AN: hello, fellow readers. So, i was brainstorming this chapter as i was working. There were some few ideas that I can use as an inspiration in terms of the fighting sequence. Keep an eye out for few codes within this chapter. I did my best so hope you may enjoy.
Chapter 5: Battle of CART/Hunt for the extractor pt 1
A while later. The night is cool as the wind is blowing and the air is breezing. Over at the east side of Fresno, there's the neighborhood city, Clovis. Over at Clovis down on Shaw ave, there's an area of shopping places, Sierra Vista Mall. Behind the mall is where an odd building stands. It was an odd school. Its color was yellow like a banana, only tone it down a bit. Its structure is almost like a military operation facility, yet it contains a stand in front of the building. It reads:
"Center for Advanced Research & Technology
Develops Everyone to Achieve Their Hopes"
Just in front of the parking lot, there was nothing. Few moments later, their lights shine coming from the road. As the lights came close, a few vans, at least seven vans, came into the parking lot. It was their headlights.
Two Dozens of Pandacon groups came out of their vehicles. Most of them wore their black and red army uniforms and were armed with their odd AR-15, but it had a red lens across the weapon. They were the foot soldiers. Out of the dozens, Six of them wear their black and red formal general uniforms with their Flat tops, colored with red black and gray. The six formal figures were the generals of the Pandacons, along with Captain James. Out of all figures, The Dark Minder was there as well. He tapped his right side of his mask as it's vision turned from red to blue, scanning the building. Inside of his mask, it shows the heat signature, within the building. He's at the right place for the Extractor. He deactivated his heat vision as he and his pandacons were approaching the building.
"General Pam, find the prize. The rest of us, secure this school," The Dark Minder ordered as a female general gestured her troops to follow her as they ran to the building while the rest of the group ran towards the school. "At long last, the hunt has begun," The Dark Minder added in.
General Pam and her two troops got to the building as they broke the glass door, fell in with their weapons as they entered inside the school. General Pam pulled up her wrist bracelet as it projected a heat signature. It gave her the location of the extractor, showing her the way. They went to their right, down the hall until they reached the center area. Pam raised her wrist and heard a coming from the robotics and electronics lab. General Pam radioed her leader.
"Target acquired, inside the laboratory," General Pam said through the radio, "The device is inside, my lord."
"Excellent, Pam," The Dark Minder replied back, "Now proceed with caution." General Pam and her troops enter the laboratory.
Outside of the building, the Pandacons secured the area as they loaded their weapons. Unaware that Luz's gang was just over at Sierra Vista Mall. They were just approaching the school and observing the activity of the Pandacon behind the bushes. They were heavily guarded.
"How are we going to get past those scary-looking soldiers?" Star asked.
"Hm, this is going to be tricky," Dipper replied, observing the area, "we'll have to divide and conquer."
"So, who's going with whom?" Mabel asked.
"How about this? Half of us will launch the attack on those guys while the other half will retrieve the extractor?" Marcy shared her idea. They all ponder for a moment. Dipper nodded his head.
"That actually sounds like a great plan," Dipper complimented, "Marcy, you will lead a small hand to get the device before them. We'll attack them from all sides."
"Now this is the fight worth living for," Grime grinned as if he's been dying to say.
"Well, i'll lead the attack," Luz jumped in, "anyone want to hop in?" Amity, Anne, Sasha, Grime, Star, Marco, Mabel, Pacifica, and Yunan raised their hands.
"I'll take Libby, Molly, Lady Olivia and Dipper with me to get the device," Marcy said, surprised Libby.
"M-m-m-me? With M-M-M-Molly and m-m-m-my idol?" Libby stuttered, "Are you sure about this?"
"Alright, everyone," Dipper said, "let's go!" They all begin to split into CART, as Marcy's team go behind the building. Dipper and Luz's team went up in front, but behind the Pandacon's vehicles.
"Now, how shall we approach them," Luz asked, "perhaps with a theatrical?" Or improvise?"
"I wonder," Marco said. He was pondering until he heard a sound like someone clears their throat. They all looked at the green toad.
"Let me handle this," Grime grinning said.
Behind the CART building, Marcy's team went behind as they got to the glass doors. They quietly open the doors, entering inside. They approached where they heard something, like they were shouting.
They approach the sound over at the Robotics and electronics lab. They stood, but lowered themselves below the glass window. They observed that General Pam and her troops dragged out boxes from the back. As they saw them, Marcy whispered to her team.
"Okay, we're gonna need a distraction while some of us get the metal box, cool?" Marcy said, explaining the plan, "I should lead the distractions."
"I volunteer me and Molly to get the box," Libby said, causing Molly to blush. Marcy was surprised, yet happy to hear.
"Okay, everyone," Marcy said, "Let's do this."
Out in front, pandacons guard the front door. They would patrol the building with the Dark Minder standing by. Three of the troopers were minding their own business until they heard a laugh. It was from Grime, only to wear a short uniform of Pandacon troops. He blends in. Luz's group were shocked to see him, especially Sasha who had her jaw dropped down.
"Hello, fellow soldiers," Grime said with his soldier impression, "What a wonderful day, isn't it? To retrieve our thingy?" The troopers stared at the toad, like they didn't know what the hell they're witnessing. They decided to go along.
"Yeah, our extractor, dude" one of the troopers said, "and I don't remember seeing you before. Who are you and your station?"
"Well, I'm Gavin," Grime lied, "and I'm stationed over at…Madera. I was one of the best troopers there."
"Ah okay Gavin," One trooper said, "Just want to identify you, only there's no station over at Madera, Grime." The three troopers drew their weapons towards Grime, who gulped to see his plan backfired. Luz's gang were shocked.
"Bravo, Captain Grime," a voice startled the toad. The troopers make way for The Dark Minder to approach the shaking toad. "What a nice surprise for you to join us on such notice," The Dark Minder said. Grime was graveling inside as he stood in front of The Dark Minder. The panda mask on the figure gave Grime a chill in his spines, like the grass was breezed. Grime was a flashback to a memory that taunts him: Battling "Darcy" and saving Sasha, but losing his left arm. He was shaking to recall this moment. He tried to stay calm as he came up with more lies.
"Grime? Who's Grime?" Grime lied, "What makes you think I'm Grime?" The Dark Minder then grabs the toad's neck as he lifts him off the ground. The gripping of his metallic left hand was so strong, Grime struggled to get off, but it was choking him.
"I know who you are, Grime," The Dark Minder growling said, "So, don't try to trick me boy. I know everything and I know you aren't alone here." The troopers aimed their weapons towards the bushes where Luz's gang were hiding. They were all shocked by this. "Y'all could've thought before you act back at the convention."
"How do you know we were at the convention earlier?" Marco asked.
"Captain James informed me after the raid," The Dark Minder answered as he approached the gang while still holding Grime, "I didn't want to believe him until now. Now, what are y'all doing here, Marco?"
"How do you-" Marco was gonna ask until a trooper hit his back. Two Generals, Ajay and Veronica, stand by their masters. Ajay holds a tablet while Veronica has her laser rifles attached to her arms.
"The tablet please, Ajay," The Dark Minder ordered. Ajay hands him the tablet as it scans Dipper. The display shows details of the man. "Marco Diaz, born on,. Now, is this correct, Marco?" He hands the tablet back to Ajay as he kneels down to Marco. "You're just a loser, ain't ya?" The Dark Minder asked, "Just a man."
"Leave him out of this!" Luz shouted and defended Marco "What kind of a man are you?" Everyone looks at Luz, even the Pandacons. The Dark Minder then gets up and approaches Luz. with Ajay and Veronica followed.
"A man from your memory, that's the kind, Luz," The Dark Minder, "Don't test me child."
"Just please, let my friends go," Luz requested, shocking Anne, Mabel and Marco. The Pandacons look surprised at The Dark Minder.
"Now, where did I hear that from?" The Dark Minder asked. Just before anyone can answer, The Dark Minder hears a radio, coming from General Pam.
"My lord," Pam said through the radio, "we have located the box of our prize, but the code is tricky to unlock."
"What's the code?" The Dark Minder asked.
"It appears to be a symbol like the ancient frog language," General Pam said.
"It must've been Amphibian language," The Dark Minder said, as if he understood the situation. Anne was shocked to hear this. "See if there's anyone within the same area as you are. I suppose Marcy Wu would know this better than her friends."
Anne was freightfully shocked to hear the name of her girlfriend, coming out from a guy she barely knows from. She then feels something inside that's holding back.
"You will dare not to hurt my Mar-Mar," Anne demanded.
"Oh sweetie," The Dark Minder said, "I'm not gonna hurt her, just need her wits to help us to unlock it. I sure hope your gal can help us, right Anne? And who knows? Maybe she and Ajay can work together."
Anne didn't say anything. She gave the Pandacon leader a cold stare like an angry mother. Her veins begin to flow. She clenched her fists as her eyes began to glow, with the color blue in her iris. Ajay's tablet beeped as he clicked it and saw an energy signature, coming from Anne. He was shocked as he saw a blueness around her with sticks coming from her hair.
"Uh, sir," Ajay said as The Dark Minder was alerted under his mask.
"Leave her ALONE!" Anne shouted as her blue energy blew around her including her friends and the vehicles flipped as the troopers took cover. Then, within this moment, Anne just vanished, surprising everyone.
Inside the building, General Pam and her troopers captured Marcy's group after a radio call. Marcy's team were kneeling down, handcuffed. Pam looked at them as she was scanning their faces. She pointed two fingers at Macry and Libby, gesturing to her troopers to bring them forward as they unlocked their handcuffs, but held tightly on their arms.
The others struggle with handcuffs on their back.
"Leave them alone," Dipper shouted to General Pam.
"Well," General Pam said, "One of you is Marcy Wu, yes? And I see this turtle friend is Libby, correct?" Marcy and Libby are stunned to hear their name, shaking.
"How do you know our n-n-names?" Libby asked.
"And what do you want with us?" Marcy said.
"Why, it's simple," General Pam said, "My master mentioned you know this code, right?" She points at the metal box with the small screen with passcode as a locker, yet it had the strange looking letter, only it was an alien written. Marcy stared at it and she gasped as she knew the language.
"It's an amphibian ancient language!" Marcy said, "but how did it-"
"The better question is you're gonna unlock this or perhaps we'll kill y'all?" General Pam snapped her fingers, allowing her troopers to aim at the team by their heads, even Molly's. Seeing this had caught Libb's attention.
"No, don't!" Libby shouted, "Please!" Marcy sees her fan's face where a tear appears from her eyes, a mixture of sadness and fear. She can see Libby didn't want anyone to harm her friend. Yet, Marcy can see Libby like she recognized the look before. She reminded herself of her youth at the castle when Andrias revealed himself as tyrannical leader, attempted to kill Sprig Planter, and attacked her friends.
"Okay, I'll help you," Marcy said. General Pam grinned while Libby looked at her idol.
"Good, then let's get to it," General Pam said, "any funny business and we'll off y'all." Marcy nodded as she approached the metal box. She analyze the language. (Language in the AN).
Marcy managed to analyze it in her head and type in the passcode: A113.
The Box begins to unlock it as its lid begins to shift like a nano-tech change. Inside was a device, placed inside in the center of the box. It was the extractor. General Pam grinned to see the box unlocked. She approached it and reached her hand inside of the box and touched the extractor as she picked it up. Seh examines it from her wrist scanner by scanning it, and it beeps green. The extractor is real.
"Woah, baby," General Pam victoriously said.
Outside in the parking lot. They looked around for Anne. Two troopers looked around and then blue flashed and Anne popped out of nowhere. She grabbed two troopers heads and bumped them together as they fell to the ground. Anne vanished again with the blue lightning and shake the ground.
Back inside, everyone felt the shake, wondering what just happened.
Unaware, Dipper managed to use his screwdriver from his sleeves and managed to unlock the handcuffs and it worked. He stands up and pulls out his ray gun towards Pam.
"Hand over the extractor and no one will get hurt," Dipper said as he aimed his weapon towards her, who appeared to have her forearm gun ready aimed back at Dipper.
Marcy managed to pull her right forearm as she unveiled her jacket sleeve, revealing her Arrow-taser. It was similar to her old crossbow weapon back in youth, only an arrow had a piece of taser at the tip with an energy filled arrow. She aimed it at Pam as well.
"Not so fast, Mason," General Pam said, "unless you want a hole in your forehead."
Back outside, Ajay looks around with his tablet, scanning the blue signature, yet comes, until he looks west as the beepers go beep. Blue lightning flashes, bright like a flashlight as Anne appears and push-kicks Ajay as he is pushed to the van. Anne vanished again in a flash.
Sasha, Grime and Yunan were shocked to see Anne going berserk, but the blue power was something that they never hoped to see again. The Dark Minder and his troops armed and ready for another attack. With Ajay getting hurt, The Dark Minder activated his heat signature through his vision. He spotted the closer energy near him. As the blue lightning flashes off, Anne appears. Troopers begin to shoot at Anne, but she dodges every bullet, like a fly. She then pushed them all to the sides, including vehicles flipped over as one of them hits the robotics garage-like gate.
Back inside, the standouts between Dipper and Pam were still in place as the van came through the gate, sending Pam and her troops to move aside. Dipper took cover. He goes over to others where he uncuffs the handcuffs. Molly was relieved to live while Libby hugged Molly tight. Dippers goes over to the gate while Marcy walks over to the extractor and grabs it. General Pam and her troopers began to fire at the duo.
Marcy and Dipper fire back at them while the others take cover under the desks and tables. They were in a gunfight. They would fire at each other. Just as the pandacons troopers reload their weapon, Dipper managed to shoot at one trooper. Pam shot at Dipper, but Dipper dodged it. The other gang were shocked to see this fight until Libby saw an exit, out by the garage gate. She gestured to everyone to follow her to the gate.
While Dipper managed to throw his electro bombs towards Pam and others, Marcy managed to move away from this. Pam and the troopers examine the bomb and attempt to get out. Yet, the bomb exploded, causing a ray wave of electricity around within 2 meters, pinning down General Pam and her troops.
She examined it and saw a sticky note attached to the blue button. It reads, "PUSH IT." She pressed it, and it opened a projection of a map of Fresno. It showcases a map and arrows over at far distant place. It reads the location:
"CSU Fullerton, science department. Robotics room basement."
It projected a code that was written something odd. It reads:
1-3-20-9-22-1-20-5 20-8-5 13-5-20-1-12 3-21-2-5 23-9-20-8 19-9-13-16-12-5 16-8-18-1-19-5, "16-18-9-13-5"
Marcy Snapchat it as she heard a rumbling. Everyone in the room goes out to where Dipper's heading out.
Back outside, just as Anne appears with blue lightning flashes Anne was about to punch The Dark Minder, until she was caught in the neck by The Dark Minder with his right hand, very tight. Anne struggles to get out as her blue energy still glows.
He lift his left arm up as it changes from hand to syringe as his forearm turns into a glass container, connecting to the syringe as it powers up.. Anne attempted to free herself, but couldn't due to the strong tight. The others attempted to attacked, but they were tased by the troopers, causing them to fall to the ground, but barely alive.
"Let me go!" Anne said as she tried to block the syringe, but couldn't.
"Strong, yet fragile," The Dark Minder said.
Dipper and his team got outside with the extractor as they're witnessing Anne's struggle. Marcy was shocked and scared to see her childhood friend is getting her ass whooped.
"ANNE!" Marcy scaredy shouted.
The Dark Minder sticks his syringe needle onto Anne's heart, causing Anne to scream. It extracted the blue energy from her, draining the power out of her.
Marcy and her team run towards them, saving Anne and others, but are cornered by General Pam and her troops, along with Captain James and other Generals, Samuel, Jerome, and Daniel, along with other troopers.
"Going somewhere? Mason?" General Pam asked, just as they drew their weapons as them.
"Let's not ruin our leader's surgery process," General Daniel said.
Just as Marcy was held back, she couldn't save her girl, but to witness her rock bottom. She hears her scream, like it was something that truly hurts. She saw something that flashes her mind. It was when she was processed by the core. Her screams echo her mind, compared with Anne's scream. She couldn't bear to hear any more screams anymore that she had to do something.
Luckily, she managed to pull out her arrow taser. She aimed and shot it at the generals and troopers, causing them to be knocked out cold.
She then sprinted ahead, just as The Dark Minder dropped Anne to the ground. Marcy rushed to Anne while The Dark Minder was absorbed by the blue energy as he held his left arm like he was in pain.
"Anne!" Marcy agony said as she wrapped her arms around her.
She hears her girlfriend's breath, and her veins pulse beating. Anne slowly opens her eyes and sees Marcy.
"What happened, Mar-mar?" Anne weakly said. Marcy was relieved that her lover is still alive.
"What have you done with Anne?" Sasha angrily shouted as she and others regained their consciousness, only to be armed by the troopers and Generals. The Dark Minder sees his vein with blue, clashes with his purple veins as well. He grinned as he faced the others.
"Yes," The Dark Minder said, "It's great, isn't it? I can feel it through my veins again."
To be continue…
AN: There were some few ideas that I can use as an inspiration in terms of the fighting sequence. i did look up some battle scene, inspired by Amphibia's True Color, and also Rogue One's rebel attack. I wanna give a little introduction to a battle sequence for this chapter like a little prologue. Part 2 may be a battlefield as i was writing this.
One of the codes i tried to put in this chapter was the amphibian language. I tried to minimize the alphabets, but the results was blank and the letters were gone. So this language waS the lock language that Marcy translate. If you want to know what the code was, dm and i'll show you what the code was, which answer the lock that Marcy unlock.
Hope you enjoy it.
