Ryuko easily blocked Anju's axe, and then pushed her backward.
"You girls are way too weak to fight against me. But very well. If you insist. SNIPING MODE!"
The armor on the Gusion Rebake's head slid to cover its head, leaving only one huge sensor.
She then aimed her gun and fired. Anju and Erena dodge and returned fire, but Ryuko was able to dodge them as well. While dodging, she was able to score a hit, destroying the left leg of Erena's Graze.
"Erena!" Anju said, worried.
"I'm fine. But she's very strong… to be able to hit me, while we were moving fast… it's time to take this seriously!"
Anju smiled. "I thought you'd say that."

Can I do? I take it, baby! Can I do? I make it, baby!
Can I do? I take it, baby! Can I do? I make it, baby!

"They're singing?!" Ryuko said. Impossible. How can they still sing? After what they have gone through, they still find the strength?

Yeah, are you leaving?
I'm not gonna chase after you
Basically, I hate creating crowds

Anju attacked, her bullets bouncing off the shield.
"That didn't work the first time, what makes you think it'll work the second time?" Ryuko taunted.
"Of course it wouldn't work. That's why we have this!"

I'm someone who understands the pain of loneliness
Sometimes we trade words
and think of each other at our own places
Boosting up each other's day

Erena attacked from the other direction, her axe slicing into Ryuko's gun. Ryuko immediately let go of the gun before it could damage her. Quickly she grabbed her axe, which was stored under her shield, and raised it, intending to cut off one of Erena's Graze's arms.

What'cha do what'cha do? I do "Private Wars"
Hey, get a hold of justice and be sly
What'cha do what'cha do? I do "Private Wars"
Hey, life's got a bit of courage and passion, doesn't it?

Erena countered by raising her own shield and letting it be cut instead. Anju followed this up with firing from her gun. Ryuko dodged them, but both Erena and Anju were able to keep up with her.
Impossible, Ryuko thought. It can't be! I'VE HAD ENOUGH!

Can I do? I take it, baby! Can I do? I make it, baby!
Can I do? I take it, baby! Can I do? I make it, baby!

The two A-Rise members continued this pattern of attacks. Erena slammed her axe, trying to damage the Rebake, but Ryuko was able to use the Rebake's long axe to counter, using the axe's handle to block the attack and forcefully throw Erena's axe. Now left without a weapon Erena was more vulenerable.
"What now, girl? You're mine!"
"Unforunately not!"
Anju had used to moment to sneak behind the Rebake and attack using her axe, raising it for the final blow.
Ryuko smirked after seeing through the trick the two made. "Not so fast, princess."
The two huge boosters in the Rebake's back opened up, revealing two sub-arms. Using the sub-arms Ryuko blocked the attack by grabbing Anju's axe hand and ripping it from her body.
"Anju!"
Erena quickly went to defend Anju, but without any weapons she was defenseless as well.
"This is the end for you two! Join your friend in death!"
Before she could finish them off, she was hit by a familiar mace. Using her sub-arm, she was able to grab it and snapped the mace in half.
She turned to face the one who threw the mace. It was her. The LAS that has humiliated her. With new armor and weapons, just like her. Excellent.
"So finally you arrive, Barbatos! Now we settle things, right here!"

DES SHP GUSION

Umi, Kotori, Nico, Maki, and Mayuyu made their way towards the bridge of the ship.
Nico and Maki were at the front, using the micsabers to block enemy shots and stun any soldiers in their way, with Mayuyu holding the rear.
However as they were passing through one corridor, the group came face to face with several DES soldiers. Attempting to move back, they discovered that their path has been blocked as well.
"A trap," Mayuyu said.
"Thanks for stating the obvious," Nico said.
Umi readied herself in a fighting stance, but Kotori placed her hand on Umi's shoulder. In this tight corridor, they would have difficulty fighting.
Umi gritted her teeth.
A man with a labcoat walked in front of the soldiers. Adjusting his glasses, he began to speak.
"We knew you were going to take the bridge, and of course you would be passing in this thin corridor. Now we have trapped you."
"It's Shimada," Mayuyu said.
Shimada heard her and smiled. "Excellent, someone here knows me! Then you must know what happened to your friend was my doing. Amazing, right? And now, you all will face the same fate."
The group remembered the horror they saw in Tsubasa's body, the damage she has incurred.
"Like hell that would happen!" Nico said as she attempted to attack, but one of the soldiers hit her with the butt of his gun, knocking Nico down,
"Nico-chan!" Maki knelt down to comfort her partner.
"How about I start with you two, first?" Shimada said with a slasher smile.
Mayuyu was smiling. "You won't be starting with any of us."
Suddenly the floor exploded, and out of the floor Megumi Wanaguchi jumped out, holding a huge mace which she used to hit Shimada full force, knocking him out-and those soldiers who happened to stand next to him.
"Take that, you monster!"
Before the soldiers could react, two more figures appeared from below. Eli and Nozomi, armed with their own Micsabers, joined Megumi.
"How are you doing, Niccochi?" Nozomi asked.
"Nice going, idiot," Nico retorted. "You could have arrived before they attacked me?"
"That's because you provoked them," Maki said.
"Listen to your girlfriend, Niccochi," Nozomi said as she reached for a holster attached to her hip. In it was not a gun but… cards?
"Kind of like Kunai," Nozomi said to the confused looks of Nico, Maki, Kotori and Umi.
She threw them at the soldiers in front, knocking them out.
Mayuyu used the confusion to attack the soldiers in front of her, their training no match for her fighting skills and robotic body parts.
"We'll take care of this guy," Eli said, pointing to the knocked out Shimada. "You guys go to the bridge."
"Thank you, Nozomi-chan, Eli-chan, and…" Kotori paused at Megumi, trying to recall her name.
"It's Megumi! Megumi Wanaguchi!" the girl introduced, her head high.
"Oh, Megumi-chan! Thanks a lot, really!" Kotori cheerfully expressed her gratitude.
"Come on, Kotori!" Umi ushered.
The group started heading for the bridge once more.

HANGAR
"You ready, Kanata?" Mariko asked.
"You bet. Getting these things operational was a pain though."
The two were in the cockpits of the blue Jahanams they had acquired.
It turns out the reason the two suits were left there was because their software wasn't finished yet. Fortunately, Kanata and Mariko were able to get it working.
"I've changed the signal so we won't register as enemies," Mariko said.
"Nice one, Mariko. Now, let's go. We need to save Ryuko."
The two opened the hangar doors. It was going to be difficult without a catapult, but they have to make do.
"Kanata Shinonome, launching."
"Mariko—no," she said, pausing. "Mimori Kishida. Launching."
"Mariko..." Kanata said, surprised.
"I'm going to save her not as Mariko Shinoda, but as her friend, Mimori Kishida," Mariko replied.
Kanata nodded in agreement and smiled at her friend. "Now, let's go!"
The two launched out of the ship, ready to save their friend.