"Holy shit." Linna said as she walked into the showers. "Those suits take a lot of the impact but still."

"I know what you mean." Ayame said.

Because they were the squad leaders they were the last ones off the practice floor. In less than four hours of training all the women mastered their suits. They walked into the showers and found everyone was slumped against the walls resting.

"Those things are a bitch to move in aren't they ma'am." A women said that was sitting on the shower floors.

"Yea they are." Lilly said.

"But look on the bright side." Ayame said. "We all made eighty dollars just learning to use those things."

"Yea your right ma'am. And we still have four more hours of doing nothing." The women said.

"Yea that's right." Ayame said. "I think we should work on getting into our suits as fast as we can so we're ready when needed.

"Yes ma'ma." The women said.

 "You don't have to call us ma'am. My name is Ayame and this is Lilly." Ayame said.

"I'm Sue Ann Kim." The women.

"Is that your full name?" Ayame asked.

"Sue Ann is my first name." Sue Ann said.

"Your Chinese right?" Lilly asked.

"Yes I'm from Hong Kong." Sue Ann said.

"I was watching you fight today." Lilly said. "Your karate is smooth even with that suit on."

"Thank you." Sue Ann said.

"I'd like to go one on one with you some time." Lilly said.

"Ok." Sue Ann said.

"Everyone I know you're tired from all that training I am too but we need to practice getting in our suits quickly." Ayame said.

All the girls groaned and stood up.

"Be dressed and ready for drills in thirty minutes." Ayame said.

"Ma'am it only takes us two minutes to get into the inner suits." A girl said.

"Take a break." Ayame said.

Everyone gave a sigh of relief and walked out of the showers.

Linna and Josh's

"Where is she?" Linna asked walking around the house.

"I don't know." Josh said sitting on the couch.

"I hope she's ok." Linna said looking at the clock. "Its noon."

"She's fine." Josh said. "If she wasn't we would have heard something by now."

"I know I'm just worried." Linna said.

"I know me too." Josh said.

Linna continued to walk around the room for a while longer before she sat down next to Josh and took a nap.

Security room four hours later

"Ok everyone its four o'clock Lets go home." Lilly said.

There was a small sigh of relieve as the girls walked to the lockers and changed into their real clothes.

"Oh and Sue Ann Kim and Sherry Austin are gonna be our seconded in commands." Lilly said.

Sue Ann and Sherry both smiled at their promotion and finished getting dressed.

"I'm ready to go home." Ayame said.

"Me too." Lilly said with a yawn.

They changed and walked out of the dressing rooms and into the long hallway.

"Goodnight." The guard said and saluted.

"Goodnight." Lilly and Ayame said.

They walked into the elevator and rode it to the first floor and headed right for the front door. The sun was burning hot that day and Lilly was already wishing she wasn't warring leather.

"First thing I'm gonna do is take a hot shower and get me a soda." Ayame said as they boarded the bus.

"That sounds like a good idea." Lilly said.

The bus got to Ayame's stop and she stood up.

"See you tomorrow." Lilly said and gave her a quick kiss knowing some of their co-workers were on the bus.

"What was that?" Ayame asked. "A chicken peck?"

"Ok then." Lilly said and put her arms around her and planted a long kiss on her lips.

They could hear the sounds of a few girls laughing.

"Much better." Ayame said and walked off the bus.

Lilly sat back down and looked around. Sue Ann was looking at her and giggling to herself.

"What?" Lilly asked.

"Well I had you pinned correctly but I never imagined Ayame was." Sue Ann said.

"Pinned as what?" Lilly asked innocently.

"A lezbo." Sue Ann said with a smile.

"So." Lilly said.

"I was wondering how you were so easygoing in the showers with all those women in there." Sue Ann said.

"I wasn't getting off if that's what you are getting at." Lilly said folding her arms.

"No no not at all." Sue Ann said waving her arms in the air. "Its just that you were so calm and cool about it and I was embarrassed as hell."

"From what I saw you have nothing to be embarrassed about." Lilly said smiling.

Sue Ann turned bright red and turned her head.

"I'm not hitting on you." Lilly said. "I'm in love with Ayame and I'm not a cheater."

"It just make's me un-conferrable that's all." Sue Ann said still looking away.

"Theirs no need to be." Lilly said. "I'n not gonna jump on top of you in the showers or anything." She paused for a moment. "Unless you want me to that is."

"NOOO." Sue Ann said trying to become the chair.

Lilly started to laugh at the look on her face.

"I'm joking." She said. "I'll see you tomarrow this is my stop."

As she was stepping off the bus she couldn't help but mess with her one more time.

"See you in the showers." She laughed and stepped off.

Several minutes later Sue Ann finally relaxed a bit.

'She's really open.' She thought. 'If only I could be.'

Linna and Josh's

Linna was just serving up dinner for Josh and herself when Ayame walked in.

"Its about time Miss. Thompson." Linna said in a half angry tone "Where have you been?"

"At work." Ayame said and walked into the kitchen. "That wasn't a very nice joke you played on Lilly and I."

"Work?!" Lilly said. "You got a job?"

"Yep." Ayame said.

"Where?" Linna asked.

"A new boomer manufacturing group named GENOM." Ayame said.

Linna almost dropped the plate she was holding and looked at Josh. Josh was starring blankly into nothingness.

"What's wrong?" Ayame asked.

"What? Oh nothing I'm glad you got a job." Linna said.  

"What do you do?" Josh asked.

"Oh umm I work in a office with some other girls." Ayame said not wanting them to worry about her safety.

"Yea? That's great." Linna said lets eat I'm starving.

Leon and Priss's

Priss was sitting on the couch with Leon watching a movie when Lilly came walking in.

"Well if it isn't the wondering lezbo." Priss said.

"Very funny." Lilly said and walked into the kitchen and took out a beer.

"Those are mine." Priss said jokingly.

"Fine." Lilly said and tossed it back into the refrigerator and closed the door. "I'm going to the store."

"You can have some if you want." Priss said.

"No you made it clear that they were yours so I'll go get my own." Lilly said and walked out and slammed the door behind her.

"I think you should ease off now Priss." Leon said.

"I guess so." Priss said looking at the door.

Lilly came back a few minutes later with a 12 pack of beer and walked into her room and closed and locked the door. She hit the power button on her radio and flopped down on her bed.

'Why can't she just be happy I found someone to love?' She thought.

She wasted no time in downing all her beers and was absolutely shit-faced when Priss knocked on her door.

"Lilly can I come in?" She asked.

"No go away." Lilly said covering her head with her pillow.

"I want to talk to you." Priss said rather calmly.

"Wells I don wanna talk to you." Lilly said.

Priss got very anger at the lack of cooperation from Lilly and started fuming as the alcohol took control of her better judgment.

"Lilly Hope McNickle open this Goddamn door or I'll kick it down!" Priss yelled.

Leon and Andrew were sitting in the living room watching the movie when they heard Priss yell Lilly's full name.

"Middle name." Andrew said.

"She's pissed." Leon finished.

"I mean it Lilly I'll kick it down!" Priss yelled.

"You'll brek yer leg." Lilly slurred.

"Alright that's it." Priss said and backed up.

She did a spin kick and landed it right beside the doorknob busting the door right open.

"Get up and get out!" Priss yelled and grabbed Lilly by the hair and drug her out of bet.

"Get the fuck off me." Lilly yelled and slammed her fist into Priss's jaw becoming sober instantly.

"So you want to do it like this do you." Priss said and before Lilly could react Priss hit her hard in the eye socket sending her to the floor.

"You bitch." Lilly said getting back up.

Lilly kicked Priss in the stomach with such force it sent her into the wall knocking down some of Priss's music awards.

"You Cough sorry bitch." Priss said standing back up and struggling for air. "Your ass is mine now."

Priss was heading back into the room when Leon tackled her to the floor and Andrew ran into Lilly's room to stop her from going at Priss.

"Now cut this shit out now!" Leon yelled. "What the fuck is wrong with the two of you your fucking family."

Lilly broke free from Andrew and walked into the hall way.

"Not anymore." She said and walked out of the house and slammed the door.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Andrew asked and ran after Lilly.

"What the fuck Priss." Leon said standing back up.

"That little bitch broke my ribs." Priss said trying to breath.

"Your lucky she didn't kill you." Leon said helping her up.

"Oh God." Priss groaned in pain.

"Ok lets get you to the hospital." Leon said helping her down the hall.

"She's gone." Andrew said walking back into the house. "She took her bike and left."

"Don't worry about her she'll be fine help me get your mother to the hospital." Leon said.

Andrew put Priss's arm over his shoulder and his arm around her waist making her gasp in pain.

"Damn mom she kicked your ass." Andrew said.

"We taught her well." Priss said as blood started to trickle from the corner of her mouth.

They loaded Priss into the car and headed for the hospital.

Linna and Josh's

Linna and Ayame were laughing about the joke after Ayame finally found the humor in it and knew her mom wasn't mad at her when there was a knock at the door.

"I got it." Ayame laughed and stood up. "What is it?" She said as she opened the door.

Lilly was standing in the doorway with tears rolling down her face and a large black eye.

"What happened to you?" Ayame asked helping her into the house.

"That look's like Priss's handy work." Linna said standing up.

"That's a hell of a black eye." Josh said heading for the freezer for some ice.

"So what happened?" Ayame asked.

"My mom and I got into a fight that's what happened." Lilly said angrily.

"I got to know." Josh said. "Who won?"

"I got more hits in this is the only one she got in." Lilly said as she took the Ice pack from Josh and placed it over her eye. "I need a favor."

"You can stay in my room." Ayame said. "Right?"

"Yea." Josh said. "For as long as you need to."

"I'll call Leon and have him bring over some of your things." Linna said and picked up the phone.

The phone rang several times before the answering machine picked up.

"Leon its Linna." Linna said. "Lilly is over here with a serious black eye. She is gonna be staying with us for a while. When you get this message I need you to bring over some of her things and no debating on this just do it." She said and hung up. "They weren't there."

"Probably hade to bring the bitch to the hospital." Lilly said

"Ok lets get you into bed." Ayame said and helped her into her room.

Ayame sat on the bed with Lilly laying across her lap.

"I'm sorry." Lilly said.

"It's ok." Ayame said.

"This doesn't seem real." Lilly said. "She just went crazy and next thin I knew we were fighting. She must really hate me because I'm a lesbian." She said and started to cry.

"Its ok Lilly it'll all turn out ok." Ayame said.