T-elos and Sellers have a bit of a stare down, both trying to gauge the other. From what T-elos knew Sellers had been deeply involved In the miltian conflict before he joined Yuriev's faction, assumedly just doing what was most beneficial to himself at the time.

She wasn't sure how much he knew after Yuriev's death, but it seems at least that he didn't expect T-elos to be here.

Can't complain about that, makes things easier for me.

T-elos trades out the blaster for F-scythe with the intent to cut Sellers clean in half. It seems though that Hemah was able to pull herself together enough to block T-elos' attack.

T-elos glances past the woman's defending plasma sword long enough to see Sellers' wheelchair speed out of the sight down one of the dark hallways. Of course he'd run away and save his own skin. T-elos scowls, definitely not helping Hemah's composure as the two pull away from each other.

T-elos jumps a little as Shion comes up close to her. In the heat of the moment she'd almost forgotten she wasn't just protecting herself.

I'm not used to fighting like this, I should probably end this fast.

"Stay behind me," she calls to Shion, trying her best not to sound too snappy. After the words leave her mouth the ground shakes and a few pieces of rock and ice fall from the ceiling with the distant explosion. "And uh… Be ready to run."

"D- Don't think things will be that easy, machine!" Hemah lunges at T-elos, holding her sword out as steadily as she can.

"Don't you think you can sound any bit intimidating when you're over there shaking like a leaf!" T-elos brings down the scythe once again. Though this time instead of clashing their weapons she forces Hemah to dodge by slamming the blade down towards the ground with terrifying force.

T-elos sighs internally as Hemah jumps and rolls a good few feet away from her. Had she been a more confident fighter she could have easily dodged to the side and taken a good swing at T-elos, but she was counting on the fact that the frightened girl wouldn't want to be close to her during that attack.

Let's maybe not take more risks like that though.

The ground shakes for a moment again, much more violently this time as a few stacked crates fall to the floor. With Hemah off balance again T-elos swaps out F-scythe for G-shot.

Hemah is quick enough to dodge away from the gun's barrage of bullets, but luckily the point isn't to hit her. T-elos instead uses the weapon to corral Hemah away, and as soon as she's far enough away- "ALRIGHT LET'S GO!" -she grabs Shion's wrist and runs back the way they came.

"A- Ah! Wait, Kos-mos, I can't run as fast as you!"

"I won't go too fast, and I already said, I'm not-"

T-elos trails off as she brings herself and Shion to a halt. One of the massive icicles from the large open cavern falls and crashes in the middle of the room, then tilts and falls again into the wall just barely missing them.

"Shit, we need to get out of here fast. I wonder if it'd be quicker to…. Hey so bad time to ask, but do you remember where we came in from?"

"Are you serious!? You don't remember the way out of here!?"

"I wasn't paying attention, I figured Kos-mos would… Handle everything…" T-elos finds herself getting quiet at the mention of Kos-mos. She could still faintly feel her there, but that weapon of Sellers' seemed to hurt her real bad...

T-elos shakes her head and leaps over the railway to the center of the room. This shouldn't bother me right now, she's fine, and even if she weren't that'd just mean I get her body to myself. That last thought doesn't sit well with T-elos, only managing to deepen her internal dilemma.

Meanwhile Shion follows closely behind, a confused frown on her face as she tries to figure T-elos out. "Who are you anyway? You've made it clear you're not Kos-mos, but it doesn't seem like you're Mary either."

"I can tell you right now I'm not anyone you would be hoping for." T-elos looks up to the ceiling, trying to work out how deep in the mountain they were, while also confirming whether she had access to Kos-mos' tertiary weapons system. Once she's sure of both she turns back towards Shion who looks at her expectantly. "I am T-elos."

Miyuki leans as close to the elsa's front window as she can, looking for any sign of Shion or Kos-mos.

Once one of them was untied it was easy enough to get everyone the others freed and then to overpower the few realians left behind. At first Miyuki had wondered why they left so few people to watch them, but seeing now how it was almost impossible trying to track down Shion she could only assume that they had already won.

"NO!" Miyuki shouts, gaining the attention of some of the crew as she lightly slaps the sides of her head. "Don't you start thinking like that. They didn't win and we will find her!"

Chaos watches Miyuki talk to her reflection for a minute before tapping lightly on Allen's shoulder. "Hey, so, is this a regular occurrence for her or is this just because of stress."

"Oh, just stress… Hopefully…. There's a reason I don't usually bother her while she's working."

During that moment everyone's attention is pulled towards the mountains in the distance as a dull sound erupts from them. "Hey hammer, what was that?" Matthews barks at him.

Hammer pulls up a close up of the mountain on his monitor. "I'm not picking up on any volcanic activity so… Avalanche? Landslide? Cave in? I don't know, it could be a lot of things really."

"Gee thanks, your wisdom is oh so appreciated,"

In that moment Hammer's screen is taken up by a warning, and then suddenly a light. It completely overtakes The screen leaving the details only visible by looking out the window. The beam of light blasts its way through the middle of the mountain upwards, vanishing only moments after it appears.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?"

"It's your job to answer, not ask, ya moron!"

"Oh!" Miyuki rushers over to Tony and without asking she leans over, grabs the controls, and yanks them hard towards the mountain.

"H- Hey!"

"Miyuki! What are you doing!?"

"I'd know that weapon of mass destruction anywhere, because I made that weapon of mass destruction! Hang on Shion, we're coming!"

Wind whips past Shion's face as the two of them just barely miss another cascade of rocks. In a moment of desperation T-elos ended up blasting the ceiling with the phase transfer cannon, grabbed her, and flew through the resulting hole.

"How the hell are you here right now, I saw Kos-mos destroy you!"

Swarms of thoughts buzz through Shion's head. How is T-elos here? How long has she been here? Does Kos-mos know about this? Why didn't she say anything? T-elos is a terrible flyer.

"You think I know why the hell I woke up in this body!? And don't remind me!"

There's a lot of questions she could be asking right now, a lot of options for a calm easy way to sort things out. To find common ground.

"You've got a bad attitude you know that, shouldn't people like you be gloating after surviving something like that!?"

But honestly, all Shion wants to do right now-

"Bitch do you really think this is ideal for me!?"

-is argue…

"Jesus you complain a lot!"

"As if you're any better!"

"At least I have reason to complain today, you- Ah! Don't touch me there!"

"Maybe I wouldn't have to grab your boobs if you'd stop squirming around so much! You're lucky I haven't dropped you yet!"

"Well why haven't you if you hate me so much!?"

"Believe me if you weren't Kos-mos' girlfriend I would have dropped you five times over!"

"You- Wait, what was that about Ko-"

"F- FORGET I SAID ANYTHING!"

Finally, even flying though falling rocks while arguing, T-elos manages to get them out of the cave and into the sky. Shion sighs, though this situation isn't ideal for her she's at least relieved to be out of immediate danger.

… Hopefully.

T-elos at least doesn't seem interested in dropping her, gliding over the top of the mountain range silently weighing her options. "Alright, now we have to go find our ride…"

Shion frowns at the android, "they're more than just 'our ride' you know, those are my friends."

"Alright, alright, pick apart everything I say why don't you."

Another argument pricks at the back of Shion's throat, but luckily she's interrupted before the two of them can start fighting again. The roaring of engines slowly becomes audible, and soon enough the elsa comes into view past the cragged snow covered mountains.

Oh thank god… This has been a real long day...

After a brief bit of catching up (and a very emotional hug from a relieved Miyuki) Shion ends up sitting around just outside the lab with Allen, Jr, and Chaos going over what happened.

"Really? T-elos actually saved you? But- But why?" Jr glances bewildered into the other room at their former enemy, her body hooked up to a few repair devices being operated by Miyuki and Momo that will hopefully wake Kos-mos back up.

"Your guess is as good as mine… I don't know how she's even here."

"Well Chaos should know, he's smart on that magic type stuff, right buddy?"

"Ah, well…" Chaos looks a little flustered with everyone suddenly staring at him. "Rather than fully fusing like Wilhelm intended when Kos-mos rejected Mary's will the two of them separated as well."

Shion frowns, "does… Does that mean Kos-mos knew about this?" Shion looks sadly at the android who currently looks a bit flustered at Miyuki's attempt to help her. She spends a moment staring before she feels Chaos' hand on her shoulder.

"I think it'd be best if you ask her yourself when she wakes up."

Shion looks somewhat disappointed, but nods anyway, knowing fully well that he's right. Sighing she tries her best to take her mind off of it for now as she glances over toward the others. "Hey, Jr? Do you think you could let me talk to Albedo for a minute?"

"Huh? I mean… Sure, but why do you-"

"Well if you think about it he technically knows T-elos better than any of us," she answers before Jr can even finish his question, "so I mean maybe… He'll have a better idea of what she's up to."

"Hey, that's a pretty good point actually! Good thinking, chief."

"Now, now, don't start patting yourselves on the back quite yet. It's me you need after all."

Shion jumps in her seat as Jr's voice is suddenly replaced by Albedo's. She had hoped that he'd at least give her a bit of warning before handing them off to Albedo, granted there wasn't too much he could do now, but, still…

She clears her throat out of discomfort before speaking up, "yes… Well, we were hoping you could tell us a bit more about T-elos. After all you both worked together before right?"

"You're right but oh so wrong, my dear." Shion glares, wishing both that he wouldn't call her that and that hitting him wouldn't mean hitting Jr. "It is true that we both worked under the same leader towards the same goal, however our interactions were limited at best."

"Really? How so?"

"So many pointless questions… The vessel had no say in any plans, her role was already set in stone. Even when she was not attending to her own role she was essentially glued to Winnicot's side."

Shion frowns, Albedo's at least being helpful… Sort of… But what he's saying doesn't really help her piece together much more about T-elos. If she was only following orders before, then that doesn't really give her much of a motive to do anything… And adding on that she really didn't care for anyone other than Kevin…

Shion sighs, folding her arms and leaning back in her chair. Perhaps the android wasn't up to anything after all, she did go out of her way to defend Kos-mos and Shion herself. Not to mention how complaisant she's currently being… Maybe I was a bit quick to judge her… It's hard to think though that she'd help after fighting so hard against us.

While Shion's lost in thought Albedo scoffs, a bit annoyed. "Bah, if this is all you woke me up to speak about then I'd thank you to not bother me again."

"Oh don't be grumpy Alby." Momo quietly makes her way over to everyone, leaving Albedo to angrily mutter something about 'not calling him that'. "Hey Shion, I think we got Kos-mos feeling better now if you want to go see her."

Shion is quickly up with that news, "ah, thanks Momo! And, well, I'd like a minute to talk to her alone if you don't mind waiting here."

"Of course, I hope I'll see you in our room later."

"Yeah, see you then." She's a bit dry with her response, but she's sure Momo will forgive her. After all her thoughts are understandably occupied right now. Flying by Miyuki as well without a word, they'll have time to catch up as well though… Right now there was something more important to talk about…

As Shion approaches Kos-mos' maintenance bed she feels a pit of anxiety in her stomach she's not had around the girl in quite some time. Not since she first took position as chief engineer, not since she first had to work on Kos-mos by herself.

Kos-mos herself doesn't seem to be fairing great either, sitting on the edge of her maintenance bed. It's certainly the most emotion Shion's ever seen on her, but she just looks… Tired. Her eyes locked down on the floor, refusing to look up at Shion. It hurts Shion's already sore heart.

"Good morning Kos-mos… How are… How are you feeling?"

Kos-mos closes her eyes and answers Shion only with a sad, exhausted, sigh.

Fair enough… But that's not all we need to talk about... Shion pulls one of the computer chairs forward to sit in front of Kos-mos. "Kos-mos? Why… Why didn't you tell me about all this with T-elos?"

She's silent for a moment before she finally sits up to face Shion. "She asked me not to."

Shion feels a strange combination of hurt and anger rise to the back of her throat with her answer. And part of her wants nothing more than to yell at Kos-mos, however the girl speaks again, interrupting her before she can.

"I admit it did not feel right, and I did not feel right doing so…"

"But you did anyway."

"... May I ask you something, Shion?"

"... Alright. What is it?"

"Do you remember the conversation we had the night i first returned?"

Shion frowns, not sure where exactly she's going with this. "Yeah, sort of. Why?"

"You asked me what it was like during the time we were apart… And commented on how lonely i must have been all alone… But that is not entirely true."

Shion goes silent as she slowly realizes what Kos-mos is getting at.

"Though Chaos would occasionally keep me company as well, for over half a year T-elos was… One of my only companions."

"But… But you're not alone anymore Kos-mos… You don't need-"

"Hurtful as it is I did have the same thought before." Shion goes silent as Kos-mos interrupts her. "I did not think that us simply being stuck together was basis enough to continuously get along with her… But as time went on, more often I… I found myself worrying for my friend…"

For a long while Shion's not sure what to say to Kos-mos. It makes sense, everything she says, her reasoning for feeling the way she did, it all makes perfect sense. But still…

"I am so sorry, Shion…"

Shion quickly places a hand on Kos-mos' cheek as she feels herself getting sad at the girl's tone. "Oh, Kos-mos… It's okay, I forgive you… I… I don't know how exactly I feel about your choice in friends, but I understand why you did what you did. And you apologized to me, so it's okay now."

"Are you certain?" Kos-mos places her hand over Shion's. "You are welcome to scold me more if you are still upset-"

Shion lets out a quiet snort of laughter, interrupting her. "I'm your girlfriend, not your mom, silly. And anyway I don't feel like yelling at you right now, I think we've both been through enough today."

"You could certainly say that again." Kos-mos takes her hand off Shion's, but only so she can carefully pick Shion up from her seat and set her on her lap. Shion lets herself become comfortable with Kos-mos again, gently laying her head on the girl's chest.

"Mhmm. I could use a nap right about now"

"I realize it is not the most comfortable place ever, but if you wish you can lie down and rest with me in my bed for a minute."

"I think I would like that, actually." Kos-mos takes that as her queue and gently holds Shion to her chest as she lays back in the maintenance bed. Once they're both laying down Shion pulls herself up a bit to steal a kiss from the android. "Goodnight Kos-mos….. Please don't hide things from me anymore, okay?"

"Sleep well, Shion. And I promise I won't." There's a long bit of silence and Shion starts to drift off to sleep, however Kos-mos speaks once more before she does. "I love you, Shion."

"I love you too Kos-mos." Shion smiles and nuzzles into Kos-mos' chest, before finally sleep takes her.