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[color=fdc68a][h3][center]Titanius
[sub][M-3][/sub][/center][/h3]
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[indent]It was a very depressing sight that reached his machine mutant eyes on the other side of the portal.  It was also quite the familiar one though with key differences.  His brother and sister machine mutants had devastated quite a few worlds during his time on the run but the overall destruction had been much more 'clean' than whatever had happened on this planet.  Unless Dr. Myu had a use for a particular corpse such as genetic samples, bodies were quickly disposed of to make way for the improved machine mutants to inhabit the planet.  These foes seemed intent on using every scrap of organic material for some unknown purpose, considering the considerable amount of smoke filling the sky from the factories he doubted the planet had any other purpose than for processing materials.

His first movement was to take cover behind the same rock that Tabaga took cover behind as recon was the priority.  Soon most of the others had come through as well, Ovaan asked the obvious question that needed answering and Darbin added his own bit of caution, to which Titanius had to agree to inside his head.  The other saiyan, Maize however, took a decidedly different approach by standing completely in the open.

[color=fff79a]"There's only one way to find out what they're harvesting them for.  We get harvested ourselves. If you can lower your ki level I suggest you do it."[/color]  While there was [i]some[/i] logic to her plan it was certainly a reckless one, besides there was a better way to get the information they needed.

[color=fdc68a]"While that could work, I think the more optimal option would be to capture one of the drones so that I can access its data banks..."[/color]  But before he could explain further she was already bounding away to join one of the piles of corpses.  [color=fdc68a]"...of course if we fail to capture one quietly we could give ourselves away but I feel it is the safer option than going into the belly of the beast, as some species like to say."[/color]

He couldn't resist finishing his thoughts, or the others still present, though it appeared that the girl with the reactive glowing horn operating system had crashed as she stood, pale faced in the presence of the carnage.  That was a very dangerous state of being to be in, especially when facing unknown variables, at least someone who was facing things head on could react to a situation, but someone who froze would be unable to do anything.

She needed a reboot so he went out from the boulder to her side, then a certain phrase entered his mind.  It was a certain phrase some species said when they wished to make sure they were awake and alert.

[center][b]"Pinch me."[/b][/center]

And so he did, figuring the most efficient spot for the pain to take effect would be her cheek, as the location was on the face it would be incredibly hard to not notice through both feeling and sight.

[color=fdc68a]"Forgive me."[/color]  Hopefully this strange ritual would be enough to bring her back to reality and he could get back to hiding.[/indent]