I don't own Vandread.
Chapter 7 Steel Cage King
"Alright Dita, I need you to take off all your clothes and then lay down on the table so Maya can scan your body." Rain said. Dita nodded and removed her yellow robe before lying down on the table. Rain raised one brow at her actions before sighing and walking out of the room while saying, "Just remember to hold still so we don't get any errors in the scan," as he walked through the sliding door.
Rain sighed before going into the other room. He glanced out the window to the room he just left before shaking his head. He wondered if Dita was just carefree or just stupid. He crossed out the last one and considered the first option since it made more sense to him. He had once questioned Dita on this, and she actually told him that it was just that she was naturally happy and willing to help out in anyway possible. He asked why she was like that, and she just replied with a shrug. Rain placed that moment on his "Weird" shelf in his mind.
Sighing again, he walked through the sliding door and into the Control Room to oversee the procedure. He already knew that Meia would be in the room since she asked him if she could talk to him about something. He wasn't too surprised to see her standing against the back wall with her arms crossed and a leg crossed over the other. She had a brow raised at Dita at the moment since they could see outside vie a window that over looked the room. Rain was slightly surprised to see Misty sitting backwards in one of the chairs in the room. She waved at Rain with a smile as she went back to spinning around in the chair. Rain looked behind her to see her reason. Hibiki was glued to the window with his jaw hanging loosely and his eyes bulging at the sight of a naked Dita. Rain slapped a palm to his face while he tried to think of a reason to yell at Hibiki. He figured that Misty would probably do that after a few minutes. Rain shook his head at the sight of Hibiki though. He found it odd that Hibiki was here staring at Dita, yet he refused to go to her room to keep his promise to her. Yeah, this was awkward and wrong on a few levels in his book.
Sighing, he walked over to the chair next to Misty while saying, "Dita, we're about to begin the scanning sequence. So please hold still, okay?" while turning the chair to face Meia. He figured that Dita would say okay, which she did, and Rain was able to just look at Meia with a brow raised to match hers. "So, why pray tell is the idiot and his fan club here with us?" Rain motioned Hibiki with his thumb and Misty with a nod.
"What makes you think I'm a member of his Fan Club?" Misty snorted as she stopped to glare at him. Rain just smirked.
"You follow him around constantly. You've been hand feeding him lately. You've even been trying to steal him away from Dita. So… I'm right, right?" Rain gave a sideways glance to her with an evil smirk. Misty began blushing madly at Meia and Rain's strange looks.
"Rain, knock it off." Meia ordered. Rain frowned while he leaned back in his chair. Meia sighed heavily as she looked at the now depressed Justice Pilot. "I just don't want you having another person that doesn't like you." Rain smiled while spinning in his chair. "Seriously, Barnette doesn't like you, and Jura wants to kill you. Can't you just be the sensible one, and just stop the fighting?" She questioned.
"Jura started our fight, so I have no control over that one since she is a bitch." Meia glared at him. "As for Barnette… I guess I could try to stop arguing with her since I think she's starting to enjoy them." Meia shot him a confused expression. "I don't like to fight with someone who enjoys it." He stated.
"Alright Dita, the scanning has been completed. You can get off now." Maya said. Rain shrugged and spun around to start working on his laptop.
The door suddenly hissed open and Rain felt someone's hand touch his shoulder, and saw red hair out of the corner of his eye. "She won't have her new form for a little while, Dita. I have to help her get dressed, help her put on her accessories she selected, and then I have to help her with her hair style." Rain stopped and turned to look at Dita. "I'll tell you… when… she's… ready?" Rain got another eye full of a naked Dita. Rain just stared at her in confusion for a few minutes as reality fell on him like a bad case of a stomach virus. After shaking the image of a naked Dita dancing around in his head, he pushed her away and shielded his eyes. "Dita please put on your robe. I don't want to stare at you in your birthday suit." He moaned. Rain waited for the door to hiss open, hiss close, then hiss open again, and then hiss close again. After two minutes of waiting for the said sounds and not hearing anything, he looked up to see Dita in her robe now, but still undone. "Please tie up your robe." Dita looked down and quickly tied her robe up. "Thank you." He whispered while going back to work.
"Sorry." She said hastily while clasping her hands together. Rain mumbled something as he continued to work. "So how long will it take?!" She asked as she leaned over his shoulder to watch.
"Supposing we don't run into any problems, I should have her finished by the end of the day." He stated. Dita smiled and started dancing around the room, forgetting that she wasn't wearing any panties at the moment. Hibiki passed out from blood loss after getting a good look at her naked body.
"I'm heading to the bridge now." Maya announced as she appeared in the room. Rain nodded and she quickly vanished.
"She seems happy now." Meia stated with a grin.
"Yeah, but I know she's going to be mad at me since I type really fast and that often screws up her speech or response time." He replied with a grin. The three women and one man all watched as Rain's fingers became blurs as he began typing on the keypad.
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"Yep, it's a Mission Colony alright." Maya said. BC raised a brow at the little AI and her tone she used. She almost sounded like she was annoyed and tired at the same time. Maya noticed the glance that BC was giving her before snapping at her. "Why the hell did you call me when I think you have enough brain cells to understand what that thing is?!"
"You sound rather angry." Amarone stated. Maya floated over to Amarone as she continued. "I've never heard you sound angry before. Did Rain do something bad last night or something?" She questioned.
"No, I've been up all night for a week straight trying to fix Dale." She stopped and grumbled something. "I just wish I had some help in fixing him. Parfait can only do so much, and Rain's been staying up with me in an attempt to help me, but even with them helping me, it's just not enough." She mumbled something again. "I wish those two nigan weren't so useless sometimes. They're good with dealing with my system programs, but they don't have a clue on what to do with Dale. I just wish that Spark or Cole was here to help me." Maya floated around for a few seconds before floating up into BC's face. "What are you looking at?" She snapped.
"What's a "nigan"?" She questioned.
"That's human Japanese in language." She answered.
"What's wrong with your speech now?" Celtic questioned.
"Rain programming be with messing around must my." She stammered. "huh, Bad?" She asked. BC nodded, wincing slightly at the sound of a sentence being butchered so badly. "I'll back be." She moaned while flickering away. The bridge bunnies all looked at each other for a few seconds before trying to establish a connection with the station.
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"Won't that interfere with her in anyway though?" Misty asked.
"Yeah, and she should be here to yell at me in about three seconds." He said with a grin. Three seconds later, Maya appeared right in front of Rain's face. "Damn you're so good when it comes to entering a room with that angry expression." He joked.
"I'LL…KILL…YOU!" She seethed. Rain just laughed while she continued. "I'm sure Barnette would be more than happy to put a round in your skull, dumbass!" Rain shot her an innocent look. "Listen here you little dumbass! We just got a Mission Colony, and we're going to see about acquiring some water from them in exchange for some minor repairs to their station. And you're now going with them! BC's leading this expedition, so pack your bags and get your ass in gear!" She yelled before vanishing.
Rain grumbled something as he stood up to leave. "I can't believe her sometimes." He groaned. The others all sighed and followed Rain out of the room while shaking their heads.
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"Okay the leader has agreed to let us come onboard to discuss the trade up front." BC stated calmly. She looked over the team that was following her in. Barnette was putting on her vest from the first station, while she slung a M14 over her shoulder. She had a large case at her feet, making her look like a walking arsenal. Hibiki was standing up against the shuttle, looking inside at his machine that he placed in there, just incase he needed it. Dita was beside him, talking to him as usual. Parfait was adjusting her glasses while talking to a few other Techs. Jura was talking to Barnette at the moment, but the conversation was mostly about her guns, wondering why she was bringing them when she probably wouldn't get a chance to use them. Pyoro was floating beside Rain, asking him about Maya's human form. Rain was looking rather bored at the moment. Gascgone was walking up to the shuttle with a big grin on her face. BC sighed before continuing. "The station has some minor damage, and we have agreed to patch up a few of the holes for water. They want to see our lead Tech to confirm if we mean business or are just trying to use them."
"Yeah, yeah we get it already." Rain moaned. "I already heard this speech from my pissy AI."
"The others haven't, Rain. I think they deserve to know why we're heading over there, rather than them coming over here." BC told him. Rain rolled his eyes. She shot him a glare before continuing. "Alright, mount up." She moaned.
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"The shuttle has left the hanger." Celtic announced. Celtic was wearing a bright pink kimono with purple butterflies. She knew that Rain had a liking to Japanese themes, and thus the reason for her choice of clothing.
"Alright, make sure to keep an eye on them." Magno ordered. She smiled at Celtic's choice of wear, but decided to not say anything. Celtic just smiled back as she went to work.
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The team all exited the shuttle while looking around the hanger they were in. Dita's Dread was beside the shuttle since she said she was going to be escorting them to the colony. The team slowly made their way to a large door. Barnette leaned up against the door while Rain just walked up to it. Barnette glared at him before turning back to the door and turning the safety off for her Glock. Rain raised a brow and pushed the button to open the door. The door hissed open and Barnette ran in front of Rain while pointing her weapon at the crowd of children that were clinging to their parents.
The team looked at the large amount of children that were staring up at them with sad eyes. Barnette continued to point her weapon at the people while walking down into the main hallway. Rain was behind her, shaking his head as he went. Gascgone was behind him, shaking her head at the sight of the worn out clothing the children were wearing. BC and Jura followed them in, not truly surprised by what they saw or the actions of Barnette. Dita and Hibiki were behind them with Parfait following them. Dita was horrified by what the children were wearing; Hibiki found it rather sad, and Parfait was just staring at what little technology they had.
"The leader is this way." A tall man said. The team followed the man with a brow raised as he started heading towards a large pair of double doors. "Right through theses doors." He gestured for them to enter through the doors.
Rain rolled his eyes while pushing the doors open with strong kick. The room was completely dark. Rain raised an eye brow while walking in. The team followed Rain with a simple shrug, wondering if he was insane or just didn't care. Once they were in, the door slammed shut, and a bright light blinded the team.
"Welcome one and all to our entertainment." A female said. The team finally got their sight back after a few seconds of letting their eyes adjust bright light. BC was the first one to see a woman in a red jumpsuit with long black hair and an evil smirk on her face. "I hope that you can make this fight a little more interesting than the last fighters."
"What the hell is the meaning of this?!" Hibiki yelled. The woman just smiled at him. "If it's a fight you want, then I'll be more than happy to kick any fighter you throw at me, ass!" He finished.
"Hibiki, shut up." Rain moaned as he placed his hands in his pockets.
"I thought you said you wanted to talk about our trade? What's the meaning of this?!" BC asked.
"Easy, if you win, you get to take what you want free of charge." She said with a smile. BC narrowed her eyes on the woman. "But if you were to lose, then we would be taking your ship." She finished.
"That wasn't part of our agreement!" Gascgone barked. "Why should we fight for our supplies?"
"Why not?" She replied. "Now let's see how long you can last in a fight against my men." She said with a grin. "Now, let's see which of you will fight first."
"Fine, I'll fight you first!" Hibiki bellowed as he pulled his long sleeved shirt up.
"I'll take them." BC stated. She walked forward with a whip in her hand. "Let's see what you got." She said with a grin.
Gascgone sighed and walked up beside her. "Somehow, I don't think this will be a fair fight." She whispered. BC nodded and looked at the group of men standing outside the fence. There were about ten of them. Nine of them looked like gladiators, while the last one looked like a mere teenager about the age of sixteen if not seventeen. He had spiky grey hair, a white muscle shirt, and a pair of blue jeans. What made him seem scary was that beside him was a large sword that looked like it weighed more than him.
"This is a team royal fight. So that means you have to beat all ten of my best fighters before you can get your supplies." The woman said. BC and Gascgone both growled at this as the ten men walked into the room.
The others were forced to get behind a large steel cage. Rain groaned as he was forcefully shoved next to Barnette, much to her displeasure. Hibiki, Parfait, and Dita were forced to stand beside them as well, though Hibiki was mad about not being able to fight.
Three of the men walked forward while the remaining ones stayed back with the smaller male. BC snapped her whip a few times while Gascgone popped her knuckles, showing that they were ready to begin. The three men charged forward with clumsy speed and sent a punch towards the two women. BC jumped back and lashed at her two attackers with her whip while Gascgone caught her attackers' fist and slung him over her shoulder. Her attacker hit the ground hard, but rolled with her attack so he landed on his feet. Gascgone did a round house kick to the man's face. The man's head spun around with her kick before his limp body hit the ground hard.
BC was whipping her two attackers to death. The men were covered with small gashes, but they kept on coming. Her two attackers began splitting up to try attacking her from all angles. BC grunted as she spun around to whip her two attackers across the face, leaving a large gash across their noses. The two attackers didn't care, and charged her. BC grunted as she did a backhand spring to land far away from her attackers. The two men didn't stop, and charged her again, this time dodging her attacks. BC was left stunned by their sudden change in tactics that she was caught off guard and the two men managed to land a few punches into her gut. The two men then followed through with their attacks, and grabbed her throat. Gascgone kicked the man holding BC, in the gut, releasing her instantly. BC fell to the ground, and did a swiping kick to send the man crashing to the ground.
"Thanks." BC gasped.
"Don't thank me just yet." She replied as the two men jumped back and glared at the two women. Two more men joined them, making the two women growl as their chances of getting out of the fight alive.
The four men smiled and charged the two women. BC began whipping her two attackers while Gascgone once again caught the first attackers attack and sent him flying over her shoulder. The two women then split up to take care of their two fighters. Gascgone sent a punch into her first attacker, launching him backwards so his partner could strike back at her. Gascgone went flying backwards with a well placed punch to her face. Gascgone recovered rather fast, and sent a kick to her attackers' gut, causing him to double over in pain as the wind left hi lungs. Gascgone placed a hand on his back and spun on it to kick the last attacker in the face. The man she was on, instantly stood up and grabbed her foot to send her flying towards the corner of the cage. Gascgone rolled to her feet, but her first attacker was already where she was and grabbed hold of her head and picked her to up to send her face first into the ground. Gascgone did a leg swiping kick to send the man to the ground, and continued with her spin while raising her leg, and then bringing it down on his head as it came back up to send his head back into the hard concrete ground. Her second attacker jumped up in front of her, but Gascgone was quicker than he was, and caught his attack, rolled backwards, and sent him crashing into the fence. Gascgone's two attackers were out cold after two minutes.
BC was having a harder time. Her two attackers were smarter than Gascgone's, but they were stronger than hers. BC violently lashed out with her whip, sending the two attackers back with each slash. BC continued her attack until Gascgone walked up to her while cracking her knuckles. Gascgone nodded and ceased her attack so the two men could charge them. Gascgone sent the first one flying over her shoulder, but he didn't roll with her throw. The man landed flat on his back, knocking him out. The last remaining man charged them, and punched BC in the gut, following through with a series of hard hits to her stomach before kicking her away. Gascgone did a swiping kick to knock the man off his balance, but the man slammed a foot on her foot, and then punched her as hard as he could, sending her skidding across the ground. He ran over to Gascgone and picked her up by her throat as he started to throttle her.
"I'll end you existence here and now." The man said with a grin. Gascgone began struggling to get free, but his grip was too strong to get loose. "Time to die." He stated.
Gascgone stared in shock as the man let her go abruptly. She noticed that he was now holding up his arms as he screamed in pain. Gascgone looked at his wrist and saw the reason for why he instantly let go. A long blade was sticking out of his wrists, binding them together while the end of the blade opened up into something like a pair of hocks, making sure he couldn't pull it out.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you how wrong it is to strike a woman?" Rain questioned. Barnette looked down at where she last remembered where Rain was, but found him gone. She, and everyone else, looked up to where his voice came from, and found him on the top of the cage while flipping another dagger in his hand. "But I guess being idiots, you wouldn't know that would you?" Rain jumped down to the ground while walking to the man with the blade through his wrists. "I still got it, wouldn't you agree?" Rain smiled as he pulled on an imaginary string. "I guess as punishment for striking one, I'll make sure never have the ability to do it ever again." The man had only two seconds to guess what he meant, but he instantly found out what when slammed down on his wrists, slicing them off. The man screamed in pain as his hands bleed out.
"Rain… what the hell did you just do?" Gascgone gasped. She paused, glanced over at Barnette and Jura. "What do you mean by, "Shouldn't ever strike a woman" when you hit Barnette and Jura several times."
"They started it, and like Blood always said, "Only strike a woman when they place themselves in a man's position", and I've never forgot his words." Rain said with a large grin.
"That's pretty lame." BC commented. Rain rolled his eyes as he placed a hand in his back pocket. "You think you can take over for a while we take a small brake?" She gasped. Rain nodded and walked over to the closes man.
"I'll kill you, small fry." The man stated with an evil smirk. Rain just smirked as he slowly started to pull out the item in his pocket. The man charged forward in hopes of stopping him from pulling out his weapon. The man sent a fist flying at him as Rain whipped out the weapon in his back pocket. The man stopped short of his attack as he stared at the "Weapon", which was actually a book labeled, Cooking Volume 35. "What… are you doing?" The man stammered.
"I'm sorry, you see I have to learn how to bake a Triple Layer German Chocolate Cake." He stated nonchalantly. The man just blinked in confusion. Everyone just had their jaws hanging loosely on the ground. "Please… continue." He gestured for the man to continue as he went back to reading.
The man just growled as he sent a fist at Rain's head. Rain ducked under the attack, and then rolled backwards onto his feet while he continued to read his book. The man growled and sent a roundhouse kick aimed for his head, but Rain ducked under his attack, and once again rolled backwards to land on his feet again. The man growled again and sent an Axe kick down on his head, but Rain once again dodged the attack by rolling to the side, landing on his feet, and going back to reading his book. Rain flipped a page on his book while he said, "Two cups of sugar; no wonder it kept screwing up when I tried to make it," with a smile on his face. The man sent another punch at Rain's face, only this time, Rain threw his book into the air, caught the mans fist, threw him over his shoulder, and caught his book just two seconds later. He flipped the page again.
"He can't be serious." Barnette moaned. Jura nodded in agreement. "What kind of man knows how to cook?!" Jura nodded again, but then stopped to look at Barnette in confusion. "Everyone knows that that's a 'woman's job'." Barnette stated with a grin on her face. She stopped nodding a few seconds later and grumbled a few curses while Hibiki laughed.
"You think you're all that don't 'cha?" The man asked. Rain nodded with a grin. The man growled as he sent another fist at his face. Rain's eyes iced over in that instant as the book was once again thrown into the air, and his hand lashed out to grab the mans hand while the book landed safely at Dita's feet. The man sent his other fist towards Rain's face, but Rain once again caught the fist. To those that were watching in the stands, it looked like Rain was having a hard time holding the brute back, but to those that were watching from the arena, the gladiator was having a hard time holding Rain back.
The man slowly started to whimper in pain as Rain applied more pressure on his fists, sending the man to his knees. The mans fist slowly began to have red streams of blood drip between his fingers, splattering onto the already red floor. Rain leaned towards the man to whisper, "I'll let you live only on a whim," as he kicked the man hard in the chest to send him flying back into the fence. Rain smirked as he looked at the stunned expression on his face. "I guess I kicked you so hard that you actually got embedded into the fence, didn't I?" Rain questioned with a sick grin on his face.
Three of the brutish men appeared from all directions as they latched onto Rain, completely covering him up. Two of the men were the ones that Gascgone had thought been knocked out. The crew watched with stunned eyes as Rain disappeared from view. Barnette gave her shock as well, which was her just going wide eyed. Dita whimpered something that no one caught. "Pathetic." Rain moaned. Everyone went wide eyed as three silver spikes appeared through the men. One of the men instantly fell backwards from a stab to his gut revealing an unharmed Rain. Rain however, looked really pissed off at the moment. He was standing on one leg with his other leg bent up in front of his face with a long blade sticking through his pants leg at the knee. His arms were crossed over his chest with two blades sticking threw their left lungs. Rain looked up at the woman with iced over eyes as he asked, "I don't know how you play these games, but from the way they've been fighting…" he turned to look at the two impaled men. "…you don't leave any survivors, do you?" The two men nodded slowly. Rain smirked and sliced both men in half with his blades. Their bodies hit the ground hard, making a loud thump that would only be considered a corpse hitting the ground. As their organs spilled over the floor, Rain took one step towards the leader, slamming one of his feet down on one of the men's head, crushing it.
"So you killed two of my men and disabled three of them." The smaller man said while gripping his big sword. "You don't seem to be completely normal. So what are you?" He asked. He motioned for the last three men to charge. Gascgone and BC appeared in front of Rain to hold them off as he walked over to the smaller man. "I guess you wish to battle me then, don't you?" He said with a smirk.
"Ryu Ringan, pilot of the ZGMF X42S Destiny, was given the AI known as Spark at the age of ten, became a member of the Special Forces Squadron at age twelve, has never been beaten in space combat, uses his family's old Zanbato, and has never been beaten in a cage fight." Rain stated.
"You're well informed, but information won't help you in a fight against me." Ryu said with a grin. His hand gripped the large blade tightly as he lifted it onto his shoulder with out even batting an eye. "I'll cut you in half for killing my men." He seethed. Rain just smirked as he motioned for him to charge. "Ready to die so quickly I see. I'll end your life with one swing!" He roared as he charged Rain. Rain smirked and jumped back while pulling out a black hilt that had a silver wolfs' head with a pair of grey eyes. Rain swung the item back to let a long silver blade extend from its mouth. Ryu brought down his large weapon to slice Rain from the head down. Rain blocked the attack with his sword, stunning the crowd. "A small thing like, that versus my family's legendary weapon; you really must be stupid." He joked. Rain smirked and kicked Ryu in the gut to send him skidding backwards. Rain jumped backwards, but with the sword in his hands, he lost his balance, and crashed to the ground. Ryu charged him and sliced Rain from the head down. Ryu smirked as he watched Rain's body split in half. "Looks like a win again." Ryu stated.
"You're still an idiot that relies on his strengths, rather than his brains." Rain laughed. Ryu looked down at the body and watched as it flickered away. Ryu scowled and started looking for Rain by his voice. "Don't start trying to find me by searching for my voice." Ryu cursed as the voice appeared from all directions. Thirteen versions of Rain appeared on the arena floor. "You should know that I was trained by Alex V. Switchfoot when it comes to tricks, and Willow Creek in Taijutsu."
"So you know a few tricks, big whoop." Ryu stated. "You may have been taught how to pull tricks from one of the greatest tricksters the Lunar Forces have ever seen, but you should know that I've beat him in actual combat several times."
"You beat him in actual combat when he wasn't taking you seriously." Rain stated. The clones all mimicked what he said. Ryu scowled and threw a few throwing knives at the clones. Three of the clones flickered away, turning into small silver balls. "You never beat him when he fought you seriously, I should know, I watched all your fights with him when you got angry at him for beating you in Chess." Rain mocked. Ryu threw a few more daggers at the clones, turning the remaining ones into small balls. "You still think you can beat me when you rely on strength alone?" Rain questioned. Ryu looked up to where the voice came from to see Rain coming down with his blade ready to stab him. Ryu blocked with his large weapon and then sent him skidding backwards after Rain smashed onto the large sword.
"So what, I'll still kill you!" Ryu roared as he ran towards Rain. He swung his massive weapon downwards again, hoping to slice Rain in half. Rain jumped backwards to avoid the large weapon, watching as his massive blade crashed into the ground.
"Why do you fight someone that is basically one of your own? You know what would happen when word gets out about you killing one of your own, right?" Rain stated. Ryu just scoffed at the threat as he charged towards Rain. Rain just sighed as he jumped under the swing to slice his head off. Rain slid under his legs while giving him the finger. Ryu spun around and threw a few more daggers at Rain. Rain knocked them away with his sword. "You choose death then, I assume?"
"Only an idiot hides behind words and threats of people higher up than him." Ryu stated.
"Only an idiot hides behind his strength and name callings." Rain shot back.
Ryu took a few deep breaths to calm himself down. He glared at Rain for a few minutes before noticing the two PDA's. Ryu smirked and said, "You must belong to Cell FireFox, and the fact that you have two PDA's which means you serve as Second in Command of the cell. If I can't kill you, then I'll at least leave my mark that you don't deserve such a title." He roared. Rain raised a brow as Ryu charged him again, lifting his sword high into the air. Rain blocked the attack with his left arm, while bracing his sword with his right hand. Ryu's eyes narrowed on the PDA on his right hand as he lashed out to grab his PDA on the right hand. Rain stared in shock as Ryu increased his grip on his arm. Rain tried to pull his arm free, but Ryu had a tough grip that started cracking his PDA. Rain went wide eyed as the PDA slowly began to give to the pressure before being crunched like a soda can.
Rain yelled in pain as his wrist began to feel the intense pressure that was being placed on the PDA. Rain forced Ryu's large sword away and kick him in the gut to send him skidding backwards. Rain looked down at his PDA with stunned eyes as a power indicator read fifty five percent left. Rain grumbled a few curses when Ryu got back up and charged him again. Rain rolled to the left to dodge the attack. Ryu crashed his sword into the ground, placed his opposite hand on the hilt of the sword while spinning to deliver a hard kick to his chest. Rain gasped in pain as he crashed backwards onto the hard ground in front of BC. BC blinked in surprise as Rain slowly stood up. BC's attacker charged Rain with a fist cocked and ready to fly. Once he was close enough, he let it fly, but Rain stopped him by stabbing him in the chest with one of his wrist blades.
"Thanks." BC muttered.
"Finish up these idiots and then get the hell out of here." Rain ordered. BC nodded and went over to help Gascgone finish up her fighter.
Rain went back to fighting Ryu with his sword. Ryu blocked with his large weapon, but Rain was quicker than him and had a smaller weapon, so Rain was able to hit his sword with his own, then jump over him and stab him in the left shoulder. Ryu hissed in pain as he kicked Rain away, but Rain rebounded off the cage arena and sent a kick towards his head. Ryu jumped out of the way and sent two large windmill throwing stars his way. Rain knocked the first one away with his sword, while the second one was knocked away with a back flip kick. Rain landed gracefully on the ground while glaring at Ryu. Ryu returned the glare and charged towards Rain with his sword dragging across the ground. Rain scrunched up his nose as Ryu tried to do a vertical slash to slice him from toe to head. Rain jumped onto his blade at the last second, stunning a few of the spectators. Ryu threw him away and continued to charge him again. Rain rolled away from the attack, and shoved him away with a shoulder tackle to send him stumbling backwards as he tried to recover his balance. Ryu glared at him as he made another horizontal slash that would sliced his head off his shoulders while he ducked under the attack. Rain once again did a shoulder tackle to knock him off balance so he could slash at him with his own sword, but Ryu was able to regain his balance quicker than expected, and blocked the attack. Rain growled as he jumped backwards to avoid another fatal strike.
"You know you can't win in a fight against me, so why do you continue to defy the inevitable?" Ryu asked.
Rain looked down at his PDA with sad eyes as the power read forty nine percent. "You left your mark, so I'll leave my own." Rain hissed. Ryu charged him again as he raised his sword again. Ryu brought down the large weapon again and watched as Rain threw his sword into the air while throwing his arms down. Ryu went wide eyed as Rain caught the blade with his hands. "This will be my mark." Rain stated as he snapped the weapon in half where his hands were. Ryu looked at his weapon with sad eyes and failed to notice Rain spinning with the end of his broken blade, and slashed upwards with it to leave a large gash across his chest.
Ryu fell backwards, holding his chest as he went. Rain stood above him with a scowl on his face as he threw the end of the blade beside his head. The weapon embedded itself beside his head, bobbing as it stuck. "I'll let you live, hoping that you make the right choice from now on." Rain hissed. Ryu stood back up with hatred burning in his eyes.
"Who the hell are you?!" He lashed out. Rain dug into his vest pocket and pulled out a leather wallet. He threw it to Ryu's feet. Ryu looked down at it and slowly picked it up. He took one glace at the ID card before going wide eyed and falling to his knees. "I'm sorry, I didn't know that you were her son. Please forgive me." He begged. Rain walked over to him, snatched up his wallet, and placed it back in his pocket. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fight you or your…"
"Enough." Rain whispered. "I promise to keep your disappearance a secret so long as you help me out with one thing." Ryu nodded as he slowly stood up. "I was able to recover Dale, and I know you were sent there. He's missing a few files and I was wondering if…" Ryu instantly pushed Rain away while a red dot appeared on Ryu's chest. "Idiot." Rain muttered as a gunshot rang out.
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"You're sure?" Meia asked.
"There's no doubt about it." Duerro stated. "That's a Van-type like suit. It could be something like Rain's, Justice, but I'm not to sure." He placed a hand to his chin. "There defenses are also weak in this area." He pointed a small area on the dark side of the ship. "It could be computer errors on our part, but you can never be to sure." He sat back in his chair.
"What about this area?" She questioned. Duerro opened his mouth to speak, but the alarms began blaring loudly. "Damn it!" Meia yelled as she started running towards the hanger. She pulled out her com device. "How many are there?" She asked.
"We've detected two Carriers and forty Cube Types with odd canisters." Ezra stated. "They're latching them to the colony!" She yelled.
"Damn it all!" Meia cursed.
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No one moved for a number of minutes as they stared at Rain lying on the ground and Ryu still standing still. "You're late." Rain muttered as he hopped to his feet. He glanced up at a dark corner where a trail of smoke was slowly dieing. "Tell me something, did you watch our entire fight for fun, or did you do it to just to see how strong us Super Soldiers' are?"
Everyone looked up to where he was looking to see an orangutan and a tall man in monk like clothing. "It's Mr. Storekeeper!" Dita cried. Hibiki's face instantly displayed extreme hatred for the man. Rabat caught his look and just shrugged.
"No, I just got here to tell you the truth." He stated while holstering his pistol. "Sorry about shooting you again Sera, but I can't have you cheating your way through another match like this, now can I?" Sera, the woman in the red suit, glared at him.
"Why are you here?!" She spat while holding her wounded hand.
"I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd drop by to say hi." He replied with a grin. Utan yelled in agreement while jumping onto Rabat's back. "Nice to see you again, Rain. When was the last time I saw you?"
"I think it was three years ago when I had to escort you to this very station." He gestured the station with a wave of his sword. He placed his sword back into its hiding place after the blade was devoured by the wolf head. "Back then, we still had the entire team with me." He looked back down at the broken PDA which read forty three percent left for power.
"I remember that time; that must have been when you joined the Special Forces Squadron, right?" Rabat said with a grin.
"Yes, indeed it was." Rain laughed. Rain instantly spun around as a yell broke through his laughter. The people in the stands looked to where the yell came from. Rain glared at the spot for a number of seconds before another yell was heard. "Run for it!" He yelled. Ryu was already two steps ahead of him as he kicked the cage gates open and dashed over to the metal door to kick it in.
"Rain, you've got are little friends from the other station onboard now!" Meia said over his radio. Rain began cursing as she continued. "I suggest you hold tight until we get in there with the advanced weapon to take them out."
"No Meia." Rain replied. "Ryu and me will take care of them. We'll leave the new ones to BC, Barnette, and Jura. If any get past us, those two will know what to do." Rain said while looking over at Barnette and Jura.
"And what the hell are the rest of us going to do?" Gascgone asked. "I'm not about to die on a colony that's filled the horrors you guys had to fight on those stations." She finished.
"Gascgone, take the women and children to a safe area!" BC barked. She turned to Hibiki, Dita, and Pyoro. "Hibiki, I want you to get to the hanger with Dita to help out. Pyoro will be your guide. Everyone, move out!" She barked. The team split up after that.
Rain and Ryu began heading towards the first point of entry, with Meia telling them where she thought they would be. Hibiki, Dita, and Pyoro took a ventilation shaft that would lead them to the hanger. Gascgone lead the women and children to the center of the station that Rabat said would be the safest place for them. BC, Barnette, and Jura ran to the second point of entry since Parfait said some strange gooey creatures had been appearing.
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"I really hate to ask this, but do you have any idea on how to beat those big ones, without blowing them up?" Rain asked.
Ryu pressed a button on his PDA that he had already slapped onto his wrist. A red AI appeared in its human form. The AI wore a long trench coat with what looked like baggy jeans, a shirt of some kind. He had spiky hair that was chopped short, and spiky wings like Destiny had, growing out of its back.
"Spark, where was that weak spot again?" Ryu asked.
"I believe they were at the base of their large tails." He moaned. "Why, are those monsters here on this station?" He moaned.
"Yeah, and if the Dreads outside don't kill them, we'll be up to our necks in them." Rain stated while running around the corner to see about ten Special Forces units and twenty Grunts. "Ryu, I'll take the weaker ones, you deal with the bigger ones." Rain ordered. Ryu nodded and pulled out a beam saber while Rain pulled out his wolf blade again.
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"Parfait said they should be right through this door." Barnette stated as she opened up her black case. She reached in to pull out a large M14 with a double round magazine out. She was thankful that they were working in a weakened gravity area, or her weapon would have weighed a lot. BC readied her whip while narrowing her eyes on the door that was slowly turning red. Jura took up a pair of brass knuckle energy rings.
"How did you manage to survive all those other stations?" BC questioned.
"We had a lot of help from both Alex and Rain." Jura answered as the door was about to give. A bead of sweat dripped down her forehead as the door started to fall apart. "This time, however…" the door finally gave under the intense heat as little green blobs appeared through the large hole they made. "…this time, we're on our own." She stated while firing at them.
Barnette opened up with her rifle, tearing the little buggers to shreds. She was hitting them with dead on accuracy while screaming something about actual combat. BC was slashing anything that got to close to her with her whip. Anything she could hit with it, was hit with dead on accuracy as well. Jura wasn't having any luck, as her energy weapons bounced off them. A hoard of the little creepy things managed to get close enough to Jura that she fell on her butt and closed her eyes. The next thing she knew, she was covered with the green slim and a smiling Barnette stood over her.
"Here, use this." Barnette stated while handing her an Uzi. "Ballistics rounds seem to do better against them." She explained while going back to firing at the strange beasts. Barnette noticed BC grabbing something from her case out of the corner of her eye. She turned to see her picking up her pump action shotgun. "Commander, do you know how to work…" BC opened up on four of the green blobs.
"Did you say something, Barnette?" She asked while cocking her gun again. Barnette just shook her head while she continued to fire into the hoard of monsters.
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"Just two more air vents, and we should be there." Pyoro told them. Pyoro looked down at them two teens while shaking his head. Dita was above Hibiki, climbing with a smile on her face. Pyoro noticed that Hibiki had his head down or just staring straight at the wall. Pyoro sighed and floated up to the right air vent.
Dita stopped when she got up to it. Hibiki, not paying any attention, bumped into her butt just as he looked up to see how much further he had to climb. "Sorry," he mumbled with his mouth still pressed into her butt. Dita just blushed at the contact while Pyoro opened up the vent. When he opened it, he quickly closed it as three of the little green blobs blocked the exit.
"NOT THAT WAY!" He yelled while pressing his back against it.
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"Okay Bart, how's the target looking now?!" Meia yelled as she destroyed another Cube.
"No good, the station will still get a piece of it!" He cried.
Meia bit her bottom lip as she destroyed another Cube. We've got to get them away from this place.
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"Damn it all!" Ryu cursed as he was thrown back against the wall. He looked at the last remaining Special Forces unit with a scowl on his face. "I'll kill you, I swear it!" He charged the beast again, diving under its massive claws, feet, and other dead aliens. He stopped directly under at the base of the tail, and jammed his long sword into the base of the tail while pressing a button on the end of the blade to make it hiss with lightning sparks shooting in all directions. The monster fell over dead. Ryu slowly stood up with a grin on his face. He looked up to see Rain clapping his hands on his perch above his dead foes. "I got it." He said triumphantly.
"I still beat you." Rain stated with a grin.
"Damn you." Ryu growled. The duo nodded and went after the second point of entry, which turned out to be the last point of entry, with all speed.
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"Damn it, fall back!" BC ordered. The blobs were outnumbering them, twenty to one, and the more the team killed, the higher that number grew. Barnette had already thrown her M14 away, and was now using a pair of Sub Machineguns. BC was back to using her whip again. Jura was using what ever kind of gun that Barnette gave her when she ran out of ammo for hers. Things weren't looking too good at the moment.
"There's too many of them!" Jura whaled as she blasted aimlessly at the small green blobs.
"We have to keep them at bay until Gascgone gets the people to safety or we kill them all!" Barnette stated as she reloaded her weapon. BC nodded and continued to slash them as they slowly backed up, as more and more of the strange little beasts appeared.
"Shit, they're coming up from behind us now!" Jura hollered. BC grunted and turned around just in time to see a wall of fire incinerate them. Sera walked out with a smirk on her face.
"Can't let you newcomers have all the fun, now can I?" She teased as she unleashed another wall of fire.
On the overpass that the team was bellow, stood Rabat and Utan, watching the fight with smiles on their faces. Well Utan was smiling anyways. Rabat was shaking his head at Sera's actions. "Just like a woman." He muttered while shooting over his shoulder. A poor little green blob caught the bullet and exploded on impact. Rabat sighed and jumped over the ledge to land in between the team. Utan followed him, but landed on Rabat's back, much to her liking.
"Oh shit, we've got big problems now!" Barnette yelled. Rabat, Sera, and BC all stared at the large monstrosity before them. A single Special Forces unit had gotten by the two men, and what made it worse was that it was holding onto one of Rain's wrist blades. Barnette raised her gun to shot the monster as it ran towards them, opening its mouth to eat them. The team forgot about their current enemy, since it decided to let the large beast go in, and opened fire on it. The beast wasn't at all affected by the weak bullets that they were using, and continued to charge them. BC fell backwards as the beast chose to go after her. She closed her eyes once the beast was two feet away from her and had its mouth wide open.
A loud bang rang throughout the station. BC instantly felt like throwing up when something very wet, very slimy, and very hard landed on her body. She didn't want to open her eyes to see what was covering her, but she knew that if she didn't, she would probably wind up being eaten by what ever the green things were. Sure enough, she was covered with the black blood of the strange beast, and its boney body parts of its face were lying on her body. She refused to throw up as she stood up and watched as the large monster stood back up.
"Here, chew on this!" Barnette yelled as she tossed a few grenades into its throat. BC instantly felt more defiled than she would ever in her entire life as the beast exploded, spraying its gooey blood and organs all over her. Barnette sighed and said, "Now you know how we felt," as she went back to shooting the green blobs. BC glared at her for her words while she went back to whipping the green monsters.
"Sorry about the last minute save there." Rain stated as he jumped beside Barnette with a pair of Glocks. "Ryu had to put his Mega Rifle together. What kind an idiot takes that weapon apart, I'll never know." Ryu walked up to the team with a pair of RP90s.
Barnette took one look at Rain, and noticed that his hands were the only thing covered with the black blood. "Didn't you just say that Ryu had to put it together?" She moaned.
"Less talking, more shooting of the green monsters from the abyss." Ryu grumbled as he opened up on them with his duel weapons. Barnette and Rain nodded as they went back to work.
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"Okay Bart, how's it look now!" Meia yelled as she blasted another Carrier away.
"Alright, let's see you dodge this!" Bart yelled as he launched his weapons. The blue threads of death smashed into everything he targeted, leaving nothing but a trail of destruction in its wake. A single carrier survived the blast, and made more Cubes.
"We've got movement in the Colony hanger." Celtic shouted.
"It Dita's Dread, and the male Vanguard." Belvedere added.
As if on que, the two said machines appeared, flying through what remained of the fleet of enemies. A bright light appeared on the battle field, acting like a shinning beacon of hope again. When it faded away, a strange certain blue giant appeared as usual, but it was a brighter blue than normal.
"That's odd; I wonder why this thing feels funny." Dita mussed. Pyoro was bouncing around the cockpit, shouting off every kind of question he had. It eventually got on Hibiki's nerves as he shouted for him to be quite.
"Hey, what the hell do you two think you're doing?" Magno yelled. The duo stared at the radio. "BC and the others are in danger; you need to go help them."
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Barnette continued to fire at the little green blobs while walking backwards. She was down to her last two guns. An altered Desert Eagle with a sniper attachment, and a standard Glock. Rain was beside her, trying to get her into the safe room.
"Come on you idiot! If you die I won't have anyone to buttheads with!" He yelled. Barnette ignored him as she continued to fire her weapon. Rain sighed and pulled her into the room while throwing a silver orb into the hallway. Barnette smashed the control panel just as the strange device exploded.
"What the hell was that?" She gasped.
"A Shurikan Grenade." Rain gasped as she fell on his butt from exhaustion.
"A what." BC questioned
"It's like a grenade, only when it explodes its send little throwing stars at the enemy." Ryu grumbled. BC nodded and understood the use in the weapon.
A sudden banging sound at the door got their attention rather quickly. "Looks like this is the end of the line." Gascgone mumbled.
"Damn it all! Eaten by a bunch of green jellyfish is not the way I had planned to die!" Rain said while moving closer to the back wall. The others could hardly blame him. They had no long range weapons anymore. And they literally had their backs against the wall.
"You planned on how to die?" Barnette joked. Rain glared at her last moment to make a joke about him as the door finally melted away. Everyone readied themselves when that happened, but were quite happy when a green barrier appeared over the door. "That isn't going to hold them out for very long." She whispered. Rain and Ryu nodded as they pulled out their swords again.
The barrier instantly gave away, but was quickly replaced with blue one as the part that they were in was suddenly lifted into space. Everyone stared in shock as Vandread Dita appeared to their rescue. "Sorry to keep you waiting." Dita sang.
"If I ever find out that you two took your sweet time in rescuing us to make a great entrance, I swear you won't live long enough to regret it." Gascgone and Rain threatened in unison.
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"So, what did you need my help with?" Ryu asked. Rain and Ryu were waiting in the hanger, under the Destiny Gundam while Spark was floating around the machine.
"Dale is missing a few files, and I was wondering if you happened to download anything from the station he was on. I know you were sent there to retrieve him before they arrived at our colony." Rain stated. He motioned the said people with his thumb. Ryu nodded as he looked towards the other end of the hanger to the people he pointed at.
"Yes, we downloaded a few files, but the data transfer was interrupted by something." Ryu cringed at the memory. When he shook off the image, he looked back at Rain. "I guess that means you were able to find him?" Rain nodded. "Spark…" The little AI floated down to them. "I want you to upload all information that we got from the station where Dale was, onto a disk." The little AI nodded and vanished into the cockpit of the Gundam. "So, is it true?" Rain shot him a look of confusion. "Is it true that he's dead? I wasn't there when they showed up, so I don't know what happened."
"It's been classified as MIA still." Rain told him as the little AI appeared again. He motioned for them to go get the chip. Ryu moaned as he jumped up into his cockpit to retrieve the chip while Rain continued. "We're still waiting for Raider to come back with his body so we can confirm what they said." Ryu handed him the small chip.
"I see." Ryu said sadly.
"Asaugi still has high hopes for him though." Ryu blinked in confusion. "She's decided to list him as MIA until we have the body, because as you know, this isn't the first time he's pulled a death stunt like this."
"I hardly call that last one a death stunt." He replied. "He was badly injured and couldn't leave the hospital for a whole three months. The only reason they say he pulled something like that was because one of our leaders was killed and that brought a lot of confusion."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Rain muttered as he pocketed the chip.
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"So, he's going to be staying here?" Hibiki asked. Rain nodded as he walked over to him in the hanger. "If he's so good at piloting, and knows that we need help, why won't he come?"
"He told me that these people need protection. So he intends to stay and help them until Asaugi can help them." Rain replied as he walked up into the shuttle. Hibiki nodded and got back into Vandread Dita, where Dita was waiting happily for him.
"Why are you so cheerful?" He moaned. Dita just smiled as she motioned for him to sit behind her so they could leave. "I'll never understand the mind of a woman."
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"That was pretty impressive fighting, Rain." Magno said with a grin. "We got front row seats to the whole thing."
"Yeah, and a barf bag section, too." Celtic and Amarone moaned. Misty just nodded as she looked at a small spill of green puke on the floor. She shook her head to clear the thoughts of the fight.
"So did you really learn from Alex on how to pull pranks like that during battles?" BC questioned. Rain nodded. "That hallow gram trick was pretty impressive, along with them all talking at the same time. I guess that just comes from years of practice, right?"
"Yeah, well… he was a good friend to me. I learned how to pull that trick after watching him use it on the media one day. It's pretty easy to pull of." Rain said with a shrug. His eyes latched onto Misty as she slowly crept forward with a strange look in her eye. "You okay Misty?" Rain asked.
Misty reached up for something beside Rain. Rain blinked a few times before her hands touched his ears. "Why do you have dog ears and a tail?" She asked.
No!