<em>"Yes, this Crash is a jerk. Wonder if it's only about women or he's always like that, on any topic..."</em>Zal let out a sigh. Even though she had no lungs or mouth to do so, but that's one of the things Zal and Meg shared - their "voices in the head" included sounds like sighs and yawns as well. On psychological level, not physical. Because Meg did the same as an answer, obviously agreeing with Zal. But she never said anything aloud. She was listenting to Nero mostly... Not Crash.<br/><strong>(A)</strong><em>"Don't worry. I am not religious, neither I am into politics."</em>She answered this one, at least. Seeing him start smoking, she added:<strong>(A)</strong><em>"And if you ever will have to enter my shuttle - no smoking there, please."</em><br/><br/><em>"Looks like we got company..."</em>Zal stated, seeing the bandits come in to the bar.<br/><em>"I can see that. Be ready."</em>Meg answered, counting the new visitors, as well as trying to eye out more people who might get aggressive.<br/><em>"Oh I'm always ready. I already feel the rush of battle..."</em><br/><br/>As the dialog between Dirk and "Razorwire" progressed, both Meg and Zal were listening carefully. When Dirk said about the last warning though...<br/><em>"I think it's the time."</em><br/><em>"Yes. Do it."</em><br/>Meg's eyes changed in an instant... The pale blue color of her eyes suddenly turned to a more saturated tint of light blue and the iris morphed from round to a small slit, like a lot of animals have. Zal was sitting like that for some time, so either of men could notice this right away. Then... "The hell broke loose".<br/><em>"Zal, don't just sit there, do something. I don't want to die in a bar fight, ya know. Especially by some random gunshot not aimed at me at all."</em><br/><em>"Megan, stop. I know."</em>Zal finally got an opportunity to "strike back" at Meg, making her stop talking just like it happened the other way around.<br/><br/><div align="center"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Music</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EEtGLLDhNY</div></div></div><br/><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://i.imgur.com/WADHqAB.png)</td><td>Zal stood up very calmly, like everything is normal, no bullets or laser fire all around, people yelling and screaming, running around, fighting... And while she was doing that, Mag's body started "morphing". From her back, from under clothes started growing some alien flesh, white-blue-grey in color. As it was covering the body and on top of clothes, it changed texture - the moment it covered the body parts, the "fleshy" look of it(squishy and moist, maybe disgusting to some) changed into more of a metallic gloss. In mere seconds - around three or four - all of Meg's body was covered in this alien flesh, that looks like metallic armor.<br/>The "armor" had a lot of avian features to it - a beak-shaped head, with what looks to be something similar to "feathers" in the back... But metallic, not regular bird feathers of course. Here and there all over the body there were similar formations, vaguely similar to what feathers would look. And there were no eyes on it - how does she even see in there? The answer is simple - this whole armor is Zal's flesh... And she "sees" with all of it, 360 in all directions. Well, not actually sees, but <em>senses</em>. On back side of her hands(most notably on the wrists and all way up till the elbows, while way smaller further up to the shoulder) there were armor formations which also gave the avian feel - almost like there should be wings there. Same thing with legs as the front side below knee had also similar aerodynamic form. Three sharp claws on feet, five fingers on hands ending in quite long claws as well - even more of the bird feel to it.<br/>Zal grabbed both pistols from the holsters... They were now under the armor, but that's no problem - she simply slid her both hands inside and pulled them out easily, like if it was a pocket or some gooey substance. But in reality, a bullet from some low caliber primitive pistol(easy to hide through security check in more prestigious places than this) simply bounced off the armor. Like from a heavy metal plate, ricocheting somewhere randomly. Zal answered to that "insult" - she looked in the direction where the shot came from and let out a REALLY loud bird screeching sound. There was a waitress. She got scared from the transformation already, so even without any actual need to kill the "demon creature", still made the shot. Out of fear. But now? After this "demon creature" looked at her? The woman simply fainted. Maybe for the best. Safer that way, unless she'll be hit by the crossfire.<br/>Other people also heard the screeching sound, but nobody really paid attention to it that much due to all the shooting.<br/><em>"Three to the left, straight 9o'clock, far end of the room, three bursts. One on the right, 4o'clock, real close, stab. Civies, 11 through 1o'clock arch, no fire zone."</em> Meg now was like a second pilot, helping Zal in combat. That way Zal can be more focused on action, while Meg telling what to do. This is how they live now for a long time already. This is how they operate. This is how they survive.<br/>After hearing all that information from Meg, Zal finally started the action. Her moves were fast as she was reacting to what Meg was saying.<br/>Hand stretched to the left, at the three men on the far side of the room. Short bursts of three for each. Her machine-pistols were quite of an interesting design (http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/warframe/images/e/ef/TennoUzi.png) - the mag was upwards, on top of the gun itself and bent forward, while the handle is bent the other way around, thus giving it an S-shaped line.  As Zal was shooting, the mag slid down, inside the gun and it's handle. Is the mag made out of some flexible material..? Rubber? Better ask Megan. Or Zaldira... Even though for now, Nero and Crash don't know about this little secret of theirs.<br/><em>"It's good that you insisted we buy ammo before going here."</em> Exclaimed Mag right in the middle of the battle.<br/>At the same time with shooting, Zal reacted to the second piece of "recon data"(as they both jokingly called it) from Mag. She thrown her gun in the right hand up in the air to free up the hand itself. Right at this particular moment, one of the ruffians from Razorwire's band ran up to Zal with a modified police baton - instead of usual low voltage teaser, there was a huge battery and some other modifications to increase the potency of the electrocution from this thing. But his attack was a complete failure. Zal simply stretched her hand real fast in the direction of this man - he used his own kinetic energy from running towards her to impale himself on the sharp claws with his neck.<br/><em>"Good. Now, protective barrier, I guess?</em><br/><em>"My thoughts exactly."</em><br/>Zal spread her hands left and right, almost like wings. As well as all of her fingers, one exception being the index fingers - both guns were spinning like crazy on those. And not only that - they were... Glowing? Together with her palms? A silvery blue light on them. Second or two of this stance, then Zal made a "scissoring" move with both hands. At that moment, right in front of her and a couple of meters to the left and right a transparent wall appeared... A wall of wind. Big enough to protect the whole zone around Zal/Meg and the table they were sitting with Nero and Crash. As those two were shooting - their projectiles got boosted so fast that the moment they hit this wall of wind, they instantly hit the target. However the projectiles aimed at them - Zal/Meg, Nero and Crash, got deflected in random directions. Sometimes even back at the shooter. Projectile weapons firing bullets and they get deflected? That's kind of understandable, sure. It has a physical form. But how are the energy weapons are also deflected..? That's a completely logical question to ask. But since when logic applies to anything, when there are countless alien species around the whole galaxy? For example, Kistarians are telepathic. They can kill with a single thought. Mental energy manipulation - explain that logically. Or the Uvadi, the "ice people". They not only are coldblooded, but also can freeze things with a single touch, create ice constructs. Hell, they can even summon snowstorms, when reaching a certain age. Explain that too! So this is yet another case of "Mysterious and unexplainable things of the Universe".<br/><strong>(A)</strong>  <em>"Everyone ok? What's the plan now?"</em> Zal asked since the wind barrier gave her a small time window to look back at her new "partners". Zal's voice was absolutely and completely different from Meg, no mistake. Not only it had a slight echo to it, but also some sort of chirr, swish and whistle while she's speaking... Again, definitely something bird-ish.<br/>As she was waiting for an answer, two bandits ran too close to the wind barrier. <br/></td></tr></tbody></table><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><em>"Two bandits, melee, 7o'clock, 5o'clock. Closing in to the barrier."</em><br/>While still looking at Nero and Crash, Zal against started spinning her pistols and her hands glowing once more. This time both hands(and pistol sides) were facing down, towards the ground. In mere seconds, two small tornadoes started growing from the floor. As they finally reached her palms, Zal made a full 360 spin to send these two wind devils at the approaching bandits. Both of the bad guys were thrown into the air and were carried away from the barrier, then sent flying right into the walls.<br/><strong>(A)</strong>  <em>"And where is your so called captain?"</em> Zal added before she got any answers.<br/><em>"Heavy rifle, heavy armored target, ten meters, 6o'clock, civies gone, fire at will. Kill that fat fuck!"</em> <br/>Zal reacted instantly as a heavier weapon could actually go through both the barrier and her armor, thus injuring Meg who was inside. With both hands stretched forward, she fired a full auto burst of all that remained in the mag of the left machine-pistols, while fully emptying the second one as well. Just to be sure... Both mags ejected out from the bottom - they indeed turned out to be made out of some flexible material, but still having a metallic shine on them, so definitely not rubber after all. Zal waved her hand, catching both of them with wind and sent flying up. At the same time she thrown the guns up to catch the mags, then shove them somewhere under(more like "inside") armor and pull out two new ones. Then catch both of her pistols with the mags. Yes, with the mags themselves - they precisely inserted themselves into the handle and all the way up as before, while Zal grabbed the handles.<br/><em>"What a show-off you are, Zal..."</em><br/><em>"We need to make an impression, you know?"</em><br/>The guy with heavy rifle was dead long ago though... So Zal instantly forgot about him and turned towards Nero and Crash again, waiting for their reaction and answer.<br/></td><td><div align="center">(http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz271/jut5star/zyphyrsig.png)</div></td></tr></tbody></table>