“Who is she?”

“That’s Professor Rowan’s daughter.”

“Seriously? What is she doing here? Isn’t she too young to be in this place.”

“Apparently; she was able to solve the symbols on the tablet.”

“The Alien tablet that was discovered in the ocean not so long ago!?”

“Yes, the very one. Thanks to her they were able to create a barrier that will protect any city from aerial attacks.” Sometimes Kula wonders if she ever going to have a time where no one is talking about her.

“Amazing. It must run in the blood of the Rowans.” Rowan...that name has been everywhere in mathematician history. Whenever they were married by one, assistants, or even mathematicians themselves, The Rowans were involved in some way in it. They were also the owners of 1 thing: A legendary piece. Through generations, this legendary piece has tested its owners by sealing them inside mazes where they will answer questions from past owners or mathematicians that were involved with them. Those who pass it will own the legendary piece and its powers...those who don’t...they are never seen again. That’s the story her father told her 10-15 times already.

“Hmm?” She heard the sound of one of the door sliding. Must be other members of The Area, probably to bother her on if she has managed to understand the symbols on this tablet.

“Hey...What is a child doing here!? I thought this was a secret facility, not a daycare!” That was not a voice she has heard before. Another test subject? The last one went insane and was put on the container like the rest of them. Her dad seems to be very dedicated to this project, what did he call it? Ah yes, M.I.S.T. an abbreviation for Mutant Intellectual Storming Tear. The project consists of a mysterious toxin that gave soldiers super strength, speed, and hidden abilities. The cost of having all of this: Your skin. Like toxin, it spreads in your body, and like a disease, it consumes you if you are not cut out to control it. All the soldiers that have taken a whiff of this M.I.S.T. have failed. Perhaps this new one would be different. Or...this soldier will be the same as all the others...a horrifying soldier driven to insanity by the M.I.S.T. before said soldier does not exist anymore.

“Hmm?” She felt the ornament on the back of her head that was holding her orange-haired ponytail vibrating. Strange it hasn’t done this before. Could it be?

Her father did mention that someday she will meet the heroes that saved the world thousands of years ago. She doesn’t know if it has to do with the fact that this thing she is holding in her hands and is glowing will show her an image of the previous owners or if she is going to meet the reincarnation of those owners. But here she is looking at this thing glowing, maybe. The 5-year-old girl turned her head to the swoosh of the sliding door to the left to see three people. Her father, Commander Knight, and someone else. She has seen Commander Knight a few times. He was impressed by her being able to decipher the language of one of the tablets. He also was accompanied by someone different each week. Some of them soldiers others generals. The generals went through that door and returned with a different expression every time. The soldiers, however, some came out scared probably from seeing the results...others...they never came out of that door. The soldier with him...it seems...different...she does not know why but the blue-haired male seems like someone that might be the one. And that star he has dangling on him...it was glowing...is that another one? Another legendary piece? From the stories that her father told her, the legendary pieces can communicate with each other by glowing intensively. It seems that this was the case. Was her legendary piece communicating with the one hanging on that man’s neck?

“How...Interesting…” Perhaps...meeting this man can give her some info about these legendary artifacts.

()

Dodging beams from Silver armored Mechs, Aeris has maintained her momentum of glide before gliding downward and slashing one of the mechs.

The explosion of said mech took two of the others before these were taken down by two pink beams coming from the pink-haired teen’s hands. Landing on the ground in a second the pink-haired looked around the premise.

“I am surprised that you didn’t send us to, what is that game you all play? Ah yes, Omega.” Kula told the pink-haired girl. Looking up to her adversary floating with her monitors and mechs Aeris’ legendary piece glowed with intensity and in response, Kula’s awakened legendary piece glowed higher.

“So your legendary piece can summon them even if we are not inside of a maze.”

“Who said we weren’t?” Oh…

“I see…” So this was still a maze created by Kula’s legendary piece. So even without the puzzles nor questions, she can still summon these mechanical droids.

“I have been wondering...your legendary piece...it looks different than the last time I observed it. Perhaps it has been awakened. Interesting...I will like to know how you managed to do so...Although, that answer will not be easy to obtain from you isn’t it?” She is correct, however, her Rubik Cube of Knowledge is not fully awakened yet. It seems that she could only get the legendary piece awakened to 50%. the cubes from the Rubik at least half of them looked like small books moving at a rapid pace and in the center, it was a circle surrounded by silver rings with spikes spinning in all directions.

“I could ask you the same about yours, or even more...the legendary pieces themselves. What do you mean by Them?” Ah, so she was curious about them. Yes, they are still some legendary pieces that she hasn’t seen, for example; the Hexagon of Fate and the Pentagon of Manipulation. But that is not all the Triangle Ring of Illusion and The Circle of Yin/Yang. She has seen the Diamond Dragonite, The Sharp of Sinfonia, The Coffin of The Soulless, and has witnessed the power of her Square Root of Puzzles, her opponent’s Rubik Cube of Knowledge, Rusher’s Estrella del Leopardo, and Alice Hishikawa’s Sphere of Rage. But there was one, the most dangerous of them all...so dangerous that it had to be split to four separate pieces themselves each with its unique ability. If by any chance the four pieces are united together...then it will take all previous legendary pieces together to stop the owner of that completed piece. That one piece is called…

“Them, are several numbers of legendary pieces that are yet to be known of their location and their owner. Note this Miss Russo, our legendary pieces have been in constant war with each other. However, one being has always united them together to fight for the same goal.”

“That one being...you are not talking about.”

“The Dark Dragon himself...Seifer.”

()

“Haah!”

*Clang*

The sound of both blades clashed as Harry and Salamander try to have the upper hand on each other. For a 3 on 1 fight, the three warriors weren’t having any luck getting through the defenses of the experienced right-hand man of LeDutch. This was just for the cold grey eyes former prince bodyguard nothing. Thou, he will give some respect for the child that he is clashing swords with his strength was incredible...but not as strong as the leader of LeGrace Rusher.

*Swoosh*

Salamander had to step away from Harry so he didn’t get hit by the incoming arrows from above before he felt the ground above him swallowing his feet.

“Tch, I didn’t need your help.”

“Your welcome!” Frederick answered back to the black-haired powerhouse core. Harry didn’t need the help of these two; in fact, he feels like they are holding him back on this battle. Working together is not on his resume if the ones he is tagged in are two people who are inferior to him. Besides...he hasn’t even gone to his Lighting Form yet. If that happens it would be a breeze. Plus, he has some questions to ask the man who is attacking them.

“It seems I shouldn’t lose my focus on the three of you.” He looks toward the ground and it solidifies.

“Humph, You wouldn’t last if I went all out.” Arrogance...this kid wouldn’t have this arrogance if he saw the wars that he had fought in his life.

“Tell me, why did you come here for? I usually do not ask this question to those who stand in the way of our organization but it seems that your group has been escaping somehow with your lives.”

“Heh, You really must suck at your job then.”

“Your Rhythm…”

“Hmm?” Salamander looks at the blonde-haired small girl that thing on her neck was glowing...similar to…

“Is mixed…” Mixed?

“What do you mean Genre?” Said Frederick to her as she takes a closer look before looking on his left arm.

“His Rhythm...is mixed with another.” Another?

“Better start talking, unless you like to get another scar on that face of yours.” He sees...so this is…

“I see...Just like the story says: Someone who can read and sense the Rhythms of others. You must be the owner of that legendary piece.” Below Salamander the ground melts releasing the binding that Genre had put during her attack while hearing a visual kei song. Frederick felt the temperature of the room rising.

“HARRY GET AWAY FROM HIM!!” Hearing his warning the black-haired boy got out of the way before he got consumed by the fire that surrounded the area he was standing on.

“Tch.” So he was hiding this trick all along. Looks like the Salamander name wasn’t for show after all.

“Looks like I can not hold back against the 3 of you.” Salamander said as a blue aura surrounded him.

“Come!”

“Humph!”

“Harry, be careful we don’t know what that aura has done to him,” Frederick said. So that’s the M.I.S.T. that was mentioned by the president of Omega Corp.

“His Rhythm...is increasing in heat.” Genre told the boys.

Harry charged toward the man who used his enhanced speed thanks to the M.I.S.T. to dodge his attack before trying to slash the black-haired boy who...surprisingly he blocked?

“You think that I am not used to blocking these types of attacks. Thou I have to admit you raising the temperature is a pain.” Said the black-haired warrior starting to sweat because of the heat before he screamed.

Salamander backs away before he saw the boy change. His hair spiked up and his eyes sky blue. A white aura surrounding him with lighting unleashing from the boy’s body. Before the right-hand man of LeDutch could react harry was already in front of him. Luckily, he managed to block the slash that was incoming at a speed of lighting before backing away.

“Is this all you got?” Asked Harry with his confident smile.

“...Humph.” It seems that using this level of the M.I.S.T. will not cut it. At least not against his opponent. The other two will not be a problem to defeat in this form but this boy…

“What is your name?” That was kind of a surprising question to ask the black-haired boy.

“And why should I tell you?”

“Do you not want to know the name of the person you kill or kill you?”

“Humph, Harry...Kishima.”

“Harry...Kishima.” Salamander pondered his name before he closed his eyes.

“I see...so you are part of that family...I do not see that in you, so I presume you are not his owner.” Does he knows?!

“You know about the legendary pieces?!” Frederick asked the tall brown-haired man. If he knew about the legendary pieces, then maybe they can.

“I was told about that story...from the prince himself.” The prince? Is that who is leading this organization?

“The Prince?”

“It was before I got here. 12 legendary pieces held by the 12 families. Some of them got corrupted by some owners who use the legendary pieces for their very own selfish gains. It carries through the generations. I never thought that I would see the day that I will meet one if not two members of those families.” Salamander explained to the teens. Corruption?

“What do you mean by that?!”

“Humph, you are now talking nonsense.”

“No...is true.”

“Genre?” Frederick looks at the blonde-haired girl who’s legendary piece was glowing slightly.

“His Rhythm...is not rapid...but calm...truthful…” If what he said is true then that means that The legendary pieces that Richard and even Aeris and Alice are holding along with Emuna and Genre herself might be corrupted in some way.

“It seems that no one has told you three the entire story of the legendary pieces. It could be for the best.” Salamander rose his sword high before unleashing a pillar of fire which all three dodged.

“Humph.” Harry swung his sword to create his Master Slash before this one cross paths with the pillar of fire before creating a huge explosion.

Frederick threw an old oak arrow that split into 5 small arrows. Salamander dodged the arrows before dodging the floor trying to consume him and dragged him down.

Genre changed the tune to hard rock before the floor created spikes that went after the brown-haired tall man which in return swung his sword and melted the spikes before they could reach him. This, however, got him to let his guard down for a split second before he barely dodged a slash from a lighting speedy Harry who took the right arm off the man.

“Looks like you might need a hand there.” Mocked the black-haired teen.

Salamander just simply shrugged it off the injury before the M.I.S.T. reconstructed his arm again despite this one gashing blood just a few seconds ago. This battle might take longer than the tall brown-haired male anticipated. However, eventually, he will find a gap and when he does, all three of them will be turned to ashes.

()

“Wasn’t Seifer Sealed not too long ago?”

“Oh, but miss Russo, you should know that there are many iterations of Seifer through history. Whenever the legendary pieces are on constant war or together is just a matter of time before Seifer goes after them again. You should know the story: When the legendary pieces are all awakened...the dark dragon shall return from his slumber. Our legendary pieces go to sleep mode for a reason.”

“To keep Seifer from coming back.”

“Precisely.” But something doesn’t add up…

“If you know about it then why did you awakened yours? Doesn’t that mean that you are breaking one of the seals!?”

“Yes, that may be true...however, it is not dangerous unless all legendary pieces are awakened. So if I put it back to sleep mode then everything is back to normal. Well, it is not that simple, fufu.”

“Then…Why?!”

“Revenge.”

“Revenge?”

“The world does not revolve on one person Miss Russo. Everyone has their own lives, their very own dreams...their very own nightmares. Do you ever wonder; what happened during the project my father made? It looks like some didn’t want to know about it, so they did whatever it takes to delete it from history. But...unfortunately for them, you can’t delete a human’s mind if you can’t capture it.” The orange-haired small teen can’t forget how her life changed...none of them can. You can move toward the future but the past will sometimes hunt you. All you can do is…

“What happened?” The pink-haired asked. Maybe she can get some answers from this project and what the creator of its motives was.

“Around 6 and a half years ago, my father with some scientists discovered a Cube on an underground cave containing a mysterious gas. This upon inhalant gave normal human beings such as yourself if you didn’t have your D.O.B.I. and I incredible strength, speed, and sometimes intelligence. What father didn’t calculate at first was that this gas or new toxin could consume the skin of humans and drive people into a state of insanity if they couldn’t control it. Soldiers and even assistants failed to control this...that was until he showed up.”

“By he do you mean your leader, Rusher?”

“...Yes. Rusher, he was different. Was it because of the legendary piece he holds or was it because the M.I.S.T. deemed him worthy, we didn’t know by then...But now we do...The M.I.S.T. seems that it wanted to create its very own army.”

“What do you mean by its very own army?”

“The M.I.S.T. is sentient...when it enters the body of a human being it speaks to you telepathically.”

“Does it speak to you at this moment?” The pink-haired girl does not know what to take of this. She could be lying to her and this could be a distraction. However, something tells her...that this might not be the case this time.

“No...Not anymore. It once did at the beginning, however, once we controlled it, it became less talkative...It dissipated completely thanks to Alice Hishikawa.” Thanks to Alice?

“Thanks to Alice?”

“Yes...her blood...it seems that her legendary piece has given her the ability to neutralize the M.I.S.T. negative effects. It is why…” To demonstrate Kula released the blue aura of the M.I.S.T.

“We can do this and not worry about our very own skin getting consumed by the M.I.S.T.” Immunity to the M.I.S.T. is that the reason why Alice was kidnapped? Because of her legendary piece giving her childhood friend immunity to negative effects? Does that mean that her legendary piece gives her immunity to things like poison or any other negative effect that she can receive? Does that include inside Omega too? I mean it should, right?! It is no wonder Emuna says the Sphere of Rage is the third most dangerous legendary piece, in the hands of someone who has this knowledge, it will be a very difficult opponent to face and defeat.

“But how were you able to get Alice’s blood inside you guys...Wait don’t tell me...You are all vampires!!”

“...Fufu, that is one interesting thing to say! No, we are not bloodsuckers...I don’t even think those exist.” Well if not that...then…

“We talk long enough.” Aeris reacted quickly and dodged the incoming beams. With no time to take a breather, Aeris need it to keep moving as small needles descended from above her. Richard warned her about these needles. If one of them touches her, she won’t be able to move that part of the body or if she even gets one of her nerves she won’t move at all.

(‘Have to be careful.’) to her surprise, the room started moving and she was enclosed inside of a small cube.

“Damn.” She gasped as she dodged some needles that were coming from the ceiling at a fast pace speed. It didn’t last long thou…

“I’m impressed that you could dodge all of those on that small room...but...it seems that you lost your left-hand movement.” From a monitor inside the cube said Kula as she watched Aeris take the needles that were impaled in her left shoulder and arm. The blood slowly dripping to the floor, Aeris cringe slightly in pain after removing the last needle before she felt the numbness and the pain leaving because of it. Now she only has 1 hand to fight against not only Kula but anything that Kula calls inside this cube. Even worse how can she get out of said cube? She doubts it would be the same way, this room is too small to barely maneuver in!

“How long until you can’t move anymore?” She will have to be on defense.

“Core Shift: Wall!!” Reacting to the incoming needles, Aeris blocked it with her new weapon a huge diamond transparent shield twice her size. All the needles bounced off the shield and landed on the floor.

“Interesting. You have that in you...Maybe I should examine this D.O.B.I. device of yours it could come in handy when we go outside to get our revenge.” The orange-haired girl was getting curious about the device that was on the pink-haired girl’s wrist. With such a device she and Rusher would be able to have enough power to kill all the members of Majestic 12 especially with her awakened legendary and potentially his.

Aeris needs to think of a strategy fast with only 1 arm mobile she won’t be able to hold on this heavy shield for long. She has to use this...if she ever going to survive. She just hopes that Richard has found his way out of the Biblioteca.

()

With books flying around the brown-haired teen has been going through book stairs for almost seems forever. Then there were those doors, they seemed to be upside down or sideways sometimes! This place is super weird, but...at the very least it was the only way for him to get to the next room without them staying together in that room where Kula was...plus they were out of that maze. He just hopes that his childhood pink-haired friend is going to be okay.

“This must be the one!” He hopes it is!! Beyond this door might be another one. That next door...Alice might be there and with her...him. Facing him will be the hardest challenge of his life. A legendary piece that slows time for a short period and when awakened it stops it for a certain amount of time. He’ll have to devise some sort of strategy around it. But how can you devise a strategy against time manipulation? Maybe he can go on reaction. He might be slow but once time expires he will be back to normal, therefore, his speed will return. There has to be a time limit too, I mean how many times can he use it and is there a cool-down to it? Richard opens the door before a bright light engulfs him completely. He has to win, everyone is relying on him to save her. The pressure...is at is max.

()

“The daughter of Listo Rowan.” It all comes together. The origin of the case. It is no wonder why Red does not want him to get involved, it started there...The Area.

“Yes, she seemed to be the one that solved the A.N.A.X. Alien Tablet that gave the government The Disaster Walls.” Leos explained.

The Disaster Walls Were machines that created barriers or stabilizers (Heavy support Beams) around cities or the entire country depending on the threat of natural disasters. So far they are working on how to create barriers that can stop a galactic disaster such as an asteroid. It might take years but if they manage to pull it off then there is one more threat to be less worried about.

“I see so those machines that float around the air sometimes were made thanks to her,” Xino said impressed by how intelligent this girl must be.

“How old was she when she did so?” Ayane asked.

“Hmm, about 5-years-old,” Troy answered her. 5 years-old? If she is able to solve space language tablets at that age then she cannot imagine what the orange-haired girl in this photo capabilities is currently.

“What is interesting is during this date. November 20th, 2039. This was the date that Commander Knight introduced a soldier to Listo Rowan.”

“And that Soldier turns out to be Rusher, wasn’t he?” Xino told Troy.

“Yes. It seems that Commander Knight knew about project M.I.S.T. and must have brought Rusher to The Area to demonstrate the M.I.S.T. capabilities.”

“And from the looks of it seems like Rusher was a success in inheriting the M.I.S.T. powers.”

“But it seems it cost him something,” Jessenia mentioned.

“Yes his left hand, the M.I.S.T. has its pros but with them its cons. Whoever uses it for an extended period of time will start losing his skin eventually the person will get devoured by it. The person might notice his or her skin getting devoured that is if they already haven’t lost their sanity by then.” Troy explained.

“A double edge sword for short.” The lilac-haired maid contemplates. But...There is something that has been bothering her.

“Something wrong, Jessenia?” Asked Ayane to her made.

“Is about Lady Alice…”

“What about my daughter?”

“When we encounter Kula and Rusher, she exhibited a red aura and went into a berserk frenzy and was on par with Rusher’s legendary piece which slowdown time. I try to stop her but that aura knocked me back into the maze wall knocking me out.” Ah, so that’s why…

“I see...Leos…?” If there is someone who knows any info on this is the president of Omega Corp.

“Ah, that...yes it must’ve been because of her legendary piece the Sphere of Rage. You see the Sphere can neutralize any disease and in our game’s case secondary effects. Poison, paralysis, disease, frozen, all of those effects are null void by the Rage’s aura.” So that will explain how the young lady could be in par with the blue-haired former P.E.P.A. soldier.

“How long did she stayed in that form?” Asked Leos.

“Not too long I say about a minute or two.”

“That’s good...If she ever stayed longer than 2 hours it would have been a problem.”

“Why?” This talk has gotten Ayane slightly concerned.

“The user of that legendary piece will get easily exhausted if it even uses the power for just a minute even in its sleep mode,” Xino said.

“However, if the user of that legendary piece uses it for longer than 2 hours then that user would start getting chest pains, eventually the rage would be to a point that the user might go into a fever or even worse a cardiac arrest. It is why it is considered the third most dangerous legendary piece. Not because of the monster strength, speed, and immunity it gives the user but the same giving it a frail and weak body if used for longer periods.” Leos finished explaining. Something like that...it was in that necklace that she always got on her?!

“That’s…!”

“Not a very good thing to give to your daughter? Your daughter must at least know that small detail considering that she seems to not use it very often. But if someone else uses it or force her to…”

“It would endanger everyone.”

()

The temperature of the room was increasing drastically making the teens sweat more. For Genre and Frederick, it was getting difficult to breathe, for Harry Kishima not so much. Salamander, on the other hand, he wasn’t affected by the rise in temperature.

“Seems like your friends are having difficulties.”

“Don’t put these two as my friends. If I wanted too I would just take us out of this place to fight one on one.”

“Oh?! And why haven’t you?”

“It is not necessary for me to waste time getting us to Omega, I can defeat you without going there.”

“You seem confident about it. However, can you do it before they lose their ground? Besides, who said I am fighting you at my full strength.”

“What?”

“This power...It has 2 phases. The first one is the one you are seeing...Let’s call it The Shell. It just uses a percentage of the M.I.S.T. power in order to give the user strength, agility, and any other benefits. The scales are not as high as the next phase thou.” Explained the tall grey eyes right hand of LeDutch.

“And you are telling me this because…!” Harry told Salamander.

“What are the hottest Flames?” What’s with that Question?

“While this place is heatproof, it does not mean that it can withstand something higher than 800 degrees Celsius. Right now the flames I am producing from my attacks are just the flames that an average red flame will produce. Also, the temperature of this room is rising the more we keep going, how long until this room caves in?”

“If that happens, wouldn’t you be caught in the incoming water?” Frederick managed to say through the heat. His arrows have had little to no effect on Salamander as they either turn into ashes before they reach or it gives him a slight wound that the M.I.S.T. will heal in seconds. The blonde-haired girl was the least of the tall man’s concerns as so far she seems to be able to use the ground or it’s surrounding by concentrating on the said environment. However, if he increases the temperature she won’t be able to concentrate as much. He has been caught off guard by some attacks by the teens but now he is slowly gaining the upper hand. But if he is ever going to win and fulfill his mission he must increase the temperature in the room to the max and beyond.

“Humph!” Harry uses his speed once again to try and get the advantage against his opponent. This time, however, Salamander was well prepared and block his attack before backing him off and dodged a spike that appeared below him. The tall grey eyes man didn’t expect the next move. A beeping arrow.

*Boom*

The explosion rocked the area but didn’t damage it surprisingly. For being an underwater HQ, it is a very sturdy one.

“Humph, I told you I don’t need your help, just stay out of my way!” Yelled the black-haired teen with the buster sword.

“Well, whether you like it or not we are in this together!” Frederick told the black-haired boy who after a while just make a sound in frustration.

“Tch!”

“The enemies’ Rhythm is still active.” Genre said to the two arguing boys before Salamander appeared from the fire intact.

“So much for your attack.”

“The has to be a way to take him down. At this rate, we will be roasted alive.” Frederick doesn’t know how long they can be in this room. They have to fight on open space and the only way to do so is to fight him inside Omega. Preferably, Frederick would like to go to the training field, which is a very big open space and they can devise a better strategy to defeat their opponent.

“...Omega…”

“I have been thinking about the same thing.”

“Tch...I could handle him myself.”

“But you are not by yourself, are you?”

“...Humph, Fine! We’ll do it your way, just don’t get in my way!” Harry said must to his dismay. But, it is the only way he can use that attack and that form, otherwise, there won’t be a hideout left. Heck, there will not be a planet to stand on!!

“Alright, Get ready!” Frederick saw the tall man approach them slowly before rising the arm that the D.O.B.I. bracelet was on.

“Humph!” Harry did the same...he hates to do this but...it is the only way he can fight with no restrictions.

“…” Genre has been thinking...there has to be a Music Rhythm that can help slow-down the opponent. So far he has been melting away her prisons and walls...maybe...that tune...yes…

“D.O.B.I. Initialize Training Field. Players: Frederick Santos!”

“Player: Harry Kishima!”

“Player...Genre Lynn.”

“Salamander!”

'Name of the players confirmed, Initializing, Dimensional Omega Bracelet Initiator.' Looks like this fight...might go the long haul.

“Oh?” Salamander looks around him he can sense it...they are no longer in the HQ. Is this the world? The World of Omega?

()

“So this is the World of Omega...Very interesting.” Kula looks around her. Skyscrapers to the sides a huge tube on the far north and the east...a giant gear. A City, huh? This world...Kula dodged someone charging toward her before she threw some needles but these bounced softly from the giant shield that was held by the pink-haired opponent. Although, Kula did not expect the follow up of a beam. Luckily, one of her drones took the blow for her before she was swept away by a flying chair with monitors around it. The explosion was massive causing some of the nearby parked cars to fly toward the glasses of some buildings breaking them. Seeing Aeris flying toward her through the monitors, Kula in her chair moved out of the way and blocked a beam sword with a blade hidden on one of the monitor’s arm.

“Impressive, although I shouldn't be surprised.” Aeris gets hit by a beam from above.

“Uhm…” Aeris groaned after landing hard on the street floor below. The pink-haired gasp before dodging another beam inside the small crater that was created when her body landed on the cold hard floor. Repeating the act, the drone pursuit the female angel through the city while shooting a beam from its cannon arm.

While the chase was happening Kula was observing it from the sky above them in her monitor.

“Looks like she is like everything I observed after a while...very boring.” Kula then looks to her right...that gear. The orange-haired small girl release one of her monitor resulting on this one spreading metal wasp wings from the top corners and center. She signals it to the gear and the monitor goes at it at the speed of a jet.

Meanwhile, Aeris has been flying at high speed with a drone in pursuit. Gliding toward two narrow skyscrapers the pink-haired teen flies up before preparing a small orb. Turning around she glided headfirst toward the drone who prepared to throw a beam from its arm.

“Ochistka!” using the orb of purification, the pink-haired teen cut though the beam and split said beam in half hitting the two narrow skyscraper buildings around them before the pink-haired reached the drone and disintegrated. The pink-haired felt something behind her before she realized that sharp window shards were falling behind her. Using her speed thanks to Heaven’s Gift she got out of the way and out of the narrow place.

*Clap*

Hearing the sound of clapping Aeris looks to her left to see Kula still sitting on that chair with many monitors.

“That was quite an impressive attack. Ochistka means Purification in Russian, No?”

“So that drone was also recording.”

“Correct, thou with that one down, I guess that’s one more monitor down,” Kula said as one of her monitors showed nothing but static before it completely went to black.

“This world is incredible. I assume this is one area inside this world, isn’t it?” The pink-haired girl’s silence is all Kula needed to confirm it.

“Interesting. I would like to know more about it. Hmm...I think I will ask nicely this time. Can you please hand over that D.O.B.I. you are carrying?” Her D.O.B.I.? The pink-haired clutches the bracelet with her other arm. Giving this...it will not be a good idea. Who knows what she will use this for. It seems the revenge she was speaking of would not be the only thing she will use this for.

“I cannot…”

“...Yeah...I expect that answer. Which is why...If I must…” The orange-haired girl began to get surrounded by the M.I.S.T. aura only this time it formed something...wings...this one had black feathers and thick ones at that. Those feathers...they could easily weigh a pound or two and they were several in each one of these wings. Two...three...five!! Five Wings sprouted from the back of the orange-haired small teen...thou they seem to have a phantom-like color to them. Kula stood out of her chair and flew slowly up, blade in hand, and looking toward the pink-haired girl’s light purple eyes.

“I’ll cut it out of your arm.”

()

This is it...it has to, right?

“Just hold on Alice.” The brown-haired boy is determined to get his childhood red-haired friend out of this mess. Everyone is counting on him to do so. Once he enters this door...there is a chance he might not come out. No! He will come out! With Alice! He will defeat Rusher LeGrace and stop whatever plan he has with his group. Everyone is doing their best and putting their lives on the line for this! And He will do the same!!

()

“Oh?” Alice looked at the blue-haired leader of LeGrace. He seemed...amused.

“W-What?”

“It seems we don’t have to wait any further.” What does he mean by that? Just then the sound of the door creaking open was heard.

“I was beginning to think you would never make it here...Richard Kurosagi.” Richard…Looking behind her...there he was...in his Omega outfit.

“...Richard.” The three legendary pieces that were present...glowed violently.

“Alice.” She’s not wearing her usual clothes. She was wearing the same clothes as Kula and the other female member they encountered not too long ago.

“You are just in time I was going to tell your friend about how I received the M.I.S.T.” Like the sound of the wind, the brown-haired boy threw the dagger toward the blue-haired leader of LeGrace which slapped it out of the way with his mechanical hand only to take a fast-flying middle kick from the leader of Team Omega sending Rusher flying fast into the wall breaking it.

Landing on the floor the brown-haired boy picked the dagger from the floor.

“Huh, didn’t think that will work.” Said the leader of Team Omega before approaching his childhood friend.

“Hey.” He finally was here...this wasn’t an illusion, this was him...in his Omega outfit.

“R...Richard.”

“Are you okay?”

“...Hmm.” The red-haired nodded slowly.

“Good! Ah! I almost forgot!” The brown-haired boy looked at around his pant pockets before he took something out.

“You forgot this!” He handed her something that she didn’t have when she got kidnapped by LeGrace. The one thing that could have gotten her, Jessenia and Sexan out, Her D.O.B.I.

“I’m pretty sure you’ll need that if we are going to get out of here. Oh!! You got to see what I learned from your grandmother!!” Her Grandmother?

“I can’t wait!! But first, we need to get everyone else. Hmm…” The boy gets in a thinking pose. How is he going to be able to do this?! It is going to take forever to get everyone in one place...Especially Aeris...she used her legendary piece to get him here while she stayed to fight against Kula. And he knows...his opponent will not let him get out or even let him use Hyperlink or even Upload Archive on Alice because.

“Yeah...I thought that wouldn’t do the trick.” Said the brown-haired boy who backed away from Rusher and puts Alice down to a safe place.

“It seems you have improved since the last time we met.”

“What can I say...I am always improving in order to fight strong opponents.”

“I see...This is not a game, you know that.”

“Don’t worry I’m fully aware of the stakes on this fight.” Richard's legendary piece glows violently. The brown-haired noticed that Rusher’s legendary piece was responding with a violent glowed of its own. That’s not all...he can see it...the third glow...no doubt...that’s Alice’s legendary piece.

()

Using speed to dodge the barrage of needles, Aeris was getting the feeling of her arm back. So...the paralysis wasn’t permanent. Maybe 5 minutes? She couldn’t tell because of the focus of not getting pinned by the orange-haired small girl and becoming her very own dissection project. She seems focused on getting D.O.B.I. in her grasp, even if she has to cut the pink-haired arm in the process. Aeris had to Core Shift into her Scouter form in order to dodge the new speedy Kula. Using her monkey staff she blocked the blade from the fallen angel.

“You are a very persistent one.”

“Could say the same.” Answer the pink-haired back as she backs the girl away. Not losing her momentum Kula threw needles with her free arm which in response Aeris side-stepped quickly. She had to keep moving thou because it seems that even here Kula could use her legendary piece to create maze cubes which she has to dodge a couple of them by keeping her speedy movement going. At this rate...she might get caught by one of the maze cubes if that happens she will be in the same predicament that she was before she teleported them here.

“OVER HERE!!” Reacting barely, Aeris blocked a descending Kula with her staff creating a sonic boom that broke windows around them. The staff was carved with some cuts from the constant blocked attacks that Aeris had to do so so she doesn’t lose her life to the small genius member of LeGrace. However, she knows that eventually she will get through her defenses and if that happens...she might lose her arm. So, Aeris did what is the most sensible...go on the offense. Backing Kula, she proceeded to use her speed to swing her staff from different directions catching the orange-haired off guard in some of them. Now...Kula was on the defensive end of the spectrum. This small change turned the tides the pink-haired teen's favor. Using rapid pace thrusts Kula had to back away and dodge by sidestepping each and every blow that was coming her way before once again getting caught off guard by Aeris core shifting back into her magical form.

“HA!!!” The pink-haired girl unleashed a huge blast of energy from the palm of her left hand. The blast went straight toward a skyscraper before this one exploded and fell after the blast took the supporting beams that held said skyscraper.

Panting from her quick pace attacks and the huge blast, the pink-haired wonders if she was running low on Capacity Power. Nevertheless, she wonders also...did this did the trick? Did this defeated the orange-haired girl?!

()

“Is that so…? Good...it will make things much easier.” Time slows-down. The brown-haired boys felt it. So this is what Jessenia felt when she fought Rusher.

“Richard!!” Screamed the red-haired owner of the Sphere of Rage as the owner of the Diamond Dragonite gets thrown to the wall by Rusher LeGrace.

“Gah!” This seems like déjà vu all over again.

“Seems like we been in this spot before, haven’t we?” Said the blue-haired male after slamming his mechanical fist into the boy’s stomach.

“Yeah...I kind of forgot how painful it was.”

“Well aren’t we making fun of pain.” Finding a way out of the owner of La Estrella Del Leopardo grip, Richard managed to get out of the way of the fist that cracked the wall he was pinned in only for time to slow-down again.

“You seem very sluggish!” A kick to the kidney send the boy toward two pillars crashing on one of them. Getting out of it the boy cough...Oh, No is happening again!!! This time...he was barely ready and Rusher on instinct barely dodged the slash from the brown-haired boy. It nicks his shirt and got a small thin scratch.

“If I am sluggish what does that make you now?” Rusher looks at his small wound that has a trail of blood.

“Humph.” There it is...That must be the M.I.S.T. instant regeneration...that with slowing time for a small period of time? Yeah, this one is going to take longer than he anticipates.

()

The pink-haired teen was looking at the wreckage. The orange-haired girl hasn’t come out of it.

“Did I...Beat her?” The answer she got...was not the one she wanted. Something stabbed her on both her shoulders and legs before lifting her in the air. These things...are these needles. They looked like giant syringes!!

“I never thought...that I will use this form…” That voice...it sounds different. She doesn’t remember saying someone else name? The rubble rose slowly before someone emerged from it. As the person emerged Aeris was lifted higher. She can see the person...it was…

“But you left me no choice…”

“Ku...la?”

“...Who else…?” Just then she felt something. A jolt of electricity course through the pink-haired girl making her scream in pain. Kula threw her hard to the floor creating a crater. This form...it was not the girl’s favorite form. She does not look her age, but this is what the M.I.S.T. gave her...an adult form. Longer hair, her clothes ripped because of her size only covering her top and making her pants look like short jeans. She is surprised she wasn’t naked from this sudden transformation. Her wings...they were now visible and had chainsaw cutter teeth, in fact, they look more like demonic wings than angel ones. In her hand, they were claws needles, ten of them to be precise all with small cells that had lighting surrounding them. Two Horns similar to those of a Ram were attached to her left and right side of her head respectively, While fangs emitted from her mouth giving her a more demonic form. Her best feature aside from her awakened legendary piece now floating beside her and following her movement was her eyes. They were glowing sky blue. This...was a True Fallen Angel.

(‘Damn it...I...Can’t Move…’) Those needles that were the orange-haired girl’s tendons...they must have some sort of paralysis effect similar to the needles the orange-haired girl was throwing earlier in their fight. This is bad...if she doesn’t think fast...not only is her arm going to be cut.

“Now...be a good girl and stay still...I need to examine your D.O.B.I. quick. I promise you...it will be painless.” She doubts that...and her arm will be the least of her worries...she might lose her life if she doesn’t think quickly.