Future Role

N leaves the room on Vesalius' suggestion, and meets up with Lucas to discuss the plans going forward.

"I was told by Vesalius to talk to you about my situation so that I can be placed under you in Orion." Nonchalantly says N.

Lucas is taken aback to hear some random outsider is going to be part of Orion, and so he asks in a frustrated tone, "Who the hell does Vesalius think he is!? You need permission from boss."

N immediately speaks up, to calm Lucas down saying, "I had a talk with Miss Sofia, she has given permission to work with you. For that, I need to inform you about my past, can we please move to a more private location as it is not something I am allowed to tell anyone else."

As soon as Lucas hears that Sofia has given her permission, he lets go of his anger and frustration. He, along with everyone in Orion, greatly respect Sofia. Which is why they never go against her decision.

Lucas then talks with someone else to stand guard at the door while he leaves with N to look for some private guest room for VIP's in the hospital that was empty.

While they walk and get to the room, Sofia, Vesalius and Hiro start their important discussions.

Hiro says in a serious and unwavering tone, "Please do not lie to me. Firstly Vesalius, why did you not tell me Sofia was injured. And then Sofia, what happened."

Vesalius simply smiles, "She came in very badly injured so I had to start the operation straight away. Not a single soul had the luxury to do anything else."

Hiro, sounding slightly frustrated and annoyed, follows up his question with, "Well then why did you not call me when the surgery was done?"

Vesalius notices the slight frustration in his voice and tries to calm him down, "Relax mate. You're doing that thing again, do not blame yourself for what happened or you not being here, the boys outside were standing guard well enough. Also, I was running some tests on N which kept me preoccupied."

Hiro sighs a little, and then looks at Sofia, trying to know what happened at Orion to cause her to get such injuries.

Sofia says, "Nothing major. I was dealing with Nexus when things went wrong and a little shootout took place."

Both Hiro and Vesalius get visibly annoyed as soon as they hear the name Nexus.

Hiro asks in an angry tone, "Why!? You know how long I've been after them ever since that incident why would you not tell me you found them!?"

Sofia coldly replies, "Because this is gang related. This has nothing to do with you."

Anger builds up to the point of no return inside Hiro as he was being treated like he was useless.

Vesalius immediately interjects, "Woah woah. S, not cool. Vesalius, relax dude." Trying to calm the situation down.

"How am I supposed to calm down. I want to help, this is personal for me. Why is she acting like Nexus has nothing to do with me." Snaps Hiro as he stands up, arms flailing.

"Listen, you know exactly what she means. What happened in the past was not your mistake, let it go." Pleads Vesalius, trying desperately to calm Hiro down.

"But she got all those scars cause of me. Because I wasn't able to get Nexus that time, because I wasn't able to protect her. It's because of me she had to deal with all that pain." Says Hiro in a pained voice.

Sofia speaks up, "Hiro, you need to get off your high horse. I am not a little girl here, I can protect myself. The only person who blames you for what happened that day is you yourself. You need to forget about it."

Vesalius tries to break their heated exchanges saying, "Sofia, you need to chill, luv. Hiro here sees you as a sister, obviously he's going to have a personal vendetta against the pricks in Nexus. Also, Hiro, I know you think of her as a little sister, nothing wrong with that. Just stop treating her like a little girl please."

Hiro relaxes a little and sits back down and takes a deep sigh.

Sofia notices the oddity of the situation and remarks, "Can't believe V was being the voice of reason for once."

Hiro could not help but let a chuckle out.

"Rude." Says Vesalius while also smiling a little. Happy that the tension in the air was now finally gone.

"Now. V, you can't worm your way out of this one. Me and Hiro need to know about Nexus, although it is not our fault what happened in the past, those bastards still got to go. So, tell us in a bit more detail what happened." says Vesalius in a concerned tone.

Realizing that nothing could be done and that she had to tell them about what happened, Sofia starts explaining, "Alright. I got a tip that Nexus was going to have a big meeting in some hotel. Naturally, I sent some of my people there at the appointed time, to know if that was true."

"Now, slowly but surely, my guys started to vanish. That meant it was highly likely that the tip was correct. If a meeting was indeed happening, that would mean that Viktor and other Nexus top shots were going to be there so I mobilized most of Orion to end them once and for all." Says Sofia with emotionless eyes.

"Turns out it was indeed too good to be true. The tip was a setup. They were expecting us. So it turned into a frenzy, but we definitely killed a lot more of their guys so it was a win in my books." Brags Sofia.

Hiro gets frustrated again but before he is able to speak up, Vesalius snaps, "YOU ALMOST DIED! Don't you dare call that a win in your books."

Both Sofia and Hiro are startled by Vesalius suddenly bursting out in fury.

Sofia immediately feels bad and apologizes, "I'm sorry V. I did not mean it like that."

Vesalius sighs and apologizes as well, "Sorry for snapping like that, I just don't want you thinking like your life is not worth it."

"So Vesalius, did you call me to meet up with Sofia or was there some other reason?" Asks Hiro.

Vesalius cracks a nervous smile and says, "About that..... I think it'd be best if N spends some time with Sofia under Lucas learning to defend himself."

Hiro is shocked and asks, "Why? Why would you willingly send N there, you know just how dangerous it is. I can teach him how to defend himself as well."

Vesalius tries to reason with him, saying "Listen. I found out a little about N's ability. Honestly, it feels weird to even call him a human."

Hiro is left deeply concerned, just what was it that Vesalius discovered about N that makes him question N's humanity.

Vesalius goes on to explain his findings, "He has freaky regeneration. I did a test on him, with his consent, I injured him. Y'know, giving him a gash on his hand, It only took a few hours for his injuries to heal. It should have taken a week."

"This is abnormal. His blood reports looked normal but they were anything but while he was healing. I wasn't able to find out more but that's not a problem. We know enough to tell that if other people find out about his abilities, they are going to leave no stone unturned until they get him." Vesalius' voice laced with concern.

He continues, "And the people that will come after him are going to be murderer freaks. You are very strong, but he needs to know how to deal with armed people that will potentially try and kill him."

Hiro sighs, and thinks for a moment. He realizes that what Vesalius is talking about is truly for N's benefit.

He asks Sofia, "And you have no problem letting a random person join Orion?"

Sofia replies, "Well he would've been random if both you and Vesalius did not know him. And anyway, he'll be under Lucas, even if somehow N tries to do something that he should not be doing, Lucas is more than well versed in taking people down without killing them."

Hiro thinks for some time and then comes to a decision, "Alright. N can go to Orion, BUT I will join as well."

Both Sofia and Vesalius are shocked by Hiro saying he will join Orion.

Sofia immediately questions Hiro, "Do you not trust Orion to do a good job of taking care of N?"

Hiro notices the misunderstanding and starts to clear it, saying, "That is not the case. I just think this is the perfect opportunity for me to get stronger. I think I should also learn how to defeat trained organized armed groups. Don't think you can talk me out of this."

Sofia looks at Vesalius thinking 'there's no way that I can allow that.'

Vesalius just smiles and says "Good luck."

Sofia sighs and accepts that this is something Orion will have to deal with and defeatedly says "....fine."

The excitement in Hiro's face was palpable, as he could not wait to further get stronger.

In contrast, Sofia was worried about the people in Orion who would have to spar with Hiro.

And Vesalius laughed away as everything went well.