Phantoms of Ylisse

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II: Meeting the locals

My name is Alexandra Lin call sign "Aasimar", leader of Phantom strike team "Azure". I'd never thought I'd see the day. Who'd ever thought that I and Azure team would end up in Rodrig's home world after our escape from Ghost teams? Not this place per say, wherever here is, but similar to it. It almost feels like those RPGs Gadget loves to play. If that wasn't crazy enough we had just helped to rid the town of a group of bandits that tried to raid it. Even with the odds stacked against us, our gear and weaponry made taking those bandits out a cake walk. Though the climax was when the bandit leader took a hostage and we had to act. We were successful but we also exposed ourselves to the locals here. We got out of there as soon as possible before they could ask any questions.

Still there was one question for ourselves, what next?

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Aasimar's POV

We were out in the forest away from civilization and camping there. Thanks to Gadget, instead of multiple tents we had one large tent which served as a forward operating base. And right now we are having a team meeting, discussing our next move in this fantasy world we're stuck in.

"So what now ma'am? The locals have seen us and they were freaked out at the sight of us." Carnage asked me.

"They weren't freaked out Sergio. More like surprised at seeing us." Deadeye corrected, "Still it was only those four that saw us. Not the whole town."

"True but we're still foreigners to them, especially since we dress differently and have tech that they've never seen before." Gadget added, "Even if we did help in ridding the town of those bandits, we're total strangers to them."

"And I doubt that they'd trust us just like that." Carnage said. "So what's our next move then ma'am?"

My team turned to me, waiting for my answer. They all made some good points about the situation. In fact, they are all correct about this. However, they still had forgotten one thing: We DON'T know anything about this world. Just as I was about to point that out and let them know, I became tense and on guard due to sensing an enemy presence; undead to be precise, and many of them too. My team noticed my posture and they immediately went for their gear.

"We got intruders on the sensors." Gadget announced. "They look human but…"

"They're not." I finished for him. "They are undead."

"Undead?! You mean…zombies?!" Deadeye asked.

"You can say that."

"So we got zombies incoming?" Carnage asked, already armed with his weapons.

"Yes. Check your weapons people and keep them suppressed. We got a battle on our hands." I stated as we prepared for a fight. When we were done we went outside the tent and saw exactly what I'd detected; Undead that looked too much like the locals here but with red eyes and wielding swords, axes and now bows and there were a large number of them coming our way.

"Carnage, crowd control! Everyone else goes for head shots and watch for the archers!" I ordered as I aimed at one of the undead archers with my ACR and shot it right between the eyes, dropping it before it turned into purple mist. Then I quickly did the same for two sword-wielding undead.

"Say hello to my little friend freaks!" Carnage yelled as he fired an explosive round from his XM29 OICW grenade launcher into a group of seven undead, blowing them up and the body parts turning to mist just like the first one.

Deadeye drilled three undead in the head in rapid succession with her VSS sniper rifle and Gadget dropped another three with his 45T pistol.

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Third Person POV

Chrom, Lissa, Frederick and Robin met earlier in the day and then they had to save a town from bandits. They had encountered a group of them along with their boss and managed to take the grunts down. However, when it was time to fight the leader he took a child hostage and made things complicated. Then from nowhere a small item landed in front of them and emitted a blinding light which forced them to cover their eyes and also made the bandit release his hostage. Then multiple sounds of thunder followed and so did the death throes of the bandit. When it was over they looked up to see the bandit dead with so many holes on his body. Suddenly Lissa gasped as she pointed at a group of four people with red eyes, wearing grey armor and wielding weapons they'd never seen before and then the group shocked them as they disappeared right before their eyes.

When they further went into the town, they'd seen more bandits who died in a similar way to their leader. Then a young lady mentioned about two men who saved her from being raped and used weapons that sounded familiar to the ones the unknown group had used. As much as they wanted to find that group they had no idea where they were since their disappearance.

So they decided to go to the capitol Ylisse not that Robin had much choice in the matter. Night time came and they decided to make camp. Chrom and Lissa had woken up soon after they had originally gone to sleep, mainly because Chrom felt that something was wrong. And now they were being attacked by strange red eyed creatures that strongly resembled humans. Chrom told Lissa to get somewhere safe while he took out the undead creatures.

Chrom then heard a loud sound and saw the four people they'd spotted back in the town come into the area while taking out more of the creatures that had attacked him and Lissa just now. He saw one of them; most likely the leader giving orders to the other three just like Robin did with his group earlier. In no time flat the grey suited group had taken down the undead creatures with scary efficiency. Chrom was about to make his way towards them when he heard his sister scream in terror. He and the group turned to see another of the undead about to attack Lissa, but before Chrom or Azure Team could give her aid a man in strange clothing and a mask stepped in blocked the attack with his sword. While they were in a deadlock the new addition called for assistance snapping Chrom out of his disbelief and he charged in and cut down the monster from its exposed flank while a bullet from Deadeye's VSS drilled it at the same time. Just then Robin and Frederick showed up with Frederick asking about their wellbeing and being relieved that they were alright. When Chrom turned to look at Azure Team, they were nowhere to be found…again. Meanwhile the masked man left the scene, though a cloaked Azure Team did see 'him' leave.

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Aasimar's POV

"Why is she not helping them any further?" I asked.

"She?" Gadget asked.

"That masked person's a woman. Their outfit may make her look like a 'he' but the voice was definitely feminine." Deadeye added.

"Really? Damn I never expected that." Carnage said.

"However it also seems that suspicious that they'd come in and just save that person before leaving." I stated, "And when that guy known as Chrom talked to her I could see from her body language that she didn't want to reveal too many secrets yet."

"Meaning she has an ulterior motive?" Deadeye surmised, "What would that be though?"

"We can deal with that later as we got more of those undead freaks incoming." Carnage said. "Ten to be exact."

And like he said we spotted ten red dots rapidly approaching the area on our radar and soon enough ten more undead with one of them being much more built than the others and carrying a hand axe. The leader obviously. I quickly took note of the open area we were in and noticed a few mini strongholds there which could be used to our advantage. Something that the white haired tactician of the group also seemed to have noticed as he pointed that out to his allies.

Then the undead leader pointed at Chrom's group and then at our direction. Looks like he'd noticed us even though we had our adaptive camo on. Well the undead don't really need sight to spot the living. The life essence is enough for them to find you. A group of five undead consisting of an archer, two swordsmen and two axe wielders came trudging towards our direction which surprised my teammates.

"Umm ma'am? They're still coming this way." Gadget whispered through the comm.

"Well they can't see us so it won't matter." Carnage stated.

"They don't need to see us." I corrected.

"How so Aasimar?" Deadeye asked.

"Undead only need to sense our life essence to detect us, which explains how they found us in the first place." I explained.

"Meaning that our adaptive camo's useless against them." Gadget finished.

"Precisely. But it'll still work against the living ones." I added as the five undead got closer, "Alright let's deal with these things and then assist Chrom's group."

I aimed my ACR at one of the swordsmen and drilled it in the head, dropping it before it turned into mist. Deadeye wasted no time putting down the archer and other swordsman with well-placed head shots of her own. The two other axe wielders charged in only to be blasted away by Gadget and Carnage's weapons.

"Tch…No challenge at all." Carnage grunted.

"Well they aren't exactly intelligent since they're already dead." Gadget deadpanned.

"Maybe so but don't forget that they have a one up over the others here. They can detect us even when we use our adaptive camo." Deadeye reminded.

"We can worry about those details later. We have to help Chrom and the others." I said.

"Are you sure about that Aasimar? We don't know about how they'll treat us after." Deadeye asked worriedly.

"Not to mention their reaction to our form of warfare." Gadget added.

"They haven't attacked us so far and we still don't know a damn thing about this world so I'll take the risk." I replied, "However if things go south we make ourselves scarce. Anyways let's move team."

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Third Person POV

Chrom, Robin, Lissa and Frederick were engaging the remaining five undead creatures after the leader had sent five others towards another direction. Soon reinforcements had joined them. First being a red-haired foul mouthed female cavalier named Sully and the other being the white-haired over dramatic archer Virion. So far as suggested by Robin, they had used the strongholds to bolster their defenses and pick the enemy off one by one and it was effective as they were able to take them down without any damage. Soon it was the leader that was left but he was proving to be a hard one to take down due to his durability and weapon that allowed for distance or close range fighting.

Then the situation got worse as three undead showed up. However, it didn't get to escalate as they dropped like sack of potatoes with holes in their heads before turning to mist. The leader followed soon after with a hole in its chest and another one between the eyes before it also dropped dead and became mist. That had surprised Sully and Virion as they didn't expect the enemy to just get dropped like that but Chrom, Robin, Frederick and Lissa knew who were responsible and as usual they were nowhere to be seen but they knew that they were in the area. With the battle over Chrom and the others were met by the masked swordsman once again.

"That was quite the entrance what's your name?" Chrom asked the masked swordsman.

"You may call me Marth." The person responded.

"Marth? After the heroic king of old, well you certainly fight like one where did you learn the way of the sword?" Chrom said.

"I'm not here to talk about me. This world teeters at the brink of a horrible calamity what you saw tonight was a prelude. You have been warned." The person replied, ignoring Chrom's question and then walking away.

"Huh? What's teetering where now? Hey wait!" Lissa shouted.

"Not much for conversation is he?" Robin said to no one in particular.

"It appears that his talents lie elsewhere. I'm sure we'll hear his name again…" Frederick added, seemingly wanting to change the topic.

"Maybe we will." Chrom said before turning around and staring at an empty space. "I know you're there. Show yourselves."

"Captain Chrom?! Who the hell are you talking to?" Sully asked in confusion.

"I take it that those people we saw earlier at the town are here." Robin stated.

"What people are you talking about?" Virion inquired.

"That would be us." A feminine voice answered, startling the archer.

"GAAAHH! A ghost?!"

"Hahahahahaha! He called us 'Ghosts'." A male voice laughed.

"Close enough but…" Another male voice begun. It was then that four masked people in grey clothing and armor, with one of their eyes red and wielding strange weapons materialized in front of Chrom and the others startling them.

"…we'd prefer 'Phantoms' instead." Aasimar finished.

Chrom and Robin were calm and Lissa was a bit timid but the others freaked out at the appearance of the newcomers. The leader of the group took a step forward before having the tip of Fredrick's lance close to her face which got her stepping back and shaking her head in annoyance.

"Scarce it is…Move out team." Aasimar said.

The Phantoms activated their adaptive camo and vanished from the area before Chrom's group and by the time Sully and Frederick moved forward to check they were long gone.

To be continued…

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