Anya POV:
Upon entering the door from underground, we were shocked when we happened upon what looked to be a factory with war machines beeping around us. "This must be the Ancient Factory... Nene's power is here... somewhere... I can feel it," I said with a frown.
"These machines sound like the servant robots, but they are actually machines of war. You can tell by the weapons they have," Zola said. But as soon as we took one more step forward, the entire place lit up and we gasped as all the machinery started to clock into overtime and started to produce robots once again!
"Hell no! If Nene makes anymore robots, his army will be unstoppable! We need to find some way to shut off these machines!" I said with a frown.
"But how?" Shu asked. I then looked around and gasped when I happened to see a machine that was combining the robots into the war mechs, minus the Eternal Engines. "Let me try something here... time to demolish this with our combined muscle! If we can take this machine out, then we can prevent any of these mechs from being mass-produced," I said.
"Got it. Let's do it!" Kluke said as we all let out our shadows and we all used our strongest attacks on the machine at the same time. And when all of the attacks hit it, the machine exploded and I smiled at how it had a jam inside of it from a War Mecha Robo that was trapped inside.
"Hah! That's that done, now to neutralize these shield enemies," I said as we attempted to attack one of the machines and we gasped at how it had a strong, red barrier on it! "Crap! We can't damage it with this current barrier. We need a red variant! Let's try to find a way out of here and a red barrier device to boot," I said, our group rushing past the creatures and jumping over one of the conveyor belts and into a hallway. Upon entering it, we took out some alarm enemies without being detected and proceeded forward some more until we came upon a room that had an enormous tower.
"This tower looks tall enough to take us up to the surface. Should we climb it?" Jiro asked.
"How about I go ahead and jet up there and I'll let you know?" I asked them.
"Sure, we'll wait here," Zola said, me then activating my jet thrusters and rushing up the stairs and ramps until I got to the top, me seeing that a shield robot was guarding the door, but it looked unfinished from the fact that it was short-circuiting. I simply punched it's head off and smiled as I got the device it had on with ease.
I then opened the door slightly and looked out of it, smiling at how it was a wide open green clearing outside. I proceeded back down the ramps and yelled at the others. "Hey! The top reaches outside to a meadow! Come up here!" I yelled at my allies.
After waiting for a few moments, my friends eventually reached me and I smiled as I presented to them the red barrier device I had obtained. "Where'd you get that?" Shu asked me.
"From this defective robot. He wasn't even a challenge. Now let's get out of here and try to find Nene," I said, our group proceeding out and into the meadow and me smiling as the light graced my eyes. But it wasn't going to stay that way for long. Soon, we all gasped as the ground started to shake rigorously and we saw a giant fissure open up to the north, our eyes becoming stupefied when we saw a giant swarm of War Mecha Robos appearing from the fissure and surrounding us.
"They don't know that the war has ended! If they get loose, they'll kill everyone!" Kluke said with concern and worry. I, however, sensed another presence. One that, though still a good two miles away, I could sense was controlling these robots.
"Show yourself, Master Nene! I know you're the one pulling the strings here!" I exclaimed, the robots then stopping when I said that and Nene's face appearing from one of their heads on a small screen.
"Nene!" Shu growled lowly.
"You insolent pests are very lucky to have made it this far. But I'm afraid that your time is up. Attack!" Nene said, me glaring at him as I then waited until the opportune moment and, just before the robots could get within range, I activated the red barrier, our group being protected from the robots, their bodies simply exploding when they touched the barrier.
"Okay, so long as this barrier is up, we can outlast these robots. After all, we did shut down production," Zola said.
When she said that however, Nene looked confused, turned around from the camera and gasped audibly. "You dare to disrupt my plans again?! Very well. I have other ways of getting you to surrender," Nene said as he then had the War Mechs move and I gasped at what happened next. The servant robots from the underground city soon appeared, all of them walking in a straight line and me gasping as they then started to walk into the barrier.
"ACK! Master Nene! Stop this right now!" I exclaimed at him, having the barrier device in hand, though it shook with anger and anticipation. All of my allies, through our Kelolon slaughtering spree, had gained rank 6 in their main classes, so they needed to get angry.
"And why should I? They answer to me," Nene said with a sadistic smile.
"Is this what Himiko would have wanted?! Would she have wanted you to kill all of these innocent servants?! YOU YOURSELF MADE THEM!" I exclaimed, Nene looking at me with a gasp when I said the name Himiko.
"Halt!" Nene exclaimed, all the servant robots stopping in place at his command, Yasato appearing to still be in control and him not even moving forward once he saw our group. "Where the hell did you hear that name?" Nene snarled at me.
"Notice this necklace I'm wearing?" I frowned as I pointed to the jewelry I wore and Nene gasped at it.
"Where did you get my Himiko's necklace?!" Nene growled at me.
"When your Flying Fortress sank into the water, an explorer found this necklace while walking along the shoreline of Jibral. If you have any decency in your heart, do not let these innocent servant robots die! Himiko would not have wanted you to be a murderous madman! This picture says it all. I know you have love in your frozen heart, so show fucking compassion and leave these servant robots ALONE!" I exclaimed angrily.
Nene looked taken aback by this, but his frown soon furrowed into a scowl. "Leave my darling Himiko out of this! She isn't even around anymore! She is lost to the seas of time! I'm the last of my kind and I am the one who should rule this world!" Nene exclaimed.
"Just because you are the last of your kind. Just because you have a disease. just because this! Just because that! ENOUGH with the excuses, Master Nene! If you had any morality in your idiotic heart, you would know that you don't have to do these horrid actions to help you find a cure for your disease! Slaughtering innocents in Talta Village? How the hell does that help you find a cure? Freezing all of my Noluta villagers in ice! How does that help you out or benefit you in any fucking way?! I have a feeling that, if Himiko were alive today, she'd fucking kick your ass for being such an evil, uncaring, unsympathetic BASTARD!" I exclaimed angrily as my allies then finally snapped.
Nene looked shocked as I simply let down the barrier and I cast a spell on all of the servant robots that were in front of me. This spell was different and I had come up with it myself. Now, for at least 10 minutes, they would be impervious to any kind of damage that my allies could dish out. I couldn't say the same for the War Mechs.
Shu's Corporeal happened first, his Blue Dragon appearing from out of his shadow and flying over the group of enemies, firing giant balls of fire at all of the war mechs, doing massive damage to a good portion of them. Then it was Jiro who used his Guardian Minotaur to reach out his hand and snag all of the Servant Robos to our side to protect them from harm. Next was Marumaro, who attacked the War Mechs with a charing Saber Tooth that knocked them far off into the distance. The only one not to get a corporeal attack, however, was Zola. She just didn't feel the right anger to utilize her Killer Bat.
And when all the dust cleared, only one War Mecha Robo remained. And it was the one that had Nene's face on the screen. "Do us all a favor and stop doing these horrible actions, Nene! We're going to kick your ass for every single person you've hurt!" Shu exclaimed.
"Hmph. ENOUGH TOMFOOLERY!" Nene exclaimed as I saw something shocking. All of the War Mecha Robos that we had defeated suddenly regenerated their bodies and limbs out of thin air!
"Impossible!" I exclaimed aloud.
"Hmph. Seize them!" Nene exclaimed. It was hopeless. We just couldn't fight our way out of all of these baddies. I simply sighed and put the red device in my pocket, Yasato looking at us with worry as all of us got grabbed by the robots and we were then knocked unconscious... everyone, that is, except me.
Shu POV:
It didn't take long at all for me to realize that, when I woke up, I was placed in a jail cell of sorts. And then I saw a face in front of me that I couldn't be happier to see. "Shu, we need to get going. I already got the others thanks to Yasato's help, but Kluke's cell isn't anywhere nearby," Anya said as she pried open the bars of my cell door and I simply walked out a free man, all of my allies except Kluke on the other side.
"How do we proceed forward?" I asked her.
"There's a door to the north of us that will open if all the cell doors are closed except the middle ones. I already have the keys, but I had to keep your cell doors close. Prying the bars keeps the doors closed, while remaining open at the same time," Anya said.
"Smart thinking. Now let's go save my girlfriend," I frowned as we then proceeded out of the room and to the north, entering the large door and proceeding forward, taking out numerous robots along the way until we got to a hall and Anya had us press against the wall.
"Master Shu, friend Anya. It is I, Yasato," said another voice I was happy to hear as Yasato appeared.
"Thanks for the assistance earlier, Yasato," Anya said to him.
"You're welcome. By the way, Master Nene will be here soon," Yasato said, Anya gasping as she heard Nene's voice and she had to tell everyone to shush as I then looked over the corridor to see what was happening. And when I did, I gasped inaudibly as I saw Nene tell a War Mecha Robo to go into a cell and carry out an unconscious Kluke! I frowned as Nene proceeded out of the hall and to an open area, me seeing that there was an absence of Hineto anywhere nearby. We followed after Nene and rushed at him when he got to a circular arena.
"Master Nene! Let her go right this moment!" Anya exclaimed at him. Nene smiled at her with a sadistic chuckle.
"And why would I do that?" Nene smiled.
"Your soul inside her? She's independent from it. Even if you remove it from her, she still has her own power. You don't need her for any fucking reason!" Anya growled.
"Is that so?... Well then, it seems that I may have a use for her after all," Nene smiled at Anya, me looking at his eyes as I saw evil in them, the room then flooding with War Mecha Robos!
"What are you implying?! What are you going to do to her?!" Anya growled in fear.
"I'm going to make her into the android model that you never could be, AM-A. I think I'll call her AM-K. Her name is Kluke, right?" Nene smiled, me gasping as I let out my inner rage once again. "I WON'T LET YOU HURT HER!" I exclaimed as I let out my shadow and tried to punch Nene in the face, him gasping as I actually got through his defenses and he seethed in pain and rage.
"You... hurt me. Impressive, for a child. But I'm afraid that our little game must end here," Nene said as he then had his eyes glow and we all gasped as the War Mecha Robos then all combined into one, slowly but surely, until the giant Mecha Robo was completed, it being just a bit smaller than Castle Jibral!
"LET KLUKE GO NOW!" Anya exclaimed as she activated her jet thrusters while all of the rest of us latched onto the giant robot's feet as it then proceeded to climb out of a hole at the top. Anya attacked the Mecha's body with her shadow and her rocket launchers at least twenty hits each, but for some odd reason, the Mecha Robos inside kept healing the giant formation each time she did damage!
"I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO HURT THIS INNOCENT GIRL! HIMIKO WOULD NEVER ALLOW THIS! LET HER GO!" Anya exclaimed, the giant robot stopping in place after it had gotten itself out of the factory. We then gasped as Nene, his pet frog, and Kluke being held by one of the Mecha Robos emerged from the head of the machine. "If you say one more thing about Himiko, I will simply kill her right here and right..." Nene was about to say before Anya did something so incredibly dangerous that she deserved a thousand badass points. She used some kind of warping skill we hadn't even known of before and switched her bodie's position with Kluke's, her falling onto the snow below and us immediately corralling her and getting her away from the giant robot.
"You..." Nene growled lowly.
"Hmph. If you want someone to kidnap, give that treatment to me, Master Nene. I've already been your captive before, so just go ahead and take me again. Leave Kluke out of this! She lost her parents to you and she would not be easy to turn, as she is quite feisty," Anya frowned at Nene, me looking at her with a frown as Nene simply scoffed.
"Fine, you'll have to do," Nene growled as he then disappeared into the giant Mecha Robo once more and it got up, walking through the tundras before jumping over a large gap and escaping to the west.
"Rgh... S-Shu..." said the voice of Kluke, making me immediately rush to her to see if she was okay.
"Kluke! I thought you were a goner!" I exclaimed as I hugged her tightly, her hugging me too.
"W-Where's... Anya?" she asked.
"Nene was about to kidnap you so he could turn you into an android. But Anya saved you and decided to take your place as Nene's hostage. She's a strong-willed fighter and quite ballsy. That much I can admit to. I certainly wouldn't have done something like that... hmm..." Zola said, obviously troubled about something.
"Lady Zola... is something wrong?" Marumaro asked. Zola then sighed and looked at us with obvious tears running down her face.
"I feel that I should explain something to all of you... let's try to find Pachess Town. We may find a way across the crevice if we were to help their villagers. I'll explain what I want to on the way there," Zola said, all of us wondering what she would have to say to us.