Love Bites
"Spark Plasma!" Sheba yelled, blowing up an innocent juniper which had only happened to be rooted there. Jenna was standing about five metres away and laughed hard as she cast Flare Storm, before running off. Sheba yelped and narrowly dodged the Flare Storm, glaring evilly at the retreating Jenna's back.
"Don't think you'll get away that easily!" Sheba yelled, giving chase and trying to aim a Ray at her. Unfortunately, Garet proceeded to get in the way and shout before casting Flare on her. Then Ivan appeared and cast Plasma on Garet. The Mars and Jupiter Adepts had a brief tussle of Psynergy before splitting once more to get to safer ground.
Isaac slipped behind a tree, watching Mia walking through the village and looking out for Team Vale. He didn't really want to chuck Psynergy at her, and he knew that she didn't want to do it to him either. So, what better than just hiding from each other and pretending that they hadn't been able to find each other? Isaac smiled and sneaked behind a bush, walking along with Mia. He felt like a stalker, but he was pretty well practised in it. He tried stalking Jenna in Madra and Picard in Naribwe, for reasons which nobody would ever know. It sure was fun asking questions about people.
"Grand Gaia!" Felix yelled, pursuing the Lemurian. Picard snorted and simply dodged aside as the ground blew up. Felix was about to try again, but was promptly assailed by pebbles thrown by a horde of Picard fangirls who were trying to help Picard whin for some reason. "That's not fair!" Felix exclaimed, throwing a glare at the fangirls.
"All's fair in love and war, and this is war!" Picard shouted with laugher in his voice, running on ahead and disappearing into shrubbery. He did quite love having his fangirls helping him out by stopping poor Felix. After all, there had been no rule stated that nobody could have help from people outside the teams.
"That Lemurian..." Felix growled. He promptly turned and cast Quake on the shouting fangirls, sending them falling onto their backsides. They glared evilly at him as he gave chase after Picard, vowing that it would be worse next time if they tried to help Picard again. Hey, they were Valeans, they were Adepts so they could handle it... right? Of course. So they wouldn't have problems with a big Grand Gaia... no, really.
'It's so quiet,' Mia frowned as she walked along a path, glancing furtively around for members of Team Vale who might ambush her, not noticing Isaac hurriedly dart behind a tree. All she could hear were the insane screams of the rabid Picard fangirls, no doubt fighting back to protect the leader of Team Haze. She guessed that Ivan and Sheba would most likely be targeting Garet and Jenna, and Picard would probably have to be fending off Felix, so where was Isaac?
"Dratted Jupiter Adept!" Jenna shouted, throwing down a Fume at the fleeing Sheba. It was so unfair that Sheba was faster than her, but she supposed that it was worse for Garet. He was extremely slow, second only to Picard, while Ivan was almost as speedy as Sheba. In fact, Ivan was far ahead of them and Garet was some way behind, muttering curses under his breath. "Come on, Garet, you're so slow! Are you wearing Turtle Boots?"
"Hah hah," Garet stopped next to her and kneeled over, hands on knees, as he tried to get his breath back. "Give me some Hyper Boots and then I'll show that pest Ivan what I'm made of. Have you actually managed to hit Sheba yet?" He looked up wonderingly at his girlfriend.
"I wish..." Jenna muttered, running a hand through her long reddish brown hair. "Ivan and Sheba are just too quick. Maybe we should be targeting Mia or Picard instead, at least they are slow. But then Isaac and Felix would have to deal with Ivan and Sheba, and they wouldn't do any better than I am right now..."
"Lets' just forget about those Jupiter Adepts and go for the Mercury Adepts!" Garet exclaimed gleefully, his eyes shining. "I'll bet that Isaac's not even attacking Mia because he fancies her, so we'll go and get Mia instead!" He looked as if he had just discovered gravity for the very first time from the look on his face.
"Good idea," Jenna did a high-five with him. "That will be a piece of cake! Now lets' go and find Mia and give her a toasting!"
Ivan and Sheba stared as Garet and Jenna rushed off in the opposite direction, away from them. Then the two Jupiter Adepts turned to stare at each other with blank, confused expressions, neither of them understanding just what was going on. Surely Garet and Jenna were meant to be chasing them, not running away?
"Sheba...?" Ivan ventured, a bead of sweat running down his head. "Do you know...?"
"No, I don't know," Sheba shook her head. "That was so weird... well, lets go and find Isaac and Felix and get THEM instead if Garet and Jenna are so reluctant to fight us anymore. How about that?"
"Sure," Ivan rushed off to find the Venus Adepts with Sheba in pursuit. "I'll bet Felix's gotten a double beating from Picard's fangirls by now... it would probably be kinder to go for Isaac wouldn't it... unless we're trying to be cruel?" He cackled maniacally and stopped as Sheba threw a glance over her shoulder at him, clearly asking if he had gone insane.
"Look, there's Mia!" Garet exclaimed softly as the Mercury Adept came walking towards him and Jenna. She had not noticed them yet since they were hiding behind trees, out of her sight. "Coming right towards us!"
"Not bad," Jenna grinned widely. "Sounds like the perfect ambush to me..." She frowned as she saw Isaac also behind a tree, secretly following Mia. "What's Isaac doing there? Come on, Garet, tag Mia before Isaac does!"
"But Isaac's on our team," Garet looked at her, not understanding her motives for wanting him to get her instead of Isaac, but then again a lot of things didn't make sense to him anyway. "So what does it matter if Isaac tags Mia or we do it instead? Team Vale still gets points, doesn't it?"
"Yeah, but WE want the credit," Jenna smiled evilly, displaying a row of bright white teeth. She looked akin to a grinning crocodile that was about to pounce on its prey. "Why should Isaac get it? Go on, Garet, tag Mia before Isaac! And that's an order..." Her eyes glinted evilly and Garet shuddered in fear, turning around to face the unknowing Mercury Adept, little knowing that someone was about to jump out from behind a tree.
"Will you just stop hitting me?" Felix thundered at the rabid fangirls, who were chasing him and throwing pebbles at his back still. Even worse, Picard seemed to have disappeared into thin air so he was left alone with the evil girls. "I haven't even been able to score any points for my team because of you insane... what do you like so much about Picard anyway? He's an annoying jerk- OW!" Another pebble struck him in the forehead.
"We like Picard because..." The fangirls took deep breaths and chanted as one. "Because he's charming, adorable, amazing, sexy, cool, good-looking, handsome, wonderful, awesome, strong, has big pecs, blue-haired, has lovely eyes, has a lovely voice, and he's JUST SO SEXY!" They seemed like they were going to say something else but then they squeaked and screamed instead. "PICARD!!!"
"So there you are," Felix turned and grinned evilly at Picard who had been preparing to attack Felix from behind. He flinched and froze into position, mentally cursing the rabid fangirls for blowing his cover. "Are you ready to be thrown in the air by a nice big Grand Gaia? OWW! Get your stupid fangirls off my back already! This is cheating!"
"No it isn't," Picard said serenely, a calm smile on his handsome face. "There was no rule dictating that we couldn't have help from team outsiders. Do you realise that we happen to be breaking the rule that means no members of either team can speak to the members on the opposing team, Felix?"
"Yeah, well, that stupid rule can just go to heck!" Felix exclaimed. The fangirls gasped in shock and threw more pebbles at him. He threw a baleful look at them over his shoulder but they did not even flinch under his stare. "It's so unfair! I don't have rabid fangirls going all out to help me!"
"I understand, you're just jealous," Picard smirked, folding his arms across his chest. "That's why you want to spend this entire stupid thing called a 'war' which really is quite pitiful for a war trying to hit me with one of your silly Grand Gaias and only succeeding to be beaten up by my fangirls."
"Beaten up by your..." Felix was almost speechless in shock, his eyes widening. "I am NOT being beaten up by your stupid fangirls!" Another volley of pebbles struck him and he winced. "That does not count as beating up... and where are they getting all those stupid pebbles from anyway?" He glanced at them and realised. "Oh... Venus Adepts... dratted Venus Adepts!"
"I could say the same about you," Picard chuckled. Felix glowered at him and took a threatening step forwards. "Look, really, Felix, I know you're jealous and all that, but holding a grudge against me isn't going to cure anything. I really don't think you're even into this silly little war thing, are you?"
"It's only a game," Felix looked sulky. "It would be a big waste of time to bother with going for Mia, Ivan, or Sheba, when YOU'RE my problem... when does this have to end anyway? I'm getting very bored of being hit by pebbles and listening to you going on and on and on..."
"Speak for yourself," Picard smoothly replied. Felix rolled his eyes and turned away, giving a drooling fangirl an evil stare. "Um... are some of those fangirls drooling?" Felix nodded, not saying anything. "I see... that could be a problem..."
"PICARD!!!" squealed the excited fangirls, rushing forwards and trampling Felix as they threw themselves upon the Lemurian. Felix slowly picked himself off the ground, battered and bruised by their feet, and blinked weirdly at the pile of girls upon Picard who was desperately trying to break free. "PICARD, PICARD, PICARD!"
"Actually, maybe I'm not so jealous after all," Felix sweated heavily as he saw Picard's predicament. "It seems that the fangirls just managed to get him better than I did. Those fangirls... they always have to have the upper hand, don't they? They stop me and then they stop Picard... pick a side already!"
"Take this!" Garet yelled, lunging out from behind the tree. Mia jumped, not at all expecting to see a Mars Adept leap out from behind a tree... okay, so her thoughts had drifted from the Adept War to Isaac... but still... "VOLCANO!"
Mia dodged sideways as a plume of fire shot up from the ground, but the shockwave it created still managed to send her flying. Mia screamed as she went sailing off the edge, as they had been on the higher level, and went splashing into the river. Garet cringed, he hadn't been meaning to send Mia into the river, he just wanted to tag her, and it could have been worse anyway, he could have cast Eruption or Pyroclasm... but he really wasn't that dumb.
"MIA!!!" Isaac came running out from behind the tree and leaped off the small cliff, sailing into the river after Mia, who was simply treading the water as she looked up in consternation at the stunned Garet. Jenna was now laughing raucously and pummelling Garet's back as tears of laughter flew from her eyes. Isaac swam through the river towards her, not noticing that she was perfectly fine. "I'll save you!" And Isaac did, sort of. Well, Mia had no objection to Isaac grabbing her around the waist and getting her back onto dry land. She sat next to the concerned Isaac on the grass, water dripping off the pair.
"Wow..." Ivan was watching from the other side, his eyes widening in shock. "Isaac saved Mia? But isn't that kind of the opposite of what we're meant to do? Somehow? It doesn't seem Garet did hit her though... heh... he couldn't hit anybody anyway."
"No," Sheba shook her head with a sly smile. "Garet's just far too slow, Mia's quicker than he is anyway, so it makes sense that he would miss. If he went for Picard on the other hand, then I might just be slightly worried."
"Oh Garet!" Jenna exclaimed laughingly. "That was just so funny! Did you see the look on Mia's face?" She edged around him and stared at his face, cracking up again. "Your face... it's so funny too!"
"Um, thanks for that, Isaac," Mia smiled fondly at the blond Venus Adept. "I was okay, really, but I do appreciate it. That was nice how you just jumped into the river like that without a second thought, just for me."
"Oh, Mia," Isaac smiled back, his eyes gleaming. "You know I wouldn't just leave you there in the river. I'd do anything for you, whatever happened to you, so of course I jumped into the river for you."
"Isaac..." Mia leaned closer to him, her hand brushing over his.
"Mia..." Isaac also leaned closer, inhaling the perfume that scented her body.
"Isaac..."
"Mia..."
"Um, what's happening?" Garet blurted out. Jenna hit him in the arm and he winced, getting the message as she put her finger to her lips, glaring at him for disrupting a touching moment, before curiously watching the latest development between Isaac and Mia. Ivan and Sheba were also watching quietly, both of them looking immensely shocked.
"Isaac..." Mia said again, then she realised she was getting bored with it. "Oh never mind!" And then Isaac drew her in for a passionate kiss, and they threw their arms around each other, letting passion erupt between the two of them as they finally admitted their feelings for each other through a lingering embrace. They did not hear the whoops coming from the Mars Adepts, the gasps of amazement from the Jupiter Adepts, or the screams of fangirls as Felix and Picard played their own version of Psynergy Tag with them, or the exclaimations of the pair as they caught up with the others and watched Isaac and Mia in stunned silence.
"Well, it looks like they FINALLY admitted their feelings for each other," Felix smirked. "That took an age."
"Not kidding," Picard laughed. "Well, I suppose that means the Adept War's over."
"What's the outcome then?" Felix demanded.
"Tie," Picard answered. "No winners, no losers. I figure you'd throw a fit if I said Team Haze, but you can't expect me to say Team Vale won..."
"Are they ever going to come up for air?" Sheba wondered, staring transfixedly at the embracing, newly formed couple.
"Spark Plasma!" Sheba yelled, blowing up an innocent juniper which had only happened to be rooted there. Jenna was standing about five metres away and laughed hard as she cast Flare Storm, before running off. Sheba yelped and narrowly dodged the Flare Storm, glaring evilly at the retreating Jenna's back.
"Don't think you'll get away that easily!" Sheba yelled, giving chase and trying to aim a Ray at her. Unfortunately, Garet proceeded to get in the way and shout before casting Flare on her. Then Ivan appeared and cast Plasma on Garet. The Mars and Jupiter Adepts had a brief tussle of Psynergy before splitting once more to get to safer ground.
Isaac slipped behind a tree, watching Mia walking through the village and looking out for Team Vale. He didn't really want to chuck Psynergy at her, and he knew that she didn't want to do it to him either. So, what better than just hiding from each other and pretending that they hadn't been able to find each other? Isaac smiled and sneaked behind a bush, walking along with Mia. He felt like a stalker, but he was pretty well practised in it. He tried stalking Jenna in Madra and Picard in Naribwe, for reasons which nobody would ever know. It sure was fun asking questions about people.
"Grand Gaia!" Felix yelled, pursuing the Lemurian. Picard snorted and simply dodged aside as the ground blew up. Felix was about to try again, but was promptly assailed by pebbles thrown by a horde of Picard fangirls who were trying to help Picard whin for some reason. "That's not fair!" Felix exclaimed, throwing a glare at the fangirls.
"All's fair in love and war, and this is war!" Picard shouted with laugher in his voice, running on ahead and disappearing into shrubbery. He did quite love having his fangirls helping him out by stopping poor Felix. After all, there had been no rule stated that nobody could have help from people outside the teams.
"That Lemurian..." Felix growled. He promptly turned and cast Quake on the shouting fangirls, sending them falling onto their backsides. They glared evilly at him as he gave chase after Picard, vowing that it would be worse next time if they tried to help Picard again. Hey, they were Valeans, they were Adepts so they could handle it... right? Of course. So they wouldn't have problems with a big Grand Gaia... no, really.
'It's so quiet,' Mia frowned as she walked along a path, glancing furtively around for members of Team Vale who might ambush her, not noticing Isaac hurriedly dart behind a tree. All she could hear were the insane screams of the rabid Picard fangirls, no doubt fighting back to protect the leader of Team Haze. She guessed that Ivan and Sheba would most likely be targeting Garet and Jenna, and Picard would probably have to be fending off Felix, so where was Isaac?
"Dratted Jupiter Adept!" Jenna shouted, throwing down a Fume at the fleeing Sheba. It was so unfair that Sheba was faster than her, but she supposed that it was worse for Garet. He was extremely slow, second only to Picard, while Ivan was almost as speedy as Sheba. In fact, Ivan was far ahead of them and Garet was some way behind, muttering curses under his breath. "Come on, Garet, you're so slow! Are you wearing Turtle Boots?"
"Hah hah," Garet stopped next to her and kneeled over, hands on knees, as he tried to get his breath back. "Give me some Hyper Boots and then I'll show that pest Ivan what I'm made of. Have you actually managed to hit Sheba yet?" He looked up wonderingly at his girlfriend.
"I wish..." Jenna muttered, running a hand through her long reddish brown hair. "Ivan and Sheba are just too quick. Maybe we should be targeting Mia or Picard instead, at least they are slow. But then Isaac and Felix would have to deal with Ivan and Sheba, and they wouldn't do any better than I am right now..."
"Lets' just forget about those Jupiter Adepts and go for the Mercury Adepts!" Garet exclaimed gleefully, his eyes shining. "I'll bet that Isaac's not even attacking Mia because he fancies her, so we'll go and get Mia instead!" He looked as if he had just discovered gravity for the very first time from the look on his face.
"Good idea," Jenna did a high-five with him. "That will be a piece of cake! Now lets' go and find Mia and give her a toasting!"
Ivan and Sheba stared as Garet and Jenna rushed off in the opposite direction, away from them. Then the two Jupiter Adepts turned to stare at each other with blank, confused expressions, neither of them understanding just what was going on. Surely Garet and Jenna were meant to be chasing them, not running away?
"Sheba...?" Ivan ventured, a bead of sweat running down his head. "Do you know...?"
"No, I don't know," Sheba shook her head. "That was so weird... well, lets go and find Isaac and Felix and get THEM instead if Garet and Jenna are so reluctant to fight us anymore. How about that?"
"Sure," Ivan rushed off to find the Venus Adepts with Sheba in pursuit. "I'll bet Felix's gotten a double beating from Picard's fangirls by now... it would probably be kinder to go for Isaac wouldn't it... unless we're trying to be cruel?" He cackled maniacally and stopped as Sheba threw a glance over her shoulder at him, clearly asking if he had gone insane.
"Look, there's Mia!" Garet exclaimed softly as the Mercury Adept came walking towards him and Jenna. She had not noticed them yet since they were hiding behind trees, out of her sight. "Coming right towards us!"
"Not bad," Jenna grinned widely. "Sounds like the perfect ambush to me..." She frowned as she saw Isaac also behind a tree, secretly following Mia. "What's Isaac doing there? Come on, Garet, tag Mia before Isaac does!"
"But Isaac's on our team," Garet looked at her, not understanding her motives for wanting him to get her instead of Isaac, but then again a lot of things didn't make sense to him anyway. "So what does it matter if Isaac tags Mia or we do it instead? Team Vale still gets points, doesn't it?"
"Yeah, but WE want the credit," Jenna smiled evilly, displaying a row of bright white teeth. She looked akin to a grinning crocodile that was about to pounce on its prey. "Why should Isaac get it? Go on, Garet, tag Mia before Isaac! And that's an order..." Her eyes glinted evilly and Garet shuddered in fear, turning around to face the unknowing Mercury Adept, little knowing that someone was about to jump out from behind a tree.
"Will you just stop hitting me?" Felix thundered at the rabid fangirls, who were chasing him and throwing pebbles at his back still. Even worse, Picard seemed to have disappeared into thin air so he was left alone with the evil girls. "I haven't even been able to score any points for my team because of you insane... what do you like so much about Picard anyway? He's an annoying jerk- OW!" Another pebble struck him in the forehead.
"We like Picard because..." The fangirls took deep breaths and chanted as one. "Because he's charming, adorable, amazing, sexy, cool, good-looking, handsome, wonderful, awesome, strong, has big pecs, blue-haired, has lovely eyes, has a lovely voice, and he's JUST SO SEXY!" They seemed like they were going to say something else but then they squeaked and screamed instead. "PICARD!!!"
"So there you are," Felix turned and grinned evilly at Picard who had been preparing to attack Felix from behind. He flinched and froze into position, mentally cursing the rabid fangirls for blowing his cover. "Are you ready to be thrown in the air by a nice big Grand Gaia? OWW! Get your stupid fangirls off my back already! This is cheating!"
"No it isn't," Picard said serenely, a calm smile on his handsome face. "There was no rule dictating that we couldn't have help from team outsiders. Do you realise that we happen to be breaking the rule that means no members of either team can speak to the members on the opposing team, Felix?"
"Yeah, well, that stupid rule can just go to heck!" Felix exclaimed. The fangirls gasped in shock and threw more pebbles at him. He threw a baleful look at them over his shoulder but they did not even flinch under his stare. "It's so unfair! I don't have rabid fangirls going all out to help me!"
"I understand, you're just jealous," Picard smirked, folding his arms across his chest. "That's why you want to spend this entire stupid thing called a 'war' which really is quite pitiful for a war trying to hit me with one of your silly Grand Gaias and only succeeding to be beaten up by my fangirls."
"Beaten up by your..." Felix was almost speechless in shock, his eyes widening. "I am NOT being beaten up by your stupid fangirls!" Another volley of pebbles struck him and he winced. "That does not count as beating up... and where are they getting all those stupid pebbles from anyway?" He glanced at them and realised. "Oh... Venus Adepts... dratted Venus Adepts!"
"I could say the same about you," Picard chuckled. Felix glowered at him and took a threatening step forwards. "Look, really, Felix, I know you're jealous and all that, but holding a grudge against me isn't going to cure anything. I really don't think you're even into this silly little war thing, are you?"
"It's only a game," Felix looked sulky. "It would be a big waste of time to bother with going for Mia, Ivan, or Sheba, when YOU'RE my problem... when does this have to end anyway? I'm getting very bored of being hit by pebbles and listening to you going on and on and on..."
"Speak for yourself," Picard smoothly replied. Felix rolled his eyes and turned away, giving a drooling fangirl an evil stare. "Um... are some of those fangirls drooling?" Felix nodded, not saying anything. "I see... that could be a problem..."
"PICARD!!!" squealed the excited fangirls, rushing forwards and trampling Felix as they threw themselves upon the Lemurian. Felix slowly picked himself off the ground, battered and bruised by their feet, and blinked weirdly at the pile of girls upon Picard who was desperately trying to break free. "PICARD, PICARD, PICARD!"
"Actually, maybe I'm not so jealous after all," Felix sweated heavily as he saw Picard's predicament. "It seems that the fangirls just managed to get him better than I did. Those fangirls... they always have to have the upper hand, don't they? They stop me and then they stop Picard... pick a side already!"
"Take this!" Garet yelled, lunging out from behind the tree. Mia jumped, not at all expecting to see a Mars Adept leap out from behind a tree... okay, so her thoughts had drifted from the Adept War to Isaac... but still... "VOLCANO!"
Mia dodged sideways as a plume of fire shot up from the ground, but the shockwave it created still managed to send her flying. Mia screamed as she went sailing off the edge, as they had been on the higher level, and went splashing into the river. Garet cringed, he hadn't been meaning to send Mia into the river, he just wanted to tag her, and it could have been worse anyway, he could have cast Eruption or Pyroclasm... but he really wasn't that dumb.
"MIA!!!" Isaac came running out from behind the tree and leaped off the small cliff, sailing into the river after Mia, who was simply treading the water as she looked up in consternation at the stunned Garet. Jenna was now laughing raucously and pummelling Garet's back as tears of laughter flew from her eyes. Isaac swam through the river towards her, not noticing that she was perfectly fine. "I'll save you!" And Isaac did, sort of. Well, Mia had no objection to Isaac grabbing her around the waist and getting her back onto dry land. She sat next to the concerned Isaac on the grass, water dripping off the pair.
"Wow..." Ivan was watching from the other side, his eyes widening in shock. "Isaac saved Mia? But isn't that kind of the opposite of what we're meant to do? Somehow? It doesn't seem Garet did hit her though... heh... he couldn't hit anybody anyway."
"No," Sheba shook her head with a sly smile. "Garet's just far too slow, Mia's quicker than he is anyway, so it makes sense that he would miss. If he went for Picard on the other hand, then I might just be slightly worried."
"Oh Garet!" Jenna exclaimed laughingly. "That was just so funny! Did you see the look on Mia's face?" She edged around him and stared at his face, cracking up again. "Your face... it's so funny too!"
"Um, thanks for that, Isaac," Mia smiled fondly at the blond Venus Adept. "I was okay, really, but I do appreciate it. That was nice how you just jumped into the river like that without a second thought, just for me."
"Oh, Mia," Isaac smiled back, his eyes gleaming. "You know I wouldn't just leave you there in the river. I'd do anything for you, whatever happened to you, so of course I jumped into the river for you."
"Isaac..." Mia leaned closer to him, her hand brushing over his.
"Mia..." Isaac also leaned closer, inhaling the perfume that scented her body.
"Isaac..."
"Mia..."
"Um, what's happening?" Garet blurted out. Jenna hit him in the arm and he winced, getting the message as she put her finger to her lips, glaring at him for disrupting a touching moment, before curiously watching the latest development between Isaac and Mia. Ivan and Sheba were also watching quietly, both of them looking immensely shocked.
"Isaac..." Mia said again, then she realised she was getting bored with it. "Oh never mind!" And then Isaac drew her in for a passionate kiss, and they threw their arms around each other, letting passion erupt between the two of them as they finally admitted their feelings for each other through a lingering embrace. They did not hear the whoops coming from the Mars Adepts, the gasps of amazement from the Jupiter Adepts, or the screams of fangirls as Felix and Picard played their own version of Psynergy Tag with them, or the exclaimations of the pair as they caught up with the others and watched Isaac and Mia in stunned silence.
"Well, it looks like they FINALLY admitted their feelings for each other," Felix smirked. "That took an age."
"Not kidding," Picard laughed. "Well, I suppose that means the Adept War's over."
"What's the outcome then?" Felix demanded.
"Tie," Picard answered. "No winners, no losers. I figure you'd throw a fit if I said Team Haze, but you can't expect me to say Team Vale won..."
"Are they ever going to come up for air?" Sheba wondered, staring transfixedly at the embracing, newly formed couple.
