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The still very much alive Invader snarled in rough pain from its untimely defeat. Its body, split into two, thrashed against the grassed ground and sent droplets of its alien blood scattered among the greenery. Clearly it was still hellbent on fighting, but it wouldn’t be given a chance. The crimson monolith that was Tian-Gui made sure of that. He ended the creature’s life permanently with a healthy dosing of powerful flames. The creature had been reduced to charred metal and crumbling goops of black in no time. Incinerated.

While the other teams were conversing with one another, they would all hear Lieutenant Isoshima’s orders on the intercoms. A minute more and Subaru was offering free portal trips back to base without walking, her drone hovering over the students. Each student had done well enough in fighting to survive the encounter for the most part. Much like Lieutenant Isoshima had said, their actions were to be commended. But it could have been better, and this difference was what separated life from untimely demise.

As the others began to head back to base, R.R. and Riyame stood a bit away from them. The red-headed Striker was shuffling nervously from one foot to the other, her eyes cast towards the ground. [color=crimson]“Er, hey, so I didn’t mean to fucking ditch. I just got super fucking excited and, uh…please don’t be mad Riyame...”[/color] Her teammate held a blank expression and even raised her arm up. R.R. instantly flinched with shut eyes…only to find Riyame’s hand on her head.

[color=92278f]“That doesn’t matter R.R. What matters is that you’re alright,”[/color] said the Gunner. Riyame smiled as she patted the crown of R.R.’s head before she motioned towards Subaru’s portals. [color=92278f]“Come on, we should be heading with them. And I’m sure a certain someone is worried about you too.”[/color]

[color=crimson]“Eh? Eh!?! No way, no fucking way Reiki was worrying about me!”[/color] said R.R. as she followed her partner excitedly. She looked at the Gunner with too wide eyes and it took all of Riyama’s self-control not to giggle at the sight.

[color=92278f]“Hmm, why don’t you ask them yourself?”[/color] Riyama shut off her comm links to avoid the barbed retort that would eventually come from their Linker. Soon enough both girls were at the base; in no time, all of them would be. Team Chaotix carefully excused themselves from the younger students to brief in private while the rest of the Psychers would come to eventually gather around Lieutenant Isoshima.
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