Last chapter, Head Commander Prósopsi arrived at the scene of the aftermath of Emperor Metallica and Diosa Natash's "battle". He started to question the two people who were concious, the doctor who promised to save Karia and the stunned Amandeath. However, before he could capture the suspects- Habram's fate caused Prósopsi to have to leave the scene while the quartet and co. escaped.

Amandeath's P.O.V.

"OH- MY- GOOOOOOOD...! WE JUST... WE JUST ESCAPED FROM THE FREAKING LEADER OF THE HOPIAN- HOPIAN ARMY! S-SHIT... THAT WAS COOL!" The preeeeetty sketchy doctor says as he falls to the floor and pants like a mutt...

At the same time I shakily start to glance around the area we're in with water filled eyes as I juuuuust barely manage to stay standing. A brown diamond patterned carpet flooring is beneath us, a glass table and red velvet couch in front of me, a white painted door to the side of me... nothing dangerous. But still this is like a house or some shit- not a lab... and a old house at that even.

...Anyways I take in more shaky deep breaths as I look down to the floor around my veeeery fortunate self. Seric's fried but still living body, King- or Metallic's unconcious body- and Karia are all lying there... so everyone teleported away fine then. But wait oh shiiiiiiiit Karia's not even breathing now.

"OK- where's the place you're gonna treat her or whatever she's stopped breathing!" I shout out to the doctor- yeah kinda panicked there, but either way it makes him shake his head and get his ass off the floor.

"Wha- seriously?! Right you seem stronger than I am- pick her up and bring her in here- hurry!" The unconfident "professional" panics as he yanks the case with the extra heart inside of it off the ground, and at the same time I bend down and shove my arms under Karia's back and jean covered thighs.

I lift her up as the doctor slams the white door open and enters the room it leads to. "She's heavyyyyyy..." I think to myself with a silent groan as I stumble as fast as I can towards the door, almost tripping myself in the process...

"Hurry hurry!" He shouts out again- jeez man why doesn't he help me out himself then?

Anyways, I finally stumble into the smooth cyan floored and walled room. The room has a raised high tech blue sheeted bed with a silver frame placed in the middle of it. As I walk towards the seemingly cozy bed and place Karia down on top of it, the mad scientist is scrambling around the room and getting a bunch of tech set up. Jeez... there's even some robots in the room, and a bunch of other high tech stuff like robot controlled scapels.

...With that in mind, I careeeeefully ask, "Hey... curious, how much are you gonna charge us for the surgery? Orrr is it all going on Karia's tab, I can't affor-"

"What?! Just- I don't know that doesn't matter right now you greedy dirtbag, get out I'll take this from here! Watch the other two!" The man scoffs as he shoves me away towards the exit.

With that, I roll my eyes and leave the room- then proceed to slooooooowly close the door just to piss him off. Not like it'll halt Karia's surgery or anything anyways.

*CLICK!*

"Huh... was I the dick there? I mean, liiiike I'm close to Karia now but... I don't wanna get scammed by this guy for a lifetime's worth of Herin for the heart transplant or something. It's not uncommon for scammers to do shit like that here, they act nice to trick people... that doctor should know that. Haaaah. Whatever, even if that was a bit selfish I already vowed to not care about what other people think of me anymore." I think to myself as I roll my eyes and look towards both Seric and King- no Metallic in their terrible states on the floor.

"...Huh... I'm feeling all sorts of stuff today..." I reflect, with me actually feeling pretty shitty for once about what I did back there and about these guys in general... daaaamn.

"Ugh I need some Infi." I think to myself as I walk towards the couch, then flop onto it face first. At the same time I dig my hand into my pajama pant pocket that's covered in Karia's blood, and take out my pack of Infigum which is... also covered in blood that I can feel on my shaking hands.

"Greaaaaat..." Is all I groan as I flick open the blue metal neon lit container of gum. A second later I slowly flip right onto my back and take out a piece of the infi-gum which has all sorts of stuff in it.

Ignoring the bit of blood on my one of maaaany only's I toss it into my mouth and adjust my head onto the couches soft armrest... there's a rough patch on it though... eh.

"Really though- shiiiitting fuck that was insane... guess I'm officially a criminal now since I- ya know, fled from the leader of the Hopian Army. Jeeeeeeeeheheeeeeez... our bounties are gonna be soaring through the goddamn roof now... but. What if Metallic was the one who caused all that damage and made that massive ass hole in the ground? If so, hardly anyone would be able to even threaten us anymore..." I think to myself as I stare into the white ceiling above me as I chew down on my gum way harder than normal. 'Course I'm still trying to calm down as well as I keep on taking in deep breaths...

"...I would LOVE to sleep right now, but, all of us being passed out here proooooobably isn't the greatest idea. After all that's the exact way I assassinated those 20 sleeping wanted criminals a few years back in that old ass library. They never saw it coming, 20 silenced shots from my sniper to their heads, and they never woke up again. Damn, I miss my sniper... wish that bot would fix it already. Oh right- he's... down." I think to myself as I slightly turn my head to see Seric's pitch black body and Metallic's straight up dead one. My eyes randomly start to tear up again, with the sights of their bodies reminding me of everything that just happened...

"Alright calm down Ms."no morals", Seric looks like he's still breathing and that bot should be fine too... with his rebooting thing or whatever." I think to myself as I move my hands to glasses- annnnnnd yep they had blood on them.

"REBOOTING IN PROCESS!" Metallic calls out, there ya go... anyways at the same time I take out the purple wipe for my glasses out of my pocket.

"Damn, looks like they really did get damaged after Prósopsi blew us away back there." I think to myself as I take off my sick blue glasses, seeing that yeeep they're cracked and scratched. Didn't even notice before but it seems like the light projections on the lenses of them are a bit fucked too.

"...Stiiiill can't believe we escaped... wonder what the hell the deal was with that asteriod tho-"

"REBOOTING IN PROCESS!" The bot calls out again which interuppts and scares the shit out of me as I jolt up.

I take a deep breath and roll my eyes, with me starting to wipe the blood off of my eyesight blessers... wonder how it would taste... actually never mind tried it before- not the greatest.

"Hah... I'll just rest my ey-"

"REBOOTING IN PROCESS!" The stupid annoying ass bot that's reaaaaaaaaally on my nerves now says again...

"...Alright that-"

"REBOOTING IN PROCESS!"

"..." I shut my eyes real tight and grind my teeth together while growling...

A few minutes later...

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"There..." I say as I place the last cushion over the loudmouth robot's head. I basically got every piece of furniture I could find here and put it over his blaring face to shut him up.

With a sigh I bend down and fall back down to the floor. I turn my head and see... Seric's charred eyeballs.

"Oh that's still... really bad. Maybe he's not healing cause the dead skin is still stuck to him. ...Acccctually I could start peeling off the charred skin to help Seric out. Might be fun like when I pick off my own dead skin... nah. I'll wait for whatever that doctor says to do." I think to myself as I turn my head away, and at the same time I can hear a, quiet, and muffled sound coming from Metallic's direction.

I let out a nice grin at that one, that's what he gets for interrupting my nap time.

"...Oh shit speaking of doctor. If we really can't afford to pay off the heart transplant, we- or I could just kill the guy and run. Hmmm, might be tricky though. He seems like fans of Seric, Karia, and Metallic- but not of me for sure... so he might juuuust think of a way to counter that idea. Better be careful, I guess, even if he doesn't look strong..." I think to myself as I try to blow a bubble with my infi-gum... but fail- hard.

"I'm bored... can't even sleep either. This sucks a huge nasty ass. This whole place and scenario reminds me of mom and dad's house... yeaaah never mind that's even worse to think about than nothing. Hm what to daydream about... oh yeah, Seric. He looked more shocked than my ex after he tripped the hell out after shooting up on Calaclin for the first time. Really though, wonder what happened to him back there..."

"...From what I saw, the kid's flames or whatever probably stopped burning since Metallic stabbed his chest with his hand and his fingers were fine. 'Cause normally the flames burn 'A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G.' from what the bot told me." I think to myself as I force myself to look back at the kid... heh. Kinda looks like one of those cooked pigs on a platter now that I think about it... well if it was burnt to hell and back at least. The job of a reaaaal shitty chef, Seric's body even has a funny smell to it...

Ya anyways I continue to think, "I'm GUESSING his flames are burning again now. Or else what would be the point of them. ...Either way I know that he wasn't breathing like- at ALL for a long ass time before and he is now. So something supernatural happened here... maybe his Blessing has the power to resurrect himself? Or play dead? Weird as hell regardless... miiight explain why he was able to take down Commander Erucid back during the massacre of Aprase though."

"...Long story short, something crazy happened to him and he was probably confused by it. I'll have to ask him about it after... but for now... greeeat I don't even have anything else to think about now. ...Maybe I'll practice my close combat attacks actually. If Metallic can't fix my sniper for a while I may have to protect us that way... wow. "Us". Still gonna have to get used to that one... though I don't mind having people to hang out with like this, I guess." I think to myself as I slowly slide myself up off of the floor.

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Metallic's P.O.V.

"AH!" I shout out as my eyes fling right open! But... why is it so dark in here? No no- what in the H.E.L.L. happened back there? I slaughtered that pal killer... and performed... unholy acts in the process. Then that's right Seric was miraculously up and about and a doctor came down from the heavens and said he would fix pal #2!

Wait... don't tell me someone else tried to break our bonds! What if they kidnapped them?!

"PAAAAAAAALS!!!" I roar as I flop and spin my one handy metallic arm all around me, which launches many of the soft objects that are lying on top me flying into the stratospehere!

"...I guess sooooomeone's awake... wow." I hear Amandeath slowly say from next to me, as I stare up and see a strange white surface above me... a roof! No ceiling- same thing!

"Hmmm- er- COME ON FOOLISH BODY MOVE!!!" I scream out in utter frustration. How dare my body fail to move during a time like this... curse my handy but dangerous Emperor form!

"QUIET I'M TRYING TO FOCUS HERE!!" A voice shouts to me from the distance... wait that's the voice of that legendary doctor who said he'd save Karia!

"Yeah jeez man chill, we're fine so just relax. You already broke the table... look Seric's right here." Amandeath says from the side of me, and at the same time moves some of the fluffy pillows and cushions away from my lying side. At the same time I use all my might to turn my head... but it's worth it, because I can see pal #1 lying right next to me! Well with pieces of glass all over him now but still!

"Wow! Nice makeover there pal! Hm... looks like quite the intense one though! I can tell our favourite cowar- I mean pal is breathing fine but... he is OK right?" I ask as I continue to stare at his face that's the color of a black hole at the moment... and he's covered in shards of glass too.

"Noooo clue. Should be though, Karia's getting treated right now as well. Don't think Prósopsi was trying to actually kill you two in the first place. Anyways, what in the actual FUCK happened with you and that spear guy?" Amandeath asks as I smile a bit... so everything's A-OK after all. However... should I tell her? Hm... no, I must. If I am to become a pal worthy of a Kingly title- I have to accept- AND tell the truth.

"Well, I apologize but there's something I haven't told you all. I have a form I can use that's 100% different than the one your seeing here. In fact... in that form I officially become the strongest person in the world!" I shout.

"...Well. Along with that Head Commander fellow at least, and the more I use it the more useless my body becomes which is why I never told you all about it. But more importantly that I.D.I.O.T. attacked us?! Where is he now if he tries anything I'll knock him a new one!" I continue to shout out confidently but I'm still a tad bit nervous too, I REALLY don't wanna have to bring out the Emperor again!

"Wait wait waaaait so that giant crater and all that, that was actually all made by you? Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit that's insane... jeez. And nah we escaped Prósopsi, a giant asterioid made him dip out for a bit and while he did we teleported away. Anyways, so... first off what happened to the spear guy? Guessing you killed him right?" Amandeath asks as she stands and leans over me with her nice face looking down at my own. ...Wow! She really does have a tiny nose, and curly hair.

"Yes... I... I did cause all of that destruction... let's not talk about that now though, please. But ah so he's gone then, G.R.E.A.T. to hear! And yep, I smashed that monster's head just like a teen does to a pumpkin. NO ONE ever tries to kill my pals like that!" I shout out with a whole lot of enthusiasm! But... on the inside I'm sure not feeling that way. Hah... for now I've just gotta stay positive though!

"Aw... if you say so, I guess. And hah jeeeeeez sounds brutal... wish I could've watched you crush him, I love me some gore. I was even crying before because of that bastard..." Amandeath says, and my jaw drops in shock at the same time.

"HUH? You cried for the first time without me being there?! B.L.A.S.P.H.E.M.Y., how dare you I want to see all of my pal's biggest moments! Well fine then fill me in on the details, how was it? Did it feel good to let out, were you WAIIIILING, or just whimpering like a puppy? C'mon cough it up already!" I demand from her, the audacity she has for doing that!

"Huh... really you're curious about that? Weeeell mean, I guess it was like whimpering? But I didn't really make too many sounds though, definitely not like a puppy at least. ...You're weird. Nice to have you back K-... my bad, Metallic." Amandeath says with a small smile as she stands over me, A.N.D. she's respecting my new name too! How kind!

"Glad to see you too pal! Well, even if you did S.Q.U.A.T. during the entire scuffle and weren't injured in the first place. Ah! But by all means don't take that as a negative compliment, I wanted you to do squat and then-"

"Yeeep yep got it." Amandeath groans out as she rolls her eyes... I'm glad! After all, I wouldn't want to offend a second pal like I did to Karia... hah... I will definitely have a lot to discuss with her after she's back up and running.

A while later...

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"Blue!" I call out my question to the color match game me and Amandeath are having a blast with while waiting for pal #2's surgery to finish. Luckily spending time with pal #3 here has brightened up my mood even more for now, pals really are a great distraction to distress! If only Seric was awake too, but I'm sure he'll heal soon enough.

"Hm- what we're still going? Uhhhhh... I don't know a blue house?" Amandeath sleepily responds... hm... I wonder if she really isn't the brightest tool in the shed after all...

"Erm- not quite! House's can be any color, the point is something that's ALWAYS blu-"

*CREEEEEEEK!*

Me and Amandeath both swing our heads up as the door to Karia's fixer-upper room F.I.N.A.L.L.Y. starts to open!

The lifesaver green haired doctor man then walks out of it saying, "Jeez that was tough... it's done. The surgeries went fine. She's still gonna need a LOT of treatment, but Karia should be OK-"

"YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS- SO ALL OF US ARE FINE... T-TO THINK THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY RECOVER FROM THESE- TH-THESE TRAGIC EVENTS!!!! OH THANK YOU FOR BLESSING OUR FATES M-MY LORDS- AAAHAAA!!" I proclaim to the heavens as I grip my face with my red stained hand. Even though I can hardly move this is the best I've felt in years!

However... I don't really quite think it's suitable for me to praise my Lords at this point. Due to the land and golems I destroyed... never mind, back to shouting PAL #2 IS BACK!

Over my non existent tears of joy Amandeath asks the man, "Surgeries? You did more than one?"

"I'm glad to have helped you sick ass criminals but quiet down a bit King Metallica, my head hurts. Anyways. Yeah, I had to do two surgeries back there not just the heart transplant. Along with that I had to perform a hysterectomy on her, just glad the bots I had were preprogrammed with instructions on how to do that." The doc says, getting my name wrong in the process... I'll let it slide for now, pal #2 is FAR more important.

"Hysterectomy? Isn't that the removal of a lady's baby storer or something of the likes? W.H.A.T. did that have to do with anythi- ah! She got stabbed twice, I remember now..." I say with a frown as I continue to look up at the surprised doctor as I lie on the floor. If only I could move this body of mine!

"Well shoot, I'm surprised you know about that. Yeah it's a removal of the uterus. I'm just glad that her cybernetics allowed the needed back-to-back surgeries to be a lot safer for her. Anyways, it's insane. Both her heart and womb were so badly injured that it's like someone knew EXACTLY where the organs were and wanted to destroy them specifically. Who did that to her, if I can ask?" The doctor asks with an curious look on his face...

A/N: And with that, all of the quartet now seems (relatively) safe and sound!

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