Armistice
A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties
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Characters: IV, Ryoga
Summary: It looks like the battle shall continue
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"Enter," IV said.
Ryoga stepped into the room. "I'd like a private moment General Arclight."
"Very well," IV answered. The guards in the room left and closed the door behind them. Once they left, Ryoga locked the door. "Ryoga, what's the news?"
"It's nothing you're going to like," Ryoga began. "They broke the armistice."
"What?" IV growled. "What lies are you spinning this time?"
"The same truths you never want to believe," Ryoga shot back. "Even if I did lie, what would I have to gain from it? We are trying to negotiate with them. Without the negotiations…" Ryoga paused briefly. "They might be killed. You know that too well."
"I thought I told you never to bring that back up," IV muttered. He could see the memory clearly in his head. The letter informing him of Chris's death and the picture attached to the message… Even now, IV can barely see that as reality.
"Well you aren't listening," Ryoga stated firmly. "The full report is nearly done on the attack. It was on one of our bases."
"It was a mistake then!" IV shouted. "They know better than that!"
"It more than clear that the base was ours!" Ryoga yelled back. "They absolutely knew that the attack is a violation of the agreement, but they still chose to break it knowing that our guard would be down. We were fooled. We have no choice but to resume the war."
IV clenched his teeth. He raised his fist and punched the wall. IV took a deep breath and regained his composure. "Ryoga, tomorrow at the negotiations we act like we didn't know about the attack. When we begin, the members attending the meeting will attack. All of the men are to be killed, but III will be left for me."
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A/N: Well this was dark, yet really fun to write. It was hard to write the dialogue without breaking the rating, but I really didn't want to raise it. So consider this the clean version.
Hope you all enjoyed!