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

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.

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

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.

[b]Dr. Charles Richardson ~ Reliving the Past ~ Location: Supply Base[/b]

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.