Najica Blitz Tactics/Najica Dengeki Sakusen: New Agent
By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of Najica Blitz Tactics are under the copyright of Katsuhiko Nishijima/Noriyasu Yamauchi/Takuya Tashiro, Studio Fantasia, Buyuu and Kids Station. I exclusively own the rights to the character Yuji Maehara and Katsuya Tsuroka.
Summary:
With the rescue of Azusa Katsuragi and the apprehension of Rasse Pewnt, one of the most notorious arms dealers in the black market, Yuji and Katsuya were now given some time off for their semestral exams back in Neo-Tokyo High. But their school break from CRI Intelligence work won't be there for long as the two teenage operatives are to be recalled soon. Why are they being recalled to active duty? What is the greatest threat that CRI Intelligence is going to handle? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.
Chapter 10: Assault
Classroom, Neo-Tokyo High, Neo-Tokyo, Japan
Exams for the semestral exam periods were officially done for now. Neo-Tokyo High had announced that they would devote two weeks for the tests. All students, especially Yuji and Katsuya, had worked themselves off in order to get good scores in their tests for their final grades.
"That's done!" Katsuya stretched his hands, happy that exams for the semester were finally over.
"Yea, I agree." Yuji cracked his knuckles in boredom; he agreed for once with his classmate and friend. Their classroom had been empty for 11 minutes as the two remained after their proctor and their classmates had left to enjoy the rest of the day off.
"So what do we do now?" Katsuya strolled around the empty classroom. "We could go to the arcade and check out the new games." He had a wide and stupid grin on his face. "Or we could head to the mall and hunt down some PS3 stuff. Heard that Mikami has already got RE 5 out for the PS3, though I got an XBox 360."
Suddenly, Yuji's Nokia 9300 rang from his Victorinox Rhodes backpack. Sighing heavily, he unzipped it and took the mobile phone into his hand. He suddenly cringed upon reading the message that was on the phone's screen.
"Something wrong?" Katsuya noticed his friend was a bit nervous.
"Yea." huffed Yuji. "Or we could head to CRI for our break. Something's up with Najica and the honcho himself."
Jin Magima's Office, CRI Intelligence Complex, Neo-Tokyo, Japan
"I have some news for you, boys." Jin Magima was in his chair, a bit uneasy over some things that the teenagers don't know about.
"Out with it, old man. We don't have all day." grumbled Katsuya, wanting to go to the arcade or the mall instead of being summoned secretly by CRI Intelligence. Yuji, Rena and Shinobu glared at him, reminding him of his place within the organization.
"It's all right." assured Majima. "I didn't even know about this predicament."
"What is the problem anyway?" asked Yuji. He just wanted to get the situation over with, though he didn't show signs of impatience.
Magima showed the people inside his office a map on Japan with a blinking green dot. "A few minutes ago, Shinba Industrial's security forces have launched an assault on Dr. Ren's hidden complex somewhere in the former prefecture of Ibaraki."
"You mean Dr. Rinka Ren?" inquired Katsuya. He and Yuji had heard from Gento about her and her involvement in the creation of the Humaritt androids.
"Yes." nodded Jin. "She disappeared a few years ago, but Shinba Industrial's intelligence had received information regarding sightings of her in the abandoned prefecture." He sighed before continuing to explain about the crisis. "As of now, Gento is leading a division of Shinba Industrial's paramilitary forces near the former ruins of downtown Mito."
"Any resistance?" Shinobu raised a point to the chief.
"I've heard radio transmissions that some of the forces that Mr. Kuraku was leading had met fierce resistance, possibly from the Humaritts themselves."
"When do we leave?" inquired Yuji.
"You'll be leaving right now." Jin stood up from his chair. "You two will be transported to the location by helicopter."
Rena and Shinobu excused themselves out of Jin Magima's office, leaving Yuji and Katsuya alone with them.
"Your mission," began Jin. "is to assist Shinba Industrial's security forces in eliminating the hostile Humaritts and assist Najica and Lila in securing Dr. Ren into our custody."
"Mr. Majima, I heard some rumors saying that Lila could be affected. Isn't that the place where Lila was made?" Katsuya raised a good point with Jin Magima while Yuji watched on.
"I'm afraid so." Jin looked at the screen, his back facing the two students.
"So what do we do about this then?" questioned Yuji.
Jin turned around, facing them while eyeing them from his right shoulder.
"If she starts to be a threat to the mission..." elaborated Jin. Yuji and Katsuya sensed that something was amiss with him.
"Then you two have the authority to eliminate her."
Passenger Cabin, CRI Mil Mi-24 Hind-D, en route to the former Ibaraki Prefecture
Yuji and Katsuya, once more, donned their respective Armored Muscle Suits with their M-56 GIGN jumpsuits. Seated in the passenger cabin of the Russian Mil Mi-24 Hind-D attack helicopter, they began to don their Leapers UTG Deluxe Tactical Vests and Special Ops Universal Tactical Leg Holsters.
"Man, this is not what I'm expecting from exam break." groaned Katsuya, wearing his Adidas GSG-9 Tactical boots.
"I know, but what can we do?" Yuji holstered his Manurhin MR-73 Gendarmerie revolver on his leg holster before cocking his Glock 20 pistol and holstering it on his vest. "Those are Majima's orders."
Katsuya chambered a .45 ACP in his Para-Ordnance P14-45 pistol and holstered it on his vest and took hold of his IZHMASH MP-412 REX. "But aren't Shinba Industrial's security forces doing the job for us?"
"That's why we're going to the former Ibaraki Prefecture." Yuji took hold of his folded Strider FNG knife and pocketed in his vest pocket before tossing the sheathed Gerber Silver Trident knife to Katsuya. "To see if they're doing their job."
"Figures." huffed Katsuya, rolling his eyes while donning his black balaclava. He watched his friend don his balaclava as well. The two took some assorted grenades from their duffel bags.
"Hey guys!" Shinobu yelled to the boys from the chopper's pilot. "We're going to be near the area in 10 minutes."
Hearing the news, Yuji and Katsuya hastily strapped on MSA Gallet TC Special Forces ballistic helmet on their heads and secured the chin straps carefully.
"5 minutes!" Shinobu informed them once again from the cockpit.
"Hey Rena!" Yuji noticed Rena walking towards the cabin door, carrying a Karabiner 43 self-loading rifle in her arms. "What are you doing?"
"Don't worry guys!" Rena gave the two boys a smile that made them blush under their balaclavas. "I'll give you both some cover fire."
"With that antique?" Katsuya eyed the rifle and saw the German-made scope that was mounted on the dovetail mount.
"Katsuya, don't underestimate a weapon's potential." The green-haired woman chambered a 10-round magazine full of 7.92 x 57 mm Mauser ammunition into the weapon.
"We're here, guys!" Shinobu hovered the Hind-D near a ruined subway station near the heart of the old downtown Mito in the former Ibaraki Prefecture.
They had arrived in the area.
Street near abandoned subway station, Former Ibaraki Prefecture
"Rena and Shinobu?"
Gento Kuraku, armed with a Heckler and Koch USP 45 pistol and donned with a light gray PASGT helmet, cowered in fear with a platoon of Shinba Industrial (SI) security force troopers behind an almost broken down wall. Their PASGT combat helmets and their Armadillo Proteas Tactical Bulletproof Vests (PTBV) may not be enough to protect them all as they were under fire from several female teenagers armed with IZHMASH PP-19 Bizon submachine guns. They have strange wires connected onto their heads and wore Chinese cheongsam dresses that were colored blue.
"Is she going to attack those Humaritts?" Gento saw Rena after she opened the cabin door of the Hind-D that hovered near them.
Rena took aim with her Karabiner 43 rifle at the Humaritts, taking out their cords with single 7.92 Mauser bullets. Each Humaritt began to drop down on the gravel, motionless in an instant.
"Go!" yelled Rena, firing at the other Humaritt's power cords. Yuji and Katsuya flipped the visors of their helmets before jumping off the Hind-D, clutching their submachine guns in their hands tightly, silencers already attached.
"Yuji and Katsuya?" mumbled Gento, not believing that the two teens would show up. "I thought they're going to have their study breaks."
"Get them!" Yuji started the counterattack by opening fire with his HK MP7, peering through the EOTech HOLOgraphic Weapon Sight 550 reflex sight. He counted every 4.6 mm bullet, making sure that they struck the cord that was on the back of the Humaritts.
"They're mass-produced Humaritt androids." murmured Katsuya, fired his FN P90 at them too. "But how?"
"What are you guys waiting for?" Gento yelled at the Shinba Industrial paramilitary troopers ducking under cover. "Help them!" The ponytailed man fired his HK USP 45 pistol from cover while aiming at the Humaritt's power cords while being supported by SI security force troopers with their Steyr ACR assault rifles. The battle soon turned in the favor of CRI and Shinba Industrial as Humaritt after Humaritt began to drop like flies.
Airspace, Former Ibaraki Prefecture
Approaching the kill zone were a squadron of SI Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche assault helicopters that have been dispatched from a nearby SI security forces base. Their mission is to assist their comrades in suppressing further Humaritt attacks against them and to provide cover fire in the later run of the assault.
Street near abandoned subway station, Former Ibaraki Prefecture
"The choppers are coming!" shouted one of the SI paramilitary troopers, pointing to one of them as they emerged from the corner of a nearby ruined skyscraper.
"Yes!" Gento pumped his fist in the air. "Aerial support has arrived!"
Suddenly, a loud booming came from near the entrance of the abandoned subway system. White smoke came out too and from that smoke, a woman who looked like in her mid '20s in a purple military-grade shirt, skirt and hair, had a General Electric M61 Vulcan machine gun in her hands. Connected to the weapon was a sort of ammo chain link belt to the ammo drum pack that was on her back.
"Oh my god!" Yuji almost had his jaw open, not convinced that an ordinary woman could hold such a weapon.
"Get down!" Katsuya dragged Yuji out of the way and into cover with the rest of the SI security force troopers as the mysterious woman unleashed her M61 Vulcan machine gun at the besieged troopers and the teen CRI operatives before turning the barrels on the hovering SI security forces RAH-66 Comanche choppers.
"Come on, Katsuya!" Yuji and Katsuya emerged out of cover and throwed several SM HG-85s, Swiss-made fragmentation grenades, to the unlucky adversary before they detonated. In addition, SI Comanche choppers launched a volley of several Hydra 70 air-to-ground missiles at the mysterious woman.
Gento peeped out of the debris that the unknown female made when she fired her Vulcan machine gun. "Did we get her?"
"Don't know." replied one the SI security force soldiers, peering out of the debris as well.
The smoke that was caused by the explosion of the SM HG-85 grenades and the Hydra 70 rockets eventually disappeared, leaving behind a destroyed Vulcan machine gun and the ammo drum, destroyed from the explosion caused by the grenades and the missiles.
"She's not there!" Katsuya was furious; he knows that an average person could not survive an explosion that would come from fragmentation grenades or air-to-ground missiles.
"She has to be a Humaritt. Final answer." Yuji quickly surveyved the area, realizing that their target had left the area.
"Come with us." pleaded Gento, waving his hand to them. "You'll be safer in our camp."
Tent, Shinba Industrial (SI) Security Forces Camp, Former Ibaraki Prefecture
Gento, Yuji, Katsuya, Rena and Shinobu were inside one of the tents after they arrived in Shinba Industrial's security forces camp, which was only 30 kilometers away from the abandoned subway entrance.
"These helmets kinda itch." Shinobu was adjusting her green PASGT combat helmet on her head. Unfortunately for her, no one spoke up to sympathize with her.
"What happened to Najica?" Katsuya wanted to get to the bottom of this mystery, he wanted to enjoy the rest of the break outside of a CRI-related mission.
"I got this last transmission from Najica's PDA." Gento typed a few commands in his laptop, showing a blinking green dot on the screen.
"She was last heard from here." Gento pointed the location to Yuji and the rest. "I gather that she and Lila from this point. Afterwards, I lost radio contact."
"Was it from resistance from inside the abandoned subway station?" suggested Yuji, who planned a sort of rational explanation for what happened.
"Don't think so." The white-haired man pondered on Yuji's thoughts. "I was able to hear some garbled transmission from her before her PDA died on me."
"We better get a move on." Yuji chambered a single 4.7 mm round in his HK MP7 after loading a fresh 40-round magazine. "We won't know if Najica and Lila are still alive while we stand around here."
"He's right." supported Rena. "Najica won't make it out of there alive if we just keep speculating instead of acting."
A Shinba Industrial security forces trooper, clad in a green PASGT helmet and a blue Armadillo PTBV entered Gento's tent. His Steyr ACR assault rifle was slinged on his right shoulder.
"Hey Gento." grunted the trooper. "Our commander's waiting for you outside."
"What's the rush there, soldier?" Gento did not like the way the trooper spoke to him.
"We're going to launch an assault on the deserted subway." replied the trooper, looking behind his shoulder. "He also wants the people from CRI to come with us ASAP."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" grinned Gento, closing the laptop and tucking it under his arm.
"Oh boy!" Shinobu felt that something could go wrong; she emphasized by slapping her face with her left hand.
"Come on." Rena led her colleagues out of Gento's tent into the main campgrounds.
"By the way, Gento." asked Yuji, who was the last one to leave the tent. "Where does the underground subway station lead to?"
Gento sighed for a few seconds before answering. "An underground mall... and supposedly a secret laboratory."
Inside SI Singapore Technologies (ST) Kinetics Terrex AV-81 APC, en route to abandoned subway station
"How long do we get there, trooper?" addressed Gento to the APC's driver, who took a break from rambling to Yuji and Katsuya over how much he liked Najica as his number one idol. They were in a convoy of SI ST Kinetics Terrex AV-81 APCs, mostly armed with cupolas that had ST Kinetics 40 Automatic Grenade Launchers (AGLs) and 50 machine guns. A few AV-81s in the convoy were armed with 25 mm turrets or remote weapon systems with ST Kinetics 40 AGLs and FN MAG 7.62 x 51 mm General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs).
"10 more minutes!" yelled the navigator.
"Better get ready." sighed Rena, loading a 10-round clip for her Karabiner 43 self-loading rifle. Shinobu was given a Kovrov AEK-919K submachine gun, a weapon made from being influenced by the Steyr MPi-69 submachine gun.
"Er, Shinobu." Katsuya noticed that the brown-haired girl almost had trouble handling the Russian-made weapon. "I'll give you a hand on handling the weapon."
"Thanks." Shinobu gave a sincere smile to him while watching the teenager explain to her on using the AEK-919K.
Yuji checked on his HK MP7, making sure that the Brugger & Thomet Rotex silencer was intact and his EOTech HOLOgraphic Weapon Sight 550 reflex sight. Katsuya, after done helping Shinobu, inserted the Gemtech SP90 silencer on the barrel of his FN P90 submachine gun.
"How much longer now?" Gento asked the driver again.
"5 minutes to the destination, Gento." replied the driver. "Dammit! Can't the guy just leave me alone to my job for at least once in my life?"
Gento ejected the 12-round magazine of his HK USP 45 pistol to see if it had bullets inside. Satisfied, he inserted the magazine back in the same place. "Can't wait to get this over with."
"Same here with all of us." pouted Yuji, cradling his HK MP7 carefully in his lap. Katsuya had his FN P90 on his lap. Rena had her Karabiner 43 rifle leaning on her chest with Shinobu's AEK-919K.
The group inside the troop compartment of the Terrex spent the rest of their time waiting to get into action by stretching their legs, checking their weapons or talking with one another to kill some time.
As the convoy of SI Terrex AV-81 APCs were getting closer to the target area, hordes of mass-produced Humaritts dressed in the same cheongsam dress that Gento and the other SI paramilitary forces had faced earlier were back guarding the area surrounding the ruined subway entrance.
This time though, they had automatic weapons and rocket launchers in their hands.
"Hey Gento!" The AV-81's navigator hollered at the top of his voice to Gento. "We're at the destination."
"Thanks, guv!" Gento gripped his HK USP 45 in his right hand tightly.
"Better do it fast!" warned the driver. "Some of the Humaritts have rocket launchers with them." The driver shouted to the APC's gunner. "Give the guys suppressive fire!"
"Okay!" answered the AV-81's machine gunner. "Just give the word!"
The AV-81's gunner, who was at the vehicle's cupola, opened fire at the Humaritt with the vehicle's ST Kinetics 50 heavy machine gun.
Outskirts of abandoned subway station, Former Ibaraki Prefecture
"Let's go!" Gento ran out of the APC and went prone on the ground. He fired every single .45 ACP round that he could muster on the Humaritts from his HK USP 45, targeting their power cords.
Rena knelt on the ground next to Gento, sniping at every vulnerable Humaritt using her Karabiner 43's scope. Shinobu stayed inside the interior of the AV-81, sticking her head out only to fire her AEK-919K at the Humaritt power cords that were exposed to gunfire.
"Go, go, go!" Yuji and Katsuya flipped their helmet visors down before they dashed out of the AV-81, firing their submachine guns at every Humaritt that they could get their each on. Eyeing the Humaritt's power cords on their shoulders, the two teen agents fired at them while they were not injured from the bullets that hit their chests from the android's automatic weapons, thanks to the deflection property of their Armored Muscle Suits. Other SI security force soldiers disembarked from their respective Terrex AV-81 APCs and fired at the rogue Humaritts with their Steyr ACR assault rifles. Some of the AV-81s provided cover fire with either their 25 mm turrets or with the FN MAG GPMG or ST Kinetics 40 AGL mounted on the remote weapon systems.
"Grenades!" yelled Yuji, seeing a group of Humaritts entering the scene with various anti-armor rocket launchers.
At his words, the gunner from their AV-81 fired the ST Kinetics 40 AGL, sending 40 mm High Velocity (HV) grenades at the approaching adversaries.
"Get down!" Yuji and Katsuya got prone on the cracked cement sidewalk, waiting for the right time to resume their assault on the abandoned subway entrance after the 40 mm grenades were lobbed at the enemy.
"Go ahead, guys!" shouted Gento, who stopped firing to reload his pistol. "The rest of us will cover your approach."
Yuji and Katsuya gave their thumbs up to him. "Thanks, Gento!" thanked Katsuya, getting up from the sidewalk with Yuji. They stole a glance to the black smoke, seeing that the explosion that was caused by the impact of the 40 mm grenades had resulted in a pile of mangled Humaritt body parts with a familiar pink liquid that the boys have seen whenever Lila had to rest from a day's work.
The two teens observed that the area is heavily swarmed with Humaritt androids, they were way too busy engaging SI security forces alongside Rena and Shinobu that they found a lightly destroyed underground mall entrance a few feet away from the battle scene.
Yuji scanned the area near the mall entrance before motioning to Katsuya to follow him. "Come on, pal. Let's leg it."
"Right behind you." Katsuya lagged behind to cover Yuji's rear while he took to the front, making sure their approach was safe before they infiltrate the underground area.
Outskirts of abandoned underground mall entrance, Former Ibaraki Prefecture
"Up ahead." whispered Katsuya, pointing to some debris that partially covered the underground mall's ruined entrance.
"So far, so good." murmured Yuji. Their submachine guns were slinged to their necks; concluding that no Humaritt androids were waiting for them.
"What the?" Yuji failed to notice 7 Humaritt androids surrounding the duo just as they neared the abandoned entrance after dashing into their surroundings.
The two teen CRI agents were dead wrong.
"Damn!" grunted Katsuya. "More of these Humaritt dolls!"
"We've got no choice." Yuji got into a fighting stance. "Let's take these souless dolls down for good!"
Yuji unfolded his Strider FNG combat knife and Katsuya drew out his Gerber Silver Trident combat knife. The two charged to each Humaritt, slicing their power cords in order to incapacitate them.
"Ha!" yelled Yuji, doing a horizontal slice that eliminated the power cords of 2 Humaritt robots. His handiwork made them collapse on the ground.
Katsuya, on the other hand, performed a foot sweep, sending a Humaritt down on the ground before he stabbed the robot's cord that disabled it for good. When he saw another Humaritt sneaking up behind him, he kicked it on the chest before dashing on its side. When he was near the Humaritt's power cord, he did a quick horizontal slash that caused the robot to drop dead.
Yuji held his knife in front of him, watching 3 Humaritts come near him. When the first two were near him, he executed a combat roll and knocked them out on the ground. He immediately got up and stabbed one of their power cords that resulted in a short. Eyeing the other downed Humaritt, he executed a strong vertical slash on its cord while it was prone on the cemented floor. Sparks flew out of the exposed cord after its wires were severely cut from each other.
"Say, what happened to the third one? I did two of these scumbags!" Yuji nervously held his weapon, searching the premises for signs of his friend or the last Humaritt. What he didn't know was that the last one sneaked up on him. The final Humaritt raised her HK MP5K submachine gun and aimed it at his helmeted head. It cocked the weapon to chamber a 9 mm round, alerting Yuji to its presence.
"Damn it! I didn't pay attention!" Yuji's heartbeat began to increase bit by bit when he turned around to catch his adversary by surprise. As he was about to face his enemy, he saw the android smirk at him.
The teen CRI operative felt his end was coming. "Dammit! I'm fated to die here!" Yuji still kept a firm grip on his Strider FNG knife, anticipating the worst. The Humaritt inched its forefinger to the weapon's trigger, about to fire a short burst before Yuji could disable its power cord.
All of a sudden, the Humaritt fell on its knees after a sudden gust appeared from behind. Yuji saw that its power cord was disabled from behind.
"Katsuya. But how?"
"Better thank me for this later, mate!" murmured Katsuya, grinning at his friend with an Australian accent. He toyed with his Gerber Silver Trident combat knife, tossing it up and down.
"You could have helped me at least!" retorted Yuji, angered that he didn't help him fend off the Humaritt assault.
"Why should I?" demanded Katsuya. "You seemed to be having a good exercise back there." He saw that his buddy glared at him with dagger eyes stabbing into his chest.
"Anyway," began Yuji. "we have to get inside the mall as soon as we can."
"Help me lift this mangled sign blocking the mall entrance." Yuji and Katsuya stored their respective combat knives before zipping their Armored Muscle Suits, activating its artificial muscles.
"Don't go down on me now." smirked Katsuya, holding the mangled mall sign on one end.
"Yeah right." muttered Yuji. "Maybe you're the one who shouldn't go down on me." Together, the two heaved and lifted the ruined metal sign carefully, stepping away from the partly destroyed mall entrance doors before tossing it on the ruined sidewalk.
Yuji, noticing that the glass doors blocked their way in a combination of cement rocks, twisted metal from the ruined mall doors and support beams, kicked them very hard in order to gain access to the underground mall from the outside world. "There!" He kicked it hard that the doors that hindered their access were removed from its hinges, making a crash sound as it plummeted to the interior of the deserted mall. The twisted support beams and rocks were destroyed, resulting in smaller rock fragments or support beams that became more mangled in appearance.
Katsuya unslinged his FN P90 submachine gun, training its silenced barrel to the mall's partly dark interior. "Coast is clear so far."
Yuji unslinged his HK MP7 and aimed its silenced barrel at the interior also. "I agree with you there."
"Come on." Katsuya led the way for the two of them. "Better get inside before something happens to Najica and Lila."
"Right!"
Katsuya stepped over the broken glass, emitting cracking sounds. Yuji tapped his shoulder and pointed to him that the glass on his feet would give their position away. He muttered "sorry" before he silently stepped over the rest of the broken glass, Yuji behind him to help him avoid the same mistake.
With the two inside, they made their way to the interior of the abandoned underground shopping mall, hoping to help Najica and Lila before all is too late.
Chapter 10 END