*Phoenix base*
"Aika and Moegi have been placed in the bedrooms, sirs."
"Excellent. It's about time that I got to see Red again. This time, I know that she won't be able to resist me!"
"Hee hee hee! Moegi will finally be mine!"
Kangan shook his head at Vigoro and Muraji. "All right, you two can go have a little fun with your 'playmates'."
"Oh, don't worry, Kangan. We won't get too involved."
Kangan glared at the two as they left, headed for the rooms that the human female prisoners were in. He turned and went to his quarters, and had just started to relax when the alarm went off. "What the hell? Someone entered the Maw? Who could have found the location of our base?"
He walked over to the viewscreen, and to his horror, saw the Delphinus passing the dancing lights, clearly headed northwest.
"So, they decided to come. I was sure that I'd destroyed the Delphinus... Oh well. I'll leave Vigoro and Muraji alone. They'd just mess this up." He turned to the nearby talking tube and said, "Fire all special cannons once the Delphinus is in range. I don't want that ship to be able to fly once you finish!"
*The delphinus*
"Gilder, my dear, PLEASE be careful! We don't know what to expect from these people!"
"I know what I'm doing, Clara. And DON'T CALL ME THAT!"
Hans smiled, checking the pressure gauges again to make sure that everything was stable. "No problems here."
Urala looked up and confirmed that the ship was at peak condition, and Belle did the same for the cannons. Gilder nodded, and slowly steered the ship into the Maw. The sailing was fairly smooth for several minutes.
Unexpectedly, one of the glass windows on the bridge shattered, and the ship rocked sharply, sending everyone towards the newly made opening.
"The HELL?"
Nara looked up and yelled, "He must have put cannons into all of the natural spines of rock on the walls! We could get hit from any direction!"
Gilder cursed vividly, and another shot hit the Delphinus. Urala lost her grip on the panel for a moment, and started to slide towards the shattered window. Luckily, Hans noticed and was able to stop her from falling. Nobody made any cracks about it because of the situation they were in.
"Does anybody here remember which direction I'm supposed to turn?"
Marco snickered at the womanizer's lack of knowledge, and said, "Left in the first room, right in the second IF the base is located where Yeligar was."
"Then we'll try that first. I want everybody who knows how to be keeping the ship together, and to stay off the bridge. That includes you, Clara."
She pouted, but her eyes told him that she understood, and she ushered the others out of the bridge. Before shutting the door behind her, she said one thing to him.
"Good luck."
--I'll need it.--
*Phoenix base*
"Well, this certainly is fun."
Enrique made a face, and said, "Vyse, this isn't funny. We need to get out of here as soon as possible."
"I agree with Enrique."
"Fina, I never said that I didn't! It's just... Well... I don't have any ideas."
"Me either."
"Cuuuuuu."
The prisoners sighed, and Fina looked sadly at a moonstone box in the corner. Cupil was trapped inside, and it had been constructed so that Cupil couldn't get out to help them.
All three of them jumped when they heard voices drifting down the hall. The words couldn't be made out, but the people and emotions were clear. Aika and Moegi sounded furious, while Vigoro and Muraji were teasing.
The blue rogues looked sadly at the emperor, whose body was shaking with quiet sobs over the treatment of his wife.
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Before any of you get the wrong idea, Vigoro and Muraji were verbally harassing Aika and Moegi. NOTHING PHYSICAL!
"Aika and Moegi have been placed in the bedrooms, sirs."
"Excellent. It's about time that I got to see Red again. This time, I know that she won't be able to resist me!"
"Hee hee hee! Moegi will finally be mine!"
Kangan shook his head at Vigoro and Muraji. "All right, you two can go have a little fun with your 'playmates'."
"Oh, don't worry, Kangan. We won't get too involved."
Kangan glared at the two as they left, headed for the rooms that the human female prisoners were in. He turned and went to his quarters, and had just started to relax when the alarm went off. "What the hell? Someone entered the Maw? Who could have found the location of our base?"
He walked over to the viewscreen, and to his horror, saw the Delphinus passing the dancing lights, clearly headed northwest.
"So, they decided to come. I was sure that I'd destroyed the Delphinus... Oh well. I'll leave Vigoro and Muraji alone. They'd just mess this up." He turned to the nearby talking tube and said, "Fire all special cannons once the Delphinus is in range. I don't want that ship to be able to fly once you finish!"
*The delphinus*
"Gilder, my dear, PLEASE be careful! We don't know what to expect from these people!"
"I know what I'm doing, Clara. And DON'T CALL ME THAT!"
Hans smiled, checking the pressure gauges again to make sure that everything was stable. "No problems here."
Urala looked up and confirmed that the ship was at peak condition, and Belle did the same for the cannons. Gilder nodded, and slowly steered the ship into the Maw. The sailing was fairly smooth for several minutes.
Unexpectedly, one of the glass windows on the bridge shattered, and the ship rocked sharply, sending everyone towards the newly made opening.
"The HELL?"
Nara looked up and yelled, "He must have put cannons into all of the natural spines of rock on the walls! We could get hit from any direction!"
Gilder cursed vividly, and another shot hit the Delphinus. Urala lost her grip on the panel for a moment, and started to slide towards the shattered window. Luckily, Hans noticed and was able to stop her from falling. Nobody made any cracks about it because of the situation they were in.
"Does anybody here remember which direction I'm supposed to turn?"
Marco snickered at the womanizer's lack of knowledge, and said, "Left in the first room, right in the second IF the base is located where Yeligar was."
"Then we'll try that first. I want everybody who knows how to be keeping the ship together, and to stay off the bridge. That includes you, Clara."
She pouted, but her eyes told him that she understood, and she ushered the others out of the bridge. Before shutting the door behind her, she said one thing to him.
"Good luck."
--I'll need it.--
*Phoenix base*
"Well, this certainly is fun."
Enrique made a face, and said, "Vyse, this isn't funny. We need to get out of here as soon as possible."
"I agree with Enrique."
"Fina, I never said that I didn't! It's just... Well... I don't have any ideas."
"Me either."
"Cuuuuuu."
The prisoners sighed, and Fina looked sadly at a moonstone box in the corner. Cupil was trapped inside, and it had been constructed so that Cupil couldn't get out to help them.
All three of them jumped when they heard voices drifting down the hall. The words couldn't be made out, but the people and emotions were clear. Aika and Moegi sounded furious, while Vigoro and Muraji were teasing.
The blue rogues looked sadly at the emperor, whose body was shaking with quiet sobs over the treatment of his wife.
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Before any of you get the wrong idea, Vigoro and Muraji were verbally harassing Aika and Moegi. NOTHING PHYSICAL!