Makoto Naegi: DIE HARD Luckster
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Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here the situation is about to escalate as Naegi goes into another covert action…which will no doubt earn the ire of the bad guys…
Well then…read on and…well, enjoy!
Ch. 12: Bakuhatsu-tekina hōfuku
As the SWAT leader joins his men, they are now ready to make a rescue attempt, where the squad are split into three groups, the sneaking through the side of the building on the east, the other doing the same on the west, and the last, where the SWAT leader is included, board an armored Humvee and slowly drove through the entrance of the building.
As the SWAT leader gives the signal all of the three groups began to do their thing, and the two groups sneaked though the sides of the building, preparing to head for the main entrance, with the Humvee driving their way towards the front, intending to draw fire so that the gunmen will be focused on the Humvee and not notice the rest.
However, Munakata and his men somehow expected this, and soon Soda grinned as he unleashed a mechanical robot-like drone and flew downward, where the two groups stopped upon noticing the drone, and there they saw the drone is carrying what appeared to be a time bomb, causing the members to panic seeing that it would detonate in less than three seconds.
"What the…?"
"Shit!"
"A bomb!"
"It's gonna explode!"
"Turn back!"
"I can't!"
"Do something!"
"Quit pushing me!"
It was too late, as the two drones exploded, killing the two groups, and the remaining group, inside the Humvee, were taken by surprise. Suddenly a small barrel rolled near the underside of the Humvee, and there the gunmen fired a high-powered gun at the small barrel, which the contents are unknown but it appeared to be strong enough as the impact knocks the Humvee off the ground and lay on its side, exposing the gas tank part, and the SWAT leader tells his remaining men to evacuate, but they could not as they are stuck.
Then another of the gunmen fired an RPG and hits the gas tank part of the Humvee, and the vehicle exploded, killing everyone inside, and thus the entire SWAT team perished, and Takaki could only watch in horror, realizing that the enemy is truly armed and dangerous, and he could only pray that Naegi would stay safe as he has a feeling that the boy would not survive if he is caught and shot on sight.
As everyone outside could only watch in horror and are kept at bay, the scene shifts at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors of the building, where the terrorists are celebrating, each of them say that ths is the best Christmas festival they ever had, getting to shoot down the cops and SWAT, and soon the gunmen left the 2nd and 4th floors, which they joined the others on the 2nd floor, where they are gathered (about eight of them), and one of them contacted Munakata and told him that they decimated the SWAT, and Munakata tells him to have the others get ready for another attack should anyone attempt to get closer to the building.
"...if you see any one or more try to get closer...kill them."
"Got it, boss."
"You have all the weapons?"
"Yup."
"Then use them as you see fit."
"Sure boss."
"And let me know about anything every five to ten minutes."
"O,ay, boss."
The gunmen cheered as they get ready to arm the RPG and are awaiting the next order, hoping that there would be more fools wanting to play hero and then they will be blasted off to the spirit world, which the gunmen are eager to open fire again on a moving target, be it a person or a vehicle.
-x-
Meanwhile, Naegi is thinking fast as he could not let the gunmen have their way and needed to do something to halt the gunmen's momentum, and checking the weapons he have, and the equipment available, he then came up with an idea to lessen the gunmen's advantage. He soon noticed what he has inside the room that he is using, and looking carefully, he weighed in on what he could do to use them to his advantage, and the equipment present are:
- Several bullets
- Several bottles of alcohols
- A microwave oven.
- A wireless generator
- A half-gallon container of fuel
- A box full of grenades
Naegi then looked around and went to an air shaft, where he looked down, seeing that he is several floors above, and there he could hear the sounds of the gunmen chanting and celebrating due to the enclosed shaft area, and he deduced that the floor below is the 3rd floor, and though he did not like it, he knew it cannot be helped, as he is doing this to help and to stall the gunmen until the cops manage to get in, and he silently prayed that his actions are justifiable.
Naegi then placed the oven on top of the generator, then tied it together, and opened it and placed a box of dozen bullets and the opened gallon of fuel inside the microwave oven, as well as pouring a lot of gunpowder from the bullets inside before placing the grenades inside (removing the safety pins) and closed it. Next he activated the wireless generator and it started to function, where Naegi set the oven's timer to 10 seconds, and as he uses the cart to push the generator and the oven towards the air shaft, he is all set, as a push is all he needed.
He then activated the oven's timer and the microwave oven is activated, and by then he pushes the oven and the generator towards the shaft and it falls down. Naegi peeked downward to see if it would work, hoping that his plan would succeed.
At the 3rd floor, the gunmen are getting ready to fire more RPG shells, wanting to hit something, and they are feeling that they own the town, as they bragged that this is the best Christmas rush they ever had, and are glad to be part of Munakata's "entourage".
They also wished that they get to see an explosion so that they can celebrate New Year's Day.
"Here they come..."
"Yeah...fireworks are coming through!"
"Sure wished today is New Year's day..."
"Right...want to see some explosion..."
"We can make one...in a few seconds from now..."
"Yeah...and send those assholes to kingdom come..."
"Right..."
"Oh yeah..."
What they did not know, however, is that the generator and the oven is coming down their way, and when the generator and microwave oven reached the 3rd floor of the open air shaft, and with the metallic bullets and the fuel inside, along with the gunpowder and grenades, in which the heat from the oven has caused the metal contents inside to heat up, and when the grenades exploded, it caused a chain reaction as the blast spread onto the 3rd floor, engulfing the room, and the gunmen screamed as they are being incinerated.
"GAAAKKK!"
"AAAHHHKKKHHH!"
"GAAAKKK!"
"AAAHHHKKKHHH!"
"GAAAKKK!"
"AAAHHHKKKHHH!"
"GAAAKKK!"
"AAAHHHKKKHHH!"
Naegi looked down at the air shaft, seeing that it worked, and hoped that the gunmen below are killed, however, he stared wide-eyed when he sees the flames rising upward, and he realized what this means, and he ran away before hitting the floor, just as the flames entered the room and hit anything it could touch, straight ahead.
LUCKILY, it did not hit the floor as Naegi remained there and only gets up when the flames dissipated after nearly a minute. He sighed in relief that he narrowly avoided such a physical disaster, and he felt that he might become a delinquent if he were to do something like that.
By then the radio he is carrying blared, where Takaki is trying to contact Naegi, as he and the other cops saw the explosion, and he wondered if Naegi is among those caught in the blast, and after several attempts, Takaki is quite relieved that Naegi is okay and the two talked as the inspector asked what just happened, and he stared in surprise after being told about what happened.
"Are you serious, Mako?"
"Yeah..."
"Goodness...you really are crazy!"
"..."
"You're lucky to escape that blast!"
"Guess I do have GOOD LUCK..."
"I don't know if I should admire you or chastise you..."
"Ha-ha..."
However, another police official came, having been informed of what happened to the SWAT, and somehow (for unknown reason), he is seemingly aware about Takaki being contacted by Naegi, and there he interrupted Takaki, grabbing the radio and tells Naegi to cease and desist, saying that he is becoming a hindrance, threatening to arrest him if he keeps on interfering in police matters.
However, Naegi fired back, telling him that he is becoming a problem and not a solution, telling him that he is going to do what he could to help and save the hostages, which caused a word war between the official and Naegi.
"Look here, Mr. Mako...or whoever you are..."
"Huh?"
"Either you shut up and stay put...or I'll have you arrested..."
"You look here...you're a black eye."
"What?"
"Inspector Ishimaru has more brains than you...so put him back on the line..."
"Don't you give me the orders here, you..."
"Yipee ka-yay...you MOTHERFUCKER."
Moreover, he tells the police official that he rather talk to Takaki than someone who has LESS BRAINPOWER OF AN ORANGUTAN who does not use his head at all, this this pissed off the police official and vowed to have Naegi arrested once the crisis ended, but Naegi is unnerved and tells him to stop bickering and let Takaki do his job.
Pissed, the police official grudgingly gave the radio to Takaki and went to survey the area, and Takaki sighed in relief, and there he asks Naegi what happened there and what caused the explosion, in which Naegi went into detail about what he did, and surmised that his action resulted in killing the gunmen that controlled the bomb-controlled drones and halted the terrorists' actions temporarily.
Takaki was surprised and yet he tells Naegi not to act so reckless reasoning that the blast may have caught him, but the teen boy laughed a bit saying that he managed to avoid the backdraft.
"Look, Mako...you may be a kid...I can tell from your voice..."
"Really?"
"Yeah, but listen carefully. You should avoid doing and acting like a gung-ho. You're up against a dozen or so armed gunmen...I'm surprised you survived and made it this far. Any private citizen wouldn't..."
"But here I am. Safe and sound."
"For now."
"I'll be okay."
"Better still...you need to stay hidden. There's no telling when you're going to end up in a body bag."
"Don't worry. My GOOD LUCK will keep me safe."
While Takaki is relieved to hear that Naegi survived, he is still worried at the fact that the boy is still at risk of getting caught and killed, and he advised him to stay hidden and keep a low profile unless necessary, saying that he does not want a YOUNGBLOOD to die on the eve of Christmas, but Naegi displayed optimism that he will save the night and celebrate Christmas.
"I'm not kidding...you got to look out for yourself."
"I am."
"Look, in an hour or so from now...it's going to be Christmas...and the last thing I ever wanted is someone like you getting killed."
"I understand."
"So please do as I..."
"Don't worry. Like I said, my GOOD LUCK will keep me safe."
"You sure are optimistic...aren't you?"
"I guess...it's all that I have..."
Takaki chuckled at Naegi's optimism, and admitted that he admired his spirit, and tells him to stay alive and keep up the upbeat attitude, telling him that once this crisis is over, he would like to invite Naegi to dinner with the Ishimaru family, which Naegi smiled as he said that he would consider it but would have to ask his parents for permission first.
This made Takaki raised an eyebrow.
"You're going to ask your parents for permission, Mako?"
"Yeah."
"Such a good kid. Your parents are going to be proud of you."
"Not sure about that."
"How so?"
"They have no idea about the situation here...and I intend to keep it that way."
"You sure?"
"Yeah...I don't want them and my younger sister to get worried too much since it's almost Christmas..."
The police official who got told off by Naegi a while ago was rather pissed seeing Takaki entertaining a percieved nutcase than doing his actual job, and he sighed as he decided to do his job, believing that he can upstage Takaki and prove that he is more competent than him.
Not far, an ambitious TV reporter is stationed outside, and using unknown means, he was able to eavesdrop the radio signals and listen to the conversation between Takaki and Naegi, though Naegi referred to himself as Mako in order to mislead the terrorists and prevent them from using the hostages to pin him down.
The reporter then told his cameraman to keep on listening, as he wanted to get the SCOOP OF THE CENTURY and find out who this Mako is, and to show Tokyo why he is the best reporter within the prefecture.
"You sure about this...?"
"Yeah...and keep listening to that conversation...I need to knkw who this Mako is..."
"Don't you think that it would only...?"
"Don't care. All I care is to get the biggest scoop this Christmas...and that Mako guy is my ticket to news stardom."
"..."
"Just do your job, okay?"
"...fine..."
"Good."
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, and while the first part of this chapter has a semi-action took place, as Naegi just witnessed that the entire SWAT team was killed and it's all thanks to the SWAT leader's foolishness, who is among those who perished…and he ended up doing a risky move that helped matters…
The second half, however, shows that there are some people who are causing more problems than helping the situation…
Preview:
The next chapter shows that Naegi gets into a situation…and it might involve someone close to him to be used as a bargaining chip…
And that means that Naegi is being hunted down again…
See you on the first week of October…
Reviews are welcomed…