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Of Cover

Rose smiled rather joyfully as she helped to provide cover for the small ship that Dragon must have taken; it was the only one obviously not run by killer beasts. She also managed to keep the little suckers from destroying the Altsoba, a fact she was sure Dragon would appreciate- once she had a chance if things ever calmed down. But those thoughts were almost in a separate part of her brain, almost overlooking what was going on. Because Rose was in the zone. She was a deadly force.

ANTIE-D simply covered the few ships that tried to get to them by flanking them. Since she had been called to Rose's side, though, she had some concerns about Rose's ability. Until she witnessed it first hand. At this point, ANTIE-D was more than satisfied with her ability- almost to the point of being concerned about her accuracy.

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Of Rough Landings

As the ship threw its passengers around and kept them alive due to the flying ability of the android, Taran found himself able to keep a focus on what was going on despite the flips and spins and loops. He knew what had to be done. But he had doubts about his ability to do it low-profiled while still protecting Dragon. The whole situation had his mind focused on too many things.

So help me, I will have to do whatever I will have to do. Failure is not an option, even if it costs my post. He will understand, even if he can not approve.

With that finally settled in his head, Taran braced himself once more as they came to an almost abrupt landing on the Renstok planet-thing. He immediately unbuckled, and headed toward the exit, before the others.

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Se'rox; Passing Time

Se'rox, since the night she spent talking with Zuchax III in the snow, had been living in Kaku's house- the tower. Zuchax III had offered her her own room, on the 74th floor, though she spent most of her time either with Zuchax III or out in the garden and forest outside the house.

Like Zuchax III, she ran into many Nobody hunters, and had to dispatch them. Not as many as Zuchax III did, though. And that was mostly due to the fact that he wore his Organization robes almost all the time. Se'rox had a set, but she usually kept them stored in a padlocked trunk at the foot of her bed.

Se'rox, being such a shy person, got along well with most of the members of the house, but didn't hang out with most of them a lot. Especially since most of them liked to watch a large noisy electric-emitting box as a source of entertainment. Sadly, there were apparently pictures on it, but, being blind really made it hard to follow. One day, she tried very hard- very very hard- to concentrate on the movement of electricity inside the television, to try to "see" the picture. She almost thought she could see something, before a very large migraine overcame her and she was in bed for two days recovering.

For Halloween, she had dressed up as Namine. Somehow, that had flabbergasted Zuchax III while making Zuchax the second thrilled.

Zuchax III and her were a couple now, as the others in the house would say. She liked being around him, for certain. Part of her felt as if she were almost a real and whole person near him. Sometimes, though, she liked that so much that she feared it. She never did like keeping anything she couldn't replace, and she was starting to think of Zuchax III as exactly that.


Today, Se'rox awoke from the dream. She hated that. In dreams, she knew instantly she was dreaming; it was the only time she ever saw the color of things. But this dream was the same dream she'd had for over a week.

Zuchax III had been fighting off more than a dozen Nobody hunters, and was close to destruction. Se'rox was barely keeping her own nearby. She looked over, just as one hunter was about to make a final, devastating blow, a hunter near her, that she had close to death, dropped a heart out of his pocket. Se'rox knew immediately the captured heart was her own, and that another one of the hunters would pick it up in seconds. The same few seconds that would save Zuchax's life.

As always, in the dream, she had dismissed her heart to save Zuchax III. But there, the similarities ended. One night, she had to sacrifice herself to save Zuchax III. Another time, he let himself get destroyed once he saw she gave up getting her heart back to save him. In yet another ending, she saved him, and as the rest of the hunters fled, he found his heart, and then left her behind.

But this time was different again. She obliterated all the hunters, saved Zuchax III, and was able to retrieve her heart and his.

She woke up from that one close to tears, while it was still dark out.

Therefore, she left her room, and walked over to Zuchax III's. She could hear him sleeping, but did not want to wake him. Instead, she sat down outside his door, leaning on the door. Many thoughts filled her mind, but she still managed to slip into a light sleep, waiting for Zuchax III to awake.