Rebecca looked at the males as they stared at her. They knew that she had an idea why they were attacked. She sighed.
"They're after me," she said. "Those cyborgs that showed up during the battle are called Elites, and for good reason. They're very, very hard to destroy."
~Why?~ Mewtwo asked.
Again, Rebecca sighed. "I guess Lashana never told you," she said. "I'm the former queen of my home world."
There was total and complete silence, then…
~"You're WHAT?!"~
Rebecca winced at the unified yell of the Guys.
"Wait," Duncan said. "Does that mean that Tempest was…"
Rebecca nodded. "Yes," she said. "He was the king, but only because he married me."
More silence.
~So,~ Mewtwo said eventually. ~These cyborgs are after you?~
Rebecca nodded. "I abdicated after Tempest…died…but I'm still pretty important, since I am, for lack of a better term, the Queen Mother."
"So Eve is…a princess?" Duncan asked.
"Yes."
Zel looked at Rebecca closely. "You don't act like royalty," he said.
"I didn't care that I was the queen," Rebecca said, turning to look at the chimerical shaman. "I was still just a person. I was just lucky enough to be the queen, that's all."
There was the sound of an explosion, and the armour plating covering the palace shook violently.
"They're attacking," Rebecca said, stating the obvious. "Tempest once told me that this place has a massive defence grid for emergencies. Where is it?"
"I'll take you there," Nightcrawler said, grabbing her hand. "Hang on!"
"Hey–" Rebecca started to protest, but Kurt teleported the both of them to Telca's sunroom, so the guys never heard the…inventive curses that Rebecca said, as she was teleported.
*-*-*-*
"Dude, can a hamster and a cheese-grater really do that?" Kurt grinned.
"No," Rebecca said, a little embarrassed by her little curse-fest. "So, this button activates the rocket launcher?"
"Yeah," Kurt replied. "It's powerful."
Rebecca pressed the trigger.
*-*-*-*
The cyborg never saw it coming – a rocket came out of nowhere and detonated against the back of its head as it was circling the palace, trying to find a way through the plating that had just covered the building.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Scrap metal. That's what was left of it when the smoke cleared.
*-*-*-*
The commander sweat dropped. "What kind of people LIVE HERE?!" he said. "A rocket launcher on the ROOF!?"
*-*-*-*
Rebecca was also sweat dropping when she saw the scrap metal lying on the ground. "OK, so maybe not all of the common cyber-soldiers were destroyed during our fight…" she said. "I doubt this would do much to an Elite, though."
Kurt blinked. "That was a lucky shot, right?"
Rebecca nodded. "Yeah."
*-*-*-*
~So Rebecca was a queen,~ Mewtwo said.
"So what?" Kenshin said. "She's still just a regular person."
"Besides, she doesn't seem to care that she used to be royalty," Zel said. "Let's just not discuss it anymore."
~Agreed,~ Mewtwo agreed. ~We should worry about the cyborgs outside for now.~
"Lashana and Telca are going to be pissed when they hear about this."
"Hear about what, mi amigos?" Malcho said as he slithered into the kitchen. "Why is the emergency system activated?"
They all facevaulted.
~Because a small army of cyborgs are after Rebecca,~ Mewtwo said. ~Where have you been?~
"Asleep."
~Those explosions didn't wake you up?!~
"No," Malcho said.
~Oy…~