Chapter 10

Tenebrae's Attempted Revenge

Upon hearing the shouts from the hall, Emil went out the computer room to where Marta, Genis and Lloyd were standing next to the bomb.

"You're trying to tell us that this bomb can talk?" he heard Lloyd ask as he arrived.

"I'm not telling you that." Genis replied. "He's telling you that."

"Yeah, and I'm standing right here." the angry voice snapped from the bomb. "You can talk to me!"

"If you could talk this whole time, then why didn't you just-" Lloyd stopped talking and frowned. "Wait, why am I talking to a bomb? I'm not doing this."

"What, am I not good enough to talk to?!" Volt retorted. "Who do you think you are, some kind of 'too good to talk to a bomb' type?"

Emil quickly got between them. "Irving, maybe it's a good idea not to piss off the explosive device." he advised his teammate.

"I agree." Marta added.

"I wasn't talking about you, Marta."

The freelancer scowled. "Hey, why don't you go suck on a-"

"Did Aqua say anything about the bomb being able to talk?" Lloyd quickly interrupted.

"Well, just that this whole place is going to be destroyed by us." Emil replied. "And that Volt here is probably the thing that does it."

"Oh, that's not good." Lloyd muttered.

"I don't think so." Volt yelled. "Bunch of Shisnos, if you ask me… And no one did ask me, which I find insulting!"

"Alright, alright." Emil cried out in a disarming manner. "Calm down, Volt, calm down."

"Don't tell me to calm down, I am calm!" Volt retorted. "Look at me, I'm calm!"

"Sage, calm this thing down before it has a meltdown." Emil requested.

Genis nodded and knelt down by the bomb. "Volt, everyone here is your friend, and no one wants to hurt you."

"Yeah, right." Volt muttered.

"Come on, Volt." Genis soothed. "Think of a happy place. Now what makes you happy?"

"Being in the middle of a huge explosion!" Volt yelled as he glowed brighter.

"Less happy place, Sage, less happy place." Emil warned.

"Oh, uh." Genis stumbled. "Think calming thoughts, uh… Let's count backwards from ten! Ten, nine, eight-"

"NO!" the others yelled.

Outside the building, the Reds were still trying to work on the distress signal's origins.

"Okay," Sheena announced as she stood by the machine-gun turret, "I'm 95% certain that the distress signal is coming from that way." She pointed towards the mountains.

"Excellent work, Fujibayashi." Kratos acclaimed. "Alright, let's get ready to roll!"

Zelos wasn't so easily swayed. "Only 95% certain?"

Sheena sighed as she climbed down. "Zelos, if there's one thing that I've learned from the long-ass time we've known each other, it's that there's always margin for error when I work with you."

"Excellent comeback, Fujibayashi." Kratos commended. "That's a burn."

"Thank you, sir." Sheena replied.

"Har, har, look who's so smart." Zelos scowled. "It's pronounced margarine, dumbass."

Sheena groaned and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Seriously, if I ever meet the guy that assigned us to the same squad, I'm gonna kill him."

"Well, if you're 95% certain that it's that way, then which way's the other 5%?" Zelos asked.

"Whaddaya think?" Sheena retorted. "All the other directions."

"Then I think that's the way we should go." Zelos said with certainty.

Sheena scowled at her teammate. "You might be the dumbest person I have ever met."

"And I think you're just covering your ass." Zelos countered.

"Hey, guys!" Presea called out as she ran up to them.

But Sheena ignored her. "What? I'm not covering my ass." she yelled at Zelos. "You're the one trying to cover yours!"

"No way!" Zelos snapped back.

"Stop arguing you two." Kratos cut in, pushing the privates apart. "Fujibayashi isn't covering her ass, and Wilder certainly isn't covering his. No one's ass is being covered, got it?" He then turned his attention to the pink private. "Combatir, whaddaya want?"

Presea had watched the argument with intrigue so she didn't expect Kratos to talk to her. "Uh… is that a trick question?"

"Combatir…" Kratos growled.

Quickly Presea remembered why she came down here. "Well, I was up on the windmill again, and I think I found a route we can take outta here."

"Great!" Kratos clapped his hands together with zeal. "Fujibayashi, load up. Combatir, you back up Fujibayashi."

"Okey-dokey." Presea replied eagerly.

Kratos then turned to his least favorite private. "Wilder, you get in the base and distract the Blues while we get ready to leave."

"Okay, be right back." Zelos answered and he ran into the base.

"You're sending Zelos?!" Sheena cried out, looking up from her work. "Don't you remember the last time you sent him to distract Command during our surprise inspection? He told them we were all in the Base doing last minute cleaning because we all had cholera, and we were in quarantine for a month! My ass still hurts from all the shots we got."

"Yeah, you can say that again." Presea agreed. "Mine hurts too."

"You weren't even there, Presea." Sheena reminded.

"Oh…" Presea looked crestfallen. "I thought we were just sharing stuff."

"Wait a second." Zelos yelled out from the base's doorway. "You guys better not just be sending me, so you can run off once I'm inside!"

"Of course not, moron, now hurry up!" Kratos shouted back. He waited until Zelos went inside then he turned to the others. "Okay, everybody in the jeep."

Inside the base, Zelos could hear the voices of the Blues in the computer room. Cautiously he peeked through the doorway and saw them gathered in a circle around the bomb.

"You are in a cool river." Genis was saying, "where no one disturbs you or calls you names, like 'Bomby' or 'the Exploding Jerk'. There are sheep nearby, the kind that don't blow up. You are happy, but not overly happy, regular happy."

"Breathe in through your nose…" Marta took a long sniff and then exhaled. "…and out through the mouth. Again, in through the nose…" She took another breath. "…and out through the mouth."

"Uh, maybe I'll get some candles." Emil suggested. "Would you like some candles, or some incense, how about that?"

Zelos shook his head in bafflement and slowly backed away from the doorway as Aqua then spoke up. "Hey, Volt. Knock Knock."

"Who's there?" a grumpy voice replied.

"Inner peace and serenity."

"I already heard that one."

Zelos came out of the base and made his way to the other Reds.

"And when we get there." he heard Kratos say, "we'll radio Command and say we need a replacement, because we have absolutely no idea what happened to- Oh ,Wilder!"

"What're you doing back so soon?" Sheena asked. "That was the shortest distraction of all time."

Kratos then noticed the confounded look on Zelos's face. "What's wrong? What were the Blues doing?"

"You know, I can honestly say I have no idea what I just saw." Zelos muttered in a stunned trance. "Can I quit the army now? Seriously, I think I've seen everything I need to see at this point."

"If only I could make that happen, dirtbag." Kratos sighed regrettably.

"I mean it." Zelos continued. "Just tell me where to turn in my gun, I'm done."

Meanwhile, down at the beach just outside the walls, Mithos/Tenebrae and Aska were preparing their sinister counterattack.

From his position balanced on the top of a boulder, Aska's head looked down at the lines of robots he had created. "Venga a mi ejército robotico." (Come, my robot army.) he called down. "Ahora es la día de nuestra victoria glorioso." (Today is the day of our glorious victory.)

Nearby, Tenebrae let out a sinister laugh. "Careful you fools, I need the device intact. Muahahahahahaaaa. Now kill all those fools! And those fools over there. And, those fools, leave no fool left unkilled. This army has a no fool discrimination clause. Hahaha."

"I like that we have a no fool discrimination clause." Mithos said. "It makes us progressive!"

"Shut up, you fool!" Tenebrae snapped.

"Okay, so let me get this straight." Sheena said slowly. "They were talking… to the bomb."

"Sheena, I don't know." Zelos replied with a shrug. "They mentioned something about candles and bubble-bath, and they were playing some kind of a New Age CD. It's like a freakin' Yanni fan club meeting."

"That makes no sense at all." Kratos muttered. "Do you wanna translate for us, Pinky Pants?"

"My guess is that they're trying to get the bomb to do something for them." Presea replied.

"And all that sweet talk and candles will work on a bomb?" Sheena asked in disbelief.

"It would work on me!" Presea said.

Kratos then let out a gasp. "Don't you all see what they're trying to do?"

"No." Zelos answered dimly. "Isn't that the point of this conversation?"

"The Blues are obviously trying to coax the bomb into rearming!" Kratos declared. "They're about to launch an attack… on us!"

"Why would they do that?" Zelos cried out.

"Because they're Blues!" Kratos clarified. "Somebody get this kid a manual."

"Man, I hate the Blues." Sheena stated.

"That's the spirit, Fujibayashi." Kratos praised.

Outside the walls of the base, Tenebrae was preparing his new robot army for battle.

"Hoohoohoohahahahaaa." he chortled. "And now the hour is at hand. It is time, my robot minions!"

"He means robot miniones." Mithos corrected. "Where's your cultural sensitivity?"

"Oh shut up!" Tenebrae yelled. "At last, we will seize our destiny!"

"Do we really have to seize destiny?" Mithos whined. "Can't we just invite it to join our online circle of friends?"

"Quiet you fool. And quit sending me those invites, they're repulsive." He then turned back to his army. "Prepare for battle! We will break upon their fortress like an evil wind!"

"Ew." Mithos grimaced.

"Crushing our reparation of lightning speed! ATTAAAAAACK!"

"Charge!" the robots yelled out as they raised their weapons and ran towards the base… at two miles an hour.

"You there, hurry along, and you in the back…" Tenebrae groaned and turned to his lackey. "Aska, can't you speed them up?"

"E esta es la velocidad máxima." (This is their maximum velocity.) Aska replied.

"This isn't what I asked for." Tenebrae scowled.

"Dices des qué quieras esta día de victoria. A este velocidad, va pasar veinte cuatro horas para ganar." (You said you wanted a day of victory. At this speed, they will win in exactly 24 hours.)

Tenebrae let out an angry sigh and slapped his borrowed hand to his borrowed forehead.

Inside the computer room, the Blues had finally managed to get Volt in a relaxed state.

"So, we're cool here?" Emil asked his team.

"I think we're finally calmed down." Lloyd replied.

"Yeah." Genis agreed. "We're all better now, we're not mad and we're definitelynot thinking about exploding at all anymore."

"Hey, are you talking about me?" Volt asked suspiciously.

"What? No, course not." Emil replied. "We just wanna make sure that we're all happy and that we're not upset in any way whatsoever."

"Don't say 'we'." Volt snapped. "You really mean me, I mean you, which in this case, is me."

"No, no, no." Emil said hastily. "Uh, we're uh, talking about Marta."

"Excuse me?" Marta cried out.

"Hey, you wanna die in an explosion? Play along." Emil whispered then aloud, "Yeah, um… I don't know if you've noticed, but she's uh… she's kind of a bitch. Isn't that right, Marta?"

"Emil…" Marta growled through her teeth.

"I don't know." Volt muttered unsurely.

"Come on, Marta." Lloyd urged silently.

Marta let out a reluctant sigh. "Yes… we're talking about me."

"Sounds like you're patronizing me." Volt retorted.

"No really." Marta argued loathingly. "It's me, I'm a bitch."

"Keep going." Emil whispered, trying to stifle a laugh.

"And I need to be calmed down all the time."

"Or what happens?" Emil prompted.

"Or else, I get so mad, I kill people on my own team." Marta finished pointedly.

Emil gulped. "I see your point."

"Tell him about the moodiness and the crankiness." Genis suggested.

"Also." Lloyd added. "Mention that you like to punch people in the head while they sleep."

"That was you?" Genis whimpered. "I thought the Tooth Fairy was mad at me!"

"Well, she sounds like a real handful." Volt replied.

"Alright, listen you little noob firecracker!" Marta snapped, stepping towards Volt.

But Emil quickly restrained her. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" He then turned to the bomb. "See what I mean, Volt? Volatile…"

"I am so gonna remember this, blondie." Marta hissed.

"You should sleep with your pillow on top of your head tonight." Genis advised.

"Yes, that's funny." Emil said dismissively. "Make all the threats you want. As long as everyone is calm and peaceful, and there's nothing to make us excited, I don't care."

Suddenly, a loud explosion rocked the base and Tenebrae's voice called out, "Attack, my robot minions!"

Emil winced a bit and pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "I could almost feel that coming, right as I finished that sentence."

As the sound of the explosion faded, the Reds looked towards the smoke in alarm.

"What the hell was that?" Kratos cried out.

"It sounded like a huge explosion." Sheena replied.

"Chantilly lace!" Kratos yelped. "That means the Blues have rearmed the bomb!"

"Wait." Zelos cut in. "They rearmed it and it exploded. Isn't that good for us?"

"Wilder, don't interrupt me when I'm leading in a battle situation!" Kratos snapped.

"We're in battle?"

"Course we are." Kratos yelled out. "Now get ready for your orders. Combatir!"

"Yes sir?" the pink private said.

"Scream like a little girl!"

"Can do!" Presea replied and she ran off across the grounds screaming like there's no tomorrow. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! We're all gonna die! We're gonna die!"

"Wilder!"

"What?" the orange soldier sighed.

"Prepare to sacrifice yourself to save a nearby superior officer."

"I don't think I've been trained for that."

"Fujibayashi, kiss ass at will!"

"You're both an excellent leader and a handsome man, sir." the maroon soldier replied without pause.

"Excellent work, Fujibayashi." Kratos beamed. "Incoming!"

The Reds dropped to the ground to avoid the rocket zooming over their heads.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! We're all gonna die! Can't someone help me?" Presea paused to catch her breath then she continued screaming, "WHAAAAAAAA! Won't someone help me?"

"Wilder, you're up." Kratos commanded.

"Permission to assist Presea, sir." Zelos called out.

"Permission denied." Kratos replied. "Continue with Operation Meatshield. Remember, just because your bones are broken doesn't mean they won't stop bullets from hitting me! Now get out there!"

"Good call, Sir." Sheena cheered.

"You're on your way to a medal, Fujibayashi." Kratos replied. "In fact, medals all the way round: a Purple Heart for Wilder, a Pink Heart for Combatir and a Brown Nose for Fujibayashi."

Presea meanwhile was still screaming in terror. "WHAAAAAAAA! I'm too young to die! I'm too pretty to die! I haven't even seen Paris yet!"

By the big fan of the base's inner wall, Aska's army trudged slowly up the ramp, weapons raised and still shouting "Charge!"

On a nearby platform, Tenebrae was getting annoyed. "Oh, for God's sake, will you hurry up?" He turned to the head of his robot. "Aska, I'm disappointed in your work. These minions are much too slow."

"Creo que esta moviéndro muy bien." (I think they are moving along nicely.) Aska argued.

"You don't even have legs and you still got up here faster than them!"

"Usted es los cerebros en esta operación. Yo no mas soy el músculo." (Hey, you're the brains in this operation. I'm just the brawn.)

"They may be slow, but their posture is excellent." Mithos complimented. "A for effort, Aska!"

Tenebrae let out a groaning sigh.

Inside the inner wall of the base, the Reds were preparing their next move.

"I think they're distracted." Kratos said, noting the sudden lack of rockets. "Let's use this chance to slip away."

"Good idea, sir." Sheena agreed. "I have a lock on the distress signal. We can head right for it."

"Good thinking." Kratos commended. "Everyone, in the jeep."

"Shotgun!" Sheena called out.

"Shotgun!" Zelos cried out, once again just too late. "Fuck!"

"Shotgun's lap!" Presea then said.

"Fuck!" Sheena yelled.

"There's just no room for four people." Kratos reminded them. "Someone will need to jog alongside. Wilder?"

Zelos looked confused. "Jog, what's that?"

"It's like running slowly." Sheena replied disbelievingly. "Dear God, you don't know what jogging means?"

"Yeah, you lost me at running." Zelos replied. "Sorry, it's not in my contract."

"Oh don't worry, I'll do it." Presea volunteered. "Just give me one second while I put my jogging shorts on."

"Wait." Zelos cried. "I wanna reconsider."

"Who wants to hold my ankles while I stretch out my hammies?"

"No one's falling for that twice, Presea." Kratos retorted.

Inside the base, the Blues were preparing themselves to fight the robots off.

In one passageway, Lloyd whipped his energy swords out while Marta assessed the situation through one of the windows.

"Alright, I think I can take them." she stated. "I just need a better weapon."

"Want me to help you find one?" Lloyd offered.

"Hmmm." Marta muttered. "Why don't you just give me your swords?"

"No way." Lloyd retorted, holding his sword out of reach. "I can see right through your little ploy. You just want me to give you my swords."

"That's what I just said." Marta said, amazed at his stupidity.

"Yeah, but it's the way you said it." Lloyd countered.

Marta sighed and rolled her eyes. "You know, it's a good thing that those swords don't run on brainpower…" Then she stared over the teal soldier's shoulder. "Oh my God, Irving, look! Hot chicks!"

"Nice try." Lloyd scoffed. "You just want me to turn around so you can knock me out and take the swords."

Marta then grinned. "Now the hot chicks are making out!"

"Okay, that's worth the risk." Lloyd turned round but saw nothing. "Aw, crap…" He then felt a blow on the back of his head and collapsed to the ground. The last thing he saw before darkness took over his senses was Marta grabbing the deactivated swords and running down the passage…

In another hallway, Genis was carrying the bomb over to a safe spot.

"Just stay calm, Volt." he comforted worryingly. "Everything will be fine."

"I'm okay, really." Volt reassured. "I like explosions. You on the other hand look a little nervous."

"You know, I always get nervous during battles." Genis admitted. "I think it's because we never win."

"Eh, don't sweat it." Volt encouraged. "If they get in the base, I'll just explode and kill everybody."

"Wouldn't that kill us too, Volt?" Genis pointed out.

"Hey, you can't make an omelet without blowing up a few eggs." Volt replied.

Genis paused for a moment. "I like eggs."

"Yeah, me too." Volt agreed.

Meanwhile, Emil was consulting the female hologram. "Aqua, is it possible that the Great Destroyer could be an entire army of people?"

"No. The Great Destroyer's just one person who's supposed to come and claim the weapon." she said, shaking her head.

"Yeah, that's great." Emil sighed.

Aqua then looked out into space with awe. "Prepare, one and all! The fulfillment of the Great Prophecy is at hand!"

"So you have no good news for me today." Emil groaned.

Aqua looked back and beamed. "Orange you glad I didn't say banana?"

Outside, Kratos drove the Warthog out of the walls and onto the beach while Presea jogged just behind. "Let's go."

From his position behind the machinegun, Zelos turned round and saw a robot coming towards them. "One of them is following us!"

"We're going too slow." Kratos decided. "We have to leave someone behind."

"Not it!" Sheena cried out.

"Not it!" Zelos added.

"What?" Presea cried out, skidding to a halt. "No way! You're leaving me behind?"

Kratos stopped the jeep and looked round. "Sorry, Combatir, but military law is very clear in regard to the 'not it' methodology for making decisions."

"Aw man." Presea muttered. "There's still so much about the army I don't understand."

"Here he comes!" Zelos yelled out.

"Combatir, you hide here and wait for the guy tailing us." Kratos ordered. "Then when he passes, shoot him square in the back and watch him die, just like John Wayne would have done."

"Hurry up, guys!" Zelos urged as he watched the robot trundling up to them. "He's getting closer! No wait, no he, yeah he is getting closer. No… yes!"

Presea looked uncomfortable. "All this retreating and shooting people in the back doesn't sound very noble."

"We're not retreating." Kratos retorted. "We're advancing… towards future victory!"

"How am I gonna find you guys?" Presea asked.

"Just follow the distress signal to its source." Sheena replied. "You'll find us there."

"But I don't have a way to track it!" Presea pointed out.

Kratos exchanged glances with Zelos and Sheena before replying, "Excellent point." And they drove off towards the mountains.

"Thank you sir." Presea called out then she sat down on a rock and waited for the robot. She sighed, smacked her lips for a bit and whistled a little tune but still the robot didn't come any closer. "Oh, God." she sighed as she got up. "Well, I've got some time." And she set off towards the base.

Meanwhile, the robots had reached the base and were firing at the complex… one at a time. "Attack!"

"Faster, faster!" Tenebrae encouraged. "Oh, pathetic. Aska, how do I say faster in Spanish?"

Aska called Tenebrae over and whispered some words to him.

"Okay, got it." Tenebrae replied then he turned to the robots. "Soy un pendejo púrpuras que gusta tomar aceite."(Hey everyone, I am a purple jerk and I love to drink motor oil.)

The robots stopped shooting to look at Tenebrae as he turned to Aska. "That was rather long to mean hurry up."

"Es una lengua muy poética." (It's a very poetic language.) Aska replied, struggling to stifle his giggles.

As Tenebrae continued shouting insults of himself in Spanish without knowing what he's saying, Presea peered around from behind a pillar.

"Oh man, it's that creepy dude." she whispered. "I wonder why he's insulting himself." She shook her head in confusion. "Qué curioso." (How strange.) Then she spotted the large mauve vehicle. "Ooh, the motorcycle!"

Cautiously, he slipped past Tenebrae's podium and ran over to the scooter.

"Mi cola es muy grande. Y mi gusta frotar mi cola. Y quiero oler mi cola e también besar, a mi cola." (My butt is very big. And I like to rub my own butt. And I like to sniff my own butt and kiss my own butt.) Tenebrae turned back to Aska. "Are you sure cola means evil?"

But Aska was watching as Presea started up the scooter and zoomed away. "Jefe, alguien está robandro su vehículo." (Hey boss, someone is stealing your vehicle.)

"Oh drat!" Tenebrae seethed. "I only had two payments left!"

"¿Tiene aseguran da?" (Do you have insurance on it?)

"Of course not, it's a scam."

"¿Por que? Vivimos en un barrio muy mal." (Why not? We live in a bad neighborhood.)

"Of course we live in a bad neighborhood. We're evil doers! We're what make this neighborhood bad."

Meanwhile, Emil had run out of the computer room and come across Lloyd as he regained consciousness. "Whoa, Irving, are you okay?"

"Ohh, damn." Lloyd groaned as he stood up, rubbing his head. "Okay, new rule: We start rotating knockouts. Next time, it's your turn."

"Hey, good idea." Emil replied. "And next time Sage decides he wants to go around team killing, you can take that one."

"...Maybe we should all stick to what we know best."

Emil then noticed the absence of the swords. "Hey, where's your weapon?"

"Do you think she knocked me out for fun?" Lloyd retorted. "This isn't Tuesday, dude. She took it!"

"Oh man, this is not gonna be good." Emil muttered as he ran down the passage with Lloyd just behind.

Outside, as the robots continued their leisurely attack, a shadowy figure approached from the edge of the cliffs. Then a plasma grenade landed amongst the robots and before they could react, it went off, sending them flying.

"What was that?" Tenebrae cried out.

"Uh oh." Mithos gulped.

At once, the figure began its attack, lobbing grenades at the robots, taking them out one by one.

As the robots were destroyed, Aqua went into a panic attack. "THE GREAT DESTROYER HAS ARRIVED, THE END IS NEAR! THE GREAT DESTROYER HAS ARRIVED, THE END IS NEAR!"

Quickly, Tenebrae grabbed Aska and scarpered for cover behind some rocks. He then placed the head on the highest boulder. "Aska, do you see anything?"

"No, just dead robots everywhere." Aska moaned. "My beautiful robot army, destroyed."

Tenebrae started to slip towards the back of the rocks. "I'm going to sneak around the side. Let me know if you see anything, Aska." But there was no response. "Aska? Aska!" He turned slowly around and spotted the shadowy figure glowering at him. "OH, NO!"

As the figure pounced, Tenebrae ran for his life, screaming at the top of his voice. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Meanwhile, using the tracking computer on the bike, Presea caught up with the other Reds as they found a cave in the mountains and they all set off along following the distress signal.

"Just a little bit further, guys." Sheena called out as he and Zelos went on ahead.

Kratos stared in amazement at the bike that Presea was riding. "You stole that thing all by yourself?"

"Yep." Presea nodded. "And then I ran over the guy that was chasing us, and a few other innocent pedestrians."

"I'm so proud of you." Kratos beamed.

"Yeah." Presea chuckled. "Stealing and killing are a huge rush. I wish I'd started at a much younger age. I caught the fever!"

"Okay." Sheena called out from further down the cave. "The source of this distress signal is right outside this... OH MY FUCKING GOD!"

Hearing Sheena's yell, Kratos and Presea ran down the tunnel and spotted Sheena and Zelos staring out of the exit in stunned silence. And as they stood next to them, they were also stunned.

The cave came out at the top of a cliff on the wall of a large box canyon. On either side of the canyon, there was a large building, adorned with banners colored red and blue respectively. To the casual observer, it didn't seem like much, but to the Reds, this place was awfully familiar: They were back at the canyon known only as… Blood Gulch!

For a while, the Reds were silent. But Zelos was the one who answered for all of them. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH OHOHOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... This sucks!"

Back at the complex, Emil and Lloyd emerged from the passageway and stood on the wall, looking down at the robotic carnage below.

"Wow." Emil breathed. "She really did a lot of damage."

"Are you surprised?" Lloyd asked.

"No, not really." Emil admitted, rubbing the back of his neck. "I guess not."

Lloyd sighed and shook his head in admiration. "I'll tell you what; it's days like today that I'm really glad she's on our side."

"Who's on our side?" a voice called out. Emil and Lloyd whirled round to see Marta staring at the destruction. "Whoa! Who killed all the robots?"

"You did." Emil replied.

"No I didn't." Marta said.

"WHAT?" Emil and Lloyd cried out.

"I've been downstairs, trying to figure out how to turn these swords on." Marta explained as she held up the handles of the swords.

"Wait a second." Emil yelled and he ran back down the passage.

"Just push the power button." Lloyd told her.

"I did." Marta pressed the button and nothing happened. "That didn't work."

"Yeah, that's surprising." Lloyd looked at one of the handles.

Meanwhile, Emil kept running down the passage and as he neared the computer room, he could hear Aqua still in a panic. "THE GREAT DESTROYER HAS ARRIVED, THE END IS NEAR! THE GREAT DESTROYER HAS ARRIVED, THE END IS NEAR!"

"Oh, come on, Aqua, stop, stop, stop!" Emil yelled as he entered. "Hey listen, if Marta is not the Destroyer from the prophecy, then who is it?"

At once, she was silent.

"Aqua?" Emil asked.

She vanished in an instant to hide in the computer after looking over Emil's shoulder. "Knock knock." she said in a scared tone.

"Who's there?" Emil asked, completely unaware of the monstrous creature sneaking up from behind him…

Season 3 is done! Finally, I've been aching to work on Season 4 just because of how funny as hell it is. Season 4 is probably my personal favorite Season of Red vs Blue just because of how everything goes down with their new "adventures". Well guy's hope you enjoyed this season, i'll have the first couple chapters up here within the week. So you know the drill. Review, comment, do whatever it is you do with your time. Oh yeah, as the story goes on, more freelancers will be added, and with that, some more AI. Leave me you're suggestions on which centurion should be which AI. I've already selected for Omega, Gamma, and Delta. Epsilon, Sigma, Theta, Eta, and Iota are still up for grabs so send me a message or whatever. Hasta luego, cockbites!