New Arrivals Dokuro-Chan
Author: Well guys, here they are. The final chapters to my story. I really appreciate you all for taking the time to read my story and tell me what you think about it.
This first chapter is about John's mission from two years ago. This is also the last action scene in my story. So hope yall enjoy it.
Chapter 24:
It's the year 2027. The freezing winds, in the Himalayan Mountains, blew extremely hard as John, accompanied by Benomu, Delius, Jorge, Ricky, and several other S.T.A.F.F. agents, made their way through the snow-covered mountains. Their destination, an underground cave in Mt. Everest.
John, and the other agents, were armed to the teeth in weapons such as, the standard spirit energy pulse rifles, and pistols. Delius had a spirit energy marksman rifle strapped to his back, and Jorge had a spirit energy heavy artillery rifle at the ready.
The army of agents followed John and his men to a small canyon-like pathway, in the mountain, that led straight into its side.
"Okay, men! Listen up!" shouted John. "Just down this pathway is a large cave that leads straight inside the mountain. Intel says that this place is crawling with demons, so be on high alert. My team and I will enter the cave while the rest of you provide cover-fire. When I give the signal, we will all rush towards that cave. Once inside, my team and I will find the machine and do our best to destroy it. Once it's been destroyed I'll call it in and we all make a run back to the ship, understand?" "SIR, YES SIR!" replied the soldiers. "Alright, let's move out!" yelled John as his men gave a loud, "HOORAH!" before quickening their pace down the pathway.
Meanwhile inside the cave, a young man roughly around the age of thirty, wearing a lab coat, is standing at a control panel that's attatched to a tremendous machine with several gears rotating, lights flashing, and screens projecting. The man pushed several buttons on the panel before being approached by a gigantic, dark figure wearing a cloak and hood. "So, professor? How are things coming along?" asked the figure with a deep and heart wrenching voice. "Very smoothly. I just need another thirty minutes to warm this baby up, and she'll be ready to fire at your command." said the Professor. "Excellent. Keep up the good work Professor. Notify me when you're done." said the figure as it walked away.
The figure was then approached by a smaller, dark figure, except this one didn't have a cloak on and revealed itself to be the Nazgul Commander. "My, lord. Our scouts have reported a large contingent of S.T.A.F.F. agents advancing towards our position." "What?" yelled the larger figure as it quickly extended its arm out and grabbed the Commander by the neck. "How is that possible?"
The Commander could hardly breath with his masters claws squeazing his neck. "I... I don't... know my lord... They could've... followed us here." gagged the Commander. The large demon released its grip on the Commander while taking time to think. "They're coming for him. Send our troops out! Stop them at all cost! We can't afford to let one of those bastards in here. If they get here, my plan to open a second portal will be ruined."
The Commander finally got to catch his breath before responding. "Yes, my lord. But what about the Professor? What about you?" he asked. The large demon started to laugh. "I'm going to leave this place, however the Professor will have to stay here. But don't worry. I'll be able to control him from a distance. Once this machine activates and opens the second portal, I won't need him anymore." "But what if the agents get here before the machine activates? What if the Professor is killed in the process?" asked the Commander. "Again. Don't you worry about a thing. I have it all under control." smirked the demon as it unfolded its large, black, bat-like wings, and flew straight through the inner walls of the mountain.
The Commander then turned to the rest of the Nazguls there and yelled, "Well, you heard the General! Get moving!" The other Nazguls then turned to tell the other demons to begin their attack on the S.T.A.F.F. agents.
"CHARGE!" yelled John as he and the other agents made a dash towards the mountain. In an instant, the area around Mt. Everest erupted in a huge firefight. Many demons took to the high ground and fired upon the agents who returned fire. John and his team ran throughout the crevice at amazing speed, cutting down any demons in their way. They were about half way before stopped by sudden enemy fire. John and his team quickly dove for cover as several demons focused they fire at them.
"Delius, Jorge! Take those bastards out, now!" yelled John. "Yes, sir!" the two replied. Delius took aim with his marksman rifle and fired several shots at the demons. Each shot hitting its target with pinpoint percision.
Jorge then took aim at the demons with his rifle. The heavy artillery rifle had two settings: rapid fire and explosive rounds. Jorge set it to explosive as he charged up the rifle before a large glob of spirit energy shot out from gun and flew straight and true towards a large group of demons. Once it made contact, it created a large enough explosion to obliterate any demon in its path.
Once that was done, John and his team continued their charge. The other agents followed and did their jobs well by giving John covering fire as they killed any demons in their site.
After several minutes of fighting, John and his team were able to reach the cave's entrance. The other agents made a defensive perimeter in front of the cave as they made sure nothing else went in besides John and his team.
John and the others ran at incredible speed through a series of tunnels before reaching a larger tunnel with a huge, metal door at the end. Unfortunately there were also a small contingent of Nazguls protecting the door. "Well, at least we now know we're at the right place." said Delius. "What was your first clue?" said John.
There had to be at least fifteen Nazguls in the tunnel, all with their swords drawn and at the ready. Though the tunnel was large, there just wasn't enough room to use firearms anymore. "Okay, guys. Looks like we'll have to go close range. But let's make this quick. I don't want to keep our men waiting." said John as he dropped his rifle to the ground and activated his two lightning sabers.
Delius, Jorge, Ricky, and Benomu also dropped their firearms and pulled out their close-range weapons.
Delius pulled out two sai blades that were holstered in his shoulder pads. Jorge reached behind him and pulled out a five foot long battle axe. Ricky had what looked like metal knuckles on his gloves, but when he flexed is hands outward, those metal knuckles unfolded to become razor-sharp finger blades. Benomu, being a medical officer, didn't really have her own signature close-range weapon. Instead, all she could use was a standard military sword, she kept in her brown bag.
The group then charged at the Nazguls with fire in their eyes. The Nazguls gave out several roars before charging at John's team.
Before the two groups made contact, Jorge leaped straight into the air before slamming his axe into the ground and causing the entire ground to crack and quake. This caused some of the Nazguls to stumble and fall, while the others managed to jump off the ground and evade his attack. But not before Delius and Ricky made their attack run.
Delius, using his incredible super speed power, sped quickly towards several of the Nazguls on the ground and used his sai blades to cut down many of the Nazguls in his way.
Ricky unfolded his two sets of wings, (That's right TWO sets. Ricky has four, but small wings), and flew into the air at amazing speed. He then used his finger blades to unleash a fury of attacks on the Nazguls.
John, Benomu, and Jorge charged at the remaining Nazguls on the ground and did their best to fend them off. Though John's team were outnumbered, that didn't mean that they were outmatched. Both sides fought very well, but the Nazguls knew that they were beat and had to get out there. So the Commander gave the signal to retreat by phasing through the inner walls of the tunnel to escape.
The team was about to give chase, but John ordered them to stay where they were. "They're not what we're here for. What we're looking for is behind that door." he said as he rushed at the door and, in one swift punch, knocked down the large metal door as it landed on the ground with a huge thud! John then walked into the large underground cave. He then took notice of the large machine before him. "Alright guys, lets blow this sucker up." he said with a smirk.
"I don't think so!" said a man's voice behind the machine. John and the others were alert as they readied themselves for what was about to come as the Professor walked around the machine with a sinister smile on his face. "You're too late!" "Well, well, well. If it isn't Professor Sakura Kusakabe himself. You've caused us a quite of bit trouble in the past. But now all that is about to stop right here, right now!" John said as he approached him.
"Hold it! I'd stay right where you are if I were you. You see this machine is ready to fire at will. All I have to do is just press this button, and this machine will open another portal from the spirit world. This time I doubt your angel friends will be able to guard two of these things from my minions!" cackled Sakura. "The only way for you to stop me, is to kill me! But wait. That's right, you can't kill me because I'm a human! No matter how evil I may be, you are bound to an oath to never take a human life, no matter what they have done! You've lost! And there's absolutely nothing you can do-" All of sudden the sound of a spirit energy pistol went off as Sakura suddenly fell silent. His eyes widened as he couldn't believe what had happened. He looked at John and saw that he was pointing his pistol right at him, smoke emitting from its barrel.
John's team were also shocked at what had happened. They then backed away from John as they stared at him.
Sakura then looked down at his chest and saw that John had blasted a hole straight into him. "How... how is that possible?" Sakura said with disgust. "I may have taken an oath to never harm a human being. But you are no human being! Isn't that right, Angmar?" yelled John.
Sakura's eyes had now turned blood red as the deep and heart-wrenching voice came from his mouth. "So. I see that you're not like the others. I would've expected that from you... John Carter!" said the voice of Angmar.
John then chuckled. "General Angmar. So, you do remember me." "Of course I remember you! How could I forget such a fool you were back then! You and that stupid little girl!" laughed Angmar.
All of sudden John lashed out at Sakura's body and grabbed him by the collar. "What the hell did you just call her?" yelled John. Angmar's voice started to laugh. "You heard me. She was such a fool to get in the way!" "She saved my life you bastard! At the cost of you damaging her delicate face!" "Oh, so I did do some damage to her. Glad to know that even I can do some damage to an angel!" John then leaned in closer to Sakura's face. "You listen to me and you listen good, you son of a bitch. Things have changed since last we met! You better watch your back because I'm coming for you! And boy do I have something special in mind for you!" Sakura then smirked at John. "I'll be waiting."
Sakura's eyes suddenly turned blank as Angmar's presence left him. His body then fell to the ground, dead right in front of John. All John could do was stare at his body. Everyone else then approached John. "Is... is he really dead, John?" asked Benomu. John just kept staring at Sakura. "Yes. When I shot him, it completely carterized his entire chest. He was dead the whole time I was talking to Angmar through him."
He then knelt down beside Sakura's body and said, "May his soul and the souls of all the departed faithful by God's mercy, requiescant in pace. Amen." John then closed Sakura's eyes before he and his team crossed themselves to pay respect for the dead human.
"Now back to business. Ricky, Jorge. Set the charges. Delius, Benomu. Watch the entrance. I'll contact the others to let them know of our progress." "Yes, sir." they responded as they went to their duties.
"After the explosives were set, my team and I left the cave so as to get to a safer distance. I then blew that cave and machine to kingdom come and watched the explosion cause a massive avalanche that completely covered the remains of that infernal machine in a blanket of snow and rock. We then returned to Lulutie Headquarters."
"There, I was given the Medals of Extreme Honor, Leadership, Valor and Dedication to Justice, as well as being promoted to Master Captain. That was also the time where the ArchAngels gave me Epsilon. But hey, I guess stuff like this always happens to people who saved the world from total annihilation. Though I was honored to receive those medals and gifts, I still felt regret that I had to kill Sakura in order to do so. And believe me, when I was ordered to kill him, I asked if there was any other way I could do this mission without doing so.. But these orders came from the Director of Lulutie himself. And when he says that's the only way to complete the mission, then who am I to argue with that?"
John sat up on a table in the communication room at the base with a depressed look on his face. "The following days were not my best, you could say. I was haunted by the event and couldn't sleep for several days. But after several weeks of spiritual therapy, I was able to overcome my sleep depression, and was able to continue with my missions."
"That's another reason why I agreed to come on this mission. When Kairo said that I would now have to protect this Sakura, I gladly accepted so as to clear my conscience. Plus I figured that if I keep Sakura, here, safe, and Dokuro's mission is completed, it'd be as if I didn't kill the future Sakura in the first place."
The entire room fell silent as everyone took in what John had told them. Dokuro then finally spoke out. "Hold up! If I was given the exact same order to kill Sakura in the past, how come I was able to find a second salution?" John turned to Kairo.
Kairo cleared his throat before speaking. "Because, I was the one who assigned you the mission. John's mission was assigned to him by the Director. And we all know that the Director rarely assigns us missions, least of all S.T.A.F.F. agents. But like what John said, if the Director said there was no other way, then there was no other way. Your mission, Dokuro, had several alternatives to complete it. Killing Sakura was the quickest solution. We anticipated that you would choose the more logical solution, but we were on a time schedule at the time. That's why we sent in Sabato. Unfortunately, though she was very determined, she couldn't successfully get the job done."
"Then we sent in Zakuro. Though we didn't tell her to kill Sakura, but instead to bring Dokuro in for questioning. Like the prodigy that she is, Zakuro easily completed her mission. We questioned Dokuro about why she disobeyed direct orders, and she replied how, even though it was the more time consuming option, it was more logical to keep him from building the machine by not killing him, but instead steer him away from doing something so evil. We then realized that she was right and contacted Zakuro and told her to find Sakura and tell him of the change in plans. Unfortunately we forgot to tell Sabato about our plans, and instead she tricked Zakuro into leaving the country before she had any idea what had happened."
Zakuro then turned to Sabato and glared at her. Sabato then laughed nervously before saying, "Look, I said I was sorry, didn't I?"
"Once things were settled out, we kept a good eye on them until John brought the intel of how Angmar sent demons to the past to retrieve Sakura." said Kairo. "And now here we are, trying to figure out how to bring this kid to safety." said Miller. John then turned to him. "Well, if you don't think that your leaders will let us in, then I'm sorry. But your command center seems to be the best option so far. If they object to him staying, I'm sure I can persuade them to think differently."
Miller started to laugh. "Well Mr. Carter, I'm sure they'll be more than happy to hear what you have to tell them. But I tell you what. Let's go ahead and bring him to my command center and see how things turn out." John then smiled at him. "That's more like it." "However, there seems to be another issue that we must deal with as well. The civilians here must come with us as well. We can't just leave them here to be attacked by some future demon attack."
Everyone agreed that these civilians had to go as well, but one problem kept coming to them. How on earth were they going to transport over five thousand civilians across the country and over a vast ocean?
After several minutes of thinking, John finally had a solution. "Well, there is one solution we could do." Suddenly all eyes were on him. "But I'm going to have to ask someone for their permision, first." He then looked over at Zakuro. "Zakuro, could I have a private conversation with you outside, please." he said as he headed for the door. Zakuro seemed a bit confused, but humbly accepted John's request. "We'll be right back." said John as the two left the room and shut the door behind them. All everyone could do was just stare and wonder what the two were talking about.
John and Zakuro stood just outside the door. "Zakuro, there's something that I have to ask of you." said John. "What is it, John?" asked Zakuro. "I know of a way how we can get all these people, plus Sakura, safely to G.D.A.'s command center." "Well, what is it? Spit it out." said Zakuro. John then looked at her and said, "Silhouette."