User:Sirin of the Void/Kotori

I wonder if anything...
''This is really, really not good. Her vision was getting blurred as if she was losing her vision. Feeling the hard texture of the ground against her face, she realized that she had fallen facedown on the ground. ''

''She couldn't move, even when she tried, and she already couldn't feel her fingers. What she did feel was a certain heat, and it overwhelmed her entire body. She coughed and vomited the blood she felt rising in her throat--the source of her waning life. So much came out that it frothed at the edges of her mouth. With her hazy vision, she could see the ground in front of her stained red. ''

''- Kotori (think): *You've... got to be kidding me... All of this is mine?*''

'' Feeling as though all of the blood in her body had spilled out of her, she reached a shaking hand to try to find the source of the heat that was burning through her body. As her fingertips reached the large cut in her stomach, she understood. ''

''No wonder it felt so hot. Her brain must have been mistaking pain for heat. The clean gash that ran through her torso was so deep it had almost sliced her in half. Only bits of skin were still holding her together. In other words, she had run right into a checkmate in the chess game of her life. As soon as she realized that, hr consciousness immediately began to fall away from her. Before her eyes, she saw a metalic foot descend, making ripples in the red pool of her fresh blood. Someone was there, and that someone...was probably the one who killed her. But she didn’t even think to look that machine in the face. It didn’t matter anymore. ''

''The one thing she did wish was that she, at least, would be safe. ''

- (???): [Kotori?]

''She felt as if she heard a voice that rang like bells. That she heard that voice, that she could hear that voice, felt like salvation to her more than anything else, so...'' "!!"

''With a short scream, someone else crumpled upon the carpet of blood. She landed right beside her. She lay there, weakly attempting to reach the other person's hand. Her white hand fell, powerless. ''

''Then... a robotic voice could be heard.''

''- (???): A waste of body parts if you ask me. You're nothing useful for our empire.'' ''Kotori lightly grasped it in her own bloodstained grip. She felt the fingers of her hand move slightly to accept her own. ''

- Kotori (think): *Just you wait...*

She seized her fading consciousness, pulling it desperately back to buy a bit more time.  '- Kotori: *I’m going to... find a way to save you.*'

''In the next instant, Kotori Itsuka lost her life... ''

'' And this is... how Kotori Itsuka's history begun. ''

Will ever...
 30 years ago in an universe far, far away...  Centaur Galaxy  Cragg Planet  Unknown Continent  Unknown Country  Unknown State

''Cragg Planet... was a wroshyr tree-covered forest planet located in the southwestern quadrant of the Centaur Galaxy in a distant universe, very, very, very far away from Earth and the homeworld of the hybrid-humans.''

''Cragg was a temperate jungle planet orbiting around a single star located in a forgotten region of Centaur galaxy, a galaxy controlled by the infamous and vile DEM Empire, and had a complement of three moons, one of which was orange. Covered in wroshyr trees, it served as homeworld to the hybrid humans-ExKriegs. Native fauna such as Can-cells would influence the design of starships by the Wookiee inhabitants, while great cities such as Kachirho would be built into the planet's trees.''

''It was basically, a half-human ExKrieg planet living in a primitive world. Kotori Itsuka, back then known as Kya-Ra, was merely a normal girl living in her close tribe that lived of larbor...''

But that story goes beyond Kotori.

''The awesome green planet of Cragg emerges from a total eclipse, her two moons glowing against the darkness. A tiny silver spacecraft, a a small spaceship firing lasers from the back of the ship, races through space. It is pursed by a giant three giant destroyers of DEM Empire. ''

Hundreds of deadly laserbolts streak from the DEM ships, causing the main solar fin of the small ship craft to disintegrate.

''Inside of the small ship explosion rocks the ship as two people, a young boy and girl struggle to make their way through the shaking, bouncing passageway. Their names are Tali'Zorah nar Rayy and Baatar.''

''- Tali: Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor of the ship! We'll be destroyed for sure! This is madness! You said if we exploded their hangar to take out their focus of us would help! But now you got CM in our tails!''

''Rebel troopers rush past the robots and take up positions in the main passageway. They aim their weapons toward the door''

''Tension mounts as loud metallic latches clank and the scream of heavy equipment are heard moving around the outside hull of the ship. ''

''- Baatar: What's that? ''

''Outside of the ship, the DEM craft has easily overtaken the small ship The smaller Rebel ship is being drawn into the underside dock of the giant DEM. ''

''- Tali: I think the Battle Droids are trying to get in... Once they do, we will be dead.''

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

''Suddenly a tremendous blast opens up a hole in the main passageway and a score of fearsome battle droids make their way into the smoke-filled corridor. In a few minutes the entire passageway is ablaze with laserfire. The deadly bolts ricochet in wild random patterns creating huge explosions. Battle droids scatter and duck behind storage lockers. ''

''- DEM Droid: Search for the mercenaries! Don't let them escape with the director's plans!''

In the bridge of the small ship, Tali and Baatar, who are revealed to be two mercenaries who somehow got in trouble with the DEM Empire, heard the explosions and fell to the ground.

- Baatar: Well, we are not dead already.

''- Tali: Funny. The space-nazis will be here soon. This ship is doomed, we have to land in Cragg system to escape from the DEM. Use the Escape Pods perhaps?''

''- Baatar: Escape Pods? You mean Death Pod? Everytime people use it they end up dead after the impact on the surface of a planet.''

''Tali and Baatar quickly left the bridge without questioning one another. They are kinda used to it now. But who are these two? These two are mercenaries, one could say they more like bounty hunters for paid to steal valuable informations or assassinations of determinated targets. In this galaxy, you can trillions of people working like them.''

''In the entrance of the ship, an evil entity had just stepped in the ship, a seven-foot-tall robot makes his way into the blinding light of the main passageway. This is B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130, a robotic scientist of DEM Empire. ''

- CM: ..............

''His face is obscured by his dark metal, which stands out next to the fascist battle droids next to him. Everyone instinctively backs away from the imposing scientist and a deathly quiet walks into the ship. ''

''- CM: I'll repeat my order again... do not let those disgusting mercenaries steal my project of new CR-Units. Bring them to me alive so I can teach them a lesson. Go.''

''The battle droids ran into the ship, opening every room and door of its insides. Meanwhile, Baatar and Tali are running towards the escape pod on the other side of the ship. ''

- Tali: There!

''They arrived in an open corridor with a single escape pod at the end. Without hesitating, the two ran towards the escape pod... but then...''

''- DEM Droid: Found them! Fire!''

''Right behind, two Super Battle Droids spotted the duo and quickly opened fire against the mercenaries. ''

''- Baatar: Damn it! Go!!''

''Determinated to escape, Baatar pulled out a blaster from his belt and opened fire against the droids to buy time to Tali escape. However, much to his dismay, 8 battle droids arrived, with Unit-CM 130 right behind them.''

''- Tali: HURRY UP! GET OUT OF THERE!''

''Tali entered in the escape pod and turned on the engine. Suddenly, she heard a male scream and something falling to the floor.''

''- Baatar: TALI! RUN!!''

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

''When she looked back, she saw Baatar on the floor, surrounded by three droids shooting his bodies multiples times. There were so many shots that his body was cut into several pieces; his arms and legs were literally ripped off.''

- Tali: NOOOOO!!!!!!!

''Hearing her screams, the droids all fired against the escape pod but realizing there was no option to her friend anymore, Tali closed the door of the escape pod and activated it. The safety door snaps shut, and with the thunder of exploding latches the tiny lifepod ejects from the disabled ship.''

Meanwhile inside of the DEM frigate ship that was flying alongside the DEM destroyer spaceship...

''On the main viewscreen of DEM's ship, the lifepod carrying the female mercenary speeds away from the stricken. In the bridge of the DEM frigate ship, the captain of the frigate and a battle droid pilot were staring at the screen of the escape pod flying away, more precisely, falling on the surface of Cragg planet.''

''- Captain: An escaped pod was ejected from the ship, contact the director... if he already knows it.''

- Battle Droid Pilot: Can we shot it?

''- Captain: Negative. The director wants the mercenaries alive with the backup of his project. Destroying the escape pod will only cause problem for us. However, we are not going to wait for his orders. Dispatch a ground force to explore the region where the escape pod fell to retrieve the plans and capture the mercenary.''

- Battle Droid Pilot: Positive.

Back to the small spaceship that Tali and Baatar owned.

''- CM: Now we need to know if she escaped with the plans. But obviously the person carrying it would escape. I don't care if she escaped, Cragg is a primitive planet that only serves for mineration purposes. Search and find her, I want her alive. And bring me my plans.''

Unit-CM 130 gazed at Baatar's body and walked away, leaving the droids behind.

''Outside of the ship, the DEM spaceships could be seen dispatch landing crafts, with each landing craft carrying hundreds of droids. The ships slowly entered in the planet's atmosphere, flying towards the location of the escape pod that was still falling into the planet.''

And this is how everything begun...

 Meanwhile...  Cragg Planet   Unknown Continent   Unknown Country   Unknown State   Tower of Gold 

''Cragg is a place known for its violence. For being a primitive planet that is divided between isolated tribes, the planet acquired a bad reputation, often being viewed as the cesspool of the Centaur galaxy due to the large number of criminals who could be found there.''

''As a result of sporadic and unsuccessful colonization of DEM Empire, the planet became a haven for smugglers and criminal activity, while scattered, isolated settlements of hard-working inhabitants attempted to earn a living in the wastes. Of course, this planet is filled with fanatics religious cults that worship mythological Gods, most of them being Gods with evil origins. Sacrifices. Gang-rape on women. Sacrifice of animals. Slavery. Arson. Everything in this planet was about violence, disorder and cruelty.''

- (???): FASTER!

''Hundreds of ships sailed to one location, the Tower of Gold. Guards and animal-like-creatures kept watch over all the prisoners. Slow progress was being made on the construction of the tower. Men and women were being forced to drag stones and destroy boulders with pickaxes. The worst was for the people who got punished. They were tied in place and were continuously zapped with electric shocks. The smell of burnt flesh mingled in the air, creating a horrible stench. ''

''- Guards: HURRY UP! ''

''The prisoners, who were treated like slaves, were locked in a cell at night, after being done working. The cells were covered in dirt and dust, and rats would usually scamper around the cells. Prisoners would get stale bread and dirty water. ''

''A lot of deaths were from either infection in prisoners wounds or infection from eating and drinking the dirty food and water. ''

''Among the prisoners there was a red haired girl pushing large rocks outside of the Tower of Gold. Alongside her, there were more hundreds of slaves doing the same work, most of them being hybrid-ExKriegs who had no determination of being warriors or murderers. The little girl fell to the ground, her little body not being able to take anymore of the labor. She was immediately yelled at by the guards, and barked at by the animal-like-creatures. The poor girl cowered in fear. ''

''- Guard: HEY, YOU! HOW DARE YOU REST WHILE WORKING TO OUR GODDESS!''

Tears started streaming down her face.

- Kya-Ra: P-P-PLEASE!!

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The guard then pulled out a whip from his belt and begun to punish Kotori with some kind of magic whip.

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- Kya-Ra: STO--!

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Everyone around saw the hooded guard who looked more like a crazy cultists whipping the back of a small girl on the floor like if she was a dead meat.

Blood was seen flying everywhere each time he whip cut her back with small cuts caused by the heat of the whip that more like a firely whip of magic rather than an actual whip.

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''Kya-Ra lost her conscience but the guard being driven by a sadistic sense of pleasure continued to whip her back for more 3 minuts until another cultist arrived and looked at the girl's state. The cultist was a very old man with black hood and carryin' a magic book.''

''- Cultist: You can stop now. You're going to kill her like this.''

''The guard then stopped whipping Kya-Ra's back and returned to his position with hesitation. That old man was his superior, just like all other hundreds of cultists and guards of the Tower of Gold.''

''After that, Kya-Ra's body was carried away by a guard while she was followed by the old cultist who was smilling all the time like a wise old man. After being dragged to the insides of the tower, she was throw in a dirty prison cell in the lower levels of the Tower of Gold.''

- Kay-Ra: ..................

In silence, the girl who had just recovered her consciouness begun to cry in silence while the guards locked the door and walked away, leaving the small girl bleeding in agony.

- Guard: How long do you think she is going to live?

''- Guard: I don't know... maybe a day. I'm sure she is going to be moved to the black market.''

''Two guards could be heard talking as they passed by the girl's cell, while giggling all the time. ''

"....................."

''As she lied on the floor, Kay-Ra heard many voices outside of the cell, chains being shaken, screams of many prisioners being tortured or killed, guards speaking normally, sounds of gunshots, sounds of prison cells being locked. Yes, she was now in a dungeon with more than 5 floors, each floor having more than 100 prison cells to keep the slaves locked... But what in the world is happening here? Why this is happening in this planet? What is the Tower of Gold... how this is related to Kotori... Well, everything begun here a long time ago. The history of Kotori Itsuka begun here, in a place filled with death and suffering. Nothing beyond the blood, screams and agony. This is something only Kotori can explain.''

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 2 years ago   Kotori's Village  <p style="text-align:center;"> Flashback 

''[- Kotori (Narrator): You can really read me, Reine. It hurts me everytime I have to remember my past].''

''Kotori was still speaking with Reine in the current world. But each word hurt her like if a knife was piercing her chest. She can still remember... the heat of the fire and chaos. The heat of the fire burning down her village, the gunshots and screams shaking her ears... She can still remember, the day she lost everything to them.''

Yes.

''To them. The crazy religious group that took everything from her. Her home. Her family. Her life. Her innocence. Her friends. Everything. ''

''When Kotori Itsuka was just a child, she lived in a peaceful village of farmers that lived deep in the woods of the dense of Cragg planet. A place full of alien creatures and dangerous of animals even so the people in the village were used to fight monsters... but not a certain kind of monsters: the sentient beings, people who can speak, think and walk. Creatures that can be said to be "civilized".''

''One day, a crazy fanatic religious group that worshipped an ancient Goddess of War invaded her village, killed all the adults, kidnapped all children to be used as slaves and burned down the village without mercy. ''

''Kotori was merely a young child who helped her father with minor tasks. She had no siblings or other families beyong her father. Her mother died when gave birth to her due to having a fragile body condiction. Even so, her father did not hold any grudge against Kya-Ra for being indirectly responsible for killing the love of his life.''

''Despite her father's rigid and serious behavior, he was actually kind and loving and kept his true emotions in secret in the hopes he could teach Kya-Ra how to survive in the wild, for in this planet forgotten by God, if he ever exists, everything can kill you. Giant insects, poisonous plants, carnivorous birds, traffickers, militias and scary creatures. If you're a woman, it puts you in an even bad situation, with many mercenaries and guerrilhas wanting to use them as their sexual slaves or money-making machines.''

''Even so... no matter how many years of training she could have received, nothing could have prepared her for this. A group of 90 cultists with the support of 25 orc-like creatures slaying everyone in sight, from men, women, children and even infants. Not even the livestocks survived, not even their belongings as they were stolen by the invaders and sold in the black market.''

''Yes, this is something normal in this planet. Peaceful tribes are easy targets of not only monsters and herds of alien creatures seeking for fresh meat but also sentient beings with malicious intentions of random murders and black money. ''

''Kotori... grew up in places like this where being a ruthless and vile person is the best option to choose. Being kind of generous in a world like this is stupid as it's a pathetic choice. Even so, despite her village's contraversial culture of sacrificing not only criminals and killing deformed babies, there was one thing that made them more civilized than other groups of mercenaries and assassins; they had rules, morals and even a small sense of ethic. Even if they are not fighters, they still half-ExKrieg and possess the same endurance and strength of their alter-ego ExKriegs, that back then, still existed and were not extinct by the hands of an malicious, brutal, evil, monstruous and cruel tyrant that could destroy entire planets.''

''And so from there on, everything became a living nightmare. Everything that once peaceful became hell. Enslaved by the cultist group, Kya-Ra alongside other children were forced to work day and night until they died of exhaustion in the Tower of Gold, an ancient tower built by a primitive indigenious tribe that believed the Goddess of War was going to purify this land of destruction and suffering with blood and bring everyone to the paradise... the paradise they call... QLIPHOTH. ''

''Those who did not die from the forced larbor in the Tower of Gold died of diseases. Some died because of wild animals that somehow invaded the tower and devoured the poor gouls. Some died because they were bitten by poisonous insects and died in their cells in agony for not receiving medical attention. Some died of instetinal infection and defecated until blood came out. Some died of alien rodents that carried fatal virus to their cells. Some died because of the guards' constant physical abuse. Some simply died of torture before death. However, in that place, nothing else mattered. Some people even committed willful mistakes so they could have been executed and finally die to be free from that place forever.''

''In this place, the Tower of Gold, death is mercy while living is like torturing yourself until your spirit succumbs to insanity. And so passed two years like this, Kya-Ra living each day without knowing if she is going to live tomorrow. Not only her but all 2,000 children who are forced to work in this place.''

''In this place, the only equalizer is death, and which tribe or culture you came from does not matter here. No matter if you came from some kind of tribe who worship death, they will make sure to keep you alive to suffer until you lose your sanity, preventing you from killing yourself to the end so they can mock and taunt your faith and belief.''

''[- Kotori (narrator): And this is how I lost my only family. The last thing I remember was when my father died to protect me from two orcs creatures. After that... I passed out. But there is one thing I remember: his war cry to protect his only daughter who turns out to be the person who indirectly killed the love of his life... If I simply wasn't born...].''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Back to the present  <p style="text-align:center;"> Tower of Gold  <p style="text-align:center;"> Kay-Ra's Prison Cell 

''After Kay-Ra woke up, she felt someone touching her forehead. It was a big, raspy and warm hand petting her head and messing with her hair. ''

''She opened her eyes only to see a large muscular man with scars all over his body. He is bald and wears a mask with only his left eye showing. He wears a dirty sleeveless shirt, dirty pants, a belt, and shackles around his ankles. That man looked like a dangerous, vicious and creepy psychopath who was there to kill Kay-Ra, finishing her off to free her from this nightmare... but that was not the case.''

''No one should judge a book by its cover because this huge muscular man is none other than Goltas, the best friend of Kay-Ra in the prison from hell. He is not only her only and best friend she ever had but her guardian. He is almost like a big brother to her, and by a far point the only person she ever cared about since her father.''

''- Kay-Ra: Goltas... You had returned already.''

"......................"

''No response came from the man, but that was only natural because this man lost his voice a long time ago. This man came from another isolated tribe of warriors, a clan that has a culture similar to Spartans. However, when the fanatic cult invaded his village, seeking for more slaves for their Tower of Gold.''

- Goltas: ................

''Goltas used hand communication to speak with Kya-Ra. He said:''

- Goltas: "You have to be cautious now. The cultists are planning to reduce our numbers so they can transfer more prisioners to this place."

Kya-Ra started to cry, but not only tears came out but blood, clearly showing she was in bad health condictions.

''- Kya-Ra: Goltas... I don't know for how much longer I can endure. I don't eat nothing for days, they force me to work 14 hours all days and everytime I give up they beat me... I can't...''

''Kya-Ra was obviously not in good condictions. She was pale, her wounds were infected, her nails are completely black like if she was infected with the Earthling bubonic plague, skinny and weak. She was so dehydatred that her body was expelling blood.''

- Goltas: ............

''Kya-Ra begun to weep like a baby as Goltas only gazed at her with a sad look. He then used a white cloth to wipe out her tears of blood. He wanted to comfort her with words but he lost his voice years ago when the cultists invaded his village and cut off his throat. It was a miracle he survived...''

''Out of nowhere, Goltas pulled a bag and opened it in front of Kya-Ra, when she looked inside of th bag she saw probably 6 green fruits. When she spotted them, she immediately gasped.''

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

''- Kya-Ra: Are you insane?! You stole it from the kitchen again?!''

Goltas nodded and used hand signals again to communicate.

- Goltas: "I got better in my steal abilities. Do not worry, they didn't notice."

''Goltas then gave Kya-Ra one of the green fruits. She accepted with a warmful smile.''

- Kya-Ra: T-Thank you...

''Goltas made no sound or moves, he just held a fruit as he watched Kya-Ra eating the fruits he stole from the kitchen. ''

Unlike Kya-Ra who works at the surface carrying rocks and minerals, Goltas works at the kitchen despite his tall and muscular appearance.

- Kya-Ra: You're the best friend I could ever had...

Kya-Ra said as she continued to eat the fruit with a joyful expression.

Will I...
<p style="text-align:center;"> Cragg Planet's stratosphere <p style="text-align:center;"> 600 kilometers above the surface of the planet <p style="text-align:center;"> 2 minutes later...

''Escape pods, also known as life pods, repair pods, or lifeboats, are small escape craft for use in emergencies. They were standard aboard all deep-space starships and as the name says they are small ships that allow the crew from a ship in danger to escape.''

''A simple escape pod provided access to the sensor, communication, and flight control systems, although the shipboard systems were heavily automated so the escape pod could land without a pilot at the controls. Sensors provided atmosphere as well as radiation and gravitational information about nearby planets, and a limited comm transceiver scanned for activity on standard communication frequencies. ''

''Emergency homing beacons were also standard, often at least as powerful as communications set. Many escape pods were equipped with limited hyperspace capability to facilitate travel to a planet on which to land.''

''However... not all escape pods have this limited hyperspace system and when that happens... things gets bad.''

''Inside of the escape pod, Tali, who had used it to escape from her ship that was overtaken by DEM droids, was in free fall toward the surface of Cragg's planets. ''

- Tali: AAAAAHHHHH!!!

''The insides of the escape pod was a chaos, with everything shaking like if she was in the center of an earthquake. Just when the escaped pod hit the surface of the planet, creating a huge explosion caused by the heat around the escape pod that came in contact with the volatile materials of the soil.''

[BOOM]

''It was not only the heat that caused the explosion, the 800 kilometers per hour and the heavy escape pod also contributed. The explosion of the escape pod spread fire in an area of 50 meters, it was so powerful that the heat could be felt 200 meters away, burning down all green area around the explosion.''

''After the smoke wiped out by itself, the escape pod was revealed to have created a long straight crater of 30 meters deep into the jungle. ''

''- Tali: Ouch! Ouch! Hell...''

"......................."

''Tali was stuck inside of the escape pod, trying to open the emergency door but couldn't open it. With several strong kicks, she managed push the door, breaking the locker and opening the escape pod.'' - Tali: Dammit!

''Tali slowly left the escape pod, holding her arm that was apparently displaced. Even so, despite her injuries, she was amazingly in good state. The escape pod's insides were made so the crew inside of it could leave the ship alive in case of brutal impacts like this one.''

''Tali looked around and saw nothing but fire and trees. There was no doubt... she was in one of the most dangerous planet of the Centaur galaxy, Cragg. A planet of crime and violence. A primitive world of civil wars between primitive tribes of warriors or interplanetary criminal organizations.''

''- Tali: This is not good... I have to find a place to stay for now.''

''Tali looked at her said and only saw a dark jungle filled with sounds of insects and small and large creatures. Even if you combine Australia and Amazon together, nothing compares to this forest where you can find insects bigger than elephants, extremely dangerous plants, giant birds ready to take a big bite out of you and feracious creatures seeking for flesh meat.''

- Tali: I'm done...

''Pulling out a blaster pistol of her belt, Tali walked into the forest with a worried expression, expecting for the worse. In the right side of her belt, there was the CR-Unit plans of Unit-CM 130... the design of the Hysteria unit that would later be officialy created 2 decades later in a small planet called Earth.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Cragg's Atmosphere <p style="text-align:center;"> Invisible Hand - DEM's Flagship <p style="text-align:center;"> 2 hours later...

''Unit-CM 130 stood wide-legged, hands folded behind him, as he stared out through the reinforced viewport of the DEM Flagship. He is standing on the middle of the central hangar of the ship, which is called as "Invisible Hand".''

''In the hangar, scientists of the DEM scurried across the permacrete landing platform like the alley rats they were-— scampering for the ship that would take them to the safety of the newly constructed base on a distant planet so they could focus in the project of CR-Units. ''

''But one alley rat was missing from the scuttle. CM shifted his gaze fractionally and found the reflection of a young scientist known as Dr. Genus in the transparisteel. The young human scientist stood dithering in the control hangar's doorway. CM regarded the reflection of the bulbous, cold-blooded eyes below the tall peaked miter. ''

''- CM: Genus. Why are you still here?''

''He made no other motion. ''

''Genus is a young human scientist working to DEM Empire under CM's orders, he has sharp features with blue eyes and short black hair, parted on his right side. He wears glasses and a suit with a lab coat.''

- Genus: Some things should be said privately, doctor.

''The scientist's reflection cast glances either way along the hallway beyond the door. ''

''- Genus: I am disturbed by this new move. You told us that the Hysteria unit was safe and we were safe. Not to mention you left the mercenaries escape with the design of our units. Why is the Invisible Hand's laboratories are being moved now to that disgusting... Vernichtungslager?''

''CM put his hands in his back. He had no time for lengthy explanations; he was expecting a secret transmission from the Emperor himself. He could not take the transmission with Genus in the room, nor could he follow his natural inclinations and boot the human scientist so high he'd burn up on reentry. CM still hoped, every day, that the Emperor would give him leave to smash the skulls of Genus and his scientists working to him. Repulsive sniveling grub-greedy scum who for nothing but money, both of them. ''

''But for now, a pretense of cordiality had to be maintained. ''

''- CM: Invisible Hand is my capital ship that is primarily a military ship made to orbital strikes. I know perfectly this ship belongs to me but I don't plan do have laboratories in a ship that is one of the main targets of the rebels. It was never intended to be of use for my experiments. It happens that I used the Invisible Hand temporarily to my scientific experiments and works until the Emperor himself gave me a base in a local planet to carry out my agenda.''

CM said slowly, as though explaining to a child.

''- Genus: It should, doctor. I may working under your command but don't forget I used to work in the Asgard Electronics years ago. I'm an independent scientist who is much more experienced than... a machine like you! The construction of the laboratories in that dirty death camp nearly bankrupted my agency! ''

''- CM: Don't whine to me about money, Genus. I have no interest in it--''

Like if CM was an inferior being, Genus interrupted the robot.

''- Genus: You had better, doctor. It's my money that finances this entire project! It's my money that pays for that body you are using, and for those insanely expensive BX Commando droids of yours! It's my money--''

''CM moved so swiftly that he seemed to teleport from the window to half a meter in front of Genus. ''

- CM: How much use is your money against this?

'' CM said with aggressivity flexing his hand of jointed duranium in the scientist's face. Genus flinched and backed away. ''

''- Genus: I was only--I have some concerns about your ability to keep us safe, doctor, that's all. I--we--the Asgard Electronics cannot work in a climate of fear. What about the New Conglomerate?''

''- CM: Forget the NC. They do not enter into this equation.''

- Genus: They will be entering into that base soon enough!

''- CM: The base is secure. It can stand against a thousand NC titans. Ten thousand.''

''- Genus: Do you hear yourself? Are you mad?''

- CM: What I am is unaccustomed to having my orders challenged.

''- Genus: We are the Leadership Council of Asgard Electronics! You cannot give us orders! We give the orders here!''

''- CM: Are you certain of that? Would you care to wager?''

''CM leaned close enough that he could see the reflection of his metal in Genus' rose-colored eyes. ''

- CM: Shall we, say, bet your life on it?

''Genus kept on backing away. ''

''- Genus: You tell us we'll be safe on Invisible Hand--but you also told us you would keep the Hysterica CR-Unit safe, and you let mercenaries infiltrate in your and managed to escape your grip! Remember if the CR-Unit plans we primarily designed to be used by women fell in the hands of NC that will cause a huge blow to DEM!''

- CM: Be thankful, Genus, that you have not found yourself in my grip.

CM said admiring the smooth flexion of his finger joints as though his hand were some species of exotic predator.

''He went back to the viewport and reassumed his original position, legs wide, hands clasped behind his back. To look on the sickly pink in Genus' pale skin cheeks for one second longer was to risk forgetting his orders and splattering Genus' brains. Suddenly, a droid entered in the room of the hangar and spoke to Genus.''

- Droid: Your ship is waiting.

His auditory sensors clearly picked up the slither of Genus' sandals retreating along the corridor, and not a second too soon his sensors were also registering the whine of the control center's holocomm warming up.

''He turned to face the disk, and when the enunciator chimed to indicate the incoming transmission, he pressed the ACCEPT key and knelt. Head down, he could see only the scanned image of the hem of the great Lord's robes, but that was all he needed to see. ''

- CM: Yes, My Emperor.

The strange person in the hologram transmission was none other than the fearsome Emperor of DEM Empire himself, the man who is related to almost everything bad that is happening in the future.

''- Emperor: [So mercenaries infiltrated in your ship and stole the Hysteria CR-Unit's plans? This is really a shame].''

The Emperor was seated in a throne but it was too dark to see his face.

''- CM: Yes, my Emperor. I beg your pardon for failing in the security of the ship you gave to me.''

''- Emperor: [What about the Asgard Electronics' council? Have you moved them to the death camp in question?]''

''CM risked a glance out the viewport. Most of the Asgard Electronics council had reached the starship. Genus should be joining them any second; CM had seen firsthand how fast Genus could run, given proper motivation. ''

- CM: The ship will lift off within moments.

''CM stood up to look in the eye of the emperor. While some would call this as an act of rudeness, the Emperor gave CM special permission to act as such for being one of his most trusted subordinates in the whole empire.''

''- Emperor: [Well done, doctor. But I think we should give our focus to the stolen plans. It would be bad if the NC put their hands on our plans. However, we don't know if the mercenaries were hired by... Elliot].''

''- CM: [Yes, Majesty. I'm currently trying to identify the intruders so I can know from where they came from and who hired them. It was only two, one is down and one to go].''

''Remembering of his failure in killing the last mercenary caused CM to clench his fists hard enough that his carpal electrodrivers whined in protest. ''

''- Emperor: [I see. Anyway, as you should know you will become as Junior Lieutenant of 3rd Division Totenkopf in the death camp you'll be workin' in. While you can carry out your experiments in the "inferior beings" working to death there, you still need to administrate the camp's population and resources].''

CM nodded.

''- CM: I'm aware of that, My Lord. I'll do my best as a Lieutenant but I'll not forget my agenda. I have curiousity in studying sentient alien species. You don't mind if I force my experiments on them?''

''- Emperor: [Do as you wish. Anyway, when you're going to go after the invaders? Even if they fell in Cragg planet they can still escape].''

CM put his hand in his robotic chest.

''- CM: You don't have to worry about that, My Lord. I personally dispatched hundreds of ships and droids to go after them. I'll capture that mercenary to interrogate her and retrieve our stolen plans. Right now, they are about to land in the surface of the planet. I ordered them to kill EVERYONE on sight, no one in this planet is an ally. Tribes will be burned down and criminal groups will be terminated. No exceptions.''

The Emperor blinked very slowly, like if he was sleepy.

''- Emperor: [I'm looking forward for the results, doctor. You should know by now... the price of failure].''

If you think CM was intolerant enough with his subordinates, one needs to show the Emperor's true colors.

- CM: I know, sir. I never disappointed and I never will. I'll not fail you, My Lord. For the Great Empire of Deus.Ex.Machina Empire. Sieg Heil!

Ever know...
<p style="text-align:center;"> Deep in the forests of Cragg  <p style="text-align:center;"> 2 hours later 

''Cragg was a very hostile planet as stated many times by now, it's a colorful, humid jungle planet filled with many unknown species of creatures. If things are already dangerous at morning, imagine what happens in this place when night falls.''

''This world featured a hot and humid atmosphere and significant water resources beneath a surface irradiated by ultraviolet light of the nearby star. Native plants, fungal, and animal life evolved to dominate the environment in a deep symbiotic relationship, causing significant natural energy to permeate the ecosystem. With such environment, it's not difficult to understand why it's target of many warlods and dictators from other planets seeking for more resources.''

''Cragg had a diversity of bizarre plants (such as spike, spore, and enormous pitcher plants), fungi, and animals which were almost rubber-like and translucent. When the sun shone, the environment glittered like multicolored glass, illumating the dark forest with beautiful lights. Even so, such beauty is not to be admired but feared, because in these lights, predators may be camouflaged, ready to attack and devour their prey. And right now, Tali is just another prey ready to be devoured with a flawed step.''

''- Tali: Great... simply great. If I don't a place to stay I'll die for sure. Why of all planets it had to be this stink rock... If I and Baat--''

''Tali immediately stopped complaining when she was about to mention the name of her late partner, Baatar. For her, Baatar was more than a simply friend, but he wasn't a lover either. ''

''The two had a close relationship since their childhood and grew up in a poor district of a very distant urban planet. Since they were poor, they had to steal to survive. As the time passed by, they became notorious thieves but in the good side. They had moral codes to never hurt or kill innocents or even lawn enforcements officers. When their planet became more violent thanks to overpopulation issues, they found a way to leave the planet and explore the galaxy for decades, becoming mercenaries. ''

''In Tali's words, she preferred to call themselves as "Bounty hunter" as mercenaries sounded too violent for her tastes but she got used to the idea in a few months. Obviously, when the DEM Empire, a totalitarian empire coming from another multiverse, arrived in their galaxy and overthrew the galactic government that ruled over that galaxy for thousand years. For the next 3 years, an intense war was waged against the galaxy but the forces of DEM were just too advanced and powerful for the galaxy's combined military strength that surpassed the numbers of trillions soldiers of different species and countless different types of vehicles for combat.''

These days were chaotic and bloody even for the young Tali and Baatar who were forced to kill to survive.

- Tali: A cave?

''Walking through the forest, Tali spotted a large cave beside her. Inside of her, there was signals of an old abandoned religious temple. Due to the close environment, the cave was almost freezing it's better to stay outside.''

''- Tali: Yeah. I just hope there isn't any giant lizard here.''

''When you visit many different planets, people study countless different types of environments and ecosystems. Needless to say, most of them are hostile with unknown creatures and carnivorous monsters.''

- Tali: Better watch out.

''Tali entered the cave and explored with caution. These walls were wet like if the cave was below a waterfall but that was not the case. The place was so cold that everything was almost freezing. For Tali, a person who likes cold, such place is not a problem for her. ''

''After she explored the cave, she noticed a hole on the ceiling and a stair in front of her. She went upstairs to see the beautiful nightsky above her.''

"......................"

''Such beauty was so indescribable that she just seated and forgot about her problems. The sky was being illuminated by thousand stars and nebulas. It's very hard to think that this beauty and infinite universe is now under the control of the oppressive DEM Empire that invaded this universe with quintillions.''

- Tali: The universe is really a mystery.

''Tali decided to sleep right there, outdoors, but just before she could close her eyes she noticed something right in front of her. Due to the fact she was too busy contemplating the skies, she didn't see a huge tower in the distance.''

- Tali: What the hell is that?

''The cave she was standing was very high, so she could see everything in 10 kilometers. And the thing she was gazing at was a tower so high that it touched the clouds. Around the tower, there were clouds of dust, like if the tower was surrounded by mines.''

''- Tali: Could it be... "civilization"?''

''Obviouslty, there is no such thing as civilization in this world but any place that has intelligent life form means such place can be used to as a escape route of this planet. Ships? Communication? Vehicles? They must have something that can allow Tali to leave this place.'' Tali streched her body and lied on the ground.

- Tali (think): *I'll go there tomorrow.*

<p style="text-align:center;"> 15 kilometers away from there  <p style="text-align:center;"> 5 minutes later 

''Dark ships descended from the skies, bringing death and destruction with them. And this is not an exaggerated form to express the arrival of four DEM landing crafts. Since Tali escaped from DEM, the DEM fleet around the planet scattered dozens of ships across the planet to seek for intelligent life forms so they may find Tali.''

''With their technology, they could easy track down where the escape pod of Tali fell but she keeping her heartbeat low so Unit-CM 130's radars will never find her. Even now, Tali is doing her best to escape from not only the monsters in the forest but also the DEM above her. ''

''When the ships touched the floor, a nazi swastika could be seen patterned in the ships' sides. There is no doubt these ships belongs to the nazi DEM Empire. Their mission is here is obvious. Not even the DEM Empire is fool enough to come to this planet with a small army to conquer it considering this place is a dangerous star system.''

''- CM: Assemble my army in this point. According to the report, the only location full of intelligent life forms is a tower located 15 kilometers northwest... that tower being controlled by some kind of pathetic primitive religious cult our satellite spotted--If the mercenary escaped to somewhere, it must be there. From what I read from her datafile, she is an experienced mercenary and travelled to many other planets. She is not a fool who will walk randomly into the forests, waiting to die somewhere.''

''CM spoke to his droid pilots inside of the bridge of his own flagship. One of the droids stopped working in the computer and gazed at his commander.''

''- Pilot Droid: We are now in Cragg's surface. We are surrounded by dense forest and sending our troops into the florest will be dangerous.''

CM stood from his chair and looked at the forest outside of the ship.

''- CM: I don't care. Our droids were programmed to fight in environments like these. This is a nice timing to test their perfomance before we can reach the tower. I just hope we don't lose half of our forces until there, every firepower will be necessary.''

- Pilot Droid: Sir, what was the point of landing 15 kilometers away from the tower and then marching towards it at such distance?

CM, who was about to leave, turned his head at the droid speaking to him.

''- CM: A simple answer. The tower had radars and anti-air batteries, if we landed too next to it our ships would be shot down and our target may have escaped before we could even touch the ground. I'm sure our target will be there seeking for help. And according to my calculations, there is no way she reached the tower when she in walking through the forest. She might be resting somewhere right now.''

The droid nodded and saluted.

''- Pilot Droid: Understood. I'll prepare the ground forces and vehicles. If we march to the tower now we might reach the tower at dawn. ''

<p style="text-align:center;"> '- CM: Excellent... we shall wipe out that disgusting religious cult and take back our plans.'

Nowadays
Nothing but the sounds of machines could be heard now.

- Kotori: .................

''- Reine: ....Your story may don't have a beautiful beginning. But it's not fate that will decide how your story will continue and end. Right now, you're letting the demons from your past devour, beat and humiliate you. They smile at you like a bunch of freaking clows mocking and taunting you as you hid from your fears.''

Kotori's eyes were now shaded by her hair's shadows, making it impossible to see her eyes.

''- Reine: Unit-CM 130 was killed 20 years ago. But now he is back and I know you WILL eventually face him again. What you will do then? Ask for mercy? Beg for him to not kill your friends like he did last time? Cry and run to not feel pain again? You have to face your fears, Kotori. It's been 2 decades now.''

''Reine was also a psychiatrist but even she is not going to pet Kotori like if she was a dog. One needs to be rigid at times so make others understand they don't NEED to face their fear but they MUST win their greatest fears.''

''Kotori gasped from Reine’s words. But, Kotori also somehow guessed that would be the case. She was trying to hide behind the Rogues and even Ratatoskr itself to escape from CM's eyes.''

''- Kotori: I lost everything that die... because of me. I was weak and my cowardice let my best friend and mentor get killed by those fascist scums. I watched them violating their bodies and very souls. Their honor. Their existence was tarnished with their evil.''

''Kotori still feel guilty for letting her friends die. This, of course, resulted in one thing, overprotection over her allies.''

Reine looked at Kotori while nodding difficultly before placing her hands on her mouth.

''- Reine: Times changed. Kotori, you're not alone anymore. You have me, Kyouhei, Kawagoe, Mikimoto, Shido, Saeko, Jin, Minowa, Shiizaki, Katarina, Tomas, Lucas, Nakatsugawa, Mana... everyone is here for you, not only to serve you and follow your orders but to be part of your family. You can't be always stuck in the past, Kotori. You have to move on... instead of letting your fears control you, how about you learn with the others? Watch and learn with the others how to control your fears and face your monsters.''

And right now, Kotori's monster is Unit-CM 130.

''- Reine: Besides, Imperia Deamonne, our strongest warrior is with them. Not only her, Katarina, Lucas, Tomas and Atala are also with them. They are one of the strongest beings in this world. Believe they are capable of dealing with the Revelation of Qliphoth.''

".................."

Kotori let out a sigh and begun to walk away.

- Kotori: I just hope you're right.

Act 12
<p style="text-align:center;"> Europe  <p style="text-align:center;"> France  <p style="text-align:center;"> Paris  <p style="text-align:center;"> MPS Airport  <p style="text-align:center;"> 23 minutes later 

''By now, the true plans of MPS were finally known by MPS' enemies. Maria and Matt who had escaped with their plans were now back in Spain, holding the copy of Unit-CM 130's plans. Misogi Kumagawa planned that if Maria was allied with Ratatoskr, then she should have access to their secret channel of communication and transfer the MPS' plans to Ratatoskr.''

''However... that was wrong. Ratatoskr is a secret organization that hides in the shadows of society, among the politicians, among corporations, among the military companies and even in religion as well. While the Catholic Rebels are indeed now de-facto allies of Ratatoskr, they don't have access to their channel due to the fact Ratatoskr still in working in an operation so Maria don't know how to communicate with them. Without knowing when the MPS is going to execute these plans, Maria can only pray it will not happen to so soon.''

​​​​''However, it was too late. The MPS had already begun their operation to bomb the last Asian island under the control of China's Republic, Hengsha Island, in their private airport in Paris.''

''In the lighty skies of Paris, 3 landing craft ships slowly descend through the cloud cover of the perpetually gray twilight side of the airport. One by one, the MPS warships land in the airport of MPS that is movimented by thousands of battle droids. ''

''Right now, all ground transporters of MPS are being loaded with hundreds of droids and being sent to the landing crafts where they will be carried out to Hengsha Island. But why the MPS needs ground forces when their true objective is only to bomb the island with the Black Gas? Unit-CM 130 is a clever scientist and wishes to collect samples from different types of Gigalomaniacs monsters. One can't expect the MPS to be welcomed there with kindness.''



- Artemisia: Agent Number X-3940 reporting, sir.

''Inside of the control tower, Unit-CM 130 was overseeing the preparations of his operation. Right behind him, the 4th Strongest Cyborg of the World, Artemisia Valgorion, entered in the room and saluted with an awkward expression. ''

''- CM: Ah. It's your Artemisia? So. How was your mission? Did you capture the invaders?''

''Artemisia stayed in silence for quite a while, sweating and trembling all the time. Sure, she may be powerful and act like a doll most of the time but there is not a living being in this world that can stand before CM after a failure. Yes, Artemisia failed in her mission to capture Maria Arzonia with Hysteria CR-Unit she stole.''

''- Artemisia: Negative. The invaders fled with the help of a mage. With the Hysterica CR-Unit, director.''

''Unit-CM 130 turned around and revealed his face, with red glowing eyes. One could think that he was angry but that was CM's normal face all the time. There are rare times where he is in good mood.''

''- CM: So they... escaped. With my CR-Unit.''

''Artemisia clenched her fists on her back, expecting the worst to happen. As a Cyborg, she could easily destroy CM with a single punch but she knows her place as a subordinate.''

''- CM: You know why I created that CR-Unit right? Due to the incoming threat of a greater enemy that the Fallen's Essence foresaw, the Hysteria CR-Unit was made to combat those foes. I was going to give it to Jessica Bailey, this is why I called her here so she could wear the CR-Unit. A pity... But worry not, that Hysteria CR-Unit was only a prototype and I have dozens of other CR-Units of the same model guarded in the Ward Walker 000.''

''And it turns out, the CR-Unit Maria wore just by curiousity was a prototype of a even stronger project of CR-Unit. Considering the nature of the CR-Unit that can hurt immortal beings, there is no doubt the enemies the Fallen's Essence spoke about are the Black Demons, the same race of demons that Vira is controlling.''

''Deep inside, Artemisia was relaxed to know that there were more of those CR-Units reserved in CM's laboratory but there was one thing that was bothering her. The display of power of the CR-Unit was shown with the destruction of the underground laboratory of MPS, and that power of destruction was caused by a single prototype. If the project of Hysteria is produced in mass, there is no doubt the MPS will take over the world in a matter of days.''

Artemisia then wore her blue jacket that was similar to a old coat of the 1910s.



''What CM is planning or his intentions with the mass-production of the Hysterica line, that's not important to her. She is a pawn. A subordinate in this world of billions. She knows her place and knows what she is doing by just following orders.''

''- Artemisia: Understood. I'll be better next time.''

''That was not really a failure considering the stolen CR-Unit was only a prototype but she still failed in her mission. Artemisia is a perfectionist, she is cleaner and wants to leave everything in order like a maid. Failing in a mission is the same a throwing mud in a clean floor. Artemisia is a woman who train hard to fix what she damaged... and so are the people who made her fail.''

Now, Maria Arzonia, the central cause of her failure, is her target now, and she is not going to give up so easily until she completely killed Maria Arzonia and retrieved the Hysterica CR-Unit she stole.

''- CM: I hope so. Be glad that was not a vital mission. Even if the Hysteria CR-Unit was stolen from our laboratories, it's impossible to keep wearing it for so long.''

Artemisia gazed ather boss with an expression of confusion.

''- Artemisia: I'm not involved with the production of Hysterica units but I know its functions. What do you mean be "impossible to keep wearing it for so long".''

CM let out a sigh and seated.

''- CM: Listen, the Tech-Combat Realizer Units, also simply known as CR-Units, are powered exoskeletons, which were originally meant for outer space exploration in my world. The empire I worked for before being killed used these exoskeletons to explore unknown regions of space. But over the years, these units gained another purposes: to fight.''

Artemisia seated right in front of CM's desk.

''- CM: The CR-Unit provides enhanced physical strength as well as various weaponry to the user. The CR-Unit requires the use of a Combat Wiring Suit, a bodysuit that protects the skin of the user from external damages and the heat caused by the CR-Unit. The Hysterica design is the most powerful version of the CR-Unit there is. I worked in this project for decades until I died 20 years ago.''

''Artemisia knew everything what CM spoke until now, as stated by her conversation with Maria Arzonia during her mission. Speaking about CR-Units, one of Rogues' members, Mana Takamiya, also uses a CR-Unit as her main armored battle suit.''

''- CM: The Hysterica unit was fused with Magi-Tech of this world. I heard Magi-Tech is basically magic created by science, that means it's creating the impossible using logic, something I admire. The Hysterica uses Magi-Tech as its power source, but the fusion of Magi-Tech with Realizer of CR-Units ends up in creating nuclear magic source. Due to the immense amount of nuclear flooding the body of the user all at once, drastic changes can occur upon the user's body. The most common of these changes are the changes to skin colour, eruption of veins around the temples, and the eyes turning completely white. ''

Artemisia was a little curious considering Maria was pratically normal when she wore the suit.

''- Artemisia: But... the invader was in perfect physical condictions.''

''- CM: This is one of the reasons why I'm not upset. Wearing the CR-Unit consumes a lot of stamina, if a normal human wears it there is possibility this person will die in a matter of minutes. But according to Michael Langdon's reports of the invader, Maria Arzonia, wasn't it?''

- Artemisia: Her full name is María Pirotecnia de Arzonia y Rodríguez, but sure, Maria Arzonia is used for short.

CM twisted his head.

''- CM: Does the invader is... Italian?'' - Artemisia: It's a Spanish name, sir.

''- CM: Whatever. Continuing, the CR-Unit Hysterica is a special CR-Unit that can only be wore by a few group of selected people. As you know by now, these CR-Units are mostly wore by Wizards, Artificial Wizards such as Jessica Bailey and the traitor Mana Takamiya who is fighting alongside Ratatoskr for being affiliated with that... disgusting New Conglomerate. If normal people, mostly normal humans, wear it, they will be killed immediately for not enduring the magical power inside of the CR-Unit. ''

Artemisia looked outside and saw some Wizards of the newcomer Jessica Bailey flying on the skies, patrolling the area.

- Artemisia: Wizards or Cyborgs suffer the same fate?

''- CM: While Cyborgs are immortals and can wear the CR-Unit, they will not be able to control it because their bodies are made of nano-machines that interfere in the digital system of the unit. That's Wizards are the only ones who can wear it without suffering consequences, but there is another problem. Only a few Wizards can use it, they must be people with high-stamine and high-mental resistance. If a Wizard that is not compatible with the CR-Unit wears it their internal organs will explode. Now let's talk about Wizards who can actually use it. Once activated, those who are capable can use the 100% of all magi-tech energy of the CR-Unit. The side effect of opening the usage is that it comes at the expense of the user's life, causing the user to crumble to ash after their spiritual runs out, having virtually cooked themselves from the inside-out. That means a person can only use 100% of its true capacities one time and then... dies.''

Artemisia looked back at CM and wondered about Maria's fate.

- Artemisia: What will happen to the invader then?

''- CM: According to Vatican's data about Maria Arzonia, she is a Spirit Guide. I don't know as much about such abominations of nature I can say one thing. The Hysterica CR-Unit was made with the solo purpose of killing immortal entities. Entities that cannot be killed by man's weaponry. If a Spirit Guide, that is an immortal entity like most angels, ghosts, demons and even gods, her fate is already decided. The anti-magical energy inside of the CR-Unit will be stuck to her skin, making it impossible to remove it by simple methods.  CM snapped his fingers with an evil grin.''

''- CM: So what will happen then? The energy will consume her from inside, burning her internal body to ashes from inside out until she completely dies. A painful death that will last for 2 years, but she will DIE. No matter how long it takes, no matter how she will die, she will succumb to her doom. This is why I said wearing it sealed her fate. And eventually...''

CM stood and looked back at the airport movimented by the droids.

' - CM: She will return to me. '