PART 1

"Have you heard?"
"Oh you mean that tavern that opened up a day go? I haven't been there myself but I've heard some great things about it."

"I heard they had cute girls there as waitresses"
"We should go check it out, I hear they have amazing food that you won't find anywhere else on the continent."
"Sounds delicious! Alright let's go I'm starving!"

"Welcome to Accueil!" A friendly greeting delivered by the elderly man with an impressively long beard standing by the door and leaning on his cane, wearing a simple brown sleeveless coat over his clothing as he let patrons in.

"Hello! I'm Alouette! Here let me take you to your seat." the energetic little blonde haired girl in the pink dress smiled, guiding the customers who came in to an empty table."

"Hello, I'm Mamina, I'll be your waitress for today." Mamina was an attractive Warrior bunny with orange hair and eyes and long bunny ears off her head, normally a servent of House Formal, she was among the staff who offered to help out at Accueil, and was wearing a waitressing uniform from Ciel's world of a button up white shirt with a bow tie, though she had the top two buttons undone to show off some nice cleavage, long black slacks and short heeled plated boots, the outfit seemed to enhance her figure rather than hide it by hugging her curves gently. The uniform helped her stand out and made the wait staff for the dining hall easy to spot in a crowd.

Myuute, Biggs and Wedge were at the entrance, a grin on the siren's face as they looked it over.

"So this is what they've been up to?" Biggs asked. "a tavern?"
"Why not?" said Myuute. "I think it's neat. Come on lets go in!" she smiled heading into the tavern, Biggs side and Wedge grinned.

"Come on Biggs, we owe them a visit anyways." said the Orc as he walked in.

"Yeah but every time we're around them bad stuff happens!" said Biggs. "Have you forgotten the flame dragon?!"

"Oh stop being a baby." said Wedge.

"Biggs! Wedge! Myuute!" The cheerful voice made the three turn, watching as Ciel, the resistance leader approached them. She seemed to have traded in that fancy outfit of hers for something a little more simple, a plain silver colored dress with an ankle length skirt and simple shoes, her helmet was gone and she wore her hair in a ponytail with a pink ribbon, she smiled as she hugged the three of them. "I'm glad you could make it."
"Wouldn't miss this for anything." said Myuute. "Congratulations on the opening."
"Thank you." said Ciel. "Believe me It's been a hell of a week, come to back I'll tell you all about it, and Wedge could we borrow you for some heavy lifting?"
"Of course." said Wedge. "Lead the way."

The three stared at all of the stuff in the kitchen, Trying to wrap their heads around what they were seeing as Ciel lead them through.

"What's all of this stuff?" Biggs asked.

"Kitchen appliances and equipment from our world." said Ciel. "Electric Stove, fryers, refrigerators for cold foods. We also have the means to generate power for them, thanks to help from Rory, Leilei and the Elves."
Biggs skidded to a stop. "Rory? Rory MERCURY?"

Ciel nodded. "That's right."

"Okay that's it, I'm leaving!" Biggs turned and headed for the door, and Wedge grabbed him.

"Not so fast Biggs." said Wedge.

"Let me go Wedge!" said Biggs. "I told you we'd run into trouble if we came here! Them knowing Rory the reaper CAN'T be good."

As if on cue, the door swung open, and in walked Rory herself, wearing the same uniform as the other waitresses, though she kept her hair band on. "Hibou three Hamburgers, medium rare!"
"On it!" Hibou said, wearing an apron over his resistance uniform as he was by a grill, setting down three piles of ground beef shaped into discs. Rory looked over to Ciel, and at the three. "Oh who do we have here?"
"Rory, this is Myuute, Biggs and Wedge." said Ciel. "They helped us with the flame dragon."
Rory smiled and looked at the three of them. "Oh they did huh?"
"Well we didn't do that much." said Myuute.

"You did help protect the survivors the rest of the way though." said Ciel. "And for that I am grateful." She'd lead them to a back door, where several transports were parked, different from the ones the resistance had.

"Company?" Myuute asked.

"Delivery." said Ciel, she turned toward a man approaching the three were unfamiliar with, dark skin with blue hair and yellow eyes, wearing yellow clothing over a blue under suit the resistance and others from their world seem to wear. "As for you Barter, I didn't expect to see you here personally."
"I wanted to get a look at this place myself." said the man called Barter, who lit up a cylinder of paper with something in the center, using a strange object that created a flame when he pushed something on it, the end glowed and a trail of smoke came from it, he put it in his mouth and was going to do something with in when Ciel took it from his mouth and tossed it to the ground, stepping on it with her heel.

"Sorry, Accueil is no smoking." said Ciel.

"You hurt me." said Barter mockingly.

"You'll live." said Ciel. She turned to Wedge. "Wedge there are some heavy boxes in the back of the vans here, can you carry them to the basement? There's an entrance in the kitchen."

"Ah, right." said Wedge, he looked at Barter who raised an eyebrow at him. The guy had those ear caps on the side of his head, must be a reploid.

"A pig, a wolf, and a bird." said Barter. "Now I've seen everything."

"This is Biggs, Wedge and Myuute. Biggs is a Kobold, Wedge an Orc and Myuute is a Siren."
"Hi there." said Myuute.

"Yo." said Biggs, watching Wedge carry out a rather large wooden box from one of the transports, then raising an eyebrow seeing two strange round creatures hop out balancing smaller boxes on their hats. "So who are you?"

Barter raised an eyebrow at them, not knowing the language as he looked to Ciel.

"Ah they're asking who you are." said Ciel, she looked to the three. "This is Barter, he comes from my world from a place called Junk Town. I contracted him to bring the resistance some much needed supplies and get them past Neo Arcadia unnoticed."
"Junk town?" said Biggs. "Sounds like a dump."

"You'd probably fit right in." said Myuute. Biggs' eyebrow twitched. Ciel sighed but smiled, and turned to Barter.

"Thank you for keeping your word." said Ciel. "and getting the supplies we needed."
"Thats what your paying me for." said Barter. "and I'd never betray a client. As promise this first shipment is free to get you off your feet and get going, but any more business and you'll have to pay, half upfront."

"Shrewd as always." Ciel said. "But why don't you and Melany stay and get something to eat." she gave a rather wry smile. "First meal is free."
Barter raised an eyebrow, and he laughed.

"What?" said Ciel.

"Now who's being shrewd?" Barter asked. "Working with you is going to be very interesting to say the least." he patted Ciel on the shoulder, using his cane to walk into the kitchen, he stopped and looked at Biggs and Myuute. "Oh and mind the mettaurs you two."

"What did he say?" Biggs said, before looking down after hearing a squeaky little voice, and seeing one of those round creatures looking up at him with a death glare. "What do you want?"
The creature said nothing, and kicked Biggs in the shin. The Kobold howled and hopped around. "OW OW OW OW! THE LITTLE SHIT KICKED ME! OW!"

Myuute was too busy laughing to see if he was okay, and Ciel sighed.

"Yeah they're kind of violent." said Ciel. "First time I met Barter's mettaurs one of them head butted me."

"You weren't hurt were you?" Myuute asked.

"luckily I had my helmet on." said Ciel. "But it still stung."

"At least you had armor." whined Biggs.

Ciel sighed. "I'll have Rocinolle look at it, but I'm sure a little ice and you'll be fine."

"Oh, where's Zero?" Myuute asked. "I don't see him around."

"Probably dragging more helpless bandits into heroic situations." muttered Biggs as he limped into the kitchen and sat down, rubbing his ankle."

"He's downstairs actually." said Ciel. "He's been undergoing repairs all week."

"Repairs?" Myuute looked worried.

"Like I said, it's been a hell of a week. But now that we have the supplies and equipment from Barter he should be back on his feet in no time."
"Once his feet are rebuilt anyway." Hibou chimed in as he was stirring a pot of sauce.

"Say what now?" said Biggs.

"He sort of got blown in half." said Hibou. Myuute stared, mouth covered hearing that. "He's fine, still as moody as ever."
"How did it happen?" said Biggs. "Who did that to him?"
"It was X." said Ciel. "The leader of Neo Arcadia. They found the gate."
"Oh dear." said Myuute. "No one else got hurt did they?"
"Rory was hurt badly by X." said Ciel. "and she and the girls also ran into one of the Shittenou, the guardians of X and leaders of Neo Arcadia's military, they barely managed to escape that encounter alive."

"Can we see him?" Myuute asked. "Zero I mean."

"I don't see why not." Ciel said smiling. "Follow me.

PART 2

The basement was a stark contrast to upstairs aside from the kitchen. The walls were being reinforced with steel plating, and it seemed that the noise from upstairs, along with some sound dampening magic from Tuka and Yuno, were keeping the construction a secret .

"We found this underground basement while we were cleaning up the building." said Ciel. "The plan is to convert it into a base much like what we had back home, this way we'll be able to monitor Neo Arcadia's activities on this side."

"Amazing." said Myuute.
"Hey Hirondelle where do you want this?" Wedge's voice came from one of the rooms.

"Over there. Good to see you again Wedge, you're looking well." replied the voice of Hirondelle. "Helping out with the heavy lifting?"
"Least I can do." said Wedge. He came out of the room, waving to the others as he walked over. "You see this place?"
"Uh, we're standing in it." Biggs said as Ciel lead them into what was now the medical room. "Kind of hard not to-HOLY SHIT." Biggs's muzzle was hanging open seeing Zero on the repair table, asleep as Cerveau and Doigt were working on rebuilding his limbs now that they had the parts. They looked up seeing the three of them.

"Oh my god." said Myuute as she ran over. "Zero are you okay? You look...well..naked." she was staring at Zero's lower half, metal and wires making up the basic structure of his skeleton.

"He can't hear you Myuute." said Cerveau. "He's currently in stasis while we work on repairing him."
"Oh." said Myuute. "So he's asleep?"
"Pretty much." said Doigt as he was working on some wiring in Zero's hand.

"Good god man. That X guy did all that?" said Biggs.

"With one shot." said Ciel. "It's a testament to how powerful X truly is."

"But now that we got some proper equipment." Doigt said. "Zero will be back on his feet in no time, once we rebuild his legs of course."

"It'll take another day or two, but he'll be good as new." said Cerveau. "A little sturdier too, Barter doesn't pull his punches when it comes to quality that's for sure."
Wedge looked around the place and then at Ciel. "So that Barter guy out in the back alley made this all huh?" he asked.

"Yeah." said Ciel. "I had my apprehensions about him at first, he is an arms dealer and the lowest kind of scum you can imagine, but so far he's proven himself."
"How did he get all this stuff here anyways?" Biggs asked. "You said Neo Arcadia found the gate right? They must have a checkpoint or something."

"I don't know honestly." said Ciel. "and at the same time I don't think I want to know, and according to Barter, the less I know the easier it is for him to do what he needs to do, and I think I'll leave it at that."

"So what are you going to do now?" Wedge asked.

"Run Accueil, continue my research now that I have proper equipment, but most importantly, find a way to Save X from himself and stop this war."

"Save X from himself?" Myuute asked puzzled. "I thought he was the bad guy."
"He is." said Ciel. "But I managed to get information, straight from him no less, he's infected by what we call the 'maverick virus' which causes reploids to go berserk and attack humans, but the way it's effected him has caused him to become increasingly brutal in his methods to keep the humans of Neo Arcadia safe."
"So if you can cure him." said Wedge. "He'll be back to his old self?"
Ciel nodded.

"Anything we can do to help?" he then asked.

Biggs eyes widen and he shook his head. "Oh no, oh HELL NO! There is NO WAY in hell I'm going to risk my life against someone who did THAT to someone who sliced a Flame Dragon's arm off." he pointed at Zero as he said that. "That line of thinking has 'suicide' written all over it, and if you think for a minute I'm going to get myself killed you have another thing coming!"

"What if we paid you for your troubles?" Ciel asked. "I mean aside from being bandits you ARE mercenaries are you not?"

Biggs' ear twitched. "Pay? Well, since you asked..."

"Typical Biggs." Myuute said with a sigh. "Mention money and he'll do anything."

Ciel smiled. "Well not everyone can be as persuasive as Zero."

"So what are you planning on doing from here on out?" Wedge asked. "Now that you have all of this stuff."
Ciel gave a little smile. "We're going to conduct the biggest smear campaign ever. We're going to hit Neo Arcadia where it hurts and make them out to be so incompetent the empire will be demanding they pack up and leave."
Cerveau raised an eyebrow. "You're going to humiliate X? In front of the whole empire?"

"You didn't see how annoyed he was that he had to be pulled away from the talks with the empire finalizing that alliance he cares so much about." said Ciel. "It must have left a bad impression on his hosts when he had to leave to deal with us personally at the gate, and I'm sure that aggravation lead to the freak-out, which in turn tipped us off that he's infected by the virus."

"Remind me never to make you mad." said Biggs.

"I have to get back to my work." said Ciel. "Feel free to get a bite to eat upstairs, and thanks again for stopping by."

"No problem." said Myuute. "What are friends for?"

The three of them sat down in the dining room after being brought to a table by Alouette and handed menus.

"Yuno will be your waitress today." Alouette said with a smile. "So take your time and look through the menus while she gets ready to serve you."
"Thanks Alouette." Myuute said. The girl smiled and walked off happily.

"Hard to imagine a little girl like her is one of those reploids." said Biggs. "Does that mean she'll always look like that?"
"Guess so." said Wedge. "I suppose she could always get her body rebuilt or something, you saw Zero downstairs."
Myuute was looking over the menu, turning it this way and that. "I wonder what's good here?"
"We can ask Yuno when she shows up." said Biggs.

"Sorry about that!" Came a voice, the three turned watching Yuno walk over. "Hello my name is Yuno and I'll. OH!" a big smile crossed her face and she put her little notepad and pencil down to give them a hug. "Biggs! Wedge! Myuute! when did you three show up?"
"Not too long ago." said Wedge. "We we're downstairs getting a look at the resistance base."
"Isn't it amazing?" Yuno said. "You know I went to the other side of the gate myself, with Rory, Leilei and Tuka."
"You saw their world?" Myuute asked. "What's it like."

Yuno had a sad look on her face. "In a word? Desolate. We came out into an abandoned City the resistance was using as a base, and the surrounding land was like a big desert."
"Oh man." said Biggs. "That doesn't sound fun place to visit."
"No, and besides we went there for a reason." said Yuno. "Ciel needed to see Barter about getting supplies, and the girls and I attacked and blew up a Neo Arcadia Supply depot."

"No way really?" said Myuute. "You have to tell me everything!"
"I will later." said Yuno. "Let's get you guys something to eat first."

"So what do you recommend?" Biggs asked.

"Oh the 'Hamburger deluxe" is our most popular item actually, and a good choice for newcomers to Accueil. You can't go wrong with it." said Yuno.

"I did hear Rory call for them back in the kitchen." said Biggs. "What is it?"
"Well they take some choice cut steaks and grind them up, and then Hibou takes the ground meat and shapes it into this round disc they call a 'patty' and he cooks it up on what they call a 'grill' to varying degrees depending on how raw or cooked you like it. He takes a roll and cuts it in half and places the cooked burger on it, a leaf of lettuce, slice of tomato and bingo!"

"Okay." said Biggs. "What's the 'deluxe' part?"

"Ah that would be the French fries, comes standard with every hamburger deluxe rather than a separate order."
"French fries?" Myuute blinked.

"Oh this one is amazing actually." said Yuno. "They slice potatoes into long strips and cook them in boiling cooking oil! They come out nice and crispy."

The three looked at each other and shrugged.

"Alright, three of these 'Hamburger deluxe'" said Myuute.

"An excellent choice!" said Yuno as she collected the menus. "You won't be disappointed." she finished writing down their orders wand turned to walk off. "I'll be back in a bit with water for all of you."
The three nodded, then turned to each other.

"Okay we're not seriously thinking of helping the resistance are we? Money or no we're talking about fighting something vastly superior then any of us."
"Well why not?" said Myuute. "Yuno and the others helped them out, you heard what she said, she helped raid a supply depot or some such."
"Yeah but they had RORY FRICKEN MERCURY on their side, so of course it's going to succeed!" said Biggs. "Were just three bandits who suck at being bandits, exactly what all can we do?"

"whatever we can." said Wedge. "Besides, it felt good helping those villagers get to safety, and don't say otherwise Wedge." he'd sit back in his chair. "And I'm too damn old to keep wandering from place to place looking for an easy score."
"So what you want to settle down here?" said Biggs.

"Why not?" said Wedge. "It's well known that House Formal has always been fair and welcoming of demi humans." He'd nod to the warrior bunny and Cat people waitresses. "Just look at those two, you'd think they'd find steady jobs like this anywhere else in the empire that didn't involve prostitution?"

Myuute looked down, casually running her finger though her leaf like hair. "It is tough being a demi human in the empire." she said. "Maybe we can take our chances on the other side of the gate in Ciel's world."
"Doing what?" said Biggs. "From what Yuno said, there's NOTHING there besides that Neo Arcadia place."
"Barter has to come from somewhere outside Neo Arcadia." said Myuute.

"Probably the type of hell holes you can find anywhere around here." said Italica. "Slum cities, red light districts, you know the places we usually hide in to avoid the law." He gave a nod to Yuno when she came back with their waters, setting them down and giving a bow before she headed to check on another table.

"Come on Biggs." said Myuute. "Even you have to be tired of all the wandering around we've been doing. Let's settle down in Italica!"
"I'll ask what I asked when you suggested we go through the gate." said Biggs. "And do what?"
"Whatever we can." said Myuute. "We can find jobs in town can't we? And a decent place for the three of us, even if it's helping out the resistance, Ciel did offer to pay for our services."
"But what would we even be up against?" said Biggs. "Like I said before, we all saw Zero downstairs, whoever this X guy is ripped Zero in half, and let's not forget Zero cut off a flame dragon's arm and made it run."

"I highly doubt she'll send us after big wigs." said Wedge. "Probably hit smaller stuff, raids and the like."

"Yeah and what if we run into a big wig huh?" asked Biggs. "What do we do then."
"Fight." Yuno came in, carrying a tray of food and setting the plates down. "We fought two of their officers and won." she said with a grin. "Granted we blew up depot with the second one inside while we escaped."
"Is he dead?" Biggs asked, hopeful.

"Nope." said Yuno. "From what I heard he survived."

"Oh great." said Biggs. He looked at his plate. "This is it?" he asked.

"Yup." said Yuno. She was setting down condiments. "You can use these to improve the flavor, the Ketchup in particular is very good." she'd point it out. "Just don't overdo it. A little bit on the burger, and a small plop on the plate to dip the fries in." She gave a smile and a bow. "If you need anything else, more water, just let me know." And she'd head off toward the back. "Mamina! You got customers waiting!" she called out.

The three looked down at their plates as Wedge picked up the Ketchup bottle and looked it over.

"Looks like blood." said Biggs. He'd pick up one of the fries, examining it before taking a bite. "Hey not bad!"

Myuute had taken a bite of the burger, a grin on her face. "Mmm, this burger is JUICY! I didn't think meat could taste this good!"

Wedge got the cap of the ketchup bottle unscrewed, and per Yuno's instruction shook out a small dollop onto his plate, having to bop the bottom of the bottle to get it out. He'd pass the bottle around as he took a French fry and dipped it into the ketchup and took a bite. "Not bad indeed." The three nodded and dug into their food like they haven't eaten in days.

Yuno came back a few minutes later, a smile on her face seeing the three content bandits patting their bellies and three empty plates. "Well you certainly enjoyed yourselves." she said with a smile.

"That was the best food EVER!" said Myuute! "My compliments to the chef."

Yuno smiled again as she scribbled something on her pad. "Hibou will be glad to hear that." she tore the paper off and set it down.

"What's this?" Wedge asked.

"Your check." said Yuno. "Pay at the bar, and don't forget to leave a tip." She'd give a wave and walk off.

"Check?" said Biggs. Wedge picked up the check and looked it over. "20 silver Denari per bugler...60 all together..."
"60 Silver Denari?!" said Biggs. They looked at one another and began to rummage their packs and pouches.

"I have 4...copper Soruda." said Myuute nervously.

"2 Silver Denari." said Wedge.

"Flat broke." said Biggs. "Now what?" The three looked at each other, then at the door.

"Can we make it?" Biggs whispered.

"I don't know." said Wedge.

"We should just be honest and say we can't pay, they'll understand."

"Fuck it!" said Biggs as he stood up suddenly. "These guys are crazy anyways!" and he bolted for the door.

"RUNNER!" someone screamed.

"Damn it Biggs." said Wedge. Biggs barely made it to the door when something nailed him square in the gut, a kick from Mamina that caused Biggs to collapse gasping for air.

"Nice try buddy." said Mamina sweetly.

PART 3

Zero's eyes slowly opened, adjusting to the light in the room. He groaned and sat up and looked down. He had legs, h looked over, seeing he had two arms too.

"Morning." Ciel said with a smile as she walked in. Zero looked around, realizing now he was in a fully furnished med lab and repair bay. "Barter came through."

"Yup." said Ciel. "We started building the base around the time Cerveau put you in stasis to begin the major repairs."

"How long was I out?" Zero asked as he started to sit up.

"A week." said Ciel. "But it was worth it, your good as new now, and on a happy note Accueil is a success." She gave a smile. "We have more than enough money to bargain with to get more supplies from Barter."

Zero started to get up, but Ciel pushed him back down. "Oh no you don't, you just woke up, you shouldn't be getting up."
"If I lay here any longer I'm going to go stir crazy." said Zero. "Bad enough I couldn't move for 2 weeks. And now you're saying I have to sit here longer?"

"Just give your systems a chance to recalibrate." said Ciel. "Oh, those bandit friends of yours are here."
"Is that so? Where are they now?"
"Working." said Ciel. "They tried to dine and dash on opening day."
Zero raised an eyebrow, and he smiled. "Serves them right."
"Zero, everything is finally in place." said Ciel. "It's time we stopped running and strike at Neo Arcadia head first. Supply depots, major installations, if we can get into the dome itself and cause some problems then so be it."
"That last one is a little risky." said Zero.

"Risky, but probably necessary for what I need to cure X." said Ciel.

"Ciel, what if he's too far gone to be cured?" Zero asked.

"Then I trust you to do the right thing." said Ciel. "But no matter what, even if I finish my energy research, what good will it do if we can't get X to see reason?"

"So we make him see reason no matter what?" Zero asked.

"Yes." said Ciel. "And I fully plan to knock him down a peg or two and humiliate him something fierce in front of his newfound allies. You remember how agitated he was when he confronted us at the gate, he said so himself. He was pulled away from important negotiations to deal with us, that must not have sit well with the empire at all."
"Combined with the damage I gave him, and his maverick freak out, there's no way he would be in any shape to go right back." said Zero. "So you're saying you want to push him over the edge? Force his hand to make mistakes?"
"Exactly." said Ciel. "We're going to capitalize on those mistake to hide our true intentions behind hit and run raids. And with everyone's help, I think we can do it."
Zero looked at Ciel, seeing true confidence in her eyes for the first time in months.

"What are we waiting for then?" Zero asked. "Let's get to work."

Leilei was up in her room, the light of an electric torch provided by the resistance illuminating her desk as she was going through the Cyber Elf information she borrowed from Ciel, along with her own notes.

"Energy attracts energy." she said to herself, typing away on her pad. "Cyber Elves are made of energy, and are drawn to other forms of energy to sustain themselves outside of cyberspace." She sorted through Ciel's notes, comparing them to her own to make corrections. "Therefore they are drawn to the magic in this world, coming through the gate as a result and sustaining themselves on that magic, allowing them to exist here without cyberspace." She scribbled notes onto a piece of paper before she stood, picking up her staff. "Therefore..." she closed her eyes, her body giving off a blue aura as she chanted and channeled her magic, not really casting a spell but letting it manifest, she continued to chant, keeping her magic stable and pulsing through her room as flickers of light suddenly began to materialize, much like the sphere of light at the depot, the flickered around as they floated, and small wisps of light seem to flutter off them like dust, There were at least 3 in her room, and a 4th started to flutter in from her open window. She opened her eyes, a distant look in them as she stood there, holding her free hand out as a Cyber Elf floated in her palm, she stared at it, and her eyes started to turn red, burning brightly as she started to smile, at first normal smile, but as she gazed at the Cyber Elf, the smile seem to get more and more unhinged. "They are attracted to me." she giggled, the cyber elves giving off a chime like sound as her giggling grew into a quiet chuckle, the aura of her magic seem to increase in intensity as her power seem to be increasing due to the Cyber Elves. "And despite being human." she said, eyes wide with excitement, her body trembling with anticipation. "I can still make use of Cyber Elves through Cyber Fusion, or having their power augment my magic like it's doing now, I could go on forever without worrying about losing stamina or getting exhausted." the chuckle was slowly turning into laughter, her aura growing stronger and taking the shape of her older form resulting from the cyber fusion mimicking her pose as she stood there. "and because of my magic, that's why I can see them." she said, speaking with two voices now. "and since I can see them, I can use them." she trembled, looking almost mad now as her eyes burned even brighter "and if I can use them, I won't ever have to worry about being in a situation like back in the supply depot where I felt completely helpless." Her grin twitched as she looked at the Cyber Elf in her palm, then at the others floating in her room, she was slowly losing her mind from so many cyber elves influencing her all at once and she didn't even realize it. "And it's all mine, not Rory's, or Tuka's, or even Yuno's. I'm the only one who can see them, I'm the only one who can use them." Her laughter was starting to grow. "And who can stop me? I was practically invincible when I changed, Fafnir couldn't touch me. I just need to figure out how to trigger the process and I-"

' I killed 2 scientists, 2 squads worth of Pantheons and put the Shittenou out of action for a month while I was going berserk, unable to control the power surging through me. It's like I was going Maverick, lashing out and killing anything that got in my way.'

Leilei's eyes widen, she dropped her staff and held her head shaking it, the Cyber Elves fluttered and Leilei twitched as she looked at them. "No, get out, go away, this isn't what I meant, no, stop get out..." she swatted at the Cyber Elves, who fluttered and faded from Leilei's vision, tears started to stream down her eyes as her aura subsided and she fell to her knees, in pain, anguish and fear.

'Did I...Did I go maverick?' she asked herself. "Is that how it feels like?" she looked around nervously, her usually stoic and calm expression replaced by that sense of fear one felt for the unknown. 'I just wanted to see if I could summon them, make them visible.' she slumped against the bed, muttering to herself over and over as the quiet night continued on.