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.
Time: Monday, Monday! 8:00 am September 1st
Place: Officer's Suite 7th floor
The first day of real classes has approached. The students all across the school were getting ready. The instructing officers were also getting ready for the classes. But hey, who cares about them right now? We'll check on our four favorite students . . .
"Andy Lau! Get your butt out of that bed!"
"No, Sami, I wanna sleep . . ."
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING SAMI?"
"Mmm. . . shut up cuz, I'm trying to sleep. . . go make me some toast. . ." Andy shifted over on his side. Mel decided to get Andy's stuff out first then deal with him. Then he decided to check on the girls instead. "And get me some orange juice too. . ." That definitely did it. . .
'DONG! SMACK! WHAM! BLAM! BANG! CRACK!'
"OW! OH GOD! OH GOD! YOU ARE SICK! OUCH! WHAT THE ! DAMNIT MEL, THAT HURTS! NO! NO! NOT THE HAIR! OW! MY FACE!"
"Good, you're awake. Now get changed and I'll get the girls then, I'll make breakfast for four." Mel then walked off to get the girls. Sami had given Andy a spare keycard to give to Mel, just in case anything would happen, again. . .
"I can't feel my face. . ." Andy muttered then he decided that getting changed would be a better idea, to avoid getting beaten again.
Time: Just a couple of minutes after Andy's beating
Place: Room 776
"Umm. . . girls?" Mel said as he poked his head into the hall where the rooms were.
"Be right there Mel-kun!"
"Ready!" Sami said just as Sonja finished her sentence.
"How did y - " Mel was then cut off.
"I'm always ready! That's my way of doing things!" Sami said, then she started giggling. Mel just stared blankly at her.
"Oh . . . all right . . . if you say so. . . what happened after I left?"
"Umm. . . the medics never came. . . so we stayed and when Andy came bouncing back up on that trampoline you set there. . . we gave him our spare key card which you are using right now. . ."
"Oh. . . right. . . ok, SONJA! ARE YOU READY?" Mel shouted from the hall.
"No. . ." then she tripped over her own feet. "OUCH! SHIMITA! Sami-chan, some help here? I can't get this skirt on!" Mel just inwardly smacked himself across the face. He thought,
'Honestly, how the hell can anyone be SO unlucky?' Sonja eventually got ready in five minutes, fortunately. "Okay . . . can we go now?"
"If you insist Mel-kun."
"Alright! Sounds good! I'm really, really hungry. . ."
"Oh. . . do you like chocolate?"
"Yeah! I love chocolate!"
"Oh . . . okay . . . that's great!" Mel was extremely surprised that anyone would like chocolate that much. "Come on! The cookies are gonna get cold!"
"Ooh? Cookies? Are they chocolate cookies?" Sami said peering at him.
"Umm. . . yeah. . . can you stop doing that?"
"No."
"I think Andy forgot to tell you that his cousin likes chocolate, A LOT." Sonja whispered to Mel.
"Eh! Iitaina!"
"Hai. She does really like that stuff. . . I like bean cakes better." The three arrived to Mel and Andy's dorm and went in. "EH? Mel-kun, since when is you guys' place so much nicer than ours?"
"Umm . . . Nell made it up to us when she kinda got us up on stage that day."
"Oh . . ." Sonja just looked impassively over at the furnishings of the room, as she headed for the table.
"Can we start yet?" Sami said as she peeked over at the kitchen.
"Ack! Sami! You're here already?" Andy groaned as he saw his cousin waiting at the table.
"Well of course Andy!" She said as she plopped herself down next to Sonja. Mel had gone to help Andy out in the kitchen and get the cookies.
"Um . . . here. We made bacon and eggs. Hi Sonja . . ."
"Er . . . Ohayou Andy." Sonja looked slightly embarrassed, most likely because Andy was there.
"Oh, you two are impossible." Sami said rolling her eyes.
"Who's impossible?" Mel said as he was carrying a cooling rack, a spatula and a pan full of chocolate chip cookies.
"Mmph! No one!" Sami said giggling. Both Andy and Sonja were turning very red. Mel just shrugged and started working on the cookies.
"Andy, go get them something to drink." Mel said as he continued his cookie tossing.
"Um. . . right! What do you two want?"
"I'll have some tea. . ."
"Give me some hot chocolate or coffee Andy."
"All right. Thanks for nothing Mel!" Andy said as he followed Mel to the kitchen.
"Whaddya mean?"
"You moron! You should never ever, ever make chocolate cookies, especially when you invite Sami over to eat!" Andy whispered to Mel.
"Eh! Why? She seems to like it though . . ."
"You're cracked! She likes it. A lot!)"
"Hello? What on earth are you two whispering about?" Sami said poking her head into the kitchen.
"Um . . . nothing Mei." Sami blushed at the mention of her Chinese name, so then she shot back,
"Lau An Dei! You are impossible!"
"So that's your name, huh Andy?" Mel said with a bemused grin.
"Gah! How can you do this to me in front of my best friend!"
"Oh, I don't know . . . 'cept that I am STARVING! Now please hurry. . ." She grinned at the two guys who where still recovering from the initial shock of her yelling.
"All right! All right! It should be done in 5 . . .4 . . .3 . . .2 . . ."
'Ding!' The timer went off.
"There we go! Here you two go. Bacon and eggs, now hurry up and eat . . . we need to get to class in . . . half an hour!"
"You are so fussy Mel-kun. You should really learn to take your time." Sonja said as she chewed on a piece of bacon. Mel just shrugged as he downed a mug of coffee. Andy had relocated himself away from Sami and ate at the counter. "What's Andy doing Sami?"
"I dunno, he seems to be afraid of something." Sami said as Mel pretended to choke on his food when he heard that. "Eh? What's with you Mel?"
"Pfft. . .nothing! Nothing!" He was inwardly laughing, very hard.
"Hmm. . ." Sami said looking carefully at him. He had a straight face, but something in his eyes, behind his glasses said something. 'There's something he knows, I wonder . . . he is an odd one . . . well looks can be deceiving.' She returned to her hot chocolate and cookies. "These are really good Mel!"
"Oh thanks."
"You don't take compliments very well do you Mel-kun?"
"Not really. I really think we should go now." He said staring at his watch. The other stared puzzled at him. They really didn't have any clue why he would want to go so soon.
"Dude, why are you saying we should go so soon?" Andy said with a mouth full of food.
"Pig! Don't you have any manners?" Sami said, staring daggers at him. "Don't you know it's impolite to talk with your mouth full, especially in front of girls!"
"Please, Sami-chan, I think he's funny!" Sonja said giggling.
"What!" "Eh!" "Mmph!" All three stared at her dumb struck.
"Sonja-chan, are you sure?" Mel was not believing what he had heard. After all, her father being so strict and all, he considered the fact that such behavior would appall her.
"Of course nii-chan, Andy is quite entertaining." She said with that cool, calm air of hers. Then she broke into a broad grin as she got up and helped Mel with the rest of the dishes. "If you insist on leaving so soon, I'll believe you and help speed things up then!"
"Umm. . . thanks Sonja-chan. . ." Then he started to mumble to himself, "Why do these things happen?" Against any better judgment, Mel decided to bang his head on the wall.
'Bang! Bang! Thud! Thud! Clunk! Clunk!'
"Ow!" Came a yell from the kitchen. Sami poked her head in as Andy just gave his 'gonna die' look.
"Eh? What are you doing Mel?"
"Ow . . . nothing Sami." He groaned as he rubbed his forehead.
"Okay . . . if you say so. Can we go now?"
"Now why are you so insistent about going?" Mel said with a skeptical look.
"Because, I just figured out why you were so insistent!"
"Hmm?" Mel was wondering what she was getting at.
"If we go now, we can get a decent place to sit and possibly avoid the places where the instructing officer's consider the hot spots!"
"That is quite a good guess. Now explain to me how that has to do with getting our registry forms for our classes first?"
"Oops . . . I forgot we didn't get those yet . . . hehe . . ." Sami said as she turned slightly red.
"Sami-chan, don't tell me we didn't get those yet!" Sonja was then starting to look distressed. "I can't believe that they hand those out on the first day of classes!"
"Whoa! Whoa! Calm down! I think this is standard procedure guys!"
"Since when did you know so much!" Both Mel and Sami simultaneously hissed at Andy, who then decided to cower behind Sonja, who was enjoying the extra attention.
"Hmm. . . you are so cute Andy!" She smiled at him as she turned and bent over to look at him. Mel just looked rather disgusted and Sami just looked at him funny.
"What did she say?" She asked quizzically.
"That Andy-boy here was cute. . . excuse me for a moment." Mel jumped over the balcony, yet again and laughter was heard from the outside. "Gahahahahahahahahahah!" Sami felt a similar feeling coming over her.
"Excuse me guys, DOUBLE TIME!" With that she dashed out of the room and caught up with Mel on the outside as laughter filled the air.
"Andy. . . I think they're acting really strange."
"Um . . . yeah sure Sonja."
"We might as well follow them. We do have to get those forms after all."
"Kay. . ." The two left the dorm and headed towards the elevator.
Time: 8:45 am
Place: Main Campus of U of OS
Mel, Andy, Sami and Sonja were lined up near the front waiting to get their registry forms, when something caught Mel's eye.
"Hey! Squid! Chicken! How's it going?"
"Hey Mah Fan, I'm great!"
"Haven't seen you in a while!" Mel's two old classmates at the Castle Ridge academy, Gary and Gabe. "Whaddya two doin' here?"
"We're enrolled here. But on the basis on the Intel group and then some." Gary stated, he peered over, "Well, well, I see you're still with Andy-boy here."
"Yeah, well, since I haven't seen you guys in a year or so, it's been a drag. . . we need to get together sometime and jam."
"I think so too. But we're not entirely on the Intel group, we're also on the commanding path. You too?" Gabe said as he brushed a hand through his hair.
"Well, just as cool as ever huh, Gabe? Yeah. . . I'm there."
"At least there's someone who's gonna be full time CO, huh? So who are the ladies back there?"
"Oh, this is Sonja Sodashi. She's from Comet. And this is Sami Mui, from here. Um . . . which region?"
"Lost Fortress region." She replied bluntly. "Mel! You should know, you always pick up Andy there! Are you senile?"
"Er . . ." Mel just trailed off.
"Still the ladies man I see." Gabe said smugly.
"Aw . . . leave him alone man! He was still single remember?" Gary interjected.
"Heh, still doncha remember? Grad?"
"Ho-yeah. That was cool!" The two were chuckling at Mel's expense. Sami just stared and Sonja was calmly advancing in line. Andy was busy goofing off with his other two friends. Sami grumbled under her breath,
" . . .Hmph, guys . . ." She turned and followed Sonja to the registry tables. Mel had turned the tables on the san-baka trio and beat them into the ground.
"Ow."
"Geez."
"Can't ya take a joke?" The three idiots where plastered on the floor and Mel was using Andy's thick skull as a footrest.
"Nope. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go get my forms. See ya." He turned and headed for the tables.
Time: 9:30 am
Place: Auditorium
After all that, all of the students had made it to the auditorium and were settling in. There were roughly a grand total of 2000 new students. Including the older ones, there were around 4000 people crowding into the seats. Sitting near the middle, are our heroes, plus two. Comparing schedules, Gabe and Gary grinned as they found they were in the same classes. Looking over at Mel's schedule, the shook their heads.
"Mel, you aren't in any of my classes!"
"Yeah. . . wait. . . I'm with you for indirect! That means you too, Gabe!"
"That's great muk-yu. Andy lemme see."
"Well I checked with Sami and she checked with Sonja, the three of us are in the same class."
"Hmm . . . hey same here! That's great."
"It's cool. I'm in mainly improvement combat and air force techniques."
"Oh. I see. I still think that concentrating in one area isn't the greatest though. Are you going under Eagle's teaching?"
"Yeah. . . he's so great." Gabe drifted off thinking about piloting a fighter into the middle of an enemy squadron and blowing it to smithereens. Mel and Gary just stared. Just then Nell, being probably one of the highest ranking students stepped onto the stage. In a skirt and a blouse, she was a knockout. Her appearance was then greeted by whistling from mainly the male student body. However most of the guys were then hammered by their respective girlfriends. Nell, then managed to shake off the blushing and began.
"Err. . . Morning everyone. This is the first day of courses as we all know. Today, I'll introduce the main faculty of Orange Star University and I'll explain the rest to you all, soon after." She turned and faced a row of stern faced officers sitting in the seats of honor near the front. She mentally checked each face, 'Hmm. . . let's see, Max, Grit, Olaf, Eagle, Drake, Hikagi, and Squall. Then there's me! Wait where's Rush? Oh well.' She smiled happily as she turned back to the students. "Umm. . . here's Max, direct combat arts; Grit, indirect combat style; Olaf, the head of the Orange star army and snowstorm expert; Eagle and Drake, both hailing from Green Earth, masters of Air and Sea combat respectively, Hikagi, Fog of War intelligence; and Squall, master of the storms. However due to things beyond my control, the infantry master isn't here. . ." Sami and a bunch of others around her groaned, until, there was a dull thud.
'Thud.' Mel turned with the rest of the people and wondered what that was.
"Huh? What's going on up there?" Nell said peeking over where the noise had come from. There was a clatter and the sound of punches landing. "Alright, someone go check what the heck's going on." Nell felt her face heat up with annoyance as she sent a few of the students from the top row go up. Max and Grit both rose and started to head up the stairs until.
'BLAM!' The doors burst open and the three students were launched from the door and landed on the floor. Grit pulled out his gun, and Max cracked his knuckles, both readying for action. However when Grit spotted who was behind the cloud of smoke he nudged Max and the two were grinning as they recognized the familiar silhouette of the Infantry instructor, Rush.
"What's up with all that ruckus Rush?" Grit said as he patted the officer on the back.
"Yeah. It isn't like you to be late Rush." Max said slugging him on the shoulder.
"Ow! Hey easy! I'm just trying to fashionably late man!" The spiky blond haired officer said with a big grin. "Scared you all huh?" Nell was a bit less than amused.
"I can't believe you did that! Did you punch out some guards or something out there too?" Rush decided to feign innocence,
"Who me? I dunno, just some guys blocking my way. That's all!" At that moment, a unit of guards stumbled in helping each other balance.
"Miss! We were attacked by something - " Rush cut him off with a cross to the jaw.
"At ease soldier!" Max and Grit both laughed as the poor guard then collapsed.
"Ru - " Rush then cut Nell off.
"Miss Nell, you really should learn how to address your senior officers properly."
"Grr . . .I mean sir. You really shouldn't have done that! Honestly!"
"Are you forgetting something, Cadet Nell?"
"Rrr . . . right. This is Infantry master Rush." Everyone's eyes followed the blonde officer as he went down the stairs. He had a big grin as he eyed the silent and attractive Hikagi. Her even demeanor was broken as she started to blush when she caught his gaze.
"Hello Hikagi! How are you doing?" Rush was still grinning from ear to ear as he plunked down in the seat between her and Squall. Squall just eyed the blonde idiot and muttered under his breath. The rest of the audience was still recovering from the sudden entrance of their teacher. Mel just shrugged and turned his attention to something that caught his and Gabe's eye.
"Hey, G. Do you see something?" Mel said while drawing out his sword. His attention was drawn towards something glinting behind a curtain.
"Yeah." Gabe pulled out a similar sword and pulled out a belt of knives. "Something's fishy. But no one else has noticed it though."
"What're you two doing?" Gary noticing the change of mood in his two friends quickly turned and looked at whatever it was.
"I'm not sure, but that looks funny. Gabe, toss a knife." With a brief nod, Gabe took a sharp blade and with a few practice flips, he threw it at the curtain.
'CLANG!'
'THUD!'
"What the Hell!" Nell ducked behind the podium as a knife embedded itself in on floor. Later footsteps were heard, running towards an exit. Moments later, a small bullet landed on the floor near Olaf. Mel looked onwards, as the general commotion was raised. Andy and Sami just gaped at Mel and his group of friends, Sonja, who was usually more calm, stared with slight shock as she realized something was wrong.
"Let's leave it up to the older officers guys. I think we've had our fill of action, eh?"
"Yeah. S'cuse me, gonna go retrieve my blade." Gabe with a cool air, went down the stairs and pulled the knife out of the floor, "Sorry about that."
"What's going on? I demand to know the meaning of this!" Olaf bellowed as he held up a bullet. Max and Grit were holding up Nell, who was still shaking. Eagle just looked wary as he noticed that this wasn't the first time that an officer was almost killed. Hikagi went over and took the bullet and examined it.
"Hmm. Sir this bullet doesn't seem to match any of Orange Star, Yellow Comet, and Green Earth make. Perhaps a Blue Moon assassin?"
"Those bastards! How dare they!" Olaf howled.
"Easy there mate, we should calm down and send some of the troops and catch our assassin eh?"
"It seems easy enough Captain. I shall see to it and perhaps slow them down." The dark figure of Squall rose and seemingly floated up the stairs. He passed by and collected a group of young officers to accompany him. Nell still felt scared and she noted that the one that threw the knife had a practiced hand and he was in Mel's group of friends. She wondered to herself if that they had noticed something when Rush had entered. Mel and Company sat with slight unease as they realized something was wrong. Regaining what was left of her composure, Nell got back up from her spot on the ground and announced,
"Um . . . all right, that was scary! But for now, Officer Squall and some troops are going to find out what the heck happened, as for the rest of you, please start heading to your respective classes. Thank you." She stood for a few minutes, until finally the anxiety caused her to collapse. Max and Grit rushed over to her.
"Y'all right darlin'?"
"Nell! Are you okay?" Max tried to help her get up but she shrugged him off as she started whimpering.
"Waa! What the hell is going on? Heck I almost got killed there! I-I wanna go to my room! Mmm . . ." She just stayed on the ground until Max and Grit both decided to leave her alone.
Time: 10:00 am
Place: Outside of the Auditorium
"How did you two notice that? It was cool dude!" Andy was bounding around Mel and Gabe. Gary was busy studying his map as he walked with them.
"I told you that I used that Destructive Energy for other things other than jumping out of tall buildings."
"Not really." Andy said as Sonja and Sami were both listening with slight interest. Gary had already heard all this before so he sat down and read the manual as the rest gathered around as well at the table. "You didn't say much after gravity let me go back on the ground."
"Oh, sorry. Well, I'll let Gabe explain." Mel decided he needed a much-needed boost, so he headed towards one of the coffee stands.
"Well, the way it works is, that we were both studying the rare power of Destructive En. It works out that those who are able to develop CO powers have slight Destructive En capabilities that allow them to give strengths to certain units. However, there are a few who are capable enough, can handle the power with much greater force. Thus this allows them to concentrate energies into all units. As well, a few of those with that capability, are able to summon more powerful CO powers. As you see, Mel has three different types. I also have three. This allows for more destructive measures if required. It also gives those with it the ability to sense things and do some of the more stranger things that you may have witnessed." Gabe finished with a short breath and he turned over to Mel who was coming back. "Well, I'm done explaining, it makes me feel like I'm still in High school!"
"Heh, that's great, do you all understand?" The rest just dully nodded. "But, he isn't finished, he just doesn't want to look like a nerd, so I'll get Squid to explain the rest." Gary looking up, with a raised eyebrow, sighed and took out a portfolio in his book bag.
"Alright. The thing is that, all COs have small amounts of Destructive En, but only a few can control the greater power of it. I however, can concentrate it to a more functional usage, which can also aid my allies, instead of just my units. It is similar to a repair and ability up style power. But these two here, they focused on the butt-kicking part of the job." Gary pushed up his glasses and returned all the charts and graphs, as the other three sweat-dropped. "Back at Castle Ridge, we were known as 'The Three'. It was cheesy, but when we went up 2 on 2 we'd always win. As long as I was there, these two would take turns doing the mass bombardments. But when they teamed up, you should of saw the mess the opponents were in. They got wasted!" 'The Three' just grinned and they decided for the better that they all should head for classes. Indirect with Grit was first. And as we all know, School has begun!
Author's note: That took a helluva time write! Sorry. But I am so damn lucky cause I almost never get enough homework, so I have time to work on this story. Don't worry about anybody new, they'll be there in the dossiers as well. As a minor note, the names are of some of my real friends. But if you say anything bad I will hunt you down! Hehe just kidding.
Here's Sami's dossier!
Name: Sami Sa Mei Mui: Rough Translation is Beautiful Desert Rose.
DOB: Oct. 4
Gender: Female
Nationality: Chinese
Rank: 1st year student at Orange Star University
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Red
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 105 lbs
Country: Orange Star
Bio: Sami is Andy's older cousin. Her attitude towards guys is quite negative, thinking all of them are stupid, perverted and braggarts. However that may change. . . Her hair is kept long and in a ponytail and she usually refuses to have it cut until it gets unmanageable. He glasses are usually on her face, unless she goes out her she's commanding. Her clothes are usually kept with a feminine flair, however sometimes both Mel and Nell find her very tom-boyish. She is Sonja's best friend and roommate. However she is almost always arguing and fighting with Sonja for the oddest reasons. She dreams to be a Special Forces officer. However even though she does live with Andy, she is still somewhat financially unstable, so she usually also mooches off her friends. Her preferences of arms are to have a 9mm hidden in her jacket and an AK-47 in her room, also for the bigger threats, she has a bazooka there too, much to her friends' chagrin. Her style of battle surrounds rushing the enemy's base and capturing it really, really, really fast! Unfortunately because of her preference of infantry and transportation, all of her direct units are weaker. But her indirect units still retain its base power.
Strengths: All transports have +1 to move rating. All infantry and mech units are +20 to strength and a +50 to capture rate.
Weaknesses: All other units excepting indirect are weaker.
CO Power:
Double Time: All infantry and mechs have a +2 to movement and 1 to move cost and +20 to those units strengths and +10 or so to other units.
Super CO Power: Victory March
Captures cities in one turn and +2 movement range, 1 to move cost and higher strength.
A (soon to be) graduate of Special Forces training. Has a strong sense of duty.
Hit: Chocolate, Winning
Miss: Cowards, Andy, and guys (let's not hope that's permanent!)
"Ready for duty!" or "(someone's name) can you please get me another mocha? Please? (makes cute face)" (Then everyone else around her face-faults or sweat-drops)Shimita: Dammit!
Iitaina: What?
Hai: Yes
Mei: Sami's name
Lau An Dei: Andy's Full name
Mah Fan: Mel's nickname in Chinese and another word for bothersome.
san-baka: three idiots, also a joke from Evangelion.
muk-yu: Gary's nickname in Chinese and word for squid.
Hikagi: Her name means "shade" as in darkness, explained later in dossier.