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Chapter 3: Raider's Trial

Kahlua's POV

"Talk about bizarre." Nano said as the currently four female Angels trekked across Dieta's flagship. Tact had woken us up earlier than normal having detected an SOS from this ship.

"I'll say. What are the odds of an SOS from this ship?" i asked.

"Do you think Dieta sent out the SOS if she was attacked by someone?" Rico asked. It was then that i noticed Lily had paled considerably.

"What's wrong Lily?" Nano asked, having also noticed Lily's paleness.

"I think i know what may have happened."

"What do you mean?" Rico questioned.

"While me and Jace were on Seldar, he said he had to make sure Dieta couldn't turn Anise against us. He must've teleported here after we departed Seldar on my Eagle Gazer and got the drop on Dieta."

"So he sent the SOS as a decoy. But what does he have planned for Anise?"

"No idea. Maybe he knows something about her that we don't."

"Well, whatever it is, that'll have to wait, the SOS signal's getting stronger. We must be getting close." Nano said. Three minutes later we came across a door; the SOS was coming from the other side of it, the signal was so strong. Rico pushed open the door and -

"OH MY!"

A gruesome scene met us. Blood everywhere, with a mutilated body lying on the floor near the middle of the room. Rico was shaken up, Nano was horrified, i couldn't keep myself from shaking, and Lily?

She fainted.

"Girls, what's going on?" Tact asked over my radio.

"W-w-we've f-found Dieta." i stuttered. The scene really had me shaken up.

"How bad is it?" I could note the concern in Tact's voice.

"S-s-she's d-dead. V-v-v-very messy, too."

"Jace did say something about eliminating a mage before she could turn Anise against us. I think Dieta was the mage he was talking about. What's the status on Lily?"

"She fainted. Apparantly the scene was too gruesome for her."

"Well, return to the Luxiole, and be careful with her. We may be having a new member join us in about an hour or so. Jace has her headed for that Angel test now."

"Got it." i said. "Okay girls, be careful with her. Rico, Nano, you two hold her arms. I'll carry her legs so they don't drag the ground."

"You're the one in heels, Kahlua, not her." Rico noted.

"True, but you're only 14. I don't want you looking under her skirt."

"Not like her age hasn't kept her from seeing a girl's breasts completely exposed." Nano teased.

"Blame Jace for that one." i retorted.

"Oh, right."

It took us twenty minutes, but we managed to get Lily to the medical bay. The rest of us returned to the bridge, where we saw Tact and Jace looking at what was currently a blank screen. Jace was wearing some kind of headset.

"Anise, it's Jace, do ya hear me?"

"Hey, Jace. Good timing, i'm just exiting Chrono Drive now." Anise's voice came over the headset. The screen turned on, revealing a wine red Emblem Frame hovering near the starting point of the Angel test. After the countdown she was off, blasting the various targets.

"Holy cow, she's a fast one." Nano noted.

"She did say Relic Raider's the fastest Emblem Frame, but its armor isn't as good as that of the others." Jace explained.

"Kind of like Ranpha. Her Emblem Frame was the fastest of the EDEN ones, but it didn't have much armor. Forte, on the other hand, could take several hits and then some, her Emblem Frame was like a tank." Tact said.

"What's her hyper weapon?" Rico asked.

"Spirit level max, hyper weapon ready." Anise was heard saying not two seconds later. "Only one target left, in my sights. Here we go - GENOCIDE BOMBER!" With that, a massive explosion rocked the last target.

"Very impressive, Anise." Tact said, having been given Jace's headset.

"Tact Meyers, right?"

"Yeah, that's me."

"You were watching, then."

"Sure was. We could use someone like you on the Angel Wing. Meet us at coordinate XDX877."

"Okay. With Chrono Drive i'll be there in five minutes." With that the screen turned off. We got to the hangar four minutes later, and one more after that was when the wine red Relic Raider docked.

'Jace wasn't kidding. She IS a cutie.' i thought when the red-haired pilot climbed out of her Emblem Frame. Anise had long red hair she wore in twin-tails, one on each side of her head. A pair of blue hairpins also sat in her hair. She had a nice outfit, too; a red tube top that exposed so much of her midriff it could be confused for a strapless sports bra, plus almost-cream pants with a red sash at her waist and, surprisingly, brown sandals. I could tell they were an ankle-strap pair, which wouldn't have any negative effect on her running speed unlike my two-inch heels. There was even a red choker and a necklace around her neck.

It was about then that i noticed she was holding a water bottle she wanted to give me. Admittedly i was thirsty, so i took it, opened it, and started drinking the contents.

I let my thirst drive me, and as such i failed to realize it was spiked until the transformation activated.

"Whoa. Pretty well-endowed for a mage." Anise said. I looked down - and discovered my breasts were completely exposed. But Jace was fifty feet behind me.

That's when i realized Jace had told Anise his usual prank on me, and she had pulled it off. Turning around while pulling my dress back up i noticed Anise was on Jace's back - and Jace had just pushed off the head of an armored figure.

Lily gasped in horror. Whoever was under the armor had just landed squarely on their head. Forgetting about the escaping pranksters, Rico, Nano, and i rushed to the armored person. Rico pulled off the helmet - and to our shock found Coronet was the armored person.

Combining the facts of Coronet wearing the armor, the way Jace leapt up with Anise on his back to pass, and Lily's gasp, i deduced Lily gave Coronet the armor to counter the collisions she normally had with Jace.

Jace's POV

"For someone of your figure, you've got quite some strength." Anise said to me as we reached the third floor.

"My strength isn't THAT high. You're just very light for a 16-year-old beauty. And personally, it's a good thing you are pretty light, that means you've got a slender figure." i responded.

"Thanks." Anise said, blushing profusely.

On Tact's suggestion i activated the teleport spell to go to a different location where Anise and i had some intimate time.

"Anise, while you're part of the Angel Wing i'll do anything i have to in order to make sure you're safe." i said near the end of the scene.

What Anise didn't know was that the other female Angels were planning something that she thought was very dangerous. My ZeraLog did record it, though, and i would use it to alert Tact of what was going on.