Hi everyone! Sorry this took too long again, you guys can't imagine what I had to go through these last 5 months.
Aside from college, I had relationship problems with my girlfriend, the huge amount of writers block and the situation in Venezuela, which caused me to lose my motivation to keep going with the story and concentrate more on college.
There is a probability that the story goes into hiatus after I have finished the MSF invasion story arc.
Without further delay, here is the chapter and I hope that you guys enjoy it.
Consider this as my Christmas present for everyone.
Stage 11 part 2
While the invasion was taking place at this moment, many citizens, as well as hidden groups, were watching the broadcasting. There were mixed reactions. On one hand, some were grateful that this invasion was being executed since they were causing serious economical and political problems. On the other hand there were others, or better yet, more than half of the population in Brittania was displeased by this action taken by their leaders. Many knew how powerful MSF is and they were not stupid to go and attack them.
Not just that. When they brought back Cornelia and the surviving Britannia soldiers from the Narita Battle, there was like a chance to make peace with them. But the politics, the nobles and the eldest prince of Britannia, decided to attack them nonetheless.
The Areas would most likely take this chance to cause another uprising after their failure in their first attempt, if only they have the resources to accomplish that. Britannia left a good portion of highly trained Britannians to control the population and the supplies in order to prevent them from using it against the Britannian government.
Many citizens from the Areas couldn't do anything but pray for MSF's victory. They proved to be the most powerful organization to stand against Britannia, the strongest superpower in the whole world.
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Pacific Ocean, outskirt of Mother Base, North Side
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Alpha team , Bravo Team and the MSF soldiers stood on their ground against the enemy assault. Like the other struts, many Britannian soldiers managed to land on the platform. But unlike the other struts, the MSF soldiers were able to withstand them since there were more soldiers and vehicles to protect the Mess Hall strut.
"This is impossible to invade!"
"They are coming from there!"
"No wait!"
*BAM*
"AAAAHHH!"
"This is suicide! I am out of here!"
"We need air support!"
The Britannian soldiers fought, but their moral was slowly decreasing from the attacks of MSF soldiers. Even worse, many were losing their mind as the MSF soldiers were employing bizarre weapons.
In an area, 20 Britannian Sutherlands were shooting at 20 MSF soldiers that were located in a building of the platform. They thought they pinned them, until they stopped and then 3 of them shoot with, what it looked like, "Muskets from area 11". To say that those guns were primitive and it was failing miserably was understanding, as they were slowly shooting a bullet every 5 second and all the damages to their Knightmares were just scratches.
The Britannian pilots burst laughing.
"See that boys?! They are shooting at us with muskets!"
"This is priceless!"
"AHAHAHA!"
"Look how low they went! They must be pretty desperate!"
"Maybe they are pissing their pants of fear!"
They kept laughing, unaware of what happened next.
The next three shoots is what happened. After it hit some of them, it materialized….3 tornados.
*SSSWWWOOSSSSSHHHHH*
"WHAT IN THE MOTHER OF….!"
"AAAAAAHHH!"
"A TORNADO! THERE ARE 3 FREAKING TORNADOS!"
"UUUUAAAAAAAAAAHHHh!"
They all yelled in disbelief as they were consumed by the tornados.
The 20 Sutherlands flew and they were twirling inside the 3 gigantic tornados. The other Britannians saw this in shock and horror. They suddenly ran off to prevent those tornados from reaching them.
After 15 seconds of torture, the 20 Knightmares were launched away. Some hit against their companions, others against the Britannian aircrafts and other into the sea.
"YEAH!" The MSF soldiers roared victoriously. The Japanese muskets they used were modified to cause damage instead of the "divine wind" it was initially on it. Unfortunately they didn't have more Japanese muskets to deliver another one, but it was enough to scare the Britannians, and to deliver a spectacular show.
In another area, 40 Britannian soldier and 10 armored vehicles were firing at 10 MSF Sutherlands, along with another 10 MSF soldiers. They were taking cover behind the walls of the buildings while firing back at the enemy. While they were shooting, 4 Sutherlands and 4 MSF soldiers used some sort of beam weapon as they aimed at the Britannians and projected the beam, which did nothing at all.
The Britannians were confused as the beams were doing nothing to them, as if the beams were just for show.
"What the hell is up with these beams? They are not doing a damn thing" Spoke a Britannian
"It's a trick, they must be distracting us" Replied another Britannian as they resumed the shooting.
But after two beams crossed each other on them. It exploded!
*BOOM!*
"AAAAAHHH!" 10 Britannians were blown away frfom the sheer explosion caused by the beams
"What the hell?!" Screamed another Britannian soldier. Next to him was an armored vehicle shooting while not noticing that one of the beams were projected at it. Then another beam crossed with it, causing yet another explosion.
*BOOM!*
The armored vehicle exploded and blowing away several Britannianns.
"UAAAAHHHHH!" Screamed Britannians as many fell from the platform, into the sea.
"Ultimate co-op weapon, Electronic Magnetic Gun!" Pronounced an MSF soldier once they finished causing the explosion.
"This is awesome! This weapon would be perfect to be used on a movie!" Said happily the MSF soldier #1
"What?" Asked dumbfounded the MSF soldier #2
"Yeah, the idea would be a group of guys chasing and hunting ghosts, by using this beams to capture them, and if they cross the streams, it'd cause total protonic reversal! " Explained MSF soldier # 1 with excitement.
"Hmmm…Yeah, sure" Said the MSF soldier #2, having no idea what to say about it.
And in another area. 23 Gloucesters and 30 Glasgows attacked a group of 15 MSF soldiers and 17 MSF Gloucesters.
While the Britannians were attacking them, they saw that 4 MSF soldiers and 4 MSF Knightmares together, 2 of them were holding some sort of giant vertical sticks.
They formed in a triangular position and planted those sticks on the ground.
What they saw dumbfounded them as they noticed that it resembled a….Slingshot.
"Ultimate co-op weapon, HUMAN/KNIGHTMARE SLINGHOT!" Pronounced one of the MSF soldiers loud enough for everyone to hear.
"The hell?" Spoke a Britannian soldier in disbelief.
"Is this for real?!"
"Are they seriously going to shoot at us with themselves and Knightmares?"
"Continue to fire at them!" One of them snapped out the thoughts of his companions.
An MSF soldier wearing a battle armor outfit sat on the rubber strips of the slingshot and curled himself as another MSF soldier pulled the strips as he aimed at the group of Gloucesters.
"Fire away!"Shouted the MSF, letting go the strip.
The MSF soldier was launched to that direction. He went so fast, he PIERCED through 5 Gloucesters and impacted on the ground, causing a small quake and a crater. And then he drew out 2 MG3 and started to fire at them.
The second Slingshot was prepared…with a Knightmare.
"Here we go! FIRE!" The MSF Knightmare holding the strip released it and the MSF Knightmare was launched.
"Incoming Knightmare!" Shouted a Britannian pilot in shock.
The MSF Knightmare crashed in the center of the Glasgow group. They were blown away from the impact .
"AAAAAHHHH!" They yelled in pain as they hit on the ground.
"OH MY GOD! THIS IS INSANE!" Screamed one of the Glasgow pilots.
"THEY ARE CRAZY AS HELL!"
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
Many of them decided to run away, instead of fighting this insane army of mercenaries.
As for the other MSF soldiers not using these kind of weapons, they were handling it well.
A peloton of Britannians ran through the platform while trying to shot 4 MSF soldiers. Said MSF soldiers quickly jumped behind a ramp that was raised and hid in there while the Britannians fired at them.
Once the Britannians got closer, they didn't notice that in front of them a pair of claymores was dropped on the ground. Usually the claymores are supposed to be placed on the ground in order to work, but these ones were designed with magnets which can quickly attach to the ground once it was turned on manually with a device.
"BLAM!*
"AAAAHHHH!" The Britannians were injured after setting it off.
Meanwhile with the teams assigned to protect and lead the MSF soldiers, Bravo team were supporting the MSF soldiers that were holding the Britannians coming from the sea. Alpha team fought with the others in the upper section, using every kind of plan they could come up with. Gladly, their plans worked as almost everything is under their control.
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South side, on the sea
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"FIRE!" The MSF captain Warthog shouted as the cannon aimed at the Britannian destroyer and fired at 1 Britannian destroyer, sinking it successfully.
The naval battle was in favor of MSF, although they lost some ship during the battle. So far they neutralized every Britannian ship, leaving only 3 destroyers.
The Britannian submarines were also destroyed by MSF submarines.
Angus was feeling frustrated at this outcome. He never thought that this MSF captain would be quite good at this. He was able to destroy most of his ships with tactical moves that surpasses his.
Right now, he only has 3 destroyers, while they have 15 ships.
He started to think his next plan, but there wasn't much he could do. The MSF navy was superior to the Britannian navy and he is in disadvantage.
"Commander Angus! We are receiving a transmission from the enemy destroyer!" Informed one of the pilots.
"Patch it through" commanded Angus
"This is commander Warthog of the MSF navy. I wish to speak with your commander" Introduced Warthog.
"This is commander Angus Finch of the Britannian navy, may I ask what is it that you wish to speak?"
"We have destroyed most of your ships and submarines. It is clearly that you are at disadvantage. So I have a proposition for you and your comrades. Surrender now and we promise that you will all return to your homelands safe" Spoke Warthog.
"You dare….?!" One of the officers protested, but Angus stopped him.
"Why are you giving us this option?" Asked Angus.
"Because I follow the idealism of our leader, Big Boss" Answered Warthog.
Angus thought about it for several seconds. He quickly thought about infiltrating and spy on them. It would be a great opportunity to send information to Schneizel, should they fail the invasion.
Angus made his decision after a minute.
"Very well, we will surrender" Said Angus.
"WHAT?!" Shouted many of his officers.
"Commander Angus, you cant be serious!"
"This is treason to our beloved Britannia!"
"Silence! This is my final decision; I will speak to all of you later about this. For now, cooperate!" Said Angus with a commanding tone.
Many officers were reluctant, but they obeyed his orders.
Unfortunately, they were all oblivious of his plan. They thought that it was a suicide this invasion. All the navy force was neutralized by MSF and they were surrounded by them. Slowly, the soldiers and officers were getting very scared and madness is almost consuming them.
"Yes, sir" With that they ended the transmission with Warthog.
Warthog was already suspicious about this. The way the officers talked and the hesitations, it was a sign that something bad will happen. He was also aware of the possible spies amongst them, with Angus being the potential one.
"Listen up, if any of them are making a suspicious move, subdue them. The last thing we need is a spy amongst us" Spoke Warthog to everyone present.
"Yes sir!"
Warthog walked to a communication operator and instructed him.
"Can you try to infiltrate their communication? I would like to hear what is happening inside that ship"
"Understood"
Back in the Britannian main ship, Angus ordered everyone to put down their weapons and surrender to MSF. He was about to tell them his plan, but before he could, he was interrupted by one of his officers.
"Commander Angus" Spoke the officer.
"Wha is…"Angus didn't finish as the officer stabbed on his shoulder with a dagger.
"AAHG!" He screamed in pain.
"What do you think you are doing?!" Barked Angus angrily.
"Y-you betrayed us! A commander would never surrender for the likes of them!" Replied back the officer.
Everyone watched in shock at this sudden event. Then the other officers took out their daggers as well.
"Have you all lost your minds?!" Shouted incredulously Angus at his trusted officers.
"No, the one who lost the mind is you, commander" Said an officer as he went to stab him.
"UGH!" Grunted Angus.
"Sons of…!" Angus didn't finish as he was stabbed again by another.
The officers started to stab him repeatedly as he slowly few to the ground from internal hemorrhage.
"UUUGH!" Angus kneeled from the injuries he sustained.
"Stupids! Don't you all know why I did it?! I did it so we could infiltrate and attack them from the inside!" Whispered Angus loudly. The officers didn't seem shocked about it.
"Liar" Said another officer.
Angus couldn't believe what he was hearing. All his officers have gone mad from fear, so much that they didn't realize his main intention.
"I hope you all burn in hell for this!" Angus fell in the ground with eyes open and lifeless
"Everyone! Prepare all the cannons and fire at them! We will not die as prisoners!" Shouted an officer. The officers quickly obeyed him.
They aimed the cannons at the MSF ships and were about to fire.
But they never did as cannons hit the control room, incinerating all the Britannians.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHGG!" Screamed all the Britannians as they were eliminated by the blast.
Warthog heard everything thanks to the interception of the transmission. He was a little shocked about what happened inside.
"Sir, all the Britannian ships are neutralized. What is our next order?" Asked one of the MSF officers.
Warthog was about to say something, until he spotted a giant shadow on top of the destroyed Britannian ships.
He used the binoculars to see what it was. His eyes widened in shock as the shadow belonged to the Britannian aircraft Avalon.
Warthog then gave an order.
"Retreat! We must stay away from this aircraft! Its cannons are too powerful for us to stand against it!" Spoke Warthog with an alarming tone. He then decided to contact Ocelot and inform the situation.
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In the Avalon
…
Schneizel stared at the screen displaying the MSF ships. He was about to shoot them with the Gawain prototype cannon, but he decided to stop when he remembered what happened inside the ship which his most trusted officer commanded it.
All the Britannian ships have hidden cameras implanted, in case there were terrorists that hijacked it or any other incidents.
Schneizel felt somewhat sad that one of his most trusted officers got stabbed by the crews of his ship. He was going to punish them once the invasion was successful, but there was no need for that since they were blasted by the MSF navy.
When he saw that their ships were retreating from the Avalon, he deduced that their ships cannon were no match with the Avalon.
"Your highness, what should we do with them?" Asked Kanon.
"Let them go, we will deal with them later" Replied Schneizel which surprised many of the presents as he wouldn't do such thing in a battlefield. He decided to spare them since they indirectly avenged his friend. For now, his main focus is to capture the base of MSF.
"Of course, your highness"
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Meanwhile, South Side
…
*Bam!*
*Slash!*
Ocelot and Nonnette kept fighting each other through the platform of Mother Base. While they were fighting, the Britannians continued to attack the MSF soldiers. The advance was extremely slow as the MSF soldiers were giving them a really hard time. Many Britannian units fell from the MSF attacks, even though they managed to push them back.
All the tanks, armored vehicles and Knightmares from MSF continued to fire projectiles at the Britannians in an attempt to stop their advance. They managed to stop the advance, but it was only a matter of time before more Britannian soldiers arrives from the aircrafts. It was as if Britannia sent all their soldiers from their homeland, leaving only a significant force to guard the areas.
So far, the side who is having more casualties is Britannia. In a part of the platform, there was pile destroyed vehicles and Knightmares, not to mention the Britannian soldiers scattered all over the platform.
Ocelot was feeling intense from the fighting he was having with Nonnette. It was his second time fighting a strong opponent, the first being Snake of course. He was using all kind of tricks and movements he learned as the master of revolvers against her, but every move he used, she was able to deflect them or dodge them.
Nonnette was feeling the same. She has not had this kind of fun since her fight with Cornelia. In this fight, she was displaying all her skills to defeat this man, and every time he managed to dodge her attacks.
Nonnette switched her spear to the mass vibration swords and proceeded to slash horizontally at him, but he always leaped back while firing his revolvers.
She suddenly stopped with Ocelot 4 meters away from her.
"Cant you show me something different? Instead of displaying those revolvers?" Asked Nonnette as she was getting tired of him fighting him with his handgun.
"Sorry, my lady, I'm better with these 2 on my hands" Said Ocelot while he twirled his revolvers.
Nonnette sighed as she dashed forward with her swords ready.
While he was fighting, he noticed a crane holding a pile driver. Then he got an idea.
Nonnette was about to slash him downward, but Ocelot blocked it again with his revolvers. He pushed her forward as she landed a little bit far away.
Ocelot then shot 3 bullets: 2 to her legs and the other to her chest. She blocked the 2 bullets with her right sword by moving the sword down and blocks it horizontally. The bullet going straight to her chest was slashed by her left sword
Suddenly she saw another bullet coming straight to the head. She quickly raised her left sword and slashed it vertically.
"Is that all you got?" Taunted Nonnette.
"Not quite" Said Ocelot.
The half bullet that went to her left side hit an angulated part of a building, which caused it to ricochet against the wires of the crane, causing the pile driver to fall down, on Nonnette.
"WHAT?! AAAAAAHHHH!" She screamed as the pile driver fell on her and pinned her down.
"Checkmate" Thought Ocelot as he twirled his revolvers again and then stopped with his revolvers up.
Luckily, during the fight, they were away from the battlefield, meaning that no Britannian soldiers will be able to interrupt the fight.
Nonnette was trying to get out from her Knightmare. Since her Knightmare was pinned down by the pile driver, not to mention that her Knightmare's energy filler got disconnected after the impact.
She pressed the eject button, making the cockpit to move backward and open for her to exit.
She was able to get out, but right when the cockpit was opened, she was greeted by Leopardus with a revolver aimed at her.
She gritted her teeth in annoyance. She was in his grasp now. All he had to do was to pull the trigger and end her life.
Ocelot now had a clear view of this woman. She was a young woman, like 28 or 29 years old. She is also a beautiful, with a pair of blue eyes, a sharp face and a light green, or maybe blonde, hair.
Ocelot thought what to do. Surely in this kind of situation, the logical is to finish the enemy. But then he had another thought, something he has never done before.
Ocelot aimed his revolver at her. She slowly closed her eyes waiting for the end. There was nothing she could do, her soldiers are not with her since they are pretty much away from the place she is in and it would be impossible to fight a Knightmare on her own.
*BAM!*
The gun shot, but Nonnette stood there unharmed.
She slowly opened her eyes startled at this. She turned her head and saw that the bullet just shot her Knightmare.
"What?" She said with a confused tone. Normally the enemy would take out their general without hesitation, but Ocelot didn't finish her.
Leopardus twirled the revolvers and withdrew it.
"I could have ended you for killing several of my comrades" Said Ocelot
"Then why didn't you finish me?" Retorted Nonnette
"You are an honorable woman. You are only doing this for your country not for someone's ambition; it'd be a waste for such woman" Said Ocelot
Nonnette was startled at his answer.
"Besides, this battle, reminds me of an old memory. A fight I had with Big Boss."
Nonnette was slightly surprised. After hearing all the rumors about the founder of MSF, a fight with him must have been a thrilling battle.
"Oh? How so?" Asked Nonnette curiously.
"In that fight, I lost. I was able to escape, but he had a chance to kill me. He didn't do it, saying that I'm still young" Replied Ocelot.
"I feel that there is something special in you." Said Ocelot which amazed Nonnette.
Nonnette blushed a little. Never a man had told her something like this. Most of them were either coward or too afraid of her to say that because of her reputation of being aggressive when fighting.
Suddenly, Ocelot received a transmission from his Ocelot unit.
"What is it?"
"Major! There is too many of them! We are holding them off, but we are losing strength here! We need help!" Spoke one of the Ocelot unit members.
"Understood. Keep them in line, I'm on my way" Then he focused back on Nonnette.
"I won't stop you from fighting us. But for your sake, stand down and do not get in my way" Ocelot warned her, then he maneuvered Leopardus and left her alone.
She did nothing but sigh in defeat. This was the first time that a man was able to defeat her. She promised that the next time they meet, she will surely defeat him.
Nonnette quickly withdrew to where the Britannian are stationed, somewhere in the gigantic platform.
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East Side
…
In the platform, Adahelm kept firing his knightmares mounted guns at Monica. She was able to dodge the bullets, but it was becoming an annoyance since it wouldn't allow her to attack him.
Her Knightmare jumped and used the slash harken. Adalhelm quickly shot at them and causing them to deflect into other direction.
Monica changed her spear to swords and dashed to slash him, but she couldn't deliver any hit as Adalhelm simply dodged by jumping.
Adalhelm changed his cannon to missile launcher and fired at her.
"Fight me, coward!" Shouted Monica hoping to make him fight directly.
"If you say so!" Adalhelm went straight to her. He maneuvered his Knightmare and performed a roundhouse kick at her.
Monica quickly raised her Knightmare's left arm to block the kick. Her eyes widened as the impact of the kick damaged ¼ of her Knightmare's left arm.
She couldn't believe that fighting this man was extremely hard, not only his Knightmare was faster than an average Knightmare, but also has strength greater than any EU Knightmare posses.
She jumped back several feet away due to the impact. As soon as she recovered, she saw that Adalhelm had his guns and cannons aimed at her.
"Damn it!" She quickly drew out a shield and covered herself.
Though he saw that Monica was using her shield, Adalhelm proceeded to fire his cannons at her.
*BAM!*
Smokes and explosions erupted as they impacted against her shield.
Adalhelm yelled "DON'T YOU GET IT?! WEREWOLVE CORP MERCENARIES ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD!"
"AAAAAHHH!" Monica screamed as the shield shattered and due to the sheer force of the explosion, it blew her knightmare away, crashing against a small building.
"You scum" Her Knightmare rose and got into a battle stance.
Adalhelm quickly dashed forward and rammed is Knightmare at her. But Monica was able to stop it by using her Knightmare's hands.
"Just what kind of modification has he done with this Knightmare?!" Monica thought with irritation.
She then used her Knightmare's mounted gun to fire at Adalhelm's Knightmare
Adalhelm aimed his own Knightmare's mounted cannon from its legs at her as well.
They both fired their guns, which resulted on heavy damages.
"Damn, I got too confident" Thought Adalhelm as his Knightmare sustained 20% of damage. He quickly made his knightmare jump backward, away from Monica's machine gun.
Her Knightmare was a little bit worse than Adalhelm as her Knightmares sustained 35% of damage.
"I will avenge all the people that you and your men killed, specially my parents!" She drew out her Knightmare's missile launcher and fired at Adalhelm.
"Woah there" His Knightmare dodged the missiles by dashing to the left side. He switched his Knightmare's upper cannons into turrets and fired at the missiles.
Monica kept firing the missiles, but then she ran out of ammo. She threw the launcher aside and re-equipped with her swords.
"You are getting good, Fraulein" Said Adalhelm while the last part he said it with a mocking tone.
Monica gritted her teeth angrily.
"RAAAAAGH!" She roared as she charged and attempted to slash at him.
Adalhelm raised his Knightmare's left arm and, surprisingly, a large blade came out from its side, making it into a combination of blade with cannon.
"What the?!" She said surprised that the arm turned into a blade.
Adalhelm charged at her and slammed his Knightmare's blade at her. She blocked it with her sword.
"You said that you want to avenge those people that my men and I killed, well guess what? Think again and reflect it" Said suddenly Adalhelm.
"What?" Said Monica in a shocked tone.
"Have you ever thought, if those people I killed were corrupted? If they were evil or imperialistic like Britannia?" Questioned Adalhelm.
"They are not! There is no way that my parents or those people were evil or corrupted" She replied angrily at him.
"What makes you think that? Is it because how they behave? How they look like from the outside?" Asked Adalhelm.
"I simply don't believe you. For all I know, you could be making this up" Retorted Monica. As she tried to push him back.
"Well, let's put it this way. If you are fighting evil, as you said, then why are you allowing these people to bully other areas that were conquered by Britannia?"
"That's…!" She stopped as she realized that what he said, it hit her hard.
Adalhelm slashed his Knightmares blade at her, while she blocked his attacks.
"You see? You are just another corrupt. You don't give a damn about the people who are suffering in the areas under the control of Britannia. You are just like the rest. You guys conquer territories and "integrate" them with Britannia. But then, you let those corrupted politicians to take control of those areas and make them suffer. What kind of Knight are you?!" Shouted Adalhelm.
"All what I have done was to serve and protect the emperor. Conquering other areas is to bring peace and order."
"Of course, peace and order. You are doing a great job on that, like letting Britannians to beat the hell out of a Japanese in area 11" Said with sarcasm Adalhelm.
"It's not my fault that people like Elevens are weak. It's because of them that terrorists like you appeared, you just want to expand fear in our society" retorted Monica.
Adalhelm pushed her with a lot of strength. She was pushed back 2 meters away from him, and then they were facing each other with a battle stance.
"It's not about what I want; it's about what is fair! You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time. But you were wrong. The world is cruel and the only morality in a cruel world is chance. Unbiased, unprejudiced, fair. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day. You had a bad day once, am I right? I know I am. I can tell. Like the day I killed your parents and those people. You had a bad day and everything changed. Why else would you dress up as a Knight of Round? You had a bad day, and it drove you as crazy as everybody else…Only you wont admit it!" Adalhelm taunted her about politics being corrupted from within. That both her parents are guilty and he doesn't regret at all.
Monica's hands were shaking in anger after she listened Adalhelm. She was angry that Adalhelm was revealing her the nature of Britannia, and she didn't want to accept the sad truth.
She broke out of her trance when Adalhelm charged at her. He raised his blade and continuously slashed at her.
Unbeknownst to her, he was actually pushing her back to the edge of the platform.
Soon her Knightmare's left foot stood close to the edge of the platform, and that is when she realized his plan.
"Damn it!" She struggled to fight him back.
Suddenly, Adalhelm changed his right hand blade into gun mode and fired her Knightmare's right leg.
"AGH!" Screamed Monica.
"I guess this is a good bye, Fraulein" Said Adalhelm as he pushed her.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!" Monica screamed in horror as she fell to the sea.
Adalhelm breathed after the exhausting battle. He looked at the spot where she fell, while feeling a little sad that he had to kill a young girl.
Then he received a transmission from Ocelot
"Yes? Herr Ocelot?"
"Adalhelm, how is the situation?"
"We managed to hold them for now, but it's only a matter of time before the overwhelm us" Replied Adalhelm as he saw the fleets coming to the strut.
"I need you and the rest of our soldiers to fall back to the command center." Commanded Ocelot
Adalhelm then replied with a concerned tone" But Herr Ocelot! We cant…!"
"Don't worry, I have a plan" Ocelot said, which managed to calm Adalhelm.
"Understood, Herr Ocelot" With that he went to try to warn the others.
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West Side
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At this moment, Gregory was holding on his own against the deadly vampire of Britannia. He really despises this individual due to the fact that he resorts on ruthless tactics that endangers everyone. He would occasionally use anyone as a human shield or as a decoy, strategies that would results on casualties from both sides in a sickening fashion.
Gregory raised his sword and slashed horizontally at Luciano, but it was blocked by the shield wield by him.
"Come on! Show me what you are made of! Or are you just a knight for show?" Taunted Luciano.
Gregory ignored him as he knows that Luciano wants to provoke and lose his focus.
He pushed him with all his Knightmare's strength, making him jump back.
"Did I hit a nerve? Knight?" Said Luciano with a mocking tone.
"Your mockery won't affect me" Replied Gregory. He then backed away with his sword ready.
"Do what you like, you are just delaying the inevitable!" Luciano charged against him. They both clashed with their swords, creating small sparkles as the swords grazed each other.
"Your units and all your comrades will die by my hands" Said sadistically Luciano.
"I shall not allow it, the only one who will die… is YOU!" Gregory roared as he pushed his sword more.
Luciano pushed more, but he was unable to withstand against him, causing his knightmare to be pushed back.
"HAHAHAAHAHA!" Laughed Luciano as he jumped forward with sword on air. Gregory quickly raised his sword and blocked it horizontally. Gregory gritted his teeth and roared.
"Raaaaaahhh!" He pushed his sword against him and quickly used his Knightmare's left hand to sucker punch him from the left side of his head.
"Aaagh!" Luciano groaned from the impact. As he raised his Knightmare, he saw one of his comrades Knightmare, a Glasgow firing at the enemy.
He quickly grabbed him from behind and used him as a human shield.
"M-my Lord! What are you doing?!" Asked in shock the Britannian soldier.
Luciano ignored him as he activated his Knightmare landspinner and charged at Gregory.
Gregory readied his sword as he waited for the moment to slash. As soon as the Knightmares got closer, Gregory slashed horizontally, cutting in half the Glasgow in half.
But then, Luciano fired his slash harken at him. The left side of the harken hit the head of Gregory's Knightmare,luckily it caused minor damages, but somehow it caused a jamming with his Knightmare's communication system, rendering him unable to contact his comrades.
However, the right side of the slash harken was cut by Gregory's sword.
"What?!" Said in disbelief Luciano as he saw his right harken being cut off.
Gregory took this chance to shoot his own harkens at Luciano. Luciano quickly drew out his shield and blocked it.
"Britannia has changed, they allow people such as you to join their ranks and abuse greatly its power for their own scheme" Said Gregory with a disappointed tone.
"Oh? And why would you care?" Asked Luciano as he charged again with shield on hand and charged at him. Gregory took out his Knightmare's shield and their shields clashed with each other.
"Because Britannia used to be my home, I was simply lucky that I was raised by good people, unlike the nobles who are nothing but spoiled children."
"Well, aren't you a perceptive one?" said Luciano with a smirk since that was mostly true as he could remember all those nobles he met in Britannia.
"My goal has always been to reform Britannia into a peaceful superpower, show that compassion was better than conquering over the weak. But for that I had to stain my hand with bloods, to kill people like you!" Gregory snarled as he delivered a powerful punch at Lucianos Knightmare's abdomen and then stabs it with his sword.
"What?!" Luciano cried as the punch was so powerful that it caused his Knightmare to lose 80% of energy.
Gregory backed away as he saw that the Knightmare kneeled down with sparks erupting from the hole he stabbed.
"Yield, now" Commanded Gregory.
Luciano groaned as his face was soaked with sweat. He couldn't believe that Gregory was able to best him, he was also angry that he was defeated by him, a lowly mercenary.
Suddenly he started to chuckle evilly.
"What's so funny?" Questioned Gregory suspiciously.
"You fell right into Schneizel's trap Knight, by making you fight with me. though we are having heavy casualties, our army was able to push back your stupid soldiers" Said Luciano.
"What?!" Gregory looked around him to see that his comrades were pushed back to the bridge of the strut.
And just at that moment, his Knightmare's communication system was back online and he was receiving a transmission from his comrades.
"Sir! Thank god you can hear us now, we are being overwhelmed! We had to fall back" reported one of his soldiers as they are halting the Britannians from the bridge.
"And I'm not going to surrender to the likes of you!"
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Start the soundtrack "Preparing for Assault" from "Small Soldiers" (starts at the 6:17 min)
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Luciano quickly drew out a dagger, then with a strong slash, he disarmed Gregory's sword, and later he launched at him. Gregory jumped backward, but Luciano managed to dash forward and stab the dagger on Gregory's Knightmare left leg, causing it to get severely damaged and to emit small sparks.
Gregory groaned, and then he saw Luciano's Knightmare slashing at him with the dagger on hand.
Luciano kept slashing horizontally. This gave him the opportunity to use his left slash harken to hit Gregory's shoulder and make him stumble.
Luciano used the landspinner to dash forward and clash against him. They both crashed against a wall with Luciano ready to shoot his harken again. Then Gregory used his Knightmare's left arm to take out its firearm and shoot at the left slash harken.
*BAM!*
Luciano's Knightmare slash harken was destroyed. However, He had another idea.
Luciano rose his dagger and was about to stab Gregory's cockpit.
Acting quickly, Gregory used his Knightmare's right hand to stop it. He was able to stop it, but the dagger pierced the palm of the Knightmare and it was being pressed to get near the cockpit.
Luciano used his other hand to punch him. Luckily, Gregory was able to stop his punch by blocking it with his Knightmare's left hand.
Now they were struggling with each other. Gregory only had 30% left of energy while Luciano was using 35% of his Knightmare.
Luciano activated a switch in the cockpit which made some sort of boost for his Knightmare's arms.
"TIME TO DIE, KNIGHT!" Luciano pressed more his dagger to the Knightmare's cockpit.
Gregory groaned while holding the dagger. Slowly the dagger was reaching to the Knightmare's cockpit.
"Die already!" Snarled Luciano as he tried to boost more the Knightmare's energy.
Gregory used his Knightmare's harken to fire at the Knightmare's chest, this caused Luciano to retract and stumble back.
"God damn it!" Cursed angrily Luciano. He was distracted with his rage that he didn't notice Gregory charge at him, and in the process, he picked up his sword on the ground and prepared it to stab the Knightmare's core.
Luciano saw him coming, and with a mad grin he declared "Let's do this!"
He charged at him with dagger on hand.
As soon as they were close, Gregory was about to use his sword to clash against his dagger, in order to disarm him.
"Time to use that again!" Said Luciano with a grin as he pressed the button for the boost to swing his dagger downward and then stab the Knightmare's cockpit from below.
But unexpectedly, it caused the whole Knightmare to shut down.
"WHAT?! NOOOO!" Said in shock Luciano.
Gregory anticipated this as he knew that Luciano's Knightmare was running out of energy and due to his sadistic personality, he was able to blind his mind on making him want to win.
Gregory buried his sword on the Knightmare's chest, piercing it with hits pilot.
"GRAAAHH!" Screamed in pain Luciano. Gregory activated his landspinner and pushed him to the edge of the platform.
The Knightmare fell to the bottom of the sea as Gregory stood victorious.
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End of the soundtrack
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"Finally" Said with relief Gregory, but the fight drained more than half his Knightmare's energy, and the situation was not good, even though he defeated a Knight of Round.
"You bastard!"
Gregory turned around to see several squad of Britannian Sutherlands shooting at him. He acted quick as he made a dangerous decision.
He activated his landspinner and dashed to his right. The squad kept shooting at him, until they saw that he was going straight to the edge of the strut.
"What the hell?" Commented one of them.
Gregory then jumped off the edge. Many of them thought that this man was just going to suicide, but they were wrong.
Suddenly, a pair of cables was shot to the closest strut leg and the Knightmare landed on it as it hanged on it.
"Oh my god, He is using the slash harken as a grappling hook!" Shouted a Britannian pilot.
"Well what are you guys waiting for?! Shoot him down! Avenge Lord Luciano!" Shouted another one as they started to fire at him.
However, they were unable to hit the target as it shoot another slash harken to another strut leg and swung to that leg.
Soon enough, he was gone from their sight.
"DAAAMMMN!" Many of them shouted angrily.
Gregory swung through the strut legs until he reached to the bridge where his soldiers are fighting.
"My lord!" Shouted one of the Forgotten Knight soldiers as he and some went to help his leader.
"Im fine, but im going to need some feedback."
"Of course, we received a message from Major Ocelot to retreat here.
"What? All of you went to the bridge just because he ordered? Not because we are being overwhelmed?" Questioned incredulously Gregory since he thought that this was part of Schneizel plan.
To tell the truth, all the MSF soldiers could protect the struts without retreating.
"Correct sir, he said that he has a plan to beat them efficiently" Replied one of his soldiers.
"I see. I need some repair for my Knightmare" Said Gregory tiredly.
"I hope you have a plan to get us out of this mess Ocelot" Thought Gregory
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South Side
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Ocelot kept dashing to the bridge that connects the strut while taking down many Britannian soldiers.
At this moment, Ocelot was formulating a plan to stop their advance. He got reports that below the struts, All the Britannians were being halt in there. I was good since they won't be able to get to the surface of the struts and attack from below them.
"Everyone, retreat to the bridges that connects the command center!" Commanded Ocelot.
He shot down every Knightmare, armored vehicle and soldiers as he was reaching to the command center.
Once he got there, the MSF soldiers covered him as he crossed the bridge.
"Ocelot, you better explain why you ordered our men to retreat when we clearly held them back." Spoke Miller almost angrily at him.
"Calm down, Miller. This is one of my tactics that I use to lure the enemy and to fool them" Reassured Ocelot.
"Better this plan of yours works, because you allowed them to take control of our South, East, West struts. It's a miracle that we still have the North strut.
"Oh don't worry. Everything is proceeding as I planned"
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South side, Hangar
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In the hangar, 50 Britannian soldiers, 20 armored vehicles and 30 Sutherlands arrived to secure the area and destroy the MSF vehicles and aircrafts.
"Alright, it's time to take cover this hangar! See if any of you can hijack their vehicles or aircrafts, if any of those vehicles are impossible to use. You have my permission to destroy it!" Spoke the Britannian commander.
The Britannian soldiers spread up and checked the hangar. They were expecting to find all those powerful weapons, vehicles and aircrafts to use it against them.
But to their shock, there was nothing… Nothing at all.
"What the hell? Where are the vehicles?" Spoke one of the Britannians
"I dont like this, is it a trap?" Asked another Britannian.
"Maybe, maybe not" Said another
They went to the hangar's tower, but the door was shut.
"Open that door already!" Shouted the commander.
"We are trying sir! But it won't budge!"
"Bring a Knightmare! Blast this door!" Ordered the commander as a Sutherland arrived and aimed its gun at it.
When it was about to fire. They heard a hiss from the main hangar. The gate started to open upward slowly while there were smokes coming out of it.
It wasn't only the main hangar, the 2 ramps on the floor of the platform started to open vertically.
"What is that?" Asked one of the Britannians.
"Everyone! Prepare for any ambush!" Shouted the commander.
Most of them readied their weapons at the hangars door and the ground, expecting to see MSF soldiers or tanks. But what they saw shocked them and were paralyzed of fear at what they saw.
In front of them, there was a giant machine with legs, a pair of turrets attached on the abdomen, a huge gun-like weapon on its right side, dish-like radar on the left, a gigantic cylindrical thing with on top of it, a giant circular head with a red light and it was as big as the Lancelot Knightmare.
"What the hell is that?!" Said with fear the commander
The behemoth machine crouched a little and then let out one of the most terrifying roars or screeches they have ever heard.
*RROOOOOOOOOOAAAARRR*
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Avalon
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Inside the airship Avalon, Schneizel started to feel impatient at the progress of his troops. He received reports that the North Side of MSF was harder than they anticipated and there was no guarantee that they will capture that strut for today. They are very resourceful and they have a solid concept of team work. Worse is the absurd and bizarre arsenal of weapons they have used to fight back. Such as the eleven muskets that upon firing, it create tornados. Cannons which shoot beams that when crossing them, creates explosion. And his favorite one, a slingshot that shoots Knightmares and human beings.
Schneizel rubbed his head with stress. He never felt so stressed in a battle where he is getting huge casualties from his side while the enemy side just had 10% of casualties.
He barely managed to push them to their command center struts, but there were no way to penetrate them, as they have barricaded the bridges and they were using some kind of Rail Gun that can destroy and pierce through Knightmares.
Then he realized that it was starting to feel fishy. The South and The East soldiers simply withdrew to the bridge that connects the command center without any fight.
He kept thinking until he hears something…..something that made him feel scared.
*RRROOOOOOOAAAAARRRR!*
The crew and the reporters were paralyzed of fear when they heard that terrifying roar.
Schneizel suddenly was sweating as he said with fear…
"What the hell is that?"
He wouldn't dare to imagine what he had just unleashed….
To be continued
Next part will be finally the last part of the MSF invasion arc.
As you may know, I added some dialogues from other games to help me finish this chapter, and overcome some writers block. I hope you guys don't mind, it's all I can do to continue the chapter, otherwise I would end up in a loop where I can't find a solution for it.
Here is an extra that I originally added, but it was so stupid that I removed it. And at the end, a small omake
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Original idea
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"Commander Angus" Spoke the officer.
"Wha is…"Angus didn't finish as the officer stabbed on his shoulder with a dagger.
"AAHG!" He screamed in pain.
"What do you think you are doing?!" Barked Angus angrily.
"F-for Britannia!"
"W-what?" Said dumbfounded Angus.
"Y-you betrayed us! A commander would never surrender for the likes of them!" Replied back the officer.
Everyone watched in shock at this sudden event. Then the other officers took out their daggers as well.
"Have you all lost your minds?!" Shouted incredulously Angus at his trusted officers.
"No, the one who lost the mind is you, commander" Said an officer as he went to stab him.
"UGH!" Grunted Angus.
"For Britannia!"
"For Britannia!" another one stabbed him
"For Britannia!" and another arrived to stab
"Sons of…!" Angus didn't finish as he was stabbed again by another.
The officers started to stab him repeatedly as he slowly few to the ground from internal hemorrhage.
"For Britannia"
"For Britannia"
"For Britannia"
"UUUGH!" Angus kneeled from the injuries he sustained.
"Stupids! Don't you all know why I did it?! I did it so we could infiltrate and attack them from the inside!" Whispered Angus loudly. The officers didn't seem shocked about it.
"Liar" Said another officer.
"For Britannia!"
Angus couldn't believe what he was hearing. All his officers have gone mad from fear, so much that they didn't realize his main intention.
"I hope you all burn in hell for this!" Angus fell in the ground with eyes open and lifeless
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End of the original idea
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Omake
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"Tear this door down!" The commander ordered the Knightmare as it started to pound the door.
Inside the tower, there were 10 MSF soldiers hiding. They were instructed to not let anyone from the outside enter the tower, until Metal Gear Zeke appears.
"We must do something!" Shouted the MSF soldier #1
"But what should we do?! " Retorted MSF #3
One of them stood up and ran to the door. He pushed the door as hard as he could.
"I'll hold the door!" Screamed the MSf soldier #2.
"No, we can't let you do that!" Said MSF #6
"Yeah! This is suicide!" Said MSF #4
"Just go! I'll hold the door!" shouted the MSF #2 as he turned around and used his back to push.
Suddenly, MSF soldier #1 ran to his side and pushed the door.
"I'll also hold this stupid door!" Shouted MSF #1 all pumped up.
"Me too!" Added MSF #4
"Hell with it, we will hold this door too!" the rest shouted as they all went to hold the door.
"Hold the doooooooor!" Screamed MSF #2
"I am! Im holding the dooooor!" Screamed MSF #5
"Hold the door!" screamed MSF #2 again as the Britannians were pounding harder the door.
"Hold the door! Hold the door! " the MSF soldier #2 started to scream it again as if encouraging his friends.
"Hold the door! Hold the door! Hold the door! Hold the door!" The MSF soldiers kept pushing with all their strength, but slowly the door was breaking up.
"Hold the door! Holdthedoor! Holdthedoor! Holhedoor! Holedoor!" The door was then shoot with bullets, hitting some of them. But they still continued to hold the door.
"Holdthedoor! Holhedoor! Holedoor !" The MSF soldiers started to cry as they continued to hold the door, for his comrades.
Slowly one by one fell.
"Holdoor! Holdoor! Holdoor!" MSF #2 kept yelling even though he was injured.
"Keep firing!" The Britannian commander shouted as they shoot and pounded the door.
"Holdthedoor! Holhedoor! Holedoor" MSF #2 kept yelling as he slowly felt weak.
Then a loud hiss was heard from the outside, catching the Britannians attention.
The MSF soldiers inside where dead. Except MSF #2
"Holdor, hodor, hodor, hodor…..hodor….ho…door….Ho….dor" MSF #2 fell on the ground, surrounded by his friends who chose to stay with him instead of leaving him behind.
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End of omake
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