Forewords
What I should have said before starting Mission 2...
Updates will sometimes be coming at a slower pace, since I have to make some actions as long-lasting and descriptive as possible. Also that I may not be able to post an update every Sunday.
Other than that...
Happy Chinese New Year!
Chapter 13: Spread Shot Storm
Time: 1445 Hour; 10th of August, 2125.
Location: Rooftop, Bank Of Chugoku; Ho Ping, Chugoku.
Someone was watching the carnage at Tiananmen Square unfold from the roof of the Bank Of Chugoku, using a pair of high-tech binoculars.
"Interesting... So these five are the magical girls that Jack Summers talked about since last month..."
This person is a woman in her thirties. She has black long hair tied to the back as a ponytail, as well as blue eyes. The jetpack and headphone connected to it that she's placed down nearby indicates that she's a Raider.
And floating around her is the doll, Shanghai L.
"What are you going to do, Miss Leona?" The doll asked.
"For now, I can only watch, my friend... This isn't my homeland, so I cannot interfere..." replied the female Raider, Leona.
Leona picked up the binoculars and continued watching the battle currently going on at the Square from a safe distance.
...
Location: Tiananmen Square; Ho Ping, Chugoku.
"I call HAX on Gatling Shotguns!" Sanae complained as she barrel-rolls and returned fire at the Tiangong. "Where's the PC monitor when you need it?!"
The Gatling Shotguns on the Gunship fired at incredible speed, with each shot firing pellets that spreads toward multiple direction, making it rather difficult for Reimu and co to evade.
Sakuya threw several knives at the Tiangong, and manages to break one out of five Gatling Shotguns.
The Gunship returned fire with the two missile pods each firing about four Frag Missiles, all directed at Sakuya.
The Perfect and Elegant Maid stopped time and unstopped it at another spot, away from the trajectory of the missiles, causing them to stumble into the already smashed floor tiles of the Square and explodes while tossing out small frags that smashed more floor tiles.
"Where is Nitori when you need her?!" Marisa also complained while firing danmaku at the Gunship. "I need a Dispenser here!"
Just then, a stray Gatling Shotgun shot find it's way into Marisa's flying broom, and tears it to pieces. The black-white witch stumbled as she tries to right her position, while remaining in flight.
"I knew you can fly on your own!" Reimu said while barrel-rolling and returning fire at the Gunship.
"I had no choice..." Marisa frowned, looking at the splinters that was once her broom. "That broom has been with me since I've first met Mima-sama. It's not the oldest I have, but it is still valuable to me..."
The Gunship pilots, noticing that dark face unfolding on the black-white, appears spooked and looked at each other with worry.
"Wo Xiang Wo Men Gai Shan Ren Le..." [I think we should get the hell out...] said the copilot.
The pilots looked at Marisa once more, without turning off the weapons, and went pale as they saw her expression...
"You'll pay for this! That was a keepsake!" Marisa went past her anger limits and pulled out a dark Spell Card. "Dark Magic: Sukima Threshold"
The pilots didn't need another word from each other to know it's time for them to scram. They did so by turning off the weapons systems and turning the Tiangong Gunship around. But before they made it past 90 degrees, they find the aircraft being assaulted by eight continuous laser beams being fired in a clockwise rotating pattern mimicking a minigun, each beam originating from an orb rotating in a pattern around Marisa. The lasers tore through multiple sections of the Gunship's hull as well as 3 Gatling Shotguns and a Missile pod. One of the remaining two Gatling Shotguns went off by itself, as it fires at every direction uncontrollably, without hitting anything or anyone except the portrait of Mao Zedong (thankfully only a blank white corner).
As soon as the beams stopped coming, the pilots accelerated the Tiangong at top speed away from the Square. They were lucky to not have lost power or any one of the propeller engines, but they knew the ship won't survive another volley.
"I did not sign up for this shit!" Marisa grabbed the Spell Card and put it away.
The other girls were all spooked by what they have just saw...
"Isn't that... One of the Dark Spells Yukari gave you to fight Remilla during the Scarlet Communist Incident?" Reimu asked without getting any closer.
Marisa turned around, with her eyes covered by her front hair, looking rather creepy.
"Excuse me?" came the response with a seemingly normal tone. With that, Marisa suddenly wasn't creepy anymore.
"Oh gosh! You've had me back there!" Reimu said with a slight frown.
Sakuya flew in between the two of them and said, "We can talk about this later. Right now, let's listen to Yukari and keep heading northwards."
She then throws a physical knife at a nearby Chugokuan soldier, who has recovered from being knocked out by danmaku and was about to call reinforcements. He fell dead before he could even push the button on the radio.
"This place isn't safe right now..." Sakuya continued her sentence.
The elegant maid looked at the Youmu and Sanae, who gave acknowledging nods. The girls then continued their journey northwards, Reimu looking at Marisa with questions on her face.
Neither of the girls had noticed another soldier waking up and pulling out his own radio. He then presses a small button labeled "Yuan Jun" on the radio, and a small red light begins flashing at intervals of three quick flashes, followed by three slow flashes, and then another three quick flashes. The pattern repeated quite awhile...
Afterwords
Yup, Marisa did just use an uber attack to temporarily defeat the Tiangong. This tells everyone not to push another's Berserk Button under any circumstances.
This chapter seemed rather short... I am unable to give myself an explanation on the shortness...
Shout-out index:
"I call HAX on..." "Where's the PC Monitor when you need it?!" - Don't use HAX FAG, LOL! "HAAAAX!" *toss PC monitor*
"I need a Dispenser here!" - Ask the Scout Face... "Need a Dispenser here!"
*Marisa's Dark Spell* - Yup, this is one of those uber-Cards used against Phantasm Yuuka in Imperfect Metamorphosis. Thanks, TakerFoxx!
"...Scarlet Communist Incident..." - I'm not giving an explanation on this one anymore...
That is all. "Zai Jian..."