Session 35

The Taximan

Officer EMT took a deep breath.

He didn't really want to be back here after so long, but that was how life works some days. There weren't any breaks, the pay was absolute shit and no job benefits, but the troll was fine with that. As a taxi driver/internet cop, one had to always expect some sort of surprise to be around the corner.

He turned his attention to the members of Delta. By his math, they were the third generation of heroes to 'appear' from this line. Compared to what remained from 'Alpha' and their predecessors, they weren't doing half bad.

"They might even have a chance." EMT thought and laughed. "So please author, don't do what you did to Alpha."

The troll got no response, which he had kind of expected from the author. He really couldn't remember the last time the author had talked back to his characters. It almost seemed to be a myth in a way, up there with the possibility of an alternate earth being proven through some stray cat hairs. But EMT was getting ahead of himself. For now, EMT was just going to watch. They could be any worse than their predecessors were.

He started his viewing with their leader, well he guessed that who she was. She was Elena Yuliana, 'student' at Drogaciji Academy. While he had met her parents, it had been a long time ago. She seemed to be fighting with a pair of pie cutters, but that probably wasn't it. Other than that, there wasn't anything that special about her. The same could be said about the bird, even if did slightly remind him of the girl's father personal bird. The other partner was a different story.

Lily. In a way, it felt so weird to see her after so long. While the plush succubi was dressed differently from before and looked a little bit smaller, she still fought the same as before.

"Has it really been that long?" he thought and sighed. Of anything EMT hated about his job, it was always have part from those who's company he had enjoyed. Like the girl on her way home from a big battle. He and his passenger had just went to a convenience store to get a 'couple' of drinks. It was here their paths had crossed and where he got his ass kicked by a girl. Good times, indeed.

With them out of the way, he moved onto the second girl. Unlike Elena, she seemed overdressed for the occasion. There even seemed to be air of phoniness to her.

Spiritflare!

A single bullet shot out of the girl's twin pistols and into an angel, only for the target to be pelted with buckshot. For as much as he wanted to arrest her for her sheer phoniness, this was trumped by her truly awesome power. It reminded him of another girl that was just as overdressed as she was. He was just about to arrest her too, only to face a quick and swift defeat. This happened twice at least, with both incidents occurring with the same girl.

Thankfully, her partners weren't anything that interesting. Just a large Yak and the faint outline of a turkey. While that did seem like a weird combination of partners, their master seemed to make it work.

"Hey!" Officer EMT turned around, finding Talos now standing before him. "Aren't you going help me take them down?"

EMT didn't even turn to give his attention to the angel. He had known the man underneath once, but things had changed greatly. While neither of them considered the other a friend, they didn't hold any grudges. An air of hostility seemed to hang in the air as he stood there.

"Are you even listening?!" Talos shouted as EMT pulled his rocket launcher out. While the troll didn't want to go through with it, he kind of had no other choice in this situation. A shame in the way.

"I'm sorry, Blade." EMT whispered and pulled the trigger. The rocket immediately shot out, knocking Talos back a couple yards. "Some days, you must take the hard path in order to make things right."

The troll then turned his attention towards the other angels goons and reloaded his weapon.

"Let's do this."

Officer EMT then pointed his rocket launcher towards the ground and fired, launching himself up into the air. The troll followed it up with an aerial volley of rockets towards his targets. At least now, he could enjoy the view of Alternis v2 and observe the other members of this team.

Their member appeared to be a teenage boy with some sort of shadow powers. There was always one darkness-based member, whether it be lolita-blackgatomon-slime girl, that void mage from the dead universe and that crazy Gallantmon to name a few. At the very least, he was changing it up by using a staff instead of a sword or a gun. His partners were slightly more unique, being a purple pig and the digimon equivalent of a DIY action figure gone wrong. Other than that, they seemed to have a good balance of attack and defense.

Perception!

A large beam of light engulfed EMT, seeming to do small bits of damage.

"Master, I got the loud annoying green thing!" a mechanical voice announced as a sword blade shot out from his assailant's left arm. "Now what should I do with him?"

Her master did not answer, leaving the robot slightly confused.

"You must be Chacha, then?" EMT inquired and strapped his launcher to his back. He then pulled a pudding cup out and showed it to his possible opponent. "Want a bite?"

Glacal Spike!

Chacha's arm blade now seemed to give off a dull blue tint, which she then used to slam EMT into the ground.

"Robots don't eat pudding cups!" the robot shouted as she stood over her opponent. "I'm not sure in what reality that they do, but here they don't!"

EMT smiled and pulled a grey cylinder out. "Now, for my next trick..."

The troll then flung the object up into the air and pulled a pair of kukri's out, slamming both blades into the object. He watched as it flew through the air and hit Talos right in the privates. Having gotten his butt kicked on multiple occasions by his customers, it felt kind of nice to turn the tables. Talos's gaze immediately focused in on him, ready to tear him into a million pieces. And yet, EMT didn't really care that much. For once in what seemed like forever, EMT didn't feel that lonely. All these people he could get to learn and all the stories he would be able to tell them. The troll couldn't just let this one angel just destroy these people. So, he would join their cause and fight with them to the very end.

"Are you fine with this?" EMT whispered and waited for a response from an unknown person. After a few minutes of waiting, he took a deep breath and smiled. "Good, I'll do my best."

He turned his attention towards the members of Delta and walked over to Aaron.

"Care if I join you guys?" he inquired as everyone turned to face him. "Even though we've already gone through this once."

Their leader almost immediately perked up, seeming quite happy to have a new member for the group. Everyone else seemed to have quite the same reaction, well minus you-know-who.

"Well, catch me if you can!" Talos announced and flew away. If they had wanted too, Delta could have probably caught him. But instead, they allowed the angel to just get away. Not that would change anything in the grand timeline of this multiverse. But you know, priorities.

"Hey! Don't count us out yet!" EMT announced and pulled a clicker out. He gave it a slight tap as everyone watched a large armored truck tear through an entire city block just to reach them. When it finally did arrive, the members of Delta piled in. EMT came on last and sat himself down in the driver's seat.

"We have a bunch of miles to drive to reach Talos. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of gum, it's almost noon and were not wearing sunglasses."

"Just hit it." Aaron shouted and EMT started the vehicle up...

Notes:

Personally, I prefer the new version of this chapter over the old one. At the very least, it isn't a string of attacks with very little story thrown in.

Other than that, I hoped you enjoyed the exposition for Officer EMT.

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Next Time: The flip side of the coin...