Chapter 9
Ooo, I just watched House Of Wax (Owned by the Company that Created it, I do not own it), and Im freaked out, so this chapter is probably a little freaky, lol.
2 Years Later, Mae just turned 18
Finally, after two years, were going to awaken the new, improved KOS-MOS. Were on the Woglinde now, a Federation Ship from Vector. Im 18 now and I feel awesome. The Pink Heart necklace never leaves me, wherever I go. According to the news, we just found a Flotsam object out in Space, some kind of Cross. Kinda Surreal, because of the dreams I have been having since that one day when I was 16, every night I dream about a girl. We've all gotten older and wiser. Kaci got the Top Job in the Weapons Sector and I was demoted, and Allen became the Assistant Chief. It was because either I missed work so much, because of Personal things, or I slept in.
"So, shall we start the Encephalon?" I asked. Shion gave the thumbs up and we boarded the VX-2000, a new Encephalon bed that works better than the 1000. We sat down and the program began.
"All Monitors clear …3, 2, 1. Partition open. Proceeding with
KOS-MOS body formation," Togashi announced.
"Body formation complete. Commencing Penfield mapping," John called.
The screen popped up with the information of KOS-MOS.
Okay! Proceeding with Encephalon construction!" Basil said typing some things.
"Mapping percentage at 76, 77, 78…."
"Encephalon construction complete."
"There's noise appearing in the temporal lobe," Allen said worried.
"What's the problem?" I asked slightly scared from the last time.
"It's on the left side of the temporal lobe. I'm showing slight
stimulation of the synapses in section 818. It's within permissible
bounds, though… Do you want to abort?"
"No, let's keep going. Just stick to the menu. I'll try for a
direct approach. Back me up!" Shion said.
"Roger. Launching NATARAJA connection system!" Allen yelled.
I typed the password, "Ye shall be as gods," as the program began.
"Password accepted. Commencing NATARAJA boot up
sequence."
We fell into the Encephalon with a Jerk.
"Allen, there seems to be a problem with the visual field
connection!" I called up to the sky.
"Hmm… Ah…I see a small break in the MT field, route K12. It looks
like…the bi-directional link in the V4 field is lagged, too. Hold on a
minute… I'll fix it now."
"How is it now, Chief, Mae?"
"Okay, looks good. Let's keep going!"
"Fine from my view!" I called, even though my voice didn't really count.
"Roger. Proceeding with KOS-MOS host separation."
KOS-MOS appeared before us and I smiled.
"Morning, KOS-MOS."
"Good Morning KOS-MOS, how ya feelin?" I asked before Shion could.
"Good morning Shion, Mae. All systems are normal."
"Well, how about introducing yourself for Mae?"
"I am an Anti-Gnosis Humanoid Fighting System, serial number
00-00-00-00-1. Development name KP-X. Abbreviated name KOS-MOS. As I am
currently configured for simulated battle, my output is limited to 22
of its normal capacity. My estimated weapons specifications are…"
"All right, that's good enough. Thanks," I said.
"You are welcome."
"All we have for you today are the usual startup tests. Sorry to
wake you up just for that. You'll have to go back to sleep once
everything's checked out." Shion grinned and I did to.
"I see."
"Do you feel sad…or anything?" I asked. KOS-MOS reared her head to me.
"A predetermined set of emotions has been hard-coded into my
emotion module to better facilitate interactions with humans. In order
to better facilitate a relationship with you – Former Assistant Chief Engineer, Mae Takakashii of the KOS-MOS Project, Vector Industries First R&D Division – I
will emit an expression such as sadness, only when that response is
deemed necessary. However, the emotion module of my program has
determined that this is not necessary at this time.
Shion giggled.
"I guess you're right. I of all people should know
that." I smiled.
"Your understanding is greatly appreciated."
"But you know, KOS-MOS… I've got…mixed feelings about all this.
Of course, I'm happy that you're awake…But the fact that you'll go back
to sleep makes me a bit…sad. On the other hand, the next time you wake
up…it may be a time of much bloodshed. So deep down inside, I hope that
day never comes… Understand?"
"Shions Right," I nodded.
"The algorithms I have been programmed with do not support the
comprehension of illogical human thought."
"Well…I hope you'll be able to…understand someday." I again nodded.
"I will do my best."
"All right, KOS-MOS, shall we get started? Allen,
let's pick up from process 277 where we last left off!"
"Yes Lets." I yelled.
"Roger. Placing target drones in the Encephalon. The drones are
set to "random movement" and "enemy ambush." How about a test run
before the mission, Chief, Mae?"
"Mmm, sure, let's do that."
"Did you get that?" I asked KOS-MOS.
"Affirmative," KOS-MOS informed me.
AFTER A WHILE-
"All processes to 300 cleared!" John yelled.
Chief, Miss Mae, the data transfer is going smoothly. The A-LINE
protocol's looking good."
"It sure is!"
"The Response Levels are wonderful!" I added.
"If we can maintain these levels, we'll have some great results
soon."
"Yeah…"
"Maybe," I said bummed, we needed to go to level 400, but nobody's going to listen to the 'Former' chief.
"Mae, Chief, are you guys okay? You sound disappointed in our results."
"Hey, Allen… Let's skip all 300 level processes and start from
400!" I said finally getting my feelings out.
"Huh…400? Mae but that's…"
"I feel totally confident this time."
"But, Mae! Remember what happened last time…? Had we waited ten
more seconds to intervene, we wouldn't have been able to get you back
at all. Can't we at least test it out in Objective Mode?
"You know we can't get precise data that way! I'll be fine. If
something happens, we'll get ourselves out. Besides, you want to test it
out as well, don't you? We spent all night building the native A-LINE
protocol…!" Shion said siding with me for once.
"Well, yeah, but…:
"That settles it! Let's get started!" We said in unison. We were happy that we got our way, again.
"All right then… But if anything happens, I'm going to
shut it down from here, so don't press your luck!"
" OKAY MOM!" We yelled, then giggled.
"And don't deviate from the program…!"
We nodded.
"…Jeez. This is so typical of them. Will they ever stop to think
about the hell I go through for them? I care so much about them, I couldn't stand to see them torn like they already were."
"Which one more? Miss Mae or Chief Uzuki?" Meredith asked.
"Im surprised you haven't keeled over from the stress!" Janice laughed.
"HEY! Is the 400 level program ready yet or not?" Allen asked outraged. I heard the laughs and the frantic calls from Allen through the Speakers in my Earphone.
"There such Babies, your way more mature than them!" Shion said pushing my shoulder.
"Actually I have something to tell you," Shion said happily. She leaned over and whispered, "If we make it out of here successfully, then you get promoted to Assistant Chief!" I about screamed.
"That's wonderful!" I whispered back.
"Were ready Allen," John said.
"Well Start! Any abnormalities and were shutting down IMMEDIATELY!" Allen yelled.
"Yes Sir!" Togashi said.
"KOS-MOS, I'll explain a bit about this place. This place is an
imaginary space constructed within the network. It's modeled off of
some ruins from early 2000 A.D. Your mission is to fight the main
target within the dilapidated building. The target is marked with the
red Vector box. There are objects in here that can be detonated. Some
are effective if you set them off near the enemy. Use them to your
advantage. Now then, let's start the mission."
"Lets Start!"
"Understood."
We walked up and down the place and we went up against an A.G.W.S! Thank god Shion had her M.W.S and I had my M.W.G (Multiple Weapon Gun).
"Status check!" Allen yelled.
"Nothing bad, this should so make up for the last time!" Janice said. The one good thing about the Earphones is that you can hear everything, even them whispering!
"KOS-MOS reached the checkpoint, Entering process 431."
"Replacing targets with type-G drones. Commencing Display." On a little window, we saw the new enemies we were supposed to fight. We walked around and in a room we found the Mission Key.
"Thank God, we can now finish! Im tired," I whipped sweat from my forehead.
"Mae Takakashii, you are suffering from Fatigue, please give me your turn in battle until you recover." I nodded and thanked KOS-MOS. We walked downstairs and opened the door with the Mission Vector Box.
"Here we go," Allen muttered. On the sidelines he had put Steven and Mark ready to dive in and get us out if necessary. Janice had sent me a picture. In front of us, something appeared. A Drone-GX.
"A brand-new network is being created within the KOS-MOS
mainframe. We've never had a reaction like this before. This is
incredible… I've never seen a Net grow so fast! Look at it, sir.
Portions of the Encephalon map are evolving!" John yelled typing furiously, I could hear him. KOS-MOS' head shook violently, just like it did 2 years ago, when I got trapped in here.
"What the?" Allen asked.
"Allen, were going to engage the target. Make sure you capture all
the data."
"MAE, CHIEF NO! Its to unstable! You all will die!"
"That's a chance were going to have to take!" I said my gun appearing. We defeated the Monster and I said," So far, so good… Shift target to Real Mode. We'll test the Hilbert Effect!"
"WHAT! Mae your supposed to follow the program!"
"KOS-MOS, activate Hilbert Effect please," I said.
"Roger, activating Hilbert Effect." KOS-MOS spread her arms out and the new pinkish glow erupted from her. Shion took out her U.M.N Connection Gear, but the Drone GX was reacting oddly. It flailed faster and faster until it was going to fast for us to see. A golden glow erupted from it and I saw her again, Shion did to, because I saw the look on her face. I felt a hand and I woke up from the Dive, alive and unharmed.
"I bet the data was awesome!" I said getting up from the help of Basil.
"Was something the matter Chief?" Allen asked looking to Shion.
"No!" Shion gave me a look and I said No to.
Announcement: Attention, please. We are scheduled to gate out in
approximately 3 minutes. All hands, please return to your designated
areas immediately. Once again… Attention, please. We are schedule to
gate out…
Woglinde Employee 1: All ships, gate-out complete.
Woglinde Employee 2: Shifting main engine to stealth mode.
Woglinde Employee 3: Maintaining current speed until sector withdrawal.
Woglinde Employee 1: Exit from current space set at absolute time 1300
on the 22nd. Seven hours, 16 minutes and 30 seconds to withdrawal.
Woglinde Employee 4: Next U.M.N. column in seven hours, 36 minutes.
Woglinde Employee 5: All gate jumps from other sectors will remain
offline until then.
Moriyama: So, we're almost home…
Cherenkov: Yes, Sir. Our final gate jump is at the next column. We're
almost there.
Woglinde Employee 1: We made it this far; we'll be fine! The odds of
contact between columns is statistically low… Besides, this asteroids
field we're in is perfect for hiding the fleet from them.
Cherenkov: Hmph. So Pollyanna thinks those asteroids are going to
protect us.
Woglinde Employee 1: I…I'm sorry, Sir.
Moriyama: A bit testy today, aren't we Commander? Is something wrong?
Cherenkov: No… Of course not…
Woglinde Employee 2: Ever since we picked up that object ten days ago,
everyone's been a bit jumpy. And we still have a ways to go before we
hit comm-space… I can empathize with the Commander.
Cherenkov: Hm…
Woglinde Employee 5: Uh…Captain… Can you…uh, debrief us on the current
situation? Our original orders from the Galaxy Federation were to
investigate the vanished planet and assist the researchers, but ever
since we picked up that object, it feels like…everything's changed.
What exactly is that thing, anyway?
Moriyama: Who knows? I haven't heard a thing from the research team.
But as I mentioned before, apparently they're after the object, too…
That's unofficial info, of course.
Woglinde Employee 1: What about the rumor regarding the casualties
during the retrieval process…?
Moriyama: Even if it were true, that's none of our business. The
research team has their own orders to deal with. The only explicit
instructions we've received state…that should any salvageable objects
exist in the area, their retrieval takes top priority.
Woglinde Employee 5: Top priority? What does that mean?
Cherenkov: What it means is, over our very lives.
Moriyama: Now, now, no need to scare them. Those orders merely reflect
the importance of this operation to the Galaxy Federation government,
that's all. Just stay sharp and be careful.
Woglinde Employee 2: That makes sense, Sir. The entire fleet was
renovated for this mission. Besides, if there's an emergency, we've got
the trump card to fall back on.
Moriyama: Ahh, yes, speaking of which… What's the latest on that
situation?
Woglinde Employee 2: They're scheduled to turn in the A-7 reports
today.
Moriyama: A-7, eh… Only one step away from fully operational. It's
about time, I suppose… Lieutenant, please ask Chief Uzuki to come to
the bridge once her data's ready. Ask her to bring all the previous
data as well.
Woglinde Employee 2: Yes, Sir.
The Woglinde employee left.
Woglinde Employee 4: What trump card? Was he referring to that battle
android?
Woglinde Employee 3: That's right. You didn't know?
Woglinde Employee 4: Wow, so it's true…
Woglinde Employee 1: Hey, I heard that project's really behind
schedule.
Woglinde Employee 3: You can't blame 'em. There were casualties during
their last boot up test two years ago. They're being more careful this
time.
Woglinde Employee 4: It's hard to believe they're making an android in
this day and age. Only place I've ever seen them is in old space
novels.
Woglinde Employee 3: Well, trump card or not, it's still an experiment.
And it ain't like one android's gonna make that much of a difference.
The whole project's just a chance for those Vector guys to show off.
Someone's outdated hobby, that's all.
Woglinde Employee 1: I heard that even their commercial models differ
greatly between those that've seen action and those that haven't.
Cherenkov: They say ignorance is bliss…looks like they were right.
Woglinde Employee 1: Commander!
Cherenkov: I'm just envious, that's all.
"We'll be there in 30 minuets!" Shion said to the Director.
"They don't waste time," Janice sighed.
"Im usually right about these things!" Janice said waving a finger. We laughed.
"Heres the Data Mae, good luck with getting the Position back!" Basil gave me a hug and I blushed. Basil was a handsome young guy, around my age, but not that young.
"That's all, thanks!" I said returning the hug.
"Hey, Chief, got a sec?" Mark asked.
"Yea sure," Shion said turning.
"The Military is looking for actual Field Data for KOS-MOS, what are we going to do with only Simulated Data?"
"Well, you got me there."
"If it were up to me and Shion, we would keep her here, never having to take her out of her dream world right?" Shion nodded.
"But why are you so afraid to but her to real work, when you
push her so hard in the simulations? I can't wait to see KOS-MOS up and
completely functional. Couldn't you at least try taking her up to Phase
3? That should be no problem for her by now."
"Phase 3 in a simulated-battle config? Come on. We're not about
to wake our little princess for that! Here's a
summary of KOS-MOS main equipment from the Second Division. This should
help you with the guys upstairs."
"Thanks!" I saw Shion blush, her and Allen would make a cute couple.
"By the way, giels, what do you think of the M.W.S, M.W.G, and the
A.G.W.S.? It's just dummy data created inside the Encephalon, but it
was pretty exciting stuff, wasn't it? If neither had problems during
this test, all that remains are the functionality tests using actual
models."
"They were perfect! But I would prefer and weapon like Shion's though, with my weapon equipped on it to."
"Ill tell Chief Kaci about it!" Allen said.
"Oh, by the way, could you send the Connection Gear data to
Headquarters for me? You know the Vaporizer Plug-in that we used to
destroy obstacles? I wonder if they're also going to manufacture it
based on our test data? I swear, they pile everything they can on us,
under the pretext of testing KOS-MOS…" Shion sighed and I giggled.
"Well it's inevitable, considering they have a lot of other
concerns, like the budget."
"With Kaci on the Dammerung, they got their retirement funds right there," I laughed. Shion and I left for the Bridge. Allen ran after us flailing his arms, and for a nanosecond we pretended we didn't know him.
"CHIEF! YOU LEFT THIS!" He yelled. He tripped and the Data flew out of his hands and it hit me in the head.
"Umm, thanks," I said picking it up. I thought I had already got that. We walked past some people and we went into the room that the Flotsam Object was stored. I stared at it with awe.
"You SLACKERS!" Pow.
"Stop Slacking!" Smack.
"Stop watching Bimbos like them!" Crunch. I was startled by the noise coming from below us. We looked down and the man gave us a Cold Hearted Stare. He had a Purple Cross On his face, and I think they called him Vanderkam.
"And what exactly are you two looking at? My Men keep looking at you, bimbos, and your making them slack off! If you don't move it, im going to move you myself!" I shuddered and ran back away from the railing. Shion followed.
"I guess not every Sector Runs like ours, right?" Shion asked.
"Tchh, you got that right!" I stopped walking, I looked at the Golden Behemonth, and I felt an odd surge of Happiness.
"Do you see that?" Shion asked, her voice filled with fright. I looked and my heart jumped.
"Its her," I whispered.
"Its who?" Shion asked taken aback. I took her hand and we followed her to the Golden Behemoth. When we approached it, everything froze around us and she went into the Golden Beast, and without fear, I followed her. Before we could go all the way in, I snapped back to reality because Mr. Slap Everybody was yelling.
"DUCK!" The Circling object that traps the Golden thing swung at me and I pulled Shion down with me. We crawled away fast.
"What do you think your doing, that's Authorized Personal up there! Stop slaking and get back to your work!"
"Yes Sir!" I said timidly running away from the Isolation Room. Shion followed.
"He creeps me out," I said panting from running so fast. Shion's connection gear buzzed and I looked at her.
"It's the Third Division, they want us to come and see the Realians," Shion smiled.
"Oh, I can't wait, I miss them!" I said grinning. We walked down the hallway and into the Realian Maintence Room. We fixed the Realians in a few minuets and Lieutenant Virgil made his appearance. The conversation was all to weird to repeat.
"Oh no! We still have to go to the Bridge Shion!" I said running in place. She nodded and we ran off for the Bridge. We walked past some people, we smiled and waved, and we rode the Elevator up to the Bridge.
"Sorry for being late!" Shion and I said in unison.
"Its okay, now please show us the Data for KOS-MOS," Captain Moriyama asked.
"I see. I understand the basic specs. So, where's the actual
field data?" Cherenkov asked frustrated.
"Well, it's not quite ready… All I can provide today is up to A-
7," I said timidly.
"So you don't have it?"
"Well… We'll begin testing with a mock-up unit very soon, but the
system is still a little unstable, and…"
"Aren't you just making excuses? Listen, Chief Uzuki. Why do
you think you're on this ship? Think about that for a moment. This fleet may be newly outfitted, but it was assembled
under major time constraints. And we have A.G.W.S. units, but the 100-
Series Observational Units that go with them aren't available until
later. What would happen, if by some chance, we were attacked by those
things? I don't think I need to describe the outcome to you. The
purpose of KOS-MOS' deployment was to address this issue. Or am I
mistaken?
"N-No, Sir…" Shion said lowering her head.
"Listen, you're not in a laboratory anymore.
You're on a warship. This is a battlefield! KOS-MOS was supposed to be
our frontline defense here, and now you're telling us it hasn't even
woken up yet! There's no point in having a weapon that can't even get
out of bed! That thing's only meaningful to us when it's fully
operational! Why can't you…"
"Let it go, Commander. These people are working under serious
time constraints, just like our own squadron. Besides, they're only one
step away from actual field testing. In the end, we all want to see
this operation completed without having to resort to that thing, don't
we?" Caption Moriyama said coming to our rescue.
"Of course, Captain, but I believe…"
Suddenly, Commander Cherenkov's cell phone rang. I laughed on the outside.
"…Arg! Who's calling me…?"
"Is there a problem?" Caption Moriyama asked.
"Oh, uh, no. Something urgent's come up… If you will excuse
me."
Commander Cherenkov left with haste out of the Bridge.
"I wonder what's wrong?"
"I don't know…" We said.
"Well, never mind. That's enough for today, Chief Uzuki. Let
me know if any new development arise."
"I'm sorry we failed to meet your expectations." Shion looked like she was going to start crying.
"Oh, there's no need to apologize. What's important to us is
how reliable the system is once we've start using it. Rushing the
project won't get us anywhere. So just calm down and take as much time
as you need. The government's funding it all, anyway, right? You must
be tired. Take the rest of the day off. Now Miss Takakashii, about your new position, we have thought it over, and since Vector has left us in Charge, were going to let you have the job because of your excellent Knowledge!" WOOT!
"Thank you!" I bowed and shook his hand. We left for our Rooms but we stoped for an announcement.
Chief Uzuki, Assistant Chief Takakashii of Vector First R&D Division, you have a
package from Vector HQ. Please claim your package at the A.G.W.S.
hangar as soon as possible.
We walked into the A.G.W.S Hangar and a Man stopped us.
"You're from Vector, right? There's a package for you. It's addressed to Miss Uzuki and Miss Takakashii. It looks dangerous, so be careful while handling it."
"Hmmm, a M.W.S. So this is what Miyuki's email was about. Hmph, I
guess she still intends to use me as her guinea pig." I giggled and opened my package from Kaci. It was her new invention; it was like Shion's. M.W.S, but mine included a gun, and stronger powers. We walked to our separate rooms and I said my good bye to Shion. I walked into my room and called Kaci.
"Hey there Girl! How is your new Weapon? I made it pink, just for you!" Kaci's face gleamed.
"It looks amazing!" I said. We talked a little about this and that and I said good-bye.
"Im sleepy!" I said to myself yawning. I turned the light off and fell asleep. I had a dream, Shion and the girl was in it. We were in a gray area outside and the girl tried to say something but it was muted.
Allen and the OthersAllen: What the…? You're all still here?
Basil: Hey, how's it going? We're trying to pinpoint today's problem,
among other things. What about you?
Allen: Oh, Commander Cherenkov gave me a piece of his mind earlier.
Togashi: Ouch. Glad to see you survived. That guy's relentless… "You
act like a bunch of college kids!" and "What, is Vector run by a Girl
Scout?"
Allen: He just went on and on.
Basil: Man that's just not right. Seriously… But it isn't right to have
the Chief taking all the heat…
Allen: Still… I wonder why he seemed so nervous…
On The Bridge
Woglinde Employee 1: Now exiting the asteroid field.
Moriyama: That's excellent! Prepare to gate-jump.
Woglinde Employee 2: Aye-aye, Captain. All ships entering approach.
Woglinde Employee 1: 19 minutes, 30 seconds to column area.
Woglinde Employee 2: U.M.N. pulse received.
Woglinde Employee 3: Current coordinates locked. Transfer vector
correction to 103. Target: Athens Column.
Suddenly, a warning signal was heard.
Woglinde Employee 3: Captain! A warning signal!
Moriyama: It can't be… Is it them!
Woglinde Employee 3: No, Sir. The detection system is silent. (to
Woglinde employee 1) How's it look on your side?
Woglinde Employee 1: Nothing over here, either. You sure it's not an
error?
Woglinde Employee 3: No, no it's not. What…is this…?
Moriyama: What's going on?
Woglinde Employee 3: Sir, I don't think an external source is causing
this warning signal.
Moriyama: Then what's causing it?
Woglinde Employee 3: I'll run a search. (searching) …I've pinpointed
the anomaly. It's inside the ship, Sector Three…!
Suddenly, screens saying Main System Approached are everywhere and the
Woglinde employee looked at the monitor and saw something.
Woglinde Employee 3: It's… KOS-MOS!
In The LabAllen: That's impossible! Hey! What the hell's going on!
Basil: I don't know! It all happened so quickly. We're checking it out
right now!
Togashi: KOS-MOS warning status, level 1! The bindings are off! Damn
it! It's booting up on its own!
John Bell: The countdown has started as well!
Allen: What the hell..! Why all of a sudden…!
I woke up to the sound of a siren. I looked al around and saw Warning Screens everywhere. I grabbed my Connection Gear with the KOS-MOS start up program installed on it.
"KOS-MOS?' I ran outside quickly to run into Shion who was just as worried as I was.
"KOS-MOS!" We screamed together. We ran for the Partition but it closed on us.
BridgeMoriyama: What is it now!
Woglinde Employee 3: Detecting a large-scale spatial distortion ahead
of us! An enormous mass is gating out!
Moriyama: Impossible! We're still outside the column area! That's…
Woglinde Employee 3: The U.M.N. geodesic structure is being breached!
Woglinde Employee 4: The target…it appears to be interacting with the
U.M.N. somehow!
Moriyama: It's being hacked! That's possible! Massive gravity
fluctuations! Surface anomalies forming in space-time!
Woglinde Employee 3: Impossible! That defies all laws of physics!
Woglinde Employee 5: Computing mass – the numbers are completely
inconsistent! I can't get a clear reading! Whatever it is, it's huge!
Woglinde Employee 6: The amplitude… …the hell? It's like a tidal wave!
The readings are increasing! It's entering normal space! Captain!
Woglinde Employee 5: …Captain!
Woglinde Employee 6: Straight ahead! There it is!
Moriyama: Gnosis!
Announcement: Shifting to DefCon 1. Virgil, report your team to Sector
D. Prevent the enemy forces from entering the reactor room.
Virgil: Going into battle without an A.G.W.S. unit. What brave little
soldiers they are…bring tears to my eyes… Well, let's see how they do
as shields.
Later, three Woglinde employees fire their rifles at the Gnosis, but
the Gnosis were too strong and crushed the first employee. Then broke
the neck of the second employee and shattering him to pieces. Then the
Gnosis attacked the third employee and shattering him to pieces.
"Mae? Whats going on? Why are there Gnosis here?" Shion asked shaking.
"I don't know," I replied hoarsely. We ran past many, many Gnosis until we reached the Realian Maintence Room. A Gnosis had us by the neck and we were dangling there like play things. It was then that I saw her. I felt something warm and I turned as far a the Gnosis would let me.
"KOS-MOS!" I managed. She shot a beam at the Gnosis and it dropped us. KOS-MOS went all commando on the Gnosis and the she did something we didn't expect.
"The Hilbert Effect?" Shion, Allen and I said in unison. The Gnosis all over materialized. KOS-MOS beat the crap out of all of them and then we went head to head with a deformed Gnosis.
"We must go to the Isolation Area were there are Pods for you to use," KOS-MOS said ushering us out of the door. We met up with Virgil again and we fought more. When we got to the Isolation area Shion and I took Rifles and shot at the Gnosis. One creeped up behind me and Virgil went to go shoot it. KOS-MOS took out her F-MSHOT and shot throught him to get to the Gnosis.
"KOS-MOS!" I shouted.
"You killed him!" I said.
"Affirmative, he is not a Vector Employee, I have not been instructed to protect him."
"But, you cant take innocent lives!" KOS-MO didn't answer, she went back to fighting the gnosis.
"Please take the Life Pod, its obvious who gets it."
"There's three, they only hold two KOS-MOS!" Shion shouted.
"I recommend in taking Mae and Shion, Allen you can go with me after im finished." We nodded and we boarded the Life Pod and left Allen and KOS-MOS there, alone with the Gnosis.