Sorry for the long wait, I wanted to get a little more done with my RWBY Gundam Seed crossover before I return to this story.
Before beginning I would like to thank mpowers45, 1049, Mr. Shades42, Spartan-626 and everyone else who has left me a review. It's because of you guys that I am continuing on with my story.
Now it's time for my version of the battle with Scorponok. How will Lennox and Epps do deal with the droids? Keep your eyes open for characters from other franchises. You will be in for quite a surprise. Disclaimers are the same as before, please enjoy.
Chapter 18: Bring the Rain
November 18th 2019 20BBY
Austin Texas
1400 hours
Normal point of view
In life there are many things that no one wants to here at any point.
For everyone its hearing that a family member is dead or presumed dead. Such is the case for Cindy Lennox, an eighteen-year-old girl with strawberry blonde hair, green eyes and part-time waitress. It had been almost three days since she heard that her older brother, Captain William Lennox was in all likelihood dead after the base he was stationed at was attacked.
The moment she heard those words, she broke down in tears that both her brothers were dead. First her brother Michael was killed in an Isis attack six years ago in Egypt during a relief aid mission following an outbreak of swine flu and now her second brother was presumed dead.
Because of this information, her grades started to drop like a sack of hammers and her work as a waitress began to take a sharp drop as well. No one classmates or coworkers gave her any slack. Many of them just made fun of her because both her brothers weren't around to protect her like they did when she was younger.
Despite feeling down, she tried her best to stay strong but in the end she couldn't manage. Now, wearing the black-strapless one-piece dress, bow tie, gloves with cuffs, seamed fishnet stockings, black high heels, bunny ears and tail that her boss told her to wear for extra tips laid on her bed and started to cry uncontrollably. To her family was everything and now she had no one left, both their parents died years ago and it was Michael and Will who take care of her.
She wiped the tears from her eyes and quickly changed out of her 'extra uniform' and changed into her actual uniform which consisted of a blue and white striped shirt with blue a low-cut vest, medium length black skirt and kept her heels on, put her boss's idea in the trunk of her sedan and headed for the bar she worked at.
What she didn't know was that thousands of miles away in the deserts of Israel, her brother was still alive.
Days after the surprise attack on the base, Lennox and Epps along with Private James Ramirez, Sergeant Connor Foley, Corporal's Christopher Dunn and Bill Taylor of the 75th Ranger Regiment 1st Battalion, Lieutenant Simon 'Ghost' Riley, Sergeant Gary 'Roach' Sanders of the 22nd SAS Regiment, Artyom Bochkareva, Anya Petrenko and Nikolai Kamarov of the Spetsnaz 3rd Special Purpose Brigade, 330th Special Purpose Detachment, along with Yoji Itami, Shino Kuribayashi, Takeo Kurata and Mari Kurokawa of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, 1st battalion Alpha company were doing all they could to stay alive.
The moment they reached the Oasis days ago, they came under attack by Isis forces who had been following them, killing several of their comrades and forcing the rescue teams that were sent to get them to leave them behind. Fortunately, they managed to scavenge the ammo from their fallen brothers in arms and were able to use several of the Humvee's that were still operational to get some distance from the fanatics and planned their next move.
Luckily for them a pair of local guerilla fighters, Amani Rachmadi and Soran Ibrahim found them after their vehicles had run out of fuel and offered to lead them to their village, several miles away from their current location. While their comrades attached cables to the Humvee's and towed them to the village, Ibrahim and Rachmadi lead Lennox and the others to village on foot. Soran later explained that most of the villagers were women and children who had become fearful of foreigners and arriving by vehicle would only make them afraid.
They had walked for three miles before stopping at a wrecked T-72 tank and rested for a bit. It was then that they began to take stock of their situation. "I've never seen a weapon system like that. Robotics technology is nowhere as advanced as those things, and their weapons, they were firing lasers." Epps stated to the group.
"That's impossible, there's no such thing as laser weapons, except in like comic book stuff, right?" Ramirez asked, still trying to wrap his head around the whole thing.
"I don't know. Rumors have been spreading that Russia is developing some kind of automated military force. Maybe this was the result and they sent it out on a test run." Bill hypothesized.
"Impossible. Our government maybe building new fighters and tanks but there is no way our country would send something like this out against allies." Artyom protested.
"Like he said mate, it was rumors. But we shouldn't be believing rumors. These things, they aren't from earth." Ghost stated.
"Whatever the hell they are, they aren't invincible. Looks they were built with the concept of overwhelming enemy forces with sheer numbers rather than firepower. Well the skinnier looking ones. Those big guys have a lot more firepower and then there are those guys with the staffs and swords. Who uses those things in combat anymore?" Shino stated and wondered.
"Let's not forget about those gunships. Those they disguised themselves as helicopters before attacking. They must be some kind of scouts for an invasion or something. Maybe that's why they wanted the ACS. Or they just want to see how us humans can make a mess of certain situations." Takeo joked, only to get a punch to the gut by Shino.
"Whatever the reason," Foley began. "I think it a safe bet that whatever those things are, they don't want any survivors and we're the only ones who didn't get aboard the helicopters. They could be out there right now hunting us." He added, not noticing the shifting sand behind him a few miles away.
"We got to get this thing back to command and let them know what we're dealing with." Lennox stated.
"How can we do that? Our radio's fried, we have no communication with aerial recon and the nearest allied base is in Egypt, which is several hundred miles away." Dunn reminded.
"One of the villagers has a cellphone. You can use it call your government and get back home. The people have to be aware of these creatures." Amani said.
"How far is the village?" Anya asked.
"Not far, just a few miles west from here." Soran answered. Now with a goal, the squad of soldiers and the guerillas headed towards their destination. They didn't know that they were being followed from their pursuers who had recorded the entire conversation and quickly sent the coordinates to their other allies who began heading west.
Three hours later, they found themselves standing in front of an old telephone pole placed directly above the village. "Let's hope this phone isn't linked to any bombs." Lennox said to himself.
"Don't worry Captain. None of the villagers are loyal to the cause of those calling for blood. All they want is to live a peaceful life and we, we are their protectors." Soran answered. Before Lennox could replay, the tower behind them suddenly collapsed into the ground.
"What the heck was that?" Dunn asked Boris. "Probably a metal scorpion with high tech weaponry from the stars." The Russian joked. Dunn just rolled his eyes and began to proceed down the hill towards the village.
Lennox, feeling that something was wrong chambered a round for his Colt 933 when Epps screamed out and began to fire his M4. Lennox turned around and saw a brownish crab like looking robot was directly behind him and almost had killed him had his friend not fired at the hostile, forcing it to dive back below the sand.
More of those robots emerged, causing the others to fire their AK's, M240's, SCAR-L's, PKM, M4s, G36, ACR, Type 89's and 64's at the unknown hostiles even after they had vanished back underneath the sand. "Whoa, motherfucker. What the hell was that?" Epps shouted keeping his rifle trained on the sand.
Seconds later, another crab robot launched itself out of the sand, tackled Roach to the ground and tried to stab him with its massive claws. He rolled out of the way, pulled the pin on a grenade and tossed it underneath the crab, destroying it. Sadly, the moment he picked up his rifle the other crabs rose up from the sand and began to fire at them.
Knowing they couldn't fight in the current area; the others ran towards the village as the enemy pursued them.
Down in the village, the people watched as the mixed squad ran towards their home. The closer the squad got, the louder the shots became. People panicked and went to hide in their homes as local militia members exited one of the buildings with AK-47's, AKM's, RPD's and RPG's and began to assist the soldiers in fighting off the enemy.
The crabs then emerged from the sand and much to the surprise of Lennox and the villagers, the same robots from the base attack appeared alongside them and began to fire at anyone that crossed their sights.
A projectile slammed into the wall of a nearby building causing Epps to land on his back, before getting back to his feet and returning fire. "Ramirez, Dunn, Taylor, Epps, with me on the left. Ghost, take your guys and Artyoms men to the right. Itami, center." Foley shouted over the weapons fire.
"SIR YES SIR!" they shouted and moved to their positions while Amani directed the Militia forces towards each area as well to provide assistance. He also ordered the RPG's be saved incase a bigger threat appeared.
Lennox on the other hand went with Soran who gave him the cellphone he mentioned and contacted the operator. "This is an emergency Pentagon call. You understand this is an emergency…" he spoke into the phone before an explosion shattered the window behind him as weapon fire continued to roar through the air. "I DON'T HAVE A CREDIT CARD!" he shouted to the operator who asked him for a credit card!
"Sir, the attitude isn't going to speed things up any bit at all. I'm going to ask you into the mouth piece very clearly." The operator said in a bored voice as Lennox ran out of the building to find a credit card. "I'm in the middle of a war. This is fucking ridiculous!" he cursed as he ran to his brother in arms.
The Humvee's began to pepper the enemy units with machinegun fire as Lennox arrived at Epps location. "I need a credit card! Epps where's your wallet?" he asked his friend.
"Pocket!" Epps shouted, firing a burst of 5.56mm fire at one of the crabs downing it.
"Which pocket?" Lennox asked again.
"My back pocket!" Epps shouted again.
"You got ten back pockets." Lennox said.
"Left Cheek. Left Cheek. Left Cheek!" Epps roared continuing to fire at the unknown attackers.
Once he had the credit card, Epps gave the operator the number only to be asked another question. "Also, sir, have you heard about our premium plus, world-service quality package?" the operator asked.
"NO, I DON'T WANT A PREMIUM PACKAGE!" Lennox shouted as a militia soldier was killed by enemy fire, before tossing the phone to Epps.
At the Pentagon, dedicated men and women were rushing all about the main room as secretary of defense Brandon Kilpatrick, a forty-two-year-old veteran of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom with dark hair and green eyes entered the room accompanied by his two escorts.
"Sir we're tracking a JTF team under fire in Israel, they say their survivors of the base attack." One of computer operators said.
"Survivors?" Kilpatrick asked confused. Reports had indicated that all other survivors were killed during the ISIS ambush.
Back on the battlefield, bullets hit the attacking unknowns taking them down for good. Pausing to reload his SCAR-L, Ramirez soon spotted several massive Mobile Armor-like vehicles heading towards them. Unlike the attackers from the base, these ones were hovering over the sand at a slow pace. "SHIT!" he cursed as the vehicles launched a barrage of missiles towards the village, destroying several of the Humvee's.
"I ain't never seen this in my life. We need gunships on station ASAP!" Epps shouted into the phone as weapons fire continued to echo all around them.
"Do you know its origin?" the operator said to the solider. "Unknown, man. I don't… Man are seeing this shit." Epps responded.
Seconds later a General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drone flew overhead and sent the picture of the attacking hostiles to the Pentagon. None of the workers could believe their eyes, attacking the survivors were what looked like Terminator units and robotic Manti Widows all armed with sophisticated weaponry.
At the Pentagon, it was decided to send in an airstrike on the attacking units. "Roll in Strike Bravo on unknown targets. I authenticate Tango Whiskey Alpha 0330 Zulu." The officer said over the radio.
At an airbase in the middle east, two A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft from the 23rd fighter wing took off and headed for the location. AWACS reported that it was going to be a danger close fire mission and friendlies were mixed in with the attacking hostiles. "Fifteen-man team, north of orange smoke. Attack direction west, you're cleared hot." Epps shouted over the radio.
With the coordinates, the two straight-winged attack aircraft banked hard left towards the target area.
"Lennox, the heats coming." Epps said to his brother who then ordered the others to mark the targets with their laser designators so the Thunderbolts wouldn't hit them or the civilians. The targets were marked and in seconds the Thunderbolts strafed the enemy units with their 30mm gatling guns and AGM-65 Maverick missiles.
Breaking off from their run as the dust cleared, the remaining infantry units were confirmed destroyed, but the larger hovering units were still intact. "Spooky three-two use 105 shells on larger units, bring the rain." Epps called as the Warthogs returned for another attack run.
A C130 flying overhead gladly complied and unleashed a barrage of 40 and 105mm high explosive rounds along with 30mm, Maverick and Hydra seventy-rockets impacted the large mobile weapons platforms, destroying them for good. The minute the attackers were down, one of the Warthogs confirmed that Lennox and the others were alive, some injured but alive.
Thankfully, no civilians were lost in the battle but several militia members were killed. Hours later, rescue helicopters arrived and picked up the remaining equipment and the survivors with orders to bring them back to the states for debriefing on the situation.
None of them knew that the whole battle was observed by a small probe that sent everything back to its commander before self-destructing, leaving no trace of its existence. The battle had just begun.
So very short chapter, sorry about that.
I was considering on bringing in the Bad Batch, but I'd figure I would save it for later.
Lots of characters from other series in this chapter. Anyone care to guess where they are from? Go on, don't be shy.
So, this will be my last chapter for a while. If you want me to continue, I need 007 gadgets for my next arc. Please, leave the ideas of the gadgets you want in your review. I need ideas or else I will be stuck on choosing the gadgets to be seen.
Please read and review and I will see you next time.