Chi grunts softly, but seems to relax as he hears the familiar voices. His strange hybrid form begins to melt away faster, returning him to a blobular form, though looser and less dewdrop shaped than before. A bullet slides easily out of his mass onto the ground. But liquid shifters are a hardy bunch, hard to keep down. Only really harmed when in a fleshy state, and able to heal faster in their liquid state - with sufficient calories and nutrients.

"Oh poor boy...he was forced to be serious? What a surprise~" an elf clad in red and black leather walks out into the clearing, "Bring them back to the base, in seperate rooms. We'll get the full story in time." 

The base wasnt far, just near the back of the scrapyard, in an underground labyrinth beneath an old bus.