Hey guys it's been quite a while huh ? I'm sorry that I haven't been updating this story as much as I promised, my exams are just around the corner so I won't be able to focus on this story completely but I plan to update this story a lot more after my exams. Also I wanted to say thanks to all of you who followed this story ! As I said previously i never expected this story to get so much attention but I'm really happy that it did and don't forget to leave a review if you feel like it.
Until next time peace!
Erebus couldn't fathom why he had to awaken in a world like this. He has been wandering for hours now, it felt as the sun kept getting brighter with each passing hour. Sometimes it made him question if this was just a nightmare but everything felt so real which was unnerving for him and it certainly didn't help that there wasn't a single person here. Erebus kept passing by many buildings while observing his surroundings however it was the same as usual, buildings were destroyed and there were more wild animals. He wasn't complaining but he has yet to see another human like him in these deserted land however as he kept wandering these unknown lands more memories of a child that looked like him slowly started to plague his mind, Erebus deduced that it must've been him during his childhood.
These deserted roads reminded him more of his childhood, Erebus suddenly stopped walking and grimaced while gripping his head. Slowly he opened his eyes and saw that he wasn't in the destroyed city but instead he was inside a large room, however it looked like a palace due to the shining decorations that this room possessed. Slowly Erebus kept walking towards the room while looking all around him, the room was dark despite having many windows in it. He kept walking until something caught his attention to his side, slowly he started approached the object in question and saw that it was a mirror but his eyes widened as he saw his reflection.
Erebus was looking at his reflection through the mirror and saw that he had the body of a child, instinctively he reached towards his face and touched it however another object caught his attention to his left and began walking towards it but to his surprise it was a picture of...him as a child and a woman smiling while resting her hands on his shoulder. Erebus took a step back and began wondering who was this women but more importantly why was he here? it didn't make sense to him to find himself in a place like this, not so long ago he was walking in a empty city and now here he was inside a room while being in the body of a child. Suddenly Erebus heard a crackling noise from behind him and instinctively went for his sword but his eyes widened once he realised that it wasn't by his side, slowly Erebus turned his head back awaiting for whatever had entered the room but was shocked to see a saw a women with with long brown hair peeking through the door while having a concern look upon her face.
The mysterious women looked all around the round until her eyes rested on him, a warm smile spread on her face as she fully entered the room. The brown haired women began talking in soothing voice, ''Ah there you are, I've been looking for you through the whole castle. You mustn't wander off like that...what if something happened to you while I was not here?'' The mysterious women said a panicked voice as she walked towards him, Erebus blinked a couple times before looking around him and saw only the two of them in this room which means that she was addressing him but he didn't knew her. As the women was walking towards him Erebus took a couple steps back which caused the brown haired women to stop and look at him with confusion, ''Erebus what's the wrong? Why are you walking away from me? Don't you recognise me?'' The women asked with concern while walking towards him and reached her hand towards him. Erebus looked at the picture on the wall and back towards the women and saw that they were in fact the same person, As he was about to speak his world suddenly went dark and quiet.
After some moments the sounds of birds could be heard, Erebus slowly opened his eyes and blinked a couple times before looking around him but to his surprise he was lying down on the ground while facing the sky. Instinctively Erebus got up from the ground and dusted himself, he took a good look at his surroundings and was utterly shocked to see that he was back into the city surrounded by destroyed buildings and overgrown trees which caused him to be confused for a moment. Erebus couldn't believe what he's just experienced, he likely had lost consciousness and dreamed about his past even though it felt so real to him. Deciding that standing here would get him nowhere he began walking along the roads while trying to put the pieces together about his recent vision,'Just who was that women...' Erebus thought while walking without paying attention to his surroundings but before he could question more of his memories something on the ground before him made him stop.
Erebus slowly descended his knees and began inspect whatever it was closer, but to his surprise it was a man wearing a cape while having a hood that covered most of his face. Erebus noticed the man was bleeding from everywhere while his eyes remained opened. The man must have been dead for quite a while because it looked like the man faces started to decompose or rather something close to it, Erebus took notice of his wound and deduced that whoever did this to this man was not human at all, Erebus took a look at his self as saw that his chest was still naked which he meant that he had to cover himself up if he ever hoped to blend with the enemies.
He took the cape from the dead man below him and put it on him while bringing the hoodie down on him, after taking a good look at himself Erebus got up and decided it would be best to not touch the deceased man and simply continue his journey but before that he turned back and got on his knees. After some moments of reflection Erebus put his hand over the dead man faces and closed his eyes. He may not have known that man but by respect he made sure to close his eyes, it was the least he could do however just as he was about to get up something shining caught his attention towards the man neck. Erebus got closer to inspect whatever it was but his eyes widened as he saw a unknown material underneath the wound of the dead man. He couldn't believe it however he soon began looking closely at the dead corpse and stopped when he saw the emblem that was on its clothes, Erebus frowned while trying to remember were he saw that emblem but soon quickly realised that it was the same emblem that these women he fought in the forest were wearing. Erebus Slowly let go of the dead man cloth and quickly put the pieces together.
This deceased man was an android
Erebus eyes widened at the sudden realisation however before he could think more of it a strange noise could be heard above him, as Erebus lifted his head to look at the sky he began having an odd sensation of being observed however something caught his attention in the sky. These things were moving unnaturally fast to the point were he began squinting his eyes while wondering if it could perhaps be dragons, however he soon saw more of these things flying in a pattern. Erebus had a bad feeling about these flying things so wasted no time to quickly get on his feet and decided to continue walking fast while trying to keep himself out of sight of whatever was in the sky, after all he didn't if they were hostile or not and he didn't want to wait here to figure it out.
A2 has been walking inside the mall for quite a while, and it was oddly bizarre to say the least due to the fact that this mall was dark and quiet, she wasn't new to the area however she also never took the time to come inside this mall. Maybe she didn't care enough to investigate this part of the area enough to which she started to regret neglecting this mall, there were various sort of objects displayed behind the glasses of shops. A2 wasn't a enthusiast of exploration but if she had only taken interest in visiting this mall earlier she could've saved herself month of boredom instead of walking around these lands, A2 kept looking around the mall until she suddenly stopped walking and squinted her eyes to see what was ahead of her.
There was a giant machine on the ground or rather what was left of it which didn't seemed to move, it was rather strange to see a machine of that size on the ground so she slowly started to walk towards it while gripped her sword after all she didn't know if that machine was awake and she wasn't gonna let her guard down just because it didn't move. As she was getting closer to the machine she gripped her sword even harder then before while waiting for any signs that the machine was awake but to her surprise it wasn't, A2 eyes widened as she took a better look at the machine. It was in a horrible state, his body was severely damaged and limbs missing but what was truly strange was his head was destroyed beyond recognition. It wasn't rare to see machine damaged by Yorha soldiers or the resistance members but she's never seen so much damage on a machine body of this size even with sword and guns.
This made her feel uneasy
A2 frowned while looking around, for some reason she had a bad feeling about this. First the machine in the forest who ignored her then the blood stains on the dirt in the forest and now the destroyed giant machine. Something told her that Yorha was had something to do this but she needed to be sure.
''I guess there no point in staying here.'' A2 muttered while making her way towards the mall exit.
Once outside the mall she stared at the city ruins in the horizon, it made her remember painful memories that she didn't want to recall. After some moments A2 started to run towards the city ruins hoping to see whoever was behind all of this.
Anemone was very tired and frustrated by the recent news jackass had told her, apparently not so long ago a group of the resistance members came back to a camp in the forest. They were covered in blood and bruises and when asked what happened one of them told that a machine life form did that to them, at first Anemone couldn't believe a lone machine could've done that to them but apparently this machine was unusual strong but what was worst was that it looked humanoid and was named Erebus which caused her to be shocked. That machine had beaten one of them in hand to hand combat and the other with his a sword, Anemone couldn't believe that the machines were evolving at an alarming rate which means that her and the others members were in possible danger. What if this Erebus decided to come here with more of machines like him and if it looked humanoid that meant that they could blend with the resistance members from all around the world which means that they would need to reinforce their security, but before Anemone could start panicking she felt a hand on her shoulder which caused her to turn around and face a worried Jackass. She was one her dearest friend even if at first they didn't get along.
''What's up with you Anemone ? You look like you've shit yourself'' Jackass said with concerned voice.
''Y-yeah sorry i was just thinking about something'' Anemone said while avoiding her friend gaze.
''Are ya su-''
''Yeah I'm sure don't worry about it'' Anemone quickly said while hoping that her friend would drop the topic.
''Okay if you says so...oh i forgot the commander wants to speak with you.'' Jackass says with a raised eyebrow.
''Ok I'll be there in a moment'' Anemone said to Jackass who only gave her a reluctant nod before going back to what she was doing.
At this Anemone frowned, it was strange that the commander of Yorha wanted to speak to her at this time. Anemone never had anything against the her but something told her that the commander wasn't to be trust, but she couldn't complain about her after all it was somewhat thanks to Yorha that the resistance members were able to continue fighting in this war. They kept broadcasting these same messages about how the humans were looking forward to come back on earth on the moon, just like every android on earth she was also looking forward to that day...to meet an actual human.
Anemone let out a sigh before making her way towards the communication section, as she entered the room she saw two resistance members typing on a keyboard while checking their screen. Anemone walked behind a black haired women and placed her hand of the resistance members shoulder to let herself know, the women turned around and greeted Anemone with a nod before showing her the commander call on one of their screens. The screen displayed the commander white who was resting a hand on her hips, Anemone tilted her head as she saw the commander outfit and couldn't help but to think it was a fancy and a unique outfit every time she saw it because not everyone could wear something like that. Anemone frowned as she remembered a unique conversation that some Yorha soldiers along with some resistance members talked around a table along with a bottle of booze, they talked about how great and beautiful commander white was and that they would do anything just to be at her side. Anemone never quite understood why was everyone glorifying about the commander, it wasn't like she was anything special...right?
''Greetings Anemone, there's something important that I must share with you and every other resistance leader on earth. The machines have been acting unexpectedly strange for the past days and many of them are heading towards the city ruins.'' The commander said with without hesitation in her voice.
''That's...strange we haven't had any reports of machines acting strange furthermore why would the machines be heading towards the city ruins ?'' Anemone said while rising a eyebrow.
''Listen I can't tell you everything due to confidential security however...there's a machine named Erebus that one of my Yorha squadron have encountered, he's unusually strong, he nearly killed some of Yorha soldiers which is why we've deemed him to be too dangerous for him to roam around freely.'' The blonde haired women said as she narrowed her eyes.
Anemone listened to the commander white and couldn't help but to think that something wasn't right. If that Erebus was the same as Jackass told her then why didn't Yorha send more reinforcement to kill him?
'She's hiding something obliviously, there's no way that Yorha would let such a dangerous machine alive after what he's done. Yorha must have an alternative reason.' Anemone thought while frowning.
''But what does this have to do with any of us ? After all Yorha is more than capable of dealing with that machine if he's such a threat, there's something you're not telling me commander'' Anemone said slowly while crossing her arms, the commander frowned at her and let her arm fall down from her hips. The tension was thick that even other two resistance members stopped what they were doing to listen to the conversation, after some moments the commander closed her eyes while running a hand through her blondes hair.
''Indeed there's more to this but like I said it's confidential so it doesn't concern anyone of you, however you should know that there's an alarming rate of machines that are coming close to your camp location which is why I've send some squadron on earth to help you deals with them.'' The commander white said with a slight edge in her voice.
''Jackass has informed me a bit of the situation but now that we have more info on the situation we'll be able to prepare when the time comes'' Anemone replied while looking at the supplies case near her.
At this the commander raised a eyebrow
''How's Jackass doing ? It's been a while since we've talked, I've send her letters but I wasn't able to reply to her letters due to work'' The blonde haired women with a slight guilt in her voice.
''She's doing the best as she can...well except when she goes overboard with her experimentation to which I have to remind her that testing products on the others members is forbidden'' Anemone said while having flashbacks of her having to reprimand Jackass for her scientific research.
''Well I guess she hasn't changed at all, with all the the work here things has been quite hard for me.'' the commander said with a tired voice. For some reason Anemone didn't took quite well what the commander just said.
''Yes...yes she has changed...many of her friends have died, at first I didn't notice but overtime when I or the others interacted with her she wasn't her usual self. At first it was in her voice then suddenly it was her way of talking and more, this war has taken a toll of many of us including her commander but it seems that being in a secured bunker in space surrounded by elite soldiers makes you forget about how hard the actual war is on earth.'' Anemone said with a stern voice. The Yorha commander blinked while her mouth was slightly agape before she recompose herself and suddenly got closer to her screen while narrowing her eyes.
''What was that ? Let me remind you that I've known Jackass way before you did! Even way before you became a leader of this camp, I know her better than anyone else and certainly better than you. How dare you say such things and let me remind you that the reason this camp is still standing is because of Yorha efforts, without us this camp wouldn't even exist today!'' The blonde haired leader spat with venom in her voice.
After hearing that Anemone gritted her teeth, just who did this slave driver think she was ? The main reason they were still alive was because they kept fighting and supporting each other's when they cry for help was ignored by those on the moon, many of them die to those machines and some even took their own life so that they wouldn't be in this war anymore.
''And what do you think this makes you ?! A saviour ?! You're just as bad as these machines, you're a monster who committed hideous acts behind everyone backs! And while we are on the subject let me also remind you that before I was the leader of this camp i was also fighting along side with Yorha Soldiers and my captain! Her name was rose and among us was A2 squad that you've abandoned to their fate, at first we didn't trust them but over time we've became a family and we carried out the mission of taking back most of the territory from the enemies! How many Yorha soldiers have you left to die? How many of us did you abandoned despite having the power to save most of us?!'' Anemone shot back at the commander while glaring at her.
''Don't you think I'm aware of this?! I don't need you or anyone else shoving it down my throat, you don't know a single thing about me so don't talk as if you know everything!'' Commander white said venomously said while glaring at anemone
''Then stop acting as if you deserve any right to feel sorry for yourself! As we speak many people are risking their lives while you are well protected in your high tech bunker, here on earth we don't have this luxury to feel safe and now there's an highly dangerous machine in the wild that could possibly slaughter us at any moment just like he did to those other resistance members that Jackass told me about!'' Anemone said while raising her voice but unknown to her many other resistance members had gathered in front of the room to listen of what was going on.
''Do you want an apology ? Do you want me to feel bad about myself ?'' The commander said while narrowing her eyes.
''What I want you to do is to actually give us some real fucking help other than supplies trade and some Yorha soldiers that are here on vacations once in a while! You have what it takes to help but you refuse to fully help us...are you doing all of this so that you can be praised by the humans on the moon?...so that you can make yourself look good in their eyes?'' Anemone crossed her arms while squinting her eyes. The others two resistance members in the room were shocked, they have never heard their superior losing her temper that bad and especially not towards the commander of Yorha. They just hoped that nothing bad will happen to their leader.
Anemone kept glaring at the commander white through her screens but was only met by silence, whatever emotions the commander had on her face had be drained. The blonde haired leader face's was was now empty of any emotions, suddenly she slowly moved her head towards her screen and opened her mouth.
''Anemone you threading on thin ice, if I were you I would chose my next words very carefully...'' The commander white dangerously said with a monotone voice.
They kept staring at each other's but before Anemone could reply back she felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned her head to see the brown haired women that was in charge of this room along with her comrade staring at her with worried expressions visible on their faces. Anemone looked behind the two resistance member and saw several people gathered outside of the room listening to their conversation, there was no point in continuing this so Anemone decided so tell goodbye to the commander which she returned. After this heated argument Anemone ordered everyone that was listening to get back to duty's which they quickly did, she needed to rest or else she wouldn't be able to think clearly. She walked of out of the communications room until she reached her room, after opening and closing the door behind her, Anemone went towards her bed and lays down on it before closing her eyes with her final thoughts.
'we've been fighting for so long...just when will this war finally end.'
2B frowned as she was laying down on her bed with her hands resting on her face, she was reflecting on what happened days ago in the control room, the commander knew she wasn't thinking clearly after she nearly killed a scanner for mistaking him with that damned Erebus. It's been two days since she left her room but there was no point in leaving it, even 60 has been coming to her room to check on her but 2B hasn't let her come in. She felt bad for how she treated 60 who clearly went out of her way to make sure that she was alright but at that time she didn't feel like talking to anyone, besides 60 the only other Yorha unit who she get along with was 9S who had yet to been seen which only made her feel more guilty. Everyone once in a while she would get flashbacks of Erebus, never in her life 2B had wanted revenge that bad but as much as she wouldn't admit it Erebus scared her.
2B dropped her hands from her face and instinctively touched the center of her palm where she had been pierced by Erebus swords, the memories of it were still fresh on her mind despite happening almost a week ago. If 9S could see her in such a pitiful state he would likely try to comfort her, a small smile could be see on 2B as she imagined the scenarios in her head. Deciding to talk to someone 2B sat up straight on her bed and looked at the table on her right where her blindfold was, she took it and put it around her head. 2B the got up ready to leave her room and made her ways towards the corridors of the bunkers, as she continued walked she passed by many other Yorha unit who were going on about their duty's. Some of them greeted her while some just simply stared at her, which must've been due to what happened two days ago. 2B couldn't held anything against them due to how she acted two days ago but she wished that maybe they would stop staring that much.
The white haired android walked down the white corridors while observing past the windows of the bunker. Space was a beautiful sight, the stars and planets were all fascinating for her even if she would never admit it to anyone, after some time 2B reach 60 rooms and inhaled deeply before slowly knocking on the door. There was no response coming from 60 rooms which means that she must be elsewhere, 2B concluded that she came here for nothing. She pinched the bridge of her nose while sighing, maybe she'll come back later, 2B turned around and started to make her way back towards her room. While not paying attention to her surroundings 2B suddenly bumped into someone, she was about to excuse herself when she looked up to see however it was but was surprised to see the commander white just mere inches from her. Instinctively 2B regained her posture and placed a hand on her chest, while looking at her leader in the eyes.
''Excuse me commander I wasn't looking where I was going, are you alright?'' The white haired women asked with concerns in her voice.
At this the commander couldn't help but a chuckle lightly at the concern that 2B was showing. Which made 2B slightly blush.
''Don't worry it was my fault to begin with'' the commander replied while shaking her head, after some awkward moments of silence 2B noticed the expression that the commander had. It was as if she had been deeply insulted.
''Are you alright commander? You look...troubled'' 2B said as she titled her head.
''Yes I'm alright don't you worry I just had long discussion with...someone'' the blonde haired leader frowned while thinking of someone specifically.
''I see...then do you need my assistance with anything specific?'' 2B asked while hoping that she would get any kind of job rather then being stuck in her room, at this the commander looked at 2B with raised eyebrows before voicing her concerns.
''Well in fact there's something you could help me with but first tell me how are you feeling?, Have you...had enough time to rest?'' Commander white asked with a slight concern voice while remembering what happened two days ago in the control room.
''Yes I've had enough time to rest and to sort out my thoughts, I'm now ready for future missions commander'' 2B answered with a firm nod however it wasn't the full truth, she still hasn't recovered properly from what happened recently but she just hoped that the commander would just go along with it.
''...Very well then come with me I'll tell you about your next mission'' Commander white said as she turning her body to continue walking towards the control room but not before sparing one last concerned glance towards the white haired android who still had her head down while while following behind her. The commander honestly cared about 2B but she couldn't show her that, she had a image to maintain which is why she hoped that operator 60 would be able to comfort 2B better than she possibly could.
As the duo entered the control room many operators along with other units began looking up from whatever they were doing and began whispering to each other's once they saw 2B which caused her to slightly lower her head, at this the commander frowned and send them a hard glare which caused everyone to be silent and made them go back to their duty's. After all nobody in the bunker wanted to face the commander wraith which was a understatement. 2B slowly lifted her head and kept staring at the commander, she wondered why would the commander go out of her way to help her in this situation because it certainly didn't make sense to her. After all it was her own fault to begin with, if she hadn't terrorised that poor scanner the other day none of this would've happened but she appreciated the commander gestures nonetheless.
''Thank you commander'' 2B whispered quietly but enough for the commander to hear it which seemed to work as the blonde haired leader head looked back towards 2B and gave her a slight nod with smile.
As they reached the center of the room the commander turned towards 2B and began informing her on the current mission. ''As you can see there aren't many Yorha soldiers here at the moment and the reason for that is that I had to deploy them on earth, after your encounter with...Erebus there has been an enormous amount of machines heading towards the city ruins. We currently have no idea what their goal is but whatever they hope to get over there we have to intercept it before they can, that's why I'm also sending you to earth so that you can aid them and also the resistance camp. They certainly will need help for this upcoming battle'' Commander white said without missing a beat, 2B grimaced at the mention of Erebus however she didn't let that distract her from her current mission.
''Understood commander, I'll be on my way now'' 2B replied with a firm nod, which caused the commander to do the same. As she turned around and made her way towards the hangar the commander voice called her from behind.
''Be careful out there 2B, we can't afford to lose another potential unit on the battlefield at the moment'' the commander said while looking firmly at the white haired soldier, 2B only turned her head back and gave her leader one last nod before running towards the hangar.
