You're Under Arrest: End
By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of You're Under Arrest are under the copyright of Kosuke Fujishima, Kodansha, Studio DEEN and TBS. All other characters are either under the copyright of other creators/companies or are under my jurisdiction.
Summary:
With the escalating situation on the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Special Assault Team reinforcements were sent in to reinforce Center agents fighting Wesker, Krauser and Ada with Miyuki's life on the line. Will the combined forces be able to secure the bridge and save Miyuki? Stay tune to this chapter for the conclusion of End.
In 1998, the Center had secretly established a group of specially trained Center agents alongside a commando squadron as the organization's means to respond to paranormal/supernatural cases involving organized crime and terrorism.
Known as the SHADOW (Specialist Hazard Agent Designated Operations Wing) and the Special Reaction Squad, these units are the answers to the Center's mandate to protect the Earth from all supernatural and paranormal entities that would threaten the world's way of life by human perpetrators.
These are some of their stories.
Chapter 4: Fight
Somewhere on Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Shuto Expressway, Tokyo, Japan
"Everyone! Move in!" yelled the head of a SAT squad, moving in from behind the SHADOW agents that kept watch over Wesker, Ada and Krauser, still fighting Martin, Mark and Saki. The fight doesn't seem to have some closure, which was making Natsumi cringe.
Damn! Got to hurry! Natsumi mentally berated on the situation, aiming her Heckler & Koch MP5A4 at the fight scene up ahead.
"Crap!" Wesker muttered. "Special Assault Team..." He then instructed Krauser and Ada on his orders, "Hurry up! Police has sent in SAT units on our way. Let's finish this!"
"Damn!" Krauser, wanting to get rid of the nuisance agents, grabbed Martin by his left arm and threw him against Saki, knocking the two down.
"Man..." Mark hissed, dashing back and got his arms up in a fighting stance. "why do I always end up as the lone hero?"
"Nakajima-kun?" Natsumi knelt next to the unconscious body of Ken, knocked out by Krauser's hook punch on his left cheek.
"You know this guy?" A male SAT operator asked, checking Ken's pulse after they had dragged him to safe place away from the fight while other SAT units were already converging towards the center of the bridge.
"Yeah." Natsumi replied. "Used to be his co-worker back in Bokuto." Aoi and Yoriko came along after assisting Traffic officers clear the entrance to the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line.
"Natsumi-san." Aoi yelled, running up to her. "Thank goodness you're here."
"What happened to Saori-san?" Natsumi asked, getting back on her feet while two emergency workers had placed Ken's limp body onto a stretcher.
"She was held hostage by those armed gunmen when the convoy came under attack by some gunship a few minutes ago." Yoriko answered. "She's back there, speaking to Kachou. I think he's helping her since she was being threatened with a gun."
"That's good." Natsumi now had her MP5A4. "I need to get back there and take care of those bastards who tried to threaten Saori-chan!!"
Ada did a roundhouse kick, neatly blocked by Mark when he used his left arm to block it before Krauser came along and did a straight thrust with his Mercworx Sniper knife. Moving his body towards the ground, the SHADOW agent executed a violent kick to Krauser's face before he drew out his Fairbarn Sykes Commando Pattern 1 knife to draw a slash on his face in the midst of executing a backflip.
"Grrahhh!" Krauser yelled, feeling pain coursing through his face, covering it with his left hand. The ex-American soldier took an Israel Military Industries Desert Eagle pistol from his left pistol leg holster and fired several shots at Mark in the chest.
"Gotcha now, kiddo." grinned Krauser, his fresh scar wound located over his left eye all the way down to his mouth. The rest of the SHADOW agents took aim with their weapons at Krauser. Ada and Wesker had their weapons at the ready.
"Bastard..." hissed Dan, aiming his G36C, with Hiyoshi aiming his MN-23.
"Hold it..."
Krauser saw that Mark slowly stood up, shaken from being shot by the Desert Eagle pistol's .50 AE bullets. "It's not over yet."
"You too...immortal?" grinned Wesker, standing next to Krauser. Ada stood behind them while Dan and Hiyoshi tried to revive Martin and Saki after dragging them out of the way.
"No..." Mark gritted his teeth a bit, readying his Fairbarn Sykes knife. "I just don't fear death."
"All right." Krauser holstered his pistol and picked up his dropped knife. "Let's get it on!"
Moments later after Krauser and Wesker engaged the SHADOW agent, Natsumi and a group of SAT operators arrived to see the two men having an advantage over Mark himself.
"Ano..." Natsumi went to address Hiyoshi, taking cover near an abandoned 1993 Toyota Crown. "What's happening?"
"We can't make a move since an officer's being held hostage." Hiyoshi used his thumb to point Miyuki being held by Umbrella Special Forces Unit gunmen. "He's fighting those two guys."
"I see." With Natsumi whispering the news, another SAT operator made hand gestures to the other advancing units to charge at the area where Miyuki was held, giving the SHADOW agents a chance to overwhelm them.
"You're quite nimble, Number 42." grinned Krauser, doing a roundhouse kick before using an elbow thrust. Mark sidestepped to the left and right, using ninja-like speed due to his Armored Machine Suit. "Just like back in COSMOS."
Number 42? Can it be? Wesker came up next and tried to do some kicks on his own. Although Mark blocked his right leg from kicking his head, it became a blur when he failed to react to see Wesker follow the attack with another roundhouse kick aimed for his left temple. Ergh!!
"You didn't seem to be paying attention to me." Wesker taunted him, cracking his knuckles. Mark was dazed, placing his left hand on his left temple to get his senses straight before feeling Wesker's right foot kicking him on his chin. "Look at you. Mellowing at the past..."
What was Krauser talking about? Number 42? Does that mean that... Can't be bothered with that! Gotta get up...
"I'm not finished yet." Mark got up from the ground. "I can still fight..."
Wesker only smirked at his determination. "Good for you." The two charged at each other and executed punches and kicks at one another. It seemed that Mark was gaining the upper hand again, leaping near him and executing a spinning kick on his right temple, knocking his sunglasses off him.
"Arrest them!" came a yell from behind the cordon that the SHADOW agents had made. Mark could only make out a bit of the warcry, but it seemed to belong to someone very familiar...
"Looks like the female Amazon's here..." commented Dan, seeing Natsumi leading some SAT officers to arrest Wesker and the rest of them.
"Retreat! Now!" Ada yelled the order. At her orders, USFU and Shadowlaw commandos began to bolt out of the area towards the now arriving UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters.
"Come on! We can't get caught here, not right now!" Krauser assisted Wesker in getting up and retreating, but now grabbing the discarded sunglasses on the gravel and donning them again.
"After them!" yelled Mark, tackling the nearest Shadowlaw commando after executing a foot sweep. "We need those guys alive!", pointing to a USFU commando who was running away when Saki used her yo-yo to trip him before Dan and Hiyoshi tackled him and applied plasticuffs on him. "But Wesker, Ada and Krauser can be taken out dead..."
"Take this!" Natsumi used the MP5A4's buttstock to strike a USFU commando on his left arm, forcing him to drop his Colt M4A1 carbine before she kicked him in the chest and threw him over her shoulders.. Two SAT officers immediately restrained the armed man and applied plasticuffs on him.
"Miyuki!" Natsumi was then charging towards the two USFU commandos, who left Miyuki alone and tried to escape with the others.
"Get out of my way!" Seeing a Shadowlaw commando drew out his KA-BAR Bull Dozier knife, Natsumi began to move on the defensive with her MP5A4 slinged up on her neck for her to use her hands to subdue the armed gunman.
"Yosh! I'm going to take you down!" Natsumi parried the blow meant for her helmet, grabbing the man's left arm that tried to go for a hook punch before twisting it and dragging him down until he was on the gravel road. Eyeing another one trying to sneak up behind her, Natsumi grabbed the downed commando by his neck and pressed some veins in order to render him out cold.
Facing the second Shadowlaw commando behind her, Natsumi simply pushed him until he was nearly off his balance before she executed an arm twist on his right arm and pulled him towards the gravel off the bridge before applying plasticuffs on his wrist. "Gotcha!"
"Leg it man!" One of the USFU commandos who had bolted from doing hostage duty was sprinting towards the UH-60L choppers as more and more of their comrades were being apprehended by both SAT and SHADOW forces. "We're gonna get caught soon!"
"Damn!" cursed another. "If I knew that this job's gonna have things like this, I shouldn't have left JTF-2 after '02."
"Never mind about that." scolded his comrade. "We're suckers for a bigger paycheck after all."
"Yeah, I... URK!" From out of nowhere, an unknown figure with his Fairbarn Sykes knife dashed from the sides out of nowhere and in the blink of an eye, slashed the first commando's neck, which began to slowly kill him from blood loss. The second one took aim with his Heckler & Koch MP5A5, but the figure drew out his Sig Sauer SP 2022 and fired 5 shots at the surprised commando, most of them aimed at his chest with one that went for his neck.
"Punks'll pay for holding Miyuki hostage." muttered Mark, sheathing his knife when he heard another UH-60L chopper nearby. He had the shock of his life when he found out who was inside the chopper.
Nicholai! The alarmed Center agent raised his SP 2022 and aimed its iron sights at him when Mark saw the Russian UBCS officer had aimed something at him.
Moments later, he felt a strong surge ripple through his suit, its force making the SHADOW agent feel like barfing out before the power of a .50 BMG bullet aimed at his stomach made him unconscious.
Makeshift Infirmary, Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Shuto Expressway, Tokyo, Japan
"Is he alive?" Martin asked, watching the unconscious body of Mark from a cot.
"Dont' know." Dan replied. "We've got reports from some of our guys that he was shot with a Barrett M82A1 anti-armor sniper rifle. I'm surprised that his Orihalcon-made suit was able to purge the .50 BMG bullet from entering him. It would've killed any ordinary person."
"Mark getting up." Java said, interrupting their conversation.
"Good to see you still among the living." grinned Martin. "Swore that you got killed back there."
"Yeah." Mark got up from the cot and began to head outside the infirmary.
Outskirts of Makeshift Infirmary, Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Shuto Expressway, Tokyo, Japan
"Natsumi?" Mark was surprised to see her wearing SAT gear. Standing with her were Aoi, Yoriko and Saori.
"I need to thank you guys for saving Saori-chan's life." Natsumi thanked Mark and Dan. "If it were me, I'd give those guys a rough punishment that they'd ever seen." Martin, Dan and Mark began to sweat heavily, not wanting to imagine the kind of punishment that she'd give to the arrested commandos.
"Thank you also for saving Miyuki-sempai's life and mine as well." Saori gave the Center agents a gentle bow.
"No problem." Martin felt his heartbeat rate was increasing before he saw MOM alongside Shunsuke Okabayashi and Kaoruko Kinoshita, both officers have minor wounds on their faces covered with bandages.
"I'm glad to see you two are okay." Dan began, offering his sympathies.
"It's all right." Okabayashi rebutted the Malaysian SHADOW agent's words. "Didn't hurt us one bit."
"Still..." Mark said. "You guys were lucky that the gunships didn't drill additional bullets otherwise you two would've been dead."
"Like what Okabayashi has said," insisted Kaoruko, answering the Filipino SHADOW agent. "We'll be fine."
"But we have more urgent business in hand." MOM said, her tone a bit serious. "We've been able to locate where Nicholai Zinoviev is hiding." She then glanced at Martin, who grinned.
"All thanks to me." Martin pointed a thumb at himself. "All I did was shoot a tracer onto that Black Hawk before it left the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line bridge an hour ago." Martin began to boast further when Dan coughed, reminding him of his place.
"Please forgive him." Mark said to Kaoruko. "He tends to brag too much, just as he tends to gleefully mumble something about paranormal cases that we usually take up..."
"Apprently," MOM informed her agents. "the chopper's been last located in the Yamanashi city in the Prefecture of the same name."
"In Chūbu." added Okabayashi. "Seems far from Tokyo. Looks logical if Umbrella does have a hidden facility..."
"I want you guys to assemble up and prepare for the strike on that hidden Umbrella facility." MOM gave the orders to her Center agents. "Is that clear?"
"Crystal clear." Martin grinned, pretending to salute. His actions only made MOM wish that he wasn't an agent in the first place.
"Ken-san!" Mark called out while leaving Martin to speak with MOM. When Ken pointed to himself, Mark nodded and said, "We need to talk!"
Somewhere near hidden Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
Moments after the Tokyo Bay bridge incident was over, Martin and the others had teleported to an area near the hidden Umbrella facility in the outskirts of Yamanashi city. The forests near the city had made a good hiding location for it, away from the public eye.
"What's the situation?" Martin asked Tokuno, who was accompanied by Sugihara, appearing to be well from the Tokyo Bay bridge incident.
"We've got us a major jackpot." Tokuno grinned. "SAT's surrounding the darn place. Been some word out there that the JGSDF's willing to provide support with their Special Operations Group."
"The SOG?" Dan asked. "Heard those guys are an equal to Delta Force and JTF-2."
"Your boss wants you guys to participate with the SAT in the raid of the Umbrella facility." Sugihara had added. "Hopefully, we can get this case closed up..."
"What about the ones who attacked the police/PSIA convoy?" Mark brought up the question on the incident in the Tokyo Bay bridge, not forgetting the fact that Nicholai shot him from a distance with a .50 BMG from a Barrett M82A1. It was all luck that an Orihalcon-made suit had saved his life.
"We've requested the Tokyo Metropolitan Police HQ to locate them for us." Tokuno replied, then snapped his left thumb and forefinger. "Almost forgot. You guys are suppose to be debriefed by an SAT officer in the command tent behind us. They'll tell you on the situation itself."
"Thanks, sir." replied Dan.
In another location from the forest of Yamanashi, a Caucasian man in his mid-30s was seen conducting solo reconnaissance on the facility a few minutes prior to the arrival of the police. Grinning, he keyed in his headset mic and spoke to it.
"It's me." began the man. "Did you give them a proper welcome?"
"Yes sir." came the reply from the other line. "As ordered, we've leaked out the T-Virus capsules inside prior to our evacuation after we herded most of the building's personnel. We're heading back to our Osaka hideout."
"Good. Let's hope that they'll be pinned down for a while. Besides, I've got a little something for the young kid..."
Main Floor, Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
BAM!
The loud sound came from an SAT Assault Vehicle, which looked like a bank armored car with a different chasis and a platform on top of the vehicle for SAT operatives to fire their submachine guns and assault rifles, had breached the front doors of the facility that had been barricaded.
"It's all clear." yelled the driver of the vehicle. Later on, the rear doors of the vehicle had opened to allow SAT units to emerge out and secure the area. Martin had entered the facility with armed SRS units. Mark and Dan had come along too to hunt down Nicholai Zinoviev and finish him off.
"Why do I get the stinking feeling that it's just too quiet?" Mark and Dan had their weapons at the ready. Martin had used his U-Watch to get his X-Rod and turned it to an X-Staff. Java was beside him, the caveman getting ready for action.
"Urrrhhhhh..."
"Sounds like a moan." Natsumi whispered, who began to get a bit nervous while gripping her MP5A4.
"Yeah me too." An SAT operator in front of her whispered too. "Kinda remind of those zombie movies..."
"Where's that sound coming from?" Mark asked, getting his IMI CTAR-21 assault rifle ready. "Don't like that sound."
"Me too." Dan had his Heckler and Koch G36K. "Whatever it is, don't sound too friendly."
"I can see something..." Martin eyed out some figures shuffling towards them. They seem to have dark skin, white eyes and had their feet shuffling against the ground. And more of that, they seem to be moaning the sound that Natsumi had heard a few minutes ago.
"DAMN!" Dan raised his G36K. "It's zombies! Fire!"
Forest, near hidden Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"Finally..." Nicholai peered through his binocular the ongoing gunfight inside the facility with SAT and SRS forces facing hordes of zombies coming from the hidden research complex built underneath. Just prior to evacuation after "getting" all the staff members into one area for their own protection, he ordered T-Virus capsules stowed in the complex to be opened, turning them into zombies as to give him and his men time to escape.
"This should be fun."
Main Floor, Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"Java! Cover me!" Mark yelled, having to reload his CTAR-21 after expending his ammo onto a crowd of zombies that had been research scientists.
"Java got it!" Taking a wooden beam nearby, the 10,000 year old caveman swinged it like a bat towards the zombies once before heaving it for another swing, taking out several of them.
"This is just like the Raccoon City case back in '98!" gritted Dan, having reloaded his G36K after SRS operators nearby gave him covering fire. "Don't stand there. Lob the grenades at them! Make sure not to hit the SAT units!" Martin used some of his strength to strike fatal blows on the heads of some zombies that came near him, making sure to strike at his target hard.
"Kuso! Kuso! Kuso! Kuso!" Natsumi was frustrated to face a dangerous and tough enemy; one that she had seen once in a movie called Dawn of the Dead. "I can't believe that we're facing these guys." She continued to fire her MP5A4 at them, angry to see them rise from the ground after getting hit in the chest. Nearby, her other SAT comrades were slowly being surrounded, firing their MP5 submachine guns at a seemingly unstoppable enemy.
"Natsumi!" Her SAT commanding officer shouted, just a few feet near her with his Remington 870 shotgun at the ready. "Aim at their head! They'll go down that way!" Waiting for three zombies to come near, he raised the 870's barrel and fired a single buckshot, decapitating them at once.
"Stand back!" Mark brought his arms close to his face before he stretched his hands out, firing fiber wires that shot out of his gloves. Using these wires, Mark began to use them to decapitate zombies from several limbs. With their heads to kill them while on their legs and feet to force them to crawl, allowing SAT and SRS units to shoot them in the head. Using his semi-augmented reflexes from his COSMOS days, Mark had the advantages of moving around the warehouse and use his wires to decapitate more of the zombies that tried to attack them.
Forest, near hidden Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"Hmmm..." Nicholai had seen the facility, now rocked with explosion and gunfire. "Seems that they're winning. Not like the RPD back in '98." Eyeing the end of the facility at the rear, the Russian grinned at it especially since he had left something back there.
In particular, he left a weapon in a weapon crate propped beside the rear gate.
Main Floor, Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"Take that!" Three SRS operators tossed M68 fragmentation grenades at the last crowd of zombies coming towards them after they went down the stairs. Three rapid blasts had taken most of them out with two SRS operatives using Franchi SPAS-12 shotguns to finish them before they got up.
"Main floor's secured!" yelled an SAT operator, giving the thumbs up to the others.
"Urgh!" Natsumi kicked the zombie's corpse, a janitor of the facility after shooting it in the chest before aiming it at the center of his head. "I can't believe this..."
"It's memory lane for us guys." Mark and Dan came towards her.
"You know about this?" The SAT team leader asked.
"In the Raccoon City case," narrated Dan. "It was Umbrella's manufactured viruses that turned most of the populace living and working there into zombies."
"How terrible." Natsumi felt that she wanted to puke after seeing the zombie's guts on the floors, ripped out by the wires from Mark's gloves.
"Sir!" An SAT operative came running to the team leader. "We've found a hidden passage via garage area. They had a hidden elevator inside, going to the sub-levels."
"Dan." Mark said to his SHADOW partner. "Get some of the SRS guys to storm the place. Might be more of those zombies in there. And tell them to take shotguns."
"Right." Dan took off outside the warehouse, heading back to see MOM.
"Come on Martin." Mark told the Canadian Center agent. "We need to get to the rear of the facility."
Rear Gate, Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"Strange." Martin opened a weapon crate left near the side of the gate. "There's a sniper rifle with some magazines and a headset with a radio on it."
"Let me see that..." Mark saw the opened crate and saw its contents. "A Heckler and Koch PSG-1 with 3... no, 4 20-round magazines and a LASH headset connected to a radio." He then slinged his CTAR-21 and took the PSG-1 and slipped the 20-round magazines on his Marom Dolphin IDF Recon Vest before wearing the LASH earpiece on his left ear.
"What is that stuff for anyway?" Martin asked.
"Must be a challenge..." Mark replied.
"That's exactly right, boys!" The voice emitting from the earpiece made the two agents search the nearby area with unease. "I especially remember you, Hiryu!"
"Nicholai Zinoviev." gritted Mark, his PSG-1 on his hands. "Never thought I'd hear that sickening voice of yours. What do you want?"
"A mere challenge. You see, Umbrella's about to end and I can't get back out of Japan to another country since I'm on Interpol's wanted lists for my actions on Raccoon. So that leaves me..."
"To fight it out?" Mark eyed the forests around him. "You want to die? Then why don't you come out?"
"Nonsense." Nicholai chuckled. "I decided that if I have to die, I'll die in a gunfight with you." Mark gestured to Martin to contact MOM.
"So what now?"
"I'm in the forests north of your position. And you can bring a partner if you want. Either way, you'll be dead when I get a bullet into your skull..."
"I accept your challenge." Seeing that Nicholai did not respond to his hails, Mark was told later that MOM would contact them later.
"Frequency's here on this radio." Mark handed Martin the Alinco-made radio. "But why did she say that she'll give us technical support? That bastard can hear us..."
"She said she'll get someone to help us." Martin replied. "So what's next?"
"You're coming with me." Martin suddenly screamed at his comrade's face. "WHAT!!!!"
"You heard me." Mark reminded Martin. "I'll need someone to spot for me."
"There is no way you're taking me there!" Martin pointed to the forests. "I absolutely refuse to!"
"We don't have a choice." Mark insisted. "Our suspect's there and we've got a case to finish." He then grabbed his arm and dragged him along. "Besides, I'll try and make a man out of you."
Somewhere in the Forests, near Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"Where is he?" hissed Mark. Martin, on ther other hand, had his X-Staff with him as the two prowled in the forests to search for Nicholai before a gunshot rang overhead.
"What the?" Martin said. He was then dragged to the ground by Mark, placing his back on the bark of a nearby tree.
"Take cover." whispered the SHADOW agent. "We're under attack..."
"Mark-san..." Mark was in shock to hear someone familiar on the radio. "Can you hear me?"
"Miyuki? What are you doing?"
"I'm providing you some assistance. Your superior allowed me to help you in any way."
"But how?" Mark yelled, earning two 7.62 NATO bullets that shot over his head while keeping Martin on the ground. "I mean, what kind of assistance can you render?"
"I've been given a map of the area via satellites. I'm trying to get your location..."
The area's been reconned with our satellites?
"Okay. You're in the forested area 10 kilometers north of the facility."
"How'd you know that?"
"Agent Sy." MOM's voice came on his LASH headset while Mark was forced to shoot some random shots after a 7.62 NATO bullet was fired over Martin's prone form. "Our satellites can detect your location via a tracking chip placed on you U and O-Watches."
"I see." Mark peeked out to fire another 7.62 NATO bullet at the location where the bullets are seen to be from. In this case, it was from the bushes nearby.
"We'll update where the enemy is as much as we can. But right now, Nicholai's changing locations."
"How did it feel to be the hunted instead of being the hunter, boy?" taunted Nicholai from somewhere in the forest. He can be heard reloading his weapon. "I wonder. Kinda gives me memories of '98."
At that time, I was fresh out of SHADOW training with Dan when we were sent to Raccoon City to search for any involvement of Umbrella in that mess...
"Mark..." Martin whispered, finally crawling next to him. "Kinda spotted a shadowy figure on the tree north of us."
"Right." Mark replied. Peeking out, he aimed the PSG-1's Hendsoldt 6 × 42 scope and fired two shots at the figure. However, the figure dodged his shots by moving out of the way.
"You missed! What's the matter? You lost your touch? We haven't done this for 5 years now..."
"Bastard!" Mark went back to reload his PSG-1 in haste, wanting to gain advantage over Nicholai.
"Look! He's running!" yelled Martin. Seeing Nicholai making a mad dash towards another tree, Mark fired one round after another in hopes of getting a shot in. He however grazed him on his left arm.
"Shit!" Mark went back to ducking towards the tree he used for cover. "Only grazed him!"
"Mark-san, are you all right?"
"Hai. I only managed to graze my man. Can you find out where he is?"
"He seemed to have retreated towards the inner section of the forest. It's only 5 kilometers."
"Thanks." Mark then faced his Canadian colleague. "Come on, we have to head inside the forest."
Martin sighed at his request. "Understood."
Now deep in the forests, the two agents began to focus on their next move.
"Too much forest in here." Martin commented, looking around. "It's the perfect spot for an ambush." Suddenly, several gunshots rang out and it forced the two agents to go prone.
"Damn!" Mark snarled. "There's no end to this..."
"Oops..." Nicholai shouted in a sarcastic manner. "Nearly had your head."
"Curse you Zinoviev!" Mark shouted, his anger boiling over, crawling a bit on the ground holding his PSG-1.
"Dude!" Martin whispered. "We need a plan if we're going to get the guy..."
"I agree..." Mark then whispered on his LASH headset. "Miyuki-san. Listen, can you find out if there's an area that I can use in order to take a shot from an elevated terrain?"
"I think so. Chotto matte. I'll see what I can do."
Martin tapped Mark's shoulder and whispered. "I don't know if it's me, but I think I saw something sparkle in one of the plateau-like areas nearby." Peeking his head up a bit, Mark swore that he saw something flashing before a gunshot forced him to get prone again.
"I found one! There's an adjacent one to your right. There's some vegetation, so you might be able to take a shot..."
"Right. Arigato!" Mark then told Martin the following. "Right, mate. We may be able to win this. This is what you have to do..."
Were did that boy head off to this time? Nicholai was prone on the plateau, using the same PSG-1 as Mark is, only with 5 round magazines on his side. Damnit! They haven't moved around and I haven't spotted them. Curses! If I only had my thermal scope with me, I'd... wait a second.
Using the PSG-1's Hendsoldt 6 × 42 scope, Nicholai was a bit alarmed when he saw movement in the grass on the lower ground. Deciding not to take any chances, Nicholai fired three shots at it in rapid pace with one shot after another. Then, moment had seized.
"That took care of him." Nicholai whispered, standing up to admire his handiwork. However, it alarmed the Russian UBCS officer when he saw that it was merely a jacket over two sticks made into a cross. "What the heck is this?"
"Gotcha!"
Nicholai turned to his right and saw that Mark was aiming his PSG-1 right at him. Wasting no time, Nicholai aimed his PSG-1 at Mark and both parties fired in unison.
Center Command Post, outskirts of Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"What happened?" Kaoruko came to see Miyuki, who was alarmed over the shots that she and a small Center crew had heard on the radio.
"Kinoshita-keibuho." Miyuki addressed her superior. "I heard two shots. I'm not sure who fired it actually."
"I see." Kaoruko frowned. "Keep an ear on it and let me know when the situation changes..."
Somewhere in the Forests, near Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"Bastard!" Nicholai felt pain when his left eye was nearly taken out by Mark's shot after it left a bit of a wound on its side. Nicholai's, on the other hand, only grazed his right cheek.
"Now's my chance!" Dropping his PSG-1, Mark made a mad dash and took out his SP 2022 pistol. When he saw Nicholai about to grab his sidearm, Mark intercepted it by aiming the SP 2022's barrel on his right shoulder and shot it before shooting his left kneecap. A few minutes later, Nicholai was now in pain, holding his leg wound while ignoring the pain on his shoulder.
"Looks like we won." Mark steadily held his pistol at the ready.
"It appears so." Nicholai panted, due to the pain coursing on his left kneecap. "It looks like Umbrella is doomed." He then stared at his kneecap, blood pouring out from the 9mm bullet. "I didn't notice that a decoy was used."
"Hey!!" Martin shouted. "You'll have to pay for my jacket, dangit! It's the last time that I'd do a stunt like that!"
"Sorry!" Mark answered his friend's shouting. "So you lose now, Zinoviev. Looks like I'll have to end you."
"Do what you must." Nicholai mumbled, closing his eyes and smiling. The last thing he felt were four shots fired at chest and tight arms held on his head and neck before a snap sound was heard with Mark twisting his neck.
It was then over. Nicholai Zinoviev, wanted for the Raccoon City Disaster in '98 was already dead.
Cordoned Road, near Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"Miyuki! Come quick!"
Yoriko called on Miyuki after hearing reports that someone was emerging from the forest. She then stepped out on the stretch of road that had been cordoned off by the police that led to the Umbrella facility from the highway.
"What happened, Yoriko-san?"
"Don't know. But I heard that Mark-san and Martin-san were able to apprehend the suspect!" The two female officers saw a gathering of regular and SAT officers, which was assumed to be where the two agents were seen emerging out of the forest.
"Masaka..." Miyuki mumbled. "Did they..."
"Here he is, MOM." Mark dropped Nicholai's corpse before her feet. "Sorry that we weren't able to bring him in alive. Tried to fight back. That damn son of a..."
"I have some bad news though." MOM said to Mark and Martin. "We were able to locate Dr. Tamagawa. Unfortunately..."
"He's not alive?" Martin completed the rest of MOM's sentence. When she nodded, the two agents couldn't help but simply sigh. "It looks like she'll be getting the bad news."
"But look on the bright side." MOM replied. "With the confirmation of his death, Umbrella's now totally shut down. I've gotten a report from one of our agents in Osaka that the last Umbrella facility surrendered to the JGSDF's SOG when they were deployed at the request of Osaka Police." Mark and Martin gave each other high fives. Dan, nearby, gave Java the thumbs up.
Passenger Cabin, Embraer Legacy 600, over Taiwanese airspace
"It seems that it was unfortunate that Nicholai Zinoviev was killed during a police operation in Yamanashi." Wesker told Krauser and Ada in the passenger cabin, seated on a reclined chair.
"So what? It's not like we were permanent allies from the start." Krauser mocked Wesker, tracing his scar with his right index finger.
"Indeed you're right, Krauser." Wesker replied, interlocking his fingers that were on his chest, staring at him through his sunglasses. "He has outlived his usefulness to us."
"What's the next move, Wesker?" Ada asked, seated in front of him.
"We begin our move to get Krauser further inside Los Illuminados and obtain a sample of the Plaga." Wesker coolly eyed his female associate. "I believe that's from the e-mail that you've intercepted from a Mr. Luis Sera?"
Ada nodded. "That's right."
"And when that part's taken care of." grinned Krauser. "I'll have my revenge against the boy for giving me this damn scar on my face." He then gave out a bellowing laugh, which was ignored by Wesker and Ada.
Cordoned Road, near Umbrella facility, Yamanashi, Japan
"Hey..." Dan asked Mark. "Heard Krauser called you by a number, right? What was that about?"
"It's nothing." Mark said. "Nothing important." Eyeing Miyuki speaking to MOM with Aoi and Kacho, he decided to break off from him for a while. "Excuse me..."
"Miyuki!" Mark called out to the female officer. "Have a minute?"
"Yes, I do." The ponytailed officer, excusing herself to speak with the agent. "So what is it?"
"Did you speak with Nakajima-san a while ago?" Mark asked, wondering if she'd get angry. It was a bit of surprise to him when she nodded.
"That's taken care of." Miyuki replied, walking beside Mark with the two walking towards the area where reporters are speaking to Kaoruko about the situation. "He said that he was sorry. Though he had to say it so many times..." Mark noted that Miyuki had a sweat drop coming from her head.
"So what then?"
"It seems that we're going to restart our relationship again." Miyuki was smiling at him. "I guess it was your work, hm?"
"Yep." Mark nodded proudly.
"I guess this means a thank you." Miyuki enveloped Mark into a hug. "It meant a lot."
"Just tryin' to help." Mark sheepishly replied, scratching the back of his head.
(Play Aki Todou - Yes Together. ED of Vandread Second Stage)
"So what happens now?" Miyuki asked Mark, her arms behind her back.
"One thing's for sure." Mark said, his tone getting serious. "There's still some troublemakers that the Center will have to take care of very soon."
"Really?" Miyuki sounded a bit worried.
"What's important for you," Mark eyed Miyuki and grinned. "is to get back together with Ken-san. I told him that he should apologize to you if the conflict between you two should be resolved." His comments earned a blush from Miyuki.
"Hai!" Miyuki gently whispered. Mark swore that her whispers were making him shake a bit.
"Hey!" Martin yelled. "You done? MOM says that we've got some time off. You, me and Dan have the rest of the day off!"
"Yes!" Mark pumped his fist twice. "All right! Thanks, partner."
"What happens now?" The officer asked again.
"We're going to celebrate." Dan replied, giving Miyuki the peace sign. "Better hurry up, mate! We're heading to Akihabara!"
"Coming!" Mark yelled out. Martin and Dan made a mad dash towards a 2003 Toyota 4Runner. He then turned around to stare at the afternoon sun for a while.
"Mark-kun." Miyuki asked, speaking in front of him. "You think that you'll be able to find out where those three people went too?"
"Yea." Mark nodded. "And went I do, I'll deliver to them my own brand of justice." He flexed his gloved hands. "I won't forgive them when they used you as a hostage. I..." He then felt Miyuki's gloved left hand touch his.
"Just don't try to let that thought consume you, okay?" Miyuki said, making it sound as a request. "You're a good friend. And I don't want anything to happen to them..."
"Don't worry." Mark smiled. "I'll be fine. Besides, it's about time you go and talk to Ken-san about getting back together."
(End Aki Todou - Yes Together. ED of Vandread Second Stage)
THE END...
... for now.
PS - In case some of you don't know what the hell COSMOS is, check the Spriggan section in wikipedia (the manga, in particular). You'll see what it is about. And sorry I haven't updated. Lately I went to my anime convetion called Anime Evolution. Was a blast for 3 straight days.
Anyhow, sequel to this would take place in the Resident Evil 4 game. I'll do that, but I've got other fanfics to take care of, particularly Full Metal Panic ones. Check out my stories when you have time (I demand you to! LOL...), especially with an FMP AU story that I have in mind, taking place in the 1st season and 2nd Raid. Have fun reading them when they're up.