Private Prague, U.N.P.K

Chapter 16

House Mouse

"Have you seen the news lately, Doug?" Lin asked as the two sat down in the barracks, "It's terrible!" she complained as she grabbed the nearby remote controller.

"I feel so bad for Elma." Doug sighed, "I wouldn't want my personal life to be rubbed all over everyone's eyes.." he looked at the news report on the television.

"Just yesterday the first child to be born on Mira was received by our BLADE Colonel and Reclaimer General Elma." the anchor spoke as she shuffled her papers.

"No kidding." Lin groaned as she saw the report on the child, including weight and time of birth, "Man... If I ever have a kid, I would want to do it in the wild so no one could do this to me." she muttered.

"Don't go that far, now." Doug mumbled, "You two might become lunch for an indigen." he chuckled, then looked back at the television.

"It's seems the news are over." Lin saw the tv screen switch to something else.

"We now return to: Xenoblade X- Japanese Sci-Fi Anime Edition." a narrator said as the screen switched once more.

"Man, those aliens are going to destroy the Earth!" a general in the show yelled, "They already took out the American, Russian, and Chinese Armies, as well as every major military power in the world!"

"Don't worry!" a young man said, "My friends and I are kids in this very important Japanese high school, we can take them on!" he yelled.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot!" the general responded, "Go get them!" he saluted.

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"Where are we going?" Gwin asked Irina as he saw they were heading into the residential district, "I never thought I'd see you around here." he commented as they passed the tennis courts.

"I came to show you something special." Irina said as he held his hand and led him through a few people that were walking in the contrary direction, "I've been saving my money for quite some time to be able to do this." she sped up as the crossed an intersection.

The two walked into the outskirts of the housing area, then stopped when they reached a white colored two floor house in front of them.

"What is it-"

"Idiot!" Irina growled, "Don't you see it!?" she pointed ahead.

"I see a house." Gwin looked around, "Oh... Is this a Skell with a cloaking dev- DOW!" he was struck in the back of the head.

"No, you imbecile!" Irina shook her fist, "It's the house!" she pointed at the structure, "I bought a house!" she exclaimed and got a smile on her face.

"Oh... a house." Gwin muttered, "But... why?" he shook his head.

"Because maybe I don't want to sleep and live in that depraved barracks in the administrative district?!" Irina hissed, "Maybe I want to settle down once and for all? Seeing that Mira is calmed now." she sighed.

"Ah... I see..." Gwin nodded in understanding, "Well, can we go inside-"

"Of course, idiot! It's my house!" Irina responded harshly and nearly dragged him up the sidewalk to the house, then when she reached the door pulled out a clear card and swiped it on the side.

The house inside had a nice rustic feel, the warm yellow lights seemed to give the main living room a nice mellow evening vibe. There were three black sofas and a brown carpet found in the main quarter, along with a black coffee table in the middle of them and a large painting of an abandoned castle on top of the fireplace.

"Do you like it?" Irina closed the door behind Gwin, "It cost me about the same as a medium Skell." she said and crossed her arms.

"It's very nice." Gwin looked at some freshly cut flowers that were on a nearby table, "I like the whole theme you got here." he looked around and sat on the lone recliner that was close to the kitchen.

"Make yourself at home." Irina smiled softly, "I'll cook us up something to eat." she said and walked to the kitchen.

"I think I should buy a house." Gwin muttered to himself as he sprawled himself out on his seat, "Man... this feels good." he stretched.

"Meow." a soft voice sounded, and a pure black cat jumped on Gwin's lap.

"GAH!" Gwin yelled in shock and looked at the cat with cold eyes, "I-I-Irina!" he cried.

"What is it?" Irina looked through a small counter that allowed visibility into the living room, "Oh... Relax you dolt!" she growled, "That's just Feliciano!" she informed and continued chopping something.

"You named your cat after a Tyrant!?" Gwin gasped as he saw the cat glare at him, "Don't tell me he's omniscient, too!" he stammered and tried to slowly push the cat away.

"Relax..." Irina chuckled, "It's not like it's going to rip you to shreds." she said and poured some vegetables into a pot.

"Fine..." Gwin surrendered to the feline and patted its head, "I could get used to a cat now." he muttered to himself.

"Goo- AH!" Irina shrieked and threw the pot with boiling water up into the air.

"What is it!?" Gwin shot up and ran to the kitchen, where a lone mouse was standing in the middle of the floor.

"GET IT AWAY!" Irina jumped on the counter and started at the mouse, holding a long knife as a last line of defense.

"I got this!" Gwin stepped in and pulled out his assault rifle, "You messed with the wrong guy, chum!" he yelled.

Instantly, a very powerful and very metal song started to play in the house, shocking the two of them.

"No... It can't be!" Gwin yelled as he looked at the mouse.

SQUEAKERTON THE CHEESY

"Chii!" the mouse jumped up into the air and struck the man with its tail, sending Gwin flying back into the kitchen and out the front window.

"Gwin!" Irina cried, then looked back at the mouse, "Ah! Ah!"

"DIE!" Gwin jumped back in and hit the mouse with a longsword, though barely causing it to flinch.

"I'm here!" Private Prague appeared, as well as Lin, Lao, and Doug.

"What's going on!?" Lao said as he took out his sniper rifle, then looked at the small mouse.

"Is this what this is all about!?" Doug yelled, "You bluff me because of a little rod-"

"CHRII!" the mouse jumped up and kicked Doug in the jaw, sending the man crashing into the pantry door.

"DWAH!" Doug yelled, "I... can't... go on! Blast 'em for me..." he groaned and started to glow yellow.

"BWAH!" Lao was sent crashing into the refrigerator, instantly being knocked out.

"WAH!" Lin cried as she was thrown into Gwin, and the two sent flying into Irina.

"You leaving the android behind was your worst mistake!" Private Prague yelled, "I will end you!" he aimed his fists at the mouse.

"CHUU~" the mouse squeaked and struck the android in the head with a powerful headbutt, causing a noticeable cracking sound to be heard.

"AH... AH..." Private Prague stammered as he saw a piece of his cranium fall off, exposing his intricate processor inside his metal skull.

"HA!" his crippled allies gasped at the sight.

"I need to maintain my energy level, requesting immediate repairs!" Prague started to glow green, then noticed Doug was still glowing yellow, "HA!" he yelled and activated his art.

The Private kicked the mouse with all his might, sending the rodent flying out of the house via the glass backdoors. The android followed the wounded mouse to the backyard where it lay stunned and confused, then the robot fired his two fists up into the air exposing two barrels in his wrists.

"Time to end this!" Private Prague yelled and aimed his exposed arms to the mouse, "Type Zhukov Alpha Cannon!" he blasted a devastating beam of energy from both his arms, which caused a huge crater to appear in the ensuing explosion.

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"Thanks so much for getting rid of that mouse, Gwin." Irina told the young man, who had just finished screwing in a new glass door, "I wouldn't know what to do if you hadn't been here."

"Feliciano could have helped, you know." Gwin laughed, "But I'm happy to help... I see this is it." he dusted off his hands as he saw Irina's newly repaired house.

"Thanks." Irina nodded, "Say..." she reached for his neck.

"I wonder how Prague is..." Gwin grumbled and turned away, getting a scowl from Irina, "Do you think he could get repaired? That was a mean hit he took..." he started to worry.

"He's going to be fine." Irina reassured, "So how about you and I-"

"And Doug! Lao? Especially Lin!" Gwin groaned, "Oh what if she got hurt!? That little girl would be the first to go!" he paced around.

"Idiot!" Irina yelled and stormed back inside.

"Oh, did you say something Ir-" Gwin looked blankly, "Irina? Irina? Where'd you go?" he spun around, then walked back inside, "Irina!"