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take his eyes off of her. She was utterly mesmerizing in her obscure outfit. Her face was half covered by a black visor that blocked out her eyes and nose that took the shape of a “V”. The visor formed pointed sickles that angled downward sharply at the ends of the glimmering visor, caressing her cheeks. Gazing intently, she hovered in place with her arms spread out and her head cocked upward, looking at the sky.
    Zack stared, bewildered. He didn’t understand what was happening. In his shocked state, he could only let out a small whisper of the first thing he thought when gazing upon this dark goddess.
    “Who is this girl?”
    The girl’s arms fell to her side and her head returned to its normal position. It was as if she heard Zack’s question as she moved to speak. She only spoke three words.
    “Lambda, materialization complete.”

 
     
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    Stigma
     
     
     
     
     
     
    [January 6th - Abingdon, Virginia - Horizon Academy - School Rooftop - Day]
    Zack was still in awe. The sight of the dazzling girl before him was unlike anything he had ever seen before.
    Is this a Combat AI unit? Zack thought, still in a daze.
    There was always talk in the Cyber Network and on the Internet about advanced Artificial Intelligence—Combat AI units, but Zack had never been given the chance to ever see one up close like this. He was convinced that what stood before him was exactly that.
    Without thinking, he rose to his feet and slowly began to approach the girl coated in black and surging with red sparks. He didn’t get far.
    “Biological detected. Appear, Chaos Weapon 12: Trident Sickle.”
    Without warning, the girl dashed toward Zack with her arm extended. In mere milliseconds she covered twenty feet and thrust her arm toward Zack’s face. Three blades quickly materialized from a void of blackness in a triangle formation around the girl’s wrist just as her hand reached Zack’s face. Frozen with stone cold fear, Zack only stared as he eyed the three blades hovering over the girl’s wrist, spinning in clockwise rotation. Zack’s head was almost wiped blank from shock. He only could register one thought from the sudden development.
    Crap!
    As quickly as the scene advanced in front of him, the three blades vanished into the air. This didn’t make Zack any less tense.
    “Threat level zero. Disengage Chaos Weapon. Now entering neutral state.” Her voice was devoid of any emotion, as she spoke in a flat, mechanical manner. Her presence almost felt suffocating.
    Zack somehow managed to break out of his state of fear and astonishment and tried to take in what was happening around him. With a few deep breaths, he finally got up the nerve to ask the one question on his mind.
    “W-who are you?”
    The girl turned her head to face him rather suddenly. He couldn’t see her eyes behind her black visor, but he felt as if he was naked. She just stood where she was, silently staring at him.
    “H-hey, did you hear me-”
    “Target identified. Mission objective met.”
    Come again? Zack stared, bewildered, as the girl fully faced him.
    “AI Combat Prototype Lambda 11, Serial Number: L11212126. Target clearance given.” The girl then just stood there, staring down Zack. “Awaiting next mission directive.”
    Zack just stared with his mouth agape. Next mission? Come again?
    Nothing but a torrent of questions ran through his head. He couldn’t process one fast enough before another one popped up. What was he supposed to do? Why was this thing asking for a new mission? And most importantly, what was it doing here?!
    “Right . . .” Zack kept his eyes on her, still feeling incredibly confused. Any reason and logic was lost to him. He couldn’t come up with anything that made enough sense to handle the situation before him. He just fumbled around a quick idea and went with it. He was far too flustered to think straight anyway.
    “I . . . I guess you are done?” Zack was completely unsure in his words, as he formed them into a