It was indeed a strange sight to see the crew of the Outlaw Star and the McDougal Brothers within a fifteen-mile radius and not ripping each others' heads off. It was even stranger to see them side by side, fighting together against a common enemy.
Except for Melfina.
She happened to be leaning against a wall, watching her fellow crewmates as they fought for their lives, as well as hers. True, she wasn't a very good fighter, but usually she would have tried to help them or something. Then again, she wasn't really herself, now was she? Those pirate ninjas had appeared out of nowhere as they were running to the Outlaw Star. Just as they turned to run back, more robots had, as it seemed, sprouted up from the ground. Running was now not an option.
It looked as if their opponents had underwent intensive training or massive upgrades during their absence; they were definetely harder to get rid of than before.
"Take that, you piece of junk!" Gene accurately fired his caster gun at a ninja that had been thrown into the air by a very pissed off Ctarl-Ctarl. Gene was immediately showered with bits of metal, gears, and springs. "Shiit..."
Meanwhile, Harry--helped by Jim--was busy trying to hack into the enemy ships. Every once in a while he'd chuckle psychotically, and a random pirate ship would either start to attack other enemy ships, or just blow up. Aisha defended them while they did their work.
"Rrrr...Take this, pirate freaks!" Aisha snarled, picked up one ninja, and threw it onto a group of ninjas advancing on Suzuka and Ron, who nodded their thanks.
Ron was getting out of breath. Was he that old? Shooting yet another pirate ninja, he cast a sideways glance at Suzuka. She didn't seem too weary, but then again, she didn't usually seem like anything. Just...stony, yet displaying such an array of emotion somehow. She was enchanting. She was mesmerizing. She was...his crush? Ron wailed despairingly inside. Why was this happening to him? He was supposed to be tough, mean, and cruel! //Argh...//
Ron didn't know that Suzuka was feeling the same way. Neither knew each what the other was thinking, yet they communicated without words perfectly. Did true love at first sight ever happen before?
No one noticed a lone ninja reach out of the shadows behind Melfina. No one saw it grab her, heard her muffled scream, disappear with it. Not until it was too late.
Gene only saw her frightened--but still dull and lifeless--eyes. Then he blinked, and they were gone. "MELFINAAAAAAAAA!"
With that, The ninjas disappeared.
So had the Outlaw Star.
All that was left were the ravaged bodies of the defeated pirates, the McDougals' ships, and the crew, minus Melfina.
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//Melfina..you are mine once more...and so is the precious ship. My dear, we must stop meeting like this..//
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NOTES FOR REVIEWER(S):

katty(it is!): *confused* .....?
Tyrant person: You think it's FUNNIand it needs some ANGST?!!? AAAAAAAAAAA-- ::cries::

A/N- I'm doing these note things alot now huh? Oh well...r/r, as usual!