Xenon first winced, then hissed as she suddenly felt the warm hand on her shoulder.

How often, in Heaven's sake, did she tell them to not touch her? How freaking often did she say that she wanted absolute discretion? Didn't they listen to what she said at all?

Just about to start her famous speech about discretion and personal space, Xenon then swallowed her words as she heard Phosphorous, the apparent source of the nuisance, speaking up, telling her to stop her current behavior and to wait for them.

"I never asked anyone to come with me, let alone to follow me, so there's no, I repeat 'no', reason why I should wait for any of you," she eventually hissed at her, wondering if Phosphorous's aggression was maybe contagious.

"Also, I wouldn't be too sure about the incident being some super serious stuff that's just kept secret from us," she then responded to her theory, now, however, a bit more relaxed than a few seconds ago. "I mean, sure, it's possible - but the people at the factory need some time to figure out what happened too. They don't know much either - at least not at the moment."

OOC:

Potassium trotted along happily with the other senshi, listening to their theories and wondering what the cause of the explosion was. The only way they were going to be able to find out is by getting to the factory. "We are only going to be able to figure this out when we get there." Potassium said.

Phosphorous got silenced a few seconds before bursting into a crazy laughing. "Ha ha. Oh god...", she said trying to control her breath. "I just love how you 'queenies' tend to act when somebody is actually telling you the truth." She then grabs her shoulder again and pulls Xenon way more closer to her body than before  "I don't know why I have this feeling that you and I will end up having a wonderful friendship. Oh hey! -she touches her earrings- Are those actually crystal made earrings? My father wanted to buy me a set for my birthday too but neeahhh it sounded like a waste of money... lots of money... so I asked him to give me the money to pay my fighting lessons. Ha ha!"

Returning to a more calm mode Phosphorous returned to the main topic "Maybe. But I am still being suspicious. We've got to check it out"

OOC (how the hug looks like):

"What truth?," she replied quickly once Phosphorous ended her speech. "There is no need to wait for someone uninvited. Period. Or do you wait for people on the street to follow you too?"
She crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, the limit of her patience already passed. "And what's with 'queenie' anyway?," she added after a few seconds.

Pffff. As if she was the only one who thought that way. Or did that girl want to tell her that she always waited for people she didn't like to have with her? Nonsense.

Then, suddenly, her eyes started to widen, her previously crossed arms now uncrossing. What the?
Before you knew it, Xenon found herself on the chest of the red-haired girl, her shoulder clunched by her surprisingly strong hand and her right half of face knitted by the collision with Phosphorous.

"Gosh, what's your freaking problem," she shouted at her as she tried to free herself from her firm grip. "I told you to not touch me! N-O T-O-U-C-H-I-N-G! What is so hard in that sentence, huh? The 'not'? The 'touch'? Come on, tell me - where's your freaking problem?!"

She's got a nerve! For a while Xenon waited for a response on her part, but then, eventually, just took a deep breath, trying to calm down. "I agree with the purple one," she then said to the group, indicating Potassium. "It shouldn't be that far away from here now anymore."

"Awwww... -laughs- Look now she got angry. So cute!", said Phosphorous while gently touching Xenon's head ruffling her hair a bit. "But you know..." she said on a more serious tone "You actually need people around you too. Since you like to create a good impression in front of others by always taking care of the way you walk and well... look. If you wouldn't have people around you... you won't have anybody to show your uh... let's say appreciate your -cough- lovely personality. Plus it's way funnier to hang out with people different from you... don't you think?" Phosphorous gave an evil smirk after she said her last words and continued to ruffle Xenon's hair. She then suddenly distanced a bit from her so she could enjoy her reaction.

By walking and walking at some point it looked like the shape of a building could be noticed in the horizon.

When the group of girls started moving toward their destination, Zirconium motioned for Hafnium to follow her. "Come on!" she whispered harshly under her breath as she jumped up from the bush.

"Where are we going?" Hafnium whispered back once he and his sister were back on the sidewalk.

"I don't know, but we will soon find out!"

The duo crept from tree to tree, keeping a good fifteen to twenty meters behind the Element senshi and ducking behind the nearest pedestrian (or object) whenever the senshi stopped walking.