Well, I've been gone for a while, and I know most of you have quit reading this. It's my fault that I got busy and quit updating. I blame only myself and request that you all give this a chance again. Please just give me a sign that you guys are still interested in it. Thank you for reading.
Jaq quietly walked into the bar near the railway station, a few days ago he'd received a letter from Luc saying they needed to meet. The bar was dark and empty as he used a key to get in. He spotted Luc and a strange man at a table and eased in with them.
"Hello my old friend, how are things at the shop?" Luc asked him with a smile that failed to hide his nerves.
'They're good, now tell me Luc, what's the problem, who is this?" He asked as he pointed to the man next to Luc. He hadn't come here this late to make small talk.
"Ah, straight to business as always my friend. This is Franz Hopper, a german scientist who is looking to change sides." He said, all seriousness now. Franz jumped in.
"Please, you have to help me, they're forcing me to work for them on there projects. I can't stay away for long without them coming after me and I can't escape. They-They have my daughter." He said softly as he ran a hand through his hair. Jaq looked thoughtful for a second, then sighed.
"Do you realise what it would take to get you and your daughter out of the Nazi's hands. Much less what it'd take to get you out of the country to England." Jaq told them, he wanted to help, but he didn't know if the resistance had enough man power for such a feat. "We don't even have a way to get the allies attention to get a special plane over here." he told them.
Franz perked up and smiled, "You may not, but I have heard rumors that the allies have agents, spies, in the country." He told Jaq. Jaq smiled, a small twinkle in his eye as the plan formed in his head. He held his hand out to the german man.
"My good sir, I think we may have a shot at doing this." He said with a chuckle as he gave them each a cigarette. "Now Luc, break out your finest Brandy, I propose a toast. Here's to beating the german parasites." He said with a laugh.
Jeremie walked down into the resistance HQ, things had been busy lately, men and women came and went with supplies and notes, some even had weapons. Jeremie ran to the printer room where Jaq was and gathered with his friends. "Jaq, what is going on? Is something wrong!?" he asked quickly.
"No my young friend, nothing is wrong. In fact, everything is better. You see, due to some new 'developments', the resistance is going to start causing a little more trouble for the Bosch. You're just in time, I have a job for you and your friends." He said as he walked over to a map and pointed out a marked area. "This is one of the largest german fuel depots in the entire city, it supplies the german armored units with the fuel they need to move. Tonight, we're going to blow it up." Jaq said happily.
"Woah, no way!" Odd said in excitement as he jumped around. "Wait, how are we going to get in to blow it up? That place is full of germans!" He asked.
Jaq chuckled, "You aren't. I'll be leading the raid into the depot tonight. I need you four, along with a few others, to cause a diversion. Here, a block away, a large german convoy is going to roll through. Make the firefight nice and loud so it'll draw away most of the garrison at the fuel depot. You'll have two other groups with you, one is ten men strong, and the other is eight. I'll be strengthening you four up as well." Jaq said as he motion for someone to come in.
They all turned and looked in surprise. "Sissy? Are you coming with us?" Odd asked her as he got up.
The girl nodded and looked Odd in the eye, she had a new weapon in her hands. "Yes, I am Odd. I asked Jaq if I could. Nick and Herve are joining the other groups, is there a problem?" She said in an overly sweet voice.
Odd looked fearfully at her, then smiled, "Just be careful." She smiled and nodded back as she joined them
"I've given her a new weapon. Sissy has a new toy from Britain, the Sten Gun. Yumi, I have something new for you as well." Jaq said as he tossed Yumi a scoped Kar 98. "It's a sniper rifle, come with me later and I'll teach you how to use it." He said as he picked up a satchel and handed it to Jeremie. Jeremie opened it to see it full of land mines and small explosives.
"Be careful with that, place one of the mines at the end of the T-street where the first vehicle will reach you. Plant the explosives on anything near the road, the convoy is destined to pass through at eleven, so set them to go off a minute or two later. Just twist this handle and pull it to set the explosive." Jaq told them. "I want you seven to wait on the roof of this old factory, it's abandoned so it should be empty and give you a good field of fire. The others know where to go and will be in place. I want you all to be careful, you'll be facing roughly two platoons of Germans with support, hold out until you hear the explosions, then run for the sewers." Jaq told them as he stood up.
"We will Jaq." Ulrich said as they all stood. Yumi followed Jaq away as Odd went and talked to Sissy about what to do. Jeremie walked with Ulrich down the hall.
"I feel like we need something more for this firefight, what about those grenades?" Jeremie offered as they stopped outside of the armory.
"Those could work, but we aren't that good with them yet, what about a new weapon? Jaq clearly wants us ready to fight." Ulirch offered, Jeremie mulled it over and nodded as they walked into the armory.
They looked around until Jeremie opened a crate, "Hey, what about these?" He asked Ulirich as he hefted a British Bren gun. "It's called the Bren LMG, it's a machine gun, that'll help right?" He asked.
Ulrich walked over and hefted the large weapon, "It's a little heavy, but I can handle it." He said as he loaded it, he looked around and grabbed some leather strips and attached them to the weapon, allowing his shoulder to take the weight when he fired. "Better." He said with content.
They dug around until Ulrich opened a crate, "Oh, these will help." He said as he pulled out a stick with a large oval shaped object on it.
"What is it?" Jereme asked as he looked the device over
"It's a Panzerfaust or 'tank fist'. A german disposable anti tank weapon, I saw a few soldiers demonstrate them before I moved here. They're deadly to tanks, but you have to get close to be effective." He warned as he handed one to Jeremie and kept one for himself.
"I think we're ready." Ulrich said. Jeremie nodded, "Yeah, lets go meet the others, it'll take a while to move through the sewers to the ambush site." he said as they went to find the others.
Odd and Jeremie ran from the sewer cover into the empty street as the rest of the groups ran to their positions. The darkness of the night shrouding them. Odd pulled out one of the mines and set it down with some loose cobblestones in the narrow road as Jeremie ran over to a car and put an explosive charge under it's gas tank. He set it to go off a minute after the convoy arrived. He handed Odd half of the charges and set his last two on the road back away from the mine. The two of them took off and joined the rest of the group in the old factories second floor.
"Get ready." Jeremie told them. Odd nodded and Ulrich readied the Bren gun as Yumi looked down her rifles scope. The other three were nervous but ready. He could see the other units down the road on the rooftops and in the alleyways lining the road. They were looking directly down the road as the sound of engines could be heard in the distance. A halftrack turned the corner first, followed by a string of trucks and smaller vehicles. Jeremie gasped at the monster that rounded the corner next though. A german tank was bringing up the convoy, a Panzer with it's gun pointed down the street, showing off the german presence in the city.
"What the hell, Jaq didn't tell us there'd be a tank with this convoy!" Odd said in a panic. "We've got to get out of here, we can't fight that!" He said.
"Calm down Odd!" Jeremie told him. "Do you still have your Panzerfaust Ulrich?" He asked as he set his own down beside him.
"Yeah, just tell me when." Ulrich said as he did the same before going back to his Bren.
The halftrack rolled forward, slowing for the turn. "Get ready!" Jeremie said as it approached the land mine. An explosion of fire and noise pierced the tranquility of the night, the halftrack, now engulfed in flames and with it's driver dead, skidded to a halt. It's front wheels had been blown off, but the tracks continued to roll and push it forward. The halftrack twisted sideways and rolled over, blocking the road and crushing the men inside as it burned.
"Fire!" Jeremie yelled as they all started shooting. He fired and hit the driver of the first truck as he started getting out. Ulrich let loose with the Bren gun, firing at the groups of soldiers that poured from the trucks as Yumi took shots at the stragglers and lone soldiers with her scoped rifle, she missed until the range came to her and she started downing a few. The rest started pinning down any of the germans that made it to cover. Jeremie watched as fire poured down from the rooftops and from the street as the firefight broke out properly, then, the explosives went off.
Multiple explosions ripped down the street. The one Jeremie had placed on the car went off next to a truck. It engulfed the truck and infantry around it in flame, and sent chunks of men and machine into the air. The germans were in complete confusion, then Jeremie noticed the tank rolling forward. Three resistance soldiers ran out into the street to flank the soldiers. The tank turned and fired it's cannon, vaporizing them with the explosion.
Ulrich grabbed Jeremie and they picked up the anti tank weapons, "Cover us guys, we gotta stop that thing!" he said as the ran downstairs. Odd grabbed Ulrichs gun and started shooting it as Yumi turned.
"Where are you going!?" She yelled, but it was too late, they were gone. Ulrich and Jeremie ran up to the burnt husk of the halftrack as the tank fired at a group nearby. They crouched down and Ulrich readied his Panzerfaust as the tank advanced.
"We've got to get around to it's side!" Ulrich said as the tank fired at the factory, hitting near the bottom and away from their friends. The two broke cover and ran down an alleyway as the tanks machine-gun fired at them. They came to the edge of a building and jumped out, only to come face to face with it's cannon aimed right at them.
Jeremie looked over at Ulrich who had a look of terror on his face, then back at the cold steel of the german monster. "Oh God" was all he could manage as the world exploded around him and everything went black.