Denen continued fighting off the electric birds as she waited for a plan of action from the others. Moments later, Donta seemed to spring into action. The ninja gria saw him flying toward her, dodging the birds. He did have beautiful pink wings, but her translucent leathery gray ones were more suited to her line of work. An assassin wouldn't get very far making an escape by air at night with such brightly colored wings.<br/><br/>The next thing Denen knew, Donta had grabbed her around her waist. She pulled in her wings so there would be less air resistance as he flew for the three of them. He seemed to be muttering something under his breath, then suddenly, he shouted out something almost like a command. Some strange vapory being appeared and embraced them. The color seemed to fade from the world around them and the high moogle gently brought them back to the earth.<br/><br/>From what Denen could tell, the way the birds couldn't seem to find them even though they were out in the open meant the moogle had somehow made them invisible by summoning that phantom thing. Denen pondered how this was possible, thinking it would be a very useful skill for an assassin, but she had no answer. Perhaps it was a skill that only high moogles had. By the way Donta kept his hands on their backs, she assumed they had to be touching for his power to carry over to them. And based on the firm "shush" he gave them, they could still be heard.<br/><br/>Instinctively, the ninja leveled her breathing so that it was almost inaudible, and her body became completely still. She had practiced the simple art of staying still and quiet for years, and was practically a master at it. Even so, what occurred next almost shocked her out of the state.<br/><br/>Some sort of golden dragon... snake... thing, with white angelic wings appeared out of no where. It spoke, shouting at something it called phantom. It said something about being "woken up". Denen watched the creature, listening to its words, but she couldn't make sense out of them. In fact, that such a creature would even be there in front of them, speaking in a comprehensible language, was strange to her. She thought maybe this was common in the outside world, and tried not to let her surprise and confusion show too much. She didn't have to try very hard. After years of hard training, any emotions she felt completely bypassed her facial expression. And her voice for that matter.<br/><br/>The creature let out a roar before disappearing, and this seemed to dispose of the lightning birds. Donta took his hands off them and color returned to the world, shortly followed by the return of the moogle. Denen agreed with what he said; it did seem like a very useful skill.<br/><br/>"I am unharmed," she said to the moogle. The pain she'd felt from the earlier shocks was fading, and didn't seem to leave any lasting damage. "Although I have little idea of what just happened," she said, referring to several things. Mainly the Snake, the phantom, and how they were invisible.<br/><br/>Denen thought she would have liked to retrieve the senbon that went of course, but thought it wouldn't be good to hold them up. She reconsidered that when she heard Faustina's words. It seemed she'd lost her bow somewhere. Unlike Denen, who had many more senbon, that bow was presumably Faustina's only weapon.<br/><br/>"If we are quick and quiet, we can retrieve your bow," the gria said. "I do not think those strange birds are anywhere nearby. I would also like to retrieve some of my senbon. If we move swiftly, we will still be able to put a good amount of distance between ourselves and the intelligence squad." She still wasn't sure why Master Daido didn't want them to meet up with that particular ninja division, but it was better to listen and act accordingly. Master Daido was neither foolish nor ignorant. Surely he had his reasons.