Chapter 6

“now mr Wesley, unto the prize as promised. How would you like to reward us?” rod

“after I sell everything I own and figure out the carbon dating of those specimens, im so totally gonna resign mate.” Wesley

“why are you suddenly resigning? You became famous and all the riches and glory came with you.” Yukiko

“I don’t need riches and glory, Im just doing my job and this whole fiasco happened, now im riding a limousine with the president of your country in it and we are being summoned to the UN to brief the world leaders on what just happened. You think anyone would just be calm with this?”

“yes, your right. Even we are so very nervous right now. Though we have gotta explain to them what is happening and why.” Rod

“ You are our client so shape up.” Sheryl said as she is being accompanied by her parents.

“you really have done it rod. I have complete faith in you and what if we will lose our baby again in that chaos?” Ricardo

“dad..”

“shush dear.” Her mom shut her up

“I have no words to say since before this trip, I warned everyone of the lurking dangers since our strategy meeting and they all agreed to come.” Rod

“you must have no say to this mr Ricardo. It is also your daughters decision in coming with us. Shes now a fine lady and my rival so you shouldn’t belittle her. And besides, if she wont come then rod is all mine.” She said as she pressed herself in rods right arm

“son, im proud of you but we really have got to talk about the adventures that you go. Im just glad they are accompanying you but—“ dad

“yes I know. And if ever I would do something reckless, they would always come to stop me. That is how I trust them dad.” Rod

“I believe in your son, hes got guts.... Enough negativity for now and lets focus on the question at hand. Why did you invent this boy?” dutuer

“at first, it was so that I can help humanity with their development and technology, but I also knew that this can be used for evil. As a scientist, I would have to show the world of this achievement. But as a hermit, I would have to keep this a secret no matter what to keep the world and my family safe.”

“then why did you use it?” dutuer

“first, I thought not to use it. But as the task got harder, I had no choice but to use it one by one. “ rod

“lets see. First it—“ dutuer

“it was used first with my case mr president. When I got lost and due to the spirits of the forest of death lurking to distract us from the right path.” Yukiko

“yukiko wakamura. 27 years old and single. Born Japanese and started to live with rod mason as one of his boardmates. Occupation is a spirit medium. So you have been saved by rod which is why you owe a ton of gratitude for him right?” dutuer said as he read the papers out loud

“yes sir. And I love him which is why im sticking with him” yukiko

“whew. Big words yukiko.”june

“miss Sheryl mendez,Spanish. 20 years old and single. Same with yukiko it seems and occupation is board of directors of hurricane industries and hurricane research center. And it’s for the same reason as yukiko right that your sticking with him?”

“yes sir! I also love him from the bottom of my heart and have already offered him all of my firsts!” she answered nervously which her mother then fainted of the fact.

“son, you certainly have a lot of explaining to do.” Dad said with his mom agreeing

“umm.. that is how it had gone dad." rod just smiled as he had no comments

“hahh.. I cant believe you became like this.” Dad doing a face palm

“anyways, lastly we got Stacey estella. 24 and single. Graduated and skipped levels and was a researcher at a secret government facility. Now a researcher just been hired or transferred to hurricane research center as the head researcher. What is your say in this?”

“I certainly can say that I fell for rod and his brilliance. I certainly now want to have his genes with mine to produce my ideal child.” She said as she giggles. Then Sheryl and yukiko eyed her to start a staring fight.

“hahh.. “ dutuer face palm “you certainly have a situation on your hand boy.”

“you said it. Im even confused if I should be proud at him or not.” Dad

“me too.” Both june and mom agreed.

“anyways, the projects will be explained at the UN where all will be made light. My designs will now be for the world since it now has come to this.” Rod

“rod knew that dealing with the military would be a dicey plan, so he needed the resolve to just throw away his hard work at hiding it and just show everything to the world.” Sheryl said as she stood and gone towards rods left side.

“how does it feel to be betrayed mr president? And maybe for them, they just wanted to keep it quiet until they can be sure of it and share it to you. Anyways, they sure made quite the scene in the video.” Stacey said as she also stood and had gone to sit on rods lap.

“ladies, please control yourselves. And yes, I really feel betrayed by them so im gonna scold them a lot when I get back.” Dutuer

They then arrived in the UN building where the media lies in waiting for the “impossible team” as they call his team. They safely got into the building without answering any questions and gone directly to the room where the world leaders are waiting and arguing.

“what the hell happened mr rod? Tell us what is happening and why are you keeping things like that from us?” American president

Rod then got into stage “please excuse us mr president as we will explain everything.”

“alright then. But this better be good son.”

“yes sir.” The American president then paved the way for their presentation.

“Sheryl, did you bring the USB with you? The one with the presentation and designs.”

“yes rod, here it is.” Sheryl then put the USB into a laptop and turned on the presentation.

“you even prepared for something like this rod?” Wesley

“yeah, just in case. But this is as far as the plan goes im afraid. The rest would now be up to fate. Right now, I have 2 possibilities, one is to be imprisoned because of the inventions that my company have invented along with these girls and to be free. The decision now rest on the decisions of the world leaders. This is the price I have to pay for being the secret keeper and for betting on the generals”

“what? Why? We have discovered atlantis for Christ sake mate! Why do you have to go to prison for keeping a secret that can affect the power balance of the world?”

“yes Wesley, its now that delicate. Right now, the worlds balance is always swaying and anymore would be lethal. And its that delicate of a situation now that they now know.” Rod

“no way. You didn’t say anything of this son! Why do you have to suffer for the mistakes of others! It should be those generals who must face the wrath of the world leaders!” mom said as she cried

“I have gotta do this mom. No, we have gotta do this. Its now our burden to bear.”

as the generals heard this, and as they have now read his book and his wisdom words, they took pity upon him and quietly accepted their resignations. Since everything that they said was televised all over the world and all over the news.

“son, your making us like the bad guys. We only just want answers.” american president

“yes, I know. And I know that depending on how this presentation will go, the fate of the world will be swaying even more than ever. Don’t you agree world leaders?”rod

Murmurs all over the room. “lets now begin.” Rod

“First and foremost, my pride and joy, project iron heart. the theory to this is when an electric current flows through, the flowing atoms would bounce on the walls where the other wire would pick up the flowing current us potential energy thus doubling the energy output. though we would still need to control the flow of electricity and a cooling system so that it wont blow up. With this design, power will continuously flow. With this project, it would be the keystone to the next step towards evolution in out technology and development where it can help in the field of medicine, science, and environmental restoration. But this project is what we would also like to call a pandoras box as it can also be used as a weapon."

"as we thought! Your storing weapons of mass destruction!"

"please calm yourself man as i explain everything to all of you including the whole world."

There were shouting in progress against each other and against rod on building the project "If you have even more important things to talk about, talk it throught text! So how about this?! You all keep quiet and note all of your questions so that i can explain everything to you guys! Alright?!" rod

"hes right you know! Though he also has just short temper on explanations if someone would literally not get his point. " sheryl

"what do you children know? You millennials are all still children to us where we know better!"

"remember what i said during the video world leaders? An old person is seriously very --" stacey

"we get it girl. But after what we saw, its seriously a weapon!"

"no world leaders. Hahh. Like i said in the video, its only a weapon only if you make it into a weapon. And can we pleas-" rod

"the old Always categorize everything as one thing. Like anime, they categorize it as cartoons where when it comes to trash, they can truly categorize it as combustible and recyclable. Now i get your point rod. " yukiko

"wha--" the world leaders all went quiet as they also saw the comments of the netizens as they all said to shut up. The comments were also displayed on the screen. They then got to their phones and called their countrys statistic division and ordered a survey on their approval ratings. Then they saw on another screen, their approval ratings going down hard.

"alright then, please continue." american president

"good listeners always listen to the end. I like that saying."

"thank you world leaders. Anyways, you all can see its designs right? Simple but yet effective. So we will demonstrate what its capable of."

Rod then let then see both videos of the energy sword and energy tongs. He also explained his theories about ghosts, dimension theory, and quantum theory where he just repeated the words on the presentation and explained only a bit.

"and whatever weapon that is being created from this design is later called energy weapons because they emit energy. Like the sword and the tongs on the video."

"question. Can we basically make anything from this design?"

"yes. Basically almost anything into an energy weapon. Which is why this is also called a pandoras box. And let me depart with you all my saying. Knowledge is evil. Wisdom is the filter for knowledge. Sin is an instigator for everything. So becareful what you make with it because it will lead to world domination. You saw on the video right, the iron suit? If that is possible, how about making a gundam out of it?"

The world leaders then turn heads on the japanese president "just focus on the subject at hand." japanese president doing face palm

"now on to the next one. This is one of the environmentally friendly projects that i had designed, simple, but effective. Its called project green. The theory to this is to drop chemicals that are used to make crystals and make the clouds rain crystals. Of course people should take shelter from the crystal rains. This project would only get crystalized results along with taking the carbon from the air, cleaning uo our atmosphere in less than 2-3 years maybe."

The world leaders then murmured on the implications of this project and its uses."l

"and next up is project trash can. This project would make a fertilizer out of trash or the trash in lakes and everywhere else. There are about 2 ways to do this. One is just to melt everything in molten lava or in a molten couldron which is the simplest. The other is through this simple device which separates plastics, metals, and organic trash and only choose the organic trash to be recycled as orgsnic fertilizer. But this is not that automatic cause trash would only corrode the controls for automation which is why human labor is a must. So with little automation, we can achieve recycling of byproducts. Oh and metal and plastics will then be separated and separately melted to be recycled."

"we take turns sheryl. Next would be yukiko. I need a rest from the explanations."

"sure rod." sheryl

"next on our line would be project paper plane. Thinking outside the box, we achieved a design which is outside the planes regular design which is its rotating rotors. The rotors are gyroscopical in design and can turn left and right easily rather than conventional airplanes. These planes can lift of about up to the stratosphere shere it is also possible for a 2 way space launch. It can also lift of up to 300000kg of cargo, depending on the size of the ship and the rotors. Of course, this is still only a theory which rod came up with without further testing cause our company desperately lacks funding."

"anyways, next would be project global protect which is useless without project iron heart. This project would shield a facility from blasts as it emits energy to cancel out the ensrgy produced by the blast. This can also be used as an energy net. This project would need to form a grid where a net of very conductive wires are set up. Though the only thing this shield cant hold are bullets so you."

"ehem" yukiko

"oh. Sorry, i almost said too much. Next is project charge. With this, a regular work out would benefit a regular household by installing it in their work out machine. It generates electricity through kinetic energy produced when working out where it might be able to power up a whole house."

"next is yours yukiko. Im tired." sheryl

She then grabbed the mic "and next would be project torrents. This project allows the kinetic energy turned into electricity then electricity is then boosted on the 2nd engine where it doubles or triples the output. This way, umm.. Never mind. With this, you can use in power stations and lessen the amount of engines needed. "

"next would be project watcher which is basically a smartphone and a watch combined. We were gonna implement this project in the future with the correct funding but anyways, uour all here now."

"ehem." rod

"ah man. I got bored. Please do me the favor stacey."

"sure." grabs the mic "with the micronization of smartphones, it would be possible to just mount them into the watch instead of making it apart of the watch. This way, you can take it out as much as you like and use the smartphone. Since hollogramtachnology is still light years away from existing."

"next would be a bridge building technique where it might lessen the cost of construction. First we would set up cable lines on both end either by boat or by tank. Then we set up the foundations where we would dive to the bottom to both set up the metal walls and the concrete blocks, slowly forming it into a foundation. The metal walls aee then welded so that the ocean cantbugge the formations. After the foundation is formed, large amounts of cement or concrete will then be poured into the center of the doundation from a tank boat as we like to call it. After that, you now got a foundation for the bridge. This is then repeated for every foundation or pillar until the bridge is complete."

"next is our latest project, project drill drones. Proportional to its size and weight, it can go into depths of about 300,000 feet or more. The idea is to literally make a hole in the water. You see, high speed rotations in the water will cause the water to separate. And with this project, since the oceanic pressures are literally so dense that this project must be made disposable as the ocean will crush it under lots of pressure when it touches down the surface of ths sea floor. It is also equiped with sonar sensors and a 360 degree cam that can take a panaroma picture of the ocean floor. "

"it would maybe have taken a little bit deeper if you minus the net though." rod said as he looked at stacey

"sorry about that. I couldnt help it. Anyways, the outside layer is made out of a lot of sheets of tungsten, titanium, alloy, and carbon fiber so that it could withstand pressures for just a few seconds." stacey

"its now yours rod." stacey then gave the mic to rod

"and that is all the presentation that i have. Are there any questions? Please ask it one by one world leaders. Please input your questions on a piece of paper and submit it to me." rod

They then wrote their questions on a piece of paper where sheryl, yukiko and stacey tallied all the questions into one singke sheet.

"let me see. First question from most of you. What meaning is there to advertising all your projects? I see.. This is just to advertize the projects that my companybwassuppose to work on in the future. And since we might be imprisoned after this, same as with being watched over by the military and all, at least were guaranteed a certain amount of freedom while the world is at your disposal world leaders. I mean by your decisions."

"you dare insult us?!"

"no. Im just merely implying that depending on the country or the president, they could wage the next level of war. And with these designs, there would be no use in using nuclear weapons in the future. Although some would maybe try to use it and produce colateral damage like some country always doing missle testing."

Everyone was then paying attention to north korea "what are you people looking at?!"

"no mr president. The point is that trigger happy people would literally be happy with this achievement since they can protect themselves to a certain degree from the blasts while--" rod

"w-we got it rod san. Please continue with the answers" japanese president

"hmm.. Question number 2. Why are you making project iron heart if it was that dangerous? Lijei said, in the wrong hands, it will be dangerous. And we also intended for this to be kept a secret until the end of time but the military just have to pry open the pandoras box."

"its for the safety of the country! Why wont you--" one of the world leaders stood up

"i know. But with great power comes with great responsibility. And with great power one can become corroded by it and turn nasty. Which is why the secret was only shared by a circle of friend, family and the board of trustees. "

"but with the military, they can also protect you. Why--"

"pardon my rudeness, but can you guarantee that you can really trust the military? When some police officers, whom swore to protect the people, cant even protect themselves from the drugs they take in. Some government officials having more money than most people. Others would kill another just so they could win or take the prize. Umm.. Let me see. Lust, greed, pride, sloth, gluttony, envy and wrath."

"enough, we get it." that world leader then sat down

"alright then, question number 3. How can you guarantee that you can keep the secret? Like i told everyone before. Once a secret is out, whats the point in keeping it still? So we devised a plan to hold the secret that only if the one holding that secret was found out, they would just say that certain secret. And when that happens, they will report to us or if we would know their whereabouts, then we publicise in whatever way of our projects or speed up our clock. Specially if project iron heart is involved."

"you sure did it in the grandest way ever son." american president

"we had no choice. We also took a vote if we should proceed with the project by the time i designed the drill drone and the vote was unanimous, that we should just go out in a grand way rather than students, or the city getting hurt because of us."

"you really make us sound like the bad guys here."

"no, some of you arent, some of you maybe, But some people out there are. Its not a matter of security, its a matter of protecting our daily lives that we can still have our freedom. Since by the time our mayor brought in the colonel, i couldnt stop the vibe that this is gonna get ugly as time goes by. "

"true, and we all now respect your decision on that. But isnt there any other way this could have been solved?"

"there is. By sending a letter to the president."

"then why didnt you do that instead?"

"there were too many variables on the table and this was the most direct and cleanest way to solve all our problems and set a degree of freedom for me, my friends, my town, and my family"

"too many variables? What the heck is that answer?"

"you all know of the 7 sins of man right? With this, the gods prevented or restrained us from accessing the quantum realm or the realm of the gods. Do i have to rep--"

Sheryl and yukiko then go up stage and held his hand. "please calm down."

With this, he took a deep breath and stood his ground.

“what are you saying now? Gods and whatever. This is not related to –“

The pope and ali rama then barged in the room

“what the boy said is true. Which is why we trust him on his decision.” pope

“Just make sure this is the right one boy” ali rama

“we had no other choice. If we chose to send a letter to the president, it would take time and time isn’t available for us since the military is on to us for our secrets. “

“but still, you could have waited for that reply, is that not that easy?”

“The military has actually gotten hold of some students and started questioning them all for our secret. luckily, our students just told them that we have a power shield which can protect from any blasts.”

The crowd then looked at the philippine president “don’t look at me. They acted without my knowing!”

“and some students have not yet returned to this day. Im sure that the military had them forcefully work for the government research facility or sent them to a detention center where they are still interrogating. “

“im sure to free those poor souls boy. Please say no more.” Dutuer who was once angry now ashamed.

“alright then. On to the next question then.”

Sheryl and yukiko took the paper which they both read the remaining questions.

“what do you wish to gain for all this fiasco?”

“we only wish to gain freedom.” rod

“freedom to do as you want? Like making world war 3?” one of the world leaders

“no. freedom from our intoxicating situation” rod

“do you want to be a god or something?” yukiko and Sheryl stated from the list

“no. im a catholic and a God-fearing man. And anyways, which of those inventions can really make me a god?” rod

The crowd went quiet.

“do you want to gain riches, fame, fortune and girls?”

“if I would have wanted girls, I already got 3. And riches, fame, fortune? Which is more heavier? Human lives or treasure? Its human lives. And if you ever would start a war, count us out now and make a war on your own. Our plan before would have included to save the human race if ever a war broke out but now, you can start one yourselves.”

“scratch that question now.”yukiko said as she smiles

“if you are a company that can answer the impossible, can you answer the ultimate question? That if there are aliens?” Sheryl said as she reads

“as NASA has predicted, there are aliens in other planets, though they are organic and may or may not yet have the technology for space travel. I also believe that another type of alien also exist which are energy in nature where we just cant see them but they can see us. And do they wish for a war? Maybe not. As our brains also emit energy, they can just easily possess us and take control over our body to make a war.” rod

“so you mean that aliens might be among us now? That’s absurd!” US president

“no mr president. They might not be able to do that as God doesn’t allow any creature in the quantum realm. As also stated in a movie, it depicts that we are creatures of time. Which means that we maybe are children of the quantum.”

Murmurs spread throughout the world about the wild observations of rod.

“anyways, are that all the questions Sheryl?”

“nope. But the rest are just crap.” Sheryl said as she threw the paper to the back.

The whole world was at an uproar while the world leaders did a face palm of what sheryl did.

“shush.. we are on national TV.” Yukiko

“oh boy. Lets answer the remaining questions fast.” Rod said as he picked up the paper.

Unrest came throughout the world

Later on, after all the questions were answered which most of them are personal questions as well.

“how did you end up writing this book anyways?” US president

“as also stated in the book, I had been hypnotized or witch crafted.”

A resident shaman then questioned as a comment “how is that so? Im a shaman and I know a thing or two about witch craft and it takes more than that to initiate something of your experience.”

“yes your right. Shall I also say the ingredients to witch craft on how it is possible?” rod said on TV

“you may do that if you want. But hypnotism isn’t that easy to achieve. Just how were you being hypnotized?” the comment sent a curiousity wave around the world about what might have happened.

“aside from training meditation way before the incident, I also saw in the science channel about nirvana so I tried it once so which is how I came to my senses. Though I first broke out of my hypnotism from my dream through a dehypnotizing program which lets me see bizarre shapes and colors corresponding to how the mind might perceive it and with words –“

“that’s enough! Teaching the people of this would cause an uproar!" some leaders said as they broke in sweat

Sheryl was about to comment when she was then stopped by yukiko to not continue. “rod knows why more or less which is why he isn’t saying anything either.”

Rod just stood there quiet as the world just murmured to themselves.

“anyways, let us adjourn this meeting now and just make a show for mr rod here to explain his findings.” US president

“no need mr president. All are available in my book and the video that we have shown to the world."

“but it doesn’t say anything about aliens and stuff, the world needs an explanation for this!"

“they just need to think for themselves and use their imagination and common sense. The rest will be simple.” Stacey said as rod agrees with her

“now the question is what caused you to faint in the first place? Since hypnotism doesn’t let you go and bleed in your ears.” As said in one comment

“that is a question that I want to ask myself. How did I bleed in my ears when I was found in my room? So I ask you this American president. Who did this to me?”

The crowd was in an uproar and the world commented on how he was made into a messenger of the gods.

“im not a messenger of the gods people. I just had an experience where—I wont say anything more as it might cause karma... Hahh.. Anyways, im not a messenger since they just also taught me knowledge that I might need.” Rod said massaging his head from stress

“a messiah. A messenger. A god.”and many more comments

“oh boy.” Rod said as he face palm

“this is getting out of hand” pope

“time to get this court adjourned people. For the freedom of this guy and his friends and family.” Ali rama

All agreed and the vote was unanimous to let him go only to find the real source of the situation and send them to trial for doing such a thing.

“we will inform you of the time and place where we will hold court for the suspects who did this to you but for now, you and your family and friends are assigned a body guard—“

“no need for body guards. If you got a request, you can just come to our research facility at our office hours at 9 am to 5 pm.” Rod

“why did you do that?” Sheryl

“because the way things would have turned out, there would be no end to this. So the quickest way is just to solve their concerns.” Rod

“your right. But this is gonna be a nightmare” yukiko

“yes. Through science we will solve those concerns and if not possible, then we wont push it. Anyways, there are always other professional which they can turn to.” Rod

“thank you for sharing. Now the world will come to you for everything." one of the world leaders said in sarcasm

“not everything. If they have now read his book and have reached my wisdom words, they would think twice about going to us.” Stacey

“how can you be sure that—“ indian president

“because if they have read the book they should have understood its contents and wisdom. If not, then their just a waste of energy to deal with.” Sheryl said as they all agreed, including the world leaders.

They then agreed to a consensus and had hurricane industries installed with the latest state of the art security courtesy of the UN. They also hired armed guards for their houses and for the company.

The students being held captive were all being released and the government research facility was then changed ownership to hurricane industries where they will manage the research done since rod impressed the world leaders with his enthusiasm.

When they got back to his home town, they were awarded as celebrities and a lot of students transferred to the school which is a part of the company and on the many technological courses. The school had also no choice but to expand quickly and accepting more courses that are science related.

with rods achievements, he was made as one of the most known scientists who have invented the key to the next generation of technology and a wise hermit by both the pope and alirama. They were all busy for a while and eventually dissipated with also a lot of requests where they all denied except for this which are made possible with current science.

Then it was almost christmas time when hurricane industries was finished sorting with all the requests.

It was yet another morning when sheryl woke up. She was sleeping beside rod in her pajamas, as well as yukiko.

"wake up rod.. Its time for work.." sheryl said trying to wake rod up

It took a while before she was able to wake him up as well as yukiko.

"hmm.. We should really get some more rest girls. We all derserve that now since we just finished through all the requests.." rod said sitting up in his pajamas

"yes, your right. We really had to sort all of the very important requests from all the non sense. It was a true nightmare." yukiko

"what day is today?"

"december 20.. Why?" yukiko

"i think that we deserve a vacation."

Sheryl thought about everything they have been through. "hmm.. I think your right about all this. Though where will we go?"

"how about in a resort in japan?"

"why japan?"

"you pervert. You just wanted to peek on us right?" yukiko said teasingly

"yes and no. I would like to but i wont. Though ever since my visit to japan, i couldnt get enough of bathing in a hot spring." rod said with a smile

"is that how it works in a hot spring bath?"

"no no no no.. You got it all wrong--"

"how about a company outing for all of our employees? And you will also get what we mean when you get to a hot spring bath sheryl."

"company outing? Sounds fun." sheryl

"yukiko, you prepare the venue and the schedules. I just want it to have a hot spring and a beach where we can all enjoy and relax if possible."

"consider it done."

They then agreed and got out of bed. Yukiko prepared the venue and the schedule while sheryl helps rod with the rest of the papers that needs approval.

In his office, flores was waiting for him to deliver a message.

"good morning rod, i--" flores then stood up

Rod and sheryl just passed by as they had quite a lot to do.

"hey rod.. Can i have a minute?"

she then knocks at the open door where they were busy signing papers.

"hey guys!" she then shouted at them

"oh flores, good morning. Im afraid we still have a lot to do today. If your free, come with us after the next 2 days where we will have a company outing.." rod said as he was very busy

"what are you saying?"

"bye for now, we still got quite a lot to do.." rod said brushing her off

With that, flores just waited to deliver the message after the next 2 days.

The next 2 days, they announced the company outing to the employees where they have already prepared visas for all of the employees for 1 time entry only. Flores was then surprised that she was also suddenly invited along where she also had a visa the same as with their employees.

The company was then closed for 3 days where they go to japan for a company outing at a seaside inn. They all rendesvouz in the airport before going to japan where rod was in charge of all the boys while sheryl and yukiko with the girls.

Rod was now waiting for the girls as he let all the boys play along the beach after they had checked in. He was reviewing all the students research that he has also brought along to read while relaxing under the sun.

"sorry for the wait rod!" yukiko was in her bikini when she got near rod

"no worries. Though where is sheryl?"

"dont you have something to say first?"

"oh... Your just beautiful in that swimsuit."

"hahh.. As late as ever.. Though its alright."

Sheryl then appears behind yukiko, hiding in plain sight

"come on out sheryl.. " rod

"come on sheryl.. Be glad he was searching for you first than me.."

"b-but.." sheryl was still hiding behind yukiko when she forced her out of hiding.

"you look cute today sheryl.. It suits you." rod said as he saw sheryl also in a bikini of another design.

Sheryl was blushing as she got near rod. "i-i-is that so.. Thank you.." in a small voice, sheryl said

Both of them were smiling by the sight.

"come on rod.. Lets play.." yukiko then grabs rod towards the beach.

"hey wait for me!" sheryl then follows

They all had much fun in the beach like doing beach volleyball, sand castle making, water melon splitting, scuba diving, and just swimming on the beach with the girls. Then at night at the hotel, when the girls and the boys all had separate bath.

"so this is a hot spring bath." sheryl said as she enters the baths for the first time

"thats right. For anything else, just follow my lead." yukiko said to the girls as they all examined the hot spring baths

They then washed themselves before getting in to the bath, all happy and chatting along the way with how the day went for them.

"hey sheryl.." one of the girls asks. "how far have you progressed with rod?"

Sheryl surprised, blushed hard before dipping half of her head in the water just making bubbles.

The girls then giggled.

"girls, dont tease her." yukiko said as she was beside sheryl the whole time.

"we werent teasing her, were just curious.. Right?" one of the girls said as the others also agreed

"then let me answer for her... We.. Have already progressed very far.." yukiko said with confidence as sheryl was still shy about telling herself to the girls

"hey yukiko, as far as what i have read in the reports, you were only supposed to be thankful of rod right? How come what your doing is different?" stacey then butts in as she was also bathing along with flores

"y-y-yes thats right. How come you like him now?" sheryl then pulls herself back together for another topic

"hahh... yes, i am very thankful for him saving me. So i thought of another way to thank him."

"which was when you guys have gone to cambodia right?" stacey

"yes. But it was way after that that he had me watching.." the girls were very quiet listening to yukiko "like the time he first saved me.. When he smiled when i was seriously sad, i was thinking on how weird this man was... But after staying here for some time, i began to see the other qualities of him which makes him a great leader and a hero..."

"so you just like him like that?" sheryl said raising an eyebrow with hands on her waist

"no, not just that.. Its for everything that he is.. Like hes sometimes clumsy but yet very steady, hes got a good heart at the same time a wicked personality. Makes you want to root him for the next big thing that he might do and it got me excited.. And the next thing i knew, i loved him so much that i wanted him to be mine." yukiko

The girls was in awe of what she saw in rod that they just smiled and giggled.

"i also wont lose to you.. I have known him far earlier than you do--" sheryl

"yes yes.. We know that of the whole time you have spent with him makes you like him even more than ever.. Right?" stacey said with a wink

"h-h-how did you know?" sheryl

"well everyone here knows.. Right?" the girls all agreed

"like that time when rod had a meeting with the other board of directors and you were late.. You were just thinking of him that you fretted outside whether he was fine with the meeting.." one of the girls said

"you saw that?!" sheryl

"and the time when he was still signing papers, you were just outside his office doors waiting for the chance to give him coffee.."

Sheryl just blushed at the memory.

"and.. And.."

"no more!"

She then chased the girls away.

"kyaa.. " the girls all screamed from their excitement

"how about you stacey? Considering what happened with the generals and the research center, why still stick with him?" yukiko then counters stacey

"its with the same reason as you. During the atlantis project, i just found some parts of him exciting." stacey

"and during our conversation at the limousine, you also said that you love him. Why is that?"

Sheryl then stopped as she then diverts her attention to their conversation.

As stacey was staring at the sky. "you know, in the past, i was once only interested with my studies which is why i had graduated early. But by the time i read about his book in my spare time, i was intrigued at what kind of person this author was as he also came to answer some theories as if hes researched it. But when i met him, i got more intrigued than ever until project atlantis. I saw him for the first time filled with surprises that i didnt expect, the same with the journey itself."

"so you fell for him on the spot?" flores

"yes, thats right."

The girls were all quiet as the conversation turned serious.

"but i still wont hand him to any of you." sheryl declared as she stood

"oh.. Says the girl with those cute breasts.." stacey said teasingly

Sheryl then plunged herself back to the water. "mind your own business! Im still a healthy growing lady!"

The girls then chatted away as they finished with their bath.

Later that the evening, rod was finally free of his duties and was bathing by himself. It was mixed bath time now as he bathed under the moonlight. Then the girls came to the baths.

"oh.. What a sight to behold upon this wonderful night." rod said as the girls entered with their towels while sheryl was with her serious face seriously blushing

"hearing that makes me proud as a woman." yukiko said as she giggles

"mind if we barge in?" stacey

"sure. Come on in.." rod said with a gesture

"hear that flores.. Its fine he says.." Stacey said behind her as the other girls go into the hot spring bath

"a-alright then.." flores then enters the bath and came into the bath with stacey

"by the way, why is Flores also here?"

"i think she has something to say, dont you?"

"y-yes.. i came for a job.."

"why? Werent you serving your country just well enough?"

"i quit the military... Ever since your appearance in the UN, about the military still being prone to sin and stuff, i have been thinking of what happened to me back then.. And if you werent there to save me, i would have also went with the wrong path.."

"and?" stacey said where there was silence for a while. "a person wouldnt come to rod for a job with just that reason."

"hahh.. Alright.. I have been searching for a job for a while now and i havent been able to find one yet.. Until i read his book in my spare time.. It was enlightening and after a while i thought that maybe i should just ask rod for a job.."

"so which is why you came to me then?" rod

"yes.. I was suppose to tell you but you were very busy.. I really appreciate you guys inviting me here.." flores

"we figured you might need something from rod so we also included you here.. We might also need your strength in the upcoming battles ahead.." yukiko said and they all agreed

"so we would like to offer youbthe position as head officer for ojr company responsible for both training new recruits and protecting me and the girls here.." rod said with confidence

"really? I would like to.. Though this is more steps up the ladder dont you think?" flores

"its just right. Considering also that rod took good care of you the last time.." stacey said as she giggles

"u-u-umm... Thank you for taking care of me real good back then. Im glad its you who took my first time." flores said as she blushes

"h-hold on... Just how old are you?" sheryl asked in curiousity

"26.. Why?" flores

"and you have never have anyone else in your life? Like ever?" yukiko

"i had a boyfriend once but he left me after 6 months.." flores

"rod...." sheryl, stacey, and yukiko all stood facing him quite annoyed..

"b-but he was gentle with me, that i can--" flores

"thats not the problem!" the girls shouted

Slowly retreating back, rod was being cornered by the 3 girls.

"rod, you know what you did right?" sheryl

Rod nodded as the girls got nearer.

"and you were also even very shy earlier.." yukiko giggles

"shut up.. This is different.. Ehem.. Flores, you should also be included in this guys punishment.." sheryl

"uhh.. Girls?" rod said as he was sweating bullets

"just stay there rod! Its time for your punishment!." stacey said as the girls then pleasured him until they had no energy left.