As I calmed myself, I heard groaning. I turned to the source of the sound, and I saw IF next to Compa. I rushed to Compa's side. The left kneecap of her pants was bloody. IF was shaking, probably hyperventilating. I put my hand on her shoulder. "Hey. Iffy, breathe. Breathe." She nodded, calming down, but I could see her worried expression. Taking my attention to Compa, I got a pair of surgical scissors. I cut above the blood spot, and down the back of the pantleg. Removing the cut off section of the pants, I saw what appeared to be a compound fracture. Compa shuddered as I got to work on the injury. The leg had been straightened, so I could work on it easily. Using the cloth that I had removed from Compa's pants, I pressed on the wound, fixing to avoid any more damage. IF moved to hold Compa's hand as I stopped the bleeding, and then I saw a piece of plywood. I shouted, "Hey! Could somebody cut the jagged ends off that piece of plywood right there?" Falcom wordlessly drew her sword and used it to shave off the jagged ends of the piece of plywood. She then handed it to me. I used it to immobilize Compa's injury. Her teeth gritted as I had to pick her leg up to immobilize it. She squeezed IF's hand as I continued work. I then realized that Compa was going pale, tears streaming down her face. It must really hurt. I used my gauntlet to inject a painkiller into her leg. It would numb her leg, but she would not be able to move it for a few hours. She slowly began to relax, and her breathing returned to normal. I bandaged the wound. It turned out that Histoire was at the meeting, and she was suddenly at my side, and she was livid. "Who would do this? Who would fire into a room full of unarmed people?" she ranted. I looked at IF. "Do you have contact with the government?" I asked. She nodded. I replied, "I request that Planeptune and it's surrounding cities be put on lockdown. Put up defenses, prepare for a full on invasion."
She nodded, and she radioed Basilicom this request. Suddenly I heard a loudspeaker. "Attention! Attention! We have an emergency situation! Please evacuate to the shelters in a calm and orderly fashion!" Air raid sirens began to blare. IF frowned. "Huh. They normally don't accept requests. What the-" She turned towards the destroyed window and fell silent. Then she said slowly, "Oh... my... God..." I turned towards the window. About twenty airships were flying into Planeptune, and they were bombing parts of Erethisan City and Haneda City. Falcom let out a horrified squeak. "No... This can't be happening... no..." she breathed. I radioed Neptune. "Nep-Nep, you seeing this?" I heard a gasp. "Yeah. This is bad. It seems like a few factions from Lastation and Lowee have declared their independence. They call themselves the Red Nation. They have taken over a third of Gamindustri already. I'm gonna send Nepgear and Peashy to help repel the invaders and protect the city." I nodded. "I'll do what I can here." Neptune hung up, and I focused on my crew. "Plutie, do you have a jet fighter form?" She nodded. I grinned. "Good. Suit up. We are gonna launch a counterstrike against the red fleet's flagship." She nodded. "Aye." Plutia jumped out the shredded window, and I soon heard a jet engine. Her fighter looked like a B-2 bomber, but it looked like a space fighter.
I grinned. "Nice." Iris Heart's voice came from the space bomber. "Anything for my Master." she stated. I looked at one of the walls and spotted two multi-rocket launchers. Picking both of them up, I climbed onto Plutia's fighter. As if knowing what I wanted to do, a platform appeared above the cockpit. I stepped onto the platform as her bomber began to fly towards the red flagship. Iris Heart soon spoke up. "We are in range. Let's light them up!" I fired the rocket launchers. A volley of rockets zoned in on the flagship and struck. I heard metal screech as the explosions ripped through the side of the ship, and the cannon fire from Plutia hit the left wing. I heard multiple explosions as one of the engines ignited into flame. Suddenly Plutia's bomber shook violently. I felt the ground disappear from beneath me. I smacked into the side of the airship, and I was barely able to catch onto the torn metal siding. The gauntlet buzzed as the radio came on, and I heard IF's panicked voice. "Kenji! Are you okay?!" I replied, "I am, surprisingly, alive. Stand by." I heard helicopters whip by, and I heard a cheerful voice. "Excuuuse me! Coming through!" I then took notice to the girl who had hooked to the side of the ship with a pair of bracers. She winked at me. "Good luck!" I used my body to fling myself into the ship.
As I did, a helicopter smashed into the side of the ship, with two angry looking slashes cut into the sides. Not delaying any further, I moved deeper into the ship. As I made my way through the ship, I ran into patrols of red soldiers. I was able to take them down pretty easily. Soon I found myself in a room that looked like the reactor room. I heard a shout. "How'd he get in here?! Deploy the Killachine immediately!" I saw a robot that sped towards me. It didn't make it into the reactor room. It was sucked out through a gash in the airship's hull. I shrugged softly. "That's tough." I suddenly felt electricity surge through my body. I turned around and saw Rei Rights. Suddenly she underwent HDD transformation, and there stood the feared Blue Knight. I pulled out my blade. Rei laughed. "A lowly human like you has no hope in defeating me."
I realized that one of the multi-rocket launchers had been hurled into the ship and was lying next to the doorway. Acting fast, I grabbed it and aimed it at Rei. The blue knight took the hit and seemed to stagger. I ran at her. She swept through the smoke and swung her staff at me. We clashed as explosions shook the ship. Rei seemed to never falter as she lashed out at me over and over and over. I took multiple hits. I staggered and she laughed again. "Give it up already. You're wasting my time." she sneered. I huffed out, "Gear Two." As the device activated, I was able to engage Rei more efficiently. She seemed to be getting a little hasty with her strikes. Suddenly, I heard the reactor begin to sizzle. Seeing an opening in Rei's defenses, I knocked her staff out of her hand. The staff flew backwards and into the reactor. I threw a punch in desperation. "W-Wha?" was all Rei could get out before my fist collided into her jaw. She flew out of the airship. I saw an enemy helicopter begin to rise up to the airship. Rei was in the helicopter, and she stuck her tongue out at me as the helicopter flew off. I ran to the gash of the ship and jumped out. I heard a huge explosion behind me as the red flagship broke apart in mid-air. With nothing between me and the open lake, I fell. I hit the water, knocking the air out of me. I swam up to the surface, taking in gulps of air. I looked up and saw a huge fireball. Debris from the flagship rained into the lake. The rest of the red fleet began to retreat as the siege ended. I swam to the shore. I saw a patrol of Planeptune soldiers standing near the shore. As I climbed onto the beach, I got many glances. One of the soldiers shined a flashlight in my face. He asked, "What's your name, son?" I answered,
"Lafayette, aka, Kenji."" He spoke into his radio. "We found him. He's on the north beachhead." Soon I began to hear a jet engine as a purple fighter moved towards the shore. I felt myself get picked up by the girl I had met on the side of the ship. She grinned. "You must be sleepy. I'll take you to HQ you can sleep. Nappy time!" I fell into unconsciousness once again.
