A.S.E. Act III: Retribution

[Therin]

"You do not need someone you can't trust, old man. Be wary of that one." Damion followed in the rear of the group.

[Ultrawolf]

Raven stopped.
The doorway to his left swung open and knocked him out cold.
A woman rushed out. She looked amazonian in nature. Her green eyes blinked but there was something oddly familiar about them.

Rosy looked at her and her jaw almost dropped.
"....Ultra?"
"Gaia." The woman responded moving her hands and arms in some sort of sign language. They understood yet she did not move her mouth. She carried with her a wooden spear and a sharp dagger at her side.

A metallic sreech erupted from across the hallway.
Gaia swung her spear and pointed it at the source of the sound.
A man. What was once a man to be more accurate. Parts of his body replaced by machine. His right arm and half of his skull along with his left leg was machine. A cyborg. His red metallic eye began to glow and it pointed it's machine arm at them. The hand shot out a cable with electric sparks shooting from it. Gaia deflected the cable with her spear and rushed the cyborg whose only organic eye shared that same familiar green.

[Therin]

Suddenly, Damion whirled between the two, neatly knocking both raised limbs aside. He stopped, and stared back and forth from one to the other. "I can understand both of your aggression, but from what I gather, your target is that way," he said, gesturing toward the opening at the end of the hall with one shortstaff.

[Ultrawolf]

The machine man glared at Damion.
His eye immediately locked onto Damion's implants.
He had been infected. His virus. He shrieked in pain.
The cable shot out again and latched onto Damion's jet legs and began melting it away stripping them from Damion and absorbing them into itself.
Gaia watched with horror and the metal reformed and joined with the machine man's organic parts.

"What have you done...."
"....."
The machine transformed into a wolf machine that bore resemblance to Legion of Mecha Madness. It's metallic eye lids closed. That was the last time his green eyes ever appeared again. When he opened his eyes once more they were deep red.
"No!"
Gaia shoved Damion out of the way.
"It's too late for me. Save yourself."

[Therin]

Damion grabbed her arm, and pulled her back to stand beside him while he turned to regard the new beast. "It's never too late. Got any advice for taking him down?"

[Ultrawolf]

"Don't hurt him."
Gaia pushed Damion away.
"He's not a monster."
She turned towards the mecha-wolf.
"You don't have to do this Alexander!"
"Alexander died a long time ago."
His machina body shook as something short circuited within him.
"...."
"NO!"
Legion turned and began walking down the hallway.

[Therin]

Damion stepped forward again, smiling. "Did I say hurt? No. If you look back, you'll remember, I said 'take him down'. Take-downs are the most painless way possible of incapacitating an enemy, short of a quick death. So I'll ask again. Have you any tips?"

[Ultrawolf]

"He just saved your life you fool."
She calmed down.
"My world was ravaged by a virus. This virus infected my home and replaced life with machine. That was when Alexander came to my world. He was myself I learned later. A 'me' from another world. He came to bring death to my world. He called himself Legion. A third 'me" came to my world. This Alexander came to bring life to my world. He fought the machine wolf and drove it back. It was too late for my world. We escaped together and fled to another realm. He had been infected however. The virus stopped half way. Instead of corrupting him fully he retained his mind....that is until he took the virus from your body. It would have consumed you and driven you insane. It would have started with stupid questions. Constantly questioning everything until the virus fully took over and you would have become a machine. We need to follow him and make sure he does not bring harm to others. Something calls both Him and I...."

[Therin]

"Fine, and for that I think him. That still leaves the problem at hand. Or do you not have an answer?" Damion begins to follow the mechanized wolf.

[Ultrawolf]

"We need to follow him but not too close. I don't know if he's in control of himself anymore. The virus may have taken his mind now but I believe he is still exists underneath the metal and mechanical parts. All we can do now is follow."

Up ahead of them they see a male and a female fighting.
One weilds a metallic staff and the other attacks with his scimitars.
"Ungh....I'm not giving up."
"Why do you fight me?"
"You're in my way..."
The man's scimitars erupt into flames and he continues his assault.