I'll leave this cliffhanger here to return to Scarface's side of the story
Yup, A demon's journey hiatus is no more
Rockslide
A few days had passed without any major events, Vasili and Riva spent those days together, strengthening their relationship, Vasili made the girl to open more and more, the others thought he was a miracle worker because he was the only one that could make her happy and open, and not the scared and shy person she was before meeting him.
Cipher was sleeping in his garage when he was woken up by a really freaked out Ulysses.
"Motion sensors are dead and the cameras are gone!" he yelled.
"Ok, ok, how did it happen?" asked Cipher, a bit annoyed because the Espada leader interrupted his sleep.
"Shot or ran over, we better get ready for combat again" said Ulysses, leading a new shell onto his breech.
"I see, meet me at the outskirts with the others, bring Schnee" said Cipher as he left his garage towards the outskirts, he had a very bad feeling about what was going to happen.
He arrived at the outskirts and checked the position of the cameras, they weren't shot, their electronics were just dead, EMP, he thought for some seconds, he saw the Espadas and Schnee squadrons showing up.
"What happened here?" asked Bernard.
"Elite clan, using EMP pulse" said Cipher, then they noticed shadows appearing on out of the forest about 200-300 meters away.
"THIS IS THE 9TH ROYAL GUARD DIVISION, ABANDON HIMMELSDORF OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES" a loudspeaker spoke up, the group assumed that was their commander, then more and more and more tanks began to appear, British, American and German models, the commander, an FV215b 183 was spearheading the massive arrow formation.
"They're too many" commented Espada 2.
"Why don't we just waste them?" asked Schnee 5.
"Look, their commander is coming, diplomacy" said Cipher.
The death star approached the group and stopped about 30 meters away from them, he was accompanied by a T-92 Self Propelled Gun, that massive 240mm gun was no joke.
"By the order of the king Alexander LeFay, we command you to abandon Himmelsdorf in the next three hours or suffer the consequences" said the death star.
"What if we refuse?" asked Schnee 1, the death star smiled evilly, then the T-92 began to rotate revealing his ammo compartment, then a TRV came carrying something that really scared them.
"This is a 7Kt Tactical Nuclear Warhead" said the death star while the TRV loaded the oversized shell into the oversized breech.
"No way" said Cipher.
"How did my father get hold of a nuclear warhead?" asked Cipher.
"Millennium rings a bell Morgan LeFay?" asked the death star to him.
"They're dead! Hans Hellsing sealed their fate 40 years ago!" Cipher yelled, but he got an evil smile from the death star.
"Your father was right about you, you don't deserve the LeFay surname" added the death star.
"We'll retreat for now, if you have not left Himmelsdorf in three hours starting now, you would have to deal with the nuke…oh, I realized something… you won't be alive" said the death star laughing maniacally as he retreated alongside the T-92 and the TRV.
"What…the….fuck" said Espada 1
"Was that a fucking nuke?" asked Espada 2, getting a nod from Cipher.
"Gather the others in the square, we're leaving in an hour" said Cipher in a cold tone.
"What do you mean we are leaving?" asked Espada 2, she didn't want to leave.
"Didn't you saw that fucking nuclear warhead? If we stay here we'll become fallout dust alongside the city!" he yelled at her.
"We don't have much choice, is either leave or die" he added.
"I don't know you guys but I won't become radioactive dust" said Logan or Schnee 5
Eventually the small group decided it was the best to leave the city for good, becoming radioactive dust wasn't on their list of stuff to do, they gathered everyone at the central square.
"Okay, listen up, we have to abandon the city for good in about an hour or two" he said to the group, Rureoux stepped forward and spoke up.
"WHY WE SHOULD LEAVE THIS PLACE!?" he protested.
"Do you want to become nuclear fallout?" sarcastically asked Cipher.
"There's a nuclear threat and I won't take it lightly, a 7Kt tactical nuclear warhead, enough to make this city disappear three times" said Cipher with a smirk on his face.
"Listen, pack your stuff, whatever you want to take and meet me at the train station" he ordered and everyone agreed.
Vasili was getting a few fuel cans ready when he noticed Riva approaching at him, she was worried.
"What's wrong Riva?" he asked.
"Promise me you'll stay with me during this trip" she said.
"I won't leave you, I'll stay with you no matter what happens" said Vasili with determination in his face, she then kissed him before getting ready to leave.
The group gathered on the train station and began their march of exile, their destination was Province to rest there and then to Ruinberg, if their trip went without interruptions they would be arriving to Province by nightfall, except that their trip wasn't supposed to go well.
The group came to a ridge bordering a mountain that led to a tunnel that went straight through the mountain.
"Watch your treads, you never know what part of the terrain is fragile" said Cipher, who was going first, then the rest followed him.
"Don't look down" he said, however no one listened to him, disobeying him would save their lives.
"Look out, SPG's down there!...wait….they're targeting us!?" said Logan.
The self propelled guns seemed to be rather low tiers, mostly Wespes, Vasili saw the chance and began to snipe them, scoring five kills, however his eyes widened when he spotted a familiar blue color.
"FRENCH AUTOLOADERS!" someone ahead yelled, about eight French tier ten self propelled guns appeared, those SPG's were known for their autoloaders, eventually the SPG's began to open fire, unleashing a barrage of terror on the tanks.
"I see the tunnel!" yelled Logan as he pointed his barrel towards the tunnel location, Riva and Vasili were the first ones to reach the tunnel, however a 155mm HE landed on top of the hill, creating a rockslide.
"ROCKSLIDE!" someone yelled, Cipher quickly formed up a plan, he loaded a HE shell on his breech and fired it at the top of the tunnel entrance, sealing it with Vasili and Riva inside.
"We'll find a way around! Go now!" he said to them while the entrance floor collapsed, leaving Riva and Vasili on their own.
"Vasili, I'm scared!" said Riva, who was shaking in fear.
"I'm here Riva, I'm here" he said nuzzling her trying to calm her down.
"The best thing we can do now is to go to the exit and wait look for the others" he added, getting a nod from Riva.