Chapter 3: Wake-up Call Boss
Time: 0942; 23rd of July, 2125 (Outside World Time)
Location: Near the Landing Site.
"He WHAT?!" LT was furious when he heard of the death of one of his men.
"Killed. Or rather, was eaten, according to the damages on the corpse." Right hand man analyzed the corpse of the victim. "Whatever it is, looks like the killer left nothing except this poor bastard behind." He continued with the analysis.
David, along with the other Raiders, came as soon as they heard of the incident. Shanghai was hovering near Alice Lou.
"Eaten alive?! Must be very powerful if it can kill an employee of the STI." David exclaimed.
Right hand man added to David's exclamation, "No sign of his weapons being used. The gun hasn't been fired in the last 48 hours, and neither of the dual swords are ever unsheathed within the same period. Must be a pretty good ambush..."
LT seems to be notified of something when he heard of the additional info. "I have specifically trained every single one of my men, scientists and janitors included, to be able to detect all sorts of ambushes using their senses, and I won't send them for an outdoor assignment until they've mastered the skill. If this killer can get close to and killed someone better trained in combat like a Turk, it's obviously something or someone that can disobey the laws of science..."
"Disobeying science? Does that means..." Edge puzzled over the info, but seems to know an explanation.
LT caught on with Edge's thoughts. "That's right, for someone to even be able to take a bite out of a Turk or higher ranked STI employees without getting a counter-attack from him, the attack is impossible to perform with the laws of science. For short, the killer used Magic."
"Magic? Like the kind the Ancients used? The kind that gave Shanghai life at that library?" Alice Lou seems to get the idea.
"But haven't we wiped out all of the Ancients and destroyed their Sacred Tome last time?" Takagi is puzzled over the explanation.
LT gave a simple but meaningful answer, "No, the Ancients will always let their enemies see them before attacking. Same goes with their summons. This killer has no intentions of letting this poor man see his or her powers and killed him off the bat."
Omega E the Reader: What even are the Ancients? They are just as unexplained and unexplored like the STICK army which is what LT and his friends fought. Plus WHY would the ancients let their enemies see them before attacking that's stupid! Add two sins for the unexplained enemy that are the Ancients & their stupidity of letting people see their attacks!
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Yeah, such details are so annoying.
Lt Colonel Summers: The Ancients are an enemy faction from the previously mentioned unmade original story of mine. The FB series is meant to be set after the unmade story's events. I would have explained them in the unmade story, but since it is unmade, this just ended up as needless exposition. So plus one extra sin for it.
Sin Count: 42
"And we might as well prepare for a fight, as it looks like the killer came back!" Right hand man messaged to LT via speech instead of thoughts, so everyone without the STI Earpieces can hear him. A loud ruffling is heard from a nearby tree.
"Guys, prepare to fight!" David told his friends and fellow Raiders. "Go to the GA-Raider and get our weapons!" The RAIDERS then dashed toward the rear compartment of the dormant VTOL.
"Battle-stations!" LT ordered his men to follow suit. The men-in-black: Guards, whipped out their WL-2 submachine guns; whereas the cloaked men: Turks, whipped out a small pistol from their cloaks.
"Use your right hand for the Boomers, can't afford to waste the explosive shots from these bad boys. Don't press the Detonate button until you get at least one shot on the target. Wield your Zantetsu-Maru with your left hand, in case the target got close to you." LT ordered the Turks. He himself is armed with a gun, which he held with just his right hand. He then looked at his watch, but was disappointed with the display on it. "Not working, should've expected it..."
David and co came back with their own weapons. Their weapons are not even made for humans, these weapons are specially made for RAIDERS operatives.
"Good, we'll need as much superhuman muscle as we can, since we're facing a Magic-User." Right hand man thanked the Raiders for their support.
Omega E the Reader: They are taking Rumia Seriously, which shows how lethal a weak Youkai Rumia can be if she can easily eat one of their men. A best example is when Rumia almost kills the main protagonist of DitR, Broli Diamondback, with ease. minus one sin.
Sin Count: 41
David's weapon is a huge mechanical sword that's as tall as he is, it is made for his super-strength and is heavy even for superhuman standards. Edge's sword is slightly shorter, but still huge, it is brimming with electricity, the element that he can manipulate. Alice Lou's Weapon is a large-sized bow, it was made for her super-fast hands so she can fire off a volley of arrows at the same rate as a machine gun. Takagi's Rifle is unlike any sniper rifles used by normal humans, it is also as tall as he is, and according to LT, it fires compressed sounds as projectiles that can pierce any material regardless of thickness. No copy of these weapons can be made, as with all RAIDERS weapons.
Omega E the Reader: Honestly while they may be sues and Stu's their abilites and weapons sound pretty cool. A shame they pull an ass pull out of their asses and win every battle with BS reasons. Besides that Minus one sin.
Lt Colonel Summers: Though now that I prefer to have things be Boring But Practical, all these cool and awesome stuff ended up looking like I'm trying to show off, now that I'm looking back in hindsight. But if you think they're cool enough to get one sin deducted, it's up to you.
Sin Count: 40
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Meanwhile at the Landing Site...
A gap opens near the dormant aircraft, and out came Yukari who is smirking at the Outsiders whom have their hands full at a distance.
"I'll have to thank Rumia for distracting the Outsiders, just so I can take whatever stuff that allowed them into Gensokyo..." Yukari grinned. "Now what should I take, hm?" Yukari then proceeds to rummage through the unloaded cargo, looking for anything that might indicate the Outsider's arrival in Gensokyo.
Omega E the Reader: This is the only scene where Yukari makes a conscious decision to fool the outsiders for her own ulterior motives. Minus one sin.
Sin Count: 39
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Back at the site of incident...
Everybody was silent, not because they are consumed by fear, but because they are trying to locate the source of the ruffling.
"Come out wherever you are, and we won't shoot you." LT tried to talk to it. But then there was some kind of cold sensation from behind. "This is probably what he felt at that time..." He told himself, while turning back.
"Is that so~?"a reply with a cheerful girl's voice was made at the exact same time LT turned back. Right now, LT finds himself facing a large-sized sphere of darkness that is approaching him at high-speed.
"HERE!" LT yelled at everybody to look at where he's looking. Aside from the RAIDERS, they all open fired on the sphere as soon as they turn around.
Seemingly annoyed by the volley of gunfire, the sphere stopped mid flight, then turned around and flew back into the woods. LT took this chance to take aim with his gun: a long-barreled fully metallic gun that resembled the hunting rifles used by civilians, but with a thicker barrel. "Alright, you moving hunk of darkness, listen up..." LT taunted, the sphere of darkness stopped mid flight once again, as though responding to the taunt. "...See this? This... is my DOOMSTICK!" He had pulled the trigger as he spoke the word "my", the gun does what appears to be activating some sort of laser pointer, and the gun fired as soon as he finished yelling "DOOMSTICK". The gunshot was a large burst of laser that lasted for half a second.
Normally the gun, a Doomstick, would've has enough firepower to tear a hole of 10 meter diameter on the face of a cliff. But in this case...
The sphere of darkness was completely unscathed.
"What?!" LT was surprised. He immediately tried to recall the moment when he took the shot. It hit the sphere dead on, but as he analyzed that part of his memory carefully, he could see that the laser beam had disintegrated millimeters before hitting the sphere. LT quickly put the pieces together.
"Don't use laser-based weapons! The sphere neutralize all light!" LT yelled at his men and the RAIDERS.
Omega E the Reader: LT and his friends actually struggle against Rumia and they have to use something different to defeat her. Minus yet another sin. Don't worry we will get to see some sins be added.
Lt Colonel Summers: Wow, I did not expect this many sins to be removed in a row. Accidentally good writing, much?
Sin Count: 38
The RAIDERS operatives are all slashing or shooting their weapons at the sphere, but it manages to dodge them all.
Furiously, LT dropped the Doomstick on the floor and unsheathed his sword. "Time to slice things up with the Zantankuto..."
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Meanwhile, 800 feet above the site of incident.
"That's one heck of a fight the Outsiders have with Rumia, ze..." Marisa commented, while watching the fight from above the ground.
"But I have to admit, the Outsiders did have weapons cooler than what the Lunarians have. Especially that gun used by the guy in the cap, probably have more firepower than the Master Spark." Reimu, who had just arrived at the scene, added. "What did he call that gun? Doomstick? That's some pretty badass name there."
"Don't remind me of that guy, ze. He was cooler than Kourin in any and every way..." Marisa reminded, thinking of the last encounter with the guy in the cap.
"Look, there he is, now holding the sword we saw last time. It still looked bigger than Youmu's ghost-blades." Reimu spoke, ignoring Marisa's reminder. "Look, there's Rumia charging toward him in her usual sphere of darkness." Reimu announced, which is exactly what's happening at the moment.
Marisa then noticed Yukari rummaging through the unloaded cargo at the aircraft landing site. "Hey, why is Yukari taking all the good stuffs from them? I'm not letting her get away with all of it!" Marisa then charged toward the dormant aircraft.
"Look!" Reimu announced and exclaimed at the same time. Marisa wondered what was it this time, and looked at the fight, but down there, the result was pretty clear. Even Yukari down at the landing site has noticed who is the winner of the fight.
The guy in the cap has his unusually long sword stabbed through the center of the sphere. Blood could be seen dripping from the sharp tip of the sword, and flowing down toward the handle as well.
Omega E the Reader: The Lunarians would have made weapons that could have easily trumped LT's weapons and his Allies as well. Like a big sword that can cause a nuclear explosion when it hits something. This is possible like with Toyohime's fans.
Sin Count: 39
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: And there we go, back to the raising.
