Emotions Chapter 2: Confusion

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Eve is currently sitting on a metal bench inside a workshop with several cables connected to her body while a bipedal raccoon-like creature typing on a console where the cables on her are connected to. With her back bend slightly forward, knees closed tight and her palms resting on top of it, the female nasod look completely the part of a teenager shrinking from being scolded by her parents, the pulsating veins on the Ponggo typing on the console gives away just who exactly has put the newly reborn nasod queen at her place.

Amos finally stops typing as her turns toward his "patient", "So… let me get this straight one more time… you wanted to install a new code to upgrade your old code and all you knew was that your "Emotional control unit" was interfering with it..."

Eve meekly nods at the supposedly much younger Ponggo alchemist before he continues, "You decided that removing the unit was an acceptable price to pay and assume that removing it would turn you emotionless instead of… whatever you are right now…" Again, the silver haired nasod in white nods her head.

Finally, Amos finish up his conclusion of the rather comical tale had it not for the side effect of it, "So… you stepped out and realize that… you have gone all grown up except for your… chest and… in your blind rage you combined all three of your force field modes before Giga Stream-ing everything in your sight… which happen to be the entirety of Altera…. ARE YOU AN IDIOT?!"

This time, Eve has the decency to wince slightly before meekly replying, "Well… it was just an accident…." Unfortunately, she didn't say it low enough to escape the hearing of the now angry teenage Ponggo in front of her, "An accident?! Wiping out HALF of Altera and shaving off the top half of Altera Village does NOT constitute as "Accident" it's a straight out "Disaster"!" Amos points his finger upward as if to push the point home.

True enough, the Ponggo's town which used to be buried under the mountain surface now has a very clear view of the sky with the ceiling gone thanks to the Battle Seraph's stray beam attack, "You're lucky that no one is hurt or worse, died because of you! Seriously, it is called Emotional CONTROL Unit for a reason! Without it, you're now more prone to mood swing than a human female during their time of the month!" Just as he said it, something that would have been unthinkable even a few days ago happens: Eve is bawling her eyes out like a bullied 5 years old as she cries out, "I already said I'm SOWWY!"

Amos lets out a deep sigh as he puts his palm over his forehead for a moment before turning his attention back to the console, "I'm currently looking at your programming code and can't even begin to think where to start. I have never seen coding like this before and I'm not even remotely a Nasod expert, much less an ancient class nasod like you are. Your coding is unique beyond believe it's almost a miracle that you didn't end up destroying yourself with your reckless attempt for an upgrade."

The pongo let out a long sigh as he continues, "At best this going to take days to even understand much less find how to fix and it MUST be fixed, you at your current state would be too volatile for anyone to be around for extended time." Secretly the ponggo cannot help but think about a certain red haired boy that he remembers to be the most often receiver of Eve's slap, 'In her current state, she probably gonna end up killing that boy with one of her skill…' Amos looks up to the open sky as he dreads the boy's fate, 'Lady El help him….'

Unfortunately for the young Ponggo, it seem like his estimate of "a few days" turn out to be something that they can't afford when a letter comes the very next day delivered by Bethma courier addressed to the Altera chief who immediately calls for Eve's presence. The purpose of the letter becomes clear when Adel hands the letter to the nasod queen who receives them with confused expression until the elder Ponggo tells her to read it herself. Eve puts her fingers on the envelope and removes the letter before reading it before her eyes widen a few minutes later when suddenly a pair of wings made of light sprouts off her back, "Moby, Remy! We're going!"

Before the others manage to stop her, Eve takes off like a bat out of hell through the open roof of the village. Amos, still shocked from the girl's sudden action turns toward Adel for explanation which he provides, "Velder is in critical condition, Elsword and his friends tries their best to help but they are unable to turn the battle around. The demons have invented what look to be a war machine and the human army is losing badly. I showed Eve the letter because it concerns her friends… I didn't expect her to take off just like that though, her newfound flying ability will probably allow her to cut the travel time significantly, I suspect she might even be able to reach Velder as soon as later today."

True enough, Eve is currently flying through the air or more like freefalling straight from the floating island straight toward Velder, the massive Velder castle being clear enough destination. As she pass over Feita, a flock of gargoyle tries to intercept them but the nasod queen is undeterred as instead of stopping, she twists her body and speeds up, "Get out of my WAY! Energy Needles!" Her "wings" spreads wider as they shoots small electric "feathers" toward the flying monsters while Eve ramming any of them that are unlucky enough to be on her way.

The "air battle" turns out completely one sided and more than anything, brief as the entire "battle" barely last minutes. None of the gargoyles stood a chance as most of them crumbles back to stones while the remaining decided to flee for their life, unfortunately Eve has no intention of letting them escape as she points her finger toward them, "Particle Ray". Unlike her usual straight line laser, once the beam passes her force field, it turns into dozens of energy bullets that home straight toward the flying monsters, piercing them straight on their cores.

Meanwhile in Velder, the ElGang is fighting through the enflamed remains of of what used to be the beautiful entrance of Velder castle. Instead of the white and blue appearance of what was the majestic symbol of capital city of Elrios, there are nothing left but browning granites from the ash and soot, what remains of the castle wall has become strategic position for the demon archers and worst of all, the screams of people still within the area whether burned to death or killed by demons becomes the orchestra of terror that comes from hell itself.

The Elgang has managed to brave the road leading toward the castle undeterred even by the rain of arrows from the glitter demon archers perched on their watch tower or the cannons that those same demons has built to destroy whoever comes close enough. In front of them stands the last gate that will take the group into the yard separating the castle from the outside wall yet they all know that in their current condition, challenging the now infamous glitter vanguard in the current condition would be extremely dangerous if not deadly.

Rena turns toward the others as she bends her back to catch her breath, "Just a little bit more, guys. That last demon and his ride were harder than we thought but we can do it…." Elsword by now is sprawled on the ground spread eagle with his sword besides him, "Speak for yourself, Rena. I'm pooped already… you try getting smacked around with his spear like a baseball. Had it not for those potions, I'd be dead already."

Aisha immediately joins the conversation, "You think you had it bad? That bird has issue with my twintail, damn it! And it was this close from plucking my eyes out with its beak had I not did an Energy Spurt by reflex." The newly crowned Dimension Witch puts her left hand's thumb and index finger together until they are barely half an inch of each other.

Chung and Ara unfortunately had to pull back from the battle after a long fight and had gone back to base. The former had taken a shot from a cannon and in need of emergency treatment which the latter being the fastest of the group had carried him back. Raven, the ever epitome of cool calmly walks toward the gate switch and pulls it down with no hesitation as he speaks, "Let's get this over with already…" Causing 2 of the youngest in the party groans.

Just as the gate opens fully, the Elgang enters through it with their weapons drawn… only to be greeted by the screech of tire as a massive machine heads toward them with the obvious intention to ram them. Rena's shout of "Scatter!" have no opposition as each one of the Elgang frantically jumps out of the way of the incoming vehicle which rams into the gate wall, instead.

Elsword though just have to say it, "Not another crazy nasod! What next?" The rain of arrows coming from the Castle's interior immediately causes the rest of the gang throws the red head an evil look as all of them scramble for cover, Aisha in particular shouts, "Elsword, you IDIOT!" The Rune Slayer shouts back, "How the hell should I know that will happen?!"

Further arguments between the two are interrupted as Raven calls out to them, "Kiddies, enough! That thing is coming back!" Rena immediately readies her bow as she calls out, "Maybe this will slow it down! Freezing Arrow!" The ice missile coming from the elf impacts the machine and for a moment it seem like it going to freeze over but that too soon proof to be futile as the ice around the machine shatter like glass. Once again, the gang jumps away to evade the wild charge before Aisha teleports above the machine, "What about this?! Energy Spurt!"

This time, the group is awarded by the sound of metal cracking from the machine before Elsword following it up with his own attack, "Get out of the way! Storm Blade!" With the combination of special skills, something bound to give from the machine as an explosion comes from it which throws the attackers away from it while the outer shell of the vehicle comes off revealing… another armor?

Raven being the one person which has escaped from being thrown too far, thanks to his nasod drone protecting him, immediately jumps into action. With a leap, he reaches the top of the vanguard and raised his blade as he concentrates his power on the blade before stabbing it deep into the joint between the armor, "Giga Drive!" The whole glitter moving fortress shakes greatly as if it is being in the middle on an earthquake before another explosion originates from it shakes the air which sends its remaining armor off of it along with the swordman who is perched on top of it.

As the dust settles, the group is greeted by the sight of the weapon still standing though covered only with an metal armor that obviously not as strong as the previous two. Aisha immediately protests on the unfairness of their situation, "That's Cheating! I don't even have time to charge for mana!"

The top of the vehicle lets out a hiss as a totem rises out of it with a stone inside that gives out a familiar glow. The totem immediately shoots out a beam upward which splits in midair into multiple lasers that travels back to the ground. The beams hits the Elgang party and throws them around like ragdoll several times before finally stopping, leaving every one of them barely surviving.

Rena being the most sensitive to the energy emitted lets out a weak sound, "That's… Dark El shard…." The vanguard's tires begins to screech once again, it clearly going to try to ram them once again and this time, none of them are in any position to do another evasion maneuver.

Before the vanguard manage to move though, something that look like a falling star hits it from above right at the totem containing the El Shard before burying itself inside the tank. Suddenly, the entire vehicle lets out a groaning and creaking sound while pale white light can be seen through the gaps on its shell as if something is forcing its way out from inside it. An explosion that dwarves all the explosions before it shakes the entire area even throwing off the glitter archers perched on top of the castle wall while the Elsword party fortunately got the least brunt of it due to all of them are flat on the ground.

When the wind blast finally subsides, the gang chances a look at the location of the glitter vanguard or what remains of it since all that is left of the metal vehicle are just pieces of it. At the epicenter of the explosion area, a slender figure can be seen standing there with pale electricity crackling around her.

The elven grand archer that is Rena immediately recognizes the person, "Eve…?" The figure turns toward the gang, her hair waving gently by the wind like a pair of wings as she shouts cheerily with a big smile while waving her arm above her head like a child, "Hi everyone!" The dumbfounded expression of the gang says what they are thinking more than words ever could.