Battle Phase 2-03: The Feared Sunset
At that point, Andrei (who was currently at home working on his computer) felt something- one feeling that has not grazed this man's sixth sense for a long time- the cry for help.
"Something's wrong... got to check..." he thought as he closed his eyes and checked the earth with his gift of far sight.
"Miharu's supposed to be here by now..." Misaki noted, looking at the clock.
"It takes about 50 minutes to walk from there to here... what could be keeping her?" Yayoi also noted.
Back in Miharu's pinch, they were now off the car and into the dome (Oh my... lax security, what is happening here!)
"Let me go!" Miharu resisted. "Where are you taking me?"
"Our chief will explain to you..." one of the captors- a female, replied.
"Let me go!"
"This is not right..." Andrei commented, after doing a rapid fix on his computer- which was now running a special person finding program. "Hostile intent inside the dome?"
At this point, Miharu found herself sitting on a chair. And as soon as the blindfold was taken off, she saw someone on the other side of what seemed to be the layer field, laughing sinisterly with a female voice. Miharu tried getting off the chair but to no avail, for she was tied to it.
"Welcome... and, long time no see..." the woman mocked.
"Who are you? And what do you want?"
"Who am I! What do I want! Those things don't matter to you... I only want is a fight..."
"What happens if I don't agree with you?" Miharu asked, by virtue of her mother's teaching- 'if taken prisoner, don't agree with your captor'.
"I will not let you go... we can just stay here and the authorities will never find us!"
Miharu thought for a while and weighed the options- either wait for the troops to arrive (which might take a long while), or get this fight over and be quick in returning. And her mother will be sooo angry if she arrives late.
"I'll fight... but on one condition..."
"I know what you want... I assure you, you will be released upon my defeat..."
"That's even..." Miharu replied aggressively.
"That's it... step into my parlor... you little foolish fly..." the stranger thought as Hinata then her angel entered the field.
The field felt strange, and it triggered the automatic monitor, which began recording the events that pass. The stranger's angel was a mech type, like Hinata, with armor for the legs, arms and back. She carried a strange oval backpack with even stranger projections on it. And so the fight began, with the stranger's angel attacking first. She deployed a couple of knuckle blades and began to attack wildly. Hinata replied with her knives, parrying the thrusts to and fro. She then finally managed to land a kick to the stranger's side, which skidded her up to and almost to the edge.
"She's still good... I guess I must finish her quickly..." the white haired stranger thought, then turned to speaking. "Himiko... deploy Panzerglepnir shields..."
The angel's backpack suddenly split in half and each one repositioned itself at the sides. The strange projections from the pack then moved to the front- two huge shields supported by the now halved pack.
"What is that!" Miharu alarmed as Himiko began her thrust, with a huge scythe.
"Take this!"
Luckily, the carry shield that Miharu purchased, worked- deploying its protective energy pane just in time. Himiko boosted away and readied herself for whatever Miharu will throw.
"It's as if I'm fighting a Forbidden Gundam wannabe..." Miharu thought as she shifted her angel to the sword impulse mode. "What will happen next, curving shots!"
Sure enough, it happened- with the angel deploying some sort of rail cannon and firing homing curving shots that almost hit Hinata each time. Hinata managed to weave through (thanks to watching Gundam Seed by the way) all of that fire, placing herself and her sword for the attack. But it was to no avail, for the two huge Panzerglepnir shields formed an impenetrable wall of metal. Himiko pushed her opponent out of the way and managed a sweep of the scythe, but also to no avail. Hence, Miharu ordered her angel to take up the lance and launching the boomerang before she charged. The boomer was blocked but Miharu managed to put a dent on the huge shield pair, sending her foe reeling from the impact.
"Not only her, but her angel has improved... it's almost time..." the stranger thought, with a sinister intent.
"What does she want from me, really? If she only wanted a fight, she could have waited at the shop..." Miharu thought as the fighting continued.
In the meantime, Yayoi was getting worried, with Misaki feeling the pressure.
"Where could she be?" Misaki again thought, while her angel was humming a drone.
"I think I know where she is..." Hikaru finally broke her silence.
"Where?"
Misaki then went out of the shop, noticed. In the meantime, Andrei had now left his house and was now in his car, with a chip inserted in the slot of his car-navi.
"Computer, what's the dome's status?" he then queried his navicom.
The computer promptly showed the dome's floor plan, with dots representing higher living organisms (except plants), and lines connecting them or a blank spot- an indicator of who or where is their intent. And currently, one red dot was having a solid red line- a hostile intent on one blue dot- in the middle of the arena. Some yellow dots were in one room, with an "X" marks and scattered lines above them and along them- an indication that those guys don't know where they are and what happened to them.
"Guards maybe..." he thought, then dialed a number "Hello?"
"Yes, this is Sera... what is it, principal?" the yellow haired woman on the other side answered.
Back at the dome, Miharu now shifted to Aile mode, with Himiko flying with her specialized pack as well. It was pretty even, until the stranger began to laugh dementedly.
"Time for you to taste the real power of my angel!"
At that point, the midsection of the shields began to glow red, along with her eyes and some points of the armor. Hinata again made a shot, but amazingly, instead of being blocked, it was deflected or rather, it curved out of the path and away from the target. Then, Miharu saw the barrier- it was bloody red. She again fired a barrage, but all the shots were deflected again and again.
"What kind of barrier is that! I've never seen that kind before!"
"Are you sure this is the right place?" Misaki asked her angel, facing the dome.
"Your hunch is right kid..." someone broke her thoughts. She looked up and saw a yellow-haired woman looking at the dome. "Here grab this..."
"What is this?" Misaki asked as she caught what seemed to be a headset.
"That's a wireless control band, similar to what the referees wear... can you run fast?" the woman explained, walking inside the lobby.
Misaki managed to stammer and nod a bit.
"Ok enough... wear that and be ready to run... I may have to change here... if something happens"
"Yayoi, get in..." Andrei called as he quickly pulled the car up.
"What's happening! Where's Miharu!" the now totally worried mother asked.
"I have a feeling that she is kidnapped... I already sent someone to check..."
"Miharu..."
Back in the dome, Miharu was now injured, not just her angel.
"Do you wonder why you are hurt as well? That's because this field totally and directly transmits your angel's damage into your own body!" the woman continued her sinister routine "You have walked into my trap you fool!"
"The fail-safe, removed!" Yayoi alarmed as she examined the data from the monitor.
"I'm sure of it... even I don't know how those people managed to take control of the dome... but as long as the fail-safe is removed, any damage Hinata receives will directly translate to Miharu- that means... if Hinata is mortally damaged..."
"Don't say it!"
By now, Miharu was now bleeding all over from the attacks, with her angel at the 65 percent damage mark.
"I have no choice but to put it all in one shot..." she thought. "Got to shift..."
"What the!" the stranger alarmed, as the system delivered a new armor set, a purple one- the lightning striker pack. Then the right gauntlet began to arc and charge with electricity, with the angel thrusting at full speed.
"Time to die!" the stranger yelled, charging as well.
"Lightning... Breaker!"
The two angels struck, with the red barrier giving way and damaging both. But only one remained standing- Himiko.
"Now die!" the stranger called, raising her scythe for the kill.
"Help me..."
"Buster Cannon, fire!"
"What the!" Himiko alarmed as she raised her shield, shielding her from the energy spray.
"Misaki!" Miharu spoke weakly as she saw the cannon toting angel landing. "You came to help me..."
"Why you!" the stranger alarmed as she grabbed Hinata and threw her towards her friend. "Of all the nuisances, why you! It seems that I have to kill you first instead!"
And so the fight continued, with Misaki replacing the injured angel.
"Misaki... she had some kind of system called... a lambda drive!" Miharu weakly tried to give advice, but to no avail, for Himiko had repelled Hikaru's strike with the same barrier.
"What was that?" Misaki wondered, and totally fazed out.
"I can't believe it... I managed to block the Japan champion- the system works!" the stranger spoke as Hikaru looked on- dazed. "And now, you two unique angels will fall!"
"Misaki!" Miharu managed to cry, throwing herself in the line of attack.
Only extreme fear was etched into Miharu as the weapon struck her- at the heart, with Misaki behind her. By some measure of fate, the back armor of Hinata stopped any further progress of the attack; sparing Misaki- Miharu had still protected her friend, despite the terrible injury that prompted her friend to fight in the first place.
"Miharu!"
"Vacuum Arrow!" a loud bark came from one of the hallways, followed by a powerful arrow. The shot headed for the field projector at the ceiling, disrupting it and shutting it down.
"This is bad!" the stranger called and quickly dashed to grab her angel and place herself out of the scene.
"Oh no you don't!" the yellow haired agent quickly took chase, exiting the scene as well.
"Pursue her!" the one who barked the arrow ordered her two escorts- it was Yayoi, wearing the glasses that were contained in the silver case and her blue and white battle kimono. On her right hand was the full-sized and original Kazenagi (like angel Yayoi's spear), transformed into a bow. The two agents teleported like ninjas, out of the area in pursuit.
"At... least... you... are... safe... Misaki..." Miharu managed to whisper, before losing consciousness.
"Miharu!" Misaki called on as Hikaru held the wounded angel- as Miharu's chair leveled out.
"Miharu!" Yayoi yelled as she rushed. "Medic!"
And so the unconscious Miharu was placed on a gurney and was rushed to Ishigaki Medical Center, with her mother and Misaki for the ride.
