Liam...
Mano, Hosoi and Heita were hidden in between the shrubs, taking turns in observing the situation around the lab.
Hosoi: " a lot of LBXs I see. They seem very protective of this place."
Mano: " I wonder why?"
Heita: " but why are we here and not with Yagami-san?"
The blonde turned back to him with an annoyed look.
Mano: " you heard what he said. We need to stay back as back up, we don't know exactly what kind of troubles they may run into there."
Hosoi: " even though, I believe Yagami-san and the others are going to be fine. We shouldn't underestimate them after all."
Mano: " you've got a point. Let's continue doing what we can!"
" Yosh!"
A few meters away from where they were, a trap door leading downward could be seen widely open. And a few meters beneath the ground, the gait of a group of people resounded through the empty tunnel.
Yagami: " this escape path comes in handy a lot."
William: " yep, traditional things are very efficient in time of need."
Lillia: " though I'm surprised such advanced place has one."
Achilles Deed: " Jin said it was made so on purpose. This way, Leviathan or whoever is using the base right now can't know we're approaching."
Aya: " so we have the surprise element. I like this!"
Mizel sighed as he swapped looks with the auburn man.
Mizel: " you know this won't hide us for long. When we step out of this path, Leviathan will detect us immediately."
Kazu: " like you did years ago?"
Mizel: " precisely."
He stated curtly.
William: " it's because you've done the same years ago you're needed now. You know more than any other one the blind spots of the lab and the path to take to the control room."
Mizel: " it won't be easy. I can try hacking the system and make a way for us. However I make no promises."
Lilyan: " will you be okay though?"
Pandora: " yeah, what if Leviathan is actually here? Last time you faced him..."
Kazu: " you was out for a whole month dude."
Mizel: " yeah, I shut myself down. Though you're right, it will be a bit risky. I doubt I can use the same trick twice."
Runa: " and still you're gonna do it?"
Mizel: " either that or let Leviathan destroy the world. You choose I oblige."
Joker: " man, you're not trying to put it any nicer for them."
William chuckled at him.
William: " as blunt as ever. However, should you be careful, we may get through this without Leviathan noticing."
Achilles Deed: " with a miracle that is."
Yagami: " we're there."
He announced as he put his hand against the wall, shoving it slightly so it was opened by a crack to the brightly lit corridor. Everyone huddled behind him while William turned his attention to the green haired boy.
William: " Mizel, you know what you should do. You have one chance."
Mizel: " you don't have to tell me twice."
A green glow wrapped around him as his form shrank to that of O-Ligion.
Mizel: " speed is what matters now."
He approached the door, took a look around to check the vicinity before he morphed to a jet and zoomed forward through the corridors while avoiding the security cameras. He only halted once reaching the control room, hovering in front of the panel as he shifted back to the LBX form. He held out his hand and a red spark flew out of it.
Mizel: " Well Leviathan, seems the traces you left on me when you hacked me will be put to use. I can fake my access as yours."
His hand was placed against the panel and it shone in red. Simultaneously, he could sense all the cameras on the corridors and the control room freezing while it was cut from the main system.
Mizel: " all done, creator."
William: " I told you there is no need to call me that anymore."
He could sense them rushing out of their hide out and on their way there.
Mizel: " it reminds me of the old days, so why not."
It didn't take them long before catching up with him. He opened the door and they entered the large room. It was dark without the light of screens illuminating their way. Using their CCMs' flashlight, both Yagami and William took their seats as they started working.
Aya: " alright, so what are they doing exactly?"
Mizel: " taking down the whole system, if possible."
Aya: " oh... What!?"
William: " I've been using this place for so long I can't allow Leviathan to use it now. There is a high possibility that he can restore all the data I've deleted and figure out Minerva's hide out."
KeQing: " he can?!"
Yagami: " it's not hard at all. No matter how much you try to hide or delete data, as long as you have a capable hacker, they can bring it back even from hell itself."
William: " that's why I'm taking down the whole system of this Lab. Get ready, once I will start hacking it, the alert will sound and they will come crawling in here."
Mizel took out his lance and took his place ahead of the other LBXs who stood in line in front of the door
Mizel: " we will deal with them."...
At another part of the same facility, a blue haired man was checking on his tablet.
Albert: " synchronization... Processeur... And control. All of them seem well tuned for now."
He admired the final product with a mischievous smile.
Albert: " we'll be able to use it soon. Looking forward to its performance after the additions I've made."
His joy soon dissipated as the alert was launched. All warned, Albert turned to check on the emergency on the computer.
Albert: " what's this!? An attack on the system? And it's from the inside! How? The alarm should have been activated if someone sneaked in!"
" Don't you get it? It's not the time to question it right now?"
The silhouette of a young man could be seen from the corner of the room, a certain black LBX resting on his shoulder.
" we have to take care of the intruders."...
They could hear banging on all three doors leading to the control room. And by the way the metal was giving in and bending under the force casted upon it, they figured it wouldn't take much long before LBXs swarm in there. Clinging onto their CCMs desperately, they stood still while holding their breaths, waiting for the first door to fall. It was the same one the came through.
There was an explosion before the enemy units jumped through the hole they had transfixed into the door.
Mizel flew to intercept them, slashing at the first row advancing their way. He got away before they all were blown up. Achilles Deed backed him up by shooting at the ones who sneaked through the smoke.
Ami: " Pandora! Switch weapons!"
She said throwing a familiar hammer at her LBX who flung it at the enemies.
The Emperor launcher charged its missiles at the LBXs, breaking through their lines and causing many explosions to erupt amongst them.
Lillia: " they're here too!"
KeQing's form was hard to be followed as she zoomed through the enemies as if she was a bolt of purple lightning, slashing at them with her glowing sword and wounding them seriously. Aya and Kämpfer kept a bit far as they took the ones who manged to get through her through the huge Laser cannons.
Lilyan: " there is no end to them!"
She was hardly able to cope up with them in Unicorn's SD form.
Runa: " Joker!"
The black and blue unit speeded forward, slicing at the robots surrounding Unicorn and giving it more of a space.
Unicorn: " thank you."
Joker: " that was nothing! Runa!"
Runa: " Hissatsu Function!"
" Attack Function: Bolt Spike!"
Joker lipped high and gathered energy in a blue sphere overhead before he slashed at with his scythe as he dropped it on his enemies, making them explode by the shot of energy that fell upon them.
Unicorn: " Lilyan!"
Lilyan: " got it! Real Mode!"
Unicorn's outline enlarged as he assumed the same height as that of an LBXs. He grasped tightly onto his hammer while his jet soared forward, shooting down their adversaries.
Lilyan: " Hissatsu!"
" Attack Function: Titan Wave!"
He gleaned all of his power onto his axe and flipped it upside down, smashing it on the ground. There was a rough wave that it caused strong air courants which knocked LBXs into each other and broke them.
Aya: " Here too! Lillia!"
The other woman bobbed her head before they unleashed their Hissatsus together.
" Attack Function: Starward Sword!"
" Attack Function: Giga Destroyer!"
The mixture of purple lightning and blue flash of Laser cleared their area.
Aya: " yes!"
Kazu: " I'm not holding back as well! Achilles Deed! Hissatsu Function!"
" Attack Function: Black Storm!"
The dome of darkness extended around him, dragging most of the LBXs down and breaking them over.
Ami: " Pandora!"
" Attack Function: Grand Wall!"
With a vigor swing, an eruption of energy rose from the ground. Pandora reared the hammer, gathering her powers at its end before she flung it at the wall of energy and causing a spiky rush energy to ram into the army in front of her.
Kazu: " well done! Ami!"
Mizel: " both of you back off before you regret it!"
Pandora& Achilles Deed: " Eh!?"
Mizel: " Attack Function: World End!"
Ami&Kazu: " W... World End! What kind of attack function is that!"
They quickly pulled back their LBXs as Mizel levitated up in the air, surrounded by a tunnel of hexagons before he unleashed a burst of crimson light, breaking through them and destroying all the left LBXs entirely.
Mizel: " hm, a quite good original Hissatsu."
Ami sweat dropped as all that was left of LBXs were pieces and splinters littered on the ground.
Ami: " I get that it's awesome, but what with the naming."
William: " ahahaha, that's Mizel for you, he still didn't grow out of his bad naming habit."
Mizel: " bad naming?! I do 't have such habit!""
Kazu: " Mizel Trouzer is quite the example."
Lillia: " am I the only one that sees it as a foreshadowing to a possible betrayal and threat to the world?"
Judging by the silence she was met with and the confused looks from everyone, it seemed like the case.
Mizel: " that aside. Are you done yet?"
He said flying next to William.
William: " yeah, now do your magic."
Mizel placed his hand on the panel and a moment later, all the screens flashed with the word warning.
KeQing: " what have you done?"
Mizel: " I've inserted a virus. The system of this Lab will crumble down and be deleted in less than half an hour. Expect flashy explosions here and there because of some failures in the gas system as well."
Yagami: " which means we've got to take our leave now."
William nodded as he stood to his feet.
" Leaving so soon, dear brother and sister!"
Lilyan and William's eyes shot broad open at the familiar voice. Both of them reared their heads to the door and there he stood, a blond male in a grey vest, dark bluish purple eyes and a certain silver pendant around his chest.
William: " Liam... Why are you..."
William was beyond shocked at the reason why his brother was there. He was trying to deny the only logical explanation that came to mind. Lilyan took a glance at the LBX flying by his side and a shiver ran down her spine. Its aura was intimidating that she could no longer move her legs, especially with that sneer it was giving.
Liam: " it's been a while, Aniki. Seems you and Lily were having some fun time without me. Wouldn't you consider staying for a little chat?"
His cold voice made William squint his eyes at the man in front of him. His intentions weren't any good.
William: " why are you here?"
He repeated. Liam smirked at him before he took out his CCM.
Liam: " you see. I thought of joining this small game you have. And what better way to enjoy it than to go against you two!"
Lilyan: " game?"
Yagami: " I don't know what they had told you, but this-"
Liam: " I don't care. Not about what they say, nor about what you have to say. All I want is to have a chance to show you both hell itself!"
He pointed his CCM at both his siblings. William took in a deep breath as he stared down his brother.
William: " so what you want is us right?"
Liam nodded with a leer.
William: " understood then. Everyone, head out while you have the chance to."
" Eh?"
Aya: " but William!?"
William: " it seems to be a family problem. There is no need to drag you into this. So please, Yagami-san."
Yagami's yellow eyes narrowed as he gave a nod.
Yagami: " alright then. Everyone, get out of here!"
They swapped their looks between both men, perplexed, before they decided to follow the auburn male. Mizel was the only one still flying by the blond's side.
William: " you too Mizel."
Mizel: " ... You better make it out. This place will be in ruins half an hour later."
William nodded at him and Mizel took a moment before he flew after the rest.
William: " well, it's only us, Liam."
Liam: " perfect! Nightmare Hell!"
The black LBX flew to the middle, hovering above the ground while waiting for his opponent.
William: " sorry to drag you into this, Lily."
She shook her head as she send Unicorn to face Nightmare.
Lilyan: " you shouldn't be. I would have stayed by your side anyway, Onii-sama."
She smiled widely at him. For some reason, seeing them like that made a vein twitch on Liam's forehead.
Liam: " I've grown tired of waiting! Come at me!"
Lilyan: " as you wish, Nii-san!"
Unicorn and Nightmare clashed together, trying hard to overpower each another.
Liam: " there has been a lot I wanted to tell you both! I want to show you despair itself!"
Lilyan: " here too!"
Her eyes glimmered in confidence as she build up her courage.
Lilyan: " there are a lot I've been wanting to tell you!"
Both LBXs pushed back and came at each other once again, continuing doing so in order to find an opening in each other defense.
William: " why are you doing this!?"
Liam: " I told you to have fun!"
Nightmare overpowered Unicorn, his eyes glowed in red as he was wrapped in a dark red aura, his scythes cutting through Unicorn's chest and left ankle, sending him backwards with a malfunctioning leg.
William: " you're doing a grave mistake! You shouldn't mingle with Leviathan and his men!"
Liam: " don't you play the caring brother now! You don't have any right to lecture me!"
Nightmare Hell bolted towards Unicorn but the latter detached his wing jets, blocking the onslaught with them.
Lilyan: " as selfish as ever! Onii-sama is just worried about you!"
Liam: " it's too late to worry now!"
Lilyan's frown deepened at the state of her brother. He was enraged and furious to even think straight, not something odd coming from him.
Lilyan: " you've always been like this. You never cared."
Unicorn's jets deflected the attack before chasing after Nightmare, trying to shoot him down. However, he was too fast to be easily hit.
Liam: " ho! So I'm the one who didn't care huh!? Even I..."
A memory flashed through his head, one in which he glared down at seven kids who were around his age. All of them were on the ground, wounded. He wasn't unscratched either, but his wounds were trivial. He stood there, panting heavily with his dark glares and the blood dripping of his face.
His hand clutched the CCM in it tightly.
Liam: " seems you've learned to talk back at your older brother. Such commended deed."
Unicorn: " you've never been her brother!"
Nightmare: " do you have time to worry about what they're saying!"
He scooted to the white LBX, whooshing both scythes at him, Unicorn managed to fend off using his weapon to keep Nightmare at bay.
Lilyan: " forgive me for my bluntness, but Nii-san. You never truly acted as an older brother for me. Despite being the only family I had left, you..."
Unicorn: " you abused her!"
Unicorn axe manged to brush off both scythes before he landed a hit on Nightmare's torso. It wasn't much of a damage seeing that he flipped back before it cut too deep into his side.
William: " abused?! What have you done to Lily!"
Liam: " as if you were any better! You just left her on her own while you knew she needed you!"
William shut his mouth and took a step back. He couldn't deny the truth his brother had just thrown to his face.
Lilyan: " Onii-sama had his reason!"
Liam: " right, he did. You've always been like that, poor Lily. Clinging to your perfect older brother, always finding excuses for his mistakes. Even my parents were the same. I was the only one who saw your true nature."
Liam's smirk broadened.
Liam: " you were also selfish, don't you deny it. You've chosen you researches over Lily didn't you? You chose that university over us didn't you? How many months went by without you going home, telling us again and again you were busy while we were struggling on our own!"
The older male gritted his teeth as he looked away from his brother.
Liam: " I told you. You didn't know anything about us while you've been shutting yourself in your lab, working on your projects."
William: " I..."
Liam: " that's who you truly are Aniki. You were never able to notice us in the first place. Not until one of us broke under your nose, right.''
Lilyan: " you're wrong! Onii-sama would never!"
Unicorn dashed this time, sweeping his axe at Nightmare who easily sidestepped it and whirled around himself, pushing the white and blue unit back with his constant slashes.
Liam: " fool yourself all you want little Lily. But the truth remains, our dear Aniki abandoned us in time of need. Not that you're so different though. You just went on your own and left country A, not even leaving a note behind."
His hand gripped the CCM tightly it could have broken if he applied any more force.
Liam: " you've been always like that, caring about each other and yourselves only."
The memory of the funeral appeared clearly in his mind. With his older brother hugging their sister as she cried. He wasn't even spared a glance.
" That kid over there..."
" Their second son?"
" He has it all tough."
" He didn't shed any tears..."
Unbeknown to any of them, his hands were shaking in fists. Not that he wanted them to see. Not that he will ever let any of them see.
Liam: " I think I was just the third wheel huh."
Without any warning, the ground beneath them started shaking. Explosions could be heard far off in the distance, making William, Lily and Unicorn panic.
Unicorn: " we're running out if time!"
William: " Liam! We should get out of here!"
Liam: " no one is getting out of here before this battle ends!"
Despite the second vigor shake, he wasn't the least dithered.
Liam: " let me show you then! How hell really feels!"
" Vengeance Mode!"
There was a mischievous laugh from Nightmare before he was overflown by a crimson color, his eyes shining brighter than ever.
Nightmare: " I'll tear you appart!"
He darted forward, his slashes picking speed as he easily overpowered Unicorn. The white unit was merely able to hold his arms together to defend against Nightmare's onslaught, but the other LBX manged to scuff his scythes through the smallest openings. Unicorn's armor was badly scathed and broken it could hold no more.
Lilyan: " Unicorn!"
Tears welled up in her eyes at the sight of her LBX being pushed back that badly and in agony.
Liam: " that's right! Scream! Cry! Plead! That's the hell I've been living in silently for years now!"
He creased up at her futil attempts to help her LBX.
Liam: " Just give up and drown in despair! Hissatsu Function! "
" Attack Function: Demonic Tempest!"
Nightmare held his arms in front of his chest into a cross. Black energy swirled underneath him before it mounted up into the air, all surrounding Nightmare and producing a black whirlwind.
Unicorn was dragged in by its potent currants and Nightmare's eyes were aglow as his prey was in sight. He used the tempest to slash at unicorn from different angles as was stuck in the middle and hardly could do anything.
When the storm dissipated, Unicorn laid in the ground motionlessly and unable to move with sparks flying out of his armor.
Lilyan: " Unicorn!"
Liam was still yet laughing with his head reared back, unfazed by the now trembling building.
Liam: " you're such a weakling, Lily! You couldn't stand that much!"
Lilyan was furiously glaring at him by now. Liam looked back at her, a hand covering his face and a sneer on his lips.
Liam: " nee, tell me? How did a weakling like you cope up with everything that happened to us? Huh? Tell me? How did you both manage to get hold of yourselves while I..."
While I sank down to hell itself! So were his thoughts. However, he didn't intend to voice it loud. Especially not to both of them. His words seemed to catch Lilyan of guards as she thought about it.
Lilyan: " how... Did I?"
William: " Lily..."
She looked back at her brother as he gazed upon her apologetically for what he had caused and it hit her.
Lilyan: " I didn't... Not on my own..."
Liam: " huh?"
Her words made him finally stop laughing. Lilyan grasped the CCM tightly in one hand.
Lilyan: " I could have never come this far if I was on my own... I had Onii-sama, and then I had Ban-kun, and... To a certain point, you."
Liam: " what are you talking about?"
Lilyan: " I think I get it now, why you are so angry with us... No, I know exactly how you feel."
Her eyes softened as she looked at him.
Liam: " nonsense!"
Lilyan: " then let me get my point across."
She said as Unicorn was struggling up to his feet again.
Nightmare: " impossible! You shouldn't be able to move!"
Unicorn: " I'm Lilyan's partner. No matter how broken and scathed I get, I will always come back to my feet for her..."
Lilyan: " Unicorn... Alright, let's teach him together!"
Unicorn: " ah!"
" Revival Mode!"
Lilyan: " eh!"
Power flown around Unicorn as his color changed from white to golden. His armor pieces extended, showing bright lines of blue beneath them. His jets flew back and attached themselves to the unit standing firmly in front of Nightmare.
Liam: " what..."
Lilyan: " Unicorn..."
She smiled at her LBX before her eyes fixed on her brother.
Lilyan: " Nii-san... I truly owe you an apology, for not noticing for so long."
Liam: " speaking like you know me!"
Nightmare zapped forward at Unicorn. The other unit didn't waver as he held up his large claw and smacked it on the ground, creating a shockwave strong enough to obstruct Nightmare in his advance.
Liam: " impossible !"
Lilyan: " you've been hurt! You've been sad too! Weren't you!"
Unicorn leaped up high above the dust, his weapon overhead. Nightmare's speed allowed him to pull back before the beam axe plopped upon him, however, the debris caused by the impact hit him hard.
Liam: " Shut up!"
Lilyan: " you were the same as me back then."
A memory of her huddled to the corner of her bed and crying after the death of her parents went through her mind.
Lilyan: " but while I broke, you bottled everything up and tried to keep us away from you."
Nightmare went for the onslaught, but his scythe was trapped within Unicorn's claw.
Unicorn: " your speed won't do you anything now. I can see you clearly."
Liam: " tsk! Take this!"
Nightmare tried to use his other scythe but the wing jet detached and snapped it away of his hand.
Lilyan: " you directed your bottled emotions at everything and everyone else around you."
Unicorn plucked Nightmare other scythe and kicked him away.
Liam: " no... I can't lose here! Not after I got Nightmare Hell!"
Lilyan: " the facade of anger you've created, allow me to break it, Nii-san! Hissatsu Function!"
" Attack Function: Boltec Claw!"
Unicorn gathered purple and blue electricity within his claw before he cleaved at Nightmare. The black unit was thrusted back by the impact, a large deep crack on its chest plate. As it hit the ground it stood no more, apparently seriously damaged to do so.
Liam fell to his knees, unable to believe he had lost to his sister. He banged his fist against the ground furiously.
Liam: " damn it! Damn it!"
Lilyan: " Nii-san, come with us."
She said extended her hand at him but he slapped it away and stood back up.
Liam: " I don't need your sympathy! Don't you pity me!"
Lilyan: " Nii-san..."
William: " Liam! There is no time for that! We should get out!"
Liam: " I said shut up! I'm not going with the like of yo-"
There was an even more brutal shake occured, this time none of them could stand still. Lilyan fell on William while Liam hit his head against the wall.
Lilyan: " Nii-san!"
Liam: " I said stay away from me..."
He said waving his hand in the air as if pushing someone. It then was placed against his face as his vision became fuggy.
Liam: " huh... What..."
William and Lilyan wasted no time, despite his protests, they helped him to his feet, placing each of his arms on their shoulders.
William: " you can yell at us all you want later."
He said tucking Nightmare into his pocket then slowly trudging the way back with his siblings.
Liam: " why are you..."
Lilyan: " isn't it obvious, because we're family. We will always help each other when in time of need."
Liam: " heh, good one..."
Lilyan: " I'm really sorry Nii-san... When you were suffering, picking fights on the street and making all sort of troubles, we didn't know... If any of us had noticed, you wouldn't have fallen this deep... I'm really sorry, for realizing your suffering too late."
William: " I'm sorry too, Liam..."
There was another shock that they had to stop for a moment before continuing, the light around them was blinking red as sirens and alerts shouted all over the base for evacuation.
William: " I didn't realize how you must have felt after our parents' death. You've always acted tough so assumed you were. But you just didn't want us to see you in your weakest moments. I should have payed more attention to you too."
Liam's eyes dropped to the ground, unfocused as they were, while his bang covered his face.
Liam: " it's way too late you know... Your apology would never mend this rift in between us."
William: " it isn't. Not now at least. But we can only hope to establish a new foundation, to start again and fix everything."
They were feet from the same tunnel they came through when a swarm of LBXs immerged out of the corridors behind them.
William: " they still have ones here!"
Liam managed to balance himself on his feet and pushed both William and Lilyan through the door.
Lilyan: " Nii-san!"
Liam: " what the heck, fixing everything? Don't joke around. I would rather go to hell rather than being lumped with you both."
William: " Liam!"
Liam: " get away from my sight! Your faces is making me sick!"
He shut the door behind them and Nightmare, whom he managed to get out of William's pocket as he pushed him, slashed at the hidden joints of the door so it could no more be opened.
Liam: " you better be able to move, Nightmare."
He said turning back to their opponents.
Nightmare: " I will switch to the emergency system. However, its performance isn't that good."
Liam: " doesn't matter for me."
He gritted his teeth in annoyance as he heard banging on the door from the other side. The two must have stayed there.
William: " are you crazy! This place is gonna go down in less than five minutes!"
Liam: " shut up you selfish! Are you that hooked on being the perfect brother now! Make yourself useful an get Lily out of here!"
William's eyes widened slightly at his words before his face dropped.
Lilyan: " Nii-san!"
William: " Let's go! There is no talking through him now!"
Lilyan: " no! Nii-san! Open this door up! If you don't I'll-"
She reached for her CCM but a tug on her arm didn't allow her to do much as William pulled her just as rubble of concrete fell down on the spot where she was.
William: " we need to go! Before the tunnel is all buried!"
He held on her arm tightly.
Lilyan: " we're not leaving him behind!"
On the other side, Nightmare dashed through the rows of infected LBXs, slashing at them without care as the sparks he was emitting.
Liam's lips pulled back into a small smile.
Liam: " Lily, you've got a nice voice. Continue singing."
Her eyes shot wide open as she heard him.
Lilyan: " Liam Nii-san..."
William: " we have no time left!"
He pulled her to her feet and rushed to the exit with his sister in tow. The blonde was still staring back at the door they had left behind.
" You know you don't sound like mom."
The boy shot up from his game at the blonde sitting on the tree branch and singing to herself while swaying her legs.
" I know! I have my own voice!"
" And do you think that it's that beautiful that you keep singing all day long?"
" I love singing! Plus, it's not like you're listening to me! You're listening to that game of yours!"
" I see. Keep torturing the poor nature around you then while I put my earphones. "
She puffed out her cheeks before she was once again singing aloud. She looked down at her brother playing by the tree's foot and she could see the earphones dangling around his neck.
Lilyan: " Nii-san!"
She shouted through the roaring explosions at the other side.
Ahead of them, William could see the light from the trap door.
Kazu: " they're here!"
He shouted from his spotted over the entrance, waiting for the left two.
Kazu: " give me your hand!"
He pulled Lilyan first then helped William out.
Lilyan: " the lab!? What happened to it?"
Ami and Aya looked back at the column of smoke rising in the horizon. Lilyan's blood froze when she reared her head and saw it...
Mano, Hosoi and Heita were waiting for them impatiently. Relief was clear in their faces as none of them was hurt when they approached them.
Lilyan and William swerved from the rest to look at the fire eating away at the now visible base. The lake hologram have long since faded away. Occasionally, there were small explosions erupting from here and there. The smoke rose up high skyward and few sparks of flames was dancing in the air.
Lilyan took in the sight of the destructed place as her hair was heaved around by the air currants. There was no way to survive it once you're too late.
Lilyan: " Nii-san..."
A tear traced down her jaw. William walked over to her, trying his hardest to keep his expression mild as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. They both stood there, just watching the flames devouring everything...
