Stand the Heroes Waiting for Your Cries.

Titan started giving his team their orders. "Scorch, go and place all of the charges and claymores you have up on the hill that's in front of us. Hunter, get yourself into a good sniping position, stay there and don't fire until I tell you. Warn me when they get close. Spartan, try to see if the Magnis hasn't been discovered… wait, give me your transponder."

Nylen undid his suit part way, reached in and gave him the transponder. He was still feeling slightly overwhelmed with how many troops they were about to go up against. How could his captain possibly hope to beat them all? They had all of the troops that survived from the original group, the prisoners and the commander. That was about 30 troops. 30 vs. thousands weren't exactly good odds.

"Sir, if you don't mind me asking why do you need mine?" Nylen asked

"Even though they are jamming our radios they just might have over looked our transponders. Especially if all of ours were damaged except for yours." Titan explained.

"What?!" Nylen said unable to keep the surprise out of his voice. "But all of our transponders are inside our suits."

"Yes, thank God for small favors" Titan said with a slight smile. Nylen looked down and saw the bullet hole in his chest. He looked back down at the transponder as it blinked blue

"Good it's still working." Titan said "I just hope our ship is still there."

He stood there waiting for the green light to turn on. minutes past before the light turned on.

"We just might make it out of this" Titan said looking up at Nylen.

As quick as he could he sent a message text saying:

Relay message back to base. Prisoners rescued, need pick up. Send for reinforcements. The war just came to us.

After he was finished he waited for the reply. The reply came back a few seconds later saying:

Help is on the way. Hold them off as long as you can. We will be there shortly. The rest of the reinforcements will be here soon.

"Alright, all we have to do is hold them off. That shouldn't be too hard." Titan said with a hint of sarcasm on the last part.

At that moment Scorch called him on his radio. "Sir, can you hear me?"

Titan exchanged a surprised look with Nylen before he answered "Scorch how is it that you're using the radio?"

He replied "Well first you push down on the black button and…"

"Scorch I'm serious" Titan said with a little annoyance in his voice.

"The commander of the PAC would like to talk with you so they turned the jamming field off." Scorch said "He told me to warn you that you shouldn't try to send a signal to the EU while you're talking to him. he is monitoring the channels."

"Put him through." After a pause he heard the switch being made. Then spoke into the radio with command in his voice. "This is Captain Steffen of Delta Force. To whom am I speaking to?"

The voice on the other end answered in an equally commanding voice "It does not matter who I am. The only thing that matters is that I am giving you a choice, surrender or you will die. This is not negotiable."

"I was about to say the exact same thing" said Titan walking toward Scorch's position to get a view at the army. Nylen fallowed him.

"I think you will find that I have the advantage" said the PAC commander.

Titan reached the top of the hill and looked down at the thousands of troops, jeeps and tanks. "Hmm… this is true." He said

"You and your team have caused me more grief in this war then anyone else could normally have. No matter what I will win this war and I will get your suits, if not from you then from one of the other squads. Although they won't be as powerful, but beggars can't be choosers." The PAC commander said adding an obvious emphasis on the word normally

"I thought that was you Hitler." Titan said with calmness in his voice.

"Believe me when I say that I am the real one and that I will destroy you. Your army is occupied by a few carefully planed battles that will require all of their troops. No one is coming to help you" Hitler said in a menacing voice that sent shivers down everyone's spine. Almost everyone's.

"Oh please" Titan said smiling slightly "who talks like that?"

"What is your choice surrender or execution?" Hitler asked in a mocking polite voice.

"You mean like how you gave Ben's father that choice and then executed him?" asked Titan in his dangerous voice. "No thanks, we will fight and you will either die on this day or you will be a cowered and run. This discussion is over. " He turned off the radio but not before he heard Hitler saying "so be it"

"This is going to be interesting" Nylen said as they walked back down to Titans' makeshift bunker.

"Alright let's see what we have to work with here." Titan said examining the supplies they had "we have a few ammo hubs, some grenades, some portable turrets, and about 20 support guns, assault rifles and rocket launchers. Spartan, pass them around. "

After the guns and ammo were passed around, with some extras left Michelle bent down and picked up two pistols and some ammo for both of them. Nylen looked at her and was about to say something when she noticed him staring and said "what did you think I was going to do, stand on the side lines and watch?"

"Actually I was going to suggest that you should check to see if there is any spare armor in that transport." He said grinning at her. She couldn't help but grin back despite what they were about to do.

After everyone was ready, they were waiting for the coming onslaught of PAC troops. Just then, they all heard 2 bangs coming from behind them. They all turned and saw the Magnis and 2 other EU Titans slowly moving toward them. Just then the radio clicked on and 2 friendly, familiar voices were talking to them.

"This is Captain Dixon of Beta Force" said one voice

"This is Captain Washington of Alpha Force." said another voice "you didn't think that we would miss this party did you Steffen?"

Titan responded by saying "I was hoping you would make it in time. I thought that we would have to fight this war alone."

"I'm sure you would have." said Dixon

"If you don't mind could you send a transport to pick up the Supreme Commander and his daughter?" Titan asked

"Sure thing" Washington responded

"Sir once you're up there you should probably take command." Titan said turning to Eisenhower "we're going to need all the help we can get."

Eisenhower looked at him and said "good luck" then he turned to leave but Michelle wasn't following him. He was about to say something when she said "dad, I have to do this. I have to fight. I'm not exactly a little girl that doesn't know about war."

He was about to tell her 'no' when the order died in his mouth. His mind went blank for awhile but then he smiled. He looked at his one and only daughter, who was fully prepared to go to war and said "you are more like your mother then you realize."

He looked at Delta Force and was about to ask them to protect her but they knew what he was going to say.

Nylen said what the rest of his team was going to say "we will protect her"

Eisenhower nodded, took one last look at Michelle and walked toward the transport that would take him to one of the Titans.

The air was suddenly filled with transports and attack choppers flying out of the Titans toward the PAC army. Thousands of EU troops, Tanks, jeeps and their new battle walkers charged down into the battlefield. Standing side-by-side Delta, Beta, and Alpha Force stared down at the clash of the 2 armies. Guns were blazing, grenades exploding, men yelling, and machines tearing each other apart from the air and the ground. Artillery strikes, and EMP blasts, coming from both sides, rained down on the battlefield.

"If Hitler wants a war" Titan said loading his gun and activating his suit which hummed with energy "we'll give him a war" All together they charged down the hill to join their brothers in arms.

The battle was on.