Third Great War: Honorable Death
By: Pho
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I don't own Gargoyles, I don't claim to. I only own the Setara and Vinkari as they are original characters.

A/N: This story is to be told from the POV of Vinny. Vinny is the man who kept meeting the Manhattan Clan under strange circumstances. They wrecked his bike, made him lose 2 jobs (I think), and eventually he even pied Goliath with a pie launcher. At one point he thought he might join the Quarrymen, but then saved Goliath from Castaway and told him he was moving to Japan to take a job in Security, that was the last we've heard of him until now.



I looked around, nervous. These were unsettling times with China next door, so to speak. Man I was worried that the Chinese would attack.

I thought of the things that could hit Japan from China right now:
The CAS-1 Kraken, the CSS-2 that could carry a nuclear warhead, the CSS-3, the CSS-4. Those were just missiles to be launched from the mainland.
To be launched from the Navy there could be many things; the CSS-N-1 Scrubbrush, CSS-N-2 Safflower, the CSSC-2 Silkworm, and the CSSC-3 Seersucker could all be deployed against Japan by the Chinese Navy.
Let alone the bomber/fighter forces, and the possibility of them carrying nukes. The world's become a dangerous place ya know? Hmm, the fighters; the CAC-J-10, the BUAA Chang Hong 1, the MIG MAPO MiG-17, the Harbin H-5, the CAC J-7 (known as the F-7 in the US).
The fighters and bombers capable of nuclear assault were enough to scare me even more; The Hong-6 and Quiang-5 bombers, plus that Gravity Bomb mini nuke...man that just scares me.
Geez, I'm glad today I'm on vacation away from Tokyo, the place gets to you after a while, being on a big target sign. Even though China and Japan are at war, there haven't been any active moves of war.
I walk in to the hotel room and slump down on the bed. My feet are a little stinky as I take my shoes off, but oh well. Air conditioner on, and now the remote control, yep.
I've become pretty fluent in Japanese for the years I've been over here, is it eight years already? Life is as good as its ever been, so lets see what's on the old TV.
I could feel my mouth drop in shock. Tokyo, my Tokyo, in ruins. Smoke drifting up everywhere, conventional bombs having fallen like a rain of death upon my beautiful city.
Then an announcer came on and showed me something worse. An air armada of Chinese aircraft, all headed for Japan, and the Japanese Air Force wasn't doing well at stopping them. On the map on screen a bright red dot appeared, symbolizing the detonation of a nuclear weapon, seemed to be in the largely unspoiled suburbs of Tokyo!
Wait a second. I live in the large suburbs of Tokyo! Oh my God, just when my luck changes World War Three starts and my house and workplace becomes a casualty!
Wait, the Gargoyles I found when I got lost on a road trip after coming to Japan. Were they okay? Its still daylight after all and they are perched on top of buildings.
I run out to the car, and put the keys in the ignition. It growled, but wouldn't start. Come on baby, start for me, start for me! Suddenly bullets were ripping into the ground around my car and inside the hotel. Chinese J-10's were tearing up the area.
Finally the car is at last starting and my foot goes all the way down the on the gas. I'm swerving from side to side, but I don't think I'm going to be able to outrun them. Hell, I know I can't outrun them!
I finally make it to the Gargoyles, where they sleep only to find smoking ruins. Smoking ruins. Then the bright flash of light engulphed me, I felt pain for a second and then...

*Third Person*
Vinny died in that nuclear blast along with thousands of others. However, Japan was not forgotten by her allies. United States nuclear weapons took out many Eastern Chinese nuclear installations. And Russia launched an all out nuclear and arial assault on China. Within the hour, both China and Japan had withdrawn to nuetrality, to care for their ravaged countries, and to deal with the fallout that would cover them.


If you were wondering about the type of forces involved in the Russian Attack on China, here is a list of the craft and missile types:

Russian Nuclear Devices Used:
ICBMs:
SS-18, 4 used out of 170.
SS-19, 5 used out of 160.
SS-24, 4 used out of 46.
SS-25, 2 used out of 260.
SS-27, 5 used out of 10.

Total Number of ICBMs in Russian Arsenal: 756.
Warheads Total in Russian arsenal: 3,590.

SLBM:
SSN-8, 3 of 152 used.
SSN-18, 1 of 176 used.
SSN-20, 2 of 20 used.
SSN-23, 3 of 64 used.
Delta I, 2 of 12 used.
Delta III, 1 of 11 used.
Delta IV, 1 used out of 7.
Typhoon, 1 of 6 used.
Total number in arsenal: 260
Total warheads: 1036


The Air Force Unit Types used in attack on China:

Strategic Bombers:
Tu-95H6, 28 total
Tu-95H16, 35 total
Tu-160, 6 total
Total number: 69
Nuclear warheads capable of being dropped by bombers: 800


Russian Normal Bombers:
Su-24 (Fencer)
Su-24M
Su-30MK
Su-34
Tu-22M3
Tu-95M5


Russian Fightercraft used:
Su-27
Su-27SK
Su-30
Su-30K
Su-33
Su-35
Su-37
MiG-21
MiG-23
MiG-25
MiG-27
MiG-29
MiG-31


Russian Attack Helicopters used in attack:
Ka-50 (The Black Shark)
Ka-52 (The Alligator)
Mi-24
Mi-28N (anti tank helicopter)