Code Geass: Resist and Bite
Chapter 3: The New Arrival
The appointed Captain Koliodromos and a small handful of soldiers left the summit fortress. Lieutenant Stamos was put in charge of the infantry in her absence. Captain Stephanopoulos went with the infantry's commanding officer being the highest ranking officer of the armored division. Both their replacements were capable soldiers and leaders. They cleaned up behind the lines, and marched to a small village west of Athens to meet their new arrival for the fight ahead. A resistance fighter with quite a history.
The new soldier was waiting in a small house. The village was aiding the resistance against the Britannians. Captain Koliodromos felt this village would be the best place to hide her as the Britannians never bothered to venture there due to it not being an idle threat like major cities such as Athens or Corinth where most of the occupying Britannian forces were stationed. The black tails of the Greek soldiers marching were a welcomed sight. A little girl tugged on Captain Kakos' jacket to get her attention.
"Here, she's here," the little girl said pointing in the direction of the small dwelling. It had been two days since this new recruit arrived in Greece. Even if it was one soldier, it was one more who can help the 'Amazons of Pelion' in their fight against the Northern Britannian Forces. Captain Stephanopoulos and Captain Koliodromos soon followed her.
The handful of female soldiers formed two lines in front of the house in case of enemy attack. The arrival looked younger than Kadri and Iva. Both of the officers were in their twenties while this new soldier just hit eighteen. The Japanese looked up at them as they both took off their officer's caps "Είναι όμορφη, óhi?" Iva remarked, Kadri nodded.
Kadri cleared her throat, "You must be Kallen Kozuki," said Kadri, Kallen tilted her head at them, "you're supposed to stand up and salute your commanding officers, that is why the Black Knights have sent you here," Kallen bolted up and saluted the two Greek captains, "that is better, good," Kadri said as the two captains saluted the new soldiers, "at ease," Kallen did what she was told as instructed by the Black Knights, "now then if you are going to be a soldier here, you better damn well fight like one,"
Kallen was given her uniform. The two officers turned away, and a village woman helped her put it on from behind a shade. The uniform fit Kallen well enough to get the officer's approval in a nod, but Kallen seemed to have a problem with one thing, "You ladies don't expect me to wear this, do you?" Kallen asked. The two officers looked at each other, and put back on their caps and showed their belts and waist sash to honor the Evzones, "you officers where them too?" she added in addition to her question.
"We are soldiers, not models, Private Kozuki," Kadri said as Kallen saluted her new commanding officers and they came out of the house, and the soldiers outside stood to attention on orders from a corporal with rifles shouldered with fixed bayonets. Kallen was used to fighting in the streets or with a Knightmare Frame, this was all new to her.
"These weapons, they are...obsolete," Kallen said in awe at the fact that these brave women were fighting against some of the best soldiers in Britannia's vast armies. Kallen was handed a G36 assault rifle and her gear as she too was now a soldier in the Greek Army, or at least what was left of it. Captain Koliodromos looked back at the private.
"It is not the weapon, but the soldier using it that counts," Kadri said as words of wisdom to the new recruit as she, with Captain Stephanopoulos and her troops, moved out of the village to the summit in the northern country. Private Kozuki seemed to fit in with the other soldiers height wise, but even an experienced fighter like Kallen needs polishing up and training. Day one for Kallen started with marching in full gear weighing close to sixty pounds. The Greek soldiers in line seemed to have no trouble carrying their gear.
Private Kozuki, on the other hand, was struggling and lagging behind the soldiers on the five mile trail leading to the summit. Kallen was used to wearing a suit and piloting a Knightmare Frame, now she was being trained for the infantry. On the trail leading to the summit, Captain Stephanopoulos pointed out to Captain Koliodromos the sight of Private Kozuki stumbling with her gear and carrying her rifle. The sweat from her brow stung her eyes as she fell on the dusty trail after tripping over an exposed tree root.
Captain Koliodromos went up to the struggling soldier, not to give her a hand up but to take her rifle and gear join back in the lead with Captain Kakos and the other soldiers. In the army, respect is not given it is earned. Kallen dipped her head down, and slammed a fist against the ground, "She's not ready," Iva said to her fellow officer and friend.
"True, but like a city, you can't train a soldier to fight in a day," Kadri replied, seeing something in Kallen that makes her special. Neither the two commanding officers nor any of the soldiers waited for her, "she has heart, and I will push her until I see that strength in her," Kadri said to Iva, for the Captain of the Infantry had a plan for Kallen.
It was almost dark when Private Kozuki arrived at the summit where the Greeks were entrenched. The soldiers were preparing dinner,"Ah...Private Kozuki, it is good that you made it," Kadri said to the scowl on Kallen's face, "but it has come to my attention that your work ethic on the trail to the summit has been deemed unsatisfactory that means that you are going to go back down to the village and march in full gear all over again, that is an order," Kadri informed the soldier whom started fuming in anger.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!" Kallen blasted, "the trail from the village to here is five miles long, there is no way in hell I am marching that all over again, no way!" since Kallen was the new recruit, she had to be taught a lesson. The other soldiers murmured amongst each other. Kadri stood up from where she was eating. Captain Koliodromos face looked calm and collected, but her eyes reflected her anger. Captain Koliodromos had her Glock 17 aimed at Kallen's forehead at point-blank range between the eyes.
"I said that...is...an...order, soldier," Captain Koliodromos snapped at Kallen, "and you dare disobey an order from your commanding officer?" Kadri said, her eyes sending a chill down Kallen's spine, and she shook her head nervously 'no', "you are not in the Black Knights anymore, you are a soldier in the Greek Army, and you will listen to me."
"Good...now you are going to march down to the village and back up to the summit in full gear," The Captain ordered, Kallen sighed and saluted her commanding officer. Kadri followed behind Kallen to make sure she marched up the trail, and did not take any shortcuts. Kallen marched down from the summit to the little village in the valley.
"Move that tight little ass, move it soldier!" Kadri barked ahead of Kallen in full gear marching up the trail with full gear on her back and a rifle in hand. Kallen once again was getting tired, "I did not say you can stop, you lazy bitch! Move it!" Kallen cringed and wheezed as Kadri ran down, and kicked Kallen with a steel-toed boot to her butt to make her go faster, "I said MOVE IT!" Kadri yelled behind Kallen. Captain Koliodromos was carrying the same equipment as Kallen, but Kadri is the more experienced soldier.
If there is anyone you should fear as much as your mother it is the commanding officer. Kallen finally completed the combined fifteen miles going back and forth from the village to the summit trenches, "Well done, Private Kozuki...well done," Kadri said to the young soldier, "and if you ever disobey my orders like that again...I will personally have you shot in the head, is that clear?" Kallen nodded a 'yes' and saluted her officer, "good, now go get some rest soldier, you have much more to learn tomorrow,"