The Athena Code's
70. Athena's Tears

NASA FUTURE PLANS Langley Research Center Virginia

The atmosphere of the hall continued to dissolve in a silent nuance.

All eyes were still on Geon Arthur Yildiz on stage.

" Mister Yildiz, you are better known by the name of Mr. Genius or Mr. G. A name that describes people's admiration for your reputation, How do you react to it?"

“ I don't think too much about such non-essential things. But I am very grateful for the public's attention to ASTROGUN in general.”

‘’You are known to be very private and closed, in other words you do not like the popularity of individuals, is there a very strong reason behind it?’’

“ Of course there are. I try to provide comfort and protection to myself, my family and my loved ones by staying away from excessive publicity.”

‘’Wow, you really are a gentleman Mr. Yildiz. Well, before this chat ends, can you give a special message to the guests present?”

‘’Humans are the only beings who have the capacity to imagine something that does not exist, something that is not yet real and is still a possibility. Such is the imagination, has been so great a contribution as the main driver of progress in the fields of science, technology and art. But it must be remembered that no matter how advanced technology, the human soul must win over technology. Those were words of wisdom from Karen Armstrong and Albert Einstein.”

‘’Thank you Mr. Yildiz for your willingness to engage in this conversation.Let's pay tribute to the CEO of Astrogun Corporations, Geon Arthur Yildiz.’’

The applause of the guests reverberated.

‘’With respect, we invite you to occupy one of the main seats on this stage with the entire Astrogun.’’ team

Arthur follows the MC's lead, sitting next to Smartbot Socrates and Stefanie Astrosoul-1.

‘’Furthermore, we implore the willingness of all Teams from Astrogun and NASA to take the stage to witness the signing of the Cooperation agreement between ASTROGUN and NASA which will be done symbolically.”

A number of guests from the VVIP area took to the stage together.

Looks like the highest leadership of NASA accompanied by the head of NASA Scientists and other important ranks, including Rossie Jane Jordan.

From the ASTROGUN side there are Denzel, Chen Yuan, Melinda Greys and several people from the other core ranks, including Doctor Morgan Aveiro Head of the Astrogun Secret Project Division.

The signing of the Cooperation symbolically is very sacred.

After the signing ceremony, the event continued with a special greeting from Mr. Secretary of Defense who strongly supported efforts to improve the quality and quantity of astronaut robots in the scope of NASA.

The following relay was a speech from NASA's top leadership to review NASA's short and long-term plans.

It didn't feel like the end of the show had arrived. MC Nolan returned to voice.

“Ladies and Gentleman, we enter the last session of our event, the suave session. In this session we gave guests the opportunity to greet each other, conduct interviews with smartrobot and teams from ASTROGUN and NASA. Remember to stay disciplined and orderly, relaxed yet peaceful, okay!.”

Clara had just noticed Heilen's face that looked pale with reddened netra.

‘’Heilen, are you sick, your face is very pale?’’ clara asked worriedly and fully probed.

‘’Oh, this, I'm just a little dizzy maybe not used to the crowd,’’ elak Heilen while raising his face up, holding back his tears that again felt will spill. Well, it's true that people sometimes look up at the sky so that the tears don't fall.

"Hmm, okay. Hope it's true you're fine because we still have to be here until the show ends,"

As one of the employees with an important position at Langley Research Center, Clara could not have left an important event like this before it was over. However, on the other hand he was also worried about Heilen's condition which seemed to be not okay.

'The change is very fast and drastic, it's very strange. I don't know what's going on? And it seems like he's hiding something.'Clara.

Meanwhile Arthur sat on a chair on the stage. Surrounding it are the U. S. Secretary of Defense, the Supreme Leader of NASA and several other key people. They were chatting casually using a "friendly" session".

Arthur's position was right facing the audience bench. A woman who was sitting and only looked half body caught his attention.The woman wearing a black mask was staring at him.Their eyes accidentally collided, the woman hurriedly turned her face away from Arthur.

I never forget that hairline. Is it someone else who just looks like him. Arthur's whisper in his heart.

Arthur lost focus, he began to stare at the woman with the creamy jaz blazer intensely. Luckily, the Secretary of Defense and NASA's top leadership have stepped up from his presence and are now seen chatting with smartbots Socrates, smartbots Stefanie Astrosoul-1 and Chen Yuan.

Heilen was suddenly agitated, he did not want Arthur to recognize him. Especially now that he saw Arthur endlessly staring at him. Did he mark me?It flows in the heart.

Heilen turned to his left and found Clara busy taking selfies to send Eve and Doughlas. Heilen's gaze returned to the original direction, where Arthur was also still watching him full of investigation.

Just then Rossie Jean Jordan came to Arthur with some of his friends. Heilen saw a large bouquet of beautiful flowers in the hands of Rossie Jean Jordan.

Arthur still did not take his gaze away from the woman he thought was too similar to Heilen, even though Rossie was already standing before him.

"Mr G, please accept my congratulations because this partnership has finally been signed" said Rossie.

"Hmm, yes thank you," said Arthur briefly, his gaze still fixated on the black masked girl, he could not turn away but he still doubted it was Heilen.

The cup! A brief kiss landed on Arthur's lower cheek, almost hitting his lips.

Arthur gasped for a moment, reflexively rising from the chair he had been sitting on. He also took his distance from Rossie Jean Jordan.

Heilen saw and felt it all, emblazoned real and clear before him, with all his senses. His heart and mind became pitch-black, great jealousy overpowered him.

If previously he was very disappointed over Arthur's dishonesty, he could still pretend to be strong.

Another case with this, seeing Rossie Jane Jordan kiss Arthur on his lips, Heilen felt burned to the point of being charred.

Heilen's narrow point of view made him look as if Rossie Jane Jordan was kissing Arthur's lips.

"Heilen, it's Rossie and Mr. G. Let's just say hello to Rossie for a minute," Clara cheerfully asked as she grabbed Heilen's arm.

Heilen just lowered his head while holding something that was about to spill, he did not dare to look at Clara, "I have to go to the bathroom, I can not stand Clara anymore, " sahut Heilen with a voice almost quivering.

This time he only needed a place to spill his unstoppable tears.Without waiting for Clara's answer, he ran away leaving Clara who was fixated not understanding.

Clara felt Heilen was not okay, but Clara tried to dismiss her negative thoughts. He also decided to greet his cousin Rossie who was talking with the Astrogun team.

Clara walked alone to the stage.

"Hello, Ross."

"Hey! Clara." screech Rossie.

"Reply, mmwah.., "

The two hugged and jovially hugged.

"Clara, introduce this Mr. G, who I told you about" Rossie said, releasing a hug on Clara's body.

"Halo Clara, nice to meet you," said Arthur trying to be friendly as he extended his hand to Clara.

"Hello, Mr. G. I'm also very happy to meet such a great young man as you here" Clara replied with a line of sweet smiles, unable to hide her joy.

"Hey..Clara, where's your Seals friend. Didn't you say you'd come with her?" rossie asked because she saw Clara was alone.

"He's going to the restroom for a bit" Clara replied briefly. He still wants to talk to Arthur the young CEO who he has long wanted to know.

"Oh yes Mr. G my friend said you met when he was serving in Afghanistan. She's a Seals woman, her name is Heilen. Do you remember it?" babble Clara. Actually he just meant to make small talk and look for conversation material. He had absolutely no idea what could happen from the sentence he had just said.

Arthur was silent for a few seconds, swallowing his own saliva, biting his lips with an extremely sharp eye swept across the entire hall.

Aaaaahs....It turns out that's him. His whisper in his heart with a deep sense of guilt.

Now Heilen knows everything, in an unlikely moment, at a time he didn't plan to. Arthur's anxious.

He grabbed his phone, swiped it several times and quickly found Heilen's position. Without a word he left Rossie, Clara, Chen and the others.

Chen Yuan, who had been by Arthur's side, had also heard everything.

"Rossie, I'm sorry.It looks like Arthur has a sudden need. I have to catch up with him, we'll be right back, '" said Chen.

Arthur passed through the path created between two rows of spectator seats while continuing to pay attention to the red dot on his phone screen that showed Heilen's position.

"Perfects."

"Arthur!"

"Wow, I can see it this close. "

"It turns out he's more handsome than Chris Evans."

The voices scattered in the air, they only dared to say from a distance because Arthur was surrounded by a very tight guard.

The Powder room

In the corner of the powder room of this restroom, Heilen sat leaning back, leaving all his tears free to flow as he pleased. Sometimes he was as fond as a child, no matter some other women who were also there were using the sink.

The women who came and went from the restroom looked at Heilen with pity, as if - as if to say, "i was once in your position."

Some of them willingly took the tissue and gave it to Heilen who was still sitting, helpless and tearful in the corner of the room. Not a word was said from their lips, Heilen only looked at them for a moment with a blank and hollow look. Then she continued her crying again.

Arthur had been standing in front of the female toilet for about fifteen minutes. He waited with fret. He did not want Heilen to be angry or misunderstood over everything he saw, or because he was still hiding his identity. He had a strong reason and he had to pass it on to Heilen right now.

Behind Arthur Roboguard Alexus and the other bodyguards stood faithfully with Arthur. Chen who just arrived at that place also took a peg.

A middle-aged mother looks out of the toilet with a look of wonder at the rows of handsome men in front of this female-only toilet.

"Sorry madam, did you see a girl wearing a cream-coloured stelan blazer inside?" ask Arthur.

"Hmmm, is she your boyfriend??She was crying inside!" The middle-aged woman replied with great care, as if blaming Arthur.

Arthur is speechless. He will wait until Heilen comes out.

Tik

Tik

Tik

Time continued to tick, feeling slow to walk for Arthur. If he followed his heart, he would have entered the little room of the women.

The door opened for another time and now Heilen was standing there staring at him.

Arthur saw that those beautiful eyes were still wet.

Heilen gasped to see Arthur suddenly in front of him, he fell silent tired with the disappointment that erupted, there was nothing he could do but cry again.

Arthur approached, all he thought about was wiping away the tears. He did not want to have tears on the face of the woman he loved so much. Moreover, it was the tears that fell because Heilen was disappointed in him.

Wise men say that women's tears are created so that men forget their own tears. This time Arthur admitted it. It felt like he was able to do anything and give anything so that Heilen was cheerful again.

Their distance is so close. "Heilen, I'm sorry" whispered Arthur.

His right fingers rubbed Heilen's cheeks gently while his other hand grabbed the girl's hand.

Heilen still silently looked at the face he longed for, the face that had hidden so much from him.

"I miss you so much" Arthur whispered again, pulling Heilen's body slowly and immersing her into his arms.

Heilen could not resist it, although his disappointment was not yet gone, but his longing was also second to none. He was immersed in Arthur's distinctive body scent. Instead of spinning back slide by slide together, so much they had passed together. Afghanistan, Jakarta, Switzerland, America and suddenly Rossie Jane Jordan's face was also present in her head.

"Take me off!"

"Heilen.., follow me. We need to talk. I'll explain everything" said Arthur gently still hugging the girl's body tightly to reduce her longing load.

"No! untie me. Leave me alone!" Pekik Heilen.

"I'll never die" muttered Arthur trying to dampen Heilen's seemingly uncontrollable emotions. He tried to hold Heilen in his arms longer, but Heilen continued to wrangle.

"Take me off!"

"I won't let you go before I'm forgiven" Arthur said, still holding Heilen's body in his arms. He won't let Heilen go with misunderstanding and hatred.

Heilen who was burning jealous and feeling betrayed seemed to be unable to think clearly anymore. He pushed Arthur's body so hard that it was held up by a wall behind him.

Now Heilen stood with Sig Sauer P226 pistol in his hand, pointing it at Arthur's body.

"Don't mind me, just take care of your woman, Rossie Jane Jordan!" hiss Heilen with his net still reddened and wet.

Bend and his fifteen personnel swiftly took out their weapons and in an instant Heilen had been in the siege of the most advanced firearm, the Astro-XXX-Gun cal-11.

Not to miss Alexus who moved to grab the Sig Sauer P226 pistol from Heilen's hand.

"Alexus, don't touch her!!" snapped Arthur hard.

Spontaneous Alexus froze in place. It has been programmed to follow all the commands of the owner of the voice.

Chen Yuan looked at the drama before him unmoved, unblinking and speechless. He also dissolved in the tension of the story of two human children who are still as chaotic as the tangled thread.

'Heilen is just a jealous girl. Give him time to heal himself.'

The sentence was playing around in Chen's head, but he could not speak because he saw a slightly chaotic situation.

"Disable your weapons, return them to their original positions!!" arthur orders Bend and his men.

Bend and his team do Arthur's orders obediently.

"Give him a way!"arthur's orders again.

Arthur doesn't want to hold back Heilen, he knows his girl is sometimes very stubborn. He tried to be wise, maybe Heilen needed time to forgive him.

Heilen strengthened himself. He did not want to look weak in front of the man who hurt him. He turned away from Arthur and walked quickly away from the place. He crossed paths with Bend and Chen, complete already scattered puzzle pieces that had been confusing him.

Now Heilen understood that they were all Arthur's loyal accomplices, so that none of Arthur's secrets were leaked from their lips. Heilen grinned furiously looking at the two.

"ouch!" peekik Chen was unconscious. He was horrified to see a Seals girl being angered at being burned jealous with a sophisticated short-barrel rifle in her hand.

Arthur did not turn away until Heilen's body disappeared from his sight. He always remembered that Heilen would never hesitate to do what he wanted to do. Just like when Heilen split blood for her.

Chen approached Arthur to throw out the sentence he had been keeping since.

"Heilen is just a jealous girl. Give him time to heal himself."

"Hmmm.., but I don't take it easy to see it that way."

"At least you can tell that you are equally possessive.I just realized that you have injected GPS microchips into Heilen's body, so you always know where he is. Somehow you did it but I'm sure he himself didn't know in his body there were those microchips. You are indeed an incredible boss, hahahahaa. "kekeh Chen.

Arthur was quite amused by Chen's slight immortality that could divert his immortality. He just let Chen babble as he wanted.

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