Shana and Illya walked inside the lobby. Captain Juno Aiko joined in followed by the Vice-Captains Isara and Kotomi.
"Surely you felt the earthquake a while ago. That was one of the Federation's Multiverse patrols. It seems they made contact with an unknown force that was collecting artifacts. They fired shots on the hostiles but evidently they had no success. It has come to Commander Carrington's attention that this is an important matter and so Division Nine's Strike Teams will lead the investigation", Captain Aiko said and Captain Terranova took a step forward.
"I know you've just begun training. But in this one training excersize you proved to be effective. We should take this as a good opportunity to test ourselves in the real thing. I'm sorry to be asking you to do this right from the start but this is an emergency and we are after all, the elite Division Nine. I need you all to be ready to leave tomorrow at 0600 hours. We will be boarding the Altaria", Captain Terranova said.
"At exactly 0600 report to the hangar to be taken to the Altaria", Isara said and left with all the Captains and Shana.
Illya got into a car with Shana and left the lobby.
At the following morning, all the captains and vice captains were waiting in the hangar beside a ship which they would use to reach the Altaria which was in orbit. Shana was also there with Captain Terranova, they seemed to have arrived together.
"I wonder if anyone noticed I'm not bunking with them anymore", Shana said mostly to herself.