Infinite Stratos: Secrets of the Gospel (I don't own Infinite Stratos) All translations are from Google Translate. I'll put the translations at the end of the chapter.
Another Change In Scenery
Zeke's on the run from authorities. And he's about to meet an old friend of the Orimura.
"G, whatcha got?" I asked, leaning against the wall as I heard whispers in Russian around the corner. I had a split second before my vision was filtered to see Gospel's thermal view and I tried to count the multiple Russian troops just across from me and I sighed in exasperation.
"If it isn't the police, it's the terrorists." I muttered before leaping around the corner and tackling the unaware soldier to the ground and quickly knocked him out before his friends caught sight of me and raised their weapons at me.
"Стоять! Положите руки в воздухе!" I heard and stood from the unconscious body and looked at the speaker.
"Кто тебя послал?США?Кремль?" I asked, watching as two of the soldiers made their way towards me and one went to his unconscious partner while the other moved to restrain me.
"Личное благодетель. Кто-то был готов заплатить много денег, чтобы найти тебя, убийцу!" The speaker replied. I cocked my head at his reply, not losing eye contact.
"Это «частный благотворитель» есть название?" I asked, feeling the soldier moving my hands behind my back and the other soldier called.
"Он без сознания, но жив." I smirked.
"Конечно, он есть! Я только убивать тех, кто сделал неправильно мной или моими друзьями." I said, drawing the other soldiers attention.
"Это становится надоедливым, вы говорите по-английски?" I asked, getting a nod before nodding as well. "Good, because I was beginning to forget some things." I said, switching back to English
"Who would pay small fortune for you?" The speaker asked. I shrugged.
"Anybody in the US who wants me for questioning, maybe your government for a job or to be sent to the US. Any number of terrorist organizations." I answered, listing the first few coming to mind.
"Мы должны идти сейчас!" I heard a soldier call from farther away accompanied by the distant sound of gunfire and explosions. My interrogator motioned and the soldiers started back down the hall and the one trying to restrain me moved to finish the job when I slammed my shoulder into his face, shattering his nose. I broke loose and swept my leg behind me, dropping him to the floor. His partner went to call, but was stopped short as I leapt over his comrade and tackled him to the floor. I clamped a hand over his mouth and caught him going for his pistol on his hip. I stepped on his hand, hearing the sound of bones snapping and I had to clamp my other hand on top of the first to muffle his screams before dragging him around the corner and slamming his head against the wall. He fell to the floor, unmoving. I glanced around the corner to see if I'd been caught again, but the group hadn't heard anything and I moved around the corner and kicked the soldier from earlier in the side of his head. He stopped moving as well and I double checked that all three of the unconscious Russians were still alive before taking off in the opposite direction of the group.
Outside...
"We've located Altec, but the Russians beat us to him. They had him in custody, but got careless and he escaped. I'm tracking him now while the rest of the task force deals with the Russians." M said, using her IS sensors to track me moving through the small base I had built during my time here.
"Very good, M! Make sure he is unharmed and there are no witnesses." The leader said through the voice-only channel before closing the channel.
Back inside...
"Z, we're being followed from above!" Gospel warned as I darted around another corner and tripped up a lone Russian. I knocked him out with a right hook and kick combo and looked up with G's sensors and located the tail.
"Great! It had to be Phantom Task! As if my day couldn't get any worse!" I said as I began running towards my bunk.
"Activating Electronic Counter-Measures!" Gospel called before I lost my thermal vision and I heard a curse before the hallway behind me collapsed and Silent Zephyrus dropped through the ceiling.
"Leave me alone! Why doesn't anyone get that I just want to disappear?" I yelled over my shoulder as I ran all out into my bunk room and grabbed my bags. I heard SZ coming down the hall as I finished my last bag and Gospel formed around me and we broke through the roof.
"Activate the self-destruct and set it to 3 minutes! Make an announcement saying 2 minutes!" I said, hoping that'd be enough warning for everyone.
"Done! Our tail's on our tail still!" Gospel said as we gained altitude and I used a rear camera to watch as SZ closed the distance between us and I turned to face it.
"Attention Silent Zephyrus! Divert course and leave me alone or I will open fire!" I warned on an open channel. The IS didn't stop.
"Only warning! Divert course or I will fire!" I said, firing a shot just to the right of the closing IS.
The SZ came to a stop and a voice channel opened.
"Zeke Altec! I come with no intention to harm you! I'm here on behalf of my leader to request you join us!" I heard the pilot say and I gave G a look before replying.
"And how do I know I can trust you? You didn't exactly make a good first impression. I'll admit, I'm liking you better than Autumn already though." I said. I heard a 'hmph' through the channel before the pilot opened a camera.
"Is this good enough for you?" M said. I rubbed my eyes before nodding.
"You look really familiar. You wouldn't happen to be related to an Ichika Orimura by any chance, would you?" I asked, getting a small nod in return. "How should I refer to you?"
"Call me M." She replied curtly and I nodded. I looked over as the makeshift base I'd called home for awhile now went up in a ball of flame and I sent a small prayer that everyone got out in time.
"Where to, M?" I asked, falling in off her left wing as the other members began to filter in around us. I looked around to see a few familiar IS from other countries that had had said IS go missing along with their pilots.
"Just keep close. Do what I say and we won't have any issues." M replied. I shrugged and continued looking around at the other IS.
"Wow! You actually got a German third-gen?" I said, noticing the distinctive frame. "And a Chinese Shen-Long, nice!" I said, noticing another familiar IS frame. The other IS were generic IS like Revive's and custom Uchigane's.
"So, why me?" I asked. I noticed that no one was interacting with each other and I felt a little out of place.
"My guess, you're in a bad situation and we could use your skills. And you could use a place to hide." She added, looking at me. I nodded in agreement.
"True, but why take me with the IS? From what I know, you usually take the IS and the pilot 'disappears' without a trace." I said, moving my fingers in an air quote sign. M sighed.
"The pilot is usually incapacitated and removed from the IS, we take the IS and leave. What happens to the pilots isn't us." She replied and I gave her a look before looking forward as we arrived.
"You're most likely to be tested so that we can see the extent of your abilities and place you correctly. It'll take place fairly soon, so be ready!" She said before taking the lead and making her way into the base. I followed and the door shut behind us.
And now, the translations. They're in order from first to last:
Стоять! Положите руки в воздухе: "Whoa! Put your hands in the air"
Кто тебя послал?США?Кремль?: "Who sent you? US? Kremlin?"
Личное благодетель. Кто-то был готов заплатить много денег, чтобы найти тебя, убийцу!: "Private benefactor. Someone was willing to pay a lot of money to find you, the murderer!"
Это «частный благотворитель» есть название?: "This "private benefactor" have a name?"
Он без сознания, но жив: "He's unconscious, but alive"
Конечно, он есть! Я только убивать тех, кто сделал неправильно мной или моими друзьями.: "Of course he is! I only kill those who did wrong by me or my friends."
Это становится надоедливым, вы говорите по-английски?: "Its getting difficult, do you speak English?"
Мы должны идти сейчас!: "We have to go now!"