PART 1

Despite the desolation of the world beyond the Eden Dome, there are very small patches of vegetation and bare bones woodland areas here and there, but they are few and far in between. However within the Eden dome, making up the majority of the outskirts of Neo Arcadia, were the Cyber Forests: Anatre, Dysis, and Notus, a fusion of Organic and technologic, these unique forests stand as a testament to Neo Arcadia's scientific advancements, being able to preserve them for nearly 100 years. The three forests are considered sacred by the people of Neo Arcadia, the last bastion of nature as it were in this desolate world they now live in. Deep within these woods are old ruins and buildings that date back to before the maverick wars, archeologists have scoured these ruins, though found little, and the deeper areas are off limits to all but the highest level of government personnel due to the unknown dangers within.

And that is where the resistance is heading for.

"KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN! kero." Croaked Hekelot. "X and the four Guardians are at the empire hobnobbing with the royalty there! It's our job to make sure nothing happens that would aggravate Master X and ruin his party!"
"Sir yes sir!"

"We will NOT have a repeat of last time is that understood!"

"SIR YES SIR!"

"If the resistance comes through we will eliminate with EXTREME PREJUDICE! Is that understood?"
"SIR YES SIR!"

"Question!" said one of the Pantheon raising a hand.

"Yes what is it. kero." said Hekelot.

"What if they got cute girls with them like last time?"

"Those 'cute girls' blew up Fight Fafnir inside a supply depot! kero." said Hekelot. "They're just as dangerous as the resistance!"

"Yeah but...they're human." said a pantheon. "Couldn't we just stun them or something?"
"Hmm." Hekelot tapped his chin with his webbed hand. "Well, given that they are human, which should at least show some restraint." He gave an affirmative nod. "Alright, we'll kill the resistance and capture any humans with them! Is that understood!?"
"SIR YES SIR!"

"Now back to your pos-" He didn't have a chance to finish as he found himself flatted on the windshield of the transport that just came through the gate, causing the Pantheons to stare in disbelief.

"Uh..."

"I sent Hidden phantom the report last time, it's your turn."

"Think he'll be okay?"
"Well he didn't get run over this time."

"What the hell is that?" Biggs was looking at Hekelot flattened on the windshield as the transport made its way down the road. Hekelot was twitching as it glared at the driver.

"STOP THIS CAR THIS INSTANT AND SURRENDER MAVERICK SCUM!" Hekelot said flailing.

"You're not exactly in a position to make demands!" Moineau called from the passenger seat rolling down a window and yelling at the frog.

Hekelot flailed again. "Your all under arrest! kero. Now stop the car and pull over!"

Rory was laughing at this predicament, and even Leilei cracked a smile.

"You heard him Autruche." said Rory. "Stop the car."

Autruche, who came along to act as driver, nodded as he slammed his foot on the break. Everyone had to brace themselves as the car came to a sudden halt, and Hekelot's eyes widen when he realized what was about to happen.

"Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!" Hekelot went FLYING off the windshield, sailing right down the old street and crashing into a building far off into the distance. He twitched in the rubble, groaning as he watched the Transport head down the road. Were they waving goodbye to him?

"I hate this job...kero..." said Hekelot.

"Well scratch one frog." said Rory looking out the back door window. "Last time we came through Faucon just ran him over." She'd sit back, examining her weapons and armor, rebuilt courtesy of Doigt after it had gotten damage from the fight with Fafnir, and nearly destroyed by X when he shot her. Leilei had her armor as well along with a new Tech Staff, having lost her old one since in her cyber fused state she used it to pin Fafnir to one of the depot buildings before blowing it up.

Biggs, who was wearing a few pieces of resistance armor himself over the chest, arm and shins, largely to stay mobile, with an armored bodysuit providing the rest of the protection, looked at Rory. "Do you REALLY need armor? Your an apostle with insane levels of regeneration you could shrug off their weapons."
"Now now Biggs." said Rory with a smile. "I happen to like my armor, and I'd hate to get my priestess clothing destroyed, especially sauntering through a forest. It's not easy to keep them in pristine condition you know. Why do you think I waitress at Accueil hmm?"

Myuute had green colored arm over her legs chest and arms, with a skirted piece around her waist, it was lightweight with a helmet that sat on her lap with a bird motif including a beaked sun visor that came over eyes to keep the sun out, allowing to improve her accuracy, and perhaps inspired by the fact she was a Siren who's voice could be just as dangerous, Cerveau designed the armor to amplify her voice to increase its range, and on top of that, it had flight capabilities.

Wedge on the other hand looked like a walking tank. He had heavy armor completely covering his body with thick plating over the shoulders chest and arms, and yet with his size and strength he can move fairly easy in it.

"Your two blacksmiths, Cerveau and Doigt, are amazing." said Wedge. "Being able to craft this armor in such a short time."
"Yeah, they are." said Colbar. "Especially now that we got regular supplies coming in from Barter, but even when limited those guys were still able to make Rory and Leilei's equipment from what we had on hand at the time."
"Stay focused everyone." said Zero. "We need to be fast, in and out. As soon as we breach the Eden Dome the whole city will be on alert, and they will send word to X."
"So what's the worst that can happen?" Biggs asked, he was checking over his gear, including a pair of Beam Daggers crafted by Doigt.

"Shittenou." said Leilei.

"Yeah but the Shittenou are at that party right?" Said Colbar.

"Don't underestimate their reaction time." said Zero. "They'll be on us in a heartbeat if we screw up."
"At least we'd only have three of them to worry about." said Rory. "I doubt Fafnir is fully recovered from having the supply depot blown up around him."

"It's the remaining three we should be worried about." said Faucon as they drove by the wreckage of their old base. Colbar looked at it and sighed.

"Can't believe you actually blew the base up." said Colbar.

"It's the only choice we had." said Zero.

"So that's where your old base was?" Myuute asked. "That's a lot of wreckage."

"So smash and grab again huh?" Rory asked.

"Little less on the smashing." said Hirondelle. "These forests are sacred to Neo Arcadia, representing the last bit of vegetation and nature left in this world. We want to minimize damage as we make our way into the ruins."
"There are areas of the ruins sealed off to all but government personnel." said Moineau. "It's those restricted areas we'll be hitting."

"Sounds like fun." said Biggs. "So what are we stealing?"
"Data files, records, anything we can get our hands on." said Faucon. "Those ruins date back to before the elf wars Thats more than 100 years ago, if there are clues to X's infection anywhere, it will be there."

"Hey we could possibly find clues to Zero's past as well right?" Myuute asked.

"Maybe." said Hibou adjusting his goggles. "But we shouldn't be too hopeful on that front."

Hirondelle was passing out something to everyone. "Here take these data drives, there's bound to be a lot of old information in those ruins, and the more we can access the better. You just plug them into a drive slot and it'll do the rest, downloading the data onto the drive."
"And once the drives are full, we get out of there right?" Wedge asked.

"Exactly." said Hirondelle.

"We're approaching the Eden Dome!" said Autruche.

"Alright." said Zero. "Let's get to work."

PART 2

Notus occupies the southern region of Neo Arcadia's outskirts, personally maintained by the government and of the three is considered the most sacred. Within the forest is a massive ruin, much like the other three, where relics of the past can be found, the upper levels are generally open to the public for the sake of visiting and tourism, but the lower levels are off limits to all by government personnel. Two Pantheons stood on guard to the entrance of the lower levels, but not for long when they heard a giggle.

"Did you hear that?" said the first one.

"Oh god I sure did." said the second as they look around. "They say if you start to hear giggling, and it AIN'T Fairy Leviathan? You better get the hell out, cause the reaper is coming, with a big ass axe!"
"Oh? Am I that popular over here already?" The two turned their eyes going wide with fear as the black armored figure of Rory Mercury suddenly came out of the shadows, swinging her Beam axe and decapitating the two Pantheons.

She turned and smiled. "All clear."

Moineau, Wedge and Dande stepped out, with Moineau raising an eyebrow at Rory. "Did I hear right or are the Pantheons scared of you?"
"Well considering what I did to a patrol and a whole depot worth of soldiers." said Rory. "I would be disappointed if they weren't afraid."
Wedge looked around, letting out a low whistle. "This place is crazy. Looks like something you'll back home, just without the fancy 'tech stuff'."
"This was probably some sort of information facility way back when." said Dande as they headed for the lower level. "Who knows what we'll find."

"If Neo Arcadia hasn't cleaned it all out by now." said Rory as they made their way down the halls.

"I doubt it." said Moineau. "It's more like they just don't want people to see what's down here."
"Then why not just destroy the information?" said Wedge. "It's been sitting down here for what 100 years and they didn't do anything?"
"Well from what I can remember back in my days as a member of the Jin'en." said Moineau. "These lower levels were only discovered recently, so they may not have had a chance to really comb through everything."

Dande stopped at a corner, holding his hand up to signal and the others got against the wall as Dande peered around. "More guards." said Dande, motioning down the hall.

"Can you get em? Moineau asked.

Dande smiled, raising his Sniper Rifle, courtesy of Barter's Parts and supplies. "In my sleep. He poked around, aiming through the scope and taking his shots, the first one caused the first guard's head to explode, as the others turned the second one got a shot through the chest and before the warrior in the group could react, Dande's last shot pierced it's eye, causing it to stagger and flail before dropping dead.

"Nice shot." said Wedge. "You could put archery to shame with that weapon.

"According to Barter this particular brand of rifle has an effective range of nearly 1000 yards, I can hit damn near anything I want." He peaked around the corner again, tapping the side of his visored helmet as he scanned the hall. "Don't see anyone else. You'd think there would be more security."
"Probably don't know we're here." said Wedge. "at least not yet."

"Then we have to work fast." said Moineau as they raced down the hall.

The moisture in the air seem to increase, the sounds of water dripping echoed in the distance. Rory ran her hand along the walls feeling it's dampness as they continued down the hall. "Is it me or is it getting wetter?"
"Sections of the ruins may be flooded." said Moineau. "We may have to do some swimming." She looked back at Wedge and Rory. "Keep your helmets on you two, if we hit some water you can seal the helmet and breathe underwater."

"You do understand that as a immortal apostle I don't have to worry about drowning right?" Rory asked.

"Better safe than sorry." said Moineau. "At the very least your armor can filter out anything nasty in the water once it's sealed."
"She's got a point there Rory." said Wedge. They came upon an old elevator and Dande scanned the halls quickly before going into it checking the panel.

Moineau kept her eyes open as well, watching one end of the hall while Wedge watched the other end. "How does it look Dande?" Moineau asked.

"I think I can jury rig it." said Dande. "Just give me some time."

Moineau looked down the hall, gritting her teeth when she heard footsteps. "You have 2 minutes!" she said as a buster shot zinged by her. She gritted her teeth as she steadied her warrior arm, the hand converting into a launcher as she fired a rocket down the hall, there was an explosion that shook the hall slightly and a pantheon head bounced past them.

Moineau grinned. "Damn Doigt is a genius."
Dande just stared. "When the hell did you get a rocket launcher installed in that arm?"
"Oh, day after we got the supplies from Barter." said Moineau. "Jealous?"
There was a brief pause. "No..." he finally said.

More gunfire zinged by, and Moineau took position inside the elevator, pulling her buster gun out with her normal arm as she started firing on the Pantheon Hunters down the hall.

"This hall is too narrow for me to cut loose." said Rory, looking displeased as she ducked into the elevator.

"Then allow me!" said Wedge. He Unhooked from his back a large reinforced shield as he brought it forward, and with a loud bestial war cry he charged the Pantheons like a freight train.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" said one Pantheon as Wedge crashed into the group, smashing a hunter into the side wall with his shield while turning and bringing down the War hammer he held in his hand onto the head of another.

"SEND BACKUP! WE'RE BEING ATTACKED!" a Pantheon screamed into its com. "BY A PIG ON STEROIDS! NO I AM NOT MAKING THAT UP!"

Wedge spun around and put a hunter into the wall head first before turning again to block a hit from an incoming warrior. "Well you're a big one aren't you?" he snorted.

The Warrior cracked his knuckles. "Looks like the senate will be having a pig roast when they get back." it said as it charged Wedge. The big Orc snorted as he blocked with the shield again, bashing the warrior back before swinging with the War hammer. The Warrior blocked with his heavy arm before throwing a kick. Wedge stepped back to reduce the damage from the impact, he tossed down his shield and Hammer before locking hands with the warrior.

"Hurry it up Dande!" said Moineau, she wheeled around, more were coming from the other direction. "Crap!" She took aim, firing at the Pantheons. "We're getting pincered!"

"Almost got it!" said Dande.

"Wedge they're coming from the other end of the hall watch yourself!" said Moineau.

"Right! Take cover!" he said.

"Why?" Moineau asked. Her eyes widen when she saw why as the Orc hefted the warrior over his head. "Are you shitting me?! How strong are you?!"

"Hey put me down you overgrown slab of bacon!" said the Warrior.

"Gladly!" said Wedge, as he pivoted and hurled the Warrior down the hall. Moineau's eyes widen again and she pulled back into the elevator with Rory as the Warrior went flying past, letting out a scream and flipping Wedge off before crashing into the squadron at the other end of the hall.

"GOT IT!" said Dande as the elevator started to hum. Wedge grabbed his Shield and War Hammer and ran for the elevator, getting in as Moineau returned the gesture before the door closed and the elevator started to descend.

The elevator doors opened, allowing a small flood of water in that came up to the ankles. The hall was dark and dimly lit as Dande pulled out a flashlight, clicking it on and shining the beam of light down the hall.

"Definitely flooding." said Wedge. "You don't think anything was damaged do you?"
"I hope not." said Moineau as they stepped out and started to slosh down the hall. "I'd hate to find out this was a wasted trip."

"Maybe we'll get lucky and the servers are in an area that isn't flooded." said Dande.

"Yeah about that." said Rory. "The water is getting up to my knees now."

Moineau looked down and ahead. "Man I was afraid of this." she said.

"Nothing to do but keep going." said Wedge as the four of them made their way down the hall.

"Strange." said Rory. "No guards down here."

"Well the elevator wasn't working." said Dande. "Probably couldn't get any down here.

"Even so." said Rory. "They'd probably have alternate means of getting down here." She looked around, shuddering suddenly. "Exactly how far down are we anyways?"
"Why do you ask?" Moineau asked.

"I'm not exactly that keen at being underground, that's all." Rory said, a slight hint of fear in her voice. She yelped at the sound of a rock hitting the ground, stepping back a little.
"Rory? You okay?" Dande asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." said Rory. "Let's just find what we need and get out of here." They came into a rather large room, and appeared to be on an upper floor. A platform ran along the edge and the lower levels were flooded. Dande knelt down and peered into the water. "I see a doorway down there. Could be the only way to proceed."
"So we have to swim for it." said Moineau. "I don't like this at all." She let out a sigh as she jumped down into the water followed by Dande. Wedge looked to Rory.

"You coming?" he asked. Rory shook her head.

"I, get nervous when I'm deep underground." she said.

Wedge smiled as he sealed his helmet. "I highly doubt Hardy hangs around in flooded buildings in other worlds."

"Who said anything about Hardy?" Rory asked defensively.

"Why else would someone complain about going underground?" Wedge asked. "If you're not coming then at least stand guard." Rory nodded as Wedge jumped into the water and sank down to the lower floor.

Moineau turned as Wedge landed on the floor of the room with a subdued thud. "Where's Rory?"

"She's going to stay behind and keep an eye out." said Wedge through the speaker of his helmet. He looked around. "Can't believe I'm actually breathing underwater."

"Well the air tank isn't infinite." said Moineau. "But it does refill on its own whenever you come up to the surface." She'd look to the doorway, it was jammed and the two couldn't get it open on their own. "Think you can pry it open?"
"No problem." said Wedge, he made his way over to the door. Getting his fingers into the gaps and with all his strength started to force the door open.

"How far you think we're going to have to go?" Dande asked as Wedge finally got the door open.

"I have no idea honestly." said Moineau. "This part of the ruins is untouched even by Neo Arcadia. So I can't say for certain."

"How do you know that?" Wedge asked.

"I use to be part of the Jin'en Gundan." said Moineau. "I left 6 months after the Maverick Purge and joined the resistance. Besides Faucon and Zero, I'm the only other real combat model reploid the resistance has."

"I see." said Wedge. "I take it you had two normal arms at one point."
Moineau smiled. "Yeah, but when we evacuated the base I got into a fight with a Pantheon warrior, it ripped my arm off, so I took his after I killed it."

"Fair trade." said Wedge.

"I'll say." said Moineau as she flexed it up and down. "I can punch a Pantheon in half with this arm, and that's before I activate the beam dagger installed in the forearm."
"And now it can fire rockets." said Dande. "Seriously Moineau if you trick that arm out any more you won't be able to move it."

"Ah your just jealous Dande." said Moineau as they reached a stairway and started climbing, after a few flights they broke the water.

"Bingo." Moineau said as they reach the top, standing before a sealed door. "Beyond here is what we're looking for, information that can shed light on the source of X's infection.

PART 3

Rory sighed as she stood there in the ankle deep water, her Beam axe leaning against the wall of the room as she looked down into the murky depths.

"He must not have a fear of Hardy if he can jump down there without fear." she said to herself. "Still, why should I be scared? I'm this far down right? And it's not like she's here right?"
"And who might you be talking about?" asked a voice, female in tone.

"I'm talking about Hardy of course!" Rory started. "God of the Underworld who proposed to me and-" she stopped, her eyes widen when she turned in the direction of the voice, the chill she felt when Fafnir showed up at the depot was running down her spine, at least until the tip of a propelled spear headthat came sailing down the hall pierced her through the chest and the momentum carried her across the room to the other side as the spear lodged itself into the far wall. Rory's eyes widen and she coughed up blood. What the hell was it with these reploids being able to catch her like this?! More importantly, why was she afraid? Her, the apostle of the God of War himself.

"You must be Rory the Reaper." said the woman that stepped out. White bodysuit under blue armor with an aquatic them to it with a single long 'fin' off the back of her head like a pony tail almost, the long enhanced by her helmet which looked like a bob cut, the armor on her arms and legs made it look like she wore elbow length gloves and thigh high boots, especially with those heels. She put a hand on her hip as she stood there with a smile, her other hand holding another of those spears that currently accessorized Rory's chest like an overzealous body piercing.

"How can you tell?" Rory said, groaning.

"Black armor like a gothic Lolita and a rather huge axe." said the woman. She turned to it, examining it for a moment before reaching to grab it. She blinked as she yanked on it, first with one hand, then both hand, even putting her foot on the wall as she tried in vain to lift it.

Despite the pain she was in, Rory managed to smile. "I guess not even a reploid can lift it." she said. "That an apostle is stronger than a reploid fills me with great del-" she went silent and numb when a second spear blade pierced her shoulder, pinning her to the wall a little more, she yelped.

"That's enough out of you." said the reploid, standing there in the follow through of a throw.

"You must be...one of the Shittenou." said Rory.

"I am." the female reploid said. "Fairy Leviathan, leader of the Meikai Gundan, Neo Arcadia's Navy. You know we were looking forward to this banquet all week, and you had to go and ruin it."
"We?" Rory didn't like the sound of that.

"Myself, Phantom and Harpuria. I'm sure by now they've intercepted the resistance members who infiltrated the Dysis and Anatre, especially Anatre, don't want 'him' getting out any time soon."
'Him? so there's someone sealed away in Anatre huh?' Rory thought to herself. She smiled 'Too bad for them Zero is leading the Anatre mission."
"Of course it was only natural I handle the intruders in Notus." said Leviathan. "After all these lower levels are flooded. Incidentally, Fafnir says hello."

"Oh he does?" Rory asked, coughing up blood as she tried to pull the spear tips out of her chest and shoulder. "And how is he hmm? Last I saw of him my friend body checked him halfway across the supply depot. Tell me, is he getting picked on for losing to a bunch of girls?"
Leviathan couldn't help but smile, she was kind of starting to like this kid. "Oh you don't know the half of it. I think by now everyone within the central government knows about Fafnir's loss and he gets no end of grief for it. Even his doctor made fun of him for it."
"Oh that can't be good." said Rory. "Being picked on by the person putting you back together?"

Leviathan giggled. "It's what makes Dr. Kurokawa so special you know." she said.

"Sounds like someone I'd like to meet." said Rory as she finally pulled the spear out, planting her feet on the wall. "Too bad we're enemies."

"Yes, too bad indeed." Leviathan said as Rory pushed herself off the wall and lunged for her.

Jackpot.

The room they were in was an old data storage room, and it looked to be untouched by the flooding. Computer terminals and servers lined the walls and were set up on old tables as Moineau quickly ran over to a terminal, tapping a button, and smiling as it came to life.

"Score one for the resistance." said Moineau. "The terminals work." She pulled out the data drive Hirondelle passed around and slotted it in. "Alright, find a terminal and start the data transfer." she said. "We're taking everything that can fit on the drives."

"Shouldn't we sift through the data at least?" Dande asked.

"We don't have time for that." said Moineau. "The longer we hang around here the\

worst our chances of escaping are."

"So we need to get out before were surrounded." said Wedge as he walked to a terminal, turning it on and inserting the drive as Moineau showed him.

"Yeah." said Moineau. "So grab what you can and we'll let Ciel sort it out later when we get back." She tapped her com. "Rory, we found the terminal room and getting the data, how are things back there?"
"Little busy!" Came Rory's voice along with the sound of weapons clashing. Moineau blinked when she heard Rory laugh with enjoyment, and then her eyes widen when she heard another female voice also laughing. "Oh god!"

"What's wrong?" said Dande.

"We have to pick up the pace." said Moineau. "Leviathan is here."
"WHAT?!" Dande stared slack jaw. "I thought the Shittenou were at the party with X!?"
"They must have come back to deal with us personally." said Wedge.

"X may still be at the banquet though." said Moineau. "He probably had no intention of leaving abruptly again like last time, so he sent back the Shittenou. Shit!" She gritted her teeth. "And of course it's Leviathan who showed up here at Notus, she'd know that the Notus ruins were flooded on the lower levels and haven't been drained yet. Home court advantage."
"Why do you say that?" Wedge asked as he took out the drive and headed for the next terminal.

"She leads the Meikai Gundan, Neo Arcadia's Navy." said Moineau. "Aquatic combat is her specialty."

"Swell." said Wedge. "Hopefully Rory can buy us enough time to finish up and get back to her."
"I hope so too." said Moineau. "But it's going to be difficult even for her."
"Why is that?" Wedge asked. "She defeated Fafnir right?"

"She wasn't on her own that time." said Moineau. "The only person to ever give Leviathan a loss was Zero, and when was the last time Rory ever fought underwater?"

This was not the same as fighting Fafnir. Rory found herself at the bottom of the flood room, looking up at Leviathan who calmly kicked her legs in place, gripping her spear and smiling as she floated there in the water.

"I have to give you credit for fighting me." said Leviathan. "But you never fought anyone underwater before have you. And it also seems this fear of "Hardy" you have is also making it difficult for you to fight."
Rory gritted her teeth. "My opinion on Hardy has nothing to do with my abilities right now." said Rory.

Leviathan smiled, spinning her spear and generating a ring of ice Crystals before throwing it at Rory. Rory, still getting use to move underwater only barely managed to dodge the attack. "Then why do you fear her?"
Rory twitched. "That...that's none of your business!" She gripped her Beam Axe, charging the blades before swinging, Leviathan laughed as she easily swam out of the way before swinging her spear and launching the spear tips at Rory, catching her in the shoulder again and causing her to wince before Leviathan suddenly rushed in and with a swing of her Spear sent Rory flying back into wall, blood flowing into the water as he arm fell from below her shoulder where Leviathan had sliced it off.

Rory gritted her teeth as she pulled the spear tip from her shoulder, while blood and sinew stretched from the stump to grab her severed arm, pulling it back into place, the arm would heal quickly, though the armor was damaged where it had been pierced. "I can't fight her like this.' she thought. 'I have to get above the water, but she won't let me.' She looked up, noticing Leviathan's smile. "What are you smiling at?"
"You." said Leviathan. "the way your body heals any injury, it's so bizarre and yet it means you can shrug off anything that gets thrown at you and keep going, I sliced your arm off and yet there it is good as new. I wonder if Fafnir felt such a rush when he fought you."
"He didn't seem to care actually." said Rory.

"How drab." said Rory. "And he's always going on and on about Fighting Zero. I never understood it myself until I fought him. But even then the feeling of fighting strong enemies never appealed to me, I do so hate violence. And now you show up. You effortlessly slaughtered the patrol we sent through the gate and killed Herculious. Then you systematicly destroyed the guard detail at the Supply depot by yourself before killing Anubis with the help of your friends, and you even put Fafnir out of commission. Not even Zero was able to do something as incredible as hospitalize one of us. But you and your friends?" Leviathan's smile widen and she licked her lips in much the same way Rory did. "You make my circuits shudder with delight."
"You're getting joy out of fighting a human?" Rory asked. "You're sounding like a Maverick."

Leviathan twitched at the comment, looking down at Rory who licked her lips. "I'll be sure to put you in a bed right next to Fafnir so the two of you can talk about me all you want." She spun her Axe, slowly getting use to the water now. "The Night is still young and I can still fight. So won't you keep me company all night and into the morning? My dear Fairy Leviathan?"

Leviathan looked down at Rory and Rory looked up at Leviathan. Their smiles grew wide and sadistic with delight as they lunged for each other again.