"So Engen's gone?" Jess nods. Alice cuts in, "Don't try talking me out of it-" "Crazy, but I say go for it, but we lure him." Jess waves, "Get behind the desk." I chuckle, "Why?" "Kaylin's meeting me today." Alice pulls her gun, "You sell us out!?" Jess rolls her eyes, "I wouldn't warn you if I did." We get behind the desk and the doors bust open. "Jess! Been a while."

"Why'd you destroy Engen? We have a truce!" Something squelches, "That was before I had this." She backs up in her chair, "What the fuck?" He leans over the desk as screams come from outside the room. "Right now, my troops are converting yours to my thrall. I even own the militia now." She is handed a deed. "It's game over, bitch." I lay down on my back as Kaylin reaches for her arm.

Switch, let's hit em where it hurts. We spring up, slamming the desk into him. I land on my feet. He chuckles after he pulls a large splinter out. "Didn't expect you to be here." I raise my fists as a blade pops out his wrist. I take a deep breath and knock my knucles together. I smirk, "Shut the fuck up and try it already!" He gets in a stance.

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In a split second, he leaps forward and swipes at my neck. I duck and kick him into the glass window, cracking it. He cleaves down before I kick at his gut. He falls down and cracks the ground below.

Alice covers her mouth, "Oh my god!" I raise both arms, but only one does, "What?" I hear blood drip and look down, my arm's on the ground.

Oh shit. No fucking way. How?! I sit down in the spinny chair "Take off his belt, now!" Jess shouts, "Why's his blood purple?!" Alice takes off my belt and Jess tightens it on what's left. Alice looks down, "Uhh, he's climbing back up." "He's alive after that?!"

After she tightens the belt, she tosses me a grenade. "That'll fuck em up. Just drop it, Alice." I wait till he's about halfway to us and pull the pin. It falls down as Jess rolls the thick desk for cover. "Requesting a UM-70 on the penthouse floor. Peacekeeper is now an enemy!" The grenade forces Kaylin to fall once more. Speakers go off in the building, *You're jammed! Give yourselves up!*

I growl, "Damn it, Zero!" A UM-70 hovers too close to the penthouse. Gladius jumps in through the broken window."How'd you get here so fast?" He limps over, "I just am." He hands me a note, then jumps out the window. I lean over, he cocks back his fist. It reads, "Get him to Genesis Research right now. I'll hold Kaylin off."