Shima Ai said:
The size of it was incredible, and the very fact that is was up in the sky was nearly unbelievable.
Haruka had mentioned a flying fortress and he didn't give it a second though. The young shinobi had only assumed she meant some big castle or something like that. But this was incredible.
The caravan that he was apart had made the journey to the south of lightning in good time with hardly any trouble aside from a fractured axle. Ai had time to ponder just how he was going to impress Haruka. Though now he understood just how immense the task she had given him would be.
"Find a way up there, she says." he thought with a frown. "Yea that'll be easy..."
A man walked up beside him, a wide smile on his face. Ai had never met him before, but he was apparently and employee of the company. "Beautiful isn't it. That's where we are headed."
"How in the name of Raiden do we even get up there?" questioned Ai.
"You'll see, just be patient and you'll see." replied the man, heartily laughing at the tone in Ai's voice.
***
Hours later, they finally arrived at there destination, at least that's what Ai had assumed. The parked each wagon and cargo bed along side the road and began to unload it.
Ai was sidetracked, looking straight up at the landmass above him. Every so often he'd turn to look at the freight they had brough along, then back up at the island in the air. One word tumbled out of his mouth. "How?"
One of the men reached up to his headset and radioed someone. Ai couldn't perceive who it might be. "Do they have people on the island already?"
"Send it down. We are secured and ready for transport." said the man.
From the side of the mass, a small speck appeared. As time moved on it soon grew larger and larger until Ai realized that it was a ship! "Well that solves that mystery..." he thought to himself.
***
A very slow descent later, Ai looked out across the flat expanse of the land that was in the air. There was hardly anything here.
Some buildings where the freight was being taken to, and some men working on tilling some fields and building a barn. From the look of things this was just going to be very exclusive farming land. "That can't be just it." he thought.
"Welcome to Olympus Shima-san."
Ai jumped in fright, unprepared for the voice that had greeted him from behind. He turned quickly holding his chest with a smile on his face.
"I'm sorry, you caught me offguard!" he said happily.
"I apologize, I forgot just how mesmerizing it is. My name is Hato, I work for Masahiro-sama. Agent 94 sent word ahead that you have decided to finally take us up on our offer?"
"Oh! Good to meet you Hato-san." he responded with a bow. This Hato fellow seemed very task oriented, not much personality to him at all. Sounded like the rest of his family... "Yessir! I'm tired of my skills going to waste, I'd much rather make use of them for people trying to do some good in this world rather than the highest bidder." he finished with an intense nod of the head.
In his time as a contract killer for the corporation, Ai had primarily been tasked with taking out targets whom often were terrible criminals or crooks. Hence, his belief that they were out to do good. Oh how ignorant he was.
"Good!" commented Hato. "I'll be accompanying you on our way back to the village, we can talk about what we expect from you and what you can expect from us. Do you have a favorite number?" he asked.
"Uh, I guess? Thirty-three." he responded with curiosity in his voice.
"Welcome to the Titan Corporation, Agent 33."