Eric's Rain, Part 2…
After happily agreeing to Sturm's request, Eric speaks with Hawke about the terms of his service as a CO.
"You will be trained under Lash's supervision, and then deployed in the field." Hawke said. Eric could hardly wait to get to the field-training base where Hawke had said he would be stationed. He was almost immediately transferred. When he got there he found Lash. She told him about the training missions he would go through.
Several weeks later, Eric finally finished the training missions and was sent on his first official deployment. He was given command of three infantry units, two mech units, and a tank. His objective was to eliminate an Orange Star pipeline, which was lightly guarded by two mech units. His troops were deployed and moved towards the targeted section of the pipe. His tank was caught behind the mountains and would have to take the long way around. His infantry moved over the mountains with ease and his mech units followed behind slowly. The two Orange Star units saw the incoming enemies and prepared for battle. As the other two mechs came over the mountains the infantry swooped in. One led the first enemy away while the other enemy was attacked by the other two infantry. They finished off the enemy mech and began to approach the other. The other enemy began to retreat down the road and was ambushed by the tank, which promptly eradicated him. They then destroyed the pipe with the tank and pulled out. When Eric arrived back at the base Lash congratulated him.
"That was good, but I would have done better." She said as he walked up. Eric was taller that most people his age, but that was mostly because of his cybernetic legs. He had dark hair and always wore a cloak, to cover his legs up. He also had a scar, on his neck.
"Umm, thanks, I guess…" he responded.
It would be a long time before he had any real responsibilities. He had done a little research and knew that the pipeline he had destroyed would not be as important to defeating the Orange Star as they had told him. It was a supply line but it actually ran to a civilian area which he was assured would not be attacked. He also knew that was a lie. These people had no concern for the civilians this world, only for their own agendas.
Of course Eric knew he would turn on them when the time was right… He was gathering information, and when the time was right he would create his own army, and attack the Black Hole. He had been building the robotic soldiers with control frequencies. They would obey commands given on a certain frequency, or take orders from Sturm and Hawke, however, Sturm and Hawke's orders would be secondary to the user of the frequency's orders, which means that Eric could simply order them to not take orders from the Black Hole. With the Orange Star crippled and the others on the run, he would crush Black Hole and become ruler of this area of Wars World. He and Lash had been conspiring about this ever since he had come there. His plan was perfect, but no perfect plan was perfect…
Lash entered Sturm's office and walked straight up to his desk, which of course, was not occupied. Sturm was never one to sit behind a desk; the old smokestack was probably off laying waste to some innocent civilian's home. She walked behind the desk and opened the top left drawer. She took out some papers and began reading. She found the date that Sturm intended to have the robo-soldiers make their debut. Perfect. They would lay waste to the rest of the Orange Star Army and then would be taken over by Eric. The two would soon rule the world. After that she would betray him. She would become the ruler of everything. What a conniving bunch they were…
The End, of Part 2 anyway…