[@Write][@Krayzikk][@Plank Sinatra][@Ayazi] [b]Act (a) - The Final Countdown[/B] A bolt of mysterious energy struck the lead drone intent on attacking Hitomi. For a moment, nothing seemed to happen. Then several streams of ethereal quintessence proceeded to remove themselves from the machine, twirling through the air to engulf the young woman and her Persona, their bodies pulsing with power as they ... [i]absorbed[/i] the very life force of the DRU away. A second later, it paused in its tracks, and the eerie golden optics immediately flickered into darkness, the lifeless visage staring back at her without the threat it once possessed. Her attack ... it had drained all the energy from the DRU and provided it to her. The rest of the DRUs appeared quite chastened by the appearance of her Persona, and by the defeat of their leader. Not that of course, those remaining eleven weren't refraining from charging towards Hitomi and Juliet once more. --- Arina may have been faster than the the drones, but those in pursuit of her, golden gas rapidly expanding from their bodies, began to whirr to life, the dull, growing roar a sign that they were soon to fire their pizza projectiles at her. Their treads carried them after the Californian with intimidating rumbles, and their optics shone. There were a few seconds left before they would fire. --- What was illuminated by Kimiko's phone was a [url=http://i.imgur.com/E5fRDGP.jpg]mask[/url]. Not a mask on its lonesome, no, but a mask attached to what appeared to be a facsimile of the human body, a shrivelled thing entrapped within a strangely glowing device, one that thrummed with obvious power and mystery. Golden fog continued to pump out of it wastefully, filling the truck and releasing out into the air. It was doing no harm to those who breathed it in, but the manner in which it distorted the light only served to highlight the utter eeriness of the situation. As did the blood seeping from the areas where its 'arms' would have been, had it been a human. The impact of the crash had torn them asunder. Pale, white flesh had been splattered across the deformed steel sides of the truck. It suddenly flickered too life. The head ... moved. It gazed upon Kimiko. Outside of the truck, the DRUs began to turn around to face her.