I was a bit bored, so I decided to write something based off the Vita game I've been playing, called Freedom Wars.
Here you go.
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I am Silvia "Justice" Kuroi. I am a Sinner.
My hand lifted off of the blue screen in my room, the screen that encompassed an entire wall of my room, known as the Window on Liberty. Past the several icons and menus that were still there, as the screen could detect my presence, I could see my face.
Soft cheeks with a hint of rosiness to them, a small nose and thin lips for a girl, with sharp eyes and thin eyebrows. My pupils were fairly slit-like, with a grey color. Thin half-rim glasses sat over my eyes. My hair was black, with red highlights, and done in a pony-tail with swirly bangs cupping my face.
My clothes, as the massive Window on Liberty, showed, was the simply Type-88 Military Gear. A green denim jacket with a red camisole underneath, with a thick black skirt, gloves, and high boots that went up to my thighs.
The Window on Liberty was my access to much of the information given to me by my Panopticon (my home nation), with information such as special missions and even the current rankings of the different Panopticons around the world.
My home, New York, was number five.
I let out a sigh and glanced around my room. The best description for it was white. Glowing white tiles on the floor, a clean white bed, and grey-white walls that were relatively clean--a stark difference between the lower levels of the Cell Pavilion. It had the constant smell of concrete and disinfectant, which at times was enough to make me cough and sneeze.
These levels were divided up by ranks, called CODEs. I was CODE Five out of Eight, meaning I was high on the social ladder. Eight was the highest possible rank, while One was the lowest. One meant you were nothing but scum, the worst kind of sinner.
That was my life. I was a sinner from birth. Our world had so few precious resources left, and so anything and everything that was a drain on that was considered bad. Even people. We became sinners, punished for our drain on resources and sentenced to a penalty of a million years.
The only way to prove our worth was to work the million years off. Even at CODE 5 I still have 941,757 years to go. You would even gain more years by breaking the billions of laws the Panopticons had set up to keep us in line. And they always knew if you did. Even in my personal room, my cell, I had two cameras watching me at all times.
This didn't count my Accessory of course.
Standing at attention in front of the only door stood a tall man with an absent and deadpan face. His eyes were a threatening red with tiny pupils. Plastered on his forehead was the black eye symbol of the overseer, the person who watched us all. My accessory wore a red beret with black spiky hair with red highlights--a matching choice I had made.
My accessory wore the standard uniform for his kind--a tan trench coat with black boots and gloves. My accessory was not human. A cyborg built as the ultimate camera and guardian. He would safeguard me in combat (even as a drain on resources, the Panopticons considered sinners resources as well) and always keep a close eye on me.
The Accessory noticed my gaze and spoke:
"Your current sentence is 941,757 years. Please continue to contribute."
That was part of my life as well. Contributing to the "Greater Good" in an effort to not only achieve freedom, but to retrieve resources for my home as well. The only way to do that was the special missions (which were called voluntary, but we all knew we were forced to do them) that contained these resources.
"Hello Sinner!" Came a high voice from my Window on Liberty. I glanced in that direction to see Percy Propa, the cartoon bear that was the mascot of my home.
"Your home thanks you for your continued contributions! But that nasty Agarthan Panopticon is still attacking us! Please do your part! For the Greater Good!"
With that, he disappeared and I noticed a new mission had appeared on the Window:
"Mission CT5-3 "Illumination."
Each and every mission held a special code name, such as Carnage or Firefly. This one was called Illumination, where it was necessary to destroy a special Biped Abductor. I nodded and accepted the mission immediately.
From here my Accessory would take me to the special flying craft to send me to my destination. I elected to bring some of my comrades along, Mattias, Uwe, and Beatrice.
"Awe man," Mattias whined the moment he boarded the craft, "I was to stop by the Fueling Station too! This shaz is boring! Fight this abductor! Beat these sinners....man, I could go for a break!"
"Shut your trap," Uwe snapped, "We have our mission and we have to do it. Don't forget that it's your home that is even letting you even visit the Warren. If the Hourai won we wouldn't have anywhere to eat that ice cream."
"Uwe is right," I said, "We have to do this....for the Greater Good."
"Yeah yeah yeah...doesn't make it any less boring," Mattias mumbled shaking is head and rubbing his hair.
Beatrice, who up until now had been sitting quiet, spoke up, "Well, we can always stop by afterwards, Mattias. Besides, I need to see Julien anyways."
Mattias shrugged. He was a fairly short boy with caramel-colored skin and bright red hair. He was feisty and likely the most brash out of all of us. Uwe was a large, broad-shouldered man with thick arms and dark skin. He was the oldest out of all of us, who had a lot more experience on the battlefield. Beatrice was smaller, with pale skin and golden hair. She was quiet, and a lot more empathetic than Mattias was.
Each one of us had our own Accessory, which made for a team of six in total. My Accessory turned to me and quickly spoke, "We will be arriving shortly. Please prepare yourself."
Accessories never spoke or acknowledged another Sinner unless approached directly. They only served to watch and aid a single Sinner only.
"You here that, we're almost there. Saddle up." Uwe said, glancing at the other two. Beatrice and Mattias had a nervous edge to them. These higher CODE missions meant harder enemies and fights. We were in for something new.
We all suddenly jerked to the right as the craft stopped and began to lower and settle. The massive doors slid open, letting the light and dust fly in. The sun was already setting, and through the opening, I could see where we were: a massive abandoned part of the city. We all piled out and watched as the craft lifted off. It would only return if we were to win this or lose.
I pulled out my weapon--an EZ Schwarzfalke II. It was a light blade that acted as a chainsaw as well. My Accessory lifted up its bulky AAW-M2; a powerful rocket launcher. The others pulled out their respective weapons and we ran through the dilapidated ruins.
Years and years ago some great war was held, and much of the world was turned to ruin. Sections like these were littered about New York. Nothing but dust and echoes, with crushed structures and the barely standing skeletons of buildings from long ago.
"We've got Sinners!" Uwe shouted, hefting his launcher and firing off a round. The Agarthan sinners, decked in matching black sinners, seemed to come right out of the ruined woodwork as they quickly swarmed us.
"Bug off!" Mattias hollered, gunning the sinners down as we all heard the worst kind of sound when you were in battle: The guttural scream of an Abductor. We could see it down the road. A towering, skeletal beast. Every step it took made the ground shake. They were terrifying monsters whose sole purpose was to capture resources and decimate everything else.
This one was bipedal, which meant it had a fairly humanoid frame. Worse though was that it was Cold-Resistant--its body had a blue tiny and shiny blue crystals covered its body.
"Silvia!" Beatrice told me, "Let us go distract the Abductor!"
"We will stay here!" Uwe added to that, "Both of you go!"
I nodded to him and Beatrice and I legged it to the Abductor. The monster seemed to notice our approach and it lifted its metallic head. We heard the charging of a beam, and the two of us expertly dove to the side as the ground exploded. This was the worst kind of Abductor. The ones capable of firing beams from their heads.
While Beatrice and I were capable of dodging the explosion, her accessory wasn't so lucky. The beam hit it head on and went flying backwards.
"Keep going!" I shouted at Beatrice. We couldn't afford the moment to go and retrieve the Accessory. They were durable enough, and going back only meant time for the Abductor to fire off another attack.
"Abductor in sight. Engaging Combat Protocol. Request cooperation in Abductor destruction." My Accessory told me, halting its own progress to fire off a round from its rocket launcher. The slug hit the Abductor head on and gave me time to point out my Thorn.
All Sinners were equipped with thorns. These prickly weapons were like grappling hooks and had the main purpose of allowing us to get up close and personal with these giant bastards.
My arm jerked as the white thorn shot out and hit the junction between the Abductor's shoulder and its right arm. I pulled hard, launching my body up and into the air as the distance closed rapidly between us.
My body stopped hard as I was now clinging to the Abductor itself. Now came the hard part.
Taking it down.
I quickly brought my blade around and brought it crashing down upon the junction. The chainsaw whirred to life as I began to tear through armor and bone. This was one of the many tactics in taking down these things: tearing them down bit by bit until there was nothing left.
I had made it barely a portion of the way when the abductor swung its other arm and hit Beatrice dead on. She screamed, her body flying into the side of a building. I didn't see her get up, and I knew she was done for. Her Accessory was only now making its way to us, which meant there wouldn't be time to get her unless I stopped my progress.
I hopped off of the Abductor and ran over to where I had seen Beatrice go--when I heard that dreaded sound of a beam being charged. The explosion caught my back, sending me flying a few feet. I toppled and tumbled over, struggling to get back up.
"Damn," I hissed, finally halting. I could barely get up, which meant my own Accessory would have to help. I saw him halt his firing and switch to recovery as he ran over to me, but like how I was taken down, the Abductor fired off a beam and my Accessory was downed as well.
"Critical damage sustained....emergency shutdown enacted...requesting recovery.." My Accessory said, its body essentially lifeless (although there was barely any life to begin with).
Shit. Half of our squad was essentially taken out, and I didn't know if Uwe or Mattias had managed to reach us yet. At least, until I heard Uwe's gruff voice.
"Don't worry girl, I got yah." He told me, lifting me back up and restoring my energy with a medic pack.
"We took those idiots down and saw you were in trouble! Mattias the Leo is here to help!" Mattias shouted, bearing his gun down on the Abductor and letting loose with a volley of bullets.
"I will go help Beatrice," Uwe told me, "Destroy that Abductor. On the double, Sinner."
I nodded and rolled over to my Accessory's side. It gave me a blank look as I jumped it back to life with a resuscitation device. The Accessory stood back up and hefted its weapon without so much as a thank you.
"Functions restored. Engaging enemy." It said, turning back to the Abductor and resuming where it had left off.
The Abductor let out a scream as it saw all of us. I gritted my teeth and pointed my Thorn, letting it shoot out and connect with the junction again. I flew for it, landing with a painful crash as I pulled out my blade again.
The saw bore down and cut through with even more force. The Abductor seemed more distracted by Mattias and the two Accessories, as it attempted to barge through them. Even as it ran, I hung on tight and cut through the bone. I was done with the armor and was practically done with the entire arm as well.
I heard a rocket go off, and watched as one my Accessory's slug hit the arm I was cutting. The arm snapped and fell off--with me along with it. I landed on the ground with an "Oof!" and rolled over.
That was one arm down, which for a bipedal Abductor was a crippling thing and a serious advantage for us. Fewer parts meant fewer things the monster could do.
"Booyah!" Mattias cackled, "This thing is toast!"
"Silvia!" Beatrice shouted as she ran up to me, rolling around the Abductor, "Everything alright?"
"Yeah," I told her with a nod, "I'll be fine."
"Here." She said to me, charging her thorn up and letting it lash out and cling on to me. I felt more of my energy come back to me, and I thanked her with a smile and another nod.
There were three thorn types, one of which was the healing thorn--which Beatrice used to a special mastery. Just by lashing it out could I feel my strength returning.
"Thank you," I said, before dashing off.
The Abductor was still a great threat to us, and its destruction would entail the completion of our mission. I readied my thorn, my eyes studying the monster. The other arm was a good target, as it could still slam that down, but my eyes went right for its head.
Even without it the Abductor would still be able to move and be a very great threat, but the removal of that part would mean an even greater advantage for us.
I prepared for the right moment, waiting for when the Abductor was at the right angle, and then suddenly shot my thorn outward.
I cursed as it missed. Damn! The Abductor had suddenly started to storm forward, and my thorn went whizzing right past it.
I was about to fire the thorn off again, but at that moment, I was suddenly hit by a barrage of bullets. More Agarthan Sinners had appeared, and they weren't happy that we took down the first wave and had been taking down their Abductor.
"Hostile Sinners detected!" My Accessory announced, "Engaging enemies!"
I swivelled towards them and brought out my rifle--an EZ Katze Kralle I. I squeezed the trigger and returned fire upon the Sinners.
"Allow me to help!" Beatrice said, pulling out her own gun and aiding my counter assault. The Sinners didn't pose much of a match for us, though it appeared that they were a decent distraction--without Beatrice and my own assistance, Mattias and Uwe had been struggling to deal with the Abductor.
"Oh no!" Beatrice shouted, running after them with her Thorn at ready, "You guys, here!" She then exclaimed the moment her Thorn was charged up enough.
From the ground spotting a massive black and green thicket, with radiated with a powerful green glow. I ran forward to get close it, and when I was close enough I immediately felt the effects of the healing thicket. I pointed the barrel of my gun out and let loose a hail of bullets on the Abductor. It turned to me, seeing my own self as an enormous threat, and it readied a laser from its head.
"Got you!" I exclaimed, immediately pointing my thorn and letting it fly forth and stick to the Abductor's neck. I launched into the air and slammed right onto the Abductor's torso.
"Finish it off!" Uwe announced as he shot at the Abductor and managed to distract it for the time being while I scrabbled up to the monster's neck and bore my saw down upon it. While much of the Abductor was bone and grey armor, its 'nerves' were thick pulsing orange veins that ran all throughout its body. I tore through these, slicing through the nerves with ease as my allies distracted the monster.
I grinned as the Abductor suddenly jerked and wobbled as I sliced the entire head clean off. That was one major nuisance done for.
"And another one bites the dust!" Mattias shouted, aiming hard and assaulting the Abductor's core: its pod, which was often used for holding onto important resources...often times other people and Accessories.
The pod began to crack, and soon enough the whole pod exploded open. Uwe let out a cry of victory as my three allies finished the Abductor off. It began to stand up, and I quickly hopped off before it decided I was another danger.
But even then, the Abductor lasted barely any longer as its knees buckled and it finally fell backwards. It landed with an astounding crash; dust and dirt flying everywhere as the Abductor let out an unsettling scream of torture as it 'died'.
"Mission complete," My Accessory said, lowering its launcher, "Contacting support craft. Contributions have been logged."
"Nice job," Uwe told all of us, "Quite proud of you all,"
"Yeah yeah, thanks old man," Mattias told him, "Nothing but another string of successes from yours truly!"
"You better shut your face before I do something even worse than a 20-year penalty to you, kid," Uwe told him off, crossing his arms. I could only shake my head.
Edited by Silver Kuroi