Mission: Jungle Chase

"Lets get on with it, lover boy!" Ignis yelled as he got ontop of Sandstream ahead of time. Voulge nodded his head towards Brimstone and Ofuro and quickly mounted his horse, firmly grasping his spear before he waved farewell.

"Watch yourselves." said the spearman before he rode off towards his next destination...

-Destination: Northwest-
An alert sounded from Voulge's radio, telling him to get back to HQ. He begrudgingly turned Sandstream back to the outpost, trampling across the sands at high-speeds.

---

It seems that all the criminals were rounded up. Those they didn't capture probably escaped through battle. It seems there were a fair number of hostages that were secured as well.

"Good work! The support was really well done!" Pitch called to Voulge as he led Sandstream into the stable and dismounted.

"Hm. You've done a good job, Officer Voulge. Every little bit helps," Sandstream grunted, trotting to his feeding bowl.

"Ah, you better stick around. It'd be a disaster if someone tries to escape and there weren't enough people or something," Pitch advised. "Want something to drin-"

Pitch's words were cut off by an explosion in the middle of the outpost that knocked Pitch's hat off. She activated her operator station and shouted for someone to explain the situation.

"O-one of the h-hostages! ...crck.... s-...me...ng's wfzzzong!" was what both of them could make out. Pitch sighed, rubbing her temples. "All officers on standby! Report to the outpost center immediately and deal with the situation! Currently blocking all exits!" Pitch ordered, slamming a button on the control panel, which summoned an immeasurably tall wall around the outpost.

Voulge took this moment to rush to the center of the outpost, but struggled against a violent dust storm blocking his way. He managed to get through with Licht diverting part of the forward force.

---

Strewn across the ground were the bodies of several unconscious Netpolice officers, unfortunately unable to jack out do the recently activated barrier. Though there was a group of perhaps 20 agents still standing.

What they surrounded... was probably one of the hostages. It had been obvious there had been some... unfortunate experiments that were done on it. Standing at about 10 feet, the crouched over navi swished its powerful dark reptilian tail at the standing officers, knocking a front row of 5 high into the sky before they crashed to the ground, unmoving. The black lizard navi had no face, but more of a gaping mouth with gelatin flowing out of it. Two cannons lined its shoulder blades. All in all, something was done to this navi that shouldn't have.

Looks like you'll have to take it down.

-TARGET-
ModifiedNavi: !@#$%*!@$#?

-TERRAIN AND EFFECTS-
100% Normal
Dust Storm! (Accuracy reduced by 1 Rank. Melee attack unaffected)

-TEAM-
Voulge.EXE: 300 HP
Ignis.SP: 140 HP
Licht.SP: 100 HP
NPOfficersx15: A lot.

-READY-
-GO-
"W-what the hell is that?!"

Even the cocky Ignis was intimidated by the giant enemy in front of him, but Voulge slowly approached it without hesitation. "...Is there no way we can get around this." The spearman looked up into the ModifiedNavi's empty face with a sad look, gripping tightly onto his spear. "No...It suffered too much change in its core system and there's just no way we can revert the navi back as of now. The only choice we have is to bring it down for good before it causes any more harm." Marius replied, cold and calculating as he is time to time.

Voulge saw what he needed to do, even if it meant deleting the poor, victimized navi. He also knew his limits and sought the help from his fellow NP officers. "Pitch. I'm counting on you." Voulge spoke through the same communicator he used throughout the mission. "If we want to win this, we need everyone to cooperate!" Even with the help from the NP officers, the dust storm was too big of a hindrance against a powerful target. He needed Pitch's help as much as he could, but for the time being, he needed to play his own part in the battle.

"Lend me your strength, Red!" The spearman's emblem began to shine in a warm, green light as it wrapped over the navi's body. His armor was stripped down to reveal a white chef's uniform, complete with a red apron over his legs and a bandanna that replaced his head-guard. The Avaria-Lancea also transformed, turning into a regular kitchen knife with a charred black handle as Voulge effortlessly twirled it between his fingers.

"Lets start the preparations!"

Affected by Red.EXE's cheerful personality, Voulge seemed much more 'brighter' than he was a few moment ago, but he was still focused on the battle before him. The navi held up his left arm as the flurrying dusts began to gather into a single point, forming into a strange, yet durable shield. "Dusts and cooking is something that should never really be together...But this time's an exception." He sheathed the knife into one of the apron's pocket and dug both his hands into the other pockets, pulling out ingredients and utensils that really shouldn't be able to fit into the pockets.

"First off...Some greens!"

Voulge pulled out a handful of seed packets from his apron, seamlessly cutting up all of its openings with a wave of his knife, and threw it towards the giant navi. The seeds vigorously grew into a huge patch of green vegetables that flourished beneath the ModifiedNavi, refusing to be trampled under its giant, reptilian feets. "Ignis, now!" The red SP reluctantly nodded as it neared the battle front. "Ohshit,pleasedon'tsteponmepleasegoddon'tsteponme." Ignis was still fearful of the giant navi, but it didn't stop him from charging its inner energy and unleashed it onto the enemy, creating a towering pillar of flame over the greens. The vegetables served as extra fuel to the powerful flame, causing it to grow almost twice as big, and it also served as fuel to Ignis' ego.

"Aha...Hahaha! Take that, ugly! Oh wait, you don't even have a face, so I guess you're just...Just...AHWHATEVERFUCKYOU!"

This time around, the tinkering chef had already prepared a giant kettle filled with boiling liquids inside. "Now that the veggies are done. Time for the stocks!" With a swift kick, Voulge tipped the kettle over and caused the soup stock to spill all over the field...Till it filled a good half of it. It wasn't till Voulge tipped the kettle back up that the soup stopped pouring down, but it had already flooded over what remained of the vegetable patch. "Pitch, order everyone else to throw whatever electric attack they have. Anything will do!" The chef-warrior pulled out an assortment of trussing needles out from the aprons, but all of them gave off strange, electric sparks and they were clearly not going to be used to pin down raw meats.

"...Forgive me." Voulge whispered to himself.

He threw the needles towards the ModifiedNavi with the flick of the wrist, all of which began to guide it self towards the target with the help of the battlechip's power. The navi waited a good moment before he went on with his next course of action, watching to see the NP officers taking advantage of the terrain he provided. "Last but not least...The cutting!" Voulge pulled out what looked to be a regular, steel cutting mat, but the moment he laid it on to the floor, it instantaneously expanded over the field like everything else he had done so far. The cutting board suddenly began to surge with powerful electricity, so powerful that it would even hinder the giant lizard it was holding up.

Licht decided to jump into the action and launched the magnet panel towards the beast, but the empty hole the attack had left served another purpose for Voulge. "Behold, the knifes-manship of a true chef..." The navi held up his plain-old kitchen knife up towards the ModifiedNavi shortly before he retracted it back to the side of his hip. He spaced out his legs and faced down onto the floor, breathing slowly, but heavily as he prepare for the attack.

"...YAAAH!"

Voulge swung his knife across the air, unleashing a visible wave of air cutting straight through the dust storm, heading right towards the ModifiedNavi at an alarming rate. Though the navi was all in for attacking the giant navi, the two SPs was more than satisfied with attacking once as they scurried away from the heat of battle temporarily...

1. Activate RedCross [+15 to Wood Chips / -20 Max HP]
* Phalanx Aspis [2-hit Shield]
* Tempero Flamma [Strengthen [50]]
2. Food Prep: Organic Patch [Large Grass Terrain | 1TCD] @ Underneath ModifiedNavi
Ignis: FlameLine2 [120+[color=red]15[/color] (x2 Terrain Advantage) / Ground / Wide] {B} @ ModifiedNavi
3. Food Prep: Soup Stock [Large Sea Terrain | 1TCD] @ Underneath ModifiedNavi
4. Arrow2 [130 ([b]x2 Terrain Advantage[/b]) / Homing] {B} @ ModifiedNavi
5. Arrow2 [130 ([b]x2 Terrain Advantage[/b]) / Homing] {B} @ ModifiedNavi
5. Food Prep: Tenderizer [Large Magnet Terrain | 1TCD] @ Underneath ModifiedNavi
Licht: PanelShot [[color=orange]100[/color] / Terrain (+Seeking) / 5% Broken] {B} @ ModifiedNavi
6. SummonBlack2 [200 / Wide / Slash / Requires Broken or Missing Terrain] {A} @ ModifiedNavi
Licht: Dodge (x2)
Ignis: Dodge (x2)

Cooldown:
Food Prep: Organic Patch: USED
Food Prep: Soup Stock: USED
Food Prep: Tenderizer: USED
"Yeah yeah, I'll be able to deal with the weather but it's going to probably take a while! (2 turns)" Pitch responded, leaving the channel open as the sound of her furiously working on something could be heard.

Voulge gathered the power of his fairy-tale friend, but diverted it more towards culinary arts. Donning protective gear to face the heat of the sandy kitchen, Voulge got to work as two NetPolice officers opened fire on the navi, the others attempting to surround the target despite the hazards of the sandstorm.

Noticing the gunfire, the target screeched, swirling to face the officers before blasting highly pressurized water at them, knocking one out of the sandstorm as the the other dove and rolled under the blast before throwing a grenade at the Navi, where Voulge had prepared a grass patch under. The bomb exploded into fire and the target shrieked in rage before Ignis let loose a Flameline on it.

Growling, the mutated navi lunged toward Ignis, not minding the water that Voulge replaced the grass with, and fired a sonic blast at the support unit.

"Watch out!" a familiar voice called out, a feminine figure rushing in front of Ignis and projecting a shield as black and red as her armor in front. It shattered afterward, but Brimstone let out an audible "Phew" as she wiped the sweat from her brow. She was still wearing the same two-piece as Voulge had last saw her but it looks like it was really her normal appearance.

Voulge nodded to acknowledge Brimstone before sending a swarm of needles at the Navi. The target took action by diving underwater, avoiding the first attack, but wasn't so lucky on the second round that was fired. The officers continued to shoot under the water at the target to draw it out, which did happen. Three officers launched grenades at this moment that exploded into giant nets to trap the ModifiedNavi while Voulge changed the ground to a Magnetic state. Licht flung one panel at the ModifiedNavi, who managed to counter it with a cannon blast.

Voulge sheathed his butcher knife, before drawing it to release a shockwave at the ModifiedNavi that cut the nets and made a large gash in the navi's front. Brimstone followed up by smashing the large navi over the head with a Claymore she just created, before flipping back.

The Navi screamed once again, showing no indication of going down just yet as a mass of gloop dropped from its mouth and converted the entire area to Sea Terrain! Whirpools started to form in various locations, crushing Netpolice officer bodies left and right and flinging them out on twisters that were forming around the water.

Two more were left besides Brimstone and Voulge. One was navigating the air while riding on a giant blade while the other had created a platform of ice to stand herself on.

"Yikes, this keeps getting worse and worse," Brimstone grimaced, standing on a wooden platform that looked like it had supports for four people to carry it.

-TARGET-
ModifiedNavi: !@#$%

-TERRAIN AND EFFECTS-
95% Sea
5% Ice (Under Icestander)
Typhoon! (Accuracy -1! Fire Attacks reduced to 30% power. Aqua Types gain 1 HP per action.)
Whirpools! (Four swirling around! May end up crushing you completely or just flinging you pretty far away to take 3 actions to get back into attack range.)

-TEAM-
Voulge.EXE: 280 HP [RedCross Lv. 2][+15 Wood Chips][2-Hit Shield][50 Strengthen]
Ignis.SP: 140 HP
Licht.SP: 100 HP
Brimstone.EXE: 300 HP
Wooden Platform: 20 HP
Bladeflyer: 210 HP
Icestander: 180 HP
((Got lazy at the end. What, got a problem with it? Wanna fight about it?))

His attempt to bring down the giant navi with the magnet panel proved to be a failure when it produced a powerful sea in its place. "Take a while? Did she say take a while?!" Ignis screamed, struggling to stay on board the small wooden raft. "That girl better hurry the hell up before we sink!" Voulge, on the other hand, was worried about the other things. He looked around to find that the 15 some officers had quickly dwindled down to two with Brimstone joining the fray. "I sure hope that it's the lizard that's too powerful rather than the officers being too weak." The chef softly chuckled before he got serious again.

"We better take care of those whirlpools before you sink in them." said Marius as he prepared the next set of chips. "But first, let's take advantage of those sea panels it prepared for us." Slipping two chips in, one of the apron pockets began to glow in a bright yellow light. Voulge dipped his hand into the shining pocket and pulled out...a microwave oven. "...This Cross might be getting out of hand for me." As wacky as thing may have been in terms of what RedCross was producing, the chef punched in the time into the microwave and aimed the front towards the ModifiedNavi.

"Don't look at me like that... said Voulge as he 'faced' the ModifiedNavi. "I'm just as shocked as you are with this oven." When the timer reached zero, the oven violently opened up and literally fired a stream of lightning towards the ModifiedNavi, powerful enough to nearly divide the sea as it made its way. As the microwave simply poof'd out of his hands, Voulge had prepared a fondue pot this time around, finally feeling indifferent at the things his apron was capable of producing. "Sadly, this is all I have right now. But I think it's safe to say that its slightly better than drowning in a whirlpool!" He dumped the pot into the sea, causing a good half of the water to turn brown and heat up. In a matter of moment, the brown seawater had already turned into a lava-like chocolate!

"Licht, on me!"

On command, the green SP literally shattered into powders, only leaving behind its tear-sized jewel. However, it quickly reformed around Voulge's legs as the jewel attached it self onto the navi's emblem, allowing him extra mobility and even flight. "Do what you can do in this battle." Voulge said to the remaining NP officers. "...But your survival is the utmost importance. Keep safe!" Arming himself with nothing more than his cooking knife, Voulge quickly approached the ModifiedNavi as fast as he could, raising his dust shield up in hopes of some form of protection.

"Frontal assault may not be the best approach, but I guess the situation deems it." Marius whispered to Voulge. "With so much casualties in the NetPolice side, directing the monster's attention to yourself...May be both heroic and logical so no more can occur. But I'm not going let you just dive into danger so easily!" With a press of a button, the second chip activated and caused the knife to change into a long, fillet knife, also imbued with a bit of aquatic power. Voulge examined his new knife with a smile, swing it in the air to get the feel of it. "Transforming weapon...This is what I'm more accustomed to!"

As soon as Voulge reached optimal range towards the ModifiedNavi, he began to swing his knife profusely in a blinding speed, so fast that the naked eye cannot follow. With the combination of powerful strength of a warrior and the finesse of a chef, Voulge did not waste a single swing of the knife as it attempted to cut deep into the scales of the giant navi. All of his efforts weren't simply done with reckless abandon; after the attack, the navi created yet another set of shield from the scraped scale of the ModifiedNavi, continuing his attack after assuring himself of his safety. "And done! Ready to serve!" After feeling that he landed few good cuts with his knife, the navi and Licht quickly drew back from the enemy and tried to dodge as much as they could after being on the offensive for so long.

Ignis, as he stayed behind on the wooden platform, seemed little grouchier than ever as he watched Voulge and Licht in the heat of battle. "I can do better than those guys! Check me out, officers!" The cocky red SP launched tiny fireballs one after the other at the ModifiedNavi, and, obviously, it didn't look it even reached half the damage Voulge had inflicted. "...I'm just not in the flow of it all, that's it. All these seas are just throwin me off!"

* Tempero Flamma [Strengthen [50]]
1. DollThunder2 [100+[b]100[/b] (x2 Terrain Advantage) / Line-Attack5] {B} @ ModifiedNavi
2. Food Prep: Chocolate Lava [Large Lava / 1TCD] @ Beneath ModifiedNavi
3. TrainArrow [+30 Aqua @ Buster / 1 Turn / Buster Accuracy {A}] {S}
Licht: Junction w/ Voulge
* Licht: Flight Enabled
* Licht: Vel Drive [Movement | Passive] towards ModifiedNavi
* Licht: Gust to push self w/ Voulge closer to ModifiedNavi
4. Grandis Invado [Buster Shot ([b]80[/b]) x4 (x2 Terrain Advantage (x1)) | 3TCD] @ ModifiedNavi
* Phalanx Aspis [2-hit Shield]
5. Buster [[b]80[/b]] @ ModifiedNavi
6. Buster [[b]80[/b]] @ ModifiedNavi
* Gatling Buster [[b]80[/b]] @ ModifiedNavi
Licht: Dodge w/ Voulge (x2)
Ignis: Attack [50 / Spread] @ ModifiedNavi (x2)
* Ignis: Gatling Attack [50 / Spread] @ ModifiedNavi
Ignis: Dodge

Cooldown:
Food Prep: Organic Patch: 1 TCD
Food Prep: Soup Stock: 1 TCD
Food Prep: Tenderizer: 1 TCD
Food Prep: Chocolate Lava: USED
Grandis Invado: USED
((If you consider that lazy you've got some pretty high standards. XD))

Voulge bolstered his gathered power into one attack, blasting the sea apart with a microwave railgun thing, effectively stunning the navi in place from so much damage.

"Now's our chance! Hyah!" the one officer one the ice called, sending a snowstorm at the target, freezing it in place.

"Full on attack!" Brimstone yelled, jumping off the raft as Voulge switched the terrain to lava, charging across the terrain with no mind the the burning surface. Her claymore became a giant hammer, which she swung with all her might at the target, shattering the ice but dealing some massive damage.

"Hey ho! Glideblade arrives! Take this! And that!" the sword-riding officer cried, leaping into battle with two swings of his mighty blade before rocketing upward.

Voulge blasted himself across the terrain with Licht's help, landing a full-on close-combat assault upon the Modified Navi, who blocked one blow, and tried slamming through Voulge's side, only to meet his shield.

"Stay still!" Brimstone grunted, grabbing the Navi by the legs and solidifying a mass of clay around them, holding the navi in place. Ignis launched more attacks from afar and the other officers continued their assault. The Navi blew Ignis' attacks away with a powerful WaterTower that Voulge barely avoided. The reptilian screeched, knocking Brimstone out of the lava area toward the water.

"Tch." Brimstone growled, backflipping and summoning a muscular man right below her, before landing on his shoulders. The muscled man waited for Brimstone to sit down before charging back to the battlefield.

"Hrm! It still won't go down! What tenacity!" Glideblade grumbled, surveying the monster from above.

And then... the storms stopped.

"Heheh~ Sorry for the wait! Alright everyone! Take it out!" Pitch's voice called out over the communication network.

-TARGET-
ModifiedNavi: !@

-TERRAIN AND EFFECTS-
50% Lava
10% Normal
35% Sea
5% Ice (Under Icestander)
Whirpools! (Four swirling around! May end up crushing you completely or just flinging you pretty far away to take 3 actions to get back into attack range.)

-TEAM-
Voulge.EXE: 280 HP [RedCross Lv. 2][+15 Wood Chips][Licht Junction]
Ignis.SP: 140 HP
Licht.SP: 100 HP [Voulge Junction]
Brimstone.EXE: 200 HP
Servant: 50 HP
Wooden Platform: 20 HP
Glideblade.EXE: 210 HP
Icestander: 180 HP
((IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 10 DAYS AND I WANT THIS DONE. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SUDDEN DROP IN QUALITY.))

The storm subsided, the monster was getting weak, and the battle was leaning on Voulge's favor. However, it did not mean that the chef was going to take it easy from now on. As the saying goes, A cornered animal is the most dangerous. The navi wiped his fillet knife across his apron and changed it back to its original shape, sheathing it into one of the apron pockets and pulled out a seed packet from before. "Even with the storm gone, those whirlpools are still going to be in our way. Let me take care of that!"

After ripping open the packets, Voulge simply tossed it into the whirlpool, causing the plants to violently grow from within the waters till it covered it entirely. "What now?" said Marius while he was looking over the ModifiedNavi's current status. "We can end this now...Or do you still have second thought about deleting the navi." His question was straight forward as always, and it touched up on Voulge's feeling as well. Even though it had already caused so much casualties it was still the victim of the Cartel's experiments. The chef bit his lips as he faced down to the ravaged ground, pulling out the knife once more into his hand.

"For the safety of many. I'll do what I must...Even if its against what I wish for."

As a blinding light shined from the navi's chest, Voulge had reverted back to his original form with his Lancea reverting back to its polearm form as well. "...I will avenge your wrongdoing, one way or the other. For now, forgive me!" The navi took flight with the help of Licht, quickly approaching the ModifiedNavi, and bits and various debris from the ravaged battlefield began to follow right behind him. Stopping right in front of the giant navi's face, Voulge twirled his spear as the debris began to form around it, slowly turning into a colossal lance with bits of magma, dirt, and ice compacted into one.

As lifted the earthly spear up with both arms and pointed its tip at the ModifiedNavi, the entire weapon was suddenly lit aflame as the shape began to alter. The entire lance changed into what looked like a gigantic drill bit and the hodgepodge of debris had now turned into a solid form thanks to the burning flames.

"I will not hold back!!...I will end it with this final blow!!!"

Leaning his body forward, Licht launched Voulge along with himself towards the ModifiedNavi with a blast of furious wind. The spearman's red eyes began to tear up as he was approaching the target, but his did not look away or even blink as he was completely focused on the attack. Voulge prepared his body for the inevitable crash and extended the spear forward at the very last second.

* Tempero Flamma [Strengthen [50]]
1. Food Prep: Organic Patch [Large Grass Terrain | 1TCD] @ Remaining Sea terrains/Whirlpools
2. Exit RedCross [+20 Max HP]
* Phalanx Aspis [2-hit Shield]
* Licht: Vel Drive Move closer to ModifiedNavi w/ Voulge
Licht: Move above ModifiedNavi w/ Voulge
3. Take Aim
4. Fuse DrillArm2 [70 x 2 (1st) / 70 (2nd) / Break / Knockback (1st) / Long Attack] {B}
Licht: Charge forward w/ Voulge
* Licht: Gust Push Voulge forward
5. Verso Terra Telum (Spinning Earth Spear) [1st Stage: Movement x3 | 2nd Stage: 200 + 50 + Break + Impact + Phasing + DrillArm2 Damage/Effects | 8TCD] @ ModifiedNavi
-Turn Splice-

Cooldown:
Food Prep: Organic Patch: READY / USED
Food Prep: Soup Stock: READY
Food Prep: Tenderizer: READY
Food Prep: Chocolate Lava: 1 TCD
Grandis Invado: 3 TCD
Terra Telum: USED
Everyone charged.

The ice navi sped by and landed a lariat on the target, covering some of the lava in ice.

Glideblade sent his giant sword flying toward the target, impaling it from its right shoulder down.

Brimstone let loose a barrage of gunfire that whittled down any defenses the target may have put up.

And Voulge... pierced through it.

The deed was done. And the modified navi exploded into data.

-TARGET-
ModifiedNavi: DELETED

-TERRAIN AND EFFECTS-
20% Lava
10% Normal
40% Grass
20% Ice
Whirpools! (Four swirling around! May end up crushing you completely or just flinging you pretty far away to take 3 actions to get back into attack range.)

-TEAM-
Voulge.EXE: 280 HP
Ignis.SP: 140 HP
Licht.SP: 100 HP [Voulge Junction]
Brimstone.EXE: 200 HP
Servant: 50 HP
Wooden Platform: 20 HP
Glideblade.EXE: 210 HP
Icestander: 180 HP

-VICTORY-
GET: 2300z
FXP: 4 with Brimstone.EXE
2 Glideblade.EXE
2 Primice.EXE

"Heh, nice job," Brimstone grinned, giving Voulge a hard smack on the back. "I'll probably see you around sometime, yeah? I don't like giving out my address so... we could keep in touch if you give me yours?" Brimstone suggested, shrugging.

"That's a wrap everyone, good work, good work," Pitch's voice sounded over the radio.

Well, looks like Voulge could report back a mission success.
As his giant lance shattered to pieces, Voulge silently watched as the ModifiedNavi was deleted by his attack, slowly descending down onto the floor as he undo'd his junction with Licht. "...That's that. Mission success." said Marius as he leaned back on his chair, letting out a sigh when the result of the mission had only left a bitter taste in his mouth. "So, we're good? First mission, hip-hip-hooray? Lets just get going already!" Ignis, as usual, just couldn't read the atmosphere and went about his own way, quickly leaving the decimated battlefield along with Licht.

Voulge stayed behind as rest of the Netpolice officers left, leaving only the spearman. With a single tear rolling down his cheek, Voulge stuck the Lancea over where the giant enemy once stood and bowed his head down. "I hope you found peace in death..." After a brief moment of silence, the navi plucked the spear off the ground and jacked out with a flash of light...

-JACK OUT-