Chapter 1: The Assault On Caledfwlch Techniques


Sergeant Major Vice Granscenic was extremely bored.

He has been assigned to the security forces that were guarding the Mid-Childa plant belonging to Caledfwlch Techniques which was one of the biggest defense contractors for the TSAB military. The Mid-Childa plant was the main producers of the CW-AEC02X Strike Cannon, the CW-AEC00X Fortress armor system, and other advanced magically driven weaponry. Due to concerns over terrorist attacks or hostile takeovers, the TSAB has assigned the 5th and 6th platoons of the 108th Battalion of the TSAB Military to protect the facility. The TSAB and the Caledfwlch's Security forces were always on high alert for any imminent threats. However, the last couple months were very quiet and weapons production continued unabated.

"It has been too quiet here and that bothers me." Vice thought as he went out of the barracks on the northwestern part of the facility to take a little cigarette break. He stopped for a moment to take out an electronic cigarette from his leather jacket's upper right pocket. He then took out his "cigarette pack" and tapped it on his knee and opened it, revealing a "cigarette". He was about to lift up the electronic cigarette to his mouth when he noticed something very unusual on the southwestern part of the base. There were a whole bunch of mysterious shadows moving towards the southwestern armory which held Caledfwlch's stock pile of magical cartridges. He knew that those shadows weren't supposed to be there and he was not about to take any chances. He instinctively grabbed Storm Raider which was currently is its inactive from which took the form of Vice's dog tags.

"Get ready for combat, Storm Raider." Vice said as he rushed towards the northwestern guard tower which was nearby the barracks.

"I am ready to go, Master." Strom Raider's feminine voice said as Vice's dog-tags started glowing. Storm Raider then started the transition from dog-tag to sniper rifle mode. Storm Raider finished changing to sniper rifle form just as Vice reached the top of the guard tower. Vice now had the perfect vantage point where he could see the whole entire complex. Vice then shouldered Storm Raider's metallic stock onto his shoulder and look through the scope. Storm Raider's scope automatically zoomed into the four shadows on the southeastern part of the complex and Vice could make out that they were indeed people. Vice also could make out that these people were armed with some form of magically-driven equipment and that they were like twenty of them. He then realized that these mysterious people weren't there just to explore the facility; they were here to cause as much damage as possible and they mean business. Storm Raider then beeped repeatedly trying to get his attention.

"What rounds do you want to use, Master?" Storm Raider's feminine asked, finally getting Vice's attention.

"Stun rounds, Storm Raider." Vice answered as he jammed a magazine into Storm Raider's magazine well.

"Magazine loaded. Loading Stun cartridges," Storm Raider reported as her chamber slide slid back ejecting the empty cartridges.

With the stun cartridges loaded, Vice looked through the scope and took aim at one of the armed assailants. Storm Raider's scope automatically zoomed in on Vice's target and outlined the target's head with a red box.

Vice lightly put his finger on the trigger and started gently pulling the trigger with the tip of his fingertip. He then started taking a deep breath to calm down his heart rate. He was about to pull the trigger when an explosion rocked the complex causing Vice to lose sight of his target.

"What the hell just happened, Storm Raider?" Vice yelled as he tried to reacquire his target.

"An explosion had just occurred at the motor vehicle armory." Storm Raider reported.

"This is not good." Vice thought as he assessed the situation.

The alarms all over the facility were blaring and the intercom was sending out messages for the whole facility.

"To all available security and TSAB personnel, we are under attack."

"I repeat; we are under attack. This is not a drill. This is not a drill."

"All fire suppression crews must concentrate on extinguishing the fire at the motor vehicle armory."

The facility was then abuzz with activity. All available firefighting personnel scrambled to the motor pool armory. The men pulled out as many hoses as possible and started to douse the fire with carbon foam. Meanwhile, the security forces and TSAB personnel had engaged the mysterious enemy force and a heavy firefight ensued. The enemy force was very well armed compared to the security forces and casualties were stacking up. To make matters even worst, another group of enemy combatants had flanked the TSAB/Security forces. Now, the TSAB/Security forces were totally surrounded. The battle looked hopeless for the TSAB/Security forces unless they could get reinforcements quick.

~XXXXXXXXXXX~

Captain Hayate Yagami, commander of Special Duty Section 6, was at her desk finishing up a pile of paperwork. The brown haired 29 year old was tired. She had just finished a grueling set of meetings with the various officers from the Air Force and the Navy. Besides that, she was also part of the TSAB recruitment unit whom was going over potential recruits for various TSAB military posts. She was suffering from a headache and wanted a break from the action. She took her mind of her task and started daydreaming. She had barely daydreamed about going on a long vacation on Earth to catch up with friends when a loud knock interrupted her chain of thought.

"Who is it?" Hayate asked as rubbed her temples.

"It's me, Fate." The blonde said as she opened the door.

"Come on in." Hayate said as she got up from her chair to get a cup of coffee.

"We got a situation here, Captain." Fate said calmly as her friend/commander was drinking her coffee.

"Brief me on the situation, Fate-chan." Hayate said as she put her cup of coffee down on her desk with a determined look on her face.

"The Caledfwlch Techniques plant on Mid-Childa is under attack by an unknown enemy force." Fate reported.

"They apparently have the combined TSAB/Security forces totally surrounded." Fate added.

Hayate's face looked grim as she heard the news. She knew that if the battle dragged on, the amount of casualties both civilian and military would rise. As commander of the Special Duty Section 6, she could not allow that to happen.

"Thank you for the briefing, Fate-chan." Hayate said as she sat down on her desk.

"What is your plan of action, Captain?" Fate asked calmly

"SDS6 is going to deploy and reinforce all remaining Security forces at the facility." Hayate said calmly.

"How many members of SDS6 are here at HQ?" she asked while looking into Fate's eyes.

"Everyone is here except for Nanoha-chan." Fate answered calmly.

Hayate wasn't surprised with Fate's answer because she knew Nanoha very well where Nanoha had went. Nanoha had left earlier in the day to be at her daughter, Vivio's, college graduation. Nanoha's devotion to her daughter was intense and Hayate knew that. Hayate personally didn't want to interrupt Nanoha and Vivio's celebration and also didn't want to interrupt their mother and daughter bonding time but she had no choice in the matter. The situation was getting worst by the minute and she needed all members of SDS6 to assist in countering the threat.

"Fate-chan, get everyone on base and brief them on the current situation." Hayate commanded

"Yes, Maam." Fate said as she saluted her friend and walked out the door.

"I bet Nanoha and Vivio will be very pissed at me for what I am about to do." Hayate thought to herself as she brought up the communication screen to call Nanoha. She then punched in Nanoha's home number and waited for a response.

All Hayate could do now was to hope and pray that Nanoha is at home because many peoples' lives are on the line.


A/N: I hope that you like this chapter. As always leave a review or a critique as I am continually trying to make my fanfiction better. Thank you for your time and your comments/critiques.