"And that''s how it is." Sam said as he ended the exnation.


    He had told the three Valkyries about Alice''s decision for them to stop going out on patrols and their new job, but to his surprise none of them knew about the base relocation.


    "To think the day we leave this ce would actuallye…" Zero Three murmured, a sad expression taking over her face.


    The announcement took ce while they were dealing with the young Valkyrie''s problem. Only when Sam brought it up did they all realize that they had missed out.


    "What are you saying, three." Nine said with a smile. "It was only a matter of time."


    "I guess you have a point." The young Valkyrie let out a long sigh. Her mood then switched instantly, a wide smile appeared recing her frown.


    "Since you only need one of us to guard you, does that mean I can leave now?" She asked.


    "Well, yes. You''re free to go." Sam said.


    "Ya~y! I can swim all day!!!"


    The young Valkyrie got up and dashed out of the door.


    ''What did shee here for anyway?'' Sam let out a sigh.


    He turned to face the remaining two, and the moment his eyes fell on them he gulped audibly.


    Two incredible beauties were sitting on his bed, their cheeks slightly reddened. He felt that it was an obvious invitation for some fun times, however he knew he couldn''t just indulge himself like he did yesterday.


    "Alright then…" letting out a sigh, Sam spoke his decision. "Today Zero Five will be the one to guard me. Tomorrow will be Nine''s turn and since she most likely wouldn''t like being stuck here all day Zero Three will be thest. Is that clear?"


    "Yes." Five nodded with a smile.


    "Doctor…" hesitating for a moment, Nine looked up at him, her smile showing signs of nervousness. "It doesn''t have to be only one of us, right? How about I stay here and guard you as well?"


    Seeing her expression, Sam thought about it for a moment then shook his head.


    "I won''t be able to concentrate with both of you here. To be honest I would rather be on my own while working, but orders are orders."


    "... I see…" Nine looked a little down as she stood up from the bedside. "Nothing can be done about it, I guess…"


    For a moment Sam thought she was heading for the door, which was behind him. He was about to move out of the way but after two steps the blond Valkyrie was suddenly in front of him, her face stopping right before his as she carefully kissed him on the lips.


    The speed in which she moved left no room for reaction so by the time he realized what had just happened it was already over. Nine backed away and smiled at the stunned Doctor. She then turned to Five who was looking at them in wide eyed shock and smirked.


    "Then, I''ll be on my way, Doctor~?"


    Sam and Five stayed still until the door closed behind the blond Valkyrie who seemed to be in a really good mood as she left. Sam nced in Five''s direction and their eyes met for a moment, but the ponytailed Valkyrie looked away with a frown.


    Sam let out a long sigh, shaking his head with a hand on his forehead.


    Knowing he couldn''t work in this mood he considered his options then went and sat down beside the Valkyrie. After a moment of awkward silence he ced his hand over her shoulder and pulled her toward him.


    "We… didn''t finish our conversation earlier, right?" Sam said, slowly caressing Five''s shoulder.


    Her mood improved in an instant and she looked up at him with a bashful smile.


    "Are you sure you want to be my personal Valkyrie?" Sam asked.


    "Yes." Five replied, not hesitating for a moment.


    "Alright. Close your eyes."


    The Valkyrie did as he said, closing her eyes and preparing her lips. Sam stared at her for a moment then slowly dived in.


    He joined their mouths, making out with her for a couple of minutes. He held back on using his tongue, enjoying the soft cherry lips until he felt it''s appropriate to stop.


    "Five, from now on you are my Valkyrie." Sam said.


    "Yes." Five replied, her face beaming with joy.


    The two began kissing again, this time Sam didn''t hold back on using his tongue. His initial n was to make her feel better after what Nine did, but as more time passed he found himself enjoying the act, which was a really bad sign since he didn''t want to spend another day making love to a Valkyrie especially with how tense things are right now.


    ''... just a little wouldn''t hurt…''


    ~◇~


    After enjoying five''s lips for a while Sam went back to his desk and busied himself with work. Though with a beautiful girl waiting for him on the bedhe felt somewhat distracted.


    ''Maybe I should do something else…'' thinking that to himself, he ced down his pen and closed the notebook in front of him.


    "Five, we are moving to another room." Sam said.


    Five was already on her feet the moment she saw him stand up.


    "May I ask where are we going?"


    "I need to start working on one of the tasks general Schneider had assigned to me."


    He was referring to disassembling and reverse engineering the Valkyrie heart.


    Wolf had mentioned that the previous attempts to take apart those intricate pieces of technology all ended with them self destructing due to the traps Odin had left behind to keep his inventions a secret.


    Though he had memorized the blue prints to a point where he could recreate any part without having to check them, doing so in VR and in reality are two different things.


    One mistake could lead to the entire thing blowing up in his face, something he wanted to avoid at all costs, of course.


    While he was busy having fun with Nine the previous day a number of drones were working on preparing a new room by installing the equipment Wolf had brought with him. It was done earlier that morning so Sam was going to give it a test drive first before beginning the real work.


    The room was separated into two sides through a transparent yet very strong ss, much like the one in the Eir room.


    At first it looked empty with only a simple terminal in front of the ss wall, however it''s obvious that there is more to it.


    "Wait here." Sam instructed.


    He headed for a small door on the left wall.


    He held up his ID for the scanner to unlock the door then disappeared behind it for a few seconds before emerging on the other side with something on his hand. It was a spare smartphone he had obtained from the supply room to use for his experiment.


    At the center of the room a cylindrical shaped tform rose up to about the height of his waist. Sam ced the smartphone on it then went back to the previous room.


    "It''s been a while since I did this." He said as he typed something in the terminal. A momentter a small box came out from the side containing what looked like gloves and some thick sses, at the same time lines began to form on the ceiling on the other side of the room and four mechanical arms appeared one after the other, each with a different set of tools, and surrounded the tform Sam had ced the smartphone on.


    "Alright." Sam said, putting on the gloves and the sses.


    The moment he did multiple windows appeared on the ss wall in front of him showing different parameters with a big one at the center having a magnified image of the smartphone on it.


    Sam moved his fingers a little and as if in sink the mechanical arms on the other side of the ss wall moved as well.


    "It''s been a while since I''ve used one of these." Sam said as he summoned a menu in front of him and began doing some adjustments. Once everything was to his liking he took a deep breath and entered a state of extreme concentration.


    Five''s eyes went wide as she watched from the side. Sam''s fingers moved at an incredible speed and the mechanical arms did the same. In just a couple of minutes the entire smartphone was taken apart and turned into its smallestponents which were ced neatly on another tform.


    "Now let''s put it back together…"


    Saying that Sam started doing the opposite of what he did a moment ago. It took him much longer but in the end he managed to reassemble it but in the end the smartphone was back to the shape it was before he started the process.


    Once he was done Sam took off the sses and gloves then went to the other side of the ss to check his work.


    Seeing the phone turn on normally Sam smiled to himself. The experiment was a sess.