After having discovered that Agent Born is a Donovian double agent who has employed Lysander Greaves to deceive the Usonian military, the team splits the party after their destructive fight at the Merc Guild. CPT Sable, and CPL Firescales take off after Agent Born while SGT Devereaux and MCM Saltmane rush back into the burning Merc Guild to save Devereaux's paralyzed feline companion.