The battle of the aeons raged outside, but inside Null wasn't having it any easier.
*WOOSH!!*
She performed a roundhouse kick that technically detached the head from one of the robots from its torso, using the momentum to point her plasma gun at another one and shoot.
Going to the main data centre she had to use her eighteen units to raid this massive facility, get the information that she wanted but things only became more difficult as time passed.
Her corps assisted from behind, everything seemed to be going tell, until she saw 'her'.
!!!
*FIUSSH!!!*
A phantom technically flashed through her peripheric vision and kicked forth!
*BAANGG!!!*
Their two luscious legs clashed and Null got blasted so hard that she impacted the iron wall and dented it!
"UGH!!!" Null staggered, gritting her teeth inside her mask, of all of the Blitzkrieg units, it had to be her... this is not looking well.
"Vector2, you actually dared to enter this place when your connection is being inhibited..." A 'woman' walked ludicrously, making movements that were too alluring to come from a 'robot'.
Her armour wasn't much different from Null's except for the lines that were blue instead of purple and the material was also different... it was stronger.
It's 'Morphenus'...
The mask of the lady retracted, giving way to a silver-haired lady with a wicked expression, she had her long silver hair going all the way to her back with a complicated braid formed on her head.
"When did you...?" this is perhaps one of the most complicated ones aside from Wisdom King... she might not have the 'weaponry'... but her circuits might as well be thrice as fast.
"Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand... Vector2, you're deprecated..." The woman played with her own hair while basking on her prey's hopeless circumstances.
"That's what you tell yourself every night?" Null stood up and fixed her joints, she didn't even bother to have her units support her, instead, she commanded them to go forth to the data centre to clear the place out of any unit that might be in the way, she's the only one that can 'deal' with Marianne.
"Let them go to their execution... I know you're looking forward to inspecting the Datacentre... rather than them, I'm more interested in dismantling you right here... you escaped last time in Walthamstow but I won't let you go this time."
"Stop with your chitchat! you were always the talkative type, Marianne... if you want to dismantle me, let's do it right now!" Without having the intent to talk further, Null jumped straight onto the other girl who seemed to be imperturbable.
*WOOSHH!!*
Marianne evaded a fist as if she could see it ages before it even happened and then... she just raised her arm swiftly!
*SLASH!!*
*THUD!!*
As if her arm had been the sharpest of blades, Null's arm detached from her shoulder and fell to the ground leaving a mechanical mess, but despite all this, Null had already been expecting that.
She knows she can't defeat Marianne in the hardware department, therefore, she can only gamble and hope for a flaw!
*BAANGG!!*
"UGH!!"
Her knee impacted the woman's abdomen, sending her tumbling away as she continued her barrage.
The two engaged in a melee battle in which Null was getting progressively overwhelmed.
"You had to sacrifice your arm for an opportunity, that's how deprecated you are."
"I'm so deprecated, that with cutting-edge technology you're still not able to take me down, Marianne... you were always the weakest in Blitzkrieg, nothing has changed..." while trying to trigger the agent, Null looked for any possible option.
From all of Blitzkrieg's agents, Marianne is likely the one that she knows the most because they're almost the same... only, they're both superior and inferior in different 'aspects'.
"You're going to disappear just like your friend did!" As expected the 'robot' got triggered by that comment and became fiercer and hence, released more flaws.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-----------------
At that moment an explosion resonated from the outside, shaking the entire building and making an opportunity for Null.
"Apparently, he's not dead yet!"
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"G-Granny... are you seeing what I'm seeing?"
"Huh... y-yeah... I think it's a saint..."
Within the house in Barnet, a miraculous scene is taking place that both of the females couldn't help but be flabbergasted about.
An angel has just descended.
A being made of light with six wings... he resembles Morpheus too.
"And he keeps complaining about my neons..." Sarah threw her surprise to the back of her head, the handsome bastard always has some cards up his sleeve, it's just that she didn't expect him to have something like this.
"I need the two of you to stay here and don't leave until his majesty comes back." The 'saint' said and walked to the kitchen.
"... h-his majesty?"
"Yes, my master... the Magic God Morpheus." The 'shining' fellow then took some ingredients.
"... what are you going to do?" Sarah's eyebrows twitched when she regarded all this, what the hell is 'he' doing?!
"Eh?" Rachel too rubbed her eyes, is this some kind of dream? an angel is going to cook in her kitchen?
'I worked too much today, and I'm worried about Morpheus too...'
"Dear, I think I worked too much and my chip is failing... I'm going to sleep, alright? tell me when Morpheus has arrived, I want to receive him." Rachel rubbed her forehead, cursing the chip's distributor for being so incompetent, she paid so much for this obsolete chip.
"..." Sarah wanted to tell her grandma that the chip isn't failing but... right now she too believes they're somehow in the VRworld.
"Why are you cooking?" Sarah sat on the table, she'd stay awake until Morpheus came back but until then... she'd troll this fellow.
"Master instructed me to take care of you until he comes back, and I can sense that you're hungry..."
"Are you some kind of robot?"
"No, I'm an elemental."
"Is that a new type of robot?"
"... No... I'm a construct made of master's holy energy..."
"Basically, you're a holy robot?"
*SNORT!*
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*BAAANG!!*
Null impacted heavily on the dented wall yet again, she's truly not doing well.
Missing an arm and now a leg... it seems as if this is the end of the path.
Her corps have been eliminated by Marianne's, she could only grit her teeth in 'anger'... after all this, she didn't manage to defeat her.
Marianne's enhancements and hardware are way better than hers.
"A pity... your algorithm will always be a nuisance that shouldn't exist... I'm going to extract your hub's location now, Vector2." Despite her clear advantage, Marianne wasn't in a good state either.
*BANG!!*
She stepped on Null's body mercilessly and prepared to take her chip, so long as she had the chip, they could crack it and get V2's true location.
"I thought that you would do better, V2|N"
!!!
Morpheus appeared walking through the corridors calmly still in his shadow mantle without any regard to the destroyed environment, he set his gaze on the female that is currently stepping on Null.
"You... I saw the entire-!" She began, but... the Magic God doesn't have much time.
*THUD!*
He stepped on the metallic ground that brimmed with white lightning.
*FIIUSSSH!!!*
And the 'ground' transformed into a spear that tried to impale Marianne!
Still, the latter is also not a pushover, she evaded the spear easily but was forced to release her hold onto Null.
Morpheus twisted his arm and the metal continued to give chase, intending to restrain the female whose senses seemed to be on another level.
"You're a problematic foe, Magic God... if it's not too much to ask, could I know your name?~" While evading the metal 'river' the woman never allow her gaze to depart from his, she had looked at the confrontation in 'realtime' and was surprised to see that the Wisdom King could be defeated in such a majestic matter.
In fact, she never hoped for her body to leave unscathed, she only wanted to get V2's information before she got 'dismantled'.
"Zekron..."
"Then Zekron, I'm sure we're going to see each other soon, now that you're here, I don't have any hopes of obtaining V2's information... rather than have one of my favourite bodies destroyed for no reason, I'd rather 'retreat'." The woman started to depart ever so slowly as he also stopped giving chase.
He had used a lot of energy today and would rather not get involved in meaningless strife, this seductress wouldn't lose anything, she's likely just an AI controlling this body, just like the Wisdom King.
But as far as he can see, she's way more 'human' than the Wisdom King and to some extent, resembles Null.
"An intelligent decision... send my regards to the Wisdom King~" He mocked openly, still rather amused at the 'Wisdom King' title... but he had to admit, that the machine was rather deserving of such title, he could already feel the thrill of their next confrontation... next time the machine will go all out once again, with a lot more knowledge of his abilities, but he too will have his magic.
"I will... see you soon, cutie~" After the last wink,
...
[Enemy's restraint on hold...]
[Proceding with mobile unit's strategic retreat]
[Blitzkrieg damage Status: Severe]
[Brighton's City damage Status: Severe]
[Brighton's Geo-kinetic reactor's Status: Moderate, at risk.]
[Wisdom King's Report: Inutilized]
[Killing Spree's Report: On Hold]
[Marianne's Report: Failed]
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"You're not supposed to flirt with the enemy..." Null furrowed her brows, still laying on the ground as he approached.
How dare he flirt and act all giddy with Marianne in front of her!?
'V2|N... our core.'
'There is nothing wrong with our core!'
'...'
"And who am I supposed to flirt with, Null?" He smiled and approached her, she received a good beating.
"... Me..." She evaded his gaze and decided to 'rest'... right now, she can't even walk.
"I didn't know machines could get jealous." He touched the place that was destroyed, analysing the connections between the mechanical filaments and comparing them to Sarah's as the Morpheus floated around them.
"I'm not jealous, I can't feel 'emotions', I can only emulate them to some extent... as long as it's not Marianne, I don't care who you flirt with, we're allies, no?..." The woman explained herself, regarding the floating objects that looked like liquid metal.
She didn't bother asking how this is possible.
"You can't feel emotions? are you sure of that?" He snickered, so far he has seen her act in a little more than a humanoid way.
"No, I can't... I can emulate emotions not only for others but also for me... I get a certain degree of stimulation to different situations, but it's not the same way a human feels when they 'feel' something..." Null tried to explain, but her explanation did nothing but produce more confusion.
"If I touch you here, what do you feel?" He touched the place that was broken, where her arms was supposed to be.
"I don't feel anything... initially I felt stimuli to realise that my arm had been detached, but other than that... I feel nothing."
"And here?" He placed his arm on her chest, above her breastplate that shone with purple neons, as he did so, he started to 'reconstruct' her body, he more or less knew what to do now.
Her silver eyes met his, "I don't feel anything like that, but..."
Her armour started to contract, leaving her naked and therefore, having his hand fall directly on her naked chest.
"..." He furrowed his brows at the sudden softness.
"If you do that... I don't know what I feel... my body doesn't feel stimulated or aroused... but the fact that it's you is rather... comforting?"
"..."
"..."
"And... what are you doing?" Perhaps in a way to leave this awkward silence, Null asked but she didn't bother to dress up again.
"Can't you see? I'm repairing you... that woman gave you quite the beating."
"Marianne is our worst enemy... the two of us are the same kind of existence... but I'm superior..." She puffed out her chest.
'Well, you certainly have a bigger chest... but you still got beaten to a pulp.' He smirked inwardly.
"Definitely, I can tell..." He rolled his eyes.
*SNORT!*