"Damn it!" Barkhorn cursed, rushing to put her Striker on as he took off.

As he took off after Mio he could feel Barkhorn not far behind, the other girls rushing to get their own Strikers on. Up ahead he saw the dots that were Mio and the Neuroi... only instead of one there were to Neuroi, one speeding past it's partner and Mio towards him and the base.