The Console Wars

by BlackNoire

The CPUs are at each other's throats, but not in Celestia but in Gameinudstri. This is not done from Neptune's perspective or any CPU for that matter. A male arrives in Gamindsutri who appears to be from somewhere else. All is not as it seems as this is not from the Neptunia universe but a general gaming universe. This is a fanfic unlike any other. Rated M for violence.

135. Our literal cliff hanger

Chapter 135: Our literal cliff hanger

We are still on this cliff hanger, in a very compromising situation with the enemy, who's shooting at our car. Because of this, we are forced us to hide as bullets from increasing numbers of enemy soldiers whistle above us, while hoping that with us leaning as close as we can to the bonnet while hiding in the car will make the car fall off the cliff, and that it'll still be road worthy after the big fall.

It's deeply nerve wracking as now there are enemies approaching us, ready to kill us, and to ultimately defeat us once and for all, and yet despite our position, the car is still rocking on the edge, even if it's leaning over more, which is stressing the both of us out to no end, not to mention frustrating the both of us so much we could just scream. However we daren't give them the satisfaction.

Without talking to each other or even spending much thought into this, we try to put as much of our body as close to the bonnet as we can; trying to provide all the weight we can so that it falls off the edge. It's a pity that there's probably nothing in the boot to help in our plans, but even if there was it would be way too risky, and would take far too long for us to transfer the weight to there.

With this said however, at this point in time thanks to our actions, the car is closer to tipping over the edge but even so, the enemy is getting closer and closer to us as well. It is way too tense, as I worry that we'll be shot before our car falls, and so there's nothing to it but to spray and pray because while it won't be enough for them all, it will force them to take cover or even better it will kill those that are the closest to us.

It is then that after that we are even more closer to the edge, so close in fact that's it's enough for our car to have fallen over the edge. Oddly enough I feel as though time has stopped, and I wouldn't be surprised if my glamorous glorious goddess Noire feels the same way, as due to the angle in which the front of our car will hit the ground below, will likely result in a huge collision but no means of moving it.

In fact I wouldn't be surprised at all if it falls on the roof, where we'll be pinned or worse, and we'll most likely die from the car crash. The thing is even if we don't we'll no doubt eventually get shot by the enemy, be it by the pursuers or the enemies outside, no doubt in huge numbers. To say the very least we need a lot of luck, or more likely a miracle for us to get out of this whole thing alive.

We brace ourselves as best as we can for the inevitable impact, our inevitable death, our inevitable defeat, though at least we can die together which is the best way to go. With this in our minds, we lean out and look at each other with the intention of smiling and blowing kisses towards each other, to make the most out of the time that we have left, only for the pair of us to notice that there's a ladder made of rope between us through where the windscreen would have been, had it not been for loads of bullets shooting through it.

Our smiles therefore change the unspoken words that we say from "It may be the end, but I love you and we will always be together, and have had wonderful memories." to "Uni has found us; we may survive this just yet." We even giggle, but we do so briefly as we must act now before the deadly collision ends up happening.

We immediately grab hold of one side of the rope ladder before as quickly as we can sit up on the car seats as normal, before picking up our legs as though we're sitting on a floor, and we both pull the ladder as if to give the signal that we're holding it and then, despite the expectation, it still took us by surprise, as while holding the ladder we are pulled away just as the car crashed onto the ground, bonnet first before landing on its roof, with a loud thud.

We both looked at each other with much relief on our faces, knowing that we were in that car a few moments ago and would have met a sorry end, had it not been for the ladder, before looking up to see that it's the helicopter belonging to our ally Uni hovering above to our much needed rescue.

This should be it now, we're a lot safer compared to just a few moments ago, we just have to climb up the ladder into the helicopter and no more danger, but we both know better for we are exposed to enemy gunfire and we have no means to fight them off, and can only rely on Uni and whatever allies she has in that chopper, not to mention our strength both in body and in mind as it'll be a long climb, and who knows what other obstacles may present themselves during our long climb to the top.

Thankfully our CPU Candidate from Lastation knows of the opportunities the enemy would like to exploit here, and so she manages to move the helicopter around and up as quickly as possible so that we're safe from their gun fire, but even then we've had a few close ones as bullets whistled past both us and the ladder made of rope.

Even now though, we still worry about being shot while climbing up, and we cannot just hold onto the ladder while Uni carries us in the air and goes in areas and moves where it'll be hard for them to be able to shoot us while holding on.

For starters we have a target to pursue and this ladder being down is sure to provide a lot of drag to slow her down, plus which we need to provide assistance to her like she's done with us, and so despite only having the side of the ladder, we both agree for Miss Lastation herself to climb first and I am to follow her closely, but while it's just a simple climb up the ladder, looking up at the very long one, really hammers the point home how much of a challenge it will be.

In fact holding on while the chopper is moving isn't particularly easy, and the fear of death from letting go never ceases to leave my mind, and then there is the matter of the both of us getting a proper grip on the ladder so that we can climb it, which is time consuming and not easy at all to say the very least.

It's all of those things not to mention making sure to not look down at how big the drop is along with the idea of there being any enemies that can take us down, that makes it such a tense thing to do, and it's quite exhausting, and stressful to be in a position where we're having to hold on let alone actually climb a ladder held only by a helicopter that's moving quite quickly.

Not only that but I grow concerned that it's only a matter of time before parts of my body will throb, then ache then become more and more painful the longer the time passes since this point, as long as we are on this ladder, but for the sake of our mission and our ally Uni coming to our aid we cannot give up. Besides which there is the fact that at least when we're up there, we can be more relaxed as we'll be safer and we can really get going, with our pursuit of that purple haired nasty piece of work Neptune. In fact just as I feared I'm starting to ache a little bit and already it's getting on my nerves.

Now more bad news come our way, as now it's really windy up here all of a sudden, typical for the Planeptune CPEwwwww in her nightmare to make it a literal nightmare, but even with the wind blowing us and making it quite a bit cold, we still manage to ignore her, and still manage to hold on, as we continue to climb up as best as we can.

Note: Readers please listen to Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Cliffhanger while reading this:

Despite the strain, the stress, and now the weather, there is at least one plus to this, and this is the fact that I can look up to see Miss Lastation Noire go up, while seeing where the rung is, and this to be honest I enjoy very much. I enjoy it very much as I admire how elegantly she climbs up the ladder despite the horrendous conditions, and she also does so in a flirtatious manner which I find odd. As a matter of fact it's weird to be thinking such thoughts despite the situation, as I need to really focus to ensure I can get up the ladder.

The thing is perhaps it's a good thing to have this distraction from the tension, and increasing annoyances, if not pain all over my body, and seeing her climb the ladder in such an attractive manner, can inspire me to think about why we're going up the ladder, and why overall we carry on the fight, the struggle despite how tiring and painful it can be.

She's a goddess, not just an attractive goddess who's beauty is so impressive and unique with everything about her so perfect, but she's also smart, competent, prepared, always trains and she's ever so nice and kind, such a hard worker and inspiring and so much fun. Everyone in Lastation adores her, with her speeches, her interactions, her events and how she's always coming up with new inventions to bring positive impacts for the masses.

It's an honour to fight for her and I'm so proud to have this special relationship with her, and it's a privilege to fight for the people of Lastation because of how prosperous it is. Furthermore it's also the last source of hope, along with the people from this fantastic nation being loyal, kind, smart people who commit no crimes and go out of their way to help, but do so in a smart way so that they'll benefit allowing them to help even more, along with our allies who look to us to carry on fighting and hopefully eventually liberate them.

Yes seeing her climb like this and thinking these wonderful thoughts are inspirational, now to the matter of climbing up the ladder, and to do so calmly, knowing full well that it won't last forever, and we've already done a good amount, just need to keep going and we'll be in the chopper soon enough.

While thinking of this and not looking down, and trying to ignore the increasing mental fatigue from being stressed about falling from the ladder due to how precarious it is, along with the physical exhaustion that becomes more significant as a result along with trying to climb up, I think of the land that we are currently fighting for.

It is almost as if the land here can speak, and I in fact the both of us know what it says, and that it's for all loyal Britannians to continue to fight for the fair green pleasant land, the birth place of parliamentary democracy, the mother of parliaments. It also says for us to save the land and to keep it fertile and prosperous, along with for us to not let Neptune or Cody Gears to be rulers, who will make it an unimaginable horrific hell hole, and finally for us to not bow down to their propaganda, and we will absolutely will follow the reasonable requests of the land.

While defeating them is our utmost priority, we must also show them the error of their ways, that condemning people for what may have happened in the past is wrong. No one should be guilty of their past, especially one that is twisted, exaggerated and without context and comparison. I love my nation here like I do with Lastation, and I am ever so proud of its accomplishments, along with how they learn from their mistakes. Furthermore there is also how they always desire to improve and to be a force for good in the world such that they actually are, and no amount of their propaganda will change that. Although to some extent they may have a point, I know they'll distort it, they won't reveal all of it, and I know that they won't do a like a like comparison.

Hail Britannia Neptune, hail Britannia Cody, and long live Lastation the nation which only does everything to the pair of you. What do you make of that huh? I'm being patriotic with what I say? I'm not doing what you want me to do and beg for forgiveness for something I didn't do, for something a few may have done long ago, in which there's reasons for? What you going to do to make me beg? Are you going to make it windy while we're on the ladder huh? Are you going to shoot us down? Time's ticking because we're almost up there, or are you going to wait until later?

I have to admit that I am concerned about that event happening, as we are almost in the helicopter and it would be a real pain and tragic ending if we're to fall here after the stress and strain of climbing such a tall fragile ladder, while the helicopter is moving along with immense concern of the enemy taking us down. In fact with every rung I climb up closer to the chopper, I expect the worse to happen and I'm sure Noire does, especially as the wind picks up and I'm forced to hold on as tightly as I can despite the exhaustion, stress and pain taking its increasing toll on me.

I hoped that the wind was just temporary, and perhaps like a game I have to time when to go up and when to hold on to the ladder, but it doesn't and so I'm forced to climb more slowly, with one hand up, followed by the next and then do the same with my feet. It's so agonising, as it's making all the bad symptoms I have even worse but with less progress being made in exchange, however I'm almost there, and my ally has just a few more rungs to climb before she's in, and so hopefully if she loses her grip our allies in the chopper can save her.

Because of the wind being that strong we both agree to get really close together, and to share the rung so that if Noire slips from the wind or for any other understandable reason, I can hopefully grab her ankles so that she can then secure herself onto the appropriate rung. The thing is while I may be able to save her if she slips, will she be able to save me if I slip?

I suppose she can put her foot on my hand to secure it, but this is a nightmare and so she may unintentionally hurt me and contribute to my fall. I guess I had that risk of falling all of this time since being on the ladder, but the tragic thing is it's getting more and more of a thing as time goes on and my body is getting more and more weary to the point where I wonder if I can in fact make it, no I can it's just going to be a challenge that's all.

At this point the wind is strong enough for it to be really precarious for us both, but not enough for the chopper whose still on course even if it has to steady itself. I like to think it's just for us two and it will die down when, yes when because I'm that confident and have faith in our abilities, we get on board.

It's just as well that the pair of us adopt that strategy because my attractive ally above as she attempted to go for the next rung with her foot, she slipped and would have fallen had I not grabbed her feet with both of my hands, leaving me in such a precarious position, where just one small loss of concentration due to the combined aches, fatigue and stress or the wind being too much will knock me or perhaps us both off.

With me holding her feet as securely as I can, she manages to put one of them back on the rung, allowing me to put my hand holding that foot back to the rung, and she then does the next one, putting her and me back to the original position where we're relatively more secure, even though it's becoming less as time goes on.

Whew what a relief, especially how despite trying not to, I keep fearing for our demise, our defeat, especially since it's been the closest we got to the worst during this climb. It's a wonder that no one shot us down, but then again the enemy might later, though I like to think not since I know how the rotten Neptune operates.

My ally then looks down to me with a huge grin, blowing kisses at me before thanking me in such an appreciative tone. It's such a privilege and a warm feeling to know that I've saved her life, that I've kept us in the game, and I've ensured that our nasty nemesis Neptune has failed in that attempt to take her life.

To ensure that this doesn't happen again, in which I fear the next time will probably result in her or even the both of us falling, which I cannot even begin to describe how horrible that would be to say the very least, I grab hold of both of her ankles as securely as I can without squeezing too hard so that I hurt her. I do this with much determination despite getting increasingly exhausted as I lift each foot at the appropriate moment and place it on the rung above.

Although I feel like I'm so exhausted that I want to let go, and the wind and stress right now makes me so tired that my mind and body is screaming for me to quit, not least because of the pain, despite the circumstances and duties telling me otherwise, I keep going. Soon afterwards I'm pleased to see it pay off, as I see Noire being pulled up into the chopper by our allies in there. She must be ever so relieved to finally be in there, after all that climbing and the increasing painful agony and tension, and now it's just me.

I am relieved as well, as while I could still fall and that will probably result in failure despite her having survived, I like to think that they can save me in return, though I hope even more so that this does not happen, as that would be more stress on their part to do so.

It's quite an interesting situation as although I have just a few more rungs to go, I am close to not being able to go any further, or worse just falling off, and I worry about who will win this out of myself and the obstacle now realising the situation, before realising some more that I just have to keep going for the sake of what's at stake and to rest for what time I can in the helicopter.

I can do this, I know I can, I just need to do a few more rungs, and if I am to do this part by part, I will get closer and closer until I'm there, just climb up, with each process, then rinse and repeat: hand to the rung above, then the other hand to the rung above, then the foot to the rung above that, then the other foot to the rung above, and rinse and repeat. Keep going, just keep going, ignore the pain, the stress, the fact that I'm tired just climb, climb and climb and climb some more until I'm there.

Unfortunately, it is after the next rung I've overcome, that my feet are too exhausted to move, and if I were to move them, I'd risk slipping to some rungs below, or worse falling off completely.

While stretching could make my body tap out and therefore get it to fall, I have no choice but to use my hands to grab the rungs above as securely as I can.

Now I just have one more rung to go, but my body is really aching now, and I'm so tired I could go to sleep at any minute. This is it, do or die, and so I reach for the final rung but then I lose grip and I fear the worse.

I do not scream because I know that this will give our most hated nemesis Neptune, and perhaps Cody the satisfaction that they crave. I knew that it would happen considering how it ends up turning out, though it is annoying how it would be so near, so close. Well you won, but know this, you didn't win cleanly, but then you don't care about that do you since you can't win without stacking up all the advantages for you and all the disadvantages for us, you see that's so typical of you Neptune, that you cannot win without scripts, and this is your scripted nightmare.

Hmm, maybe she hasn't won after all, for after a short while I realise that despite the slip I am not falling, in fact I look to see Miss Lastation herself holding on to my hand as firmly as she can, while others are holding onto her as tightly as they can. It's interesting how I'd save her from dying and that led to her getting on board the helicopter, and now this happens. It's really great for us to save each other like this, and it's happened before and shows how equal we are, which we are in a way having lived and trained together, with me training them and Noire being CPU, while I did…my amnesia must be why I don't know what I've done between then.

Ahh, it's such a relief that I'm not dead, and there's a good chance now that I can get in the helicopter, though it won't be easy doing this as I look to see my ally, the CPU of Lastation, who despite trying to smile with much relief in her friendly manner, is struggling to hold onto my hand with both of her hands, and worse still I can see most of her body leaning out as tries so hard to hold on and to ensure I don't fall.

It's quite precarious and unless something is done I fear it'll only be a matter of sometime before Miss Lastation can no longer hold on, since it's a nightmare and we're all exhausted, and the fact that we all ache from the climbing is quite an understatement.

Fortunately, I have a strategy in mind, and I quickly say it to my ally before getting on with it soon afterwards.

The first thing I do is with my other hand I grab onto the highest rung I can, before securing my feet to the rungs below, and then with just my feet climb up the rungs, one step at a time before I'm no longer stretched, feeling relieved that I can move my legs again, though whether it's due to them resting or sheer desperation I don't know, but then again should it really matter why it's the case as long as I can?

Next, I get the goddess empress of Lastation Noire to let go while I put my hand on the rung, while she climbs to the rung above me, allowing the others inside holding her, to pull her back so that they're not as strained while trying to keep her secure, as holding on for our survival takes an increasingly heavy toll on them.

After which while moving my legs up at the appropriate moments, my CPU gently grabs my hand with both of hers and guides them to the rung above, and does the same with my other hand, followed by her climbing up the next rung, and rinsing and repeating in this vital task.

During this time with this plan in place, I feel more confident in fact the most confident since getting on the ladder, that we'll survive, even more so than just earlier, that is unless an enemy shoots…. No there won't be any enemies trying to shoot us, besides which we're too high up for that to happen.

It is now that I have reached the helicopter itself, in which Noire holds on to my arm tightly while the CPU Candidate does the same to my other arm tightly, before they both pull me inside. Interestingly enough, I find myself enjoying the surroundings of the helicopter compared to being outside in the wind, holding onto a ladder which increased our stress, our exhaustion and pain to a significant level, which has now been reduced a bit, and will go overtime. It's such a major relief to have climbed the ladder, especially since at the end the pair of us experienced near falls, but they were just that: near falls not actual falls.

I get up in the helicopter, only for there to be a three way hug between myself, Uni and Miss Lastation only for the pair of them to kiss me out of relief, which is such a warm pleasant feeling, for us to be together really close like this. I just wish we can spend more time like this especially after what we've been through, but the annoying thing is it's not over yet not by a long shot. We still have a job to do and that is to catch Neptune, and that pathetic Cody Gears.

Note: Readers please listen to Silent Scope Downtown while reading this:

We quickly pick up the Lee Enfield's with sniper scopes on the side, while myself and Noire pick up some clips to go with it, only for us to have a look at the surroundings, looking at the views of this great land to see if there's anything we recognise, anything to tell us how far away we are from her target, and what enemies there are down there who we can pick off one by one.

Upon looking at the area, it looks more familiar though tragically I do not know where, as while there is the houses in a formation around different roads, suggesting suburbs along with there being big buildings scattered about, which I'm guessing from up where we are to be schools, stations, and hotels, along with small areas for parks and trees, there is the distinctive river that curves at different spots.

I know that we're close to our target and that if we were to lose our nemesis right now, we just need to follow the river to the destination which I think is where the parliament is, interestingly enough at this point, the HUD gives us some information:

"Neptune plans to go to parliament and make her announcements, and to carry out the processes such that she would be recognised ruler of this nation. She also intends to brainwash the entire army of this nation to do her bidding when she becomes ruler, already she's brainwashed a large number of them so that they are asleep and cannot be awakened. The process will take a few hours, however there is a small army surrounding the parliament area, along with boats, cars and choppers and allied troops are short, due to the majority of the armies of this nation who aren't affected by the brainwashing, engaging the enemy in the surrounding areas to prevent their reinforcement and to allow you and your allies here to stop the nemesis in her tracks.

Your mission will be to kill Cody Gears, Neptune (when she has arrived in parliament) and any of her allies, and to do so before she can complete the processes of becoming leader of this nation. She must be stopped or the history of this glorious nation will come to an end. They cannot have their way or else civilization as is known will end."

Hmmmm and there's me thinking that after all that climbing we could for what it's worth relax relatively speaking and pick off targets escorting her, while assisting any allies that pursue her. It must have been the climbing on the ladder that's taken a long time to do it, that's got us to this point.

There has to be some way, it's just frustrating that neither time nor troops or resources are on our side. It is then I ask Uni some questions:

"Do you know if we have any troops near this area that can support us and if so how many and do we have any special units?" I ask her with hope in my voice, that it's something that can really help.

Unfortunately it's not to be as she sighs, but her gestures are well meaning.

"We have a small flotilla of boats approaching the area in the same direction as us, and a dozen cars approaching the area from the opposite direction, along with dozens of troops surrounding the area, but reports indicate that there are loads of road blocks and the parliament itself is heavily guarded.

Although in the surrounding areas we do outnumber them, it's not such that the enemy there will get taken out quickly for them to come and help, it'll take a lot of time. I'll have to see if I can get any units to provide backup. In fact I reckon in a few hours there'll be a sizeable force available to help, but by then it'll be too late. What strategy do you propose Black?" She asks me hopeful that I have a strategy in mind.

"I do have a strategy in mind though it is risky, and though we are outnumbered, we can at least concentrate our forces near parliament by the river, and attack them there while we provide covering fire, and hopefully we can get just enough reinforcements to mop up any enemies and with our forces combined can take parliament back.

The first thing to do is take out the enemy choppers so that at least we'll have air superiority, and hopefully we can take out the enemy without them being able to take us out, and force them into buildings and perhaps make the taking of it easier. Once the choppers are down though, we need to escort the boats and take out any roadblocks, and after that do the same for the cars, and continue to provide cover, until they can at least begin to attack parliament. This is because even if they were to surround us, I hope that killing the leaders will wake up the troops, so that they can deal with the enemy forces in the surrounding area while our allies deal with the enemies that surround us.

It is risky but if we do this right and if we're lucky, I like to think that we have a chance. Hail Britannia." I say to them.

"An excellent strategy, I'll try and see if we can have backup. We should be able to have just enough to make a difference, though they'll be a short while. Hail Britannia." Uni then replies to us.

"Yes Hail Britannia. We may be outnumbered but we've always been outnumbered and yet we've managed to defeat the enemy." Noire adds.

I'm glad they believe in my plan, as do I, and while I have my concerns in which they are being outnumbered in different aspects, along with being concerned about getting shot by the enemy or running out of ammo and such, they are not major ones as there are advantages we have. These advantages include: the quality of our troops, and our resolve which I don't think the enemy troops have, and that is our desire to win, for this is our homeland we're fighting for, and our rights to prosperity and to be proud of who we are as a nation.

I know that it won't be easy, and I must be absolutely careful not to let my guard down from the increased morale, with having a strategy and being relatively safe in the helicopter, and I know that when it's done, defeating our nemesis the nasty purple haired CPU of Planeptune and Cody Gears, and whoever happens to be with them on the day, there'll be more battles to fight both awake and sleep.

With this said though I also know that when this is done, we can celebrate in knowing that even if it's a nightmare, we'll have defended our homeland once again and have kept it free and prosperous, that as well as ensured that we are most certainly a step closer to the ultimate defeat for them, and the ultimate victory for us.

In fact it would be nice that one day, war can be just virtual and not effect real lives, for if it's virtual we can still get the benefits from war like new technology for civilian use, and new ideas that can perhaps change the world for the better, along with being more advanced, without the drawbacks of real casualties.

As we see the helicopters in the sky patrolling this area, they don't seem to be aware of our presence, this I find odd and sense a trap, especially since this will be relatively easy, in fact quite the interesting contrast to earlier and what will happen later. I do find myself wondering if Neptune intends to strike at this point some way, as opposed to when we're climbing the ladders. Nevertheless, with the small handful of people we have in the helicopter all of whom happen to be snipers which will hopefully help our ground troops below, especially if we can get air superiority, we all pick a different helicopter to shoot, in which we go for the specific spot which will take them down with one shot.

The first batch of helicopters goes without incident, and though the remaining ones appear to be looking around to see where it came from, we shoot another batch of them as well. It's only now that they know where we are and approach us and try and take us out, but even still another batch get taken down, and that's the last of them.

Well, that's a good start in this area, to ensure that the only helicopters around is us, and I know how great air superiority can be, with us being able to with our sniper rifles and long range, kill enemies and bleed them with impunity, but I grow more and more concerned that it was too easy, and I can't see it being easy for much longer, since we're all excellent shots, not recalling the last time we've missed with those weapons.

I was right to be concerned about how easy it would be, because I can see in the distance in different areas of grassland, amongst the trees that there are soldiers with their mobile SAMs, setting them up so that they are ready to fire at the chopper, and there are so many of them all over the place that even with our sniping skills, there'll still be enough of them to launch the missiles that will most certainly take us out.

Yeah I figured that she wouldn't want us to have air support, though at least we've taken out hers, but even so we needed to have the air cover considering the fact that we'll be outnumbered, though we shouldn't let that put a stop to it, yet that is if we can survive this, which I like to think so but there is still that concern.

It is a shame that myself and Noire only got a few minutes and only fired a few shots at the helicopters, yet considering the nightmare this was to be expected, and at least it meant that we can get to the next bit of this nightmare, and do a significant part in getting rid of one set of her troops.

While we all agree that we cannot kill all the soldiers and instead should inform our allies of there being loads of sites and kill what ones we can, and one of us, myself, goes for our parachutes ready to bail out to avoid getting blown up by the missiles or dying from it crashing, though the former is more likely than the latter, to find them will take time and I worry that we'll be hit before we can get them let alone put them on.

Then there's the concern of being able to use the parachute as soon as we're out because of not knowing the altitude we're currently at, and to land safely, not to mention finding out where we can land that will give us the best chance to continue the mission, despite the setback we are currently facing.

What a cycle eh? To begin the chapter with dangers around me, struggling to get on with the task at hand, and it ends in a different situation but the same sort of conditions, but such it is with this nightmare. I cannot give up or be disheartened by this, for if we do then it's certain doom, as I grab the parachutes knowing that at least we know of the location of Neptune's main base, though not knowing where to aim for and knowing that it's best to think about this question when we drop down.

There's loads of worries running through my head including a couple of new ones which is being shot down by enemy soldiers in which there'll be too many, and the other is that of my allies dying from this which could lead to a failure, which must be avoided at all costs. Despite this I must stay focused and keep calm and carry on, and win for Britannia, our homeland, and to do so step by step, in which running against the clock that is the enemy missiles, I head for the parachute and put it on as quickly as I can, trying to maintain my composure and to be calm as I possibly can, maintaining a stiff upper lip in the face of adversity.