Hey guys, what's up? So, not much to say here, except that this chapter is gonna be a lot more…action filled that the last one, I promise, or, I hope, at least. Without any further ado, I present to you the fifth chapter.

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Chapter 5: The Ice-Cold Fire

A single bot rolled towards her, and tried to slash at her knees. She raised her foot, and smashed it into pieces with a loud, *Crunch*!

Kinaver looked back up, steely eyed, hair flowing around her like some magnificent, red shield.

The swarm came. Hundreds of clacking, red-eyed crawlers that scuttled towards her in an ugly wave of grey. Without hesitation, she fell, backwards, over the edge of the building, the robots followed her mindlessly, and she twisted around the air, guns blazing, and bullets smashing into their peculiar, carapace-like shells.

She landed, and faced upwards, fingers pressed firmly on the triggers, mowing down the crowds of grotesque machines, but they just kept coming, and for every bullet used, there was one less, all until there was no more left, and the guns clicked, empty. She tossed the two, now useless weapons at the horde, striking down four of them, when the heavy, metal guns smashed into them.

It might as well have been none.

She was now surrounded, and, for some reason, the guns weren't firing yet, only trained on her in deadly, deadly precision, and unquestioning loyalty to their master, who was hovering over Kinaver, eyes alight with glee.

It took the mask off, and pink hair dropped out, flowing over the girl's shoulders in delicate strands. Kinaver wasn't impressed, and was actually rather annoyed. They were in a war, and she still kept her hair like that? They utter contempt Kinaver felt towards the hovering girl was palpable, and seemed to fill the air, to which the pink-haired girl only laughed at.

"What's wrong dear? Jealous that your hair isn't quite as good as mine?"

"Why haven't you killed me yet? Get it over with."

"Well! That's because Nanba wants you alive! Believe me; I would like nothing better than to riddle you full of holes right now, but even I'm not pretentious enough to make Nanba angry! So, you're gonna get knocked out like a good little girl right now, and come with me to meet him! Okay?"

Kinaver only smirked, laughing at the floating person's words dryly, and shook her head, looking in derision at her.

"Very well then, I'll have to do this by force-WHAT THE FUCK!?"

Another void had coiled around the end of her hoverboard, a whip-like weapon that was pulled down, and sent her attacker flying off.

Valka…

When the pink haired girl landed, she was NOT happy, scrambling up, she screamed at the bots to shoot at Valka, who stood on the roof, looking down with some disdain at the swarms of robots on the ground, and in the air, who trained their guns at her.

It was at that moment that Kinaver made her attack, she pulled out a nearby pipe, grabbed a robot, and smashed the sharp, piece of broken metal that jutted out, attaching it to a wall, upon which it then turned into a small, black husk, before exploding in a small ball of fire.

Wasting no time, she smashed the sharp end into another robot, sticking it, and the pipe, into the ground, where it stuck fast. Another bot jumped up at her from behind, but she merely lifted up her foot, kicking it up, and then backhanding it into a wall, where it simply smashed into bits from the force. Two more jumped up, and she pulled the pipe out, thrusting the sharp end into its head, and then swivelling it around to smack the other down. Three more scuttled around her legs, but she stepped on one, before forming her newly reloaded sniper rifle, and shooting the other in the glowing, red eye. Point Blanc.

With that, three more dropped dead from the ricochet effect of the rifle, and exploded, while the others scuttled back away

She raised the rifle, and shot two of the hovering robots that swivelled around, trying to find an appropriate angle to shoot Valka, who was currently busy with the other girl. Firing another small stream of energy, she struck them straight in the red, bulbous eye, and the ricocheting, orange pellets exploded out from the destructed shell, and struck three other, which were flying around.

Worrying about her newfound ally, she dissipated her rifle, and started to climb up the wall.

Meanwhile, Valka was grappling furiously with the other girl, using her void against hers. The hoverboard had split into two, and attached themselves onto her arms and hands, making strong, durable gauntlets. It was no wonder that she was using it well, and Valka's long, bendy whip-like weapon was not working well against it, it seemed that the girl just swatted away every attack, getting closer with every movement. Thankfully, it meant that the drones flying overhead couldn't get a clear shot, and, for the most part, was useless.

Valka launched forward with three criss-crossed attacks, which were blocked, and then went for an airborne slash, which landed a hit, albeit minimal, a small, simple slash across the cheek, which drew a small sliver of red, gleaming blood.

Then she had an idea, the whip was flexible, and Valka would be no match for the girl in hand-to-hand combat, but what if the other girl was….?

Thinking fast, she coiled her void around the right arm of her opponent, and pulled the person forward, running forward at the same time, so that her own fist smashed into her face. Valka clearly heard a crunch, and it was confirmed by the blood running down her face when Valka turned back to look. The girl roared in anger, but only got halfway through before Valka cracked the whip, making her smash her own fist into her knee, making her scream in agony as the leg was audibly broken.

The shock of the hit taken made the girl's void dissipate, along with the robots that also disappeared. Valka kept her void wrapped around her seemingly defeated opponent's arm in caution.

Big mistake.

In one swift movement, the pink-haired girl drew back her right arm, pulling a very surprised Valka along with it. With it, she drew back her left hand, and punched Valka straight in the stomach, causing crippling pain, and winding her, the distraction caused Valka to lose her void, and it dissipated, exactly like her opponent's.

Only now, Valka was left, lying on the ground, clutching her stomach in pain, and desperately trying to get breathe back again, while the other person clambered over her, straddling her chest, and began to choke the life out of Valka, who tried, unsuccessfully, to get the offending person of her body, and regain her composure. It didn't work, and her movements became more and more sluggish, until a bullet went straight through her enemy's shoulder.

The girl fell off the choking, gasping Valka, and was immediately strangled by Kinaver, who pinned her legs down, and choked the air out of her, stopping only when she fell unconscious.

Kinaver got up from the task, huffing in exertion, and turned to look at a recovering Valka,

"How you doin' mate?"