"How on god's green earth am I gonna make the other tdolls trust you"
Intruder chuckled.
"They're not into opera are they?"
"Heh, I doubt it... Ah well, let's get you fixed up first, oh and by the way we picked up your weapon, it's in the Armory"
"Thanks... I'll be your sword from now on, yulil" intruder said with a warm smile.
"Good, because I'll be needing your help intruder, and maybe you'll even regain your memories on the way"
"Let's hope so." She said with a sigh.
"Anyway let's focus on getting you fixed now, let's go."
"Aye aye captain"
And so the pair exited his office and headed for the repairbay as yulil continued to narrate some of the memories he made with her before the incident.
Ar-team were by the hallway talking near a vending machine as they noticed yulil and intruder heading down, the pair didn't notice them as they walked past them, laughing.
The four tdolls kept looking at intruder and yulil as they walked past them until ar15 spoke up.
"Isn't that... The ringleader?"
"And the commander?"M4 added.
"Laughing together?" M16 said.
"Maybe she's having him hostage, I'll go save him!" Sop said.
"Hey hey, hold on sop, I'm pretty sure it's not the case" M16 said as she grabbed her by her collar when she wanted to catch up with them.
"Heh, imagine if he invited her to join us" ar15 said as she chuckled nervously "Hahah, yeah no way... Right?" M16 said with a doubtful tone.
"Aren't they heading towards the repairbay though?" M4 added.
As M16 and ar15 realised that M4 was correct they looked at each other for a bit before running towards the commander.
Yulil and intruder entered the repairbay as they saw that it was empty.
"you can Sit there intruder, I'll go to check if there's compatible arms in the storage, I'll be quick about it"
"Okay... And... thanks again, for everything" intruder said with a smile.
"Don't mention it, friends gotta have each other's back right?"
"Of course!"
"That's the spirit, anyway I'll be quick"
And so yulil entered the storage room looking for arms compatible with intruder and after a bit of time ar-team stormed through the door.
Intruder twitched as she turned her attention to the door, noticing the four tdolls.
"Hello" intruder said with a smile.
"Where's our commander?" M16 said with an intimidating look.
"Oh, don't worry I haven't harmed him, he's in ther-" intruder said pointing at the door he went through when she got cut by him emerging from the storage room.
"Believe it or not I've already found the correct parts pretty lu...uh, is there a problem here?" Yulil said as he noticed that ar team looked like they were having a standoff with intruder.
"Don't tell me you're seriously thinking of making her join us?!" Ar15 said "Like I've said... Is there a problem?" Yulil said as he shrugged "Wha- of course there's a problem!, She's the enemy, how can you trust your enemy?" M16 added "You're only half right... She WAS my enemy, not anymore M16... You know how I don't like to take unnecessary risks nor do I like to rely on luck, so can you trust me on this one?"
"How can you be so sure?" Ar15 said "Well first of all me and her slept in the same room, and even without her arms she could easily smash my skull if she kicked hard enough, but she did not... isn't that enough? And I know intruder personally, I know when she lies." Yulil said with an expression that basically said you can't change my mind.
Ar team started looking at each other before they sighed in unison.
M16 started slowly walking past yulil until she stopped Infront of Intruder.
"I trust the commander and his decisions, but mark my words... If you dare to betray his trust or harm anyone I'll personally make your life a living hell"
Intruder chuckled.
"I wasn't planning to, but it's nice to see that you care about your teammates and your commander"
M16 sighed and decided that maybe she exaggerated a bit.
"Well obviously I do... And I hope you will too... And uh, I'd shake your hand but..."
"Yeah You'll have to wait until then"intruder said with a laugh.
"Well glad to see everything got sorted out, hopefully the others aren't as hot-headed as M16" yulil said.
"Yeah yeah, we'll be leaving now" M16 said as ar team exited the repairbay.
Intruder and yulil sighed together, finally done with that encounter.
"Your tdolls really value you huh?"
"Well... Being a good commander pays off, anyway stand still now"
"H-hold up, can't you bring the staff who does the usual repairs?"
"They're probably too scared of you, don't worry... It won't hurt... Much, heheh"
"H-hey, n-n-no I'd rather not!" Intruder desperately said, alas... in vain...
After around one hour yulil finally finished replacing her arms, she stood up as she started stretching her arms.
"So?" He impatiently asked "Yeah, everything feels in place... You're a pretty good technician for a commander" she said, a little bit impressed.
"Ah well, you girls got injured a whole bunch of times and so I had to sometime do emergency repairs on you all, guess I grew accustomed huh?"
"Glad you did..." Intruder said with a smile.
"Well, I'll need to find you a place to sleep in now"
"Guess the normal dorms are off question huh?"
"Yeah, you already saw what kind of impression they got from you..."
Suddenly a voice came through his radio.
"Commander? Do you hear me? This is M4"
"Yeah, got you loud and clear, what's wrong?"
"Ar-team is being temporary relocated to another area, under kruyger's orders... Something about them needing reinforcements, over"
"You're kidding me? Over"
"Unfortunately, I'm not... Sorry commander, over"
"It's not your fault M4... Alright, don't die you hear me? Let's enjoy more victories together, over"
"Hahah of course commander, we should come back in a week or so, farewell until then... M4 out"
Yulil put back the radio as he sighed.
"Don't worry yulil, I'm sure nothing will happen to them" intruder said to yulil hoping to comfort him, he smiled and replied.
"Let's hope so... Still. I'm kinda pissed kruyger would just relocate my own soldiers without talking it with me, ah whatever, like you've said, they'll be fine, I'll go check if I can find a normal room for you, what about you? What are you gonna do now?"
"I'll...I'll just stay with you, no problems right?" She said with a smile.
"Not at all."
Thus the duo headed towards kalina's office.
"Hey I got a quick question" intruder said, looking uneasy as they were walking through the hallway "Shoot"
"Is it my imagination or do I feel like someone is staring dagger at me"
"Well, they are still confused on how you're being left to wander around the base freely, you gotta understand them intruder"
"Yeah I guess you're right" she said looking at the ground.
"Oh cheer up now, you've still got me right? Don't worry I'm sure they'll grew fond of you when they start knowing you better"
"Let's hope my charming prince is right" she said with a wink "Wanna hear something funny?" Yulil said as intruder nodded.
"Back in sangvis Ferri before the incident of course, I actually hated you when I first met you, but quickly you became my favourite tdoll, so yes, they'll like you when they get to know you"
"O-oh...R-really..." Intruder said looking away.
"Ah, there it is, kalina's office" yulil said, finally noticing her office.
Both got in as they noticed grizzly and kalina talking to each other, both twitched when they saw intruder, fully repaired.
"Hello" intruder said to grizzly and kalina who were staring at her.
"It's not nice to stare at people you know" yulil said.
"Sorry... Wait no! what's the ringleader doing here?" Grizzly said "Her name's intruder and she's one of us now" yulil said as he crossed his arms.
"No offense to you uh, intruder... do you honestly think you can trust her?" Kalina asked with a doubtful tone.
"Yeah, I trust her, and I hope you will too"
Grizzly and kalina looked at each other for a bit.
"Anyway... Kalina can you find intruder a room please?"
"Well... Let me check" kalina said as she brought out some files.
"So, why did you defect intruder?" Grizzly asked with a serious expression.
"That's a good question... Probably lack of knowledge... I don't know why I fought, what's sangvis Ferri's goal? Throwing all humans off the stage? Then what if humans all die, what did we gain?" Intruder replied.
"Heh, guess not all sangvis Ferri tdolls are mindless puppets" grizzly said with a smirk.
"I'll take that as a compliment" "And how will you help us?"
"Well I am a command tdoll, I can't manage aswell as yulil here but I can perfectly be a mediocre substitute, without talking about my combat effectiveness"
"Guess it won't be that bad to have you" grizzly said, holding her chin "I'm glad" intruder said with a smile "Ah, there is a clean room available, though we'll have to prepare it for you, since it's basically empty, ill pass the order and hopefully it should be ready for tonight" "Thank you miss kalina" intruder said.
"Damn, never thought I'd be thanked by a ringleader, and you could learn a few things from her yulil" she said as she gave him a sidelook.
"Yeah yeah, we'll get going now, see you later"
And so yulil and intruder exited kalina's office.
"And I thought I couldn't be surprised by him anymore" kalina said with a sigh.
"Heheh, you better brace yourself, god knows what he'll do further on..."
"Let's go grab a drink, it's not like I have to do anything today." Yulil said "I like that idea" intruder said with a smile And so the duo headed for the caf , and as they entered it yulil noticed, g36 was alongside m590 by some tables, ak47 was also with sv-98 by some other tables, and Springfield was by the counter...
Yulil and intruder did their best to not mind the staring and chatter as they sat by the counter.
"Hello miss intruder, nice to finally meet you" springfield said with a warm smile.
"Huh? No no, that's not how it's supposed to go, you're supposed to be confused and surprised Springfield" yulil said "Fufu, ar team came an hour ago talking about intruder joining us, so most of the base already know."
"And you're not against it?" Intruder asked "I trust our commander here, and that's enough for me, so what can I get you two?"
"Pick whatever you like intruder, I'll have a Sazerac"
"I guess I'll have one too"
"Alright, two Sazerac"
Springfield proficiently made the two drinks and handed them to the duo, they exhaled deeply when they took a sip.
"So how is sangvis Ferri like?" Springfield asked "Compared to this, it's bad... The ringleaders don't really like each other, each of them try their best to prove themselves to the "mastermind", and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't mind if a ringleader or two died so they could take their troops, I'm glad it's not the case here though..." Intruder said as she kept turning her glass in her hands.
"We're more of a family here, and you're one of us now" yulil said "I'm glad... I'll do my best to protect our family" she said "Well... Let's get along from now on miss intruder" Springfield said as she opened her hand.
"Just intruder, and yes let's get along from now on" intruder replied as she shook her hand.
Yulil and intruder heard the door of the cafe open but didn't mind it as they continued talking.
Suddenly intruder felt something grabbing on her clothes, she turned around to find FNC who had a chocolate bar in her open hand.
"Ah? This is for me?" Intruder said.
"For joining the good guys" FNC replied with a smile.
"Oh so this is the ringleader, nice to see you joined the right side." lee Enfield said.
"I'm also glad I was convinced by yulil" intruder said.
"Commander~ stop neglecting your own tdolls and spoiling the sangvis Ferri tdoll" ak47 said as she wrapped her hand around his neck.
"You're drunk 47" he said as he smelled the odor of alcohol.
"Your base is really lively huh?...just how I always wanted it to be" Intruder said, smiling and looking at her glass
After that the Griffin tdolls got to know intruder a bit more, their doubt was still obviously hovering but getting to know her personally made her more trusted.
Yulil spent the 3 next days with no assignments and plenty of time on his hands as he kept training his tdolls and trying to regain intruder her memories, he thought everything was going flawlessly, until that morning...
"Commander wake up!"
A voice yelled, yulil slowly woke up as he rubbed his eyes to find grizzly inside his room.
"What's wrong what's wrong?" He quickly said as he noticed her expression.
"We just got a report from Mr kruyger, he said that area s9 is being overrun by sangvis Ferri and you need to reinforce it as soon as possible, that's the area that ar-team was sent to..."
"Don't tell me..."
"They've been on silent radio since 19 hours" she said with a sorrowful expression on her face.
"God fu- ugh... Notify everyone to get ready to deploy"
As grizzly ran outside his room, he got up changed his clothes and ran to the Armory, he started forming his kit. taking with him his benelli M4 shotgun, Beretta 93R, his bayonet, appropriate ammunition, grenades and finally wore his body armour and elbow & knee pads.
He ran back as he noticed the bracelet he got from 404 squad. He stopped on his tracks and started running towards the communication room.
He got inside and contacted motherbase, after going through some staff and verification procedures he finally reached them...
"It's really the kommandant! We missed you you know? How are you doing on this fine day?" Ump45 said "Is it really him? Lemme see lemme see!" ump9 said "It's been a while huh? Remember when you told me I could ask for your help? Well I kinda need your help right now"
"Alright... Gimme the details" ump45 said, changing her cocky expression into a professional one.
Yulil started transfering the map to her before he exhaled deeply and spoke up.
"Area S9 is being overrun by sf... And ar-team has gone missing, I need you girls to locate them and help them, we'll be cooperating and adapting to the situation when we both reach the field, I'll first focus on repelling the enemy attack, after that I'll come and help you... Sounds like a plan?"
Ump45 scratched her chin as she was getting briefed "Alright, we'll redirect to the area as soon as possible, we'll contact you when we infiltrate, okay kommandant?"
"Alright and thanks, I meant it"
"Ah don't worry about it, pleasure to help you" she said with a smile as the signal cut out.
Yulil headed after that towards the helipad and as he arrived he saw 4 helicopters ready to take off, intruder was holding a map against a helicopter talking with izuna.
He got closed to them as they noticed him.
"Ah yulil, guess it really went wrong on their end huh?" Intruder said "Yeah, what are you two doing though?"
"Ah your friend here is briefing me on possible sangvis ferri anti air so that I don't accidentally fly into one"
"Good good, are we ready to take off ?"
"Sir yes sir"
"Alright let's go, those girls really need us" In such dire circumstances yulil and his troops deployed quickly towards area s9, his Heli was carrying him, intruder, M14, ak47, grizzly and Springfield.
Yulil received the notes and briefing from his superiors as he kept studying the map of the area and the hotzones where most of the skirmishes were taking place, it was similar to the last operation, the battle was taking place between the city and the countryside, the ally base was in the countryside, but kept getting attacked from the hills and the city simultaneously. And presumably ar-team was within the city...
"Don't look so grim commander, I'm sure they're still alive" Springfield said hoping to comfort him.
"Don't worry I'm just trying to make a good plan" he said.
"Don't forget that you have a ringleader at your disposition" intruder said with a wink.
"Oh I'm fully aware of that, check your guns people, I bet we'd get attacked as soon as we reach the base."
As such each of them checked their magazines, kit and weapon, waiting for their arrival.
As they were getting closer to the base suddenly the chopper was under fire.
"Grizzly, ak man the Gatling guns!" Yulil yelled as he picked up his radio.
"To all helicopters this is your commander, we need to clear the enemy from around the base before landing, out"
"Guess I know what to do" izuna said "Send them back to hell" yulil replied as he opened the sliding door, he saw that the base was getting attacked from all directions, he grabbed ak's weapon and started spraying down on the enemies as they were getting past them, intruder did the same by the other door.
The helicopters gave support to the ground troops as they passed by the enemy, raining down bullets and rockets on them.
It wasn't long before the enemy could be seen retreating back into the city.
"Good job everyone, now land your helicopters down, out"
The helicopters landed within the base as the troops disembarked.
Yulil was met with Negev and her squad.
"Look who it is! Commander yulil it's been a while eh?" She said with a huge smile on her face "Oh Negev, glad to have you with us, can you gimme a sitrep?"
Negev cleared her throat before replying "Well as you can see things are not good, the enemy just suddenly emerged within the city, we got outnumbered and retreated back to the base, that's when we also got attacked from the hills"
"That can't mean what I'm thinking right?"
"Sadly... It must mean we have two ringleader's on our hands"
"Damn... This is really bad huh? And where's the commander of this base?"
"She got shot, currently in the infirmary... Is that... A ringleader?!"
Negev said as they noticed Intruder disembarking from the helicopter, she slowly raised her hands as Negev and her squad aimed at her.
"Relax Negev... She's with us..."
"Don't make me laugh, what do you mean with us?"
"She defected from SF and is now helping us... Please trust me on this one we came to help you."
Negev bit her lip as she slowly lowered her barrel and gestured to her teammates to do the same.
"Fine, but I've got my eyes on you"
All of a sudden a voice came out of his radio.
"Guten morgen~ are you here kommandant?, Over"
"Got you loud and clear 45, over"
"We infiltrated the city and I've got good news, those 4 are still alive, looks like they're dispersed, M16 is alone, ar 15 is by herself too, and sop and M4 are together, over"
"Hm... Thanks for the info 45, keep me updated, over"
"Alright no worries kommandant, ump45 out"
Yulil put back his radio as he gestured to Negev and intruder to follow him They got inside his Heli as he started laying down a map.
"Right so, we need to rescue ar team, they're inside the city" he said " There are other tdolls dispersed within the city, if you could commander, please save them too" Negev said.
"Okay, I'll deploy with a small team and we'll try to save as many as possible, but still we need someone competent In leadership to form a defensive position here in this base since the commander is injured, that's where you come in intruder"
"Hold up, do you think they'll trust me?"
"Negev will take care of that"
Negev sighed and spoke up with a monotone voice "I'll do my best commander"
"Intruder is a command-type sangvis Ferri tdoll, she can form a defensive position perfectly on her own...Now for the offense, I'll go alongside a small squad and we'll infiltrate the city to rescue ar-team and the other disorganized tdolls, we already got backup inside, any questions?"
Both slowly shook their heads "Great, then we'll infiltrate right now, time isn't on our side"
Yulil went out and started thinking of who to bring alongside him.
He went towards g36, m590 "Yo, g36 m590 come here I need you two"
"Is there a problem master?"
"Actually, me and you two are going to infiltrate the city to save ar squad and the other tdolls"
"Just us three?" M590 replied "Well, we already got backup inside, 4 elite tdolls... Beside, we'll reinforce with the stranded tdolls we meet along the way"
"Alright, sounds like a plan, let's go"
"That's the spirit 36"
And so the trio exited the base and stealthily moved towards the city, it wasn't after much before they entered the devastated city and started looking for their princesses in distress...
The trio roamed within the streets but suddenly yulil's eye caught a silhouette from far away, it hid behind a car.
He gestured to the two other to keep a low profile and redirect into the alleyway on their left.
They moved and dwelled deeper into the alleyway before his tablet turned on.
He twitched but calmed down when he noticed it was only his tablet.
"36, 590 keep watch for a moment" yulil said as the other nodded and kept watch He extended his tablet and saw that ump45 sent him gps locations of the 4 tdolls, it looked like sop and M4 were still while M16 was catching up on ar15 After that his radio turned on "Kommandant I've got good and bad news, over"
"What is it 45? Over"
"The good news is that I finally could hack them and display their location, bad news is that I finally know what's going on, over"
"Please go on, over"
Yulil heard a deep exhale.
"Looks like ar team got separated in the beginning, and well... ar15 was infected by a virus when she was tinkering with some SF equipment within a sangvis Ferri complex, she looks sane but... She knocked out sop and M4 and is running away, she'll soon come in contact with M16 though...over"
"This day just keeps getting worse and worse... Alright... Keep following ar15 and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid, copy? Over"
"Loud and clear kommandant, don't worry, we'll keep her safe, ump45 out"
Yulil pinched his nose "So what's the plan now master?"
"We... We'll rescue sop and m4 first, they're the closest and leaving them unconscious in the middle of the battlefield is just... What the hell was she thinking"
"It's okay commander, we'll rescue them don't worry" 590 said "Yeah you're probably right... Let's move"
As yulil wanted to move however his eye noticed a slight movement in a part of the dark alleyway that just didn't seemed right.
He grabbed his silenced pistol and shot once through the wooden planks. And as they checked behind them G36 and m590 stood there with wide eyes at the SF tdoll, it had blue hair and held a knife.
"How did you even see her?" 590 said "My eyes are good I guess? Hehe, I noticed her by the street before we came through this alleyway, very sneaky, anyway let's move, she probably alerted the others"
And so the trio exited the alleyway and started heading towards the two unconscious tdolls. They kept creeping through the streets and abondoned cars, passing by destroyed and crumbled buildings.
However when they were passing a car they heard a muffled crying Yulil slowly approached the car and gently opened it, he found a tdoll laying on the backseats with her SMG aimed at him, with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Hello there, I presume you're a Griffin tdoll?"
"A-and you are?"
"
Griffin commander, my name is yulil, we're here to help you" he said with a wholesome smile.
The tdoll slowly got out of the car and stood up, she was wearing a black jacket with green outlines and a cat-eared green headset
"M-my name is tmp""Glad to meet you tmp, this is g36 and this is m590, like I've said, we're here to help you" he said as g36 nodded and m590 waved at her "M-my name is tmp"
"Glad to meet you tmp, this is g36 and this is m590, like I've said, we're here to help you" he said as g36 nodded and m590 waved at her.
"I'll also h-help you finding my lost friends!" She said as she rubbed her eyes.
"Good girl, don't worry, we'll save everyone" yulil said as he patted her head.
And so with the added recruit to his squad yulil and the 3 other tdolls moved forward towards M4 and sop's position that was only few minutes away.
As they finally could see the warehouse the two ar team members were in, yulil could also see really small movement by the door of the warehouse.
"Shit, I've got movement by the warehouse we need to hurry"
He said as the squad increased its pace towards their objective.
They finally reached the door of the warehouse, in position and ready to breach.
Yulil ordered m590 to be their pointman as she had 2 ballistic shields she could protect herself and her teammates with.
Yulil slowly opened the door as m590 entered inside, with yulil closely behind.
They could hear noises and footsteps deep in the warehouse.
They stumbled upon another door.
As they got in position yulil slowly opened the door, he could see M4 and sop's body who were knocked unconscious, with 3 vespids aiming at sop, but not at M4...
The squad immediately stormed inside as they shot the 3 enemies down.
After the neutralisation yulil slowly walked to M4 and sop, he checked them and sighed "They're good..."
Yulil gently slapped M4s face mutltiple times as she finally grunted and opened her eyes.
"A-ar-15!" She yelled as she snapped up "Whoah, relax there princess... What happened?"
"C-commander?! What are you doing here?"
"We're here to help you if course, again, what happened"
"It's ar-15 she... She was infected by some kind of virus and decided to go on her own, she knocked me and sop out"
"I see..." He said as he noticed sop was waking up too "Co...commander?" She said while feeling a bit dizzy "Hello there sop, we're here to help"
Sop snapped and went to hug yulil tightly muttering the name of 15 "Haha... It's okay it's okay, we'll get ar-15 back don't worry..."
After few seconds sop finally let him go.
"Well, pick up your weapons, we still need to save 16, 15 and the other tdolls"
With M4 and sop in hand the squad exited the warehouse and started heading towards M16.
They moved around the ruins of the once breathtaking skyscrapers and after a bit of time ump45's voice came from the radio.
"Commander this is ump45 do you copy? Over"
"Got you 5 by 5, over"
"Well... M16 got in contact with ar15, but... She let her continue on her way for some reason, over"
"Are you fu- are you sure about this ump45?"
"Yes I am... Over"
"Keep ar15 safe until I reach her position, please... over"
"Don't worry, I'll do my best, but you better treat me to something nice after this, ump45 out"
"Alright people we really need to advance quickly, let's meet with M16 first"
Yulil said to his squad as they all nodded their heads.
They walked through the abandoned streets hoping to find their targets, they steadily increased their pace, yulil trusted 404 squad to keep ar-15 safe, but things could go south very quickly if she meet a ringleader, and the thought of the area possibly containing two ringleaders wasn't helping...
As he checked his tablet one more time it showed that M16 had moved all the way back, now extremely close to them, they redirected to an alleyway as they finally could see their target... Yulil slinged his shotgun and started increasing his pace towards M16.
"Where's ar15?" He said as he did his best to contain his anger "She... She made her choice" she replied as she looked to the ground Yulil grabbed m16 by her collar and pinned her to the wall "Don't give me that bullshit excuse! You're her own sister for god's sake, how the hell did you let her go on her own like that?!" He yelled at her as the others had sadness all written on their faces "I'm sorry...I did what I thought was right"
"You mean to tell me leaving your sister to go kill herself was the right choice?! You!...you..." He was saying as m590 put her hand on his shoulder while slowly shaking her head.
He grunted and violently let go of her collar.
"Pick up your weapon, we're going to save her" he said without looking at M16.
He could hear chatter behind him but he tried his best to not let it distract him as he walked further from them... But all of a sudden the building between him and the others exploded, crumbling between them and blocking passage "Commander! No!" M16 yelled as the building was collapsing.
He picked up his radio and changed the frequency to his squad.
"Are you all okay?"
"Yes master, we're all unscathed but what about you?"
"I'm uninjured aswell... G36... Tell M4 she's the leader now and that I need her to lead the squad back to base, whoever split us apart is probably looking at us right now, that's a direct order"
"But..."
"That's a direct order g36"
"Okay master... Please stay safe"
"I'll do my best, out"
Yulil sighed before changing the frequency back to 404 squad and continued his way... He couldn't go back without her... Without ar15.
He kept advancing and creeping through alleyway and alleyway...
His eyes caught a small sangvis Ferri detachment composed of dragoons and rippers, it'd be suicidal to enter contact as such he went inside a building and went on the other side, successfully evading the small SF squad.
As he was safe he sighed... He checked his tablet and saw that he was getting closer and closer to his target, he gritted his teeth and moved on.
"Commander this is ump45 do you copy?"
"Yeah?"
"Ar-15 took refuge in a factory, no SF activity around her, over"
"Roger that 45"
"Hey... What's wrong? your voice changed"
"Nothing, nothing, hah you're worried about me?"
"Of course I'm worried I don't want you to die here!"
Yulil went silent for a moment before replying.
"I'm not planning to die here don't worry... And thanks, out"
He sighed and thought maybe he went overboard with M16, ah well he can apologise when he gets ar15 back he thought.
He kept moving throughout the roads and alleyways trying his best to evade SF patrols as he finally reached the aforementioned factory.
"Good luck commander, we'll notify you if we see SF activity" ump45 said through the radio.
He sighed and got inside, shotgun raised.
He entered a vast room, with 6 pillars, 3 facing each other, he then suddenly let go of his shotgun as it was slinged to his shoulders, and turned 180 degrees, he was met with ar15 with her gun pointed at his torso.
"Hello there ar15" he said with a warm smile "I really didn't want to meet anyone... Especially you"
"You don't like me anymore? I'm hurt..." He said as he started walking towards her.
"D-dont move!" She yelled as she put her finger on the trigger, but he didn't stop advancing, he just smiled and kept walking towards her "Ar15..."
"Back off! I'll shoot!"
As he reached her he grabbed her barrel with both hands and put it on his forehead.
"If you really want to shoot me... Go on... I won't fight back... I don't want to hurt you ar15"
"I know that..."
"Then can you put the gun aside and talk with me? I just want to talk"
She looked away for a second before biting her lip and lowering her weapon.
"Thank you..." He quietly muttered.
"Now, what are you trying to do?" He added "I'm... Finally doing what I want to do"
"I'm not following"
Ar15 gritted her teeth and started speaking with a broken voice.
"I always being shackled to M4... Since I was made... Programmed to be her friend... To be her protector... I'm tired of it! Do you even know how it feels to be made only for a person? That your whole existence is tied to someone? I always wished I was a human, I always wished i could visit the alive cities, not their ruins, i always wished I could see alive people, not their bodies... I'm tired commander! I'm tired!"
"I always thought you were the smartest one ar-15 so this isn't really a surprise... It's good to ask questions, it's good to sometimes yell and say that it's not fai-"
"Nobody would listen to me, a tdoll that wants freedom? Ha! I'd get dismantled in the blink of an eye"
"I'll listen" he said with a weak smile.
"...you..."
"No, no... I'd listen ar15, I'm here... It's okay to speak against things... It's okay to voice out your opinion, and you know what? Yeah you're right!... You're absolutely right! You have the right to take a break... You have the right to explore the good things in life and you know what? I've always hated that, I've always hated that tdolls only saw, destruction, death, pain. You never saw the good things in life of course you'd want to die!"
"...stop...talking"
"You know I'm right 15! I'm here to bring you the truth... I'll fight for your rights, I always have tried to help you tdolls, I always did and will never stop fighting for your humanity, because you have it! Deep inside you have humanity, even more than us humans! You Absolutely have the right to experience the good things in life!"
"How?! How can I experience those if I'm tied to those 3 stupid tdolls!"
"Really now? You mean to tell me you've only experienced the bad things in life with them?"
"...I..."
"Look, you know what I've learned? It's easy to take a look at your life and say wow... I've come a long way, I've started all the way over there and now I'm here, I climbed that mountain, I crossed that river, I survived... I know sometimes I didn't think I'd make it, but here I am... But you know what we don't do? We don't say thank you... We really don't take enough time to say thank you and appreciate the people who played a role in our lives, who got us through our hard times, the times where we were our at our lowest, the deepest of the depths... Those people... M4...M16...sop... So when you get a chance, appreciate them and say thank you, because you did experience joy with them, you did laugh with them, you did share your happiness with them... You can't just stand there and say what you said, it's just wrong!"
Slowly ar15 realised how harsh she was towards them before she looked to the ground "Right? I know you were forced to join them, and it's disgusting when I think about it, but you can't just stand here and lie, I've seen you four, I've seen how big the smiles you have on your faces when you're around."
"It's easy for you to say that... Easy when you weren't forced to do anything! Your life was a piece of cake compared to mine!"
"Ar15, i... I dont even know my parents, they threw me away as soon as I was born"
Ar 15 then noticed how spiteful the things she said were.
"I...didn't mean it I'm sorry..."
"No it's okay, I want you to know that even if our lives weren't similair... My life was still harsh... I was bullied when I was in the orphanage, and the only friend I made... Got killed... I joined the army at a young age just to have something to eat... I watched so many people die that i get nightmares everyday... I was forced to fight, I was forced to watch my friends die, I was forced to end the lives of people that...that I didn't even know, so you see... I do feel you... I know how life can seem sometimes... We both aren't happy with our lives...but... Is it okay to just give up?... To just throw yourself inside the maw of the enemy?"
Ar15 stayed silent as she looked on the ground.
"See what I mean? Do you even know what you want? Is this really what you want? How about fighting for your right? How about going to see that city you want to see? I'll take you there, I'll pester kalina until she gives me her car and I'll take you and the rest to the city, I'll give you money to buy anything you like"
"Do you honestly think kruyger would agree?"
"Do you honestly think I care about what he says? You're My tdoll not his...I want you to look back one day and say that you did your best, to look at your dream and say I! did! this! I was the one who did this! I did not give up and got what I wanted!"
"I want to do that too, but..."
"How the hell are you going to reach that day when you want to throw yourself into the arms of the enemy today?!"
"Heheh... You sound like a father"
"Then I'll be your father"
Ar15 looked at him as she widened her eyes "I mean it... I'll listen to your problems... I'll hear you out, I'll advise you on... I'll redirect you to the correct path when you stray... I'll give you a hand when you fall down... I'll give you a shoulder to lean on when you stumble... I'll cheer you on when you get sad... And you know I will"
Suddenly he started to notice tears rolling down her cheeks as she started spreading her arms in the form of a hug, they both walked towards each other as she hugged him so tight he almost couldn't breathe, she cried her eyes out on his shoulder.
"It's okay... It's okay... Everything is going to be alright, we'll go to the city, we'll go to the amusement park, all 5 of us..."
"But... I'm infected with the virus how... How will they accept me..."
"Don't worry I'm here... As long as im here everything is going to be okay, intruder might know a thing or two about it, you'll never know"
"Yeah... You're right... Dad"
She said as both laughed.
"Let's get the hell out of here shall we?"
"Yeah" she replied as she wiped her eyes.
However their moment was cut by the radio.
"Commander! Kommandant!"
"Yeah?what's wrong?"
"We just saw something moving really quickly into the warehouse, get the hell out of there... Now!"
Yulil knew exactly what it was...
He grabbed ar15's arm and started running towards the backdoor.
As he opened the door he felt a warm breath on his neck, he twitched a bit.
He sighed and pushed ar15 out of the building as he locked the door behind her.
"Commander? What are you doing?!" She said through the door.
"Go ar15! I'll join you after I deal with an old friend of mine" "I'm not leaving you!"
"Go! Please! Do it for me!"
Ar15 punched the door and grunted, after that she ran away as fast as she could.
Yulil sighed and readied his shotgun.
The room was noiseless... He could hear his own heart pound...
Immediately his eyes spotted a movement and changes in shading.
He grabbed his knife and put it in front of his throat.
As soon as he did that sparks came out of the knife, almost as if a blade was cutting against the knife.
The impact hit really hard as yulil recoiled.
"Oh my oh my...for someone to stop my blade... You really piqued my interest" He heard a voice say within the room, it sounded as if it was everywhere.
He gritted his teeth and focused on scanning his surrounding, his eyes and mind were his best tools against her.
Again his eyes perceived movement and change in shading, he grabbed his shotgun and aimed it in front of him.
The shotgun stopped in front of her face and her blade stopped at his throat.
"It's really you... Alchemist"
She smiled a devious smile and stepped back, vanishing.
"I'm flattered you know my name young man"
"You don't remember me?"
"Yes...no...who knows~"
Yulil grunted and readied himself for her next attack, alchemist was really fast, lightning fast... However she isnt really strong physically, he only needed one shot, one opportunity...
He could see from the changes in light and shadows that she was coming really quickly for a Downward slash to his head, hoping to split it.
He moved his body to the left as soon as the attack was gonna land and fired his shotgun, hitting her right in her stomach, however... Her blade did smash into his right shoulder.
Both grunted in pain as they held their wounds and stepped away from each other...
"Hehehe... Looks like I underestimated you yet again... Yu-lil~" she said with a devious smile as she vanished "Wait, alchemist you remember me!" He said, in vain as she already got away... He sighed and grunted at the increasing pain from his shoulder.
Suddenly he could hear the sound of a clock, tick tock tick tock... He cursed his luck to hell and started running as he dived through the window... The building exploded, sending him flying into the wall of a house... He could feel sharp pains all around his body...
Shrapnel and debrit pierced all his body, he could barely get himself into the house behind him, he tried to get himself up leaning against a chair, he only fell back to the ground.
He looked at the ceiling and took a look at his hands... Full of blood...
He dragged himself to a wall and sat with his back next to it...
His body was screaming in pain as his clothes were full of blood.
"So...this is how it ends huh?..." He said as he started coughing drops of blood.
"Ah well... Had a good run... I guess... Ar15 is gonna be super pissed though hahah" he smiled and looked at the ceiling... He didn't want to get up, he knew he'd only die tired... And as he started thinking that way he noticed a bird hovering outside looking straight at him.
"Oh? The grim reaper I presume? You're late man"
The bird immediately got inside the house and hovered in front of yulil as it stared him down, it was a hawk he noticed... The hawk he helped that day!
"It's you! Little guy... Why didn't you thank me that day? I was a bit sad you know?"
The hawk kept looking at him "Ah well, you can see how Im doing" yulil said with a smile as he showed it his hands that were dripping blood.
The hawk suddenly grabbed yulil's left shoulder with it claws and tried to pull him up.
"H-hey what are you doing?"
The birds kept screeching at him as it did it's best to fly with yulil "You want me to get up? Hahah aren't you optimistic... Fine... I guess I'll spend my last seconds with you"
Yulil tried to get up but immediately fell down on his hands.
The hawk screeched at him yet again "Yeah yeah I'm trying my best you know?"
Yulil grabbed his shotgun and leaned with it, finally getting up. The hawk exited the house and hovered as it stared at him.
Yulil exited the house step by step.
"So where to now little guy?"
The hawk went to some alleyway as yulil kept following it.
They went deeper and deeper as yulil was getting a bit dizzy, but he gritted his teeth and did his best to keep his consciousness.
Suddenly the bird stopped and hovered looking at yulil, or is it looking behind yulil? "Well well what did you bring to me now?" Yulil slowly turned around to meet a tall tdoll holding a ballista sniper rifle the hawk slowly stood on her shoulder
Suddenly the bird stopped and hovered looking at yulil, or is it looking behind yulil? "Well well what did you bring to me now?" Yulil slowly turned around to meet a tall tdoll holding a ballista sniper rifle the hawk slowly stood on her shoulder "You are?" She asked him "Griffin co... Commander here to help you guys"
"Ah yes you helped us repel the attack but...Looks like you're the one who needs help "
"Nah I'm... Im..." He said as he slowly started to fall down... Finally losing consciousness "Hey! don't die just yet Mr commander I need to say my thanks"