I saw that it was 10 feet tall with a hunter green biomaterial base color. The accent color of the biometal was a toxic green. It has A-cup breasts and a Japanese kabuto style neurooptics helmet. It had a black face visor and then a toxic green U shaped horn. The X-frame flexed its arms and a jet of toxic sludge sprayed from the 2 arms. I knew that it was a XF-10F model. There were only 2 cyborgs that it could be. I guess took a guess that it was Keith. I thought that it would be him based on the fact that the Sarah I know would not appear in the open like this. "What the hell are you do here, Keith?" I asked. I then heard him chuckle. "I never liked you ever since I first looked at you. I know humans are all the same. If I now have the X-frame and the blueprints, I only need you for one thing now." I asked him what that was. "Once I get your sperm in me, I can make a good replicator. That will bring me one step closer to impregnating Sarah. The X-womb will come later when I take the left over cash you gave me to the library." He then turned to Nikolas. "Get out of here. I just want him." he said.
Personally, I was not going to take this laying down. I hook a hand around Nikolas's waist and moved closer. "Niko's with me for now. Why do you even need me for that anyway? I know you hate me. Any random human would do." I said defiantly. Keith just looked at me and said "Once I get enough cum from you to get a sperm replicator made, I'm killing you. It's that simple. You couldn't take me out when I was going easy on you. What the hell can you do against an awesome X-frame! like this?" He had his arms spread wide to make his point as he gloated. I asked if he had any weapons on him. He shook his head no. All I had were my Ether weapons on me at the moment. I also had my holy magic up my sleeve. I raised my arm and said "I'm not some bitch! I won't just lay down and take it. Go to someone else or get killed." Keith just laughed and went hostile. Nikolas ran for cover as I lowered my arms and several spikes of holy energy pierced him. I then followed it up with a ball of flame from the sky falling directly on top of him. "What the hell!? Did you get some new tech!?" he yelled.
Questioning the source of my magic was useless. I was not going to tell him even if he begged me. When he splashed the sludge, I erected a golden barrier. It held firm and I drew my greatsword so I let my mana recharge. The blade was not going to do much to him. I charged him anyway. He had an energy shield of his own. My sword bounced off of it harmlessly. He laughed at me. "Where are those powers now!?" he said. I fell back a few steps and just glared at him. "I'm kind of a vindictive little shit if you think about it." I said. He shrugged and said "Yeah. I know that. That's nothing new from you." I then looked him in the visor. "If you know that, you better be confident you can kill me. If you can't do it, you're fucked." I said matter-of-factly. "There's nothing you can do. PEP units are superior in every way. X-frames just makes it unfair." I waited until that shield went down for his attack. I then attacked first. He grunted as he jumped back. We went back and forth for an hour before. There was a long moment before Keith said "How the hell are you still standing? I barely have power left."
Reeling at half health and no more mana, I was out of options too. Dodging his sludge and melee attacks, healing after AOE attacks, counterattacking, and really trying a whole lot to punch through his shield was very tiring. The same must have been true for him. Nikolas was in hiding, and I had no clue where he now was. If I had a big misstep right here, I could go down for real. Keith put up his energy shield again, but it soon flickered out. "What the-!?" he said before the whole X-frame fell to its knees in front of me. I was pretty surprised that Keith crawled out the back and staggered up to his feet. "I used up all the juice!?" he said in shock. He then turned to me. "You are a fucking human!? This doesn't make sense. Even I feel heavy on my feet." he said as he staggered himself. "You better hurry to a charger soon. I'll let you go under and fuck you up. I guess this is my win." I said. This was a learning experience. If you did not have the energy packs for the squad you could get stranded. Keith glared at me. I could hear a quiet beeping noise come from him. He slapped his outer left thigh.
