"Okay...everyone okay?" Asta asked.

"It seems we're missing some people. Ha...I hope Jin ended up falling to his demise." Heihachi said.

"Isn't he your grandson?" Bahn said.

"Their family is pretty messed up in more ways than one." Aya said.

"That goes without saying." Mayumi said.

"Some grandson. This would solve many problems for me." Heihachi said.

"Hmm?" Misery said, looking around. "What is this place?"

"It looks like some sort of science lab." Belladonna said.

"I'm pretty sure the pods would give it away." Zacian said.

"Uh...guys?" Filo said, seeing a large Vajra in the room.

"A Vajra? Then...this place is for mass producing the enemies we've been fighting." Naofumi said.

"Not just Aragami. Look!" Connor said as Skeith was on the other side of the room.

"Skeith?!" Kite said.

"It's a clone of him, but it sure as hell looks like the real thing." Connor said.

"Ed...I need you to ram these guys." Eddy said holding an arm.

"Uh...he's over there." Raphtalia said.

"Then who am...I…" he said looking up to see a familiar pursuer.

"S.T.A.R.S!" Nemesis roared.

"Oh god, now we're seeing triple." Mayumi said.

"I'm getting really sick of looking at that disgusting face." Misery said.

"Eddy! Mayumi's right, watch out!" Morph said.

Two more Nemesis's appeared and were ready to smash Eddy.

"AAAH!" Eddy screamed and flash-stepped away before the attacks landed. "That was too close for me!"

"Our goal is clear!" Ed said at the top of the platform. "We must destroy this facility, and every evil spawn it has created!"

"In that case..." Lei said, readying her shotgun. "Who's up for a B.O.W. and Aragami hunt?"

"I'm very sure a number of us would oblige." Cheetah said.

"Then let's settle this." Chris said. "Jill, the chase ends now."

"Yeah. Time to say goodbye to our horrible past!" Jill said. With that, all three Nemesis's let out a roar.

Chapter 36

Nemesis

"Okay...we need to hurry and deal with the threat as quickly as possible." Naofumi said. "Smash the vats as you go as well. Prevent any more of these things from being made."

"Right." Saki said.

"Let's take care of our respective enemies quickly." Alisa A said.

"Yeah." Kite said as the two pairs respectively took on the Vajra and Skeith.

"While they handle them, we'll take down the Nemesis trio." Connor said.

"Chris, Jill. I'll back you up against one of them." Mayumi said.

"Much obliged. Let's get this mission started." Chris said.

Battle Start:

"The BSAA could always use someone like you. Interested?" Chris asked.

"I'm not sure about outright, but I'm always up for a joint mission if the time comes." Mayumi said.

"You and your friends may not be soldiers, but it'd be great to have you as allies." Jill said.

Ready...FIGHT!

Chris and Jill attacked Nemesis with their usual assortment of Firearms and CQC before Mayumi was called on.

"Where are you looking? I'm right here!"

Mayumi charged in with a sword attack before she used her Requip magic to switch to Black Wing Armor and swipe her arms to form energy blades at Nemesis, firing a few shots from a sniper rifle before changing into military gear and loading a rocket launcher.

"Target in sight. Fire!"

Mayumi fires a rocket straight at Nemesis, exploding on contact.

K.O.!

End Battle:

"Excellent gunplay skills, Mayumi. Especially with that Rocket Launcher." Chris said.

"Where do you store all of your weapons and ammo?" Jill asked.

"That's...kind of a trade secret." Mayumi said.

"S.T.A.R.S!" the Nemesis roared before it exploded.

"One down, two to go." Jill said.

"Ooh, mind if I take one on?" Misery said, pointing her sword at another one.

"Knock yourself out." Chris said.

"Hahahahaha! I'm gonna rip this one to pieces!" Misery said.

"Hope you don't mind if we join in." Aya said.

Battle Start:

"Hahahaha, this is a sight. Three members of the Baneful Bloodline working together!" Misery said.

"Just to be clear, we still don't trust you." Aya said.

"So don't go stabbing us in the back." Saki said.

Ready...Fight!

Aya and Saki attacked their Nemesis target with sword strikes and hand to hand combat, courtesy of Saki as she dealt heavy slug punches to its face as Misery soon jumped in.

"I'll slice and dice you!" Misery said, extending her sword and ripping through Nemesis multiple times with three single sword strikes before she entered Berserk Mode with her skin turning dark blue, and her hair golden as she then reeled her upper body backwards. "Hahahahaha!" she called, as multiple domes of energy bursted from around her before they destroyed Nemesis.

K.O.!

End Battle:

"Someday I'll have it… The Baneful Blood will be mine!" Misery said.

"Should we tell her?" Saki asked.

"Let her keep dreaming a little longer." Aya said.

"Rrrrrraaagh.. Stupid...BANEFUL!" the second Nemesis said before exploding.

"Only one left." Saki said.

"Leave that to us. We'll get him off your backs." Lloyd said.

"Mind if I join?" Lei asked.

Battle Start:

"We will not let the enemy through! Lloyd, Lei, let's do our best!" Colette said.

"Wow, she's certainly in high spirits." Lei said.

"That's just the kind of thing we like about her." Lloyd said.

Ready...FIGHT!

Lloyd and Colette attacked the Nemesis in sync with a combination of sword artes from Lloyd and a mix of angel magic and Pow Hammers from Colette, before Lei was called in.

"I got this!" Lei called as she disappeared for a moment as multiple lines were seen slashed across Nemesis as Lei reappeared and sheathed her blood-coated knife into her weapon box as red lightning surged from it as she pulled out her sub machine guns and fired a barrage of blood bullets in a spinning motion along with her shotgun in widespread before hefting her weapon box onto her shoulder as the front end of it began gathering energy. "You're gonna like this one!" she said as a large red laser fired out and hit Nemesis multiple times as she soon retreated.

Special Attack: Falcon's Crest and Grand Chariot

Lloyd and Colette rushed in on Nemesis as they tore him up with their swords and chakrams.

"Lloyd, let me set this up for you!" Colette said as she tossed her chakrams at Nemesis, causing lightning to strike on impact before a glyph was under him with Lloyd high in the air.

"This will decide everything!" Lloyd said as he drops down, causing a pillar of light to rise from under Nemesis.

K.O.!

End Battle:

"Our weapons are Courage!" Lloyd said.

"Love!" Colette said.

"Um...Friendship?" Lei said.

"S.T.A.R.S!" the final Nemesis muttered as it exploded.

"That's the last one...as for the others…" Raphtalia said.

"Data Drain!" Kite called out finishing Skeith as Soma struck down the Vajra.

"That does it for our enemies. This facility...is finished." Ed said.

"But...what I don't get is who even made such a place in…" Double D said before they looked to Juri.

"Heh...you figured it out that fast huh? You got me...all of this is property of S.I.N." Juri said.

"S.I.N.? Seth obviously had something planned with a lab like this." Cheetah said.

"Of course. That madman… if he is a man, has been seeking technology from all over the worlds." Double D said. "This is one of the products...and there was very little incorporated. If he gets more, he could potentially take over universes."

"Then we know what has to be done." Chris said. "Seth has to be stopped. At all cost."