Flukey, his Nikkes, and Chatterbox looked in shock to see the new Nikke as she stared down at Chatterbox with a stern face.

Then she turned her attention to Flukey.

Snow White: It's alright. You can leave this to me now. 

She started to fire her anti-ship rifle at Chatterbox with precision.

Chatterbox: Ahh! A.....A Pilgrim?!

Snow White: Begone you blasphemous creature. 

She continued to fire at Chatterbox. 

Chatterbox: D-Damn! My regeneration can't keep up! I must....retreat! 

With no other option, he started to leave but before leaving completely, he took one last look at Flukey. 

Chatterbox: (Don't think this is over boy. I will find out what you are. One way or another) 

And with that, Chatterbox disappeared. 

Then Snow White took her leave but not before telling Flukey and his Nikkes to go home. 

Flukey grunted as he slowly got up, tired from earlier. 

Rapi: Commander!

She ran to him and Flukey held her before he could fall. 

Flukey: *Pants* Who knew....dodging punches....could be so....tiring.

Rapi: Anis. Neon. We need to get the Commander and Wardress to somewhere safe. 

Anis: R-Right. 

Neon: On it. 

With that, Flukey, Counters, and Wardress headed off to a safe place or a place that was safe as could be. 

Later....

Later on, Flukey and the others were in another building recovering from their recent encounter with Chatterbox and the whole while Flukey couldn't get his mind off of what Chatterbox said about him. 

Seeing this, Yuni and Mihara sat next to the Commander to try and ease him while Counters was out on lookout. 

Yuni: *Concerned* Commander? Are you okay? 

Flukey: To be honest Yuni. I don't know. What Chatterbox said about me....being something beyond human....

Mihara: He may have just saying all those things to knock you off your balance. 

Flukey: Maybe.....but it didn't sound like he was bluffing at all. I'm sure you all saw me back there. I dodged Chatterbox's strikes relatively easily. Ever seen a human capable of that? 

Yuni: Well....if you are beyond human I won't see you any differently. 

Mihara: Nor will I. And I'm sure Rapi, Anis, and Neon won't think differently of you either. We are with you Commander. To the very end. 

Flukey made a small smile. 

Flukey: Thanks girls. 

Yuni and Mihara further solidified their vow to Flukey by hugging him with Yuni hugged his waist and Mihara hugged his head into her chest. Flukey blushed from the interaction and it did make him feel a lot better and remind him that he wasn't alone. 

This also strengthened Flukey's resolve to take Yuni and Mihara away from Syuen as he had a plan in mind, and it was gonna require more than just Andersen for his plan to work. 

And maybe a little....directing. 

After a while, Counters came back and the gang continued to get to the radio tower that Rapi mentioned earlier to contact the Ark.

It took some time but eventually they reached the tower and wasted no time in getting in contact with the Ark with Shifty being the one to answer and to say she was furious would be an understatement. Flukey allowed Shifty to run her rant through to the end before he told her the reasoning and also instructed her on what to do for his plan to hopefully pull through. 

While Shifty was skeptical of it, she trusted Flukey enough to ensure him she'd follow through with his plan and ended communications there. 

Despite the state Flukey was in, he was determined to see things through. 

Not just for himself.

But also for his Nikkes. 

The trek onward led the group to a huge whitened area. 

Neon: Wow, I've never seen such a wide open space. The surface isn't so bad after all. Hmm? Hey Rapi. Anis. Look at all that dust over there. This place isn't even a desert, and it's still got sandstorms? That's awesome!

Flukey: Uh Neon...those dust are scattering because of something else....

Rapi: Raptures. 

Neon: What?!

Rapi: Approximately 200 or so. 

Mihara: Oh my....

Flukey: Tsk. Just our luck. What a horrible time for a Rapture Wave. 

Anis: A Rapture Wave? 

Flukey: It's a term I give when there's well over at least 50 Raptures in one sitting. 

Neon: Oh. Nice term!

Rapi: FF Formation. The transport ship should be here any minute. Just hang tight. 

Anis: We just can't catch a break can we? 

Neon: It makes sense. The first trip to the ground seems to be the worst, and it's my first time here. What do you think? 

Flukey: No....

Counters and Wardress look at Flukey as he had an unwaveringly stern look on his face in defiance of fate. 

Flukey: This is not how we're gonna go out! We have gone through too much for it all to end here! Counters! Wardress! Clash!

Upon hearing Flukey's words, both Counter and Wardress were overcome with a rushing wave of power and determination and began their fight against the Raptures, defying their fate just like their Commander.

The battle raged on between Nikke and Raptures for a while until a third party intervened and decimated the Raptures with relative ease.

The third party was revealed to be Absolute, Elysion's strongest squad and a squad that Rapi and even Flukey was familiar with to an extent. 

Absolute consisted of three members:

Emma

Vesti

And the leader of Absolute Eunhwa

Once everything died down, Flukey and his Nikkes went up to Absolute. 

Flukey: Thanks for the save Eunhwa. I honestly didn't expect the Ark to send your squad. 

Eunhwa: Sure Weakling. Though you should thank Ingrid too since she ordered us to come here and get you out of this mess. She also mentioned something about a plan you had in mind. Care to fill us in? 

Everyone else was curious about what Flukey's plan was.

Flukey: I'll tell you girls on the plane. 

Eunhwa: Fine. 

With that, everyone got on the plane and Flukey began to explain to them about his big plan. 

As expected they thought it was crazy and Flukey couldn't blame them but that didn't deter him from seeing his plan through to the end. 

With luck, his plan will succeed and he'll gain a lot more than what he'll lose. 

If he'll lose anything.