"Make sure we have plenty of supplies for medical and restoration." Rico said as he was taking care of the base camp. He wants to make sure everything goes as it should. He was in charge of the camp and it seemed like things were fine. That escalated quickly as a barrage of fireballs came raining down on the camp.

"Time to turn up the heat!" Kimi called as she didn't hold any attacks back and let loose on the place.

"We're under attack! Stop them!" Rico ordered as he tried getting whatever soldiers he could to engage the enemy and attack. They all tried to hold out against the enemy. While they were fighting, Rico looked to the side and believed he spotted Sierra sneaking in. He should have known his daughter would come. Now that he does, he's going to need the right equipment to discipline her again.

...

The South

Meanwhile, action was happening in the south. Ichika and Fria were fighting the forces that Senka was leading, while Marinda was fighting Senka himself. Both have proven themselves to be quite powerful opponents. Senka's new Shadow Unit is called Firebird, and it has quite the capabilities with him able to keep up with Marinda. The two of them kept flying around and clashing their weapons against each other. Marinda opened fired with her cannons, but Senka flew around and avoided each of his attacks.

"You'll have to do better than that if you wish to beat me, not like that would actually happen." Senka said. He flew around and tried going at Marinda, but Marinda turned around and blocked off another one of his attacks. To gain some distance, Marinda kicked him back and recomposed himself by landing on a roof.

"You're quite skillful." Marinda said.

"Obviously." Senka said with him being smug.

"You have a lot of skill and such, but I can't understand why someone like you would fight for someone like Sakyo Qilin." Marinda said.

"Sakyo Qilin is a visionary. You're a woman that can pilot an I.S." Senka said. "You have greater power that half of the world's population can't have."

"Doesn't matter." Senka said.

"You have such great skill. I find it that you're wasting it on such trivial things." Marinda said.

"Did you say trivial?!" Senka questioned as he found that of great offense. "You clearly can't see the vision that Sakyo Qilin has for the world! Do you know why that is?! I bet it's because you want to keep that fancy toy your wearing! You like the power it gives you and you don't want to give it up! It's easy for you to speak since you have power, unlike those who had nothing!

"I see... You felt like you had nothing before joining Rogue Nirvana." Marinda said.

"Lord Qilin is fighting a noble cause and that is why he will win in the end! Equality is within our reach once the I.S. is destroyed!" Senka claimed.

"All this just because you want power? Just as I said, trivial." Marinda taunted.

"Shut your mouth!" Senka shouted as he unleashed a burning slash right at her, but Marinda flew up and avoided the attack as it slashed right through the building. "I will not allow anyone to speak so poorly of Lord Qilin or his goals!" He charged right at her again, but he was blinded by his rage. Marinda blasted him with his cannon and blasted him away.

"You're already a step closer to equality with the Shadow Units. Isn't that enough?" Marinda said. "Those machines could be a force for good."

"They are weapons to bring about equality!" Senka said. "They aren't going to be used as toys for games or anything! Perhaps they do undermine what we stand for, but they are our best weapon against those units you use! The Shadow Units are weapons that bring equality, and we will bring about that equality by force!"

"I still say that you're in over your head." Marinda said. "This all sounds trivial, as I keep saying. You just want to be stronger and have more power."

"Shut it!" Senka shouted as he tried attacking her again. He tried attacking her with a barrage of attacks, but Marinda was able to block each of those attacks. Senka believes he is fighting for a noble cause, a battle he would gladly give his life for. That is why he won't stop until Marinda and others like her are brought down. "The likes of you couldn't possibly understand! All you really need to know is that if you dare stand against Lord Sakyo, I will not hesitate to kill you!"

"You're quite loyal to him! I can only imagine that he gives you salvation!" Marinda said. "Still, it does not matter. You and your organization don't decide how the world should be!" She was able to push back and knocked him away again. Marinda opened fired with her cannons again, but Senka flew around and avoided each of her attacks.

"That does it! Now you've gone and made me mad!" Senka said as he was getting more and more irritated by Marinda. "I think it's time I show you what Firebird can really do!" Senka was unleashing another feature of his Shadow Unit. "Inferunoreiji!" Senka called on a different power and his Shadow Unit turned gold and it gave the illusion that he was surrounded by fire.

"What is this?" Marinda said as she never saw something like this before.

"It's how you die!" Senka shouted as he flew straight at her once more with even more power. He smashed into Marinda like a powerful meteor. Marinda was pushed down and taking some serious damage form that attack and he caused them to crash right into the ground. The force of the impact sent immense shockwaves through the area. It caused windows to shatter, buildings to crack, and the fighting stopped for a moment.

"Something just crashed into the ground. What was that?" Fria questioned.

"Marinda?" Ichika questioned as he didn't like how this looked, and hoped Marinda was the one that caused it instead of the receiving end. However, he was proven wrong when Senka flew out of that impact. He took some deep breaths to calm himself down with his Shadow Unit returning to normal.

"That will teach you to respect your superiors." Senka said as he thought he had her. He believed that Marinda was finished after that, but he was proven wrong. Marinda was able to walk out of there, but her I.S. was seriously damaged. It was torn, damaged, and sparks were flying out of it. It doesn't look like her I.S. can take much more of that. "I'm a bit surprised you're still in one piece after that, or that you're even able to walk after that."

"I've trained my body since I was a child. As if a piece of burning scrap that only weighed a ton would be enough to defeat me." Marinda claimed.

"You can act tough all you want, but it's not going to make any difference." Senka said. "Look at yourself. How do you plan to fight me now?" He had a point. Marinda looked over the damage that was dealt to her unit.

'My energy levels are depleted. I can't even use the barrel cannons, they're too damaged.' Marinda thought. 'Flight is still available, but it doesn't look like I can remain in the air for a long time. If I intend to win this fight, I have to do it fast and do it now.' She could see her options were limited here. That attack made it so she won't be able to fight much longer. She was still willing to fight as she tried to fly back up to Senka. It was hard to maintain balance and keep it in the air, but she found a way to make it work.

"You've got to be kidding. You still want to fight me?" Senka questioned. "Face it. It's over and I'm the winner here. It's not like you guys ever stood a chance."

"You made a mistake about something." Marinda said. "I'm not like brother or the others. They have morals and such that allow them to know what is right and wrong. There are lines they wouldn't cross. I am not like that. I have mentally and physically prepared myself for such things."

"What are you saying?" Senka questioned. Marinda just stood there and held up her blade as she closed her eyes and readied herself. "You're seriously going to try and keep fighting me? You've got nothing left." Senka was acting ignorant and arrogant. He thought Marinda was bluffing or trying to trick him in some way, but Marinda doesn't bluff. In one swift and final attack, Marinda moved with incredible speed. She got behind him and landed down on a roof.

"You let your guard down. Your ignorance and arrogance just brought your downfall." Marinda said. "You are not the only one trained to use a sword. I was willing to take the life of my own mother, so the likes of you is no challenge. Farewell." She deemed. Suddenly, Senka fell out of the sky...split in two. Everyone was shocked at what she just did. None of them could believe she did that.

"Oh my god..." Ichika said as he was left speechless. Senka's remain dropped to the ground.

"If what I did here makes me a villain, I can accept that. At least now the world is safer without you." Marinda said as she crossed a line Ichika, Davis, or any of the others couldn't cross. That alone marked the end of the southern forces.

...

The Base Camp

Meanwhile, Sierra and Kimi were finishing things up at the base camp. Kimi was able to fight back the forces that attacked her and deal a good deal of damage to the place. As for Sierra, she was still trashing the place. She tore apart everything in the place, every weapon and piece of supply that they had.

"Sierra! That is enough!" She looked behind her and saw her father there, loaded with a series of guns and such that he was willing to use on her. "I thought I taught you better than this."

"All you taught me was pain, misery, and anger. You don't even believe in their cause. You just enjoy that your genius is being used and recognized." Sierra said. "You are a violent man that doesn't care for the people he hurts, but I am going to put a stop to it."

"I don't think so, little girl." Rico said and just started firing away with all that he could. Sierra moved around and avoided the attacks until sue was brave enough to go at him and kicked her father down. However, Rico wasn't going to go down easily. He took out an EMP grenade and threw it right at her when Sierra wasn't ready. She tried jumping out of the way, but it still detonated and part of her I.S. got caught in it. She lost some movement in it and crashed to the ground. She could still move some, but couldn't get back up. "I now see you truly are good for nothing!" He aimed right at Sierra and was actually going to kill her, but he didn't get the chance. Kimi stepped in and started shooting fireballs around.

"Mr. Monimia, you are a horrible father!" Kimi shouted as she kept attacking him. Deciding to cut his losses, he tried running for it, but Sierra wouldn't let him escape as she aimed her own gun right at him.

"You really are a horrible father." Sierra claimed, but she had no regret to do this. Rather than being a monster like him, she aimed and shot the beams up on the ceiling. She fired a few rounds before she broke it and caused some of ceiling to fall and crash down on Rico and pinned him down. Rogue Nirvana is falling apart now. This war is almost over now.

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Davis: We're almost there. Rogue Nirvana is almost finished. We've beaten the forces up in the south, east, and west. That just leaves the forces in the north. After that, we can go after Sakyo himself and... Wait a minute... No way... How did this happen?

Next time: Bug in the Forces

Ken, where are you?