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This was about the third time this week that Megrez had felt a Chaos aura (or was it a set of Chaos auras? She couldn't quite tell yet) coming from a certain alley in Destiny City.

This consistency couldn't be a coincidence. This was definitely someone's hideout. But perhaps it would be best to confirm if there was really someone there...? Perhaps it was just Megrez struggling with the idea that there was indeed someone or something she could hunt. Oh, she had been quite indoctrinated in terms of what she had to do, alright. She had not forgotten the incident with Mica and the lecture Gunn had given her afterwards. Yet, some part of her was still resistant to the idea of actively going out and clobbering something that wasn't a youma. Some part of her still paused at the idea of actually going out and starting a fight.

Under the control of that pause, Megrez just stared at the alley suspiciously, waiting for whatever lay within to come to her.

Megrez quickly turned her head towards Penthesilea, then towards the alleyway. She could feel the aura moving closer too, and it undoubtedly wouldn't be long till whatever was there jumped out. She made her decision quickly. "Yes, I'll help!" Backing away just a bit so that whatever was approaching wouldn't slam into her, she cupped one hand and summoned an egg to toss into the attacker's face, though she would wait to throw it till the target was a bit more visible. Maybe the momentum of the attacker would make the egg crash into his or her face even harder (or something like that).

When Megrez saw the lieutenant's weapon, she couldn't hold back a laugh. Could she just pop that thing and leave him weaponless? She'd have to find out later. Since Penthesilea was going in for melee, she'd have to use another egg to get him from afar. "Look out below!" she called out, and lobbed the egg in a steady arc so that it would (hopefully) sail over Penthesilea and land straight on top of the lieutenant's head. If she missed, though, she was going to have to punch in (literally) through another angle; she didn't really like to use her last egg unless it was an emergency.

Score! That egg would probably take at least a little while to wash out of his hair. But man, this other senshi was brutal, a tough customer for sure. Then again, Megrez should have expected some show of power from a Super-level senshi.

The question made Megrez blink. "Uh..." She recalled the lectures she had received from Gunn and Megiddo about how the Negaverse consisted of bloodthirsty fiends who were not to be trusted, much less allied with. One dead Negaverse officer meant bunches of lives saved, yet Megrez... simply wasn't at that point yet. "You've gotta do what you've gotta do, but I don't think I'd be able to do that. Yet." The final "yet" was hesitant and quieter than the rest of the sentence. Would she be able to kill someday? She didn't know.

"Uh, okay. Wait, are you going to...?" Megrez figured that it wouldn't be a good idea to finish that sentence with "kill this one" right in front of the target. Nonetheless, she took her cue and gave the lieutenant a swift body blow that knocked the wind out of him. The feeling of her fist against his body felt satisfying, somehow, more satisfying than fist-on-punching-bag or fist-on-instructor. It wasn't much, but it was a tiny contribution to the war on Chaos.

"Uh." Some part of Megrez wanted to say "no, wait, just let this one go," but then she remembered that Penthesilea told her not to get in her way. It probably wouldn't be a good idea to try and keep her from doing anything, even if Megrez was feeling a little nervous about being a potential murder witness. Instead, Megrez just decided to play along. "We're not crazy. We're senshi, and you're a Negaverse guy," she said, and then landed a solid right hook to the lieutenant's jaw. Penthesilea's enthusiasm for beating up agents of Chaos was contagious; Megrez couldn't hold back a short, sharp laugh when her fist met his face. For some reason, this other senshi made the war on Chaos feel "fun."

Megrez wanted to say Hey, I take this war seriously, too, but there wasn't really time for that. Besides, she'd probably be able to prove that later. Probably. She took Penthesilea's order with a "Gotcha!" and delivered a low sweeping kick that knocked the lieutenant off his feet (literally). "Go, go, go!"

Megrez had to look away. Damn, this girl really was going to kill the guy! She was unprepared, and the noises made her wince. An acute sick feeling curled up in her stomach.

When Penthesilea spoke, Megrez jolted slightly, trying to shake off the sick feeling. "Is he...?" She couldn't finish that sentence, partly out of disbelief that the event had actually happened. At least Pen gave her something else to focus on. "Heh, you think so?" She was flattered that someone like Pen considered her tough, but she doubted she really held a candle to her. "A team? Well, it'd be nice. Are you part of a team?" Then Megrez realized something: there had been no time for introductions, so obviously they hadn't been done. "By the way, I'm Megrez, Senshi of Eggs. What's your name?"