Vandread Stage 2: Crimson Justice

by Myevltwin

The Freedom has been destroyed, taking with it, Alex. Though his death was morned by all, the Harvesters care not for his death, and time must continue to flow forward. The Justice must now take up where its twin left off.

6. True Strength

I don't own Vandread.

Chapter 6 True Strength

"So this is what your people call hell, huh?" Hibiki asked Maya. Maya bobbed up and down as she floated around the control panel for Vandread Jura. "I don't get it, what's with this planet. I mean, why would they delete all data on the Pexis if they knew everything about?"

"When we first discovered this world, that was when they deleted it, but that was before the war, and before my creation. As a matter of fact, it was found before the first AI was even created." Maya answered.

"So you have no idea on why they would delete it?" Maya bobbed up and down as she floated around the cockpit. "To think that you would actually let me come with you is pretty amazing, but I'm not as dumb as I look, Jura." She put more emphasis on Jura, causing her to give an innocent grin.

Ever since Ezra had her child, that she named Kahlua though Pyoro chose to call her, Pyoro-2 of course. Jura had become fixated on two things. One was having a child of her own, but not one made from two women. Somehow, she had gotten hold of a pink book that Duerro had been reading in, and found some of it contents to be kinda… motivating in a celebrity kinda way. It showed that a man and a woman could have a child together, but she didn't understand how get the "Seeds" from a man, that part was left out of the book for reasons unknown. Rain filled her in on a few details, both of which involved her getting a major headache. Rain had forced her to read a Human Anatomy book on Baby Development and "How its Done" manual, both of which, she never read nor even took a second glance at. The second thing was becoming a twin so to speak. This plan seemed to be a little bit easier since it involved keeping Dita away from Maya, and Maya near her. Jura had heard that Maya was going to get a human form, much to the liking of the Bridge Bunnies since they always had her on their side of the station. Dita had been selected since Maya made a promise to Dita that if she ever could get a human form, that she would use Dita's form. Dita was thrilled that she was finally going to get a human body and a twin so to speak, and was scheduled for today, but the finding of this planet had put those plans on hold for the time being.

Hibiki on the other hand, didn't like the first idea. He had sneaked a few peeks at Duerro's strange pink book a few times and found its contents to be, rather strange. The female body was way different from his, and that was something he was happy about. Jura had come to him to ask about acquiring his seeds, much to Rain's relief and humor since he literally got to watch Hibiki run for cover like he did when Dita was chasing him around, only this time, he had three women after him. One was Dita, the other was Jura, and the last was Misty who had taken a major liking to him after their first kiss. Hibiki's reasons for hating this idea were pretty simple, even Rain and Maya saw it coming. Hell, Dale probably saw it too, and he was still out like a light. Hibiki had told her that he didn't know how to do it, which earned him, a ticket down, "Point at Hibiki and laugh" lane from Rain and Maya. Hibiki could have sworn that he also saw the little chip that contained Dale actually stand up and point. The second thing he didn't like, was Dita's body being used as Maya's body. One Dita was enough, and having four women chasing after him was totally out of the question. Rain told him that he was an idiot to think that Dita' own personal thoughts would be transferred into Maya's, but Hibiki wasn't so quick to believe him. A few butt kicking's later from Rain had him quickly agreeing with Maya on the idea of having her own body.

"Don't be so silly, I only thought you'd like to come and be away from the stuffy ship." Jura said innocently. "In any case, this will give us a chance to bond, eh Hibiki?" She asked playfully. Jura slowly inched her way over to Hibiki, much to his disliking. Hibiki instantly began running/sliding around the cockpit of the combination in an attempt to get away from the crazy woman.

"Mr. Alien/Hibiki!" Misty and Dita screamed in unison as their faces appeared on the same screen in front of the duo. Maya brightened up at the sight of Dita and Misty. "Is that old hag bothering you again?" Misty asked.

Jura was instantly as close to the screen as she could get while using a special demon head as a means of intimidation while she screamed, "Who are you calling an "Old Hag" you little bitch!" while growling like a wild animal.

Maya spun around as if to shaking her head before fading away. "See you later everyone. Have fun Hibiki." She teased. Hibiki groaned loudly as looked at the spot where Maya was last seen, knowing that he was now stuck with a woman that wanted something called "Seeds" from him.

(-)

Maya appeared beside Dita with a sudden pop. Misty looked over at the floating AI with a sideways glance before a green blob appeared beside her. The two AI's glanced at each other before going back to looking out at the planet that was covered with a green barrier that was being emitted from Vandread Jura.

"So, that's her combination?" Misty asked.

"Yeah, it's still not as cool as mine and Mr. Alien's." Dita said with a large grin.

Misty scoffed and said, "Hers looks really stupid and useless," while turning back to look at the combination.

"So when will you be ready, Dita?" Maya asked as she floated around Dita a few times. Dita smiled as the AI continued. "I'm sorry if it seems as though I'm rushing you, but I would like to know when you're ready for the procedure."

"As soon as this mission is over, I think?" Dita pouted as she looked back at the planet and Vandread Jura combination. "I was told to wait until we leave this planet. So I'm sorry about all this."

"Not to worry, I have been without a human form for nearly twenty three years now, so it won't bother me." Maya stated, floating over to Misty. "So, this Que-Chan, is it?" Misty nodded, smiling at the blue sphere as she hovered around the green blob. "Is it an AI like me, or is it something else?"

"Que-chan was given to me by my father on my thirteenth Christmas with them. She's not really an AI since she can't speak human language like you, but she does have the ability to alter her form into many things." Misty replied. The little blob began changing into many things right then. Dita applauded the little blob as she continued to change into several punctuation marks before changing into a heart and a few other objects, and then changing back to normal. "She's really smart when it comes to cheering people up, so she's smart to a certain extent I guess."

"Still, it's nice to see something that would be considered an Ancestor to me, anyways." Maya stated.

(-)

Duerro finished checking another patient. He sighed knowing that the patient was in the same boat as the rest of them, but still believed there was someway they could be helped. Duerro had already known that Parfait was trying to help them with a strange device that she told them was going to change the atmosphere of the planet with it, but her hopes were a little low. Duerro was forced to just treat them as best he could, but he knew their chances of living were close to none. He refused to believe that though. He had to believe that there was still hope for them, not just because he was a fellow human, but because he was a doctor.

He motioned for the patient to leave, and she did so while putting her cloths on. Duerro looked over at a nearby window with a heavy sigh. He glanced at the next patient that had gone to Paiway, and decided to walk over to the window while his next patient was selected. He scanned the landscape. It could put Taraaku to shame, and he knew it. He didn't even want to think about what they had been forced to deal with since they had lived on this planet, but he figured that it was worse than what his imagination could come up with. He had already been told that they didn't have coffins, and had found it strange until he was shown why. A large structure on the outskirts of the village was filled with small coffin like life pods that were filled with the dead. Duerro had also been shown their version of a cemetery that was filled with small dolls to show proof of the life lost, existence.

"Duerro, your next patient is waiting for you." Paiway stated. Duerro nodded as he went back to his station to help the new patient. Paiway sadly went back to her station, helping who she could.

(-)

"So I then made a Special Warp Jump to come up from behind the enemy and take them from behind!" Bart said with a grin as he made a flyby motion with his arm. He was sitting on a stool next to a patient that had been in the ER ever since she had been born. When Bart found this out, he had to take a peek at the patient, and was quite surprised to see her sitting there with a smile on her face. When he asked her for her name and why she was so happy, she said her name was Shirley and that she was just happy to be alive. Bart instantly fell in love with the girl and had spent most of his time sitting by her side, keeping her company, and telling her stories like they had been old friends forever.

"Wow, that's sounds really scary." Shirley replied.

"Shirley, do you know how dangerous a Space Jump is?" Shirley shook her head. "It's okay, it's probably a good thing that you don't, since you'd be seeing all the space monsters I fight." Shirley nodded at that while Bart just smiled.

Bart went back to telling his "War Stories" to Shirley while Barnette and Gascgone watched from the shadows of the hallway just outside her room. The two women had been watching from the shadows for some time, listening to his "Stories" with smiles on their faces.

Gascgone shook her head as she said, "You know, when he lies like that to make her happy, I can't scowled him," as she looked down at Barnette. Barnette nodded sadly as she looked up at Gascgone.

"I heard that she's been in here ever since she was born. I just can't believe that they would do this to them. Seeing a world as barren as this one… it makes me wonder why they don't just leave." She whispered.

"I know what you mean." Gascgone replied as she walked away. Barnette took one more look at the child as Bart finished telling another story before leaving.

(-)

Rain sighed. He was in his room looking at a photo on his laptop. He was without his shirt at the moment, but his right PDA was still on. He glanced at the photo more time before a single tear slide down his cheek as he closed his laptop. He leaned back in his chair with a sigh as he ran a hand through his hair. Something felt odd. Dale had yet to wake up or have any functions what so ever. It was almost as if he was waiting for something to happen, or just being lazy for once in his life. It was something like this that usually got Rain mad or just stumped, but since he was dealing with an AI that was older than him, the second one was the actually emotion he was dealing with. He knew that Dale would probably take some time to come back online, but it had been three weeks now, and something didn't feel right about it. Maya had already conformed that it was Dale, but couldn't understand why he couldn't wake up. It was like a piece of him was missing or something. Never the less, it was something that he would have to fix on his own since no one else knew how to help him at the moment.

A knock on his door ripped him from his depressing thoughts. He rolled his eyes as he walked over to the door to open it. Dita was standing in the hallway with a smile on her face. "You need something?" Rain asked as he walked back into his room. Dita smiled and walked in, taking a seat at the computer. "I guess this has something to do with Hibiki then doesn't it?" Dita nodded. "You know, there are about three hundred other people you could talk to, so why come to me?"

"You know things that I don't." She answered.

"And… your point being…" Rain made a gesture for her to continue.

"Misty has been acting really strange as of lately, and she's been talking to me about Mr. Alien, wanting to know if he's my Boyfriend." Dita paused and placed a finger to her lips. Rain raised a brow at her thinking pose. In truth, Rain had never once seen Dita be this serious or hold a conversation this long on one subject, but then again, she was probably really worried about her relationship with him at the moment. "What is a… "Boyfriend", Rain?"

Here we go. Rain joked. "Okay look, I'm not the kinda of guy you should be asking this question to, okay?" Dita nodded slowly, not truly understanding his meaning. "Listen, if you were to look at my track record on relationships, you'd find them disappointing. I've never once had a Girlfriend, because I'm in love with my work and school. I don't have enough time to manage work, school, and a love life, so I just chose to not have one until I finish school since by then I'll hopefully have moved on to being a Flight Instructor or some shit like that."

"But how come you can't manage one if you seem to have so much free time here?" Dita asked. Rain sighed again and opened his mouth to speak. "I guess it's because you just don't feel like having one, right?" Rain stopped and looked at her. "I understand how tough it might be to do three things at once, but you only seem to be helping us fight the Bad Aliens. I've never once seen you do your school work."

"That's because I have advanced classes, and I don't want Jura to get her hands on any of my other books I have to read." He moaned.

"Why?"

"Some of the books have a complete break down of both the male body and the female body. If Jura were to get her hands on one of those books, rather than the ones I let her borrow, she'd be more motivated to chase after Hibiki, and then you'd come yell at me over giving her a strange idea, then Meia would come yell at me because I made you angry and then sad, and then I'm certain that Magno would yell at me and order me to fix the mess. So I just cut out the middle part and I have nothing to worry about." He answered while taking a seat on his bed. Rain fell onto his bed with his arms behind his head which gave Dita a pretty good view of a strange scar on his left lung. Judging from the size of it and form, it looked like a bullet round from a standard 9mm.

"How'd you get that?" Rain groaned over her new conversation before looking at the spot she was pointing at. Rain gently touched the mark before sitting up. "Did you get it on a mission for peace or was it something you were born with?"

"I got it during a mission from long ago, back when I was around the age of thirteen." He answered while he grabbed a plane white shirt. Dita blinked and watched as he put it on. "I was stupid back then, and I should have known better than to be reckless, but I guess some lessons have to be learned the hard way, eh?" Dita nodded. "Don't worry too much about Jura's whole baby thing; it'll pass over real soon." Dita nodded again and left his room with a smile.

In truth, I was blind, not dumb.

(-)

"Hey, Duerro…" Duerro turned to look at Bart. Bart scratched a sudden itchy place on his neck while he continued. "I was wondering, why don't we take them with us to Taraaku and Mejarru? This planet can't truly hold life, so why not just take them with us?"

"That's a good idea, Bart. But we can't." Bart sadly looked down at the floor as Duerro shot down all hope of saving them. "Bart, the only reason I say that is because we don't have enough resources, room, and the fact that they wouldn't survive the trip. If we could, I'm sure we would take them."

"I see." Bart replied sadly as he walked back into Shirley's room. Shirley instantly put something under her bed sheets. Bart raised a brow while saying, "Shirley, what are you hiding under there?" with a sly grin.

"Hiding what?" She asked innocently.

"Shirley, we're friends now, so that means you don't have to hide things from me, right?" Shirley blinked before smiling. She slowly removed her blanket to reveal a small doll of himself without hair. Bart blinked in confusion as he stared at the little doll. "I made this… for you, since it's the only way to remember people." She said sadly.

"I see." Bart whispered as he looked back at the tall building that loomed out in the distance. "Thank you… for caring about me like that. This means a lot to me, Shirley." Bart smiled as he looked back at the smiling girl. "Say, since you've been so kind to me, listened to my stories, and made this; is there something you want?" Shirley looked outside while Bart bowed to her. "Just say the word and I, Bart Garsuss, will make it real."

"Well… I've always wanted to go outside." Bart looked at her in confusion. "I've been in this room my whole life. I just wanna go outside to see the outside world without looking through a window." She looked out the window sadly.

"Is that all?" Bart asked. Shirley nodded sadly as she looked back at him. "Shirley, I promise to help you get outside to see the real world, no matter what." Shirley smiled warmly at him while Bart looked outside. Shirley instantly let out a loud cry of pain as she gripped her heart. "Shirley, what's wrong?! Are you alright?! Hey what's going on?!" Bart cried as the monitors began blaring at him. Duerro and Paiway were instantly in the room and forcing Bart out. The last thing Bart saw before he left, was Shirley have an oxygen mask placed over her mouth.

Shirley…

(-)

Alarms began blaring loudly onboard the Nirvana. The crew all ran to their stations as they began trying to figure out the situation, what was coming, and how many there were. The pilots had already gotten outside and were staring at the enemy and their Reaping Machine. The pilots were all staring at the enemy with burning hatred in their eyes. They just were waiting for the enemy to get closer so they could attack.

"So that's the Reaping Machine?" Rain mussed.

(-)

Bart sat there in Shirley's room, just staring at her sleeping form. He rubbed his thumbs together as he stared at her form with sad eyes. He didn't know what to think at the moment. He wanted to help, but Duerro had already shot down all hopes of his help when he told him to replace any body parts she needed with his. Duerro stated that if she did need something like that, they would have to be of a certain blood type and they would have to have a higher percent compatibility than forty five percent for her to stand a chance. Bart was stuck to just watching her sleeping form. Never before had he ever felt so helpless.

"Bart," Gascgone entered walked into the room with Barnette. Bart looked over his shoulder with a sad expression. "The enemy's here and we need some help." Bart looked back at Shirley. "Bart, you know that we need you to control the ship to protect everyone."

"I know but…"

"Come on Bart!" Barnette snapped. Gascgone placed a hand on her shoulder. Barnette stopped and looked away. "Please, Bart; we need your help."

"Come on Bart, you know we can't do anything without you." Gascgone looked down at Shirley. "You can't do anything to help her here. The only way you can help now, is to come up with us and help fight." Gascgone paused. "Look, think of it this way. You'll have another story to tell her when she wakes up." Bart started thinking after that.

"Bart, come on! The Nirvana can't defend its self!" Barnette snapped.

Bart slowly stood up while he stared down at Shirley. He clasped his hands into fists while he continued to stare down at her. Please stay alive, Shirley. Stay alive for me, please.

(-)

"Wow, it's like a postcard." Rain joked.

"This is not the time." Meia warned.

"Dear Barnette, Jura, and Hibiki; kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here!" Rain laughed.

"I WOULD BE UP THERE, BUT I'M STUCK BACK HERE DEFENDING THIS PLANET!" Hibiki roared. Rain started laughing like crazy while another voice sounded.

"What the hell are you talking about? We are here!" Jura growled.

"I heard that, Jackass!" Barnette yelled as she flew up beside the Dread team. Rain started laughing again as the enemy Carriers began releasing its Cubes to attack the enemy fighters. Rain cut off his laughing abruptly as the enemy started opening up on them.

Rain fired back at the enemy with three laser blasts. One blast was from his rifle while two more came from his mini turrets on his jet pack. The enemy crafts that were hit ended up getting blasted by a massive wave of missiles that came from the Dread teams. Two Carriers appeared beside the large Reaping machine, releasing another hoard of enemies. Rain and two blue Dreads began an attack run on the Carrier while three Dread teams went to cut the enemy ranks down. After two bombing runs on the Carriers, Rain and his two blue wonders managed to take down the large Carrier and head for the other one.

The Reaping machine paid no attention to the fighters as it continued on with its goal. It charged through the hoard of pilots and began sucking up everything in its path. Dita appeared in front of it with Meia and unleashed a wave of missiles into its mouth.

"Dita, be careful!" Meia warned. "We need to stay away from its mouth okay." Meia flew beside her Dread for a few seconds before firing a few a laser blasts to take down a few more Cubes.

"Damn it all, this is hopeless!" Hibiki groaned. Jura had to admit, she felt the same way, but that was only because she wanted to be beside Barnette.

"Jura, Hibiki, you need to get out of there!" Rain yelled.

"I would if I could, but…"

"Don't worry, I'll protect all of you!" Bart stated firmly over the net. Rain blinked a few times as he looked at the ship with a brow raised. "I want let these bastards get any closer!"

"How, you have no weapons!" Rain stated flatly. Rain could hear Bart grumbling something. Rain raised a brow as he looked back at the ship. He can't do anything other than get in our way, right?

(-)

Bart listened to all the pilots yelling for some kind of help. They were outnumbered, outgunned, but they weren't out spirited. Bart was forced to watch as the Dread pilots all fought hard against the enemy. Bart just watched, like always. Why didn't he get to go out and fight against them? Why didn't he get a cool machine like there's? Why didn't he get to have a cool weapon like Rain or Alex? Why did he always have to run away? Why was he forced to listen to orders like that? It just made him so angry. Why did he have to be so useless during battles? It was just so… wrong. They had cool things, and all he had was crappy things.

Bart looked up at the Reaping Machine that was slowly getting closer to them. His eyes began burning with fire as he continued to glare at it. Damn you! I won't let you get any closer! Why must you do this! Why are you trying to do this?! Why can't you just let them live?! You take there lives without a care for how much they're trying to live! Everyone is trying to live! They have to fight to stay alive now! Fight! Fight! Fight! We're all trying to fight to stay alive! You can't just snuff them out like a flame anymore! I won't let you! I won't let you take Shirley away! Not until I've kept my promise to her!

Bart instantly felt a lot of things. He felt like he was being burned, frozen, and buffed by wind at the same time as the hull of the Nirvana began to shred off like a snake shedding its skin. For those that saw it, they were left in aw. The enemy even stopped their attack as the Nirvana kicked away the old hull and rearmed itself with a newer, shinier hull with a bunch of hidden compartments. The compartments opened up to reveal a bunch of warheads. A display appeared in front of Bart as it targeted the enemy crafts. With a mighty yell, he launched all its weapons.

"Bart you idiot, what the hell are you doing?!" Rain screamed as he pulled his shield in front of him. A blue barrier extended from the center of the shield, extending its protective reach.

"Hey you idiot, we're out here you know?!" Hibiki yelled.

The missiles plowed into the enemy, while dodging all the Dread fighters, the Infinite Justice, and Vandread. The enemy was left stunned from the surprise attack, wondering how it was possible before the blue threads connected with them, ending their existences in one shot.

(-)

"What just happened now?!" Rain asked. Rain slowly came from his stunned state as he made his machine turn to see if any enemies remained. To his surprise, nothing survived the strange weapon. Nothing but space debris remained from the attack.

"Now that was a Postcard." Barnette grinned. "I think it's much better than yours." She sneered.

"I think it's better than yours." Rain said nonchalantly.

"I called it!" She yelled.

"No, I was correcting your speech, baka." Rain stated as he flew back into the hanger of the machine. Barnette grumbled a few curses his way as he left her cold without any retorts to her threats and curses.

(-)

Bart ran into Shirley's room with a large smile on his face. "Shirley, I got a new story to tell you!" He yelled. He opened the door and found a strange sight. The medical equipment was all gone. The bed looked like it had never been used. The room was cleaner than what he first thought was clean. He checked the door number again to make sure that he walked into the right room. He glanced at it a few times, switching between the room number and the room itself. The room number was right, but there was no Shirley. Duerro instantly came into his line of sight with a sad expression on his face.

"Hey Duerro, what gives? Where's Shirley at? Did she get moved to another part of the Hospital or has she finally been released?" Bart asked.

"I'm sorry, Bart." Duerro whispered as he began digging in his pocket for something. "She fought hard, and lived a good life. But I'm sure that she's in a better place now." Duerro pulled out the mini Bart that still didn't have any hair. Duerro placed the item on a nearby food table while walking away.

Bart slowly picked up the item, unsure of what to do or think at the moment. He wanted to cry, but couldn't. Something was stopping him. He asked around for where she had been placed, and Paiway just pointed a small stone out near the outskirts of the town. Bart walked out to the sight, and found the stone to be a Grave Stone with "Shirley" etched into it with the birth and death dates written on it. Bart just stared at it, not sure of what to do now. He wanted to cry, and was trying to, but just couldn't.

"Is this the first time you've seen a loved one die?" Bart spun around to see Magno staring down at the grave. "She fought hard, Bart. But in the end, I'm sure she found a better place to live, rather than this retched hell hole of a planet." Magno looked down at Bart with sad eyes. "If you want to cry, you can. Don't hold back. Let her know that you at least care about her. That cared for her existence."

Bart sobbed slightly before latching onto her shoulder to cry. Magno just patted his back as she let him cry on her shoulder. The grave marked a few things for Magno. Magno herself had cried about the girls' death, but more so because she was somehow reminded of a past she had been forced to leave behind when the men and women separated. She just closed her eyes as she listened to him cry.

(-)

"That was one wicked weapon!" Rain said with a grin. Barnette just glared daggers into the back of Rain's skull. "To think that that little idiot had it in him to pull something that spectacular off! I guess I better congratulate him later or something like that!" Rain stopped and turned around to look at Meia, Hibiki, Barnette, Jura, and Dita. "You guys don't think it was cool, do you?" He pointed to Jura and Hibiki.

"At least he finally became a real man, rather than a cowering one that hides in the corner." Hibiki muttered.

"It saved our lives." Meia commented as she bit her thumb. "I wonder what triggered it though."

"I'm sure it had something to do with his resolve to protect us, or maybe he found someone special on the planet." Rain suggested.

"I think it was both." Barnette stated. The pilots all turned to look at her. "He had spent most of his time telling stories to a little girl that had been in the hospital since she'd been born. She'd never seen the outside world with her own eyes. She could see it from the window, but that wasn't enough for her. I guess he just connected to her somehow."

"I hope he doesn't fall into depression when we leave, because I don't think we could take someone with us that was that sick." Jura stated.

"It doesn't matter." Gascgone walked up to them. "She died during the fight. Bart's down at her grave right now, crying over her death."

"He'll be okay." Rain stated. Everyone looked at him in shock. "He'll move on, but not before Magno gives him a few kind words to help him move on. That woman will speed up his recovery by helping him move on, telling that she's in a better place." Rain walked off.

"He's right." Barnette whispered.

"I wonder if Bart will be able to do that trick again, then." Dita mussed.

"If he has Magno's words to help him move on, I'm sure he will." Meia stated as she followed Rain.

(-)

The next day was the day the Nirvana would be departing from the planet. For some, it was a sad moment, knowing that they had failed, but succeeded at the same time. Parfait had tried to change the planets' atmosphere with the help of the Pexis, but failed in her attempts. But she had succeeded in creating a new life with the hopes of growing strong. Parfait had created a mini barrier of what she tried to make, and successfully made it so that a woman could give birth to a baby without it being infected by the poisonous gases of the planet. It was something she felt happy over, even if she failed. For Bart, he was left feeling strange. He had stared at the mini Bart ever since he got back onboard the ship. Finally, he decided to listen to his heart, and did what he felt was right.

(-)

"Are you sure?" Rain asked Amarone.

"Yep," she replied with a large grin. "The weapons that were fired really did come from Bart. It was truly amazing to see!"

"Wasn't that impressive from my… point… of view…?" Rain stuttered as Bart walk by. Rain blinked a few times before pointing at Bart. "Hey, did Hibiki play a cruel joke, because, you got no hair now."

"You have no hair." Barnette stated.

"I already said that, winch." Rain snapped. Bart didn't listen to the two bicker as he slipped back into the Pexis chamber.

"I know, I was just correcting you." She said with a smile as she walked away.

Rain stared at her for a few seconds before shaking his head. "I've got to get her a dictionary someday." Amarone raised a brow at his choice of words as she went back to work.

A/N

Sorry about this chapter being so short, but the next one will make up for this. I intend to have a long fight sequence, so the next chapter may take some time to get out. As for the question I've been getting asked, no the Tallgeese will not make an appearance, yes the Archangel will make an appearance, along side with Dominion, Minerva, and Eternal. Just don't expect them to appear anytime soon okay.