Ch. 4 – Hellfire
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James woke up underneath the girls as sunlight crept through the windows and illuminated the room, his eyes adjusted to the light and was met by Ayumi's fuchsia colored eyes "Morning, cutie." James said as he kissed the kitsune, Shelyn was to his left side and cradled his arm as his right hand rested on Naomi's ass. As he laid there underneath his harem, a knock came from the door "Hey Gunny, are you up?" Fox asked from the other side of the door. "What is it, Fox?" James asked as he held his lovely ladies in his arms. "Well sir, Pearson and Ramirez figured out their powers and have been hard at work and... well, I think you should come see this." Fox said, James sighed as Naomi moved off of him.
James climbed out of bed and pulled his gear on as Naomi, Shelyn, and Ayumi cuddled together in his warmth, Murphy walked out of his room and was greeted by both Fox and Austin, who had a smug grin on her face. "You have fun last night, sir?" Austin asked as they walked through the refurbished castle, James shook his head "I don't know what you taught them, Victoria... but thank you!" James said excitedly, Fox lead the two Marines outside to the courtyard where Pearson and Ramirez were. Ramirez stood next to a fully built Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion "Whaddya think?!" Ramirez asked as he gestured to the heavy duty helicopter.
"I have no words, this is awesome. Is it ready to go?" James asked, Ramirez shook his head as he gestured to three large engines that sat next to the shed "Almost, we just need you to put the finishing touches on it." Ramirez said as James was doing a once over on the helicopter, James walked up to the engines and used Program to configure the engines to run on lightning spells that acted as an electric generator system, the heavy duty helicopter ran on three General Electric T64-GE-416/416A series turboshaft engines.
After James finished up the spells on the engines, he and Ramirez used the null spells 'Gravity' and 'Levitation' to allow them to lift the engines into the engine compartments on the side and on top of the helicopter, the two Marines quickly bolted them in place before they ran the wiring to the engines that would power the rest of the helicopter.
They closed the covers and hopped off the helicopter as Lance Corporal Victoria Austin was climbing into the cockpit, she shot them a thumbs up as she flipped some switches and activated the engines. The slow winding of the turbines filled the air as the turbines slowly spun up, she pressed a button on the control panel that caused the rotors to slowly start spinning faster and faster before the seven blades turned to a single spinning blob. Austin slowly pushed the throttle forward as the blades spun faster until the helicopter slowly lifted off the ground and rose into the sky, the four Marines watched in amazement as the large helicopter flew away from the castle and rose higher into the sky.
"Magnificent, isn't it?" James asked as he watched the helicopter fly around before it turned and flew back toward the castle, the Super Stallion circled the area twice before it slowly touched down in the courtyard, Lance Corporal Austin flipped some switches as the turbines slowly powered off and the rotors slowed to a stop. Austin stepped out of the cockpit and walked toward the other Marines who looked at her in a giddy manner. "Well? Whaddya think?" Ramirez asked as he looked at her with a smirk, she chuckled and shrugged "Well, it's no Venom, but it'll do." She said in a deadpan tone before she smirked and slugged him in the arm.
"All she's missing are the GAU-17s and the M2 in the rear, then she'll be complete and ready to bring Freedom!" Pearson said as he stuck his chest out, Fox chuckled "America! Fuck Yeah!" Fox said out loud as he sang the song to himself. The Marines quickly got to work building the components to the weapons, James, Ramirez, and Fox built the GAU-17s and M2 while Pearson and Austin put the finishing touches on the Super Stallion along with some extra things like dual rocket pods on the sides of the helicopter. "Man, why didn't they do this before?" Pearson asked as he loaded a newly created missile into the pod tube, Victoria stared at him dumbfounded "Because... it would increase the helicopter's weight." Victoria said, having been a pilot before her initial death back on earth in 2016. As a pilot, she was we well versed in the physics and fundamentals of aviation including aerodynamics and fuel/weight ratios.
James and Ramirez carried the GAU-17s inside the helicopter as Pearson finished bolting the swivel mounts to the frame, James placed the minigun into the mount holder before he bolted it in place; James moved the mounted weapon in all directions before he flipped the power switch on and pressed one of the buttons which caused the barrel to spin up. He released the button as he jumped out of the helicopter "Alright, y'all finish up with this. I'm gonna go check on the girls." James said as he started to make his way toward the castle, Victoria looked up and shot him a knowing look "Go get 'em, Gunny!" Victoria yelled as James walked inside the refurbished castle, James shook his head as he walked into the newly built kitchen where the girls were at as they finished up having breakfast.
"Hi James!" The girls said in unison, James came to a stop as he admired their beauty, he walked in and pushed himself up onto the counter "Would you girls like to go to town with me, maybe buy you some clothes and spend some time together out in public." James asked as he silently admired each of the girls as they conversed to one another. "We'd love to, James." The girls said as they surrounded the Marine, the marksman felt his body heat up as the girls pushed their bodies against his in a seductive manner. 'God damn it, Victoria!' James yelled in his mind as he pulled into bliss. The girls leaned in and kissed him on the lips one by one before they went off to freshen up, leaving James by himself in the kitchen 'I don't miss my old life one bit, this is paradise.' James thought to himself as memories of when he was in high school surfaced in his mind.
*8 Years ago, Florida. This will contain offensive language, reader beware.*
A young man walked the halls of a mundane high school, he had a slouched posture, a black eye, and a busted lip. He looked at the floor as he walked to his next class, the 16 year old carried a tattered backpack that had a digital camo design to it. The teen walked up a set of stairs to the 2nd floor of the school and walked up to a locker, he started to put in his combination when something slammed him into the locker and knocked him to the ground "Watch where you're going, loser." The beefy man in a varsity jacket said as he laughed and high-fived his friends who laughed along with him. "Just leave me alone, Ryan, I'm not in the mood." James said as he pushed himself up off the floor, Ryan scoffed and kicked James in the ribs "Did I say you could get up, loser?" Ryan asked as he stepped on the teen's hand, Ryan's friends ripped the backpack from James's back and tore it open.
"Let's see what you got in here, faggot." Ryan said as he ripped the bag open and dumped the contents onto the floor, loose papers, a textbook, a weapons magazine, and a brochure for the US Army fell onto the floor; Ryan picked the brochure up and scoffed "Oh, does the little bitch wanna be a soldier? I don't think they allow fags into the military, let alone wastes of space like you. Oh, did your dad beat you up again, he should've just killed you and done us all a favor." Ryan said as he spat on the teen, one of the girls in the group didn't laugh and stood by the lockers as Ryan and his posse left.
James looked at the ground and exhaled as he stood up slowly, the girl knelt next to him and helped him pick up his stuff "I'm sorry about all that, he's an asshole." The girl said as she handed James his stuff, James didn't say a word as he put the things back in his bag and zipped up what he could. He stood up and turned to walk away without saying a word, the girl stood up and scoffed "You don't have to be an asshole like him, I just tried to help is all." The girl said in an bitchy tone.
James whipped around and glared at her "If you wanted to help, why didn't you stop them? Why haven't you stopped him before?" James asked before he walked away to his next class. Ryan had been bullying James for a year and he had put up with all the bullshit silently, nobody stopped to help him since they saw him as the school's weirdo because he kept to himself and never spoke.
James walked into the gymnasium where his class was waiting for him "Mr. Murphy, it's nice for you to finally join us..." The coach started to say but stopped speaking when he looked up from his clipboard. "Alright guys, take a few laps and then have free day. Murphy, come with me." The coach said as he led the roughed up teen outside. "What's going on, James?" The coach asked as he crossed his arms, James sighed and looked at the ground "I can't keep this up, I go home and get my shit kicked in then come to school only to ostracized because I keep to myself." James said as he unleashed everything that was in his heart.
"Coach Valdez, I don't know what to do anymore." James said as he started to breakdown, Valdez grabbed James and put him in a bear hug. The sudden contact shocked him as he hadn't been hugged since the day his mother walked away from the family "I'm sorry son, I'm sorry you're going through this hell. Who's hurting you here?" Coach Valdez asked as he let go of the teen, James shook his head "Ryan Miller, him and his friends attack me in the hall and I can't do shit since they'd say I was the aggressor." James explained.
"Alright, gimme some time to think of something. Meanwhile, go hit the weights and bulk up some more." Valdez said as he patted the teen on the shoulder, James nodded before he made his way to the weight room to workout. That night, James stayed with his best friend Casey and told him about everything that happened.
"That school is fucked up, they try to pass themselves off as 'tough on bullying' but suddenly become Helen Keller when it comes to doing something about it. Fuck that, I got your back, give me some time to call in some favors and carry this with you when he attacks again." Casey said as he handed the teen a digital voice recorder.
"Another thing, that girl that helped you is Sarah and she's Ryan's girlfriend and she was baiting you. Don't worry, they're all gonna burn. You've stuck up for me plenty of times, it's time I return the favor." Casey said as he bumped fists with James.
Five months had passed since the initial encounter, James had bulked up significantly with the help of Coach Valdez and broke the nose of one of Ryan's goons when they tried to jump the teen; James walked through the hall with a bit more confidence in his step as he made his way to his next class but his path was cut off by Ryan and his thugs "So, you think you can break Brantley's nose a get away with it?" Ryan asked threateningly as James pressed record on the device in his pocket.
"I'm going to beat you so bad, it'll make your dad's beatings look like child's play, nobody likes you and you aren't shit. The APs won't touch me since I'm the school's ticket to the district championship. I mean, look at me; that's why your girlfriend left you for me. I fuck any girl I want and you're just a pathetic loser, I'll do you a favor and end your existence because I'm a nice guy." Ryan said as he put on a pair of brass knuckles, his goons looked at him with a bit of concern "Uh Ryan, this is taking it a bit too far." One of the thugs tried to say. "Shut the fuck up, Bryce! I don't give a fuck what you think." Ryan said before he took off toward James.
James sidestepped the brute and tripped him, Ryan lost his balance and tumbled to the ground but got up immediately, Ryan started to swing wildly at James who bobbed and weaved before he popped him once in the jaw and followed it up with a knee to the gut and an elbow to the back of the head; Ryan dropped to the ground as James grabbed onto Ryan's right arm and jerked it out of socket with a sickening pop, James looked up at Ryan's thugs and watched as they scattered.
Later that day, there was a school assembly that had the entire school in attendance; James sat in the audience next to Casey who had a shit eating grin "What are you gonna do with that recorder anyway?" James asked, Casey shushed him "The shows about to begin." Casey said as the auditorium lights dimmed down and a video was projected on the screen.
The video showed the school's Varsity football team and each of the members, the crowd went wild when 'Ryan Miller, Quarterback' came up, but the video started to act up and the song 'In Too Deep' by Sum 41 started to play as pictures of James's beat up face popped up on the screen followed by a voiceover "Ryan Miller did this to James Murphy, your star quarterback is a monster." A distorted voice said as it played an audio recording.
"Oh, does the little bitch wanna be a soldier? I don't think they allow fags into the military, let alone wastes of space like you. Oh, did your dad beat you up again, he should've just killed you and done us all a favor." The voice recording said, the crowd started to talk among themselves as the slideshow changed to another video of a party where Ryan was having sex with a girl "This was at Conner Hayes's party, that girl is unconscious and for her privacy, we blurred her face. Ryan Miller savagely raped her and got away with it, when she went to the administration about this and the police, the police wanted to investigate it but the school covered it up." The voiceover continued.
The APs frantically tried to shut the video off but were locked out of the AV room "See, it pays to be friends with everyone. The AV club, the goth kids, the nerds, and the misfits." Casey said as cellphone video showed Ryan wailing on James among other students, the video cut again to an interview with Coach Valdez "Hello, I'm Coach Valdez and I'm the weight training coach here at school; James is one of my best students and he's told me about the troubles at home, but when I found out about his problems here at school, I lost it and confronted the football coaches and after threatening legal action, they finally caved and admitted that they were covering up Ryan's actions. In all honesty, I'm disgusted that they would do this and I'm disgusted the school has failed James." Valdez said as the video changed to another set of pictures. "So Ryan, what do you think now? Still think you're untouchable? Have fun in prison." The voiceover said as the auditorium doors flew open and multiple Deputies flooded the auditorium to arrest Ryan along with his goons who were also guilty of sexual assault on other female students.
The crowd booed as Ryan and his goons were led out of the auditorium to awaiting squad cars, a bald man in a suit walked in as the Deputies left and walked up onto the stage "I'm Superintendent Reigns and when my best friend, Luis Valdez, contacted me about a situation at the school and informed me of everything, I was disgusted and got here as soon as I could. Effective immediately, the school's football coaches and the APs involved in this incident are terminated and your teaching licenses are revoked." Reigns said as the crowd was stunned silent.
The assembly was dismissed and school was cancelled for the next few weeks as legal litigation took up the administrators time, the school board was forced to pay out damages for the victims of Ryan and his goons, a ballpark sum of 23.4 Million or 3.9 Million per victim with six victims in total. Ryan's family disowned their son as he was sentenced to 45 years in prison while his goons got 35 years because they ratted on him and told the authorities everything. Ryan's family moved out of Florida and nobody had heard from them since, they dropped off the radar as James was preparing to sue them for damages.
Things at the high school were vastly different from that day forward, the administrators had been replaced with faculty who were far more compassionate and tough on bullies, the victims of Ryan and his goons were given free counseling to help overcome the trauma of the experiences they had to endure, the entire varsity team was put under a microscope to weed out any other would-be bullies who would try to fill the power vacuum left behind. James was looked at in a totally different light from that day forward, from the school weirdo to the victim of domestic violence with no way out, it would be two years before James could escape his father's abuse.
*Present day*
James shuddered at the thought of the life he left behind "Good riddance." James said as Ayumi, Shelyn, and Naomi came out of their room "Ready when you are, sweetie." Ayumi said before she kissed him on the lips, followed by Naomi and Shelyn. James led the girls out of the castle and into the courtyard, they stopped and stared in awe at the massive helicopter that sat silent in front of them "What is this metallic beast?" Naomi asked as she approached it slowly and placed her hand on the side. The other Marines disembarked from the helicopter and greeted the girls "Ladies, this is called the Super Stallion. I used to fly one when I was alive with James." Victoria said as she rubbed the side of the helicopter.
"It flies?" Shelyn asked more boldly than usual, Ramirez nodded "Yeah, it lets us soar through the sky at 196 Miles per hour. And because of the shear firepower she packs, we can help more people throughout the land." Ramirez said as patted the side of the helicopter. "Let's take both into town, we did create it with winches so there's no issue." Pearson said as Fox drove the Humvee out of the shed and parked it behind the helicopter, James nodded and led the girls into the back of the helicopter as Victoria climbed into the cockpit and started up the turbines.
James showed the girls how to strap their harnesses in as Pearson and Ramirez took their positions on the GAU-17s near the front, the rotor started to spin faster and faster before it slowly lifted into the air. The girls jolted a bit as the lift off startled them but James knelt in front of them and reassured them that they were one hundred percent safe, Fox attached the winch hooks to the Humvee's frame before he climbed up a rope ladder that was unrolled out the side of the helicopter. Fox took his place on the rear M2 and readied the HMG as Gunnery Sergeant Murphy gave Lance Corporal Austin the signal to move out.
"Wait, aren't we worried the castle is unguarded?" Naomi asked, but Ramirez laughed a little "We took care of that too, we installed sentry guns on major choke points and enhanced them with long sense, search, and programmed to engage threats if they get too close. Threats like bandits, marauders, and anyone we deem to be our enemy." Ramirez explained, James looked at Ramirez impressed "Wow, you've been busy." James said as he sat down next to Ayumi, Pearson laughed "Well, it's easy when we have a spell literally called 'Refresh.' No need to sleep, but we probably should when we get back." Pearson said as he swept the GAU-17's aim across the plains, searching for any targets.
"Alright, we're here. Touching down now." Victoria said over the Stallion's intercom, the helicopter slowly sat the Humvee down as Fox slid down one of the winch cables and unhooked it from the helicopter. Victoria moved the helicopter to the left of the Humvee and touched down slowly as the wheels extended from the bottom of the helicopter. Everyone disembarked from the helicopter as Fox pulled up in the Humvee, James opened the door and let the girls into the backseat before he turned to face his team.
"Alright! Ramirez, you're with me. Pearson and Austin, y'all stay with the Stallion. Call me if anything comes up." James said before he climbed into the passenger seat and Ramirez got into the gunner's seat, he pulled back the charging handle on the side of the M2 and chambered a .50 Cal BMG round into the receiver from the box magazine, Ramirez looked down at the multiple other 100 round box mags of .50 BMG ammunition by his feet.
"I just realized you put the M2HB on this bitch, my man." Ramirez said as he rubbed the receiver cover, Fox lightly stepped on the accelerator and propelled the Humvee forward and drove into town. Pearson and Austin guarded the helicopter with their M4s in hand, Pearson climbed up onto the top of the helicopter and sat on the rotor cap as he scanned the horizon while Austin walked around the helicopter on patrol. "Hey Austin, what do you think Gunny's plan is? I mean, we've built all this stuff, so I wonder if he's got a plan or something." Pearson said as he watched the horizon, Austin walked around to the right side of the helicopter and looked up at Private Pearson.
"I don't know, Aaron. All I know is, we watched him die back in Raqqa and he was brought back to life here for a reason, and when he had a chance to bring people back to life in this world, he chose the fallen members of the 2nd Battalion. So honestly, I think he just wants to be able to live in peace but... he's been a Marine since he was 18 so maybe he forgot what the meaning of peace is, and all this is so he's comfortable. I mean, you know he never was able to readjust to civilian life, that's why he re-enlisted." Victoria explained as she leaned against the helicopter.
Aaron was silent for a moment "I meant, are we gonna build a base or just an assortment of military vehicles and equipment. Jesus Christ, Austin, I didn't expect a philosophical explanation on his motives." Aaron said as he chuckled to himself. Victoria glared at him before she walked around to the other side of the helicopter; meanwhile, the Humvee drove through the streets of the Alephis Capital City "Hey Kraken, how much land did the King grant you anyway?" Ramirez asked as he rested his arms on the top of the M2HB, James thought for a moment before he shrugged "No idea, but I'll find out. I think it might be a lot." James said as he pulled out his phone and typed into the search engine 'How much land did the Juniper family possess?'
The loading ring circled for a few seconds before a number popped up on the screen "58 MILES BY 32 MILES!? What the fuck, that's 1,856 square miles!? WHO THE HELL WAS JUNIPER?!" James exclaimed, Ramirez nudged James "Remember, he was a dear friend of the King, so the King gave him all that land because he was such a dear friend." Ramirez said as they drove through town. "So that's like slightly smaller than Fort Bliss in Texas." Ramirez said as he broke it down for James. "So, what are you going to do?" Ramirez asked, James thought to himself silently as they rode through town.
"I think you know what I'm thinking, and if I say it, it'll sound just like NATO but... a military base, but not just any military base, it'll be like Fort Bragg. We'll have the military installations, but we'll do something that many in the top brass have wished to perfect, drone warfare. I'm talking drone soldiers, fighter jets, gunships, bombers, and ground artillery, all done by drones." James said as he explained his idea. Ramirez stared at James as if he had grown a second head "And why should we do any of that?" Ramirez asked, trying to understand his battle buddies thought process.
"You know the saying 'There's always a bigger fish.' right? Well, we're gonna be the fucking Megalodon in this world. Hell, the G-Man showed you everything including that glass thing, right? Well, I get a sneaking suspicion that it wasn't the only one of its kind. It ate magic so there would be no way to destroy them unless we had traditional weaponry and explosives." James explained, Ramirez was silent for a moment before he chuckled.
"Surprisingly, your rationale is actually accurate and I'm pretty sure they'd promote you to Lieutenant for that shit." Ramirez said with a chuckle. "So what's the first step?" Fox asked as he slowed down since they had arrived at the market district of Alephis. "First: We'll have to access the data archives of the Pentagon." James said, Fox and Ramirez's head whipped around and looked straight at James "What the fuck did you just say?" Fox asked, James chuckled.
"The G-Man told me that I'd still be able to access information from our world, this means I'll be able to access the classified files from military contractors like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, Bell, General Atomics, and Northrop Grumman. If we get those blueprints, building drones will be a breeze. That's step 1, step 2: turning non-drone powered vehicles into drones via drone interface being directly built into the vehicle itself like B-1 Lancers, AC-130 Spookys, F-22 Raptors, and Gunships. Imagine being able to coordinate a bombing run single handedly while simultaneously being able to assault strategic points from drones thousands of feet in the air." James said as he rambled on with an insane plan.
"What are the other steps?" Fox asked as they sat in the Humvee, James sighed and chuckled lightly to himself "We'll have to launch a satellite, or at least get a low-orbit recon vehicle like a Tarantula Hawk or an Airlander 10, the one the Brits made. Make quite a lot of those and have them fly around the world to provide a detailed cartography of the land as well as where certain things are." James explained, Fox and Ramirez exhaled forcefully as they took everything in.
"With what we're capable of, it shouldn't be an issue. Yeah, we can do this no problem." Fox said as he hyped the other Marines up, the three girls stared at the men utterly confused as to what they were talking about. "So, if we launch a Tarantula Hawk or an Airlander 10, it can act as the satellite relay to control the drones instead of launching and maintaining a satellite." Fox stated as they got out of the vehicle, James nodded as Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn surrounded him. "Yes, but we'll plan more later. Right now, it's time for me to spoil these girls." James said before he led the girls off to go shopping.
Ramirez was about to follow behind them when Fox caught his arm "Hey Ramirez, does Gunny seem a little... off?" Fox asked concerned, Ramirez laughed heartily before he exhaled slowly "Son, you've never met Gunny when he's determined, cause when he's determined, he gets a lot of ideas and a lot of solutions for those ideas, it's actually kinda scary when he suggested tying string to grenade pins and then threading the thread through a metal bat so we could send the grenades flying further than usual.
Needless to say, that idea was shot down." Ramirez explained before he ran to catch up with Gunny. James walked with his arms around Naomi and Shelyn while Ayumi walked in front of the marksman, she popped her hips with every step that seemed deliberate 'God damn it, Victoria!' James mentally yelled as he cursed his squadmate.
As they walked through the upscale market district, the girls couldn't shake the sense that they were being watched; their suspicions were confirmed when they heard the whispering amongst the crowd "Gross, who let THEM in here?" "My word, someone inform their owner the help got out." "Oh my, they think they're people." The voices said, the remarks caused the girls to sink into their shells until James gave them a light squeeze on their shoulders and rested his head on Ayumi's.
The girls perked up and became more cheerful while James gave the crowd a death glare in a manner he reserved for the Taliban. James led the girls into an upscale store that was lined with fancy looking clothes and linens, there was a sweet aroma that wafted through the air and infiltrated their nostrils.
A man came out from behind a curtain and took his place behind the counter "Well hello ladies and gentlemen, how may I be of service?" The man asked, James took a step back and let go of the girls "Ladies, get whatever you like, it's on me." James said as he handed both of the medallions to the man who examined them closely before he guided the girls toward some fine clothing.
"Ladies, these are some of my finest clothing options, they are woven with the finest silk known to exist." The tailor said as he showed them the threads and their exquisiteness. James couldn't help but smile as he watched the girls laugh and smile as they looked at the clothing "You don't have to worry, sir. Nothing's gonna take them from you." Ramirez said as he reassured the Gunnery Sergeant.
While they waited, Fox left to go explore the town while Ramirez hit up the pubs in search of rumors and information about the surrounding countries; James stayed in the store and admired each outfit the girls came out to model and ask for his opinion which was always the same "It looks stunning on you girls." James said wholeheartedly which caused the girls to giggle and blush.
Eventually the girls emerged from the changing room with a dozen outfits each "Alright, I think we're ready." Naomi said as she heaved a stack of clothes onto the counter, James fished out three gold coins and tossed them onto the counter "Will this suffice?" James asked, the man nodded as he slid three silver coins to the Marine who pocketed the change.
James snapped his fingers and caused a Gate to open that led to the insides of the castle, the girls looked at him stunned "Wait, how did you?" Naomi asked, James chuckled as he pulled off his glove and revealed a black ring around his middle finger "I made it in the flurry of things I created." James said as he pulled his glove back on and walked through the Gate with the girls.
The girls walked into the master bedroom and sat their new clothes on the bed "So, where I come from, we have these things called clothes hangers and they're awesome. Modeling." James said as he held a small piece of metal, the metal glowed and turned into a hanger. He grabbed one of the tops and slid the hanger into the neck hole before he hung it up on a rod.
The girls stared in amazement at the innovation they witnessed, James used Copy to make a couple dozen hangers that they used to hang up the new clothing in a cedar wardrobe. James closed the wardrobe after the last hanger and turned around to face the girls who looked lovestruck and longed for his embrace. James took a step forward as they surrounded him and slowly pushed their bodies against his "Please, we want to feel your touch." Ayumi pleaded as her Fuchsia eyes said 'Take me.'
James leaned down and placed a kiss onto their supple lips before he stepped back "Can you wait until tonight, when I'm not in combat mode, but I will satisfy you girls tonight." James said as he wrapped his arms around them and held them closely, Naomi puffed out her cheeks in protest but finally relented "Fine, but I get first go this time." Naomi said before she kissed him on the lips, Ayumi smiled "It doesn't matter who goes first when he's got the stamina of a stallion." Ayumi said before she kissed him on the lips, Shelyn seemed nervous before she kissed him on the lips without a single word of input. "Well, let's get back to the others." James said as he snapped his fingers and opened a Gate back to the shop. James and the girls walked out of the shop as Fox pulled up with the Humvee, the girls climbed into the backseat as James got into the passenger seat.
"What's going on?" James asked as he noted a somewhat tense feeling amongst the Marines. "It's Touya, he's in danger. I got word from a drunk that a group called the 'Steel Fangs' is planning some sort of retaliation for what I can only assume is embarrassing them." Ramirez explained as the Humvee drove through the capital city's streets, Fox ripped the handbrake and drifted around the corner before he shifted gears and hammered it down back to the Super Stallion. "Alright girls, strap in and hold on." James said as the girls boarded the helicopter and strapped into the harnesses.
James snapped his fingers and opened a Gate "Fox, drive the Humvee through and then man the rear gun." James explained before he climbed into the right side door gunner. The Humvee disappeared into the Gate before Fox reappeared as the Gate closed, he climbed into the helicopter and manned the M2HB in the rear as Ramirez manned the left side door gunner.
The turbines slowly powered on as the rotors slowly spun up before the helicopter slowly lifted into the sky, James pulled out his phone and searched 'Touya Mochizuki', a single blip popped up on the map and indicated Touya's location "He's south of here, about 10 miles." James said before the Super Stallion changed directions and flew south of the capital city, the helicopter roared over the treeline and circled around as a large group of armed men surrounded three people.
The roar of the helicopter scared the mob as they saw the Super Stallion hovering in the sky, some of the goons ran as the helicopter started to circle the area before it touched down in a clearing across from Touya; the Marines stormed from the rear of the helicopter with their weapons raised as they yelled various commands "Step back! Get back! Disperse! Disperse!" The Marines yelled collectively.
"Who the hell are you? What are you gonna do, huh? Little bitch." The largest man said as he stepped toward the Marine sniper, James stepped forward and slammed the butt of the rifle into the man's head before he cracked it across his face and fired a round into a nearby tree, the rifle's report echoed through the forest and shook the bandits to their core while it startled James's girls along with Yae and Yumina. "The next one goes in your head." James said as he pressed the barrel of the Scar-H into the bandit's head, the man slashed at the Marine as his goons raised their weapons.
James sighed "I wish you didn't do that." James said before the Marines switched to paralysis rounds, something Fox had created overnight which were rubber bullets that paralyzed the target on contact. The assailants sprinted toward the Marines before they were swiftly gunned down, their bodies slammed to the ground with a flurry of gunfire, the lead assailant was confused and bewildered as James approached him "Who the hell are you?!" The man yelled as he drew his sword back, James raised his MR412 REX and cocked the hammer back "The Warlords." James said before he squeezed the trigger and dropped the man to the ground with a single paralyzing shot.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Touya asked in an angry tone as he approached the Marines, James chuckled "Saving your ass, you're welcome." James said as he reloaded his weapons with regular ammo, Touya shook his head "I don't need your help, I can handle myself just fine. I'm sure there's plenty of sources of Oil that need liberating, that's what your good at anyway." Touya said as he turned away from the Marine, Pearson clinched his fist as the Gunny turned around "You heard guys, let's head back to base." James said before the Marines started to walk toward the helicopter.
"James!" A small female voice called out that caught his attention, he turned around to see Yumina running up to him "Thank you for saving us, it means a lot that you came to help us." Yumina said with a smile that could melt an iceberg.
"No problem, Princess." James said as he bowed his head, Yumina giggled as she touched his shoulder "Please, rise." Yumina said before James stood up and towered over her. "I'm thankful that we can call on you as an ally and a friend." Yumina said before she curtsied in a regal manner. "If you ever need us, you can find us 32 miles outside Alephis." James said as he extended an olive branch to Touya's group.
"I had a question, what is that metal beast?" Yumina asked as she gestured to the Super Stallion. "Oh, that's called a Helicopter, they're common where I come from. This one is called a Super Stallion, it's used by the Marines, the elite group of soldiers that we're apart of." James said as he gestured to the other Marines.
The Marines of the 2nd Battalion clicked their boots together before they saluted the princess in unison "Uh, that's our formal salute to other members of the military or persons of power like kings, queens, princes, and princesses." James explained as he signaled them 'At ease', he looked up at the sky and saw the sun was a little bit past afternoon "Ah well, we gotta get going. Warlords, we're rolling out." James said as he signaled them back to the helicopter, Yumina thanked him one last time before she walked back to Touya's group. James boarded the Helicopter with Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn, he sat down in-between the girls as the turbines slowly started to speed up and the propellers started to spin up, the Super Stallion slowly lifted into the air before it circled around the forest and flew off toward the castle.
"Jesus Christ, what an asshole!" Pearson said as he manned the left GAU-17, James shook his head as he had his arms around Ayumi and Naomi "Just let it go, I think he saw it as us trying to flex our muscles since I guess he wanted to try to solve the problem with little violence and that's all we know." James said as he rested his head against the walls of the helicopter. The Super Stallion roared through the air as it made its way back to the castle, as they flew through the air, they saw what looked like a raging fire off in the distance "Austin, bank left 11 o'clock." James said as he grabbed the girls and held them close as the helicopter turned sharply and flew off toward the fire.
As they closed in, James pulled out his phone and activated the map feature that he enchanted with Long Sense, multiple red dots popped up on the screen as they got closer. James held his hand over his phone "Program start/condition: a target on screen is touched/action: use [Multiple] on all touched targets/program end." James said before he touched all the red blips on his phone "Come forth light, small illumination, Light." James said before little balls of light formed over the head of every target "Happy huntin', boys." James said before the GAU-17's spun up and rained hot lead down at the illuminated targets. Bandits were ripped to shreds as the gunfire rained down from the Super Stallion that circled the village, sporadic gunfire from the M2HB in the rear rang out with thunderous booms.
One by one, the targets were eliminated as the red blips disappeared from the screen; a bandit raised his sword to strike down a villager but was ripped to shreds. His mutilated body slammed to the ground with a wet, meaty slap as the villager scurried away for safety as the Super Stallion circled around and flew up the middle of the village where a large group of bandits were held up "Fox one." Austin said before she squeezed the trigger on the joystick, a single missile erupted from the missile pod and screamed through the air before it impacted the group with a thunderous and fiery explosion that ripped them apart. The helicopter came to a stop as a repel rope dropped out the back "Alright ladies, I gotta get to work." James said before walked over to the rope and slid down, he raised his rifle the moment he touched down as Ramirez and Fox followed behind him.
The three Marines moved into the village and took out bandit after bandit with lethal accuracy, three bandits charged at the Marines with axes and swords in hand but were cut down swiftly. Their bodies hit the ground as blood covered the green grass, the Marines moved from house to house securing and eliminating the stragglers, the ones who ran were quickly cut down by the Super Stallion.
The Marines looked around as they stood back to back, the noise died down as the villagers came out from hiding "Is... Is it over? Are they gone?" A female villager asked, her voice shaky with fear "Yes, they're gone." James said as he addressed the masses that came out from hiding.
A lone man approached the Gunnery Sergeant who stood tall and strong "What's your name? Who are you?" The man asked, James cleared his throat as he placed his rifle onto his back "My name is Gunnery Sergeant James Murphy, Gunnery Sergeant is my rank. We're the Marines, we're elite soldiers from a distant land." James said as he introduced himself to the man. "Ah well, my name is Aurelio Luca, I'm the mayor of this small village. I wanna thank you for saving us in your flying beast, we don't have much to compensate you with." The mayor said.
James held his hand up and stopped him from speaking "No compensation needed, I'm the new owner of the Juniper castle and it's land so consider yourself under my protection." James said as he extended his gloved hand to the mayor, the mayor shook his hand happily "Yes sir, we won't let you down. This is Faybell, it's about 4 miles south of Jade Falls which is behind the Juniper Castle er... your castle." The Mayor explained as more villagers came out from hiding.
James looked around and saw they were mostly demi-humans "Say mayor, is this a demi-human village?" James asked, the mayor seemed to get defensive at the question "Yes... is that gonna be a problem?" The mayor asked, James chuckled "Certainly not, my three companions... er... lovers are demi-humans. I was wondering if you might have a problem with bigots and possibly people who wish to enslave demi-humans." James said as he looked around at some of the attractive female demi-humans who seemed scared and standoffish. "Oh, you mean slavers from Sandora, they've tried to raid us in the past but we hide the women and children from the slavers." The mayor explained, something the mayor said seemed to peak James's 'hol up' meter.
"Hold on, Mayor. What was that you said about a nation...? A nation of Slavers?" James asked as the Super Stallion landed near the entrance; Austin, Pearson, Ayumi, Shelyn, and Naomi joined them shortly after the helicopter landed. Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn made their way for James's arms to be in his embrace. "Yes, the Kingdom of Sandora is the only kingdom where slavery is legal." The mayor said, Ayumi and Naomi seemed to look down for a moment which James saw out of the corner of his eye.
"What's wrong girls?" James asked, Naomi seemed hesitant for a moment until Shelyn rubbed her arm while James rubbed her shoulder. "The people that enslaved us... were from Sandora and that's where that man bought us, before you rescued us from what we thought would be our grave." Naomi said gratefully before she stood on her tip toes and kissed the Marine.
"Mayor, can you show me on this map where Sandora is?" James asked as he pulled up a map of the continent on his phone "My word, a magic item, incredible. Uhh, sorry. Yes, Sandora is to the south of the Kingdom of Belfast, the Sea of Trees is in between Sandora and the Kingdom of Mismede." The Mayor explained as he pointed to Sandora on James's phone.
James turned to the Marines "Alright, let's head home." James said before they said their goodbyes and made their way to the helicopter. Ramirez sat across from James who seemed to be deep in thought as the Super Stallion took off into the sky "Penny for your thoughts?" Ramirez asked as he crossed his arms, James shook his head as Naomi and Ayumi rested against his body while Shelyn sat in his lap and rested against his chest plate.
"It's about Sandora, you know what we have to do cause if we don't, who will." James said as he pondered his decision. "I know what we do, insertion in the cover of darkness. Take out slavers and evacuate the enslaved people before we raze it to the ground, and I mean RAZE IT. Bombing runs, drone strikes, artillery barrages, and Battery salvos while we clean up stragglers with the Stallion. Afterwards, we hit it with a few tomahawks and hellfire missiles, we do that for all of Sandora. We'll have to act fast because word might get to other towns and we don't need that happening." Ramirez explained, James was dumbfounded "My god, that's brilliant." James said as he praised Sergeant Ramirez.
"This won't be easy, we'll need resources and we'll have to work around the clock to get things built like a runway for the drones, silos for the cruise missiles and possible an enchanted Minuteman III ICBM, Tanks, IFVs, and UCAVs." James explained as the helicopter touched down in the courtyard, Ramirez nodded as he took in everything the Gunnery Sergeant said. "Yes sir, we'll get started right away." Fox said as he saluted the Gunnery Sergeant, followed by Pearson, Ramirez, and Austin.
As they disembarked from the helicopter, the sound of demonic growling could be heard from outside of the castle walls "Defensive positions! Go!" James said before everyone ran off in different directions while Victoria ushered the girls into the castle for safety. James sprinted up the stairs and manned the mounted M134 as the flood lights kicked on and illuminated the plains, Fox and Pearson manned the M777 and dialed in the range before they loaded an 155mm shell. "Cerberus, who is it?" James asked before the hellhound walked out lowered its head and growled at a small group of men on horses.
"Who the fuck are you? What do you want?" James yelled, a lone man with long blonde hair and face you could punch got off his horse, the man slowly walked forward before a sniper shot hit the ground in front of him "That's far enough! The next one goes through your head." Ramirez yelled as a .50 cal casing ejected from an M107, he closed one eye and trained the sight onto the man's head.
The man raised his hands "Easy, I know not what magic items you possess, but I do know you have my property." The man said with a smug grin. "We don't have any of your shit, this is our castle and our land!" James yelled, the man chuckled "I refer not to the castle or the land, but to the girls you took from the fort where my associates were holding them until I could come reclaim them. I would like them back." The man said, referring to Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn.
James was silent for a moment as the man put his hands down "Alright men, he's made his decision. Go and get them, have a little fun with them if you want." The slaver said as his goons started to laugh, James looked back as Fox shot him a thumbs up "Nah, I wasn't deciding anything... I was stalling." James said which caught the slaver off guard as a thunderous explosion erupted from the courtyard, a loud whistling noise screamed through the air as a 155mm artillery shell arched and impacted the ground where the slaver's men were.
The slaver's forces were reduced to chunks and bits of human remains, the slaver looked back stunned before the barrel of the M107 erupted with fire and smoke. A .50 cal round screamed from the barrel and ripped the man's head off with devastating results, blood sprayed everywhere as his body dropped to the ground like a sack of bricks.
"Cerberus! Eat up!" James yelled before the hellhound rushed in and started to devour the human remains with all three heads, James flipped off the floodlight and walked down the stairs as Fox ejected the spent shell and closed the breach. "Come to my F.O.B. and demand my companions? You signed your own death certificate." James said as he crossed his arms and tapped his foot in anger, Ramirez walked up next to him while Pearson lowered the barrel of the M777. "Whatcha thinking, Gunny?" Fox asked as he held his rifle.
James clenched his fists and growled in anger "I want to know how they found them? Who tipped them off." James said before he dismissed Fox and Pearson to go hunt for stragglers. James leaned against the wall and crossed his arms, the air was silent and still before the unmistakable sound of gunfire rang out from the field. Fox and Pearson returned minutes later "Three stragglers, one lost a leg in the explosion and was blown into the tall grass while the other two were shell shocked. We put 'em down and let Cerberus have 'em, they won't be reporting to anybody." Fox said with a chuckle as they walked into the barracks section of the castle. James walked into the castle, he unfastened his molle vest and exhaled a sigh of relief as he pulled it off, the Marine draped his vest across a chair as he untied his boots and pulled off.
James knocked on his door before he opened it "Hey, it's all cl-" James started to say before he found himself staring down the barrel of an M9, Victoria quickly holstered her sidearm before she apologized profusely "Oh shit, sorry sir! Uhh... the rooms all yours." Victoria said before she left the room with her rifle in hand.
James walked in and closed the door behind him, James exhaled slowly as he looked at the girls who looked both nervous and scared "Y-your not gonna... gonna turn us over to him, right?" Shelyn asked nervously, James was shocked by her words "What? God no. Yeah, he's fucking dead. I came in here to let you know, that we're about to go to war with Sandora. Showing up at my castle and demanding my companions, well that's a declaration of war and if they want war, they'll get it." James said as he sat down on the bed, the girls moved next to him to comfort the Marine.
"I want you girls to know that I will do everything in my power to rescue and liberate the enslaved people, and I will decimate the oppressors with an iron fist." James explained as the inner warlord came out of him.
"If there's anyone you want me to be on the look out for, let me know." James said as he laid back into Ayumi's lap and looked up into her Fuchsia eyes "God your eyes are so beautiful." James said out loud which caused the blonde katsune to blush before she leaned down and kissed him on the lips. "Uhm, I have a sister who was enslaved as well but we got separated." Naomi said as she laid her head on his chest, he wrapped his arm around her and gestured for Shelyn to join them.
"So, y'all aren't sisters after all." James said as he finally deduced the scenario, Ayumi giggled as she ran her fingers through his hair "No, we're not sisters. The man who bought us, bought us together since we were inseparable. It was the nicest thing to happen to us, I remember he was saying that he was taking us to Belfast to let us be free, but I guess someone caught word of it and sent slavers to bring us back." Naomi explained, James exhaled slowly before he opened his eyes "Girls, I just want you to know... in the coming months, when this Sandora thing gets into full swing, you're gonna see a side of me that will scare you. I just want you to know, I will never hurt you and I will never abandon you, ever. You're gonna see my Marine side come out in full force, and it's... it's not pretty, so please... please don't be scared or intimidated." James said as he told them the truth.
"The people your going against have ripped families apart, torn children from mothers and raped mothers and daughters in front of their families for fun. Please don't go easy on them." Shelyn said which surprised everyone. "Well, I'm gonna grab a shower... if you girls wanna join me." James said as he got out of bed and made his way to the bathroom. "We thought you'd never ask." Naomi said as the three girls followed him into the bathroom and closed the door behind them.
A/N: Chapter 4 is done and in the bag, I wrote this mostly at work so if it seems a bit rushed in some parts, I do apologize. I'm surprised at the reception of this fic, I'm glad everyone likes it and I look forward to continuing this story, I know this might be one of the shortest of all the chapters, but I had to write what I could before having to get back to work. Remember to Favorite, Follow, & Review, and as always, this is Nightmare 6-4, signing off.
Secondary A/N: How hyped are y'all that the Marines are about to declare war on Sandora and bring out the M1A2 Freebrams MBT? Y'all think James should have his own harem, that Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn get to share him with other girls? Let me know what y'all think.