Chapter 5:
"Lastation…"
So have Noire finally snapped at Neptune's craziness and declared war? Has Uni decided that enough is enough with the brother and sister thing with me and Nepgear and wants to be Nepgear's sibling? I don't think so. But unless an alien got into their brain, the mere fact that I know them too well that I'm denying the situation I see means that this is no war out of spite.
*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*
I hear explosions from the distance, looking up, I see an A-10 circling the skies. The Tower powers the nation's AI powered defenses. It makes sense that they'll try to weave through the shower of lead and take the Tower down.
"They're going to swarm this place with planes" and most likely rush this city.
I need to get out of the city before that. Or hide. Either way, I don't want to get involved. If they're here, then all the more reason to take a bird's eye view.
I make a run for it. The nearest building that I know can scale the wall that separate the City and the outside world, is that old abandoned building by a street beautifully named, Rage. Although the distance between me and that building is around 15 kilometers or so. Even on a full sprint that's going to take 30 minutes.
"So long nothing happens…!" I kick the ground underneath me and run full speed ahead.
Despite my body's complaints at me, I grit my teeth and push onward. I stay close to the buildings ready to hide at the moment's notice. As I head further away from the tower. More and more bodies keep popping up. It's mostly from Lastation's soldiers, very few from the opposition.
"The opposition…" most are wearing ordinary clothes underneath their Kevlar armor and weapons. While some have the usual full infantry man suit. They're few and far between. Some are just wearing black long sleeved shirts and using a handkerchief as a mask. If anything they look more like terrorist.
*STEP!* *STEP!* *STEP!* *STEP!*
Upon reaching a corner, I hear the sounds of footsteps. I quickly jump to the nearest window into a wrecked building and hug the wall.
*STEP!* *STEP!* *STEP!* *STEP!*
"Dammit, what the hell is the Commander thinking!? She wants to die? 5 fucking minutes!?"
"I knew we shouldn't have trusted her! A fucking pipsqueak commanding us!"
Seems to be just 3 guys. Judging by how close they are, if I take a peek, they might notice me. I take a look around me, and I'm accompanied by a dead militia soldier beside me. I quietly inspect his dead body.
"Shit! Street Rage is out!"
"Fuck! That's what we're headed...! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! That fucking Commander left us here to die!"
"Shut up! We're NOT going to die. Worst case scenario we need to get out of the city"
"The fuck do you mean get out of the fucking city!? Lastation is out there! Caging us in!"
"Yeah and if we stay here those things will crawling at us!"
"I get it! Here, take a look at this…! Knuckle Avenue remember that? A kid died by the sewers right? That case was cold. But evidence said that the kid came from outside. Meaning we can use that to get out of the city"
"Haa? That's crazy! Even if we went there, pretty sure by now they've sealed that place up!"
"No man, I can assure you even before this blew up, they still haven't sealed that place up. Plus think about its right near one of our entrances. So either that or through the sewers"
"Then what the fuck are standing around for!"
"Just to be clear, you guys still have those explosives…?"
And they're gone…
"Ok…" I double check the straps on my Kevlar armor, and double check if the M19 has a fresh mag. That was all I could take from this guy. Also pants and boots. I've been wearing boxers ever since.
I take my peek. I can still see them running. Damn, they run fast. I jump out of the window and run after them. Making sure my boots won't make a noise for them to notice.
I decided to follow them as they said there's a sewer tunnel leading outside. If that's a bust then I can proceed to go to my original idea. Going at it a little faster won't hurt.
But based on their conversation, it seems their Commander left them to die and decided to hole himself somewhere. Well, I'm not going to blame him for doing that. Still the way they said it means that there's several entrances.
Somewhat of a network? Underground most likely.
Then what do they mean by those things? A third party to the war effort? Monsters maybe, since they did say things as if somewhat incomprehensible.
These 3 stop by every or so often to check their bearings. I can reroute to another street and circle up, but the distance noises gunfire in the background tells me that there is more trouble there than I thought.
After waiting what seems like 2 days, they finally decided a street to follow. I run after them keeping my distance. As I do, I notice one of the bodies has their limbs torn and whatever left of their limbs are now mangled up.
It doesn't take a genius to tell you that something is seriously wrong.
Each body is more mangled than the last, gruesomely murdered that's above and beyond a sadistic infantry man with a machete. Ripped, torn off, bitten. Monsters? Did they really do this? But if they were, then there should have been marks.
"Hold, we're here" one of them raised their fist.
I quickly hide behind one of the Transport Tubes. We're in the outskirts of one the parks. Ah, no wonder a kid got into a sewer died. That being said, we're nowhere near the walls of Planeptune.
"Hey, are you sure we're in the right place?" one of them took the words right out of my mouth.
"Yeah. See that building, that's the maintenance house for the park. That's where I saw the police pull his body out"
"Yeah, too bad. Let's hu-!" he suddenly turned to the left. I can tell that he notices something there.
"Why did yo-!? O-o-o-oh shiiIIIIT!"
"SHIIIIT! THEY'RE HERE! PAC!"
"HEY! HEY! DON'T RUN ALL OF A SUDDEN!"
*GRRAAAH!* - *GRRAAAH!* - *GRRAAAH!* - *GRRAAAH!*
"Kh! FUCK! GET AWAY FROM ME! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
"DAN!"
"URAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
*GRRAAAH!* - *GURE* - *GURE* - *GURE*- *HEHEHEHE*
"SHIIIIT! DAN!"
"JEAN! DON'T STOO-"
"PAC! WHAT THE FUUUUCK!"
*GURE* - *GURE* - *GURE* - *GURE*- *HEHEHEHE*
*HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE*
"URAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*
*GUREHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!*
*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!*
"DIE! YOU FUCKING MOOOOONSTEEEEEERS! DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!...Kh!... AH… fu-!"
*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!*
*UREHEHEHEHEHEHEHE* - *UREHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE* -
*URHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!*
*NOM!* - *GULP!* - *NOM!* - *GULP!* - *NOM!* - *GULP!*
*NOM!* - *NAM!* - *MMH!* - *GULP!*