Date: 10th December 1024
Location: Night Raid's base
Time: 7:28 P.M.
Michael! Chelsea! You're back. Wait, Ummm. Where's um Jack?" Leone asks
"Leone, can we explain this to everyone inside?"
"Why? What happened? Trevor looked pretty pissed just now"
"Please? Leone?"
"Alright then"
Michael and Chelsea had returned to their base and knew what everyone would ask. On the way back Trevor told Michael he wouldn't tell the rest and left it to Michael to do it himself. Everyone had surrounded the table in the main hall and the telephone was placed on the table to connect them to Vadim at the other base.
"It's hard for me to say this but Jack has died" Michael said, shocking everyone
"WHAT???"
"Michael we don't have time for games"
"YOU'RE JOKING MICHAEL!"
"No, the C4 charges didn't detonate on the mission, Jack sacrificed himeself and went down with the ship"
"Why? Wasn't there any other option?"
"Fuck we're going to end up like Jack aswell soon"
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Vadim shouted through the devise
"Jack Owens is gone, but remember if we stop now, his death will be pointless. Any one of us may die at any time, but this is just the nature of war. We have 2 options, give up now and all our efforts will be pointless or keep on fighting in order for humanity to survive . What matters most is that we try our best"
"He's right, Jack's death is a wake up call to us. Tomorrow Randall, Tatsumi and Lubbock will return with soldiers from the Revolutionary Army. We need to prepare ourselves, yesterday was only 1 Warship, it's not the end it's just the beginning, in order to avenge our comrade, we have to keep on fighting the NET." Najenda told the group.
"Yes, Our next plan will be to train the soldiers to use modern weapons as soon as they get here" Trevor added
"Acknowledged, we can send half of them to the other base"
"But then someone has to teach them there"
"I will go" Hussein volunteered
"What? just you alone?" William asked
"Negative, permission to assist Hussein to the base?" The T-800 asked
"Approved" Trevor replied
"What about here? Who's going to stand for overwatch?" Jeff asked
"Mine can do it, I've seen her talent, you can rely on her" Hussein said
"Oh thanks, Mr Hussein" she replies
"So we have settled that, the NET units will be here in a few days, we have to prepare IMMEDIATELY!"
"What about the Capital?"
"I have ordered everyone to evacuate it, it is empty" William answers
The next day later
When they were all in the main hall. !!!! They could hear the front door opening, it was Randall and his team, they have returned with a million revolutionary soldiers.
Timeskip an hour after they had explained Jack's death to the 3. The 3 had no choice but to just accept it, and continued with the plan.
"Randall, we have a bit of a problem here. There is a little shortage of weapons here, and not much ammunition either" Trevor said
"Enough for how many Captain?"
"2200 max"
"About 2000 only? Huh that won't do"
"Alright new plan, this under my order, 2000 shall stay here and be with us to defend the Capital, while the rest shall go to the other base"
"I will inform Vadim Captain"
Randall contacted Captain Vadim to inform him about the change of plans in which he agreed and explained that the New Order's base has a secret armoury with more than a million firearms, they can't believe their luck, so the 998 thousand soldiers started their journey to the former New Order's base with Hussein, the T-800, William, Jeff and Leone.
While the remaining 2000 stayed at the base, immediately an hour later, they all grouped up outside where they were each given a rifle, submachine gun or machine gun. Then Randall went on a high rock where everyone could see him, he instructed every step with each weapon, be it an M16, M14, M4, M40, MAC-11 or 10, and many more. He went through everything and explain what are the best usages for it. After he was done, Captain Trevor trained everyone to memorize the ways to operate each gun. Before they could called it a day, each soldier was given their own weapon based on their performance observed by Randall and Trevor.
Timeskip till Nightime. A few soldiers with Akame and Sheele had caught enough food for everyone from hunting wild beasts in the forest. The base had more than enough space for each soldier to stay in. They all were nervous about the battle about to happen in the Capital. The night was late, Mine stayed up since she will be on overwatch till morning. Akame was training late at the training grounds until Randall appeared,
"Why are you up tonight?" She asks
"I'm used to it, I like the night more"
"Remember when we spared last time?"
"Of course"
"I still can't understand how you could move that fast, not to mention with that heavy sword"
"It's all about training, and also the bigger reason being, me controlling my brain limitations"
"What do you mean Randall?"
"Everyone actually has more than twice the amount of strength they use everyday, but because the brain limits this, you can't use all of it at once. The reason why I can use all of my strength is a newly found method to 'off' the brain limiter causing my strength to increase greatly"
"How? Learning it will help us a lot in taking down the NET"
"No, learning it will take more than a year and complete isolation, we don't have that much time"
"I see, anyway, since we're both up you want to try to spar?"
"Yea sure"
And so they clashed with wooden swords, with each outcome being the same.
"And that's 23" Randall offers Akame a hand after his 23th win over her
"Thanks, you think that's it for today? The battle might start tomorrow"
"Yes, we need to have enough rest to always be ready"
Mine was on the top of the building keeping an eye out for enemies while she thinks to herself "Focus, Calmness, Concentration huh? That's what's required to be an excellent sniper, I must keep on practicing, the war is far from over, although one of my friend is gone, we must not give yet"
"Hey Mine" a familiar voice was heard and shocked her
"Woaah Tatsumi, what are you doing so late at night?"
"Can't sleep"
"Huh, I'm on overwatch tonight, so tomorrow a battle might happen huh?"
"That's what our leaders said"
"You know Tatsumi, after observing you for a while, you're alright, Najenda was right about you being a great assassin"
"Thanks Mine, you're not so bad Afterall"
"Not bad? NOT BAD? I'M THE GENIUS SNIPER, I'M FAR BETTER THAN 'NOT BAD' "
"Yea sure"
"What?"
"Nothing see you tomorrow, I will sleep now" Tatsumi left
"Hmmfff"
Meanwhile Kurome had finally recovered after Michael and William had removed the toxins from her body.
"My Yatsufasa has been destroyed, how am I going to be of use to the team without my Teigu? Now I finally get to fight beside Akame again but will it last?"
"Hey"
"Oh Wave, it's you, why are you up?"
"I'm worried about you Kurome, everyone is. The doctor said you are not 100% healed, for now you might not be able to even wield a sword"
"THEN TAKE THIS" Trevor appeared out of nowhere, took out a rifle and gave it to Kurome
"A gun? I have never used one before, I was always trained with a sword"
"Trust me, your team told me there's no way you can fight with a sword if it isn't the last one you had"
"My Yatsufasa had always assisted me in combat, it wasn't just a sword"
"But now, you don't have it anymore. A gun in my old world has been the main weapon of armies around the world for centuries already"
"But I don't know if I would be a great shot"
"Anyone can with practice, so take it, this is an MK14 EBR, semi-auto designated marksman rifle, this thing has great range, power and is just damn accurate"
"I will try Captain Trevor, thank you" Kurome takes the rifle
"Good, tomorrow most of us will go to the Capital, but some will have to stay to keep an eye on Tatsumi's friends"
"I would like to join you Captain" Kurome asks
"What are you sure about this Kurome?" Wave questions worried about her condition
"Yes Wave, I can handle it"
"No, I will go with you, you can't be out there in a warzone all by yourself" Wave said
"Fine both can go" Trevor agreed
Both Wave and Kurome went back to their rooms, and everyone slept calmly throughout the night as if it was their last, well for some it might be.
The night goes by fast and as soon as dawn arrived, everyone got up early. Captain Trevor leaded the 2000 soldiers together with Michael as the team's medic, Bols, Run, Kurome and Wave of the Jaegers and the entire Night Raid excluding Chelsea who was at base with the recovering Ieyasu and Sayo and Randall who was on guard.
As soon as they have arrived, the Capital, it was empty, half of the buildings were destroyed by the NET attacks.
"Is this really what they can do?" A soldier asked
"Tell me about it, it's as if the Capital went through Hell and back" another added
"ALRIGHT EVERYONE, LISTEN UP!! We have a mission, to defend the Capital till our last breath, the people of this state have evacuated it. But if the NET manage to get through and conquer the Capital, they will get to the civilians and kill every single living human cell. REMEMBER! THIS IS OUR EARTH WE MUST FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS TO LIVE ON IT. EVEN IF ONE OF US DIES, THE NEXT ONE SHALL ALWAYS BE READY TO PICK UP THAT RIFLE AND KEEP ON FIGHTING!!! SO EVERYONE FIGHT TILL THE LAST MAN!!! FOR THIS IS THE BATTLE FOR HUMANITY" Trevor's speech inspired many before any sign of the NET
"YES SIR!"