Aboard the Blue Ocean...

[Yaoquizque]

Antony sighed, hiding behind the menu card.
Lucky the girl didn't recognized him. How fortunate. If she did, she would have been unbearable.

Seems that face remodeling technology was working quite well after all. But for how long?
He allowed himself to sigh silently once again.

How long did he stay in that cage? Two weeks? Three weeks? That infiltration mission didn't work as expected.
Concordia suddenly decided to get on her feet and run to a table to annoy some men.
Great. She managed to chose the most inappropriate people to bump into.

He hid even more behind his card, keeping an eye on the people around.
Of course she was soon pulled out of the restaurant by some guards, followed by this 'Andrew'.
He remembered the file he had about him and shrugged imperceptibly. Most probably one of the leaders of this organization he tried to infiltrate.

He then noticed a weird girl following the group, trying to not be noticed.
Who was she? He had no clue. She seemed to be rather naïve. As if she would succeed to follow them unoticed anyway.

Antony sighed.
Those girls really had no idea of the trouble they were in.

Looking at Concordia being dragged out, he wondered once again if she was indeed dumb or if it was a mask she was wearing.
Nobody was stupid enough to voluntarily jump into a well... Unless they had means to get out...
Did she? Looked doubtful. She just seemed to go with the tide.
Life seemed to be so easy for her.. Or was it an illusion she tried to show?

He shook his head and shrugged. Why would he care anyway? Life wasn't easy.... Never was. -That- was the truth.
He rolled his eyes. She saved him... Allegedly.
Considering his options, he tried to convince himself he could have escaped alone. He had to find a way to leave that liner and report what he learnt here.

Keeping an eye on Shiro following the group awkwardly as if she was playing hide-and-seek, he lowered his head.
"Fine, fine...." he mumbled to himself "Damn conscience"

He waited a bit and left the table, walking away nonchalantly...

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Shiro was following the group, trying to see if Concordia had Cookies somewhere....
Maybe in her pockets? No... She was wearing a skirt... No pockets....

No cookies? Her stomach rumbled and she pulled face. She then saw the group entering in a room.
Shiro leaned against the wall, tilting her head.
She had no cookies. But surely she knew where to find some. Yes. Most probably.

The white haired girl leant forward, trying to get a better look at the door.
Was she supposed to go there and ask cookies? That sounded a good plan but... Maybe that baaad~ man was there too. And she didn't quite want to see him again....

Suddenly someone put an hand on her mouth and hold her softly. She panicked and kicked the man in his funny place.
Antony's face -because that was him- turned white but he managed to keep his composure, clenching his teeth.
Meanwhile, Shiro was struggling. Finally Antony managed to whisper "Calm down miss... I mean you no harm"

He released her softly "Now please... Don't shout. I'm here to help you"
She turned around and gave him a quick suspicious look. She then wondered if he had cookies
"Help me~~~?"

Antony looked at the door "Your friend there... Something nasty will happen to her very soon. And it will certainly happen to you too. You have to leave this place"
Shiro pouted. It was obvious he wouldn't feed her.

Being mistaken by her expression, Antony sighed "You don't trust me? I know what the owners of this liner can do and believe me, you don't want to find out"
The girl raised her head and looked at him with her puppy eyes. "We have to go?"

Antony raised an eyebrow. Was she high? "Yes. We just need to find a way to help your friend, Concordia"

He sighed and leaned against the wall too. It was certainly not a good idea to run into the room. They were many, and he was unarmed.
No... It was safer to wait here the right opportunity... But what if someone was seeing them or some guards patrolled the area?

He gave a sidelook at the girl who was busy searching in her pockets
"nothing~~~" she said with despair...

They waited there for a while. Antony was starting to be worried....
Well... Not really worried... Bored... Right.

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[SeaFalcon]

Antony was looking down the hallway, unsure if he should stick around here.
He turned to the girl "What are you doing here anyway?"

Shiro gave the man a strange look. "Cookies?"
"Cookies?" Antony frowned thinking if he or she was going crazy.
"You're here for cookies?"

"erm... do you have cookies?" She check his body with her eyes looking for any place cookies could be hiding.
"eh No I don't" Antony have the girl a bit of a strange and confusing look back 'what the hell is this he thought'
'This girl really doesn't know where she got herself into, does she even know what she is doing herself?'

Antony wondered a little. "I don't think it's the best idea if we keep waiting here..."
He looked around the hallway taking a short glance at the door where Concordia and the others were.
"... let's go get you some cookies"

Antony pushed Shiro gently in the direction away from the door.
"uh.. n- no Connie has cookies, somewhere I think" Shiro looked a bit self-wondering.
"I know a place where you can get better cookies and even more."

Antony guiding Shiro through the network of hallways not really sure where he was going himself.
Carefully looking around each corner to see if it's clear.
Finely he finds a open door, it seemed to be some living quarters, quite messy inside.

"stay" he told the girl as he positioned her in the middle of the what looked like a small living room.
He closed the door behind him and went searching through some stuff hoping to find something that were cookies or something close to it.

Shiro looked around the room as she fidgets a little with her hands "Are there cookies here?"
"I'm trying to fi-..." Antony searching through a few closets.
His eye falls onto a little box. "Hey look at this, I think I found something what you would really like"
He pulls out the box and closes the closet.

"you found cookies?" the girl turned around to Antony with a smiles on her face of excitement. "Cookies!"
"I think so." He stood up with with box in his hands, opening it.
"ah... it's empty" He showed the empty inside of the box to the girl.

She looked a bit turned down by it. "No co- cookies then?"
"I guess not. I'll get some though, you just wait here okay?" Anthony looked around the room looking for a key card of some sort.

He searched the room for a while and then finely found what he was looking for.
The key card of the room. "I'll be right back girl"
Before Shiro could even respond, Antony already disappeared through the door, locking it straight after.

"It's for her own safety" he mumbled quietly to himself.
He walked back towards the the hallway with the door where this Concordia girl was.
Shortly looking at the keycard and the room number on it, then putting it away in his pocket.

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Zack lend forward to Concordia. "There are two ways of how we can do is..."
"... one you just answering our questions straight away."
"Two, the one I personally always find rather amusing, we kick and slap the answers out of you if you don't answer straight away."

The girl smiled a bit mischievous at Zack "You will slap me, I like that" She nodded quite cheery.
Zack sighed "This isn't some funny game, girl" He gave her a harsh slap on her cheek "Get my point?

"Auch, hey! that's cheating! you never asked a question." The girl shortly after the slap started smiling mischievous again.

Zack sighed again and walked to a tap on the wall as he picked up a bucket next to it.
As he filled the bucket "Sooo... where is Carrie?"

The girl tilted her head as she looked at Zack filling the bucket. "Are you thirsty?"
Zack rolled his eyes. "You're just giving me too much fun here" He closed the tap as the bucket was filled.

"You're the one being thirsty here though, Catch!" as he spoke he threw the water from the bucket over Concordia.
The water being freezing cold, sucking out all breath from her, she started to gasp for air...

[Yaoquizque]

"C'mon..." Said the guard "That's all you know?"
"Shut up"
"I thought you were an expert"

Zack pretended to not listen to the guard.
"So miss... Don't force me to use drastic means?"

"Yeah.... Like throwing again water at her face" chuckled the guard, moving to a minibar to check the alcohols stored in it. "Be very afraid girl"

The girl lowered her head to look at her wet blouse and smiled softly "Why not? I'm enjoying it so far.. However i'm so cold...."
She coiled up on her chair and made her cute face "Uhhh... You would warm me up a bit... Please?"

The guard nodded "Yeah... Do that... I will keep the minibar meanwhile"
"Will you shut up? I'm working here"
"You call that working? Ye right. Sure, whatever" The guard checked a bottle of whiskey and whistled "That is good stuff... Hell..."

Zack closed his eyes and counted to ten. He started to be pissed. Bad news for that girl.
Nodding, he walked to a bag he carried with him and opened it. He then took what looked like a bodkin, along with a small hammer.
Zack walked slowly to the girl and forced her to bow until her chest was pressing against her legs. He then grabbed one of her hands.
"Last chance."
"So you want to see Carrie to date he..." The girl couldn't finish. She screamed out in pain.
"That's quite sad. You just lost a nail. Let's go for another one" Said Zack without any emotion.

He forced her to not move while she was crying and he put the bodkin under another nail. Silently, he then hammered it little by little this time.
The girl was trying to escape but her kept pushed on her spine with his foot.

"My my... Dry those tears miss" said the man while pulling on the nail "You would break my poor hurt. Now... Will you be a nice girl and tell me where that Carrie is? Or should i go after another nail? You have eight of them left on those beautiful hands... Gives me a lot of options."
The girl tried to speak as she was crying "I... I don't know.. Where?"

Zack made a somewhat sorry face "You don't know? How unfortunate" He twisted one of her hands and worked to get another of her nail.
After he did so and the girl cried again during a few minutes, he scratched his chin, appearing to be absorbed in his thoughts "That's strange however... I don't believe you." He sighed "Well, let's take off another nail, shall we? I will find out in the end."

The guard suddenly bursted out laughing "Pathetic"
Zack raised an eyebrow "Excuse me? What is..."
"You are. You don't know anything about torture. Hell! I bet my ex wife knows more about it than you do"
"Is that so?" said Zack, looking quite pissed.
"Aye... I have no clue about how you managed to get a job here anyway"
"Well... If you would let me work.. Maybe i could show you"

The guard shook his head, focusing back to the bottles "Oh right sure. Back to the childish torture games. Enjoy."
Zack turned around to look at the guard "You are remarkably annoying, you know?"
"So?" He chuckled "You will use a feather to teach me how great you are at doing your job?"

Zack sighed and walked slowly towards the guard. He then punched him where no man should be punched.
The poor guard bended and Zack took advantage of it by sweeping his legs. He then put his foot on the guard's face, making it hard for him to simply breath. He then talked calmly :
"You get out now. Or i kill you."
Releasing the guard, he kept facing him until he left the room, mumbling something about avenging himself soon enough.

Zack then turned around and smiled politely at the girl who was looking quite shocked.
"Now now now. Sorry my lady... Where were we? Oh... Yes.. I remember."
As he was talking, he walked to her and punched her violently on her stomach.

The girl fell to the ground, bending in pain, her hands still tied on her back.
Zack then made it his duty to kick the girl sadistically with his feet, aiming at various parts of her anatomy. He was saying while doing so :
"I'm.... Very upset. And when... I'm upset.... Bad things happen.... When bad things... Happen.... People die!"

"Stop it..." said a voice coming from his back.
He turned his head and glanced quickly at the man who was aiming at him with a sidegun.
"Oh look what we have here... An old acquaintance... I see your wounds healed nicely..."
Zack however kicked again Concordia's face as we was talking, just for the pleasure.

Antony shot him without remorse...

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[SeaFalcon]

Zack fall onto his back his eyes still open in shock as he exhaled for the last time.
The girl recovering from the beating up was weeping quietly on the floor,
as she looked up with a surprised look to this strange figure that just shot Zack.

Antony sat down next to Concordia untying her. "Everything is going to be alright."
He winched a little seeing her hands and her face being beaten up.

Antony picked up a glass and filled it with some water, holding it in front of the girl to let her drink.
She took a few sips without saying much, He grabbed Zack's Jacket and wrapped it around her as he helped her standing up.

"Sit down on the chair for a second, I'll be right back" He let her sit down gently.
Then seemed to rush a little out of the door, appearing later dragging the guard that Zack kicked out along with him.
Looking like he was unconscious.

Laying him in the corner of the room and wrapped a little rope over the guys mouth making him unable to talk and tied him up.
Leaving him there laying on the floor.

As Concordia followed Antony's doing she recognized him, she tilted her head a little towards him.
"You're that guy from the cage?" Antony shortly nodded, "No time to talk about that now really, I'll take you somewhere else, can you walk?"

As he helped her standing up, one arm around her supporting her he walked to the door with her leaning against him.
He stuck his head out into the hallway, lucky seeing no one.

"Okay here we go." with a fast pace while holding the girl against him they both moved through the hallway.
Just before they took a right turn in the direction of the room where Shiro was they heard a voice behind them.

Antony looked back seeing a short glance of someone standing in front of the door of the room they just left.
"Hold it right there!" The guy aiming a gun at them.

"Go Go!" He passed over the keycard to Concordia. "Room 4.54b, Go quickly. That other girl is there too."
Concordia staggered along the hallway to the right in the direction of the room.

Antony grabbed out his sidearm and took a short glance in the hallway again, then looked to his other side seeing the girl staggering towards the room.
As he saw her opening the door and disappearing into the room, he turned around aiming the gun down through the hallway at the figure that was running towards him.
He squeezed the trigger and quickly ran towards the room.

Closing the door behind him locking it, shortly leaning against the door getting back his breath.
Concordia was laying down onto the bed, Shiro looking a bit shocked at her.

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[jakub963]

"...ohmaigawd ohmaigawd ohmaigawd... What happened?"

Of course, Shiro would never openly admit that she ever panicked however truth was that she panicked quite often. Mostly around Concordia...

...this was one of those moments.

It took almost surprising amount of nervous running around before she settled down to hear the explanation. For the 4th time.

"B-b-but... Why?" this surely wast because of the hidden cookies...

Sitting in front of Antony and Concordia, listening to their conversation, Shiro was getting more confused every moment. And Concordia's and Antony's attempts to clear the situation with her ended in vain...

They are talking at me... I dont understand... Why i cant understand them? They are speaking weird...

Are they angry?
Are they scared?
Cookies..?

Finaly calming down she walked up to Concordia when she noticed her hand. Shiro gently grabbed it and smiled at Concordia.

"Now you are like me..." Shiro slowly took off glove from her hand and put it on Concordia's hurt one. Surprisingly, it was kind of soothing.

"Now you are like me..." She repeated with a smile again, showing her now bare hand almost entirely covered in scars to Concordia.

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[Yaoquizque]

She always hated to cry.
She remembered when she often did, in the past...
... things they always wanted her to do. Often it hurt.

And her mother was there, caring only about whatever they wanted to learn.
The girl didn't know exactly what they wanted and conveniently buried that past in her memory.
However... When she was crying, everything surfaced.

She really hated to cry.
Smiling was way more courageous.

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She didn't notice Zack being shot. The girl had already taken refuge inside herself, not conscious anymore of her surroundings.

It was a pain to drag her out, and when she finally left him, looking totally confused, Antony ensured nobody was following them, firing some suppressive shots.
He entered quickly in the room and closed the door, allowing himself to sigh of relief.

Concordia was standing still, in the middle of the room. She didn't seem to recognize them when she glanced aimlessly at them.
Antony sighed again and took her hand "Just sit here" She let him drag her to the bed and sat, moaning softly.

"You're really stupid, you know that?"
She nodded without conviction while he was checking quickly her wounds.
"Hell... Look at yourself..." He looked rather satisfied "Nothing critical however"

Antony tried to explain the situation to Shiro, without much luck... That white haired girl looked totally panicked and she was driving him a bit crazy.

Ignoring her, He took a look at Concordia's face, a bit puzzled. He expected her to yell, cry, reproach or curse... be annoying as hell to resume.
But she just stayed there... Unmoved... just moaning silently at times. As if she was a puppet without a puppeteer anymore to give the illusion she was alive.

Antony stayed silent during a couple of seconds and shrugged. He then stood up, leaving the girl, and moved to the door.
Leaning against it, he started to check the magazine of the side-gun he stole to the guard.
He suddenly cursed. A dozen of shots. Great. Just great.

They would need to move soon. He gave a side look at the two girls.
They had to escape and he had those two millstones around his neck...

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Meanwhile, Shiro, quite confused, was looking at them, wondering what was going on.
She was a bit panicked, but she finally walked to the bed.

Leaning forward, she curiously looked at Concordia, wondering if they hurt her because they wanted her cookies too.

She then glanced at her hands and sat near her. She smiled at her at took her hand.
She finally took off her gloves and showed her her hands, saying she was like her now...

Concordia caressed that hand softly, seeming to be lost in her thoughts. She suddenly raised an eyebrow.
"Uhoh..."

She raised her head, smiling softly, and looked into Shiro's eyes, who was quite surprised to see her attitude changing so fast.
"All that sorrow..." She whispered "Inside you... I can feel it."
"W...What?" Shiro took off her hand quickly "I'm not sad. Wha-What are you doing? Kyyya!"

Concordia pushed Shiro and leaned on her, touching her chest "Not you... The other you... I can feel it inside your heart?"
Shiro was struggling, trying to avoid being touched by the girl "Release me release me release me!"
Concordia tilted her head, looking a bit confused "Why are you keeping that inside? Because you're afraid?"
"Nyaaaaaaa!" was shouting Shiro while attempting to get back on her feet.

"Hmmm" Concordia leaned back, pouting "How could you be really happy if you host such an horrible thing inside yourself, honey?"

Shiro ran and hid behind Antony.
"The bad girl touched me!"

"Come on, ju..."
He stopped to talk as Concordia jumped on her feet, pulling face because of her wounds, and started to hobble along, trying to reach Shiro.
"Wait! I didn't see everything yet!"

The two girl started to run around Antony.
"Yaaaaaaaaa! Leave me alone~~~"
"Wait! I just want to touch you again!"

He lowered his head and facepalmed.
Quickly enough he lost it.
"Damnit!" He grabbed Concordia "Stop it. You're both driving me crazy."
"Rmm... Why?"
Shiro was hiding behind him, jumping to try to look on top of his shoulder at Concordia.
She put an hand on his shoulder to make it easier but suddenly noticed she didn't have her gloves on.

"Aahhh~~~"
He turned around to look at the little girl "What now?!"
She looked at him with her puppy eyes "Uhhh...My gloves..."

He frowned and pointed at the bed, remaining silent.
While Shiro was getting her gloves, he sighed, releasing Concordia.

"Now maybe we can talk yes? In case you don't know, we're kinda in trouble. We need to leave this ship now!"
Concordia pouted and looked at him "I'm not leaving without Andrew honey"
He shook his head "What?!" He sighed once again "Are you idiot? We're risking our lives here damnit! And do you even know what this 'Andrew' is capable of?"

She tilted her head, thinking for a while "Hmmm.... Well.... All i know is Carrie would like to see him?"

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[SeaFalcon]

Antony seems to think for a moment...
"Carrie you say, that is... uh..." The name did sound formilure,
Having read it before, the name was mentioned in Andrew his files but who was he again?

Concordia smiled "Carrie honey is looking for daddy Andrew"

Antony remembered now, Carrie. Carrie Dababi Andrews daughter.
So she does know her dad is alive?

"hmm.. okay, well even I got a lot of un-answered ques-..." suddenly stopped talking.
His finger on his lips meaning to say 'quiet'. "ssshhh"

Some muffed yelling could be heard in the hallway. A pair of boots running past the door over the hallway.
The yelling unclear but it was obviouse they were looking for Antony and the two girls.

Antony checked his gun again and silently walked to the door, trying to make up what they were saying.
"I'm alright, he went that way!" One of the voices said another voice that could be identified as that of Jacobs.
"You, you and you go that way, they can't be far."

Antony laid he ear against the door to make up where everybody was going or were at right now.
By listening to the footsteps that walked by he let a short sigh of relief. "I think they aren't checking this room."
He whispered to the two girls.

He laid back his ear onto the door, suddenly hearing two bleeps as if the door was opened.
Anthony gave the two girls a short gesture to move away to the side of the room, out of sight.
He pushed himself against the wall, behind where the door would open to, holding his gun in his hands.
Shiro and Concordia moved quickly without a word out of sight from the door.

Standing straight against the wall, holding his breath and his heart pounding.
The door slowly opened, Antony now standing behind it. A barrel of a sidearm was slowly moving into the room.
Antony's eyes fixed onto it, the gun slowly revealing two hands holding the weapons as the person holding it slowly entered the room.

Slowly the arms revealed themselves. Antony didn't wait for a moment long.
With his full body he pushed against the door, the man holding the gun didn't see it coming,
in a reflex he pulled the trigger, the bullet flying aimlessly through the room into the wall.

Antony swiftly punched the weapon out of the man his hand,
made a hit with force on the head of the man with the rear of his gun.
This knocked the man out, the gun falling onto the floor.
Antony quickly pulled the man on his shoulders inside the room and closed the door,
Lucky the man went down with barely any sound.

'Lets hope they didn't hear the gunshot' Antony thought.
He shortly looked down the hallway as he closed the door again. Luckly there was no one to be seen.
Dragging the body in front of the bed. "That was a close call"

While Antony was searching the unconscious man for some extra magazines...
"Look, we will run out of luck if we stay here any longer..."
His hands going through every pocket, putting some useful stuff into his own pockets.
"... I would like you to tell me all about Carrie but first we get off this damned ship."
"We might come back for Andrew when things calm down again."

Shiro completly speechless was just staring at the guy laying on the ground.

[Yaoquizque]

"Uhhh...." She said, looking at him "You promise?"
"Yeah yeah. I promise..." He said while undressing the guard. He then moved to the bathroom and came back wearing the guard's clothes.
Walking quickly to the door and opening it slowly, he took a look stealthily outside.
"C'mon. Let's go!" He quickly left the room and the two girls followed him.

Concordia was busy hugging Shiro while they were walking. Meanwhile Shiro was trying to get away.
Antony had to turn around several times to tell them to bloody shut up.

He sighed, looking around. They were totally lost. And he had to deal with two insane women who would probably get him shot in the end.

Sighing, he kept walking until he found some stairs. Peeking in to check if it was clear, he then walked in and started to go up, followed by the two girls who were keeping bickering.
"Will you shut up, damnit?" He said after a while, turning around.
"Hey... Shiro honey..." Said Concordia, looking innocently at Antony "What do you think...."

Meanwhile, Antony turned around and started again to go up, checking the doors they were reaching at every floor.

"What... What do i think?"
"Hmmm...." She said, scratching her lower lip "I'd say.... White"
"White" Repeated Shiro, obviously not having a clue about what they were talking.
"Oooorrr..... Grey?"
"Brown.... Brown cookies"
"Ah! With cookies on them? That would be funny!"

Suddenly, Antony heard a door opening and some voices coming from downstairs. Frowning, he looked at the girls and placed a finger on his lips.
He then turned around and aimed at the lower stair.

"Ah! I knew it!" Shouted Concordia, giggling "They are pink!"
The girl had pulled his pants while he was not paying attention and she was currently busy staring at his shorts, laughing.
Looking quite pissed, he grabbed her and put an hand on her mouth, whispering "Shut....Up."

"Did you hear that, Jones?"
"Hear what?"
"I don't know... I thought i heard something..."
"Yea right. Stop drinking."
"Oh zip ip will you?"

The voices faded away slowly and they finally heard a door closing.

Sighing of relief, Antony lowered his gun, released Concordia, and finally put his pants back on.
He then grabbed back Concordia, pressing her forearm firmly "Listen this is not a game. If you keep doing this, you will get us all killed, got it?"
The girl just looked at him teasingly "Why are your shorts pink?"
"They are pink because... Hey! Don't change the subject!"
"They are pink because...?" She said, grinning.

"Raahhh..." He released her and started again to go up. Coming from his back he could hear "Shiro honey... Do you know why they are pink?" "Uhhuhhh..."

He finally reached a floor with a door marked with 'Main floor'. He opened it and bumped into someone.
"Ahem..." Said the guard, looking at him and at the two girls
"Hmm...Sir? I'm escorting those two vips out." He said, hiding the shot burn on the side of his uniform with his arm.
"Out you say?" replied the guard, looking suspiciously at them.
"Yes but... Ehe..." He chuckled awkwardly "I always get lost in this maze"
The guard studied him for a while "What is your name?"
"My name?" Antony grabbed the id of the guard he shot in the room and glanced stealthily at it "John. John Picok" He then handed the id to the guard, who gave it a quick look.
"Okay John..." The guard relaxed a bit and finally smiled softly "I know... Happened to me too back in time... Anyway you took the wrong way." He looked at the two girls "To leave our liner, those two ladies have to pass by the fourth deck"
"Okay, fourth deck. Noted sir."
"Hmm... You want me to show you?"
"That would be nice, if you have time sir. I'm afraid i would get lost again"
"Fine... Give me a moment..."

The guard walked to one of his team mates and talked with him for a while.
Meanwhile, Concordia and Shiro were still talking, but Antony couldn't really ask them to shut up right now.

The guard finally came back "Okay let's go." He then headed to a corridor.
Concordia reached him "Hey!" She smiled.
"Hmm Hello..."

Antony was mentally facepalming already, expecting it to go haywire very soon.

"You work here? I wondered if i could dance here."
"... Dance?"
"Yay!" She beamed "I love to dance"
"O...Kay..." The guard glanced at her, noticing her wounds.
"What...?" She smiled shyly "You don't like me?"
"Uh.... Although you are beautiful, miss, i'm a married man."
"Really?" The girl giggled "What is her name? Is she cute?"
She started to ask him a lot of questions while they were walking. Surprisingly the guard didn't seem to be too bothered by it. Antony was hoping she would not say something stupid.

"Alright. Here you go" Said finally the guard, pointing at an airlock leading to a gangway
"Okay! Thank you Ian honey!" She kissed him on the cheek quickly and scampered along to the airlock
"Uh uhhh...." he said, massaging his cheek "C'mon. Let's go" he then said to Antony, turning around to take the way back.
"Ehe... hold on... I have something to tell to that one" He nodded at Shiro.
"Oh i see... Alright"

"Hmm? You have something to tell me?" Asked Shiro while they were both walking slowly towards the gangway.
"Are you stupid? Just keep walking"

They reached Concordia who was looking outside "Uh... Scary..."
"Come on you two, we don't have time for this" He gave a side look at the guard "He's not watching... Let's go"
He pushed softly Shiro and walked right after her.

15 meters.... 10 meters... They almost did it.
"Hey. You. Stop!"
He kept walking, pushing Shiro to make her move faster.
"I said stop!"
"Run!"
He heard gunshots coming from behind and started to run after Shiro who seemed to understand quite well what was going on.
As he was putting a foot on the quay, he heard a moan coming from behind and someone falling to the ground.

"Damnit!" He noticed Concordia on the ground and the guards shooting at him from the liner.
Antony quickly ran to her and forced her to get on her feet "C'mon. We're almost there!"

"It... Hurts..."
They hid behind some building and he panted for breath.
"Nya.... Blood!" Shouted Shiro after she passed her hand on Concordia's back.
"Miss... Just reach your ship and get the hell out of here." Antony sighed "I will take care of her"
"O... Okay."

Shiro left them, thinking she could certainly find cookies somewhere around...
Antony looked at her wandering around aimlessly and shook his head "To your ship i said! Now!"
Shiro mumbed something in Kusarian rapidly and started to walk to the docks.

"Now now... Come on miss... Stand fast"
He checked the wound on her back and sighed. It didn't look well.
"Uhhh.... The unicorn..."
"Unicorn? What?"
She was out of her mind, obviously.
"Unicorn honey.... My ship?"
The girl fell uncounscious in his arms. A ship? Well that could be his way out of this madness. He took her in his arms and started to carry her towards the docks, checking at times if he wasn't followed...

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"What in the name of..." Antony shook his head. There was a bloody mess in the hold of the ship. A mountain of dishes in a small sink... Clothes thrown pretty much everywhere... A small bed untied... Various objects lying around...
He cleaned the bed with a foot and dropped softly the girl on it. He then started to search in this med... There was certainly a first aid kit... Or something...

No way to find something in this mess... He found more clothes than anything else... Not like he was particularly embarrassed countless panties as he checking the wardrobes... But that wouldn't help the girl much however...

Finally he gave up and checked her wound quickly... She was losing a lot of blood. Not good.
He moved to the cockpit. That was a sabre... Even if it seemed to be fairly old and damaged, it shouldn't be much different than an Avenger.

Checking the commands, he rolled his eyes. Every command had a post-it with a smilie stating what it was supposed to do, like "Unicorn's hunger-o-metter :)"
"O....kay..." He checked quickly the status of the ship. That ship was almost a wreck. How could someone be stupid enough to fly into something like this? Oh and great... There was just enough H-Fuel to move to California...

Shaking his head, he sat and informed the traffic control he was about to leave. The Unicorn then left Poseidon...

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Three weeks later...
Two guards were guarding a room on the navy hospital of Pensacola, Manhattan.

It was a shiny morning and our two fine heroes were busy talking about the last holomovie they watched with their wives.
One of them was complaining, saying his son ruined it all when he wanted him to buy some popcorn in the middle of the holo.
He had to run out because his fruiting son was pretendly crying already...

They suddenly stopped to talk as an officer showed up.
"Sir!" They said, saluting.
"At ease, gentlemen." The officer looked around, searching a nurse with his eyes. Instead, he found a military medic. Gesturing him to come he asked him, as soon as he was close close enough.
"How is our guest today?"
"Ahem... Noisy and annoying as usual, sir."
The officer smirked "What is her health status"
The medic nodded "Good good..."
"Fine... You know the LSF has to ask her a lot of questions, right?"
"Yes sir."
"Hmmm... Well let's see how she is on this morning..."
"Hmmm..." Said the medic, letting the officer take the frontline spot.

The officer opened the door and found an empty room "What the...?"

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