Here I go again. I had a lot of writer's block for Jaune's Fall from Grace. So this is the product of me wanting to write more RWBY stuff.
"INCOMING!" A soldier screamed as in the sky was blanketed in aircraft. His location balled up in smoke as the corpses of the three men bundled together.
"Someone get those rockets in the sky NOW!" The same soldier shouted toward his squad. A swarm soldiers, dressed in black, scurried around like bugs, trying to avoid the volleys of death their enemy rained upon them
"But Sir, there are enemy snipers in the area." A voice shouted back. When he raised his head, a burst of red emanated from his face. The body dropped to the floor as a recruit claimed his weapon as he bled out. For those soldiers, they had more bodies than guns to wield.
"This building is going to collapse if this fire keeps up!" Another soldier protested.
A platoon of militia fighters gathered in defense of the base using several buildings as cover for the attack. There was nothing but infantry units to act as the defense as the GDI was on the move. Tanks, APCs, and other enemy squads made it past the laser fields and had killed off the Raider teams were wiped out.
The end was coming in for the men hiding in the buildings. Talk about the GDI wants to use the Orbital Ion Cannon to attack the base when they reach the final line of defense. The Ion Cannon is a giant laser at the orbit of the planet that rains a focused laser to wipe out entire legions of Nod forces.
"More Gladiator Tanks rolling up!" The same soldier shouted as she lowered her head down. The sniper fire softened up. Must be because of that the tanks will collapse the buildings with explosive shells.
"Take your weapons and prepare for the end people, these GDI oppressors won't crush our spirit!" The Nod CO shouted to rally the militia forces hopefully. "Get those RPGs up and prepare to fire at those vehicles." The CO ordered.
"We got it." One of the soldiers replied as he shouldered his RPG. The red paint of Nod to show who they fight.
"Come I, does anyone hear us?" A feminine voice called on the comms of the soldiers.
"This is Militia seven, who is this?"
"This is Blake of your local Shadow Team. We're coming in from the sky in the west. Provide some cover, and we can clear the rooftops of those snipers." The voice ordered.
"We hear you." A voice responded instead of the CO. He walked up to the soldiers with the RPGs and walked out of the room they holed up inside. The soldier nodded to his comrades as several of them rallied behind him.
"I didn't tell you to move!" The CO shouted.
"I'm not dying here, that Shadow Team needs us." The soldier replied. His hair was a golden blonde and was part of several skirmishes. He was new of three months ago. His name is Jaune Arc, militia grunt. The Brotherhood needs this base to make a move toward having a secure supply line to the city of Signal.
"We're with you Jaune." A soldier nodded to him. He was of the Nod missile squads. The missile teams were given red uniforms to frighten the GDI forces. It just told the enemy squads of whom not to shoot.
"We better move, how far are you Shadows?"
"About four minutes out. We can see the buildings of where you are. None of the GDI radar sees us yet." Blake responded. The Shadow Teams were the stealth saboteurs of the Brotherhood of Nod. They have specially designed wingsuits to fly across the fields of battle to get in and out of situations.
"We hear you Shadow." Jaune nodded his head. The remaining forces of the Nod infantry were in the middle of fierce firefights with the GDI. Several enemy rifle squads were in the area. The GDI have the funds to give every enemy soldier armored uniforms and helmets with Heads Up Displays. The Nod soldiers were assigned a rifle and black uniforms to signify they're part of the Brotherhood.
Thirty militia fighters gathered behind Jaune as he the ten RPG soldiers prepared to make a move. Jaune ducked his head down as a Gladiator tank rolled past the street in front of the building the Nod infantry barricaded. A squad of riflemen followed closely behind the tank. Jaune raised his rifle and looked around as others followed his lead.
Jaune took a deep breath. "Fire."
A dozen rifles unleashed their bullets toward the GDI riflemen. There were eight in total. One of them had his helmet's lens crack with blood painting the inside. The last rifleman turned in time to make his way behind the tank. There was no chance to react at all because three RPGs fired at the tank blasting away the outer armor with smoke seeping out of the holes of the tank. The blood and organs of the crew were decorating the metal tomb.
"This is Ranger 2; the area is still too hot!" The remaining rifleman ducked his head down. He looked around the corner to have a rifle aim at his helmet.
"Wait-" Before he could finish. A bullet tore through his body. The Nod militiaman ducked down behind the now ruined tank. Jaune looked at his cover and noticed that they weren't under fired at by the snipers.
"Five of you move up and cover us. Two of you collect those rifles and pass them out. The rest of you move up and cross the street!"
"Sir!" Another militiawoman shouted as she sprinted onto the street and collected the GDI rifles for them to use. The eight eager soldiers ready to use them.
"Two minutes militia." Blake reminded them.
"Roger that." Jaune waved his arm forward, and the remaining soldiers moved across the street. They couldn't tell if the snipers had already sighted the area. Jaune waved his arm again for the militia fights and missile troops to follow him.
The militia rallied into another building which could have the see the GDI forces making their move. It turns out that the enemy troops weren't as large as predicted. These troops were most likely a recon force. Jaune concluded in his mind. He looked over at his men.
"Five launchers cross the street and be ready in case of another Gladiator. From here we make our move. Five rifles and one launcher go to the roof, the rest stay here with me and make as much noise as we can. Four militia fighters will aim toward the rooftops. Be ready for when those snipers to aim. Ready?" Jaune shouted at the end. Each of the militia nodded.
"Move!" Jaune shouted again. The militia sprang into action with their soldiers moving out to take cover in the craters made by GDI artillery. The rockets zipped across the street with none of them hitting their mark. Two armored Zone Troopers blasted onto the road with their jetpacks.
"We got Zoners!" A militia fighter shouted. She ducked her head down when they spotted her. The Zone troopers are heavily armored soldiers of GDI forces with laser rifles to boot. Deployed as shock troopers.
With that, two RPGs zoomed toward them, and one completely overshot while the other struck the ground in front of the Zone Troopers.
"FUCK!" A missile trooper shouted as he ducked down to load another RPG.
Five militia fighters charged toward the Zone Troopers. They fired their rifles with the nonstop assistance of the others. As this was all happening, a Gladiator tank trended in the distance to aim its cannon. Jaune was among those five.
The militia fighter behind Jaune had her chest cave in from the laser making a hole in her body. The other four went it clash with the Zone Troopers. They could turn in time to handle them. Two militia fighters attacked the Zone Troopers each. The first Zone Trooper raised his laser in time to sever a militia fighter's body in half from the fire. His partner did not do well as it was toppled over. Jaune aimed his rifle down and wholly shredded the back of the Zone Trooper to stay down. The other Zone trooper killed his enemies; he turned in time for the Zone Trooper to be blasted by an RPG. The explosion knocked Jaune off his feet when the Gladiator fired a shell to miss the Militia forces entirely.
"We're coming in!" Blake said as her and Shadow Team flew onto the rooftop. Several snipers were wiped out by Shadow SMG fire. Blake preferred her pistols. The Shadow team landed, and the snipers couldn't react in time as the Shadows blasted them. Blake noticed a sniper ready to fire at her five feet away. She blinked as the bullet flew through her forehead.
The sniper smiled. Only to discover a blade in his stomach
"How?" He stammered with Blake pulling the knife out of him.
"Decoy semblance." She fired a bullet into his head and kicked him over.
"This is Shadow; the rooftops are clear, thanks for the help militia," Blake spoke into the comms as her other five Shadows killed the rest of the snipers and flew across the buildings to do again. Blake flicked the blood off her blade to join her team in the assault.
"The snipers are cleared! MOVE UP!" Jaune shouted as the rest of the Militia forces spouted from their cover to push forward. The RPG soldier on the roof spoke onto his comms.
"Jaune, we see the Infernal Brigade in the distance, we guess they'll be here in three minutes for the defense of the city ruins." He said as he loaded his RPG.
"We got Infernals inbound, clear a path!" Jaune shouted again.
"We have Infernals!? That means that Black Hand is here as well, we got this!" A militia shouted out.
"Move up!" An RPG wield shouted. Down the street, the same force that Jaune was with came out of the building to join into the counter-attack.
Jaune looked ahead again to see an old abandoned coffee shop house a squad of GDI riflemen. He was about to order another charge until a black oval shaped vehicle drove from the right toward the coffee shop. With red cylinders with fuel inside, it was a Flame Tank of Nod.
The tank rolled up over the old concrete and unleashed its payload of concentrated fire into a former coffee shop.
"AAAHHH!" Several GDI soldiers sprinted out from the building engulfed in flames. Several unharmed GDI forces sprinted out into the open to killed by the gunfire. One of them walked across in the open to roll on the ground screaming in pain. He was on fire. His eyes stared at the sky shouting for help.
"Dad! Dad! Where are you!?" She screamed.
Jaune clenched a fist. "Fire your weapons."
"Why? We should let them burn." A militia fighter chuckled as several others joined him. Jaune grunted at them and aimed his rifle at them and did single shots to end several of the GDI soldiers. Several militiamen assisted Jaune. The hatch opened up.
"We heard you guys need help. The GDI is making a move." The Flame Tank commander shouted toward the militia.
Above them, several Nod jets zoomed by.
"Those guys are armed with napalm. Come on Militia; purge them in the flames of Nod!" The commander shouted and closed the hatch of his Flame Tank. Several of the Militia chanted with the commander. Several Scorpion Tanks from the Infernals drove on the other streets. The Nod militia regrouped to help on the counter-attack.
Two miles away, several GDI lieutenants gathered together.
"Lieutenant Pyrrha, we lost contact with the sniper teams. We believe Nod is mounting a counter-attack.
A Crimson haired woman looked to her left to her advisor and communications officer. Several of the soldiers on reserve was ready for the call. Pyrrha had her golden armored uniform on as to what the regular infantry wore. Her hair was tied back.
"Ren, where are the Mammoth Tanks?" Pyrrha turned to her second in command.
"No, ma'am. Command denied our request and ordered us to continue without them." Master Sergeant Lie Ren replied.
"Come on Pyrrha, just give me three squads of Zone Troopers, and we can get back the ground we lost." Commando Nora Valkyrie smiled as she shifted her weapon into the grenade launcher form.
Above them, in the distance, several Nod planes flew by releasing their payloads. The fire engulfed buildings GDI had occupied.
"The Infernals are here. This quadrant is a lost cause." Pyrrha gave her final order as the rest of their communications officers scrambled the rest of the GDI forces in the region.
"Yes, ma'am."
Pyrrha looked to her right. "Nora take two Zone squads and help the infantry escape."
"Yes, ma'am." Nora nodded while her vision closed to protect her face. Able-bodied Zone Troopers rallied behind her.
"Come on boys; we got orders." Nora leaned forward since Commandos have jetpacks like the Zone Troopers. The Commandos serve as GDI's most effective chaos troopers on the field. Not to mention their position is the most sought after in the GDI infantry.
"You heard the lady." The Zone Troopers fired up their jetpacks to follow Nora.
"Ma'am, the Paladins tanks have arrived to provide fire support." An officer informed Nora.
"Good, we're retreating until those damn Mammoths arrive." Pyrrha turned around as her forces converged to allow a path for her soldiers to escape the ruins. In honesty, the current units Pyrrha has don't stand a chance against the Infernals.
"This is Nora. We learned that the Black Hand and Flame Tanks are overrunning our forces."
"Just do your best, more you wait, the more our forces die." Pyrrha frowned. We have to hurry.
"We hear you," Nora responded as she fired her grenade launcher at the closest Nod infantry to keep them at bay. The Zone Troopers watched her flanks as she charged forward. A Flame tank torched another GDI squad.
"That's enough out of you!" Nora shouted as she sprinted forward. The Tank noticed her which attempted to reverse which would bear no fruit. Nora flared her jetpack as she flew directly at it and raised her hammer into the sky. There was no chance of Tank could escape. The hammer smashed straight into the hull and Nora raised her hit hammer again for her to knock the turret away from her as the fire spewed out. She cracked the turret again. Then her weapon shifted into the grenade launcher variant and blasted into the open space. It was set to timed charges as Nora jumped off the tank with her jetpack. The tank exploded when she cleared the distance.
Behind her, the rest of the Zone Troopers followed her and cleared the street. The remaining GDI of the area noticed their chances and took it.
"Lookout, we got Scorpions." A Zone Trooper called out as three
Nod tanks turned to their direction. The Zone Troopers spread apart for them to return fire at the Tanks. It was clear that the Scorpions feared Nora and the Troopers. Each tank started to reverse. Nora's grenade launcher fired again for the tanks' treads to loosen and fall apart. Nora charged in to finish them off.
Pyrrha noticed a large number of disabled and several damaged GDI vehicles leave the ruins. The APCs Pyrrha had on standby collected them for their extraction.
"This is Nora; I think we gathered as many units as we can. I can see the Infernals six blocks away from us. Shadow Teams have killed the squads that couldn't make it in time. Orders?" Nora brushed several bits of rubble off her shoulders. The Zone Troopers that followed her were each still alive. Nora had them to thank clearing the past seven blocks.
"Pull out. We did what we could today."
"Roger that, making our way back now."
"This is Paladin two-three, we hear you have a Scorpion problem?" Four GDI Tanks rolled into the ruins to help the remaining forces still trapped inside. Behind them, three ACPs drove behind them to for the units that couldn't move far on foot.
Five Scorpions rolled through the from the ruins and opened fire at the Paladins. Most of the shots missed. One Paladin drove forward to provide cover for the ACPs with would be shredded by the Scorpion Tanks. The four Paladins shelled the Scorpions for two to be immediately knocked out of commission.
From the ruins, several RPG crews arrived to open fire. Nora couldn't assist the Paladins in time. One Paladin was shot entirely with five rockets, and one missile struck the fuel storage, and the tank exploded in fire.
"Sniper team, we got eyes on them. Give us twenty seconds." The current captain of the three snipers called out as they all crawled into a crater. The three of them picked off about five infantry for them to learn to keep their heads down.
"We're rolling." The APCs continued to drive through the open road of the ruins. Nora showed op finally for her to blast the nearby Nod infantry. They learned they couldn't retaliate without the assistance of more troops. So they backed off.
In the tank battle, another Paladin erupted into a ball of fire. Two crew members made it out in time when an extra shell pierced the hull. The Paladins continued to fire back as the fourth Scorpion tank blasted apart. The last one didn't want to risk being double teamed, so it reversed again into the ruins.
"This is ACP nine, according to the last of the Soldier I spoke to, she told me of Nod Avatars incoming." The time couldn't have been worse. All the armored divisions Pyrrha had at his disposal were locked in engagement with Nod. That would only leave her to ask for air strikes to help.
"Roget that, get those ACPs out of there!" Pyrrha ordered. She raised her radio that an officer passed off to her. "This is GDI Division Alpha Three; I need fire support on the Signal Ruins."
"This is Firehawk bombers, at your service Alpha Three." A pilot responded to her call. Firehawk bombers were on standby in the Signal Yellow Zone.
"I need fire support," Pyrrha responded by then giving the coordinates of the enemy claimed Ruins. Sure it would kill some, but they didn't need the constant runs from the Firehawks, just enough time for her forces to escape.
"Roger already fueled and launched to assist. Be there in four minutes."
"Make it three." Pyrrha finished her communication.
"Nora, get those troops out of there, Firehawks inbound."
"Copy that!" Nora fired another round of her grenade launcher. In ruins three blocks away.
"Look at those GDI bastards; they're pulling back." A militia soldier laughed as she reloaded her assault rifle.
"Everyone, pack up and fall back. The only time when GDI pulls out is when they a bomb or orbital strike at the ready. Come on, let's go!" Jaune shouted and offered his shoulder to help a wounded Nod soldier.
"You're kidding right?" A militia Solider asked.
"Stay here and find out. Those you who wish to another day, pull out now!" Jaune shouted as he carried his companion out of the building. The glass doors and windows were all broken. Jaune wasn't paying attention and cut his right ankle as he walked out. About two dozen other Nod soldiers followed after him.
"Why the hell do they listen to him more than me?" The Nod CO asked his closest soldier.
"He helped Patch evacuate before it got an orbital strike." The soldier looked down. "I'm sorry, but I'm getting out of here, to those of you who stay, Nod doesn't give a damn about us." He dropped his weapon and sprinted off to follow Jaune's squad. The rest of them felt the same way and left with Jaune.
"We're out now Pyrrha," Nora said as GDI forces evacuated the ruins.
"This is Firehawk; we're fifteen seconds out."
Jaune watched as the streets of the outer Signal blasted apart from the bombs of GDI. Several Nod forces stayed put to handle the GDI stragglers. It wasn't a pretty sight. Jaune looked away from the explosions as he and his militia squad walked back to the Forward Operation Base.
Pyrrha entered the closest ACP ready to help get her clear of the combat zone. She didn't feel right about using the bombs to act as a barrier, but her soldiers are worth more than the cost of using the damn weapons. Pyrrha sighed as she got as many troops out as she could out of the Signal ruins.
"Hey Jaune, do you think we could win against them? I mean, it took two world wars for it be the same." A militia fighter by the name of Iona asked. She looked to be about fifteen years old and was too short to carry a weapon.
"Let's just get back to base." Jaune rubbed his eyes. Be safe Pyrrha.
Well, there we have it for Crocea Conquers. As this story is starting, I just want to say that I played a lot of Command and Conquer recently and I got in the mood to make this story. It's fighting for control over Remnant. The Global Defense Initiative versus the Brotherhood of Nod, as I'll do my best to make this enjoyable. Thank you for reading and to please review.