The two groups stood across an open field from each other, tensely waiting for the stalemate to be broken. Barely two hundred of the Greater Energy Beings were left, out of the thousand or more that had started this battle, against Max and Nico, in their Mecha.
Gloriana, Nico had named his new Mecha Gloriana, a fitting title for the defence of the known universe, and an ironic nod to the Mecha of Max's past life. For her own, she had chosen 'Death of Hope', and for a change, it was not red and bone white, this one was polished black with gold trim, a stark contrast against the shining gold with a few black fittings on Gloriana.