All of them run for their lives. "What now Tomoya?" Rika asked. Mavy went to their back and took his four men then stop. Rika, Tomoya and the other people briefly stop.
[Tomoya]: Why did you stop? Run!
[Mavy]: No! All of you run!
[Tomoya]: Are you nuts!? Let's run together! Idiot!
[Mavy]: All of us will be annihilated if we run together!
[Tomoya]: But... I promise.
[Mavy]: Abandon us and order us to hell! Be a tyrant leader right here, right now!
[Rika]: Mav...
[Mavy]: Please?
Rika hold her tears and persuade Tomoya to run without them. Tomoya then ordered Mavy and the four people who is with him. "This is your last order, Die here for our sake. Don't let them chase us no matter what, Even if you die." Mavy smiles and thank Tomoya and Rika. Tomoya hold his tears and Run with his remaining army.
[Ex-Machina]: Human, Why did you not run?
[Mavy]: To stop you all!
[Ex-Machina]: Can't comprehend, You don't have a chance to live now.
[Mavy]: To hell with our lives!
Mavy begins throwing explosives at them while his army engaged them with their sword. "Man, We can't really hold them for long. I mean, There's hundreds of them." The Ex-Machina's engage their battle mode. The blades we're released on their hand and their booster opened up.
Three Ex-Machina's engaged Mavy to battle. Their swords clashed but Mavy can't parry everything. He got scratch all over his body. He saw his army getting slaughtered by Ex-Machina's and eventually, He got stabbed in heart and neck by three blades. He suddenly got a flashback of Rika and Tomoya running. "I know that my death will not be in vain. I know you can do it. Tomoya, I'm counting on you." "Elimination, completed."
Tomoya, Rika and their army successfully ran away from them. Rika got worried to Tomoya. "Are you okay Tomoya?" Tomoya replied with a cold expression "I'm not. But i wont let my feelings interfere in our mission." Rika smiled at Tomoya and didn't say anything anymore. Some guy asked how many meters more to reach their core. Tomoya says it's only a hundred meters.
Tomoya ordered everyone to run silently towards their destination.
*30 meters*
*20 meters*
*10 meters*
They finally got there. But, There are too many Ex- Machina's guarding the entrance. They are lucky because the Core is full of bushes and tall trees. They also have their jamming gadget.
[Rika]: What now?
[Tomoya]: Let me think. No one will move on their place.
Tomoya started to think of a plan. "Let's see. We have plenty of smokes and explosives here. The bushes and trees can be a cover for us."
[Rika]: Did you already think of a plan?
[Tomoya]: Yeah.
[Rika] : Nice going, Brother.
[Tomoya]: Hear my plan, All of you.
Tomoya started relaying his plan to everyone. "Yes sir!". Every silently surround the core using trees and bushes. "First plan,Surround them." After they surround it, Tomoya throw an explosive to the entrance to open it and the others throw all of their smokes on the surrounding area, covering the whole ground with smokes. "Second, After my explosives destroyed the entrance, All of you will throw smokes to cover the area." Everyone run towards the entrance. After everyone got in, Tomoya click a button on the box. "Lastly, Everyone one towards the entrance. I will activate the gadgets Sumi and I put so hardly to immobilize them. Giving us time atleast a minute of two."
After they successfully entered the core, Some shouted. "Don't celebrate yet! The two of you people will make the entrance collapse after they move again. Got it?" Tomoya run towards the center of the core with Rika. When they reached the center, Tomoya and Rika was shocked to see Sumi's Body hanging like a display. "Sumi?" Tears flow in Tomoya's eyes when she saw Sumi's body. Rika shouted at him, "Think about our mission first! I'll do something to Sumi while you are in there." Tomoya snaps back to reality and Thanked Rika. Tomoya started to insert the virus.
*Installing Sumi.Exe*
*1/1000 files installed.*
The Ex-Machina's are moving again. Tomoya heard a loud explosions coming from the entrance.
*139/1000 files installed.*
[Tomoya]: Rika, guard Sumi for me.
[Rika]: You can count on me.
One person went to Tomoya to report that the Ex-Machina's are about to clear the debris. Tomoya ordered everyone to fight them to their death. He then told Rika to run away.
[Tomoya]: Rika, Run away from here. When you find a chance.
[Rika]: No, Both of us will run. I can't live without you i dont know what to do without you. So, Let's escape together.
*521/1000 files installed.*
The Ex-Machina's already cleared the debris. The armies fight them to bought time for Tomoya to finish the installation. "Everyone, Fight until we die! If you will not fight them we cannot win this war!" Everyone shouted with their all then engaged the Ex-Machina's with all their got.
*780/1000 files installed.*
Tomoya heard everyone's voices shouting and crying. "Almost there! Hang on."
*912/1000 files installed*
*950/1000 files installed*
*980/1000 files installed*
The Ex-Machina's reached the center already. "Brother! They are here!"
*994/1000 files installed.*
*997/1000 files installed*
[Tomoya]: Please make it in time!
The Ex-Machina release their full booster trying to reach Rika and Tomoya. When they are about to reach Tomoya, The installation finished it.
*Installation complete.*
The Ex-Machina manage to stab Tomoya's shoulder. They started to shut down. Rika and Tomoya heavily breathes and they feel relief. "Is it over?"
*Detonation sequence begin*
[Tomoya]: Huh?
*1%/100%*
*10*/100%*
The core started to shake violentlyTomoya run at Rika and carry her.
[Rika]: Why brother?
[Tomoya]: This place will detonate. And the loading is very fast
Tomoya run towards the entrance carrying Rika. When he reached the entrance, It was already at 40%. Tomoya throws Rika outside. The debris covered the entrance, trapping Tomoya inside.
[Rika]: Tomoya!
[Tomoya]: RUNNN!
[Rika]: No!
[Tomoya]: This is an order! Obey me! RUUNNN!
[Rika]: I can't abandon y---
[Tomoya]: There's no time. Please.
Tomoya smiles at her. "I love you, Rika." Rika turned her back on Tomoya while thanking him. "Thank you. I love you too, Brother. Goodbye"
Rika run with her tears falling on the ground. Tomoya run back to the center. He approached Sumi's body and hug it. "We win, Sumi. I guess this is the end." Tomoya got a flashbacks of him living with his friends, and Rika scolding him and finally, Sumi's smile."
*Detonation sequence complete*
*100%/100%*
The core finally explodes. The shock of explosion got Rika and knocked her unconscious. After an hour, Their surviving comrades saw Rika and wakes her up. "Rika, Rika, wake up! Rika." Rika slowly regaining consciousness. When she is fully conscious, She cried and telling her brothers name. "Your brother and his wife... Did great. They are our heroes who saved humanity." Rika just nod. She stands up and look from the sky. "I hope that both you are soaring in the skies freely. It's frustrating. We won, but i don't feel any happiness on my heart. But i have to lead them right? So, Rest in peace, Tomoya and Sumi."
10 years later after the war, Rika and her remaining people developed more technology and rebuild the civilization that was lost in war. Rika became the leader of the country. She called it "The Terminal" It is smaller compared to what it was before. But, They build a building where the core was built. Rika also divided the country into four, Quarter 1, Quarter 2, Quarter 3, Quarter 4. Others are researching about the remains of Ex-Machina's to build technology. Rika notices that the population right now is so low to run a wealthy country. So, She suggested that they should just make another Machina, A friendly one who will help the people. Everyone was upset, They rant,protest, and even said something that is not nice. "You will just make another enemies" "Sumi and Tomoya sacrifice their life for this and now you want to bring them back?" and so on. But, They never really know what happened on war, nor know that Sumi, Humanity's hero, is a Machina they feared and degrade.
We argue, But we managed to meet an agreement. We will have to somehow control everything, and prove their usefulness to humanity which we agreed on. We started to research everyday, every hour, every minute. After another 2 years of trial and error research, We finally made it.
[Researcher]: This is it Rika.
[Rika]: Yeah...
Do you wish to continue?
[YES] [NO]
[Rika]: Yes.
Rebooting of Machina begins.
1%/100
50%/100%
80%/100%
Rika was praying that it will be a success. "Please make it work."
98%/100%
100%/100%
Rebooted successfully.
One Machina opened their eyes and started to move. Rika was so happy about it. Everyone sighs, And clapped when Machina started to talk.
[Machina]: Who am i?
Rika smiles and hold the hands of Machina.
[Rika]: You are...
YUUKI.
End of chapter 39