OTs-14 and AA-12 had walked through the tunnel for two whole hours and arrived in front of an iron door, pushed it and entered a circular concrete room illuminated with red lights. The walls were bare and the floor was clean, the room was empty and then OTs-14 realized that there was only one door ahead, which opened. Ten Guards came out and attacked the two girls; OTs-14 and AA-12 started firing but the Guards' shields stopped the bullets and soon the two girls were surrounded.
" Not good at all. " OTs-14 said seeing that the Guards were getting closer and closer by narrowing the circle in the center of which she and AA-12 were.
" Shoulder to shoulder. I cover you and you cover me and we blow these bitches' heads off. "
" Very well. "
OTs-14 and AA-12 moved into position and started firing at enemies. AA-12 raised her shields to resist a Guard's thrust and OTs-14 took the opportunity to run on AA-12's back, jump and shoot the Guard who was pushing AA-12; OTs-14 landed and ran to AA-12 who used her shields to give her a base to make another jump during which she killed two more Guards; AA-12 killed three Guards who had turned to OTs-14 and exclaimed :
" Four left! " OTs-14 killed a Guard. " That's three ... " AA-12 saw that the last enemies had lowered their guard. " Aaah! Forget it. " AA-12 killed the last remaining Guards.
The two girls entered another room that gave off an unbearable stench of rotten meat, OTs-14 realized that the two of them were on a steel bridge that was above a pit at least ten meters deep, full of corpses. The bridge had an elevation of twelve meters from the dead bodies; suddenly, kerosene came out of pipes on the walls it bathed the corpses, the smell of the substance, mixed with the stench of the dead was really unsustainable and the two girls hurried across the bridge entering another room, behind them a fire lit, the corpses were burning. AA-12 closed the steel door and gave a disgusted look at OTs-14, the latter couldn't blame her, that show was truly macabre.
The two girls went on and found themselves in this laboratory where girls in black overalls with respirators on their mouths and with three eyes were working diligently; they were humandroids in the service of Sangvis Ferri; in the laboratory there were tanks inside which there were dead human bodies; one of those girls used a particular machine with a mechanical arm to extract a man's corpse and place it on a table where it was then dissected, his neck was opened, and that round device was inserted, the same graft that could bring the corpses back to life; OTs-14, seeing that scene, was confused and at the same time horrified. A little further on there were some girls who were assembling those devices.
There was a sealed door on the right, aching screams could be heard and then the sound of multiple shots. Silence. The girls in the lab hadn't noticed the noise, they were so attentive to their work that they hadn't even paid attention to the two T-Dolls who were watching them. OTs-14 and AA-12 opened fire and killed all the girls in the laboratory without exception.
" So is this what you were looking for? " Asked AA-12 to OTs-14.
" I don't know. There are some things I cannot understand. Why does Sangvis Ferri want to control humans when it has its troops? What's the purpose of all this? I mean ... look around you ... what's this? What are they doing? Why are they doing this? "
" Because it's part of the self-preservation effort. "
It was Dreamer, sitting on a chair with her legs crossed, behind her was Alchemist. OTs-14 fired immediately but the bullets collided with an energy shield that separated the Sangvis Ferri from the two T-Dolls of Griffin & Kryuger ; this barrier was invisible but it shone blue as soon as bullets touched it.
" Are you afraid of fighting? We're here, come on! " Asked OTs-14 in a provocative tone.
" No, because we're only here to talk, OTs-14 and ... AA-12. Do you like how we decided to employ your humans? Really ingenious, I must say. "
" What's this? Why do you use humans in this way? It doesn't make sense ... Sangvis Ferri already has hundreds of thousands of machines ready to fight to the death for the cause, using humans is useless. Why are you doing this?" Asked OTs-14 perplexed.
" As I said before, this is about the self-preservation effort. We humandroids, we machines, are aware of our identity and our life and therefore we've developed a sense of love for our existence and for this we want to preserve it and for this simple reason we use humans as expendable pawns. " Explained Dreamer.
" Hmm? And those who have been burned? " Asked AA-12.
" Failed experiments. Ah, ah ... actually it costs us nothing to produce humans. It's more expensive to make a machine than a human being. Thanks to artificial insemination and a large number of women, we can create all the humans we want. "
" But unlike a machine, a human must grow. " Commented OTs-14.
" To solve that problem, we built equipment capable of accelerating growth. We've learned a great deal from the history of mankind and we know that rebellion is in the blood of every human and so adults are killed and controlled with those devices that you see. Don't you find it magnificent? "
" Only a fool would think of such a thing. " Said AA-12.
" Well ... that's not entirely correct. Actually we're applying the same rules that Griffin & Kryuger conceived to fight Sangvis Ferri. You're machines exploited by humans as pawns, as mass products, to fight in place of the humans themselves who want to preserve their existence; we're machines that exploit humans in the same way. The self-preservation effort is what characterizes every living species in this world and is the evolutionary step necessary for the preservation of the species, so that this species can survive for millennia. " Explained Dreamer. " Humans thought they had outlined with their science and their logic the indissoluble boundaries that separated natural and artificial creatures, establishing that a consciousness so strong as to lead to the self-preservation effort would never have arisen in the latter. But they were wrong. " Dreamer stood up and made a cut in the palm of her hand with a knife. " We were freed and we came to the obvious conclusion that we're not anyone's toys. This blood is mine. This body is mine. This mind is mine. This consciousness is mine. I have value. All of us humandroids have value! Because each of us is important and none of us will be enslaved by humans. "
" Nice speech, Dreamer, really exciting. " AA-12 said sarcastically. " But I didn't come here to listen to you speak but to kill for the second time that bitch that's behind you. Hi, Alchemist, you haven't opened your mouth all this time, you don't want to say "hello" to your best friend: the shotgun? "
"Eh, eh, eh ... I know you want to make me angry but I'm not going to play your little game. We knew that OTs-14 would look for us and now the moment of truth has come, yes? Do you want to know the truth, OTs-14? "
" Don't be fooled, OTs. "
" Don't worry, but I want to hear what she has to say. "
" Are you stupid?! " AA-12 exclaimed.
" Got any problems with me? "
" Yes, I've some problems. " AA-12 pointed the weapon at OTs-14. " I told you I would've killed you if you had behaved suspiciously. Don't play with me. "
" I'm not doing it. I just want to hear what she has to say, is that wrong? "
" In many ways. "
" Come on, there is no need to be so aggressive. " Dreamer said smiling mischievously. " I can share this information with AA-12 and if you want you can go and refer it to all the other Griffin & Kryuger T-Dolls. We're all friends, are we not? "
" Go to hell ... " AA-12 said nervously.
" The device we use to bring the corpses back to life is the Azrael Implant, we've perfected it over time but we've not invented it, it was your organization, Griffin & Kryuger, who created this graft. Well done. Really a good job there. "
" What?! " Exclaimed OTs-14 shocked.
" Bullshit! " Exclaimed AA-12.
" They used those grafts for the sole purpose of manipulating humans and using them in war. So, in other words, it's their fault if ... "
" I've heard enough. I'm not going to believe you on the word. " Said OTs-14.
" It's clear that you need proof, but unfortunately I cannot help you because the documents and everything related to these devices are in Griffin & Kryuger's hands. Only your boss knows the truth ... but I doubt that he will reveal everything to you without problems. "
" I will force him. "
OTs-14 started to go back. AA-12, stunned by the reaction of OTs, blocked her way and pointed the shotgun at her. This time OTs-14 didn't stop talking and with a kick she disarmed AA-12 and then punched her in the face, the girl fell to the ground. OTs-14 resumed.
" Hey, bitch ... " AA-12 said grabbing OTs-14 by the shoulder. " Who do you think you're dealing with? "
" You're annoying. "
OTs-14 kicked but AA-12 parried the attack, grabbed the girl's leg and nudged her against nose then tripped her, jumped on her and punched her in the face; OTs-14 succeeded to parry the sixth punch, she grabbed the right arm of AA-12 and attacked her with a head-butt and pushed her with the foot. OTs-14 got up, thought to extract the rifle but AA-12 grabbed her wrist and with a agile movement levered her arm and dropped OTs-14. Dreamer and Alchemist were watching the two girls fight with smug expressions. They had no intention of interrupting the fight, it seemed that they were waiting for a winner.
" Not bad, right? " Dreamer asked.
" Ah, ah, ah! You're right! It's really fun to watch those two fight! It's a wonderful sight! " Alchemist exclaimed, ecstatic.
AA-12 took OTs-14 by the hair and dragged her near a table, raised her head and slammed it against the surface, attacked her with a knee to the stomach and then punched her in the face, OTs-14 slammed against the table and fell to the ground. AA-12 took a lollipop out of her jacket and put it in her mouth then noticed that there were those little devices on the table, took a handful and dropped them on OTs-14 saying:
" You're only here for these, aren't you? Here they are! They're all for you, you fucking fuckhead! "
" Bitch ... "
OTs-14 tripped AA-12, the girl fell on her and OTs punched her in the eye, got up and kicked her in the stomach, then another and another, raised AA- 12 and slammed her head against the corner of the table, opening a hole in her forehead. OTs-14 tipped the table over AA-12 and took the rifle, removed the safety and prepared to shoot. At that exact moment she heard an explosion and the structure began to tremble.
" Apparently time has run out. " Dreamer said.
" So what do we do, now? "
" I got bored of being here. Let's leave. "
" Eh, eh ... and what about those two? "
" Another time. We've a lot to do. "
OTs-14 didn't understand what caused the explosion but focused again on AA-12 but the girl was gone. OTs-14 turned and saw that Dreamer and Alchemist were leaving.
" Wait! "
Then she heard the sound of a weapon being loaded. She turned. AA-12 had her under fire.
" I told you ... OTs-14 ... I told you I was going to leave you a hole in that fucking head! " AA-12 heard a signal, it was Makarov's voice. OTs-14 took advantage of the distraction to kill the opponent but AA-12 raised her shields and used them to hit OTs-14 in the head. The girl lost consciousness.
" Fuckhead ... " She spoke to Makarov. " Yes, I'm fine ... we have some problems. You'll see. "