Chapter .29
Two days after the festival the first unit gathered in the lobby for their next mission, the one they were all were waiting for, "Where's Firestar?" asked Tsubaki.
The elevator opened and the boy in question stepped through, he wore the khaki colored scout outfit, "What's up everyone."
"Your late Firestar." Tsubaki scold at Lance but he just brushed it off.
"Can you get to the mission please."
"Fine, your next orders are to track down and kill the prithvi mata."
The last two words got the leaders attenuation, "What was that?"
"The prithvi mata, the aragami that killed your former leader."
"Where is it."
"In the city of mercy."
"Let's go." Lance turned for the door and everyone on his team fallowed. In the city Lance held out his hand hoping to feel out where the beast was, but found nothing, "Damn it's not here yet, okay everyone take five I'll let you know when it gets here."
The team took the moment to rest, Lance took off his backpack and rooted through looking for something, Soma laded against some rubble for a light nap, Sakuya looked at the sky see all the different shapes of clouds, and Alisa watched Lance as he was putting something together. The Russian stood over the leader as he take out a string of cord and tied a snare and poison trap together, "What are you making?"
"Something, don't know if it'll work but that's what tests are for right."
Sayuka turned to the new types noticing the closeness of the two, when Lance became leader she thought it was just because HQ wanted to see a new type be one and replace Lindow, but Lance became a leader by his own right. Lindow would run into danger to save someone, Lance on the other hand knew how to use everyone's ability's to ensure that battles ended swiftly and safely. Even through he had the power to solo an ouroboros. A few minutes had passed and Lance felt the target enter the city, he stopped working, stuffed the tied traps in his jacket and left the backpack on the cliff, "It's here, get ready." everyone got up and jumped into the field.
In the city of mercy the prithvi mata, emperor of the aragami came out of a building for a walk till a rain of divine bullets hammered on it's back. the beast turned and saw Lance with his chaotic god arc gun at the ready, "Hello I'm not interrupting anything am I?" the aragami roared loudly, "Roar all you want that's all you can do, you're not even a tiger you're just a big kitty cat." the beast slowly walked toward, "Yes come at me." the beast charged forward with it's teeth bared, "Come at me with the heart of a lion!" Lance throw the custom trap at the prithvi mata and it fell to the ground with sparks keeping it down and poison coursing through it's body, "Dumbass, now!"
Alisa and Sakuya rose from cover behind Lance and fired at the immobilized aragami, Soma leaped from a two story building and slammed his god arc on it's back, Lance charged his god arc and smacked it in the aragami's face. The snare trap wore off and the beast tried to back up but the buster sword swingers stroke it's hided legs and stopped it from moving, the monster swirled orbs of lightning around it's body pushing the two away while it stood up, then jumped back and fired to orbs at the gunners who ducked behind cover to dodge. The prithvi mata ran forward but again forgot about Lance and Soma who charged they're god arcs and smacked it's front legs tripping it again, the girls reloaded and continued to shoot, Lance jumped and slammed his weapon on it's back then got off before it throw up it's field in thunder.
Everyone chased the aragami till it entered the church through the big broken window, "We do this right and we'll have him cornered, Alisa get Sakuya in that window, Soma you're with me." Alisa grabbed Sakuya and throw her god arc up at the window and pulled on the vine to pull them up the boy tossed their god arcs up as well and climbed up the side of the church. inside the target was eating some rubble to heal, the girls watched it eat waiting for Lance's plan to be revealed, they looked up and noticed a small gray lump fall from the roof and explode on it's head.
"Was that Lance's C4?" the two asked, another one fell and blow up on it's back destroying it's cape then Lance and Soma fell and slammed their charged god arcs on it's damaged back, they rolled off and ready they're next attack. Alisa jumped down and stabbed her god arc into it's face with covering fire from Sakuya while the boys swung their weapons at it's legs every time it tried to stand, after a good four minutes this the beast finally fell to it's wounds and was silenced.
Lance took out it's core and let the girls search through the rest, "I got a hit." said Alisa pulling out a god arc.
"Me too." Sakuya found an armlet in it's teeth, "Lindow." the girls fell to they're knees crying, Lance lowered himself and held Alisa as she cried in his chest.
Returning to the den Lance and Alisa fallowed Sakuya to her room, attached the armlet to the terminal and booted the program, "Alright let's see here."
"Check that one, ark project."
The woman opened the file, it talked about a plan to load up a lot of people into spaceships and fire them into space, then it's gave a list of names and all of them were gods eaters, "What is this?" asked Alisa.
"Just as I thought, the director plans let this world go to hell and start over after the aragami have eaten everything. He wants to take all the gods eaters and leave everyone else to die, he's dead now." Lance tighten his fists and wanted something to punch.
"So this is what Lindow was chasing." they read all of the data then Sakuya shut it down, "Listen, I'm going to ask that you two forget about what we just learned."
"What!"
"You out of you're mind? we got something and want to forget about it?"
"We don't know how far up this goes and if we make and moves on this they'll crush us, this room could be being watched right now."
"So that's it, you just going to sit and let the man who killed Lindow walk free."
"The prithvi mata killed Lindow."
Lance slammed his fist on the wall leaving a large hole in the steel, "The prithvi mata was a mad dog, I'm after the man who let it off it's lease."
"Lance please."
"Don't you say a word, that man is evil in every scene of the word and your just let him go and let Lindow's death go for nothing." Sakuya raised her hand to slap him but Lance caught her mid swing and held it, "I'm not done, I'm still going after this man and if you don't want to help fine. But if you won't help because you're seared, then Sakuya I don't want to know you." Lance released her hand and stormed off with Alisa right behind him.
In the Alisa held back nothing, "What's wrong with you Lance."
"Would you rather we let this world be eaten."
"You didn't have to say those things."
"Yes I did, sometime you need a slap from reality to see want needs to be done." Lance turned to see Alisa rested his hand on her shoulder, "Sakuya will be going to aegis island soon and I need you to watch over her for me, I know you can do it, right now you're the only one she can open up too."
"Alright I'll do it."
"Thank you."
Lance turned away and walked to his room, "One more thing." he turned back and got punched in the face by Alisa, "That's for what you said to Sakuya."
Lance was unfazed by the attack, in fact the only thing Alisa hurt was her hand, "Feel better?"
"No." the girl whined as she waved her hand trying to shack off the pain. Lance grinned and disappeared into his room.
