"She hit you?" Blade asked incredulously, "Why?"

"Because I screwed up when I was talking to her," Sword said, taking off his helmet. It was Blade's shift now, and for that, Sword was grateful, "I accidentally implied that… well…"

"What did you say?"

"I basically told her that she didn't try to protect her family and that's the reason their dead,"

"Wow Sword. That's kind of harsh," Blade looked away from the glare that his friend gave him, "Why'd you say it?"

"I didn't mean to. I mean, she was coming at me-"

Blade gave him an amused look.

"Not like that! She got mad at me because I had said that Sir Meta Knight had called her paranoid when she said that Nightmare was back. My tongue slipped and that's what came out of my mouth. Happy?"

"Not nearly. Since when do you get hit by a girl? And a crippled one at that?" Blade tried to hide a laugh

"Oh, shut it," Sword threw one of his shoes at Blade, who neatly dodged it, "She'd make a good opponent. She's certainly not one to hold back,"

Blade winced, "Nothing is more terrifying than being the target of an angry woman,"

"And an angry woman with decent fighting skills at that,"

They were turning this into a joke now, "You were lucky to make it out alive," Blade said, laughing.

The two fell silent when they heard movement behind them. Meta Knight was glaring at them. Not in anger, but in disapproval, "She could have sliced you to bits, but she didn't," he said softly

"Sorry Sir," Sword muttered, looking at his feet, "I shouldn't have said anything. But she-"

"Exploded, I am aware of that," Meta Knight finished for him, "But she is sensitive. At the moment, at least. Her only family has just been killed and she couldn't have stopped it. And then you lose your temper and hit her in a place where it really stings. Choose your words carefully, both of you," and with that, he left which, really didn't make any sense since they were all in one room and he certainly didn't go the door, but, since Meta Knight was Meta Knight, he could do things like that.

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Rin's eyes snapped open at a knock on the door. Her arm burned with pain and her leg was sore. She sat up and slung her sword across her back and pulled herself up with her crutch, "Come in," she said sleepily, now faintly annoyed with the constant knocking.

Meta Knight slid in silently, "Did you have a rough night?"

She glared, "You could say that. Being paranoid does a number on ones nerves. Did you ask your knave to patrol my hallway just to insult me?"

"No, as a matter of fact, I did not. But he and Blade knight are expert mechanics. They will have your ship fixed soon enough and you can be on your way."

"Wait- they're doing WHAT?!" she yelled the last word and, before Meta Knight had any time to ask what she was so worried about, she had dashed out of the room, leaving the star warrior standing in her room, unsure if he should go after her, or wait to see what type of chaos would unfold.

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Rin managed to catch up to the knights' right as they had managed to make in to her crashed ship.

"Whoa!Whoawoahwoah! What do you think you're doing?" she asked as Blade shoved open the ship's hatch

"We're going to get this ship running so that you can leave," Blade explained simply

"You are not going to even consider thinking about touching my ship if I'm not there!" She shoved the hatch back down again

"And why is that?"

"I don't trust you at all. If you are going to be messing around with my ship, then I am going to be there as well," Rin glanced from one to the other, waiting for them to oppose this idea.

"Fine, have it your way," Blade said simply, Sword shot him a look, but it was ignored.

Rin reopened the hatch and slid in, she glanced at the floor of the ship, her eyes widening, "Wow, I've been looking for this," she picked something off of the floor of the ship. It looked like a toothpaste tube, except it was grey without any markings on it.

"Any what is that?" Sword asked, attempting to hide his curiosity

"It's a healing salve. It's able to cure almost any physical wound, not counting poison," She untied the splint from her arm and squirted a bit of the salve onto her finger. It was neon green on color, but faded to clear when Rin rubbed it onto her injured arm. After waiting a minute, Rin shook her arm, which was good as new. Smiling, she did the same with her leg, "That's better," she threw the now empty tube back into the ship.

"Where'd you find that?" Blade asked, lifting up the ships hood and peering inside

"Well it wasn't easy. These are so rare that the chances of actually hearing about one are like, one in… let's see…" She counted off her fingers, "Never,"

"So how did you come across something so valuable?" Sword asked, scooting under the ship to look at some of the ships wiring

"Foraging," came Rin's muffled reply. She was practically upside down in the ship, checking the wiring underneath the control panel, "The late queen of Ephira owned it previously, but while I was looking around her castle for supplies, I came upon it. I've already used it on my eye when I was blinded by a harpy,"

"Interesting," Sword said, not really paying attention as he fiddled with a small square box set into the main cable. He had hardly touched it when something shifted underneath his hand and a red light started flashing and beeping ominously.

"Oh shit…"

"What's wrong?" Blade and Rin asked in unison

"I think we had better start running," Sword said, backing away from the ship

"Hmm?" Rin hopped out of the ship and looked underneath, he eyes widened, "Oh crap," She grabbed Blade's wrist and started sprinting.

The beeping got louder and louder before Rin screamed, "HIT THE DECK!" and she shoved both of the knights to the grass as the ship exploded, going up in a fiery mushroom-shaped cloud and ear-shattering BOOM.

"Care to explain why the hell there was a bomb attached to your ship?" Sword asked, only mildly infuriated

Rin scowled and shrugged "I dunno! I didn't know it was under there until you triggered it!"

Sword scowled, "It's not like I meant to blow your ship up! It was hardly fixable, judging from the damage that was done to the underside. It's better off obliterated!"

"So I'm stuck here?"

"Temporarily," Blade assured, sensing a possible fist fight in the near future, "Considering that your ship is irreparable, it may take some time to get a replacement,"

Rin looked at her surroundings, her ears were flat against her head and he tail had stopped swaying, "Peachy," she spat. A whistling sound, followed by a thump, followed then by a string of less-than-pleasant swears coming from Rin indicated a lever, most likely from the control panel, falling out of the sky and hitting Rin in the head. Sword could hardly restrain his laughter as Rin continued her swearing and head-rubbing, her sharp teeth gritted in pain.

"Are you alright?" Sword asked, still attempting to regain control of his laughter

"Nnnnnyyyyaaaa," a pain-filled moan was his reply

"…"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Rin grunted, stepping on the lever, breaking it in two, "Hurt like hell though, at least you two have helmets," she rapped her knuckles softly on Sword's helmet. He batted her hand away, "Quit it,"

"Well, I suppose we should tell Meta Knight? We seems to be in charge of all GSA and other related paraphernalia around here," Rin's tail started swaying in a semi-upbeat mood again as she headed for the castle, not waiting for the knights to catch up.