(Central dome - Sek's P.O.V)
*Crash!*
The weak doors to the western dome smashed into pieces as my body was flung into the old structure.
Series of old computers lined the circumference of the room. It was probably an old communications room.
A dark feminine figure leapt into the room with a metallic staff raised high into the air.
I immidiately readjusted myself, blocking the powerful attack with Dzinu just in time! This person, Yin Yue. Her strength only increased with each passing second!
To top it off, Claudia was getting away with Shyza!
"Tch!", I pulled myself away and promptly followed with a series of slashes.
It was as if I was cutting the air!
Yin Yue blocked every single move with that staff, performing a series of complex battle styles with her weapon.
To think an ordinary staff would pose such a problem.
"You're a bit more feisty than I remember", I let out a sarcastic chuckle.
Yin Yue spun her staff, whipping up a bit of dust into the air, "Shut your mouth."
Without wasting a second, she thrusted her weapon with a fearful amount of force.
Luckly, I shifted to the side just before her weapon could reach me.
She didn't stop there however.
Her staff motioned accordingly, slamming my right rib into a fracture! A reddish gas then burst out from within her weapon, instantly causing me to stumble.
My vision began to blur and my legs felt like spaghetti. What was that thing!?
"Sek! I'll work on the poisonous gas! Keep your head in the battle!", Dzinu's voice pounded into my mind.
I nodded, "I- If you say so."
Forcefully, I broke away from the dizzy feeling and lunged at the enemy.
Yin Yue responded with a powerful knee strike to my abdomen, causing blood to spew out from my mouth.
She then grabbed me by the neck and lifted me high up.
A sadistic air surrounded that mask of hers, "Give up and be eaten."
"Heh", I laughed. "What's wrong? Someone finally told you how ugly you looked?"
Rage tore through the Zephain maiden as a tiny crack surfaced on her mask.
She tightened her grip, flinging me into the air with an incredible amount of power.
I felt the cold arms of a snow storm engulf my body as it was airborne way above the old ruins.
Yin Yue suddenly appeared above my flying body with pure malice engulfing her being.
*SMASH!*
The eastern dome shattered into a million pieces as Yin Yue's strike had sent me crashing into it with a thunderous fall.
"Sek! Seksulfur!", Dzinu's voice echoed.
"Ugh", I placed my hand on my head which now had blood streaming down from it. "She's insane."
"Sek listen carefully to what I'm about to say!", Dzinu's voice turned stern. "It'll only work once."
"Hmm?"
.
Yin Yue landed with a crazy amount of potency, making direct impact with my abdomen.
Struck with terror, my body forcefully pulled me into a state of unbelievable pain.
More blood flowed out from my mouth as I lost consciousness.
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(Yin Yue's P.O.V)
A feeling of satisfaction coursed throughout my body while I stared down at the unmoving body of my target.
Now all I had to do was ensure his death.
I lifted my staff and perforated my prey's forehead with enough force to split it open. Pure ecstacy kept overflowing within my body. The hunt was over.
*Beep beep*
My earcomm ringed to life and the voice of a mechanical lady could then be heard.
[Ragnea: Incoming transmission]
A holographic image of Jimmy was suddenly projected into thin air.
[U- Uhm, lady Yin Yue. We've extracted the young miss' body]
"I'm on my way"
The transmission ended.
I took a final look at the corpse beneath my feet, smirking behind my mask.
Pitiful creature.
Without wasting anymore time, I made my way to the central dome and was about to enter the ship when a kid got in my way.
He was in somekind of battle suit and for some reason, he looked as if he had enormous beef to settle with me.
"I'm not letting you leave", the boy struggled to even stand.
My eyebrow cocked in amusement, "You're not worth my time."
I waltzed passed the boy and entered the ship.
*Humm*
The ship's thrusters sparked as we began to leave the area.
Finally, we were FUCKING done!
Lady Claudia was at the control seat and the young miss was held safe in a constraining tube at the back of the ship.
"Welcome back lady Yin Yue!", Jimmy saluted.
"Oho, good job on surviving!", I clapped. "Now get me a new holocaster. Mine's kinda broken."
"E- Eh. I don't have any", a blank expression filled his eyes.
*zzt*
My senses suddenly struck.
Someone aside the four of us were in the ship.
(Deal with him)
Claudia's voice only confirmed my suspicion. Seeing as she was a psychic and all.
Smoothly, I manouvred into offense and slipped Jimmy's laser gun out of his pockets.
*Pew Pew*
A round of laser bullets flew towards the area close to Shyza's contraining tube, however every single bullet was deflected by an invisible force.
"Huh? Wha? What the heck's going on!?", Jimmy moved back frantically.
The space began to shift and contort.
"Woops, I've been caught"
My eyes widened. I recognized that voice! It couldn't be!
"You're a bit dull for a huntress", the voice teased as the figure came into full view.
It was the enemy!
But-
I thought I had split his head in half!
"Don't be surprised", he smirked. "Let's just say I have a few tricks up my sleeve."
"Sek, Shyza's half awake!", a strange voice echoed from nowhere.
I kept hearing that voice back then but I wasn't quite sure as to where it came from. My eyes narrowed, landing on an ominous sword he held in his hands.
Was the voice coming from that!?
"Aight", he replied to the odd voice. "Dzilaiza, alert Sedem."
His earcomm blinked twice.
"Tch, bastard", I fired another round of laser bullets.
"Invisible!", the voice resounded and immediately, the enemy had disappeared into thin air!
What the fuck was going on!? I didn't see him activate any piece of tech!
Claudia set the ship to auto pilot and activated her scythe.
(He's still in the ship)
My eyes scanned through the cockpit, only to forcefully land on the restraining chamber.
The young miss' eyes suddenly bolted open, glowing with an eerie red hue as her body began to increase abnormally in height.
Within seconds, she was almost the same age as both Claudia and I!
The hell was that!?
[Activating... Full control authorised]
The now grown-up young miss spoke in a robotic tone, summoning a scythe drenched in a crimson colour.
*Slice!!*
Two clean strikes split the tube into pieces as she moved out with an aura of dominance surrounding her body.
"Y- Young miss?", I took a step back.
For some reason, that didn't feel like the president's daughter.
[Beginning assault]
The young miss lunged at us, ready to strike us with the scythe she possesed.
Claudia immediately moved foward, nullifying her attack and skillfully shoving her back.
(That's not the young miss. It's Sliza)
"The fuck!?", my face fell into confusion. "The parasite bot that was used in her last experiment!?"
(Exactly. It seems to have had its program altered)
Rage accumulated within my chest. The bastards had done something vile to our young miss! Our experiments were meant to make her body a transcendent one. One that would make her completely priceless as a human!
To think these fools...
[Warning! Warning! Projectile incoming]
The cockpit was filled with red lights as the alarm systems went off.
Something was approaching us!?
"The heck is that!?", Jimmy monitored the screen.
Claudia and I kept an eye on the young miss but I couldn't help but look back.
A strange object covered in some kind of black substance was speeding in our direction at an alarming rate!
In addition to that, the entire crater was engulfed in somekind of black force field.
The monitors switched to the other external cameras, zooming in on three figures at the outer edge of the crater.
My eyes landed on one person. It was a young lady. Her eyes pierced through the camera as if she were staring directly at us with a glint of anger.
Jimmy shakily tweaked the controls, "E- Everything's unresponsive! Computer, run an ultra fast reboot now!"
[Running... Refresh completes in 3 seconds]
The projectile only kept increasing its speed as it got closer.
Young miss on the other hand just seemed to stand there, watching us with a lifeless expression.
(We won't make it! Ready the escape pods!)
I immediately moved over to Jimmy's side after hearing Claudia's words.
"Activate the escape pods Jimmy!"
"Uhhhh ummm hold on, it's-"
[Reboot failed]
"EEHHH!??", Jimmy instantly panicked.
The entire ship didn't respond to our commands and leaving it was virtually impossible! At that point, there was only one thing to do!
(Yin Yue, what are you planning?)
Making sure someone's safe.
I grabbed Jimmy by his shirt and launched him into an escape pod, then managed to manipulate the internal circuits into executing the basic procedures for escape.
My ability couldn't take over the entire ship. For some reason, my power had been drastically reduced ever since I was hit with that ultrawave burst.
[Escape pod initiated]
"Lady Yin Yue... what are you-"
The pod slid into a launch socket right before Jimmy could complete his sentence.
However, I did manage to reply with a smile.
Huh... I was wearing a mask.
Ah well
[Launching]
I moved over to Claudia's side, "Seems like we failed"
(Tch)
*BOOM!!!*