^^ I'm back from vacation! This is the shortest chapter yet, but I was
helping my brother with Crescent Isle Competition, and I'm feeling lazy
right now (bad excuses, I know) Enjoy the update, even if it is short!
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*Phoenix base*
"We've been walking for hours, my feet hurt, and I'm thirsty! Can't we rest for a little while?"
Most of the other people in the rescue group agreed with Marco, and they stopped walking for a few minutes, several sitting down and rubbing their feet. Hans sighed and leaned against the wall.
"Think that Urala will return soon?"
Gilder shrugged, and responded, "Maybe, but standing around like this won't help us find anyone except a bunch of Muraji's goons. Unless we want our next two homes to be a prison cell and deep sky, we'd better keep moving."
"You're not acting like yourself, Gilder. Normally you'd be cracking jokes about a certain engineer's concern for a missing cook" commented Ilchymis.
The blue rogue shrugged again, and said, "Nothing wrong with acting serious in a situation like this. Besides, Clara would normally be chasing me all over the place, and you don't see her doing that, do you?"
Ilchymis laughed quietly, and said, "You're right that we should keep moving."
"Not without me, I hope?"
Everyone turned to see Urala standing in the corridor behind them with a mischievous smile gracing her features. As always, Marco couldn't resist making a crack or two. "Where'd you go? Your boyfriend was worried sick-"
Marco was cut off when Hans hit him upside the head. "If anyone gets us caught, it'll definitely be you."
The shy cook smiled at their behavior, and said, "I knew that the idiots would put an alarm system near the prison blocks, but they made the mistake of using a Yafutoman layout for this base. It was pretty easy for me to find the alarm controls and disconnect them."
"See, Hans? This is why she should be your girlfr-"
After smacking Marco upside the head again, the engineer asked, "If this is a Yafutoman layout, then finding the prison block should be a fairly simple task for you, right?"
"I think so. Just follow me."
*Prison block*
"Damn."
"Vyse, will you stop swearing and start thinking of a way to get us out of here?"
Enrique was getting a headache from the argument that his friends were holding, so he said, "Will you two shut up and think already? I'm going insane from the amount of noise that you're creating!"
Vyse and Fina looked apologetically at Enrique.
"All right, they should be around here somewhere."
The three prisoners jumped at the sound of Clara's voice, and Fina asked, "What's Clara doing here?"
"Rescuing you," said Clara as she used one of her hairpins to pick the lock of the cell door. As it swung open, the captain of the Primrose noticed something, and said, "Where are Aika and Moegi?"
Enrique grimaced, and said, "They were carted off to the prison cells that just happen to resemble bedrooms for the amusement of Vigoro and Muraji."
"Great, we come all this way, and we only find three people. Wonderful."
Urala sighed in annoyance. "Marco, you'd think that you would have learned how to shut up by now. We'll be able to find where they're being kept."
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*Phoenix base*
"We've been walking for hours, my feet hurt, and I'm thirsty! Can't we rest for a little while?"
Most of the other people in the rescue group agreed with Marco, and they stopped walking for a few minutes, several sitting down and rubbing their feet. Hans sighed and leaned against the wall.
"Think that Urala will return soon?"
Gilder shrugged, and responded, "Maybe, but standing around like this won't help us find anyone except a bunch of Muraji's goons. Unless we want our next two homes to be a prison cell and deep sky, we'd better keep moving."
"You're not acting like yourself, Gilder. Normally you'd be cracking jokes about a certain engineer's concern for a missing cook" commented Ilchymis.
The blue rogue shrugged again, and said, "Nothing wrong with acting serious in a situation like this. Besides, Clara would normally be chasing me all over the place, and you don't see her doing that, do you?"
Ilchymis laughed quietly, and said, "You're right that we should keep moving."
"Not without me, I hope?"
Everyone turned to see Urala standing in the corridor behind them with a mischievous smile gracing her features. As always, Marco couldn't resist making a crack or two. "Where'd you go? Your boyfriend was worried sick-"
Marco was cut off when Hans hit him upside the head. "If anyone gets us caught, it'll definitely be you."
The shy cook smiled at their behavior, and said, "I knew that the idiots would put an alarm system near the prison blocks, but they made the mistake of using a Yafutoman layout for this base. It was pretty easy for me to find the alarm controls and disconnect them."
"See, Hans? This is why she should be your girlfr-"
After smacking Marco upside the head again, the engineer asked, "If this is a Yafutoman layout, then finding the prison block should be a fairly simple task for you, right?"
"I think so. Just follow me."
*Prison block*
"Damn."
"Vyse, will you stop swearing and start thinking of a way to get us out of here?"
Enrique was getting a headache from the argument that his friends were holding, so he said, "Will you two shut up and think already? I'm going insane from the amount of noise that you're creating!"
Vyse and Fina looked apologetically at Enrique.
"All right, they should be around here somewhere."
The three prisoners jumped at the sound of Clara's voice, and Fina asked, "What's Clara doing here?"
"Rescuing you," said Clara as she used one of her hairpins to pick the lock of the cell door. As it swung open, the captain of the Primrose noticed something, and said, "Where are Aika and Moegi?"
Enrique grimaced, and said, "They were carted off to the prison cells that just happen to resemble bedrooms for the amusement of Vigoro and Muraji."
"Great, we come all this way, and we only find three people. Wonderful."
Urala sighed in annoyance. "Marco, you'd think that you would have learned how to shut up by now. We'll be able to find where they're being kept."