"INCOMING" Koume screeched throwing Maho to the floor.
A thunderous explosion ripped through the office, knocking the big oak table in the centre of the room over, making two soldiers unconscious.
Maho slowly clambered to her feet as Erika began first aid on the uncoscious troops.
"What was that!?"
"Saunders artillery, they've got us zero'd in, we need to move!" Koume pulled at Mahos sleeve.
"I AM NOT ABANDONING THIS CITY" Maho pushed her away. "Katyusha will be here soon... I hope..." she whispered to herself.
1 MILE FROM OARAI TOWN HALL
"Naomi, take three pershings and make a push for the port, we need to get our anti ship batteries there to prevent Pravda ships from getting in range" Kay barked through her radio.
"Yes Ma'am" As a group of 5 tanks broke away from the joint Gloriana-Saunders convoy, the setting sun painted an almost picturesque view of the sea. Kay sighed softly to herself, thinking back to the times she'd been her as part of a tournament, or simply visiting the town on holiday. A twing of sadness caught her stomach as she saw the town infront of her, buildings crumbling and smouldering, the burning husks of tanks and vehicles hastily abandoned by KMM and Pravda forces in their retreat.
A group of Saunders infantry were stood upon the ruins of a Maus, trying to hammer their way inside. Several KMM troops lay still next to it, as another was being treated by a medic.
"All units, were now entering the heart of the city. I want you on full alert, we need to get Maho before she flees" Darjeeling crackled through the tanks radio.
Kay leant over and picked up the small microphone from a latch on the radio, "We've got infantry going building too building, and our fighters have pulled out to refuel and rearm... Let's hope were not too late"
"Well... this is our best shot Kay"
The tanks moved onto the main road through town. It was a wide multi laned road with an overgrown grass verge in the middle. Craters and debris littered it, making the convoy snake around it. A Churchill flail tank was leading the way. beating the ground in front the check for mines.
The once impressive marine tower slowly passed by, its upper floors in flames and its roof partly collapsed.
Kay opened her hatch and raised her binoculars, apart from the crackle of gunfire and an odd explosion, it was eerily quiet.
"Darj, somethings wrong... where is everyone?"
"They might have withdrawn to hunker down" Darjeeling replied, "I suggest you button down Kay"
"But i can't see otherwise"
"Do not make me order you Kay" Darjeeling scolded her.
"I know, I know, you're just trying to look out for me, after all..." Kay sighed through the microphone, "After all this is over, do you think we could maybe?"
"Maybe what?"
"Go ou-"
*CRACK*
"Kay?" Darjeeling, smacked her radio, "KAY?". then an explosion of noise burst through the radio...
"THE EAGLE HAS FALLEN!" A panicked voice burst through the radio. Darjeeling slumped into her seat "WE NEED CASEVAC TO OUR LOCATION"
"In the tower, floor 7, right side, sniper" Assam barked at Darjeeling. Darjeeling simply sat there shaking. Her calm demeanor completely crushed by those words. Assam ignored Darjeelings silence and fired, a thunderous explosion toor through the floor, eliminating the sniper.
Darjeeling, opened the hatch or her Centurion and turned to see Kay slumped over the roof of her Sherman, unmoving, medics desperatly pulling at her to get her down and behind the tank. Siting back down in her tank, she closed her eyes... "That's another one you've failed, first Rukuriri, now Kay" Darjeeling placed her head in her hands, beginning to cry.
"WE'VE GOT TO GET HER OUT OF HERE" she heard a medic shout, as Kay was pulled onto a stretcher and loaded onto a Jeep.
Darjeeling wiped the tears from her eyes and looked up, without a word, she grabbed a small revolver from a pouch next to her seat. Grabbing the rim of the hatch, she pulled herself up. beconning Assam and Pekoe to follow, pointing at a pershing and two Gloriana soldiers from the convy. She hopped from the centurion and began walking towards the Oarai Town Hall.
Bullet after bullet zipped passed her, striking the ground around her, Darjeeling simply raising her revolver and firing, not even breaking her stride. An unnaturally wide smile on her face.
The small squadron slowly made its way to the town hall, Darjeeling leading the charge. Enemy after enemy dropped in front of her, yet she didn't say a single word.
As they reached the front of the town hall, they saw a hastily built machine gun nest in the door way. Darjeeling pointed at the Pershing, then door and made a closed fist. The ground shook as the pershing fired, annihilating the nest and opening the door.
Darjeeling walked towards the door and disappeared into the smoke as Pekoe and Assam watched on. The silence broken by the sound of several shots.
They sprinted towards the door followed by several Gloriana and Saunders special forces. They were greeted by Darjeeling calmly reloading her revolver, several KMM soldiers lay around her.
Darjeeling turned and began to ascend a small staircase. Koume stood at the top of the stairs.
"Oh god.. please I surrender" she said dropping to her knees.
"Where is Maho?" Darjeeling approached her.
"I dont kno-"
"Where. Is. Maho" Darjeeling said loading her revolver.
Koume gulped. "In there" she pointed to a set of double doors.
"Thank you" Darjeeling walked past her, as two Saunders officers pinned Koume to the ground and cuffed her. Pekoe and Assam stood either side of the double doors, as a team of Gloriana soldiers raised their rifles.
*THUNK*
The doors crashed open.
*BANG BANG*
Two KMM soldiers dropped to the floor.
Erika pulled out a knife and charge at darjeeling, only to be smacked by the but of Assam's rifle and knocked out.
"Hello Maho, Didn't expect to see me did you?" Darjeeling chuckled, still with her eery smile...
Maho slowly stood up from behind the desk, her hands in the air.
"I think we need to have a litte... Talk"
*BANG*
