Bob watched the proceedings of the battle from Special Ops in Castle Anthrax worriedly. Never before had he seen Mistress Celeste take such a beating before launching an offensive of her own. And Mistress Nyx had joined her. He winced as he saw the trenchcoated girl land on top of the fuku-clad girl. The Unnamed Otaku were all at their posts, waiting for the arrival of their Mistresses. Bob was glad that he had freer reign of his actions than they did. He continued to watch the fight on the viewscreen.

"Bob."

Bob spun around when he heard his name called, and his jaw dropped in shock.

"Nani?!? Wh... what are *you* doing here?"

"What... I'm not allowed in here anymore, Bob? Are you gonna kick me out?"

Bob shook his head. "Dionysus... Mistress Celeste will have my head if she's knows you're here." Dionysus! Back in Castle Anthrax! This was a shocker. Hadn't he been kicked out of his Guardian duties?

"Then don't tell her I've been here. What she doesn't know won't hurt her."

Dionysus leaned against a wall, his eyes focusing on the viewscreen and his jaw tightening as he watched Celly fight. Bob hastily tapped a button on his console, the viewscreen picture fading away to one of flying toasters.

"Why are you here, Dionysus?"

"Can't tell you that. I just wanted to see how things were going on this end." He walked around Special Ops, glancing at a few stations here and there. He stopped in front of the seat in the center of the room, Celly's seat. His eyes also flickered to the seat to the immediate right of it, empty and unoccupied for a some time. "I can see you have things in tip top shape, Bob. Stay alive."

With that Dionysus left Castle Anthrax. Bob just shook his head and turned to the readouts on his screen. Dionysus was back. The battle was started. He had a job to do. He picked up a manila folder labeled: "Sailo Factor. Top Secret. For Your Eyes Only" and began to read.

TBC...