Baelz put her hands on her hips, holding her belt like a cowboy as she watched a truck approach and come to a stop
Mumei hopped out of the vehicle, flanked by her mercenary escort followed by three figures with bags over their heads
Baelz cleared her throat
”Dr. Mumei I’m CIA”
She looked over to the three hooded figures
”Uh, you don’t get to bring friends”
”They’re not my friends” mumbled Mumei
Mumei’s escort chimed in, “No worry, no charge for them.”
Baelz looked at him with a confused expression
”And why would I want them?”
The mercenary leans in
”They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the paizuri woman. The warden of time.”
”Kronii?”
Baelz motioned to two armed baerats
”Get them on board I’ll call it in.”

The EMB-110 soared over the rocky plains of Uzbekistan, the low rumble of its PT-6 engine echoing over the hills
”The flight plan I just filed with the agency lists me, my men, Dr. Mumei here, but only one of you!” Baelz yelled
Two baerats opened one of the fuselage doors to the howling wind outside
”FIRST ONE TO TALK GETS TO STAY ON MY AIRCRAFT”
She grabbed the first prisoner, brandishing a handgun while dragging him to the open door
”WHO PAID YOU TO GRAB DR. MUMEI!?”
No answer
Baelz fired a shot out the window before handing the prisoner off
”HE DIDNT FLY SO GOOD! WHO WANTS TO TRY NEXT!?”
She grabbed another
”TELL ME ABOUT KRONII! WHY DOES SHE WEAR THE RIBBON!?”
She was met with silence again
”A LOTTA LOYALTY FOR A HIRED GUN!”
”Well, perhaps he’s wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane.”
Baelz turned to the prisoner who had spoken up
”At least you can talk!”
She made her way over to the last prisoner
”Who are you!?”
”It doesn’t matter who we are, what matters is our plan.”
Baelz kneeled down, slowly removing the hood on the prisoners head to reveal
Kronii
”No one cared who I was till I started streaming.”
Baelz regained her composure and motioned towards the ribbon

on Kronii’s chest

”If I pull that off will you die?”
”It would be extremely painful...”
”You have a big bust!”
”For you”
Baelz scoffed
”Was getting caught part of your plan?”
”Of course!” Kronii said confidently
A C-130 emerged from the clouds, slowly overtaking the EMB-110
Kronii continued, “Dr. Mumei refused my offer in favor of yours. I had to find out what she told you.”
Mumei cowered behind her seat before speaking up
”Nothing! I said nothing!”
The EMB-110 was starting to feel turbulence form the C-130’s engines
”Well congratulations, you got yourself caught!” Hakos said smugly
”Now what’s the next step in your master plan!?”
Kronii looked her in the eyes
”Crashing this plane, with no survivors!”
Above, several kronies jumped from the C-130, deploying their cable lines and landing hard against the plane before firing through the windows, gunning down the armed baerats inside
Kronii broke her restraints, punching Hakos to the floor
The kronies on the plane quickly secured explosives to the fuselage
The C-130 sped up, dragging the EMB-110 until its wings are torn off from the strain, pulling it into a nosedive
With one swift maneuver the kronies jumped back from the plane, detonating the placed explosives
The aircraft shook from the blast as the kronies entered through the gaping hole that was once the tail
Baelz and her guards tumbled to the door to the cockpit, which now served as the floor while Kronii managed to brace herself against the seats
One still managed to draw his weapon and fire at the warden of time but was quickly gunned down
Mumei struggled as she was handed off to Kronii by her loyal servants
Screaming in terror, she was silenced by Kronii putting a hand over her mouth
The other kronies slowly ascended their lines, evacuating the plane
As the last was about to leave, Kronii stopped him
”Stay dog. They expect one of us in the wreckage.”
The kronie complied, remaining at the bottom of the plane
He looked up before speaking
”Have we become sex?”
Kronii smiled
”Yes. The horny rises!”
She quickly turned her attention to Mumei’s muffled screams
”Now is not the time for fear Dr. Mumei, that comes later!”
The C-130 cut the lines, dropping the fuselage to collide with the ground leaving only Mumei and Kronii suspended in the air by a cable
Kronii began climbing back up the line with her new prisoner in tow
She had more plans still, including a most glorious end for the man known as ‘Takeshi’