Yua couldn't believe it, someone was rescuing her, or so she hoped. Whoever they were, she didn't care; right now, they just stopped a madman from turning her into a seaborn. Seeing their leader go down, the members of the church of the deep had no idea what to do. The lady who had stepped forward earlier spoke again: "Release the girl, if you do not, we will come at you with the force of a thousand waves." Yua didn't know what the church of the deep members would do, or if the four individuals could defeat them - they were numerous. One member of the church of the deep then decided to attack, his weapon aimed for the tall lady's throat, but before his weapon could connect, a shot was fired and it hit the man in the chest. He then fell to the ground, completely dead.
"So, it's going to be this way, huh?" the purple-haired woman said, the barrel of her gun smoking. After this, the rest of the church of the deep attacked the four individuals. "Everybody! To arms!" the tall lady shouted; the other members were ready for battle, and they began attacking the church of the deep. The other two members present charged and began cutting through their enemies with little effort, one of them laughing maniacally as she was tearing through the church of the deep. The tall lady was taking out her enemies from range with what looked like some sort of lance, and the purple-haired woman was shooting down the enemies with unreal speed and precision.
Yua was stunned from where she was watching; she was worried about these people, but looking at what was going on, she had no reason to be. The church of the deep was getting utterly annihilated. After a gruelling few minutes, the last church of the deep member fell, their bodies littering the hall. The four members unharmed then made their way to the altar where Yua was currently chained up. One of them then spoke, "Aww, look what we have here, a pure defenseless maiden wrapped up like a present, how delightful." The way this one was looking at Yua was freaking her out. The tall lady then spoke, "Free the girl Spectre, she has been through enough." The one called Spectre then replied, "But she looks so pretty Gladiia, can't I just admire her a bit more?" The one called Gladiia gave Spectre a stern look, seeing as she wasn't going to win the argument, Spectre complied by cutting the chains with her weapon.
Once freed, Yua remembered something. "Spectre and Gladiia, where have I seen those names before?" After a few seconds, it hit her. "I remember! Those are the names of abyssal hunters in that file! If these two are Spectre and Gladiia, the other two must be Skadi and Andreana!" Yua now knew who her rescuers were. Gladiia then decided to question Yua, she wanted some answers. "Who are you girl? And what are you doing here?" Yua knew she couldn't lie to them, her uniform would give away who she was a part of. "My name is Yua, codename Smokescreen, I'm an operator of Rhodes Island." She continued; "I came here searching for information regarding the church of the deep and the seaborn."
Upon hearing this, Gladiia thought, "Not many operators would know about the Church of the Deep, or even the Seaborn. Who told her? Also, why would this operator come alone?" Gladiia wanted more answers from this girl. She said, "Does you not know how dangerous they are? The church is a dangerous organization, and the seaborn are abominations; neither are to be taken lightly." Yua, however, then looked at Gladiia with a stern look and spoke to her. She said, "I know more about the seaborn than you think. How they kill indiscriminately, how they cause nothing but destruction. I have fought them before." Hearing the way this girl was speaking about them, Gladiia could tell she wasn't lying. She definitely sounded like someone who was used to fighting them. Satisfied for now, Gladiia then asked, "Very well, I would imagine you would like to return to Rhodes Island, correct?" Yua nodded. "Then we shall return as well," she said. "I need to speak with both the doctor and Doctor Kal'tsit." The five of them then began to leave the hall. Gladiia was thinking to herself, "I will need to ask more about this girl. She doesn't seem like a regular land dweller."At Rhodes Island, the doctor was pacing about in his office. "Where could she be?" he wondered. "First W gets sent on a job without me knowing, and now Yua has gone missing." Ch'en had come to the doctor's office that morning; she couldn't find Yua, so she asked around the camp, but no one had seen her. She then went to the landship, but still couldn't find Yua. Thinking she might have been sent somewhere like W, she came to the doctor, but he didn't know anything, which was the reason he was now pacing around in his office. Seeing the man like this, Ch'en thought, "He must be worried sick. Why would she disappear like this? What happened? Did she leave in the night? Or was she taken?" Ch'en had all these questions but no answers. A knock on the door was then heard, which got the doctor's attention and caused him to ask whoever it was to come in.
Amiya then entered the office; she noticed the doctor and Ch'en were there, both of them looked like they were expecting someone. As soon as they saw who it was, they looked somewhat disappointed. Something was definitely wrong, so Amiya decided to ask, "Hello, Doctor, Miss Ch'en. Is everything alright?" The doctor responded, "No, Amiya. Yua has gone missing this morning. No one has seen her, and I can't even find Kal'tsit to ask if she knows anything." Yua had gone missing? This was odd; Amiya then remembered yesterday evening that she was given a letter by Doctor Kal'tsit, who asked her to hand it to Yua. Amiya decided to tell the doctor this. "Doctor, yesterday Doctor Kal'tsit gave me a letter to give to her. She didn't say what it was about, just that it was for her eyes only."
A letter? This caught the attention of both Ch'en and the doctor. "This must be the reason why Yua isn't here," the doctor thought. "But why didn't Kal'tsit tell me anything?" the man questioned internally. Ch'en then spoke up. "Doctor, I will check Yua's tent again; the letter might still be there." The doctor nodded. "Yes, please Ch'en, I would be grateful." The lung then left the room. Amiya was finding this strange, while the doctor cared about all his operators, he was showing a lot more care with Yua. She then spoke. "Doctor, what aren't you telling me? Why have you put in so much effort with this operator? I need to know."
The man knew he couldn't hide it forever; sooner or later, Amiya would find out either way. Gathering his courage, he then decided to tell Amiya the truth. "Amiya, before I tell you anything, you must promise me that you won't tell anyone, enough people know as it is." Amiya nodded, promising she wouldn't tell. "Well, this may come as a surprise to you, it certainly was to me, but Yua, Operator Smokescreen... She is my daughter." What! Did she just hear that right? Yua is the doctor's daughter? How? When? Amiya had so many questions for the doctor. The man knew Amiya would have so many questions for him; he couldn't blame her, she just found out she practically had a sister, albeit a non-blood related one. The doctor then spoke, "Let's sit down, it's going to be a lot to take in." He told Amiya, and they then sat down, with the doctor beginning to explain everything.
After hearing the story, Amiya was upset; she couldn't believe that Yua had lost her mother and hadn't gotten to grow up with her father like Amiya did. Also, why would Doctor Kal'tsit think this would cause problems between the two of them? It certainly wouldn't with Amiya. If anything, Amiya would love to know her more. Now that she knew who Yua was, she wanted to find her as well; she wanted to take every operator she could to look for her. Ch'en then came in holding the letter. "Here is the letter," she told him. The doctor then read it aloud. "So the coast is where she is." The doctor would have questions for Kal'tsit when she returned.
Amiya then remembered what the doctor told her; Ch'en was one of the people that knew, she had to find out who else knew about Yua. So Amiya asked Ch'en. "Miss Ch'en, the doctor told me that you know about Yua; who else knows?" This caught Ch'en off guard; she didn't expect the doctor to tell anyone, let alone Amiya. She knew she couldn't lie to Amiya, so she told her, "Myself, Swire, Doctor Kal'tsit and unfortunately, W as well." W knew? The doctor then spoke up, "Unfortunately, yes. W has threatened to tell everyone if we don't listen to her. She has been pushing Yua hard with work. That's s what Ch'en has told me. I would love to stop her, but unfortunately, because of what she knows, I can't. If she told the landship, it would cause pandemonium." Hearing this, Amiya felt...angry. Amiya saw herself as a kind, forgiving person willing to give anyone a second chance. W, however, was using this information to blackmail the doctor and hurt her sister, which was unforgivable in her eyes. "I understand, Doctor. I will speak to you later." She then got up and left the room. The doctor then began formulating a plan with Ch'en to find Yua.
Once alone, Amiya felt her anger increasing; she could not forgive W for what she was doing. She knew W had past issues with the doctor, but that gave her no right to punish her sister like this. Amiya promised that when W returned from wherever she was, there would be hell to pay...