Vandread: Unsung Hero
Disclaimer: I do not own Vandread or Gradius.
Chapter 12: Return and Beliefs
In the conference room, BC was standing at the end of the table giving a report to Magno about a planet they had found. The projector in the center of the table showed a hologram of the planet, it was mostly covered in water. Unfortunately the elderly captain wasn't paying attention.
"Approximately 99% of the planet's surface is covered in water. Scans also show that the atmosphere is comprised of nitrogen and oxygen so it fulfills the requirements for life. Deeper scans have also revealed the remains of a colonization ship on the ocean floor as well as a small island nearby whose inhabitants appear to be human." BC reported.
"Huh? Oh! Well then anything else?" Magno asked after being brought out of her thoughts.
BC raised an eyebrow at her superior. "Is something wrong captain? You're not the type to be easily distracted."
"I know…It's about the situation with the crew and our lone Gradian." Magno sighed.
BC knew what she was talking about. Ever since Seth confirmed the rumors of his wanted status on Gradius and Mejere, there was a division in the Nirvana crew.
There were those like Barnette and many women who had friends and families that were part of the Red Vixens, who still considered Seth a threat to the crew and felt that he should be restrained for the rest of the trip not only because he was male but because of his nickname given by Mejere's military, "The Mejerian Butcher", due to his shooting down of more than half of their Dread forces including their elite Red Vixens Squadron singlehandedly. And they made things clear with many of them attacking him only to end up on a one way trip on the pain express to Duero. Free of charge.
And there were the rest of the crew who were didn't see Seth as a threat because of the video they watched which showed them how macabre their own people were to people from other planets and his past actions with the crew which have only been beneficial as the Gradian had helped them since he joined the crew even when he had no reason to.
Then Seth showed them the video from his past that opened the eyes of the crew members, at least on the female side, the execution of his parents by the Red Vixen pilots themselves, which led to Operation Reprisal. The graphic video quickly shook the beliefs of many of the crew members and made a lot of them reconsider what they thought about their own people. Only a few of them refused to change their minds and Barnette was one of them…Big surprise there. Seth didn't care either way. He'd made his point and has proven his loyalty to everyone. The rest is up to them. It was only thanks to Magno putting her foot down and laying down the law that things were now stable. If only temporary…
"Even so but we can't think too much on it right now." BC said.
"I know so let's deal with the present. Like saying hello to our long lost relatives." Magno said.
...
In the bridge, the bridge bunnies looked on at the planet while complimenting on the planet's surface. Magno, BC and Seth along with Dita and Meia were also present. The Gradian was in his Kevlar weave flight suit ready for anything. He also found it surprising that he would be back at this very same planet after leaving the same planet some years ago, back when he was still a cadet. Anpathos was the planet's name if his memory served him right.
"To think that I'd return back here." Seth thought as he stared at the planet.
Meia noticed Seth's aloof stare at the planet which made her curious.
"Does the planet interest you Seth?" she asked, getting the Gradian's attention.
"It's not a bad looking planet." Seth replied, "Considering the fact that I've been there before."
"You've been to that planet before?" BC asked.
"Yes, I have...that was when I was still a cadet at Gradius Academy." Seth replied, "If I can recall the planet's name is Anpathos. Our captain led me and some other cadets there on a small exploration mission."
"Anpathos..." Magno repeated before turning to the Gradian, "Since you've been there what can you tell us about it?"
"Apart from the obvious detail of there being a lot of water and not much land, the locals there are human and are also the religious type, almost to the point of being fanatics." Seth said.
"Religious fanatics huh?"
"Yeah. They worship the Munya or whatever the hell they are. I don't care too much for it as I already have my own religion."
"I see..."
"Just surprised that I'm returning back to that planet again...I wonder if they'd recognize me..."
Before Seth could say anymore, the Nirvana's radar picked up some threats and the alarm went off. The bridge bunnies quickly checked the data that was picked up.
"Captain, we've spotted an enemy formation at the very edge of our radar coverage!" Ezra reported. "And they are coming from the other side of the planet."
"How many?" BC asked as she looked at the tactical scanners.
"A squad of Cube Fighters and a massive ship...sort of...one that's unlike anything I've never seen before."
It didn't take long for the crew to spot the ship as it came into view. It was hideous…it resembled a malevolent looking organic tulip which was closed at the very moment.
"What the devil is that thing?!" Magno asked as they gazed at the monstrosity in front of them.
"Whatever that abomination is I'd say that it's something the Harvesters want to use to harvest that planet." Seth stated.
"Well, if they're here to do that then I guess we're going to have to send them back empty-handed!" Magno stated. "All hands to combat stations!"
The ship alarms went off prompting the Nirvana crew to get ready for battle. The Dread Teams scrambled to their fighters, Seth raced towards the Alpinia and Hibiki towards his Vanguard. Along the way the two male pilots were stopped by Jura and Barnette, with some lights and cameras that had been set up in advance, along with the blonde doing odd things that confused Hibiki but annoyed Seth who ignored them and continued on towards the hangar.
"We don't have time for this nonsense! We have a battle to deal with!" Seth yelled out to them.
...
The Dreads, Vanguard and Alpinia flew out to engage the enemy formation that had detected their presence and split up to engage them.
"Looks like they are the security detail for that thing." Seth said as he sped towards the enemy with the Options active. "They obviously didn't expect us to show up though."
"Well then this won't take long!" Hibiki said arrogantly as he charged off towards an enemy. He swung his sword at one of them but the unexpected happened as the enemy evaded his attack at the last second and outmaneuvered him. The same happened to the Dread pilots and Seth with the enemy dodging their laser and missile shots.
"ARGH! DAMMIT HOLD STILL!" Hibiki yelled as he kept trying to cut down his target but only getting air.
"It looks like they've learned to evade our attacks." Meia noted as she barely dodged a counterattack.
"Not all of them!" Seth yelled. The Alpinia's four options split into sixteen and converged around four Cube Fighters. "Let's see you dodge this fuckers!"
The laser show commenced and the enemy tried to dodge but to no avail and were destroyed. That surprised the crew as they'd never seen the Alpinia pull off that attack before.
"WOW! Nice one Mr. Seth!" Dita cheered.
"Hmph! Show off!" Hibiki muttered, envious that Seth hit some enemies that he couldn't hit.
Meia noticed a Cube Fighter approaching from Seth's flank and noticed that the Gradian may not be able to evade in time due to that attack his ship pulled off. She flew in from the enemy's blind spot and took it by surprise shooting it down before it could get its own attack off on Seth.
"Thanks for the assist Meia." Seth said.
"Be more careful about using that attack of yours. It leaves you wide open after." Meia warned.
"I noticed that. Thanks anyways."
The battle continued and Hibiki finally managed to cut down an enemy and flicked his thumb across his nose in satisfaction. Of course that left him open for another attack by a cube fighter but that was averted when Jura's dread shot it down.
"Well hello there. Are you ready for me?" The blonde suggestively said on the inter-com.
"Hell no!" Hibiki replied. But before he could do anything else another Cube Fighter came at the two of them but it was destroyed by Dita's dread.
"Hey if you're going to combine you should do it with me!" The redhead offered.
Having had enough of this nonsense Hibiki flew away from the two pilots to engage more of the enemy. He managed to cut down a few more but then several cube fighters charged right at him and then latched onto him sending him crashing right to the surface of the planet.
"Jura what are you doing!?" Barnette yelled as she saw Jura's dread speeding after the falling Vanguard.
The blonde pilot laughed maniacally as she got closer to her goal, "Get the camera ready Barnette, you're going to see the perfect elegance of my Vandread now!"
"Are you out of your mind Jura?! Pull up or you'll get fried!" Barnette yelled at her friend but unfortunately her words fell on deaf ears. The dread and the vanguard went past the planet's surface and landed in the water while the cube types were destroyed during the re-entry.
Dita and Seth had tried to assist but some cube fighters got in their way, forcing them to fight them off. But it also lead to another thing happening as Dita's dread and Seth's Alpinia resonated and both were engulfed in a blinding light. After that a new machine stood there in place.
It was a massively armored mech with a blue, black and orange color scheme, had two horns protruding from both sides of its head, red eyes and the shoulders had spikes on it making it look intimidating. It was armed with a massive great sword in both hands.
"What the heck?! Another transformation?!" BC yelled in shock.
"Just like the one with Barnette." Meia muttered in surprise.
The huge mech then cleaved through the enemies in front of it in one wild swing, leaving nothing but debris and explosions. It then charged off towards the other enemies and began attacking wildly with powerful blows, viciously cutting them down and nearly hitting its allies.
"Hey! Watch where you swing that thing!" A dread pilot yelled as she barely avoided being split in two by the mech's huge sword.
"It's attacking like a berserker!" Belvedere reported.
Magno sighed as she and BC saw the mech go nuts on the enemy.
"Indeed it is a berserker. Tell the others to stay out of its way."
The bridge bunnies had warned the other pilots to stay out of the warpath of the blue, black and orange berserker as it went on and cut down more of the cube fighters. Just when there was only the strange ship left more cube fighters appeared to guard it and the massive mech this time kept its distance from them.
...
The Nirvana had lost contact with Jura and Hibiki but then they saw something else show up in their place. It seemed that Jura and Hibiki had combined to make a new Vandread...however...what they saw made everyone face fault.
It was crimson red just like Jura's dread, but it had two long appendages almost like claws.
"What is that?" BC asked awkwardly, at the sight of the new Vandread.
"It's a crab." Amarone said comically.
Inside the new Vandread, Hibiki looked over his shoulders and then at the controls in front of him.
"Ok so how does this thing work?" he asked before he noticed Jura started crying, "Hey will you calm down and help me figure this thing out!"
"No!" Jura cried before slamming her hands on the console, causing the ship's thrusters to activate and sending it flying toward the island ahead of them.
...
Inside the other mech Seth blinked as he tried to adjust his eyes to the cockpit, only to realize that this was not the inside of the Alpinia. In fact it was completely different as the interior was pitch black with an orange HUD and he sat on his chair while leaning forward while holding two handle bars as if he was riding a bike. He also noticed someone's hands intertwined with his own.
'Oh you got to be kidding me...' Seth thought as he knew what had happened. Another combination, but with whom? He heard a young girl gasp behind him and he looked over his shoulder and saw a familiar redhead behind him.
"Um...Mr. Seth?" Dita asked. "Did we combine?"
"Really?! Did you have to ask that!?" Seth replied in annoyance.
"Seth! Dita! Are you two alright?" asked Ezra on the comm-link.
"Yes we are Ezra...and yes we are inside this new mech." Seth replied.
...
"Are all pilots accounted for?" BC asked the bridge operators.
"Yes commander." Belvedere replied, "All pilots safe and accounted for including Jura and Hibiki, their vitals are showing up in the new Vandread below."
"Scans show minimal to no damage on the Dread teams and that new mech that Seth and Dita are in." Ezra added.
All pilots apart from Hibiki and Jura returned to the ship, with Seth and Dita's mech ending its transformation to separate the pilots. Seth made his way to the bridge.
"So what's the situation with that strange ship?" Seth asked.
"Our attacks did nothing to it and there are some Harvester units still protecting it. Right now we'll hold the line here in case they try anything." BC said. "And what was that machine you created with Dita?"
"How the hell should I know?! It just came up from nowhere when Dita's dread was near the Alpinia and then it did whatever it did." Seth answered.
Before BC could question any further Amarone interrupted her. "There's an incoming message from the planet below!"
"Patch it through" Magno ordered.
The screen appeared above the bridge showing a pale skinned, but lovely young woman with blonde hair almost as long as Jura's and dressed in a light purple robe with a mask hanging from around her neck. She bowed to them and looked up with a smile before speaking.
"Greetings travelers, my name is Fanita and welcome to Anpathos, the most beautiful planet in the entire universe."
"We know about that. Thanks to someone here who's been on your planet." Magno replied as she looked at Seth.
"It's been a while hasn't it Fanita though I doubt you'd recognize me." Seth said as he stared at the woman on the monitor.
Fanita looked puzzled at first, then she gazed at Seth before a look of recognition came on her face.
"Ah! Master Reager, so you've returned to visit us once more?"
Seth shrugged his shoulders. "You could say that, but please stop calling me that. I'm just as much a normal person as you are. Anyways we were just in the area and we happened to be near your planet."
"That's good to hear. And you've also come with the Munya too this time." Fanita said happily.
"Munya?" BC asked in confusion.
"The so called gods they worship. They also mistook me and my group as them." Seth whispered to BC and getting a nod of understanding before turning back to Fanita. "Sorry but these people with me are not the Munya, Fanita."
"They're not?" Fanita asked in confusion.
"I'm afraid there's a misunderstanding." The elderly captain replied, "We are certainly not these 'Munya' you are speaking of. Pardon me for being so direct, but may we visit you, there are several questions I'd like to ask you."
"Our ceremony is underway so I'm afraid we won't be able to greet you properly." Fanita said with a withdrawn expression.
"Oh there's no need to worry about that." Magno waved off. The screen went off after that and the captain contacted Bart in the helmsman portal.
"Bart, can you hear me? I and some members of the crew will be going down to the planet's surface, so I'm leaving you in charge of the ship while I'm down there. And by the way you are forbidden to run away, got it?"
Ignoring Bart's protest, Magno turned to BC and Seth.
"Do you know about this ceremony they're having Seth?" The captain asked the Gradian.
"Not really. The last time I was there our group had to leave as we couldn't stay for long." Seth answered, "But I noticed that they were acting too suspiciously, trying to push their beliefs on the captain, me and my fellow cadets. These 'Munya' especially raised too many red flags."
"I know that which is why I want you and BC to come along with me just in case." Magno said.
"Uh...okay, sure." Seth agreed as he followed Magno and BC out of the bridge.
...
"Calm down Dita. I'm sure they're fine." Meia told a worried Dita who had been pacing back and forth outside the hangar after the shuttle with Magno, BC and Seth left down for the planet.
"But Meia! Mr. Alien and Jura are alone on that planet!" Dita cried.
"And the captain, commander and Seth are down there too." Meia pointed out, "Listen I know you're concerned, but you have to have faith that everything will be fine. There's no use worrying about it right now."
...
On Anpathos, the shuttle landed on the island. Magno, BC and Seth got off the ship onto land and made their way to a nearby courtyard. All the while Seth was noticeably on edge as he looked around.
"Is something wrong young man?" Magno asked.
"I have a bad feeling about all of this. That's what's wrong." Seth said as he had his hand inside his trench coat where his trusty sidearm was holstered. "These people are acting the same way they did the first time I was here and I have a feeling that I and the others had dodged a bullet the first time."
"Calm down Seth. I have my suspicions as well, but for now let's reserve judgement until we meet these people." Magno stated.
"Hey old lady!" Hibiki's voice called.
Looking to their side, the three of them saw Hibiki rushing over to them, nearly knocking over several people in his rush.
"Little one." Magno said with a smile, "You're safe are you?"
"Where's Jura?" BC asked.
Hibiki huffed and crossed his arms, "I don't want to talk about Ms. Crabby right now."
Seth chuckled at the nickname. "Ms. Crabby? That's a good one Hibiki."
"Well that's because she won't shut up about the machine we made!" Hibiki said.
"Well as long as you're both safe that's all that matters." Magno said with a smile, "Why don't you just come with us for now."
"Hopefully Jura gets out of her useless slump when we're done here." Seth added.
Hibiki joined them and the four made their way towards the tower where Fanita was waiting for them at the base of it.
"Welcome travelers and Master Reager." she said to them, "This is the way to the Holy Path."
"Yes, I remember it. Too bad I didn't get the chance to see it the last time I was here." Seth said. 'And I'd say it was a good thing at the time.'
"Well lucky for you you'll get the chance this time." Fanita giggled.
"It's very impressive." Magno said as Fanita led her and the others inside the tower, "But would you mind telling us about these Munya you are expecting?"
"They are the ones who guided their ancestors to this planet years ago." Seth answered for her.
"Yes they are. I'm glad you still remember that Master Reager." Fanita said with a smile.
"Like I said no need to call me that Fanita..." Seth sighed, "Just Seth is fine."
"Don't sell yourself short Master Reager. If not for you I would have lost my honor and dignity to one of your dishonorable companions."
"What does she mean by that?" BC asked.
Seth sighed in annoyance. "The last time I was here, my abominable cousin Rugal tried to flirt with Fanita here and when she didn't fall for him he tried to rape her. I beat the crap out of him and saved her in the process. That was what prompted us to leave too although she wanted me to stay behind."
Magno and BC had looks of disgust on their face when they heard of Seth's cousin again.
"Speaking of that fool, where is he now?" Fanita asked.
"He was executed for his crimes." Seth said nonchalantly, "You'll never have to worry about him again."
"Ah! That's great to hear." Fanita said with relief, "Anyways back on topic, like Master Reager said, the Munya guided our ancestors here years ago and according to prophecy they will be in great need of us soon."
"In great need of you?" BC repeated.
"According to our legends they are in need of the spiral code." Fanita said proudly.
'Spiral code?' Seth thought before noticing a giant banner hanging on the wall of the temple. It showed a kneeling man with a large spiraling object coming from his back, then the grim realization hit him hard. 'What the hell!? She means the spinal cord!'
BC noticed Seth's sour expression.
"Something wrong Seth?" she asked as the Gradian glared at Fanita.
"Are you a fucking idiot Fanita?!" Seth yelled.
"W-What?!" Fanita stuttered in shock at the outburst.
"What's wrong Seth?" Hibiki asked.
"The spiral code she's talking about...she means spinal cord!" Seth said shocking the landing party, "Meaning that the Munya these people believe in are you-know-who."
"The Harvesters!" Hibiki yelled.
"Meaning that Fanita here is leading her people to the fucking slaughterhouse!" Seth finished.
"How dare you! You come here and blaspheme against the Munya and then you think you can stop them from coming here?" Fanita yelled.
"These very same Munya you're talking about are only going to kill every single one of you and not care in the slightest." Magno said.
"How can you be so fucking stupid Fanita?! These Munya are only here for your organs and yet you happily lead these people to their deaths?!" Seth added.
"How can you say that Master Reager?!"
"I can because of how stupid this situation is!"
It was also then that BC's communicator beeped as Bart contacted her and Magno told the two about the new and much larger enemy formation which made both officers have grim expressions on their faces.
"It seems your Munya have arrived." Magno stated.
Fanita smiled happily as she ordered the people to put on their masks and begin climbing up the staircase to the top of the tower. However that stopped when a gunshot went off and everyone looked to see Seth pointing his Glock 17 towards the ceiling before he pointed it at Fanita.
"I can't believe what I'm seeing..." Seth said.
"Well I want no part of this stupidity…" Magno said. She turned to leave but she suddenly felt great pain in her back, showing her age as BC tried to help her to her feet but the pain forced her to remain where she was at the moment. Seth kept his weapon aimed at the people in front of him.
"Damn…of all the times for my old bones to give out on me…I guess I'm stuck here." The elder said.
Seth looked over his shoulder at Hibiki and ordered, "Hibiki, get back to Jura and defend the planet and the Nirvana. I don't care how you do it but do whatever it takes."
Hibiki looked back at him, "Yeah, but…what about you three?"
"Shut up. 180 degree turn. Get your ass moving!" Seth barked, startling Hibiki.
"Fine! Just don't die down here okay?" Hibiki told them before running off.
"As if we intend to do that." Seth replied as he focused his aim back on Fanita and her congregation.
Not long after Hibiki left, several overlapping voices flooded BC's radio.
"What should we do?" Bart screamed.
"It's obvious isn't it?" Meia asked him "You want us to defend the ship right?"
Bart could be heard whimpering before he issued his order, "DREAD TEAMS SCRAMBLE!"
The dread teams launched into battle to defend the Nirvana and the planet as best they could.
When Hibiki got back to Jura, the sea levels have risen due to the spikes on the huge pillar that is also having an effect on the planet's weather. He managed to get Jura out of her funk and back into the action with the new Vandread.
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"I don't know about you Fanita but I'm not an idiot and I have no intention of being harvested along with you and the rest of your blind minions, if you want to happily walk to your deaths then be our guests, but we're leaving." Seth said.
"You know that's not possible Seth." Fanita said to him, "Our beliefs and traditions forbid us from resisting."
"No. It's your blind faith and stupidity that's stopping you." Seth replied angrily, "All I see is someone who accepts the bullshit from some fake god instead of making their own decisions."
"How dare you?! What would you know, you and these people come to our beautiful world and spit on our ways? I will not tolerate these insults." Fanita argued. A gunshot went off and a piece of Fanita's mask fell to the floor, stunning everyone. Seth was glaring at Fanita with his gun smoking.
"And what do you plan to do about it?" Seth coldly asked.
"Stand down Seth!" Magno ordered, which the Gradian did reluctantly before she turned to glare at Fanita. "The young man has a point. Are you going to decide things by yourself or would you accept what some false god tells you?"
"Why bother asking her that captain? It's already clear what her answer is." Seth said as he maintained his glare.
Suddenly Bart was heard screaming his head off on the radio. "Ah! We're done for!"
"Grow a spine!" Magno shouted into the radio, "I have been alive for a very long time and seen too many lives cut short along the way. Every time I cursed myself for being so powerless, every time I cursed myself for not being able to do a single thing to save those people. So many regrets. But even in their final moments not a single one of them gave up on life, they were all brave and shining stars to the very end. I'm proud to have known them and even prouder to have called them friends. And this is the reason I could never forgive someone who relied on others to decide their own fates!"
Seth was too angry to give a speech as he just kept his weapon aimed at Fanita. With the bull shit he had to see here, he was inclined to just kill the foolish woman and be done with it but only chose to stay his hand.
"Take control of your life or let some false god do it for you. I don't care about what you choose, just keep the rest of us out of your religious bull shit!" he stated.
...
Thanks to Magno's word of encouragement the helmsman held the line and the Dread teams fought hard against the Harvester forces and were doing well. Then a new arrival came on the scene.
Vandread Jura came up above and the crimson red Vandread activated its energy shield system and to the amazement of everyone, including Jura, the shield covered the entire planet and that was enough to halt the Harvesters.
"If anybody can cover an entire planet, I'd love to see them try." Jura said ecstatically. She was totally amazed at what the Vandread could do after all.
"Don't celebrate just yet!" Hibiki warned as he swung his chair against hers inside the machine.
And he was right as the Harvesters were not happy about the new unit in play and they attempted to get rid of the Vandread but its powerful armor more than shrugged off whatever attacks the enemy threw at them. This forced their hand as the vessel that was meant to be used for its harvest opened something that resembled a mouth and moved toward the Vandread and the planet it was protecting, intent of swallowing them both. In response Hibiki brought his fist down on the controls to the new Vandread activating another disc that hovered over the Vandread itself, the new disc summoned a vortex draining water from the planet's ocean up toward it and directing it at the giant machine.
"Feeling hungry huh?" Hibiki asked, "Well here's an all you can eat buffet for you!" Slamming another button, the Vandread fired the water it had sucked up into the approaching machine's mouth. The machine got filled up till it reached its breaking point and exploded from the inside and ending the battle.
The Nirvana crew were in a jubilant mood for another victory over the Harvesters added to their tally.
"That was totally reckless…." Meia commented on the comms.
"But I feel envious…I wish my Vandread with Mr. Alien and Mr. Seth were like Jura's as well." Dita muttered.
"What are you whining about Dita? And I don't think that the combination you made with Seth is a Vandread."
"Oh...then what is it Meia?"
Meia thought about it and came up empty as she had no idea of what to call the combination either.
"You know what...I have no idea."
...
In the Vandread Hibiki sighed in victory and Jura was all smiles at her Vandread's successful debut.
"Did you get it all on tape Barnette?!" Jura contacted Barnette.
"I was too busy trying not to get shot down to record the damn thing!" Barnette replied with a tick mark.
Jura whined in disappointment at her missed chance but she got over it quickly as she was happy that everything turned out all right. She then gave Hibiki a very seductive and sly look which got Hibiki's attention as Jura edged closer to him since the chairs in the Vandread they formed with their respective machines were able to move about in the cockpit.
"What are you doing?!" Hibiki asked nervously.
Jura smiled and then hugged Hibiki and spoke in a low and seductive tone.
"From now on…you'll combine only with me…won't you?"
Hibiki didn't know why but he was suddenly getting hot and bothered by Jura's close proximity and he couldn't help but suddenly feel this odd stirring in his stomach and heart as the blonde came ever closer and he found out that despite his best intentions…he found himself giving her the once over and he found himself looking at Jura's breasts...
"HEY! LEAVE MR. ALIEN ALONE!"
The two turned and there was Dita on the screen with a deep look of anger and jealousy. The redhead was not happy when she saw Jura being close to her Mr. Alien and she was not in the mood for her comrade Jura getting too familiar with Hibiki. Jura glared back and replied.
"Leave us alone Dita! From now on…he's combining with me!"
"No he won't!"
"Oh yes he will!"
"No!"
...
Fanita fell to her knees in shock and anger. She couldn't believe what had happened right before her eyes. These strangers had defeated the Munya and destroyed their chance for salvation.
"You…how could you?!" She said in anger and sadness.
"We did what we knew what was right…unlike you my dear." Magno replied to the blonde leader, "These Munya you believe in are nothing but vile machines that have a twisted purpose to harvest any humans they can find. A real god watches and guides us like the lost sheep we humans are. A real god doesn't come to us and ask us for something."
"HOW DARE YOU?! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THIS BLASPHEMY!"
CRAACKK!
Fanita dropped on her rear after being punched hard in the face just enough to break her mask and remove it from her face. Two of her people rushed to her side to check on her. Fanita looked up to see an enraged Seth Reager glaring at her with hate and contempt which scared her.
"YOU STUPID BITCH!" Seth yelled as he walked towards her. Two men from the congregation ran towards him only to end up on the floor in pain after Seth shot them both in the legs. The Gradius pilot walked in front of Fanita with his gun out and aimed at her head.
"Seth! What are you doing?!" Magno shouted in shock.
"Can you believe the audacity of this bitch?! We just saved her and her people from a gruesome demise and yet this fucking idiot still believes that she's leading her people to the right path!" Seth yelled back, "Their so called gods planned to butcher them and rip their spines from every last one of them, man, woman and child! Yet she was more than happy to lead them to such a fate! Why should I not just kill this waste of space right now huh? If I had known that she was going to do this I would have killed the bitch."
"There's no need for that Seth. Right now they're no longer sheep but free people who can now choose their own fate instead of false gods."
Seth sighed and holstered his gun and held a hand over his forehead while looking over to BC and Magno.
"Can we leave this planet captain? If I stay here any longer I'll go ballistic on her and these fools here."
"Yes...we're leaving now anyways." Magno said as the three left the tower and boarded the shuttle and were now on their way back to the Nirvana while leaving the people of Anpathos to rethink their lives.
...
Meanwhile somewhere in space, three space ships flew at high speed as they were in pursuit of something or someone. The pilots had gotten a tip from someone about a person of interest they were looking for and were now on the trail of such person. They just hoped that they would find this person and return home without any complications.
Chapter XII End.
Seth revisits Anpathos with the last time being when he was still a cadet at Gradius and gets to see Fanita once again.
A new mech combination is here and it'll be called Berserker since it's more or less a raging powerhouse.
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