Vanila and Lilith entered the chamber in which Lilith's combat capabilities were to be tested. It was a large octagonal arena, with seven blast doors on each of the walls save for the one where the entrance was located. "Here we are," said Vanila, "the testing facility."

"I await your instructions, Mistress."

"Well, I'm gonna send some monsters in, and you're going to use each of your weapons to… get them out of your way, as we Battle Maidens say."

Lilith tilted her head inquisitively. "Battle Maidens…?"

"Me and my friends. And now, you. We're a band of warriors out to destroy the gods. But I'll tell you more later," the pink-haired girl answered, as if deicide was an everyday thing for them: wake up, have some coffee, go to work, slay some gods, have dinner, go to bed. "For now, just kill what I tell you to."

"…'Get them out of my way,' affirmative?"

"Exactly."

Vanila exited the arena, and the blast doors closed behind her, leaving Lilith alone in the chamber. She climbed a stairway to a control room overlooking the arena.

"Okay, Lilith," Vanila's voice rang out over the PA system, "Use your lightsaber to defeat these Burnies." One of the gates slowly opened, and out hopped several of the gelatinous red creatures. Lilith raised her arm, her skin unfolding into metal plates that slid into place and took the form of a sword hilt, from which a long, triangular lightsaber blade issued forth, glowing blue and humming with energy. She dashed forward, impaling one of the Burnies, and swung the blade upward, splattering the pyroclastic material of the Burny far and wide. Two of the other Burnies jumped at her, but she quickly destroyed them both with a rapid spin attack as her mistress watched from the control room. Once all the creatures had been slain, Lilith retracted the saber back into her hand.

"Very good. Now let's see about your shooting…" Another gate opened, this time letting free a trio of Harpies, which circled in the air above their opponent, waiting to strike. Lilith's arm began to change form again, this time into an arm cannon. The Harpies dove towards Lilith, claws extended in anticipation of tearing into the flesh of their prey. The first was immediately vaporized by a barrage of lasers, but the other two quickly swerved away to either side before Lilith could shoot them down, and began circling around her. Using her targeting computer, Lilith instantly calculated precisely where to lead her fire so the Harpy would fly right into it– which was not very far ahead, lasers being lasers after all. The Harpy didn't even have time to react before it was nothing but a few floating feathers and a splash of red on the adjacent wall– and neither did Lilith before its companion came crashing into her from behind, knocking her flat on her face in a rather undignified manner at which Vanila couldn't help but snort out a laugh. With its prey stunned, the remaining Harpy swooped in for the kill. It was almost on top of Lilith when she suddenly looked up from the ground, and in one movement, raised her gun and fired point-blank at its head. The Harpy's head was blown clean off, splattering Lilith's white armor with red, and the rest of its body dropped to the floor in a heap. As Lilith retracted her weapon, the blast doors through which she had entered opened up, and Vanila walked in.

"You sure blasted those guys good…" she said. "Nice work."

"Does this conclude the testing?" Lilith asked.

"Yep! You'll do perfectly as my battle robot." Vanila reached out at that moment and wiped a bit of blood off Lilith's cheek. She couldn't help noticing how smooth the skin she had designed was, allowing her hand to linger a bit before withdrawing, which elicited no reaction at all from the robot. "Anyway, it's time to set you to charge up for the night. We've got a big day tomorrow," said Vanila as she led Lilith out of the testing chamber and back to the laboratory.

"I will return to my containment capsule for automated recharging and maintenance." Lilith stepped onto the platform, and Vanila pulled a lever on the control panel.

"Good night, Lilith," she said as the glass slid back into place and Lilith slowly closed her eyes. She stared at the sleeping robot through the glass. It's kinda nice, having someone who literally can't disobey you. Maybe not as much as forcing a person to bend to your will, but still, it's nice… Vanila thought as she turned off the lights, blacked out the capsule glass, and returned to her bedroom for some well-needed rest.


Ahhh, we have the first hints of something here... ;)

And I know Vanila is probably horrendously OOC here, but the thing about her being a sadistic manipulator came from the fact that she is the hardest of all the Battle Maidens to defeat (freaking Precision Strike... _), and I always joked about how Vanila always makes me her love-slave. Vanila makes EVERYONE her love-slave...