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Here we go. As always, C&C is welcome. If you should desire to flame me,
please say why I'm getting flamed. Not just "You suck."
How about, "You have smelly breath,"? Would that be all right? ^_^
Chapter 2
Binary flowed across microprocessors. Threat categories were
re-evaluated and tactical plans were created, examined, and discarded,
at trillions of calculations per second. Full weapon specs were compared
to target files. An entire new plan of action was calculated.
Implementation would begin in .0000001 seconds.
The first part of the plan consisted of one line. "Get bigger guns."
Heh.
The Senshi were in the temple Rei worked at. More specifically, the
room with the great fire. It wasn't that great right now, it was quietly
burning a few logs and waiting for the next reading.
The Senshi weren't looking that great either. They were all in their
civilian clothing, having changed out
'back' would work better, I think.
not too long ago. The magic in
their suits had mostly healed Usagi and Rei of their wounds. They each
were
still a little sore but otherwise fine.
"Why did we run away?" Usagi asked.
"It beats getting perforated with bullets," Ami, the smart one in the
group, replied.
"We need a better plan of action."
action,
"Well, there are some conflicting pieces of information. He's alive,
but he has no life sign."
"So what does that mean?" Minako asked.
"I don't know!" This really frustrated Ami.
"Do our attacks work well against him?" Makoto again.
asked again.
"They should but
should, but
I don't know for sure." Ami replied, uncertainty in
her voice.
"Is it human? It looks that way and didn't use magic." Usagi was
worried. They weren't supposed to go after people. That was just wrong.
But if it was evil they could.
"It's not a person."
preson," Ami
Ami replied. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"So whats
what's
the plan?" Rei spoke and everyone turned to Usagi.
"Um." Usagi didn't know. She
Her
ribs still hurt and her back did too.
"Maybe we should ambush him?" Minako asked.
"Yeah. Have one person alone draw him out and when he's in the open have
everyone else jump in."
in,"
Matoko responded. One person would have to go
one on one for a few seconds and she had many frustrations needed to
work out. No one hurt her best friends and got away with it.
"No! He's too strong. You saw what he did when we were all together. I
won't let anyone risk themselves like that." Usagi wanted to slam that
line of speculation shut immediately. She not going to have any of her
friends do something that dangerous.
Heh. Typical Usagi.
"I don't know." Ami
know," Ami
closer but since it could be anywhere in the city, I can't separate it."
"But if we could get it alone in a park?" Rei asked.
"Then yes. I could probably detect it." The blue hairdo
blue-haired
girl replied.
After that the meeting continued for some time but nothing new was
decided. When they finally broke, after Rei commented they could use a
pile of food as bait because it would know anywhere there's that much
food, Usagi would be nearby,
Now that sounds like a plan.
Sodium was perched, as he always seemed to be now, on a chair observing
the Great Scrying Glass. The agent was doing nothing of import but
import, but
> Topaz and a dozen or so of the other nobles were clustered in a small
circle in the back of the room and were talking in hushed tones. Well,
their tones were usually hushed.
"He's become Diamond's favorite. We can't move against him now."
now,
Topaz
was stating. "His plan will fail, just like all the others, and then
Diamond will discard him."
"But he has power now! We need to do something!" Silver yelled.
"Shhhhh!" Came a dozen replies.
"What can we do? Nothing!" Amber replied.
"DIAMNOND!
DIAMOND
"Milord Prince! The agent! It's doing something!" Sodium exclaimed with
glee.
"What?"
"I haven't a clue!" Sodium continued in the same vein.
Oooh. He's coming close to wearing out his welcome, methinks.
"Why am I not surprised?" Diamond muttered to himself.
He allowed himself to be lead to the Great Scrying Glass room and took
the seat sodium
Sodium
it.
"THE SENSHI! EARTH'S GREATEST HEROS!
HEROES
News and Information! Plushie
Toys! Full Naked Pics!" Proclaimed the billboard in bright, festive
lettering with pictures of the Senshi as a background.
'Mission necessity 8.7 through 10.3. Acquire fact on the Senshi. Target
location will provide.' It walked in.
"It went into a cheap porno and magazine store?"
Heh.
Someone in the back called out a claim for Sodium's tripes. Another
laughed and bet on Sodium being executed by next week. Sodium was
getting worried.
Abruptly the agent left the store and continued along it's
its
The agent walked in and approached the main desk. The secretary sitting
there looked up from her computer. "Can I help you?"
Option one: Verbally attempt to gain access to the armory. Preference
rating: 2%
Option two: Return covertly and attempt to gain access to the armory.
Preference rating: 3%
Option three: Direct assault on the installation and attempt to gain
access to the armory. Preference rating: 95.5 %
Option four through eight, negligible chance of success.
Option selection, three.
Of course. The direct approach is always the best.
Protection Movement. I wanted to check into your combat readiness. Who
should I speak too?"
to?"
Option selection: two.
There was a short pause as the gajin appeared to be considering the
card. Then he looked up. "Thank you." And he walked out.
"Weirdo gajin."
gajin,"
'It
"It
increased its armament and is currently acting to draw the Senshi
towards it. Interesting strategy.'
strategy."
glass of water in hand.
"And now, this just in."
in,"
The anchorman spoke quickly. "A terrorist
attack on the National Defense Force building is currently underway in
downtown Juuban. Apparently one or more terrorists are currently inside
the building. We have this clip." A square picture in the upper left
corner of the screen enlarged to cover the entire screen. It clearly
showed a tall, well built
'well-built' I think
The Senshi assembled in record time. Ami never overreacted and if she
broadcasted an emergency, it was important.
"What is it?" Makoto asked. she
She
'Hmm. Now here come the Senshi. This is about to get interesting."
Diamond sat before the screen. His eyes were locked on the picture and
he watched with his face impassive.
Only seven people remained in the room. Himself and Sodium were two.
Topaz, though he looked green, also remained. Two of the others,
blithering idiot
idiots
both, had apparently thrown their lot in with Sodium
and were sitting with him, though they both had their eyes clenched
shut. Leaning against a far wall were Onyx and Iridium. Both were
watching the screen with detached looks.
Ah, so there are other ruthless ones in the group.
There was a short pause as Mercury opened her computer and told it what
to scan for.
'A big guy with big guns,' she typed in
too late. The incoming fire bird hit it and knocked it down. Jupiter
launched her own lightning attack which caught it while it was trying to
rise. Again it was blasted backwards.
While lying down the agent grabbed a grenade from its bandoleer and
pulled the pin with its thumb. It sent the grenade sailing towards it's
its
Electrical waves playing over its skin and around it's
its
weapons, the
agent walked forward. To the right, target four was fleeing with target
five. To the right, target two was
had
already gone down a side corridor and
target three and one were running away directly ahead of it. It fired
the last of a magazine
Wee. That is correct. Magazine, not clip.
at targets four and five but they were already
gone, fleeing up a stairway.
Damage assessment: Insignificant.
Combat assessment: 12% effective
Cause assessment: Firepower not powerful enough
Option assessment: AP ammunition.
Hmm. The ole Senshi's magic clothing might not hold up well against armor
piercing ammo.
Reloading as it walked, the agent followed targets one and three.
Diamond was staring in shock at the screen. He was always amazed at the
shear cold blooded
cold-blooded
effectiveness with which the agent operated.
Unnoticed to his right, Sodium was doing the
"I'm-going-to-be-second-in-command-and-be-really-powerful-and-everyone-is-
going-to-pay-homage-to-me-and-I'll-be-happy-and-etc
etc" dance.
Heh
His two newly acquired flunkies were doing the
"I'm-a-flunky-of-the-guy-who-" dance and were also unnoticed by Diamond.
He turned to Topaz. "Interesting eh?
Interesting, eh?
"Verily Milord.
Verily, Milord
The Agent seems to be a shoo in for victory."
victory," Topaz
Topaz
commented simply.
"True. True. Power will be mine, Topaz. Crystal Tokyo will be mine."
mine,
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