**Saber - The Restaurant District, Yggdrasil** ... All you can eat... As long as the food was good, this sounded like the ultimate blessing to Saber. She had not previously been taken to such a restaurant, likely due to Rin believing she would never leave if the food was good. For a few moments, Saber drifted towards the buffet. But then something felt... off. There was something wrong... Saber's Instinct skill could pick up on imminent danger, and she felt it. She could feel it... The catwalks. Above the restaurants there ran a series of maintenance catwalks. The danger was there. Any moment now it would strike... so badly did she want to call her armor and Excalibur and take them down immediately, but there were so many civilians and she could tell they were armed. The attack would be in seconds and there was no time to waste. Light erupted around Saber's body as her clothing seemed to dissipate, replaced by gleaming armor crafted from pure prana. Light swirled and the Noble Phantasm Excalibur conjured itself into her hands, however obscured by the sheath of Invisible Air. She couldn't delay any longer. Running towards the nearby crowd, she cried out. "There's armed intruders on the catwalks, find cover and stay down!" The food would have to wait. They had to make sure the civilians were safe. Meanwhile, the young man trying desperately to explain the currency, along with the girl at the counter and the rest of the crowd, was quick to dive for cover at the warning of a UMMA agent. The dark figure swore. He'd just been about to trigger the attack, how did that agent know?! --- **The Hanger, Shadow Eternity Headquarters** "... I see," began the Leader. "In that case-" Almost immediately a whining alarm rang out through the base. Oh dear. Time to cut this short. "... Take care of it, will you?" And with that, Shadow Eternity's Leader turned and walked out. She had matters to attend to. --- **Black Rock Shooter - Client World 576143290-B** Every time one of the creatures died, its body was only briefly of blood, flesh, and bone. Moments later it would simply erupt into what could only be called ashes. Black Rock Shooter narrowed her eyes and kept firing. They seemed to simply pour from the buildings without pause, dozens and dozens of them spilling out of the ruins without any regard for the ones who had died. A single shot sufficed to kill any of them, but there were so many... the otherself fired blast after blast, and yet still more came fourth. One appeared to her side, and its arms lashed out grotesquely, stretched and latching onto her thin waist before she could react. They pulled away, twisting her as she did! Black Rock Shooter's eyes widened, she couldn't aim at it this close... and so instead she thrust out her right hand! In a flash of blue, the deep black katana known as Black Blade appeared as she was twisted around to face the creature. Its black eyes were larger then before... and horribly, the slit along its stomach opened and revealed its true nature. Lined with teeth, and with nothing but darkness inside, it was actually a mouth. When Black Rock Shooter drove Black Blade inside of it, it collapsed into ashes. As they came to perceive the newly-arrived woman, when she killed one of them, they all suddenly... Stopped. Each and every one came to a dead halt where it stood. Even if this meant they died, they did not so much as move. "..." The otherself looked around. What was going on?

Gintoki stood ther and blinked, scratching his head at Saber's sudden response. "Er... I know you like food and all, but isn't clearing the place out to get there a bit much? That magical girl act you put on doesn't make things better or anything..." Sighing, Gintoki glanced at the catwalks and noticed the slightest hint of a figure moving about. Huh. She wasn't joking, it seemed. Drawing his wooden blade, Gintoki pointed it at the intruder and shouted. "If you're going to attack somewhere, don't attack the restaurants, you jackass! At least give us a chance to buy some food before a fight, dammit!" ------ Suwako shuddered as she noticed the creatures' 'mouths' open up. That kind of thing just did not... Shouldn't exist. Whatever god designed this pitiful creature should seriously be stripped of their powers and position and cast away into oblivion. Readying another few rings in her hand, Suwako was surprised to see all of the... Things stop moving. That wasn't a good sign to her- such erratic movements could only mean something worse was going to pop up. Cancelling the activation of the card that was still shredding through the creatures, Suwako called out to the rest of the party as she floated downwards. "Everyone, hold off for a second!" she shouted, clapping her hands together and placing them on the ground. A few moments later, the sand besides them began to shake. From beneath the parting sands came a large sandstone tower. Crude as it seemed, fighting from what was effectively below the enemy was disadvantageous. If they were going to stop, then it was definitely time to try and move into a better position. Using a rock to catapult herself onto the tower, Suwako readied herself to continue the onslaught if the need arose. ------ Dio shot a sidelong glance at Ridley in contempt, not actually afraid of the blade pointed at his head. It looked menacing to the average person, sure, but to him it was simply an oversized kitchen knife swung around on the tail of a giant metal dragon... Thing. He wasn't really sure what to call Ridley, exactly. But as the leader left the area, Dio casually moved away from Ridley's tail and into Blackout, smiling at the metal creature contemptuously. "I do believe our priorities have been reassigned... To some extent. Relocating to the facility now would be in our best interests, given the current state of affairs." he stated as he took a seat in the helicopter. "If there was any more doubt in your mind, that should've cleared it away. Time is of the essence now, after all."

**Cinder Fall - Cinder's Vessel** The state her dress was now in as a result of Charlotte earned a grimace from the Semi-Witch, but it was one easily solved as she snapped, her eyes flaring bright orange, and the affected parts burst into life, fire burning away both the drool and food, before subsiding back to inactivity once more. That was one of the beauties of having your clothes made from Dust, easy maintenance. Not that it made what Charlotte had done any more amusing. She was then distracted by, again, Charlotte, dancing around on the console hitting various switches and buttons, and while most of it was fairly harmless, she did have to keep the young Witch from accidentally activating the self destruct, or something similarly dangerous for the survival of both of them. She didn't want to put to the test whether she could survive hard vacuum just yet. "Yes, it is," she confirmed as she looked out the viewport. "Now, I'm flying as fast as I can. Please stop jumping on the controls." It was a halfhearted effort, but it was better than nothing. And it probably would help them get there sooner if there was no interference, which was also probably a bit much to expect from her companion. But it would be worth it once they got into the fight. In fact, they weren't aiming for the star itself, but the fourth planet in the system, a barely habitable desert world skirting the edge of the Goldilocks Zone, which had the effect of not many people living there due to the cold temperatures. The main item of interest though was an outpost that had been set up by the Kzinti, and then appropriated when the Kzinti lost (yet another) war against humanity. It had been placed near Slaver ruins, those same ruins where they had found the device Cinder so wanted. And given that it was a research installation, she didn't expect much of a fight. Drawing near, she activated the cloak as she streaked for the planets atmosphere, the teardrop shaped ship becoming wrapped in a field that would keep them invisible as they got in range of the facility. "Not long now," she told Charlotte as they entered the planet's atmosphere. Indeed, no it would not, and she was already looking forward to the fight. --- **Nono - Restaurant District, Yggdrasil** Giving a small mental fist pump at her success, Nono grinned at Gintoki before following after Saber at a similar pace, looking forward to the time that would be spent with people she cared about a great deal. There wasn't anything better in the universe after all, and given a lack of other things to do, this was as good as anything. She noticed the subtle signs, but wasn't expecting it as Saber shifted, Nono watching in near awe as armor appeared in the place of regular clothes, and her 'older sister' ran in, warning them about an attack, and beginning the effort of getting the civilians to safety. The android took a moment to appreciate that, running through the parallels between Lal'c and Saber, with the devotion to others, and how calmly she handled situations such as this. That took mere moments before Nono swung into action as well, not even having to look to confirm what had been said, and she shifted as well. A visor emerged from the nodes on the side of her head, covering her eyes in a protective orange that allowed her a greater range of vision than normal, while her usual orange outfit was shed for a red and white jumpsuit, mirrors visible on her elbows and chest. Her hair flamed bright orange as she stood there in combat mode, before the thrusters in her legs activated, allowing her to power up to the rafters where the intruders where. Coming up level with them, she stopped, arms folded, as batteries of lasers slid out from her legs. "Terran Imperial Space Fleet, Solar System Direct Assistance Battalion Attache, Sixth Generation Interstellar Cruising Decisive Weapon, Buster Machine Number 7! Surrender immediately, or I will use force." Right now, she wasn't a carefree girl, she was an arbiter of death and justice, a machine made for war that now looked the part in all her frightful glory. And if they refused, she meant every word.

Multiverse awareness... "I have heard rumours of this, but I did not believe it. A branch of the Inquisition that deals with threats to the Imperium from beyond time and space." He had no idea of their name, but it would make sense that she meant them. "I apologize for bursting into here without your permission, but I must be getting back to my people. They aren't very smart, and are prone to doing stupid things when ill omens fall on them. If I know Grimnar, then at this moment, he's probably leading an invasion of the Sun..." He sighed. "If you get me back to my people, then I will try to assist you along the way." He said.

## Charlotte - Cinder's Vessel Face almost integrated to the windshield, the witch moved from left to right in order to absorb the magnificence of the multiple globes floating around that huge ball of heat. As the ship started to suffer turbulence from the impact against the atmosphere, Charlotte promptly jumped on her seat and fastened her seat belt in order to avoid another dumb accident. "**Weeeeeeeeeeeee!**" Yelled the little doll in glee, so joyous to finally have some fun in the gloomy hands of Shadow Eternity. She waited a few moments until the atmosphere was pierced and the shaking would stop before jumping back on the control panel, but this time avoiding the various keys Cinder told her to not touch. All of a sudden a from dressed as a young Shaquille O'Neil in a bad movie popped over her head and took a rather large space. It made absolutely no sense and the image didn't move, it was just very bizarre. It had blocked Cinder's view of the windshield for a few seconds however. "**Am I going to eat Cheese people?!**" She asked so innocently, though in reality she was wondering if she was going to have to eat some people either to kill them quickly or to clean up some evidence. Indeed, she was also useful to eat literally ANYTHING, making her more than efficient in cleaning up crime scenes when attention wasn't what Cinder had in mind.

**Raiden and Blade Wolf - Corridor, UMMA Vessel Tanngrisnir** "Dlanor, you've got this, I'm on the heat sigs." Raiden quickly dashed off again, Blade Wolf tailing behind. "The presence of all these targets appearing suddenly is alarming." Blade Wolf commented. "Yeah, apparently the UMMA likes to make their defenses out of rice paper." Raiden answered as they rushed to the scene of the new heat sigs. Hopefully they weren't missiles or something. Before turning the corner, they'd use AR mode to have their radar, IR, and other techniques scan the room for them and get an idea of what was in there.

Shadow Eternity Main Hangar: ---- Immediately after the vampire entered the helicopter it began to change. The windows began shading until the outside was barely even visible, and the engine suddenly started. It was completely powered up within seconds, and the noise of the air intakes created a rumbling whine. The area around the engines was distorted from the incredible power of the engine, and anything behind the behemoth would be blasted with extreme winds. Inside the cabin, the noise was equally loud. With the way the vampire entered, he would find himself in the cargo hold. Although it appeared a little compact, there were rows of seats on either side. There was even numerous pairs of headsets for the passengers to use. Meanwhile, outside the vehicle, it began moving towards the doors of the hangar. As it neared, the rotors activated, making the noise in the hangar even louder. The classic thumping sound of a large helicopter roared throughout the space, as the blades turned through the air. By the time the flying machine reached the entrance, they were spinning at full speed, and the helicopter seemed rather light on its wheels. It was then that the doors opened. As soon as it was large enough for the helicopter to pass through, the massive machine rolled forward. From the Cliff's side the hangar doors of the Shadow Eternity base opened, and Blackout appeared to be rolling to his doom. Moments before the wheels rolled off the edge, the helicopter took flight, rising into the air and towards the threat that his leader had pointed out. Blackout could detect the alien ship, and already was sending out electronic assaults. His signature move was to cause the enemy to experience a blackout moments before he attacked. Should his assaults succeed, the enemy would be left blind and confused as he attacked, allowing him to gain total control over the battle. He also made sure to cut off the foreign vessels communication, so that they couldn't tell any potential allies where the Shadow Eternity base was. It would also make it harder for them to coordinate their defense. **”It shall take a minute to reach the target. It would be wise to prepare, insect.”** Should the insect have placed the headset on, he would have heard Blackout’s voice. The alien robot spoke in English this time, although it still sounded alien. There was no distinct human accent that could be identified, and it vaguely sounded as if a computer were trying to speak. However, it did still succeed in sounding very intimidating. ----- ((I can only pray that I got nothing too terribly wrong with this post))

Dio casually took a seat inside the cargo, putting on a headset within before moving to activate a small transport pad that was set up inside Blackout. Hearing Blackout's voice in English was a bit... Strange, but the priority here was the assault on the ship. "Understood. I'll be boarding the ship once you're in range." Dio stated in return as he cracked his knuckles and his head before glancing at the monitor within. Just as he expected, the ship was much larger than any vessel he was used to, which meant taking out all of the intruders would probably be difficult. All the same, though, they were probably just humans- humans with advanced technology, but humans nonetheless. Pressing a few buttons on the interface of the teleporter, Dio sat by and waited for a signal.

**Zyland Bannon- CMS Terra Nova, Fore Station** "Sh**! What was that?" Isaac's voice suddenly came through on the RIGLink. After several power surges went through the ship, and the communicatoons went offline, it was reasonable to elieve that they were under attack. "We have an enemy transport approaching the ship." Carver said, then added in exasperation. "What the... It's a da** helicopter!" "Well, shoot it down!" Isaac yelled back. "Our defenses aren't responding!" And the little that are aren't hitting it." "Hand over all controls to me and deal with them! Zyland, how are we on ShockSpace?" "The drive is more unstable than I thought. Give me time to get this operational. If we jump again, we'll come apart midshock." Zyland responded. They were in quite the pickle here. He needed to work faster. There was a moment before Isaac responded again. "Carver, hand all controls over to me and get down to the hangar. I've already got twenty andro-troopers down there, but whatever is coming probably won't be fazed by them." Another pause ensued. "Guys, be careful, and listen close for any situation changes. We may have lost long-range comms, but we can still talk to each other. Zyland nodded. Not that he expected Isaac to here him, but because it was sone wise advice. He wasn't sure about much, but he was sure that anyone who tried to cone to the fore station was getting cut iff at the tram. They needed these supplies if thy were going to get out of there alive. There may not be many potential killers coming now, but if they took too long, they could find themselves neck deep in trouble.

Using his scanners, and the fact he wasn't shot down yet, Blackout could tell that his initial attack was indeed successful. However, rather then gloat in victory, he continued the fight. He sent a second attack on their now confused defenses, with the intent to completely annihilate any chances for them to recover in the immediate future. Meanwhile, he increased his speed as he rapidly approached the enemy vessel. Scanning the target, Blackout quickly identified points of interest. Weapons, and power sources were his targets, as well as areas that could disrupt the movement of the crew inside. With his scan complete he launched a series of missiles, causing his helicopter form to shudder slightly. He had no idea if they'd be intercepted or not, but it was merely a test of their potential. Two missiles flew towards the engines of the ship, while another two headed towards the ship's bridge. A third set of two also headed towards the spine of the vessel in an effort to further disorient the crew by disabling a transportation system he had detected. Although the vampire had expressed interest in reaching out to them earlier, Blackout merely sought to eliminate them. His current efforts could clearly be seen as such, not that he cared. Once he was done neutralizing the threat, the vampire would be allowed to make friends with the survivors. Of course, he'd eliminate said survivors if they didn't come over to their side.

**Isaac Clarke- CMS Terra Nova, Bridge** Isaac almost chuckled at the effort to take out their ship. He had to admit that he wished he had pulse-proofed every inch of the vessel, but the Brethren Moons never gave him much time to do what he wanted. His ships sensors were a utility which he highly prioritized, and they remained unaffected from the pulse attack. He used the refitted heavy-duty Contact Beams on the ship to shoot down the few incoming missiles with ease. He then turned fire in the lone helicopter that approached them. "High tech assault capabilities for a helicopter. Let's see if you have the same level of defense." He said, charging up and firing several Contact Beams at the seemingly primitive aerial vehicle.

"Hm... I guess there's no need for a signal, then..." Dio said, taking off the headset as he saw Blackout rapidly approach the ship from the monitor. Staking to his feet, Dio calmly walked to the teleporter and activated it. Seconds later, he was sent straight into the ship's interior- where exactly it was, he wasn't entirely sure. But the presence of mechanical troops pointing their weapons at him, coupled with the general appearance of the area, made it seem like they were expecting him. "Hm. This is the best they could do?" he asked, casually sending out The World before diving into the fray. The robots immediately began firing, but Dio leaped into the air far above before having The World pummel about five of them into scrap before he landed. Ignoring the rest of the robots, Dio shot himself at the nearest gateway, kicking it in before moving deeper in. "Now then... I guess I'll just wander around until I find their cargo bay..." he said to himself as he continued down the walkway.

**John Carver- CMS Terra Nova hallways** Carver walked at a rapid, steady pace down the hallway. He had his acid-laced chain gun with a rocket launcher under-barrel shouldered, and he was also lugging around a contact beam with a ripper under-barrel. The contact beam would charge up and fire extremely high-intensity lasers at a target, and the ripper launched large circular saw blades through the air at incredible speed- about half that if a bullet. He also had his Hydraulic Blade, a sword with a retractable blade of blue energy based off of hydraulic tools. Atop all this, he had his suit powers and grenades- both flash and stasis. Using frag grenades in some of this ship's close-quarters areas would funnel the shrapnel and create potentially terrible situations. "Carver, unidentified entity moving right at you. They just... Appeared in the ship!" Isaac warned with haste. "Teleportation? Oh, you have got to be f-" Carver's sentence was cut short when he rounded the corner and came face to face with a blond man in a flashy yellow suit. The moment he saw the guy, he got a major chill down his spine. He shouldn't reason with him. This guy was out to get them, and so was whoever was piloting that helicopter. Carver raised his chain gun and fired bullets at an incredibly high rate, all of them laced with acid, at the man, saying not one word- a sign if his experience as a soldier.

Blackout was rather disappointed with the insect. The fool had left behind the headset, and his only form of communication with Blackout. He was now entirely on his own, with no way for the massive Decepticon to assist. Not that he wanted to. Before he could continue his attacks, however, he felt a great push from somewhere on his chassis. It was as if a sizable cybertronian jet had rammed him, though not fatal it did hurt. He immediately identified the source, and opted to respond with his own attack. Turning towards the threat, one of his energy cannons took aim. Firing, it unleashed a blue wave of energy that would incinerate and repel anything that it touched. If it didn't severely damage the target area, it would definitely give it an insanely powerful shock wave. As he awaited the result, he found himself rather annoyed. He would rather not reveal his true form to these insects. However, with the existence of such a weapon, he was worried he might have to unleash his full strength. He would not hesitate to completely destroy them.

Dio stared at the man coming at him and sighed. "Looks like diplomacy is out of the question..." he said under his breath as he punched a hole in the wall with The World and ducked into it as the bullets whizzed by. Quickly punching alongside his Stand, Dio rapidly moved forward before punching a hole in the wall next to the man... And, conveniently enough, through the wall as well. "You do realize that you are completely outclassed here... Correct?" he asked, kicking a piece of metal debris into the wall next to the man. "We could talk here, but I'm afraid that you'll refuse on the spot. All I want is to retrieve the goods that you so casually stole from us."

When the... creatures appeared, Masamune had been rather relieved. No more strange people. No more questions. Right now, there was just one thing that mattered. It was a fight. When the monsters charged, Masamune was full of life and ready to fight. Even as the others brought out their own, strange weapons Masamune pulled out his six swords, the dragon's claws. He did battle as he knew how to, slicing and slaying all in his path. However, it was then that the enemies did something that he found his opponents had a very annoying tendency to do. They stopped. Ceasing his battle, the dance of death that he brought upon the creatures, he simply stopped. Keeping his swords in is hand, he simply watched, ready to continue should hostilities continue. While he whistled at the tower that rose from the sand, it was now one of many wonders he would have to process later.

**Blake - Crew Corridor, UMMA Vessel _Tanngrisnir_** Blake's frown turned into almost a scowl as the intruder just spat slurs and defiance, tempted to shut him up with a swift kick to the head. That train of thought was interrupted as her communicator sounded. _Oh no... _ "Jaune, keep him still for me." Blake growled, bending down to rifle through the man's pockets. Her shadow clone blurred and shimmered out of existence, but was quickly replaced by another, also holding its sword against the man's neck in a mute echo to Jaune's threat. "We need to restrain him, and wait for our backup, then we should head to the cargo bay too."

**John Carver, CMS Terra Nova hallways** "The supplies _we_ stole?" Carver asked, his tone implying that he thought the man's statement was absolutely ridiculous. "You mean the supplies your lessers wiped out a small mining company to get, then stole themselves?" He asked. The demand was completely crazy, even this guy had to admit. Just as Carver was getting ready to show him why he wasn't outclassed, he decided to take a shot at diplomacy. "You wanna talk, we'll talk, but the supplies are out of the question."

**Cinder Fall, Cinder's Vessel** Cinder rode out the turbulence with casual disregard, bouncing along with the jolts and impacts, yet lacking the excitement that Charlotte had for their arrived. For all the strange things she had experienced out in the multiverse, this sort of thing had become surprisingly mundane for her. And it helped that she was busy focusing on the mission ahead. She had a sense of priorities after all. As the ride smoothed out, she angled them towards the facility, only to have to deal with Charlotte on the console once more, the more annoying portion bit being those strange thought bubbles of hers, which actually succeeded in obscuring her view in this case. She was still unsure how the creature managed to do that, but fortunately it didn't last long, and she managed to avoid crashing into anything short of their destination. "That is a possibility," she replied to the question, unwilling to commit until they had entered and gotten a taste of what they were dealing with. She wasn't expecting much resistance from a bunch of scientists. They came in for a landing then, legs extending from the body of the vessel as it settled to the ground next to the facility, the cloak deactivating at the same time. Cinder had no doubt, as she rose from her seat, that alarms were going off, and her comm could pick up panicked demands to know who she was, but she paid them no mind. For now, she focused on the facility itself. It was modular, prefabricated, extending from here to the ruins that had been found, with living quarters, a small hangar bay, and some research labs. Not overly large, but it was apparent that somebody had put some money into this place, once upon a time. Cinder smirked as the ramp lowered and she exited the ship into the frigid air, the Dust that coursed through her veins keeping her nice and warm. A pity that that money would go to waste. She strode up to the nearest door, drawing out a vial of red powder which she opened and tossed at the seal on the door. She let that settle before her eyes flared yellow, and the Dust lit, seal explosively blasted away with the door, and the duo were able to enter the facility, not immediately attacked as the inhabitants scrambled to react. Stepping in confidently, Cinder glanced down to her Witch. "Charlotte dear, make sure they don't bother me. They shouldn't give you much trouble." That said, she strode off to begin her search for the Slaver power source.

## Charlotte - The Research facility Charlotte skipped next to Cinder's warm being as she didn't feel as cold as the average Joe would. She has consumed enough matter to make her metabolism heat her body enough to withstand such merciless weather. Musical notes were flying over the gleeful Charlotte who was more than happy to raid this place and possibly find the solution to her cheese problem. I this were a few months back, she would question eating people, for the core of her mind was not malicious in any way, but she got used to consuming them and treating them as basic foods. Once the door exploded, she jumped through the smoke along with her colleague to finally penetrate the area considered restricted by outsiders. Many of the nearby scientists were still staggering from the recent explosion, a couple of them lying either dead or unconscious, and security wasn't too far away from what anyone could tell. The alarm was probably not just decor, and security protocols were being announced through the intercoms of the facility. "**You're so noisy Cinder! You drive fast and you're loud! You need a timeout after this!**" She stuck her tongue out at the woman as she was giving the order to cover her. The little witch obviously nodded in response, keeping an eye on the frightened lab coats. It was only when the couple entered an area with many rows of desks that a security employee would have some sort of plasma weapon pointed at them. He shouted 'FREEZE' like the typical on-duty cop he appeared to be. Behind him were two scientists, one also wielding a conventional pistol pointed at the duo as well while the last one just hid behind the figure of authority. "**Booouuuuuh! Get out of the way! Cinder needs to pee!**" She randomly screamed, trying to give what she believed to be a good reason for the men to move aside and let Cinder pass unharmed. Though the attempt was innocent and valiant, the shivering guard stared down at the little creature, unsure as to what he should think of it. A speaking doll wasn't something they could see every day. The scientist, angered and obviously impatient, mercilessly shot the little witch right at the head, pushing the little critter slightly back. Of course, Cinder would know this wouldn't be enough to even frighten Charlotte. The witch quickly jumped back on her feet and the three men were left flabbergasted. 'Impossible, kill them!'. While the first shots were directed at Charlotte, the instant the officer turned his gun to the occupied Cinder, Charlotte stepped in. "**I said she's gotta PEE!**" AT that very instant, Charlotte's teeth had gotten larger, and then all they could see was a shadow closing on them in a flash. They were quite close, making the jump much easier. As one screamed 'Hol-' that very shadow had sealed itself on them, accompanied by a vile crunching sound all too familiar to killers like Cinder and Charlotte. The second after that chomp, the shadow, which was Charlotte's gargantuan mouth taking the form of a gaping maw with jagged teeth, slowly returned. Half of the officer's body was missing, the armed scientist had his arm and head devoured while the unarmed scientist had the upper half of his head taken away. The bite was swift and wan't messy, making all the amputations sliced clean like a sword was responsible of this. The half released maw had finished crunching the remaining pieces stuck in its gums, only opening once more to burp a green steam. It released a high level of heat from both the bodies but mostly the plasma weapon she had consumed from the officer. "**Mmmmm, not as good as Neapolitan cakes~ But I want desserts!**" She whined, looking around for some desserts. The scientists lurking around were left terrified of the small being who just consumed their people. By then she had returned to normal, but the upcoming security guards were just as frightened as the researchers. When Charlotte turned to face them, assuming they would be of an annoyance to Cinder, she kept a fixated stare at them. "**Do you guys have cakes?! OR CHEESE?!**" She asked them, obviously ready to eat not matter the outcome. However, it was only a question of what (or who). --- ## Meta-Ridley - The Hangar Unhappy with Dio's carefree, almost arrogant behavior. It was obvious that man had a superiority thing, something he more than likely shared with Ridley in this case. However Ridley couldn't stand the blandness of it, especially calling his superiors that way. Lowering his tail as things calmed down, it appeared that the leader had bailed on the metallic without even taking in his input. At first, Ridley didn't really understand that reaction, believing that maybe she had a special way of considering very interesting factors. But it became apparent that she wasn't coming back, that along with the alarm sounding, Ridley's patience was evidently being tested. The beast clenched its teeth before turning the opposite way, back toward the Medic. As he reached hos personal maintenance machine, he clicked on a specific key with his tail in order to prepare his own space pirate ship. He gestured the Medic to enter the now activated ship with his head. "**How about a little field trip? I can assure many interesting specimens inbound.**" He asked the doctor giving him food for thought as the machine warmed up a bit. Meanwhile, the cyborg alien had used his neural chips to enter the organization's communication system. By doing so, he could contact the available members he desired. He didn't want too many with him, so he considered maybe an oddball he could tolerate for such a delicate task. Once selected, the targeting individual's earphone communication system would be activated. "**Hisoka. We're starting the operation now. You have one minute to get in this hangar.**" He ordered his apparent colleague, one who had planned this operation with beforehand. Hisoka was a lying, unpredictable individual who could only lead to trouble. Luckily for Ridley, he'd have a strong respect for strong individuals and wouldn't be too devious when his interest was concerned. The dragon awaited impatiently from the clown, ready to begin their little job the boss so kindly forgot to approve.