"Hey... Do you think we'll be able to get through this? Honestly." Lobelia said with an evidently sad tone of voice. Much unlike her usual self which would salute her enemies with a good ole middle finger.

"Of course we will." Saki answered with only little enthusiasm.

After the extended rest the group had, the best plan that Saki could think of was to split the group into two and hope for the best. Metanoia with John and Saki with Lobelia.

'This could miraculously go right, or horribly wrong.' The cyborg thought.

The two continued their walk at a steady, cautious pace. Especially Saki who was well aware that the man and his other damned mysterious android could be less than a kilometer away. A part of her was even suprised they haven't caught the youths yet.

"Do you think he'd hurt you...?" The tanned female's pace slowed and she began falling back, her eyes screamed concern while the cyborg continued at the same pace, pondering what indeed would her father do to her once they'd meet.

"I mean, you're still his daughter after all." Lobelia continued.

Saki stopped in her tracks for a brief moment and took a deep breath. Waves of possibilities, outcomes, and bitter memories of the passed flooded her brain for a split second. "Hugo is a man enslaved by his anger and pride. Maybe, maybe he cared about me, but he would often treat me as a labrat." Her gaze shifted to the ground. She felt the urge to cry, yet wondered if her artificial tear ducts could even do just that.

"He'd have the maids put sleep medicine in my water." The dismayed girl said in a small voice. "Then when I'd wake up my whole body would be numb, I'd look around and see some part of my body laying on the table to find out he gave me an augmentation without my consent. Most of them were merely in there testing stage and often gave me near death experiences."

"Saki..." Lobelia bit her lip. "I didn't think- I, I'm so sorry." She walked over to the cyborg and pulled her into a hug.

"Even... Even my tears are artificial!" Saki cried into her friend's shoulder.

"My daughter..." A male voice interrupted, looking wide eyed at cyborg like it was a car made of gold.

"Hugo." The girl responded spitefully as the two friends split from their hug and took a couple steps further away from the man. "You aren't going to get any closer." Saki quickly whips out a pistol from a utility belt she wore around her waist, shooting the ground infront of her dad.

"You're all grown up now!" He began doting. Ignoring the gunshots meant to threaten him. "Why don't you come back home with me, I promise I won't hurt you."

The words slid off his tongue like honey, sweet sweet lies. All the more it made Saki upset.

"Home? You call that place home?! That is a fucking chamber of abuse!" She screamed at him.

Lobelia who was shaking in fear at the sight of the man who made life hell for everyone backed up in silence leaving the two to have a talk as father daughter. While slowly unzipping one of the bags with weaponry to grab a gun. 'Well shit I don't know how to use this, but I don't have a choice.'

"Come on sweetheart. You know I did that because I wanted the best for you, and for humanity to continue on."

"Liar!"

Hugo clicked his tongue in annoyance. His patience quickly running out. "Ok, fine. How about we strike a deal then?" His tone was sharp, not wanting to waste anymore time. "This is why I had to go against your wills and ideals you stubborn brat."

"What kind of deal?"

"Hand yourself over, and your friends will not be hurt."

"Psh. So you planned to hurt my friends then?"

"Not just hurt. I ordered Kismet to have them disposed along with that other useless android."

"Why you..." Saki's hands began to shake, she wanted to pull the trigger, end his life, end his life at this very moment. But if she were to be rash, even after Hugo's death that other android of his were to kill them all.

"Not to mention, I already ordered her. Which means she's on her way to kill that other friend of yours at this very moment."

"J-john?!" Lobelia gasped, her tears threatened to see the light of day.

"It's your choice, sweetheart." The man flashed his daughter a sinister smile. "I could cancel her orders right now. Save your friends. All it takes is for you to come back to me without putting up a fight."

"Fuck. You toxic manipulative messed up psychopath."