"I could come with, if ya' want." Luka offered, requipping her two signature revolvers, "You and your brother seemed to enjoy dodging bullets... I know it paid off~" she said with a big smile.
Misa slowly turned her swirling eyes to Luka's direction. Even though she could no longer speak, you could tell the whining sound was probably an expression of not wanting to get shot at! The kid already felt too smashed up already for anything physical. Not even the idea of getting to fight Tamotsu again was enough of a pick-me-up right now.
Hana and Heise rolled their eyes in unison as the two girls were being carried away, "Meh, all she needs is something to eat. She'll be fine," they said.
"Minerva, you're going to make the world tremble again. This time our father isn't here, and we don't have an army of demons to fight across the world for us. All we have is our own military forces and us three." Kuro told his sister as she stood before the giant lacrima, preparing to cast a dark ritual. She looked tired, uncertain, but strangely determined. "Are you sure you're okay with this? Infinite Night was extreme - but this has the potential to destroy life as we know it."
"...And we shall return to what we originally were. Magic. We will be at one with magic again, and start over from nothing." Minerva said in melancholy. By the end of the week, she would have made her move. All life would become pure magic essence, in the hopes that the next incarnation of sentient life would be able to do away with all the restrictions on magic. It was insane. But Minerva was done trying to reason with the Council, with the world... Change would happen, but it would come at a terrible cost.
"I can't turn you away from this, can I? ...But I can't betray my family either." Kuro looked out into the courtyard of the massive castle grounds and frowned, "I'll prepare the shield generator for the lacrima room. Espada, you wait in the courtyard - you're our ace against any attackers. We'll position troops everywhere, and leave our enemies no choice but to fight through the place."
Minerva finally smirked at all the strategic talk, quickly caving in to her evil emotions, "I'll remain in the lacrima room, and unleash our two pet Dragon Slayers on the enemy." Her gaze turned to a red-haired girl standing in the corner of the room. The girl had a bushy tail and those unmistakable ears, "You - Neko. You will be in charge of firing the Etherion Cannon at London. Defy me, and I will activate your shock collar and leave it running for as long as it takes to slowly, and torturously kill you."
The cat girl stiffly nodded at Minerva in fear, causing Kuro to sigh sadly. "Minerva, don't scare her. She's barely even-" he was interrupted.
"I don't care. A tool is a tool; and I'm going to use her like one." Minerva snapped back before returning to focus on the ritual preparation.
Espada merely shrugged at all this, throwing a magic energy blade at the Neko's leg. Of course it wouldn't be deep, just searingly painful. She quietly gasped and fell to one knee, clutching it trying to stop the bleeding. Kuro stepped in front of her, glaring at his brother. Espada chuckled to himself and walked out of the observation room, "A tool is a tool, bro'. I can have my fun with her if I want... But, whatever... I'll be outside, waiting to kill something."
"...I'll go set up the shield. Girl, you should get to your station too. I apologise for my siblings' attitudes. Ignore them." Kuro said, taking a bow before leaving and slowly walking through the castle halls. When out of ear range he murmured to himself, "...I'm on the wrong side, but at the same time I'm not. This might be funny if the stakes weren't so high..."
The Neko got up and rushed out of the room before Minerva decided to activate her collar, and would head for the very top platform of the castle walls. It nearly touched the clouds... Up on this platform was a massive gun, meant to obliterate entire settlements in single blasts. This is where the slave girl would do her duty for her masters, the Shades - she would be ordered to kill millions...