Shortly after, the R.O.E.S. agents are now securing the two brothers who were still in very bad conditions.
Several automated bots are cleaning the place, while Chief Maustash talks with his team.
Chief Maustash: What kind of information did you manage to extract from these clowns?
Mauzarella: Not much, Chief, they just talked about how the Great Serpent Goddess had blessed them, and that they were on some kind of mission for her.
Chief Maustash: Pffff! The Great Serpent Goddess... As if such a thing existed.
Mauzarella: What I still don't understand is how they got those powers.
Maple: Where did their powers come from? Where did yours come from?
Mauzarella: What are you talking about?
Maple: I saw you make the big guy fly like a Cucabol ball.
Mauzarella: Well... the truth is that I...
An agent runs up to Chief Maustash, interrupting the conversation.
Agent: Chief Maustash, Chief Maustash!
Chief Maustash: Now what?
Agent: Catnip escaped!
Chief Maustash, Mauzarella y Maple: WHAAAAAA!?
Agent: The prison guards say that during the eclipse, a large snake destroyed part of the complex, and helped Catnip escape!
Chief Maustash: GORGONIA!
Mauzarella: Who?
Chief Maustash: There is no time to explain, set up a perimeter and close all ports, we cannot allow...
Agent: It's too late, Chief. They were seen stealing a ship, which left the planet shortly after.
Chief Maustash: It's not possible... all this... Was it a distraction?
Mauzarella: Who's distraction? What's going on? Who's that Gorgonian?
The Chief and Maple exchange glances before turning to Mauzarella again.
Chief Maustash: There are things you should know...
Back at the R.O.E.S. medical facility. Mauzarella enters the room where Neve is in bed, connected to various devices. Maple also enters notecibly concerned.
Mauzarella: So this is Gorgonia's doing? I'm going to make her pay!
Maple: The Chief said we're already tracking the stolen ship, it's only a matter of time before we have a chance to settle the score with her.
Mauzarella walks over to the bed, and sits in a small chair next to it.
Mauzarella: I'm so sorry, Neve. I wish she had been there.
Maple: The result would probably have been the same or worse. It took us all by surprise.
Mauzarella: I'll stay with her during the night hours, if you don't mind.
Maple: I'll let the doctor know. But do try to rest, I have a feeling this is just the beginning.
Mauzarella: You too, see you at HQ later.
Maple exits the room, leaving her companions alone.
Mauzarella caress Neve's head and brushes her hair back revealing her antennas, then moves closer to join them with her own.
Mauzarella: Hang in there, Neve. We'll get you out of this.
Noticeably exhausted, she settles on the bed, takes Neve's hand and closes her eyes to get some sleep.
After a few seconds, Mauzarella opens her eyes and finds herself lying on a large stone surrounded by large dead trees in a place she has never seen or visited.
Confused, she immediately sits up and looks around for something that looks familiar.
Mauzarella: Hello?
A sudden wind blows with great force as the sky changes from day to night in a second.
Mauzarella: Where am I?
A great light becomes visible In the distance. It is a luminous arc that surrounds a great darkness.
Attracted by the light, she walks slowly through dead trees until she finds herself in a clear, where there is a large green tree with many flowers and fruits that she did not know at all.
That arc of light was like a big circular frame just for the tree.
A familiar sound is heard behind some rocks and echoed throughout the place.
¡BLUP! blup, blup...
Mauzarella: Blup? Is that you?
Suddenly, the whole place catches fire, while cries of pain and anguish are heard all around. Some voices were familiar, but the vast majority were unknown.
The flames begin to engulf Mauzarella's right arm, who feels the heat, followed by a great agonizing pain.
Mauzarella: GNAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Mazuarella wakes up and notices that she is back in the hospital, with Neve still unconscious.
Agitated, she turns in all directions, but everything is as before and completely calm.
Mauzarella: What... was... that?
As she says this, she checks her arm and touches her shoulder where Blup bit her a few times and remembers what she did during the recent fight.
Mauzarella: This... can't be a coincidence. What did you do to me, Blup?