Chapter 37: Sector C, Calius
A short while later...
They've finally arrived at the top floor, a more open floor with a large, steel door in the middle being the main room.
Chase: "Looks like that's the generator room."
They walk up to the door, being cautious as to make sure no security measures kick in.
Julie: "I don't like how quiet this is."
Lisa: "Yeah, nothing up here except a door?"
Hammerhead: "Something's up."
They've gotten to the door, but nothing out of the ordinary has happened.
Kyoya: "S-So far s-so good..."
Chase places his hands on the valve, still nothing is happening.
Chase: "So bizarre..."
Chase is beginning to turn the valve as cautiously as possible.
Hammerhead: "Watch, we open this door, and we get to punch the hell out of Calius!"
A loud clang is heard.
Julie: "I'll keep us at the ready."
Chase and Hammerhead slowly push the door open.
Kyoya: "I-I'll keep an eye behind us!"
Kyoya keeps an eye on their backs as the door opens up.
Lisa: "H-Huh?"
They arrive in a large room with a multitude of terminals lining the walls, and the generator protected in a room with glass for walls.
Chase: "There;s no way this mystery helper could've left the generator this unguarded."
They step inside, no traps or anything in their way.
Hammerhead: "Unless he actually did..."
They inch closer and closer to the generator.
Julie: "If he did, that just makes him more suspicious."
They're soon within arm's reach of the glass.
Lisa: "This can't be a coincidence."
Hammerhead begins charging up as Lisa gets ready to punch.
Julie: "Go on. Once you destroy this thing, we're done here."
A single punch from Lisa shatters the glass, not a single alarm triggering.
Hammerhead: "Then we're out of here!"
He smashes straight through the final generator, forcing it to go out with a bang.
Lisa: "B-But what about Calius?"
Hammerhead joins back up.
Hammerhead: "The sooner we get out of here, the less likely we'll have to-"
Something smashes against the roof.
Julie: "Too late."
Calius smashes through the roof and in front of the heroes, his Accelerator augmentations all set.
Calius: "Final-"
Calius panics as he notices that his generator was already destroyed.
Calius: "Wh-What the?!"
Chase: "Yeah, you're finished."
Chase readies his plasma blades.
Calius: "M-MONO?! I thought you told me that they were nowhere near the generator ye-"
Calius falls forward as he takes a shock to the back of his neck.
Julie: "MONO?"
???: "You are no longer required Calius."
Calius's body stiffens back up straight, almost robotic and like other Accelerators.
Hammerhead: "U-Um... that's unsettling."
Calius lunges towards Chase and slugs him in the face, sending him flying into some of the terminals before he can even blink.
Lisa: "A-Ah shit! Chase!"
He can't even move his head.
Chase: "(in pain) Just do it guys! I can't move!"
Calius is no longer behaving like a human, more like a machine.
Kyoya: "W-We'll try!"
Kyoya fires his hand and grabs Calius by the neck, but he grabs the hand, rips it off, and flings Kyoya into some other terminals.
Julie: "Calius isn't in control! It's MONO!"
Hammerhead: "No shit Sherlock!
Kyoya gets back on his feet as Lisa evades another punch.
Julie: "We need to sever his connection to MONO!"
Lisa: "I-I'd like to know how!"
Chase is forced to be a spectator.
Chase: "(in pain) This isn't good. I'm the only one with a weapon more capable of severing anything."
Calius tries to kick Hammerhead in the face, but he blocks it in time and slides to the side by a few feet.
Hammerhead: "Hey are you still breathing Kyoya?"
Kyoya wipes off a little blood.
Kyoya: "I-I'm fine!"
Calius' neck snaps his head towards Kyoya.
Julie: "Watch out!"
Lisa grabs Kyoya and lifts him into the air to avoid another attack from Calius.
Julie: "Why is he targeting Kyoya?"
Calius is hounding Kyoya like a dog, Lisa having trouble keeping Kyoya safe.
Hammerhead: "Hey! Remember me?"
hammerhead gets behind Calius and holds him in place, clearly struggling against Calius' might.
Julie: "Kyoya! When I say go, fire your grapple at me!"
Kyoya: "Wh-Why?"
Chase puts together two and two in his head.
Chase: "(in head) The cord is unbreakable."
Calius is trying to actually break Hammerhead's arms.
Hammerhead: "(struggling) Hurry and give him the signal! My arms won't last much longer!"
Julie locks gazes with Kyoya.
Julie: "Now!"
Kyoya grabs Julie with his grapple as Hammerhead lets go, forcing him to slam right into the cord connecting them.
Julie: "Wrap around him Lisa!"
Lisa quickly does a loop around Calius before he can change course.
Hammerhead: "(in pain) Now what?"
Julie keeps wrapping around him,
Julie: "Can you work your way up?"
Kyoya: "A-Are you trying to-"
Julie: "Exactly!"
Calius is using every scrap of strength to try and slide out.
Lisa: "(struggling) Pull harder!"
Kyoya: "(struggling) I'm trying!"
Hammerhead helps pull on Julie's side, causing the areas where the cord surrounds Calius is beginning to bleed.
Hammerhead: "(struggling) Come on!"
Julie: "(struggling just a bit more!"
Chase gets back on his feet, completely dazed.
Chase: "(in pain) We'll take care of it."
Chase forces himself to grab the cord with Julie and Hammerhead.
Lisa: "Ch-Chase?!"
Julie: "Why are you pushing yourself?! You can barely turn your head!"
The cuts in Calius are growing deeper.
Chase: "(in pain) Once he's gone, I can heal."
Their pulling as tightly as possible, Calius growing more and more restless.
Hammerhead: "(smirking) Then let's deal with this bastard!"
The metal in his arms are bending like aluminum.
Chase: "(in pain) One more pull! Come on!"
They fight back with full force, slicing Calius in half with the cord, killing him instantly.
Kyoya: "W-We got him!"
As Kyoya's hand retracts, Chase falls to the floor unconscious.
Lisa: "Chase!"
Everyone gathers around him to confirm that he's out cold, not dead.
Julie: "Really pushed himself getting us here."
Julie gets Chase on her back.
Julie: "We'd better get him to the infirmary in Sector B."
She stumbles for a moment, but Kyoya offers support.
Kyoya: "L-Let's hurry!"
They head for the exit, still holding their mysterious helper in an unusual spot in their minds...
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