Chương 4: Shoping Spree and Quency.

Kratos was not planning on spending much time shopping which is why he wanted Yan to recommend him stuff. She offered top-shelf stuff which was expensive, but it was convenient. Now he had to walk around with his sister, Yan, and make sure Guilty did not touch anything.

She had listened to him about being careful with her monstrous strength. She may have been practicing to contain it all, but she still had a long way to go before it was safe. However, as long as he kept an eye on her, he did not think there would be much trouble.

He was knocked out of his thoughts when he heard Yan speak to him.

"I already got the things we talked about reserved. Now, we just got to find what to dress her up in. Any requests?"

Kratos shook his head.

"Ask her, not me."

When Yan and Artemis looked at Guilty who was standing right next to Kratos, she shrugged.

"Anything is fine."

Artemis covered her face as she looked up at her brother.

"I think we found the female version of you. Well, I live for the challenge. Come on."

Kratos and Guilty looked at each other before they shrugged. Yan led them to the female clothes section and instantly began to suggest top-liner brands. Many of which were made out of the same material that Kratos' new uniform was made from.

That brought up the price, but Kratos was willing to pay as he was not a stingy person. He just never had a reason to splurge big, but this was a good opportunity.

"I don't mind the price, Guilty start trying them on."

She looked up at him and made a request.

"Can you help me?"

Artemis blushed red and shook her head.

"Absolutely not. He is a man, and you are a woman."

Guilty did not care and gave her reason.

"Only the Commander can safely help me. I might crush someone by mistake."

Yan just looked the other way.

"Do what you need to do, just make sure any of that other stuff is kept to our line of hotels."

Kratos rolled his eyes that they thought so low of him. He was not going to force himself on her, besides he was not looking to die. With a single slap, she would break his skull so this was just him helping her.

Once they were in the changing room he asked an important question.

"Are you wearing anything under your prison jumpsuit?"

She nodded, which made him sigh in relief.

"Good. Here, take it off and put this on."

He was holding a very baggy black T-shirt. He made sure to look away as she unzipped her Jumpsuit. She did not even care, but he avoided looking as she pulled off the top portion.

"Raise your arms."

Once the top part was off, he helped her put on the black shirt which reached her knees. He was the one who choose a 2XL shirt as her breasts were huge and a baggy shirt would help hide them. Once the top part was covered, he handed her a black and red skirt.

"This one you got to put on your own."

She nodded and he turned around as she fumbled to put it on. When she was done she called to him.

"I am done."

He turned around and saw how her skirt reached a little past her knees. With that done, he handed her some stockings which she managed to put on. They reached below her knees and then he helped her put on a black and red zip-up hoodie that matched her current clothes well.

With that done, he reached back and got a baseball cap and put it on her head. Once she was dressed, he looked her up and down and gave her a thumbs-up.

"You look nice."

She looked at herself in the mirror and thought she now actually looked normal. Sure she would still have to wear her chains, but now they would match with her clothes a bit.

"Thank you, Commander."

"No problem. Come on, let's go out before those two think I did something weird to you."

She nodded as Kratos opened the door to the dressing room. When she stepped out, both Yan nor Artemis had not expected that Kratos could pick out something decent. Artemis gave Guilty a look over before she gave a resounding nod.

"I have nothing left to teach you. Go, my wayward student."

He did not grace her with a response as that would take too much brain power.

"Yan, can I get 4 pairs of clothes that match this style?

Yan nodded.

"Right away. Thank you for your patronage."

She walked off to get the things that Kratos and Guilty would need. While she did that, Kratos got her old prison jumpsuit and removed the chains and locks from it.

"Guilty."

She sighed and held her arms behind her back. First, he placed the locking mechanism around her chest and tied it in place. Artemis felt bad as she watched Kratos place back her restraints. Once the mechanism was in front of her chest. He locked her arms behind her back.

Once she was restrained he apologized.

"Sorry about that."

She shook her head.

"Rules are rules."

Artemis wanted to know more about why she had to be restrained.

"Brother, why do you have to lock her arms up and stuff."

"Oh, I didn't tell you much, but Guilty was just released from the Rehabilitation Center. Her strength is so incredible she has no control over it. As such, when she was released to my custody, they told me to avoid releasing her too much. I don't get much choice in the matter."

Artemis nodded.

"I just feel it is not fair."

Guilty looked her in the eyes and shook her head.

"Don't bother. While it was not my fault, I still am a danger to everyone around me.:

Kratos spoke up as he walked away.

"It won't be forever. Just until we can get her to control her strength, and on the surface, she will be unbound. So don't worry. See you later."

Guilty followed behind him as he walked to the counter where Yan was standing. She liked to do things herself when top-paying customers were around.

"Alright, one Reactive Polimer Uniform, and boots. 2, protective vests, 4 t-shirts, 3 hoodies, 3 skirts, and three pairs of stockings bring your total to 2,300,000 credits before the discount. And you get 15% off for buying in bulk. Your total comes to 1,995,000 credits."

Kratos paid the credits which were deducted from his account. Yan smiled and bagged all of that up for them.

"Come back anytime."

Kratos nodded.

"I plan to, Guilty, we can go now."

She followed next to him as they left the Shopping Mall. As his parents were rather high up in the Central Government, they had bought their 3 adult children houses. Kratos did not live on Royal Road, but he did live in the area bordering it.

Most Commanders only saw their Nikkes during missions, but Anderson and Ingrid put him in charge of his rehibilitation targets. They obviously would send them on dangerous missions, but he expected that when he became a commander.

However, he had a timeline for getting Sin and Quency out of the Rehabilitation Center. He only had three months to get both out. Then he had an extra 3 to form them into an actual battle-ready squad.

He planned to only take two months to get them off the center and use the remaining 4 to get them battle ready. He did not even stop planning his future days when he arrived at his house. The house in question was a two-story, 5 bedroom house his parents gifted to him when he graduated from the Academy.

He unlocked the front door and pushed it open as he looked back at Guilty.

"This is my house, normal Commanders and Nikkes don't live together. However, I am not a normal Commander and you are not a normal Nikke. As such, you, Quency and Sin will soon be under my care. Any questions?"

She nodded.

"When are we returning to the Rehabilitation Center?"

Kratos checked his watch and saw that it was a little past 6 pm.

"In 12 hours."

Kratos pushed the release for her restraints which released her arms. Once she was free, Kratos took off his hat and tossed it on the table. He set down the gun case that had Guilty's shotgun along with the bags of clothes he bought on the kitchen table.

After sat down on the couch and looked over at Guilty.

"You can pick any of the spare beddrooms. Don't worry about breaking this place as my parents made sure to make this a fortress, but still be careful. Oh, and don't forget to take your gun with you."

She did as he said and took her gun and the clothes he bought for her. She went up the stairs to pick out a room while Kratos closed his eyes. He never got much sleep so he would take it when he could.

As for Guilty, he did not mind what she did as long as she did not destroy important things. As such he took this time to take some well needed rest. Quickly the hours passed by and the moment the clock struck 6 AM he opened his eyes.

Guilty who had been watching him the whole time could swear his eyes were glowing in the dark. However, it might have been her imagination as when he blinked that stoped.

"Guilty."

"Commander."

He decided to not ask and stood up. The first thing he wanted to do was to change out of his old uniform for the new one he bought. He walked to the kitchen table to get the bag that had it, his new protective vest and his new boots.

"After I change, we are going back to the Rehibilitation Center. I would leave you here, but the rule is you can't be more than 50 meters from me at all times. So, you are going to have to come with me."

She nodded.

"That is fine."

"Alright, I won't take long."

Kratos walked up the stairs to the his room, the largest in the house. Inside was a large bed in the middle that was neatly folded. A desk where he would write his reports near the window, and a shelf.

Kratos began to remove his old uniform as his new one was of much higher quality. Plus, it would fit him perfectly so he quickly got dressed. Once he finished getting dressed he realised that Yan forgot to mention it was tempeture controled.

It would always keep him at the perfect tempeture and the protective vest that came with it did not impeed his movements. Plus his new boots fit him perfectly which made his buying this worth it.

He would remove the pins and medals from his old uniform later. For now it did not matter so he just walked down the stairs. He saw that Guilty was already waiting and that she had her shotgun chained to one of the chains on her body.

"Guilty, we are leaving. Your arms."

She nodded and waited for him to bind her arms in place. Once they were bound, Kratos opened the door for her and locked it once they left. They began to walk toward the Elevator which would bring them back to the Rehibilitation Center.

He thought about Quency and the file, and videos he had on her.

'A severe case of Kleptomania. She has a unhealthy, and uncontrolable urge to steel things. And she is restless and loves to escape from her holding cells which is why she got sent to the Rehibilitation Center. Now, I just got to get her out. Her stealing be damned. As for Sin, that is going to be a whole lot more complicated.'

However, he was not discouraged as Quency's stealing and escape skills are quite useful in other sitations. His future squad was already forming in his head, but it did not show on his face.