Keela smiled and shook her head, not finding standing up for others a forceful thing at all. ”I wouldn’t fight just because I would feel guilty not to. I promise. When someone tries to hurt those who have done nothing wrong or those I care about, I want to defend them,” she explained. ”But it is up to you two whether or not you wish to join me. Runa, if you wish to rest, my home is a quarter mile that direction,” Keela pointed. ”It’s a little grove of trees formed into a rounded hut like home. You should be able to spot it,” she smiled, proud of her little home, and always welcoming visitors. ”But I wish to see what this sound was, so I’m heading towards it,” she announced, nodding to the other two with her same smile before heading in that direction the siren had blasted from.

"Bravo!" Ren exclaimed, clapping when the generator demonstrated that it worked. Smiling at Zmerr, she gladly shook his hand and bent down to his level so she could demonstrate that she did not see him as inferior, and that they were both equal as friends.

"Alright. now that we know it works, we should get some sleep. There's lots to be done in the morning!" Zmerr turned the generator off and removed his goggles. "I want to show you something beautiful." He moved to the wall and flicked a few switches off. The room became almost pitch black. The only light was coming through a hole in the ceiling where the stars and moon shone through. It gave the room a total ruins feeling, illuminating everything in a pale light. "I saw this my first night here and felt it would be against the laws of nature to interfere with it. So I put up an invisible force field in the roof to keep out pests and rain. I never get tired of this view." Zmerr sighed, pleased with the beauty of the outdoors.

"Wow," Ren gasped under her breath as she looked up at the night sky. Despite being outcasted by the humans and ending up on this island, things were somehow not as bad as Ren had anticipated. "That is beautiful."

"Indeed." Zmerr took a moment more to appreciate it before flicking the lights back on. "Now, I really wasn't expecting a guest, so I don't really have a bed for you to sleep in tonight, but I do have blankets and such. I hope you don't mind sleeping on the floor. I would let you use mine, but-" he looked Ren up and down. "I seriously doubt you'd fit..." He went to a chest in the corner of the room and pulled some blankets and cushions out. He handed them to Ren. "It's not much, but it's better than sleeping in the shed by far. I guarantee it."

"Thats fine by me!" Ren cheered optimistically as she took the blankets from Zmerr and placed them neatly on the floor. As far as she was concerned, even having a blanket to sleep on was a privilege. Back at the facility, she slept while chained to the wall : surely this was a step up. "Thank you!" with that she laid on the blankets and snuggled in tight.

Zmerr smiled again and headed to his own bed. He was thankful for the girl. She'd brought out his happy side. It had been years since he smiled so much. His cheeks were aching, but he didn't care. He had something to smile about. He laid there, looking at the stars and thinking what to teach Ren next. He wasn't even aware of falling asleep.

Blake nodded to both girls " I dont want to fight if we can avoid it my self, but after having seen what humans can, I wont hesitate if its them" Blake said, this time there was some anger in his voice, mixed with some pain.
"Runa, the ball is in your court, I will be going with Keela in case of, what will you do?, rest or join us?"

Runa looked at Blake in his eyes, which was not all that easy since they were quite different in height.
She had noticed the cracks in Blakes voice and knew that he had experienced something, so it was clear for her that he was speaking the truth about going to fight if it were humans, in a way she understood his thoughts and emotions all too well.
But if he would let himself be guided by what ever had happened to him, then he would take too much risks during a fight, that was something she did not wanted, she had to protect them if she can.
"Blake-sama, Keela-sama, if you will have me, then I want to join you both"

Blake nodded and looked at Keela.
"since you heard the sound, lead the way"

Keela smiled and led Blake and Runa across the island. The sound was further away than she’d originally thought and they’d talked for a while, so the trek went through the night. By the time Keela was able to get to where she knew the sound had originated from, she was exhausted. ”I’m sorry, I don’t see any sort of house or anything. It all still looks like bushes and trees.” she said in a disappointed voice, her sense of adventure sliced. She sat down on the ground and crossed her legs, yawning and rubbing her eyes as dawn peeked over the horizon.

Zmerr awoke to the sound of voices. They sounded really close and very human. But they were too emotional and relaxed to be Chipped. Zmerr pulled himself out of the bed . He tip-toed through his home, being quiet so as not to wake Ren up. He picked his way to the shelf and took the scanner. He found the button that would allow him to give it a command. "Go outside and make an image of what's out there." The machine blinked twice to let him know that it understood and the hovered almost silently out of the room.

The scanner floated outside completely unnoticed and began scanning the area.

Ren awoke to the sound of little pattering on th floor and Zmerr's voice. She watched from he make shift bed as he sent the scanner out to see what was outside, while still pretending to be asleep.

Blake looked at the sky as Keela sat down and then around their current position.
"guess its better to rest first, lets take shifts of 2 hours, I'll take first shift, you two sleep, then I will wake Keela for her shift and Keela will wake Runa, wake me if anything happens"

Runa nodded and laid down on the hard ground while closing her eyes.
it was a first for her to live like this but it was better in other ways, she was with others like her, able to trust them and sleep without worrying.

Blake sat down on the ground and pulled his short sword out, the weapon glowed slightly as he coursed his magic trough it, they did not had a fire so they had to do with this

Keela was tired but she felt guilty leaving Blake up by himself. She glanced over at Runa who was out already and smiled a bit, glad the girl was resting she looked back over to Blake and scooted closer before laying down and looking at him and his sword. ”Tell me about your sword?” she asked, eyes half open as she watched him. She wanted to ask about his people, but would wait til he opened up about them on his own. Her heavy eyelids begged to close but she was waiting for him to talk til she would drift off.

Blake looked at Keela and exhaled.
"the sword is not much, just a weapon I use as a medium for my magic, and currently letting the magic glow of the blade to create some light, since we dont have a campfire"

Blake looked at the weapon while in thought and trying to be not in thought as they were not pretty.
In the mean time he had transformed his ears into panther ears so that he could listen much better to what was around them, same for his eyes being panther eyes and able to see in the dark.

The scanner came back into the building as silent as it had gone out. Zmerr took it to another room so that it's light wouldn't wake Ren. He pushed the replay button and the room filled with blue light. The light built images of trees and people. In all blue, it was hard to identify if the people were human, but Zmerr had the distinct feeling the weren't. One definitely was a magic user, as his sword seemed to glow, making the rest of the image a little blurry.

Zmerr turned the machine off and went to his bedside. He grabbed his plasma pistol and headed outside to see these newcomers. He was prepared to greet them or kill them if necessary. He came upon the little band of stragglers with his pistol up, ready to be used if need be.

Ren became increasingly worried as she watched Zmerr grab his pistol and head outside. Slowly she rose from where she had slept and followed Zmerr to the door, waiting for him to go out first. She had no idea what was out there but she figured he could handle the situation better than she could.

Suddenly Blake heard a sound.
His Panther eyes quickly took sight in the nights darkness of a small humanoid.. goblin??
It was a strange sight and clearly it was even less human then Blake was, he could not judge about Runa as it was unclear what she was or could do..
Still he thing had a weapon.

Blake quickly stood up and took a firm hold of his sword while pulling it back next to his head while his muscles shifted to that of a panther, it would give a strange look to his upper body as he was not wearing his shirt, but he could move fast enough that the little man would miss him if he moved a muscle.
If the man became a thread, then he could move quickly and trust his sword to let out a sharp magic arrow to the man.
"Wake up, we got company" Blake said to the girls hoping they would wake up by him.
"I see you little man, and I see the gun, we outnumber you 3 to 1 so dont try anything funny, we wont either if you dont, were just here to check out something we heard today and are not human"

The ball was in his court now

"Um, excuse me, Do you mind camping somewhere else or telling me why you chose this particular location? Your talking has interrupted my sleep." Zmerr said, almost sarcastically to the man with the glowing sword. He seemed to be the only one awake. "This place is not safe. It also happens to be my home. What could be so important that you need investigate?"

Keela listened, giving a soft ‘mhm’ as Blake explained. ”Tell me more about your magic,” she asked, interested, but her eyes wouldn’t hold open before she fell asleep, curling up with her mouth open as she slept in the cool of the air. In her sleep, Keela’s spirit travelled out of her body, walking around in the spiritual realm. As she did, she saw a strange little creature walking around with what looked like a toy pistol, awfully close to where she and her friends rested. She frowned, and then felt her spirit being dragged back to her body as Blake yelled for them to get up. Keela’s eyes fluttered open as she stood up quickly, tilting her head in the direction of the little creature who spoke out to them. ”We heard a siren go off and were curious if there was anyone else on the island that made the noise. Was it you?” she asked, not coming off threatening or upset in the slightest.

"It was. I had an issue with an intruder." Zmerr looked at the girl. "He got into my home and I needed to get him out. There are others on the island and I strongly recommend a different place to spend the night. This place is no where near safe at night. I've managed to scare away a lot of the little predators, but there are few larger things that I just couldn't shake." Zmerr said, sincerely worrying about the people's safety. He didn't know enough about them to just let them in, so he didn't even bother to tell them about where he lived. He'd had enough visitors for one night.