Epilogue

Your steak, Ms. Champion. " The waiter placed down a large plate in front of Ribbon Girl. Sat atop it was a gorgeous medium-rare steak dribbled with a thick peppercorn sauce, with some fried potatoes and salad to the side. "Will that be all?"

The trio all smiled and sent the waiter on his way, leaving them to admire their meals. Mechanica put her phone back into her pocket, having checked up the latest news feed. "Apparently the metal head thing is named 'Hedlok'. It escaped from the ARMS Laboratory, but they don't know how it got out yet. People think someone might have let it out intentionally."

"Weird." Min Min picked up her bowl of ramen, smelling it. "They're a weird bunch, the lab. Helix is one thing, but a big metal body snatcher?"

"Well, we took care of it!" Ribbon Girl smiled, cutting into her steak. "And we couldn't have done it without you, Mechy."

Mechanica smiled warmly, picking up her cutlery. "I'm sorry I gave you such a hard time with the training, Ribbon Girl."

"Don't worry about it." She replied quickly. "I was really stressed, and I wish I hadn't taken it out on you like that. It was really sweet of you to help." She squeezed Mechanica's cheek. "And call me Ribs! Min Min does."

"O-Okay, Ribs!" She smiled brightly back.

"Bleh." Min Min put her ramen bowl back on the table. "Far too salty." She pushed it aside and slide her steak plate in front of her. "Still, it's good to know we're ahead of the competition~" They laughed, digging into their meals. "So what now, hun?"

Ribbon Girl took a deep breath. "Now? I think I'm gonna take a back seat from fighting for a little while. Maybe focus more on my music."

"I'm all for that!" Chimed Mechanica with a smile.

"But first -" Ribbon Girl laughed. "Maybe I need a little holiday."

She placed the fork in her mouth and took her first succulent bite. She had learnt a lot over this past week and certainly from the previous day. She learnt a lot about dealing with stress around friends and loved ones. She learnt a lot about letting her emotions get the better of her.

She learnt a lot about what's important in life when you go up against what stands before you and what you perceive to be important to you. And she learnt a lot about Max Brass, the man she reviled so strongly for two long years before realizing what a proud and honourable man he really was.

But most of all, she learnt one thing: Max Brass has awful taste in peppercorn sauce.

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