Chapter 21: Frenzied Free Friendship
Dragons and dogoos should be two separate things. They should fight, they should be sworn enemies. They shouldn't even know each other. The fact that they're working together makes me think that this area is just out to get us.
BAAAHHH
The dragon roared its destruction beam, easily tearing through the forest walls. Luckily everyone out there leapt out of the way. I couldn't see much when hiding in the foliage, but I certainly knew that the CPUs were trying to give the dragon a tough fight.
"Focus fire on its weak spots!" Black Sister commanded.
"Weak spots? I don't see any glowing red areas anywhere on this beast," remarked Purple Heart.
Weak spot huh? I recall that the dragon had some earbuds with wires going into some unknown location. Running through the bushes in order to see what was on the dragon, I saw a small little device protruding from its left wing.
"Welp, might as well shoot it," I thought to myself as I started to aim my rarely used pistol.
BANG
Letting out a loud crack, a minuscule hole was formed, inches away from the device.
Everyone misses their shot, so why not take another one?
BANG
A new hole was formed centimeters above the device.
"What? Can I not aim?!" I frustratingly said to myself as I proceeded to aim my pistol once again.
"Because you're just a rookie," responded a deep masculine voice.
"What? Who said that?" I absentmindedly asked.
BANG
I heard a deafening gunshot inches behind me along with a bunch of slimy bouncing sounds afterwards. Quickly doing a 180 turn, I was revealed to a giant mob of those desperado dogoos.
"AH!" I yelped out as each of them menacingly pointed their revolvers at me.
"You better shove that 'AH!' back down your throat son. You're gonna have to save that for what we're going to do to you," threatened one of the dogoos.
Knowing that I had to not aggravate the dogoos, I said the one thing that'll calm anyone and anything down.
"Oh, cowboy dogoos," I quietly spoke out.
The statement must've been extremely offensive because the dear utter of the word "cowboy" instantly got me incredibly angry expressions.
"Did this dumbass call us cowboys?"
"This boy has a death wish."
"Wait till Richard hears this damn crackhead."
"Enough! We will show him retribution for his harsh ignorant words," one dogoo remarked before cocking its gun. "And for you..."
"Yes...?" I shyly asked.
"I'll give you five seconds."
"Five seconds?"
"Five."
"Wait what?"
"Four."
Something tells me I have to run my ass off.
BOOM BANG BANG
"YOUR PUNY ATTACKS HAVE NO EFFECT ON ME!" the dragon roared out as it furiously swung at one of the CPUs. Even if it's a mob baddie, the statement it says is true. The protagonists weren't having much luck with their foe.
"This dragon is the type to take the worst of beatings," Purple Heart said before decisively attacking its head. The dragon didn't flinch.
"HA HA! I LAUGH AT YOUR FUTILE EFFORTS!"the dragon gave out a monstrous chuckle before managing to hit Black Heart, slamming her into a broken tree.
"This thing is testing my patience," White Sister said before circling the dragon. Using her keen sight, she noticed bullet holes around a small rectangular device on the dragon's wing. Taking any opportunity to harm the dragon, Black Sister took a shot at the device, instantly hitting and soon destroying the object.
BWASH
"AHHH!"Seconds later, the dragon let out an ear-shrieking scream.
"Black Sister, what did you do?" Purple Sister asked as she witnessed the dragon slowly get frenzied with each passing second.
"I-I don't know, I just destroyed this little thing on its wing."
"MY...MY...MUSIC!"it cried out as it looked at the one behind it. "YOU..." it ominously called out.
"I ALWAYS LOVED KILLING THINGS WITH MUSIC, BUT FOR YOU..."
"I'M GOING TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION!" it yelled out before charging a large ball of energy in its mouth. Instead of firing after a few seconds, it continued gathering energy, the ball getting bigger and bigger.
BAAAAAAAH
It fired a colossal beam of white light, instantly vaporizing anything in its path. It seemed that the dragon only fired the laser at a random set of trees.
"It can't control itself!" Black Heart called out before looking at the dragon's eyes. For such a majestic looking being, its attitude couldn't compare. Soon the dragon was firing more and more lasers, wasting more and more of its energy. Despite the punch behind its attacks, the CPUs were now able to dodge them pretty easily. Each successive miss made the dragon even angrier.
"STUPID STUPID STUPID! STOP MOVING!" it cruelly ordered.
"Enough is enough Richard." A gritty voice came from the area of the recently destroyed trees. It immediately caught the dragon's attention. Out of the burnt ashes, a hat-wearing revolver-wielding dogoo hopped out. "You're little antics almost got my ass toast. What the hell are you trying to do?!"
"Wait wait, who are you?" Black Heart immediately asked, interrupting their conversation. The dogoo paid no attention to her.
"I-I WAS JUST TRYING TO DESTROY THESE FOOLS!"
"While you were 'trying to destroy these fools' we ended up finding the person master wanted."
"WHAT? HE'S HERE?" the dragon asked, its attitude seeming to be suddenly elevated. Out from the not destroyed trees, Mikey was clumsily running out before falling face flat on the grass. A giant squad of marauder dogoos followed shortly behind. They immediately got a formed a dogoo cage around him, Mikey struggling to get out.
"Mikey!" Purple Sister called out before landing on the ground. Only taking one step towards the boy-
STOMP
She was halted by the dragon's foot which happened to be in the way.
"Who do you think you are approaching Michael like that?" the dogoo asked in a skeptical tone.
"Who do you think you guys are trying to stop us?" challenged Purple Heart.
"There is no need for you to know who we are. All you really need to know is that we're dangerous," it spoke ominously.
"Dangerous? Is that a challenge?" Purple Sister asked.
"Well it doesn't have to be, just give the boy to us and we'll forget about this whole thing," the dogoo proposed with an indifferent look.
"Ha! To give into a villain's orders is to throw all the integrity we worked so hard to maintain," Black Heart proudly said.
"Oh really? Richard~" it called out to the dragon. The metal beast narrowed its eyes on the objecting CPU. "I'm afraid a 'no' simply won't be an option."
"Dragon or not, we will defeat it!" Purple Heart proclaimed.
BANG
A nearby dogoo next to the talkative one was destroyed into itty bitty slimy pieces.
"That was just a start," Black Sister commented.
"Oh. So that's how it's going to be?" it sarcastic asked before signaling one of its bandit friends. The dogoos quickly stood Mikey up, him being totally terrified of what's going to happen.
"Richard, I hope you won't miss this shot," it said with a smirk.
"GLADLY!" it happily roared out before turning his head to look at Miley's face. He was awfully close.
"Damn it Richard did you not listen to the master!? Turn your head around!" Heeding its command, the dragon turned its head
Without hesitation, all the watching CPUs turned to their attacks once again, this time having an easier time injuring and damaging the dragon.
"Ha! Looks like its music was keeping this thing alive!" Purple Heart yelled out before dealing another swift strike on the dragon's body.
"DAMN YOU ARE LIKE STINGING INSECTS!" the dragon remarked.
"Quick, get on them! Shoot them!" the dogoo commanded. Every dogoo available rushed to the scene from the bushes and the horribly burnt trees. Even the ones keeping Mikey captive dashed away without paying attention.
As the CPUs were wearing down the dragon's strength and energy, it stopped fighting back. Instead, a faint white light was seen inside its mouth.
"What is it doing?" Purple Sister asked as the light was growing brighter and brighter.
"Must be charging for an ultimate attack or something," Purple Heart called out before destroying a large group of dogoos. The dragon's face became restrained trying to hold in all of its gathered energy.
Black Heart sliced and attacked its face, but to no avail. She noticed a look of pure hatred in its eyes. Its head shaking violently, ready to blow its head in any moment.
"I-I think we need to fall back!"
HRRNNNNNNNGHH
The dogoo took a second to look at its supposed dragon pal Richard. His face dropped in terror.
"Oh no. Richard NO-"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
The purple candidate slowly opened her eyes, only to discover she was back to her normal form. Looking around, only smoking blackened mess of destroyed nature surrounded her. She slowly got up.
"What the..." she said in awe as she discovered her sister with the Lastation sisters lying in the distance. They also got up looking around them. Everyone noticed one thing however, the dragon was no longer there.
In its place, a incredibly injured dogoo and a damaged looking boy could be seen, fighting each other. It was absurd to physically fight unarmed with a dogoo, but despite that, the battle looked intense.
"Stop talking shit about my brother!" Mikey shouted out before fiercely jabbing the dogoo in the face. "I hate hearing your damn rhetoric!"
"Rhetoric? Your brother's the one full of rhetoric. Not me! Not me...!" the dogoo repeated before hopping up and upper cutting the boy. "H-H-He's the one at fault! I-If you take a gooooood look at yourself..."
The dogoo's natural calm demeanor wasn't present. Instead a stuttering mess took its place.
"You're not making sense," Mikey coldly said.
"Well you're not yourself. H-He always said one day you'll be like him! J-J-Just like him!"
PUNCH
"Shut up. You don't know what you're saying."
"That cruel attitude. The looks! Oh the looks! It's all coming together! All for the expense for my true friend! My Ri-" it choked up in its own words. The dogoo was looking incredibly pitiful, but that didn't stop Mikey though. He simply was angry. It was astounding at the CPUs watched this take place. Nepgear in particular couldn't believe it.
"I simply can't let you live Michael. Even if master is so displeased if that were to happen," it disappointedly said before drawing its revolver. To its surprise Mikey was already prepared.
"I had the same plans. Adios," he smiled.
OOMPH
Omake 7: A Good Meal
Being able to control what you eat is an essential part of maintaining health and a comfortable physique. Controlling what you eat meant that you just couldn't live off chips for years. Instead vegetables and fruits will be needed along with other foods to provide the necessary minerals and vitamins for a healthy body.
Sadly, Mikey and Neptune have a way of eating anything they deemed was consistently tasty. Mikey was a cook, but he would much rather eat chips than to actually cook something. And Neptune, well you know how she feels about vegetables in general.
This fact becomes especially concerning to her sister.
Surely a diet combination of NepBull, pudding, and chips would make for disastrous nutrition for the body.
"Yo Neptune, pass me that NepBull! I'm thirsty as hell here," Mikey casually said as Neptune tossed a drink to him. "Thanks," he said before popping it open.
The two happened to discover a new game which happened to instantly engross them into playing it for hours on end. Something about collecting loot and killing things is incredibly rewarding and satisfying. For those reasons, they needed quick delicious food to satisfy their gaming needs.
"YES! HA HA!" Mikey triumphantly shouted out. "The legendary gun is mine!"
"Hey no fair! I only have five so far!" Neptune pouted.
"Look! This shotgun can fire really fast!" he excitedly said.
"I bet that your gun can't fire like mine can," Neptune challenged.
"Why would it do that? I wouldn't want my gun to be inferior like yours," he teased with a smirk. As he finished his rebuttal, Nepgear walked into the room, greeted by the omnipresent mess of junk food. She started to see a trend in the past few days.
"Oh my, how much chips have they ate?" she asked herself before going behind the couch. It was just in the morning, before breakfast, and the two were already scarfing down everything like a hungry dragon.
"So. What have you guys been up to?" she inquired, surprising her sister and Mikey. They paused the game and looked at her.
"Eating. Gaming. The Neptune usual," Neptune casually said.
"What she said," Mikey said.
"Have you eaten anything healthy the past few days?" Nepgear curiously asked.
"Uhhh, do fried potatoes count?" Neptune joked.
"I mean this NepBull is like watermelon flavored. Watermelon's hecka healthy for you," Mikey added.
Their answers confirmed her growing suspicions.
"Do you think you're going to eat any vegetables or something like that?" Nepgear asked.
"Nah. I'm good. Green things should stay in the earth, not be in my mouth," Mikey said.
"And besides, not even all of them are green!"
"Oh," Nepgear blandly said before standing upright. It wasn't long before she walked off, a new mission in her mind.
"Ok Neptune, I'm gonna go cook dinner," Mikey said before getting up and walking towards the kitchen. Being a natural chef and a cook, it would make sense to cook for the Planeptune sisters.
"Time to cook," Mikey said before putting on his apron. He noticed a couple of plates lying around.
On one plate was an exquisite salad filled with luscious looking vegetables. To Mikey, it looked as though it would actually be a delicious healthy meal. He was nodding his head in approval, as he closely inspected the salad. He happened to be skeptical towards all types of salads. Especially when the salads have names next to them.
"Wait a second."
"I believe I see a mushroom slice in there. What's up with that?" Mikey incredulously asked as he took a fork. Moving a piece of lettuce, more mushroom was revealed to him. He instantly cringed when he saw it. The tainted salad happened to contain Mikey's name.
Mushrooms were the bane of his taste buds. Now knowing what he was about to eat, he used his fork to inspect Neptune's salad. All he saw were the accursed eggplant slices. The contents and the salads and the corresponding names seemed like a terrible coincidence.
"We've been set up..." Mikey muttered under his breath. Upon that revelation, he could feel a premonition coming on. The first logical thing to do was to run out, shouting and warning his purple haired friend.
"Neptune! Neptune! Get out of here!" Mikey shouted as he ran out of the kitchen. "Get the chips and the pudding! We're going to the park!"
"Mikey, you sound deranged! Why would I do that?" Neptune asked before getting up to take a look at him.
"You're going to have to eat an eggplant!"
She stopped in her place while dropping the controller. She immediately ran up to Mikey, showing him her terrified face.
"Well we better get going to that park then," she urgently said before dragging Mikey off through the door. Before she can even run off with him, someone was blocking the doorway.
"Where do you think you're going?" Nepgear looked up at them, revealing an ominous face.
"Sis! What are you doing in the door way?" Neptune asked as she looked for a new way to escape. "Shouldn't you be working on your new robotic project?"
"I needed materials to continue progress. Now I need to know, are you planning on going somewhere?" Nepgear asked. Mikey saw that she was holding something behind her back.
"Y-Yes! We are in fact, going somewhere! I need to pick up batteries for, the remote!" Mikey said. "Now if you could juuussst let us throu-"
"That won't be necessary."
"Wait what? But batteries are most needed!" Neptune argued.
"You don't need batteries to enjoy a healthy snack."
"A healthy snack?"
She revealed one hand which was holding an eggplant.
"AH! What does my sister have those things!?"
"Ha! You have to eat an eggplant!" Mikey taunted.
She revealed her other hand which was holding a bag of brown mushrooms.
"Oh. It was nice knowing you Neptune."
Author's Notes: Taking an odd edgy approach to this because something edgy has to happen again. Might turn out bad or okay but just trying it out. nyways hope you enjoyed the chapter, got some more time to write so everything can work out faster. As always, a thanks to all my continued support.
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