"Alright, yesterday I found out that the demons are extracting someone out of the city. Their last position is on the north side of the city. Its way beyond the reach of the Allied lines there." Natasha began, pointing on the map where she spotted the demons.
"Hold on, how do you know, it someone they are extracting?" Trish asked her.
"Since I only rely on my binoculars at the time, I only saw figure shortly before it went completely out of sight of my vision." She gave a pause to let her answer sink in to Trish. "Anyway, they are moving in with more that 500 demons guarding the entire convoy."
"That's a lot for a one person" Lady said.
"Must be some fucking VIP or their new king or something." Dante said frustratingly.
"Well how long do we have" Jack asked.
"Judging by the sheer large number of the convoy, I guess we only have now before they went away from our grasp." Natasha said thoughtfully.
Jack immediately radioed the nearby Allied airbase. "Sparrow base this is eagle one, we got a large convoy of demons leaving the city on north side coordinates 4-4-4-7-1-6 vector 2-3 over."
"Copy eagle, we got coordinates, A-10 thunderbolts are on route, standby for laser targeting. ETA 30 minutes, out" the radio said.
"We move out now." Jack said before ordering Burton who is silent the whole time. "Colonel assemble the men, assess position vector 2-3."
"Yes sir!" the bald colonet immediately went to issue the order. Soon soldiers began hurrying to get their gear and form up with him. Dante was impress on how the men quickly get their things in such a small whistle.
"Natasha will laser paint the target on the convoy, when the A-10 made their move, we make our own and secure the prisoner. Simple as that, we will wait them until they get reach within 100 meters from us, this will be tricky but we need this to execute properly. We will make a synchronized attack."
"Yeah, whatever just here to kill demons" Dante replied with a bored tone. Trish quickly replied with an apologetic tone.
"Sounds like a plan" she said.
"Alright I'm ready." Lady said as she cocked her weapons ready.
Just then Kyrie approached them while putting fresh magazines of her sniper rifle on her pockets. Nero quickly approached her with a stern look.
"You can't be serious Kyrie" he suddenly said with a slight anger in her tone. Everyone looked at them.
"Nero please I want to help." She quickly defended.
"They are a lot of ways for you to help but not this one. I won't let you." he said taking her hands to his. She quickly squeeze them reassuringly.
"I can do this Nero, trust me. Besides I'll be afar a little giving you cover and all. I want to help you. please Nero, we are in this together. I don't want you suffering alone on this. We are together. You protect me with your life everyday, I want to protect yours as well." she said while staring to his blue eyes.
Nero sighed, he already know he's gonna lose this argument. He always lose but not in this situation. But now, he lost, even in the face of death, Kyrie is stubborn like him. "I-is there anything I could do to stop you?" he asked.
"No, but I can make it up to you when this is done." She said innocently, but Nero knew the other meaning of it.
"I'd say giving your girl a chance kid" Dante suddenly said with a crossed arms on his chest. Trish nodded beside him.
To support everyone's opinion, Natasha stepped up towards Jack. "With all your respect sir, I will take responsibility of Kyrie in the field. I will take all the blame and even death if ever something happen to her." she said in a straight professional Russian military tone. Jack just rubbed his chin in thought, this is risky and he's the only one to say on this no matter what. This is his army after all.
After a moment he took a deep breath then looked at Kyrie straight serious. "Young woman, do you have any idea on what are you doing?"
Kyrie let go of Nero and stood up straight like a soldier. "Yes sir!" Nero just internally groan, he didn't want her to become a soldier like this, but he figure she just being polite to Jack.
"It's beyond my comprehension on why you followed Nero here, nor manage to pass through and get yourself here, but I do know is that on how serious you are right now." He paused before speaking again "...Fine then, I'll let hook up with Natasha but stay out of the battlezone, you got strict orders and followed them to the book if necessary, break them IF its need the most. I'm I clear?" he said in serious tone.
"Sir, yes, sir!" she replied in a almost loud tone. Nero winced and threw a glare at Jack. He would surely kill him and Natasha if something ever happens to Kyrie.
Lady suddenly spoke with a curious tone "What do you mean by breaking the rules if necessary?"
Jack looked at her "Everything must be flexible even rules of war, enemies don't fight fair so you have to be fair as much as possible, even cheat a little to gain the upper hand. After all people's lives are always risks here. A comrade down is you hands be stained by their blood not you enemies."
Lady just nodded before picking up their Kalina Ann. Burton then returns with force ready for action. The humvees are also waiting as well.
"Let's mount up" Jack shouted as he motioned his right hand in a twirling motion. It was a signal to move out.
"Eagle this is Viking 0-1 we are approaching the hot zone, requesting laser paint of the target over." The radio crackled. Jack quickly nodded.
"Copy Viking we are painting the town now, standby." He then turned to contact Natasha "Your ball Oracle."
Natasha and Kyrie was on top of a four story building 100 meters from the road were the convoy is going. Kyrie produced her laser designator and turned it on. She looked at the optical lenses of the device and pressed a button on the side to activate the laser. Natasha gave her a quick tutorial and on where she would paint the lasers.
"Alright, wherever you look, the bombs fall there got it?" Natasha said.
"Got it." Kyrie began to paint targets, the device immediately send the coordinates of the painted spots to the incoming squadrons of A-10 thunderbolts.
"Copy that Oracle making a run now." The radio said before going static.
"Showtime" Dante said as he readied his Rebellion while the others readied their weapons. Trish summons up the Sword of Sparda in her hands and crouched beside him.
"Care to dance this out?" she asked.
"You bet it babe." He replied before kissing her on the lips hard and deep. Nero and Lady just looked away with shaking heads.
Suddenly the eerie silence was destroyed by the jet engine sound before a barrage of explosion and splashing of dirt on the road and the convoy. Many demons were immediately blown to smithereens as the heavy missiles rained down like water. The entire convoy suddenly vanished from view over the towers of dust, fire and smoke. Two A-10 bombers flew passed above them then went to make another run. From another direction, another two A-10 bombers came swooping down as well. They all saw smoke coming out of its nose as it fires its heavy Gatling cannon on the convoy, then firing two missiles from each side of the wings on the convoy creating another towering explosion.
A total of four A-10 thunderbolt bombers of Viking Squadron made prey on the hapless convoy, the demons were in confusion and looks like they didn't know what hit them. The red ones began barking orders to form a defensive line around the prisoner carriage in the center of the convoy.
Bad move.
Compressing their forces made the task easy for the A-10s. their Gatling cannons simply mowed down tight formations with ease. Body parts, blood and broken weapon pieces flew everywhere.
"Woooo" Dante whistled as he witness the carnage of the attack. It was not yet over as the A-10s kept circling making strafing runs even though they run out of missiles. Their cannons made full time work.
After five minutes of carnage the squadron leader call it a day to much everyone's enjoyment. "This is Viking 0-1, we are almost bingo on fuel and we are out of juice. Returning to base to refuel and rearm. Good luck general. Out"
"Well now's our turn. Everyone ATTACK!" he said as they all leap out of their cover guns blazing on the disoriented demons. Half of a platoon went down immediately as the hail of bullets rained down. The archers were getting into position as fast as possible but Kyrie and Natasha are handling them. Not a single demon archer fired a shot.
Dante, Nero and Trish made the battle up close and personal for them. Slashing skilfully and artistically like a boss. They even performed tandem attacks as Nero grab a handful of demons with his devil bringer arm and toss them towards Trish and Dante's direction. The elder demon hunter leaps through the air to cut down the demons before Trish finishes them off with a electric attack.
Trish also uses the Sparda as she hack and slash the group of demons ahead of her, since more are comming her way. She occasionally dodges every attack, skipping, twirling and dancing her self around the battlefield. And everytime she do so, her breast were bouncing a little and her blonde hair sway like golden coat shone by the sunlight. Dante would throw her a slight glance while as she do her job with style and grace that no one in world would ever match.
Meanwhile, Jack and the others secure the front side of the convoy. They made sure that it will not move again. He shot the carriage driver that was still sitting in front. The general was sucker punched as one of the demons manage to tackled him down, but he was fast on his feet as he knocked off the demon before shooting him with a burst of bullets from his SCAR-L. His men quickly secured the carriage itself, while the others help the trio. A hailstorm of bullets made home at the remaining demons as they all fall down dead.
No sooner than fifteen minutes into the fray, the battle was over. No casualties on the Allies side while the entire army of demons that protected the convoy was decimated. Jack ordered teams to secure the area and calls out Natasha and Kyrie to regroup with them though the former decided to stay and be a lookout so Kyrie is the only one who came down. She hugged Nero when she got there.
"Nice call, Kyrie. Thanks to you, we got this easy as pie"
The brunette smiled, "That reminds me, when we get back home. I'll make a apple pie. I know how you love them so much"
"Yeah right" Nero replied with a lower tone, a blush crept to his cheeks. Kyrie's response is was to pinch his cheek lightly.
Their moment was interrupted when Allied soldiers manage to break the locks of the carriage. Everyone readied themselves as both swords and guns pointed at the door. Nero instinctively put himself in front of Kyrie who raised her G-36 rifle ready.
A moment of silence, the carriage wasn't moving. Dante suddenly fliched but no one noticed. He felt an odd power coming from the carriage. It wasn't evil, but a nostalgic one. A power that he hadn't felt since that time...
His eyes went wide in realization 'No way!'
Before he could speak up, the door opened slightly and a figure stepped out of the carriage. He wore a tattered blue trench coat. Beneath it is a black vest and a shirt which is also tattered and covered with dirt and blood stains, the fabric was also ripped by many cuts and dried wounds. His pants were the same story, as if he was being chewed and spitted out horribly. He was bare footed as more wound covered his feet. Jack could tell that this figure went through a horrible torture.
But there was more, the man has a long white hair that extends until the back of his neck. His face was covered by a beard. All of his face was covered with scars, wounds and dirt. But his eyes were still blazing blue.
So blazing that Dante stepped back in shock as he made eye to eye contact with him. He knew that those blue eyes belonged to. Lady was also surprised at an instant. Dante's hand grips the Rebellion tightly in complete horror and debelief.
"It can't be" he finally croaked. Trish looked at him quizzically but he ignored her as his eyes were glued at the blue figure standing before them. The Allied soldiers never backed down yet as their guns trained on the figure.
"I-Impossible" she said finally. As the figure looked at her and gave a snort before returning his attention to Dante. He studied the shocked devil hunter for a second before finally speaking up after a dry cough.
"Long time no see brother...You haven't changed."
This time, everyone gasped in shocked and horror. For them, the dead just came back to life.