Warm me up in the nova's glow, and drop me down to the drain below.
The blood. She had never been hurt, not like that, and seeing the blood on her hand and body was a strange sensation, a sense of weakness, of frailty, something PA-15 had never felt before. A little further on 9A-91 was fighting Dreamer, but perhaps it would've been more accurate to say that she was trying to survive.
PA-15 heaved up with breathlessness, every movement she made caused her a rush of pain and she bent down again to stop it. She felt pathetic and in the meantime her friend was in danger of dying trying to protect her.
PA-15 leaned against the wall of the building and tried to get back on her feet but even more blood came out of the wound ... but it was fake, right? PA-15 hadn't forgotten it. The pain she felt was just a warning, a signal that put her on alert, and that red liquid meant nothing.
The pain turned into pleasure, the blood gave her adrenaline and her suffering expression deformed into a maniacal smile, the girl grabbed the gun and shot at Dreamer, wounding her in the arm. Dreamer turned around, surprised to see her opponent still standing.
" I thought I killed you… well, it means I'll have to do it now. "
" Eh … don't challenge me, bitch, you'll find I can be more dangerous than you think. "
" Nice words… but will you be able to prove it with facts? "
PA-15 ran towards Dreamer and fired several shots that the opponent dodged with ease. A laser beam went off but PA-15 managed to avoid it quickly to Dreamer's surprise; PA-15 came dangerously close to Dreamer and the latter had to move away and fired more laser beams but to no avail because her opponent seemed to have become capable of anticipating her attacks. A bullet barely grazed Dreamer's head, the girl was frightened, the aim of PA-15 was much improved, inexplicably.
9A-91 was wounded in the arm but still managed to help Lieutenant Girovini escape to Pavilion 3, there she met Lieutenant Remi with an assault rifle and a bag full of ammunition and grenades.
" You have to get safe, both of you. " 9A-91 said.
9A-91 then looked towards Pavilion 1 where firefights were still taking place and noticed that on the top floor there was Makarov who was fighting against Alchemist, she was clearly in trouble, so she decided to help her.
Meanwhile PA-15 was still fighting against Dreamer.
" My compliments, PA-15… you're very persistent. But flaunting your despair like this seems silly to me. Your allies will be exterminated and the fortress will be conquered by Sangvis Ferri. Your battle is useless, you've already lost the war. Why continue the fight? Give up and let yourself be killed. " Dreamer asserted with that haughty smile.
" If you hurt me I do it to you. Simple. I'm not trying to win, I just want to kill you. "
" You remind me of AA-12… you're similarly pathetic, in fact, you're ridiculous. Killing someone like me is unthinkable, by now I've already shown that I'm superior to you, your friend and all of you, don't you think it's foolish to hope for your victory? Eh, eh ... you might as well retire. "
" Ah, ah! You talk too much, bitch! " PA-15 fired but Dreamer dodged the bullet by moving her head slightly.
" Missed me. " Dreamer counterattacked by firing a laser beam but PA-15 avoided the blow with a side jump.
" You too. "
The two girls stood still, looking straight into each other's eyes. PA-15 changed the magazine. Dreamer walked away. PA-15 raised the gun. Dreamer raised her weapon. Fingers were on the triggers. Not a drop of sweat fell.
PA-15 jumped and at that moment Dreamer fired a laser beam; PA-15 had managed to survive and responded by firing twice however Dreamer managed to dodge the shots and started chasing her opponent by firing several beams without ever successfully hitting the target. By dint of running, the two girls arrived in front of Pavilion 2 which was located west of Pavilion 3 and Pavilion 1. The building was intact and also seemed empty.
PA-15 jumped and smashed a window. She found herself in a room full of food. She didn't stop. She left the room and started running up the stairs dodging the different laser beams that split the walls every three or four seconds and then she reached the top floor, kicked the door, crossed a short corridor lined with rooms full of switched off equipment and at last she found herself in front of an iron door, she read on a sign nearby that the door led to the roof. PA-15 tried to pull the door but it was very heavy and was moving slowly; the girl turned by pure chance to the left and saw, through the window, Dreamer who was targeting her. She threw herself on the ground to avoid the gigantic laser beam that passed from side to side of the building causing part of the ceiling to collapse.
" You're at the terminus, PA-15! " Dreamer exclaimed, laughing.
PA-15 fired three times but Dreamer missed and in the end the latter collided with her at maximum speed, hitting her with her weapon; PA-15 fell to the ground and Dreamer, noticing that her opponent had lost her gun, took the opportunity to load the last shot ... however the fight wasn't over for PA-15, the girl got up and hit Dreamer with a fist, Dreamer fell to the ground but was unable to recover in time because PA-15 attacked her again with kicks. PA-15 saw her gun and tried to retrieve it but then Dreamer fired a laser beam which luckily missed the girl.
" You're inferior! You cannot beat me! "
" Still talking, bitch? "
PA-15 tried to hit Dreamer one last time but this time the opponent was quick enough to dodge the punch; Dreamer dropped her weapon, took the PA-15 by the throat and lifted her into the sky, then threw herself against the floor from a height of four meters, knocking PA-15 into the concrete. PA-15 was exhausted and wasn't getting up. Dreamer took her weapon and pointed it at the opponent and then said:
" Rubbish. Just rubbish. "
Dreamer was about to pull the trigger but a bullet hit her hand with which she was holding the weapon.
" What the hell?! "
She turned and saw a Griffin & Kryuger banner held by a human along with not five, not six, but twelve T-Dolls. They had just gotten off a departing helicopter. They were reinforcements. Team TRPL-V had come on the orders of Berezovich Kryuger. It was commanded by Luciano Garibaldi, a man in his thirties, with the typical red Griffin & Kryuger uniform but with epaluettes and two golden ribbons and also a medal on which a silver cross was depicted. The man had binoculars and saw that Dreamer had been hit successfully and so he complimented Carcano M1891:
" Nice Shot. This must have bothered her enough. "
" Eh, eh, no problem Captain, but I don't understand why you didn't order me to shoot her in the head. "
" You know me, I'm a man of class. I don't want to just win… I want to see defeat in the eyes of my opponents. We advance. We must eliminate the enemies. Let Team EXPIATIO deal with the rest. "
Team TRPL-V was composed of: Beretta Model 38, Px4 Storm, Carcano M1891, Carcano M91 / 38, SPAS-12, S.A.T.8, FP-6, BM59, ARX-160, AR70, M1040, Cx4 Storm. Captain Garibaldi ordered the advance and so the team attacked the Vespids who were attacking Fort Prodigium in this way giving the allies the time necessary to reorganize a defense.
" This is Captain Garibaldi, I arrived on site. " He said.
Kryuger's voice commanded him, from the earpiece:
" Lieutenant Cacciatore is still inside but we don't know his condition, however it would be useful to have a subject like him still alive. You have to save him. "
" Yes, sir. "
The communication ended and Luciano observed Pavilion 1 with binoculars and then commented:
" The enemies would have had the victory if they had had who knows how to win. "
Meanwhile Dreamer, although wounded, took the weapon in her hand and tried to kill PA-15 but the latter was fast enough to recover the gun; pulled the trigger twice but the gun was empty. Dreamer smiled and said:
" Time to die, piece of rubbish. "
PA-15 got up and fled from Dreamer.
" You won't get away from me! "
But Dreamer realized that Griffin & Kryuger was managing to fend off the Vespids little by little. Fort Prodigium's stubborn resistance was making Dreamer nervous. The girl rose into the air and seeing her plan fade she murmured:
" We have no other choice: we must destroy this place. "