==================Chapter 6==============================
Mio walks around knocking on the girls doors.
"Everyone wake up it's time to go!"
Yoshika walks out still holding her pillow.
"Can't we rest just a little longer?"
The rest of the girls start to stumble out of their rooms.
"Wow you really do need training."
Trudy yawns.
"Mio it's three in the morning we just went to sleep to we really have to go?"
"No it's better if we go tired now get dressed and meet up in the hangar."
After thirty minutes they meet in the hangar and get in their strikers.
"Ok everyone stay awake and follow me."
Minna starts to fly out of the hangar and the others follow.
"We're almost there stay awake."
They arrive at a small hut.
Erica looks confused.
"We're all going to live in there?"
"No this is just for us to store our strikers while we're here. We're going to live out there."
She motions towards the forest.
Lucchini's spirit drops.
"Live out in the forest? In this weather? With the little clothes we have?"
"We know how to make fires so we should be ok. Take the knives on the shelf we might need them."
Everyone grabs a knife and they head into the forest.
"I've relived countless wars these past few days. I feel no different though, what was the purpose of all this?"
He looks into the sky to see a trail of smoke.
"I don't remember setting a fire in that direction."
He runs over to check it out.
"Hopefully it's someone with news about what's going on."
He stops and hides behind a tree look around it to see a group of eleven girls sitting around a fire eating deer. He climbs into the tree and listens to their conversation.
Lucchini looks around at the trees.
"What do you think is out there?"
"Probably wolves and more deer."
"Think any people might be out there."
Shirley sneaks up behind her to scare her.
"You mean like me?"
She grabs her shoulders and Lucchini jumps near the fire.
"Don't do that Shirley! I only have one change of pants!"
Shirley laughs uncontrollably and Minna tries to scold her.
In the tree he stares at Minna. And thinks to himself.
"They're here? Heh wow this brings back memories. Oh shit….."
Shadows start to run into a barricade in front of him.
"Janos you and Trudy flank them from the right me and Erica will provide cover fire."
"Yes ma'am!"
Two shadows run to the right and then open fire on a group in front of them who fall almost instantly.
"Job well done squad let's get back to base."
Forgetting he's in the tree he tries to step forward only to fall face first into the snow.
"Dammit…."
He looks up to see Mio has drawn her sword and the other girls are staring at him. She walks cautiously toward him.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
He gets up and brushes himself off.
"I live in this forest why are you here?"
"We're here under official military order so I'm going to ask you to leave the area."
"Military? Ha! Why don't you just get the hell off my land.
"Heh you're an arrogant bastard aren't you. One last chance leave."
He draws his sword.
"Let's do this then."
She quickly swings at him but he dodges it by moving behind her and kicking her into a tree.
"You have enough speed to fight with a sword but you lack basic instinct your mind is to slow."
She gets up and he kicks her again.
"You're a soldier? Well prove it!"
He lifts her up by the collar and pins her against the tree. Erica and Trudy try to rush and tackle him but he jumps out of the way and they hit Mio. Minna pulls out her pistol and points it at him, He stands there staring at her.
"Hand's in the air now."
There's a moment of silence and then he raises his hands. Erica pulls his sword out of his hands and Trudy pins him to the ground. She pulls his hood off and suddenly releases him shocked at what she sees.