Rikka continued to fire bullets at Hawk as he approached her.

  Rho: Run!

  Rikka is still standing, and out of bullets, the Hawk is still moving towards her. Rho is trying to heal herself, she wants to help her but she can't. Rikka starts running and Hawk almost catches her, but Rin jumps in and stops him with an ice blade. Rin pushed him away.

  Rikka: you have no idea how happy I am to see you!

  Rin walks towards Hawk and sees Rho. He run towards her.

  Rin: are you ok?

  Rho: I'll be fine, but you'll need to buy me time.

  Rin understood and nodded.

  Hawk runs towards him,

  Rin: Rikka, take care of Rho.

  Attack the Hawk,

  Rikka ran up to Rho.

  Rho: you are free to return to the ship, don't worry we will be fine.

  Rikka: but I can't leave you in this state.

  Rho: it's okay, I'll heal, it'll take a while, but that's why Rin is here, he's watching over me, and that's why I'm asking you to listen to me. Just get out of here, okay?

  Rikka nodded

  Rho: And Rikka?

  Rikka turned around.

  Rho: we are talking about that gun later....

  Rikka sight and nodded

  Rikka inside: (please let everything be fine...)

  Akka returns, and sees Kurt lying on the floor, in disarray.

  Akka: Kurt!

  She walks towards him and tries to wake him up.

  Akka: don't do this to me...

  She shakes him.

  Akka: who did this to you?

  Akka slaps him.

  He flinches a little.

  Akka: what happened to you?

  He looked at her but didn't have the strength to say anything, he fainted again. Akka sighed.

  Akka: great.... We have to get you to safety... I wonder where Coby is?

  She looks around. Coby watched everything. Rin fought with Hawk, they were both very strong. Rho is almost healed. Hawk hits him hard in the stomach and throws him away and goes for Rho. She cuts him with a sword and throws objects at him. Fight. Rin attacks him but the Hawk is still holding on. Everyone was quite exhausted, but not Hawk. Rho was trying to heal Rin, Hawk separates them. Rin and Rho were both already exhausted and lying on the floor, far apart. Hawk moves towards Rin, but Rho picks up an object and hits him with it, and she tries to heal herself again. Rin attacks Hawk. And he creates big blades of ice that he throws at Hawk, at that moment Akka appears and stands in front of Hawk, moves the ice with his power, barely

  Akka: I thought you might need some help.

  Hawk laughed.

  Hawk: where are the others and why are they taking so long?

  Akka: Kurt is unconscious right now, and I don't know about Brent.

  Rin: I can tell you what happened to him, or better yet, why wouldn't I show you.

  He goes after Hawk. He attacks, Akka defends and pushes him away.

  Hawk: Kurt is hurt?

  Rin: like Brent, looks like we're leading.

  Hawk: not for long.

  He starts to attack but Rho stops him. Akka attacks Rin, but Rin just defends herself.

  Rin: Rho! Can we switch?

  Rho attacks Hawk.

  Rin: what are you talking about?

  He still avoids Akka

  Rin: I can't hit a girl!

  Akka: another cavalier huh? You will be even easier to break than the last one.

  She attacks.

  Rin: Where's Nuri?

  Akka: somewhere in the ocean, who knows.

  Rin is slowly getting angry already.

  Rin: Rho!

  Rho looks at Hawk she is stronger now.

  Hawk is on the floor.

  Rho: we're not done yet.

  Rin: Rho!

  He still avoids Akka. Rho goes after Akka and takes her away from Rin.

  Rin: it was about time.

  Rin goes after the Hawk.

  Rho: leave me something for the end.

  Rin nodded and attacked the Hawk.

  Rho fights Akka.

  Akka: so you are famous Rhodri? You know, I can tell you, it's been a long time since someone pissed him off like you did.

  Akka controls the water from the ocean and holds it around the Rho, so that she loses air. Rho tries to get away from it, she can’t breath.

  Akka: don't bother. It will only be worse for you.

  Rho slashes all the water with her swords, and manages to control all the water she touched, and throws it at her, Akka looks in disbelief, Akka closes her eyes, but water doesn't hit her. Nuri stood in front of her and evaporated all the water.

  Nuri: now you must be glad to see me.

  She looks at him confused.

  Rho: Nuri, what are you doing?

  Rin: a little help would be nice here!

  Rho: we'll talk later.

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  And she attacks Hawk. Akka goes after her, but Nuri stops her.

  Nuri: I'm sorry, I can't let you hurt my family.

  Akka: I can tell you the same

  She attacks him. Hawk pushed Rin away, and grabbed Rho by the neck and threw her too. Rho falls to the ground and looks around.

  Rho: where is Nigel!?

  Rin: I don't know, but his opponent is lying there unconscious!

  Hawk continues to attack. Rho is fighting. Rho looks at the Rin on the floor, Nuri struggling, Rikka hiding.

  Rho: you know what, I've had enough of you!

  She put her hands on him, everything slowed down, and she created something like a big explosion with her energy, and she managed to push him far, he broke several trees while he was in the air. She put everything she had into that blow. And falls to the floor. Rin ran to her, caught her.

  Akka: Hawk!

  She ran to him, Nuri went to Rin and Rho.

  Nuri: are you okay?

  Rho: if Hawk stays lying on the floor... then I'm fine.

  Akka wakes up Hawk.

  Cody and Rikka on the ship, they heard explosion.

  Cody: what was that?

  Rikka: I don't know, but we should stay here.

  Cody takes a breath, still has a cold expression on his face.

  Cody: I ??can't take this anymore.

  He gets up from the chair

  Rikka: what are you doing?!

  Cody: going outside.

  Rikka: now? Look, I know you're bored, but it's dangerous there, you can't go there now.

  Cody rolled his eyes and walked out.

  Rikka: hey don't roll your eyes at me! Get back here!

  Goes after him.

  Hawk started to move his hand. Everyone looks at him. Rin turned to Nuri

  Rin: take her out of here.

  Rho: no...

  Hawk slowly stands up.

  Rin: now!

  Nuri nodded and helped Rho up. Hawk gets to his feet, he looks a lot weaker, but he's still on his feet. Rho and Nuri stand and watch.

  Hawk: Now, I am mad.

  Hawk started towards them. Rin towards him.

  Cody: Enough!

  Stops them all in time, and brings them back, like in slow motion, his power.

  Akka: Cody? What are you doing?

  Rikka: I tried to stop him...

  Cody: I'm bored.

  Everyone looks at him, WHAT!

  Akka: we will finish soon, why don't you wait for us?

  Cody: no.

  He turns to Hawk

  Cody: I ??don't know what your problem is with her. (points to Rho) I honestly don't even care, but can you at least listen to me for once and let them go?

  Hawk: Why don't you let the adults handle this...

  Cody: because solving your way is stupid!

  Akka: Cody... be careful what you say.

  Hawk: it's okay Akka.

  Cody: do any of you know where I've been this whole time? Of course not, but they knew. And when they saw me the first thing they did was making sure I was safe. They didn't care that I was an enemy, they showed more understanding for me than any of you!

  Brent suddenly appears Everyone flinches except Hawk.

  Brent: it's true, they even made him laugh.

  Rin: where did you come from!?

  Akka: did you laugh? Is that true?

  She looked at Cody, Cody is still serious.

  Cody: yeah, they were fun. Even this one here.

  He points at Rikka. Rikka looks annoyed.

  Rikka: it wasn't exactly a picnic with you either...

  She mumbles. Akka looked at Hawk.

  Akka: I'm sorry Hawk, but I can't participate in this. I can't attack the person who managed to make my little brother laugh... you know very well how long it's been since that.

  Hawk looks at the floor... Cody looks at them, still serious. Rin and Rho and Nuri looked at each other, not sure what's going on. Hawk took a breath and pulled back.

  Hawk: I think that's enough for today... how about we finally bury the hatchet?

  He looks at Rho, Rho looks confused.

  Rho: How do I know you mean it?

  Hawk shrugged.

  Hawk: You'll have to trust me.

  Rho looks at the others and looks at him. Rho gets up and walks over to him. Turn off the transformation and reach out.

  Rho: it was a good fight.

  Hawk accepts. The hatchet is buried. They move away from each other. Rho stands next to Cody

  Rho: You are a good person Cody. Thank you.

  Cody laughed again, but very little.

  Cody: oh no, I just couldn't spend another second with this one here.

  Cody: I ??definitely understand why you were fighting with her, good luck to you.

  He whispers Rho enough for Rikka to hear.

  Rikka: I heard that! And that's gratitude I get...

  He laughs

  Hawk and Akka and Brent also laugh at that scene. Cody starts to walk towards Akka, Rikka turns after him.

  Rikka: I'm not done with you yet!

  Hawk approached Rho.

  Hawk: I don't know how you did it, but thank you.

  Rho: for what?

  She replies coldly.

  Hawk: let's just say you did something we thought was impossible.

  He looked at Cody who was smiling.

  Rho: I don't know what to tell you, I'm not that good with children.

  Hawk: whatever you did, it worked.

  Rho nodded.

  Rho: can I ask, why did Cody stop laughing?

  Hawk stops, looks at the floor.

  Hawk: There used to be a sixth member of our family, and since the day we lost him, we've never seen Cody smile.

  Rho: I see...

  Rho: hey Hawk, I have to admit, I almost regret putting you in jail.

  She said calm.

  Rho: you've changed.

  Hawk: so are you.

  Hawk: Well, I think it's time to go.

  Nuri: To go? Why not stay for a while?

  Rin: Nuri...

  Nuri: What? Haven’t you buried the hatchets.

  He looks at Rho and Hawk.

  Rho: looks like we are...

  Rikka: are you kidding me?

  Nuri: I'm sure you're all hungry, why don't I light a fire and prepare something for us to eat?

  Brent: Honestly, I could eat.

  Rin: unbelievable.

  He slaps his forehead.

  Rho: you know what Nuri, maybe it's not such a bad idea, if we really buried the hatchet we should be able to show it.

  Rikka and Rin together in the same voice confused WHAT?!

  Akka: What about Kurt?

  Kurt still unconscious.

  Nuri: What did Nigel do to him...

  He muttered to himself.

  Nuri: we can put him on the ship, Rho can help him, right Rho?

  Rho nods her head.

  Rin: this isn't happening...

  Rikka: no, this is not normal.

  She goes to the ship.

  Nuri: And what do you say? Are you hungry?

  Akka: Cody, what do you think?

  He looked at her in surprise.

  Hawk: why don't you decide this time?

  Cody looks surprised and laughs.

  Cody: Well, I'm pretty hungry...

  Nuri: great! I'll get to work.

  Nuri was cooking, there was a fire burning outside, everyone was sitting around the fire, Kurt was sleeping in the room. They sat in a circle. String – Rho, Hawk, Rin, Rikka, Cody, Akka, blank space for Nuri, and next to him Rho. Nuri brought everyone food. He passes food to Rin, but Brent appears in front of him and takes the plate.

  Brent: thanks.

  And walks away.

  Rin: hey! Get back here!

  Nuri: here you go.

  He passed plates to Cody and Akka, and sat down next to Akka.

  Nuri: I hope you like it...

  Rikka: where's my food?

  Nuri: what am I here? A waiter? Bring it yourself.

  Rikka rolled her eyes and went to get food. And he looked at Akka again.

  Nuri: and what do you say?

  She tastes the food, and is really surprised

  Akka: this is actually great... where did you learn to cook like this?

  Cody: minus three.

  Cody said coldly, and Nuri looked at him.

  Nuri laughs: nobody asked you...

  Akka: ignore him, he just likes to provoke a lot. And how did you become so good at cooking?

  Nuri: my mother taught me everything I know about it, she was an excellent cook and also a teacher...

  Akka: Was?

  Nuri: unfortunately she passed away a few years ago...

  She took his hand.

  Akka: I'm so sorry...

  Nuri: it's okay, I mean I'll be honest, it never gets easier, but you get used to it over time

  Akka: I understand... she looks at the floor.

  Nuri: but hey, raises her head, now is not the time to put on a sad face. Beside, you have such a beautiful smile, and I would like to see you smiling some more..

  And he smiles.

  Akka laughs and smiles.

  Akka: well, thank you...

  Cody stands up.

  Cody: I ??can't listen to this anymore.

  And he sat down next to Rikka on the other side, where Rin was sitting

  Rikka: oh I see, I'm acceptable now.

  Cody: I ??can't stand another second of their poor attempts at flirting.

  Rikka looked at them.

  Rikka: I think I'm going to get sick...

  Hawk: strange night.

  Rho: very.

  Hawk: It's funny that I wanted you dead for so many years, and now we're sitting here like nothing ever happened.

  Rho: if it means anything to you, I never wanted you dead, I was just following orders that I thought were right.

  Hawk: now you don't think so anymore?

  Rho: not even close

  Hawk: You know, I've always wondered why you ended up in a dungeon.

  A short silence

  Rho: because that was the first time I broke the order.

  She drinks her wine, Rho looks around.

  Rho: Has anyone seen Nigel?

  Ace and Kaya and Atlas

  Ace follows Kaya and Atlas home. Ace gets a call before C6 Answers the call.

  Ace: yes?

  Rin: I know you said we shouldn't disturb you, but I don't think you want to miss this

  Ace: what's going on?

  Rin: it's been a...crazy day, but all you need to know is that we're having a little party here, and... it'll all be clearer when you come, if you want of course, it's my job just to let you know.

  Ace: I have too many questions...

  Rin: Either come or don't, I've done my job.

  Rin hangs up.

  Kaya: that was weird.

  Ace: tell me about it.

  Atlas: and what are we going to do?

  Kaya: I don't know about you, but I'm curious enough to go to the ship. They better really have fun….

  She starts walking. Ace goes after them, but she hears something in the distance, feels some kind of presence.

  Kaya stops: are you going?

  Ace: you just go, I'll catch up with you.

  They shake their heads and leave, as she heads for the forest. She started running faster, she saw something, she was following something. She stops. She feels a presence behind her, turns around and her eyes widen with fear.

  Past

  She was standing in Davon's office, chains on her hands Davon turned to her.

  Davon: who would have thought that my right hand would end up in chains.

  Nexara: I can explain...

  Davon: oh really?

  He’s moving

  Nexara: yes, it's true, I hid important information, but not because I wanted to hurt anyone, just to understand it better, that's all.

  Davon looks at her thinking.

  Davon: do you want to tell me, how you want to know more about what we're actually doing here?

  Nexara nodded.

  Nexara: more than anything.

  Davon: you know, in order for that to happen, it takes trust, and tell me, can I trust you?

  Nexara: I know how I made a mistake, but it will never happen again, I promise!

  Davon is thinking.

  Davon: are you ready to prove it?

  Nexara: yes! I'm ready for anything.

  Davon: If it was anyone else, I'd kill him on the spot... but I think I can make an exception for you this time. You are my blood after all.

  Nexara nodded.

  Davon: and it kills me to see my own blood stabbing my back...

  He moves closer.

  Davon: oh don't worry, I'll let you live... and I'll give you one chance to prove to me that I can trust you...

  Nexara: I'll do anything.

  Davon laughed.

  Davon: glad to hear that daughter... if you survive find me.

  Davon made a signal for the security guards to come in and take her. And they took her away. Nexara resists.

  Davon looked out the window and lighted a cigarette.

  Davon: I hope you survive, Nexara.

  He said cold.