Specialist Jonathan Cooper: 22 years old, Sniper class, Seraph Team, Level 85
Sergeant Linda Cooper: 26 years old, Fire Poison Mage class Reaper Team, Level 87
Lance Corporal Wayne Freeman: 24 years old, Dragon Knight class Seraph Team, Level 81
Corporal Jay Johnson: 25 years old, Outlaw class Seraph Team Level 86
Staff Sergeant Anna Lindenberg: 25 years old Blade Blade Lord class Seraph Team leader Level 89
Lance Corporal Marshall Jacobson: 21 years old Hermit class Seraph Team Level 79
The Resistance has faltered, the Black Mage and his armies, the Legion have been revived at their full capacity. The main continent, Victoria Island has been conquered within the first week of his revival. The Guardians (The Maple Army) have been left in tatters by the Legion's unrelenting assault on multiple fronts. All survivors have been evacuated to the outlying islands, On Ossyria, The Job Instructors, the leaders of the Guardians have finished planning OPERATION:ACE OF SPADES, the first wave of the invasion to take back their homeland.
"Night Walker operators have reported sights of Legion battlements and fortifications all along Victoria Island," Eckhart reported pointing to the locations on a map specifically.
"We can't turn back now, months of planning gone to naught" Dance's with Balrog responded.
"We can't let the Black Mage have free reign over Victoria Island either," the Dark Lord added
"Agreed, scramble the Aeolus Transports so graciously provided to us by the Resistance, initiate Ace of Spades" Grendel the Old concluded.
I was beyond nervous, gripping my Maple Nishada until my knuckles turned white. My older sister, Linda noticed my anxiety.
"John, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just nerves"
"It's the invasion, isn't it?"
"Of course"
"Don't worry about it, you and me both have trained for months for this." she chided as she got into her transport. I went to mine, Wayne, Anna, Jay and Marshall were already there waiting for me.
"Well, well look who finally decided to man up and join us" Wayne retorted.
"What, you scared of some Legion sons a' bitches?" Marshall added.
"Hey stop bullying the poor kid, he's our newest member and we don't want him emotionally disturbed, like last time" Anna hissed and shot Wayne a lethal glare.
"Don't worry they're always this annoying" Jay informed
"I heard that" Marshall said
"'Course you did" Jay responded as he took a seat on the transport. The rest of the team and I followed suit.
The flight was uneventful until we caught sight of Victoria Island, our home, well what used to be our home. The forests were charred and the fields were replaced by soot, buildings were ruined and the beaches were black. The ocean below us boiled and stank of sulfur, and the sky was blood red.
" Move up, off the transport, go, go, go!" Anna yelled. We had caught the Legion completely by surprise, their bunkers were not manned. I caught a Legion Page square in the chest, with a gurgle he fell, dead. The other transports just touched down on the black beach. Linda's transport just touching, the beachhead was calm, and I let my guard down Linda waved to me, in mid-wave an arrow lodged itself in her stomach.
I just noticed the glimmer of the bow and fired at the bowman, dropping him without looking. Too slow, Linda fell to her knees blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, and collapsed on the black sand. Anna and the others were already further up on the beach. I started crying, Linda had been like a mother when our parents died.
"I thought you said we were gonna make it" wiping tears from my eyes
"It's okay...If I don't make it...promise me...you will...unhh" I nodded tearfully as her eyes glazed over. Jay approached me seeing Linda's body.
"Listen, kid, I feel for you and all but you wanna survive in a war zone you don't mourn, there'll be a time for that" . Jay and I ran back up to meet with the others.
"Took you long enough" Marshall said frighteningly casual as he threw two Ilbies stars into the chest of a crusader and white knight. The Legion had just deployed some advance troops and all teams were already engaging.
"You sir, must be drunk" Wayne retorted at Marshall while running a marksman through with his Omega Spear a assassin was closing in on him.
'Dragon's Roar!' he spun around and injured the assassin to the point of near death before finally running him through.
"Hey that was rude and uncalled for" Jay interrupted reloading one of his Stark Firearms R22 "Infinity" Magnums while unloading the other, killing a infighter. He was knocked off his feet as a page was ready to run him through.
"Heh, desperate times call desperate measures" he loaded a pair of Glace Capsules in one of his Infinities.
"Ice Splitter!" At the last possible second he rolled out from under the page's blade and fired twice, the page buckling and then freezing under impact.
"Stay focused!" Anna yelled, leaping into the air, drawing her Angelic Betrayals and impaling a fighter and a crusader with a crunch.
"Strafe!" I yelled as I put four arrows into a cleric's neck, no normal human being survive such a blow.
"That was a little too easy" Anna said in awe, ordering the rest of us to regroup. Our next objective was the city the Black Wing's rebuilt, Solomon.
"I beg to differ, my friend I think we've just barely scratched the surface" Wayne replied as we approached Solomon.
Specialist Jonathan Cooper: 22 years old, Sniper class, Seraph Team, Level 85 STATUS: ALIVE
Sergeant Linda Cooper: 26 years old, Fire Poison Mage class Reaper Team, Level 87 STATUS:KIA
Lance Corporal Wayne Freeman: 24 years old, Dragon Knight class Seraph Team, Level 81 STATUS: ALIVE
Corporal Jay Johnson: 25 years old, Outlaw class Seraph Team Level 86 STATUS: ALIVE
Staff Sergeant Anna Lindenberg: 25 years old Blade Blade Lord class Seraph Team leader Level 89 STATUS: ALIVE
Lance Corporal Marshall Jacobson: 21 years old Hermit class Seraph Team Level 79 STATUS: ALIVE