| ||
|
This article was been declared by the authors from CIS Productions to be no longer canon to their stories once its original idea was discarded to welcome more developed and planned ideas. However, to preserve old ideas for research or personal purposes, this article will be kept in the wiki. | ||
Saga AA - Season 2
Episode 19, 20 & 21 - I Love You
Unit CM 130 Sub Arc - Episode 3, 4 and 5
Sub Arc Third, Fourth and Fifth Episode
Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Episodes of Season 2
Previous Season: LOTM: Sword of Kings AA - Raizen School Arc
Previous Episode: LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130
Previous Spinoff: LOTM: Sword of Kings Spin-Off - Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine
Previous Spinoff Episode: LOTM: Sword of Kings: Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine - Liberty City War Arc - We Are Heroes (Final)
Previous Special: LOTM: Sword of Kings Special: "From Hell" Letter
Previous Storyline: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow & Sword of Kings Crossover - The Corbin Files
Not recommended for people under 18-years old. Gore images, sexual content and brutal violence. You have been warned. We are not responsible for any negative reaction.
Previously on the last episode of LOTM: Sword of Kings...[]
(Vital parts only)
- Sonia: Welcome back, Master.
Sonia pushed her back out of the wall and bowed before Fallen.
- The Fallen: [Forget about that, tell me how was your progress in the Hex Machine.]
Actually, 3 months ago, the Fallen's Essence ordered Sonia to built a powerful alien machine that came from another universe. He gave her the plans how to build it and waited for months to see it working. This machine or technology has the power to revive all types of organic and bio-organic by putting its memories in the core of the machine and bringing it back to life in another body.
- Sonia: Ah... It was a good success. Follow me.
Sonia looked at a door at the end of that corridor and walked towards it. The Fallen's Essence followed her and opened a iron door blocking the entrance. When the door opened a cold air came out of room and a very complex machine was seen in the middle of the room. There were batteries, pipes and energy cells scattered across the room, but more importantly, there was a huge sphere located in the middle of the room, it had the size of a T-Rex...
But the more scary thing there was the huge drone inside of the sphere that seemed to be disabled, there was no doubt the being the Fallen's Essence was going to revive was inside of that sphere. However, that drone was nothing but a machine without brain.
- The Fallen: [Oh! Impressive, you're really diligent, Sonia. Good work. So that means putting the memories of our "new guest" is the last thing to do. Lusamine will arrive in some days, she is in Russia right now but when the day comes, she will bring the memory that we want.]
Sonia was confused, she did not know what he was talking about.
- Sonia: I know this machine is going to revive something in that drone body inside of that sphere but what exactly we're going to do?
The Fallen's Essence changed his sight to Sonia, for some reason, his eyes sharped like if he was trying to laugh but he had no face so there was nothing to be seen.
- The Fallen: [This war will end without impulse. So I'm going to revive a droid that was killed 20 years ago. For that, I returned to my original universe where I was born 1 week ago to retrieve the memories of this droid and revive it in our world using this machine you created.]
"..!!"
It was a small feeling but Sonia's skin shivered for some reason. The images of several people being killed, burned, shot and tortured to death appeared in her mind for 2 seconds before she could notice what was happening with her. Sonia just realized that feeling is known as "bad feeling".
- Sonia: Eh... Master, I know it's too late to ask but what exactly this droid is suppose to be?
Suddenly, Sonia and Fallen's Essence felt a presence behind them, it was indeed the presence of a person but it was not human, but a Cyborg from KnightWalker Family.
The Fallen turned his back and saw a boy there, he was not adult but a teenage boy between 17 and 18 years old.
- The Fallen: [It's been a long time, Misogi Kumagawa.]
The Fallen seemed to be amused as the boy behind of them was Misogi Kumagawa, one of the most formidable enemies out there. Misogi is the personal servant of Eckidina KnightWalker who is the new leader of KnightWalker Family.
Misogi let out an evil grin, but that was normal, because Misogi is known for smiling all the time.
- Misogi: I never expected to find you here. I came here to see why you took control of the top floor of this building... So this is what you two were planning. I never saw this machine before.
Misogi looked inside of the room and saw the machine with the unknown drone robot inside of it.
- Misogi: What is that thing...?
Everyone saw something big getting up from inside of the sphere, it was very tall black creature with iron skin, it was indeed a droid but it was exhaling a black and dark aura.
- Aryana: Ooh...
Aryana let out a surprised voice, she saw that droid once but it was the first she was looking at it in its face. Lusamine walked towards Fallen asked him a question.
- Lusamine: Master, what is the main specialty of this droid... I mean if I'm going to use its technology the---!
- The Fallen: [Living beings experiments with men, women, elderly, children, infants, fetus, animals and pregnant women.]
Lusamine was interrupted by Fallen, who replied her question with a cold, dark and emotionless voice before she could finish her question. With just his words, Lusamine's eyes widened and her jaw opened in mere seconds.
- Lusamine: Eh?
Fallen had no reason to hide the truth about this droid anymore. He just wanted Lusamine to start the machine to revive that droid without letting Lusamine be aware of nothing about this droid.
- The Fallen: [I had to hide the truth about it. I manipulated you, sorry. I knew you wouldn't revive it if I told EVERYTHING about it.]
Lusamine could only watch without moving a muscle. She was deceived by her own master but that not left her shocked but the fact that the droid she revived was a scientist with specialty to experiments in living beings.
- Lusamine: You're lying, right?
Lusamine smiled at her master like if she was pretending he was joking again.
- The Fallen: [I'm serious, Lusamine.]
Lusamine opened her eyes in shock and quickly looked back at the droid that was leaving the sphere. The scientists stepped backwards as Aryana smiled.
- Aryana: So you're back, B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130.
The tall droid looked at its hands while holding its Magi-Tech staff. It slowly walked away from the sphere it was in. To be precise, it was not walking but flying, it had no legs.
With a twisted, deep and heavy voice, the droid let out an evil grin.
- CM: W̗h̖a̠t͎ ̖a̗ ̝m̡y͚s̥ţęr̜i͉ọu̝s̝ ̘f̙e̝e̪l̪ịn̜g̪.̪.̯.̠ ̺I͜ ̱w̬ḁs̮ ̯ṇe͓v̱eͅr̼ ̳ęx͚p̞e͍c͇t̫i̞n̫g̢ ̧t͍h̦a̭t̟.̩.͍.̝ ͔I̺ ̞c̫o̗u͓l̺d͜ be ̣r͖e̞s̺u̮r͍r̝ḛc̮t̤!
- MPS Officer: Do not let witnesses alive! Execute all civilians necessary and remember to fire a bullet in their corpses to confirm they're dead!
The soldiers of Manufacturing Progressive Sciences (MPS) continued to shoot down all civilians they encountered on their way. What was happening now was another massacre, common at times of war but this one was special. The extermination of civilians was something that was extremely forbidden by the UN, the KnightWalker Family is the only known organization able to do such atrocities but this time, there was another group doing the same things, and this group is the newest Manufacturing Progressive Sciences, a private military corporation dedicated to technology.
The difference between the KnightWalker Family and MPS, is that the KnightWalkers only destroy and kill people related with rebels who are against their ideology. But the MPS, is different, they do not care politics, ideologies, religions or what your position. Their only and unique goal is to kill all people who are threat and abduct all women and children to be used in human experiments without problems or challenges. They're there to kill and abduct, just it, they have no morals, rules or limits, for they're there to destroy.
The soldiers working for MPS are mercenaries payed to loot, rape, steal and kill; the worst kind of people you can find out there. The news about a new PMC that pay his soldiers to do such atrocities quickly spread across the world and reached the ears of the most wicked humans of the planet. In a few days, more than 200 cities and states were invaded by MPS in Syria, India, Pakistan and Israel. More than 99,000 people were killed, including 12,000 children, 14,000 homosexuals, 4,000 Jews, 1,000 mentally disabled, 23, 000 pregnant women, 3,000 gypsies and many more... Many...
The countries invaded by MPS were bribed by Lusamine's corporation, Sephira Gastronomics, to ignore the genocide and destruction exchange of money and profit for the leaders of the nations. That means that all crime is allowed until MPS leave the country, no matter who are the victims.
To escape from the chaos, civilians ran from the civilizations and hide in small unknown villages in the borders of the country yet that didn't stop the MPS from chasing them and repeat the same circle of violence.
CM left from a ship and looked at the small village being destroyed as Lusamine looked down, trying to avoid looking in CM's eyes.
- CM: Today is history. Today will be remembered. Years from now the young will ask with wonder about this day. Today is history and you are part of it. Seven hundred years ago, when elsewhere they were footing the blame for the Black Death, Casimir the Great - so called - told the Jews they could come to Krakow. They came. They trundled their belongings into the city. They settled. They took hold. They prospered in business, science, education, the arts. They came with nothing. And they flourished. For seven centuries there has been a Jewish Krakow. By this evening those six centuries will be a rumor. They never happened. Today is history. And above all, their sacrifices became the key to our advance, their death will be the reason for mankind keeps its feet on the ground. Their children and future generations, will be used in experiments but this is for the sake of humanity.
A sound of a shot could be heard from the distance, it was a soldier (mercenary) executing 5-years old kid after killing her parents.
- CM: Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice. If you want to change something, you can't do that without death and sacrifices. That's why the technology of this planet is so primitive, if you used humans in your experiments, you have been more advanced in EVERYTHING. Education, science, technology, economics... But you lose this chance when you decided to create this... Human Rights...
CM flew forward and opened his arms like a dark messiah, showing the destruction of the small village.
- CM: Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong. If you're winning, that means your methods are not questionable... So if my work benefit mankind, that means my ways are not wrong... You eat food that was created by slaves a thousand years ago... And everyone still calls it WRONG. That's why humans from this planet are so primitive.
Lusamine walked forward too and covered her face from the wind coming from the bombings. It took only 10 seconds to Lusamine spot an injured small girl in front of her. Her face was burned and had no strength to scream or ask for help. However, she was using her little stamina to crawl until Lusamine's feet.
- CM: It seems we have now 230,000 guinea pigs from all nations of the world. That was one the last attacks, we just need more 50,000 people to use in my experiments. We captured 500 women and 120 children in this village, that should do for today. I don't want to force my mercenaries to continue traveling to other places in a short period of time... They need rest... Until my droid army is complete, they should be more than enough to serve our needs.
Lusamine was only informed about the abductions... She was never called to CM's laboratories to see his human experiments.
Everyone looked at Lusamine with their eyes widened. They were hoping for their idol to explain what are the meaning behind that strange droid and the brutal images that were being transmitted in that screen. As Lusamine was thinking what to say, more brutal images of their former bosses being torture with medieval tools appeared.
- Lusamine: I...
Everyone were hoping to see some kind of light coming from Lusamine but the blonde scientist just embraced herself and looked down while covering her face with her hair.
- Female Scientist 4: Ms. Lusamine...
CM looked at Lusamine, however, not even his skull face could hide his intimidated smile that was keeping Lusamine quiet.
- CM: It's just like you all saw. I killed and tortured all your former bosses. They were going to be a problem so I wiped them out of my way. Do not worry, I'm not going to do the same with you all, mainly because I need your skills. Do you noticed how corrupt the KnightWalker Industries is? It's rotten, dirty and smells like SHIT. This organization you serve explores your skills for their own profit. But that will change, it's time to start a new era my friends. And there will be no changed without death. With the death of your former bosses, I'm going to start a new organization, a place where your skills will be used with the best intentions! Our intentions will surely help in the advance of this world! Now, ladies and gentlemen! Under my orders, your groups are dissolved and will work for a new corporation!
The image of a logo appeared in the huge monitor in the wall, it was a triangle inside of another triangle. It was indeed the logo of CM's group.
- CM: Welcome to the Manufacturing Progressive Sciences!
Reaper nodded and raised his fists in excitement for his next mission.
- Reaper: What's my assignment, boss?
CM immediately clenched his right fist.
- CM: Your mission is to capture all men, women and children with good healthy you see in France, Russia, Japan and Godom Empire. These countries I mentioned are our allies, with the exception of Japan. I don't want to you asking me things about this planet, the only thing you need to know is that the DEM Empire has no influence here. Also, if you need help just contact a blonde woman known as Lusamine, she is my assistant and can be found here, in this building.
Nnoitra smiled and crossed his arms while looking at Reaper.
- Nnoitra: So our mission is the same... Kill or capture all guinea pigs we encounter and crush all resistance! I like it!
Reaper yelled at Nnoitra.
- Reaper: No one cares if you like it or not. Just do your job.
The masked man in hood pulled two giant pistols from his back and crossed it like a cross.
- Reaper: I'm ready to kill.
CM turned his body around and looked at the exit door of the room.
- CM: Just do your job, I'm leaving. I have an IMPORTANT meeting right now. Capture and bring all people you can to this building. Have some fun with the people of this planet if you need.
CM opened the door with his bare hands and left.
From Revy's worried expression, there was no doubt they were the enemies chasing her.
- (??? 3): My name is Virgil... The most powerful energy user of this existence! And this one here is my partner, Yuuki Terumi... Revy, former soldier of KnightWalker Funeral Parlor, you helped Azul Jissele, one of the strongest living beings born on this planet. As we expected, you're a hero and above you're a Black Demon!
Black Demon, living beings created by science fused with demon magic... Scathach, the alien girl who manipulated all incidents in human history was one as well. And Azul Jissele, is the most notable Black Demon in the planet.
- Revy: You bastards! Why you're after me?!
Revy growled like an angry tiger before her enemies.
- Yuuki: We have a mission to be complete in the name of our boss... CM 130...
It's just like Reaper said, CM 130 summoned more of his servants days later, and so it was revealed tht Yuuki Terumi and Virgil were there in a mission that CM ordered them to do.
- Revy: So you're from that group abducting people...
Revy was lying on the floor, with Yuuki staring at her. She was defeated by Yuuki thanks to his unknown "special" ability.
- Virgil: It's been 40 minutes since you started your ritual... You are not done yet?!
Yuuki was doing something with Revy's body... It can be said she was using her in his religious ritual... But what this ritual means is unknown...
- Yuuki: SHUT UP! DON'T INTERFERE WITH THE RITUAL!
Yuuki had a knife piercing his heart at the moment he was looking at Revy for more than 40 minutes.
- Yuuki: Aw!
Yuuki removed the knife from his heart and a lot of blood started to leave from his chest.
- Virgil: You and your disgusting religion... I'm a mercenary but keeping the victim alive after we removed her heart is one of the worst crimes that I can think of... We're late for our next target... Can't you shorten your ritual?
Virgil was seated in a chair watching Yuuki's ritual... The mercenary was obviously disgusted because Yuuki literally cut Revy's body in several parts and put her limbs in toy boxes.
It just like it was said before... Revy lost the fight and was mutilated by the mercenaries. No---Yuuki was the person who did that barbarity.
- Yuuki: I think this is boring too but the Commandments of my religion are rigid and must be obeyed at all costs! And what do you mean with shorten my ritual?! This is blasphemy against our God!
Yuuki threw the knife that was piercing his heart away and healed his fatal wound.
- Virgil: As we know, we are mercenaries from DEM working for CM 130... His orders are absolute... Many people don't know why you still working with him since you're religious and CM hates religion... CM only allowed you to serve him because you're special... But your ritual is interfering in our missions!
Yuuki put all boxes in a line and formed a human body using the boxes while the floor was painted with blood.
- Revy: Nnnn...
"...!!"
- Yuuki: She still alive... Even after I removed her heart.
When Yuuki defeated Revy, he immediately ripped off her heart and used his energy to keep her alive even after he removed the most important thing in a human body. And so, he mutilated her alive to complete his insane and brutal religious ritual.
- Virgil: I joined you because you told me religion profits. I'm here because of money, I kill because of money and I serve CM for money.
Virgil grabbed Revy's heart and raised him, her heart still beating and was moving like if it was alive, it was one of the most disgusting and grotesque things that a normal person can see.
- Virgil: Now that we have Revy's heart, we can travel back to Tenguu City, Japan, and deliver this Black Demon heart to CM 130.
Virgil and Yuuki had orders from CM 130, and it was to kill Revy, whom is a Black Demon, and deliver her heart to him to complete one more step in his master plan.
- Yuuki: HERE YOU GO! MONEY AGAIN! YOU'RE JUST LIKE REAPER! BECAUSE OF YOUR OBSESSION FOR MONEY WE'RE LATE IN OUR AGENDA!
Yuuki yelled at Virgil but he was smiling at the same time, like if he was really trying to defame his partner.
- Virgil: As treasurer of CM 130's science faction, my only mission is to get maximum amount of money to fund our operations and bribe corporations to sell us robots, drones and battle droids to do our dirty work... You must put yourself in my place to see what I have to do all days of my life.
Virgil let out a sigh and jumped off the chair he was seated.
- Virgil: Look at this brutality... And she still alive inside of it... You're really a monster... Let's go, CM is waiting for us in Tenguu City.
Virgil looked at the mutilated body of Revy inside of the boxes with disgust and left. Actually, Virgil wanted to blow her body in ashes to free her from her suffering, because his partner was keeping her alive even after they removed her body.
- Yuuki: We capture the heart of a Black Demon... I heard Black Demons are sentient beings of the Sith Empire. Maybe CM will get really happy for our success.
Yuuki kicked the box of where Revy's heard was placed and left, following his partner to encounter CM 130 to deliver the heart of Revy. Whatever CM 130 was planning, he was preparing something bid that can threat all life on the planet, since Black Demons have powers to destroy whole continents.
- Virgil: Your religion says to leave your victims alive? You're going to let her alive suffering inside of that boxes?
Virgil turned his head to Yuuki beside him while he was walking through the destroyed buildings.
- Yuuki: Yes, My God, The Fallen, says to keep inflicting pain even in Death.
Virgil looked at the Revy's heart beating in his hand and smiled.
- Virgil: Money is the only thing you can trust in this world.
Opening - Again[]
Lyrics[]
I still have too long a life ahead.
Just to give up and drop off all these dreams.
I just want to try and fix all the things that I've left undone
I thought that I could reach
Something carried over I saw within my dreams
And yet I stumble on all my actions on this road
That's in front of me
It's not like I want things to go back to the way before
All I want is to open my eyes and feel the sun
Don't let them see that you're afraid No, don't make a face
And, no, you can't let them know you want them
To pity you
You can't let every single sin end with tears
Wear them proudly on your sleeve along with your fears
It's like your waiting for someone to draw near
In a maze of emotion
There comes a day where you find a way to escape
A blank page, now I'm writing out my own fate
I've grown tired of running away from a thing called reality
And I will scream from the top of my lungs I'm living to fulfill my hopes
(Can you hear me?)
I'm no longer taking the safer way out of anything
(We'll never go back)
I'll always find strength from those who will help me
They'll always be there by my side
(I'm on my way)
The hope for tomorrow
Will help me ease all my pain today!
Part 0 - Black Demon's Heart[]
Russia
West Russia
3 hours later
3 hours had passed since the dreadful duo of Manufacturing Progressive Sciences, Vergil and Yuuki Terumi, killed and tortured the Black Demon Revy. Actually, she was not dead, but kept in an eternal state of pain.
Yuuki Terumi mutilated her body in pieces and used his curse to keep her alive even after she already cut in pieces. After that, they stole her heart and were right now going towards Tenguu City to deliver it to their cruel boss who is more than terrible than Yuuki, B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130.
Vergil and Yuuki are partner for years since they joined Unit-CM 130, who put them as his assassins in the Zero Numbers, a group made of killers, serial killers, mercenaries and psychotics murders who kills for money.
Yuuki Terumi, Vergil, Nnoitra Jiruga and Reaper are not the only ones that are out there, killing and capturing civilians to send them to CM's evil hands to be used as guinea pigs, there are at least 302 assassins of Zero Numbers doing the same thing, what explains why so many people are dissapearing around the world in large scale.
And as Vergil knows Yuuki Terumi for years, he know that his partner is a pain in the ass when he is not killing someone in the name of his "God".
Right now, Vergil and his partner are going to Tenguu City, Japan, through a desert street in the middle of a forest. Despite they're in Russia, they have teleporters located in some points of the country and are now heading towards one of these teleporters.
- Yuuki: I get annoyed and bored when you talk nothing. When you're traveling with a person that is not funny, the trip becomes boring!
Yuuki was walking beside Vergil, who was serious while carrying Revy's heart in a little bowl of glass. Her heart still beating but Yuuki and Vergil were not being bothered by this. Instead, Vergil was getting annoyed of Yuuki's nonsense for the insane religious man talks too much and Vergil is more an anti-social person and hates to talk too much.
- Vergil: Don't brag yourself just because you defeated Revy. You just won because she hadn't total control over her Black Demon form. You may be immortal but if someone cut your body in pieces, your immortality will be nothing but a hindrance! And remember, we're not traveling for fun!
Vergil continued walking but his eyes balls turned to Yuuki's side with wrath, for he was tired of listening to Yuuki's cry of boredom.
- Yuuki: After many years waiting for someone strong, I encounter that Revy-bitch... I'm so disappointed. I heard that she has a friend known as Azul Jissele, but instead of fighting enemies, I'm here traveling with to deliver this piece of junk.
Yuuki stared at Revy's heart inside of the bowl.
- Vergil: Shut up, Yuuki! And keep walking! We're late!
Vergil ignored Yuuki's provocation and continued his way. He knew that Yuuki was looking for a fight to troll him for fun, when there is no enemies around, Yuuki will tease his partner to amuse himself.
- Yuuki: Huh?! We're late because you decided to join those missions for money! All you think is money! Damn it! This trip is getting more boring each minute! This is a bother!
Suddenly, Vergil stopped and his partner smiled, thinking that he finally left the white haired mercenary angry.
- Vergil: "Bother"? This is an important mission too.
Yuuki immediately remembered that Vergil always says that all missions related to money are important.
- Yuuki: Yeah, yeah! You're in charge of the economy of Unit-CM 130's faction! But this is too little! For our function is to kill people and not deliverer organs!
Vergil stared at Yuuki with a death glare but he soon continued his way, leaving Yuuki disappointed with him. Yuuki spat on the floor and forced a smile to continue his trolling.
- Yuuki: Tsk! Hey, my bad!
Yuuki followed him and gently put his hand in his own chest offering help to Vergil. But his eyes were saying another thing.
- Yuuki: Hey, this heart is heavy, right? I can carry it for you!
Vergil knew what his partner was thinking even without trying to know.
- Vergil: What you're planning with this heart?
Yuuki, trying to create an image of a naive man, looked confused at Vergil.
- Yuuki: Huh, I was creating to be gentle. What you're talking about?
- Vergil: I know what you're thinking. You're planning to throw it away or destroy it.
He absolutely right, that was obviously what Yuuki was going to do. Noticing that Vergil knew that he was planning to do, he laughed.
- Yuuki: Hehe, you got me! Anyway, throw it away an---!
Before Yuuki could finish his sarcastic phrase, Vergil stopped walking and quickly swung his sword at his head, trying to cut his head off but Yuuki was waiting for that and blocked his attack with his knives.
"!!!!"
- Yuuki: Ha! I finally enraged you.
Yuuki said with a smirk for this is exactly what he was waiting for. He then powered-up and was ready to fight.
- Vergil: You son of a bitch...
Vergil then put his sword back in the sheath and left, leaving Yuuki sad as he walked away.
- Yuuki: WHAT! YOU'RE DONE ALREADY?!
Vergil answered him without turning back.
- Vergil: I don't have time to play with you. And after I finish this mission, I'll send you to the Other World so you'll never get bored again.
Despite Vergil was not looking at Terumi, his partner felt the killing instinct coming from his mouth. With a disappointed expression, Yuuki put his combat knives back in his belt.
- Yuuki: Again with that? If you can do that, so please do it. I hope the next enemy will be strong enough to I can unleash all the strength of my anger...
Meanwhile in Japan
Fraxinus
Infirmary
13,000 meters above Tenguu City
Back to Fraxinus, the space ship of Ratatoskr flying 13,000 meters above Tenguu City.
It's been some hours since most of the Rogues members left from the ship and went to search for Unit-CM 130's minions in Tenguu City. The group was being lead by Tomas Sev with Lucas Kellan, Imperia Deamonne, Shigure Yukimi and Azul Jissele being his subordinates. Mana Takamiya and Jellal Fernandes also were on the search.
Under the orders of Kotori Itsuka, Imperia knockout Katarina for her own sake, for if CM discover that Katarina Couteau is an ExKrieg, an extinct powerful alien race, he'll sure took interest in her and will try everything to kidnap her. At this time, Katarina was sent to Infirmary room inside of Fraxinus and was being watched by Atala Arck to prevent her from escaping.
Katarina slowly opened her eyes and noticed she was lying in a bed inside of a small room with computers and cabinets full of medicines.
- Katarina: Where I am... What happened...?
Her head was spinning and her vision was completely blurred but each second she was awake her vision and mind were slowly recovering.
She tried to make an effort to remember what happened with her.
- Katarina: Ah, I remember now...
Katarina's Flashback[]
Scenes from LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130
Tomas had many reasons to leave Ratatoskr and fight CM's servants, one of them is because many of his comrades were killed in human experiments during the Cold War III, a few years before the beginning of World War III.
- Kotori: It's suicide... But I cannot stop them.
Actually, Kotori was more worried about Katarina because she was an important person at that time. The Ratatoskr believes Katarina to be the only person who can defeat their most powerful enemies thanks to her ExKrieg biological traces, an ancient species of alien warriors that were extinguished by some unknown Nazi forces; the same evil forces from where the Fallen's Essence and Aryana Westcott came.
- Mana (think): *It's better to keep Katarina away from CM 130, if he is alive, he will bring us too much pain if he finds out that Katarina Couteau is the last ExKrieg.*
There are many possibilities that CM might find Katarina, if he discover her existence, he will immediately change his sight at the Red Haired Demon.
Imperia continued staring at the Rogues walking away from the room and turned around to see Katarina trying to go with them. But Mana and Kotori stopped her by grabbing her hands.
- Mana: No! You must not go!
Kotori tightened her grip even further.
- Kotori: Let them go! This is for your own sake! Listen: NO MATTER WHAT! DON'T YOU DARE TO PUT YOUR FEET OUT OF THIS SHIP!
Katarina tried to get out of their grasp.
- Katarina: I need to go! I don't want to be protected! No more! I trained for years for moments like this! I must fight! I must show my val---!
Imperia quickly punched Katarina's in her belly with all her strength. The Red Haired Demon fell to the floor while her vision faded and left her unconscious.
- Kotori: Imperia!
Kotori was a little shocked with Imperia's brutality since she had no plans to use brute strength against her.
- Imperia: I know Katarina for many years and so I know that your actions is not enough to stop her from doing something reckless. If you say that she needs to be inside of this ship for her own security, so I'll listen to your request. I'll go too.
Mana carried Katarina in her shoulder to another room.
- Mana: Thanks, Kotori and Mana... If CM 130 finds out about her... He'll use her as some lab rat in his insane experiments.
Mana left the room while Kotori looked down.
- Kotori: We must put all of our efforts to find and defeat CM! If he is behind this, that means he has his own group doing his dirty work while he is just sitting back there and enjoying the hunt! We know that CM is a vile bastard that who never works alone and always find a way to create his own faction to work for him...! And it must be a big group to abduct so many people around the world at the same time! Reine, prepare our spies drones! I want every single region of this planetary system under surveillance!
Reine nodded slowly as she could not prevent her sleepy eyes from falling.
- Reine: Roger that... Guys, prepare the Probe Droids and activate all Via-Satellites of VSA and GDP to keep all zones of Western and East under protection... We must keep our eyes in every single state and nation of this planet if we want to find where CM and his vicious gang is stabilized.
All members of Ratatoskr crew shouted.
- Crew: Roger!
Nowadays[]
Katarina sighed for remembering that Imperia was the one who let her unconscious.
- Katarina: Dammit... Imperia...
Katarina jumped from the bed and turned around to see a young woman with dark purple hair, red eyes, pale skin and a villainous smirk in her face. She was not really an enemy but she was so evil-looking that Katarina almost screamed in panic but later she recognized her, it was Atala Arck, considered by many as a "villain".
- Katarina: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
- Atala: You're awake. Fufufu. But I'm afraid you're late now.
With a smirk, Atala stared deeply in her eyes.
"......."
Yep, no matter how Katarina saw her, she seemed to be one of the "bad guys" but was actually a very kind person if you remove her grin and red devilish eyes.
- Katarina: Ah, Atala... What are you doing here?
Atala was seated in a chair right beside the bed, but when Katarina jumped off, she immediately rose from her seat.
- Atala: Kotori sent me to watch you to prevent you from doing something reckless. And she ordered me to cut one of your legs or arms if necessary.
Katarina immediately went in pale mode and started to shake, not because of Kotori's orders but because of Atala, who was in charge in keeping an eye on her.
- Katarina (think): *Where do you find these kind of people, Azul? She reminds me many people I met out there. No--She is worse!*
Katarina a person without shame and don't know the meaning of fear when facing a strong opponent, but the time she was having that little conversation with Atala was one of the most creepy moments in her life. Asuha Chigusa had the same feeling towards Atala.
- Katarina: "Cut an arm and a leg if necessary"... I know you're one of my friends, Atala but I have something important to do! They went without me to a dangerous mission, and I need to fight with them! I trained for months to protect my friends! I cannot allow myself to stay inside of this ship while the others are out there, searching for the enemy!
With mad eyes, Katarina tried to scare Atala but she stayed in silence. And then, seconds later, the Red Haired Demon gave up, for she was the one who was scared.
- Katarina: I'm so---!
Suddenly, Atala sent an energy blast towards the door of the infirmary, destroying it and knocking down the two security guards outside of the room who were protecting the infirmary. Katarina semed to be surprise and looked at Atala.
- Katarina: You're helping me?!
Atala left the infirmary and started to speak.
- Atala: I have an important person in my life who I vowed to protect after so many years without seeing her... I know how you feel... Because I lost too many people I loved to Eckidina KnightWalker's evil hands... So, I destroyed this door to help you escape and protect them... I'll say to Kotori you defeated me and escaped.
With a smile, Katarina summoned her Astral sword with her energy and was about to leave when she decided to turn back.
- Katarina: Thanks, Atala.
That was the first time that Katarina and Atala truly talked to each other, just in that little time, they understood the feelings of each other of protecting their loved ones.
- Atala: Don't thank me. Actually, I just want to see the circus burning. That's why I left you escape.
Atala was trying to hide her true feelings behind that some villain who loves carnage would say, but she was in fact letting her escape for she had people to fight for.
- Katarina: Fufufu... You're funny... See ya!
With an awkward smile, Katarina ran through the hallways of the ship, thinking how is the enemy.
- Katarina (think): *Mana said it's impossible to fight CM... That means his has powerful allies... I wonder how they're... What kind of power they have... How they look like... I hate to admit this, but I'm kinda getting excited to fight them and discover their true nature!*
Katarina had two goals in mind: protect her friends and fight with her heart's content. And nothing will stop her from getting a good fight after months of training.
Tenguu City
KnightWalker Aiport
20 minutes later
For 20 minutes, Katarina was trying to escape from Fraxinus until the security was warned of her actions and all personal soldiers went after her.
During these time, another thing was happening in another place far away from Fraxinus but in the same town.
In the KnightWalker Secret Airport, an airport bought by the corrupt KnightWalker Family corporation to deliver weapons to mafias and criminals organizations, a new ship had arrived. Despite it was bought by KnightWalker Family, not even the government knows about this as there are many corrupt politicians bribed by KnightWalker Family, allowing the entrance of drugs and weapons inside of the country without the knowledge of the population.
At this time, the ship of infamous Unit-CM 130, the founder and director of the Manufacturing Progressive Sciences, had just landed on the airport but that was already being expected. Before CM could leave Paris hours ago, he warned to his allies in Japan, Tenguu City, that he was going there to personally receive the heart of the Black Demon known as Revy, which is right now under the possession of Vergil and Yuuki Terumi in Russia.
When the ship landed, a division of Battle Droids, the same droids that Katarina and Imperia faced in Aldegyr Kingdom 3 months ago, left from the hangars and headed towards CM's ship. All of them were armed with blaster rifles and were ready for combat if necessary.
Suddenly, a tall man left from behind the droids. He is known as Dr. Ziggurat, he is a tall Caucasian man with black hair, who always wears orange triangular shades over his eyes. He wears a long black suit with a dark green tie and black pants. A notable feature of his face, is his small goatee.
- Ziggurat: Finally...
Dr. Zirrugat stared at the ship as its main door slowly opened revealing two humanoid figures in the darkness of the ship. The droids protecting the ship made some type of "Sieg Heil" nazi salute, very used by the Germans during the reign of Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945, that scene made Zirrugat a little confused simply because he was just an ordinary scientist of Manufacturing Progressive Sciences and didn't know for what they were fighting for.
Suddenly, a man left the ship accompained by a droid.
- Ziggurat: Excuse me, sir, I'm looking for Unit-CM 130, who is suppose to be the director of MPS. He's inside?
Ziggurat asked the man with white hair, he seemed to be a Cyborg. His body was totally made of iron and metal. The only thing that was human in his body was his face, that also half robotic. He had red eyes and his left eye was covered by a grey bandanna. His mouth was half human and robot, with his superior part of his mouth being human the below part being robotic, exposing his teeth.
The droid, who was beside the unknown Cyborg, walked forward and stared at Ziggurat, this droid is the Captain of MPS.
- The Captain: You're looking at Unit-CM 130. Due to some difficulties, he changed his body during the trip by sending his programming to the brain of Cyborg from KnightWalker Family that we bought.
It's just like the captain said, the KnightWalker Family sold one of their Cyborgs so CM could changed his robotic body to a stronger body of a Cyborg. It only shows how the KnightWalker Family turn humans in Cyborgs and are willing to discard them for money.
- CM: Indeed, Dr. Ziggurat. I'm B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130... Recently, my name was changed to B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 000... But you can call me just as CM.
Dr. Ziggurat bowed before CM for being rude.
- Ziggurat: Sorry for my rudeness. I was not expecting for you to change your body.
CM, a little dissapointed with Ziggurat, looked at his droid army.
- CM: Rise your head, we're not a cult or some kind of religion to treat me like some type of priest, master or God. We're civilized men, leave this primitive behavior.
Ziggurat stood up and apologized.
- Ziggurat: Yes, sorry again.
CM proceeded to leave the ship and through the droid army that formed two lines of defenses.
- CM: As you know, I changed my body very recently. But to change my body, I need the body of a Cyborg. However, the procedure of changing body is very brutal and unorganized, so when I changed to this body, I left too many human organs and blood across the room. Dr. Ziggurat, can I ask you to please send a cleaning staff to clean the mess I made when I changed this mind, I'm not very familiar with this world so I'm counting with you.
That a very disturbing introduction to Dr. Ziggurat, it's not normal to say that you need someone to clean the mess you did after you murder a person in cold-blood.
- Ziggurat: Eh... Sure, consider it done!
Dr. Ziggurat left to send a cleaning staff. That was a very odd way to meet his boss, who at that time, proved to be not normal.
However, just as Ziggurat was leaving, CM stopped him.
- CM: Doctor, waiting a second. Before you leave, have you received news from my assassins from Zero Numbers?
CM was talking about his mercenaries that he sent across the world to kill his enemies and capture guinea pigs for experiments. Of course, Ziggurat was aware of that but never saw one of his mercenaries in person.
Ziggurat turned around and smiled, trying to keep his cool before CM and his captain.
- Ziggurat: Not yet, sir. But according to my informants, I believe the assassins Yuuki Terumi, Vergil, Reaper and Nnoitra are on their way and will arrive very soon. Not only them, but all the rest.
"....!!!"
When CM listened to his words, he got surprised with the name of one of his assassins. The captain and Ziggurat noticed that expression.
- CM: You said "Yuuki Terumi"... I was never expecting for Vergil and Terumi to accept such difficult hard mission... One of the my main goals was to get heart of a Black Demon that there are only 3 of them on this planet... Their name are Azul Jissele, Revy and Haru Zageko...
The Captain was confused why CM was so focused in Terumi.
- The Captain: What's the problem, sir?
CM put his left hand in his metallic chin,.
- CM: Yuuki Terumi is one of my most annoying assassins because of his religious tendencies to his God that he kills in name of the latter... He is immortal so I'm interested in his ability... Or I should change my mind and destroy for being a "heretic" in my organization...? He is a man of great skills but his beliefs are too primitive for me. At least he hates money so I have more funds for my business... Let's see if Yuuki Terumi will pass this test here on Earth... If he succeeded in all tests, I'll leaving him alive... For now...
Part 1 - Encounter[]
Meanwhile at Tenguu City
Highway of Navoski
Things turned to be much worse than anyone expected. Sonia Nevermind knew that Kyouko was investigating the whereabouts of the LN-666 Project in Tenguu City, where Eckidina KnightWalker is supposedly working with her scientists to turn it in a weapon of mass destruction that will help the KnightWalker Alliance win the World War III against the Stabilization Union.
With such dangerous weapon in the hands of Eckidina KnightWalker, Kyouko Kirigiri vowed to find it and shut down the project... But this is the problem; with the revival of Unit-CM 130, many things were happening across the world, especially in Tenguu City, where the evil scientist CM took interest due to many incidents that happened in the past related to KnightWalker Family.
- Sonia: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! FASTER!!
Sonia yelled at her driver. Soon after Sonia arrived in Tenguu City, she managed to rent a Nissan Skyline car in the airport after she left the plane. The driver was her assistant and so he has no real skills in driving.
- Driver: THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DRIVING IT! AND...!
Of course, Sonia knew that CM had just arrived in Tenguu City thanks to MPS officers that were working at the airport but her driver...
- Driver: ...I don't know where is the airport!
Sonia's eyes were covered by darkness while her driver continued driving with the face of a dumbass.
"................"
- Sonia: Just keep driving, I'll guide you....
The driver nodded like a retarded and kept his eyes on the street. Sonia continued to look at Tenguu City, the lights of the city lit her green eyes, eyes full of worry.
- Sonia (think): *That damn Fallen's Essence... He deceived me... He knew that Kyouko would took interest in CM because of his experiments around the world... But I need to put that aside, Kyouko is in danger, and I'm prepared to fight this time.*
Sonia looked at her right arm, there was a small bracelet in her arm, it had a white color with a small purple diamond in the center of it.
- Sonia (think): *This time... I'll use everything I have to my advantage...*
That bracelet is a Magi-Tech tool created by Godom Empire to summon spells without need of a person able to use magi-tech energy. Never before in her life, Sonia used such type of power. Worse, only magicians can use Magi-Tech and she is not one of them. If normal people use magi-tech for their own purposes without the necessary training... The result is: death.
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport
Central Tower
Sonia was more than right, Kyouko is a detective and will never let a chance to get a criminal pass, for she is a woman who believes the world needs to fight people who are rotten and cruel.
Kyouko and her friend, Gwen, are now on the top of the Central Tower, a massive building located in the center of the KnightWalker Airport. For a long time, Gwen and Kyouko knew about the activities of the KnightWalker Family on that airport but they never expected to see the mastermind of all those murders to be right there.
- Gwen: Looks like we got a big fish...
Gwen and Kyouko were on the roof of the tower, using binoculars to see what was happening down there in the runway of the airport. That scene was something very different from what they saw before... It was a division of thousands of robots using guns to protect the ship of Unit-CM 130 with his Captain Droid.
- Kyouko: I know the KnightWalker Family, I studied all their most-high ranked members and all their most notable officers... But I never saw that with white hair and robotic body yet.
Kyouko was referring to Unit-CM 130's new Cyborg body. That body belonged to a Cyborg known as Garrett, but since the evil scientist took control over his body, his appearance changed according to his personality and that appearance was exactly what CM was suppose to be if he was a human.
- Gwen: It's raining...
Suddenly, several drops of water started to fell from the night sky, watering Kyouko and Gwen's heads.
- Kyouko: Nice timing, with this rain, I doubt they will find us here. Also, if possible I want to try this AD you gave me. But... I really hate those things.
Kyouko looked at the Artificial Demon Weapon that Gwen gave to her hours ago before they left the hotel. It was indeed the AD weapon of Kureto Hīragi, the former leader of Moon Terminator Company from KnightWalker Funeral Parlor.
- Gwen: Be careful, Kyouko. Because you're new to this weapon, you're a beginner to this handle weapon. AD weapons are spirits of people that were turned into Artificial Demons using magic and science after they were forced to be awake for weeks without rest or sleeping... I can feel why you hate those things to much.
There nothing in the world more tragic than people imprisoned inside of Artificial Demon weapons, people who were captured, tortured and then had their souls split in half to become an Artificial Demon created by science. They're now stuck inside of weapons, waiting for someone to grab it and possess their bodies to be free again, no matter their reasons, they have the total right to act like that.
- Kyouko: To think there is a person inside of this sword... It's too cruel just to think about it...
Kyouko moved her eyeballs straight to the runway where she saw CM speaking with Dr. Ziggurat as a several men with cleaning products entered in the ship... It was obviously the cleaning staff that CM requested a few minutes ago.
- Gwen: That guy is a Cyborg...? A human...? A Meta-Human? An Artificial Demon Weapon user? Or a droid? I don't know nothing about him.
Gwen and Kyouko are experts about the KnightWalker Family's history so it was just normal to see a new member that they never met before. And judging by the amount of droids protecting him, he must be someone important.
Suddenly...
- Kyouko: GWEN, SOMEONE IS COMING!
Meanwhile at the Airport Runway
At the same time that Kyouko said that, two tall male figures arrived in the airport from the darkness like if they actually had left from the shadows. They were indeed two of CM's most notable mercenaries. Despite there are more than 300 mercenaries working for CM out there, these two are among of the most important assassins because of their combat skills that always lead them to win the most rough battles.
They're Reaper and Nnoitra Jiruga, they're know as the Killer-Killer Team by other mercenaries because both have sadistic and torture tendencies and always torture their victims before killing them. Of course, Reaper is more sophisticated so Nnoitra is the one who looks more wild.
- Reaper: We finally arrived. And it seems we're late... I wonder why.
Reaper's words had a tone of sarcasm, he was indirectly blaming his partner, Nnoitra Jiruga, for delaying him in his mission. Because of Nnoitra's tortures in killing his victims, he takes two days to kill a small group of people that CM selected that should be destroyed.
In these days, Reaper and Nnoitra were busy killing people who had affiliation with KnightWalker Industries because hew knew they might become trouble in the future, so it was just normal to destroy his targets before they could something against him and his experiments. CM died once in the past 18 years ago, and he will never commit the same mistakes again, for sure.
- Nnoitra: Quiet, the Boss is here.
For the first time in years, Nnoitra was serious... Even the most twisted sociopaths fears CM, for a good reason: because he is their leader and holds their lives in his hands. As well, he is the one who gives them a reason to live by serving him as assassins.
Nnoitra and Reaper walked towards CM and the two bowed their heads, but not exactly in a way to treat him like some kind of master but as a simple to way to greet, despite CM's personality and status, he likes to be treated like a normal superior in front of his minions.
- CM: Oh... So you two arrived, you're the first group to arrive. The rest of the mercenaries are coming.
CM said as the runway was getting wet because of the rain, making it looks darker.
- Nnoitra: We have eliminated all the remnants of KnightWalker Industries in Japan. With this, our mission is complete.
Nnoitra and Reaper rose their head and stared at CM's new appearance.
- Reaper: I see you got a new body, sir. It's interesting, I always thought you hated flesh because it's weak.
- CM: I never said that. This body looks amazing. It's light and I can move really fast without effort. My former body was too huge and was heavy, I could barely move my hands during my experiments... Sonia Nevermind was the one who made that body... Tsk! What a waste of time, she don't know nothing about "stylish", yet I liked the design of my former body. I'll clone that body and create an army of these droids, they will become nice bodyguards. Oh... So you killed all the remnants of the KnightWalker Industries in this country, I see. You did a good job, you two. Now, all I must to do is wait the rest of the mercenaries with their reports and my Black Demon heart.
"Black Demon Heart", that name was always a source of curiosity to Reaper.
- Reaper: With all due respect, sir. What are the Black Demons?
"........"
Dr. Ziggurat, who was beside CM, was curious about this as well but he never bothered to ask because he think CM would punish him for being rude.
- CM: Black Demons are a race of sentient aliens created in the laboratories of the Zoyineian-Sith Empire. Despite they're called as "Demons", they were created through magic and science... They're race composed only be female genres and are sentient weapons born to destroy planets or conquer planets in the name of the Sith Empire, our rivals... There are millions or even trillions of Black Demons out there in the infinite space of the Multi-Universe. I studied the history of this world I'm aware of the Black Demon known as Scathach, she was the one who manipulated the humanity and lead them to become what they're today. And according to me research, there are only 3 Black Demons living in this planet... I admire Scathach's IQ and intelligence but she failed in analyze that her creations (humans) were becoming too emotional and intelligent, and this lead her to her own demise. She was a very intelligent woman, a pit she is not alive, she would become a powerful ally both in wisdom and strength.
Nnoitra and Reaper already heard about the Black Demons years ago but they never heard where they were created, their origins, their appearance and much more.
- Ziggurat: Fascinating. So I'm the creation of some kind of alien?
Ziggurat was not being sarcastic, he was surprised, he always believed in alien forces and he knew these two men in front of him were obviously not from Earth. More importantly, he's a human and is one of Scathach's creations.
- CM: Exactly, Dr. Ziggurat. That woman created you, your parents, your grandparents, your great-grandparents and even you future children.... Putting that aside, Nnoitra and Reaper, you got ride of all bodies of your targets right?
Reaper and Nnoitra remebered of the people they killed and how brutal they were during their execution.
- Reaper: Yes, we destroyed their bodies and every single trace of organic life in their dimensional space.
".....!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly, CM felt the presence of two people watching them from the roof ot the Central Tower.
Nnoitra let out a smirk, for he knew he was going to be paid for his services... But suddenly, CM's eyes turned red as the rain covered his face in darkness.
- CM: Good to hear that... But now, we have two little bugs watching us on the top of that tower. Kill them.
CM pointed his finger towards the Central Tower with a death glare.
- Nnoitra: Spies, huh... What a bad luck.
CM, Reaper, Dr. Ziggurat and Nnoitra already knew that Kyouko Kirigiri and Gwen were watching from the top of that tower and it was just a matter of time to Nnoitra charge an energy blast from his tongue to destroy the whole building with the Ultimate Detectives on the top of it.
- CM: Do it.
Nnoitra and the other waited for the right moment.
Meanwhile on the roof of the Central Tower
".......!!!"
When Gwen looked at CM with her binoculars, she saw Nnoitra Jiruga charging a small sphere of energy from his tongue and immediately noticed that the MPS already knew they were there.
- Gwen: Oh, hell no...
Gwen removed the binoculars from her eyes only to show her eyes widen in shock and panic.
Gwen immeditely yelled at Kyouko, who was in shock as well.
- Gwen: KYOUKO! GRAB THE AD WEAPON AND SAY: "GUARD ME, SATHARIEL!"
With her words, Nnoitra shot a powerful laser beam from his mouth that was going towards the Central Tower. Without knowledge of how to use an Artificial Demon Weapon, Kyouko removed the AD sword from the shealth and shouted loud as she could.
- Kyouko: GUARD, ME SATHARIEL!
With her words, the sword started to unleash a green color that covered the entire roof of the building as the laser hit the tower from the First floor to the Fifth floor, destroying its base and exploding it. Before the explosion could reach the roof, a green demonic eagle left from the sword and covered Gwen and Kyouko with its wings as the fire covered the eagle in a hellish flame.
- Gwen & Kyouko: AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Inside of its wings, the space was shaking like an earthquake and hot like the mouth of a burning volcano. In just 10 seconds, Nnoitra managed to destroy the tower without breaking a sweat as CM and his minions watched the tower explode in a nuke-like style explosion.
The wind caused by the destruction made dozens of vehicles and planes parked across the airport fly like toys.
- Nnoitra: HIHIHIHAHAHA!
There was no way that normal people could survive that but Gwen's secret weapon gave them a chance to survive that explosion.
- CM: They know we're here now... I never asked for you to cause such destructi---!
Before CM could finish his phrase, a female figure falling from the sky landed right behind CM and his battle droids that were watching the destruction. With a sudden move, the woman sliced a squad of 30 droids with two laser-daggers in her hands.
- Nnoitra: What---!
- Reaper: Where did she come from?!
CM, with a shocked eye, extended his hand once he saw the perfection of that woman.
- CM: Such speed, such power... She is one of these spies that were watching a few moments ago. I feel a different power coming from her...
Suddenly, the eagle that protected Gwen and Kyouko landed behind the unknown female figure and opened its wings to reveal Gwen inside of it.
- Gwen: So how are you feeling, Kyouko?
The woman with white hair and tech-armor looked at her hands in confusion... It was, without doubt, the Ultimate Detective, Kyouko Kirigiri.
- Kyouko: WHAT! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?!
Kyouko, for the first time, was tasting the power of being an Artificial Demon user and its immense power of using the power of an evil spirit to fight.
- Gwen: This is you... This is your true form with the power of an Artificial Demon Weapon. Amazing, right?
With red eyes, CM tried to analyse the identity of the two women and finally recognized them by searching for their appearance in the datas of all nations of the world via-satellite.
- CM: I see, they're very interesting people:
- Gwen. Unknown family. American. 26 years-old. Lives in Chicago. Works to Global Pact Defense. Former superior student at Hope's Peak Academy... Ultimate Detective...
- Kyouko Kirigiri. Kirigiri Family. American-Spanish. Lives in California. Former Ultimate Detective of Global Pact Defense. Former superior student at Hope's Peak Academy. Ultimate Detective... Currently working as a rogue detective...
In just some seconds, CM found information about Kyouko and Gwen, it was too much information so he said only the basics.
- CM: I remember now. The Fallen's Essence said something about an Ultimate Detective that was working on the case of the Jack the Ripper of 21st Century... So you're this woman... Or rather, you're the very friend of the serial killer who created me, Sonia Nevermind. Nice to meet you, Kyouko Kirigiri. I was never expecting to see you so soon. I'm B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130. I'm the founder of the organization you consider as "criminal"... The Manufacturing Progressive Sciences.
CM and his minions stared at Gwen and Kyouko as they prepared to fight. A dearh battle was inevitable at that point.
Meanwhile at Tenguu City
Mitsuba Center
- Tomas: Nothing in the center. If there was some person able to use energy for combat, I would have already found him.
At that time, the Rogues, commanded by Tomas Sev, were now hunting down mercenaries of MPS in Tenguu City. Thanks to Kotori's intel, they knew that at least two mercenaries working for CM were in Tenguu City, and these guys are Reaper and Nnoitra Jiruga.
To avoid being detected by the police, military and including the civilians, the Rogues stayed out of their sight by jumping in building from building.
- Shigure: Imperia is l---!
Shigure, alongside Tomas, Lucas and Azul, were wondering why Imperia was so late. It's been hours since they left Fraxinus and it was already time for her to arrive.
"....!!!"
Suddenly, a dark shadow figure landed right behind them, it was Imperia Deamonne. As Lucas and Tomas were looking down at the streets, Imperia slowly jumped from behind, scaring Azul and the others.
- Shigure: Speaking in the devil...
With a gentle smile, Imperia tried to explain what happened.
- Imperia: I changed my clothes for combat... Also, I had to knockout Katarina because like Kotori said, it'll be a problem if she follow us. I left her in the infirmary with Atala.
But Tomas, with his sarcastic mind and sense of humor, replied her with a kind smile hiding his humor.
- Tomas: I'm pretty sure you stayed more than 2 hours in your room only to change your panties and making makeup. You women are really a bother.
Lucas and Tomas laughed as Shigure, Azul and Imperia couldn't take the joke to a funny side and considered it too offensive... But they're already used to it... Sometimes, Tomas wonders where his sense of humor came... He believes that it belongs to his parents... The parents he never met...
- Shigure: Are you serious? That not even funny...
Lucas only laughed because Tomas laughed too, but aside from that, that joke was not really funny.
- Tomas: My bad... Imperia, help us find those terrorists... Or better saying, mercenaries. They still walking around Tenguu City, if we find one of them, it'll be easy to find all the others spread across the world.
Imperia looked down the building and started to detect energy, even in the middle of thousands, Imperia can still sense energy of overpowered beings like Demons, Angels, Cyborgs, Meta-Humans and among others that cannot be considered as simple humans.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly, as Imperia and the others were working, a huge explosion came from the other side of the city. Immediately, the alarm that is used to warn citizens from nuclear attacks echoed through the city, spreading panic and chaos. Because of the WWIII, many countries are in state of alert and even one single sound of a gun can be considered a threat for even the military don't know if they're simple criminals or terrorists.
- Azul: What in the blazes was that?!
Azul and the others looked at the explosion that came from the other side of the city.
What they were looking at where was the Central Tower of the secret KnightWalker Aiport that was suppose to be there a few minutes ago. The explosion had the format of a mini-nuke bomb and its impact caused a strong wind across the city.
- Lucas: I don't know what was that, but we need to take a look! Our target must be near by, so stay alert! Let's go!
Lucas started to fly towards the explosion using his energy as the others followed him. As they were flying, sounds of sirens and screams were heard everywhere across the town. A new battle had begun.
Part 2 - The Fallen Angel[]
Meanwhile in Fraxinus
12,000 meters above Tenguu City
Hallway of Security
While Kyouko and Gwen encountered themselves in the worst situation of their lives, the ship of Fraxinus was threw into state of alert, not because of an enemy force threating their lives but because a red haired girl was on the loose.
With the escape of Katarina, the security forces of Ratatoskr were warned to stay on guard and stop Katarina from leaving the ship.
Of course, Kotori and her crew were not violent and cold like the KnightWalker Family that allows their soldiers to kill the prisoners if they try to escape, the security from Ratatoskr are using tranquilizer lasers, a type of laser that destroy all the moves of the person and leaves her immobile for 3 hours.
Aside from that, Ratatoskr is the only organization in the planet that has such technology. Knowing that Katarina is trying to escape from the ship, Kotori and Kyouhei sent several guards to all opening doors of the ship and are ready for combat. Like Kotori said before to Atala, they're allowed to break at least an arm and left if necessary.
- Guard 1: Hey...
One of the guards protecting the door started to talk with his partner.
- Guard 2: What...
The guard 2 tried to keep his posture while his partner was obviously shaking.
- Guard 1: If that red haired girl managed to fight someone so powerful like Heis, a person who almost destroyed this planet during the battle of Aldegyr Kingdom, what chances do we have against her? We are mere humans with guns.
The guards watched Katarina's fight with Heis 3 months ago so anyone would be scared for putting themselves in front of such monster who can tear you apart like paper.
Suddenly, Katarina jumped off from ventilation tube right in front of them, what caught them by surprise but not even Katarina was expecting to see them right there, in front of the gate.
- Guard 2: SURRE---!
Before the guards could even pull their guns, Katarina quickly swung her left leg and gave them a kick that threw them on the floor with several broken teeth.
- Katarina: Easy.
Katarina started to destroy the gate that was sealed with her sword, cutting it in pieces. In a few seconds, the gate was destroyed and revealed the night-sky outside of the ship with several lights of the town below. But before Katarina could jump, Kyouhei Kannazuki appeared at the end of the hallway and faced her.
- Kyouhei: Don't you think it'll be that easy, Katarina Couteau. Kotori gave you orders, and you must obey... Now, get back to your room or I'll have to u---!
Katarina then threw one of the bodies of the guards she knocked out towards Kyouhei, but he easily dodged it. Kyouhei was surprised with her personality, when she under pressure, she will become hostily like a cat.
- Kyouhei: Kotori said that you might try something reckless or even rude for trying stop you. But that will not work on me. I'm the former supreme commander of KnightWalker Funeral Parlor and I have many combat skills.
Katarina, impatient, threw another guards towards Kyouhei but he dodged it and powered-up.
- Katarina: Try me... I have a mission better than stay in that room... I'll never let that happen again... I promised to myself that I'll never let anyone get hurt again. It includes you, Kyouhei. So you better stay out of my way.
Kyouhei ignored her and continued powering-up, preparing his body for combat.
- Kyouhei: This is lovely, but orders are orders. You're trying to face an enemy that has decades of experience, Unit-CM 130 is not an enemy for you. Surrender now or---!
"!!!!!!!!"
As Kyouhei was about to jump towards Katarina to kick her, the sound of something popping could be heard on the hallway. It was someone snapping fingers and that noise came from behind Kyouhei. When Katarina looked at Kyouhei's back, she saw Atala Arck and two other large men.
- Atala: Get him guys.
With Atala's voice, the two men grabbed Kyouhei by his arms, one on the left and another one on the right.
- Kyouhei: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS! WHO ARE YOU?!
The two men that were holding Kyouhei were two elite guards of the bridge and seemed to be porn actors that you can only find in XXX websites like Brazzers.
- Katarina: Atala!
With exciment, Katarina shouted for Atala, who was beside the two porn actors men. With an evil grin, Atala walked forward and stopped in front of Kyouhei.
- Atala: Sorry buddy... But no exceptions.
With an angry expression, Kyouhei yelled at the Cyborg.
- Kyouhei: You... You left her escape purposely!
But again, with an evil grin, Atal snapped her fingers as the two men nodded. They were smiling and were bringing Kyouhei to a room next to that hallway.
- Kyouhei: WAIT! NO! NO! NO! NO! HELP ME!
Atala giggled as the two porn actors men entered in the room and closed the door, stopping the screams of misery of Kyouhei.
- Atala: Oh, my. This situation became so embarrassing.
With a smile, Katarina approached Atala and grabbed her hand.
- Katarina: So you're coming with me! Atala! Thank goddess! Now, we shall advance to the attack!
However, Atala pushed Katarina away and crossed her arms.
- Atala: Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not going with you. I just saved you this time because I trust in your power to help the others. Now, go before I change my mind and capture you in the place of Kyouhei...
Katarina was a little embarrassed for thinking such idea. She wanted to say at least a "thanks" but Atala's red eyes staring at her shut her up.
- Katarina: Bye then!!~
Katarina was a little confused with herself: she didn't know if she is trying to run from Ratatoskr or from Atala. But between being captured by Ratatoskr and Atala, she prefered to be captured by Ratatoskr.
Katarina used her energy to create two wings in her back as she jumped off from the ship, leaving Fraxinus behind. The lights of wings created the image of several blood scars flying across the sky.
With that, Atala returned her attention to her won safety and was ready to fight the security for betraying Ratatoskr and disobeying Kotori's orders.
Godom Empire
Beerserkia Building
5 minutes later
- Heis: Pathetic...
While a new battle was taking form in Tenguu City, Japan, another kind of thing was taking form in Godom Empire, the tyrannical empire that is the ally of KnightWalker Family.
One of the most notable criminals or "monsters" living on Earth was right now seated in a table on the top of the most luxurious building of a rich businessman of Godom... Her name is Heis...
Heis, also formerly known as Kanon Rihavein, was the twin sister of La Folia Rihavein and is the former ruler of Aldegyr Kingdom, until her true motives were revealed to the world.
With a cup of wine, the young beautiful and deadly Heis was staring at a crowd of people talking in the floor of the building. A party with the most rich and notable directors of Godom Enterprises was happening right now at that building. And for Heis, watching so many "burgeois" at the same place is something that annoy her.
- Heis: Pathetic humans... Drinking, smiling and eating like if nothing was happening around the world. They forgot the world was almost destroyed and several evil forces are rising around this planet... They're ignorant, filthy and idiots. Ignoring everything around them and are more worried about their own goods. Don't you think, my child?
Beside Heis, there was a little boy... Dressed in black social clothes. But that not really important, because his face was covered with fear as Heis turned her grey and souless eyes towards him.
- Heis: Don't look at me like that.
Heis tried to clean his face from sweat drops but his skin just became pale. It was obvious that Heis did something to that boy.
- Boy: J-Just let me go...
Anyone who was walking through that hall would think that boy was Heis' son but it was only façade. Heis' eyes were empty and had no color, that was enough to make any kid run from her.
- Heis: I know that I you saw my Black Demons eating your parents alive but I'm not a demon. I'm an Angel! The one who holds the Truth of this world. The one who will bring justice upon those disgusting creatures known as humans. I almost destroyed this planet once, I wonder if I killed your family in that incident. But it's not like I really care.
"......"
The boy tried to run but he had no strength to move his legs. With a kind smile, Heis continued drinking her wine until she got tired of that boring and disgusting music and voices.
- Heis: This party and these people... Are so one-sided, flat and boring. And the only thing they can think about is money and their lives while destroying this beautiful world.
Heis stood up and walked towards the platform outside of the building that gave the vision to the whole city.
- Heis: Let's finish this party now... Purge.
With just one word, a strange purple light covered the room and everyone stopped walking. All people who were drinking dropped their drinks, people who were dancing stopped dancing, all people were kissing just stared at each other, people that were eating vomited like machines... And the song that was being played on the hall stopped. The scenery quickly changed to something bizarre and scary where people were staring at each other with lifeless eyes.
- Boy: What the heck...
The boy that was seated beside Heis was the only person who was not affected by her ability that left everyone immobile like robots.
- Heis: Look. You must look. This ability removes all the superficial feelings of people. Superficial feelings are the false emotions that cover their true personality. Smiles that hide their sins. Happiness that hide their hatred. Kindness that hide their rotten soul... Right now, boy, they're under my control and are waiting for my command to be free from their strings. Humans are simple creatures. While people will say that killing is wrong for evil people, they're willing to think that kill is right for evil people.
The boy looked at the crowd in confusion and was even more scared.
- Boy: S-Stop it...
Even without knowing what Heis was going to do, he had a feeling that something terrible was about to start.
- Heis: Start the true party.
Suddenly, the first woman that was immobile l like a statue beside the boy's table, smiled and grabbed a knife that was right in front of him, she proceeded to cut the neck of the man in front of her. With that, dozens of people inside of that hall started to kill each other and a bloodbath started.
Some people broke cup of glass and used its pieces to cut other people, others strangled women to death, children threw chairs in adults only to have their eyes ripped off my their own parents and people used their own nails to kill themselves by ripping off their skin from their faces.
- Heis: Yes, expose your ugliness.
The brainwashed security guards entered in the room and started to shoot everyone on sight but some men managed to grab their arms and used their own teeth to eat their throat. The businessman used their own money to suffocate their allies, the barmen created molotovs and threw it on the people, the fat men threw their wives on the ground and punched them to death... If Hell had a description, that would be it, where demons kill humans for fun but the difference that there were no demons, only humans killing each other. There was so much blood that the platform where Heis was standing became a blood-fall. The boy, could only watch as he was the only sane person between dozens of insane mindless people killing each other... But the most scariest thing there was not only just the murders.
The most scariest thing in that massacre was the fact that everyone were laughing of happiness... People laughing like if some comedian had just told a joke in the middle of that slaughter.
- Heis: You're wondering why they're laughing... They're laughing of their own lives, their own memories and their own history. They're nothing and considered it to be a joke... This is what humans means to the world... Nothing, they're useless and only bring destruction instead of hope.
In 3 minutes, every single person in the room was dead, the last person was an young man who was standing in the middle of the hall. Heis then snapped her fingers and the man fell to the floor, his eyes gained colors again and he was finally back to his senses.
- Man: Wh-WHAT THE FUCK!
The man looked around the hall and saw nothing but dead bodies and blood everywhere. He was holding a fork in his right hand and noticed that there was an human eye in that fork, he immediately threw it away and vomited in disgust.
- Heis: That's enough for you.
The man who was brainwashed heard her voice and immediately ran towards her asking for help but before he could reach her, Heis pressed her right fist with an evil grin and suddenly the head of the man exploded, leaving pieces of meat everywhere. Some parts also fell on the face of the boy who watched the whole scene in shock.
For some reason, the boy was forced to watch that and could not close his eyes, it was like someone was keeping them open to watch all that hellish show.
- Boy: S-Save me...
The boy's eyes went lifeless as well, just like the eyes of Heis' victims.
- Heis: Actually, boy. I tried to get along with you to see if I could love humans, no matter if they're infants, children, teenagers, adults or elderly... The only reason why I got you for me is that I could see if I can really love something or someone in my life like you humans do. I wanted to act like a mother, so I saw you as my son to complete the missing place in my heart. But after this experiment, I noticed that the only thing that is missing in my heart is the complete destruction of mankind. I cannot love humans at all, I noticed that just now. No matter if they're children or innocent, or even if they're fetus, I really hate after all. Including you, boy-from-the-name-that-I-don't-know.
Heis proceeded to extend her hand to the boy who was seated in the chair and guided him to the platform that she was standing just a few moments ago.
- Heis: I really hate humans, their faces, their skin, their eyes, their teeth, their ears... Everything, they makes me disgusted. They're the abomination of nature. The world will be so beautiful without you walking on the face of Earth. One day, this planet will be destroyed by your greedy and people still call me evil. No matter if there are good people in this world, your race still going to destroy this world.
The boy listened to one of those long speeches of Heis for minutes. Her words only showed him how deep her hatred was for mankind.
- Heis: Time to say goodbye, boy.
Heis then grabbed him by his neck and threw him out of the building as couldn't let a scream of death.
- Heis: Ah... What a beautiful sight.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Despite she was almost on the last floor of the building, she can still hear the sounds of boy's body hitting the floor like a rock coming from space, the sounds of his bones breaking and his organs bursting like fireworks.
- Heis: They still beautiful dying... I can't really get tired of this.
When the body of the boy hit the floor, hundreds of people looked at his body in fear and panic. People started to scream while other got their cameras to record that. Some parents had to cover the eyes of their children to avoid seeing that terrible scene of death.
- Heis: It's time to go.
Heis cleaned her hands from touching a dirty creature known as human and proceeded to leave the building.
But before she could teleport away, she felt something from the other side of the world.
"!!!!!!!!!"
- Heis: This is...
Heis' eyes widened in shock and looked at the horizon of the town, trying to identify the source of that power. There are many high-level powers on Earth but this one was in the middle of several high-powers. That power was coming from Japan, Tenguu City, exactly where Kyouko Kirigiri and Unit-CM 130 were about to fight.
- Heis: Ohh... I know these powers... They belong to Unit CM-130's mercenaries. But there are one power level that I never felt before, it belongs to a woman.
The person she was talking about was Kyouko's new power, the Artificial Demon weapon that Gwen gave to her a few moments before they went to battle.
- Heis: Ahhh... That droid that Sonia brought back to life is there too... If I recall, Tenguu City is where Katarina Couteau and Imperia Deamonne are living but due to my Master's orders, I can't send a full invasion force of my Black Demon to kill Katarina and Imperia... Not only them, Lucas Kellan, Tomas Sev, Shigure Yukimi, Azul Jissele and the others are living there.
Heis immediately let out a smirk and laughed as she finally saw a chance to punish Katarina and her friends for hurting her during the battle of Aldegyr Kingdom 3 months ago.
- Heis: HAHAHAHA! What an interesting sight! If CM and his minions are in Tenguu City, that means Katarina and Ratatoskr will come for them! And when that happens, I'll be there to "help" my allies! I'm coming for you, Couteau and Deamonne!
Novosic Kingdom
Sonia's Office
3 minutes later
05:50 AM
Heis, the Fallen Angel, who is considered the most powerful and dangerous was on her way to Tenguu City... It's just like Kyouko said before, the situation was getting worse as many combatants were heading to the KnightWalker Airport... A new massive battle between good and evil was about to start.
Meanwhile in a country very far away from Godom Empire or Japan, a terrorist meeting was about to happen.
Under the orders of Junko Enoshima, a few members of the Ultimate Despair left their respective countries and went to Novosic Kingdom. The reason is simple, Sonia is the only person who holds such power in the ranks of Ultimate Despair, while other members are simples terrorists, Sonia is the ruler of one of the most powerful and advanced nation of the world.
Because of the Fallen's Essence orders, Junko Enoshima left Tenguu City as well, purposely to prevent Junko and her sister, Mukuro Ikusaba, from attacking Katarina Couteau and her friends. The Fallen's Essence had plans for Katarina so he needed her alive for now.
At this time, some members of Ultimate Despair were regrouped in a meeting room in the personal building of Sonia Nevermind. Only the Vice-Commanders of the organization were called to this meeting, so ordinary members were not invited.
- Junko: Are, are! There is a person missing!~ I hate these meetings but we need to organize our resources because of the Fallen's Essence new ideas and moves!~
Junko was talking to her subordinates in the meeting room, who were all seated around a table in the format of a circle. The members inside of that room were Izuru Kamukura... Who does absolutely nothing for the organization and only watch the war in the distance to see if despair can do something to kill his boredom.
- Izuru: So boring. Why we need meetings so common like this?
Izuru was staring at a apple that seemed to be more interesting for him than be in that meeting. Izuru is a person who can only acts, but he can be very intelligent, much more than Fallen's Essence and other masterminds around the world but creating plans is too boring for him and wishes something that can be interesting.
- Junko: Because the mister who tortured you is changing his strategies. We should follow him, no matter what.
Izuru was tortured by the Fallen's Essence 3 months ago, so it was just normal for him to have a grudge towrds his own boss. The same works for Fallen's Essence himself, he hates every single member of Ultimate Despair for a obvious reason. They all are teenagers brainwashed with nothing to do and no goals, just committing terrorists attacks in the name of despair.
The Fallen's Essence believes that everything in this world should bee done with a purpose. People who have no goals in mind are just a stubborn, this is why the Fallen's Essence also hates Junko Enoshima.
- Fuyuhiko: It's just like she said. I'm busy with the business on the Underworld so let's be quick.
Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, also known as the Ultimate Gangster, is one of the many brainwashed members of Ultimate Despair. He works as the boss of a massive underground mafia that is set in countless nations of the world, many people can call him as the boss of all crime. However, despite his power, there is "someone" above him who commands all the crimes of the world, from drug trafficking, robberies, organ trafficking, terrorism, public hauls, and many others.
Fuyuhiko was staring at a bottle of glass, inside of it, there were two human eyes. Those eyes probably belonged to a boss of an enemy faction that was fighting Kuzuryu's faction to take control of the underworld of the crime.
- Mukuro: Let's start with---!
Before Mukuro, the twin sister of Junko, could finish her words, Junko gave her a punch in the back, making her fall on the ground. She proceeded to step in her butt.
- Mukuro: When I gave you permission to start my business, you piece of trash?!
One of the most disgusting of Ultimate Despair members that almost everyone always keep distance, Nagito Komaeda, also known as Ultimate Good Luck, laughed at Mukuro and Junko.
- Mukuro: Calm yourselves, girls! We are not here to fight. Since we are already here, I bring news about Sonia Nevermind... "A little bird" told me that she went to Tenguu City in Japan. The reason: I don't know.
Another member of Ultimate Despair, Mahiru Koizumi, stepped into the room and with eyes filled with tears, she closed the door and bowed before Junko. Of course, her tears were not from sadness or sorrow, she was trying to free herself from the brainwash that Junko did on her years ago, and being forced to do something that she doesn't want is painful.
- Mahiru: Guys, I bring terrible news. Sonia Nevermind went to Tenguu City in Japan! From my Intel, the new aly of our boss is there, he is a robot that is called by the name of Unit-CM 130. Sonia even said to us to stay away from him in case if we saw him.
With worried eyes that were almost lifeless, Nagito stood up calmly from his chair.
- Nagito: Can we assume that Sonia is trying to do something with CM? There is someone out there that Sonia is interested... Or she was called by CM himself?
Junko, who was eating takoyaki, a very delicious and popular Japanese candy, turned her eyes to her sister with boredom.
- Junko: Hey, sis... I'm thinking in killing that bucket full of scraps... He's really annoying, I can handle Michael Langdon and the Fallen's Essence... But he is going to far, he is putting us aside and consider despair just an low-emotion. I think we should kill him Also, I have the feeling that we will never se Sonia again.
Everyone in KnightWalker Family hates CM in some point, including the masochists despair-inducing terrorists of Ultimate Despair. Junko has started to hate CM since he became the leader of Manufacturing Progressive Sciences, and at that time, he was kidnapping her allies and turning them into guinea pigs in his experiments. Junko is a person who shows little care to her surbodinates but she must the ONE who should kill her minions not a strange from another faction.
- Mukuro: I think it's impossible, the Fallen's Essence is protecting him. He also has many mercenaries well-trained working for him... Junko-chan, what do you mean with "we will never see Sonia again?"
For Junko, that question was almost obvious. Junko, despite her childish tendencies, is the Ultimate Analytical, she can predict things that never happened and knows everything that will happen in the future using the data of the present.
- Junko: I predicted that we will never see Sonia again... Because...
Part 3 - Carnage[]
Meanwhile at Tenguu City
KnightWalker Airport
- Gwen: This situation can't get any worse...
Gwen looked around the KnightWalker Airport that were standing right now. With a forced smile of defeat, Gwen and Kyouko were surrounded by Battle Droids and CM's mercenaries. Just after Kyouko transformed into an Artificial Demon form, several mercenaries arrived at the scene, now Reaper and Nnoitra Jiruga were not the only enemies there.
- Kyouko: We're surrounded...
Kyouko had other plans than stay there and fight enemies that she never met. But there was another reason for her escape, she NEVER fought using an Artificial Demon Weapon, so she does not know nothing about her skills and abilities. The only that she knows about her new true form, is that she has an amazing speed, superhuman strength and two lasers daggers that can cut through metal like paper.
Normally, a transformation of an Artificial Demon provides more than 50 abilities to the user, but Kyouko never heard about it.
- CM: From my Intel, you two are Ultimate Detectives... That means our organization was already discovered. What a pit.
CM planned to stay in shadows for a long time until he decided to show himself and his organization to the world but Gwen and Kyouko just exposed his group, as well the airport that was secretly being controlled by KnightWalker Family.
- Reaper: No matter, boss... They're just only two. I planned sensors around this city and I detected no one expect them around this area. The Manufacturing Progressive Sciences still working on the darkness.
Those words were relaxing for CM, if Kyouko and Gwen were about to be killed right there, no one would discover about his group of twisted assassins and sick scientists.
Of course, CM can easily deceive the police and military saying the explosion of the Central Tower that Nnoitra destroyed was an accident and that nobody got hurt. Luckily, there was no one working at the Central Tower at that time, if there were workers inside of it, it'll be hard for CM to create an excuse for the accident.
- Reaper: Let's kill them here.
Reaper said as he pulled two pistols from pocket... However...
- (???): No!
A very deep, dark and cold voice came from behind, it was the voice a male human with a very creepy robotic voice.
Reaper, CM, Ziggurat, the Captain and Nnoitra turned around to see one of the mercenaries working for CM approaching with two daggers.
- CM: Oh... What's your name?
The mercenary was wearing an special black ops suit with a oxygem backpack, terminator mask, black hood, black military boots and two daggers of heat.
- (???): My name is Dogami, sir... 45th Assassin from MPS Division.
Like the Cyborgs from KnightWalker Family, CM's mercenaries are ranked in numbers from strongest to weakest. The number 1 is the strongest and the number 302, which is the lowest number, is the weakest of all.
- Dogami: Allow me to kill these girls and get a salary for it.
Of course, all mercenaries has their wages increased when they finish an important mission.
- CM: Be my guest.
Despite Dogami was using a mask, Gwen and Kyouko sensed his malice coming from face; an evil grin full of cruelty.
- Dogami: Roger.
Without thinking twice, Togami charged at the two detectives with his daggers of heat. Gwen and Kyouko were shocked for they were waiting for something more precise, but Dogami suddenly charged to attack in an unexpected time.
- Gwen: He is coming!
The droids around them lowered their guns, for they knew that a mercenary was about to kill them.
- Dogami: I'll start cleaning the trash!
Dogami set his sight on Gwen, who seemed to be weaker. Dogami jumped and teleported behind Gwen in an amazing speed... He was so fast that not his shadow managed to follow his moves and stayed in the same position he was 1 second ago.
- Dogami: It's over!
Before Dogami could cut Gwen in half with his daggers from her spine, Kyouko's instincts shouted louder and her body move by its own free will.
- Kyouko (think): *My body!*
Kyouko swung her lase daggers as well. Actually, she moved faster than Dogami's daggers and managed to stop his attack. The arms of Dogami went to the opposite direction once Kyouko blocked his attack.
- Dogami: IMPOSSIBLE! A WOMAN LIKE YO---!
Before Dogami could recover his posture, Kyouko moved her arms once again and cut the head of the mercenary by swinging her arms from below and cutting his head off like a paper.
Nnoitra and the other watched with disappointment, Nnoitra, for example, was not expecting so much of a mercenary which the rank is 45th.
- Reaper: Stupid...
Dogami's body fell to the floor, creating a pool of blood around the area.
- Gwen: You di---!
Before Gwen could express her happiness, an evil force appeared right behind her. She heard the sound of something like a ultra-sonic turbo right behind her... And there was the presence of a person there.
- CM: It was about time for you two to arrive.
- Kyouko: GWEN!
Gwen's eyes widened in horror, they were so open to the point that a normal person would think that they were about to pop out. With fear, her head slowly turned around to see the shadow of a person with yellow hood. She then felt something hitting her back, it was the fist of the man who popped out behind her.
Kyouko quickly ran towards Gwen and hugged while a huge explosion came out of the fist of the man who punched her back with a small strength.
Kyouko, Gwen and the man who created the explosion were engulfed by the flames. Just then, another man with hair appeared from behind CM's minions, it was Vergil, the mercenary who is the partner of Yuuki Terumi and was sent to Russia to capture the heart of the Black Demon Revy.
- Vergil: We're back, boss. Sorry if we're late... We had little problems on the way.
Vergil smiled at CM, who seemed to be surprised with sudden appearance.
- Nnoitra: Vergil... So I guess Yuuki Terumi is the person who caused that explosion.
Nnoitra was obviously right, the man who punched Gwen and created that explosion was Yuuki Terumi. Due to Yuuki's immortality, there was no problem for him to be engulfed by the flames of that explosion. However, it turned out that Kyouko managed to teleport Gwen to another place of the airport while Yuuki Terumi was creating the explosion.
However, before Kyouko could notice, Yuuki was already running towards them with a huge sword made of green dark energy of his own.
- Yuuki: Women should stay out of this!
Kyouko still hurt of the flames so she was holding Gwen and her burned arm, there was no way for her to run.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- Kyouko & Gwen: AH!
Yuuki stopped running when something sharp cut through his belly. Looking at it closely, it was a Japanese katana.
Yuuki bit his lips in pain as the katana opened a huge role in his belly, making the floor around him a pool of blood just like how Kyouko killed Dogami.
- Yuuki: Hahaha... It hurts... It hurts...
Yuuki held the blade of the katana with his bloody lips. CM and the other seemed to be surprise but Vergil was already expecting for someone to appear before them. Suddenly, Tomas Sev from Ratatoskr, who was leading the Rogues in a mission to find CM's mercenaries, appeared behind Yuuki Terumi and grabbed his katana, removing it from Yuuki's belly with all his strength.
- Tomas: Scum! On them guys!
Tomas proceeded to kick Yuuki Terumi in his back, throwing him almost 40 meters away from where Kyouko and Gwen were standing. With his orders, Shigure Yukimi appeared behind the droids forces and cut 23 of them in half with her Taros Artificial Demon weapon, a weapon in the format of green lines that can cut through everything in its path.
- Shigure: Engaging enemy forces!
Imperia Deamonne, Lucas Kellan and Azul Jissele appeared from above and sent several balls of energy towards CM, Vergil, Reaper, the Captain, Ziggurat and Nnoitra, each time that one energy ball hit the ground where CM and his minions were, a small explosion on the size of a truck exploded in blue flames.
Soon, the flames dissapeared, revealing that CM summoned a red energy shield around him and his minions, including droids and mercenaries.
- Imperia: I knew it would be too obvious.
With a smile, Imperia and her friends landed on the ground, revealing themselves for Manufacturing Progressive Sciences.
- Lucas: I sense an heavy energy coming from them... It's strong than the Brahman that we fought in Aldegyr Kingdom.
Lucas said to his partners while sensing the power level of his opponents. The Brahman, was the Elite Force of Aldegyr Kingdom composed by Meta-Humans, they were the strongest Meta-Humans of the world and had to powers to destroy whole states and cities with one single blow.
- Shigure: I sensed it too... Who are these guys?
Shigure stood up and teleported beside Imperia and Azul.
- Azul: I just want to know how we never sensed the power level of these guys before. Normally, we can sense the energy of a strong person from thousands of kilometers, why we had to stay so close to detect their power levels?
What Azul said was quite interesting. People with a high-power level are easy to be detected by other energy users like Demons, Angels, Meta-Humans, Cyborgs, Magicians and among others, so it was very strange why the Ratatoskr never discovered them at that time.
- CM: More guinea pigs... This is the first time that I see humans with such high-power level. In my old life, I only saw non-humans with energy above of the limits... No matter, Yuuki Terumi, I think you can get them alone.
Suddenly, Yuuki Terumi stood up and faced Tomas. The eyes of everyone widened in terror as everyone thought that Tomas had killed him a few seconds ago.
- Yuuki: Roger that!
Yuuki charged at Tomas, who was still shocked wondering how Yuuki could survive that. He fought many enemies in the past but he never saw an enemy that survived after he pierced his body with a katana, exploded his vital organs and had his spine destroyed by his kick in the back.
But, Lucas Kellan, who facing CM and the others, teleported himself between Tomas and Yuuki, wielding his black combat sword.
With a sudden move, Yuuki stopped his attack and stared at Lucas.
- Lucas: Hold right there! I'm your opponent!
Lucas was serious about fighting Terumi, a person that had an unknown power. He is the man who killed Revy, one of the most powerful living beings on Earth without difficulty. But that does not matter for Lucas Kellan, for he is a man who always put himself in front of his friends to protect them.
- Yuuki: Seriously... We just arrived in this planet and we've already saw so many people without guts... Now you.
Lucas considered Yuuki Terumi insane because of his tone of voice, he was talking like some lunatic that just escaped of a hospice. Despite this, he took interest in his last phrase.
- Lucas: You had just arrived in this planet... Just as Kotori said... Unit-CM 130 is an alien robot that came from another universe. As so are you and your partners... You're not from this planet.
Yuuki Terumi clapped in happiness.
- Yuuki: HAHAHA! Looks like we have a Sherlock Homes here!
Yuuki had read some books of Earth shortly after he arrived, so he met the famous Sherlock Homes by reading his criminals books.
- Lucas: You're from that DEM-something. Now that I know that, you're from the same faction where the Fallen's Essence came from. I must eliminate you all, for you're a threat to this planet in general.
Kotori never said many things about the DEM Empire, the unknown nazi empire that is located somewhere in the infinite darkness of the space from other universes, yet Lucas recognized them as his enemies on the moment he fought Heis in Aldegyr Kingdom, who was being used by Fallen's Essence. Lucas then prepared to fight Yuuki Terumi as Tomas thanked him and faced another way.
- Reaper: It's just like the Fallen's Essence said... They know too much about us. It's because of that dirty Ratatoskr, I guess.
Reaper talked to CM while Yuuki Terumi and Lucas started to fight in deadly fight.
- CM: Ratatoskr, they're on Earth. That bastard of Elliot Baldwin Woodman is trying to destroy my plans AGAIN!
Elliot Baldwin Woodman was mentioned several times in conversations between Kotori and the Rogues, he is the founder of Ratatoskr and is the leader of a group known as New Conglomerate, a faction from where Mana Takamiya came from before she arrived on Earth. The NC are a military corporation that fights the DEM Empire. That means Elliot is boss of Kotori and Mana, despite they're not in the same faction.
- Tomas: I don't know you or Elliot either. But you dared to stop in our planet... Capturing innocent people to dissect them alive, rape infants to death in experiments, used pregnant women in chemical tests... All for the sake of your disgusting science. Don't think you'll escape from this rock without getting REALLY hurt. You and your little pathetic minions will die here, without limbs, slowly and begging for mercy. Tomas acted like a true sadist, but that was normal for he couldn't bear the idea of someone from another planet invading his homeland and killing people that were not even related to his war. Tomas proceeded to walk towards CM with a sadistic smile, ready to cut him in pieces, but Nnoitra walked forward and smiled insanely.
- Nnoitra: FINALLY, A WHORTLY OPPONENT!
Tomas sensed the huge power coming from Nnoitra, he was almost (or stronger) than Heis' energy. But he could saw through Nnoitra... The fact that he was hiding his true power.
- Nnoitra: Eat this!
Nnoitra charged another energy ball in his tongue, just like the another one he used to destroy the Central Tower. It took only 3 seconds for it to be prepared, and immediately he shot the laser beam at Tomas.
But with one single attack of his sword, Tomas cut through the laser beam and divided it in two. Because of that, Nnoitra's attack was denied and vanished.
- Tomas: I learned from my past mistakes! Everyone who fought me wanted me to show my true form. You see, I was born with two personalities inside of me, one is me, a normal soldier... But the other is more cold-hearted and destructive... When I became a Magician, my other personality gained a deadly power to destroy whole states with hunger for meat. I fear him. But now, I don't care about it anymore, for I learned with my fight with Ganesha, the leader of Brahman, that no matter the cost, I'll never hold myself in front of my enemy!
Tomas then bit his arm to the point it started to bleed and shouted.
- Tomas: COME, MAHESVARA!
Suddenly, a red energy possessed Tomas' body and covered his presence in a hellish dark energy. When the aura was gone, he was revealed himself to the world once again, Mahesvara, the Demon of Global Pact Defense.
- Mahesvara: I, MAHESVARA, FINALLY, IS FREE ONCE AGAIN TO BURN AWAY ALL THE DISGUSTING CREATURES OF MY LAND!
CM and the other sensed Tomas' huge power increasing even more... No--It was not Tomas anymore, it was Mahesvara, the dark personality living inside of Tomas. As CM and his minions were distracted with Mahesvara, a huge explosion happened right behind of them. They looked around and noticed the ship that CM used to arrive in Tenguu City was destroyed.
- Ziggurat: The ship!
From the explosion, Imperia Deamonne appeared with a kind-murder smile.
- Imperia: I'm glad you came to Tenguu City, you saved us from the work from searching for you around the world.
CM glared the girl with interest.
- CM: During my time here on Earth, I met many Cyborgs... But your power is TOO strong. You're not a normal Cyborg. Who are you?
Imperia, however, had no intentions to talk with CM and charged at him with an energy ball in her left hand. However, the battle droids started to shoot at her before she could reach them, forcing her to jump backwards.
- Imperia: Let's start our war!
12,000 meters above Tenguu City
Fraxinus
Bridge
3 minutes later
- Kotori: Fraxinus to Tomas' Squad! Answer this call immediately!
While Tomas and his squad engaged the MPS in combat in the runway of the KnightWalker Airport, Kotori and her crew was trying to contact them via-radio.
The Ratatoskr has control over all cameras of the city but for some reason, they couldn't invade the security system of that airport, it was like the KnightWalkers knew that Ratatoskr might try invade their security cameras to spy them.
- Kotori: Tom---!
As Kotori was trying to shout the name of Tomas to the monitor of the bridge but suddenly the cellphone beside her desk rang with intensity. Holding her rage, Kotori answered the phone, she was too busy to worry with little things.
- Kotori: Who's it?
The person who just called for Kotori is the captain of Fraxinus' defenses, he was closing his eyes while holding a deep disappointment with himself.
- Security Captain: [It's me, Ms. Kotori. The Captain of Fraxinus Security Defenses. I know you're busy but I bring bad news... So I'm going straight to the point.]
In a military of the world, you need to say numerous codes and introduction to your superiors to speak with them but the captain is smarter and will not waste her time.
- Kotori: And what's it?
"......"
- Security Captain: [It seems that Katarina had escaped from the ship... And we lost contact with the vice-commander Kyouhei Kannazuki].
"!!!!!!!!!!!!"
That was the drop of water for Kotori, she immediately jumped from her seat and went pale. That was her worst fear at that time, with CM out there, Katarina will surely try to follow Tomas and his group. Worse, Katarina the last survivor of a extinct race, if CM discover about her existence, he will surely take interest in the girl.
- Kotori: Dammit!
Kotori was not pale anymore, she was red, burning with a hellish wrath that only God could understand.
Reine Murasame and the crew never saw Kotori like that before, rather, they never want to see her like that.
- Kotori: Sorry, captain. Thanks for your report... Also, do you know where Kyouhei Kannazuki is?
Of course, only Atala knew where Kyouhei was as she is the one who helped Katarina escape twice in a row.
- Security Captain: [Negative, miss.]
Kotori bit her lips and turned off the cellphone, but gently and not with rudeness.
- Kotori: Jeez, where is Kyouhei? I thought I send him to stop Katarina from leaving the ship but now we have two people missing. Katarina is on the loose and Kyouhei is missing. In addiction, we lost contact with Tomas' squad. What will happen if Katarina enter in that state again once she starts combat with CM's mercenaries?
Kotori's Flashback[]
Scenes from LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - La Folia's Death (Sword of Kings "Film")
Katarina's eyes widened in despair when she saw such scene. Katarina's heart beat faster when she realized she was too far away from the cross.
- Katarina: LA FOLIA!
La Folia heard a female voice calling for her name and looked at the direction from where it came from. She immediately recognized that voice. When she looked to her left side, she saw Katarina standing in the entrance of the camp.
- La Folia: Kat---!
"....."
"....."
"....."
Before La Folia could finish her last words, Kanon shot the laser beam in her finger in the direction of La Folia's heart. The laser beam opened a big hole in her chest, an hole so big that her meat and bones that were not destroyed by the laser beam were exposed to the world.
- Kanon: I remember, mortals. I promised that I would give you despair and hatred.
Kanon smiled.
Suddenly, the chains made of magi-tech that were holding La Folia's arms vanished in a bright light. Her body quickly fell to the ground hitting in a brutal impact. The sound to describe her body hitting the ground was horrible to hear and imagine, because her face hit the ground, destroying her skull and exploding it.
Katarina could only watch that without doing nothing.
- Katarina: La Folia...
Maybe it wqs God crying or the world felling regret for what it did to that poor soul but suddenly a rain started in the capital. The fire that was consuming the city was quickly wiped out by the rain. The sound of several drops of water hitting the ground hid the sound of the shots and explosions that were happening around the capital of Aldegyr.
Kanon Rihavein smiled when the Angel saw Katarina standing in the entrance of the camp with widened lifeless eyes.
Kanon used her tongue to drink the blood of La Folia that wet her mouth when she shot the laser beam in her chest. Katarina dropped her Artificial Demon weapon and walked slowly at La Folia's body at the altar of the cross. Kanon only watched the scene with pleasure.
- Kanon: So you're the person living with my sister in Tenguu City?
"...."
Katarina ignored Kanon's question and continued walking.
- Kanon: I'm being ignored...
Katarina was crying at that point. She did not know if she was dreaming or if it was a dream. Only people who saw their loved ones being killed in front of them without hope know this feeling. Katarina felt someone trying to take over her body at that moment.
- Katarina: No...
The red haired girl went upstairs of the altar and looked at La Folia's body on the ground. The altar was so full of blood that it looked like if that place had became a fountain of blood, the blood was slowly falling from the altar like a waterfall. Katarina fell in her knees and held La Folia in her arms only to see her face totally destroyed and opened, her eyes were completely crushed, her skull was opened, her brain almost falling from her crushed skull... It was impossible to think that person right there was once La Folia Rihavein.
- Katarina: ........
In addition, there was a huge hole in La Folia's chest. When Katarina took La Folia in her arms, more blood fell on the ground. The hands of Katarina were full of blood too.
- Kanon: So it's you... Fufufu. Don't worry, I'll send right to the other world. So my big sis won't be alone. Wait! I have a great idea! I'll bury in the same grave of La Folia! Well, she doesn't has a grave yet but I'll give her one... In a pit full of snakes. Don't you like it? You must show me some respect for showing this generosity!
Those words were extremely cruel but Katarina was too shocked to hear anything coming from the real world. She was feeling something breaking in her mind, similar to a sound of glass being kicked and punched several times. Something was trying to take over her body... again...
- Katarina: Why? What did we do to receive this! GOD!! You took Eugen from me! Now you're going to take La Folia from me too?! Why you keep sending more demons to us?!
Katarina cried loudly.
- Katarina: AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kanon, who was watching the scene laughed.
- Kanon: Fufufufufufu... It's because there is no God, girl. There is no God in this world. God created humans and left this planet. There are only false Gods. What's the purpose of the Gods if they don't kill evil? There is only the Devil in this world. The Devil is MANKIND itself.
Katarina stopped crying tear while looking at La Folia's destroyed face. Her tears changed to... blood...
Kanon continued her speech. One of Kanon's specialties is to left her enemies hopeless using her long speech. Words full of hatred and racism that can leave people in depression.
- Kanon: Girl, my Master told me about you. He said there was someone living with La Folia since she left this country 9 years ago. Katarina, you're a sinner! Katarina Couteau, it's your name... you're the reason of this war is happening! When La Folia left Aldegyr Kingdom, not even my Master was able to locate her in Japan... But was thanks to you he was able to find La Folia once again! You kept fighting Mafusa Gangsters, criminals and thieves in Tenguu City and you became famous around the world as the Mighty Red Haired Demon! Thanks to your insane and savage sins, my Master was able to find La Folia Rihavein living with you. If you stopped fighting with other people and kept quiet in your little world, my Master would never have found La Folia and we would confirm that she was dead. And as a result, we would cancel this execution... You're the one responsible for this war in Aldegyr Kingdom and for the death of your best friend! It's all thanks to you! You used your unknown power in Tenguu City against Aki Honda! And because of that, my Master confirmed La Folia was with you! Katarina! You're a sinner!
Katarina tried to speak but she was too deep in despair and hatred.
- Katarina: I... I WAS JUST TRYING TO SAVE EVERYONE!
Katarina yelled at Kanon without changing her sight.
- Kanon: It's because of your foolish choices things ended like this! If you just ran from Tenguu City at that time when Mafusa Gang attacked the state, all of this incident here would have never happened. But I'm thankful for you! You were the one who allowed me to rise to power! Thanks to you, Katarina Couteau, the world will be rewritten and the ugliness of humans will be erased from the existence! The future generation of my world will revere you as their savior while I'll be revered as their Angel and Guide! Fufufufu!
Katarina hit the ground with all her strength, the ground cracked in 3 meters. A black aura surrounded Katarina as her eyes vanished in darkness.
- Katarina: IF YOU WANT TO CALL ME AS A SINNER OR A DEMON THEN I DON'T CARE!!!!!!
Katarina's body was swallowed by darkness of her unknown power that finally was waking up again.
- Katarina: [AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!]
Kanon covered her eyes from the wind coming from Katarina's black and grotesque aura. The strong and bright light covered the entire country, that light was coming from Katarina's eyes, a light so powerful that destroy all electronic equipment in kilometers.
Katarina's body was changing, her skin became iron, and her humanoid appearance disappeared as her body was getting bigger and bigger. Katarina's bones were growing and getting bigger like if they were becoming an armor. In 2 minutes, the light vanished and Kanon was able to look at Katarina again... But she was not there... Instead of Katarina, there was some type of giant monster with 15 meters high.
- Kanon: WH---!
Kanon's eyes widened in fear. She felt an evil, dark and grotesque energy coming from that thing. There was no doubt, that thing was Katarina. The energy of that thing was similar to the energy of Katarina during her fight with Aki Honda but it was more powerful and heavy. Kanon felt nauseous just to stay next to the creature. She flew backwards and bit her lips.
- Kanon: AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
For some unknown reason, the aura of the creature was getting stronger. As a result, Kanon felt the results of that power and was feeling strong headaches. She felt like if her brain was about to jump from her skull.
- Kanon: What's this energy?!! What's that thing?!! What the hell are you?!!
The creature had no eyes but it slowly started to move once its power was completely charged.
Nowadays[]
Kotori was obviously talking about Katarina's unknown transformation that appeared in Aldegyr Kingdom 3 months ago. It was discovered that Katarina's ExKrieg energy always comes out when she is the brink of Despair Event Horizon, in other words, when she if forced to witness some
Reine, with a calm expression, decided to calm Kotori with good methods to stop that incident.
- Reine: Just calm down, Kotori. Even if CM discover about Katarina, there is no way that she will transform like that time in Aldegyr Kingdom. She trained all days with Tomas, Lucas, Shigure and Jellal for weeks.
Katarina trained with Jellal and the others everyday since the battle of Aldegyr to control her powers. Technically, she was right, Katarina had now control over a few part of her power.
- Kotori: Even so...
Before Kotori could think in an excuse to bring Katarina back, the monitor in front of the bridge started to blink in white and black. In a few seconds, it started to sizzle like a broken TV but the image of a girl with long black hair, wearing some type of chinese mafia dress.
- Kotori: Imperia!
With bridge was filled with voices of surprise and happiness when they finally managed to contact Tomas' squad.
- Imperia: [This thing is working? Ah... It's! Yahoo, Kotori!]
Imperia smiled at the camera like an innocent child.
- Kotori: Where are you? Report!
"........."
Imperia had more bad news for Kotori, unfortunately. But for Tomas' squad, that was good news.
- Imperia: [The thing is that we found CM and his mercenaries! We're now fighting with them in the an airport next to the docks!]
Kotori's eyes closed in disappointment, again. The crew of Ratatoskr knew that mission was already a suicide because like Mana said before, it's impossible to fight CM and his soldiers, they're always prepared and are masterminds in reading the moves of their enemies.
- Kotori: You idiot! This is not goo---!
Suddenly, the entire ship started to tremble, it shook so much that the lights almost went out and all computers frozen. The image of Imperia in the monitor vanished with the unknown earthquake
- Kotori: What in the blazes was that?!
Kotori activated the emergency energy battery in her desk and put the image of something in the monitor where Imperia was. Outside of the ship, there was a huge red space ship flying towards Fraxinus in a high-speed.
"!!!!!!!!!!"
The crew gasped in shock when they saw that ship. It was IMPOSSIBLE for mankind know where Fraxinus was as they were using the Invisibility Mode and couldn't be touched or seen from outside.
- Reine: I don't know what happened, but it seems that ship belongs to the XV-Class Space Ship from KnightWalker Family... It means the KnightWalkers found us.
Reine was cold like always, she rarely is seen without her cool.
- Kotori: How the KnightWalkers found us! This is entirely impossible!
Kotori was wrong, there was a person... Or "thing" that could discover their location without effort. This thing is their archenemy and antagonist, the Fallen's Essence.
- Kotori: Don't tell me... It wa---!
Kotori was interrupted again like before, but not by an impact coming from outside. This time, it was happening inside of the bridge of Fraxinus. Suddenly, a pit of green and black tar appeared in the middle of the room with a strange black aura surrounding it. The crew jumped from their seats and ran behind of Kotori and Reine to see what exactly was that.
Coming from the pit of tar, a shadow-like figure left from the darkness and ascended like a demon being summoned after a satanic ritual.
- Kawagoe: This is...
- Reine: He is here... The Fallen's Essence... Or better saying, the Shadow.
Shiizaki, one the members of the crew, was thinking in press the buttom of emergency below the desk of Kotori, but their commander rose her hand to stop them from doing so, for she knew that Fallen's Essence could do nothing against them there.
- Kotori: This is the first time we met face to face. But it's been a long time since we talked to each other, Shadow.
The green and black tar slowly took form a huge reaper-like figure with skeletical body, horns of devils, eyes of demons... No matter how many times they looked at that, it was indeed a Reaper. The thing standing there was the Fallen's Essence, the true enemy of Ratatoskr, the mastermind behind World War III.
- The Fallen: [Ratatoskr... I finally found you...]
With a deep and demonic voice, the Fallen turned his sight to Kotori in the commander chair. Kotori knew that he could do nothing against her in that form for he is a shadow just like his nickname "Shadow" implies. Yet, Kotori couldn't deny that she was afraid because of his supernatural appearance and huge evil energy.
- Kotori: The Fallen's Essence... To think you would appear here, in our house. This is a quite rude way to knock in our door, don't you think?
Kotori forcibly smiled at Fallen to hide her fear. However, it's only because to hide her fear, it was because to keep her posture, for even if the superior is afraid of something, his or her underlings will be scared too, causing chaos and panic.
- The Fallen: [Scum... I took years to find this ship... I'm aware that you helped Katarina Couteau and Imperia Deamonne in Aldegyr Kingdom... Actually, I was expecting for you to come. It was all part of my plan. When I discovered that Katarina was an ExKrieg, that alien race that was extinct, I already knew that you would come to save her skin and her friends... Because I know you need that girl to fight these Emperors, right?]
It was said many times in the past that Ratatoskr was fighting three massive empires located in other universes... These empires represents a threat to all life on the Multi-Universe; all universes, all timelines, all dimensions and realities... Everything.
As they were chatting, the KnightWalker ship that was flying towards Fraxinus prepared to attack one more time... Actually, the KnightWalkers don't have intention to destroy Fraxinus from outside... Instead, they're planning to take over their ship.
- Kotori: You manipulated us all long, huh? You were waiting for us to rescue Katarina... And just to make this point, YOU DESTROYED ALL ALDEGYR KINGDOM!
The Fallen giggled in sarcasm.
- The Fallen: [Why do you bother with Aldegyr Kingdom? They were a corrupt-communist country with slavery ideologies... Even if you're not like the ideologies of the your nation, it does not mean you live in this place and you're part of it. Like some of your officers. They're just here to follow orders, do you believe that they would leave the home planets, their families and loved ones to travel to another universe just to save a planet like Earth, where humanity is automatically destroying themselves? Humans and all organic life always use the excuse that demons or evil forces are forcing them to do evil deeds. BUT YOU'RE WRONG! THEY'RE DOING IT ALL BY THEMSELVES! I STARTED THIS WAR, BUT YOU BELIEVE THAT I'M THE ONE CONTROLLING THE SOLDIERS COMMITTING GENOCIDES, MURDER OF INNOCENTS, RAPES AND TORTURE?!]
The Fallen was absolutely right... All people or heroes around the world believe the Fallen or a similar evil force like him to be the responsible for all crimes committed by this war... But in fact, the humans are the ones turning it MUCH worse.
- The Fallen: [I don't have interest in destroying this ship. Rather, I want to control it, that's why I brought the KnightWalker here to make my goal real.]
Without warning, the KnightWalker ship stopped and hundreds of robots, Cyborgs and troops with jetpacks left from the ship and flew towards Ratatoskr.
- Kotori: Only over my body...
Kotori clenched her fists and rose it.
- The Fallen: [While we are speaking, your nemesis B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130 and his servants are killing your beloved warriors. The heroes who saved the world from First Armageddon will fail... Actually, I was the one who stopped Heis from starting the Armageddon... Oh well. Anyway, they're doomed, as you all. If you survive this assault, that means we will meet again in a near future. Farewell, Ratatosk].
Suddenly, the Fallen's Essence's legs started to vanish in a storm of blood. In a few seconds, the storm of blood engulfed the Fallen's Essence and disappeared in darkness.
"......."
- Reine: Jesus... We're in trouble.
Reine was speaking so melancholy that everyone did not take her seriously.
- Kotori: What you're waiting for! The enemy troops are coming! The monitor that Kotori used to see what was happening outside of the ship, showed the KnightWalker cruiser sending hundreds or even thousands of flying troops towards them.
- Kotori: Everyone, to your positions! Active the sentry turrets and Beta Ashcroft Energy Shields! Do not let them invade this ship! Active the alarm and inform all security troops to wait for orders! Reine, active the security drones and sentry turrets of the ship! If they enter in this space ship, we will be ready for them!
Everyone ran towards their seats again and started to enter codes of Fraxinus to enter in combat mode.
- Kotori: Come!
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport
Now, Ratatoskr had their own battle. The Fallen's Essence was planning from the beginning the arrival of CM in Tenguu City. One of his plans was to make CM and his mercenaries fight the Rogues and somehow capture Katarina Couteau in the middle of the battle to have her ExKrieg body.
Yet, the Fallen never planned the arrival of CM in Tenguu City, he was merely using the incident to turn this into his favor.
- Imperia: I lost contact with Fraxinus.
Imperia was looking at the hologram device in her hand that was showing Kotori a few seconds ago. Imperia wasn't aware that the KnightWalker started a raid in their space ship.
- Azul: Forget that, we have our problems here already. If Kotori is worried, lt her be... If we defeat them here and now, we will put an end to their cruelty.
Azul turned her sight to Imperia with a cold-hearted face. Azul was once a soldier that saw the worst of mankind, so she turns out to be a cold soldier in battle. Mercy or forgiveness are just a nonsense in the battlefield, especially when it comes to KnightWalker Family.
Shigure, Azul and Imperia were standing in front of CM and his minions. He was surrounded by dozens of droids and mercenaries. For Azul and Imperia, they were showing confidence that they will be able to defeat them all without problems, for they have fought Heis, the person who almost destroyed the world with one single blow. Mercenaries and droids should be nothing for them... This is what they thought.
- CM: They waiting for us to make our move? How ironic, we're waiting as well.
CM stared at Yuuki Terumi fighting Lucas on the distance, their fists colliding on the air with energy blasts, the impact of their strength threw trucks and cars away like toys.
- CM: Vergil, did you bring me what I asked?
Vergil, the partner of the insane Yuuki Terumi was standing beside CM with an evil grin.
- Vergil: Yes, we brought the delivery. The heart of the Black Demon.
Vergil removed a small bottle of glass from his trench coat and gave it to CM. Imperia, Shigure and Azul clenched their fists and unleashed a little of power level to make sure that they were not planning to start their attacks. But instead of some kind of weapon, CM took a heart from inside of that bottle.
- Shigure: What the hell is that?
Shigure took a close look and noticed it was a heart... A human heart. But that wasn't the worst thing there; the heart still beating.
- Azul: Jesus Christ.
Vergil stared at Azul for a long time after he gave the heart to CM.
- Vergil: Oh? Could it be that you're...
Vergil recognized Azul. They never met before but Vergil recognized Azul's appearance after looking at her photo in the Wanted Post of KnightWalker Family.
- Azul: You know me?
Azul sharped her eyes in suspicion.
- Vergil: Not really. I just saw your photo in the Wanted Cards of KnightWalker Family. You're quite popular in Paris, right? Also, since I arrived on Earth, I received orders from my boss right here... My mission is to capture the heart of you, Black Demon. When I was going to ask something a few seconds ago, I wanted to ask: "Could it be that you're the friend of the Black Demon Revy?"
Out of the blue, Vergil said the name of her former partner from KnightWalker Funeral Parlor, Revy. And that... scared the very soul out of her.
- Azul: How do you know her?!
Azul may be a reckless person but she is not dumb. Looking at the heart in the hands of CM and Vergil's words saying something about "heart of Black Demons", she immediately formulated a theory inside her head... A very bizarre one.
- Vergil: Ah, you don't know?
Vergil's serious expression immediately turned a sadistic smirk filled with depravity. That was the face of some rapist about to destroy the innocence of his victim. But in that case, it was the face of a person about to make his victim fall in despair.
- Vergil: I, and my old friend over there, Yuuki Terumi, killed her. With my hands, I hold her on the ground while Yuuki cut her into pieces while using his energy to keep her alive during the entire ritual. She was screaming so much that I had to cut her throat. Personally, I don't like Terumi's rituals but the steps to make it are really fun. Ah, next, we put all her parts inside of toys box. Since we were in an area of radiation test, the boxes were filled the radiation. While we cut her in pieces, we made sure to rip off her heart.
"........."
A heavy, sinister and dark silence covered the airport... Some kind of wicked energy covered the area of where Azul, Shigure and Imperia were.
- Vergil: After we put her parts inside of those boxes, Yuuki drank her blood while forcing her eyes to be open the whole ritual, of course, as part of his insane ritual. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw her bodies cut in limbs... Without the power to even scream, she slowly accepted her fate and thought that was a nightmare.
Imperia and Shigure were staring at Vergil in horror, much for their disgust.
- Shigure (think): *Azul, this is a trap!*
Shigure is an expert in battle, and she had saw many people like Vergil... Telling terrible stories about their victims to their loved ones to provoke them to lead them to their death.
Azul was not moving at all, she was sweating and immobile like an abandoned statue in the middle of a cold desert.
- Azul: Sto...
Imperia did the same that Shigure do, she stared at Azul with worry. At that point, she knew Azul could explode at any moment. Yet, they knew Vergil was not lying, he actually killed Revy, one of the Azul's best friends that she met years ago.
- Imperia: Azul, don't fall for this! This is a li...
She was trying to say that was a lie but what Vergil was telling was the pure truth. Imperia couldn't find words to calm Azul from going berserk like she did many times on the past.
- Vergil: Speaking of which, she still alive right now as we talk. We left her inside of those boxes. She cannot breath or scream... While we talk, insects are eating her face off while she still alive. How that makes you fell, hearing that your friends is slowly becoming dust?
"........."
Azul lowered her hand and clenched her fists until her hands started to bleed, destroying her veins and muscles.
- Vergil: You know, the best part of this is that we put her parts inside of those boxes in order like if we were crafting a real person. That was Yuuki idea and I hated it, but anyway, it was really fun how she screamed and begged for mercy... Such arrogant woman asking for help in her very last moments.
- Vergil: There was one point that she continued shouting: "I'M SORRY, AZUL, I'M SORRY, AZUL!"
- Azul: I'M GONNA TEAR YOU APART!!
With a loud scream, Azul charged at CM with a battle cry. Right now, nothing could stop her from attacking her enemy without thinking. Vergil provoked her to the point that she forgot all her tactical skills and strategic moves, turning her a savage animal with nothing but the intention to kill in her mind.
However, before Azul could grab Vergil's face to smash it like an apple, Reaper appeared between the two and shot a powerful bullet of solar energy that made Azul fly almost 1 kilometer from where they were, causing a huge explosion on the other side of the airport.
- Imperia: Azul!!!
While Imperia was worried if Azul was alive, Shigure stared at Reaper with fear, for he used just one bullet from his pistol and sent Azul, a extremely powerful woman with the strength to destroy a planet like a paper.
- Shigure: What power...
Shigure noticed that Vergil, Nnoitra, Reaper and Yuuki Terumi still holding their true powers... It only showed how powerful they're.
- Reaper: I'll fight that woman, I know she still alive. If she is a Black Demon, that means it take more than that to kill her.
Reaper then gave a super jump, a jump so powerful that the ground trembled, he had super sonic speed in his legs. He was going towards where Azul fell with the explosion.
CM and the others were looking at Reaper flying, Shigure saw a chance to attack and destroy many mercenaries as she could.
- Shigure: We're outnumbered but we're STRONGER!
Shigure then summoned her Artificial Demon Weapon, Tauros (or Taros) and threw several kunais filled with demonic energy to dissolve all her targets in acid but her attack failed when CM summoned a shield of energy, blocking her kunais.
- CM: Too slow, woman... Your eyes are disgusting, they're green but they're rotten like rotten water. Let me paint your eyes with blue!
CM charged at Shigure in an amazing speed with a small syringe with blue color... As CM was using the body of a Cyborg, he possess all the skills and abilities of that body, including devices and strength. Shigure was not expecting to fight that so she was taken unprepared.
- (???): Unit-CM 130!!!!!!!!!!!!
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everybody looked at the skies and saw a very small girl with blue hair, white skin, brown eyes and was wearing a black military tech-suit. It was Mana Takamiya, who was searching for the mercenaries in another place.
- Imperia: Mana!
- CM: That girl!
Mana summoned a laser sword in her right hand and swung it from above to cut CM in half but he jumped away and returned to where he came.
- Mana: I missed that one! Well, no problem!
Mana landed on the floor with a forced smile... Mana never really told nothing for the others but she had a story with CM.
- CM: Mana Takamiya... It's been 20 years since we met in my ship... Where you and your friends from New Conglomerate destroyed my cargo ships, troops and my released my guinea pigs... I thought you were dead. Also, what the hell is the meaning of this small body, YOU'RE A MATURE WOMAN!
Mana still had many secrets that she never told to Katarina and the others. She is a human but not from Earth, so there must be something with her body that makes her very different from the Earthlings.
- Mana: You don't want to know what happened my body after I lost my parents... And my brother.
CM and Mana had a very long story in the past. And listening to their conversation, made Imperia curious of what was Mana's relationship with CM.
While Mana was staring at CM's new body, Vergil teleported himself behind Mana and was about to remove his sword from the sheath.
- Vergil: Die!
With a death glare, Vergil swung his sword towards Mana's back while she was distracted looking at CM. Shigure and Imperia tried to stop him but that was not necessary.
In a quick move that decided her life, Mana rose her arm that she holding the laser sword and blocked Vergil's attack by bringing her sword to her back. The impact of their weapons created a white flash as they collided.
- Vergil: You're a Wizard from New Conglomerate?! What the NC is doing here on Earth?
New Conglomerate, again, the base organization that Ratatoskr was funded. They have the same boss and like Ratatoskr, they fight universal threats outside of the universe of Prime Earth.
- CM: Shoot them down!
With CM's orders, the captain of CM's division of droids, rose his hand with blaster rifle and started to shoot at Mana, Shigure and Imperia. The droids behind him started to shoot lasers as well. Vergil jumped out of their sight to escape the blasts.
- The Captain: Fire! Blast them!
The captain gave its orders to the droids as they marched towards the enemy. The B1-Battle Droids, the droids that are used in CM's personal army, are a group of droid that has low-intelligence and can be very clumsy because of their cheap programming but CM likes to use them because the B1-Droids are used in battles to overcome his enemies through their numbers and not because of their quality.
- B1 Droids: No survivors.
The droids slowly walked towards the Rogues while shooting at them. Imperia used her energy to deny their blasts, Shigure used her AD lines to cut their blasts in pieces and Mana used her laser sword to rebut their blasts and send them back to the droids.
- Imperia: We don't have time to deal with them! Mana, Shigure! Let's defeat them all!
There were other dozens of mercenaries watching the battle and waiting for orders so it was obvious that Imperia would enter in state of despair. With so many enemies, it was almost impossible for her to think corretly.
- Shigure: This is bad... Imperia, Mana! Fight the mercenaries! I'll deal with the droids! They'll be hindrance in your way so I'll destroy all of them!
Shigure was planning to fight the droids alone. They may be weak but they still in great number. If one single blast hit Shigure, her organs will dissolve in heat and destroy her body from inside.
- Mana: There are too many of them... Are you sure about that? I'll fight that Vergil bastard so I'll not able to help you.
Shigure looked at Mana in dissatisfaction.
- Shigure: Fufufufu... You're saying that I'll need your help? Wrong! I'll deal with them myself. OK, Mana, get Vergil and beat the shit out of him for pushing Azul to the abyss of hatred! He must pay for what he did with Revy!
Mana and Imperia smiled.
- Imperia: Right, I'll fight CM! I'm not going to kill him because Kotori prefer him alive so we can extract informations about the Fallen's Essence!
Mana then flew towards Vergil, who was almost 40 meters away from there with his sword ready to attack Mana. Shigure also followed her way to destroy the droids.
Deep down in her heart, Imperia wanted to kill CM slowly and painful for all innocent people he kidnapped and killed... However, she was lucky for never watching his experiments, if she is already mad with just for kidnapping people and returning their bodies back to where they were last saw, then it means she would become a sociopathic anti-hero if she saw what CM was truly doing with these people.
- Ziggurat: No matter how strong they're, they will never be able to take down our army. I installed a plenty of cells of droids in this airport. In a few minutes, more than 4,000 droids will be deployed.
The mercenaries stared at Ziggurat in rage... They were thinking that Ziggurat had more faith in his droids than in their strength.
- CM: My fellows... With this confusion, I think we called the attention of the Japan Ground Self Defense and TCPD... I need you all two fight them and kill every single officer of their division.
CM was talking about the JGSDF that was called to Tenguu City to hunt down all the Mafusa Gangster remnants on the city, despite that most of the members of Mafusa Gang had already left Japan and went to other countries. With the explosion of Central Tower, the whole city was alarmed about that battle and the security forces of the town were called to the airport to strike down the "terrorists".
- CM: And... With the Manufacuturing Progressive Sciences on its most important moment, we cannot allow ourselves to let witnesses behind. Kill the warriors of Ratatoskr and soldiers who dare to step inside of this airport!
CM's combat mode was activated as he gave his speech to his minions. The mercenaries nodded and said: "Roger" at the same time. After that, dozens of the mercenaries left with super sonic jumps like Reaper's.
- Imperia: I'm glad you left us alone.
Imperia didn't care who is CM and what is his goal, the only she had in mind was to destroy him... If he survives, she will bring him to Kotori.
Imperia walked towards CM with a sadistic grin, this is what you call an anti-hero level I.
- CM: Indeed. I heard about you too, Imperia Deamonne. Formerly known as La Folia Rihavein, former princess of Aldegyr Kingdom, clone of the original La Folia. You have a quite interesting history. I should say it... Dr. Ziggurat, stay out of this. I'll fight this woman. Imperia, why don't you come with me? We are more than welcome in our lovely organization, we need beings like you who are made of technology.
With a sarcastic smile, Imperia powered-up and was surrounded by a dark purple aura.
- Imperia: You're serious? Do you really think I'll join your twisted group because I'm like you and your a******** minions?
That was the first time Imperia truly said obscene words in front of an enemy.
- CM: Then you will die brave than most.
Part 4 - Monster[]
Godom Empire
Chinatsu's House
2 minutes later
- Chinatsu: I'm finally back home.
Meanwhile in Godom Empire, an empire located in India, Chinatsu, the daughter of the Emperor Tathagata Killer and the princess of Godom, had just arrived in her home.
Strange? Why Chinatsu leaves in an ordinary house when she is a princess?
Chinatsu is a person who hates stewardship and bourgeoise in her country and prefer to live like a normal person. Also, despite being a princess, she was never show to the public, that means that people don't know she is actually the next ruler of the nation.
The house of Chinatsu is actually very common as well, she made it with the purpose to don't call attention of the people. Comparing her with the former-self of Imperia Deamonne, La Folia Rihavein, she is very similar to her as both of them never had intentions to rule a country and prefer to stay out of politics.
Chinatsu, only wants to serve her country as the general of Godom Army, just that. Ruling a nation with politics is something that she hates with all her might.
- Chinatsu: At least I managed to tell him talk.
Chinatsu said to herself while she removed her tie and shoes on the floor of her room.
- Chinatsu: I hate to do use brutality to make my prisoners say something.
Chinatsu had a duty as the general for the Godom Army. And this duty is to make war prisoners tell vital information about their enemies, be they a government, rebel or terrorist group. Chinatsu just came from a torture section that was happening in the base of Godom Army Division 345th.
Chinatsu hates to use torture to make her prisoners talk, especially when it came to physical torture.
One of her worst types of torture is injecting an automatic syringe the eyes of her victims. While her eyes are being totally destroyed, the automatic syringe sucks the blood of the victims from her body, bringing blood to both of the victim.
- Chinatsu: Time to rest.
Chinatsu took 2 days to make the prisoner talk the location of the rebels, a group of people that seek to destroy Godom Empire and bring back the democracy. She proceeded to took off her clothes but she stopped when she heard footsteps coming from the hallway of the house.
".....!!!"
- Chinatsu: Impossible... There is someone here?
If it was a robber inside of her house, she could kill him without effort but this time, it was not a normal person, instead, it was a "monster" in human skin.
- (???): I was waiting for you, Chinatsu Tathagata. How it was your day? Boring, I suppose.
A female voice echoed in the hallway of the house. Chinatsu already knew that voice and got worried.
- Chinatsu: Oh, it's just you, Aryana Westcott.
Just after Chinatsu recognized her voice, Aryana Westcott, the second-in-command of the Fallen's Essence plan, appeared in front of her door with a kind smile.
- Aryana: The life of a princess is stressful, right? I was once the ruler of a WHOLE MULTI-UNIVERSE! It was boring to deal with the papers about economy, politics, etc... But, I cannot deny that wiping out the weaklings was fun. Looking at their face covered with nothing but fear was the best feeling, ever.
Aryana's kind voice suddenly became a sadistic sexual voice, the voice of a woman that would feel sexual pleasure making other people suffer, this is a disease called Sexual Sadistic Disorder.
- Chinatsu: Why you are here?
Chinatsu ignored the presence of Aryana in her room and gave her a look of coldness and ignorance. She really hates Aryana because of her cruelty, even Chinatsu has her own standards.
- Aryana: For one reason? Shadow sent me here but I always wanted to visit you since that day... The battle of Aldegyr Kingdom.
For a small fraction of seconds, the image of the battle of Aldegyr Kingdom passed by Chinatsu's mind.
- Chinatsu: What you're talking about?
The image of Kanon Rihavein appeared in her mind as well. The things that Chinatsu caused in Aldegyr Kingdom were not important for Aryana, she was there to talk about a person... This person is Imperia Demaonne, formerly known as La Folia Rihavein.
- Aryana: I'm not here to talk about your little invasion to Aldegyr Kingdom. Your already punished you 2 months ago when he put you in a chamber without food, water or blood to survive... I'm here to talk about the little bird you saved... La Folia Rihavein was her name, right?
Chinatsu tried to put a facade to deceive Aryana to make her think that she was never related with Imperia.
- Chinatsu: La Folia? Ah, You mean the princess of Aldegyr Kingdom that was about to be executed... I don---!
But Aryana already knew that mode of talk, for she met many people like Chinatsu before.
- Aryana: Don't try to fool me. I know everything happening in this country... Tathagata Killer, Kefka Palazzo and you...
Chinatsu bit her lips until they started to bleed, but soon her injury was healed by her super regeneration.
- Aryana: You fought Heis back there in Aldegyr Kingdom, you revived La Folia as a Cyborg, who was suppose to be dead and you disobeyed the Shadow's orders by sending a full invasion to Aldegyr. Tathagata was trying to be soft with you because you're the strongest in his army so he saved your little sore ass by killing politicians that were trying to kill or arrest for invading a neutral nation and powerful like Aldegyr that one day might join the KnightWalker Alliance to help them win this World War III.
Chinatsu's eyes widened in horror, she knew every single detail of what Chinatsu did there.
- Chinatsu: So you know... How?
Aryana had her own methods to get information...
- Aryana: I had a little talk with you servant, Kefka Palazzo... At first he refused to say saying that it was useless to make him say for he was under Tathagata's threat... I have to say, you guys are bad liars. As he refused to say, I had to cut some of his fingers... The regeneration of the Cyborgs is a miracle but a curse at the same time... While you can heal yourselves from your injuries, the pain still present in you body. It as fun to cut his middle finger more than 30 times.
Chinatsu almost shrank in fear, she never saw Aryana's true power but just staring at her she could feel her true power.
- Chinatsu: You bitch... You're here to kill me because I revived La Folia as a Cyborg.
Aryana stared at the Cyborg with a death glare, her violet eyes invaded her very soul.
- Aryana: It's impossible to kill you... No, rather, I can destroy Cyborgs like bugs but where is the fun in punishing the bad dog by just killing him without suffering?
Aryana had a great idea of how making Chinatsu suffer for her mistakes. She is an expert in tortures, be they physical or psychological.
- Aryana: Tathagata punished you... But Shadow took some months to think how we should punish you for your sins. It's not like I'm loyal to him, I'll kill when he succeed in his plan just for the heck of it. It'll be fun to see his voice in pain when he finally reach his dream that took decades to accomplish.
Aryana never had intentions to serve the Fallen's Essence, she is just working with him because her Master told her to do so. The Fallen's Essence knows that she might one day kill him, for he knows how evil she is.
- Chinatsu: You're not going to kill me?
Chinatsu still suspicious about Aryana and thought about attacking her first before she could react but suddenly, three giant robots entered in her room and pointed huge machine guns at her.
- Chinatsu: This is... Droids from Sephirah Gastronomics?
Chinatsu looked around and saw that there was no way for her to escape. These droids were using Artificial Demon Weapons created by the dissolved KnightWalker Funeral Parlor. After the organization was dissolved, many weapons crafted by their factories were stolen and sold to Anti-KnightWalker Faction to fight against their ranks of Cyborgs.
- Aryana: You mother is a politician here in Godom Empire, if I recall. She is a corrupt woman who bribe other directors from international companies to make profit of them. This is disgusting, for I hate people like her. I saw have a plenty of politicians like her in this planet, and I killed them all. Do you think I hate them because they're corrupt? Wrong, I hate them because they're so simple-minded, boring, one-sided, flat and so incredibly annoying. I think I had an idea, Chinatsu. If your mother is a corrupt or not, you still love her, don't you? I wonder how you would react if I had to kill her.
Suddenly, the image of her mother appeared in her Chinatsu's mind as well. Last time, she was shaking in fear but now, she was engulfed by despair, she started to sweat cold and her skin became pale.
- Chinatsu: You... Could it be...
Chinatsu powered-up for a second to destroy the droids and attack Aryana but her enemy noticed it and immediately teleported behind her and broke her right arm.
- Chinatsu: AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Chinatsu fell on the floor in pain, it was the first time that she felt such pain... And for some reason, she was not being able to regenerate her arm. Aryana proceeded to kick her several times in her mouth, belly, legs and arms, breaking several bones of her body... Still, Chinatsu cannot heal.
- Chinatsu: Why I cannot heal myself?!
Chinatsu was not used to pain so it was really a terrible experience for her, who is the strongest Cyborg of the world and never was touched by her enemies.
- Aryana: Huh. I'm immortal myself but I always hurt myself so I cannot forget the feeling of my victims. I often cut off my own arm to feel the pain that I inflict in my victims... But you don't do that... Even that Eckidina KnightWalker, who is a total masochist and loves pain at her best, do this... Because she knows that pain is contagious!
Aryana looked outside of Chinatsu's house through the window of the room and saw the capital of Godom lively like a free city.
- Aryana: It's a beautiful town... To think humans from this planet can very creative to built such things... You mother works in the Center of the city, right?
Aryana knew that Chinatsu's mother, Shikiari, was working at one of the many buildings located in the center of the city.
- Chinatsu: Aryana! Don't you dare!
Chinatsu finally fell in despair and panic, she knew that Aryana was about to execute her mother for her own mistakes, she was never expecting the Fallen's Essence being involved in her business.
- Aryana: Yes, I am. Do not worry, I'll show you her body.
Aryana then immediately teleported out in a bright light. The droids surrounding Chinatsu pointed their guns at Chinatsu and were prepared to kill her.
- Chinatsu: ARYANA WESTCOTT!
Meanwhile at Godom HQ
Tathagata's Personal Office
While Chinatsu started the fight the droids inside of her house, Aryana went to see Shikiari, the wife of Tathagata and the mother of Chinatsu. Personally, Tathagata Killer never showed interest in Shikiari and only saw her a tool to create an heir for the throne of Godom Empire, keeping her alive while stealing money from his agencies is a bother for him, who doesn't care about anything.
Tathagata was aware that Aryana was going to kill Shikiari but she showed no care at all and let Aryana do as her please to punish Chinatsu.
- Tathagata: He's late.
Tathagata was looking at a picture in his office that is located in a building near by the Godom HQ, which is the central palace of his empire. Tathagata stared at the clock for a long time, thinking about a person who is later to enter in his office.
This man is not an ordinary man, he is waiting for King Hamdo, the current communist dictator of Russia, now known as New Soviet Union.
Suddenly, the door of the office opened by itself, revealing a man in a military uniform on the other side, his face showed the expression of a malicious tyrant who wants nothing but bloodshed, King Hamdo.
- Tathagata: Why you took so long? We just had that meeting with Sonia a few days ago and you're here in my country in diplomatic mission, so there was no way could arrive so late.
King Hamdo closed the door and seated in Tathagata's desk without saying a word. Hamdo was tired after many days of work, the life of a nation's lead is not easy, mainly when you're a dictator controlling ever single public organ in the country.
- Hamdo: I'm may in your country but I have my own business, Emperor Tathagata Killer. What do you have for me today?
Hamdo touched Tathagata's flowes in his desk, asking without interest.
- Tathagata: I have news from our spies. It seems our plan is happening as we planned. The assassination of B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130, the mad scientist that see our bidding's as non-logical.
Just to remember how CM kidnapped Tathagata's best officials and returned their dead bodies to the same place where they were before, made him to clench his fists with all his strength. Hamdo had the same feeling, because CM is obviously trying to hurt both allies and enemies.
- Tathagata: My intel told me that CM is now in a city in Japan, a Japanese-Metropolis town located in 70,000 kilometers away to the South of Tokyo.
Hamdo stared at Tathagata in confusion.
- Hamdo: Huh? I never head about such place. We talked about it before but I never had any intention to study such place.
Of course not, Tenguu City is just a normal town like every city in the world, the same could be implied to Sleepy Hollow in United States.
- Tathagata: Tenguu City is a city that is located in the middle of a giant crater caused by the spacequakes that happened 30 years ago, the city was destroyed but the spacequakes but later rebuilt inside of its crater... About our target, Unit-CM 130, he moved to that city to receive some kind of delivery from his minions from his organizations.
Hamdo took interest in his words.
- Hamdo: Delivery... What is this delivery to make such important person like CM to go there personally to get it?
Hamdo and Tathagata were not awared that it was Revy's Black Demon Heart that was going to be delivered to CM, but they didn't have any connections with the KnightWalker Funeral Parlor or Moon Terminator Company before so they never met Revy and her friends, who are Black Demons created by the evil mastermind Scathach.
- Tathagata: Who knows? But I know that the Ultimate Detective that was happening to investigate the location of the LN-666 Project from Eckidina's, is there. She got caught in this mess and started her own investigation to find what those murders were about. Her name is Kyouko Kirigiri and she is somehow related with the Queen of Novosic Kingdom, Sonia Nevermind.
- Hamdo: Why a Ultimate Detective from Hope's Peak Academy would get related with a tyrant like Sonia? They're both from the same school but they're not even equal to begin with.
Hamdo and Tathagata were also not awared about their relationship and Sonia's status as Jack the Ripper of 21st Century.
- Tathagata: It doesn't matter. If they're related or not, the Detectives are now on the tail of CM and his organization... That means if they destroy each other, we will eliminate two rats with one trap. If Unit-CM dies, the Manufacturing Progressive Sciences will cease to exist or if the Ultimate Detective loses, there won't be no ONE able to investigate our most secret plans, operations and weapons.
Hamdo then let out a smirk full of cruelty.
- Hamdo: So, let's wait... If Sonia is related to that detective in Tenguu City...
Hamdo still believe that Sonia's relationship with Kyouko never existed but he soon started to feel suspicious about her...
- Tathagata: There too many things connecting Sonia with that detective... I'm starting to think Sonia Nevermind has some kind of friendship with her.
Tathagata crossed his arms and walked away.
- Hamdo: If this is true, that means Sonia went to Tenguu City to save her from CM's grasp? I called to her office this morning, but her servant said that she went to Tenguu City as well, that's why I was so curious about this city.
- Tathagata: Let's wait and see what happens.
Tenguu City
KnightWalker Aiport
2 minutes later
- KnightWalker: Kill them all!
The battle of the KnightWalker ariport finally arrived in its most crucial point when the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces, the TCPD and its special forces invaded the airport.
The security of the airport had to fight the national security forces to protect their own biddings. The KnightWalkers had many illegal things in that airport and if the JGSDF were about to conquer that area, it would force Japan to enter in the World War III, even after the terrible damage that happened during the invasion in Tokyo and Tenguu City months ago.
- Lucas: Damn it!
Lucas, was now fighting Yuuki Terumi on the middle of a huge battle between the KnightWalker and MPS Vs. the Japanese Army. The battle was so intense that both sides were fighting each other with their own fists and weapons at the same time, it was like a war between gang streets but with use of high-technology weapons and armors.
- Yuuki: HYAHAHAHA! This is the power of a human from Earth? Don't make me laugh!
Lucas swung his weapons focused with all his magi-tech energy at Terumi but he blocked all his attacks with speed and skill. Their battle went towards the sky, sea and ground, they were teleporting everywhere while following the steps of their enemy.
- Yuuki: You know, it takes me just one move to kill you. Let me see show you a true power of a mercenary from MPS! Beings with power enough to subjugate whole planets with one fists! In my old days, I destroyed countless words, killed 50 races in a few hours and showed the true meaning of fear to the enemies of my boss! I really wanted, I could destroy this little rock you call Earth but my superiors prefer it intact!
Yuuki jumped very far away from CM after kicking him in his belly. Lucas stood up and saw the killing intention coming from Yuuki's eyes.
- Yuuki: Pray. Because I don't want this to hit Earth!
Suddenly, Yuuki powered-up in a blue energy that surrounded him like a spiral drill. The droids, KnightWalkers, mercenaries and soldiers fighting around him became dust in a matter of seconds, which made Lucas shocked. But next to that, the energy around Yuuki became a blast beam that went towards him a low speed of a cat running.
- Lucas (think): *What is this energy! I cannot let it hit me!*
Even without seeing it, Lucas could feel the immense power-level coming from that ability and immediately knew that it was not a common ability... It was almost on the same level of the Fallen Angel Heis' skills... Or even higher.
Lucas then focused all his energy in his body inside of his sword, leaving his physical body unprotected to make a perfect defense to throw that blast away. Using his sword shining in a blue light, he reflected the laser beam with difficulty, sending it to sky.
He looked up and saw that the blast beam didn't explode at all, it simply continued travelling towards the space in the same speed... But what made him scared, is that the laser beam literally inverted the space in the form of a spiral where it went like a black hole sucking a star.
- Yuuki: What you were thinking? This blast was not suppose to explode! But to destroy!
Yuuki Terumi then removed his yellow hood, showing Lucas his full body... He was wearing some type of businessman outfit. Lucas then returned his attention to Yuuki, who was no longer where he was suppose to be. Just then, Lucas felt the presence of Yuuki Terumi right behind him.
- Lucas: HOW DID Y---!
Without saying a word, Yuuki swung his combat knives at Lucas and cut his back in two. The damage was not so critical or severe but it was very painful for Lucas. The magician kicked Yuuki away with his feet and returned to his posture of combat while holding his painful voice to not scream or show weakness before his enemy who cut cut his back.
- Yuuki: Looks like the ritual is about to begin! You see, my partner, Vergil, always hated me because of my ritual. I'm a religious man despite my appearance. I serve a religion of "Blood", a religion where killing and causing destruction is the law. Only people like Reaper, that man with mask and hood you saw back there, likes my rituals because of its brutality...
At that moment, Lucas had no idea of what he was talking about.
- Lucas: Ritual?! Blood?! Religion?! What you're talking about?!
Just then, Lucas noticed that Terumi's knives had some kind of compartment in the format of a syringe... And noticed that his blood was flowing inside of it... Yuuki collect his blood when he slashed his back.
Yuuki Terumi then removed a bronze goblet from his trench coat. He then proceeded to pour Lucas' blood inside of the goblet and drank it in the most vampiristic and bizarre way as possible.
- Lucas (think): *What the h---!*
Terumi then let out a smile full of Lucas' blood, it was like a undead vampire after drinking the blood of his victim. Nothing scared Lucas in his life than that scene... He lost many people in life but he never saw a demon after consuming his very essence of life staring at him with a glare full of death and malicious intentions.
- Yuuki: The procedures are done! Now the ritual will BEGIN!
- Lucas (think): *What!*
Lucas notice the floor around Yuuki Terumi gained color and started to bright in a red and violet color... Before he could notice, Terumi was now inside of a magic circle or some kind of pentagram with several stars, symbols of suns, moons and symbols of some unknown alien language.
- Yuuki: You lost my friend... On the moment we slashed your back, I collected some your blood. Now...
Terumi was now more insane than before, he was acting like a homicidal and lunatic killer with thirst for blood. Lucas could sense his dark energy growing up, Terumi was using some kind of energy that he never saw before, it was gloomy and disgusting, like liquid rotten flesh...
- Lucas: You're a monster. I always wondered if humans were the most evil race in the universe. But I was wrong, I finally noticed that even the most insane people from Earth are actually more sane than you. You're not human, just a monster in the skin of a human.
Terumi, stared at Lucas with an insane glare and pulled out his two knives of combat.
- Yuuki: FUCK YOUR THINKING OR DAMNED MANKIND! I LOVE FOR KILLING! THIS IS WHAT I LIKES! NOW! LET'S FEEL THE MOST PAINFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PAIN THAT MY GOD, THE FALLEN, CAN GIVE TO US! IT WILL HURT SO PREPARE YOURSELF! LET'S FALL IN THE PARADISE OF PAIN TOGETHER!
Part 5 - Rise of Evil[]
Meanwhile at the Deck 2 of the Airport
- Kyouko: Scrap them!
Kyouko was slowly getting used to her AD weapon, actually, it takes MONTHS to normal people to master an AD, for this weapon might try to take control over the body of the user to gain freedom, yet Kyouko mastered it in the first try... It's said that only the most determined and strong-minded people can master this weapon in the first try.
Such thing was a myth among the ranks of KnightWalker Funeral Parlor and Moon Terminator Company, not even Kyouhei Kannazuki, the strongest AD user alive managed to master his AD weapon in the first try, it took him 9 months.
- Gwen: How many have you killed?
Gwen was not stupid as well, she had her own Artificial Demon Weapon and summoned it join the battle soon after CM have orders to his troops to destroy all Earthlings on the airport. Gwen took 3 years master her weapon and was a very skilled fighter, she can be even considered a Demi-Demon, which is the rank gave to people who have full control over their weapons.
- Kyouko: 125!
Kyouko said to Gwen in the middle of the battle with countless lasers shot by the droids trying to kill them. As they were talking, more droids marched towards their direction. Despite the droids are stupid, they're not cowards, they're willing to shoot down even their own comrades to have success in their mission, it includes the mercenaries.
- Gwen: I can do this for hours! By the way, I killed 154! Do your best and watch out for your AD weapon! It'll try to take over control of your body once you lower your defenses!
Gwen was more talented than Kyouko in terms of AD weapons, Kyouko was never a fighter and always used guns, so it was new for her to fight with a sword with so many energy powers... Actually, Kyouko was happy fighting there, she never felt such power in her entire life and all her powers, skills and abilities were appearing in her mind like a mental list of all her moves and powers.
- Kyouko (think): *So this is the power of an AD Weapon! It's really something! If I had this months ago, I could have killed Michael Langdon without effor---!*
Kyouko in this form is around the power level of all members of Brahman, the special elite forces of Meta-Humans from Aldegyr Kingdom that served Kanon Rihavein...
Just as Kyouko was thinking about her fight with Michael months ago, a black hole appeared on the sky, it made a loud noisy of screams of people in suffering coming from Hell.
- Gwen: What the hell is that?
Gwen and Kyouko were busy fighting the droids so they had little time to look up and see what was that black hole but Lucas, Yuuki, Tomas, Reaper and the others had time to see what was that.
- Lucas: This energy... I have felt it before... The same energy that cut almost destroyed my body...
- Tomas: Don't tell me... She is here...
- Shigure: Well... We're done... I thought we would face her later... Not now.
At that point, even Mana knew what was that black hole... A portal, and the energy coming from that portal was very familiar to EVERY single one of the Rogues, for the person who have that black and dark energy was the strongest enemy that they have ever met, and that person is the arch-enemy of Imperia Deamonne, as well as the arch-nemesis of Katarina Couteau.
- Mana: Impossible... It's too soon to fight that monster again.
CM recognized that energy as well as he was fighting Imperia with his laser swords. The most scared person there was obviously Imperia... For that individual who just left that black hole in the sky was her evil counterpart and her sister, Heis.
- Imperia: Heis...
With a sadistic smile, Heis looked down to see a huge battlefield that extended for almost 2 kilometers. The droids and mercenaries fighting the JGSDF turned the scenery of a normal into a hellish battlefield with fires, explosion, shots and screams of death.
- Heis: This is looks interesting... Better than being a mother. I'm glad I came, it'll be surely relaxing after that annoying party in Godom Empire.
Heis cancelled the portal and slowly lowered her altitude until her feet touched the ground... She landed right beside CM, who let out a disgusted smile.
- CM (think): *Unlike her sister, this living being is a magician... No, rather, she's worse; she's a Fallen Angel... I'll remember to kill her too when I finish my plans.*
Heis smiled towards Imperia like a kind woman indirectly asking a hug from her twin sister. Despite Heis is no longer Kanon and Imperia is no longer La Folia, they still have the same face and still twins in many points.
- Imperia: Sister...
Imperia still hates Heis for everything she did back there in Aldegyr and for her attempt omnicide upon Earth, but deeply in her heart, she still cares for her sister. A quality that Heis lacks.
- Heis: Ah... What a pathetic sight. How sad.
Heis is disappointed that Imperia was having difficulties to defeat CM, who is suppose to be the 17th strongest Cyborg of the world while Imperia is suppose to be the STRONGEST of all.
- Heis: I heard you joined to the ranks of Ratatoskr after they rescued you in Aldegyr. Your power increased a little bit... Almost in 3%. Shall I congratulate you, La Folia Rihavein?
Suddenly, a JGSDF soldier jumped right behind Heis with a katana only to be cut in half by her shadow that left her floor in the format of a blade.
- CM: I shall assume you're here to fight her...
CM wondered as he made his laser swords disappear in nano-machines. CM analyzed the current situation and formed thousands of theories in his mind, this is what tactical droids do in combat.
- Heis: You thought right... Exactly, I'm here to fight my sister. You can rest for now... Boss. I think a battlefield is not a place for a scientist.
Heis actually hated CM, like everyone else because he deny her existence for being a magician and a Fallen Angel.
- Heis: Well, just watch. My Master said that I have to protect you, independent of what're your intentions.
Heis has orders from the Fallen's Essence to act like a bodyguard to CM, but she went to other places when he summoned his mercenaries, knowing that her services were useless, mainly because of the person she is suppose to protect is CM, her most hated ally.
- CM: Don't bother serving me... I despise every single piece of your disgusting existence. I shall tore your eyes off someday.
CM and Heis were getting into a fight, for both hates their respective side. CM hates magic and Heis hates science.
Imperia and Ziggurat, who were watching they fight, were disappointed. Of course, their fight was not even suppose to be funny or comical, but the two fighting over their beliefs was quite amusing for Imperia.
- Ziggurat: Lt. Heis, you're not here to make us hear your misanthropic speech. We're counting with you...
Ziggurat was like CM, he despises all magicians and magic users of the world to the point of wishing genocide to such type of people. For Ziggurat, killing magicians is like hunting down witches for the greater good.
- CM: Ziggurat, call for another ship. I don't want to stay here for long... Our existence will be discovered by the Global Pact Defense if we continue to engage with the inferior-beings here.
CM and Ziggurat stepped away like if nothing had happened, leaving Heis behind... Heis was one of the strongest members of Fallen's faction but she is always left behind and ignored by her own allies... Probably because of her annoying and long speeches of how much she hates mankind... Like usual.
- Heis: Heh... Hateful allies... Now...
Suddenly, the sky around the airport was stained in dark purple, the floor became black like rotten meat, the buildings of the airport were painted in black and had their formats deformed with demonic trees and rotten twigs in the format of spikes and claws.
- Heis: This is my world... This airport became my realm.
Heis' power was massive, scary and extremely heavy like always... An energy that makes even Atala Arck, the most sadistic and shameless person in Ratatoskr and Elesis Du Tirial, the demonic and evil entity living inside of Katarina's body; cover in fear.
- Imperia: You're creepy as always. Your powers seems to be increased as well, sister.
Heis closed her eyes and shook her heads several times after being praised by her sister.
- Heis: Huh... Yes. But I don't increased my powers training... I drank the souls of all victims of Aldegyr Kingdom. I devoured the souls of 3 million people to make me stronger. Not only the people from Aldegyr Kingdom, but from all 43 million people that my minions, the Black Army, killed around the world when I summoned them.
Fallen Angels and Demons don't need to train to become stronger, they can just use the negative emotions of mankind to feed themselves, thus giving them more power.
Heis then, clenched her fists and created a cloud of darkness... The cloud touched the ground, creating a large pit of darkness. From that darkness, thousands of black demons left like undead people leaving from their graves. Kyouko was the first person who took down the Back Demmons after they tried to attack devour her.
- Kyouko: NOT THOSE THINGS AGAIN!
Kyouko saw the Black Demons 3 months ago during the battle of Aldegyr Kingdom. She was watching La Folia's execution in Tenguu City at that time when Heis summoned the Black Army all around the world. These demons killed all her friends that worked with her during the case of Jack the Ripper of 21st Century with the exception of Kenzo Tenma and Adam Jensen, who were in United States at that time.
The black army immediately went to attack all JGSDF, the Rogues and Imperia. Now, the Rogues had four enemies: the MPS droids, CM's mercenaries, the KnightWalkers and the Black Demon Army armed with medieval weapons.
- Imperia: HEIS! YOU'RE TRYING TO KILL MORE PEOPLE TO SASTIFY YOUR TWISTED SENSE OF JUSTICE!
Imperia immediately yelled at Heis after she saw the demons killing soldiers who were unable to continue fighting. Imperia easily cut all black demons in front of her without problems using her staff.
- Imperia: I'LL PUT AN END TO YOUR MISERABLE LIFE NOW! YOU'LL REGRET FOR LOOKING STRAIGHT AT MY FACE AGAIN!
Imperia powered-up and prepared an energy ball in her hands.
- Heis: Very well! Let's settle this now! Sister!
Meanwhile at Fraxinus
Hallway of Transport
While the Rogues were outnumbered by MPS, they still had the support of the JGSDF while the Ratatoskr had no numbers to overthrow the enemy invasion on their ship, Fraxinus. The invasion to Fraxinus lead by the Fallen's Essence finally arrive at its climax with the entrance of the KnightWalkers troops inside of the ship.
- KnightWalker Assault Trooper: Sector clear.
Inside of the ship, the sounds of shots and explosions echoed through the hallways of the ship like background music, giving the scenery of hallways filled with dead bodies and blood, the very essence of a genocide.
- KnightWalker Assault Trooper 2: Room clear.
The KnightWalkers managed to invade Fraxinus by destroying the door located in the sides of the ship, sending a division of Cyborgs, Droids and troops to kill all security forces but leave Kotori Itsuka and Kyouhei Kannazuki alive.
Eckidina KnightWalker was indirectly manipulating the attack as she was the one who prepared the invasion forces to destroy Fraxinus and take down the rivals of her boss, the Fallen's Essence himself.
More than 450 KnightWalkers wre inside of the ship, killing all officers from Ratatoskr, be they combatentes or not.
Actually, the Fallen's Essence only discovered their location, so Eckidina was the one who ordered them to kill all members except Kyouhei due to her history with him and Kotori who is a "trophy" for her, other people are useless and should be destroyed.
- KnightWalker Assault Trooper 3: Dead confirmed.
At that time, a small team composed by three KnightWalkers were walking down the long hallways of Fraxinus, looking around to kill any people from Ratatoskr. All officers from Ratatoskr has a medal in their chest, the KnightWalkers always steal their medals and use it as a memory from the day that they killed Eckidina's most hateful enemies.
- KnightWalker Assault Trooper 3: Dea---!
Before the KnightWalker could finish his words, his head was cut off from his head. His blood fell in the heads of his comrades who were walking right beside them. That vision scared their very soul out of their bodies, they were not expecting their friend to be killed so easily. The KnightWalkers turned around to see a girl in her 19 years old full of blood, it was Atala Arck, the second strongest Cyborg of Ratatoskr after Imperia.
- Atala: Poor thing.
The KnightWalkers had not even to ask, they already recognized her as Atala Arck, the former assistant of Uryuu Ryuunusuke that left KnightWalker Family 3 years ago.
The KnightWalkers started to shoot her but their bullets were useless against her, for she was a Cyborg and her wounds were quickly being healed by her regenerative abilities.
With a quick slash, Atala teleported herself in front of the KnightWalkers and cut them in half with her sword before they could drop their weapons and surrender...
Atala is not like Tomas, Lucas, Shigure... She is just like Katarina, she is ready to kill all enemies in her way and shows no care for the people around her in combat, but Atala takes it to a more extreme level.
- Atala: Too easy. I should go see Kotori on the bridge.
When Atala closed her eyes and turned around, she saw a huge man wearing a military armor carrying a mobile shield and a electric trunk. He was using a mask of oxigeny and was ready to knockout Atala with it.
- Shock Trooper: TRAITOR!
Before he could finish Atala, Kyouhei Kannazuki appeared above him and brought his fists to his skull, crushing his head like an apple, yet he survived that and was just unconscious.
- Kyouhei: Shock Troopers. The most dangerous KnightWalkers to face in hand-to-hand combat.
With a very attractive sadistic grin, Atala swung her sword on the ground and chopped the head of the Shock Troopers who was already unconscious. That scene left Kyouhei with a deep impact in his heart.
- Kyouhei: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!
Kyouhei yelled at Atala with all his might, he used all the force of his throat to yell.
- Atala: Do not give them a chance to get up and shoot your back. I was like you once, I left my enemies alive just to have my back stabbed or shot. I'll not give any chances for our enemies to wake up again!
Atala had a terrible past, she used to leave her enemies alive only to be back stabbed, she learned a lesson from Azul to never left any KnightWalker alive. Not all of them are evil, yet that does not mean they're dangerous while they're following orders.
- Kyouhei: But...
- Atala: I'll tell you what... Don't give a chance for your enemies. You'll lose on the end...
Ironically, Katarina lost Eugen Katsuragi, her sister, when she spared Aki Honda. In the end, she won but lost at the same time.
- Kyouhei: Tsk!
Kyouhei was told about Atala's past by Kotori and he did have no word to fight someone like her who suffered her entire life. Yet, Kyouhei had his own past full of tragedies as well, so he couldn't understand her way of thinking.
- Kyouhei: Why did you help Katarina to escape, Atala?
Kyouhei finally went straight to the point. They were in a difficulty situation but Katarina's current status still a problem even in the middle of all that mess.
- Atala: No telling you.
Atala showed her tongue to Kyouhei like an innocent child after pranking someone.
- Kyouhei: You little...
- (???): ENEMIES ON SIGHT!
Kyouhei stopped talking when two armed Light Assault KnightWalkers saw the two fighting on the middle of the hallway like if nothing was happening.
- Atala: Oh my... They're with you. Good luck. I have to get back to the bridge to help the crew from the KnightWalkers. They must have arrived there already.
Kyouhei then smiled towards Atala.
- Kyouhei: Huh, I'll let you pass this time. But next time you do something like that again, I'll make you in pieces.
Kyouhei then turned around as the KnightWalkers started to shoot. Atala ran away the faster as she could towards the bridge.
- Atala: Time to take over the ship!
The hallway that Kyouhei was fighting the KnightWalkers was now filled with drones and Cyorgs from KnightWalker Family. Atala could only hear the screams of pain from the KnightWalkers fighting Kyouhei.
As Atala was on her way, she arrived in a hallway full of dead bodies, the bodies were officers from Ratatoskr, men and women. There were at least 24 KnightWalkers soldiers stealing their medals while laughing about it and telling stories of what they did last night with the wives of their friends...
- Atala: Hello boys.
The KnightWalkers turned around to see Atala... Their smiled faded when they saw her, the servant of the deceased Uryuu Ryuunusuke... And then... The small fraction of seconds in that hallway were filled with screams of death.
Meanwhile at Tenguu City
Hiza Street
Meanwhile in the Hiza Street, the escaped Red Haired Demon, Katarina Couteau, was on the top of the roof of a hotel. She was looking on the horizon sensing several powers located in just one place.
- Katarina: So many high-level powers. I sense the energy of Shigure becoming lines and destroying non-organic enemies... She is fighting robots or some kind of the same genre. A person with a dark-green energy with a disgusting and stink power... I never felt that energy before.
Katarina just sensed the power of Shigure fighting the droids and Yuuki Terumi fighting Lucas Kellan... There are too many souls fighting in that place, the KnightWalker Airport. From distance, she could felt the souls of humans going to the Other World, it was the souls of all JGSDF soldiers dying in combat, each second, 5 souls left their hosts, that left Katarina scared.
- Katarina: Dammit... So Tomas and the other found the MPS. To think that were near to us...
Katarina then grabbed her sword that was on the ground and rose it to her back.
- Katarina: If I had then Spear of Virtue, I think could have more chances against such opponents. This sword is heavy and hard to carry in my hands.
The spear she was talking about is the Spear of Virtue that Sister Mary Eunice gave her during her mission in Sleepy Hollow during the events of The Corbin Files.
The Spear of Virtue was believed to be destroyed by Chinatsu when she blow up Katarina's house but Imperia went to the destroyed house and saw the Spear still intact and gave it to Katarina.
- Katarina: Let's go then...
Katarina for a second felt a MASSIVE power-level appearing in the airport, it was Heis, her arch-nemesis and twin sister of La Folia who was fighting Imperia at that time. Instead of being surprise, she was normal and already knew that Heis will appear one day or another.
- Katarina: I'll kill now, Heis.
She was suppose to be scared but she proves to be a person without fear and was ready to destroy Heis. With a smile full of killing intentions, Katarina jumped off from the building and flew towards the airport that was on fire on the middle of the night, bringing civilians memories from World War III.
Part 6 - History of the Devil[]
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport
While Ratatoskr had their own problems, the airport of the KnightWalker Family finally reach its climax with the arrival of Japan Ground Self-Defense and more than 6,000 men and droids of the Tenguu National Forces.
The forces of MPS, however, were in higher number. Right below the airport, there is a factory of droids managed by Dr. Ziggurat. The factory was built with the purpose to act like a security system to produce more droids than they can be destroyed.
In a few minutes, more than 3,000 droids were built, not only B1-Battle Droids but Crab Droids, 50 tanks and 2,000 B2-Super Battle Droids marched to battle, the scenery quickly became a bloodbath as the soldiers of JGSDF had to use their own vehicles as cover to protect themselves from the rain of lasers.
Luckily for the Rogues, a new ally had arrived after his time off. Jellal Fernandes, arrived at the airport and looked from above the situation of the airport. He landed in a building next to the airport and saw a huge droid army marching towards the battlefield between the military and MPS.
- Jellal: This is why I felt a strange feeling!
Jellal analyzed the battlefield with caution and saw the JGSDF had no chance against the army of the KnightWalkers and MPS that had more advanced technology and numbers.
- Jellal: They will not resist for much longer. Even the local police was wiped out.
Actually, even the TCPD was called to the airport, only to be destroyed by the shooting, they had no military training and their bullets were useless against robots and drones that had iron armor, even the B1-Battle Droids showed to be much superior to their regular weapons.
- Jellal: Not only so many enemies... But too many strong opponents. Dozens of them!
Jellal had not difficulty to notice too many high-power levels inside of that airport. He never saw so many powerful enemies in just one place. Rolling his eyes balls through the runway, he saw Heis fighting Imperia using her demons and magic, Nnoitra fighting Tomas with his giant sword and incredible speed, Reaper fighting Azul with nuclear-like bullets, Yuuki Terumi fighting Lucas with two combat knives and many more...
All the strongest enemies he saw there were affiliated with the Manufacturing Progressive Sciences, each individual had power to destroy a small nation like Madagascar while a few enemies had power levels high enough to destroy entire stars. If Jellal had to put their energy in numbers, he could say that the weakest of them had 100,000,000 of power level while the strongest that is Yuuki Terumi and Vergil had 30,000,000,000, which is SCARY power level, for even Heis, the monster that almost destroyed the world with her Black Army and Apocalypse technique, had only 1,000,000,000 of power level.
- Jellal: From where these monsters came?! With such high-power level, it's IMPOSSIBLE for them being born on Earth! If they were born on Earth, EVERY single being on Earth would have sensed their power level that can felt even from the Mars!
Jellal had a point, it's impossible for them from being born on Earth, too many high power levels can be felt even from other planets. Even so, the most dark but not so powerful like the others, called the attention of Jellal. He looked straight and saw a tall Cyborg-like figure killing soldiers with his sword. He had red eyes and white spiked hair, that Cyborg is Unit-CM 130, the leader of Manufacturing Progressive Science and the one who started that war.
- Jellal: What's wrong with that guy?
Jellal fought many people in his life, like Hiragi Kureto, 304 Cyborgs from KnightWalker Family, Eckidina KnightWalker, Scathach, Kali and other people like Cavalo De Troia in Liberty City. Each energy-use has an energy that matches with his or her personality...
- The energy coming from Imperia is yellow, that means she a good-hearted person but has internal fights and can very brutal at times.
- The energy coming from Katarina is red, that means she is a extremist person that is willing to commit atrocities to save everyone she loves.
- The energy coming from Heis is grey, that means she has two personalities living inside of her, both are white stained in black, representing her insanity.
But... the energy coming from Unit-CM 130 was very different from all energies he felt on Earth... It was black stained with dark red, yellow and brown... It was something so sticky that it seemed to be rotten water from sewer, it was disgusting and had traces of blood and even feces... He never saw something so disgusting in his entire life until that moment, when he felt the most wicked life energy of Earth.
- Jellal: What's with that energy? It's making me dizzy!
Jellal knew who was the enemy and immediately recognized that droid as Unit-CM 130. He never saw CM before and never heard about his atrocities but just looking at his aura gave him the idea of how cruel and rotten he was.
- Jellal: So that must be Unit-CM 130 that Mana told me. I must get ride of him.
Jellal hates surprise attacks and prefer to face his enemies face-to-face. But now, he had to put his pride aside and focus in destroying Unit-CM 130 while he is distracted. CM seemed to be enjoying his new body as he slowly cut soldiers to death. Jellal then flew and powered-up, creating a small ball of energy in his palms.
- CM: This body holds no bounds! What a magnificent specimen of power!
CM said to himself while almost smiling in insanity as he slowly cut of the throat of a soldier like if he was sawing wood. The soldier asked for help but his comrades around him were too busy dealing with the droids and KnightWalkers.
- The Captain: I'm glad you liked the body of that Cyborg I offered to you, boss.
The Captain was the droid that had the idea to give CM a new body, a stronger, lighter and faster body of a Cyborg...
Suddenly, the Captain saw a strong yellow light coming from the sky, the light lit the floor in a radius of 500 meters, the light was so bright that everyone thought it was already morning but they hadn't time to look at it, for they were too busy dealing with their enemies in front of them.
- The Captain: What's that light?
The Captain had problems to see that there was a person right on the middle of that light. CM, however, used his tech vision to ignore the brightness of the light and saw Jellal Fernandes up there, powering-up and charging a power energy ball between his hands.
- CM: That ability... He is using solar energy to make that attack. Oh...
Jellal collected some solar energy from the sun for months, waiting for the day to use it in a battle.
- Jellal: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Jellal threw the energy ball towards CM.
- The Captain: Boss, som----!
Before the Captain could finish his warning, CM quickly grabbed its neck and put his own servant in front of ball to protect himself. With the impact of the energy ball, a huge explosion covered the whole area. Luckily, this ability only affects people who Jellal marks as their enemies, so the soldiers around the explosion were not injured or killed by the energy ball that was almost hot as the core of Earth.
Jellal then landed on the floor and waited for the dust around the crater of the explosion to wipe out. With sharped eyes, Jellal already expected for CM to survive, his aura was too powerful for a simple attack like that destroy him.
- CM: Earthlings had such type of power? This is non-logical. Inferior living being should have never put their hands in the powers of the master race.
CM then left from the crater without a scratch in his body. He just cleaned his chest from dust and stared at Jellal with a death glare.
- Jellal: You monster... What's your goal?! What you're planning?! I heard you came from another universe only to kill innocent people from this planet!
CM slowly removed his sword from the sheath again, preparing to fight Jellal. The sensation that Jellal felt coming from CM is not the fear from someone with power... Rather, it was from someone without a shred of love and humanity.
Jellal prepared to fight as well as he removed his heavy clothes.
- CM: My purpose, is the total absence of purpose. There is no way I'm telling you... Well, such monkey with low-IQ would never understand even if I told you.
Meanwhile at front of the Airport
While CM and Jellal prepared to fight, a new individual had arrived at the airport, this time, it was not a member of the Rogues, Ratatoskr or Manufacturing Progressive Sciences--Rather, it was a princess that holds great powers in her hands. Sonia Nevermind, the ruler of Novosic Kingdom finally arrived at the airport.
Sonia tried to call Kyouko many times but she doesn't answered any of her calls. The reason was because Kyouko was busy fighting the droids and her cellphone was destroyed when she became a Demi-Demon. From distance, Sonia saw the battle of the airport.
Upon arriving in front of the airport, there were many workers of the airport running from the entrance in despair and panic. And in the entrance, there were countless soldiers of JGSDF injured after their battle with the MPS, the mercenaries and droids proved to be too dangerous for them and they had to ask for help from the international forces.
- Sonia: What happened here?
Sonia would call that scene horrible... But she herself was once a serial killer that cut people in pieces and even dissected people in the name of her master, the Fallen's Essence, so that scene was not so shocking for her like before.
Sonia looked around and saw many civilians injured as well, it was like a safe base on the middle of a battlefield. Sonia ran towards the runway by jumping through the vehicles of JGSDF and looked up to see several mercenaries fighting soldier from JGSDF with Air-Techology.
- Sonia: No way... These guys are from Manufacturing Progressive Sciences!
Sonia then looked down and saw the runway of the airport full of tanks, vehicles, fire, dead bodies, droids, soldiers and mercenaries... It was the perfect scene of a medieval battle but with technology and guns, for the soldiers were fighting using their own fists and weapons to defeat the enemy while some were shooting at each other from distance.
- Sonia: Kyouko! Where are you?!
It was just a feeling, but Sonia knew that Kyouko was on the middle of that mess and planned to save her and take her out of there... To save her skin from Unit-CM 130 and the Fallen's Essence's grasp, for if they discover Kyouko Kirigiri knows too much about their existence, she will be killed for sure this time.
Godom Empire
Shikiari's Personal HQ
2 minutes later
2 minutes later after Sonia arrived at the airport, something was happening in Godom Empire. The personal HQ of Shikiari is a huge building in the format of a circle with several floors.
It's protected by energy shields to prevent attacks coming from the air, Tathagata never planned to built such thing for his corrupt wife because he never loved her to begin with and only saw her as a tool to create a heir.
In this HQ, Shikiari, the mother of Chinatsu and wife of the Emperor Tathagata Killer, takes a normal life away from her daughter and husband. Shikiari never loved Chinatsu or Tathagata and only wanted to put her dirty hands in their money. So she spent most of her time in this building that she consider her personal house.
Now, she is enjoying the money that stolen from hospitals to waste with expensive foods and clothes... As well as trips to other countries, enjoying her life using the money of poor people that they worked so hard to gain.
Despite her negative points, Chinatsu still loves her because she is the only person who took care of her when she was a little kid, even ignoring the fact that she was doing that because she was forced to do.
- Shikiari: Time is money.
Shikaria said to herself in her room as she counted a pack of money in her hands.
- Shikiari: Speaking of which... For how long you will be there, Westcott?
Shikari then turned her head and rolled her eye balls at the door, and saw Aryana Westcott there, leaning on the wall.
- Aryana: So simple like always... You and your boring hobby of stealing money. If you ever had a new vision of life, you'll see that money is nothing but a pile of trash.
If there is something that Aryana hates is money, she think this is useful but people who are corrupt by it are weak-minded for letting such small thing control their will and greed.
- Aryana: If you use this money to gain power by becoming a Cyborg or something of the gender, you'll see the world with different eyes. Beings like me don't need food or water to survive. Laws or morals are nothing to us, who have powers in our hands... Money should be used to gain power and not to be stuck inside of small thoughts.
Aryana always hated Shikiari because of this, unlike her husband that is more obsessed with power, which she approves. Suddenly, Aryana closed her eyes and teleported herself and Shikiari to another place far away from that building, what left her scared.
- Shikiari: Aryana Westcott, what's the meaning of this?
Shikiari was under the protection of Tathagata Killer so she confident that Aryana Westcott, a person that she hates, would never hurt her. But this time, the tables are turned.
- Aryana: You're so confident that I was never going to kill you... Yet, you have doubts about working with us... Living beings from other universes able to tear you apart like paper.
Shikiari looked around and saw they were in the middle of a park, they still in Godom Empire but she never saw that place before.
- Shikiari: Where are we?
Shikiari asked gently, but in fact, she was almost exploding in despair. She wanted to run away but she knew that she would never escape from Aryana's grasp.
- Aryana: Your time has come. As you know, your daughter, Chinatsu, sent an invasion force to Aldegyr Kingdom months ago. She was already punished for that... Now I'm going to kill you because of another of her sins: She revived an enemy that wa suppose to be dead by giving her blood to that person.
Aryana was talking about La Folia Rihavein that was revived by Chinatsu as a Cyborg.
- Shikiari: Oh my... To think... I was...
Shikiari stopped talking when she saw Aryana's hand pointing at her with her index finger. Then, Aryana shot several lasers beams from her finger, the lasers passed through her body and vaporized all her blood, leaving her without liquid on her body.
Shikiari's body slowly fell to the floor, lifeless. Aryana then stared at the body of Chinatsu's mother.
- Aryana: You may not love her, but Chinatsu loves you. There is no better punishment for dying because of a person that you hates while the other person loves you... She will be really shocked.
Part 7 - Scarlet Night[]
Meanwhile at Fraxinus
11,000 meters above Tenguu City
In front of the Bridge's door
The battle of Fraxinus continued in state of calamity, more than half of the officers working on the ship were dead with a few droids online fighting the invaders.
A horrible carnage was taking place in the ship as Ratatoskr's security tried to fight back the enemies, but the enemies had the advantage.
At that time, a small team of 5 KnightWalkers arrived at the front of the front door of the bridge and tried to open it but it was locked.
- KnightWalker Colonel: Let's blow this up! Get the explosives!
The KnightWalker Colonel that was leading the team was wearing a powerful tech armor, something that came up from a sci-fi film but at that decade, those things are normal.
Without saying a word, the troops walked away from the door and prepared to throw stick bombs at the door to explode it but suddenly they felt the presence of someone standing behind them. The person behind them was a tall man with long blonde hair and was wielding a sword.
- KnightWalker Colonel: Wh---!
Before the colonel could ask, his throat was cut by that blonde man, who revealed to be Kyouhei Kannazuki.
- Kyouhei: I'm Kyouhei Kannazuki, the Vice-Commander of this ship. All officers working in this ship are my friends and family. And people who enter in this place and goes around hurting my family shall die.
With a sad but angry expression, Kyouhei witnessed the horror inside of the ship as he made his way towards bridge, seeing people that he once laughed and loved dead on the floor with more bodies stacked over theirs.
- KnightWalker: You...!
Before they could even aim their guns at Kyouhei, he quickly appeared behind them and slashed their backs with his sword, cutting their spine and vertebrae until they hearts.
Kyouhei cleaned his face of the blood and turned his sight towards the door of the bridge.
Suddenly, the door of the bridge opened and revealed the crew of Fraxinus inside, seated in their desk as usual but in alert mode.
- Kawagoe: We're glad you appeared, Vice-Commander! We locked the door so they can enter in here. Luckily, you appeared when the first group came! Thank you!
Kawagoe jumped from his desk in happiness for seeing Kyouhei. For a moment, he thought they were done once the KnightWalkers managed to destroy that door.
- Kyouhei: No time to waste!
Kyouhei then made his AD Weapon vanish in green darkness and went towards Kotori.
- Shiizaki: Kyouhei, what happened?
Kyouhei had many things to say... Such how he almost became the star of a porn video with two Brazzers huge men... But that was not important.
- Kyouhei: I'll talk later. But more important, commander, we need to active Miku Hatsune!
Kyouhei stared at Kotori, who was seated in the commander seat like always.
"......."
Actually, Fraxinus is a sentient ship. This ship is so intelligent that Kyouhei decided to create an AI to control the ship once the crew find themselves too busy to control it. Kotori thought that could be useful but she never thought that Kyouhei was an otaku and created an AI using Miku Hatsune, a fictional Japanese voicaloid, very popular in Japan for singing nightcore song.
- Kotori: Her... Why did you have do create such AI to protect out ship, Kyouhei? I thought were going to create something like Brainiac.
Brainiac is a powerful enemy of Ratatoskr that is a super-computer, he is said to be part of a Dark Empire that threats Ratatoskr in another universe. Kotori doesn't like him but she admires his AI.
- Kyouhei: Let's active her now. She can use the EMP of the ship to shutdown most of the droid forces of the enemy! If the situation continue like this, Fraxinus will lose power and fall in Tenguu City!
A blush appeared in Kyouhei, it was obvious he was more worried about seeing Miku than saving Fraxinus but Kotori already know his childish personality so that was not a surprise.
- Kotori: Alright then! I believe in you!
Kotori was in a corner without exit, so she had no option but to accept Kyouhei's idea in activating Miku Hatsune, the AI of Fraxinus.
- Kotori: Let's do this!
With a smile, Kotori grabbed her laptop and entered in the system of Fraxinus using many alien codes that only Ratatoskr-top leaders knows. She had to use those codes to grant permission to an AI took control of the ship.
As Kotori finished her programming, the monitor of the bridge that was transmitting Imperia a few moments ago turned blue and showed the image of a girl with blue hair seated in a Japanese-style room, listening to music and eating candies.
- Shiizaki: Why we had to create an anime character to protect us?
Masaomi Mikimoto, the oldest member of the crew, looked at Shiizaki with a perverted smile.
- Mikimoto: Who cares, she is a young girl?!
Miku then finally notices the crew on the other side of the monitor, staring at them like if she was being watched by someone when, in fact, she was, indeed.
- Miku: [Oh! Guys!]
The mechanical and robotic voice of the AI sounded like the voice of a true idol Japanese girl, which sounded cute.
- Kyouhei: Yo, Miku! It's been months since we last used you. I hope you're living a normal life inside of the Fraxinus system. Anyway, we need your help!
Miku has a very playful personality but when the duty calls, she becomes serious just like Kotori in action.
- Nakatsugawa: You see... I think you know that already but we're being invaded by enemy forces from outside. Not hackers, but physical enemies. At this exactly moment, more than 300 enemies, droids, humans and Cyborgs entered in the ship and wiped out most of our security forces. We need you to take control of Fraxinus to follow each steps of our enemy.
- Kyouhei: I have a countermeasure. Miku Hatsune, deploy the ship's EMP, limit the scope to 50, and define its attribute to obstruct any production of magical power.
Miku Hatsune, the virtual girl that was show on the screen of the command of Fraxinus replied Kyouhei.
- Miku: 『Understood. Initializing Realizer basis. Deploying EMP.』
As Miku commenced the processes, the background behind her vanished and became a blue background with codes in form of cubes. Then feeble sounds of subjugation resounded from inside the warship and an invisible Territory spread out around the ship. In an instant, the numerous KnightWalkers Drones units inside the warehouse suddenly collapsed, like puppets having their strings detached.
It happened so fast that not even the KnightWalker could understand what happened but before they saw their drones being shutdown by something, they saw a several small lines of electricity flying across the walls.
- Kyouhei: This should do!
The member of the crew saw the enemy units being shutdown through the cameras of their computers.
- Mikimoto: The enemy units!
- Minowa: They were destroyed! But amazingly, all the tech devices of the ship still working like if nothing had happened even after a EMP was activated inside of the system!
Miku smiled towards Minowa, she was happy for being useful.
- Kotori: You surprised me, Kyouhei. To think you had intelligence to create suc---!
Kotori wanted to say AI but she felt pit for Miku for being an AI of the ship and decided to call her as "person".
- Kotori: To think you had intelligence to create such person! Amazing job, Miku! Why we never thought bringing you before?
- Shiizaki: Aah, utilizing our EMP neutralized their power sources, essentially rendering them inactive.
Shiizaki, who is suppose to be the most negative and pessimist person of Fraxinus was finally looking at a good point and saw possibilities to win that battle without losing more soldiers as all droids were shutdown.
- Reine: As expected of Vice Commander... Always surprising me...
Reine out praise, to which Kannazuki preserved a conscientious expression instead of a complacent one. However... Simultaneously, another explosion rocked the whole bridge.
- Kyouhei: This only works in robots inside of the ship! It's meaningless against fleshy humans and robots outside of the ship!
"..................."
- Ratatoskr Crew: Wha...! Then what's the use?!
The entire crew cried.
The next moment, a strong explosion blasted the bridge's door open, and several Cyborgs wearing linear armor with firearms in hands entered the room. Several drones destroyed the walls of the bridge and started killing all security. Many screams of the security men echoed through the air as the drones broke their necks.
One by one, more troops, Cyborgs and assault soldiers entered in the ship. At least 30 KnightWalkers were inside of the bridge, including one captain and three colonels.
- Cyborg: All personnel, hands above your heads! We don't wanna hurt the most important officers of this ship.
The KnightWalkers had no intention in killing them because they were the top-officers of Ratatoskr and knew information about their vast superior technology that all members of KnightWalker Family wants to themselves.
- KnightWalker Shocktrooper: Any suspicious movements and we'll shoot!
Suddenly, a man wearing a black suit entered in the bridge... He was a very old man with white hair and white beard. Many people thought that he was not even suppose to be there because she seemed to be commander of the operation or a businessman... But he was in fact Daniel Linderman, the man in charge of that invasion.
- Kyouhei: Never saw you before, sir.
Kyouhei Kannazuki raised his hands when Daniel pointed his pistol at his head.
- Daniel: So this is the legendary Kyouhei Kannazuki that Eckidina idolatry! You're nothing more than a traitor, you left the KnightWalkers because of small reasons... Do you think that the world can change without death, Kyouhei Kannazuki.
Kyouhei then smiled sarcastically towards Daniel.
- Kyouhei: Eckidina is a whore that only cares about herself. She invades neutral countries, searching for human resources and use her own victims as soldiers in her army, working for her without salary and are forced to fight for her using their families as hostages! Do you think this going to change the world to better?! Just like me, you're being used to do her bidding! She'll dispose of you when she saw you're no longer interesting to her... Because for her, the world is boring, along with all the people living on it.
Daniel, however, was not talking about the world.
- Daniel: Who cares about the world? If you work for Eckidina, you'll be blessed with the Cyborg transformation... Immortality, power and eternal youth! This is the only thing that matters. The world is going to end soon, be it by a nuclear war like this World War III, a parasyte... Or a meteorite... I only want to live even after the end of this world. When this world burn, I'll be there, seated in my throne watching traitors and inferior humans like you burning in the hellish fire of Apocalypse. Eckidina will raise as the new queen of the world, this is the fate of mankind! And when the fire vanish, the only thing that will be left in this planet are flesh and metal; Cyborgs! Misogi Kumagawa was blessed with Eckidina's blood after many success in his missions... My only goal that Eckidina gave me is to KILL YOU!
At that point, even Kotori knew what Daniel was going to do... The only reason why Daniel sent that invasion force to Fraxinus with the Fallen's Essence...
- Daniel: Kyouhei Kannazuki! Your death will turn me in a Cyborg!
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport Deck 4
- Yuuki: The procedures are done! Now the ritual will BEGIN!
- Lucas (think): *What!*
Lucas notice the floor around Yuuki Terumi gained color and started to bright in a red and violet color... Before he could notice, Terumi was now inside of a magic circle or some kind of pentagram with several stars, symbols of suns, moons and symbols of some unknown alien language.
- Yuuki: You lost my friend... On the moment we slashed your back, I collected some your blood. Now...
Terumi was now more insane than before, he was acting like a homicidal and lunatic killer with thirst for blood. Lucas could sense his dark energy growing up, Terumi was using some kind of energy that he never saw before, it was gloomy and disgusting, like liquid rotten flesh...
- Lucas: You're a monster. I always wondered if humans were the most evil race in the universe. But I was wrong, I finally noticed that even the most insane people from Earth are actually more sane than you. You're not human, just a monster in the skin of a human.
Terumi, stared at Lucas with an insane glare and pulled out his two knives of combat.
- Yuuki: FUCK YOUR THINKING OR DAMNED MANKIND! I LOVE FOR KILLING! THIS IS WHAT I LIKES! NOW! LET'S FEEL THE MOST PAINFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PAIN THAT MY GOD, THE FALLEN, CAN GIVE TO US! IT WILL HURT SO PREPARE YOURSELF! LET'S FALL IN THE PARADISE OF PAIN TOGETHER!
Yuuki laughed insanely at the sky while Lucas got the feeling he was planning something terrible. Magic circles are usually to summon minions to serve their masters, this is not different in Magi-Tech, which the user can summon energy creatures to fight for him.
- Lucas: You have a big mouth... I'll shut it for you!
Lucas charged at Yuuki with full speed, ready to cut his enemy in half with his magi-tech sword. But... He was faking his attack...
- Yuuki: How many times I have to say that?! Your attacks will never hurt me!
Terumi is immune to attacks of Magi-Tech, probably because of his huge power level that can easily deny low-level powers' attacks.
- Lucas: Sol!
However, Lucas was faking his move and was planning to shoot several fire beams at Terumi, using his sword as a decoy. From his hand, several fire beams came out of his right palm and went towards Terumi... The fire beams were so hot that even the ground where it passed by melted... From that point of view, that ability could be seen as several mini-suns.
- Lucas: Burn for everything you have done!
Terumi, however, did not seen to be surprise by his attacks... Rather, he was smiling the whole time as the fire beams hit him... He didn't move a finger to dodge that deadly attack that could kill all types of living beings of Earth in a infernal heat.
- Terumi: Yeah hurts good doesn't it? Attacking the vitals is such a waste! This pain, this is the best! As the other dies, their agony radiates through my body! And living through it feels even better!
Lucas could barely understand what Terumi was saying when the fire beams hit him, leaving him inside of a explosion of magma. Lucas decided to step back and wait to see the results...
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
After a few seconds, Yuuki Terumi was exactly where he before... Without scratch...
- Lucas: How...?
With widened eyes, Lucas never got so much confused in his entire life until that moment... When he saw his enemy smiling like a demon about to eat its prey.
- Lucas: Bu---
Lucas then fell to the floor, feeling a strong pain in his left arm... In fact... He was feeling pain all over his body.
In his knees, Lucas slowly raised his right hand that was carrying his sword and saw that he entire arm was burned, exposing his bones and meat... But before he could scream in pain, his Regeneration magi-tech recovered most of his body, hiding his bones and skin.
- Yuuki: HYHAHAHAHA!!
Lucas stared closely at Yuuki and confirmed that he was not affected by his ability.
- Lucas: How this is even possi---!
Lucas coughed blood before he could finish his question. The ability of Regeneration is a extremely dangerous ability because if the user heal his own wounds too much, his lifespan will be decreased about 7 months each time he use it... No wonder why the Regeneration skill was banished from Magi-Tech Samples from United States.
Lucas was bleeding because he used his Regeneration to heal such deep and terrible burns.
- Yuuki: HOW IS THE FEELING OF BEING BURNED BY YOUR OWN ATTACK?! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
With an insane laugh, Yuuki blushed in some masochist way... He was enjoying being hit by Lucas' attack.
- Lucas: "By your own attack"? You said something very interesting...
Lucas destroyed a battle droid that tried to attack with a blaster rifle and quickly returned his attention to his main enemy right in front of him.
- Yuuki: You never got burned before? I did! I was impaled, mutilated, castrated, exploded, carbonized and thousands of more ways to die!
Yuuki had a very disturbing backstory that is better to never be told to anyone.
Lucas is a very smart man so using he used Yuuki's stupidy to quickly raise a point about his ability. Yuuki slowly smiled and opened one of his eyes when he noticed he was found out.
- Lucas: I see... I have an idea about your ability... Decades of fighting in wars made me a very intelligent man when the matter is skills... You're immortal just like I saw back there... When Tomas pierced your chest with his sword. Somehow, this magic circle you're stepping connect our bodies when you drank my blood. All damage that hits you will be directed to me.
Yuuki stepped in the body of a dead soldier in front of him with violence and brutality.
- Yuuki: YES! EXACTLY! PERFECT! INTELLIGENT! WISE! CLEVER! FANTASTIC! MAGNIFICENT! COOL! YOU'RE SOLID AS A ROCK! TO THINK YOU WOULD DISCOVER THE TRUTH OF MY ABILITY. BUT...
Yuuki grabbed the knife of the dead soldier in his feet and prepared to stab him with it i his belly.
- Yuuki: BUT EVEN IF YOU DISCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT MY ABILITY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOU FROM DYING!
Yuuki then swung the knife to stab himself... Lucas was thinking about using the Regeneration magi-tech again if that was the case but he knew about the risks... But he preferred to die by his own problems then giving his life to such disgusting enemy.
- Lucas: Dammit...
Lucas closed his eyes and prepared for the damage.
- Yuuki: FEEL THE PAIN!
Maybe it was just Lucas' imagination but he saw the world changing to black and white and everything was in slow motion as the knife that Yuuki was wielding slowly came towards his belly.
But...
- (???): YOU WILL NEVER WIN!
A female voice could be heard as the knife slowly pierced Terumi's belly... Suddenly, the movements of Yuuki Terumi stopped, stopping his near-suicide attack.
- Lucas: This is...!
The figure of a tall woman or girl appeared behind Yuuki... She was a very beautiful girl that seems to be like a princess of some fairy tale. She was Sonia Nevermind, the princess of Novosic Kingdom and one of the main leaders o KnightWalker Alliance
- Yuuki: No way...
Yuuki saw that his body was tied by some kind of snake-like monster, it was a very giant anaconda made of green energy... That snake was leaving from a bracelet that Sonia was wearing in her left hand.
- Sonia: I made this in time!
The snake around Yuuki Terumi slowly showed itself to him and started to eat him while he was screaming.
- Yuuki: THIS IS NOT THE PAIN I FUCKING WANT! GET OUT OF ME!
Yuuki was immortal so being bite and devoured by that snake was nothing for him as he wounds were being healed each second.
- Sonia: You're Lucas Kellan, right?!
Sonia made a question to Lucas but he was too distracted watching the snake devouring his enemy.
- Sonia: You're Lucas Kellan, right?!
Sonia asked one more time but louder to have his attention. Sonia knew about Lucas Kellan's identity after the Fallen's Essence showed the identity of all Katarina Couteau's new allies.
- Lucas: Yes! You're Sonia Nevermind?! What are you doing here?!
Lucas consider Sonia an enemy for being one of the warmongers of World War III, but since she saved his life, that was not important at that time.
- Sonia: Good to know you're alive. I know that you have friendly relationships with Kyouko Kirigiri, the Ultimate Detective of Global Pact Defense! I'm here to help you all leave this mess!
As Sonia and Lucas were talking, Heis, who was summoning more Black Demons in midair, looked below and saw Sonia holding Yuuki Terumi with a giant snake made of magi-tech.
- Heis: Oh? A new wolf face is joining the party... As one of the "bad guys" I guess...
Heis never liked Sonia because she was too soft for a dictator... Even after all the atrocities she was forced to do by the Fallen's Essence, Heis never considered her to be loyal to her God, who is Fallen's Essence himself and always wanted to dispose of her.
- Heis: Now I have a reason to kill you, Sonia Nevermind. But I'll finish my sister first before I get you.
Meanwhile at the Airport Deck 1
While Heis returned her attention to Imperia Deamonne, the sun started to rise on the horizon, lighting up the battlefield full of dead bodies... A beautiful day for such terrible moment.
The sounds of shots could be heard all across the city, the sounds of explosions coming from the airport replaced the songs of birds. But as the day rose on the horizon, the battle was coming to an end, with both sides with fatal losses.
Yet, it seems the battle is not going ending soon for the Manufacturing Progressive Sciences as the mercenaries from CM's faction were overthrowing the enemy and more droids and KnightWalkers were deployed to assist CM.
This time, more than 600 droids were deployed... While the JGSDF had more than 7,000 losses in their forces. The battle was already over for JGSDF but the National Defenses were sending more soldiers to Tenguu City to fight the unknown threat.
As more battle droids marched towards the battlefield, a red light shone on the skies... As it was already morning, it was hard to see the light but it was visible to all people fighting in the airport...
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly, the red light that was coming from the sky, fell on the middle of the battlefield, creating a huge explosion of dust and sent all mercenaries, soldiers, droids and Cyborgs flying away like toys, yet, no one died.
Imperia, Lucas, Tomas, Sonia, Heis, CM, Vergil, Azul, Reaper and everyone else fighting in the airport covered their eyes from the storm of dust that covered all airport. From the impact, the image of a dragon could be seen leaving from the dust...
All soldiers covered themselves in fear when they saw that... But the mercenaries had saw things much worse and were just waiting to see if that thing was actually an enemy or ally.
- CM: Do you hear that? That is the sound of irrevocable.
CM stared at the dragon with red eyes... He was analyzing the threat... But from the moment he put his eyes upon that dragon, he noticed that dragon was made of an alien energy that is not from Earth.
- (???): I'm here!
A female voice left from the mouth of the dragon and so a tall red haired girl left from the dragon and shouted to everyone in the airport. It was Katarina Couteau who had just arrived, at that time, she had the attention of all people in that airport... Even the droids.
- CM: It cannot be...
CM's eyes analysed all details of Katarina's power and body... Using his AI, he studied the origin of the dark energy that she was emitting.
The hands of CM were shaking... CM was an droid that came from another dimension, and so he knew about the ExKriegs alien species that Katarina came from... Actually, he know many things that no one else knows about the ExKriegs.
Dr. Ziggurat, who was standing beside CM, stared at him noticed his strange behavior...
Not far away from there, Reaper, who was fighting Azul Jissele got distracted by Katarina's sudden appearance. They were fighting on the top of a destroyed plane.
- Reaper: That energy! It cannot be!
Reaper was shaking as well... For he knew about many things about the ExKriegs as well. But before he could return back to his senses, Azul saw an opportunity and punched him in his face with all her strength.
- Azul: DON'T YOU DARE TURN YOUR EYES AWAY FROM ME! I WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE WHEN I BREAK EVERY SINGLE BONE OF YOUR BODY!
The body of Reaper went flying and collided inside of the landing area of the airport. Azul then charged at Reaper again while he still down, not caring if the enemy is able to fight.
Part 8 - Sins of the Past[]
KnightWalker Airport
Deck 1
1 minute later
- Female Mercenary: Can you feel it?
All mercenaries had their jaws widen open when they felt the power of Katarina... It was not a matter of how powerful she was... It was the POWER that Katarina was using. All mercenaries there fought the ExKriegs once a long time ago when they were working for CM before his death. Only the Earthlings could not understand the meaning of that power, all people that came from another universe there, with the exception of Mana Takamiya, were shocked.
People that were born on Earth, be they humans, demons, angels or even Cyborgs, could never understand the feeling of those mercenaries.
- Vergil: That power...
Vergil, who was fighting Mana inside of a destroyed plane without its roof, stopped his attack and carefully looked behind to see Katarina in the middle of a crater surrounded by soldiers, droids, Cyborgs and mercenaries.
- Mana: She is finally here... Well, I knew that Kotori could never hold that girl... She's reckless, without shame, yet, she is always looking for fights.
Mana was already waiting Katarina for appear... She knew that Kotori could never let her out of the fight as she is thrill-seeker and loves fighting strong enemies.
- Vergil: That girl... Could it be...
Vergil, at that point, knew about Katarina's unknown power for he had a past with the ExKriegs as well.
- Mana: Exactly... Vergil... This girl is our most powerful weapon! If the prophecy is right, she is probably the last ExKrieg alive! This girl will end the Balam Alliance!
A long time ago, there was a prophecy that the last of the ExKriegs would end the most infernal war of the Multi-Universe and bring balance to the light... Every single person on the existence knows about this prophecy, except for the people of Earth.
- Vergil: Impossible! The ExKriegs were destroyed 19 years ago! There's no way that one of them survived! Worse, why an ExKriegs is doing here in this planet so far away?!
Mana then stuck out her tongue to make Vergil angry and fool him. Vergil was now extremely scared, for he always thought that the Last ExKrieg is only a myth to bring false hopes to all people of the Multi-Universe.
Meanwhile in the midair, Heis, stopped summoning demons when she changed her attention to Katarina as well. Imperia was staring at Katarina with widened eyes and knew that something terrible was going to happen.
- Heis: So... Couteau is here. Everything is happening according to the plan. Now, Master shall join the party too. Too easy. We're now walking towards the grand finale.
Suddenly, the skies were painted with green and were covered with green auroras. For normal people, that sight was beautiful but for the soldiers in the battlefield, another terrible incident was happening. Everyone there remembered when Heis almost destroyed the world 3 months ago...
- CM: Tsk! I told him to stay out of this!
CM then clenched his fist and stared at the green aurora... He already knew that the Fallen's Essence was coming to fight.
In a matter of seconds, the aurora was sucked into the center of it and formed a big energy ball that was shining like a green sun. Indeed, something was coming from the skies.
In a fraction of 10 seconds, the green ball fell from the skies and hit Katarina, however, before she could be hit by that, she jumped far away from the ball that fell right where she was standing. Another storm of dust formed across the battlefield but this time, everyone around the crater where Katarina was standing, were vaporized... All of them: KnightWalkers, JGSDF, Cyborgs, Mercenaries and droids.
- Katarina: What happened?!
When the storm of dust wiped out, Katarina could finally see what was around her... Black and rotten dead bodies... The green aurora that hit the crater where she was standing literally let more than 466 rotten corpses around her.
Quickly, the smell of rotten meat covered the air and she had to close her nose to prevent her from literally dying from such disgusting thing. When Katarina looked straight, she saw a very tall overlord entity... Like a wraith or a demonic tyrant that literally came from the most deep pit from Hell.
Even so, despite she never saw that entity, she immediately recognized him just from feeling his power for she already met him once.
- Katarina: You are... the Fallen!
Indeed, that the Fallen's Essence in his new form. Katarina was not the only one who trained in the last few months.
- The Fallen: [I was waiting for you the whole night! Red Haired Demon!]
Tomas, who was not so far away, looked away for a second from his enemy, Nnoitra Jiruga, to see that Katarina was facing an unknown enemy.
- Tomas: What is that thing?
Tomas never met the Fallen's Essence face to face but Kotori said many things about him... Things that he is the main reason of why the Ratatoskr is on Earth.
- Nnoitra: Don't ignore me!
Nnoitra teleported behind Tomas and brought his fists to his head, smashing his head on the floor.
Back to crater where the Fallen's Essence and Katarina were facing each other, the clime between them was getting intense.
- Katarina: You!
Katarina was trying to keep her cool, but encountering the thing that killed La Folia and destroyed Aldegyr Kingdom was too much for her.
- The Fallen: [I knew we would face each other again, like I said 3 months ago. You're full of surprises!]
The Fallen then summoned two scythes in his skeletal hands.
- The Fallen: [So, how things are going with Ratatoskr? They already told everything about you? About your power? About my presence? About the Dark Empires? About my plans? Now you know that you're the only hope of centillion of lives.]
Katarina, however, answered him with a powerful attack, she changed at him with her sword without saying a word. Their weapons collided and created a pulse that threw all dead bodies around them away.
- Katarina: Shut up! Hope?! What do you mean by that?! I don't care about this universe, I only care about this planet! What happens out there is not my problem! I just know one thing: I HAVE TO KILL YOU! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STARTED THIS WAR! AS LONG YOU LIVE, WE WILL NEVER FIND PEACE!
The Fallen then used telekinesis to push her away from him and let out an evil grin.
- The Fallen: [Indeed! What is happening in other universes are not a problem for you! Because you cannot even protect a girl! What do you expect protecting an entire omniverse?!]
When Katarina heard the word "girl", she immediately noticed that he was talking about Eugen Katsuragi, her deceased sister that was killed by the malicious hands of Aki Honda.
- Katarina: DO NOT EVER TALK ABOUT HER!!!!
Katarina started to cry blood, that happens when she is using her ExKrieg power and is filled with negative emotions like sorrow and sadness. She then powered-up and was surrounded by a red-like energy that shook the earth in 5 kilometers while unleashing a bright red light that lit up all airport... And then, the Red Haired Demon jumped and prepared to cut him in half with her sword while she surrounded by the red aura.
Meanwhile at the Aiport Deck 2.5
- CM: Whatever... We lost too much time in this airport. We need to get out of here.
Jellal, who was fighting CM shot several laser beams at the scientist but he simply summoned a shield and deflected them all.
While he still had the chance, CM watched Katarina Couteau fighting her archenemy, the Fallen's Essence. He was very disappointed that a being that uses supernatural powers is helping him and his forces to defeat the enemy, both JGSDF and Ratatoskr.
Suddenly, a B1-Battle Droid accompanied by 3 droids appeared behind CM. Unlike the ordinary droids, this one had no backpack and had parts of its body painted with yellow. In Manufacturing Progressive Sciences, the droids painted with yellow means that they're the commanders of their own respective divisions.
- CM: And you're are?
CM then created a meta-physical force to twisted all reality around him and then pushed Jellal away from him, forcing him to roll on the floor very far away from where he was standing before.
- Droid: I'm unit TK-35, sir. I'm the commander o--
Before the commander droid could finish its words, CM interrupted him with a death glare. CM was not an expert in battle because he's a scientist but even he know that he should never take his eyes away from the enemy so he turned his head a little to have vision of the droid behind him.
- CM: Well, TK-35, now you're the Captain of Manufacturing Progressive Sciences. Call to the Central and ask for a ship... We need to leave this place.
The droid nodded.
- TK: Roger, roger... But what happened with the Captain?
CM then pointed at Jellal, who was lying on the ground.
- CM: That man killed him... Now, don't waste time and go.
CM turned towards TK-35 again, this time with a normal expression. He was obviously lying to his commander. In fact, CM was the one who killed the former captain droid as he used it as shield to protect himself from Jellal's attack.
- TK: I understand. I'm on my way to contact the HQ.
TK-35 and the droids behind him then left.
CM looked at Jellal recovering from his previous attack.
- Jellal: So you lie to your own droids as well? Why don't you simply say that you used your Captain as your personal shield?
CM, for the first time, let out a devilish smirk. Jellal, sharped his eyes in response.
- CM: Droids are disposable because we can create many as we can. We can reproduce their programming and system... Just like organic living beings... There are TRILLIONS of them out there... And there is a chance of 95% that I can find at least 904,000,000 of organic living beings like the ones I killed before... Droids and organic beings are equal... But I am different... Because I'm unique, my essence, my personality, my being and my guideline! There is no living being out there able to go further than me for the sake of science!
Jellal stared at CM as he continued his fanatical speech. Unlike Kanon Rihavein, the twin sister of La Folia Rihavein, kept saying of how great she was... CM, on the other hand, is literally saying that all his crimes are moved by the science like if science and technology are non-physical force that lives inside of all intelligent living beings.
- CM: For the sake of science... For the sake of the victory of my homeland, I entered in the deepest pit of darkness that no one dared to see. Trust me, before I became a scientist, I knew that what I was doing was wrong... Killing people for science is wrong... But then I thought... "There are so many lives so why I should care about a few lives?" Organic living beings reproduce like worms so you can ALWAYS replace deceased people with another person.
Jellal was tired of hearing such nonsense... Not because he thought CM was saying stupid things... But because of how immoral was those words.
- Jellal: ENO---!
"BANG!"
Jellal immediately planned to shut his mouth with his fists but before he could fly towards CM, he heard the sound of two shots coming from his back... And then, he fell to the floor as he felt two terrible pains in his body... One of them was in his chest and another one was in his belly.
- Jellal: What...
While holding his two wounds, he noticed that what hurt him were bullets.
- Jellal: No way...
Jellal slowly turned around and saw two female figures aiming two pistols at him. From their appearances, they seemed to be normal civilians but he was wrong...
- CM: I never asked for help... You two are?
CM then turned his attention to the girls who shot Jellal in his back. The first girl, who seems to be a very young blonde girl between 19-20 years old walked forward and raised her arms.
- (???): PARDON ME! BOSS! MY NAME IS RINDEL OZU AND THIS OTHER BUTTHEAD BESIDE ME IS ALICE OZU! WE'RE KNOWN AS THE DEATH SISTERS O--!
CM got annoyed by her voice that only a mentally ill psycho-girl in her period could speak with.
- CM: I don't want to hear your voice anymore. You did a good job... Rindel Ozu and Alice Ozu... I'll remember your names and I'll pay you for your ser--!
- Alice: YYAAAAHHHHOOOOOO!!!
Alice shouted and danced in happiness when CM said that he would pay them for their services. All mercenaries of MPS, except Nnoitra Jiruga and Yuuki Terumi, are killers obsessed with money and are willing to commit all kinds of atrocities to gain more money.
- Jellal: Goddammit...
Jellal couldn't use his Regeneration ability due to its risks... Unlike Lucas who is willing to reduce his lifespan and pay for his mistakes, Jellal is a person that never put his life or the lives of his friends in risk...
Without forces to move his body, Jellal lied on the ground... For a warrior that fought in many battles and fought many strong enemies, losing that way was humiliating.
- CM: I don't have to waste with you... Now, that girl with red hair got my attention. I'll study her while she fights the Fallen to analyze her data. Farewell, earthling.
The Death Sisters then followed CM and Dr. Ziggurat as they walked away, leaving Jellal alone on the ground, surrounded by corpses of the JGSDF.
Deck 2 of the Airport
10 minutes later
The last forces of the airport were putting a heavy resistance to fight back the invaders... Obviously, the forces of the airport were the security forces of KnightWalker Family.
Despite their efforts, the KnightWalkers were being destroyed due to the training of JGSDF that was more advanced, only the mercenaries could stand a chance against the JGSDF.
After a long battle, that bloodbath was finally coming to an end with both sides suffering heavy losses. Actually, even there were three sides: the Rogues, MPS and JGSDF. Even the Japanese army was shooting at the Rogues but that was normal because no one knew who were the "good guys" there.
- Kyouko: I have more!
In the middle of that battle, Kyouko charged at a group of droids with her daggers of lasers and cut them in half before they could stop shooting at the dead bodies of the soldiers and turn their attention to her. Their bodies exploded like fireworks.
- Kyouko: YES! I---!
Kyouko felt a strong pain in her chest... It was like her heart was being squeezed by an invisible hand.
- Kyouko: M-My heart...
Using the demonic form of the AD Weapon takes too much of the lifespan of the user so it was just normal for Kyouko reach her limit in a night.
Like a puppet without its strings, Kyouko fell to the floor pale like a dead body. From her left eye, she started to cry blood as she lost her forces. Her vision went blank and her senses vanished; now she lost her palate, vision, touch and hearing.
As the battle was coming to an end, the forces of MPS started to walk around and searched for survivors. It's normal to hunt down the enemies after the battle is over, purposely to kill the survivors of the enemy army.
After a few seconds after her downfall, one of the droids of MPS was sensing a signal of life coming from her, who was lying on the middle of thousands of dead bodies. The droid who sensed her life signal is a B2-Super Battle Droid, a more advanced version of the B1-Battle Droids.
- Super Droid: My scanners are capitalizing signals of organic life.
A B2-Battle Droid who was next to that droid, walked towards Kyouko Kirigiri and confirmed that she was alive.
- Super Droid: Eliminate her. We have to go to the landing point before Unit-CM 130 order us to leave.
- Super Droid 2: Roger.
Their voices were deep like bogeymen, what left Kyouko scared as she thought she was on Hell.
The B2 Battle Droid then aimed its laser cannon at Kyouko's head and charged to its laser cannon.
But before the evil robot could finish Kyouko, Gwen, with her AD Weapon, jumped between the droid and Kyouko from above and slashed its laser cannon before she could swung her weapon to give the final attack, cutting the droid in half.
- Super Droid: Target located.
The B2-Battle Droid that saw Kyouko noticed his partner being killed and tried to shoot down Gwen but she simply powered-up and focused all her energy in her sword. She then swung her sword towards the droid and created a wave of energy in the midair that cut the droid in two.
- Kyouko: Gwen?
Kyouko slowly recovered her vision and voice after the two enemy droids were destroyed by Gwen.
She started to look around and saw half of a person that was fighting on distance. That person had a very white skin and long blonde hair... Even if Kyouko hadn't even seen her face, she immediately recognized her body structure and finally noticed that Sonia Nevermind was there, fighting Yuuki Terumi alongside Lucas Kellan.
Originally, Sonia only came to rescue Kyouko but she was too busy dealing with Yuuki to search for her. And also there was the fact that Kyouko was using her Demonic form of her AD weapon, so she was totally unrecognized by the blonde princess.
- Kyouko: Sonia...
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport Deck 4
- Yuuki: Huh?! If you think this snake can hold me forever you're mistaken!
The fight between Lucas, Sonia and Yuuki continued while other fights were already over. Now, they had Kyouko Kirigiri watching their fight on the distance.
Yuuki Terumi, who was inside of the Astral Snake's mouth that Sonia summoned, powered-up and used his own dark energy to destroy the snake from inside. The snake slowly screamed in pain as its body was melted in liquid meat.
Terumi then looked at his body and smiled in happiness, seeing that he was finally free from that disgusting creature.
- Yuuki: Now... Time to change... It's up to you now, Hazama.
Yuuki Terumi summoned a black hat in his right hand and put it in his head... And then, his green aura dissapeared and he returned to be a normal human.
Lucas and Sonia couldn't understand what happened but when Yuuki put that hat in his head, they immediately noticed that his aura changed... It was like another person was standing in front of them.
- Lucas: What happened? I cannot sense any power coming from them.
Lucas... After several minutes... Noticed he was alive. He remembered how that snake was eating Yuuki but he was not affected by that snake as well since their bodies were connected.
- Lucas: Wait a second! I'm alive!
Sonia then let out a sign and stared at Lucas like if he was some retard.
- Sonia: Are you dumb? Of course you're alive. The ability of that guy named Yuuki Terumi has two weaknesses. The first weakness is that only his victim and himself can hurt their bodies... For example, he can hurt you and himself but I cannot hurt you because my attack and my body are not connect with you two. And the second one is if we remove him from that magic circle that he draw on the floor, the affects of his ability will disappear.
Sonia learned many things about magic once she became the princess of Novosic Kingdom.
- Lucas: In other words, only him and me can hurt myself through his body?
Yuuki Terumi's ability is very dangerous but has too many flaws. If other people hurt him while he is using his Connection ability in another person, the effects of their attacks will not have the same effect in his victim.
- Sonia: Exactly... You noticed that your bodies were connected but not this?
Lucas then facepalm himself before they could change their attention to their opponent again... Like they imagined... It was a different person.
- Lucas: You're not Yuuki Terumi. Every energy user, no matter what type of energy, has an essence. The essence of the energy that Yuuki Terumi had was green and passed the sensation of darkness... But you're different; the sensation you're passing right now is fear.
The energy of a person is the essence of their soul that represents his or her quality, so for a person like Yuuki Terumi who is an insane man who loves killing must be a negative quality...
- Yuu-zama: Greetings... Ahhh... It seems that Terumi did a mess over here. That clown, he left me on the middle of this magic circle to continue his dirty work.
- Sonia: It's just like I thought. They have SPLIT PERSONALITY. Yuuki Terumi is the personality that we were fighting a few seconds ago... But this man... I think Terumi called him as Hazama.
Hazama removed his hat and bowed before Sonia... Just by watching this act of respect, Sonia and Lucas immediately noticed how different Yuuki and Hazama are.
- Hazama: Yes, my name is Hazama. The Informant of Unit-CM 130.
Sonia had no patient to listen more words coming from that man from the same body...
- Sonia: Good... But I don't have time to waste with you. I have an important person to find.
Sonia summoned that Green Astral Snake again. Hazama was tied up by the snake just like Terumi was a few minutes ago.
- Hazama: Ara, Ara (Oh my, oh my).
Sonia then stared at Lucas with a serious expression.
- Sonia: Do you remember what I told you, right?! One of his weakness is: if we remove him from that magic circle on the ground, you can kill him without killing yourself!
Lucas was impressed with Sonia... Such young woman showing her knowledge about the enemy's techniques as if she were seeing through him.
Lucas then prepared to attack and focused all his energy in his sword.
- Lucas: You can count with it!
Part 9 - Lost Dreams[]
KnightWalker Airport
Deck 1
9 minute later
- Heis: Everything will be stained in black!
Despite the JGSDF was about to lose the battle thanks to strength of the enemy, the evil Black Army made of Black Demons continued wrecking havoc the airport with a powerful might; their numbers were just too impossible to overthrow. At that point, the National Defense and Global Pact Defense were being called to the airport to deal with the threat once they notice the Black Army was there.
Now, that battle was just beyond the power of humans and not even mankind's more powerful weapons; Nuclear Bomb, can deal with them: Black Demons and Mercenaries, for their power level is far beyond human's knowledge.
The insane laugh of Heis echoed through the airport as the battle was coming to end with the droids killing the last Japanese soldiers and Katarina fighting her archenemy and most evil enemy, the Fallen's Essence.
- Katarina: You trained for months but you still can't touch a girl?! You should have stayed behind the shadows, watching the battle you manipulated just like that time in Aldegyr Kingdom! You're a coward and only knows how to use people to do your bidding! You're a trash!
The Fallen's Essence then shot several laser beams at Katarina and teleported behind her before she could dodge them.
- The Fallen: [Idiot! Those were just illusions!]
The Fallen then brought his scythe towards Katarina's head and cut her right arm off and proceeded to kick her in the back, bringing her body to the floor and creating a huge crater in the middle.
- Katarina: ........
Without warning, the arm that was cut off from Katarina's body vanished in darkness and appeared back in wound where it was cut off.
- The Fallen: [This ability is not Regeneration... I knew it! You're an ExKrieg! Regeneration is ability that many races through the universe can use! But all of them suffers from using this! Yet, you can regenerate your lost limbs and wounds like if it was nothing! Your energy is just too powerful!]
The Fallen's Essence then smiled maliciously, he was getting more interested in Katarina's body and even thought about possessing it. Before Katarina could stood up, he jumped up and on the midair and prepared a huge ball of energy made of fire that had the size of a bus and threw it at where Katarina was lying.
- Katarina: This is bad!
Katarina then teleported far away from the energy ball only to be received by the Fallen's fist in her face all of a sudden. This time, she was sent very far away but she kept her feets on the ground and used her nails to stop sliding across the floor.
- The Fallen: [Tell me, Katarina... What are the most important things in your life?]
Without thinking twice, Katarina answered.
- Katarina: Family!
But then, the Fallen's Essence shook his head in disappointment.
- The Fallen: [No, it's not. Be honest, Katarina Couteau. It's the 10 seconds between starting and finishing when you're not thinking in anything. No family, no responsibilities... Just you. Being free. I've to tell you: this whole nonsense of saving the world that Kotori Itsuka put on you and all things you have been doing to save the world recently... It's not you. You're a killer. You're a woman who lives fighting and see the suffering from your opponents. You live for fighting to find a reason to live on the middle of the battle. Be who you are. Be free. Do what you want to do. Why live like a dog swinging your tail behind Kotori Itsuka when you can get out from your cage and live your whole life on your own path without anyone saying you what to do?]
The Fallen raised his hand and tried to bring her to his side.
- The Fallen: [Join me, Katarina. Together, we can create a world where we can be free. Out of our duty of serving our leaders. We can create a world according to our image. Our desires. Without rules, laws or strings to control us. You're a fighter with thirst for blood and I'm a conqueror of worlds who unleash the most dark creatures living inside of humans. Think about it: we mate and our desires are similar; we want a world where we can do whatever we want.]
Katarina's eyes widened in shock... She felt her hands were losing strength and her mind went blank.
- Katarina: I... I...
The Fallen then let out an evil grin... Actually, he was surprise that Katarina was letting her most deep secrets take over her mind.
- The Fallen: [See? You're just forcing yourself to fight me. You know I can turn you to what you were before you met La Folia Rihavein... Or better, Imperia Deamonne. At that time, you were a woman who went to all places you wanted. But then La Folia entered in your life and your heart was cleaned by stupid things like "love" and "kindness".]
The Fallen said those words "love" and "kindness" with pure disgust.
- Katarina: Tsk!
Katarina felt like if her body was being controlled by someone... Her evil desires were speaking louder than reason and her logical thinking.
Suddenly, Unit-CM 130 appeared behind the Fallen and stared at Katarina fighting to recover her mind.
- CM: According to my data, she has two personalities inside of her. She has two types of energy but still the same energy at the same time... One of her energy is a light red energy while the another one is dark bloody red. That means she has a personality that is caring and kind while the another one is a cruel and cold personality. She's fighting over her cruel personality to take control of her body. Amazing... To think that two personalities have different energies but are the same person...
The Fallen's Essence then looked at CM, he was interested in his words.
- The Fallen: [You're saying that she has two personalities because she has TWO types of energies inside of her?]
CM's eyes went red and analyzed her one more time.
- CM: This is a rare thing that happens only to one child between 600,000,000 children. Normally, this can be named as Personality Disorder. But... In her case, it's different. She has two types of different energies inside of her, that means her parents were ALIENS of DIFFERENT RACES with an incredible power level, their energy were so high that each energy occupied a part inside of her brain. Normal living beings are born with just one personality but people with two generic powers that came from their generic roots are natural... If two people from the same race with generic powers have a children, she will have just one personality... But people from different races with generic powers will give birth to a child with two people inside of one body.
The Fallen quickly swung his head at Katarina in shock, it was first time he listened to such thing. Despite he has the knowledge of the person who created him, he still was not aware of such a terrible thing.
- The Fallen: [CM... As you know, that girl has an energy that makes us, Abyssals, lose the control of our mind and power... But at the same time, she has an energy that is similar to us. And her red hair combined with her dreadful energy means just one thing...]
- CM: The ExKriegs. I know that. You said that she was an ExKrieg when you told me about this girl known as Katarina Couteau? Could it be that she is an ExKrieg-Abyssal? Her parents were an Abyssal and ExKrieg? But this is impossible. According to her age, she must be 19 or 18 years. If my calculations are right...
The Fallen already knew what happened 19 years ago.
- The Fallen: [19 years ago, it was around the time the ExKriegs were wiped out by the forces of DEM Empire... But how...? Abyssals were the ones killing the ExKriegs.]
Almost 19 years ago, the Abyssals destroyed all ExKriegs so it's impossible to think that an Abyssal and ExKrieg engaged in a relationship.
- CM: I can only think that she is fruit of a rape-action. Abyssals were stronger than ExKriegs so it's impossible to think the ExKrieg was the one who forced the Abyssal in a se---!
The Fallen then powered up, interrupting CM.
- The Fallen: [WHO CARES IF SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF A RAPIST ABYSSAL AND AN EXKRIEG?! SHE IS A THREAT TO US! YOU, INCLUDED! SHE IS A POWERFUL BEING AND MUST BE ON OUR SIDE!]
Katarina then recovered her senses once the Fallen powered-up and shook the earth like an earthquake. The Fallen's Essence decided it was time to retreat and sent a small fraction of his power to where Heis and Imperia were fighting. That fraction of his energy works as his clone.
- CM: I agree. It's time to go.
Meanwhile at the Deck 3 of the Airport
- Vergil: It's time to go... Huh?
The words of CM echoed inside of the minds of all mercenaries fighting at the airport. All mercenaries had chips installed inside of their brains that works as telepathic radio.
This telepathic radio is activated when CM contacts all his troops at once using his system of communication located inside of his head as well.
Vergil, who was fighting Mana, received the message of CM and intended to end that fight that took all night. In the end, Mana and Vergil could barely touch each other and both were without injuries.
- Mana: It seems we're equal. Our power levels are on the same.
But then, Vergil laughed at the sky as he put his sword back on the sheath.
- Vergil: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! WE ARE EQUALS? YOU MUST BE JOKING!
Vergil, actually...
- Vergil: You're really a child. You see, as you know CM and that guy called the Fallen's Essence, have some business in this small rock you call Earth. So he ordered us to use only 10% of our power in order to NOT DESTROY IT.
Mana already knew that... She fought other mercenaries from CM in other universes. She just confused if Vergil was one of those mercenaries that are have normal power levels around 500,000 or a destroyer of worlds with power levels around 4,000,000,000.
- Mana: Hehehe... I knew it... You were holding yourself.
Mana forced a smile of defeat and started to tremble in fear but seconds later she managed to hide her fear.
- Mana: Yet, I cannot let you leave this place alive! I---!
Mana stopped her words when she felt her body being pierced by several small things on the size of pocket knives. Her chest, her stomach, her legs, her arms, her shoulders, her feet... For being an expert in battle, she noticed that all the parts that were pierced were vital points of the human body.
- Mana: Wha...
Vergil then turned back as Mana slowly fell to the floor, without moving one finger. Her body was paralysed.
- Vergil: I just used 20% of my power against for you for at least 1 second. I increased my power so fast that your senses could not even sense it. My Energy Swords preferred your vital points and veins of movements that connect your moves to your brain. You'll not die if you go to a hospital immediately. My work here is done. When CM ordered us to go, I just thought about finishing this joke. You, Ratatoskr, are not that powerful like that Fallen's Essence told.
Vergil then left, leaving Mana on the ground in defeat and humiliation
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport Deck 5
While Vergil had just finished with Mana, Azul, who still in her Demonic Form 1 was engaging Reaper in a deadly battle where her fists can end the life of any living being on Earth with just one punch. Even Reaper, who had a power level around 3,000,000,000 knew that Azul could cause a severe damage in his body if he did not increase his power to a higher level.
- Azul: I DON'T HAVE BUSINESS WITH YOU! I HAVE TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THAT ARROGANT WHITE-HAIRED AND THAT BUTTHEAD WITH GREEN HAIR!
Azul was never interested in Reaper, she was only interested in Vergil and Yuuki Terumi, the two men who killed her soulmate, Revy. Azul always considered Revy to be her clone because she was just like her and they could understand the feelings of each other, be they in casual place or on the battlefield.
- Reaper: You have my apologies for taking your time, but I cannot let you lay our hands on them. But sadly, I had just received orders from my superior to go. Our fights shall end now and there is no one to save you! You're cruel, I can see it inside of you! So why you fight to protect this world?
- Azul: Only I can help myself, and in the future, I can make up for all my misfortunes and change the world into a place where there's no irrational discrimination and that's why there's no way in hell that I can die here!! Not until I avenge Revy!
Azul, who was now fighting inside of the deck 5 of the airport's building, destroyed countless seats and threw them at Reaper expecting him to get distracted by the seats.
- Reaper: This is the best you can do? That girl with red hair who just arrived in this airport has two types of energy inside of her body. She is more interesting. I plan to finish you now and go to her.
Azul knew he was talking about Katarina and had no intentions to let him go.
- Azul: You just gave me one more reason to beat your face! I'll not let you go to where she is!
Azul clenched her fists and was planning to transform into her true Demonic form to finish Reaper. Despite that, she was not aware that he was holding his true power as well.
- Azul: YOU WANT TO SEE MY TRUE FORM! VE---!
Before Azul could even power-up and finish her battle words, something huge came from the sky and preferred her chest, it was screw, a huge screw.
- Azul: N-No way...!
Azul knew who threw that screw, after all, there is only one person in the entire world who can summon those screws.
- Reaper: This screw is not normal. It's made of nano-machines. So that means this is the doing of a Cyborg from Earth.
Reaper looked behind him and saw a young man wearing black servant clothes. He had a pale skin and lifeless black eyes, for the lack of words, dead eyes.
- Azul: Misogi Kumagawa...
Azul said the name of the man who just threw that screw at her chest as she fell to the floor in her back, coughing blood. Azul tried to remove that screw from her chest and tried to regenerate using her Black Demon energy but that screw was filled with nano-machines that prevented Azul from using her powers.
- Misogi: Did you like it, Azul Jissele? It's the most new technology of KnightWalker Family! Eckidina KnightWalker ordered her scientist to create weapons that could be useful against you and the Black Demons that escaped from her grasp... If I remember their names are Haru Zageko, Revy... And you... Azul Jissele. Yo! It's been 3 years since we last met in Tokyo! I missed your face twisted in pain! I know this is not enough to kill so...
Misogi used telepathy to remove the screw from her chest and returned it back to his hands.
- Misogi: I'm just going to let you bleed here to death.
Azul tried to close her wound with her hands but the nano-machines inside of her body made her lose her consciouness.
- Reaper: Your damned earthling...
Reaper then shot at Misogi with his pistols but he dodged all bullets. Reaper was not even serious but if he wanted, he could reduce Misogi and Azul at the same time like bugs.
- Misogi: I helped you, Mercenary. Don't you think this is too rude for a "thanks"? Also, I was the one who brought your ship to remove your forces from Tenguu City.
Misogi smiled sarcastically at Reaper as the mercenary gave up on the idea of killing him and put his pistols back in his belt.
- Reaper: I don't remember asking help from earthlings! Especially you, a dog from Eckidina KnightWalker. I hope one day Unit-CM 130 can turn his back on you so we can blow up your annoying mouths.
Reaper looked up and saw a huge black ship approaching the airport, it was the main ship of Manufacturing Progressive Sciences that CM built years prior his death... That ship can called as the main transport of CM.
- Reaper: I do not recall when that ship was summoned to this world. But very well...
Reaper then left Azul on the floor bleeding to death, he was going to where CM and the Fallen's Essence was to regroup. The ship of CM had a abduction beam and so it can teleport any person to its insides if the beam hit the person.
Misogi Kumagawa had no plans in staying there and followed Reaper.
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport Deck 6
Like all mercenaries, Nnoitra Jiruga, received the direct orders from CM and had no intention of extend his boring fight with Tomas.
- Nnoitra: Looks like it's time to finish this! My boss ordered me to leave now! I ws expecting to see strong opponents in this planet but I just found weaklings! What a waste of time! I waited 18 years to receive a mission to kill a powerful enemy like a God or Devil but I just got a mission to kill stupid greedy humans from this planet!
Nnoitra spat of the floor.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- Tomas: What the hell is that?!
Tomas heard something very loud coming from the sky. Just then, he saw a huge space ship coming out from the clouds, it was the biggest ship he saw in his entire life, it had almost the size of Mount Everest.
- Nnoitra: Our transport is here. I missed that ship.
Like Reaper, it's been decades since Nnoitra saw that ship. And like all the others, he don't recall when CM summoned that ship.
- Nnoitra: Sorry young man, it's time to leave.
Nnoitra then let out an evil grin and stared at Tomas with a death glare, he was about to do something terrible.
- Tomas: Don't tell me you...!
Tomas was brutally interrupted when he felt the blade of his sword piercing his chest. In a quick move, Nnoitra teleported himself in front of his enemy and in the speed of light, removed Tomas' weapon from his hands and used his own weapon to kill him.
- Tomas: ARGH!
Tomas slowly looked at his chest and saw that his sword was now crossing his body without explanation. In a blink of an eye, his sword just appeared there, Nnoitra did that so fast that not even the powerful Tomas could saw his move.
- Nnoitra: In the end, I just used 5% against you. I have my own reason to not use my 100% against... Actually, CM was the one who told me to never use the 100% of my power.
Nnoitra continued speaking as Tomas fell on his knees holding his own blade.
- Nnoitra: See ya!
Like a normal friend leaving the house of his friend, Nnoitra left with a dirty smile, walking through the dead bodies of countless soldiers.
- Nnoitra: Ah...
Out of blue, Nnoitra stopped his way to the other deck of the airport and looked back at Tomas, who was still trying to fight but had no more forces to do so.
- Nnoitra: I don't know who you're... Or WHAT you're, but when I pierced your body, I sensed a very demonic and diabolical energy coming from your heart. The only reason why you're alive, is because I got scared and I accidentally missed your heart thanks to this "demonic" energy. You're a very strange man, you have the most demonic and dark soul I've saw in my whole life... Worse--You're a human. Why a human holds this kind of energy that only Devils and Demons from Triggers Hell can have?
"Triggers Hell"... Such word sounded very strange to Tomas as he never heard that word before.
- Tomas: W-What you're talking about?
Nnoitra smiled at Tomas with a wicked grin.
- Nnoitra: Oh! I remember now! The people from Earth have no access to this kind of information! You were never attacked by the Dark Empires, instead, you're being used by them! Humans from this planet are so foolish... There is a war between three alien empires in this planet but you never noticed that. Humans are so stupid that they're being used by them as weapons.
Nnoitra's words left Tomas too confused... Triggers Hell, demonic energy, dark empires, aliens, war... That was too confusing for him. In an act of quitting, Tomas fell to the floor with pale skin as he saw the feet of Nnoitra walking away.
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport Deck 9
- Heis: Everything will be stained in black!
With the death of JGSDF forces, all Black Deons around the airport were summoned by Heis again to fight against their main target, Imperia Deamonne.
Imperia used her own energy in form of blades to continue slashing the enemy forces, cutting them in pieces like stew.
Around Imperia, a dark purple energy surrounded in form of blades, running like a motor of a boat.
- Heis: Your plans were ruined, Imperia Deamonne!
Heis summoned more 300 Black Demons around her only to see Imperia sharp her eyes with a tone of boredom. In the few mouths, Imperia managed to control her powers without difficulty... Now, those Black Demons were not a problem for her anymore... Likewise all droids from Manufacturing Progressive Sciences.
If there was someone to point his or her finger at the most powerful female fighter on that airport, this person would indeed points his or her finger at Imperia.
Heis summoned more minions, this time, two golems made of magic.
- Imperia: I hear a lot of talking, Heis! But in the final on the counting, where is the all talking will get you?! A futile quest for power? A mutilated body? Your place as the Fallen's scrap girl?!
Heis then pointed at Imperia with her fingers and all golems attacked her at the same time. Yet, the golems had just size, they were slower than Black Demons so it was easy to Imperia jump far away from their fists.
- Heis: I'm no a scrap girl! I'm not playing in this war for Fallen's politics and ideologies! I'm the Goddess of the most powerful and biggest demon army that this world has ever seen!
Imperia dodged the fist of one of the golems and cut its head with her bare hands, punching its nose and destroying its head like Styrofoam.
Imperia then wasted no time and jumped on the head of the other golem and prepared a dark red energy ball, smashing its to the head of the golem and exploding it like fireworks. The Black Demons that were on the ground were smashed by the body of the deceased golem.
Imperia then landed on the back of the destroyed golem as more 5,000 Black Demons surrounded her.
- Imperia: An army with no loyalty! No spirit! Just thirst for blood! Why do you want so much power?! What you'll gain with it?! You'll just burn yourself with so much demonic power! Firstly, you wanted to be an Angel of you God! Now, you want to be a Goddess yourself! Your power over the Black Book you carry with you left you even more insane!
Imperia and Heis looked at the Black Book that Heis is always carrying in her arms; the book that can summon the Black Demons.
- Heis: What I'll gain? What a idiot question! Sister! I told you this many times back there in Aldegyr Kingdom! I'll gain a future! A future without humans in this planet! My plan never changed! I'll kill every single disgusting human in this planet! Innocent or not, they committed the sin of acquire too much intelligence and their IQ removed themselves from the God's arms! Now, they believe only in themselves!
From Heis' feet, a dark shadow spread out across the ground, a shadow with almost 50 meters of distance. From her shadow, more Black Demons left, this time, they were skeletons with black armor.
- Heis: These guys are warriors from the Middle Ages! You can find their bones everywhere across Europe! Of course I can! Humans always waged wars throughout their history!
More than 900 skeletons surrounded Imperia alongside 5,000 Black Demons.
- Heis: The history of Imperia Deamonne ends here!
Heis looked at Imperia being surrounded by thousands of demons with pleasure. Imperia looked around with difficulty as she started to sweat. Even if she can kill them all, she will consume too energy, leaving her without forces to fight Heis.
But suddenly, the Fallen's Essence teleported behind Heis and held her shoulder.
- Imperia: The Fallen!
Imperia noticed that he was Fallen's Essence just by sensing his disgusting energy.
- The Fallen: [Oh! La Folia Rihavein! I mean, Imperia Deamonne! I see that you're doing well... Saddly, I don't have time to talk with my DAUGHTER for I have things to do.]
Imperia clenched her fists so strong that her nails cut through her meat and her palms started to bleed.
- Imperia: DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME AS "DAUGHTER"!
Heis stared at Imperia with a poker face.
- Heis: This is not the way you should speak with your future king, sister. Master will conquer this world one day.
The Fallen looked at Heis with a sadistic grin.
- The Fallen: [Do not worry, Heis... This woman will be punished when the Apocalypse fell upon her head and her sinner friends! Speaking of which, it's time to go. The ship of CM is here and we are done here. Unit-CM 130 got what he wanted here...]
Heis already knew what he meant and decided to remove all Black Demons from the battlefield. One by one, the Black Demons vanished in blackness, laving only fragments of some black liquid on the ground.
As the Black Demons disappeared, their red glowed red at Imperia... Like if they were trying to say something to her.
- Imperia: So you're going to run away again like that time? You'll go away like a bunch of pussies?
For the first time, Imperia said something very obscene. But that was normal, because that was the second time that her enemies ran away with their tails between their legs.
- Heis: You little...
The Fallen's Essence again stopped Heis from doing something reckless.
- The Fallen: [Let her be. You can get revenge another day... One day everything will came to an end... Her life will end too. Let's go.]
The Fallen then turned his back to Heis and Imperia and teleported away in a dark aura. Heis bit her lips.
- Heis: I'll let you go for now. The next time we meet will be our last meeting, SISTER!
Heis opened a portal with her hand and entered on it, leaving Imperia alone on the deck. Only the dead bodies of the soldiers and droids were left. Even the bodies of the Black Demons disappeared once the Black Demons were removed from the battlefield by Heis.
- Imperia: I'll end your life next time we meet... Sister.
Imperia looked round the battlefield only to see more death and destruction.
Part 10 - God is Dead[]
Fraxinus
Bridge
4 minutes later
- Daniel: I think it's time to end this conversation... Shall we, Kyouhei Kannazuki?
Back at Fraxinus, the ship continued to be attacked by the forces of KnightWalker Family. The KnightWalkers had enough fire power to take down that ship but they refused to do so because Fraxinus was carrying two important figures who are Kotori Itsuka, the Commander of Ratatoskr and Kyouhei Kannazuki, the Vice-Commander.
- Daniel: Before we kill you all, let me ask you... Kyouhei Kannazuki. I'll give you one last chance to join us again... Eckidina KnightWalker is willing to forgive your past mistakes if you reconsider your decision in staying with Ratatoskr.
Daniel lowered his gun and extended his arm to Kyouhei while smiling at the Commander with confidence. Miku Hatsune, the AI programming that was summoned by Kyouhei, watched the whole scene with sorrow.
- Miku: [Father! No!]
- Kyouhei: This is a nice offer...
At that point, everyone of the crew of Fraxinus thought Kyouhei was going to leave them and return to KnightWalker Family.
- Kotori: Kyouhei!
- Shiizaki: Vice-Commander! Think in what you're doing!
Kyouhei closed his eyes and sighed. The soldiers of KnightWalker Family were looking at each other but they knew exactly what they were going to do if Kyouhei refused Daniel's proposal; kill him.
- Daniel: So?
Daniel was tired of waiting, he's not a man who likes to repeat himself twice.
- Kyouhei: Mr. Daniel and everyone... When I was a little boy 25 years ago, I was separate of my older brother... He was my guardian and my hero. He saved my ass many times and we survived on the world with his skills... But one day, we joined a cult and a monster in female skin took me away from his and left me to death. I joined KnightWalker Family to find informations about my brother but instead, I was forced to watch Eckidina killing millions of innocent people and working in missions of genocide... Sorry, Mr. Daniel... But the KnightWalker Family had its chance and I'm not going back. This ship is my new home... These people are my new family... And I love this place... I don't feel like this since I left Killer Frost 3 years ago.
Kotori was surprised to see that Kyouhei cared to much about them... But that don't changed the fact that there were two enemies aiming their guns at her head.
- Kotori: This is not the right time... Kyouhei...
Kyouhei blushed, embarrassed with himself.
- Kyouhei: Commander! I'm trying to be dramatic here!
Despite the KnightWalkers were using helmets, Kyouhei could clearly that they were making awkward faces.
- Kyouhei: This is it... Daniel... I'll not go anywhere until I find my brother and get my revenge on that bitch who took my family away from me.
Kyouhei let out a prideful smile as Daniel clenches his fists... He was red like a volcano about to explode.
- Kawagoe: As expected of Vice-Commander... Outraging the enemy with soft words of his sad background.
Despite Kawagoe and Kotori were acting sarcastically, they were deeply shocked by the history of Kyouhei since he never told his story before.
- Daniel: So be it.
Daniel pulled the lock of his pistol and aimed at the head of Kyouhei. The KnightWalkers under the command of Daniel did the same thing after they recovered their senses... That dramatic climate that Kyouhei created actually did effect on the enemy for a short period of time.
- Kotori: Any last plans?
The KnightWalker Captain behind Daniel approached his superior and asked.
- KnightWalker Captain: Are you sure about it, sir?
Daniel just nodded.
- Daniel: Yes... Dead or alive, Eckidina will pay us the same amount... The transformation of Cyborgs and the huge amount of money will let us rich for our whole lives. Kill them...
- Kyouhei: Are you sure? I think Eckidina will spent a night with you if you bring me ba---!
Kyouhei was obviously calling Eckidina a bitch indirectly again and that just made Daniel even more furious.
Daniel then slapped Kyouhei with his pistol and threw him on the floor with blood leaving from his mouth. The vice-commander started to cough.
- Daniel: Funny until the end, huh?
Kyouhei, however, let out a grin as a response.
- Kyouhei: So, Atala... For how long you'll wait until I get my ass kicked off?
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The reason why Kyouhei was so confident was because Atala Arck was hiding behind the door on the other side of the room. Of course, she is not the type of person who join the show without an epic entrance and waited for the moment when Daniel was about to kill everyone. Kyouhei already knew about that and decided to create a distraction using his back story as a decoy to leave the enemy forces distracted.
The KnightWalkers then looked at the door and saw Atala before their vision were divided in two... Their right eye went upside down and their left eye went up. The fact is that Atala cut their bodies in half and their bodies slowly fell in different positions. Atala proceeded to do the same to all KnightWalkers aiming their guns at the crew who could barely see what just happened. With a quick slash, her shining blade cut off their arms as they fell to the ground like puppets.
- Daniel: WAIT!
In a matter of 4 seconds, every single KnightWalker was dead, leaving only Daniel on the middle of the dead bodies of his deceased underlings. Daniel dropped his gun in fear and tried to beg for mercy before Atala could quickly swing her sword at his neck and cut off his head. Daniel's body stood on the same place where he was before having his head cut off for 5 seconds and then fell to the floor.
- Reine: Well, this is shocking.
Reine and all members of the crew were never in a battlefield before so watching more than 30 KnightWalkers having their bodies cut in pieces in 4 seconds was the most disgusting and gore scene that they have saw in their whole lives.
- Shiizaki: I think I'm going to the bathroom!
Shiizaki, who had blood all over her uniform, jumped off from her seat and ran towards the bathroom behind the bridge. Kawagoe and Mikimoto followed her towards the bathroom whole holding their mouths to hold their vomit.
- Miku: [This is terrible...]
Miku watched the whole massacre with her very own eyes but since she was an AI, she didn't feel disgust or nausea. Kotori, however, was used to see carnage because of her dark background.
- Kotori: Nice work, Atala! You saved our lives there! Thanks! But don't tell me you waited the right hour to come in this room to kill them all just to make a great introduction...
Atala then made her sword vanish in a blue light and stared at Kotori.
- Atala: Imagine! It was just a coincidence!
Of course, everyone who were in that bridge knew that was a lie.
- Reine: Please, try to be more normal next time...
Reine tried to avoid looking at the dead bodies.
- Nakatsugawa: The forces of KnightWalker Family continue to invade our ship! Even if Daniel, who was in charge of this operation is dead, there is no proof they'll just leave like that! We must take down that ship from here!
Miku Hatsune, who was on the monitor, showed the image of the ship attacking them.
- Miku: [As long that ships stays there, they'll just keep coming in. If we take them down, there is no doubt the enemy forces inside of the space ship will be forced to retreat!]
Everyone stared at the monitor as Atala slowly left the bridge.
- Atala: Good luck with that! I'll kill every single invader inside of this ship!
Atala then left while waving her hand. Kotori assumed her position as commander and prepared to order her subordinates.
- Kotori: Battle positions! Atala will take care of the invaders! Kyouhei, go to Channel Room and repair our power cells! Reine, active the Ascraft Beta shield! We're going to engage the enemy ship and end this invasion! They'll regret for killing many of our friends!
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport Deck 4
With the head of the invasion to Fraxinus dead, Atala proceeded to destroy their remnants troops. From the natural perspective, the Fallen's Essence's plan to destroy Fraxinus failed because he never was expecting strong enemies like Atala to be inside...
Meanwhile in the airport, the last remnants of JGSDF were forced to retreat but the droids of MPS did not let them escape and followed them, bringing at least 576 soldiers and 1,320 to the streets, where they continued to fight but this time the Police and SWAT teams joined the fight.
With the end of the battle on the airport, the mercenaries started to regroup and waited for orders from their boss, Unit-CM 130, who was watching the battle between Katarina and the Fallen. Now, there were only three battles happening on the airport:
- Shigure Vs. MPS droids
- Sonia & Lucas Vs. Hazama (Yuuki Terumi)
- Katarina Vs. The Fallen's Essence
Shigure, however, was about to kill the last 40 droids in front of her while Sonia and Lucas were having difficulty to defeat Hazama, who was resisting Sonia's Astral Snake.
- Sonia: Almost there!
With a loud yell, Sonia was losing stamina after trying to remove Hazama from the magic circle he draw on the ground that was connecting his body with Lucas.
- Lucas: I'm ready when you say!
Lucas had already powered-up and was waiting for Sonia remove Hazama from the magic circle using her Astral Snake. Hazama still fighting to leave from the grasp of the snake and considering his power, Sonia never felt so tired in her entire life; she was using too much power of her Magi-Tech Bracelet.
- Hazama: USELESS!!!!
Hazama then opened his arms and cut the Astral Snake in two pieces using his combat knives but snake quickly regenerated and return to tie Hazama up.
- Hazama: DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! FOR HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TO CUT THIS PIECE OF TRASH! DON'T JOKE WITH ME!
Even Hazama, who is suppose to be the most cool and calm version of Yuuki Terumi was getting enraged after being tied up by that snake no matter how many times he cut it up.
Lucas saw the snake was pushing Terumi out of the magic circle using telekinesis and prepared to cut his head off with his sword once he leave the magic circle.
Vergil, the partner of Yuuki Terumi, was just passing by and saw what was happening to his partner.
- Vergil: How are you feeling, Hazama? You said that you didn't need help before we arrive but now you're being defeated by two earthlings... You shame our name, Hazama and Terumi.
With his injured leg, Lucas slowly walked towards Hazama... His right leg was totally burned by his previous attack. Despite he used Regeneration to recover himself from the attack that he used against Terumi, some of his injuries were not healed by his Regeneration.
- Sonia: I'm on my limit!
Sonia finally managed to remove Hazama from the magic circle using her Astral Snake. She then fell to her knees, tired of using that ability. Her bones were weak and her vision was getting blurry.
- Hazama: HEY, VERGIL! HELP ME!
Hazama started to cry for help as the snake continued to hold its grip against Hazama, who had no more strength to cut it.
- Vergil: .........
- Hazama: VERGIL! HELP ME ALREADY!
Lucas continued walking towards Hazama and prepared his muscle to cut his head off with all his strength.
- Lucas: Good job, Sonia Nevermind!
Hazama's eyes were full of blood veins as the reflex of Lucas swinging his sword appeared on his yellow eyes. With all his strength and speed, Lucas swung his sword that was filled with his energy to make a fatal attack, at Hazama's neck, cutting off his head. The Astral Snake was cut off on the process as well but it soon vanished once Hazama's head went flying like a soccer ball.
- Vergil: And that's why I told to not play with your enemies... Many times...
Vergil closed his eyes and sighed.
The head of Hazama landed on the floor and gushed liters of blood. Soon, his body slowly lost control and fell to the floor in his back.
- Sonia: It's done...
For the first time in his life, Hazama and Yuuki Terumi were defeated... And Sonia and Lucas didn't put a real fight... He just lost because he was playing with his enemies.
- Lucas: You talk too much, Hazama and Terumi. You should have killed me instead of wasting your time using your body to hurt me.
Lucas, however, was not done. He knew that Terumi and Hazama were immortal and confirm they were dead, he proceeded to use his sword to stab him in the heart, opening his body in a extremely brutal form.
- Vergil: You're so brutal.
Vergil continued staring at Lucas and Sonia before turning his sight to Hazama's body that was trembling on the floor like if he was having a compulsion while spouting blood on the ground.
- Sonia: It seems his immortality is not so dangerous. If we cut his limbs off, he will not be able to regenerate... And once his brain is not sending commands to his body, his immortality becomes useless.
Sonia smiled towards Lucas and wiped a drop of blood from her mouth.
The Astral Snake magi-tech is a low-level magi-tech but Sonia herself is not a magician and people who use such without having training or domain over Magi-Tech are fated to die if they use spells for too long. The reason why Sonia was coughing blood was because she used the Astral Snake for too long.
Vergil was now serious about his current situation. He knew that Terumi and Hazama were just playing but after sensing Lucas' power level, he noticed he was not normal. He had the power level around 2,000,000... Compared when he fighting his former teacher, the Mercenary Tao, in Aldegyr Kingdom 3 months ago, his power level was around 500,000... Lucas trained until the limits of his body in the last few months after his battle with Heis and kept it a secret from everybody.
- Lucas: Yes... You're right about his Magic Circle as well... How did you know that?
Sonia stood up and stared at Hazama's body.
- Sonia: I traveled to other timelines and fought a similar enemy... Actually, these guys are very different in terms of power but after my fight with that person, I decided to study all types of magic to learn about their weakness... There is no magic in this world that is completely powerful... All spells have a weakness.
Lucas and Sonia changed their attention to Vergil, was standing between thousands of dead bodies of the people who died at the battle of the airport.
".........................................................................."
- Vergil: If you wanted help, you should have asked it sooner.
- Hazama & Yuuki: SHUT UP, VERGIL!! YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE!!
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Never in Sonia's life she felt such shock... The shock of seeing a green shadow stood on Hazama's dead body. With widen eyes, Lucas slowly turned his head as he started to sweat uncontrollably.
- Lucas: This is...
- Sonia: Impossible...
Sonia and Lucas gave several steps backwards to stay away from that green-like ghost. That shadow had the same voice of Terumi and Hazama... Actually, it was speaking with the voices of both.
- Vergil: You're the one who said to me many times in the past to stay away from your little fights... Even after losing your head and body, you think you're in conditions to yell at me like that?
Vergil was not surprised like Lucas and Sonia. Actually, he was expecting for that. That ghost was the soul of Yuuki and Hazama that were together and had own free will to leave their bodies.
"!!!!!!!!"
The ghost of Yuuki and Hazama looked at their dead body on the floor and then laughed.
- Hazama & Yuuki: H-hahahahaha! W-Well, it's true I said that but I was not messing with you! So... P-Pleeeeaaaasseee, help me return to my body! It's disgusting t---!
Vergil then charged at Sonia and Lucas who next to their body and sent his fists at Lucas' belly that sent him flying away and hit a plane... He then turned his attention to Sonia and sent a kick in her face, sending her body at a destroyed tank.
- Vergil: I'll help you just this time.
Vergil then grabbed the neck of the soul of Yuuki and Hazama and used his energy to regenerate their decapitated body. After healing their body, he threw their soul inside of Lucas' sword that still in their chest. Vergil then removed the sword and Hazama slowly started to stood up from the ground with a smile.
- Hazama: Ahh... Good to be back to my physical body.
Hazama then snapped his fingers and spine as Sonia and Lucas watched it in horror.
- Hazama: My muscles are back again.
- Vergil: Don't move like that yet... Or your head will fall again. Look, I'm tired of your Ritual. You said you needed help so I'm going to finish what you started. I'll take care of that man named Lucas... Get your revenge on that blonde girl... And don't waste time, we received orders to regroup. From what I know, we're the last men to regroup.
Vergil then walked towards where Lucas was.
- Hazama: I know...
Hazama then put his wicked eyes on Sonia trying to recover from the brutal attack of Vergil that broke at least two of her ribs.
- Sonia: Ahhhh!
No matter how much Sonia hold the pain, that was one of the worst physical pain that she felt in her life.
- Sonia: M-Maybe this is my punishment...
- Lucas: SONIA NEVERMIND!
Lucas quickly stood up and tried to stop Hazama from approaching her with his bare fists.
- Lucas: Tornado!
With a quick move, Lucas tried to summon a tornado between Sonia and Hazama but then Vergil teleported behind Lucas and sent another kick that threw him in another direction. This time he hit a truck full of air fuel. The impact was so brutal that he exploded at the exactly same time. There was no proof if Lucas was going to all right after this brutal move.
- Vergil: I'm your opponent!
Vergil then flew towards Lucas and sent another kick while he was on the middle of the flames of the explosion. Lucas was easily overpowered by Vergil. The power of Vergil was so high that Lucas' body was sent to the other side of the airport, he fell to the ground like meteorite.
- Hazama: So... Shall we finish this, Sonia Nevermind? To think you betrayed us... I heard that you're the woman who brought Unit-CM 130 back to life under the orders of the Fallen's Essece... I'm surprised to see that you betrayed us to stay alongside these worms.
Sonia lied on the floor and saw that her ribs were exposed...
- Sonia: No...
Hazama then proceeded to kick Sonia's exposed ribs with a sadistic grin.
- Sonia: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
The screams of pain of Sonia could be heard all across the airport. There was no single soul in that place that could not hear that terrible pain.
- Hazama: YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT! NOW SCREAM!
Hazama, this time, landed another brutal on Sonia's ribs. The vision of Sonia went blank for a second like a TV without signal. Before her eyes, she saw her old-self reading a book on the middle of nowhere...
- Sonia: (think): *What is happening...*
The image disappeared and revealed Hazama kicking her ribs again. At that time, she was not even feeling pain and the sounds of everything around her started to sound more deep.
The image of Sonia wearing the school uniform of Raizen High School reading a book appeared again and then the image vanished again, revealing the sadistic Hazama kicking her ribs.
- Sonia: (think): *Ahh... So this is my end... This is the feeling... But...*
Meanwhile...
50 meters away from there
Kyouko never felt such despair in her whole life... When the parents of Kyouko died, they died very far away from her... It was the first time that she was witnessing a loved one dying in front of her eyes.
- Kyouko: SONIA!! SONIA!!
The droids of MPS located Gwen and Kyouko watching the fight... Both of them were already exhausted after their long fight with the droids of MPS and the Black Demons from Heis' army. Gwen, however, still had force to fight back and used a pistol to shoot down some of the drones walking towards them.
- Gwen: They found us!
Gwen continued to shoot at the drones but there were at least 23 droids firing at them. She fired at them with all her bullets but once her weapon had no more bullets, she was forced to summon her AD weapon sword again... She charged at the enemy forces but she fell to the floor.
- Gwen: NO! NO! NOT NOW!
Gwen tried to stood up and used her sword to block all the lasers of the droids.
- Kyouko: I'M COMING, SONIA!
Kyouko tried to force her body to run but then she felt a heavy pain on her feet and was forced to fall like a puppet.
- Kyouko: PLEASE!
Kyouko removed her shoes and saw a fatal and terrible bruise in her joints. That injury was not caused by the droids but her own power that injured parts of her body without her knowledge.
- Kyouko: SONIA!
Kyouko then rolled her eyes balls back to where Hazama was torturing Sonia while Gwen protected Kyouko with her sword from the droids.
Meanwhile...
50 meters away from there
- Hazama: HAHAHAHAHA! There is no fun if you don't scream... I think you're no longer feeling pain.
Hazama noticed that she was not even moving a finger but she still breathing, meaning that she lost all her senses.
- Sonia (think): *It hurts... I cannot even feel my legs and arms now... But...*
Hazama then let out an evil grin and pulled out a knife from his pocket.
- Hazama: GET UP, BITCH!
Hazama brutally grabbed her blonde hair and slapped her several times before punching her in the stomach. Gwen and Kyouko could only watch in horror.
- Sonia: ........
Hazama then grabbed her neck but her head fell, hiding her face behind her hairs and used the knife to stab her in the stomach with brute strength. The whole blade was now inside of her body.
- Sonia (think): *But... Not yet...*
Hazama then removed the blade from her stomach and kicked her away. With the knife full of blood, Hazama walked towards the Magic Circle he draw minutes ago. Sonia, with an unknown determination, slowly stood up as Kyouko watched her body full of wounds raising from the floor like a zombie.
At that point, Kyouko was wishing for Sonia to stay on the ground before Hazama had any ideas.
- Hazama: Do you think death comes like this? So easily? Nah!
Hazama then started to drink the blood of Sonia on the blade as he was walking towards the magic circle. Sonia knew if he entered in the magic circle, it would be her end.
- Sonia: N-Not yet... I-I have power enough to keep my feet on the ground...
Sonia said as she holding her exposed ribs. She cleaned her face from the blood. Using the few energy that she had in Magi-Tech Bracelet, she healed the injury caused by Hazama's knife in her stomach.
- Sonia: Ah... Ah...
Sonia used the last energy inside of her Bracelet. Her exposed ribs were healed just a little bit but it still an ugly wound. She covered her ribs with her clothes and tried to ignore the pain.
- Sonia: NOT YET! DON'T LET ME DOWN NOW! I HAVE ANOTHER CARD IN MY SHEEVE!
Hazama was getting disgusted of Sonia's speech, mainly because she is just a girl and is acting like some kind of warrior... But she was not putting an act, it was just her might.
- Hazama: YOU TALK TOO MUCH, EARTHLING!
In fury, Hazama summoned a Snake Chain made of his dark energy and prepared to use his snakes to bite Sonia to death, injecting poison in her body.
- Sonia: YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TALK TOO MUCH HERE, IDIOT!
Hazama then fired the Snake Chain at Sonia, the snake opened its mouth full of green saliva with poisonous fangs.
- Hazama: DIE IN AGONY WITH MY POISON!
- Sonia: Atena!
Before the snake could reach Sonia, she pulled a small blue Magi-Tech stone from her pocket and cracked it with her hands, from the stone, an Astral Shield appeared in front of her and reflected the snake.
- Hazama: WHA---!
The snake was flying so fast that Hazama could not stop the snake from flying towards him.
- Sonia: Try getting bitten by your own snake!
The snake then flew towards Hazama in an amazing speed. Sonia's shield gave it more speed... And then, the snake's mouth increased as it opened, revealing the mouth of a giant anaconda. The stomach of Hazama was bitten by the snake.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone around the airport who were watching the battle between Hazama and Sonia were shocked when they saw that Hazama was deceived by such simple trick... Actually... That could not even be called as "battle" because Hazama and Terumi were not even using 3% of their power and were just playing with Sonia and Lucas all long.
The mercenaries of MPS that were familiar with Terumi ability grinned maliciously when they saw that Sonia did a mistake. Even Misogi Kumagawa who was beside Reaper smiled.
- Misogi: This is what happens when they give Magi-Tech powers to blonde girls.
Even Misogi was already familiar with the ability of Hazama and Terumi.
- CM: It looks like it's over...
CM then turned around and walked towards his minions waiting for him. In happiness, Sonia disabled the astral shield with a smile.
- Sonia: Ha! Don't think I'll fall in this cheap at--!
- Hazama: Fufufufu...
When Sonia noticed that Hazama was smiling like an insane man, she slowly looked at the ground below him...
- Kyouko: SONIA!
Hazama continued to laugh as the snake started to eat his stomach...
- Hazama: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
- Sonia: No...
Hazama looked at the sky feeling terrible pain of having his stomach being devoured by the anaconda.
- Hazama: Yeah hurts good doesn't it?!! Attacking the vitals is such a waste!! This pain, this is the best!! As the other dies, their agony radiates through my body!! And living through it feels even better!!
Sonia looked at his feet... And saw that he was inside of the Magic Circle...
- Sonia: No...
Sonia then felt a huge pain of several teeth piercing her stomach and saw that her belly was bleeding like a waterfall of blood... At the moment Hazama drank Sonia's blood, he changed his target and choose Sonia as his next victim in his insane ritual.
- Sonia: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
This time, her screams were louder and even called the attention of Katarina that was busy fighting the Fallens Essence in a battleground away from their location.
- Hazama: KYAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Meanwhile...
100 meters away from there
- Katarina: Sonia! What she is doing here?! UGH!
Katarina finally noticed Sonia on the battlefield on distance... But she noticed it too late... Because now she having her belly being open by Hazama's Astral Chain.
- The Fallen: [It seems my fight with you made you too distracted about your surroundings... I was already expecting to see Sonia here... Because of that annyoing bitch...]
The Fallen then looked at Kyouko Kirigiri being protected by Gwen on distance.
- Katarina: WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE?! THIS IS NOT A BATTLEFIELD FOR PEOPLE LIKE THEM!
Just now that Katarina also noticed that Kyouko was on the airport. Katarina bit her lips and tried to fly towards Sonia to save her but Unit-CM 130 teleported in front of her and prevented from charging forward.
- CM: I fear that they're not the matter here. Even if you save Sonia Nevermind, her injuries seems to be irreversible... The chances that you can save her life are 9 in 500,000%... There is no way you can save her from dying.
Katarina just answered CM with a punch in his stomach that sent him flying away but his heavy body quickly forced his way to the ground with no problem as Katarina continued to charge at Hazama.
- The Fallen: [Do you think I'll let you go?]
The Fallen then appeared above Katarina and grabbed her head and immediately brought her to the floor with all his strength, creating a crater where her head reached.
- The Fallen: [You have to care about yourself. Sonia Nevermind is your enemy... She is one of the people who are destroying this world... Let she receive her punishment.]
Part 11 - Last Breath (Final)[]
Meanwhile...
100 meters away from there
- Sonia: Ah... Ah...
Sonia's clothes melted as the poison of the anaconda, leaving her only pieces of torn clothes. The snake was eating Hazama's stomach so brutally that his organs started to fell from her belly... Unlike Hazama that was using regeneration to continue healing his injuries, Sonia had no such thing and her belly continued to be devoured.
- Hazama: SO GOOD!
Sonia tried to keep her organs inside but it was useless. Worse, at that point, any human being would have died so something strange was happening to her body to continue her suffering.
- Hazama: HAHAHAHAHA! At this point you're wondering: "Why can't I just die?!" Well, I have the answer. You missed ONE thing when you analyzed my Immortality ability! Once I form a contact with the body of my victim, my Immortality is also transferred to my victim to extend his or her suffering! That means that there is no point for me to aim in the vital points because my victim will live even without a brain or heart!
That was sure an ability created to make people suffer, something like only a Devil would create with the solo purpose to inflict pain in both people: user and victim.
Tomas, who was defeated by Nnoitra, slowly recovered from his injuries and walked towards where Katarina was fighting the Fallen's Essene only to see Sonia being brutally tortured by Hazama.
- Tomas (think): *Sonia Nevermind! What the hell that bitch is doing here?!*
Tomas' eye shone in blue with killing intentions... He was one of the few people in Ratatoskr that did not know that she was being controlled by the Fallen's Essence. Since the World War III started, Novosic Kingdom launched countless attacks against countries of Europe and in these attacks, many of his friends died in combat... Even the families of his friends died so it was just natural for Tomas to hold some real grudge against Sonia...
Yet, there is no doubt that Fallen's Essence could be considered the true responsible for Sonia's atrocities as she has many people's lives in her back to protect; like her classmates of Ultimate Despair that Junko Enoshima and the Fallen's Essence holds in their palms.
- TK: HOLD RIGHT THERE!
Like a mindless beast, Tomas charged at Sonia with the intention of killing her to end her suffering but the new captain of Manufacturing Progressive Sciences, TK-35 spotted him and rose its hands to stop him from interrupting Hazama's ritual.
- Tomas: SONIA NEVERMIND!
TK and its droids tried to shoot down Tomas but he was faster than their lasers. Many people were thinking he was going to take down Hazama, but in fact, he was going to kill Sonia Nevermind to avenge his friends.
- Heis: Oh, my... What a pity.
Knowing that Tomas was accidentally trying to end Sonia's suffering, Heis summoned 30 Black Mages in front of Tomas and prevented him from going forward.
- Tomas: Black Demons?!
The devilish Black Demons then charged at Tomas screaming like tormented souls.
- The Fallen: [Another bug almost joined the fun... No... I think that man known as Tomas Sev was trying to end her life despite she is here to help... You have so many good friends, Katarina. No--It only shows how Sonia is so hated out there... She killed millions of people and is now trying to help you to save her soul? Foolish weakling!]
The Fallen then touched the ground and created a pit of blackness where dozens of hands tried to grab Katarina's feet but she simply cut the hands and used her blade to destroy the pit of darkness.
- Katarina: TOMAS! SAVE HER!
Katarina tried to call the attention of Tomas desperately but her efforts were useless once the Fallen's Essence shot several laser beams at her and she was forced to focus her attention in her enemy. Besides, Tomas was now fighting the Black Demons with his sword and was cutting every single one of them with light and fast moves.
Meanwhile, Sonia continued to have her stomach being devoured by the anaconda. It was just like Hazama said... She was already dead but his ability was keeping her alive to extend her pain.
- Sonia (think): *It hurts... But I do not die...*
Sonia rose her eye balls and saw Kyouko slowly crawling towards her. Gwen still busy dealing with the droids so she did not see her friend crawling her way to Sonia. She extended her hand to her friend.
- Kyouko: Grab my hand...
Kyouko was so desperate that she could barely think right and was doing the first that came into her head. But she had to do something for her...
- Sonia: K-Kyou...
Before Sonia could reach her hand, the anaconda finished eating her stomach and vanished in a green light leaving only a huge hole inside of her body filled with pieces of meat and exposed bones. Just then, her moves stopped and she was finally dead physically. Yet her mind still alive but her body is not moving anymore. And so her hand touched the ground before she could reach Kyouko's right hand.
- Hazama: This one is down. Lord Fallen is pleased!
Despite her body died, Sonia could still see what is happening using her eyes. Inside of her mind, she started to regret for everything she has done.
- Kyouko: ...........
With widened eyes and open mouth, Kyouko witnessed her friend dying front of her. Meanwhile inside of Sonia's consciousness, Sonia was crying on the middle of an empty space without nobody.
- Sonia (think): *Hahaha... I cannot even feel my body now... That man said that I'm immortal because of his ability... This is my punishment for all people I killed.*
Back to the real world, Hazama bit his lips and scratched the huge hole in his belly. Using his Regeneration, his organs slowly came back to his body and were completely placed in the right place.
- Hazama: Ai, Ai! It still hurts! Well, I think this should end this battle.
Nnoitra then approached Hazama with a cheerful smile of evil.
- Nnoitra: If CM ordered us to use at least 20% of our power, this stupid battle would never have happened. These guys were powerful for the standards of the people from this planet but compared to us in our 100%, they're nothing but bugs. We could have crushed every single member of Ratatoskr without problem... Actually, I, alone could have handled this.
Hazama then put his hat back in his head and his clothes suddenly were back to normal. Now, he was clean and normal like if nothing had happened with him a few seconds ago.
- Vergil: Idiot, you still weaker than me.
Out of blue, Vergil appeared from behind Hazama. Like his partner, he was without injuries. They noticed that he was dragging someone in his right hand.
- Nnoitra: This guy...
The man that Vergil was dragging Lucas Kellan who he chooses as his target after he helped Sonia to defeat Hazama. With violence, Vergil dropped Lucas on the ground, breaking his nose on the process.
- Hazama: It seems you finished him as well...
- Vergil: He is alive... It'll be fun to let them live and see what happens to Ratatoskr after this humiliating defeat.
Vergil then let out an evil grin and looked at the sky and saw a giant ship approaching the airport... It was CM's personal space ship that was there to remove all MPS forces, including their droids, from the battlefield.
- CM: I have calculated their odds of survival, and the Ratatoskr is not going to like them. I theorized that Ratatoskr is not a problem and they'll not survive another meeting with the mercenaries of Manufacturing Progressive Sciences.
CM said to himself as he saw the ship approaching the airport. While the shadow of the ship blocked the sunlight, Kyouko continued to refuse the fact that Sonia was dead and continued holding her hand for several seconds until Alice Ozu, one of the mercenaries that shot Jellal Fernandes in his back while he was fighting CM, appeared in front of her and looked at her from above with a cheerful smile.
- Alice: Yo! I don't who you're but you're so GAY! You're holding her hand like if she was truly precious to you so I thought about saying that to you because people will never move on if they never hear the truth from the mouth of society. And I say: YOU'RE SO GAY! THIS IS EXCEEDINGLY, DISPLEASING, DISSATISFYING, DISAGREEABLE, DISCOMFORTING, DISCORDANT, DISPROPORTIONATE! THIS FUCKING BITCH IS DEAD, ACCEPT IT!
Alice's words were so rude that Kyouko was about to cry, probably because she trying to deny the fact that Sonia was dead. Besides, she was saying that her feeling for Sonia were disgusting. In pain, Kyouko started to cry like a little kid as Hazama, Vergil, Alice and Nnoitra walked away.
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport Deck 10
Meanwhile in a Deck far away from Kyouko's location, the battle between Shigure Yukimi and the forces of KnightWalker Family and MPS was about to end...
In a night, Shigure killed more than 4,302 droids, 632 KnightWalkers, 4 mercenaries, 832 drones from KnightWalker Family, 21 Cyborgs and 42 security soldiers from the airport.
Some soldiers of JGSDF tried to shoot her down but she simply defeated them by knocking them out for they were not her enemy.
- Shigure: There is only 12 of you now!
Shigure stared at the last enemies in front of her... 5 droids, 2 Cyborgs and 5 KnightWalkers. They all were trembling in fear for they were the last soldiers of their division fighting a "monster" that killed hundreds of them like if they were nothing. Worse, she still had stamina to continue fighting for hours.
- KnightWalker: RETR--!
Before the KnightWalker could give the order to retreat, Shigure shot a laser beam at his chest, making him fall on the floor as his comrades saw their superior dying like a marionette.
- Shigure: The battle is over... And I don't plan to let any of you escape with life!
The droids started to fire at Shigure but she blocked their lasers with her Demon Lines and cut them into pieces using the same resource. Seeing that there was one Cyborg left, Shigure charged at him with her bare hands.
- Cyborg: STAY AWAY!
The Cyborg tried to run only to have his leg grabbed by her and was immediately flung towards a wall where his limbs were crushed like an egg.
- Shigure: I'm not done!
To finish the Cyborg that was near immortal, Shigure once again flew towards the Cyborg with her fists, but now, she was using her Demon Lines as gloves and was about to send a powerful punch in the face of the Cyborg.
The only thing the Cyborg saw the face of death itself when he saw the fist of Shigure going towards him.
- Cyborg: WAIT!
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- Shigure: Die!
In a powerful punch, Shigure smashed the face of the Cyborg and her fist passed through his head like a paper. Shigure proceeded to remove her hand from inside the wall and cleaned her clothes, leaving the dead body of the Cyborg fall on the ground.
- Shigure: My battle is over.
Meanwhile at the KnightWalker Airport Deck 1
[Whispers]
As Hazama, Nnoitra and Vergil were walking towards the group of mercenaries and droids of MPS that fought on the airport, all mercenaries were speaking with each other about the earhtlings and considered them to be weak.
- Mercenary 1: I don't know why were called to this planet...
- Mercenary 2: Agree... We're suppose to fight sentient beings like Angels, Gods and powerful warriors but instead I fought weaklings. Pathetic... Well, no matter... Because CM will pay us for our services.
- CM: So everyone is already here.
CM looked at Heis who was standing beside the Fallen's Essence, who as next to the group of mercenaries as well.
- CM: I thought you said: "they were powerful enemies". What are the logical reasons for you to lie to me?
Some days ago, Heis contacted Unit-CM 130 and informed him about the Rogues, the sub-faction of warriors from Earth working to Ratatoskr as their Front-Line Fighters.
Heis then let out an awkward smile and scratched her head.
- Heis: Eh... I think it's because I was just playing with them a-and I never used my 100% against them during the battle of Aldegyr Kingdom.
Ziggurat stared at Heis for a long time before he turned his eyes back to CM.
- Ziggurat: Our ship is here.
When Ziggurat said that, all Rogues that were scattered across the airport started to regroup next to where Sonia was killed and Kyouko was crying.
- CM: Huh... They're not a problem. You have seen it, Heis and Fallen. The Rogues are weak and my mercenaries are superior.
Hazama then smiled proudly.
- The Fallen: [You... You choose Tenguu City because you know where the Rogues were... Just to test them.]
The Fallen was planning that battle but he never thought that CM had actually MANIPULATED him in his own scheme. CM choose Tenguu City because he knew Ratatoskr was located in that town.
- CM: Exactly, Boss. I knew the Rataroskr was here by... Contacting my spy inside of Ratatoskr.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Every single person on that airport almost felt that their hearts were about leave through their mouth. But when he said that, CM's ship was right above them and activated its Abduction Beam to levitate everyone inside of it and bring them to the ship.
- Katarina: HEY, ASSHOLE!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN WITH "SPY"!
Maybe Katarina refused to accept the fact that CM had a spy inside of Ratatoskr's ranks and th latter told their location to Manufacturing Progressive Sciences.
- CM: You're too naive, ExKrieg. You should take your time and look around to see who are the people you can TRULY trust.
CM and all villains then they were teleported to inside of the ship. Just then, the space ship started to fly away.
- Reaper (think): *Looking at your hair reminds me of the very first ExKrieg shinobi I fought... Katarina Couteau... Could it be that you...*
As they were teleported away, Reaper stared at Katarina the whole time and the he vanished alongside his allies.
- Kyouko: HAZAMA!!!!
Kyouko stood up and yelled at the sky as the ship of CM flew away. Imperia, Tomas, Lucas, Shigure, Gwen, Jellal and Azul looked at the ship flying away and clenched their fists after their defeat.
- Azul: Look!
Azul pointed at the sky and everyone saw a huge red KnightWalker ship following CM's ship. The two ships then disappeared on the skies. That red ship was the KnightWalker Cruiser that engaged Fraxinus in combat. From the current situation, it can be said that KnightWalker Family lost the combat against Ratatoskr.
- Imperia: This battle was even worse than our fight in Aldegyr Kingdom. Heis used numerous continent-wide abilities on the past but we managed to survive because we had the assistence of Peace Foundation and Godom Empire. These guys were strong.
Imperia cleaned a drop of blood in her mouth.
- Katarina: So they were the minions of that Unit-CM 130... To think there were people like them in other universes... Also, the Fallen's Essence energy increased in the last few months. We were not the only ones who trained for the last months.
Katarina then turned her eyes to Sonia and slowly started to plunge herself in sorrow.
- Katarina: Sonia...
Tomas stared at Imperia, Mana and Katarina with confused eyes as everyone started mourn towards Sonia. Gwen was a Ultimate Detective so she managed to hold her tears.
- Gwen: Sonia... Why?
Tomas looked at Katarina and thought about asking what they were doing. Tomas tried to understand why they were crying over Sonia as she is the monster who killed his friends.
- Tomas: Why you're... Crying?
Lucas was also surprised that they were crying over Sonia since she is a warmonger and one of the responsible for WWIII.
- Katarina: As you know, the Fallen's Essence is the true mastermind of this war. Sonia Nevermind was a student of Hope's Peak Academy that was brainwashed by the Despair-Terrorist Junko Enoshima and then she became a member of Ultimate Despair. However, Kotori told me that Sonia was forced to do evil deeds in the name of the Fallen's Essence to save her brainwashed friends that are hostages of the Fallen. In other words, just like me and Imperia, Sonia is a victim. All her atrocities and including war crimes... All of them were caused by the Fallen's Essence while using Sonia as his puppet.
Katarina and Imperia then told everything they knew about Sonia to Tomas, Shigure, Jellal and Lucas... Including her past as Jack the Ripper of 21st Century.
- Shigure: SHE IS THE JACK THE RIPPER OF 21ST CENTURY?!
Shigure's eyes widened in shock. Lucas and the others had the same reaction, mainly when they heard about their adventures in Sleepy Hollow, Moloch, Ichabod Crane, the Catholic Church and Michael Langdon.
- Lucas: Unbelievable.
Tomas noticed that Sonia still alive as she still breathing but she is not moving.
- Tomas (think): *You killed many of my friends... Loved ones... So you're now telling me that you were being manipulated by the Fallen's Essence...*
Tomas clenched his fists and grabbed his chest to control his feelings.
- Tomas (think): *Can I forgive you, Sonia Nevermind... Even my own spirit don't know this...*
Mana touched Sonia's body and sensed Hazama's energy inside of him. She stared at Kyouko, who still crying over her chest, ignoring Sonia's organs everywhere.
- Mana: That man known as Hazama... I know that man. His ability is known as Pain. An ability that connects his body with his victim and gives his immortality to his victim to extend his or her suffering...
Kyouko loved Sonia, but knowing that she still alive with all her body destroyed, she knew that she had to the right choice to free her loved one from her suffering.
- Kyouko: H-Hey... Mana... What we can do save her?
Suddenly, Sonia started to move her fingers and everyone were surprised when they saw that she was moving. With a simple look, Sonia looked at Katarina as if she was asking for something for her to do. Katarina immediately understood what she was asking.
- Katarina: You can hate me, Sonia.
Mana closed her eyes as everyone waited for her answer. At that point, even Katarina knew what to do. She then raised her sword while powering-up. With tears, Katarina prepared to destroy Sonia's body.
- Mana: The only way to save Sonia from her pain... Is to destroy her body completely. Now, she is immortal and no matter what we do, she will live forever. But if we destroy her body completely, her spirit will be free from her cursed physical body.
Imperia's jaw opened in shock.
- Imperia: KATARINA!
- Katarina: NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT, CAN THEY? THIS IS WHAT SONIA WANTS!
Katarina turned her face to Imperia behind her and she immediately saw that Katarina was crying.
- Imperia: Katarina... You...
Kyouko stood up and kissed Sonia's forehead as the latter started to cry as well. Despite Sonia's body was destroyed, her head was intact and she can still move her eyes and breathe.
- Kyouko: Goodbye... Sonia Nevermind.
Kyouko wiped her tears and started to walk away as Sonia closed her eyes and prepared to accept her fate. Lucas summoned a Magic Circle and teleported everyone away from where Sonia was going to die... In this case, "die" would be a word too inappropriate. Rather, in that case, Sonia was going to be released from her suffering.
- Katarina: Thanks for everything you did for us. I'll... No... We'll give our best to protect this world you tried to protect but even although you were being forced to destroy it.
Katarina and Sonia were now alone. Even so, Katarina could hear the sounds of hundreds of tanks, armored cars and vehicles from the National Forces and Global Pact Defense approaching the airport. Katarina planned to end that cruel battle by freeing Sonia's spirit from Hazama's curse.
- Sonia: N-No... Don't thank me...
Katarina was get by surprise when learned that Sonia was speaking.
- Sonia: I'm not a human being... I have no parents... I was born in the streets and my parents immediately left me to die... I became the princess Novosic Kingdom only because the Fallen's Essence took care of me and raised me as his tool. He controlled me my entire life by threatening to kill my friends. I mutilated hundreds of people as Jack the Ripper... I killed millions during this war and I even allowed biological tests in humans... No matter if I was being forced or brainwashed by Junko or the Fallen's Essence... I did all of it...
Katarina then got her knees and pat her hairs and smiled.
- Katarina: I lost people that I loved... And I faced too many enemies. I recognize a monster just by staring at him. Heis, Michael Langdon, Kanon Rihavein, the Fallen's Essence, Unit-CM 130, Aki Honda, Terra of the Left, Tomoo... After I fought these guys, I learned how I can figure out if that person has salvation. And you know what? I don't see this monster inside of you. You're not a tool. You're not an object. You're one of God's children... A human being.
Sonia's eyes opened a little bit.
- Sonia: !!!!
Katarina then closed Sonia's eyes as more tears started to leave from the latter's eyes.
- Katarina: Rest in peace. Sonia... May you find light.
- Sonia: I'm being stained in black again... No... This is... The blue sky... It's so beautiful... I see, I always looked down, that was I never noticed how beautiful is the world that was helping to destroy.
Katarina then focused all her energy in her blade and pierced Sonia's chest quick as possible to kill her without pain.
[BANG]
As soon as Katarina pierced Sonia's chest with her sword, her energy touched the ground and created a huge explosion that destroyed everything in a radius of 60 meters. Sonia's body was vaporized on the process, putting an end to her life. Finally, Sonia Nevermind was dead.
One the next day...
Tenguu City
Fraxinus
Meeting Hall
Sorrow... That was what all Sonia's friends were feeling at that moment. After the Rogues escaped from the airport, Katarina wiped out every single particle of Sonia's body to free her from Hazama's curse.
The Japan Ground Self-Defense informed the public that KnightWalker Family had operations in Tenguu City. When the Stabilization Union learned the KnightWalkers were active in neutral nations, the Truce Pact was immediately cancelled and so the World War III started again... Just like Fallen's Essence planned.
The situation got even more worse for Ratatoskr that planned to end that war and was taking their time to end the Fallen's Essence operations using the truce... But now, their plans were ruined by Unit-CM 130 that brought the war to Tenguu City.
Now, all Rogues and Ratatoskr commanders were at the Meeting Room of Fraxinus to discuss about what happened yesterday.
- Kotori: I see...
At the end of the hall, Kotori Itsuka was seated on her desk while covering her face with her hands. The Rogues were all in front of her after they explained what happened yesterday at the airport.
- Kyouhei: So... Sonia Nevermind is dead?
Kyouhei was right beside Kotori and just like her, he had the same reaction.
- Kotori: Worse... The World War III started again and the peace between the nations was broke thanks to this conflict. Unit-CM 130 brought the attention of JGSDF to that KnightWalker Secret Airport and so the KnightWalkers' operations were revealed to the world.
Katarina and Imperia were looking down the whole time... They were still thinking about Sonia since yesterday.
- Atala: I was surprised when I heard that airport was secretly ran by the KnightWalker Family. If a nation that is at war is having operations inside of neutral nations, this seen as a declaration of war. And as Japan is neutral in this war, there is possibility Japan and other neutral Asian countries will join the Stabilization Union. The war started again but we might stand a chance against the powerful firepower of the KnightWalker Alliance.
Kotori did not like that idea but Atala was right... With other Asian nations fighting alongside the SU, the KnightWalker Alliance will no stand a chance.
- Kotori: Also... With the death of Sonia Nevermind, the Fallen's Essence lost a powerful ally. She was the ruler of Novosic Kingdom and so we can think that Novosic will leave this war.
In previous wars around the world, most of the nations who lost their leaders always left a conflict to take care about their own matters inside of their national system so it was only natural for Novosic Kingdom leave the KnightWalker Alliance and stop fighting.
- Kotori: So... Sonia was being manipulated by the Fallen's Essence. I go shocked when Katarina told me about her yesterday.
Right after they left the airport, Katarina told the truth behind Sonia... The truth she was being used by the Fallen's Essence as his puppet.
- Kyouhei: Poor girl... And I always thought she was just another disgusting tyrant like Eckidina KnightWalker. I regret for putting her in the same category. But at least her sacrifice was not in vain, because of her, the KnightWalker Alliance lost a powerful ally. If we take the opportunity that Sonia gave to us, we might end the Fallen and his insane plan of world domination.
Katarina finally rose her head and started at Kyouhei.
- Katarina (think): *Sonia knew about it... She knew that CM's minions were too powerful for her... Yet she went to the airport knowing she was going to die for our sake. She knew that her death might start the war again but she was not going die like that for nothing... She's a genius, she had a plan using her own life.*
Katarina slowly started to realize what Sonia truly prepared after her death. It was just like Katarina thought, she gave them a chance to eliminate the Fallen's Essence once she realized that he was going to kill her friends, no matter what she do for him, he's going to kill them anyway.
- Imperia: This is too horrible... Sonia couldn't stand a chance against them. I fought Heis back there and so I could not sense the powers of CM's soldiers. Yet, I could see it...
Atala looked at Imperia with seriousness.
- Atala: You saw that too, Imperia?
Without saying a world, Imperia nodded as everyone stared at them in confusion.
- Atala: Many people don't know this but us, Cyborgs, have a superhuman vision. Using our eyes, we can look through the body of the enemy and see his energy. Unlike you guys that need to sense the power of the enemy to identify his power level, Cyborgs can use their vision to calculate their power level... And I got to say this... Even from here, from Fraxinus, I saw their power levels. The power levels of the mercenaries working to Unit-CM 130 are too high... If I had to say, their power levels were around 3,000,000,000... This is far superior than Heis' energy that is 1,000,000,000. In other words... The mercenaries you were fighting were holding themselves; they never intended to fight you seriously.
Tomas and Lucas gasped. Azul and Jellal clenched their fists in rage once they discovered their enemies were "playing" with them.
- Azul: They were more powerful than Heis?! Impossible! If this is true, each one of them have enough power to destroy this planet in one go!
- Kotori: Maybe because CM has business in this planet is the reason the mercenaries were holding themselves. The goal of Unit-CM 130 was to restart the war so we can put his plans into motion. He used us, he knew that we were going after him. He kidnapped people from all around the world to call our attention. We fell in his trap.
Kotori started to read the documents in her desk.
- Kyouhei: So, Yuuki Terumi and Hazama are the name of the men that killed Sonia... Have you ever heard about them, Mana?
Since Mana came from another universe and have fought CM's mercenaries years before she came to Earth, she might know something about them.
- Mana: Yes, I know. Yuuki Terumi and Hazama are two entities in the same body just like Tomas Sev. Hazama and Terumi were serial killers in a planet known as Kassh before they joined Unit-CM 130 to have fun. Yet, he's not the only one powerful in CM's ranks. There are at least 4 mercenaries that are the most notable killers of CM's faction. They're known as Reaper, the man who fought Azul, Vergil, the man that I was fighting, Hazama and Terumi, the man that killed Sonia and finally Nnoitra Jiruga, the warrior that Tomas was fighting. Except for those four killers, the rest of the mercenaries are small fries.
Mana put her hand in her chin as she thought about the mercenaries.
- Lucas: So only those four are the most dangerous mercenaries?
Without saying a world, Mana nodded as she changed her attention to Kotori.
- Kotori: I never heard about Reaper, Hazama, Nnoitra and Vergil before I came to Earth as well. It seems the Fallen's Essence lost a powerful ally but this time he gained 5 allies even more powerful. That means we have no chance against him and his allies in a direct fight. In other words, from now on, we will avoid any fights with him and his organization.
Kyouhei then showed several papers to Tomas and Lucas.
- Kyouhei: We confirmed that Unit-CM 130 is working to KnightWalker Family. He was probably revived by the Fallen's Essence and is now working as his subordinate. If this is true, the war will only get even more worse because CM is an expert in creation of biological weapons and destructive technologies. Now, the KnightWalker Family will have free access alien technology thanks to this bastard. Using CM's technology, the tables of World War III will turn to the side of the KnightWalkers.
Shigure seated in one of the chairs and looked at the floor.
- Shigure: Despite Sonia's death, I'm even more curious about Hazama's ability... What type of power is that?
Hazama and Terumi's ability of connecting his immortal body to another person called the attention of everyone as well.
- Azul: Yes, it seems his ability connected his body with Sonia's. Once he started to kill himself with his Chain Snake, Sonia also received damaged from the same attack even when the attack was not physically hitting her.
Mana closed her eyes and bit her lips. She wanted to avoid this matter but she couldn't.
- Mana: There are rumors that Hazama and Terumi made a pact with a Devil in the past. Pure-Blooded Devils from Hell have powers to give abilities to mortals. Each Devil gives a specific ability to the person who swore their souls...
Lucas crossed his arms and looked at Mana without moving his head.
- Lucas: So you're saying Terumi received his immortality through a pact with a Pure-Blooded Devil?
Lucas, Shigure, Tomas, Azul, Atala and all the others never heard that word before and they still cannot believe Terumi made a pact with a devil to gain immortality, yet, their previous battle with Heis proved that they're not alone in the universe.
- Mana: Yes... There is just only one Devil that gives people immortality. They call her as Shogun of Sorrow... Her real name is a taboo.
Shogun of Sorrow is the nickname of a demon girl from Hell. Mana never met her but she heard about her several times on the past. Mana considers this devil a taboo and finished that conversation right there.
- Lucas: Let's not forgot the fact that Misogi Kumagawa was there.
Many people sharped their eyes in rage... There is not a single person inside of that hall who does not know that name... Misogi Kumagawa, the personal servant of Eckidina KnightWalker and works as her Right Hand. He took part in all schemes that Eckidina made in her life.
- Tomas: That bastard almost destroyed my homeland during the battle of Liberty City. I thought I killed him when I destroyed the Hand of Apocalypse.
Tomas' eyes were shining in red... Even Katarina started to feel fear from him. Imperia stared at her friend with a drop of sweat.
- Azul: Misogi Kumagawa helped Unit-CM 130 and his mercenaries. That means Eckidina KnightWalker allied with CM and is probably supporting his insane experiments! They killed Revy! They killed my friend! I'll never forgive them!
Azul was thinking about Revy from the time she heard from Vergil's mouth that he and his partner, Yuuki Terumi, killed her yesterday.
- Atala: Imperia, you said that Vergil gave Unit-CM 130 a black heart inside of a jar, right?
Imperia nodded and remembered the time when Vergil and Terumi arrived on the airport. Soon afterwards, Vergil gave Unit-CM 130 a heart that was inside of a jar... That heart was black and still beating even inside of a jar.
- Imperia: He said that he killed Revy and removed her heart to taunt Azul... If Hazama cursed Sonia with immortality, that means he cursed Revy as well and removed her heart... If this is true...
Azul continued what Imperia was going to say.
- Azul: ...Revy is alive somewhere! Just like Sonia, she's suffering and cannot die no matter what! Kotori, I'm thinking in leaving Ratatoskr for some days to look for Revy's body!
Without hesitate, Azul shouted at Kotori. It was only natural, it was painful to see Sonia in such terrible state... And to think that Revy is out there, cut in pieces while she still alive and suffering is too sad and cruel.
- Kotori: Alright... Azul, I give you permission to find Revy's body. Our job is to clean the mess of the Fallen's Essence and his allies so mankind will never discover their existence. If a human being discover Revy's body...
Kotori thought in many possibilities if a human find Revy's body... They might use her in some kind of experiment, use her a some tool... Worse... Sell her parts in the Black Market.
- Imperia: Um... Kotori... How is Kyouko? Sonia was her best friend and they had a... very intimate relationship.
Imperia already knew Kyouko's feelings for Sonia, their feelings of love.
- Kotori: She's okay, Asuha is now watching her in the hospital of Japan Ground Defense Forces. It seems Kyouko Kirigiri was after Unit-CM 130 as well and was caught in our mess. But according to my Intel, it seems her friend, Gwen, gave her an Artificial Demon Weapon.
Artificial Demon Weapon, Atala and Azul had a long story related to those weapons as they took part in the war between the KnightWalker Family and KnightWalker Funeral Parlor, the organization that used the AD weapon.
About Gwen, Kyouko's friend, she is right now sleeping inside of one of Fraxinus' rooms. Kotori ordered her men to give her a medicine to make her fall asleep.
- Tomas: Gwen is a friend of mine. She is a Ultimate Detective just like Kyouko Kirigiri. It seems they joined forces to investigate about CM's threat... But I'm sure they never expected to see such powerful enemies like the CM's minions.
Lucas stayed beside Tomas.
- Lucas: Some days ago, we went to Liberty City to visit her. Please, Kotori, don't do nothing to her...
Right now, Gwen was the only person non-affiliated to Ratatoskr that knew about the existence of the Fallen's Essence... And according to Kotori's rules, no one from the world should know about his existence. In case like this, Kotori would sent secret agents to erase her memories about the battle of the airport.
- Tomas: Please... Don't hurt her...
Kotori closed her eyes and thought about the Gwen's situation. Kyouko Kirigiri fought with Katarina Couteau once in another timeline once she was fine but Gwen is a normal human being that never witnessed supernatural events.
- Kyouhei: Nah, it's okay... Kotori and I have discussed about it already. Gwen is an Ultimate Detective so we have faith that she will keep this secret to herself like Kyouko did. You're her friends, right?
Tomas and Lucas nodded as they holding their smile of happiness. Kotori only acts tough but she is in fact a very nice and soft person.
- Tomas: Yes, we're.
- Kotori: Since you two are close to her, I'll ask you to told about it to her... I want you to tell who are us and what's our mission. And please, say to her to never tell what she saw on that airport. We managed to hacked the cameras of the airport to prevent the images from the battle from falling on Internet... So, right now, Gwen is the only person who knows about this.
Lucas and Tomas finally opened their mouth in happiness. It's been days since Shigure saw Lucas and Tomas so happy so she smiled towards them as well.
- Lucas: Thanks, Kotori!
Imperia and Katarina couldn't hide their joy too.
Kotori laughed as well... As everyone were enjoying this moment of joy, Kotori thought about what said yesterday when they arrived on Fraxinus...
Seconds before CM vanished alongside his minions, he said something about a "spy" inside of Ratatoskr's ranks. CM claimed that he has someone spying the activities of Ratatoskr and the latter informed CM about the current location of Ratatoskr.
- Kotori (think): *CM said that he has a spy in our ranks. That would make sense since he choose Tenguu City to bring is war to us, which lead to me to think that he knew where Fraxinus was. But this is too strange... Why he suddenly decided to say that he has a spy in our organization? It's just like he is betraying his spy and is trying to sell him out to us without a reason. He's trying to dispose of his spy after he did his part? That would sound logical since CM is a jerk who finish off every one who once worked with him. Even so... If there is a spy within Ratatoskr's ranks, who the hell is this traitor? He's an officer? A member of the crew? A worker? An engineer? A soldier? I'll report this to Elliot Baldwin Woodman about it and see what I can do to find this traitor. No one must know about this operation.*
Kotori stopped laughing and sharped her eyes in fury... Kotori was now pissed off thanks to CM's declaration. She never thought that one day a person working for her would betray her and his comrades for someone like Unit-CM 130.
- Kotori: I'll find this traitor and punish him myself!
Novosic Kingdom
Nevermind Palace
10 minutes later
Novosic Kingdom was down... The news of Sonia's death quickly spread across the world like a meteorite flying on speed of light.
Sonia was seen as a tyrant to the people as she was put in power without the will of the people. Besides, under the Fallen's Essence orders, Sonia destroyed every single political party that supported democratic and liberal ideas.
When the news of Sonia's death reached the ears of everyone in Novosic Kingdom, the people literally exploded in happiness. However, on the next day, the Royal Parliament claimed they found a new "ruler" to rule the nation. And just like Sonia, this person was not chosen by the people, destroying the happiness of millions of people living in Novosic Kingdom.
However, what they did not know is that their new leader was even more cruel and cold than Sonia and soon they'll wish Sonia back...
Now, inside of the royal palace, three people were walking around the castle that Sonia once lived. A very huge, clean and shining castle that reminded of ancient castles of Middle Age... The people looking around were the evil leader of Manufacturing Progressive Sciences, Unit-CM 130 and two of his underlings, Vergil and Yuuki Terumi.
- Vergil: I never saw palaces like this one before since we came from a futuristic era. I'm impressed with such cultural architecture.
Vergil continued looking around like if he was visiting a museum. Terumi, however, was bored and wanted to go outside.
- Yuuki: Bullshit! This place is more boring than my grandma's house!
Unit-CM 130 continued walking forward and arrived in a huge hall... Now, they were inside of Throne Hall, the room where the ruler is usually seen seated in his luxurious throne.
- CM: Absolutist Monarchy is a failed political system. The reason why Novosic Kingdom is falling on the depths of poverty is because Sonia was a amateur ruling over a nation that needed a true ruler. This ends today, however.
Terumi, with evil green eyes, stared at CM as soon he looked through the window and saw the town around the palace.
- Yuuki: To think one day we could have an entire nation for us... We don't need to travel to other countries anymore... Not when we have an entire country to amuse us! All these people will become my playthings for the next few days!
Terumi and Vergil noticed something in CM's hands. It was a human heart. It seemed to be clean and was not bloody.
- Vergil: Boss, what's it?
CM then looked at his palm and opened his hand, showing the human heart in his hand.
- CM: This is Sonia's heart... Seconds before we left, I used my telekinesis to bring Sonia's heart from her body.
Terumi and Vergil had nothing to say but they never expected CM had this kind of hobby.
- Terumi: Boss, now that we have Revy's Black Demon Heart, what we are going to do?
Terumi leaned against the wall and crossed his arms. Terumi and Vergil received the mission to capture Revy's heart because of her Black Demon Powers. Yet, they didn't know what is the purpose of stealing her heart. With calm, CM slowly took his time to tell what was his true plan.
- CM: Black Demons like Revy, Azul Jissele and Haru Zageko have an ability called "Dom". This ability turns mortal people into mindless assassins that can only think in kill and destroy, they are known as "Gigalomaniacs". After my studies, I discovered I can manifest all the abilities of the Black Demons by connecting their very life essence, their hearts, with Nano-Machines moved by black magic using the memories of humans. In other words, if I connect her heart to a communication satellite with the knowledge of humans, I can corrupt every single human in the reach of the satellite into Gigalomaniacs. Even non-humans like animals, angels and demons will be reached by the "Dom".
Putting together the pieces, Vergil came to a simple conclusion.
- Vergil: In other words, you're trying to turn every single living being in Gigalomaniacs... That sounds awful but impressive. This is the first time we will cause such calamity... However, what if the Fallen's Essence discover we're planning to backstab him?
And for the first time in his life... Unit-CM 130 let out a devilish grin that made Terumi gasp a little.
- CM: Fufufufufu... If her discover our lovable project... Dispatch him. I don't care about this stupid war or his plans. Instead of supporting the cause of my empire, I'm here, stuck in this rock helping a false version of my true Emperor.
Terumi and Vergil giggled and hid their evil grin. There was a reason for that; they were waiting for the day that Fallen's Essence will find out about their secret plan... So they can finally kill him without thinking twice as do Unit-CM 130 who never cared about him and was willing to kill him once he fulfilled his desires.
- Terumi: This is the first time you smiled, boss!
CM passed by Terumi and ignored him. If he was smiling or not, that has no importance. CM than walked towards the central window of the hall and opened it, revealing the beautiful capital of Novosic Kingdom.
CM then raised his hand with Sonia's heart while looking upon the twon. Hazama and Vergil were right behind him watching his "coronation".
CM was choose as the new ruler of Novosic Kingdom by the Royal Parliament after the Fallen's Essence used his energy to brainwash the members of the Parliament just like how he did to turn Sonia in the princess of the nation.
With a death glare, CM rose himself to power.
- CM: To think one day I could rule a nation by myself... Novosic Kingdom, such beauty was being destroyed by chemical weapons by Sonia... But this ends here... For now... I have the lives of 20,000,000 people in my hands... This kingdom belongs to Manufacturing Progressive Sciences! Sonia Nevermind, mother... (crushes Sonia's heart) This country belongs to ME! And it'll get even worse!
Godom Empire
Vit Park
8 hours later
06:56 AM
The news that Shikiari was missing quickly spread across Godom Empire. It was a beautiful day in Godom, what left the day of the civilians even more light. There is no civilian in the country who likes Shikiari because in the vision of everyone, she is a manipulative bitch who kills people for money and leaves most of the population die in poverty and hunger.
Like if they celebrating the end of World War III, the civilians were firing fireworks, people were honking on the streets with their cars, children were playing outside, revolutionary people were shouting on the streets... It's been 30 years since Godom Empire had days like that... Millions of people waited for the day that Shikiari would be dead.
Yet, the government entered in state of panic as Shikiari is the wife of the Emperor Tathagata Killer and the mother of Princess Chinatsu.
After 3 days of search, the agents of Tathagata Killer found Shikiari's dead body in an abandoned park on the West of the capital of Godom Empire. Tathagata Killer ordered his men to not touch her body and personally went to see her body. Chinatsu, the only person who loved went as well.
Now, there were only 10 people around Shikiari's body, 8 Godom agents, the Emperor and the Princess of Godom Empire.
With disgust, the Emperor Tathagata Killer stared at the body of his dead wife. He already that his Master, the Fallen's Essence, would one day kill her for some reason.
- Tathagata: What a pathetic sight, Shikiari. You were petty and idiot until your last moments. You did your part by giving birth to Chinatsu, my heiress... It's time to say goodbye...
The Emperor then just turned around and left with disgust in his eyes. He never really cared about his wife, he was already waiting for the day he could finally get rid of her forever.
Not even the guards were mourning, all of them were happy once they knew that Shikiari was dead.
- Chinatsu: ARYANA WESTCOTT!
The only person crying over Shikiari's death was her sister, Chinatsu, the only person who truly loved her. Even if Shikiari never cared about Chinatsu, she still considered her the only person to rely with. Chinatsu's cries could be heard from distance.
Meanwhile at the Toof of a Building
100 meters away from there
Not far away from there, on the top of the roof of a nearby building, Aryana Westcott, the person who killed Shikiari, was watching the scene with pleasure.
- Aryana: I never really liked Chinatsu... Well, she got what she deserved. Yet... How can such stupid woman love a person that HATES her? Chinatsu is a person who proved to be more dumb than intelligent. I don't know why Tathagata Killer still keeps her alive.
Aryana let out a sigh and prepared to left, however, before she could teleport away, a pit of black tar appeared in front of her and a tall skeletical figure left from the pit.
- Aryana: You're late... I killed Shikiari already.
It was her superior, the Fallen's Essence who left from the pit. Despite he is her superior, he is far weaker than her.
- The Fallen: [I do not remember when I gave you orders to kill Shikiari only to punish Chinatsu. You killed her because you wanted to see Chinatsu suffering from her own mistakes.]
The Fallen then looked at Chinatsu crying over the dead body of her mother.
- The Fallen: [It's not like I really care. You did a good job. At least Chinatsu will learn to control herself from now on once she knows we're watching her moves. If she cross the line, we'll be there to punish her by killing her most important people.]
The Fallen then raised his hand and pointed his finger at the sky.
- The Fallen: [Now... The World War III had started again. I'll be busy for a while. I need to go to United States to oversee the moves of Stabilization Union and to inspect the factories of drones of KnightWalker Family. I don't want this war to be unbalanced because this might bring this conflict to an end sooner than I thought.]
Aryana smelled her black long hairs.
- Aryana: I'll stay in Godom Empire. The Rogues lost someone important so they'll be hidden for some days before making their moves. Also... I think Unit-CM 130 and his mercenaries have the situation in control. As long CM is with you, the Ratatoskr will never butt in your matters again.
The Fallen giggled maliciously.
- The Fallen: [Fufufufufu... My attack to Fraxinus failed but I was never expecting for Sonia being killed on the middle of that battle... Now, we put Ratatoskr on their right place. CM will take care of the Rogues if they decide to act again. If Chinatsu cross the line again, we'll dispose of Imperia Deamonne! That will affect both Chinatsu and Ratatoskr. At this moment, Imperia is one of the strongest living beings on the planet and she is a powerful ally to Kotori to destroy us.]
Aryana shook her head.
- Aryana: Stupid... You know that all mercenaries of MPS and all warriors of the Rogues are inferior to me. I'll keep them both in lines... But I decided to end Ratatoskr, I'll do as I please and you'll be not able to stop me.
Aryana snapped her fingers and summoned a portal in front of her. She walked towards the portal and left.
- The Fallen: [We have more powerful allies... Allies with amazing power levels... Heis, Unit-CM 130, Aryana... My dream will finally become true! And this moment is getting near!]
Prussia
The Black Army Castle
Heis' Throne
2 days later
05:45 AM
Somewhere of the destroyed country of Prussia, a new evil was about to rise. Prussia was one of the many destroyed nations wiped out by the World War III thanks to the nuclear war that left many countries uninhabited. Yet, what really destroyed Prussia were not the nuclear bombs... Actually, it was another evil force that killed all people of the continent.
On the middle of Königsberg, the former capital of Prussia, there were no signals of life. Instead, the whole land around the capital was stained in black... And what was previously known as Konigsberg, was now surrounded by a black shield that had the format of giant black ball.
Inside of that shield the scenery was even more grotesque, sad and horrible. When the World War III started, a demonic force used the conflict to invade Prussia and took over their nation. With too many chaos happening across the planet, Prussia was forgotten by United Nations alongside many other nations.
The whole capitol of Prussia became a rotten territory, houses and buildings became some type of black and disgusting stone that formed a spiral swirl around a giant castle made of the same substance.
Inside of the castle that reached the clouds, the environment was dark and sinister. The entire castle was made of black stones with some kind of bright diamond to lit up the dark castle. Like all castles, that disgusting place had a Throne Hall and it was located on the middle of the castle. The Throne Hall was a very large place with many pillars stained in black. And at the end of the hall, there was a throne with a man seated on it.
That dark man was wearing some kind of black king clothes like if he was some type of medieval king that came out of a fantasy game. He had the face of an old man with white beard and silver long hairs.
- Dark Man: The Griemoire Heart... So you had this with you, Heis...
The king was looking at a book in his hands. He named the book as Grimoire Heart. Right in front of him, there was a girl a black Gothic dress and long silver hairs. If normal people had to compare these people, they'll probably say they're similar and are a family... But they would be wrong. That girl was Heis... The twin sister of La Folia Rihavein (now known as Imperia Deamonne).
- Heis: No, King! I stole it! Using my skills, I entered in the secret base of your Mistress and I took it! You said that you would give me total power if I serve your needs! Black King!
A long time ago, Kanon Rihavein formed a pact with that man who is a Demon King. When Kanon became Heis, she possessed the power over the Black Army, an army made of Black Demons that killed millions of people during the battle of Aldegyr Kingdom. This ability of controlling the Black Army was a skill that man gave to her as a "gift".
- Black King: The Grimoire Heart is the book that allows you to become an Omnipotent Demon similar to Gods. The person who created this Grimoire Heart is my Mistress, my Leader, Goddess and Supreme Creator. However, only normal living beings can use it. By becoming one with the Grimoire Heart, you'll be able to control Time and Space by your own free will.
Heis then stared at the Black King while in her knees. The Grimoire Heart was a book wrote by a Pure-Blooded Devil that rules over countless worlds. The Black King is a Demon created by this Devil but he desires to become even more powerful to become a Demon God.
- Heis: If Grimoire Heart is a book made of dark magic that can only turn people in Demon Gods, then this book has no use for us... Since you're a Demon and I'm Fallen Angel.
Heis then stood up and touched her hair.
- Black King: Well, I have a plan... You said that there is a man between the Rogues that has a Demonic Lineage, right?
3 months ago, Heis fought the Rogues in Aldegyr Kingdom. During her battle, she felt that among the Rogues, there was a man that had the energy similar of a Devil. And a few days ago, Heis met that man again.
- Heis: Yes, this man is suppose to be a human but I felt a strong demonic energy inside of him... His name is Mahesvara... Better known as Tomas Sev. I studied about this Tomas Sev. He is a war hero that fought many times against KnightWalker Family in the past and fought against an entire army of KnightWalkers in India, becoming a legend. However, he has a mental illness; Tomas has dual personalities. One of his two personalities is a calm and kind man while the another personality that is known as "Mahesvara" is a savage, cold, wild, demonic and cruel entity that seeks to cause pain upon his enemies... Because of his dark personality, the KnightWalkers named him as The Demon of Global Pact Defense.
The Black King leaned his head with his right hand.
- Black King: Ooh... So there is possibility this man is a Half-Demon.
Heis' eyes widened in surprise.
- Heis: Half-Demon?
- Black King: Half-Demons are a rare species of demons. Half-Demons are sons or daughters of a relationship between a demon and a mortal. The reason why this man known as Tomas Sev has two personalities is because he is human with demonic powers.
During the battle of the KnightWalker Airport, Nnoitra Jiruga also mentioned about Tomas' demonic energy after he finished with him. After he the Black King told the truth about Tomas, an army of Black Demons started to march outside of the castle.
[Footsteps and screams]
The sounds of thousands of footsteps marching made the Black King smile in pleasure. Those demons were the personal army of the Black King and were used to wipe out the entire population of Prussia's capitol.
- Black King: If that man is Half-Demon that means he can support the power of the Grimoire Heart. There is no doubt this book is the most beautiful Artifact of the Past that my Goddess created. With this, you can turn a mere mortal in a Demon God with powers enough to destroy whole universes by controlling Time and Space itself!
Heis walked towards a window and saw the Black Army marching.
- Heis: So we're going to go after Tomas Sev?
Heis then turned around and changed her sight to her boss. Heis was working to the Black King in secret from the Fallen's Essence, who is her true God.
- Black King: Not yet, my dear. We'll watch the Rogues. Their battles are just starting and I want Tomas Sev to get stronger so he will become a worthy vessel for me. Once he get strong enough to support the power of the Grimoire Heart, I'll transfer my soul to his physical body and so I'll become a Demon God by myself! As the Black King, I'll become the Black God and rule upon all Divine Dimensions, universes, galaxies, planets, stars and solar systems!
Heis then let out an evil grin and closed her eyes.
- Heis: As you wish, Milord. The Multi-Universe will be ours. We cannot get stuck inside of this little rock called Earth forever. We'll expand our goals to other universes and rule above everything.
Heis, however, had never intentions of serving the Black King and swore her loyalty to Fallen's Essence. Everything that left from Heis' mouth was a lie.
- Black King: Speaking of which... How are you doing with the Fallen's Essence?
Heis then crossed her arms and used one of her fingers to touch her forehead to remember her relationship with the Fallen's Essence.
- Heis: Pretty good... He does not even suspect that I'm working with you behind the scenes. Recently, he revived a scientist droid known as Unit-CM 130 to restart World War III. And judging by the previous battle, it seems it worked. The World War III is back and a few hours ago, a nuclear power plant in South Korea had just exploded... The radiation started to spread and the government couldn't stop the media from butting in. It'll be only a matter of time to chaos and death start again all over the planet.
Heis turned around and saw black trees filled with children's bones and limbs. They were kids that once lived in the capitol of Prussia... Of course, they were not the Black King's collection... They're collection of a PERSON who love to do those kind of things.
- Black King: Good... So now... All Demons from this planet will get stronger. This war is a real banquet for everyone.
Heis slapped the head of one of the kids in the trees with disgust.
- Heis: Control yourself, you slut! You're always filling this place with dead kids!
Heis changed her sight to her left and there she saw a very beautiful woman seated on a table. That woman has long blonde hair in a ponytail and orange empty eyes. She wears a short red and white dress, black thigh high, brown lace-up boots, and moderate armor.
The woman then turned stopped what she was doing and stared at Heis.
- (???): I cannot help myself! They're just so amazing! Also...
The psychotic woman looked at Heis with sadistic eyes and was heavy breathing... She seemed to be sexually excited.
- Black King: Let her be.
The Black King returned to stare at the Grimoire Heart as Heis watched that beautiful woman doing something disgusting and cruel.
Right in front of that woman, there was a boy between 7-years old tied up in the wall. That woman proceeded to grab a knife from inside of one the dead kids on the Black Trees and slowly opened the belly of the boy. Every time drops of blood fell in her face, she started wet in her private parts... She was getting aroused by the screams of the boy.
- Boy: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
The screams of the young boy could be heard even from outside of the castle.
- (???): Heis... I call you by your name... So call by my true name: Vira. Please, never call me "slut" again.
The woman introduced herself as Vira.
Vira took a small part of her time to talk to Heis. Heis has her own ways to kill people... And there is something that Heis hates more than pacifists and people who wants to protect the world; Vira herself. Vira seemed to be a very sophisticated and gentle woman when she is not killing someone... Yet her eyes still scare Heis because this is the eyes of a souless person... A person who is not alive but "dead".
- Heis: I don't know why you're here. You work for the Black King's Goddess and KnightWalker Family!
Vira then got riled up by the screams of the boy and then used the knife to stab his mouth by piercing his chin from below; shutting him up in a brutal death.
- Vira: I don't have sides in your war. I just want to be part of it in my own faction. I have my goals, my decisions and ideas. KnightWalker Family, the Black Army, Order of Terror, Catholic Church, Police Forces, Novosic Kingdom, Fiore Kingdom, Godom Empire... Nothing of it matters to me.
Heis rarely gets annoyed but Vira is an expert in taunt people.
- Heis: The only reason you're helping us is to test your own stupid virus. You're just like Unit-CM 130; all things you do is for the sake of your experiments. Always destroying both allies and enemies. Do not think I'll forgive you after you killed 32,000 of my Demons in your stupid biological virus test!
Vira is a scientist who's only purpose to create a virus to cause death for the sake of Death itself. For Vira, Death is her God unlike Heis who has the Fallen's Essence as her God.
- Vira: I think we are just insects, we live a bit and then die and that’s the lot. There’s no mercy in things. There’s not even a Great Beyond. There’s nothing. Even if there is a Hell or Paradise, nothing will change. Life is irrelevant... Even life beyond death sucks. My purpose to end all life in both worlds... Worlds of the living and astral. So, all souls will have nowhere to go... And finally, we'll meet Death itself. A space filled with nothing but EMPTINESS!
Heis knew that she was just wasting time with Vira and wanted to have distance from her.
- Heis: You're a freak. I think I was right about killing all humans from this planet... Because you're the very personification of evil from all humans... Even people like that girl have this side.
With the same knife that Vira killed the boy, she started to cut his head off and put his head in the Black Tree.
- Vira: 64 heads for my collection... But this is too boring... I got bored of this. Why people show value to their lives? Life's so fragile, a successful virus clinging to a speck of mud, suspended in endless nothing.
The Black King stood up from this throne and stared and created a image with the appearance of Tomas inside of a magic eye.
- Black King: Tomas Sev... Who exactly are you?
Heis and Vira prepared to leave after they were done with the Black King.
- Vira: Hey, Heis, let's go eat some takoyaki...
Takoyaki is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special moulded pan. It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus (tako), tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, and green onion. Takoyaki are brushed with takoyaki sauce (similar to Worcestershire sauce) and mayonnaise, and then sprinkled with green laver (aonori) and shavings of dried bonito. There are many variations to the takoyaki recipe, for example, ponzu (soy sauce with dashi and citrus vinegar), goma-dare (sesame-and-vinegar sauce) or vinegared dashi.
Heis, however, teleported away without saying a word, ignoring Vira completely.
- Vira: Meanie... Well, Black King... I'm going to Brazil now. I have my own business in Rio de Janeiro. I requested more civilians to my experiments in Rio to your Black Demons. According to my Omniscience, the Rogues are going to Brazil in some days... Also, I want to see my sister. I want to hug her. Kiss her. Love her. Feel her. Embrace her. I want to feel everything of her body.
Vira has an ability to predict the future and so she knows exactly what is going to happen. And what she saw predicted was that the Rogues will go to Brazil in a few days to fight an evil force.
- Black King: I understand, Vira. Go. It'll be a nice test for my future vessel. I want Tomas Sev to show his true colors.
Vira then let out a grin as she was about to leave.
- Vira: If you live today, you breath in nihilism... It's the gas you breathe. If I hadn't had the life itself to fight it with or to tell me the necessity of fighting it, I would be the stinkiest logical positivist you ever saw right now.
Vira then left the throne, leaving the Black King with a chilling feeling in his spine.
The Black King stared at the gates of his hall closing slowly as Vira. Before the gates could close completely, he could swear he saw a devilish grin coming from Vira's mouth.
"........................."
- Black King: I must keep an eye on her moves... Between all people I don't want to mess up with... It's her... She is a danger to all life and death. The only human who can even make the Supreme Devil cower in fear...
- Black King: Vira.
Paris
Eckidina's House
4 hours later
4 hours later after a new evil force was finally showing itself to the world, an old enemy was finally coming back to the highlights.
In Paris, Eckidina KnightWalker have many mansions and houses built in her name. She usually use those houses as secret laboratories of KnightWalker Family to built Cyborgs.
Right now, inside of one of those mansions, Misogi Kumagawa, Eckidina's personal assistant was standing beside a white-haired woman in the living room of the mansion. The white-haired woman was seated in one of the sofa on the room and was drinking a cup of tea as Misogi was telling what happened in Tenguu City.
- Misogi: And this is what happened... Sonia Nevermind is dead and Unit-CM 130 was chosen as the new king of Novosic Kingdom. Of course, the people don't know who is their new king yet.
Misogi was standing like a true sophisticated butler that was ready to attend to everything his Mistress would ask but soon his cold sarcasm slipped out and he revealed his true colors.
- Misogi: Well, that sucks! Without Sonia, the KnightWalker Alliance lost a powerful ally in our military pact! And I doubt Unit-CM 130 will continue the war in Sonia's name as he is more focused in his human experiments! In other words, CM will keep Novosic Kingdom away from the World War III so he can focus only in his experiments!
The white-haired woman who was wearing a kimono, which is a cultural Japanese dress, stopped drinking the tea and calmly opened her red eyes.
- Woman: Well, at least we managed to get rid of Sonia. I was planning to put her life to an end as soon we ended the war but it seems our superior, the Fallen's Essence, did that for us.
Misogi then smiled like a psychopath and continued. Despite his insanity, the woman didn't seen to be bothered at all.
- Misogi: And listen to this! Katarina Couteau is stronger than before! Since our last meeting with her, she trained hard with several war heroes of Cold War III and Global War. These guys who trained her were people who fought the KnightWalker Family years ago when the KnightWalker Funeral Parlor was wrecking havoc across our territory of the globe! That means she is now strong enough to take both of us down! Kihihihi! Don't you think this sounds great?!
In the last few months, Misogi fell on the depths of madness after witnessing the World War III and torturing war prisoners. Before this war, Misogi was a very calm and calculating man but now he is a psychopath with sadistic tendencies and does things without thinking twice.
- Woman: Yeah... I know that... Katarina is even more powerful than before. Hahahahaha... I bet she can cut my previous person in half now. About our airport in Tenguu City, that's too bad... The KnightWalker Family used that airport to sent more pieces to our lovable laboratory in the forest of Tenguu City.
The woman was talking about the Area 11, which is a secret military area owned by KnightWalker Family. This base is hide somewhere in the forest surrounding Tenguu City. The airport where the Rogues fought the MPS was the main point where the KnightWalker Family received pieces and weapons to deliver them to Area 11. Now, that the airport was shutdown by JGSDF, Area 11 is about to be shutdown as well without supplies to continue their secret "project".
- Misogi: Also, I heard that Ratatoskr is operating in Tenguu City... Probably because this is where Katarina Couteau and her friend La Folia Rihavein lives... Oh... I forgot that La Folia is dead--Now her name is Imperia Deamonne.
- Woman: There are possibilities Ratatoskr will find Area 11 as well. Not even my strongest bodyguards will be able to defend it if. Well, I don't care anymore. My project is already done!
They do not even suspect that my clone is out there, doing my dirty work. The white haired woman turned around and revealed to be...
- Eckidina: Eckidina KnightWalker will never die.
It was Eckidina KnightWalker... The person who started that war and was directly responsible for everything that happened so far with the Rogues.
- Misogi: Eckidina KnightWalker will never die...
- Eckidina: Because we're many...
Eckidina was very different... After being disappeared for months after the Michael Langdon's Coronation as the new Pope of Roman Catholic Church.
Eckidina now wears a more traditional Japanese clothing; a white top with a red lining and bottom, as well as sandals. Her hair is white, and she wears red ribbons instead of yellow. Most notably, her body is covered by six screws: two in her legs, two in her upper arms, and two pinning her hands to her shoulders. Unlike her previous appearances, Eckidina was a brunette teenage girl who was wearing most of the time a student uniform.
LN-666 Project
- Misogi: How do you feel in your new body? The power of the LN-666 Project seems to be getting even more powerful inside of you.
In the last few months after the beginning of World War III, Eckidina spent most of her inside of Area 11 to be the guinea pig of her own experiment. Eckidina used her own body to become one with the powerful LN-666 Project, the strongest weapon that KnightWalker Family has in her hands and is probably the most destructive and dangerous weapon on the planet. Not even the Fallen's Essence seems to be aware of this weapon as Eckidina is hiding the existence of this weapon from him, who is her superior.
- Eckidina: I feel good... But I hate these screws.
The screws covering Eckidina's new body were a magi-tech seal. Right now, Eckidina's body is to weak to support its power, if the screw is removed from her body, the energy of the LN-666 Project inside of her physical body will spread out without control and explode her from inside, thus destroying the world in the process as she is now a human bomb.
- Misogi: Just a few couple of weeks and you'll be able to use your new body without interference.
Misogi bowed before Eckidina... Suddenly the door of the living room opened, revealing four women... It was a living nightmare for people who hates Eckidina... Because... The people who opened that door were...
- Eckidina: Until my body becomes strong enough to support the power of the LN-666 Project, I'll use you guys.
Eckidina then smiled like a devil as she stared at her...
- Eckidina: I'm counting with you, me.
The four women in front of the living room were Eckidina's clones... Four people similar to how Eckidina was on the past... They had brown hair, white skin, brown eyes and were wearing Eckidina's student uniform. Literally... There were 4 Eckidinas right there.
- Eckidina 1: I understand, me!
The first Eckidina spoke like a cheerful kid.
- Eckidina 2: There is nothing to fear, me.
The second Eckidina spoke like a sexy mature woman.
- Eckidina 3: E-Eh... I don't know what to say... I'm afraid to disappoint you, s-sister!
The third Eckidina spoke like a shy person and blushed while covering her face in shame.
- Eckidina 4: Fucking boring! Everything is boring! You're seated in your comfortable mansion while we have to go out there to sign papers and meet that stupid fucking old men in the KnightWalker Council!!
The fourth Eckidina spoke like a rude delinquent girl, she seemed to have a hot head and way stressed. Misogi then smiled as the Eckidinas showed themselves to the original Eckidina.
Despite them being Eckidina's clones, they have different personalities.
- Eckidina: There is nothing to fear... My clones... You all have my Cyborg abilities, memories, intelligence and knowledge! As long you're with me, you'll be able to do whatever you want!
Eckidina created her clones more than 45 years ago, Kotori said that to Katarina when she rescued her in Aldegyr Kingdom.
Flashback[]
Scenes from LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - A Place to Return (Sub Arc Finale)
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Except for Kotori and Kyouhei, Katarina and Mana got really shocked. The red warrior was sweating while Mana was pale.
- Mana: So they're already here, in this planet... Making their moves... The Dark Empires are everywhere.
Katarina touched her hand and felt her power trembling.
- Katarina: So this worldwide war is part of a master plan that seek to conquer the world and create a fascist Nazi regime. This sounds so scary... To think that the entire planet is now in the hands of that thing.
Katarina got really disturbed to the point she almost lost her faith in mankind.
- Kotori: When we, Ratatoskr, discovered that the Original Fallen divided his souls in many parts to help him expand his reign, we also divided our forces in many parts of the multiverse to intercept these shadows. We arrived in this 3 years later after the Fallen's Essence was already making his move. If we arrived early, we could stopped him from starting this war. We suspect that he is an ally of that heinous girl known as Eckidina KnightWalker.
Katarina's eyes shone in red, showing her hatred.
- Katarina: Eckidina... I knew she was helping him. It's impossible that she was being manipulated and never noticed it. She looks stupid an childish but she is really smart... Making most of the smartest people in this planet looks like a baby.
Kotori crossed her arms while Kyouhei showed a paper about the reports saying Eckidina's political moves to Mana and Katarina.
- Kotori: Eckidina was helping the Fallen's Essence from the beginning but never told it. This is probably the reason she is like that; arrogant, vicious, cruel and heartless. And this is why the KnightWalker Family became a Neo-Nazi organization when she took control after the death of her father, Juria KnightWalker Try to imagine for how many years Eckidina is helping him. You don't know nothing about Eckidina KnightWalker... Think... How old is Eckidina?
Katarina tried to guess just looking at the photo in the report.
- Katarina: Hmm... 18 years old?
Kotori looked down and shook her head...
- Kotori: You're wrong, Katarina Couteau. Juria KnightWalker always wanted Eckidina to be immortal so he would never be sad again for losing someone from his family. Eckidina was born...
- Kotori: 45 years ago.
Katarina got really scared... It was TOTALLY impossible that Eckidina was so old.
- Kyouhei: Eckidina carries a dark secret that only her father knows. 45 years ago, Eckidina was born but she died right after her birth. Juria did not accept it and cloned the baby, creating several Cyborgs with human bodies, Juria removed the brain of the child and put it one of the Cyborgs, forcing Eckidina to live again. Every 20 years, Eckidina's body will get weak and die but if the scientists from KnightWalker Family remove her brain and put it in child body, she will live again like a normal girl... No one suspected or will suspect that Eckidina is changing bodies. Right now, Eckidina has more than 50 bodies to her disposal. That means Eckidina will live for more than 1000 years.
Mana dropped the report.
- Mana: That bitch... She has clones of herself! That means no matter if we kill her, she will live again.
Kotori continued to talk.
- Kotori: Fallen has been helping her for more than 19 years, that means since she gained her new body last decade, Fallen's Essence is an ally of that insane warmongering girl. Next year, the Eckidina we know will die and will change her body again, putting the memories through her life in another body. Eckidina is immortal thanks to her Cyborg Regeneration that prevent her from dying but if we find where her bodies are, we can destroy them before she can put her memories in another body, we can end her reign of terror on this planet forever. Otherwise, if we don't find them, she'll live for another 20 years to bring more death like she already brought. The Fallen's Essence is probably using Eckidina's lifetime, if Eckidina is going to die next year, that means this war will last for 1 year. The Fallen's Essence plans to destroy Eckidina's clones when she dies so she will have nowhere to go. The Fallen wants to be the only one ruling the world so he will obviously betray Eckidina.
Katarina was terrified, to think that Eckidina prepared more bodies so she can live more time in the world to cause more pain.
- Katarina: That bitch... Both of them are... Fallen's Essence and Eckidina, these two are monsters.
Katarina was really upset with Eckidina because she wanted not to just bring pain and death when she was alive but she wanted to live forever by changing bodies to continue her infinite reign of destruction.
- Mana: That girl... Is just like the emperors of Balam Alliance! Kotori! We must kill her! Only us who suffered at the hands of the Balam Alliance knows the destruction they caused for profit and power! That bitch is not different! No matter if she is just a teenage girl or an earthling, she has potential to become the next Empress of Balam Alliance alongside them! She is much worse than the emperors because they have reasons and act rationally but she is insane! She has no reasons or motives!
Kotori got worried with Mana's decision.
- Kotori: Mana! Leave her to us! We cannot let other people there aliens between them! If you attack Eckidina and show her your true powers, she will tell about us to the world to destroy us! Think about that!
Mana had no words but she really wanted to kill Eckidina for every single crime she did in her life... To think that Eckidina had 45 years... 45 years of suffering was too for Mana.
- Mana: She lived for 45 years, Kotori! Think how many people lost their lives for her own pleasure! We must capture her and send her to New Conglomerate's HQ to execute her!
Nowadays[]
Back to the living room where there were 5 Eckidinas staring at each other.
- Misogi: As long we use your clone to keep your presence, there is nothing to worry about. They're disposable so there will no problem if one or two is killed... But I doubt they can kill them, your clones have your Cyborg-Immortality and only Artificial Demon Weapons can kill you and they.
Eckidina stood up and opened her arm to her clones.
- Eckidina: My "sisters", it's too soon to attack Ratatoskr and our enemies. Wait a little longer. Not even idiots like the Fallen's Essence and Michael Langdon knows about your existence. As long you keep low profile, not even that woman will notice. After all that woman taught me that omniscience is one of the worst powers possible to have.
The Fallen's Essence also have omniscience, the reason why he never found out about Eckidina's Clones and her LN-666 Project is because she is using black magic to block the supernatural knowledge. People who try to use omniscience to discover something about her will find nothing because her black magic will block their magic and knowledge.
Eckidina then walked towards the window of the living room and clenched her fists. Suddenly, a ladder made of a blue light appeared behind her, the ladder cut the living room in half. Misogi and her clones proceeded to follow her as Eckidina walking down the long light stairs. After 2 minutes going down the stairs, they arrived in a large laboratory with several capsules; the laboratory was larger than the mansion itself and seemed to be underground.
Eckidina stared at the capsules... Inside of them, there were her clones... THOUSANDS of them. They were aligned in two lines. There were so many capsules that the lab extended up to 1 kilometer wide.
With an evil grin, Eckidina raised her only functional army towards her clones like if she was some type of Goddess.
- Eckidina: Eckidina KnightWalker will never die! For we are many... Kill one of us and ten will appear before you all! Kill ten and one hundred will appear before you all! Fufufufu... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
Meanwhile in Japan - Tenguu City
JGSDF Military Hospital
Days after Kotori's conversation with the Rogues, Katarina and Imperia decided tha they should stay with Kyouko after all. For days, Kyouko slept without sign of life. Despite her could control the Artificial Demon Weapon that Gwen gave to her, it was her first time using such type of power, and so, as a consequence, Kyouko was in coma for days.
After Katarina and Imperia stayed beside Kyouko for days, Katarina asked to Asuha to go to her home and take a rest as they were going to watch her from now on. Mostly, Katarina was there to protect Kyouko from Manufacturing Progressive Sciences since she is a detective and knows too much about them.
Even Imperia knew was not safe just yet. Since Kyouko was hospitalized in a military hospital, the building was being well secured by Global Pact Defense's Magicians.
Finally, after 3 days in coma, Kyouko slowly opened her eyes. She noticed she was lying in a bed with a white female patient dress.
- Kyouko: I.......
Kyouko put some effort to look around and saw she was in a small room with several medical equipaments, some wardrobes with remedies, some pipes and a large window on the right side of her bed.
Katarina, who was playing a RPG game in a Nintendo Wii 2035 beside her bed, almost gasped when she finally saw that Kyouko was awaken.
- Katarina: Kyouko...
Kyouko was using some glasses, it was probably because she has visual problems with electronic devices. Immediately, Katarina turned off the Nintendo Wii and paid attention to the Ultimate Detective.
- Katarina: How are you feeling?
Kyouko slowly rose her body and blinked several times to recover her vision. Despite she was in coma, her state was not so grave; the only that happened was that Kyouko's AD weapon pushed her body to its limits.
- Kyouko: I-I think I'm well...
Kyouko then shook her head to seek mental balance. Once she was fully recovered, she looked at the door and saw hundreds of flowers: anemones, Asters, Chrysanthemums, Sunflowers... Numerous types of flowers. On the right side of the flowers, there were hundreds of letters; those letters were sent by all Kyouko's friends around the world, her subordinates, her superiors and including people who had their loved ones avenged by Kyouko in criminal cases.
- Kyouko: You guys...
Kyouko lifted the sides of her mouth and closed her eyes; slowly plunging herself in the sad memories of Sonia's death.
- Kyouko: What happened, Katarina?
Katarina, like many people, wanted to avoid such matter at her best... But the sorrow in Kyouko's eyes were too sad to ignore and so Katarina told her everything that happened on that airport after CM and his mercenaries retreated.
"............"
After 5 long minutes of talking, Katarina exposed everything she knew to Kyouko. The detective kept her head down the entire time as Katarina proceeded with the story.
- Katarina: .....And this is what happened.
Kyouko took a deep breath to hold her tears.
- Kyouko: You know, Katarina... The only person who I truly loved was my father... After his death, I closed my heart to the world. Even so, I found friends but the hole in my heart never closed until I met Sonia... She was friendly, kind and generous... Later, I discovered that she was the Jack the Ripper of 21st Century and then I noticed everything was a facade. But I refused to accept it, because Sonia was forcing her name as the "Jack the Ripper". She never wanted to do those things and was being forced to act like a brutal serial killer and later a cruel tyrant of Novosic Kingdom.
Katarina paid attention to her words and did not dare to open her mouth as Kyouko blew out everything that was stuck in her heart.
- Kyouko: The feeling I felt for Sonia was not friendship... Or some kind of programatic relationship... It was... How I can tell this... Love... I guess.
Katarina blushed a little, it was the first time she saw love between women. But even Katarina knows love between two people of the same genre still the same kind of people that hetero people have for each other.
- Kyouko: Also, Katarina... Some weeks ago, I met an old friend. She asked me to say "hello" to you if we ever meet again.
Some days ago, Kyouko met Maria Arzonia at the cemetery of Tenguu City when she was visiting Eugen Katsuragi's grave. As Katarina knew that Maria was dead, Kyouko was planning to not tell she was alive and decided to hide the Maria's identity until Katarina finds out that Maria is alive in her own way.
- Katarina: An old friend? Who?
Kyouko shook her and smiled with a pure heart.
- Kyouko: You'll find out for yourself one day.
Kyouko looked the left side of her bed and saw a black sword on the ground. That sword was the Artificial Demon Weapon that Gwen gave to her during the battle of the KnightWalker Airport.
- Kyouko: This is...
Kyouko extended her hand and held the sword. The AD weapon was well secured inside of its shealth.
- Katarina: Well, you probably don't know this but I joined an organization recently and one of my friends took a good look at this sword, her name is Azul Jissele, she is a former war hero who once was a soldier in the rebel KnightWalker Funeral Parlor. Azul told me this sword belonged to an extremist warmonger called Kureto Hīragi.
The image of Gwen appeared in Kyouko's mind for some seconds. Hearing Katarina's story, Kyouko started to wonder how Gwen was in possession of Kureto's Artificial Demon weapon.
- Kyouko: Hey, Katarina... When I first used this sword back there on the battlefield, I felt a strong power running in my veins. When I noticed that sword was the soul of a poor person who was tortured and later turned into an artificial demon, I started to get scared of myself.
Kyouko stood up and jumped from the bed. She slowly walked towards the window and stared at Tenguu City's district.
- Kyouko: I don't like this power that uses the soul of a tortured person. But now, I have a goal in mind... Revenge.
Katarina's eyes widened in shock when she heard that word.
- Kyouko: Those men... Hazama and Yuuki Terumi... They took my precious friend... My loved person. They dared to kick my feelings and mocked Sonia's death like if she was trash. As long that man lives, I cannot forgive myself for not helping Sonia at that time. Sonia will not rest in peace until I throw these feelings of hatred and pain burning in my heart. I'm suffering because she died and she probably knows that in the afterlife. I know that too... If I continue to feed this hatred, I'll succumb to darkness and become someone like the bastard that took everything from me. Sonia and I will never rest until that sick bastard lives. And he's out there... Doing the same thing to thousands of people to fulfill his own pleasure... Playing with the feelings of innocent people and spitting in their lives. I cannot allow myself to forgive him.
Kyouko then sharped her eyes and clenched her fists. She quickly turned around and stared at Katarina with mighty eyes.
- Kyouko: I'll avenge Sonia and kill that man! As long he lives, more people will suffer just like me! And I don't wanna this for anyone! I'll NEVER forgive him!
Katarina gasped at the same moments as Kyouko opened the wardrobe of the room and started to wear her casual clothes.
- Katarina: K-Kyouko! What're you doing?! You're not suppose to move! You just awoke!
Katarina had the same hatred that Kyouko was feeling at that moment but her hatred was towards Heis and the Fallen's Essence. What Katarina was worried was not the fact that Kyouko was going to avenge Sonia but leaving the hospital so soon.
- Kyouko: Sorry, Katarina... I need you to help me from escaping this hospital.
Kyouko didn't need to much time to recognize that hospital is a military hospital from GDP. Because this hospital belongs to GDP, it'll be hard for them to leave that place without being seen.
- Katarina: WHAT?! NO WAY! I'M A CIVILIAN IN THE EYES OF GDP! IF THEY SAW ME HELPING YOU, THEY'LL ARREST ME!
Kyouko smiled towards Katarina with a sarcastic tone.
- Kyouko: When I was on the case of Jack the Ripper of 21st Century here in Tenguu City, I analyzed the frequency of the students of your school. And when I found your name on that list, I saw that you killed the class more than 94 times. If you can escape from Raizen High School so many times, so you'll have no problem dealing with the GDP too, right?
Kyouko giggled like a little kid. Katarina couldn't hide her shame and blushed.
- Katarina: All right... I'll try.
Katarina turned around to hide her face from Kyouko's vision but that only look more cute to Kyouko. After they started to walk towards the door, Katarina remembered that she had something important to say to Kyouko.
The atmosphere quickly became gloomy and dark again as Katarina turned around and gathered forces to say another last thing about Sonia.
- Katarina: Eh... Kyouko. Since Sonia died here in Tenguu City we decided to make a memorial stone for her here... Because this is the place where we met her. As there are no remains of her body, we refused to create a grave for her... If you want to visit it...
Kyouko's jaw opened for a second before she closed it again on the next second. Without thinking twice, Kyouko nodded and her happy expression was quickly replaced by a seriousness expression.
- Kyouko: Yes... Please...
Tenguu City
Sonia Nevermind's Memorial Stone
1 hour later
It took just one hour for Katarina and Kyouko to escape from the GDP and JGSDF hospital. It was just like Kyouko said, Katarina was an expert in escaping from public places without being noticed, at one point, Kyouko thought that Katarina could be considered a detective even more sneaky than herself but that not important... Yet, there is no doubt that situation turned out to be ironic.
After they escaped from the hospital, they took just 40 minutes to arrive in Sonia's Memorial Stone... Her stone was located on the board of a forest located on the East of Tenguu City. Her Memorial Stone is next to the sea and is exactly in front of where the sun sets.
- Katarina: .........
Katarina and Kyouko arrived without saying a single word. Katarina didn't need to take her time to say that place was Sonia's Memorial Stone.
Kyouko stared at the stone for a long time before walking forward. Katarina continued standing on the same place and decided to watch.
With heavy eyes and deep sadness, Kyouko got in her knees in front of the Memorial Stone written with Sonia's full name.
- Here Lies Sonia Nevermind
- 2016 - 2036
These were the only things wrote on the stone but this is how memorial stones are suppose to be. Around the stone, there were flowers and even some boxes of cookies that Sonia loved when she was a student at Raizen High School.
- Kyouko: Sonia, I'll give my best to protect this world from now on. I'll use everything under my possession to fight the wicked people who destroy this world and corrupt people just like how the monster who forced to do those things. I always wanted to ask more about you... But...
Personally, Kyouko always wanted to know more about Sonia from her mouth but they never had time to have a normal conversation. Every time they encountered each other was to talk about work.
If only they had a normal day to talk, they could have talked about many things.
- Kyouko: ...We never had a casual conversation... If only we could have met each other in normal circumstances where you were not the "villain" and I'm as the "heroine". Fufufufu...
Kyouko giggled a little as the birds on the trees started to fly once the wind coming from the ocean hit the coast.
Katarina only watched without moving a finger. The way that she was speaking was just like when she visited Euren's grave for the first time.
- Katarina: Kyouko...
- Kyouko: I don't know why I'm not crying right now... The tears are not falling. Maybe, it's because you're with me, right? I have the feeling you're not gone. You're with me. Just like when we met each other with our physical bodies.
With determination, Kyouko got on her feet and smiled.
- Kyouko: If I continue to run like a coward and have regrets for the rest of my life, I'll slowly kill myself for living such boring and tedious life. It'll hurt me even more knowing your assassin is out there, enjoying his immortality and living a normal life doing his killing-spree... Killing more people, crushing their feelings and their bounds.
With a confident smile, Kyouko stared at the sun disappearing on the horizon.
- Kyouko: The weapon that my friend known as Gwen gave to me is an Artificial Demon Weapon. I don't know the name of the soul living inside of this sword... But to avenge you and stop that monster's rampage, I'll use everything that I have in my sheeve. In times of war, I have to fight with everything I got. I don't have time to be picky.
Katarina was surprised with her quick change of character but that only made her happy knowing that Sonia was not shaken. At that time, Katarina's eyes shone when she saw Kyouko shining in front of the sun, the fact that she lost a important person didn't affect her will... Unlike Katarina who stayed weeks trying to recover from her pain when she lost Eugen to Aki Honda's cruel hands.
- Kyouko: This is the first and last time I'll visit this place! You know me, Sonia... I'll never look back, no matter what! You can slap me when I join you in the afterlife!
Kyouko then put her put her Global Pact Defense's badge in front of Sonia's Memorial Stone and turned around.
- Kyouko: Goodbye, Sonia Nevermind!
Kyouko left the memorial stone, leaving Katarina behind.
- Katarina: What're you going to do now, Kyouko?
Kyouko stopped walking but did not turn back. Despite she could not take a closer look at her face, Katarina knew that Kyouko was happy.
Kyouko looked at a flower beside her, that flower had a yellow butterfly on it, it had the same color of Sonia's hair.
- Kyouko: I'll follow my own path. I'll become strong... Strong... Powerful enough to protect myself and the people around me. I promise you, Katarina... I'll not fail with myself and...
Katarina crossed her arms and smiled as Kyouko left the forest.
- Kyouko: ....I will live!
To be Continued...
LOTM: Sword of Kings AA Final
Sub Arc 2: CM 130 Sub Arc
Saga AA 2nd Season
I Love You
Episode 10, 11 & 12
Ending - STYX HELIX[]
.full.1098638.jpg){kind=link}
.png){kind=link}
.png){kind=link}
.full.816571.jpg){kind=link}
.600.169964.jpg){kind=link}
.full.794195.jpg){kind=link}
.full.2098613.jpg){kind=link}
Lyrics[]
Oh, please don't let me die
Waiting for your touch
No, don't give up on life
This endless dead end
Kurutta tokei kizamu inochi
Koboreteku kioku no suna
Mebaeta omoi made
Nee konna ni akkenaku
Kiete shimau no
I wish I was there
Oh, please don't let me die
Waiting for your touch
Nidoto nani mo nakusanu you ni
Watashi wo wasurete hajimete "Restart"
No, don't give up on life
This endless dead end
Kimi wo kudaku kono kanashimi ga
Itsuka owarimasu you ni
For now I'll see you off
My time is spinning around
Your deep black eyes
I forgot what time it is
And our memories are gone...?
Amai kaori hanatsu
Tsuioku to iu na no wana
Sasoware toraware
Naze aragae mo sezu mata
Oborete shimau no
I wish you were here
Oh, never close your eyes
Searching for a true fate
Dokoka kieta ano nukumori wo
Oikake tsuzukete miushinau "Restart"
So, let us try again
From the very first time
"Kitto kitto" sou yatte ima mo
Munashii wa wo egaiteru
For now, see you again
...fading in, fading out...
I wish we were there
Ano hibi ni wa modorenai
Toki wa tsuyoku kanashiku tsuyoku
Tada tada susunde yuku dake "Restart"
No, don't give up on life
This endless dead end
Furikaeranai sonna tsuyosa wo
Dare mo mina enjiteiru
For now I'll see you off
And we'll die
Waiting for a new day
Nidoto...
And we'll start
Waiting for a new day
Kimi to...
Oh, please don't let me die
Kienai de ah...
Unit-CM 130's Message[]
- CM: The only thing to fear, is not the only thing to fear. During these years I was dead, everything changed, not just in this little planet, but in the whole omniverse. After my death, countless planets joined the rebels once they saw the chance to win. In this planet, known as Prime Earth, things are not different. It's not only dozens of "self-called" heroes trying to stop my operation in countless countries, there are thousands of them out there.
- CM: Crushing my allies, destroying my Asylums all over the world, destroying my factories, destroying my vehicles and business. Meta-Humans from Global Pact Defense, Former Cyborgs from KnightWalker Family, Rebels, Anti-KnightWalker Factions even Spirits from the Paradise... Can't they see that they're the villains in this story? The indifference between the superior and inferior living beings creates war and destruction.
- CM: I'm just trying to help the superiors to conquer what is suppose to be them while inferiors invades and destroy everything we worked so hard build, claiming that everything we built belongs to them as if they were our kings using the excuse that "EVERYONE IS EQUAL".
- CM: Foolish weaklings. They do not know their place and cause chaos, hurting innocents from our territory.
- CM: They call me sick, twisted and a monster. Saying that my lovable experiments are just methods of torture. EVERYTHING I did is for peace! My weapons help my allies to defeat our enemies, my diseases defeated the true monsters in their homes, my ships bombs their disgusting "pit of worms" in their cities, my torture methods help my allies to conquer our enemies by fear, my experiments in dissecting babies alive was just an attempt to understand their biological traces.
- CM: Everything was made to destroy the inferiors from hurting our children. They're incompetent living beings that think their peace is permanent, putting too much faith in their race. Stupid, for I know their race are inferior and what they are capable of.
- CM: I noticed that humans from this planet were inferior when I studied their history and discovered they have religions. Because of their religion, they're late in the history. Without religion, they could have reached other worlds, galaxies and stars. Can't they see religion made them inferior?
- CM: I'm, Unit-CM 130, the Prince of Science, the Messenger of Truth, the Darkness Destroyer and Harbinger of Justice. I'm not good or evil, I fight for my own good, my ideologies, my ideas and my PLANS! Can't they see Unit-CM 130 is no longer stupid like before? Thanks to that Demon Princess, I'm smarter, wiser, intelligent and MORE brutal. And thanks to Her, they will know that the only thing to fear is ME!
- CM: YOU FEAR ECKIDINA KNIGHTWALKER?! MICHAEL LANGDON?! HEIS?!
- CM: I'M WORSE!
On the Next Episode of LOTM: Sword of Kings...[]
- Karma: KILL ALL THOSE MONSTERS!
- Misogi: So that stupid blonde princess is dead. What a pit... I really wanted to kill her with my own hands. But having her heart ripped off... This is so sad... So sad...
- Heis: You're lost kid... Where is your mother? Does it even matter? Try jumping from here...
- The Fallen: [Let's leave the rest with CM. I knew Sonia was a incompetent ally because of her love towards Kyouko Kirigiri... But you see, no matter if she was my daughter, weak have no place in my WORLD!]
- Chinatsu: ARYANA WESTCOTT!!! I'LL CUT YOU IN PIECES AND SEND YOU TO HELL MYSELF! WHY YOU KILLED HER!!! MY MOTHER!!!
- Asuha: There is no point in saving the world you're suppose to destroy...
- Aryana: The Rogues are useless now. Their battle with CM's mercenaries destroyed their will to fight and defend this world.
- Rentaro: All those times I got hurt, all the crying I did, all the pain I felt... And my reward for enduring this was her name and a single smile. Jeez... Talk about unequal compensation. Katarina is the light that warm me, my Aphrodite, my queen and Goddess... I would give my life for her to continue to see her smile that bright my world. I want to be useful too... I cannot hold myself watching her fighting while I just sit down! That's why, Cole MacGrath, I want you to turn me into Meta-Human! I'm willing to abandon my humanity to stay by her side!
- Imperia: Heis... I'll find you and you'll kill you!
- ???: अआइईउऊऋऌऍऎएऐऑऒओऔकखगघ
- ???: I see... This is certainly interesting. You wouldn't happen to be Pride, would you?
"..........."
- ???: I guess you're not going to answer me!
"..........."
- ???: AH, right! I haven't introduced myself! I'm the Harbinger of Doom, a Sin Archbishop from Revelation of Qliphoth, representing Sloth...
Petelgese Romanne-Conti... DESU!
Blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true Messiahs - Cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn like sheep!
On the Next Episode of LOTM: Sword of Kings...
LOTM: Sword of Kings AA 2nd Season - The Will of the Qliphoth
Afterwords[]
- From Prime: Sup my friends, it's been a long time. Many people are wondering why we always kill the main characters. The reason is simple, it's because they already had their role done, there is no point in keeping a characters alive and in the story once his duty is done (I'm not a tyrant like The Fallen). Sonia Nevermind, for example, she was suppose to be the main antagonist of LOTM: Sword of Kings Special: "From Hell" Letter to introduce the Ultimate Despair, The Fallen's Essence, Junko Enoshima and Kyouko Kirigiri, and since she was a hero in the wrong side, she was fated to die soon. And also, the death of the characters always open doors for us to introduce new characters, to develop the psychological state of the characters, to mature the victims of the villains and finally to create a drama scenery to give the story a touch of darkness and realism where all good guys can die too. It's sad? Yes, but it's necessary to break stupid cliches. I loved Sonia as an tragic villain so it was hard for me to kill her but with this Kyouko will be more than an Ultimate Detective and will be willing to fight even more powerful enemies, and so her assassins will get what they deserve.
- From Subjugator: Hands down! The new volume of MAD is coming! If you never read the last volume of MAD, it's a episode full of jokes created by CIS Productions' members for fun. Read the last volume: LOTM: Sword of Kings - MAD Collection (Volume 1).
- From CIS: LOTM: Sword of Kings has officially split the story in three parts: Magic Side, Tech Side and Meta Side. See the page LOTM: Sword of Kings - Story Sides for more info. This was based in the concept of To Aru no Majutsu no Index, where they divide their stories between Magic and Science side.
- From Prime: A new villain was introduced to story, and she was very developed for the last weeks! See Ara Astaroth!
- From Officer: The new episode of LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow was just released by Officer Candy Apple! See LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Horsemen Saga - Colin & Christine and LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Horsemen Saga - Colin's Death.
- Also don't lose any episode of the amazing LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior! Read the new episode in LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior - Executioner.
???[]
Brazil - Amazonas
Unknown Location
September 13 - 2036
???
???
In a country far away from Japan, one of the Ultimate Detectives from Global Pact Defense was making his move. The scenery now changes to Brazil, especially inside of the forest of Amazonas, the biggest jungle of the world that holds a big amount of animals and plants.
Even in this natural paradise, mankind destroy it and built military bases to install nuclear warheads. Actually, it was not "mankind" who built those bases, but something worse than humans and demons... Robots...
Kyouko Kirigiri is not the only Ultimate Detective of GDP... Rather--She is just one among hundreds of them, yet she is the most famous of them all because of skills in war crimes. In the middle of the waters of Amazonas, a small boat moved by charcoal approached the beach of the biggest base of the entire world. Inside of this boat, the Ultimate Detective know as Alter Gleen made his way towards the huge base located on the middle of the forest.
- Gleen: So this is the base of the so-called Manufacturing Progressive Sciences.
The Detective walked towards the tip of the deck and looked at the tall building on the middle of the jungle. That building belonged to Manufacturing Progressive Sciences. Once CM was revived, he did not waste time and spread his influence through other countries... Now, the MPS had countless bases active around the world, kidnapping poor people and prisoners of war to use them in terrible human experiments that not even God can watch without crying.
Gleen stared at the tower while a young boy with brown hair and eyes approached him, he was wearing a black suit and seemed to be a native of the region.
- Gleen: So... Josef... For how long that tower is there?
Josef is the name of the young boy who is a Brazilian kid who lives in the region. Even the most poor people located on the middle of Amazonas experienced the globalization and managed to live like normal people in urban areas.
- Josef: Despite its size, it's there just for 2 weeks... It... Just appeared there. Normally, it would take years to built something like that but it was finished in a matter of days. From what I recall, I saw this area being surrounded by robots, they were trying to prevent anyone from entering that area.
That tower had sensors of communication, so Gleen decided to get a boat without technology to enter in that area dominated by MPS.
- Gleen: To built something from this size in days is impossible.
Gleen's eyes caught the vision of a dead body floating on the water. The boat then passed by not just one body but hundreds of naked bodies on the water, worse, there were fish eating the flesh of the dead bodies.
Josef tried to avoid looking at the water.
- Josef: Poor souls.
Gleen started to pray for all those poor souls who suffered at the hands of the MPS. They were guinea pigs who suffered human experiments... Physical, psychological and even sexual experiments. After their role were fulfilled, they were simply discarded like trash.
- Gleen: Bunch of son of bitches... Conquering neutral areas and destroying the lives of thousands.
Gleen is a man of respect and honor, so to force him to say something obscene like "son of bitch" means that he witnessed something that goes the other way of his principles.
Josef was the one who was driving the boat and so he returned to the room of command when they were about to debark on the beach of the forest.
- Josef: We're going to stop soon! The droids from this MPS are all around this area! Be careful!
The boat stopped moving and docked on the sands of the beach. Gleen proceeded to step his foot on the sand and looked back at the tower of MPS.
- Gleen: This area has countless underground metro tracks... Just by stepping my foot in this sand, I could hear the echo of my feet below the sand.
Gleen noticed that there were thousands of underground railways tracks. Right below their nose, the MPS had underground trains to transport pieces of machines, goods and guinea pigs from the country.
- Josef: You're geographer?
Gleen was once a teacher of geography and so he could analyze the area without effort.
- Gleen: I was once... A long time ago... Before Cold War II forced me to investigate war crimes.
The Cold War II was a major conflict between the United States and KnightWalker, it happened ore than 20 years ago.
Gleen and Josef heard the sound of something like a rocket from the distance. They entered on the forest and arrived on the other side of the beach only to see an aquatic platform launching a rocket to the space.
- Josef: COOL!
It was the first time that Josef saw a rocket so it was amazing for him, but Gleen knew that rocket was carrying something around its borders... Something like a satellite.
- Gleen: The MPS are sending something to space...
Gleen and Josef decided to enter on the forest and walked through the woods for minutes. The rocket that was launched to space
- Josef: This area is being watched by cameras... So I must say th---!
Gleen suddenly put his hands in the mouth of Josef when two huge transports being protected by battle droids were passing in front of them. They hide themselves in the woods, avoiding the eyes of the droids.
- Gleen: Battle Droids... Inside of those transports there are hundreds of them. Each one have more ammunition than US army.
When the transports and droids followed their way through the woods, three tanks passed by them as well. The pilots were controlling them cannons.
- Pilot Droid 1: All this humidity is destroying my programming system!
- Pilot Droid 2: When we finish this patrol we can go to the manufacture. They can clean us as well. When I was transferred to this country, I never thought I was going to patrol this dirty place.
The droids continued talking as their tanks followed the MPS transports.
- Gleen: This is strange... If this base is a scientific base to human experiments... So why they have so much security and even rocket launchers... It seems we're in a military base.
- Josef: Or maybe both...
Josef and Gleen left from the wounds and saw the tanks leaving and disappearing in the woods, destroying all trees on their way.
- Gleen: There are many bases of MPS around the world but this one is even more isolated... Protected... And they have an army in here. We must go with caution.
With that, Gleen also noticed that the droids were using technology even more advanced than the troops of MPS used in the front lines. These droids were obviously a strong and were not stupid like the others.
After a long walk avoiding the Move Sensors, cameras and patrols, Gleen and Josef found a cave between the trees.
- Josef: This is the entrance.
They were not walking around for nothing, Josef already draw a map of that area even before Gleen decided to hire him to guide him in that forest.
- Gleen: The MPS security will be even more rigid from here... Thanks, Josef... But now you must go. If they find you, they'll kill you. You're too young to die by the hands of those sick bastards.
Gleen knew the MPS used all children as guinea pigs in dissection experiments but he tried to keep Josef away from this disgusting truth and entered in the cave.
- Gleen: God... Help me from here.
Gleen made his way towards the cave but saw that Josef was following him.
- Gleen: Josef!
Josef giggled and pointed his finger at Gleen with a confident smile.
- Josef: DON'T YOU EVER OVERESTIMATE MY BRAZILIAN SPIRIT! I WAS BORN IN THIS FOREST!
Gleen facepalm himself but then let out a kind smile.
- Gleen: Alright, come with me, boy!
Gleen and Josef had difficulty to walk through the cave as it was darker than night itself. The cave had bats and types of insects that Gleen never saw in his entire life. After almost one hour walking, they saw a blue light at the end of the cave.
- Josef: We're now under water... That means we're on the most deep level of the MPS tower.
Josef and Gleen walked towards the edge of the end of the cave and looked below... Only to see thousands of floors filled with droids being constructed by other machines. The factory of droids had at least 5 kilometers of depth and each floor of the factory had treadmills filled with droids from MPS.
- Gleen: The son of bitches have more droids than all people from China and India together... Jesus Christ. Why are they building so many of them?
Josef already saw that before a long time ago when he went to draw the map.
- Josef: If we jump from this cave to the factory, we will see a door next to our left if we walk straight through the treadmills.
Without wasting time, Josef and Gleen jumped on the treadmills and tried to avoid physical contact with the droids, afraid of activating them.
The treadmills of droids on the first floor of the factory had a door at its end, and this where Gleen and Josef were going. After opening that door with a hacker device, they entered in a dark hall with several platforms of iron. All of a sudden, the door behind them closed and scared Josef and Gleen.
- Josef: It's cold down here.
Josef rubbed his hands to offer heat to his body. Unlike the factory on the other side of that door that was extremely hot by the humidity of the machines, that hall where they were was extremely cold... Cold like a Russian winter.
- Gleen: Wait a second...
The hall where they were was big in size and their footsteps were making echos, meaning that hall was extremely large. And the darkness from the hall prevented from looking where they were stepping.
Gleen then put his hand in his chest pocket and removed a flashlight from there. After turning it on, he put his light on his sides...
- Josef: Ah...
- Gleen: My God... So this is what they sending to space...
Around them, there were hundreds... Or even thousands of rockets moored by iron cables. These rockets have pieces of satellites inside of them. It's just like Gleen said before, they are sending pieces of satellite to space.
- Gleen: Pieces of satellites... Spaceship... Battle Station... It must be something very big to need so many rockets carrying these parts.
At that time, Gleen finally noticed that base was not just an area owned by MPS to use humans as guinea pigs in scientific experiments, it was base dedicated to built something on space.
- Gleen: We entered in the most secret part of their plan... There must be a sector where innocent people are being tortured alive in human experiments but this is too dangerous.
"PIN"
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Gleen heard a noise that seemed to be the sound of a button being pressed. He slowly looked behind and saw that Josef pressed a red button of the wall next to him.
- Josef: Sorry, Detective. You're good man. But this is my work.
Josef let out a cute smile towards Gleen...
- Gleen: Josef... You...
Suddenly, the lights of the hall were turned on and revealed the whole hall filled with rockets. With the light, two droids that are like crabs with cannon lasers appeared behind Josef and went towards Gleen.
- Gleen: You're a spy, Josef! Why?!
Josef closed his eyes and smiled maliciously.
- Josef: I don't like how the MPS works, using my people as their punching bad for their own needs. But I'm being paid by them to bring detectives, investigators and reporters like yourself into their grasp. I know everything about this base because I WORK here. Actually, all men and fishermen from this state are being paid by MPS to keep their mouths shut about this base. Clever, huh?
Gleen raised his arms and surrounded as his dropped his flashlight.
- Josef: If this is a comfort to you: you're not the first Ultimate Detective that fell in this trap... "The innocent boy that wants to help until the end". Geez, if you're so intelligent, you must know that children like me cannot know all the way towards this underground base.
Gleen closed his eyes in disappointment.
- Gleen: So you sold people who wanted to save thousands of lives because of money? People who believed in you...?
- (???): Money speaks louder than people's voices!
Behind Gleen, a very tall male figure appeared after opening a metal door. He slowly walked towards Gleen. He had a very tall muscular body and was wearing a black trench coat with a green diamond in his chest, a shining blue army and a helmet with two horns in format of blades.
- Gleen: Judging by your appearance, you must be a Cyborg.
From behind of that man, dozens of security droids aimed their guns at the detective.
- Security Droid: [On your knees!]
Gleen had no choice but to get on his knees as the droids handcuffed him with violence, almost breaking his nails on the process.
- Josef: So... I did a good job! Right, Androxus?!
Josef ran towards the tall man with an excited smile but he used his pistol he was carrying to smash the head of the boy. The man with horns was revealed to be Androxus, a mercenary from MPS just like Yuuki Terumi, Vergil, Nnoitra and Reaper.
- Androxus: You took too long! Akrak is not pleased!
Androxus then removed several notes of money from his pocket and threw them on the floor.
- Androxus: This is your reward! Now get out of here before I rip off your head from your body, earthling!
Josef grabbed the notes and started to count... Only to see that notes were japanese notes. Of course it was, at the year of 2036, Japan became one of the 5 countries with most economic influence across the world.
- Josef: This is not Reais!
Reais is the name of the money notes used in Brazil. For Brazilians, Eastern notes are almost useless.
- Androxus: Out!
Androxus hates to repeat himself twice and even Josef knows that so he just ran away with a dissatisfied blush.
- Josef: Fine! Geez! Retard...
Josef then made his way out of the hall as the droids, while holding Gleen, followed Androxus all the way out of the factory and went to the Science Sector. At some point, all security droids left, leaving just one droid pushing Gleen. After minutes walking in long hallways filled with scientists and security forces, they arrived in a huge metal door that divided the white and clean corridor where they were with a filthily hallway.
- Androxus: Welcome, detective... To the Science Sector of this base.
Androxus looked at Gleen with glowing eyes as the gate in front of them opened slowly, revealing the dark hallway. The small fractions of seconds were filled with screams of men and women being tortured inside of the chambers.
- Gleen: This smell...
Gleen almost fainted when the smelled the disgusting smell of that hallway... It stinks like rotten flesh, feces and urine.
- Security Droid: [Keep walking!]
The droid holding Gleen hit his back with his rifle when Gleen refused to follow Androxus on that hallway. Without options, Gleen was forced to walk down that corridor filled with death.
- Androxus: What you saw down there was just a the underground factory of droids that were are preparing to fulfill the master plan of the creator of all this project. And the rockets... This is confidential.
As Gleen was forced to walk down that hallway, he passed by several chambers with opened doors... The first door he passed by was a torture chamber... Or this is how this should be called; he saw a woman being hanged by several small lines on the size of seam lines.
From what he can see, it seems the scientist looking at the woman being hanged by that lines are testing a new type of line that can hold heavy things on the midair without being broken by the gravity.
And the door next to that, he saw a droid using a whip made of laser torturing a boy of 7-years old being hanged with hooks attached to the roof. The droid was just like the B1-Battle Droids but it was painted with red colors and was stained with blood from the boy.
From Gleen's perspective, it seems that droid is trying to confirm if their new creation, a Laser-Whip, is a success against organic living beings.
The boy saw Gleen passing by and tried to scream with his widened eyes. His eyes were so widened and filled with blood that Gleen thought they were going to pop out.
And next to that door, he saw an american boy lying on a metal bed with his arms and feet being held by latches. And next to that, his eyes were being forcibly opened by two hooks.
The boy was being forced to watch some kind of video with several symbols that are used psychological tests. The goal of that experiment was to implant false memories inside of his head without using chips to brainwash him.
Until now, Gleen only saw the scientific experiments... What came next was even more wicked and vicious. Next to that door, there was a man using a baby mask torturing women by using flamethrower and knife to destroy their eyes. As the flames of his tool burned their faces, their eyes slowly started to fell from their position, exposing their eyeballs.
Now, Gleen was in the torture section, the place where detectives, enemy politicians and all people who oppose MPS are tortured. This place can even make Devil jealous.
After passing many doors, Gleen rolled his eyeballs to the last door, where he thought to be the last door of the hallway. Inside of that room, there was a very fat naked man wearing a mask of a clown ripping off the teeth of a very young woman.
The woman had her eyes blindfolded and her hands tied up in a chair where she screamed in pain as the perverse fat man continued to rip off her teeth.
- Androxus: They're people like you, detective... People who rose their hands against us.
Androxus then opened a huge metal door at the end of that corridor and slapped Gleen's head. Then, he saw a very large room with several capsules and pipes of blue liquid.
- Androxus: I take from here.
Androxus said that to the security droid and the droid just nodded and left without saying a word.
- Gleen: This place...
Gleen looked around to inspect the new environment. Unlike that dirty and disgusting hallway, this place was clean, very organized and also very cold.
- Androxus: I don't know how Akrak can work in places so cold.
Maybe it was just a stupid mistake from Gleen's part, but he missed that there was a mobile desk 10 meters in front of him. And on the table, there was a naked teenage girl lying on her breaststroke. Suddenly, from behind one of the capsules with blue liquid and pressed her hand against a device implanted on the neck of the teenage girl.
- Girl: LET ME GO!
That woman had black-princess style hair, black colored eyes, white skin and was 1,65 meters tall. She was wearing a white uniform with a white coat on it. She is also very good-looking and athletic with a voluptuous figure.
- Girl: NO! PLEASE, STOP!!
Indeed, that woman was a scientist working to MPS... And right now, she is doing some experiment with that teenage girl.
The device implanted on the neck of the girl slowly became a drill and pierced her meat until her spine, leaving huge hole in her nape. Her screams slowly stopped when the device crossed her neck, leaving on the other side of her body.
Gleen closed his eyes and mentally prayed for that girl but even he knew that he was not in the position to care about others.
- Gleen: You're a bunch of sick bastards. How could you?
The woman who killed that teenage girl then removed her gloves and pushed the mobile desk to a hole on the wall. She proceeded to threw the dead body of that girl on that hole, this is where they throw corpses of their guinea pigs.
- Gleen: So that bodies in the waters outside...
Gleen remembered the naked bodies he saw in the waters of Amazonas when Josef was bringing him to the base.
- (???): Exactly! Those people are useless once they're dead. You must be the new guest Josef brought to us. Greeting, Alter Gleen. Welcome to our top-secret base, Morte!
"Morte" means "Death" in Portuguese.
- Gleen: Don't you think putting the name of death in your precious base is just too cliche? Like... "Castle of Evil" or "Base of Doom". What're you? Supervillains from some comic book?
Gleen was obviously being sarcastic.
- (???): My name is Akrak Couteau... I'm the Lieutenant Commander Scientist of Advanced Weapons Research Division from Manufacturing Progressive Sciences. And no, we're not supervillains... Instead, we're heroes of the world! Our science will help in the advance of mankind! Soon, the human race will be able to leave Earth and live in other worlds using our technology! Sacrifice is necessary to change the world, a weak-minded person who does not know that should not be able to talk about our work... Alter Gleen.
The eyes of Gleen sharped the word "Couteau"... He couldn't explain why but he had the feeling that he already heard that name before... A long time ago.
Androxus then removed the handcuffs from Gleen's hands, leaving him confused.
- Androxus: I'm going now.
Androxus then left the laboratory, leaving Akrak, three scientists and Gleen alone.
.png){kind=link}
- Gleen: What's the meaning of this? What you're planning to do here, MPS!?
Akrak seated in her chair on the middle of the laboratory and stared at Gleen.
- Akrak: Try asking the Supreme Leader, he is the one who knows about our project... Well, you probably will never see him, detective.
Akrak giggled like a little girl.
Despite the efforts of GDP to find the leader of this criminal organization known as Manufacturing Progressive Sciences, they never found the person behind this organization. Only the Ratatoskr knew their leader is B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130.
- Akrak: I'm just joking. Of course, I'll tell you... Alter Gleen. I'll be simple: We are creating a new series of Hands of Apocalypses.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Gleen took a shock so great that he almost throw up. Hand of Apocalypse, if there is an American out there that never heard this name before must be an alien, because the Hand of Apocalypse was a deadly satellite-like station that had power to destroy whole continents built by KnightWalker Family.
The Hands of Apocalypse was destroyed by Tomas Sev during the battle of Liberty City 3 years ago.
- Gleen: Hand of Apocalypse...
Flashback[]
Scenes of LOTM: Sword of Kings: Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine - Liberty City War Arc - We Are Heroes
At speed of sound, Tomas flew through the skies of Liberty City. Tomas shook his hands and bit his teeth as he felt the unbearable pain of having a lot of electrical energy within his body. Tomas stopped flying and was facing the huge Hlokaust Cannon's laser. The laser was going down at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, however, Tomas stopped 3 kilometers away from the laser.
- Tomas: COME! MAHESVARA SPIRIT!
Tomas yelled at himself, after he said that, a powerful electric discharge came out of his body. The light from the electric discharge was so bright that the sky that was dark with the darkness of the night became white as if it were day.
In many different points of the city, countless KFP and GDP soldiers cheered Tomas.
- Eugen (Chronos Chopper): Go, Tomas!
- Cassie (Chronos Chopper): GO FOR IT!
- Roy (Chronos Chopper): Put all your fierce spirit out! Commander!
- X-23: Show them what the 79th Division is made of!
- Wataru (LC Docks): GO!
- Kyouhei (KFP Base): Finish them, Mahesvara!
- Jellal (Washi District): That's it! Tomas!
- Sanada (GDP Base - Chinatown): Show them the might of the Global Pact Defense, Tomas!
- Pike (GDP Base - Chinatown): Save this country, Tomas!
- Vladimir (KnightWalker Cruiser): Mahesvara... He is real...
Tomas let out a roar and charged at the Hlokaust Cannon laser. Tomas activated his Electricity aura with clenched fists. Tomas used his fists to stop the laser as if he were giving a punch.
- Tomas: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Tomas gave an extremely loud scream while holding the laser with fists. The laser stopped its route and was in conflict with Tomas. The whole city saw a blue light in conflict with the laser that was approaching. Since Tomas interrupted the laser's route, the color of the laser stopped changing and was dark red, giving a sense that people were seeing a battle between good and evil.
- Tomas: GO BACK!!!!!!!
Tomas felt his bones crushing and his skin burning but that was not enough to stop him from holding the laser in the same position.
In the Hands of Apocalypse Satellite, the crew noticed that the Hlokaust laser was stopping its route.
- Hand of Apocalypse Worker 1: Lord Misogi! Something is holding the laser!
- Misogi: No... It's not a "thing". It's a person.
- Hand of Apocalypse Workers: What?!
- Hand of Apocalypse Worker 2: This is impossible! Not even Uryuu Ryounnusuke and Eckidina KnightWalker can hold the power of this Satellite!
- Misogi: Mahesvara... INCREASE THE POWER!
- Hand of Apocalypse Workers: YES, SIR!
As Misogi ordered, the workers and the pilots of the Satellite began to raise levers and buttons on the control panels in front of them.
In Liberty City, Tomas felt that the laser started to come with more force and pressure than before.
- Tomas: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Tomas' left arm broke but he continued holding the laser with both arms. Tomas decided to activate his most deadly skill that could kill him.
- Tomas: Do not underestimate me!! To this day I've dealt with many tragedies!! I lost many friends!! I carry the lives of all these people!! In any circumstances, I will disappoint them!! "MAHESVARA DEVIL!!"
Tomas activated the "Mahesvara Devil" skill. It's prohibited Magi-Tech located at the heart, requires the user to puncture their chest just above the heart in order to open it. Once opened, the user will enter what's known as the Eight Gates Released Formation. Opening this gate will cause the user's spirit to emanate a flaming aura of blue steam from all pores of their body, hair, and eyebrows. Releasing this gate uses up all of the body's energy while making the heart pump at maximum power. Exceeding the power of every other gate, the user is temporarily granted approximately a hundred times their normal power, far beyond that of the Horsemen of John Cyborgs from KnightWalker Family. Unfortunately, the side effect of opening this gate is that it comes at the expense of the user's life, causing the user to crumble to ash after their energy runs out, having virtually cooked themselves from the inside-out. This is unlike opening the other gates, which simply injure or damage the body.
Tomas' body underwent for several changes after he activated that ability. His muscles grew, his skin turned red, claws appeared in their hands, and worst of all is that Tomas was feeling the pain of the transformation, the pain of laser's pressure and pain of his body being destroyed gradually. In that form, Tomas was looking more like a demon than a human now.
- Tomas: [AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!]
Tomas was not holding the laser anymore, he was pushing the laser back with own hands.
The crew of the Hand of Apocalypse noticed that and reported it to Misogi.
- KnightWalker Worker 1: Captain Misogi! The Hlokaust Cannon is being pushed back!!
Misogi's eyes widened.
- Misogi: How... This is impossible! That's a bull crap!
Tomas was pushing the laser back to the satellite faster when the laser was going in the direction of Liberty City. He was pushing the laser back at 2,000 kilometers per hour. The controls on the satellite began to destroy by itself because of pressure coming from below.
- KnightWalker Worker 2: The controls...!
- Misogi: Damn you, Mahesvara!
The laser was finally some kilometers away from the satellite. The officers saw that.
- KnightWalker Worker 3: We have Escape Pods?
- KnightWalker Worker 4: No...
- KnightWalker Worker 5: Fuck...
Tomas let out a roar and yelled at Misogi from outside of the satellite. Tomas concentrated all his magi-tech in his throat in order to break the physical laws of space.
- Tomas: [AND DO NOT DARE LAY A FINGER ON MY HOME AND MY FRIENDS AGAIN! KNIGHTWALKERS]
Misogi yelled at Tomas from inside of the satellite.
- Misogi: THIS IS NOT THE END! ECKIDINA WILL DESTROY THIS PIECE OF SHIT COUNTRY! WE WILL FUCK EVERY SINGLE WOMAN AND CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY AGA---
Before Misogi could finish his evil words, Tomas pushed the Hlkaust Cannon's laser back to the Hand of Apocalypse, the laser exploded the ship from inside, generating a level of nuclear explosion. The explosion was so huge that the entire Western of the planet saw that explosion. It was like the sun was near Earth but smaller.
The Hand of Apocalypse, also know as the most deadly weapon created by humans, was finally destroyed.
Nowadays[]
- Akrak: You noticed, detective? This time, the MPS is the organization in charge of the creation of the new Hand of Apocalypse project. You probably saw the last rocket being launched to space back there. Those rockets are carrying pieces of small satellites that can use solar energy to convert it in radiation. On space, we have workers to built the satellites. This time, we're not just working in JUST ONE Hand of Apocalypse... We're working in 900 satellites able to destroy ANY country of the world with just one shot.
Gleen's eyes widened in fear... That information was too value to stay with him. The MPS is building hundreds of small satellites that have the power to destroy any city of the world. If this project is put in practice, there is no doubt the KnightWalker Family will conquer the world in a matter of days... No--In a matter of hours.
- Gleen: What are you? Why you're creating such dangerous thing that can lead to mankind's extinction?
Gleen's skin went pale, seeing that, Akrak let out an evil grin but hide it using her hands.
- Akrak: I'm just paid for it... Just like Androxus, the mercenary you saw a few seconds ago. I'm the woman who designed the Hand of Apocalypse and the person who created the Hlokaust Cannon.
Who could forget the Hlokaust Cannon as well? This plasma cannon destroy Fiore Kingdom almost 2 decades ago and ruined an entire part of Liberty City 3 years ago.
- Gleen: So you're the person who destroyed Fiore Kingdom and almost destroyed United States! Your machinations caused severe damage to the planet and took the life of MILLIONS! Do you think you can go away with your sore butt?!
Gleen was not expecting to met the most evil mass-murder in his entire life... He was looking straight to the woman who destroyed Fiore Kingdom, Liberty City and the person who caused the Cold War II and Cold War III using her machinations. Eckidina was just the driver but she is monster who built the "car".
- Akrak: Yes, I think. Do you think that this world will change if all people just live? No, it's not more than an illusion and a lie! To change the world to a better place, death is necessary. The death of billions and billions is irrelevant as long we keep, our future guaranteed!
Gleen immediately knew that Akrak was one those type of people... An extremist who thinks her atrocities are for the greater good... But unlike them, she takes that to a higher-scale... Global scale.
Suddenly, the door behind Gleen opened again and two bald man wearing black clothes and took him away as his bit his lips.
- Akrak: Detective, do you know why I tell all of this to the Ultimate Detective before they're taken away? It's because I know that is IMPOSSIBLE from escaping this base. And do you know why I name this base as Morte? It's because the waters around this base are filled with corpses... But do not worry, you'll soon join them so you'll never be alone in this cold and dark place. We have more than 607,000 people being tortured in this base... Now, you shall join them.
Gleen lowered his head and his eyes were covered by the shadow of his hair as he was took away by the security men. The last thing he saw inside of that laboratory was the 4 scientists, including Akrak, smiling maliciously towards him being dragged away.
- Gleen (think): *H-How can something like this exist upon this world? What is happening inside of this base MUCH WORSE than any human out there can imagine... This is a conspiracy against the Earth itself! Someone... Whoever it is...*
- Gleen: *SEND THIS PLACE TO HELL!*
LOTM: Sword of Kings Special: Tales of a Lost Hero! Coming Soon!