Katya squeezed the trigger and shot off a volley of point-blank shots at the Beast without caring to aim, focusing on lasering it as much as possible. Turns out it was just the right maneuver, as the beast was subdued, turned into a burning corpse that Caretaker smashed aside. Similarly, Zim was on the offensive as well, using a similar tactic his comrade performed on the other side of the planet by snatching a civilian vehicle off the street and throwing it. The explosion dismayed the beast just long enough for Black Star to get in close and impale the monster with the metal-cutting temperature of the Thermal Scythe's spear mode. The monster coughed out green juices all over the Framewerk, and haphazardly slapped away with its tentacles, only for them to be swiftly cut down along with the monster.

Sigma, after a moment of falling to a drone-like behavior of shooting targets down with no thought, came to her senses and landed a shot on the flanking Tentacle Beast, popping it's head off in a fine green mist.
Meanwhile, Serah was in a bind, with her defenses destroyed and Cruxi going weapons hot. However, she fought off the despair of her situation, and charged forth in a heroic maneuver, pushing Atty's weapon past the melting point in temperature as she delivered a mighty blow that also projected an energy projectile, cleaving the first CWM instantly in two, while the other fell down on a bridge from the impact of the second one, with a cannon arm separated from it's shoulder. At this point Atty's sword arm was starting to melt from the volcanic temperature, and she only had one more chance at an attack before it would malfunction.

Magus took aim at the duo of Cruxi, and one of them was vaporized by the sheer destructive power of the Lightning ElectroLaser, scattering alien parts in a wide radius by the literal energy spike, and it resulted in the other Cruxi ducking for cover as if they were hit by an artillery strike. The Cruxi then shot back at Magus, but only managed to destroy the building the Frame was hiding behind. However, it was just the opportunity the Cruxi sniper needed in order to land it's shot, and it pierced Magus right in it's core. There was a dangerous crackling of electricity as Synchro levels went down 4%. The capacitors were also damaged, resulting in Magus being unable to recharge. The Cruxi squad behind the beast also advanced, spreading plasma fire around them and prepared to shoot them in the event they kill off the Beast.

While Magus was keeping the Cruxi off Rooney's back, Yeager was keeping a Tentacle Beast off Magus by peppering it with machinegun fire. However, most of it turned out to miss due to Yeager's frantic motion and the elbow damage the Frame has sustained, but it was enough to draw the monster's angry attention after it was wounded. So when the swift Frame landed right nearby Magus, the aberration soon jumped in spraying green blood, binding Yeager with crushing tendrils while also catching Magus by the foot, causing it to fall down front first as it was taken by surprise. Neo Angel reloaded, and managed to quell the green flames when it ducked for cover, the dust cloud quickly suffocating the burning plasma. For the moment Mai managed to defend herself from further attacks, though the Cruxi pursuing her destroyed the building she was hiding behind, leaving her in open ground.

Paladin shot off a couple of hasty shots at an incredibly long range, and they didn't manage to hit the Sniper Cruxi. However, if Ariin's objective was in intimidation, he succeeded at it; the enemy unit fled from the destructive blasts, leaving the rest of his squad safe for the moment. And as soon as he was done, the Paladin jumped as high as it's stubby legs could manage, and flattened two blocks worth of buildings into rubble as it rolled, barely escaping the attack that ensued; Mist charged up, and released it's wave of invisible radiation. Millions of screams erupted in the colony as their bodies melted away, leaving only puddles of organic material. Ariin himself could feel his own body tingle painfully, his every cell struggling to keep themselves whole.

Elora was not as fortunate, and though she was in in the lethal zone, she felt an excruciating pain that enveloped her whole being, up to her very core. She felt the moisture in her eyes evaporating, resulting in her being blinded, and she screamed her lungs out. It seemed to be so much that she would break from the pressure, but in actuality, the opposite happened; Elora's pain opened up a gateway in her soul, and her synchronization levels were off the charts, counting at 200% and building up. 

[color=purple]"I won't let you hurt anyone!"[/color] She shouted, and as if by some force it was amplified so it came out from the Framewerk itself, reverberating in a digitized voice across the entire colony. It was followed up by a mechanical roar, and Logic Gate extended it's short arms out towards Mist. In that moment, Elora felt like she was dreaming. She dreamed that she willed the Mist away, and that it would be thrown up to orbit, where it would only cause suffering in the empty vacuum of space. Then, as if the universe agreed with her, the super weapon was yanked upwards from it's floating position, and then ejected upwards like a baseball, shrinking from view until it disappeared into infinity. Suddenly the Mist of Joppa was no more. At that moment, the young pilot realized she has evolved.
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In Nazareth, Xane foolishly thought he would be finishing off the wounded Tentacle Beast, not even considering the fact it had already recovered and shot Jetto Chosa point blank with twin Plasma Cannons, tearng the Frame's head from it's shoulders. Jason on the other hand managed to board JONAH. In a stroke of good luck, it turned out be just in time, as well; as the carrier sped away from Nazareth, the pilot of X-7 saw that the Cruxi shot an orbital bombardment at the farming colony, turning it into a green sea of fire and destroying everything in it in an earthquake-causing, cataclysmic event. As the vessel arrived at Troas, Jason had to face the reality that he was now the only survivor of Doom Squad if he wanted to rebuild his fighting spirit and take to the fight once more.