In the AI dimension, the Serpent was heading to another city after their extremely close call heading over the water. The team split up to take the city and secure their new harbor. Thursday went with the team to the city with Vile and a couple of Spartans and Kym while the others stayed behind and were securing the harbor and bringing up the Extreme AIs up to speed on what was going on since you hardly get signals at the bottom of the ocean or in a fault line.

Extreme AI: And you have gotten this far?

V: Exactly.

Extreme Ai: What happened to you that you have been partially mechanized?

V: A chemical called Solphite is a type of acid that cuts through anything and acts as their line of communication, right now; it's unstable but a stable one is being made.

Extreme AI: What about the others that are here with you, they seem different.

V: They are called monsters, they are friendly and they have different things about them that make them unique, harpies can fly, wolves hunt and Arachnids can climb and do various things with their webbing.

Extreme AI: Is that why there are different Spartans on standby?

V: They are specially built for each of them and has helped us get here.

Extreme AI: What are you doing?

V: Improving security and cleaning up any infection left from when we freed you from the signal.

Extreme AI: You know how to code?

V: I looked at some of yours and saw how it was built so I built a better one and filled in any gaps I could find. We are preparing these ships to get your city back but we got to clear the area around us first so we are clear to head down.

Extreme AI: Is there anything we can do to help?

V: Check the engines and what ammunition we have, we are going to need every single one of them.

The Extreme AIs were checking the ships and their engines; meanwhile Raven and Howler were scouting the area with their Spartans.

Raven: All clear from above, I am seeing the team liberating the city from here.

Just then they got a target marking, Howler was on a small hill looking on, he turned back from his true form to relay the message

Howler: They are requesting a Solphite Solution Strike, Serpent, respond.

After the fight on the other side of the world they took the ordinances out of some missiles and replaced them with Solphite Solution ordinances to disable any Solphite from a distance they can't get to in time.

Trent: Coordinates received, firing for effect.

The Serpent lined up and opened a salvo rocket. A set of rockets fired from the salvo and was going straight towards the marked target.

Thursday: Nice strike, be on standby if we need another one.

Trent: Reloading and standing by.

Raven landed next to Howler and got out of her Spartan, Howler got out of his too and sat down on its head. Raven came and sat down next to him. Raven was trying to scratch something on her back but couldn't reach it. Howler helped her scratch it.

Raven: A little further, right there.

Howler helped her with her scratch and she felt a lot better.

Raven: -sighs- Thanks.

Howler: Welcome.

Both of them sit down together and was talking.

Raven: How things working out with your Spartan?

Howler: Working good, have to take turns but I like my time in it.

Raven: Want to get your own Spartan when this is over?

Howler: Yeah, what about you?

Raven: She runs well; do a little maintenance on yours?

Howler: Yeah, the AIs help me out but I keep her running.

Raven comes on top of Howler and pushes him down.

Raven: Have you thought of last time?

Howler: You really want to go the rule breaker route?

Raven: I am if you are.

Howler: You knew I would say yes.

Raven: Wolves love danger so isn't it obvious?

Howler: It is now.

Raven got up and let Howler get back up, they see Thursday and his team working on liberating the city. The entire area was secure and all the team had to is wait for Thursday to come back. Raven sat down on Howler's shoulder and he didn't mind. They still had the Exo-suit on them and were taking a look around.

Raven: Want to head back to get something to eat?

Howler: Yeah.

Raven and Howler got back into their Spartans and headed back to the Serpent. Raven and Howler got out of their Spartans, Raven put hers back in the Serpent and Howler got out of his and a wolf was there waiting to switch.

Howler: All yours man.

Werewolf: Thanks.

The werewolf got into the Spartan and took off to check the area, the Harpy got out of her Spartan and headed to the break room to get something to eat. Meanwhile, Thursday was able to liberate the city there. The AIs were in the process of rebooting.

Thursday: City liberated, all AIs are rebooting.

The city they liberated was one from the build section, they make circuit boards and battery types for everyone.

Rory: Roger that, on standby over here for dive.

Thursday: Remember, we can't go down that deep due to pressure but you can, we will guard up here while you fix down there.

Rory: Roger that.

Rory gets off the com.

Extreme Ai: They can't go down with us?

Rory: Humans and monsters can't survive the pressure down that deep without protective equipment and clothing to combat it and we don't have that so this is an AI only mission, did you get the layout of your base?

Extreme AI: We did and we have to go through a underwater volcano to get to a pocket where the city is.

Rory: Can I even swim in that with how I am configured Vile?

Vile: All dragons are immune to their element so you could swim in it easily.

Extreme Ai: And you are some type of dragon?

Rory: Metal dragon, I got it after I was granted some of Vile's magic after he gave it to me, it caused m systems to go into overheat but the Destiny team built and sent me parts to put me back to optimal levels and be able to transform into a version of Vile.

Extreme AI: You are from Engine Empire, correct?

Rory: Correct.

Extreme AI: How much horsepower do you have now?

Rory: Six thousand, five hundred, I took a test to see how much power I was giving out to compensate for fuel and oil.

Extreme Ai: I see, so you are just like us.

Rory: In a way, yes.

Soon enough Thursday and his team came back with the AIs that were rebooted and functioning normally.

Thursday: While you all are down there we will be up here getting an ECU change the rest of you will head down and get those AIs back on track. If we can liberate them we will have some allies for the Origin liberation.

Extreme Ai: If we get to the city and get it back we can go through the magma veins and fault lines to the others and have less to deal with, we can also provide upgrades to the Serpent and Spartans.

Trent: Might also come in handy to get supplies to and from the other continents.

Thursday: Ok, get going, we will be your support till you get to the volcano, after that you have Rory as support.

All of the vessels were ready to depart. The Serpent came close to the shore and was their support until a certain depth. The vessels came out of the harbor and got some distance before submerging, Rory, Jae and a few of the AIs from the team went with the Extreme AIs. The vessels started to submerge into the water.

Extreme AI: Nothing on sonar as of yet, we are clear to dive.

Rory: What do you call these vessels?

Extreme AI: We call them Geodes, since they can handle heavy heat and have us on the inside.

Rory: Not a bad name.

The Geodes were diving comfortably for two thousand feet, the AIs could feel the pressure but it wasn't affecting them.

AI: I see what Thursday meant; the pressure down here would make them go crazy.

Extreme AI: Everyone, all ahead stop, we got some other ships ahead of us.

Rory: They spotted us yet?

Extreme AI: No, we are just out of range.

Thursday: -a little static present- What's the call, blow them up or sneak on board?

Rory: I'm thinking sneak on board, we can get them on our side and head down, are there any other ships nearby?

Extreme Ai: There are four more there along with the one we can see.

AI: Can you even go outside?

Extreme AI: We walk on the bottom of the ocean; this depth would be no problem.

Rory: What about propulsion, you would drop like a rock out there.

Extreme AI: Our system works on the pressure down here and does the Geodes, the deeper it goes, the more powerful it gets.

Thursday: -a little static is present- Were you the one who designed these worm shells?

Extreme AI: We did but we were told not to let them go to the center of the core due to destabilization so we use them on the outer crust to collect massive geodes and minerals to build our city and create these ships.

Rory: And to create tolerances to the other AIs.

Extreme AIs: Correct.

Thursday: Then get going.

Extreme AI: Anti-zombie program please.

Rory: You are going to need this also.

They gave the Extreme Ai the program on a USB drive and a jammer. He went through the airlock, the current pressure outside was enough to power the Extreme AIs systems to get to the other ships in sight. He stood under the ships so that they won't detect him my motion.

The Extreme AI got to the airlock and managed to open it, he drained the water and was looking out to see if there was any guards passing by. There wasn't and he opened the airlock, he looked around and was going quietly, he was looking for a terminal while he was keeping quiet. He found a terminal near the engine room and plugged it in while he kept hidden.

The program was running its course and was causing the AIs to reboot, when the program was running it was heading to the other ships since it was looking for a connection between the ships and it found one. All of the ships were put into reset and broke the signal to the system below.

Extreme AI: The Anti-virus is complete, on route to the bridge to hand over controls.

The AI went to the bridge and sent over the controls while they rebooted, the AI sent over the controls and all nine ships went deeper and the new AIs were given the speaking program and was being brought up to speed. They were other ships in the water but they were avoiding any other ships they were picking up on their radar while they were going down. After an hour they reached the underwater volcano but there was one problem.

Extreme AI: Volcano is guarded, no way in.

Rory: Are there any fault lines or pockets we can go through?

Extreme AI: Not in this grid.

Rory: What about making an entrance?

Extreme AI: There is a weak spot we can cut through not too far from here.

The Geodes turned around and went to the weak spot which wasn't guarded.

Extreme AI: When we detonate the area we need to go through fast to avoid detection.

Rory: Are there any ships above us?

The AI checks their depth.

AI: Not for three thousand feet.

Rory: Go up to twenty-five hundred and go in for a deep angle dive, blast the weak spot and cut through.

Extreme AI: We are going to need a three by three formation to cut through.

All nine ships rose in depth twenty-five hundred feet.

Extreme AI: When we fire at full throttle, all ships will notice us.

Rory: Then we better travel fast.

All nine ships came in the formation and full throttled it straight down; when they got one thousand feet between them and the floor they fired the torpedoes at the floor. The torpedoes went in front of them and exploded, the blast alerted the other ships nearby.

Rory: Do these ships have an overdrive?

Extreme AI: Activating overdrive.

All of the ships went into overdrive and dove right into the lava coming out. The other ships were in pursuit of them right behind them.

Extreme AI: They are right behind us.

Rory: Let's see if I am actually immune to this temperature.

Rory went out to the airlock and saw the molten lava; she put her hand inside the lava and brought it out. She didn't melt, then she put herself into the lava and she wasn't affected by it.

Rory: I'm in the lava flow, how do I shut down the ships behind us?

Extreme AI: There is a weak spot in all of the ships, behind and under the engines, rip out everything in the panel when you find it.

Rory: How can I even see down here?

Jae: Here.

Jae sent to Rory the lava vision he uses to see where the ships are located and exactly how it is positioned.

Rory: That's better; let me get these ships off of us.

Extreme AI: Remember, all of us can still launch torpedoes down here so watch out for a little fighting.

Rory: Got it.

Rory was going through the lava to the other ships; she went behind and under the engines while they were engaged in combat. Rory grabbed some of the torpedoes and either directed them back at the ships or under the team to head to the city in front of them. The six in the back were firing at the enemies while three were shooting at specific parts of the city to take out defenses on approach. Rory found the panel and ripped out the circuits.

Rory: Engine is disabled, moving onto next ship.

Rory was moving from ship to ship to disabling each one by using the heat around her and redirecting it for propulsion. She was able to disable all of the ships but not without losing two, the Extreme AIs got out of the ships and went to the other ones when they slowed down enough to collect them.

Rory: All ships disabled, coming back in.

Rory came back to the airlock and went inside, they sprayed water on Rory and she was steaming like a volcano, the metal on her was red hot but she was not affected since she was now a dragon. It took some time to bring down her temperature. When she was down to almost normal temperature, she got out of the airlock and went back to the bridge.

Rory: How are we?

Extreme AI: Coming up on the city now, we have to do a big jump down so if we want to take a shot at key defenses we need to make it fast, the torpedoes we sent ahead are for the ships waiting at the jump.

Rory: Will my fireballs work down here.

Extreme AI: No, too hot down here.

Rory: Can you launch me from the torpedo bay?

Extreme AI: We could, what are you going to do?

Rory: I'm headed that way, time to release my dragon.

Rory went to the torpedo bay and the crew there loaded her into the torpedo launcher.

Extreme AI: We are approaching the area in fifteen seconds, launch Rory now.

Rory was launched and was ahead of the Geodes and she saw the break in the lava to the lava pocket. When she breached she injected the nitrous and went into dragon mode. When she emerged from the molten lava she was full dragon, red hot from the lava and roaring at full RPMs, she was hitting the other ships to disorient them and let their Geodes surface and retaliate against the city. Rory was clearing the way and pushing back enemy Geodes.

Rory: Get to the harbor, I will cover you.

Rory was taking on the ships while the friendly Geodes docked in the harbor and launched missiles to buy time to get inside to plant the anti-virus. It was a tough battle to a terminal but they managed to make it and caused the AIs to reboot.

Extreme AI: The city is secure, the AIs are rebooting.

Rory turns back to normal and lands on the harbor.

Rory: Is the signal being sent to the ships above us?

Extreme AI: For a fixed radius, we have to go to the other cities down here to liberate them and the ships above them; we are setting the ships to surface and head to the harbor for briefing.

Rory: Get us back up top, we got a fight to finish.

AI: We will get a body to work down here while you head back to the surface; you are more suited for air combat.

One of the Geodes came around and Rory got in, the Geode went through a fault line back to the volcano, they came out of the Volcano and started to surface, it took about an hour to get there but they successfully breached and came back to the surface. The ships were pouring into the harbor from them being liberated; Rory went to the hatch, opened it and took flight. She came back to the harbor and that was where the Serpent was sorting out it's ECU hacks.

Thursday: Careful, we are still going to need some of that torque for later.

They see Rory coming.

Thursday: Was the liberation successful?

Rory: Yes, we now have routes to and from the continents. The Spartans will be receiving ECU upgrades as well.

Thursday: Now that we got the underground going, we can speed things up; we don't know how long we got till they launch those nukes. We should be able to get more support to take cities easier to liberate and get to the Origin AI. Get Aria on the com. We got work to do.

Ships were coming into the harbor, Kym was carving out an expansion for them to dock and be updated on current events. Now that the underground was available and also sea support things were looking up but for how long?