Chapter 22: Recovery and Revenge
Sonnet left the shower and wrapped the towel around her body. She went into Ran's bedroom and retrieved some clothes from one of her suitcases that she could wear for the rest of the day. While Sonnet had been working that day, Ran had managed to move Sonnet's things to her bedroom to save Sonnet from having to move too far to get anything she needed. Sonnet found this helpful, since Ran's room was next to the bathroom. Once she had got herself dressed, she returned to the bathroom to collect the suit and shirt she had been wearing earlier in the day. Once she was done, she headed to the lounge area of the apartment. She noticed Mutaru sitting on the sofa, with a blanket next to him, reading a magazine, Ran and her uncle were nowhere in sight.
"Where are they?" Sonnet asked.
Mutaru looked up.
"Ran and Uncle are out. I think they are visiting a mutual friend of ours."
"Bird?"
Mutaru nodded.
RX-606, Sonnet thought, I've not seen him for quite a while.
"I'll have to try and visit him, now that I'm living in Japan."
"We haven't seen him for several months. I think he was trying to stay low-key, so Chronos or Taron couldn't get to him. He called while you were in the shower and asked Ran if she and Uncle could meet him. I wasn't told the location."
"Has he asked about me much?"
"A few times. We haven't told him, yet, that you are now living in Japan. Ran and I agreed you would want to tell him yourself, and we forced Uncle into agreeing to the same."
Sonnet smiled.
"Thanks. I'll definitely have to visit him someday."
"Why not telepathically contact Ran and ask her to show you were they are?"
"So I could then teleport myself there?"
"Right."
"No, not this time. I have something I want to work on. How's Mizuki?"
"She's regenerating pretty fast. At this rate, she'll be fully restored by midnight, I think."
"Where is she?"
Mutaru got up and removed the blanket that was next to him. Under it was the head and shoulders of Guyver 5, as well as some of her upper torso.
"That was after 21 minutes?"
"Yes."
These armours are very impressive. She thought.
"Have you informed Guyver 1?" She asked Mutaru.
"Yes, briefly."
"They were occupied?"
"It seemed like it. I couldn't really tell. Sho just seemed a little rushed, like he was running somewhere."
"Sho did mention to me that Chronos might know where they were living. I presume they are relocating."
Mutaru was quiet for a minute after that.
"Do you think your uncle would mind if I used the computer?" She asked.
"I doubt it." Mutaru replied, and went back to reading his magazine.
Sonnet sat down at the chair and turned to face the computer. As she waited for the computer to boot up, she had an idea. Turning around to Mutaru she cleared her throat to get his attention. He looked up at her.
"How would you like to get a little revenge on Chronos for Guyver 5s 'death'?"
Mutaru frowned. Sonnet then smiled as she outlined a plan that would irritate Chronos, and help throw them off discovering who Guyver Blue was, for a time at least.
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AN: I'd like to thank Refugee, author of A Knight of Spira and its sequel Genesis, for his suggestion for this chapter title. I couldn't think of anything suitable, and I thought his suggestion summarised the events of the chapter nicely.
