"Bah, it's cold!" A Kuromorimine soldier whispered. He was sat around a small fire, its light barely cutting through the darkness around them. Two others sat with him and another soldier stood idly looking through a pair of binoculars nearby. All four shivered in their coats. A light dusting of snow had blanketed the ground around them.
"Here I've made coffee" one said, pouring someone into 4 small metal cups. He then handed one to each of the other soldiers. Rein put his binoculars down and took a sip, before picking them back up.
"This is awful Hans!" one of them shouted.
"Then make your own damned coffee, Frank!" The soldier replied, slightly annoyed. "I'm not your mother". Laughter erupted from the observing two.
Rein, slowly sat down onto a small stool and picked up his rifle, it was a rather beaten Remington hunting rifle.
*Whistle*
"Huh?", he quickly stood up, and slowly walked towards the nearby tree line.
"Guys, I think we have someth-" *THUNK* a large rock struck him on the head, knocking him out.
"Rein?" Frank called, all three of the remaining soldiers raised there weapons, looking cautiously around.
*Zip, Zip, Zip*
Three silenced shots came shortly after, as all three of the soldiers fell to the floor.
"Clear"
Two soldiers stood up in the treeline, they were cloaked in a bright white uniform, they both carried a L96 sniper rifle and MP5's, both silenced.
Slowly walking over to the fire, one bent down and had a sip of the coffee.
"Bah, he was right, it is awful" she quietly exlaimed, much to her colleagues amusement. "Ok Cranberry, get on the line, tell them we've secured point Bravo, and to get saunders in here".
"Yes Vanilla" her colleague said. Pulling out a small radio, she repeated the instructions.
A few minutes later, a small helicopter came flying in, and a group of 5 soldiers jumped off, the helicopter rising up and flying back to where it had came from. Crouching down and raising their rifles, they looked for incoming attacks, but only saw the two Gloriana soldiers watching them with scolding bewilderment.
Realising their situation, one one of them stood up and walked to the Gloriana soldiers, her hand outstretched.
"Not often I get to work with the famed Special Tactics Service of Gloriana. I'm Elizabeth, but most people call me 'Helmet'" she said shaking Vanillas hand.
"likewise, I thought Dolphin Team 5, was disbanded" Vanilla chuckled.
"Officially yes, we're black ops now" Helmet continued.
"Ok, lets get a move on, we've gotta clear a route for the main force". Vanilla explained.
"How long do we have?" Helmet questioned.
"4 hours" Vanilla replied.
"I can't wait to see them in action!" Helmet thought to herself.
The small group turned and walked along the tree line, after several hours and multiple camps eliminated, in the distance, a soft flicker of another fire caught their eyes.
"Helmet, take positions along the road, Vanilla and I will take point" Vanilla whispered to the squad, pointing at a small dirt road.
"Yes Ma'am" Helmet replied, signalling for her soldiers to follow.
They sprinted ahead and lay down either side of the road.
Through their mics and headsets, they heard Vanillas voice, "Three targets, 75, 80 and 90 meters".
"Roger" came Cranberry's response.
"3, 2, 1, Mark" Vanilla said, followed by two zips, with a third coming a second later.
"Clear, Helmet, check for follow ups" Vanilla said calmly.
"Amazing" Helmet thought to herself, slowly rising up, the crunched through the snow towards the remains of a small camp, three soldiers lay motionless. "Clear" she radioed back.
Helmet crouched down, placing a small metal box onto the ground, its top panel was covered in a set of red covered LED panels.
"Position marked" Helmet radioed.
"Excellent, we're going to take up defensive positions, Helmet, get your squad to set up a roadblock, when our forces come through in an hour, we'll need this to be clear". Vanilla ordered.
"Yes Ma'am" Helmet replied. Two of her soldiers already pushing a small scout car from the camp into the road.
"Cranberry?" Vanilla turned to her colleague.
"Yes Ma'am?" She replied.
"How about some tea while we wait?" Vanilla smiled, pulling out a small stove and some tea bags.
*1 HOUR LATER*
Helmet shifted uncomfortably in her trench. "I hope they get here soon" she whispered.
"I wouldn't be too wor- Hold on" Vanillas voice worked desperately to hide a slight sense of panic.
"Whats wrong?" Helmet replied.
"I'm seeing a KMM half track, its got about 10 on board"
"Damnit, Alice, get the recoilless ready" Helmet ordered, her colleague picking up a long metal tube and loading a rocket into it.
"I think your gonna need something bigger, theres three Panzer 4's behind it" Vanilla sighed.
The convoy then trundled into sight, "Hold fire until my go" Helmet ordered, slightly raising her hand to her comrade.
As the halftrack reached the perimeter of the camp, Helmet roared "FIRE".
*FWOOSH*
A rocket sped from the tube and struck the truck in the engine, a thunderous explosion sent it up in flames. Three soldiers jumped from the back, running for cover.
One of the panzers, continued forward, pushing the burning husk of the truck out the way.
*FWOOSH*
Another rocket fired, causing yet another thunderous explosion, the turret popping off the tank and landing with a thud near by, flames spewing everywhere.
Helmet could hear the soft crack of the Gloriana snipers, eliminating surviving enemy troops.
That's when Helmet saw it, the two remaining panzers had both pushed forward and taken aim, she ducked into the trench, as a crashing explosion shook her.
Slowly, she reopened her eyes, she saw her comrade, unconscious next to her, the recoilless rifle completely bent out of shape and useless.
She put her hand to her head, "No blood, excellent" she thought to herself.
Nearby she could see the remaining three soldiers desperatly firing at the tank, throwing grenades, as one by one they fell.
She stumbled to her feet in a daze.
The panzer 4 stopped and slowly turned its turret to her.
She closed her eyes.
*BOOM*
She opened and looked around slowly.
Two Gloriana Mosquitos flew over head. The tanks infront of them in flames.
A column of Gloriana Churchills came trundling up the road from behind her, as a Saunders jeep sped passed, medics jumped off to begin aid to the injured soldiers.
One of the Churchills pulled to the side, and a blonde woman popped out the turret. "Earl Grey at your service", she feigned a small bow. "It seems i've got a habit of saving you Saunders types".
Vanilla and cranberry came sprinting over.
"Earl, orders from HQ, continue your advance, do not stop, today we go for the capital" Vanilla shouted. Earl Grey nodded, and dropped back into the tank.
Helmet dropped to her knees, watching it pull away and form into the column of Churchills and now shermans driving past.
Looking up, she saw the fleet of Saunders Air Fleet planes soaring over head. as hundreds of paratroopers floated gracefully through the sky.
The morning light accompanied the soft amber glow of flames.
"Huh... so is this it?" Helmet asked herself. Vanilla and Cranberry running over with a first aid kit.
"This is when Mahos reign ends" she chuckled softly, before passing out.
