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Chapter 4 - Stranded by Pettiness

"Alright Amber, what jobs am I required to do today?" asked Chevreuse. "Actually, you'll be on lookout today since me and Yoimiya have our own little mission to complete" Amber responded. "What about the little lass and the other two?" "Klee's at home, Xiangling's sick, and Hu Tao's on a little vacation back home in Vietnam, so it's just you, my friend" "Wait, Hu Tao's from Vietnam?" "Yeah, hence why she's good with our tactics" added Amber. "Oh, that's a nice bit of trivia" said Chevreuse. "But anyways, we heading out in a bit so be prepared, you might get something special if you do really well". "Aye aye, Captain I'll keep our hideout looking spic and span". And so Amber went on with her mission, unfortunately Yoimiya didn't want to come. "This job will make my beautiful blonde hair all dirty, and I can not let that happen" she said. Amber tried and tried until she finally talked some sense into her. "Listen here, all we're doing is just setting up some bear traps across the woods, I'm pretty sure your "wonderful" hair will be unaffected". "What if a bear attacks me, then what'll happen?". "Stupid, why do you think we're setting up the damn traps!?" "Don't tell at me, Amber" "I am your commander, I shall and will talk to you as I so please, so therefore you need to hush your mouth and get the job done?!" "Fine, whatever let's just get this over with" Yoimiya responded. So off they went setting up the traps, Amber was going east, Yoimiya west. "Yo Amber, you're awfully quiet today, what gives?". But there was no response. "Uh, hello, you there?". There was still no response. "I see, you're ignoring me, fine you think I care, well I don't so ha!" she said boastfully. Then she thought, "She doesn't hear me, therefore I'm not doing this". So she went back to the hideout, only problem was she was lost. "Why does everything look the same, wait don't tell me I'm lost" she said. Amber was on the other side, completely unaware on what was going on. "Listen Yoimiya, I only tell you these things so that I can help you succeed, that's my and hopefully everyone's goal here, so try to have some sense please". She didn't get a response back. "I understand if you don't wanna talk, just stay right behind me, these woods can get dangerous real quick". She still didn't get a response. "Yoimiya, you there, oh shit!". Meanwhile, Chevreuse was talking to Bennett while being on lookout. "So that's why Klee stayed home today, I give her props for that one, lad" said the Pyro. "Well, I kinda help her out by giving her some advice, and it paid off at the end" Bennett said. "Since when did you become a technician" she asked. "It's been going on for about a couple of years now, started with some vehicles here and there and well, I'm here". "You guys all have some amazing talents, and well I kinda haven't did anything". Well there's always a chance, it could be today or tomorrow, or even later depending on when I repair your ship. "Well I guess I should leave you be, and pay attention to what I'm doing, see you around, Benny" she said teasingly. Bennett blushed a little. Chevreuse noticed that Amber and Yoimiya have been gone for quite some time now. "Those lasses should be here by now, hope nothing bad happened". Then she saw a few voice messages on Bennett's phone from them. She instantly ran back into the woods. "Where you going?" Bennett asked. "Amber and Yoimiya are lost in the woods, so I'm saving them!". "Ok, don't get lost yourself". Amber was starting to get hungry. "I knew I should've used a compass, my phone's dead, therefore I can't use it to get me out of here, I barely had any battery left when I messaged Bennett, and Yoimiya's nowhere to be found, oh dear" she said mournfully. Suddenly, she hear a deep growl coming from behind her. Amber couldn't believe her eyes, there was a large Grizzly Bear standing behind her. "Stay back, I have my bow and arrow, and I'm not afraid to use it" she said nervously. But the bear just ran to her in all of this speed. "Stay away from my commander, you treacherous thing" Chevreuse said as she killed the bear with her shotgun. "Chevreuse, you found me, thank God, but you didn't need to kill the bear, you could've just tranquilized it or something". "Listen Captain, as much as I have respect for the animals, that thing was about to kill you, so I had to do it the hard way". "That makes sense, come on, let's go find Yoimiya, she's probably having a panic attack because some birds pooped on her hair" said Amber. But Yoimiya was actually sleeping, because she fainted earlier while seeing a coyote. "Found her!" said Chevreuse. "Amber, Chevreuse, how did you guys find me?" she asked. "Well, it wasn't hard really, Amber told me that she set her traps, so it didn't take much for me to figure out that you were on the west side". "Huh, well uh thanks?" she said. "Mhm, and did you learn your lesson?". Yoimiya understood clearly as she nervously shook her head at Amber and went back to the hideout with Bennett. "Psst, Yoimiya, I found this". Yoimiya eyes glittered at what Amber showed her. "But we shouldn't tell her until tomorrow, let the others try to sprinkle some hints here and there, and well". "It's gonna be time to say goodbye" she finished. Chevreuse didn't noticed what they said, because she told Bennett all about what she did today, further delaying his time on repairing her ship.