Once Iji felt that MetalSeadramon could do it, they flew to Maddawg's Antarctic base, close to where Xandus had taken her not long before.
"Okay it's either this rock or that one," she mumbled to herself.
She pressed one and a door opened, with the same chime from before. Iji walked towards the War Room where Maddawg was sitting, looking at something she couldn't see.
"So, where's Xandus?"
"He's in Hades searching for Sho and--"
"And why does he need to do that?"
"Sam kamikazeed on him and they were both sent down. I couldn't go without either killing myself or living my worst nightmares and still not entering. The heroes have made it in however."
"And you didn't feel the need to suicide to help him, why?"
"He has the legions of the dead behind him. Besides, the entire point of the mission was to simply find Sho's spirit and put it into a new body. If he can find Sam's and hold him captive, it will be even better. Plus, I scavenged all of the heroes' weapons off of their abandoned bodies. Frank also owes me and Xandus his life. We can manipulate him now."
"Well, that's something."
"Another hero joined them as well. He can regenerate himself and make his own body into a lethal weapon. However, his regeneration can be controlled." Iji gestured at her Nanogun.
"I still don't see you much as a villain. Why did you defect anyway?"
"You see, when Earth was attacked, I was afraid to fight. The aliens looked human sort of and to kill them would seem wrong. Not killing them actually had benefits however. Assassinating their own leaders, providing me with supplies and such. The second race coming after them changed things."
"To maintain my morals, I didn't kill anyone directly. I set them up to attack each other, sabotaged their weapons, simply causing as much mayhem as possible while not committing it. When Xandus brought me to his gladiator arena, I remembered how much fun it was to set people up to die. It seemed appropiate."
"Well, it's weird, but if it makes sense to you, I can't stop you."
"Any more orders?"
