And fall Cody O'Niel did. But the military made no attempt to capture him, let alone near him. The behaviour was bizarre, considering the high-priority offensive Anomaly, a potential governmental asset and R&D goldmine. Yet, it should be obvious, what with the destruction of multiple buildings and indiscriminate killing. They were going to leave Cody O'Niel here to die along with the rest of the place, just as Big Boss said. The only reason for the soldiers to evacuate so soon and so quickly was this: that they were going to eradicate the whole facility by means of
stupidly powerful explosives. Cody, in his exhaustion, should be able to orders barked through the radio communications:
Five minutes. Everyone, move out. After that, an ominous, powerful rumbling hum. If it was a generator, it was a very large one.
With the complication that Gershwin was causing, it seemed necessary to ensure her execution, that some military units would have to be sacrificed. The manner in which they will carry this out, however, seemed so ridiculous and unnecessary, it screamed of paranoia and fear. Fear that Gershwin might literally be immortal. The military forces wanted to make sure this thing was not just dead, but actually fucking 100% god-damn dead.
The military vehicles, personnel carriers, and even tanks were making their way out of the facility back through the one entrance in the crater. Soldiers that were trying to contain Gershwin noticed their retreat and reacted as expected: freaking the hell out. Some radioed in, asking "what the hell is going on? why are you leaving us?" Some immediately garnered reason enough to run after them to try and catch up. This left Agent Caits and the trapped demon Gershwin in the giant lobby. Agent Caits had managed to break Gershwin's left arm free from its anchorage restraints. In the next few seconds, the worst was about to happen.
On the other side of the crater, vehicles were in formation but were giving a very generous berth to the artillery piece in the centre - though the name supremely underrated the weapon's capabilities as well as its almost cartoon-ish appearance.
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Author's note: No Japanese symbols.)
The whole machine was 48 meters long, the weapon itself making 32.5 meters of it. It was 7 meters wide and was almost 12 meters high. It, however, only needed to house a crew of 5, given its technological sophistication, but splendid simplicity.
Its weapon was transported on an 8x8 wheel platform chassis, and this was steered by an axial 2-tank-threaded driving cabin where the crew was. Only two were necessary in the driving of the massive machinery, and the three functioned its particle-beam energy artillery piece. The technology is used to generate a tremendous amount of energy, able to be fired with a range of over 40,000 meters. In essence, with no more than four powered shots on average, it could atomize an entire city in an hour. However, only one shot was required. The artillery piece had a long charge-up time, but its destructive capability more than makes up for its easily-avoidable vulnerability. Its hum was deafening now, and in no less than 5 seconds, it would be fired.
Gershwin watched as the crater wall she could see over the buildings grow a sudden bright blue light, headed straight for her. Immediately, she swatted Agent Caits out of the building's window, throwing her far and long into the air. She knew that she would be badly injured, perhaps dead upon impact on the ground. But it was a better fate than being vaporized by a 20-foot diameter laser. The beam of pure energy shot through and through the building... and Gershwin. A second later, the beam stopped, a trail of red hot cement and liquid metal from melted concrete and foundations, and with absolutely no life in the ray of destruction. The headquarters looked like it never existed, and on the ground, a bubbling pool of blood, flesh, and bone, far too many to have come from one being. It seemed that they were successful.
T-minus 3 minutes.