Erebus was about to finish off the women beneath him when he was interrupted by someone voice.

''Drop your sword machine and come with us, you are under arrest by Yorha. If you refuse then we'll be under obligation to kill you, do you understand ?!'' The Yorha captain said.

Erebus turned his head around and to his disappointment saw more of these women serving for the same order as the one with her black blindfold. There were a lot more of them, each of them wearing a black blindfold while also wielding swords. Sighing Erebus turned his head and looked down at the women who was still badly injured on the ground below him, she hadn't move however he saw that she had taken her sword in her left hand.

Erebus couldn't believe it that she still had the nerves to even try to oppose him, hasn't she learned her lesson yet? Couldn't they see that he was far to strong for them to even hope seriously injuring him? 'Maybe I did hit her too hard on the head ?' Erebus thought were interrupted by the same voice from a moment before.

''This is the last time I'm gonna repeat myself machine, stand down or else we will make you !'' A women with blonde hair said harshly.

Erebus was baffled by her threat as she even had a chance against him, he would've knock her out faster than her comrade who he had pinned on the floor. But much to his dismay he knew he would have to leave this area fast, after all he has been so absorbed in beating these two women to death that he had neglected the fact that they have called for backup however he had a plan to get out of there.

He stepped off the women who was still beneath him and turned around only for him to be surrounded by more of these people.'They are worst than parasites' Erebus thought while looking around him but what he founded odd was that they all had blindfold.' What's the reason behind those blindfold ? Are they all blind or something ? But that wouldn't make sense, when I fought the one with white hair it didn't look like she was moving like a blind person. Her movement were direct and fluid like if she wasn't wearing one...' Erebus thought before being interrupted by that same voice.

''Now that you've moved from her drop your sword and put your hands up and don't resist'' the blond woman said and Erebus dropped his sword while once again putting his arms up. The blonde android walked past him and made a motion sign with her hand to order those who was surrounding him to keep their guards up. She then went over the Amelia and crouched down to her level.

''Don't worry we've been send by command to help you deal with that thing.'' she said while flicking her head behind her to motion him however Erebus didn't take it to nicely and grumbled a curse under his breath.

Amelia opened her eyes and adjusted them to see who was talking to her, she felt relieved to see more yorha androids coming to help them. She looked around her and saw the machine being surrounded by a handful of yorha soldier, Amelia then looked to her right and saw 21H healing 2B who was still keeping her eyes closed. Amelia then tried to stand up but unfortunately her body started shaking before falling again, her body was screaming in pain she had underestimated him and it nearly costed her life as well of her friends and it really made her think about her actions.

She had let her emotions get the better of her and acted irrationally, never before had she felt so guilty if only could have handled the situation better maybe her friends wouldn't be in such terrible situation but before she could even more of it Amelia thought were interrupted.

''Hey did you listen to what I've just said ?'' The blonde android asked with a concerning voice.

''No I-I'm sorry I'm just glad that you're here'' Amelia replied back with a small smile.

''Like I said it's okay, we'll be able to heal of all you here'' the blond android replied back. She then got up and turned her head back to Erebus while trying to figure out what to do with him however she decided it will be better to extract information out of him for now.

Erebus saw the blond woman staring at him as if she was trying to read him, he found it amusing that despite everything he has done to her companions. That women thought that she was the one in control of the situation...how naïve of her. The blond women started walking toward with a straight composure until she was face to face with him, he looked around him and saw that those who was surrounded them were gripping their sword harder than before which made him chuckle. He could've swear that the women in front of him was starting to get piss off however she opened her mouth to address him.

''Who are you and what is your objective ?'' The blonde android asked as she rested her hands on her hips. Erebus thought about staying silent once again but perhaps having more information on them couldn't hurt after all.

''Erebus...my name is Erebus'' he replied slowed while watching the facial expression of the women before him. She stayed silent for a moment before asking again.

''I also asked you what's your objective ? You certainly are not an android due to the fact that the android with white hair that you've savagely beaten has reported to our commander to have encountered a humanoid machines along with her scanner unit in the desert not so long ago'' She said while looking at him in the eyes.

Erebus took some time to digest the information he just had and was shocked to learn that they were androids just like the twins who has been visiting him while being asleep in that pod. But what caught him off that was that they thought that he was a machine just how was it possible for them to mistake him with these inferior metal pieces of scrap. Erebus never felt insulted that much before and that made him livid however he kept his composure and looked around him and saw that all of those androids were waiting for him to explain what exactly was he.

''Are you stupid or are you blind ? Do I look like a machine with a big head and red eyes ? maybe all of you should remove your blindfold because you clearly can't see what's in front of you'' Erebus said while looking at her as if she had lost her mind however she heard what he said and didn't take it to kindly and walked towards him and stopped inches front his face and grabbed his neck while glaring at him.

''Do you want to die ? One more remark like that from you and I'll make sure you won't be able to form a full sentence from that smart mouth of yours, do you understand me ?'' She said while putting pressure on her grip however Erebus didn't look affected at all but that didn't mean he wasn't furious just who did she think she was talking to ?

'No one touches me like that let alone putting their hands on my neck' Erebus thought while glaring at her, slowly she removed her hand from his neck, it was about time for him to escape before doing that he asked one last question that was still on his mind.

''Which order do you serve under ?'' He curiously asked while looking at 2B who was still being healed by others androids.

''I don't know what order you are talking about, we are not part of any 'order' as I said earlier we are soldiers from Yorha and you're under arrest, now quite asking questions and follow us this instant'' She said with annoyance in her voice before making her way to 2B but not before stopping in her tracks and ordered those that was surrounding Erebus.

''Neutralise him and don't let him escape, Command unfortunately wants him alive so that we can interrogate him about the enemy'' The blonde android said before continuing walking towards 2B, just as she said that the androids began approaching him while raising their swords towards him.

''You've heard our captain don't try to even resist or else you won't like what's gonna happen next'' a yorha soldier with black hair said while having some sort of glowing chains in her hand. Erebus turned his head to face her and gave her his nastiest glare he could make, he watched her as she gulped before taking a step back.

''Do you have a death wish ?, we've told you to stay still. Don't push us machine'' another yorha soldier with red hair said before coming towards him however she stopped in her track as she saw him chuckle before laughing loudly. All of androids were currently looking at him laughing while being confused.

Erebus couldn't help but to laugh at the current situation, those androids were delusional. To even think that they could neutralise him was ridiculous, didn't they see what he has done to their fellow soldiers ? Do they really think that they are more stronger than him ? If he wanted they would all be dead by now. Erebus stopped laughing and looked at them before speaking.

''Sorry but that's not gonna happen, be thankful that you will live after this'' just as he said that his body begin glowing rapidly and before they could all rush at him to stop him, a bright light blinded them all, they all covered they faces with their arms. Erebus took the opportunity to pick his sword up and jumped ahead of the ground, he landed on the ground and quickly searched the area to find his scabbard once he did Erebus quickly began making his way towards the forest but heard them yelling at him to stop.

''He's getting away ! We have to go after him'' The blonde android said while preparing herself to pursue him.

''There not much we can do for now, we'll get him eventually but for now it's best to let him go !'' 21H said as she lowered her head.

Once the light began disappearing the group of yorha soldiers begin looking around the area to find him but it looked like has was already out of their sight. The captain of the yorha Squad looked quite frustrated.

''How did he managed to do that ! Damn it now he's running in the wild and who knows what he will do when encountering other androids'' the blonde android said while clenching her fists.

''Don't worry I'm sure that we will track him down but for now all we can do is inform all of the resistance camp nearby to be on their guards'' Amelia said while struggling to stand up.

''I guess your right...I'll inform command of these events meanwhile all of go and help these two while I speak to the commander'' the blond leader ordered as she made her ways towards at pod.

''Right understood !'' All of the yorha soldier replied before going over to help 2B and Amelia.

2B watched them talk and couldn't help but to think what happened earlier with her encounter with him, she was angry at her self for being useless. He had beaten and humiliated her at every chance he got, he made her feel weak and pathetic. If only she had been stronger and smarter maybe things would have gone differently or if even 9S was still here with her. Perhaps it was due to her weakness that he wasn't here with her.

She wasn't that much of a prideful soldier but the humiliation that she would have to face when explaining to her commander that her a elite Yorha soldier has been beaten by a machine life form was embarrassing. But she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and lifted her head up to look at her fellow yorha solider that was healing her and saw a sad smile on her face.

''Are you alright 2B ? You look troubled'' 21H said while looking down at 2B with concerns all over her face however 2B didn't reply at first and turned to head back.

''Yes I'm alright, I'm just tired'' 2B said in a whisper.

21H looked at 2B with soft frown before a sigh escaped her lips. She couldn't do much in those situations after all.

''Ok if you says so 2B but just know that if you need someone to talk I'm always here okay'' 21H said while resuming to healing her to which 2B gave a simple nod without looking at her.


Erebus has been jumping from trees to trees for quite some time now, while he had no idea where to go he kept moving on, hoping to get out of this forest. He had spend way to much time in this forest and it wouldn't be good for him to stay here while these androids were still searching for him, lifting his head he looked at the sky and was staring to feel disturbed by the fact that the sun still hasn't moved from its pot. Erebus was pretty sure that it should be night time by now, a sigh escaped his lips as he kept looking ahead of him. 'So they were androids just like the twins...however they said that they were serving for Yorha, I wonder why was yorha hunting me down ?' Erebus thought as he finally decided to land on the ground and begin walking out of the forest.

After some hours of walking Erebus stopped walking, lifting his head he saw a massive building ahead of him, it was kind of weird to see these types of buildings in a forest but after taking a good look he saw an entrance towards that building. It looked like it reached outside of this forest which was what he exactly was looking for, each steps Erebus made towards the entrance was making him feel quite tense after all he didn't know what to expect while being inside.

Once inside the abandoned building he couldn't help but to look all around him there were trees growing inside of this building and also glasses shattered to pieces on the floor, he kept walking inside and was surprised to see various items scattered around on the floor, he knew what most of these items were and it didn't take from for him to put the two pieces together.

It was a mall center as they called it, Erebus had the twins to thanks once again if it wasn't for the fact that they visited him and told him about the various of things that were created while he was in a slumber he wouldn't know where he currently was. He knew what were those items and what purpose they served, he soon went over to a room head of him and saw that behind these glasses were children toys.

Erebus inspected the toys in the shop and quite surprise to see dolls and wooden figures, he was kind of envious of the children of this era. While growing up he didn't have any toys to play or anyone to play with, from the moment he was born surviving was the only thing that was available to him. Erebus remembered how people from his village used to fight over territories and children like him used to suffer from their selfishness. He had to learn to defend himself at a very early age, after seeing some many children of his age dying at the hands of cruel king and emperors. Erebus had to learn the most important rule to survive in those times.

Kill or be killed

Erebus shook his head trying to forget these dark moments of his life's now wasn't the time to look back on those memories, he had an objective to complete and he will get answers no matter what. Making his way out of the toy shop, he began looking for at the other stores in the mall.


In a space orbital station was a blonde haired android in a white uniform was currently awaiting for one of her special soldier unit. She was the commander of Yorha, Commander white was known to be a stoic and calm minded leader however after the recent report of one of her squadron captain she couldn't help but to be nervous of their recent discovery. These machines keeps evolving at an alarming rate while yorha androids were having a difficult time dealing with them, After seeing the recorded conversation with that machine named Erebus she couldn't help but to feel slightly stressed at how these machines looked exactly like them and it didn't help the fact when she learned that he had beaten and nearly killed 2B who was one of her most skilled and trusted soldiers and not to forget several other androids with ease.

Getting up from her desk commander white made her way towards a widow and pressed on of her hands on it, a sigh escaped her lips as she contemplated her life. What were they supposed to do now ? This war was been going on for far too long, many androids lost their life while fighting in this forsaken war. Many Yorha soldiers looks up to her which means that as their leader she couldn't afford to show any weakness in front of them.

However despite the fact that there was over thousand of androids currently in the bunker the commander white couldn't help but to feel something that she would've never believed it was possible to feel while being in her position.

Loneliness

It was hard to be leader of an army she felt as if none of her yorha soldiers could relate to her however it wasn't their faults, soon or later they were gonna die...even her.

They were meant to be sacrificed over and over again so that they can keep producing more advanced soldiers, so that the truth about humanity never leaks out. It saddens her to even think about it, when she was first assigned to her position as the commander she didn't think much of her soldiers however over the years she learned to care about them even if she never showed it directly. Especially with 2B and 9S, they were important to each other however she knew better than anyone what 2B real mission was in this war.

It was to kill 9S as many times it takes so that he doesn't discover the secrets that's within Yorha, only her and a handful of Yorha soldiers know the truth. The commander felt guilty each time she had to face 2B after successfully killing 9S, she remembered when 2B asked to be retired from her assignment as an executioner, the look on her face and her pained voice however she couldn't allow 2B requests to be accepted. 2B was trapped in this cycle just like her.

What were they even fighting for after all ? The commander kept thinking about this question for quite some times now, their creators have long been extinct. It was just an endless war between androids and machines, a war that they were slowly starting to lose.

The commander thought were interrupted by someone knocking on her door, still facing the outside her window she answered.

''You can come in'' She said with a monotone voice.

''You wished to see me commander ?'' 2B said while inspecting the commander's room.

The commander slowly turned her head to face one of her most precious soldier.

''Yes 2B, I know that you're fresh out of maintenance but after reading the recent reports I needed to ask you a couple of questions.'' The blonde android said while walking towards 2B.

''I understand commander, what is it that you wish to ask me ?'' 2B said.

''It's about that encounter you had with that machine, i know what he has done to you but what did he look like and what was his objective ?'' The commander said while sitting at her desk.

2B took some time to think before answering her questions, it was quite unexpected to hear the commander ask those questions at her. However she was still going to answer.

''It was a strange machine to say the least, he barely spoke a word, he was dressed weirdly and he was wielding a strange sword however if there's one thing that stood out from him it would be his strength. As you saw the reports he managed to beat me his ease almost as if he was toying him me.'' 2B said as she recalled the events from not so long ago.

it was hard to admit but it was completely true, he overpowered her including others androids that were facing him and there wasn't a single thing she could have done to stop him. He has beaten her, humiliated her and even tortured her. She still could see his deranged smirk as he was making her suffer.

The commander frowned as she took notice how 2B body seems to be trembling as she told her the events that occurred between them and also how she clenched her fist, whatever he has done to her seems to still haunt her. Wanting to finish this conversation she asked one last question.

''And what was his name did he say that he had one ?'' The commander asked while looking at 2B with an serious expression.

2B took some time before answering

''Erebus that's what that thing call himself'' 2B said while looking at the ground.

Satisfied with 2B answers she told her to leave and get some rest. The commander got up and opened the door and 2B made her way to the door but before she could leave the commander placed a hand on her shoulder stopping her.

''I know that you still feel guilty about what happened but please don't, you've done more than enough and on top of that you made it back in one piece so I want you to forget those events and get some rest.'' The commander said with a slightly concerned voice.

2B looked up to her and took in every word that the commander said.

''Understood commander, if you need me don't hesitate to call me. Glory to mankind.'' 2B said while placing a hand to her chest.

Glory to mankind'' the commander said while removing her hand from 2B shoulder.

The commander watched 2B leaving her room and shut the door behind her, the commander made her way to her bed and laid down on it. She needed some time to think about all of the events.


Hey guys what's up ? Once again I'm sorry for the time it took for me to finish this chapter, school has been really hard to deal with but in one week it will be Easter holiday so I'll be able to focus more on this story so yeah Take cares guys !