Commanding Officer Mel
Disclaimer: I still don't own the company that made Advance Wars but I do own a copy of the game as usual.
Author's note – Words not in English and are in either Japanese or Chinese. I'll translate at the end of the chapter each time.
Time: Saturday morning (Yawn)
Place: Sonja's room
". . . of you and me together! I don't know w-h-y-y-y-y but dreamin's all I do, I don't get b-y-y-y-y on mere imagination. . ." Sonja was singing some old song that she had heard some time ago. An indignant Sami kicked at the wall and shouted something before covering her head with a large pillow.
"Ooohhhh . . . she would sound much better if I was more awake, but now it sounds like a cat scratching a chalkboard!"
Time: Saturday morning
Place: Andy's room
". . . what was that???" He got up abruptly to hear a clear voice singing. He listened intently as he wondered who it was. Apparently Andy hadn't figured out that Sami and Sonja were next door to him. "Can't be Sami, but why would she sing? I wonder if she lives next door to us?"
"Hum dee dum dee doo, you up yet man?" The smell of eggs and bacon frying in the kitchen led Andy to find Mel cooking up breakfast. "It's your turn tomorrow."
"Dude, what time is it?"
"10:30, why?"
"Yes!!! Finally can sleep in again!!! HAHAHAHAHA - ouch!!!!!!!" Mel had clubbed his friend with another frying pan just to shut him up.
"Shut up and eat breakfast or I'll drag your carcass outside and toss you in the Lost river."
"Aww. . ."
"One more thing, ya need to wake up much earlier on Monday, say round 8:00."
"Augh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!"
'Blat!' Mel smacked Andy across the face yet again, but this time with the newspaper, leaving a big inky smear across his face.
"Okay, okay, I get the message, I'll just shut up and eat." Andy shrank back in his seat and started poking at his food.
"Good." Mel readjusted his shirt and hung up his apron. "Ya know, I'll have to admit, your cousin seems nice, but I think it's gonna take a lot more if I'm gonna even manage to go out with her."
"Oh?"
"I just met her yesterday, geez."
"Right."
"I guess I need to get to know her better."
"Yep." He started to grin widely, until Mel raised his sword threateningly, he shrank back yet again.
"You really should stop getting yourself hurt by doing stupid things."
"That's what Sami said whenever she was about to beat me senseless."
"That's nice."
"How IRONIC." Andy quickly finished up his breakfast and got up to leave the kitchen. Mel looked up and shrugged, he wondered if his friend actually had a usable brain with common sense, and not just singing and mechanics. He picked up the dirty dishes and put them in the sink.
"Well, I better be off soon, I need some sparring practice." Mel cracked his knuckles and took his gym bag with his martial arts equipment. "Andy wanna come and spar?"
"Dude, I know how good you are! Leave me out of this! I need to try and brush up on my social skills with girls!"
"Now THAT'S ironic" Mel chuckled as he locked the door to the dorm as he left.
Time: 10:45 am
Place: Orange Star Plaza, a small sidewalk café
Sami had finally made her way out of bed and took a bus downtown with Sonja to find a café, she definitely needed a cocoa loaded pick-me up after yesterday's events. She brushed her hand through her hair distractedly as she sat down and waited for someone to take her order. Sonja on the other hand was looking through the paper, the wind blowing at her hair. Sonja looked up as Sami took an elastic and tied her red locks back into a ponytail.
"That's new."
"Do you like it? I think it looks better than when it was undone and everywhere." Sami said as she motioned for a waiter. "I'll have a triple mocha with latte please."
"Oh, just get me some green tea,"
"Yes miss." The waiter went back inside and Sami and Sonja continued with their conversation.
"Well, I like my hair better when its not tied in those wretched pigtails that daddy told me to wear."
"Yeah, I noticed it looks better when it's loose like that for you." She said as she carefully scanned Sonja's neatly brushed and untied hair. "It's amazing your dad forced you to wear those pigtails for probably sixteen or so years."
"Try sixteen and nine months and twenty eight days." Sonja said nonchalantly as she skimmed through the paper.
"Ouch. . ."
"Oh lookie, Andy and Mel's latest CD just came out. 'Western Orange Sky' the Orange Star collection."
"That's nice. Oh thanks . . ." Sami had just gotten her coffee, and then she took a sip, "WHAAAAAAAAAACHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That hit the spot!!!" Everyone in the general vicinity just sweat-dropped as Sami did her Misato Katsuragai impression.
Author's note: Misato is from Neon Genesis Evangelion for those who want to know. If you do know, then you should know it is a great anime and Rei, Asuka and Misato are the best. The other female characters are cute as well.
"You know you should stop doing that. I think that my blouse just got pressed and faded slightly when you did that. And I think that at least 3 people are having heart attacks. Sheesh, you really should stop hitting the chocolate and caffeine, you might scare off any potential boyfriends."
"Who said I need a boyfriend? Most of them are all jerks anyways. They're all probably perverts too. If I can beat them, then they're just a bunch of losers. I can't imagine being with someone that lost to me, honestly. Oh, waiter! I'd like another please!" Sami, was now far too preoccupied with getting her chocolate, she didn't noticed Sonja rolling her eyes and sipping her tea as she mumbled.
"Sometimes I worry about you Sam-chan, you really do need someone to be with you. Perhaps. . . no." Sonja silently sat back and thought about the time there was a rebellion that year in Yellow Comet.
Time: Two years ago
Place: Principality of Korishimu, Yellow Comet
"Help me father!"
"No! Sonja, my keepsake!"
"Wha? Sir Kanbei, what's going on?"
"Hmm? Mel! It's you what are doing here at this terrible time?"
"I was here for the weapons engineering session when a sudden uprising occurred."
"FATHER!!! HELP!!!"
"What? Sonja-chan! What's going on?" A younger Mel, peered over where Sonja was being pursued by recon vehicles. "Sir! Why aren't you doing anything?!"
"My units are far too distant from here and I can't do anything, she went out in an APC to go see what was going on. But she is much too far and I fear for the worst."
"No! I refuse to see my friend die!"
"What can you do about it?" A crestfallen Kanbei said as he looked down at the blood soaked mud.
"I'll show you what I can do!" Reaching behind his coat, Mel drew what appeared to be a regular rifle. "Alright, this time you're all going down! DESTRUCTION STRIKE!" Shots rang out from far and wide, as enemy units were annihilated before Kanbei's very eyes. Sonja was facing what seemed to be an inevitable death as her back was to the mud and her eyes were shut to the recon units heading towards her. But it didn't happen, she looked up and saw nothing but a pile of rubble in front of her.
"W-what happen- " She fainted as Mel and Kanbei rushed over to check on her.
"She's alright sir!" Mel said as he checked the girl's pulse.
"My precious Sonja, it's all over now the uprising is over, we can go home now."
". . .uhh. . .ooh. . ." Sonja simply groaned as her father picked her up and carried her to the awaiting carrier.
"My dear boy, how did you manage to attain such a CO power?"
"I-I don't know, but it was something that occurred, I have the ability to manipulate destructive energies. Doing so allows me to wield three different powers. With the use of this gun and this katana hanging on my belt, I can decimate enemy forces in a matter of seconds. However, even without my powers, my skills to command can even match or better yours or any other officers. . . I can even use the gun even if my energies are not charged, thus letting me destroy a small handful of the most threatening units."
"Such unimaginable strength from one so young. It is a shame that war is taking its toll on the young people of our countries."
"I see sir. I will see to it that I am departing tomorrow. . . I do not wish to stay and find out more about the horrors of battle until I am ready. . ."
"My deepest regards and gratitude for saving my beloved daughter."
"It was nothing sir, I shall be on my way now."
Time: Back to the present
Place: Same place
Sonja felt a tear trail down her face as she reminisced about the sad day her friend had left to be yet again elsewhere. She was not totally unconscious at that time and she had heard everything. She silently looked back at the days when the world was peaceful when she was young and Mel was busy baby-sitting her even though she was the same age as him. Her father had never totally trusted her as she was the only one left of her family. She looked up and Sami was busy downing her fourth, no fifth mocha. She sadly thought about her friend, it was that he of course, was nice and all but, he was just a friend, and he kept it that was, for all those years. She thought and thought, wondering how just a friend could do something like save her life, but yet scarring himself with the atrocities of war. But of course, she realized it was for all the better that he didn't date her. His sights were elsewhere. And she realized again, that he was there as just a friend to be there. She sighed as she accepted the fact that he only was there to take care of her and to make sure she wasn't hurt, that was it. Then she looked back and saw the picture of the new CD and Andy's grinning face, next to Mel's smiling one.
"Oh, Andy. . . I really have to thank Mel for being such a great friend and finding someone for me. But I can't believe he was capable of such destruction . . ." Sonja trailed off and went back to her cooling tea, where she was sighing inwardly.
"Sonja?"
"Hmm?" Sonja looked up at her friend half-heartedly, "Yes?"
"Can you pay? I'm a bit short."
"Oh all right."
Time: 11:00 am
Place: Orange Star U, Campus Gym, and Martial Arts dojo
Mel was standing silently as he watching the other people around sparring. He had already been up a few times and he had already taken out at least four of his older, more senior opponents. Most were surprised that a new freshman could actually be that good. He turned his attention to a punching bag, and decided he needed to blow off some steam.
"Hey, you!" Someone behind Mel tapped him on the shoulder and called at him.
"Huh? Yaa!" But because of paranoid instinct, Mel grabbed the unfortunate person and tossed him over his shoulder.
"Oof! Dude, easy, easy, just wondering who you are!"
"Well, I'm . . ."
"Wait! I know you! Your Mel!" Inwardly Mel was thinking 'Shit.'
"Yeah, so?"
"We saw you and that Andy at the entertainment hall last night, you guys were great! But I didn't know you were into fighting, but you're pretty good."
"Thanks, so you know me, now who are you?"
"I'm new here too, name's Falcon, I came from Green Earth to study." Mel helped the blue-haired boy get up.
"Sorry 'bout that."
"It's all right, cause you never meet someone famous very often. Where's that Andy fellow?"
"Out." Mel shook his head and went off to change. "See ya guys another time?"
"Sure!" All the others replied.
"Cool, cool. Later!" He went off without another word.
Time: 11:30 am
Place: Downtown Red Nova (Capital City), Vermilion restaurant
Andy was sitting alone at a table, a few people had noticed him, came up talked, got autographs left and that was about it. He sighed.
"Man this is awfully lonesome. I wonder if I'll see Sonja. Mebbe I'll call Mel, nah, he could be in a bad mood after pounding a couple guys." He looked at his watch, "Maybe I'll call Sami and ask her if she wants to have lunch with me. Sonja should be with her." He went back to daydreaming and wondering if his wallet had enough money in it.
Time: 11:31 am
Place: somewhere downtown, on a bus
"Hmm? Oh phone call, 'scuse me Sonja." Sami answered her cell phone wondering who actually phones her on that thing other than Sonja. "Wei? Oh, it's just you Dei, what do you want?"
"How about heading to the Vermilion restaurant? I got a table." Andy said from the phone.
"As long as you pay." Sami said bluntly. She was a bit broke, after all she didn't have a job and she lived with Andy, it didn't help that he made most of the money, especially, with him being the younger of the two. Sighing she wondered how the government could afford to take care of so many teenagers who were left without parents, because of war casualties.
"Don't worry, I still have enough from CD sales. I can handle it, I hope, is Sonja with you?"
"Oh! Is that your game Andy? You're a sly dog you!"
"Well, am I going to see you or not?!" He was getting relatively pissed.
"Oh all right, wait here's the stop see you in less than a minute, bye!!!" She hung up abruptly and grabbed Sonja with her. "Come on Sonja! Andy's paying for lunch!"
"Huh? Oh Andy-kun!" Sonja went into her dreamy state of mind as Andy entered her thoughts.
Time: 11:40 am
Place: ???
"We are to look for a person with no weakness, understand?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Begin searching Orange Star, most of the young people there are attending the local militia training school. A candidate for the human genome project will be selected then. Then we shall take over the world! Dismissed!"
"Yes, sir!"
Time: 11:45 am
Place: Nell's office/ room
"I'm sorry about dragging you into this mess (my room) Mel, but I can't seem to find it . . ." Nell was a bit red as she went through the piles of stuff searching for a good luck charm. Mel just sweat-dropped and watched as the older girl sifted through her stuff in search of something. Tossing off his jacket Mel suggested,
"Why don't you just clean up? It's much easier." He said looking over her shoulder.
"I-I'm organizationally challenged . . ." Mel grew an even larger sweatdrop.
"So you want me to help you clean up? Why?"
"Because I can't do it and your place always looks so nice and clean. I know Andy doesn't clean."
"I barely know you, yet you know me, so therefore you want me to help. But I can't refuse a girl. 'Aww man . . . I'm starving, I need food. I bet that Andy is out wasting his cash again. Lucky idiot.' Alright just step back and watch me work"
"Thanks Mel!"
"Just one thing, how do you attempt to mess up your room in the first few days of class? And how can you call yourself a teacher?"
"I'm not really a teacher, I'm actually in the extra Special Intel Advisory training program, it's my last year here. I'm only 22."
"That's nice." Mel went and started to clean up everything he saw, while Nell occupied a place on the couch and watched in shock as the mess started to disappear.
Time: 10 minutes later . . .
Place: Same place . . .
"What are you looking for?"
"A Golden star pin with Orange Star Insignia on it."
"You mean the thing on this purse?" Mel held up a bag and showed it to Nell.
"Hmm? You mean I stuck it there all along?" Nell was in shock as it was she stared in amazement at her lucky pin.
"If I remember, you were voted most lucky among all officers. Even if I didn't come along, either way you would have found it."
"Oh thank you!" She was incredibly happy and she found her pin and her room was clean. She went and hugged the younger boy. Mel sweat-dropped again and said,
"You sure it's okay for you to do this to a student?"
"It's okay, I'm a student too, remember?"
"Right. . ." Mel was inwardly shaking his head and hitting himself.
"Do you want something for lunch?" Nell said as she headed for the kitchen.
"Umm. . . no thanks, I'll manage." He turned and headed for the exit. "Bye."
"Okay, you don't know what you're missing, but bye!"
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: Vermilion Restaurant
"Andy!"
"Hey, girls!" Andy waved Sami and Sonja over to his table. He was grinning at Sonja and she blushed at the sight of him. She was about to sit next to him when Sami jumped in between them.
"HONESTLY! How can you two do this?!"
"Because we can cuz." Andy said while regaining his composure.
"Oh Sam-chan, you're impossible. How am I supposed to meet a decent guy if you keep on getting between us?"
"Oooh, you're so gonna get it at home Sonja." Sami said gritting her teeth.
"Please, you two! Stop it!" Andy was trying to get between the two feuding females. He then decided he'd better not interrupt them and sat down instead. He just sat and watched the girls beating each other up. Everyone else in the general vicinity sweat-dropped. "Hmm . . . Sonja looks really cute when she's angry and her clothing is partially shredded . . ."
Time: 12:30 pm
Place: Red Dragon's Café
Light Techno music was playing, dimmed lights, wall scrolls of dragons and other Legendary Asian creatures hung on the black painted walls. Mel sat at a table, by himself, ignoring all around him. Other occupants realized who he was and started whispering.
"Hey! Is that who I think it is?"
"Yeah!"
"What's he doing in this part of the country?"
"Let's ask him!"
"I want his autograph."
"Where's Andy?"
"Is he armed?"
"Could be."
"He's soo cool!"
"What? I thought I was the coolest!"
"Why is he alone?"
"Wait! He goes of U of OS!"
'BANG!' A gunshot ran out from Mel's table. Everyone backed off and left the enigmatic young man alone.
"Fans . . . who needs 'em?" Mel continued staring at his drink and let the time pass.
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Sami and Sonja's
"Ow . . ."
"Ooh . . ."
"I'm, ow!"
"So am I, ouch!" The two girls were a bit of a mess and they were relatively sore. They managed to have Andy call a taxi for them to get back to the campus and then the two crawled up to the rooms. Sami had bruises all over her torso and so did Sonja. Both their clothes were torn up to a point of lacking decency and fortunately both of the girls knew better than to hit another girl's face. So to generally speak both were relatively in good shape. "At least you weren't wearing your glasses today. Ow!"
"Yeah, ouch!" Sami sat down gingerly on her bed and wondered why she and Sonja went a fought the second day they just saw each other.
"Ooh . . . I am so sore . . . how are we gonna get to class on Monday??"
"I don't know, maybe get someone to carry us out to class?"
"That's the worse idea I've heard in years!"
"Like you have a better one- Ouch!!!" Sami was interrupted by the jolt of pain coming from her tummy.
"You alright? Ow!!!" A similar pain interrupted Sonja in her stomach.
"No . . . I could really do with something that'll make the pain go away . . ."
"Yeah . . . mmmf, me too." The two girls then sprawled onto the floor because of the immense pain they caused each other.
Time: Meanwhile . . .
Place: Andy's room
Andy was sitting silently wondering what had become of his cousin and Sonja. He remembered that the two were fighting and then it got slightly out of hand and well . . . you do the math.
'Creak'
"Huh?"
"I'm home! Andy? Anyone home?"
"Hey! Mel great to see you!" Andy stepped out of his room to greet his roommate, and noticed a scent of gunpowder. "Did you kill something?"
"No, not that I know of, I just fired off a coupla caps at some annoying fans."
"But you didn't kill them right??"
"Right . . ." Mel trailed off, and kicked off his shoes. "So where are the girls?"
"THEY had lunch with me, until THEY started to kill each other andyouwouldn'tbelievehowhotSonjaisinherunderwear!"
"Did you just say 'underwear'?" Mel just stared and sweat-dropped.
"CRAP! Did I just say that?!"
"Yes."
"CRAP!" Andy was sputtering and stomping around until,
'BLAT!' Mel abruptly smacked him across the face with the butt of his gun.
"You really should learn how to shut up or I will hang you upside down and whap the bejeezus out of you!"
OMAKE (Parody, remake, whatever)
"Please, you two! Stop it!" Andy was trying to get between the two feuding females. He then decided he'd better not interrupt them and sat down instead. He just sat and watched the girls beating each other up. Everyone else in the general vicinity sweat-dropped. "Hmm . . . Sonja looks really cute when she's angry and her clothing is partially shredded . . ." Then Andy let out a whistle as Sonja's clothes flew off, revealing some skin. Sami and Sonja, partially undressed thanks to their fight, heard the whistle, then turned towards Andy and then looked at each other, then him and nodded. Sami cracked her knuckles grimly and then said.
"Well Sonja, how about we whack him because he's being perverted?" She said brushing a strand of hair out of her face.
"Oh, I don't want to, but . . . okay!" Andy shrank into his seat for the second time in the same day and in a quiet voice said,
". . .help. . ." and he forced his eyes shut for the inevitable beating he was going to receive.
Author's note:
Well here's chapter 3, but I am going to school soon, so Chapter 4 might take a while, oh well. Anyway, Mel is the enigma here with the power of destruction. I am eventually building up the relationships of the four characters and the story might get a bit interesting if you know what I mean. As well, I'll include dossiers of characters here as well. Here goes!
Name: Mel M.K. Mah
DOB: Sept.18
Gender: Male
Nationality: Chinese
Rank: 1st year student at Orange Star University
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Dark Brown
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 170 lbs
Country: Orange Star
Bio: Mel is the enigmatic one man band for him and Andy's duo music group. His preference of semi-formal casual wear and sunglasses or glasses is his trademark. Carries a large rifle of extreme destructive potential and a katana blade that wields similar energies. Also carries two handguns as a precaution. Drives a sports car, black with a silver dragon design, the 'Dragon'. Usually silent, tends to stay alone, very helpful at times, and usually has to be the one that wards off the crowds that follow him and Andy. Also wears a silver cross on a dog tag chain. Has a trademark long white coat. Prowess in any sort of battle is unmatched. However does not have the CO power bonuses that the others gain, i.e. 2 range on indirect, 2 move for infantry.
Strengths: All units have a 1 movement cost on any terrain. All units can move perfectly in snow and rain. Can see everything in Fog of War, so vision doesn't matter. All units have high defense. All units that are direct non-infantry have 1 to move and 20 to damage. All units that are transport have 1 to move. All indirect units have 1 to range and 20 to damage. 10 to capture rate. All units cost the same.
Weaknesses: WHAT WEAKNESSES?! Actually. . . just one. . . Sami. . .
Sami: Hey!
Mel: Sorry. . .
Sami: Alright I forgive you! (Hug)
Mel: I think my spine is melting (falls over)
CO Power(s):
Destruction Strike: Uses the rifle and fires off 24 shots of pure destruction. Defense is not put into account and the selected units are then destroyed. Does not add to enemies CO power meter, so it is the ultimate offensive attack.
Destruction Blade: Uses the katana blade's destructive force to attack, units within a 1-9 range in a certain epicenter of attack are damaged severely, the closer they are the more damage they take. i.e. range 13 total defeat, range 46 75 damage 79 50 damage.
Super CO Power:
Armageddon: Requires opponents CO power to filled as well, or else needs two allies meters filled. Due to the ferocity of the attack, it is usually left to be unused as the destructive capability leads to instant enemy defeat of one army. Or else must have 20 units and must sacrifice 20 units to pull it off.
The master of Destructive En. He really has nothing better to do than blow things up.
Hit: Music, Slacking off
Miss: Braggarts, evil guys
"Just watch me, I'll show you!" or "Yeah? Of course not! I don't do requests!"
Wei: Hello?
Dei: Andy's Chinese name