Volume 5 Chapter 1 Gathering of the Storm
Dark Side has been in an uproar as of late. The possibility of General Bottle being there has aroused many people's interest. Groups of bandits and mobsters would gather roaming the streets in search for Bottle.
While the MPD has quarantined the zone, and proceeded with stop and search for anyone who wanted to leave.
The MPD even went as far as having 3 red arms guard the outer perimeter of Dark Side. Which was rare, as one red arms would be enough to operate in an entire sub district alone, like a lone ranger they didn't abide by standard MPD procedure.
The MPD used the Trojan dropships as a blockade while installing several anti-vehicle landmines.
Just outside the blockade was Captain Marshal L. Luck. Normally he would be reserved for the Northern Sector of the outer wall, however his appearance seemed to indicate something more dire.
Luck pulled out a thin cigarrette, and lit it. "I hope you didn't call me out here for a tea party... Cupachino"
Nixton the jr. officer who stood behind Luck spoke, "C... C... Captain Cupachino SIR!" [Salute]
"At ease Nixton"
"Heh, we got better things to worry about, Luck."
Cupachino was seated underneath a makeshift tent. His complexion was disturbing at best. His back would have numerous bones like shards sticking out like daggers, while his skin was bone white.
His lower jaw bone was mutated and covered his upper lip like a blast shield. His movement was stiff and clanking could be heard, as if the bones were dancing.
Cupachino is captain of the 4th company. Their task was to guard and establish order outside of the Southern Sector wall. Dark Side being one of their many sub districts in which they needed to secure.
Cupachino scratched his nose. "I called the other captains, however it seems that your the only one to arrive."
"Cupachino are you out of your mind? Dark Side was a no go zone!"
"Relax we're only here for only one thing."
"You mean..."
Cupachino stood up and grabbed his cowboy hat, "You might be familiar with the name... General J. Bottle"
"You know the gangs at Dark Side won't take lightly to MPD barging into their territory. It'll be the Blood Side Wars all over again!"
"You were there when Omega Tower fell weren't you? You know first hand how dangerous he is. We gotta attack before it gets worse. Besides not even he can escape the law!"
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Dark Side being a major black market has led several gangs fighting for power. In total there were over 20 gangs however 3 main ones held any real power.
Nocturn Leader: G-tea
Nocturn were one of the first black market merchants guilds at Dark Side. By crushing other merchants they quickly rose in man power and authority. They were the Jack of All trades, providing everything from weapons to narcotics, and slaves.
Mucunda Leader: Sweetener
Mucunda was a special kind of merchants, they sold salt as their primary source of income. During WWX the machines decided to poison all salt on earth in order to sabotage all living organisms. How they get the salt is completely unknown, some theorize that they have a secret backers.
NOX Leader: 01000011 01101000 01101111 01100011 01101111 00100000 01001101 01101111 01100011 01101111 (Choco Moco)
NOX A remnant of Hyperion the fully sentient automoticons, have made quite a name for themselves in Dark Side. Learning the error of their ways and using their vast intellect they were able to forge the most exotic of luxuries, robot porn. [I will leave this to your imagination] And like any obscure and strange things people bought it up as if it was something never before seen and special.
The three of them gathered in a secret location to discuss the MPD's intrusive behavior.
The room is underground, dark and cold. It was a large open area with many ruins in the center there were three silhouettes while hoards of thieves, bandits, merchants, and other degenerates surrounded those three in their respective groups.
G-tea spoke first, "I sa'y gatha da men and chase'em outta here!"
"They have not yet entered Dark Side, it wouldn't be wise to attack into their fortification. I calculate a big loss if we where to engage first."
"Shud up Choco! No one here give'a dam about your calcu'tion! We'v fot bloodie wors agains da MPD before and won!"
"Sweet-na! geta yo men'n let go bash em without Choco"
Sweetener who sat on a large rock twiddled his fingers. His eyes would be closed as if in deep thought. His dead silence broke with a quiet voice, due to the rarity of him talking everyone fell silent whenever he talked, "General J. Bottle is rumored to be here."
"WOT? B-B-Bottle? Don tell me y'e really believe dat he is hera? His'a justa rumo'a dat par'ents tella teyir kid at nit. Beside no one has'a seen him ova 4 years.."
"I wouldn't count that out. From documents that I've found from the war, it has been noted that General J. Bottle was never KIA(Killed in Action) but rather silently disappeared after the end of the war."
"Bah! Who'da hell cares! Right now we got bett'a things to worra' about than dat!"
"COM'ON LADS! LETS GO WE GOTA WOR TO WIN!" G-tea shot up from where he sat, cracking the ground beneath. He then proceeded to stomp obnoxiously as he left.
His gang was all pumped up, with blood thirst and hunger for battle, they marched out of the room.
Sweetener watched as the last bits of Nocturn's members walked out the doorway. He then proceeded to stand up and follow them. His men who were covered with tight leather suits, hoods and a gas masks, soon followed in his silent footsteps.
Choco retorted to Sweenter, "I do not compute... Why join him in death?"
Sweetener stopped, "It's not like we have a choice, do we? Besides... this is the only place I can call my home."
Choco's voice box fell silent, it would crackle in the occasional static. He then whispered to himself, "Humans... how... obnoxious..."
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Volume 5 Chapter 2 A Cut in the Front
In the middle of Dark Side Bottle could be seen carrying a large suitcase.
While the Lieutenant was furiously sharpening his long lost sword The Imbalancer as he walked.
And Gesus was trying her best to drag a quad launcher called the Demolisher. A box shaped rocket launcher that had four identical holes in the front which rockets were shot out from. However it's simplicity has made it an excellent 'reward' for Gesus who completed the vault's trials.
As she dragged it on the floor so lost grip of it and dropped it. [Click!] [VOOOSHHH!!!]
In an instant a rocket blasted out from one of the top left holes, as it flew it zig zagged mid air, and blew up a small houses nearby. [BOOoooOooOOOooM!] In a fearsome roar, flames engulfed the house for a short period of time.
There was some broken bricks and burning lumber that would be tossed around, however they didn't reach the group and merely danced about by their feet.
Gesus then looked away at Bottle, as if expecting a scorn. Bottle who saw what Gesus had done merely tilted his head in confusion. Gesus seeing that she didn't get the desired outcome kicked the ground and cried out to Bottle, "Itsa tooooo heavvvvvvy!"
After observing some more Bottle walked up to Gesus, "Well obviously it's because you aren't putting your back into it. Here let me show you."
Bottle dropped his suitcase and grabbed the Demolisher, he placed a the back end of it on his shoulder and placed his hand right beneath it. Feeling comfortable he then proceeded to aim with it and move around.
"See? When you carry it like this it's more easier to carry it around."
"HEY! T-T-THATS HIMM! EVERYONE GENERAL J. BOTTLE ISA HERE!"
A group of patrolling bandits have struck gold, or so they thought. As they rushed toward Bottle, Bottle aimed and shot 2 times at them.
[Click!] [VOOOSHHH!!!] [Click!] [VOOOSHHH!!!] [BOOooOOooOOM!] [BOOOOOoOoOooOOM!]
"AHHHHHGGGGHHH!!!" With fire, blood, and guts flying all over the bandits retreated.
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"CAPTAIN CAPACHINO WE GOT VISUALS!"
"BOTTLE IS AT SECTOR 5 OF DARK SIDE! A-AND HE HAS SOME SORT OF WEAPON!"
The MPD had many survey drones scattered throughout Dark Side. They were equipped with the standard MK-2 hover generator which enabled flight, an optical sensor, and a camo chameleon plate armor.
Luck who was standing by Capachino was the first to look at the screen, and commented, "A Bazooka? Where in the world did he get one of those?"
Capachino lifted his hat slightly to have a better look, after confirming himself, he then proceeded to grab the microphone and switched it to the company radio.
"SADDLE UP BOYES'N GIRLS! OPERATION PATHFINDER IS A GO!"
Immediately from behind 10 Trojan dropships rose from the ground. 8 of those ships had a 10 man squad equipped with high voltage plasma spears and sabers. While 1 carried 2 red arms and a 5 man squad.
[VVVVVVRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR]
As for the last dropship it flew close and landed a couple feet away from Capachino.
Luck who stood behind Capachino called out to him, "Your going?"
"I'll bet, like hell if you think I'ma miss this opportunity. Pilot! Step on it, come on! We're burning daylight!"
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[Bliz] "This is Trojan Major, squad leaders report!" [Bliz]
[Bliz] "This is Mercury, all clear." [Bliz]
[Bliz] "This is Delta, reporting in." [Bliz]
[Bliz] "This is Alpha, checking in" [Bliz]
[Bliz] "Charly, all green" [Bliz]
[Bliz] "Krieg, ready!" [Bliz]
[Bliz] "1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, Echo is'a green, green, green" [Bliz]
[Bliz] "Fox -Trot, locked n loaded" [Bliz]
[Bliz] "... Frostbite... ready" [Bliz]
Switching on some buttons the pilot of the Trojan Major, gave a thumbs up to Capachino who stood close to him.. Capachino pulled a radio that was placed on the doorway of the cockpit.
[Bliz] "This is Captain Capachino... over thee yonder is our target... it is our duty to disperse order on those who break it. However... this time we might be fighting our greatest opponent yet."
"I won't lie when I say I don't expect all of you to live from this, y'all chose certain death..."
The officers tightened their grip on their weapons, some even looked down onto the ground. Silence loomed, however the crackle of the radio could be heard once more.
"I can respect that."
The men who had their heads down lifted them up. All ears were listening in absolute concentration.
"We are here today to eliminate... General J. Bottle. And through our actions here... let none find us wanting!" [Bliz]
[BASH!]
"?!?" 9x
[Bliz] "This is Trojan 6, Trojan major we lost Mercury!" [Bliz]
A bulking giant the size of a bear rammed itself to a Trojan in the rear, knocking it down. Behind the buildings many more shadows could be seen. Lurking and moving in anticipation.
With high speed several cloaked figures jumped onto another Trojan, placing some sort of device. After jumping away the device activated, causing an electric discharge disabling the Trojan, crashing it.
[Bliz] "THIS IS CAPACHINO, YOU HAVE YOUR ORDERS, SPLIT AND ELIMINATE GENERAL J. BOTTLE." [Bliz]
[Bliz] "Copy!" 8x [Bliz]
Going into Dark Side always had its risks. Even if they flew at high altitudes which would keep them out of range of most attacks, they were too noticeable. No doubt once they got close to the ground they would be ambushed and be instantly annihilated.
And so Capachino decided that all Trojans should travel at ground level, using the buildings as cover for their movement he's hoped that it would be enough to close the distance without any major loses.
Their mission was too important to worry about the loses. But even then, he'd hoped the underworld would be too disorganized to stop their operation so early.
[Bliz] "This is Trojan 2, one of the red arms just jumped!" [Bliz]
[Bliz] "Let him be, he'll be fine..." [Bliz]
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Bottle, Gesus, and the lieutenant stood where they were listening to the explosions from afar.
"What did you do this time Bottle!"
"What you think I caused all those?"
"Argh, whatever come on lets get out of here before more of the gangsters come back."
"Heh, don't tell me you're scared of them lieutenant."
"It's not them... it's their leader..."
This intrigued Bottle, the lieutenant was typically a man of action. Fighting against the odds would be something of a fun challenge for him.
As the kindle of the flames died down from the rocket's explosion, they could see a figure right behind it. They've never noticed him being there before which shocked them all.
He had quite the peculiar set of legs. A pair of blades would stick out where his knees should be. Balancing himself on the tip of the blade, showed a great amount of skill.
He wore a dull green cloak, which covered his arms. As for his face below his eyes he wore a gas mask with one giant canister right in the middle, his hair was tied up in a ponytail.
The lieutenant stepped in front of Bottle and pulled out his other sword, "Bottle... get out of here."
Heeding the words of his former lieutenant Bottle backed away, "Come on kid, lets get outta here."
"But wat bout the em?"
Bottle didn't answer and merely walked, Gesus not wanting to be left behind followed him albeit unwillingly. Just before Bottle disappeared from his sight the lieutenant called out.
"Hey Bottle!... TAKE GOOD CARE OF GESUS YA?"
Bottle didn't even reply back and merely walked. The lieutenant smirked and turned around, "Heh not even a good luck? And here I thought you would change a little after meeting that lil girl?"
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