Hey guys! and welcome back to GATE: Thus XCOM fought there!
This took a lot of time since I was typing and watching the episode so I know what to out in next, it was a pain in the neck but it's done never the less!
Now I read a some of the comments regarding XCOM and GATE. I am aware that a Manga always will be ahead of the anime but if I go off the anime it will be easier for me to write and stay on track with the story. At least I think...I don't read much Manga.
Now If you haven't noticed, the Behemoths in the story are inspired by ADVENT's tanks in XCOM 2. There is a mod on Steam that you can control one, I kinda got the idea of XCOM having their own tank like transport, I believe that they could've made it something similar to ADVENT's design but replace the laser weapons with plasma weapons and i think it would've been possible.
And also someone mentioned that I didn't really show the aliens attacked 10 years before the story and I understand completely. But I'll see if I can fix that problem later in the future.
Now I'm sure you all know what will come next if the chapter has already given you the hint.
So enjoy!
It just got hot in here
Itami had tied a rope to the back of one of the Humvees and repelled down in the well to where the only survivor of the village was. I looked down and saw that the water was at least waist deep.
"Ok I got her!" Itami called form below I nodded and turned towards the driver and gave em the signal to start driving forwards slowly. As Itami was just about out of the well I took the girl from him and held her up bridal style so the Lieutenant can get himself untied from the rope that was around his waist. What I saw about her features was that her ears were more pointed than the average human and the first thing that came to mind.
"She's and elf?" I stated with apparent surprise in my voice. I then saw everyone else was shocked as am but I looked at them. "C'mon people get moving we got a person who needs medical attention, Move it!" I ordered snapping everyone out of their gaze and ran off to get the needed or the equipment. I stood up and walked up to the Humvee that pulled her and Itami out of the well and sat her in the back where Kurokawa and Smokes had everything ready for her to be treated, I laid her down and rested her gently in the vehicle and let Smokes and Kurokawa tend to her. I walk back to Itami who was emptying his boots that were full of water and I noticed Kurata was fanboying at the worst time.
"We found an elf! Not just any elf, a blond elf! Now that's the kind of thing I was hoping to find around here!" O for the love of-
"Really?" I said which made the two of them look at me and even though my helmet on, you didn't need to see my facial expression. "The way I see it, the poor girl just lost her entire village and possibly her family with her being the only survivor. Do you really think this is the time to start fanboying right now?!" I said to him with my voice rising as Kurata definatly felt ashamed of what he did after I had said that. I sighed as I walked over to him and took my helmet off.
"Kurata, listen close and I'll only say this once. I'll let this one slide, but if this happens again there will be consequences, so keep it to yourself. We clear?" I said scolding the JSDF soldier.
"Crystal". He said before gulping in fear. I sighed and walked away before heading back towards the two medics of both teams.
"How is she?" I asked them.
"Her temps are back to normal and she's no longer in critical condition". Kurokawa stated and Smokes kept monitoring the young elf just in case. "Smokes was quite the help and had medical gear I never thought was possible". She said.
"Well, when it comes to keeping the boys in good nick, I make sure I don't do it half assed love. Besides XCOM doesn't screw around when it comes to keeping people alive". The other Australian who was present said as a matter of fact. It was true, Smoke's record had one of the most rescued casualties in the field being either civilian or XCOM personnel in the field or medical centre, and she really does do her job very well. Plus us Australians never really know when to quit, and are pretty stubborn. Something I can vouch for.
"Good to know. We'll take her back and class her as a refugee, I don't like people to fend for themselves when they're in a condition like this. They're never make it on their own". I said as to what we were going to do with the young elf in our protection. "I'm not one to tell you two how to do your jobs, but make sure she's warm enough when we head out, any spare blankets would be good. Must've been freezing in that well with the water being cold as ice". I said as the two medics nodded in confirmation. I walked back over to Itami who had finished getting his boots back on. "We're taking her back to the base as a refugee, we'll be heading back to Coda Village and warn them of what has happened here, the last thing we need is a second village going up in flames". I explained.
"Good idea, that way we can give the villagers a chance to flee from the dragon we found last night". Itami agreed.
"Alright saddle up people! We're heading back to Coda Village to warn the townsfolk of what happened here let's move!" I ordered out loud as everyone got the message and ran back to the vehicles. "Let's hope we can save the people here before that dragon comes back". I said to myself as I then got ready to move out.
(Coda Village)
We had arrived back at Coda Village and we saw the village people look in our direction as we dismounted from the vehicles. Itami had gotten his translation book out but I stopped him making him raise a brow at me.
"Let me do the talking, I managed to decipher the language enough to hold a conversation, it'll be easier for the both of us, let our boys back home we may need some help on standby, they should at least have interceptors here by now". I said to him.
"Be my guest". He replied letting me go and putting his book away in his vest and walking back to radio the base back at Alnus hill, I walked up without my on my head so it wasn't as intimidating and shows I was human. I then saw who seemed to be the Village elder waling up to me.
"I apologise for disturbing your village a second time but we have some grave news regarding the village people's safety". I explained to the village elder who he and the other people present were wondering what I was on about.
"What has happened?" He asked.
"Well, the settlement up north had been attacked, all of the housing was burnt down and its people were dead. We saw everything up close. It, it was nasty". I said sadly.
"My god. The entire settlement has been wiped out?" He asked shocking the villagers to the core.
"Yes. The cause was a big, fire breathing red dragon. We only found one survivor". I said him.
"A Flame Dragon". The elder paled after saying those words this seemed to shock the villagers more. I wish I had better news to tell them. I motioned him to follow me and I opened the back of the Humvee to show the elf girl we found. "Poor girl…she was the only survivor you found?" He asked and I nodded knowing that anyone else we found were killed in the attack.
"Can you help her? I'm not sure we can take her with us. There's pretty few options here". I asked the elder in which he shook his head in misfortune.
"We can't care for an elf, and besides we need to find a way to get out of here ourselves". He replied gravely.
"You're leaving? Why I don't understand". I asked him.
"Yes, once a Flame Dragon gets a taste of human or Elvan flesh it will be back for more". He said as the people were running around loading up carts of either their belongings or food.
"We'll help you out, besides we can't just stand by without doing something". I said to the village elder who shot his attention towards me in shock. "It's our job to help those in need, I'll have my team help in any way we can and escort you out so you can get some distance between you and that dragon". I explained.
"You would help us just like that?" He asked me and I nodded. "Thank you, for your generosity other worlder". He said to me in which I smiled.
"No worries, I'll get them to work, just get yourself to ready to leave". I said to him and he nodded and went off to do just that as I closed the Humvees doors and walked over to my team. "Let's give these people a hand team, c'mon!" I called them over as they got to work helping the townsfolk and Itami told those under his command to do the same and help.
"This is gonna be a long day". I sighed.
(Meanwhile...)
As the evacuation was underway in the village, a house not far from the town two figures were loading up a cart of their own having gotten word that the village was being evacuated. One of them was a young girl with blue hair in mage robes and a small staff and an older short grey bearded man were readying what was hopefully the last of their belongings onto the cark which seemed overfilled by looking at it. So over filled that it wasn't certain that the donkey could pull it.
"We can't keep filling the cart master". The blue haired girl said to her master with no emotion in her voice as she looked down at her master as he had stumbled over dropping a whole bunch of said books on the ground and was slamming his hands and feet on the ground like a child.
"But Leilei I need to take my books with me! You hear me!" He said before stopping his little tantrum and looking up at the girl now known as Leilei. "Leilei we got to come up with something". He said to her.
"Certainly, the books that contain spells and incantations should be given the highest value". She said to him with no emotion still.
"Ah yes, you certainly are a genius aren't you?" Leilei's master said dusting himself off. "Why is there a dragon here anyway? Most peculiar, 50 years sooner than I expected". He wondered out loud to himself. As the two had finally loaded up the last of their things they mounted the cart and got ready to leave with the rest of the village. "What am I supposed to do without any sort of warning?" He said talking to himself until Leilei spoke over the top of him.
"Master we really need to ride". She said to him.
"Pardon me, how could you be so lewd? I'm too old to be riding a girl as young as yourself!" He said to her, but then laughed to himself before continuing. "But your sister, your sister's another story Bow-chicka-bow-," He never finished as Leilei sent a strong gush of icy wind his way and pushed him over.
"Hey! Magi is the world's most sacred thing and should not be used for trivial matters!" He shouted over the small blizzard his student made. A Leilei stopped they both mounted the cart and were now ready to join the rest of the village. "Ok, I guess we need to work on that sense of humour". He exhaled in exhaustion.
"If I don't have one it's because of your teaching". The student stated casually, the master said nothing in response to that. The donkey tried to move the cart it was meant to pull but was unable to due to the sheer weight making it impossible to move.
"We're not moving". Her master stating the obvious. "I don't suppose you overloaded the cart?" He asked her.
"You wanted all of your books master, you should have expected something like this". Leilei replied.
"Good thing we're wizards, let's just magic this out". He said raising his staff.
"Magic is the world's most sacred thing, is should never be used for trivial matters, your words if I remember". She said to him as her master knew she was right about that one.
"But I believe in this case we're out of options". She then used her own staff to make the cart float in the air as if it weighed nothing as the donkey pulled it with little to no effort.
"Uh, sorry". Her master apologised to her.
"Its fine, I've gotten used to it master". Leilei said accepting the apology.
As they reached the village they saw all the people's carts lined up and ready to leave, however the long line wasn't moving an inch and wondered what's the fuss is about.
"Huh? What's going on why are we just sitting here?" Leilei's master wondered.
"Master Kato, Leilei the road's being blocked and a carriage has broken down. Someone overloaded and snapped their axel!" One of the villagers cried to the young Mage and her master now known as Kato.
"C'mon people get that cart out of the way! Mack, Rhino give them a hand". Came a strange voice up ahead who seemed to carry authority. They both looked up ahead and saw several men in green while others wore different coloured armour that had glowing lights on them, who seemed to be knights of some sort.
"Never heard a language like that before". Kato said aloud.
"I've never seen clothes like that before". Leilei said adding to Kato's point.
"Kurokawa you and Smokes tend to any wounded!" The same voice called.
"Yes Captain!"
"On it sir!"
"Women? Who are also soldiers?" Kato said in surprise.
"I shall go and take a look master" Leilei said as she jumped off the cart and started running towards the front ignoring her master's warning. As she ran to the front of the line she saw that the cart had indeed been toppled over and the axel was busted, the horse was on the ground and was foaming at the mouth. She saw a young girl on the ground bruised and unconscious who was breathing a little harder than she should. Leilei knelt down to see her injures.
"Life threatening injures" She said to herself. Then two figures then knelt down with her and saw that two women, one of them was in green clothing and the other was in dark blue armour with a strange hat on her head.
"Looks like she has a concussion. And her ribs might be broken too". The woman in green said examining her inures before looking at her.
"If that's the case I can give her something for the bruises and the pain, a Nano-med kit will do the trick". Said the woman in blue armour as she pulled something off her waist which was red and white, and it seemed to spray some sort of blue mist on the little girl and within seconds the bruises started to disappear and her breathing was starting to slow down and become stable.
Leilei was amazed at the small device that the blue armoured woman had on her, it was able to heal several wounds and treat pain within mere seconds. Something that she has never seen before.
"Easy now sweat heart, you're gonna be ok". The armoured woman said to the young girl. "I checked the horse and its condition is rabies, we're gonna have to put it down". She said to the woman in green who nodded.
"Hey c'mon little lady, let the professionals take care of this". A man in purple and orange armour, but had no grieves said to her but she didn't even look at him as she was amazed by the two in front of her. A shrieking noise filled the air as she failed to see the horse above her on its hind legs in time as it was about to bring it's hooves down on her.
Several loud banging noises filled the air extremely quickly as the horse fell over with blood coming from its wounds and fell on the ground. It was dead. The sound came from a knight in green armour holding an old shaped staff she's never seen before with smoke coming from the end of it.
"Christ that was close". He said aloud before walking up to them and kneeled down in front of her. "You ok kiddo?" He asked her clearly concerned for her safety but she was still too shocked as to what had just happened. The only think Leilei could only say one thing as she looked at a group of people in green and two other knights, one in Black armour and the other in orange.
"These people, just saved my life".
Operation: Graceful Angel
Date: July 1st 2025
CPT-Alan 'Alcatraz' Miles.
Team: Strike-2.
Location: Coda Village.
Objectives: Establish contact and friendly relations with local inhabitants of the other side of the GATE.
Escort residents of Coda Village to safety.
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"Hey Captain, how long do you think we're supposed to take care of these folks anyway?" Kurata asked me which indeed strike a good point. There should be nobles in the land that should be looking out for these people. But Itami stepped into the conversation.
"I asked about it". He said getting our attention. "I bounced it off the Village chief when we were talking. The lord over this area took his army with him and ended up part of the body count at Alnus hill". He then looked at Kurata. "We wiped them all out Kurata, all of them". He said gravely. I looked down and shook my head, knowing that the JSDF and XCOM were responsible for 120, 000 being killed at Alnus, this brought back more memories of the war a long time ago and let's just say I didn't get out of it unscathed, some soldiers left the project while others had to deal with the mental and physical scars.
"Kurokawa and Smokes had gotten the wounded out of harm's way and the road's clear. We'd better get going". I said to them. "Alright! We're Oscar mike people!" I called out loud as both Third recon, Strike-2 rushed to the vehicles. I pulled out a small metal box from my armour and looked at it for a brief moment before stowing away. "Maybe when this is over, yea". I said to myself as I then went to join the others.
We were on the road again with the caravan of Coda village's residents in tow, I was with Itami in the back of the leading Humvee with several people sharing the back and Kurokawa checking the elf girl's vitals.
"120 over 80. I'm thinking she'll be up and around pretty soon sirs". She said to us.
"That's good. But not sure she wants to". Itami said mentioning the caravan of people we're traveling with.
"Has anyone said where they're going?" Kurata asked.
"No, no not really". Itami said looking down.
"We'll we can only hope for the best that they'll be ok when this is over". I said trying to stay positive.
"Leading an evacuation effort is tougher than I'd thought it'd be". Itami said looking out the window.
"It never is mate, it never is". I said adding to his statement and he nodded in agreement. I then glanced at the people who were riding with us, a family of three were with us due to their wagon's axel being busted and we had to burn their stuff. Kurokawa had suggested we bring in more vehicles to solve the problem but Itami said that we were behind enemy lines already and we couldn't take the risk of getting the enemy's attention and resulting in a fight adding more to the massive body count we already have. Quite frankly I didn't want to think of what could happen if we did.
"Hey what's that up ahead?" Kurata said snapping me out of my train of thought as I then looked up ahead.
"Are those crows?" I asked with a raised brow as I saw the bird flying in the air in a particular spot. When Itami looked up ahead with his binoculars he reeled back in surprise before looking through them again.
"No way…Goth Lolita girl". He said which made me sigh in annoyance as Kurata had a look for himself. I then looked at the girl up ahead and saw she was holding a fucking huge ass halberd as if it were nothing, and the thing is twice her size! She than stood up and began walking towards us.
'This might be trouble'. I thought to myself. I then saw the kids jump out the back of the Humvee and the word they kept saying over and over was Oracle. "Hmm". I hummed as I got out myself and looked up ahead just in case, so I could hear the conversation from here.
"Where are you kids from?" She asked the children who seemed to be in awe of her presence.
"Coda Village ma'am". One of the kids answered her.
"We're running away from our village, it was attacked".
"The Flame dragon appeared so we evacuated". The villagers responded one by one to emphasis the situation. She then walked up to the Humvee and saw Itami in the passenger seat. I walked up as well revealing my presence to her and caught her attention.
"Is there something I can help you with miss?" I asked her, her response was a smile and a small giggle which sent a small shiver up my spine. She turned to the kid who was next to as she inspected the vehicle for herself.
"So who are these people you're with?" she asked him.
"They came and helped us, these are the good guys". She kid answered as she seemed more and more intrigued as she further inspected the Humvee, seeing as there was no need for horses to pull them.
"And you're certain they're not taking you against your will?" She asked him just to be sure, and the kid shook his head in response. "So how does this move without any horses?" She asked aloud.
"It's simple, yet complex". I said getting their attention. The Goth looking girl then walked up to me and looked up inspecting my armour and my weapons before looking at me. "Really? How so?" She asked me. I gestured her to follow me and popped the hood of the Humvee and the kid and the girl looked at the engine at it was giving off warm air and was rumbling at the same time and they were surprise and in awe that something like this was moving the entire vehicle.
"This contraption here is called and engine, it powers and moves various parts throughout the body of the vehicle". I said.
"Ve-hic-le and, en-gine". She said trying to pronounce the right words and I nodded in response.
"Watch your fingers, I'm closing it". I said as they took a step back as I closed brought he hood back down. "Although there's more to it, but however I must ask, what makes you stop by here in the middle of the road?" I asked her in which she just smiled before responding.
"Well, when word has gotten out that an entire village has been evacuated and the Men in green and their knights have been seen in the same area. It caught my attention, along with your vehicles as you call them". She said.
"It's very comfy, much better than a carriage!" The young villager added.
"Really? More comfortable than a carriage" She asked and the boy nodded as she then walked back up to Itami and gave off a smile that'll make anyone shiver. And Itami was getting very nervous very quickly. "I would love for you to show me, how comfortable the ride is".
…
Next thing I know she was on Itami's lap and he was trying to gently and politely tell her to get off but she persists. And in all honesty I couldn't help but laugh, and the rest of Strike-2 couldn't help it either.
"Oh, Oh god I can't, I can't even-," Mack said cracking up.
"Oh man my ribs hurt from laughing mate!" Smokes said holding her sides.
Like I said, they couldn't help it either, Itami then looked at me in desperation as I managed to get my laughter under control after taking a few deep breaths, but chuckled a little more but never the less got it together. "Miss, I don't mean to be rude, but could you please hop off my friend please?" I asked her and in which she smiled mischievously.
"Well since you asked nicely". She said getting off Itami as he then slammed his door and locked it within a heartbeat.
"I don't think we've been introduced, I'm Captain Alan Miles, what's yours?" I asked her.
"I am Rory Mercury, Apostle of the Saderan War God of Emory". She answered as I then realised she's practically a demi-goddess. It makes sense of those villagers were praying to her.
"Quite the mouthful". I said with my brows raised.
"But please, call me Rory". She stated with a smile.
"Ok Rory, would it be too much for you to come along with us?" I asked her.
"Well I would be delighted, I'm quite intrigued of you people what better way to learn more about you than joining you?" She smiled as I then guided her to the back of the Humvee I was in earlier and closed the doors as we had gotten in.
"Kurata, let's get this thing moving". I called to him and he nodded as then started driving again. I looked at Itami as he was still sweating. "Don't worry Itami she won't bite…much". I smirked as I gave off a little chuckle as he groaned before looking away as I still have the shit eating grin on my face.
As we continued to travel we reached a desert and which meant that the temperature had risen quite a bit, the Titan armour was able to keep us cool for a bit to make the heat tolerable but it was still hot to an extent that an Air conditioner would be nice right about now, Rhino and Mack had no gauntlets on their armour being Gene troopers and they were able to tolerate it a lot more than the rest of us.
"Fuck its hot, I mean it's a desert but, yea". I said as I wiped my forehead.
"Well deserts are known to be hot and dry". Kurata said from the front as I nodded in response.
I looked out the window Itami was staring out of and saw the long line of caravans behind us. I looked up to where the sun was and saw that there was something there. As I squinted my eyes I knew what it was.
"Fuck it's the dragon! ALL UNITS THE DRAGON'S HERE! WEAPON'S FREE, LIGHT THAT FUCKER UP!" I shouted through the com channel as I looked at Itami. "Have we gotten any support ready when we got back to Coda village?"
"They have several vehicles coming in to help, and it's heavily armed. Last I called they should be here by now". He said to me as I saw several machineguns firing into the beast. But our Heavy unit's LMGs and the .50Cal did little damage to it. The caravans had scattered to evade the dragon which wreaked havoc upon the villagers.
"Strike-2 Dismount! That thing's fire breath won't affect our armour! We can use that to draw its attention away!" I ordered as I jumped out of the back of the Humvee and my team did the same as well. "Spread out don't cluster up! Keep that flying fuck away from the villagers!"
"YES SIR!"
My team then scattered around the desert as the JSDF continued driving around it. Demon had already taken flight and fired his Sniper rifle at the thing's head but even that was armoured.
"Fuck! No way, that just happened!" The Sniper said as he pulled the bolt back on his weapon. Both heavies of my team were laying into it as best they can but it was met with the same result.
"XRAY'S Holo-Targeted, Minimal Damage!" Mack cried on the radio, and I saw that the beast had a holographic target shown for everyone to see. Even with the combined force of the JSDF and XCOM, we're still having trouble bringing this thing down. I fired my rifle into it's under belly thinking that would be at least less armoured but my rounds were bouncing off.
"Damn it! We could use any Plasma weapons right now, hell I'll even take Laser weapons if it means bringing this thing down!" I cursed. I then saw the Dragon look at me and knew its attention was drawn to us. "Strike-2 be advised that thing has eyes on us!" I called to them as I knew this is gonna get ugly. We all kept firing at it but the dragon had then breathed fire in my direction but I didn't run. I hunkered down and the flames had struck me.
The Villagers that were a safe distance away saw the green armoured knight get engulfed in flames as the dragon had breathed it's fiery breath in his direction, thinking that it was then end for him that he died protecting them from the beast. But when the flames had gone away he was still standing there as if it were nothing. His armour was completely unaffected and was smoking, and still had its natural colour.
"IT'LL TAKE A LOT MORE THAN THAT TO ROAST ME YOU OVER GROWN IGUANA!" The knight cried as he ran to join his comrades in battle.
The people were in awe that he was able to survive a blow that would most certainly kill someone, but he had just shrugged it off as if the attack didn't exists at all.
"Strike-2 this is 'Big Sky', we're approaching the AO now laying down fire". I looked up and saw a Skyranger that I had known nearly all my life in XCOM fire it's mounted machinegun into the beast. The dragon was trying to swat the Skyranger away as it was on the ground but it didn't work.
"Man am I glad to hear your voice Big Sky". I said with a smile. I then looked over and saw a Behemoth roll in and started unloading Plasma into the beast doing some damage to it. It had deployed several MECs as they came from the back of the transport and unloaded their Mini-guns into it.
"It's the 3rd Armoured MEC Brigade! HELL YEA!" I heard Rhino cheer as the MECs didn't stop firing their weapons into it and popped several Grenades as it was still on the ground, the weapons we had now were doing something but even they had trouble busting through that thing's armour. The dragon didn't know who to target, it targeted the Behemoth but it was pointless due to the endurance of the vehicle and tried the 3rd Armoured but was met with the same results as it attacked the JSDF vehicles and us.
"ALCATRAZ GO FOR THE EYES! HIT IT IN THE EYES!" I heard Itami yell over the channel and my HUD zoomed in on the beast's head and saw one of its eyes was taken out by and arrow and saw that Itami's team were firing at the head trying to get a shot to its only remaining eye. I now know what he was getting at.
"TEN-ROUR ITAMI! CHILONG, SHREDDER ROCKET! MACK, FOLLOW UP WITH A HIGH EXPLOSIVE!" I ordered the two heavies as they prepped their AT-4 RPGs. I then saw on one of the JSDF Vehicles that they had also prepped an RPG. "LIGHT THAT MOTHER FUCKER UP!" I called as Chilong's rocket and hit the Dragon causing shrapnel to dig into its body and then it was followed up by Mack's which did extra damage which left an opening for the last.
"CONFIRMED HIT ON TARGET!" Mack called as his and Chilong's shot hit their target.
But the third was going off course. "Ah shit it's gonna miss!" I said with frustration. Then I saw the craziest thing happen, Rory stood on top of the Humvee and threw her halberd into the ground next to the dragon as it made the ground quake. The resulting shockwave pushed the rocket back on course and struck the beast. When the dust cleared the dragon then started to fly off as it was left with its left arm dismembered and the other heavily damaged all the while being fired upon by Big Sky.
When the fighting had died down all was quiet.
"Holy, Shit". Chilong said as he lowered his M249 to his side.
"Too right mate to right". I replied as the action had come to a halt. I then got on the com to the reinforcements. "Hey Big Sky, I owe you and 3rd armoured a drink!" I chuckled as Mack had cheered along with the rest of the villagers.
"Give it to the boys of 3rd Armoured, I prefer to be sober in the cockpit. See ya at home base Strike-2". He chuckled back as he then flew off and the MEC troopers had boarded the Behemoth and headed back home.
However after the battle we had to count the casualties from the attack. And the numbers weren't pretty, we had made a grave site of those who died in the attack and made sure that we had given them a place to rest. When night fell, special flowers were beginning to form and started to release purple lights which just added to the scene.
The JSDF, the Villagers had mourned for those who had died, and children broke down in tears.
XCOM had this just as hard, even though we were strong enough to fight off Aliens a long time ago, we fought off a dragon and won today, but we couldn't save every single life we encounter, this was a harsh reality we had to live in. We were still human to the core after all. All of Strike-2 had shed tears when I glanced at each and every one of them.
However we can't mourn forever, the people of Coda Village had begun to pack what was left of their caravan and got ready to leave.
I overheard Itami speaking about the people who have no families who had died in the attack, which left some problems which had easy answers in my perspective. The Village elder had come up to Itami as I walked up as well to hear what he as to say.
"I hate to seem heartless but we have our hands full trying to find another place to live". He said gravely. "We cannot stretch ourselves any thinner adding someone else".
"You're leaving? Without them?" I asked with a sad expression.
"Thank you. You'll always have our utmost gratitude". He said in farewell.
"Stay safe out there". I smiled as he nodded then the people began to walk off hoping to find somewhere safe to live. We all waved goodbye as the villagers did the same as they walked off leaving us with the ones who have lost loved ones to the dragon, I looked back to the said people.
"Alright so what are we going to do with the rest of them?" Kurokawa asked Itami and me.
"Don't worry, leave it to us!" Itami said with a smile making a piece sign to the refugees.
"We're taking every single one of em with us, and consider that an order from me to you". I smiled. "Alright everyone mount up! Alnus Hill here we come!" I called out as everyone got ready to head home. I had gotten in the back with Rory, The Mage girl from the village and the Elvan girl who had recently woken up.
"Hey Mack! Grab a jacket from the duffel bag would ya mate?" I called to the heavy as he tossed me an XCOM jacket and I wrapped it around the Elvan girl so she was covered up. "Here this should help cover you up". I said to her. "Everything's gonna be ok. Ok?" I smiled as she smiled lightly and nodded.
Well there we have it people chapter three finally complete.
But let's be honest here, just because XCOM is with the JSDF doesn't mean things will get a whole lot easier. I wanted to show that even though Third Recon has Strike-2 with them, this shows that even XCOM's soldiers will struggle from time to time. However XCOM is known for adapting over time and will strike back 3X harder than before.
Next time we will be taking the refugees back to Alnus Hill and getting them settled in.
No I got no idea when the next one of these will be since it took me a while to get this up and it's 10 to 1 in the morning here in Australia. Now if you excuse me I'm going to bed.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter and let me know your thoughts and opinions in the review section. A bit of feedback can go a long way.
So until then, I'll see ya next time!
Cronus Prime Out!
