The Art of Magic

Battle on Dome-7 (II)

Blair on the other hand took the high ground and sniped the soldiers. She stared at the soldiers firing at her and tilted her head, "I have calculated the effective range of your weapons and took the right amount of distance. I cannot compute why you insist on keeping up this futile act." She stared at the people who we're firing at her frantically.

She looked at the scope and fired at the temple of another one knocking his helmet off she saw the fury in his expression and felt a tinge. She wondered what that feeling was, as she stared at the corpses.

She kept running and stopped as she dodged a slash from one of Magitech's Elite soldiers as it held a large Oscillating blade. "Damn Android!" It said as it held it's blade up high and ran towards her direction.

She stored her gun and brought out her wrist blades. She dashed towards her enemy and she flipped forwards to dodge the incoming attack. She stabbed him on his ankle and his liver efficiently and quickly. The man fell on his knee unable to move.

He struggled to stand as he stared at Blair move back a few steps, "I don't understand why you struggle like this. Don't you see it's futile?" She asked him innocently. He roared in anger, "What the fuck do you know!? You're just an Android!" He raised his blade into the shoulder level and steadied his stance. He stabbed towards her and she dodged to the side and put up her hands to block.

The blade slid off his hands and Blade took this chance to stab him in the neck. He held his neck to stop the bleeding and attempted to pick up the blade but he just fell down to his death as he slipped.

Blair kept moving as she wondered why she didn't just shoot the guy. Soon she reached the meeting point as she saw Nick downing flask filled with a strange liquid. Based on her analysis of Nick. There is a high chance of it being alcohol.

She approached Nick as she uncloaked the ship. "We need to defend the point until Master gets here. There are guns inside." Nick groaned, "Of course we need to. Goddammit..." He reluctantly stood up and walked inside.

Nex on the other hand was shot in the shoulders and hit in her head with a baton. Holding her shoulders as her eyes became blurry because of the blood. However it didn't diminish the fear of the people around her. They were fearing her even more now, for the rows of dead people pile up behind her.

Panting heavily she asked, "Who else wants to die today?" Her expression twisted in pain. Suddenly Alex came crashing through the wall. Slamming into Nex he tried to grab her as they both slammed into the next wall, but he got kicked in the stomach sending him a few meters away.

"Hehehe even without power armor you could still send me flying." He said as he dusted of his armor. Nex on the other hand was staring at his armor as it glowed a natural blue hue. It's imbued with pretty strong magic she thought. Even if she doesn't have any knowledge on the subject she could clearly discern it's quality.

"Even without power armor I could turn you into meat paste!" She said as she picked herself up. Leaning on the wall as she breathed heavily regaining her stamina.

"Join us Nex. With us we could help you become even more. We could finish what they started. Become even more perfect." He said as the edges on his armor glowed yellow. He took slow steps into a full dash as he slammed his fist into her face. Nex in turn did the same creating a shockwave. Sending Alex back where he started and Nex shooting through the wall inside the small building.

She spat the blood on her mouth and quickly stood up. She shook her head and gestured at Alex to come at her. The two fought in a close Melee. Alex having the obvious advantage as he practices a style. Unlike Nex who was swinging wildly relying on her instincts.

The two gained distance from each other. Alex has a few dents in his armor, Nex however was standing as if she didn't feel a thing. Spitting occasionally as blood was filling her mouth. Alex threw his dented helmet and revealed his face was bleeding.

He spat blood on the ground as he shook his head disappointingly, "Flawed castings from a perfect mold. I thought you were the greatest among all of them A.L.I.C.E. , Good thing we have the right technology to correct the mistakes." His hands were shaking slightly as he said those words.

She appeared beneath him and slammed her fist at his stomach. He blocked the strike raising both his arms up. "Your disobedience for example will be erased. Replaced by undying loyalty to us." Nex however wasn't speaking. She focused her remaining energy on fighting Alex. Not noticing the hooded figure killing all of the Magitech soldiers surrounding them.

Stepping back she pulled out her blade and slashed it downwards, Alex blocked the incoming attack as he held her arm and slammed her on the ground. She rolled on the ground avoiding the stomp that aimed at her face.

"I'll take you with me even if it means that you're no longer breathi- -" Before he could finish speaking a blade came his way, immediately raising his arms up to block it sending him a few steps back. He stared at the assailant with anger.

"Who the fuck is this now?" He pointed at the hooded figure as he stared at Nex, however she just leaned on the concrete wall holding her bullet wound.

Alex swiftly pulled out his gun and shot towards the hooded figure. Beneath the hood Nex could see the faint blue light near it's eyes become brighter. The hooded figure slashed at the air multiple times. Even with her inhuman instincts she could barely follow the strikes. Bullets that were sliced in half dropped towards the ground signalling the start of the fight.