Chapter 21

Bolt is riding in one of the helicopters and he sees the whole battle on the beach head. He sees the UCM forces are scattered all over the place. He sees some are at the bunker and are preparing to move up while others are still at the tank traps. He sees a couple of the soldiers at the tank traps are firing at the bunker. The soldiers within the bunker would aim at the one firing and three of the UCM soldiers at the tank traps would run as fast as they could towards the bunker. Some would make it while others would be torn apart by machinegun fire. Bolt kept watching until the battle disappeared behind the trees. The helicopters were transporting soldiers close to the town so that they could take the city and give the soldiers on the beach an easy break.

The helicopter lands in the forest and the soldiers step off and begin unloading the gear. After three minutes, the helicopter takes off again and flies back to the battleship.

One of the soldiers looks at Bolt. "What's a Theta?"

Bolt starts to laugh. "I thought it was like a major or something. Apparently it's actually a private. When Balto saluted me, I didn't realize that he was teasing me. I kept acting like I was in charge until I looked it up. That knocked me off of my pedestal."

The soldier nods his head. "Okay. Well we are going to be taking some Godforsaken town. Now let's move out."

Bolt smiles at him and begins moving out with the rest of the soldiers.

Balto is still sitting behind the tank trap. He hears a loud explosion and turns his attention towards the bunker. He sees a bright ball of flame shooting out of the bunker. He turns back towards his soldiers. "Move! To the bunker!"

Balto gets up and starts to run. The rest of the soldiers see their chance and charge towards the bunker. Balto hears the machineguns on the other bunker start to fire and he runs even faster. He knows that he can't stop now or he'll end up one of the bodies on the beach. Balto sprints towards the bunker and as he gets closer, he dives. He hits the ground and sees that he is at the wall and the machineguns can't hit him. He turns his attention towards the beach and sees that the soldiers who weren't right behind him were getting ripped apart by bullets.

Balto looks at the rest of the soldiers who made it to the bunker. "Bunker two is on us. When we get to it, I want one of you to throw a satchel charge. After that we'll head to the village where Bravo is waiting for us. Now move out!"

The soldiers nod their heads and they start moving towards the bunker. CFA soldiers were trying to stop them, but only managed to end up getting shot. Balto and the rest of the soldiers make it to the second bunker and one of the dogs throws a satchel charge inside the bunker. A loud explosion can be heard and body parts fly out the observation window.

Balto smiles at the soldiers. "First round is on me. Now let's head towards the village. The beach is secured and the rest of our forces can land here. If we're lucky, Bravo Company has already taken the town and we'll link up with them. Now let's move out."

The soldiers begin their march towards the town while Nikki and Star remain on the beach and wait for the rest of the military force to land. Kaltag is going to enter the town from a different direction to block any CFA soldiers trying to escape.

Bolt enters the town and sees…that it is completely empty. He slowly walks around a corner and sees that there are dead bodies everywhere.

He growls loudly. "Fucking CFA soldiers! They killed the whole town! They killed their own fucking species!"

One of the soldiers approaches him and sees the dead bodies. "What the fuck?"

He runs over and starts to examine the bodies. "They weren't killed by bullets, that's for sure. They were killed by…I don't know what killed them. But whatever it was, it melted their insides."

Bolt just stares at him. "Melt…Melted their insides?! That sounds like something a spider would do. But spiders can't get that big!"

The soldier shrugs his shoulders. "Well something happened."

Bolt turns and walks away while the soldier keeps examining the bodies.

A/N: Look up D-Day. Wonder what killed the cat civilians. If you read chapter 17 then you already know. R&R