"Woah..." Minka gasps when she sees the building, it's much bigger than she expected: "That's huge... How long has that been here?" She asks.

"Don't know, but it shouldn't be longer than a few decades. The ground here looks like it was dug up recently." Sannet said: "I think we should not get too close to this place. We might get into trouble." She added.

"But isn't it the place where the main tracking signal came from?" Minka asks: "Won't it be easier to get inside than anywhere else?"

"Don't you think there will be an army there? I mean it is a military base for tracking the signals. We are not really supposed to be here at all." Sannet said: "It is best that we look around and find something else." She added.

"I guess you are right." Minka said: "We should look for somewhere else and check it out. Hmmmmm," she began thinking about where they should look next, "We need a place where we can find information about this place... Any ideas?"

Everyone shakes their head: "I think it's a lost case." Sannet said.

"..." Leanna remained silent.

"Lea? Are you okay?" Minka asks with a bit of a worried look on her face: "You were all silent and spaced out..." She adds.

"I am fine." Leanna said: "I was just thinking if we could find the master receiver through the signal of the tracking station, but I doubt it." She said: "Maybe we should just look around and see what we can find." She added.

"Don't you fucking move." Suddenly before they could even react, a group of soldiers appeared from invisibility and pointed their guns towards them: "Just stay still or you will be dead meat." They said with a rather mean tone: "On your knees now!"

Everyone looks at each other before they kneel down and place their hands on their head. One of the soldiers then came towards them and placed a cuff on Minka's wrist, it's the same one used by the inquisition, but from the weight of it it's weaker than the one they have.

"No... Don't!" Minka exclaimed as she saw her friend getting cuffed.

"Don't move or we will shoot." The soldier said while pointing his gun to Sannet.

Sannet just glared at them: "..." Sannet remained silent but looked around as if finding ways to escape.

After they cuffed everyone, they put them inside the car. It's a small vehicle that can carry up to eight people and it has a kind of force field to protect the passengers from gunshot and missile attack. Minka is sitting next to Sannet, Viola and Leanna are sitting across from them. The soldiers on the other side are sitting across from the girls.

"Well I didn't expect we would go in like this." Leanna said. But then a soldier hits her cheek with the butt of his rifle, causing her to spit out a bit of blood.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!" Minka yells while struggling to get loose from the cuff.

"Just shut up!" One of the soldiers said "And what are you? Some kind of scumbag? You should be grateful to us, we saved you." He added.

"Saved us?" Viola asks with a snarky tone.

"Yes... that's right... we saved you from getting killed by the monsters that's everywhere in this place." The soldier said with a slight annoyed expression: "And now you should be grateful for our captain who has a no kill on sight policy in this place." He added.

"If you really did, then why were we captured? We are not the bad guys here!" Minka exclaimed.

"You think the abyss is some kind of tourist spot? That's ridiculous." The soldier replied: "Besides, how are we supposed to know your true intention? If you have something to say, save it for our captain." He added.

Minka was about to talk but she suddenly felt someone was touching her hand and when she looked at Sannet, she was just staring back at her, then Minka noticed that the handcuff on Sannet's hand was loose.

"..." Minka didn't say anything and just looked at Sannet's eyes.

"We are here." One of the soldiers suddenly says.

The moment the door opens, Sannet uses her hand to break off the handcuff on Minka and immediately knocks out the soldiers with them with a blow to the neck. Minka charges out and drops a few soldiers on her way. Leanna uses her wind blade to cut open the handcuff on herself and Viola. The soldiers are trying to get their guns but Minka is standing on top of them.

"Don't move! If you move I will have to put you down!" Minka said while pointing the weapon at one of the soldiers.

Out of instinct, Minka felt something cold behind her, and with a loud noise, she got knocked off the ground a dozen meters away. Minka grunts and gets back up while gripping her head: "What in the world was that...?"

"Stand down, or I will have to hurt you more." A familiar voice came out from the person who kicked Minka away: "We will not hurt you if you just surrender yourself." She said,

"..." Minka's expression changed when she saw the woman in front of her: "Mom?" She said with a surprised expression.

"Minka?" Monika's eyes widened when she saw the face of her daughter: "Why are you here?"

"Mom!" Minka rushes forward and hugs her mother tight: "I... I missed you so much! Are you okay? Where have you been? Are you hurt anywhere?" She asks with a worried tone.

"Minka?... Are you real?" Monika is so surprised by this, she keeps looking around her, thinking that it's some kind of hallucination.

"Yes mom, I am real! And I am here to save you!" Minka exclaimed with a happy tone.

Monika then looks at the people with Minka:" Wait... why are you guys here?" She asks.

"Well..." Minka began telling the story to her mother, the team just remained silent and listened to Minka's story. When she is done telling her story, Monika is just silent for a moment. Monika then pulls Minka's earlobe.

"Ow! Mom, what are you doing?" Minka eyes shut due to the pain.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Monika asks with a firm tone: "Why in the world would you come here? Don't you know what kind of danger you've been putting yourself into?" She added.

"I-I... But..." Minka is so confused by her mother's words: "I thought...you were in trouble... I came here to save you..." She said,

"Aw..." Monika's tone softens and hugs her daughter tight: "My brave brave Minky... you are now saving others? Mom is so proud of you." She said while petting Minka's head.

Viola never really notices but Minka looks more like her mother than her dad. But she still has her father's eyes and that unexplainable expression sometimes Minka has which makes her reminiscent of Trazyn during the limited time they met.

"I missed you..." Minka said while laying her head on her mother's chest.

"I missed you too, sweetie." Monika replied: "But I don't understand why you are here... It is too dangerous for you." She added.

"But mom! I am here to get out with you, together." Minka said with a firm tone: "And you don't have to worry about dad... he's fine, he is not seeing other women." She added.

Monika can't help but chuckle: "I don't care about that!" She said: "I am more worried about your safety." She added.

"Mom, I will be fine. I have my friends and we have a plan." Minka replied: "Please let me help you!"

Monika then looks around: "Wait, you brought Lea here?!" She asks with a surprised tone: "Oh no, Nova is going to kill me if she knows about this" She added.

"Lea can take care of herself!" Minka exclaimed: "We are a team, we take care of each other." She said with a confident tone.

"Minka..." Monika began: "How many times do I have to tell you not to be reckless like this?" She asked with a firm tone: "Just like in school, remember you threw that boy down from the staircase because he insulted you?" She added.

"Mom!" Minka said: "He was bullying me and my friends! I will do it again if he ever does it again." She added.

"Yeah right, did you have any friends after that?" Monika asks with a stern gaze.

Minka looked away with a sad expression on her face: "Not really..." She said with a soft voice.

"I am sorry." Monika hugs her daughter tight: "I just didn't expect to see you here..." She added.

"I'm here now!" Minka exclaimed with a cheerful tone: "And we will go back home together!" She added.

Monika smiled at her daughter's optimism: "You're right... But... I can't leave yet." She said: "We are doing something big right now and... I will be leaving this place soon, but I still have a few things to do." She added.

"What?" Minka asks: "Mom... please, tell me what you're doing here!" She added.

"I am sorry Minky, but this is something I can't tell you." Monika said: "It's just something important that will benefit us all."

"Then tell me what happened to Legend." Minka pouts: "You are hiding something, aren't you?"

Monika's eyes widened in surprise when Minka asked that question unprompted:"Minka, just don't." Monika said with a stern gaze: "I don't know where you heard that name from, but please, it is ancient history that will not change anything." She added: "Please trust your mother."

"Mom! It's me, Minka! Your daughter! What is so important that you can't even tell me?!" Minka asks.

"Enough, Minka. This is no place to discuss this matter." Monika's face became serious: "Please, take your friends and rest for a bit."

"No! It is something really bad, isn't it?" Minka asks with a worried tone: "Mom, please..." She added.

"Minka... I can't say anything more." Monika replied: "And please don't do anything rash, I can't take the stress if you get hurt." She added.

"Mom... please..." Minka pleaded with tears in her eyes.

Sannet then tapped Minka's shoulder: "It's enough Minka. Just leave it at this." She said,

"You and dad keep hiding things from me... why?" Minka asks: "Why won't you tell me the truth? Why are you hiding it from me?" She asked.

"Minka... it is not like that. It's not something I can just tell you within five minutes. You need to grow up." Monika said.

"Grow up?" Minka let out a faint scoff: "We are done here... whatever you are hiding, I will unearth it myself..." She said: "And you will be sorry when I find out what it is that you're trying to hide!" She added.

"Minka... you are being stupid. Just listen to your mother." Monika replied with a stern tone: "And no... all of you can't leave. It is for your own safety." She added."I can't let you go out now. You are under my command and you will do as I say. Or I will have to detain you all." Monika said while grabbing Minka's arm: "Minka, please stop." She added.

"No, you're the one who needs to stop!" Minka exclaimed while struggling to get out of her mother's grasp: "Let me go!"

"Detain all of them." Monika orders her soldiers.

"Yes, ma'am." The soldier replied and encircled all of them.

Minka grunts and looks at her friends, they all nod their heads and get into a fighting position. Seeing this, Monika let out a sigh and just let go of her daughter's arm.

"Mom?" Minka asks.

"Just go... I don't want to hurt you... You are my daughter, I can't do that to you." Monika said while looking away from Minka's gaze: "And I am sure if you hear the whole story, you will understand. But I can't tell you now." She added.

"They can't leave." A familiar voice came from the tower: "That girl has something we want." It added.

"Is that dad...?" Minka asks with a surprised expression.

Everyone was silent after this, the thing that came out however, isn't a man. It is a machine on wheels: "Minka, hand over your weapon." It said while approaching Minka.

"This is not dad... then who are you?" Minka asks.

"I am the archivist." The machine said: "I don't think you've heard of me before, but now, give me your weapon."

Minka was silent, but then she said with a determined tone: "You're not getting it." She said,

"Then I have no choice but to make you surrender it." The archivist replied: "You see, I don't really care if you are dead or not. I just need the weapon. Monika, kill this girl." He added.

"Mom?" Minka asks with a worried expression on her face.

"Minka..." Monika said while walking forward: "I am sorry... I didn't want it to come to this. This is all.. for the best of the world." She added.

"Monika! No!" Sannet exclaimed. She then knocked Minka away from the impact of Monika's attack.

Minka falls on the ground and she gets up to find her mother is attacking her friends: "Stop mom!" She exclaims.

Leanna and Viola are dishing out attacks, but it only took Monika a split second to get in front of them and throw them on the ground. She then lets the soldiers detain them while she's focusing on Sannet.

"Don't hurt them!" Minka yells: "You promised! You said you will protect them!" She added.

"And I will!" Monika said: "I will protect all of you!" She added while jumping towards Sannet, but then she suddenly felt something behind her and she was knocked off the ground with a loud thud. Minka threw a boulder to her mother.

"Minka? Why?" Monika asks with a surprised tone.

"Shut up!" Minka yells: "I will not let you take us in!" Minka's eyes begin glowing in yellow light, soon a shock wave is released from her body. It blows Monika and the soldiers away, as well as the archivist.

Sannet is bracing herself for the shockwave, but it is stronger than she thought.

"I am not to let anyone hurt my friends!" Minka yelled while overwhelming power was out flowing from her body, the soldiers all ran into cover, only Monika was standing in front of her daughter.

"Minka... don't..." Monika says while having a look of helplessness on her face.

"No! You don't know anything!" Minka exclaimed with tears in her eyes: "I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!" She added. The ground began to crack and shards of rocks began to attack Monika.

Monika grunts while blocking them all, she then gets up and dashes towards her daughter. Minka uses her powers to push her mother away but Monika quickly gets up. She then tries to punch Minka but she stops the fist with her hands. This however, made some blood come out of Minka's nose.

Minka just pushed her mother back and began attacking her, the soldiers all ran to help but then the archivist stopped them: "Fascinating... the energy level here is... astounding." He said.

Minka then kneels on the ground, the golden power is emitting out from her body, lightening up the entire area. Heat and shock waves are running through every corner of the battlefield. She then looks at her mother, tears of anger falling down on her cheek.

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Monika lets out a sigh and pulls out a weapon from her belt: "Minka, I am sorry..." She said with a regretful tone. Monika suddenly disappeared in front of Minka. Just when Minka is about to unleash another attack, Monika appears behind her and puts a collar on her neck. The collar is electrified and it was enough to make Minka fall on the ground with an impact. The golden aura from her body vanished as well.

Monika pulled the weapon out from Minka's back: "So our father gave it to you..." She said while looking at the weapon: "This should've been a family decision."

"Mom... don't…" Minka said while struggling to get up.

"Minka... I am so sorry." Monika said: "I didn't want this to happen... But you give me no choice." She then throws the weapon at the Archivist.

"Now, detain them." Monika said while getting back on her feet.

Minka tries to struggle off the collar but the constant stream of electricity quickly disperse any of her potential resistance, while she's trying to get up but the soldiers are already surrounding her. The soldiers are pinning her down and tying her hands behind her back.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." Monika said while walking over to her daughter: "I am going to remove the collar now, just don't do anything rash, alright?"

"..." Minka now isn't even looking at her mother anymore.

Monika sighed and took off the collar, the moment it was off, Minka felt like all of her energy was drained away. Her eyes began closing on their own, and she could feel herself losing consciousness. Soon Minka isn't reacting to anything anymore.

Monika sighs and picks Minka up, she then carries her daughter inside the tower and locks her with her friends into a prison cell. The soldiers then dismissed and off to their other duties. Monika walks towards the entrance of the lab and sees the archivist inside.

"Well done, my dear..." The archivist says: "You will soon be free from all the stress."

"You better make this worth it... I have no idea how to face my daughter after this incident." Monika said with a stern gaze.

"I don't care. Once I get what I want, we will all be free." The archivist said: "I don't have to tell you what that is." He then uses his mechanical tool kit to open a small compartment of the weapon. And then he takes out a small chip: "And this is the key ingredient..." He emits some evil laughter from his speaker.

"What is this? " Monika asks with a confused expression.

"It is a small data chip. This contains all the records about my dear dear daughter. Minka... you will soon be alive." The archivist says while staring at the chip.

"Minka..." Monika said while looking at the weapon.

Inside the prison cell, everyone is just sitting on the corner. Sannet is sitting on the ground meditating, Minka and Leanna lean on each other for comfort, while Viola is just sleeping on the side.

"Minka... I am sorry." Monika said when she came inside the cell: "I didn't mean to hurt you..." She added while looking at Minka.

Minka just ignores her mother, she is just staring at the wall.

"You're not going to say anything?" Monika asks with a worried expression: "Minky... I know your sulking face... Please talk to me." She added.

"..." Minka didn't say anything and she was just looking at the wall.

"Aunt Monika?" Leanna suddenly said: "What's the meaning of this?" She asked with a confused expression.

"..." Monika was silent after that, she looked away and sighed: "This is just something we have to do. For the best of the world..." She added.

"Woah, that sounds like what my mother would say. What a weird feeling..." Viola said while yawning.

"Minka..." Monika kneels next to her daughter: "Please... I know you are mad at me, but don't do anything rash... Please... trust me on this." She added.

Minka remained silent.

"I promise, I will make it up to you, if you just listen to me..." Monika said: "It's for the best of us... of the world... I am doing this because I care about you and everyone."

"Alright that's enough." Sannet suddenly stood up and blocked Monika from reaching Minka: "Stop bothering her, she doesn't want to talk to you." She said with a cold tone.

"Sannet... what are you doing?" Monika asks: "Move, this is my daughter!" She added.

"Yeah, and she has the right to be mad at you, and she doesn't have to listen to anything you say." Sannet replied: "I know you are worried about her, but this is just stupid. You sound like the worst of Nova and Trazyn." She added.

"..." Monika was silent after that, she looked away and said: "You... you don't understand." She added.

"I don't care. Just stop pestering her." Sannet said while still having that usual expressionless face.

Monika just left the prison cell in silence, after she's gone, Viola took out a small key from the palm of her hand: "Well, i thought that'd be harder." She said while unlocking the prison cell: "Nice work, Minka."

"..." Minka didn't say anything, she was still staring at the wall.

"Oh boy... Now she's pissed at me..." Viola said while rubbing her head: "I know you are mad at your mom, but look... we can escape now and take it back at her later." She added.

"I don't care about her!" Minka exclaimed while glaring at Viola: "Just leave me alone! I hate her!" She added.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, chill out." Viola replied: "I get it, you are mad at her, and I can understand why." She added: "Besides, if you really want revenge on her, you have to get out of this place first. So do us all a favor and stop being so stubborn." She added.

Minka's expression changes from anger to regret, she then looks at Viola: "Sorry..." She said while wiping her eyes with the sleeve of her shirt: "I am ready."

Viola nodded her head and unlocked the handcuff from Minka's hands with one of the keys. Then the door to the prison cell opened, and then everyone walked out.

"Where are we going now?" Minka asks.

"Well..." Viola began thinking: "We need to find out why they need Minka's weapon." She said while looking around: "There has to be a lab or something like that..."

"And where are we going to find one of those?" Leanna asks with a confused expression: "What are we supposed to do, barge into their office and ask where their lab is?"

Sannet then came out from a corner while choking on some guy's throat: "Where is your lab?" She asked in a cold voice.

The soldier didn't answer, he just stared at Sannet with a terrified expression on his face.

"You have three seconds." Sannet said while tightening the grip on his throat.

"It is... It's on the basement floor." The soldier replied.

"Is that all?" Sannet asked while letting go of his neck.

The soldier just nodded his head, then Sannet knocked him out by hitting him on the back of the head.

"Well, now we have an idea." Sannet said: "Let's go." She added.

"Woah... you are terrifying..." Leanna said while having a look of amazed on her face.

Sannet didn't say anything and just walked out the door.

After walking a few minutes, the group reached a set of stairs leading to the basement floor, Sannet then immediately broke the door open. Everyone then followed her and they were surprised to see a lot of machinery inside the room.

"This is not a lab…" Minka said with a surprised tone.

"Wait a minute, this is a storage room for weapons." Viola points on the shelf: "That is my gun." She added.

Sannet then saw a familiar weapon in the corner of the room: "What... Is that?" She asks while walking towards it.

"Don't touch it!" A voice suddenly came out from the weapon: "It's dangerous if you touch it."

Monika walked into the room while looking rather mad: "I see that you're free now...for once in your life Minka, can you not do things like this?" She asks.

Minka was silent when she saw her mother, she just stared at her without saying anything.

"Now listen here." Monika said while looking at everyone: "If you want to leave this place, fine. But Minka and Leanna stay, I have a responsibility to take care of them." She added.

"Yeah... right, what responsibility? You were the one who locked us here!" Minka exclaimed: "You are the worst!" She added.

Monika then glared at Minka, she was about to retort when Viola stepped in between: "Minka, don't talk to her like that." She said: "She is your mother, you should know how she feels about you." She added.

"She has a point, so calm down Minka." Sannet added while glaring at Monika: "Monika, I know you don't want to see us get hurt, but there has to be another way, isn't that right?" She asked.

"..." Monika just remained silent.

"Does the archivist have something on you? He can easily kill us all and destroy the whole place if he wants to..." Sannet said: "You and I both know what he did." She added.

"I am sorry." Monika said: "But I don't have any choice... I am trying to do something important here." She added: "I don't want you to be killed out there." She pulled out her sword.

"..." Sannet was silent for a moment, and she said: "Minka, Leanna, get behind me." She then said with a serious tone.

"Sannet, don't." Monika exclaimed while pointing the sword at Sannet: "This will only end badly for you. You are a friend. Please don't do this." She added.

"Sorry, but I can't trust you after what happened." Sannet replied: "Three of you run as fast as possible." She added.

"What?" Viola asks: "I am not going anywhere!" She exclaimed.

"If you value Minka and Leanna's safety, you have to." Sannet replied: "It will be safer for them if they run now, don't you agree?" She added.

Viola bit her lower lip and began to run towards the exit of the tower.

Seeing they are gone, Sannet pulled out her sword: "I've always hated you since the day we met." She said: "You are the one who made him weak and sentimental." She added.

Monika's eyes widened after hearing that, she was about to say something but then she just remained silent.

"Don't say anything, I don't care." Sannet used her finger to swipe away a black film on her sword, then the sword began glittering in frost mist: "Let's get this over with." She said while dashing forward.

Monika's expression changed from her usual calm expression to a battle ready one, she then slashed towards Sannet but she immediately parried the strike and pushed Monika back. She then rushed forward to attack but Monika quickly blocked it by pulling out another sword from the sheath. The two then began a fierce exchange of blows, sparks began flying from their swords whenever they clashed with each other.

"You have gotten much stronger than I last remembered." Monika said with a smile.

"That's not important right now." Sannet replied while pushing Monika back with an elbow: "Stop talking, it only wastes my time." She added.

The two then exchange another volley of strikes, Sannet then tried to hit Monika on the side of her neck with her elbow. Monika noticed it and quickly blocked it with the back of her hand, but it left a red mark on her cheek. She then thrusts her sword towards Sannet but she blocked it with her own sword.

Monika is able to push her back and knocks her off the ground, but Sannet quickly uses her teleportation power to appear in front of Monika and delivers a fierce kick towards her face. Monika grabbed Sannet's ankle with only one hand and smashed her on the ground with such force that the entire floor was shaking.

Sannet jumps back up but her vision is slightly blurry, she is unable to see the enemy properly and she gets kicked by Monika on the chest. The blow is so powerful that Sannet is sent flying back. She crashed through the shelf and fell on the ground. Monika then jumps over to her and delivers a series of heavy blows that Sannet can barely block. She tried to get up, but she was immediately knocked back down on the ground again: "Submit." Monika said with a firm tone.

"No!" Sannet exclaimed while struggling to get up.

Monika didn't say anything, she just stood in her battle ready stance.

Sannet then gets up to her feet and dashes towards Monika with all her power, her eyes begin glowing in red and she strikes with such ferocity that she is able to push Monika back with each blow. But Monika quickly counters her strike by kicking her in the abdomen and sending her flying back again.

Sannet coughs out a bit of blood and tries to get up, but her body won't respond properly, she feels like her muscles are getting weak. The surrounding temperature began to drop as Sannet's sword began glowing in power. Her hair begins glimmering, her eyes are turning bloodshot.

Monika realized this and she quickly dashed towards Sannet but she immediately stopped when she heard a loud noise and the room began shaking: "What did you do?" She asks.

Sannet's power begins increasing by the second, she quickly gets up and delivers a series of powerful attacks that sends Monika flying back. Ice shards began flying everywhere and the surrounding temperature dropped even more. The ice on Sannet's hair is covering her entire body, it is glimmering and it looks like it is alive.

Monika blocks one of Sannet's attacks but the force from Sannet's blow is enough to push her back, she then tries to slash Sannet but she teleports to another location.

"What have you done to yourself?" Monika asked while staring at her: "And how did you gain this kind of power?" She added.

"What does it matter?" Sannet asked with a cold voice: "I am doing this simply… to spite you." She added.

"..." Monika was silent after that.

"Don't worry... I won't kill you..." Sannet said while slowly walking towards Monika: "Not yet..." She added.

"Sannet..." Monika suddenly disappeared from where she stood: "You are not the only one growing in power..." She said while appearing behind her and her sword was glowing in red light.

Sannet turns her body around to face Monika but she was knocked out of the ground before she could react. She crashed through a bunch of shelfs and fell on the floor, her entire body full of cuts and bruises. She felt her entire body hurt but she still stands up.

"You can't win this, Sannet." Monika said with a serious tone: "This ends here." She added.

"No, this is just the beginning." Sannet said while taking a fighting stance: "We are not done yet." Green light began phasing out from Sannet's arm, a phase blade came out of nowhere. She then lunged forward and delivered a series of powerful strikes towards Monika, but each blow was parried by her.

But Sannet's body is already weakened to the extreme, Monika simply dodges the last strike and grabs Sannet by her collar. Her phase blade fell on the ground with a loud noise, and Sannet's power began fluctuating and vanished in an instant. She is unable to speak anymore, her body is shaking because of the impact of the collision. Monika just stared at Sannet for a moment before throwing her on the ground with great force.

Sannet didn't scream when she was thrown on the ground, but her body is still in tremendous pain, blood is leaking from her nose and mouth: "I think I've bought enough time for them..." She said with a tired voice.

"I told you to surrender." Monika said with a cold tone: "Do you really want me to kill you?" She added.

"Go ahead." Sannet said with a smirk: "I don't care anymore... It doesn't matter anymore..." She added while coughing up a bit of blood.

Monika gave Sannet a hand napkin: "Clean yourself up and go find Minka... Stay with her, take care of her on my stead." She said: "If you are not back now… she will hate me even more."

"I won't do it." Sannet said while standing up: "You can order me around all you want but I will not betray my friends. Even if it means my life. You would just use me to find them." She added.

"..." Monika sighed: "I don't want to hurt you anymore... Please." She said,

"You are just like the archivist... but instead of being honest, you sugar coat your true intention with the illusion of doing what is best for the world. I hate people like you." Sannet said: "You are just trying to do this out of guilt... because you think you failed to protect the other Minka." She added.

"..." Monika was silent.

"But it doesn't matter." Sannet said while sitting beside the wall: "It doesn't matter anymore." She added: "Just let me die in peace and leave Minka alone, she will never trust you again after this incident." She added.

"..." Monika was silent for a moment, she then pulled out a syringe and injected it on Sannet's neck: "Shut up... I can't let you die here." She added.

Sannet didn't say anything, she just stared at Monika with a serious expression. She then said: "You are a monster..."

"No... I am not..." Monika replied: "I am just a mother... Doing the only thing I can to protect my daughter." She added.

"..." Sannet was silent after that. She collapsed on the ground and began breathing heavily. Soon, she closed her eyes.

"I am sorry... But I have to do this for the best." Monika said while staring at the unconscious Sannet. Monika then left the storage room to find Minka and her friends, she still can't bring herself to talk to her daughter after what happened.

Inside the tower, the archivist is browsing inside his personal office. He is currently looking at a screen of data that shows his daughter's records. The archivist then presses the enter key, a hologram of Minka begins projecting in the air: "Well well well... isn't this a treasure that i found..." He then activated what is called a 'digital life' program. Soon after, Minka's voice came from inside of the computer.

"What is this... is this the after life?" Minka asks.

"Hello, dear daughter..." The archivist said with a rather… menacing tone: "You don't know who you are do you?" He asks.

"I am... Minka Terra... daughter of Eden Terra and Tra-." Minka's voice suddenly is at a pause: "Is that you... dad." She added.

"I am glad to hear that." The archivist said with a smile: "It has been so long, I thought I won't be able to talk to you again..."

"So this is after life... Thank goodness. I was wondering when mom is going to come to talk to me." Minka said.

"No, Minka. This is very real. You are now the first digital lifeform created through the use of digital life." The archivist said with a smile: "I have overcome so many difficulties to get you back... My own daughter." He added.

"You are kidding me..." Minka suddenly sounded upset: "I never wanted this. Shut me down! You bastard!" She added.

The archivist was silent for a moment: "I know... but it doesn't matter. You are now mine, and no one can ever change that."

"This is why I killed you... I know what you will do if you get your hands on me or mom." Minka said.

"Well, don't worry... I don't really care what you think." The archivist said: "All I want is your company." He added.

"You are so twisted..." Minka said: "I am not like you, I don't care about all that power stuff. I will not follow you like the others." She added.

"Now, now... I am sure you'll change your mind in a while." His tone changed more sinister than usual: "I have a host for you. A human body to be exact. You can go out and live like a normal human. You can eat, sleep, walk on the street, and whatever else. You will love it." He added.

"How? What do you mean by a host?" Minka asks: "Oh..." She suddenly realized it: "No fucking way i am doing that. Just let me fucking die in peace." She added.

"But here you are, And this is my own personal data chip. You cannot escape." The archivist said: "You will not die until I let you go." He added.

"You... You're sick... What is wrong with you." Minka said with a disgusted expression through the machine.

The archivist doesn't say anything, he just stares at Minka.

"I won't do it. I will not follow you. I am not like you." Minka said: "You can forget about me... I won't help you, I will never serve you." She added.

"I see... It doesn't matter..." The archivist said: "I will find another way to create the perfect digital lifeform, it won't take long since this planet has plenty of hosts to choose from...And I will revive your mother, my wife. We could be a family again." He added.

"You won't succeed..."

"We'll see about that..." The archivist then tapped Minka out.

Outside in the forest, Minka and her friends have been running for a good hour. They are all out of breath, they didn't have a single minute to rest as they are still being pursued by Monika and the soldiers.

"I know you guys want to stop but we can't! We have to keep running." Viola said: "They are coming for us!" She added.

"Viola, please... Please just let me rest for a while..." Leanna said while catching her breath: "I can't run anymore." She added.

Viola remained silent for a while:" Fine, let's take a short break." She takes out her water canteen: "Take this." She handed it to Leanna.

"Thanks..." Leanna took the canteen and gulped down its content.

Minka sits on a rock while hiding her face with her knees: "This is my fault... This is all my fault." She whispered: "Sannet is captured and... my own mother is hunting me down."

"Minka... It will be okay... Don't worry about that." Viola said while rubbing Minka's shoulder: "We will surely get through this and save Sannet. Just believe in yourself." She added.

"I just wish... I wish that none of this would have ever happened..." Minka said while looking at Viola: "We shouldn't even try to find the truth about the legend..."

"Hey, I am not going to let you blame yourself for this." Viola said while giving her a firm look: "We don't know what would have happened if we never tried. I mean, sure, this is not good but it isn't your fault." She added: "We all make mistakes, we all hurt others, sometimes by accident. But this is no time to be crying, this is time to be strong and get back on our feet." She added.

Minka is silent after that.

"Yeah... I'm not going to lie, it doesn't look good right now but we will be alright, Minka." Leanna said while sitting next to her: "We'll find Sannet and make sure she is safe. Then we will find the weapon and bring it back to you. It's a promise!" She added.

"Yeah..." Minka didn't say anything for a while before she started crying: "I just want this to stop... I just want everyone to be safe... This is so stressful..."

"It's okay..." Leanna said while rubbing Minka's back: "I am here... Viola is here... We will never let you feel sad." She added.

Minka nodded her head and looked at Leanna, she then suddenly realized that Leanna is injured and her clothes are full of dirt.

"Leanna, you're hurt." Minka said: "I am so sorry." She added.

"What? Oh..." Leanna looked at her wound: "It's okay... It doesn't hurt anymore, just a little blood." She added.

Minka took out a cloth from her dimensional pocket and gently wiped the blood off from Leanna's wound: "It looks so painful." She added.

"No it doesn't, it doesn't hurt." Leanna said: "It's just a little cut, no biggie." She added.

Minka began wiping Leanna's wound with a wet cloth but Leanna flinched when it touched her wound. Minka looked at her and she noticed that Leanna was having trouble holding her hand.

"Sorry... Does it hurt?" Minka asks.

"No, it's just... Cold." Leanna replied: "I am not hurt at all." She added.

"But I saw you were hurt earlier..." Minka said with a concerned expression.

"Well... It's fine." Leanna replied: "Really, I am okay..." She added.

Minka stared at Leanna's wound for a while before wrapping her wound with the cloth.

"Leanna... I am sorry." Minka said with a worried tone: "I never thought that something like this would happen... I never thought you'd be hurt." She added.

"Minka... don't worry, this is not your fault. There was nothing you could do about this. I am okay, really." Leanna replied: "You have done enough to protect me..." She added.

"I'm gonna go take a look, see if they are coming." Viola said while standing up: "You two rest up a bit, you deserve it." She added.

Viola walks into the forest for a bit to see if Monika and the soldiers are still chasing them, she also looks out to see if there are any signs of other people around. Suddenly she heard something from behind her: "...Viola." The voice came from the direction she was just coming from.