The Oppressed World
Chapter 4: The Resistance and the fall of Cobona
After the three soldiers finished explaining their story, the resistance members lowered
their weapons.
Billy:" Sorry about that, but we could never be too careful."
Haytham:" I understand."
Billy:" Ok then, let's get on to business. First of all, we have the Weapons Machine. Just insert
any of your weapons in, and the machine will remember them and make an exact copy of them if you
want to. This means you shouldn't worry about ammo for your guns or if you need to abandon a
weapon during a mission then you can get a new one here at base."
Haytham:" Huge thanks for this. I was worrying about not finding bullets in this world."
Billy:" Let me show you the machine."
The three heroes followed Billy to what looked like a gas tank with two huge trays on the side.
Billy:" Haytham, put all of your weapons into the top tray."
Haytham did so, then Billy pushed a red button on the side of the machine and the tray with
Haytham's weapons in them slid into the machine. The machine rumbled for a few seconds and the
tray slid out.
Billy:" Now watch."
Billy pushed a second button under the red one and the second tray slid into the machine. It
rumbled like before but when the tray slid out Haytham's weapons were on it again. Haytham picked
up the newly-created rifle. It felt just like the old rifle.
Barry:" This is amazing. But our guns are very complex. one small error in their small parts can
turn them from guns into giant metal sticks."
Billy pulled out a remote control and pressed a button on it. a paper target appeared at the end
of the room.
Billy:" Test your weapons."
Haytham raised his rifle and fired a few shots. They all hit their mark. Then he picked up the
new handgun from the machine and fired it as well. It worked fine.
Haytham:" Cool. I guess we shouldn't worry about ammo from now on."
Billy:" The machine automatically creates a list of weapons for each member, so it can create a
new set of weapons any time you want within a few seconds."
Ali and Barry both put their weapons into the machine and repeated the process
Billy:" Good. Now time to get to work. Tommorow you and a bunch of guys will attack Minzed's
offices right here in Cobona. Then you will set up a position there and defend it from his
soldiers. We will send everybody we've got to help you when that happens. If this mission is
successful we might be able to regain control of Cobona city, and we will have a real base of
operations to launch attacks from. It will be a big first step. Get some sleep, it's night right
now."
Haytham:" Ok. I've been getting tired too."
They checked into a hotel in town and spent the night there.
Next day.....
they met with Billy in the bar and grabbed their weapons.
Billy:" You may want to hide your faces on your way to the offices. Minzed's soldiers are looking
for you."
They hid their faces in some cloaks and walked to the small building they were looking for. A
guard at the entrance stopped them.
Guard:" Stop! Show me some ID and your faces."
THey threw off their cloaks.
Haytham:" Here are our faces."
Then Barry pulled out his bug hammer.
Barry:" And here is our ID."
He then brought the hammer down on the guard's head and knocked him out. They pulled out their
guns and went in, blasting their way to the top. They got to the commander there.
Commander:" Welcome to my office. I knew you were gonna be using metal weapons."
He raised his hand and cast a spell. Suddenly everybody's guns glowed red and they dropped them
from the heat.
Barry:" You aren't getting us that easily!"
He raised his hand and shot a bolt of lightning at the commander and killed him.
Barry:" Quistis taught it to me this morning. You should learn some magic too."
Haytham:" That's good."
Haytham pulled out his radio.
Haytham:" Billy we captured the offices. Send help now!"
Billy(on the radio):" Why should I send help?"
Suddenly they heard a huge amount of sword clashing and magic spells outside. They looked outside
and saw pretty much the whole city of Cobona fighting Minzed's soldiers.
Billy:" As you can see, pretty much everybody in this city is a member of The Resistance. Now
that you have captured Minzed's headquarters Minzed's troops don't stand a chance."
By the time the three soldiers got to the street the battle was over and Minzed's soldiers were
on the run. Cobona city was freed. Haytham climbed to the roof of the building, ripped Minzed's
flag of the flagpole there, and replaced it with a resistance flag.
Haytham:" The city of Cobona is ours!"
The whole city cheered. Suddenly Haytham's radio crackled.
Billy:" I'm holding a party in my bar tonight. You coming?"
Haytham:" Sure we will."
However, the party had already started on the streets as people started singing and dancing.
Haytham had never seen so much happiness in his life.
To be continued.....
References:
THe only one I have is Quistis, who is a character from Final Fantasy 8.
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