from the body.

"He's like us!" Uki justifies, "He's stuck, he may be confused, and-"

Uki them realizes one thing, "But then- he may be dangerous... He might be very defensive if he keeps this weapon to himself-"

"Quick! Let's tie him up- and wait for him to wake up so we can interrogate what happened to him." Yugo suggests as the other two guys agree before trying their best to quickly carry the unconscious body in.

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Fire crackling... A scent of coffee, and a couple of books with you as you sit in the armchair to enjoy your favorite books...

That is one of Fulgur's favorite hobbies when he tries to relax himself...

But he can't, he just can't.

He just heard many news, many bad news.

First, he hears Yugo not making it. Then, 20% of the population are reported to be eliminated by the android regime. And despite all that, he still seems to think mostly about you.

"I wonder how is Lady Y/N doing...?" Fulgur says as he reads one of Ike's novel books.

His literature buddy have surprisingly got a lot of motivation and inspiration to write more new novels lately... Since the time he have met you.

Why does he feel this way? The cyborg merely have met you, and he's already feeling some weight in his heart that he can no longer visit your timeline to look for you again, in fears of any time alteration???

...Is it really over? If it, Fulgur will have to give you a visit.

Without any more thinking, Fulgur just knew that he have been sitting around this archive room for who knows how long- so he decides to go outside to take a stroll. But before that, he summons one of his Legatus clones.

"Any updates from the android regime...?" The light-haired man asks to his duplicate.

"VSF Police Commissioner has been arrested and then brought into the extermination trial for perpetrating cyber attacks against the society- and several men that are suspected to be a gang attempted to break out Novelist Ike from the Cyber Twitter jail before that- they were only able to identify Kaneshiro's identity." Legatus informs, showing off a new hologram from the palm of his cybernetic prosthetic.

"Ike- right." Fulgur says as he nods, already suspecting that the Luxiem boys were with him- which may be not bad, nor good.

Despite that the VSF haven't entirely identified yours and others' identities, the himbo and the Novelist he has been loyal to are now exposed by the government in 20xx....

What even worse can happen?

Fulgur can only wait for now...

With a book in hand, metal sound footsteps can be heard clanking against the floor tiles that lead to outside. In the screen, Fulgur can be seen quickly flicking his fingers before a portal appears in front of it.

And that's when he's now gone. Leaving the motionless Legatus stand still, looking at the spot the Archivist once were.

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What a peaceful nap...It must be a dream-

If only Sonny doesn't feel his limbs this firmly tied up...-

As the officer opens his eyes, he finds himself tied by a plastic lock on a chair, and stuck in a living room with 3 strangers-

Wait a minute- one of them is wanted target by the android regime!

"Yugo Asuma... The DJ." Sonny mutters with an alerted look, "Thought you were dead when you fell on the ocean."

"Through you were dead when you fell from the sky-" Yugo says with resting face.

Sheeeeeeesh-

"He knows you???" Alban suspiciously whispers, not sure if he should be concerned or jealous by the idea.

"I was wanted for being accused in breaking the android regime's laws-" Yugo tiredly explains.

"Bro- that's cool." Alban comments- until he realizes the handsome officer staring at him, making him hide behind Yugo's back quickly.

"What's a VSF commander doing here...? In a past timeline specially...?" Uki says, finally remembering who this officer actually is-

Sonny Brisko, one of the youngest commanders in the VSF department.

"No wonder I felt like I saw that handsome face of yours from somewhere...-" Uki quietly comments, as Sonny tries not to get too flattered by the charming looking Psychic.

Nonetheless, Sonny is also planning to switch the question on them, "I'll ask the same to you three- you don't seem to wear pastime cl-"

"WE'RE ASKING YOU HERE-" Yugo threatens to the commander, "You shouldn't ask the same thing when you're all tied up and with no weapons with you-"

"What-" Sonny finally realizes that his machine gun isn't with him, only to turn and see that the weapon is shown from beneath Uki's long sleeves.

"Is this yours, hot stuff?" Uki calmly says, surprisingly in a seductive teasing manner.

'Sh*t... Plan B.' Sonny curses as he tries to reach with his tied hands from his back for his dagger from his thigh- or the pistol from his waist belt.

But he can't feel the base of those weapons-

"Were you looking for this~?" Alban says as he flips the VSF imprinted dagger with his gloved hand while he holds the pistol from his other hand.

The only things Sonny can do is look around his surroundings, look for the nearest object, and the obstacles as he plans something for execution.

"Welp. Plan C." Sonny says it out loud, making the other 3 puzzled.

Before they realize it, Sonny quickly flips the chair from the back, making the chair go upside down for a moment before he bends his hands down. Causing the confines to break.

Alban is quick enough to react, and attempts to shoot at the officer by the leg-

*PEW!*

*PEW!*

*PEW!*

Only to keep missing as Sonny keeps hopping and dodging so quickly- So he throws the hand gun farther from Sonny before then swiftly swing the dagger on Sonny, who seems to play harder to not get hit still.

Before Uki can even unlock the safety from the machine gun, the officer quickly knocks and bends Yugo over before flipping him. Sonny then faces at Uki who seems to be low-key nervous by what the officer is planning on his head, struggling to pulls the level. The blonde man quickly but gently grabs the other's waist and throws him to the coach after pulling the machine gun away from the Psychic-

"Ouf-" Uki 'oofs' as he roughly lands on the couch cushion with no injuries.

Alban took that as a critical sign, so he quickly raises his difficulty level with knifing skills and starts swinging in Sonny much more quickly-

It was a challenge, but Sonny was ready enough to catch up to the thief.

Sonny attempts to try and use the machine gun but it doesn't react-

'No bullets equipped- agh-' Sonny says internally before quickly making the base of the machine gun point at Alban as a close-range weapon instead, now aware of Uki's brains despite being physically weak.

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*PEW!*

*PEW!*

*PEW!*

"...?"

Fulgur stops in his footsteps as he hears the gun shot sounds made by Alban from miles away. He was about to go and straight away visit you- But then, once Fulgur attempts to intensify the hearing for discretion, he can hear a couple of males along with a familiar voice sounding aggressively conflicting...-

"Sh*t...-" The cyborg quickly curses before dashing inhumanely around a corner to where the fighting sounds are coming from-

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"You have dagger skills, I see-" Sonny notes before getting behind Alban's back so he can try and snatch the dagger but fails again-

It seems this Phantom Thief's skills are something not to underestimate-

"Thankies~" Alban says, taking the VSF officer's comment as some big compliment, before swinging his leg on the other's. Causing him to trip.

Yugo finally recovers from his temporary knocked out state and sees the abandoned pistol from the corner. He contemplates what to execute besides shooting the officer, as he hasn't used a gun himself lately-

"Yugo!" Alban calls out, making the DJ look at him. The Thief is trying to distract the commander from getting closer to the blue boy, as he instructs the said composer, "Use the gun's base to knock him!"

Now knowing what to do, Yugo makes sure that the safety lock is on before running towards Sonny with the base aiming for his head- But Sonny was still, able to handle the DJ with his trained skills in crowd control combat...-

So he attempts to first push the most stealth one away from him for a minute, making Alban fly off to the corner of the room successfully for a moment who ends up sliding on the floor as a smooth landing. As Sonny then quickly dodges the swing before grab Yugo's wrist, making him bend over before pulling away-

Now both the machine gun and handgun in hand.

Taking advantage of Uki and Alban's being far away, the officer quickly takes off the safety lock before making sure to point at Yugo's temple-

'This boy may be young as me,' Sonny says internally, 'But I'm doing this for justices-'

*BANG!*

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*BANG!*

"E-EEP!!!" You yelp once you hear a loud gun shot sound from outside, jumping from your spot where you were playing UNO to go and hug Shu's torso with your head down out of sudden fear.

"Sheeesh... It's not even raining- who even allowed someone to use such a gun here???"

Shu concerningly asks before looking out from the window to see no grey clouds nearby, quietly chuckling as he tries to comfort you through caressing your head and embracing you gently. His flames from his back now emerging back ouch his casual sweater from their hiding phase.

"Hopefully, there's no person trying out Valorant in real life, right?"

"S-Shu,,,!"

"I'm just kidding- don't worry, I'm here~!"

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Uki and Alban were about to get in front of Yugo to cover him. But then, they see a lightning dash glow in front of them towards Yugo-

Yugo was about to wait for the impact, but few seconds after the loud sound, he didn't feel a single hint of pain.

'Quick death? Am I dead already...?' He thinks unsurely.

But once he opens his eyes, he sees a red metal arm in front of him, covering from the bullet. Causing the DJ himself to widen his eyes.

"Sh*t- that's the second arm this month that gets damaged..." The man that is in front of him mutters, notably having a nonchalant tone despite how frustrated his words sound.

Yugo has been covered by an android's metal arm?!

Alban gasps with full shock as he was behind Uki, who just recovered from the couch and now just watches the commotion silently- not knowing how another stranger just came from.

Sonny seems to be also not understanding what's happening either as he stares at the light-haired man in disbelief.

"A Legatus?! Nani?!" Sonny exclaims, "Why are you here- why are you defending a rebellious one from another professional?"

"This 'DJ' here hasn't broken laws that severely- He hadn't even influenced anyone to unbind laws in a malicious intent- care for me to make a debate report?"

The man with prosthetic offers but with a serious tone, making it sound like a warning threat. This ticks the VSF officer off-

"I never expect the VSF commander Brisko to stay alone in such timeline- especially for trivial matter. I don't see any crime scene around here." That same raspy voice comments.

"The android regime did confirm that he have broke many commandments- which is already a severe act of crime!!!" The commander justifies, ready to handcuff Yugo instead if shooting a bullet tranquilizer is not the case- "He still needs to be eliminated in the execution tria-"

"TAKARADACHI- NOW!!!" Alban commands as he has the >:c look on, pointing at the commander firmly.

Before can Sonny take a step closer to Yugo, all the small cats appear behind him and start trapping him. Making him unable to move at all.

"Eh- HUH???"

"Woah- Despite being small, they do have some strength...." Uki sweatdrops.

"Now- back to tie him up~" Alban says as he wears a smug look towards the officer, slowly raising a firm rope this time.

Few minutes after, Yugo punches Fulgur.

"WHO ARE YOU???" Yugo exclaims defensively at Fulgur, who is just rubbing his face with a confused look, "What do you want from me?! Are you like those stupid androids?!"

"Geez, call me an android again- and I'll surely make you pray on Ike...-"

"IKE-SENSEI???" Yugo is now shocked, now grabbing Fulgur by his collar in both hands.

"WHERE IS HE??? DO YOU HAVE HIM-"

"Actually- I sent him jail for a cyber crime," Sonny starts as he watches Alban sneakily tie him up in a double knot. "But a couple of gangsters have broke him out of the Twitter Jail-"

"They are not "gangsters"- well, except that blonde one with the fedora and that stupid old man" Fulgur argues but mutters the last part of his sentence, making the highlighter becoming dumbfounded for a minute-

"Wait wait- what???" Uki and Alban say at the same time out of instinct, as they're the ones who are pretty much confused and do not even know who this Ike person even is at all.

"Who's this Ike???" Alban asks.

"My teacher-" Yugo responds.

"A friend." Fulgur straightforwardly responds.

"A Twitter criminal-" Sonny was about to say that but receives glares from the DJ and the Archivist.

But then, the two have paused after hearing what each other said.

"YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH HIM?!" Yugo exclaims, now having more questions.

"Of course I am."

"How could he never told me this? Friends with an android like you??? Shut up-"

"First of all, I'm an archivist cyborg. Second of all, I work with Ike as an android undercover spy- Third of all, F*CK YOU-"

"F*CK YOU, TOO- *SOBS*" Yugo cries as tears suddenly fell out of his eyes. Not accepting this kind of news lightly.

"?!" Now Fulgur is the shocked one, "Ah- you okay...?"

"No.... *sniff sadly*" Yugo replies weakly with an angry look that slowly turns into a crying expression, reminding the Cyborg a red-faced, crying baby...

"H-Hey..." Fulgur attempts to comfort the DJ, not liking the idea of having Ike killing him for making his Konami feel bad-

So he just awkwardly pats his head along with Uki who is trying to wipe Yugo's tears with a handkerchief, waiting for Yugo to calm down from crying.

"Sorry- I couldn't hold it..." Yugo sniffs once more.

"Is alright... Sorry-" Fulgur apologizes, "I really don't like it when someone calls me an android when I'm actually a cyborg- I'm not your enemy."

"I see... So sorry." The DJ sincerely says before shaking hands with the Cyborg, "If you're a cyborg, what makes you so different from "them", though...?"

"Skeptical, I see..?" Fulgur asks but chuckles nonetheless. "That's understandable, I'll tell you everything I know so far..."

"..." Sonmy pauses, "You really aren't a Legatus???"

"Hush, police boi." Alban says as he leans near the officer's face, lowering his colored sunglasses in a playful manner,

"They're having a blooming friendship moment."

The closeness already left Sonny in silence-