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Deimos was shoved away easily, stumbling several feet before coming to a stop. He frowned and stomped forward again, "Can't you see you're scaring her, Tethys? I know you don't realize it but sometimes you frighten people. Go stand over there." He made a shooing motion before stepping back to Nyx's side, "It's alright, we're not going to hurt you. Well.. again. Just that one time. But that's over now and we'll get you an ice pack. Tethys, fetch me an ice pack."

Nyx could have kept fighting, and if she weren't meant to be captured, she would have. As it was, she kept the struggling to an acceptable minimum, with thrown in growls and glares at the blue haired woman.

It seemed that Lucere was right, Deimos seemed to... have a thing for her... that or he was just unusually nice to his prisoners. Tethys wasn't scaring Nyx--dealing with Nadja, Seth, and the Boss had made it very difficult for someone to actually frighten the scientist. This was probably a mistake.

An icepack would be nice... her head was starting to throb where Tethys' elbow had made friends with her. She'd have said thank you, but, it was their fault she needed one. Besides, if she was nice, they'd think something was up.

Despite her own obvious misgivings, Tethys shot the pair of Grunts a mild warning look and stepped back, taking up a listening stance like some sort of weary gun-wielding chaperone. I am here, her presence said, and I am watching. Factor this into your decision-making process.

The Grunts caught Tethys' look and went back to work.

Deimos blinked. "Well I can't do that, of course. You only just got here. Besides, Tethys and I aren't so bad. Think of all the fun we had in the cave." He nodded, "You remember the cave.. right? We met there. Briefly. I'm sure you remember.." Deimos' smile was starting to falter just slightly. This conversation obviously wasn't going the way he'd planned it in his head. Of course that plan no doubt involved Nyx jumping from the net into his arms.

"Oh-" Remember the mission. "No, no... Of course I remember the cave... you-" Tried to blow up my team, "fixed my rocketdex. With a laser... I use it all the time to- um- laser things..." She had to woo him. She could do this. She woo'd Mau, right? Well, not right. That just sort of happened. But she could do this! For The Boss!

Deimos' second in command seemed used to such disregard. The pale woman counted out a full thirty seconds in her head, then looked at the grunts. "Take us back to base." Left up to Deimos, they'd be out here 'til sunrise.

The awkwardness of Nyx's compliments seemed lost on Deimos. It was clear that any form of positive attention would placate him. He resumed his chipper yammering, talking about most anything that popped in his head.

The flight back to Galactic HQ didn't take too long, despite not being close. The jet was quite fast, carrying them across Kodo with impressive speed. When they arrived it was still mostly dark out, though enough pink had seeped over the horizon to illuminate the area with a subtle glow. The wide rounded windows along both sides of the jet would give Nyx a clear view of Team Galactic's Headquarters. It was an impressive view.

What they'd arrived at wasn't a building. Rather, it was a massive airship. Massive hardly seemed a sufficient word. The looming structure dwarfed everything around it. Of course it would have to, as no doubt it housed all of Deimos' mechs. The gargantuan vessel wasn't shaped like any pokémon. It was smooth and streamlined with a shape somewhere between an airliner and a blimp. Thick wings curved out from the sides, coated in propellers and engines. Lines of windows dotted the ship. The entire structure was painted gloss black; the only hint of color a gleaming gold G on the nose.

Though obviously capable of flight, at the moment it was set down in a large clearing, nestled between surrounding hills. As the jet approached the rear of the vessel opened and a landing strip extended out from it.

"We're home~!" Deimos announced in a sing-song voice, scritching the side of Andre's head. He leaned over to look out the window as the jet entered the rear bay. Soft light flooded around them when they pulled in. Other pokémon-shaped jets and helicopters lined the walls of the large space. Uniformed Galactics scattered around the room looked up to watch the arriving mantine.

"Oh look, Tethys. They rolled the Braviary out." He peered at one of the parked aircraft as they passed it, "That's a day early. Your talk with Star must have been inspiring."

When the jet finally came to a stop the side hatch opened with a hiss. Without having to be asked, the Grunts who had been piloting abandoned the controls and stepped over to help Nyx to her feet. One stood on each side of her to hold her by each arm and escort her outside, Deimos close behind.