User blog:Meta07/Fanfic: End of Reflection - Chapter 1 (NOTE: Has nothing to do with BCoW!)

Ok, some words to clear up confusions before we start...

So what the hell is this even?
It's pretty simple, really... thing is, I've just completed the Tale of Alltynex series, a real PC SHMUP classic by SITER SKAIN, in particular the game RefleX, the longest and hardest installment of the bunch, and I was suddenly filled with creativity, so I decided to just write a short random fanfic based on that game's story, but with every major spaceship reimagined as a human, and with retconned plot, too, to go along with that. Each chap ter of this fanfic will detail one level from that game, so there'll be 8 chapters in total.

And why are you writing here as opposed to, say, fanfiction.net?
Because:
 * People know me better here
 * Wikia has more formatting options than fanfiction.net
 * I'm too lazy to make a fanfiction.net account. >_>

Why are you suddenly writing this instead of continuing Eternal Wars?! Give us more Eternal Wars!!!
...Writer's block.

...And hey, suddenly "creativity" surge, people!

Anyway, so... here goes!

Prologue
It's been 200 years since we destroyed the corrupted supercomputer ALLTYNEX and defeated the mysterious Visitor, Satariel...

Eurasia has went into complete disarray because of their assault, but we've managed to recover...

However, the trauma was so great that the continent of Eurasia became increasingly militaristic, and in the end, all the countries of Eurasia formed a tyrannic Eurasian Unified Army...

This huge, impossibly army is lead by a group of supersoldiers known as the Zodiacs, or the Council of Eight...

Which consist of: "Bully" Taurus, "Warrior" Gemini, "Princess" Virgo, "Judge" Libra, "Assassin" Scorpio, "Scout" Pisces...

And of course, their leader, "President" Cancer and his second-in-command, "General" Sagittarius...

For years, drunken with power, this continental government has leeched on its citizens without resent...

Eventually, a resistance was formed, by the name of Valkyness, with Dr. Guehala Dennis, the one who defeated Satariel and leaped through time in the aftermatch, as one of its founding members...

However, small as they are, they couldn't fight the Unified Army all on their own...

So Dr. Dennis made a scientific breakthrough by creating a reflective shield, using the remains of the Visitor's spirit as its power source...

He mounted the shield on a new recruit, known as Phoenix, in hopes that he'll help Valkyness win the war, and make Eurasia the population's once again...

But a battalion lead by Virgo headed for Dr. Dennis' hideout...

Chapter 1: Pinpoint Raid
Virgo: So here we are...

As Virgo looks upon the small laboratory, she slowly prepares her Astral Cannon, which is in fact a magical staff that can fire a huge laser blast, and points it towards the base.

Guehala: Alright, all's done now. Good luck on your first mission, soldier! Your objective is...

Phoenix: WATCH OUT, DOCTOR!

As Dr. Dennis is going to finish his sentence, a huge laser blast suddenly arrive and obliterate the hideout. Phoenix is lucky enough to evade and survive the blast, but unfortunately not Guehala, as he's crushed by the crumbling compartment...

Phoenix: DOCTOR!

Guehala says as he's clinging to his life, with the last of his energy:

Guehala: Listen, you must... go... to the Moonlight Base...

Phoenix: The Moonlight Base? Where is it, Doctor?! No, Doctor...

Guehala then takes his last breath, under the heavy boulders.

Phoenix: No... no... the Army! The Army will pay for this!

As Phoenix storms out of the burning house, he's instantly greeted by a squad of armored soldiers, as Virgo herself had instantly ran away right after doing the damage.

Soldier: Yo, going somewhere?

Phoenix: *burning steam* YOU! Are you the one who did this?!!!

Soldier: Dude, I only have these handguns! Use that dumb head of yours for once!!!

Phoenix: WHAT?!!!

Soldier: ...Uh oh, looks like I accidentally enraged him. GUYS, commence the attack!

The soldiers then proceed to attack Phoenix, who frantically rolls around to dodge the bullets and uses his machinegun to fight back. Seeing themselves slowly getting overpowered by a single guy, the enemy squad then goes to disarray, and proceed to slowly retreat to try to reach their commanders.

Phoenix: WHO? WHO FIRED THE BLAST?!!!

As Phoenix shouts in anger and stampede through the fields, a worried Virgo can be seen running in the distance, meeting up with a small-looking guy in a blue uniform, before turning to a narrow road.

???: Princess, this way!

Virgo: Che... *turn to the safe road*

???: Don't worry, I'll stop this guy for you... Let's get this game going, shall we?

The little commander then cloaks himself, rendering him invisible, and slowly runs to Phoenix's back, using his cloak and the mist in the forest nearby as cover. Phoenix, having learned the commander's name through torturing a random soldier, proceeds to blitz through the battalion even more outrageously.

Phoenix: VIRGO!!! VIRGO!!! COME BACK HERE, YOU FILTHY LITTE B****!!!

As Phoenix runs and runs, the soldiers who face him become scarcer and scarcer, as they have all become afraid at his tantrum and slowly sneaked away, especially since they know one of their leaders is going to take things into his hands himself...

Phoenix: VIRGO!!! Where could she have run to?!

As Phoenix stands before a curtain of fog, suddenly, two homing lasers hit him from the back, bringing him to his knees. The little commander then dashes forward and reveals himself to Phoenix.

~WARNING!!!~ Target acquired: "SCOUT" PISCES


Pisces: Greetings, new guy. Wanna follow our princess?

Phoenix: You are... one of the Zodiac warriors?!

Pisces: Why yes! Unfortunately, she has some other stuff to care about right now... so I'll have to take care of you in her stead, because you know...

Pisces then dashes past Phoenix, giving him a quick shot at point-blank range in the process, exhausting Phoenix even more.

Pisces: ...you rebels can be so annoying sometimes...

Phoenix: Kuh...

Phoenix then tries to get up, but before he could succeed, Pisces has already pointed his machinegun towards him.

Pisces: Too bad, your quest will have to die prematurely here...

As Pisces shoots Phoenix, the latter, still flat on the ground, trying to get up, suddenly realize something of utmost importance, the whole purpose of his recruit....

Phoenix: The shield... I must learn how to activate the shield...!

As the bullets approach, Phoenix then uses what little stamina he has left to press a button built on the left sleeve of his armor, triggering a reflective barrier, reflecting Pisces shot. As some of these tiny bullets start to graze his armor, Pisces panicks and realizes the gravity of the situation.

Pisces: *runs around senselessly as his armor is burnt* Whoa whoa whoa! Gnnnh... So that's their new weapon, huh...? very well then...

Pisces cloaks himself, while using the smoke generator on his jetpack to dense the fog around him, giving him lower visibility, before cloaking himself and runs into it. Meanwhile, Phoenix finally manages to get up, though slowly and tiringly.

Phoenix: Hehe... hehehe... you little bastards, always so rash...

As Phoenix has just gotten up, he suddenly senses two homing lasers coming his way again, so he once again activates his shield, reflecting them. As they are now reflected, the lasers then proceed to seek Pisces indeed, devastating his jetpack - and smoke generator - and clear up the fog while ripping Pisces of his maneuverability, revealing him to Phoenix' eyes.

Pisces: Gah! No,... NO!!!

As Phoenix approaches him, a terrified Pisces turns back and charges 4 homing lasers at Phoenix, but the new recruit shields again, reflecting all those lasers to Pisces, bringing him to his knees, severely injured...

Pisces: No, no... *gulp*

As Pisces looks upon him with terrified, trembling eyes, Phoenix points his machinegun at him, with a furious, serious face.

Phoenix: Tell me... where is the Moonlight Base...?

Pisces: Y...you can... enter it... through the Stratosphere Passage... right over there!

Pisces then points to a huge orbital elevator of sorts in the distance, which is connected to a long floating tunnel with a giant bunker built on a cliff at its end.

Pisces: N...now... uhm... c...can you let me go...?!

Phoenix: Hmph...

Phoenix, ignoring Pisces' pleads, points his machinegun to his head.

Phoenix: You tyrants... don't deserve to live, not with such a weak heart...

Using his machinegun, Phoenix then shoots Pisces to pieces, ending the battle.

==TO BE CONTINUED==