Me: I promised I'd give you both parts of Armonia as one megachapter, and your gonna get it! And it's gonna be the best chapter so far!
Doyle: Anonymous Fanz doesn't own anything except for his Original Characters. His brother owns Agent Mass.
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Utah's POV
"Anyone else thinking this guy is leading us nowhere." Colorado asked. I'm not sure if I can trust this guy, but I know I know him from somewhere. I just don't know where.
"It is a possibility." Arizona replied. I don't think so. There's a point to this.
"Do you think Virge is dead?" Derek asked.
"Why do you care? If he wasn't, you'd just kill him yourself." I said. The only thing I want is payback for what the Project did to me. I know he's about as much a victim as I am. Hell, he's been through more than any other Freelancer. They don't call him the First Freelancer for nothing. He's been manipulated by the Director before the Project had Freelancers. But the New Director has what I need to stay out of that hospital, so if I have to kill Virge to stay alive, so be it. It's not like he ever cared about his life.
"That's why I'm here." Derek replied.
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Mass's POV
Well, this should be a good fight at least. "I thought you guys said we were safe at the Capital!" Simmons yelled.
"I never thought they'd be so bold! Th-they'd take too many casualties!" So he didn't count on the mentally unstable mercenaries being unstable maniacs.
"I think they're more interested in getting a sword than the amount of men they lose to get it." I said.
"Then sounds like we gotta make sure they lose all their men!" Colonel Sarge declared. He's starting to become my favorite.
"Yeah, fuck this counsiling crap!" West yelled.
"Aw, but I worked so hard on it." Doc whined.
"Let's get out there and stick it to 'em, gang!" Donut yelled. He ruined it.
"Hold up." Oh, Church want's to talk. "Um,I got a better idea, but... you're probably not gonna like it." This is a great plan! Sure, lots of people are gonna die, but that's what soldiers do. Die making sure there's more of the other team waiting for them in hell.
"Can't be much worse than the current one." Fuck you, Grif!
"It's like Kimball said, the Capital's a death trap... but not for us." As long as people die...
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North Carolina's POV
"What are you doing? We've got patients to save!" We're under attack. Why are they shooting in a hospital? Where the fuck did Virge go? Why won't anyone trust me with a gun. I only tried to shoot my sister in the face because I thought I was losing my mind. I'm fine now, I FUCKING SWEAR!
"Ahh, my arm!" Some guy yelled.
"Oh, so now human limbs are a badthing!" Grey snarked.
"You should have upgraded to robot arm! They're stronger and they don't feel pain." I just did product placement. Hey, I gotta get payed too!
Hey, the guys shooting at us are dead. "I think that these guys... are gonna need a hospital." God damn it, Palomo.
"Just, no." Bitters said.
"Come on, we need to get everyone out of here." Smith ordered.
"What are you talking about?" Grey asked.
"Didn't you hear? We're evacuating!" Jensen explained.
"What? Why?" I asked.
"General's orders. We're abandoning Armonia. Warthogs, pelicans, whatever can get us out of the Capital." Smith answered.
"What about the fucking army?" I asked.
"Well, the mercs just dropped all of their men right into the city." I doubt that's all of them. With how big that ship they stole was, there's bound to be more.
"A city that just so happens to have a very powerful nuclear reactor." But Nuclear Warfare is illegal!
"And, if we blow up the reactor..." We're all going to jail.
"We blow up everything Charon has to throw at us." I still doubt it's everything. There is no way they'd risk everyone on this.
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Daniel's POV
"RUN YOU FUCKING SHITS!" I don't like these people. I don't think anyone in our family liked this planet. That's why me and Derek jumped at the chance to kill everyone. We would have recruited Damian, but apparently, he doesn't like mercenary work.
"Anyone got eyes on the target?" Someone asked.
"Negative. No Doyle, just the regular expendable cowards." I said.
"Then let's pick up the pace! I want that kill bonus." Like I'm gonna hurry up so he can steal my kill. I'mma get that kill and the sword, then I'm gonna cleanse the shit outta this planet. Cause fuck this planet.
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Mass's POV
"You know, I always wanted to be popular as a kid." Tucker said. I can't really sympathise there; I was popular as a kid.
"As did I." Doyle replied. I can sorta remember what Virge remembers of being popular. Being in his head, I've seen his memories. It's not that diffrent from being famous.
"Is it just like you imagined?" Donut asked.
"No." Doyle answered.
"Kinda." Tucker answered. Yeah, having people want to kill you and people protect you is part of being popular. But his case is kinda a inverse on the kill/love ratio. So he's more infamous that famous.
"Alright, we made it to the Armory." Simmon's reported.
"Good." Carolina said.
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West's POV
"There should still be a Pelican docked in the garage. Load up as many supplies as you can then get Tucker and Doyle out of the city. We'll take care of the reactor's manual overload." Carolina responded.
"Be ready to come pick us up once you're done." Wash said.
"Are you sure there is no other way? Armonia is our home!" Doyle asked.
"We'll build a new one. Right now, you need to focus on staying alive." Kimball said. Yeah, we can always build a New Armonia. Maybe add some statues of the heroes who didn't make it out of this war alive. I think Damian would have liked that idea.
"Meanwhile, we should focus on that Reactor." PSI said.
"How far are we from it, anyway?" I asked.
"It's gonna be a while. These tunnels wind all over the place." Church answered.
"Well, at least they keep us off the streets and out of trouble." Carolina said.
"I wouldn't be so sure." Oh shit, a pirate! Everyone fired at him, but apparently he stole my fucking shield! Why can't these Pirates borrow some active Camo for once! It's always hard-light shields with them! What the fuck!
"I don't think so." Who the hell is this guy?
"I really, really hate this guy." Church said.
"We don't have time for this." Wash said.
"Don't worry... I'm the one he wants." Carolina said. Ah, this is a smart tactical decision. But is it being made out of strategy, bravery, or foolishness. Or some combination of the three? "If I stay will you let them go?"
"Huh. Deal. But once you're dead, I'm coming after you both!" He's looking at me?
"What the hell did I do?" I asked.
"You helped him get burried under a one hundred foot tall building." PSI answered.
"I don't remember that. Wait, was he the guy with the bomb?" I asked.
"No." Psi and Sharkface over there answered.
"That one guy that shot Maine in the throat?" I asked.
"No." They repeated.
"Uh, that dick with the flamethrower?" I asked.
"Yes." Sharkface said. Oh. Wait, I didn't even do anything that fight. All I did was shoot at the ceiling with the worst weapon of all time. Bounces on floors but explodes on ceiling? Who designed that crap? Aliens. Huh. You realize your standing in the tunnel alone, right? Wait, what?
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Mass's POV
"Ammo?" Sarge asked.
"Check." Simmons confirmed.
"Machine guns?" Colonel asked.
"Check." Caboose is carrying that thing.
"Rocket launchers?" Colonel asked.
"Chhheeeeckk." I said, loading the damn thing. I was waiting for him to say that just so I could do that one badass part.
"Advanded AI, Check!" Rho reported.
"Shotgun!" I called.
"Check!" Sarge reported.
"Uh guys, remember those bad guys from earlier? Well, they're coming back." Donut warned.
"Grif, what's the status on our Pelican?" Sarge yelled.
"I don't know! Every time I turn it on it just makes a loud clunking sound." Grif answered.
"Sounds like something's inside the ship that shouldn't be there." Rho said.
"God damn it. Where's Lopez when you need him?" Grif asked. "Wait a minute, where is Lopez?" Probably with an evacuation group. It's the smart thing to do since sticking around a city we're gonna nuke is a bad idea.
"Uhh...last I saw him, he was in the garage." Simmons said. Oh. God damn it.
Tucker yelled some spanish shit as more rumbling came from inside the pelican. "Oh, shit." Grif realized what happened. An angry Lopez yelled from inside of the Pelican. "Lopez is stuck in the pelican!"
"So get him out!" I yelled.
"They're coming in!" Donut yelled. That's what she said.
"Quick, everybody hide!" Simmon's yelled. God damn it, I want to kill someone.
"We could be killing people right now." Hey, I know thet guy. It's Dan, my old friend.
"Listen, all I'm saying is if we grab a warthog we can cover more..." What the hell are they doing? You can see parts of them easily. CABOOSE ISN'T EVEN HIDING! He's just looking away. And did Grif build a motherfucking snowman? Forget not having time to build it! Where the hell did he even get snow? I'm on top of the pelican, where they can't see me because this thing is fucking huge.
"Damn it! We suck at hiding." Simmons said. I jumped on Dan.
"Suprise motherfucker." I punched him while he was on the ground. Then i smacked his one buddy with the rocket launched, and punched the other one in the face, sending him flying towards the ceiling.
"Hah! Enjoy your 'got killed bonus' A-hole!" Dan yelled.
"Long time, no see, Dan. I thought they had you executed." I said, helping him up.
"Mass. You really think they'd kill me? Not while Derek's alive!" Dan replied.
"Right now, I'm not too sure which one is." I noted.
"I am. Took me some time, but I know the diffrence." Dan said.
"Who the hell is this?" Sarge asked.
"Remember the old friend I mentioned. This is him. Turns out he's not dead. He's just an asshole." I said.
"Haha, fuck you." Dan said.
"Isn't that the mercenary that brought Charon's reinforcements." Doyle asked.
"Yeah. I'm also the guy that's bringing good news. Damian isn't dead." Daniel said. "Charon took him prisoner because they thought he had the swords imprint."
"But he got shot. North—" I didn't get to finish.
"Virge shot him in the eye. He's blind, not dead." Daniel said.
"Hostile forces approaching." Freckles warned.
"Oh, god! They know!" Simmons is panicking.
"Wash, status update!" I requested.
"Haven't made it yet. We ran into Sharkface." Wash reported.
"What?!" Doyle asked.
"Carolina's got him busy. We're almost at the reactor." West replied.
"Well, hurry. We got Charon headed our way." I said.
"Don't worry. If anyone is getting the kill bonus, it's gonna be me." Daniel said. "And I don't plan on collecting."
"We also have news. Damian's brother Daniel has defected to our side." I said.
"Great. Maybe he can lead the army for us." PSI responded. Probably sarcastically.
"Speaking of leaders, he also reported that Damian isn't dead. Charon kept him alive because they believed he had the sword imprint." I noted.
"Damian? Is he still alive?" Kimball asked.
"Probably. Charon can't exactly risk killing him because they don't know if Derek or Virge is the one you captured. If it's Derek, killing Damian means they lose him as an asset." Daniel reported.
"Then I should probably be Derek." Virge is back on the coms.
"Where the fuck have you been?" West asked.
"You know. Getting psychoanalyzed. Cross Electroshock therapy off the list of treatments I've recieved." Virge answered.
"As much as I love camping, we should probably get going." I said. Caboose is killing everyone that gets to the front door. That is one overpowered aimbot.
"Yo, Simmons. What's the deal with Lopez?" Tucker asked.
"Got the last piece out now." Simmons replied.
"Thank goodness. Is he ok?" Doc asked.
"He's just fine." Grif grunt as Lopez strangled him. I know because that's what he's probably pissed off.
"Sounds like it's time to vamanos. C'mon, let's book it." Sarge ordered.
"Just so you know, I get very motion sick." Donut warned.
"Try not to drown in your helmet." RHO warned.
"Wait. Wait! If the pirates know we're on board the Pelican, what's to keep them in the city for the explosion?!" Doyle asked. Yeah, we did not think that far into the plan.
"What?" Dan asked.
"I mean they'll just come after us. We'll lose our home, we'll lose everything for nothing!" Doyle said.
"What explosion?" Daniel asked.
"The plan was to nuke Armonia while they're looking for him. But they found him." RHO explained.
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Damian's POV
"Hey guys? I just captured Doyle. Meet me at the reactor for evac." Daniel reported on his coms.
"Just kill him so I can get the sword already!" Felix rushed. He really wants to sword fight Tucker.
"Why? He's a coward. Making him cleanse the place isn't much harder than killing him." Danny said.
"Then do it." Locus ordered. He just wants to cleanse the planet and get this shit over with.
"And then give you guys a sword to backstab me with? No deal!" Daniel yelled. Nice.
"I will kill Damian." Felix said.
"Trust me. You don't want to do that." Derek warned. Aw, he really does care.
"Yeah! You don't go messing with the Stark's, bitches!" I yelled.
"I will shoot you!" Felix warned.
"Amd you'll lose alll Virge's secret alien weapons." Derek said. "I personally think the Hammer of Virge is more threatening than anything you got on this planet. And I'm willing to destory this planet as retaliation."
"Escalation, motherfucker." I said. "You have the key to a doomsday weapon, but he has doomsday weapons on call."
"Send Damian to the reactor. Then, we start talking about that sword." Daniel said. This is a mexican standoff of gambits.
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North Carolina's POV
I am not letting my sister die. There they are. My sister and Sharkface having round three. "Hey, Sharkface. Remember me?" I asked. "Carolina, get to extraction."
"What are you..." I wasn't going to let her finish.
"Now! I got this." I threw one punch at Sharkface. He blocked it. I headbutted him and threw another punch. My sister jumped onto a monorail and left.
"You're gonna wish you stayed out of this." Sharkface warned.
"Only thing I wish was that I was there to see you get buried." I said.
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West's POV
"How many safety regulations am I violating right now?" I asked.
"All of em'." PSI answered.
"We should hurry incase Charon decides to take Daniel's offer." Wash warned.
"Wait! This is our chance. We can ambush them and rescue Damian and Doyle." Kimball said.
"Not a bad plan, but it's too risky. There's no guarantee we'll have time to get out. We can't risk all three leaders on this." I said.
"She's right. It's a risk we can't afford." Wash agreed.
"Leave it to Virge. He'll get them out." I assured. I know he will.
"We got the pelican ready. How long until this place goes nuclear?" Mass asked.
"I'd give it five minutes, after that the autodetonate goes off." PSI said.
"That's not enough time!" Kimball yelled. "They'll never get Damian out in time."
"Well, we don't have time to pick them up either." Wash said.
"So what? We just leave them to out run the blast?" Kimball asked.
"If we go to save them, we won't have enough time to make it out of the city." RHO warned.
"Not to mention this ship is already over capacity as it is." Simmon's said.
"Yeah, and I am not sharing a seat with anybody." Grif said.
"Then who's going to make sure they make it out alive?" Kimball asked.
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Damian's POV
"Alright. We'll give you Damian. If you give us Doyle." Locus said.
"Sounds like a fair trade." Daniel said. I didn't sacrifice myself for the guy so he could be used as a bargaining chip. God damn it, Doyle.
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North Carolina's POV
"You think you can win." He kicked me through a window. "Even if you escape, you have no where to run, no where to hide from the purge."
"You think you have us trapped on this planet? That at the right time this wil end with you blowing us all to hell?" I asked.
"Hey, Two-face! We need you at the reactor. Derek and Daniel are starting to annoy me a little to much." Felix ordered over the coms.
"So, how long until they turn on you?" I asked.
"As long as I kill you sister, I don't care." He said.
"Single minded devotion to revenge. You and Derek should hang out. Too bad he's dead." I said.
"What are you talking about?" Sharkface lifted me against a wall.
"You ever asked Derek about Virge?" I asked.
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Virge's POV
"Well, it's a long way to the temple." I said. "You have anything you want to ask me."
"No." Sharkface answered.
"I remember when I used to be in your position." I replied. Nostalgic feelings of the old Freelancer days are coming to me now.
"When you wanted to kill Virge." Sharkface said.
"No. Ironically, it was because I wanted to save someone." I said. "I tried to save her, but ultimately. It was never an option."
"You're not Derek." Sharkface said. Well, he's perceptive.
"No, I'm not." I said. "But I am someone that can sympathize with you." I took off my helmet. "I got blown up, buried a pile of dead friends and foes and nearly froze to death in an icy puddle of my own blood." Worst experience of my life. I can never stop reliving it. And my face is living proof. "Trust me. Revenge ain't worth crap. I murdered trillions of aliens, but I didn't get any satisfaction out of it." I said. "What you're looking for is closure. Something to help you cope with knowing you only survived because you're slightly stronger than your friends, who died because you weren't strong enough to save them." Sharkface pulled out his flamethrower. "Go ahead. Burn me. Tell Charon the truth about me. But will that bring your friends back? Will it help you live with yourself?" He closed the weapon.
"I'm killing you last." He said. Not sure what that means in terms of what he's thinking, but I guess it's good for now.
"Maybe one day, you can be like me. But until then, stick with the revenge thing. See if it works for you." I said. "For some people, it's enough to kill the killer of their friends." I explained. "But if you're like me, then it won't be enough. You might never find what your looking for, but don't let anyone use your lust for revenge to control you. They will turn on you."
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North Carolina's POV
Sharkface is trying to strangle me to death. Cities gonna blow and I'm stuck here. Guess this is how I end. "Surpise, motherfucker!" Or not. Sharkface got knocked across the room by West. "Get off your ass."
"Cut me some slack. I just got it handed to me." I replied. The pelican landed outside. Time to go.
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Damian's POV
"Are we there yet?" I asked.
"Be quiet!" Locus yelled. These guys suck.
"You guys suck." There, I said it!
"You are making this really difficult." Felix said.
"You could just kill me." I said. "Oh wait, you can't. Then Derek would leave, and you get no alien key!" He can't touch me!
"You little!" OW, HE TOUCHED ME!
"Felix!" Locus is the one with the leash now? I think losing to the Reds and Blues might have caused him to snap. I doubt he still has his acting skills.
"Haha! He's yelling at you!" Messing with Felix is so easy!
"You stop talking!" Oh, he's pointing his gun at me. Crap.
"You know, firing a gun in a nuclear reactor is pretty fucking dangerous." Danny! "One bullet and, BOOM! you've nuked Armonia."
"Send Damian here, and we'll give you Doyle." Derek said.
"What made you think we were actually going to give him to you?" Felix asked.
"We want Damian alive. You want Doyle dead." Derek replied. "We can give each other what we want, or we can fight over what we don't have."
"Or we can just shoot Doyle now." Felix said.
"Great idea. But if you fuck up the trade, you lose the only guy capable of finding Virge and his secrets." Daniel said. "Hargrove wouldn't approve of that. It would worse than losing every weapon he's built."
"Virge is the only person capable of rebuilding Hargroves weapons. I know where he is." Derek said.
"You see. This is why we can't trust that guy." Felix said.
"Derek, stand down." Locus ordered.
"Or what? You can't kill him, your boss needs him!" I reminded. "There is no way you win this. He holds all the cards. If he dies, he wins. If he lives, he wins. If he loses, he still wins!"
"Just give us Damian." Daniel said.
"Where is Doyle?" Locus asked.
"Better question. Why are we here?" Derek said.
"Are you joking?" Felix asked.
"No, why are we in this specific location? The nuclear reactor." Derek explained.
"It's a trap!" Sharkface comes out of nowhere yelling star wars references? What the fuck is this. "The reactor is set to blow." Oh shit!
"Spoilers!" I yelled. Daniel and Derek started firing. Locus took cover while Felix used his shield. I simply ran to them. I don't have a weapon and my hands are cuffed, but my legs still work.
Virge's POB
"So, what's the escape plan?" Damian asked. The mercs took their chopper and left.
"That was the escape plan." Daniel explained.
"Oh. So we're fucked." Damian replied.
"Yep." I answered. Sucks. "Guess we can just take out the reactor. Blow it up faster. Maybe take the merc's with us."
"Worth a try." Me and Daniel started shooting the thing. We are gonna blow up. Well, it was nice knowing people. But this, I guess this is how the story ends. Maybe the Reds and Blues win when this is over. The war ends because the Mercs got nuked with us. I don't know how the epilogue goes because I'm not in it. All I know is that this is the way it ends. The way I always wanted to end. Dying so others can live. Being a hero. It's everything I ever wanted. And I am glad I finally made it to this point. If I could change anything that happened in this story, I'd leave it exactly as it was. Because it's perfect. I did some dark stuff in the past, but in the end, I always tried to help people. I couldn't save everyone, but I always helped the ones I could. That's just what I do. Even if it's someone that didn't deserve it, like Derek, or someone who never needed it, like Carolina. When people remember my story, they're going to know me as the Hero of Chorus who gave my life so that this planet would be free from Charon's armies and never have to fight another war. That's what I do. Risk my life for others. Fight evil. Help people. And now, I finally did it right.