Captured: Bonus Scene:
My name is Cross, a high ranking rookie Reclaimer who works for Team Elma. I told you about the day I was captured by a xenophobic ex-Interceptor named Alex, but was rescued by Elma and most of the BLADEs I worked alongside. Well... here's a detail I wish I could've mentioned in that story...
At that time, I was sapped of my strength, due to a tranquilizer dart. That, and the fact that I hadn't eaten at all while I was in captivity, meant I just couldn't walk. At all. I had to depend on others just to even walk. Luckily, Elma was willing to let me ride in her Skell. If I can't even walk, I couldn't even pilot a Skell.
"I still can't believe they ruined my new Special Reclaimer uniform. I wonder what Candid & Credible would think of the fact that their hard work had gone to waste?" I asked.
"Don't sweat it, Cross. Tutura told me that you shouldn't work yourself up over it. Especially since it was far beyond your control." Elma assured me. While I tried to hold onto the side of Elma's seat, I had to keep my chest covered. Especially since Alex, whom I beared a personal grudge against in the first place, tore off my badge, and revealed a part of my breast in the process. Luckily, it didn't reveal a certain unmentionable.
As we were flying out of Sylvalum and back towards Primordia, I sighed in sadness. "I still can't believe my badge was destroyed." I said as I sighed. I had a flashback to which Alex forced me to witness my badge being destroyed. During the flashback, one of Alex's followers carried my bound and gagged body like a suitcase, which was definitely undignified.
"Men, can you hold Cross's head so she can't look away?" Alex asked. Two more of his followers complied. One held my head vertically, so I can't look up or down; the other placed his hands on my cheek, so I can't look away. "Now, Cross, this is what you get for selling humanity to those xenos. Even if you survive our ordeal, you'll be a laughingstock forever." Alex said... before throwing my badge into the lava. And the badge was made of solid gold, too. Little did Alex know that I wasn't a laughingstock after all.
"Listen, Cross. It's a shame, truly. But what's done is done. The fact that you're alive and well, matters much more than some badge. Besides, even without that badge, you've proven to be an excellent BLADE without it." Elma assured me. Then, the communications turned on.
"Elma's right, Cross. Take a look around you. All the BLADEs that are with us? They all had different reasons to help save you. As we mentioned earlier, we're all here for you." Nagi complied. As I looked around, I saw all the Skells around, nodding in agreement with Nagi's words. Elma handed me the communication so I can thank them for their words, to which I did.
"Thank you, everyone. It's wonderful to be with everyone." I said.
"And it's wonderful for all of us to be with you." Lin replied.
"Once you recover, we're all open to helping you finish that xenophobe once and for all once we find him. So no matter which of us you choose to help you, we're all on your side, Cross." Elma agreed. I smiled at Elma's words.
"And look at that. We're back in NLA. I'm going to give Vandham the report." Nagi stated. Nagi opened up communications, and chose to contact Vandham. "Commander Vandham? Come in." Nagi requested.
"Nagi? I've been looking everywhere in NLA for ya." Vandham was surprised.
"Well, I'll be with you in a bit. In the meantime, though, tell every news outlet in NLA that the mission to rescue Cross is a success, and that everyone, human or xenoform, can rest easy for now." Nagi replied.
"A-Alright. I suppose. Meet me in BLADE Tower, will ya?" Vandham requested.
"Yes, sir. At once, sir." Nagi replied.
"Anyone want to help me bring Cross to the BLADE Barracks?" Elma asked.
"I'll do it." Lin replied.
"Umm... Lin?" Doug asked.
"And yes, I'm aware of what happened to Cross's new outfit." Lin stated.
"How about I give Cross a bathrobe once we're inside?" Elma suggested.
"That might be a good idea, considering even girls have to respect other girls' privacies. ...Or something like that." Gwin agreed.
"Not how I would've said it, Gwin, but good to know." Irina stated.
"Cross, once I park the Skell, I want you to hang on to me until Lin comes along." Elma stated.
"Very well. Thank you all, again." I said. I'm glad to have gotten this detail mentioned at long last. So you know the remainder of the story by now. This is where the missing detail will end.