"... Wha where am I?" a young boy asked himself as he was lying on a platform with a bright light above him.
"Oh right, I died. So I'm going to the afterlife huh? I hope Tatsumi didn't suffer the same fate as Sayo and I did"
"Ieyasu!!!!"
Ieyasu recognised the voice he got up and took a look to the side of him and there was Tatsumi
"Nevermind, guess he didn't make it"
"So Tatsumi, guess we both died huh?"
"No you got revived"
"What?"
"Yes, we are not dead"
"Ah good evening, how are you feeling right now? Any pain or discomfort?" Michael asked Ieyasu
"Um No, what happened? Where am I?"
"Well, long story. Let's just say you died but only for a while and you're alive again right now"
"Wait, where's Sayo?"
"She's right there"
"Tatsumi? You're alive?"
"Yep, I'm glad Michael could revive you two"
"Revived? How could he do it?"
"Well hard for me to explain, So Tatsumi, tell them everything and call me if there are any problems with your body you two"
"Wait Mr, so you're the one who revived us?" They asked
"Yes, actually, you 2 are very lucky aswell, the method usually ends in a failure. But you 2 made it. Also call me Michael"
"Well thank you so much Michael"
"It's fine" Michael went back to another room with Wave, Esdeath and the rest of the Jaegers in there.
Time: late evening
"The Terrorists just injected Kurome with a small dose of Valium, don't worry, it's just a sleeping drug so it won't harm her,I believe they had other plans but Randall and his team stopped them before doing anything else" Michael told them
"Oh really? she's going to be fine? Thanks Michael"
"But, I just want to know a few things, General Esdeath"
"Yes?"
"Do you know anything about Kurome when she was young?"
"I just have heard she was trained by the Empire to be a deadly assassin, why do you ask?"
"What I found in her blood was just impossible"
"What do you mean?"
"There are traces of Mercury, Lead and about 7 more poisonous elements and compounds in her blood. The amount of Mercury alone found in her body would be enough to kill an adult human, but I could tell it's not new, it has been there for a while"
"She was injected with many different types of liquid and drugs when she was young" Akame appeared
"I see"
"What? So how should we solve the problem?" Esdeath asks
"Well I'm not a chemist, I wouldn't know much about how to cure all of the poisons"
"Wait isn't William a chemist?" Jeff interrupts
"Yea you're right, where's is he?"
"Back at their base"
"Call him here, there's a life on the line"
Meanwhile back at the base Vadim, Trevor and Najenda discuss their next move
"Alright we have collected 147 M16A4s, 234 MK14s (EBR), 20 M40A1s, 218 M1911s, 54 Kel-Tec KSGs, a few grenades various types and few kilograms of C4" Vadim listed
"What about ammo? Is it enough?" Trevor asked
"No, we are currently low on ammunition"
"Well then, there's one place we can get more"
"The New Order's base?"
"Kill 2 birds with one stone, yea that's a great idea"
"Wait, this time we are going to assault their base?" Najenda asked
"Yes, however some will stay to protect the others here at our base"
"Najenda, gather everyone here, they need to know about the operation, the New Order and NWK will end when we attack"
Few minutes later, after Team 57X, Team 45K, Jaegers and the Night Raid had gathered in the main room, Vadim explain who is going and who is staying.
"So, Michael and William will be taking care of Kurome. Jeff Hartmann, Jack Owens, Randall Schwarz, this time you 3 stay here with Michael"
"Jaegers, all of you stay here, I'm going this time" Esdeath told them
"What? It's just been a few days since you were injured and now you want to get yourself into combat again?" Michael asked
"Yes, remember I have the Demon's Extract, I've learnt a method to speed up my healing proses with my Ice powers, besides, I've done nothing since the agreement, so I want to join"
"Captain I want to join too I can still fight now" Bols requested
"Fine"
"Well then, with William staying here, I think Hussein, you go back to our old base and get William's chemicals and stuff .Kiyoshi you come with me this time. Ah I almost forgot, Jack, could remove the bullets from the T-800?" Trevor ordered
"Yes Sir"
"I guess some of the Night Raid will stay, Sheele, Akame this time you 2 come with me, the rest of you, take a rest" Najenda said
Najenda, Susanoo, Akame, Esdeath, Bols, Kiyoshi, Trevor, Sheele and Vadim went off to the New Order's base. But before that,
"Akame wait! Take this" Randall handed her a round bottom flask with some kind of liquid in it
"What's this?" she asks
Randall whispers in her ears and after that she nods and with that the group headed out.
Few hours later
Randall was sharpening his huge sword
Jack was removing the bullet from the T-800
After Hussein had brought back the William's chemicals, he and Mine went to the firing range since she wanted to see who's the better sniper
William and Michael worked together in order to figure out how to cure Kurome with Wave and Run in the room aswell, Wave wanted to stay by Kurome's side while Run wanted to learn a bit by observing William and Michael
Tatsumi was still trying to explain everything that had happened when Sayo and Ieyasu had "died"
Bulat, Chelsea and Lubbock had a small chat in the kitchen.
As for Jeff, he was outside looking towards the moon calmly while thinking "Wilhelm, Kurt, I know we might meet again but I wish you could see me now, I did it, I have achieved the body of a Death Fighter. You both believed in me and also to all your students, but now I finally did it. On another topic, what should I do when this is all over?"
"Hey Jeff!" a cheerful voice came from behind him
"WOOOAHHH" Jeff shocked
"Oh it's you Leone"
"Yep, what are you doing out here?"
"Nothing, just thinking I would say"
"About what?"
"Ahh nothing just thinking what should I do after this is all over"
"Well to me I just want to live my life once this war is over"
"I see, I grew up as a third generation Death Fighter, both my grandfather and father teaching me, but now once this is over I would not know what I want to do"
"Jeff, do you have a family in your world?
"No I don't. The only family I have is my brother and my parents"
"Ever thought of having one?"
"No, why should I? Look at me, I'm a Death Fighter, a creature who's main purpose is to fight. No woman would ever want a killing machine as a partner, I will forever live alone"
"Jeff, look at me, that's not true, you have a good heart and a strong sense of justice plus even though you train me and the others harsh, you do it because you care about us"
"Well yea but even so, my only purpose in life is to make the world a better place by killing bad and corrupt people and the machines that want to destroy humans, after it's done, I wouldn't know what to do. I mean I will be alone afterall"
"If you choose so, then you will, but you know I kinda like you"
"What? No you're just saying that to make me feel better"
"Am I?" Leone suddenly took a huge step foward, wrapped her arms around Jeff's neck, pulled his head closer and planted her lips on his's.
"Wha? What's this? It feels great, these are true feelings, she wasn't lying. Why was my seventh sense not working just now?" he thought as he didn't seem to resist and was more surprised by what Leone did.
She stepped back after a few seconds of kissing and looked at him straight in the eyes
"What was that?" he asks
"Jeff, ever since you saved me that day, my feelings for you grew stronger by day. And today I can't hold it anymore. So please, atleast give me a chance"
"Leone... ... I also do find you attractive and just right now I developed feelings for you too"
"So let's be together then once this is all over"
"Alright I accept, if we survive that is"
"Don't say that"
"So wanna head back to our base?"
"Okay let's go"
Back to Mine and Hussein as they already had moved to a high hill.
"What is the challenge now? Hussein asks
"That fruit hanging from that tree, can you shoot it? I will lend you my Pumpkin" Mine told him before she taught him how to use it. After he had learnt the basics of using the Pumpkin, He took it and even though he was still standing up, he held his breath, his body became completely motionless as a statue. He took the shot while still standing despite the recoil of the gun
Mine used her binoculars to observed the damage and even she can't believe it, the fruit was pierced right through the middle, it was a perfect bullseye.
"H-How did you do that? Even I can't make a shot like that"
"Focus, Calmness, Concentration, if you are able to master those 3 things, you will be able to"
"Hussein, hard for me to ask this but could you teach me?" Mine Asks
"Be happy too, here you can start with this" Hussein lent her his SVD and so on her training began
Meanwhile with Bulat, Lubbock, Chelsea, and now even Tatsumi (since Sayo and Ieyasu had to rest) were discussing over what mess they have gotten themself into.
"Are we sure about this? Today we are still alive and well but maybe even tomorrow anyone of us might be killied by the Machines." Lubbock spoke
"Well atleast we die fighting" Bulat now equipped with an SR-25 on his back
"Don't say that, always think positive, think that none of us will die" Tatsumi told them
"But you know, we have strong people like Esdeath, Captain Trevor etc on our side" Chelsea was confident in them
"Yes but what if the NET have Warpriests?" Jack appeared
"Are Warpriests really that powerful?"
"Warpriests used by the New Order and Juggernauts used by the Alliance changed the shape of modern War. Both had weapons of mass destruction and an anti-air battery mounted on them. In short, Warpriests and Juggernauts were breathing walking weaponized nightmares for both sides as normal soldiers can't do much against them with bullets"
"Wait if the New Order used them, how could the NET have them?"
"The New Order created Warpriests by mutating and mechanizing high ranking leaders, but since they mechanized their brain, the NET could easily hack these creatures and turn them into units of their own army"
"One more thing, why is he, a machine, helping us?" Bulat asks Jack about the T-800
"When the War between Man and Machines began, some machines were friendly and wanted to build a human-robot society that will live in harmony, the reason to this is unknown but we do accept them as the Demi-humans aswell since we could tell their intentions were honest"
"I see, so I guess there's no turning back when we fight the NET next time huh" Tatsumi stood up and went to check on Sayo and Ieyasu while Lubbock followed him as he wanted to see what Michael and William were doing. While Bulat went to the Mine and Hussein to see their training
"So it's just the 2 of us now huh Chelsea?" Only Jack and Chelsea remain in the kitchen
"Yea, actually what's our plan during the war?"
"Well I would say the both of us be infiltrators since going on the battlefield would be suicide for both of us"
"Guess we will have to really watch each other huh?"
"Yep, in order to survive"
The night progressed but no enemy has attacked the base , tonight was a resting night for them
Randall was still outside practicing his sword skills as he slices a huge boulder in half, within a thousandth of a second later, a small gust of wind appeared and another 10 huge boulders were slice into many different shapes. "Tonight was silent as a mouse but only God knows if tomorrow will be as chaotic as a slaughterhouse" Randall then walks backs to the base. While most of them slept throughout the night, William and Michael still had to work on their operation.