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(Setting) Chapel-3 9th Street Intersection
| >A very tall disheveled woman with her long hair tied up and glowing green eyes arrives, running. Her breath is erratic as she looks around, gun at the ready
"Wh.. Where"
>OS says, her eyes scurrying about
| >In one of the alleyways, you spot Marie's blond hair! She doesn't seem to be moving, And there seems to be another person crouched down near her
| >OS rushes towards him, looking at the person next to him with a glare
>She then concentrates on Marie, approaching and trying to touch him
"No, this is a lie right, no, not again, not you too..."
| >The hooded figure steps aside. You feel over Marie's body and feel... A pulse! it's not strong but.. it seems he's alive. Suddenly he starts to stir.
"W-who's there..."
| >OS takes him into a hug and you can feel her warmth as she cries
"Th-Thank god, you're still here"
>She gets a first aid kit out of her coat, laying him down
"Dont worry, I'm going to help you, I wont let you go"
| >He smiles weakly but then gets a little concered
"Oh OS... isn't it dangerous?"
>He struggles to get up,
"You really don't have to i- H-huh?"
"I...I can't feel my legs..."
| >Outside the alley bike comes to a halt, tires screeching.
>From it two men disembark. One is a tall, young man, with a waist-long blond hair put in a tail. He has a armored vest on top of british military uniform, and a rifle, and begins to scan his surroundings immediately.
>Second one is a short, grumpy old man, with short grey hair. He wears the same uniform, but grey, and covered in blood. There are multiple bandages on his shoulder, left hand and right leg.
| >Short man is completely unarmed, and sports a large backpack. He quickly looks over the street, shouts "Cover me!" and rushes into the alley. Both men's movements are those of highly trained soldiers.
| >From deeper down the alley, a large, hulking figure appears, walking towards the scene
>The unknown individual is completely clad in what looks like a heavily modded White Knight Powered Armor, on their back is what looks like a downsized AA battery
>They are followed by a multitude of seemingly normal robots, to which a multitude of guns have been haphazardly strapped, each of the bots has at least twenty weapons on him
"Yo, minna-san."
| "Six!"
>Grumpy man shouted, and dived onto the ground, sliding the rest of the way to the downed gurl. He threw his backpack on the ground and looked over the body, while reaching into the backpack.
"Move, you are in the way!" >He barked to OS.
>As soon as the second man heard 'Six!', he turned around and fell on his knee, training aim on the bots, despite clear numerical advantage.
| >>212263
>The hulking individual raises their hand
>The bots take aim down the alley
"Drop your weapons, we will fire if you do not."
>They speak in a thick asian accent, and seem to have trouble speaking in english
"Repeat, drop all weapons, or shot."
| >>212269
>Not only does not blond man lower his weapon, he switches his rifle to automatic mode.
"No you."
>At the same time, grumpy man activates his radio, while still evaluating Marie's wounds.
/Merlin, Charlies on us, deal with it./
| "Is this really the place to fight, Gentlemen. I would think both sides woukd agree that a fire fight with a dying boy on the ground isn't the best course of action"
>A 14 year old scruffy looking girl with ultra violet hair in low twin tails in a torn up sundress and ball cap with a duffle bag on her back strolls down the alley till she reaches the blond man and the grumpy man beside OS and the dying boy.
| "I already got shot three times today tending wounded, sorry girl, but I'm not taking chances here."
>Grumpy man snarked back.
| >The girl just sighed
"Well you can continue your stand off then. Don't mind me."
>She crouchs down beside OS.
"We gotta slow the bleeding and stabilize him before we can start moving him. The faster we get him somewhere were he can get medical care the better"
>She begins looking over the boy to find the source of his bleeding and assess any other injurys he has sustained.
| >Over head you hear multiple VTOLs hover over you, and nearby, several squads of troops drop down, making their way towards Marie and OS. They have the Swiss cross marking on their shoulder.
"Alfa, Charlie, scout the surrounding perimeter. Bravo, go aplay medical aid, Delta and Echo, create a perimeter."
>That voice... It's Cain, she herself is in a sharp suit, holding a single pistol.
| "Cain!"
>The girl shouts cheerfully. Tuna waves at her friend happily as well as with urgency considering the situation. "The tention is getting bad down here we need to stabilize him and move him asap!"
>She returns to assessing and treating the boys wounds.
| "Is he okay, please god tell me he'll live..."
>OS says, holding Marie's hand with red eyes and sniffing
| >Alfa and Charlie disappear, going around the perimeter, checking for threats, while Bravo and Cain approaches Marie. Cain's face lacks expression, twisted in hate. She gives Tuna and OS a pat on the back and a hug, and faces the 2 troops and bots. The 2 squads, Echo and Delta, surround Cain, Marie, OS, and Tuna.
"Everyone step back. We are air evacing this boy. You try to stop me, I will personally gut you, and hang you with your intestines."
| >At this moment grumpy man's radio came to life.
/JᴏKᴇʏ, ʜɪɢʜ ᴘʀɪᴏʀɪᴛʏ ᴘᴀᴛɪᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ Downᴛᴏᴡɴ, 12ᴛʜ sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛ, ɪɴᴛᴇʀsᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ 5. Eᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴄʏ sᴇʀᴠɪᴄᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴜɴᴀᴠᴀɪʟᴀʙʟᴇ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴏɴɢᴏɪɴɢ ғɪʀᴇғɪɢʜᴛ./
>Old man swore, took a brief look at Tuna, then at arriving troops.
/Tell the squad to move out to 1st intersection, I'll need them there./
/Uɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴏᴏᴅ./
| >>212298
"Go ahead then, I have more places to get shot in."
>He stood up, and waved to the blond man, picking up his backpack.
"Jamie, get me to Downtown, 12th street."
>Grumpy rushed to the bike, while blond man walked to it backwards, still training his sights on the bots. They both got on to the vehicle, and drove away, going way above speed limits.
| >The Hulking figure looks down to Marie, then to the group before waving their hand, the robot lowers their weapons
"Kurogami no meirei da, taikyaku."
>The robots begin dispersing back from whence they came
"Lucky, Black God knows some of you, trust."
>They move in closer and remove their visor, showing the face of a cute lilim, her scarf bears the inscription 'r-1'
| "Black God?"
>Tuna questioned, remaining focused on Marie's well being.
"I have not heard that language in years. Your from Neo Japan?"
| "Well I don't know, or give a shit, about black god."
>Cain snarks at the Hulking figure, who is blocked from getting closer.
"Stat, now."
"Stabilized and strecher'd ma'am, but we need to get her to a hospital. She already lost plenty of blood. Evac is ready and waiting."
"Good, begin moving to the VTOL and get the hell out of here. If he dies, so does half the city."
>Bravo makes way to the VTOL, while being surrounded and protected by Delta.
| >>212312
>The lilim nods while stepping out of the suit, which in turn starts walking away with the rest of the bots
>She's dressed in what looks like old JSDF military fatigues, the only notable difference being the black and red scarf that reads '風林火山'
"..."
>They are eyeing the group suspiciously
| >Echo stands their ground, blockading the way to Cain and the evacuating team.
"Step. Away. This is a personal matter of the boss."
>Cain herself is comforting OS and Tuna.
"OS, Tuna, get in the VTOL with Marie, I'll be there shortly."
/Alfa and Charlie, new orders. Assist all and any GCPD officers, and engage all gang elements./
/Roger./
/Affirmative./
| >>212321
>The lilim spits on the floor
"Boss dewanai, teme."
>She simply drops on the floor and sits there
"Orders, keep watch, tch. If you want fight, I won't refuse, otherwise, shut up, do your stuff, leave."
| >>212321
"Okay"
>Tuna looks that the angry and salty Lilim with a curious look before turning to Cain
"Be careful"
>Tuna heads to the VTOL quickly
| >>212321
>OS nods, before stepping up, towering above everyone else.
"I-I hu, Thank you, thank you very much"
>She says, wiping away her face, her eyes dont even glow anymore, she looks tired but relieved
| "Come on, let's get out of the war zone."
>Cain tries to egg along OS to come with her, making their way to the VTOL, while Echo moves back in the alleyway, making way for the JSDF troop.
| >The lilim simply takes out her radio
"Owari da, ou, Nn."
>She throws a glare towards the group before heading back into the alleyway from whenc she came, her suit regrouping with her as she puts it back on
| >The VTOLs takes off, multiple of them to confuse enemy combatants, and they head for the hospital.
"I am going to fucking murder those gangs."
/Echo, split in to 2. Have Echo-1 follow the suspicious personel from the alleyway. I don't trust them. Echo-2 provide overwatch for Alfa and Charlie./
/Yes ma'am. Would you like tea with that?/
/Shut up Tale./
| "Such a sudden burst of violence. I wonder what triggered it. From what I know of gangs in this area they mostly left each other aloneas long as no one trespasses on the others turf"
>Tuna mused to herself before turning to OS.
"Hi. I don't think we have met before. My name is Tuna. Sorry we are meeting under such shitty circumstances"
| >>212351
>OS looks at Tuna, her augmented eyes start glowing a bit more
"I'm Elena, but you can just call me OS, its simpler that way. Nice to meet you."
>She's holding Marie's hand and her face looks ashen, but a small smile on her lips shows how relieved she is to see him safe
| "Nice to meet you too"
>Tuna gives a warm encouraging smile
| /Echo-1, Suspicious personel are friendlies. Cease shadowing, and assist Alfa, while Echo-2 assist Charle./
/Got it ma'am, what's with the new info?/
/Turns out their boss found Marie in the first place, so we got to pay some respect./
/Understandable, will proceed to Alfa./
| >The power-armoured lilim simply turns to the VTOL
"Kono sekai, subete kuzu da."
>She raises her hand
>Robots once again flood in the alleyway and begin following her, one of them is a smiliar lilim dressed in a Gold Saint's cloth
"R-1, new orders, evacution is progressing smoothly, but we could still use some assistance over at the other junctions"
>The lilim in armour clicks her tongue
"Wakaru."
| >Dahk stumbles out the oposing alleyway on a makeshift crutch, just in time to see the escapong VTOLs, she lets out and audible sigh
"Maaan, guess i have to walk, hope Marie is alright"
| >She bumps right in to one of Echo-2's men.
"Sorry ma'am. Would you need assistance?"
| >She laughs, pointing out her bandaged stump of a left leg
"Wouldn't suppose you'd have a spare leg would ya? I'd ask for an evac, but it looks like it already left, and i'm not gonna trouble you that much"
| "Let's make some noise"
>A large pickup truck covered in half-rusted bits of salvaged armor rounds a corner in a far street, on its back is a similarly rust-plated shielded turret, spraying bullets at the soldiers milling about
| >While the rest of the teams have already gone, Echo-2 is still on the street. They grab Dahk and head back in to the alleyway they came from.
"Echo-1, we have some resistance, provide overwatch from rooftops."
/Roger, ETA 2 minutes./
| "Oh fucking he-"
>Dahk grunts as she is grabbed, almost dropping the gun she pulled out in reaction
"Thanks guys"
| >The VTOLS flying around are then met with rocket fire from the ground, From those that don't appreciate sky coverage
| >One of the VTOLs goes down, and the worst one to go down. The VTOL had a Swiss cross, but not the ones with Cain and co.
>The rest convert to fast flight and flares, and get the hell out of dodge.
| "Nope no big brother's gonna watch over me anymore no sirreeee"
>A man in a scrap metal ant mask declares as he fires a rocket propelled grenade in a barrage amongst other similarly scrap-armored rioteers
| "What the fuck do these assholes even want!"
>Tuna covers.her ears just wanting to be the fuck out of here
| >The scrap-armored truck wildly speeds in, ready to machinegun anyone uniformed or armed. Excepting civilians
| >Multiple flashes spark high up in the sky.
>Sudden feeling of impending doom would arise in the hearts of those on the ground.
| >>212689
>The rockets are aimed manually without any homing systems. But they come randomly from unpredictable directions. The men below wear similarly unpredictable gear ranging from heavy suits of welded metal to kevlar vests to nothing at all. All wear various masks of metal, cloth or whatever scrap they seem to have gotten a hold of. Gasmasks, Scarves, an unruly mess of Rioteers lynching anyone in uniform
| >>212700
>Lucky, the VTOLs are now out of range of the RPGs and are safely out of reach.
>>212698
>Unlucky, all the truck finds is a few grenades rolled under its chassis, most likely the weakest point, while the half squad of men and a cripple dodge further in to an alleyway.
| >What was mere flashes seconds ago, now are four bright stars.
>Bright stars, beneath the clouded skies. Terrifying silence followed their way towards the ground.
| /All squads, all squads. Get in to head cover now./
| >The grenade blow the truck toppling it to the side
>A Rioteer in rusted heavy metal armor crawls out of the turret clutching his head
| >Finally, sound reaches the ground. Horrible, shrill screeching of four tungsten rods falling towards the ground pierces the ears of those on foot.
>The rods themselves are clearly visible now, 20 foot long, engulfed in flames, but it no longer matters. Anyone, who did not take cover prior, is now as good as dead.
| >>212716
>The collateral damage to the city is no small matter. The kinetic bombardment raises buildings, roads, huge parts of the residential that was Cathedral-3 is left a smoldering ruin
>Among Rioteers, GCPD officers sent to quell the violence, Civilians running away from the chaos or hiding within their own homes, all erased from existence
| (Cathedral-3 has been obliterated. Updating wiki...)
| >VTOLs return from their hospital visit, landing in the rubble. People begin unloading from it, and begins setting up basic shelter, while others go and search the rubble for survivors.
| >They Eventually find Echo-2 and Dahk, but their state is unknown. The are quickly carried back to the base camp, where they are treated. Most Of Echo-2 are fine, minus the one head injury, but the rest go out and help. Dahk lies, state unknown.
| >Dahk, while in a stable condition, managed to get her left *arm* completely mangled, and it probably needs to be amputated. Oh well, atleast they match!
| (*Other Leg)
| (*Actually nah, i already said arm, it's arm. Sorry for the the retretcon)
| "Ma'am, I'm going to need to amputate your arm, are you going to be ok with this?"
>One of Bravo takes care of you.
| >Dahk looks through with hazy eyes
"Just do it while i'm still in shock"
| >Bravo guy sighs, and injects you with some of that brain-numbing morphine, while sterilizing his tools.
"This won't hurt a bit. I hope."
>He begins his work.
| >Dahk winces, the morphine certainly made her numb, but it still hurt like hell
| "It's fine, the pain reminds me i'm still alive"
| "Hold it in gurllie, hold it in."
>The Bravo med is now just stitching up the stump. Due to his expertise, all the nerve endings and connetions have been routed back in to the body, preserved for use with augments.
>large helicopters begin delivering in walling as per Cain's demands.
"I don't care what it costs, I want walls to protect the people. We need more spacing too, for there are going to be a lot of refugees. And someone get Alfa, and send them down one of the holes!"
| "I've done what I can ma'am, but the next ticket out of here is that VTOL there, they are loading it up with severe cases, you might be able to catch a ride to the hospital, I can carry you over there, and from when you land, they will provide you with a wheelchair. Is that OK?"
>The Bravo med explains the situation, pointing to a now set-up helipad, where injured go to get lifted out of the disaster zone.
>Meanwhile...
"Ma'am, Alfa is ready!"
| > Dahk breathes a sigh of relief, still numb from the morphine
"Thanks Doc, I'd appreciate it. You take care of yourself too alright? no use dying from overwork..."
| "Sorry lass. So you need that princess carry or ney?"
>The Bravo med jokes, before he grabs Dahk anyway, and begins to carry her over to the helipad, carrying her like a princess.
| >Dahk blushes
"ehehheh... it's almost like a dream, being princess carried so daintly like this... Well missing a few dozen lbs worth of limbs help, but..."
| "I've carried full grown men before, so you feel like a feather lass."
>The Bravo med drops you off at the VTOL, He shouts to the operator in the VTOL.
"You take care of her, alright?"
"Alright!"
>He waves you off as you fly off.
| >The evac zone has now built up to the size of an FOB base, having people come in from the rubble, while volunteers work on finding more. People are being feed while they wait for evac, or exhausted troopers have their deserved meal, while nearby, the wounded get treated by the minute, trying to keep up to the slowly increasing line, and the slowly dwindling supplies.
| >a swarm of 100 drones converge towards the evac zone.
>they all drop off crates of medical supplies before floating away in Search of survivors
| >The medical staff, comprised of Bravo and volunteers, cheer for the arrival of the drones, as several tables at the canteen leave their meals to follow the drones to find more people. Cain herself arrives shortly after, helping out where she can.
| >A single VTOL splits off from the regular flight path, heading for one of the holes in the districts.
/Good luck Alfa, you sure as hell will need it./
/Roger that Cain, keep the civvies safe./
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| >The air smells of smoke and blood, and multiple bodies litter the ground. It seems that gangsters fought here either left or all died, for nothing seems alive