Zenobureido

Shulk:
[over a cloudy scene] Long ago, the world was nothing more than an endless sea cloaked in a boundless sky, reaching as far as could possibly be imagined.

[the clouds part to reveal two giants - one white, the other black]

Shulk:
Then two great titans came into existence: the Bionis and the Mechonis.

[the titans fight each other using sword-like weapons. One of them, the Bionis, strikes the left arm of the Mechonis, which breaks off and lands into the sea as the fight continues]

Shulk:
The titans were locked in a timeless battle...

[the Bionis and Mechonis strike each other at the same time, and they both stop moving]

Shulk:
...until at last... only their lifeless corpses remained.

[the scene fades to white]

Dunban:
They're advancing down our weak right flank. For a bunch of soulless machines, they seem to know a thing or two. But we'll see.

Shulk:
[seeing the Mechon flying overhead] It's a - !

Fiora:
This can't be!

Reyn:
No way.

[the camera zooms into the flying machines, revealing squads of Mechon waiting for deployment]

Shulk:
Mechon!

Vangarre:
[as Shulk enters the Military District] YOU IDIOTS! What the hell are you playing at?

Shulk:
[thinking] Uh-oh. The colonel's gonna explode.

Vangarre:
Crashing the mobile artillery into a house? How long have you been in the force?

Defense Force Soldier:
Sorry, Sir. It's just that we were trying to go as fast as we could, like you ordered...

Defense Force Soldier:
But it's impossible to get to the Mitilary District in only 40 seconds.

Vangarre:
I don't want any excuses! Champions don't *whine,* they WIN!

Defense Force Soldier, Defense Force Soldier:
[dropping their heads] Yes, sir.

Vangarre:
You're a disgrace to the uniform! Are you forgetting the shame you brought on this force during joint manoeuvers with Colony 6? Stick your back into it, maggots! MOVE IT!

Defense Force Soldier:
Yes, sir.

Vangarre:
Get the artillary to the Military District, DOUBLE TIME! Then I want a million press-ups from both of you! And you better not stop until your biceps EXPLODE!

Defense Force Soldier:
Colonel. W-We can't move the artillery.

Vangarre:
WHAT? You'd better give a damn good reason why!

Defense Force Soldier:
Sir! The impact of the crash damaged the ether conduction cable! The ether fuel proceeded to leak out and now the cylinder is empty!

Vangarre:
Well, change the cylinder, then! Can't you even do something as simple as *that?*

Defense Force Soldier:
The auxiliary cylinders have all been used up. It'll be three days until more come in, sir.

Vangarre:
I told you to keep a stock of fuel in reserve!

Defense Force Soldier:
Sorry, sir...

Vangarre:
You're nothing but slackers! [punches the soldier hard in the face]

Shulk:
[wincing before muttering] Same old colonel. At this rate, the men will all be dead before they see any action.

Mumkhar:
Those idiots. I'll just come and get the Monado when everything's quietened down a bit. That thing's gonna be mine!

[Mumkhar trips and falls down a slope. As he gets up, a laser aims for his forehead. Then hundreds of lasers aim at his entire body]

Mumkhar:
[backing away] Oh, no! Please - NO!

Dunban:
Vile Mechon! If you think the Homs, the people of Bionis, are just waiting here for you to pick us off, you are sorely mistaken!

Reyn:
[after winning a battle with Shulk and Sharla] I'm on fire! Sharla, didya see it? Didya see what I did?

Sharla:
Oh, I, uh, wasn't really watching.

Reyn:
Oh, come on! That's not fair!

Shulk:
Hahaha!

Dunban:
[what Fiora offers to feed him] You don't need to treat me like an invalid. I'm much better than I was a year ago.

Fiora:
[sitting down] Much better. I thought I'd lost you back then.

Dunban:
Yes. But now I'm almost strong enough to wield the Monado again.

Fiora:
[gets up] Dunban, don't say that! The Mechon have gone now! Why would you say that?

Dunban:
[realizing what he'd done; apologetic] I'm just saying I'm prepared. Sorry.

Shulk:
The Monado... I hope I can figure out the secret of its power one day.

Fiora:
[keeping the canister cases away from Reyn] Ah, I'm coming along as well! I'd feel better going with you boys than sitting at home worrying about you. So, let's get moving. [walks off]

Reyn:
[to Shulk] I knew she didn't trust me.

Shulk:
[sympathetic] Looks like it.

Sharla:
I swear I won't stop until I've scrapped *each* and *every* one of you!

Sharla:
[after Shulk shares his vision of Juju being attacked by Mechon] Wait a second! What was all that about?

Reyn:
I know you won't believe this... but Shulk can see the future.

Sharla:
[in disbelief] The future? That's not possible.

Shulk:
That's what I thought, too. I still can't explain this, but that vision *will* come true unless we stop it.

Sharla:
So you're telling me Juju's in danger?

Reyn:
Believe it or don't believe it, that's your call. [turns around] But I wouldn't be standing here if it weren't for Shulk's visions.

Shulk:
[to Metal Face, who has just killed Fiora] *I'll kill you!*

Shulk:
[about Dunban] Even without the Monado, he's the strongest person I know.

Reyn:
[Tephra Cave; when he and Shulk discover the dead bodies of a trade convoy] Man, that's grim. I don't wanna go like this. Not even killed by Mechon, jus' some monsters in a cave.

Shulk:
I'm really feeling it!

Shulk:
I've made a decision. My purpose in life - I will pursue that faced Mechon. They attacked our colony, killed Fiora... I will find that Mechon - find it and destroy it. Destroy them all!

Reyn:
Yeah! Reyn Time!