Jump right in

Since this girl seems to admire Jehuty so much, maybe she won't fight you for real. You, on other hand, believe that if you go all-out, you'll impress her and when you beat her, she'll want you. You draw Jehuty's blade and dash at her, cocking the arm back for a powerful chest-level slash. The enemy Frame parries with it's arm and grabs Jehuty's face.

[Jehuty's mobility compromised. Escape impossible without losing head unit.]

You bring the blade back toward her, but her free hand captures the hand it rides on and squeezes. The arm damage index is climbing quickly. She's not holding back! You other arm is still free, so you palm the Frame's chest and fire a few shots. The HUD says it causes damage, but your eyes say otherwise. Her paint is barely singed and her grip is not loosening.

"Come on," she says, very much unimpressed with you. "You're embarrassing Lady Jehuty. At least try to put up a fight."

"You want a fight," you think. "Here it comes!" Jehuty streaks into the sky, taking Menrva with it. Maybe half a mile up, you do a corkscrew maneuver and rush toward the planet surface, this time digging Jehuty's clawed fingers into your opponent instead of just shooting her. You notice she isn't resisting, but your adrenaline tells you its because she knows its hopeless. Just before impact, Menrva engages her boosters and reverses the positions. By waiting until the last possible second, the **** of the whipping effect of being turned is what you actually hit the ground with. The cockpit shakes violently and your head hits the back of the seat hard. It actually hurts, the implications of which don't register since you've accepted this as reality in a sense.

Menrva has pulled out the hand and is now on top of Jehuty, with her own around the cockpit. The glass-like covering begins to crack under immense pressure.

[Damage index to cockpit is approaching critical levels. System scan indicates ejection of runner impossible. I advise the use of uncalculated tactics or self-destruct.]

"Don't you dare," cute-voice yells. "Please forgive me, Lady Jehuty, but it seems getting rid of this runner is the humane thing to do. But don't worry! When I'm your runner, you'll live up to you full potential! The whole solar system will know your name! You and I will free Mars once and for all and bring peace to everyone!" With that, the cockpit suddenly begins to heat up.

"ADA, whats happening? Heating malfunction?"

[Heating and cooling units are both functioning normally. Enemy is filling cockpit with microwaves.]

"Fuck! Why?!"

[Based upon limited knowledge of enemy runner, my best guess is that she means to eliminate you and retrieve Jehuty undamaged. Estimated time remaining before runner is terminated: ninety seconds.]