Chapter 32: Team Lastation vs. Team Planeptune
...I expected the dream to be over due to what happened last time with Nisa, but I'm wrong. I don't know how to react to this. I expected to be happy, happy that we'd get to defeat Team Planeptune once and for all, but then again I realise would we? Would we be able to defeat them? Past memories proved so but this is a dream that isn't mine, rather it is their dream. I've learned from Neptunia that Neptune always had her way because it was done by Sega, will we face the same fate here? To have done so well against their minions only to fall here. This will be our first and hopefully last battle against them, so we'll have to see how it goes.
I don't know how, but I notice Noire and Uni thinking. It's probably the same stuff as me and yet we know that while their minions are fodder for our bullets, perhaps they won't go down so easily. But whatever happens now we cannot allow them to win, or even let them get away with what they did.
"Are you going to run away like the cowards you are, or are you going to fight like CPUs?" Noire asks with a lot of confidence.
"If fighting is what you want, then fight but we both know the outcome: and that outcome will be that you will lose to us just like before." Neptune replies while warning us.
"Before? The way we see it you have never defeated us, if anything we've defeated you countless times." Uni snaps with pride.
"Yep unless of course you're counting the times from that phony video you showed me, you know the one with Avenir?" I add.
"But the fact is you won't win here, because we do what you all don't." Neptune says in her annoying tone.
"For once I agree, you lot do what we all don't, that's cry like little babies." Noire says before the 3 of us laugh at the truth.
"Well said Noire, just admit it Neptune. This is all because us and Team Lowee kicked your ass in the tournament! If I could destroy the 4th wall here for a minute, our consoles have beaten yours every time by miles, plus you know who is the most popular?" I add.
"Not you Neptune but me, you see I care about my people as well as looking after my nation. All you care about on the other hand is yourself, constantly demanding you have all the attention, and cries like a little baby when you don't get it." Noire speaks with pride again.
Neptune gets angrier, her face getting redder looking as though she's about to burst as the truth really hurts her.
"Come on now you see unlike you, we're not stupid. In fact we're way smarter than you. So much so that we outsmarted you countless times, even with that recent scheme of yours." I add.
I speak with pride but I must admit that she evaded capture, she attempted to
brain wash us and she tried to get me to defeat Blanc. I hate to admit it but she is a tricky one, though she will be beat by us. Then again I know Neptune to be a dumbass so I believe she must have had outside help of some sort, but why would anyone want to help her though it makes no sense.
"I'm gonna make you pay for putting my sister in a negative light, with that crappy video of yours. We fear none of you not you Nepgear, nor your stupid, slimy sister or even that ugly piece of trash." Uni speaks with anger and emotion.
"It's so disappointing that you are so defiant, but you won't be when we're through with you. You'll make great pets especially you Blacky, I'll teach you to betray us." Plutia speaks in her Sadie tone.
"What you say means nothing to us because your lame dreams and media, are the only places where it can happen. And as for betrayal you're ones to talk, and we'll prove to you why Lastation is number 1." I speak quite aggressively and passionately.
With that said they take their trench coats off, as we get ready for a showdown; I go after Plutia as she goes to a fountain nearby.
Note: Readers please listen to Time Crisis Wild Dog Theme while reading this bit:
My HUD then says Boss Area Start, I'm told to wait as Plutia is shooting at me with her dual wield Sega Stunners.
"Action!" The announcer says.
I attempt to shoot her and take cover, I shoot at her but she shoots at me, fortunately it meant I just lost a life and I still have 3.
"Oh dear not so cocky now are we Blacky?" Plutia taunts.
We move around the fountain as we attempt to shoot each other. I try to shoot her but miss, she tries to do the same but I duck before she manages to take one of my lives away. Eventually I shoot her; she screams briefly in pain when she's shot.
"Who's cocky now Plutia?" I taunt back.
She tries to shoot me and she nearly shot me, but I shoot her and hide behind my shield. She tries to come out, but I shoot her before she could even fire her guns screaming in pain again. This happens a few times before I'm told to wait by my HUD while she retreats.
"As always Plutia you may think you have owned me, but in reality I owned you. Go ahead and retreat we'll just take you down." I yell at her.
I notice how Plutia, Neptune and Nepgear retreat. I see a few soldiers covering their retreat, they're armed with M4 Carbines and wear Kevlar armour. I also happen to notice a green health bar above their heads. Noire and Uni then attempt to encircle the group.
"Action!" The announcer says.
They are constantly firing at us and I am having to hide behind my shield. Eventually they have to reload and that is when we kill them, although it takes 6 bullets to do it. After they get killed, a few more regular soldiers with hand guns come in but die within seconds. A few riot shield users advance towards us slowly, they hide behind them meaning we can't kill them. More regular soldiers with hand guns come out, even a couple with AK47s come out as well. But they all get taken down pretty quickly as well. It is then we notice the riot shield users are actually pretty close, and their flanks are covered, each one of them are slowly moving towards us. When they're really close they fire with their SPAS-12 shotguns, fortunately they wore no armour so we could kill them with one shot, before taking cover behind our shields.
When they get shot it's only then that we realise, that there were soldiers armed with Milkor MGL grenade launchers behind them. We take them out quickly as they fire at us. We manage to avoid getting hit by them, but we have to move away losing our shields. I only hope we have a never ending supply of hiding places, to help us in fighting the enemy.
Our HUD tells us to wait as we pick up an M4 Carbine, a SPAS-12 and an MGL.
I switch weapons; with the announcer telling me what weapons I have. I switch to the Carbine as we head to where the Planeptune CPUs are. We're now in an area which is full of containers, from there we find them in a group with their dual wield Sega Stunners, constantly firing as well as having a blue health bar above their heads.
"Action!" The announcer says as we manage to shoot them with our rifles.
It is fortunate that despite them firing plenty of bullets, they are all over the place. As we depleted their health they retreated. A few regular soldiers come in but they get killed instantly. To my left are a couple of riot shield users, whom we manage to shoot by switching to our shot guns.
"Danger! Danger! Danger!" The announcer warns us.
Initially I am unsure what danger it is, but it turns out that Nepgear manages to kick a metal box. I find this odd that she is capable of such a feat, but I guess it makes sense considering the circumstances. Fortunately though our hiding places protect us from harm. I manage to shoot Nepgear depleting her health bar with one shot causing her to cry in pain a bit; unfortunately Neptune manages to shoot me with her SPAS-12 taking another 1 of my lives away, I only have 2 now and I hate to think what happens when I have none. Plutia comes along with Neptune carrying her own SPAS-12 and riot shield. She's trying to shoot me, but by that time I was taking cover. I switch to the MGL and manage to shoot them with one shot.
Nepgear then moves to a nearby digger with a couple of boxes. She attempts to kick them at us, but she gets shot by our Carbines. Plutia and Neptune then come out to assist firing their GP25 grenade launchers from their AK47s, along with a few soldiers with the same weaponry; fortunately they're either aiming at Noire or Uni, so I was able to take them down while my allies hid.
I am told to wait by my HUD as we move forward a bit. Neptune is in front firing an AK74u sub machine gun one handed. I switch to my shot gun.
"Action!" The announcer says.
Before I do anything, Uni fires a grenade at them from her MGL. That blast took out Nepgear's entire health bar as well as Neptune's. I'm guessing Nepgear was hiding trying to take me down.
We are told to wait as we move around a bit. Neptune is still there firing her AK74u.
"Action!" The announcer says again.
Just as Plutia is moving in to assist with her rifle, both Neptune and Plutia get shot by Uni's grenade.
We're told to wait again as we move towards a narrow path, with crates stacked on either side. As we approach there it's blocked by a wall of riot shield users, including the Planeptune CPUs. They're also armed with M202s which are powerful rocket launchers. I switch to the MGL waiting to fire a grenade at that "wall".
"Action!" The announcer says.
We fire our grenades at them just as they fire their M202s at us; we hide after firing them, although their rockets do not harm us we had to rush quickly to hide behind some cover. Upon leaning out of cover, I notice it's just the Planeptune CPUs there; Plutia has a mini gun while the other 2 still have their M202s. Before they can fire those deadly weapons, a grenade is fired at them. I'm guessing it's either Noire or Uni that fired the grenade as it does its job, taking all of their health away.
We're told to wait as they regroup, from my right a few troops with AK47s advance towards our location.
"Action!" The announcer says again.
The guards get shot down quickly by our rifles, but Neptune then comes in with an AK74u. She tries to shoot Noire with it, but Noire just hides and me and Uni shoot her with our rifles while she's distracted. When her health is eventually depleted she switches to her Sega Stunner. This time she tries to shoot us all, but it doesn't work and her health gets depleted again.
We're told to wait as Nepgear tries to kick a container in Noire's face, but she narrowly misses which relieves me no end. After finding cover nearby, we find Nepgear standing there shooting at us with her Sega Stunner. As soon as the announcer said action we all fire at Nepgear. After Nepgear's health depletes she retreats, Neptune and Plutia then arrive though carrying two M202s each, one in each hand supporting them on their shoulders. They fire their rocket barrage at us, but one of my sisters fires their grenade at them. This takes all of their health on their health bars away, as well as hurting them enough to scream in pain quite a bit. We are then told to wait as both us and them regroup as I switch to the shotgun.
Eventually the announcer says action. Initially there's no one there, but Nepgear rushes in trying to kick me although she gets shot before she succeeds. After which Neptune and Plutia come in with their dual wield Sega Stunners, they manage to fire some bullets, but like Nepgear they get shot too and end up retreating.
We advance a bit as I switch to the G Con 45; I come to a part of a corridor full of containers, as a few regular soldiers come out armed with hand guns.
"Action!" The announcer says.
I manage to shoot the lot of them with ease, even though a few more of them came; none of them were accurate enough to be a threat to us anyway.
The HUD tells us to wait as I climb on top of a container; Neptune and Plutia are standing on another container, they're armed with flame throwers as they both fire a seemingly never ending blast of fire at me, that's too close for comfort.
"Action!" The announcer says.
I decide to hide behind a nearby stacked container, knowing full well that exposing myself to them would be suicidal. Fortunately not only do they stop firing at me soon, but they also retreat. I move out of cover to see what bad guys remain, suddenly Nepgear kicks a container at me, and it's just fortunate that I take cover just in time. After which Nepgear gets shot and is forced to retreat.
We're told to wait again by our HUD, as I jump down from the container and see a few more regular soldiers with hand guns like before. As soon as the announcer says action they get shot down very quickly.
Next the announcer tells us to wait, as we see the Planeptune CPUs standing in front of two large containers stacked together. They all have mini guns and while Nepgear kicks another crate at Noire narrowly missing her again, various soldiers then come out to assist. They assist by providing a wall with their riot shields, but at the same time ensuring that they can still fire their mini guns. This concerns me greatly as already they are firing away, and it looks to be quite a challenge to take down without a loss of a life. The announcer says action meaning we can fire back, this still doesn't help as now we have a 40 second time limit to get rid of that wave, or else we lose a life. Thankfully Noire or Uni sacrifices one of their lives and fires a grenade at the wall, obliterating it completely. While the regular soldiers are now dead, the Planeptune CPUs still remain but they've now ditched their mini guns for M202s. Meanwhile more people armed with those weapons come out from on top of the container. Another grenade is shot at the Planeptune CPUs, causing them to retreat while the other troops that appear get shot by our Carbines.
We're told to wait as we chase them to a bunch of crates, where they are laughing like villains as they are hiding behind them.
"Action!" The announcer says.
The 3 of them pop out firing their AK47s. None of the bullets they fire are hitting us so we just shoot them one at a time. We get Nepgear first who is on our right, Neptune and Plutia then rush out of cover firing at us, but they get shot too. They retreat as we deal with a few troops that appear in that area, which proves to be effortless as none of them fire accurately enough to hit us. We then turn around to see the Planeptune CPUs standing there, ready to attack but before they could do anything they get hit by a grenade forcing them to retreat.
After which we turn to a stack of containers, where there are various soldiers with hand guns. After killing them quickly Nepgear stands up on a container and launches herself at me. She attempts to do some sort of high flying kick which will probably be lethal. We don't deplete her health in time, but we manage to duck before she hits as that kick would probably have taken one of our lives away.
We then look behind us as Nepgear comes rushing towards us, but she gets shot in the process. She then climbs on top of a crate picking up an AK74u and a riot shield. She tries to shoot me with her gun while protecting herself with her shield, but a grenade gets shot at her by me.
I think her health is low now as her health bar is now green. Right now she just has her dual wield Sega Stunners equipped, as she's frantically shooting at us with them. She has become scared sweating frantically as she knows she's almost defeated.
"Plutia, Neptune please come help me before I..." Nepgear then screams loudly for quite a while in pain, as we have now killed her.
Her body then disappears which makes me believe that we may have defeated her, but that doesn't mean she's dead.
This relieves me as although it's quite a difficult battle, with having to face overwhelming odds not to mention losing a few lives, we've took one of them down. I only hope that Neptune and Plutia will not last much longer.
"Noire, Black I'll make sure no one comes in to assist Neptune and Plutia." Uni suggests.
"Negative Uni we need to stick together." Noire says.
"Yeah stick together. Don't let up Team Lastation, I think we've almost got them." I say to them rallying them both.
"OK." Uni replies while smiling.
Neptune and Plutia appear angrier and more reckless. Possibly angry with the defeat of Nepgear by us, as they charge in with their M202s.
One of us fires a grenade at them taking their health away. They retreat as we're told to wait by our HUDs while we chase them to a corner; they equip themselves with flame throwers as they attempt to kill us by firing a constant stream. Something tells me this is their last stand.
"Action!" The announcer says.
Upon hearing those words Noire or Uni fires a grenade at them. After which our enemies switch to their GP25s and get out their riot shields, but they still get hit by another one of our grenades. They both use their dual wield Sega Stunners. Upon us switching to our G Con 45s, we notice their health bar is now green. And after a long while of shooting them a lot, reloading quite frequently, and then hiding every time their bullets come our way, we eventually defeat them.
At last they fall backwards screaming their heads off in pain, and hit the floor really hard. The 3 of us move in, our G Con 45s pointing at Neptune and Plutia lying on the floor, apparently dying. They're bleeding badly and their bodies are full of holes with their blood oozing out.
This pleases me greatly as though this battle wasn't easy, we've won with all 3 of us still standing. This is quite an achievement to have defeated them in their own dream. Our first battle against them together and we've won. Let's make this the first of many. Though something tells me that while we've won the battle, we have yet to win the war.
"Do you 3 think you have defeated us?" Neptune laughs in an evil way.
Her hand is on a detonator which she presses, a circle of light appears before expanding rapidly as it travels away from her. When it hits us, all we can see is purple light. I feel nothing but I have no idea what is going on...