Well here it is, my first Appleseed fic. Hope you like it. I don't mind flames I don't mind non-flames either.
Disclaimer: I own no part of the Appleseed saga. I just bought the movie On Demand that's about all
Spoiler Alert: If you have not seen nor finished Appleseed 2 Ex Machina you may not want to read this so go watch it and read and review this
Bullets sprayed wildly as Deunan stealthily hid behind a wall at a bank. A gang of cyborgs held a group of tellers and a few civilians hostage. One was armed with a construction landmate, the others with automatic rifles. They fired from all angles and had her soundly pinned down. She was nearly out of ammo. She took a passive breath and bit a pin off of a flash grenade. She threw it up in the air and rolled out from behind the wall. She quickly ran across the open hall and scanned the area. As soon as the grenade exploded, all gunshots ceased except a few single bursts. The sound of shells bouncing on the floor rang through the building as well as quick echoing footsteps. As visibility returned, Deunan had disappeared. The cyborgs that weren't guarding hostages were down and the landmate was disabled. There were a few moments of silence before the man in charge gave out orders.
"Find her, now!" he screamed. His subordinates slowly walked off, scanning the area carefully. When they reached the center of the room, a loud clang echoed behind them.
"Looking for me?" Briareos said before shooting the boss cyborg in the head. The others turned and readied themselves to fire. Deunan, from a beam overhead, dropped down behind the one on the far left and stabbed his eye-scope with a knife. She quickly dispatched the others with a shot in the head.
"Nice work." she said as she started for the exit.
"Nice shooting." Briareos replied as he followed his partner outside.
"Good work as always you two." Lance said over the headset. "Secure the hostages. We're on our way."
"Come on; let's get out of here before something blows up again." Deunan smiled as she left the building. Briareos followed. Outside, ES.W.A.T. reinforcements as well as some police arrived. Carrier planes, landmates and the people in them were scattered all over the parking lot. In the midst of all the confusion, a light green motorcycle weaved through the jumbled mess of vehicles and people toward the carrier that Lance was exiting and came to a smooth fishtail stop. The rider, wearing a black and green jacket with white pinstripes along the sleeves and blue jeans, kicked down its stand and opened her visor revealing shining grey eyes. "Please don't tell me you're splitting us up again." Deunan sighed.
"Nope, not this time. But this is another new recruit." Lance said as he approached. "Athena brought her in herself." She pulled her helmet halfway over her head and leaned folded arms on her handlebars. Deunan gasped. She had features very similar to her own. She sported spiky brown hair that came to about her shoulders, styled almost identically to Deunan's. Her grey eyes accented her brazen skin and she didn't look any older than 20-something. "Briareos, Deunan, this is Tenari."
"Another Bioroid, huh? So where'd they get my DNA from?" Deunan asked smugly.
"She's not a Bioroid. She's human." Tereus appeared from behind Lance. "She's my new partner."
"I suppose the Prime Minister thought that we could use another female around." Lance shrugged. "She's pretty good too. Plucked right from the battlefield just like you were, Deunan. She only missed breaking your simulation record by fifteen seconds, so she's serious business." He said with a confident nod. "Anyway you guys are off duty for the rest of the day so show her around town, make her feel welcome." he waved as walked back towards the police force that started to investigate the crime scene.
"I've heard a lot about you two." Tenari said with a smirk.
"Can't say we've heard much about you." Deunan said. "No offense." she finished.
"None taken." Tenari replied. "You don't get too much recognition for being second best."
"Though, I've heard about the female soldier that took down a whole New Atlantis aerial squad." Deunan said.
"With a handgun." Tenari shrugged.
"That's incredible." Tereus said. "How'd you do it?"
"I was in what was left of a city and New Atlantis decided to launch an aerial attack knowing that some people fighting against them had set up camp there. New Atlantean fighter pilots always fly low when attacking. So I got to the roof of a building and jumped onto a plane and shot the others engines out. Then I found my way into the plane I was shooting from. Got shot on the arm twice, took everyone on the plane out and crash landed in some type of desert. I got no further than a mile when my infected gun wound made me pass out. I woke up here a few days later on a lab table. I had no clue where I was so my first instinct was to get out. Caused a little fuss until Athena stopped me." Tenari said.
"Let me guess. You took Hitomi as a hostage." Deunan smirked.
"She was the closest to me." Tenari shrugged. "Why, she told you?"
"No, I did too." Deunan chuckled. "What'd you say to her?"
"'Move and I'll - -'"
"Snap your neck?" Deunan interrupted. "That's what I said too. What platoon were you from?"
"First. I was the not-so-legendary female from the first platoon." Tenari grumbled.
"Everyone was killed in Africa but me." Briareos said. "I was first platoon leader at the time."
"I was the rookie who only got into first platoon because of family ties." Tenari said. Briareos still looked uninformed. "They called me Kickback because I fired a handgun gun without holding it right and it recoiled back on my forehead."
"That was you?" Briareos said.
"The seventeen-year-old you wouldn't let fight." Tenari said as she held up her hair covering the scar on her forehead. "Which, looking back on that moment, was pretty smart because I would've gotten us all killed."
"Wow, you've grown a lot since then." Briareos said.
"Well it's been almost four years. It doesn't take long to learn how to aim and shoot." Tenari shrugged.
"I have heard about the first platoon soldier, the only one who survived Africa." Deunan said. "But I always thought it was Briareos."
"No, it was me. They called me the phantom. I always heard rumors about myself but no one ever knew it was me. I thought that was cool." Tenari giggled.
"You seem pretty qualified, then. And you three have quite a bit in common." Tereus smiled.
"Yeah I guess so." Deunan said with a small smile.
Tenari smiled then looked to Briareos. "I've never met a Hecatonchire before."
"That's because I'm the only one whose body could adapt to this thing." he said.
"Do you regret it at all, if you don't mind me asking?" Tenari asked respectfully.
"No, because if this hadn't have been done then I would've died on the battlefield and would've never seen Deunan again. But I do miss my hair, though, but beggars can't be choosers." Briareos said.
"I understand." Tenari replied with a smile.
"Well since it's metal man's birthday, we can go out on the town tonight." Deunan said as she punched Briareos playfully in the shoulder.
"Sounds good." Tereus smiled and folded his arms. "I'll give her a tour of Olympus and we'll see you two later on tonight." Tereus said.
"Okay, see you two later then." Deunan said as she and Briareos headed for a carrier plane. Tereus turned back to Tenari who looked back up at him.
"So, now what?" Tenari said as placed her hands on the center of her handlebars.
"Follow me back to HQ so I can change and I'll show you around."