Hello everyone i am back with avengance. my new chapter is up and the final battle for DC is about to take place. first to answer CIA man's question yes the story will eventually include locations outside of the USA, secondly to answer another q not this chapter but next one Hanna will ask more about Frost's past. lastly before i begin a shoutout to another work will be in this story and a protaganist from a certain other ww2 story featuring alien invaders will show up XD. anyway here is chapter 7
Second Sun
Washington DC USA
Flying Officer Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen
18:57 local time
Eila's vision returned as the world went to hell. As if by an act of god the Russian helicopter spiraled to the earth landing on top of some of the Russian soldiers firing at the helicopter that the Task Force was trapped in. The explosion from the crashing helicopter ripped the nearby Russian tank apart scything shrapnel through some of the nearby Russian soldiers.
"OH SHIT EMP!" Sandman shouted as more aircraft fell to the earth. Sandman kicked the ramp down from the helicopter they were trapped in and gestured for everyone to evacuate the vehicle. "Everyone get the hell out of there and get to cover!" he yelled as a presumably Russian fighter jet smashed into the ground; its wreckage cart wheeling down the road missing them by mere meters. Eila and the rest of the group scrambled out of the helicopter and began to run to the cover of a destroyed grocery store. Eila took some glancing shots at some of the Russian soldiers scrambling to find cover of their own. Eila glanced up at the sky and saw that a bright ball of light hung in the sky like a second sun. It is just like it was in my vision. Eila thought to herself as they ran for the store. To Eila's left a Russian helicopter crashed and skidded towards them. Eila dove for the deck just as the tail section of the helicopter passed over her head. Sanya helped Eila to her feet and she sprinted the remaining fifteen meters to the market. The group assembled in the middle of the store as a cacophony of noise and destruction could be heard outside.
"Shit what the fuck just happened!" Erica shouted to anyone who was listening. Sandman held up his hand to signal for everyone to be quite. After a few more seconds the noise ceased. Erica was about to say something again when Sandman put a hand to her mouth and shushed her. Eila faintly heard some voices at the other end of the store; Russian voices. Sandman gestured for Eila and Erica to flank to the eleventh isle of the store and for Gertrude and Shirley to take the seventh isle. Eila quickly checked her ammo count and aimed down her sight. Eila then realized that her red dot sight had shut off; she pressed the power button and nothing happened. Maybe the sight had run out of power. Eila and Erica slowly approached the eleventh isle; they still heard the sound of panicked Russian voices jabbering about something in their native language. Eila saw from her angle at least four Russian soldiers dusting themselves off and checking their weapons. Eila aimed her submachine gun for the head of one of the Russian soldiers; she fired a three round burst, forty five caliber bullets smashed into his head blowing a good two thirds of it off. Erica fired at the same instance her rounds catching another Russian in the chest and head; blood and brains splattered his comrade who fumbled to bring up his weapon. Eila fired a five round burst into him. Her gun's recoil dug into her shoulder as the bullets sped towards him catching him dead center. The last Russian brought his assault rifle up firing full auto. Eila side stepped the gunfire as Erica put a round through his skull. Eila could hear more shouting in Russian and more gunshots being exchanged between the two groups. Suddenly a large explosion from a fragmentation grenade ripped through the Russians side of the store. Eila and Erica saw a lone Russian soldier scramble between her isle and the next. Before he could make it across their line of sight both Eila and Erica gunned him down.
"Clear Right!" Eila shouted to the rest of the Task Force.
"Clear Left!" Gertrude yelled in response.
"Clear center; alright everyone assemble at the rear of the store." Sandman said to the group. Eila and Erica started heading towards where the Russians had been when Erica put her hand on Eila's shoulder.
"Hey Eila is your sight not working?" She asked her. Eila nodded in response.
"Yeah it seems like it is out of power what about yours?" Eila inquired.
"Yeah mine went out as well. It was working fine until that weird flash thingy lit up the sky; and all of those aircraft began to fall out of the air." Erica responded. Strange it appeared that both of their sights had died. I wonder if the flash in the sky and the sights dying are related.Eila thought to herself. When the group gathered at the rear of the store Sandman looked over to Sanya.
"Hey Litvyak hand me your XM25." Sandman told her.
"Sure why do you need it?" Sanya asked as she handed it to their leader. Sandman then proceeded to toss the gun away.
"Why the hell did you do that?" Eila demanded of Sandman, who glanced over to her.
"It won't work anymore; its systems are fried you can't even get the grenades to detonate on impact anymore." Sandman told Eila. He then looked back to Sanya and spoke. "You might want to switch to your Raffica that will still work." He told her. Sanya nodded and switched to her Machine Pistol.
"Sandman what the hell was that out there? I have never seen so many aircraft falling from the sky for seemingly no reason before." Commander Minna inquired of him.
"What you just saw out there was the detonation of an EMP. It is what happens when a nuclear warhead airbursts in the atmosphere. Basically all of our electronic systems have been disabled." Sandman told them.
"What? Will they go back to normal?" Major Sakamoto asked him. Grinch then spoke
"No all of the electronics in the area are indefinitely disabled." Grinch informed them. They were all shocked.
"I have never seen an explosion do that before." Shirley said out loud.
"It is the secondary effect of a nuclear detonation. It sends out an electromagnetic pulse that fries any electronic devices within a certain radius. When it is detonated in space the EMP effect is amplified hundreds of times greater than it would be in the event of a ground burst like the one that occurred in Yemen five years ago. Hell judging by the distance from where the explosion took place I bet half the state of Maryland has been affected." Frost said to the group; then Hanna spoke.
"Well shit what the fuck are we going to do now? I doubt we can get extracted out of here now." Hanna said. Truck nodded.
"Yeah looks like we are going to have to fight our way out." Major Sakamoto nodded.
"So it would seem." The Fusan witch said to the group. Then Sandman spoke.
"Our first move should be to link up with any friendly units in the area maybe they can help us escape." Sandman told them.
"Damn it just when I thought this nightmare was going to end." Lucchini practically cried. Shirley put her arm around her friend's shoulder and held her closely.
"It's alright Francesca we are almost out of here down give up hope yet." Frost said to her. Francesca looked less than convinced.
"Right everyone let's move out. Juutilainen, Litvyak take point." Sandman told the group.
"Yes sir." Eila and Sanya said in Unison. The Task Force exited the store from a large hole in the back wall. They went onto the city street. They saw a path of destruction wrought by the detonation of the EMP. There must have been at least half a dozen helicopters and two or three airplanes crashed in the street. The twisted metal of their frames were a grisly sight to behold. "Holy shit Sanya look at all of this damage. If a nuclear weapon can do this when it detonated in space imagine what it could do if it actually hit this city." Eila said to her. Sanya nodded.
"Yeah I now believe that Frost was not exaggerating when he said that one nuclear detonation whipped out an entire city five years ago. " Sanya replied.
"I can see now why this world is all the more terrifying; to think both Russia and America have tens of thousands of these weapons. Probably enough to destroy the entire world several times over; I am honestly surprised this world has been able to last as long as it has when psychopaths like Makarov are running around." Eila said to Sanya.
"Yes, but what is even a scarier thought is what if the Neuroi got a hold of these weapons I don't think even the witches would be able to stop them." Sanya said to Eila who just nodded. Just then Eila detected some movement up ahead.
"Sandman we got movement up ahead!" Eila shouted to him.
"STAR!" Sandman shouted.
"TEXAS!" someone replied. Then from out of the rubble an America soldier appeared. He ran up to the group. "I am Specialist Lugo of the Maryland National Guard, who are you guys?" The young soldier asked them.
"Sandman leader of Task Force 141 Charlie Team; what is the situation?" Sandman asked Lugo.
"Sir Captain Hale of the 1st Marine Division is assembling any available soldiers he can in order to retake the U.S. Capitol Building from the Russian. I am a runner here trying to spread the word." Lugo told them. "Oh shit got to go!" Lugo said as he began to run off.
"Wait, where is the rally point?" Sandman asked Lugo who briefly turned around and shouted.
"Just get to the Capitol Building the assault is already underway." Lugo shouted as he turned and ran down the road to find another U.S. unit in the city. Sandman turned to the group and spoke.
"Alright new plan people we are heading to the Capitol Building it is only one kilometer away. Marseille, Clostermann take point; Eila, Sanya and Truck take the left flank; Grinch, Bishop and Miyafuji take the right flank; Erica and Frost take the rear and watch our six. Everyone clear?" Sandman asked the group. Everyone nodded their heads. "Alright let's go take our city back." Sandman said as they began to head towards the Capitol Building.
Washington DC USA
Flying Officer Erica Hartmann
19:25 local time
The group had proceeded towards their objective unmolested so far by any lingering Russian troops. They passed by a Russian transport vehicle something called a BTR apparently; it was undamaged but its systems must have been fired by the EMP. Erica noticed that she heard knocking and Russian voices coming from inside of the vehicle. People must still have been trapped inside the vehicle.
"Hey Sandman there are people still inside this BTR." Erica told him. Sandman looked back at her.
"So?" He replied. Then Yoshika spoke.
"Well are we going to help them?" Yoshika asked him.
"No we couldn't even if we wanted to help them." Sandman replied.
"Works for me." Hanna said as they continued on. Erica thought about Hanna for a moment. It was clear she had a thing for Frost she made that as clear as day. But Erica wasn't sure if Frost felt the same way about her.
"Hey Frost I got a question for you?" Erica asked the masked Delta Force commando. Frost turned to her.
"Yeah what is up?" he inquired.
"Well I a pretty sure you know that Hanna likes you right?" Erica asked him.
"Uh yeah, she made it pretty obvious." Frost responded.
"Well?" Erica asked him. Frost looked confused.
"Well what?" He replied.
"Do you like her back?" Erica asked him. Frost looked away from her.
"Hanna is a minor I couldn't do anything with her even if I wanted to." Frost said to her. Erica lifted an eyebrow.
"That does not answer the question; do you like her or not?" Erica persisted.
"I don't know, I am interested in her but again she is a minor and I don't really know her all that well hell it has been like what nine hours since I met her." Frost replied.
"Yeah I know I just wanted to check. Look, I should warn you Frost Hanna has a certain reputation in our world." Erica informed him. Frost looked back to her.
"Huh what do you mean?" He inquired.
"Well Hanna has a 'love them then leave them' attitude towards dating." Erica said to him.
"Are you speaking from experience?" Frost asked her. Erica shook her head.
"Nope, I am straight actually, so I am not really interested in Hanna." Erica replied. Frost nodded.
"Ah I see; well anyway I can't date Hanna so I don't think this really affects me right now. I mean even if I wanted to its not like I can go out with her without breaking some pretty serious laws in this country." Frost replied.
"Hmm that might be a good thing. You see Frost; Hanna is used to being treated like a celebrity by people in our world. Whoever she wants she gets; and she won't stop until she gets them you know what I mean?" Erica said to him.
"Uh sorry I don't follow." He replied.
"Look I think Hanna needs to calm down a bit, and frankly as much as I hate to say this I think being in a stable relationship with someone may be good for her. So what I am trying to say is don't get with her yet resist her for now; knowing her she won't give up until she has you and perhaps if she has to put some effort into getting in your pants there will be a higher chance that she will end up staying with you when you are an item." Erica said to him.
"Ok well I have to wait for her to be eighteen anyway so I wouldn't do anything until them anyway." Frost told her. Erica nodded.
"Good, it is August in this world right?" Erica asked him. Frost nodded. "Ok her birthday is the thirteenth of December so that is about four months away do you think you can keep it your pants until then?" Erica asked. Frost turned to her and stared at her for a few seconds.
"Umm yes." Frost told her.
"Good." Erica slapped him on the back.
"So why are you doing this anyway? Why do you care about me and Hanna being an item anyway?" Frost inquired of her. Erica smiled.
"Ah, I am what you like to call a matchmaker and besides I am a sucker for a good love story." Erica told him. Frost thought for a moment.
"Ah ok well I have a question for you. Do you know who Yoshika Miyafuji likes?" Frost asked her.
"Hmm Yoshika she is in love with Lynnette, though she might not know it yet." Erica chuckled. "Come to think of it both of them are head over heels for each other but they are too nervous to make a move on each other. Ah; what it must be like to be young and in love." Erica Smiled as she thought of how cute Yoshika and Lynne would be as a couple. "Why do you ask?" Erica questioned.
"Oh uh well, I am not at liberty to say who but I think someone else in the 501st likes Lynnette as well." Frost told her. That puzzled Erica who else could have a thing for Lynne. It couldn't be Minna or Mio they had been an item for about a year now. Erica didn't think it was Gertrude she didn't seem like her type. Shirley was to put it politely pretty… wild in their world so it wasn't likely her. Francesca was too young to concern herself with things like love; but Lynnette was one of her favorite targets to grope. Perrine had a thing for the Major so she was out of the question. Eila and Sanya clearly had a thing for each other so it couldn't be them. The only person left in this equation was Hanna who would probably want to fuck Lynnette because she was an attractive virgin girl but actually liking Lynnette would be a stretch for her. Who could it be?
"Huh, I am usually good about these kinds of things; but other than Yoshika I couldn't think of anyone who likes her that way." Erica told him.
"Hmm well I guess she just does a really good job of hiding it then." Frost said to her.
"You sure you can't tell me, I love to hear about these kinds of things." Erica said to Frost who shook his head.
"Sorry that would be a betrayal of her trust and I like to think I am a good person to share secrets with since I won't go spilling them to other people." Frost said to her.
"Awe how noble of you." Erica teased.
"Well I know I wouldn't want people to be telling others my secrets." Frost said to her. Erica lifted an eyebrow.
"Oh really I wonder what secrets a man like you has?" Erica said to him. Frost chuckled.
"Oh I have a few maybe one day I will tell you some." He told her.
"Sounds like a plan then." Erica said as the group headed into a destroyed building. They scanned all of the corners looking for any enemy soldiers that might be lying in wait for an ambush. The building was empty. As they headed further inside they began to hear the sounds of an approaching thunderstorm. "God damn I thought it was a clear day outside." Erica said.
"It must be some kind of atmospheric anomaly." Frost said to her. They headed outside of the building. About two blocks away they saw the U.S. Capitol Building, it's once elegant dome was now half destroyed and fires burned in some of the wings of the building. Sandman then spoke.
"Alright people, the Capitol Building is just up ahead let's try not to get killed by a stray bullet on the way there, so I want everyone to be on their toes." Sandman told them.
"Let's go." Frost said to her. Erica nodded and they headed towards the U.S. Capitol.
Washington DC USA
Commander Minna Dietlinde-Wilcke
19:57 local time
The Capitol Building was a mess. The courtyard in front of the building had become a shelled out warzone filled with trenches and barbed wire. In the main entrance at the top of a flight of stairs to Russian machine gun nests pounded away at a group of American Soldiers and Marines who were hiding behind a couple of make shift trenches. From the some of the windows Minna could see the tracers and the sound of a weapon that she was well acquainted with the MG42. Minna looked to the Americans lines there had to be hundreds of Soldiers and Marines dug in getting ready to assault the building. The Task Force ran up to one of the Barricades with a Marine Officer looking over the battlefield.
"Hicks, Vasquez get your asses over here!" The Officer shouted. Two Marines came up to him. One of them to Minna's surprise was a South American looking women.
"Yes sir?" The woman asked the Officer.
"Take your M240 and set it up over there, keep hitting their right flank and provide covering fire for alpha platoon as they assault the east wing!" The Officer told them. Both Marines ran off to their objective. Sandman came up to the Marine Officer.
"I am Sandman of Task Force 141 how may we be of service sir?" Sandman asked the Officer.
"Captain Nathan Hale of the United States Marine Corp at your service; I need someone to help lead the charge against the main entrance but they have that place locked down we can't make it up there without losing way to many people in the process. The Russians still have power in the Capitol Building and they are using it to their advantage. If we want to talk to central command we have to retake this structure!" Captain Hale told them.
"Captain there is nothing the Task Force can't do let us lead the charge we can make it up those stairs in one piece." Commander Minna told him. Captain Hale looked at her slightly confused.
"What how do you plan on doing that?" He asked her. Minna smirked and summoned her familiar.
"Simple we use magic." She said to him. Captain Hale's eyes widen in surprise at her. Minna looked back to the rest of the Task Force. "Alright people you heard the man let's clear a path for the Americans to retake the Capitol." Minna shouted to them.
"Yes Ma'am!" The Witches shouted in return. Sandman and Grinch actually smiled for once.
"Theatrics I like it." Grinch said. Major Sakamoto was at Minna's side.
"You ready for this Minna? I think this is the largest ground battle we have been a part of since we arrived in this world." Mio asked her. Minna smiled to her lover.
"As long as we have each other we can face any enemy." Minna replied. Mio smiled back. "Alright people let's move out!" Minna shouted to the Task Force. They advanced out of cover and headed towards the trenches in front of the Capitol Building. Minna raised her shield to block incoming HMG fire as she advanced. Mio got behind Minna. Her XO's lack of shield being a major liability in this fight; Minna fired her MK18 at some of the Russians on the steps, catching one of them in the hip and chest. The Task Force jumped in the trenches with the other Americans who were dumbfounded by the appearance of magical warriors in their midst. Minna stepped up out of cover and fired a short burst at one of the Russian machine gun nests. Her bullets failed to find their mark as the enemy gunner hid behind the sandbags protecting his emplacement. Several shield wielding Russians came out from the main building and took up positions on the steps. Minna fired at one of them first catching him in the leg then one bullet that managed to hit him in the head sending an explosion of blood and bone out of the other side of his skull. Truck was next to her; he set up his MK46 on the lip of the trench and fired a long burst at one of the machine gun nests, killing one of the gunners. Sandman and Frost were in the trench with them.
"Frost frag the riot shielders, on my mark!" Sandman ordered Frost who pulled out a fragmentation grenade. Sandman held out three fingers and counted down to zero; then both of them stood up and tossed their grenades at the midst of the Russian shield troops. Both grenades landed amongst them; the twin detonations blew them apart in a hailstorm of fire and shrapnel. "Grinch, Bishop take the machine gunner in the left most machine gun nest." Sandman ordered them.
"Yes sir!" Grinch and Lynnette shouted simultaneously.
"Covering Fire!" Sandman yelled as everyone in ear shot stood up and fired into the Russian soldiers. Minna took aim at a Russian sniper in one of the holes in the building she aimed down her now powered down ACOG sight and fired a single shot through his skull. Both Lynne and Grinch fired their sniper rifles. Both rounds impacted the gunner in unison. The Russian gunner blew apart as the high velocity rounds smacked into him. A handful of Russians near the entrance of the building began to fall back in an orderly fashion as the Task Force and the rest of the Americans fired at them with dozens of assault rifles and Light Machine Guns.
"Come on you Apes don't you want to live forever? Let's show this task force what the United States Marine Corps can do!" Captain Hale shouted as he causally strode up to the trenches firing his M16A4 into the enemy stronghold; bullets whizzing past him as he advanced.
"OORAAH!" Came the reply from all of the Marines in the trenches and a few Hooahs from the regular Army troops that were with them. The Americans got out of their trenches and began to advance up the steps firing at any Russian soldier they could see. The members of the Task Force got up with them and began to run up the steps. A few marines and soldiers were cut down by a MG emplacement in a third story window to the left, but a few seconds later a marine fired a rifle grenade into the window killing the Russian.
"Miyafuji take care of the wounded with Lynnette and Lucchini!" Minna shouted to Yoshika.
"Yes Ma'am!" Yoshika shouted and headed over to a marine who had a gunshot wound lying on the steps. She began to perform her healing magic as Lynne covered her with her sniper rifle. Minna saw that Lucchini was hiding behind some cover in the trenches firing periodically at the Russians. Minna advanced up the stairs. She spotted two Russians by some fallen debris taking shots at Americans as they advanced. Minna got on one knee and fired at them on full auto; bullets raked the bodies of the Russian soldiers as they fell in a heap of torn flesh and blood. Mio pulled out her sword and used it to cut down a Russian who was charging her with a bayonet cutting his head off in one swipe. Mio then fired her PDR one handed at another Russian trying to load a grenade into his underslung launcher. Gertrude and Shirley advanced together firing their weapons in long burst to keep the enemy's head down. Minna looked back more Americans were coming out of their cover and charging the enemy. Minna then began to head up stairs. When she was at the top of the steps a Russian soldier rounded the corner and attacked her with his knife; Minna smacked him with the butt of her rifle sending him falling down the stairs as a dozen Americas fired round after round into him. Minna then turned back and continued into the facility; she saw Captain Hale wave to his Marines.
"COME ON THE ASSEMBLY HALL IS THIS WAY!" He shouted as dozens of Marines followed him. Then Sandman spoke.
"He has the right idea come on people let's retake the Assembly Hall!" Sandman shouted to the Task Force. They followed the Marines picking off any Russians that escaped the initial American charge. Minna ran out of bullets for her carbine and switched to her secondary weapon a P99 pistol. She fired it into a dying Russian who even with Miyafuji's magic could not be saved, putting him out of his misery. Mio had sheathed her sword and was wielding her PDR as her main weapon now. She shot in short burst to conserve ammo. Minna saw a few Russians dive into a room and take cover there; only for Marseille to toss a fragmentation grenade into the room blowing the defenseless Russians to bits. Hanna had switched to her rifle and was firing semi auto now to conserve ammo; but with each shot it seemed as if the Russians practically walked into her line of fire insuring that each shot she fired was a kill shot. They continued down the hallway. Finally reaching the main assembly hall where the American government would normally assemble to rule the country. Someone tossed a stun grenade into the room and then advanced into it. The unfortunate marine was cut down when he entered. Minna and Mio lunged into the room taking cover behind some of the wooden benches. Minna used her magical ability to detect that there were Russians on the balconies and an MG42 set up on the podium firing up at the Americans. Minna pulled out a frag grenade and looked to Mio.
"Mio there are Russians in the balconies toss a frag into the right balcony I will take the one on the left." Minna ordered her XO who nodded.
"Yes Ma'am!" Mio replied as she stood up with Minna and tossed a grenade at the balcony above them. Minna and Mio's grenade found their targets blowing the unlucky Russians to pieces. Minna saw Perrine fire her MP5K into some of the Russians that were below them; Minna could sense that Perrine's shots found their marks. Frost then spoke.
"Guys cover me I am going to head down the steps on the right and flank that MG!" he shouted. Minna nodded to him.
"Covering Fire!" Minna shouted to everyone in ear shot. The Marines and the Witches stood up and fired at the Russians below them. Minna took aim with her P99 and put two rounds between a Russian Officer's eyes. Frost advanced down the stairs firing his HK416 on semi auto several Russians who were hiding behind cover fell from multiple gunshot wounds. Frost was almost at the bottom of the stairs when the Russian machine gunner noticed him and swung the MG42 in his direction. Frost dove forward as a torrent of lead slashed where he just had been mere moments ago. Gertrude fired at the gunner her bullets missing but still managing to keep his head down. Frost stood up and continued to where the Russian was hiding. Frost shouldered his rifle and fired three rounds into his target. The Russian gunner fell to the floor as a quickening pool of blood gathered where the Russian used to be. There were still more Russians in the room but now they were flanked by Frost. The young Delta Force commando fired into the nearest Russian bloody chunks of flesh blew off of him as he died. Minna fired into another Russian this time needing five shots to kill him as his bullet proof vest protected him from the first couple of shots. Mio fired into another Russian who tried to retreat bullets smacking into his back as he fled the field of battle. It appeared that only one Russian remained he quickly put his hands up and surrendered. Captain Hale walked up to him and smacked him across the nose with his pistol and handcuffed him. The room got quite. Then to Minna's surprise she thought she heard a radio. Perrine walked over to a pictured that had been shredded by gunfire and pulled it off the wall to reveal a speaker. Perrine looked to Minna.
"Commander, take a look at this." Perrine said to her Minna walked over to the speaker and began to listen to it.
"Hammer Down is in effect I repeat Hammer Down is in effect. If you are able to hear this broad cast that means that you are in the designated blast radius. Pop green smoke on the roof of this structure to signal that it is in American hands. This message repeats…." The Broad Cast informed them.
"Sandman what is Hammer Down?" Minna asked him. Sandman swore.
"Shit the Air Force is going to Carpet Bomb the city they think it is in Russian hands. Wilcke who is your fasted runner?" Sandman asked her.
"Charlotte Yeager is." Minna told him. Sandman looked to Shirley.
"Here Yeager take these." Sandman handed her a pair of flares. "Frost and Barkhorn go with her." Sandman ordered them.
"Yes sir!" They shouted just then the radio broadcast gave a frightening announcement.
"Hammer down in T-Minus four minutes." Shirley, Frost and Gertrude sprinted away in order to get to the top of the building.
Washington DC USA
Flight Lieutenant Charlotte "Shirley" Yeager
20:24 local time
"Come on we got to move!" Shirley shouted to Trudy and Frost who followed hot on her heels. Shirley was down to her last clip in her M27 IAR and was trying to make it count. She fired a three round burst into Russian with an AK-47 assault rifle. The bullets impacted his face tearing it up beyond recognition. She then turned to a Russian with a shot gun who fired a slug at her which bounced harmlessly off her shield. Shirley fired ten rounds into him sending him to the ground in a bloody heap. Trudy advanced on a Russian and used her enhanced strength to hit him so hard that he smashed through a damaged wall and fell a good four or five floors to his death. Shirley ran to a stairwell that had a sign pointing to the rooftop entrance on it. A Russian came out of the stairwell Shirley fired her remaining rounds into him and tossed her rifle aside. She pulled out her M1911 and ran up the stairwell a Russian was at the top of the stairs and he fired at her with his SMG. Shirley fired a single round that went straight through his chest, splattering blood on the back wall. The radio broadcast spoke again.
"Hammer Down T-Minus one minute." It warned them. Shirley rounded the corner and started heading up the stairs firing at two more Russians who were in her way. She jumped over their corpses and reached the rooftop entrance. Three more Russians, snipers by the looks of them were waiting for her she fired into them with the last rounds of her pistol. All of them fell to the ground. Shirley tossed her pistol and looked to the east. On the horizon she could just make out to fast approaching fighter jets coming in from the west. Shirley pulled out her flares and sparked them up. She began to wave them in the direction of the incoming planes. Frost and Gertrude arrived at the top of the building with her they were also waving flares at the incoming planes. The roar of jet engines came closer and closer. Shirley braced herself thinking that perhaps these were not American but Russian planes coming to bomb the building in order to deny it to the Americans. At the last second the fighter jets broke off their attack run and flew overhead. Shirley turned around and saw a heartwarming sight. Throughout the city on every important strategic structure green smoke billowed from the roof tops. Shirley walked to the edge of the building and looked below. The American soldiers were cheering in celebration. There city was now firmly back in their hands. Dozens of United States Air Force jets flew overhead one passed low enough the Shirley could see the pilot he waggled his wings when he saw her. Shirley waved back to him.
"Frost, Gertrude we did it. DC is finally ours again." Shirley said to them. Gertrude smiled to her.
"Yeah this city is finally liberated from the enemy. Now maybe the killing can stop and we can be one step closer to making it home." Gertrude said to her. Shirley smiled back to her.
"I certainly hope so but I have a sickening feeling that this might only be the beginning that we may have many more bloody battles ahead of us before this is all over." Frost said to them. Shirley nodded.
"Perhaps, if there is I can guarantee you that the Task Force will be ready to defend this country to the end if necessary. We will end this war and we will bring the ones responsible for starting it to justice." Shirley said to Frost who Shirley could tell was now smiling even though he was wearing a mask.
"Yeah as a witch I have a duty to protect those in need of it, and to stop evil in the world where ever it shows up. I don't care if I have to face Makarov in one on one combat myself I will defeat the evil in this world or die trying. And personally I have no intention of dying in this world." Trudy said to Frost.
"That is the attitude I like to hear Trude we will make it back to our world in no time!" Shirley said as she got Gertrude in a headlock. Gertrude smiled in genuine happiness. This war might have been hell but with each other and the other members of the Task Force they knew that they would get through it. Just then Frost pulled out an American flag from one of his pouches in his vest. He tied it around a broken piece of rebar near in such a way that the soldiers below could see. The Americans below looked up and began cheering at them. Shirley noticed someone wrapped and arm around her waist; she looked next to her and saw that it was Trudy who was smiling at her. Shirley smiled; truly everything was going to be alright.
Washington DC USA
Staff Sergeant Derek Westbrook "Frost"
20:45 local time
The group was celebrating with the rest of the troops below. Everyone had a smile on their face even Francesca who had looked solemn since they had started the mission. Perrine walked up beside him.
"Hey there." Frost said to her. Perrine smiled back to him.
"Hey." Perrine said to him.
"It's a hell of a sight isn't it? All of this cheering, the flag waving and everything. It warms your heart doesn't it?" Frost asked Perrine who nodded.
"Yes I am happy that we took the city back from the Russians. It may just be a first step on the road to peace but it is an important first step." Perrine said to him. Just then a flight of Air Force jets thundered by. Perrine looked up at them.
"F-15E Strike Eagles some of the most powerful planes on the planet. Hell it can carry more ordnance then a B-17 bomber from your era." Frost said to her. Perrine nodded.
"I am usually not much of a technophile but I have to say the technology I have seen in this world has really amazed me. Jet fighters that can break the sound barrier with ease, helicopter gunships, robot planes, assault rifles it really amazes me that all of this technology is on the horizon even in my world." Perrine then paused and took a deep breath. "Then again I remember that you invented these technologies to fight each other not some alien threat like they are being used for in my world. I just have a hard time understanding why all of this violence must occur over simple differences in ideologies." Perrine said to him. Frost thought for a moment.
"Yeah it is sad isn't it I wish people could just put aside their differences in religion and ideologies and learn to jet get along. So what if we don't believe in your ideology or religion or whatever it is no reason that we should fight over it. Sometimes though I honestly don't understand why people fight. But I do know that I am a soldier and I have a duty to protect people from those who would do them harm. That is why I fight and will continue to do so until the last man, woman and child on this planet are truly free from tyranny." Frost told Perrine.
"Yes I will continue fighting in my world until the Neuroi have finally been beaten. Then I will continue to serve my people by helping rebuild our shattered nation. I am a witch and it is my duty to give everything I have into the fight against the enemy." Perrine replied to him. Frost thought to himself as much of a soldier he was. Perrine was something different she had bravery and skill well beyond his own. She was just a kid and she was pressed into service against a terrifying and inhuman enemy that would show her no mercy. Yet she did not flinch from duty not even once. Perrine Clostermann truly was a special kind of warrior, one that only came around once in a life time in this world. Frost honestly thought that perhaps if all the witches were like Perrine and from judging by the others in the 501st and Afrika Korp they were, truly the best of humanity in wartime. While people like Churnov were humanity's worst. Come to think of it there were far more people like Churnov then Perrine in his world, truly a tragedy. Just then Yoshika and Lynnette came up to them.
"Hey you guys what is up?" Yoshika asked Frost and Perrine.
"Ah nothing really we were just talking." Frost said to them.
"Oh cool well how are you guys doing?" Yoshika asked them.
"We are alright we were just talking about how happy we are that we have retaken this city is all." Perrine said to Yoshika.
"Yes I am also happy that this battle has finally been won. Too many lives have been lost in this war already now perhaps Russia will come to the negotiating table." Lynnette said to them. Wow she really is a cute girl I can see why Perrine would be attracted to her. Frost thought to himself.
"One can hope anyway; perhaps we did manage to knock some sense into them." Frost responded.
"Yeah well I am just glad that this battle is over, I have seen enough killing for one lifetime." Yoshika said to them.
"Yes I concur with you really one death his enough for one time I can stand seeing all of this carnage." Perrine replied.
"Yeah I hope that I won't have to look down the scope of my rifle ever again in this world I hope that the Russian government can come to its senses and find and arrest Makarov for what he has done to your two countries." Lynnette said to them.
"Yeah me to, hey after we get back we should celebrate why don't I cook again for everyone?" Miyafuji asked them. Frost smiled; Yoshika was a damn miracle worker when it came to food. Frost had never tasted army cooking that was that good before.
"Yes please do I love that chicken teriyaki that you made for us last night." Frost told her. Yoshika beamed at him.
"OK I will make something equally as good. I wonder though if General Shepherd will let me go shopping for ingredients this time." Yoshika thought to herself.
"Ah I am sure he will General Shepherd seems like a perfectly reasonable man." Perrine replied to them. Suddenly someone slapped him across his ass.
"Hey there Derek!" Hanna Marseille said to him with a big grin on her face. Frost smiled back to her.
"Hey Hanna, wait how did you know my name?" Frost asked her. Hanna grinned at him.
"Oh I have my ways of getting information." Hanna said with a sly grin. "Well now that we have retaken this city, why don't we celebrate when we get back to base. I was thinking we get a couple of bottles of champagne a few Havana cigars and rent a nice hotel room and spend the night together." Hanna said to Frost seductively. Wow you really are forward aren't you Hanna. Frost thought.
"Well sorry; remember I can't date you until you are an adult." Frost told her. Hanna waved it away.
"Nah, you don't have to follow that silly old rule Frost. It was probably made by some old farts who couldn't get any good pussy anyways so why should you have to follow their silly old rules?" Hanna asked him with a seductive smile on her face.
"Oh well because I will probably get fired and court marshaled if I did anything with you." Frost said. Hanna laughed.
"Ah don't worry I won't tell anyone about anything we do together." Hanna said to him with hardly contained animal lust. Frost wasn't sure how he should respond to that when a helicopter flew overhead and dropped a large package. Frost saw Captain Hale walk over to the package and rifle through it. He pulled out a SAT phone and answered a call. He then looked over his shoulder and shouted.
"Hey Sandman you have a call from General Shepherd here." Captain Hale shouted. Sandman nodded and walked over to the Marine Captain. Frost and the other walked over to the Captain as well. "Hey I didn't get the chance to thank you guys but that was some really impressive shit you pulled when we were trying to retake the Capitol Building; I don't think we could have done it without you." Captain Hale told them.
"Oh thank you Captain we are glad we were able to help." Yoshika said to him.
"No thank you and if it wasn't for you young lady we would have several more casualties. You saved a lot of lives." Captain Hale told Yoshika.
"Ah thank you it was nothing though I was merely doing my duty as a witch." Yoshika said to him.
"Ah yes I was meaning to ask you that. You said you were a witch is that the codename for some kind of super soldier project that you are part of?" Captain Hale asked her.
"Well I guess it is a long story I suppose." Yoshika said to him.
"And most of it is classified sorry sir." Frost said to him. Captain Hale nodded. Then Sandman shouted.
"Alright people we are going to be extracted but they are going to do it by truck and we have to head out of the city on foot to meet up at the exfil point. Come on people let's get a move on!" Sandman shouted. And with that the Task Force assembled and began to head out of towards the extraction zone.
Fort Campbell USA
General Hershel Von Shepherd the third
23:11 local time
General Shepherd had just gotten off the phone with Captain Price's team and had ordered them to attack the safe houses that Makarov was using. He had to admit General Shepherd was a little disappointed that DC was not a pile of ash right now. That would have taken care of two problems at the same time. First Shepherd would have all of the justification he needed to nuke, China, Russia and North Korea off the map. And secondly it would have eliminated those pesky witches that had to now be dealt with in the old fashion way. However either way it was now time for Shepherd to activate the next stage of his plan.
"Isabella, call Shadow Company headquarters and tell them to get my private jet ready at the airfield in ten minutes. I will take my own transport to the field." General Shepherd ordered his aide through the intercom.
"Right away sir." Was the reply. Shepherd got up from his desk and walked out of his office. He walked past Isabella and into the next room. Mattias was waiting for him.
"Well?" Mattias said to him.
"We aren't talking here, wait until we are outside." General Shepherd said to his loyal mercenary ally. Shepherd had known Mattias for a long time; in fact Mattias was the first man he ever recruited into the revived ODESSA Network. Over the years during the Afghan conflict Mattias had recruited other members of Shadow Company into ODESSA now as it stood the majority of Shadow Company worked directly for ODESSA and the others were loyal to the near limitless funds at ODESSA's disposal. They would act as the new protective squadron for ODESSA when Shepherd's plans were completed. General Shepherd and Mattias walked outside.
"Well there certainly aren't any camera's out here so what is our next move?" Mattias asked Shepherd.
"We are making our move on the Task Force as we speak. I plan to have the Task Force take out Makarov and then eliminate them after they have dealt with our main enemy." General Shepherd told Mattias who nodded. "Are your men ready to do what is necessary to win Mattias?" General Shepherd asked him. Mattias smiled.
"Yes Mien Furher." Mattias chuckled. General Shepherd Frowned.
"Don't call me that." Shepherd told him.
"Whatever, so do you want me in Georgia or Afghanistan?" Mattias asked him.
"You are coming with me to Georgia. First we will deal with the Task Force then we will move on to the next stage of our plan. Then when the dust settles America will be the home of our new empire… an empire that shall last a thousand years." General Shepherd said with a smirk. Mattias chuckled.
"Finally I thought we were never going to act." Mattias replied. Yes after decades of waiting ODESSA was about to reach its ultimate goal; the establishment of the Fourth Reich.
WOW i didn not expect Shepherd to drop that bomb shell who would have thought he was a Nazi, well anyone who used wikipedia and typed in ODESSA yup it is a real orginzation of former nazis anyway i hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as i enjoyed writing it and i hope you enjoy the next story arc which shall be titled ODESSA. oh b4 i forget as to further answer CIA Man's q not this story arc and not the one after that but the following one will take place off of american soil. oh btw not next chapter but the following Price, Soap and Nikolai will show up XD until next time please R/R as that shall encouarge me to write faster :3