And I'm back with the next chapter of Meta-Verse. Sorry if I didn't posted yesterday. I tookin' a trip up to Springfield yesterday. So I do apologize for being late yesterday. But guess what? We're finally in the finale! I'm so excited! But, this is in 2-parts, so we ain't through yet. It's time to begin the first part of the season finale.
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters appearing in this fic.
Germany
In the Nazi HQ, we see some people trapped in cages, with Irene Engel walking to the Nazis.
"How is everything?" Irene asked.
"Everything seems to be under control." One of the Nazis said.
"Good. Keep up the good work." Irene said.
"Yes, ma'am." The Nazi said.
Irene then walks into her command room and sees Miles Quaritch and Mael Radec watching the screen.
"There's no way she's gonna save her friends at this rate." Irene said.
"You just made it all too perfect." Radec said.
"I agree with him on that." Miles said.
"We should take this into consideration, don't you think?" Irene asked.
"Yeah." Radec said.
Hexadecimal then came into the room. "Now, what is all this?"
"The time has come for them to strike, and we'll be the ones killing them off first." Irene said.
"Very interesting if you ask me." Hexadecimal said.
"It is indeed." Irene said.
Jigsaw then came into the room. "The APTX 4869 is now ready."
"Excellent. Now we can poison the multiverse once and for all. Victory will be ours!" Irene said.
"It's time for payback." Miles said.
"I would say that again." Irene said.
"When will we begin?" Hexadecimal asked.
"Soon. Very soon." Irene said.
To Another World We Go
Gimon ni omotta koto wa arimasu ka
Moshi arimasu betsu no sekai koete watashitachi no mono
Sore wa watashi o nayama se tsudzukemasu
Issho ni kono sekai ni ikou
Watashitachi ga iku betsu no sekai e
Nani fushigi ishi matsu soko
Watashitachi ga iku betsu no sekai e
Watashitachiha eien ni tabi o shimasu
Watashitachi ga iku betsu no sekai e
Watashitachi ga iku betsu no sekai e
Watashitachi ga iku betsu no sekai e
Watashitachi ga iku betsu no sekai e
Meta-Verse Department Agency
In the meeting room, we see some agents in there.
"We know where Konata's friends are now." Tsumiki said.
"It seems like we need to infiltrate the base in Germany." Paiman said.
"It's gonna tough job. But we need to do it. We save my friends at all costs. No matter what." Konata said.
"I agree." Solty said.
"There has to be some way to get into it without getting killed. Otherwise, we're not gonna make the mission at all." Coulson said.
"This might get tricky." Roborovski said.
"We need to get some recruits here, otherwise it's gonna be one hell of a mess." Vega said.
"Kind of agree with you on that." Bo said.
"How tricky will it be?" Silvia asked.
"More trickier I guess." Tilel said.
"We can't just stand around here, we need to stop Irene before it's too late." Katy said.
"I agree with her on that. There might be some people from Mithril who are trapped in there that needs saving." Teletha said.
"Maybe Saito." Louise said.
"It seems like we're getting together now." Raggedy Ann said.
"Seems like it." Margaret said.
"What's the plan?" Yotsuba Koiwai asked.
"Had not came up with one." Tsumiki said.
"We might need to come up with a plan and fast." Konata said.
"We can't just barge in there." Yuko said.
"Yuko's right. We can't just barge in there." Tamama said.
"We need to settle this out one at a time." Tsumiki said.
"And if that doesn't work?" Mao asked.
"Then it's game over." Tsumiki said.
"Then we'll have to stick with what we got until we get a plan here." Konata said.
They all nodded.
"This might be our last mission." The Doctor said.
"I don't think this will be our last. I mean, we might not kill Irene in the end." Vega said.
"Well for me it is." The Doctor said.
"Why's that?" Konata asked.
"It's because he's gonna be replaced with a new driver soon." Tsumiki said.
"Who would do that?" Konata asked.
"Picard has sent in a new driver for the Agency, and so the Doctor seems to be out of luck." Tsumiki said.
"Picard, why do you have to do this to me? Just why?" The Doctor said to himself.
"Don't worry Doc, everything will be fine." Tamama said.
"Like hell it will." The Doctor said.
"Lila feels sorry for the Doctor." Lila said.
"Chi." Chi said.
"Glad someone cares." The Doctor said.
"We'll have to get in the base the easy way if not the hard way." Yuuki said.
"Great. What else is next?" Chizuru said.
"This is our rescue mission. Our second one." Tamama said.
"We've never gone on another rescue mission after we saved you guys, didn't we?" Tsumiki said.
"Okay, I was captured in the first, but at least I'm going with you this time." Tamama said.
"Yeah, I know that." Tsumiki said.
"So, what now?" Konata asked.
"We wait until reinforcements arrive. Until then, we rest." Vega said.
"Dismiss." Kyubey said.
In the cafeteria, we see Konata, Tsumiki, Katy, Hinaichigo, Solty, Menma, Margaret, Bo, Tenma and Laetitia discussing about something.
"So, this is it. Who wanna say goodbye to this place for now and save our friends?" Bo said.
"It might be dangerous, but we need to take it." Solty said.
"Some of us needs bravery. We all need it." Konata said.
"I'm with you." Laetitia said.
"We're always with you all the way, Konata." Tsumiki said.
"You guys are so lucky here. I didn't even have a chance to live this life." Konata said.
"I've been through worse once." Tsumiki said.
"I think we all did." Margaret said.
"You guys are all extraordinary and I'm just ordinary." Konata said.
"You might not be ordinary. There might be something in you all the time." Tsumiki said.
"But what is it though?" Konata asked.
"I wouldn't know." Katy said.
"At least let's just have the time of our lives before we head out. Man, it's almost like we're going out to war and this is the last time we'll be seeing each other, even though we might see each other again in the end." Bo said.
Menma nodded. "She's right. We're see each other again after this. I know we will."
"Thank you, Menma." Konata said.
Menma nodded.
Tamama and Ann came to them.
"So what's going on?" Tamama asked.
"We're just talking." Bo said.
"I see." Tamama said.
"So, any plans?" Ann asked.
"Not yet." Tsumiki said.
"Are we gonna survive?" Ann asked.
"We're gonna survive." Tamama said.
"It might get trickier though." Laetitia said.
"Let's just make this last until we go." Hina said.
"Alright. If you say so." Ann said.
"So, how about some drinks on me?" Bo asked.
"I can give you something." Mai came to them.
"Oh, torture woman." Bo said.
"I'm a woman who has a tortured past, not a torture woman." Mai said.
"Anyway it goes, give me a strawberry smoothie." Bo said.
"Me too." Hina said.
"Nice, puffball." Bo said.
"Don't call me puffball." Hina said, annoyed.
"You're funny." Mai said.
"Thank you." Bo said.
After they drank, they have gone to the park in the middle of the Agency and sat down on the bench, while Katy munches on the leaves close to the bench.
"So, what are we suppose to do in this mission exactly?" Konata asked.
"We find an entrance to the base, hopefully not run into any guards while we're at it, then infiltrate it and save our friends." Tsumiki said.
"You have friends that are captured too?" Konata asked.
Tsumiki nodded.
"I'm sorry to hear." Konata said.
"You're fine." Tsumiki said.
"So what, we're just sticking around here?" Tamama asked.
"Until reinforcements arrive." Bo said.
"Tough luck." Tamama said.
"I kind of getting to like you guys so much." Konata said.
"Thank you." Solty said.
"I mean, this is fun once in a while getting to know you guys." Konata said.
"Even though you know me right off." Tamama said.
"That because I'm an otaku, remember?" Konata said.
"I didn't forgot about that." Tamama said.
"You're a strange otaku, even I'm trying to figure that one out." Ann said.
"You have a lot to learn." Konata said.
"I do, do I?" Ann said.
"Hard to say, but these leaves are stale." Katy said.
"That's because they've been there like days ago." Tamama said.
"Shocking you know that." Katy said.
"I was here when the leaves fell." Tamama said.
"Uh-huh." Katy said.
"Angry caterpillar." Tamama said.
"Not angry. It's just I don't believe you." Katy said.
"Oh come on, at least give me a break." Tamama said.
"Guys, cool it." Hina said.
"Thank you." Ann said.
"You welcome." Hina said.
"What did the Gunslinger Girls said?" Tamama asked.
"They're going on this mission." Tsumiki said.
"Good luck." Tamama said.
"We might need to get going." Bo said.
"Right." Konata said.
They left, except for Tamama and Katy.
"I've been thinking." Tamama said.
"Hmm?" Katy looks up at Tamama.
"Do you think I should join your class?"
"Any time."
"Thanks. Just needed a change of scenery."
"Absolutely."
"I still wonder about Konata."
"I still wonder about her too."
Tamama looks up at the sky. "I have hopes for you, Konata."
Break
In the meeting room, we see the reinforcements come in. One male and three females.
The male has black hair and black eyes. He wears a red Chinese shirt, black pants and blue slip shoes. This is Ranma Saotome.
The first female has dark blue hair and dark blue eyes and wears glasses. She wears a red hat, grayish-black and red long dress with grayish-black long sleeves and black slippers. This is Ai.
The second female has reddish-pink hair and brown eyes. She wears an orange long-sleeve shirt, black shorts, white socks and pink sneakers. This is Mai.
The third female has light purple hair and dark blue eyes. She wears a dark blue short-sleeve dress with a white frill at the bottom, white socks and dark blue dress shoes. This is Mii.
"Ranma Saotome, Ai, Mai and Mii. You're our reinforcements. Understood?" Vega said.
"Yes, sir." The four said.
"Now, we're heading to Germany and getting our friends out of the Nazi base. Remember, don't get yourselves killed. If you do, you're dead anyway." Vega said.
"Another speech." Celine said.
"This is important." Vega said, sternly.
"I know, I know." Celine said.
"Any questions?" Coulson asked.
No one answered.
"Then it's about time we leave." Coulson said.
"Good luck and don't get yourselves hurt." Vega said.
In the docks, we see Konata, Tsumiki, Mii, Solty and Katy looking at the ship.
"Well, I felt sorry for the Doctor." Konata said.
"I do too." Tsumiki said.
"Who is this new driver anyway?" Konata asked.
"He didn't say." Tsumiki said.
"I see." Konata said.
"This is my first rescue trip ever. I'm nervous though." Mii said.
"Don't be. Because that will slow you down." Katy said.
"You're right. I shouldn't be nervous. Thanks, little guy." Mii said.
"No problem." Katy said.
"So, are you ready?" Tsumiki asked.
"Whenever you guys are." Konata said.
"I say we pretty much are." Solty said.
Konata nodded.
"What's taking them so long?" Tsumiki asked.
"Paiman has something to do." Katy said.
"But he'll be here, right?" Tsumiki asked.
"Oh yeah, he will." Katy said.
"That's good." Tsumiki said.
"I see you worry for him." Konata said.
"Not just that. He's one of the commanders here, alongside Katy, Vega and Skipper, even though the last two I said don't come into missions very often." Tsumiki said.
"Coulson?" Konata asked.
"Kind of a lieutenant." Tsumiki said.
"I see." Konata said.
"They should be here any minute now." Mii said.
"They should be." Katy said.
The Gunslinger Girls came to them.
"Are they coming?" Konata asked.
"Soon." Henrietta said.
"There they are." Katy said.
They turned to see them. Paiman, Coulson, Roborovski, Vega, Bo, Silvia, Tilel, Teletha, Louise, Ann, Margaret, Yotsuba, Yuko, Tamama, Mao, The Doctor, Lila, Chi, Ranma, Ai, Mai, Kyubey, Menma and Laetitia came to them.
"So, are we ready?" Paiman asked.
"Yeah. Let's go save my friends." Konata said.
"The mission begins." Tilel said.
In the ship, they were sitting at their spots.
"Now, if we wanna take them out, I suggest we take the enemy out carefully and smoothly. No one's getting caught." Paiman said.
"If you do get caught, the mission's over." Vega said.
"And we might end up being prisoners again. Don't want that happening again." Yuko said.
"Everybody doesn't want that. Trust me, I know I'm right." Tamama said.
"So we go in there, free them then get out." Ann said.
"Unless if we need to confront Engel herself." Tsumiki said.
"That might be a bad idea." Menma said.
"We might run into that in the end." Coulson said.
"Gosh. I, the officer, has no idea about this." Silvia said.
"I have the same feeling as you do, Silvie." Konata said.
"Thanks." Silvia said.
"Is it heavily guarded?" Tilel asked.
"I don't think so." Katy said.
"Not with what we have saw so far." Paiman said.
"Alright then. We might make our move if we do spot guards there." Konata said.
"We might need a plan b when the time comes." Vega said.
"That too." Konata said.
"You know, this is bullshit to me." Bo said.
"I kind of notice that." Paiman said.
"I mean, who would want to get after our bros and sis?" Bo asked.
"The Nazis means Slavery way too seriously. You know they want that for them to face suffering." Katy said.
"That is very sad." Solty said.
"Oh, don't worry. We're getting them out of there." Katy said.
"Easy for you to say." Margaret said.
"Kind of true." Lila said.
"At least I'm serious at that." Katy said.
"Yeah. Well technically what choices do we have left?" Yotsuba said.
"She got a point." Ann said.
"We have the chance now, we should take it." Mai said.
"Hopefully this doesn't end badly." Ai said.
"We're all hoping that." Konata said.
"Now then, I think I should meditate for a while." Ranma said.
"Don't be doing that." The Doctor said.
"Why not?" Ranma asked.
"Because, someone's been doing that in my ship and someone has caused a problem in here." The Doctor said.
"It doesn't get worse." Ranma said.
"Yeah, right." The Doctor said.
"I'm serious." Ranma said.
"Yeah right." The Doctor said.
"He doesn't take some people seriously." Tsumiki said.
"Thank you." Ranma said.
"I think he's thinking you should have said that first before anything else." Bo said.
"I should have, but no." Tsumiki said.
"We're here." Coulson said.
"Brace yourselves." Bo said.
"It's time." Tsumiki said.
"Let's go save our friends." Konata said.
Germany
The agents has gotten out of the ship and walked towards the headquarters.
"Lain is keeping track of where they are inside the Agency, so we'll be kept posted by her." Tsumiki said.
"That's good." Konata said.
"Let's just try not to get ourselves killed, okay?" Bo said.
"We will." Konata said.
"So, where is the base?" Menma asked.
"It's 10 miles away from where you are right now." Lain said through the intercomm.
"Thanks." Konata said.
"No problem." Lain said.
"Okay, so we know where we are now." Bo said.
"I say we take the miles." Katy said.
"It will be worth it." Konata said.
They walked towards the HQ.
In the Nazi HQ, we see Hexadecimal and the Borg Queen preparing their weapons.
"I think this is irritating." Hexadecimal said.
"Don't worry, that irritation will be gone once we get rid of them." Borg Queen said.
"But how?"
"With everything we got."
"Doesn't sound appealing."
"Oh, don't worry. It will. You'll see."
Outside of the HQ, the agents has stumbled upon the wall of the HQ.
"Let's find the entrance." Konata said.
They all nodded. They split up looking for the entrance.
"Okay, so how do we know where the entrance will be?" Bo asked.
"Simple. A door." Paiman said.
"What if it's not a door." Bo said.
"That'll be impossible." Paiman said.
"Gate?" Bo asked.
"Hope not." Paiman said.
They found the door, with the others regrouping.
"So this is it." Konata said.
"Any last words before we go in there?" Bo asked.
"Just do your best. That's all I have to say here." Katy said.
"Let's do the best we can." Solty said.
"We'll always be with each other until the very end." Menma said.
"You guys." Konata said.
"We're routing for you, Konata." Tamama said.
"We can do this. I know we can." Yuko said.
"I might say something too. Just give your all." Ann said.
"Let's get in there." Konata said.
"Well, that was swell." Bo said.
"What do you expect?" Paiman asked.
The team gets in and starts looking for their friends.
"Just keep your eyes peeled." Konata said.
"Right." They all said.
They looked and looked and looked, but nothing.
"That's just great. Where are they?" Tsumiki said.
"They should be here." Paiman said.
"Lain." Katy said.
"They seem to be in another proximity." Lain said.
"That's just great." Konata said.
"Not cool." Bo said.
"Okay, does anybody know where this other proximity is?" Mii asked.
"I have no clue." Mai said.
"Me neither." Ai said.
"I hear something." Solty said.
"Shit." Bo said.
They're then attacked by Nazis.
"Dammit." Tsumiki said.
Mii skis on the floor and punches the Nazi in the face. Ranma pulled out his katana and slashes the Nazis.
"A sneak attack." Paiman said.
"We've been played." Vega said.
"I knew they set a trap on us." Kyubey said.
"You should have said something earlier." Paiman said.
"Plan b." Vega grabs out his grenade and throws it at one of the Nazis, then he blew up.
"We'll keep them distracted. Just go. Now!" Ranma said.
They gotten out of there.
"Where to now?" Konata asked.
"Don't know." Tsumiki said.
"A door!" Katy said.
They bust through the door, only to see that they're in the command center.
Engel turns her chair around. "It's nice to see you in this place again."
"Irene Engel." Konata said.
"My, my. What do we have here? Our little piece of shit. Konata Izumi. I thought you might come back. We've been waiting for you." Irene said.
"Where are my friends?" Konata asked.
"Oh, how silly of me. They're in another proximity away from you." Irene said.
"But it still here." Tsumiki said.
"Damn you fools! How would you know?" Irene said.
"Lain keeps us on track." Tsumiki said.
"I should of known." Irene said.
"It's time we battle this out. Just you and me." Konata said.
"Konata, don't do this." Tsumiki said.
"I have to. She's the one that needs to pay. You go and find my friends. I'll deal with her." Konata said.
They all nodded and they gone out of the room, leaving Irene and Konata alone.
"So, you wanna fight me, do you?" Irene asked, sinisterly.
"Yeah. I do." Konata said.
Irene gets out her rapier. Konata gets out her blue light sword.
"This is the time." Irene said.
Konata smiles. "Yeah, I'm sure it is."
"You wanna do this?" Irene asked.
"You betcha." Konata said.
They stood there with their swords, ready to fight.
To be continued…
Duvet by Boa
And you don't seem to understand
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear
Will turn to whisper in your ear
And you know what they say might hurt you
And you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing
I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning
Help me to breathe
I am hurting, I have lost it all
I am losing
Help me to breathe
These are the characters that appeared in this chapter:
Ranma Saotome from Ranma ½
Ai, Mai and Mii from Popotan
Here's a sneak peek for the next chapter:
Irene: You think you can save your friends?
Konata: That's the plan.
Irene: Tell me. What is it that you're worth?
Konata: Anything.
Irene: Prepare to die then.
Konata: I'm not gonna die. Not like this.
Next time: Determination, pt. 2
And that's a wrap! That is all the characters that will be appearing in this arc. Next arc will feature new characters though, so get ready for that. Next time it's the final part of the season finale of this arc as Konata fights off Irene alone while Tsumiki and the gang goes to save Konata's friends and will realize about the APTX 4869 being unleashed into the world.
See you all in the next chapter of Meta-Verse.