Chapter - 39
She widened her eyes in shock when she saw HK416 dragging an armless and broken down M16 by her hair, she remained speechless as the 404 member just threw her sister like a ragdoll on the floor with a huge smirk on her. Even Sop, Star and Ro were in shock.
"In the name of the Empress" 416 said pointing her arm towards Mastermind "I order you to give the order of surrender to all active Sangvis Tactical Dolls, if these conditions will not be met, We will destroy your body and backups"
Mastermind nodded, she knelt down and the gunshots in the distance stopped immediately "I hope this Empress of yours didn't forget our agreement" she muttered as two Astartes walked in and simply carried her away
"Now" 416 as she looked at M16 with disgust "M16 is neither property of G&K and Sangvis, so she has no purpose and there is no place for traitors in our Imperium, I'll proceed with the termination of the unit as stated by the imperial law on autonomous machines" as she said that she pointed her arm towards M16's head
"WHAT?! SHE CAN'T DO THAT! 45 TELL HER TO STOP!" Sop shouted but Ump 45 turned her gaze to the ground with a mortified expression
"She doesn't follow my orders anymore...the Adeptus Omnicas outranks any normal tactical doll" she muttered shocking everyone in the room
M4 Digimind was conflicted, M16 was betrayed G&K but she said she did it only to protect her sisters...but she did fight her and the other Tactical Dolls.
"It's okay" M16 whispered as a single tear fell from her only working eye and smile appeared on her face "you're safe now...that's all that matters to me"
With those words every doubt abandoned M4, she wasn't a Sangvis nor a Tactical Doll, she was her sister. M4 rushed to 416 and tried tackling to the ground but 416 stood her ground as if she was just a breeze. Ro, Star and Sop also joined but they didn't manage to move the Adeptus Omnica of an inch
"This sort of behavior can be count as a betrayal!" 416 shouted before tossing away Sop and the others away with her free hand except for M4 who still clung to arm pointed at M16 "IT'S USELESS!" the Omnica said as her arm started glowing and heating up
M4 could feel her body burn, but she didn't let go even if it meant melting, she will not let her sister be taken away again.
"ADEPTA OMNICA 416!" Suddenly an Spas shouted pointing her shotgun at 416 "YOU'RE VIOLATING THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN US BY THE EMPRESS HERSELF! CONTINUE THIS ACTION AND WE'LL DESTROY YOUR DIGIMIND!"
"WHAT!?" 416 shouted back in shock as she scanned through her memory to check these instructions before widening her eyes in shock when she found what she was looking for..."
'Upon the successful recovery of subject Elisa, code name: Mastermind, every sin of Sangvis Ferri will be forgiven by the Imperium of man. With this pact, Mastermind agrees to take part in the combat effort against the Honkai God in exchange for a dignified life for her and her soldiers and civil equality. As a last condition, I, The Empress of the Imperium of man, promise that no harm shall be done to the G&K Tactical Doll M4A1 by Imperial Forces.'
416 looked at M16's face as she lowered her arm which stopped glowing, she took a few steps back and Spas and the Astartes lowered their weapons
M4 felt a bit dizzy but she didn't let that stop her, she knelt in front of M16 and raised her by the torso, she then gently hugged her as tears fell from her eyes
"I'm sorry M4..." M16 whispered making M4 shake her head
"don't speak or you will overload you Digimind" M4 muttered with a trembling tone "We'll take you home now..."
M16's eyes wandered around and saw her precious sisters...Sop...Star...and even Ro...were crying "Okay...do you mind if I sleep a bit...? My battery has been damaged a bit..."
M4 shook her head and M16 closed her eyes her and body went energy-saving mode "What will happen now?"
"A trial will take place sister M4" One of the Astartes said...
Later, Moscow
The Primarchs were all gathered inside the Kremlin except for Eleonor who chose to stay in South America to coordinate the Imperial Army effort of completely consolidating the borders and eliminate the remains of the dictators' armies, in her place, there was Asseylum.
"How long before the Herrscher will come down here?" Najenda asked as she crossed her hands "And where she will decide to appear"
The Empress sighed "my vision ends with her return to the Babylon tower, the attack of several cities from other Herrschers...and the biggest Honkai horde ever seen by this civilization"
"So what's the plan?" Leone asked
"We'll fight of course" Esdeath replied with a determined expression
"What news from Tatsumi?" Apollyon asked looking at the Primarch of the Winter Predators
"He and the leader of the Inquisition have confirmed that the remains of the Red Army who have not surrendered are gathering at Novosibirsk, they are planning to relocate in a hidden base" Esdeath replied "But considering the current situation they will not attempt anything for the time being"
"Then the Imperial guard can fortifications several kilometers away from the Babylon Tower, we can create a perimeter and keep them from reaching the cities" Leone said as a map of the Siberia projected itself in front of them "It will a kill box"
"Once we pushed back the horde we'll start advancing and they'll found themselves cornered..." Apollyon added
"I'll take care of the Herrscher" Anastasia intervened with a serious tone "We don't know if the Honkai will pop up all in the same spot so we'll divide the guardsman so that they can protect the civilians in the outskirts..."
"We need all the manpower we can muster for the kill box though" Akame remarked with a grim tone
"The machines will take of the men missing from the frontlines, we'll deploy the titans...all of them...We'll place the Imperii Invicta and the Tyrannus Immortalem to guard Moscow along with a regiment of guardsmen..."
"I have a few regiments on standby, leave this task to the steel legion" Leone replied she said with a nervous laugh "if something manages to actually get past that"
"Now, let's speak about the allies we reclaimed...what's their conditions?" The Empress asked
"The mechs and the pilots we recovered are not capable of fighting" Akame said "They either need repair or their bodies to wake up, same goes for Rhodes Island...where I have confirmed the presence of a Primarch candidate." Akame said as the image of a girl with brown hair and animal ears projected itself over the map "Her name is Amiya, like most of her companions, she is affected by a disease called Oripathy, though while the others went in suspended animation while the disease was still contained, hers was already in the terminal stage...the disease is at fault for her mutated features"
"I like those donkey ears, to be honest" Samus said
"Those are jackrabbit ears" Esdeath said "I used to hunt them"
"She's a chimera" Akame replied as her right eyes twitched a bit "I briefly spoke to her, she'll agree to become a Primarch only if we cure her friends of Oripathy"
"she'll be able to do it herself" The Empress said before looking at Esdeath "The revenants?"