It was good to see the Eucharis again.

Alpha Team was the first to arrive back at the ship, with Hanako injured and carrying Mikael, also injured. She set the infantryman down just inside the cargo bay, needing a rest.

Ittô Juni Blueberry, the ship's Sensor Specialist and also a nurse, carried Mikael to the cargo elevator and then brought him into the medical lab on deck three for treatment.

"Santô Hei Nayacesen Takeyu," Hanako said, "Welcome aboard the Eucharis. Head to the bridge and see if you can raise the other teams by communicator. I need to stop by the medical lab."

"Yes Ma'am and thank you ma'am!" Takeyu said as he mentally recalled the schematics of a Plumeria Class Light Gunship. He into the ship and up the main passageway toward the bridge.

When he got to the bridge the doors parted and he saw another Yamataian there; he recognized her rank instantly but not her name. "Ittô Hei, I've been ordered to try and get ahold of the other teams," he said.

Hanako passed by the STV and the stacks of cargo containers and waited for the large cargo elevator to come back down, and then stepped on to its now blood-spattered surface to ride it up to deck three.

Entering the Medical Lab, Hanako found Blueberry taking off Mikael's boots and pants.

"It's not what you think!" Blueberry jokingly said, flashing Hanako a grin.

The Taisa smiled.

"He'll live," Blueberry told her, giving Mikael an injection of anesthetics to dull the pain while she began to work on his legs. "How are you?"

Hanako removed her bloodstained uniform top. "I believe I should be fine with a little HS spray." She went to get it since Blueberry was busy and Konoka was still out on mission.

Jalen and Charlie team entered the Eucharis through the increasingly bloody cargo bay door-ramp.

"Bridge, this is Jalen-Heisho reporting. Charlie team has secured the blueprints and brought two of the designers safely back. I am heading to the medbay...." Sune paused as he noticed a fresh trail of blood leading across the cargo bay.

Having taken a minute or two to find which SMG was his previous one and restocking with a handful of magazines, Ramiro followed Sune back to the Eucharis where he took up a position at the bottom of the cargo ramp. Slamming one of his four new magazines into the SMG, he turned to Kumiko and said, "It may have been overkill, but overkill is better than no kill." He turned forward again, placing the butt of the gun into to pocket of his shoulder and aiming it at the door, waiting for something to happen.

Having prepared himself somewhat for the end, Mikael was somewhat confused when he saw Hanako coming towards him. Given her condition in what he thought was a serious injury, he intially was going to protest. But she threw him over her shoulders, he just simply did his best not to bleed on her. The bouncing around didn't help with the pain, but he stayed awake.

Exchanged for another Neko carrier at the ship, he looked around the medical bay when he was placed on the bed. He was only half mentally aware when Hanako walked into the Medical Lab and didn't really understand Blueberry why the two were smiling. But he did understand why began he started to not feel his legs anymore and he just stared at the ceiling.

By now, Blueberry had set up a blue holographic projection of Mikael's body above him, which showed the foreign objects in red. Using it to keep track of them all, she opened a TA-13 field surgery kit and began removing the shrapnel from his body one bit at a time using tweezers and (when necessary) a laser scalpel. Next, she sewed the wounds closed using the suture kit. After she was done with that, she put an IV in his wrist giving him Nekovalkyrja blood, which would heal his wounds from the inside and also replace blood he'd lost. Finally, she gently rubbed soothing burn cream onto his burns from the exploding grenade.

Meanwhile, the now-topless captain was nearby squirting some replacement blood into her wounds with a portable HS Material Container when Jalen arrived. "Welcome back," she greeted him. "How is your team?" she asked.

Before leaving the cargo bay Sune turned to Junko. "Takeda-Heisho escort our guests to the Wardroom."

Sune then entered the zero-g corridors and was grateful for the ease of movement they afforded. All too soon he was entering the medbay. He surveyed the room, and saw Hanako. Fortunately this was not the first time he had seen the Taisa topless but it was the first time he saw her injured.

Bowing only slightly out of fear of falling over, "Taisa, Charlie team is present and accounted for. Most of them are a bit bruised and battered but no life threatening injures. We have acquired the blueprints and the designers. Unfortunately one of the designers was slain in-transit." He snatched a PMS-1 from the station by the door and coded the injector and injected himself. He then made his way over to one of the medical cabinets, and prepared a local pain killer which he injected to counter the pain in his leg.

Sitting for a moment to allow the pain medicine to work he continued his report. "Valencia-Heisho, and Kumiko-Hei are stationed at the cargo bay door to provide cover for any returning members. Takeda-Heisho is securing our guests in the wardroom. In addition to the gunshot wound I received in the first attack, I have suffered a fracture of the upper femur."

He looked at the PMS Hand unit and observed the break, as he had surmised it was a clean one, but it would need to be set in order for it to heal properly. He removed the top of his Elysian garment and removed the bandages around his abdomen. With proficient ease he injected HS Material into the wound to facilitate the healing.

"The bone in my leg will need to be set to ensure proper healing." He looked around the medbay and noting the absence of Konoka's energetic self. "Taisa, any word on Beta Team?"

"Negative," Hanako replied, getting dressed again. "I asked the Nika and Santô Hei Nayacesen Takeyu, who joined us on the mission, to try to raise them but I haven't got anything yet. I am going up to the bridge to us moving." Hanako created a holographic countdown display to follow her around. There were less than two minutes left.

When the reached the bridge, Hanako sat in the center seat and called down to the phone by the cargo bay door.

"That's true, but still..." Kumiko quickly set herself up, crouched at the other side of the ramp. She stacked the spare SMG clips in a row next to her, and went ahead and clipped her NSP back into its holster. Might as well just use this. No point in wasting the ammo I have. She shrugged, checked the load in her new SMG, and put the clip back in. "Jalen-Heisho? Who all are we waiting on? I know someone beat us back, but which team was it, how many people are left?" Then she walked over to the phone. "This is Endoh-Hei."