Harold was able to learn from mistakes, last time he made the mistake of relying on one large robot.
It took a lot of time and work, but now everything was ready. An army of 10,000 robots was ready. Each with a small meteorite, and the largest one, 40 meters long, was powered by a larger meteorite than the one from the patrol base. Harold had his throne on top of this colossus' head, from which he would watch as the adventure bay was taken over by him and the patrol was crushed into dust.
Zuma had a normal day in the bay, there were no missions so she could focus on pleasures.
- Time to go to base, Zuma. Chase said as he walked past her.
- Right. She said, rising from the sand on the beach.
As they walked side by side, Zuma couldn't stop glancing at Chase, she always wanted to tell him how she felt but was afraid of rejection because of the truth about herself.
You see, she was actually half demon. Her father, some random demon, seduced her mother and then took her to hell where he raped her. Zuma was the fruit of this, but her mother still showed her love and taught her values, thanks to which she was not heartless. The mother finally died, but her soul was pure and despite dying in hell, she went to heaven.
Zuma was sad but moved on, it would seem that the half dog half demon would have a hard time in hell, but you see there is one thing that makes even the weakest demon become the strongest, love. Her mother's love made her strong, and when the demon feels positive emotions, she gains strength and power that incapable demons can only dream of.
Zuma saw that the situation in Hell was bad, as expected, but Zuma intended to change it, organized a rebellion against the then king of Hell, Lucifer. Lucifer in his arrogance thought he could win easily but he was wrong, Zuma beheaded him.
She could have absorbed his power but instead used it to create Inferno, her dragon, pet and transport all in one.
She took the throne of Hell and began to clean up the falling world of Hell to make it more like Earth. She created Hell Knights, Berserker and Men-at-Arms to keep order. Hell now looked almost like earth if you ignored the red sky and lava instead of water.
Sinners and demons respected her, she ruled with a firm but fair hand.
One day her power reached its peak and she had to separate some of her essence to prevent her own power from killing her. When she cut off a piece of her life essence, a new life was created from it, her daughter, Astra.
Most demons left their young to their own devices, but Zuma took her in, showing her love and teaching her values.
Do you know how she joined the patrol? Well, hell was quiet now, so Zuma could live peacefully on earth and only come to hell in real emergencies to deal with matters.
Astra often visited her on earth, they met at night when everyone was asleep. Well, maybe someday it will be time to introduce her to the rest of the patrol.
When they returned to the base, they went to sleep.
Zuma had a vision where Harold invaded the bay and destroyed it. Zuma watched in horror as her friends died one by one, but what hurt her most was Chase's death.
Zuma woke up in a sweat, she knew she could stop it and she was going to do it.
She went to the path where Harold and his army were supposed to come from, closed her eyes and began to change.
Her body grew, she began to take on a humanoid shape, black chitin armor appeared on her body, her face was hidden under a flat panel and she had long crown-like horns on her head. On her belt were two Egyptian khepesh, her favorite weapon.
She took swords in her hands and experienced her army of hell, knights and titans came to her call, Berskers among them by force, without weapons and armor, and basic pyrokinesis, Men-at-Arms, in armor and various weapons powered by the energy of hell, the oldest and most experienced had weapons purely energy, and titans, 40-meter-tall creatures with one hand replaced with a powerful cannon. Several knights played war drums.
Inferno emerged from the ground, a mile-long dragon flying across the sky, casting a shadow over everything below.
Astra walked up to her mother and hugged her as she always did whenever they met, Zuma hugged her back.
Now just wait for Harold to get here...
