Battle & Romance Senshi of the 6th Dynasty
Author: loki
Rated: PG13
The new senshi of the Sixth Dynasty are thrust into the deep end as a situation at the New Juuban Academy unfolds as a gunman holds the students and teachers hostage.
The girls among the crowd and must come together to face this deadly adversary but is he working alone?
Chapter 2
Siege
Ask me questions
Get no answers
Give me nothing
Take no chances
Instead
Show me books with empty pages
Tell me truths that have no meaning
In rooms that have no ceilings
Shadow boxer
The Angels
Crystal Tokyo
(Six months later)
"What the hell is this?" Melanie taro protested, storming into the hall where the shouting had roused her from a coffee break, her face paling upon sight of the weapon trained on her person. She stepped back and began to whimper.
"Shut up!" the man screamed, the firearm, an old world Kalashnikov machine gun was jumping within the sweaty would-be kidnapper's hands.
His long black unkempt hair hung over his face, large dark patches of perspiration formed circles beneath the armpits of his army fatigues, his eyes expressionless, beard half burned off, and the scorch marks on his clothing gave the impression he'd just come out of a firefight.
Right now, he was in charge.
Aiming the weapon at Melanie, she sank to her knees and covered her face.
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A short distance away in the crowded star-basketball court the lanky thirteen-year-old comforted her friend Koki Yashuri with a warm smile. She knew this would be the only assurance she could give the trembling ten-year-old.
I looked at the others, there were 200 students here and we were scattered throughout the auditorium.
We'd never worked together before and this was all new to us, but we would act, and soon.
He almost dropped the weapon, twice.
"What do you want?" a new voice challenged, staring at the man who was as scared as were they all as I moved towards Amerita and Mariko.
The gunman had a murky aura swirling around him that reminded me of a storm cloud put through a blender about to explode. We were by this time almost gathered in one group but for Kitty and Sienna.
"They're just junior academy students for kami's sake. Take one of us, be a man and don't hurt the kids, you got enough balls to do that or are you a coward!" Ryrie Sujozu snapped; drawing the gunman's fire finding himself knocked off his feet and thrown several feet backwards. For a moment, only the echo of the gunshot blasts and the screaming silence pounded our ears.
I watched in horror as if time was moving in slow motion, the spray of blood like a shower of grotesque raindrops splashing upon the floor forming a symmetrical pattern upon the white marble leaving its ghastly imprint on all of us.
The younger children screamed and cried out in fear, the older children then began to cry.
A young raven-haired woman, a student teacher, ran to the wounded young man's aid. She removed her shoe and peeled off one of her multi-colored leggings, using this as a bandage then tearing off the lower portion of her tee shirt instructing him to hold it tight against the wound as she wound the makeshift dressing over his chest.
"You baka, trying to get yourself and all of us killed?" she whispered angrily, but squeezed his hand to reassure him all would be well. "You better survive this as I want to take you up…, on that coffee you keep…," she began to cry, "offering me. So don't you die on me, hear me?"
He looked up at her with a wry smile and nodded.
"I'll do my best… I'm sorry but I had to do something. He's a loose cannon and I thought it worth the risk."
"Yeah, get yourself shot, you brave silly man, what am I going to do with you?"
"Kiss me?"
She huffed in impatience, shaking her head of raven black curls in frustration, but touched his face blinking away tears and pecked him on the cheek before leaning back on her haunches to assess the situation unsure if she would be gunned down next.
Throwing caution to the wind, she took off the other legging, secured the bandage, and nodded in satisfaction after easing him up into a sitting position against the wall.
Slipping on her shoes, she sat cross-legged beside him holding his hand and talking gently to him.
I was sure if needed we could defend them if that madman decided to take another potshot at the couple.
Before I could stop her, Fumie had ran to where the young couple sat, kneeling by the woman's side placing a hand upon the man's chest that began to glow with a soft blue light healing in an instant.
"He's lost interest in us for the moment, are you ready to make a run for it?" Fumie whispered to the couple.
"Yeah."
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"Now, which is it, I know you're hiding amongst the other children, senshi spawn, identify yourselves and be quick about it or, this…," he grabbed a young girl from the huddled student before him and dragged the screaming child to where he sat in the center of the chamber. "Yeah, this pretty little thing will lose her head, got it? Now fess up, girls!"
"Now!" I shouted to my fellow senshi.
The girls helped to get the guy on his feet. Fumie then created a thick mist allowing them to make their escape.
Furious, the gunman jumped to his feet shrieking in protest at the bold rescue of the wounded man, but also elation at his assumption that the Dark Ones controlling him were right; the senshi were indeed in the hall.
Visibility was down to a few feet now nobody would see the senshi transform.
Before he could shoot the children at random, a huge gong sounded throughout the hall and the man froze, as had the rain of bullets caught in a temporal bubble.
"Time Stun!" Pluto declared, having transformed.
"Mars Celestial shield!"
I knew my firewall would contain the man, as his minders would likely put in an appearance.
"Get the kids out," Mariko shouted.
She didn't have to do anything more, the students were rushing for the exits. Soon the hall, but for the man still cradling his AK 47, and whatever was controlling him and us of course, ready to face the Dark Ones when they came, and they would come.
"Now, let's take out the trash. There they are, ladies; Dark Ones… scum!" Jupiter shouted, a corona of silvery-blue lightning fanning out around her.
"Impressive. So, after eons, you, the daughters of Sule, appear. We like this, a challenge is always so rewarding. We have come such a long way to meet you girls," said the collective voice, sounding both male and female, the grey cloud had green flames with dark lightning flickering like reptilian tongues as these multiplied and launched their attack.
"Moon Affinity Javelin Blast!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"World Shaking!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Mercury Ice Blade Slice!"
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The ominous fog had shrunk to a few feet in diameter and was pulsing with dark-green light, obviously angered by the unexpected power of the senshi-combined assault. Saturn casually walked up to the mass of grey energy, prodded it with the tip of her Glaive and sneered.
"Amateurs, rank amateurs, you couldn't beat the Incarnadines, and you won't beat us either, losers! Be gone!"
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After the entities were dispersed, a tall imposing looking Mauan with a pulse rifle appeared, placing the gunman, now conscious into a restraining hold.
"Senshi of New Terra, I suggest we finish this," the newcomer said, hulling the semi-conscious gunman to his feet throwing him into a chair.
Saturn nodded.
"Good work, stranger, and thank you; Mauans are honored in Crystal Tokyo, sir."
Raising his hand, both he, and not long after the senshi too, vanished in a blaze of light leaving the students in awe at what they had seen.
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The academy was sealed off after local authorities arrived on the scene. The staff and Crystal Tokyo police were on hand to assist.
"What happened here?" Comoro Romero asked, tugging at his tie, "And this bad ass, let's get him out of here."
"Chief, he's whimpering something about senshi, sir."
"The guy's a lunatic, hall him out of here. Anything he has to say is not worth a pinch of rat's shit, tell him to save it for his legal council!"
"Somebody did this, but whom or whatever they are, I'm glad they're on our side sir," Detective Samira Kumiko said under her breath, shaking her head.
The chief gave his ascent. "Oh and get the place checked for DNA or Synth signatures, this is a long way from over people, now go to it!" he barked.
TBC