RECAP - Corporal Yuzuru Otonashi was re-living through the memories of his past, consisting of both tragic and happy moments. After reuniting with his old friends, he had volunteered for the Stealth Peace Army, working with his close friend and superior, Sergeant Yuri Nakamura. Back in his present, Cpl. Otonashi in vicinity of a Mutation bomb, was in panic having no clues of disarming it. Captain Reznov and his Piranha Squad had arrived to his rescue. Lt. Sanderson and Cpl. Allen get busy in disarming the heinous bomb.


CHAPTER 3 - THE NOVA HOSTILITY (PART 2)


0845 hours

Tokyo, Japan

9th July, 19XX

Corporal Joseph Allen

1st Piranha Squad, 5th Battalion, 2nd Rangers Regiment, Stealth Peace Army

"Looks like it's over." I said upon the bomb's disposal. I had helped Lt. Sanderson alias Roach to get the job done.

"Yeah." Roach agreed, "Damn, this damn bomb was encrypted. Who the hell are these guys?" He asked of the unknown enemies.

"Get ready, you two. Our comrades have prepared us a ride to our next destination." Cpt. Reznov mentioned.

"We'll be landing in the Akihabara Station, am I right?" Sgt. MacGregor asked.

"Yeah. The hostiles might be lurking around the entire area, which includes the station as well. Sgt. Nakamura's allied squad will update us with intel on the way."

"Alright. I guess we are done here." Roach said holding the bomb, "Is the bomb retrieval squad coming to take this beast?"

"No, but Sgt. Miller will take it to the headquarters. A retrieval squad will be sent to the next place, if we must find a bomb."

"Alright, I'm here. Let's take this beast out of the station." Sgt. Miller showed up. I got up and grabbed the bomb along with the others, pulling it out of the cubicle. We had found ourselves onto one of the platforms of the Asakusa Station, with a trolley and box concealing the bomb from public view. We had deployed the trolley onto the rails and pulled it out of the tunnel. Roach, Sgt. MacGregor, myself and Sgt. Miller had picked up the heinous bomb and put it inside the Toyota GX71.

"Alright, Sgt. Miller. Good luck with this bomb and watch out for hostiles." said Cpt. Reznov.

"Yes, sir. I'll be arriving in Akihabara once I get the job done." Sgt. Miller had left with the Toyota.

We returned back into the station. Sgt. Nakamura was waiting for us at the end of the train. She mentioned, we were to ride it to the next station.

"What are you saying? Look at all the people trying to get onto the train. There's no way there'll be no suspicion." Sgt. MacGregor made a point.

"Don't worry. I have talked with the train officials about our situation. We showed them JSDF references sent from Cpt. Masaki. The train operators have complied with our request to clear out the last compartment. No harm done." Sgt. Nakamura replied, "The JSDF has no idea of what's going on."

"But they might get notice." Cpt. Reznov warned, "The hostiles in Akihabara must've alerted the police in the area. We might soon have to cross path against the JSDF, if they find out about the hostiles' motives. We have to move."

"Right, I know. That's why we are ready to depart in mere moments." Sgt. Nakamura replied. Us and the Sergeant's squad had boarded the train, which dashed off the next moment.

We were halfway to our destination. Sgt. Nakamura had received a report from her second squad stationed in Akihabara.

"Looks like the hostiles have escaped into the main township, inside the Electric Town." mentioned Sgt. Nakamura.

"Our luck wasn't good but this is simply the worst. How in the world will we find them in the crowd?" asked the Sergeant's comrade, Pvt. Hinata. Tokyo was one of the densest cities in the world and I had heard of Akihabara's population and crowd.

"There's no point in complaining, Hideki. Time is of the essence and we'll have to retrieve any bombs within the next six hours. That was what the timer had mentioned in the previous bomb diffused." the medic, Cpl. Otonashi mentioned.

"Sergeant, report your other squads in various places, to retrieve and deliver any found bombs to the headquarters. Also, let Cpt. Masaki know of our motive to investigate the affiliations of the hostiles." said Cpt. Reznov.

"Yes, sir." Sgt. Nakamura replied.

The train had reached the station. Cpt. Reznov led the whole squad outside.

"Locate your second squad in the area, Sergeant." He asked Sgt. Nakamura to locate her men. The latter mentioned that the troops were stationed inside one of the city blocks.

"It'll get difficult to track the enemies in this hour. My second squad mentioned them of wearing casual attire, during the encounter." Sgt. Nakamura said.

"I guess there's no other choice." Cpt. Reznov had understood the situation, "Tell your second squad to stay put. We'll take things over from them."

We had to evade public attention and traversed the distance in cover. Security seemed to have been tight after the hostile encounter with Sgt. Nakamura's second squad. It seemed as if the police were searching for the perpetrators like us. We had to sneak through unused alleys and buildings basements to meet up with the second squad.

"The hostiles have escaped into various directions." mentioned a soldier.

"Right. We will take over the operation from here." Cpt. Reznov told the second squad, as he dropped his weapons, "Dimitri, watch out the area with your Dragunov. Mac, you stay here with your M60; I have a hunch we'll be needing some heavy firepower. Roach, Allen, drop all weapons except your handguns; we are going civilian. Sgt. Nakamura, get ready."

Sgt. Nakamura nodded and picked up her fire team from her squad. It consisted of Pvt. Shiina, an assassin (the trooper who had shot the knife at the Captain in the Asakusa tunnel); Cpl. Tachibana, a rather small yet a strong trooper (as mentioned by the Sergeant herself); and Cpl. Otonashi, the medic. The new squad was rearranged into two fire teams; the first consisted of the Captain himself, Pvt. Shiina, Cpl. Tachibana and myself. The second team had Roach, Sgt. Nakamura & Cpl. Otonashi. Sgt. Petrenko had disappeared through the alleyway to find locations to keep over watch upon us and the enemies. The rest of Sgt. Nakamura's first squad was stationed along with Sgt. MacGregor, and the second squad until further orders.

Pvt. Shiina represented the scout for our team and led us through the busy streets. Before we could've realised, we were inside an unknown café in our search and yeah, feeling awkward. A waitress had showed up to us, dressing up as a maid.

"Welcome home, Masters!" she greeted us with the happiest smile.

"What?" I was surprised. So was Captain Reznov.

"Sorry, young lady. We are not your 'Masters'." the Captain replied.

"Everyone is a master in our café. Please come in." the waitress urged. Before we could've said anything more, she had taken us to a table. More of her colleagues showed up dressed as maids, offering service.

"Allen, what's going on here?" the Captain was confused.

"This doesn't seem like a usual café that we are used to." I said.

"This is a maid café." Cpl. Tachibana clarified our doubts.

"Seems logical." I replied, looking at the maids and the design of the café, "Seems weird, what are we doing here?"

"Look over there." Pvt. Shiina had pointed at a group of three men sitting on the other side. She had showed us the photographs we had retrieved from the second squad. It showed the vague images of the hostiles.

The Captain looked at one of the guys. The latter was seen hiding a handgun into his pocket.

"That's them, alright." I replied, catching glimpse of the same.

"Should we attack?" Pvt. Shiina.

"No, let them get out first. We can't risk civilian casualties." the Captain said.

It took not long for the three men to get up from their seats.

"Looks impatient, don't they?" Cpt. Reznov wondered.

"Would you like anything else, sir?" A maid came up to the hostiles. She had made an accidental bump upon the guy with the hand gun, which had dropped his weapon. The young maid gasped in horror to find the gun on the ground. She cried out and the other people in café got notice of the situation. The hostile had picked up the handgun and took the girl hostage.

"If you know what's right for you, you won't make a noise or call the police. This girl's life is at stake here." he warned. He and his two men approached for the back door.

"Let's move." Cpt. Reznov whispered to us. The hostiles weren't paying attention to us as we snuck through the crowd to avoid their eyes. They escaped through the back door.

The Captain's radio had crackled through the receiver. Sgt. Petrenko reported about the current event.

"Three hostiles and a girl have left your position and are heading north." he said, "Should I top the hostiles?"

"No, wait. We can't risk the hostage, and we will need to catch those three alive." Captain Reznov replied, "Keep tracking them, Dimitri."

We got out of the back door and found the hostiles heading out through the alleyway. Sgt. Petrenko was said to have been stationed atop a building's roof near the road on the other side.

"You won't believe this, Viktor. There are more of them in my sight." Sgt. Petrenko replied.

"What's going on, Dimitri?"

"I see two helicopters heading in from the north." Sgt. Petrenko reported, "Shit! They're firing at me!"

We could hear machine gun fire from above. Sgt. Petrenko's location was compromised by the hostile helicopters that had passed us overhead in mere moments.

"Talk to me, Dimitri. Are you all right?" Cpt. Reznov yelled at the radio speaker. The sniper Sergeants' voice crackled back into the receiver, "Yeah, I haven't been hit. I'll be fine."

"Hold on a moment, Dimitri." Cpt. Reznov had cut off the line and connected with Lt. Sanderson, "Roach, do you copy?"

"Yeah, loud and clear, Captain. What's going on? I had heard some gunfire." Roach replied.

"Dimitri's position was compromised."

"I have a report here, Captain. We managed to get hold of one of the hostile commanders and I think you should see this, sir."

We weren't expecting that. Cpt. Reznov had to come up with a quick plan to handle the hostiles on all the flanks.

"Allen, Shiina, Tachibana. Apprehend those rats on the run." he said. We could see the hostiles on the far side of the alley, getting away with the maid girl.

"Don't let them escape, but don't kill them yet. We might have some use from them." the Captain added. He reconnected his radio with Sgt. Petrenko, "Dimitri, do you copy?"

"Yeah, loud and clear. Looks like the helicopters are headed for the harbour."

"Meet up back with Mac and Sgt. Nakamura's troops. Pursue the helicopters and locate them if they are to land. Let Sgt. Miller know of the change of plans. If a bomb retrieval squad's arriving here, let me know." the Captain gave specific orders.

"Roger." Sgt. Petrenko replied.

We headed out without further ado. Despite their attempts to escape our gazes, the hostiles from the café were within our sights. Private Shiina and Corporal Tachibana had run ahead of me to apprehend the enemies. I took out my hand gun and aimed at the hostiles. The orders were clear in my head; not to kill any one of them. Instead, I had aimed down the iron sights upon their legs, and let the bullets loose. The hostiles were shot down to the ground, releasing the maid girl from their grasps. Pvt. Shiina and Cpl. Tachibana had apprehended the three crooks.

I had reported back to the Captain of our success.

"Good. Bring those hostiles to Roach's location, Allen. I'm heading there as we speak." he mentioned.

"Is there news on any bombs, sir?" I asked.

"Yeah, Roach was able to pull out a whole roster of them. We haven't much time left." the Captain sounded tensed.


TO BE CONTINUED...