[Ranma][FanFic] FURIES 10-13
allyn yonge
Furies
by Allyn Yonge (all...@netscape.net
sa...@my-dejanews.com )
The characters of the Ranma « universe are the
creation and possession of the brilliant Rumiko
Takahashi. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi and her
licensees (Shogakukan Inc., Kitty-Fuji TV, Viz
Communications Inc.) No copyright infringement is
intended. The characters of Sailormoon are the
creation and possession of the brilliant Takeuchi
Naoko. They belong to Takeuchi Naoko, Bandai, Toei
Animation, DIC, and all others associated with rights.
No copyright infringement is intended.
I would like to thank my pre-readers. Without their
tireless efforts and endless patience this fanfiction would not
exist.
Angel de la Hoya, first volunteer pre-reader. It is
solely due to her early and frequent encouragement that this
story is in it's final form.
Thiemo Guenther, should be co-creator due to his
detailed and exhaustive analysis.
Ken Wolfe, WOW. To have one of my favorite
authors offer C&C.
Dave Eddy, And another of my favorites.
H-Packrat, who offered some telling criticism and
corrected a blunder on the part of the author.
Terence Young, a late arrival but worth his weight in ramen.^_^
Pre-readers are worth their weight in any precious metal
you choose. Pre-reading is a voluntary action . . .but
absolutely necessary to producing a readable work of fiction.
And good C&C is harder than writing. Without their efforts
This would be a much poorer story. I can not thank the
above persons enough . . .so I wrote them into the story. ^_^
As always any errors and omissions are MINE.
If you have read my "Love is a Battlefield" and "Bloodfist"
you know what I mean by [dark/WAFFy].
The following story contains some scenes of violence. There
are also some erotically suggestive portions. HOWEVER
there is nothing in this story that is not integral to plot
development.
I apologize for the lateness of this post. Unfortunately my hard
drive developed a
fatal problem and crashed. (While I was making backups <sigh>)
My computer is
up but still having problems. Because of this I am making this
revision (6) ready for posting
and saving it to 3.5 disk. This way I hope to have
at least this version available if/when my computer dies
again.(which it has done
twice already today (Monday Jan. 18, 1999)) I would like to
thank all of the people who read and enjoyed Furies. Thank you all
for your kind
words. If I did not answer your e-mail (or if you received two
posts) it was due
to the loss of my e-mail logs. There were several other
people I wanted to thank for their help in writing this story.
Especially the person
who pointed out the meaning of "Akachan" ^_^ Your name was
one of the
names I lost. :(
My end notes will be VERY brief due to the instability of my
system.
Because it has been so long since the posting of chap 6-9 I am
adding the last bit
of Chap. 9 to this posting to refresh your memories.
Also, thank you for nominating me (and voting for me) for the
annual fanfic award.
THANK YOU. ^_^ [I promise to keep at it until I get it right :) ]
BEGIN Furies Chapter 10-13 326 Kb
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Chapter 9 (a bit of what has gone before followed by
Chapter 10-13 )
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What has gone before:
Tendou Akane finds she is the reincarnation of Weapon 4, a
super-weapon
developed to fight Beryl during the last days of the Moon
Kingdom
After two fights against a new enemy Akane meets with the senshi
and explains as much as she knows/remembers about her origins.
After leaving the meeting a mysterious woman attacks Akane, an
attack
which releases memories hidden in the time stream, memories of
the Moon
Kingdom and a time before. The origins of Weapon 4 and secrets
long hidden
overwhelm Akane. Images of the last days of the Silver Imperium,
images of
the senshi, palace intrigue and Pluto's hidden agenda. And images
of her princess.
Pluto's efforts to regain control of Weapon 4 result in an assault on
the princess
and her senshi. Pluto and the Outer Senshi are banished. Pluto
convinces Weapon 4
that her duty to the princess and the kingdom require her to return
and
complete her training as Weapon 4 in order to protect the princess
against Beryl.
We find ourselves in the 'Facility' where Pluto is discussing the
progress of the
Weapon 4 project with the Director.
". . . upgrades worked perfectly. The new power
receptors are even better than we anticipated."
"And how long before we can duplicate Weapon 4?"
The director smiled.
"We have already started. We should be able to
decant the first batch within six months. Initial
programming and implant installation should be
relatively straight forward with what we have learned. I
think we should have no more than a 40% wastage."
"How soon to produce completed weapons?"
"Eighteen months for the first six. After that,
with the facilities we have, I think we can produce two
weapons every four months." Pluto tapped the table in
front of her thoughtfully.
"I think that is acceptable. Beryl is still
rebuilding her R&D facility after that fire last year.
And she seems to be concentrating a great deal of effort
in the mono-pole mining facility." A briefly wistful
look crossed her face as she remembered Queen Serenity's
almost childish glee at her ploy to distract Beryl. She
banished the thought ruthlessly. "I would like to
see. . . "
An alarm rang and a face appeared on the
communications screen. A terrified tech looked out at
her.
"Sailor Pluto, a message from the capitol! They are
under attack!" Pluto froze for a stunned moment, then
lunged for the console. She entered a code. Her heart
thudded in her chest while she waited for the screen to
clear.
"Sailor Pluto, thank the Goddess. We've been trying
to get through to you but. . . "
"The Queen! Where is the Queen."
"I don't know. I think she went to 'Cloud Song' to
rally the Inner Guard but. . . "
"Give me Commander Tarn. If she can hold the curtain
wall I can. . . "
"Tarn is dead. The wall is down. The Shadows are
already in the palace grounds. We must have. . . "
Pluto stared at the blank screen. A portal snapped
open behind her and Sailoruranus supporting a wounded
Sailorneptune stumbled out.
"Pluto. . . the Shadows. They destroyed the Outer Guard
barracks. The power grid is down and the portal system
is failing. We need to warn. . . " Pluto ignored the
senshi and turned to the director.
"How long to get the Combat Support Unit back on
line?"
"The CSU? Why I don't know, several hours, perhaps
a day. As I mentioned we are re-calibrating the power. . ."
"Strip the facility. Empty the infirmary. Unless
they're six weeks dead I want to see everyone on the
transport grid with a weapon in fifteen minutes." She
thought a minute. "Put the CSU on autonomous repair
mode. Tell it to signal as soon as it's ready."
"What do you have in mind Pluto." Sailorneptune
asked, sagging with exhaustion.
"We're going to port directly into the palace. The
Queens tower is the most heavily armored part of the
palace. If we can hold it long enough for the CSU to come on
line we can counter-attack with. . . "
"The Princess!" Misty burst into the room, panting
heavily. "Something is wrong. I can feel it."
"The palace is under attack. We are leaving as
soon. . . "
"NO! I'm not waiting on you. You don't care about
her."
There was a flare of light as Misty wrenched open a
portal to the Moon Kingdom and vanished.
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The palace was burning. She could see people and
stone melted together. The primary weapon activated
without conscious thought. The familiar screaming pain
was swallowed by her terror for the princess.
"Active sensors at maximum," she ordered the
whisper. "Locate the princess."
##Searching.##
A nightmare shape rose suddenly before her black
and twisted; it screamed and writhed as it burned in the
fires of zero-space. A huge hand scattered buildings and
people like toys as it lunged for her.
"Kinetic Weapon. Select super-dense. Maximum
acceleration"
##Super-dense Selected. Acceleration set at 0.3C##
the voice whispered.
"Initiate phase lock."
##Phase lock complete.## came the whisper
"Fire."
Ordinarily an object that was in zero-space, that
peculiar place between dimensions, was invulnerable to
outside forces until that object chose to leave the
safety of zero-space and touch normal-space. Unless
that outside force had the ability to phase into zero-
space as well.
20,000 rounds per minute of super-dense 4 mm
needles blasted out of the "barrel" of the coil-gun at a
little over fifty thousand miles per second. The swarm
of needles blow-torched through the Shadow
destroying its containment field with. . . unfortunate and
fatal results. The Imperium's last blood Guard raced
through the expanding gas cloud that had once been one
of Beryl's elite shock troops.
##Accumulators at 0.38##
She cursed her carelessness. She'd used too much
power killing that first Shadow and without the CSU
there was no chance of. . .
##. . . nitiating power tap. NO RESPONSE. Initiating
power tap. NO RESP. . . ##
"Cancel" she told the idiot-savant computer. "CSU
not available."
##Acknowledged. 18 minutes combat capability
remains at present power drain.##
A pair of Shadows converged on her from the flanks.
Her internal map showed the princess just beyond them.
The energy weapon burned the legs off one, the kinetic
weapon blasted the second in the torso. She didn't wait
to see the results but raced on toward her duty and her
friend.
##5 minutes combat power.##
Ahead, she could see the huge figure of a woman
looming over a tiny seeming figure in armor and below
that. . .
##Princess!!##
She sent power to her contra-gravity and JUMPED.
##4 minutes power. First warning. Prepare to shut
down phase generator.## The giant figure laughed and
reached for the fragile blond figure.
##Target lock.## she put the targeting pip in the
center of the cruel laughing face.
"Select Kinetic weapon. Fire."
##Null, response. Magazine empty##
"Select Energy Weapon. Fire."
##Null response. Power below minimum level for
Energy Weapon.##
A long metallic staff appeared in her hands. It
shimmered and twisted as it formed into an ugly beaked
war hammer. She sent power to her contra-grav again and
JUMPED!
##2 minutes power. Beginning fail-safe shut down of
phase generator.##
"OVERRIDE!!" she snapped.
##Failure to shut down will result in. . . ##
"OVERRIDE! IMPERIAL PRIORITY!!" she screamed at the
computer.
##Override acknowledged.##
She was almost there. Three more jumps. Power to
contra-grav and JUMP.
##40 seconds to shield collapse.##
And JUMP!'
##15 seconds.##
The giant sneering face dominated everything now.
That and the pitiful figure hanging in the air before
Beryl.
## 8 seconds.##
She brought the hammer over her head. Fiery hooks
ripped at her body. The world shimmered and shook as
dimensional shear slowly ripped her body apart. The
dying containment shield flared and hissed as it
devoured her body and shredded her sanity. And JUMP! She
soared into the air high above Beryl. She could see the
evil face slowly start to turn upwards, comprehension
slowly come to the eyes.
##3 seconds.## She was screaming the hate and rage
and fear of a lifetime directed at this one moment, this
one target. She would fulfil her purpose. She would kill
Beryl. Then she could rest.
##2 seconds.## The hammer came down in a savage
arc, to smash that giant skull like a rotten fruit. As
the hammer neared the end of its arc a bright white
light swept over the doomed capitol. As it moved over
the ground it swept away the dead and dying, sins and
sinners, clean and unclean. . . leaving nothing in its
wake.
##1 sec . . ##
Chapter 10
MOUKA TAKABISHA!!"
The chi-blast smashed Sailorpluto to the ground,
collapsing the "Black Dome Close".
Sailorpluto vanished, leaving Akane sobbing in the
middle of the street like an abandoned child.
Ranma scooped her up in his arms and cuddled her tightly
against his chest. Even as he held the weeping girl in his arms his
head
swivelled back and forth, searching the darkness for the aura he'd
felt from
across the street. Blood and madness . . . so strong now that he
could almost
taste it. Old blood and bright madness . . .just standing in the same
spot occupied
by that . . .woman . . . made his skin crawl.
"Dammit Tomboy," he whispered fiercely, "What the
hell have you gotten yourself into now?"
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"You want me to what?"
Tendou Nabiki stared at her little sister with narrowed eyes.
"Get me transferred to another school."
"Would you like an Imperial Audience while I'm at it?"
Nabiki asked sarcastically. "Or perhaps instead of. After all
the
Emperor is no longer a god . . . I can probably get you in to
see the Emperor."
Akane looked at her sister with shuttered eyes. Nabiki hated
that. Always before she'd been able to read her little sister like
a cheap manga. Now . . .And Ranma. Ranma was acting . . ."
"What do you need?"
Nabiki stared down at her little sister with a twisted smile.
"Well, a couple of HUNDRED million yen would be
nice to start with. You know, for the little things . . .new
school uniform . . .bribes . . .transfer authorizations . . .bribes . .
.record transfers
. . .BRIBES."Nabiki tilted her head thoughtfully."You know, I
sense a pattern
here. M . .O . . N . .E . .Y. To get you transferred to another
school for next
year