Archcore: Echoes of Ion

[19] - [Sin]

The ship Proxima used to reach the port had long since left with the ODIN back inside. Meanwhile, a smaller ship had left the Earth and arrived at the port.

The doors to another smaller APEX ship had opened as one of its pilots had been laughing, only to be shot in the chest several times, dying immediately after.

"What the hell?" The other pilot said as he noticed. He attempted to draw his gun but was stopped as another was pressed against his head. A gun held by Nina, "I've already taken so many lives today thanks to Proxima, and I have no qualms about taking another." Nina said, "Proxima was never coming to the meeting, right? I was supposed to be caught up in that attack."

"What do you want?" The pilot asked.

Nina only pressed the gun's barrel more into the side of his face. Nina's expression made her look sad, but the man could see there wasn't any feeling in her eyes, "Proxima did this to me." She said.

"The Raven was built on Mars, right? What I want is in that facility, you're going to take me to Mars. I'm going to fix this mistake."

As the ship changed its course for Mars, Daryl led his own group of Dreadnoughts with the Dahlia. Their destination, Vanadis central colony.

-[Vanadis]-

"Azuma."

Azuma looked back to see Petra looking down at him. After the new broadcast had ended, Azuma had gone outside without saying anything. He had just sat outside looking at the garden.

Petra sat beside Azuma, "Earlier, you said it was another Azuma, what did you mean by that? Who was piloting the Raven?"

"That was a clone of Azuma, like me. The Raven now is in his possession, because we shared the same name. I called him Fives when we were small. Then he was put into a cryogenic sleep when I proved to be a success."

"He's using the Raven to kill people. That was the difference between me and him. He could kill, meanwhile, I was unable to ever bring myself to do it. Fives lives for the kill, but he's using the Dreadnought given to me to do it, and I have nothing. But what I want to know is why is Lady Proxima doing this?"

Meanwhile, Gale rushed for the hangar with Freyja following him, "Gale, is this right? You can't just go out there!" She yelled, "What if you die?"

"And what if more harm is done by me not doing anything? I'm sorry but I can't allow that to happen."

"Gale, the Polaris is ready for launch." Carla spoke through the intercoms of the hangar. Looking to the observation deck, he saw her looking back at him. With just a nod, he climbed into the Polaris.

"Freyja, get somewhere safe, this may not be as simple as it seems."

"We're picking up five unknown signals coming towards the colony at high speeds. One of them matches the signal from Vanadis." Carla said.

"So some members did survive then." Gale said to himself.

"Alright, Gale Victorious. Polaris Mark-II, taking off!"

The catapult the Polaris was on shot towards the gate at high speed, launching the Dreadnought out into space. In response to the incoming Dreadnoughts, Vanadis had also dispatched its own Dreadnoughts to aid in dealing with the five hostile Dreadnoughts.

"The Polaris." Daryl read the name displayed on his screen. This is the one that the Raven fought and beat, twice."

Seeing the Polaris, Daryl pushed the controls forward, sending the Dahlia to the Polaris at high speeds. As it came close, the Dahlia launched its lance at the Polaris who used its own arm mounted shield to block the attack.