The raid

Alright, that was... interesting.

I'm alive. That's point one. I'm alive, Leo's alive, Robin's alive, Jenn's alive. We're all doing about as well as could be reasonably expected. Probably better. But that's just us. It's not true of everyone.

First of all, we ended up having to team up with AMU. That was Jenn's idea. Well, technically Jenn asked AMU what they were doing there, and when it became clear that AMU was trying to stop KRAKEN like we were, she suggested the two groups team up. At that point, we were joined by AMU forces, those being three squads of what they called Martyrs. Those were the same types of people as the ones who had raided the ARC base back before Leo and I joined. They were also the non-KRAKEN people Jenn had reported seeing at Solville, the place KRAKEN had hidden the books they stole from AMU.

Boy, that's a lot of acronyms.

Anyways, after that, one of the AMU cars was sent in. I think it was armored or reinforced somehow, because even after KRAKEN started firing at it, it just plowed through. KRAKEN decided to get serious and brought out a helicopter. Where the hell did they get a helicopter?

One way or another, a lightning bolt struck the helicopter out of nowhere, causing it to crash into a Martyr with an omega symbol on his hoodie. He didn't survive.

We did what we could, but it wasn't enough.

We heard a rumble from the earth. Tendrils of metal and flesh and bone erupted from the building.

We had failed. I had failed. I should've done more to help, but it was too late by then.

The Newborn had arrived. The golden age had come.