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Shou followed closely behind Cer as the two headed toward where the reapers liked to reside. She had become a bit more attached to Cer since she had been staying with her for a few weeks. Anytime there was a sign of danger Shou did not hesitate to be the first to attack. The harpies would screech and try to defend themselves after they thought would be an easy attack, but Shou and Cer took them out. Cer could probably tell that Shou had a different attitude about her when it came to being out in a dangerous place. Her focus was all around her, as she tuned into her environment to protect herself and her friend. She let out a long sigh as they got closer to their destination. Cer seemed to have a bit of a different attitude as well. The ghostly flames about her were more aggressive. This was no time to fool around.

Shou spread her wings and forced herself up into the air. Her big silver wings carried her up high and away from the reaper that was trying to attack her. A few others saw her fly, and so they began to pursue her too. As they swung their scythes and fired at her, she twisted and dodged through the air, continuing to fly around them. She remembered what Cer had taught her. These things werent going to go down by her own attacks. The only way was to either deflect their attacks, or use a scythe like theirs. But... Shou had an idea. She was a very fast flier, and as she moved she timed herself and their shots fired perfectly into attacking each other. This worked for two or the reapers that attacked her. One left. It stood still and watched her as she landed. Its red glowing eyes staring her down. Her wings spread, she took an aggressive stance. Cer came up from behind, slashing the last one that had attacked them both. It vanished into a black mist like the others. Good. Hopefully there wasnt any others. It was time to get out while they still could.

Shou took the towel in her hand and motioned with her hands toward the bathroom. "Im going to go shower. I shouldnt be too long." She threw the towel over her shoulder and entered the bathroom. It was very large and quite lovely. It reminded her of the bath that her and Eve had at their own home. Stripping down Shou turned on the hot water, which soon caused the room to be covered in steam. She covered herself in the hot water, and scrubbed herself very clean. The hot water felt so good, and it soothed her aches and sore muscles she didnt know were sore until she began to relax. Leaning her head against the shower wall she sighed and closed her eyes. The steam and hot water calmed her down so much, she felt like she could fall asleep.

Deep within the confines of an old laboratory, various monitors and computer equipment began to flicker on as a mysterious signal was intercepted, its source calculated as somewhere outside of Cydon's orbit. As the lab came to life, many small scouting and maintenance drones entered and began running scans and cleanup procedures, as the lab had been dormant for quite some time. The arrival of the signal had also caused a cloud of what appeared to be dust at first but had been analyzed by one of the maintenance drones as a colony of billions of 'nanytes', to rise from the floor and walls, converging together near a storage tank filled with a glowing blue liquid. Floating within the liquid was a female lifeform, humanoid in appearance but missing her arms and legs. One of the scouting drones flew next to the tank and used the console next to it to initiate a drain and activation of the tank system. Once the blue liquid had been completely drained from the tank, the glass hatch slowly opened to reveal the limbless woman. The cloud of nanytes approached the woman and split into four large clusters, each one forming into metallic legs and arms, and attatched themselves onto the four appropriate sockets on her torso.

As her headpiece received the incoming signal, her eyes slowly opened. Her red eyes flashed on and her pupils rotated as her sight focused and sharpened. She raised one of her arms, which had been formed from one of the nanyte colonies, and clenched her fist. Finding that she had full control of her newly formed limbs, she stepped out from the tank she had been sleeping in and looked around. The lab looked unfamiliar to her, but before she could calculate her location, the signal had caught her attention. As she analyzed it, a small smile crept upon her lips. An old friend was summoning her outside of Cydon, and she felt she had slept long enough. As she exited the lab, she found she wasn't the only one who had received the signal, as several of the staff who had worked in the complex were already directing her toward what appeared to be a loading bay with numerous docked ships. Several of the staff were giving her nervous glances, with the male workers blushing and pointing at her. Looking down at herself, she found that outside of her metallic arms and legs, she was bare. She turned and glared as another cloud of nanytes flew into the loading bay, immediately rushing to her and swirling around her form. As the cloud converged on her, it formed into a flowing blue and black dress. Before she had time to look herself over, one of the chief of staff approached her and briefed her on what was going on.

"Unit 93N0C-YD3, code name 'Vex', your presence is requested to aid in a scouting mission. You will be delivered to the planet Trilune, where unit 047CRD, code name 'Nyx' is waiting for you. Are you all set?"

With a nod and an eager grin, 'Vex' was escorted onto an awaiting transport, where she was clamped down and put into stasis. Once the remaining preparations were complete, the ship was lauched into orbit, flying past the many spanning cities of the cybernetic planet. As Vex slumbered once more, she awaited the sight of her old friend Nyx, who would likely be the first thing she saw once she awoke from stasis.