Mi wasn't surprised at all. Golanski probably was annoyed because of earlier, though Mi didn't mind he was gone now. "Well, looks like he wasn't patient enough to wait for our return. So, we'll get some tea plants now and then I can see you ride the Takatea, hai? I bet you fall down! It's not as easy as it looked like."
Megaera held the rope of the takatea and walked towards the forest again.
"This will be our last excursion before nightfall. Gaia's twin stars make the days here longer, but it will not be long untill we enter its dark side."
Megaera looked at her handheld device.
"Me fall down? I will take you up on that challenge. lets see... The beacon is still active and located west of here. Curiously enough it looks like it moved a little bit."
Mi approached her and looked over her shoulder, being just as curious as Meg. "Good question, he also never commented on me returning the Eros back. Hope he's alright, maybe that Miss Payne found out afterall and is angry?"
"Seems like Richard is in trouble and this Xander person is in charge now. Theres is also this Voidwalker and Agent Zeta in the way. Richard sent a distress signal I picked up and he wants his allies to avenge him."
"That's somewhat concerning. Fleet Admirals usually don't get replaced like this... so.. does this mean we drop Dino Shrimps on Yuma now?"Mi chuckled, it could be a possibility. It would even be in a strange way amusing to see Dino Shrimps appearing on a Planet like this, personally she had never been on Yuma but she knew someone who was there already.
"I wonder what they did to him. Payne must really like to see him suffer.. so she must really love him huh? Do you want to go look for him when we finish up here?
They want to shoot the dino shrimps out of the sky if we drop them on the planet. I do not like that idea. Maybe we should add iridium plating to the pods"
Megaera put the device back and they continued towards the signal of the beacon.
"Whatever you plan to do, I would have to remain in the shadows, or atleast without anyone figuring out my real name and everything. I would gladly help you, I am just as curious, but I have to be by far more cautious than you.. right?
"I plan to release him ofcourse. I did not approve of this change of political puppets. I prefer admiral Richard in charge."
They came to the clearing with the yellow/red flowers and the takatea started eating. The beacon was moved to the edge of the treeline and felt moist when Megaera picked it up and deactivated it.
"Well we are here again. Lets start securing some of these plants so we can ship them off planet. We will take care of our little Crayter problem later."
Megaera walked back to the takatea and started unhooking the cannisters
Megaera placed the the tea plants in the last cannister, carefully so she did not damage the roots. She picked up the cannister, now heavy with the plants and soil and walked back to the takatea. The takatea seemed to have become more restless, but she hooked the cannister onto the improvised belt.
A few high pitched noises came from the tree and the takatea started walking away. Mi tried to stop the takatea, but could not keep him still.
"It is those shrimps again. Ready the RNG55. We are going to take at least one of them alive with us."
The first one jumped out of the trees infront of them. Megaera waited until it came closer and Mi was franticly fidgeting with the large weapon, not knowing how to activate the electrified net. It jumped and Meg shot it with the automatic rifle. Two more jumped behind them.
"Turn it on already!" Megaera shouted at Mi behind her.
"I don't know how!" Mi was just pressing buttons at this point.
Megaera took her rifle and hit the RNG55 hard with its buttstock. The RNG55 started making a humming sound. "That is how you get rogue hardware to work. Now shoot it."
Mi lifted the heavy gun and aimed at the nearest dino shrimp, which was ready to pounce at her. She fired it and the shrimp screeched before it fell over and stopped moving.
"Nice shot. Lets clear the rest up."
Megaera shot the other dino shrimp, but more chattering in the trees could be heard. Mi grabbed the net with the stunned creature and they started pulling back towards the takatea that was slowly walking away from them. They left the clearing with the flowers and the screeching sounds intensified. One of the creatures jumped down from a tree and fell on Mi. Meg was quick to react, shot it with her rifle and kicked it off.
"We should leave."
She gave Mi a hand and pulled her up. "Time to try something new."
Megaera and Mi caught up with the takatea and Meg helped Mi to climb on its back, before climbing onto it herself.
"Hold on to something."
Megaera took the colt from her holster and fired it close to the takatea's head.
The creature, scared by the loud noise, ran as fast as it could, leaving the swarm of dino shrimps behind them.