A/N Ok, this is special, but here is the next chapter! This was in the works for some time and now it is done. A/N

Chapter 3: Kill the connection with the army

"Ok folks, listen up" Najenda called out, we were all tired and worn out from the 3 days of travel to reach the cold north, and when we finally got here, a snowstorm started. "I know that we are all beaten up and shaking from the cold, but the faster we get this meeting done we can finish here, and get home."

That got all of our attention, and she proceeded, "Sochi and Pops come here" I did as told, and Pops followed suit, getting some curious looks form the soldiers. "Ok boys, this is Pops, a Teigu with unrivalled intelligence, she will help with the battle strategy, any objections?" there was some whispering in the crowd, but no direct contradiction. "Ok, what are we working with," all went silent.

"Did that dog just speak?" the question was from an officer on one of the back most rows. "Yes I did indeed talk, and is that a problem? Now back to business, the enemy have barricaded itself in the city across the river, giving us only one way to approach it, by land that is" Pops summarised. "However," she said as Esdeath entered the tent, "we have the mighty general Esdeath among us, and I have an idea, if the general is up to the challenge," turning to face Esdeath, "are you possibly able to freeze a bridge over the river?" "How dare you doubt the mighty general Esdeath!" that was sir Liver, one of the three, Esdeath's personal army of Teigu users and one of her worshippers. "You misunderstand me, I have no doubt that she will be cable of accomplishing it, just whether she want to do it." The entire tent turned to face the general, which to their surprise smiled when she responded "well Teigu, I accept you challenge, not because I think it would be hard, more just because I think it would be fun, and reduce the casualties." "Glad we agree on that point, let's get started then" Pops concluded, jumping down from the chair that she had crawled up on, and Najenda gave the last words of encouragement.

After that everyone was tasked with packing their personal belongings. For me and Pops that meant nothing. All my personal belongings consist of is a picture of my Nephew, Niece and their mother, my sister. They were the reason I joined the army in the first place.

My niece had an uncommon disease, which required her to get some medicine, made from danger beast blood, but I needed weapons to hunt them, but I didn't have money for weapons. To compensate for that, I joined the army, and used my free time to hunt danger beasts, and bringing the blood to the local doctor, and the medicine home. That continued for a couple years, until my Nephew was old enough to take over the hunting, and I could accept the promotion to colonel, and start to send them money, so that they could purchase the necessary things to hunt the beasts safely.

"All set?" Najenda's voice called me back to the present. Taking a quick look around me, I concluded that everyone was ready. "1. Medic company ready" I confirmed. "Great, Esdeath is about to make her move, all get ready" Riding up to the side of general Esdeath, we took our medic equipment, and got ready to follow in the second wave of the attack.

As the first wave, crossed the ice bridge made by Esdeath's Teigu, I was shocked to see what they did. They weren't fighting the tribes, no, they were massacring them, even the women and children, but I had other things to focus on. Pops had changed to her large form, she called it mega-Pops, and she kept the tribesmen at bay, while I focused on tending to the wounds of the soldiers from the first wave. However, an enemy that Pops didn't notice snuck up on me and pierced his spear through my leather amour, and I collapsed.

Pops quickly turning to me, shoving the tribesman to the side and crushing his head for good measure, and checked my vitals. Luckily the spear had not pierced something vital, and if I got a bandage I would be fine. But the bandage was the problem, I was the first medic on the battle field, and the other was still making their way over the bridge. "Screw it," Pops growled, still in her big form. Slowly, to not worsen the injury, she picked me up and moved towards the medic troops that now finally was done crossing the river, however she never made it that far, as general Esdeath appeared before her. "Now Teigu, where do you think you are going?" she asked, with a smirk on her face.

"I don't have time for this," Pops thought, "but if I know her right she isn't going to let me pass. Carefully lowering her head till Esdeath could see in to Pops mouth, and thereby see the unconscious Sochi laying there. "If he needs treating to his wounds he must wait for the medic team to get over here, or he must be strong enough to make his way over to them himself, that is how it works under my command" Esdeath explained, still smirking. "That is not caring for your soldiers, that is just sorting out the ones that fall quickly" Pops realised, "and that is not a general that I would want to serve under" she concluded. "However, I am not in a position where I can move past her, and escape her, or fight her and win. However, if Sochi didn't get some help soon, he would most likely die. "Well I have to make her focus shift, and then make a run for it," Pops concluded, while placing Sochi down, carefully to not worsen his injuries, and turned to Esdeath, with a look on her face, that was saying: satisfied?

"Good, now get back in the fight!" She shouted, while running back to the frontline. When Esdeath turned a corner, Pops took the chance, and picked up Sochi anew, and started running, not to the medics, but away from the battle, and the unfelling general Esdeath. Pops ran for days, heading straight for the capital, and the only person she thought would help her, the girl named Leone. Pops could smell that she must be living in the slums, by the way she reeked of sweat and dirt. Luckily Pops had imprinted Leone's smell, when she was petting her, but she needed to switch back to her smaller form before she could track her properly. But that all had to wait, first and foremost she had to get in to the capital, without the guards stopping her, and finding the still unconscious Sochi in her mouth.

A/N Hope you liked it, and since no one has noticed it, I'll tell you now. Unless it says different in the intro notes, there is always a game reference in the chapters, and the first to find them gets a cookie! Now get hunting, cause the first cookie is cooling off at a rapid rate (and to get this, you also need the one from the last chapters (chapter 2 exclude)). Slie out! A/N