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Prologue: On this fateful day, I rise up to fight once again.
Destiny University, Class 1-B – 9:22 am
Destiny University, one of the top colleges ever in America, accepts students around the world who are good at everything. This is a dream come true as most students who graduated here become well-known professionals.
But it wasn't that easy, many top students must pass the entrance exam, otherwise, they won't be accepted and worse, it was a very hard one so they study day and night for them to pass.
Aside from that, this university offers students everything they need for their future careers and allows them to have a little fun as long as they remain serious about their studies, showing how much they cared for everyone in this university while securing their future.
Chris knew that better than anyone else in her class, she was told by Sonia that her parents once attended here a long time ago and can't stop thinking about it ever since.
Her thoughts were put aside when Mr. Casey, her math teacher, called her out with his serious tone.
"Ms. Yukine?"
"Yeah?"
"Could you answer the question on the board?"
"Yes sir." She stands up from her seat and walks towards the board, then she swiftly takes the chalk from the teacher's hands and writes the answer without a single word.
Mr. Casey adjusted his glasses and took a glance at her answer "T-That is correct." All the class was in awe, however, Chris ignored it and headed back to her seat and sat down at her shiny white desk.
Those chattering annoyed her very much but since it would get her in trouble if her hot-headed nature took over, she decided not to act and endure it, luckily for her, the teacher silenced the students and continued their classes.
It was a very normal day for someone very smart, even though she was homeschooled by her parents, she quietly thanked them for inheriting the same intelligence as them.
2 years after Shem-Ha tried to destroy humanity, the damages she had caused are now known by the world, and SONG was soon disbanded after the Noise were long gone and they were no longer needed to deal with them anymore.
As for the Symphogear users, they lost their relics as a result of their last battle and later parted ways, but they remain in touch via video calls, however, it's been 2 months since they had their last call.
She couldn't help but to worry them but the dummy assures her they will be fine and Noise is no longer their problem, however, she doubted it after memories of all the battles they went through came back.
"Chrissy, ya thinking or somethin'?"
Turning her head at the source of the voice, she sees a black spiky-haired girl looking directly at her, she seems curious about what she was thinking the entire time.
"Y'know, you're always been like this since we first met, just remembering those memories of yours, the teacher asks you to answer the question and answers it correctly when you didn't study that before."
"It's better to study earlier than expected, Damie, also don't call me by the nickname."
"What? Is there something wrong with my tendency to call you that?"
She grumbled in anger and accepted defeat, Damie may be a curious person but she views her as the second dummy because of how many times she bragged about almost everything Chris did so far.
Before they could continue their conversation, the bell suddenly rings, much to Chris' relief, she can't wait to get away from Damie's shenanigans for a while.
"Class, just take note and study our lessons because we will have a quiz tomorrow." Mr. Casey announced the class and immediately left the classroom.
After their teacher left, the students groaned in frustration, the duo already expected this would happen.
"Seriously? It's the 2nd time this month!" One of the male students complained
"He is serious when it comes to teaching students." Another one said.
Damie smirked while she packs her things up "You know, math is everywhere, havin' to learn a lesson that is not related to our future careers might help us someday." She then shifts her focus on the lavender-haired girl.
"By the way Chris, the teacher told us that-"
"Yeah, yeah, I get it, becoming the lead singer again."
"It ain't what I meant Chrissy, I already knew you will be the lead singer but this is a different story, the music class will have a substitute teacher because the music teacher had an accident."
Chris laughed nervously "You can't be serious right? She was aware that she would end up drunk-driving after going to the bar so she never used her ride and took the public transport instead."
In response to her comment, Damie sighed loudly and began to explain what exactly happened "Remember the bus accident that was aired in the news 2 days ago?" Chris raised her eyebrows "You mean that news where the bus had caught into an accident for unknown reasons?"
"Yep, turns out, Ms. Melodia was among the victims of the accident."
"She's what?!"
She immediately jolted up from her seat and her heart was beating rapidly in shock. Her music teacher who cared for her, Sherry Melodia, was involved in a traffic accident. Chris couldn't help but worry for someone who was considered as her parental figure.
"Where the hell is she?!" Chris asked her, she was whimpering in fear.
"Calm down will ya? She's in the hospital next to the university."
"Thanks! I'm heading there right away!"
"Wait, what are you-" It was too late for Damie when Chris quickly packed all her things in her bag before storming away from the classroom just as Damie was about to say something.
The spiky-haired girl sighed again and crossed her arms "She cares for her because she's one of the few people Chrissy can trust since she got here." She decided to not stick her nose into someone's business and instead go on with her usual routine.
Hospital, Room 611 – 9:30 am
The monitors made a beeping sound normally, the air was cold but not that much, its lavender scent would make the guests feel welcome, in the middle of this room lies a young woman lying in her bed with several tubes inserted into her nostrils and her veins.
She was breathing normally but her body was in a critical condition, to the point she almost couldn't move the limbs on her own, the injuries led her to have some parts being covered in bandages, the woman's vision remained clear as she looked around the room.
Suddenly the door makes a loud noise, interrupting her peaceful moment in the process. In the corner of her eye is a familiar figure she knows very well…
"Chris?"
"Ms. Melodia…" She said while gasping for air.
"Hehe, I knew you would come here once you heard the news." Sherry said with a weak voice.
"Goddammit, you know I was hella worried when Damie told me about you!" Chris shouted angrily "But thank god you were alive."
"Of course, I am, however, I might need to stay in the hospital a bit longer to recover from my injuries, don't worry I'll be fine my dear Chris." She smiled warmly.
"Ms. Melodia…"
Chris approaches her in response and holds her soft, delicate hand, much to Sherry's surprise, she can see her fellow student closing her eyes and quietly praying for the woman's recovery. This is a sign that she cares for her.
It reminded Sherry of a certain someone doing the same thing to her when she got into the hospital, a memory she kept inside her heart.
After finishing her prayer, Chris lets go of her hand and proceeds to sit down on a nearby chair, wanting to stay here a little bit longer.
But she had other plans, after remembering the news, she wanted answers from her teacher.
"Hey, Ms. Melodia." She called.
"Yes my dear Chris, anything you want to ask?"
"Yes….Can you tell me what exactly happened, about the mysterious accident that was on the news?"
"I see, you also came here for this, I already prepared for that anyway." Sherry cleared her throat before explaining the entire story of the accident. "It all started when I headed home after going to a bar…."
Flashback
Once I entered the bus, I continued to brag about my problems as I was too drunk, even the bus driver was annoyed. However, something strange happened…
"Look out!"
Something was approaching very fast and before we knew it, one of the tires was destroyed and the driver tried his best to avoid injuring people but in the end, the bus crashed into a nearby post. Injuring most of us in the process.
We managed to leave the bus and get away as soon as possible but the nightmare is far from over. One by one, the passengers were killed by the very same beings we once feared of:
Noise.
The killing spree continues until there are 5 of us left, injured and helpless, however, we manage to get away from them before things get worse.
After the chaos, all of us passed out from blood loss and the next thing I remember is that I was taken away by the ambulance along with the victims.
It turns out I was the first victim to ever wake up from the injuries.
End of Flashback
"And here I am, lying in my bed with limited movements and a couple of life supports." Sherry finished her explanation and chuckled, "Guess I need some company for a while until I can fully recover from my injuries."
"Now my dear Chris, do you have another question to ask?"
Chris never hesitates to ask her another "Yeah…Do you know what they look like? They have two variants that are known by many, one is the Noise that can turn everyone into dust and the other one capable of disintegrating anyone who got in contact with their weapons."
"If I remember correctly, it was both but there is another variant that was very new to us."
"A new variant?"
"They were black mixed with purple highlights, they can use weapons that most of humanity had made over the years, assault rifles, shotguns, snipers, swords, axes, you name it."
"What in the actual hell….."
A now-shocked Chris is now pale, she was met with a long silence and her past, this statement was enough to make her panic. For these past years, she was fighting for her life and all she got was a threat that came out of nowhere.
But that's not all, judging from Sherry's description, it was a new Noise variant that can use any kind of weapon, a dangerous one. This is something Chris will avoid when they were spotted, she doesn't have her Symphogear anymore and SONG was disbanded.
"Do you have any questions, my dear?"
"No, that's all I wanted to know."
The silence broke out when the door suddenly opened out of nowhere, Chris slowly turned her head and saw Mr. Casey standing there, visiting Sherry.
"M-Mr. Casey?!"
"Ms. Yukine, do you know what time it is?"
After being reminded by her math teacher, Chris immediately reached out her phone from her pocket and checked the time, her eyes widened when she saw the time was now 9:37 am.
"Shit!" Chris cursed out and looked at Sherry "Sorry, Ms. Melodia, I have to go now, it's nice seeing you here but I had some other things to do. See ya!"
"Goodbye Chris, I will be looking forward to seeing you again~" Sherry said as she smiled.
"I will come to visit you if I have time."
And once again, Chris packed her things and walked away from the room, passing by Mr. Casey who opened the door for her. He looked at Chris one more time before slowly closing the door, and continued to glance at Sherry.
He sighed and told her "We got company Sherry, some dudes in black suits asked me about your whereabouts."
"Eh?! Did I do something to them?" She was panicking.
"No no, they said that you took the briefcase from one of their guys."
"Hmmm, the briefcase…Oh, wait a minute…" Realization hit her hard, then slowly turned her head to the opposite direction and she started to sweat in nervousness. "Actually…I asked one of my friends to send it to Chris and Damie's room since they're the only students I can trust."
"You did what?! Sherry, for god's sake you will get your students in trouble!" Mr. Casey shouted in shock "When did you send that briefcase?!"
"It was early in the morning." She told him, much to Mr. Casey's horror.
He lowered his head in defeat "Oh my god now how can I explain this to them…." He mumbled and facepalmed to Sherry's own decision.
He just hoped this will be the last time they will get themselves into some shady business, otherwise, the cops or the government might mistake him as a terrorist.
Destiny University, Main Gate – 4:35 pm
It was afternoon, the time when students can either go home, hang out with their friends, study with others, or do the after-class activity. Nothing beats finally relaxing for a while after 8 hours of class time.
The sun was about to set and students were allowed to go to the backyard to witness its beauty. The sky slowly started to get dark and some of them took the advantage of the night to do their secret activity.
For Damie, the night was a perfect time for her to reveal some shady things that were going on around her; she even entrusted Chris with everything she had found.
When Chris finally meets her up, Damie slowly approaches her and puts on her smug face while crossing her arms, the lavender-haired girl doesn't like to know what's coming anyway. In turn, she slowly backed away from her.
"Damie, are you up with your usual shenanigans again?" asked a now pissed-off Chris.
"Exactly."
"If you asked me to stick with you then HELL NO! I am NOT gonna get my ass chased by the cops again, you often stick your nose in other people's business and end up witnessing a damn crime." She said in a hostile tone.
"Just chill out Chrissy, at least we expose some of the students' crimes." Damie shrugged her shoulders in response while keeping her smug facade.
"Even if you said that I won't get myself involved ever again you dipshit!"
"Please, just one more time, this case was now different Chrissy, it ain't involved with drugs, or illegal stuff. Trust me, no cops would get us this time."
Chris clenched her fist and screamed in anger "Fine! But if this happens again, I will kick your ass." She threatened her.
"No worries, I can assure you the cops won't spot us again because I spent a year on how to evade these guys."
"Well you lead the way, I'll follow you."
"Oh, you're gonna love this. Cmon, I'll show you the way."
As expected, the duo left the main gates and headed to a nearby bus stop where they waited for the next bus to come. Chris silently questioned Damie's tendency to show her what she had found, Chris can't help but piss off someone who was dragged into dangerous situations.
Chris can't help but to wonder if the Noise came here to attack their bus, she didn't want to experience the same thing Sherry had gone through.
She decided to stop thinking about it for now but she will remain on high alert just in case.
Soon after, the bus quickly arrived 5 minutes later and the two girls got inside and sat down on a nearby empty seat. Luckily for them, there are a few passengers inside the bus so they won't worry about someone overhearing their private conversation.
Chris remained cautious and kept quiet until they had arrived at their destinations but Damie was very excited to the point she couldn't resist telling her what she had found.
"Pssst, Chrissy, wanna know what I found?" Damie whispered in her ear.
"What? I thought you would show it later when we arrived at the place you mentioned."
"Too bad, my curiosity says otherwise, oh well since there are no shady people inside, I guess I'll show you right now." Damie said as she unzipped her bag "For some reason, I found this in our room when I was going back to grab the lunch money."
She pulls out a slick black briefcase with a lock that has a keyhole in it, the size was almost the size of Damie's bag, Chris can't help but be fascinated by the briefcase that was locked.
"I tried to open this bad boy in my free time but to no avail, even breaking the lock or the briefcase itself won't help." Damie explained quietly.
Chris was about to warn her to not meddle with anything that doesn't belong to them, they can get themselves in trouble when she realizes that something was off inside the briefcase.
"Isn't that very suspicious, Damie? If they securely lock the briefcase using a special one then there must be something that the public doesn't want to know about." Chris assumed "You're kinda right though, whatever's inside might be something suspicious." Damie agreed.
"I wonder what's inside this briefcase, it could be a deadly weapon or a secret code from the government."
"We'll never know…."
When their conversation is finished, both of them remain silent and mind their own business, Damie decides to play her favorite game on her phone while Chris recalls the time when she met Hibiki and fought alongside the other wielders.
Her expression remained neutral and started to observe her surroundings.
Outside the window, Chris can see the Yggdrasil tree in the park, this served as a reminder of her days as a Symphogear wielder.
10 minutes later, the bus stopped at the red traffic light, prompting Chris to check on Damie, who was stretching after finishing her favorite game.
"Man, what a beat-" She turned her eyes to the left and saw something that was rapidly approaching. "….Chrissy? You might want to look at this…." She said in a slightly shocked tone and pointed with her finger.
"Huh?" Chris looks where Damie was pointing "Nani?!" She gasped and widened her eyes, her jaw dropped in shock, and stood up immediately from her seat.
"Oh no…." When she recalled Ms. Melodia's statement earlier, Chris quickly realized that she was in a similar scenario as her teacher's accident "You've gotta be kidding me…" Without a word, Damie gritted her teeth and got off from her seat in an attempt to warn them.
"Everyone! Something fast is approaching-"
But it was too late for Damie to warn them as the bus suddenly crashes by an unknown entity, following the bus rolling down a couple meters before crashing straight to the wall. The impact was strong to the point that some passengers were heavily injured.
After the impact, the bus was now in an upside-down position, forcing the surviving passengers to crawl their way out in the middle of the chaos.
It hurts….
It hurts like hell….
That fucking crash almost killed me but I managed to somehow survive it, I slowly regained my consciousness and my blurry vision. I can hear the faint screams of Damie calling my name, I wanted to get out of here but my body won't respond.
I don't know how long I was unconscious after getting into an accident but looks like it won't be that long before I will die inside the bus.
Im sorry Dummy, Senpai, Maria, Kirika-chan, Shirabe-chan, and everyone, I guess it's my end now….
…
…
Never give up on living!
That dummy…..Thanks for those words….
What felt like a miracle, I started to regain control of my body temporarily and I saw Damie desperately trying to save me. She saw one of the windows being broken and immediately kicked it with all her might.
Several shards were scattered around me but I had no choice but to go through them in my path, I slowly crawled my way through the window while enduring the pain from the shards getting into my bare skin.
Damie kneels down and reaches out her hand "Chrissy, take my hand!" Damie shouted at me, in turn, I stretched my free hand and tried to reach her own.
Just as I nearly grabbed her hand, I let out a bloodcurdling scream when I felt one of my legs being stabbed by a very sharp object.
"FUCK, MY LEG!"
"Come on! Hurry the hell up before the bus will set on fire!"
"Great, I had no choice…"
Using my remaining strength, I screamed at the top of my lungs and used both of my arms to move forward. Damie took this as an opportunity to grab my arm and pulled me away from the vehicle.
Damie then carried me in a piggyback style, I sighed in relief when I finally got to escape from my demise. I can't move my body very well thanks to my injuries but good thing Damie was trained on what to do in critical situations.
All of a sudden, a man came right in front of us with the briefcase in hand, seeing his head bleeding indicates that he was also caught in the accident.
"I apologize for my interruption but we have no time, take this briefcase and-"
One of his shoulders was shot out of nowhere, cutting him in mid-sentence, but he managed to balance himself and held on to his gunshot wound.
"Go! I'll handle them by myself."
"This is bullshit, you ain't gonna handle that!" Damie objected.
"But…This is the Noise we are dealing with."
When we heard the word Noise, we turned our heads to the source of the gunshot and our faces turned pale when we witnessed the very same beings the man talked about earlier.
"Chrissy….Are those…." Damie started to panic.
"No damn way, Ms. Melodia was right all along, there are 2 variants along with a new one." I could see the normal Noise, Alca-Noise, and the new Noise that we had never seen before.
To our surprise, the man stood himself against a group of Noise, despite knowing he wouldn't make it out alive. He held his handgun tightly and put a determined smile on his face.
"You kids, your lives are more important and you have a lot to live for, so get the hell out of here before things will get worse." That is all he had to say in his final moments "Also take the briefcase with you, it's very important to our organization."
"I will probably regret doing this because I still have a lot of things to do for the sake of my family, if I ever die, just tell my wife and my kids that I loved them."
He threw the briefcase at us before preparing for his last stand against a large group of his enemies, we had no power to stop this guy from sacrificing himself to save our lives.
What should I do….?
Am I gonna watch him dying at the hands of the Noise….?
No, I can't afford to watch him die….
I took a long deep breath and once again, I yelled out loud for him to hear me "DO YOU EXPECT US TO WATCH YOU DIE YOU BASTARD?! I CAN'T LET ANYONE DIE AFTER ALL THE SHIT I WENT THROUGH!"
"Chrissy…." Damie was too shunned to speak.
"Hahahahaha, sacrificing yourself when you still have a lot of things to do?" I forced myself to break free from her grasp, much to her surprise "This is…" I removed the sharp object that was in my leg and screamed in pain.
"BULLSHIT!" And I threw the object to the ground aggressively "Quit with those heroic acts of yours, we will get out of here alive! Get it? ALIVE!" I slowly pointed at him while my leg was bleeding "So what's your damn choice? Stay behind or keep on living?"
"….." He went silent for a couple of seconds before responding "Heh, my wife always told me to keep on living, but I was desperate to save the people. Those words were enough for me to change my mind."
"Thank you."
"No problem, now let's get outta here before the Noise could attack us." I said while smirking.
"Stay back, I got this." With his eyes focusing on the bus, he fires two bullets at the gas tank, resulting in the bus exploding into pieces, distracting the other Noise in the process.
"RUN!"
All of us followed his orders and ran away from them as far as possible until reinforcements arrived, but not before we took our bags along with the briefcase. Despite having many injuries, I can still run properly, however, for a limited time.
"Anyway, what the heck is inside this briefcase? Is it perhaps something important?" Damie asked while running.
"It's our organization's latest creation, a weapon that can defeat the previous variants of Noise and the newer ones also. We were able to achieve this with the help of former SONG members." He explained.
"SONG?! That organization that deals with supernatural threats?"
"Just quit talking to you two if you want to save your asses instead of explaining things along the way!" I just shut them up by giving them a warning "Well follow me guys, I prepared a route just in case we were being chased." Said Damie.
"Of course, we were being chased because we got a bunch of new Noise shooting at us!" He dodges just in time to avoid having a second gunshot.
"I'll take the lead!"
With Damie taking the lead, we continue to follow wherever she goes to avoid getting attacked by the Noise. A couple of narrow paths, a bit of wall climbing, parkour, and lastly, evading Noise attacks.
5 minutes later, at the top of the building, the man was the first one to climb to the top, followed by Damie then Chris. Once they managed to hide from the Noise, they took a little break.
"Huff….puff….That was a tough one to evade…." Damie admitted.
"Especially those guns using Noise." Chris added.
"Don't forget your leg is still bleeding, you slowed us down for some reason." The man said, "Do you have anything to stop the bleeding?" He asked.
"I already prepared for this, here Chrissy," Damie called Chris.
Chris turned her head to Damie, who was handing her the alcohol, cotton, and a roll of bandages. She took it from her hands and started treating her wounds, starting with cleaning it using cotton soaked in alcohol.
She felt a little sting in her wound and flinched in pain but she kept herself from screaming to avoid alerting the Noise. After cleaning her wounds, she wrapped her entire wound with bandages and finished it by tying both ends.
It was the moment she would never forget, a new threat arose, she was caught in a situation she didn't want to get involved in, and now she met a person working for a mysterious organization.
"Damie?" She called her as she picked up the briefcase.
"Yes Chrissy?
"Check the left side of the building while I check out the right side, we need to make sure the area is clear before we evacuate."
"You got it." Damie gives her a thumbs up and proceeds to check the left side.
Meanwhile, Chris walked towards the right side of the building and checked below to see if there was any Noise coming nearby, and she was right, all the Noise variants started climbing up the building, she backed off from the edge and prepared herself.
"Oh no, you can't be serious…." Damie was now feeling uneasy "There's too many of them!"
"Even our only escape route was blocked by them." The man told them, much to the duo's horror "We are surrounded!"
"Now what?" Chris said as the three gathered here in one spot "We're fucked now, there is nothing we can do to stop them. We'll be dead before the reinforcements can reach here."
As the numbers increased from time to time, Chris and Damie prepared themselves and went on their fighting stances. They were afraid to die but they had no choice but to fight back. It's their only option.
"Her Chrissy?"
"Yeah?"
"What is your dream other than being a world-famous singer? That's all I wanted to ask." Chris chuckled when Damie asked her and closed her eyes "I…" To Damie's surprise, Chris spoke in Japanese.
"I…"
She clenched her fists tightly and growled at the nearby Noise.
"I will…."
"PROTECT EVERYONE WITH MY SONG!"
Just as the Noise was about to attack her, the briefcase emits a red glow and then, a beacon of light shot down in their spot, wiping out all the Noise nearby, it disappeared a few seconds later. Chris was shocked and surprised at the same time, she couldn't believe that a weapon inside held this much power.
She inspected the briefcase again and she noticed that the briefcase opened itself and revealed the weapons inside. It consists of dual sub-machine guns with a red and white color scheme, and a single silver bracelet.
"I can feel the power within these weapons, it's like I had my Symphogear again." She puts on her determined smile once she realizes that she's now compatible with the weapon.
Chris knows what to do with it, she drops the briefcase on the ground and puts the wristband on her left wrist, then picks up the dual wield guns. Once she's set, the bracelet reacts to Chris and it starts to display something.
"Scanning the user…." A voice came out from the bracelet "Scanning complete. Welcome, Chris Yukine, I hope you will use this weapon to fight against the Noise."
"Of course, that's what heroes do. Anyway…" Chris shifted her attention to the wave of Noise, who just came here "What kind of weapon is this? This looked kinda familiar." She asked while inspecting the gun.
"A dual-wielded sub-machine gun made from the fragments of the relic known as SG-r02 Ichaival."
Chris was about to question the voice when she heard the name of her relic but given they were in a dangerous situation, she decided to keep her questions later.
She turned around and faced the two with her guns ready. "You two, get down, I got this." She gave them a simple smile before facing a wave of Noise.
(Now Playing: Makyuu Ichaival)
"Kick their asses, Chrissy!" Damie cheered her up before she was pushed down to the ground by the mysterious agent, narrowly avoiding getting caught into Chris' line of fire and killing the Noise behind them.
She doesn't hesitate to show her true colors when in combat, and she's very pissed at what they did to her and everyone else involved.
Next, a team of normal Noise and Alca-Noise charge at Chris at the same time but she fires both guns and wipes them out instantly. Sensing another attack, she moved backward, dodging an incoming missile from the new Noise.
Chris glared at the new Noise and shot the head before it could shoot another round. An Alca-Noise manages to pull a surprise attack on Chris by attacking her from behind but her reflexes allow her to strafe left.
And directly kick it to the face, turning it into red dust in the process, much to the three's surprise.
"Did she just…" Damie said.
"Kick a Noise without any protection?!" He added.
"That's because the bracelet can form a barrier around the user to protect them from Noise and any kind of attacks but be careful not to take too much damage or else the barrier will break down and leave you open." The AI hears them and in turn, gives them more information.
"Thanks for that." Chris thanked the AI while shooting at a trio of normal Noise on her right without looking.
After wiping out all the Noises, another wave of them was coming, it was a wave of new Noise variants this time.
A sword-wielding Noise charges Chris and does a downward slash but Chris crosses both of her guns to block the attack. She struggled to break free from the Noise's attack, luckily, she kicked the Noise away and finished it off with a couple shots just as the two of the same Noise attacked her, and she killed it with ease.
Chris ducked at an incoming attack from an axe-wielding Noise and shoot it from below, then dodging a group of chainsaw-wielding Noise in a split second, she killed them one by one and shoot a couple of Noise using pistols before the gun no longer fires more ammo.
"The hell?! Is this gun overheating every time I use it for too long?!" In response to Chris' complaints, the gun releases heat from the vents and is ready to fire once again "Yes Chris, it's prone to overheat for using it for too long."
"Noted- Oh shit!" Chris saw her companions getting surrounded by Alca-Noise "CHRISSY, HELP US!" Damie called her for help.
"Not today assholes!" Chris cleared the Alca-Noise, saving them in the process.
"Just scream for help when they get close to you next time! You know I can't always save them from the dangers!" Chris scolded them before going back to fight another wave of new Noise.
She faced another group of Noise using the guns used by the military and behind them was a large Noise with heavy armor, prompting Chris to come up with a new plan.
"Hey, does this weapon transform into a different weapon?"
"Of course, the gun had 4 different modes to fit in any type of situation. Should I switch the gun to the crossbow mode, Chris?"
"Yes please."
Following Chris' orders, the gun breaks down into pieces and reformed into a dual-wield red crossbow, she took the crossbows and aimed it at the incoming group of gun-wielding Noise. She pulled the trigger and rapidly fired three arrows.
She spins around while shooting the surrounding Noise, she stopped spinning after annihilating the small Noise and shifted her focus to the large Noise.
Unfortunately, she failed to react on time when a small missile suddenly hit her on her side, causing it to explode, roll down a few meters away from her spot, and soon recovered from the damage.
She saw the only creature responsible for this is the large Noise, dual-wielding a four-barrel rocket launcher.
"Calculating damage rate of the missile: 20%"
"Great, we need more firepower to stop this thing from firing more." Chris remembered one information the AI told her earlier "Can you give me the other two modes that I can use?" requested the lavender-haired girl.
"Check on your bracelet."
Chris checked on the bracelet and she saw all the 4 modes that were added to her gun "All right, now let's bring this bastard down! Minigun mode!"
Again, the crossbow breaks down into pieces and forms into a red three-barrelled minigun equipped with grenade launchers. Chris, now extremely pissed for trying to blow her up, immediately fired her gun at the armor.
This avoids the large Noise from firing another round, fuelled with anger, Chris kept firing while walking towards the creature.
"DIE, DIE, DIE YOU BASTARD! MORE….."
"MOOOOORRRRREEEEEEEE!"
Her sheer amount of power combined with her rage slowly breaks the armor as seconds passed, while Chris was focused on killing the Noise, the other two were in awe to see what she was capable of in combat.
"She's damn insane, I never knew Chrissy could use a gun properly." Damie commented.
"That is amazing, she easily took care of them without a problem. She can be in the frontlines or even our key role in the mission." The man said, watching Chris finish breaking the armor.
With the armor destroyed, Chris took the opportunity to finish it off with a bang "Bow Mode!" She slammed both of the miniguns, breaking them down, and reformed them into a large red bow. Chris pulled down the string as the energy arrow was created from thin air.
Aiming at the core, Chris mutters a single word "Goodbye."
Chris released the string and fired a single arrow straight to their core, the arrow was fast enough to penetrate the Noise's core, turning it into dust in the process.
Once she's finally finished, Chris fell flat on her back and rapidly breathed for air, mostly because she had a little break from all the running. The guns in her hand returned into its base form, having done with the fighting.
"The results are splendid, Chris Yukine, as someone who once worked for SONG, your shooting skills still didn't get rusty." Chris widened her eyes and glanced at her bracelet "Chrissy? Did I hear that right?"
Damie walked up to Chris and looked down with raised eyebrows "Is that true you worked with them once before they got disbanded?" She curiously asked.
"You shitty AI, how the hell did you know?!" An angry Chris demands answers.
"That's because I know you better than any of your new friends." The AI's voice suddenly changes to the voice that Chris is very familiar with, the voice of a person she knew very well: "That can't be…."
"M-Ms. Elfnein?!" The man realized who that voice belonged to.
"Ah, Agent Carlson, I guess you just found a lucky one." Chris gets up from the floor and communicates with Elfnein via her bracelet "What in the actual hell are you doing here?" She can hear Elfnein sigh.
"If you want answers, come with us, they'll be sending our agents here to pick you three up."
"Guess I had no choice but to come with them."
"Good, now wait for them to arrive, it won't be that long." Elfnein said, "Ok, I'll see you in our organization's headquarters." And Elfnein ended the call.
Carlson rubbed his temples and fixed himself up, having to recover from everything that has happened today. He was glad that the person who changed his mind happens to be a former SONG member and was ready to have a proper conversation with her.
Damie meanwhile, was even more shocked at what she has learned right now, she remained frozen until Chris repeatedly patted her shoulder gently "Chrissy, can you give me an explanation right now?" She said in a deadpanned voice.
"That's a long story actually, you may have heard of my past but I'll tell you exactly what happened after I was rescued by the US soldiers," Chris suggested.
"I'll save that for later." Damie replied and stretched her arms out "Speaking of which, you're hella badass when you kick the Noise's asses, you're just a literal action movie protagonist!"
"My experience with being in SONG helps me a lot."
Damie grinned "You know what's better than being experienced, you can gain new moves by watching a bunch of action movies or even anime!" Chris gave her a thumbs up with that suggestion "Let's do that on weekends."
"Alright! We got the deal." Damie said "Next up: I might need to give you a nickname."
"A nickname?!"
"Yeah, most action movie heroes have one so it's no surprise I would suggest the same thing."
"That's one of the things in our organization actually, each of the ace members are given nicknames so having one might be a better idea." Carlson joined to spit out some facts "What will be your nickname kid?"
"My nickname….." Chris closed her eyes and rubbed her chin in thought. "Actually, my senpai came up with it a long time ago but I never fully considered it but now, I will take it as my new nickname."
"From now on, my new nickname will be…."
Chris opened her eyes and put on her determined smile to announce it to her companions.
"Queen of Bullets."
Prologue - End