Enri ran, her younger sister held close. She ran as fast as she could to get away from the knight following just behind her.
"Uh." Her sister had stumbled, bringing her down with her. Horror and fear flashed through her mind concerning what fate awaited the two sisters.
The knight behind her chuckled darkly as he raised his sword. "There is no escape little girl." Rage overcame Enri, and with all her strength she flung herself at the knight.
"Don't underestimate me!" And with all the force a young peasant like her could muster a fist hit the knight in the helmet. Even as pain blossomed through her hand she reached for her sister. They needed to run, just a little bit farther and they could hide in the forest.
"Argh!" The now enraged knight swung his blade in a fit of rage, drawing blood across a long line on the girl's back. Even with the burning sensation in her back, Enri struggled to protect her sister. Shielding her with her body in the hope that she might escape.
As she neared death, her awareness heightened. She was able to hear the ragged breath of the knight behind her, the cries of the villagers in her ransacked home, and a feint droning buzz in the air that sounded much like a large and angry swarm of insects. But what drew her attention the most was the rustling in front of her. As she looked up, fearing another knight, or worse yet a monster, a peculiar creature emerged from the brush.
It should have been a monster, with its single glowing eye and covered in an insect like shell, but many of its features made her think it was so much more. It's two hand like, albeit warped, appendages that were clearly made of metal, and the fact that no matter where her eyes frantically glanced she could not notice any hole for so much as breaking on its plated head and body cast doubt on her opinion. There was no way a creature like that could ever exist.
With a start she returned to her senses, aware of the predicament she was in. She spared a quick glance back at the knight, only to find him completely stupefied by what and emerged from the undergrowth. He and the creature seemed to be in a staring contest, unsure of what to make of the armored beast across from them. Enri, being that much closer, was able to notice as the creatures entire eye seemed to move back and forth quickly as its attention focused solely on the knight, much like a curious child, or a predator preparing to strike.
The standstill came to an end when a second light blinked into existence on the creature's 'face'. Before either could react to this change there was a flash of scarlet heat, passing right over the cowering girls, where it struck the knight with uncanny accuracy through the slit of his helmet. Enri sat there dumbstruck as the knights lifeless body slumped to the ground. She reacted in fear, whipping her head around, only to notice the things attention had now changed to a second knight who had come up behind the group.
This knight tried to run, fear and shock taking control. Yet he did not take a single step to escape before what appeared to be a large man, covered in material not unlike the thing now behind him, was in front of him. The knight had no time to react to this new threat before he was pushed to the ground, and a large, strange, and very obviously dangerous blade appeared. He could let out no more than a gurgle on his own blood, before the blade had pierced through his flesh and into his heart.
A frantic Enri scrambled to get her and her sister away from these threats, only to hear a new set of voices. "Are you alright kid?" A group of three people dressed in the strangest, but obviously purposeful, clothing had appeared next to the thing from before along with another being almost identical to the one who had killed the second knight. With muted interest she observed that they were truly identical with the exception of what looked like numbers and letters on their chest.
"Of course she isn't! She was slashed for Christ sake!" One of the two obviously male individuals said to the female speaker. A gob smacked Enri could not find words to describe her situation before the other male had mysteriously appeared kneeling next the two girls.
"I apologize for my companion's behavior, but you really should let them look at your wound. Is it alright to let them treat you two?" His tone was calm, but laced with the undertone of a dangerous mirth. Even as Nemu buried her head into her sister, Enri had the were with all to nod dumbly.
"All right, fine! You win. Can you get a med kit out? We need to treat the kid."
As the two tended to the young girls, doing strange and awkward things to the two, Enri tried to process the situation reacting to the ones treating her only when addressed. She was vaguely aware of the fact that the creature that she first saw and the second armored one were moving around the corpses, seemingly looking for something, while the first metal one stood stalk still looking toward the village. All of this just added to her confusion, how could a being stand so still yet give off such an aura of danger? How could what appeared to be living creatures that were completely made of metal like materials exist?
It was not very long before the two tending to her were done. After cleaning the wound, they had put an obviously very expensive pure white cloth on it much to her chagrin. Once they were done, the group of strangers started moving off. "Please wait!" Enri cried out. The mysterious one who appeared to be the leader turned to look at her. "Please, I know it is much to ask, but please save our family and village!" She cried out while prostrating.
"We will see what we can do." His enigmatic answer left much for her to wonder.
"Thank you!" She responded. "May we please know the name of our saviors? We wish to properly thank you for all you have done."
"No." His stoic and cold answer shocked Enri. "But you may know the name of where we hail from, for that is much more relevant than a title." Even more questions arise in the mind of the young girl's overtaxed mind. "We are servicemen from the United States of America."