It all began when Rommel knew, he fucked up. While he did make off with the panzer (Leopold 60s are awesome.) The people guarding the panzer did not appreciate his feat however, and instantly began chasing after the panzer, which was now roaring away at eighty kilometers per hour.
"Scheisse!" I swore, as a missile rocketed past the panzer, impacting into a crater on the concrete. All I wanted was to have a fully armed panzer; they had twenty of these. Why couldn't i just have one? I was running out of options; I couldn't control the turret unless i stopped the panzer, which would make me a sitting duck. While the panzer wouldn't be obliterated by a couple of rockets, They could easily climb onto the panzer and toss grenades into the hatch. I turned the panzer around, the guards now in his view. Even if I couldn't use the turret, there still was a secondary weapon to use. The 8.72 millimeter machine gun roared to life, tearing apart the guards with a round after round. The machine gun stopped, and i popped open the hatch to inspect the massacre. While most of them were disfigured beyond recognition, I noticed a few that still were in good shape, and took them off for me to use. I clambered back into the panzer, hauling my loot inside to store. I took out my only posession and glanced at the rearview mirror; I looked exactly like my dad; before it all happened.
"Hallo, Vater. I'm eighteen now, and I'm doing well. I just got a Leopold 60; The same ones you used to fight alongside." I focused on the picture, my eyes getting blurry.
"Mutti died a month after you were killed in action. But I guess you know that already, right?" The tears came pouring out, and I began sobbing. five years ago, the world was ravaged by a nuclear war. My Vater was the first in the frontlines; He fought for the country until his last breath. Mutti was killed by one of the thousands of bombs that had rained from the sky. She never saw them coming; There was just too many. the nuclear exchange afterwards was devastating; While Germany was not hit by nuclear ordanance, the United States, the Russian Federation, and the People's Republic of China were destroyed. While people said there was nothing there, there were rumors of strange beasts that lurked within the radiation, warped to become something out of a horror story. I had no choice but to keep living on; to honor my father, and to make sure his sacrifice for me was not in vain. I wiped away my tears and tucked the photo back into my helmet, pulling down my mask as I revved the panzer, and continued through the remnants of what was Europe.
Or at least, I would have, until a giant fucking portal that completely defied years of German science appeared, swallowing my newly gained panzer and me inside.
Goddamnit.