Chapter 10: Prologue – C-10 (+ a few words)

‘Banshee’ jumps forward to the Screamers with a normal speed. “But, there is something wrong with that jump, Alpha..” ‘Omega’ looks at the movements of that thing, trying to figure out what is happening with it. “Nothing to worry about! She is just scaring us with ‘Singularity’ and ‘Limit Break’! Spread out and support me from the sides! Attack from the wings and make her stay in her position, to show her who we are!” He shouts as he raises the guns toward ‘Banshee’, and starts to discharge his bullets rapidly. ‘Omega’ and ‘Lambda’ spread to the left and right wings of ‘Banshee’, forming a pincer position against her, as they are ready to not let this thing get out of here intact. “Shoot!” ‘Lamba’ motions ‘Omega’, as they both start to shoot into both of the sides of ‘Banshee’. “This is the end for you, Mono Charlotte and you piece of waste!” ‘Alpha’ laughs amusingly, as he keeps on shooting.
‘Banshee’ out stretches its arms. From two palms, it opens up its absorption holes, releasing the energy from the laser beams that have been absorbed from the fight against earlier, gushes the beams, burning all the bullets coming from the sides as it’s still moving towards ‘Alpha’. “What?! Oh no! ‘Alpha’, watch out!” ‘Lambda’ is once again shocked, but there is no time to think. ‘Alpha’ immediately stops shooting, holding his gun out as the moment ‘Banshee’ reaches him. Its claws break the gun with an unbelievable force, then right at the moment, ‘Banshee’ uses its left leg as a pillar, with the other kicks right at the neck of the Screamer. “W-what is that speed? And what is that movement?!” ‘Omega’ throws away his gun because he knows bullets won’t work against this thing, so he reaches for the axe in the back, ready to go on a melee battle against Haven.
“Are you okay back there?” Haven - who is controlling a Rampager manually - calmly asks Charlotte. “Y-yea! A little shaky, but I’m fine!” Charlotte is still holding on the pole, watching Haven move with excitement in her eyes, maybe she can do that one day, who knows. Hearing something’s coming from the back, Haven jumps up, as ‘Omega’ and his axe fly by at a lethal spot - the chest. ‘Banshee’ rolls into the back of ‘Omega’, brakes hard as it lands on the Moon’s surface. With no delay at all, ‘Banshee’ flies right back to ‘Omega’, raising its right arm’s armour, protecting the chest and the head from the bullets flying over from the gun of ‘Lambda’. ‘Omega’ raises the axe, and ‘Alpha’ peaks the fingers of the Model at ‘Banshee’, shooting weak shots at the armour of it.
“Die!” ‘Omega’ slashes down the axe on the left side, immediately, Haven reacts to it and raises the claws, but he has a trick on his sleeve. Right at the moment both things are about to touch, he swings to the right. And this time, it hit the right shoulder of ‘Banshee’. “And watch on your sides too!” ‘Lambda’ shoots brutally, as the armour has been taking some serious damage from the bullets earlier. “Argh!” Haven suffers the pain from the swing. “Hey, are you alright?!” Charlotte asks. “Yea, I am fine.” Haven says that, but her body says otherwise. [WARNING, SEVERE INJURIES ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER] blood from the right shoulder of Haven starts leaking outside the suit. “B-but, why are you like that?!” Charlotte tries to get up, then falls back to the place immediately, because the next wave is already coming. ‘Omega’ raises his axe once again, he finally gets to charge for some forces this time. ‘Alpha’ standing behind, went from the main attacker to supporting ‘Omega’ on close attacks, with ‘Lambda’ on the side, putting pressure on Haven. She flies out of the zone, charging her next move. ‘Lambda’ keeps on floating on the side, while ‘Omega’ oppresses her by getting closer to her. Haven has no choice but to shoot the last power beams from the palms, otherwise she will lose here instantly. Those beams seem to have worked, as they both have moved away by a little, but any distance here is matter for her. “Hey, what’s wrong with you? I said show me your power, not to watch you suffer in the warzone.” ‘Banshee’ replies to Haven by flashing its garnet colour eye again. “Give me more of your power. I am starving and so are you. Let’s have a feast!” Her right eye’s sclera starts to turn red, because of blood running on to her brain, because of the amount of data she’s getting from ‘Banshee’. Her right eye is bleeding. She noticed, but didn’t bother to clean it off. She licks it, as she’s dodging the fatal bullets from ‘Lambda’. She opens a devilish smile. ‘Banshee’ eyes glow even further, as it suddenly stops. All 3 of the Federal people got startled for a second - “What the hell is happening? Everything is so weird at this point.. That machine…” They all share the same thoughts.
‘Banshee’ jumps, then immediately thrusts down to where ‘Omega’ is standing, holding its claw out like a spear. “Shit! Move!” ‘Omega’ tells them both to move away, because where he’s standing currently is a dead end. He swifts to the right side, running the boosters at its maximum. He does not want to be hit by that thing. “That was close..” According to the ‘Perfect Guidebook’ of the Federal and for the Federal, all Models have their own inconsistency. A Rampager cannot catch up to a Screamer's speed, and that’s why Federal usually appear with that Model, because of its supermobility. But, because of their own ‘problems’ with the past, they decided to hide a few things. They have taught people that: “Screamer’s mobility is the highest out of all the major Models. None of the others shall pass the possessed agility of it.” They have hid away. ‘Omega’ is cooling his head down at the moment he just dodged a lethal attack, suddenly he hears a ping. ‘Banshee’ has hit the left lower body part of the Model. It opens its mouth, bites off both arms of the Screamer with an even more abnormal speed, like it’s doing it naturally, like a living beast. “W-what?!” Once again, no time to think, ‘Lambda’ opens fire, forcing ‘Banshee’ to get out. But it’s too late.
It screws the inside of the thin hip roll of the Screamer, creating even more damages upon the 3 Screamers past hours. ‘Banshee’ stops screwing, as it raises its claw up from the inside, directly hitting up to the cockpit of the Model. Finally, it flies back, but this time with the upper body with ‘Omega’ inside. “Hey! You better give him back or else your consequences will be even worse! You monster!” ‘Lambda’ recharges, and tries to approach her more, shoots from the blind spots where the ‘Banshee’ can’t see, but, somehow, it has magically dodged most of the fatal bullets. “Help! Help me! Both of you!” ‘Omega’ shares his screen - The lights around him are off, most of his screens are showing the [ERROR] signs. He is crying for help. “Hang in there! We will save you!” ‘Alpha’ also approaches her, with an axe that is the same type with the one ‘Omega’ used, while ‘Lambda' keeps on shooting, but it just doesn’t work for the most part. “So annoying.” ‘Banshee’ closes its claws, creating forces on the body, “AHH!” scaring ‘Omega’ even more. “Stop there you fucking monster! Let him down!” ‘Alpha’ starts to lose his mind, flies even faster, no longer slowly approaching her, because he has already lost 1 of his friends today, he doesn’t want to lose another. “‘Alpha’, stop..” ‘Omega’ screen no longer works, only his microphone, because the pressure from the palm of “Banshee'' has ruined the screen. “W-what? Why is your voice suddenly getting cooled..? Don’t tell me..!” ‘Alpha’ seems to realise something, shakes his head as he’s gotta get his alertness back, get back. “You..” ‘Alpha’ voice is lowered also, while ‘Lambda’ remains silent, but both of them can hear the pain inside ‘Omega’. “Even if I have to die here, I will die as a hero!” He clicks on some button on the table. “Oh fuck!” Haven has also found out what they’re talking about, immediately stopping grabbing on the torso with heavy force, as she tries to throw him away, but it’s not fast enough. “HAIL FEDERAL, LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!”
An explosion detonated on Banshee’ left side.
He sacrificed himself, activated the self-destruct button inside the Federal’s Model. The explosion is not big, but it has created a big impact, ruins the left arm of ‘Banshee’, and also damaged some of its left side armour, and damaged to the other side even. ‘Banshee’ got flung away to the left, then proceeded to get hit by several big rocks on the moon, but luckily, none of it was major damage, because Haven tried to avoid the torso and the back as much as possible. She is trying to protect Charlotte. “Ow, ow..” Charlotte pats her own head, trying to calm the pain down from the shockwaves and damage earlier. “H-Haven, are you okay?!”  She gets up, tries to get a look at Haven. “..Haven!” Charlotte screams, as she runs to her. Charlotte hugs her from the behind, tightly. Haven is bleeding out alot. Her injuries got even worse, all of this is caused by how much data she has gathered from ‘Banshee’. “I am alive. I am fine.” Haven speaks, softly as she’s still standing, trying to get ‘Banshee’ back up. “It’s too late, for both of you!” ‘Alpha’ raises his axe towards the chest of ‘Banshee’ who is lying against a thin wall. “My partner has sacrificed himself to take you down. Get up, and we will kill both of you immediately.” ‘Lambda’ stands next to ‘Alpha’, holding his own rage and tears against both of them. They cannot let the anger take over them, they’re still the proud warriors of the Federal, and they can definitely deal with them later.
“Now surrender!” ‘Alpha’ gives them the last chance, to be a prisoner, or a dead body. Haven who is still suffering from the heavy pain she has just gotten into her body. “Hey, Charlotte…No, Mono. Get to the back and grab the gun there.” Haven directs her, as Charlotte is still hugging her. “But you’re dying, a-and I don’t want you to die…” Charlotte is on the verge of crying, but before she gets to do that, Haven turns around and hugs her, patting her. “Do it. I will be fine.” Haven pushes Charlotte to the back. Charlotte is still in confusion, but she grabs the gun anyway. “Are you gonna shoot them from the outside? I will support you!” Charlotte hands out the gun to Haven, “No, stay there.” Haven enters some code on the control board.
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“Hey, Miss Havengate, please come with me.” Fianne takes Haven to an empty area in the corner.
“What is it?”
“Just, just in case, if the worst scenario happens, there is an escape system in the back of Banshee. It seems like a normal backpack, but it’s actually a mini ship, enough for 2 people. So in that case, please save yourself and her. But, in the worst case..” She holds onto her dress, like she has something to say but she can’t speak it out loud out of her mind.
“Yea, I will prioritise saving her. Don’t worry.” Haven finishes her sentence, it’s like she can read her mind.
“Thank you..” Fianne bows.
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[EMERGENCY ESCAPE CAPSULE ACTIVATE]
A wall closes down in the cockpit, cutting the small room into even two smaller rooms. “Hey! What is this wall?! Haven?!” Charlotte panicked, while Haven is still looking towards both of the Screamers. The back half forms into a small ship, programmed to Mars - Charlotte’s escape destination. “Hey! What are you doing?!” She hits the wall, but that won’t work. Haven listens, but has chosen to stay silent. ‘Banshee’ slowly stands up, “Before I surrender…” Haven speaks into the mic with a weak voice. “What now?” ‘Alpha’ asks her.
The capsule has flown away from the back of ‘Banshee’. “Hey! What is that!? ‘Lambda, follow that thing!” ‘Alpha’ sees the back fly up into space, ‘Lambda’ turns on the thruster as he’s gonna go and catch it. But…”Will you battle with me for one last time? Ignore that thing.” Haven licks the blood mixed with sweat running down to her cheeks. She holds the Model of ‘Lambda, by its arm, then immediately breaks the palm. “H-Hey! You little…!” ‘Lambda’ kicks the Rampager over, but then she gets up right away. “I surrender! But, please consider fulfilling my battlelust!” She laughs, so as ‘Banshee’. It opens its mouth, crying, laughing, both of it together scared away ‘Alpha’ and ‘Lambda’. Then, ‘Banshee’ collapsed. "Eh?" Both of its knees are on the ground, as the garnet-coloured eye slowly fades away, so as Haven’s. It has reached its limit. “This thing…” ‘Alpha’ cannot stop thinking about how many weird things happened from just this machine, not talking about the Pilot inside. He stabs on the middle part of the chest and hiproll, disabling the main core of the Model. “Let’s go back to Earth.” ‘Alpha’ signs ‘Lambda’, while getting the ‘Banshee’ on the back, as Haven accepts her fate, falls asleep inside the machine. She cannot speak, because it’s disconnected, so she can’t talk with both of them. “Hey, what about that thing?” ‘Lambda’ questions. “That thing is not our priority now. It's too late for that now. We will go after it after this, if we get any clues from them."
They both flew back to Earth.

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[Somewhere on Mars..]

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