UNITY FORCE MISSIONS: GIRLS' LAST TOUR
CHAPTER 12: Out of the Frying Pan...
DISCLAIMER: All characters in the story are not owned by me, save for my OCs.
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[Battle Tank Depot, Earth-8751]
Inside the abandoned tank depot facility within the megacity, we see Zoro Roronoa, Maya Tendo, Kanta Mizuno, Aloy, and Erend talking to Koyuki Himekawa/Snow White, Kano Sazanami/Ripple, Nemu Sanjou/Nemurin, Falstad Wildhammer, and Chen Stormstout about their motive behind the appearance in this world.
While that happens, Aloy later tends to the injured members of her Unity Force group, after fending off a surprise attack, which was masterminded by Archimonde, seven hours ago, with the assistance of his subordinate: the Greater Infernal known as Gror'thas. To make matters worse, the attack was a planned, calculated distraction, which would give Archimonde the most awaited golden opportunity to take Shuka Hanazono captive to use her as the final piece for Sargeras's awakening. But today, we later see Ash, Ben Tennyson, Renge Miyauchi, Erend, Tony Tony Chopper, Ako Udagawa, Rinko Shirokane, Usopp, and Brook who have recovered from whatever they have endured earlier.
Recently, however, it is revealed that Ripple, Snow White, and Nemurin are the last survivors of their own world, after a massive preemptive attack by the Burning Legion was spearheaded by Sargeras, Archimonde, and Kil'jaeden, three years ago, that led to the extermination of all human life and the destruction of their world, as a whole. Despite being saved by Falstad and Chen, who were legendary and experienced warriors from another world, the trio were unable to move away from the traumatic experience they endured to see the people of their world getting annihilated and exterminated at a rapid rate.
And when Maya revealed that the Burning Legion has appeared within the doorstep of the Girls' Last Tour universe, things did not end well for the survivors about this revelation, particularly Ripple...
Which leads to this...
"Unfortunately, we have encountered them, yet again." Maya said, as concerned looks follow Ripple and Snow White, with the former being far too pleased over what she has just heard.
"They're here in this world...?" Snow White questioned fearfully.
"You mean the Burning Legion are here!" Kano suddenly exclaimed furiously.
"Yikes! What's with the sudden outburst?!" Kanta exclaimed.
"We've been encountering them for the past few days, and now that they took Falala-san, Garara-san, and now Shuka-san." Maya added.
"Not only that, we have defeated one of their subordinates, which was Azrethoc." Zoro added.
"We've been wistfully avoiding their presence for the last three years, until ALL OF YOU showed up!" Kano suddenly grabs Maya by the collar, as if she's losing it. "Of course they will show up!" She exclaimed. "Why do you have to remind us with this, again...?!" She added.
"Why are you blaming the Unity Force for this?!" Maya exclaimed.
"Please, please, please..." Aloy suddenly intervenes.
"Calm down." Renge stated blankly.
"We were here to help you and, and you do the same thing by help us out." Maya added calmly.
"That's not going to happen." Kano said straightly.
"What are you talking about?" Zoro questioned.
"Ever since Falstad and I saved them from their own world." Chen said. "Things didn't bear good news for them." He added. "I must have been pouring my ale for the last few years, but the Burning Legion's newfound reckoning after post-Third War has given me pause." He ended.
"We didn't imagine how these invaders managed to destroy our world without any warning, until it was too late for us." Nemu added.
"We're not going to help these people who indirectly sent those demons in the first place." Kano said rather maliciously, but is stopped by Falstad, before the dwarven humanoid reassures her.
"We have no choice, however." Falstad said. "Besides, these people are also going after Archimonde and Kil'jaeden, as well." He added, as he puts his war-hammer into the ground.
"Fine..." Kano relented.
"All of this arguing is not going to help." Maya claimed. "Why not we should accomplish a common goal, and that is stopping the Burning Legion?" She questioned. "We've been desperately attempting to stop them for many weeks." She added further with a deep sigh. "Desperately putting a stop to their nefarious plans is like suicide to begin with, Sazanami-san. We've already tried, but they won't stop until their goal is achieved" She ended.
"You got that right." Chen remarked.
"Before that, however..." Koyuki said. "Where do all of you come from?" She asked Zoro and Maya.
Zoro and Maya later begins explaining to Kano, Nemu, Ripple, Falstad, and Chen about the Unity Force and the existence of several worlds, as well as the multiverse. She goes into additionally explaining about the goals of the organisation, including saving the world from any threat it comes into.
"So you people are not from this world?" Koyuki questioned.
"The same thing we can say for the five of you." Zoro said.
"But given the situation all of you are in, why not join with the Unity Force?" Maya said.
"You mean you're inviting us?" Nemu asked.
"If that's what makes us happy, then we'll join under your company, Tendo-san." Kano said.
"Falstad and I are just allies, so we pass on with this deal." Chen respectfully declines.
"And where is this leader?" Koyuki asked.
"They're here, now." Zoro said, before they turn their heads to see Chito's group entering the abandoned facility with Nuko on them.
There, we see Chito, Yuuri, Nuko, Nagi Sanzenin, Sorao Kamikoshi, Toriko Nishina, Strelok, Laala Manaka, Ichika Takatsuki, and Rinon entering the tank depot facility, with the rest astounded at the new people who have just appeared from the facility, not just a long time ago.
The rest of the Unity Force group and the newcomers behind them are just surprised at the new creature within them. Nuko introduces itself to the rest of them.
"What the heck is that thing you're holding, Yuuri?!" Usopp asked.
"It's Nuko." Yuuri simply said. "And Nuko is eating bullets that I'm giving." She added.
"Please don't try tormenting it." Chito warned Yuuri. "About that, Zoro-san..." She added, before turning her head towards the newcomers, who are just beside them. "Who are those people?" She asked.
"This is the leader of the Unity Force?" Kano asked, as she looks at Chito, with the noirnette nodding.
"The leader of our group, yes." Maya added. "We've been looking for her and Yuuri-san for several days, until we find them at that bizarre grave site." She continued.
"What are you all doing here?" Chito asked the quintet.
"We've been here at this world of yours for three years." Chen added.
"While avoiding the Legion." Falstad added. "But it turns out they are now here, as well, after three years of hiding, which makes everything completely futile." He ended.
Meanwhile, Koyuki, Kano, Nemu, Falstad, and Chen introduce themselves to Chito's group, whom the rest of them greeted them back. Meanwhile, Snow White, Ripple, and Nemurin later tell their rather painful past to Chito's group about their world getting destroyed and obliterated, with everyone they have known getting annihilated by Sargeras and his Burning Legion Army, three years ago. Earlier, such revelations like that caused Kano to lose it and even nearly lashed out at Maya and even Zoro earlier for "causing" the Legion to appear in the first place.
Afterwards, with the rest now in condition that is considered normal, Chito, Yuuri, Nuko, Zoro, Maya, Sorao, Toriko, Kanta, Nagi, Ichika, Rinon, Aloy, Erend, Strelok, Laala, Usopp, Brook, Ako, Rinko, Renge, Ash, Ben, Kano, Koyuki, Nemu, Falstad, and Chen later leave the tank depot facility, as they later head into what seems to be a revolving stairway.
There, while the rest continue their journey, we see Chito giving what seems to be a book to Zoro, which is written in English, where it refers to a story about wars. Yuuri mocked her own friend as to how she cannot even read it, despite her taking it earlier, before Chito shots her down with a simple "books are valuable" sentence, as soon as possible.
As they continue going on, they later reach within another part of the revolving stairway, where it is now slowly getting foggy, to the point that it is slightly obscuring their way.
"Fog is slightly thick like soup." Renge commented.
"Talk about this world getting abandoned." Ben remarked.
"Speaking of which, what happened to this world, Chito-san?" Koyuki asked.
"I don't know, yet." Chito answered. "But I'm determined to find out what truly happened in this world, just like Aloy-san." She added.
"Aloy-san?" Koyuki inquired.
"I was about to solve the fate of the Old Ones in my own world, when Erend and I were seized by a blue, mysterious hand that sent us here into this world that we know nothing about." Aloy responded.
"Old Ones?" Nemu asked.
"The people of the past." Aloy added. "Yet I don't know why I was an outcast in the first place; I don't know what happened to the Old Ones, which is what I'm trying to find out." She ended.
"It's a long story." Erend ended.
"Hold it." Yuuri said. "I see another structure." She continued with curiosity, as they later leave the spiralling stairway.
"I've seen strange structures like this like the statues, but this one has to be the strangest." Kanta said.
"Everywhere we go..." Usopp said. "It's everything about this world that is considered strange." He added.
"Who knows?" Nagi added. "Plus, we haven't even gotten to the bottom of the mystery as to how strange Aloy-nee-san and Erend-nii-sama's world truly is." She added.
"That I can agree upon." Kanta said.
"But it looks interesting." Chito said.
"You just said it was interesting, huh, Chii-chan?" Yuuri questioned.
"Interesting." Nuko repeated.
"Oops!" Chito exclaimed.
"Not even most people in our own world would be able to create such a technology like this." Maya commented.
"This world is far beyond than all of my own world itself." Falstad commented.
"And yet, it is abandoned." Sorao commented.
In front of them is an unknown, strange mechanism towering in the middle. In the middle of it are gears of varying nature, where some of them are strange-looking, while others are not. It also has five pulleys and nine square-shaped panels attached to what seems to be moving arms. As they investigate the strange structure, however, the same strange melody that Chito's group have heard, just a few hours ago, is playing at the same radio again. The rest of the group are confused as to what goes on.
[PLAY MUSIC: Girls' Last Tour OST - Owari no Uta]
"There it is again." Yuuri commented, as she hears a sound. "That strange song." She added.
"I like this song." Nuko commented.
"You have likes and dislikes, huh, Nuko?" Yuuri asked.
"This melody is something else." Brook commented.
"The world is not truly dead." Ben sarcastically remarked.
"Maybe a part of it." Ash added.
"PIKA~" Pikachu called out.
"Non~" Renge added.
"What is that strange melody playing?" Falstad asked. "That's something I have never heard of before." He continued.
"It's coming from over there..." Nuko suddenly said.
"Really? You know where the melody leads us?" Chito questioned.
"Yes." Nuko said. "It's that way." The creature ended, before they look into yet another ruined city.
"Guess we are up to checking something unfamiliar." Chito said.
"Alright! Curiosity won out over fear!" Yuuri exclaimed, before she is seen climbing at the pulley.
"It's not a contest." Chito said. "But maybe it was actually fearless people like you who made culture." She added.
But that's not just Yuuri doing it. We also see Ash, Renge, Ben, and Laala doing the same thing as the blondette, much to the worry and annoyance of Chito and the rest.
"You might break that machine, so don't make that happen." Zoro warned.
"Aww, you're no fun, Zoro-san!" Yuuri exclaimed with a pout.
"Don't be idiots for one second." Zoro shot back.
Afterwards, the rest of the group later head into the next part of the megacity layer, and probably the most decrepit and run-down area they have ever imagined. But it is also a place where threats will always appear at a given window of opportunity.
[Unknown Dimension, Unknown Earth]
[PLAY MUSIC: Warcraft 3 OST - Doom]
From another world that is far from the Girls' Last Tour universe, which is completely demonic and bizarre in nature, we see Kil'jaeden and Archimonde into what seems to be an extremely large tomb with minions of the Burning Legion watching at the ritual circle. They are standing in front of three demonic cages that contain an unconscious Falala・A・Larm, Shuka Hanazono, and Garara・S・Leep on left, middle, and right sides, respectively, which are tethered into a planet-sized obsidian stone that is translucent in nature. We also see Gror'thas entering inside.
"Preparations are ready for the master's re-awakening." Archimonde said.
"Excellent." Kil'jaeden said. "While our defeat in Azeroth during the Third War was a massive blow we dealt with, our reckoning in the previous universe, three years ago, was successful, and it will happen again at the current world." He added.
"Master." Gror'thas said, as he looks at Archimonde. "Any further plans?" He added.
"No, but your one final job is to stop those so-called 'Unity Force' mongrels." Archimonde added. "I'll commence the awakening of Sargeras, while you stall anyone who dares to enter this dimension and attempt to halt our plans of conquest and reckoning within that world." He added, before warning Gror'thas. "Do not fail me, for one last time." He ended rather menacingly.
"As you wish, my liege." Gror'thas said, before disappearing.
"Master Sargeras, we and the Burning Legion hereby request your aid of conquest." Archimonde's hands glowed into green.
"And we will destroy and crush anyone who dares to stand in our way of the Legion, once again, much like the previous universe we just conquered and destroyed, three years ago." Kil'jaeden ended.
We then see Archimonde and Kil'jaeden later using their powers to destroy the obsidian rock, which is compounded by the power that is coming from the captives. It took Archimonde and Kil'jaeden's ritual, as well as the combined powers of the imprisoned Falala, Garara, and Shuka, at least forty minutes to an hour for the humongous obsidian rock to snap amd shatter completely into nothing, before it reveals a gargantuan, titanic being that was once encased in the said obsidian prison.
The being is seen towering all across the entire planet that they are in. His eyes burst in gouts of emerald fire while fel volcanoes ignited across his body, splitting his skin apart and revealing a furnace of endless, blistering hate. He is fully clad in a burning suit of molten, black armor, and his skin cracked with veins of magma. Wildly dancing flames surround his head and form a thick mass of hair and a sweeping beard. A pair of horns extends from his forehead and a pair of demonic wings lie on his back. This is Sargeras, who is known as the Dark Titan and the founder of the Burning Legion.
By the looks of the current situation, however, Sargeras is far more displeased.
"Who dares to awaken me from my slumber?" Sargeras questioned, as his voice boomed threateningly.
"Master Sargeras." Kil'jaeden chimed in.
"We're here to awaken you and request your aid in destroying worlds with the Burning Legion again." Archimonde added.
Sargeras, on the other hand, doesn't look impressed with what Archimonde has just suggested. The Dark Titan only bores his eyes towards Archimonde and Kil'jaeden with fury, before he furrowed his eyebrow.
"You dared to show yourselves in front of me, after the two of you failed to defeat the last remaining survivors of that universe, three years ago?" Sargeras questioned. "Do you think I'll simply accept your pathetic excuse of your aid after that?" He added, as his eyes glowed threateningly with emerald fire. "This past failure is rather intolerable and damning for me to deal with, so speak it up, before I lose my patience." He added.
"We promise..." Archimonde said. "We promise that the world those mongrels they are currently in will be destroyed." He added.
"Now that we used up the powers from the three pieces needed for your awakening, we'll ensure that our goal will be succeeded, and we'll make it up for it." Kil'jaeden added.
"Is that so?" Sargeras only scoffed at Archimonde and Kil'jaeden's suggestion, but he later relents when the former nodded, before looking at the two. "If that's the case, rally the Burning Legion and prepare our forces." He commanded. "I'll show what those tiresome gnats truly want, and their death, destruction, and decay will be soon impending." He ended.
"Tichondrius." Kil'jaeden called someone in, before another mysterious figure shows up in front of him, Sargeras, and Archimonde.
The figure known as Tichondrius is a creature known as the Nathrezim (Dreadlord), who is the servant of Kil'jaeden. He has demonic wings, horns, emerald eyes that glow ominously, sharp claws, and cloven hooves. He also wears a dark red and gold armour set, with the vambraces containing what seems to be a blue crystal embedded on it.
"What is it, my lord?" Tichondrius questioned.
"Get rid of these prisoners and imprison them inside. They are no longer useful in our grand scheme of plans." Kil'jaeden added, before Tichondrius place the weakened Shuka, Falala, and Garara inside a single cage. "And guard them, as well, making sure they will not escape this time, for real." He ended.
"As you wish, master." Tichondrius obliged. "The rest of you, guard the prison cells." He added, as he commanded some of the Burning Legion minions.
Afterwards, Sargeras later rally his army of Burning Legion forces, with Archimonde and Kil'jaeden following him, as they are prepared to destroy the Girls' Last Tour universe and crush it under their whim.
Meanwhile, in the cage, Shuka later wakes up in her endless slumber, who is unaware that she is no longer in the Girls' Last Tour universe, as well as Falala and Garara, who also both wake up.
"Where are we...?" Falala asked, before she sees Shuka and Garara. "Shuka-chan? Onee-chan?" She questioned, as she looks at Shuka and Garara, respectively.
"What is this horrible place?!" Shuka exclaimed.
"What have you done to us, you demon?!" Garara said, as she looks at Tichondrius, who is displeased.
"Silence!" Tichondrius exclaimed. "Now that master Sargeras is awakened, you will see how your so-called 'friends' and the world they are in will be crushed and destroyed under the Legion's whim." He added evilly.
"You will pay for what you have done to us!" Garara exclaimed.
[Megacity Ruins, Earth-8751]
Meanwhile, back in the Girls' Last Tour universe, we later see some of the Unity Force, Koyuki, Nemu, Kano, Falstad, and Chen settle inside over what seems to be a corpse of a giant war robot after it collapsed at them during their trip further into the megacity ruins, in hopes they can locate the source of the same mysterious melody. To the irritation and shock of the rest, things happened earlier that finally pushed Chito to her limit, when Yuuri unintentionally destroyed a part of the megacity by unknowingly activate the weapons from the robot itself.
But now, as the city from afar is still burning in flames, they later wait for the next day until everything goes to normal. Recently, however, that completely changed, when they heard a rumbling, ominous sound from afar.
"Uh, Yuu..." Chito said.
"What is it, Chii-chan?" Yuuri asked.
[PLAY MUSIC: Otherside Picnic OST- Battle I]
"Something doesn't feel right outside." Chito added, before they feel a sudden shaking. "What the heck?! Yuu, this doesn't sound right!" She exclaimed.
"You called me out earlier over a stupid, unintentional mistake I've done, so I'm not going to help you!" Yuuri suddenly argued.
"Idiot, look!" Chito said, as she looks outside, before seeing dark blue flames, as well as emerald flames.
"What?" Yuuri said, as she takes out her rifle. "Chii-chan, we should alert everyone about this!" She added, as she, Nuko, and Chito leave the head of the robot.
"All of you, wake up!" Chen called out. "It's Gror'thas and his Infernals! They are coming from north of the destruction site and they are marching towards us!" He continued.
"They must be planning an invasion here." Falstad said. "We must put a stop to them before it is too late!" He added.
Zoro, Maya, Sorao, Toriko, Kanta, Nagi, Ichika, Rinon, Aloy, Erend, Strelok, Laala, Usopp, Brook, Ako, Rinko, Renge, Ash, Ben, Koyuki, Nemu, and Kano are later alerted by Chito, Yuuri, Chen, and Falstad, as they see a group of Infernals heading towards the site. It is obvious that they are most likely after the group, but they are after Chito and Yuuri.
Suddenly, another voice calls in from afar, where they see three figures in there: Jima, Kozakura, the Saw Monster, and another female beside Kozakura.
The woman boyish short brown hair that has bangs swept to the left side and brown eyes. She wears a mini-length T-shirt dress with a blue men's coat overtop. This is Akari Seto.
"Hold it!" Kozakura called in.
"Mind if we help?" Akari asked.
"To make it up for the situation earlier, we will help all of you out, this time." Jima added.
"Kozakura-san? Karateka-san?" Sorao called out.
"Jima-san?" Zoro called.
"This is going to be bad..." Kozakura exclaimed. "Listen, these Infernals and its leader Gror'thas from the Burning Legion are completely immune to all sorts of magic powers, so you have to resort to physical means!" She added.
"What?" Zoro asked. "You mean these Infernals are not the same as the previous ones we encountered?" He questioned warily.
"Are you kidding?" Kozakura questioned. "That's why I mentioned to you earlier to be wary about the Burning Legion!" She added rather frustratingly. "They are not going to stop until every one of you are dead." She continued.
Gror'thas then appears with a threatening look on his face.
"Surrender now, or your deaths will be worse." Gror'thas warned.
"As if we listen to a fool like you." Zoro added.
"You creatures only cause more trouble than good, so we are here to put a stop to your plans, once and for all!" Maya added, as she takes out her Odette and her platinum whetstone.
Sorao later uses her left eye, something Toriko did not expect, which later turns from brown to red. Apparently, not even Kozakura knows, so as Toriko and Akari about this newfound eye that they did not expect from the urban legend enthusiast.
"It seems they are now going after Chito-san and Yuuri-san." Sorao said casually.
"Sorao...? What happened to your left eye?" Kozakura asked. "Why is it red?" She inquired.
"It's a long story..." Sorao said, as her left eye glints threateningly, with traces of red encircling around the iris.
To be continued...
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The characters that appear in this chapter (in order):
Sargeras and Tichondrius from Warcraft
Akari Seto from Otherside Picnic
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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: As the situation between the Unity Force and the Burning Legion intensifies, and so as the battle between Gror'thas and his Infernal army. However, they are unaware that Sargeras and the Burning Legion have already made their move.