Chapter 9: deadly battles in labs
In Saseba's underground complex
Dr. Ishii loved his creations and test subjects.
However, his creations and test subjects don't love him.
And for good reason, for who would love someone who abuse you?
Now Dr. Ishii, inside another Vector Generating Craft, was looking forward to recapturing them.
"We're ready, doctor."
That was said by one of the Vector Generating Craft's crew, a man who had a Diclonius daughter then allowed his body to be modified so he couldn't have any more children told him.
Of course, Dr. Ishii was happy to agree, and put the man's daughter to sleep.
And, unknown to the now commander of the Vector Generating Craft, he used the said girl's organs for his more bizarre experiments.
Of course, it helped that the commander of the Vector Generating Craft hated Diclonius anyway.
"Very well, proceed to recapture my children." Dr. Ishii replied.
The strange craft shot out vectors at the Diclonii below it and proceed to restrain them.
Some of the Diclonii fought back, vectors reach for the craft's black metal surface...
...before the Vector Canceller turned the vectors to nothing.
Number 100, saw what was happening and fled.
Jumping out of the way of a giant vector that was coming at her, she ran toward the hole the Deltas made in the pressure door and leaped through it.
Number 97 did the same.
As did other Diclonii.
Others were not so lucky and were now captured and placed in cages, then the Vector Craft lumbered toward the escaping horned girls.
The Vector Craft, basically a giant mutant vector generating organ, crashed through the remains of the pressure doors, then propelled toward the escaping Diclonii.
"There! Get her!"
Dr. Ishii pointed to a Diclonius that was trying to hide beneath an overturned container.
The Vector craft tuned on her then grabbed her with one of its vector.
"Two to the right!"
The black metal vehicle sent two vectors out to capture the two.
But these two were harder to catch.
When the Diclonius saw the vectors coming for her, she crouched out of the way as the giant vector hand sweep toward her.
When the giant hand came back for a second try, she leaped over it, then she continue running.
The second Diclonius reacted similarly.
When the second giant vector was coming for the second Diclonius, she ran into the lab, and among the lab equipment it was hard to track her visually.
But the Vector Craft is basically a giant Diclonius, and thus, was able to sense other Diclonii, even those who are trying to hide.
So no matter what she did, the Vector Craft was on her heels.
But it was hard to maneuver a giant vector craft in a laboratory, even if it knew where the target is.
Crashing in lab equipment, knockings over specimen containers, Number 97 ran as fast as she could.
She didn't want to go back to her cell, to go through another painful experiment.
She remembered the painful injections, the cold walls, and pushed herself faster.
Her legs were cut amid the lab's many ruined glassware, but still she ran.
97 heard the giant black metal Diclonius come crashing in closer, and so she ran faster.
She saw a door, remembered how the humans have opened it, and tried to do the same.
Too late, a vector grabbed her.
Looking around she saw the Diclonius she was running with had been likewise captured.
Humans, they have betrayed you, those pathetic weaklings have left you to your fate a voice inside 97 told her. And somehow, she knew the freedom she though was coming would never come. With this knowledge, 97 cried.
Too easy though Dr. Ishii.
He though about returning his newly re-captured charge to their cells, then though about the Americans.
The Americans are still running around, I'll have to wait till they are eliminated by Takeru and his SAT before I return those little Diclonii to their cells. Otherwise, the Americans might free them again.
Dr. Ishii looked at the Diclonii, now all in special cages build into this specific Vector Craft.
I wonder how Takeru is doing with his borrowed Vector Craft? Dr. Ishii mused.
Detachment Delta vs SAT
Takeru had mauled the Deltas on their failed ambush.
But the Deltas were not done yet.
While Mary and several Deltas ran for the exit, Sanders and others prepared an ambush.
When the SAT caught up, seemly the whole area near the exit went alive with muzzle flashes as the Deltas razed their persuaders with rifle fire.
Takeru managed to take cover fast enough to avoid the worse of the Delta's barrage.
But a few of his teammates were not so lucky.
As Takeru looked, several teammates lay sprawled, their faceshields cracked white with holes made by the Americans' M4's.
When Takeru looked up again, amist the acrid gunsmoke, he saw the Americans were gone.
Then he looked at his surviving teammates.
They were a hard lot, and despite the casualties the Americans inflicted, they would go on.
Takeru threw a smoke grenade out the exit, and took off after the Americans.
Meanwhile, the remaining members of the American commandos ran up the halls, and toward the point where they were told that their reinforcements would arrived.
"Contact rear!"
Rance had saw the smoke grenade and correctly assumed the SAT were once again on their heels.
Looking around Mary saw that there was only one direction the SAT could come from.
The left.
So you are going to think of some crazy tactic to save the humans, they are fragile things, let them kill each other.
Mary hated the voice inside her.
Luckily she can always ignore it.
"Sanders, fan out into formation! Echelon left! My team! Form up on me!"
When the SAT caught up,already the Deltas were in position.
Sanders and four other Deltas have formed up in a line to cover the threat from the left, while Mary and her team had been similarly prepared.
Again, the halls went alive with muzzle flashes.
But this time the SAT have prepared.
As soon as the Deltas opened up, the SAT did the unexpected: they rushed forward and fired full auto.
This time the SAT didn't hit broomsticks and bucket decoys, but the live bodies of their enemies.
The team was getting mauled badly.
"Fall back!!"
Despite their casualties, the Delta made an organized retreat.
While one team was moving, the others covered them with full auto fire, then they switched positions and the cycle continued.
The SAT, against such a well trained opponent were also taking heavy casualties.
"Fall back!!"
At this rate my team would be wiped out before the Americans are, though Takeru, I'll have to request reinforcements.
And thus, both sides broke off the engagement and went their separate ways… for now.
