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This is the last chapter! The main storyline is ending! We only have the epilogue to go!
A loud hissing noise was heard throughout the lab as the solution was unleashed upon the world.
Kiyoteru breathed his last breath, before Yamine made the final strike, driving her bloody sword right through Kiyoteru's heart.
Yamine started to chuckle, then giggle, then broke out full laughter.
"HAHAHAHA-UUUNGH!"
Yamine looked down to see the blade of a longsword driven through her chest.
"Kaito...Shion..."
Kaito withdrew the blood-covered blade of his longsword out of Yamine's chest. She coughed up blood, knelt down onto the ground, and fell flat on her face. Yamine was dead.
The plague spread throughout the world in minutes. Andros and feras were falling by the thousands a second, slumping down to the ground, killed by their dangerously high blood alcohol level.
Honne stabbed a mannequin in the balls with his machete, before quickly bringing up the machete slicing the mannequin in half. The mannequin melted into the dissipating goo.
Salvation Elite was tearing through the army of mannequins like wet paper.
Calne Ca was convulsing in the air as though she was being beaten and mutilated. Suddenly let out a mechanical scream.
"AAAAAGH! NOT THESE POWERS! I'M GONNA LOSE THEM!"
Calne Ca slammed down into the ground from her spot in the air.
The mannequin army that she created melted into the dissipating glue.
Calne Ca quickly got up and withdrew a giant katana from her back and chuckled.
"Still, I have the powers to go on. Come forth, Miku Hatsune. Face me in battle. One-on-one. But first, let me reveal a couple of secrets."
Miku stepped forward and readied her katana.
The entire Salvation Elite stood still and silent, watching Miku approach Calne Ca.
"I'm ready for whatever you throw at me...attacks or secrets."
"Hmph...well...do you know what killed Big Al and Sweet Ann?"
Miku's eyes lit up. She had been waiting for this moment. She had an idea, but she wanted the truth.
"What the hell happened to them?"
"Ahh...did you know that they were my fellow products of the Bailey Corporation experiments?"
Miku decided to introduce her hypothesis on the circumstances of their deaths in that very moment.
"Let me guess...they were about to be mutated into andros, but their superhuman elements prevented them from becoming one. So instead they were mysteriously sick and they died from the andro bite?"
"Correct...I don't have any other secrets to tell you! Let's fight!"
"You're on!"
Miku ran up to Calne Ca and tried to slash her with her katana, but Calne Ca spun out of the way and spin-kicked Miku backwards, slamming her into the white sandstone wall with great force.
"Aaagh!" Miku cried in pain and she clutched her arm. Her arm was bleeding fresh bright red blood due to broken glass. Miku steeled herself throughout the sharp pain and got up, readied her katana, and rushed at Calne Ca, smiling through the pain she was going through.
Miku jumped through the air and slammed her katana in Calne Ca's direction, only to have her blade blocked. Calne Ca pushed her backwards, slamming her into the ground.
Damn! I'm getting my ass handed to me!
Calne Ca's eyes darted to the right to block a strike from the right.
"So...Leon...you want to fight me? Fine, I can still handle both of you!"
Leon tried to strike Calne's hip with his sword, but was blocked and kicked in the face. He fell down onto the ground, but rolled out of the way of the next strike from above.
Miku approached Calne Ca and ducked a sideways strike from her, using the interval to successfully cut off Calne Ca's leg.
Calne Ca let out a mechanical screech, like metal scraping against metal.
Calne fell over, her balance lost from having her leg cut off.
Leon raised his sword above Calne Ca, ready to bring down the superhuman and end it all.
Kaito was watching from the sidelines, and nodded slightly when Leon shot a glance towards him.
Leon plunged his sword into Calne Ca's chest, and she began to convulse and scream in pain.
Calne Ca continued to squirm and shriek until she finally fell still, dead.
There should be cheering, but there was silence.
The age of nightfall was over.
Len looked out from the rooftop of the building and sighed as he saw the empty streets. It was very foggy.
"Len?"
Len looked behind him.
Rin, Neru, Miku, and Kaito were standing behind him.
"Dawn has risen," Neru smiled.
"What happens now, huh?" Len asked.
"Well...we start to rebuild and repopulate, of course," Miku responded.
"How long is it going to take until the Earth is going to return to it's former glory, Miku?" Rin asked.
"I don't know...maybe 10, maybe 20, maybe 100 years, maybe even 1000 years."
"It's probably not going to be in our lifetime. It's probably our descendants who are going to eventually fix this mess," Kaito muttered.
"So, we just start to rebuild? How are we going to repopulate animal populations?" Len asked.
"Well, many endangered species are extinct from The Blast, killed by the solution, or eaten by andros," Miku explained.
"We'll figure this stuff as it goes on, all right?" Neru assured them.
"Hopefully, we can see our descendants fix all this, but we'll start by forming an organization to help rebuild the world," Rin suggested.
"The Rebuild Corps? I've been thinking that one up for years, but wasn't predicting on ever putting that into effect," Kaito answered. He ran his finger across his chin.
"Is that what you've been thinking about for the past 10 years, honey?" Miku asked.
"Yes...of course. What do you think about it? We make peace with other groups of survivors and work with them to start moving forward," Kaito responded.
"How many squares have we moved forward by, Len?" Rin asked.
Len paused to think about this question.
"We're moving forward to square 11. One step forward, and a step that we've worked hard for."
"So, when do we start? We've got a lot of work to do and we're gonna probably work for the rest of our lives towards making a future for our descendants," Neru asked.
"We start now, of course," Miku answered happily, "Dawn has risen, and the morning sun will eventually break through the horizon. We've just got to work for it."