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.