Strike Witches
The Winged Chronicles
Appearance
Griffin, Mina and Mio are in Mina's office as Griffin explains what happened with the nurse validating his story. Mina bracing herself with the table says "if i'm understanding you... and I can't believe i'm saying this is that Yoshika has a core of a Neuroi inside her?" Grffin and the nurse nod, Mina looks at Mio and says "you left Barkhorn and Erica with her right?" Mio nods grudgingly and says "with the order to kill if she show signs of being a Neuroi herself." Griffin shocked but expecting this action says "then I should be there" Mina in a stern voice says "no, your too emotionally attached to this, keep your distance for the time being, and speak of this to no one, your sworn to secrecy ." Griffin protests but Mina shoots him down every time, Mina dismisses the two after they leave Mina in a long sigh turns to Mio and says " what can we do?" Mio walking in front of the desk says "not much right now, if the heads found out they'll surely take her and do experiments on her till the day she dies" Mina crossing her fingers in front of her looks straight out and says " best to keep this private for the time being, tell everyone else that a Neuroi attacked the base and Griffin disposed of it." Mio nods and leaves the room and Mina's face turns to the desk and a tear drop's from her face as she wipers "God help us." Back in Yoshika's room only Yoshika unconscious, Barkhorn and Erica remain as the two turn to each other and Erica says " Hey Trude, are we really gona kill Yoshika?" Barkhorn in a stern face not looking at Erica says "If we have to, those are our orders." Erica with a frown turns back to Yoshika and grasps her gun and says nothing.
In Yoshika's subconscious Yoshika is in a white room with her limbs back to normal bound by chains on her ankles and her wrists suspended in the room, Yoshika in a panic searches the room but only sees white as she calls out "Anyone out there" as silence falls on the room Yoshika trying to free herself from the chains pulls on them on each of her limb but they don't even budge. Yoshika starts to cry as she hears a faint laugh in the room, shocked Yoshika franticly searches the room but no one is in sight. Yoshika can feel a pulling on her right wrist and both her ankles, scared she yells "stop" as her right arm and her legs are ripped from her body with skin and bone from her face and her right eye. Yoshika cries on horror and pain as she feels everything get ripped off. Yoshika now dangling on her left arm with blood falling to the ground unable to move only hangs by her arm in extreme pain unable to speak or make a noise. Yoshika with a shudder looks in front of her seeing the torn limbs in front of her being held up like there rest of it was there. Slowly black Neuroi cells come from the edges of the skin and start to grow outwards. Yoshika watches as she see's a figure form from her turn limbs, the black figure now hovering in front of her with a red eye staring at her. The room goes black as the walls start to fill with images of people dieing by Neuroi attack and video's of witches around the world, Yoshika starting to fade out of conscious in her mind says "I can't give up, I need to keep moving forward" as a mechanical click comes from her body as if her nerves were being ripped out slowly wires and metal start to form from her heart and start to cover her body. When the wires and metal finally finish what they were doing Yoshika's left arm is let go from the chains as she falls to the ground and she lands on her mechanical knee with her arm bracing her up. Yoshika looking at her body she remembers what happens and says "I won't be beaten, not by the likes of you" as she looks at her right mechanical hand and makes a fist and starts to approach the black other self as it starts to laugh. The black figure raises its hand to Yoshika as Yoshika approaches it, Yoshika grasps it as the black cells start to move onto her body. A voice says "very well" as the black figure merges with Yoshika.
Two days pass and Yoshika is still asleep, in the afternoon,Yoshika feeling a deep burning in her chest awakes with a pain on her chest as she arises from her bed with her right hand supporting her she grasps her chest as she looks down and see's blood covered bandages. Yoshika looking in front of her sees Barkhorn and Erica standing in front of the bed with guns pointed at her. Yoshika confused says "umm, whats all this about Barkhorn-san?" Barkhorn in a stern voice says "is that you Yoshika?" Confused Yoshika answers "of course its me, who else would it be?" Erica cocking the gun says "Your a Neuroi Yoshika, we have orders to kill you if you try anything" Yoshika confused says "what do you mean, i'm me can't you tell that?" as Yoshika tries to lift the covers Barkhorn with tears in here eyes says "don't try anything Yoshika, don't make me kill you." Yoshika stops and says "you are starting to scare me" as Mina walks into the room with Mio and Griffin, Yoshika scared upset says "Mina tell them that i'm not a Neuroi" Mina with an emotionless face turns to Griffin and says "do it" as Griffin channels and moves his fingers and a blue bubble forms around Yoshika and her bed. Mina says "since we can't trust that your still Yoshika we have to take precautions, bullets can go in nothing can come out" Yoshika grasping her covers says with tears in her eyes says "please stop this I don't want to die I'm not a Neuroi you have to believe me" as Mina with a slight frown says "at the moment your MIA in the paper works till we decide what to do with you, I don't want to do this but I have no choice" Mina looks at Mio and says "go ahead" Mio draws her sword with regret in her face as she approaches Yoshika's bed and grabs her sword with her hand. The door swings open with Lynette on the other side with tears in her face yells "don't kill Yoshika, she hasn't done anything wrong" as she leaps into the room and embraces Yoshika defending her from Mio. Mio with an emotionless face says "Lynette please move I have to do this" Lynette shakes her head and says as the two embrace each other in fear "I can't, if your going to do this then your going to have to kill us both." Yoshika with tears in her eyes says "Lynne-Chan please let me go, I can't let you die for my sake" as the phone rings in the room. Mina picks it up and says "Yes, Mina here" Mina listens to the voice on the other end as Mina says "What? How, where, alright, we'll be right down" Mina turns to the group and says someone is here from head office and want to see all of us immediately Mio says "what about Yoshika?" Mina turns to Mio with worried eyes and says "everyone" Griffin lowers the shield around Yoshika and the group heads outside to the hangar.
All the girls are already there minus the ones in Yoshika's room, a black car with to large trucks on each end. The group walks out towards the car with Yoshika and Lynette embracing each other helping Yoshika walk. Yoshika thinking to herself "its a lot easier to walk today no pain at all, its just a little hard to balance without feeling the ground directly." Three large men in black suits about the same build as Griffin step out of the car with a man in full Military attire, the short man in comparison takes his hat off and greets the group. Maloney emerges from under the hat and says with a smile on his face "well isn't this a surprise, I told you that I would be back" Mina with in front of the group says "what do you want?" Maloney replies "you've been keeping secrets from us" Mina says "I have not" Maloney points to Yoshika and says "that girl is MIA and you have her right here." Mina knowing that she has been caught in a lie doesn't reply, Maloney with a smirk says "also by my reports that girl has something that we would like to take a look at" Mina trying to deny Yoshika's event says "like what? Yoshika has nothing you need" Maloney with an arrogant voice says "really? By my reports that girl has fused with a Neuroi core and is till living" Yoshika not believing what she is hearing takes a step back, "I'm taking her back to the base with me" Maloney demanded. Yoshika steps away from the group a little before Griffin walks in front of her and says "you not taking her" Maloney with annoyed voice says "you again, man for a failed experiment your a real thorn on my side" The girls confused Griffin says "I'm not a failed experiment" Maloney with a smirk says "oh, so you don't know, how amusing" Griffin confused keeps his composure as Maloney goes on "your a failed experiment, we were trying to fuse witch DNA with a man to create a Warlock. You were the first and a complete failure, you never lost your family in a Neuroi attack or your limbs. They were lost during the experiment, everything you know about your childhood is a lie, implanted into you then you were discarded" Griffin not believing what he is hearing the girls just stand there not sure what to think. Maloney raises his right hand and snaps his fingers as one of the large men takes his sunglasses off and his suit jacket and starts to walk at an angle from Griffin, Griffin not sure what to expect stands there ready for anything. Maloney with a proud voice says "here we have a success from our experiments a real Warlock not a failure like yourself" Griffin in an angered voice says "i'm not a failure" as Maloney snaps his fingers again and the man stops and faces Griffin with his back to the ocean. The man lowers his arms and with a deep breath two spikes start to form from his back, the girls watch in amazement. The two spikes rip through the back of the shirt as two white wings of an angel emerge from his back, Griffin now shocked doesn't say a word.
Maloney lowering his hand says "Kill him" as the man with a flap of his wings charges Griffin with immense speed what took a second for the girls Griffin is taken by the man as sparks fly from the ground as Griffin is being pushed my the other man. Griffin grasping the mans elbow with his right hand and the mans right with his left, holding his ground. The two don't even look as the mans wings push Griffin towards the ocean, Griffin turns is eyes slightly to the left to see his distance to the ocean as the man moves his elbow and takes a swing at Griffin's head. Griffin dodges and grabs his fist with his hand as the two reach the edge of the ocean, Griffin instantly transforms his feet into flying mode and fires them at maximum. With their speed and Griffin's legs going at maximum the two just hover across the water not moving up or down, Maloney watches with amusement as the two start to exchange fists over the ocean. After a second Maloney takes a step forward and with a out stretched hand says "now girl come with me" Yoshika takes a step back and says "no" as the girls start to spread out but only Barkhorn and Erica armed with weapons the two glance at each other and take the corners waiting for the order. Maloney seeing this yells out to the truck as a bunch of foot soldiers come pouring out of the truck and surround the girls from the back Perrine grabs Mio's sleeve not knowing what to do, Mio looks at her as she slowly reaches for her sword. Maloney again says "your coming with me, dead or alive" as Maloney points a gun at Yoshika, Yoshika scared not knowing what to do stands there in fear.
With a big splash the everyone looks over to see Maloney`s soldier slightly bouncing up and down in the air as Griffin is thrown into the ocean, the group watch as Griffin flies out contacting the mans face and launches him right into the water. The man rushes out as the two keep exchanging fists Perrine still holding onto Mio`s sleve says `why doesn't Griffin use his wings to give himself a speed boost" Mio not looking at her only staring at Maloney, Mina hearing Perrine says "Griffin just got accused of being a failed experiment he has to beat him upon even terms" Perrine shocked says "why?" "he has to prove to himself that he is not a failure" Mina replies. As they watch the fight continue, Griffin gets launched into the ocean again as Maloney watching with a smile says "good,good, now kill him" Mio seeing this as an advantage without a sound rushes towards Maloney with sword drawn with her eye on cutting his head off before he even knows. Mio like a bullet heads towards Maloney like there is no tomorrow, right before Mio can land a strike and everyone else can discover what happened Mio is grabbed mid sprint by one of the three large men with Maloney. With a "gah" as the girls see Mio in the air with a hand around her neck and one around her wrist with sword in hand. The girls gasp as Maloney walks over to Mio and says "not a bad plan, but you failed" as he laughs. Mio in anger drops her sword and instantly activates her magic and with all her might lands a punch with her left fist. The impact pushes dust from the centre as the Mio watches in shock to see the man's glasses fly off his face, he did not even move and take the fist straight on. The man stands there staring at Mio with an emotionless stare with a hand still around her neck and wrist as the Mio's fist slow falls from the man's face and the impact of her knuckle has left an imprint on her face. Maloney with a smirk says "now come with me or she dies" as the man clenches his hand around Mio's neck. Mio gasping for air grabs his hand trying all her might to release herself but with no success. Yoshika with tears in her eyes starts to walk forward as Lynette tries to grab her but misses as Yoshika slowly walks towards Maloney with no one able to save her. Yoshika crying, walks towards Maloney keeps saying in her head "please, some one help me" over and over again, when Yoshika is about thirty feet from Maloney he gets inpatient and walks towards her grabbing her left wrist and starts to drag her as Yoshika yelling out "no, let go!" Yoshika not having the stregnth to oppose Maloney just scrapes her metalic feet on the ground. Yoshika terrified again says "some one please help me." A voice in Yoshika's head says "I can help you"
Yoshika in her mind is in a white room crying on the floor as a black hazy figure approaches her and asks "why are you crying?" Yoshika looking up says "I'm being taken away and I can't do anything to stop it" the figure standing there says "I can help", Yoshika whimpering says "you can, how?" the figure says "let me out, give me control, your power, I can do what you can't" Yoshika shakes her head and says "how can I trust you, I don't even know who you are?" The figure taking a step towards her says "you know who I am as it waves it hand in the air as the walls of the room are covered with images of herself and of the human Neuroi of Yoshika. Yoshika looking around feels an connection in her brain and says "I feel something in my head, someone's voice and memories." The figure says "those are my memories and my voice, I connected our brains together so we can finally communicate" Yoshika grabbing her head says "it hurts, why are you doing this?" "Its the only way I could show you that I want to help" says the figure, Yoshika standing up says "but I still don't know I can trust you" the figure says "what other choice do you have" Yoshika ponders for a moment and says "you promise to save me and Sakamoto-san?" It nods as it extends its hand, Yoshika with a face of security grasps it as the figure starts to merge with Yoshika. Outside Yoshika still being dragged on the floor says "let me go" as Maloney keeps moving forward. Suddenly Yoshika lifts up her right foot and rams it into the ground and stops moving, Maloney being sightly thrown off his balance turns to her and tries to pull her and says "keep moving" Yoshika lifting her head towards Maloney says "you can not take us" as Yoshika's right eye flashes and starts to glow red and from her back black cells start to form a line to each of her limbs. On the back of Yoshikas palms a black circle with red outlines starts to form as Yoshika with a evil grin says in a slight metallic voice "go away" as she takes her left hand and punches Maloney in the chest and launches him backwards towards the truck. The girls watch in shock not knowing what just happened as Maloney is cached by one of his men and land into the truck and make a foot large indent into it. Maloney grabbing his chest in pain yells "shoot her" as the man puts Maloney on his feet and pulls out a pistol from his suit jacket and starts to charge her and fires a single shot at her. Yoshika with out a voice raises her right hand and angles her body, the bullet grazes her metallic shoulder with a ping, Yoshika glances at the scrape mark and says "tch" as she drops her hand and charges the man. The two race towards each other and meet in the middle of the group as the large man take a wide swing for Yoshika, Yoshika gabs the mans arm swings up and uses the momentum to get on his other side. Yoshika with a evil smirk punches the man right in the head knocking him to the ground. As the man falls to the ground Yoshika start to lift her foot and breaks the mans left leg and continues to charge at Mio, before the soldier could react the black circle on her right hand expanded to cover her entire back of her hand as she takes a swing and with the momentum rips through the mans face leaving a gaping crater in the left side of once was a face.
Mio falls to the ground as Yoshika catches her, with a smile she gently lays her on the ground before she stand back up and faces Maloney and starts to walk towards him. Maloney taking a step backward looks towards the ocean as Griffin throws the man he's been fighting right in front of him covered on blood and says "i'm no failed experiment" as Maloney rushes to his car. Yoshika starts to run towards him as she falls to her knee and covers her right eye and says "not now, i'm almost finished" as she tries to get up and falls to the ground unconscious. The soldiers around the girls start to take a step back in fear as they turn around with a smirk. Barkhorn cracks her knuckels and says "this will be fun" as the foot soldiers run back towards the truck and with Maloney run away.
Griffin beat up checks on Yoshika as the rest of the girls come hurrying over, Mina says "what just happened?" Griffin shakes his head and says I don't know, but I don't think we've seen the last of him. As they look at Yoshika and say "what about her" Mina says "take her back to the medical ward with armed guards, were going to have a meeting as soon as we get back."