Chapter 123: The feudal showdown part 1
Note: Readers please listen to Samurai Warriors 2 Annihilation Battle while reading this:
Same old, same old, yet again for what is the 8th chapter now, I am still in this forest on the border of Lastation, doing my utmost to defeat these enemies and prevent them from reaching Lastation, where they can do their attack and even though our forces there will crush them with minimum difficulty, the fact that they have attacked, will mean Lastation is forced to declare war on Team Rocket, and the tragic thing is that with the war on Leanbox already occurring, having a war on two fronts against these two enemies, will be disastrous to say the very least. I suppose I should feel happy, pleased that we have managed to get a lot of enemies, including bosses themselves, and with each chapter, each fire fight, we are managing to weaken them slowly but surely.
The tragic thing is though, even though it's always been a recurring theme, is that this situation is ever so bleak. It's bleak because I am always finding myself and my allies at death's door with regards being in this forest at least, it's ever so difficult to appreciate the progress we have made in bleeding the enemy dry, when we find ourselves in such bad shape, in contrast to the enemy, who although they are getting weaker, are still strong with their numbers, and there are still a significant number of bosses, in which there's 5 of them, all of them have full health, compared to just the 3 of us, as already the rest of us have fallen to the enemy, as there's just far too many of them.
The annoying thing is that even if we somehow manage to face a reduced number of them, the rest of them could just go to Lastation, and this is what worries me is that between them and Lastation, is just a couple of allies who I fear could fall at any minute.
The frustrating thing however is that what do I do about this, hmmm well I know I need to assist my allies even if my body via aches and pains from my low health begs me not to, but which one? Do I save White who is having to face lots of grunts as well as trying to prevent them from reinforcing their allies, or Stealth who is having to face all of these bosses and grunts, as well as preventing them from reaching Lastation, though while I know he's doing a good job, I have no idea how long he will last unfortunately, hmmmmm, if only I had more health, and my allies did as well.
In fact if only it were possible to have more people, because I am certain that it's the lack of people with me that have done it, even though the quality of our forces have been excellent, and it's the case even now, as we manage to still fight on and bleed the enemy slowly but surely.
Still we have to make the most with what we've got, and at least for me I have good quality weapons with a minigun, and it's then that with this weapon, I should assist White, and wipe out all of those grunts, and then with these grunts gone, we can then help Stealth, who I fear could die at any moment, meaning that those guys will just head for Lastation, and all will be lost, come on mate just keep it together, though I must admit I am asking for a lot with my male ally having to wait for me, if he's got all those enemies after him, and he needs help this very instant.
Well, I can only hope that my plan does not take too long for him, because if this can work, then it will be myself, White and Stealth against all of these enemies, it's the best chance we've got, and my intuition tells me that my female ally will have the most health even if it's still low, and if I can bring her in to this fight, then we may just have a chance in defeating the enemy, I hope we can do this, and I hope that my tactic will work, though I do wonder that after defeating those grunts, will they pose a challenge by performing a tactic of their own like before, taking away any edges I can get, though even though I struggle to think how, that doesn't mean to say that they don't have one.
Whatever happens though all I can do is my best, and put my plan into motion, by mind talking to White to get her to lure the enemy troops to my position. And yet it is then I realise that even though they are grunts, and even though I have a mini gun that is capable of mowing them down, I realise that there'll be loads of them, and any one of them could get me, and with that I'll be dead, and this is the same for my ally White, especially with how there's all of those trees that are completely mowed down, meaning that when she lures them to where I am, it won't be easy for her to find somewhere to hide and quickly, as even the tree stumps may not be bullet proof.
The thing is that while I could mow down their trees, I really don't like the idea of doing this, not least because I'll be a hypocrite when I dislike what Tokugawa did mowing down all of them trees just to get me, and yet I could end up doing exactly the same thing, just get to all of them grunts, and perhaps I could end up destroying more trees. Well I suppose one way of thinking about it, is if they haven't have come here and tried to invade Lastation, then with those desperate times, I wouldn't have to resort to such desperate measures.
I have a feeling that there'll be dozens of enemies, in fact I wouldn't be surprised at all if the enemies would even be in triple figures which is simply far too many for us. With that kind of number, it amazes me how my ally has managed to survive all of them, though I'm guessing she has resorted to just running away while keeping them in a group, trying so hard to buy time in hopes that someone can rescue her, which is to be me. I only hope that this simple ambush with the Gatling gun will be enough to take them all down, ideally I should wait until they're out of the trees, and that by this point White will be hiding behind the stumps as best as she can, providing covering fire while I let rip with my weapon and hopefully at least take a large number of them down.
As I wait for White to come, as she'll no doubt maneuverer around the trees towards my position, Uni then speaks to me via mind talk.
"Nice strategy Black, mowing down all of these enemies, I just wanted to let you know that Blanc has told me that she is alright with you resorting to mowing down trees, in the name of defeating the enemies.
All she asks for is keep it to a minimum and she also wishes to say not to feel disheartened about the fall of trees, as one of her abilities is that she can use magic to move the trees back to its stump, and for the trunk to reconnect with the stump such that it's never fallen over in the first place, and she intends to do this once you've eliminated the enemies in the area.
Best of luck Black, I know the odds are stacked against you, but you are doing really, really well and myself Noire, and all the CPUs and people are ever so proud of you and are routing for your victory so that we continue the fight in liberating Lowee which will lead to the liberation of the world." Lastation's finest CPU Candidate Uni informs me.
What my youngest sister Uni says to me, fills me with such relief, and I say this not because of the fact that I have been given permission, because even though it saddens me that I will have no choice but to destroy a portion of those wonderful life giving trees, just so I can defeat the enemy here, but because of the knowledge that they can easily be rebuilt such that those trees look as though they have never ever been harmed, and Blanc can do this after our fight here.
This I think is ever so cool for a CPU like Blanc to be able to do this, considering how Lowee is more about magic, and Blanc is quite a bit of a magician in her abilities, and not only this but it's no doubt useful because although it may not seem likely that a bunch of trees would fall down like that, considering how Blanc and her magicians have probably been able to produce wood with magic, there is the concerns of Pokémon causing trees to collapse with their attacks, as they fight each other in the wild to get stronger and stronger, and they also approach trainers so that they can do battle with the trainer's Pokémon, and see if they are willing to join them, as they know that with the trainer they will be treated with respect, have a good opportunity to bond with them and other Pokémon, and to do well in leading them to victory and earn them wins and badges.
With this reassurance relaxing me and calming me, I know that my plan will succeed, that when the enemy is within my sights, all I have to do is to just simply open fire with my mini gun and they will all fall down to me. That is if they all stick together though, which I hope they do, it would be wonderful if I can get them all down with just one barrage of gun fire, because not only will it be much quicker, but it will be much less stressful, though the thing is even if it doesn't end up being like that, and this I am concerned it will be the case, I like to think that I will still find some way of taking them all down, even if they manage to spread out and then try and take me down from there.
I just hope that I can reload my weapon quick enough and that I don't get flanked, because then I will have nowhere to hide, and from then I will get shot down, in fact I genuinely feel like I'm at the point where just one shot from them will be more than enough to kill me.
Still, I reload my weapon so that it's at the maximum amount of bullets, because I feel that this is what I'll need, if I am to stand a chance, and be able to take out all of the enemies that are pursuing my ally White, who is heading to my location and will no doubt arrive in just a matter of a minute or two at the very most.
The annoying thing is that I feel that even with the perk a colas, I am finding this weapon to be taking too long to reload, even though this is a special machine gun, and heavy machine guns do take a long time to reload. This is not good though considering how the enemy could arrive at any moment, and the last thing I need is for them to kill me while I'm reloading, leaving White and Stealth to fend off the enemy all by themselves, which I know will be impossible to say the very least.
Come on reload, reload, reload, reload, yes I have reloaded my weapon, and just in time too, as White has arrived and just as I see her looking exhausted and in pain as well as having a significant number of bullet wounds, she dives towards a nearby tree stump so she can hide before crawling around to another one, in which I can only hope that her pursuers who have now come, do not spot her, as all of those people shooting at her will result in her demise, and it's with the sighting of all of these enemies in the open who are massive in number, do I then open fire, while doing my best to conceal myself as much as possible so that that way, I can avoid getting shot by the enemy, who's large number worries me greatly.
Though I am ever so pleased to see the enemies falling to my gun, while White manages to crawl around to an area where she can provide covering fire, not enough of them are falling to my gun, in fact I must have only got a couple of dozen of them, before they react to me firing in which I see them retreat and take cover behind the trees, in hopes of being able to take me out without them falling to my gun. I was hoping that they'd do a banzai charge but perhaps with a weapon like this, they know that they'll just simply fall to my weapon, as opposed to being able to use their superior numbers to overwhelm me, as with a regular weapon I would have to reload quite quickly, giving them the time to rush towards me and take me down.
Annoyingly although I manage to wipe out some more of them as they try and hide behind the trees, and even some behind the stumps that border the trees, it's still not enough of them, though at least I manage to knock a few trees down, though while this is to have a domino effect, I have a feeling that with them resorting to falling down prone and hiding, with the height in which I knock the trees down, the fallen tree will not harm the enemies, meaning that I won't be able to do to them, what Tokugawa tried so desperately hard to do to me.
I sigh at the situation, because of the frustration in which I was worried about having to resort to destroying trees to defeat the enemies, and after finally getting permission as well as confirmation that the trees can be restored back to where they were without any negative consequences, it turns out that using trees to crush them will have absolutely zero effect, I sigh because although I have taken out a good portion of them, and I have a deadly mini gun, as well as the help of White, I can't stop thinking about how we're still overwhelmingly outnumbered, and that our own health is extremely critically low, and it will be this that will get us.
Still, I can't just simply give in for that will be unthinkable, as to do that will mean defeat for us all, and so I continue to fight and all I can do and this is including keeping my eye on them, and hope that I do not get flanked by these guys, as this is what really worries me, is me being shot by one of them, and though I have the minigun to help keep them at bay, it's only useful when the enemies are in front of me, but no use when they are behind, and I fear that they'll eventually try a flanking maneuverer and kill both myself and White.
At least right now they are all trying to hide behind stumps and try and shoot me down, but the thing that worries me though is that although I have the tree stump for protection, I am unsure if it'll protect me from their bullets, I guess all I can do is to keep the pressure on the enemy, and hope that they do not shoot at me for as long as possible, or at the very least they never ever hit me with their shots, but I know that it will be very, very likely, as I shoot through the stumps, trying to get as many of them as possible while they hide.
Just as I dreaded yet expected, they lean from cover and open fire, only to find that the bullets go over me, as they've been trying to hide all of this time, but I know that they will then fire again this time at the tree stump, in which I'll die, and so I do a side roll, away from the tree stump as they try and shoot at where I once was.
In fact I do quite a bit of side rolling so that I can be sure that they won't hit me, frustratingly though, although I have shot a good amount of the enemies, there are still a good number of them left, though I do feel that at this point I have severely weakened them now, although my gut tells me that these people will change tactic in taking me down, and will no doubt spread out as much as possible, making it difficult for me to take them down, as turning this gun takes a bit of time due to its weight, even with the perk a colas, I guess the fact that I'm in serious agony from all the shooting at me, hasn't helped in the slightest, not to mention the pain in my legs, making mobility difficult to say the least, as I side roll and do so quite a bit.
In fact this is exactly what they do, they change tactic and they appear to split into two groups, and then rush to different positions in which combined they cover quite a wide space, and while I'm concerned about what they plan on doing to me, I'm also worried about them taking out White, since we've both agreed to deal with each flank, and I worry that if my ally falls, then it'll just be me and me alone who will have to help Stealth in his time of need, but worse still is that I have a feeling that after that, it will be just myself against all of them enemies, I just hope that I can, not just stop them from killing me, but stop them from killing my female ally.
I do my best to kill as many of them as I can, as does my ally White, but just as I've managed to kill a few of them they have then reached their positions, and try and open fire, once again they miss, but then I notice a few of them peaking to find us, and then they find my female ally, and no doubt they intend to kill her, to bring their other group the means to flank me, as she won't be trying to shoot them down then, while the group closest to me tries to shoot me and keep me distracted while I get flanked, at least I know of their plans but how much of a success or failure will they be, hmmm.
I realise that there might be enemies that are closer to White that could try and shoot me instead of my ally, but the frustrating thing is that there isn't anywhere I can hide where I'm safe from both groups, and even if there was I worry that I'm too slow to get there, I guess all I can do is to stay hidden as best as possible, and to hope that my female ally can prevent them from ever shooting at me, just as I'm doing for her, but even so it won't be easy, and they must know that I'm the bigger threat with the Gatling gun.
With this in mind, I do my best to eliminate the enemies going for my female ally, while some of them stick to trying to shoot me, but annoyingly even though starting with White's attackers do I then succeed in shooting all of them close to me, and it being quite a close call as a few shots were a few centimetres from where I stood, and even went through the tree stump I hid through, a few shots have hit my ally, and this concerns me deeply, as this fall in health could make the difference between winning and losing, in fact this could apply to this fire fight right now, still must not let that get to me, as at least for now there is just one more group to deal with, and hopefully she won't get hit any more by them, though I worry that I could instead of her.
But it is then that I realise that I need to be quick in dealing with the next group, as already the group that is closest to White is trying to take her down, forcing her to side roll away from some stumps to another place, while I move around my stump so that no longer can they see me.
The annoying thing is that although she has managed to get a few of the enemies that are trying to attack before being forced to do her side roll, my female ally has been a shot a couple of times by them, reducing her health by even more, not to mention making it harder for her to side roll quickly as her being shot so many times causes her serious pain, and it's this pain that hinders her greatly. This is not looking good, and I worry about how long it's taking for me to move and to turn my gun towards them, but worse still, is that as I look towards their direction, I find that only some of them are there, no they must have split up and keep her occupied here, while the rest intend to flank us, nuts.
Annoyingly I fear it will take way too long for me to eliminate both groups before we both fall to them, but I cannot give in and I must think of a plan to deal with them. Fortunately it doesn't take long at all for me to come up with a plan to save the both of us from certain death, and I so get my ally White to find some cover from both groups, while I finish off moving around, turning the gun towards them, and then opening fire to mow these guys down.
The thing is just as White has finished in finding cover from the enemy, she gets shot not once which would be bad enough, but twice by the enemy, all while trying to avoid being shot, this is not good and I really do fear that she could die in this fire fight that we're having right now, and this would prove disastrous, but we cannot allow that to happen, we need to focus on right now and deal with these enemies, and then deal with the question of how to assist Stealth against all of those enemies later.
At least at this point I have managed to wipe out all the enemies in that area after securing my position, but there is still that remaining area left that consists of a few enemies, and we'll have to do our utmost to avoid being shot, though it won't be easy with how many there are, and how I'll need to turn the gun to there, and ensure the area is completely covered so that they're all dead.
While I'm having to reposition myself so that I'm less likely to get spotted, and turn my gun around before I can open fire, White tries to provide covering fire, but annoyingly yet again, she gets shot by them, and is forced to side roll again away to another place, hoping that she can avoid being shot by them, as now just as I feared, one shot will be all that's needed to kill her, I just hope that I can assist her but I worry that I too, could get shot by them, especially with how I've only got a tree stump to protect me, and though I'm hidden now, it's only a matter of time before I get shot by them.
Frustratingly, while I have other weapons that I could use to take them down, like a sniper rifle and a javelin launcher, the javelin will take far too long to aim, fire and for them to be killed, and the sniper rifle won't provide the fire power I need to take them down, and will probably also take way too long to defeat them, plus which it will be a waste of bullets just to take them out, and I will need those bullets for these weapons in assisting Stealth who I worry is on his last silver of health.
Because of the concern of time, I decide to take which is no doubt a big risk, and lean from cover to the side, lying on the grass while my legs hide behind a tree stump, at a time where I'm hoping they've still not spotted me, and then as soon as I can open fire at the enemy, as they try hard to find me, while doing a few shots out of guess work, hoping that they can finish me off, and then White.
Luckily by the time they have found me and were about to shoot at me, the mini gun mows them down, and it's such a relief to know that I have wiped out all of White's enemies, without her dying to them, the tragic thing is though, is that this is at such a great cost which alarms me very much, and this is no doubt thanks to their own strategies, with them adapting to our tactics, just like before.
I say this because of how seriously wounded we both are, with just one shot being enough to kill us, and yet there'll be plenty of opportunity for that to happen, when our other remaining ally Stealth is having to deal with all those remaining bosses, along with those troops, and though there is the positive aspect that I've just realised that this is the last of them, and there's no reinforcements, it brings little comfort as we are at our limits, and I worry that with us not being able to outrun the enemy should they choose to leg it, how exactly do we stop them?
This is indeed tricky, coming up with a strategy to ensure that we defeat them, and I worry that since trying to rescue White with her having a decent amount of health has failed, how certain can I be that the 3 of us can stop the rest of them? Well, I know that the enemy grunts need dealing with first, and I'm hoping that there surely can't be too many fighting Stealth, and that with them dealt with, dealing with the bosses will be significantly easier, but I'm not counting on it, not with there being more of them, and having more health, I'll just have to think of something, and hope that it succeeds like it always did before.
Come on Stealth, please, please, please don't die on us before we can reach your position even if our speed is crippled, and please, please, please have at least a decent amount of health, so that we have a chance of defeating those enemies of yours. I will say though that whatever the outcome is, he will have done his best, just as all of us here have helped bleed the number so that even when we fell, our allies had a chance in defeating them so that our nation can survive.
I guess this must be it now, the final gunfight which will determine whether they invade Lastation and cause its demise, or do we stop them so that we live to fight again? I know full well that our planning will decide this, our actions will decide this, Stealth's health will decide this, and perhaps his enemies' health will decide this. Tragically though I feel our speed or rather lack of it due to being shot in our legs will also decide this, and no doubt decide this against us, but we must not let that stop us in our determination to succeed, and in any case we have long ranged weapons, and at least they can be used to our advantage.
And with these weapons we head over to where Stealth is as quickly as we can, even though our bodies ache in such agony from being shot at so many times, hoping that we can get to our ideal position before he's dead, and hoping that our attack will be of enough use to ensure that we can take the opportunity to win this gunfight, and as we eventually reach our position which is quite a distance away from where they are, but close enough so that my javelin can get them.
I then take aim with the weapon and hear it's beeping noise, before the beeping indirectly tells me that it's ready to fire, and fire the missiles, and then reload and do the same process again, and again using up the entire stockpile of missiles, in hopes that it will help though this all depends on how many enemy troops there are, and where they are, such that it will help to determine how much will I be able to weaken the enemy.
I hope so for it will be a tough fight, as I have a strategy in place and hope that we can defeat these bosses, who's weaponry I have no doubt will prove a significant challenge, not to mention their numbers and what will no doubt be their near full health which will be such a contrast to us nearly dying.
Come on, I've got this far, along with our allies who have fought against overwhelming odds, and we have no intention of being defeated not at the very last hurdle in this fight for Lastation's fate, in which will it carry on in fighting for the fate of the world, in whether it knows peace and prosperity and fairness and opportunities, or will it know permanent decline, injustice, and a severe lack of hope, not to mention tyranny and a lack of the basic necessities, or will our great nation fall as it is forced to fight a two way war between Leanbox and Team Rocket, as officially Lastation will be invaded and be forced to declare war as a response.
I know that our allies back in Lastation are counting on the last three of us to defeat these enemies, and prevent our great nation from falling, and for them we will succeed just like we've done before, and just like we will continue to do. We will succeed because we are from Lastation who is future proof and only does everything, and this includes beating enemies under such difficult odds, and winning every time, just like our glorious consoles that have entertained tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of great fun loving, and clever and kind people.
With this in mind, and what I love about Lastation with its technology, it's love, it's immense wealth, it's mighty strengths, it's beauty, and it being ruled by a genius of a goddess, who's my kind, caring attractive wife who's beauty and brains matches no other, I say: people that serve Team Rocket, do your worst, for we that fight for Lastation will do our absolute best, just as we always do and will.