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Thanks for reading. My muses ran out on me for a little while but they're back. Sorry it took me so long to post this one. Thankyou to all the nice people who reviewed, Hi Miggy.
The Immortals
Chapter 3- Owing Peace?
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The early morning mist played tricks on the mind. It blurred the lines of reality and fantasy, enabling the five figures to disappear without being noticed by the many Military watchtowers that lined the sky.
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The Omega war was often referred to as the old war. Mobile suits were not being used, instead combat was to be done hand to hand, or in most cases, shooting for a short distance. All citizens between the ages of 18 and 30 had to enlist, either in GOD the Global Organisation of Defence or in CAF, the Colony Attack Front. It just so happened that Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa and Wufei were all 19.
Not wanting to raise suspicions, the five created new identities. They had some problems at first, creating new lives wasn't as easy as it had once been. For strange and unknown reasons Heero wanted to be a Japanese pop star and Wufei wanted to be a lawyer. After working out the minor difficulties they prepared to be enlisted, this had to be done on different days to make it seem normal.
* * *
Duo and Heero walked into the cramped recruitment office. There was a young blonde sitting behind the desk. She looked up and smiled flirtatiously at Duo. She introduced herself as Leanne, she was the recruiting officer. She sat them down and asked a few questions, after this she left the room while they filled in 3 pages of forms. Once they had finished, Leanne re-entered and handed them a plain brown package. Smiling she welcomed the two latest soldiers of CAF, privates Dan Maxwells and Owen Peace. Duo broke into hysterics when he read this on the registration sheets. Heero glared at the sheet and then turned the glare on Leanne. Duo walked out, leaving Heero to argue with the woman about his name.
At the sound safety coming off the gun. Duo quickly ran back inside, Heero was standing behind the desk and was pointing his gun at the terrified Leanne's head. His eyes grew comically large, and he swore under his breath. You couldn't take Heero anywhere these days.
* * *
They had been in the frontline for almost 3 weeks. The squadron was an unnaturally small one, there was only 10 of them. Wufei cursed his bad luck, out of the 100 000 plus men applying in the army, he had ended up with Maxwell, Winner, Barton and Yuy. The gods must really hate him.
Their squadron had been assigned to advance on the capital of Newland, a remote, jungle island. They had been sent on a no hope mission, but they fought on. Ignoring the dead bodies that littered the island ground, the smell of dead flesh and the horror that was obvious on their comrades faces. They had each lost the natural reaction of disgust that came in these situations, they were no longer merely jaded, they were fully aquatinted with death.
The harsh terrain had mostly done the job for them, the military posts had been abandoned, or one of the many wild animals had struck, and all that was left were the bloodstains of the Earth soldiers.
* * *
By the 14th month Newland was completely under colony control. This achievement was mainly credited to squadron 105. Who were lead by Captain Owen Peace. Duo still went into hysterics whenever someone mentioned that name, he thought it was the funniest thing he had heard in the last decade. Wufei didn't get it at all, so Duo tried to explain.
" Owen Peace. . . it sounds like Heero owes peace, and he's the perfect soldier. So it sorta sounds like the perfect soldier owes peace, get it?" Duo's explanation didn't help Wufei understand the joke any- more. Quatre didn't have the heart to tell Duo that the joke was possibly the lamest one he had heard in his 50 something year long life. But he made a silent promise to himself, if Duo didn't stop the joke after a few years, he would be killed. As an after-thought Quatre added slowly and painfully to the promise.
* * *
Battles continued for another 7 years, nothing changed for either side. Land was gained and lost at the fastest rates, soldiers died in waves and battles were fought everyday. No one wanted the war to continue, but it did. And young men and women woke up silently screaming every night. Bunkers were bombed every now and then. No one was safe.
On the 1st of AC 244 the final battle took place in what had once been known as Rudi-Romania. Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei were shipped off overnight. They had been recognised as not only supreme soldiers, but great strategists and a group that were more than deadly together.
Once they landed in R-Romania, the five were sent straight to the frontline. After so many years of war the number of soldiers had drastically declined. This meant that this would be the last battle, the winner of this would control both Earth and the Colonies. The five were all promoted to the ranks of captain, they had almost supreme control over the tactics used in the battle. Trowa thought this would definitely give them the edge over the Earth soldiers, and after looking over his troops he decided that this was a very good thing.
* * *
They set out just before dawn, the 29 000 men in the first attack wave marching through the morning dew. It was an awesome sight. In the lead came five shadowy figures and slowly appearing behind them were the uncountable shadows of the marching soldiers. One Earth soldier who survived to tell of the first wave said that it had looked like a scene straight from hell, and that each of the five captains looked like the devil himself.
When the first flag of the Colony was raised the battle began. Troops rushed forward, forming the forever remembered first wave. Soon the sound of detonating bombs and the whip cracking of the automatics and machine guns had melded into an ear shattering frenzy. But there was no noise from the troops, not a word was spoken. They all knew their roles, and were determined to play them to the death.
Each side was setting out to win, and neither would break from the fighting. Each person was stretched to the limits of their sanity, fighting in the bloodshed for days without a break. They did stop though. As soon as one battalion started to dwindle the next wave would be sent out and the survivors from the last would come back into the fortress. Heero was the best out of the ex-pilots, he could go for nearly 2 weeks without rest. The others came close, but couldn't make it past the 11th day.
The war continued, they no longer counted the weeks that they fought, they no longer wrote home to loved ones as they had once done. They lived to fight they lived to die. On the 1st of the last month before AC 245 a cease- fire was declared. The two political leaders had agreed to call a truce. The Colonists would withdraw, and no repercussions would occur. They would be granted full clearance of all war records.
And on the 27th day both sides retreated, leaving thousands dead on the fields of Rudi-Romania. By the 30th day Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa and Wufei had arrived back on their home colony. They had been decorated with honours, and the leader of the colonies wanted to meet them so he could personally thank the five.
* * *
The last day of AC 244 was crowned a day of remembrance, its' heroes were Owen Peace, Dan Maxwells, Cat Raberba, Triston Bloom and Chang Nakatu. But on the 31st day these five heroes disappeared without a trace, and were never seen again.
These five soldiers were written down in the history books as the best army leaders in modern Colony history. It was suggested that they even surpassed the Earth's great Treize Kushrunada and the leader of White Fang, Zechs Marquise, or as he was later known, Milliardo Peacecraft.
The 5 mysterious captains from the ten-year war were appropriately named the 'Generals of Doom' and were the centre of many rumours and myths. Their full story was never known, and even those in close contact could give no insight. Colonists and Earthlings would forever remember them as the greatest military power of the times.
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Please leave all comments in the review section (pretty please with ice cream on top)
Thanks for reading. My muses ran out on me for a little while but they're back. Sorry it took me so long to post this one. Thankyou to all the nice people who reviewed, Hi Miggy.
The Immortals
Chapter 3- Owing Peace?
* * *
The early morning mist played tricks on the mind. It blurred the lines of reality and fantasy, enabling the five figures to disappear without being noticed by the many Military watchtowers that lined the sky.
* * *
The Omega war was often referred to as the old war. Mobile suits were not being used, instead combat was to be done hand to hand, or in most cases, shooting for a short distance. All citizens between the ages of 18 and 30 had to enlist, either in GOD the Global Organisation of Defence or in CAF, the Colony Attack Front. It just so happened that Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa and Wufei were all 19.
Not wanting to raise suspicions, the five created new identities. They had some problems at first, creating new lives wasn't as easy as it had once been. For strange and unknown reasons Heero wanted to be a Japanese pop star and Wufei wanted to be a lawyer. After working out the minor difficulties they prepared to be enlisted, this had to be done on different days to make it seem normal.
* * *
Duo and Heero walked into the cramped recruitment office. There was a young blonde sitting behind the desk. She looked up and smiled flirtatiously at Duo. She introduced herself as Leanne, she was the recruiting officer. She sat them down and asked a few questions, after this she left the room while they filled in 3 pages of forms. Once they had finished, Leanne re-entered and handed them a plain brown package. Smiling she welcomed the two latest soldiers of CAF, privates Dan Maxwells and Owen Peace. Duo broke into hysterics when he read this on the registration sheets. Heero glared at the sheet and then turned the glare on Leanne. Duo walked out, leaving Heero to argue with the woman about his name.
At the sound safety coming off the gun. Duo quickly ran back inside, Heero was standing behind the desk and was pointing his gun at the terrified Leanne's head. His eyes grew comically large, and he swore under his breath. You couldn't take Heero anywhere these days.
* * *
They had been in the frontline for almost 3 weeks. The squadron was an unnaturally small one, there was only 10 of them. Wufei cursed his bad luck, out of the 100 000 plus men applying in the army, he had ended up with Maxwell, Winner, Barton and Yuy. The gods must really hate him.
Their squadron had been assigned to advance on the capital of Newland, a remote, jungle island. They had been sent on a no hope mission, but they fought on. Ignoring the dead bodies that littered the island ground, the smell of dead flesh and the horror that was obvious on their comrades faces. They had each lost the natural reaction of disgust that came in these situations, they were no longer merely jaded, they were fully aquatinted with death.
The harsh terrain had mostly done the job for them, the military posts had been abandoned, or one of the many wild animals had struck, and all that was left were the bloodstains of the Earth soldiers.
* * *
By the 14th month Newland was completely under colony control. This achievement was mainly credited to squadron 105. Who were lead by Captain Owen Peace. Duo still went into hysterics whenever someone mentioned that name, he thought it was the funniest thing he had heard in the last decade. Wufei didn't get it at all, so Duo tried to explain.
" Owen Peace. . . it sounds like Heero owes peace, and he's the perfect soldier. So it sorta sounds like the perfect soldier owes peace, get it?" Duo's explanation didn't help Wufei understand the joke any- more. Quatre didn't have the heart to tell Duo that the joke was possibly the lamest one he had heard in his 50 something year long life. But he made a silent promise to himself, if Duo didn't stop the joke after a few years, he would be killed. As an after-thought Quatre added slowly and painfully to the promise.
* * *
Battles continued for another 7 years, nothing changed for either side. Land was gained and lost at the fastest rates, soldiers died in waves and battles were fought everyday. No one wanted the war to continue, but it did. And young men and women woke up silently screaming every night. Bunkers were bombed every now and then. No one was safe.
On the 1st of AC 244 the final battle took place in what had once been known as Rudi-Romania. Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei were shipped off overnight. They had been recognised as not only supreme soldiers, but great strategists and a group that were more than deadly together.
Once they landed in R-Romania, the five were sent straight to the frontline. After so many years of war the number of soldiers had drastically declined. This meant that this would be the last battle, the winner of this would control both Earth and the Colonies. The five were all promoted to the ranks of captain, they had almost supreme control over the tactics used in the battle. Trowa thought this would definitely give them the edge over the Earth soldiers, and after looking over his troops he decided that this was a very good thing.
* * *
They set out just before dawn, the 29 000 men in the first attack wave marching through the morning dew. It was an awesome sight. In the lead came five shadowy figures and slowly appearing behind them were the uncountable shadows of the marching soldiers. One Earth soldier who survived to tell of the first wave said that it had looked like a scene straight from hell, and that each of the five captains looked like the devil himself.
When the first flag of the Colony was raised the battle began. Troops rushed forward, forming the forever remembered first wave. Soon the sound of detonating bombs and the whip cracking of the automatics and machine guns had melded into an ear shattering frenzy. But there was no noise from the troops, not a word was spoken. They all knew their roles, and were determined to play them to the death.
Each side was setting out to win, and neither would break from the fighting. Each person was stretched to the limits of their sanity, fighting in the bloodshed for days without a break. They did stop though. As soon as one battalion started to dwindle the next wave would be sent out and the survivors from the last would come back into the fortress. Heero was the best out of the ex-pilots, he could go for nearly 2 weeks without rest. The others came close, but couldn't make it past the 11th day.
The war continued, they no longer counted the weeks that they fought, they no longer wrote home to loved ones as they had once done. They lived to fight they lived to die. On the 1st of the last month before AC 245 a cease- fire was declared. The two political leaders had agreed to call a truce. The Colonists would withdraw, and no repercussions would occur. They would be granted full clearance of all war records.
And on the 27th day both sides retreated, leaving thousands dead on the fields of Rudi-Romania. By the 30th day Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa and Wufei had arrived back on their home colony. They had been decorated with honours, and the leader of the colonies wanted to meet them so he could personally thank the five.
* * *
The last day of AC 244 was crowned a day of remembrance, its' heroes were Owen Peace, Dan Maxwells, Cat Raberba, Triston Bloom and Chang Nakatu. But on the 31st day these five heroes disappeared without a trace, and were never seen again.
These five soldiers were written down in the history books as the best army leaders in modern Colony history. It was suggested that they even surpassed the Earth's great Treize Kushrunada and the leader of White Fang, Zechs Marquise, or as he was later known, Milliardo Peacecraft.
The 5 mysterious captains from the ten-year war were appropriately named the 'Generals of Doom' and were the centre of many rumours and myths. Their full story was never known, and even those in close contact could give no insight. Colonists and Earthlings would forever remember them as the greatest military power of the times.
* * *
Please leave all comments in the review section (pretty please with ice cream on top)