Trell Brown stood on the General Motors Plaza outside the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center as he watched the unmoving lone Royal Fire Nation straddle the US/Canadian border in the middle of the Detroit River. As of the last several mornings lately, the thirty-two-year-old man has been shuddered awake by the sound of firing mortars resounding through his dilapidated east side neighborhood off of Mack and Holcomb, with his apartment windows rattling in their frames, merely two hours after collapsing into his bed from a grueling six hours cleaning Joe Louis Arena. His neighborhood sits only two and a half miles away from the Detroit River, and Jefferson Avenue is easily accessible if you follow Holcomb to the Detroit River. From Across Jefferson, you can see the Detroit River, with buildings blocking some of the view. This particular morning, Trell had stayed downtown after clocking out, and walked down to the plaza, when he noticed a group of men on the bow and pointing towards Joe Louis Arena, and saying something - in Chinese. Trell had noticed that the battleship looked a lot like the recently older US Navy battleships. And then the realization hit him like a ton of bricks:
The US Navy must have sold these older modernized warship fleets to the Fire Nation. Did the government mistake the Fire Nation as Chinese troops? We don't exactly have great relations with China, you know. The do own us because of our debts.
There was a Fire Nation Emblem next to the number "747", on the side of the battleship's bow, as well as on the bridge superstructure. At the stern, a large Fire Nation flag waved in the brisk November wind. Eight 100mm mortar guns were prominent – and pointed towards his East Side neighborhood – and there were twelve smaller 88mm guns, also prominent.
BOOOOOM!
The battleship fired off another volley of mortar rounds inland, effectively decimating a neighborhood three blocks west of Van Dyke Avenue, and parts of the Kettering-Butzel neighborhood, with both areas known to be under siege by local gangs. At this point, Marriot hotel guests, half of them from other nations such as India, Japan, China, the Middle East, and Europe, were evacuating the tower. A feeling of dread was growing in the pit of Trell's stomach, and he decided in that instant to return home. No further incidents occurred that day, although Fox 2 News, Local 4, and Channel 7 Action News had ongoing coverage of the decimated and burning East Side neighborhoods, with scores of gang members and innocent civilians dead. This was the turning point for the city's violent gang factions to begin banding together as one, and vowing revenge on whatever entity destroyed their neighborhoods, for they too heard the mortar guns for the past several days, and had wondered what was going on. As a result, crime on the East Side of Detroit dropped dramatically, while the West Side factions tried to get an understanding on the situation.
President Elect Donald Trump, and President Barack Obama both addressed the nation that evening, vowing revenge on China, prompting a frantic call from the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping. With the President of China clearing things up, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Obama to give him insight on the situation, with Donald Trump listening in in the situation. Minute by minute, it became increasingly apparent that Russia and China too, had been attacked or fired upon, with a fleet of Fire Nation Destroyers and warships off the coast of Beijing and Hong Kong, and Rostov-on-Don reduced to a radioactive glass parking lot with a US supplied Boeing B-52H bomber, modified greatly by the Fire Nation
The Fire Nation had masqueraded as President Xi Jinping to manipulate the US Government to sell them aircraft, ships, and arms, only to turn around and use them to attack and invade multiple countries, including our own homeland. Fire Lord Zuko wouldn't dare dream of doing this, his sister is too far gone within her own insanity to pull off an assault and invasion like this, his father AND Uncle Iroh had passed away within two weeks of each other, with Ozai to first to go, and Lady Katara, the Fire Lord's wife…could she be capable of something like this? Everyone has a dark side. Could Katara have yearned for more power than she already had?
A cryptic message soon was received by all world governments. The face was shrouded in darkness, but what REALLY caught the attention of the world leaders were the eyes...deep blue eyes...and the shocking, UNEXPECTED voice of a young woman in her late teens or early twenties.
This is what she said:
"To the nations of the world, I have destroyed my water tribes, both North and South, with the weapons your nations have given me. The walls of the Earth Kingdom have fallen and the people shall cower under my newfound power. My brother, husband, and friends, along with a few thousand people of the Fire Nation tried to stop me, and with the power of the Blood Moon, they too fell. And with the power of the Blood Moon, your nations shall be the next to fall, Agni willing. We are already here. And we are coming for you."
So I was inspired by Graf Eisen III and their story "The Battle of Chameleon Bay". This is set in an alternate universe, featuring myself, and possibly real world counterparts. I may employ Graf Eisen III's help in revising and making this story as bloody and realistic as possible. Reviews Please.