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"Where is this place?" The scarred, confused man mutters as a whisper to himself, his legs felt extremely heavy, almost like they were made out of titanium. He slowly rubs the top of his head with his right hand and coughs as he notices the stinging pain in his chest.

He takes a couple of seconds to observe his surroundings and understand the situation, from what he understood he was currently standing on a colossal, blue cube. A giant-sized version of the one Raven had seen the masked man carry with him. All around him, besides absolute emptiness, was other large cubes in the distance.

He didn't know what kind of world he had been plunged into now, and that thought frightened him, especially since none of his allies were there with him. Raven clenches his Nasod Arm and gasps as the burning sensation emitting from it suddenly returns, his robotic arm had given him constant pain for the past few days, but definitely not to this degree.

"Enjoying the view? I certainly am." The masked man speaks in calm, monotone voice as he hovers casually onto the giant cube with Raven after stepping out of blue, mirror-like crack that quickly materialized before the scarred man's eyes. He plays around with the familiar-looking, miniature cubes in his left hand as he strides forward. Raven notices that the masked man and himself were relatively the same height, now that he had the time to get a better look at him, and their eyes were almost exactly the same too. The identity of the man behind the mask had begun to make Raven curious, especially about the origins of the strange man's powers. He closes his eyes and rubs them before standing up straight to glare at the mysterious person.

"How long have I been out? Where have you taken me?"

"How long, huh…? That's quite difficult to say, you've been unconscious for some time now. I would say…two years?" Glave the masked man mutters in deep thought as he places the fingers of his right hand onto his chin, Raven's eyes widen and he senses his heart suddenly skip a beat as the feeling of shock washes over him.

"What the hell do you mean?! How could I have been unconscious for that long?!"

"Well, I did throw you into an entirely different dimension with no warning, that can take a toll on you. But calm down, time doesn't mean a single thing here. In this place, not even a second has passed."

"What…?"

"As for the answer to your second question, you're currently in the time-space continuum, where the fabric of time flows in whatever way it wants to. However, there's a whole lot more to it than that, it's just kind of hard to explain to someone as thick-headed as you." Glave chuckles as he allows his blue cubes to twirl around his fingers, Raven ignores the sudden insult and raises his eyebrow.

"You brought me here for a reason, didn't you?"

"Uh…duh?" The masked man sighs quickly as he holds out his hand and points at Raven's Nasod Arm with his index finger, Raven takes a sudden look at his arm and frowns.

"Don't tell me, you want this arm back? Or are you just planning on killing me for defying you earlier?"

"Neither, actually. I don't have any kind of business with your arm, and I'm completely over your betrayal. Not anyone can stay loyal forever."

Raven steps forward to the masked man threateningly and glares daggers at him as he places his human hand onto his sheathed blade.

"Then why am I here?"

Glave stares menacingly back at Raven with his deadly, frightening eye. His heavy breathing was impossible to not hear as he laughed quietly and slowly behind his mask. Raven gradually wraps his fingers around his blade as Glave walked daringly closer to him.

"I thought I had already explained that to you, Raven. You're here because I don't want you to die just yet, so I'm making you stronger."

"And how do you plan to do that?"

"You've been resisting the incredible power of that arm for far too long, it's time to unleash the beast within, wouldn't you say?"

"No way, I'm not letting that happen. I will not through away my honor for more strength, this blade is all I need." Raven growls angrily as he finally unsheathes his weapon and holds it out to Glave, ready to trade blows with him.

Glave simply snickers like a child and stares curiously at the silver blade that was now only inches away from the mask on his face. Instead of backing away, the masked man does the exact opposite and leans in, allowing the tip of the sharp blade to press against his cold mask.

"You might act all tall and mighty with me, Raven. But I know that your willpower is little to nothing, that arm has briefly taken over you many times and is the cause of your nightmares, right? I've watched you suffer because of your meaningless resistance against your Nasod Arm, I have never seen anyone bother to fight the urge for more power, and seeing you do that…irritates me. I'm going to put a stop to that now."

"Don't underestimate me, Glave! Sonic Blade!" Raven hisses madly as he darts forward without warning and slashes clean through Glave's chest, causing crimson red blood to burst out of him.

The masked man simply giggles happily as he takes a causal look at his wounds, he snaps his fingers and allows the ripped-open flesh on his chest to close and snap back to together, the cuts in his cloak also change back to normal in front of Raven's eyes.

"Ouch, that sort of stung. Could you please stand still and not do that again? Regenerating my skin is such a drag." Glave exclaims in an annoyed tone as he brushes his black cloak with his right hand before staring back at the Blade Master boredly. Raven grits his teeth and senses some kind of fury building up inside him.

"You can quickly heal your wounds?" Raven gasps worriedly as he slides across the floor before eventually coming to a halt, Glave laughs and nods his head smugly to him. The blade master sighs and raises his weapon confidently again. "Then my best shot is not give you any time to do that,"

"That's an interesting theory, care to try it?"

"Tsk, don't mock me. Wolf Fang!" Raven cries out as he leaps into the air and rockets down at the masked man with his blade spiraling uncontrollably, Glave whistles to show he's impressed before quickly grabbing his leg and tossing him into the ground head-first. The scarred man coughs with agony as he slowly gets back up onto his feet. "You were able to intercept me…even when I was moving that fast…"

"It wasn't that hard to counter you, but don't beat yourself up over it. There's nothing wrong with your speed, it's just that there's no real force behind it. You have to use the force, Luke." Glave giggles as he changes his voice to resemble or imitate someone else, Raven simply raises his right eyebrow and tilts his head to the side in confusion. The masked man notices Raven's expression and lowers his head in disappointment. "Oh…right…wrong universe." He sighs sadly.

"You're not even making sense half of the time, Glave. Are you just going to toy with me, or are you going to actually fight?"

"Fight? I'm pretty sure I don't want to do that, I have no interest in killing you at a time like this. But you're right, I should do what I brought you here for now. Sorry in advance if this hurts, it probably will." The masked man mutters quietly as he teleports right next to Raven and places a firm grip on his Nasod Arm.

"Let's accelerate that mutating process in your arm, shall we?"

Raven shrieks and screams in utter, agonizing pain as his arm begins to glow as Glave takes his hand off of it, the masked man cautiously takes a quick step back as Raven drops to his knees and growls. The blood being pumped throughout his body begins to sizzle and boil to an unimaginable amount of heat, he opens his mouth and attempts to say something, but the only thing that he can muster is more agonized screams.

Glave simply plays around with the blue cubes in his right hand like toys as Raven crawls along the ground with his human hand clenched firmly on his growing Nasod Arm, black flesh slowly starts to form around the outer shell of the robotic arm. Disgusting and gruesome muscles mutate inside the Nasod Arm, causing the arm to scratch its claws into the ground as it gets larger and larger.

Raven spits out a small pool of blood onto the floor beneath him as the pain slowly begins to slip away, he could feel the growth inside his muscles and flesh gradually come to a complete stop. The mutation had finally run its course. Raven's legs and feet begin to shake and shiver rapidly as he uses them to stand once more.

He uses his human hand to wipe off a drop of blood on the lips before lifting his Nasod Arm to take a good look at it. It was now black and red, with real pieces of flesh wrapped around it, and he could feel a constant pulse beating through it, like a heartbeat. His front portion of his hair had mutated as well, becoming a clear white colour.[Reckless Fist Attire]

His body felt like it was bursting with absolute adrenaline, he had never felt so great in his entire life. He drops his blade onto the ground and howls loudly at the sky above as he thrusts up his Nasod Arm into the air. Glave cackles excitedly as he stares at the beast he had created in front of him.

"Trust me, Raven. You're going to have a lot of fun crushing insolent fools with your new arm, kekekeke!"


"Kahaha! Panzer Buster!" Add laughs as the Nasod Dynamos dance in front of him and fire off a power, purple burst of compressed energy, the lazer blasts forwards and drills clean through the moving Nasod corpses. He cackles in delight as he straightens his white jacket and points his right hand outwards. [Mastermind Attire] "This is as good as time to test out the Nasod Factory than ever, Shooting Chaser!"

Eve watches silently as the crazed man commands his flying Dynamos to hover through the air and fire down deadly, energy attacks at the heads of the attacking Nasods, she boredly summons a blue screen in front of her and taps her fingers on it a few times.

"I must concur, these targets can be used to see how much progress we've made in our research. Come on, Oberon. Please make quick work of our enemies. Activation of new code: Successful." She states in a monotone voice as her tight, black dress dematerializes and is immediately replaced by a exquisite, white dress with a commanding crown on her head [Code: Empress Attire]

A tall Nasod with dual swords rested on its arms and a helmet on its head leaps out of Eve's blue screen and slowly obverses its surroundings. It curiously turns its head from left to right, staring at the new world he has been born in, like a newborn child. The Nasod Queen snaps her fingers to get the assistance's attention and glares seriously at it.

"You're my faithful servant, made to serve me without question or error. Now, get to work at serving your Queen. Sonic Wave!" Eve suddenly explains to the Nasod before pointing out her finger to the enemies and shouting out a command at it, Oberon stays still for a few seconds before nodding obediently and leaping straight towards the other Nasods. It spirals elegantly through the air and slices the enemies in front of it into small shreds.

Add watches as the Eve's servant gets to destroying the possessed Nasods without the slightest signs of trouble, he chuckles quietly under his breath before grinning at the Nasod Dynamos.

"I see that Oberon was a complete success, Eve. But I seriously doubt that he adds up to the amazing power and artificial intelligence that the Dynamos now possess! Dynamo Configuration, Rushing Drones!" He shouts confidently at her as he shoves his hands into his white jacket's pockets and allows multiple drones to dart towards the enemy and explode upon impact. Eve leaps backwards as a possessed Nasod swings its arms aimlessly at her, Oberon turns its head after crushing an enemy in its hand and notices his Queen is in trouble.

"O-Oberon! Guard me!" She commands weakly as two more Nasods close in on her, Oberon nods and rushes to her side and materializes a small shield for the two of them, the possessed Nasods slam against the energy shield and gradually make their way through, Add tilts his head to see the situation and sighs.

"I'll take care of this, Phantom Seeker!" Add smiles calmly as two, powerful drones spin rapidly around the inside of his palms, the drones quickly fire towards the Nasods breaking through Oberon's shield and cut through their chests in a matter of seconds. The Nasods immediately drop dead, Eve sighs quietly in relief and stares back at the grinning Add.

"Thank you, I appreciate the assistance."

"Hmph, not a problem. Anyway, that looks like its it, right? I think we crushed them all." Add speaks as he takes a quick yawn and commands the Nasod Dynamos to hover behind his back, he grabs a strand of white hair flowing in front of his face and tries to blow it away. Eve slowly turns her head and takes a look at their surroundings before nodding in agreement.

"Yes, it seems so. All the infected Nasods are no longer operational. Also, that long hair is going to hinder you in battle, it's blocking some of your sight. Here," Eve mutters to Add as she summons a blue screen again and allows a small hair band to materialize out of it, she holds it out for him with her left hand. Add stares quietly at her hand for a few moments before smiling smugly.

"Do you think you could put it on for me?"

"W-what? Why do you not just do it yourself, you fool?"

"Eeeeh~ But I've never had to tie up my hair before, pretty please…?" Add whimpers sarcastically to the Nasod Queen as he turns his head around and crouches so that she can reach his hair, Eve thinks about it for a few moments before sighing and reluctantly tying the back of his hair. Add giggles once she finishes and swings his ponytail around curiously, he turns back around to look at Eve and grins.

"Oh? Your cheeks seem to have a slight red shade to them, are you blushing~?"

Eve's eyes widen as Add leans in his head closer to her than she would prefer, she takes a small step back and stares blankly at Add's smug face. Her blushing remains for a few seconds before disappearing as her blank face turns into an irritated frown.

"Add…did I tell you what I would do when we'd finish this fight you started?" She mutters quietly as she glares at the broken-down Nasods around them, scattered across the floor.

"Hmm, I think you said something about getting a slap, right?"

"That's correct. Oberon, slap him for me." She commands angrily to her servant, Oberon quickly takes a step forwards and slaps Add across the face, Add simply cackles and doesn't bother to rub his cheek.

"Kahaha! You call that a slap?! You're such a weak motherfu-!" Add laughs happily at Oberon before being interrupted by a slap by Eve herself, the crazed man yelps in pain as the force of the slap send him flying backwards. Eve watches as he groans quietly and gets back to his feet, she frowns once more as her face becomes red again as she looks at him.

"…Idiot."