Hoot Hoot

An owl fly trough the forest, trough the pines in the evening and land on the roof of a building

[Inside.]

A prisoner wakes up in a cell, the wall is made of bricks and its bars are made of metal, he tries to remember what happened before he fell unconscious, he remember being grabbed by something disgusting and being slammed against a tree after, he knows that he is stuck here so he just go on a small bunk that he think its a bed

"Good evening, it must be quite hard for you to be that far form your home and end up here." A voice coming form his side says

She looks and see someone in an officer suit outside of the cell with one normal eye and another with a nuclear symbol

"Who are you?" The prisoner asks

"Oh, where my manners went? Sorry, I'm one of the commander of MOD, I want to talk to you about… something." The commander talk in a strangely soft way, like if he was preparing something

"Uh, that was actually quite obvious you are Uran one of the ASIC commanders! What you are gonna do? Torture me for information? Or straight up put me to a pillar and shot me like the dirty modder that you are!." The prisoner says with an angry face

"No, actually I wanted to offer you a hot chocolate. And don't call me moder, its quite insulting for us the changers"

The prisoner face almost immediately switch to anger to confusion "What?"

"I'm not a savage, I respect the Lowee convention and most of the MOD do."

The prisoner don't seem to understand

"Hang on, I'm coming back." The commander say and then get out

Moments later, Uran comes back with some papers and a hot chocolate, he hand the hot chocolate to the prisoner

"See this paper? This is the Lowee convention and its written that we have to threat well the war prisoners."

"I sure didn't expect that."

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Juda."


EAST OF LOWEE

LOWEE OUTPOST

6H01

24 JUNE


Bethesda and IF are sleeping in their respective beds in the morning

The loud sound of the bugles get heard trough the base including the two makers rooms and stop their nap

"Uh? That remind me things." Bethesda says while waking up

"Pretty sure its the same sound in every armies." IF responds, also waking up

The two after getting dressed goes to join the marshal outside there also soldiers doing some physical training

"Here you two are. So well slept?" Intelligent says

"Its quite cold." Bethesda responds

"You will get used to it."

"Also, why we had to share a room?" IF says

"I didn't expect that you will also come as well like I said yesterday, so we only prepared one room, hope that doesn't bother you."

IF blushes "I mean that's quite embarrassing you know."

Intelligent nods "I understand, you will see with me to get another one."

"But its no really a problem for me and neither Bethesda as I see."

"Okay then." Intelligent responds "looks like there is going to have fan service scene." she also thinks at the same time "Well, follow me I got something to show you."

They head to a building

"Oh and due to a change of plan, you won't be directly on the front lines."

"Why?"

"The changers are using guerrilla tactics and harassment including ambushes, an effective surprise attack and you are dead. There is a squad that came back with multiple people injured and 1 people missing and another who is dead, that poor guy must be getting tortured."

They arrive to a local, Intelligent open it with a key and they go inside, there is a bunch of crates

"It must be this one" Intelligent says as she looks at a crate with written on them "Planeptune stims"

She opens it, Bethesda and IF looks inside and Bethesda instantly recognize the syringes

"I know what this is." He says

"You do?" The two says

"Yeah, I made them, didn't have the time to name it tough so the Planeptune R&D probably named it."

"And can you explain how it works?"

"To make it simple: it use a mix of agents and nutriments that greatly accelerate the recovery form damage."

Intelligent pick up a note inside the crate and start reading it

"Its quite that." She says as she reads

The note explains the functionality of the syringes and how to use them, there also a line at the end of the note that says "This is an experimental tech, expect unwanted results."

"Actually I'm quite impressed that they managed to make so many of them and send them here before we arrive."

[Later.]

The lowean troops are waiting in the front of the building, at ease, in line. On a platform stand Intelligent

"Troops!" Intelligent start her speech "This is a short yet important speech! I have to introduce to you a Inventor form Planeptune, Bethesda!"

Intelligent looks at Bethesda who was standing silently behind and then take a few steps forward

"He's gonna be here to help us for what it's about of stuff coming form there, if you got suggestion or questions about Planeptune related equipment go ask him! By the way someone got ones?"

A soldier raise his hand "What kind of stuff?"

"Things like syringes that heal you almost instantly." Bethesda says as he get a crate with the syringes

THUMP

Its the sound of the crate being put on the ground

"Anyone is hurt?" Bethesda asks

"During the exercise I broke my arm." A soldier says showing the bandages on his arm

Bethesda see it "Wouldn't say broke actually, but anyway come here."

The soldier goes on the platform and get close to Bethesda while he verify the state of the syringe

"By the way what's your name?"

"Shouzou." The soldier introduce himself

"Have you have been sent on mission recently?"

"On a patrol with my squad yesterday, we fell into an ambush and two of my squad mate got taken out and one got injured."

Bethesda then stab his arm with the syringe

"ARGH!" The soldier yells

Everyone is shocked, but not Bethesda and neither IF who is not on the platform but still near it

"So how do you feel?" Bethesda asks

"A way better!" Shouzou responds while moving his arm, he remove the bandage and the injuries seemed to have vanished "Wow! But does it have secondary effects?"

"Perhaps."

The soldier go back with his squad

"That's wonderful!" Intelligent say, impressed

"This is a true wonder of science, this is the Med-Pack!"

The soldiers claps their hands

"And now I have something more important to say" Intelligent says "Today troops is the start of your battle against the MOD, the whole army is launching an offensive on them, with the new equipment, they have no chance! Also abstain yourselves to kill civilians and people that surrender, it would be bad for the political opinion"

[Later… yes again.]

Soldiers are getting into trucks and IFV's, the soldiers are all carrying Heal-Pack with them and their usual equipment and here they go on the front lines accompanied with rocket trucks

"When exactly you planed the attack?" IF asks to the Marshal

And she responds "Since the start of the insurrection actually, and now its starting."

"What's the battle plan?"

"I can only tell you a part of it, we are sending light vehicles to move quickly trough the forest in a total attack on the changers who are retrenched."

"It isn't a bad idea to do it if they are retrenched?"

"We are also sending aircraft's to support the troops so its not a problem, and also due to other classified factors. Most of the troops are heading out for the attack but we are keeping a few there in case."

[The day after in the taiga.]

Two MOD soldiers are in fox hole

"And I'm like "Look how much I care. Eh, I don't care. I ended up using the cursed sword and doing like 70 damage."

"Eh, that's funny, it's a broken weapon. Oh yeah. Before I was sent here, I kept facing-"

They both look at the forest, there is a lot of troops marching at their direction

"Don't shoot now let's warn the leadership first."

One of them grab the radio

"What's going on?" A operator responds

"The Lowee troops is starting to advance toward us." The soldier says

"Okay try slowing them down, I'm warning the commander since we got other report like that."

BRRRRTTTTT

Shortly after bullets start to flies at the soldiers and hit a few ones and they fall on the ground the other take cover behind trees

"Foxhole! 80 Meters! At 12 o clock" A soldier yells "Another one at 11, 13, 14 Hours!"

"Call the artillery!" The sergeant orders

The Radioman start using the radio Another soldier is pointing at a foxhole while staying hidden with a laser designator

"We need artillery support on this position!"

In another place in the forest, the rockets trucks are getting rockets loaded but not normal rockets, its magic infused ones making them even more powerful and accurate

"Got it sending rockets." An operator says and she notes the coordinates and tell them to them superior

Seconds after…

"FIRE!" The leader yells

WOSH WOSH WOSH WOSH WOSH WOSH

The rockets take off and fly over the forest

The soldiers are still in cover waiting for the gunfire to stop, but it doesn't but something is going to make them do it.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

The rockets lands and explodes, a few trees get destroyed in the process, and one rocket direct hit one of the foxholes

"CHARGE!" A Lowean sergeant yells

The troops rushes will letting their war screams

The MOD who survived to that are stunned by the barrage of rockets but they quickly come back to their minds, one in a foxhole take back his machine gun

BANG

But get shot in the head the second the grab it, the helmet didn't protected her

The lowean troops reached the foxholes, the remaining MOD defenders surrender to the overwhelming forces of Lowee

"We got them!" A trooper say pointing is laser rifle at a MOD trooper "How its going with the injured?"

The previously injured soldiers start to get up the other one's are getting stab by the Heal-Packs and they also get up shortly after, in some case they needed multiple Heal-Pack to recover form their injuries

"We only lost 4 guys who died on the instant everyone else survived."

"I can't believe that inventor managed to create something like that! With that we will all comeback to home!"

"Yeah! let's continue moving!"

A soldier cough

"You got a cold Shouzou?" A soldier asks

"Yeah I think. But its not gonna knock me down" Shouzou responds

"First time i'm seeing a lowean having a cough" A captured MOD says

Shouzou put his rifle under the prisoner chin "Shut up fucking modder."

In that sector, only 4 lowean soldiers will never come back home and 18 got injured but quickly got healed negating that lost and surely preventing the death of some who got seriously injuried on the 40 soldiers. In the MOD side, 8 people died and 4 got injured in the fight, they also surrendered


EAST OF LOWEE

MOD BASE

17H42

25 JUNE


"So they are advancing now? that's a way sooner that I expected." Uran says

"Yes and they seem way more motivated than expected. Some reports says that they are using some kind of syringes healing their troops in an insane rate." The officer says

"That's problematic what's the progress on the attack plan?"

"It will be ready soon enough."

"Okay, order the troops to slow them down until its ready."

"Yes sir!"

Uran leave's the room and goes to prison

"Good evening, Juda"

"Good evening."

"So how do you feel?"

"Well you know what your are probably not the monster that lowee depicted after all, but I'm quite missing my land."

"It was only 3 days but i understand. I can give you freedom but at one condition."

Uran explain to Juda the condition

"Okay, but how I'm justifying that?"

"Uh… Well let's say that once you arrive to the outpost you say that you escaped, and also tell them that you got relatively well treated and also say that the changers deserve to be free."

"If I say that, I'm gonna get imprisoned."

"Okay, um but still say the two first things."

"Yeah, that might pass."

"Well I see that you can be a good figure to the changers. I count on you.

Juda walk to the outpost entrance

[A unknown time of walk later.]

"Hey, you stop right there!" A woman guarding the entrance of the outpost with a rifle says she then recognize who this is "Juda!" She then goes up to him

They hug each other

"I'm glad that you are okay." Aoi says

"You have no idea what I have been trough, good to see you Aoi." Juda responds "How the rest of the squad?"

"Oh, we have been moved to guarding the outpost, most of the troops went on attacking. Well get inside and go see the captain."

"Yeah."

Has he goes inside the outpost, he notice some weird vehicle and some people near it, he recognize the marshal but there is also what to seem to be a pilot, a scientist and some random girl with him who seem to talk about something. He quickly find the corporal

"Look like you managed to get out somehow." The corporal say

"Yes corporal." Juda responds

"So what they did to you?"

"The usual torture you know, sleep deprivation, waterboarding, those kind of things."

"You must have really suffered, well one question."

"Do you know where they took you."

"No, unfortunately but I know that's its deep in the taiga."

"Okay, go get some rest."

Juda leaves and go to the quarters, at the same time the captain went outside at another part of the outpost, searching for someone, until he find her...

"Marshal Intelligent?" The corporal says finding the marshal

"Yes?" Intelligent responds

"A member of the recon squad who got captured a few days ago managed to escape and get back here."

"Did he know where he was detained?"

"He said that he didn't know."

They finishes talking, until something takes the captain attention

"What's that thing?"

"Its another gift form Planeptune, it just arrived today, some tilt-rotor that can both be used for transport and as a gunship, the inventor and the pilot said that its an upgraded version."

"Oh."

[Meanwhile.]

After the day of work, both IF and Bethesda go back to the quarters, while IF is taking a shower, Bethesda is sitting on his bed, reading the paper that the marshal gave to him, he take a picture of it

"Lady Histoire. I got a paper indicating the effect of the stems or as I call them the med-packs prototypes on the troopers, as it says it quite effective but apparently it can somehow lower immune system so researches on this will be necessary." Bethesda texts to Histoire while also sending her the picture then he send it

Three minutes later she responds "I got your message and the picture."

The shower stops

"I'm done with the shower." IF says while exiting the bathroom

Bethesda get up form his bed and head to the shower, he shower himself then go back to his bed

"Well everything seem doing good. Just a question of time until we get back to planeptune." IF says

"Yeah." Bethesda sighs

"Why you are sighing? The MOD are just some random dudes very motivated one but not really a trouble after all."

Bethesda smiles "You know… in some points you remind me my adoptive sister."

"That much?"

Bethesda thinks for a small moment and then come up with some kind of theory "Yeah, but I mean you quite got that tomboyish tone. I wonder if its not something related to orphans."

IF get irritated by that theory "Hey! don't permit yourself to make such comparisons, I don't even know your sister in first point. And i didn't even got the luck of being adopted by some rich inventor and having a privileged life!"

"Oh, sorry then, it must have been even more difficult to you than for her."

IF thinks about what she said "No, actually its fine, its just about moving on now. By the way what's her name?"

"id."

"Wow, she even got a two letters name."

A silent moment ensue

"I wonder what's happening in the other nations." IF says

"Yeah, me too." Bethesda responds

Where IF thinks about the nations of Lastations and Leanbox, Bethesda also thinks of his birthplace, since he leaved, he as no idea of what's going there.


Someone walk inside a room and lock it, then he grab a phone but he make sure of using a device to isolate the communication

"I'm inside the outpost."

"There is less people since most of them went to attack, there also some unusual things inside and also people"

"There was a weird vehicle, I think it can fly, there the pilot and there is a scientist accompanied by a girl."

"Uh, I think he is blond and have a lab coat with a black square and for some reasons he keep it open even if its cold here and he wear a black shirt and black trouser with some white stripes on the shirt."

"Okay, I see. Continue gathering information and most importantly don't get caught, we shall launch a special operation there soon."

"Yes sir."

CLICK


So, this chapter was supposed to be finished the Sunday form the last week but has you see I am posting it the Thursday

Not much to say outside that I also fixed a small error in the previous chapter