Behind the jagged rocks of the dark threshold Narmak struggles to climb up the mountain face in search of a flower. After several minutes of climbing, he makes it to a steep cliff where a clutch of black roses lay gently swaying in the stormy breeze.
After harvesting the clutch he leaps headfirst off the cliff and turns, cutting through the air to make a portal directly to where the regeneration pits are located causing a large shudder across the entire room as he lands.
Startled by the noise Xeti jumps back shouting, "Do you really need to do that!?".
Standing up Narmak replies, "I need to practise when I can, sorry love I'll be quiet next time" as he embraces her dropping a kiss on her forehead.
Xeti pulls him by the beard and kisses him square on the lips before asking, "Did you get the flowers?".
Bringing the flowers out of his small bag, he hands them over to her and she quickly uses her lightning to turn them to ash in her hands.
Mixing with three other liquids in glass vials, the pours the mixture into a brine pit where a young child lays in pain saying, "It is alright little one".
After the brine absorbs the mixture she looks up at her lover saying, "He fell when chasing after a rat, poor thing must have been starving".
"I'll bring more food on my next trip..."
"More food won't fix this, how much longer are we going to live in this cage!?" she moans,slamming her hand against the floor in anger.
With a deep sigh, Narmak picks her up and hugs her tightly saying, "I will get the key and soon we will be free. Pathetic as our existence is the outside world holds more dangers than this place".
With a heavy heart he kisses her on the forehead before stepping back saying, "I have somewhere else to be, I will return soon".
Once outside, he cuts another portal leading to a dark room. As it closes a man seated at a desk across the room tells him, "You are late".
"I had commitments to my family" Narmak apologetically explains but the man rebuts, "You are not the only one with commitments and obligations, I had to miss my daughter's event just for this".
Knelling down, Narmak begs, "I am sorry, please do not reconsider your earlier offer".
With a large grin,knowing he's in control, the man tells him, "Fear not for unlike my father I believe in forgiveness. Anyway this key you are looking for, the holder is alive and being held by some dangerous people. I can arrange for it to be drawn out but you must do the rest yourself".
"I will try my best" Narmak replies, raising his head up.
"I am sure you will, now Armaros will escort you out. When it is time we will contact you".
Sequence 2
At SDF Eastern sector headquarters, Onne, Moise lays down in her drab and featureless room counting from 1 to 11, the constant poking of sharp material from under the mattress preventing her from getting any decent sleep.
For hours she counts trying to keep her focus until her thoughts are broken by a flash of light in the corner.
Immediately she puts on her uniform, bracelet included, and stands at attention for her visitor to arrive, to her surprise, she is met with Cecelia and a strange man along with several guards.
Quickly Moise kneels to show her respect and Cecelia gloats to the man standing next to her saying "She is my best work, calm, efficient and obedient" as guards move in to lift her up, adding extra restrains to her feet.
"How will she fare in combat?" he asks and Cecelia replies, full of confidence, "Very well, records show she could rival even the Blue Falcon for speed, she already beats the Red Eagle for strength".
As the man examines Moise she grows more and more irrttated but can not do anything to stop him. Fortunately his examination is interrupted by DIVA who tells Cecelia, "Urgent message from the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps, fortified gunmen spotted operating in the Okija region".
Cecelia tells a DIVA "Dele and his SRRG boys will handle that" but the man interjects saying he would like to see how Moise fares in combat.
Despite explaining Moise can not be transported by helicopter due to her unpredictable displacement ability, the man insists, "However long it takes, do it. It is a better use of such an asset then keeping it locked on display".
Finally she concedes, ordering the men to remove her leg restraints and move her to the exit deck.
"What about the other one?" the man asks and Cecelia turns asking, "What other one?" with a puzzled look on her face.
"The other Leonid you were so eagerly gifted. Subjecting it to such horrific tests without the knowledge of Headquarters is a dangerous thing", he says.
With a cocky smile Cecelia counters, "I'm sorry you feel that way but what we achieved with her could not be possible without it. Be grateful Subject 11 was not turned into a battery instead of rushed into service".
Putting his hands in his pockets, the man smirks saying, "If that is the case then I will keep your indescretions between us".
Sequence 3
With the hallways flooded with red light, Moise is hurriedly moved to the exit deck of the SDF building.
There she sees Micheal and Segun hobbling towards the exit as the lights fade back to white and scoffs before being ushered into a waiting truck with Amina inside.
After exchanging greetings, Amina tells Moise "I'm here to observe your performance. We received word of insurgents operating several kilometres North of here. They haven't caused any major trouble yet but we aren't waiting for that to happen".
"Just point and they will die" Moise says.
"I admire your confidence but it's a long journey, better get some rest in the meantime". Moise takes her suggestion and lays her head down to sleep.
At first she sleeps soundly the hard seat of the truck being a far cry from her jagged mattress.
After hitting a few bumps and is woken up and slightly opens her eyes only to see Amina awkwardly smile at her before falling back to sleep.
Several moment later she opens her eyes to see dozens of Leonid fighters with weapons pointed over her so she gets up panting and screaming;
"STOP THE TRUCK!".
Amina jumps up and tries to calm her down saying, "It's okay..." but she insists "They are coming to kill us! Turn around now!".
Quickly an SDF trooper pushes a button on his suit that locks forces Moise's bracelets together into a tight lock while together while another gags her mouth shut and forces her to sit down.
After several moments of calm, a flash of purple lightning is seen and the truck is violently turned over off a valley, rolling in several feet before finally settling between a mass of trees.
Inside the truck, Amina groans in pain while Moise scrambles to find her bearings. She feels around the now smoke filled truck for the exit desperately trying to get out before suffocating.
Eventually she's able to break out of the truck by shooting the lock and kicking the doors open before staggering out, weapon in hand.
There she's greeted by Narmak who kicks her in the chest and puts his foot on her stomach saying, "The King's Daughter, tied like a common pig, set for the slaughter. How the mighty House of Mane has fallen".
DIVA alerts Amina to the attack on Moise so she tells her, "Close your eyes and don't open them until I say so".
Confused by Moise's strange behaviour Narmak rips the gag out of her mouth prompting her to spit in his eye.
Angered, he grabs her by the throat and raises her in the air saying, "I would enjoy watching the light leave your eyes but the time has not yet come". He turns and cuts open a portal with his left claw as Moise struggles thinking, "What is taking Amina so long!?".
Eventually a small metallic ball drops from her belt loop and powerful flashbang explodes, distracting Narmak enough for Moise to break free.
She kicks him into the portal which quickly closes and runs back to overturned truck shouting, "You have the worst timing!".
Amina replies, "I'm sorry, my head's spinning, it's so hard to see" as Moise attempts to force the door open. The truck driver manages to climb out and assist Moise with his one good arm. When they force the door open they are greeted by a gory sight, the interior covered in blood along with three men lying unconscious on the floor.
SDF 2570 manages to stand up saying, "I'm alright, but we need to move out of here". Amina tends to the wounded men saying, "No you two go and get as far away from here as possible, it's Moise they are after. Lead them away until help arrives".
Moise hesitates, and walks towards Amina saying, "Let us help" but she pushes her away shouting, "You have done enough, now go!".
As she runs out after her SDF 2570 follows and grabs her arm saying, "Hey it wasn't your fault, you can feel sorry for yourself when we get out of here".
With an angry look on her face she pushes him off and keeps running west as away from the truck as she can. After running a considerable distance, dozens of portals open around her, revealing Leonid fighters armed heavily armed with spears, arrows and daggers.
Behind her Narmak angrily says, "This game is over, stop resisting and pay the debt your family owes!".
Pulling out a knife from her belt Moise replies, "Come and take it!".
A Leonid lunges forward to attack Moise and she throws the knife straight into her neck while parrying a spear from another with her bracelet.
Using her spark to draw back the knife, she stabs her attacker in the chest and uses her as a shield against the arrows being flung in her direction.
With a boost from her spark she uses the body as a shield as she pushes through the blades of her attackers, knocking them down as she clears a route to escape. Her attempts at evasion are aided by SDF-2570 dropping smoke and flashbangs behind her.
Fuming with rage, Narmak orders his hunters not to relent shouting, "She will run out of power eventually, give her no rest!".
Back at the truck, Amina frantically tries to contact base but gets no response. With lightning and thunder shaking the ground around her she orders DIVA to send a projection directly to Micheal's quarters shouting, "What are you two doing!? Get to my location now!".
Micheal tries to explain saying, "You said..." but Amina interrupts shouting, "Forget what I said, get over here now!".
After delivering her message, she pulls out her pistol and aims it at the door as she waits for help to arrive.
Sequence 4
Still bogged down by the constant attacks, Moise tries hiding to conserve her energy. Using lightning only to boost her speed as she quickly moves to another hiding spot.
Through the radio she tells them, "Three enemies 50 metres behind" and SDF-2570 tells her "We need to take out their archers, that will give you some space".
"I don't have that much longer" she replies while narrowly dodging a spear thrown at her head. SDF 2570 tells her, "Run east to my direction, I will cover your approach".
Drawing the spear to her hand, Moise runs raising it in the air shouting, "Hey over here!". As they inch closer, SDF 2570 takes out three archers as they fire at Moise.
Before he's about to take out another Leonid, Narmak grabs SDF-2570 him from behind and raises him in the air saying, "This ends now!". Seeing this, Moise launches the spear at Narmak's head, shouting, "LET GO OF HIM!".
Smiling, he cuts open a portal to his home world and throws 2570 inside saying, "Very well, your majesty".
Enraged, she blasts him with lightning, destroying several trees in the process before running off.
Smiling, Narmak helps himself up while saying, "Just a little longer and you'll be out of power".
His smile quickly fades upon sighting the red streak of Micheal's flames pierce through the sky. Growing ever more desperate, he shouts, "My hunters we are so close, do not let that thing reach her!".
One of the hunters takes aim and manages to shoot him down on her first try. They quickly run to swarm him but three are killed by a defensive missile launched by Micheal's suit, still they press on with two hunters engaging him in close combat.
One fighter is sent flying upwards by a strong burst of flames while the other is struck dead by Moise before she can make contact with Micheal.
Once they're together, Micheal grabs Moise and tries to fly off despite her protests. In the air she screams, "Let go of me!" and Micheal shouts back, "Do you want us both to die?" as he struggles to maintain altitude.
After several seconds, Micheal lands in a forest clearing and lowers his visor asking, "What happened here?" and Moise responds, "They're after me, just take the others and go!" as she pushes him aside and dashes back to rejoin the battle.
Through the radio Overwatch tells Moise, "You did great so far, just hold on...".
His transmission is cut by Moise saying, "He's dead, 2570, they killed him" but Overwatch reiterates, "We can't do anything for him now, focus on getting everyone else out".
Driven by rage Moise begins concentrating her strength to attack the people hunting her down, throwing the camp into a panic.
One of the Leonid hunters asks Narmak, "What do we do?" and he says, "Just focus on getting her, forget about the rest of them".
He blasts lightning at Moise which she skillfully dodges as they are led further and further away from the helicopters and downed truck.
Once the evacuation is complete, Overwatch tells Moise "We are scorching the earth, run now" and she replies "Understood" as she runs south east.
Narmak desperately chases after her shouting, "YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!" but he is knocked down by the explosion of Micheal's fierey blasts burning the trees ahead.
Through the flames Moise takes one final glare at him before running to join the rest of her team.
A frustrated Narmak pounds his fist to the ground while screaming in rage until one of his hunters picks him up saying, "We have to leave".
He ignores her shouting, "I'm not leaving! I will hunt her to the edge of the world!" but she pulls him by the scruff of the neck saying, "Look around! The forest is dying and so will we if we don't leave here now!".
Standing up he cuts open a portal saying, "All hunters to me!" as they make their escape to their home dimension.
Sequence 5
Back at base Moise lays down in her bed still traumatised by the previous battle. Her thoughts are broken by the sound of a guard telling her over the intercom, "Subject 11, get dressed the boss wants to see you".
With little emotion, she gets up, painfully putting her uniform over her bandaged chest and walks to the window to leave but the guard reminds her, "Hands, come on I don't have to tell you".
With an angry expression piercing through the glass, Moise begrudgingly places her arms in a hole in the wall, allowing two bracelets to clamp tightly round her wrist, opening the door for her to finally step out.
Once outside, she's pushed through the halls of the SDF building until she reaches Cecelia's office and is forced to sit just across her from the table.
She tells Moise "You look beautiful kitten" as a guard pours hot water into two teacups set on the table. After thanking the guard Cecelia takes a sip and turns to Moise saying offering some tea, which she declines.
Putting down the cup, Cecelia sighs, "You really should be more cooperative kitten, your life as they say, is in my hands".
Moise silently raises her bound wrists in the air and Cecelia remarks, "Oh of course", pushing a button on her phone that sets her free. As Moise drinks Cecelia tells her, "You have performed well, but sadly we will be letting you go, Mr Bankole and his group of misfits will be in charge of you now".
Putting down the empty cup, Moise wipes her lips and replies, "Thank you for the tea" before standing up and walking towards the door.
A guard moves to block her exit saying, "She isn't done with you" but Moise replies, "I believe you heard what she said, now step aside!"
The guard exchanges a tense glance with Cecelia before moving out of Moise's way. Once she's outside one of the guards asks, "Commander is it wise to let her just go?".
Standing up Cecelia responds, " A suitable replacement is on his way, it's such ashame though, I was starting to like her".
With her cup raised she says, "May Providence guide us" before taking one final sip and leaving to another task.