Complete silence spread throughout the aircraft, with only the sound of Lily's whaling scream slowly disappearing as she becomes hoarse from the constant screaming. Axel and the other children all look out to the frozen sea down below, watching as the hole in the ice slowly disappears from their sight. Their tears flow ceaselessly, drifting away from their face, taken by the wind.
Lily: "Leo..."
***
Back at the island of New Anderthal, Ti1millions swarm the island as their massive forces land down on the snowy landscape, scrimmaging through the destruction. The Ace watches the large ruthless machines grow in numbers as they approach the once hidden away village, now in complete ruins, and mostly buried in snow with what little remains still smoking from the extinguished fires.
The Ace: "I see you have finally arrived, Primordial"
One of the Ti1millons diverts from the army, threateningly approaching The Ace. The Ti1million towers over the machine with its bulky and menacing stature, resting its hand on The Ace's shoulder.
Ti1million: "Kneel."
The Ace: "Kneel?"
The Ti1million forces The Ace to the ground in an instant with immense force, leaving a dented handprint from its grip on its shoulder. The eyes of the Ti1million then flicker from its deep red to ice-cold blue.
The Primordial: "You called me, to show me a destroyed city? My city?! I will come for that little underworld you insolent bots... Think, you run under my nose, and destroy every last one of you since that little power has gone to your data boards. Thinking you can lay waste to my city!"
The Ace: "No you have it wrong, The King..."
The Primordial: "The king? There is no king but the one who stands before you right now. You should recalculate your next chosen words very carefully"
The Ace: "My apologies Primordial Sir. This island was raided by humans, not by any machines of the underworld"
The Primordial: "You expect me to believe that, I heard you when you said it the first time over the stupid little message you sent me. My forces can not find a single trace of a human in this city, and I am to believe a force of humans wiped out almost the entirety of the machine civilisation appointed to this island? What is your play here? To lay waste to the Anderthals so I grant you all the island for informing me of a falsified attack? Clearly, you cut all communications to me so I wouldn't receive word of your attack, or was that the work of humans too... Little scrap?"
The Ace: " I can assure you, humans were here. The remnants of the Anderthals can tell you"
The Primordial: "Oh those useless machines? I had them searched for and destroyed, whatever could be found of those waste of steel that is. I doubt there's even a single one left to speak of this incident, not that I would care what a useless piece of garbage has to plead for their safety. So tell me, Ace... How is it that humans had an all-out war with the machines of this city, and not a single casualty of a human can be found? That's not very logical now is it?"
The Ace: "There were hundreds of humans here, I have recorded reports from my... soldiers who were in the area. Speaking of an ongoing battle between some humans with the help of machines... And rusty old droids"
The Primordial: "Old droids?"
?? ??: "The... Ace SpeAks... tHe... truTh... Primordial... Sir"
A disturbingly distorted voice creeps in from the mist in the distance. The Primordial and The Ace both turn to the frozen shoreline, watching as a badly destroyed machine crookedly walks towards them, slowly unmasked from the shadowy mist. Dripping of water and shavings of ice, with sparks flying hazardously from broken joints and cracks on the machine's body.
