Imperial arm: living, dog, transformation: own will, small: fast and smart, large: brute force,

Name: Pops, the sentient predator

Owner: Sochi, 1. Medic Company, no special weapon, leather armour under uniform

Looks: black, huge chest piece, slender body, white dots, American bulldog + Border collie, core in left eye,

Story:

A/N: This time, we will accompany night raid on a mission, that on the surface locks easy, but take a turn for the worse. A/N

Chapter 8: kill the ship raid

From the roof of a nearby building, I scouted the dock where my target was located. By my side was my loyal companion, and primary weapon, obviously holding itself back. Down in the alley below me, several other shadows could be seen, all waiting for my command. At that moment, out of nowhere, a dog appeared from the main road leading to the docks. "Great " I thought, "now at all times, a stray dog shows up, and might mess everything up, if the dog finds us and barks, we most likely will have to return to HQ, and miss out on this great opportunity to catch them."

As I finished my train of thoughts, the situation turned in an unpredictable direction, when the dog suddenly grew to an enormous size. "Jackpot" I grinned to myself in a low voice, just before shouting to the men below me "heads up everyone, it looks like we have a 'user' and it is not an ally." The men gave off a battle cry, as they rushed out from the shadows, and moved to intercept the attackers. "Guess we should join to Coro, justice must be dealt to evil."

How does a plan go wrong so fast? It all seemed fine until Pops transformed, then everything went downhill fast from there. Why were there a half division stationed at the harbor, in the middle of the night, all battle ready? And why was half of them using muskets, and the other half clad in steel armor, welding spears and shields? It was almost as if they had been waiting for us, and prepared the best equipment to counter Pops. And the icing on the cake was a Teigu user, with an organism based Teigu, running right behind the vanguard of the group. "Regroup, and get ready to fight, unforeseen enemy engaging" as I shouted my scouting information to the others, they immediately took action.

Bulat shifted from a casual body pose, to one where he was ready to engage at any moment. Akame placed her hand on the hilt of Murasame, and also got ready to fight. Leone just smiled, as her hair grew longer, and her hands turned into something resembling paws. Lubbock drew his signature weapons, consisting of a pair of double barreled pistols, and I pulled my specially made long-range musket rifle from my back.

"Everyone, engage" Najenda's voice echoed out in the night, as we took our best fighting positions. At the same time Pops met with the front of the enemy's vanguard, and hell broke loose. Pops, Leone and Bulat was our front line, and they were basically mowing through the enemies. Lubbock hold the left flank by himself, putting his skill with the pistols to good use. I held the right flank, picking off those who might escape the onslaught of 3 Teigu's at the same time. In the middle of all the chaos, Najenda stayed cool and collected, always keeping an overall view of the fight.

Soon only a small group remained, and they hurriedly scattered. As Najenda was about to call everyone back, a shadow appeared behind her, seemly out of nowhere. As the shadow prepared to attack, I thought fast, and not a moment too soon I kicked the legs away under Najenda. She didn't even hit the ground before a swarm of bullets filled the space she where before. I used the momentum from the kick to swing myself back to my feet, and prepared to identify the attacker. This turned out to be my first mistake, as the floor suddenly disappeared below me.

"Crap, I forgot about the Teigu" as I finished that thought, a sudden pain came from, first my feet, but quickly moved up my legs, and as I looked down, the reason became obvious, "it is eating me? What is that monster of a Teigu?" Before I got an answer, it was kicked aside by Pops, who then gracefully caught me on her back, before jumping back down to the others.

She had barely touched the ground, before another strong pair of arms pulled me off her back. Through my blurry vision, I managed to identify Leone's face, staring at me with disbelief and choke written all over it. "Guess this is it, hu? Things were just going so well with us, but this seems to be it. My only regret is that I never is going to experience being a father." I concluded, trying to put on a smile, "don't cry Leone, you are more beautiful when you smile, take good care of our little girl, oh, right, it is a girl, Pops told me that it is a girl…" As the last word left my mouth, all faded to black.

A/N: READ THIS: Don't worry, our adventure with Leone and Sochi is nowhere over, and we have just started work on their relationship. There will be a new chapter soon, might even tomorrow, or even later today. That all, Slie out! A/N