Chapter 95: The Trailers of The Battle Part 4
Before Chapter 95 I would like to thank XxTeamWolfPac21xX for following and favouriting myself and this fanfic, and I would like to mention that your character Stealth will be coming soon to this fanfic. Finally I would like to recommend songoku2006's Successors to the Goddess as well as XxTeamWolfPac21xX's fanfic's which are called Saiyan Elite Animal Rangers: New Generation Of Hereos and SEAR Chapter 1: Origins Of The Past. I've read the first chapters of them and they're great, fun fanfics.
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I'm still in this disastrous situation where I'm driving a trailer in Viridian City, in hopes of evading the pursuers of Team Rocket which is the entire garrison. More specifically I've just driven past the Viridian City Pokémon Gym on my way to the centre of the place, where hopefully I can just turn right and get out of here, but standing in the way is a roadblock. The thing is it's not the roadblock that concerns me a lot, but it's the boss who's standing on the bonnet who just has far too much health for me to take on, and it's an absolute struggle for me to hold him off.
As if this is not bad enough there is just far too much at stake for me to fail, and it looks like I will fail especially with how there are just so many jeeps chasing me, as well as enemy troops shooting at me, not to mention how I'm in such a poor shape with the blood on my wounds, the pain from being shot and stabbed, and the exhaustion from having to carry on for so long in these conditions.
I say this because the fate of the free world depends on me succeeding, and I'm unsure in how to succeed in this mission, especially with how I'm far too weak right now to carry on and the supplies are in Viridian City, meaning that as soon as they capture them they'll be able to launch the missile, start a war against us, and it will then mean that we will be forced to have a war on two fronts, which will spell disaster for us.
I am certain we cannot take them both on at once, that's why we need to fight the enemy in Lowee in disguise as Team Rocket troops who have gone rogue, as well as the Loweean resistance, but with the troops that we can spare it's just not enough, and it's a shame that we need all of the troops we have to defend Lastation against Leanbox, although I know our glorious leader Noire is doing everything she can to provide troops and supplies. It's quite a tricky situation to say the least.
I then look around me quickly again, hoping that I can find a solution to getting out of this situation, even if it doesn't look like there is anything I can do, but then I have an idea. I don't have much confidence in this idea to be honest, but I guess it's better than nothing. I reach for the sub machine gun that belonged to an enemy in the trailer who I've killed earlier, but as soon as I get it, rather than shoot at the intimidating deadly boss, I use the gun as a melee weapon.
I swing the gun as hard as I can at his legs, just as he's trying to get into the trailer where I'll certainly die and end up being responsible for the end of Gameindustri. The impact then knocks him over and causes him to land on his side with quite a loud thud, and a yell of pain.
This is great but I know that this solution is only temporary, as I know he'll just get up again and will not be hurting at all, but there is more to my strategy than just knocking over. My next move is to grab his arm with one of my hands and I am successful in that task, but unfortunately he responds by grabbing my arm back. I then respond by grabbing his arm with my other hand, and then with his arm firmly in my grip while he struggles to grab my arms with his other hand, I then try to throw him to the side and off the bonnet as hard as I can.
Thanks to the perk a colas allowing me to carry extra weapons as one of its abilities, which also results in me being extra strong, I am able to throw him with such force that I almost throw him off of the trailer, but rather unfortunately he just about manages to hold on with dear life. Just as I feared, I guess I'm only buying time but I really need to find a way to get him off this trailer for good. At least I'm able to keep the trailer accelerating however, and I'm on my way into crashing through that roadblock consisting of plenty of jeeps being parked in a line, in which hiding behind this wall are lots of soldiers trying to shoot at the trailer in hopes of taking me out.
I soon realise that although I need to keep my eye on the boss who's trying to climb back on, there is also the other boss there who is just about to pull the bayonet out of his wound. Oh no, he could be just as much of a threat as the other boss is. I need to take him down and quickly before the other one is a threat again, which I'm sure will only be in a matter of moments. I therefore manage to kill him just as he's finished getting the bayonet out of him, by shooting at him with my Type 100 and then reloading and shooting at him again.
By this time I feel like I'm back at square 1 with regards this situation, as now he has managed to pull himself up, though at least this time I'm closer to the enemy roadblock but I don't think that I'm close enough, then again I'm unsure, it's hard to tell though maybe it's because I'm stressed due to the tense situation. Worse still is that I have no more ammunition for my Type 100, unless I try and grab for ammunition from the dead grunt at the side in the trailer, and yet doing so would take too long and by then he'll be in the trailer, and he'll kill me with his sub machine guns.
What's more annoying is how there's not enough time for me to pull the dead grunt's body in his way either. I don't think I can swerve the trailer either in hopes of knocking him off, or at least to try and buy some time while he's trying to balance himself. I don't even think I can do the trick I did last time of knocking him over with my Type 100, as he's now wise to that trick and he's now a fair distance from me, without being at the edge of the bonnet. Hmmm what to do, what can I do?
I guess I can try and throw the empty sub machine gun at him, I mean I know it's a long shot considering how he can easily dodge it, or it will only buy perhaps a few moments of time at best, but what choice do I have? What else can I do? Even if I'm unsure if it will cause significant harm to him, I have to give it a try at least. Perhaps buying a few moments of time is all I need, I hope it is because then I crash through the roadblock and hopefully the collision will be enough to knock him off.
OK I guess here goes nothing, I throw the submachine gun at him carefully aiming for the right side of his body so that if he dodges, he'll hopefully dodge towards my side of the bonnet and increase the time needed for him to get in my trailer, and indeed he does. Oh great, I was hoping that I'd be through the roadblock by now, but at least I'm close to it now if only I can buy a bit more time by distracting him.
He quickly gloats before smirking as if he knows that my time is up, and so he heads for the inside of my trailer but just as he's about to step in, I suddenly crash through the roadblock in which although my speed has been reduced by a good amount, I'm still moving and I'm through the roadblock. Better still is that the impact doesn't just knock him over, it knocks him off the trailer. In fact the impact causes him to fall over and amazingly he ends up crashing into a Team Rocket grunt, who was operating the machine gun of the jeep I just crashed into.
This is excellent as now hopefully I can stay safe and perhaps just ram the jeeps off the road, and any enemies that do get on board I can hopefully shake off by swerving the trailer vigorously. Now it's just a matter of getting out of here and evading the pursuers which I like to think won't be too difficult, as I just need to keep driving away from them. But even so I do get the feeling that the toughest boss isn't going to give up just yet, and will no doubt try to strike again when I least expect it.
I need to keep calm and cool, I am not out of the forest yet in fact if anything, I am driving in the forest but if I can keep surviving like this, then I'm sure the supplies will eventually reach Lastation somehow, someway. I then turn right and I quickly become pleased to see that it's just a matter of going through the checkpoint before I'm in the forest, where it should be easier even if I have Viridian's City's garrison on my tail.
The trouble is I then see that in the way within the city itself, there are still plenty of jeeps that I have to deal with; in fact they're all trying to drive towards me though at least they're not in formation. I guess they just hope that they can get lucky and stop me in my tracks, before I'm able to get out. The thing is that what makes this more difficult is that the jeeps which formed the strong powerful road block, are trying to pursue me from the rear.
I guess I just have to keep going; at least those in front don't have bosses inside the vehicles, so just one shot from my pistol will be able to sort any of them out. I only hope that the enemies on the trailer will have fallen off or have been knocked over by the collision that I just had, or at least that they will never successfully shoot me down. I also hope that I don't get pinned by the pursuers, because that will prove to be rather disastrous.
In any case as a precaution if I can call it that, I then drag the dead grunt's body towards me so that at least they can only get me via the bonnet, or by the furthest seat in the trailer away from me, and I can only hope that this move will eventually help me out. Not only do I do this action, but I then frisk his body to see if he has ammunition for the Type 100 which I can use and will certainly make it easier for me to kill the enemies in front, or any enemy who dares to attack me at the front for that matter.
And so as I drive through while doing my best to swerve my trailer so that I can damage the pursuing jeeps who surround me, as well as to shake off any enemies who are on board my trailer, not to mention shooting and killing quite a few enemies that drive the jeeps who are driving towards me, with the intention of stopping my trailer in hopes of pinning it, even though that killing them isn't easy due to being forced to hide due to low health, and not being able to get a clear shot from where I am, I feel that all of this is taking its toll on me, and the pain I'm suffering is not getting any less.
I know that my health is still rather low, I'm covered in blood at different places, and I feel like I'm on borrowed time, merely stalling the enemy as I just feel that my allies back at the checkpoint are still fighting the enemy there, perhaps holding off some reinforcements and are struggling to keep hold of the supplies that are meant for Viridian City.
At least all I can do is my best and so far I've managed to at least kill the enemies in the jeeps who are closest to me, but there are still just far too many of them and it isn't easy trying to dodge, and trying to keep the pursuers at bay. It worries me with how there seems to be far too many of them trying to chase me, trying to kill me and I'm getting the feeling that there is yet another challenge after going through this lot.
If there's one thing that I find to be curious regarding this, it is how they are still shooting at the trailer even though it's lost a large chunk of health, and I'm not sure how much longer this trailer can hold out. Perhaps at least if it gets destroyed they won't be able to get the supplies, but somehow I get the impression that they're merely trying to damage it enough so that it'll slow down, and already I'm starting to feel it's effects particularly with the acceleration being slower, the speeds it can reach being reduced, as well as how it's handling has decreased by quite a bit. Come on I just need to hold it together.
Eventually after driving as fast as possible, swerving as much as possible and killing as many enemies as I could under very difficult circumstances, I then see in front of me that at the checkpoint they have formed yet another roadblock of jeeps, though this is only one jeep thick and it's guarded by lots of soldiers who are trying to shoot my truck down. At least if I can get past this then hopefully there won't be any ambushes that could stop this trailer in its tracks, and if I'm lucky I'll be able to have some backup and perhaps we can come up with a trap of our own that can buy us some time.
The thing is however, I can tell that driving through this road block will not be easy, especially with how the jeeps are trying to slow me down by driving by my side, or by ramming me even though it does more damage to their jeeps than it does to my trailer due to the strength of our vehicles. Then there are also the jeeps in front of me who are trying to obstruct me in hopes of slowing me down, but at least their numbers at the front are dwindling slowly but surely, it's just such a great pity that there's nothing I can do about the ones behind me, other than to ram them off as best I can.
I am starting to feel more tense, worried, concerned due to how I really do feel like I'll be pinned down before I can get through this roadblock, but then I try to reassure myself that I have done my best and I'm continuing to do so, by shooting as many enemies in front as possible, and swerving as much as I dare even though I need to maintain my course towards a certain section of the roadblock now. It's such a shame really that there is not much more I can do but just hope that it's enough, but it is frustrating to know that there's not much that can be done with regards dealing with all of these enemies, and that is what I feel will eventually defeat me. Still, I need to focus and concentrate, come on Black you've survived this long despite such odds, you can survive for at least this while longer.
Unfortunately as I'm getting quite close to the roadblock, although I manage to prevent the jeeps from colliding into me at the front, by shooting the troops that are the biggest threat and swerving away from any that I don't shoot down in time, the jeeps that are behind me manage to ram into me from both sides at the same time, and they're still trying to push me as well, in hopes of slowing me down and giving the grunts who are still standing on the trailer, the opportunity to advance towards my trailer.
At least my trailer hasn't stopped completely or else that would be disastrous. I guess the force from their jeeps is not enough to slow my trailer down too much, but still this could make a difference for when I go through that roadblock, because I need to be completely through the roadblock, and to be still moving when I go through it, but I'm not sure if this will happen. As I soon approach the point where I'm almost there, I then realise that it's best to just hope for the best that I do get through it. Come on trailer you can do this, keep moving and push through that roadblock of Team Rocket jeeps.
I guess this is it, the moment of truth as after all of this tension, I finally crash through the roadblock of jeeps at the correct area which is where the boot is, and soon afterwards I find that I'm through the roadblock and I am now driving afterwards, though it is quite slow, too slow for my liking. I then keep the accelerator pedal pressed down as much as I can, but unfortunately the trailer's speed is not increasing at a fast enough pace and this worries me, and while there are at least no more jeeps in front of me even if it is for now, there are plenty of jeeps still pursuing me in the back and their numbers aren't really diminishing all that much.
Even if I made it out of Viridian City after just passing through the checkpoint, which was heavily guarded by a road block, what will it mean if they can just kill me and capture the trailer which I genuinely feel will not be difficult for them to do? Will I be able to drive long enough so I can wreck their jeeps by swerving? In fact how many jeeps have I taken out from this method? Will I also be able to drive long enough so that I can shake all of the pursuers off who get on my trailer, or kill any of the enemy soldiers that I'm able to when they're at the bonnet? As a matter of fact how many Team Rocket grunts have I killed in Viridian City, compared to the total number of that garrison? Not enough I feel.
There's just not enough distance for me to evade them, destroy them or kill them and I don't think I have the strength or the ammunition to defeat them. I need help, I need backup from my allies back at the checkpoint in Viridian Forest. But can they spare any considering how I left them fighting the enemy back there, and I'm sure that there'll be enemy reinforcements on the way from Pewter City? I'm certain of this because they will have bound to have radioed at each checkpoint by now, to make sure the supplies have got delivered and with the fighting going on, I'm certain they will send extra soldiers to investigate. I'm also certain that Viridian City will send troops to investigate as well as soon as they've dealt with me, their intention being to catch us in a pincer attack where we will be outnumbered with nowhere to hide.
As if this isn't bad enough, I do feel that I am responsible for bringing what feels like the entire garrison of Viridian City to our doorstep, I guess it's because I am. But then again I shouldn't really blame myself for this as I have tried to prevent the supplies from reaching Viridian City, but sadly the seemingly countless troops and tough bosses, meant that I ended up arriving in Viridian City and I guess since there's no way I can defeat them all and then get out there, I was forced to just survive and get out and hope to find a way of defeating them in the forest. If there is one good thing about this is that even if I've ended up bringing enemy reinforcements with me, I'd like to think that I've delayed them even if it is for a short while.
In any case I then mind talk to Uni, hopefully at least our troops are doing alright though if I'm honest, I'd be pleasantly surprised if that is the case, because it's been ever so tough for them and me, having to deal with such overwhelming odds. I soon remember how I was instructed to stay at the checkpoint only for me to have then been forced to leave, but I'm certain that Uni will understand this and I'm sure that she herself, like all of those back in Lastation are proud of me.
"Hello Uni, do you know how the troops are getting on back at the checkpoint?" I ask her trying to stay positive despite how concerned and worried I am with everything that is going on.
"Well since you was forced to leave to recapture that supply truck, and may I say you've done ever so well to recapture it considering how difficult the circumstances were, the troops there were able to defeat the remaining garrison at the checkpoint, although with just a couple of troops remaining. However we were able to revive the troops and quickly resupply them with the perk a colas although just as when all of our troops there were brought back to life and resupplied, the reinforcements from Pewter City have already reached the checkpoint.
Fortunately they were able to hold off the enemy, but again at such a high cost and although we're currently reviving them and resupplying them, we are not yet ready to withstand another attack from a force such as what we faced at the garrison, or from those reinforcements from Pewter City." Uni replies to me.
"I take it you can't provide any backup considering how as I'm sure you know, I've got who knows how many jeeps pursuing me, with many of them having bosses on board?" I ask her in hopes that she's got a few troops she can send my way, even though I have sneaky feeling with regards what the answer will be.
"Yes but unfortunately I only have about a dozen guys and a few jeeps that can be spared. I'm sure that they'll be enough to at least stall them so that we can buy some time so that the supplies will no longer be in danger of being exposed to the enemy, and I'm hoping that by then we'll be ready to deal with them. Though these enemies are probably the toughest yet, because in fact there are 30 jeeps pursuing you, with 46 of its people in them being bosses.
But the good news is that if we can defeat them, then not only will this mean that there shouldn't be any more enemy troops attacking the checkpoint and we will have won an important battle, but then Viridian City's garrison will be weakened significantly, and perhaps then we will be able to capture Viridian City and Pallet Town sooner than we expected. At the very least Viridian Forest will slowly but surely return to Loweean control, although we will need to find a way of providing supplies without arousing too much suspicion from the enemy.
Good luck Black, I think this important single battle is at the final part, a part in which like the others I along with our friends and family back at home, will be confident that you'll all win a great significant victory, not just for us but for all of Gameindustri." She says to me via mind talk, sounding ever so hopeful and positive, only for me to then thank her via mind talk.
Yes, I may not be in the best shape as I'm covered in blood at the places I've been hit, and my wounds really hurt even after all this time, but I become more and more determined to succeed. I may be outnumbered by so many jeeps breathing down my neck and trying to get in front, even though I try just as hard to swerve so that they cannot, but I won't let that stop me, especially with how I know I have help coming my way, even if all they can do is just buy time, time for me to get to the checkpoint as well as for the allied troops there to prepare defences against the enemy army of jeeps.
It is unfortunate that even though the enemies have now stopped shooting at the trailer, the trailer has such low health that it's close to being destroyed, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if the vehicle has more holes in it than a sieve. This really does have an adverse effect on the speed, acceleration and handling now, in fact it's such a miracle that I've been able to get the trailer to such a respectable speed, then again the enemy had to sort themselves out in getting through the roadblock I just barged through.
As I drive through maintaining my best as a driver of this trailer, I find that it's taking an increasing toll on my blood covered wounds as my body demands me to stop and rest, even though my morale is high thanks to Uni's promise for reinforcements. What's more is that I feel like it's a race against time because I know that for the allied jeeps to be effective, ideally the enemy jeeps need to be behind me or at least at my side, but not in front of me, but although I've held out so far after leaving the City, I'm not sure if I can hold out much longer due to the trailer being more and more difficult to control, and the jeeps being able to drive a good amount faster than me.
Although I know that the allies will be coming even if for now it will only be a few of them, I quickly become concerned with regards to their location as I just feel like it'll only be a matter of time before the pursuing jeeps get through, and move to the front of me where they'll be able to pin me down and force me to surrender. I therefore try and stick to the middle of the road while swerving either side a bit, in an attempt to push them into doing a 90 degree turn or at least have it so that just a few of them do so, so I can at least slow them down even if it's by a small amount, considering that they're faster than me by a fair amount.
I really feel like it is the calm before the storm, despite there still being action from the enemy who's trying to get in front of me and trying to ram me, even if they're no longer shooting at me. I just can't help but notice how the route is quite wide, wide enough for two jeeps and a trailer to be driving side by side although it is at such a tight squeeze as we're driving along, struggling for us to be in the ideal position for us to achieve our conflicting goals.
Even though I have no idea of when the allied jeeps will be approaching, I think I can guess what their strategy will be, which is to simply collide into the pursuing cars, section by section, until they've effectively formed a roadblock which will hopefully buy enough time for me to get away, and for the allies there to finish preparing themselves. The thing is even though I'm sure the allied jeeps will do that, will they succeed considering how we'll all be seeing them coming in and even though I'm sure they'll be in disguise, there might be a chance that the enemy knows the approaching jeeps to not be one of theirs.
The thing is that even though I do eventually see two allied jeeps approaching us driving at opposite sides of the route, they don't suspect anything at least yet. I hope not because I feel like I'm starting to lose my ability to keep the pursuing jeeps trapped at the rear and the side, and they're sure to all go at the front and slow me down. Come on just a little while longer.
Just as they get about halfway since they've been spotted, although one side of the jeeps try to drive forward, I ram into them to stop them moving, but this proves to be a diversion as the other jeeps then drives forward. I then manage to steer into them and stop them from releasing any more, but not without a few of the jeeps driving forward. This action then forces the allied jeeps to open fire against the drivers who drive those jeeps.
Although they manage to get two of the three drivers, the allies then all get shot by the enemy but at least by that point, the allied jeeps did what they needed to do and block a portion of the route, meaning that there are no longer any pursuers on the sides at least for a significant amount of time. It is a shame that their purpose was to be a sacrifice, but I hope that it won't be in vain and that when this battle is over, they can be revived back to life and be able to fight again for our noble cause.
A short while later after driving past the vehicles who are trying to replace their drivers, I then notice there being the third allied jeep approaching my direction, who is able to wipe out the remaining driver, but not without getting wiped out themselves. I manage to swerve out of the way maintaining much of my speed, but so do the pursuers who have not been held up, and now even if the number of chasers who are close has been reduced, they are still at the sides even if they get there eventually, and the pursuers are still following me like before, and the pursuers who are held up will no doubt soon catch up with them.
Well, I guess that was all of the backup that could be spared, even though I'm still in the same situation as before, I'd like to think that this has bought me some more time but is it enough time? I mean how far away to the checkpoint is it now, and are they ready for the enemy, will they even be able to defeat the enemy effectively? I sure hope so because there is a lot riding on this battle and now I'm quite close to the end as Uni said. The thing is can I reach the checkpoint without myself being pinned down? I'm not sure as it all depends on various factors.
I guess this is it as even though I'm ever so exhausted and still hurt after all this, I have to keep going for my allies and continue to drive and swerve for as long as I can, especially with how the allied back up has helped me. I keep going over my mind about the significance to this battle which has gone on for at least 22 chapters. If we win then it'll mean that we will eventually gain control of Viridian Forest at least, and hopefully then we can finally cut off the supplies to Viridian City and Pallet Town, and perhaps take advantage of the weakened garrison of Viridian City and if we can do this, then it'll be our first step into gaining a significant foothold in Kanto province.
If we lose this however, then the supplies will be taken to Viridian City, the missile will be launched, war will be declared, and then it will be a war on two fronts where it'll just be too much for Lastation to deal with, and then any hope for Gameindustri will be lost. There's just far too much at stake here, in fact the fate of Gameindustri rides on this moment just as it's been riding on all of this battle in Viridian Forest over the supplies, but now it's nearly over and it's just a matter of delivering the supplies to the checkpoint, as unfortunately we do not have the jeeps to take them on from over here, assuming of course they are ready.
And so as I do my best right now, I guess I leave it up to my skills, the distance and the skills of both enemies and allies in hope, that I can get there before I'm captured, and that the allies can be ready before I get there, and that when the enemy reaches the checkpoint that we can hold them off. This is it, the last battle for the supplies which I believe can alter the cause of history in Gameindustri. And so for Lastation, Lowee, the people and that of Gameindustri, let's do this because after all we only do everything.