Hearing Ryan's agreement, Sarah rejoiced as she hugged him, "Thanks, Ryan! You're the best!" Soon after letting him go, Sarah pouted, "Unlike a certain idiot..."

"Haha... Well then, I'm off," Ryan waved goodbye to Sarah as he made his way out of the dining hall.

...

Zephyr's Headquarters—10:37 A.M.

Walking out of the dining hall, Ryan immediately headed downstairs to the second floor, where the Weapon's Lab is located.

Reaching the Weapon's Lab, his eyes locked towards the slightly open door of the lab.

Seeing as the lights were still on from the open gap of the door, he inwardly sighed to himself, 'Emily definitely overslept...'

Shaking his head helplessly, he opened the door as he headed inside. Ryan scrutinized the area, as he saw the mess of scrap metals and mechanical items scattered throughout the room as well as machines leaning by the walls. This was the Weapon's Lab, where Emily would usually work on machines or help repair broken items.

Continuing to scan the room, Ryan's eyes locked onto a red-haired girl sleeping on the desk by the corner of the room.

"...Emily," Ryan sighed as he saw the sleeping Emily with her head on the desk. Quickly, he walked towards her.

"Zzz..." Emily snored as she moved her head to the side, murmuring words, "Just three minutes of sleep... I'll get back to work later..."

"...Emily, wake up." A voice resounded from behind Emily, "This isn't the place for you to be this sound asleep..."

Hearing the voice, Emily abruptly lifted her head up from the desk. Soon after, she turned around as she saw Ryan, "H-Huh...?! Ryan...? How did you get into my room-"

Emily closed her mouth as she looked around the weapon's lab, "Oh... This isn't my room..."

"Mhm. And I see you pulled up an all-nighter again?" Ryan glared at the confused Emily.

"Y-Yeah... Haha... I was working on this device all night long..." Emily nervously laughed as she pointed over towards what seemed to be bits and pieces of scrap metal and a frame on the desk.

Ryan's eyes followed Emily's hand over towards the desk, as he shook his head helplessly, "Sigh, Typical you."

"Ahem. Anyways... What brings you here?"

"I came to help Sarah check up on whether or not her weapon's done with maintenance," Ryan said, "And while I'm at it, I might as well get my weapon check-up too."

"...Really?" Sarah sighed, "Sarah could just come here herself..."

"Aha... She's busy with chores. Well mainly washing the dishes."

"Hmm... Speaking of dishes, I missed breakfast didn't I?"

"Yep. Though, I think there's some leftover food that Sarah left for you."

"Oh, that's great! I'll go and grab her weapon and then we'll head to the dining hall."

"And what my weapon?" Ryan asked.

"Just leave it here, I can't run maintenance on it with an empty stomach now can I?" Emily walked over towards the other side of the room, where many types of weapons were laid on a table.

"Aha... True," Ryan took out his weapon, Twin-Gemini as he placed it down onto the desk.

After a while, Emily came back to where Ryan was as she held a pistol in her hand, Nexus.

Nexus, an energy charging pistol, where the user generates energy via their power in order to shoot out energy waves. And in the case of power, Sarah's power, 'Telepathy' generates a wave of energy around her surroundings in order to transmit information towards her allies when she uses her power. Thus making this weapon very suited for her.

"There we go! Sarah's weapon looking brand new like never before!" Emily grinned as she showed off the shiny pistol in front of Ryan.

"Aha, your maintenance of our weapons is really helpful. I don't know what we'd do without you."

"Hehe, anything for you guys!" Emily said as her stomach growled, "Ahem... Anyways let's go! I'm hungry."

Emily impatiently walked out of the lab as Ryan followed after her.

...

Zephyr's Headquarters—10:42 A.M.

Thuck Thuck Thuck

As they walked through the hallways of the headquarters, Ryan gave a glance over towards the yawning Emily.

"What were you working on last night that you did an all-nighter?" He asked curiously.

"Hmm? I was working on a drone for the past few days." Emily continued let out a yawn.

"Another drone?"

"Mhm!" Emily nodded, "But it's not the prototype combat drones, it's a support drone to help me around the lab."

"Oh? A support drone huh? Did you add a feature to remind you to sleep?" Ryan said jokingly.

"Hey! It's not like I do all-nighters every day..." Emily glared at Ryan.

"Well, who knows how many all-nighters you've pulled these days?" Ryan shook his head as he shrugged.

"I can't help it!"

"Sigh..." Ryan sighed helplessly, "Well anyways. What's the progress on the drone?"

"Well the model is done, but I still have to run a few tests here and there to make sure nothings wrong. Maybe during the process of things, I'll add some additional stuff to the drone if I'm able to."

"Oh? Like what?" Ryan inquired.

"Like some combat mechanisms for some firepower when I'm in trouble..."

"Combat mechanisms huh? Aren't your prototype combat drones more than enough?"

"They're a prototype! I'm still researching on making them fully compatible and self-sustainable during combat. And besides, their combat power is weak despite enhancing it with my power..."

"Well, I'm sure you'll finish it soon with all the all-nighters you've been pulling. It should be worth it right?"

"I hope so, I want to finish this soon so I can sleep like normal again!"

"When was the last time you did?" Ryan glared toward Emily.

"Well, work has been piling up and I can't do anything about that!" Emily sighed helplessly, "If only my power could lessen this burden..."

Emily's power, 'Tech Synthesizer' is a power that can enhance machine-related things that are keen towards robotic stuff to another level. For example, combat capability, faster processing speed and other things related to these machines. However, this power can only enhance things made by Emily and it won't help at all during the process of building a machine.

Because the power can only be used on machinery made by Emily and the fact it doesn't help with the process of building one, the power is treated as low tiered, despite the great benefits in enhancing machines.

"Well, in the end, the end-product will greatly benefit from your power," Ryan said.

"Yeah... But sometimes I wish it also helps speed up the process..." Emily sighed as the two arrived at the dining hall.

The two entered the room as their eyes looked towards the front, where Sarah was there.

"Hmm? Sarah? You're still here?" Ryan asked.

"I was waiting for you two to come!" Sarah exclaimed.

"Hey, Sarah... Sorry for arriving late for breakfast haha... I got caught up in my work." Emily nervously let out a laugh.

"Did you seriously pull another all-nighter?" Sarah glared towards the nervously laughing Emily.

"Haha..."

Awkwardly laughing at the fact, Sarah could only let out a sigh.

"Whatever, Here there's some food left for you, go eat it."

"Aww, thanks! I was getting hungry!" Emily smiled brightly as she sat down by the dining table. Soon after, she noticed an empty cereal box by the back of the room. "Hmm? Did the Cereal run out again?"

"Ugh, don't even talk about it." Sarah forcibly grabbed the box as she threw it into the trash bin. Soon after, she turned towards Emily, "Anyway, Emily. Is my weapon done with maintenance?"

"Oh, right! It's done." Emily who kept the pistol in her pocket took it out as she placed it onto the table.

Seeing that the pistol was placed on the table, Sarah excitedly took the pistol. "Thanks! Now I can shoot at Eric if he ever gets on my nerve again, kicking him won't do anything."

"Do you really have to go through such lengths?" Ryan glared at Sarah.

"Well, he won't stop it if I don't!"

"Man, you two should just get along."

"Get along? Ugh, don't talk about it."

"Aha..." Ryan sighed helplessly at Sarah's anger.

While Emily ate her breakfast, Emily suddenly remembered something that she had to do as she quickly looked towards Ryan and Sarah.

"Ah! I suddenly remembered something!"

Hearing the sudden shout, Ryan and Sarah quickly glanced over towards Emily.

"Are you two free at the moment?" Emily asked.

"Well I would help, but I'm still busy washing the dishes..." Sarah helplessly said.

"Still busy?" Ryan raised his brow.

"Well, it hasn't been long since you went to check up on Emily! And besides, there are new dishes that need to be washed." Sarah pointed over to the plate in front of Emily.

"Ah, I see. What about you, Ryan?" Emily turned towards Ryan as she asked.

"Well... I'm free right now, but why do you ask?"

"Oh great!" Emily clasp her hand, "Then since your free, can you accompany me outside to buy some parts for the drone?"

"Accompany you outside?" Ryan looked at the clock hanging by the wall of the dining room as he said, "Sure I guess since I've got nothing to do and got plenty of time."

"Great! I'll finish up here and then we'll go." Emily said happily, as she ate the food on her plate.