Megami's New Attack
Soon after leaving Laixland, Megami, Lilka, and Ashley arrived in Jolly Roger. The young woman went to Emilia's shop right away, hoping to get some elemental ammo. When Emilia saw her stepping up to the counter, she put away her ARMs magazine, and went to wait on her.
"Howdy," she said, "What do you need done today? I offer upgrades for both ARMs and the new experimental Hovercrafts out there. I'm phasing out of Sandcrafts, as it seems like the environment is beginning to renew itself, and water is going to fill the Sea of Sand sometime soon."
"Do you have elemental ammo that I can equip in my bazooka?" inquired Megami.
Emilia replied, "I guess I can whip some up. After all, if I can make such bullets to fit a Sandcraft, I don't see any reason I can't make 'em smaller. Come back tomorrow and I'll show you what I've done. Oh, and leave the bazooka with me, I need to experiment with it in order to make the ammo."
Megami left the shop, and headed to the Saloon. She ordered a small beer, and sat down at one of the tables. 'It's quite a nice little town. Wonder how much treasure I can find here? I have to wait for Emilia's answer anyway, so I might as well hear out any rumors I can find.'
When questioned, the patrons talked about how there was only one ruin in the area, but it had been picked over so many times that it was as empty as one of the ale glasses in their hands. But one man spoke of a group of thugs who were holed up in those ruins, and maybe they had some treasure, as they robbed Merchants and Drifters all the time. No one was sure though, as they were all too scared to try to head there in order to face off with the thieves.
"I'll go," Megami stated, "I am not scared of any thugs, I've got a bazooka and I know how to use it. I just have one request for you men. Watch over my two kids for me. Their father has died and I have no friends or relatives to leave them with. So I'm stuck taking them along for the ride while I am traveling. But if I bring them into battle, they'll just get in the way of my attacks."
"Whatever you say ma'am. We need some help, no one stands a chance against the gang in a battle. But you really should consider settling down, if you've got kids," one man suggested.
Megami yelled, "I am not going to just sit at home and twiddle my thumbs. I am a Drifter, and I will be until the day I die. If you've got a problem with that, I'll leave, and let you deal with the thugs."
After that, the Saloon got really quiet. Megami glared around, hoping to find a scowl on the face of someone, but she wasn't able to. "That's better. Now then, give me directions, I'll head there in the morning. I've got an important ARMs modification then, and I need to be prepared."
* * *
"Well, Miss Megami," Emilia told her, "I checked it out, and was able to make some ammo for your bazooka. Just load it up when you defend, and you can shoot different Elements at your enemies. I got you three clips for each Element, for a total of twenty-one shots each. That should last you for a little while, I'll work on some replacements for you in the meantime."
"Thank you. I have an important battle to get to, and I just might need these," Megami stated.
She left the shop, and headed towards the Ruins of Memory. On the way, she just used her normal attacks against the monsters. No point in wasting such valuable shots unless it was necessary. These small fries weren't worth the ammo she put into them anyway.
Once at the ruins, Megami began searching for the thugs. She found them at the back of the building, with what appeared to be several chests full of Gella. Megami deduced that it must be the money that they'd stolen from the Merchants and Drifters.
The apparent leader asked, "And who might you be? Some little girl out here playing Drifter or something? Because you don't look like you could hold your own in a fight at all."
Megami laughed. "And what makes you say that? I am Megami, the Goddess Warrior. I have come to challenge you all to a battle. Winner gets the money you have there."
"So, you're a Justice Freak," another man deduced, "Come to give all this money back to the people we stole it from. People like you really annoy me, you know."
"I'm not doing this for them. I need the money to survive. Since I have no desire to turn into a thieving monster like you, I'll just take it from you. I'm not a bounty hunter, I deal in treasure and monster extermination. You just happen to be in the way of my treasure," she coldly said.
The leader ordered, "Men! Attack the woman now. You can't lose to her."
Megami watched them charge. "Ho, hum. I've seen it all before boys." With that, she pulled out her bazooka, and blasted the thugs one by one. Soon, only the leader was left.
"You're pretty good," he noticed, "How about you join up with me?"
"No thanks, I've no desire to be a thief. How about you die, here and now?" she mocked him. With that, she decided to try her new attacks out. Arming a Fire Shell into her bazooka, Megami blasted him as he charged forward. Once he fell, she helped herself to his treasure.
* * *
Back in town, she asked Emilia, "Could you turn out some more of those shells for me? They've got some great power behind them, I ran a few tests while I was out at the Ruins of Memory."
Emilia nodded. "I've been working on them since you left. Just come by whenever you run out, and I'll be willing to sell them to you. Maybe I can get some others to try this to."
So Megami brought a few more of each shell. She then returned to the Saloon to collect her children. Then, the young woman left town, and walked out into the sunset once more.
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Teefa's Last Words…
Yup, that's it unless I get new ideas. But I do have sequels in the works. Dealing with the reunited Jet and Virginia for one, and perhaps also another Megami centric fic.
