Marina knew she had less motes than Raiton, whose foolish bravery gave her a Perfect Defense that equaled her own, but she compensated for that with superior creativity; using the Wyld Zone's properties to expand her Essence Mech until it grew into a Warstrider's proportions. A Warstrider, by the way, is a giant, impractical-seeming mech that can be made of various materials, usually Magical Materials. However, here, in a Wyld Zone, Warstriders can be made...<br/><br/>...Of the most improbable materials, including mist, dreams, and, of course, Sunlight. Marina knew that Sunlight didn't really affect Abyssals even though the latter resembled the traditional Vampire, but, still, it was ironic that she was punishing these traitors with the light of the Sun. And, so, once her expansion was complete, she began stomping on Raiton again and again, forcing her to expend motes to maintain her Perfect Defenses.<br/><br/>"You filthy traitor!" Marina shouted with another stomp. "You've betrayed humanity! You've betrayed Earth!" Raiton would have responded, but she was too busy protecting herself from the Warstrider's stomps, and, occassionally, taking the offensive with Epic Warp, Epic Throw, and Epic Singularity. Marina didn't bother using her Perfect Defenses this time, relying on the Warstrider's armor to endure.<br/><br/>"You've lost, Solar!" Raiton finally shouted. "Earth will fall to the power of the Reapers! Do you not see? Your resistance here is meaningless; our forces outnumber yours, outgun yours, and are overruning the planet! Solar, Infernal, Dragon-Blood, Sidereal and Lunar, all of them are meaningless!" The mention of Infernals brought Marina up short; what were Infernals? Seeing an opportunity to throw Marina off her game, Raiton shouted:<br/><br/>"You don't know what Infernals are?!" spoke the Abyssal. "Look at your friend," she pointed at Esone. "Does he seem like a Solar to you? Does his power seem like it comes from the Unconquered Sun? Yes, yes, I know what they all say, that he's a 'Prototype' Solar. Except that there aren't any prototypes!" she screamed to the heavens. "You here me?! Your friend is not a Prototype Solar -"<br/><br/>"SHUT UP!" shouted Marina as she punched Raiton with a Warstrider's fist, the force blasting the Abyssal through an entire block of buildings. The Warstider then began shooting out blasts of pure plasma, which were followed up by an assault from the Engineer's Elementals. "Esone's done a lot for us; sacrificed a lot for us, helped us through thick and thin! I won't let you insult him, I just won't!"<br/><br/>Raiton would have responded...if not for the body of Skullistia hitting her dead-on, surprisng her enough to take her attention off her Perfect Defense. It was then that Marina struck, her Warstrider's sword swinging down on the Abyssal, forcing her to put up an Epic Biotic Shield...which still wasn't enough to prevent her from sustaining a major fracture. It seemed that the tide was turning...<br/><br/>The necromancer-biotic, in fury, struck back with a storm of negative energies, which Marina decided to tank in order to save up on motes. Her Warstrider's solar form briefly flickered under the assault, but didn't break down; Sunlight doesn't usually rot. Still furious, the Twilight Caste Solar unleashed a torrent of plasma at Raiton, but the latter had her Perfect Defense up again, and was taking the blows well.<br/><br/>Then, the largest Reaper she had ever seen just had to arrive. Harbinger, a space 'God' made up of Soulsteel and powered by malign energies, whose very presence sucked away hope and even rage. Marina can feel her Limit Break ending, her anger running out to be replaced by fear. Raiton whooped with joy, and resumed her attacks, while Marina was so stunned, she couldn't think up a countermove and just stood there, her Warstrider shuddering under bolts of Necromantic energy.<br/><br/>"Lieutenant Commander," the Engineer spoke in a searching tone. "Orders?" Then, she realized what she was<span style="font-style: italic">really</span>asking, and felt ashamed of herself. They just can't leave Earth, not like this! But, the Reaper...Harbinger, he was just too strong, too powerful even for Exalted. And he was supported by his own team of Exalts...<br/><br/>"THIS ISN'T FAIR!" Marina shouted in rage, rage that didn't have anything to do with her Limit. She was crying now, crying for Earth that was lost.