Outside of the Techway HQ, rumbling can be heard inside as water flows out from the main entrance and some of the windows. In the main lobby, Corry and Pool were still fighting off Techway soldiers as they poured into the room. The whole room was flooded with water that rose up just above the knees, but all of the fighters have already adapted to the wet environment. Pool swims through the water, taking out soldiers by pulling on their legs and tripping them. She would also use her atntean magic to create waves from the floodwater. Corry on the other hand was hopping around the room like a mad ape, knocking out soldiers with the blunt side of his sword to avoid killing them. The soldiers seem to realize that they're getting pushed back, a man at the back of the group pulls out a radio and shouts into it.

  "Bring in the Purifier Mech!!" The soldier shouts at the top of his lungs.

  After making the command, the soldier immediately gets in the head with a stray ball of water, knocking him clean off of his feet. Corry nds on top of a table, holding his sword over his shoulder now. Pool swims up next to the table that Corry was standing on, popping up out of the water.

  "How're you holding up down there, Pool?" Corry asks ecstatically.

  "I'm doing a lot better than I thought I would actually!! It's really quite useful to regain my original physique in water!" Pool squeaks happily.

  "Alright! Looks like the enemies are still rushing in, you ready for more!?" Corry shouts, smirking.

  "Of course!" Pool says, determined.

  More soldiers rush into the room and Corry and Pool rush forward to meet the coming attack. As the fight in the main lobby continues, there was other business happening... In the Headmaster's Quarters. Headmaster Bellows was sitting in his comfortable leather chair at the back of the room as Chris closes the door behind him. Nond lies on the floor in front of his friend, looking up in horror at him.

  "C-Chris... No way, you c-can't be serious about this!!" Nond stammers.

  "Shut up, did I say you could talk?" Chris snarls.

  Nond gulps and starts scooting back from Chris, holding the scorch mark on his arm.

  "I'm gd you decided to show up, Christopher. Your intuition must have been spot on!" Bellows says boisterously.

  "Intuition...? Oh, yeah. I knew they would be a threat to Techway, so I joined them as a spy. They took down the Techway airship and prevented the assault on Atntis from proceeding as expected. I had to help them... But you understand it was all for the greater plot, right?" Chris expins, a grim tone in his voice.

  "Oh yes, of course... What's losing a few men? They're disposable either way, so I hardly care, my young captain." The Headmaster chuckles, pulling out a cigar and lighting it.

  Nond watches in shock and terror, unable to speak a word out of horror. Chris sighs and looks down before walking over to Mr. Bellows' side. The old Headmaster takes a long rip on his cigar before blowing out a rge puff of ashy smoke. He gives a wheezy ugh as he sps Chris on the back, which causes Chris to stare in visible disgust.

  "You know, you're the perfect example for how all of the other captain rank personnel should act! A true role model indeed!" Bellows excims joyously.

  "Enough with the praise already, what do you want done with him?" Chris growls, pointing at Nond.

  The Headmaster looks over at Nond, who flinches in response. The old man stares at him for a bit before grunting.

  "...Heh. I think I may have an idea for you, little buddy..." Bellows says sinisterly.

  Back in the lobby, there were now piles of unconscious Techway soldiers that had fallen to the attacks of Corry and Pool together. There seemed to be practically no one left to face them. Corry looks around as he stands in the flooded center of the room.

  "I think we did it, I think that's most of the soldiers!" Corry says, his voice full of hope.

  Pool pops up next to Corry and smiles at him.

  "That was fantastic!! We actually won!" Pool cheers.

  Before the two can fully celebrate, they're interrupted. A rocket flies out of the blue that was aimed right next to them. Corry and Pool gasp as the explosive is set off, sending the two off of their feet and back into the water. Corry looks up at the source of the missile while Pool rubs her head in pain. A rge mechanized suit of armor about twice the size of the average person stomps into the room. It seemed to be coated in various different weapons which all had different purposes.

  "This may be our final bastion of defense, but it's still going to be the end of you!!" The man in the Purifier Mech calls out before shooting a stream of fire from his wrist towards Corry.

  "Oh crap-!!!" Corry shouts, hopping out of the way of the fmes, which turn a rge portion of water into steam as it makes contact.

  Corry quickly runs over to Pool and lifts her up in a princess carry.

  "C-Corry!" Pool cries, still holding her head.

  "You might want to think of protecting yourself before any others, I bet you that girl is only going to slow you down!!" The Purifier shouts haughtily before aiming his arms at them.

  Little guns rise up from the arms of the Purifier Mech, shooting cyan bolts of energy towards Corry and Pool. Corry quickly jumps into action, he slings Pool over his shoulder and jumps up. He kicks off of one of the walls and grabs onto a light that was hanging from the ceiling, much to Pool's surprise, as the Purifier keeps shooting at him. Corry swings the light to and fro, flying around the room to evade the danger flying at them at breakneck speeds. The Purifier eventually stops firing as jet propellers activate on the back of the armor, allowing him to fly up towards a bewildered Corry and Pool.

  "This thing can do everything!" Corry shouts in surprise.

  The Purifier grabs the wire that the light was hanging down from and rips it out of the ceiling before spinning it over his head like a medieval fil. Corry holds onto the light for dear life, but is unable to keep a firm hold on Pool's slippery body, causing her to fall down into the water below.

  "POOL, NO!!" Corry screams desperately before the Purifier throws the light into a wall.

  The light shatters upon impact, and Corry sms face first into the wall, leaving a crack. He falls out of the air and spshes into the water. He sits up, there was blood running down his nose from the hard impact he faced. The Purifier smashes down next to Corry, reeling his fist upwards, catching Corry off guard. The armored man throws his heavy fist down towards Corry's gut, making him gargle out a scream as blood sptters out of his mouth.

  "Oh... That looks like it might have hurt!" The Purifier gloats, picking up Corry.

  Corry breathes heavily as he gets lifted up, trying to regain his bearings. The man in the suit ughs as the eyes on the armor begin to glow a vibrant cyan color.

  "Can't even talk, can you? Heh, this is what you get for invading Techway out of all the other pces you could have stormed." The Purifier says, his voice full of snide arrogance as he prepares his finishing attack.

  Just as the eye beam from the mechanized armor were about to fire, Corry quickly thrusts his sword upward into right eye of the machine, causing sparks to fly out.

  "AUGH-!! DAMN IT, YOU'VE HALF BLINDED THIS THING!!!" The man shrieks.

  The armor's left eye still fires, burning into Corry's shoulder. Corry howls in pain before he gets thrown away, spshing into the water at the other side of the room. Corey's bde was still lodged in the eye of the armor, somehow just barely missing the eye of the man inside. The Purifier rips the sword out and tosses it aside.

  "You're gonna pay for that one, you little punk...!!!" The Purifier threatens, holding both of his arms out towards his enemy.

  Corry struggles to get up due to his shoulder pain, there was now a small hole in his left shoulder, however it didn't fully go through it. The ends of the Purifier's hands start to glow a vibrant cyan as he takes aim.

  "I hope you have fun in whatever afterlife you go to... When this beam reduces you to ashes!!" The Purifier roars.

  "C-Crap... I'm in danger...!" Corry mutters.

  The Purifier fires his attack forward, a rge cyan beam quickly hurtles towards Corry...

  "Corry, duck!!" Pool's voice cries out.

  "E-Ehh!?" Corry gasps before instinctually ducking down.

  Once Corry was tucked in the water, a thick wall of water pops up in front of him, much to his surprise.

  "Wha-!? WATER!?" The Purifier screams.

  The beam refracts through the wall of water, spreading out past Corry in a much weaker form. On the other hand, a rge portion of the beam was also reflected back to the armor at full strength, causing multiple holes in the Purifier to be busted open. Many of the smaller beams pierced the man inside of the suit, taking out most of his essential organs. The man gasps as the armor sparks and shudders before eventually toppling backwards with a rge spsh. Pool swims up to Corry, her head covered in bumps, as the water wall lowers back down.

  "Corry, are you ok!? You're not hurt are you-!?" Pool whines before noticing the hole in his shoulder.

  "O-Oh, Corry! Don't worry, w-we'll get you healed when we get back to the ship, I promise!!" Pool squeals, trying to move him.

  Corry pats her head and slowly rises back to his feet, lightly gasping in pain every so often.

  "I'll be ok... That's the end of it all, so we'll be fine now, ok Pool...?" Corry says with a weak smile on his face.

  "B-But... You..." Pool stutters.

  "Don't worry about me, let's see if we can catch up with Chris and Nond...!" Corry excims, holding his shoulder tightly.

  As he speaks though, several Techway soldiers start to wake up and rise, picking up their weapons again.

  "Oh for crying out loud... This is too much!" Corry groans.

  As the Techway soldiers limp towards Corry and Pool, the loudspeaker turns on, filling the room with the sound of static. Everyone in the room looks up towards the speakers, wondering what it could have been.

  "Good day to you all! This is your Headmaster, Andrew Bellows! Now, I hope the battle is going well, but this message is directed towards our young invaders here!" Bellows' voice echoes through.

  The Techway employees start whispering and murmuring amongst themselves, still questioning what their leader could have been going on about.

  "So that's the Headmaster...?" Pool asks quietly.

  "Now then... If you will..." The Headmaster says.

  After a bit of silence, another voice comes through...

  "...I hope you're listening well Corry, Pool." Chris's voice responds.

  "Wait... That's..." Pool gasps.

  "That's Chris's voice!" Corry shouts.

  To be continued...