Eina was growing hopeless as every second passed.
She had encountered almost everyone in this facility and in her head, she had stimulated herself fighting against each person on multiple occasions.
Every single time, it ended without a sweat.
Even if she fought everyone in the facility at the same, at worst that she completely stopped suppressing the genes within her, it would be tough but she'd kill them all and after she'd kill herself.
What she hadn't simulated in her was fighting an abomination, they weren't creatures someone would want to fight.
Five was already in the final stage of Rapid Evolution and Eina wasn't able to stop him.
Five's clothes had long gone as he kept increasing in size. On his shoulders, there was a tattoo that said "X-FIVE" and circling that one was another tattoo, a similar tattoo that was on Eina's neck.
His orange hair's color became deeper as it also elongated reaching his back. The orange furry hair all over his skin also elongated, eventually growing to cover his tattoo.
His already big arms and legs grew wider, its final size indiscernible as his muscles were covered by his orange furs. His eyes exuded madness and his mouth that had morphed to become a snout showed his thirst for blood.
Five had lost his humanity, becoming not even an evolved creature but a being that lost itself to the true nature of Tether. He had called upon a power beyond his control which eventually became haywire within his body. As a successful experiment that was already battling the mental existence of the bea he merged with, this was his inevitable fate.
Seeing this, Eina remembered why she hated having memories of the past. In front of this abomination, she remembered all the locked up hardships and trauma she had faced.
Her feet were glued as she watched Five finish his evolution in the distance.
She went through a mental turmoil at that moment. She was lost in confusion.
Luckily for her, or maybe not, the little humanity Five had was trying to fight the foreign element that was trying to devour his mind so he could stop the unwanted evolution.
Five knelt down in a place holding his head as he struggled.
"Leave me alone!"
"Get out of me!"
"Help! I-I… I don't want to die…"
Hearing Five's voice hidden within the growls, Eina didn't know what to do. Killing this Abomination - not that she could - brought about memories she struggled with.
"Mama… Sister… I don't know what to do…" Eina muttered as her body shaked slightly.
*****
Femi could feel the strength in his body reduce, so he planned to follow Arwan's plan and end it all.
He didn't let Eva's scream faze him as he closed in on Gallagher.
Gallagher's shield was mounted to block him, but he wasn't planning to attack Gallagher in the first place.
That shield will be the launch pad he'd use to show off part of his sword art.
He jumped and closed in on Gallagher with his foot ready to land on the shield.
The foot landed on the shield and Femi instantly used it as a foothold to launch himself towards Ruth.
It was also at that instant that Gallagher remembered how Femi fought the coyotes earlier. He also realized that since Femi had gained the momentum he needed, he wouldn't slow down from that moment on.
Ruth on the other hand saw Femi approaching her at a faster speed than before. She couldn't see Femi's face through the mask but memories of his devious smile that he always wore flashed through her mind.
Her body shaked more. She was promised she wouldn't fight anyone, talkless of killing a kid. To make it worse, it was a kid that smiled while he was slaughtering. A Devil!
"It's all unfair!" She yelled. She shot multiple bullets at Femi.
Femi saw the bullets and moved in a zigzag motion with each step he took adding to his speed.
The amount of bullets began limiting his moves plus his speed was already getting too fast that he couldn't make quick decisions if required, so he entered the [Lagged Planes].
Femi felt the location of all the incoming bullets. He approximated all the places he should step while taking into account the remaining ammo Ruth should have.
To Femi, Ruth was the biggest threat here. He needed to take her out of the picture first.
Within the planes he concentrated all his senses on her, ignoring every other person within his reach.
As Femi exited the [Lagged Planes], he set his sword in a position ready for an upwards slash.
Forgetting that she could utilize her body suit to defend, Ruth was so scared of Femi, that she stopped shooting and shouted, "Ahhhh, Mr. Gallagher! Help!"
Femi reached her.
He sent a slash that stretched from her left waist to her shoulder. He didn't end it there as he also jumped with the speed he built up, he hit her in the chest with his knee.
Ruth's body left the ground and Femi instantly moved his body again and kicked her, crashing her to a wall.
Femi's kick also served as a launch pad that sent him to the person approaching him.
The angered Eva began to exchange slashes with Femi, sparks appeared where they were. They didn't even leave space for a third-party to interfere.
Eva could feel Femi's strength weaken. "Got you!"
Femi's movement slowed, but Eva's speed maintained.
Finally getting the short time she wanted, she went with a strike that pushed Femi back.
Femi wanted to use that bit to retreat but from the back, a punch from Gallagher sent him flying. And as Femi didn't make any moves to halt his movements mid he, he got sent to the opposite side of the room.
Femi landed, his body hitting flat on the ground.
Gallagher looked towards where he sent Femi flying, until he felt a sharp blade make contact with his neck, slightly above where the bodysuit reached.
"Are you mad? Why did you send him flying? We could have ended him on this spot!" Eva spoke in a calm but cold tone. She has had it with this useless excuse of partners. "Funny. I even believe you're working with the bastard. You guys have been acting all chummy and all. Few punch directly to the fuckers head would kill him. Tell me, why should I spare you now?"
Gallagher used his armed hand to push the knife away, then said, "Look at your battery percent, we are both left with less than 40% Tether. His attacks are usually meant to be one hit one kill, so it takes a lot of Tether to absorb it.
Gaining a bit of insight, Eva turned away from him, "Tch."
Gallagher continued, "Only Ruth has above 50% energy left and it seems she's been mentally scarred. If she fights in that state, she might go haywire."
Femi indeed used her timid nature and how he knew she viewed him to his advantage and induced fear in her; she had thought his slash would kill her.
Gallagher sighed, "I believe he should have below 30% energy left in his battery. But it's at this moment when we drop our guards, things that switch tables tend to show up."
Although it was hard to say, Gallagher ended his statement. "We should captu... No, we should kill him now. He knows too much."
Eva didn't respond. She glared at Ruth who laid uselessly on the floor and cursed silently.
Gallagher also looked at Ruth in pity, then transferred the pity to Femi who slowly stood in the distance.
"For someone who's about to die, you're so carefree." Eva said.
Femi stood, stretched his back, then removed his mask. His mouth and nose had blood dripping from them. His face had no expression plastered to it.
Until he heard Eva's words, that was when he smiled. "I was told that adventurers' bodysuits don't extend to their head, which is why they are really good at blocking above their head."
Gallagher and Eva stayed quiet wanting to see where he led to.
Femi continued, "I tried draining you guys' suit battery to a very low level but it seems I'm not as good as I thought."
He sheathed his sword. He only held his mask and put his other hand in his pocket making Eva and Gallagher stand at alert.
"Since I don't think I have anything to gain from here anymore, I'll follow Arwan's plan since I've reached the lame condition he gave."
He brought out multiple small balls from his pocket.
The two that watched him carefully gazed at his hand trying to identify what those were.
From that distance they couldn't see it so clearly.
"You wanna see what these are that badly? Here they are." Femi threw it at them.
The Synchro Trio retreated to avoid what Femi threw at them. But that was not what they should have done against such.
"No."
"Fuck it."
They both muttered as they witnessed the sparks that came from the ball.
The balls were in fact electric bombs that had been enhanced thoroughly by Arwan. These ones were also powered with an additional Tether Battery each.
"I guess it's this button." Femi said, pressing his wrist comm in a random motion.
Unlike how Arwan used his in the security room, multiple of these bombs blew at once, releasing a bright flash of electric current.
Gallagher and Eva knew they had really underestimated the next move Femi would take but the realization was already too late.
They tried covering their faces and tried concentrating all their mental will to stay conscious from the blast.
The bright light reduced, a smile crossed Eva's face.... And that smile wiped off immediately as she didn't expect the bombs to be this expensive and effective. The paralyzing effects were beyond her imagination!
The instant the bombs dropped on the floor, another group of bombs exploded causing another bright light across the facility's reception room.
It didn't even stop there. Arwan had given Femi around 20 bombs. 5 exploded at once, so the process of Explode, Zap and Deplete repeated 4 times.
Femi had watched the electric net appear from a safe spot, a distance Gallagher created for him in exchange for some injuries.
After the last wave of electric current courses the air and depleted, Femi found the still conscious Sycnro Trio looking at him with blank eyes and the other with eyes filled with contempt.
Femi whistled a tune as he walked to them.
The Sycnro Trio were all paralyzed -even Ruth wasn't spared from the electric currents. If not for their battle suits, especially Ruth, they still had enough energy. The electricity didn't burn them, it only ended up giving them Electric Tetanus.
They showed how trained they were as none of them passed out.
An expressionless look was plastered to Gallaghers face. Eva exuded burning anger that made Femi question whether she was really from a cold blooded race. Ruth just laid on the floor; Forgetting that she wore a bodysuit, she had thought Femi's slash would be the end of her and ended up mentally scarred.
Femi closed in on Eva precisely. With a smirk, he said, "When I met you, I believed you'd lead to me experiencing the feeling of Fear. I even acted all scared of you to make the experience feel better. But in the end, you're not strong enough to make me shiver a bit."
Eva couldn't understand his words clearly because of how she had struggled to stay awake at that moment.
She only got more angry as she saw Femi and his damned smile.
She just wanted him to come closer. Even if it kills her, she'd move her head and bite his flesh off.
Femi chuckled, "Ahhh. Now that I think of it, if you were to lead me to experiencing anything, I believe that'd be the feeling of disgust."
Femi turned to walk towards the stairs he came from. He sensed a dangerous surge of energy in the lower floor, 'why not just go check that out?' Femi thought.
As he walked a voice said statements that were unexpected.
"Hey... Where are you going?" The voice trailed off.... Until it vibrated the air again. "You bitch! Come here and kill me, goddamnit!"
The yell didn't stop.
"It was time to end my sorrows! For you to end my sorrows! Get back here and stab the damn sword in my heart! " Gallagher pleaded for death.
Femi didn't pay attention and scratched his ear as he walked.
"Are you deaf? Hey! Come and kill me!" Gallagher tried moving but ended up slumping to the floor. He tried to crawl towards Femi's direction and failed.
The wave of his decisions passed through his front and he was filled with regret. "Please… Please, just end my suffering. Kill me…" He said with bloody tears falling from his eyes.
Femi didn't want to have anything to do with those people again. In as much as he wanted to kill them... In fact he craved their death just so he could know how it felt being in such a situation yet Femi couldn't… Merely going for their vitals was acceptable because they wore bodysuits.
Why? Because for some reason, he was just that way. Such a problem even affected him because his sword art was meant for straight up killing. Another issue that Femi never knew he had.
"Do I value life?" He questioned himself.