Chapter Beta Read by: - Specter06.


Chapter 53

Nymph had nowhere to go. Right before her eyes, the Angeloid she considered a friend was about to terminate her.

She remembered the time she first saw Ikaros. She remembered the time she met Tomoki and only then did she realize her unconditional love for him. She wanted Tomoki to be her master, but above all, she wanted his love.

Now, however this was all over.

Ikaros primed her weapon and Nymph began to see the superheated plasma rise up inside the barrel of her cannon. It would only require a few seconds for it to be fully charged-little unnecessary-but for Nymph, the seconds felt like hours.

With a radiant heat that could almost burn, Nymph flinched.

But then something happened.

For no reason, Ikaros powered down her weapon and stared at something in the distance. The park was a ruin and Nymph watched the transformed Angeloid walk out of sight.

Calling out her name, Tomoki rushed over to the wingless Angeloid. "Nymph, Nymph... My god, what has she done to you?"

"I'm sorry Tomoki, I was unable to hack into her mind and correct her reactor."

The eerie silence continued and the battle seemed to have stopped all around them. The human military, which has not arrived, seemed so distant and Gamma and Harpy were nowhere to be seen. Carl stood up from his hiding spot and saw Ikaros in the distance, crouching down holding something.

"Tomoki, what's your Angeloid doing?"

Tomaki looked towards Carl's pointed finger and he too saw Ikaros holding some kind of fruit.

Then it dawned on the young man. In all the time he'd been with Ikaros, she had a deep-rooted passion for the fruit. Perhaps she has begun to remember everything through the simple touch of a watermelon.

Praying that his theory was correct, Tomoki put his trust in faith and ran over to his beloved Angeloid.

Sat down on the sidewalk with the burning skyscraper behind her, Ikaros casually stroked the succulent fruit. Its skin reminded Ikaros of the green striped fruit and all the associated memories. Memories about falling to Earth. Memories about implanting her master signature and all the adventures they had together.

Then she remembered her capture and brainwashing by the strange humans in suits.

She dropped the watermelon when someone grabbed her arm. Startled, she turned and saw her master. The overlaid command to kill the United States president and the deep core protocol of following her master's every command fought for dominance.

But there was no contest. As soon as Tomoki hugged Ikaros, she blasted away the brain washing code and she slowly returned to her normal self.

Tomoki ignored all doubt and hugged her without fear or hesitation. He knew deep down in his heart that she would not hurt her master and it was that precise moment he heard Ikaros speak.

"Master, what happened to me?"

Carl crawled out of his hole, holding his Springfield rifle at an angle. "Tomoki, get away from her, she'll kill you!"

"No wait!" Tomoki shouted. "She's safe. Ikaros had wiped away the brainwashing. She's normal."

"What? Carl exclaimed, looking at the damage. "Now? Now she decides to be okay?"

Carl tossed the rifle on the ground. "She picked a fine time to quit!"

Fireballs rained from the sky and uprooted several long-standing oak trees. Gamma and Harpy primed their Prometheus cannons for some long waited revenge.

"Gamma Harpy, stand down. Ikaros is back to her normal self."

Gamma, who was Carl's master, immediately stopped her attack and stood down. But Harpy on the other hand wanted her revenge more than anything. She rose into the sky and found the right firing point. She didn't care if Tomoki was in the way, nor did she care about the humans still scurrying around on the pavement. She still had piles of hatred for the two individuals and resented Carl for his involvement with Gamma. What cruel things did he do to that virgin Angeloid? She would deal with him later.

Her cannon was red hot before Carl had the chance to warn Tomoki. When he tried to move, the fireball was already in the air and it would only take seconds to kill them both

By the time Tomoki looked into the eye of the incinerating ball of fire, Ikaros deployed her Aegis Shield around the both of them and the ball of fire was no more than a drop of rain on glass.

"Harpy, what the hell are you doing?" Carl yelled.

"Sorry Carl, I did not hear your command." That was her excuse.

And excuse she must use in order to stay on there side. Harpy could have gone commando and shot all her load at the group. But she knew Gamma would be ordered to protect them and she could not defeat Ikaros on her own. Also, she wanted her friend back. She wanted Gamma. Being part of the team was the only way she could get close.

However, as the group tried to piece themselves together, none of them noticed the two suited men approaching from a dark and sinister side street.

"Good evening Carl. I'm Mr Smith. I believe you have something that belongs to the United States government."