Chapter 14: Battle of the Mississippi-Part 2
Annabeth POV
After Percy left, Annabeth ran over to the person who was stuck to the ground.
"Don't worry I'm here to help!"
Annabeth said quickly,
"I know Annabeth, it's Thalia."
Thalia's voice was filled with pain as Annabeth slowly pulled the spear out of the heavily armored girl's foot. Thalia yelped with pain as the lead shaped blade sliced its way out of her foot as Annabeth pulled it out. Annabeth then looked Thalia in the eye, and seemed to just now realize who she was as she enveloped her in a hug. Thalia felt a massive surge of pain in her right side and said,
"Annabeth... Let go... Crushing me."
Annabeth immediately let go and said,
"Sorry Thalia, I was so worried about you after we heard the Hunters were wiped out."
"Yeah, Percy must have shown mercy because I woke up in a strange castle."
Annabeth's eyes lit up,
"Do you think we could use this to bring him back?"
Thalia looked into Annabeth's eyes, which were swirling with emotion, and said,
"Annabeth, I don't know. I doubt it, since the last person he saved was me and I "betrayed" him."
Annabeth just nodded and wiped the tears away that were beginning to fall. Annabeth could still here the sounds of battle just outside the camp when Thalia pulled out a communicator and said,
"Captain pull everybody back, we need to regroup at CBH."
A voice in the other end said,
"Yes ma'am. I will see it done."
"Thank you captain."
Annabeth saw despair enter the eyes of her lifelong friend and embraced her and said,
"Come on Thalia, we gotta get to your transports."
Angmar POV
Angmar's forces had finally began evening out the battle when five Void black transports appeared on the horizon and Omega's troops began falling back to what Angmar assumed was their LZ. Angmar called his NG Captain over comms,
"Captain, have your men mount up rally around me. We're going to smash through to the enemy LZ."
"Yes sir."
Angmar then turned to the Arbiter,
"Arbiter your warriors have fought hard, disengage and return to camp for some well-deserved rest."
"Yes leader, what will you do?"
"I'm going to ruin our enemy's day."
Angmar answered with a cruel smile. The Arbiter nodded and began to have his troops move back to the camp as the National Guardsmen arrived in their armored vehicles. The NG Captain dismounted from the lead Bradley and said,
"Sir the company is ready to go; how will you follow us?"
"I'm going join you in the lead vehicle. If you will allow me?"
Angmar needn't ask permission as his word was law but the Captain said,
"Sir you would honor the men to ride with them."
Angmar nodded and followed the Captain to his vehicle. Angmar glanced up to the side of the Bradley and saw an inscription saying 'Angmar's Fist'. Angmar smiled at the fitting name and entered the vehicle through its rear tail gate.
PVT Fürst POV
As the tail gate closed and the red lights in the cabin turned on, Private Fürst felt the gaze of Angmar fall on each of the men within the Bradley. Fürst, like the rest of his comrades, was staring straight ahead, psyching himself up for the coming engagement. Fürst had his helmet and body armor secured over his OCP uniform. Fürst stole a glance at Prince Angmar and saw the son of Order gazing over each soldier, mentally ensuring they stayed enslaved. Fürst had fought tooth and nail to escape Angmar's grasp and return to his family. Angmar then spoke up,
"Captain, I'm giving you command of this mission. Don't fuck it up, as I'm still your Prince."
"Yes sir."
After the exchange, Fürst grabbed his M4, loaded a mag, and secured his extra ammo in his FLC then waited for the Bradley to arrive at the drop point. The Captain said into the company comms,
"Alright listen up, we are one mike from the objective. Our mission to turn the retreat of our enemy from an organized action into chaos. Once we disgorge from the vehicles, 1st and 2nd platoon will form a perimeter while 3rd and 4th push forward with my command team to neutralize Omega's retreating forces. Our Bradleys and Strikers will provide fire support."
The Captain turned to Angmar and asked,
"My lord where will you go?"
"I will place myself within the primary assault team within 3rd platoon."
"Roger that my lord. Alright boys here we go."
Just as the Captain finished speaking, the tail gate dropped and Fürst and the rest of the troops inside the Bradley sprinted out and preformed area security until the whole company was dismounted. Once the platoons were deployed fully, Fürst and the rest of 3rd and 4th platoons pushed forwards to assault the falling back enemy. Fürst had his rifle pressed against his shoulder, keeping his barrel pointed wherever he looked. After a 15-minute patrol, 3rd platoon made contact with Omega's rearguard. Fürst saw Angmar dash ahead of the platoon and began slashing through the enemy with his massive great sword. Fürst felt bad for the people he had been forced to fight, and again tried to fight the hold Angmar had on his mind. Fürst was full of regret as he felt his body squeeze off shots at the retreating Chaotic soldiers. Fürst saw several of the enemy fall under the hail of gunfire that was being directed at them. The enemy reformed their line and charged at Fürst and the rest of Angmar's assault force. Fürst briefly saw Angmar summon a dark ball of energy before the young soldier was knocked down by a Chaotic soldier. Just before he lost consciousness, Fürst heard a Chaotic soldier,
"Grab him! We need prisoners!"
Then Fürst's vision collapsed to black.
Annabeth POV
Annabeth and the rest of Thalia's main army had been marching back to camp having lost the battle when Annabeth heard the sound of combat erupt a few miles behind them. Annabeth quickly changed direction, and began running towards the sound of battle. Once she arrived she saw Army vehicles and soldiers firing at Thalia's soldiers as they tried to protect the rest of the army. Annabeth didn't see the rest of Angmar's army, so she suspected he only wanted to cause Thalia's army to retreat in chaos. Annabeth saw a group of Thaila's soldiers dragging an unconscious Army soldier. Annabeth immediately ran up to them and said,
"What are you soldiers doing with this man?"
"Ma'am, we incapacitated him and were planning to take him prisoner so we could discover more about our enemy."
"Alright soldier, I'll take him from here, go help your comrades."
The two Chaos soldiers nodded, put the soldier down and ran back to their formation. Annabeth used some of her telekinetic powers to cause the soldier's limp body to levitate a few feet off the ground and she began to lead the soldier back to Thalia's main force.
Angmar POV
Angmar had just finished dispatching a group Omega's soldiers with his sword when he sensed Annabeth's presence. Angmar's head snapped up and saw here levitating one of his soldiers back to Omega's main body of soldiers. Angmar thought nothing of it, raised his left arm and in one swift stroke snapped the necks of an entire platoon of Omega's soldiers. Seeing the sudden loss of their comrades, many of Omega's soldiers began retreating back towards the main army. Angmar sensed victory and decided to just wipeout the rest of the enemy troops near him. With this new plan Angmar focused on individual units and began ending each soldiers' life in various bloody ways. Some soldiers suffered from their hearts exploding, others felt themselves being ripped apart by an unseen force. After several minutes of this savagery, the entire Chaotic rearguard lay slain upon the battlefield. Angmar simply gazed upon the wreckage he'd created and smiled cruelly.
A/N: There you go, chapter 14. Hope you guys enjoy it, I want some reviews on this one since they give me more motivation to write. Anyway, I thank you guys for being so faithful to my story. I'll see when next I write.