All Your Town Is Belong To Us Part 1
The citizens of Italica had lost almost all their hope after the third bandit assault and the the death of the only competent general left in the town. Without a good leader it was only matter of time until the outlaws took over took control over Italica.
However, when a pegasus knights arrived at the town and communiqued the existence of a knight order making their way to support them. The remaining soldiers recover some of their will to fight... which decreased a little when they saw what kind of knights were. The most were women, daugthers of nobles actually. Even though it was a moral bost the fact the princess of the Empire was the leader of that order, the general disappointment easily could be noticed by Piña and her friends.
This, however, dissapeared completely when the bandits started a new attempt to conquest Italica. Piña and her knights proved to be strong and efficent soldiers at fighting the bandits, or rather the desertors of the imperial and allied armies now identified as that. Each soldier of The Rose Knights easily could fight against more than two soldiers at the same time alone without needing much help. But the top of them were Piña, Norma, Beefeater, Hamilon, Bozes, Balalaika and the general Grey.
The rogue army had tried once more to trespass the walls that protected Italica. Either destroying the door and attempting to penetrate the principal barricade or generating arrow rains. A few mages helped, too. But their plans were foiled once more by hot oil, arrows from the archers on the walls and the heroic defense the civilians and knights offered.
The traitors retreated again.
Piña sighed in relief and looked at the enemy escaping for almost a minute until she turned to her army and yelled. "¡Hamilton!, ¡Bozes!, ¡Norma!, ¡¿se encuentran todos bien?! (are you alright?!)."
Hamilton, the bown haired girl of green eyes, tired and unable to be standing anymore responded. "¡Sigo en una pieza! (I'm still in one piece!)."
The blonde with brown hair only scratched her forehead and answered still confident as if she hadn't been combating very much. "¡Nos encontramos perfectamente bien, princesa Piña! (We're perfectly fine, princess Piña!)."
Piña got down from the wall. She smiled proudly, she hadn't lost a single knight of her order, but that smile didn't last too much, some civilians had died this time, too. She also had to consider the sources couldn't be avaible forever. There weren't an infinite reserve of arrows and oil. Their weapons would need maintenance if this continued for indefinite time... the casualities reduced the amount of soldiers she had and the enemy still have probably over 700 soldiers... it would be night soon...
"¡Reparen la puerta y preparen las fogatas! ¡ellos volverán pronto! (Repair the door and prepare the wood fires! they will return soon!)."
Piña entered the throne room of the rulers of Italica. The Clan Former. There, the countess was waiting for her... it was a shame she was still a 11 years old girl named Myui... it wasn't like she had wanted to carry that responsability already. Her father, Colt Formal, had dissapeared after the first attempt of expedition to the other side of the Gate. Even though nobody had requested gold to Myui to get her father back. She still had the hope it was possible Colt was an enemy prisioner and he hadn't... died just like the majority of the soldiers that had fought the enemy from other world... she also had to suffer the stress of knowing her city was under constant attack and the possibility she became a slave was very big.
Piña felt compassion for the young countess, she patted her and said. "No te preocupes, mis caballeros pueden con todo (Don't worry, my knights can deal with everything)."
The little girl smiled a little before she continued displaying that worried face. Piña sat on the other throne and waited until the butlers brought her some food. It wasn't exactly delicious due the fact the food provions were so few compared to what the Italica used to have as an important agriculture area of the Empire.
Feeling the needing to sleep at least some hours to be more prepared to face the bandits once more. the imperial princess closed the door of a room and laid on the bed, she closed her eyes and after a while, she had been transfered to the realm of dreams.
The top NorthAmerican soldiers that led the army used their binoculars to analyze the town they were about to conquer. It was tiny but big enough to be usefull for the purpose their superiors wanted it. One of them took the radio.
"Third recon team, third recon team, please respond."
Normally Sarah would have answered, but currently she was more worried about comforting Manuel due the massive headache he was suffering... that and the fact the one sitting on the driver site this time was Ethan and she was in the back part along Manuel, Lelei and... a new member.
"Here, third recon team, what's our orders?"
"It is necessary to initiate the surrender negotiations, please send your translator now."
Ethan raised his eyebrow "Um, sir, he's still not feeling better since that incident."
"Unfortunately we don't have another translator as good as him right now. Remember the seventh recon team didn't interact with the locals, they only found the town. So tell your friend to do the job he gets paid for."
Ethan and Emma turned to see Manuel and Sarah, both knowing what the Mexican would say.
He shook his head and opened the door of the humvee. "Hora de trabajar, vamos Lelei (It's time to work, let's go Lelei)."
The new member of their team, a girl who wore black clothes similar to classic gothic loli and had an big axe with her spoke "Yo también voy (I'm going to)."
Lelei herself only made a noise of confirmation and opened the door of the other side.
Sarah, however, held Manuel's arm. "You're not in condition!" Manuel growled and turned to see her, even if she had that angry face, his duty called. "I'm fine woman, relax, my head only hurts, It's not like I'mma die."
Now it was Sarah who growled. "You're always ignoring your health!"
"You're always exaggerating!"
"Gods!" Ethan complained. "Please! please don't start something like a marital discussion!"
While Sarah ordered him to shup up, Manuel didn't respond and took advantage of the distraction to get rid from Sarah's holding. He walked away with his bored expression. Lelei and the black girl known as Rory followed him.
Of course, the captain of the third team couldn't leave one of his subordinates to throw himself into danger, that and the fact she wanted to protect him. Sarah got off from the car, too. But just when she was about to run after the Mexican, Ethan placed his hand on her shoulder and said he would ensure Manuel didn't get himself killed and, as captain, she had to stay with the team to give them orders.
When he reached them, Rory quickly hugged him, making him feel uncomfortable. "Me alegra que vienes con nosotros (It makes me happy that you come with us)" she gave to Ethan a very pervert smile. The Canadian looked away.
Manuel smiled malingly "Damn, if you continue like this, I'm really considering to call the United Nations... but well, techincally speaking she's legal."
"Fuck you."
The imperial princess had ordered to be waken up with cold water in case something suspicious occured. So, when it actually happened she was very alarmed.
But her preoccupation increased when Grey explained her what the guards were seeing. Practically she abandoned the room without caring to much about getting more dressed until she felt the low temperature. She put her armor on herself very quickly anyway.
And how she wouldn't be that scared... the enemies from other world were outside the walls!
When she finally had the opportunity to see with her own eyes those green and horseless carts and the three enemy flags, she gasped and looked at them with horror for two seconds before giving a more determined face and yelling to her knights to be ready.
The original plan was to infiltrate themselves in the enemy camp and spy them... but it seemed that destiny wanted her to face them right there, at that very moment.
Grey stood up by her side along Hamilton and Norma. The general was the first one to comment something. "Parecen estar analizando la forma más eficiente para atacar considerando que están inmóviles sin hacer nada. (They seem to be analyzing the most efficient way to attack considering they're motionless doing nothing)"
"S-son demasiados... (They are many...)." said Hamilton, she was shaking.
Norma, being a little more relaxed still couldn't hide all his fear "Y ya han derrotado al ejército imperial y al ejército aliado... honestamente, princesa Piña, dudo mucho poder ganarles... (And they already have defeated the imperial and allied army... honestly, princess Piña, I doubt we could win)."
"¡Eso ya lo sé! (I know that already!)" Piña started to think about any possible strategie, strangly she couldn't see anything that was similar to the elephant fire dragons... why they didn't bring them to Italica? Her thinking, however, got interruped when she noticed four persons making their way to one of the doors. She forced her sight to work more in order to determine how those persons looked like. She first identified a nomadic magician, there were two men wearing green uniform... it didn't seem to protect as good as an armor though... and finally...
Piña gasped, backed off and breathed fastly. "¡Rory Mercury!"
Her partners got very surprised to hear that name and quickly paid attention to the invasors... in the enemy rows was, indeed, Rory Mercury, one of the apostles of Emroy.
If they still had some will to fight left, it was pretty much gone.
The death silence was broken when one of those green men knocked on the door... and then he did again... and again... and again...
Manuel really hoped they would open that door soon... the more times he did that he felt more rage inside his veins, and even if this was the first time it happened, he knew perfectly the cause. Suddenly a voice that wasn't his own appeared even if he hadn't decided to speak. His mouth opened by itself... or rather by order of the entity that was inhabiting his body since a few hours.
"¿¡Cómo se atreven a hacerme esperar!? (How they dare to make me wait!?)." His hand extended and placed on the door, in less than ten second the wood piece burned becoming less than ashes. Manuel knew what this mean. The spirit walked inside and looked with contempt to any single person he met. One of them, a silver haired woman who Manuel guessed was a knight, ran towards him with the clear intention to kill. The spirit easily dodged the attack and grabbed her on the neck. Manuel felt how his hand increased the strength to do not allow the woman to breath anymore.
While the archers had their arrows prepared to eliminate that green invasor. The other Rose Knights felt the extreme tension of the very fact that man had a demonic voice, had destroyed the entrace with fire magic and had was very skilled... what should they do to beat him and save their friend?
Piña was about to order to the archers to shoot. But confusion filled her when that man seemed to being having an headache and he stopped holding Panache, he gazed the ground before he shook his head. He turned to see Panache again. This time his voice was more relaxed. "Agradece que el humano que es dueño de este cuerpo haya querido perdonar tu miserable vida... (Be thankful that the human owner of this body decided to spare your miserable life...)"
Everybody were even more confused than the green man that seemed to have recover control of his body after the spirit had stopped manipulating him.
The apostle of Emory, the mage and the other green man finally entered.
Manuel coughed and placed his left hand on his forehead... sharing the body with what he considered the real version of Ganondorf or Ares wasn't exactly easy... perhaps he had destroyed the possiblity of a victory without spilling blood around.
"Are you all right?" asked him Ethan.
"Yeah... I just promised I'll get more war games for him... you know, a good tribute always calms the anger of any... god..." Manuel shook his head in confusion. It was ironic this god had chose him, the atheist, to be the vessel he would use to see the war through his eyes.
"Well... you better start talking because if you don't, I will have to drag you back to our transport." Ethan pointed to the enemies. They seemed to hesitate to face the NorthAmericans this time.
"Right... also, help this lady to get up." Manuel coughed intentionally to improve the sound of his voice and scratched his hair. "Lamento... lo que... ocurrir, dios estar... dentro de mente mía... dios enojarse (I'm sorry... for what... happen, god is... inside mind of mine... god gets mad)."
"¿Porqué habla tan raro? (Why he speaks so weird?)." asked Norma.
Grey crossed his arms. "Ellos no pertenecen a este mundo, es lógico que no entienden mucho de nuestra lengua... lo que me preocupa es el hecho de que diga que hay un dios poseyéndolo (They don't belong to this world, it is logical they don't understand a lot about our language... what worries me is the fact he says there's a god possessing him)."
"¡Por favor díganme que no es el dios que estoy pensando que es! (Please tell me it is not the god I think it is!)." exclaimed Hamilton... if Rory was with them, the logical answer would be...
"¡NO LE ATAQUEN! (DON'T ATTACK HIM!)." Piña demanded.
If Emroy, god of war and insanity and his apostle had aligned with the invaders... there was purposeless to fight back.
"What are they saying?"
"Well, I think they are submitting." Manuel turned to see Lelei. "What happens?"
The girl answered emotionless as almost everytime "They are... afra... afraid of the great lord of war Emroy. Rory is an.. im... important factor, too."
Rory remained silent, enjoying watching everything, especially the way how that knight that had tried to attack her master escaped so cowardly.
Ethan and Manuel received transmissions through the radio.
"Hey! Hey! what's going on there?!" It was Sarah. Saying she was worried would be nothing.
Ethan grabbed his own radio. "Here, Ethan. We're perfectly fine. The locals fear the god that is possesing Manuel, this must facilitate our goal."
"I-I see..."
Ethan shruggled as he answered again "We shall initiate surrender negotiations, it shouldn't take long."
"Just don't let him go out of control!"
"Roger."
The four then began to walk towards what seemed to be the leader of them all. A red haired knight.
Unlike hours ago, Manuel could say he was happy to have a demon king with him.
And updated before it happens a mounth since the last chaper... I should be ensuring I have all the documents I need to get accepted by that university, but I shall present them until the day 26 so I knew I had "to finish" this. And I say "to finish", because this is not exactly a good end for a chapter in my opinion, but in order to do not leave you all without anything to read in march I had to divide this into two parts.
To answer the obvious questions. Manuel was chosen because he's the most sadistic. I mean, he explained he enjoys killing bandits, bandits or not bandits that is not exacly something you can describe as cute.
What happened to Emory's old bodie is that he just left it behind, it is a vessel, he does not really care about it since he's an spirit.
The possession he has on Manuel is not that strong as the one Hardy applied on Lelei. He's gonna be more like an spectator that only will do things when he gets bored or angry. Think about him like Ryuk from Death Note. And what way would be better to see war than in first person?
His old body is similar to Ganondorf, that's why he's referred like that. I mean, if Rory is a gothic loli, why Emroy couldn't be like your classic evil lord but more badass?
Their superios don't know he's being possessed?
Kinda, they know something is bothering him, and they saw "Ganondorf" getting near to Manuel and placing a finger on Manuel's forehead before he "died". It is just that Manuel didn't say what really happened, only to his friends. And all that happened when they were eating their lunch so not everybody were paying attention.
They also know Rory is with them but just like Lelei, there is no real problem with her following them.
I wanted to show a little more about the relationship of Manuel and Sarah but I'm not gonna force it to happen at an unrealistic speed.
I hope you all like the reference in the title.
I guess I don't need to explain more about the chapter so...
Time to answer
Feerzo14:
If there is a real needing to use helicopters this time. I mean, they have a decent foot army here.
Avro683Lancaster:
It's their fault due trying to mess with us.
Angel Sai:
If you say so.
Just A Crazy-Man:
Yeah, nice.
