Alone, Kana walked down the dark white hallway hidden in her mama's office. Once she reached the end of the long path, she saw an ominous white light glowing from a small object. She approached to see it was a white crystal shaped object positioned on a simple pedestal. Looking at it reminded her of her mama's warning.
"This device is only to be used under the most dire circumstances," Junko had said. "If you or I were to use it, it could rewrite our code and change our appearance dramatically."
Remembering those words, Kana took a step back. She stood still, thinking of what to do until she remembered K1. Instantly, her eyes narrowed and she gritted her teeth at the thought of him. Forcibly, she reached out and grabbed the crystal and stabbed it into her chest. At once she stepped back as she felt a surge of electricity coarse through her. She visibly winced while she felt pieces of her AI be rewritten to embrace an influx of new data. From the spot where the crystal was stabbed, Kana's body began to turn solid white like marble stone. As the white moved up to her face, Kana felt her android brain pulsate and ring until her violet eyes turned crimson.
"I'll…" Kana tried to speak while her hair turned almost completely white," kill…"
With her transformation complete, Kana raised her head and screamed with such great intensity that it shook her surroundings.
…
Near the old bridge, Chiaki and K1 stood quietly. Ever since they left the fox village, Chiaki had been silent, yet it felt different from the usual silence K1 expected. Before K1 could muster up the courage to ask, a loud bang interrupted his train of thought.
"What was that?!" K1 asked.
Chiaki turned her head to the origin of the sound to see a growing cloud of smoke.
"The resistance camp," Chiaki said before dashing off into that direction.
Seeing no other choice, K1 followed after her. They ran faster than their usual speed till they reached the entrance of the resistance camp. From out the entrance flooded several resistance members, all fleeing like their lives depended on it. Chiaki and K1 stepped closer to see a horde of monokumas ransack the camp and terrorize the remaining resistance members. A small portion of the hoard ganged up on Mr. Paradox and pulled him apart before swallowing the pieces.
"Why is this happening?!" K1 asked.
"Don't know," Chiaki said. "All we can do is fight."
Chiaki charged forward and sliced three of the attacking monokumas with ease. K1 followed in the attack, although less gracefully. Together, the two fighting androids caught the attention of the other attacking monokumas. Slowly, the monokumas circled around them like a monotone whirlpool. Chiaki and K1 pressed their backs up to each other, ready to fight their way out of the center, until monokumas from both sides of them were tossed into the air. In the air, the monokumas exploded causing their parts rain down on the two androids who destroyed them. On one side was Tiger with her spear and on the other side was Diamond with a mace.
"Well if it isn't ice queen and snowflake," Tiger said. "Good to see you're not dead."
"Do you two have any idea why these Monokumas are going completely wak?" Diamond asked.
"No doubt their master is behind it," Chiaki said.
"You mean Kana Enoshima?" K1 asked.
"Of course," Chiaki said as she saw more Monokuma gather. "More are coming!"
All four androids raised their weapons as a second wave of Monokuma attacked. Both Monokuma eyes were crimson red as they charged forward. Tiger, taking the lead, jumped at the hoard an swiped away one line of monokumas with her spear. K1 used his cube-like machine to cover Chiaki with a blur on energy bullets while she rapidly cut down monokumas with her katana. Any Monokumas that remained soon had their heads bashed in with Diamond's mace. One Monokuma head was hit clean off its torso and into the sky like a baseball.
Eventually there were no more monokumas to fight off, however the camp was a mess. Tents were shredded and shelves were toppled over. Both Monokuma and android parts littered the camp like blood on a battlefield.
"Shit," Tiger said as she kicked a Monokuma arm, "this place is a wreck."
"Geez, we're going to have to do so much cleaning and rebuilding," Diamond sighed. "Aww and those monsters ripped up the flower bed we had in the center."
"We're going to have to do a lot more if another wave shows up," Tiger growled.
"C11, is there anything we can do to help them?" K1 asked.
K1 was answered, not by Chiaki, but by the holographic message feed that opened on both their cube-like machines. On the screen was Chisa with a stern face.
"This is the commander contacting C11 and K1," Chisa said. "We have located the signal that is controlling the berserk monokumas. You two are to intercept it and destroy whoever is causing it."
"Right," Chiaki said.
"The signal is powerful, so be cautious," Chisa said.
"Right," Chiaki said before the feed disappeared.
"Alright, we're going to beat up Junko's successor," Tiger grinned. "I can't wait to feel what it's like to kill her."
"It's best you stay behind and protect the resistance camp from more berserk Monokumas," Chiaki said.
"I agree with her," Diamond said, "I need your help."
"Fine…" Tiger said, "but you better beat the crap out of that hell spawn if I can't."
"Of course," Chiaki said.
"And snowflake," Tiger said, "try not to get killed and worry her highness."
"Okay…" K1 said.
"Let's go," Chiaki said.
"Alright," K1 said.
The two HOPE androids raced out of the resistance camp leaving the other two androids to stand and watch in silence.
"Those two are so cute together," Diamond said.
"Yeah," Tiger said with a sly smile.
…
Up in the Bunker, Chisa looked intensely at the screens in the command room from her platform. Eventually she clasped her hands together and closed her eyes.
"Commander?" M1 asked. "Are you alright?"
"Oh, yes," Chisa said after releasing her hands.
"What were you doing?"
"Praying, so that all our soldiers on the surface may survive this ordeal."
"Specifically, C11, I'm guessing."
"Why would you think that?"
"It's no secret around here that she's your favorite, I mean that's why she gets to go to your room."
"I never should have doubted you and the others would catch on."
"So why is she your favorite?"
"Maybe when this is over, she can tell you. For now, you should focus your analytical eyes on watching over C11."
"Of course. I'm sorry for prying."
"Good."
With that, M1 returned to her station.
…
Outside the camp, Chiaki followed the signal through her cube-like machine with K1 following behind. They ran until they came to the grassy clearing outside the camp where the signal's creator was supposed to be, yet no one was around.
"The map says it's right here," K1 said as he walked around. "Could it have been off a bit?"
"No," Chiaki said before noticing white things poking out of the ground beneath K1. "Look out!"
In a blink of an eye, Chiaki pushed K1 out of the way as the white things shot up. Before Chiaki could also get out of the way, the white things boxed her in to an airtight prison. Seeing it was a white and hard material, Chiaki determined it was crystallized silicon and carbon like from before.
"C11!" K1 shouted as he rushed to try and free Chiaki.
While K1 scratched and banged on the box, the ground beneath him was covered with more crystallized silicon and carbon. By the time he was about to use his cube-like machine, the crystal rose to create a pure white dome sealed off from the outside world.
"You…" K1 heard a voice.
K1 halted and turned around to see Kana now completely white like the crystal around her, except her crimson eyes. She looked like a ghost, yet her crimson eyes burned like an uncontrollable fire. Grasped tightly in her hands were her monotone pair of blades.
"Kana…" K1 faltered.
"It's all… your… fault," Kana tried to say.
"Kana, whatever you think, C11 is not responsible," K1 said.
"Mommy… good… android…" Kana clutched her chest.
"Maybe this is all a misunderstanding," K1 said. "Like a few Monokumas I've met who turned out to be good."
"Android…" Kana said through her gritted teeth.
"Please, don't attack HOPE," K1 said as he raised his hands.
"Android… EVIL!" Kana shouted and charged at K1 with her blades.
Swiftly, K1 dodged but didn't retaliate. Kana slashed again only for K1 to keep dodging. Soon K1 raised his katana to defend from Kana's pair of blades. More and more, Kana slashed as the fire in her eyes grew brighter. Eventually, the pair of blades hit K1's katana in just the right place to allow him to kick the blades out of her hands.
"Kana, you were made in the image of humans, therefore you shouldn't hate them," K1 tried to reason. "Without them, you wouldn't exist."
"Humans…" Kana panted as six crystal horns sprouted from her head, "are the reASON MY FAMILY WAS BROKEN APART!"
As Kana yelled, the arena shook while six angelic white wings violently grew on Kana's back alongside the horns on her head. From her torso white spikes shot up to form a long dress of thorns. Newly transformed, Kana rose up off the ground with her wings and stood in the air of the battlefield. With one hand, she commanded six long white blades to shoot out from the ground and form a ring behind her.
"Analysis: signal creator, Kana Enoshima, is manipulating large amounts of crystallized silicon and carbon to form abnormal appendages," K1's cube-like machine said. "Proposal: avoid all attacks."
Taking the machine's advice, K1 braced himself to dodge any attacks. With heated crimson eyes, Kana starred burning hot daggers at K1. Facing her eyes, K1 stood tall and prepared to fight.
"I… Hate you," Kana said with a voice that echoed like an angel. "You and every android and human around you… should just DIE!"
Upon her last word, various spikes shot up from the crystal surface with the flick of her wrist. K1 leapt out of the way only to be grazed by a few. When he landed on his feet, Kana raised her hand to summon more spikes from the ground. K1 continued to try his best to predict and avoid the spikes only for them to increase in wildness and speed. As K1 continued to avoid spikes on the ground, Kana watched from above, her hateful eyes contrasting her heavenly appearance.
Meanwhile, Chiaki fought desperately to free herself all while she heard Kana and K1 fight. Her blade barely scratched the wall of her prison, forcing her to fallback on her cube-like machine that was outside. While the walls of the prison were dense, both android and machine had strong hearing.
"Pod, prepare energy bomb!" Chiaki ordered.
"Understood," the cube-like machine said. "Bomb explosion in two minutes."
Outside the box, K1 kept dodging as Kana's spikes grew more fierce.
"Why…?" Kana asked with a growing irritation. "WHY WONT YOU JUST DIE?!"
At once, spikes shot out from every part of the arena from the floor to the ceiling, forcing K1 to use them as support. Once the arena was fully taken over by the spikes, Kana briefly bared her teeth at K1 still standing.
"Give it up Kana!" K1 shouted as he balanced between the spiles. "I won't let you hurt C11!"
"I WOULD NEVER HURT MOMMY!" Kana shouted back with a voice that echoed off the walls of the arena, "MOMMY AND I WILL NEVER HURT WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER FOREVER!"
Suddenly, a ring of electricity released from Kana and swiftly cut through the higher spikes and hit K1. He felt a new sensation soak in to his data like heavy weight that wouldn't go away. Although the sensation weighed him down, he tried his best to stand tall.
"WARNING: DESPAIR LOGIC VIRUS DETECTED IN AI," K1's cube-like machine said.
"ILL DESTROY YOU AND THE REST OF THIS EVIL WORLD!" Kana shouted, causing another ring of electricity to shoot out, "THEN ITLL BE JUST MOMMY AND ME!"
Weakly, K1 tried to push himself out of the ring's path only to be struck again, forcing him to the ground between the spikes. This time he felt more weight and a small feeling that his memories and vision were beginning to turn monotone. Kana looked to see her wounded prey on the verge of oblivion, enticing her to fly down and finish the job with her own hands. While she felt her mechanical body gravitate towards one of her newly formed blades, she felt strangely sleepy. Still she persisted on walking to K1, blade in hand. Upon Kana's landing, the spikes made a path for her.
"MOMmy…and me… we'll live... " Kana tried to say as she raised the blade above K1's vulnerable head, "happily… ever… AFTER!"
Kana's fatal attack was halted when she heard an explosion from behind. She tried to ignore it until she heard something else.
"KANA ENOSHIMA!" A voice shouted.
Instantly, everything stopped before Kana dropped the blade and turned around to see Chiaki standing strong and firm outside of the destroyed box. Chiaki ripped off her blindfold to reveal her deathly pale pink eyes causing Kana to drop to her knees. The surrounding crystals and arena eroded into nothing alongside Kana's horns, wings, and dress. By the time Chiaki stepped before Kana, her crystal white skin had melted away revealing the child underneath it. Kana froze as she looked up at her mother with her wide eyes turning back to violet.
"Mommy…" Kana said with tears forming in her eyes.
Before Kana could beg for forgiveness, Chiaki sat down in front of her and reached out to her with a sweet smile. Softly she held the child's face with both hands before pressing her forehead to her's.
"I'm here with you," Chiaki said softly.
"Mommy…" Kana blinked.
The tears fell down Kana's cheeks before she clung to her mother's torso. Chiaki returned the gesture by rubbing her back with one hand.
"I… was so lonely…" Kana cried as she buried her face into her mother's stomach, "without you or mama…"
"I'm here now," Chiaki reassured and kissed her head.
"I love you more than anything else in the whole world, mommy," Kana continued crying with a smile.
"I love you too," Chiaki said as she began to hold and stroke Kana's head.
"I-" Kana tried to say while lifting her head.
Before Kana could say another word, she was stabbed in the back of the head with her own white dual blade. For a brief moment she could see the blade sticking out through her head and into Chiaki's stomach before everything turned dark.
"Mommy?" Kana asked until her whole system shut down with the swift removal of the blade.
Upon Kana's shutdown, Chiaki tossed the blade aside and attempted to stand up. Although the child android was permanently shut down, her body still latched on to Chiaki like rusted metal. With force, Chiaki tore the child android off of her torso and tossed it to the ground. For a brief moment she looked at it before transitioning her gaze over to where K1 was laying barely conscious.
"K1…" Chiaki said.
"I'm sorry…" K1 weakly apologized, "I wasn't… strong… like you…"
Before Chiaki could step closer, K1 pulled off his blindfold to reveal his eyes were now crimson red.
"I should… have… been more… careful," K1 strained to say, "I didn't… agh… know androids… could hurt like this."
"K1…" Chiaki said.
"I'm so… scared…" K1 started to cry, "please stop this pain… before I…"
Chiaki stepped forward to where K1 laid in pain on his back. Delicately, she sunk down to her knees and positioned herself over his legs. For a moment she hesitated upon seeing K1's crying face before extending her hands to the sides of his head. Once her hands were positioned she began to apply pressure like a serpent constricting its prey. K1's crimson eyes started to flicker and dim.
"It always ends like this…" Chiaki said. "I'm sorry."
Just as Chiaki began to dent K1's head, she noticed a flicker of not crimson but K1's usual blue pupils. At once she stopped and looked at K1's face. Her eyes widened as she pulled him closer.
"K1?!" Chiaki asked. "Can you hear me?!"
"Ugh… what's going on?" K1 regained himself. "Did you do something to stop the virus?"
"It can't be…" Chiaki said, "a miracle?"
"I don't know how, but just as I wanted to die, all the weight and pain just vanished," K1 said before noticing Chiaki was still holding his head. "Are you okay, C11?"
"Yes," Chiaki said as she got off K1.
K1 was about to ask until he saw Kana's lifeless body laying in the dirt.
"What do we do now?" K1 asked.
"Pod; Request two flight units to pick up for delivery of enemy machinery," Chiaki ordered her cube-like machine.
"Request sent," the cube-like machine said.
"We'll bring the body to the Bunker for examination," Chiaki said, "but it will take time for the flight units to arrive."
"Then we should probably check on the camp-," K1 stopped, "I mean, it's your call."
"It would be in our best interest to evaluate the damages to the camp after the Monokuma attacks," Chiaki said.
Chiaki walked over to the lifeless body and tossed it over her shoulder before heading in the direction of the camp.
"Let's go," Chiaki said.
"Right behind you," K1 said.