[Data glyph application completed, consciousness restored]
Alina felt her consciousness slowly surface for a blissful fleeting moment before she was sent reeling towards full lucidity, she understood, she had been made to understand so deeply that it escaped her conscious thoughts as she instantly activated her Mystic powers with newfound potency
“Matthew!”
A wave passed out from her metallic body, as it passed the still functional combat androids it forcefully shifted and crumbed them like tin cans as the space they took up in the physical realm was folded in on itself, though this was only an afterthought as her focus were entirely on her love
“Matthew! Aea do something!”
He was in rough shape, sitting slumped against a large boulder his left arm was missing, large holes were blown though his stomach and chest and most of the flesh on his legs looked to have been blown clean off the bones, his eyes were open wide and stared back at her without any visible emotion
[Please calm down, Matthew will live, while his outwards appearance and grieve bodily harm might suggest differently, there is no danger of long term damage or memory loss]
Alina felt her heart ache, however that ache was soon overcome with anger as she turned her head upwards and looked towards the sky where the blue comet still hang, suspended in time and space, as she looked at it and with the benefit of having passed the Rubicon she asked Aea at once
“Can he take the data glyph application?”
[Yes, data glyph application will not pose any additional complications]
Alina kneeled down and cradled his head carefully with both her hands before she spoke
“Sleep well, my love”
At her words, countless emotions flashed though his eyes for a moment before they closed and his body went slack, she continued holding him for a few moments before she spoke
“Aea”
[Confirmed, starting application of data glyph for project ‘Pure Magic’ for Master Matthew… Loss of consciousness confirmed, expected application time: 8 minutes and 30 seconds]
With her love safe Alina once again raised her head to look above, the blue comet was still sending meteors screaming through the air down towards her and Matthew, but at this point she didn’t feel any worry, haven already been broken out of Wicka’s attempt at controlling her once she had steeled her mind towards its maddening influence
“Alright… Time to start fighting back”
Mystic power swelled around Alina in turbulent waves for a few moments as she built up a strike before it exploded outwards, a few moments later the pale blue glow of the devil comet dimmed slightly as Aea reported
[Spacial distortion banished successfully, communications with Uliat defense complex restored, diverting incoming reinforcements, incoming communications request from Doc]
Alina closed her eyes as she continued counteracting Wicka’s influence over the surround space to not get isolated once more
“...Put her through”
A few moments passed before Doc’s voice sounded out in Alina’s mind
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[How is the situation?]
“Matthew is hurt badly, I’ve managed to break the spacial isolation”
[... Yeah he looks quite fucked up, but don’t worry, he’s seen worse, and I’ve fixed worse… Ripper is will be with you in a few minutes, I will see to Matthew once I’ve finished coordinating the extended anti-air coverage… I don’t want to jinx you, but I believe the worst of this attack has passed]
“It has, Wicka’s grip is gradually loosening…”
[I feel it too, it’s like the space have gotten less dense and easier to pass though… Alright, let’s start patching up Matthew then, place your hand in the center of his chest so I can bridge directly with his 09]
As Alina followed Doc’s instructions, the blue comet began flickering for a moment before it disappeared completely along with the meteors that were screaming down towards the surface, the only traces left behind from the assault were the slagged drop pods and the destroyed androids and the wrecked landscape
[Alright, most of his vital organs have been secured, so Matthew should be back on his feet sometimes tomorrow, Ripper is inbound with a Medevac, she’ll be there in about 3 minutes]
“Thank you, Anastasia”
[No problem, I’ll look him over once more when you both make it back to the bunker]
Alina felt relief, now that she had been reassured that Matthew would be fine she waited patiently for support to arrive
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[Data glyph application completed, consciousness restored]
When Matthew regained consciousness, he was assaulted with the splitting headache he had expected from the data glyph application, what he had not expected was the torrent of cold he felt all over his body. He felt like he had been dunked in ice water, only his body didn’t grow numb, it just continued aching from what felt like frostbite
“C… Cold…”
He stammered out before Mystic fire enveloped him by newly ingrained reflex, with the fire his sight returned as his eyes were rapidly restored to working order, he saw Alina sitting a little way from him. Even with the limited facial expressions of her robotic body he could tell she looked perplexed, a mischievous smile showed on his face as he greeted her like he would normally
“Good morning”
Alina’s optical sensors recalibrated twice, which normally meant she was blinking befuddled, so Matthew decided to stop teasing her and thanked her
“Thank you for holding it down while I was asleep, my love”
Alina’s shoulders heaved up and down as she emulated a sigh before she spoke
“No problem, how are your wounds?”
Matthew looked down at his body that he remembered had been wrecked by coil rifle fire and found himself mostly healed, his Mystic fire rolled over his body in waves. He could feel the flames rolling around inside his chest and stomach where he had been shot, this warmth was followed by the very particular feeling of his flesh regrowing
“...I think I am fine… Aea, how does it look?”
[Yes, at current rates of Mystic regeneration full restoration will be completed in less than a minute, however nanite patterns are decaying by a factor of 0.2 faster than expected due to the newly increased core temperature]
“Okay… If the decay rate has been increased this much, we’ll need to do some tests”
Alina’s figure flickered out of reality before it reappeared sitting in Matthew’s lap, she leaned her back against him and spoke
“That can wait a bit, no?”
Matthew easily surrendered to her suggestion
“Sure…”
He raised his head and gazed up at the clear blue sky for a few silent moments before a Haliea came screaming overhead, as another two flew over and turned in a J hook Aea’s notified the two
[Haliea-0010, Haliea-0011 and Haliea-0012 is inbound for rapid extraction, please move to board Haliea-0012 at indicated landing zone]
Matthew patted Alina on the shoulder to which her figure disappeared and reappeared standing next to him, he got up and the two walked over towards the landing zone as he commented
“You are teleporting more than before”
Alina nodded
“Yep, with the new understanding I got from the data glyph it’s almost as easy as breathing now… I’ll need to meditate further on it, but I feel like the entire world have become malleable for me to bend and twist as I please…”
As she spoke she raised her hand up and nonchalantly twisted the space over her palm around, seeing this Matthew once again renewed his vow to try and not make her too mad with his teasing
‘...Not that I believe she would turn those powers at me in full… Still, I should be a bit more mindful in the future…’
As Matthew mused idly over Alina’s newfound control over her Mystic powers, Haliea-0012 touched down in front of them and opened the ramp where Ripper stood ready in full combat gear with a detachment of combat drones behind her ready to secure the area and rescue Matthew
“Yo Ripper, you didn’t get the update?”
Matthew’s nonchalant comment immediately deflated Ripper’s tension and made her sheathe her sword before she complained as Matthew and Alina walked past her and sat down
“No, I would appreciate you actually sending it out another time, Major”
Matthew showed a sly grin which immediately earned him an elbow to the rips from Alina, after correcting his expression he sheepishly apologized as the hatch closed and the Haliea immediately took off
“Yeah, sorry about that Ripper… I didn’t expect I was able to heal from these wounds on my own either”
Ripper that was magnetically locked to the metal floor of the Haliea walked over and stood in front of him where she leaned in and looked at his newly healed wounds a bit closer for a few moments before she let out a sigh and complained
“I really should learn to stop worrying about you at some point, Major… At this point I doubt anything can kill you”
Matthew showed a wide smile and commented
“Come on Ripper, don’t jinx me like that”