Neo Contra

Guerilla Contra:
Ha ha ha! So, the scum have finally arrived!

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
You must be the commander.

Bill Rizer:
One of the Neo Contra elite.

Guerilla Contra:
Right the first time! Guerilla Contra is my name. As your reward for getting this far, I'll grant you a quick death.

Pheremone Contra:
[upon defeat] Ugh... It... It wasn't supposed to be...

Bill Rizer:
Lucia, why? Answer me!

Pheremone Contra:
Ugh... You always were tough, Bill. But that will be your undoing... Listen to me, resist all you want, but you can't hope to win, not against him.

Bill Rizer:
[confused] What are you trying to tell me, Lucia?

Pheremone Contra:
Goodbye... [dies]

Bill Rizer:
Lucia. [drops his gun and runs over to Lucia, now sounding more agonized] Lucia! [looks up to the sky and yells] LUCIA!

Bill Rizer:
[Bill and Jaguar face off against Master Contra in his headquarters which is now floating above Earth about to destroy the planet] We've come to put an end to this!

Master Contra:
Hmph! It's a shame you were able to chase me here.

Bill Rizer:
You! [he points at Master Contra] What are you planning?

Master Contra:
To eliminate the need for soldiers and the possibility of any new threats. And eventually, the complete destruction of all structured society.

Bill Rizer:
What?

Master Contra:
In any structured society, there are strict morals. However, to annihilate an enemy, we must conveniently forget those morals. This hypocrisy is deplorable. If we had society's foolish morals, we could never become ultimate soldiers.

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
You're crazy!

Master Contra:
[laughs] Far from it. Our goals don't involve morals, they involve winning wars! That is the reason for our existence. But enough. The time for talk is over!

Bill Rizer:
[Bill and Jaguar defeat Master Contra only to find that he was a cyborg the whole time] What?

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
He was a machine!

Master Contra:
[chuckles] You couldn't possibly have defeated me.

Bill Rizer:
What are you?

Master Contra:
[Bill Rizer's face appears on the floor] Project C. You and I are products of a project that started ten years ago. It was a master plan to stop the many conflicts on this planet. It was the ultimate weapons project, designed for complete genocide. The model for the project was the legendary and ultimate soldier, Bill Rizer.

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
What are you saying?

Master Contra:
There were two different paths of research in the plan. One was to clone and recreate the ultimate soldier, Bill Rizer. You are the result of that plan. The other was to take Bill Rizer's consciousness and implant that into a weapon, which resulted in ME.

Bill Rizer:
What? But that would mean...

Master Contra:
Yes. This facility, which has the power to vaporize planets, is all me.

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
Wait, let me think for a moment. That would mean that you're the original Bill Rizer.

Master Contra:
[shows footage of Bill Rizer] What is Bill Rizer? It is just a name of a single entity who has been gone for centuries. Bill Rizer is now a symbol. He is the never-ending desire for conquest, aggression incarnate. Power that exceeds all, pure destruction. And I am the original one. No, I have far surpassed the original. I am the ultimate form of Bill Rizer!

Bill Rizer:
No, you're a joke! You're just a heap of metal with an inflated ego!

Master Contra:
I don't expect you to understand, so I'll just have to force the issue. When I'm through, not a single strand of your DNA will remain.

Computer Voice:
Status report. Early this morning, frontline base 985 was destroyed by an enemy attack. We have confirmed that base commander Guerrilla Contra perished in the assault.

Master Contra:
Hmm... That means the assembly gave the order to send them in...

Computer Voice:
Orders, sir?

Master Contra:
Hmm... Let them come. But follow their progress closely.

Computer Voice:
Affirmative.

Master Contra:
Interesting. Hopefully they will prove entertaining. Something to pass the time while the final preparations are completed.

Master Contra:
Heh heh heh... [continues laughing evilly as the scene ends]

Bill Rizer:
And you are?

Animal Contra:
Animal Contra, the captain of this aircraft carrier.

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
So, another of the four elite.

Animal Contra:
So thoughtful of you to wander blindly into my trap. HAHAHAHAHA!

Bill Rizer:
A trap?

Animal Contra:
Indeed! This ship is about to self-destruct! You will die, a moth drawn to my flame! Bwahahahaha!

Bill Rizer:
You dog! You're going to sacrifice your own men!

Animal Contra:
Flutter about all you want! Your time is over!

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
Wait! If you were truly a captain, you'd go down with the ship!

Bill Rizer:
We won't let you get away!

Plant Contra:
Well, I never! What? You think you can equal the great Plant Contra? Just who do you think you are?

Mystery G:
Equal? Hardly. A pansy like you isn't even a descent warmup. Hah!

[shoots Plant Contra until he falls]

Bill Rizer:
[Bill and Jaguar arrive in the room to find Plant Contra defeated and Mystery G standing over him] Hmm... What's going on here?

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
It appears one of the four elite have been defeated.

Mystery G:
You! You're Rizer. Bill Rizer?

Bill Rizer:
Yeah, and you are?

Mystery G:
Well, now... Let's just say Mystery G.

Bill Rizer:
Mystery G...

Mystery G:
So this is the Ultimate Soldier Contra. Let's see if you have what it takes to live up to that title.

[takes out his rifles]

Bill Rizer:
What?

Mystery G:
Ha ha ha ha ha! Let's see what you've got!

Mystery G:
[after being defeated] Interesting, you're not bad. Even so, will he be able to face him?

Plant Contra:
[suddenly regains consciousness] How could I have been so careless?

Mystery G:
Hmph, still twitching. But I'm tired of dealing with this weed. Rizer, go ahead uproot it.

Bill Rizer:
Huh?

Mystery G:
See ya! [teleports]

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
Hey, wait a minute!

Plant Contra:
[very angry] What? Hey! No! Ugh! Don't ignore me! How dare you? Listen to me! I don't know who you are, and I don't care! But now you've really made me mad! En garde! Serious mode! Plant Flash! [transforms into a monstrous plant]

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
[Bill and Jaguar are confronted by the third and only female member of Neo Contra] Ah, I guess this one is Pheremone Contra, then. Get ready!

Pheremone Contra:
Ha ha ha ha ha! Always the tough guy, Billy dear!

Bill Rizer:
Wha-? How do you know about me? And who the hell are you?

Pheremone Contra:
My, my, what a cold reception! Now don't tell me you've forgotten. [throws off her mask to reveal a familiar face, it's Lucia, from Contra: Shattered Soldier]

Bill Rizer:
No, it can't be! Lucia?

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
What? This is the legendary bioroid you fought alongside with?

Bill Rizer:
What do you think you're doing, Lucia? Why are you siding with them?

Pheremone Contra:
Poor Billy, there are some things you're better off not knowing. But don't fear, I'll kill you now so you'll never have to deal with them.

Guerilla Contra:
With my last breath, I hail thee, Master Contra!

Guerilla Contra:
Transform into titan!

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
[after defeating Plant Contra, Bill and Jaguar stand over his remains] Incredible. I can't believe he was a plant cyborg.

Bill Rizer:
Yeah. But right now I'm more interested in that... Mystery G. What's his angle?

Yagyu 'Jaguar' Genbei:
[after Mystery G was fatally wounded by Master Contra, who just teleported out of the room, Bill and Jaguar are back on their feet] Where did he go?

Bill Rizer:
[to the dying Mystery G] Hang on.

Mystery G:
Ah... Don't worry about me. With these wounds, I'm already a goner. More importantly, you gotta get him!

Bill Rizer:
But we can't just...

Mystery G:
Listen, Rizer! Don't let his words rattle you. You know who you are. And how you live your life dictates who you are. You're not a fake if you risk your life fighting for your ideals. You are a true hero. You are Contra.

Bill Rizer:
Just who are you?

Mystery G:
The same as you. Contra... I was called that...

Bill Rizer:
Hold on!

[Bill watches helplessly as Mystery G dies in his arms]