The whole trip to Sylia's passed in complete silence. Neither of them looked at each other but they were on each other's minds. Priss was regretting that she said their relationship was a mistake and Linna was still thinking about their two year anniversary.

'That was the most romantic Priss ever was the whole time we were dating.' She thought. 'Even on the night she asked me to be her partner to the rest of our lives she wasn't that romantic.'

That sparked a whole new memory, the night everything went wrong.

Five months ago

A small candle dimly lit the table at one of the many places that Priss and Linna frequented. There was music playing softly in the background but neither of them were paying any attention to that at the moment. Linna's eyes were fixed on the small black box holding an also small but beautiful diamond ring.

"So?" Priss asked. "Will you spend the rest of your life by my side?"

Linna was at a loss for words. She couldn't deny that she wanted to be with Priss for the rest of her life but there was also something that had been weighing heavily on her mind for weeks. They were both Knight Sabers, and at any of their missions one of them might not return alive and that thought scared the hell out of her. Priss could tell by the look in Linna's eyes that something was bothering her. And judging from the moment the look came into her eyes she knew it wasn't going to be good.

"Priss I…" Linna began to say but seemed to loose her voice.

"You what?"

"I can't."

"Why not? You love me don't you?"

"Yes I love you. I love you more than anything."

"Then what's wrong?"

"It's the fact that we are both Knight Sabers. One of us might die at any time."

"Then I'll quit."

"It's not a matter of you quitting because I can't quit. And I might get killed. I couldn't put you through that."

Priss looked down at the ring that was shaking in her hand and closed the box with her other trembling hand and put it back in her pocket.

"So just like that?" She asked looking back up at Linna with tears in her eyes.

"Not like that. I want to be around you still but just as a roommate, nothing more."

"So our relationship means so little to you that you can say that with no emotion?"

"You think this is easy for me? Well it's not. You mean more to me than my own life."

"Right." Priss said looking down at her hands.

She was silent for a minute before silently standing up and walking out.

Present time

"We're here." Priss said in the same monotone voice she used back at the house bringing Linna back from her memories.

Without another word they both exited the car and headed into the Silky Doll with Priss in the lead.

Sylia was moving around the pit at a fast pace looking from one censer to the next trying to find the Boomer's core and keep track of it at the same time. Linna looked around but couldn't see Nene in the pit at all not even her jacket was in the room.

"Where's Nene?" She asked.

"Trapped at work I'll be staying be hind for analysis." Sylia said without even breaking stride.

Linna nodded and headed into the dressing room to change. Priss was standing next to her locker completely nude when Linna walked in. She pulled her shirt over her body when she looked at Linna then grabbed her new and improved SKINsuit and headed for the door.

"It's not like I haven't seen you naked before." Linna said as she removed her shirt.

"We're not lovers anymore, remember." Priss said before leaving the room to finish getting changed.

Linna shook her head and finished getting dressed.

'This is going to be a long mission.'

Priss was standing by the launcher when Linna walked out of the dressing room but got in before Linna had gotten three feet out of the room.

"What's with her?" Sylia asked.

"She realized it's over between us. Now she doesn't even want to talk to me." Linna said as she headed for the launcher to get into her suit.

"Ok you two this should be an easy operation. There is only one Boomer and it's only an accountant boomer. It's located on the Nacatomi building."

Linna nodded right as she was launched right behind Priss and headed right for their objective.

Five minutes later.

The sun was beginning to set on Mega Tokyo leaving the shadows of the building looming over the streets. Amanda was looking out of the window of the Taxi she was riding in admiring the multicolored rays as the disappeared indo twilight. As she was watching the last of the rays vanish another light caught her eye not far from where she was.

'An explosion.' She thought as the light vanished as quickly as it appeared.

It was quickly followed by a series of flashes traveling quickly across the top of a building.

'A fire fight!' she thought reaching for her camera and snapping on a telephoto lens. "Stop the car."

The driver pulled off to the side of the road right near an intersection giving Amanda a clear shot of the building. She brought the camera up to her eye and looked through the peephole as if it was a scope.

'The Knight Sabers!'

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a few bills and handed them to the driver and started getting out of the cab.

"This is too much." The driver said as she closed the door.

"Wait for me here." Amanda yelled over her shoulder as she ran towards the building with all of her equipment over her shoulder.

She rushed through the doors of the building flashing her ID to the guard as she passed. Her legs were starting to burn as she ran into the elevator and pressed the second to the last floor. Once at her floor she took the stairs the rest of the way to the top floor. She could hear the sound of the battle just out side the door where she was standing and with a shaky hand she reached for the doorknob and slowly pushed it open.

Rooftop

Priss was keeping the Boomer busy by dancing in and out landing blow after blow to its midsection and head as Linna readied to attack from the side. Amanda kneeled down beside a small stack of pallets on the rooftop and readied her camera and started snapping pictures of the final seconds of the fight. The Boomers attention was solely on Priss leaving a clear opening for Linna to move in and destroy its core. Amanda snapped the final picture of her roll and the auto rewind kicked in making a rather loud humming sound. Linna and Priss turned around at the sound and looked right at Amanda who was looking down at her camera trying to shut it off. When she looked back up she saw them looking at her and for a second she thought her heart would stop as Linna started to move towards her.

'Oh shit.' She thought standing up and backing away. 'She is going to kill me.'

She continued to back away until she had her back to a wall before standing there with fear in her eyes. Linna simply reached out and took the camera out of her hands.

"No wait." Amanda said taking a step towards Linna only to have Linna look right at her through her visor.

Amanda stopped dead in her tracks and watched helplessly as Linna crushed the camera as if it was nothing more than a paper cup and dropped it to the ground. Amanda fell to her knees along side of it with her head hung. Linna had to admit she felt a little bad about doing it when she heard Amanda start to sob but she had no time to stick around, her battery was running low and it was a long trip back to the Silky Doll. Amanda's tears were just starting to fall on the ground when Linna turned around and left the rooftop with Priss right behind her.