Snyderverse Neptunia Snippets
by Derald Snyder
Snippet 52- Assault On The Army Base
"Ugh, so we came all the way back here from Lowee, dealing with jet lag, and all you can tell us is this guy's got a partner?" Peach sighed, rubbing her temples as she sat in a chair at the kitchen table in her father's house, Adrian and her fellow Rangers sitting around said table with her.
"One with a cutesy voice and a foul mouth," Nisa clarified. "Arthur thinks she might be small and cute to match said voice, which is why she's ordering Steel Feline around from behind the curtain..."
"That kinda makes me think of Ram, even though she doesn't swear," Peashy mused. "But I know it's not her, we saw her and Rom in Lowee just before we left."
"Yeah, and she's not one for Cinnamoroll plushies, either, I think," Adrian spoke up. "So this mystery woman probably is a dwarf like Arthur thinks... but since Cinnamorolls aren't produced in Leanbox, that likely means she's a foreigner as well, so searching the local database for any short females will likely lead nowhere..."
"Seems all we can do is wait for that fiend to make his next move, then," Nisa noted grimly.
"Yes, because we simply don't have enough information to make a move of our own yet," Chika concurred, before looking over to the door to the adjacent room. "What is that commotion in there?"
"Sounds like Mom's scolding iPhone or iPad for something," A-Mac guessed, craning his head to look, seeing iPhone trudging off dejectedly... a moment later, her sister iPad walked into the room. "Hey sis, what happened?"
"Oh, Mom was scolding iPhone for listening to a NepTuber with foul language," the middle sibling replied. "I watched one or two clips of her myself, and she's actually pretty funny, but she drops F-bombs like there's no tomorrow sometimes..."
"I can see why your mother would get upset, then," Adrian nodded. "iPhone hasn't started cursing or anything, has she?"
"Not to my knowledge," iPad shook her head. "She's smart enough to know better, despite only being eleven... Anyway, how's the strategy meeting going?"
"Not so good," Peach shook her head. "Seeing as that raid on the warehouse turned out to be a trap/dead end, we're all out of leads..."
"Well, given this fiend's pattern, he'll likely make another move soon, even if we managed to destroy his stockpile of plush dolls," Chika spoke up. "I propose that we all meet up at the Basilicom tomorrow morning, so we can use the teleporter to respond quickly when another attack occurs..."
"Sounds good to me," Adrian nodded. "Will that conflict with your work schedule, Arthur?"
"I'm working the afternoon shift, so hopefully it'll be fine," A-Mac replied. "I showed my boss a news article on the park attack so he knew I wasn't making excuses to not show up, but still..."
"Well, I'll back you up if you end up missing work due this Steel Feline character," Peach assured him. "That's what older siblings are for, right?"
"Funny, I don't remember A-Mac backing me up when I got in trouble," iPad huffed as she made a show of crossing her arms, causing some light laughter all around...
*Leanbox City Army Base, the next day*
This was a gamble, he knew, but it seemed like the best way to get revenge for the warehouse raid as well as capture the Armored Rangers' attention... Steel Feline peeked out around the corner of a building, seeing a few soldiers patrolling around... (Let's see... If I remember correctly from observing this place from outside yesterday in my human guise... the ammo storage should be... Ah-ha!) he thought, seeing a half-cylinder building in the distance. (Okay, first, a distraction...) He flicked his claw in the opposite direction of the building, a large wooden crate suddenly catching aflame! As the soldiers rushed to try and put out the fire, Steel Feline silently dashed over to the ammo warehouse, slipping inside and hitting the button to open the front garage door... "Excellent," he whispered upon seeing the crates and crates of ammunition stacked in several rows. "Time for a little fireworks!"
With another flick of his hand, the crates near the front caught fire, Steel Feline quickly slipping back outside before they started exploding like popcorn from hell! "Oh no! Our ammo dump!" a soldier cried.
"Oi, what is going on?! Cover me, comrades!" Sergei Johnson yelled as he and several others cautiously approached the inferno, seeing a familiar silhouette among the flames... "You!"
"Greeting from your friendly neighborhood Steel Feline!" the villain waved nonchalantly. "You Army (bleep)ers destroyed my stockpile, so now I'm destroying yours! All's fair in love and war, as they say!"
"You won't get away with this!" an NPC soldier vowed. "We've got you completely surrounded, dirtbag!"
"Oh, do you now...?" Steel Feline taunted. "Or do I have you right where I want you?! Come forth, my Cinnamorolls!" A lone row of plush bunny dolls materialized before Sergei and his fellow soldiers, who readied their firearms in response. "Now for a little enhancement!" The plushies were enveloped in magical auras, which deflected the soldier's shots! "Now grow, and CRUSH THEM!" Sure enough, the Cinnamorolls grew to human size like before!
"Fall back, comrades!" Sergei ordered, he and the others promptly retreating before the dolls could bunny-stomp them! "Do we have any rocket launchers?!"
"I got one!" another cried, taking aim with his bazooka and managing to blow apart a Cinnamoroll! "That's one down- oh shit!" he cried as the other plushies bore down on him, forcing him to run for his life!
"Fall back and regroup!" Sergei cried as they continued to flee their pursuers, the man himself managing to duck behind another building. Confirming that no plushies were coming in his direction, he pulled out his phone and dialed...
*Leanbox Basilicom*
"This is getting so boring, just sitting around and waiting!" Nisa complained, suppressing a yawn.
"You realize you probably just tripped an event flag saying that," A-Mac pointed out.
"A-Mac, come on!" Peach groaned, rubbing her temples. "How many times have I said-" Just then, a ringtone went off. "Uh, that's not mine..."
"It isn't mine either," Vert spoke up.
"It's me!" Adrian realized, pulling out his mobile device. "Sergei?! He's supposed to be training at the base today!" Hearing put everyone present on high alert as he answered. "Hello?"
"Adrian, comrade, we have big trouble at the base!" Sergei's voice was heard. "That Steel Feline character showed up out of nowhere and blew up our ammo dump, then sent his giant stuffed rabbits after us! We need backup from the Armored Rangers!"
"Say no more, we're on our way!" Adrian replied, before hanging up. "Lady Vert, get the transporter ready!"
"It's already on standby," the CPU nodded. "I'll stay back for now, in case we need a surprise attack."
"Good thinking," Adrian nodded back, before pulling out his Armor Morpher, the others doing the same. "Let's go, Rangers, all together now!"
"Right!" the others said as one. "It's Armor Time!"
(Music- 'Go Go Power Rangers', season 2 version)
"BLACK RAVEN!" "WHITE GORILLA!" "BLUE FALCON!" "YELLOW TIGER!" "RED GRIZZLY!"
In a flash, the Rangers were morphed and gone...
*Back at the Army base...*
There was a crackle of electricity in the air, the five Rangers emerging one after the other in forward flips, landing on their feet and posing heroically! "Mighty Mecha Armored Rangers!" they cried in unison.
"You made it!" Sergei called from nearby, running up to them. "The giant rabbit dolls, they have shields that stop bullets, but not explosions! But most of our bazooka rounds were blown up with the rest of the ammunition!"
"Sounds like Steel Feline learned from our last encounter," Yellow Tiger noted grimly.
"No worries! My Prinny Gun should still be able to blast them to stuffing!" Blue Falcon held up her weapon.
"Yes, and I doubt they can resist my Inbetween Spear technique!" Black Raven asserted, twirling her spear.
"All right, Nisa and Chika, you go deal with the Cinnamorolls!" Red Grizzly ordered. "Peach and Arthur, you're with me! We're going after the villain himself!"
"Okay!" "Right!" And so the Rangers split up, Blue Falcon soon firing on a few Cinnamorolls with her Prinny Gun!
(Music- 'I Will Win', Power Rangers Redux)
"So you've arrived, Armored Rangers!" Steel Feline taunted from atop a building nearby. "And there's five of you buggers this time?! More for the slaughter!" He roared like a mountain lion for emphasis.
"We'll see who gets slaughtered!" White Gorilla shot back, jumping up high and landing on the roof to engage the villain! Steel Feline immediately lashed out with his claws, but Peach easily parried them and struck back with a kick to the solar plexus, making him stumble back. Peashy then ducked another slice, coming up with an uppercut that knocked her opponent on his back! "Is that all you can do, just slash wildly? You're nothing to a master of CQC like myself!"
"Don't get cocky!" Steel Feline growled as he jumped back to his feet, spinning to evade a left straight from White Gorilla, then slashing at her back, which only left a few scratches on her armor. Peach then spun into a roundhouse kick which was ducked, her foe trying to kick at her other leg to bring her down, but Peach kept her balance and struck with a right hook that knocked the villain's head to one side! She then followed up with a few jabs to the face, but Steel Feline managed to backflip out of harm's way, before going for a jumping slash-
"Big mistake!" White Gorilla yelled as she grabbed the villain's arm and fell backward, thrusting her leg into his midsection, resulting in Steel Feline sailing off the roof to the pavement below! The villain managed to roll with the impact and come up on his feet, only to be immediately confronted by Red Grizzly and Yellow Tiger!
"Our turn, Arthur!" Adrian said as the duo activated their energy blades.
"Right behind you, Red Grizzly!" A-Mac concurred, the two charging at Steel Feline, who used his claws to parry their slices from two directions. He then broke away, dodging Arthur's clumsy downward slice and kicking him aside! Adrian then went in with a stab which was dodged, parrying a slash with his armored gauntlet, then breaking off and using his blade to deflect a few more slices from his foe.
"Is that the best you can do?" Steel Feline taunted as he sliced downward with both claws, Red Grizzly parrying one with his energy blade and grabbing the arm by the wrist. The villain then heard Yellow Tiger coming up behind him, pulling and throwing Adrian in the same direction, A-Mac rolling to the side and barely avoiding a collision. "Pathetic! Even your goddess could only make me feel even slight pain!"
"Take your own advice!" another voice was heard, Steel Feline turning- only to get nailed dead-on by a full-body tackle from White Gorilla sending him tumbling a fair distance away! Peach then leapt after him as he slowly righted himself, grabbing him by the arms before he could recover! "Time to disarm you!" She then pulled in opposite directions, the arms of the armorsuit tearing off with a shower of sparks, revealing white-sleeved arms underneath!
"Im-impossible!" Steel Feline cried in disbelief, stumbling backwards... then Yellow Tiger struck with his energy blade from behind While Red Grizzly jumped in and slashed at the chest, causing the body armor to split in half and fall off, revealing a white tuxedo that was slightly open in the front!
"And now for the coup de grace!" White Gorilla wound up and slammed the villain with a massive uppercut that sent him flying through the air, his armor leg pieces coming off in the process and revealing white slacks and black formal shoes, before crashing into a pile of crates nearby!
"Wait, he was wearing a nice suit under all that?" A-Mac said in mild confusion.
"Well, he is a British gent, apparently," Adrian pointed out. "Wouldn't be surprised if he had a monocle under his helmet..." He turned his head slightly at the sound of footsteps, seeing Nisa and Chika running up. "Hey! Did you get the dolls destroyed?"
"Yes, those Cinnamorolls are naught but stuffing now!" Black Raven nodded.
"Hey, looks like you got him!" Blue Falcon observed. "Knocked him right out of his armor, huh Peach?"
"Well, A-Mac and Adrian helped," White Gorilla shrugged.
Meanwhile, several Leanbox Army soldiers had surrounded the fallen Steel Feline with guns at the ready. "All right, dirtbag, party's over! Take off your helmet and get down on the ground!" one corporal ordered.
"Remove my helmet?" the man said with a distinct Welsh accent. "Don't mind if I do!" He gripped the tiger helmet with both hands, whipping it off-
-revealing dark hair, pointed ears and purple eyes, a pair of jagged horns suddenly sprouting from his head as black wings unfurled from his back, surrounded with a fiery aura! "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! Behold, it is I, Infernal Beelzebub Anarchia Cruul de Apokalypsi, the Opposite of Divine, Prince of Suffering and Torment, Master of All Sin, Conqueror of the Underworld, and King of All Demonkind!"
"Oh shit! It's another Demon Lord!" the corporal cried as he and his fellow soldiers backed off a fair distance.
"Aww, not AGAIN...!" A-Mac groaned, the other Rangers save Adrian doing much the same...
*To be continued...*