Chapter 1:Disappear
November 21, 2021
Somewhere In China, Hebei
In the green plain field, a large military base can be seen as the base was surrounded with large concrete walls and within the walls had the extra protection of steel including guard tower at every corner to guard the base and within was a huge area almost size of a small city with buildings and an airfield but not only that it also including dozen of military forces from different countries like Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Korea, Finland, Netherland and more.
The base was supposed to be US military forces only but it turns into the largest international military base in history named 'Valkyria' accepting any military forces to be station in base 'Valkyria'.When the congress and senators who were against the foreign military to be station in US only military base know about this they begin to protest that the base was supposed to be US military forces only not for other military forces with voting were bring up but failed as the majority of the vote goes to the opposition flavor meaning any foreign military force are allowed to station at "Valkyria".
Valkyria High Command Office Building
The building was 3-story high as a place for the highest-ranking officer who in charge of the military force station in the base, inside the building a where doors can be seen with flag stickers and nameplate below the flag to be unidentified easily of whose office is it for the workers who work in the buildings or soldiers finding their high ranking officer to report on duty.
Inside US Commander Office
Inside the office, a 86 year old high-ranking officer named William MacArthur held the rank of Field Marshal can be seen alone in his office doing paperwork left by his staff of reports of the arrival of supplies or more forces will be sent here in the base.
William MacArthur take part in Korean War, Russian Second Civil War and China-American War also mission in the Middle East receive many trust and respects though out the war from his own men and civilians including military from another nation as well even the presidents,his action helps more people than the UN organizations around the world as William describe it as "nothing but a puppet control by major power and greedy inside the organization including countries inside the organization doesn't give support but only help themselves." blaming on the political greed and lust for power as it was the most troubling problem,he has a spirit of leading his men as a commander to lead them in the frontline of the battlefield not worrying about his own safety of getting shot by a sniper or spies plotting to kill him when question by someone he answers "It's my job to keep as many of my men coming back alive not dead even if I'm hurt or shot."but his action makes the chain of command worry about his safety.
William takes part in the China war that ended 4 months ago as a commanding officer of US forces in China as the Chinese suddenly launch a full scale of war destroying anything in their path with its allies Mongolia, North Korea, Vietnam, Iran, Egypt, Pakistan, and Russian Communist Party suddenly rise up but only to strike back by nations bind together outnumbering the Chinese forces by taking down its allies one at a time before aiming at China mainland for the final offensive repeating the similar history happen to begin with the United State naval invasion from Taiwan and airborne assault on Shanghai and NATO countries soon follow as well as France, UK, German, Italy invade from occupied Vietnam, Russia, and Canada through Russian-China border, South Korea and Japan invade from occupied North Korea, India and Saudi through the India-China border causing China lack of manpower to protect their borders from their invader.
7 months after the invasion of China, the war was over with Chinese highest military generals sign the surrender document after American and Russian forces capture China capital city Beijing including other important capital city and military bases making the Chinese military forces have lost the will to fight on as their important capital city has been capture by their invader as well their great leader and high ranking officers recently killed by traitorous officers and soldiers who want to surrender peacefully to their enemy causing confusion and chaos among the chain of command thus making the Chinese officers have no choice but to order all their military forces to stand down to their invaders, leaders soon discuss in UN Council what to do with China and its allies but when it comes to China things get a bit complicated because the public wanted a harsh punishment on China similar to the German Empire after WW1 but harsher.
William received a message from his president while he was on a plane to Beijing for discussion with PLA high ranking officer for a term of surrender including the representative of US forces to be present at the signing of the Chinese instruments of surrender, in the message it says "We are in charge of the occupation of entire China with Canadian and Russian support because we are the only nation capable of occupying it because we didn't get hit by the Chinese ballistic missile and a large amount of money in our debt enough to buy a country, also I'm assigning you the leader of the occupation of China because I know you will get things done easily and peacefully. I'm counting on you, William. From President Aaron."
After a long travel,William arrives in Beijing Airport with his friend Colonel Nikolai representative of Russia and General Philips representative of Canada waiting for him at the airport to travel together by armored car to discuss with the Chinese officers about the term of surrender,soon they arrive at the Beijing military headquarter spared from bombardments,MPs then escort them into the room where the Chinese officers were waiting but as they arrive in the room there's only one single male teenager Chinese officer waiting for them for surrender negotiation making the commander confused,the lone Chinese officer noticed it then explain all of his highest officers had either escape or killed by their own men leaving him the only capable officer to be the representative of Chinese forces only also told them that he was just recently promoted to Field Marshal from Corporal without any real experience of leadership and negotiation experience,the Russian,American and Canadian officers then begin with signing the Chinese Instrument of Surrender document then negotiate the term of surrender documents with the fresh young officer slowly and explaining the details clearly to avoid confusion including translation if he doesn't know whats its meaning.
3 hours of explanation and negotiation later, the young Chinese officer signed the Chinese Instrument of Surrender meaning that all military action must cease active operations at the given time following the 'act of military surrender' without delay, as it comes under effect Chinese army forces hand over all their military weapons and bases to their occupier United State along with the help of Russia Federation and Canada to turn it into their own base of operation including setting up a headquarters at the important cities to watch over the region to prevent an uprising and riots.
William first important task was to get China back on its feet as future of China is currently resting on his hands meaning any action he orders will determine the future of China,he remembers back when he was traveling to Beijing he was horrified by the ruins of cities and dozen of people homeless when their convoy pass by the ruins as his mind begin fill with the out come of country starving and tearing on the edge of the total collapse repeating the same history of Japan after the war ended,William begins with general food distributions followed by targeted food aid along with the provision of health care,clean drinking water, and sanitation including rebuild which can be a huge step toward recovering the country then his second task was politics,he quickly gave order to all officers and MP to arrest all political classes including military officers who have a connection with the war to investigate and put them on trials then start the Decommunification to get rid of Chinese society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Communism then set up a trustful democratic government but since William was not a professional politician he passes it to his trusted political staff to be in charge of it. As the years went on, William step by step leaping toward the rebuilding task has succeeded with help of Russia, Canada, and is now back on its feet with a booming economy and a fresh new army China Republic Army including a trustable democratic government by the people's vote the first free election in China and after his task was complete Military occupation was called off under William orders.
As China is back on its feet many people from Taiwan begin planning to move into the mainland or visit their mainland for the first time, some of the old generations who fled from the mainland after the defeat of the KMT during the Chinese civil war return back to their homeland to search for their old lost family or visit the historical sites due to travel ban because of both country relationship. The border problem suddenly came up when an Indian general brings up the topic during a meeting including the ASEAN countries for the South China Sea claims but was quickly solved and sooner later annexed countries Tibet and East Turkestan call out for independence but once again was solved quickly as the new Chinese government allows them to be independent with votes.
Russia and Canada soon begin to pull out all their military forces in China after Military Occupation was ended as well as the United State but leaving one military base at Hebei in case anything an uprising sprung up and that is base 'Valkyria' the largest military base in the history built by United State Army Engineers ordered by William himself to house dozen of military personal and vehicles even an airfield including underground.
Peoples begin to believe there will be peace forever but William feels this is just the tip of the iceberg.
*Sound of phone ringtone*
William phone begin to sound on the table while he was doing paperwork surprising him as it was a sudden call then he looks at the clock hanging above the door showing "7:54 am", he put down the pen and check who's calling him in this early in the morning
[Incoming Call Charlotte Emillya]
William then answer the call"Hello Emi"
"Hey お父さん(Father)...how are you in China right now?" a sound of Japanese voice greet in English with the sound of sea save can be heard behind the background
"I'm good Emi and judging by the sound in the background I'm guessing your task force is heading somewhere?"ask William as he stands up from the chair and turns around to look outside the windows behind him of the view of the inside military base.
"はい(Yes)...we are heading to Hawaii to dock at Pearl Harbor for repair because Big-E left propeller unable to work all the sudden so two of our Destroyer USS Warlord and USS Ani has to tow her"answer Emillya as sounds of the ocean still can be heard.
"I see...our Big E need to be laid down for days to repair the propeller."Said William as he continues looking outside the window view of the inside military base"Oh by the way Emi, did you reci-"
A sigh can be heard from her interrupt what William was about to say"お父さん...i receive the package u sent to me were a week ago..."
"O...oh.."William forgot that he sent her a gift weeks ago due to his current position his in right now making him unable to visit her face to face rather than using video calls.
"お父さん, please...retire from the military"Emillya pleased her father"your condition is slowly getting worst to serve and command your men anymore."
"I know, I know...its just...i still can't put down everything"William convinces her that he still can't let go of what he's doing.
Emillya sigh after hearing what her father said"Knew you're gonna said that..."then a moment of silence before she talks again"If i heard anything happen or sick again,i will be telling him to dismiss you from the army."
"Yeah,yeah..."reply William as he scratches his head.
William daughter then decide to change the conversation "L...lets change the subject...did any-" suddenly she pauses as she was interrupted by a male voice calling out for her.
"Admiral, you are needed at CIC(Combat Information Center)."
"Ah, I'll call you again later Father."
"Alright, be safe i'll be waiting for your call after your done."reply William as her daughter Emillya hung up the call."Guessing I need to wait for another 4-6 days for her to come to China." smiled William as he lowers down his phone and sigh of relieve as he continues looking outside the window and notices the weather is turning dark'Looks like its gonna rain soon'
He returns back to his seat and begins to think about what her daughter just said'Maybe I should retire soon..I'm getting old to continue commanding my men..but...why I had a feeling there will be another one again?'he thought to himself in worrying about retirement
*Knock Knock*
"Come in."William answer the door and looks at the door to see who's is it
The door opens with an officer enters his office and closes the door behind him then walks toward William"Morning William."greeted the officer with a Russian Federation flag patch and rank patch of General on his uniform shoulder.
"Ah,Morning Nikolai." Willaim replies back to the Russian"Take a sit."
"Your face is telling me something is bothering you, William."Said the Russian General as he takes a sit looking at William face and notices something
William then chuckled"Well yes I do Nikolai" he replied, "it's about...retirement...you see Nikolai I'm getting too old to continue commanding my men with elderly sickness so..i have been thinking should I retire from the military.."he scratches his head
Nikolai face turns surprised upon hearing what William said"I see,"Nikolai then ask him"But have you think of transferring the command to who?Robert?"
"That I'm still thinking of who should I transfer it to...and for my retire plan...maybe just staying in-door doing potato-crouch...or go travel around the world with my daughter."
"I think your daughter gonna be real happy once she heard your gonna retire."Nikolai laughed as he remembers he meets William's daughter first time during his military visit with Chief of the Russian Navy to Pearl Harbor to attend a Joint Military Exercise talk as the talk was over she begins asks all sorts of thing about William military career because he always said, "its a secret" then she told him William is too old to continue serving the military and wanted him to tell William to retire from the military.
"Well absolutely because she has been scolding at me to retire after the end of the war,"William said in a smile as he looks at the photo on his desk taken on the runway of USS Enterprise of him in army uniform and officer hat with black shade along with his daughter in navy uniform with short skirt and thigh also wearing officer hat but navy ones.
Nikolai then turn around to see the clock above the door checking what's the time now then he stands up from the chair"Time for me to go, see you later William."he turns around and heads for the door exiting William office
"Alright see you later Nikolai."William watches him exit the office then he begins to do his paperwork again but as he about to pick up the pen to write more.
*Ring..!Ring..!*
The telephone on the table begins to sound which makes him change his mind to pick up the telephone and answer it."Field Marshal William here, who am I speaking to?"
"Morning Sir, I'm Sergeant Dallas Mike we need you at Hangar 43 there's something we need to show you, sir."
"Huh? What's going on at Hangar 43?"asked William in curious about Hangar 43
"I..don't know how to explain, sir." replied the sergeant in a confused tone
William paused for a second then said"Alright, I'll be there at Hangar 43 in about 15 minutes." and place the phone on the telephone.
He stands up from his chair and walks out his office then head down the stairs to exit the building while he was on his way out the building he greets the others officers and staffs 'Something tells me there's something going on'said to himself as he exits the building the head to the parking lot to get his personal vehicle to drive his way to Hangar 43.
USS Enterprise,CIC
Inside CIC, the crews working in CIC were in high alert looking at the radars and weather data showing signs of unknown high electromagnetic energy showing up over China out of a sudden, the crews try to make contact with 'Valkyria' to alert them but no avail.
"Admiral, we are getting a large electromagnetic signal coming from China at Hebei and we are unable to make contact with the base 'Valkyria' at China."report one of the crew looking at the display
"Contact Kunsan airbase in Korea and order them to dispatch a squad to Hebei, Now!"order Emillya as she looks at the display screen showing signs of electromagnetic energy appear over China she never seen before in her entire life
'お父さん...(Father)'
Valkyria,Hangar 43
After passing by many buildings and tents William finally arrives outside of Hangar 43,he steps out of the vehicle and looks up the sky as it getting more darker with sounds of thunder can be heard with announcer can be heard alerting everyone in base"All personal a storm is about to hi- ".He walks to the hangar and enters using the small door rather than opening the gate,after he enters he saw 3 people in uniform with a US flag patch on the shoulder looking at something with one of them had a fire extinguisher on his hand making him curious.
"Sergeant Dallas?"call out William as he walks toward them
One of them responded by turning around and salute "Sir." and soon others follow
"Your...Sergeant Dallas?"asked William
"Yes sir and take a look at this."the sergeant steps aside to let William see what are they looking at.
William eyes turn wild and stunned as he saw what's in front of him
An opened crate inside was a set of light blue beautiful female goddess armor with a rifle looking weapon and its glowing in blue flame he never seen before making him stunned.
"Wh...what is this Sergeant Dallas?"this stunned him a bit as he saw what's inside the crate
"We don't know sir, we were unloading crates of supplies and suddenly one of the crates appear out of nowhere because we completely unload every crate from the list i marked off every time we unload it then we heard sounds from inside of the crate so we crack open with the crowbar to see what's inside"answer Dallas as he points at the crowbars on the floors"and...we didn't expect it was these..?"
"S...so you're saying that this crate appears out of nowhere..?"asked William as he continues looking at it
"Correct, sir we also checked the list and the crates we unloaded 3 times, but this crate does not include on the list also it doesn't belong to anyone."reply Dallas he shows his clipboard which shows every crate freshly arrive are carefully tick by himself
"He's not lying sir, we were following with him since after entering the hangar and this crate appear out of nowhere."said one of the soldier with a fire extinguisher on his left hand
William walks to the crate and lowers his body to reaches out his hand into the crate to inspect the armors glowing in blue more closes but suddenly
*Thunder sound*
Outside it begins to rain and a flash of lightning came down from the dark clouds above the hangar striking through the hangar roof directly at the armor causing a bright flash blinding everyone inside the hangar
'What's happening?!'he begins to feel dizzy and weak then everything slowly turns darkness
Over the skies of Central Hebei
A squad of three F-35 jet fighters can be seen in the clear skies heading to Valkyria air space from Kunsan Air Base order given by Admiral Emillya to alert the base of high electromagnetic energy appears over Central China.
The leading F-35 pilot looks around his surroundings from inside the cockpit "That's weird..weather reports show there were like storms in this area..also we are already in 'Valkyria' air space but I'm not receiving a transmission from the tower."said the lead pilot
"Should we try to contact the tower?"suggested one of the F-35 pilot flying at the right
"Hang on..let me try"the leading pilot then try to contact the tower"This is Sky-1 from Kusan Air Base to 'Valkyria' do you read me?"asking through the flight helmet.
(No Response)
"This is Sky-1 from Kusan Air Base to 'Valkyria' do you read me?"the pilot asks again
(No Response)
"Something is wrong...everyone split up, report if you found anything."order the lead pilot
The jet fighters then break off the formation begin searching for the base around the Hebei region.
10 minutes later...
"This is Sky-2 I spotted something..."report Sky-2
"Sky-2 What is it you have found?"asked the lead pilot Sky-1
"Its...a giant crater...i think Base Valkyria has disappeared."report the pilot in an unbelievable voice as the pilot flies his jet at low altitude to inspect the giant crater.
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