Somewhere near Mars.
"T minus 4 hours to touchdown" said Paul excitedly.
"Man you surely are high. Unlike you I can't stop thinking about us drowning in ocean" though Paul calmed him down using soul technique Leo's trauma is still affecting his mind.
"Don't start this shit again. How can you become a warrior with such weak nerves" this time Paul really got angry and before he got to hit Leo, he got an message to X-369's communication device.
Paul expected this because his X-369 is a gift from his master so eventhough how many precautions he took to avoid detection there will definitely a backdoor left by Old first for any emergencies. That Old man can't hide his emotions.
"If you are listening to this message then you must have established connection through DSC . Good. You may have already reached close to your home by the time this message reaches you" came profound voice of old first through spacecraft communication device.
Though Paul is expecting it. Leonard is not aware of the backdoor. So when he heard the voice of Old first the previous traumatic episode of his was overcame with a shock.
But the message continued " I won't reprimand you for your actions. I'm sending you this message to give you a information on your home planet. First, when you entered your planet's gravitational field your power will be suppressed." this time it is Paul turn to getting shocked because he never knew about this.
"The higher your power level the more suppression you will feel. Even I don't know why a planet has such a strange phenomenon. Moving on. Second, by analyzing this strange phenomenon I came to a conclusion that there might be a universe level treasure somewhere on your planet."
" So, I'm giving you a task for both you and Armstrong junior. Retrieve that treasure and I will grant you guys one wish within my power."
"Now, there will be a small fleet from our organization with a regiment of supers qnd three surpassers acting as fleet commanders acting as your backup deployed at the nearest docking station. Also I left some of non-evolver contacts on your planet last time when I visited it. I sent this information to this ship's virtual channel."
"That's all I have to say. Good luck with your mission boys" the holographic screen went dim but the persons looking at that were still dazed.
Paul has never thought that his so called vacation will be a doing a mission and that to a SSS class mission with one hundered percent mortality rate for warriors below planet grade. There are even some universe grade expert fell when search for this type of artifacts.
"Damn this Old man!!!!!!" this is the only way Paul can show his anger. By cursing at Old Firat. But what about Leo. He is still in shock when he saw Old first's holographic image but listening to the content of the message his brain can't process all this.
When Leo is still in daze the spacecraft reached the gravitational field of earth and immediately a huge force started suppressing them. This force jolted Leonard awake.
"Leo, I think we have to change our plans. Because of this suppression our power is at mid level surpasser level. We can barely reach the shore with this power of ours if I land it in ocean" said Paul.
Initially Paul wanted to land this spaceship in the Indian Ocean close to Maldives islands but now looking at their situation he can only pick other option.
"I don't care if you land anywhere but not in an ocean" this is the only comfort Leo can get. He expected a wonderful adventure when he left his home. Though he will be going on an adventure, he might also die.
The spacecraft reached the stratosphere of the planet earth. A normal predetermined landing by a spacecraft will cause zero turbulence when entering into planets surface.
As Paul don't have enough time to input the new landing sequence he can only proceed manually causing lot of turbulence. The size of the spaceship is too huge so controlling it manually became lot harder.
The AI controlling the X-369 is counting down the time to touchdown
"10....9....8.....7..."
Leo and Paul immediately secured themselves to their seats with the belts listening to the countdown.
"3....2....1...."
THUD.....
With a loud sound the massive spaceship touched the ground. Paul immediately initiated the double stealth mode, which immediately made the massive vehicle dissapear. Their entry into the atmosphere may have been picked up by a satellite. This will keep X-369 safe .
Paul and Leo got up from their seats and reached the door to leave the ship.
Hiss....opened the door
Leonard opened his mouth as wide as the space ship's door looking at the scene in front him. Everywhere his eyes can see is only sand.
Paul took a deep breath.
"I'm Back"