"Come out!! You scrap metal bastard!!" Esdeath shouted amongst the rocks.
"He really is a coward, isn't he?" Kurome said.
"Damn, this place is unlimited witH places to hide." Esdeath said. "We'll have to flush him out into the open."
Esdeath and Kurome flew to the sky.
Lubbock and Wave in the nearby area, searching for Drone# 10, then they noticed Esdeath and Kurome in the air.
"Once the area is leveled, he'll have to face us." Kurome said.
Esdeath then charged an energy beam.
"Esdeath wait a second!!" Lubbock shouted.
"Hold on! We're here!" Wave yelled.
Esdeath threw the beam at the ground.
Drone #10 then sprang out from his hiding place and ran full speed underneath the giant energy beam and absorbed it.
"Thanks for the free power up." Drone #10 laughed.
"Son of a bitch!" Esdeath said.
Esdeath and Kurome then darted towards Drone #10, but he took off in a flash.
Esdeath and Kurome chased after him but eventually lost sight of him.
"Now where did he go?" Kurome said in frustration. "That robotic bastard is faster than I thought."
"They've gotten so accustomed to sensing energy levels, they lost their eye for movement." Drone #10 said as he hung upside down above Esdeath and Kurome. "I can observe every step they make while remaining safely invisible until there is opportunity to strike."
Drone #10 relocated to a different hiding spot.
"I still must admit, I've never expected this much power from either of them." Drone #10 said. "What next? Considering Esdeath's reputation for vigilance, the most logical solution is returning to the laboratory, is an option I rather avoid. But this situation has forced my hand."
Drone #10 then spotted TJ, the remaining Night Raid members and the rest of the Jaegers.
"Looking for me, huh?" Drone #10 chuckled. "These fools are practically lining up to give their power. What a fortunate turn of events, once I drained all of their energy and add it to my own, I'll be more than powerful enough to take on Kurome and Esdeath."
With TJ:
"Holy crap!" TJ said as he heard crumbling rock behind him, as if someone was behind him.
Luckily, it was just some rodents scurrying along the rocks. "Jeez guys, don't scare me like that." TJ said as he breathed a sigh of relief.
With Lubbock and Wave:
"This shit sucks, he's got to be around here somewhere, we can't even sense him." Wave said.
"Just keep looking man, we'll find him." Lubbock assured.
"Yeah, I hope..." Wave said.
As Wave walked to the edge of a cliff, a part of the cliff crumbled underneath his weight, causing him to fall, but Lubbock managed to catch him using Cross-Tail.
"Jesus' dude! Are you good?" Lubbock said.
"Yeah, I'm good thanks." Wave said.
With Akame and Leone:
"Hey, Leone, let's not look in the same place." Akame suggested.
"Yeah, good idea. You look over there, I'll go this way." Leone agreed.
"Right. Be careful." Akame said.
"Yeah, you too." Leone said as flew in the other direction.
"It's decision time, who should I drain first?" Drone #10 said. "Out of everyone here, Akame or Leone are the best options. Both of them are second to Esdeath and Kurome."
After contemplating his options, Drone #10 made his decision.
"I'll go Akame first. Then Leone." Drone #10 then began sneaking his way behind Akame. "Hmph, Esdeath and Kurome don't stand a chance."
"Where is he? It can't be this hard to find him." Akame said.
Drone #10 then ambushed Akame. Wrapping his legs around her, trapping her arm in the process. He also put his hand over her mouth to drain her power.
"No one can see us. I know where every last one of your friends are." Drone #10 chuckled. "Now, I believe you have something I want."
Drone #10 tightened his grip on Akame. Akame struggeled to remove his hand from her mouth.
Akame then tried to communicate with TJ telepathically.
"TJ... TJ come to me quickly.... TJ, the Drone he's...." Akame struggled to say.
"Aunty?!" TJ said. "I'm coming but where are you?"
Akame was struggling to stay conscious.
"Someone's energy is fading! That way!" TJ said.
TJ then made a beeline to Akame.
Akame then began to lose feeling in her limbs as she became weaker.
"Yes! You're almost sapped of power!" Drone #10 chuckled. "In a few more moments, you'll be dead!"
TJ then kicked Drone #10 off of Akame, sending him crashing to the ground. This alerted everyone else.
"Aunty are you okay?" TJ asked.
"Yes, thank you, TJ." Akame said.
"How did that brat find me so quickly?" Drone #10 said.
Everyone else then surrounded Drone #10.
"Finally, we found the coward." Esdeath said.
"Too soon, I'm not yet strong enough to take on Kurome, let alone Esdeath." Drone #10 thought. "I have to stall for time and try to drain more power from the others."
"Hey! Uncle Lub! Aunt Akame needs a health pill!" TJ said.
"Yeah, I got you." Lubbock then threw a pill to Akame.
Akame ate the bean and flew down to Drone #10.
"Kurome... Esdeath, stay out of this." Akame said. "I'll take him on."
"That's fine. I already had my fun." Kurome said.
"You owe me." Esdeath smiled as she backed away.
"Damn it, Akame. Don't be hasty." Najenda said.
"Don't interfere she says?" Drone #10 thought. "She's giving me another opportunity to take her strength.... and the second I do...."
Akame then punched Drone #10 sending him crashing into the rocks.
"This isn't happening, I prepared for every possible contingency." Drone #10 thought. "I just let my guard down that's all."
Drone #10 charged at Akame but she vanished.
Drone #10 then turned to Kurome and Esdeath who pointed up. Drone #10 then looked up only to be kicked to the ground by Akame.
"That's impossible!" Drone #10 said. "I can't think of a single fucking reason I shouldn't be able to defeat her! I was far more powerful even before I added her strength to my own. Even with the error in my calculations, she shouldn't just be able to swat me away so easily."
With Future TJ:
Future TJ made his way back to the past.
"Well from the looks of it, I'd say I'm too late." Future TJ said. "I don't see dad or Professor Rumi's Drones anywhere. What happened? This place is a wreck. I tried to go back further in the time machine, but I barely had enough fuel as it is, it'd be risky. Plus, the machine isn't very precise, there's no guarantee that I landed it the right place."
Future TJ then sensed everyone else.
"Energy. From the feel of it someone's fighting." Future TJ said. "That's it, they just chose a different location."
Future TJ then flew over to the battle.
As Future TJ was flying, he spotted something on the ground that brought him to a screeching halt.
On the battlefield:
Drone #10 charged at Akame only to be punched in the gut, kicked in the face and sent crashing into more rocks.
"Way to go Aunty!" TJ cheered.
"I know Akame was training for three years like the rest of us, but what kind of training did she do?" Wave said.
"She did something alright." Leone chuckled.
Drone #10 keep rushing Akame only for all of his attacks to be deflected or blocked.
Akame then punched Drone #10 into more rocks that collapsed and caused a dust cloud. Drone #10 tried to use the dust cloud to ambush Akame.
But as the dust settled, Akame was shown to have caught his hand, stopping his attack once again.
"Here's a secret. We all learned how to amplify our base energy and shorten it tense burst." Akame said. "It's how we give our attacks an extra kick."
Akame then chopped Drone #10's arm clean off.
"Meaning, even if you did steal my energy, it wouldn't mean a thing, because you wouldn't know how to use it." Akame said as she crushed Drone #10's severed arm and dropped it to the ground.
"Hey she won!" TJ cheered. "I know that guy from the future didn't know what he was talking about, didn't I tell you we can win!"
With Future TJ said:
What caught Future TJ's eye was the severed and burning head of Drone #9.
"No way! That's a Techno-Drone? I've never seen anything like it!" Future TJ said. " I thought I prepared them, but I don't even know what they're up against."
After kicking Drone #10 away Akame fired an enery blast at Drone #10.
"The battle is still going on!" Future TJ said as continued his flight to everyone else. "That Drone looked nothing like the one's faced from my time. I don't understand it. Were there three of them? How much has things changed?"
"How can this be happening? The data was fool proof." Drone #10 said. "I left nothing to chance!"
"If I understand correctly, the battle we're now fighting originally ended with the defeat myself and the others by two Techno-Drones. But it seems history has changed." Akame said. "It's either you weren't as strong as we believe or perhaps, we're stronger than your precious calculations accounted for."
"Guys we did it!! I guess we didn't need Tatsumi's help after all." Chelsea said.
"Thank God." Merriad sighed. "This dumb bullshit is finally fucking over."
"I was so caught up on how Kurome and Esdeath got so strong that I forgot how impressive Akame is." Najenda said.
"Hurry up and send this robot to the scrap yard Big Sister. Or do you want me to interfere and do it for you?" Kurome said.
"Thanks, but no thanks Little Sister." Akame chuckled. "I realized that a part of me is cold and unforgiving, which is that stoic and infamous assassin that lies within me. I'll end this battle right here."
Everyone then sensed Future TJ coming their way.
"Hey it's him. He came back." Lubbock said.
"The sexy guy from the future is back." Merriad cooed.
"Hey future boy!" Chelsea waved.
"That one is different too." Future TJ thought as he looked at Drone #10.
"Now there's another one? Who is he? Where did he come from?" Drone #10 thought. "There's no information on him in the database. In any case, I've made some terrible miscalculations, leaving me with only one option left... I must return to the laboratory."
"That the Techno-Drone you all been fighting?" Future TJ asked. "I don't get it. He's not one of the Drones from my time."
"What? What the hell do you mean?" Leone said. "If this isn't one of the Drones you warned us about, then what is it?"
"I wish I knew the answer to that." Future TJ said.
"Then who have we been battling?" Bulat said.
"What the fuck is going on?" Seryu said.
"What's going on?" Bols said.
Everyone then looked at Drone #10.
With Tomas and Gemma:
"See dear? I told you sensing power levels would prove to be beneficiary." Gemma said.
"Yeah, you're right." Tomas admitted. "We were able to locate everyone much quicker."
"Speaking of them, I see people up ahead. We're almost there." Gemma said.
On the Battlefield:
"No. There's no denying that thing is a Techno-Drone! It's not just a coincidence." Seryu said.
"Okay, it may not exactly like the Drones from future boy's time, it's not that big a deal." Wave said. "Yeah, we changed history a little. But then again, the whole point of this battle was to change the future, maybe this is one of the changes."
"I hope you're right about that, Wave." Bols said.
"Now, what to do?" Drone #10 thought. "I have to get to the laboratory, but if I fly, they will kost definitely catch up to me. I'll just have to go on foot and keep hidden amongst the rocks."
Tomas and Gemma then approached the area.
"Hey guys, am I crazy or is that Tatsumi's parents." Lubbock said.
"Hello there!" Tomas waved.
"Wait. Tomas, that's Professor Rumi!" Gemma said as she pointed at Drone #10.
"Holy shit, are you serious?" Tomas said.
"It's too dangerous! Stay away from here!" Future TJ exclaimed.
"I was speaking the truth when I said you had no chance of winning!!" Drone #10 shouted. "The moment I'm gone, number Seven and Eight will be here to avenge me!!"
"A Seven?" Akame said.
"An Eight?" Esdeath said.
"What the hell?!" Merraid said.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Drone #10 laughed.
Drone #10 then unleashed a massive flash bomb, completely leveling the area.