THIS IS (obviously) NOT CANON!
This story is inspired by this dream I had yesterday:
I remember Ducky (Adult Ducky, who for some reason worked at Pelvanida along with other Swimmers and Great Valley dinosaurs) volunteering to test a new experimental armor in the AWTR. Dr. Zanasiu, Zachary and some other scientists were present as well.
Just as she donned the armor which was black, glossy and very futuristic in appearance (imagine the trademark MJOLNIR armor from the Halo series only sleeker and somewhat more feminine), the alarm goes off, indicating a terrorist assault.
Yep, everyone present grabs some sort of firearm even the experimental ones. Ducky grabs a railgun designed for vehicle mounting.
It's a weird as hell but cool fusion of
Twilight Valley and
Darwin's Soldiers.
Oh, the nicknames I chose for Ducky in this incarnation is "Ducky-117" or "Halo Ducky". There is no real reason why I chose these nicknames but the powered armor she's sporting may have something to do with it.
This is most definitely a Crack Fic. I'd say it's pretty...erm unique.
The title is completely random but it fuses the name
Twilight Valley with the military base of
Darwin's Soldiers (Pelvanida).
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Pelvanida's TwilightIt was an ordinary day inside Pelvanida Base. The sterile, gleaming stainless steel and concrete hallways were abuzz with activity. The cold white light of LEDs illuminated scientists, guards and maintenance personnel going about their daily business.
Dr. Yuri Kerzach and Dr. Rudyard Shelton wound their way through the cool hallways until they reached the back of the base. There, Dr. Kerzach slid his ID card into the reader near a massive steel door. The deadly .30 caliber armored machinegun autoturrets slowly pivoted as they scanned the area.
“Here we are, the Advanced Weapons Testing Range. This is where all the magic happens.” Dr. Kerzach said. He then turned to Shelton. “And don’t touch anything. I know what happens every time you touch a firearm or any sort of weapon.”
Dr. Shelton sighed. “All right but at least I get to see the fruits of everyone’s labor.”
The heavy steel doors of the AWTR creaked as they slowly slid open. Inside the massive lab were crates filled with thousands of rounds of ammunition and spare parts as well as workbenches with various weapons. At one end of the lab was a massive garage that held several armored vehicles, mostly armored Humvees but a few eight wheeled Stryker fighting vehicles could be seen as well. Several technicians and scientists were clambering over the vehicles, attaching the new weapons. At the other end was a soundproof combination lab and firing range where the smaller handheld weapons were being tested.
Dr. Kerzach grabbed a set of safety glasses and radio equipped earmuffs for himself and Dr. Shelton. They quickly donned the safety glasses but left the earmuffs dangling.
Dr. Kerzach then led Dr. Shelton over to the firing range. There he quickly donned the earmuffs as did Dr. Shelton.
The two entered the firing range. Several scientists were busy firing and recording data from the latest weapons.
They passed by a Fast-Runner recording data from a test firing of a handheld laser rifle. A female Swimmer was busy firing off several rounds from a rather large pistol. As she reloaded her pistol, her assistant, a skinny Raven recorded the data from the chronograph.
“2000 meters per second, 2223 meters per second, 1900 meters per second, 2351 meters per second.” The Raven muttered as he read off the chronograph’s display.”
Dr. Shelton and Dr. Kerzach then passed by a Brown Bear firing what seemed like an ordinary shotgun. But instead of shot, what emerged from the barrel were several brilliant red streams of sparks.
Dr. Kerzach and Dr. Shelton exited the firing range and took off their earmuffs.
“So what’d you think?” Dr. Kerzach said.
Dr. Shelton cleared his throat. “Well, Ms. Swimmer’s making good progress on her gauss pistol and Ovius hasn’t made much progress on his laser rifle. Granted, he’s still trying to work on a more efficient way of cooling the thing. And of course, Petr Kozlov. He still hasn’t made any progress at all with his flare shotgun. I’m currently considering cutting his funding.”
A loud explosion echoed through the test lab, forcing everyone to cover their ears.
“What the hell was that?” Dr. Shelton asked.
“They’re probably test firing one of the vehicle mounted railguns.” Dr. Kerzach said. He then sighed. “I wish they would…” Another explosion rocked the lab.
“That’s odd.” Dr. Shelton said. Suddenly his radio beeped. He picked it up and all he could hear was garbled screaming and gunfire. He then bolted down the hallway, with Dr. Kerzach following. They then made their way back to the control room. He quickly activated the exterior cameras and saw, to his horror, a swarm of armed soldiers and armored vehicles were making their way into the base. The exterior guards were fighting back as best as they can but they were no match for the massive horde.
He then hit the emergency alert button, playing a synthesized announcement. “Alert, intruders have breached the base. This is not a drill. Intruders have breached the base.”
Dr. Shelton, sweating profusely, grabbed the intercom, cleared his throat and turned it on.
“All Pelvanida science staff, follow lockdown procedures! All Pelvanida guards, prepare to engage! All armored vehicles on test runs, engage enemies!”
The nearest technician, a pink Fast-Runner sealed the control room. She pulled out a Sig-Sauer P226 pistol from under the desk.
“I never thought one of the situations we drilled for would become real.” She replied.
“That’s why we drill for everything, Ruby.” Dr. Kerzach replied.
Ruby said nothing but gripped her pistol tightly.
Over in the AWTR, the whole scene was organized chaos, scientists sealing the all the exits and arming themselves.
Ducky, who had been in the process of attaching a railgun to an armored Humvee, gulped.
“I do not think this could happen. Oh, no, no.” She muttered. She then ran out of the garage and hid behind some crates in the back.
However, Chomper, who had put on an armored vest over his labcoat, found her.
“Ducky, pull yourself together! We will survive this!” Chomper gripped his weapon, a laser rifle tightly. He powered it up and the hum of the capacitors charging could be heard.
Ducky gulped and stood up. “I will not back down. I will not, I will not.”
“That’s the spirit!” Chomper said.
“Now what can I use?” Ducky asked out loud.
At this point, a pale blue Fast-Runner went up to her. “Ducky, I have the perfect weapons system for you.”
Ducky followed the Fast-Runner and to her surprise, he opened a crate with a suit of sleek black armor.
“This is an experimental powered armor. The final version is powered by several high energy fuel cells running on methanol but this prototype is attached to a power cord. It’s supposed to be for all species but the prototype I made is for Swimmers.” The Fast-Runner said.
“I will take it.” Ducky said.
The Fast-Runner and Ducky lifted the armor out of the crate and stood it up. The Fast-Runner quickly connected the armor to a transformer specifically for the armor.
As soon as he did so, the suit’s motors whirred to life and Ducky carefully backed into the armor. The armor automatically closed around her, fitting her body perfectly. She then grabbed the helmet out of the crate and donned it.
Soon, Ducky stood before the Fast-Runner scientist. She was covered from head to toe in sleek black armor. Her head was covered by a helmet that covered all her features. The only distinguishing feature of the helmet was a reflective visor over her eyes. Even her tail was covered in articulated armor. She looked intimidating but at the same time somewhat feminine.
“I like it. I do, I do.” Ducky said. Her voice was oddly clear even through the helmet.
Chomper stared at Ducky. “What the?”
The Fast-Runner ignored Chomper and grabbed a laser rifle off a nearby workbench.
Ducky however, opened a crate and removed a railgun assembly designed for mounting on larger vehicles. She soon lifted it up and out of the crate.
“What the…” Chomper said. He was shocked that Ducky managed to lift the nearly one ton weapon with seemingly no effort.
Ducky attached moved towards the garage with her railgun and a box of steel railgun slugs, which was dragged behind her. Heads turned at the strangely armored Swimmer.
Ducky then connected the railgun to a transformer, which she connected into a wall outlet.
At the same time, she ordered the doors to be opened. When the doors were opened, the armored vehicles moved out of the garage into the blistering Nevadan sun. Ducky stood near the garage, the power supply for both her railgun and suit as well as the crate of slugs out of harm’s way and loaded a slug into her railgun.
She spotted an enemy helicopter destroying a Pelvanida Humvee. She then aimed the massive railgun at the offending aircraft and fired. The steel slug instantly tore through the helicopter, bringing down to the ground. The recoil didn’t seem to bother her. To her through the suit it felt like a moderate shove whereas to an ordinary person it would feel like getting hit by one of the armored Humvees going at full speed.
Several enemy troopers fired at her but the bullets literally bounced off her suit. She took aim at one of the troopers, who was armed with a Light Anti-tank Weapon. Before the trooper could aim and fire his rocket, she nailed him with one of the hypersonic slugs. He was literally disintegrated, as were the troopers behind him.
At the control room, Shelton grimly watched the battle raging outside.
“It’s only a matter of time before this turns into a building battle.” He muttered.
“It is inevitable.” Ruby replied, clutching her pistol.
Unbeknownst to either of them, a building battle was indeed close.
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Note that if I do expand it, it will probably merit a topic of its own (as will all my expanded universe stories).
