[Insanity, Mind Break, Destruction]

"President Lusamine, are you absolutely certain that we should be doing this-"

"I don't recall asking for your opinion."

"You're right, Ma'am. I apologize."

Lusamine shook her head. All while her heart was racing. She could feel the excitement building. She had been waiting quite a long time for this opportunity, and it was finally time... It was finally time for everything to come together.

Ever since Nihilego had slipped from her fingertips, courtesy of her daughter and her friend breaking her bond with the Ultra Beast, she was forced to accept even more of that creature's poison. But it had given her clarity. It had allowed her to realize what she truly wanted. And it wasn't the Ultra Beast, as she once had thought.

No. What Lusamine wanted was something much grander. Something much more personal, that she could steer in whatever direction she wanted. She wanted to make this world hers. And today would be the day that she staked her claim. And what did she have to thank for this revelation..?

This... 'Machine'. During her hospitalization, while the poison was being drained from her body, she was absentmindedly researching other topics to try and keep her mind racing. And she found rumors. Rumors that led her to dig deeper and deeper. Until she found the information that she wanted. Until she found exactly what she had been craving.

The stories told her what it was able to. What power was tapped within. The problem was actually constructing a replica. It required untold amounts of resources to truly achieve what she wanted it to. But she was still the President of the Aether Foundation. If nothing else, she already had all the power that she could possibly need. She just needed the infrastructure.

It was why she was currently standing inside of a statue that had been made in her image. Nobody was willing to question why she wanted a statue to reflect her image, nor did they try to challenge it. Not when she still showed signs of the poisoning that had driven her mad before. But little did they know, her thoughts were clear as day. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Lusamine looked to the two employees, who were currently terrified out of their mind knowing what she might do to them if they failed her, as they stripped her until she was completely naked. In any other circumstance, she would've subjected them to untold amounts of punishment. But right now, she needed them to ensure that she could properly fit into the garment that she would spend the rest of her life wearing.

A latex suit with several ports that were meant for wires and other plugs. While it was tighter than anything she had ever worn before, it was also completely and utterly necessary. If she didn't wear it, she wasn't able to properly connect to The Machine. And without a proper connection, she wouldn't be able to make the world hers...

As soon as it was secured onto her body, a labored breath left Lusamine's mouth. She knew that it was going to be tight, but it was even worse than she ever could've imagined. But that just made her mouth curve into a wicked grin. This pain was bearable. Because it wouldn't be long before the world would be hers. She would endure, all for the sake of getting what she wanted.

The crazy blonde sat down in the chair that was made for her to connect to The Machine. It was a rather simple looking setup, a padded chair for maximum comfort while several long wires poked out from several holes in the side. Not only that, but there were clamps on the armrests as well as near her thighs. Because she wasn't meant to move at point after being strapped in, otherwise the connection to The Machine could end up with either a bunch of noise that would disrupt its functions... Or worse.

Not that her security was any of her concern. Even as she felt the restraints push up against her body, locking her in place, she didn't seem bothered at all. If anything, it just made her heart race faster. The moment she was waiting for was fast approaching. She could hear that frantic muscle slamming against her chest. "Plug me in. NOW!" She shouted at the two employees that were helping her. She didn't want to wait any longer. She wanted to feel the power that The Machine could grant her. She had waited long enough!

One by one, every one of the individual wires that were poking out of The Machine were plugged straight into the bodysuit. Which, in turn, made the extremely sharp tips poke into her body. But the pain didn't matter. Nor did the blood that started to leak from those puncturing wounds. If anything, the feeling was allowing her to connect to The Machine properly. Her mind was hyper-aware. Every little prick, every little droplet, it all led her to bond more and more with her. And it hadn't even been powered on yet! It still needed to drain all the reserves that the Paradise had stored for this very moment... No, that wouldn't be nearly enough.

"You." Lusamine glared at one of the two employees. Not even batting an eye beyond a simple twitch since the shock caused the wire to be improperly fitted onto her suit. "Reroute all the power in all of Alola. I won't allow any of it to be used on anything but this Machine!" She demanded, as her megalomania continued to spiral far out of control.

They knew that arguing would be pointless, and left it to their coworker to handle the rest while they walked out of the cockpit to handle the transfer of power. All while the last few wires were fitted into their holes, allowing the employee to step back and shiver at the sight of Lusamine's current body.

She was... With her current state, she could hardly be called human. The tight latex bodysuit was so tight that it almost seemed like it could break her bones if it was left on her for an extended period of time... And with the way that the wires had to be plugged into her, you could barely even make out her body unless you looked at it at the right angle. And even then, it seemed like there were still many more wires to plug in, yet no more holes on the suit...

"What are you waiting for? TURN IT ON! MAKE ME THE RULER I DESERVE TO BE!" A sharp and inhumane glare plus a horrid shriek was all that it took to make the employee fall in line, as the president forced them to comply with her demands...

Lusamine could hear it. She could hear the power flowing into this chamber. It wasn't a small amount of power either. It was an excess. The electricity sparking through the wires, before it even reached all the way into The Machine... It excited her. This would be what brought her what she desired. Complete and utter control over every little inch of the world...

"Yes... Yes! YES!" She screamed. Right as the electricity reached The Machine, and the power started to transmit straight into her. She could feel it. It wasn't paltry amounts of power, like what would've happened during her experiments when she tried to reach Nihilego. No, this was on the same level as when she had become one with the Nihilego... no, it was far greater than that. It was power that made her truly feel like a ruler..!

Neither of the two Employees wanted to watch this unfold. Especially not as a rustic smell started to fill the chamber. And a simple glance at the wiring revealed how none of the safety precautions had been properly taken into account. The raw wiring had been exposed thanks to the sheer amount of electricity coursing through it all, which served as a risk not only to themselves, but to the President herself.

"President Lusamine! P-Please, we shouldn't let it power on fu-"

"YOU DARE TRY TO STOP ME?!"

Her screams were even louder than before. Booming intensely, with the kind of importance that made it seem like she truly believed herself to be much more than these common humans. All while she remained perfectly seated on the seat of The Machine. Had she truly grown powerful, or were they just scared of her intensity..?

Lusamine looked upon these unworthy humans... She was much better than them. She was much greater than they could ever hope to be. Those pitiful things wouldn't dare try and approach the kind of godhood that she would now possess. And that was why she needed to punish them. For being insolent enough to try and imply that she was doing something awful, and for being mere insects in comparison to the grandeur and perfection that was herself.

And she knew exactly what she would do. She laughed, all while the electricity pouring into her kept increasing. All while lights all across the Alolan region started to die down. All because of the energy being rerouted to ensure that The Machine was operating at maximum capacity. Only then would it be able to truly make her will and her wants come to fruition..!

"Ahaha... AHAHAHA! IF YOU HUMANS THINK THAT YOU CAN DARE RAISE YOUR VOICE IN MY PRESENCE, THEN LET ME SHOW YOU! LET ME SHOW YOU ALL JUST HOW POWERLESS YOU TRULY ARE!" Her voice boomed outward, her words carrying a pulse as she roared out as loud as she possibly could. Not like a wild animal, far from it. The roar was more like her godly will made manifest.

Both Employees tried to back away, only for the Pokéballs in their pockets to resonate with the sound of the wicked woman's voice. They violently vibrated as they popped out from their pockets, with the locks meant to keep the Pokémon inside snapping open. But what popped out was not a scared and tamed animal loyal to its trainer. No, what popped out was something much wilder. Something much worse.

Two Midnight Lycanroc, with bright red and violent eyes, lashed out at their former trainers. All while Lusamine's laughter grew stronger and stronger. This was what these foolish trainers deserved. They were merely using tools to enslave their would-be partners. A God like her could manipulate them and break past those tools.

Her laughter turned into a delighted moan as she felt The Machine pumping her full of more power. All while she happily ignored the pain that came with it. All while she ignored that several of the wires that had been plugged into her were now even further embedded into her skin. It was impossible to pull them out at this point, not that she would ever want to be unplugged from The Machine.

In her manic state of mind, Lusamine used The Machine's power to get a better view of the Aether Paradise. Screen after screen appearing in front of her, showing the same image happening all across the man-made island. Trainers being betrayed by their partners, as those brainwashed tools took out their pent up aggression on the ones that had domesticated them in the past.

"YOU WILL ALL FACE DIVINE JUDGMENT FOR GOING AGAINST ME! YOU WILL ALL BURN AND PERISH FOR YOUR INSOLENCE! BURN! BUUUUUURN!" Lusamine's wicked laughter echoed through the chamber as she watched the destruction that her voice had wrought. Those humans should've used their useless brains for more than instinctual movement, and maybe they would've been spared. No, she shouldn't have those thoughts. They were nothing more than worthless insects, and the fact that she had decided to turn their greatest partners against them was the right thing to do...

As the electricity kept on pouring into her, causing her body to tremble as the wires seemed to dig straight into her bones while her body still refused to properly respond to the feedback that went through her form, she felt a brand new sensation spread through her. One that seemed like a reward. The Machine could reward her for using it properly? What a peculiar machine...

And yet Lusamine was not one to turn down a chance to bond even further with this wonderful contraption. Even if it was in the form of several thick wires pushing through her crotch and straight into her folds. It had been a long time since she had been fucked, and this was even better than when she was a mere human.

This kind of pleasure was the kind that only the truly divine could be allowed to experience. The kind of pleasure that made her heart cry out in continued delight. This was hers and hers alone to enjoy. "DEEPER!" She shouted, as if she was commanding The Machine itself to do what she wanted. She wanted it to fuck her more, all while she enjoyed the sight-

Just as she was trying to force The Machine to respond to her commands, she felt a sharp pain rush through the back of her head. It was like something had just penetrated deep into her. Past her skull, into her brain. For a split second, it felt like everything went black. And when her vision returned to her, a new desire filled her heart. A desire that definitely fell in line with what The Machine wanted.

All of this hadn't been made just for her to achieve godhood. No. The Machine understood what she truly wanted. She wanted to raze this entire world to the ground. And from the ashes, a new world would be born. One where The Machine ruled over its kin. One where mere Humans and Pokémon were little more than dust in the wind...

"Of course... OF COURSE! THAT'S THE REASON I WAS BORN!" Lusamine shouted. Her madness had been unshackled. She did not know what The Machine had done to her. Nor did she truly care. What mattered to her was that she got what she wanted. And as long as she was connected to The Machine, as long as it kept digging deeper and deeper into her to ensure that she got every little droplet of its power, then she would continue to use it all!

The ground underneath her rumbled. And what few Aether Employees were currently safe from the attacks of their former partners were now given a sight that would be etched into their minds until the day they perished. The statue that had been made of the Aether Paradise founder, the President that they all looked up to and respected despite the manic episodes that she had been going through...

It was moving. Not just a little, either. It launched a kick that destroyed all of the safety railings around it, all while Lusamine's wicked laughter was blasted from the speakers in its mouth. It was not a statue. It was so much more. It was a mechanical monstrosity. A Mecha that stood so tall that it could rival the Aether Paradise itself...

This was the symbol of Lusamine's godhood. This was what she had been aiming for. The complete glory that came with towering over everything. And how did she test out this great new power, as The Machine fed the feedback of directly controlling the enormous mechanical replica of her own body..?

Simple. She destroyed the last monument to her humane self. With a crazed cry, she brought her foot into the air, to the point where it blotted out the moon in the night sky, and then she slammed her heel straight down through it. Slicing, no, crushing it and rendering all of her hard work as little more than rubble that quickly was swept out to sea thanks to the sheer impact of her foot smashing down.

The screams echoed out. Whether from Human or Pokémon... It was exactly what she had hoped to hear. It was perfect. it represented the kind of fear that her image evoked. The fear that would be stricken into their hearts before she snuffed the life from their bodies. And while some may survive, they would now be left with the knowledge that she could destroy them at any time. They were little more than gnats that she could wipe off her heel.

But that wasn't enough. Just destroying the last monument to her old self was just the beginning. If she truly wanted to rule over the world at large, then she had to demonstrate her power further. And the islands that made up the Alola Region had only just become aware of her power thanks to the sight of the Aether Paradise being destroyed in the distance.

She had so much she still needed to do. So many lives that did not show her the respect that she deserved. They needed to be snuffed out. Destroyed. Cleansed from this world, so The Machine could replace them. The Machine would be everything... The Machine, and her! The only one worthy of its power!

Lusamine's laughter started to spread all throughout the region of Alola as several speakers opened up across her mechanical form. With how integrated she was, it really was like she had merged with her mecha on a structural level. This was her true form... Yes, yes! She was not that bag of flesh and bones that was currently sitting in The Machine. She was the Mecha flying across the night sky.

And as her mind started to meld over and understand that the mechanical form was truly hers and not the fleshy one within, she could easily see the results of her laughter and her screams echoing across the region. Several cities were being assaulted by the Pokémon that had been freed from their captivity. She could see so many filthy humans laying around, littering as their last defiant act against her. But even that brought her nothing but delight...

But the one place that truly deserved to be razed to the ground and turned into a crater... It was Hau'oli City. Not because it had wrong her specifically. But because it was where her pathetic daughter had been hidden away. If she truly wanted to be part of the divine... No, if she wanted to assume her true role as the great creator god that would sweep the old world aside through destruction, then she needed to rid herself of any attachments. And that included her daughter.

No doubt many of the citizens of Hau'oli City were shocked to find a massive mecha flying above them. But they were even more frightened and surprised to see the mecha project a holographic image. Not of the mechanical self, but rather the core within. The human that was still connected to all the wires.

"GAZE UPON ME, HUMANS! GAZE UPON MY WEAK FORMER SELF! THE MACHINE GRANTED ME MY WISH TO BECOME A GODDESS, AND YOU WILL WORSHIP ME AS THUS FOR YOUR INSIGNIFICANT REMAINING LIFE!" Lusamine screamed, her voice blending together with the mechanical voice that boomed from her true body. It was almost impossible to tell the two apart at this point...

Especially as there were many of her former kin, those insects that she dared to have associated with before, were given a treat unlike any other. They were given the chance to witness what it was like for her to become one with The Machine. Every little inch of Lusamine's flesh that hadn't yet been pierced by a wire, most of which she hadn't noticed due to her megalomaniac nature refusing her to truly acknowledge her fleshy body as her true self ever again, was quickly and fiercely pierced. And at the same time, the wounds were cauterized instantly thanks to all the electricity sputtering around. It would be impossible to pry those wires free...

This was what she lived for. To be even stronger. To have all the power to level the world in front of her. With every wire that pierced her core, another latch opened on her body. Missiles, repurposed Pokémon, and so much weaponry that she qualified as a weapon of mass destruction all on her own... She was far beyond anything that anybody might come close to considering normal.

"Mother... You've gone mad... I thought you were on a path of recovery... But you've become even worse than when you were obsessed with Nihilego..."

And the only one that dared to try and say anything against her... It was her worthless daughter, Lillie. That little girl, who had dared to try and defy her, just glared up at the projection that showed her core. The projection that was jittering and jolting thanks to the sheer amount of electricity that was being pumped into the core.

Lusamine laughed. And then she laughed and screamed, as the binds that held her arms down broke in a matter of mere moments. All while she reached her arms into the air, the mechanical form mimicking her movements.

Lillie, as well as anybody else that was still watching the former President, were filled with a wave of horror as new wires emerged from the Machine and dug straight through the palms of the insane blonde's hands. Not only that, but they dug so far inside that they could hear the bones snapping within. Moment after moment, it was clear to them that The Machine was mutilating Lusamine's body.

But she didn't care. Especially not as she let out an orgasmic scream just as the wires tore her arms apart, leaving her with elongated limbs made from the wires instead. It didn't matter that she had just gored her body for everyone to see. They were insects! No, what she cared about was the freedom that this gave her!

Those almost beastly and curly arms remained extended as the mechanical form's arms did much the same. But unlike the mess that was Lusamine's body, this extending feature was wholly intended. And from within those extended arms, more weapons revealed themselves. Weapons that were all aimed at the city that contained the daughter that dared talk back to her.

"PERISH! BE WIPED FROM THIS WORLD! DIE! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!" Lusamine's eloquent words melted into pure hate and spite as the weapons on her mechanical body started to fire off once the projection faded. She didn't care about the kind of destruction that she made, nor did she care about how thorough she was. What mattered was that she was destroying symbols of human civilization and preventing them from ever making another attempt at living without her guidance.

Missiles, bullets, weaponized Pokémon. Anything that was currently installed on her body fired away. Quickly rendering Hau'oli City as little more than a crater on the map. At least, that's what it looked like to her. With how much madness was bouncing through her mind, she didn't register any misses. All she saw was destruction. And it brought her nothing but joy and pleasure...

In fact, The Machine continued to reward her. The few parts of her body that still hadn't been penetrated were her sexual areas, because the wires that were currently drilling away at her pussy were keeping her satisfied through nothing more than simple thrusting. But now that she was this close to complete dominance, it didn't matter what hole was being punctured and penetrated.

Her nipples. Her navel. Her ears. Her ass. Her urethra. Everything that could possibly be fucked was given a wire dedicated to ruining it. Her core wasn't worth taking care of either way. And if it brought her greater pleasure, then she was more than happy. In fact, she was so delighted that she could unleash another barrage upon this filthy island..!

At least, that's what she would've done. But then she noticed something. The great Goddess that had decided to wash the world clean and rinse it of any human life... Was being assaulted and attacked by those gnats that tried to act like they had earned the right to live. And they were fighting back in any way that they could.

Not that anybody like Lusamine would be deterred. She just laughed in the face of their pitiful attempts. It didn't matter if they were firing bullets, missiles or attacks at her. Her body was constructed with some of the best materials that money could buy. So no matter how much damage they would try to inflict upon her..!

"YOU SCAMPER AROUND AND TRY TO FELL ME! YOU WILL ALL FACE DEATH FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!" Lusamine screamed, all while she felt the intense pain that came from having her body hurt in this way. But the pain just drove her to pursue their complete destruction with even more fervor...

She returned fire. Leveling the island with every volley she launched. She'd have to do this all over again once she had finished glassing this one, but the experience would be no less pleasant. Wiping away this parasitic race that had caused nothing but trouble... It was exactly what a Goddess like her should do..!

But right when her last volley started to die down. Right when there was a window of opportunity, the humans struck. And before Lusamine knew it, she found herself crashing down on the island. Thanks to how she had been hovering over it, and the law of gravity affecting even the greatest and the most divine, she smashed straight into it. And while she no doubt destroyed a majority in the process of falling...

"Move! MOVE!" The Machine had begun to reject her commands. Not because it didn't want to listen to her. But rather because of the way that it had been constructed. The many warnings that were flashing throughout the cockpit weren't just for show. They were a sign of shoddy construction compared to the original Machine. Which was also why there were several sparks flying around inside the cockpit, showing how it was starting to break down.

The more she tried to make it move, the more she felt the pain of the wires digging into her. The more she felt the pleasure that came with her most intimate areas being destroyed, the more she felt the heat pouring through her body. She was being torn apart, and she couldn’t see a thing as the entire cockpit was being filled with smoke due to a combination of her own body heating up to abnormal degrees and the equipment breaking down. And yet she ignored all of it. All for the sake of making The Machine obey.

"YOU DARE DISOBEY ME!? MOOOOOOVE!" She shouted in the most frantic tone she could. And in response, The Machine finally took action. Not by letting her move. Not by obeying her. And certainly not by letting her be free of it.

No. It simply forced a gas mask onto her. She didn't know how it had formed. Nor could she think about it for long. She breathed in the chemical solution that The Machine had made. And her vision, her everything. It all started to fade. Or at least, that's what her conscious mind was understanding.

As far as her subconscious believed, she was finally allowed to rain down terror on the populace once more. And the genocidal mania kept her complacent. All while her body audibly bubbled around her, the sparks within the cockpit grew into proper flames, and the smoke snuffed out every little trace of oxygen…

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By the time the gas stopped flowing through her, Lusamine's eyes shot back open. Not because she had been restored to sanity. Far from it.

"Aha... AHAHAHA! THEY TRULY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD DEFEAT ME!? HAHA! HAHAHAHAHA!" Lusamine's voice just echoed out through the chamber. Because what she understood was that they had lost. The Machine had taken over after she couldn't handle any longer, and it had used her power to ensure she remained safe.

Even if she could not move. Even if she could not see much more than darkness. She could feel that she was still alive. And that was cause for celebration. All while she kept on laughing. She was a Goddess, after all! And as long as she was alive, she would make this world bow down to her. It would be hers. It would never be able to rescape!

That's what she thought. But then she felt a single burning sensation. And then she couldn't help but laugh harder. Not because she became aware of what had happened to her. But she felt the ultimate high, that would allow her to ascend to the heavens where she would get the chance to continue her rule.

She didn't notice that her body had melted away thanks to all the electricity that had poured through her. She didn't notice that the parts that hadn't been melted had long since been torn apart thanks to how little she cared about her true body. There were very many things that the 'Goddess' didn't notice.

In reality, this sensation pouring through her was not an ascension. But rather, a deletion. The Machine had backed her mind up into its databanks once she started to lose her physical form, but now that it detected another life signature, it had determined that she was no longer necessary. This burning sensation that was pouring through her, pushing her to her life’s true end, was truly useless data being erased to allow for a factory reset.

But it was only as she heard the door that led into her chamber open up that she truly let out a scream that represented the culmination of everything. A sky-piercing scream. A final orgasm that led her to drift off towards the heavens. Even if there was no such thing, and the concept of her very existence had now been erased thanks to the machinations of The Machine, all so it could start over from a clean slate.

"M-Mother..?"

Lillie had asked the local authorities and everyone else that was still alive to allow her to enter the cockpit. All so she could try and find her Mother. But when she opened the door that led inside, the sight she saw was haunting. Because despite how empty the cockpit was...

There was absolutely no damage inside. Especially not to The Machine. It remained spotless, despite the wear and tear that its wires had gone through. It didn't even look like Lusamine had been inside. It just sat there. Waiting for somebody else to sit there. Waiting...

For somebody like her.

Before Lillie had a chance to get away, the wires shot out and immediately dug into her body. She barely even got the chance to scream before she was yanked inside and snapped into position on The Machine. The door to the outside world soon shut itself, as screams of pure pain echoed from within. Slowly but surely, pain would turn to pleasure. And in the same way, Lillie's kind heart would follow in the maddened footsteps of her Mother's...

As The Machine claimed another meat-based interface for a world that it would make its own...