[center][h3][color=deepskyblue][b]Ciel[/b][/color][/h3][/center][color=gold]"What the!?"[/color] Taura exclaimed as Unit-T got the upper hand once more. [color=gold]"If you're gonna make things hard, I guess that I—Gah!"[/color] she barely had the time for a verbal comeback, when the over four stories tall mecha punched Taura's diminutive 4'7" body through several layers of reinforced alloy steel.

[color=deepskyblue]"Oh my, things are going to get good now!"[/color] Ciel said while still standing behind Hibiki. She turned around to get a better view of Unit-T's charge, seemingly very excited. For some reason, the Star Magus didn't show even a bit of the same irritation from when the Leviathan was being assaulted mercilessly. Probably because she didn't have any reason to.

[color=gold]"That was a good punch,"[/color] Taura said to no one in particular as she got back to her feet, pushing several tons of debris aside. Her face was covered in a layer of hot crimson, she had a swollen eye, broken teeth, cuts and bruises all over her body and, more importantly, her right horn (Taura's favorite one) was broken in half. Yet, Taura looked straight at the charging Unit-T and smiled. [color=gold]"But, don't you know that—Pff!"[/color] she spat a bloody tooth, [color=gold]"Seeing red only makes bulls get more fired up?!"[/color] Taura shouted, catching Unit-T's massive fist with a single hand, killing all the momentum behind its attack without moving even an inch from where she stood.

[color=gold]"I can see that you aren't going to give up as long as you can stand on your feet,"[/color] Taura said, holding Unit-T in place regardless of how much force it put on trying to escape. [color=gold]"Actually, none of you will, right?"[/color] Taura took a look at the desperate fight taking place several stories above their heads. Her smile grew broader as the wounds that covered her body began to heal, shedding specs of brilliant golden light. [color=gold]"That's actually quite good. I hate to see people that give up before giving their all. It's just how I was born, I love to see people live to their fullest. Even if you end up burning yourself, there's nothing better than living in the moment. However, I have another problem. Not even once can I be pushed to the edge. It's been ages since I had to fight giving it my all. In fact, I feel like the whole universe is a soap bubble. I always have to be careful to not break something, to not break [color=ffffff][u][url=http://i.imgur.com/nWfvLtT.jpg][b]anyone[/b][/url][/u][/color] important to me,"[/color] Taura said in a very serious voice, almost introspective voice.

[color=gold]"But you can take it, can't you, tin? After all, you are pretty much made of the same stuff as I'm!"[/color] A smile quickly grew on Taura's face as she fixed her gaze at Unit-T's metallic face. [color=gold]"What we have here is a very rare chance for me to cut loose and show you all what true strength really is!"[/color] As Taura finished her speech, her smile had grown into a dazzling radiance. She effortlessly pulled Unit-T toward her, before meeting the machine's fist with her own in a punch that dislocated all the air around the two of them, echoing and ripping apart the bottom of KC-00032, sending Unit-T in a crash course against the Angel's Fortress. The fist that Taura punched had been reduced to little but ribbons of scrapped metal.

Yet, [color=gold]"I'm not done yet!"[/color] Taura yelled, jumping toward Unit-T with such a speed that she caused a second sonic boom to shake the factory. She met the robot's trajectory, punching Unit-T in the air before finishing the brutal beatdown with yet another jump. [color=gold]"I hope that you are seeing this, Drasil, Katie, 'cause I'm gonna finish this one with style,"[/color] the Celestial Spirit said, grabbing Unit-T and returning back to the earth, crashing against the ground like a spinning meteor. [color=gold]"Titan Impact!"[/color]

[quote][color=gold][i]"— Did you have enough?[/i]"[/color][/quote][center][h3][color=hotpink][b]Eos[/b][/color][/h3][/center][color=hotpink]"It can't be,"[/color] Eos said once her coordinated move was squandered thanks to Demon's unpredictability. The android hovered on the same spot where she had crossed blades with Henry. Eos undid her helmet and [url=http://i.imgur.com/jtsbBrd.jpg][b]stared[/b][/url] as her blades crashed against the shield, failing to pierce through it even as she put all of her might on that attack. Not only that, but another rumble of the earth made Eos notice the sudden destruction of Krieg. At least he had taken an Angel with him, so it wasn't a sacrifice in vain.

[i][color=hotpink]"No, that's wrong, that's not all that I can do. There's still something missing. A void that I cannot fill,"[/color][/i] Eos thought, clenching her fist and gritting her teeth. Was that all that she could do as a leader? Didn't she took this position so that humanity could be safe and find happiness even in a war torn world like the Nexus?

[i][color=hotpink]"No."[/color][/i]

That was wrong, she was just running away from her true self like always. Hiding under a mask of being a Queen, of doing what's the best. Skipping away from her own feelings. Her guilt, her joy, her pain, the things that made Eos more than just a machine. [color=hotpink]"But, this will do no more. The way I'm now, I have no right to seek strength in my memories. Kusanagi, Reiko, Solanne, Bastion, Roma, Rama and everyone else. I swear that this will end now, I won't run anymore, so... lend me your strength just one more,"[/color] Eos said as the whole of KC-00032 began to resonate with a power never before seen. It wasn't an ominous rumble like the many explosions and crashes that shook the battlefield before. It was something more warm, filled with the High Queen's long lost feelings, beating in unison with her heart.

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[color=hotpink]"Let me rely on you for now, so that you can rely on me when the time comes..."[/color] An astonishing power would surge through the bodies of all remaining Machina, even those on Hyperion, or in distant battlefields would feel Eos' warmth burning inside of them like a powerful flame piercing even the most inexorable darkness. It was as if Eos were touching every single one of them, standing like a beacon of hope, especially to a certain [url=http://i.imgur.com/bx6XNJZ.jpg][b]heterochromic girl[/b][/url] that even now healing from her wounds.

What remained of KC-00032 would be briefly engulfed in a pillar of blinding light as Eos used her Silver Eyes once more, calling forth a forbidden power that she was keeping secret until now. It was a trick that she could do only once, a power that she couldn't rely on, after all, the yet incomplete straight sword, flanked by three multi-barrelled revolvers that she held in her hands didn't belong to her. It was just a template, stored in her memories from distant worlds and times long that Eos swore to finish and return to her rightful owner. However, for now it would do for her purposes.

Eos dashed at the barrier faster than any eyes could see. No, it was as if she nearly disappeared from reality for a fraction of a second before slicing at the barrier that even the combined might of all of the Nexus would likely have a hard time breaking. All that took was a touch from the blade in Eos' hand for the barrier to literally cease to exist, leaving nothing but an ephemeral blur on the memories of those who had seen it before.

[color=hotpink]"Go away, you have done enough harm for today,"[/color] Eos said, aiming at the three Demons before her. [color=hotpink]"Death will be the least of your concerns if you fail to comply."[/color]