"I'm surprised at you, Ci," Ace said, looking over his shoulder as they exited the clearing. "I would've expected something like that from D, G, and Q…definitely Q." His Racaseal friend followed him out wielding two silver GF-38 mechguns with spinning, smoking barrels.
"I am a peaceful android," she said mildly. "When I am attacked, I defend myself."
"All those bodies," Ace shuddered. "Oh, well…At least you're sexy when you slaughter small animals."
"Guys, get here quick!" Jay's voice shouted through their ISLs. The Humar and Racaseal ran to the transporter and teleported. When they arrived in the rainy area, they headed through the gate, towards the racket. They cautiously moved forward and saw the Hildebears spitting fireballs at Jay and Bea, who were ducking underwater each time.
"Wish I had a camera," Ace snickered. "Hey, Ci, go in there and cool 'em off." She snuck behind the Hildebears and deployed a floating trap mine. She sprayed a few bullets onto the beasts' backs to get their attention. When they turned to attack her, she shot the mine to set it off. The blast froze the Hildebears in solid ice. Then she held down the triggers on her GF-38s, letting the photon bullets melt through the ice and penetrate the monsters. Ace leapt towards on of them and sliced his Brand into the skull of a Hildebear. One of them broke out of the ice and began to thrash about, knocking away Ace and Ci.
"Here I go!" Jay shouted, jumping out of the pond with a smaller, more eloquent sword. The monster turned to strike him, but he jammed the sword into its chest. While the Hildebear staggered, Bea had crawled out of the pond. Jay helped her up and nodded to her. She leapt onto his back and then on top of the Hildebear, stamping on its head with her clog-like shoes. By now, the other living Hildebear was beginning to break out. Ci began to shoot both, while Ace stabbed into the partially frozen one. Jay pulled his sword out and backed away as Bea jumped down beside him. The Hildebear fell dead in front of him, while the partially frozen beast stopped moving.
"Man, what a rush!" Ace exclaimed, turning off his Brand.
"Haven't done something like that in a while," Jay said, sitting on the ground with Bea. "I've been spoiled on Pioneer 2."
"I don't think we'll be landing for a while," Bea commented, panting.
"Perhaps we should head back," Ci suggested.
"When'd you get those huge guns?" Jay asked, suddenly full of energy.
"I wish," Ace snickered.
"Ahem," Ci said, ignoring the lewd comment. "I had to dispatch a large number of animals."
"Baby chocobos," Ace whispered.
"Damn," Jay said. "Remind me never piss you off. I'd expect that type of thing from Q, but damn."
"They weren't baby chocobos," Ci said, getting annoyed. "Now would you like to continue or not?"
"It probably won't take much longer," Ace said, walking to another gate. He looked on the other side and cursed, "Damn, that's a lotta bodies."
"Screw it," Jay said, getting up.
"Agreed," Bea said, creating a portal. "I'm cold, wet, and tired. And unlike you all, I don't have personal servants to get me back in a good mood."
"They're employees," Jay said, stepping into the portal with her. "I pay them and maintain a signed contract. Ace and Ci just have a lot of fans."
"There's an idea!" Ace said, following them through the portal. Ci quietly followed, also growing tired of the rain matting her synthetic hair across her face.
"And then these huge monsters fall out of the sky and attack us!" Jay said to the other team members, back on Titania. "They had huge hulking arms, narrow yellow eyes, and spat fire."
"And they took my Rafoie like it was nothing!" Bea added.
"You alright, Princess?" asked D, a massive purple Racast with wide shoulders. His head had a shogun-like helmet on it, with a narrow jaw and glowing yellow eyes just underneath his helmet. He was drying Ci with a towel, while another Racast, G, was checking for injuries. G was taller, but not as large. He was black, with a flat-topped head, a wide jaw, and a pair of more intimidating yellow glowing eyes.
"Really, I'm fine," she said modestly, as G offered her a drink.
"You've got a little mud in your hair," G said, looking through her silver locks.
"What?!" she raised her voice. "Go find some shampoo! Quickly! This hair stains easily!"
"So, Q," Ace said to the Hunewearl, leaning over her against a wall. "You got a boyfriend?"
"No," she said, giggling.
"Aw, don't tell me!" Ace said disappointedly, noticing her unusual giddiness. "You took your medication?"
"Mm hmm!" she smiled cheerfully. "That explosion made me really angry. So, I went home before it got out of control. And here I am! It's a good thing, too. Since you're asking me out, I probably would have cursed you out and hurt your feelings like a mean person."
"But now there's no challenge," Ace complained. "Oh well…what do ya say?"
"I'll think about it," she giggled, walking away. "Boy, am I going to be mad at you later. Asking me while I'm sky high. Heeheehehehe! You're such a silly goose!"
"Damn prescription drugs," Ace muttered.