Greetings fellow readers! I am alive...clearly and I bring you a new chapter. College apps and college essays are the reason why I took so long to post this chapter. Forgive me. :( Luckily for you guys, this long chapter will make up for my last post. Thank you for your support, I couldn't have gone this far without you fellow readers. XD
~RX105STRIKE XD
"That's classified."
" Hmm-ok! How about ... where do you live?"
" That's classified."
"Oh, c'mon!"
For hours Shizuka was trying to connect to her patient by asking him questions like what's his name, what's his favorite food, etc, but he never responded to her questions and only mentioned his name was 117 and nothing else.
" So what can you tell me?" Shizuka pouted.
" There is nothing special about me."
" There's got to be something you wanna talk about."
"Actually there is something I want to ask you about." He said.
She smiled. " What is it? Ask and I shall answer."
" So, those kids that I fought last night piloted mecha suits called Infinite Stratos, right?"
She nodded. " Yup."
" I see." He said. John then stared at his bare right arm. "Doctor?"
"Y-yes?"
" The woman you mentioned, Chiffuyu-, did she take anything else besides my armor?"
" What are you -oh! You mean the green ribbon?"
There was a pause but he slowly nodded. " Yes."
" Houki-chan has it. Don't worry about it. If you still stick around she'll be here eventually."
"Houki?" He whispered softly. Why does that name sounded so familiar? Though he couldn't remember the girl's appearance, her name gave off a familiar ring. In his mind, John thought about all the people he knew in his whole military life: Linda, Fred, Kelly, Avery, Cortana, Dr. Halsey, and many more but he could remember no one named Houki.
" I see." He whispered. " I'll be looking forward to see her."
As the two continued their little chat, they suddenly heard loud, multiple footsteps approaching towards them. The ditzy doctor quickly grabbed the blanket, threw it on her patient, and then closed the white curtains as if nothing happened. Once the door opened, the individual turned out to be Maya.
" Hiya Maya!" Shiuzka greeted. " What brings you here?"
Maya gasped for air. " Shizuka, why didn't you answer your phone?"
" Um, well funny thing to mentioned that." She laughed as she showed Maya the broken cell phone."
Despite that Maya was curious to how the ditzy doctor broke her phone she ignored it. " Shizuka, we have an emergency."
The blond doctor's smile quickly disappeared. " What's the emergency?"
" It's-it's Ichika...he's in critical condition."
Shizuka quickly grabbed the necessary items in her medical bag. " What happened?"
" Ichika and Houki were sent to intercept a rouge IS, but the enemy was just too powerful for them. He took a direct plasma shot to the chest."
"Where is he now?" The ditzy doctor asked.
" He's at the beach. Chiffuyu and a few instructors are there with a stretcher.
Once the two young adults left the room, it was dead silent. A few minutes later, John pulled the white curtains to the side and slowly explored the infirmary. He found a pair of white sweatpants, a white linen shirt, and a pair of white slip-on shoes stored neatly in a cabinet. The clothes were short and tight but durable enough to not rip and the slip-on shoes were also a little tight. He then threw the medical gown into the wastebasket near the cabinet. After thoroughly searching the room, he then opened the door and exited the room. In the hallway, the Spartan stared at the window in order to observe his reflection. His still couldn't believe that he was a teenager again. Even though he spent half of his life in a suit of armor, it just didn't feel right for him. He gently placed his hand on the cool glass and sighed.
" Where the hell am I?" He sighed as he watched the sun slowly set.
After a few minutes of admiring the sun's beautiful orange shades, he suddenly heard multiple staccato footsteps approaching him. He quickly ran back into the infirmary and shut the door after him. The mysterious group ran past the door and the footsteps slowly became faint.
He suddenly heard a knock on the door and a voice outside. " Its me, Shizuka."
The blond Doctor opened the door and entered the room. Instead of having a big smile on her face, she was sad and her eyebrows furrowed with concern.
" Is something wrong, Doctor?" John asked as Shizuka walked towards a sink at the far corner of the room in order to wash the blood off of her hands.
She slowly nodded. " Yes. One of the students is critically injured from a firefight. I managed to stabilize him, but its only temporary."
He nodded. " I see. So when could I see this woman named Chiffuyu?"
" You're looking at her." Said a sudden, but familiar voice.
By the door Chiffuyu was leaning by it's frame with her arms crossed.
"Oh!- Chi-chan I didn't-."
Ichika's sister quickly silenced the ditzy doctor with a gesture of her hand.
" How long did you keep this information away from me?" Chiffuyu was referring to John's improved conditions.
"Well..." Shizuka hesitated. " I was afraid that if you interrogated him then he would get agitated. That's why I kept his condition a secret in order to make himself at home."
The IS instructor simply narrowed her eyes. " Dr. Marikawa, you know damn basic protocol. This was utterly careless of you to ignore basic safety procedure of this Academy. I should just report the school board for your actions!"
The blond doctor stared at the floor in guilt.
" As for you!" She walked towards the Spartan. Regardless how incredibly tall he was, that didn't hesitate her. " Who are you?"
" I am Sierra 117, Master Chief Petty Officer of the UNSC Spartan II." He said coolly.
" What the hell is the UNSC?"
" There is no point in asking." He said simply.
She huffed. " Fine! Then how the hell did you break into our comm channels?"
" I don't know."
" Can you please be more specific?" She growled.
" I'm also searching for answers. If you want to improve our relationship, why don't you ask a question that I could agree on as well."
She clenched her fists. " Then can you please tell me about that red light anomaly in the sky? I'm sure you were responsible for the mass chaos."
" Red light?" John asked hesitantly. He suddenly realized she was referring to the giant waypoint Cortana activated before she "died".
"It's was a teleporter."
Both Chiffuyu and Shizuka raised an eyebrow.
" A teleporter?" Asked Shizuka.
" Yes."
Though Chiffuyu didn't believe that this boy had a device that broke all laws of physics, but she didn't have any alternative ideas of the anomaly.
" How were you in possession of a teleporter?" She asked.
"That's classified." He said. Regardless if these people didn't know about the UNSC, the knowledge of the Forerunners and their technology still remained highly classified to the public.
Chiffuyu sighed. " Fine then." After the recent incident of her brother's severe wounds and the rouge IS still at large, she she didn't had time to interrogate him.
She opened the door once more. " I'll be right back."
Before she exited, John interjected. " How long will I be your prisoner?"
" Until I get answers." She then snapped her head towards the ditzy doctor. "And Shizuka?"
"Y-yes?" She said quickly.
" If he ever leaves this room, I will have your head." She then slammed the door behind her.
Shizuka flinched when her friend slammed the door and she loudly gulped. " I have never seen her this mad in a long time."
" What's her problem?"
"It's because of her younger brother, Ichika."
" The boy you mentioned?' He asked.
She nodded.
" I see." He said simply.
The doctor then walked towards the door. " I'm going to check on Ichika." She then clasped her hands together. " Please, don't run away. If you do, Chi-chan will kill me!"
"It depends," he said coolly, " I have many questions to ask. If I can't find it here, then I have no reason to stay here."
She hesitantly laughed, but closed the door behind her.
" This place really has the worst security." He muttered. "Ever."
Outside of the infirmary, Shizuka leaned on the door and sighed. " Why is today such a horrible day?! All I ever wanted was a simple vacation!"
She sighed once more, but she quickly reminded herself of her duties as the school's nurse and went to the room next door where Ichika was resting. The room wasn't like the infirmary, but more like the bedrooms in the resort. The room was simple; it only had a tatami mat and shoji screen walls.
When she opened the door she was surprised to find Houki kneeling next to Ichika, who was attached to various life support systems as well as a breathing apparatus. She wore her IS uniform: a white blazer and white stockings. Unlike her usual self, she didn't tie her hair back so her hair moved freely.
"Oh, Houki!" Shizuka said in shock. " What are you doing here? Visitors are not allowed in yet."
Houki slowly rotated her head to the side of shoulder and the ditzy doctor could still see her eyes overflowing with tears.
"Houki." She whispered in a sympathetic tone.
The young girl quickly rubbed her eyes with her sleeve, quickly got up, and ran out of the room.
"Houki wait!" Shizuka said, but by the time she exited the room, the depressed teen was already gone.
Houki ran as fast as she could out of the resort. Once she hastily exited the resort, she then ran towards the beach. After a few painful minutes of running non-stop, her lungs started to burn and her feet started to have cuts since her white stockings were the only protection for her feet against sharp rocks, which littered all around the resort. At last she reached the beach and exhaustion finally took its toll on her. As she tried to run once more, she accidently lost her footing from the loose sand and fell. A loud thump was heard when her body hit the sand. For a while she remained motionless, but then she slowly lifted her upper body off of the sand. Still staring at the sand, tears slowly escaped her eyes, glided to her chin, and dripped onto the sand.
"I'm so sorry, Ichika." She cried. " I am so sorry."
Before the battle against the Silver Gospel, Houki finally received her personal IS from her sister, the Akatsubaki. Like a child who just received a new toy, she couldn't wait to battle against the rouge IS. However, that excitement led her to become careless. Instead of focusing on the battle, she kept on wondering how much power the Akatsubaki had for a 4th Gen IS which endangered her life was well as Ichika's. During the climax of the battle, this carelessness soon became evident when she became distracted and was unaware that the Silver Gospel fired multiple energy blasts at her exposed back. When she finally realized the situation, it was too late for her to react. However, Ichika flew past her in the nick of time and took the blasts for her. Sadly, an unfortunate plasma shot pierced through his chest. After that battle, Houki grabbed the injured boy and flew back to the resort in panic. Seeing the boy she loved on a stretcher pierced her heart with guilt.
She then grabbed a fistful of sand and started to pound the side of her fist at the ground in anger. Her eyes were shut and tears still streaked across her face as she continued to pound the ground. She then pictured Ichika as a small boy smiling at her during their kendo years and then as a young man in his white blazers in the present. Those memorable flashbacks of Ichika then shifted to another boy she cared about smiling at her.
"No-no-no!" She screamed.
She already lost a dear friend once, and if Ichika dies, she would be alone once more.
"Please...please live Ichika!" She prayed. " I-I can't live without-."
She was then interrupted by a voice behind her. " There you are!"
She slowly opened her eyes and quickly rotated her head to side of her shoulder. The person behind her was all of her friends: Laura, Cecelia, Charlotte, and Ling.
She rubbed her eyes with her sleeve. "What are you guys doing here?" She whispered.
" Everyone was worried about you. Houki." Said Charlotte.
Ling place her arms to hips. " Yeah! Why did you become so dramatic and run barefoot."
Houki slowly sat on the sand, stretched her legs forward, and then stared at her feet. She wasn't surprised to discover that the bottom of her white stockings were filthy, ripped, and red.
"You're hurt!" Cecelia said in shock.
"It's nothing really." Houki said. Despite that her feet had many small cuts she slowly became a masochist. She wanted to punish herself in order to remind herself that she was responsible for Ichika's conditions.
Laura kneeled next to Houki's feet and began to strip the ragged stocking off of her. "You shouldn't act so rash."
After everyone observed her wounds, Laura ripped her sleeves in order to make a make shift bandage. Instantly knowing the silver hair girl intentions, Charlotte quickly grabbed her water flask that she brought and poured water on Houki's feet in order to wash the blood off of her feet. Ling and Cecelia were by Houki's shoulders gently comforting her. Once the make shift bandages were tied to her feet, Cecelia and Ling helped the injured girl stand straight up.
"It's getting late," Charlotte said as she stared at the sun set. " We should quickly head back to the resort."
Houki slowly shook her head. " I'm going to quit the academy, you guys."
Everyone's mouth quickly dropped.
" What do you mean you are going to quit!?" Growled Ling.
Her eyes began to water again. " How am I supposed to talk to Ichika casually again!? He won't forgive me! I messed up! I might as well quit now and hope for the best!
Ling slapped her friend's cheek and Houki fell on the sand " Pull yourself together!" The small Chinese girl shouted. " Right now you are acting selfish! Just because of a mistake, you want to abandon all of your handwork you made in this academy as well as your friends!
Houki stared at the sand in guilt. " Then what am I supposed to do then!?"
She chuckled. " I'd say we take on the that Silver Gospel together. With all of our firepower combined, that IS won't stand a chance."
"But how?" Houki asked. " Orimura-sensei strictly ordered us that we are on stand-by, and any IS launches were forbidden."
"Then screw orders!" Charlotte said with encouragement.
" I'm all for that as well!" Cecelia said in approval.
" I agree as well." Laura nodded.
This deeply touched Houki's heart. "Girls." She said warmly.
"So what about you, Houki?" Ling asked.
She gave out a long sigh but her emotions quickly shifted to something with a bit more confidence. "I'm in."
All of her friends smiled in approval.
"Then let's do it!" Said Charlotte.
Everyone nodded and called for their ISs. A white light comsumed their bodies as their armor materialized their limbs. Once everyone were in their colorful mecha suits, then all launched into the air and flew east in order to pursue the Silver Gospel.
Unknowingly, Jäger's robotic eagle observed the girls the whole time. Once the girls were beyond visual range, it squawked, flew towards the cliff where its master was waiting patiently, and landed on his shoulder. It then silently squawked near his audio receptors that all of the personal IS pilots left the island. The silver robot then flew in the air towards the horizon. Jäger then took out his holo- communicator and activated it. The device projected a man wearing a military outfit.
" Evening sir," Said the operator. " I am assuming you calledto report that the island is left unguarded, correct?"
He nodded.
The operator nodded as well. " Very good sir! The mission is now green! Good hunting sir!"
Jäger then deactivated the holo communicator. He then slowly looked at his robotic compatriot, who was circling around his master, and he pointed his outstretched index finger at the horizon. The bird squawked and it silently flew towards the direction where his master pointed. It flew a few meters above the ocean parallel to the shore. It loudly squawked a few more times before it made a sharp turn and flew back to its master.
In the calm waters of the ocean, an abrupt amount of bubbles emerged from the depths. What emerged from the water was a diver wearing a futuristic like black helmet. It had two small red tinted eye slits, a large concave narrow pentagon shape mouth guard, and two fat small cylinders on the side of the cheek like the ones you see on a gas mask. The base of the helmet was similar to the Stahlhelm M1935 helmet, but the brim was more angular and pointed. As he swam slowly to shore his armor was shown. He wore a black combat suit, giant black shoulder pauldrons, black armored wrist plates, black concave circular breastplate attached to his ribcage, ammo magazines to the side of his stomach, his pelvic area was also clad in black armor, black knee guards, and black reinforced combat boots. He also had a small concave backpack that was fused to his back, which held various items such as ammunition and explosives.
" That's the signal. All units commence the operation." Said the trooper.
Soon dozens of similiar helmets slowly emerged from the surface.
"Roger!" They all said in unison.
Outside of the resort, a few guards were guarding the main entrance. As of the IS Academy's safety protocols, any school events outside of the Academy must have a security force in order to protect the students from harm.
Although the Academy had a security force, it was not like APEXs quality. Instead of armed guards wearing camo uniform and armed with rifles, the Academy's security forces were almost similar to night custodians. Most of the guards weren't trained for a firefight or close quarter combat; in fact most of the guards were either just looking for a job in order to make quick cash or were college dropouts. Their uniform consisted of a sky blue dress shirt, black formal pants, a lack belt, a pair of dress shoes, and a peaked cap. They were also lightly armed, as their main firearm was the same ones the Japanese Police force used, which was a small revolver. If some guards were lucky, they would receive an MP5 sub machine gun, but it was literally for show, since they were only given one magazine clip. The reason why the ISs security force was so underpowered was because of budget issues. In order to save money for IS maintenance, electricity, housing, etc, the Academy rather pay for their students than investing proper gear for their security forces. The school had a security force in order to appeal to the world that their students were safe from child predators and rapists. If there were terrorists raiding the school events, their security force would halt the terrists advance ,while the Academy evacuates their students and either call for IS representatives or the Japanese military to handle the terrorist threat.
Outside perimeter of the school.
It was already evening and the guards were stationed at their posts in pairs for their routine night shifts. While on patrol, two guards were patrolling near the edge of the forest.
" Man this is so boring!" Said one guard.
His partner frowned at him. "Why are you complaining all of a sudden?" Said the other.
" Geez, I didn't sign up for this!"
The same guard raised an eyebrow. " What are talking about, Kyle? What did you think being part of the IS Security force meant."
" I thought this job would've been lax. Ya know. I joined this job only to be around these cute girls."
"Your sick man! Don't think that because you are near these girls twenty-four-seven you can have your own harem."
" Dammit, Rick! Let a man dream for once!"
Before Rick could argue to his perverted friend, the two guards heard a twig snap. The guards quickly snapped their heads towards the sound and what they saw turned their blood cold. A giant black figure was slowly walking towards them breathing heavily. Immediately the two guards began to feel even more dread as the black figure turned out to be a giant hooded man with bright red eyes looking straight at them.
Rick mustered enough courage to talk to the lone titan.
" U-um excuse me, but this is a restricted area. I am afraid you will have to turn ba-."
Before the guard could finish, Jäger pulled out a small dagger out of his sleeve and threw it at the guard's head. Like a bullet, the small dagger penetrated through the man's skull and man's body instantly jerked back.
Kyle, the lax guard, began to quiver in fear. "OH GOD! RICK!."
He then tried to grab his sidearm, but his quivering hands made it hard for him to pull it out of his holster.
In a blur Jäger ran at him, placed his palm over the guard's mouth and his fingers wrapped around Kyle's face, suffocating him. The titan then pushed the guard aggresively to a nearby tree. Kyle's muffled screams were heard as he tried to pry off the titan's hand off of his face. However, Jäger's grip slowly tightened as the guard's muffled screams amplified. After a few sickly seconds, Jäger crushed the man's head, and chucked the body to the side. He then gave a small gesture over his shoulder, and his troops instantly approached him.
One of the troopers had red pauldron in order to show rank and placed two fingers to the side of his helmet " This is Ghost 01! All units report!"
"This is Alpha team. Locked and loaded!"
"This is Beta team. Everyone accounted for."
"This is Charlie team. " All green here!"
" This is Delta team. " Good to go!"
"This is Echo team. " Let's get this over with! Our trigger fingers are itchy."
The commander nodded. " Okay. All units commence the operation!"
"Roger!" They said in unison.
Silently, the armored Spec Ops troopers killed the guards surrounding the resort. Whether it was snapping their necks, slicing their throats, or shooting their heads, they made sure that it was quiet as possible. Once the guards infiltrated inside the resort from multiple entry points, each team moved towards their designated area. Alpha team and Jäger went for the control room, Beta team went to the dining hall where all the students were eating their evening meals, Charlie team were hunting for anymore security guards in the resort, Delta team would guard outside of the resort, and Echo team were the reserve units.
Meanwhile Maya and Chifuyu were monitoring their mutinous student's progress against the Silver Gospel. Chifuyu was disappointed that Houki and the rest of the girls disobeyed her orders, but she was supported their resolve. The thought of her dear little brother on life support enraged her. When Houki dragged her wounded brother to shore, Chiffuyu wanted to tear that Silver Gospel from limb to limb, even if the A.I. was the one responsible for harming him than Natasha Fairs. So far there hasn't been that much progress since the Silver Gospel kept on withdrawing from combat and flew away from the island.
"At this rate, Orimura-sensei, if the Silver Gospel keeps on flying further east, our students won't be able to return back to the resort... if something ever happened to them" Maya said worryingly.
Chifuyu nodded. " Yeah, your right, Maya. That IS isn't acting aggressive like when Houki and Ichika were sent to intercept it."
" Do you think there's something wrong?"
The black haired instructor nodded. " That IS has enough firepower to handle multiple targets and the fact that it retreating worries me. I highly doubt it's returning back to Hawaii. Maya, I want you to contact the girls and tell them to come ba-."
Suddenly the control room's door opened and a gray canister was thrown into the room.
Chiffuyu didn't had time to identify the object once it hit the floor. The gray canister then released a purple gas in the air and it instantly filled the room. The two instructors began to cough and instinctively covered their mouth and nose with their hands. It was difficult to breathe and their vision started to blur. Then Chiffuyu suddenly felt strong hands firmly gripping her arms. She instinctively threw her body back towards the wall in order force the unknown individual to release his grip on her. The individual grunted and the badass instructor grabbed his arm and judo threw him to ground. Once the trespasser was pinned to the floor in pain, she placed her knee over his neck to immobilize him. Once the smoke dissipated, she was shocked to find a column of armored men pointing their automatic rifles at them.
Behind the column of soldiers was Ghost 01. "That's enough Ms. Orimura." He said. "Release that trooper you are restraining and surrender."
" Who are you!?" She growled. " You know that this resort is under international sovereignty."
He nodded and pointed his handgun at her. "Yes, we know that! Now hand's up!"
She applied more pressure to the man's neck she was restraining and the man grunted in pain loudly. "Not until you get the hell out of this resort!"
Ghost 01 sighed in annoyance and threw a tablet next to her. She narrowed her eyes, but stared at the tablet cautiously. Her eyes widened in shock that the tablet displayed a live video feed of theses armored troopers pointing their guns at her students in the dining room. Every student had their arms placed behind their heads and most of them were crying.
" Surrender now, or else I won't guarantee your students' safety.
Maya and Chiffuyu gritted their teeth. " Don't you dare touch those girls, you sick monsters!" Maya shouted.
" It depends." He said cooly. " My men haven't touch a woman in years. With one simple order... well let's just say...they don't give a crap if they are under-aged or legal adults. But this can all be prevented if you both cooperate and surrender peacefully."
Both of the instructors wanted to kill this man for harming their students, but they didn't have a choice. Maya raised both of hands in the air and Chiffuyu released the man from her grip and also copied Maya's intentions as well.
The trooper that she restrained quickly crawled towards his commander.
He sighed with relief. "Thank you sir! I thought for minute back there that she would kill me." He laughed.
As he laughed, Ghost 01 rolled his head, evidently annoyed with the trooper, and placed his handgun in front of the trooper's optics.
"Failure!" He said calmly
The kneeling trooper quickly gasped before his C.O. placed a round in his skull.
Chiffuyu and Maya were both shocked and disgusted at the commander's behavior. " He was one of your own!" Chiffuyu shouted. " Why did you kill him!"
" Because," he defended, " a trained elite soldier easily immobilized by a simple teacher is quite embarrassing."
He then slowly walked towards Chiffuyu with his handgun pointed at her. " Now. I repeat. You will do exactly what I say, if you want guarantee the safety of your kids."
" What do I have to do?" Ichika's sister she said angrily.
"I want you to contact those kids you sent out to destroy the Silver Gospel and tell them to land on these coordinates."
He dialed a few keys on his TACPAD and the tablet next to Chiffuyu displayed a map of the resort with a red dot flashing by the beach.
"Now I don't have to remind you what happens to those kids if you warn those teens about our little...visit."
Chiffuyu slowly nodded. " Maya... tell Houki and the others...to come back home."
Maya was shocked that Chiffuyu agreed to the soldier's demands. " Orimura-sensei!"
"Maya!" She said firmly. " I know-just... do it."
Despite her protest, she nodded, sat back on her chair, and activated the terminal's communicators. One of the armored troopers pointed his rifle at her head as she tried to contact Houki and the girls.
She cleared her throats. " Girls... can you hear me?"
There was a moment of silence, but they finally heard gunshots through the communicator. " Um- yes, everything is fine Yamato-sensei." Charlotte responded. " Forgive our disobedience. We couldn't wait for you or Orimura-sensei to give us permission to intercept the IS. We will accept any punishment once we deal with the Silver Gospel."
" It's... fine, Charlotte" the green haired instructor said. She then felt the gun barrel nudging her head.
"I need you and the rest of the girls to come back. The Japanese government ordered the Academy to halt all aggression towards the Silver Gospel. The American government will handle the situation with there ISs.
" B-but we are so close!" Houki added.
"I'm sorry, Houki. But orders... are orders. " Maya had a hard time of lying to her students. " There will be giant repercussions if you all don't listen to a direct order."
"We will take full responsibility once we complete our mission." Laura responded.
Maya shook her head. She knew how stubborn these girls were and she also knew there was only one thing the girls would obey and she despised using that idea as leverage.
" Girls, you must come home immediately. There's... something wrong with Ichika! His condition has worsened.
There was a long pause, but all of the girls immediately agreed and rushed back home.
"T-thank you for your cooperation." Tears started to flow out of Maya's eyes. " I need you to meet Orimura-Sensei at these coordinates."
" Roger, we will be there soon." Laura said anxiously.
Once the communication line was cut, the gun that was pointed at her head finally eased.
" They will be coming shortly." She said sadly.
Ghost 01 gave a satisfied nod. He then placed two of his fingers on the side of this helmet. " Echo team, targets are heading towards designated coordinates. Prepare to round them up."
The trip back home was long and quite. Each of the girls were determined to neutralize the rouge IS, but Maya's call forced them to withdraw from the battlefield. As the group landed on beach that the coordinates Maya sent, everyone was confused. The beach was silent and Chiffuyu wasn't there to meet them.
" This is the right coordinates, right?" Cecelia asked anxiously.
"Yeah it is." Charlotte said.
"Then where is Orimura-sensei?" Houki asked.
Ling added "Maybe we should- "
Suddenly a rocket flew above their heads and exploded, startling everyone. The exploded projectile created a giant bright light that blinded everyone temporarily and released a fine golden powder of dust, which laced their bodies. Disoriented, the girls started realized that it was trap as the black armored soldiers burst out of the sand in hidden foxholes and pointed their rifles at them and fired.
"What the hell!" Ling shouted as she shielded her face with her arms.
The girls tried to defend themselves, but the powder affected their suits since their HUDs started to become distorted, consequently messing with their firing systems as well as movement. As the armored troopers continued to fire their automatic rifles, another group of soldiers surrounded the girls and pointed an RPG like weapon at them. They fired their weapons at the girls' appendages. Instead of a rocket, it shot a metal cord in two directions. The front side of the weapon fired the cord, which wrapped around the girl's appendage and the rear side of it fired the cord into ground as an anchor.
" Hold them steady!" One of the troopers shouted as they struggled to keep the girl's from escaping.
Houki and the others squirmed their bodies as they tried to fly away. Soon more cords wrapped around their bodies in order force the girls to remain grounded.
" They're secured! Go! Go!"
As the soldiers successfully prevented the girls from escaping, five soldiers threw a giant circular device on each of the pilots' chest. A painful surge of electricity surged their bodies as they all screamed in pain. The pain was so great that they all kneeled and begged the painful agony to end. After a minute of painful torture, their bodies were engulfed in a bright light and their mecha suits disappeared. Immediately their bodies fell forward and their bodies twitched. The soldiers then uncoiled the cords off the girls' appendages and cautiously walked towards them with their rifles still trained on them. They then bounded the girls' arms and legs with white zip ties and flipped their bodies on their backs. Next, they removed the white disks off of their chests and placed them in a silver, metal briefcase. Once the suitcase was secured, each girl was roughly placed on the soldiers' shoulder.
" This is Echo 01 to Ghost 01, targets are secured and we are heading back to the resort."
"Acknowledged."
Back at the control room of the resort, Maya was typing on the terminal while Chiffuyu was sitting on a foldable chair with her arms tied behind her back.
" What do you want with us?" Chiffuyu growled. " You clearly are not motivated for money, so what?"
The Commander sighed with annoyance. " I think you know what we want."
"Pff*, enlighten me." She gave him a fake smile.
Infuriated, Ghost 01 slapped Chiffuyu's cheek and she fell on the floor.
" Chiffuyu!" Maya shouted as she got up from her chair.
The Column of soldiers cocked their gun and pointed at Maya, which encouraged her to sit back down.
" Do not toy with me!" He barked.
He then kneeled next to her, grabbed a chunk of her hair and raised her head. He then showed her a recent photo of Tabanne in a tablet.
" We know that Doctor Tabanne is in this resort."
She chuckled. " What makes you say that?"
Ticked off by her remark, he slammed her face on the floor. " We know she is here! We've intercepted a call from her sister that she will be here at this resort! Also, earlier today one of our satellites intercepted a carrot like object falling straight towards the same beach near this building. So let me ask you again. Where is Dr. Tabanne!?
Chiffuyu spat at his optics and he slammed her face again on the floor. Enraged, he then got up and started to violently kick her stomach multiple times. Maya closed her eyes shut and cringed whenever Chiffuyu grunted in pain. Once Ghost 01 stopped his relentless beatings in order to catch his breath, the tortured instructor was in a fetal position and her body was shaking in pain. Once he regained his stamina, Ghost 01 grabbed her hair again and hoisted her up.
" Where is she!" He shouted.
Despite that her whole body felt like hell, she gave him a bloody smile. The man was about to smash her face with his fist, but someone grabbed his wrist. Ghost 01 immediately turned his head and he was shocked that it was Jäger that stopped him.
" What the hell are you doing?" The short-tempered Commander asked.
Jäger grabbed his holo-communicator with his free hand and projected a text box.
"The hostage is not to be harmed, Commander. Stand down" It read.
" This bitch has to be punished."
Jäger's grip tightened to the point that the armor on the commander's wrist began to crack. He released his grip on Chiffuyu's hair and yelped in pain.
The text box projected another message. " Do not disobey a direct order, Commander. Our orders are to neutralize all threats, capture all residence, and capture Dr. Shinonono as well as her cores. The orders were also explicit to not harm the residences until further notice. Disobeying your commanding officer is punishable by death."
"Y-yes...sir." The Commander said anxiously.
Jäger then released his death grip and let the man free. While Ghost 01 tended his wrist, a soldier ran into the room. The column of soldiers dispersed in order for the trooper to enter.
" Report." Ghost 01 wheezed.
The trooper saluted. " Sir, three residents are not accounted for."
" And who are they?"
" Ichika Orimura, Shizuka Marikawa, and Kanzashi Sarashiki."
"Find them!"
"Yes sir!"
As the soldier saluted and ran out of the door, the commander then looked at one of his men in the room.
"Contact Mistress Squall!"
"Yes, sir!"
After a few minutes of his soldiers hacking into the resorts mainframe, they finally connected a secure line to Squall.
"Sir!" Said one of his soldiers. " We have a direct line to Mistress Squall.
" Patch her through."
On the terminals screen, a textbook read "audio only" appeared.
"Mistress Squall, we have the entire resort under our control." He said.
"Excellent." She said. " Phantom Task will be most please of your success, Commander."
"Thank you, ma'am."
"Have you located the Doctor?"
"N-no, Ma'am." He said hesitantly. "Chiffuyu won't tell me where she's hiding."
Squall simply sighed. "Men are indeed simple minded grunts."
"Ma'am?"
"Every woman has a weakness, Commander." She said simply. "Find the boy."
In the corner of the room, Chiffuyu had her arms and legs bounded tightly and Maya was on her knees with her hands on her head. When Chiffuyu heard Squall mentioning her brother, she violently squirmed desperately trying to escape.
"Don't you dare touch my brother!" she screamed.
"You see, Commander." Squall said.
"Don't worry, Mistress. He said in an assuring tone. " My men are searching for him as we speak."
"By the time I get there, I better see the Doctor in chains."
With that said she cut the transmission.
Chiffuyu gritted her teeth and squirmed even more, but eventually fatigue took its toll on her. While she painfully gasped for air, Maya tried to comfort her.
"Orimura-sensei, please don't overdue it. Your injuries may worsen if you keep this up."
Chiffuyu weakly lifted her head towards the green haired instructor. " I have to, Maya. I can't let those sick bastards hurt my little brother!"
Before Maya could tend to her friend's injuries, she scanned the room to make sure that none of the terrorists were watching her. Satisfied that none of them were watching, she quickly tried to untie her friend's binds.
" Maya, stop it." Chiffuyu said in a defeated tone.
"W-what do you mean, Sensei."
"If we escape now, I will only slow you down. You are the only one who isn't bounded; you should be the one who should rescue Ichika."
'B-but Orimura-sensei!" Maya whispered. "Think about what you are saying! I can't just abandon you to these people."
The bounded prisoner simply smiled. "I'll slow them down for you. Once they have my attention I need you to find my brother and get help."
Suddenly Maya had an epiphany. " What about that boy?" She was referring to Marikawa's new patient, John.
Chiffuyu shook her head knowing who she was referring to, but Maya kept nodding her head.
"We have to use his powers, Orimura."
"He's dangerous, Maya. You've seen what he did to our students. I won't let him run loose in this resort while my students are in a crossfire."
"We have no other choice. No one can help us within this resort and he can help me provide backup while I radio an S.O.S to the Japanese military."
Ichika's sister still didn't like the idea of asking the Spartan for help, but she had no other choice.
"Okay." She said once more. " I'll trust you on this one, Maya."
Chiffuyu's friend smiled at her approval.
"Maya, I want you to reach into my right pocket and grab out a black bracelet."
She did what she was told and grabbed the bracelet out of her friend's pocket.
" I want you to give this to him and tell him that his armor is within this bracelet."
Without any questions she nodded.
Chiffuyu chuckled. " These terrorists may look intimidating, however they are amateurs when it comes to simple procedures of body check"
Chiffuyu's assistant then continued to untie her friends' binds.
"Sir, what do we do about the green haired prisoner?" Said one of the troopers
"Tie her up. I have no other useful tasks for her."
The trooper nodded and walked towards the tow prisoners. Swiftly, the two prisoners put on a charade. They acted as if nothing had happened such as Maya was on knees with her hands on her head while Chiffuyu placed both of hands underneath her back and tucked her legs as if they were still bounded.
Before the trooper could grab Maya's wrists, Chiffuyu quickly got up and punched the trooper straight across his face. The trooper lost his balance and she quickly grabbed his side arm from his thigh and threw it to Maya.
"GO!" She said.
Maya nodded and quickly sprinted out of the room.
"Stop them!" Ghost 01 shouted.
Somehow one trooper was able to exit the room and trained his rifle on the fleeing green haired instructor. Before he was able to put a round in her back, Chiffuyu jumped out of the room and tackled him. However, despite that she saved her friend's life, the trooper managed to pull the trigger before he was tackled and the loose bullet entered Maya's right shoulder. The green haired instructor instantly hit the floor from the impact, but she managed to quickly get up due to an adrenaline rush. Soon more troopers flooded out of the room and grabbed Chiffuyu off of the pinned soldier and retrained her to the floor. While she was painfully pinned to the floor with a knee firmly placed to her head, Ghost 01 greeted her once more.
He sighed , crouched, and pinched her chin and forced her face towards his. "You and I are going to have a long chat." He said.
Meanwhile...
Shizuka finished her routine check on monitoring Ichika's conditions and grabbed a small bucket full of water and a rag out from the sink. She dipped the rag in the bucket and twisted it in order to drain the water out of it. She then kneeled next to her unconscious patient and gently rubbed the wet rag across his forehead. She did this a couple of times in order to wash the sweat off of Ichika's face.
She then examined the watch on her wrist. " Hmm. I wonder when Chi-chan will come to visit?"
As if on cue, the door behind her slowly opened. She quickly assumed that the guest was Chiffuyu."
"There you are Chi-chan! I was wondering when you would..."
Her smile faded as she realized that the guest was not Chiffuyu, but two black troopers. She quickly turned pale and her heart raced as they pointed their assault weapons at her.
"Don't move!" One said.
Out of fear she quickly hugged Ichika's body as a human shield from the two infiltrators. However one of the troopers violently pushed her off of Ichika. She yelped as she was thrown painfully across the room.
"We found Ichika Orimura and the Nurse in the medical wing of the resort. We are preparing for retrieval." Said the second trooper on his comms.
The first trooper kneeled to her eye level and scanned her body with his optics.
"Damn! She's hot!" He said in a pleased tone.
" C'mon man we don't have time to ogle her body! We have a mission to complete."
The first trooper quickly snatched Shizuka's wrist. " Oh c'mon! Let me have fun with her for 5 minutes. I always wanted to do it with a nurse... maybe 10 minutes"
The desperate doctor tried to loosen the trooper's grip, but her feeble actions only made him laugh. He then slapped her cheek and pinned both of her arms to the floor. She breathed heavily and cold sweat saturated her face as she squirmed and tried to kick the man off of her, but his armor absorbed her blows and his weight was too much for her. As soon as she ran out of energy she began to whimper, shut her eyes tightly, and accepted her cruel fate.
Suddenly she heard a disgusting crunching noise and a loud smack, and the man that was attempting to sexually assault her slowly loosed his grip on her wrists. She gulped loudly and slowly opened her eyes. She was shocked to see both of the lifeless intruders on the floor. Between the two bodies she was stunned to see John once more.
"Are you alright, Doctor?" He carefully lifted her up.
"Y-y-yes." She whispered.
She looked at the dead bodies once more and she still couldn't believe the carnage her patient inflicted on these men. The one that tried to rape her had his face plate dented inwards and the other trooper's head was snapped awkwardly to the side.
She had to ask. " Did you...did you kill them?"
He nodded. " They were going to sexually assault you, ma'am. I had no choice but to use deadly force.
" Despite their intentions...117...I don't believe that these men deserved to die."
" You are naïve." He said plainly as he grabbed most of the corpses' gears.
The two corpses both had a newer variant of the FN SCAR, a couple of frags, MEU (SOC) handguns, ammunition, and six inch combat knives. He placed each pistol on each of his thighs, strapped a combat knife to his right leg, buckled the utility belt around his waist, and the assault rifle in his arms.
Once he was combat ready he carefully scanned the hallway.
"Is there a much safer room than this one?"
"Why?" She asked.
"Our location has been compromised. We must relocate or else we will be overwhelmed."
"Um... I...don't know." She said anxiously.
"Hmm. How far is it from the nearest town." He said.
"About a half an hour drive."
" Running to the nearest town will not be possible especially if we are bringing that boy with us."
" Should we call help?"
He shook his head. " If these men were able to bypass this resort's security, they must have placed jammers to stop anyone from calling help."
" What are we going to do!?" She sobbed.
" How many people are housed in this resort?" He asked.
" About 15 instructors, 100 staffs, and 90 freshmen.
The veteran Spartan mentally grimaced. "Too many civilians to save"
" Ok." He said finally. Our first priority is to find a secure room for the two of you."
Shizaku nodded and carefully hoisted Ichika on her back. She groaned a little of the excess weight on her back, but she tried to ignore it.
" Are you alright?" John asked.
"Y-yeah. I'm alright."
John left the room first with his rifle aimed. Once he made quick scan on each side of the hallway, he signaled Marikawa to exit the room as well. Once she exited the room, the two individuals cautiously left the medical wing and into a different hallway. However, stealth was no longer an issue when John suddenly heard faint gunshots. He quickly raised his fist in the air signaling the doctor to stop.
"Is something wrong." Shizaku whispered.
"I heard gunshots."
A few seconds later the noise became louder and Shizaku shook her head in agreement. Quickly, the Spartan opened the room adjacent to him and scanned the room with his rifle. Once he made sure the room was empty, he signaled the doctor to enter. The room was a simple tatami style bedroom that was converted into a storage room. It housed a few extra beddings, a excess medical supplies, and various cardboard boxes filled with various items.
Once Shizaku placed Ichika on the bedding, John slowly walked out of the door.
"Doctor, barricade the door. Do not open this door until I come back. I'm going to investigate those gunshots"
She nodded "Ok. Please come back safely."
He nodded and closed the door. Once he heard the door lock click, he ran towards the sound of the gunshots. With each meter he ran, the noises became louder and louder to the point he heard muffled screams coming from the other side of the tatami door in front of him.
Suddenly, the door slid opened, revealing Maya running towards John with four Spec Ops trooper chasing her. Once she entered the hallway, she was shocked to see John as he aimed his rifle at her.
" GET DOWN!" He barked.
Instantly, she threw her body towards the floor with her arms protecting her head. Once the Spec Ops troopers ran into the hallway, they were shocked as well to see the Spartan aiming his rifle at them. Before they could've reacted, John hailed them with bullets as it tore through their armor repeatedly. Once all targets were neutralized, John quickly ejected the empty magazine and inserted a fresh one. He then stride towards Maya, grabbed her arm, and helped her back on her feet.
"Gahh!" Maya yelped in pain as the wound in her shoulder worsened. Her blood oozed slowly on her arm.
"You're hurt." John said quickly.
He quickly strapped the rifle on his back and carried Maya bridal style. He then ran back to the room where Shizaku was taking refuge.
He banged the door several times.
"Doctor, it me again! I have a wounded resident!"
Shizaku swiftly opened the door and was shocked to see John carrying Maya.
"Maya!" She screamed.
The blond doctor quickly threw another bedding matress on the tatami mat.
"Put her here!" She shouted.
John did as he was told and gently placed her flat on her stomach. While Shizaku was searching for a few key medical items in the cardboard boxes, the veteran soldiers heard faint footsteps approaching. He quickly crouched between the doorways and aimed his rifle at the empty hallway. Once the footsteps became even louder he switched off the safety of the assault rifle.
"Doctor, get ready. We have company."
A few seconds later, a group of armored troopers were finally sighted.
" Hostile detected! All units open fire!" shouted the leader of the group.
The troopers all broke the doors next adjacent to them and took shelter between the doorway.
John immediately began to shoot any stragglers that weren't fast enough to take cover. As soon as the Spec Ops heard their comrades scream they all fired their rifles at the lone Spartan. Stray bullets chipped off the edges of the doorway and the sides of the wall. Since John was confined in a narrow hallway with no cover and he did not wore his Mjolnir armor for extra protection, he hated to admit that he was pinned down.
While he was inserting a fresh magazine into his rifle, Maya weakly sat up.
"Maya what are you doing!?" Shizaku said in shock. " I haven't closed your wound yet!"
Ignoring her friend, Maya grabbed the black bracelet out of her pocket and presented it to the soldier.
"117..." She said weakly. " Your armor is materialized in this bracelet ...please... h-help us..." She then collapsed again flat on her chest and the bracelet fell out of her hands and rolled towards his feet.
"Maya! The Ditzy Doctor screamed. " You idiot!"
While Shizaku was tending her unconscious friend, John examined the bracelet.
"How the hell do I activate this thing!" He shouted mentally.
He hastily attached the black bracelet onto his right wrist and waited.
After a few seconds of no reaction from the braclet, he angrily waved his wrist in the air.
"Dammit! Why won't you work." He shouted angrily.
He then peeked out of the door to see that the hostile troopers were cautiously walking towards him with their rifles still aimed.
"Crap." He muttered. Suddenly he heard clicking noises from the bracelet. He brought it up to his face for a closer inspection. The bracelet was pulsating a green light and after a simple hesitant touch, his body was engulfed in a bright light.
Outside of room, the troopers had to cover their optics from the sudden light. Once their HUDs recovered from the sudden flash, each trooper stacked next to each other near the door, for a pull and go breaching tactic.
Before the leader of the squad was able to give a command, an armored green arm suddenly burst out of the wall between two troopers' helmets and dropped a green object on the floor before it retreated back into the room.
The troopers quickly examined the object the Spartan dropped and they were shocked that it was a frag grenade.
"GRENADE!" One of the troopers shouted.
Instantly everyone ran away from the grenade, but unfortunately it exploded and the shrapnel tore through some troopers' black combat suits. After the explosion, John tackled through the wall, quickly did a somersault, and landed in the center of the disoriented group. He quickly snapped for his FN SCAR from his back and fired into a column of hostile troopers in front of him. Once the magazine was empty he grabbed the barrel of the gun and used it like a bat and gave one trooper a good whack on the head with his new "bat". Although, he hit the poor man so hard that the but of the gun snapped off. By the time that trooper fell to the ground, there were only five hostiles left. They all hesitantly walked backwards, shocked that all of their comrades except themselves were slaughtered by this green behemoth.
"Take him out!" One of the troopers said as they all had the courage to shoot their assault rifles at John.
Rather than hiding between the doorways, the Spartan sprinted towards the last remaining stragglers with only his combat knife in one hand . His armor lit up in a golden light as his armor's shields reflected the bullets. Luckily, twenty first century bullets were inferior as they don't have enough kinetic energy to piece his shield. Sprinting at thirty miles per hours, the Spec Op troopers were not prepared to evade him as the green titan gave the leading trooper a right cross punch. Instantly, the trooper flew in the air and his body smacked into the wall. The Spartan then kicked the next closest trooper's torso and like the last victim, the trooper's body flew in the air. John then grabbed his handgun from his thigh and aimed it at the next two troopers. He shot a few rounds into one of the trooper's chest and he shot the last few rounds into one of the other trooper's head. Both soldiers instantly fell, which left just one remaining trooper left. The anxious trooper gave out a war cry and tried to stab the Spartan with his combat knife from the behind, but with the green titan's heighten senses at overdrive, he detected the hostile's trooper's intentions. With lightning fast reflexes, the super soldier grabbed the trooper's dominant wrist and stabbed the man's neck with his own knife. John then threw lifeless body to the side and proceeded to collect all of the weapons the fallen soldiers had.
Once he snapped the FN SCAR on his back, holstered the two handguns on his thighs, and collected all of the spare magazines, he then activated his Promethean vision. All of the objects on his HUD turned aqua blue while humans were highlighted red. His HUD detected a huge red clumps of humans in the farthest edge of his eyes.
Due to the amounts of humans in one room, he had to assume that's where all the hostages were being kept. Once he deactivated his Promethean Vision, he sheathed his knife and his rifle ready is his arms. Before he continued his mission, he inspected his right wrist. The flexible black bracelet wrapped his bulky wrist comfortably. He twisted his wrist from one side to the other for a few times before he continued down the pathway that led to the room filled with human activity.
"Doctor, I advice you to find another room." He said out loud.
Ghost 01 and his men in the control room were in disarray as the comms went chaotic. All of their forces searching for Yamada kept on screaming a green titan and were in need of assistance.
"Sir, I can't reach a Charlie team in the west hallway!" said one of the troopers watching a monitor.
" Send in all of our reserves to Charlie's team last whereabouts." Ghost 01 shouted. " I want that "Titan" dead before he causes anymore trouble!"
A new trooper from Charlie team walked into the room with a new prisoner. He grabbed tightly on her arms as she struggled to keep up with his pace.
The new trooper saluted. " Sir! We found another straggler. She was hiding in a broom closet."
He pushed the bounded the bounded girl to the floor. The girl yelped in pain as she landed violently to the side.
The commander of the Spec Ops kneeled next to the new prisoner for a closer examination. The girl had familiar blue hair, wore large glasss, and two triangular hairpins on the side of her hair.
"Well-well-well. Kanzashi Sarashiki, it's great to finally meet you in person."
Despite that she tried mask her emotions, she couldn't stop her body from shaking. The man then pinched her chin and lifted her head to him.
" We can do this the easy way...or the hard way." He grabbed cattle prod from his utility belt and activated it. It gave off a loud hum as he waved it in front of her face.
"Now...tell me where Dr. Shinonono's lab is?"
In the dining room, all of the soldiers were stationed around the room while all of the students were huddled in the center of the room. Houki and the rest of the girls were thrown into the faulty side where the shoju sliding door separated them from the rest of the students in pitch darkness. Each girl still had white zip ties binding both their hands and feet.
Houki was the first to slowly awake. "Mmn!...My head."
She wanted rub her temples, but the binds prevented her. Once she slowly regained focus, she started to struggle against her binds by tossing her body from side to side. Eventually everyone regained their consciousness and she stopped stuggling in order to check her friends' health.
"Ah! My head!" Cecelia moaned.
"Where are we?" Charlotte said slowly.
"I-I think we are in the Faculty dining section." Ling groand as she scanned her surroundings.
Laura inspected everyone's binds. " Damn! It looks like those cowards set a trap for us!"
"Who are these guys?" Houki asked.
Laura shook her head. " They are clearly not from any normal speacial unit sent from one nation. They've must've planned this operation for months."
" Are you saying that these barbarians planned and waited to kidnap us!" Cecelia said.
Laura shook her head. " Yamada-sensei was clearly under total control of these men. There is no way she would betray us."
"But the question is-what were they looking for?" Charlotte asked.
"Our ISs, duh!" Ling said as she violently tried to break her bonds. " Those thieves came here to steal our precious suits."
"But why didn't they leave?" Charlotte asked again. " If they did came here for our ISs, then why didn't they leave? Why keep us as hostages?"
"They must be after Dr. Tabanne." Laura said.
Suddenly the Shoji sliding door slid opened and the intrusion of light blinded everyone. Once their eyes adjusted to the sudden blinding light, everyone was dead silent as three armored soldiers entered the room.
Cecelia was the first to break the silence. " You barbarians! Just who do you think you are!? Do you know who I am!? Release us at once!"
The soldiers laughed at her demands and each pulled out a cattle prod from their thighs. The prods hummed to life as they flipped the on the switch.
"W-what do you want!?" Houki shouted anxiously. "You have our ISs. What else do you want."
"..." The girls could only hear each of the trooper's breathing within their helmets.
The middle trooper jerked his head at Houki and the troopers at his sides nodded, deactivated their prods, grabbed her, and forced her flat on her back.
She frantically tried to struggle, but they held her limbs.
"Let her go!" Laura shouted as she tried to break her binds.
The same trooper, who ordered the other two to grab Houki, slowly walked towards Laura and stabbed her chest with the electric prod. Her body convulsed in pain as the surge of electricity rippled throughout her body.
Everyone was so shocked of his brutality towards Laura that they were speechless.
"You're lucky that its on its lowest setting." He said quietly. He then flipped another switch and the humming of the prod slowly became louder. " The next one on the other hand won't be."
He then stared at Houki and she gave out a loud gasp.
" Now Ms. Shinonono. Can you please tell us where your sister is hiding? We know she is somewhere in this resort?"
She shook her head.
" Our boss does not like to be kept waiting. So, for sake of us both, will you tell me her location." He then guided the prod from her thighs to her chin very slowly.
Houki tried to emotionless in front of these brutes, but she still couldn't control her shaky breaths, her pounding heart, or her body from slightly shaking. She gave out a small whimper as she felt his hand on her arm. The other two troopers that were restraining her couldn't help but moan in excitement.
" So, what's it going to be?" He said finally.
"I-I...I..." She didn't have the courage to speak up.
"Tsk! Perhaps this will persuade you.!" He then violently squeezed her arm and aimed the prod at her breasts."
Houki immediately shook her head and begged him to not hurt her. All of the other girls also shouted the trooper to reconsider his actions as he took his time aiming the prod at her breasts.
Tears started to creep out of Houki's eyes as she tried to struggle, but the soldiers held her down tightly She shut her eyes preparing for the worse.
"Please...someone...save me." She whispered softly.
Before the soldier could strike, he heard faint gunshots. He relaxed his arms and stared at one of the soldiers gripping Houki.
" Is Charlie team still shooting stragglers?" he asked.
"I-I don't think so?"
"Check it out!" He ordered.
His subordinate nodded and he slid the Shoji door shut as he left the room. Since soft light was penetrating through the paper walls of the sliding door, the girls could see the troopers shadow as he and multiple of troopers ran out of the room in order to investigate the gunshots.
The two troopers in the same room pulled out their pistols from their sides and left the room as well. The gunshots soon became louder and Houki could hear a faint man screaming in pain. Through the paper walls, she could see the shadow of the man, who tried to torture her, barking orders as he and the remianing troopers left the room. The room was dead silent including the students on other side.
*BANG *BANG *BOOM. The entire dining room echoed with loud explosions and all of the students on the other side of the room screamed. Houki and the rest of her friends all stared at the sliding door, curious of the commotion.
A shadow reappeared and judging by the body language of shadow projected, this person was afraid.
"What are you!" The man screamed.
Houki and the rest of the girls immediately recognized that voice. On the other side of that door, the very man who tried to interrogate them was afraid of someone or something. The girls were slightly curious to what this man was afraid of as he raised his pistol at the hallway and fired all of his ammunition at that direction. After a few silent seconds, the girls could hear a loud hum and heavy footsteps entering the dining room. The student in the dining room all gasped in awe. The soldier whimpered in fear as he tried to slowly walk away from intruder.
"I-I suerend-." The man couldn't finish his plea as some powerful force threw his body into the Shoji sliding door and shatter it into pieces. His lifeless body landed a feet away from Charlotte and the sudden light again blinded the girls' eyes. Houki's eyes were shut as the sudden light burned them.
As the pain subsided she heard Charlotte gasped in shock. " It...can't be."
Slowly, Houki opened her eyes and through the shattered shoji door was the John in his MJOLNIR armor, cracking his knuckles. Her heart stopped as she could feel the raw power and awe radiating off his armor. Once he finished cracking his knuckles, he stared at all of the freshmen students who were huddling in the corner of room with their jaws dropped in awe.
"Is Everyone okay?" He asked them.
Everyone slowly nodded their heads.
John then slowly walked towards the faculty section where Houki and her friends were held and kneeled by her side.
He then gently placed his hand on Houki's shoulder and asked a simple question. "Are you alright?"