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Lilac continues to make her way through the depths of the Thermal Base in her search for Torque. Upon passing through multiple doors into another room, she hears a familiar voice.
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| Looks like it's payback time!
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Lilac looks above to see Serpentine standing on a platform above. He jumps down to confront the Dragon Girl, itching for some payback.
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| Remember what happened the last time you messed with a dragon? LET HIM GO!
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| Good Girl! I want you to be nice and angry for THIS!
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As the door behind Serpentine opened up, Lilac's courage and determination is quickly replaced with fear and terror as Lord Brevon and a squadron of Shade Troopers enter the room. Lilac attempts to charge a Dragon Boost and attack Brevon, but the Warlord quickly and easily defeats her with a single Knife Attack.
The screen briefly goes in slow motion and fades to white as Lilac's scream echoes, then it fades back to show her being held down by the Shade Troopers.
Brevon walks up to Lilac and grabs her by the throat.
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| Before you decided to throw your life away and interfere with our mission, you should have asked yourself one very important question. . . What makes you so special?
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Brevon chokes Lilac to the point of passing out as the screen fades to black. Later on, Lilac regains consciousness in the Base's Interrogation Room, where she finds herself hooked up to an electric machine, and both of her Hair Trendils torn off from her head and hung on a railing. She notices Brevon, who is looking at a terminal and notices his "guest" has regained consciousness without looking back.
Lilac doesn't answer Brevon and closes her eyes in an attempt to pretend to still be unconscious, but to no avail, as Brevon can see right through her.
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| I know you're awake. Answer the question. Why do you fight?
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| I'll do whatever it takes to keep them safe from freaks like you.
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| Keep them safe? Every move you've made has put them directly in harm's way.
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| Destroying our property, assisting our sworn enemies, attempting sabotage against our mission which, by the way, has nothing to do with our world. We are leaving this barbaric planet behind as soon as our ship is repaired.
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| You forgot the part where you took our Kingdom Stone! Where you ruined years of peace between my people and put thousands in dangers!
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| An unfortunate side effect, yes. . . but we wouldn't have resorted to such drastic measures if you had the common sense to stay out of our affairs. Thanks to you, your companions are in more danger than ever.
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| Allow me to show you the consequences of your stupidity.
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Brevon pushes a button opening a viewport, where Lilac sees Torque in chains.
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| Answers, Commander. Give them to me.
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Torque doesn't say a word.
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| Don't be a fool. You've seen how far I'll go to get the information I need.
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Torque listens to Lilac and still refuses to talk, only for Brevon to force his hand.
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| Very well. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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Brevon activates the electric machine, which electrocutes Lilac, who screams in pain.
Unable to see his friend suffer, Torque cracks up and confesses, causing Brevon to power down the machine.
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| I'm the last one! There's no one else left! There, you happy!
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Despite Torque's confession, Brevon goes to activate the electric machine again.
Despite Torque's plea, the machine electrocutes Lilac again with more power this time, causing even more pain than before.
As the machine powers down, Lilac is left scarred and burned, with barely any strength left.
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| That's nice to know, but I was more interested in your resolve. You crack easily, it seems.
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Brevon walks up to the injured Lilac, who appears to still have some fight left within her.
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| And this one. . . I have a funny feeling about you. I'll bet I could hack at your limbs all day and you'd still find a way to bite back.
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| I'll do more than that you monster!
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| When we've lured the rest of your group into our hands, you'll be at the top of our execution list.
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Syntax appears to give Brevon an emergency alert.
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| Syntax
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| Sir, the Chasers are within visual range.
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| Let's see what they're made of.
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Later on, Carol & Milla infiltrates the Thermal Base and manages to free Torque through unknown means. Together, they make their way to the Interrogation Room, where they find Lilac still hooked up to the electric machine. They are shocked to see their friend in so much pain.
As Milla looks on in tears, Carol runs up and pushes on the glass container, while Torque dashes to the terminal and releases Lilac from the machine. Carol kneels down to her best friend's side in tears and clearly shows regret for abandoning her.
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| I'm sorry I ran off without you! I'll never do it again!
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| *cough* We gotta leave, now!
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Before Team Lilac could have a chance to escape, Brevon and a squadron of Shade Elites enters the room, cutting off their escape. As Torque ready to protect his friends, Milla looks in fear at the presence of Brevon, while Carol glares at the Warlord in anger, wanting to make him pay for hurting her best friend.
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| You know, it was so smart of your Coalition to attack my ship above an inhabited planet. What ever happened to that Prime Directive of yours, hm?
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| You think you're some blameless force of nature, don't you?! That the rules don't apply to you?!
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| It's my world on the line. You know exactly how far I'll go to ensure it's safety.
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| Your world is in danger because of the suffering you've caused to the other worlds!
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| *sarcastically* My actions have hurt people? I had no idea. I'm dreadfully sorry.
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| I have a lot of work to do, so let's make this quick. Kill them.
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On Brevon's command, the Shade Elites fire on the Team. While Torque fires back, Milla blocks their shots with her shield, but the barrage of laser fire is too much for her to handle.
Suddenly, the alarm goes off and distracts Brevon, giving the Team a chance to escape down a hole in the floor. Brevon tries to finish them off with a Knife Attack, but he misses. Syntax is then heard over the monitor with another emergency alert.
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| Syntax
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| PRESSURE OVERLOAD DETECTED. THE FACILITY WILL IMPLODE IN SIX MINUTES.
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| Don't let them escape! Find out who did this!
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Brevon and his troops evacuate the Base, knowing there was no time to prevent Team Lilac's escape or stop the imminent implosion.
The Thermal Base sinks into the lake and implodes, destroying any and all evidence the Team could've use to persuade the Magister. Lilac emerges from the lake, having been separated from Carol, Milla & Torque in the escape. As she struggles to stand up, Lady Neera and a hovercraft suddenly appears, much to Lilac's shock and dismay.
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| There are two ways we can do this, dragon! And you're only conscious in one of them!
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Lilac was out of options. With no strength left to fight or run, she gives up and surrenders to Neera.
Neera walks over to the injured Lilac, arresting her and taking her back to Shang Tu.
The injured Lilac is taken to the Audience Chamber and brought before the Magister.
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| Once again, you have deceived us. Do you realize what this mean?
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| If it makes any difference, your, excellency. . . I'm deeply sorry.
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| It means that I have been foolish.
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Lilac is surprised and speechless by what the Magister just said.
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| We examined the fragment your Commander gave us.
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-Start of Blooper-
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| Does that mean y-that you'll help?
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-End of Blooper-
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| Does that mean that you'll help?
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| There is something you must do for us first. A mission, if you will. Accept and we will restore your strength. Succeed and we will restore your honor.
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Seeing that she's been given a chance for redemption, Lilac accepts the Magister's offer.
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| Th. . . Thank you, your excellency.
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Lilac is then taken and placed in a sauna filled with liquified Life Petals, which heals her body, replenishes her strength and even restores her Hair Trendils. Afterwards, Neera escorts Lilac back to the Audience Chamber so she and the Magister can give her the details of her mission.
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| The fragment your Commander gave us is indeed craft from a rare mineral. but we've discovered it before. In one other location.
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| Why haven't you dug it up by now?
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| We feared it was radioactive. Now that we've studied it in person, we know that it is safe enough to investigate.
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| This could provide the answers we seek. . . Why the invaders know of our world, and more importantly, how to defeat them.
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| Get in there, find what you can and leave. Do it as quickly as possible.
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Lilac travels into the deepest ruins of Pangu Lagoon, eventually entering a wide open room. As she looks around for clues, she notices something emerging from the darkness: a massive blue Dragon. Lilac is shocked and surprised by it's sudden appearance.
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| What? This. . . this can't be possible!
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The Dragon roars, and they battle, with Lilac as the winner, despite the overwhelming odds. Afterwards, it is revealed that the Dragon was actually a hologram projected by an AI Robot called Pangu. After the hologram vanishes, Pangu falls to the ground and starts to short-circuit. Lilac mistakes Pangu for Syntax.
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| You're one of Brevon's robots!
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| (Pangu)
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| BREVON. . . SEARCHING MEMORY BANKS.
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Pangu scans her database for information on Brevon, but finds nothing.
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| (Pangu)
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| THAT NAME DOES NOT EXIST IN OUR DATABASE.
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| (Pangu)
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| THIS IS THE PRIMARY SECURITY SYSTEM FOR OR OR OR orrrrrrrrrrrr THAT NAME DOES NOT EXIST IN OUR DATABASE.
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| What are you? Where did you come from?
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| (Pangu)
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| APOLOGIES. THAT INFORMATION IS PASSWORD PROTECTED- PASSWORD PROTECTED- PASSWORD PROTECTED- PAaAaAaAaAaAaAaSWoOoOoOoOoOoORD proPROproPROTECT- TED- TED- TED- TEDTEDTEDTEDTEDTEDTED TTTTTTTTTTTTT* - * - . . *
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Pangu continues to short-circuit until Lilac runs up and kicks her, causing her systems to be jumpstarted and rebooted.
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| (Pangu)
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| PASSWORD ACCEPTED. FOLLOW ME.
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Lilac follows Pangu deeper into the ruins.
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