Chapter 3: Sangvis Ferri 1st Echelon, assemble!

Deployment hangar, D-20

At the middle of the spacious, and empty hangar. There is black military humvee parked in the middle of it, were the silver haired girl sat at the top of the humvee. There she playfully humming to herself, and swaying her chubby legs back and forth. Up there, she is entertainingly observing the helmetless ranger, storing the spare engine parts into the trunk of their humvee while the red dinergate are playfully running around the car

"Shikikan~ what are you gonna need that for?" Elisa curiously asked with a playful tone on her tongue, while she watched his shikikan put the last spare part in the trunk.

"This is for my friend…" Isaac said as he closed the trunk of the humvee.

"The car...is your friend?" Elisa asked, and tilt her head to the side. Showing, that she didn't follow what he meant.

"Yup, that car is possessed by the A.I name 'Phoenix'" ranger answered, and rested his back against the car while he wipes the sweat from his forehead.

"She is an Artificial Intelligence, just like me?" The tan girl asked, and she is pointing to herself with her dazzling eyes staring at the ranger. Excitedly anticipating, for the ranger reply.

"Yup, she is an A.I just like ya." Walker said, and nodded his head.

" where is she now?" Elisa asked, and felt excited to meet a fellow A.I.

"She is out there, in the middle of the wasteland with a busted engine on her hood." Isaac said with his thumb pointing at the trunk of his car. "That is why I need the engine parts, so I can fix her, and get her back rolling on the road again."

"Then, what are we waiting for?" Elisa said, and swiftly jumped down from the roof of the humvee. Then, she opened the door of the driver seat, and step her foot inside of the vehicle. "Lets go, get your friend."

"Hold it right there!" Isaac interrupt her from getting in, by grabbing her waist. He successfully pulled her out from the car, and put her down on the floor. Though, Walker blink when he saw the dinergate trying to sneak below his leg. So, he quickly grab its head, and gently toss it beside Elisa. "Not you too, little buddy! Sorry, but you guys are not coming with me"

"Why not!?" Elisa retort, she irritatingly put both of her hands on her hips, and she pouted her puffy cheeks. While the angry red dinergate, stomping around by clanging its forefeet against the floor.

The ranger stood in front of the driver seat, blocking the way for them. He shook his head, together with his index finger waving in denial. "Its because the wasteland is a dangerous world, mostly for kids like you. Going out there unarmed, and without any survival experience is surely a death sentence."

"I am armed. I have a weapon at my disposal, look!" Elisa said, and stretch his arms open with her eyes is intensely burning like a ball of flame. Out of nowhere, a flock of red digital atoms forming behind her hips, and it's shining around the room like scorching sun. Once, the light around the room began to disperse, and the atoms steeled itself into one object. It appears that she has a mechanical engine latch behind her back, that connected to another couple of limbs which is a huge jet black dual automatic machine guns that seems moving on its own.

"That is...sick" Isaac muttered under his breath, and he is sound impressed by the two big fucking guns that latch behind the silver hair girl. Though, he shook his head to snap away from his distracting thoughts, and focus on keeping her out of the wasteland. "Ya might got a gun, but have ya use it before. Have ya ever KILLED a man?"

"Yes, I do." Eliza answered, and nodded her head with confidence. While, Isaac gasp to his own surprise when he heard this disturbing revelation.

"Ya gotta be lying." Walker said, hoping that she is just saying this as a ruse for him to get convince.

"No, I am not lying. I do have some experience of killing someone. On my first day of my combat, I manage to killed around thirty men in an hour." Elisa honestly reply, and she gazed at him, straight with her glowing eyes. Somehow, she explained it with a bitterness on her voice.

Walker peered his eye, and twist his mind in pain when he heard her disturbing response. He wants to believe that this is not true, but the way she spoke, he can tell that she legit telling the truth. Thanks to that, it made him feel so bad for knowing this innocent girl has already tainted by the cruelty of the world. Now, he wonders why such a bubbly, and innocent girl like her end up growing in this rough world.

Before, Walker dig his mind deeper into the abyss. His mind suddenly woke back from his deep thoughts when he felt a warm sensation on his hand. His blue eyes stare down, and there he saw the silver haired girl, holding his hand with her worried eyes staring back at him.

"I know that you are worried about me, Shikikan." Elisa said, and she guided his hand closer to her chest. Then, she dearly holds his giant palm with her both hands, as a way for her to comfort the anxious ranger. "But, you have to understand that you are our leader, and the future of the Sangvis Ferri depends on you. Losing you will bring a devastating lost to the Sangvis Ferri. That is why we can't afford to lose you...Shikikan, I beg you to let me join you, and allow me to do my duty to protect you, Shikikan."

Walker opened his mouth to retort, but he retreated, and sighed in defeat. Because he knew that she will keep pestering him if he doesn't let her join up to him. So, he has no choice, but to accept her to come with him.

"Alright, you can come Elisa." Isaac nodded his head, and rub his nape to ease the tension on his muscle.

"Yippeee!" Elisa, and the red dinergate joyfully hug each other with a bright smile on her face.

"Just, remember to do what I say, stay out of trouble and stay behind my back when its start shooting, Aight?" Isaac warn them, and raising his index finger at them.

"Roger, Roger, Shikikan~" Elisa, and the dinergate enthusiastically saluted together. Without any hesitation, Elisa and the dinergate quickly embark in the shotgun seat, where they comfortably sat at. She excitedly put the seatbelt on, and let the red dinergate sat on her lap. After the safety ritual, she impatiently tap the cushion of the driver seat to invite the ranger to come in fast. "Let's go, Shikikan. Let's go!"

"Alright, alright, don't have to tell me twice." Walker said, and rolled his eyes. He felt that this is going to be a nosy day, although he thought this is a welcome change of pace of his day. No more waiting, he put his full face helmet on his head, and quickly embark in the humvee. Then, the humvee roll its wheel, and head their way to the tunnel of the hangar that lead outside of the airship.

"WOOOOWWWW! AMAZING!" Elisa shout with her sparkling eyes watching through the window of their car. There she observed the sand dunes that stretching across the horizon, together with the rocky mountains that littered across the wasteland. Plus, the vibrant color of the sand, and its crispiness is blending well with the orange light that ruling the dusty skies of the wasteland.

"So, is this your first time seeing the wasteland?" Isaack asked curiously, and his single brow lift in wonder while his eyesight is fixed on the road.

"Well, no….. I saw some of the clips of the outside world from the recorded video feed of my Scavenger scout, but seeing it with my own eyes is more amazing. It's a unique experience, I shall say." Said the tan girl with a bright smile on her lips, and her face is almost stick against the transparent glass while she still enjoying, watching the beauty of the wasteland, behind that window. "Shikikan, can you please open the window?"

The ranger politely nod, and press the 'down' button on the door beside him. As soon as the window for the front seat open, Elisa stick her head out of the window, and let the fresh breeze of wind flow through her face.

"THIS IS AMAZING!" Elisa shout in joy when she felt the breeze of wind blow into her skin, together with her long silver hair flying along the current flow of the air. Also, the wind brought a chilling sensation on her skin. A sensation that she never felt before.

Not for long, the air blow through the sand, and brought along with it. So, the dusty wind blew through the poor girl face which made the sand stick against her skin, and her tongue.

" *Blergh* that is *Blergh* disgusting!" Elisa quickly retreated her head back, inside the car. Then, she stick her tongue out, and she clumsily rub the sand out from her tongue, using her hands. While the dinergate lean on her lap, and looking at her with its worried eyeball.

"First time?" Isaac asked, and snickered under his helmet. Trying his best to hide his laugh.

"You know this will happen, do you?" Elisa wipe the last dust out from her lips, and she suspiciously glare at the ranger.

"I don't know. We the rangers of the vineland, never let our face eat dirt." Walker reply calmly, and shrugged his shoulders. Trying to put up a cool persona for her.

"Umuuuu….you meanie, Shikikan…." Elisa said with a furrowed eyebrows on her forehead. Then, she lightly punching the shoulder of the ranger, and she pouting her puffy cheeks. Also, the red dinergate is angrily barking at the ranger.

"Alright I am sorry, kay. I am sorry for making fun of ya. So, will ya forgive me?" asked Walker with his one hand raise in defeat.

"Well, my father taught me to forgive the people who asked for forgiveness. Soooooo…..okay! I forgive you Shikikan~" said the silver haired girl, and retreat her fist away from the ranger. Then, she gave him a small sweet smile, with her arm stretch, and gave him a thumbs up. After forgiving him, she calmly sat back to her chair, and playfully humming to herself with a red dinergate sleeping on her lap. Seeing this innocent child, made the ranger remember that this 'innocent' girl already did some questionable actions from the past. To know more about it, he curiously asked her.

"So, you told me that you killed a man before…"

Elisa stopped humming when she heard his question. Then, a second of silence fell between two of them which made Walker felt bad for bringing up sensitive topics. So, he looks at the corner of his eye, he can see the tan girl is staring back at his soul.

"Y-you want to know more a-about it, Shikikan?" Elisa stutterly asked.

Walker blink when he heard the nervous tone in her voice, and saw her shoulder stiffened up, nervously. So, he decided to ask her kindly, but not in demanding way. "Yeah, but if you don't want it to share then, its okay. Sometimes it is best to keep it for yourself, mostly in the times when you are not ready. So, tell if you want, but if you don't want to, then don't force yourself. kay?"

"Thank you, for your concern shikikan. I am glad that you cared for my well being." Elisa said with a warm smile on her lips, and felt warm on her chest. Knowing, that his shikikan has deep caring for her. So, to response to his kindness. She decides to share the secret parts of her. "Although, I be honest with you. This memories of mine has been troubling me for a very long time. I think the only way to deal with my past is to share it with you…"

"I see…." Walker said, he nodded his head, respectfully. Then, he let all of his mind, and attention focused on her. Waiting silently, for her to share his stories with him.

Elisa sighed to collect her words, and thoughts. Then, she let her eyes fixed gaze outside of her window as she tried to remember the memories of her past. " It was December 23, 2029. Twenty four hours before the impact. It was also my second week of spending with my father, after my initial awakening. Our airship were heading to the country called 'U.S.A' to transfer our facility at the ark 1325. But, out of nowhere. A company of soldiers from unknown organization, raided our ship, and killing everyone in our facility. We don't know who they are, but want thing we know for sure that they are their to capture me….."

"Then, these is the time you are forced to kill them…."

"Y-Yes, since no one is left to protect them, and all of our defense is down. My father order me to neutralize the threat, while I bought my father some time to activated the T-dolls…." Elisa look down, hiding her teary eyes from the ranger, and her shaking hand clench on her shirt. "I, and the dolls successfully defend my home, b-but I f-failed t-to protect my f-father from them. And I-I helplessly watch m-my f-family died from the a-asteroid i-impact….."

The silver haired girl, tears fell from her eyelids, and her heart began to crumble into pieces as she tried to let the painful memories flood her mind. Seeing this, made the ranger stopped his car immediately, in the middle of the road.

Walker, reach for the head of the tan girl, and let her face buried on his chest as she let her cry poured in his white armor chest. Then, he wrapped his arms around her head, and let his finger brush through her silky, and silver hair as a way to ease her burdens.

"Shikikan, *sob* now you know I killed people, and failed to protect *sob* my father. *sob* do you think I am a bad girl?" Elisa continue to whimper under his chest with her teary eyes looking back at the ranger.

"Shhh...shhh...Elisa, don't say that. You are not a bad girl." Walker calmly whisper through her ears, and gently pat her hair to ease her burden.

"How do you know that, shikikan?" Asked the tan girl, while she let go from his chest, and his arms. Then, she looked straight into his pale blue eyes. Seeking, the answer for her troubling past.

In response, Isaac place her hands on her shoulder, and let his sympathetic eyes stare back at the glowing eyes of the girl. "What happened to you, is also happened to me. I was forced to kill, and fight the enemy who attacked my family. At the same time, I too failed to protect them despite the power I possessed."

"I-If I fail, and you fail...that means there is no way we can save everyone…."

"No, No, not as long as we breath….." said the ranger with a confident smile, and he let his thumb wipe the tears from the eyes of Elisa. "My mentor, once told me. No matter how hard life will hit us, and put us down into the mud. We have to stand up, and fight because saving people freedom, and dreams is worth to live, and fight for. So, what you did there does not make you a bad girl. It's just misfortunate that it end up that way. But, doesn't mean you can't make up with it. Remember you are alive, and I am alive. We are the survivors of the tragedy. Now, it's up to us to save everyone from it, so that people can live happily, and safely."

The ranger let go his hand away from her shoulder, and leaned his back against his chair. Then, he gave her a bright smile on his lips, and proudly point his thumbs at him. "Remember, Elisa. You are not facing this fear, alone. You have me. Together, we can protect anyone from the danger. Just believe in yourself, and...of course just believe on your trustful Ranger of the Vineland."

Walker blink to his surprised when Elisa throw her body into him, and she let her hands wrap around his arms. Then, she affectionately leaned her head closer to his arms, and tightly hugged his arm like a teddy bear.

"Yes, Shikikan...you are right. I am no longer facing this fear alone, because you are here with me. Together, we can do anything we want even if the odds are against us." Elisa said, and sniff her pain away from her chest.

The ranger smile back, and nodded his head in his relief. Knowing, that the little girl is finally manage to resolve her troubling feelings. Once the atmosphere settles down, he turned his wheel back on track, and roll his humvee through the dusty road.

"Shikikan?"

"Yes?"

"I am glad that I met you…" said Elisa, with a tint of blush on her cheeks while she affectionately rub her puffy cheeks against his shoulder. "Because, you…...you did not only secure the future of the Sangvis Ferri, you also…..you also secure the burden in my heart."

"We're here…"Walker muttered under his helmet, and let his boot pressed against the brake pedal. There the humvee stopped in the middle of the broken road that leads to the cave that hidden between the crevices of the rock.

"Where is she!? Where is phoenix!?" Elisa said, and stick her head out of the window, together with the dinergate. Then, they both importunately glance their head around. Searching, for the car name phoenix. "Shikikan, where is she?"

"Y'all silly. She is not parking on the middle of the desert. Phoenix is right there. Hiding on that cave rock." Walker rolled his eyes, and point his finger at the crevice of the rocky mountain.

"Oooohhhhhh…" Elisa said to her own surprise, with her eyes dazzling like stars. "Then, what are waiting for. Lets go!"

Elisa, and D09 quickly disembark from the humvee, and walk away just ahead of him. Soon, the ranger took the rifle from his seat, and holstered it over his shoulder. Then, he too disembark from the car, and follow the energetic couple from behind.

After, a couple of minutes of walking. Walker peered his suspicious eye as he observed the sands around him. To his suspicion of this place, he freezes his muscle, and raise his hand to the air with his palm close. Which made the tan girl alarmed, and she too stop from walking except the dinergate who casually stroll its way through the sand, without giving any cents of care to its situation.

"Something wrong, shikikan?" asked the clueless tan girl, and tilt her head to the side.

"Elisa, what do you see on the sands?" asked Isaac with his keen eye, watching the sand below them.

"umuuu…..I see several wheel tracts on the sands. Judging from its formation, its been here recently" Elisa answered honestly as she observed the ground below them.

"Good eye, Elisa. That means someone got here before ..." Walker pulled out his rifle, and cocked the chamber of his gun. Then, he hurriedly ran passed ahead of them, and leaving them behind.

Elisa, and D09 have no idea what made their commander act in a strange way, but one thing they know for sure is that there is something wrong is going on. So, she draws out her dual autonomous machine gun, and follow their commander from behind. Then, they saw walker entered the cave, and the sound of his footsteps suddenly fell into silence.

"PHOEENIXXXX NOOOOO!"

"Shikikan!" said the worried tan girl, and quickly ran inside the cave.

D09 took the lead, and let his eyeball acts like a torch, which led its eye flash through the darkness. While, Elisa is glancing around cautiously with her two machine gun raise up in the air. As they continue to trek their way into the deep dark of the cave. They found themselves standing in the entrance of the spacious cave. Inside of that room, there they saw Walker kneeling in the middle of the empty cave, with his knees touching the cold sand of the cave.

"Shikikan...your friend." Said Elisa with a worried tone on her tongue, while the red dinergate lean on his lap as a way to comfort the ranger.

"They took her…..those shrouded bastards, found her hiding here. Now, they took her away from me." Walker said with a fiery anger on his tongue while he clenched his hand into fist. Crumbling, the blue leather cloth on his fist. That blue cloth has a symbol of yellow lighting crest on it. That symbol belong to a faction known as the 'Immortal Shrouded'.

"Worried not, Shikikan. If they have her, that means she is still alive. So, we still have a chance to find her, and save her from them." Elisa said with confidence, and felt glad that she finally have a chance to repay the kindness he gave to her. Although, she wished that this misfortunate event never happened, at least she has finally have a chance to show the power of the Sangvis Ferri.

"And how are we going to find her?"

"D09 is a dinergate scout. They are specialized for tracking enemies movement, and reconnaissance. So, I have confidence that D09 can trace the wheels tracts of phoenix abductors, and lead us to their hideout."

"Is that so." Walker lift his brow to his surprise, and look back to his little buddy. There he can see D09 gave him a proud salute while it excitedly wagging its own tail. "Looks like I am in your debt again, lil buddy."

"Shikikan, I also send out a backup from our base. They be here any minute now."

"Who's back up?" Isaak asked curiously, and wonder what is Elisa is talking about.

Walker, Elisa, and the D09 patiently standing outside the cave. With their keen eyes watching through beyond their horizon. On that horizon, they can saw a convoy of black futuristic APC rolling through the dusty road.

"Where do you get these guys?"Asked Isaac as he observed that there is a two jet black A.P.C. heading to their way.

"Ever since, you proclaimed yourself as the leader of the Sangvis Ferri. The preservation protocol has automatically lifted which lead the war factory began to manufacturing T-dolls, and awoke the other essential maintenance dolls within our facility." reply Elisa, and proudly bump her fist against her chest. "Within an hour. The facility managed to produced a fresh squad of T-dolls, and one Sangvis Ferri Ringleader. Who are ready to respond, and mobilize in any case of emergency such is right now."

At her last word, they heard a sound of wheel squeezed its brake just beside them. They both look at the source of the sound, and there they saw two black APC parked in front of them.

Once, the convoy halt on its tracks. The ramp door behind the APC began to descend, and touch the ground. Then, a group of armed women began to disembark from the APC, and quickly organized themselves in a proper column formation.

Once, they fall in the proper line. They all stood in a disciplined manner, and firmly saluted in front of their shikikan. The squad is composed of four Vespid units, Three Ripper units, and two Jaeger units. Although, the S.F T-dolls appearance possess a distracting clothes or what can Walker described as 'Bikini babes with guns', according to his thoughts. Despite, of their 'revealing' clothes. He can tell that they are well disciplined, and well armed. A squad that are highly tactical, and can perform an effective attacks against the enemies of the wasteland. Also, he can tell that each doll has specific role according to the weapon they possess. Like, the Vespid has a role of fire team, that are meant to suppress enemy position, Rippers has role of assault who responsible for flanking enemy position, and kill their targets at close range effectively. Then, the last of his list is the Jaegers. Who can provide fire support from long range, and slow the enemy movement. Seeing this, made Isaac thought a thousand ways of effectively use this girls in combat.

"How unfair, How come you, and Elisa-sama are the only ones who can play together. Please Elisa-sama, Let me also play with shikikan together, too~~~~"

Walker twitch his ears when he heard a feminine, and a playful voice coming from the top of the APC. So, he let his eye fixed his gaze on top of him, and there he saw a pale skin woman, stood at the top of the APC.

This eerie pale-skinned brunette is around the age of 18-20 years old. She has a long silky black hair that reaches to her waistline, with a single strand of hair, flow through the middle of her forehead. She also a strange pair of black bun of ornament piece that decorated on her hair. She wears a knee-length black sleeveless dress that somehow exposed her bare shoulder skin, and the cleavage of her medium size breast. Also, this dress expose the side curve of her waist. Then, she wears a pair of black mechanical boots that aids her levitate from ground. Lastly, she has a large, and long sniper beam rifle that holstered behind her back.

The pale-skinned brunette bend her knee, and jump in unimaginable height. Then, she smoothly land in front of his Shikikan like a feather that drop in the ground.

"So, Elisa-sama chose you to become the commander of the Sangvis Ferri…" said the dark haired girl in a playful manner. Then, she leaned her body closer to the ranger, and she seductively stick her breast closer to his iron chest. At the same time, she let her slender finger slide up through his body, and move her face closer to his helmet with a mischievous smile on her lips. Thanks to her, it made Walker body felt uncomfortable, and blush his cheeks brightly. If it wasn't for his helmet, and his armor he will be fainted right now. "I wonder what Elisa-sama saw you, to be fitted to become our leader~~~"

"*ahem* I know that you are excited to see our commander, Dreamer. But, it doesn't mean that you can just talk to shikikan, and forget about your manners." Elisa said with a pout on her cheeks, and put both of her arms on her hips.

"Of course, Elisa-sama. I thank you for making me remembering it, and excuse my rude manners shikikan. For I haven't introduced myself to you yet~~~" Dreamer, quickly release herself from Walker, and cutely giggle to herself while she places her hand over his mouth to hide her mischievous grin. Then, she respectfully bow down before him like a princess, and she showed him with her graceful, and mysterious smile. Somehow, the ranger nanotrite abilities sense that behind that sweet smile, he can see their is a sinister sleeping behind that smile. Waiting to be awaken. " I am the first Sangvis Ferri elite ringleader doll, model SPACA. Codename: 'DREAMER'. Rest assured, For I, Dreamer will bring nightmare upon your enemy that you deem unworthy, and I will set you dream into reality. My dear, shikikan~"

To be continued~

Chapter 4: operation phoenix

AN:

Yes, at last. Walker are no longer will fight this war, alone. Now, he has a charming, and deadly ladies fighting alongside with him, against the enemies of the wasteland. He is no longer will be push around, and send him into the suicide mission without any support just like what they did in the game. I can finally breathe in relief. Knowing, my Walker is fighting with companions in this story, and he is one step closer to create an army. May this girls bring happiness, and warmth to our poor Walker. Anyway, thank you guys for the support, and the reviews I really appreciate it. Also, please feel free to comment regarding the direction of my story. A criticize comment is welcome, too. Anyway, thank you, and I hope you have fun reading these stories of mine. : 3