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Pompeii was on a mission. She was searching the nighttime streets of Destiny City for Dessie. When Xander called her about the disappearance of his young charge, Pompeii didn't hesitate to offer to search for the wayward teen. So here she was moving from rooftop to rooftop, exploring empty warehouses, and weed filled parks.

Pompeii wasn't searching for just for Dessie but looking for Ian, Hannah, Orah, and everyone who went missing as a mass group just a few days ago. Even if people she knew hadn't gone missing Pompeii would have gone looking. Something big was going on and with Maia out of commission the Squire felt it was up to her to atleast figure what was happening and pass the answers on to someone who can do something about it.

That was why she found herself in yet another dilapidated, dusty, and extremely empty building. Not even the city's homeless wanted to use the old textile mill as shelter. Pompeii kicked a old beer can in frustration and watched as the bent aluminum bounced away into the darkness. The bare brick walls were covered in graffiti and old fabric advertisements. There were remnants of monster weaving machines, most of them were dismantled and sold for scrap metal, and countless store rooms that were just as empty and desolate as the rest of the building. Pompeii paused in the largest room and stood with her hands on her hips. Surveying the large two story factory floor the purple clad knight let her mind contemplate the uses of such a building and space. A small part of her mind wondered just why it wasn't in use and if it could be cleaned up, at least on the inside, to be used for training.

Pompeii jumped slightly, startled when someone called out. Who was here playing a game? She did a quick spin around trying to see into the shadows but came up empty the only thing she could sense was a murky odd aura. It seemed familiar to her but it was so strange she couldn't place it. Cautiously the squire moved towards the voice and aura.

She came to a sudden stop when she finally saw who both belonged to. "Maia?" The last time Pompeii had seen the redhead was in a hospital room just days before. "Why didn't Shang tell me you were better. Are you out looking for the others too? Should you even be out of bed right now? After so long in the hospital I can't think patrolling could be good for you." Pompeii's questions spilled out as countless others swarmed in her mind. Unable to process the appearance of her teammate Pompeii held back, Maia was standing in front of her but something felt off. There were too many questions, too many abnormalities for the squire to just go running up to the younger senshi. Not that Pompeii didn't think that Maia wouldn't be out looking for Dessie and the others, just that Xander wouldn't let her especially if she just got out of the hospital.

Pompeii nodded slightly. It was true that Xander was quite busy, he was also stressed and rather frazzled so it was quite logical Maia's recovery just slipped his mind. "Yes, you actually." The smile that flitted across the brunette's face was slightly confused. Did Maia not remember the tactic discussions, or lectures on Pompeii's part?

Maia however had gone beyond Pompeii's tendency to ramble and began to mix up her metaphors. "Unlike you Maia I don't dance. But if you mean a little bit of training I'm ok with it," she shrugged and added, "don't really think now is the time but sure."

Maia's laugh was creepy but Pompeii shook off the feeling and braced herself for the first volley of attacks. Trying to throw off her would be an interesting new tactic for training. She was going to take a suggestion from Sun Tzu, 'he who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious'. By waiting for Maia to attack first it would give Pompeii a chance to control the fight.

“We aren't useless.” Pompeii frowned at the senshi. Something was definitely wrong. The words, the mannerisms, and even her attacking first was off. So many things were wrong with this situation but she didn't have a chance to do much more then react.

The redhead came right at her but Pompeii was balanced, no tripping on her heels tonight. The leg coming at her was even predictable since Maia favored dance like fighting moves. With a slight smile Pompeii let the blow land… Sort of. She had learned a lot from the younger girl she was currently fighting and the first was how to minimize the force behind a blow. Pompeii shifted slightly as the kick struck, it still hurt like hell but it wasn't debilitating. As the kick connected her hand wrapped around Maia’s boot, trapping it at her side while her other hand lashed out in a palm strike towards the senshi’s torso. With luck Maia will be unbalanced and the strike to her chest would send her to the ground.