Epic of Bee

"I do not have any Levitation Orbs, but they are something that we could trade for from people like the goblins and the northern Treefolk. The fact that your girls found one is pretty unique, so maybe you should ask where they got it from," Gamble suggested.

I turned to Xani, who was smiling at me, and I went over to her. I hadn't really given the girls much attention, and it wasn't fair that I spent all my time with Miasma.

"You have done a wonderful job, my Buzzy Bee," I said as I hugged and kissed Xani, and she smiled back at me warmly.

"Thank you, I am glad that the power that you gave me can be such a big help," Xani said as I still held her.

"When did you and Miku find the stone?" I asked her.

"Terrance, he is a turtle that goes around to all the different races and trades with them. He has a steam wagon that goes slow, but he always has strange things. Around this time of year, he will be just leaving from the SugaBee to go to the Trolls. Terrance always stays one night and tells us about the different adventures and people he meets!" Xani said with excitement, nearly jumping in my arms.

This was interesting, and I would like to meet this Terrance and the Trolls were where we were headed after this. If he was a trader, and he went all over the place, that would mean that he would have a large variety of things to scan… damn, I would need to go down and scan each of those grizzled bodies and see what I could get from them.

"This is wonderful, Kitten," I said as I pulled her face to mine, and we shared a more personal kiss than we had before.

The kiss made my hair raise, and I finally had to pull apart from her or get swept away. I was short of breath, and the look in Xani's eyes was not helping.

Maybe I had been entirely wrong about the girls, and I was the one being cold to them. Regardless, we were surrounded by people right now, and there were still things to do, but I would not forget this experience.

I rubbed noses with Xani and then gave her another short kiss before we separated, and I turned back to the group of people, but they were gone. Everyone had found something to keep themselves occupied with, so I went over and grabbed Riza and Joni.

"Riza, let's you, me, and Joni go down and talk to Leah, okay?" I asked, and Riza gave me a stiff nod; this girl needed to lighten up.

Maybe I should just seal them all in one of the Hive cells for a couple of hours and let them work out the built-up kinks. I looked over at Joni, who was smiling knowingly at Riza, while Riza refused to look at either of us as she lifted into the air.

I smiled at Joni and winked at her when she looked at me, and we both lifted into the air to follow Riza. Locking them up might not be needed at this point; I think that Leah and Joni were going to be the ones pinning her down!

We descended down two floors, and I saw Miasma lazing around on the bed as we did. That woman was a striped cat, all she ever did was rest, and then she was a cute little terror when she was awake, and a mean one if you woke her up!

Leah was waiting for us in the central room, but I saw Tag and Sig walking down the hall, and I called for them to wait. Not like I couldn't have caught up to them, but they turned back and flew towards us.

"Riza, you have some things to talk about with the girls, and when I come back, I will be talking like you have told them, EVERYTHING you need to say, or I will be saying it for you, understood?" I said to Riza in a harsh but not rude voice.

Riza gulped but nodded and turned with her head down like she had been whipped. I was not going to do that, but I think that this will start becoming a problem if she gets nervous or isn't thinking straight when talking to these two. So, now was the best time to do it, and I wanted to finish what I had forgotten to do, the scanning.

"Hey, Our Queen, that is excellent! What can our business of Ferrets do for you? Sig asked as the pair flew up.

"Can you two take me down to scan the dead bodies? I know it's a gruesome job, but It needs to be done. There is a chance that I might not get very much from the scans, but anything is better than nothing at this point," I said to the boys, and they both nodded to me.

"It would Bee our pleasure, my most Hextacular Queen!" Tag said, and it reminded me of a video I had seen once about Hexagons being the Bestagon; more made-up words for what was proving to be my new favorite shape.

The boys flew ahead, and I started to think about the shape and how it would look once we covered it with the ship with the Hex-Combs. If they were all stacked around, it would look like a flying Hive, but those were things for the future.

After this, I would need to go see Pixie, but I also wanted to find Miku; I hadn't seen her all day. After my meeting with Xani, I was sure that I needed to spend some time with Miku. Xani was the more understanding of the two, but I would still have to find her.

'Miku has been hiding in your shadow all day,' Hilda told me in my mind.

Wait, what do you mean all day? Like… ooo, that dirty little voyeur! I was going to have some fun with her when I got the chance!