Agate groaned as he rubbed his temples. "What's the problem with Tita again?"

Princess Klaudia giggled. "Try to pay attention now, I'm not going to repeat myself."

Agate nodded. "Alright, alright."

"Not that you pay attention anyway."

Agate surged to his feet and spun around to find the culprit. He expected to see Olivier, but instead...He saw Tita.

Agate did his best to smile without letting the others know he cared about her A LOT. "Tita..."

Tita shook her head as she raced past him, going straight out of the front door. A few tears hitting the floor as she did so.

Agate turned his gaze to Professor Albert Russell. "Is she depressed or something? Normally she'd be hap-"

"That's part of the problem. She won't talk to anyone." Albert responded to him.

Agate blinked. "Then...WHAT THE FUCK are you all doing sat around!?" He raced out of the Russell household, even though Klaudia and Albert were shouting after him to come back.

Albert looked at the floor. "She's crying..."

Klaudia nodded at him. "Let's go after Agate then...Something's deadly wrong."

[Zeiss Streets]

Tita raced around the streets of Zeiss, then ended up down an allyway, but she kept running until she collided into someone. "I'm sorry!" She yelped as she hit the floor.

"Oh, really?" Whoever it was, grabbed her arms and pulled her up to a man's gaze. "I think you'd better be sorry...Hmmm...Aren't you...Albert's daughter?"

Tita tried not to blush but found it almost impossible.

"Ah, then I think you won't mind if I do this!"

Tita blinked in confusion but then found herself against a wall, looking down, trying to get herself out off her predicament. She closed her eyes and yelled, "GET OFF ME! SOMEONE! ANYONE! HELP!"

The man was about to say more, when a particular blade and gold scythe hit the man across the back, slicing into his neck and sending him to the floor.

There was an evil giggling sound as the man's body hit the floor. Tita felt herself fall down the wall but was caught by a pair of very soft hands.

"This is not the place to be sleeping, silly, I'll take you somewhere nice. We'll go and see someone special together. Just rest."

Tita tried to struggle but failed when she felt someone breathing next to her ear. "Tita..." Tita shivered as the person's voice was VERY familiar by now.

"Renne?" She whispered only to have the giggling again. "Yep. Now hang on...I'll keep you safe, promise."

Tita felt herself smile as Renne lifted her up and onto Pater-Mater. "You...You're...You're..."

"I'm what?"

Renne began to pant as she managed, barely, to put Tita onto Pater-Mater. "You're heavy."

Tita absent-mindedly kicked Renne straight into her stomach, making Enforcer #15 (Angel of Extermination/Slaughter.) groan in pain as she toppled over.

"Do NOT do that again!" Renne growled as she punched Tita in the shoulder. "Just so you know, if you do that again...I'll kick you off Pater-Mater or have him DROP you mid-flight. Understood?"

Tita heard some machine noises, then Renne sighed. "Alright, alright Pater-Mater. I won't KILL her...Besides...That isn't my aim."

As Tita fell asleep, from everything up to this moment, and including nearly being assaulted she lost a TON of energy she could have SWORN she heard Renne say three more things:

"I think I may have found someone I like..."

Machine noise.

"NOT like THAT! JEZZ! Well...At least...Not quite."

More machine noise.

"Shut up...Just shut up. Focus on flying...I'll look after the new passenger."

[Sorry for short chapter length...I will TRY to make the next one longer!]