Alto sighed as the Cab drove to his company. He did have to go back there, his job wasn't exactly over for the day.

[b][i][color=thistle]Emperor.[/color][/i][/b] Theo suddenly said in his mind. [b][i][color=thistle]She has gained external access to our programming.[/color][/i][/b]

He looked towards Theo in the front seat, Con and Sal beside him sharing a seat, and Ruby on the other side. Alto sighed again.

[b]"You can just ask them if you want to know more about them,"[/b] He said to Ruby, [b]"Theo and Con would be fine if you were the one asking."[/b]

He looked out Ruby's window for a few seconds to see a person teleporting from roof to roof, simply following the cab.

[i]So much to do, so little time.[/i]

[b]"So, you need to bail, huh?"[/b] He said whimsically. [b]"If you need someone's help then you must be in pretty deep."[/b]

Thankfully, Sal was keeping quiet. At least she knew when things really were serious.

[b]"There's a lot of things I can do. I could hack Thor, for instance if you need that much fire-power. But I'd probably be able to dish out more than that by myself."[/b]

He looked out his window, to see that he'd arrived back at the company. If he remembered correctly, he still had a few bits of paperwork to sign for a few new projects that were coming up.

[b]"Looks like I might have to cut this a bit short, I've got a lot of stuff to do."[/b] He said, opening his door and stepping out. [b]"Theo, stay with Ruby for a while, follow her commands."[/b] He leaned inwards again to talk to Ruby. [b]"I'll need some info on the compound or whatever it is. Just say whatever you want to Theo, and I'll hear it. He also has some combat ability, but he wouldn't be able to take anything above a B. If he gets discovered, he can dissappear and return to me immediately, or you can just command him to do it."[/b]

He got up, stretched and started walking towards his company's entrance, but not before shooting one more thing over his shoulder. [b]"You're an Empress so he won't be able to harm you or lie to you. Shoot me whatever you can get and I'll bail you out."[/b] Alto nodded to Theo as he left, and Theo proceeded to exit the front seat and go into the back seat, closing the door behind him.

He walked away as the cab left, and as Con and Sal walked beside him, he could feel them both wanting to ask him a question.

[b]"What's wrong?"[/b] He asked them both. Quiet stayed quiet as usual, she knew his mind and she knew exactly what she wanted to know.

[b][color=orange]"It's just,"[/color][/b] Sal said, [b][color=orange]"Why would you risk yourself for her? Is she special to you?"[/color][/b]

Alto looked up to the sky. He knew the answer well, and it left a bad taste in his mouth. He sighed, yet again.

[b]"Don't tell anyone else this, especially her."[/b] He said, [b]"She would probably get angry. And so would anyone else that hears this."[/b] Already he could feel a weary guilt build up in him, it was something he'd felt many times, ever since he'd had a certain realization. Once he'd had the realization, he couldn't avoid it, to him any reason was as good as another once he thought that he was left with only a single reason to do anything.

[b]"It's because I feel like it."[/b] He said finally, [b]"It's the only reason I've done anything."[/b] Sal looked up at him, understandably confused.

[b]"You know, once I dreamt of punching the stars out of the sky."[/b] He raised his right arm towards the sun, and clenched his fist. [b]"And now, I can."[/b] 

Con and Sal followed behind in a solemn mood as he climbed the stairs to the entrance.