“Don't they say the best things come in small doses? Like that expensive premium pudding,” Akari answered the comment with a joke. She stared at the darkness dyed in flickering crimson, trying to make up their surroundings.
It didn't take long for her to notice what Utena was talking about.
“I guess we got in a sticky situation, right?” Akari joked once more as she rested her blade on her shoulder.
“Anyway we might convince you to let our people go, Bubble Gum? I might wear red, but I'm not a blood knight. If we could get along it would be for the best. But, if the answer is no...”“You better get ready to become toast,” Akari finished her declaration with a heroic grin.
The giant goo girl's demeanor didn't shift in the slightest as Akari pumped herself up, perhaps Goomie found it even cuter that such a tiny little thing would try to make itself look so big and threatening~ And the flying one, she looked so concerned, that worried little face of hers was absolutely adorbs~!
"Oh my gosh, you two are just precious!" The two slimes burbled in unison, only Akane able to understand them as they began to inch forwards. A tendril of slime whipped out from the Goomie near Utena, moving towards her face to try and pet her, maybe suck her in, but the veteran MFF soldier was ready for such a thing. Her sword flashed through the air, leaving a neon blue trail in it's wake as it slapped away the tendril. The new weaponry was very effective against the slime, freezing the tip of it's limb instantly as Goomie suddenly jerked back.
"Cold! Cold cold cold!" The slime cried out as it reflexively backed off, the one near Akari cringing in pain as well as it reflexively struck out in the direction of Utena and Akari. Seemed like there was going to be a fight after all.
Gunfire and hisses from cryogenic weaponry filled
The Cavern as the MFF forces reacted to the GMG's sudden ambush. However, the second goo body had seperated half the advance force, and sown confusion in her wake.
Akane had seen the second body just a few seconds before it dropped. Her stealth, however, had prevented her from giving a warning shout, she had only managed urgant hand-signals. She mnaged to slip away easily, but her troops weren't so fortunate.
Couriously, however, she didn't immediately join the fray. Instead, she found a crevice out of sight and began to concentrate. Goomie would suddenly hear a voice in her mind.
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Hello Goomie, darling. My name is Mako, I am another kaiju, like you. I came to warn you, but I am afraid I was too late. Listen, you must flee. The MFF are too strong for you to handle alone. You remember that giant birdy from yesterday? They captured her and they will do the same to you. If you give up your humans, you should be able to escape. You can always get more, but only if you are free. As a show of good faith, here:[/color] Images passed into Goomie's mind, of traps and mines surrounding the island, and the impending MFF forces. However, there was also clearly outlined a safe route that avoided both.
If you follow this, you will escape unharmed. Make sure you leave a little of yourself behind for the MFF to defeat and think you are dead. This is the best chance I can give you. And the presence withdrew, not waiting for a responce.
Akane slipped out behind the pillar, silent as a mouse, sword sheathed. Several quick steps brought her within striking range, then a graceful leap brought her face-to-back of Goomie's "head". Kogitsune-maru flashed, and a flaming gash opened up across her upper torso. Then, the MFF commander was passed her. She landed near Akari and Utena, quickly spinning to face the closest sentiant blob.
"I disagree. Pudding is best in large amounts, eaten spoonful by spoonful." She said casually.
“I guess this is a no, then?” Akari shook her head disapprovingly. Why things always had to end like this? Her slight exasperation didn't forbid her from sidestepping Goomie's attack before retaliating with a flaming slash of her own. In a 1v1 this might have been a dire situation indeed. But, as a group, that was hardly an inconvenience. The same cave that trapped them was a much most restrictive place for a GMG, after all.
“Well said, Boss. Though, I guess we got more than our share of jello right here,” Akari said as she aimed at the slime gluing the troops to the cave's ceiling and fire a few explosive rounds, freeing them from their sticky binds.
Goomie's head jerked to the left and right as someone suddenly began talking to her. It was super weird though, like they were talking to her from inside her head instead of inside the cavern, it was really really weird.
"Nooooooo, they're my humans!" She burbled as she was attacked from all sides by MFF troops with cryo grenades. Then a bunch of pictures started appearing in her mind, which was making her miss every time she tried to hit a group of the meanie soldiers, it was super hard to focus on all this stuff going on at once!
The Goomie closer to Utena suddenly cried out in pain as she was struck by something really hot, and then there was another meanie soldier with a pointy hot metal! The Goomies pouted as they focused on the group of MFF officers, striking out at them with a hail of gooey whips. Utena rocketed into the air to split Goomie's attention, dodging and weaving through the storm of slime as she struck out at those tendrils which she couldn't avoid.
"Focus your attention on the one closer to the entrance, that way we can get the rest of the platoon together!" Utena called out to everyone, making her way towards the Goomie behind them to begin striking at her body with sub zero strikes.
Akane's sword split tentacle after tentacle, splattering the ground with gallons of the stuff. She ducked and weaved, he expression bored, almost confused. It seemed to her like the GMG was just flailing about with out any real thought behind it. She definitaly showed no intention of fleeing, which disapointed Akane beneath her cool facede. She could only play her part and hope the slime girl was trickier then she seemed.
On the bright side, should she be subdued, that would make one more research subject. A small lascivious grin tugged at her face. Either way, she won.
"Good plan, meanwhile we can distract the furthest to buy time. Akari, and you lot." She pointed her katana, singling out a squad.
"With me. Let's halve this pudding and eat it too." A quiet chorus of groans and a few chuckles echoed the bad pun.
"Ready? Forward!" In a v formation, and yelling their battle cries, they charged the second gooey monster.
“Sure thing! We are going to break out of this with the power of our passion,” Akari said as she followed Akane's directions, dashing away while avoiding Goomie's aimless attacks. Was she even trying to hit something or just flaying around blindly? It was hard to guess when their foe was a literal blob monster.
“Flame on!” Akari shouted as concentrated her fire power in her sword, and hack at Goomie, trying to secure an opening for the others to either attack or escape.
Akari and Akane were not far off in assuming that Goomie was in fact just flailing blindly, as she hadn't really been in "fights" before now. Sure she had done plenty of city raids to acquire more pets, but whenever the MFF truly showed up in force she would always find a way to slip away at the last second. Never going into a direct confrontation, as getting hit with all the fire and stuff hurt a lot! So did all this cold stuff too, why did they keep hurting her?
The efforts of the combined MFF was enough to quickly freeze up the slime monsters, the coordinated assault from everyone was too much for even two small GMGs to handle. The Goomie at the entrance was burned away by reinforcements who had just finished evacuating the civilians, while the Goomie further inside had nowhere to go but deeper into
The Cavern as she was pushed back more and more. One last strike from Utena and the rest of the cryo troops was all that was needed to freeze up the slime completely as Utena released a swarm of freezing missiles from her wings.
Goomie's capture was a rather quiet affair compared to the goings on at the beach, Utena couldn't help but muse on just how easy things had been. Goomie was obviously a... well not a threat per se, but definitely not a GMG who could easily integrate into society like Terrorkeat. So she had no qualms with imprisoning the slimy monster like she had with Terrorkeat. But at the same time... something about this still felt wrong. Like they were getting too good at this almost. Putting down and caging up GMGs like they were nothing. It was disconcerning to say the least, especially for someone who appreciated GMGs as much as Utena.
"Are we really doing the right thing?" She mumbled as everyone exited the cave, staring at her cryo sword with a uncomfortable eye.
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