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Just when she was about to feel a bit more relaxed, Yakima's comment of 'one or two pieces' just didnt sit right with her. Standing on the doorway she nods then decides to pay a visit to the hangar and her crew who she hasnt really been hanging with for a while (yes she always hangs with them every day) and a few hours away from them has been like days to her.

Lindy steps up to the elevator, the doors slide open then steps in as the doors close behind her, a male's computer voice booms inside the small rectangle box, "Please state your destination", it asked, "Hangar level A please", Lindy answered and the elevator began moving. While the elevator moved she leaned against the wall with her arms behind her and looked up at the numbers that increased.

The elevator arrives at its destination and she steps out as three others get in and take it down. It was really busy down here as opposed to the quietness of the ships hallways, metal against metal, the hissing and sharp popping noises from welding metal plates and deconstruction. As Lindy walks down the safety path towards her destination, a pair of hands reach over and cover her eyes...

"You have one chance to guess who this is, if you dont get it right I'll blurt out who you like", a female's voice spoke to her, Lindy replied with a relaxed tone, "Uh but I dont like anyone". Eliza sighed then removed her hands from Lindy's eyes, "Seriously Captain, you need to go with the flow sometimes, dont always be so serious". Lindy grinned and nodded then slapped Eliza's rear and ran away laughing, "Haha how's that then?".

"H-hey!", Eliza yelled at her captain then gave chase while blushing slightly. When they arrived at their squad's hangar, the old mechanic stood in front of a covered up machine, Lindy and Eliza stopped, "What do you have there?", the older woman asked, "Its my means of transporation to the meeting with the ASDF people.", Lindy answered as the old man nodded then removed the cover to reveal a 2 wheeled sport-type motorbike. Danny walked up to the bike and slowly traced the curves on the seat, "Wow...captain, you're going out on this? Wouldnt it be more common to just use a jeep?". The old man chuckled then crossed his arms, "Heh heh, there's more to this meeting than meets the eye, isnt that right Lindy-chan?". Everyone turned to her as she nodded then walked up to the bike and mounted it, "Actually...I always wanted to ride one of these", she gave a childish smile to everyone who in return just laughed.

A man in his early 30's with combed back black hair and a goatee approached Lindy but before he could open his mouth, she first did, "Dont worry Johnny, I'll leave some things for you guys to pre-occupy yourselves with.". Johnny grinned contently then Eliza added, "Jeez, you can be such a workaholic..."

Later that evening at the mess hall, everyone had gathered in their usual table, talking and joking around while eating, Lindy walked in with several sheets of paper then passed them out to each and every squad member. The table fell silent for a while with confusion, "Nice one Captain", Eliza said giggling but Lindy did not find it funny, "Do what it says and thats final.", she commented sharply. Johnny leaned forward waving the paper in the air, "But this says 'Take it easy and enjoy the day off!'", the crew nodded and waited for Lindy to say something else, "I could work you down like the maggots that you are!". With a surprised look on their faces, they all scoot away slightly from Lindy, "Haha Im kidding guys but seriously, just take it easy." she said with a smile then got up and went to get her food, they all shrugged and left it at that.

Edit at 1911 hrs on 10-23-06 paragraph 2, line 19

Yakima laid in her bed, despite her best efforts to get some sleep seems like the sandman wasn't coming as soon as she'd hoped. Learning her lesson from before, she kept her thoughts 'closed'.

[ How ironic... the same people who took him away from us for so long will probably have to help us get him back. Mmm... Keno what is there that is making you stay... it's not like it's against your will or anything... so just what holds you there? The metallic plane is... dangerous to say the least, a clear reason why no one really tries to mine there. Although, the maruts and other citizens are pretty blah to deal with as well. ]

She rolls over and tucks herself a bit in the blanket. [ Even then, why the ASDF? Did you seek something with power? Fancy mechs? Hot babes? Well, your ex-girlfriend wouldn't fit that category just 'cutesy'. Though still, if I'd never came and dragged you back you'd probably still be there... with the rest of the elitists on their mountain overlooking the masses. ]

She sits up and grabs a hairbrush, starting to get to work on her long black hair. A glance at the clock shows it's 6am... [ *sigh* Will have to get up soon for this meeting or whatever, hope Lindy doesn't oversleep... one of us needs to be responsible. I wonder why she left and decided to join a comparitively ragtag group like us? Slightly on the high energy side, she seems cool though. Guardian, hrm... I wonder if those two are an item.]

She giggles a bit then clears her throat, 'Well, as head of intel or whatever I guess I can't admit I have no clue.'

Standing up she begins a routine check with the black mandies, telepathically checking with each one on how things are going before giving instructions. [We'll have to upgrade security before we go topside.]
"But first, a shower..."

[If possible, Eileen's email may come back to her with an 'Unable to send to the following person(s)' message 'Kenosha Michinoku'.]

Yakima finishes putting on her 'uniform' so to speak, black, fingerless gloves... short sleeve, cream colored dress short... long, black slacks... sunglasses... yep, that's about it. She totally misses Lindy's call as she races to answer it on her comm unit, but is too late. [Better get a move on...] as she grabs her large purse and walks out.

A short elevator ride begins to take her to the hangar in which her Minibeta is being readied. [Wow, new coat of paint and everything...] She laughs a bit as the doors open then proceeds to make her way to a waiting area where everyone is going to meet.

Renzo, on the bridge, looks at the various security cameras within the Ose and nods a bit, "Looks like it's meeting time..." he grabs a microphone and says, <> This is broadcast throughout the entire ship which generates some laughter from crew and others.

The medics tried to keep Hikaru in bed. The explosion he was caught in an earlier mercenary mission was strong enough to blow up Gunshin so badly, Hikaru himself was caught in the flames. He had third degree burns from the knee up (fortunatly for his most lower part of the body, the armor that covered the legs held on well enough to decrease the damage done there significantly) and many broken bones. Most of his ribs were broken or chipped from the impact of debris and just the force of the explosion itself. His left arm was caught between falling equiptment as the mecha was being torn apart and was broken during impact with the heavy panel. The guy was awake after two days though, surprising the medics that took care of him. They explained where they were to him and told him that he had a choice to stay or leave. And that his mech was under repair. This made him cringe a bit, and is what motivated him to get up this morning and try to get to the hangar in bandages.

"Damnit, they should've waited for me." Hikaru muttered as he painfully made his way to the hangars. With his angry look, no one really wanted to stop him and assumed, especially with his bandages, that he was either authorized...or he could be taken down in a mere second if needed.

As he arrived at the large room full of machines and mechanics working around the clock to fix Gunshin, who was almost completely covered in canvas. Many cords and supports were set up to hold the large mech upright as they did their work on it. It seemed like everything was salvaged alright, but Hikaru still didnt trust everyday mechanics to work on Gunshin. No, this was something his people made, something that could never be duplicated without the burnt blueprints already etched into your mind. However, he couldn't even walk properly without biting his lip in the pain it caused him. He couldn't work on it himself. This damage was the most they've every suffered. It was time he realized his limit. He couldn't work alone anymore.

"I guess I'll consider it..." He sighed and leaned against the railings overlooking the progress on his metal partner.

((Well since the activity for this dwindled down to nothing, after the Downtown Uprise Lyendi will resign from the TORAMA.))