As Wakizashi prepared to deliver the final blow, Kale's body suddenly jerked and unleashed a phenomenal power that hurled Wakizashi backwards and released a purplish black cloud. Wakizashi felt like jumping for joy, Kale had managed to expel the adumbration. The cloud hovered a minute then flew straight towards Wakizashi.
Wakizashi threw off his shirt and cloak to reveal a torso that was criss-crossed with purple scars everywhere except for the cybernetic chest that gleamed in the fading twilight. As the adumbration charged Wakizashi's chest plates swung open and emitted a blue beam that pulled the dark cloud into its compartments.
Kale pushed himself, groggily, to his knees, put a hand to his forehead and groaned. He felt like had been hit by a truck.
"Kale!" shouted a familiar voice. Kale looked up to find Wakizashi doubled over on the ground a short distance in front of him.
"It's inside me Kale, finish it off." Kale stared in stunned disbelief.
"Do it…NOW!" Kale pushed himself to his feet and walked over to Wakizashi. He stretched out his hand for a finishing blast and wavered for a moment.
"Remember the destruction it caused Kale. Don't let it happen again." Kale closed his eyes and fired.
"Forgive me." He said as the explosion incinerated Wakizashi and the adumbration. After a time, Kale turned his back on the ruined landscape and made his way into the hills. Under the wreckage of the former ADP headquarters a lone survivor stirred in her protective pod.
The End