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...Dead? No... no... not... dead...

Not as long as undulating, interdimensional flesh remained gurgling on the surface of the human planet.

The mass of the slain fiend was still quite incapacitated. It slowly wriggled on the filthy, muddy floor, vague thoughts of identity, personality, and vengeance permeating through its bloodied tendrils, connecting itself to one another in a slow and arduous process.

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It had time. No sane human would dare venture near it, so it continued its reconstitution in utter solitude. As pieces of the broken organism rejoined and remembered, its last moments surged to the forefront of its consciousness.

A human... and her.

Flickers of frustration throbbed through the undying creature. But something was missing. There was more than simple discontent.

A different human... and a robot. In an instant, seething fury overwhelmed the pile of viscera. It had been deceived, and defeated, and killed. The enemy had won, and it fled, triumphant, carelessly gloating in its victory.

That would be its last mistake.