Hey, it's me! This battle is just getting started! Plus, several more character deaths, which you may not like.
Chapter 70
BOOM! The sound of a gigantic explosion reached Gohan's ears as he raced down a street with Harry, General Mark, and the other American soldiers right behind him.
"Looks like it's a one front battle again!" Gohan roared, getting cheers in response.
"Good luck, Hermione. Stay alive." Harry said softly.
"Don't worry, Harry! She'll be fine! She's gotten out of worse than this before! We all have!" Gohan yelled next to Harry as he ran with him.
BOOM! Rubble flew past Gohan's face, causing him to immediately cover his face, seeing a blue flash through his hands. He could hear the screams of the men that had been ht by the blast, those who had survived, that is. The narrow streets were a huge disadvantage to those who were running through them. The tanks blasts from the beach were flying over the small buildings and landing in the retreating lines, causing small explosions, those blasts that weren't landing on cars. The narrow streets had caused the large army retreat to splinter down several streets, leaving Gohan with General Mark, Harry, and several squads racing down 8th Street. Gohan got saw a line of armored cars lined up in the street, where several squads were crouched up behind it, shooting from between the cars. Gohan and the squads with him leaped and slid across the cars to join the soldiers on the other side, who were a mixture of wizards and muggles. Behind them was a tanks that had smoke pouring out if it
"Sir!" One of the men saluted in front of General Mark, before ducking just in time to avoid a Killing Curse that whizzed over his head.
"What's the situation, Captain?" General Mark yelled.
"We're holding steady, sir!" the Captain yelled back as spells continued to shoot over their heads, the soldiers responding with gunfire.
"This is Alpha Metal Zero One! Where the hell is our air support? We're getting massacred out here!" Lieutenant Johnson roared into a device that was holding.
"Roger, Alpha Metal Zero One. All air support is currently engaged, we'll send support to you as soon as possible." A male voice said over the device, before it cut off.
"Damn it! Without our reinforcements, we're screwed!" Johnson cursed as he fired another spell, quickly followed by a barrage of gunfire. Then, to everyone's surprise, spells stopped shooting over their head. Harry looked through the car line to see the line of Death Eaters retreat back slowly.
"They're retreating!" Harry said with surprise as he looked at Gohan, getting cheers from the Americans.
"That doesn't make any sense…" Gohan frowned. Then, a rumbling noise made his eyes widen, and he whirled to se the Death Eaters part, revealing a large tank rolling straight towards them.
"Aw… shit!" A private cursed as Gohan's hand glowed.
"Burn in hell!" Gohan roared as he fired a purple ki blast straight at the tank.
BOOOOMMM! A wave of smoke flew past the tank line, temporarily blinding the defenders.
"And that's the way it's done!" Gohan smirked as the glow around his hand faded. Then, his eyes widened as the smoke faded, revealing a blue shimmering shield around the tank!
"No way!" Gohan gaped as the blue shield faded from the tank, getting cheers from the Death Eaters!
"I probably should have warned you about that!" Gohan turned to see his daughter next to him.
"About what?" Gohan glared at Pan.
"Ummmm… the tank's shields absorb ki blasts into energy that they use to power their shields and their weapons?" Pan laughed in a way similar to Goku. Harry let out a loud groan, and the soldiers let out curses that I shouldn't repeat.
"YOU TELL US NOW?" Gohan glared at his daughter with rage. Then, he cursed as he turned to see the tank's gun glow blue.
"Great, and I just put enough power into that blast to vaporize this city!" Then, Gohan's eyes widened.
"Of course!" Gohan smirked as his hand glowed.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Pan gaped as Gohan pointed his hand at the tank. Then, they both fired at the same time! Gohan's blast collided with the tank's blast, for a second, they clashed against each other. Then, they exploded, creating a large wall of smoke. Then, Gohan's blast rushed out of the smoke and smashed into the tank, causing the blue shield to appear around the tank.
"Dad?" Pan blinked, but Gohan didn't answer as he continued to blast the tank, the blast growing slightly larger.
"The hell is he doing?" Captain Walker whispered to Private Martin, who shook his head. Truth be told, this was still all still sinking in. After all, none of this was ever taught at the academy.
"Hah! Never learned about this stuff at the Academy, huh?" Lieutenant Johnson laughed as they watched Gohan continue to fire his blast. Martin shook his head.
"Well, it's true what they say, experience is the best teacher!" the older man laughed.
Inside the Tank…
Two elites, one in red armor, and the other in yellow stood behind a Death Eater who was sitting in front of a blue computer. This Death Eater looked more like a mechanic than one of Voldemort's Death Eaters, who was a middle aged man with graying hair, who worked silently.
"The saiyan fool does not understand his inferiority!" the red Elite laughed in his own language, getting laughter from the yellow elite. Then, the mechanic's eyes widened as the screen flashed and warning sirens blared.
"What is happening?" the silver elite barked at the mechanic, who looked shocked
"There is a power overload! We are absorbing more power than our storage units can contain! They're going to rupture!" the mechanic looked shocked and terrified as blue sparks danced across the control panel.
"Close the circuit!" the yellow Elite roared.
"I can't! There's too much power already!" The mechanic screamed with shock as small fires erupted across the consule. Then…
BOOOOOM! The tank completely blew up, sending flying debris everywhere, sending the Death Eaters scattering, that is, those that hadn't been hit by the derbis or consumed by the explosion. The American cheereds as they fired their weapons, cutting down at least five of the Death Eaters, and sending the rest of the Death Eaters running back the street.
"Yeah! Run, you English bitches!" Johnson laughed as the remaining Death Eaters retreated.
"Heh…" Gohan smirked as Harry clapped him on the back.
"That was smart, buddy!" Harry grinned.
"I guess all those books were good for something. There is such a thing as absorbing too much power, after all." Gohan smirked.
"Nice one, dad! Now, let's get to Times Square!" Pan took off down the street. Looking at each other, the men nervously followed her.
"Commander… is that really your daughter?" General Mark asked Gohan as they followed the young demi-saiyan.
"Ummmm… yes." Gohan laughed nervously. Mark frowned as he looked from Pan, to Gohan, and back again.
"Just how old are you, son?" Mark frowned.
"It's a long story." Gohan chuckled nervously. Harry gasped as pain flashed over his skull. He could faintly hear the sound of the air battle above him, of the American jets and broom riders against the Empire's ships and broom riders, the battle looking even so far. So far, the starships hadn't moved in yet, which was slightly odd. But currently, all Harry could feel was a burning sensation on his head. He shook his head, wiping the feeling from his head. He couldn't let Voldemort take over his mind now. A spell shot over his head, snapping him out of his daze. He whirled to see a large squad of Death Eaters rush from around a building, accompanied by a group of Elites and three tanks.
"Looks like they brought friends! Come on, Harry! Times Square is just three blocks away! Protego!" Gohan yelled as he pointed his wand behind Harry, defelcting the blasts heading towards them as they sprinted around the edge of the block. They could hear the sound of the armored cars exploding as they continued running.
"Man, this ain't lookin good." Gohan frowned as they continued running and turned down the next street.
Elsewhere…
Unnoticed by the American defenders, a single transport ship flew over the deserted streets near the Empire State Building.
"The humans are occupied with our main forces, so you should have little if none resistance to find the final sacred orb. It is only a matter of time until the traitor Tyranus is captured, and the other sacred orbs are recovered. If anyone interferes, destroy them These orders came from Lady Morgana herself." Tartarus said as he stood behind the two pilots in front of the control panel.
"I understand. What if Lord Tyranus is here?" the Arbiter asked from his spot in the dropship.
"Heh… even if he is here, he will be too occupied with the Witch and her father to focus on you." Tartarus chuckled.
"That saiyan… there is something different about him. He has much more power than the witch." The Arbiter muttered. Then, the ship stopped in front of the Empire State Building, and the Arbiter landed on the ground.
"Find the Sacred Orb! I'll pick you up when you're finished!" The Arbiter heard as the dropship turned and headed towards the battle. The Arbiter looked around. Seeing it was deserted, he pulled out the Dragon Radar, and clicked the button. A beeping sound immediately followed, and the screen showed a small dot heading east from the Arbiter's position. The Arbiter then turned in that direction and headed east down the street.
Meanwhile…
"Hmph. Still good as ever, Morgana." Tyranus chuckled as he watched the battle between Morgana and Hermione. It hadn't taken long for him to feel Morgana's power, especially with her so pissed. Plus, the explosion had helped too, which had interrupted him from killing American and British forces. Needless to say, he was quite impressed with Morgana and Hermione's skills. He has also stolen the sniper rifle from a dead American and taken off to Morgana's ki, and had promptly arrived on the scene five minutes ago. He had noticed the bounty hunter as well, on a building opposite to where he was currently hiding. Due to his armor having some of the same abilities of the Elites, he was currently invisible. And, his armor also could locate and read transmission signals, which allowed him to hear the battle strategies, and the conversation between Tartarus and Arbiter's conversation. Currently, he was training the sniper rifle on Morgana's head, just like he sure that Carsecs was doing with Granger.
"He heh… that's right, Arbiter, lead me right to the prize!" Tyranus chuckled as he lowered his sniper rifle and stood up from the building he was on, and patted his upper left pocket, where the 6 other dragonballs had been safely tucked down in a capsule. Besides intercepting signals, his armor could also block them, which is why the Arbiter couldn't use the Dragon Radar to find the Dragonballs. Since he was still invisible, the bounty hunter didn't see him from that distance. He gritted his teeth beneath his mask. But , there was still thing on his mind. What should he do? Kill Morgana, or go after the Arbiter? At that moment, he felt several very familiar power levels.
"Perfect timing…" he grinned as he aimed.
To Our Two Duelists…
"Rah!" Morgana hissed as she deflected Hermione's Reductor curse, sending it flying into a nearby building, causing it to explode. But, a piece of the flying rubble struck Morgana in the shoulder, causing her to gasp and stumble backwards. Hermione immediately followed up with a Stupify spell, which Morgana barely blocked, causing her to slide backwards several feet. She immediately raised her hands and fired black lightning at Hermione, who raised her wand and blocked it once more, sending it back at Morgana. Her eyes widened an instant before the lightning smashed into her, sending her tumbling across the ground, sending her wand clattering from her hand, far beyond her reach. Morgana panted as she weakly sat up, looking at Hermione, who slowly walked up to her and pointed her wand at her.
"It's over, Morgana." Hermione said. Morgana smiled.
"Well done, mudblood, well done indeed. No one's done that to me for a very long time. I could use someone like you in the Empire, especially since the death of Lieutenant Teela." Morgana smiled.
"Are you offering me a job?" Hermione asked with surprise as she kept her wand trained on Morgana.
"Believe it or not, I am. You have more talent and know more spells than most of my soldiers, even some of my captains. If you join, I'll give you a top position. Captain of a capital ship. How does that sound, Captain Granger? And with a year or two, you could become an admiral!" Morgana smiled nervously as sweat rolled down her forehead.
"Oh really? Because Pan told me all about you. How you were her friend, and tried to make her own brother kill her. And I know about your childhood. I am truly sorry about your mother and everything you've been through. You never had a chance. But, you helped do all this. Everything that happened here was through your own doing. Those ships, those war machines, those soldiers, Ron! That was all you! So… surrender. It's over." Hermione snarled. For a moment, the two witches stared at each other. Then…
CRACK!
The sound of a crack went through the air. Hermione frowned as an odd feeling started at her chest and went through her body. Morgana stared at her with a look of surprise and confusion. Hermione frowned and looked down to see a red stain on her chest, which went down to the bottom of her robes. Both a cold feeling and realization hit her as she looked back up at Morgana. For a second, both witched looked at each other again. Hermione opened her mouth, but nothing came out. Then, she fell backwards, landing flatly on her back, her wand rolling away from her hand. She made several short, ragged breaths as she stared up at the sky, a cold feeling creeping over her body.
"R… Ron…" Hermione said softly as her eyes fluttered shut. Then, she felt nothing at all. A minute afterwards, a pair of boots landed in front of Morgana. She looked up to see Carsecs looking at her with a sniper rifle in his hand, white smoke coming from the tip. She blinked in surprise as he extended his gloved hand to her.
"And down goes Granger…" Tyranus chuckled as he looked through his sniper's scope. He had felt her ki dissappear
"You? You killed Granger?" Morgana asked with surprise as Tyranus helped her up.
"Couldn't let her kill you or let you get captured. Otherwise, I don't get paid." Kario said. Morgana looked at Hermione's body and sighed.
"She was good. I regret the loss of such a talented witch… even if she was a muggle-born. Accio." Morgana sighed softly as her wand flew into her open hand.
"It's best to keep moving. We need to get you back to your soldiers before any Americans show up." Kario said as he cocked his sniper rifle. Morgana nodded. Then…
CRACK!
A second shot smashed into Morgana, right in her left ribcage, just below her breast. She gasped as she stumbled back, smashing into the building behind her. She clutched her wound and brought her hand up to see it covered in blood. She gasped as blood dripped from her mouth. Then, she slid down until she crashed onto the ground, her wand bouncing out of her hand, sliding next to Hermione's limp form. Carsecs whirled as he pulled out two pistols, one for each hand.
"I don't think so, Carsecs…" Tyranus chuckled as he stood up. Then, he saw a rocket heading straight for him! He leaped just in time to avoid the explosion, flipping through the air and landing in front of Kario, whose expression that he couldn't see beneath the mask, but he was sure was filled with anger and rage.
"Weasley." Kario said emotionlessly.
"Carsecs." Tyranus chuckled. He glanced at Hermione's body, and smiled under his mask.
"Nice work. She never saw it coming." Tyranus chuckled. Then, he glanced at Morgana's limp form.
"Tell me… did Riddle know that you were there?" He asked.
"No. But I don't leave my clients unprotected. Which is why you are going to die." Then, Carsecs brought his guns up and fired five straight shot in succession at Tyranus, who instantly brought his wand up, and deflected all five shots.
"Don't be stupid, Carsecs, you're only digging your own grave. Whatever Morgana paid you… I'll doub… no, triple it. I've got six dragonballs, and the Arbiter is doing my work for me with the 7th. Once we have all seven, we'll split the wishes. I'll wish for my full strength back, and you can have all the gold and money that you want for six lifetimes! We both win!" Tyranus laughed as he extended his hand.
"Sorry, but it's not about the money." Kario said as he pointed his gun at Tyranus's face.
"It's about honor, something that you lost long ago." Carsecs growled.
"Hmph. I'm sorry to hear that." Then, in the next instant, two flashes of steel lit the air, and the two warriors found themselves looking at each other, a pair of blades crossed in front of them.
"You will burn in hell!" Kario hissed. Tyranus laughed.
"Sure I will, but you'll burn first!" Tyranus laughed as he swung his blade again, which Kario blocked. Tyranus leaped above the bounty hunter's next swing and landed on top of the blade.
"Good show!" Tyranus laughed as he leaped off the blade and flipped through the air. Kario charged forward again and swung the blade at Tyranus. He caught the blade, and smiled.
"But, not good enough." He smiled as he gave a sharp jerk to the left, causing the blade to snap in two. Both pieces landed on the ground in a clatter as Kairo pulled his guns out and started firing at the saiyan, who leaped out of the way. He then reappeared in front of Kario and slammed his fist across Kario's helmet, sending the bounty hunter flying. Then ,Tyranus shot towards Kario as he landed on the ground.
BAM! When the dust cleared, Tyranus was surprised to see Kario holding him at bay.
"And now… time to die!" Kario smirked as he pulled out a grenade with his free hand and clicked it.
BOOM! Both warriors flew in opposite directions. Tyranus groaned as he sat up, alarm signs flashing in his systems. He saw Kario sitting up in front of him gone, his helmet gone, blood trickling from his mouth, and his armor slightly cracked. Then, he saw a glint next to him. He smiled.
"Hey Carsecs!" Kario turned just in time to see a flash of silver. Then, he felt nothing at all. Tyranus chuckled as Kario collapsed to the ground, a knife embedded in his left eye.
"You should have taken my deal, Carsecs. Oh well… more for me." Tyranus chuckled as he attached Karsecs's guns to his belt, and then picked up Hermione and Morgana's wands. He let out a small chuckled as he looked at the three bodies around him. He let out a small chuckle as he leaped back on top of the building and activated hir armor, seeing the small dot heading east.
"Heh… you're next, Arbiter." Tyranus chuckled as he took off.
Elsewhere…
"Harry, what's wrong?" Gohan yelled as he fired behind him. Harry gasped as he looked at his best friend, who was currently firing from an AK-47 next to him.
"I… I can't feel Hermione's ki!" Harry gasped. Gohan frowned at him.
"Relax, Harry, it's just the rush! She's fine!" Gohan grinned as a mixture of gunfire and spells shot over their heads.
"I don't know, mate!" Harry answered back as they leaped back over a series of car, which Gohan stopped at.
"Keep going! I'll cover you!" Gohan yelled as the men ran past him.
"What the hell are you doing, Commander?" General Mark yelled as Gohan grabbed the rear bumper.
"Let's see if these assholes can play catch!" Gohan grinned as he began spinning, causing the car to spin as well. Then, to everyone's shock, he hurled it at the advancing soldiers, causing screams as a red blossom of fire sprouted in front of them.
"Jesus Christ, Commander! That was a Mercedes!" Lieutenant Johnson gaped at Gohan.
"So?" Gohan frowned.
"Next time, use a Toyota!" another soldier added.
"Sheesh!" Gohan muttered as he followed the soldiers.
Elsewhere…
The ground rumbled softly as several tanks rolled down the street, followed by several dozen soldiers.
"This is easy! We will conquer all of America at this rate!" One soldier laughed.
"Hey, what's that up ahead?" one soldier frowned as the tanks stopped. Then, their eyes widened at the sight of the three bodies in front of them.
"Move out! You three, come with me! You two, check the others! Rest of you, set up a perimeter!" the Captain roared as he raced forward, with the squad behind him. They rushed up to where Morgana was limply lying against the wall. He immediately put his hand to her throat, checking for a pulse.
"Holy shit, it's Lady Morgana!" one of the soldiers whispered with shock.
"And isn't that Kario Carsecs, the bounty hunter?" another one whispered.
"I think he's dead!" another one whispered with surprise as they looked at his body.
"Stop, you fools!" a red armored elite roared as he leaped out of the first tank and rushed to where Morgana was.
"Medic! Get your ass over here! I think she's still alive!" the Captain yelled. Immediately, a dark robed man with red crosses on his shoulders knelt next to Morgana and held his hand to her neck.
"She's lost a lot of blood! If we don't move her now, she's dead! Get a transport here now!" The medic yelled. Then, a voice cracked over the communicator.
"This is Tartarus. We are on route to collect Lady Morgana. What about Carsecs?" Tartarus asked over the Communicator. The medic rushed over to Carsecs and looked over him.
"He's dead." The medic sighed. Then, he checked Hermione's body, and sighed.
"Whoever this girl is, she's dead as well. I'd say that she was killed with a weapon similar to the one that injured Lady Morgana. I'd need to be in autopsy to be sure." The medic frowned. Then, the dropship appeared above them. Tartarus floated down from the ship, and landed in front of Morgana. The Elites hissed as Tartarus approached themwith several Brutes at his side. Tartarus smelled the air, and then snarled
"Tyranus. He was here! I can smell him!" Tartarus snarled as he looked around.
"Blasphemy! Why would Lord Tyranus attempt to kill a Supreme Council Member?" An Elite snarled.
"Fools! He has abandoned the law of the Gods, and is attempting to collect the Sacred Orbs and summon the Gods for himself!" Tartarus snarled, getting roars of anger from the soldiers, Elites, and Brutes. The medic didn't say anything as he continued to treat Morgana's wound.
"Will she live?" Tartarus asked as the Medic stood up.
"For now, but without treatment, her lung will collapse, and she'll choke to death on her own blood. It's a good thing that you arrived when you did, or it'd be too late. I gave her a few sedatives and spells to stop the blood loss and keep her unconscious." The medic sighed as he sat up, his robed stained with blood.
"You heard him, you fools! Rush her out of here!" Tartarus roared as the medic flicked his wand, creating a strecher, which several soldiers slowly placed Morgana's unconscious body on. Then, a blue beam swept over, sending her up, along with the medic.
"Continue advancing! Back to the ship!" Tartarus roared as he flew into the dropship, which turned and headed back to the harbor.
Back To Our Heroes…
BOOM! Gohan covered his head as another spell shot over his head.
"There's Times Square!" Harry yelled as they leaped over a group of fallen cars, finally reaching their destination. They grinned at the sight in front of them.
"Come on!" a Liutenent roared as he led the Death Eaters and dozen tanks behind him in a gigantic charge. Then, when they finally saw what the Americans had retreated to, they stopped cold. In front of them were at least two thousand soldiers in front of them, as well as a group of tanks lined up and six armed helicopters in the air in front of them, with the Canadian and American Flags flying in the air.
"Stop you fools, STOP!" An Elite roared as he leaped out of one of the tanks and activated two energy swords.
"FIRE!" General William roared. The next second, the tanks, soldiers, and helicopter fired their guns. The Death Eaters were immediately cut down by the first wave of fire, and the rockets fired from the helicopters smashed into the tanks, causing fire to erupt and the Death Eaters to fly backwards, and then the blasts from the Canadian tanks caused the Empire's tanks to explode. Then, the sound of jets made them look up.
"MOVE!" One of the surviving elites roared as he retreated back, the survivors behind him. Then, several jets flew over, which dropped several large bombs, causing gigantic explosions. The Death Eaters that had been in the second wave stopped cold as they stopped and stared at the carnage, followed by the Brutes and tank reinforcements behind them.
"CHARGE!" Gohan roared as he charged forward, with Harry, the Canadians,and the Americans behind him.
"COME ON! COME ON, FIGHT!" Gohan heard a voice roar, immediately recognizing Bellatrix's voice, creating a roar from the Brutes, Death Eaters, and Elites as they charged forward. Then, the armies clashed, and all hell broke loose.
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