Yukito Kishiro

When Alita awakens with no memory in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman. Ido also tries to shield Alita from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she...

In the Zenith of Things tournament, Alita is locked into a battle to the death with a vampire. Plus, Ping's alliance with Alita pays off for him, Desty Nova reappears (sort of), and an encounter with strangers raises disturbing possibilities about Alita's past.

Alita meets the son of mad scientist Desty Nova, Kaos, who repairs Alita's cyborg body after a fall into a sinkhole. Then Alita goes up against the forces of Barjack and is betrayed just before she can kill their leader, Den, who has a secret relationship with Kaos.