...okay...I actually had this done a while back; I've just been neglecting SHLD duties due to having a jumbled mess of different story ideas in my mind. Anyway, I'm not sure what to think of this chapter cuz...well...I'm kinda just throwing things together from this point on. Anyway, ENJOY!

"…Umm…?"

I blinked in confusion at Lima's growling, her gaze pointed right at Wind, who was shot me a look of confusion.

"Lima?"

The girl only growled some more and stood up. Wind blinked, then slowly began to back away as she began walking up to him menacingly, her ears pointed upwards in obvious anger. I then looked back at Wind, shrugging in confusion at her anger as he looked at me, fear obvious in his eyes.

"L-Lima," Wind stammered, "Y-y-your sc-scaring me…!"

"…so…?"

…Okay...I know she's gotten a wee bit annoyed with Wind a couple times before…but flat out pissed at him?

Reaching Wind, she slowly began reaching up for his face, causing him to flinch as she stroked his cheek. Then her hand slowly snaked over to his ear. I could tell that he was scared to death, but then raised an eyebrow in curiosity as she pulled out what appeared to be a microchip. Wind, who had slammed his eyes shut, slowly cracked his eyes open as she sighed and dropped the chip, stepping on it.

And audible "CRACK" filled the air as she pressed her head against his head and mumbled, "…sorry…."

"Uhh…umm…," Wind stammered once again, quickly wrapping his arms around her, stroking her head.

"…annoyance…family…," Lima said once more.

"…oh…," Wind replied, softening up a bit, "…right..."

I could silently hear Wolx let out a "TCH" in the background, immediately catching wind of Lima's ear perking in annoyance. With a humored snort, I smiled and walked up to her, patting her head as I said, "C'mon; Sierra's not gonna wait forever."

With that, she turned and nodded, turning back to Wind to give him a peck on the lips as she ran off ahead of me. I stared on after her, then looked at Wind, giving him a shrug. However, Wind seemed more awestruck at Lima's quick kiss as I could hear footsteps behind me, causing me to turn and see Wolx with his ears folded against his head in sadness as he stared at the crushed head piece.

"Ah, don't worry about it," I said to him. Wolx then sighed, then stomped up to Wind, who jumped in surprise as he said, "…try one move, and I'll make sure that needles line your bones."

"Wolx," I then said, taking note of Lima's growing aura, "Get out of here before-."

"I hurt you…," Lima finished, her aura flowing around her dangerously. Wolx's ears immediately perked up in surprise, then folded in fear as he ran off. I turned back to face her, only to be met with an annoyed look as she said, "…Delta…late…."

"H-huh?"

I then pulled out my scroll and saw the time.

"OH SHIT!"

"Hah…hah…hah…," I gasped, gripping my chest as Sierra sighed and said, "That's what you get for not paying attention to the time."

"Hey," I replied, "I'm sorry I was getting entertained by Lima threatening Windsickle."

Sierra blinked, unimpressed as she then turned to Lima, who nodded. She let out a small sigh, then looked at Hotel, who was sitting up for once. Hotel looked back at her, then nodded as he stood up and stretched. I raised an eyebrow as he walked past me and headed toward the door, motioning to leave.

Just then, I felt something weird. It wasn't persay a curious feeling, but rather, more of my instincts telling me that something was wrong. Hotel must've felt it as well considering I didn't hear the sound of the door opening. Instinctively, I looked to the window, staring at it curiously. Lima's ears suddenly perked as she stared out the window as well, her eyes narrowing dangerously. Sierra then looked at the window as well as a I spotted a glint. Narrowing my eyes, I focused my eyesight, only to be tackled by Lima, both of us running into the wall at a decent speed as I then looked at Sierra, who was holding a bullet. Then another. Then another.

She's stopping time for these things….

Just then, Sierra sighed as Hotel then came running back in, shielding her, his spear transforming from what appeared to be a baton from his belt, spinning it at an insane speed as bullets bounced around the room. I immediately covered Lima's ears, shielding her from the stray shells that whizzed past as the noise suddenly stopped, causing me to look up as Sierra said, "We need to get moving!"

"Right!"

Pulling Lima back to her feet, we both immediately ran out of the room as time restarted. I looked back at the room, watching as Sierra dove out, followed by Hotel, who was still deflecting bullets before he quickly slammed the door shut and dove out of the way. The door was quickly shredded to bits before the other teams began poking their heads out their respective rooms, looking at us in question. I looked around, blinking as Sierra took cover around the door frame, peeking around. Hotel held his spear, prepared for battle as I slowly reciprocated, following him with Lima close behind.

Just then, another bullet whizzed past Sierra's head, causing her hair to fly as she leaned back, falling onto her butt. Hotel then jumped into the line of fire, deflecting several more bullets before grunting several times, diving out of the way as he held his body in several places.

"HOTEL!"

I then materialized my swords in my hands as I jumped past the door, hearing several bullets whiz by as I threw one sword through the doorway, slightly hearing a "CHUNK," suggesting that it had latched onto the wall or something of the sort.

I'll take it, though!

I teleported myself to the sword in the room, instinctively waving my swords wildly, hearing several bullets bounce off my blades as a chopper began to fly away. Gritting my teeth, I attempted to jump after it, only to feel something grab at my arm, causing me to turn around as Sierra shook her head and motioned to Hotel. I immediately complied, running back over to him, seeing Lima already attending to his injuries as he groaned, struggling to get back to his feet.

"Don't…!"

"It's…nothing…!"

I immediately dashed over to him, giving him support with one arm as I lowered him again, receiving a grunt of disagreement from him. I growled, setting him down so he was seated against the wall. Opening his mouth, he was about to argue before I stated, "I don't give a rats ass about your semblance; your injuries are too serious for you to even be standing right now, dumbass!"

"Hotel!?"

I felt myself get pushed aside, only to turn back to see Yang all over him as she yelled, "What happened!?"

Jumping back to my feet, I ran back to the hotel room, where Sierra was still standing, apparently talking on her scroll as she said, "What gives? We were attacked and...huh? What? They're after—wait, why!?"

Whoever she was talking to, I could tell she was getting pissed off because of how she was screaming into the communication device.

"Delta!?"

I turned around, seeing Ruby as she put her hands to my chest and asked, "Are you okay!? Are you hurt!?"

"I'm fine, Ruby," I replied, "I'm more concerned over Hotel, though."

Suddenly, I heard a loud "CLINK" as Sierra's scroll landed several feet away. Said leader then blurred past me and immediately attended to Hotel. I quickly followed suit as the distant sirens of the medical unit filled the air.