Chapter 31: Convalescence & Departure

The three Guyvers reappeared in Relics Point. Psychic Guyver fell to his knees, holding his stomach.

"I'd remove your hand, Psychic," Guyver 5 stated, "The injury will heal very quickly, without you trying to stop the bleeding."

"It feels like…my stomach…is go…going to fall out." Psychic managed to say, slowly, coughing at the same time.

"It won't," Guyver 5 reassured him, "It just hurts like hell for a while."

"You know that from experience?" Red asked.

"No. Guyver 1 told me when something similar happened to him."

"How long did his armour take to heal him?"

"Once he was able to summon it," Guyver 5 answered, "About ten minutes, physically. And instantly as far as his mind was concerned."

"He was injured with his armour off?" Red asked, astonished.

"Yes. He was unable to bio-boost at one point, and Aptom stabbed him. Almost immediately after the stabbing, he regained the ability to summon his armour. Once he became Guyver 1 again, he was able to fight instantly, but the injury was still visible."

"What happened…after that?" Psychic asked.

"You know some of it already," Guyver 5 stated, "I'll repeat it for Red's sake though."

Guyver 5 then told Red the story of what happened to Sho when he was trying to protect her from Aptom. During the storytelling, Psychic's injury healed up, and he got back to his feet.

"Similar injury." Red commented, looking at her brother.

"I suppose so, but his must have hurt a lot more," Psychic replied, "I admire his strength, to be able to continue trying to bio-boost when critically injured like that."

One of the things I love about him. Guyver 5 thought.

[Are you all OK?] Guyver 5 suddenly heard in her head. A few seconds later, Guyver Blue appeared in the room.

"I think we'll be OK, Blue." Red stated.

"Good. Sorry I couldn't help out, but that would blow my cover."

"No worries," Psychic said, "We weren't badly injured, although my clothes will need replacing."

"Ready to go home then?" Blue asked.

She saw three nods, so the Guyvers formed a circle, and Blue teleported them to her apartment. Once there, all Guyvers disengaged their armours, and Ran and Mutaru left for their own apartment, while Mizuki and Sonnet settled down in the lounge. More accurately, Sonnet sat down on the sofa, while Mizuki went for a shower. Approximately 20 minutes later, Mizuki entered the lounge, and took a seat on one of the chairs. Sonnet noticed that she had a sad look on her face.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"I've just heard from Sho. He's requesting that I move back, and join him and Guyver 3 at the base."

"So you're going to be leaving?"

"Afraid so. But, if it's OK with you, I'd like to visit from time to time?"

Sonnet's face changed from a look of concern, to a huge smile.

"You didn't even have to ask. I'd love for you to visit. Just try and let me know in advance, don't appear out of the blue."

"Fair enough," Mizuki smiled back, "Thank you."

Sonnet sat back on the sofa. She briefly glanced at the area where her journal was hidden, and considered working on it. She forgot about it when Mizuki spoke again.

"Also, Sho asked me to relay a message."

"What?"

"It's a little cryptic: 'could you get all the Guyvers to meet up at the birthplace of the novices?'"

Sonnet repeated that mentally for a few seconds, before informing Mizuki that:

"It's not cryptic. He wants us all to meet in the processing lab in Relics Point."

"I wonder why?"

"So do I. I'll go and inform Mutaru and Ran. Could you tell Sho that we'll meet him there tonight, at about 21:00?"

"No problem."

While Sonnet went to give Ran the bad news, Mizuki went into her room, took a bag she had bought from under her bed, and put most of her clothes and shoes into it. She kept out a pair of pyjamas, her toothbrush, washcloth, and the clothes she would wear when she rejoined Sho and Agito. She then placed the bag onto the chair that was in the corner of the room, before returning to the lounge. When she returned, Sonnet was closing the door to the apartment.

"What did they say?" Sonnet asked.

"I haven't sent the message yet. Hold on a minute."

Sonnet watched Mizuki's eyes go out of focus, indicating a telepathic conversation. A couple of minutes later, Mizuki turned to look at Sonnet again.

"That's fine. They'll meet us there tomorrow night. Also, Agito said he had some information for you that you might find of interest."

"Guess I'll find out tonight."

"You're not curious?"

"Of course, but I can't do anything about it now."

"What did Ran say?" Mizuki asked, changing the subject.

"She, and Mutaru will be sorry to see you leave. As will Kyriu, even though he hardly knows you."

"I'll visit though."

"I told them that. Actually, before you leave, I'd like you to meet a friend of mine."

"Who?"

"A fellow cyborg. My predecessor, in fact. His 'designation' from Taron was 'RX-606, but we call him 'Bird'."

"Why is that?"

"He likes heights and high views. After I became a Guyver he became interested in Chronos, as well as Taron. He seems to be looking out for me as much as he can."

"He cares about you then?"

"I guess so. I've wondered a few times if he cares as a friend, or something else?"

"Maybe he loves you." Mizuki said, half-joking.

Sonnet quickly turned away, before Mizuki saw the slight blush form on her face.

"What?" Mizuki asked, "Did I strike close to home?"

Sonnet turned back.

"I'm not sure. When I've spoken to him sometimes, I've had the impression that he might have more than a friendly interest in me, but I've never had the courage to ask him."

"And you think you're not human because of your body makeup?" Mizuki stated, "What you just said proves my point. You were afraid to dig into the matter, which helps to make you human."

Mizuki looked at the clock, it read 15:02.

"Should we go now?" She asked.

"Sure. Just let me change."

Mizuki then noticed that Sonnet was still wearing her work clothes.

"Right OK."

Sonnet headed to her room.

"By the way," Mizuki said before Sonnet was out of earshot, "Why don't we call into town first? You can get a laptop, and I can get myself a watch, since my last one was destroyed when I 'died' at Mt Narisawa."

"Fine with me," Sonnet replied, "It might take a while though."

"I don't mind waiting."

Sonnet then went into her room, and changed into the t-shirt, jeans and trainers combination that Mizuki had joked about, taking her wallet from the inside pocket of the suit jacket. She also pulled the ties from her hair, letting it hang free from the ponytail she had kept it in during the morning and the lab attack, before returning to the lounge.

"Ready?" She asked Mizuki.

"When you are."

The two women then left the apartment, and headed for the town centre. They decided to look for a watch first. After looking in a few shops, Mizuki bought a watch she liked, using the last of the money that Sonnet had given her. She then went with Sonnet as they looked through a few computer shops. It took Sonnet just less than an hour to find a laptop that met the requirements she wanted, and another half an hour to fill out some paperwork, and buy some software she thought she would need. Once that was done, they left the shop with the laptop, still boxed, and returned to Sonnet's apartment. Once they entered, Sonnet placed the laptop box behind the sofa, so that no one could see it.

"I'll check the laptop and software when we get back. For now, I think we'll be OK to visit Bird."

"How long will it take to get there?" Mizuki asked.

"Not long. Although he likes to move around, making it harder for Taron to keep an eye on him, he is currently staying in his favourite place. And that apartment is one I've visited before, so I can teleport us there."

Convenient. Mizuki thought.

"Ready?" Sonnet asked.

Mizuki held out her hands, palms facing upwards. Sonnet put her hands on Mizuki's forearms and then teleported them out of her apartment. The two young women then reappeared in a small alleyway, next to an apartment block. Sonnet went to the apartment buzzer, next to the front door, and pressed the button for the top floor. A few seconds later, she heard:

"Hello?"

"Bird, it's Sonnet. Can I come in?"

"Hey! Nice to hear your voice. Of course, come on up, I'll unlock the lift door."

Sonnet lead Mizuki into the apartment building, and into the lift at the back of the lobby, pressed the button for the top floor. On the way up, Mizuki wondered:

What kind of person is he?

It only took the lift about a minute to reach the top floor. As Sonnet opened the door and walked into the apartment, Mizuki followed and took a look around the room. The furniture included a large double bed, two small lounge chairs, and a coffee table. The small kitchen area was off to the right of the lift exit. Sitting on the bed, was a man she presumed to be Sonnet's friend. He stood up and held his arms out as Sonnet approached.

"Hello Sonnet. Nice to see you again."

"Likewise," Sonnet replied, walking up and hugging him, "Bird. This is Mizuki Segawa, a friend of mine."

He released Sonnet, and turned to look at her, allowing Mizuki to see him fully. Bird was a little taller than Sonnet, and looked quite strong physically. He was wearing blue jeans, a blue t-shirt with a blue denim jacket over the top, and white trainers. He had long brown hair with a fringe that covered one eye, so Mizuki could only see one of them. His visible eye was blue, like Sonnet's.

"Nice to meet you." Mizuki said, bowing slightly in his direction.

"Hello there," He said, nodding his head, "Sorry, but I'm not much for formality."

"That's alright. I don't usually have chance to be formal myself."

"Anyway, take a seat ladies." He said, gesturing at the lounge chairs. Mizuki and Sonnet each took a chair.

"So, why are you both here?" Bird asked.

"I wanted to visit a friend," Sonnet stated, "And introduce you to another one at the same time."

"Two for one, huh," Bird quipped, "Hold on a minute. Are you Sho Fukamachi's girlfriend?"

Mizuki was a little startled.

"Yes. How did you know?"

"Sonnet sometimes gives me information that might be useful. She told me the identities of Guyver 1 and Guyver 3, and showed me the people who were close to them."

Sonnet smiled before saying:

"I might have to update that information now."

Bird looks curious.

"What do you mean?"

"Mizuki isn't just the girlfriend to one of the Guyvers. She is also one of the Guyvers: Guyver 5," She turned to Mizuki, "Want to take over?"

[With what?] Mizuki telepathically asked.

[Telling him about the other new Guyvers.]

[Oh, right. OK.]

"Also," Mizuki continued, "Ran and Mutaru have become Guyvers. They are known as Guyver Red, and Psychic Guyver respectively."

"Interesting. You have more help now then?"

"Yes. And we recently managed an attack on Chronos, destroying a Development Lab. Also, if all went well, they will now be suspecting that I'm not 100% loyal to Chronos, but they won't suspect I am one of the Guyvers."

"How exactly?" Bird asked.

"I've been giving the Guyvers information that has been acted upon. I've also been feeding information to Chronos that all Guyvers are working with Zeus Thunderbolt. Anything of average importance is usually destroyed not long after I learn about it, which I'm hoping will make Chronos start to think I'm a spy for Zeus Thunderbolt."

"Risky plan, Sonnet," Bird stated, "You know you're putting yourself and your friends at risk?"

"I think she knows," Mizuki replied, before Sonnet could answer, "We all know the risks involved."

"I hope so, because things could get real ugly if Chronos ever learn who you really are."

There was silence in the apartment for a few minutes, before Mizuki spoke again.

"Tell me something, Bird. I get the impression this apartment used to be something else."

"You're correct. It used to be used as a storage area, and was then abandoned for a while. But I thought it would make a great apartment, so I rented the place, and slowly converted it."

The next couple of hours were spent getting to know each other or, in Sonnet and Bird's case, catching up on things. After a while, Sonnet suggested they leave. Bird agreed, inviting them to visit again sometime. As the lift doors closed behind them, and the lift started to descend, Mizuki saw Sonnet tense up.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

Sonnet turned to look at her, and her eyes were glowing.

"There are zoanoids near by."

Mizuki stopped the lift, before asking:

"How many?"

"I don't know. I can't identify individual zoanoid signatures without my armour. Go back to the apartment, transform, and be ready to come to my aid if necessary."

"What about you?"

Sonnet's eye glow faded before she answered:

"I'm going to carry on heading home. If the Chronos personnel try to stop me, I'll signal you. I then want you to appear, but notice me, instead of them."

"What for?"

"Pretend you recognise me from the Lab this morning. You 'realise' I'm a Chronos employee, and attack me."

Mizuki looked shocked.

"I can't do that!"

"Yes, you can. Just don't hit me too hard."

"What's the reason for this act?"

"Chronos probably doesn't trust me now. If they see a Guyver attacking me, they will be unsure if I'm still a spy for Zeus Thunderbolt. The zoanoids should, in theory, rush to my defence, allowing you to destroy them anyway."

"Won't Chronos become suspicious that you weren't harmed?"

"Possibly. Balcus has recording devices hidden all over Tokyo. He might see me being able to move faster than a person should be able to, which means I'll have to come up with a cover explanation. But I'll worry about that later. Now go."

"All right. I'm not happy with the idea, but I'll play along."

Mizuki then teleported herself out of the lift. Sonnet set it moving again, and continued to the ground floor.

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In his apartment, Bird suddenly had a surprise when a silver light flashed in the room. As it faded, he saw Mizuki standing there.

"Something wrong?" He asked.

"Zoanoids nearby."

"Oh great."

"Don't worry, I'll handle them. Sonnet wanted to make it appear that she was alone, so I came back here. Sorry for just appearing like that."

"No problem."

"Thanks. GUYVER!"

Mizuki's silver armour wrapped around her and sealed itself airtight. Guyver 5 vented the steam through her mouth vents, before teleporting herself to the roof of the building, so she could observe what was happening. Unfortunately, the building she was standing on was too far away from the zoanoids, which she could now sense with her armour. Guyver 5 looked at the zoanoids, then at a building nearer to their location, before teleporting herself that short distance so she could observe things better.

There were eight zoanoids nearby. Using her eyes, she could see that most of them were the basic types that were no threat to her, however one could have been a hyper-zoanoid. This Chronos trooper hadn't transformed into his zoanoid form, so Guyver 5 had no way of knowing what he was. From the looks of things, the zoanoids were rounding up homeless people for processing. While she was wondering this, she saw Sonnet nearby, walking towards the zoanoids, seemingly oblivious to them.

Good acting. You might have fooled me if I didn't know you better. Guyver 5 thought.

The untransformed trooper suddenly noticed her, and headed in her direction.

[Showtime.] She heard Sonnet telepathically say.

Guyver 5 observed the events from up on the rooftop, as best she could. Sonnet was approached by the trooper, who appeared to be telling her to leave. Sonnet reacted by reaching into her jeans pocket, and pulled something out of her wallet. The trooper suddenly went quiet, and appeared to be a bit more respectful to her.

Must have been her Chronos ID. Guyver 5 thought.

The trooper then seemed to be explaining to Sonnet what was going on. Although Guyver 5 couldn't see Sonnet's face, she had a feeling that she was disgusted by what was going on. Guyver 5 then got herself into a position where she could attack a weaker type of zoanoid, one of the Gregole that she could see, within seconds of Sonnet's signal while, at the same time, making sure she was able to keep her friend in sight. After watching the trooper and Sonnet converse for a few more minutes, she suddenly heard:

[NOW!]

Acting on her friend's signal, Guyver 5 jumped from the rooftop, and positioned herself so she would land behind the Gregole she had targeted. She activated her sonic swords before she landed, and sliced the zoanoid in half as her feet hit the ground. Sensing another one approaching her from behind, she sheathed her swords and jumped, putting herself into a back flip at the same time. She landed behind the second zoanoid, a Vamore, and fired her head laser at its shoulder pods. The shots missed the right pod, but blew the left one into a bloody mess. She then re-activated a sonic sword, and charged at the Vamore, stabbing it through the brain and killing it.

Time for the show. She then thought.

Guyver 5 then turned to look at the, still, untransformed trooper. The trooper, in turn, looked back at her and began to transform. As she had suspected, the other zoanoid was a hyper class one: a Zerabubuse.

OK, this changes the game a little. She thought, looking past her new opponent.

"Damn you Guyver," the Zerabubuse said, "Why can't you leave us alone?"

"I'll leave you alone once you're all dead you…"

The Zerabubuse was puzzled as to why the Guyver had stopped, before it noticed that she was staring behind it, not at it. It glanced behind itself to see only Sonnet standing there. Guyver 5 used the zoanoids distraction to her advantage. She prepared a pressure cannon shot while firing a few beams from the head laser at the Zerabubuse, as the Zerabubuse turned back to her, she fired the pressure cannon, which caused a hole to appear in the creature's torso, roughly where a lung would be a human body. This damage also caused Sonnet's clothes to be stained in the creatures' blood. Guyver 5 then ran at the zoanoid and jumped up high before she got to it, she positioned herself in mid-air and landed right where she wanted to: on the shoulders of the Zerabubuse. As she landed on the Zerabubuse, she bent her legs and jumped off again, leaving the zoanoid to stumble from the impact of her landing on it. Again in the air, Guyver 5 did a flip and repositioned herself, landing behind Sonnet. Sonnet, keeping up her act, turned around in surprise. Just in time for her to feel a strong, armoured hand at her throat. Guyver 5 picked Sonnet up by her neck, and suspended her in the air.

"Why are…. You…?" Sonnet choked

"I saw you in the Chronos Lab this morning. You must work for them, so I'm going to make sure your employment ends, right now."

Meanwhile, the other five zoanoids had noticed the Guyver, and were approaching her. Guyver 5 dropped Sonnet back to the floor and turned to the bio-weapons. She saw another Vamore, three Ramotith and a second Gregole, idly noticing that Sonnet had fallen on her backside when she had been dropped.

Chronos must be having a supply problem, Guyver 5 thought, all the zoanoids are low level ones, no match for any Guyver.

Hoping Sonnet would use the next few minutes to sneak away, Guyver 5 turned to one of the zoanoids, the Vamore, and repeated the attack technique she had used on the first Gregole, resulting in it being sliced in two vertically. Next she targeted the Gregole, and charged at it, slicing its waistline with the sonic sword on her right arm, causing that one to break in two horizontally. Next, she used her gravity orb as a booster and jumped herself above the three approaching Ramotith. As she ascended, she fired a very accurate shot from the head laser at one, melting its brain in the process, and hit a second one with a sonic disruptor discharge as she approached the apex of her jump, which caused its head to shatter. For the last Ramotith, she let the natural gravity pull her back towards the ground, and she used her weight to crush the zoanoid into a bloody pulp by landing with her feet on its head. She then rolled off the remains of the creature, and back to her feet in one smooth motion.

Her final target was the Zerabubuse that she had injured while moving to 'attack' Sonnet. This zoanoid was still injured from the pressure cannon, but the damage sustained from the head laser had healed up.

This will be more of a challenge, Guyver 5 thought, I'm not sure how much longer I can last though. My stamina isn't exactly infinite.

Guyver 5 then decided to use her pressure cannon again. She activated the gravity orb, and flew above the creatures' head. Once she had gained some height, she fired three pressure cannon blasts in quick succession. One blew the left leg off the Zerabubuse, the second hit the shoulder, and blew the right arm off, and the final one missed the zoanoid, and impacted on the ground behind it, blowing out a large chunk of the already weathered road.

Damn! She thought.

Guyver 5 then shut down the gravity orb, and landed a few feet away from the zoanoid. The Zerabubuse, realising that it was probably about to die, fired a few laser bursts from the emitters on its body. Guyver 5 was hit by two of the beams, one in her right thigh, and one hit her right hip.

That's gonna hurt for a while. She thought, feeling pain in her right side.

Guyver 5 then fired the sonic disruptor at the chest of the zoanoid. The high frequency of the weapon caused the internal organs of the creature to vibrate painfully, before shattering into pieces. With several vital organs destroyed, the zoanoid was defeated, and collapsed to the ground. A few seconds later, it began disintegrating. Guyver 5 checked the remains of the others, and found they were also disintegrating, noticing that Sonnet had, as she expected, slipped away during the fight. Guyver 5 then teleported herself away from the area, and back to Sonnet's apartment.

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Guyver 5 re-materialised in her bedroom in the apartment. She quickly checked her injuries from the laser beams, and realised they had almost fully healed. She waited for a while to check that they had fully healed, before shutting down her armour. She then went into the lounge, and found Sonnet sitting on the sofa, with the laptop on a tray. Mizuki also noticed that Sonnet had changed her clothes, since there was no blood on what she was wearing.

"Having fun?" She asked.

Sonnet looked up as she spoke, and smiled slightly.

"If I didn't know you better, I'd say you enjoyed that back there."

Mizuki smirked.

"What makes you think I didn't? Those zoanoids were no match for a Guyver."

Smiling back, Sonnet replied:

"I meant 'attacking' me, Mizuki. Oh, and it's been almost 40 minutes since I slipped away."

"Nah, there was no fun in that. Although you put up a good act, you almost had me fooled. And 40 minutes? It didn't feel like that long."

"Thanks. And I suspect it doesn't when you're the one fighting."

"So," Mizuki asked, gesturing to the laptop, "What are you doing?"

"I'm installing and checking all the software I bought earlier. A word processor, an anti-virus, and internet/email programs."

Mizuki sat down in one of the chairs.

"Any problems?"

"Nope, I don't think so. All software appears to be working as it should."

"Just a thought though," Mizuki said, "You mentioned that you wanted the computer so that you could, eventually, decrypt any information you get from the raid."

"What's your point?"

"Don't you have anything for encryption/decryption techniques?"

"Not yet. I wanted to get a basic computer first. I'll get encryption/decryption programs later."

"OK. I was just curious."

Mizuki then glanced at the clock over the sofa. It read 19:34.

"Damn!" She said.

"What?" Sonnet asked her.

"I just realised that I'll be leaving in about an hour an a half."

Sonnet glanced at the clock.

"I hadn't noticed the time. Where does it go?"

"Good question. I'm going to shower and change, before I leave then."

"OK, see you soon."

When Mizuki left the room, Sonnet closed down her laptop and placed it on the coffee table. She then took the tray back into the kitchen. Then, using her telekinesis, she removed the cover from her journal's hiding place, and lifted the laptop into it, before replacing the cover piece. She then sat down and thought about what the information Agito had for her could be. About seven minutes later, Mizuki walked back into the lounge, wearing her green skirt and black t-shirt, with a pair of black pumps. The two women then spent the time talking about various topics, until the clock read 20:50. At that point, Sonnet and Mizuki got up and went to Ran's apartment.

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Ran was surprised when there was a knock on the apartment door. She got up from the sofa, and went to open it. Sonnet and Mizuki were on the other side.

"Hi. Come on in." She said, opening the door.

Ran waited for them all to be sat down before asking:

"So why are you here?"

"We have an appointment, remember?"

Ran then looked sad.

"Oh. Is that the time already?"

She got up from her seat, and went out of the room for a minute. When she came back, Mutaru and Kyriu were with her. Mutaru was the first to speak:

"I didn't realise what time it was. Sorry you're leaving Mizuki. You're a really good fighter, not to mention a good talker."

Mizuki smiled.

"Thanks, Mutaru. Don't worry though, I'll be back to visit from time to time."

"Good to know," Kyriu spoke up, "These two have certainly been happy while you've been here."

He offered his hand to Mizuki.

"See you around, kid."

"Thank you, Mr Kyriu." Mizuki replied, while shaking his hand. She then turned to Ran.

"I'll certainly miss having you around," She said, "Although you've not been here long, I feel like you're almost a sister to me."

"Thanks Ran."

The next few minutes was spent with a few hugs between the friends, before Mutaru said:

"So, we have to be at Relic's Point in about three minutes?"

Everyone then separated. Ran led them all into the kitchen, while Kyriu sat down at the computer desk. In the kitchen, Mizuki summoned her armour, becoming Guyver 5. She then grabbed a hand each of Ran's and Mutaru's, teleporting them both to the roof. There, they summoned their own armours, so that the energy field wouldn't cause any damage. Finally, she teleported them to the processing lab in the remains of the Relic's Point base.

Not too surprising, Guyver Blue was already there, waiting for them.

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A few seconds after 21:00, Guyvers 1 & 3 appeared in the lab. Guyver 5 instantly ran to Guyver 1 and embraced him. Guyver 3, on the other hand stood quietly to the side. Once the young couple had separated, he spoke up:

"I'm glad you're all here. I'd like to discuss my plan for attacking the Zoanoid Production Facility on Mt. Narisawa."

The next half an hour was spent deciding on a date to carry out the attack/raid, as well as who would cover what parts of the facility. Guyver 3 had obtained a map of it, and explained it in detail. At the end of it, everyone had a specific area to concentrate on:

· Guyvers 1 and 5 would cover the control centre, damaging/destroying whatever they could,

· Guyvers Red and Psychic would destroy the Production Centres,

· Guyver Blue and himself would copy all the information in the Chronos computers there, and then destroy them.

· The general role of all of them was to destroy any Chronos equipment and 'products' while also carrying out their specific tasks.

Once everyone was satisfied with their set task, he asked to speak with Blue privately. Once the others had left the room, he moved to Guyver Blue and handed her a computer disk.

"What's this?" She asked.

"Information that you might find of interest. If the person mentioned in it is who I suspect him to be. If it is then my condolences, even if they are a bit late."

Sonnet was puzzled by Agito's statement, but didn't show it. Instead she thanked him, before returning to Guyvers Red and Psychic and teleporting them home. After they had all disengaged their armours, she left and returned to her own apartment. Realising the place would be quieter now; she sat down on the sofa, before retrieving her new laptop, placing the disk she had been given into the drive, and looking at the contents.

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AN: OK, I suck at writing goodbye scenes, so I don't mind criticism for the one above.