The Clock Tower

by Archive keeper

After a series of vivid visions of a world at war with itself, Elia and the rest of the 501st are transported to the MW universe where they have to fight to survive the invasion of America. They team up with Metal Team and the 141 in order to find a way home however nothing is as it seems as the fate of both worlds may be tied to the will of a single man re posted with permission

26. Chapter 26 Stronghold

Stronghold

Somewhere in the South Pacific

FSO Agent Andrei Harkov

12:12 Local time

It happened been over a month since Harkov had been teleported to this island in the middle of nowhere. Fortunately for the Russian FSO Agent he had been teleported here with the rear half of the plane containing the food and supplies that had kept him alive for so long. Harkov took a long swig of the last bottle of vodka in order to drown his sorrows and boredom. Harkov didn't know what had become of the Russian President or his fellow FSO agents. All he did know was that he was effectively stranded here in the middle of nowhere with not so much as a magazine to keep him occupied. Harkov took a napkin and a pen he found and wrote the words "Stranded on an Island in the Pacific… Send help" he thought for a moment and amended "And vodka." he added. He stuffed the napkin in the now empty bottle of alcohol and shoved a cork in the bottle. After that he tossed the bottle as far as he could into the sea. Harkov watched as the bottle started to drift away and thought for a moment. Would this really work or am I wasting my time? He thought to himself. As the bottle drifted away he found himself humming Message in a Bottle by Sting trying to keep himself occupied. It was sad the vodka that he drank didn't get him as drunk as he wanted to be.

"Man this is boring." Harkov simply stated as he stared off into the distance. Harkov woozily got up and headed to where he had set up his tent and grabbed his A-91 carbine. It might have not been a good idea to shoot while buzzed but damn it Harkov was bored out of his mind. Harkov staggered over to a tree line and aimed out over the water and was about to pull the trigger when the magazine release triggered dropping the magazine. Harkov stared at the ammo on the ground and sighed. He then looked to the sky and shouted. "WHY GOD WHY! THIS IS SO BORING!" Harkov shouted towards the heavens. Little did he know things were going to get interesting for him in the very near future.

Over Europe in route to Makarov's castle

Yuri

21:34 local time

"Ok this place that Makarov is hiding in is a virtual fortress. Two companies worth of soldiers guard the walls and there is only one way into the castle." Captain Price told Yuri and Soap as they sat in the loading area for a V-22 transport. "That is unless we HALO jump in." We will drop in and land along this cliff face here." Price said as he pointed to the cliff on a map. We will then infiltrate the castle along this route. We will set C4 along the vehicles in the loading area and on the structural weak points along the side of the castle. We will then infiltrate the security office and move in to find Makarov. Is everything clear?" Captain Price asked. Soap and Yuri nodded. At least things were being kept professional in the unit and Yuri wasn't getting to many dirty looks from his two "comrades". He wanted Makarov dead just as much as these two did but because he at one point worked with Makarov he was being treated with nothing but suspicion. Well it probably couldn't be helped. Given the circumstances that Yuri had been through he would feel the same way about those two if the situation had been reversed. Now all he had to worry about was Makarov's men shooting him in the face and Price shooting him in the back… it seemed simple enough.

"When we find Makarov we have orders to terminate him on sight. We can bring his body back to command as proof that he is dead." Soap said to the group who nodded.

"Right lets finish this then." Yuri said to the two SAS members who nodded their heads. One way or abother, things were going to be finished tonight and either he or Makarov was going home in a body bag. Yuri looked to Price and Soap and thought to himself. He felt like he had been unnecessarily mean to them and the other members of the Task Force. When he originally joined the Loyalists and then later on the Task Force he was still bitter about the betrayal he felt when Makarov had shot him in the stomach. It was at the time an open wound and Yuri didn't want to become close with anyone of the Americans or British soldiers and he really didn't want to get close to any of the other Russian soldiers. He felt that he had done enough damage and taken enough lives that he really didn't deserve the friendship of these men and women. So he deliberately acted like an asshole to them to avoid them trying to get close to him. But perhaps that was not the correct course of action. Maybe he should have tried to get closer to them or at least not been so mean to them. Yuri then spoke to the two British SAS commandos. "Look Price… Soap… I am sorry that I have acted like a jackass to you and the others. I didn't want anyone to get close to me because of my past with Makarov. I felt I had too much blood on my hands to be called a good person again. So I deliberately tried to push people away. I am sorry for that you guys didn't deserve that." Yuri confessed to them. Soap glanced over at him and spoke.

"Whatever Yuri we can talk about what we are going to do with you when this operation is over for now just concentrate on the mission." Soap said to Yuri who sighed. Well it was worth a try. With that Yuri just went back to preparing his MP5 and getting ready for the drop.

504th Base of Operations Romagna

Flight Lieutenant Junko Takei

10:22 local time

Junko sat in her office filing paper work. She thought to herself that today was the day that that asshole General Ekkard Krupke was coming to see Lilia and Melvina. It was bound to be an unpleasant experience for all involved. Ekkard was one of the old guard of the Karlsland Military. He came from the prestigious Krupke family that had served Karlsland's military for generations and were renowned for their military genius. Ekkard had himself fought in the first Neuroi War and as a junior officer was actually quite a competent leader. However as his rank and medals went to his head he quickly found himself promoted beyond his capabilities. He had over the last six years become increasingly rash with his decisions and his hatred of witches became legendary. He would always champion the might of the mundane forces while trying to downplay the contributions of the witches every chance he got. Junko was about to think of some of the few personal encounters she had with the sixty plus year old general failure when Patricia Schade and Angela Salas Larrazbal entered the office. The red haired witch hung onto Angela's arm with a bright smile and a loving look in her eyes. Junko smiled at that. Patricia and Angela might not have been an item in the conventional sense but there was for sure something between those two.

"Yes how can I help you two?" Junko asked the two witches Patricia looked to Junko and spoke.

"We just got word from Krupke's aircraft. He is about two and a half hours out and should be arriving here around thirteen hundred." Patricia told Junko who nodded.

"I see I will make sure Petty Officer Advani is ready for her debriefing by then. Lilia will have to be questioned later she is currently up on a patrol mission and she should be back a little after the esteemed General Krupke arrives" Junko simply replied. Patricia closed in and smiled.

"So Lilia huh… you two on first name basis now." Patricia said with a sly and mischievous grin. Junko blushed a little and looked away.

"Yes we are what does that have to do with anything?" Junko inquired nervously. There was something about Lilia that caught Junko's eye but she didn't know what it was or what she felt for this girl from another world; but whatever it was that she felt it was strong feelings that she had.

"Well I guess that just means that you are closer to making your move on her then. I don't blame you this Lilia woman is absolutely breath taking. If you weren't into her I would go for her." Patricia said with a grin. Then Angela spoke to everyone.

"Seriously how can you be so damn unprofessional Patty we can't hit on everyone we see you know… besides what about me…?" Angela asked Patricia who smiled and patted Angela on the head.

"Oh don't worry my beautiful witch… I will always want to play horsy with you." Patricia said to Angela who blushed and smiled. Then Patricia whispered in Angela's ear. "Besides something tells me you wouldn't mind if we had one or two other people play horsy with us if you catch my drift." Patricia teased which made Angela go all red in the face. Junko rolled her eyes with a smile.

"Ok you two enough horsing around I have paper work to do so unless there is anything else I need to go back to work." Junko said to the two girls. Then Patricia spoke.

"Oh yes there is one more thing relating to Lilia can you hook up with Lilia after she gets debriefed because I have ten dollars riding on you two becoming lovers tonight." Patricia said with a straight face. Junko eyes widened.

"Wait what?" Junko asked. Patricia shrugged.

"Well some of the girls from the 504th and the Tame Witches have started taking bets on when you two are going to start dating and it has gotten to be a pretty big pot and I could use the money…" Patricia said with a grin. Junko gave a flustered look to the Britannia witch and spoke.

"I will ask Lilia out when I am ready; not when someone things I will because they got money riding on it ok?" Junko told the red haired witch who then leaned in and smiled.

"So you are going to be asking her out then?" Patricia asked Junko with an ear to ear grin. Junko realized her grave mistake.

"Wait what no I didn't mean that I meant if I decided to ask her out!" Junko quickly countered to no avail. Patricia skipped towards the door with Angela following afterwards.

"Well I guess that answers the question if you like this girl then." Patricia said. Angela looked to Junko and spoke.

"Sorry Ma'am I didn't know she was going to do this." She simply told Junko. Then Patricia spoke.

"Come on my cute little witch lets go play horsy." Patricia said to Angela as she grabbed onto her arm and tugged her out the door. Junko smiled to herself. Being the XO of a witch unit was never a dull affair.

Makarov's Stronghold Czech Republic

Yuri

22:48 local time

Yuri drifted down on his parachute after Price and Soap who both had their pistols drawn. The green tint of the night vision goggles illuminated the menacing castle that Makarov had chosen to make his fortress. Two guards stood watch over the cliff side which Price and Soap quickly cut them down in a brief blizzard of shots from their FN Five Sevens. They landed on the edge of the cliff and Yuri disengaged his parachute. Soap then spoke.

"Try and keep up or you will be left behind Yuri." He simply stated. Yuri pulled out his MP5 and cocked it. The three Task Force commandos moved up through the ruins that led to the castle. Spotlights danced across the ground looking for intruders. Then Captain Price spoke to Yuri.

"Stay out of the spotlights if we are spotted we are dead." He told them. Yuri heard some talking in Russian as some of the guards pasted by. Yuri ducked behind a meter and a half tall piece of destroyed wall as the spotlights passed by and the guards continued on their way. Price then looked to Soap and Yuri and spoke. "Ok we are clear move up." He stated as they moved forward. This place was utterly eerie for Yuri it seemed like the castle that Dracula would be living in. Well perhaps that would be an accurate comparison to what Makarov has become; a blood thirsty psychopath with delusions of grandeur. Price and Soap stacked up on a wall and Yuri got behind them. A spotlight shined on the path that they were going to take. Soap held up his hand and spoke

"Wait for it… wait for it… go." Soap said as the spotlight started to move away from them. They moved forward after the spotlight coming across a collection of supply trucks that had been parked in the vehicle depot. Price held up his hand and gave the signal for the group to halt. Price set some C4 on one of the trucks and looked to the others.

"We will burn this place to the ground on the way out." He simply stated. Yuri and Soap nodded. They continued up through the various parked vehicles when Price stopped again and gestured to Yuri. "There is a lone guard up ahead take him out quietly." Price said as he pointed to a guard on a smoke break. Yuri pulled out his combat knife and slowly moved up to the guard. Yuri quickly wrapped his hand around the man's mouth and lifted his head up in such a way to expose his neck to his knife; Yuri's blade slide across the man's throat spraying blood onto Yuri's face. Yuri set the man gently on the ground and rolled him under the nearest Truck. "Smart thinking we don't want to tip these guys off until we are ready to." Price told Yuri. Yuri nodded his head and Price gestured for them to move up. Yuri followed after Price with Soap taking up the rear. They then came to a low hanging platform with some guards on it. Price dove under the platform and started to crawl under it. Yuri and Soap followed after him. Price then looked to Yuri and started to speak. "Yuri set some C4 on the platform." Price ordered the Russian commando who nodded his head and set the C4 on the platform below a few guards' feet. They then moved forward eventually coming to the edge of the platform where Price and Yuri exited. Soap then followed after them.

"Security room is just up ahead." Soap stated as he readied his weapon. They got to the entrance of the security room and Soap stacked up on the door. He looked to Price and Yuri and spoke. "This one is mine alright?" he said to Price.

"By all means." He simply stated. Soap knocked on the door to the security room and drew his sidearm. A few seconds passed before the door opened. Soap shot the guard in the face then quickly fired his gun four more times at a pair of unseen Ultranationalist terrorists. Soap looked to both Yuri and Price.

"All clear." He simply stated. Price and Yuri entered the guard's office and saw the two corpses lying on the ground. Soap then went over to the monitors and spoke. "They have four sets of camera's watching the hallways that we need to go through. I will disable them." He stated as he went to work on the computer. Price then spoke.

"Ok we are going to have to pass through the dungeons on our way through there. There are bound to be guards watching the prisoners so expect a fight." He simply stated. Soap nodded his head.

"Roger that I will set the jail cell doors to open in two minutes that should provide a distraction for us to get through there." Soap told Price who nodded. Then Yuri spoke.

"And while we are here we might as well see if there is a way to shut off the power to this wing of the castle. It could give us an advantage given our night vision goggles." Yuri suggested. Price nodded his head and spoke.

"Good thinking Yuri. Soap look for a power box that we can disable." Price told the other British Captain who nodded his head.

"Got it there is one of the way there. Ok let's move out." Soap stated as he pulled out his MP5 and moved forward. They started to head down a flight of stairs and Yuri began to hear more voices in Russian. They got to a gate with the other side of it being the dungeon. Price pointed to the power box on the wall and gestured for Soap to cut the power.

"Alright on my go." Price said to both Yuri and Soap as they readied themselves. "1…2…3… go." Price said as Soap cut the power and Yuri kicked down the gate.

In route to the 504th Base of Operation

General Ekkard Krupke

12:52 local time

The roar of a jet engine filled the sky as Ekkard Krupke gazed in amazement out of the window of the Ju-52 transport aircraft. Such speed, such power it was marvelous. One of the men with General Krupke a private named Cord Drescher spoke.

"That is 2nd Lieutenant Kjellberg's aircraft, an F/A-18F Super Hornet; I think it was referred to as." Cord told the Karlsland General. "Apparently originally she flew an older F/A-18C which was damaged beyond repair during the battle between his forces and the Neuroi. However when he was ordered to bring that girl to us he had to switch to this aircraft because he needed an airplane with two seats to transport this girl to us." Cord explained. Krupke nodded his head only half listening to what Cord was saying. General Krupke was too busy watching as Lieutenant Kjellberg's aircraft zipped through the skies. According to official reports he had received since this "American" had arrived in this world a few days ago, he had flown one other combat air patrol where he saved a group of Karlsland Ju-88 bombers who were being attacked by a Neuroi destroyer class interceptor. So far this American was already proving his worth. It was an incredible aircraft it could easily fly circles around the Me262 or any other prototype jet fighter Karlsland was working on. Perhaps in time Ekkard could have the aircraft reverse engineered and the Karlsland Air Force would have its own "Super Hornets". The American flew out of his field of vision and Krupke looked back to Cord and scowled. Ekkard was not a fan of Cord to say the least; because of two simple reasons, one Cord did not hate witches enough for Ekkard's tastes. Oh sure Cord claimed that he didn't like those "glory stealing little girls" something that was needless to say a true statement, but it was quite clear to the General and all of the other men in the Glorious Third Assault Corps that Cord was full of shit and deep down did not hate witches. However there was an even graver sin that the private had committed that had forever damned him in the eyes of Ekkard and everyone else in the Third Assault Corps. Cord's sister was a witch. That was a crime that Ekkard found unforgivable and he made sure that Cord's life in the Karlsland Army was miserable as a result of it. Ekkard then stopped dwelling on his hatred of Cord and went back to this marvelous devious that belonged to the Americans; something called an Iphone6 a phone that was able to play videos. Ekkard watched first a recruitment video from the American Marine Corps. In the video massive panzers thundered across the grounds like gods of war destroying everything in their paths; while overhead jet aircraft that lifted off vertically from carriers fired rockets and cannons at enemy positions with impunity. Marines wearing specialized combat gear and carrying advanced looking rifles poured out of landing craft and APCs directly into the fight. The video concluded with the words "United States Marines sign up today", flashed across the screen.

It was magnificent, better than even Ekkard's wildest dreams. If only a division of these men with these weapons were under his command he knew that he would mop the floor with the Neuroi. Then after he was finished with the recruitment video he switched to the next video which was uploaded gun camera footage from Lieutenant Kjellberg's aircraft. It was amazing this "Hornet" pulled maneuvers that Krupke would have thought were impossible and it absolutely annihilated Neuroi first on the ground with a combination of guided rockets and bombs and with a powerful rapid fire cannon that the pilot used to finish off wounded Neuroi. The thing that astounded Krupke the most about the gun camera footage was just how accurate this pilot's fire was with his cannon; it seemed like every burst fired struck home and shredded a Neuroi. At first Ekkard thought that the Hornet was just a ground attack aircraft but then it began to engage the Neuroi in the sky and proved to be equally as deadly against Neuroi flyers including the damnable supersonic Neuroi. After watching the Americans hold out for three hours against the Neuroi Krupke was left speechless at the power and skill that these mundane soldiers had. No mundane force on the planet in this world would be able to hold out that long against a Neuroi force of that size; and to think that according to the report the Americans had lost most of their aircraft and half of their ships to a tidal wave. If this damage to the Neuroi could be done with just a small fraction of their forces what could they have done if all of their members had survived? Krupke wondered to himself as they started to land. Then Krupke frowned as he remembered the last detail of the report of the battle. Other than the two Americans that he was going to be meeting today, all of the others had been massacred by the Neuroi, over four thousand men who would never return home. Ekkard lowered his hat in respect for the fallen. Ekkard then started to walk down the latter of his aircraft and saluted some of the guards who greeted him. Ekkard currently had a rather interesting task ahead of him. Ekkard was about to interrogate someone who had had direct contact with the Neuroi and had been used as a meat puppet for their own gain. Apparently if the report was to be believed she was fully conscious the entire time and was able to get glimpses into what the Neuroi world was like. It was an interesting prospect to say the least; but the one thing that he couldn't understand was why a woman was aboard an aircraft carrier? Surely these Americans, these magnificent warriors with their powerful wonder weapons wouldn't allow women to sully their uniforms. Maybe she was some kind of camp follower equivalent; a girl who was on their ship to cook and clean and to perform other womanly duties for the men. That had to be the case what other explanation could there be? Well either way he was about to get to the bottom of this mystery and when he was done interrogating this wench he would make sure to congratulate the pilot of the American fighter. Ekkard rounded the corner to get to the interrogation room when he saw an unwanted and familiar face waiting for him. Standing there by the door disgracing her Karlsland uniform was his errant witch of a daughter Ludwiga.

"General." Ludwiga simply stated to Ekkard who gritted his teeth.

"Lieutenant." He replied. Ekkard refused to say this witch's name she didn't deserve one. For the last seventeen years she had made his life utterly miserable with her mere existence. Why couldn't she just die and be out of his life for good.

"The Petty Officer is in there waiting for you." She told him. Petty Officer? That was a Navy rank which would imply that this girl was in the military which was something that could not be. No Ludwiga must be trying to trick him again.

"Enough with your lies girl let me through." Ekkard demanded to his daughter who stepped away from the door and gestured for him to go through. Ekkard entered into the interrogation room when he saw a young girl who couldn't be a day over twenty waiting for him. She stood up and saluted him.

"Petty Officer Melvina Vidya Advani at your service sir." She informed him. It was worse than Ekkard could have imagined how could this fresh faced young girl be a member of the American military… hell any military; she looked more like a school girl than a soldier. Ekkard sighed and sat down not even bothering to salute the girl who seemed a little surprised but continued to salute. Well at least she showed a little bit of discipline there was that.

"At ease." He simply told her. Melvina sat back down and fidgeted slightly clearly nervous about what was going to happen next. Well he might as well get on with the questions now… because the sooner he finished here the sooner he could speak with the pilot of that American aircraft. "So tell me Petty Officer what were your duties aboard this… super aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln?" Ekkard asked Melvina as he put some deliberate scorn in his voice when he referred to her rank. Melvina seemed to sense the hostility and fidgeted nervously not wanting to make eye contact with Ekkard who found that both amusing and rather annoying. "Well don't keep me waiting out with it." Ekkard hissed to her in annoyance which elicited an uncomfortable squirm from Melvina which Ekkard found rather entertaining.

"I was the Communication's Officer for the USS Abraham Lincoln. I was responsible for monitoring the radios as well as any satellite communications and visuals that we received while on deployment. I had served aboard the Lincoln for six months before…" Melvina trailed off. "Before we arrived in this world." Melvina stated. Ekkard smirked and put his elbows on the table and interlocked his fingers as he leaned in.

"Are you sure that was your job? You look awfully young to be someone with that important of a position." Ekkard mocked her. Melvina nodded her head.

"Yes I am still young but I graduated at the top of my class and proved that I had a high aptitude for communications. That is why I was placed in charge of the Abraham Lincoln's communications." Melvina informed him. Ekkard smirked and rolled his eyes. If this shy little wallflower was considered to be qualified for monitoring communications the American's must have found a way to simplify the technology to the point that even a simpleton or a woman could do it.

"I find that hard to believe but let's just forget about that for now shall we? What I am really here for is to hear about your communications with the Neuroi. Ekkard explained to her. Melvina flinched in fear.

"Whaa…what do you want to know sir?" She asked him her voice trembling slightly. Ekkard leaned in.

"I want to know what was it like to have the Neuroi worming their way inside your head. what was it like to have a Neuroi controlling your every action?" Ekkard inquired of Melvina who looked to the floor and paused for a moment to compose herself. "Come now we don't have time for your womanly emotions out with it already." Ekkard demanded with some clear frustration in his voice.

"It… it was horrible sir. The Neuroi he… he had control of my every action. He made me say things that I didn't want to say… and do things that I didn't want to do. I tried to fight him but I couldn't fight him… he was too strong for he to beat." Melvina told Ekkard as she tried to regain her composure. Ekkard then began to speak.

"So you are telling me that you are too weak to resist the Neuroi from making you its plaything then? How very… unimpressive." Ekkard stated. Melvina just sat there in silence staring at the floor. "Tell me what did the Neuroi make you say?" Ekkard asked Melvina who shook her head.

"I don't want to tell you." She simply stated with a combination of fear and sorrow in her voice. Ekkard slammed his fist on the table.

"Damn it woman we don't have time for your delicate sensibilities out with it; tell me what the Neuroi made you say!" Ekkard shouted at the girl who flinched in fear.

"He made me say that he was responsible for getting all of my people to this world because he wanted to see what kind of technology that we had so he could find a way to counter it. He told me that they think that killing us humans is fun and they do it because to them we are lesser life forms and heretics who do not deserve life. He told us that they were going to come to my world as well and kill everyone and everything that they found. And… and he made me… please don't make me tell you what he made me say!" Melvina pleaded to Ekkard who scowled at her.

"Tell me if you value your life little girl." He growled at her with malice in his voice.

"He made me reveal my deepest secrets because it amused him to know that I was embarrassed. And then he told the others that one day he was going to come for me and take me away. And that he was going to rape me until I enjoyed it then… he was going to tear me apart." Melvina started to cry as she was forced to recall the memory." Melvina confessed to Ekkard who was unfazed at her sorrow.

"What else did he make you do?" Ekkard demanded of her.

"He made me put my pistol to my neck. I can still feel the cold steal against my flesh and my finger around the trigger of the gun clenching down on it bringing it to the point that one flinch would end my life. I… I was so scared. I thought he was going to make me kill myself." Melvina told Ekkard who smirked at her display of weakness. Clearly this girl was too emotionally fragile to have serving in the military; she clearly needed to be out of Uniform.

"In the initial report that you told to these… witches on this base you said that you had managed to see a little of the Neuroi's home dimension. Tell me what was it like there is there anything of value you could tell us about their world?" Ekkard demanded of her. Melvina nodded.

"Yes I remember I saw a city of brimstone and fire as far as the eye could see with a massive billowing storm cloud overhead. I saw Neuroi billions of them maybe even more gathering preparing to assault this world and my own. I know that they are coming and I know that they want to kill us all and strip our worlds bare of anything of value. That is all that I was able to see in their world. That is all he would let me see." Melvina practically whispered that last part. Ekkard sighed and shook his head in disappointment.

"Eh you are as useless as I thought." Ekkard simply stated to her. Melvina looked up to him.

"What?" she asked him with tears in her eyes.

"You were unable to tell us anything of use as I thought you would. Frankly this was a waste of my time which I should have known given the fact that you are a woman and therefore you are just a simple minded child who lets her emotions cloud all of her judgments. You probably could have beaten back the Neuroi from your head if you only were able to keep your wits about you. But instead you panicked and let that creature use you like a meat puppet. Frankly I think that you wanted to have that fucking monster inside you. You probably liked it didn't you?" Ekkard inquired with clear maliciousness in his voice. Melvina began to sob.

"Don't you know how humiliating that was for me? How much it hurt to have him inside my mind?" Melvina stated through teary eyes. "Why would you ever think that I would want that monster inside my head?" She asked him. "I felt like my very soul was being raped by that monster." Melvina told him. Ekkard snorted.

"Oh please don't get dramatic. Frankly if there is something that I believe I think that the reason that he was able to take over your body was because you were a weak little girl and that you are in league with the Neuroi. If it were up to me I would have you taken back to a lab and dissected alive so I could see what your head looks like now that the Neuroi made you its plaything. In fact I think that I may jus…" Ekkard was cut off as he heard some commotion outside. Just then one of his men was tossed through the window of the interrogation room and smashed into the ground in front of Ekkard. Just then the door was kicked open and a young looking blonde haired girl in clearly some kind of flight suit stood there with murder in her eyes.

"Get…away…from…Melvina!" She demanded of Ekkard. Ekkard nearly fell out of his seat.

"Who..who are you?" Ekkard demanded.

"My name is Second Lieutenant Lilia Kjellberg of the Black Knives Squadron United States Marine Corps; and right now you are threatening one of my comrades and I don't take kindly to people threatening my fellow countrymen. But more importantly you made Melvina cry… that is something I can't forgive." Lilia said as she started to close in on Ekkard. Kjellberg… could that mean that this… this woman was the pilot of that fighter jet… no it couldn't be it just didn't make any sense. How could a woman fly as well as she could.

"Guar..Guards!" Ekkard shouted all he heard was a groan from the hallways. Ekkard tried to reach for his pistol when Lilia punched him in the face so hard that he felt his nose break. She then twisted his arm forcing him to drop his pistol before she kneed him in the stomach. Ekkard gasped for breath as he fell to the floor.

"If you value your life I suggest that you run away now. Leave this base and never come back." Lilia said to Ekkard as she grabbed him by the shirt collar. "And if I see you or your men trying to get anywhere near my aircraft or Melvina or myself; I will kill you all." Lilia growled. Something in her voice told Ekkard that it was not a bluff. Just then Cord entered the room. Lilia turned to face him when he put his hands up.

"Easy I just want to get my commander. I don't want any trouble ma'am." Cord told this wicked woman who then proceeded to toss Ekkard at Cord. Cord picked Ekkard off the ground and started to take him away.

"The nerve of that woman! I swear I will make her pay for what she did!" Ekkard shouted. Just then he passed Ludwiga who smirked at see him bloody and bruised. And I will make you pay to Ludwiga; that I guarantee.

2nd Lieutenant Lilia Kjellberg

"That is for Melvina you bastard." Lilia said as she watched General Krupke run in fear from her. Lilia then turned to Melvina and wrapped an arm around her. "Hey it's ok I promise he won't hurt you again." Lilia told her. Melvina buried her face into Lilia's chest.

"Why was he so mean to me Lilia… I didn't want it to happen to me so why is he treated me like I asked for the Neuroi to take over my body?" Melvina sobbed into Lilia's chest.

"Because he was a bastard that is why but he is gone now and he will never interrogate you again." Lilia said to Melvina. A young woman with raven colored hair and gold colored eyes entered the room. Lilia looked at her and the woman who she recognized as a witch spoke.

"Wow you really put him in his place now didn't you?" She stated.

"Yeah I wasn't going to let what he was doing to my friend stand. I don't care that he was a general officer he was threatening my friend and that was enough for me." Lilia told the girl.

"I see well just be careful. Ekkard as ways of making you pay for any perceived slight." The witch told her. Lilia nodded.

"Well if he wants to come after me he can try. But I guarantee you that he will find out the hard way that Devil Dogs are hard to kill." Lilia replied to the witch. Yes if Ekkard came after her she would be ready.

Makarov's Stronghold Czech Republic

Captain John "Soap" Mactavish

23:11 local time

They were crawling up the space between walls to enter into the command center. If there was any place in this castle that Makarov was located in this would be it. Price looked to Soap who was reading his weapon.

"Alright it's do or die time stay frosty." Price said to Soap and Yuri. They got to the level of the command room and looked through a crack in the wall. And there he was that bastard Makarov was right there with some of his men. Makarov looked to one of the terrorists and spoke.

"So what is the status on Vorshevsky's daughter?" Makarov asked his men who nodded their heads.

"Sir we have located her now and are sending a team in to capture her we should have her inside twenty four hours." The terrorist said to Makarov who smiled.

"Very good when we get our hands on her the final stages of our plan will be complete." Makarov said to the guard who nodded his head. Then Price spoke.

"Yeah that is not going to happen. Ready flash bangs." Price said. Soap, Yuri and Price readied their grenades. Then they tossed them into the room and waited for the explosion. After that they stormed into the room weapons ready. "MAKAROV!" Price shouted as he leveled his MP5 at the Russian terrorist. Soap did the same along with Yuri. As one they opened fire; then a flash and a dark winged figure stood in front of Makarov. Bullets smacked into its body deflecting off its metallic skin. The figure stood to full height. It looked like a jet black metallic nude woman, but she had horns on her head and a pair of bat like wings on her back. She had a barbed tail and her fingers ended in long sharp claws. It looked at Soap and opened its eyes… deep blood red pits of pure malice that bore into Soap's very soul. Flowing black energy cascaded from the back of this thing's head. Then it spoke.

"John Mactavish… your soul belongs to me… you are my prey." It stated as the words forcibly entered into Soap's mind… Soap felt like not only his mind but body was being violated as with each word it seemed like he was being touched, caressed all against his will. Soap reloaded his MP5 and shouldered it. "Do not resist me… you are mine… my will is your command human…" it said again and Soap felt his body rebel against him suddenly he couldn't grip his gun… it just felt better to do what this woman said… yes it would be so much easier if he just gave in to this beautiful creature… it could do what it wanted to his body. Then Price spoke.

"Soap what are you doing shoot it!" Price shouted as he reloaded and started to fire his weapon the bullets bouncing off of this creature's body. Then Makarov spoke.

"Kill them." He simply stated as he walked out of the room. The creature teleported forward and backhanded Price with enough force to throw him several meters to the left. It then used its right wing to knock Yuri to the ground. It then teleported in front of Soap and used its tail to wrap itself around Soap's neck. It lifted Soap off the ground strangling him as it did so.

"I like you human… you are rather cute… I think I want to make you mine… I am going to drag you back to my world where I am going to do every depraved sex act and torture imaginable on you… I wonder what will break first your mind…" it said as a wave of pain hit Soap's mind. Then the creature used its claws to scratch Soap's chest. "Your body…." Then it pulled Soap in so its face was mere centimeters from his. "Or your soul?" it said with an evil smile reveal a set of shark like teeth. Just then Yuri pulled out his desert eagle and fired a round into this creature's back. It dropped Soap and went over to Yuri knocking the gun out of his hand with a kick and grabbing him by the neck. The creature then lifted Yuri off the ground so that they were looking at each other on the same level. It opened its mouth and a white light exited Yuri's mouth. Yuri started to convulse uncontrollably and blood started to pour out from his eyes, nose, mouth and ears as his very soul was devoured. It then tossed Yuri's corpse to the side and grabbed Soap again. It looked at Soap in the eyes. He was powerless there was nothing he could do to resist this creature he couldn't even move… he didn't want to move he wanted to belong to this thing… "Hell awaits you…" The Succubus said to Soap as it teleported back to the Neuroi's home realm. Soap vaguely remembered hearing Price shout his name before his nightmare began.

504th Base of Operations

Second Lieutenant Lilia Kjellberg

21:09 local time

Lilia sat with Melvina alone in the bath. It was strange this was so much different from a normal military base. It seemed to be much more like a nice hotel then a fortress. Lilia thought about what happened today with that Karlsland bastard. What he said to Melvina was unforgiveable the girl had already gone through so much and now he practically forced her to re live everything that happened to her. And to accuse Melvina of having wanted that was even more unforgiveable. Just then Lilia thought back to what that Neuroi forced Melvina to say. It was so cruel of him. Those were her secrets she didn't want to tell them to the whole world. Then Melvina spoke.

"Hey Lilia… thank you… for today." Melvina told her. Lilia smiled and turned to her friend.

"No problem, there was no way I was going to let that bastard keep beating up on you. Not in a million fucking years." Lilia replied. Melvina smiled for a moment before the smile vanished.

"Hey… I am sorry you found out about… you know the way that you did… I hope this doesn't change our friendship." Melvina said. Lilia nodded her head.

"Are you talking about the whole masturbation thing?" Lilia asked to which Melvina shyly nodded her head. Lilia smiled. "It's ok I don't mind Melvina… to be honest though I never knew that you had feelings for me. Why didn't you ever tell me?" Lilia asked her.

"Because… it wouldn't matter if I did… I… was promised to someone else…" Melvina trailed off. Before Lilia was able to respond Melvina spoke again. "Beside I always knew that you loved Wilbert and I didn't want to get in the way of you two." Melvina told her. Lilia nodded her head. Even though she wasn't sure about it at the time she knew now that she had been in love with Wilbert he meant so much to her. But now he was gone killed by some alien creature in a war that was not their own. She would never forget Wilbert for the rest of her life but she knew at the same time that it wouldn't be healthy to dwell on him… no he wouldn't have wanted that… but it would still take time before her heart healed. She then found her mind wandering to the witches. They were so strange for her, they were not like the witches she heard about back in her own world. Then there was Junko the beautiful Fusoan witch that had rescued her. Lilia had never dated a girl before although she knew that she had been interested in both sexes since at least high school. Come to think of it she had never even gotten the chance to kiss a girl before. It was entirely new and uncharted territory for the Swedish American woman. But then again Junko was so kind and attractive those beautiful brown eyes and dark brown hair she had, her bronzed skin, well toned body with smaller but firm looking breasts her… but there was also Melvina her friend. Lilia always found the young lady to be quite beautiful and fun to be around she was very important to Lilia; more important than she realized at the time.

"But… I also care about you Melvina and I want to make you happy." Lilia told her. Melvina's eyes lit up and tears began to fill her eyes. Melvina then embraced Lilia.

"Thank you Lilia… I…I." Melvina said tearfully as Lilia embraced her and began stroking Melvina's beautiful long hair. Before Lilia could reply Junko walked into the bath.

"Oh hello Lilia, Melvina." Junko said as she walked into the bath next to them. Junko then looked at the sight of the two girls embracing one another and blushed. "Am… am I interrupting something?" She asked them. Lilia looked at Junko to see that she was completely naked and holding nothing but a towel at her side. She smiled to Lilia who went red in the face and turned to face away.

"AH…UH… I am sorry I didn't mean to look!" Lilia stammered to Junko… Junko's body was more beautiful then Lilia imagined. "But no we are ok; nothing to see here." Lilia replied nervously.

"Yeah we were just giving each other a friendly hug that is all." Melvina told Junko as she began to blush as well.

"Ah ok then; oh don't worry we are all girls. And you don't have to turn away from me you have nothing to be ashamed of you both have very beautiful bodies." Junko said to both Lilia and Melvina who simultaneously went even redder in the face.

"Thanks… so… so do you." Lilia stammered.

"I… I agree with Lilia you are also very pretty Junko." Melvina said to Junko who chuckled a bit.

"Hey there is something I want to talk to you two about though." Junko said to Lilia and Melvina who turned back to Junko.

"Yeah what is it?" Lilia inquired. Junko frowned for a second.

"The Yamato is coming into Europe soon and I want you two to come with the 504th on an H8K. We are going to escort the battleship into port for the last leg of the journey. I know you aren't a witch but I think you should head with us to the ship for your own personal safety." Junko said to Lilia who raised an eyebrow.

"Personal safety, what do you mean?" Lilia asked the Asian witch who took a second to reply.

"Look I really appreciate what you did to Krupke. Believe me I wanted to do the same thing myself but the thing is Krupke has a certain reputation amongst witches." Junko explained.

"Really what do you mean?" Lilia asked.

"Krupke has always had an intense distain for witches bordering on an irrational hatred of them. Every time witches were assigned to bases he commanded he ordered his men to make sure their lives weren't easy. Usually it would just be limited to name calling but on a few occasions some of his men would assault some of the witches usually the younger girls. Then there was the fact that during battle he often through witches into positions where they were left without support and usually in the way of both allied and Neuroi fire. But perhaps the most damning rumor of them all was a rumor… that he ordered one of the witches at his base to be gang raped." Junko told Lilia who suddenly had a white hot rush of anger surge through her body.

"THAT BASTARD I WILL KILL HIM!" Lilia stood up and shouted. She then realized that she was standing naked in front of Junko and promptly sat back down with a bit of a blush. She regained her composure before speaking. "How can this bastard get away with this?" Lilia asked.

"It is because he comes from such a prestigious military family and he has enough political clout that he can sweep just about anything under the rug. And with you being from another world and everything hardly anyone knows you exist and I don't want anything to happen to you." Junko confessed to Lilia who nodded.

"But that doesn't excuse him for ordering the rape of a witch… that bastard… I am sure that…" Melvina was saying as she paused. "No… no girl or anyone for that matter deserves to be raped… not by him… and not by…" Melvina stuttered again thinking back on what that Neuroi said he would do to her. Lilia wrapped her arm around the young girl and held her tightly. Melvina rested her head on Lilia's shoulder and pressed her naked petite frame against Lilia's. Lilia then looked to Junko and spoke.

"Ok we will go with you to the Yamato but can you promise me one thing?" Lilia asked Junko who nodded. "Promise me that you will retrieve the dog tags of my fallen comrades I don't want to leave them behind." Lilia asked Junko who nodded.

"Ok I will look for them." Junko replied. Lilia then used her free arm to hug Junko as she smiled. Then to Lilia's surprise Melvina reached over and pulled Junko in embracing the Fusoan witch and causing Junko's face to be pressed against Lilia's naked breasts. Junko blushed as her soft face was pressed against Lilia's bosom.

Thank you for everything Junko! You have been so kind to us… I don't know what we would have done if we never got to meet you." Melvina cried in joy as she pressed her body against Junko's.

"Indeed it really means a lot to me to that you have done all of these things for us we will never forget your kindness." Lilia told Junko who looked up at both of the American girls and smiled.

"You are more than welcome Lilia and Melvina… you two are my friends and I would never let any harm come to you." Junko said to them with a warm blushing smile. Lilia smiled and thought to herself it might be a while before she would let another into her heart but she knew the two people that she would probably fall for were sitting in the bath with her.

Isle of White

"Delmurrah"

01:34 local time

Delmurrah licked her fangs as she watched the humans below her. She was perched up in the rafters to this hanger that the humans stored strikers in looking at her prey below her. She was a wraith class Neuroi and a unique one at that. She modified herself for extra close combat strength and modified herself so that she could drink human blood as a quick way to process the iron and other minerals from the human's blood and into her body. The humans had a word to describe the type of creature that she turned herself into… they called them Vampires. Right now she could hear the heart beat of the human's below her… she could smell their blood… these humans were not nearly as tasty of morsels as she usually like to dine on. But she was getting hungrier and was going to need to eat soon. As a wraith class she had no real mission other than to sow havoc death and misery behind enemy lines that was her purpose but tonight her mistress The Scarlet Lady ordered her to find and eliminate a certain witch one named Misa Kadomaru. Misa was the leader of the Isle of White witches and was a skilled combatant. The Architect wanted to make sure as many of the more skilled humans were dead prior to the invasion of this world so it was up to her and the various other assassins to do just that. She was about to pounce on these humans when her target came. Delmurrah not only could see things like a human could but she could hunt via someone's spiritual presence; in other words she could see a person's soul. While normal humans had souls that burned like a tiny ember in the night the soul of a witch burned brighter than a thousand suns. When Misa walked into the room Delmurrah instantly knew who she was. Delmurrah looked at Misa and a strange feeling went throughout her core. What was this? This human has such a fascinating soul… Delmurrah sensed the twinge of sorrow and loneliness on the soul of this witch and she felt the feeling of a lost love… and not one who died in battle but one who was taken by someone else. And then there was that smell… the smell of Misa's blood it was so sweet. Not only that, but Delmurrah found that on a strictly physical level Misa was absolutely breathtaking. She was perhaps the most attractive being Delmurrah had ever encountered. Delmurrah wanted to grab a hold of Misa break her arms and legs and drag her back to her palace in the Neuroi realm where she can suck and fuck Misa for all eternity. No Delmurrah wouldn't want to do that… it seemed wrong for some reason; like it wouldn't be something that Misa would want. Delmurrah found this line of thought particularly strange because why should Delmurrah care about what a lesser life form wanted. But for some reason Delmurrah found herself thinking that… she couldn't kill Misa… no she didn't want to kill Misa… instead she wanted to make Misa hers. Delmurrah saw the normal humans leaving Misa alone in the hangar with nothing but her striker unit and Delmurrah in the rafters. Delmurrah smiled and jumped down into the hangar.

Isle of White

Flying Officer Misa Kadomaru

01:40 local time

Misa stood by her striker unit inspecting the magical engine. Everything seemed like it was functioning properly. Misa had experienced some trouble with the left engine for a while but it appears that the mechanics had finally fixed it. Well that was a relief now odds were they wouldn't have to buy a new one to replace it. Just then Misa heard something hit the ground. Misa turned to see a nude female human shaped Neuroi with bat like wings and flowing energy from the back of its head standing there. Misa immediately went to grab a wrench to toss at the creature to give her time to sound the alarm but then it spoke.

"Misa…" it said to her waves of pleasure caressed Misa's body making Misa squirm in discomfort. Then she found that she was frozen she couldn't move her body seemed to ignore her commands to move she was frozen. The Neuroi started to approach her. "You are so beautiful Misa." It said to her. Again waves of pleasure coursed through her it was like she was being groped by someone when she didn't want to. The creature was now in front of her. The Neuroi put a hand on Misa's arm and caressed it. "You are such an interesting human Misa… I have never smelled a human with blood as sweet as yours…" it said a wave of fear went through Misa's body. What was this Neuroi planning on doing what was it talking about. The Neuroi's hand drifted from her arm to Misa's chest giving one of her breasts a soft squeeze. "So beautiful so enticing…" it said as it went around behind Misa who still couldn't move a muscle the Neuroi put its hands on Misa's stomach. The Neuroi's left hand went up to caress her breasts while the right hand went down to between Misa's legs. Misa felt hard metallic fingers glide over her panties. Misa tried to squirm away but she was still powerless. Then the Neuroi began to caress her. One of the Neuroi's hands fondled Misa's breasts and the other rubbed her most intimate area. "You have never been touched before have you?" it asked her. it was true Misa had never been with anyone before… she hadn't even kissed anyone. The Neuroi then used its hands to pull up Misa's shirt exposing her breasts and it then pulled down Misa's panties. Metallic fingers gently caressed her snatch causing Misa to start to softly cry. She had heard the reports of some of the things the Neuroi did to the women that were in the Emperor's palace in Kyoto a few days ago… how the woman had their private parts violated by clawed fingers and blades… was that going to happen to her? The Neuroi laughed into Misa's mind "don't cry I know someone's first time is always a little scary but I won't hurt you." it said as she felt its hand on her right breast and gliding across her snatch. It pressed its body up against Misa and she felt the cold hard metallic form against her. "I promise I will be gentle with you my witch." It said to her as it kissed her neck. Misa felt a semi-wet and metallic tongue glide across her neck. It then tilted Misa's neck aside exposing one of her arteries to the Neuroi. "I only want a little taste." It said as Misa's heart started to beat faster not knowing what it meant. Then pain shot through Misa's body as two fangs pierced her skin. A stifled cry escaped Misa's lips as the creature bit into her. "Your blood is so sweet Misa." It told her. "My name is Delmurrah my witch I promise I will take good care of you." it told her as it continued to suck out her blood and fondle her. Misa didn't want this; she wanted to cry out for help. She wanted to cry out for help so someone could get this thing off of her. She wanted someone to save her, anyone to save her from dying like this. Just then a mechanic walked into the hanger.

"Hey Flying Officer I wanted to… Oh Shit!" he shouted when he saw Delmurrah who growled in rage and teleported to the mechanic smacking him aside and pulling out some Neuroi whip. Delmurrah then proceeded to bludgeon him with it.

"How dare you interrupt me and my love you worm!" Delmurrah used her telepathy to shout into the mechanic's mind. Misa broke free of whatever grip Delmurrah had on her and she fell to her knees. She then crawled over to a wrench and used her magic to enhance it.

"Stop hurting him!" Misa shouted which caused Delmurrah to pause in confusion; Misa used the opening to toss the wrench at Delmurrah sending a burst of magic energy into the tool. The wrench hit Delmurrah's right wing blowing it off. Delmurrah screamed in pain.

"Urgh you bitch I should skin you alive for that!" it shouted into her mind before it calmed for a moment. "I am sorry I didn't mean that my witch." It simply stated.

"I am not your fucking witch you monster!" Misa shouted back just before Delmurrah could reply Francie Gerard burst into the room with Thompson in hand. Before she could shoot though Delmurrah teleported away. Misa collapsed to the ground and tried to make herself decent. Francie rushed over to her.

"Misa are you alright?" Francie frantically asked. Misa nodded her head.

"Yeah I will be ok but I don't think that is the last we will see of that Neuroi." Misa replied. Misa got the sickening feeling that more Neuroi would be sent after her and that she was going to be in for one hell of a fight soon.

FOB Specter France

Flying Officer Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen

00:09 local time

"Price we got you on video chat. Where is Soap and Yuri?" Sandman asked the Task Force leader. Price looked panicked completely unnerved by the mission.

"Yuri is dead some fucking… I don't know what it was but it killed him and took Soap somewhere. I don't know if Soap is alive or dead at this point. But Makarov escaped and he knows where Alena is and he is moving into capture her. If he gets his hands on her it will be only a matter of time before Boris breaks and we have nukes flying everywhere. Eila I need you to use your powers to see where Alena is." Price said to her. Eila was shocked; Yuri was dead and something had captured Soap, could it have been a Neuroi? Well no time to think about that now. Eila pulled out her cards and drew a card it was called the Battlefield. Then Eila's vision was ripped from her body.

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Flying Officer Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen

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Eila stood in knee deep blood staring at the clock tower its hand at ten o'clock. She then saw a city in flames Russian and American troops were fighting in the streets. She then saw a young girl the one from her vision before. Alena was in a room in a building somewhere in the city. Then she saw a dozen Russian helicopters heading for the building. She was then looking at the clock tower once again more blood was staining the tower and blood had gone up to her waist. The hour hand had shifted to eleven o'clock. Then she heard a voice one that she had heard a few times before.

"You can't stop me… not when I am this close to my ascension." Makarov said to Eila. "Your world will burn Eila." He said to her. Then Eila's vision returned to her body.

FOB Specter France

Flying Officer Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen

00:11 local time

"Alena is in Berlin she is hiding out in a hotel or something. If we hurry we might be able to rescue her before Makarov gets his grubby hands on her." Eila said to Sandman who nodded his head.

"Right ok people let's get a move on." He simply stated. Eila thought to herself. It was now our never she had to stop Makarov if she didn't then it was Midnight… then what would happen.

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Captain John "Soap" Mactavish

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Soap was tossed into the dungeon that had become his new home. He was bloody and broken stripped of his gear and uniform. He sat shivering in the darkness cold and alone. What was this place? What was the thing that had taken him? So many questions and no one who was willing to give him an answer. Just then he heard some movement.

"Who…who is there?" Soap demanded. Then a voice spoke to him.

"It is ok human… I am a prisoner just like you." it said to him in an oddly feminine voice. A being came from out of the shadows. It was another one of the creatures that had taken him. a metallic black female figure. It looked to him and spoke again. "I know it isn't much but I will protect you from the worst of her torments, even if I have to sacrifice my own body to do so. I can regenerate the wounds that would kill a human being." It said to him. Each word sent a spike of pain into Soap's mind.

"Who are you?" Soap asked this thing.

"I am one of the leaders of the Defectors from the Neuroi Empire… or at least I was now I am just The Succubus's sex toy. She has kept me here for centuries now." It told him.

"Wait how can I trust you if you are one of… whatever these things are. Soap asked it.

"I don't expect that you will trust me now; or ever but I will protect you regardless human… what is your name?" it asked him.

"John." Soap replied.

"Ok John I promise you we will make it out alive no matter what happens." It told him. Soap didn't know why but for some reason he believed it and trusted it. Over the next few years that trust he would have for this creature that didn't even have a name would not only keep him alive but keep him sane.