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The Team Ra Android leaves the ship to broadcast the emergency escape code.

Xavier and Angel wake up because it's right above their heads.

Team Ra get out of the water and suit up, "Find your teammates and get out of here. This is an Alpha level planet you're not experienced enough to …" The Captain is caught off guard when before he even finishes his statement everyone is already scattering.

Xavier and Angel fly behind Team Aces following the tracking signal in Ghost and Six's suits. All members of Team Jones can see who is who and where.

Lily and Rider go back to their teammates ships to get them off the ground and ready for lift off, that's their job on the team in case of an emergency.

Rider built in an autopilot systems into the ships so if someone is too injured that they can't operate their ship then he will pilot it from his ship while Lily is ready for any medical emergency.

~

Ghost picks up the signal transmitter and looks up, "Is this planet alive or something? This is where I fell in, why can't I see the exit?"

Six grabs him and flies up ahead. They tried exiting from above but instead were knocked unconscious for a while, their ears are still ringing a little bit

~

Xavier follows the signal on the move and looks confused when Angel flies ahead pulling on Joe's arm sinking in quicksand.

"Something's hooked to my leg and won't let go." Joe yells.

Angel stubbornly persists using her suits full power to pull him out, momentarily pulling him out, whatever was pulling Joe let go suddenly, they fall back and the ground swallows them up instantly.

Xavier continues to follow Ghost's signal Angel can handle herself.

~

Six sees an opening and smiles, "I see something. Let's go."

Ghost is the first to fly into the snake pit and the first to fly out.

Angel covers her mouth stumbling upon the snake pit on the opposite side of her 2 other teammates, "Snakes so large."

Joe covers her mouth and calms his breathing, "I heard they are blind and only follow vibrations. Lightly lift your feet off the ground and …"

The largest snake doesn't even give Joe and Angel a chance. It immediately attacks them and the only available way out is somehow blocked.

Angel shields both of them and it's working but she can't keep it up for long. Her shields are incomplete.

Joe asks her to drop her shield for a moment and throws a grenade into the snake's mouth. He held on to it a while longer so it would explode instantly once it's in the snake's mouth.

He takes Angels hand keeping a secure grip and flies back while she keeps the shield up. The explosion only bought them time, but the snake is too large for a single grenade to do any real damage. He gasps when they end up in a second snake pit with snakes just as large.

Sand suddenly starts falling in burying them in, Joe rushes to shield Angel her shield will have to be a last line of defence, he'll play his part until the moment is right.

A giant bird 4 meters tall is using its claws to dig through the sand for an opening. Using its wings to dust the sand out of the way.

The snake stops in its tracks, the head becomes the tail and it slithers in the opposite direction.

The bird stops and cocks its head to the side when it looks down and lays eyes on Angel and Joe flying out while they have the chance.

Between a giant bird and a snake pit with shady tunnels they will take their chances with the bird.

"I have Joe and a massive bird on our tail. It's not chasing after us but won't stop following us either." Angel reports to the rest of her team.

Ghost and Six are rescued by a similar bird but bigger.

Ghost screams when there's a brown teddy bear clutching onto his face shield. He didn't even see where it came from.

Angel boards her ship and locks eyes with the bird keeping a close eye on her specifically, "Guys, I think these birds have pretty high IQs. It knows where the mirror is and won't stop staring at me." She takes a step to the left the bird tilts it's head to the right. She takes a step to the right it tilts its head to the left.

"Team Golden's Captain is still M.I.A she was last seen with a bird. Angel I know this isn't your problem or anything, but we need you to step out of your ship and let the bird take you." Team Ra's Captain orders.

Owen glares at the ship next to him, "Not happening." He says and Team Ra's captain shrieks when he meets Owen's icy glare.

Angel takes a seat behind the pilot's chair and grabs a smoothie relaxing behind her chair.

"Team Aces is gone. Team Joey is leaving. Owen you told your teammates to leave without you and our team has all it's members, and so does Team Ra. If we're all here because we're waiting on Goldie locks to be brought back, I think the best strategy is to let the bird take Angie and we follow it." Xavier states.

Owen says No.

"Captains orders." Ryan adds slurping his drink and Angel huffs getting out of her ship.

Owen crosses his arms glaring at Ryan.

Ryan smiles brightly back at Owen, "I have a good feeling about this. Trust me."

"I trust you. I don't trust that giant bird, be careful Dee."

Angel free falls from her ship and a snake surprises everyone by coming out of the ground with its mouth wide open.

Owens heart jumps out of his chest, his brain shutting down on the spot, if possible he would have shattered into a million pieces, "Angel!"

Angel closes her eyes, opening them to catch more birds tearing the snake apart mid-air before the smaller one flies away with her.

Owen follows the birds and they attack him, "What the hell? Give her back!."

"Owen let her go and follow at a safe distance. We can track her no matter how far she goes. Captains orders." Ryan glares at him.

Owen groans slowly backing away looking the bird in the eyes with a scowl on his face, "I swear if anything happens to her, you and I are finishing that fight we once had." He threatens Ryan who shrugs his shoulders not using a verbal response.

~

Angel observes her surroundings taking in as much detail as she can.

The bird suddenly turns and increases its speed.

She checks the stats on her watch, "This thing flies faster than a jet. If we can get it a mask or something, we could be the first country to fly on aliens in space."

Xavier bumps into Owen's ship, "See, she's already nerding out Owen. If she needs to be rescued, she'll call we just have to stand ready."

Owen attacks Xavier's ship, "Do you ever shut up? You wouldn't say that shit if Lily was the one flying away with a giant alien."

They both glare at each other before Xavier turns to Lily, "Go back to the base." He commands getting a glare back.

"Ey, no one gets left behind. Let's go." Ryan leads following the tracker in Angel's suit.

~

Golden sighs in relief when Angel is dropped into the nest, she was still collecting data to keep her mind distracted from the reality of being kidnapped by a giant bird.

Angel looks around and finally notices Golden falling asleep, she looks too comfortable in the situation she's in, "Are you alright? Why don't you just leave?" Angel keeps looking around for a way out and jumps back when a snake nearly bites her head off.

"Does that answer your question? Somehow the snakes are attracted to us and the birds are too lazy to hunt so they leave us here as bate and let the snakes hungry enough come to us." Golden yawns, she feels so drained.

Angel flies up and a bird flies into the nest. She circles it and plucks out a feather measuring it's height and density, "Woah. These babies are badass. Where are your parents?" She confuses Golden by having a one-sided conversation with the much smaller bird compared to the one that brought them here, this one is the same height as Angel.

"Weirdly enough you don't have a beak, but you do have an adorable face. Wow! I want one. Say cheese." Angel takes off her helmet and smiles at the bird. It mirrors her gesture and she jumps up, "I want one! I want one! I want one."

A snake comes into the nest getting shot down by Team Ra's Android, "Rescue isn't possible. We can't come in any closer you'll have to meet us halfway. Is that possible?" Ra, the team leader of team Ra asks.

Owen stares at the comms desperately waiting for a yes.

"That's going to be a three to four-day trip on foot but I'm sure we can make it with Angel being such a natural at befriending animals. She's serious about flying out of here with the baby bird. Might I add the baby is five foot five and has an appetite for 3-meter-long snakes that are also hatchlings."

Xavier rolls his eyes frustrated with the adult birds getting in his way. They are too good at flying and too fast, "Wow, you guys are having fun there. Have you figured out why the birds took you two specifically?"

"I don't know, maybe once Angel teaches the bird English it will talk, she mentioned something about a larynx. With proper training the birds could actually be capable of semi human speech."

Owen glares at the comms, "Geez Golden you really love hearing yourself talk." Ryan glares at him raising a warning a brow, "Can I just hear her voice please?"

Angel turns to the Android and smiles, "I'm perfectly okay. We'll be there in no time at all, right buddy?" She smiles at the baby bird that smiles back.

~

Ghost finally snatches the small furry creature that's been stuck to his face with help from Rider and Lily. They lock it in a cage and look at it confused.

It looks like a teddy bear but walks on all fours and somehow can stick to any surface.

Ghost takes off his face shield and huffs, "That things breath is so bad I almost puked in there." He heaves taking a seat and throws up all over the floor.

"Ewe." Rider and Lily leave Ghost all by himself, "Clean up when you're done dude."