CoCo
Chapter 3
Picture this: a seemingly peaceful forest being ripped apart by the Tediz army. Trees being cut down, small fires burning away vegetation, dirt being thrown about in the air, tanks running over any living thing that stands in their way...The Tediz hadn't even been there for 10 minutes and they had already destroyed a good-sized portion. The SHC could see them approaching from their hiding places. Their tanks and canons and other heavy artillery were ready to go. In silence, the SHC waited for the right moment to strike.
"Steady...Steady...Steady..." advised the Squirrel General. A couple of nervous surrounding soldiers shifted their feet. The tension was killing them. "Steady," said the General again. "NOW!" He signaled the gun men. The big guns fired first. The Tediz didn't know what hit them. Panicking, the Tediz scrambled in defensive positions. They fired their tanks frantically, hoping to hit the hidden enemy.
At last, the Tediz had hit one of the SHC's hiding spots, revealing them to the naked eye. Both sides fired repeatedly at each other. Explosions popped up everywhere. Infantries from both armies scouted ahead. Soldiers clashed head on, blood and guts being spilled on the dirt of the pitiful forest.
Though the Squirrels were desperately trying their best to foil the Tediz's raid, they were rapidly being plowed over by the Tediz. The Tediz were really kicking their asses. Realizing that this mission was failing, the Squirrel General knew he had to do something fast. He didn't want to lose any more of his soldiers than he already had. "FALL BACK!" he ordered, "FALL BACK! RETREAT! FALL BACK NOW! THEY'RE CLOSING IN ON US! FALL BACK!" The Squirrels obeyed his command and ran as fast as their little legs could carry them.
The Tediz, not wanting to let the Squirrels get away, chased after them. The buffer Tediz, such as the Demolishers, continued to annihilate the Squirrels. A Tediz Demolisher hunted down a Squirrel Grunt like a bear chasing a baby deer. The Tediz Demolisher advanced on the Squirrel and grabbed him by his head, his claws digging into his skull. The Squirrel helplessly screamed and cried as the Demolisher ripped him apart, sending bits of meat and intestines flying in all directions.
War was just a game to the Tediz. A game they loved to play. A game they were created to play.
Meanwhile, other Tediz, like the Sneekers, captured the wounded Squirrels and brought them to their prison ship. There, the Tediz would bring the Squirrel prisoners back to their primary base, Castle von Tedistein. Once there, the Tediz will then torture the hostages and make them subjects of gruesome experiments.
A group of Sneeker and Grunt Tediz stumbled upon the resting body of CoCo. The Tediz didn't know what to think. A Sneeker probed her with his sabres, causing her to twitch in her sleep. The Tediz looked at each other. Finally deciding that she was a civilian, they picked her up and threw her into their prison ship, with all of the other hostages.
Thudding to the ground, the impact woke CoCo up from her deep sleep. Confused, she scrambled to her feet. "What's going on?" she asked the other hostages, "Who are you guys? Where are we? Who are they?" She pointed to the Tediz. Scared, the prisoners darted their eyes towards the ground and didn't answer her. "Hey!" she said, getting nose to nose with a horrified squirrel. "I'm talking to you! Answer me, dammit!" A Tediz soldier heard her and shouted somthing that sounded very much like gibberish, but it probably meant something along the lines of "SHUT UP!" He whacked CoCo up-side the head with the barrel of his gun. Out cold, she fell to the floor.