Fourth chapter of Survivors: Eradicate the Front. Thank you all for bearing with me so far. Thank you all those readers and people who have followed/favorited. I was supposed to update in June, but Vacation and just pure laziness struck… I'll try to update more frequently.

Chapter 4: San Diego hub

Location: Somewhere deep in the San Diego Hub; Time: 1426

"Hey sis, I'm picking up some signatures that seem really familiar." A short blond haired girl looks up at a taller girl. "I don't know. I'm picking up familiar signatures too…" An Idea pops up in both of their heads. "Hey sis, since our signatures are suppressed, let's go check them out~!" the blond shouts excitedly. The taller girl giggles a little and pats the shorter one on the head. "That's if they come into the main streets of this town, Alheid-san, if I remember your name correctly." They look behind them and see another taller girl with brown hair. She seems taller than the blond, but a bit shorter than the blue haired girl.

"Hurry, Alyona! We want to see these mysterious people!" the blond shouts excitedly at the taller girl. The taller girl nods. "I guess we shall go?"

"How much do you think Chiyoko is fighting people again?"

"Fufufu~ Who knows."

Location: International San Diego Airport; Weather: A bit windy; Time: 1432

"Cousin Leon?" "Little sis Phoebe?" Both say at the same time. The girl's eyes widen as she tackles him in a hug.

"It is you! Do you know how much I've missed you, brother Leo?" she asks as she cries into his shirt. Leon smiles a bit. "Probably 2-3 years now huh, Phoebe." he says while ruffling her hair. Tomlin clears his throat.

"Sorry to ruin your reunion, but who is this girl, Leon? I thought you were an only child." Tomlin asks. Leon nudges Phoebe to let go of him. As she loosens her grip on Leon, he took a deep breath and started talking.

"So after my parents died, my dad died probably 4 years after my mom cause of a heart failure in the hospital, I was brought to one of my aunt's houses. The thing was, my uncle was always overseas and my aunt traveled a lot, so I basically lived by myself in a huge house. I didn't quite fit in with those city kids, mainly because of age difference. I was like 16 and they were like 12 or 13 years of age. They didn't quite like me mainly because I would always walk around with my dad's M1 Garand, which already terrified the shit out of them."

"My uncle had a whole ton of 7.62mm rounds in the garage, because he loved hunting with them or shooting targets, so I decided to be setting up some targets in the backyard and shoot them. One morning while shooting I heard someone knocking on the door, and I got curious to see who it was. Might I remind you, no one is up really in the morning anyways. When I opened it I saw this girl, probably 4 years younger than me, standing in my doorway, which to me, it felt kind of awkward. I invited her in, which later she said that her family had abandoned her in the woods nearby, but she heard me shooting my garand, so she thought that someone lived nearby, which was me."

Phoebe nodded. "Yup! Afterwards, I lived with Leon all the way until he left for the military. I traveled with him here to California around 5 years ago, by then, he left to travel to northern California, and I stayed here in San Diego!"

Leon looks over at the girls. Only Harusame and Valeriya seem to be standing and talking. Yuudachi, Erwin, and Noel were playing tag and running around the small strip. Wait…. Noel is a quiet and silent type… Leon shrugs it off.

"So… Is it ok for us to enter the hub? We'll need a place to stay." he asks and beckons his girls to go over to him.

Phoebe stares at him for a second. "Oh! Right! Yeah, you guys can enter the hub! Welcome to San Diego guys!" she says.

"Admiral, can we get something to eat? I'm hungry, poi…" Yuudachi asks as they walk up to him. Harusame quickly covers Yuudachi's mouth, hissing in japanese, "Yuudachi! Read what's going on here!" Leon looks from Phoebe to Yuudachi to Phoebe again.

"Well, what do you guys take? I don't think you'll take .50 cal bullets as currency right? I don't quite have anything else…" Leon says

Phoebe looks up and stares at him. Then she realizes his question and smiles. "We're the first FEMA camp that has managed to become successful in liberating an infected town, so we take old federal currency."

Leon digs into his pocket and finds his wallet. Opening it, he counts about $390 inside. Looking up, he asks, "Umm… do you know anywhere cheap? I don't think I can afford too expensive items."

Phoebe smiles and nods. "Just follow me! I know everywhere in this city!"

"Thanks."

Twenty minutes later Downtown San Diego

"So the Midway is still here?" Leon asks as he looks out the cafe into the port. The Midway sat in the docks where it had been for the past 80 years. It glimmers in the afternoon sun, but he could tell that it is well maintenanced. Looking around the naval dock, he spots the San Diego fleet. Tomlin's eyes stare at one of the ships. Leon looks over his direction to see which ship he was looking at.

"The USS Sampson...I had a friend work on that ship. The captain to be exact. He let me tour the ship." Tomlin says silently, still staring at the ship. He lets out a deep sigh. "If only he was still alive that is…"

Leon looks out of the cafe and into the blue sea. He feels a tug on his sleeves. Looking over, he sees Noel looking up at him.

"Is...something wrong, Commander?" she asks quietly. Leon looks down at the grey haired girl. Placing his hand on her head, he replies, "No… It's been a long time since I have seen this harbor. Brings back some memories of the past." He smiles. Noel doesn't look too surprised.

"Are you sure commander? I can tell when you're lying, commander." she says while blankly staring at him. Leon nods and looks around the cafe.

"Say, phoebe, How does this place have electricity? I thought electricity was cut off at the beginning of the apocalypse." Leon asks, putting Phoebe out of her dazed look.

"Huh? Ohh… umm… Well, we got electricity back about two weeks ago when we took over some oil fields located 5 miles west of Los Angeles. It boosted our morale and kind of made the place feel like home again for a while." she says looking at the menu

"I want to try their calamari and chips…" Noel tugs on his shirt, her face slightly red. Leon nods and looks on the menu.

Calamari and chips… $3.00 it read.

"No worries, I'll pay for the food this time" Phoebe says smiling at them.

"Yuudachi wants to try the miso salmon, poi~!" Yuudachi shouts excitingly, earning a hush noise from a blushing Harusame. Leon laughs a bit.

"Thanks Phoebe." he smiles. Phoebe blushes and nods.

"It's alright, Leo" she giggles. Erwin tugs on his shirt.

"Say, commander, does it feel like we're being watched?" she asks.

"Now that I think of it, yeah it does…" he replies.

"Keep your guard up, Erwin. I'm counting on you…" The blond nods.

"Roger that commander" she says while looking around vigilantly, her blue eyes sparking with intrest.

"Not to suspiciously, Erwin…" Leon says, face palming.

"We've been sensed! What do we do?!"

"Just keep calm, Alheid. Just act natural. We could go undetected again."

"You sure?"

"positive"

Two girls sat on the opposite side of the café.

"I'd like to have an expresso please. And give this little one a hot chocolate please." the dark blue haired girl tells the waiter. The waiter nods and scribbles the order on his note pad.

"Ok. Your order will arrive in a few minutes, miss." the waiter says as he walks off.

"The commander looks kind of mean, don't you think?" Alhied asks. The dark blue haired girl nods in agreement.

"It seems so, Alhied-chan, but we don't know yet." she says.

"The weather seems pretty nice today. I like it. It kinda reminds me of being in Champagne in France back in 1944." Alhied says. The dark blue haired girl giggles a bit.

"Does it? To me it kind of feels like I'm back in the docks of Port Arthur back in 1942." she says and sighs.

"This does bring back good memories doesn't it?" Alhied asks. The girl nods.

"Yup. It's been a while since we've talked like this, Alhied-chan. I'm glad." she smiles.

Alhied blushes a bit, her pulling her blonde hair away from her eyes a bit.

"Please don't word it like that… You make sound like I'm your g-girlfriend…" Alhied says quietly.

"Ehehe~ you're cute when you blush, Alhied-chan" the dark blue haired

"S-shut up!" Alhied says softly, blushing even harder.

The sound of glass being placed on the table interrupts their conversation.

"Your drinks, miss." the waiter says and smiles a bit. The girl looks up at him and smiles.

"Thank you sir." she says. The waiter bows down and leaves.

"Ehehe~ this is fun~" she says and looks over at Alhied.

Alhied sighs. "I'm sure it is."

"Here's your food sir and madam." the waiter says as he puts the food down on the table.

"Woah! The food looks good!" Yuudachi exclaims. Harusame nods in agreement staring at the fish tacos in front of her.

"IDAKIMASU!" they shout in unison as they dig into the food. Leon looks over at Tomlin. He is still looking over into the harbor with the thousand yard stare. The only noticeable difference was that he had a cup of Iced black tea in his hand. Valeriya seems excited about the food in front of her, but she shows little expression about enjoying it.

"Just put this on my tab like the usual." Phoebe says waving the waiter off. Leon looks around the area. Noel and Erwin were sharing the plate of Calamari and fries. Erwin smiles and says something in German to Noel and Noel blushes suddenly and tries to softly punch Erwin in embarrassment.

Looking around, he notices that everyone is carrying a gun. Many only have pistols as he noted, but one person in particular had something different from the rest of the people in the group which he found odd. A dark blue haired girl, he noticed, who has an M1014 shotgun slung onto her shoulders. She seemed to notice that he was staring at her, so she quickly turned back to the girl sitting in front of her. Leon looks at the girl sitting in front of the blue haired girl. She looked like Noel, but had Erwin's looks and expression.

Leon feels a tug on his shirt. He looks over and sees Erwin tugging on his shirt.

"Commander, you should finish your coffee before it gets cold… It's not a good thing if you waste things like food." she scolds, pouting a bit.

Leon laughs. "Alright… I get what you mean." he says as he starts gulping down the coffee.

"So are we all done here?" Leon asks the girls. They all nod.

"Let's go. It's been another day." he says. The rest of the small unit get up and walk towards the entrance of the cafe.

"Thank you, come again!" The hostess says as they leave.

"Say, Erwin, what time is it?" Leon asks as he looks over at her.

"Umm… It's around 1532 hours, commander. What's wrong?" she asks looking at her commander funnily.

"Ahh… It's noth-" Leon replies, but suddenly alarms start blaring. Phoebe has the look of panic and then the road is filled with people running towards them.

"PHOEBE! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!" he yells over at her. The intercom comes on and starts repeating the same speech over and over

"There's an infected breach near the western wall…. No need to panic…"

Phoebe looks in true horror. "That's really close to us… Leon, we need to get out of here."

Leon grits his teeth. "We're not going anywhere…" he says looking back at her and smiles. "Retreat is the last thing on my mind right now."

Phoebe opens her mouth to retort. In a flash, she sees all four of Leon's girls standing before her with their gear out. The two destroyers have M4s that Leon gave them on the helicopter and Noel had somehow cloned herself four times. Erwin smiles, her electric blue eyes sparks with excitement.

Leon nods. "Phoebe, you should find shelter somewhere. We'll take care of them." he says.

Leon looks over at Tomlin. "Go, take her. I'll take care of the infected." Tomlin looks at Leon, giving him a thumbs up. He walks over to Phoebe. "Time to go." he says.

Phoebe looks up at him and nods.

"Just be safe… I lost too many friends already…Please come back safely..." she says. Leon nods his head.

"Then… Farewell for now, Leon…" She says as tears start streaming down her cheek as she starts to run towards the safe zones with Tomlin at her side.

"LEON, KEEP VALERIYA SAFE!" Tomlin shouts. Leon sighs.

"I WILL, DOUCHEBAG" he shouts back.

"Commander…" one of the clones of Noel tug on his shirt. Leon nods.

"UNIT! MOBILIZE!" he shouts. The unit raise their weapons, shouting "Yes commander/admiral"

"How many are there?" Leon asks Noel as they approach the area. The sounds of growling could be heard now more distinctively.

"Around 50 of them…" she replies.

Leon nods.

"Yuudachi, Harusame, splash HE on them, try to minimise their numbers. Remember, we can't fight all of them without risking someone dying." he says.

Both destroyers salute him.

"Roger that, commander." They say, transforming their gadgets into a 12.7mm naval gun.

"Reloading, five seconds!"

"Roger that, team open fire" Leon shouts, tossing a frag towards a large group of infected. The loud explosion causes a lot of the other nearby infected to look their way. Leon grabs his M4 and starts spraying 5.56mm bullets into the crowd.

"First volley ready, poi~!" Yuudachi announces excitedly. Leon looks over.

"SHOOT THE CLOSEST SON OF A BITCH! WE CAN'T AFFORD ANY CASUALTIES!" he shouts.

"Roger, Admiral!" both destroyers shout, letting loose a hellstorm of 5 inch High explosive shells. The shells tear through large groups of infected, arms and limbs flying everywhere.

"BEHIND YOU, COMMANDER!" Yuudachi shouts. Leon turns around to see a gaping maw about to bite down on his arm, the iron grip on his shoulders tightening to an unbreakable grasp. The sound of a knife entering it's skull could be suddenly heard.

"Отвали сучку…" Valeriya says, her golden eyes glowing a hue of red as she takes the butterfly knife out of it's head. She then runs off, Leon assuming that she would be stabbing infected around the vicinity.

"Our position is being overrun, commander! What do we do?" Erwin radios in, the sounds of dying soldiers could be heard in the distance.

Leon opens his mouth to speak when suddenly he hears an unfamiliar voice.

"Hey, Oberfähnrich, you requested for help?" the voice says. Leon turns around to see who it is.

Four girls stand before him, three pretty short ones, and one standing around Harusame's height. The short girl who spoke to him catches his attention. Four machine guns seem to be coming out of her back, like wings of a dragonfly. She smiles.

"Chiyoko, you love fighting right? Let's go! Support them!" the mysterious girl shouts at a slightly shorter girl with silver hair. The silver haired girl nods with excitement. She takes the hilt of something hidden and pulls out a Katana from a case she carried on her shoulder.

"It's been a while since I used this" Chiyoko smiles swinging the sword around a bit.

"Brief introduction time! My name is Chiyoko! I'm the Type 3 Chi-nu tank girl, nice to meet you, commander!" she says smiling.

"My name is Alheid! Panzerkampfwagen IV "Wirbelwind"! Nice to meet you!" The short blond says, saluting him.

"My name is Alyona, KV-2 heavy tank, nice to meet you commander…" she says quietly and bows down. "I see you have my friend Valeriya… I'm glad." she smiles.

Leon turns around to face the last girl. She looks at him and smiles. Suddenly Yuudachi and Harusame jump at her smiling and crying, which seemed to be a bit odd to him.

"Who is this?" he asked his face filled with a puzzled expression. Then he blinks, noticing that she was the girl from earlier in the cafe.

"Hey, new Admiral! My name is Suzukaze, 10th ship of the Shiratsuyu class destroyers! Nice to meet you!" she says as she hugs her sisters. "Yuudachi- onee, Harusame-onee… I never thought I'll get to see you again… I'm glad!"

"Commander! The right flank is falling, the troops stationed here are retreating! If you have any help, We'll need it right now!" one of the Noels shout.

"Chiyoko, Alyona, go support the western flank. Alheid, stay with me. Suzukaze, go help Yuudachi and Harusame take down the stragglers in the left flank. We're getting the job done." Leon shouts while reloading his M4.

"Roger that, commander/ admiral" the new girls shout, running to their assigned positions. He takes his M4 and presses the trigger. The dreaded click sound is heard.

"Of all times you jam, why now?" Leon curses, dropping his M4. Alheid smiles walking over to him.

"Don't worry commander! I got you covered." she says showing a toothy grin. She looks at the large crowd of infected running towards them.

"SUPPRESSIVE FIRE!" she shouts. Leon looks over and sees all four MG 3s opening up into the crowd of infected. The shrieks and groans are suddenly cut off, and all that could be heard around Leon was the sound of machine gun fire and his ears ringing. After what seemed like forever, Alheid silences her guns.

"Reloading!" she says, quite excited. Leon looks over at the carnage. Thirty bodies lay on the ground most of them are unrecognisable as humanoid shapes just by the amount of bullet wounds they had in their body.

"I don't think there's any need to reload now that we have secured this area." Leon sighs. "Also, the recoil on MG 3s are really powerful and the gun jams really easily… How do you manage to

stand?"

Alheid giggles. "Two answers, commander, Number one, my developers told me that they modified these machine guns so they don't give off a lot of recoil and they don't jam often. And number two, I'm a tank girl, so I don't have to worry so much~!"

Leon sighs. Suddenly an explosion could be heard nearby.

"Left flank secured, commander…" Noel's voice comes in through the radio. "By the way, commander who are these two who came to help… I feel like I know them…"

"Right flank secured commander." Erwin radios in. "Enemies eliminated

Leon smiles. "Victory is ours." he radios to the unit. "Everyone meet back, we'll tell the border guards that we eliminated the threat." he says and sits down on the ground.

He looked up at Alheid.

"You said you were a tank girl right?" he asks Alheid. She nods in reply. "Then who activated you?" he asks, puzzled.

Her smile wavered for a moment as if she tried to remember his face.

"I never actually met him, sadly." she replies. "But does a certain Commander Kazuma Nakamura remind you of someone?"

A/N: Tries to update faster... fails… I'm still trying. Thank you for reading.

-Lenju II