The Business of War
Orchestrated By C.M. Rich (Magnetman)
La batalla de Ciudad de Mexico
By Super Koala, Pharon, Mega Man N, Hunter, Iga, Kayorei and Magnus
Scenario G
Participants:
Seven Mercs (SA)
Marsupial Bros (C)
Saturn (W)
Location: Mexico City, MX
SA Troops: 3648
RPD Troops: 2082
Wily Troops: 1014
In an alleyway, Koala was starring at the Skyline. The Former Wily's
Warrior member was always optimistic and carefree, but now he was
really anxious and worried. It was just he and his Brother, Pharon,
against 2 armies and the cops. The Marsupial Brother spent the
last 2 hours making a makeshift spear and a knife out sticks and
twigs gotten from a nearby park. He was wearing (besides his old
Wood Man armor) a pancho found in a dumpster with 3 holes in the
front and third of it shredded in the back along with a sombero
which Koala had to chase away a couple of birds who were using
it as nest material.
"The mission is to record the capabilities of the Seven Mercenaries,
now upgraded by General Cutman," He said to himself before
turning behind himself. "Come on Pharon, Stop fighting the
rats and let's go!"
Pharon walked with Koala down the alley and started thinking. He
came to visit Koala, the first time he saw him after he left Wily.
The last thing he remembered about Wily is that he put Pharon in
his new robotic body instead of putting his brain on a disk and
throwing into the dumpster. Knowing Wily Pharon's body had a few
dangerous weapons built in, most notably a super chain gun, a toned
down version of Airman's powers (The ability to control winds,
shoot tornadoes, and make clouds at his feet allowing flight) and
the golden angel destroyer. Pharon himself hasn't told Koala about
this.
"Hey Bro," Pharon said.
"What?" Replied Koala.
"How long do you think we'll be useful to Cossack?"
"I dunno, prolly about 100 days or so"
"Also, how are we going to get back to Russia?"
"I have a small boat. We could row our way back."
"How's your life been after we parted?"
"Is now really the time to talk about this?"
"Here, take this." Pharon pulled out a Magnum from out
of his jacket along with a box holding about 350 spare armor piercing
bullets with hollow points.
"You had that the whole time? Then what were the last two
hours for!?" Koala yelled out questioning.
"Think about it, since we're technically outlaws now. When
the RPD, Wily, and the SA find out about us, do you think that
they'll give us the time to make spears let alone that they'll
be any good?"
"I guess not."
"Any way, also take these" Pharon then handed Koala a
pair of EP goggles (a Device that detects Electronical activity
allowing the detection of robots in deep smoke or find lost TV
remotes) and a bottle of Eucalyptus extract jucie.
"Hmm?"
"To the hopefully not last rising of the Marsupial Bros." Pharon
said holding up a bottle of Strawberry Lemonade. "Cheers"
They clanked to bottles and drank them in one gulp and threw the
bottles behind them. Then Pharon took out a knife and slashed the
main power line blacking out the city and making it so that only
robots and solar panels will show up on the EP goggles.
Koala put on the Goggles and looked at Pharon. He saw electronic
movement.
"For old time's sake?" Pharon asked.
Koala nodded.
They yelled to the heavens their slightly infamous war cry :
"THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR THE MARSUPIAL BROTHERS!"
As they walked into the City square they entered some cover. Koala
climbed up a tree and Pharon jumped on top of some office buildings,
setting up a series of automated turrets. Then jumping down and
then blending in with a crowd of people talking about the recent
blackout.
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Several squads of SA Joes began entering
the city, their pace slowed due to the blackout. From a low mountain
a short distance away, Hyper Storm stood with his hands on the
hilt of his trademark green sword, Vrydi, the tip of which was
firmly planted in the ground. "Well, now that's a somewhat
helpful turn of events. The humans are sitting ducks."
"Hunter, the city has just experienced a major blackout. There's
absolutely no power now, and I intend to have a squad or two of
Joes capture the Power Plant to make sure it stays this way." Magnus
relayed to his fellow SA Officer. "Should I procced or just
send in the Joes and wait for further orders?"
"Go on, Magnus, but remember : minimal information."
Hunter then turned to his fellow Mercenaries, all gathered around
a map of the town. He took out his sword and pointed at an area
on the map.
"Magnus is here right now. We need to cover ground and block
the main areas. Falling star, take 520 Joes and head to the forest
of Chapultepec. Your powers will be used at their best."
"Roger !" The aquatic robot then left to prepare his
battalion.
"Shinobu, Iga, take two group of Joes and go cleanse the residential
areas. I'll let you choose between East and West."
"Sure thing !" replied the Mercs in unisson.
"While Naoshi will head to the Presidential Palace, Kayorei's
group and mine's will surround and crush the local RPD Centre.
Got it right ?"
The spear-wielder replied with a large grin, while her fellow Rockman
Killer merely nodded.
"Remember, though : no one has seen yet how the upgrades affected
our fighting style. Let the Joes do most of the fighting, and if
it comes to the worse, try to limit yourself to techniques our
ennemies already know. This also applies to you, Magnus."
"Got it right, Bossman."
"Good thing. I'll send the remaining Joes to your location." The
Megaman look-alike raised his sword. "We will turn this city
in a pool of blood ! Kill now ..."
"FOR ELYSIUM AWAITS !" The Mercs yelled in perfect harmony,
before heading to their respective locations. By dawn, Mexico City
was very likely to become a ghost town...
Magnus grinned slightly. "And now for the fun part. Begin
Operation!"
The Joes nodded mechanically, then stormed into the town. Moments
later, blaster fire and human screams began coming from the city,
along with flashes of light from the Joe weapons. Magnus himself
then slowly descended from the cliff and entered the city. He walked
behind the group of Joes heading for the power plant, while the
rest simply swept through the city like a storm of death before
encountering a large group of RPD forces.
The dragonic SA Officer's eyes narrowed slightly. "Odd. You'd
think the route to the main power grid would be riddled with those
bloody retooled Gamma units the RPD has been calling their special
forces. Oh well. It just means more fun for me when they finally
DO show up."
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"Flee, you worms ! You're no match for the Scissor Army !"Chapultepec Park was filled with citizens trying to flee the fight. The first minutes were a complete massacre until the RPD showed up, buying them enough time to get away.
Being stopped in his goal, his soldiers falling around him, the aquatic Merc was infuriated.
"These guys need to be taught a lesson... You, cover me !"
Falling Star and his newfound escort slowly crawled to the closest lake, in which the Officer dived. With only his head emerging from the lake, he pointed his arms at a RPD squad, which was quickly destroyed by ultrasonic water blasts. With one of the immediate threats disabled, the SA Infantry marched on, followed by Falling Star...
"It's not like they didn't already know I could do this..." he chuckled to himself.
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The blackout, and the attack from the Scissor Army, had driven all of the humans in the residential areas panicked, barely allowing the RPD forces to monitor their escape.The Infantry was attacking methodically, cleaning block after block. Being forced out of activity wasn't much of a problem for Shinobu.
A group of humans tried to attack him from the back.
"Ants trying to fight back ? How useless." With these words, he took his left shoulderpad and slashed his opponents in a swift move.
"Thankfully, Earth will soon be cleansed of this vermin."
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Even with the blackout, the Police Building was a formidable stronghold. It actually was one of the few places that held back the SA's assault in this town.After a first unsuccesful assault, Quint called for a retreat, in order to reorganize his plans.
"With Kayorei's group, we have a numerical advantage on this one, but they have more opportunities to shoot at us without a ripost, and they're heavily protected."
The green Merc opened a communication with Kayorei.
"I have a plan to suggest to you. Take a squad of Joes for cover, and try to throw that building down. We'll take advantage of the confusion ensuing to shoot down any survivors. Hunter, over."
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As the Joes marched through the town
they were suddenly blind sighted by Pharon's auto turrets. The
turrets were wired to an independent solar array and mowing down
the Joes. In a dimly lit office room Pharon was sitting in a cubical,
working away at a laptop which showed monitors viewing various
parts of the city. Koala, meanwhile, was leading citizens into
shelters or telling them to stay indoors. Pharon threw a bottle
with a very alarming amount of air pressure inside of it, and it
exploded with a sound that was not unlike that of a grenade going
off, startling a few Joes causing them to turn and shoot at each
other. Pharon saw on a monitor Magnus heading to the power plant.
The noon sun glared ominously bright as Pharon got into the power
plant. Pharon estimated that he had about 30 minutes to set things
up before Magnus got there. He planted more auto turrets and made
nets of barbed wire blocking the only entryway into the plant.
He then re-routed some wires to electrify the web of wire.
Pharon waited inside the power plant in a hiding spot for Magnus
to come.
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The Joes stopped their march, and Magnus noticed why rather quickly.
"Electrified Barbed Wire? Like that'll stop me."
Magnus held up a hand before using high levels of air pressure
to crush the wire into a ball and send it rolling out of the way.
Hyper Storm then led the Joes into the plant. He motioned for two
groups of ten Joes to split off from the fifty or so that had come
to the plant to fan out and look for anyone hiding here, particularly
RPD Special Forces.
"Now, I wonder where my first victim in Mexico is?"
Magnus said out loud, trying to unnerve anyone who might be close
enough to hear him.
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The brown Stardroid neared the power plant, an army of about
one thousand minor robots behind him. Two flanks of modified Sniper
Joes guarded the plant, each flank ten strong.
"Fudgicles. The Seven Mercs a' been 'e' a'ready," he
said. "I hope I picked up enough moves fr'm Ringman t' handle
'm. 'Kay let's get th' Monkings t' beat the left flank and th'
Havesubes 're with me. Th' rest o' ya stay, got it?"
The robots gave no gesture of understanding; however, that seemed
typical. They split up accordingly, and Saturn rushed off to help
the Havesubes with the right flank.
The Havesubes dropped their hive bombs, each releasing the Chibees
inside and expanding the foces to overwhelm the Joes. Cleverly,
Saturn took the ring off his body, created a Black Hole to pull
in a few of the Joes, and then pulled out a few Saturn Rings to
attempt slicing off their heads. At the same time, the Chibees,
although overwhelming the Joes at first, were being destroyed quickly.
Saturn jumped up and momentarily stopped time for two reasons:
to strike the Joes on his side of the plant while they were immobilized,
and to find out how the Monking were holding up against the other
flank. From the looks of things, it was down to eighteen Monkings
versus nine Joes at this point; there were still plenty of bees,
and seven Joes were still standing.
"This is takin' too long," he muttered, wondering how
much time he had before the Mercs were done inside the plant. He
looked over his shoulder.
"Yo! Ge'm a Jumbig ove' there!"
A Jumbig hopped toward the left flank in high, arcking jumps. It
crushed two of the Joes, but was destroyed by the other seven soon
afterward.
Saturn tensed. "This'nt good," he stated the obvious.
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After a couple more minutes, all the modified Sniper Joes were all destroyed. Sacrificed were 23 out of 25 Monkings, 21 of 35 Havesubes, about a hundred out of the 175 Chibees, eight of 35 Hammer Joes and two of nine Jumbigs. Not very promising numbers considering that the war against the Scissor Army had only just begun.As Saturn's next move, he leaned in close to observe the damaged barbwire fence, wondering who could have created such a large gap in the fence.
«It's completely vaporized,» he thought. «Which of the Mercs could've done this?» He rattled them off in his head, eliminating Punk and Quint due to the nature of their weapons and Ballade because it seemed like she wouldn't have been able to create such thorough damage. He didn't think of the Genesis Unit due to unfamiliarity, and decided:
"Enka's here. This's gotta be his Mirror Buster's vaporized the whole fence. We gotta stop 'm," Saturn said, motioning to the crowd of minor robots. "I need all the Yanbows, 20 Hammer Joes and a good 40 Batontons or so should do it. The rest o' you stay here. We're goin' after Enka."
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Magnus turned around when he heard the Wily forces taking on the Joes. He motioned for the Joes inside to go for the main control room, then went outside himself to find Saturn and a horde of Wily bots there to greet him."Well now, one of the Stardroids, eh?" Magnus said as he emerged, drawing his sword. "This should prove quite interesting while it lasts."
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The purple-clad robot was a little disappointed
when she got the order to restrict herself to the abilities of
the original Ballade. It's a loss of efficiency; some things are
better done by those who don't specialize... and variety was never
Ballade's forte. Until recently. Having to hold this back was irksome,
but Kayorei wasn't about to disobey orders.
Besides... while there was some measure of exhilaration from using
her new abilities, it still couldn't quite compare to the thrill
of feeling the waves of dust and heat and sound that comes with
a good explosion. She could play with her new toys some other time.
Kayorei switched off her com, having received a new plan of action
from Hunter, and turned to her squadron of Joes. She spoke in simple
gestures, commanding them without words; half would guard their
flanks, the others would join her in drawing out the RPD. The Joes,
equally silent, acknowledged with obedience and took their positions.
A tall building nearby seemed to cry out for its own destruction,
nearly untouched by the carnage all around it. Kayorei took a moment
to study the building, like a predator watching its prey before
going in for the kill. A human face appeared in one window, but
quickly retreated upon spotting the small army gathered at the
base of the now-ineffective hideaway. That's all she needed to
see.
Kayorei let slip a fiendish smirk and pointed her hands, clasped
together, at the building. Apparently, all it took was the intent
of destroying their haven to scare the refugees into the open and
their demise. Dozens were killed before the first shot was even
fired as the Joes picked off anyone who dared step outside. The
volley of Ballade Crackers that followed drew even more out, some
of them even jumping out of windows for what good it did them.
This should get their attention...
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Following Hunter's orders, the simian SA Officer Iga led a nice battalion of Joes and took off for the residential area to find something to destroy."Well would you look at that? A hospital! Score!" Iga chided as he stopped in front of the hospital.
He turned to the Joes, "Okay guys, this here," Iga pointed his staff towards the building, "is our target! I want half of you to go down into the basement parking garage and destroy any and all supports you can find. The other half of you will stay aboveground with me and keep anybody from escaping. I want to see this building in a pile TONIGHT!!"
The Joes obeyed their orders and took their stations. The half that took up the mission of destroying the supports stormed into the parking garage, busters firing. Iga and the rest made small blockades around every door and emergency exit.
The sound of screams and buster fire permeated the immediate area within a minute of the Joes' invasion. Buster Rod and the other Joes were keeping themselves busy picking off any civilians with the nerve to attempt escape. Iga was itching to go wild with some of his new toys, but he felt a strange rush out of limiting himself to kill with only his bo staff and buster.
"Just like Hunter ordered: Doing some damage without any new abilities..." The Officer was rather pleased with himself.
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"Hyper Storm.H," Saturn said, attempting to sound cold and collected. However, his mind already racing.«Hyper Storm? I was expecting Enka…» Suddenly, he remembered catching a fleeting glimpse of a ball made of the missing parts of the fence on the right-hand side of the entrance to the plant.
«That explains it. It wasn't vaporized, his powers must be magnetic.»
Without realizing it, Saturn had slipped out of his calmed expression for a moment while thinking. It didn't really matter; he was done with the poker face for the moment anyway.
"I don' know wha' that PSYCHOPATH you call yer superior's done t' you, but what I DO know is I ain't goin' down w'thout a fight!"
He pulled his ring off his body and held it as though it were a sword or a shield. He then threw it in the air and attempted to either strike the Mercenary with it or damage him while sliding to catch it.
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Pharon sighed. Magnus had done exactly what he wanted him to do : separate himself from the rest of the Joes. Pharon quickly activated 7 more auto turrets and ordered them to spread out.2 of them found a small group and attacked them. Another 3 found the other small group and attacked them as well. They found the rest of them caught in various traps rigged around the Plant. Pharon sitting in the main control room under the guard of 10 of his auto turrets watched the events outside. Pharon took a mental thought to figure out a plan of action.
He then programmed a special Auto turret to guard the main control room and, if anyone were to touch the controls, to self destruct. He them put under the console.
Pharon jumped out a window and looked on a monitor on his arm. About 20 turrets were flying around the city, shooting at the SA Joes and various Wily Bots. Pharon commanded his turrets to still spread but focus on the areas of the 7 Mercs. He placed himself against a wall, took out 2 more auto turrets and set them to a mode where they would orbit and protect him while fire at Magnus. After sighing, Pharon waited for Magnus and Saturn to begin their fight.
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Magnus sighed. He REALLY wanted to go all out, but meh. Why not have some fun? Saturn's ring was simply batted away by Magnus' blade before Magnus was shot in the back by Pharon's Auto-Turrents. It was surprising to say the least that another opponent made a move, but Magnus ignored it and made a mad dash at Saturn, launching several mini twisters like the Original Hyper Storm. "AND A FIGHT YOU SHALL HAVE!"--------------------
"FREEZE!" Saturn shouted, stopping time to shoot Hyper Storm and pick up his ring.«Who WAS that that fired at him?» Saturn wondered as time began to start moving again.
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Hunter saw the carnage perpetrated by
Kayorei's squad with a certain happiness. Already, some RPD units
were going out, trying to protect some of the refugees.
As if they could change anything...
The green Merc drew out his sword, and activated his drill-arm.
Now would be a decisive moment.
"Charge !"
Taking advantage of the confusion, as some RPD Joes stopped their
shots, Hunter and a good half of his batallion charged into the
place, systematically taking down every ennemy before going on.
The Officer was in front of the assault, impaling ennemies on his
drill or slashing them with his blade.
"Leave no one alive !"
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"Already finished ? Too bad."The park was now filled with various corpses, most of them human or bearing the RPD colours. Several of them has neat slash scars - each of them a proof that Mega Water's weapon was a success.
"We'll reconsider our objective, soldiers. It appears good ole Naoshi needs a hand..."
With these words, Falling Star and the survivors of his batallion headed to the presidential palace, where the battle was still going on...
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The purge of the Western sector was still going on, with barely a resistance to speak of. It extremely surprised Shinobu when he felt impacts on his back, and saw some of his soldiers destroyed."A challenge, at last ?" Turning back and raising his eyes, he saw a couple of flying turrets circling around him, shooting the Joes who were trying to fight back.
With a grin, he started to whip his head around. Sharp quills flew out, impaling the ennemies. He then ordered his men to take them down, while the largest portion of them resumed their first task.
"Whoever made this will receive my thanks when I meet him..." muttered the red Merc as he cracked his knuckles.
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Magnus, dazed by Saturn's time stopping and attack, shook his head quickly before lobbing more mini twisters at the brown Stardroid.Damn it all, I need to get the go ahead to go all-out on this guy if he can do that. Even with my upgraded power, I'll be hard pressed to take down this particular nuisance. The Officer thought as he surged forward, taking a swing with at Saturn with his sword.
The sword slashed Saturn in the head, and then the Mercenary prepared to swing again.
Thinking quickly, Saturn pulled out his ring and tried to use it to parry Hyper Storm.H's sword.
«What to do now?» He wondered. «This guy's tough, but I don't want to use my new weapons on him just yet…»
After much difficulty, he parried the draconic Mercenary's blade and then prepared to open a Black Hole, should Hyper Storm create any more tornados.
Magnus lept backwards after Saturn parried, then he realised something. [i]Ah, damn it, it HAD to be the one with a black hole generator.[:i]
Magnus quickly opened a com channel to the rest of the Seven Mercs :
We've got a problem. Saturn, the wielder of Black Holes, has decided to engage me in combat. I'd prefer if someone else came should he decide to unleash his power.
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"Saturn ? I'm on my way.Shinobu to the Mercs : keep your positions. Shinobu, over."
His mission in the residential area was nearly complete, after all. The red Merc splitted his batallion in two groups : one would finish the mission, and the other escort him on the way to the power plant.
"We'll travel by the Park ; the area's been secured."
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Saturn tensed. «Already?» he thought. «He's already calling for help? He can't be that heavily injured, he's got like three times as much energy as I do the last I heard!»He then calmed down. «However… he did say Black Holes were supposed to be super-effective. Let's see just how much…»
He opened a Black Hole and moved as fast as he could with the ring in front of him toward Hyper Storm.H.
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"Oï, comrade ! What's the matter
?"
Naoshi's group was standing a bit away from the presidential residence,
out of range from enemy fire. Some "corpses" here and
there indicated the previous assault wasn't successful.
"This building is just a fortress on its own. We'll need a
distraction if we want to win."
"Alright. Any heavy elements ?"
"Tanks."
Falling Star merely nodded. He now had a clear vision of the attack
to come. He gestured his batallion to charge, when it came out.
A group of three tanks were guarding the door - not a terrible
threat on its own, but their armor repelled every shot from the
SA Joes - and after a test, most of Mega Water's shots.
The spear-wielding Merc rushed, occasional shots deflected by his
energy shield. Once he made it behind the behemoths, he took a
small element from his belt, which extended into a javelin. He
threw it on one of the tanks' back, which exploded, deactivating
it for good.
Taking advantage of the confusion, he took two other javelins,
and destroyed the remaining threats.
After the smoke cleared, the palace's guards had a nasty surprise
: their biggest protection was down, and the SA was in the place.
Naoshi was about to charge when a voice rang into his comm. :
"Take the palace with your group, I'll repel the army !"
He nodded, delighted by the honour his comrade gave him. Taking
down the symbol of a country's power...
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"DAMN IT!" Magnus shouted, then leap behind Saturn. His comm activated again. "BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING, HE'S MADE A BLACK HOLE!"The Officer skidded to a stop before hurling more twisters at the Stardroid. The intense gravity the black hole generated greatly hindered Magnus' movement, and the hole itself began sucking up bits of debris. The power station also started to fall apart, the unparalleled destructive force of a black hole, even a small one, is the most powerful thing there is in the universe except for MAYBE a super nova.
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"Hahaaa!" Iga's red eyes glowed through the shadow cast around the rest of himself with his back turned to the flaming rubble that was once a hospital. Buster Rod switched on his comm. line:"This is Iga, I have successfully demolished Mexico City's main hospital. Awaiting further instr- What? Magnus is having trouble? I'm there."
Iga switched off his comm. line and with the surviving Joes following him, Iga started bounding towards Magnus' location to assist him.
"...Bleh, I never could take that smell..." Iga turned off his olfactory sensors. The hanging odor of burnt flesh was making him sick to his stomach.
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«I think I got him on the ropes!» Saturn thought excitedly, walking even closer to Hyper Storm.H in an attempt to do more severe damage.He then began to notice the power plant's walls and ceiling being pulled in toward the ring as well.
«I'd better not overdo it, I guess,» he thought. «I don't want to wreck the power plant I'm trying to protect!»
He deactivated the Black Hole promptly and pulled a set of three Saturn Rings out of a compartment on his left forearm. At close range, he threw the three at Hyper Storm, jumped up, threw one more and began to collect the rings as they returned to his hand.
Koala simply watched on. He couldn't take much of the carnage anymore and he was ready to fight. Koala prepared his Wood Rollout with his spearhead and knife as saw-blades for extra damage. As the former WW member charged forward, Koala hoped that his momentum would be enough for some damage.
SSSSWWISSH!
It was enough, Koala was now slicing through SA Joes although slowing down. He came to a stop, and the Cossack Soldier smashed the heads of two more Joes with one foot each. He then threw his knife at Buster Rod G and charged forward.
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Pharon sighed after retreating from the crumbling walls of the power plant.He had to act and fast.
He then felt a sharp pain rush through his Psycomm system. His auto turrets had been shot down. Pharon grinned ; it was time to take the golden angel destroyer out for a spin. The auto turrets except the ones orbiting Pharon erupted into spheres of Solar energy, their original form, and headed back to Pharon. He then released six wing-like solar panels from his back. The Spheres then flew into the panels and charged his weapon systems.
CANNON CHARGED AT 50% flashed across Pharon's HUD. Pharon drew his super plasma chain gun and jumped out from behind his cover spraying plasma bullets at the general direction of Magnus and his Joes, while making a small effort not to strike Saturn before running back behind his cover. If Pharon wanted to survive then he would need Saturn's help.
CANNON CHARGED AT 85%. Pharon was glad, the bright sun was making the cannon charge at a quicker rate than he expected, although he was slightly worried, the Golden Angel Destroyer hasn't been tested before and even Wily was slightly unsure about the power of the cannons fully charged. But if Wily was correct about its power then it should be enough to defeat the Officers and their Joes. Pharon was beginning to get nervous as Koala got Iga's attention. It was now Pharon and hopefully Saturn verses Magnus and Shinobu. As Punk came by to aid Magnus, Pharon began his second volley, firing off his super plasma chain gun, with the auto turrets firing their sharp plasma lasers. He retreated back under cover.
CANNON CHARGED AT 95%
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Magnus parried the four rings with his sword, getting very agitated. Alright, that's it. I'm going to SLICE HIS FREAKIN' HEAD OFF!The Officer then made a mad dash at Saturn, swinging his sword very rapidly. The only two options Saturn would have when the 12ft-tall Hyper Storm is barreling towards him swinging like a madman would be to either get out of the way or try and block his attacks.
Saturn's mechanical heart pulsing quickly, he tried to find a way to dodge Hyper Storm.H's attack. He took the ring off his body and slid between the Merc's tall legs, but his left hand was sliced off along the way.
«Well, first big damage,» thought Saturn. «Hope it doesn't matter too much…»
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Shinobu was rushing in when he felt the volley of fire. Several impacts appeared on his torso, and the closer Joes were turned in scrap metal."Twice in the same day ? Someone's asking for a quick death..."
He commanded half of the Joes to go and help Magnus while he and the other half went to the factory - the only place his opponent would be now.
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Pharon had to do something. The charge
level was reaching around 150%. Plus, he had to deal with Punk,
something he didn't look forward to. Pharon threw a solar grenade
past Punk to get his attention. With his back turned, Pharon sent
out his auto turrets to attack Punk. Turning, Punk destroyed the
turrets with his Screw Crusher, balled up and charged towards Pharon.
Dodging a major injury, Pharon replied with a spray from his chain
gun.
CANNON CHARGE AT 175% flashed across the HUD. Smirking, Pharon
lined Punk, Magnus, and Buster Rod in a line. Then the twin cannons
slid out of Pharon's shoulders and leveled themselves.
"You better watch out!" Pharon yelled mockingly while
coming to Koala to fall back.
Punk started to reach for his Screw Crusher when the clamps tethered
Pharon to the ground.
"OH SHI-!" yelled Punk as he rolled into his ball form.
Distracted, Magnus slightly looked over to see Pharon firing the
cannons. The blast dealt a nice amount of damage to Punk's armor,
dealt a glancing yet still quite damaging blow to Magnus, and Iga
got knocked back by Koala through the beam. The clamps were starting
to wear down and eventually snapped, recoiling Pharon into the
plant and smashing it.
"Ughhhh... Koala, Mission Failed, the plant has fallen. I
repeat : Mission Failed, the plant has fallen." Pharon told
Koala.
Koala fled to prepare his boat to retreat to Russia.
Meanwhile, Punk picked up Pharon out of the remains of the main
generator.
"You got a lot of nerve to fire on my back three times in
one day."
Punk drew back his large fist.
"Ohhh boy this is going to hurt." Pharon said before
Punk smashed him in the gut, sending him flying into another pile
of debris before Punk rushed over and knocked him away again. Landing
in a clearing, Pharon gathered the last bit of solar energy left
in him to release it as a flash of light, blinding Punk to make
himself a getaway.
"Koala, we have to get out of here!" Pharon yelled at
Koala while pulling him onto a train.
"Won't argue with you on that point." Koala agreed while
riding the train out of the city.
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Magnus dashed to the side when he spotted the flash from Pharon's cannon, but it still clipped his left shoulder. "What the hell was that? Bah, no matter. not to deal with you..."Magnus summoned a larger twister, then flung it at Saturn in an attempt to send the Stardroid flying away. He smirked contently to himself, then followed quickly behind the twister should Saturn try to dodge.
Saturn's eyes widened. «Well, better the storm than the dragon-bot!» he thought. He let the storm damage him, tearing off a couple bolts on his helmet and right leg.
He winced as several electrical shocks surged through his legs, which were taking most of the damage from the storm. Desperately, while being tossed about in the air, he tried to grab the ring and activate a Black Hole with only his right hand usable…
The attack misfired : only a close portion of the surrounds were sucked up by the black hole - not enough to damage any SA member around. Quickly, Saturn activated his teleporter and warped to Wily's castle before Hyper Storm could have another shot.
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Saturn landed on the ground with a "thud". He spotted a Wily-Bot in faction, and ordered him to get Wily immediately.He reviewed his recordings : he had a clear recording of his fight with Hyper Storm, and had managed to spot some pics of Punk and Buster Rod.
"Bett'r than nothin', I guess..." he muttered while smiling : his mission had been rather successful.
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"Hey, where did they go ?"
Hyper Storm was staring at the spot Saturn should have occupied
: obviously, he must've teleported back to Wily's fortress. But
what of these meddlesome pests who fought with Iga and Shinobu
?
The answer came as his two fellow Officers came to his level :
both sported a good number of scratches and damage, but no deadly
wound.
"They have fled just after that giant shot. I heard the one
in the factory calling "Koala", or something close..."
"Koala, really ? He had some similarities with Woodman ...
would that mean two former Wily's Warriors are still around ?"
"Their names don't matter. Only important thing is that they
fled, and are still alive."
"They won't escape the SA too long ..." Iga grinned at
the idea of paying Koala back for that knife-wound...
A message on the comm. line removed them from their thoughts.
"Naoshi here. The presidential palace has fallen."
"Hunter here. The RPD building has been cleansed. Meet over
at the presidential palace. Hunter, over."
The three Officers nodded, and went to the meeting point, not without
leaving two squads of Joes to guard the power plant. Just as planned.
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The area around the presidential palace was filled with smoke rising from the robotic corpses of the Guard. Naoshi and Falling Star were leaning on a wall when the trio arrived. The spear-wielding Merc was cleaning his weapon from blood."How did it go ?"
"A bit rough at the beginning, but Falling Star gave me a nice help." Mega Water nodded.
"How about you ?"
"A Stardroid, and two Wily's Warriors, apparently. They fled."
"Too bad."
Then, the two remaining Officers arrived : Kayorei didn't suffer a lot of damages, while Hunter had gone through several duels : he sported several holes on his torso, and steam was rising from his left arm, where a hand was now replacing the drill.
"You had to use it ?"
"The room was a bit crowded. I only made them a gift, and gave them a quick death. Anyways, from your reports, it seems that our mission was a success : the city is ours, and purged from humans.
And the General gave us the honour to announce it to the world."
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The Mercs were now gathered in front of the presidential residence, standing near the flagpole. The Mexican flag had been torn apart, and replaced by a banner bearing the Scissor Army emblem.Thinking back about the battle, Quint admitted it didn't go as well as planned : the Joes sustained several losses, and some of his teammates had been forced into revealing their newest attacks. But it didn't matter, as the town was now theirs.
One of his Crew Joes was doing some final preparations on a movie camera : only a matter of seconds, and they would be on live transmission.
3 ...
2 ...
1 ...
"Greetings, humans. I am Captain Quint, from the Scissor Army, talking to you from Mexico City.
Some of you still thought the SA was a minor threat. This will prove you wrong."
The image switched to several places in the city : the streets were filled with corpses, the pavement now a blood-red colour. SA Joes were patrolling, indifferent to the victims under their feet.
"The world's most populated city has been purged from its human parasites.
Let this be a final warning to our robotic brothers : join the Scissor Army now, or die along the humans.
Captain Quint, over."
After the emission stopped, the Seven Mercenaries teleported back on the Marauder. The Joes could take care of the final cleanse on their own, and they had work elsewhere...
THE END
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