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"Silver Hornet? And Locust? Should I rename the Assassin the Flyswatter" Copper had an odd look on her face, amusement and horror with a bit of apprehension. "Who names their ship Locust?"
"The Kiyrenin, obviously," KRSplat said, recalling what Omega had said about a certain ship named Rain Mantis.
"Hey Copper," Shonar said, "name the Assassin Flyswatter and I'll rename the Lessaria Ant Trap or something like that."
"I've reconsidered. Let's keep it the way it is."
"An excellent idea."
"I know. Isn't it great?"
"I already said that."
"I know, but I like hearing it anyway."
"Too bad. Oh, blast. Those trees just blocked the view."
"Kaz, care to take a flight?"
"No," Kaz said matter-of-factly. "My tail feathers haven't grown back yet." He glanced at Acid, who visibly winced.
"Be that way, then," Copper said. "Even it you are the only flyer we have."
"Excuse me, Copper," N0 said quietly, "but he's not the only flyer."
"What do you mean?"
He grinned. "I fly too."
Copper blinked. "Really?"
"Sure."
"Well, go ahead then."
He nodded. Tiger watched, interested, as N0 spread his wide, black dragon wings against the sapphire Diamondus sky. Within moments of taking off, he was spiralling towards the Silver Hornet and the Locust.
"Clever," was all he said. "I didn't know he had those."
Defalcon blinked and cocked his head. Then he looked over at Copper.
"I'd say that Shinyso's prey is on top of us."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"How do you know that?"
"I can hear them." He loosened his blades in their sheaths and hefted his blaster rifle thoughtfully.
Before anyone could say anything else, the hunted were upon them. They were a pair of ferrets, both with rust-red fur, a female and a male. She wore armor and bore a large, powerful sword; he had no armor but he had dark claws over his fisted hands. They both wore black jeans.
Copper glanced at her own companions. Tiger and Defalcon both had their blades out, and Defalcon also held one of his rifles; Acid had his rocket launcher aimed casually at the pair; Radium was leaning on his Chaos Lance, ready for action; Crystal was fitting her scope onto her pistol; Claw was tensed, his own claws extended. Copper found her hand on Shale.
The pair stopped dead. The male gestured at them with his claws, his brilliant green eyes feverish.
"Stand aside."
"Why?" Copper asked tersely. The female answered.
"It's better for your health. You know we'll die before we're taken."
Copper laughed. "You think we're Kiyrenin."
"It doesn't matter," she said. "Even if you're not, the ones chasing us are."
"I must concede that point."
N0 dropped silently down behind the pair, a glowing yellow shaft in his gloved hands. The female turned, and backed up a step.
"You see," Copper said, "we're here to retrieve a friend from the Kiyrenin. By force, if we have to. In fact, he's most likely the one chasing you. Tall, black fur, saber?"
The female nodded warily. "That's the one."
"Okay, we're on the right track. That's nice to hear ..."
"You gonna fight?" the maile demanded. "He's got hordes, and they all use magic."
"I can deal with that," Radium said softly from behind Copper. "Most Kiyrenin are ameteurs. Confuse them a bit ..."
"Only if you're sure," Copper replied. Then, to the ferrets, "my name is Coppertop. The one chasing you is Shinyso ... one of my better friends, or he was."
"I'm Shuriken Darkblade," the female said guardedly. "He's Sai."
"Are you going to keep running, or are you going to fight with us against the Kiyrenin?"
"We'll do our bit," Sai said. "No way I'd miss this fight." His eyes flicked over Copper's friends, noting their weapons, resting on Claw for a moment. Surprise was quickly eclipsed by glee. Copper could see what he was thinking.
This is gonna be good.


Added your chars in, 4I