Mediziner's Notes: Like with the previous chapter, this was also done on the same month but saved for September at the time before I had left for Japan for a week. :) I also begin to include another OC of mine whom doesn't have as major of a role as Radiant Prism does, but is instead mentioned or appears on the screen.
This Chapter was originally uploaded: 1/9/2019 on DeviantART.
The Leader within Cover Art is drawn and commissioned by Erilmadith-Everyoung on DeviantART. You can also find Radiant Prism's full reference there, too.
Enjoy!
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"I don't think that's a bad idea." Yuuta replied. Deep down, he was happy that Saejima would ensure everything would remain the same despite the only thing is letting them combine independently as an optional addition when the situation calls for it in case something happened to him. "Thinking back on some of the cases or disasters we've dealt with in the past, I've felt bad that I couldn't give the command during some of those times I wasn't available or worried you guys when I didn't respond..."
"But..." Drill Boy frowned.
"If it's entirely optional, I don't see an issue with it." Deckerd said.
"Speaking of combining independently..." Gunmax then jabbed a thumb digit in the direction of Radiant Prism. "Does this mean our little rookie here is also going to stick with the kid's command?"
"No, I combine independently." Radiant Prism replied. "I prefer to remain independent as much as possible, as I have since I was first brought online."
"That's ice cold. The way you put it makes it sound as if you don't like working with us." Gunmax said with a bit of a shrug.
"So then... Does everyone agree with this?" Saejima asked.
"This isn't an issue for me." Duke said. He thought back to how he used to be able to combine independently on his own even before he came to Japan, but now that he's remained and worked alongside the rest of the Brave Police here, he's decided to simply wait for Yuuta's unification command.
"I guess if everyone else is fine with it, I don't have any issues either." Power Joe replied with a shrug.
"It's thoughtful that combining independently is an optional choice, so I'll go with it." Came Dumpson's reply.
Drill Boy noticed that both Power Joe, Dumpson, and McCrane were looking at him, and after a few seconds he then sighed in defeat. "I'll... Go along with it too... I still prefer Yuuta's command over the optional choice." He finally said, wings and drill shoulders drooping. He didn't like how his teammates expected him to give an answer. McCrane told the Commissioner that because everyone agreed, he also agrees with the idea.
"Alright, I'll start arranging all of this. In the meantime, why don't all of you take a break for the rest of the evening? I'd say all of you have earned it."
"Don't we need to help clean up the mess done by the Earthquake?" Radiant Prism inquired.
"That can wait until morning. It's far too late and people won't appreciate the noise." Saejima then looked in the direction of Yuuta, his expression indifferent. "Yuuta, I'd like for you to come into my office, there's something I'd like to show you."
"What are you going to show me?" Yuuta replied curiously.
"Mm... It's top secret. Very top secret that no one but you should know."
The other Braves stared at Saejima, also curious. However the curiosity was shattered when Radiant Prism spoke, arms crossed. "Sir, if it's that top secret shouldn't all of us have the right to know rather than just the Boss?" She asked, fearing something would happen to the small child. "If you're thinking that the Boss could handle this on his own, I feel it's an unsafe move for I don't want the others closest to him worry. Not just us, but any of his other friends and especially his family." She noticed that the Vice-Commissioner seemed to pick up on what's going on, and had quietly sneaked out of the room, not wanting to deal with whatever crazy plot the Commissioner was up to. The man himself didn't seem to notice, having been caught up making an explanation that oddly felt... unbelievable. In the end, Radiant Prism decided not to continue this any further as she watched Saejima and Yuuta exchange a few words, then left the room. The latter made sure to tell the others he'll be right back.
Dumpson was the first to get up. "Alright, I'm going to spend a bit of time outside."
"Outside?" Power Joe smirked. "What you're actually saying is that you're going to go visit Ayako, aren't you?" Seeing his Brother stiffen, he knew that he had hit the nail.
"What... What makes you think that?" Dumpson managed to say slowly.
"It's obvious. Not just me but the rest of the Brave Police know." Power Joe said, leaning in his chair and folding his arms behind the back of his helm. "You always freeze up whenever Ayako's name is mentioned. It's not once but multiple occasions that you do that, and it's pretty clear to everyone else whenever they ask you about her. Besides, compared to McCrane who's already confessed to Seia over about a year ago, why haven't you done the same and confessed to Ayako already?"
In the background, McCrane quietly reached for a few work papers off to the side of his desk as he needed something to distract himself with. It was still quite embarrassing whenever someone brings up the topic of when he finally confessed to the military woman a few months back. Fortunately despite that both Power Joe and Dumpson teased him about it for days back then, everyone unconsciously had made it an unspoken rule to keep his relationship with Seia a secret from the public. Only the entire Brave Police, the two Commissioners, Yuuta, Toudou and his Mechanics know about it. Ayako was also aware of it, the two women were close friends.
"Sh-She's been very busy with her work... So I've never managed... To... Um..." Dumpson managed to choke out, not liking how Power Joe's teasing was continuing to linger.
"Hey Power Joe, I think I get it now." Drill Boy piped up, having been listening and looking between the two.
Attention shifting to Drill Boy, Power Joe's antennas perked. "Eh? Get what?"
"The reason why you watch those soap operas so much."
Power Joe gave Drill Boy a confused look. "And...?"
There was a bit of silence, then Drill boy continued innocently. "You watch them because... Ah! You're jealous that both McCrane and Dumpson have girlfriends but you don't." He said happily.
Everyone's attention had been drawn to hearing Power Joe exclaim, followed by him falling out of his chair.
"Wh-What the heck!?" Power Joe exclaimed, completely at a loss with Drill boy's logic on the situation. Once he got back up, he could see Drill Boy laughing. "Hey! Not funny!" He snapped, clearly annoyed. "I don't know where you got that idea but, you're. So. Dead."
Both Braves had run out of the office as Power Joe gave chase after Drill Boy. Radiant Prism, whom was working away on writing near the door had to get out of the way of the two Build Team members. Footsteps could be heard outside followed by a bit of yelling until it seemed to have died down. "...Should I be worried?"
"Nah, that's how those two are, rookie." Gunmax said casually, polishing his handgun as he paused for a moment to admire his work, then polished another spot on the weapon. "Have been since before I officially started working here."
Radiant Prism didn't appreciate being called a rookie, but decided that it was best not to express it. A part of it was somewhat true though that not only did she started work here a while back, but she was still learning how the law worked here. She continued to write, deciding to give the Brave Police more further info on the trio that she swore to defeat and arrest, while failing to overhear Shadowmaru discussing with someone else about Kagerou and how he could start work. From here, she then overheard Gunmax also addressing the blue ninja as a rookie. 'Strange... How could Kagerou be a rookie when he's built here, and knows everything?' She thought, swapping the papers to begin jotting down info on the next criminal, having finished the first one. She then noticed at the corner of her optics that Deckerd had got up from his seat, intending to head towards the exit, announcing to everyone that he's leaving the station a little early today.
When Deckerd approached the doors, he looked in Radiant Prism's direction. "Good job on your work so far, Radiant Prism. You're getting close to the end of your lessons and pretty soon you'll be able to work alongside everyone else from now on, either assigned to paperwork or patrol. However..." He began switching to a private comm with her. -Both you and Kagerou should find a way to get over your fear of humans.-
Radiant Prism stared at Deckerd, did she hear him right when he said that Kagerou also had a fear of humans?
"Come outside with me for a moment." At his command, Radiant Prism acknowledged with a nod and followed him out of the room. The two walked away from the door just a few meters away, and once far enough, Deckerd turned to face Radiant Prism.
"How could Kagerou be afraid of humans when he wasn't going to be disposed of in the same manner as I was?" Radiant Prism asked bemusedly, speaking quietly but enough for the Brave Detective to still hear her. She watched as Deckerd gave himself a moment to think, clearly she could see that he wasn't sure whether to answer or not.
Knowing Shadowmaru had given himself the time to know Radiant Prism better after he had finished his lessons with her a few days back, Deckerd began to explain about how he and the Build Team, long before Drill Boy, Duke, and Gunmax came into the picture were receiving reports about a rogue robot going around damaging city property, primarily targeting machinery with simple A.I. in them. He made sure to explain that they didn't know at the time that it was a Super A.I. unit like themselves and would also mention about how he first spotted Shadowmaru in his dog mode watching him, but thanks to special technology built into his systems, he couldn't detect him in any manner, default signals, heat signatures, nothing. Only by sight alone. "...Since trying to catch Kagerou, Shadowmaru would give me all sorts of warnings because he didn't want me and the rest of the Brave Police to capture him. I was never given any reason why." He said with a frown, then continued to explain the other times they've spotted Kagerou and tried to put a stop to him until the last time he was seen at the talking machines fair, which they were too late to stop Kagerou from destroying it, but made matters worse when the blue ninja held Azuki hostage and holed himself up in the building. "...And that's where we were introduced to Shadowmaru by the Commissioner. Shadowmaru himself opted to go and talk to Kagerou otherwise if he sees any of us, it would spook him and risk hurting the hostage. After a minute or two, we then saw Kagerou flee into the skies. Unfortunately because he could fly and none of us could, there was no stopping him once he took off into the skies. If I had known sooner that those two were close and known why Kagerou had been..." He paused, heavily sighing. "What happened wouldn't have happened to begin with. The actual last sighting of him was when we received a report about that he was spotted attacking the city despite Shadowmaru promised that Kagerou would never hurt anyone... It wasn't him, instead he had been captured and had his Super A.I. removed by Excellent Corporation, a private company."
Deckerd thought for a moment with a frown. "Wanting to get him back, Shadowmaru tried to retrieve Kagerou's Super A.I. on his own, even we helped but we weren't successful. Shadowmaru told us that his Super A.I. was controlling the submarine it was inside and he steered the submarine towards the bottom of the ocean, far beyond our depth limit and the sub's own depth limit." He looked over his shoulder towards where the doors were. "How Kagerou's Super A.I. had been recovered from the deep ocean completely intact, I'm not sure. I've tried asking Shadowmaru about it a few times but he didn't give me a proper answer... I know it couldn't be Shadowmaru, because none of us were built for deep diving, and if he tried to retrieve it from the ocean, Shadowmaru would've imploded from the sheer pressure..."
Deckerd faced Radiant Prism once again. "Since losing Kagerou, it greatly upset Shadowmaru. To him, it was like losing a part of himself. I often think that Shadowmaru was created through copying Kagerou's Super A.I. rather than mine because of this. However, this information I can't be sure of, because of the nature of both he and Kagerou's construction were highly top secret, classified even to the Brave Police."
"To lose someone that close to you..." Radiant Prism mumbled quietly to herself.
Deckerd perked up. "Ah, sorry... Did you lose someone close to you?"
"No, but thanks to the events of what happened back home, I can't see my friend anymore..." Radiant Prism then shook her helm. "But back onto the previous topic, what do you propose Kagerou and I improve how we can get used to people...?"
The patrol car thought deeply for a moment, then smiled. "I have just the idea."
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"Are you sure this is going to work...?" Radiant Prism frowned, not too long ago she had finished what remained of the lessons with McCrane and as if on cue, Deckerd called her to be relocated with him, Shadowmaru, and Kagerou into the human sized bodies. "I feel... Vulnerable when I'm in this size, and the fact we're outside of the station..." She added, the five of them were on their way back to the Tomonaga residence.
"You'll get used to the smaller body eventually, Miss Radiant Prism." Shadowmaru said.
"You know, Shadowmaru..." Yuuta paused, slowing his pace to look at both Shadowmaru and Kagerou. He especially took note in Shadowmaru having shapeshifted into his dog mode and then giggled. "It looks like Kagerou is walking you."
The reaction was immediate, and Shadowmaru jolted at realising the situation. "I'm a wolf, not a dog! Wolves don't allow themselves to be walked by people like dogs!" He exclaimed, looking away. "I'm only walking with you guys normally."
"Really now, Shadowmaru?" Kagerou then reached over, petting his Brother. "Then explain to me why you're walking at my pace?"
"I don't need to explain anything!" The purple ninja ducked away from his Brother's touch, moving ahead just a little bit.
Yuuta watched as Shadowmaru and Kagerou went back and forth, he was very happy that Shadowmaru was a lot more happy since Kagerou was brought into the picture. He had been curious as to how he came back, considering the incident with the submarine sinking far below it's depth limit and imploding. The Ninja Detective hadn't given anyone an answer as to how he got him back, other than he told him that he found his Super A.I. along the beach, or at least that's what he heard... He had given up on asking for the real truth when Deckerd kept trying to get an answer out of him, but seeing the two ninjas interacting together and looking so happy made him happy too and that was enough to ask for. He then noticed a colourful red mailbox off in the corner of his eye.
"Ah!"
"What's wrong, Yuuta?" He watched as Yuuta ran towards the mailbox, and instinctively he followed suit. Both Shadowmaru and Kagerou were snapped out of their little squabble the moment they heard Yuuta exclaim and on instinct both followed, Radiant Prism not far behind.
Stopping at the mailbox, Yuuta began digging into his school bag until he brought out Duke's letter. When Deckerd asked again if he was alright, Yuuta smiled. "Of course, I just promised Duke I'd drop off his letter in a mailbox on the way home. Maybe when I get home, I could write a letter to my parents since they've always sent us letters from wherever they're at overseas." He said, putting the letter into the mailbox. "But, while both Azuki and Kurumi have sent letters or replied to them, I never wrote a letter to them before so maybe now I can ask either of them to help me send a letter of my own." Yuuta spun around to face Deckerd. "Maybe you could write a letter too, Deckerd. Since you are also considered part of the Tomonaga family!"
"Yeah, that sounds nice." Deckerd replied with a nod.
As the group continued their walk, there was nothing more than idle chatter. By the time they made it to the Tomonaga residence, Yuuta unlocked the door and entered. "I'm home!" He called out, letting the others in.
"Ah, welcome home Yuuta." Azuki smiled, having just come downstairs. Immediately she spotted Deckerd and Shadowmaru right away and greeted them happily, but she also noticed was that there was another Brave she wasn't familiar with, and another one was hiding behind the others, unable to quite see whom it is. "Oh? Yuuta, when did you and the others have two new teammates added to the team? And who's that hiding behind everyone's backs?"
"Uh..." Yuuta looked at Radiant Prism for a moment. While the German Brave wasn't exactly a newly built member to the team, but instead came overseas from Europe like Duke. "Kinda..." He said, looking back at Azuki. "This is Radiant Prism, she's from Europe like Duke. And... Um..." He then looked to Kagerou who kept hidden behind the three. Then he realised something and wasn't sure how to explain, looking to Shadowmaru in wanting him to explain.
"Oh dear." Shadowmaru then moved aside, and when Azuki was able to catch a glimpse of whom it was, she immediately recognised that blue armour, followed by those red bat-like wings, and especially how he looked very much like Shadowmaru. "Kagerou, don't hide." He said, when the prototype ducked behind both Deckerd and Radiant Prism. Deep down, the Ninja Detective was worried that Azuki might freak out, recalling how Kagerou had held her as a hostage years ago. Surprisingly enough... She didn't seemed phased upon sight of his Brother.
"Oh, you're Kagerou." Azuki smiled. "It's been a while since I last saw you. Please, you don't have to hi-"
"Shadowmaru!" Kurumi exclaimed, having peeked out from the living room to see who was at the door. "It's been a while since Azuki and I have seen you!"
"Good evening, Kurumi. It's good to see you too. Apologies for not making time to visit, my superiors have been keeping me busy lately with a bit of change to my schedule." Shadowmaru said with a bit of a nod, though he hated to lie, he couldn't really tell both Azuki and Kurumi that his work was far different than that of a regular police cop. The more advanced technology he and Kagerou had in particular were to never be known to the public.
Kagerou on the other hand was completely bemused beyond description. How could Azuki of all people not be afraid of him? Especially when he had once held her hostage long ago... He didn't understand this, he knew normally anyone that was being held hostage would be terrified out of their minds. He decided to conclude this as a possible reason that the girl had forgotten about the whole ordeal. 'It has been sometime...' He thought... Though he did feel heavy regret for what he had done to her.
When Kurumi did spot him however, everyone had to calm her saying that he's not like what he was back then anymore. Of course Kurumi had gone into a rant about the entire thing but Azuki was quick to put a stop to it, not wanting any fighting to escalate. Kagerou gave himself a moment, and when Kurumi finally calmed down, he then stepped forth and deeply apologised to the two sisters. At least, this was something he could get out of his systems...
With everything cleared up, everyone relocated into the living room, playing a couple of varying games that Yuuta gathered from storage. They were currently in the middle of a card game, except both Radiant Prism and Kagerou were keeping their distance. Radiant Prism simply sat on the floor watching while Kagerou, who had shapeshifted into his avian form was perched up on the sofa snickering at Shadowmaru. Their isolation didn't go unnoticed by Deckerd. 'This won't do...' He thought with a frown, he didn't want them to spend the rest of the evening just sitting around doing nothing but watch, so he began to comm them both.
-Radiant Prism, Kagerou, aren't you two going to join us?- Right away, both of them looked at him. They looked at one another then back to him again.
-I... I'm fine with something more quiet...- Radiant Prism managed to reply. Kagerou on the other hand chose not to say anything, but it was clear that since getting to the residence did Kagerou change right away. Deckerd then privately commed Shadowmaru, asking him to try and help Kagerou get more involved with the others.
Kagerou perked up, Shadowmaru was communicating to him as he hopped off the sofa, shapeshifting out of his avian mode. Radiant Prism watched as he approached Shadowmaru, then slowly sat himself next to him, joining the little card game that was going on. Azuki gently told him that she wasn't mad, but it was clear he was still very wary of her, and Kurumi... The latter also making her point that she isn't mad either and simply tells him to just relax even though she was still a little irritated. It took a little bit, but eventually Kagerou would start to relax, and played alongside the others in their little card game.
-Radiant Prism.- Deckerd addressed the German Brave, but she didn't budge. He could see she was clearly wary of Yuuta's sisters, knowing she'll need to be talked to. He then put his cards down, asking the others to continue with their game as he needed to have a private talk with Radiant Prism. -Let's talk privately outside.- He told her.
-S-Sir...- Frowned Radiant Prism, following Deckerd into the backyard as ordered. Once the two of them were outside, Deckerd turned around to face Radiant Prism asking why is she so wary of Azuki and Kurumi, while seeming to have no qualms or discomfort towards Yuuta. He also made sure to point out that he's seen her like this with the Commissioners, and even the Chief and his mechanics occasionally. Radiant Prism sighed and looked away. "Apologies, Deckerd... I just... After what happened... I'm just-"
"Radiant Prism." Deckerd spoke up. When she looked at him again with such a disappointed look of looking like she had failed, Deckerd frowned as he continued. "You need to know that no one among the team is going to hurt you. Whatever horrible things Gustav did to you, you can put those worries behind you with us." When Radiant Prism was about to speak, he held up a servo. "There aren't people like him here, not since after the incident with the Fahrzeugs when we've put a stop to them years ago. You should try to ease up a bit more, I'm concerned that if the police department figure out your uneasiness with people altogether, they..." He paused, looking at her with a serious expression. "They will strip you of your status as Brave Police of the Japanese Police Department and deport you back to Germany... I'm sure you don't want that." The last sentence was enough to tense Radiant Prism, then look away in complete shame.
Deckerd glanced back inside to where everyone was still at their game. "Kagerou's aware of what happens, especially since most of the head of the police department are still a bit uneasy about his return, fearing he might go rogue again. But, he's putting in a lot of effort to know what it means to be part of the Brave Police, so he's doing the best he can to ensure the police department have nothing to worry about with him."
"Fahrzeugs? Don't tell me they're still-"
"No, we've defeated them, but..." Deckerd paused, taking into considerating that it would be best to exclude the fact that the Fahrzeugs attacked Yuuta at the residence. He didn't want to risk bringing it up out of worry that it would add more fuel to the fire and further make the foreign Brave more wary and avoid people more, while he hadn't witnessed what happened, but he did recall seeing Yuuta's communication badge on the floor that had been destroyed after they fled at the sight of his return back into his body. He was so glad he didn't lose his special friend. "After that, they've mysteriously disappeared... We couldn't find any trace of them."
"I see..." With a sigh, Radiant Prism looked away, feeling ashamed of herself. "Apologies, Deckerd... I just... I just feel so insecure being in this smaller body... I don't enjoy it as comfortably as the others do naturally, I-"
"Radiant Prism?" Yuuta opened the back door slightly. "Are you alright?"
"Yes... Forgive me, I'll be there shortly." Yuuta nodded and closed the backdoor, leaving the two Braves to resume their talk. Radiant Prism and Deckerd continued to exchange conversation for a bit longer until eventually rejoining the others, who were now playing a different game.
"Radiant Prism, Deckerd, come over and join us!" Kurumi called out to them. "You're both missing out on this new game I've got for all of us!"
Deckerd placed a servo onto Radiant Prism's pauldron. "Try to trust them, Radiant Prism." He said. "They're Yuuta's sisters, they won't harm you. If you can trust Yuuta, you can trust his sisters."
"Sir..."
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The group played various games for an hour or two until it was time to head to bed. Shadowmaru settled for retiring with Azuki, Kagerou decided to perch on while Deckerd was just about to go and retire for the night with Yuuta, that is until he noticed her walking towards the exit. "Radiant Prism, where are you going?"
"I'm heading back... I don't feel comfortable being here."
"You won't be able to get back into your original body until the Chief and his mechanics return in the morning, they've all gone home for the night."
"I know... But..." Radiant Prism gave herself a moment, then straightened herself. "Sir, with your permission, I'd like to see if I can contact Redlight. I've been concerned that he might be worrying about my status for a long time, unsure if I've made it here or not."
"Hm... Well considering we can contact as far as the Scotland Yard stationed in England, it should be possible to contact Redlight in his team if you know his communication line..." The Brave Detective thought for a moment, then nodded. "Very well, but one condition I'd like to ask in return."
"What would that be?"
"Please return back here when you've finished, that's an order."
Radiant Prism frowned, but nodded. "Yes sir..."
Leaving the Tomonaga residence, Radiant Prism made her way out of the front gate and took off into the skies. As she was making her way back to the cities, she caught glimpse of a plane coming in for landing in the city's airport. 'How peaceful...' She thought with a small smile. 'I wonder if that new plane Sunrise Airlines owned as part of their fleet has been fully repaired and put back into service as she considered how relatively new it looked... As if having just come out of manufacturing at the time...'
By the time Radiant Prism arrived at the station, she took note that the front would most likely be closed off until morning or at the very least wake up anyone who might be choosing to remain in their normal bodies, Radiant Prism chose to land on the rooftop where she could use the lift from there. 'It's going to make a bit of noise, but since the main doors only opens for those with normal sized bodies, I'll have to go through the human sized doors through the main floor...' She thought, flying over towards the button to call the lift to her floor.
After entering and pushing a button and letting it arrive at it's destination, Radiant Prism flew out and into the sides of the repair bay as quietly as she could, though did cringe at the doors making a bit of noise when they began to close. Not wanting to linger, she made her way into the human sized area, taking the lift to get to the floor she needed and walking through the long corridor of doors, until she found the room she was looking for.
Once inside, she let out an exhausted sigh. "Okay, I've made it this far... Now to see if I can call up Redlight..." She muttered to herself, approaching Yuuta's desk. 'Hm... The Boss should have the same commands for the large display screen in the same manner as the others' desks...' First, she inputted the commands for lowering the screen and began typing in a few commands. "Fortunately the commands are just like that of back home. Now, If I remember correctly... Redlight's communication like is..." Radiant Prism thought deeply for a moment, remembering what Redlight's call communication was, and then began typing it in. She paused mid-way to think about the timezone difference from both Germany and Japan.
'It should still be daytime over there...' She thought, finishing until she confirmed her input. Now all she could do was wait as she leapt over towards Deckerd's desk.
A familiar golden eagle answered the call. "Hello, this is Red... Light... Hello? Anyone there?"
"Redlight, it's me, Radiant Prism." Radiant Prism spoke, rather happy to be speaking in her native language again. "Apologies, I'm not in my original body at the moment, I'm staying at someone's place and I can't... Turn on the lights."
The large Brave jolted in surprise at the familiar voice, changing out of his bird form. "Radiant Prism!? So you did make it to Japan! I worried that I put you through such a painful task of flying across most of the planet to get there... I should inform the other teams that you're still alive. However we're still investigating on a case that, requires my immediate attention..."
"A serious case? What is it, I'd want to he-" Radiant Prism ceased her words, embarrassed that her instincts got the better of her when she remembered she wasn't in Germany anymore. "A-Apologies... I'm just so used to..."
Redlight chuckled. "No, that's alright. Though you may not be in the country anymore, to me and even the others you're still a member of the German Brave Police even if you're over in Japan... However..." Straightening himself, Redlight's expression turned from a casual happy Brave to a more professional, commanding officer. He gave himself a moment to see if there might be anyone nearby, but when he felt there weren't anyone, he continued. "Radiant Prism, please listen to what I'm about to tell you: No matter what, do not involve Deckerd and the rest of the Japanese Brave Police unless the situation somehow results in their involvement..." Redlight crossed his arms. "You recall the trio of criminals you've fought, Eberhard Fischer, Uwe Müller, and Hans Schmitt?" When Radiant Prism nodded, her expression changing as she thought back to the time she had lost to them for a second time...
"Because those three were whom you dealt with in the past, you already know the military tried to deal with them after you took extensive damage... I responded to help deal with them accordingly and requested Surge and her team's assistance. However, they've managed to slip away before we could secure and arrest them. It wasn't until three days later when we've received a report from Blazer having spotted them in his team's section. There were both good and bad news... The good news was that he and his team managed to defeat and arrest the criminals... But the bad news was that unfortunately their arrest didn't last for long. They've managed to escape from prison two days after and while it's unclear how they were able to easily escape, reports came in that they've managed to get their hands on a powerful machine that even I wasn't aware of..." Redlight shook his helm. "The rest after that is unknown, but we're convinced that they've most likely fled the country... But where, I am unsure of."
"Redlight... I'm afraid we're a bit too late on not getting Deckerd and his team involved. You see..." Radiant Prism adverted her optics with a frown. "They're... They're here and have been already seen by the Japanese Brave Police."
There was a long moment of silence until Radiant Prism spoke again. "Why they're all the way here to begin with, I have no clue... But I'm making it my duty to ensure what happened back at home doesn't repeat here, I'm determined to-"
"Remember that you're working with others now. Because you're in Japan, ensure you follow Deckerd's orders and..." Dropping his stern, professional behaviour, Redlight smirked. "I'd suggest he and his SIC could give you a few tips on how to lead a team of your own in the future."
"Redlight... I'm not fit to hold such a title, you know that."
The golden eagle was about to say more, but immediately someone spoke to him as he looked in the direction of the voice for a brief moment then back to Radiant Prism. "Unfortunately I must go now, I'll inform Surge, and Blazer about your findings. And... I'll see about contacting later at some point, I'll need to speak with Deckerd and his team. I'm sure they may have questions related to the criminals that fled there... I'd like to ask if you could you perhaps act as our translator?"
Radiant Prism saluted. "Yes sir."
Communications ended as Radiant Prism made her way back over to put everything back the way they were and then made her way out of the station. Along the way out, she couldn't believe that stuff had happened not long after she had fled the country. The others had dealt with those three and somehow not only had they escaped both Redlight and Surge, but Blazer had managed to capture and arrest the criminals... Only for them to have escaped prison without warning not long after. 'So that's why I could barely do a scratch on that machine they're piloting... I wonder who were the people responsible for this machine, they've made my job a bit more harder than normal...' She thought worryingly, thinking back to when she last engaged the trio. 'What will Deckerd and the others say about this... I feel this is entirely my responsibility considering I'll have to ensure those criminals are deported back to Germany... Ugh, why did this have to be so complicated.'
By the time she made her way outside, she took off into the skies and flew back in the direction of the Tomonaga Residence. Radiant Prism mused whether if she should tell Deckerd straight away, or wait for everyone to gather again in the office... In the end, she decided that by the time she reached her destination, she would at least inform Deckerd if he was still awake that he and the others are to expect Redlight's upcoming contact hours from now.
"Deckerd, I've returned." She said, contacting Deckerd through the comms badge. "I have something to tell you, the Boss, and the others... But not right now, I'll explain everything when we're all gathering in the office again in the morning."
-What is it?- Deckerd replied.
"All I can say for now is that Redlight intends on wanting to speak to you directly. I'm unsure of the time however, he never gave me a specific time as he was currently busy at the time..." Radiant Prism paused for a moment to think, moving towards the garage as she decided not to go inside the house. "Don't worry about the language barrier, I'll be acting as the translator for both you and Redlight as per his order." A part of her wanted to offer Deckerd a copy of her language file, but decided that perhaps she's just not that ready yet to share her native language with others. She felt bad for thinking this, but in some way it felt personal for her since no one else spoke her language here.
There was a bit of silence on Deckerd's end, until eventually he replied. -Alright, we'll have to speak to the Commissioner about this, both he and the Vice-Commissioner would both want to know about this.-
"Of course, well... Good night, I'll be in the garage, I'd rather not be indoors in such a small confined place... It's just unnatural for me."
-Are you sure?-
"Apologies... Being inside a small building reminds me too much of what I went through... I wouldn't be able to shut down for the night properly. I'm not going anywhere though, just the garage is enough for me..."
-Is that so... Well, see you in the morning.-
Closing her badge and putting it away, Radiant Prism sighed as she looked up at the skies, something tells her that tomorrow was going to be an exhausting day. Playing translator was something she'd never done before, but did wonder if Redlight and Deckerd would have contacted one another back then in the past, yet she couldn't be so sure.
Heading into the garage, Radiant Prism changed form into her jet mode, then shut down for the night.