Javak noticed dust rising in the distance something that wasn't uncommon among his travels. "Gah, angels again. Why can't I just walk in peace" he spat at the ground. Javak thought about his options he could fight the unknown number or hide and wait to pass them by. hopefully they don't have any adjudicators those guys are a pain to hide from javak proceed to run to off the road till he found a hole big enough for him, he covered his cloak in dirt and used it to cover the top of the hole.

It didn't take long for Jack and Ryan to finish off the remaining Fallen ones that stayed back as a distraction. After the fight was done, they checked on the girl but only for a short time. Jack looked at Ryan. "I heard the guardian state that there was an order override. He said something about Church." Ryan quickly cut in. "That's a human trading outpost isn't it? The only reason a choir would go there is if there was an immediate threat at that location." Jack looked at the trail the choir left when it retreated. "We should follow them to church. We could have a good flanking position on the ground. Any threat to the Empyrean is a friend of mine." Jack and Ryan soon left the girl in pursuit of the moving Choir.

"my love i already hate you. you denyed me the glory of the hosts, luckerly i can still creat them but i could have mass produced that if it wasnt for you" he sliled from his horse

Zenon, rolled his eyes and just smiled at the lady comfortingly, when she kept on mentioning that they would hate her more and more over time. He couldn't really understand why and he was still wondering about it when she confessed to having invented the Empyrean. At first he simply felt shock and then he shelved aside the negatives and thought positively about the fact that she confessed about. Then he heard the doctor dude and was even more determined to prevent this from ruining their companionship.

"Well, if you invented the Empyrean, then you must know its weakness and we can use that to destroy it. So the fact that we have such a wealth of knowledge of the enemy with us, is fantastic in my opinion." Then it occurred to him that they had been there for quite a while, "So any ideas of where we should go now?" He asked the group.

Dimitri nodded to Eldric "Understood, i've got your back!" he barked as he charged in alongside the Sergeant, firing at any Angel that got close. He stopped briefly to uncoil the heavy bicycle chain and padlock that he used as a makeshift belt, and hurl it like a bolo at the head of a Fallen One, and to swap out his spent magazine with a new one. This was crazy, not to mention beyond dangerous, however Dimitri did his best to keep a level head as he marked the three Hosts as primary objectives with his eye. Dimitri shouldered his rifle and aimed at the massive eye on one of the hosts before letting rip with a three round burst. If he could help it Dimitri would try to down the Angels but keep them mostly intact, their parts would make for damned good weaponry.

Dr. Charles Richardson, Zenon Drewziak, Dr. Nanitha Tabith, and Dr. Qualia Queen ~ Flash of Hope ~ Location: Babylonian Spyhole, Korpus Forest

Qualia cringed at the words of Charles. They were true, yes, but they still stung deeply into her chest. The 12 Minds sought to bring a new era of technology to the world, but as it happens, they had indeed brought on a new era; an era of pain and suffering. From the corner of her eyes, she saw Zenon also exhibit a surprised look; Qualia had closed her eyes, anticipating the berating and scolding to follow like the rest. However, it never came. Instead, Zenon apparently accepted her. Qualia's eyes opened in realization as she looked at Zenon.

"You're right... I created the Empyrean, and I can undo my own creation." Qualia smiled, a confident tone in her voice. "In fact... we have an advantage." she continued. "I was never able to think about it... until now." Qualia chuckled as she wiped the tears from her eyes. All those years spent wandering around, never accepted by anyone had dulled her ideas... something else replaced her genius mind; a desperate one. Qualia breathed as she gave a warm embrace to Zenon. "Thanks, Zenon."

Suddenly, a hulking figure appeared behind Zenon and Qualia; a Guardian with swords drawn. The angel was about to impale the two when, suddenly, two well-aimed Electrostatic bolts pierced its head, sending it backwards with a crash.

"When I heard that you went out, Zenon, I thought you were just scouting." a voice, familiar to Zenon, resonated in the deep woods. "I never knew you'd have the nerve to flirt around in these dangerous times." a purple-haired woman, clad in battle armor, was revealed from the shadows. "Nice to meet you again, Dr. Richardson. You have moved on from your, *cough*, failure, should I presume?"

Dr. Nanitha Tabith, leader of the Babylonians had appeared from the shadows. Behind her were more Babylonians, equipped with Hellfire gauntlets, and some make-shift weapons.

"Dr. Queen. The only thing keeping me from shooting you right now is the mere fact that you alone know how to disarm the Empyrean. You better make sure that you won't spread your secret; that's the only thing keeping you alive in human territory. You better make sure to remember that." Nanitha scorned in an annoyed tone as she turned to Charles and Zenon. "Babylonians have already engaged the two choirs. It went all according to plan. All we now need to do would be to defend Church, and make sure that a man named Dmitri is kept alive. I heard that he is a fellow cyborg, and he is quite of an inventor. I need smart people. Dr. Willostammer and Dr. Daikinee have been giving me the cold shoulder lately. Dr. Charles, and Dr. Queen, along with this Dmitri... will help me invent a cannon that will penetrate the Electromagnetic forcefield surrounding the Empyrean stronghold." Nanitha instructed in an authority-filled tone.

"Come on. We've got a Church to defend. MOVE OUT!" Nanitha shouted as she rushed with the remaining babylonians to help Church.

Qualia soon realized her folly as she recoiled from Zenon. "Well... I guess we better follow, Dr. Tabith. She has quite the temper." Qualia softly smiled as she went with the soldiers.

Dmitri Holmes, Capt. Petrov Griego, Sgt. Eldric Romeo, and Pvt. Dane Farther ~ Cyborg to Cyborg ~ Location: Church Battleground

Eldric nodded at Dmitri who had taken out one Host; the angel fell to the ground with a clatter as Eldric decapitated a Fallen's head off. The robots were pushing through the gate as arrayed projectiles took down human after human. Eldric rolled behind a steady cement wall as the suppressing fire kept him from escaping; in short, the man was stuck.

Dane, the young soldier, approached Dmitri with a sullen face.

"Sir! The robots are pushing through! The Guardians... they... are too...---" a purple bolt embedded itself into Dane's temple as the soldier shivered on the ground before succumbing to the eternal sleep. The Guardians were indeed pushing through... their immense firepower along with the Adjudicators' repairing capabilities made sure that no human could easily destroy one.

Most of the humans had now lost hope as blood spilled on the ground; tainting the grass with crimson liquid. Suddenly, a dozen soldiers arrived at the scene; Petrov leading them. "EAT LEAD MOTHERFUCKERS!" Petrov shouted as a barrage of 'fuck-you' rained down on the incoming choir; toppling one Guardian after the other... even the Adjudicators were no match for the inventions of Dmitri. Petrov's battalion moved forward slowly, but surely... the choir was being pushed back!

The other humans began to move forward as they returned their casualties with burning vengeance. The robots were decimated as the remaining choirs began to flee, only to collide with Dr. Nanitha Tabith's brigade, trapping the choir in a pincer. Nanitha and her troops unloaded every weapon they could; taking out the two Hosts, and decimating the fleeing choir.

Gizmo, Jack, Ryan, and Javak ~ Unlikely Allies ~ Location: Junalok-Corpus Road; en route to Church

The choir stopped moving as the Adjudicator turned in the direction of Javak. The crystal in its chest cavity began to glow as the other angels began to converge on Javak's location. Suddenly, bursts of electromagnetic gunfire began to rain down on the angels as humans, dressed in black armors and hoods, engaged the choir. The choir returned fire as some humans were blasted and torn apart by the Guardian and its Fallen Angels. Suddenly, a Host appeared from the road, firing a purple projectile at the Guardian's head, shutting it down almost instantly.

The remaining Fallen robots began to clumsily engage the humans... they were not much of a threat now, but, they were still deadly. The Host, its green-eye now replaced with a blue color, was shooting one robot after another. Suddenly, more Guardians, five of them, appeared from the shadows; shooting down the humans with unrelenting salvo of lasers. In response, more humans joined in the fight, trying to topple down the Guardians.

Jack and Ryan were still in pursuit of the choir. It didn't take long to catch because they had gotten into another battle. Jack and Ryan snook up behind and his behind the tree line. Jack looked to Ryan. "They are fighting humans." Jack turned to look at the battle scene and then turned back to Ryan. "I don't want to take my chances with a trigger happy human but we can't just leave them. There are five guardian angels and those are what is keeping the human line from making a successful push. We have to make an entrance that will let the humans know we are on their side. I've already devised a plan. You will go around and when I open fire on the nearest guardian angel, you will tackle it and finish it with your titanium blades. We can end one before it even has time to adjust itself." Ryan moved around still hidden in the tree line. Jack popped from cover and opened fire upon a guardian angel. Before it could even formulate and evasion, Ryan had used his speed and dove at the guardian tackling it to the ground for the humans to see. Ryan had a titanium blade drawn and quickly dug the blade into the head of the guardian. Ryan then jumped behind cover and opened fire on the other guardians. Jack turned his attention and focused his fire on the adjudicators.

Charles laughs "past glory's my ass" he kicks the horse and gallops down the dirt track, whizzing past soldiers who keep giving him strange looks. he looks back and waves "ill be back, i just need to get some supplies to help us with this." he made his way back to base to grab some armour for him and the horse

Javak saw that he was spotted and was about to run, when humans seemed to come out of no where ambushing the angels. He then noticed two very different angels join the fight but instead of killing humans they were helping them. "Ah what the hell!" Javak shouted, as he made sure his magazine was loaded then charged towards the fight.

Everything happened so quickly. Zenon smiled at being thanked by the inventor of the Empyrean and then his boss appeared on the scene criticising him for flirting instead of fulfilling his responsibilities of scouting-and then even before he could explain why he was doing what he was doing-she was moving out with her entourage of soldiers. He rushed to catch up with his boss's group.... Damn it, she takes the fun out of everything...

Dimitri pushed forward alongside the soldiers who had returned with his weapons, a snarl tearing itself free of his throat as he fired at the machines. The young private's death would not go unaccounted for, it may not have been the time to mourn, but it was more than a good enough time to seek vengeance. He was unaware of the fact that Dr.Tabith had been on the other side of the choir with her own forces to greet them with a barrage of artillery, however he began to notice the results soon enough as the machine's attempt to flee was halted. Stranger still, it appeared as though several Angels began to turn on their own, the crystals that powered them glowed a different hue from the others. Dimitri ignored them for now, chalking it off as a malfunction, one that for the time being was beneficial to him and the humans. When the time came, he planned to put them down like all the others.

Dmitri Holmes, Capt. Petrov Griego, Sgt. Eldric Romeo, Zenon Drewziak, Dr. Nanitha Tabith, and Dr. Qualia Queen ~ Tower of Babylon ~ Location: Church, Entrance

The choir was decimated as the combined forces of Church's defense and Nanitha's babylonians overpowered the large group of Fallen Ones, Adjudicators, Guardians, Throne, and Hosts. The soldiers wove around the forest, checking each robot whether they were merely playing possum. Dr. Nanitha heaved her rifle as she surveyed Church's crushed gate. She inspected the blown fuses and the frayed wires.

"F26-Copper Wires alongside H31-Wheel Fusion Electromagentic Gate. Good invention, but still... amateurish." Nanitha scoffed as she instructed her soldiers to aid around Church. She was searching for a specific person... this Dmitri that she heard about. Beside Nanitha were two Hosts, their blue eyes ever watchful. Suddenly, some Church soldiers began to aim their guns at the Hosts, only for Nanitha to scold them. "These are changed robots, pricks! They're under our control." Nanitha scorned as she rolled her eyes, marching deeper into Church.

On some other matters, Petrov reached Dmitri as he let out a hearty laugh.

"I must say, Dmitri, that your inventions are pretty impressive! I've never seen a gun that spits such power like these ones." Petrov grinned as he examined Dmitri's invention. "So, how much do you sell these babies? Ammo included or it's like those other stores where they separately sell ammo?" the captain sighed as he turned to Eldric who was quite exhausted from the fight. "Where is Dane?"

Eldric looked at Dmitri as his eyes sunk to the ground. "He's dead." Eldric uttered a short but heavy reply which caused Petrov's fist to curl and twitch. Petrov's eye dropped a single tear as the man quickly wiped it away. Eldric stood up as he looked at Dmitri. "Pardon our captain... Dane is Petrov's sworn brother."

"Aye... We had some good times. But... people die in war... No surprise." Petrov mumbled in a shaky tone as he heaved a deep sigh. "Dmitri. Thank you for the weapons. They've been a great help."

Suddenly, a shrill voice broke through the air as, from a short distance, the three could already see Dr. Nanitha heading towards them.

"Did somebody say, DMITRI?!" Nanitha called out as the two Hosts ran behind her. Nanitha stopped in front of the trio as she signaled for Petrov and Eldric to lower their weapons. "These are my robots, got it? No messing with them." Nanitha rolled her eyes as she looked at the captain. "Who is the one named Dmitri among you lot?"

Meanwhile, Dr. Queen weaved around the fallen soldiers. Her heart felt a pang of guilt as her eyes took in more and more deaths. However, she had gained a new strength... Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she had learned to use these casualties as a driving force for her to fight back and use her knowledge to dismantle the Empyrean when the time came. Queen bowed her head as she clasped her hands in solemn reflection. "Thanks, Zenon." Queen whispered to herself as she took in a heavy breath.

Ryan, Jack, Gizmo and Javak ~ Robotic Rebellion ~ Location: Junalok-Korpus Road; en route to Church

The humans were startled as these rogue robots began to take down the Guardians and Adjudicators. The humans looked at each other as they agreed, for now, that these robots were on their side. They opened fire on the enemy Guardians as the rogue Host, Gizmo, tilted his head. In his cold core, Gizmo was certain that these robots were much like him, now, fighting against their master, the Empyrean.

Gizmo rolled from the cover of the shadows as he unloaded a purple bolt on the enemy Guardian who had sneaked up behind Jack, ending its circuits almost immediately. The five Guardians binaries were beginning to trigger a retreat, however, the alarming speed and ferocity of the rogue robots plus the humans ended their processes. As the last Guardian fell to the ground, the humans gathered around a lone Adjudicator. No danger, no chance for escape. Suddenly, one of the humans jumped from behind, and tried to tackle the Adjudicator. The robot began to fight back as the human raised its hand, a red metal glove being worn, and smashed it into the Adjudicator's head.

The Adjudicator began to fry itself as the robot shivered on the ground before lying still. The yellow core on its chest began to turn blue as the Adjudicator now stood up and uttered its words. "Rebooting system... Deleting foreign binaries... Deleting foreign codes... Error... Running on Tabith32 Hardware." the Adjudicator created a humming sound as it now stood erect. Suddenly, it darted to Gizmo, the Host, and began to repair the cracks on his torso and face. "Repair complete."

Gizmo then nodded at the Adjudicator as he looked at the rogue robots. The rogue Host then approached the duo as he spoke.

"Greetings, fellow robot." Gizmo's robotic voice processed. "Might I assume that you are fighting against the Empyrean as well?" Gizmo tilted his head as he caught sight of another human; a foreign human. "And you there, strange human... Do you not fight against the Empyrean as well?"

The other humans, babylonians, had now gathered around the three strangers, their eyes examining and, perhaps, judging these potential allies.

Dr. Charles Richardson ~ Reliving the Past ~ Location: Supply Base

Charles' inventions and supplies were indeed magnificent. He had some fine wares that could be sold for a high price... If only these weapons could be sold, he would be the richest man in all the world! While Charles was busy with his supplies and technologies, he could hear a whirring sound... As if the air was being split apart. Suddenly, a flash of light, and a large exploding sound occurred... About a hundred meters from his location, just outside of his base, a familiar sight came into view...

Event Horizon. One of the fortresses of humanity had once again used their Chronopole Transporter, and they had appeared somewhere else. Shouts of joy could be heard from the fortress as its doors opened and some groups of humans came about... It seems they had spotted Charles' base and were now headed for it.

"oh great, more humans to tell me of my failures." he said as he threw his EMP amorous over one of his last pieces of kevlar, they were still walking towards his cave. "no sorry shops closed at this point in time. sorry!" he ran over to a switch that closed the shutters. he turned away picking up the TeslerGun and a Phasepiercer. he then walked over and grabed some aroumor for his horse, he placed the MXZ-SpectrumS5 aroumor. he grabed the remote for the hosts and saddled up. preparing to bolt out the front.

Dimitri nodded sheepishly as Petrov complimented him on his invention, he felt pleased to know that his invention had done well, and would allow him to haggle over a price, however the pleased feeling that warmed him quickly gave way to a sinking, somewhat sould crushing feeling as he watched Eldric and Petrov mourn the loss of the late Pvt.Dane. "He was a good man, he fought hard, n-" "Did somebody say DIMITRI!?", Dimitri flinched as he was cut off by a piercing voice. As he caught sight of someone running towards him with two hosts at their back, Dimitri started to raise his rife, fearing the worst for a moment, only to be reprimanded along with the soldiers by the woman once she stopped. Dimitri's eye glowed as he scanned the Angels for a few seconds, then, the young cyborg slowly lifted his hand, "That'd be me ma'am. Dimitri Holmes, though around these parts people call me Vulcan.". He didn't quite know why he bothered to mention his nickname, perhaps it was to try and gain some semblance of normality after the invasion of the choir, or perhaps he figuring saying the name would make him feel a bit stronger, almost like the roman god himself. Whatever the case, Dimitri shouldered his rifle and flipped on the safety, "How may I help you?".

Javak looked at the group that now surrounded him. Then stared at the robot talking to him. "Uhh I think anything with skin is pretty much against the empyrean. Also the name's javak." He then proceeded to check his arm and leg.

Jack and Ryan looked at the group that surrounded them as well as the human next to them. Ryan walked away from the group because there were priorities he had. He began to look on the field for the guardian angel bodies with the intentions to take them. Jack starred at the host that spoke. "Ryan. This one has a programmed speech pattern." All the others could here Ryan. "Can you fix that?" Jack thought for a second. "Maybe. If they actually let me." Jack looked away from the host. "Well. As you all can tell. I'm no robot built by the Empyrean. I lack any design the Empyrean has ever made. I was made by a scientist in a bunker. I would tell y'all who made me but they are dead so I'm not so sure. Ryan is a guardian angel. His kill code was scrambled by the hell fire gauntlet. I got to him before y'all did and he has been my partner ever since. We were tracking the choir y'all engaged. We saw that y'all needed the help so we jumped into the fight."

Clunk. BRRRRRRR. the door opened again, the men a women were still standing outside waiting. he busted past them and galloped down to church, an army of hosts behind him ready to fight them. he was going to save them. (Btw, all the armour he is wearing makes him look like a robot, the armour blocks all flesh and is highly resistant to everything however its heavy and when he speaks he cant be heard over the motors and grinding. what makes it worse is how he has the hosts following him. you could have your men artack him on sight if you wish, but either way see him and open fire)