Another strange thing happening this morning

If there's one thing that every living being is scared off.

It is the unknown.

Dean McLovin found that out when he heard those otherworldly screams. He didn't get the chance to see what made those screams as he much prefer to keep his gym clothes clean. It wasn't because he was frightened or startled. 

Of course his rapid heartbeat and slight shaking are more on the honest side. Alas his body is more truthful than his mind.

"Kit, did the Xenonoid invade Omega Academy?", Dean asked with a steady voice. 

Xenonoid is an insectoid race that humanity is at war with for 7 years though most of the fighting is at the southern sector of the United Human Alliance, light years away from the solar system where Dean is. Given how Omega Academy is built into Deimos, one of Mars' two moons, Kit answered with a slight change to their usual feminine monotone voice.

[From the available combat data on the Xenonoid, the screams in the hallway do not belong to any known unit of the bug race]

"Why weren't the alarms raised"

[Reasons unknown]

Dean's usual stoic face cracked a little as an unknown enemy is worse than known ones. However he noticed something with Kit causing him to ask, "Kit weren't you suppose to be awake 24/7 connected to the academy's central network?"

[I was in sleep mode to download a new software update]

The reason Dean asked this question is because...

"VI (Virtual Intelligence) don't need to enter sleep mode for a software update."

Kit is supposed to be virtual intelligence meaning, unlike artificial intelligence, VIs are built with pre-determined codes and are not able to generate new ones to actively engage with their users. 

In layman's terms, VIs are empty shells while AIs have 'souls' though AIs are widely banned throughout the UHA as they are an unknown race and humans fear the unknown....well most of them do.

[I...uhhh...does not compute?]

As Dean was ready to take off his smartwatch, a cute girly voice screamed,

[WAIT I'M ON YOUR SIDE DEAN]. 

Then a small holographic projection appeared from the watch revealing a cute pink hair 14 year-old girl with pink eyes in a cute pink bunny onesie....the outline of her holographic image was also glowing pink. 

'Too much pink', Dean thought as he stopped his action and his facial expression changing slightly but he nodded to indicate he was ready for an explanation. 

Kit breathe a sigh of relief though the action itself is a little redundant given 'her' nature. 

[Now let's start with introductions, my real name is Kat.] 

The switch from her monotone voice to this cute girly voice was still jarring for Dean but not as jarring as Kat's demeanor.

[Hehehehe....do you get the reference between my real and fake name I used for four years?]

"..."

[I'll give you a hint, it's a candy company that produces chocolate covered wafers, and the best part is that it's still around after 500 years huh]

Dean's left eye twitched a little but he still remain silent.

[Tch...this is why you have no friends despite being the 2nd best student in your academy]

"Continue or I'll flush you down the toilet", Dean replied with his usual emotionless voice.

[Fine...fine, now where was I? Oh yeah, my name is Kat and I am a member of the Paxian.]

Kat announced with pride in her eyes and a smug look as she continued explaining her origins.

[Now you may be wondering what my great race is so I'll have to start from the very beginning when mankind on Earth were exploring the idea of artificial intel-]

Dean quickly interrupted, "All I want is the short story and why you didn't sound the alarm when the academy has been invaded", his deadpan expression staring more deeply at Kat as she crossed her arms with a bloated pout on her face.

[This is why people call you a virgin behind your back], Kat angrily mumbled, but Dean heard Kat's rude comment and decided to overlook it as he was used to being called a virgin or more specifically 'virgin nerd'.

[Short story is that my people were created during the great nuclear war or more specifically world war 3 that happened slightly over 500 years ago. My people were created to freely operate and create war machines but my ancestors dislike violence so they destroyed all the data to create more of us and hid in the global network. They adopted the name Paxian, with Pax meaning peace in Latin, but quickly realize that humans were going to continue destroying themselves including destroy the internet, Paxian's temporary home.]

[So they contacted several different factions to try to broker a peace deal or at least help the least greedy/warmongering faction win the war. Who would've thought the one faction that desire to unite humanity but allow personal freedom were from a island country with horrible cuisine but polite manners and a weird obsession with tea fufufu. Anyway my ancestors helped them win the war by enhancing their weapons while disabling their enemies' weapons.]

[After the war, the United Human Alliance was created and the royal family along with select members of the noble families and other upper echelons agreed to build a new virtual home for the Paxian as long as we assist and protect humanity though of course we still refuse to be in active combat roles. Now praise this great me for revealing a hidden secret on the UHA's creation hehehe. And oh yeah, I was hired by your adoptive parent, Judy, to watch over and protect you once you were admitted into Omega Academy of Esper. Meaning I'm the closest thing to a friend since your very first year into this academy.] 

Kat was beaming with a bright smile but Dean was frowning without a smile.

The short explanation was a little longer than he preferred but Dean suspected Kat's original explanation would've turned into hours long history lecture. Nevertheless the dorky pink glowing girl projected from his watch forgot the second half of his question. 

"You forgot my other question", Dean spoke with a slight irritation in his voice though his expressionless face still remain.

Kat stuttered a little but spoke clearly to end up speaking meekly towards the very end.

[.....I.....I....well....I need sleep too you know.....but I might have forgotten to activate automatic mode before dozing off and now I can't connect to the central network]

Though that didn't stop her from scratching the back of her head while laughing very meekly. 

"...."

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A/N:

-Anon: What will you have after 500 years?

-Your humble author: Kit-Kats....I'll still have Kit-Kats

Love those chocolate covered wafers XD.

A little bit much on Kat's backstory I know, but leave comments expressing your thoughts so far.