NieR: Automata Hope

Escape

Creed's POV

"So robe climbing huh." said Jackass

"Well, that does work. But that means I'll have to hold them off longer." I said

"That'll be hard." said Gianna

"No, I'll just have to strategically place every explosive, maybe a couple booby traps too." I replied

"You're gonna carry all of that there?" asked Lisa

"Yes." I replied

"I'll go with you." said Jackass

"No I'm doing this by myself." I replied

"Why? I can help you." said Jackass

"Jackass, you're the one leading the group back home. Without you or me leading the group they'll be lost." said Creed

"But what if they follow us?" asked Lisa

"I had Jackass do something about that." I said

"Once we get out and let's say we get spotted, there's boulders and logs we can push to slow down the enemy. If we do get caught we'll also have Creed's flare signal shot in the air." said Jackass

I took out my flare gun and loaded it with a flare. I handed it to Jackass and got ready to leave.

"Get everyone ready, once you hear the explosion that's your signal." I said

"Wait, if we don't get caught, how do you know if we're all out or not?" asked 12H

"I'll give you guys 10 minutes to get everyone out." said Creed

"Okay." replied 12H

"Creed I'll go with you." said 8B, "I was a captain in YoRHa and the best in close range combat."

"Sorry but this one time I need to do this alone." I replied

"Why?" asked 8B

"Because there's something I need to check before we leave this place." I replied

They nodded in agreement so I grabbed the robe and started to climb up. It took me 30 seconds to climb it since it was easy while using the dirt for my legs to climb. My bag was heavy with all my explosives so I grabbed it and threw it over my right shoulder and made my way towards the town.

I crept through the buildings and went to the building where the corpse was and searched his body again. I found a small book in his pocket and flipped through the pages. I kept looking until I found what I was looking for.

"His pod's located pretty far. A week trip from here to there." I whispered, "Through boat and walking."

I put the book in my pocket and kept searching until I found his dog tag in his other pocket.

'This will help me.'

I tucked everything back in and started laying my diversions.

'I hope this works.'

I lit the string up and ran out of the building. The building exploded creating a ball of fire in the air. I pulled out my binoculars and zoomed in where the machines were all hiding. I saw that most of them were moving towards me.

'Success, now time for some traps.'

I ran back to the burning building and set up stings connected to bombs in multiple streets. I ran to a building and hid there to look at the mountain. I saw the androids getting out of the hole but I saw that some machines saw them and went after them. I saw Jackass fending off a machine so I cocked my gun and switched my scope to 3x. I steadied my breath and fired, hitting the machine in the head. Jackass seemed confused but she ran up the mountain. The others began to use boulders and logs to slow down the machines.