Frontline War

最前線の戦争

(Saizensen no sensō)

Chapter 9:- Into Oblivion

Opening Theme: under 'Mebius' - Minori Chihara

Ending Theme: From the Edge - FictionJunction feat. LiSA

-Outside in the city, the sight of a few T-Dolls were seen shooting at a giant Trigger tripod that was floating a few feet above the ground-

Glock17: Where's the backup?!

SPAS: They've been wiped out! We're on our own!

Glock17: Of all times..

Thompson: Mind if I recommend something?

SPAS: What is it?

Thompson: Retreat.

SPAS: I agree on that.

Glock17: Me too! Let's get the hell outta here!

-The three girl then quickly turned and ran away from the floating machine but the machine sets its eyes down at the girls as its single eye glowed and fired a bright yellow beam at the girls, causing the three girls to disappear upon contact-

Girl: Earth has caused the first Oblivion, it is time for their second Oblivion, or in the words of a Human: their second "Cataclysm". -The girl with bronze coloured eyes said as she was wearing a pale white dress and had a halo above her head along with a pair of hollow-like wings. The tripod behind her would then aim its head up high and fire the beam of light at the Moon, as it was pulling the Moon towards the Earth-

-Underground, the sight of the captive members were seen locked up in a chamber with their arms and legs tied up as Task Force 404 along with Chroma and Springfield were in front of a small computer monitor as they were looking through a camera that was facing towards the Tripod-

Springfield: It's back again..

UMP9: W-What is that thing?

Chroma: The Galactic Tripod. It's the Trigger faction's ultimate weapon, an Experimental class weapon that could destroy planets in hours.

UMP45: If it's that powerful, how did the Humans get away from it?

Chroma: Some were lucky enough to be in underground during the situation or perhaps were in the deep pacific.

HK416: Do we have a plan to defeat it?

Chroma: No.

HK416: Eh?

UMP9: No?!

Qwin: Oi! Chroma! You said you were going to show me the hope that Humanity will still be able to live! What happened to that hope?!

Chroma: Gone, because of my mistake! -He said as he yelled and got up from his seat-

UMP45: Your fault? What do you mean?

Chroma: Well... To tell you all the truth...I- -Before he could speak, Springfield held onto the man's hand and looked up at him with a saddened and worried look on her face as Chroma turned to look at Springfield and was shocked to see such a look from her as he felt his heart shattered into pieces just from staring at Springfield's saddened look- Springfield..

Springfield: N-Now isn't the time..!

Chroma: But...They need to know!

Springfield: No! No! They don't have to know!

UMP45: Tell us. -She said as she glared at her own Commander and aimed her gun at the man's head. Chroma was taken aback by UMP45's threat as he had no words in response to UMP45's threat but HK416 retaliated by knocking UMP45's gun away from her and would elbow her fellow teammate's face, causing the girl to fall to the ground from the powerful surprise attack as HK416 gave a death glare at UMP45 while aiming her rifle right at her teammate's head as the laser sight was on- Wha-?! What do you think you're doing HK416?!

HK416: Threaten him again and I'll blow your head off.

UMP45: You dare disobey me?! I am your squadron leader!

HK416: And he is our Commander! Our Creator and you want to kill him?!

UMP45: If he's not going to give us an idea on how to get rid of that damn floating Cyclops out there, we're all going to die! I'd rather find a solution and kill him than sit here and do goddamn nothing!

HK416: The Commander had created over thousands to nearly millions of T-Dolls for decades and he just lost more than 90% of his army in less than an hour of arriving to the base!

UMP45: He can just recreate them again.

HK416: You little bitch.. -She got frustrated as she was about to fire her gun but UMP9 had her own gun pointed at HK416's head but G11 quickly got up as she had her gun pointed at UMP9's back-

UMP9: Put the gun down G11.

G11: You first.

Chroma: Stop it! All of you!

UMP45: Shut the hell up! I'm done taking orders from someone who can't even find a solution on stopping the Trigger faction! We've been facing this war for decades and made zero progress from the war! The only difference is that our numbers grew! We could've used that to our advantage at the start like how AK12 did! Are you that blind or are you just afraid?!

Chroma: YES! I AM AFRAID!

UMP45: Huh?

Chroma: I am afraid. I lost so many things in my life and I just don't want to lose them again.. That's why I created you guys...For my own selfish needs..

G11: What do you mean by that?

Chroma: I was alone.. In the deep sea...For years, I was the only one in that god forsaken marine base under the pacific ocean..I wanted to kill myself! But...I was too afraid to even die by myself. Which lead me to create you T-Dolls. The first to be created was HK416.

HK416: W-Wait...So you're saying that you are... "Tanebata Koga"?

Chroma: Yes...I am..

Qwin: Tanebata Koga..?!

UMP45: The one who created the Trigger faction and brought Earth to its calamity! You brought the great Cataclysm to your own planet!

Springfield: It wasn't his fault!

UMP45: You be quiet! You ran from your own fault! You created us so that you can hide from the thing that could kill you! You made us fight in a war that we could never win to begin with! What the Hell is wrong with you?!

Chroma: I'm sorry..

UMP45: No! I had enough of this! If you're not going to fight that damn thing out there then I will! -She said as she grabbed her gun and walked out of the lower level and freed the other T-Dolls in the chambers as the girls followed UMP45 along with UMP9 while G11, HK416, Springfield and Qwin stayed back with Chroma-

HK416: I was the first to be created?

Chroma: Ah...Yes, you were, but your emotional body system was not mature at the time you were created, so it took you awhile to be awaken. After you was Springfield and then the rest came in.

HK416: Why was I the first..?

Chroma: Because.. Here.. -He took out his wallet and showed HK416 a picture of himself with a woman who looked exactly like HK416 as the two were holding hands- That was my wife..

HK416: Your wife...?

Chroma: Yes..

HK416: So...I was made to just be your...Replacement..?

Chroma: Truth be told...Yes...I'm so sorry..

HK416: I see... -As there was a moment of silence, HK416 then turned and left the lower levels to meet up with UMP45 and her group, G11 watched HK416 leave and would then follow her as well while Springfield, Chroma and Qwin watched them leave-

Chroma: I'm sorry...I'm so sorry... -Springfield would embrace her commander with a big warm heart while Qwin patted the man's back lightly as the two tried to comfort Chroma-

Springfield: We'll find a way together, okay? So just hang in there..

Chroma: Right..

Qwin: Should we really leave those girls up there?

Springfield: If that is what they must do, we cannot question them..

Qwin: I see..

-Outside, the large squad of T-Dolls were heading towards the Tripod as the Tripod was being attacked by the auto defences of Diamond city. The girls saw a woman sitting on top one of the Tripod's legs-

UMP45: Her...It's her!

UMP9: Who? It's Madonna?!

UMP45: No, you idiot! It's Trident! She finally showed herself!

AK12: I thought she was an A.I? How did she even get a body in the first place?

Operator: It is possible for Trigger units to adapt and evolve throughout their years of battle, this is all part of evolution.

UMP45: You don't say? Hmph! Whatever! M4A1, she's all yours!

M4A1: Gotcha. -She said as she took out an RPG and aimed right at Trident and fired a single rocket from the RPG- Eat an explosion, you psychotic bioroid! -The missile would explode upon contact as it created a massive explosion, causing the Tripod to stop its movement. The smoke cleared from the explosion as it revealed that Trident was unscathed from the attack, she stared at the group of girls from a distance and would point at them as a swarm of Trigger units would charge towards them below the Tripod's feet- We got incoming!

UMP45: Hold them off! -The girls began shooting at the Swarm that was charging towards them at front but they were slowly getting overwhelmed as the numbers of Trigger units began to increase, multiple explosions occurred as the girls looked back to see an army of Humans charging towards the Swarm as they had tanks, trucks and many other vehicles transporting thousands of Humans- It's the Burning Eclipse!

AK12: The Chinese army? Well about damn time! -A few humans ran up front with swords and killed multiple Trigger units and missiles were seen flying across the battlefield and would hit the hundreds of Trigger machines as there were large number of helicopters along with fighter jets flying around the city, attacking all of the Trigger units-

Trident: Humans? Pesky cockroaches. Well whatever, let the Swarm finish them, I have business with Koga. -She sat back down as the Tripod began to slowly float towards Diamond city but in a second from just starting to move the Tripod, a massive explosion would hit both the Tripod's front and back side, causing it to stop- Tsk! What now? -She turned to look around to see what it was and saw the sight of HK416 running from one building to another as she was firing her explosive acid ammo, she turned to the other side and saw G11 also doing the same thing that HK416 was doing- Annoying insects.. I'll end you all right now! -The Tripod charged up a beam from its eye and was about to fire but a large purple blast would hit the eye of the Tripod as it created a massive explosion that caused the Earth to shake and caused the feet of the Tripod to hit the ground- Agh! W-What was that?! -She looked down and head and saw the sight of Springfield on her knees with her gun pointing right at the Tripod as she fired a miniature Nuclear bullet at the Tripod- You! You! YOU! -Trident was getting angry but a bright flash of lightning would hit Trident and the Tripod, causing the woman to scream in pain from the shock, she blinked a few times and saw the sight of Chroma Krone walking up to Springfield from behind as he had his sword pointing up at the sky- Tanebata Koga!

Chroma: Springfield..

Springfield: You don't have to say anything, my dear Commander~

Chroma: -He smiled and pointed his sword at the Tripod as the city defences would begin firing all of their weapons at the Tripod- Fire.

-The song Brave Heart was heard as it was playing in the background within Diamond city. HK416 stopped and was in tears as she saw Chroma fighting as she had a smile on her face-

HK416: Welcome back, Commander..

"If you give up and run,

Anybody can do that

If we work together,

We can do it

There's a reason that you can't do it on your own

On this blue planet

It will never lose it's light

Seize it! The dreams you have granted!

Protect it! Your important friends!

Until you become a brave self

The unknown power dwells in,

And your Heart sets on fire

No matter what the wish is, it's not a lie!

It will surely be granted...

Show me your Brave Heart!

Not every day could be sunny,

At sometimes,

But, even though a cold rain is falling,

Just open your umbrella

There's no map of how to live, but,

It's free after all

If anybody can go anywhere, you should too

Run for it! Faster than the wind!

Aim for it! Farther than the skies!

Until you meet your new self

When the unknown courage is sleeping within,

Your Heart realized

That from your chest, the downpour

Will surely stop...

Show me your Brave Heart!

Seize it! For the bright tomorrow!

Protect it! your beloved ones!

Until you become a brave self

Crush it! Your desperate self!

Cut it! Striking down the walls!

Your hot heartbeat will become your weapon

Believe in your Heart!"

Chroma: I may be a failure, I may be weak, but that does not mean I will abandon my family! -He said as his eyes glowed and his sword glowed as well. It was then a black and white giant mechanical Lion walked up to Chroma from behind as it appeared from within the city. The machine roared loudly and glared at the Tripod in front of it-

Trident: This time..

Chroma: This time..

Trident & Chroma: I'll finish you once and for all!

-TO BE CONTINUED-

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

The giant mechanical Lion was based on Chroma's astral deity, which was a Lion. His favourite animal is also the Lion.