Strike Witches
The
Winged Chronicles
Rescue
Mina walks into the briefing room with everyone following as Mina reaches the front of the room everyone gathers in as turns and says "If we go after Yoshika we will be acting against military rules and be labelled as gone rouge and probably be executed if we come back, if we come back." Every one looks at each other and no words are said and Mina continues "if anyone has any objections speak now, I'll file them before we leave and you can stay in your room until we come back." Everyone stays silent as Mina sighs and looks at Mio who gives her a nod and says "we leave a Dawn, you have till then to prepare and rest, dismissed" everyone leaves the room and heads their separate ways. Within a few hours everyone starts to gather in the hangar as the sun starts to peak from the clearing, Mina is the last one to enter as she sees everyone gear up with extra ammo, supplies and get ready. Mina turns to gather all her things as she sees Mio gearing up near the back with only a sword. Mina walks over and says "you're not going" Mio turns and says "try and stop me, I brought that poor girl into this and I can't let he be experimented on while I did nothing" Mina shakes her head and replies "you can't use magic anymore, you can't even cast a shield" Mio smiles and says "that's what I have you for" as she walks away and continues to get ready. Mina drops her head sighs with a smile turns to see Lynette grabbing both her sniper rifle and the Gatling gun Griffin made as Griffin grabs his old Ammo back pack and ready other things. After a few more minutes Mina yells "everyone this might be the last mission we embark on, if it is it's a pleasure working with you, Strike Witches commence Mission!" as they all fly out of the hangar
Yoshika bound on each forearm with a metal cuff on each limb that is keeping her bound keeping each limb stretched out and pulled from her body so that she can't bend any of her limbs. Yoshika groggy awakes to see a man dressed in a military uniform sitting in a chair watching her. After a second the man notices that she is awake and stands up and starts to talk. It takes a few minutes before Yoshika is fully aware of her surroundings and is fully able to comprehend what the man is saying. Yoshika takes a good look at the man in front of her, after a second her brain starts to function, Maloney is standing before her with a smile on his face. Yoshika in a weak voice asks "why am I here?" Maloney putting his hands behind is back says "you're a Neuroi weapon and Spy" Yoshika still weak shakes her head and mutters "I'm not a Neuroi or a spy" Maloney with a slight sign of anger points his finger at her and says "you are and I've seen it with my own eyes." Yoshika looking around discovers that she is unable to move any of her limbs and a light pulling pain is creeping up, in front of her are 5 men just like she saw before with the same build as Griffin. Yoshika with a sincere voice asks "please, let me go" Maloney with a smile answers "I can't do that, As a Neuroi you don't have any rights" Yoshika again shakes her head and with a more firm voice says "I'm not, I'm human, I'm a member of the 501st" Maloney takes a step back and says "really, then who else is inside that head of yours?" Yoshika stares at Maloney for a second and with a red flash from her right eye N's black clothes and tie appear over Yoshika's body and her eye starts to glow a deep red. Maloney with a feeling of success says "there, the other one has appeared" N with a fierce look of anger yells "release us at once" Maloney with a smile says "you're not in position to give orders " as N grits her teeth and starts looking around, looking at her right arm and tries to pull it free. After a second N faces Maloney with disgust and says "you will pay for this", "really, how are you going to do that, I still have to seek vengeance for my fallen men and as a Neuroi you have no rights, I can do what I wish" replies Maloney. N staring at Maloney envelopes inside her and in a white room in Yoshika's mind N standing in front of Yoshika says "what are we going to do now?" Yoshika pondering says "you can't break free" N with a annoyed look replies "no, but if you give me full control I can" Yoshika with a face of concern says "I can't, I've seen images in my mind of your past" N angry yells "that was the past, we need to think about the future and now" Yoshika putting her hands against her chest says "everyone will come, they'll rescue us." N with an annoyed look says "that's if they even know were here, all I remember was being attacked in our room, They might not even know where here is" Yoshika says "all we can do is hope" N yells "give me full control and I can get us out of here" Yoshika shakes her head, N yells out of anger and says "idiot". Maloney snapping his fingers in front of Yoshika trying to get here attention says "hey, you don't have time to space out" as N looks at Maloney with anger and says nothing, Maloney turning around takes a rolled up piece of cloth that has some ridged edges and unrolls it to reveal hammer,knifes,tweezers among other tools . N looks at all the items on the table and knowing what's coming next says "your pathetic, you're going to torture a poor girl for your sick sense of justice" Maloney with some pride says "I'm just defending my country, and killing Neuroi is doing that" N yells "yes but killing an innocent girl is also part of that defending your country, bull shit." Maloney turning and facing N says "all I see is a poor witch who has been possessed by a dangerous Neuroi and needs to be exterminated" N with disgust says "Coward" and leaves it at that.
Maloney cracking his knuckles says "shall we get started?" as Maloney reaches his right fist back and lands a single powerful punch right in the side of Yoshika's face. N not reacting just stares at Maloney with a blank stare. Maloney with a smile says "good, let's see if we can break that determination of yours" as punch after punch lands all over Yoshika's body. After a few minutes blood starts to flow out of N's mouth as she spits out a wad of blood onto the floor, N now angry yells "you coward" Maloney with a smile says "there now we have a reaction" N more focused on Maloney almost misses Yoshika's screams of pain as N enters her mind in the same white room that is now covered in blood with Yoshika on the floor in agonizing pain, N runs over to her and unknowing what to do places her hand on her and says "its ok, we'll make it through this" Yoshika with tears rolling down her face barely able to lift her face says "I can't anymore of this, I want to go home" as she falls to the ground into the fetal position crying. N used to pain wasn't aware that Yoshika is still just a young girl, N knowing that Yoshika is suffering places her hands over her body and closes her eyes. A clear glass box encases Yoshika, Yoshika not feeling anymore pain attempts to get up as she sees the box and says "what are you doing" N with now blood flowing from her face says "what I can, I'm using all of my might to take control of the sensory nerves in your body and send them directly to me, you don't deserve to suffer for my mistake" Yoshika replies "mistake?" N nods and says "if I didn't take over your body you wouldn't be in this mess" on the outside N's black cloths disappear to show Yoshika's regular white uniform covered in blood, while N's right eye still shines brightly. Maloney with a smile says "What do we have here, you starting to give up?" N doesn't reply, Maloney annoyed lands another punch right to right side of her chest. Unexpectedly N feels a sharp snap following with extreme pain coming from her ribs; N leans to the left and yells out of shear pain. Maloney laughs and says "finally we broke through that wall of yours, by what I heard that was a rib breaking" N's right eye starts to flicker as N takes another punch to her right side. N yells out of anguish feeling another rib crack, more blood starts to flow out her mouth as N internally having difficulty keeping Yoshika encased in her mind. Yoshika can see blood flowing out of N's head and mouth as the glass case starts to crack. Yoshika yells N "to stop this" as N with a smirk doesn't listen as another punch lands on the left side of her face. Maloney starting to get tired says as he walks to a table near the back of the room "your tough, but I've never seen anyone beat this" as Maloney brings out a blowtorch and with a spark from his lighter ignites it. N looks in horror knowing whats coming next, internally N yells "Now! Give me control before it's too late" N looks to discover Yoshika not moving in the box, N yells "Hey, wake up!" as she can tell that Yoshika is still alive, Maloney walking towards her saying "now what shall we remove first" as he starts to eye her limbs. Maloney holds the torch next to her to let her feel the heat, N with pure anger says "if it's the last thing I do I'm going to kill you with my bare hands" Maloney laughs and says "I would like to see that" as Maloney holds the torch above her left bicep. Maloney now moving the torch closer to her skin says "I should let you feel what this thing can do before I work on the other parts of your body" as Maloney puts the torch directly on her skin, N instantly feeling the sharp stinging pain of her skin melting throws a circle of Neuroi Cells above the torch to block the flame. Maloney surprised says "impressive" as Maloney moves the torch and the cells follow, N with pure concentration can't not reply. Maloney says "let's see how long this can last" as minuets pass and the Neuroi cells slowly start to disappear and loose strength, Maloney waves his hand and 3 other men grab torches and start to melt holes into Yoshika's right hand, left ankle and right knee. N's eyes twitch towards the direction of the three men but does nothing, Maloney laughs and says "interesting, you'll sacrifice your artificial limbs to protect your skin" N at her last rope is barely able to keep the Neuroi cells from dissipating and Yoshika's mind intact in the glass case. Maloney removes the torch and tells the other three men who have melted holes into Yoshika`s other limbs rendering them useless, says as he hold the torch near her face "let's see how long you can keep that red eye open for" as the torch edges closer to her face. N scared leans her head back as she can start to feel the heat from the flame, a ring from the phone behind Maloney as Maloney turns the torch off and picks the phone up. Maloney utters a few words into the phone and turns to the three men and yells "we have company" and they start to walk out of the room, Maloney turns to one of the men and says "stay here if she moves, Kill her" and he closes the door. N now with a chance to rest leans forward due to exhaustion and lets the blood drip out of her mouth as she quietly utters with a slight smirk "took them long enough".
Mina in lead of the group approach the island as Sonya's magical sensors detect the radar spotting them, Sonya in her usual soft voice says "their radar have detected us" Mina looks back at Sonya, looking forward Mina says "I was expecting that" Mina signals for the group to stop a mile above the base as they look down they can hear an alarm going off and people running around. Mina yells "everyone spread out and mark you targets, Lynette, Mio stay with me as I direct the group movements." Right below them the warlocks Maloney created start to ascend towards the group, "everyone else move out" yells Mina, with a loud "roger!" everyone else dashes down to meet the enemy. Mina watches as sparks and explosions fly everywhere as the battle begins, artery appear from inside a bunker as shells start to fly towards Mina's group, Lynette protects the group with her mini shields and with her anti-tank Rifle picks them off one after another as Mina using her head set gives out orders and information as Mio hovers next to her with an annoyed look on her face with her arms crossed. After a few minutes one of the warlocks break through the group and charges towards Mina, Mina not paying attention to her front doesn't notice the man till he's ten feet in front of her. Mina looks in front of her and with a slight gasp is unable to move in time as the man moves closer with a dagger in hand, Mina expecting a hit faces the man without flinching as a white blur glides in front of her and with a glistening shine the man stops with a splatter of blood in the air and the white blur stops the man as she lowers her blade and turns to Mina and says "don't worry Mina, I'll protect you, focus on your work" Mio flicks her blade to her side and throws the blood off it as she sheaths it. Mina shocked for a second hovers there and mutters "Mio" until another artillery round explodes near Mio's back as they turn to see Lynette not looking at their direction with her hand left hand underneath her gun and a shield behind Mio's back and with one hand aims her rifle and fires one shot at the tank as it explodes. Lynette braces her rifle with her left hand, still looking forward fires shot after shot into the fray of enemy's supporting the Witches and the shell casings fall into the ocean one after another, Mina regains her focus and continues to give out orders.
Yoshika still tied up with N controlling parts of her body just hangs there with blood dripping on the floor and a guard listening to the radio of the battle. N inside Yoshika's subconscious looks at Yoshika breathing and able to speak again inside the glass box says "you're lucky" Yoshika with a slight smile and sigh of relief says "I'm glad they made it" N with a slight smile and annoyed face says "if you gave me full control most of this could have been adverted" Yoshika looks down and doesn't say anything, N with relief lies on top of the glass case and closes her eyes and rests. In the room the radio continuing to blast out battle reports yells out "all units be careful when charging the group leader she has a body guard with a sword" as N looks up at the radio "be prepared for hand to hand combat or take her out first" Yoshika's eyes open up and says " Sakamoto-san "N above her outside the case says "the only way we can get out her is if you give me full control, were too badly damaged to get out otherwise" Yoshika shakes her head and N bangs the case and says nothing. After a minuet the radio goes off again as a man yells "I shot the one with the sword. She's going down" Yoshika with an urge of shock yells "Sakamoto-san!" as tears start to flow from her eyes. Yoshika crying under a whimper says "you win" N looks at her and tilts her head and says "what?" Yoshika with fury and terror in her eyes yells "you win, I'll give you full control" N with a smile says "finally" as the case shatters under her words and a black throne appears behind N. "If you sit in the chair I gain full control and all you have to do is watch" as Yoshika barely able to get up says "I don't care, just help Sakamoto-san, Promise?" As she staggers towards the chair, N with a nod says "I give you my word" as Yoshika sits in the chair and the white room fades into black and screens appear and N fades in the darkness with a smile.