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"Ah don't worry about it Princess, Leon," said Aldan. "After all, Asura will be fully responsible for the Princess's safety for the operation and the rest of her stay. Which brings us back to the objective at hand. After a short discussion and from the current situtation, we have decided to push up the infiltration to now. Leon, you will lead a team consisting of yourself, the Princess Rowena, Asura, and Kanita." He pronounced Kanita with a reversal of the a and the i, making it sound more like Kinata. "The operation will begin immediately."

"All hands, brace for battle. We will join the battle effective as of now," said Kinata. "All escort vessels standby and hold your positions." She paused for a moment before continuing, bringing her arm up for emphasis. "Nightingale, moving out." The Nightingale broke formation and headed back towards the mountains. The escort vessels regrouped to fill the gap and held their positions. "Sonia, status?"

"Only a rough estimate. The control center should be in the lower portion of the mountains, more towards the coastline than not as the obvious location would be further away from the coast and in the center of the mountain range. You'll have get the layout of the place from inside the base," informed Sonia. She had a screen open to the side, informing another of the information as well.

"Please proceed directly to the hanger immediately. We'll use a fast shuttle to drop all of you off," concluded Aldan. "And you," said Aldan, referring to Asura, "will wait for the Princess and are not to stray out of her or Leon's sight at all times." He didn't like Asura's tone. It was more than just out of line, it was just too...off.

Kinata's eye twitched and she turned to face Aldan. "Aldan you a**! You did that intentionally!" She was glaring at Aldan, and not quite too happy with it."

"And no you're not going anywhere without her or Leon coming or going with you, unless you're on shore leave, to which it'll be Leon's responsibility," replied Aldan calmly, dismissing Kinata's complaint altogether. "If it's so important, I can send someone to get it for you."

"Someone call my name?" A girl, dressed almost identically to Kinata had entered the bridge. The only difference notable were her hair length, bare eye and outfit color difference. She glanced over at Kinata and smiled. "I heard everything from Sonia, Onee-chan."

"Oh, there you are Kanita," said Aldan in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Well then sister, mind sticking an answer to why we pretty much want him out of our sights?" asked Kinata with a simile.

"Of course, Onee-chan," replied Kanita in a smooth tone, "because he's simply trash that can't be of any good use without being pressed into a environment of people that hate him."

"Seriously Kanita. Please," she added. The answer had drawn a relaxed smile from her though and she really didn't mind the answer but it was only because the princess was present.

Kanita sighed before speaking. "Orders from the Emperor, and since what he says goes, pretty much we're stuck with this freeloader. After all, he doesn't do much to contribute around here outside of what he has to do, which isn't much to begin with. And the one who launched without orders, Ri was it, is sometimes helpful when pressed that is. Otherwise Ri's pretty much the same as Alaska."

"I wonder, how do you kill a dead person?" quipped Kanita. "Do you stab them? Slice them? Shoot them? Smash them? Or use some sort of trickery? Also, we're tolerating you only because we simply can since the last one was more of a nuisance. Didn't you hear? He was found strangled by his own hand and completely devoid of blood. In fact, no one had been in his place or even remotely near it for the whole day. And it wasn't poison either. With that being said. We choose to tolerate you simply because you're not as bad as him. But if you're going to keep up your attitude, we'll make sure you get transferred out into the disposal squad. Mark my words, if anyone dies on our end, you will be held responsible."

Rowena had to keep herself from sighing after seeing that Asura had come back. Things were going to get edgy, she knew it. Asura's attitude -- what Rowena had seen of it so far -- was such that relatively peaceful moments were bound to get shattered. Rowena generally ignored the man's rudeness, and, apart from a soft murmur of gratitude to Leon and a nod. She did not need to get insulted by the others' words. It was only if the other acted against her that the princess would take action.

For the most part she kept quiet, acknowledging with small nods when she was addressed, but pretty much observing everyone as if she was not part of the scene. She tended to do that. Even the explanation that her father -- oh, sorry -- the Emperor was the one who made Asura's admittance into the VSD possible merely garnered a small "I see" from her. Beneath the placid surface, though, Rowena was thinking hard. What could her father have been planning? And with her being sent here, did that have any bearing in the Emperor's plans?

Finally, Rowena chose to clear her throat, tapping the hilt of her sword on the surface of the chair. "Ladies and gentlemen," She started off mildly. "We are in the middle of an operation. Harsh words to each other can wait until it is over. If everyone is ready... Officer Es Mablood, by your leave...?" She smiled faintly in his direction, then gestured towards the door. No, she wasn't nervous. Yet.

"Careful Kanita you never know, I might like that." said Asura smiling following her in the elevator and waited paitently for the princess and Leon

"After you princess" Leon said stepping aside

"So leader you have a idea how we are getting into the base?" Asura asked Leon "Please tell me you at least have a plan."

"We'll discuss the plan on the way down" he replied. After I think of one that is

After both connected he got up and smiled "Maybe we should wait until after the mission before forplay, Love" he brushed himself off "Stop looking at me like that Leon."

Leon look confused at the smiling Asura, He actually liked that he thought He actually by the looks of it LOVES her. "Wow Asura, you are by far the weirdest person I know." he looked to Kanita "Please lets stop it here....save your energy for the mission." he looked to the princess "I think I'll go first, incase they start again." he entered and placed himself between Asura and Kanita.

Leon stumbled out of the way as Kanita's leg started to go towards its.....target. Asura quickly blocked it with his right hand "Thats going a bit to far." he said smiling "Like I said wait until after the mission, and I think its really disrespective to the princess." he said shifting his gaze to her "I'm sorry you had to witness that."