As the enemy’s numbers slowly dwindled and the last fighter in the initial group was taken out, Mei took a quick moment to survey the battle. She noted the battle that was taking place on the ground below, with the Akulas practically decimating the ground forces, while causing minimal collateral damage. That was a curious sight, but not entirely surprising, considering the information the captain had given them regarding the group.<br/><br/>Rather than lingering on this thought, though, she quickly took in the aerial battle, which was going more in their favor, at least for the moment, with their forces slowly decimating the enemy’s numbers, even taking out one of their carriers already. Whether that would last was another question entirely, but she wouldn’t complain about having the upper hand, temporary or not. After the brief moment of surveillance, she indicated for Emile to follow as she led him towards the next group of fighters, and they began to once again whittle down their numbers.<br/><br/>The next hour seemed to pass by in the blink of an eye, with Mei wracking up quite a kill count, and their forces taking out another of the carriers. This should have worked in their favor and reinforced to their forces that they had some hope of victory. Instead, the remaining carriers turned their weapons to the city and began to deploy ground forces and support fighters. Mei clicked her tongue at this turn of events as the assault seemed to have escalated and the battle seemed to have turned in their enemy’s favor.<br/><br/>As she destroyed another of their fighters, her attention shifted to the carrier belonging to the Starwolves, as it suddenly came to a halt before it seemed to disappear, reappearing in front of the city, standing between the city and its own allies, turning its weapons on them. She wasn’t the type to hope, so she wouldn’t say that she had hoped this would happen, per se, but she had wondered if it might, given that they were supposed to have a reputation for turning on their employers when ordered to harm innocents. It was certainly a welcomed change if that was, in fact, what was happening.<br/><br/>She hadn’t kept her attention on them to find out, as she had other engagements that required her attention, such as the enemies before her. She smirked lightly to herself as she prepared to charge at them. It had been a long battle already, and even she felt the strain of it, but it wasn’t over, and until it was, she wouldn’t even entertain the idea of slowing down, let alone stopping.<br/><br/>Instead, she decided to try to enjoy herself at least a little bit. She charged forward into the group of fighters and transformed into her guardian mode, firing on them one after another, switching back to maneuver around their fire and dodge their missiles before reverting into the guardian mode once again. As she did this, she became aware of the fact that the Starwolves had turned on their allies and were now cutting into their forces both in the air and on the ground.<br/><br/>She smirked again to herself, at this turn of events, even if she was still wary of the potential that they might turn their weapons back on Chaos before it was all over. For now, she would go with it and would certainly not argue with the assistance in destroying their now apparently mutual enemy. She found herself somewhat reinvigorated by the turn of events and dove right back into the fray of enemies, this time attacking and transforming even faster than before as she cut through their ranks.<br/><br/>She kept her Emile in her sights as she fought, providing him with assistance when he really needed it, but trying to give him a chance to survive on his own otherwise. After all, that experience would teach him more than any instructor ever could. It wouldn’t do him any good for her to coddle him, and she wasn’t the nurturing, coddling type, anyways.