“Now I have to warn you, some of the dreadnoughts in this unit are a little shifty with new pilots, especially officers… now you’ll be charge of the 3rd armored core.” Rei and Asuka stood in front of a large hanger door as Asuka chuckled.
“I’ve dealt with worse.” Asuka remembered how hard her former commander was as Misato’s grinning face appeared in her mind.
“Just a heads up.” The huge bay door opened to even bigger hanger as dreadnoughts stood around, some firing at a shooting range. The two walked in as one of the dreadnoughts recognized Rei.
“Officer on deck!” The firing range went silent as the large machines began to fall in line about 20 in all.
The black and red machines lined up in two massive lines, the heavy Nap-flamers next to the 250Roc-Cannons in the rear row and the standard pulse rifle and machine guns in the front.
“Alright listen up this is your new commanding officer; Unit88, Major Asuka Langley Sohryu, are there any questions?” Rei looked down the line as a voice cackled to life.
“Ever seen any action Major sir?” A standard unit spoke up rudely as random chuckles poured fore in different pitch and tone making it impossible to know who was laughing or not. Rei began to step forward as Asuka stopped her.
“A little bit on SCREN’s... Ferguson is it?” Asuka asked slyly, looking at the girl’s stats in her control-frame display as she walked to where the armored marine stood.
“Yes ma’am…, I mean Major.” Again chuckles rang out as Asuka joined them sarcastically. The girl scored high in all areas as she scanned through a couple others.
“So its action you want ladies?” Asuka yelled loudly as she suddenly cracked the cocky girl’s soul-case with her claw hand.
“Fuck!” The damaged dreadnought screamed as she swung blindly at the new senior officer. The Major gripped the other’s claw as the bottom of her forearm cocked itself. The high-powered palm shotgun blew the standard’s to shit as the chuckling stopped instantly. Unit 88 then crushed the smart-ass’s machine gun barrels as the new officer continued to beat the living shit out of the cheeky trooper.
“Langley!!!” Rei hid her smirking face as the beaten and dented killing machine dropped like a hunk scrap to the hard metal floor. The red head leaned back chuckling darkly as she looked up at the others all gawking at her.
“Anyone else want some action?” Asuka looked over the rest. If they had throats still the sound of swallowing would have been terribly auditable.
“Listen up shit stains, I might be a fresh soul, but I’m sharper and harder then any of you bodiless sluts, now who’s you’re squad leader?” The group pointed to the smashed dreadnought gasping on the ground.
“The one you just recklessly destroyed.” Rei crossed her arms as the ruined corporal slowly crawled towards her new commandant.
“Ohhhh, well then I’m sorry Ferguson.” Asuka looked down as a small arm extended from the busted girl’s chest with a handful of bullets and slammed them into Asuka’s foot. The explosion destroyed the arm and blackened Asuka’s foot as a broken voice croaked.
“The names Jo…” The girl fell forward with a loud crash as Asuka looked back up.
“I like you…, now listen up! Everyone fights, no one quits, you fight until your last breath and when the time comes for you to bask in the god-emperor’s mighty glory! It will be! Even if I have to send you to his side myself, understand!” Asuka ordered aloud as the group came to upright attention.
“Yes ma’am!!!” Was the roar back as a pair of human hands clapped slowly.
“I haven’t seen this lot in upright order in a long time.” Ritsuko walked in as she eyed the smashed dreadnought on the ground.
“Warming up already Ferguson?” The blonde grinned and then looked to Asuka and Rei.
“Get her refitted ASAP, and give Asuka something more for her caliper to ride in.” Ritsuko stared at them intently as questions rattled in her head about what was going on in these girl’s head.
“Thank you Librarian, her too I want this one upgraded too.” Asuka pointed to broken girl as Ritsuko grinned, turning her back.
“You might be tough, but you’re no Misato Katsuragi.” The blonde strolled out as medic raced into to the bay. The whispers were there as most just kept quiet. Asuka smirked to herself as she turned to address her soldiers.
“I want reports and a lot of them by the time I get back, got me!” Asuka followed Ritsuko with Rei next to her.
“Things may get interesting now…”
TBC