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Chapter 43
Aboard the C.I.D., Singe smiled as he sat in the cockpit. "Things are starting to get good, aren't they?" A beeping sound caught his attention and he pushed a button and saw two screens pop up as Mr. Badd and Azna=Leb both appeared on screen. "Are you both in position? Kei did make us hurry on this."
"I am." Mr. Badd said and smirked as he looked to the side. "My media crews are ready to record the exact moment we make our move. Azna=Leb?"
Chuckling, the redheaded man grinned at the other two. "We're ready here too. Gernia G. was most useful. And you, Singe?"
"The reactor's ready to go." The older man replied to his counterpart.
"Well then, everyone," Anonydeath appeared on the screen, "let operation dog collar begin."
"Yes." The other three said as the screens turned off and Singe pushed a button on his chair.
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The progbots, which had been silently watching Purple Heart and Black Void fight, suddenly turned to look at Peashy, Rom, Ram, Filyn, Chrome and Uni, their eyes glowing brightly.
"MOVE!" Chrome yelled as the arms of the progbots suddenly morphed into cannon arms and fired at them at everyone. Thankfully the Candidates were all quick on their feet and moved, as did Chrome. "Blasted robots!" She yelled and swung her arms to the side, wrapping up the nearest progbot and pulled on it hard. When the thing snapped her razor wires with ease, her eyes widened. "Shit!" Those wires were made of divine material and capable of cutting through quite a bit.
The fact that the nearest progbot had only a few scratches on its body was... Disquieting to say the least.
"Ah crap, did they malfunction?" Uni asked while firing a bunch of bullets at one and she stared as the bullets seemingly bounced off with no effect. "Okay, fine!" She put her Uzis away and pulled out a large single barreled rifle before jumping away and onto a ledge of a nearby building. "Alright, suck this, bitch!" She pulled the trigger and a powerful blue beam of energy laced out, shredding the head of the progbot, destroying it. "Yes!"
She was forced to jump and run as several of the progbots turned to her and started firing concentrated blasts at her. "Crap!"
Uni landed on another building and fired a shot at one of the progbots, decapitating it. She turned her head and noticed Chrome holding a rather fancy and ornate staff and used it to knock one of the progbots on its back and she then smashed the head of the progbot in. "That looks like a CPU weapon." After all, it was too ornate and weird looking to be anything but a CPU weapon.
Plus anything that could smash a progbot that easily had to be one.
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"Smashy smashy!" Peashy yelled as she ripped a street sign out of the ground, much to the shock of the onlookers who were observing from what they hoped was a safe distance away, and slammed it into a progbot, sending it flying into another progbot.
Not far away, Rom was dodging blasts as best she could. Those that she couldn't dodge were slamming into her barrier. Ducking into an alleyway, Rom panted and was thankful that Neptune had taught her the importance of being able to attack and defend. "Okay, let's show big sis how good I've gotten!" A staff formed in her hands as she pointed it at the progbots and it started to crackle with power. "Thunder..." Her eyes flashed as lighting seemingly crackled from them. "BLIZZARD!" A cyclone of winds, snow, ice and electricity erupted forth, engulfing several progbot and consuming them in an eruption of power that exploded into a crystal flower.
Rom stared at her handiwork. "...That's so neat!" She hadn't intended for the spell to end up like that, but she wasn't going to complain.
Not far away, Ram was running around the corner and slid to a stop so hard that she fell on her butt as she saw several progbots marching towards her. "B...Bu...Burning Typhoon!" A magic stick appeared in each hand and she crossed them in front of her as a tornado of fire erupted in front of her and whipped forward, engulfing several progbots and either melting them or sending them flying away. "Wow! I did it!" She smiled brightly and got up. "Big sis will, YEEEK!" She cried out as progbots walked through the dissipating fire and turned to run when she saw plenty of more progbots marching towards her from that direction. "Help!"
Suddenly a bunch of stakes erupted from the ground, striking the progbots in front of her from the ground and Ram yelped, but didn't question it as she ran past the incapacitated progbots and saw Filyn standing back up after recovering from her attack. "Filyn!"
"Hey! I can't judge distance for anything, but I can hit a general area." The one-eyed girl smiled at Ram, who pointed her magic sticks behind Filyn, causing a small explosion and sending a flying progbot to crash to the ground. Before it could react, a blue beam tore through where its head was and they turned to see Uni pointing her gun at another progbot and firing it.
"YOU TWO! Keep them off of me and I'll take them out!" Uni cried out and then looked at Peashy and where the ice tornadoes were coming from. "You two as well! Don't let them shoot me and I can take them out!"
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Down the street, Chrome nodded and used her razor wire to rip a manhole cover out of the street before launching it at one of the progbots. "Well, shit, I'll be overwhelmed here." She muttered and turned to run towards the others and bring the progbots with her.
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In the air, Purple Heart charged at Black Void. "Blaze..." Her eyes widened as she saw Black Void's attention waver. It was enough that she couldn't react to what Purple Heart was doing.
"Dammit!" Black Void cursed as the flaming sword got too close to her. She grimaced and prepared for pain to engulf her as the sword was within spitting distance.
When the pain never came and the flames gutted out, she blinked a couple of times before flinching at how close Purple Heart was to her. "Why didn't you take the shot? I would have."
"You were distracted..." Purple Heart's eyes looked in the direction that Black Void was looking. "...Your sister?"
Black Void snarled and batted Purple Heart's katana away with her sword before floating backwards. "So what? What I do with her is on me, not you." Her snarl became a confused frown as she saw Purple Heart looking at her, not with anger, contempt or even confusion, but rather contemplation.
"...Tell me something, Black Void, you said that abusing your sister is a waste of time." Purple Heart began, wondering if she was about to step on a landmine, considering that the other two Noires she knew were all tsunderes, she wondered if this Noire was just as bad of a tsundere as the others were. She dismissed those thoughts and decided the only way to know for sure would be to just ask. "Do you, perhaps, care for her?"
Black Void rolled her eyes. "Care is too strong of a word, Purple... Heart, was it?" Purple Heart nodded and she scoffed at the other CPU. "What makes you think I care about anything? I'm a Void!" Her eyes narrowed as both her hip blasters fired at Purple Heart, forcing the purple CPU to fly back and twist out of the way to dodge. "I am CPU Black Void! I have no heart or positive emotions such as caring for others!"
Purple Heart snapped a few energy blades into reality and launched them at Black Void, forcing her to blast or dodge to deal with them. "I think you're lying to me!" Purple Heart yelled as her sword erupted with fire and she swung it out, sending several balls of fire towards the other CPU. "If you didn't care, you wouldn't have looked down at her like you did!"
"And what would you know?" Black Void snarled at Purple Heart as she rushed in, her sword clashing with Purple Heart as the two zigged and zagged around each other with the occasional energy sword and energy beam firing between them. "What would you know about having a little sister when you're surrounded by enemies?"
Purple Heart jerked in surprise even as she blocked Black Void's version of her Noire's Lacy Dance attack. "Noire?" She asked softly, her voice almost unable to believe what she was hearing.
Black Void snarled as she blasted Purple Heart into the air. "If you think you can criticize me over how I treat my sister, you're welcome to do so when everyone around you either wants you dead, enslaved or their own personal pet."
Purple Heart couldn't say anything. As she listened to Black Void, there was something there that gave Purple Heart pause.
'Why? Why do I feel like this?' Purple Heart asked herself while she swung her sword up to block a downward strike from Black Void. 'Why does it feel like you're crying out for help, Noire?'
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In the C.I.D., Singe frowned and pushed a button. "Azna=Leb, where are you?"
"Ready to move."
Singe grinned as he watched the progbots fall. Even if this was a failure for his machines, he was getting back valuable data. "Especially from that little bitch." He narrowed his eyes as the screen focused in on Uni. He didn't know if they had given her an anti-Nanite solution, but he knew that there were a few nanites in her body still as he was still getting data from her. "Well, Black Void, I hope you enjoy the rest of your life." He chuckled softly. "One way or another, if that CPU doesn't kill you..." He resisted the urge to lick his lips in anticipation. "Your little sister will."
And even if she managed to survive both events, which was unlikely, she wouldn't be able to resist what they did to her next.
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Uni's pupils shrank as a progbot came rushing at her, avoiding the various attacks from the others. "Too fast!" She gasped as it was right on top of her.
Suddenly three shots rang out in the street, which was followed by three explosions on the progbot, sending it to the ground.
"What the?" Uni asked as she jumped away from where she was sitting and landed on the ground. "Who did that?"
"I told you, didn't I, Uni?" A familiar, though distorted voice, spoke up. Turning slowly, Uni's face got progressively more pale as she saw a single glowing red eye from the alleyway walk out into the street, revealing K-Sha, though for some reason she was wearing a hooded cloak that concealed most of her body. "That my bullets were explosive-tipped."
"K-Sha..." Uni breathed out and looked around as the area was suddenly filled with people in skin-tight body suits and black visors over their eyes, obscuring details. "What's going on?"
K-Sha smiled and pulled her cloak off, revealing to Uni that she was wearing a similar outfit. "I'm here for revenge, Uni." Her eyes glowed red as she held a handgun in each hand. "And you and your sister will suffer." Her voice seemed a little off as he pointed her guns at Uni.
Uni growled as she made her cannon disappear into her inventory and pulled out her Uzis. "Don't think that I've forgotten or forgiven you for that stunt you pulled back in the elevator." She proclaimed while pointing her Uzis at K-Sha. "To think I ever thought we could be friends."
"Being a part of AZL, I don't need friends." K-Sha answered her. "It doesn't matter. You're going to die."
"We'll see!" Uni yelled as both girls pulled the triggers on their guns at the same time.
To be continued...