Eto kept his arm ready to punch while his arm was glowing even more.

Even though Veronica had seen it before, she was still amazed by what she saw what was happening in front of them. Both Vieli and Odilia were looking at Eto with big eyes.

'Maybe this will work' Eto said and he punched against the ice where the door was behind.

The moment his fist hit the ice, you could hear the ice crack and it only took for a matter of seconds for not only the ice, but also the door behind it to break.

The pieces of ice flew past them and the door, mostly shattered, fell inside.

Eto's arm stopped glowing and he smiled, knowing his plan worked.

While the rest was still baffled about what just happened, Eto stepped over the rubble to enter the building.

Inside some lights burned which made it possible for Eto to look to the room.

The round shaped room was filled with different desks, all filled with machines and stuff Eto never had seen. The walls were filled with papers who had drawings on them.

At the back was a staircase which would lead upstairs. On the other side of the room at a desk, sat a man who looked around to the sound of the door that had just been broken.

'Excuse me?' the man said fairly calmly.

Eto looked at the man. He wore a long white lab coat and his long silver hair was holding together in a ponytail. On his head were some sort of goggles with which he looked at Eto.

'You the professor?' Eto asked while pointing at him.

'And what if I am?' the man asked, clearly not amused by his house break in.

'Easy, easy Eto' a voice said and Vieli came inside, grabbing Eto and waving at the professor.

'He is with me, professor' Vieli said and the tension disappeared.

Vieli walked to the professor and they shook hands.

'We didn't know how you were holding up' he said and the professor stood up.

'I could survive' he said with a smile but soon looked serious.

'How is the town?' he asked and Vieli shook his head with a sad face.

'Not much has changed. People getting more trapped and that damn Ased still in the castle.'

The professor looked behind Vieli to Veronica and Odilia who just stepped inside.

'I'm sorry to burst in like this professor, but these people need your help and this boy was the one who could help you get out.'

The professor looked at Eto and walked towards him until he was standing right in front of him.

'You're Eto?' he asked and he studied his face. Eto felt uncomfortable but he stayed still.

'Have I met you before?' Eto asked. The face of the professor was something that felt like he had seen it before. The man kept studying his face.

'You don't know who I am?' he asked and even though Eto thought he recognized him from somewhere, he could not tell from where so he shook his head.

'I'm surprised. I'm a widely known professor after all.'

'Of which name?' Veronica asked who stepped into the picture.

'I'm so sorry for not introducing me yet' the professor said with a bow.

'I am professor Hawk, at your service' he said and he looked at Veronica.

'Nice to meet you, I'm Veronica and you already met this boy named Eto' she said and Professor Hawk looked at him. 'Yes, we did' he mumbled.

Eto looked at the professor again and only now he saw that the professor's right arm was a complete robotic arm covered by the sleeve of his lab coat.

'Wow, that is so cool' Eto responded and without asking, he grabbed the arm.

The professor pulled it away. 'That is private, don't you know what that is?' the professor asked angry.

'Unfortunately, he doesn't' Veronica said with a sigh, remembering the bathroom moment at home.

Vieli stepped in and put his hand on the shoulder of professor Hawk.

'I'm sorry for the door' he said but the professor laughed.

'No problem' he said and he pulled the sleeve from his robotic arm.

It was silver with a few buttons on them and he pushed a couple.

Somewhere in the room, a sound was made and after a few seconds, a robot appeared.

He was made of the same silver, with four long rubber arms and on his head a few light bulbs were going off.

'TYO-02, clean and fix the door please' the professor said and immediately the robot made his way to the door.

'That is so cool' Eto said with big eyes and he kept following the robot without getting in his way.

The professor sighed, thinking it was better to let Eto alone for now.

'You told me they need my help?' professor Hawk asked and Vieli nodded.

'Best to tell during a cup of tea?' Vieli asked and the professor nodded.

He guided them upstairs while Veronica had to pull Eto away from the robot who was still watching him.

Upstairs they had a drink and Vieli explained why Veronica and Eto needed help. Veronica also explained their situation and how they came here, with the escape from Borner and Generation Zero. After that she mentioned how she got to know Eto and the professor looked at him, smiling.

'That explains the memories' he said and they looked at him, asking what he meant.

'Well, I'm no doctor, I'm a professor, but I can imagine getting down with a blast like that leaves some damage. In this case the memories. That explained why he didn't recognize me' professor Hawk said with a little ego and a smile.

'I also didn't recognise you' Veronica said and it cracked the professor's ego.

They sat for a while and when the conversation and introductions ended, professor Hawk looked at both Eto and Veronica.

'So you need to get to Etoile, to get Eto home to Green point, am I correct?' he asked and the both nodded.

'I thought you might be the one to help them' Vieli told him and professor Hawk nodded.

'I can but only not in this place' he said. 'What type of cargo ship you said you had?'

' A 554627 type' Vieli said, remembering it from the docking data.

'That's no good' the professor said and Veronica asked why.

'Those type of cargo ships are not meant to travel far. Mostly short distance between two planets and no further. No, we have to get my ship' he said and Eto looked at him with big eyes.

'A bigger ship?' he asked with a look like he looked at the robot before.

Ńot necessary bigger but better. It can get us to any planet within the cluster. Unfortunately, it is not here.'

'Then where is it?' Veronica asked and she noticed that both the professor and Vieli looked sad.

'In my main lab, up in the castle' professor Hawk said quietly.

Veronica understood that it would be a problem but Eto didn't get it.

'So? Why don't we go there to get the ship?'

Everbody looked like he said something stupid and the professor almost laughed.

'You wanna go there? Where Ased is?' he asked and Eto nodded.

'That is ridiculous. We would all be in danger' Vieli told them and he grabbed odilia, almost like he was scared of losing her.

'We won't' Eto said with a grin on his face. 'I will kick his butt and then we could get the ship. Heck, we could even rescue the town.'

What Eto said almost sounded like a plan, a stupid plan but Veronica thought about it and looked to the professor and Vieli.

'I know this sounds crazy but he may be right. I don't know how strong that Ased guy is and I still don't understand what Eto can do but I have a feeling that he could do it.'

'Because of his star shard power?' Vieli asked and both he and Odilia looked at Eto's chest.

'A star shard user' professor Hawk mumbled and he let out a laugh.

'I think this might actually work, but first let's get some rest. I will make sure that TYO-02 will get some beds ready so I can make some dinner.'

He stood up and walked to the other side of the room where a self made kitchen was installed.

'Do I need to help?' Veronica asked politely but the professor shook his head with a smile.

'Sweetheart, if there is one thing I could be more interested in than machines, it's cooking' and he started to prepare the kitchen.