[03] Mountain Sector

[Tamsin]

The adolescent ran towards Maleficus, finally discovering his whereabouts. Tamsin was already looking for him before, roaming the many streets of the City sector after her fight with the unusual Pierre. However, the sudden demolition of one of the buildings, which was followed by a shout from a familiar voice, alarmed the human girl and she immediatelly sprinted to see what happened. She was relieved when she saw her master still standing and she ran up to him. It was only then that she realised that, in a slip of a tongue, she accidentally called him "Master" again and did not call him by his name as he desired. Trying to remedy her mistake, she asked: "M-Maleficus! Are you alright?!"

The green rogue did not turn around, his back facing his maid. It was then that Suzaku realised that he was wearing black clothing instead of his usual orange garb. Although the human girl wondered why this was so, she did not dare to ask. A good servant does not delve into her master`s business unless required to do so was her line of thinking and she kept to that as she quietly observed the alien. Suddenly, in a very brief and quiet manner, Nova replied: "Yeah..."

With her worries lifted, the prodigy smiled: "I am so glad that both of us are still alive." However, her happy attituded quickly evaporated as her master did not turn around. He continued to be covered in a dark silence in spite of the bright day and barely seemed to pay any attention to his assistant. Wondering whether she did something wrong, her pondering was interrupted by another of the Namekians brief responses: "I am going to go ahead to the Mountain sector....Meet me at the bunker."

Before the girl could say anything, the mercenary took flight and proceeded towards the mountains that stood not far from the edges of the City sector. For a few moments, Tamsin observed Mal`s silhouette as it became increasingly distant. Although she could not help but feel curious as to what had happened and what was going on, she pushed such thoughts aside. Focusing on her new task, she proceeded to move towards the direction of the Mountain sector.

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It was fairly cold amidst the highly-elevated land mass. With the location being far away from sun-warmed soil, the thermodynamic effect ensured that the temperatures in the mountains were much less hospitable then in the lowlands. Worse still for anyone who dared to venture onto them, the day started to end all too quickly and the sun already began it`s descent.

Intensly rubbing her arms to keep them warm and glancing at the various peaks surrounding her, the adolescent trekked on the difficult terrain. After hours of walking, her feet began to hurt and the uneven terrain only made the journey all the more difficult. Yet she pressed on, looking for any signs of her destination.

Finally, she sighed in relief as she noticed a bunker in the distance. Standing near it was a dark figure which, upon Tamsin`s arrival, turned around and entered the structure. Although she could not be certain, the adolescent assumed that the figure was her master. Wasting no time, the maid braved the remaining distance. After a long and difficult trip, she took refuge in the concrete sanctuary amond the mountain tops, a single beep informing her upon entrance that her collar had been deactivated.

Tamsin and Mal Nova have left the City Sector and entered the Mountain Sector.

Tamsin and Mal Nova have entered the Mountain Sector Bunker.