First Day

Onya looks to him as he smiles softly and puts a hand on her cheek. "Okay little nut you gotta lead them until I come back." as she has tears running down her face he smiles and takes off his suit looking to Xin as he gives it to her "I will not die out there and once I'm strong enough to stop these attacks I will return."

Xin cries and grabs ahold of him as he holds her lowering his head and keeps holding her close. "Why do you have to leave Dante?" she looks up as she is fearful and crying as he brushes her tears from her face "They can't attack us because of this like you said."

Jenny steps up and puts a hand on her shoulder then shakes her head as Xin looks confused. "That was the leader of Rendered and if he wanted to kill everyone here he can. Those under contract with them are unable to refuse an order and Dante is doing this for our sakes as well as yours." she looks down as she clenches her fist "I am sorry."

Dante puts a hand on her side and shakes his head with a soft smile. "You did nothing wrong and made a choice you thought was right. I can't fault you for that as you never knew he was going to threaten using you to kill us." looking to Xin he takes his compartments off and puts them on her hips "Now you are one of us and no matter what anyone says, our team will never break."

Carter comes up putting a hand on Dante shoulder. "Are you sure about this Dante? You will have nothing when you go out there and buy all the experts study, the only reason you are still alive is the nature of your suits. You won't have anything to help you and out there you are just food."

Dante smiles as he nods looking forward and takes the box Edna had sent him a few hours ago. "I have been food before and survived so this isn't new." he looks to everyone and nods as he steps forward "Okay listen everyone as this is my last instructions for some time."

Onya tries to bark twice but they are more effort than success as she is crying. "Everyone, come gather up." her voice fails her as he walks up and hugs her as she holds him close "You can't die!"

Dante looks slowly at all the faces before him before looking over to the three the prick sent and nods his head. "Oh my dear I won't die you needn't worry." as she looks up he smiles to her and points "I will cancel the rest of the functions on my watch but you will see my health stats up there and know I live." looking to his friends he nods "I will leave my watch able to receive an emergency call outside of the wall still so if something happens, I will come."

One of them goes to speak as his eyes narrow. "I will kill you all now if you speak!" everyone looks at Carter shocked and he looks back to Dante "I will make sure it is kept up at the school too so anytime they can check to see you are doing well as you train."

Dante nods his head and looks to them once more. "I will see you after I get strong enough that they can't threaten us like this." as several speak up and touch him he nearly breaks before he nods and smiles turning he heads towards the gate "I'm looking forward to seeing your dominance when I return everyone." He waves as he is walking away and exits the gate calmly.

Malcolm is laughing like a maniac at the school the next day as he hears the news of Dante's exile into the wild. Many are looking to him as this was beyond disrespectful considering everyone knows by now of the actions his group has taken. One of Dante's last actions at the school was to air out all the remaining garbage. Linda herself is now burned from others as Dante brought up about her knowing ahead of time about the assault on Xin before even nursing staff showed up.

Xin sits in the room with Zezz as they hold each other and each is wearing one of his hip compartments. Onya is at the arena with the rest of his squad and as each is on one knee they don't lower their heads but look straight forward at the indicator for his vitals and she speaks. "Dante will kill them when he returns. We must be worthy of his return and never bend or break."

Tabitha comes in and takes a knee near them. "We stand with you and despite our pasts he accepted us so we wish to earn a place next to you all." as Onya looks to her she just nods slowly as Tabitha nods her head "We will make sure to earn our place." With that they all get up and turn as a voice stops them. After she asks where they are going all of them turn and return taking a knee with them.

Johnny sits as he sips some wine and looks to the host of works of art depicting Dante that have been done since his return in sighs shaking his head. "Don't damage that perfect form and come back my muse." lifting his glass he looks over to his sculpture series "I think the final one shall be of his canine suit."

Dante is walking as his eyes and ears work to cover the area he is at. He feels vulnerable without his suit and gear but it turns out the gift from Edna was a forearm unit. It has the highest capacity possible and with the folding technology inside he could fit several Colossal Bears in it easily with extra space. However it sadly is empty at present and Dante is now working his way along trying to think of a solution as he heads away from the city, so as not to be killed by some random prick.

Edna looks to the report the next morning and screams out in rage upon learning that the fat pig had cost her such valuable resource. Looking over she goes to lash out before she sees a personal message and after seeing his name she opens it.

Hey Edna I did this on delay so by time you get this it will be tomorrow or should I say today? Time travel is possible in our lifetime who figured? Sorry just trying to lighten my mood some as I am near to exploding levels of rage. I really hope you had some of that food last night as that may be the last time I cook a real meal. I am being positive and everything for my friends however honestly, I am scared. I am stripped of all my gear and only have whatever this gift you sent me and the clothes on my back. I talked with my team and they will all be dropping their weapons since were all under Rendered manufacturing so if you are willing, can they buy some replacements from you? Okay this is about all the time I have so here is something in closing. Thank you and honestly wish I could have seen a real smile from you as you are one of the few who I like that was rich.

She sits in her chair and doesn't talk as she is thinking her aid comes over setting down a metal box. She looks to the woman and smiles a little. "He sent two boxes and I only ate the one for me."

Lisa is looking at the wall of her condo and curses as she no longer has anything left to break. Looking over as the door opens she waves some as Jenny comes in and looking around she nods. "See we have the same interior decorator." Lisa smiles some as she pushes up getting off the floor and faces her "He may be gone but honestly I worry about the rest of our spiderlings."

Lisa sighs as she nods or head and walks up hugging her sister. "He will survive won't he?" as Jenny nods smiling softly Lisa hangs onto her "He will come back and when he does I refuse to be his enemy."

Jenny holds her softly and nods as she knows who her sister is thinking of as she can see the resemblance in Dante to her sister's dead fiancé. "That boy is far too stubborn and I just worry about what sort of monster he will become out there before he returns."

Lisa leans back and smiles as her tears slow before she wipes them away. "I am looking forward to that myself." As they laugh they look over their tasks and sigh picking a job as it is mandatory time again.

Carter looks over his class stopping as everyone is silent waiting and as he looks around for Dante everyone catches that. He stops and his shoulders slump some as he gets a slight smile. "When did I come to count on him for so much?" looking to everyone he heads out motioning "Today we will cover survival techniques that will save you if ever you are stuck outside the walls."

Dante wakes up seeing light filtered by the leaves and finds it beautiful and the sounds. There are no living animals only holo pets inside the city for human safety. However he can hear birds and several other things in the world around him and as amazing as it is. He knows likely everything he can hear can and may kill him. Looking around he sighs and shakes his head as he starts to walk he glances seeing the beacon for Xin, who is the only one he left active, on his watch letting him know the direction of the city he left.

Zezz is on the couch as her heart is heavy while Xin is on his bed having cried until unconscious. She is there because she wasn't even able to touch his bed as she still is coming to terms. Lifting her head she looks over and sighs seeing the kitchen empty then nods her head. "I can't lose to a guy who supported me."

Xin lifts her head and looks around before following the smell of food. Seeing Zezz there she smiles noticing the bandages on her hands as she sits. She smiles watching her without speaking and the two share breakfast together. Zezz seems to be proud and Xin gets up holding her close as the two hug. "I love you Zezz." as Zezz starts to cry Xin holds her close "We can split cooking the meals but by time he comes back." she smells softly "Let's cook better than him."