And here we go, chapter 2, a slower chapter with not much happening (some chapters will be slow, sorry) and it seems i'm getting a good amount of praise from you guys, and for those people already saying Russia, i have one thing to say... Get up and let's sing the Soviet National Anthem- Just kidding, but i do see the similarities. Now, on with the chapter.
- Wilson House - Whitefield City - 10 AM - Two days after The Valley Incident -
Ash sat in at the dining room table, outside he could hear as jeeps, trucks and half tracks passed by the front of the house, then heard the door open and close. Beside him were his step brother and step sister, both as silent as he was, if not more.
They listened to the slow foot steps followed by the jingle of spurs, then watched as he entered. His long white hair was in a pony tail, his scarf was wrapped lazily around his neck and his coat was in one arm. The man walked up to them as they stood up and saluted as he spoke in a low, serious tone "Kids..."
They kept the salute until he chuckled and opened his arms, then all three of them hugged the old bastard. The old man hugged all three of them as he said in an amused tone "Calm down, y'all are gonna knock this old man down."
They backed off and smiled as they watched their adoptive father take a seat and asked "We having breakfast or not?" Ash and his sister hurried into the kitchen and brought plates of fried eggs, bacon, and toast. The oldest sibling, Thomas Wilson, sat in front of his father and asked "How was the mission?"
The father frowned and simply told his son "I just got home, can't we enjoy an hour or two without worrying about our jobs?" Thomas kept a bored expression, causing the old man the groan and yell "Kira! What do I tell you three about when I'm not in the mood to talk about work?!"
The second oldest, Kira Wilson, peeked out the kitchen and yelled at Thomas "If you wanna bug me about it, go sleep in the snow!" Thomas now gave a defeated sigh as their father yelled "Thanks sweetie!"
Once everything was set did the others join them, Kira to their father's left and Ash to his right. The moment was quiet, only the sound of utensils chattering against the plate and sipping of coffee could be heard.
Eventually the silence was broken by Kira as she asked "Soooo how was the land you went to?" The father chuckled and simply said "Boring, to put it blunt, nothing ever happens."
Kira chuckled and insisted "Come on, it couldn't-" the father cut it and spoke smugly "They haven't invented tanks." Kira blinked, then snapped her fork in two, causing her to take a deep breath, then speak in a forced calm tone "I.. It's alright, they must still be behind on technology-"
The father cut in again "Actually their tech is more advanced than ours..." Kira shattered her coffee mug in her hand as Ash and Thomas took cover in the kitchen and their father simply grabbed the news paper, opened it up and counted down "3...2...1..." Kira flipped the table and stomped out the room.
The guys peeked out the kitchen as their father, now covered in his own coffee, folded his paper and said in a laid back tone "Well, at least there was less destruction than last time." Thomas sighed in relief and spoke up "I'll clean it up.."
Their father got up, entered the kitchen and washed his face as he asked "Ash?" Ash looked at him and asked "Yes?" and watched as his father smiled and simply said "Heard you finally fought your first battle, and a major battle at that."
Ash went silent, remembering as he simply hid behind a log and muttered "Y.. Yeah... Fought.." Thomas passed by them with a mop and bucket in one hand, and a broom in the other, all the while their father patted Ash's back and told him "Go to my office, i got something for you.."
Ash nodded and headed up to his office, the small room was littered with boxes full of old files, photos and paintings. Ash looked at the name tag on his Father's Jacket " General Nikita Wilson" and smiled a bit before he entered.
Nikita walked over to the closet in his office and spoke in a warm and pleasant tone "I promised your real dad... That when you finally fought your first fight-" He pulled out a coat hangar with a black leather cover protecting its contents and finished "-that i would give you this.."
Ash watched as he unzipped the bag and revealed a dark green solider uniform with a black skin tight undershirt, and black leather ammo packs with it's respective webbing. Nikita smiled as he simply told Ash "This belonged to him... You would be honoring him by accepting it."
Ash nodded as he carefully pulled the uniform out, placing it gently over the table then examined it some more. Unlike the standard uniform, this one was customized with stitched-in knee and elbow pads and had blackened metal arm bands.
However one of them had the symbol of a plane inside a circle with the tail and wings making a "Peace" sign. Nikita chuckled and informed him "That was your mother... She used to fly with the legendary Screaming Eagles.. She believed that peace is what one makes of their life, and is fine with it once they pass on.."
Nikita smiled and watched as Ash held the uniform close, embracing the only thing his parents ever left him. The moment was interrupted by Nikita putting his hand on Ash's shoulder and confessing "I adopted the three of you because i knew all your parents... I'm the last one of that generation left... Don't ruin your parents memory..."
Ash looked at Nikita and nodded, then got up and headed to his room and got dressed in his Father's uniform. He felt a strange sense of deja-vu when putting it on, sliding his arms through the sleeves, legs through his pants, it just felt like he had put this uniform on before.
Eventually he was dressed then looked at the mirror, the black shirt's neck reached passed his Adam's Apple, but it did feel nice and warm, the dark, worn out green uniform had a few patches here and there, the sleeves only reached his forearms, and it didn't have any camouflage advantages, but still had a sleek look. Overall, it was a good set of clothes he could use.
Ash stepped out his room and bumped into Kira, finding her smirking and saying teasingly "Call the fire fighters, cause that looks hot~" Ash rolled his eyes and muttered "Please, don't tell me you watched me change... again..."
She stood up straight, towering over him and asked "And what if i was? What are you gonna do about it?" Ash growled and punched her in her abdomen, just making Kira chuckle as she didn't move an inch and returned the punch, knocking the air out of him.
Thomas watched and sighed as Ash fell to one knee and coughed and Kira chuckled and spoke mockingly "You almost got me to feel that, better luck next time~" Ash growled and got back up, then left the house, heading to the half-track and wait for the others.
- Whitefield Military HQ - Bored Room - 11:40 AM -
Nikita and his kids entered the bored room after a moderately long drive through the snowy streets of Whitefield City. The room, or hall, was filled with other Generals, CO's, captains and advisers, and in the wall was their crest, the silhouette of a mountain on a pure white banner.
Nikita and his family took a seat at their designated spot and watched as the others all took their seat, men and women in different uniforms ranging from white camouflage, engineering overalls, and pilot jackets.
Ash looked around as some of the older members looked at him and whispered to themselves. He swallowed and watched as men in knight armor escorted a man to the very front of the room, where everyone could see him. The man in question was old, roughly in his 60's, wore a black general suit with a red tie and white undershirt.
Everyone got up and saluted the old man as he shook his hand lazily and spoke in a dry tone "I am First General of The Army Khrushchev, and I welcome all of you back to our sacred city... Now, we have a lot to discuss my fellow troops..."
Nikita set his coat on his chair and walked up to their General along with a dozen other men and women. General Khrushchev cleared his throat and continued "We have been successful up to now in our millennia old campaign against the Dusters of the North... But I regret to inform you all that they are currently scheming against us.. General Nikita, head of our Espionage program.. if you may.."
Nikita bowed his head to the old man and pointed at the woman in the back of the room by the projector. The lights dimmed as the projector showed a graph of the enemy's Dust production and usage, then he explained "This chart shows us the production of Dust that our enemy produced last year and how much they consumed.."
The graph showed that they made roughly 35 hundred kilos of Dust per month and used roughly 29 hundred, the men nodded and watched as the chart changed and Nikita explained "The following chart shows the production and consumption of Dust of this year..." This time the chart showed that they produced 38 hundred kilos of Dust, and were consuming 79 hundred kilos per month. The room erupted into a wall of jumbled blasphemy and questions that no one could understand.
Nikita pulled out his revolver and fired at the ceiling, getting the attention of everyone along with silencing them. Nikita cleared his throat and continued as the projector now showed a photo of Roman Torchwick and a massive amount of airships "Now... We have discovered where the enemy has been getting their Dust from... A criminal of 4Kingdoms named Roman Torchwick.."
The men stared at the photo hatefully, then one lieutenant asked "So how will we eliminate him?!"
The entire room gave an approving wave of comments and listened to Nikita explain in a gentle and careful tone "I was sent a month ago to search for this sorry son of a bitch... I encountered him two days ago, sadly, my assassination attempt was foiled by local law enforcement of both official and non-official origins.."
Groans and swearing could be heard as Nikita continued "I must also inform that the nation i went to has no clue about this illegal supply line between them and our enemy... My suggestion.." Everyone stared at him as the lights turned back on, and listened to him simply say "That we contact them and find a solution to this."
The reaction was a negative one, men and women all yelling "They are enemies!" and "We must invade!" Nikita glared at them and yelled "SILENCE!" Causing everyone present to go dead silent and listen to him explain "We can't fight on two fronts... They may not be military like us... But they are trained for combat. And we simply don't have the resources to fight the entire world while we are fighting the Dusters to the North.." There were nods here and there along with murmurs as Nikita simply bowed his head to General Khrushchev as he let him take center stage.
General Khrushchev sighed and spoke in a serious, yet welcoming tone "Now, Nikita is right... We are in no condition to fight at the moment.. We must vote on this here and now! Everyone in favor of ignoring 4Kingdoms, please raise your hand.." There was a fairly large group, easily 35% of the entire room voted this.
"Now those in favor of contacting 4Kingdoms... And finding a solution to this problem.." Everyone else raised their arm, dwarfing the first group by a substantial amount, and making Nikita smirk and watch as some men swore to god.
General Khrushchev raised both hand to his men and continued "Calm down, this was gonna happen eventually ladies and gentlemen... Now, Nikita, I need you to establish a communication line with 4Kingdoms. Admirals Lola Den and Isaac Hopkins, i want as many of our back up vessels searching the eastern ocean. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air force Williams, i want you to prepare an offensive on the enemy's in-land supply lines, starve them, use the frozen lakes as airfields if necessary!"
Everyone nodded and saluted before going back to their seats, as General Khrushchev finished "We have a large task ahead of us my fellow comrades, but remember why we do this.. For our families.. Friends.. Loved ones.. Now.. We are the Legion Of Valiant Emissaries... We fight, not with hatred... But with love.. A love for life and freedom that no one! No one will take away from us.. You are all dismissed.."
Everyone got up, gave a formal salute then marched out the bored room. The phone room was filled with generals, admirals and many other high ranking men and women sending word out to their respective region and front.
Outside Nikita and his two sons shivered as Kira pulled up in front of them in her Half track and asked them in a smug tome "Hello gentlemen, need a lift?" Thomas face palmed as Ash entered the front and Nikita and Thomas got in the back.
Afterwards Kira drove them through the city and asked to the back "Where to Dad?" Nikita replied with "The Air Field outside the city, we are gonna get a plane to the southern bay.." Kira nodded then closed the small hatch and eyed the road, tanks, artillery and heavy troops transports filled the streets while soldiers kept peace over the civilians.
Kira sighed as she kept driving, causing a certain younger brother to ask "What's wrong?" She shrugged and simply replied with "Nothing.. Just worried i guess.." Ash raised a brow and asked "Worried about what? What could possibly worry the greatest Engineer on the face of the planet?"
Kira chuckled and admitted in a low tone "Well... The whole plan.. If we open up our borders to those guys to the east... They might try and change our society.. Our way of life.. " Ash could see it in her eyes, genuine worry.
He gave her a stupid grin and simply told her "Ha! As if they can change this crowd. If they want to do that, then they have one hell of a fight coming." Kira gave him an amused chuckle and asked "Since when do you try to make me feel well?"
Ash gave it some thought and replied "Always, i guess.. I mean, I've always been trying to help others, so why stop now?" Kira rolled her eyes and didn't continue the conversation, last thing she wanted was to ruin her brother's sense of morality.
In roughly a half an hour they were at the airbase, were they saw pilots and troops rushing to get on their planes and helicopters. Nikita hurried into the offices and asked "What's going on? Why are the troops being deployed?" One of the many women running with files quickly informed him in a rushed tone "The north is attacking High Plateau, gotta hurry!"
Nikita hurried back to the kids and told them "Kira, you and the boys are going to help the troops, High Plateau is under siege." All three of them got out and saluted, earning themselves a Salute from Nikita and a solemn "Please come back in one piece you guys."
They nodded and hurried into the armory and barracks, Ash grabbed an FN-FAL, A double barrel Shotgun, and Dragunov. Extra cases of ammo, three .45 M1911's with extra clips and enough grenades to send a bunker to space. Thomas joined with the CO's and was briefed on the plan of assault, while Kira was getting dressed in a pilot's uniform. All three met up on the last JU-52's as the paratroopers boarded it, with Thomas stating "The mission is simple, fly behind enemy lines and sever their support and have the bombers do the rest, once they retreat, we deal with the remaining enemy troops."
Kira gave a thumbs up as she got in and hurried into the Pilot's seat, while Thomas and Ash both took their seats along the other troops. After a brief refuel did the control tower order "JU-52, you are clear for take off on runway 22 L, kick some ass for us, over."
Kira chuckled and replied "JU-52 here, roger that, will bring back souvenirs, over and out." and took off the runway, flying away from the city and north to the plateau.
Five minutes into the flight did the men start to look a bit jumpy, most were new recruits with only five or eight guys being special forces. Ash looked at them, their scared face and and shivering limbs then pulled out his servicemen's testament, searched for the prayer and spoke out loud "Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle."
The troops looked at Ash for a moment before joining in as he continued "Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls..." Ash closed the small book and finished in a serious tone "...Amen"
- Rose/Long House - 3 PM -
Yang watched as Ruby hurried to pack her bags and asked "Need help with that?" Ruby fell back out of her closet as a literal mountain of clothing fell on her, with a muffled "Please.." being all Yang could hear.
Yang chuckled and helped Ruby out as her younger sister asked "How long do we have before we gotta go?" Yang replied with "One week, so no need to rush." Ruby nodded as both got packing for their future at Beacon.
A/N:Science for the win. If you made it this far, i hope you enjoyed, and for those asking for more explained, don't worry, alot will be explained in the following two (maybe three) chapters, along with the introduction of our antagonist. If you wanna discuss anything just ask.
Hope you guys have a good day (and weekend) Review and all that technical stuff.
P.S. Nobody noticed the Metal Gear Solid Reference?
