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NU: Null-Fox…
Chapter 20: B&B…
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Normal Speech…
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Codec Calls…
Cyborg Ninja Speech…
Demon/Beast Unit Speech…
Demon/Beast Unit Thoughts…
Inner Spirit Speech…
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(Antarctic Max-Security Prison/Research Center…)
Johnny sighed as he finally broke through the final security barrier on REX and managed to finally prep it. "Jeez… why did it have to be triple encrypted?" Johnny wondered to himself before then looking back to his keypad while code flew over the visor before his eyes. "Hmm… this could be bad… it'll take at least half an hour for it to be fully ready for launch…" Johnny said to himself then unhooked his mini-computer from REX'S control console.
"Alright… two hours left till this place is turned to slag… and once the Commander gets here we can make our escape… that should be easy enough… right?" Johnny wondered to himself before shaking his head and running over to one of the partially dismantled JACKALS, only to stop and groan as his stomach began aching… "Ugh… why now?!" Johnny wondered loudly while rushing off to find a bathroom…
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(Prison Complex…)
Naruto slowly slid forward and cursed under his breath seeing several guards rushing towards his location. Quickly looking around Naruto ducked behind a nearby crate just as they all passed him and went down the hall. Breathing a sigh of relief the young blond then slowly looked over his hiding spot and frowned. The Prison was more or less as he expected a Maximum Security Prison to be, computer controlled locks, bulletproof reinforced-glass at the front of every cell as a door, Camera's at every corner and hall, Reinforced-steel placed over the floors and walls of each individual Cell to incapacitate any attempt to dig their way to freedom…
'Getting Naomi out of here is going to be a real bitch…' Naruto and Gray-Fox or "Null-Fox" thought as one as the old soldier had decided he would assist the blond for this part of the Mission. Reaching back, Naruto pulled his Combat knife out, and then used it to look all around and grimaced seeing as it was more or less the same all around. Placing his Knife back in its rightful place Naruto took a calculating expression before closing his eyes. 'Sasaki said that she was being held in a cell at the B2 floor at the back of the complex…' Naruto thought to himself while mentally analyzing the layout of the prison to ensure he wasn't spotted by any of the cameras.
Closing his eyes once more, Naruto repeated Gray-Fox's chant like a mantra in his mind before opening now Gold and Obsidian colored eyes. Looking out Naruto saw that their were two ways to the back of this area, a door to the far left, and one to the far right, each having two Camera's watching it. 'The Security in this area is unreal…' Naruto couldn't help but think though it made some amount of sense considering this place was supposed to be a prison complex. Taking a breath Naruto slid to the side of the crate and looked at the long stretch he'd have to go down if he wanted to make his way to Naomi's cell…
However, an idea suddenly came to the blond as he then made a familiar hand seal while lowly saying "Henge no Jutsu!" and with a light plume of Smoke, "Kenny" the Soldier from before stood in his place. Moving out from in between the crates Naruto walked calmly towards the hall with the door, noting in the back of his mind that the Guards were heading back this way from the sounds of it he moved a little more quickly, barely ducking into the hall in time as they came into the room. Naruto quickly dispelled the Jutsu after that and walked deeper into the Prison Complex…
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(Metal-Gear-Hangar…)
Johnny groaned while working on rigging the Metal-Gear-JACKAL to self-destruct under a silent countdown. "Why a silent one? I mean c'mon it's not like their going to come and check them or anything…" Johnny muttered to himself while pressing keys on his keypad, slowly typing and cracking the numerous codes within the JACKAL. "If only people knew…" Johnny said to himself with a sigh before continuing to type into the keypad, soon cracking the code and setting the self-destruct, checking how long it had been he set the timer for another 100 minutes, positive that Naruto wouldn't need that long to get to this Dr. Hunter.
"Alright, lets see… do I need to do anything else?" Johnny wondered to himself with a thoughtful expression under his mask. "Hmm. Oh yeah, I guess I should probably head out and get that ready but…" Johnny thought and looked at his JACKAL, then looked at the locking mechanisms on its feet and slapped his face. "Oh shit I totally forgot!" Johnny said to himself before rushing over to the JACKAL and jumping inside, plugging his mini-comp into it he began to type rapidly to unlock his JACKAL'S feet while the countdown on the other JACKAL continued…
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(Prison Complex…)
Naruto reached the B1 floor with a frown on his face. Another precaution was you couldn't go directly to the Isolation Cells, NO, you had to go down one floor at a time then switch elevators… These guys really meant business… It was better than what FOXHOUND had managed at Shadow Moses that was for sure but given how few patrols they had he thought that they were almost equal. Looking out of the Elevator warily, Naruto found himself in, of all places, a mess hall and twitched once before reminding himself that even the prisoners needed to eat.
However, he also noticed this room had no camera's nor guards, possibly because of how little value the room possessed but more than likely his little episode earlier had taken the few guards that had been here and they'd been cut to ribbons. Pulling his Combat knife out once more and holding it in his left hand in a reverse grip Naruto walked forward, only to stop and turn as the Elevator lifted back up. 'Best make this quick…' The blond thought to himself while moving over to the next door and opening it.
The next room was simply a hall, looking to lead to one other room to his far right with a painting of Big Boss to his far Left. 'Wonder why they have that here?' Naruto couldn't help but wonder before turning and walking to what he hoped was really the next room and found himself looking at an execution chamber… 'Best hurry or I'll end up here myself…' Naruto thought to himself and quickly walked across the room to a door and opened it, finding another room, this one with an elevator he walked over to it and hit the call button.
'No camera's on this floor… possibly due to it's limited value and the fact that no one would really think there was a second floor with the Elevator only going to B1…' Naruto thought to himself then flattened himself against the side of the door quickly upon seeing a Surveillance camera IN the elevator… 'Shit! That's new, got to think… alright, the Camera isn't stationary, that gives me about five seconds to get under it so I can take it out, no problem.' Naruto thought to himself and used his Knife to watch as the Camera tilted to the side and he made his move, quickly moving in then flattening himself against the wall of the Elevator under the camera and giving a sigh of relief.
Looking up Naruto quickly tossed his Knife up, cutting the wires and watched as it sparked before jumping up and pulling his Knife free from it. 'Alright, now for the B2 floor of this Kami-Forsaken shit hole…' Naruto thought while punching the necessary button and leaning back as the Elevator went down to the B2 floor.
Once it stopped with a ding, Naruto looked at it before looking out and noticed this new area was more like a dungeon than a prison… 'Tch, like I didn't already half expect a Dungeon anyways…' Naruto thought while stopping as he noticed there were about ten rooms, three of which interested him.
The room was square, with ten cells all around, each cell had a steel door with a few bars on a small window with a slide to look inside without worry, otherwise, wicked drawings done in crayon or otherwise had been pinned to the walls somehow. Looking at the pictures, Naruto saw they were mostly childishly drawn, but showed soldiers, dieing children, birds pecking at the flesh of more children, a girl torturing someone, and last but not least what looked like a girl sitting on a pile of baby's…
'Holy-shit… what kind of warped and twisted mind came up with all this?' Naruto wondered then took a step away from the closest cell as insane laughter came echoing out of it. It really wasn't the laughter that made him take a step back either, it was that it was a young girls voice, and that hearing it made him feel frightened, not for himself but being near that door made him feel scared… When he heard another girls voice cawing and raging he felt his eyes widen as he was overcome by even more fear. Then he heard another young voice crying and howling and had to hold his head as he felt both fear and sorrow overwhelm his body as bloody tears fell from his eyes.
Falling down to his knees the blond haired soldier couldn't help it as he was overcome by emotion. Not even his own, this felt like someone else, but it wasn't like when he had a Soul guiding him, this was more like someone's raw painful emotions tearing through his body and then forcing him to feel what they had felt. Shivering and shaking on the ground the blond boy managed to suppress this by deactivating his Shinigami Eyes…
Sitting up with panting breaths, Naruto walked over to the cells that didn't have the sounds of Cawing, Howling, or Laughing coming from them. He found most of these cells were dirty and grimy, but otherwise clear until he made it to the last one. Opening it up he found Naomi at long last, lying on a bed while on her side he saw she was sleeping. Naruto's eyes widened for a second before his Shinigami Eyes returned and Gray Fox moved his body over to the woman. "Naomi…" Null-Fox whispered as he leaned down to the woman's ear and they both saw her flinch.
"Frankie…" She whispered sadly and Null-Fox placed a hand on her head.
"Yes Naomi. I'm here for you…" The two whispered and he saw Tears form in the woman's eyes.
"I miss you…" She whispered in her sleep and Null-Fox both looked at her with soft eyes for the first time in a long time in eithers case.
"I miss you too…" Gray-Fox himself said before scooping the woman up.
"I… I was so scared Frankie…" The woman whispered while moving to hold onto the blond haired boy.
"Don't worry about anything anymore Naomi, I'm going to get you out of here." Null-Fox told the woman and she moved to wrench her fingers into his Spirit-Camo shirt.
"Don't leave them… don't let them stay here like this…" Naomi said while slowly opening her bleary eyes and Null-Fox frowned.
"Who?" The two questioned and Naomi slowly started to close her eyes once more.
"The… the girls… don't let them…" Naomi couldn't finish; she instead passed out much to Fox's worry and then began to lightly snore in her sleep. Looking at the woman in his arms, Null-Fox both nodded their head at the same time.
"We'll free them for you Naomi." They said as one before walking out of the cell and laying Naomi down against a wall. Turning, Null-Fox then unsheathed his sword and sliced the three Cells left open, causing the steel doors to fall in three separate pieces to the floor below. As soon as he did, something jumped on him, gripping his throat as if to strangle him before he managed to kick said person off. Rolling back, the blond saw a girl with dark skin and long straight black hair who looked a year or two older than he was and was wearing a thin medical gown of some form with loose pants.
"Sad… So sad…" She mumbled with tears in her eyes. "So sad it makes me want to cry… Cry… Cry… CRY TILL YOUR TEARS RUN RED!!" She mumbled and then screamed out, Naruto's instincts were all that saved him as he rolled forward, narrowly dodging an explosive round that impacted behind him. Looking up, he saw why as a girl with a Grenade launcher was coming out of her own cell, a furious scowl on her face with her dark eyes narrowed in hate. She was pale as apposed to the last girl, with dark brown hair that was held back by a simple cloth and seemed to be only twelve or thirteen at the most with the same gown and pants on as the first one.
"Rage… I feel your rage…" She said angrily and Null-Fox narrowed his eyes on the strange girl. Said girl suddenly snarled even more furiously as she looked at the now bawling and howling girl before looking back to Naruto. "I feel your rage… give it to me… unleash your hate, let rage consume you… GIVE ME YOUR FURY!!" The girl screamed, running at Naruto and shoving him back, her Grenade launcher in his gut the blond went wide eyed before narrowly managing to use his sword to point the Launcher up then kick the girl back as well as the Grenade hit the roof above him.
Laughter suddenly surrounded him and something, or rather, someone then latched onto him, legs wrapped around his waist and arms around his own he grunted as he felt them constrict, seemingly trying to crush him. "Its so funny… I just can't stop laughing…" The girl said while Null-Fox tried to free his arms as the girls grip became tighter and tighter around him. "Now, come on… I heard your laughter… there's so much fun to be had… LAUGH WITH ME!!" The girl started off with a strange laughing purr before screaming out loudly while tightening her grip on him once more.
This time however, Naruto quickly moved his elbow's back, knocking into the girl's ribs and then slammed his head back to knock her off of him. Quickly rolling forward so she wouldn't latch onto him again, Naruto quickly turned on his heel and spun his sword into a ready position. He saw the now laughing hysterically girl was like the others, only she was exactly his age, with short pale blond hair, crystal blue eyes, and fair skin with a light athletic build belying her obvious strength, while wearing the same thing as the other two girls…
'It's the same with the other's… they've obviously been physically augmented to a degree that they can fight at my level if necessary… But what the hell for?' Naruto wondered to himself and blinked as he saw a Raven appear around the glaring angry girl, a wolf around the crying girl, and an Octopus around the still laughing blond…
'Talk about your "Beauty and the Beasts"…' Naruto thought to himself then crouched into a stance as he saw the Crying girl come forward on all fours, the angry one aim her Grenade launcher at him and the laughing one grin as she cracked her neck and crouched down in the same way he had with a grin on her face…
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(Metal Gear Hangar…)
"Oh shit, oh shit!" Johnny said to himself before finally managing to detach the locking mechanisms from his JACKAL and let out a sigh of relief. "Man, I really need to pay more attention to my surroundings…" Johnny said to himself then ducked as a hail of Gunfire came at him. "Huh!?!" Johnny said loudly then looked from behind the JACKAL to see several Soldiers at the door and shook. Biting his lip, Johnny then turned on his CODEC and called Naruto…
"Yes Sasaki… what do you need? I'm kind of busy at the moment…" Naruto questioned then stated while Johnny ducked down away from a hail of Gunfire then cocked his Shotgun and fired at a man nearby, sending him flying back.
"S-sir! I-I'm surrounded by guards down here!" Johnny shouted while then pulling a Machinegun from his back and firing at the others at the door while they continued to fire back at him.
"Dammit… Alright, Listen to me Sasaki, do you think you can manage to get inside a JACKAL?" Naruto muttered then questioned and Johnny looked around ducking a spray of Shotgun fire then firing his Machinegun.
"I… I don't know commander! I'm… I'm really not sure with all these guards around!" Johnny nearly screamed while shooting at another guard with his heart pounding away in his ears.
"Sasaki calm down!" Naruto said sternly in his normal flat tone and Johnny took several deep breaths before speaking once more and looking up at the JACKAL he had just finished unlocking…
"Th-thank you Commander… I needed that…" Johnny said lowly then fired into another guard while climbing the JACKAL and then hit a switch, the back opening as Johnny then got inside while the gunfire was now aimed at his JACKAL.
"Alrigth now listen to me Sasaki. Keep calm, you only seem to loose control of yourself while under stress… so Keep calm, and use that JACKAL to make sure none of those guards get to that REX… understand?" Naruto ordered and Johnny took several long deep breaths before breathing out one last time.
"You can count on me Commander…" He said with a serious tone before reaching for the JACKALS controls and turning the optics towards the numerous Guards. "It's just like a video game… it's just like a video game…" Johnny said to himself while repeating his words like a mantra and fired the JACKAL'S laser, tearing into several Guards as the JACKAL then gave a metallic screech while fully coming to life…
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(Isolation Cell's…)
'This is… Troublesome… not only are these girls impeding on my mission, they are completely insane and without a doubt suffering from an extreme case of PTSD at the very least…' Naruto thought to himself while rolling forward to avoid "Raven" firing a Grenade at him, then using Psycho-Mantis's skill's to hurl "Wolf" back with a Psychokinetic burst and finally grabbed "Octopus" and slammed her into the ground with another burst of Psychokinetic power.
The "B&B" girls then flipped to one another and grouped together, none of them showing any signs of tiring anytime soon… obviously he could tell they had been physically augmented for higher Strength, Speed, Agility, and Endurance at the very least, leading him to the assumption that they were to be some form of advanced super-soldiers under development by the Army, and most likely the Patriots as well. However, before he could contemplate anything else about the deranged girls the Elevator opened and the four all turned to see several guards who all started to shake as Octopus began to grin widely upon seeing them.
"Oh SHIT!!" One shouted just as Raven fired a Grenade at the men, blowing several of them back in a show of gore while the rest fired on the group only for Naruto to appear in front of the B&B using his sword to block the bullets while making his way forward. The men all looked on with wide-eyed fright at this while Naruto narrowed his eyes then stopped blocking and waved towards them…
"Ladies first…" he said calmly and the B&B all quickly lunged forward, the men screaming out in pain while Naruto calmly went over to Naomi, picked her up and slung her over his left shoulder. Walking into the elevator, Naruto was slightly confused upon seeing Octopus stealing one of the men's clothing and pulling it on over herself… though he could admit it was better at concealing her than the thin medical gown and pants, he doubted she even understood anything about Modesty in her current state of mind.
Frowning to himself, the blond entered into the Elevator, Octopus, Raven, and Wolf all following him inside and he held an electrified fist towards them to keep them back while using his elbow to press the Button for the B1 floor. After arriving Naruto looked into the hall and walked out slowly, followed closely by the B&B. Looking around quickly, Naruto made his way out into the Mess hall and had to duck as several men with Machine guns began firing on him. 'Did Fox hunting season open while I wasn't looking or what?' Naruto wondered before wondering where THAT thought came from and saw Raven duck next to him with Wolf and Octopus to their sides.
Raven then stood up and fired at the men at the Elevator, Octopus slinking into the shadows as the angry little girl continued to rain a burning fiery hell down upon the unlucky Guards heads. Naruto idly placed Naomi down once more while reaching back and pulling his HF-Blade from its sheath. Staying in a low crouch the blond managed to deflect a bullet from Raven that would have pierced her skull. "And to think I thought I could use their help…" He muttered lowly before jumping up, blocking the numerous bullets with his HF-Blade then lunging forward and cutting a man in half.
Meanwhile, Octopus then jumped from a shadow, latching onto a man while laughing hysterically. While she did that, Wolf lunged at another from her place under the tables of the Mess Hall before strangling him, still sobbing. Behind them, Raven had jumped onto the tables then ran forward, cawing out angrily she jumped up and dive-bombed a man, landing on him and firing her grenade launcher from close range into his head, sending her flying back into a flip where she landed in a crouch as a burning blaze knocked the first man and those behind him backwards into a wall…
"Impressive…" Naruto said while idly clapping his hands, half a dozen bodies now laying around the blond youth, obviously annoying Raven as she glared at him. Ignoring that Naruto went and picked up Naomi, slinging her over his shoulder again he opened the Elevator and was joined by the B&B again, causing him to reflexively move his sword to block any attack thrown at him from the three. When the Elevator came to the next floor, Naruto and the B&B all turned to see even MORE guards… 'Are these people really paid enough to be killed by mere children?' Naruto wondered to himself idly before pressing his back to the elevator wall as the men fired on them.
"Is that all they know how to do? Point and shoot!" Naruto wondered to himself with a frown on his face and saw Raven move her Grenade Launcher Sideways and placed it along the edge of the Elevator door before firing it towards the Men, distracting them long enough for the B&B and Naruto to get out.
The four then lunged forwards with Naruto up ahead of the girls. Raven soon stopped however and fired her Grenade Launcher once more, an insane glint to her eyes as she did so while Naruto spun and crouched behind a crate, placing Naomi down once more, then got up and lunged at the Guards with his blade shining in the light. Octopus slunk into the shadows once more giggling like a schoolgirl as she came from the shadows near the guards then grabbed a man by his feet and dragged him under a table. She then quickly placed her oversized boot to the mans throat and held his leg as leverage and to avoid him kicking her as little giggles still escaped her lips…
Wolf ran forward, howling and crying out loud as she rushed forward with great speed, knocking one man down as Naruto sliced his head off. A spray of blood suddenly coated the blond who looked up at the rest of the men with cold gray lifeless eyes through red lenses. Before any of the men could contemplate this not being worth fighting these obviously mentally unbalanced children another man was grabbed by Octopus while Wolf jumped up and slammed into a man, strangling him as Raven fired her grenade Launcher at another and Naruto sliced the head off the final man.
Quickly spinning the blade, Naruto cleaned it off with the bend of his arm once more, and then saw as the B&B went off to the other door and twitched. "I should just grab Naomi and leave… But those B&B girls could be useful in the future and Ocelot doesn't like it when I leave useful things just lying around…" Naruto said then muttered as he ran over to Naomi, sheathed his Sword, picked the woman up and ran after the B&B…
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TBC…
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