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“Catastrophe”

*Rumbling*, a massive force overwhelms the odds, earthquake shakes the land at an immense measure.

*Crack*, the ground burst, even the air sting the skin, all of this decimation came from one man.

"What is this?!" says April with a petrified face.

"Tch… Fire!" the leader commands his troops firing everything they've had. Powering his Athena and ten more others, -swoosh- a beam of laser journeys through Arishok.

"Armor engage" the core automatically reacts, -BOOM- and as the light fades, "WHAT!" all of them were astound, there's no injuries to bee seen no scratch to tell.

Arishok turns toward the man who fired a laser, a peer of death he gazes. The Core was too much to bear for his body to sustain the horrific energy. Unable to hold, his eye cry blood dripping as it vaporizes before it could even reach the ground. His clothes shredded by the black regulator exposing some of his upper body.

"Threat detected, system… battle mode engages", -vriiiingggg- the serrated curve like blade resonates and by the look of it, a desolation can be predicted.

"Retreat, fall back!" the commander shout to his subordinates retreating through the air.

"Releasing energy", -voong- a line of powerful ray hit the land reaching as far as the eyes can see.

"Shit! You what!" a furious voice Kevin shout.

"I'm sorry but it was her order" the man said

"TELL ME WHERE!"

"Calm dow- -"

"THIS ISN'T THE TIME FOR SHIT!" Kevin says grabbing the man's cloak.

"I don't know but Sophie was the one- -"

"That woman!"

Hurries, Kevin track Sophies location. "You think I don't know where to found you!".

"This is bad! The Core's energy is growing more unstable!"

"Damn it!"

-Back to the fight-

"Just what are you?" says April,

"April, I suggest a retreat for our troops" pleads her associates

Coughing blood, the Core was too much for him. Still connected to his body apprehending the hellish pain but his action was detached restrain by the Core.

The first strike turns the forest to a hellish fire, vaporizing the earth to a spurting magma.

"Disperse!" the commander shout at his ten subordinates after noticing a concentrated energy begins to gather around Arishoks' surroundings.

"Kaiser, I suggest to retreat!" April shout,

"Understand!" He replies

As they begin to withdraw, powerful gravitational pull prevents them from flying an inch rather drawn towards Arishok. Not just them but the ground, the trees everything around them slowly drags to hell. From the sky a dark spiral storm begins to form blocking the sunlight turning day to ravish darkness.

*Crack* thunder roars, the earths' gravitational pull powerless by the gravity of the core created by a magnetar. And in contradiction to the earth's gravity magma rise from the deepest bottom of the Earth's surface.

"This is bad!" Kaiser says watching the AA robots begins to break in pieces melting.

-Far from the Athena headquarter-

"So how goes" Arisha says to Sophie.

"Not quite, these things are very different from each other, if we could reverse engineer these things, we could make the suit more stro- -" not before Sophie could end her sentence, -BOOM-. A loud explosion blast through the door revealing Kevin injured and from his back are destroyed Athena robots.

"Surprised!" says Kevin walking towards the place. From every corner all the device that once stored in the craft transferred to this place. But before Kevin reaches the device, weapons aimed at his surroundings.

"What are you doing?" Sophie says firmly griping the gun.

*Pant* Kevin ignores and decide to take a step forward.

-Bang- a warning shot, fired by Sophie scratching Kevins shoulder.

"Not a step forward!" exclaimed Sophie pressing a button near the computer shielding the devices.

*Chuckles* Kevin suddenly laughs, "HAHAHAHAHAH…., do you know what's coming?" his sinister snigger intrigues all the people around him nearly pressing the trigger.

"What are you talking about?" Arisha frowns trying to diminish the panic.

"Mhhh…. Nothing" Kevin said, then…

*Alert-Alert* one of the subordinates turns around to face the alarm, "What is this!" she said taping the computer.

"What happen!" Sophie says running towards the computer.

"There seems to be a powerful outburst of energy near area 101"

"What!" shock Sophie says. Never had they seen this kind of energy outburst before.

"Well you've asked for it" Kevin says grabbing a chair watching Sophie and her associates trying to deduce the sudden outburst.

"Athena engage" says Arisha,

"Sophie, I want you to evacuate those nearest town, gather all Athena users we need the all the help we can get. I'll go to this source of disturbance" commands Arisha.

"I understand" Sophie replies,

"I'll leave it to you then" Arisha says leaving the place flying towards Arishok.

Just as Arisha left, the earthquake finally reaches the base of Athena, it wasn't powerful but enough to make a man tumble.

"tch…" Kevin stood resuming to end this apocalypse. "Sophie can you deactivate this plasma!"

Hesitating Sophie yield shutting down the shield that bulwarks the device but as she deactivates the plasma didn't fade but kept its energy.

"How?" says Sophie,

"Shit… it's because the device acts a generator stupid!"

"Then how are we- -"

Kevin without hesitation dip his right hand ignoring the pain. His mutated hand begins to form a claw unfazed by the plasma shield and pulling the device.

*Rumbling* from the outside of Athena all the people stay still waiting for the tremor to fade. From the Athena headquarter, "Attention! All Athena user are to be disperse near this place" says the female announce.

Just as the announcer finished forecasting all the students who are capable of using the suit receive a message and their task, the place their assigned.

Without hesitation Rey, Hina, Lara, Gil, Yamato, Veronica and others quickly activate their Athena.

As for Arisha, flying alone towards the place of Armageddon, a woman called out to her, "Hey! Don't just leave out all the fun." the lady says followed by four more Athena user the one they called 'the Five'.