Second part.

Disclaimer: I do not own Elsword.

Year 3042

A blonde hummed, listening to Headphones on his headphones as he entered a dusty old room with paper scattered everywhere and a moth-eaten bed was sitting at the corner. From the looks of it, the room was beyond ancient. He looked around to see where he should start when his cerulean eyes caught sight of something by an old piano sitting by the window.

He made his way over to it and dusted away the particles that covered the object that he found.

A girl with - he was guessing since there was a whole lot of dust - silver hair tied in two buns. She looked like she was in a peaceful sleep yet when he tried to wake her up, it didn't work.

The boy started to panic and tried for her pulse. It was when he touched her that he realized that the girl had skin as cold and hard as metal.

"A robot?" He guessed but then examined her even more closely. He didn't know how long she has been left here since she wasn't rusty. But she had collected a lot of dust so it shouldn't be recent either.

He tried to look around for a switch of some sort but found none, but he did find something on the floor beside her. The blonde picked it up, recognizing it as a golden music note ornament. "Maybe this is the on switch."

He looked back at the porcelain doll-like robot, blinking once. "Here?" He leaned forward to place the ornament of the right bun on the silverette's head, but it wouldn't stay on. However, trying to attach the ornament, his family heirloom, the Guardian Stone, collided with the blue gem that was on the robot's forehead with a tap.

The orb on her forehead glowed faintly and it was quickly followed by the robot activating and slowly opening her eyes.

Mesmerizing golden eyes stared into startled cerulean blue ones.

She raised a creaky hand towards the frozen blonde, cold fingers brushing against warm cheeks. "You... came... back..." She said above a whisper before shutting down again.

"Huh?" The blonde piped in confusion, but upon the robot becoming unresponsive again, he took hold of her shoulders and shook - as if she was human enough to be affected by it. "H-hey wait! Don't go to sleep again! Wake up!"

With the shaking about he was causing, the floor beneath him gave in - there was a crack in it so he only further the process. "Ack!" The boy shouted and quickly gave cover to the silver haired robot by pulling her into his arms.

This is going to be painful.

Hamel was a bustling capital of Elrios. Even though it was advanced in technology, it also managed to kept its city streets spotless. However, there were still ruins of the old age that survived, but no one seemed to bother remodeling or doing away with them.

One of which was the clock tower. That was, until a certain gang decided to give the place a good clean up as a community project for school.

"Ugh," A white haired male groan, disgusted by the filth surrounding him as far as the eye could see. "Why exactly did we pick this dump?" He batted away a spider that hang down from the ceiling.

"Quite complaining already Add." A redhead retorted back, fluttering a sheet around to get rid of the dust. However, the dust traveled to a purplette who was nearby, giving her a coughing fit.

"H-hey!" She coughed in between. "Elsword!"

Said boy stopped and bit back a snicker. "Oops. My bad Aisha."

Aisha glared back. "Oh yeah, that sounded so sincere. Ara, watch your step!" She addressed the last bit to a raven haired girl who was walking towards a broken chair.

"Oh!" Ara stopped just in time and turned in another direction as she carried a vase. "Thanks Aisha!"

She hit Add instead and caused the large vase to land on his head. It fit him quite well as a hat.

"Ara..." The white haired individual growled as the said girl laughed nervously, then started to run away as Add chased her around with a vase on his head - somehow managing to keep it on without trying.

A crimsonette was hauling two crates around, oblivious to the incoming danger.

"E-Elesis!" Ara squeaked before colliding into the elder girl, causing her to drop the stuff she was holding. One of them headed for a petite girl with wavy white hair, albeit it didn't reach her as another boy caught it with ease.

"Are you okay Miss Lu?" The navy blue haired male asked in concern.

"Huh?" Lu responded, unbeknownst at the concussion she was going to get. "Did something happen Ciel?"

Ciel shook his head, placing the crate on a table... that collapsed in on itself due to age.

"ARA! ADD!" Elesis hollered, chasing after the two with a broom that she had found. "Don't horse around!"

A girl with lime-blonde haired sighed as she dusted away at the steps. "We're never going to get it done at this rate."

A raven haired male beside her, who was heaving a large box away, chuckled. "Let them have their fun Rena."

Rena looked around, wondering where the last member of their party was at. "Hey Raven, where's Chung?"

Rven frowned, realizing that one of their friends were missing. "Maybe he went upstairs."

Crack.

The ceiling above them gave in and fell to the floor with a loud crashing, mixed with a scream. Luckily, no one was within range so there wasn't any injuries, except that of a certain blonde that fell from above.

"Chung?" Rena called, coughing from the rising dust cloud.

Said boy groaned, pushing away the splintered wooden boards that had him buried. "H-hi... guys..."

"Oh my El," Aisha gasped, quickly making her way over to the blonde to help dig him out, their friends following after her. "Are you okay Chung? What happened?"

"Well," Chung grimaced. "I was upstairs cleaning when I stumble upon this," He gestured to what he was protecting. "And then the floor collapsed."

"What did you find?" Lu asked.

Chung released his arms, revealing a sleeping silverette, completely unscratched but dusty, leaning against him.

"What the..." Elsword started in disbelief. "Y'know. She's kinda cute. What's she doing in a place like this?"

"Is she okay?" Elesis asked with concern and with a sensible question while Elsword earned a smack form Aisha.

"I think." Chung replied uncertainly, looking down at the petite form of the girl. "But I'm pretty sure she's a robot."

"Let me see." Add said, checking the girl's features before confirming that the blonde was right on the mark. "It doesn't seem to be operative anymore though."

"But she moved just a moment ago." Chung offered. "I saw it with my own eyes before we fell. She said something like 'you came back' or something when she saw me."

"Hm..." Ciel hummed. "Perhaps the robot was instructed to wait for someone but shut down for some reason."

The blonde looked back down at the robot, feeling compelled to help her. "Add."

...

"How did it go?" Chung asked as Add left his work space. The latter wiping his hands on a piece of cloth while glaring at the blonde.

"You owe me for this." He growled. "She'll be operational after a day - it takes a while for her core to boot up. Her internal network was ridiculous! It's not the modern type, more futuristic. But with the parts that the robot had, it's -"

Chung glared.

Add rolled his eyes. "-she was probably ancient. Yet the way the set up was complicated." He then threw the cloth in the trash bin. "Anyways, you better keep an eye on her. I'll hold you responsible if she wakes up and starts destroying my house."

"Right ,right."

"I don't even now why you even want to bother with this crap." Add muttered, walking out.

"I don't know either," Chung responded, looking back at Add. "I just... wanted to help her."

Chung went into the soon-to-be mechanic's work room and found the robotic silverette sleeping on the work table. When she was thoroughly cleaned, Chung couldn't help but see the robot as a sleeping doll. An enchanting one at that.

He sat by her side, smiling at the robot. "I hope you'll wake up soon."

Upon a voice entering the robot's hearing, it triggered something. The orb on her forehead started to glow, prompting her to slowly wake up from her slumber.

Eve blinked. Then again. Where was that sound coming from? Why was the voice so familiar yet different? Did the man finally return home?

She looked to her left, finding a boy with blonde hair humming a tune while looking through a phone. She sat up, making small creaks here and there around her body, but that was enough to gain the blonde's attention as he turned around, only to jump about a foot out of his seat when Eve stared back at him.

"Y-you're awake!" He exclaimed in disbelief. "But- Add - a day - what?"

It took her awhile to get her CPU working properly but when she did, she immediately recognized the blonde. "... Chase?"

"Huh?" Chung piped in confusion. "Who's that? Is that your owner?"

Eve pointed at him.

It took a while for the blonde to work out what she meant, only to have him shake his head. "I think you got the wrong person. I'm Chung. Chung Seiker."

"Chung?" Eve parroted, tilting her head to the side in confusion. She then looked through her memory file to see if she was mistaken, but she wasn't. The one in her memories looked exactly like the boy before her, he even have the same paw-printed blue eyes. Though... Chung did seem younger than Chase was when he left.

"Do you have a name?" The blonde suddenly asked.

She nodded. "Eve."

"Okay, Eve. Where are you from?" The blonde queried. "My friends and I found you in that old clock tower. One of them, Add, helped boot you back up, but he said that you have ancient parts in you so I'm guessing you're not from this era."

"I'm from Hamel Capital, one of the residents of the clock tower." Eve confirmed. "Created on date July 4, 2015."

"Is that so - whoa, wait a minute." Chung stopped for a moment when the information gone through his brain. "That's over a millennium ago!"

Eve furrowed her brows. "Pardon?"

"The current year is 3042."

"..." Eve closed her eyes, gaining access to the current date to confirm that yes, she was indeed slumbering for that long. She opened her eyes back to meet Chung's "It... seems so." She said, crestfallen.

"What's wrong Eve?" Chung queried, seeing the downcast gaze of the android.

"... I was waiting." The silverette started, clutching the hems of her skirt. "I was waiting for him to come back home."

"You mean... this Chase guy?"

Eve nodded.

"What happened? Were you abandoned?"

She shook her head. "He was drafted into the war of 2021 and never returned. Grandfather and I were waiting for him because he made a promise."

"Oh." Something tugged at Chung's chest. He didn't like seeing Eve look sorrowful like that.

"He promised me that once he returned, he would sing with me." If Eve was installed with a tear conduct, she would be crying at the moment. But she wasn't.

"... Sing?" Chung raised a brow. He only now realized that Eve dd not have a monotonic voice like all the robots that he had seen. She was expressing emotion through her voice and there was actually life in her eyes, both features that a robot wasn't capable of. Did this Chase person have something to do with this strange phenomenal development?

"Eve, tell me more about this person you were waiting for." He requested, curious.

She cast him a glance. "You resemble him."

"I do?" Chung replied, astounded.

Eve nodded, then began the story of how she was created by Chase's grandfather to look after Chase himself since he wasn't that sociable; his love for music; and how he was always working on something related to it.

"Huh... sounds like me awhile back." Chung commented with amusement lacing his voice.

She then told the blonde how Chase offered to teach her to create her own music and the amount of time and dedication he'd put in for her. She didn't know why she was telling Chung all over this, but perhaps his presence was so similar to that person she had waited that she couldn't help but feel a connection to him.

When her hand reach up to pull hair behind her ear, she realized that her hair ornament was missing. She looked around frantically for the item but it was nowhere in sight.

"Did you miss something?" Chung asked.

"Yes. My music note hair accessory." She answered, placing a palm over her right bun.

"Ah!" The blonde pulled something out and helped put it on Eve. He leaned back on his chair, seeing her complete with the quarter note ornament. "I knew that belong to you! You look great with that by the way!"

Feeling heat rising in her cheeks again, she cupped the precious ornament with her hand, smiling reminiscently. "... Thank you."

"Hey Eve," Chung started after a moment of silence. "Do you still sing?"

"Yes." was her response.

"Can I hear it?" He requested. "I always had loved music too and I want to heard the effort that you and Chase poured into your voice."

She was silence for a moment but she complied with Chung's request. She started off weakly, but her vocal system got stronger and stronger with each note she hit. She was singing the first song that she and Chang sang together. There was no name for it, but now that she was singing it again. She had a feeling that it should be called A Thousand Years.

Eve was then joined by Chung, taking her by surprise but she didn't mind. In fact, she was more than glad that he did, because it felt like that the person she had waited for finally came back and fulfilled his promise.

Okay, that was the end. Sorry guys, I don't have much taste in music. I uh... listen to songs that Youtube recommends for me or watch one by the uploader that I listened to before. I usually click on the video that has a picture that perks my interest (yeah, I'm weird)

Ad uh... I didn't really know what a good name was so I chose Chase. It doesn't have to refer back to the Deadly Chaser. If you do, Chung cannot be that class in the present. It'll have to be TT or IP because Chung may resemble Chase but not entirely.