"There's been an attack at a camp close by. They want us to go try and get the demons responsible." Aya stated.

Pastel*Palettes was in the area still as they were told not to return until they did something to Roselia.

"Let's go then."

The five of them headed out. Aya and Chisato lead the way. Hina hung back to the end. She was worried about this. She could feel that this would be a hard job. She didn't know what was going to make it hard, though.

Eve hung back with her, "You okay, Hina?"

"I just... have a bad feeling about this..." Hina whispered.

"Do you think she'll be there?" Eve questioned.

Hina nodded. She was worried Sayo would be there. And if she was, what if she had to watch her get killed? They were told to do that, after all.

"Hey, Aya. Do you know if we should kill or capture the raiders?" Eve asked.

"I believe they want them all alive if possible." Aya replied.

That eased Hina's worries a little. At least she didn't need to fear Sayo dying as much. It still could happen, though. But, it was a lot less likely to happen.

"We're close. Split up." Chisato ordered, "Aya, Hina, you two together. Eve, alone. Maya, you're with me."

"Hai!"

Everyone split up. Hina dreaded this. Why couldn't Eve had been her partner? At least then she had someone on her side. But, if they met Sayo, Aya would attack. Hina would have to hurt her. She didn't want to.

Eve was the first to find anyone. She ran into Afterglow. They all froze in place as she came out of the woods. Eve eyed them up. She had no clue who they were. Afterglow was not on the list of rebel groups at the moment.

"One against four. I think we can take her."

Eve grabbed her tazor. She was definitely going to need it. She didn't want to shoot them if she didn't have to. She looked them all over. They were all pretty battered. It wouldn't be too hard to attack them.

They all attacked at the same time. Eve blindly struck out with the tazer. It hit Moca. She cried out in pain and stumbled to the ground. Eve took the distraction as an opportunity to strike.

She took down Himari with ease. Eve held out her gun and kept moving it between Ran and Tomoe. They didn't know what to do.

"Leave and I won't shoot." Eve stated.

They both glanced at Moca and Himari. Eve knew they were debating trying to grab them. She growled. That was enough to tell them it was foolish to try. She was so close there was no way she could miss a shot.

Ran and Tomoe retreated. They cursed themselves for not being able to do anything. Unfortunately not much could win against a gun. They had no choice but to regroup with the others and plan on another rescue mission.

Eve grabbed Himari and Moca and drug them to the meeting spot. She kept watch over them to make sure nothing happened.

Chisato and Maya stumbled upon the main group. They didn't show themselves right away. They hung back and tried to determine the best course of action.

"If we jump from behind, we could grab one and quick dart off." Maya suggested.

"But then that'll leave quite a few free." Chisato protested.

"I think they'll come for her." Maya replied, "We can get the rest then."

Chisato sighed, "Very well. You want to grab or me?"

"I'll do it. You'll intimidate them more." Maya said.

"Alright. Whenever you're ready."

Maya waited until she sensed a good time. She dove out and grabbed the closest person she could. It happened to be Ako. Ako screamed. Maya wasn't able to quiet her fast enough.

Chisato stood beside her and held her gun to the others. Maya quickly ran, Ako in her grip. Chisato blocked any attempts at following them.

"Why are you here?" Yukina growled.

She moved to stand by Rinko. They couldn't be sure more of them weren't waiting to strike. Lisa stayed at the front and glanced around, looking for movement.

"You raided a base. What did you think would happen?" Chisato growled, "I suggest you turn yourselves in. We will end you all soon enough."

Before anyone could retaliate against her, Chisato ran off. She met up with Maya and Eve at the meeting spot. Ako was tied up and struggling on the ground. She was trying to get free, but the ropes were very tight.

"So, Roselia did have a part in this." Eve commented.

She didn't let it show, but she was deeply worried. That meant Sayo was definitely here. She feared Hina would have her worst fears come true today.

"Yeah. Too bad we only got one so far." Chisato replied.

"Who did you have?" Eve questioned.

"Yukina and Lisa were there. I saw a runaway from the organization there too. I believe Reona is the name." Chisato said.

"I see... So, Chiyu may be around here too?"

"Possibly. Their parents want them dead, but let's just leave them be. Why waste our time unless they cause problems." Chisato stated.

"I feel bad for them." Maya said, "I know the rumors about their parents have always been negative, so I can't imagine how they felt with them."

"I can't say I'm any different." Chisato agreed.

"Yeah..."

Eve wasn't really paying attention. She was super worried about Hina. If she didn't run into Sayo, and neither did Chisato or Maya, that meant there was a very high chance that Hina and Aya definitely would. That was a disaster waiting to happen. Aya would not show Sayo mercy.

Well... Eve wasn't too sure. Maybe Aya would. It wasn't hard to tell Sayo and Hina were related. Maybe Aya would ask questions before attacking? Maybe things would work out for Hina. Eve could only hope.

"Eve? Is everything okay?" Chisato's voice brought her out of her wandering thoughts.

"Huh? Yeah. Just thinking about stuff." Eve replied. She hoped Chisato couldn't tell it was a lie.

"You seem worried about something?" Maya commented.

"I just feel off about this. That's all." Eve lied, "I'm sure it's just nerves."

"Alright. Let's hope Hina and Aya come back with someone too."

Hina and Aya were not finding anyone as quickly as the others had. Hina was glad. She hoped the didn't find anyone. That was the best situation for her.

"How far should we go before we turn back?" Hina asked.

"Just a bit more. There will be rough terrain soon. We shouldn't bother going through it, so we'll turn there if we don't find anything." Aya replied.

"Okay." Hina nodded.

They paused as they heard crackling leaves. Aya lead the way toward the sound. The sound stopped. They heard heavy breathing. Someone had come to a stop to rest.

They came upon a small clearing. Hina felt her stomach drop as she saw who was in the clearing. Out of everyone it could have been, of course she would run into Sayo. And, Aya was here. She couldn't just ignore her and leave.

"Don't move or I'll shoot." Aya came out and held her gun at Sayo.

Sayo stood still and eyed her up. She clenched her hands into fists. Aya kept her aim steady.

Hina hesitantly came out of the woods as well. She had her gun drawn as well, as she knew she had no choice. If Aya saw her showing mercy, who knew what might happen to her.

Hina was barely keeping a straight face. Her expression held a lot of hurt and regret in it. She hated that she had to do this.

"Surrender now or I'll shoot." Aya ordered.

Sayo glared at her, "You think I'll give in so easily?"

"I'm armed. What can you do against me?" Aya shot back, "Now get on your knees."

"No. Make me." Sayo ran at Aya.

Aya panicked and missed the shot. She was quickly knocked back and her gun tossed aside. Sayo was holding her against a tree. Aya was struggling to move anything.

She looked at Hina. Hina had to make a choice. Who did she help? Did she let Sayo kill Aya? Or... did she capture Sayo? Was there a compromise? She wasn't sure.

"Let her go." Hina stated.

"She deserves to die."

Hina knew now compromise wasn't an option. Sayo wouldn't let Aya live. And, Hina couldn't just start begging her. Aya would probably turn her in. This was a disaster.

Hina gulped. She had no choice. She had to capture Sayo. Both would live then. And, there was a chance Sayo could escape again and be free. It was the best she had to work with right now.

Hina grabbed a thick stick off the ground. She hesitantly approached Sayo from behind. Sayo wasn't paying attention to her. She assumed Hina was on her side.

Aya was starting to lose consciousness. She was barely keeping herself up. It was mainly Sayo holding her up now. If Sayo let go, she would fall. Aya could see Hina. She silently pleaded for her to hurry up.

Hina stood behind Sayo. She hesitated. This was the last thing she wanted to do. She had hurt Sayo once and now she had to again. But, if she didn't, Aya was going to die.

"I'm sorry..." Hina whispered, hoping only Sayo could hear.

She hit Sayo as hard as she felt was acceptable with the stick. She hit a tree beside her and then fell to the ground. She didn't move, but Hina could see she was still breathing.

She dropped the stick and checked on Aya. Aya was sitting on the ground, gasping for breath.

"Aya, are you okay?"

"Y-yeah... I just need to... catch my breath..." Aya replied.

Hina looked over at Sayo. She felt awful about what she had done, but she had no choice. And she hated it.

"Hina... you seem to care about her." Aya said.

Hina gulped, "I... I can't tell you."

"Please?"

"No. Let's go back. They'll be waiting for us." Hina couldn't tell Aya the truth.

Aya sighed and stood up. Hina carefully picked up Sayo. Aya eyed her up. She didn't like how secretive Hina was being.

"You look similar." Aya commented.

Hina froze up. It clicked in Aya's head. She understood it now.

"You guys... are sisters. Aren't you?"

Hina nervously nodded, "Y-yeah..."

"I... I'm sorry... You should've told me. I would've let her go."

Hina's eyes widened, "What?"

Aya nervosuly played with her hands, "She's your sister. It must be awful knowing you hurt her. And it must hurt knowing we may be bringing her to her death. I hate that you're going through that."

"Can we... leave her?" Hina asked.

Aya sighed and shook her head, "Too risky. Someone might find her with the intent to kill her before anyone else can find her. It's honestly safer to take her."

"Oh..."

"Hina, we have to tell them. Maybe we could figure out how to keep her alive?" Aya pleaded.

"Eve knows..." Hina mumbled.

"Does anyone else in Roselia know about you?" Aya questioned.

"Yukina does." Hina replied, "Unless they told the others, no one else will know."

"Alright."

It only took a few minutes to meet up with everyone. Eve gave Hina a worried look. Hina returned the look.

"Alright, we go back to our base and there will be demons with a jail carriage to transport them." Chisato said.

Everyone started heading there. Hina kept Sayo with her, unwilling to let her go. Maya dealt with Ako, who had been shown that if she sturggled she was going to be tazed. Ako resigned to her fate and was not aggressive at all. Eve carried Moca and Chisato took Himari.

"Guys, we need to have a talk. Before we go back." Aya stated.

"About what?" Chisato questioned.

"Hina." Aya looked at her and nodded.

Hina gulped, "Um... Sayo... is my sister..."

"I... I can see the resemblance now..." Chisato sighed, "Let me guess, you're on her side and not ours."

"Maybe..."

"Chisato, we should help her." Aya begged, "It's not fair for Hina to suffer like this."

"What the hell are we supposed to do?" Chisato shot back.

"Maybe we can rebel?" Eve offered, "If Hina has any connection to Roselia, she could convince them we're with them and not the organization."

"I think that might work." Maya agreed, "It might give us just the chance we were looking for."

"Fine. We'll try. Hina, this on all on you. You get caught, you better not rat us all out." Chisato glared at her.

"You can tell them I helped." Eve said, "To make it more believable."

"Eve?" Chisato gave her a confused look.

"I did break the rules... back when we first started this mission. I spared her and I hid her from Aya. Hina told me about this right at the beginning. I'll take the fall too." Eve stated firmly.

"If you're sure about it, I can't stop you." Chisato replied.

"You guys... are on my side?" Hina was surprised. She didn't think they would ever turn like that.

"You're our friend, Hina. We help each other." Aya said with a smile.

"Yeah. This is going to cause a divide if we don't agree. It's best to work together on this. And, family is important to some demons. We can't tell you to forget your family." Chisato said.

"I've been waiting for a moment like this. I'll do anything to get revenge on them." Maya stated.

"I can't bear to see you suffer, Hina. I want you to be happy." Eve said.

Hina smiled, "I'm really happy."

"Alright, get your feelings under control before we get to the base. We can't let them know. If we need to wait a bit, so be it." Chisato stated.

Hina nodded and tried to calm herself. She needed to be straight-faced. The last thing they needed was the organization catching on to them.