Chapter Sixteen: Battle Part I
Major Brian Shadis sat at his desk, blanly staring down at the letter he was supposed to be writing.;
Dear Captain Ackerman,
It has come to my attention that your elite squad is capable of suppressing human entities. I am writing this letter as a request for you transfer to Castle Redguard to assist security of my 'Reclaimer Project'as My personal bodyguard 'Captain Peterson' is no longer available due too his unexpected death. It feels strange that I am sending this to the infamous 'Kenny The Ripper' but rest assured, I am confident in your abilities to succeed.
best regards,
Brian.
He lifted the letter to the light to check he had not crumpled the paper before sealing it in an envelope and stamping it with the Military Police seal of approval. "Major Shadis, You might want to see this!" someone called out from above. Brian got up, leaving the letter on the desk before climbing the stone steps where his subbordonate fell down and broke his neck a few days ago. He reached the top and walked across the corridor to the balcony where he had a spotter set up.
"sir, I saw something on the horizon, it looked like a horse or something." Brian turned to the young soldier, "could it be our recon team?" The teen shook his head, "no sir, they were sent out without cavalry." Shadis scratched his head, "well it couldn't be the convoy, they said they'd be here much later than now."
He stormed over and raised the telescope. His vision was blurred as the lens wasn't in focus, but he could see movement none the less. Two horses appeared on the horizon, both carrrying two people each. Brian zoomewd in on them and widened his eyes as one of the people raised their arm and fired off a flare. Shaun. "All, units, Open fire on those troopers. Kill them all!" He barke. One of his bodyguards came up behind him, "Sir, your office is at risk, I recommend moving to the cell block for your best safety. " the corporal suggested. Brian grunted in approval before going to his new office, followed by his assistant Corporal.
The forty or so men and women opened fire on the advancing soldiers with their entire arsenal; rifles, crossbows and even steered the horse clear of the gunfire before nooding to Petra, who leapt off of the horse and rocketed forward on her manuever gear. Shaun stood atop of the horses' back, arms outstretched before diving backwards and shooting to the side on his gear. David and Sophia did the same and the for soldiers closed on the Castle.
F/N saw the signal flare rise up into the sky and they nodded to Aurou before storming towards their target. Panicked soldiers tried to lock onto the four targets, firing frantically when the two titans emerged from the treeline, sprinting at the castle too. The cannons boomed violently, sending shells raining down on the beasts, but they weren't even slowed. F/N took a round in the side and stumbled as their midsection was torn open. But They continued forward as the wound began to heal. F/N leapt up into the air and landed on the side of the Castle, tearing at its' defences as soldiers fled from their turrets.
Shaun dived forward and swung both blades at one of the soldiers, cutting him down instantly. He ran along the roof of the castle as the others landed and attacked the defenders who had not fled at the sight of the closing titans.. Shaun ducked out of the path of a bullet and flung one of his swords in the direction of the shooter, cathing the man in the stomach and slicing them open.
David landed next to him, both pistols raised, he opened fire and sent some soldiers flying, one poor guy even fell over the edge. David ejected the barrels of the gun and replaced them with frsh ammo. He jumped off the roof and burst into the interrogation room where he was taken, inside stood the officer which had questioned him. The man roared as he raised a knife and charged him. David dodged the attack and shot the guy in the head, watching his body tumble out the window caught his senses again. David climbed out of the room and raised a flare gun, firing the crimson flare into the sky, giving the third phase of the attack the green light.
/treeline.
Jenkins saw the red flare on the horizon and looked down the sights of his rifle, fixing the crosshairs over the head of a target. He fired and took out the attacking soldier. Dr Jaeger fell to a prone position and replicated the action with his own rifle, taking down one of the gunners.
/castle.
Shaun dodged an attacking soldier, the assiliant being cut down by Sophia shortly after. David rocketed back onto the roof and regrouped with the squad as F/N nad Aurou tore at the sides of the castle. Aurou roared into the air as he swiped a chunk out odf the stone stairwell which was like a spine to the fortress. The walls around the stairwell crumbled to reveal the corridor leading to the prison block.
Shaun looked down at the hole his teammate had made, grinning at him, "great job!" He turned to the others as they finished off the soldiers. "Alright people! this is it,we need this guy alive, he'll serev a better punishment back home. lets' do this!" He dived into the hallway and sprinted towards the office, followed by the others.