Isabel was a wreck when the group finally made it's way back to base, though she certainly didn't seem to show it if one was only paying attention to her daily schedule. As soon as they were released, Isabel made a direct line for the firing range and unloaded far more rounds then seemed financially reasonable for the federation to allow. She had a lot of conflicting thoughts flowing through her mind, and this was the most peaceful place on the entire base, where she'd be able to get some time to herself in order to think about all that had happened and what she really thought about it.<br/><br/>So far, the only answer she got was that the last battle was a complete and total mess. Still,<em>he</em>was here, and that meant that she'd have another opportunity to kill him in the next battle. After that though, she wasn't sure if she could stomach the federation for much longer. Somebody in the chain of command had known what was on that ship, since there was no signs at all that there was any information at all on board... No researchers, no scientists, no schematics that were locked away... Nothing but the wounded and the innocent. Somebody knew, somebody in the federation knew for a fact what was going on, and yet they still ordered their troops to pull the trigger. Was the battlefield nothing more then a game to them? Were people just tools to be manipulated and toyed with?<br/><br/>No... Isabel was no toy, she refused to accept that. If that last operation was the sort of thing that the federation condoned, she'd take her future into her own hands. Zeon, Federation... Both of them were equally disgusting and filled with back-stabbing greedy bastards willing to do anything in order to advance their own personal agenda. If need be, Isabel would cleanse the world of those types of people herself. Humans were not playthings.<br/><br/>..............................................<br/><br/>Jillian was just as distraught as Catrina over everything that had happened, however, she had opted to remain with the forces and organize a search team to make sure that the federation really had completed their full retreat and gone back home, a physical sweep that was followed quickly by a hunt from the bomb squad to make sure that there were no extra surprises waiting for the zeon forces in the wake of this. It was hard to be strong during that time, but Jillian had put herself in charge of the operation, since it was completely established and carried out by volunteers after the battle, so she had to keep her head up and force herself forward no matter what happened. After all, she was an ace pilot, if she had an emotional breakdown, all of the people looking up to her and admiring her would suffer a harsh loss of morale as well.<br/><br/>When it was over, Jillian changed into her regular outfit and sighed, pressing her head up against her suit's locker as she took a few minutes to recover. By the time she made her way to the hospital and took her seat next to Catrina in the lobby, she was completely calm, but a bit sullen after everything that had happened. "... how is she?"