The screams...those horrible screams...despite the harsh mental training that Mai and even her alter ego, Seven, had taken...nothing...NOTHING at all prepared them for the anguish that both mentally felt from that scream. The sound alone broke her concentration but as she thought, the barrier brought her time. But now at thirty percent, even Seven currently wondered if she had anything left for a suicide run. But this was most likely it...her last mission...her last act... Wiping the blood from her nose and quickly slipping her helmit back down, Seven then proceeded to get the Neo Angel into a standing position. [i]...no...stop...stop...[/i] [i]...commence...termination of...target...Mai...focus...it needs to be done now...[/i] [i]...the yelling...the pain...how...many...have they...done this to...[/i] [i]...you and I both know the answer to that...what we've seen...what we've done...we talked...[/i] [i]...I know...I'm just...sorry that I couldn't do it all myself...but this...[/i] [i]War is hell as the saying goes Mai...but don't be inefficent now...focus...[/i] Then, that's when it happened...perhaps something went wrong with the Telekenetic system or perhaps it was the Cruxi in the room...but Mai then got slammed with perhaps the worst thing in her life...worse than the screaming from Elora or even Serah just now...a voice...one she didn't recognize. Both thought it was perhaps the Cruxi but for Mai, it was something that she secretly feared. Something that perhaps Seven was aware of. Then, on her combat screen, one word showed up. And then it was said repeately. Why she killed so much. Why Mai let Seven do most of the hard stuff. Why, perhaps, she was reckless in some situations. Attachments. Attachments. AttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachments AttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachments AttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachments AttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachmentsAttachments "STOP ITTTTTT! STOP IT! STOP TAKING EVERYTHING FROM ME!", Mai suddenly roared. Mai then looked up at the Cruxi Ace through her combat screen despite the word being repeated...and yet another odd occurance happened... She saw...mom...no...she saw the original Neo Angel aka Wing Zero...the one without the wings...and it was fighting...fighting... Fighting this very Cruxi. "YYOOUU! You killed her didn't you?!", Mai said over the comm link. [i]Mai! Focus! Terminate cadet Elora! That's the only way to stop the screaming![/i] [i]Stay out of this! I've fought and taken so many lives just to keep whatever I have left and it still gets taken away! Why should I continue this vicious cycle?! [/i] [i]Because WE will die if you don't...[/i] [i]...[/i] [i]...Mai...complete the mission...end Elora's suffering...[/i] [i]...I'm sorry Seven..but for the very first time...I cannot comply with that order...[/i] That's when the Neo Angel did two things...it drew both it's Magnum Pistols and fired one shot from each gun at the Cruxi Ace. But then activated it's mini-thrusters to pull a U turn to face Logic Gate...and sped right at it. "EEELLOOORRRAAAA!!!", Mai yelled.