Last part- Jess, Fentriz, and the present soldiers and sergeants tried to fend off Quilline, King Metallica, and Amandeath in the cafeteria that the mentioned army members were trapped inside.

Jess and Fentriz got a few hits in on the trio of villains but it seemed to do very little as Quilline repeatedly used a teleporting Metallic to throw bombs directly at the army members who were hidden behind their wall of benches.

But- Jess had a plan to turn the tables after realizing that she seems to have no limit as to how many clones she can make anymore, and so she gets ready to get up-close to Amandeath in order to guarantee a hit on the girl. Otherwise- she fears Metallic will just keep on throwing the bombs Quilline is giving him.

Jess' P.O.V.

Right as Metallica grabs the bombs, I sling my rifle over my shoulder to free my hands and create at least 100 clones that are super close to the trio and surrounding them. All of the illusions are in the same position as me, with all of them holding my knife that I just took out of it's holster as well. Of course they can't actually hurt anyone but the distractions and fear of at least one of them being the real me should be enough.

On that note King Metallica starts to spin his torso with his arms stuck out to mow through my "army", and Quilline's shooting away at my clones too- and so I swap myself with a clone that's right behind Amandeath's now exposed position.

I take a deep breath,"She deserves it- they'll kill everyone if I don't do this, DO IT!" I encourage myself as I step forward- and stab the knife into the back of Amandeath's neck with all of my might, which forces her forwards and down to the ground.

"Guh- she's behind me!" Amandeath grunts as her head hits the floor, I grit my teeth in disappointment at that since the knife hardly even got into her ski-

*BANG!*

I get teleported in front of Quilline again, and one of my shoulders get blown out by the force of her roughly aimed point-blank shotgun blast.

I scream in pain at that as I swap with a random clone, shit my rifle slipped off my shoulder- but I've still got one arm left with the knife! And so I swap again to another surviving clone, in particular one that's right in front of Amandeath who's standing up again. I swing the knife wildly at her face in a horizontal motion- and this one hits and leaves a big gash on her face! That actually drew a bit of blood and made her step back- yes!

"Quilline you ignoramus you had the perfect shot- I'm coming pal!!" King Metallica cries out as anticipated and tosses away the bombs he was holding in his clenched fists, and then immediately charges at me. I try to swap with a clone but it doesn't work- wait what, oh gods why now?!

"Fen-" I feel tempted to try and call him out to him again, but stop as I realize I'll get crushed by the wave too.

"That's probably not her Metallic- get the clones first so the bitch can't swap with them!" Quilline commands which might save me- but it seems like he's ignoring her as I try to jog backwards to get away. My head starts to get woozy though, and I trip backwards... King Metallica slaps his arm on my chest and-

"AUGH!" The air leaves my body and I can hear my bones crack as I somehow get pushed down into the ground really hard. Then I feel King Metallica grip my chest painfully with one hand, and he throws me into the air with a disorienting amount of force.

"What? Oh- his sphere..." Is all I can think to myself as I bump into the cafeteria's rough ceiling- I can see everything from up here, the bodies and all the firing guns... oh no. I can see Fen's bod-

My eyes open wide as I start to hurtle back down to the ground.

*CRACK!*

My daze gets interrupted by an indescribable shooting pain across my legs as they slam into the ground- I faceplant right after "landing" and I... I can't move... my body won't...

"Well then! I guess brute force really was the unexpected answer there, well done oh mighty King Metallica!" I can hear Quilline's voice chant, and I can hear some clapping as well that's getting closer to me...

I turn my head slightly, and I can hear some more mumbling. King Metallica's bending down and holding Amandeath's bloodied face now. She's just staring at though as she's wiping some blood off of her face... hopefully my death won't be too painful.

I tune in and barely manage to hear Metallica say, "...don't worry pal, you still look pretty to me- I'm sure Elio won't mind a, erm, littlish-big scar! I'm just glad you're ok... but, this woman still needs to pay regardless. Quilline? You excel in torture correct? Finish that annoyance off then- no mistakes this time." King Metallica says in a twisted childish-like tone which gives me goosebumps- oh gods no!

I try to move my body, anything- but I can't... shit. A depressing thought comes to mind.

"It's the only way out, come on- it'll be worse if she gets to me!" I think to myself as I move my tongue in between my teeth... I don't have it in me to bite it though. No. It's pointless anyways- with my cybernetics the blood loss probably wouldn't even kill me quick enough.

Quilline starts to ramble as she walks up to me, "I always love a good game of cat and mouse but, I'll admit you got really fucking annoying there. You know what's pretty hilarious though? Guessing you were too distracted to notice but I'm like, 99% sure, you got your second Blessing back there from the stress. Considering how many clones you were making and all it was pretty obvious- definitely an energy boosting ability of some sort. Quite common and handy in the lucky few who get a second Blessing but, well in the face of me though... even 20 Blessings wouldn't be enough!" She finishes with a giggle as the cafeteria grows oddly quiet.

"Is... everyone gone? No, no they probably just ran out of ammo and aren't peaking out because Quilline'll just teleport them- that's smart. Backup will come soon, I know it- people on the other side of the building have probably already busted a locked exit down by now. Or security's probably found a way to call for help by now- yeah, they'll be fine." I try to distract myself from my horrible fate as Quilline grabs my neck, picks me up- and holds me up into the air.

"Put her down!" Oh gods- idiot! That's Hugo's voice, and right after he shouts I can hear a few gunshots. One of them hits the side of Quilline's head but she doesn't even flinch.

"Brave or dumb- it's very hard to tell the difference sometimes isn't it? Or I think that's how the saying goes." Quilline says I can see Hugo get teleported right behind the giant monster herself- shit! Before my brother can even move, he gets spun around like crazy through a bunch of teleports. He still manages to stumble towards us after that- but gets grabbed by King Metallica before he can get close.

"Spare him- please, I'll tell you anything you want to know- you can kill me after, but just spare him!" I beg as King Metallica rips Hugo's rifle out of his grip and snaps it in two with one hand. Screw being a defector, my family comes first.

"They may kill him anyways but- I have to try." I think to myself as tears are blurring my eyes now.

"Like hell! If you bastards hurt Jess anymore, the army'll just have more evidence to give you the death sentence in court!" Hugo barks... which makes me agree with him for once. People like him should never have been put into the army, like hell if these "people" care about a death sentence- dummy. ...I'll miss his dumb moments, though.

"This might legit be helpful, Quilline." Amandeath finally speaks up and ignores my brother as he squirms in King Metallica's grip, good!

"Nope again dear. We're on limited time here, she seems like the kind of person to be bold enough to lie during interrogations- and yeah there'd be no way to tell if she's being honest. Plus I need some real fun after all that action... Metallic! Finish the big boy off for us would you?" Quilline replies with a wink which makes me sick, and before I can even plead for Hugo's life- I can see King Metallica briefly release Hugo. Then Metallica instantly raises his right arm and spins his torso- which sends his arm flying towards Hugo's head.

I force my eyes shut and gasp as I can hear the disgusting sounds of Metallica's hammer-like arm smashing into his head.

"Come on girly, take a look. He's just fine~" Quilline says with a laugh as I can feel her fingers try to force my eyes open- but I keep them shut, no way am I looking- no, Hugo's not dead!

"Aw- oh well, good thing humans have five senses. How does this feel then?" I can feel Quilline grab my arm, and then she guides my hand into something squishy and wet with some hard chunks in it... OH GODS.

I start to bawl my eyes out and wail but I make sure to keep my eyes closed shut as much as I can.

"Oh my- he really must've been close to you hm? Sweet~ you're not going up to heaven with him just yet though, I have a better idea. You thought it was cool to fuck up Amandeath's face right? Well, let's see how you like it then!" Quilline says as she drops me to the ground on my back which sends a massive amount of pain through my back. Then I can hear her digging for something in her pouch...

"I'm so sorry- Hugo I-I'm sorry! Please- please just let this be quick, gods." I manage to think to myself as I continue to cry.

I freeze up as I can finally hear Quilline stop digging through her pouch. But that sound's now replaced by the sound of a... a liquid sloshing somewhere?

Quilline's P.O.V.

I throw the vial of acid I took out of my pouch down into Jess' face and it shatters- which kills two burns in one stone! The glass cut into her skin, so that'll make the acid hurt even more. And of course I seem to be right as the girl shakes her head like crazy, and screams even louder than before as the acid melts through her face- leaving her skin a beautiful flesh-red color that's got blisters dotting it.

I hum in satisfaction at that- oh I hope she doesn't get an infection and die, she'll probably have nightmares about me for the rest of her life if she makes it! Oh- also she'd be stuck in bed for the rest of her life too after Metallic slammed her down and broke all of her bones! The perfect recipe for making her think about me nonstop~ I'll have to be sure to do the same to a bunch of other soldiers we kill today. Knowing they're living in agony really can be better than seeing the life leave their eyes!

But Amandeath decides to ruin my daydreams, "Fuck me that was intense, glad the cybernetics work well or else I probably would've died there." She complains- unsurprising, she's been pretty useless here. But oh well- I mainly invited her just to get Elio on board, and also to see if she really does have "no morals" like she says. So I can take her being a burden- of course I won't tell her that though, would ruin the experiment.

"Indeed! In all honesty I've enjoyed it so far though, good training and revenge is sweet- great teamwork as well you two despite some mishaps! I suppose we can ask Elio if he's ready to use his Blessing again to open that backdoor now?" Metallic says as he finally drops the man's headless corpse.

"Not quite yet, there's still probably some stragglers left in here who are trying to play dead. On that note- let's keep moving, don't have time to waste!" I say while reloading my shotgun, and then I start to walk forwards a few seconds later. Amandeath and Metallic follow behind me as we start to approach the few benches or "barricades" that are still standing at the back of the caf... I bet there'll be at least 20 conscripts who're still cowering back there in fear~