It has been a full week, as Yuri's forced have gone oddly silent in Falmar. Not much really happened...
"Itaaaaaami~" Rory called out, sending cold chills down the poor lieutenant's spine.
"I heard that your kind were mored interested in flatchests, mhm?" Itami broke into a cold sweat, not noticing that Sovi was holding a video camera.
"FUUUUUUUUUU-"
Other than that, as mentioned before, not much happened.
Meanwhile in Romania, a large freight train is making a beeline towards Transylvania. The engine's front is designed to look like Joseph Stalin's face, built using stainless steel. Covered in layers of steel and tungsten armor, it looks like a demonic carriage. Trailing behind it are a series of boxcars, many of which are armored. Some have holes built into the side, where one can aim their guns through. Many are armed with flak cannons, others with Dreadnaught missiles.
Apocolyptia rode in the engine's cabin, as Giselle sat on the side, both enjoying the rush of the wind (even if it was a little cold.)
"Thirty minutes until we enter the killzone!"
"Theirs? Or ours?"
"That's the spirit, comrade!"
Libra looked down at the massive army below her. Row upon row of Lashers, Masterminds, Gatling Buggies, as well as Vortexes and Saucers, stood before her, their armor shining in the moonlight. Behind her, were four massive cannons mounted on railcars.
She raised her hand, and pointed, sending out a psychic command. The armored vehicles trudged forwards, slowly.
Their destination? Italica.
Overhead, a massive disk-like object with three triangular engines flew over.
This was Irkalla, one of Yuri's strongest assets. Armed with a multitude of lasers and the ability to carpet bomb the enemy, it was a force to be reckoned.
They were pulling out everything they could, aiming for the utter destruction of Italica.
The four cannons whirred as they took aim, and fired, the giant 80 cm shells arcing through the air.
Using her psychic powers, she pulled four empty casings out of the cannons, before loading in fresh shells, ready for another volley.
Two Japanese engineers are sitting in a Sudden Transport, one of whom is leaning out the window. In the back is a male with golden blonde hair and elf ears.
This is Yuno Luna Marceau, the male survivor whom they brought in as a barely-live pierce of charred flesh. With the power of science and technology, they managed to "bring him back to the land of the living" as an elven cyborg (A highly under-appreciated branch of technology once perfected by the Soviets in WWII). They managed to retain his elven appearance, fortunately.
Currently, Itami and his team were stationed at Italica, so the Commander had them take Yuno there, as a little surprise for Tuka.
They couldn't have picked a worse time to do it, as the sound of faint whistling filled the air.
And then a distant boom.
It was utter chaos, as the giant shells struck the walls, threatening to tear them down. Before anyone could realize what was happening, their released their second payload; a gas-like substance containing a mixture of White Phosphorus and a flesh-fueled manufactured virus, giving it the ability to melt people.
Soldiers and civilians alike are consumed by these light green clouds, as they burn up from the searing temperatures of the WP components, and then proceed to become piles of molten green flesh.
As one soldier smashes his melting fist against an alarm button, mages quickly move in with wind magic, blowing away the forbidden concoction into the sky, where the virus-phosphorus mixture dissipates harmlessly
But the damage has been done, as many have fallen to the pre-emptive first strike.
Immediately soon after, sirens blaring, several jets are in the air, preparing a counterattack, unaware of the waves of enemies approaching them.
They're greeted with what can be considered a wall of anti-air tracers, as Gating Buggies spin up their dual miniguns, their rate of fire slowing increasing. The entire strike force is wiped out within half a minute, as Yuri's army continues on its path towards the now-crippled city of Italica.
With the threat of long range artillery and poisonous gases, they are unwilling to take a chance with that side of the city, as they are not as heavily fortified as Fort Alnus. With the South Wall down, they were easy pickings.
Nonetheless, many brave tankers form a defensive line against orders, in order to buy more time for the evacuation efforts, and begun firing at the oncoming horde.
Dr. Zelinksky watched in horror as the southern wall begun to crumble, allowing him full view of the approaching army of armored vehicles. Pressing a button on his watch, he disappeared and reappeared on Earth.
He found himself in an underground abandoned Futuretech facility, protected by its obscure and remote location.
Looking up, he saw two massive metal beasts.
One was colored mostly gray, with bits of the standard Japanese orange color. It had three massive legs, as well as three torsos. Each torso had a head shaped like that of a samurai. Each one wielded massive katanas.
The other was colored white, with long bulky arms, each one housing three thin fingers. On the forearms were the words . The left arm had a Proton Collider's cannon mounted to it. Instead of legs, it had a single massive hover-jet booster. On its back were four long blade-like "wings". Its head was cylindrical, sporting a T-visor. While it was rather huge, it was only about as half as tall as the former, about the size of a King Oni.
Zelinsky walked up a set of stairs, into the latter construct's head, which contained a rather small cockpit. The door closed behind him and he sat down in the chair, putting on an eyepiece, and turning on the power.
Both mechanical beasts activated, a cloud dust brewed, and the two disappeared in a massive Chrono-rift.
"Come on, come on! Move!" The local peacekeepers shouted orders, ushering people into the remaining Century Bombers. Itami had to keep Rory away from the oncoming army, for she'd get shot up, for even an Apostle might not be able to handle all of those bullets those Gatling Buggies are capable of firing.
Things seemed to be a lost cause, for Italica's destruction would cause morales to drop, amongst other things.
Overhead, Irkalla drew closer, meaning they would have to evacuate soon or else risk getting shot down.
Libra, using her Physic Reveal powers, smirked, as she prepared to fire another salvo, as a train pulled up behind her with reinforcements. This time, she aims for the airfield built by the Allies.
And she fires.
Everyone broke out into a cold sweat as they heard the tell-tale sounds of artillery shells flying through the air.
Looking up, they saw the purple glowing trails of the massive shells as they arced straight towards them.
A flash of white and blue.
Then silence.
Itami opened his eyes, to see four artillery shells minus their payloads, preventing them from detonating them. Looking up, he nearly fell backwards.
Miyo, Mikado no shi no Tsukai!
Behold, the emperor's death messenger!
Itami had always thought that it was just a myth.
But here it was.
The sun was rising in the distance. And with that rising sun...
...The Shogun Executioner has awoken.
[Cue music- "Enter the Shogun Executioner" Red Alert 3 OST]
Lumbering forwards, the ground shook with every step it took (This caused Rory to lean closer to Itami due to her fear of earthquakes), its swords sparking with Wave Force energy, towards the fallen south wall.
The Gatling Buggies opened fire once again, but this time to no avail, as the bullets only dented the mighty warrior. As it walked closer, the buggies and lashers backed away, firing their weapons. Once a fair distance away from the South Wall, it lifted all three blades, and stabbed them into the ground.
-FWOOOMSH!-
A shockwave of electricity spreads outwards, utterly vaporizing nearly the entire ground force, as it reached up and literally swatted a flying saucer out of the sky.
Several Vortexes go in for an attack run, only to get shot down by Rocket Angel reinforcements.
With renewed vigor, the defenders of Italica immediately restarted armor and aircraft production, eager to help turn the tables against the invaders. Soon enough, A-10 Thunderhogs, additional Century Bombers, and Jet Tengu are in the air, providing assistance for the Shogun.
Assault Destroyers clamber out of the river on the Northern Wall, drawing fire away from the massive machine with their black hole armors.
"Man, I liked it better when it was just a bunch of dumb bandits at our doorsteps."
"Me too, Mike." A Peacekeeper named John replied. "But this is awesome!"
Some of the civilians, much to their dismay, kneeled down and begun "worshipping" the machines of war.
As for Itami...he has to deal with a highly aroused demi-goddess.
"Haha, wow."
"Shut up."
The Epsilon commando grimaced as the first and half of the second waves were wiped out, as she used her telekinesis to aim the cannons at the giant monstrosity, whom the Psycho Tanks were whaling away at with less-than-desirable-but-acceptable-amounts of effectiveness.
Four shells flew through the air once more.
This time, however, she made a fatal mistake, by using experimental Tesla shells.
Four shells struck the great machine, releasing a massive burst of Tesla electricity.
However, something unexpected happened.
Instead of taking damage, it actually repaired itself.
Further emboldened by this, the Allied and the Japanese actually started to push back against the invaders.
Libra, on the other hand...
For once, she felt emotions rising up.
Her powers, both amplified and suppressed at the same time, were affected by her emotions. She could never master mind control, for she had problematic mood swings.
Anger, for her plans were absolutely demolished.
Fear, for she felt wary of defeat.
Doubt.
The cables connected to the machine overheat.
Now there's nothing left to suppress her power.
She focused her physic powers, causing Falmarite to rise from the ground, further amplifying her power.
"Libra! What are you doing?!"
Reality began to bend at the seams.
A chrono-vertice, attracted to the weakened fabric of time and space, opened up, leaving behind a giant metal tower.
An alarm blared as the tower opened up, revealing a long, red missile.
On the sides of the tower were the standard Soviet sickle and hammer.
End of part one.
Dreadnaught- Capital Soviet ship.
Irkalla- Epsilon Aerial Fortress. Armed with x6 Dissolved Beams and x3 Imploders.
Shogun Executioner- Japanese "Epic" unit. Armed with three Wave Force katanas. Special ability is the Omega Wave, which destroys pretty much anything that isn't an ally. Can traverse bodies of water up to a certain depth.