UNITY FORCE MISSIONS: GIRLS' LAST TOUR
CHAPTER 3: Abandoned City Blues Part I
DISCLAIMER: All characters in the story are not owned by me, save for my OCs.
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[Megacity Ruins, Earth-8751]
Within the next day, the snowstorm has subsided, but the door in front of them has been riddled with snow. Later on, we see Zoro Roronoa, Hayate Ayasaki, Nagi Sanzenin, Kanta Mizuno, Maya Tendou, Aloy, Erend, Shuka Hanazono, Garara・S・Leep, Sayo Hikawa, Hina Hikawa, Rinko Shirokane, Brook, Usopp, Renge Miyauchi, Tony Tony Chopper, Sorao Kamikoshi, Toriko Nishina, Ash, Pikachu, and Laala Manaka now refreshed and fully awake, but they are later stopped by the exit that is blocked by snow, causing much greater annoyance to Kanta.
"Aw, shit man." Kanta cursed. "Snowstorms suck, but I admittedly never experience this kind of thing before." He continued.
"Talk about living in the desert." Hayate retorted.
"Oh, really?" Kanta asked sarcastically. "I'd say desert's better than that über-rich mansion that Nagi-san has, because at least I can go out." He continued.
"Oh, shut it." Hayate said. "Stop being an ass." He added.
"You're just jealous of not being free-willed, because you're bound to that girl?" Kanta asked as he winked his eye mockingly.
"Not again." Nagi responded, being the usual mediator she is.
"There's too much snow in our way, mya." Shuka said.
"We should try getting the snow out of the way here." Zoro said, as he looks at the blocked exit. "And uh, Shirokane-san and Hina-san. Please don't use your powers for now." He advised. "Just use it when push comes into shove." He added.
"Maybe I can." Aloy said, as she takes out what appears to be a sling, before she loads the pocket with what appeared to be a fire bomb.
"A sling?" Chopper asked, with Aloy nodding.
With Kanta and Hayate...
"Am I missing something?" Kanta asked, with Hayate shaking his head. "First that weird futuristic device, then the tribal outfit, and a sling... Are we sure she's even living in the future?" He continued.
"That's what I cannot tell." Hayate said.
Later on, we see the rest cleaning up the factory as they pack up and continue their mission, before they see Aloy throwing three fire bombs into the snow, and much to their surprise the snow in front of the power plant's other entrance melted. Kanta is just surprised, but Erend already knows about what Aloy is capable of.
"Look outside!" Toriko exclaimed, as she looks at the megacity ruins.
"This place is covered in snow." Sorao added.
"But at least we are at the right track." Sayo replied, as she looks at her tablet.
"What's the plan?" Ben asked.
"I'd say we split the job again, but this time we need to divide and conquer." Zoro said, as he later proceeds to brief in the rest. "Ash, you told us that you have a Charizard, so can you fly up and survey any traces of Chito and Yuuri?" He asked.
"I got this." Ash said, as he takes out a Pokéball, before tossing it into the ground, revealing a regular Charizard. "Let's go, buddy!" He called in, as he looks at Pikachu.
"Charzar!" Charizard roared out.
"Pika!" Pikachu responded.
Renge then suddenly appears beside Ash.
"I'm going with him and help him out, non~" Renge said.
"Alright." Zoro added. "Also, keep a lookout for anything amiss." He added.
Ash, Renge, Pikachu later leaves, as they fly with Charizard around the megacity ruins.
"What are you talking about?" Sorao asked.
"We got attacked by Azrethoc's minions, two days ago, and it's likely that he will be back again." Maya added, as he sheathes her rapier.
"About that..." Sorao revealed. "Does this remind you of anything?" She said, as she proceeds to touch her right eye, before she proceeds to take out what seems to be her contact lens, revealing a blue eye.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Usopp exclaimed as he runs behind Sayo, much to her annoyance, as he sees Sorao taking out her contact lens.
"And this!" Toriko added rather casually, as she takes off her left glove, revealing a see-through left hand glowing in blue.
"I know that the Unity Force Academy has lots of bizarre students in there..." Sayo remarked.
"But you people even normal?" Aloy questioned.
"Says the girl who wears a strange device around her ear, while equipped with a bow and a tribal outfit." Kanta remarked sarcastically.
"Best if we can explain this to all of you." Sorao remarked.
"But first..." Garara said. "We should get out of this factory and find Chito and Yuuri, as well as my twin sister." She added.
Afterwards, the ragtag Unity Force group, Garara, Shuka, Aloy, and Erend later leave the factory, as they head into the path where Chito and Yuuri's trail continued, before Aloy uses her Focus, where the same familiar highlighted path is to be seen, much to the surprise of Laala.
There, as they continued walking, Sorao and Toriko begin their explanation of their highly bizarre adventures in a parallel world known as the Otherside. They retell their encounters with otherworldly creatures from internet creepypastas, ghost stories and urban legends are a foremost reality, as well as the origins of their encounter with a creature known as a Kunekune that caused Sorao and Toriko to obtain a blue right eye and a blue left hand, respectively.
"I'm so jealous that I didn't go with those kinds of adventures with you!" Kanta exclaimed.
"Speaking of adventures..." Sorao said. "Trust me, it's too outlandish." She added.
"Not as outlandish as you taking out that contact lenses of yours." Usopp added.
"Seriously..." Rinko sighed. "Usopp-san is always like this, for so many times we encountered him." She continued.
"A grating coward." Sayo bitterly remarked.
"You two really are close, don't you, Sayo-san?" Ako teased.
"Come on, Onee-chan!" Hina said.
"EXCUSE ME, UDAGAWA-SAN AND HINA?!" Sayo exclaimed. "Why would I spend my time with this excuse of a bumbling idiot!" She continued.
"Oh, shut up!" Usopp added. "I don't like this hypersensitive loser, no matter what!" She replied heatedly, as the two attempted to fight, but they are stopped by Rinko.
"C-calm down..." Rinko said.
"Speaking of which, I think we're getting close?" Nagi said. "But all we see is just ruins." She continued, as she begins observing the place. "It looks futuristic in nature, but no one is even here." She added.
"I presume something happened." Ben said.
"Why would Chito and Yuuri lie about this?" Hina asked. "How dare they!" She added.
"Please, don't." Sayo said.
"On the bright side, maybe Dark Princess Ako and her minions will occupy this place, where it will be populated and lively again~" Ako said, before Usopp smacks her.
"Are you fucking serious?!" Usopp exclaimed.
"This is the reason why you people never get along." Zoro remarked.
"Why did we even bother associating with these people?" Sayo asked to herself.
"Don't feel down, Onee-chan." Hina said. "Isn't this your goal to act kindly towards other?" She questioned towards her twin sister.
"That is a long stretch." Sayo remarked.
A few minutes later...
"It looks like we have arrived at the megacity proper." Maya said. "I wonder what Ash, Renge-san, and Pikachu are doing now, since they are still patrolling the megacity." She added.
"I'm thinking they're still patrolling around the skies." Ben added.
"Wait, I'm seeing something." Chopper said.
"What is this place, anyway?" Erend asked.
"It's a city ruin." Zoro said.
"City ruins?" Aloy asked. "You mean this is what you called a city?" She added.
"Zappin'?" Hina questioned. "You don't know?" She asked.
As they arrive at the megacity, they later witness a group of ruined buildings. But what stands out the most, however, is the discovery of a pond that is highly artificial in nature. Laala and even Aloy suspect that this place is bereft of anything natural, as no plants is to be seen. Everything was purely artificial to the point Garara could not even believe it, as well as Sayo.
However, they see traces of the Kettenkrad tracks, as well as footprints, indicating that Chito and Yuuri must have arrived at this said location at an unknown time. Later on, Aloy decides to use her Focus, as they continuously follow the prints, until they later end up at the said artificial pond. There, they see a fish bone lying down at the ground, as well as a used campfire, indicating that Chito and Yuuri were here before.
Heading further into the artificial pond, they begin to investigate for anything out of the ordinary, but before that however, Ash, Renge, and Pikachu have arrived as they land into the only dry spot in the middle of the said pond.
"What did you find in there?" Zoro asked.
"There was nothing but empty ruins." Ash said.
"I'm starting to feel more sceptical about Chito and Yuuri's world." Kanta said.
"Not to mention, there was this giant chasm and a building that was used as a bridge, non~" Renge added, as she visualised.
"However, Pikachu, Renge, and I found something important as this." Ash said.
Ash then later gives them a brown backpack of what appeared to be few bundles of paper inside, which later turned out to be the maps of the entire megacity, judging by the looks of the drawing they see.
"Where did you get this?" Zoro asked.
"At a tall pillar with the broken elevators." Ash answered. "Also, you won't believe what we just saw in there!" He added.
"It looks like maps of the general area." Sayo said, as she examines the maps. "But where are the rest of it?" She questioned.
"I don't know, but that's the only thing we have just found." Ash responded.
"Let me see that!" Hina said, as she grabs one map fragment. "Hmmmm... Judging by this, it seems that this is the map of the next layer in this megacity!" She ended.
"Next layer?" Sayo asked.
"Hina is right." Ash said. "This must be connected to the pillar we have just found earlier." He continued.
"If that's the case, then that said pillar is the only way." Maya said.
"But given the size of this place, it might take us two to three days to reach it and locate it." Aloy answered.
"Uh, guys?" Brook said. "Something's coming in front of us!" He remarked, as he sees a green comet.
"What is that thing?!" Laala exclaimed.
"Not just that, but there's another more incoming!" Shuka observed, as she sees a red comet, as well as two smaller comets that are about to land towards them.
"We must get out of here, now!" Zoro said.
"You said it!" Usopp exclaimed, as they later run away from the artificial pond.
The comets land into the pond, causing it to form into golems, as they begin their rampage to surround the rest of the Unity Force. From there, the golems are imbued with what seems to be greenish flame, while the other golem is imbued with a red flame. These are Infernals, fel constructs who are part of the Burning Legion.
To make matters worse, however, Wrath Hounds start appearing, as well as a mysterious creature on top of one of the buildings, as he later commands the Hounds to surround the Unity Force group.
The creature is a large, muscular demon with horns, threadlike chin, and red wings on his back, as well as him having cloven hooves, much like Lord Azrethoc. He also has green eyes glowing. He wears an armour, where all of it glows green. This is Kil'jaeden, the powerful leader of the Burning Legion, who is from a race known as the Eredar.
"Foolish little mongrels." Kil'jaeden warned.
"He's the one responsible for taking my twin sister away!" Garara exclaimed.
"Once you will all be defeated, the Burning Legion will destroy this world in a matter of seconds!" Kil'jaeden gloated. "And we'll use this girl's powers and empower our army, and begin our conquest of destroying other worlds beyond our might." He added.
"Don't you dare use my twin sister for this kind of evil plan that you are about to throw!" Garara warned.
"You're too late now." Kil'jaeden spoke calmly, as he later shows a near-unconscious Falala・A・Larm imprisoned in what seems to be a demonic cage, while it is tethered to some unknown source, as her power is being sucked away.
Falala is a Vocal Doll, much like her twin sister Garara, who has a youthful appearance with large gold eyes that have up-pointed clock hands in them and mint lashes. Her long, curly mint hair is worn in pigtails that reach her knees and resemble long, stretched out drills. Each pigtail is held by a thick braid of hair and the accessories most Vocal Dolls wear. Her bangs are put into a smaller braid that curls to the right of her head, neatly tucked into her thin, curled forelocks that reach her chest. She wears a gold and white pair of headphones with flowers attached to the top of her head to match the ornament on her forehead.
"O-Onee-sama!" Falala called from afar.
"Falala!" Garara cried out.
"Destroy them." Kil'jaeden ordered his minions, as his patience grows thin, before he disappears.
"You coward!" Garara called out to Kil'jaeden, but to no avail.
"We must stop his minions, before it is too late." Zoro claimed.
"I guess we have no choice!" Laala answered. "That demon will pay for what he is doing to Falala-chan!" She continued.
The battle between the Unity Force and the Burning Legion has just begun, and Garara is sickened at the turn of events, but she has to do this for the sake of her sister and possibly Chito and Yuuri.
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The characters that appear in this chapter (in order):
Kil'jaeden from Warcraft series
Falala・A・Larm from PriPara
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A/N: This story is inspired by the ideas of someoneStupED, XP4Universe, and Tamama900.
On the next chapter of UF Missions: Girls' Last Tour: The Unity Force and the ragtag group are later suddenly thrown into a battle against their unexpected foes, as they are about to leave the megacity, as well as a new foe they don't expect: Kil'jaeden of the Burning Legion. But their search of Chito and Yuuri later becomes a twisted nightmare they will never forget.