That day everyone's fate would be decided: no one could know how it would end, but Paola very much hoped that things would improve. Before he went, however, he decided to hold Luke one last time in case he never saw him again. That hug lasted long enough and seemed interminable but she still wanted to have a good time with him that she would always remember. At least she wasn't the only one as Shinji was also taking advantage of that opportunity to spend the last moments with Adam. The boy had rested his head on his boyfriend's shoulder and was imagining all their memories and their moments together and the emotions that all this time that android had made him feel. When everyone felt ready, the girl took Luke by the hand and started walking with everyone else to start the march. Paola led the whole group with him in plaza hart also marching towards the fields asking to peacefully release all the other androids who were locked up. At that moment there were a lot of people besides them including a lot of reporters who were discussing the situation and since he felt very uncomfortable he shook the boy's hand to reassure himself. Luke turned in her direction and seeing her flustered smiled at her to instill courage. Once arrived on the spot he decided to get closer to see what the situation was like when he noticed a group of soldiers on the other side ready to shoot at any moment. The situation was certainly not the best so that she began to wonder how she was going to protect everyone. While she was thinking about what to do, however, one of the police officers invited her to come over to make her a proposal. Luke tried to convince her not to go as he was afraid of what he might say and that it certainly wouldn't be any good but it didn't help as he decided to go anyway. As she approached him in the crowd of people watching from afar she also noticed Dorothy with a grin on her face as if she was happy that things were taking a turn for the worse. The girl sighed now resigned by her behavior. "Here I am." "What do you want?" "It would actually be better to talk to your dear boy Luke." "Isn't he the leader?" "Yeah but leave Luke alone." "If you want to say something, just tell me and don't you dare involve him too." "I see we're aggressive, huh?" "Anyway, here's what I wanted to say: give up, right?" "If you do this, most likely no one will die or be injured and you will just be locked up." "But the decision is up to you little girl."

"Well as you certainly won't know since you're probably not gifted with brains I'm not an ordinary girl but I'm also RA9 and as such I will help my friends and set them free". "My parents also taught me not to trust people too much which means that I will never accept anything you tell me."

"Luke will also be the leader but my job instead is to do everything to protect them."

Having said this, the girl returned to her group and together they prepared for the showdown. After a grueling fight, trying not to get hurt, protecting the other Paola, seeing that they were cornered by now, she quickly thought of another plan and then said it in Luca's ear. He did not actually know if it would work but he trusted her completely so he started singing with one voice As soon as they finished Luca pointed out to Paola that everyone was lowering their weapons and that maybe they had done it and very happy he hugged her and slipped even a little bit of tears and thanking her all the time.

"We would never have done without you, thank you."

"You're wrong, I gave you a hand but you did too." "you have been a great leader and the others agree too." "The credit belongs to both"

Luca nodded and hugged her for an indefinite time and then whispered:

"I didn't think this day would ever come." "You have always given me the strength and the courage to fight and we are finally free".