Interdimensional RED-Coded Contract

Felony Judgment


CFW Judge's visual system 'stared' at the sudden text message he received. It was from the ASIC lieutenant he set up in the old warehouses, Maxie and her grunts.

Maxie: We've finally found them, boss! Sending a picture now…

Maxie: Here.

Following it was a picture of IF, Compa and Nepgear, all of them covered in sweat and Dogoo slime. Compa and IF were sitting on the sofa and leaning against each other while panting, while Nepgear lay on another couch, wiping some sweat off her face with her hand. Scout, who the Judge didn't recognize at all, was sitting on the chair between the three of them, and his presence raised Judge's suspicion a bit.

Me: Who's that weakling sitting in the picture, the one with the red shirt?

Maxie: The new face I mentioned. He's bratty and stupid but the fastest guy I've seen. Anyway, boss we might need some help finishing the job.

At that, the first thing that went through his mind was 'FINALLY something interesting! I was dying from boredom!', but then the fact that Maxie of all people asked for help raised a red flag in the Judge's head. He decided to stop texting and call her instead.

"You've never asked for help before..." One of the Four Felons said instantly when Maxie answered the call.

"I don't want to screw this up. We've never faced a goddess before and I'm not stupid enough to face them without someone who's definitely stronger than her." The lieutenant explained. Judge took a few seconds to analyze her voice, but everything seemed fine. Maybe that headstrong fool has a more sensible side afterall. Either way her logic's sound, and with the Candidate and her weakling friends finally within reach, he can have his revenge for what they did to him in the Graveyard!

"Whatever. Stall them as long as possible, I'll be there shortly." He ordered, hanging up before Maxie even had a chance to reply. Judge chuckled while he powered up his thrusters and took to the air, flying as fast as possible in the direction of Planeptune. As he flew, he imagined all the things he's going to do to Nepgear once he gets his hands on her. '-Rip out her eyeballs to make her blind! Cut out her tongue with rusty tailor scissors! The second I put my hands on her I WILL MAKE HER SCREAM!' He snarled internally, eager for vengeance, and vengeance he will exact soon. He doubted that Maxie would pull a prank on him, knowing how it would end for her if that information proved to be fake.

It took him about 20 minutes to get from the Gamindustri Graveyard to the warehouse complex. Just as he landed he noticed that his thrusters' fuel level was low, so he won't be able to fly back to the Graveyard if anything happens there now… Not that anything will, of course. He also noticed the lack of grunts in the area, but the CFW wrote it off as them overseeing his targets. However he did spot Maxie impatiently starring at him, her whip brandished and activated. "Where are they?" Judge landed and rested his axe on his shoulder. Maxie nodded to the warehouse on the left and smirked.

"They're waitin' for ya!"

Judge nodded and proceeded silently. He knows that he usually appears unstable, loud and bloodthirsty, but he's also a killer robot who knows when to shut up if it means he can delight in the CPU Candidate's horror and panic in more clarity.

Just as he was about punch the doors open…

"Surprise!"

A clearly male voice was all he heard before he suddenly found himself paralyzed. He tried to spin around and destroy whoever was there, but the Judge was unable to act, as the RED Spy had dropped his disguise and quickly slammed a sapper onto the mecha's back, short-circuiting and stunning him for a while.

"Now!"

And all hell broke loose…

The courtyard was flooded by mercenaries, all of them opening fire on the Judge. The doors that Judge was about to open revealed IF healed by Compa and Heavy healed by Medic. "Here I come!" Heavy roared, spinning up his minigun and unleashing a storm of bullets into Judge's torso.

IF led Compa onto the courtyard, so they'll have somewhere to retreat in case Judge suddenly breaks free, just like the mercenaries planned. Both girls pulled out their guns and started shooting as well, aiming at the Judge's right hand, which was clutching his axe.

Scout jumped onto CFW's head, the flash bang created by Demoman in his hand. He pulled out the pin and held it in front of Judge's face. "Flash bang!" He yelled before the grenade exploded in his hands, his warning making sure he only blinded himself before falling off with a scream. The Judge however… was unaffected by it due to the Sapper crashing his vision system already. Scout was caught by Pyro before he hit the ground and dragged back onto the small metal bridge between the buildings, with Compa quickly running towards him and healing him with the Quick-Fix from the ground. Eventually he regained his vision and ability to hear, shooting the CFW in the neck with his pistol.

Soldier and Demoman were shooting his back with the Direct Hit and Grenade Launcher respectively. The explosions had little effect on the thick armor, but they kept shooting regardless.

Sniper was shooting fully-charged bullets into Judge's head; he grimaced as he found that the bullets only embed themselves in his armor instead of penetrating his head.

Engineer just finished reconstructing his Sentry Gun and used the Wrangler to shoot off Judge's thrusters with double firing speed.

Spy… as a true Frenchman was nowhere to be seen…

Bullets, rockets, syringes, flames. CFW Judge soaked up all the damage the mercenaries threw at him. The armor was thicker and better made than Gray Mann's tanks, which the mercs found out pretty quickly but still continued their onslaught while the CFW slowly but surely reached towards the Sapper on his back and crushed it, finally setting himself free.

The moment he was finally able to move again, the hulking Judge swung his giant axe around with a wordless war cry, instantly destroying the Sentry Gun and slashing Engineer in the stomach, the Texan retreated back to the Dispenser, both hands trying to prevent his organs from spilling onto the ground; the axe penetrated the bridge like paper and cleaved the Demolition Man in half, instantly killing him; Soldier only narrowly avoided the same fate by jumping off the bridge, same with Scout who easily avoided the weapon thanks to his agility, but Pyro and Sniper weren't so lucky and were slashed apart as well…

The spin ended at Heavy Weapons Guy, the giant weapon embedding itself into the mercenary's torso and getting stuck there, barely above his heart. Just as the Judge was about to rip the axe out of his body, Heavy dropped his minigun and grabbed the axe's handle, using his enormous strength to stop the weapon from leaving his body for as long as possible. Histoire and Nepgear watched anxiously as his health slowly dropped, even with the Medi-Gun healing him.

Soldier and Scout decided to help their dying teammate, the former rocket-jumping high into the air (causing Histoire and Nepgear's jaws to drop) and pulling out the Market Gardener, an entrenching shovel with a special property while mid-air; as gravity tugged him back to earth, the crazed patriot brought the weapon down and delivered a solid critical smack to the head, embedding the shovel deep in the mecha's head. "Get a haircut, trashcan." He even taunted once he landed deftly on the ground, adding insult to injury while reloading his Direct Hit.

The latter used his double jump to climb back onto the annex and jumped onto Judge's head where he unloaded his entire shotgun clip point-blank into the armor and even did a cocky dance on top of his head, yelling out insults to get the CFW's attention.

The distraction worked and Judge's hands left the axe, but before Heavy could finally rip the weapon out of his body and use it against the wielder, Judge snatched the agile merc off his head with his giant hand and slammed Scout's body onto it, back first. The axe's blade sliced through the mercenary's body like hot knife through butter, killing him with a dying scream. Then the ASIC Leader went back to the tug-of-war with Heavy, who only fell onto his knee from the force.

With nearly half of the team dead and Re:Spawning, Spy and IF decided it's time to interfere; the former jumped onto Judge's back and began climbing the machine, still cloaked, and the latter jammed her Katars into Judge's right elbow, preventing the arm from moving. "Get off me!" The Felon punched the Guild Agent hard in the face, taking a hefty chunk of her health and launching her onto the hard dirty floor, causing Nepgear and Histoire to wince on the other side of the monitor. Compa rushed in to heal her friend who quickly recovered and got back to distracting the CFW.

Feeling something on his back and remembering the initial device that actually managed to cripple him for a while, Judge abandoned his axe once more in order to search for the Spy. Heavy finally had a chance to rip the weapon out and use it against him, throwing the axe like a spear and embedding it into his left shoulder.

Just as the Spy decloaked and was about to finish this by backstabbing the giant with an Armor Penetration knife, Judge grabbed his foot and yanked him away; before the spook had time to react CFW Judge had taken his other leg and started pulling his legs in opposite directions. A sudden rocket caused him to drop the Frenchie but it was too late…

With that dealt with and earning a bloodcurdling scream in the process, Judge plucked his axe from his shoulder and started spinning it above his body, slamming it on top of Soldier, who tried to dodge but was too slow, the massive blade cutting off his legs. The mad American didn't have time to bleed though, and a short yell of pain later the Soldier aimed his rocket launcher at Judge for another shot, only for the rocket to be deflected back at him and blew him to pieces. Heavy and Medic used Soldier's distraction to put themselves between Judge and the girls, protecting them with their lives!

With only two threats left (he still didn't register the two girls as dangerous), Judge again started to spin the axe above his head, preparing for another lethal swing; the Heavy didn't find himself very intimidated though. He simply picked up his minigun and started firing…

And then…

"I AM ANGRY!"

The Russian roared and activated his 'Rage', causing him to deal half his normal damage but give his bullets enough force to push even the CFW away! Taken by surprise by this ability, the Judge lost his balance and fell onto his back, leaving his anti-gravity engine exposed. The Felon quickly ripped a chunk of dirt from the ground and threw it at Heavy, briefly blinding him with gravel in his eyes and throwing his aim a little before the Medi-Gun cleared his vision. That brief amount of time was all Judge needed, as he quickly scrambled up in order to protect his weak spot. Ever observant, Histoire noticed the mecha's defensive actions and noted it for future review.

Before the Felon could even think of a counter-attack, IF suddenly blocked his vision. She used Heavy as a stepping stone to jump onto the ASIC Leader's head and wrap her legs around his neck, the machine's smaller head and neck (relative to the rest of his titanic chassis) allowing her to do so, then started scratching at his eyes with her Katars; the Guild Agent managed to attack 4 times before Judge spun his axe and knocked her away with the handle, sending her to the ground and separating her from the Nurse-In-Training as well! IF however still succeeded in doing some damage, leaving 4 very visible scratches over his lenses which hinder his sight a little.

Even still, Judge ignored the girl to focus on the bigger threat in the form of the angry Russian with German and Nurse-In-Training healing him up. A sudden clicking sound however was heard by everyone, and Heavy awkwardly stopped his minigun and exchanged troubled looks with his teammates while the CFW chuckled mockingly.

"Finally ran outta ammo, eh? Hehehe, good, now just stand still and let me enjoy your death! It's Judgement Time!" The ASIC Leader raised his weapon and unleashed his signature move, slamming the handle in front of Heavy and causing the area to explode violently! Medic just barely saved his teammate by popping up the Übercharge, letting the Russian be thrown across the courtyard and stop upon hitting the wall hard, but stay unscratched. The machine of course wasn't expecting such a move neither. "What the!? What is this!? How did you survive that!?" The Judge sputtered and disbelief and continued his onslaught, bringing down his axe several more times, only for all his attacks to bounce off the grinning red Russian, who took his minigun and started retreating to Engineer's dispenser.

"Go! Go! Go!" He ordered IF and Compa to retreat, and both of them nodded and started running as well! Furious and unrelenting, the Judge chased after them.

"You think your little tricks will save you forever? You will be judged!"

The mecha caught up pretty quickly and launched into an overhead slash! Heavy caught the blow with both of his giant hands, even though the Übercharge had ended already. The rest of the group looked at him and the robot he's keeping at bay. "Move gear up!" He shouted over his shoulder, and Medic nudged IF and started running away, the girls following shortly.

With the girls and Medic safe, for now, the Russian's eyes went back to the machine with a determined look. "Why waste bullet on such a tiny giant?" Heavy cracked his neck.

Judge merely laughed at the taunt. "Ahahaha! Interesting! Yes, I will slaughter you with my bare hands!" The mecha withdrew his axe and holstered it back into his hammer space, the weapon simply dissolving away into pixels that faded into the air. Heavy grew confused by the strangely disappearing weapon, but forced that thought away and cracked his knuckles.

"Fight!"

With the sound of a bell out of nowhere, which confused Histoire and Nepgear and even CFW Judge, Heavy rushed and delivered a solid uppercut to CFW's jaw. "Take that!" Heavy had to jump to deliver this blow but it didn't stop him from following with a left hook to the side. "And this!" Another uppercut! "And that-"

"Not this time!"

Judge used his height advantage to block the uppercut with his right hand, then countered by slamming his left fist on top of the Heavy's bald head, cracking his skull and leaving him staggering for a moment, enough for Judge to follow up with a right jab to Heavy's face, breaking his nose and knocking him onto his back.

When Judge stood over the blood covered Heavy, the Russian merely grinned at his reaper. "до свидания!" (Translation: 'Goodbye!') Heavy said as he activated the 'Suicide Command'; with the sound of the neck breaking, his body fell limp and faded away, the molecules collected up by the Re:Spawn system.

"…What?" CFW Judge 'blinked' and stared at the spot where Heavy lay a few seconds ago. He looked around and found no trace of the man… and roared at the sky in fury. "AARRGGHH! Bastard! Won't even give me the satisfaction!" The hulking machine smashed a fist into the ground, hard enough to cause the very earth to quake, before slowly calming back down just enough to function. "…No matter! There's still three more! I AM going to mangle someone today!"

Storming off to hunt down the runaways, he soon spotted IF around the corner, who darted back into the central building upon seeing him. The machine instantly noted it's a trap, but then rejected it as being any kind of threat. The last of those men looked like a medic, useless on his own, and what can the two weak girls do to him anyway? Hah!

A lot of things as he would find out soon…

After entering the room with his axe re-deployed, a sudden explosion slightly above him knocked him onto the cold floor. All he heard was a beep before a level 3 Sentry Gun started mercilessly firing at him! Facing a surge of bullets and rockets while prone, the ASIC Leader had to raise a hand to shield himself from the onslaught; shortly after, a cylinder-like object landed beneath said hand, and Judge stared at it before his eyes 'widened'.

A flashbang.

*BANG*

The entire respawned team (minus Heavy) ran out of cover and started attacking him once more. Judge thrashed and swung his axe blindly, knocking the furniture and destroying the walls, but hitting nothing of importance. "GAHH! NOT AGAIN! My eyes! MY EYES! YOU WEAKLINGS WILL P- AAAaaaaaaaahhhhHHHhhhuUUuuueeeEEEEeeaaAAAaaaaahHHHHH-" A sapper later and CFW was unable to move once more save for usual spasms due to short circuits. This time it was placed in a more tricky location so Judge can't destroy it so easily again, and while the hulking mecha was paralyzed, the mercenaries and girls unleashed everything they had with renewed anger and vigor.

'Impossible… I lost?' The Judge thought as he felt his armor finally cracking, bullets, syringes and shrapnel finally taking effect on his overheated armor from the Pyro's flames.

'It can't be… I killed them all… didn't I?' Bullets dug deeper and deeper into his armor… Some mercs focused on his eyes, destroying them and leaving him blind permanently…

'No matter… I don't care how they survived…' The paralyzed titan fell onto one shredded knee. The Judge couldn't even move a finger due to the Sapper short circuiting him….

…But there was one thing he could still do.

'If I fall here…'

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'Then I'll take them to hell with me!'

*BOOM*

Histoire and Nepgear jumped as they heard a massive explosion, only this one wasn't heard through the Spectate system, it was heard from outside! The information screen showed everyone, all the mercenaries and IF and Compa, all dead and in the middle of Re:Spawn. The screen, having nothing else, showed footage from Nepgear's eyes, and it was gradually beginning to shake as time passed.

"What… was that?" Nepgear cautiously began, starring at her friends' status, particularly the 'dead' part… panic slowly rising in her chest… 'N-No it can't be… They aren't…. they can't…' Nepgear's mind started to grow blank. All she could do was think of the worst case scenario that her only friends just died…

'W-what if the respawn doesn't work? O-o-or if they won't respawn properly? W-Will the Medi-Gun be able to heal them?'

Histoire looked at the CPU Candidate's face, noting the rising panic inside of her.

"Nepgear. Look at me."

The Oracle's voice succeeded in bringing the lilac-haired girl out of her thoughts, and the CPU Candidate wordlessly complied. Keeping her own anxiety under control, the fairy met Nepgear's slightly shaky eyes with a comforting smile. "It's going to be alright Nepgear, I'm sure the Respawn system will bring them back. We already saw it work once on the mercenaries, it'll work fine again." Histoire reassured the candidate, going as far as to place a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"But still-"

"Let's just go and see what that explosion was. I'll need confirmation, but if my guess is correct-" Histoire took her hand and led her out of the room, where they met one of the Basilicom Staff frantically running towards them.

"L-Lady Nepgear! O-Oracle Histoire!" He stuttered, unable to catch a breath.

"Calm down and take a deep, slow breath." He did as the fairy told him, gradually calm down. "Good. Now what is it?" The fairy asked, though she could guess what this was about.

"There's just been an explosion at the west entrance of Planeptune! The entire warehouse complex built there was destroyed!" He announced. Nepgear's eyes widened.

"E-Entire complex!?" She couldn't help but yelp in disbelief, but the Basilicom Staff nodded.

"That's right, we don't know the full scale of damage yet, but the Guild has already sent a group of agents to investigate! The report should be delivered shortly."

"I see…" The Oracle nodded. "I have a theory about the cause of the explosion, could you please request the Guild to search for the remains of the individual named CFW Judge." Even if they couldn't see it, the Basilicom Staff's eyes widened from shock behind his visor.

"A-At once! Goodbye Lady Nepgear!" He bowed and ran out.

"G-Goodbye." Nepgear said, unable to stifle her fear for her friends' fates. The entire complex…


'Hmm, tiny humans started panic.' Heavy noted, looking outside of the window. He just respawned and found out that the teleporter to the warehouses was destroyed just as he was to take it, the incident followed by a huge explosion which was heard even inside the Resupply Room. The Russian put 2 and 2 together and deduced what happened.

The Russian isn't actually stupid like others like to claim, his English is just bad. He actually has a PhD in Russian literature that he's very proud of, and he likes to read or sing in his native language outside or inside battle.

Deciding it's better to sit and wait for his teammates to come back, he sat back on the chair and observed the life of Planeptune.

The explosion had sent the populace into hysteria, but eventually the panic wore off and most of the people went back to their usual life, with a handful of them going in the warehouse's direction to investigate. All of them were uniquely clothed and armed in melee or ranged weapons so Heavy assumed they're some sort of peace keeping force. Or the ASIC, but Heavy didn't spot anyone with ASIC badges anywhere near the hotel.

The sudden murmurs and sound of people walking up the stairs caused Heavy to shift his attention elsewhere, his head snapped in the direction of his freshly respawned team. "What happen?"

"Dat bloody tin can blew himself!" Demoman threw his hands up into the air. "We 'ere firin' at that Judge like hell, and then." He paused. "Boom goes 'the bomb! Even worse than that bloody wizard with 'is Bombinomicon!" Demo shook his head.

"Anyway." Engineer took the group's attention. "Since the Judge done killed 'imself, doesn' that mean we won?" Engie reasoned. "Now I ain't no expert on giant thinkin' robots like that, but I don' think anything could survive exploding like that. Which means…" The Texan trailed off. The mercenaries looked at each other, tense seconds felt like centuries… Then…

"…Y'know what that means! Do-si-do time! Let's go!"

Scout suddenly began dancing on the spot, waiting for someone to join him for a Square Dance.

…This caused a domino effect and soon everyone began dancing…

When Histoire and Nepgear arrived at the Hotel and walked down the stairs, their jaws dropped upon seeing 9 bloodthirsty mercenaries and their friends, cheering and partying as if nothing wrong had happened.

Engie threw Spy into the air, "Up yah go!", and the Frenchie flipped in the air and spun around with style. "I make it look easy!" IF and Scout were continuing the Square Dance, spinning each other around; IF was a horrible dancer and the girls could see that, but also that she's having fun. Compa was doing the same dance with the Pyro and she was even worse than IF, but she was also having even more fun than her. What really concerned Histoire was the fact when they stopped right before Pyro bowed, it threw some flames into the air out of nowhere. Heavy, Medic and Demoman were dancing the Russian 'Kazotsky Kick', which very much intrigued Nepgear. Sniper stood on the table and played the saxophone, surprising the girls with his musical talent. Soldier was also on the table lying on the opposite side, juggling grenades and rockets in the air and horrifying the Oracle.

"Compa! IF!" Nepgear latched onto Compa, crushing her with a big bear-hug. The Nurse-In-Training smiled and wrapped her arms around the Candidate as well, before pulling in the Guild Agent too for a group hug and causing the mercenaries to 'd'aww'.

"Heya Gear! We kicked his ass!" the brunette grinned, breaking the hug.

"Mhm, we saw!" The lilac-haired girl vigorously nodded, filled with cheer from seeing her friends alive and well.

"Indeed, that was an amazing effort you put forth out there. That was really a hard battle though, we knew CFW Judge was powerful but he was even worse than our reports said." Histoire commented, earning a "Pfft, easy peasy lemon squeeze! We died only twice!" from the Bostonian, his tone so casual it's like dying twice was an everyday thing.

"Heh, and Compa and I only once. It was pretty shocking though." IF said, holding herself and having flashbacks of it. "It was so sudden…" That reaction worried Histoire, and the oracle hoped it won't turn into some form of PTSD. "I still feel pretty numb." She continued, and Engineer's gloved hand rested on her shoulder.

"First death is like that, girl. You'll get used to it."

'Get used to dying all the time… right.' The Guild Agent couldn't help but feel sarcastic about it.

"Anyway, Madame Histoire. What actually happened at the warehouses?" Spy's eyebrow rose as he addressed the fairy.

"I haven't received a full report yet, but the explosion destroyed the entire complex. I think you know the cause even better than we do, but several Guild Members were sent to investigate." Histoire explained, just as IF's eyes widened and her hand went to her phone.

"Crap. Guild's calling, gotta go. Bye Gear, Compa!" Guild Member ran out of the doors. "Bye!" Compa waved a goodbye.

"Attention!" Soldier suddenly yelled, jumping off the table. "Ladies! Men! We're going to rest today! Tomorrow 7am sharp we commence the second phase of our plan! Dismissed!" Soldier saluted and walked up the stairs to take a nap.

"Before we go, Madame Histoire." Spy's words took Soldier's and Oracle's attention. She raised her eyebrow in confusion.

"Yes? Mister Spy?"

"Our payment, if you would be so kind."


Interdimensional RED-Coded Contract

Felony Judgment


Fun Fact: I actually had that chapter ready for nearly 2 weeks. I just had to wait for MB to finish his finals so he can edit, so I had to wait but I think it was worth it.

I pray to god that you enjoyed it and I didn't made it anti-climatic. I really wanted this fight to be a good one while also make Mercs appear as cunning individuals capable of taking down any challenge.

On the side note. I ask you to see my Danganronpa / Fairy Fencer F crossover named "Advent of Future Force". Yes a shameless advertisement but FFF is such an underrated game, especially the Remake which I will base the fic. There are only 2 chapters for now, but after I write a next one for this fic, I'm gonna write next for AFF.

Responds:

HuntyPlay – No promises I won't abandon it, but for now I have some ideas to do so I think I will be able to write couple more chapters.

Piggyslayer1235 – No idea. To be honest writing something on planned amount of chapters is really tricky because if I for example plan to finish this in 30 chapters. I will soon find myself writhing 60th chapter…

BreadNotDead – The day I see a fanart for one of my fics is the day I can die happily. IF didn't have any kills because she was just registered into respawn. And during the time between her getting the nano-machines and registering she didn't kill anyone.

Lady Vroom Vroom – I bullshited them!