"What the living hell happened yesterday." He asks to the four officers in the room.
"Time to tell him. I only will if we have majority vote." I say.
"Yep." Clawhouser says
"Unfortunately, Yes" Nick says
"I'm already minority so Yes" Judy says
"Tell me what?" Bogo states
At that moment the signs that Grim had joined them appeared."Tell you that this is a giant clusterfuck." Grim says
"WHO THE FU..." Bogo starts before the memorys kick in "Oh I see. Well this has changed my perspective on a few things."
"Such as?" Nick says
"For one who the Yakaza are."
"That change was made last night."
"Ok. Now for why I have had them bring you into this." Grim says "The breach of the dead has expanded. Now it is impossible to stop, but it can be controlled."
"I have a question. Why can't we just let them continue their lives?" Bogo asks
"Because that is not how death works. I only make exemptions when the situations suit it."
"Like how Cameron died at the wrong time."
"Yes. Now your next targets." He places three files on the desk. "Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kaiser and King Franz Joseph, and Sultan
Mehmet V."
"How do the leaders always escape?" I ask.
"That's the issue this time. 1000 men escaped with them. Each."
"I see why you need chief Bogo's help."
"On the bright side the era is controllable. Cameron, Please explain."
"You had a world war one here right?"
Everyone nods"These are the leaders of the Central Powers. So WWI weapons. Mounted machine guns, bolt action rifles, and unfortunately poison gas."
"But it is outlawed." Judy says
"Not in their time period. Now Chief Bogo, I need you to arm every single one of your solders with any of these weapons."
"Ok, let me see..." His eyes scan the page. "I will arm them with Lee Enfields."
"Ok. I know where we can get those."
"Where?"
"After WWI the Canadian military stored all of the weapons incase of another war, but before they could use them better weapons were invented."
"So where are the weapons?"
"Garrisons across the country, but the largest is in a place called Trois Rivietes."
"How many weapons are stored there?"
"Easily 10 million."
"What? 10 million guns in one armory?"
"I know! The best part is that they are all labeled for demolition. So they are literally giving them away to anyone who passes."
One week later 10 semi trucks enter a warehouse where the entirety of the ZPD was assembled."LISTEN UP." Bogo yells "GRAB ONE RIFLE AND THEN FORM RANKS AGAIN"
"Is this going to work?" Bogo asks us.
"Yes. I have made it so that they cannot die. They can be severely injured though." Grim says.
"Ok then let's go start WWI part deux." I say
The Central Power had been fortifying where they were stationed: The abandoned industrial area. And the news interpreted it as the Yakaza Gang making a stand."The Yakaza Gang has reportedly sent the ZPD. a declaration of war. In that letter they laid out ground rules. 1. World War One weapons are to be used only. 2. No civilians are to be within 5 kilometers of the battlezone. 3. This battle is not a final stand, but it is merely a warning of their power. And finally 4. WWI era uniforms are to be worn." The TV host said.
"Ok let's go begin a war." I say as I walk up to the formation of ZPD officers in American WWI uniforms
I was the only person in the entire ZPD that was wearing a Canadian Expeditionary Force uniform, but I chose to wear it anyways.
"FORWARD MARCH!" Chief Bogo yelled.
Start song: Seven Nation Army Glitch Mob Remix.Any civilians that had been in the area of the battle had long since left. Replacing them was a field of barbed wire and onsticles.I pulled out my 1911 and nodded to Bogo who blew into the whistle that I had gave him
With that every single officer in the ZPD cared towards the enemy blockade.I was in charge of a group of 50 officers who I had made wear Canadian uniforms.
"FLANK THE RIGHT SIDE" I screamed and charged to the right with my outfit of officers following suit.
By the time I had reached my destination I had only 30 officers left. The 20 that were injured had already started to be dragged off by EMS that had been made impervious by Grim.
Across the battlefield, the attack had been a resounding success. With the majority of the enemy forces killed with the rest retreating.The only defenses left were the fallback lines that guarded the HQ with only 50 solders guarding the 3 leaders inside.The 7 leaders of the ZPD ordered their officers to surround the building and not to advance. Inside the field HQ all of the leaders sat around a table."So the question. Do we have them surrender or attack?" Bogo who is wearing an American officers uniform says.
"Surrender." Says an Elk wearing a French army uniform
"Attack" Says Nick who is wearing a British uniform
"Attack." Says Judy who is wearing a Russian uniform
"Surrender." Says a lynx in an Italian uniform
"Attack." I say
"Surrender." Says a badger in a Belgian uniform.
"So I am the Tiebreaker." Bogo says. "We attack."
I exit the tent to find Clawhouser who is my second in command waiting for me.
"What are we doing?" He asks
"Attacking" I reply
5 minutes later the whistle that signals the attack blows."FIX BAYONETS" Clawhouser yells
"CHARGE" I scream
The defending forces were slaughtered leaving only a handful inside who had barricaded themselves in a room with the leaders.
"They still in there?" Nick asks as he arrives.
"Yep, and I don't know what they are doing."
All of a sudden a voice came from inside the room "We would like to make a peace offering."
I give Nick a smirk and reply "Only if you put down all of your weapons and wait for more of our officers to arrive."
"Agreed" Said the door.
Judy arrived a minute later with Clawhouser."Bogo says to start without him" Clawhouser says
"Da" Judy says
I laugh at that and say to the door "We are coming in. Only one of us has their weapon out."
Clawhouser enters the room first with a Trenchgun in hand with the rest of us following him.
The room consisted of a table with chairs and maps.
The only people left in the room were the leaders and their translators.
Grim suddenly spoke in my head "Let the translators live, they were wrongly executed before."
I nod and begin to speak while signaling Clawhouser to gather the weapons that had been laid on the table.
"Let us begin" I say. "The only remaining solders in your respective army's are the translators so I will be breif. The translators will jailed for questioning and then released. You will be executed for this invasion. The negotiations will be about how you wish to be executed."
The translators relay this to their respective leaders and then relay the answer.
"Firing squad." Says Wilhelm's translator
"Hanging" says Joseph's translator.
"Single officer execution" says Mehmet's translator.
"Okay then. Clawhouser please cuff them" I say
Clawhouser cuffs the prisoners and takes Wilhelm while other officers take the others.When I arrived out side I found a firing squad already being assembled.
"Have one officer from every "army" in the line, and give the blank to the Canadian." I tell Bogo
Wilhelm is led outside of the building and placed against the wall. Clawhouser offers him a blindfold but he denies saying in broken English "A leader faces his fate without fear. Can I have a cigarette?" Clawhouser returns with a cigarette and puts it in his mouth and lights it. The Kaiser only nods.
"Ready." Bogo says "Aim. Fire." And with that every officer fires and the Kaiser falls to the ground dead.
Next was King Joseph who wasn't so accepting of his fate. He started ranting in Austrian while the noose that was tied to a beam above him was put around his head. "Any last words?" I ask "Nein" He replies. and the chair is kicked out from under him.
The Sultan was accepting of his fate and had asked for a rabbi to say his final prayers with.
When they were praying I watched Joseph be cut down and pronounced dead. Clawhouser then came over.
"He is asking for you to execute him." He says
"Can't deny a man his dying request."
I walk over and take out my pistol. He nods and I proceed to blow his brains out.
Three days later ZNN was in front of the Precinct for a press conference that was announced the day before.
While Bogo went outside I sat in the break room with Clawhouser, Nick, and Judy."Why didn't we just gun them all down in that room?" Nick asks
"One because Grim wanted the translators to live and two because it is military tradition for leaders to choose the way they die, being at their hands or the enemy's." I reply
"Let's just watch tthe news conference." Judy says
"I agree with that." Clawhouser says
Who should be next? You decide! Place suggestions in the comments! -Author