Another fanfic? Yep, another fanfic!
Another crossover? You betcha! I love doing crossovers!
So what crossover is this time? Well, do you know/remember that game Rampage? Where you could choose a monster and had to destroy cities, vehicles and eat people? Yeah, that's the one!
Are you kidding? No, I'm not.
Another Azu fic? Yes, deal with it XD
What about the others? I'm still working on Biological Nightmare and The Daughter of Stone. I've put Hotter Than Hell on hold, and am rewriting the first 5 chapters. As for Lasciva Morbida (for which I've already posted a prologue), I'm delaying that one for another time.
Are we supposed to take this seriously? Nope, not at all. But neither is the game. The plot is thin and it doesn't really make much sense. This is just for fun. I just want you to enjoy this, so check your brain at the door and try to do so!
Azumanga Daioh is owned by Kiyohiko Azuma, and Rampage is owned by Midway. I don't own anything, except for some minor original characters.
Prologue : Scum Soda
Scumlabs; a strange and enigmatic company that has spread worldwide during the last few decades. Even though more and more facilities started to show up in the world's major cities during the early eighties, barely anyone actually knew what they did exactly. It was like, even though there was this strange factory right next door to you that was bursting with activity day in day out, they never seemed to produce anything you could buy in stores, something you could touch or look at. But it was obvious that these guys were stinking rich either way. The head principal of Scumlabs, Eustas DeMonic, rarely showed himself to the public, but when he did, his appearance was that of a typical older rich man. Big Cuban cigar in his mouth, fancy suit, and always surrounded by state of the art technology; robots were no exception at all. It was around this time, around 20 years ago, that Scumlabs thrived in the world economy, despite being one of the most cryptic companies ever. That was, until that incident...
So many people saw it happen, and some even saw it coming. The Scumlabs incident turned into a worldwide catastrophe. It caused all the facilities to be completely wiped off the map, as well as causing severe damage to many of the world's cities. Thousands of people died. It was also during this disaster that DeMonic mysteriously disappeared, although his remnants were claimed to be found by the American government. However, the government cleanly tucked them away, and diverted all blame from Scumlabs, saying it was nothing more but an "unfortunate accident". In just a few years, the whole happening was completely sweeped under the rug. The world moved on and started to rebuild, but Scumlabs wouldn't pop up again for at least 10 years. But after that time, Scumlabs would finally come alive again, with upgraded facilities showing up in the largest, most important capitals of the world, and later moving on to some of the smaller cities.
But the incident opened many people's eyes. Rumours of Scumlabs actually producing military products for biological warfare went around the globe quickly, so the second rising of the company was greeted with much negative response from the public. Also, they demanded an explanation of what happened back then, and what they did with the perpetrators that were responsible for the mayhem, all these years ago.
But Scumlabs kept everything quiet, and constantly delayed the explanations. To soothe all the negative attention, and in an attempt to weaken the probability of the rumours, Scumlabs decided to create products for the people. Simple products, like drinks and foods that anyone could enjoy, that you could find in your regular supermarket. Their first attempt turned out to be a carbonated beverage called Scum Soda, said to be the best tasting soda in the world, according to them. The soda, still in its experimental stage, was tested on several volunteers. Everyone had the same reaction; it was GREAT SODA! Unfortunately, after about a half an hour, all of them suffered from some...negative side effects. The individuals were contained, and no other word was spoken about it.
After these flops, Scumlabs recalled the Scum Soda cans. Putting this on the market would be a disaster, and could cause the company to go bankrupt again. They decided to have the contents of the drink tested again, carefully, so they could get it ready for general consumption. They could make millions with this stuff, but it could also mean their second downfall.
This is where the story begins; in the Scumlabs facility located in Osaka, Japan.
Kawaguchi Arata, the principal of the Osakan Scumlabs facility, as well as the head of the Japanese branch, sat in his office behind his big desk, and studied the results that had returned from the lab. In his office with him was Imaizumi Masaru, head scientist of the factory. He stood there quietly as his superior went over the details. Finally, Kawaguchi, a man in his late forties, looked over the papers and stared him straight in the eyes.
"Are you serious about this?" he said with a sincere tone.
"Absolutely!" Masaru answered. "All the specimens we have researched contain small amounts of mutatoxic waste. We don't know how they got in the beverage, but it's most likely that they've spilled into the main silo somehow during production."
"So you're telling me that those idiots from the American branch, the so called most competent branch of all, tested this soda, that was contaminated all along, on regular people?"
"Yes, that's how it turns out, Kawaguchi-sama. Other facilities all around the world have come up with the same results."
Kawaguchi-san calmly layed the the documents down on his desk and crossed his arms. He sighed. Then, his body began trembling, and he suddenly slammed his fist down on the desk.
"This is an OUTRAGE!" he yelled angrily, startling Masaru well. "How could they mess up like this? Do they want to drive this company into the ground again, after all the hardships to recover from last time? If this gets out, Scumlabs will be ruined!"
After he was done raging, he recollected himself and coughed nervously.
"Make sure no knowledge of this makes it out. Not of the incidents, not of the contamination, nothing, and I mean NOTHING about this can leave this company, understood?"
Masaru nodded. He knew better than to go against his boss. Besides, he was right.
"I don't believe it... You know this is going to cost Scumlabs a lot of money, right? Anyway, contact the facility in Tokyo and tell them to send all their Scum Soda units here. We are going to eliminate each and single one of them right here, as soon as possible."
"No need to worry about that, Kawaguchi-sama," Masaru assured him. "We have already contacted the Tokyo facility, and a truck is on the way as we speak."
"Good," Kawaguchi sighed. "Make sure our employees are ready. We are starting the operation as soon as they get here."
"Will do!" said Masaru. He took a bow and was about to leave, when there was a knock at the door. Kawaguchi's secretary, Inoue Hanako, a young woman in her early twenties, practically stormed into his office. Whatever she had to say, it seemed extremely urgent.
"Kawaguchi-sama, I'm sorry to bother you, but this is an emergency. I just got a call from the Tokyo facility. The truck that was on its way here was in an accident!"
Kawaguchi's eyes widened in horror. His body began tremling again and cold sweat broke out.
"Wh...what? What about the content of the truck?"
"Well, they said something about cans being strewn across the road..."
The pen that Kawaguchi was fumbling around with, broke when he clenched his fist in frustration.
"This is horrible... Tell them to care of this mess, immediately! And, also tell them to make sure that nobody else gets their hands on one of those cans, you got that? Not even the police!"
"Y-yes, Kawaguchi-sama."
With that, she left. Masaru, who was still in the room and obviously heard everything, gulped and slowly walked out.
"I'll be taking my leave now, excuse me..."
Kawaguchi sat there, alone, wiping away the sweat on his forehead. They'd better come back with some good news for a change.
A few hours later, everything was reported as "taken care of" by Scumlabs Tokyo. The traffic accident occured in Shinjuku. The truck carrying the Scum Soda cans was struck in the side by a transport vehicle on a cross section. There were no casualties, but both vehicles were totalled, and both drivers suffered minor injuries. Scumlabs confiscated all soda cans and sended them on their way to Osaka again, where they were destroyed shortly after. Satisfied that all ended well, Kawaguchi contacted other foreign facilities to destroy their units. He sighed a sigh of relief and was ready to move forward again. Soon, the American branch would remake Scum Soda, with better care this time, and even tastier than before, they promised. It would become a worldwide succes! Or not?
Unfortunately, once again, Scumlabs had blundered greatly. When they thought they had found and collected all the cans at the site of the accident, they were wrong. One can slipped past them, which had rolled underneath a parked car at the side of the road due to the impact. This one simple can of beverage would bring forth another catastrophe, and sooner than anyone could expect.