Chap 2
A/N: this is Giriko-99 here. Time to continue with the story.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Code Geass nor Titanfall. All rights go their respective owners.
4 Days Later...
Miles along with the rest of the team woke up the next day thanks to his noisy alarm clock. As he got dressed in his combat uniform rap music blared through the large quarters of Shadow Company as the rest of the team geared up. As he got his combat gear on, he tried the cloaking system on. Worked magnificently well. Once he got that taken care of, he then went to help out his teammates with their cloaking system.
"Thanks Gizmo. Gotta hand it to you though, you know your shit." said Phantom.
"Well I am the techy of this group since I enrolled in engineering and technology in The Citadel." wrote Miles.
"No kidding. This stuff is really nice for going behind enemy lines." Shadow Lead remarked.
"Still even if this cloaking system is really good, you'll still appear if you make a shot or do a stealth kill." Renegade said to the group.
"That is true." wrote Miles.
"Aw come on. At least be a little grateful that they couldn't at least see us when we are that close to them." Phantom told him.
"Well since our stuff is ready to go, we should be called in by Boss."
As the five got their gear on and grabbed their MRT's, Ghost came in. The five men looked at their squad leader to see if they have anything on their operation.
"Get ready boys. Meet me at the dropship and we'll explain the debrief of the mission. This isn't a stealth mission instead an all out assault."
"Yes sir." they all said minus Miles.
So Miles grabbed MRT tablet and sat down in the dropship. Once he opened the MRT, he then selected the "Op" app. Plugging in his earbuds he listened to General Gordon's debriefing of the mission.
"Listen up gentlemen. Things are starting to get tense. As you know about the Britannian invasion on Japan a couple days ago, they are now starting to set eyes on New Zealand and that my friend is a dangerous blow to the IMC forces. Intel from our recon team says that they are planning to use the same invasion force to take New Zealand. Now I know about our capabilities to take them on like we did to the Militia since we have more advanced technology than they do. But one slip up from us then its a domino effect. I'm sending your team to help out with the defensive units there. Gentlemen, this is going to be your first time experiencing a full out assault and I know you aren't accustomed to this but the whole New Zealand base depends on you. Good luck."
Miles took off his earbuds and looked at his teammates. They seem to know the gravity of the situation at hand so they didn't goof off like usual. Miles went to the "Gun Smith" app on his MRT and looked at the suggested weapons he would need for the mission. It basically told him to have an assault rifle and an SMG in case of close quarter combat. He then went to select his all time favorite primary weapon which was the MR-B rifle. Once he selected the weapon, he hit disassemble button which took the gun apart. He selected the holographic sight on the railings and for the trigger he used the 2-stage trigger. The 2-stage trigger allows the user to switch between semi or full auto modes. For the gas system he just decided to place it at the standard gas system. For the under barrel attachments, Miles decided to use the stun attachment replacing the disruptor shotgun. Since this weapon has two under barrel attachments he decided to go with the angular foregrip to make sure that the recoil doesn't hurt his accuracy. As he was done with the rifle, he went to pick the UMP.45. Miles didn't touch anything but replaced the iron sights with a TAC scope along with a suppressor. Once he was finished with the weapon selection, the ceiling opened and displayed their weapons with the attachments and all placed in the weapons they customized in the Gun Smith selection.
You see, the drop ship not only drops soldiers but also has an armory available for the soldiers to pick using the MRT Tablets. That's how high-tech the IMC are.
The plane landed on the LZ and the Shadow Company soldiers moved out. The moment they landed, they already saw soldiers hopping on linear tanks, missile trucks, and linear artillery trucks along with AAVP. Pilots are getting in their Titans and they rolled out. Naval destroyers are leaving the ports along with VTOL helicopters flying in the air ready to combat any aerial machines. One soldier spotted the newly landed group of soldiers and he yelled at them due to the noise,
"Yo! Get ready! The Britannians are gonna be here soon! I suggest you guys get to your posts because shit is about to start getting real!"
With that, the soldier left and hopped on the AAVP. The AAVP rolled out to meet with the others and Ghost then told Miles,
"Gizmo, designate your Titan. I believe we are gonna be using it."
So Miles pressed the button on his watch to switch to Titan Designation Marker. There he placed the marker on the spot he wished his Titan to land. Once that was set, the Titan came falling from the sky down to the said landing mark. The Titan had a shield around it and it seemed that the machine was on its knees. Miles ran towards the front of the Titan and the said machine picked him up and placed him in the cockpit. The Titan rose to its full height and glory ready to rock and roll. Once he got situated, the face of Ghost appeared on screen.
"Gizmo, remember to suppress or destroy enemy machines with your Titan. With the new renovations that were made by Hammond Industries, this will be a first test to see if these improvements will actually help us out in battle."
Miles gave the thumbs up. He was quite surprised that the Atlas Titan he wields is now using a M8A3 Heavy Machine Gun with a drum magazine like the XO-16 Chaingun. The ordinance had the Salvo Rocket system which isn't really a surprise since all Titans are equipped with it. Nonetheless, he still went on with the mission. Hopping on his Titan were Shadow Lead and Phantom. The other three were on an unmanned linear tank. While they were moving, the team got a message from General Gordon.
"Team, you are to help out with the 75th Technical Division of Kilo Company. They are situated in Gisborne and the rest of the Kilo Company units are around the outskirts of the city. Intel says that the Britannians are gonna hit hard on Gisborne and New Plymouth and sweep from there. You are not to allow the enemy to take those two cities. If they succeed, its gonna be a mess."
"Understood Overlord. Do we have additional reinforcements coming our way?" said Phantom.
"Roger, Shadow 5. The IMC Lesseps-class Garrouler and Holar are going to help you out but I doubt that those land cruisers alone would have the enemy retreating."
"Do we have a frigate or a warship to call in just to give the welcome party to those Britannians?" asked Phantom.
"We do Shadow 5. I'm sending the NMC Remembrance-Class Loki. That alone should be enough fire power considering that this warship contains a lot of skilled pilots with their Titans."
"Many thanks Overlord."
General Gordon closed the connection and they arrived at Gisborne, New Zealand thanks to the AR system written on the sky. As they arrived at the city, the 75th Technical Brigade tensed up as they heard wheels rolling along with heavy thudding sounds. They raised their guns but eased up as they saw a Titan and what looked like two men riding on the shoulders of the said machine while at the side is a linear tank.
"Ease up boys. It seems that we got some welcoming help here." said a gruff commanding voice.
The men eased their weapons as the machine and tank stopped. Shadow Company soldiers came out from their ride minus Miles. Ghost went up to the soldiers and asked one of them,
"Where's the commanding officer?"
"Right here Shadow Company soldier." said the same gruff voice that commanded the men to lower their weapons. He came up to Ghost with a grin plastered on his face.
"I'm Shadow 1 known as Ghost. These are my men and I have a pilot here with his Titan." Ghost greeted to the officer.
"I'm Major Dolor Granjun, commanding officer of the 75th Technical Brigade. Nice to have you here. Tell your pilot to come down from the Titan. I have some positions that you might want to like as you take the defensive positions around this town." said the identified Dolor Granjun.
Miles came down from his Titan and had it engage to guard mode. The six men went to the truck of Major Granjun and they saw what looked like a digital box of sort on the vehicle. Pressing the button the box showed the digital map layout of Gisborne. The layout consisted of highlighted parts labeled by sectors along with how heavily guarded each sector is.
"As you know already I hope, Gisborne along with New Plymouth are the two major cities that Britannia would want to have in their hands. However, that being said, this city has two major weak points. Those would be Sector 2 which is south of here and Sector 5 which is east of us."
"We got word from Overlord that additional reinforcements are coming to help out. They're sending Loki here to aid on the defense." said Ghost.
"Hmm. Very interesting. As you can see, our units are spread out around the city as ordered by my commanding officer. The Garrouler and Holar could help us out in the fight but it'll take more than that to take out some Britannian army."
"Yes sir. Oh and will you look at that, the big boy has arrived as we speak." Shadow Lead said as the whole team and Major Granjun looked up.
The Remembrance-Class Loki is a massive war ship. Armed with M7070 28mm Vulcan Systems, Mark XII naval gun cannons, CIWS machine guns, Gotfried plasma cannons, heat seeking Wombat and Helldart missiles, Heavy Turrets, and Valiant Linear Cannons, this ship is armed to the teeth. Not only that but the combined alloy and heavy plating steel along with their special metallic resource known as "Goltaine", this ship could withstand siege and had been nicknamed "Battering Ram" by the IMC soldiers.
"Well it seems that the Battering Ram has arrived. We should be set. But anyways with these two vulnerable sectors here, choose which two you want and get prepped up." said the Major.
"Yes sir. I want Renegade and Gizmo to help out with Sector 2 while the rest come with me at Sector 5. Any questions?"
They shook their heads.
"Lets get a move on people. New Zealand is counting on us along so don't let them down."
Miles got back into his Titan with Renegade riding on the shoulder. With guard mode offline, the Atlas Titan moved towards Sector 2 thanks to the NAV system installed in the Atlas Titan. When they met up with defensive teams, the 75th Technical Brigade soldiers were happy that they got some additional help even if its just a Titan only.
"Alright. Listen up pilot sir. I'm Captain Logan Berkhart your commanding officer. I want your Titan to be there on the left flank where those ten linear tanks and those 2 Titans are situated. The Battering Ram is already unloading their Titans along with drop ships containing some armor, supplies, and soldiers so we should be set. When those Britannian guys come in, strike with everything you got."
Miles' Titan saluted the officer and moved his machine towards the line of tanks and Titans. The Battering Ram Titans already came to Sector 2. Accompanying them are the missile trucks along with the linear artillery trucks. The soldiers waited for the Britannians to strike. The air was tense and the soldiers shifted around uncomfortably around their seats. Miles is already sweating and tightly gripping the control stick because in a moment, they'll be coming around. All of a sudden an unknown warship came around the corner. Miles' Titan scanned the warship and already it labeled it as a Britannian warship.
"Sir. Requesting permission to engage?" said a soldier.
"The Battering Ram will take care of the ship. Its really puny so I have in no doubts that this machine would ultimately crumble. Even with those shields around, our rounds can pierce through those without any difficulties. Anyways, those machine guns are made to have magnetic shield-piercing rounds. So its gonna be scrap." said Captain Berkhart.
And those words were proven to be true. The NMC Remembrance-Class Loki engaged the enemy warship and the magnetic shields encasing the ship were already diminished leaving that class ship to nothing but scrap.
"This is Foxtrot 3-2 on Defensive Team One. The Britannians are here! I repeat! Those Britannians are here. Open fire!" said Foxtrot 3-2.
Already, guns went ablaze and the battle for New Zealand is about to begin. The 75th Technical Brigade got their guns loaded and ready to rock. One soldier saw a pile of dust accumulating in the distance and one soldier, with his enhanced eye sight, spotted some tanks along with some machines. He then yelled,
"They're here! Open fire!"
Miles got to work. He fired his heavy machine gun and tore up the purple clad machines. Three Titans went after them and engaged into close quarter combat. Miles just stood behind to provide some heavy fire power for the line to withstand. Miles witnessed the Titans wreaking havoc on those machines or rather the Knightframes called Sutherland. He noticed the added mobility of the Titans increased along with the shields being more powerful. The bullets just ricocheted off like some sort of pellets. The Sutherland Knightframes were already destroyed in a matter of seconds.
"Man these guys aren't really giving us some respect out there. Those are the Britannian machines? This is just an insult." said one Titan pilot as he just crushed the machine underneath its foot.
"Better to not underestimate them soldier." said another as he fired his 40mm Cannon towards the purple clad machine making it explode.
"Take this ya damn Noble!"
"Behind you!" another pilot yelled as he took his XO-16 machine gun and fired the gun at the Sutherland. The Knightframe dodged some of the bullets but it got destroyed thanks to the rapid fire effect of gun and the fast mobility of the Titans.
Miles calmly reloaded the machine gun and he then noticed a nicely decorated machine. Behind the machine are six more. Miles read the information regarding those machines thanks to his Titan analyzing the information before him. The seven machines are called the RPI-212 Vincent Commander Model. He can tell that these guys are no slackers. Miles got his vocabulator on and he told Reneaged in Russian,
"Дай мне лифтера. Я беру эти парни в. (Get me a lifter. I'm taking these guys on.)"
"Это безумие Гизмо!Линия еще нуждается в опорную огоньесли ты уйдешь, мы ввернуты. (That's insane Gizmo! The line still needs some supporting fire and if you leave, we're screwed.)" yelled Renegade.
Просто сделай это. (Just do it.)" ordered Gizmo and Renegade sighed.
Renegade went to a container which labeled "Sub Guul Lifters for Titans". He pressed the key code thanks to his crosscom providing it for him. Once the container hatch opened, he then told Miles through the intercoms,
"Я понял! Пойти получить ее Майлз! (I got it! Go get it Miles!)"
Miles moved his Titan to the Sub Guul Lifter container and grabbed the unused lifter. His Titan pressed the start button for the lifter and his Titan got on. The Sub Guul Lifter lifted Miles up and he started to fight the seven machines. As he ascended to the sky, one of the machines got shot. Miles turned around and spotted six more Titans on Sub Guul Lifters gearing towards the enemy.
"We got these guys you focus on the one in the center." said a pilot and already the aerial fight began.
With the rest of Shadow Company...
We find our Shadow Company team trying to ward off incoming Britannians trying to flank them from all sides but they got decimated thanks to the Titans. Ghost spotted some more tanks coming their way and he commanded Z3,
"We got some more hostile armor coming our way. Twelve o'clock sharp! Take them out!"
"Roger that sir! Eat plasma you fucking Nobles!"
Z3 fired the linear tank's cannon with rapid shots and already four tanks got destroyed due to them being in tight formation. The missile trucks along with the linear artillery fired at the tanks and already the wave of tanks ceased. Then foot soldiers came in via pods and started to attack. Z3, and Phantom decided to hop out of the tank and engage the enemy.
"Hostiles in the building! Open fire!" yelled one IMC soldier.
"Get them!" yelled another.
"Phantom cover me!" Z3 yelled as he fired his LSAT machine gun.
"Roger. Suppressing fire!" Phantom got his MK60 machine gun on the bipod and gave some suppressing fire."
"Frag out!" yelled a nameless IMC soldier.
As the frag grenade went out, it exploded and already took out three guys. The firefight raged on as the IMC soldiers took down the Britannians while they too are starting to accumulate casualties. Luckily for them, they got some armor providing covering fire while Atlas and Stryder Titans picked them off using their machine guns and cannon launchers. Its a mess so to speak. Bodies are starting to fill the streets. Tanks are getting destroyed while Titans plowed through enemy lines just to crush the Britannian Army. Z3 and Phantom reloaded when a Britannian soldier aimed his gun at them. Z3 dropped his machine and went towards the Britannian soldier in dashing enhanced speed. The poor soldier fired his weapon but Z3 got behind him and snapped his neck.
"Damn bro! Never though you would use your enhancements." said Phantom.
"Well...the situation called for it so I had to."
"Cheeky bastard."
The two loaded their machine guns and returned fire towards the enemy.
Back with Miles...
Miles engaged his foe at a one-on-one duel and in terms of fluid movements, they are practically even. However, Miles dodged the incoming attacks thanks to his "Sixth Sense Awareness" enhancement, he dodged the predicted attacks in time. He fired his M8A3 machine gun and the decorative Knightmare just dodged his attacks. Miles is starting to get frustrated at this right now. Sure he maybe an excellent pilot of his Atlas Titan, but this opponent is just pissing him off.
Miles loaded his machine gun and the Vincent Commander Model Knightmare took its chance. The machine fired her machine gun towards the Titan but Miles activated his Vortex Shield. The shield absorbed all the projectiles coming at his way and returned them back. The projectiles nailed the Knightmare and Miles calmly loaded his Titan's weapon. Once the drum magazine is on, he fired back towards the enemy. The machine gun bullets hit the leg destroying it in the process.
"Not bad pilot. You're quite skilled to say the least." said a feminine voice Miles knows all too well.
"N-N-Nonette Enneagram?!" Miles said through his vocabulator.
"M-Miles Gears?! What are you doing here?!" said an equally shocked Nonette.
"Этого должно моя фраза Nonette! (That should be my line Nonette!)" yelled Miles through his vocabulator.
"What do you mean that is your line? Plus what are you doing here in this invasion?!" said Nonette clearly understanding what he is saying in Russian. She can speak Russian too since she was there during the conquest of Russia.
Miles was just too shock to say anything. All along, he's fighting his childhood friend and love interest for that matter?!
"Miles. Get out of here. I don't want to fight you! Not in this situation!" said Nonette.
"Я сожалею но я Nonette нужно следовать приказам. (I'm sorry Nonette but I have to follow orders.)" Miles said grimly as he dashed his Titan to her machine.
Nonette saw Miles' machine dash towards her and she knew this is the end for her. She didn't even want this because she wasn't able to confess her true feelings for her longtime friend. But Miles didn't kill her no. He just ripped open the cockpit of the machine as highlighted in his machine. Nonette was quite shocked by this. The Titan grabbed her and Miles opened the cockpit of his machine. The Titan placed her inside the machine and the cockpit closed. The Vincent Commander fell to the ground as Miles left the area.
"What are you doing Miles?"
"Taking you in as prisoner. I know its quite cowardly of me to do it but I can't shoot you down. For now just bear with it. The IMC forces aren't really rough and harsh when it comes to prisoners of war. They are treated humanely and if anybody breaks that, well they are court marshaled and demoted to scratch."
'How would you know that?" asked Nonette.
"Trust me. I've been on prison duty and the guards are friendly. Just don't hurt them or whatever." said Miles.
"Y-You can talk now Miles?" asked a shocked Nonette.
Miles shook his head. He pointed towards his vocabulator device and Nonette seems to understand it. After all she isn't a genius for nothing. After hours of fighting, the Britannians retreated with heavy casualties. Some of their units were annihilated due to the Titans and their swift attacks in combat. The IMC forces sustained only 12 Titans destroyed and about 150 foot soldier dead or wounded. The battle was a success and they seem to grab a lot of prisoners of war from that battle as many surrendered. The IMC soldiers of course took them in and started to clean up the place.
New Zealand is firmly held by the IMC and this marked the Britannian's first defeat in their military campaign. No doubt that this battle will be the talk of the century since they never saw Britannia defeated by any military force as they are considered to be a military super power. The IMC of course celebrated their victory with some drinking, gambling, eating, and other fun stuff. However, Miles wasn't celebrating. He would feel bad for doing that since he did capture Nonette who now served in the Britannian Armed Forces and it would be like smearing this victory on her face which he doesn't want to do that.
"Why aren't you celebrating?" asked Nonette with a bit of anger in her voice.
"Because I don't want to. It would make me feel bad because its like smearing this on your face. Plus I don't want to act all arrogant."
Nonette was quite surprised at his answer but nonetheless, she respected his choice.
Miles met up with Shadow Company after the battle and they returned back to New Luna with Nonette in tow. However, Miles stood close to her as he doesn't want her to be uncomfortable and nervous. Getting in the drop ship, along with this Titan in tow, the ship went into jump sequence heading back to the base.
A/N: phew that was a lot. My fingers are hurting since I've been typing for quite a while. But anyways hope you enjoy this and stay tuned my friends. Adios.