Kari wailed in pain, as the three cores began to eat away at her mind. Machia seemed to be having a strange seizure in midair since it was fine-tuned to copy Kari's exact movements.

Although she had not swallowed them herself, Machia was designed to share all of its experiences with its user, without any drawbacks. However she was walking into uncharted territory, something Hadoron had only theorized to her, but never tested. Yet she claimed it as her ace, and with that confidence, she descended on a path for destruction.

Large whips of electricity burst forth from the giant robot, simultaneously with a cloak of flames. Violet vein marks, streaked around Machia and Kari's bodies, making them even more dangerous than they were before.

Frost started to build up on the mech, dissipating almost as quickly as it appeared, while Machia exhaled out a cloud of steam. Its massive blue and silver ringed eyes, rotated within its socket until it fixed its gaze on them.

"Ahhh..." Kari's voice came out in multitone. "My first guests at my welcoming party! I'm so honoured. Nice to meet you...my name is Drakarna. You may bow before me now."

Amaara gritted her teeth, then gave her a confident smirk. "Sad excuse, for your last party. We'll be sure to light it up for you."

Koji gripped his hilt, bracing. "Her power has skyrocketed. They've become a much bigger threat than we came to deal with."

Simon started to sweat, as the heat became more intense, even for him. "I might have to agree with Koji on this one... We have to retreat. This might be too much for us to handle."

Amaara calmly looked back at the both of them. "To do what? Call for reinforcements? Go back to the group, we left back there and tell them, that the enemy was too strong?"

Her words washed a bit of shame over them. She clasped her hand into a fist, before her. "I'm sure you can feel that. Nur is actually getting serious over there. They already have a lot on their hands. We can't let this monster interfere!"

Simon shook himself out of it, hearing Amaara's pep talk and shifted into second gear, gathering all of the energy, he could muster forth. "That's right. We're Nova's!"

Koji sighed and did the same. Dark clouds gathered, then struck him with small supercharged bolts of lightning, as seven electric orbs rotated in place by his back, charged with billions of volts.

"Static: Raijin Yoroi." He said as he looked in Drakarna's direction. "We'll have to hit her with everything we've got and more. You know that right."

Amaara closed her eyes and took a deep breath, going into second gear, with a light blue, flame armour settling over her. "She's got, max 30 minutes. We just have to hold out till then and strike her when she's down." She noticed Drakarna's head twitching, disturbingly. "I don't think she's stable. If we hit her joints and find a weak spot, we might be able to break it down."

A faint blur broke their thoughts. "Move!" Koji yelled as he dropped down below, to the ground, while Amaara escaped to the skies.

Simon was rocked, by a punch delivered from Drakarna, too quick for him to see. His entire body reverberated from the impact, as he hurdled, crashing down into the planet.

Koji was shocked. "I barely noticed her move." He observed as he watched her shake, laughing out loud.

"Did you see how far he flew?!" She asked, turning her attention towards Koji. Disappearing almost as soon as her eyes settled on him and reappeared in front of him before he could blink. "I can't have my new toys, breaking so quickly." She placed her leg back, lacing it with purple fire and violet electricity.

Koji braced, as he quickly unsheathed his sword striking it with lightning to lessen the impact. She followed through, by kicking him with bone-shattering force and knocked him out, seconds into flight, as he soared into the sky.

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She tried to finish him, appearing above, just before he was about to dip back down, when a blue beam of fire, crashed into her and pushed her back. It distracted her, but she waved it off with a quick flare of ice.

Amaara didn't hesitate, as she saw an opening. With quick reflexes, she unsheathed her sword and struck at the glass-like cockpit, Kari was visibly in. However instead of it breaking open, her sword chipped,

Leaving her speechless, as she looked up at Drakarna's giant face, smiling maliciously. The Nova panicked while striking at the cockpit as many times as she could until she was forced to stop. Not by her own will, but because the massive hands, holding her tight, continued to squeeze the life out of her.

Drakarna gave her a reassuring smile. "I commend you for your efforts. Let's have some more fun if you can survive this."

Amaara braced herself, not knowing what was coming. Drakarna flew up and backflipped to fly back down, calling a lightning strike, as a ride to take her back to the planet. She stopped less than ten kilometres in the air, only to throw Amaara down and cause a devastating earthquake.

"Amaara!" Koji called out, heaving and shuddering with visible wounds from the last attack.

He looked at the deformed princess, who was already eyeing him, with malice. 'So this is how I go out.' The thought crossed his mind as he charged up all of the electricity he could produce, blue volleys of fire whizzed from under him, crashing into Drakarna.

She turned to face Simon, taking no damage from the barrage, but watched him barely hold himself together, as he joined his comrade. Then gave him the most sinister grin, before darting her eyes back to Koji, who charged at her with a lightning-fast strike.

"Static: Namiutsu Shio!" He yelled, placing his full might into it, but was pushed back, barely making a dent in Drakarna's arm.

Her head spun in a weird angle, trying to keep up with Simon, sneaking up from behind her. "Ignite: Caelum Claver."

A wall of blue flames escaped his short sword, aiming to cut her down. Yet it was still unable to make a dent. He noticed, then opted to concentrate his flames to a razor point. However, to his despair, the blade froze and crumbled in mid-air, followed by a purple lightning strike, dropping him back down below. Simon was taken down in the same moment, it took Koji to turn around and strike the two drums behind his back, to follow up with a clash with Drakarna's fingers.

She was toying with him. "Oh my god, you're so adorable."

The Nova panicked, but that didn't stop her from grabbing him and throwing away his sword. She squeezed him for a second, as he yelled out, struggling to get free.

"Hold on a minute, I want to try something. I used to love doing this to birds and other creatures." She said, curiously.

He wondered which side of her, that came from from but was relieved to see that she had let him go a moment later. Celebrating too soon, as he dropped out of the sky, like an anchor.

Koji looked down at his body, seeing glacial blue, ice restraints, holding his body together. He tried shocking and burning them off of him, but they redirected the pain, back and amplified the elextricity.

Koji's parachute deployed, but was ripped apart, by his restraints, before it could function. There was nothing he could do, as he plummeted out of the sky, landing nearby Simon.

The princess let out a coarse laugh echoing across the land. "Now you gotta admit. That was hilarious. Anyways..."

Her expression turned serious. "Playtime is over."

She placed her right palm in front of her, as her head twitched. Manifesting a bright, condensed, electric purple star, twice her size and condensed to her limit. "Royal Star!"

Drakarna's attack's shadow, woke Simon up, as he & Koji looked up dazed, while chuckling and accepting defeat. Suddenly someone dropped in front of them, facing certain death.

Simon struggled to get up, seeing Amaara standing strong, with fire still burning within her eyes. "Ignite: San Ray!"

She placed her hands forth, as the beam of blue fire she had been preparing shattered forth, colliding with the massive ball of death. Slowing down its rate of descent.

Koji's restraints, broke free, from the heat and he shot up, looking over at Simon, who didn't look too well. They nodded at each other. Thrusting forth their palms into the sky, and letting off their strongest attacks in their arsenal.

"Ignite: Hyacintho Ignis Maxime!"

"Static: Raijin no Nagare!"

They poured every drop of power they could muster, reaching for more, wherever possible. Until they reached that wall, which only revealed the end.

Life began flashing before their eyes, as Drakarna's star, seemingly looked bigger and bigger as it got closer. Koji thought of all of his regrets, while Simon couldn't help, but think about all the people he loved and would never see again. A tear fell down Amaara's cheek, as the feeling of unfulfillment washed over her.

They assumed it was a twist of fate, but time seemed to have stopped for the three of them. A voice, feeling like it was speaking in unison, with millions of other people, spoke to them at the same time.

"What if, this isn't the end?"