Chapter Seven: Eclipse Over Their Smile

"Come on people! Sharpen those blades. Load the guns and make sure everyone has multiple magazines. Most of all, make sure my nails are perfect." the Tenku child exclaimed.

The slaves of Empire City were dashing around, trying to do their jobs as fast and effectively as possible. Shyra laid down on a chair while one of the females gave her a manicure. Her best friend Omega looked at her, doubting her preparation skills.

"Are you sure you are doing the right thing? You're getting a manicure instead of preparing for the battle like the rest of us." the robot stated.

"Well Omega, I'm confident enough in my own skills to say that I don't need preparation. I'm not cocky, just confident." the feline explained.

"Well what if another captain joins the fray?" the Eggman creation asked.

"I'll just go into the Released Form and kick butt just like I did to Krystilly. Besides, the chances of that happening are slim due to the fact that this city is far away from the other posts for Captains." Shyra responded, yawning and fanning herself.

E-123 Omega nodded, hovering away to keep tabs on their warriors. Meanwhile, the magenta and apricot female grabbed a cup of iced tea and sipped it. She sighed in satisfaction before looking at the cloudy skies in boredom.

"Miss Tenku, the army's ready to move out." the android declared.

The cat nodded before getting up, taking up her scythe from the pedestal near her. She walked over and inspected the weaponry before giving her nod of approval. With that order of business completed, the feline walked in front of her army and cleared her throat.

"Well first of all, thank you to all the people who have decided to take destiny into their own hands. The courage and determination you shown by committing this act is immeasurable. Secondly, I would like to say that you people are truly ready for battle." the cat proclaimed.

The audience applauded her words while Omega shook its head, deciding not to protest her speech. Cyan orbs glanced at the machine, a bit of disappointment evident in her eyes.

I know you doubt my plan Omega but you just don't understand. I'm ready to take care of these guys one by one, starting off with Krystilly. When she goes down, we'll keep chopping down trees until they're all defeated.

"Now here's the plan. Our army will be split into two squadrons. One will be led by my buddy, Omega while the other shall be led by myself."

"Seems like a good idea!" one of the audience members exclaimed.

"But I didn't finish saying it yet," the leader of the army said, blinking twice before speaking once more. "Anyway, we're going to use one of the easiest tricks in the book. Omega's group will attack from the front while my group will sneak from behind and enter the castle."

"Okay, now that seems even awesome!" the same audience member screamed.

Shyra nodded before the crowd erupted into cheers and woos of epic proportions, the cat putting her hands on her ears to ease the weakness she had. She may have been a cat but she was weak against loud noises, it really didn't make her feel well.

The crowd noticed how much their scream were hurting the Tenku child so they hushed themselves into silence. As the female's ears stopped throbbing, she began to gain control of her body once again.

"Are you alright?" another audience member asked.

"Yes, I'll be fine if you guys never do that again. Loud noises make me woozy and make me feel like I'm losing control of my own body. That's why I wear these headphones, it lessens the noise but allows me to still hear you guys." the cat explained with a half smirk.

The crowd nodded before rising to their feet, weapons in hand and their eyes full of determination. Shyra looked upon all their faces and smiled.

"Let's do this guys!"


Omega and its squadron dashed towards the castle which didn't seem like the piece of cake Shyra made it out to be. The castle was surrounded by thick metal walls that were wrapped around by electric fencing and barbed wire. Above those, various posts were set up with Krystilly's mechanical creations ready to snipe down any intruders.

"What are we going to do Omega?" one of its followers asked the machine.

"We're going to stick with the plan and break down the door." the Eggman creation stated.

Unfortunately, the snipers were able to spot the group down below and began firing upon them. E-123 Omega motioned its hand forward, the soldiers rushing forward to avoid death. Some of the soldiers with blades began to slice the fencing down while other soldiers used their firearms to protect their allies. The fencing was easily broken and the soldiers fell back.

"Target locked. Fire." Omega monotonously said.

As it said that, its hand retracted back and revealed two missiles, the projectiles unleashing themselves and bombarding the door to the point where the robot could rip it apart. Unfortunately, alarms blared out and speakers screeched out words.

"Alert! Alert! We have intruders in the north side of the castle. We have intruders in the north side of the castle." the speakers repeated like a tape recorder.

Flurries of hot lead rained down onto the soldiers, crimson staining their bodies and the ground they stepped on. Guns and swords dropped to the floor with a clang and bodies slumped with an inaudible thud. The robot grabbed the middle of the door where the missiles had done the most damage and began to pull them apart.

"Comrades, allow me some time to pull this apart. Protect me as best as you can." the robot commanded its squad to do.

Nodding to its words, the soldiers fired back at the snipers, miraculously getting some with their firearms from their range. Omega may have not been able to pry the door enough to complete break it however he was able to create a hole big enough for them to enter.

Inside the fortress, there were various androids working with weaponry, creating various metals and scavenging various minerals. The castle itself had an original design, just a pillar of stone and metal that reached above the outer wall. Without hesitation, the slaves attacked the machines with no mercy, their hearts resembling those of lions.

"Miss Tenku, we were able to infiltrate the fortress. How are things are your end?" the robot asked its ally.

"Things are pretty okay on our end. We're still trying to get to the other side of the fortress. What's outside inside of that place?" the cat asked.

"There are various snipers, barbed wire with electric fencing and a powerful outer wall. Inside are various machines, unarmed doing various tasks however reinforcements are coming fast." the robot reported.

"Don't worry, we're almost there. We see the outer wall right now and damn it looks like a challenge. I like challenges. Shyra out." the feline said, cutting off the communication link.

As the robot had expected, a numerous amount of reinforcements came charging out the fortress with weapons in hand. Battle cries echoed throughout the battlefield, the slaves clashing with the machines. Their bodies danced within the sparks created when their blades met in stalemate or the machines had been injured.

Omega stabbed its claw within one of the robots before rotating the upper half of its body one hundred eighty degrees and sliced another robot's head off. The machine propelled itself into the air and threw the android on its claw at a group of the robot's allies. While in mid-air, the Eggman creation sprayed ammunition upon its enemies.

"This method of attack is certainly effective." the robot said, its LED visuals gazing at the entrance of the fortress.

A new opponent emerged from the shadows and it was extremely bulky. The machine was at least half the size of the outer wall with countless plates of red and blue armor blanketing its entire body. Two cannons were strapped upon its broad shoulders and a flamethrower was attached to one wrist while a vacuum of all things was on its other. Finally, two caterpillar tracks helped move it around.

Omega rocketed towards the new machine, hopping upon its wrist as it expelled a stream of embers upon the fighters down below. The machine saw the tinier android upon its body and tried using its vacuum to inhale the Eggman robot. Easily coming up with an idea, E-123 fired a volley of rockets which were inhaled by the weapon.

Instantaneously, the vacuum exploded and detached from the larger metal menace to prevent its destruction. The opponent charged up one of its cannon and aimed it at the battlefield, a blue beam of energy vanquishing anyone in its range.

"Oh no, I must defeat this robot before anymore people are harmed." Omega stated.

A leap of faith from Omega led him to the torso of the machine and a flamethrower aimed directly at itself. Like a squirrel, the machine scampered up the robot's body as flowing flames burned the torso of its opponent severely.

The android jumped off and fired off three rockets to destroy the hull of the metal beast, revealing the core that maintained the robot's movement. It looked down at its damaged area while trying to find the machine who did this.

Sticking out like a sore thumb, the machine charge both of its cannons though it only fired one at the hero, sending it flying into the air due to the shockwave of the blast. However it used the jets on its back to float downwards. It wouldn't be that easy for him it seemed.

"Oh no, I made a mistake." the robot murmured.

The larger one fired its other cannon into the heavens, barely chipping the hero in its leg as it began to fall downwards like a comet. Luckily, E-123 landed on the shoulder of its opponent though a cannon was aimed at it once more.

"Not this time." Omega stated.

The injured machine leaped off just seconds before the cannon fired and eliminated the head of its owner. In mid-descent, Omega fired three more projectiles at the core of the cannon wielding beast. The core cracked and broke, resulting in the robot to shut down automatically.

Flying down onto the ground hard, the partner of Shyra's leaned on a wall while watching the fighting though the battle wasn't over.

"Another?"

A new machine emerged, its three crimson LED visuals in the shape of a triangle on its face and thick red stripes running down the sides of its metallic grey head. Its body was well constructed and slim, a Greek symbol printed on its chest and three red stripes wrapping around its torso. Cerulean orbs were embedded in its palms and three more were on the back of its forearms and its back.

Four more groups of three cerulean orbs were in the back and front of both legs. The machine was propelled by anti-gravity boots that were a darker grey and black with red stripes. The final touch were the two cables connected to the back of its arms and legs.

"Sentry Alpha operational. Primary objective: eliminate any threats to Krystilly Van Grovo at all costs." the robot claimed.

"Hopefully Shyra has entered the castle by now." Omega stated, summoning dual Gatling guns to its aid.


On the southern side of the castle, Shyra's squadron were tearing at the fencing around the outer wall, the snipers that were supposed to be guarding their post leaving to join the fray. The new problem that faced this group was how would they get through the door of the castle?

"We don't have the firepower that the robot has and we can't scale the wall because it's too steep." one of the feline's crew stated.

"Don't worry, I've got this part guys. Just stand back and make sure you're well covered." Shyra commanded, her soldiers falling back.

The magenta feline began concentrating before unlocking her Released Form which tightly outlined her body like latex. Pouring out large amounts of chaos energy into her arm, the Tenku girl reeled her arm back and began backing up.

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall buddies!" the cat cheered.

Zipping towards the door like a cheetah, she slammed her fist into the door and unbelievably, she was able to crush the door's hinges. The entrance to the building toppled over and the cat returned into her normal state, dashing into the fields where she saw a massive robot not moving and various other characters fighting vigorously.

"Seems like my buddy has things under control." she said with a smile.

"What should we do dear leader?" the closest person to her asked.

"Go help your friends in the battlefield. I'm going into the heart of the castle to have a talk with the captain, Krystilly." the heroine replied.

The squad nodded and dashed into the battlefield to help their teammates. Meanwhile, Shyra gazed at the castle and opened the doors to the building without anyone stopping her. Her cyan orbs gazed at a flight of stairs, determination just rising as she got closer and closer to her former sister.

"You better be up there and ready to fight sister because if you're not, you're most likely going to die and I don't want to make your death swift and easy." the cat whispered.

It was because of my own family that everyone else's dreams vanished into thin air or were broken. I have to avenge them all. My father, my friends, everyone who died and especially the world's old state. I'm a heroine after all, that's what I do.

A door appeared in front of her and with a swift kick, Shyra knocked the door down easily before dashing towards Krystilly who sat upon her throne. Unfortunately, two slabs of metal appeared and wrapped around the girl's wrists and ankles like shackles.

"And finally, the goody two shoes arrives to save the day once again. Shyra, heroism is so over rated but you were always naïve with your ideals. You were never realistic. Love, peace, happiness…they never last and they especially don't last forever." the amber wolf explained.

"I'm tired of your damn negative words Krystilly. Let me go so I can beat the words out of you. You helped killed daddy and now I'm going to kill you! We were once sisters but not anymore." the cat exclaimed.

"Do you ever shut up? Your words of revenge, vendetta and family should be abolished, extinguished. Just like your pathetic life. Your friend is fighting out there and for what? Nothing but your own goal. You would force anyone you can find to help you achieve revenge against us." the wolf lazily said.

"You still don't understand. My goals may be motivated by revenge but my true goal…" the magenta character explained.

"Yes? Go on."

"My true goal is to make you see the light…and smile." Shyra finished.

"Why would I do something as foolish as that?" Krystilly asked her former sister.

Shyra used her scythe which had been in her hand to crack one of the restraints and the others as if she had been unleashed from her cage.

"Because you should at least see the light and smile knowing you lived a good life."

To be continued…


A/N: Well it seems that the fight between Krystilly and Shyra's about to start while Omega faces Sentry Alpha in what seems to be an uneven battle for our other hero. I liked the chapter, first real action in this story we had in a while. Sentry Alpha was originally going to be used in this story but I decided to also use it in Fighting for Twilight. Oh well. Next chapter will obviously continue this arc which will be epic I say! Review! Thanks! Bye.

P.S: Sentry Alpha's design was based off a character in a game, more specifically a sports game. If you say what game or what character, I'll give you a spoiler for this story or Fighting for Twilight. Good luck!