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[guardianofearth]

Who: Fate, Miria, Partners(?).
What: Cleaning out a villain's old abode.
When: March 11th, 2011
Where: Axoryi

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[guardianofearth]

As Bardiche's blade collided with the forcefield the generator immediately rerouted energy from other sectors of the shield to the sector that was deflecting Fate's attack. With a bright flash of light, the energy barrier repelled the intelligent device and its wielder.

Miria immediately noticed the power reroute, and prepared to try to ram through one of the weakened sectors with her personal shield hopefully before it could be set straight. However, before she could put her plan into action, the sound system came screeching to life. They blared what seemed similar to the sheet metal on concrete sounds of a dial-up modem. It was the same audio computer virus as the one that had been used on her before, but boosted significantly.

The young HSAT let out a loud shriek as she felt her entire body started to feel like it was burning. Miria crumpled to the ground as the virus froze her motor control systems.

The terminal's screen lit up with a counter while a computerized voice announced, "Facility self-destruct in t-minus thirty seconds."

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"MIRIA-SAN!" Fate shrieked, as she was thrown back by the force clashing against them. She had to act. She had to act fast.

And like lightning, she did. Her Barrier Jacket changed in an instant, as did Bardiche and Raidramon. As the newly transformed energy blade slammed into the shield, it was joined by a ramming attack from WaruSeadramon's horn.

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Both attacks smashed into the energy field hard, and for a moment it looked like they might break through. However, the lights through out the hideout dimmed suddenly as even more power was rerouted to the forcefield. Even the computer screen flickered for a moment before flicking back... with ten seconds deducted from the countdown. Whoever had designed this trap, had gone to great lengths to ensure whoever was caught would not escape in time.

Miria managed to call up enough strength to crawl around and face Fate. "Captain, please go..."

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"No one... is being... left behind!" Fate shouted, as digi-soul joined the attack, which Fate and WaruSeadramon had both not let up upon.

But this time, strategy joined their assault. Lancing forth from the Zanber and from the sea dragon's horn, it coursed through the base, the path of the electricity channeled and directed by Fate's intelligent device.

The target?

The base's power systems, which Fate was fully intent on overloading.

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And overload it did. Systems across the building exploded from the sudden cascade of energy. However, the forcefield remained up and the computer continued the countdown. They had switched over to a back up power source. "Blast doors are now closing to contain fires. Leave the area immediately. Self Destruct in T-minus ten... nine... eight...

"Captain Fate, please take Randar and leave before you get sealed in. I have a plan, but I need you three to get to safety first," Miria pleaded while still weak from the virus. Fate had practically less then five seconds to leave the building and get to safe distance.

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"I told you! I'm not leaving y-"

Fate was interrupted as suddenly, her partner's coils wrapped around her. Grabbing Rendar, the sea serpent exploded out of the roof of the building, just in time for Bardiche to summon a Defenser for the three of them. Both of them had acted independent of Fate's will.

"MIRIA-CHAN!" Fate shrieked, her eyes wide with terror.

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"Thank you," Miria whispered as WaruSeadramon took off with Fate and Randar in tow. Now that they were outside and safe, she could being her own plan.

"Three..."

"I owe that RookChessmon one if this really works." The HSAT muttered as she prepared her D-reader.

"Two..."

"REALIZE TAMER: CASTLE WALL!"

"One..."

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Outside the building a distance away, Randar started to feel a surge of energy into him from Miria. A flash of light later and he had been evolved all the way to HS-Cannonbeemon. Needless to say he would be to big for the giant sea dragon to keep carrying and be able to reach a safe distance in time. Randar broke free of the serpent's coils and flew under his own power.

The fires across the whole complex continued to burn as the self-destruct hit its final seconds. Smoke was already billowing out into the air. Then a bright flash shot through the air and was quickly followed by a powerful shockwave. Randar, even in his large HS-Cannonbeemon form, couldn't keep himself from being thrown to the ground and revering back to his child form. The building had exploded with Miria still inside.

The explosion had enough force that even someone as resilient as Daigo would have been killed by it. The likelihood that someone like Miria survived was needless to say, significantly less.

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Fate however thought differently. The fact that Randar had even evolved to begin with was telling that there was a chance... Fate surged out of WaruSeadramon's grasp, and flew down, instantly beginning to search the wreckage for Miria.

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Not to far away from where Fate was, a pile started shifting every now and then. It as if something was trying to climb out, but couldn't.

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"Miria-san!" Fate exclaimed, as she dashed over. She tried to clear the rubble away as much as possible.

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As the ruble was cleared the a weak groan could be heard, "Captain...?" through a crack in the broken concrete and rebar a deep blue was looking up at the mage.

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"Don't worry, Miria-san," she said, as she tried to pull away the last bit of rubble away. "I'm here... you're safe..."

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As the last slab of con concrete was lifted off of her, the damage done to Miria became very apparent. The young HSAT hadn't escaped the the blast undamaged. Her synthetic flesh had been severely burned and lacerated. A metal pipe had been lodged into her shoulder, and her left eye was squeezed shut with a stream of clear liquid flowing down her cheek from it.

Miria opened her mouth to speak, but immediately started coughing.

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Fate's eyes widened in horror, and she clenched her eyes shut.

"Miria-san," she said. "Don't worry. Ratchet is going to be here any minute..."

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"O-okay..." Miria managed to speak after clamming her coughing fit. She rested her head on its side, and tried to relax as best as she could considering the situation.

[arc_saver]

Fate knelt down and tried to be as comforting as she could until help arrived.