The night was miserable in Edgar square, the rain fell upon the ranks upon ranks of Soldiers. They stood in the square, eyes unblinking, gazing upon their leader and his bulbous brain. Doctor Edgar George Zomboss stood on the balcony of the large tower which had become his citadel of hate, death and torture. His words of hate echoed across the square, booming from the loudspeakers. The young man, just graduated from the Academy, stood with his division, all of them in the same uniform, partially tattered by the demands of training. Each of them held their rifles with pride, ready to crack down on rebels, slaughter the remaining resistance groups and do their new world, new leader, proud.
"...And so we will CRUSH the weeds beneath our marching feet! STOMP them out of existence! TAKE prisoners whenever you can! They help feed our growing war machine!" The words of hate seemed to drive up the passion of the crowd.
"OORAH! OORAH! OORAH!" The crowd chanted in unison, pumping their fists as they finished each chant.
"Down with the green horde! Death to the weed plight!" The yells were overwhelming Kyler.
"KILL 'EM ALL!" He yelled out, his passion burning bright, similar to the Plants they had trained on when he had his turn with the Flamethrower, their screams of pain terrified him at first, now they emboldened him.
The scarred Peashooter looked through the grate in anticipation, the rebels were ready to strike, ready to send a message to the tyrannical dictator that had conquered them, slaughtered them with impunity and killed their families. He was tall, for a Peashooter. He wore at the base of the left leaf upon his head a gold ring, fashioned with two black, red and gold feathers that protruded upwards. He wore a blue bandanna with a spiral pattern around his neck and two black lines under each of his eyes. The Peashooter, whose real name was lost to experimentation, now going by Donitz, looked down the ladder, the rest of his squad, what remained of his friends, looked up. There was Ajax, the Commando Peashooter, more than happy to return to the city and enact revenge. Beneath him was Eleanor, the Metal Petal, she firmly believed that her love was still alive. Finally, at the bottom of the ladder was Vivian, the Alien Flower who, like the others, had suffered greatly. Unlike the others, she was experimented on before everything had gone wrong. As the rally came to an end, the square was lit up with explosions as stolen Z4 went off, causing vast structural damage to the walls surrounding the square, as well as injuring and killing many of the zombies that stood near the edge of the square. Once the smoke began to clear, the Peashooter pushed up the grate and leapt out of the sewer, throwing a Chili Bean Bomb into the crowd as he emerged. The sound of gunfire echoed across the square, quickly drowning out screams and yells of pain as the zombies reacted to the shock attack.
Kyler fell onto his side when the explosions went off, knocked over by the shock-wave. He was able to keep hold of his rifle, his training, especially with rocket jumps, had improved his grip. As he got up, he spotted a Chomper through the legs of his comrades. So Kyler brought his Ztg-44 Assault rifle up to his shoulder and fired at the Chomper through the legs of his comrade. Much to his surprise he didn't hit his comrades, but nailed the Chomper, shredding their stem apart. The Chomper's whimpers as they bled out weren't heard over the chaos. Kyler got up and got his bearings, the Plants were attacking from every direction, most of them emerging from the sewers. Kyler reloaded quickly, getting his ammo from a fallen comrade, and he shot at any plant scum that dared to show themselves to him. Eventually Kyler spotted a Commando Peashooter, who had just emerged from a sewer grate. Kyler raised his rifle, but before he could even think about pulling the trigger, the rifle was shot out of his hands by said Commando Pea.
Ajax looked at the Soldier, whose weapon he had just shot out of their hands, for a few seconds before ducking and flipping a Soldier who just tried to kick him. Ajax quickly ended them with a few shots to the head. Ajax ran alongside his squad mates, their goal was to eliminate the dictator who was still standing on his balcony, smirking at the massacre taking place. 'What a mad man!' He thought to himself as he helped clear a path to the citadel.
Dr Edgar George Zomboss smirked at the sight before him, the trigger for the bombs placed under the square for this kind of scenario, primed and ready to go. If his sources were correct, then the entirety of the remaining Plant forces would be here. Zomboss looked at the General Supremo beside him.
"Are the mechs ready? I do NOT want to blow this BEAUTIFUL square apart unless I have to." The general always found his boss's voice as aggravating.
"Yes Lord Zomboss, the Mechs are at the ready." Zomboss smiled at his Generals reply.
"Good. Now let's attack quickly, I have IMPORTANT business to attend to!" Zomboss then walked off into the citadel. The General shook his head and grabbed his radio.
"Mech squad Brainz, you're a go." There was an Impish laugh from the other end of the radio.
Donitz Shot whoever got in his way, no zombie would stop him from getting revenge on the freak of nature that had taken his partner and child from him…
/Flashback/
"Pete Lathyrus, I do believe we have met." Pete growled, Zomboss had finally beaten him, taken him captive. Not only was he just captured, but his family were taken too.
"Zomboss, I swear when I break out of here, I will kill you." The freak of a zombie just laughed.
"You aren't going anywhere, I have a MAJOR bone to pick with you. However-" Zomboss walked away and soon returned with Desmond, Pete's son, muzzled and chained. "I don't have a personal vendetta on your son. So let's give him the easy way out." Zomboss used his knife to stab Desmond from behind, straight through the chest, the young Fire Pea's screams muffled by the muzzle. Pete banged on the plastic wall that divided him from the bastard who just stabbed his son.
"YOU ARSE! LET ME OUT!" Zomboss laughed as the Fire Pea went limp and fell to the ground.
"Oh my, I'm sorry Pete. But there's a lot worse coming…"
/Return to Present/
Ajax tackled Donitz out of the way of the Z-Mech's fist, their Peashooter leader seemed to have zoned out.
"DONITZ! WE NEED YOU!" Ajax grunted as the Z-Mech kicked him towards a Foot Soldier. Once he came to, Ajax shot the stunned Soldier before he threw an EMPeach at the Z-Mech, disabling it long enough for Donitz to come back to reality.
"Sorry, I… I remembered something." Donitz spun to the side to avoid a barrage of rockets. He threw a Chili Bean Bomb at the stunned Z-Mech, which was unable to escape before being destroyed.
Kyler raised his fists, unarmed and surrounded by the enemy, he was legitimately terrified. A Chomper lunged, he punched them right in the head, stunning the Chomper, causing them to stumble back. Much to Kyler's surprise, a cool, sharp sensation erupted in his chest. The young man looked down, he had been impaled, much to his surprise, by a Zombie. He turned his head and his eyes came level with the Camo Ranger of their division, Lexi.
"L-Lex… w-why?" The Camo Ranger smiled deviously.
"You're worth a lot to the boss, mate. Once he learnt what you were." Rage boiled in Kyler's veins. His pupils dilated and his skin rippled with black vines that burst from his hands, wrapping around Lexi.
"W-What the fu-" The Camo Ranger's words were cut off as they were crushed. Kyler yelled as the black tendrils exploded from various parts of his bodies, searching out anyone and anything. The plants had returned to the sewers by the time Kyler's tendrils searched for everyone. Around a dozen unlucky zombies were caught and destroyed before the tendrils retracted and Kyler was left lying on the ground unconscious, beside a sewer grate.
Donitz and Ajax opened the sewer grate and grabbed Kyler, dragging him into the sewers out of the grasps of the Zombies.
