Makino was coming, his hordes of Ultralinks were already here and they could see the Alfalink off in the distance. It was a lost cause, Takion was going to fall, but they were still going to fight till the end for their home, their planet. Iliya ran through the barracks, alarms were blaring, and her adrenalin was rushing through her veins. She grabbed the Takion TURBO Blaster, or the TTB as they like to call it, and proceeded down the hallway. "...All Quadronno Red members proceed to city sector five. All Quadronno Blue members proceed to city sector two. All Quadronno Elite members proceed to city outer walls…" A voice blared over an unseen audio system, and that was her team, the Quadronno Elite.

Iliya was one of the only females in the Quadronno Elite and she was the youngest member of all the Quadronno's, being only the age of 17. Her family had been in the Quadronno's for centuries and she was one of the only to make it into the Elite. She had started young, her father and mother teaching her simple skills of battle but then instead of enrolling in a normal Takion Educational System, TES, she enrolled and was accepted into the Takion Educational Militia System, TEMS. That gave her the head start she needed, and excelled, to make it into the Elite's.

She ran out of the barracks and made it to the outer walls, "Mikra, what is the plan?"

Ja-em Mikra turned around and looked at his youngest member; she was dressed and battle ready, she was ready for the worst. Iliya Luire was his student, or padawan if you will, and a close family friend, when she had been placed in the Elite they were both overjoyed. "Go to the North East and take the cannons there. Try and keep as many Ultralinks out of the city as possible."

Iliya saluted by crossing her pointer and middle fingers and placing them over her heart, "Yes sir." She jumped and gave him a quick hug, she knew that this was the last time she was going to see him in this life, before running off to carry out her orders.

By the time she reached the cannons half of them were already destroyed, "Urixo, Lulut, and Manrik you man the remaining cannons. The rest of us will give you cover, don't let anything into the city." She yelled and the orders were quickly received. They did quite well for the first ten minutes, until the second wave came. They were outmatched, a thousand to one, the cannons were lost and soon Urixo and Iliya were the only ones left.

"We need to head back, regroup with Ja-em." Urixo shouted over his TTB.

Iliya nodded, "Go, I will cover you."

"But you'll…" He was cut off.

"Don't question orders, just follow them. Besides, I'll be fine." She said with a smile, she know that she was not. Urixo nodded then ran out from the rock outcropping they had been seeking shelter in. Iliya provided the cover fire until he was a too far away, now to proceed with the plan. She then ran out of the outcropping firing at every Ultralink that dared charge her, she ran until she came to the city gates which were open to allow the troops to move out easily.

She ran through them then ran to a building which had been partially blown apart. Once inside she entered a passcode to a secured sector, the prototype weapons sector. She ran passed every one of them, aiming for the one in the very back, the one that was the most destructive. She and Mikra had come up with an emergency plan; when Makino came, if they were not able to hold him off with their military forces Iliya was instructed to use the TURBO Star. It was a last ditch effort but she and Mikra had built it for just this case, and it was desperately needed.

Iliya activated it and the roof opened. The TS began to rise until it was over the city walls, the Alfalink was still too far away to be reached but she could take down some of the battle ships. She fired and a bright blue beam came out from the machine, she could feel the drain but it was minimal, and the ship went down in a heap of flame and explosions. She took out five more ships before the singled her out. The Ultralinks came in a swarm, the TS was useless against such small targets, and over took her quickly. "You will not…take this world…without…a fight!" Iliya yelled between firing shots at the Ultralinks.

She was about to blast another when she felt something hit her from behind, only being alive due to her armor, throwing her off the TURBO Star. She landed on the ground with a cry of pain, her blaster nowhere to be seen. "Absorb and expand!" An Ultralink cried, though its voice was strange. It wasn't the electronic, masculine voice she had come to know but an electronic, feminine voice.

The Ultralink charged and Iliya ducked. "Why?!" She yelled as she punched the Ultralink, keeping it back far enough from linking.

It stopped suddenly, its eye looking confused, "Why what?"

Iliya stood in a defensive position, searching for any other Ultralinks nearby, "Why do destroy everything? What do you obtain from it besides the destruction of other worlds?"

The Ultralink had to stop and think about it for a minute, "For the glory of Makino."

"But why? What glory could you possibly gain from this? From taking the precious flame of life from those and leaving a void of darkness in its place?" Iliya asked, her eyes narrowed.

"I-I-I don't know." The Ultralink looked around, "So much death and destruction, what if Steel is right?"

"Who is Steel?" Iliya asked, this Ultralink seemed to be questioning of its programing.

"N'Baro Aksteelx377, he's the Ultralink made right before me. And I guess you could call him a close companion of mine."

"And you are?" Iliya asked wondering what was wrong with this Ultralink, not that she wasn't grateful that it wasn't trying to kill her at the moment.

"I am N'Baro Akstarxe378. Who are you?"

"I'm Iliya Luire, but why do you ask when you are destroying my world?" She asked this very confused but hoping to buy her time.

"I do not think-I do not think that what Makino does is, correct." The Ultralink said with a downcast look then moved closer to Iliya, "We may not be able to save this world but Makino will continue to absorb and expand, if we fight together we may be able to defeat Makino on another world."

Iliya looked at the Ultralink carefully, "What are you suggesting?" The cries of her people becoming clearer.

"I can link with you, together we could become a powerful force. Your people produce Takion Unlimited Bio Optimized energy as a byproduct of living, if we combine that with my ability to weaponize materials…"

"I would become your killing machine. You really expect me to willingly link with you? What will keep you taking complete control over my body if you do so?" Although she didn't want to admit it this Ultralink might really have changed, why else would it ask instead of just taking her?

"Nothing but trust and the bond will be different. Since I would be linking with a biological substance not a none biological substance I will not have the same amount of control, if your will is strong enough you could override my control." An explotion was heard nearby, close enough that the ground shook, "If we are to link it must be now."

Iliya scrunched her face and curled her lips in, "Alright, if only to stop Makino." She saw the Ultralink proceed into its linking mode and she closed her eyes fearing the worst, fearing she may become a tool of Makino's. She felt an energy field surround her then something cling to her chest, it wasn't painful but more like an embrace. She also felt a connection that hadn't been there before, like it was now something she couldn't live without. Before she knew it it was done and she opened her eyes. A helmet descended giving her a better view of what had happened, nothing had changed much. Her armor had become lighter and smaller, but just as durable, and there were now glowing blue veins of sorts on different parts of the armor, "Is it, complete?" She asked rather hesitantly.

"Yes, we are now link." The Ultralink responded inside her head. She visibly quivered at the thought of the Ultralink being inside her head, but the deed was done and it was just something she was going to have to get used to. "I suggest that if we are to continue to fight that we find a space craft and leave this doomed planet."

Iliya sighed, her planet was doomed, she would never again get to see their suns rise. "There is a small space craft at the launching bays but we will never get their in time by foot."

"Then we'll fly, going TURBO aeronautical." The suit that she had been wearing then reconfigured into a suit that could propel itself to fly. Not two seconds later they were in the air, "Mind taking over? I have no idea where this launch bay is."

"Um, ok?" Iliya asked more than answered, the Ultralink then released control and they began to fall, "What the heck?!" She then tried to pull up wards and they began to ascend, "Uh by the way, N'Baro Akstarxe378 is rather a long name…do you go by anything else?" She found that the flying was easier than she had anticipated, all she really had to do was think about it and it happened.

"Yes, you can call me Star."

"Ok, then Star it is. We're here." Iliya said as she landed. "There's a shuttle over there." They quickly boarded it and took off. Iliya took one last look at her home, her planet. The Alfalink was there and it was going for the kill, "I'm sorry." She whispered under her breath.

"The next planet Makino will probably head to is one in a spiral galaxy, the third planet from the largest star." Star informed.

"Alright, then set a course for…" She was cut off by an explotion from the rear thrusters of the ship, "What the…we've been hit." They saw an Ultralink attack pod fly by, "Quick to the escape pod, this ship isn't going to make it." She ran and Star flew to the escape pod. The hatch closed and the pod launched, Star again put in the coordinates for the planet and the pod began to move. As it was about to jump to light speed they were hit again and Iliya was thrown into the control board knocking her out.

"Iliya? Iliya?!" Star shouted but Iliya did not awake, instead the pod initiated the stasis mode. Iliya became frozen, time would not be able to touch her as she was keep in an induced sleep, and Star began to shut down, going into a hibernation of sorts to be woken up when summer came. The pod was now in traveling towards Earth but the engines used to make the jump to light speed where damaged so the ship was moving as fast as it could with only its primary engines. Neither occupant stirred nor would either occupant stir until the destination was reached.