Story/Normal 8-6 (Part2)/Script

[The battle ends. Dreamer and Destroyer’s offensive has been halted for the time being.]

M16A1: We’re going to pull out! I’m going to destroy the gate now! RO635: ... M16A1: RO… what’s with you? RO635: Sorry, M16. I have a very bad feeling about this, I keep thinking there ought to be a better way... M16A1: Now’s not the time to suddenly be bothered by your conscience! We have a vital mission to accomplish! I’ll finish my part of the job and you have to finish yours! Do you understand? RO635: But… there ought to be other routes we can take!

[Persica cuts into the transmission.]

Persica: RO, let M16 go. Your top priority is bringing File 7 back in one piece. This is an order from me and Kryuger. RO635: Eh? Persica-san... M16A1: Don’t think too much about it, you’ll always have a chance to get your answers. RO635: ...If that’s what you order. M16, I’ll take you up on your suggestion. Blow the gate. M16A1: I was waiting for you to say that. M4 SOPMOD II: M16... You... M16A1: SOP2, back from scouting? I’m going to blow up that gate. Be a good girl and stay with RO now, got it? M4 SOPMOD II: Hey, when have I not been a good girl? Still, M16, are you… really going to be okay? M16A1: Haha, have you seen a more reliable doll than me? RO, let’s meet again at home!

[M16 leaves the team and begins moving.]

RO635: Then we’ll be heading out too! SOP2! Don’t just stand there, keep an eye on my signal! Get moving, once we move up we’ll be able to meet M16 again!

[...]

M16A1: SOP2… I’m sorry, you understood what I was trying to do...

[Half an hour later.] [Boom!] [The gate is blown open. RO and SOP2 pass through it successfully.]

M4 SOPMOD II: The gate’s open! RO, let’s go through it! ...Look! The chopper! The chopper’s just in front of us! Where’s M16? Where is she? RO635: Get on board first! SOP2, get to the chopper! M16, we’re past the gate, where are you? M16A1: … RO635: M16？ M16! Where are you, answer me! M16A1: Sorry, RO, there was a little accident... The explosion just now blocked off my escape route... RO635: Why... M4 SOPMOD II: Oi! M16, are you in trouble? Get to high ground, we’ll save you! M16A1: No need for that… I’m in a place where neither you or the chopper can reach. M4 SOPMOD II: How can you not do it!? You’re kidding, right! RO635: Be quiet, SOP2! Let M16 act on her own! M16, hide yourself well! The Commander will think of a way to save you! And Persica-san, I’m sure she’ll- M16A1: ...Say no more, RO. Take care of SOP2 and complete your mission. RO635: M16… RO635: Is this what you meant when you said… “enjoy the present”?

[M16 does not answer, but simply makes a sign.] [A perfectly ordinary sign.]

RO635: M16A1… ...Thank you for what you said to me.

[She hears it, and answers with a smile.] [The chopper slowly draws away, and her form gradually shrinks, until she’s nothing more than a tiny spark.] [Surrounding by smoke and icy ruins, the spark sinks into Base 0.]

[Will we meet again? I don’t know…] [I just felt like she was lying from the beginning.] [She never intended to come back in the first place. Everything she did was to save that person.] [And she knew, better than we did, what that person meant to her.] [“... I have my own priorities and I make my own decisions.”] [“I change my actions depending on the situation, RO. You may not know that…”] [And indeed, I only realised that too late.]

CHAPTER 8: SPARK - TO BE CONTINUED [Please continue reading the Emergency Missions.]