Chapter 345: Just Old Friends

"...Silvie Savelievna."

With the wind howling through their faces, both Paragon and Silvie's hair fluttered with the breeze; Silvie's bright golden hair which reflected the setting sun, and Paragon's jet black hair shadowing the darkness that was about to rise.

Silvie Savelievna. The last time Riley saw him, she slowly lost her cheerful innocence with all the events that had happened to her- she wasn't really much of anything anymore. Just going with the flow and wherever the others take her.

A shadow of what she was when they first met her at the start of the school year; confident, jolly, untainted by the world. Of course, with everything that has happened to her, there was no way she could have kept her nature.

But now, with just the way she carried herself, it would seem she was slowly returning to her old self. She also wasn't wearing a mask anymore, perhaps she didn't really need to, as her identity has been created by Aerith herself before they left.

"You... know who I am?"

"I do," Riley nodded, "You're Megawoman."

"M... Megagirl," Silvie slightly stuttered before clearing her throat, "I... still have not earned that title. A-anyway, stop changing the topic. Please show me your identification and...

...wait."

And before Silvie could finish her words, she suddenly squinted her eyes as she slowly floated and leaned closer to Paragon, looking at him from head to toe several times.

"You. You're that guy with the new superhero agency," she then said as she hastily floated back and pointed at Paragon.

"You know who I am?" Paragon slightly tilted his head to the side as he returned Silvie's question to her.

"O... Of course. I... always keep up to date," Silvie then crossed her arms as she looked to the side,

"And it's not because the Baby Crew registered to your agency as an asset or anything."

"..." But Paragon didn't even mention anything about the Baby Crew.

From what Paragon had gathered so far from hearing Gary and the others' conversations, they didn't really part on good terms with her. Paragon initially thought that Silvie just left because she wanted to follow the same steps as Megawoman, working alone. But seeing as she was keeping tabs on the latest news regarding the Baby Crew, it would seem that was not the case.

"A... anyway," Silvie then took in a deep breath as the tone of her voice once again became dignified, "You don't need to show your identification anymore, but I still do need to ask you some questions...

...What are you doing operating outside the United States' airspace? Isn't your jurisdiction just there?"

"...I don't have a jurisdiction."

"...What? What do you mean?" Silvie furrowed her eyebrows.

"I'm not a registered hero," Paragon casually said, "They took away my license but we are now in the process of taking it back."

"..."

"..."

"You're a civilian."

"I suppose so."

"..."

"..."

"May I see your passport?"

"Okay."

"..."

"..."

"What's this?"

"My passport."

"..." Silvie then looked at the book in her hand that might as well be as thick as an encyclopedia. She then opened it up, only to see a bunch of stickers and IDs on it, with Paragon's face and still wearing a mask.

"Why do you have so many visas!?"

"Because it's illegal to be in other countries without them," Paragon casually said as he retrieved his passport, which he was hiding inside the handy and spacious compartment hidden in his suit... alongside his utensils.

Hearing Paragon's words, the only thing that Silvie could really do was let out another deep sigh,

"Very well. Can I ask where you where-"

And before Silvie could finish her words, her eyes slightly widened; quickly disappearing from her spot as she flew away, leaving only a hole within the clouds to prove that she was even there.

There was a scream coming from below, Paragon heard it too.

"..." But of course, Paragon only shrugged his shoulders and continued to fly away, not even glancing in the direction of the scream. It would seem that even after everything that has happened to her, Silvie's number 1 priority still hasn't changed- protecting and saving people.

"..." And it seemed she had already done so...

...as she was once again tailing him from behind.

Paragon was initially going back to the penthouse, but with Silvie tailing him, he decided to land in front of the agency building instead.

"..."

"..."

"Are you going to come in?" Paragon then turned around and looked up at the sky; and although there was nothing visible there but the clouds, Paragon's eyes still seemed like they were reflecting someone- and very soon, the rest of the world that was busy walking in the streets did too.

And if it wasn't dead early in the morning, a crowd might have already gathered again in front of the building, after all, the current most popular superhero just literally landed on the shore.

"I... was just making sure you weren't going someplace... suspicious," Silvie said as she slowly approached Paragon; her eyes, however, were trying their best not to look him in the eye,

"So... this is your agency, huh?" She then said as she nodded to herself several times; her eyes, almost looking at every inch of the building, "Well, that's that. Just doing my duty as a hero and making sure you're not doing anything suspicious."

"Do you want to come inside?"

"If you insist."

And without even any hesitation, Silvie, whose feet had already left from the ground for a few centimeters, once again landed on the ground as she quickly made her way to the door as soon as Paragon unlocked it.

"..."

"..."

"Hm... it's empty."

"All of our staff were killed by Thousandblade," Paragon said as he made his way to the piano on the corner of the lobby.

"Hm, I heard about that. I'm sorry." As for Silvie, her eyes once again looked everywhere as she started walking around the lobby.

"It's okay. It's not your fault."

With the two of them the only thing breathing inside the building, even their weakest words were enough to echo.

"Maybe. But as heroes, we... should be preventing the deaths before they could happen. That's what it really means to save people," Silvie then said as she stood in front of the counter, staring at the chalk outline that was drawn on the wall,

"The villains, the killers- all of them should rot in prison before they could do anything like this."

"Hm," Paragon only nodded as he started playing some keys on the piano.

"I saw the video of you beating Thousandblade."

"..." And before Paragon could play another key, a loud swoosh echoed throughout the entire lobby as Silvie suddenly appeared beside the piano. Paragon seemed to not mind at all, however, as he just glanced at her before proceeding to play the first part of Moonlight Sonata,

"So you know more about me than I thought, Ms. Savelievna."

Seeing Paragon completely unfazed by her, a small smile appeared on Silvie's face as she let out a very tiny scoff,

"Are you kidding? Your video has 5 million views now," Silvie shook her head, "I can't say I agree with you beating him to death...

...but I understand."

"..." If there was a person who was an expert on classical music listening to them right now, then he or she would have probably noticed the misplaced note that Paragon played.

"I understand why you did it," Silvie then continued; her eyebrows, slightly furrowing as her hands slowly turned into a fist,

"He deserved it after what he's done. There are just some people that don't deserve to live."

"May I ask you something, Ms. Savelievna?"

"Heck, if you're going to call me by name it might as well be my first name," Silvie breathed out, "But shoot."

"Why did you leave the Baby Crew?"

"I..." Silvie could not help but almost choke in her own breath as she heard Paragon's question, "I...

...I just remembered I have something to do."

"..."

"It was really nice meeting you, Paragon," Silvie then said as she quickly walked away and waved her hand, "Stay out of trouble, alright? I don't want to see you in the news again creating-"

"Good morning Paige and Paragon!"

And before Silvie could leave the building, a tall half-naked man suddenly entered; wrapped in a life jacket with a snorkel hanging on his neck.

"..."

"..."

"...Silv?"

Of course, it was none other than Gary.

"..." Silvie could really only freeze in her spot as she looked at Gary. She was about to completely ignore him and just pass by him...

...But alas, sadly for her, the rest of the Baby Crew showed themselves one by one.

"Mega G?" Bella was the first to react from the girls as a smile appeared on her face.

"Silv!?" Next was Katrina, who quickly rushed towards her and hugged her, "It... it's been so long."

"H... Hi."

And lastly, it was Hannah, who just looked at her with a growing frown on her face.

"...What are you doing here?"

"I was just about to leave," Silvie, who was about to hug Katrina back, quickly but gently pushed her away as she looked Hannah straight in the eyes,

"Paragon and I just happened to meet each other."

"Wait, you leaving already?" Bella blocked her path, "Sis, stay. We haven't seen you for like a year."

"..." Silvie only shook her head as she walked past the Baby Crew,

"I don't think I'm welcome here."