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I little girl is sitting on a large couch, facing a holographic projection. Her young face is completely blank as she stares at the image of a giant space ship, caught mid explosion. The only thing betraying any emotion in the young girl is the anxious twitching of her long, brown tail.

"Authorities believe the attack on the Arc Vessel "Asteroid" to most likely be the result of a bandit attack due to the fact that that the ship went down in the notorious Wawanakwa Sector." The voice of a reporter speaks from the holo-projector, describing the image. "The number of casualties is still unconfirmed, but among the dead is Bast Council Representative, Gerald Siame."

The image of the exploding Arc Vessel changes to an image of a tall, sturdily built man with brown skin, black hair, furry black pointed ears and a long black tail curling around his right leg. The girls own pointed ears dip so that they are pointing away from her skull and her breath catches. The sound of an opening door comes faintly from the hallway, but the girl doesn't turn, keeping her gaze fixed on the image of the man as the reporter continues to explain his visit to the Earth Continent that was the reason the Arc found its way into the Wawanakwa Sector in the first place

"Courtney?" The girl doesn't answer the voice. "Courtney sweetheart…there's something you should know." Still, the girl gives no reply, but continues to watch the footage. A woman comes into the room. Her skin is much lighter than the girl's but other than that the two are near identical. It would be obvious to any onlooker that they are mother and daughter. The woman's eyes are red and puffy as if she's been crying, her ears are dipped, and her tail is hanging low to the ground. The woman follows her daughter's gaze to the projection, which has turned back to the image of the exploding Arc. The woman slowly walks over to her daughter and rests a hand on her shoulder. "Courtney…I'm so sorry." The girl just hangs her head. "He's in a better place now Courtney," The woman continues, "he would want you to be happy, you know that." The girl gazes up at her mother with bright onyx eyes, tears shining in their depths. "Was it Project Bio?" The girl's mother gasps at the soft-spoken question before hesitantly nodding. "Yes, I think so." Her daughter lets out a sob, before furiously wiping her eyes and swallowing another. She then turns to her mother, determination written over every line in her face. "I want to avenge him." The mother's eyes grow wide with horror and she grips her daughter's hand tightly, shaking her head.

"No…no Courtney not now, not with Bio still on the loose! Please, Courtney, don't do it, I can't lose you too!" but the little girl's face only grows more determined. "Mother, I have to. The WSSC is the best place for me to learn how to fight. And I will learn, you'll see, I'll be the best at fighting. And then I'll find Bio, and I'll destroy it."