Deadly Gears.
To say the stealth mission became a lot more chaotic was an understatement. The heroes' mission had already taken a turn when the deadly woman Camilla attacked the base in search of her sister, this would lead to a fight with Strucker and his mind controlled minions, but when he grew tired of the fight, he unleashed a Metal Gear on them. A threat that would not be easy to deal with, even for these experienced heroes. Said Metal Gear fired several missiles, forcing the heroes to run for cover.
Metal Gear REX was a Metal Gear prototype that was jointly developed by DARPA, ArmsTech, and Livermore National Labs for the United States Army in the early 2000s. In the early 1960s, Soviet scientist Aleksandr Leonovitch Granin created designs for a REX-like bipedal tank. However, Colonel Volgin of GRU rejected his ideas in favor of Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov's Shagohod. Drunk and bitter, Granin sent his designs to an American colleague, revealing this to CIA operative Naked Snake during Operation Snake Eater. Later, triple spy Ocelot also stole and delivered duplicate designs to his CIA superiors. The Soviets also researched ways to launch an untraceable missile since 1964.
"Damn it! Snake, you know about these things right? How do we deal with it?" Natasha demanded.
"It's a Metal Gear Rex. It's armor plating is to tough for any of our weapons. Our best bet is to get to the pilot. But just getting close if dangerous" Snake answered.
Natasha cursed under her breath, they never planed to fight a giant walking tank. She would call for back up, but their communications has been jammed, likely caused by the room's shielding, if she could make it outside she could call in help. The Metal Gear walked towards them, firing barrages of bullets from it's XGAU-8R rotary cannons. Natasha ran for another cover, while Matt carried the still unconscious Raven to safety. Snake looked around for any type of weapon that could damage the Metal Gear. He remembered the first time he faced a Metal Gear Rex, he needed stinger missiles to take it down.
"Damn it, there is nothing in here" Snake cursed.
"We need back up, if I can make it outside I can call in for some of our own heavy hitters. But I need a distraction" Natasha called out.
"Got any explosives?" Snake asked, his answer came when Natasha threw a bag of bombs to him "Alright, move on my signal... Now!".
Snake ran out of cover and threw a bomb at the Metal Gear, causing it to turn it's full attention at him. Natasha used this distraction to run out of the room, she needed to make it out and quickly. She hoped Snake and Matt could survive against the Metal Gear long enough for help to arrive.
Meanwhile, Tifa and Camilla arrived to where Elise was being held. She was inside a glass cell and was clearly scared and wanted out of there. Camilla wasted no time and ran up to the cell and pounded her fists against the glass.
"Elise! Are you alright?" Camilla asked in worry.
Elise looked up "Camilla? You're here. Please, get me out of here".
"We will have you out in a second. Tifa, hurry and do something!" Camilla ordered.
"I'm trying, but the cell needs a release code" Tifa said as she pressed some buttons, but nothing happened.
"Then I will just break it down" Camilla declared as she rose her ax to shatter the glass.
Tifa stopped her "And risk Elise being riddled with shards? Not the best idea".
"Then what do we do?" Camilla asked, growing more impatient by the second.
"If we can't find the code, maybe I can shut down the power, which hopefully will open up the cell... but even if that works, there is a risk all the other cells might open up too, and there is no telling what could come out of them" Tifa said.
"Don't worry sweet heart, I can protect you. But you need to free my sister first" Camilla said.
"Please don't call me sweet heart again" Tifa said before she looked around and found the power lines "Well... here goes nothing".
Tifa ripped the power lines and as expected, the power shut down and Elise's cell opened up. She quickly ran out and hugged her older sister hard "Camilla! I was so scared".
Camilla quickly hugged her back, relived her sister would be alright now "Don't cry sis, everything will be alright now".
Tifa smiled at the sister reunion, sadly she had to cut it short "Remember what I told you Camilla. We need to move before whatever else is trapped in here shows up".
"Alright. Stay close to me Elise" Camilla ordered, earning a nod from her little sister.
They began running for the exit, Tifa hoped her friends were alright, since she had to split from Natasha when said Widow ran of to help the others. They ran for a bit before they stopped when they felt the floor shake. Tifa had no time to react before a large hand came through the floor and grabbed her before pulling her down.
"Tifa!" Camilla called after her.
Tifa was thrown down on the floor by whatever had grabbed her. She looked up to see a large monster It was covered with large, tumorous Phazon growths and sickly veins, to the point that its left eye is completely covered by one such growth. This was an Phazon Elite. An Elite Pirate, albeit heavily mutated. While Elites are usually created by combining Phazon with Space Pirate DNA, this particular Elite is the result of a direct infusion with energized Phazon.
"What kind of abominations where they creating in this place?" Tifa wondered before standing up and got ready to fight, already having a feeling this creature would not be easy to take down.
The Phazon Elite roars as it charges at Tifa, lifting it's massive arms before bringing them down, forcing Tifa to jump out away, and then she had to perform a flip to avoid the energy wave created by the slam. Tifa then charged back in before delivering a powerful blow that could knock most large monsters on their back side. But while the punch did make the Phazon Elite stumble back, it was less harmed by the blow than Tifa, who let out a painful cry as she pulled back and looked at her hand which was now badly burnt from the deadly energy surrounding the creature.
"Damn!" Tifa cursed as she used some green materia to heal her hand "Note to self: Don't go hand to hand with a creature made out of deadly energies".
The monster roars as it charges at Tifa again. Tifa avoided it's attack, trying to think of a better way to fight back. She didn't think her spells would be to useful, but it was all she had. Using fire materia, Tifa sent a fire ball in to it's face, making the Phazon Elite roar in anger before it raised it's hand and sent out an energy blast, forcing Tifa to jump out of the way. She needed more power to take this thing down. The Phazon Elite growls as it was about to attack again, only to be blasted from behind making it stumble and fall. Tifa looked and saw Camilla and Elise.
"Good thing I know some spells without my tomes" Elise said.
"Tifa dear, are you alright?" Camilla asked.
"I'm fine, but this creatures keeps shrugging of whatever I hit him with" Tifa said as the Phazon Elite stood up with a growl "Our magic only scratches it and close combat is suicide with that energy surrounding it. We need to get out of here".
Camilla sighs "I do loath running from a battle. But without my trusty wyvern I fear I am at a disadvantage. Very well, let us get out of here".
The three women quickly ran away as the Phazon Elite chased after them.
Back with Snake and Matt they were still struggling to survive against the Metal Gear Rex. Snake had run out of explosives, and non of them where strong enough to take down the walking tank which kept on firing at them with it's deadly weaponry.
"This is not working. We will never reach the pilot at this rate" Matt said.
"Damn it! Where is that blasted back up?" Snake wondered outloud before hearing a different sound "Now what?".
Tifa, Camilla and Elise ran inside before the wall was blown open by the Phazon Elite which roared when it saw the Metal Gear Rex. Said Metal Gear turned it's attention to the Phazon Elite, deciding it was the greater threat and quickly began firing at it. But normal bullets had no effect on a Phazon powered monster, which quickly charged through the barrage of bullets. Rex was about to fire it's laser canon, but it was quickly torn of by the Elite. Rex opened it's metal mouth and bit down on the Phazon Elite's shoulder... something the pilot regretted as the Metal Gear was not build to withstand such a powerful surge of energy, forcing the Metal Gear to let go and back away as the Phazon Elite began blasting it with Phazon energy.
The Pilot panicked and decided to use the Metal Gear's most powerful weapon: It's Railgun. A blast powerful enough to easily blow up a satellite was unleashed, blowing a hole clean through the Phazon Elite's chest, finally killing it. The Pilot sighed in relief, but the Metal Gear was badly damaged from the Phazon attacks and would require repairs. But hopefully it would have enough left in it to deal with the heroes.
Sadly for the Pilot, there wouldn't be another chance as lightning tore through the sealing and fried what was left of the systems, rendering the Metal Gear completely useless. The Pilot looked up to see Thor breaking through the sealing. Against a litteral god, the Metal Gear might as well be a walking trash can, even at full power it could never take on the God of Thunder.
Thor ripped open the cockpit before pulling the pilot out "You would be wise to yield".
The Pilot said nothing before being thrown to the floor. Natasha walked up to the pilot and removed the helmet and blinked "Just a kid? Who are you?".
The little girl whimpered "I... am Li-Fen... I'm sorry for attacking you, the machine... it forced me to do it, I don't know how it just did, pelase belive me".
Li-Fen, Chun-Li's adopted daughter. She was the daughter of one of the missing hackers that were forced to help Shadaloo build the Phsyco Powered moons. During the first infiltration of the Shadaloo base, she recognizes Chun-Li for carrying the Merope chess piece marking her fateful meeting with her future mother. In the final assault of the Shadaloo base, F.A.N.G threatens to kill Li-Fen when Rashid manages to abort his plan thanks to his missing friend's final piece. F.A.N.G is then beaten by Chun-Li, who saves Li-Fen. After Ryu defeats M. Bison, she was seen being carried by Chun-Li during the escape until they are reunited with the other fighters. She then moved in with Chun-Li and has been raised by her ever since.
"I believe her" Snake spoke up making everyone look at him "This is not the first time a child has been used to pilot a Metal Gear. And the Metal Gears are no ordinary machines, there is no telling what you will be forced to do while inside one".
Thor's eyes softened "Poor child. The horrible trials you've must've been forced to endure. Once again, the villains shows their lack of honor".
Tifa walked up to Li-Fen who looked scared until Tifa gently pulled her in to a hug "There there, it's over now. We will bring you to safety".
"Our mission is complete. Let's get out of here" Natasha said, everyone nods and they began to leave. Tifa carried Li-Fen while Mat was carrying Raven, hoping her broken mind could be fixed.
Camilla looked at Thor "So you are a god, well you certainly look the part".
Thor smiled "Thank you. I would be happy to tell you about my great battles over a good drink".
"Sounds good to me" Camilla said with a giggle.
Li-Fen let out a disgusted sound, making everyone chuckle. A little more lighthearted end to a very taxing ordeal.
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