Strike Witches
The
Winged Chronicles
Fear
Lynette flies through the air with a great smile, Yoshika flying next to her and Griffin watching from the ground. The two fly in the air for a few minuets till the alarm sounds for a Neuroi attack, Lynette and Yoshika stop and hastily return to the base Griffin and a few of the girls are already in the hangar getting ready as Mina enters and says "this Neuroi signal is different, its small" Lucchini throwing her arms over her head says "its just a speed model, this will be easy" Mina crossing her arms says "yes, but the completing part is that its not moving" Barkhorn turns and says "not moving?" Mina nods her head. Charlotte getting her striker equipped says "who cares lets just kill it and get this problem taken care of" and she takes off as do the rest of the girls. Lynette and Yoshika enter the hangar trying to hurry enter to see Griffin with both their weapons in hand along with his wait for them. Griffin hands them their weapons and the three head out trying to catch up. After a few minuets the three catch up as Mina yells " there it is" as the group start to get visual of the Neuroi. Barkhorn yells "there it is, its not moving and its small" Mina and the rest of the girls get into formation as they approach the Neuroi, Perrine confused says "It looks like it now has a human form" Barkhorn replies "and it kind of looks like Miyafuji". As Yoshika and Lynette approach she looks and sees a familiar sight, right before the girls are about to engage the Neuroi Yoshika on the mike yells "Stop! I know this Neuroi" as all of them stop fifty feet in front of the Neuroi as it just hovers and watches them. Yoshika and Lynette catch up as the rest of the girls are watching the Neuroi with their weapons drawn. Mina yells "whats the meaning of this?" Yoshika flies in front of the group with her arms out protecting the Neuroi and yells "she's nice, she's the one who helped us last time", Barkhorn says "and didn't that end with with you having a kill order placed on your head and it attacked us" Yoshika now worried says "yes, but it never shot at you until you fired at it first."
Yoshika turns to the direction of the Neuroi and says "if she wanted to fight she would of already did" as Yoshika slowly starts to head towards the direction of the Neuroi. The Neuroi shrieks and hovers backward, Yoshika holding out her right hand with her gun on her back says " its ok. " All the girls with guns ready and Griffin not liking the situation says "this isn't well advised, " the Neuroi stops moving backward and stops and in response to Yoshika holds out its right arm and fingers from from the end to mimic her. Yoshika smiles and continues to move forward, slowly, then the Neuroi lowers its arm, the rest of the girls focus entirely on the Neuroi expecting an attack as the Neuroi opens its chest and it shows Yoshika its crystal core. Yoshika now twenty feet away smiles and slowly continues, the Neuroi just hovers there not doing anything. When Yoshika is about eight teen feet away the Neuroi looks up and it shrieks again and closes it's chest. All the girls now ready them self's to engage and Elia feels a bad premonition and yells "Yoshika watch out! " as a red light shines from the clouds and Yoshika with her right arm still out raises it and forms a shield as a second later a immense red beam encases the shield. All the girls shocked instantly attempt to help Yoshika who now is slowly falling down from the power of the beam. Yoshika now stressed puts all her magical strengthen into her shield as the rest of the group charges countless beams create a wall between Yoshika and the girls. Griffin instantly is throwing shields everywhere attempting to help but with amount of beams coming from the clouds it was futile. All the girls could do was block the countless beams and dodge the rest, even Elia was using her shield was unable to keep up. Yoshika loosing magic quickly faces the Neuroi and in a stressed voice says "please help" as a giant crack forms with a loud snap right down the middle of her shield. Now scared she throws her other arm up in an attempt to stop the crack. The Neuroi tilts its head and watches confused as Yoshika unable to stop the beam puts a last ditch effort to save herself put both her feet in front of her in an attempt to get away from the beam puts a little more magic into her striker pack as the crack in her shield snaps and the right side of her shield is obliterated and with a bone chilling scream Yoshika`s entire right side and front are immersed in the red Neuroi beam. All the girls stop in shock as they see Yoshika`s right side being covered by a Neuroi beam. After a few seconds the beam stops with Yoshika`s left hand still up and her entire right side of her body competently destroyed. A quarter of Yoshika`s skull was destroyed and her organic matter surrounding her brain was visible along with her right eye, part of her right side of her neck was destroyed including all of her shoulder and her right arm and ribs and her right part of her hip and her entire right leg. All the girls watch in horror seeing what has become of Yoshika, Lynette unable to width stand what shes seen breaks out into tears and yells out in pain. Mio on the mike yells " whats happened, what happened to Miyafuji? " in the left ear of Yoshika, Mio is yelling " Miyafuji!, Miyafuji!, Miyafuji!" as a single tear falls from her left eye as her body twitches and she attempts to caught and the blood falls through her hole in her neck and down her side as pieces of flesh and blood start to fall into the ocean from her entire right side of her body. Yoshika starts to fall with her left arm still above her, the Neuroi grabs Yoshika`s arm and holds her in front of her as her Striker on her left leg putters and falls off along with half her thigh and below with it.
Right after that the Neuroi attack beams coming from the clouds stop leaving the rest of the group watch in horror to what happened to Yoshika. Barkhorn now in tears flips one of her guns and grabs its barrel and inputs magic into it with a blind rage. The machine gun shines a deep blue and without hesitation Barkhorn charges leaving the rest of the group, Little droplets of water fall from Barkhorn's face and fall into the ocean as she yells with rage. The humanoid Neuroi still hovering with Yoshika in hand sees Barkhorn approach and does not move, Barkhorn approaches the two width in seconds and with all her anger she swings the gun right at the Neuroi's head. The smash completely destroys the Neuroi's head, Barkhorn with a single motion does the same thing with the Neuroi's arm. Yoshika starts to drop as Barkhorn dropping both her guns cradles her lifeless body and rushes back to the group. Barkhorn completely covered in Yoshika's blood rushes to Griffin in a exasperated voice says "You've got to do something!" Griffin with a shake of his head looks down and does nothing the rest of the girls watch in horror thinking that Yoshika is dead. Barkhorn in desperation yells "please! I can't loose her", Griffin not sure what he can do puts his hand on her chest. Griffin closing his eyes and concentrating tries to find some hope, shocked to sense a bit of life in her instantly does some hand gestures in front of his hest and murmurs some audio-able words and throws his hands on top of Yoshika. A green liquid flows out of his hands and encases her entire body. Griffin puts two shields under her body and takes her from Barkhorn, in tears she thanks him, Barkhorn turns her back and says "thank you, please save her, your the only one who can do it." With Barkhorn imputing magic into her arms and no weapon she starts to ascend as Griffin says "Gertrude", Barkhorn turns as Griffin grabs a knife from his back and throws it to her. Barkhorn smiles and firmly grabbing it the dagger shines a bright blue. The magic infused into the blade is so intense that it charges to the sky as Griffin hastily returns back to the base yelling on his mike "get the med team down here stat." By the time Griffin reached the hangar 2 doctors and Mio were waiting for him. Griffin lands and places Yoshika on the stretcher, Griffin in a haste says running down the hall "if I remember Yoshika's folder properly, her mother and grandmother run a clinic back in japan?" Mio understanding where Griffin is going replies "yes, i've met them" Griffin replies "good, I need you to get them down here immediately" now a little surprised Mio says "but why?" Griffin looking at Yoshika on the stretcher says "there the only people who know her internal structure, they can heal her more effectively then I can" looking at the ground Griffin says "if not, they can be here to pay there final respects." Mio beating herself up says "I should of been there" Griffin running with the group keeping the healing spell active says "you couldn't of predicted this" when the group reaches the medical ward the doctor starts to hook Yoshika to IV's and medical equipment. The doctors now not sure where to start turn to Griffin and says "what can we do?" Griffin knowing the answer says "Yoshika will die if I stop this spell, I need to replace the destroyed internal organs and body parts immediately." The doctor nodding says "you seem to know what to do, we'll follow your lead" as the group start to grab equipment and setting up stations. Griffin unable to move around much directs the doctors and nurses in what they need to obtain first.
The girls now back wonder the hall way waiting for news on Yoshika, seeing nurses and doctors running all around the base start to get them worried. Mina coming out of the room and says "Griffin wishes to speak to all of us" a few of the girls confused ask "why?" Mina shakes her head says "I don't know" all the girls slowly pack them self's into the room the girls are shocked to see Yoshika surrounded by wires and machines and Griffin's green healing spell, Griffin at her right side working on something says "i'm sorry for not talking to you directly but I most hastily work or Yoshika will die and this is why i'm calling you in here for, this healing spell takes a large amount of magical energy to maintain which I do not have the reserves to maintain for the time needed to save Yoshika's life." The girls expecting the worst give a slight gasp as Griffin continues "this is where you come in, I need you to infuse your magical energy right into my body so I can save my energry for more important work, and in doing so all of you will in hence help to save Yoshika's life" all the girls start to smile with anticipation knowing that they can help save Yoshika's life. Griffin now happy that everyone is on board says "now, we will need to make a rotation for everyone, I will need someone with me almost every hour of every day till i'm finished, Mina said she would work out a rotation so everyone won't be to affected and can still continue with their normal duties . This will not be easy but i know we can do it,now, who wishes to start?" Before anyone could say a word Lynette stakes a step forward and say "Yoshika is my friend, I would be honoured to go first" Perrine crossing her arms say "well since Lynette is going first i'll take second" and one after another they all volunteered to take a spot and help. Lynette puts her hands on Griffins shoulder and activates her magic and concentrates.
WR.
Hey Its Red my apologies on the lateness on this chapter, as you read it was a big one .
I would like to thank Whitecamo for is contributions in helping proof read and help with character choice development for the last 2 chapters.