CHAPTER 7: BSack to BSusiness
After yesterday's incident, I decided to take the calm moments to go over our achievements.
This was a good start. Laser weapons, in theory, require no ammunition, and could be used almost endlessly by our troops. A good backup weapon to use in a pinch.
With our scientists freed up, I divided them among several projects. The progress will be slow, but once we get new quarters built I can bring in more of them to continue research.
I went to the map to check on local weather patterns, only for this to pop up. The alarm blared, and the troops jumped into the Skyranger, all except for one. She needed to be woken up in person.
...
: Asuka. Wake up.
: ...*groan* Ugh, wait, w-what? Where am I? Gendo, is that you?
: A rogue bullet caught you in the head. You've been out for over a day, but your vacation time is officially up. You have a mission, now get to it.
: Uh... right. Right, sorry.
: Wait a minute. Why haven't you denied that your name is Asuka yet?
: Why would I deny that? Whatever, I'll be down in the Skyranger.
: ...Quibble? It's Gendo. Operation Hard Wipe is a success.
: Today you get a special treat: a daytime mission. No civilians in the area, but this is the largest ship we've seen, so I want all of you on high alert.
: Roger, boss! All right boys, move out! Ikari--
: It's Asuka.
: Well, whoever you are, clear the barnhouse! Lizzy, take the shacks to the south!
: It's all clear here.
: Same here. Nothing so far.
: Rest of us are heading west. Shinji and I've got point.
: Sergeant Williams, guard the Skyranger!
: That's a shit post, I'm not doing it!
: You're the only thing holding our fallback point, you are going to guard that jet and you are going to like it.
: Fine. Ma'am.
: I've spotted the ship. It's a big'un, anybody spot the door?
: No, I have--wait!
: That's the door, I'm certain!
: Entry team, form up! Codecimal, Shinji, Tarvish, Dave, and Uriel, get to that door! Everyone else provide cover.
: All right, chaps, I'm ready! Open the door and I'll fry these ET bastards.
: There's one now! Opening fire! *bang*
: Wait, something's wrong. It's been hit, but it's still standing--oh no *PCHOO* BLUH
: DAVE! NOOOOOOOOO! FRY YOU SON OF A BITCH!
: That's what happens when you kill my friend!
: O-oh god, Dave!
: Shinji! Calm down or I swear on my own grave I'll activate your shock collar!
: No time to mourn, we have to kill the rest of them. Uriel, you go with Greg on the left. Shinji, Codecimal, you take the right. Provide cover for them, Tarvish.
: ...
: I'm coming with you, Shinji.
: Lizzy, I forbid you from going into that ship.
: SHUT UP, FATHER!
: 0_o
: I am a grown woman, and more importantly I am the warrior princess of Hell! I am more than capable of storming one ship!
: ...Fine. Go if you want, but don't think I'm going to share the oranges I'm making Shinji bring back with him.
: Everybody set? 'Kay, Greg say go!
: Moving up!
: There's one now. Opening fire.
: He's down, moving forward.
: Shit, another one-- *PCHOO* Aw, damn it! He got my arm!
:
NO!: Uh oh.
:
YOU CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER ONE! I'LL KILL YOU FIRST!*WHIRRRRRRRRRR-BZZZZZZZZZT*: What the hell just happened?
: That was Spiral Energy!
: ... WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?
: With all his anger built up, he must have been able to tap into the energy and unleash it! Didn't you see the drill that hit the alien?
: Of course I saw the drill, how could I miss it?! But, we don't have time for that. We still have more aliens to kill. Line up on the door, everyone.
: Yay, Greg get to lead now! *swoosh*
: Hi alien. Grenade gonna go BOOM! *toss*
: No, Greg, just shoot him! If you toss the grenade he can--
*PCHOO*
:
: Ow. Miss Lizzy? Greg has a boo-boo on his entire torso. *hrk*
:
G-GREG??: No! No, no, no, no no nonono--
: GgggggrrrrrrraaaaaaaAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA--: He's going critical, somebody bring him down!
: On it!
*THWACK, thud*
*BOOM*
The mission was a success, if one defined a success very loosely. The alien threat was entirely eliminated, and the more I hear about this Spiral Energy the kid keeps talking about, the more intrigued I am. But at the same time, losing operatives Dave and Greg was a major blow. I've put in the order for several new recruits, but they won't be here for a while. In the meantime...
: Hey, Kid. Simon, right?
: Uh, yeah! What is it?
: Get to work on upgrading that tank of yours, we'll be sending it into battle on the next mission.
: Wow! You really mean it?
: In case you haven't noticed, we're a little hard-pressed for soldiers. So yes, I mean it.
We have a lot of new buildings to integrate into the base. I tried to put in an order for the troops' preferred weapons today, and was informed we were out of storage space. All we have to do to fix that is make a little more.
Gendo, logging out. I have a letter to write to Dave's parents.
First of all, no. Shinji will not become the main character. That remains Gendo's positions, all of you are still Redshirts. You're just redshirts with story involvement. This was just a fun little diversion I felt like writing up to dabble a little further into the crossover goodness, while also explaining the crazy revenge attack Shinji performed in this mission.
Second, I really did try to order all the weapons you've been wanting, but it will be a while before we have the room to do so.
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