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"Ahead." says Sockra. "You took a while on there."
"Well, we gotta catch up with 'em!" exclaims Sockie. "AND THAT INCLUDES YOU, BRIMMY!"
"I AM COMING, MORTAL!" shouts Brimstone from where he, Gumble, and Quintus are.
"Somebody please kill the sniper!" Crunch yelled, "Majestic is cheating!!"
Meanwhile, Gumble, who just finished healing Quintus, joins Brimstone and the others.
Red's cloak extended its corners around Zarenta and Crunch, rolling them further into its fabric. Red then leaped back from the sniper's laser guide, her cloak still holding Zarenta and Crunch.
River didn't seem to be among the group anymore...?
"What a waste?!" Crunch broke the fourth wall, "I was in bad shape, and that narrator said that it was a waste?!"
"Let it go, Crunch..." Kremlouie sighed, "Anyway, we should be closing in for the mastermind behind all this. And yes, there will be traps too."
"Be on your guard... they're more cunning than we thought." Zarenta commented.
Sure enough, Adel, Aria, and Red (with Crunch and Zarenta) were still near the entrance to Majestic HQ. River was wavedashing his way back over there right now.
"How long until Detective Crane gets here?" Adel wondered.
"Not fast enough, apparently..." Red grumbled, "but we can't just leave these two out here unattended."
"Hmmm..." Aria muttered while putting something together with some pieces of metal and his repair rod.
"Crunch, are you okay?" Hazel asked.
"There we go! They should be safe for now," Aria said.
"(!) That was...was...amazing!" Adel complimented. "I mean, how quickly you put them together!"
"Ehehehe...Well, I've had lots of practice on the side - though Ferv usually has me build big weapons."
"We done chatting?" Red cut in. "We have a facility to raid! {to Crunch and Zarenta} Just wait there for backup to arrive while we start things up inside, okay?"
"Are you ready, master?" Nemea asked Adel.
"Certainly," Adel replied, determination gleaming in his eyes.
"I've been ready for over a decade," River said, clenching a fist.
"(Of course, I can't guarantee that we'll get Sarina out in one piece, Toniyo. I apologize in advance...)" Red thought to herself.
And so, Red, Adel, Aria, and River went down the entrance to Majestic HQ...