Stronger.

She was worrying about what was going to happen to her from then onward, but the man that was able to see through her didn't give her another glance, instead he looked at the crewmen and Robert as he asked:

"You knew that if she got found not just het, even you would have suffered. So why did you hide her?"

They stayed silent for a while before the one that Cooper said:

"Because she's family"

The others also took one step forward as they stood in front Dan and the others putting little Ru behind them, even Robert left Dan's side and stood in front of her.

Little Ru covered her face and started sobbing silently.

"You know Robert, I really think highly of this crew we have." Dan said while smiling happily.

He really did mean what he said, seeing those people doing their best to help one of them, in a dangerous world like this made him quite satisfied with them, and he decided that he would take them with him no matter what. After all he will need people like that, because as long as they acknowledge him as a part of them they won't leave him when he needs them the most.

Then he turned his head to the small crewman and said:

"You, what's your name?"

Little Ru was afraid when he heard Dan call to her but after a while she still lifted her head looked at him straight in the eyes before saying:

"My name is Ruby, but everyone calls me little Ru."

Dan smiled at her words before saying:

"Little Ru... You have a great family, you should cherish it."

After that he looked at Robert who was standing their foolishly after hearing he's words before saying:

"Robert, let's go and see the ships, Anie wanted to see them since a while now." after that he started moving without waiting for anyone to follow him.

Randy and Anie were the first to start walking behind him, while the others stayed looking at each other not understanding what Dan really meant with his words.

"Let's follow them, believe me, sir Dan and the others aren't like the one eyed dragon and his followers, they are better." Old Frank said.

His words calmed the others down, and they started following them.

Barry felt somehow excited, he didn't know why, but ever since he heard how the one eyed dragon and the other blood power users died under Dan and the others hands he started respecting them from the bottom of his heart.

So the problem which happened just than made him nervous, he didn't want to believe that Dan and the others were just like the one eyed dragon and his followers, and seeing what Dan did and hearing what he said gave him hope that they weren't the same and that they were different.

After they caught up with Dan and the others, Dan turned his head to Robert and asked:

"Do the crewmen here have family members on the base?"

"Only three of them have brothers or sisters on the base, the others are orphans with no relatives at all." even though he was confused about why Dan asked him about that, he still answered honestly.

"Then what about you do you have a family member there."

"No, my family is here." Robert said with a smile.

"That's good, then I want you in the next two days to move all of their family members here to this cave." Dan said.

"Move them here? But why?" Robert asked.

Not just him everyone their wore a confused expression on their faces, they didn't understand why he wanted to do that.

"You can take it as a gift from me to you and your family members." Dan said.

"A gift?" Robert asked he got really confused as that didn't seem as a gift but more like a punishment.

"Don't worry you will understand, when the great migration will start and the other leaders and their crewmen are here" Dan said.

When Robert Barry and old Frank heard this they showed contemplating expressions as that was almost the same as what he said when they asked him about what he meant by saying weirder things had happened, so they felt that something was really going to happen when the time comes.

Randy moved next to Dan and whispered:

"You want to take them with us."

"We don't have a lot of men, and I'm not going to let these men leave. They are already a part of the one eyed dragon gang, and what's more maybe them going with us is going to be a better thing for them." Dan said.

"You all take them by force" Randy asked again.

"Yes, after all I... No we will need them not just as a crew, but also we will need people like them in our team, people who won't turn on us when we need them the most, we only need of them to think of us as a part of them to get loyal followers, so I'm going to get them no matter what" Dan whispered back.

Randy didn't say anything he just walked next to him in silent.

After that they entered one of the ships they took a tour in it, Anie had a happy expression on her face the whole time, she also kept on asking Robert different questions and had the same look on her face as the one that a student on a field-trip would have.

After they took a tour around all the three ships they returned to the platform where Dan looked at the nine people and Robert before saying:

"You are going to be the crewmen of one of those three ships soon, and believe me this year's journey to the ocean won't be like the others, but just as how it is not going to be like the others its conclusion won't be normal either, so I want you to know that you shouldn't worry about anything, you are going to be a part of my crew and I wish to be a part of... Your family."

Seeing how none of them seemed to understand him he added with a smile:

"You don't have to worry or try to understand what I just said, the time will come when you will understand it so just don't worry and do your job... And you little Ru there's no need to be afraid now, no need to hide."

After he finished saying that he turned around and moved toward the tunnel.

Randy then smiled and talked to the crewmen for the first time:

"I know that you probably don't understand what he said, and you don't believe him too, but you should know this, the goal which we are working for during this year's Great Migration isn't just providing food, we are working for something much bigger and all of you are going to be a part of it."

Then all of them entered the tunnel leaving Robert and the crewmen standing their not understanding anything.

"Grandpa Robert what... Just what do they want to do during this year's Great Migration?" Cooper asked when he saw that he could no more see Dan and the others.

"Even I don't know, but... I'm sure that it isn't something simple, you should know that old Frank told me that they didn't know anything when he met them, they didn't know about the one eyed dragon gang, that the gang had ships, they didn't even know about the time of the Great Migration and blood baths, and that their only reason for taking control of the gang is the ships." Robert said with a bitter smile.

"They didn't even know about blood baths? Then how were they able to kill the one eyed dragon and the others, aren't they blood power users too." little Ru asked, she and everyone else in the world knew that the only human capable of killing a blood power user must be another blood power user.

"No, they weren't blood power users when they took control of the one eyed dragon's gang." Robert said.

"What? Normal people capable of killing blood power users, that's can't be true." a young crewmen said.

Hearing his words Robert laughed a little before saying:

"I said that they aren't blood power users, I never said that they are normal people."

"What do you mean." Cooper asked in confusion.

"I don't know it's just what old Frank said, he said that they weren't simple at all."

"Let us leave that aside for now, what's more important is... Do you think that they are going to do anything to little Ru?" Cooper asked.

His question made everyone's faces turn serious they too thought about that.

"I... I really don't know? But old Frank kept on saying that they were different from the one eyed dragon and the others, so they may really need our help just as he said, and as long as he needs us I don't think they would do anything bad to us." Robert said uncertainly.

They talked for a while more before each of them returned to their rooms.

Dan and the others on the other hand were moving through the tunnel, at that time Randy asked Dan:

"Usually after dragons start fighting each other, how much time does that gives us, before the great migration starts I mean."

"It's uncertain, usually we have between five and ten days." Dan said.

"We really don't have a lot of time... You are aware that we should move in the first day right, wait we can notice when it happens, right?" Randy asked, what he meant was that it can't be that they would only notice that the dragons were gone after not seeing them for a few days, he asked if there were clear signs.

"Yeah there are going to be signs, we will notice it when it will happen, first all the dragons will release one big roar at the same time, and after that they will all fly to the sky together circle around for a while, before finally flying to the southeast." Dan understood what Randy meant, so he told him what he wanted to know.

"Great at least we will know and we won't waste any time when that will happen" Randy said.

When they returned to the underground base it was almost dinner time as they stayed long in the cave, and took their time returning.

They met Nero and the others before heading to the meeting room.

"So how was the training today?" Dan asked Katherine.

"It was good, I'm way better than before, I think that after tonight's blood bath I'll be able to control it normally." Katherine answered happily but she also seemed as if she was struggling to say something when she mentioned the blood bath.

"That's great, I think that I really should thank you Nero for helping her with her training." Dan thanked Nero before turning his head to Robin and saying:

"What about you Robin, how are you feeling?"

"I'm good I wish that after tonight's blood bath and your technique I'll be able to use my ability, it will probably be for just short distances but I won't be a good for nothing anymore " Robin said happily, he hated being weak and a good for nothing especially in a dangerous world like this with his sister next to him.

"Brother Do you really mean that?" Any asked.

"Of course I do."

"Great, we are getting stronger and stronger." Dan said.

They talked a bit more before having dinner together as usual.