(The Deadly Assault)

*September 19th, 1918*

*5:00pm*

The gang was enjoying their supper as Olga was struck with a sense of danger that was within her. "What's wrong Olya? You don't seem well?" Alexei asked with concern as he looked at his older sister.

"I-It's nothing but I've been feeling quite odd for the past day or so but I hope it's nothing too bad…" Olga responded back in a serious tone as she rubbed her head in order to ease the stress.

"I'm sure it's nothing. If you want you can rest for the rest of the day if things truly get worse okay?" Tatiana advised as she smiled in order to brighten Olga's bad mood.

"Thank you everyone. I'll try my best to be more upbeat and just thanks for lifting me up.." Olga said as she smiled faintly and gave a thumbs up as she began to eat her meal.

"I really hope Kaede is doing okay. It's been almost a week or two since we've seen her" Maria pondered as she had a worried yet calm look on her face as she thought about Kaede's journey.

"I'm sure she's doing okay and knowing she's on her way as we speak so I have full faith in Kaede's safety" Anastasia replied in a comforting voice as she smiled at her older sister in hopes of brightening up the mood.

"Nastya is right and I'm sure that Miss Kaede is quite well" Alexei added on as he smiled as both comments made Maria smile back.

"I guess both of you are right and I just hope for the best regarding Kaede as well but It's best for me not to worry too much so let's start eating!" Maria said in a more cheerful tone of voice as everyone chatted amongst themselves while eating supper for roughly an hour.

*6:00pm*

Everyone but Alexei was cleaning up their supper while everyone talked amongst themselves in the process.

"That was very good and thank you for the meal Mr Akito" Alexei thanked the man as he smiled as Kazumi and Olga helped him sit down on a wooden chair.

"You're welcome and it's quite an honor to help the children of Nicholas and Alexandra…" Akito said with a smile as this seemed to shock everyone in the process.

"H-How did you know…" Tatiana uttered in surprise as she stood there in shock.

"Do you intend to turn us into the Bolsheviks and we're not children as well. Me, Maria, and Tatiana are grown women" Olga asked in a rather more defensive tone of voice.

"I remember Kaede telling me that they were the daughters and son of Nicholas II so I'm not surprised at the very least" Kazumi thought to himself as he looked at the events that were unfolding in front of his eyes.

"I had a hunch and I won't turn everyone in and I know how much Kaede values her friends so I won't betray my student nor her friends and besides you resemble your father quite a lot" Akito replied back in a comforting voice as he smiled in which gave Olga and the others hope and relief.

"So you knew this whole time didn't you? But I'm glad that you won't do anything terrible to us and I just feel like it's hard to trust others in this day and age" Tatiana spoke as she took a deep sigh of relief.

"You seem like a good man so I trust you with everything that I've got and I'm just glad that you are not like those terrible Bolsheviks" Alexei added on to the conversation as he smiled.

"Olga really does look like her father when I really do see it while Anastasia looks like her mother" Bartok said as he smiled at the pair.

"Hey. Who is that person over there…" Anastasia asked as she turned her direction to see a tall figure standing there which made everyone look towards the direction that Anastasia was facing.

"I have a bad about this…" Bartok said quietly to himself as the figure began to move closer towards the gang.

"Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, Yelena, and Alexei..get inside now!" Akito commanded as he pointed at his house with a worried look on his face.

"O-Okay! Come on everyone follow me!" Olga cried out in response as she, Yelena, and her little siblings followed her inside the house where they were hiding.

"So so It seems that these are the fools who I must fight.." Peter Ermakov said with a smile as he chuckled to himself as Bartok and everyone else was taken by surprise.

"Who the hell are you!?" Bartok cried out as he stared at the tall man.

"What business do you have with us? Well answer us!" Akito cried out as well as he stood by Bartok's side.

"This guy looks pretty strong. I mean his armor doesn't help as well and what the hell is that weapon.." Kazumi thought to himself as he observed Peter Ermakov's armor and rocket launcher.

"Let's introduce ourselves shall we? I am Peter Ermakov and I was sent here by Mr Claude himself to kill everyone in this area…" Peter Ermakov said as he smiled even more.

"Peter?! He was one of the guards who murdered Mama, Papa, and everyone else on that fateful day. What is he doing here…" Olga thought to herself as she held on to Alexei as tightly as she could.

"Claude? I remember Kaede telling us to watch out for a man named Claude or something like that? I wish Kaede was here to help us!" Maria thought to herself as she hid herself from the upcoming feud.

"I'm scared…" Yelena wrote as she showed everyone her thoughts while carrying a scared look on her face.

"Everything is gonna be okay and I promise you that okay?" Tatiana replied in a whispered tone of voice as Yelena nodded her head in agreement.

"I was intending to use my little rocket launcher on everyone however I prefer to kill everyone nice and slowly…" Peter Ermakov said once more as he began to laugh towards the sky.

"So how should we go about this?" Kazumi whispered to Akito and Bartok as he noticed Bartok raising his hand so he could speak.

"Let me take care of Peter. I'm tired of being the weak one so this bastard is mine!" Bartok advised as he cracked his knuckles in the process.

"W-What do you mean?! If we all team up against this crazy dude then we'll win!" Kazumi said in a surprised tone of voice.

"He's right. It will be foolish using that method and who knows how much bloodlust this Peter man has within him…" Akito said in support of Kazumi's words.

"I know...but I just don't want others helping me all the time and I feel like this is my battle. This is the same bastard that tried to murder our friends and their parents so don't worry guys! I can deal with this man alone okay?" Bartok answered back as he smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"Alright fine. But be sure to tag me or Akito if you need help!" Kazumi said to Bartok as he smiled as well.

"Let's give them some space…" Akito said as he and Kazumi had taken some steps back for the upcoming battle.

"Done? Anyways! I'm aware that Kaede is on a little quest or whatever so It seems she'll miss the massacre, however I'll be sure to send her a present before I kill her as well!" Peter Ermakov boasted as he chuckled some more.

"I or anyone won't let you harm Kaede or anyone here! I will defeat you here and now!" Bartok cried out as he formed a stance.

"It seems four eyes is quite serious in trying to fight me? ME? Well after I killed him. I shall kill these two over there and after that I shall kill the Romanov scum inside their hiding place over there…" Peter Ermakov thought to himself as he threw his rocket launcher over to his side while taking off his armor head at the same time.

"It seems the little horror show will indeed begin now to prepare to DIE!" Peter Ermakov cried out as he charged towards Bartok.

"Here I come you bastard!" Bartok cried out as well as he and Peter Ermakov charged towards each other in response for their upcoming battle.