Rise of an Empire
Chapter Twenty One: USA Reborn
Voorhees's Bay, Pluto
"US Army commander walkin'!" the warden, a Timberland Wolf equipped with breast-plate armor, shoulder pads and gloves with simple pants and boots, shouted. With a brief, loud buzz, the huge, reinforced steel double-doors opened up, and Michael was treated to a very unwelcoming sight. Walking on a suspended catwalk, he looked down and saw prisoners, human, Trog and animal alike watching a fight in a painted circle between a human and a red-furred Trog. After a harsh and brutal fight, the Trog pulled out a makeshift shank and stabbed the human right in the Internal Carotid Artery, and into his windpipe. The human went down, bleeding badly, with guards, a jackal and a Trog, pulled the now lifeless human away.
"As long as they don't try and escape or attack us, we pretty much let them do whatever they fucking want…" the wolf explained without sympathy. They arrived in a VIP-room, reserved for high-ranked prisoners such as commanders or politicians, and spotted Jack, hunched over on a bench. "Here you go…"
"Jack…" Michael crossed his arms when the warden left.
"Michael! I didn't expect you coming here!" Jack gave a big smile, shooting up from his seat. He was slightly more fit then before, some muscles showing, and he had a nasty scar down his right eye, which was solid white, no pupil or anything. "Come to bail me out?"
"I know what caused this war and the destruction of the country you were supposed to lead…" Michael growled. "It was your fault…"
"Was it that terrorist scum Leafgreen? You aren't supposed to be doin' talks with the likes of him!" Jack snarled.
"He captured me…plus, we knew each other since highschool…" he explained. "I figured that it wasn't his doing…now, why did you do this?"
"I was protecting my people from the backstabbing Cascadians! What else?" the former president shouted.
"Wrong, I looked at the intel myself!" he snapped. "I knew it was false, but I was ordered not to say anything…I should'a figured this was what would happen…"
"You've fallen to their craze, didn't you?!" Jack stepped back, now horribly shocked.
"What the fuck is up with you?" the fox finally lost his patience. "Your acting like an insane lunatic!"
"I'll stop you from attacking my people, take…THIS!" Jack swiftly pulled out a toothbrush with a sharpened razor taped to the end, an improvised shank, and lunged…
Amethyst Crash-site, city center on Turos…
Edunh crawled out of his ship, a mangled wreck of metal, and got up. Inspecting himself, he noticed he had a gash below his left-ribs, but other than that, just scratches and bruises. The center didn't suffer any kind of damage what-so-ever, bringing even more support that something happened to swiftly for them to do something…
A thud on the side of the square he landed in made him spin. Drawing out his sleek, Federation-designed Iron Hammer, he readied himself for anything that might happen. He wasn't prepared for the sight he was about to see…
A citizen, looking like a human-child sized elephant, wearing a red engineer jumpsuit, stumbled towards him, a blank expression and a bloody mess.
"Hey! Are you okay?" he shouted. The civilian didn't answer, only gave a grunt and shuffled closer. When he was about to repeat his concerned question, a loud roar from a machine erupted behind him. When he turned, he gave an abrupt scream…
Montreal, Quebec
Tim, wearing his usual suit, walked down the sidewalk of downtown Montreal, during the winter season, so it is very cold…for the humans at least. They wore black winter coats and the like, while the Turogians just wore casual clothes, kept warm by their fur. The average height of a Turogian is at a human's shoulder, which made it easy to use human vehicles.
After turning to the next block, he walked in to the mall, and sat with another Turogian in a pizza place.
"Tim…" the Turogian nodded, wearing a green t-shirt and some jeans. The Turogians didn't have to wear jeans, but it's become of a custom whenever they live on Earth.
"Unahun…" he nodded back. "This better be worth my time…I don't like being in public…someone might know me…"
"Don't worry…I have very valuable information for you…" Unahun smiled. "The United States has been defeated, like you wanted…"
"Excellent…is that all?" Tim chuckled, tapping his claws together.
"Nope, far from it…" he shook his head. "Not only has the US created a new form of government…again…but, they're on the side of Cascadia and the Terran Syndicate…"
"All according to plan…Heinrich thinks that his forces can withstand a full-scale invasion from both the Syndicate and the United States…he's wrong…" Tim leaned back into his chair, being wrapped in ecstasy. "Ohh…where did I get my brilliant intellect?"
"But…there's more…Russia is siding with the EU…and Japan is entering with the Syndicate…" Unahun cringed.
"What…?" Tim growled, his claws leaving gouges in the wooden chair. "They aren't supposed to do that! They don't have the military strength to do so! Only help supply arms and money! This is going to fall apart…I have to stop them before they send troops to help…"
"Well…sir, we could try Alex, I mean…" the associate stammered. "He's not doing anything, just tearing up the Deep South of America…"
"I can't…we made a deal…the only way I can get him to working for me is if he kills Leafgreen…" he said. "And taking into fact that Leafgreen's bodyguard, Tom, is very well trained…that's gonna be a long time…"
"Who says that Alex has to do it himself?" Unahun grinned.
"Ahhh…good idea! But I'll have to reject it…all of Leafgreen's men are loyal to the heart, unbreakable…they'll even kill themselves if he commands it…plus, they got their DNA-code in a computer, so there's no way we can send an outside agent to do it…" he explained. "We'll have to find a chance to kill him in the open…"
"Alex is relying on local information on Leafgreen's whereabouts…so what if we give it to him ourselves?" Unahun made another suggestion.
"Hmm…a sound plan, yes…that'll work!" Tim's eyes shined with evil pleasure. "Alone, the Syndicate is a very powerful group, but if we manage to distract them, the Euro's just needs brains to counteract the invasion of Japan and America…plus Russian muscle…"
Charlotte, North Carolina
Born to Rule-Hammerfall plays
Terminoedar was having an insane grin, watching the city of Charlotte crumble to debris and ashes as his forces march down the streets, killing everyone in sight…including the children.
Lay down your arms this night
Surrender to the power
"Sir…we have pillaged all we can from this place…we have plenty of food and metal, shall we continue?" his officer, Ujarika, approached, wearing ski-goggles and a pirate cap.
"Yes…we're drawing closer to D.C., I don't want any delays…" he nodded.
Embracing your metal heart
On your final walk through the snow
"Alright boys! Let's move out!" Ujarika shouted. Without a peep, the soldiers packed up their belongings, both old and recently acquired, and regrouped at the northern freeway.
Solo
Over in Washington, Michael and Leafgreen were spending time together at the Washington Monument, reliving old moments and catching up on what has happened during their lives.
A hammer made of steel
From the River of Blood
Emperor Stitch meanwhile, was quelling a rebellion in Central Park in the Manhattan sector of New York City, overseeing his troops approach Broadway, which was near-collapse, with windows filled with rebels armed with whatever they got their hands on, from fireworks and slingshots, to police-model weapons and riot-shields.
With magic, forged in flames
Delusions, a curse of the damned
The Terran Syndicate 7th and 5th fleets, carrying a massive number of cruisers, carriers, transports and frigates, sailed forth towards the coast of Portugal, with the US 2nd fleet and 6th fleet following suit. The Japanese carrier Nikarasaga is moving up from the Indonesian Islands and will be moving through the Cairo Canal and into the Ionian Sea.
What do you see?
Imaginary visions or reality
Russian President Kregore Putin, descendent of Vladimir Putin, is in his office, the flag of Russia hanged behind him, signing a Declaration of War against the Cascadian Alliance, which consisted of: Terran Syndicate, Republic of Cascadia, United States of America and now, Japan.
When you're free
Then you'll see that you are bound to rule
Rule-Born-Rule
We were born to rule
Japanese President Hirau Jungsao is doing the same, this time, against the Eurasian Coalition, which was: European Union and Russia. After he delivered the document to his secretary and sat down, one of Tim's agents entered and shot him in the head with the Alamo 233-AZ pistol.
Rule-Born-Rule
We were born to rule
Born to rule-Born to rule
We're born to rule forevermore
Tim was in his throne room, back in his headquarters in an arid environment, beginning to laugh evilly. In his mind, he pictured the destruction of Europe and Russia, followed by the collapse of the Syndicate, unable to continue without Leafgreen, who was killed by one of his other agents. Next, he imagined Japan withdrawing immediately after the death of Hirau.
Born to rule-Born to rule
We're born to rule forever
The revolution forced us all to heed the final call
And if tomorrow never comes
Then we will strike the hammer down
Doctor Leafgreen leaned over the railing of the catwalk, seeing the cloning labs in action, breeding more troops for the oncoming plan to end this war once and for all…
OPERATION METAL HURRICANE
2nd solo
Rule-Born-Rule
We were born to rule
Rule-Born-Rule
We were born to rule
Michael, President-General of the United States, leaned back in his velvet chair, his face showing extreme concern, primarily over his greatest friend, Andrew, who will be personally be commanding the spearhead of the assault. Looking at the same picture he had when he was imprisoned by him, he muttered only three words…
"Come home safe…"
Born to Rule - Born to Rule
We're Born to Rule forevermore
Born to Rule - Born to Rule
We're Born to Rule forever
Forever, forever Rule!
Author's Note: Yes, I know, I made a mistake involving Michael and Jack, I know...I promise that kind of mistake won't happen again!