Authors Note: Hello and welcome to chapter seven! Hope you all are still reading because this story is just starting to get to the good parts! There are battles yet to be fought and characters yet to be introduced, so I hope you'll stick around till the end because it's gonna be awesome! Anyway, enough of the chit-chat so let's get back to the story!

Chapter 7

Dream, 12th Nova Clash, and Mysterious Pandoras

"Hmm, this can't be right. Rewind it and play it again Su-Na."

Deep within the confines of Chevalier Headquarters located within the Grand Canyon in America, an elderly man who looked to be in his late sixties wearing an all-white dress shirt along with dress pants and dress shoes was currently watching some video recordings he had recently received in a message sent directly from West Genetics. When his assistant had told him that he had received a message from the military academy, his first thought was to just brush it off and delete it since all he ever received were the usual business meetings and ideas for new projects to work on. But when his assistant had said that the message was 'Code Level One', which basically meant that it was a high level emergency that was meant for his and a few others' eyes only, his interest was immediately caught. The only time he had ever received a Code Level One message was four years ago during the time of the 8th Nova Clash, where his granddaughter had died.

But to hear that he had received another high level emergency message seemingly out of nowhere was a little more than ludicrous to him. And to hear that it was a video message of all things suggested that there was something of high importance that he needed to look at. So as soon as he entered one of the facility's main control rooms and had ordered his assistant to play the video, he was surprised at what he saw.

Apparently, the one video had actually turned out to be multiple recordings that were captured during a recent Nova attack near the city of Tokyo that had occurred a little over a week ago. Of course, being the header of the world's top elite Pandora fighting force, he had already heard about the Nova attack and had no doubts that West Genetics would have been able to handle it. He even heard that his grandson and his partner had actually taken place in the battle themselves, in which he was secretly proud of him for. He never actually imagined that his only grandson would ever partner up with his rivals daughter, who was an El Bridget of all people. So it was actually surprising that they had sent him recordings of the entire fight even though he already knew that the Pandoras had won. His surprised reaction, however, soon turned to absolute silent shock as he witnessed what happened in the recordings next.

Right when his grandson and his partner were about to be crushed to death by the Nova's massive arms, they had suddenly all fallen off at once. And the way they fell made it look like they were sliced clean off. A few seconds later, a figure completely covered head to toe in black clothing had appeared out of nowhere behind the crater that his grandson was in and was looking up at the Nova. As if things couldn't have gotten any stranger, the figure suddenly began floating in midair about ten feet off the ground before his left hand and neck area emitted a familiar glowing light blue aura before he suddenly activated a familiar technique and shot off flying at the speed of a bullet towards the Nova. This had prompted the old man and his assistant's eyes to widen even further in greater shock at the use of an Acceleration Turn. Every second that had gone by, the Nova would continuously throw strike after strike at the flying figure but to no avail, could even land a scratch on him. Their shock only increased when the figure suddenly materialized a small black sword out of nowhere before charging the Nova and began to slash and cut any tentacles that had attacked him. He had then began to slash his sword all over the Nova's chest area, which prompted its core to be exposed a minute later and stabbed his sword directly in the center of the core before disappearing from sight once again. The core had then ignited and caused the Nova to explode over a five mile radius.

The old man and his assistant then watched the last recording with their most undivided attention, where they were finally able to see the person's face. Only they saw that his face was covered by a dark metal mask in the shape of a skull, much to their curiosity and confusion. The stranger was shown talking with some of the Pandoras from West Genetics, including the old man's grandson and the El Bridget girl. They were both absolutely gob smacked when they heard that the stranger actually contained stigmata. And just when they thought they would get to hear more information about this person, he had suddenly disappeared into thin air right in front of all the Pandoras, which had prompted the video to end.

The atmosphere was completely tense and the only sound that could be heard emanating from the room was the slight humming noise coming from the main view screen. No one had dared to move a muscle as they were still having a very hard time trying to digest all of the information they had been given.

Wanting to rid the room of all the tension, the assistant decided to be the first one to begin speaking.

"Well Mr. Aoi…" she spoke with some hesitance. "What do you suppose we make of this?"

Gengo Aoi, President of Chevalier Headquarters and mastermind behind the Pandora Project, took a deep sigh before rubbing his temples with his hands. A look of pure shock mixed with frustration adorning his face.

"I honestly don't know Su-Na" he spoke with a gruff yet aging voice. "I have seen a lot of things in my time. Hell, I've even created things that people wouldn't understand. But never once, in my entire life have I seen something as truly shocking and remarkable as that." He put both his hands into his pant pockets before closing his eyes and letting out another sigh.

Su-Na Lee, Assistant/Commanding Officer to Gengo Aoi and current leader of West Genetics' Team 13, cupped her hands tightly over her waist as she looked at her boss with sad eyes, her curly, black hair flowing down to her back.

"Should we send out search parties so we can apprehend and interrogate this person?" she asked.

Gengo shook his head in disagreement. "I don't think that would be a wise decision Su-Na. If what he said in the recording is true, then he shouldn't be that much of a threat. But we should still keep an eye out for him."

"It could be a trap sir" she said. "I mean think about it. This mysterious person, a male at that, somehow has the ability to use the stigmata appears out of nowhere, defeats a Type-S Nova all by himself without so much as a scratch on him, and says that he means absolutely no harm whatsoever? To be honest sir it all sounds completely crazy to me. He could just waiting for us to lower our guard so that he can strike when we're at our weakest."

"I know where you're coming from Su-Na. Believe me, even I think that this is all unbelievable. But if he truly wanted to attack us then I'm pretty sure he would have just let the Nova attack or would have attacked along with it. And the way he spoke made it sound like he was completely serious, or at least sincere. And this is possibly the first male to ever be compatible with using the stigmata. It's a wonder how he's been able to remain hidden for all this time except for now. This could be the perfect opportunity to gain a new upper hand over the Nova."

Su-Na was pretty sure she already knew what he was going to say next but decided to ask anyway. "What exactly are you suggesting sir?" she asked with slightly narrowed eyes.

Gengo looked back at his assistant and gave her a slight smile. "Well, you heard what he said. Like us, he's willing to protect the lives of innocent people from Nova. If what he said was true, then this is also the perfect opportunity to gain a new ally. And since you're now the leader of the newly formed Team 13, I want you to be on the lookout for this man and if you see him, to try to get him to cooperate with you. And if you can, escort him back to West Genetics so that we can question him. Do it peacefully though. I don't want to lose one of the greatest opportunities we have at fighting the Nova."

Su-Na thought it over for a few minutes before sighing in defeat and looking back at her boss.

"Very well sir. I still don't like this, but I'll be sure to do what I can."

Gengo gave her a polite smile in gratitude before turning the opposite way and began to leave the room. "Thank you Su-Na. Now would you please contact my polite and tell him to ready my jet? West Genetics is conducting another training session with Team 13 and the Vice-President of Seiga Heavy Industries will be there to overlook the entire thing. They have constructed six new dummy Nova's that they'll be using for the training session and we're expected to be there by tomorrow."

Even though he couldn't see it, Su-Na had given him a smile of her own. "I'll get on it right away sir."

Gengo then left the room while Su-Na went on and did her business. All while thinking of how Team 13 will perform in the upcoming training event, and of the mysterious masked assailant.


The heavy smell of sewage water mixed with the scent garbage filled the surrounding atmosphere with nauseous gases that would have caused even the strongest of men to lose the contents of their stomachs or to die of suffocation. All around the area, abandoned and old, run-down buildings were surrounded with flooded seawater, turning their once brightly painted walls and floors into nothing but useless scrap wood and stone covered entirely in mold and the occasional trash that was being swept away by the green, moss filled currents. The sky was covered in a blanket of yellow and brown clouds caused by the industrial smoke of factories that were still in use. The smoked clouds had given off a feeling of ugliness to the abandoned buildings, as if the entire city had become one big sickness that could never be cured. Within the numerous streets that weren't covered with the flood, garbage had littered the area with an assortment of thrown away and forgotten items along with black and moldy pieces of scrapped food. The streets were also filled with the occasional display of decaying and rotting corpses that were surrounded with dozens of flies. Swarms of at least twenty black and grey rats would emerge from the sewers and plumbing of the lifeless buildings and would devour any and all remaining flesh that were still on the corpses, turning them into nothing but leftover skeletal remains in less than a minute.

The only occupants of these streets were what could only be described as zombies of the once peaceful residents of this forgotten city. Their skin was a mix of a sick pale white along with a nauseous light green, their throats were littered with the scars made from numerous scratches with sharp, jagged nails, all the muscle that they once had was now replaced with skin sunken, bony joints that made them look as if they were skeletons covered in nothing but skin. Their eyes that once held so much color and life were now nothing but black and lifeless that were sunken all the way back into their sockets. Their mouths were filled with nothing but moldy, rotting teeth that were a mix with black and yellow. Instead of words, the only thing that escaped their mouths were the violent and bloody hacks and coughs, along with the occasional black bile that would make its way out of their stomachs and onto the diseased ridden streets.

He had been here before. A long time ago, yet it felt like it was only yesterday. He had been carried here on a small raft moving only by current until he was found and captured by the Whalers. They had hoisted him up thirty feet up into the air within a small cage and into a small tower. It was also the first time he had seen him. He had watched with barely conscious eyes, still affected by the poison, as he stored all of his equipment into a small suitcase and throw it deep into the darkness of the abandoned tower. He had then been knocked unconscious and brought into one of their hideouts where he was imprisoned in a small cell until they would deliver him somewhere else.

It was lucky for him that they had somehow forgotten he had the Mark of the Outsider.

He was able to use his Possession to take control of a small right and crawl his way through the buildings pipeline until he was at the very bottom, which was surrounded by flooded seawater. He had then possessed a fish and swam his way out of the building and into the Flooded District of Dunwall. For two hours straight, he would Blink his way on top of the various rooftops while having to avoid the occasional Whaler patrols and the Weeper infested streets. He was able to backtrack his way back to the tower and retrieve his stolen gear. He had then made his way towards the Whalers' base which was located in an old rundown bank in the middle of the district, while stealthily avoiding any and all Whalers he had encountered, occasionally having to knock out some here and there.

It was now where he was able to regain his senses and saw himself standing in front of a familiar glass door inside of the rundown bank. He knew exactly what was behind the door and like last time, was fully prepared to deal with it head on. With a quick sigh, he crouched down and slowly pushed the doors open to see a large, two story room with the ceiling being completely gone. Bookshelves had surrounded the walls while some were knocked over and worn out after years of poor treatment. In the center of the room was a single Whaler standing idly a few feet away with his back towards him. He was able to see past the Whaler where he saw a small, office like area that was surrounded with pictures a various criminals and felonies. And within the office, he was able to spot him dressed in his usual deeper red Whaler coat along with his deep brown boots. His arms were cupped together behind his back and was currently speaking into one of those voice recorders he had seen all around Dunwall. Taking this chance to act, he slowly made his way over to the Whaler and, when he was close enough, swiftly wrapped his right arm tightly around his neck. He firmly kept his arm locked and was careful to not let go as the Whaler desperately tried to free himself from the tight grasp. After a few more seconds he soon felt the Whaler go limp, where he unhooked his arm from his neck and watched as the Whaler fell to the ground unconscious.

His actions however, didn't go unnoticed as he looked up and saw him staring right into his reticle eyes with no emotion written on his face.

"Corvo" Daud, the Knife of Dunwall and assassin of the late empress Jessamine Kaldwin, said in his gravel-like voice as he pulled out his sword. "You here to settle our debt?"

Corco Attano didn't utter a word as he un-sheathed his own sword and slowly walked forward. His mark glowed to life as he walked closer with each step of anticipation and slight anger.

Daud got himself into a steady battle stance as he waited for Corvo to strike. "You understand I won't make this easy for you." He stated as he soon felt his own mark glowing to life underneath his glove.

With weapons un-sheathed and battle stances taken, the two assassins chosen by the Outsider himself gave each other one last hard look before they activated their marks and charged forward.


Corvo gasped as he suddenly shot up out of his bed, breathing heavily with sweat running down his face. He carefully brought up his shaking hand and wiped his forehead clear of the sweat before sighing heavily and taking deep breaths to calm himself down. Even after being brought back from the dead, he still had managed to have the same dream he had before in Dunwall. A little while after Emily had become Empress and Dunwall was saved from the Rat Plague, he would sometimes have dreams of all his encounters while trying to save Emily. He would sometimes dream of putting his blade through the throats of the Pendleton twins, burning the Heretic's Mark on the left side of High Overseer Campbell's face, or almost being devoured by Granny Rags' rats. But the dream he would constantly have the most was the final dual between him and Daud in the Whaler's headquarters within the forgotten Flooded District of Dunwall. Even though he would never admit it to anyone except for Emily, he had actually been a little nervous of fighting Daud. The man had been well known throughout the city as the most feared assassin and being able to kill his targets and escape without ever getting caught. Proof of that being the murder of Jessamine and the kidnapping of Emily and not being able to protect either one of them. He was even able to frame him for the entire thing and force him to go into hiding. He didn't exactly know why he had spared Daud that day after successfully defeating him. Maybe it was because of the sincerity in his voice when he said he didn't want to be a killer anymore, that he just wanted to fade from history and disappear forever. Or maybe he didn't want to succumb to his vengeance and turn into a ruthless killer like Daud had been. Either way, he was gone, the Whalers were no more, and Emily had become Empress and the city was saved from a deadly plague. And that was enough for him to be at peace for the rest of eternity.

Looking out the window and seeing that it was another sunny day, Corvo removed his bed sheets and headed to the bathroom to take a quick shower to wash himself off of all the sweat. Once he was finished he made his way to his closet and chose to wear a simple grey t-shirt, along with black shorts and shoes. He went into the kitchen and at a quick breakfast consisting of hot cereal, an apple, and a glass of milk before putting the dishes away and heading out onto his balcony. Deciding to take another walk in the large city, Corvo shut the back door before lifting his marked hand and once again teleporting his way via the rooftops and towards the city.


Just like it had been the night before, the city was once again bustling with activity and various vehicles and people occupying both the roads and sidewalks went on by to enjoy yet another Nova free day, basking in the cloudless sunny sky. The buildings were alight with their usual neon signs and the sky above them was filled with an everlasting blue color, with the occasional helicopters flying high above the city.

Corvo was currently walking through a large shopping mall that was filled with people going into and out of the numerous small shops that were located within the building. Above him on the mall's second floor were dozens of more people who were also walking along and shopping in the shops that were located above. He had to admit that this city kept surprising him every time he came here. There was always something new to see around every corner, no matter how much of it he saw, there was always one more thing that was new. Everywhere he looked around the mall, he would continuously see more fancy clothes, strange toys for children that would have given Emily a heart attack from excitement, candles with scents he had never smelt before, and small jars of these colored liquids that women would spray on themselves to apparently make them smell better. Even if many of the items in here were extremely strange and confusing, he was always eager to see more.

After an hour of exploring, Corvo soon found himself inside the malls cafeteria center. The place was probably big enough to fit more than a hundred people and was surrounded by various food stands where people were lining up to purchase their meals. In the middle of the cafeteria were dozens upon dozens of tables and chairs with people sitting at almost all of them, happily talking and eating several delicious looking food with each other. The sight made Corvo's stomach grumble in hunter. Deciding to get himself something to eat, he scanned the area before finding a reasonable food stand and making his way past the occupied tables and over to the stand.

"I don't know Kazuya, I'm just a little nervous."

Corvo came to a halting stop in mid step at the sound of a familiar female voice and slowly turned his head to the right and was a little shocked at seeing the familiar sight of the blonde haired Pandora and the black haired Limiter he had saved from the Nova, along with several other Pandoras sitting around them at a table about six feet away from him. The blonde looked like she had a troubled look on her face while the black haired boy and a Pandora with blue hair tied in a sideways pony tail seemed to be comforting her. Suddenly losing his appetite, Corvo decided to do a little eavesdropping as he went over and sat at an empty table with his back towards them a little ways over to their left. Thanks to his stigmata improving his senses, he was able to clearly hear what they were saying.

"Don't worry Satellizer, I'm sure it'll be perfectly safe. I am mean, yes we will be fighting against replicas of the Nova, but that doesn't mean we're in any real." Said the black haired Limiter with his arm on her shoulder.

"Yeah Satellizer! I think it's going to be lots of fun!" said the blue haired Pandora enthusiastically.

Corvo stopped listening for a second and did a double take. They were going to be fighting replicas of Nova? What exactly was a replica? Were they as dangerous as the real Nova? Or were they just used for some sort of training? Decided to get a further analysis, Corvo decided to listen further.

"Hn. You guys are even more pathetic than I thought if you're scared of fighting a bunch of dummies." Spoke a short haired blonde girl wearing headphones with annoyance written on her face. She was soon slapped in the back of the head by a tall pink haired woman who glared down at her for a second before smiling back at the other blonde girl.

"Ah come on! There's nothing you two worry warts need to worry about! All we need to do is get out there and watch each other's backs and we'll have this one in the bag!" she said as she raised her fist in the air with enthusiasm.

"I don't know Roxanna. I heard that Seiga Heavy Industries manufactured these Nova, and that their supposed to be more even more tough than the dummy the Valkyries took down. And we all know how that worked out. I also heard the Gengo Aoi himself will be observing the fight." Said a green haired girl sitting next to the pink one.

"All the more reason for us to go out there and show them what we're made of. And I don't care how tough they are, I know we'll still kick their asses." Said the pink haired girl as she leaned back in her chair with her arms cupped behind her head.

Corvo sat there with his eyes widened in shock. The humans of this world were building Nova? And by what he just heard, they were supposed to be as strong as the real thing? If that was true then why didn't they just use the replicas to fight the real ones instead of sacrificing the lives of young innocent girls to fight them? It all didn't make sense. And these Pandora were supposed to fight the replicas? And who was Gengo Aoi? The way that girl said his name made it sound like he was some sort of important person. Was he the leader of this Seiga Industries that were building the Nova replicas? Or was he something else entirely different? Whatever all of this was, Corvo got the feeling that something very bad was about to happen soon. And he needed to found out what.

A little while went by and the Pandora were no longer talking about anything important. Corvo took this as his cue to leave and got up from his chair and made his way out of the cafeteria. All while thinking of how he would deal with this bad feeling he had in the pit of his stomach.


Over in the Pandora's table, Kazuya had taken notice of the long haired man that had been sitting at the table a few feet away from them. He noticed that once the conversation of the training with the dummy Nova had ended, he had gotten up out of his chair and made his way out of cafeteria. For some reason, this man seemed familiar to him. Not because of his appearance, but because of the mysterious aura he gave off. He didn't know why this person gave him a sense of familiarity, but for some reason he just felt like he had sewn him before.

"Kazuya, are you alright?"

Kazuya quickly shook his head and looked over to see Satellizer giving him a worried look. With a reassuring smile, he place his hand on top of hers. "Sorry about that Satellizer. I was just thinking that's all."

With a smile of her own, Satellizer turned her head back to chat with the others while Kazuya looked back up to see that the man was gone. Kazuya didn't know why but he suddenly got the feeling that he would be seeing the man again soon. He didn't know when or why, but felt like it was going to be very soon.


Corvo made his way into his bedroom as he slid the glass door to his balcony closed. The sky was a cool clouded dark blue and the moon was high up in the sky. He looked at the digital clock and saw that it read 7:00 p.m. exactly. He had spent the entire day exploring the city trying to get rid of this bad felling he had had ever since he left the cafeteria. Something about what those Pandoras had said earlier just didn't sound right to him. Why would they waste precious time and money building exact replicas of Nova and just use them as target practice and not use them against the real Nova? And was it that they were able to replicate not only the bodies but the abilities as well? It just made absolutely no sense to him whatsoever. And who exactly were the Valkyries? Were they another type of Pandora that they were also able to make to battle the Nova?

Deciding to get rid of his worry once and for all, Corvo went into the living room where he sat on the couch and turned on his TV. He picked up the remote and started flipping through different channels to try to find something to watch.

"Emergency broadcast-"

Corvo suddenly stopped his clicking and quickly switched back to the previous channel to find a woman sitting at a desk with her hands clasped together and staring directly at the camera with a serious look on her face. Above her on another screen were the words 'Emergency Broadcast' digitally shown in but red letters.

"This is Yuki Kusa coming to you live with an Emergency Broadcast report. Approximately thrifty minutes ago, West Genetics Military Academy came under attack by six out of control manufactured Nova during a training exercise that was taking place in the academy's arena. The operators of the Nova had somehow lost control before the replicas acted on their own and started destroying everything in their paths. The Nova then began to act strangely before they somehow started spawning smaller Nova, which had begun attacking any and all Pandora they could find. Casualty rates are currently unknown and the Principle of the academy has requested that no military personnel get involved and that they would take control of the situation as quickly as possible."

The woman then suddenly brought her hand up to her ear and looked away from the camera for a moment before nodding and looking back. "I have just received word that were able to get live feed coming from the battle that is currently taking place. Be warned that the following images shown maybe graphic to some viewers."

The image on the television suddenly switched and was now showing what looked like a full blown war. Scattered all over a ten mile radius in front of a very large military facility were creatures that Corvo had never seen before. They had scaled armor bodies where the top half was snow white and the bottom half was a dark grey. They had big, bulky lower arms and small, bent legs that were only about four feet high. They had armored heads that were slicked back and had large jaws that didn't contain any teeth but instead had mouth that looked sharper than a bird's beak. He was also able to see that even more of them were somehow coming out of the bodies of the six large Nova that were standing still off in the distance.

All around the school were Pandoras who were fighting the Nova with their various weapons, and so far it looked to be a one way fight. No matter how hard they fought of swung their weapons, the mini Nova's were taking little to no damage and ended up getting clawed or bitten to death. Corvo winced as he witnessed a poor Pandora getting surrounded by at least five other mini Nova's and getting her limbs bitten off one by one. The screen then suddenly switched back to the news woman just as the Pandora was about to get her head bitten off.

"Casualty rates are currently unknown but we may suspect that it is somewhere around over a hundred. Reports also show that reinforcements from East Genetics are currently en-route to try to assist the situation. We don't know how long this battle will last, but we are hoping-"

'CLICK'

Corvo didn't even bother to hear the rest of her statement as he quickly switched off his TV before racing back into his room and out the back door onto his balcony. He looked off into the distance and was able to see what looked like smoke and bright lights flashing into the horizon. He was also able to hear the familiar sounds of machines before he looked up and saw a total of five flying vehicles heading towards the flashing lights at great speeds.

Deciding not to wait a minute longer, Corvo stood still with his arms at his sides before saying the words "Volt Texture Engage". He was suddenly surrounded in a blue light before it died down and showed him completely dressed in his assassin uniform along with his mask. He then held out his right hand and materialized the hilt of his sword, where he flipped the switch and shot it out of the hilt. He brought up his left hand and activated his Mark, which in turn also activated his stigmata, looked up, and flew into the air.

He looked off into the direction of the battle before quickly charging his stigmata as much as he could before activating Quadruple Acceleration and shooting off through the air with extreme speed and haste towards the direction of West Genetics. He only hoped that he could mae it there in time.


Kazuya once again didn't know how everything had gone so wrong in such a small amount of time. He thought earlier that this would have been just a simple training exercise where he, the other Limiters, and the rest of Team 13 would just show off their skills on a couple of Nova dummies. Sure he too, was a little freaked out that the dummies were supposed to be on par with a live Nova, but he didn't think that everything would end up like this.

But it seems as if all the gods above just liked to screw with him.

At first everything was going as simple as he thought it would. He, Team 13, and the rest of the academy's Pandora's were fighting the six replicas all at once like they were instructed to. Yes, it had been a bit difficult but nothing serious had happened.

Then all of a sudden, the Nova had started acting strange before they somehow started going into a complete rampage and murdering any Pandora that got in their way. At first he thought that they were malfunctioning but that thought quickly died as soon as one of the Nova started spawning even smaller Nova from its body. Those Nova had then began attacking any Pandoras who weren't killed by the original six. The whole place around him had turned into a war zone in less than an hour.

Everything had seemed to have gotten worse when another figure had made itself known.

Kazuya didn't really know what to make of it. It looked human but at the same time it didn't. He took on the appearance of a long, blonde haired woman wearing a dark mask with a single white eye in the center and two wing-like protrusions sticking out from the sides. Though he mask had been removed earlier due to Satellizer slicing it off using her volt weapon and her newly acquired Quadruple Acceleration ability. She had a human face of a young woman along with bright slitted eyes. The center of her belly was white while the sides were a dark grey, basically the same color as the mini Nova. She also had more wing-like protrusions that were coming out of her back and down by her legs. All in all, she basically looked like a Nova in human form.

Currently, she was standing a few feet away from Kazuya and Satellizer while somehow blocking each and every one of Rana's wild and angry punches without even touching them. Kazuya was currently holding an injured Satellizer while the body of Arnett was laying in front of them. The human Nova had earlier sliced her right in her midsection which caused her to drop to the ground. Thinking she was dead, Rana had attacked the Nova in a fit of anger and hadn't been able to make a scratch on her.

Kazuya widened his eyes and fear as the Nova suddenly grabbed Rana's face and slammed her head down into the ground at full force. Leaving a crater where her body was.

"Rana!" he and Satellitzer screamed in fear for their friend.

Hearing his voice, the human Nova slowly turned around until she was looking down and facing the two on the ground. She slowly began to walk towards them while extending her right arm. Her eyes were narrowed and a hollow smile adorned her lips and she moved closer.

Kazuya's wide eyes soon began to leak tears as he tightened his grip on his partner. He was about to die. He was about to die and there was nothing he could do to save the woman he loved. Both were too injured to move and there was nowhere left to run.

"S-Satellizer. T-There's something I need to tell you. It's something I've been wanting to say for a long time." Kazuya said through his scared sobs as the Nova drew closer.

Satellizer also tightened her hold on Kazuya as her own tears started to flow. "Don't say that Kazuya. We're going to be fine." She said with a sad, teary smile. "I'm sorry for everything Kazuya. Because of me, you were never able to receive a proper baptism. It's my fault we weren't able to be together. I'm so sorry."

Kazuya slowly shook his head and looked down at Satellizer. No longer paying attention to the approaching Nova. "Don't say that Satellizer. I don't care that I never got a baptism. And I don't care if I never get one. The only thing I care about is being by your side no matter what. I'm happy knowing that I was able to help you. I'm happy knowing that you're able to have friends. And now I'm happy knowing that I'll be able to die by your side because I love you."

Satellizer widened her eyes as more tears started to flow from her eyes. Tears of happiness. She looked up at Kazuya and gave him the biggest smile she could muster.

"I love you too Kazuya"

With that, the two lovers shared in one last embrace as the Nova slowly reached down at them with her hand, intending to send the lovers to their eternal sleep. She was about to make the finishing move…

BOOOOOOOOMM

…until something crash landed near the three, causing them all to widen their eyes and look up to see a large crater with smoke emanating from the center.

"Tehehehe. Hi there. Would you like to play with me?" came a soft, high giggling voice from inside the crater, but was loud enough for them to hear. As soon as the smoke cleared, Kazuya and Satellizer had expressions of absolute gob smack at what they saw.

Standing within the crater was a young woman who looked no older than twenty wearing a white and red dress that was laced across her torso and sleeves that exposed her shoulders, along with black stockings that were underneath her skirt and high heels. Her hair was a bright pink color and was tied into two long pony tails, one on each side of her head. In her right hand was a large, double edged hammer that looked to be about the same height as she was, along with a foot long spike at the end of one of the edges. She was currently starring at the three with wide, playful eyes along with a large, carefree smile on her lips.

"Tehehehe. You guys like look you're having fun. Can I play too?" she asked in a cheerful tone as she continued to giggle.


Within the main control room of West Genetics, instructor Yumi Kim, along with her green haired coworker Elize Schmitz were currently watching the main viewing screen with wide eyes and mouth agape. Just moments ago they had received news of various power fluctuations all over the battlefield that had just appeared out of nowhere, along with dozens of the smaller Nova suddenly disappearing. And what they were watching right now on the screen was the cause of these fluctuations. Apparently something had crash landed right in the middle of the battlefield but they couldn't get a clear view of what they were.

"W-What the hell is happening? Why are the Nova suddenly disappearing and what are the cause of those power fluctuations?" asked a shocked and confused Yumi.

"Gengo Aoi's trump cards, that's what's happening." Came a soft yet stern voice from behind the two instructors. They turned around and saw Sister Margaret approaching them. She slid past the two instructors and up to the main viewing screen.

"Sister Margaret?" asked Elize. "What's going on? What's happening?"

"It would be better if you saw for yourselves." She said "Please zoom in on those two specific areas and enhance the picture." She directed to the technicians.

The video on the screen suddenly changed and what the two instructors saw made them freeze.

On each half of the large screen was what appeared to be a woman each dressed in a different battle dress. The one on the left was dressed in a white and black dress along with black leggings and high heels. She had long, purple hair that reached down to the middle of her back, along with bright orange eyes that were narrowed and a face that showed no emotion. Within each of her hands were long, twin swords that were inside gauntlet that she wore around her wrists. She also had a large diamond that was located on her chest.

She took a battle stance as dozens of Nova came charging at her in all directions. With one small step, she suddenly unleashed a hail of sword strikes in every direction at supersonic speeds, which had effectively cut every single Nova to pieces while not receiving one scratch.

On the right side of the screen was a taller woman wearing a light purple and black dress with a long skirt. The chest part of her dress was open, reveling quite a bit of her cleavage and her right dress sleeve was black while the other was purple. Like the other woman, she too was wearing black leggings and high heels and had a diamond in her chest. She had long, blonde white hair that was tied up into a single pony tail and reached all the way down to her legs. She had bright brown eyes and face that also displayed no emotion. Within her right hand was a very large, cleaver-like weapon that looked almost like Satellizer's except it was about as tall as her.

She took hold of her weapon and held like a Gatling gun before a bright red aura emanated from the end of the blade in the size of a large sphere. Suddenly, a large beam shot out of the blade and into a crowd of mini Nova that were running towards her. She then began to literally sweep the area while her laser was still firing and soon, every single Nova with a fifty foot radius had disappeared from sight.

The whole time this was going on, Yumi and Elize just stood frozen into place with expressions that showed as if they had seen the devil himself destroy half of an entire army of Nova. Neither of them had dared to utter a single word or move a single muscle after witnessing they just saw. Sister Margaret on the other hand, just stared at the monitor with a bit of a grim expression on her face.

After about five minutes of shocked silence, Yumi finally got the courage to speak.

"S-Sister M-Margaret. W-What the hell were those things?" She asked with stuttering induced fear.

Sister Margaret continued to stare at the screen for a few minutes longer before slowly turning around and looking at Yumi straight in the eye.

"They" she began. "Are humanity's future for survival."


In a secluded area of the battlefield, dozens upon dozens of Nova were laying lifelessly on the cracked and destroyed ground. Small craters littered the entire place as the bodies of the Nova were seen with either missing a few pieces or were nothing but a few pieces left. Trees, bushes, and even some nearby buildings littered with holes, scratches, and cracks. Some even ceased to exist from their original positions. The surrounded area was also strangely quiet but the sounds of continuous battle could clearly be heard far off in the distance.

Standing within the middle of a large crater, surrounded by the massacred bodies of a dozen Nova was the figure of a familiar silver haired Valkyrie. She was currently staring at the surrounding bodies with no emotions laced within her eyes or her face. Like the instructors in West Genetics, she too had sensed the power fluctuations emanating from the two women, as well as the third.

The only difference was that she actually knew who these women were.

"It seems you have finally been awakened Windy May, Teslad, Cassandra. My sisters."

Her eyes slightly widened as she suddenly sensed the approaching aura of a familiar person. She knew that they would meet each other again but she had hoped that it would've been on better terms. But after sensing the immense power he held within him, she guessed that now would've been a better time than never.

She looked up into the sky as she sensed his aura traveling in the academy's direction at an immense speed. Soon after a few minutes, she felt it stop and land about two miles away from her current position, surprisingly right next to her younger sister.

"It seems you have also come here as well, Corvo Attano."

With that, she moved from her spot and began sprinting towards his, as well as her younger sister's position. Determined to make sure he doesn't kill himself.

Authors Note: Well here it is folks! The moment you've all been waiting for! The Legendary Pandoras have finally made their entrances and Corvo comes to save the day once again! I especially had lots of fun writing this chapter because I knew that these were the character you guys were hoping to see the most. Well if you loved this chapter than I know for sure that you guys will love the next. Until then, rock on and keep reading!