The sheer shockwave of the attacks threaten to stop Hibiki dead in her tracks. Even after activating the plasma barrier there was no stopping the force of the Leviathan's attack as it blasted apart parts of the factory, flooding the area with a torrent of water. Death was rained from above as Ceil cause all the debris she ripped from the factory to fall from the skies like a meteor shower, destroying even more of the facilities. She could hear cries for help over the communication cut short as she saw the factory take a beating, a few buildings going up in flames to the to damage from the forces of Heaven or acts caused by the demons from Hell. It reminded Hibiki all too much that she was just a small piece in this grand game in the Nexus. She could have all the fancy titles she could carry, but in the end she's still just human. A single human trying to face off against these... Acts of god. Forces of nature. Against a world actively trying to kill her.

Shizuka lowered her guard. That was her mistake. Shizuka barely had time to see Mephilia (Formerly Mephilus) strike Shizuka into the ceiling and the floor above. Shizuka wasn't even a moment's breath when Mephilia came at her with renewed fury, forcing Shizuka to go on the defensive. She raised her shield to block the attacks but Mephilia was attacking too quickly for Shizuka to counter. The moment she tried to throw a punch she saw Mephilia's blade aimed to an opening, forcing Shizuka back on the defense. But in one moment Shizuka was too slow. Shizuka tried to parry a strike from Mephillia's sword, but the blade cut into the gauntlet. While Shizuka's real hand was unarmed, the blade managed to cut through the gauntlet's power core, critically damaging it. If Shizuka tried to use it now she couldn't be certain it'd work if it didn't simply blow up on her arm. Shizuka couldn't defeat Mephilia if all she did was defend. But she threw her strongest attack at the demon, and she not only survived, but came back stronger. Not only did this demon shrug off Shizuka's holy infused storm of bullets, but a punch empowered by the High Queen herself. What hopes could someone like Shizuka have against someone like that?

It seemed to be a regular thing for the two sisters to face insurmountable odds. They put on a brave face and said courageous words, but time after time they fall short. Whether it was to defend Bastion at the Eliticor, to win territories in Rutharia, accomplish tasks mission in Alt Signia, or even just surviving Arcadia. They had to be brave for their soldiers, and to keep their vow to the queen, but as both commanders and soldiers neither Hibiki nor Shizuka seemed to have earned any victories to match their resolve. As if it couldn't get any worse for the two, Hibiki saw Ceil effortlessly summon a new monstrosity to lay waste to the Machina forces. And Shizuka not only had to deal with an empowered Mephilia, but Henrietta too. Shizuka already had to put everything she had to defend herself from Mephilia, she couldn't do the same for both her and Herietta at once. The two sisters were quietly accepted their fate knowing that once more they would be defeated before they could even begin.

"Nova 1, this is Nova Squad! We're in position!"

"Avoid the shield and focus on attacking the armor's weak spots."

Despite the odds, the rest of the soldiers Hibiki had recruited survived Ceil's steel rain. Each one were in a clear position to take a shot at Ceil, utilizing either cunning or cover to protect themselves from the falling debris. Without the roaring winds possibly altering their shot the soldiers could easily hit Ceil even with all the hazards falling around them. Shizuka heard Eos speak directly to her, the first that has ever happened to Shizuka. Coils of light lashed out towards Mephillia, slowing her attacks down considerably. In a flash it felt like time slowed down for the two sisters.

Defeat always almost seemed like a forgone conclusion for the two of them. They'd get their mission, say something inspirational, go to battle, and fail to do anything but run around and lose miserably. It was a painful feeling. But even though it happens time and time again, they're still here. They could have easily given up a while ago. They could just stay back at Hyperion and serve as the Queen's personal servants instead of her commanders. They'd at least deserve that much. But no, neither Hibiki nor Shizuka would accept that. Neither of the sisters were perfect. They were not strong. They certainly aren't as smart as they think they are. But they made a promise to win. And the Mecha Maids keep their promises.



Hibiki dodged and weaved between the falling steel walls and boulders. Visions of her training flashed before her eyes as she sped past obstacles and through obstructions. She could see her target as clear as day and knew exactly what she needed to do. Activating her cloak Shizuka vanished from sight as she drove faster and faster. The mud gummed up the wheels of Hibiki's bike, but she simply shot the wheels off and activated the hover jets, causing her to move even faster with the momentum. Hibiki even deactivated the barriers so that the feedback from the barrier melting through the landscape didn't slow her down. It was at that moment a building fell right between her and Ceil. But that didn't stop Hibiki for one moment. Seeing an opening Hibiki drove right through it, pressing the throttle as hard as she humanly could. She drove past dead bodies, desks, doors, collapsing walls, and even avoided the ceiling falling from behind her as the building crumbled into dust and Hibiki was airborn hundreds of feet above Ceil.

"Open fire."

Each soldier fired their grenade towards Ceil. Suddenly there was a deep chill in the air around Ceil as all magic was cut off, if only for five seconds. A flash of light brighter than a nuclear flare followed by a blast louder than a volcanic eruption exploded just twenty feet in front of Ceil. Electricity scattered around her in a dome as teleportation in and out of the area was blocked off. A great weight was put down onto her body and everything else in a twenty foot radius around her as all flight was grounded. And last, Hibiki a hundred feet in the air upside down, aiming her rifle right at Ceil. The tip of her rifle glowing with charged particle beam that was shot out as faster than light as it homed in right towards Ceil's heart.

With a twist of her body Shizuka raised her shield Gwynn to parry the Cheater's blade. Shizuka knew that Henrietta's sword could cleave right through her shield, so instead of blocking it Shizuka would knock the blade aside. At the same time she intercepted one of Mephilia's slashes with her gauntlet, allowing the demon to damage the gauntlet further. But Shizuka allowed this because she only needed the gauntlet for one more attack. As Shizuka parried Henrietta's strike she allowed the force of the blow to push her closer to Mephilia. As Shizuka moved a slot opened on her gauntlet and a dagger shoot into Shizuka's hand. It was a long, thin blade known as Seier. There was just a few milliseconds before Shizuka's rotation was finished and she needed to use ever bit of it before these demons tear her apart.

"Requiem aeternam. Dona eis, Domine."

Clenching her hand into a fist Shizuka aimed her right arm towards Henrietta. A Barrier was formed, but not to block anymore of Henrietta's attacks, but to channel all the force of Shizuka's gauntlet into a single point into Henrietta's chest. And just as Eos had advised, Shizuka aimed Seier at the weak point of Mephilia's armor. Even though her armor had shifted with her change, Shizuka could still see the cut where her wire had stopped him, just a small chink that opened after Shizuka punched it with all the force in her gauntlet. In that moment between the attacks from these two mighty demons, Shizuka struck. The energy charged through Shizuka's power gauntlets, overloading it with power that created a violent explosion towards Henrietta, cracking and even breaking Shizuka's barrier, but not before being funneled towards Herietta's heart. This explosion propelled Shizuka forward and in an instant, Seier grew from a slender dagger to a great blade taller than Shizuka herself as it was being plunged into Mephilia's chest through the chink in her armor.

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The Beastkin wasn’t quite sure if it was pathetic or hilarious the way Artoria yelped and hit her head on the roof. For a beat of a moment she could only stare incredulously at the other wolf girl before shaking her head. “Yeah, well quit it. You’re turning the entire fucking place into a sauna and I’m certain that shit isn’t appreciated by anyone else here. It makes my fur stand on end and that takes too much fucking time to fix.”

When Artoria pointed to the skies above, the Beastkin followed her direction and sighed. Giant Leviathans, stars, buildings…was that a bull? It looked like the Angels were hell bent on destroying this base no matter the cost. “The hell? They took away the giant eel but replaced it with a bull? The fuck’s wrong with these holy heads,” she grumbled, clawing into the machinery she was holding onto as the bull was out of sight; but its impact hitting the ground could still be felt.

Of course, that was the least of her worries because someone seemed to have ticked off the High Queen one too many times. What else would warrant her flushing out the place with what smelled like highly acidic and burning plasma? “Oh no, fuck this shit,” the Beastkin said, looking down as the lethal stuff rose to both her and Artoria’s location. “Yeah, have fun burning to death,” she called out, turning around to try and flee.

Miyu was busy pilfering parts, when suddenly, the place started filling with plasma. "Execute Charlie Two." Miyu said, not looking up more than a bare glance. The Daimyo launched the explosives it had been carrying in its chest for any incidental sabotage Miyu might do just to keep up appearances of being kinda sorta on team Angel. Exploding these in the face of the oncoming plasma wave weakened it severely, at least, the tiny little fraction of it that would have otherwise hit Miyu, the Daimyo, and the Beast, and then the Daimyo's shields took care of the rest.

"Now, stuff this in the cockpit, and pick up this." Miyu tersely ordered the Daimyo, figuring it was about time to get out.

"Alright, let's go." Miyu and company then left the building, greeted with a angelic shield, and a whole lot of angelic energy. And the sky (or all the junk therein) was kinda sorta falling."Man, they're really going at it." Miyu picked her way off the side of the battle with her second grade spoils. Once again, having targeted unimportant gear hopefully meant there would be no pursuit meant just for her.




“Yeah, well quit it. You’re turning the entire fucking place into a sauna and I’m certain that shit isn’t appreciated by anyone else here. It makes my fur stand on end and that takes too much fucking time to fix.”

"Oh... Um.. I guess I could stop.." Artoria stopped what she was doing and followed Ruxen's gaze, coming a little bit closer to see things from the same angle "OOOH! GO LEVIATHAN! Ooooh... Ouch.. Darn.. Ooof.." She cheered for the leviathan, which was not having the best of luck, taking on so many Machina heavy hitters at once, since it seemed from here that Ciel and her summons were the only angels left on the battlefield to Artoria.

“Oh no, fuck this shit,” Upon this, Artoria was already smiling, because she had gotten a lovely new wonderful form. Ruxen's was nice too, but this was an amazing power. And it didn't use her wing slot, making it fully compatible with Ira.

Perhaps not taking the action Eos might expect with abusing her portals to absorb the attack and then release it back, Artoria felt she had no need to do so. She already had a plan to turn this newest attack against Eos that did not require that. She jumped straight down the fortress towards the source of the plasma with all of Ira's and Mephila's speed. She unleashed all of her power behind the Leviathan's breath, Artoria sending forth an impromptu glacier of ice at the incoming star of plasma bare inches in front of herself, focusing on creating as much ice with as warm a temperature as ice could have. Just before impact, timing it with, she twirled, and caught her breath with her foot, transforming almost all her body into Taura's and impacting with that iced foot against her glacier just as the plasma hit it from the other side. Eos' plasma, Leviathan's ice, mixed with the loving care of Taura's weight at Ira's speed. Makes an explosion for quite a few.



The reason for icing her foot at the last second, was upon the impact that shattered and exploded her glacier, creating an ice spike to penetrate through the breach in the plasma created by the explosion, as well as create an eye in the storm for herself. Taura's durability handled the sharpnel, Ira's fire resistance tamed the heat, and Artoria's own heart regenerated from the radiation faster than it could accumulate.

Now Eos had an Iratauria riding a giant ice spike straight down at her command center with excessive force and an explosion at her back, due to Artoria aiming for the center of the plasma.

"MWHAHAHAHAHAHA!" She laughed maniacally, hands wide apart and upraised in the traditional pose, as she crashed downwards. The bunny ears did dampen the menace just a little bit though.

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That was a mech-suit. Oh boy.

Eve contemplated her situation, especially as the hurricane left the field a few seconds before. She was safe from the chains that could bind her, kudos Leviathan, but she actually contemplated what she could do next considering everything going on. There was a mech suit attcking what was once her prey, a giant ice spike rushing towards the factory, a bull-lady attacking a giant metal... thing, and a bunch of Eos clones around and causing a ton of damage. Not a fun sight, it seems. With all this chaos, Eve really just wanted to get away.

No, y'know what? She didn't just want to get away, she was going to get away. If she dive-bombed anything, she'd probably die, and everything around just seemed... too disorderly, even for her, and she loved the sweet-ass smell of chaos. It was the only way to fight. Besides, Ciel looked like she had everything under control with her ultimate powers of Zodiac-shit and what-have-you.

As Eve made her decision, she swooped around and began to flee from the battle. Maybe next battle she could team-up with Syphax and show off what harpies can really do.

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As quickly as the beast arrived, it left, and a sad face washed over Lillian. She really wanted to see how large the bones of the... 'Leviathan'- at least that's what it's entry was in the Notebook - was. Alas, the page would remain unfinished until she saw the magnificent beast once more. Enough lollygagging, though. Things probably need healing outside, and Lillian had to go give those heals to whatever she could. It was time to actually get in the front lines of this pointless war and give some of those he- "OUCH!"

"God... my fuckin' head... who - WHO THA' FUCK PUT UP THIS DAMN INVIS'BLE WALL??!" Lillian shouted as she ran into the barrier put up by Ciel as she tried to go and heal anyone for the Machina on the battlefield. She couldn't exactly leave the entrance of the factory because of that barrier, and instead she had to just deal with the fact that she could watch outside of the entrance. It was all that she could do, really.

And she was fine with that.

Medics are supposed to stay alive so they can heal, and the barrier would hopefully keep her safe from anything... was that a flying icicle with a... 'thing' riding it?

As Mephilia whips out her boiling-red katana, the crazed demon swings it towards Shizuka as she began to parry the attack. Unfortunately for the blue-haired android, the katana sliced into her gauntlet, critically damaging it in the process. Yet shortly after damaging it, Eos seemed to have appeared out of nowhere alongside the bot and fired a barrage of lasers at the Hell Knight. The shots seemed to only have a minor affect on her, which changed once the Machina leader through golden shackles at her to hold her down. She growls furiously as she attempts to break free from confinement, while suddenly seeing Henry, or in this case Henrietta, assist in the battle, first blasting the Eos with a beam and then head for the kill with the Cheater's Blade.

From the looks of it, it seemed as if Shizuka was doomed to die at that very spot. As Mephilia issues a lucky slash at the gauntlet again, damaging it even further, the opponent was able to block Henrietta's attack and slam the entire force of the gauntlet into her. At the same time however, the Mecha Maid also had her dagger out, turning into a large blade, in which she was able to jam it into an open slot in Mephilia's natural armor. While most of the force was taken in my her shield, it appears as if that injury migrated into her new armor, or that the wire somehow was able to slice into it regardless by chance. While the gauntlet exploded right in the Silver Eyes' face, the blade pierced the Hell Knight in her right breast. Mephilia's pupils contracted as she howls in pain, clutching the blade with her bear hands as she fell towards the ground, slamming with a thump.

Mephilia groans painfully, blood oozing down her mouth, as she violently rips the blade from her chest with a sigh, as she falls onto her hands and knees. She clutches her chest as she weakly gets up from the ground, holding her katana as a supporting stick. In her rage, she wasn't too careful about any sneak attack that might've countered her offensive. But then she remembered. Her original suit, as Mephilius, had the ability to turn on "Pain Inhibitors", allowing her not to feel any sort of pain for a period of time. However, it costed her the fact that once it runs out of energy, that she will be subjected to any amount of pain or hits that she took while in that stage. While she normally had it off, for dire situations like this, it was a good time to turn it on.

If she knows where to press on her new "natural" armor as Mephilia. And after pressing on her right breast, she instantly felt all the pain go away. As her breathing stabilized, the knight grins with pleasure as she looks up to see Shizuka. With a smirk, she conjures up fire from her hands, one that subjugated black flames into a large concentrated fire ball. She slowly finds that her energy was depleting, possibly from the fact that she's already burning quickly through the lava's energy deposit. But it didn't matter as she quickly unleashes a large beam of unquenchable black flames at Shizuka and the Eos clone in an attempt to flay them alive. She will have her vengeance.

CIEL, The Stargazer
"Did I use too much strength?" Taura asked herself once Unit-T hit the ground and was nearly ripped in half with a single swing of Aldebaran. "Oh, wait... it's getting up again! " she said, reclining forward to get a better look of the reptilian mech's newly added parts.

"I gotta give you a thumbs up for knowing how to take a beating, but..." Taura jumped once more, spinning in the air to deliver an overhead chop at Unit-T, "You gotta do better than that. Gaia's Upheaval!" At the moment Taura's axe was about to make contact with Unit-T's head, the Heavenly Bull used her Control over the Earth to pulverize the soil under the mecha in a huge bed of fine dust, making its thrusters lose power (because there was suddenly nothing to exert force against), likely making impossible for Unit-T to do anything other than sink on the dust and become an easy target for Taura to crash against.

Meanwhile, Hohenheim smirked as she noticed the effort Hibiki and her troops put on trying to deal with Ciel. It was admirable indeed. Even the Star Magus was surprised by the disruption of her powers while paying attention at Taura's fight, freezing in place as she glared at death's face for the first time in her life.

Sadly, Hibiki's shot would fail to do as she thought for a thing that even the Machina technology couldn't control: Fate. Or, in this case, Ciel's impressive amount of dumb luck. Even the physics defying beam from Hibiki's weapon couldn't hit something that wasn't in the place it aimed at, just like Ciel's heart, which fell out of the beam's path as the excessive flash and bang from Hibiki's stun grenade knocked Ciel off her balance, causing the shot to totally miss the Star Magus.

Literally before Hibiki could blink, Ciel appeared behind her, holding an ornate pocket watch in her left hand. "Horologium, the Heavenly Clock. It grants control over time. Just as the Stars hold sway over Fate itself," the silver-haired mage said, perhaps as an explanation to why she was there. "That was an impressive effort, I have to admit it," she added, "you may be lacking in many fields, but at least you have determination. Yet," Ciel made a pause for the sake of nothing but drama, before pointing at KC-00032 (showing that the aurora barrier had been unmade), "don't you think that it would be better to use this determination to save your own Sibling and Queen?"

"What holds more value for you," Ciel whispered on Hibiki's ear, "giving in to your inner darkness, or Unity?" Ciel smiled and looked down at her clock, and then at Eos and Shizuka circled by the three most powerful combatants of Hell's army, as she waited for a reply from Hibiki.

EOS, The High Queen
With the number of invaders inside of KC-00032 having been thinned down considerably, Eos could focus most of her processing power to the most pressing task at the moment: Getting rid of Mephilus, Henry and Artoria. "Just the three most powerful Demons, all at once," Eos said. If one could peer on the face behind the High Queen's visor, they would be able to see a rather rare occurrence: Eos had a smile of satisfaction in her face, as memories of a time long ago and of a very important friend came back to her. "Maybe, our odds aren't so bad, after after all."

"Shizuka, get ready evade to your back at my signal," Eos said over Shizuka's radio as a massive explosion rocked the depths of KC-00032.


"Let me show you, that I still haven't lost it, the power to fight back the darkness," The High Queen raised a hand, pointing at Henry. Instead of firing more beams at him, Eos projected a blade of pure light burst from it. Along her Laser Blade, Eos summoned a swarm of light swords circling them Two things would be easily noticeable for anyone seeing Eos at this moment. First, her projection power was absolutely like Ni-Mu's and second, her attacks were laced with holy powers, a gift from her Sun Goddess' heart, making them far more lethal to spawns of darkness like the Demons.

"Now!" Eos shone as she shouted to Shizuka a moment before Artoria's ice spike burst from the ground between their feet, a moment before Mephilus' attack could reach them. The android dashed past Henry, making a lunge at him and commanding her blades to converge on the ice spike, leaving no where for Henry and Mephilus or Artoria to dodge without being damaged. Adding to it, they would notice that Eos had restricted, portals, teleportation and any other form of interdimensional interaction, trapping them. Meanwhile Shizuka would notice a substantial boost on her own speed coming from Eos, making her retreat all the more easy, since Eos' blades wouldn't harm her as long as the High Queen willed so.

Everything was lined up. It wasn't a perfect plan, but Hibiki was certain that nothing could cause the plan to fail. But what Hibiki had forgotten was that she fought gods. And as much as she'd struggle, it was nearly impossible to fight against the will of God. Honolulu felt magic surround her body as Ceil used her magic to teleport behind Hibiki, even if Hibiki was invisible, the teleportation barrier, and even the Anti-Magic field. Time felt distorted. Did Ceil teleport behind Hibiki, or did she use her magic to simply stop time to appear behind her? Either way it seemed that time slowed to a crawl as Ceil talked to Hibiki.

What Ceil asked did get a bit of a chuckle from Hibiki however. As time remain still the tip of Hibiki’s rifle still glowed, holding onto a charge. ”I understand your concern. We humans are a weak people. Most of us don't have magic powers like the demons and angels and our lives are so short we never really learn from our past mistakes. But the strength of us humans, and the Machina, has always been our unity.” Taking a sharp breath Hibiki felt a sharp pain in her right leg. Hibiki chuckled again to hide the pain. ”My queen is the strongest in the world. Our hopes and dreams are etched into her body, transforming the infinite darkness into light! Unmatched in Heaven, and Earth; one machine, equal to the gods.”

Shizuka stood defiant, clutching Seier tightly in her left hand. Even as blood dripped from the stump that was her right arm, she was still breathing which meant she could still fight. Melphilia still lived but was critically wounded, just as Shizuka was. She released an intense blast of black fire that got a chuckle out of Shizuka. "How much energy does she have?" But Queen Eos would not leave it to Shizuka alone to deal with these two monstrous demons. Shizuka felt a surge of energy flow through her body and it appeared as though time slowed. Shizuka knew she, just like Mephilia, were reaching her limit. But she couldn't just go all out right now, not while there's still so much to do.

”Do the impossible, see the invisible,”

Shizuka begin to form another barrier, but not one to attack the demons or protect herself. Not quite. This barrier was formed with holy light and alloyed steel, forming together to create a crude mechanical arm for Shizuka. The moment Queen Eos gave Shizuka the signal, Shizuka dug her blade into the ground and with a single spinning slash, cutting a hole through the floor that would allow her to avoid the chaos in this hall. And for those who think they could follow, they'd find that Shizuka used her new arm to reseal and reinforce the floor, preventing the enemy from trying to copy her escape route.

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Miyu has left the battlefield!




The bunny ears warned Artoria of impending danger, meaning that her entire trip down, she could charge up defensive power. While Eos redirected her ice spike, created an anti-teleport field, sped up her own forces so fast they could not be followed even by someone with Ira's speed, and then creating an attack, all Artoria had to do was charge up her defense.

As the swords tried to collapse on Henry, Artoria, and Mephila, they'd find all of themselves stopped and destroyed by a Shield of Unholy Misery boosted Laguna AT field. The swords which previously would have been advantaged by their holy enhancement were now disadvantaged, and matched against the mighty shield of a Laguna. One that Artoria had charged with at least four times as much focus as Eos had done for hers. In general, you could render an attack unblockable, or undodgeable, but not both, without such a power advantage that one had to wonder why there was still a battle at all. And while Eos' powers allowed her to largely ignore the Machina > Angel > Demon > Machina triangle, so did Artoria's, mixing energies and abilities of all types.

But perhaps Eos' power was enough to break through nonetheless? Despite type advantage, despite focus advantage, despite having longer to charge up, perhaps Eos was simply too strong for her. But Artoria would also still not give up! Not for unity. Not to prove the demons power or darkness' not being light-able or stuff like that. Not for lost memories certainly. But not even to turn people into cute monster girls, or because Lucille was scary (she was). It was because from that ceiling, when Ruxen had pointed out Taura to her, Artoria had seen Hohenheim. Hohenheim! Hohenheim.. This was her chance to impress Hohenheim, to finally get her eyes upon her! If she could defeat EOS of all people, surely Hohenheim would acknowledge her feelings? Or at least, talk dismissively at her again?

In the scenario where Eos was too strong for her barrier, Artoria would pull Mephila and Henry close for a rather boob-a-rific hug between the three of them and their different heights, shielding them with her own body, activating her strongest physical and holy defensive abilities.

Shortly before the female Hell Knight fired her beam of hellfire, she suddenly sees Eos summon and construct holy spears of light out of thin air. This wouldn't sound like much of a problem, provided that Mephilia still had her shield on her. However, she doesn't, and while she guesses that it has merged with her armor, she wasn't quite sure if it would work against them. Regardless, as she fired her hell beam, it was suddenly blocked by a giant spike of ice that bursted in between the opposing forces. The knight hisses at this "Deus Ex Machina" moment as she prepares to attack again, only to have Eos lunging in first towards Mephilia. Unable to create any portal to quickly escape, it seems as if she was at the Machina leader's mercy...

As she waits, Henrietta simply smiled at her as she wonders if she's going to live up to her reputation as the "Hell Knight". Mephilia would turn to her slowly and grins back.

"Let's find ou~""

But before she could finish her sentence, let along do anything, yet another "Deus Ex Machina" moment comes to repay her for its mishap as a clear, rainbow-like forcefield blocked both she and Henrietta as it would hold the attack at bay. At first, Mephilia thought it came from one of the massive Laguna Angels, like Zeruel, only to find out that it came from Artoria out of all people! Before the Hell Knight could react, she and Henrietta pulled both in for a large hug, with one of Artoria's massive boobs squishing into her cheek. An annoyed growl as she tries to get free from her hug, despite its good intentions.

"Damnit Artoria!" she exclaims muffled from the boob, "I mean, thank you for all the good shit you did, but damnit I could've dealt with this all on my own!"

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Unit-T's silver armor gleams in the sunlight that peered from the smoke and debris, as it prepared for battle against this divine opponent. As Taura launched herself to directly slice the mech's head, Unit-T's arms formed two thick armored gauntlets as they brace themselves for impact. The next thing it knew however was the fact that the ground below it began to break way and jam the thrusters from launching the mech upwards. So as the axe hit the silver mech's gauntlets, it almost seemed as if it was done for. Yet they were able to hold as the two warriors, one divine and one metal, were locked in a duel of strength to overpower one another.

Yet Unit-T has many more surprises for Taura in store. With a power surge of newfound energy having just completed its run through the mech's entire body, it suddenly overpowers Taura's offensive and socks the bull in the face right towards the foundry, possibly breaking various 4th walls of titanium steel in the process. The mech's armor wasn't just for show. It also had a heavy kick to opponents exclusively like Taura's. With that, the boosters slowly began to filter out the dust from within and were back online. Tina then pulls a lever of maximum overdrive towards the thrusters as they flew screaming towards her, all while firing a large powerful maser of energy at the divine bull.

Henrietta(?) Pearl Avaritia The 2nd

Damn, Mephilia just got ducked up by Shizuka. Henrietta was glad she didn't just rush into battle, who knows what could've happened. Nonetheless, Mephilia got up and pushed on her boob, doing something to prolong the fight. Then Eos raised her hand and Henrietta knew shit was about to get ducked as she shifted into a defensive stance. Blades began to appear from all around them, kinda lime those spikes that had appeared all over the ground in Hohenheim's castle. Probably the same tech.

Henrietta could also feel a tinge of holy magic around the blades, definitely very bad. She had no idea if she could deflect every single blade at once, hopefully Mephilia could pick up the slack. Henrietta set her back to Mephilia and smiled. "So Hell Knight, think you can live up to your title?" She was gonna have to unless she wanted to become a shishkabob. Henrietta vaguely noted Shizuka running away, but that coward was the least of their problems currently.

Then a giant ice spike erupted from the ceiling and Artoria came along with it. She landed right beside them and created some sort of super shield, but it wouldn't be enough to hold back a faction leader. Henrietta's eyes glowed as a silver sheen covered the Laguna shield, boosting it's defense tenfold to stop the blades of holy might. Artoria grabbed them and activated her defenses to shield them, with her boobs right on top of Henrietta's head. While this kinda pissed her off, she hated being reminded of height, she would decapitate her later.

Endian's plan was risky, but really the only option she'd consider. Other methods may have worked for the old Grafdakka, but just because they were extreme didn't mean they were useful. While still drilling down Endian switched the thrusters to a lower output, slowing her decent. Next Endian had various switches prepared, including a kill switch for her drill attack as well as the self destruct. Angel magic might be able to nullify a demon's attack, but now they'll see if Angel magic could easily no sell a machina explosive.

Endian needed to Rhine all of this carefully knowing that what she was about to do would likely just kill her. But as long as she took out Anata, what happens to Endian afterwards didn't matter. Endian started to create hardlight barriers within the cockpit, on big enough to protect her while also forming into the shape of a drill. Once everything was set, everything happened in an instant.

First Grafdakka's drill stopped while he was still moving forward. This cause Grafdakka to bury his body arms deep into the earth, going no further despite the thrusters on his back pushing him forward. Next, Endian rapidly drilled out of Grafdakka's back. This was easier to do from the inside to out rather than the other way around, allowing her to instantly leave the body and start burrowing through the dirt. Once Grafdakka was behind her Endian began to create layers upon layers of hard light shields behind her as Grafdakka suddenly exploded. While it was not the same nuclear force that he once had, it was more than enough to obliterate not only the massive mech, but anyone else nearby. Endian could only hope that with her layers of barriers and Eos's boosts that she might've gotten far away enough from the explosion to survive it.

@Lonewolf685

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Fran meanwhile was freefalling. As she fell, Fran wondered if maybe she should've just stayed home. Going out to fight just wasn't as fun as it used to be. Usually it just involved one of her superiors getting all the fun while Fran just sort of gets tossed around like now. Fran didn't get much time to think about it when she landed and a part of a building was about to fall onto her. Fran rolled out of the way and into cover between some collapsed buildings, taking out her wand to heal herself.

Now Fran needed to figure out what to do. She just wasn't feeling for the fight, but getting out of here wouldn't be easy. Especially considering she has no idea just where in this blasted factory she landed. Now to mention Ceil's barrier would keep Fran in, not that Fran was aware of that. She didn't even encounter any particularly interesting angels to try and capture, at least none who Fran could possibly subdue. Sighing, Fran figured that the only way out was to die. The possibility of one of Eos's attacks wiping Fran out was high considering that Fran only avoided most of them because she was flying helplessly in the air. Perhaps she'd try her luck taking on Ceil, or maybe even seeing Queen Eos herself.

Fran at least had a general idea of where Queen Eos might be: the big Tower that doesn't look completely devastated. Perhaps along the way Fran would meet some interesting Machina people. Feeling slightly more chipper Fran looked for a way towards the tall tower, keeping her guard up just in case something jumps at her.

As Eve flew away from what was KC-00032, she felt a slight taste of regret wash over her soul. She wished she could've done more in that fight, but cracking through the shield that Henrietta put up did more than she thought. Eve actually could feel a few broken ribs, although they didn't bother her much. The last year of torment she suffered made her nerves as strong as steel.

Alas, she didn't want to dwell on it. Eve decided to make it up in the next battle, should she fight alongside Syphax as brothers-in-arms... or sisters... "That's incestuous."

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Lillian ran through the halls of the factory again, eager to try and find a way to get out of this place and actually start fighting. It was too boring sitting there, waiting to heal people. Everyone was fighting hard and nobody needed it at all, it seemed. Maybe they would in a minute, but Lillian couldn't do shit cooped up in the entrance. She heard rumors about the mech-suits in the factory, and she assumed they were true due to the dynamic duo of sisters in the fight having two new mech suits, but she didn't know if there was another. She guessed that it was a decent effort to try and find a third, should one of them exist.

Well... the arm of one of the suits was still there, but the actual third suit was gone. "God DAMMIT!" There went that idea, and it sucked that someone ruined the third suit. Lillian sighed loudly as she turned to walk out of the room, but she stopped in her tracks as she spotted a pile of metal in the corner of the room. It was another mech-suit, although it wasn't as big as the ones that the sisters were using... nor was it as advanced. It looked like an earlier model, but not by much. A sign was placed beside it, crudely drawn with permanent marker.

"To whomever uses this, make good use of it. It's served me well enough, and I have to leave it for my job."
- J____

Lillian first thought that one of the scientists committed suicide before leaving it behind, but she quickly brushed that aside as she read more. She checked the suit afterwards, and sure enough it was usable. Maybe it could even make use of her tool...

"What the!?" Taura exclaimed as Unit-T got the upper hand once more. "If you're gonna make things hard, I guess that I—Gah!" she barely had the time for a verbal comeback, when the over four stories tall mecha punched Taura's diminutive 4'7" body through several layers of reinforced alloy steel.

"Oh my, things are going to get good now!" Ciel said while still standing behind Hibiki. She turned around to get a better view of Unit-T's charge, seemingly very excited. For some reason, the Star Magus didn't show even a bit of the same irritation from when the Leviathan was being assaulted mercilessly. Probably because she didn't have any reason to.

"That was a good punch," Taura said to no one in particular as she got back to her feet, pushing several tons of debris aside. Her face was covered in a layer of hot crimson, she had a swollen eye, broken teeth, cuts and bruises all over her body and, more importantly, her right horn (Taura's favorite one) was broken in half. Yet, Taura looked straight at the charging Unit-T and smiled. "But, don't you know that—Pff!" she spat a bloody tooth, "Seeing red only makes bulls get more fired up?!" Taura shouted, catching Unit-T's massive fist with a single hand, killing all the momentum behind its attack without moving even an inch from where she stood.

"I can see that you aren't going to give up as long as you can stand on your feet," Taura said, holding Unit-T in place regardless of how much force it put on trying to escape. "Actually, none of you will, right?" Taura took a look at the desperate fight taking place several stories above their heads. Her smile grew broader as the wounds that covered her body began to heal, shedding specs of brilliant golden light. "That's actually quite good. I hate to see people that give up before giving their all. It's just how I was born, I love to see people live to their fullest. Even if you end up burning yourself, there's nothing better than living in the moment. However, I have another problem. Not even once can I be pushed to the edge. It's been ages since I had to fight giving it my all. In fact, I feel like the whole universe is a soap bubble. I always have to be careful to not break something, to not break anyone important to me," Taura said in a very serious voice, almost introspective voice.

"But you can take it, can't you, tin? After all, you are pretty much made of the same stuff as I'm!" A smile quickly grew on Taura's face as she fixed her gaze at Unit-T's metallic face. "What we have here is a very rare chance for me to cut loose and show you all what true strength really is!" As Taura finished her speech, her smile had grown into a dazzling radiance. She effortlessly pulled Unit-T toward her, before meeting the machine's fist with her own in a punch that dislocated all the air around the two of them, echoing and ripping apart the bottom of KC-00032, sending Unit-T in a crash course against the Angel's Fortress. The fist that Taura punched had been reduced to little but ribbons of scrapped metal.

Yet, "I'm not done yet!" Taura yelled, jumping toward Unit-T with such a speed that she caused a second sonic boom to shake the factory. She met the robot's trajectory, punching Unit-T in the air before finishing the brutal beatdown with yet another jump. "I hope that you are seeing this, Drasil, Katie, 'cause I'm gonna finish this one with style," the Celestial Spirit said, grabbing Unit-T and returning back to the earth, crashing against the ground like a spinning meteor. "Titan Impact!"

"— Did you have enough?"

"It can't be," Eos said once her coordinated move was squandered thanks to Demon's unpredictability. The android hovered on the same spot where she had crossed blades with Henry. Eos undid her helmet and stared as her blades crashed against the shield, failing to pierce through it even as she put all of her might on that attack. Not only that, but another rumble of the earth made Eos notice the sudden destruction of Krieg. At least he had taken an Angel with him, so it wasn't a sacrifice in vain.

"No, that's wrong, that's not all that I can do. There's still something missing. A void that I cannot fill," Eos thought, clenching her fist and gritting her teeth. Was that all that she could do as a leader? Didn't she took this position so that humanity could be safe and find happiness even in a war torn world like the Nexus?

"No."

That was wrong, she was just running away from her true self like always. Hiding under a mask of being a Queen, of doing what's the best. Skipping away from her own feelings. Her guilt, her joy, her pain, the things that made Eos more than just a machine. "But, this will do no more. The way I'm now, I have no right to seek strength in my memories. Kusanagi, Reiko, Solanne, Bastion, Roma, Rama and everyone else. I swear that this will end now, I won't run anymore, so... lend me your strength just one more," Eos said as the whole of KC-00032 began to resonate with a power never before seen. It wasn't an ominous rumble like the many explosions and crashes that shook the battlefield before. It was something more warm, filled with the High Queen's long lost feelings, beating in unison with her heart.


"Let me rely on you for now, so that you can rely on me when the time comes..." An astonishing power would surge through the bodies of all remaining Machina, even those on Hyperion, or in distant battlefields would feel Eos' warmth burning inside of them like a powerful flame piercing even the most inexorable darkness. It was as if Eos were touching every single one of them, standing like a beacon of hope, especially to a certain heterochromic girl that even now healing from her wounds.

What remained of KC-00032 would be briefly engulfed in a pillar of blinding light as Eos used her Silver Eyes once more, calling forth a forbidden power that she was keeping secret until now. It was a trick that she could do only once, a power that she couldn't rely on, after all, the yet incomplete straight sword, flanked by three multi-barrelled revolvers that she held in her hands didn't belong to her. It was just a template, stored in her memories from distant worlds and times long that Eos swore to finish and return to her rightful owner. However, for now it would do for her purposes.

Eos dashed at the barrier faster than any eyes could see. No, it was as if she nearly disappeared from reality for a fraction of a second before slicing at the barrier that even the combined might of all of the Nexus would likely have a hard time breaking. All that took was a touch from the blade in Eos' hand for the barrier to literally cease to exist, leaving nothing but an ephemeral blur on the memories of those who had seen it before.

"Go away, you have done enough harm for today," Eos said, aiming at the three Demons before her. "Death will be the least of your concerns if you fail to comply."

After firing its maser beam, Unit-T winds up its right first as it prepares to go for another blow to the Bull's jaw at a 3/4th the speed of sound speed. Tina's concentration was at its max as the mech begins to deliver the knuckle sandwich, only for it to be stopped suddenly by Taura's hand. Clearly she is indeed way stronger compared to all the other warriors that were on the battlefield. She didn't even move a single inch, refusing more so despite the immense power the mech had behind it. The pilot growled sharply as she tries to push forward with futile effort.

As the Bull began to remark on how Unit-T will refuse to give up, her wounds began to slowly heal. From the scratches on her face, the burns of the hot crimson burns forged by the green maser bream, the missing tooth, and even the broken right horn, they were able to begin healing in a short notice, signaled by the dazzling lights coming from the cuts. This opponent also has the ability to heal from rather "minor" injuries. The TEP staff watched closely as they monitor the situation from cameras station across the Foundry, along with surrounding drones hovering a safe distance above the action.

"It's beginning to heal itself?" Tobayashi asks as she continues looking at the screens.

Karizawa says nothing as he continues watching silently, his face still as stone, as his hands crossed under his nose. This is what he suspected, especially of a character of that power and magnitude. He even hears what Taura was saying in her little speech thanks to the cameras that connected to the eyes of the mech that can also record sound. She is holding back, or so she claims, and once she blows the whole upper levels of the facility has little chance of standing still by the end of this battle. Everyone tensed up as soon as they heard this notion.

Once Taura was finally finished, she issues a radiating grin as she pulls Unit-T with ease. Yet as the mech tries to counter that notion with a punch of its own, it was met was the bull's own fist, launching it an insane distance away as it crashes through several mountains, all the way to the Angel's fortress. What was worse, that punch also ripped the entire bottom of the foundry's base, which could be felt all the way down to the lowest room in the secret facilities. The entire staff could feel the earthquake as it rippled through the room, with some of the scientists having fallen over with minor sparks and glitchy screens dazzled the room for a second or two. Yet otherwise the room was still in good condition, with only minor damage to some of the perimeter electronics.

Meanwhile, Unit-T crashes into the main hall of the Fortress, skidding across the floor and into several pillars until stopping right by a thick wall. Tina groans from within as she slowly get her mech back up on her feet, realizing that the left fist is in critical condition and is compromised for the time being. As the nano-bots that make up Unit-T's own regenerative healing try to quickly get it patched up, it would be rudely interrupted as Taura immediately came towards Unit-T's position, having caused a second sonic boom that rippled through the foundry left behind.

The raging bull seemed far from done as it socks the mech into the sky. Sparks rippled through the cockpit as Tina finds herself struggling against the intense G-Force that trialled against her own body. As it ascends higher and higher into the stratosphere, Taura leaps into the air and grabs the mech, as they rapidly descend right back down in a Titan Impact. Everyone, except Karizawa, from within the TEP facility gasped as they see their creation descend with the almighty bull towards destination fucked. It seemed as if Unit-T and Tina have nowhere else to go...

Yet Tina was surprisingly calm. Her eyes, having been closed for several seconds, open quickly as it produces a face of unprecedented determination and courage. Tina is not going to go down like this and disappoint her makers. She frowns as she takes control of the mech, her left index finger hovering over a red button that is labeled:

"Berserk Activation, go." she speaks to herself calmly as she presses the button.

And with the press of that button, Unit-T's eyes began to glow from a benevolent yellow to an ominous red. As soon as it glows red, the mouth opens, revealing an assortment of knife-like teeth, with steam steaming from it. With that, the mouth opens wide as Unit-T's head jerks back issuing a mighty roar, a hybrid of organic and metallic combination, as it would pierce the skies and most likely deafen Taura's hearing momentarily. Then, with a ravenous fury, it turns its body towards the bull and bites down on her body. The diamond-tipped teeth slice through her entire body and through her organs in an attempt to knock her out temporarily out of sheer blood loss or decapitate her immediately, while scratching at her sides at much as it could.

Whether it would work or not, as Tina attempts to activate the thrusters to put them at horizontal level, it would be futile as they both impact into the rubble below, unleashing a notable shockwave that ripples through miles and leaving a large crater inside the fortress. Everyone within TEP HQ was dead silent, not even breathing for a second before gasping in disbelief with their eyes bulging out of their sockets. The cloud of thick dust and debris litter throughout the fortress as the drones circle around the crash site.

"I-Is Unit-T still operational?" Tobayashi asks concerningly as she attempts to keep her panic level in check.

For a deep moment, there was not a sound or signal coming from the rubble. Then came a signal, followed by another faster signal. As the dust cloud settles, an eerie groan can be heard as Unit-T emerges from several plates of thick stone. It's crimson eyes pierce the thick cloud as it stands motionlessly, having signs of some significant damage, yet still standing tall and in large. It's also much smaller in size, roughly 10 feet compared to the several story monster it was. Inside, Tina would adjust to the size as she too was shrunk appropriately to compensate with it. As the dust clears out a bit more, it can be seen as Unit-T's left hand has finally been fixed and deemed fairly operational... holding what looks to be one of Taura's horns, connecting to its owner.

With a winding growl, Unit-T then issues a ghostly roar that pierces through the heavens and the surrounding battlefield. Everyone from TEP breathed a sigh of relief, even Karizawa seemed to relax a bit as soon as another tune continues to boom from Eos herself as she battles her own demons (literally). From the looks of things, it may seem as if Unit-T is deemed victorious... but of course, looks can be dangerously deceiving.

Henrietta(?) Pearl Avaritia The 2nd

"Oh my God we actually stopped it." Henrietta muttered as a sword changed off the impenetrable shield they had created. She started laughing quietly, then louder as she heard Eos's muffled voice through the barrier. She was probably trying to figure out a way through their impenetrable defenses, now it was time for Henrietta to really shine. As she took the Cheater's Blade and prepared to carve a hole in the floor letting Wow uselessly strike at the barrier while they escaped to plan a strategy, something weird happened.

Henrietta blinked as she breathed in open air, Eos pointing a weird looking blade at them. "Wait... What?" She kinda just stood there for a minute trying to figure out what just happened. Impenetrable barrier one second, ready to defeat Eos as they cobbled together an amazing strategy. Eos just won and now has them at the mercy of her blade. "Ok listen, I know it's hypocritical of me to say this, but you totally just cheated! I want a redo!" She shouted as she sat on the ground and childishly pouted. That was so unfair, she totally just skipped a step.

"Go away, you have done enough harm for today, Death will be the least of your concerns if you fail to comply."

"I DON'T WANNA! YOU CHEATED, THIS ISN'T FAIR!" She was full on throwing a tantrum at this point, on her back and hitting the floor. Generally just flailing about wildly. Either Artoria or Mephilia was going to have to pick her up and carry her out, because she refused to move from her spot of her own will.

“Man, what the fuck is even going on anymore,” the Beastkin said aloud, watching Artoria take the plunge down to go fight Eos. Or something. She looked like some kind of weird bull wolf hybrid thing and had the whole factory not been under attack she would have paused to admire the sheer ludicrous of the situation. “Yeah, I think I’m done here,” the Beastkin muttered, slowly backing away from the perched spot she rested on. A few moments later, and she disappeared.

Ironically enough, the barrier surrounding the factory would come down a few minutes after she left but by that point the Beastkin had no more interest in this battle. She had the feeling the Machina would be taking this victory today and figured the Imperator would like to hear her reports sooner than later. And with that, the only ones left on the field were Ciel, four Demons, and what remained of the Machina defense force; specifically, Unit-T, the maids, and Lillian.

The battlefield rocked and shuddered with the combined blows between Unit-T and Taura along with the confrontation of Eos against the remaining demonic forces. All of it served as a perfect distraction for a certain being to manifest right into the TEP’s HQ. “I was wondering who would dare interfere with my research,” said Harley, smirking lightly and unconcerned with how the staff would react to her. “And here you all are, trying so desperately to replicate what I have left behind….”

The mismatched girl flicked her eyes to the many screens detailing the battle; from Unit-T’s supposed victory over Taura, to the High Queen gaining more and more power by the second. “It seems they are following what their hearts tell them to,” she mused, eyeing Unit-T once more. “But the heart is weak and fragile. It can be easily manipulated. Director? Is this berserk-like state the heart that defines your Unit-T?” she asked, now looking directly at Karizawa.

Mephilia was feeling quite confident in their ability to hold off Eos' assault. Whether or not she would survive or not against the blades in up to debate, yet she was still thankful for Artoria's help, even after the fact she tranformed him back into a girl. But this power did make him last perhaps a bit longer than if she hadn't. As Henrietta began to whip her blade out, so did the Hell Knight as she prepares her katana for combat. However as they did so, they can hear the muffled voice of Eos from beyond and then...

Blankness.

In a complete instant, the shield was gone, along with he pressure around them having seemed to wither out completely. And in front of them, was a single blade coming from the Machina Leader. Mephilia's eyes went blank as even she didn't know what just happened.

"The hell just happened?" she asks as she rapidly looks around her surroundings.

It was then when Henrietta began to throw into a sissy fit, shouting as she threw a tantrum like that of a child. All the Knight could do was face palm in embarrassment, a sweat drop having just formed on her head. But at the same time she too didn't know just what happened, like as time just stopped for a brief micro-second and eliminated the shield Artoria made. Eos began to warn them one last time to leave the premise or achieve something far worse than death. One would think that everyone would oblique and walk off...

But not Mephilia.

She smirks as a ball of black flame began to devour her entire body. She can feel the energy continue to slip away, but feels that her reserves still have a good punch to them. Her pain inhibitors were also still injecting the anti-pain fluid into her body, which also tightens her muscles in the process. She grips her blade as the fire around her began to twist and twirl violently.

"Relying simply on the power of friendship, or whatever the fuck you were chanting, won't be enough to stop us." she chants towards Eos dead in the eyes, "Because it seems you forgot about one of us."

*Insert Fran's entrance here (?)*

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As TEP HQ looks at what could be Unit-T's first victory, they would all hear a feminine voice behind them.

“I was wondering who would dare interfere with my research,”

As soon as she said the first three words, the staff members turned around in surprise and without any hesitation pointed their pistols at this unknown intruder. Everyone turned but Karizawa, while also having been taken by surprise. The rest looked upon an unusual girl, looking as if parts of her body had been split in half with an opposite color. Her left eye was crimson red, while the other was a light chilly-blue, her hair on that side being black, while the opposite was black. Even her clothing seemed off with one sleeve being white and the other black. But that's not the most unusual part. The unusual part is simply...

How the hell did she sneak into this top-secret facility?

The girl finished her thought after the members pointing and prepared their guns, saying “And here you all are, trying so desperately to replicate what I have left behind….”

Another second of silence passes as Karizawa lifts his left hand for his staff to hold their fire. He doesn't even turn around to face the girl as he continues to glue his eyes onto the screen. Yet he is more than aware that she's inside this very room.

"Your research?" he asked curiously, still glued to the screen, "I believe you are in the wrong facility."

The girl doesn't budge as she looks at the screens. Three-fourths of the drones still eye on Unit-T and Taura, while 1/4th recorded Eos' battle with the demons.

“It seems they are following what their hearts tell them to," the girl mused, eyeing Unit-T once more. “But the heart is weak and fragile. It can be easily manipulated."

He didn't know quite what she was saying. Even as she was literally right next to him, Karizawa still faced towards the screen like a stone sculpture. His tone in attitude has changed from being more outgoing and supportive, to a cold and calculating director. It wasn't too common for him to switch attitudes like this. That's when the girl began to ask him one certain thing.

"Director? Is this berserk-like state the heart that defines your Unit-T?”

She knows? She knows of the creation's name and pretty much nails on the head the official mode that Unit-T is in? That's what broke his concentration. He would slowly turn his head to face her, his grizzled face, scruffy beard, and long white hair glaring dead straight into her's, finally seeing who the girl looked like. His face barely changed a muscle as he simply asks.

"And just who do you think you are?"

"Where is everyone at?"

Fran ran through the Machina halls half-expecting to get gunned down by turrets or brawling with soldiers. But aside from flooded rooms and flying sparks, she hardly met any resistance. Than again there was hardly any fighting too. Fran saw what few demons running for the hills, and things were oddly quiet on the battlefront. Fran figured that they lost, or possibly won? She didn't know. It was quiet... Too quiet. And then suddenly the entire factory started rumbling underneath her feet. Fran braced herself when a giant flash blinded her, causing Fran to lash out. She didn't hit anything important of course, but in the brief moment Fran did unleash a flurry of axe swings that tore up the corridor. Soon after her sight returned Fran found no enemies. There was a steady and low rumbling throughout the fortress. Not an explosion, no: those usually were short and violent. Seemed more like the factory had come to life.

Sufficient to say Fran was pretty sure that the Machina might've won. She doesn't know what happened to her allies but this place wasn't on fire, and Fran knew Eos was here. So chances are this was Eos's doing. Fran was certainly a sex-crazed maniac, but even she was smart enough to know that she wouldn't stand a chance against Eos directly. Maybe one of her boosted minions, but to take on a faction leader herself would be stupider than suicidal.

But then again Fran's never actually seen Eos before, and she was certain that Eos was a cutie. So for better or for worse Fran would find the Queen and at least feel her up.

As Fran moved through the factory she felt familiar demonic energy nearby. If she had to guess Henrietta must be close, since she's the only other demon Fran has been around long enough to get a feel for their aura. And surely Henrietta would fight Queen Eos if only on pride alone. So Fran hasten her steps to follow the demonic presence until eventually she found not only Henrietta, but also Meliphia and Artorias too. Fran actually didn't know the other two very well beyond their names. And of course their gracious host, High Queen Eos. She certainly looked stunning. Fran was actually in awe until she heard Meliphia mention something to Eos that got Fran thinking.

"Forgot someone? Eos? Who could she possibly forget? Oh right. Me."

Fran wasn't entirely sure what to do, but now that she was here she'd at least follow through with her first plan: Feel Up Queen Eos. Creating illusionary doppelgangers Fran set her clones to rush Eos to see her reaction while the real Fran coated her axe with her Aphrodisiac Poison. Fran wasn't too sure if Eos was a flesh-and-blood creature or fully mechanical, but now was a good time to figure that out as any. As the clones were closing on on Eos, Fran tossed her axe hidden among the copies to strike the High Queen. With any luck if the axe doesn't take out Eos (highly unlikely) the poison ought to make Queen Eos a quivering mass of juices (hopefully).

@Ryonara@Kol@floodtalon@The 42nd Gecko@Lmpkio

"Fufufu... Wahahaha!" Taura burst in a fit of hearty laugh when Unit-T not only got back to it's feet but also got a hold of one of her horns. "You really won't give up will you? Even when I used like ten percent of my power to fight you, you still keep coming up. Damn, you really are the real deal," the Bull of Heavens said. Taura easily dragged Unit-T with her as she doubled over, trying to get a hold of herself.

"Anyway, I think I've done enough here today. If I keep going this wild, I'll get a hell of a chewing when I'm back home," Taura said. The diminutive powerhouse seemed to be in a rather good mood, despite Unit-T literally rending the air with her rage. "Let's call it quits for today, ok? Now," Taura grabbed a hold on the hand that was pulling on her horn, "why don't you go help your Boss fight her battle!" And so was it, with a spinning throw from Taura, Unit-T would find itself crashing inside KC-00032, landing right on the side of the iceberg where Artoria still stood.

Taura on the other hand disappeared back to the ether she came from. Not only did she have her share of fun for today but, more importantly, is she got back home late, there would be no end to the sermon she would get from a far more fearsome and grumpy lizard.
"" In face of the Demons' willingness to comply to her demand, Eos pulled the trigger. The light infused bullets shot at point-blank distance would pierce any possible defense, literally making it cease to exist, even in the minds of those relying on them. If hit by it, the damage from the shot would be enough to rip a hole on even a massive behemoth like Grafdaka or Balrog with easy. Additionally, no matter if hit by this attack, they would find a gaping hole not only on their bodies, but also on their memories, events of importance suddenly disappearing as if hey had never existed.

"The Angel's gave up on their offensive," Eos said as soon as Unit-T crashed into the middle of their battle and Taura left the battlefield. "All remaining units, destroy the remainder of the Demon forces without mercy. Leave no prisoners, this is a command of your Queen," Eos said in a commanding voice, ordering the Machina forces to finish this fight once and for all.

Following up with her order, Eos disappeared from the path of the axe thrown at her, causing Fran's attack to target her own Demon allies. "Apart from the Blood Countess, you are the one that caused us the most suffering up to now. It's about time you pay for your sins," Eos said as she reappeared behind Fran already in the middle of an diagonal slash, aiming at the rapist Demon's back. Whether she hit or no, Eos would follow up her attack with triple shot at Fran, using the recoil to propel herself backwards. The android finished her assault landing over a catwalk five stories above the factory floor and slicing at the chains that supported a crucible, dropping tons of molten metal on Frans head.
"Oh my, what we have here?" Hohenheim said once she saw not only what trick Eos pulled out but also a certain experiment that she set loose a long time ago and never expected to see again. The sight of Artoria using what looked to be a downgraded copy of the Leviathan and Taura's powers made Hohenheim smirk.

Such a smirk would be followed by Hohenheim teleporting inside of KC-00032 and finding a place to sit cross legged over a broken pillar right above the battle field. Hohenheim could get in with ease regardless of Eos' blockade which was natural given the Alchemists status as a being of a higher order. "So, that's where you've ran to?" Hohenheim said, her voice echoing through the factory's innards. "I see that you still haven't realized your true potential... not that I've had the time to finish you before you escaped, whatever. This might not mind at all, by the way. After all I doubt that you'll even keep on existing, if you choose to fight their Queen after she drew that trump."

"Either way, it'll be a good show. Please keep going, I'm dying to see what'll happen of this battle of wits," the Alchemist added, before bursting into a fit of maniacal laughter.