The hivemind is conquering for me?

Hailey was having an excellent day all things considering. She woke up early and found no incidents had happened overnight, her breakfast was made to perfection and a new batch of supplies containing her favourite iced coffee had arrived at the checkpoint.

As she was making her rounds, she realised some ships had been stopped for inspection. It was not really her duty to oversee the inspection and would only do it occasionally, so she merely glanced out of the windows as she walked.

Her inspection shortly took her closer to the dome where the ships were now stationed. As she walked by, she looked out of the window and saw a wiry blonde man doing some stretches while a handsome man with purple hair had begun making his way over to him.

'Oh, Apollo is here.' She thought as she continued past the window to continue her rounds. She kept walking for 10 seconds before she spat out iced coffee she was drinking, directly in the way off the janitor who was sweeping the floors.

Hailey was not even fazed by the janitors look of confusion and ran back to the window she had just peered out of. Looking deeply at the purpled haired man. She was shocked that it was who she thought it was. 'How is this possible? I did not even rig the numbers this time!' She thought with both shock and glee. 'It must be fate!

Pushing us into each others paths, This only confirms it more that he should be my future husband candidate.'

Hailey then proceeded to check her reflection in the mirror and adjusted her hair slightly. She undid the top button of her uniform and secretly thanked herself for doing her makeup this morning. "Adia, how do I look?" Hailey asked the current leader of her bodyguard, who had disguised themselves as elite Phalanx troops.

"As beautiful as ever Centurion, but may I ask what has brought this on?" Adia said in concern. As it was her job to notice anomalies in her superiors day to day. And to see the woman who's usually a block of ice flip so quickly, she was concerned.

"That is not currently your concern." Hailey said as her face switched back to neutrality. "Now come on, I don't know how far the grunts are into their inspection." She said as she began to run in the direction of the buildings exit.

As she began to run over, Apollo took notice of her and she turned her run into a brisk walk instead. Apollo then proceeded to wave at his friend and walk over to meet her half way.

"Miss Hailey, its good to see you again, though I am starting to suspect fate keeps bringing me here for a reason." I say as I take her extended hand and kiss the back of it. "Perhaps it is fate hus- Arcon Apollo, I was simply making my rounds when I saw you on a whim. I thought I may as well see my new friend again as I had nothing better to do." Hailey said with a smile.

Looking behind me, Hailey saw the lack of her aunt and asked. "Where is aunt Kat Apollo? I hope she isn't purposely ignoring me." She had been annoyed her aunt had not been giving any extra reports the past three weeks and wanted answers.

"Ah, yes it would make sense you would want to see her. Kathrine has exhausted herself and is in bed resting. The aftermath of our mission has kept her occupied with none stop work." I informed, causing Hailey's eyes to widen slightly at some good gossip. "Arcon Apollo with you give me a moment?" She asked and I waved my hand as an indication of affirmation.

"Brilliant. Adia, take my friend to my office and have him settle in, I will inform the guards in charge of the inspection something quickly and meet you back there momentarily." Adia had questions, but knew better than to ask them in front of company. "Of course Centurion. Arcon, this way please."

I shrugged my shoulders, I may as well as last time, the inspection took a while. As I was escorted inside, Hailey walked over to the deputy in charge of the inspection. "Progress report deputy." The man turned around and saluted in a moment as anyone could recognise the voice of terror. "Centurion! Progress is currently ahead of schedule.

There is nowhere near as many ammo crates and such in their hold this time and we should be done in 40 minutes."

The deputy thought his Centurion would be pleased at the report, but the icy chill they were all familiar with only grew. "You are to stall this inspection for as long as possible deputy. I expect at least two hours do you understand?" Hailey asked, her presence towering over the man despite him being taller than her."

"Centurion?" He asked in confusion. "I said, Do you understand?" Hailey followed up once more. At this point, the man would happily hold up the inspection for ten hours if it would get rid of the presence bearing down upon him, let alone two. "Of course centurion, the inspection will be delayed for two hours, I guarantee your order." He said while saluting.

Hailey looked the man up and down a moment before turning on her heel and briskly walking away. Behind her, she could here the deputy begin to berate his men for doing their jobs correctly, but she could care less at this point as a smile was threatening to break her façade.

As Adia escorted the Arcon to Hailey's room, she could not help peer from the corner of her visor. 'This is the third time this man has visited the facility in such a short amount of time. What is he up to?' Adia kept her thoughts to herself however, and opened the door for Apollo.

After entering the room with Adia behind me, I noticed the décor of the office had changed. Her desk and couch had remained unchanged, but everything else seemed to have a makeover. The walls had been redecorated light purple with white accents, alongside the cushions, drapes, desk novelties, the works. She even had a light purple rug placed on her beautiful wooden floor.

As I was looking around, admiring the decoration, in the corner of my eye I spotted the guard making her way in front of Hailey's table, protecting it most likely as it had many documents on it.

Deciding to put the guards worries at ease, I just sat down on the couch and waited for Hailey to arrive. As she did, she walked into the room and said. "So, Arcon Apollo. What do-" She paused, seeing her guard still standing there. "Leave." She spoke calmly and Adia hastily left the room.

After that, Hailey locked the door and started over as she walked over to her desk. "So, Arcon Apollo. What do you think of my room? It was different the last time you were here correct?" She began pouring drinks as she listened to my reply.

"Hmm yes, its very nice. Though I may be a little biased as my favourite colour is light purple." I said truthfully as it reminded me of both Jewel and Orchid.

Hailey naturally knew this fact as Apollo had informed Kathrine of this information and Kathrine had informed Hailey.

Hailey feigned ignorance however, and her face lit up with surprise. "Really? Oh wow, what a coincidence, I just so happen to love the colour myself and thought I could do with a nice change in the last months of my service." She said as she walked over with two strong drinks in hand.

She sat down next to me, noticeably close and placed the drinks onto the small table. She then proceeded to cross her right leg over her left and lean onto the back of the couch with her left elbow, twirling her hair with her finger as she looked at me.

Its human nature to mimic a persons actions so I too sat back informally and rested my head against the back of the couch. 'Its always nice to talk with people in a relaxed manner.' I thought as I leant forward to pick up my drink.

"So Apollo." Hailey began. "What's this about my aunt being exhausted? From what remember from my childhood, I always thought of my aunt as superhuman and could never tire no matter what. It is the reason for her great success after all." Hailey said as a warm smile of reminiscence washed over her visage.

I let out a small chuckle at the compliment to Kathrine. "Trust me, even superhumans would tire with what she's currently dealing with. With us basically reigniting the war against the Coalition and the following paperwork that goes with that, she has been a little overwhelmed."

Hailey's face fell into shock. She had naturally known about the reignition of the war, even though the mass populace did not yet thanks to her position. However, she did not know her aunt and by a guess of association the mercenaries she hired had been the ones to reignite it.

She had forgotten her plan to spend a little time with her crush flirting and instead wanted answers.

"Apollo, my friend, can you inform me of everything that happened during your mission?"