AN: Hello and welcome to Chapter 12 of Earth Soldiers in Remnant and the beginning of the 2nd Arc of the story.
Chapter 12: Falling Towards The Sky
Lance Corporal James 'Tame' Snatch sat in a large room full of soldiers. The room was like a hanger. Each soldier had a plastic chair. "Officer on deck!" Everyone stood up as 3 people walked onto the stage.
"Be seated." One of them said. All 3 wore the same uniforms as the other soldiers in the room. Everyone took their seats. "As you already know. Two weeks ago a nuclear device was detonated with a Syrian city that was supposed to be our first strike into ISIS territory. The resulting explosion destroyed most, if not all, the units within or around the city. This operation will be a quick one as we will be providing back up for a SAS squad that will be retrieving a family of British hostages from an ISIS compound. We will only go in if we are needed to provide support. Ok, get to your Hercules and prepare get ready." Everyone got to their feet and walked out of the room's large door onto the tarmac. 5 Hercules transport planes waited on the tarmac for them as they quickly ran aboard.
"Hey Tame? You ready encase we have to go in?" James turned his head to see the soldier sitting next to him who had a smile on his face
"Ye…" James replied
"Hey James. Didn't your brother get killed in the nuke?" another asked.
"Yeah… Nelson. He was last reported to be escorting an American mortar team." James replied
"Ok people." Everyone turned to see their CO sitting at the end of the Hercules as it flew through the Syrian air over the compound the SAS were, at that moment, attacking. "We're getting out of here. Missions was a success. The SAS found the hostages. Family of 3, man, wife and 5 year old daughter. They found the parents dead yet were able to rescue the kid. Their getting her out now."
"Damn… that girls going to have a rough life…" a soldier muttered. Suddenly the Hercules shook. "What the hell?" a bright red light filled the plane
"Nuclear detonation! It's coming right from the compound!" an intercom spoke "EVERYONE HOLD ON!"
James awoke to a horrible pain in his left thigh. His breathing was heavy. Light shone through the window and onto the metal floor that he laid on. "Tame!" he turned to his left to see someone crouching next to him. His vision was blurry but he could clearly make someone out. This person was in armour. "I got you buddy." The person said as he picked him up, swinging his arm over his shoulders. The person then began to carry him to the end of the hall. A large wall of light awaited them at the end. "Oh how the Warrant Officer is going to love that you made it..." the person started. He himself stared at the person who was carrying him. Then he noticed something. The person had long flowing golden hair. The person's voice was soft and tender. He realized it was a woman. "Come on. You can do it!" she muttered as she carried him through into the light. His eyes stung as the light hurt them. After a few seconds it stopped and he could see again. He looked out and muttered one sentence.
"Where the hell are we now?!" James muttered as he looked around them. Around them were the 5 Hercules. Not destroyed, all of them landed on a large grass plain. He noticed all the other soldiers running around tending to supplies and other equipment.
"Warrant Officer, sir! I found him!" the woman shouted as James turned his head to who she was yelling at. She was looking at a group of 3 soldiers. 2 men and one woman. The woman pointed to one of the Hercules and the two soldiers nodded before jogging over to it. The woman then turned to face them. The woman had her helmet off so James could clearly make out her face. She had jet black hair and light blue eyes. When the woman noticed him she instantly took off into a jog towards them. James got off the woman who found him and stood on his own two feet. The woman soldier ran up to James and kissed him. After a few seconds of kissing him the woman stopped and went into a hug. Her head on his shoulder.
"I didn't think you would have made It." she said softly.
"It's alright Sarah. I'm here." James said as he stroked her hair. "And I wouldn't leave my wife here." he said as they released their hug. Sarah turned to face the woman who carried James out.
"Thank you for finding my husband corporal. Your squads at plane 3 checking their supplies. You are dismissed." Sarah said, the woman saluted and jogged away. "Ok. I think we need to get back to work."
"Yeah." James agreed.
"Ok, I want you and your squad to scout out the nearby area. I need to know what we're dealing with and if these planes have the run up they need to fly." Sarah stated
"Yes sir!" James stated.
"Good." James turned and went to find his squad "And James. Don't get hurt."
"I won't. I'm a paratrooper. Remember? We both are." James smiled as he spotted his team and jogged over.
5 minutes later James and his squad stalked along the grass fields. "Why do we always get scouting missions?" One of the soldiers asked
"Because James is the CO's wife." Another proclaimed
"Laugh it up you guys. We got picked because we need to know what the hell is around us." James laughed "So stow it. That's an order."
"Yes sir!" both said in unison
"Good. Now keep an eye out. I don't want anything happening." James said. The squad had been split up into 2 small teams of 4. James leading one while his sergeant led the other. They walked a good mile or two away from the plane until they reached a large forest.
"Well this is big." One of the soldiers, names Toby, stated the obvious.
"Get down!" James ordered as they all got down a girl, no more than 16 ran out of the forest. She looked like a normal girl, except for the fox tail on her back. Suddenly she fell to the floor as a jeep drove out of the forest. 2 men stepped off. Both had what looked like hunting rifles.
"Don't try to run you can't do anything." One said as he hit her in the head with the butt of his rifle. Another pulled out a walkie talkie
"Found the run-away. Bringing her back to the camp." He said as the other picked her up and chucked her into the back of the jeep. The men got back into the jeep and drove off back into the forest.
"What the hell was that?" Toby asked
"Don't know but we need to follow them." James stated. The others nodded.
They followed them through the forest until they reached a clearing. What they saw shocked them. It was a large camp surrounded by a large metal fence with barbed wire on top. At each corner had a massive watch tower with a person keeping an eye out. And then they saw it. Hundreds of people like the girl, all had animal traits, were digging. Many looked like they were about to die. They noticed an old man fall to his knees. One of the guards walked over and yelled at him, most likely telling him to get up. The man tried but fell to his knees again. The guard shouldered his rifle…
BANG
The 4 man team blinked when the gunshot went out. As they all opened their eyes the man fell to the floor. Blood flowing from his body. The guard lowered his rifle. "My god…" one of the jokers, Kes, said.
"That… that isn't right… their like concentration Camps from WW2!" Toby yelled. The squad noticed that James had his hand clenched. "Sir…?"
"We are heading back to the others. And we are bringing our might down upon them." James stated as he got up and walked back towards the planes. The squad following.
"Are you sure what you saw?" Sarah asked. She had made her command centre in one of the Hercules.
"Yes sir. They were being kept like pigs for the slaughter." James reported. Sarah sighed and looked at a map that the recon teams she sent out had made.
"Alright. We are going in." She said "I want all the troops from Hercules 1 and 2 in the air and ready to parachute in on them. I want the men from Hercules 5 to keep a watch on the planes that are on the ground while the rest of us are going to move through the trees and attack on the ground. I will lead the ground troops while Staff Sergeant Gomez to lead the airborne, alright?"
"Yes sir!" James saluted his wife before rushing out the back of the Hercules.
James sat in his Hercules as they took off from the grass field. He felt happier in air. That's why he joined the paratroopers while his brother, Nelson, joined the army. "Alright 2 minute drop. We are rescuing civilians with animal like limbs. Such as ears and tails." Staff sergeant Gomez stated over the com link. "So shooting discretion is advised. Everyone up."
Everyone stood up as a red light came on in the plane. Everyone got into one of two lines. All had parachutes on and fully checked. James looked at L85A2. The sergeant stood at the end of the ram of their plane. Suddenly the light went green. "GO, GO, GO!" He urged as the shoulders ran out of the back of the plane and jumped out. James ran into a sprint and jumped into the emptiness of the air.
He looked around him to see the other paratroopers deploying their chutes. He grasped a cord on his right shoulder and pulled it. He sprung back and began to slow down. He looked down to the ground to see the ground forces already engaging the camp. He breathed in as he descended into the camp.
He landed with a thud atop one of the camps few buildings. He threw off his chute and dived to the floor as a gunshot went past his head. He looked to see a guard in a corner watch tower trying to shoot at him. The guard fell dead as the tower exploded into pieces of wood. He saw the ground troops charging forward into the camp. He laughed as he shot his rifle into a guard, killing him.
Hours later James and Sarah stood next to each other in the middle of the camp. 3 hours earlier they had taken the camp from the guards and liberated the 'Faunus' people who were forced to work at the camp. They had found maps of the local area and world so they knew where they were. Apparently they were somewhere over the eastern mountains of the kingdom of Vytal. The area was mainly deserted but was said to be a staging area for raiders. Many of the Faunus people wanted to thank them but many couldn't. They left the camp for the Faunus to do what they want. They were told that the local forces of the kingdom were phoned about the camp and were coming to help.
James and Sarah sat next to each other as their Hercules took off. As it reached its main altitude it was joined the 4 others. "So where are we heading now?" James asked
"I don't know. I'm thinking of putting us on a heading towards this the south of the kingdom." Sarah stated "So they won't notice us until we want to reveal ourselves."
"It's your choice… and it was the right decision to attack the camp." James said, trying to reassure her. In the attack 15 men were wounded and 3 of them were in really bad shape.
"I know… I know… I just hope now that there may be more of us out here." She said softly as she snuggled up against James shoulder "More soldiers…" she said as she fell asleep.
"Me too… me too…"
AN: So there are more Soldiers on Remnant. what will happen? how will this play out? how will they interact with the others? when will they find out about the others? Well all those should be answered through the 2nd Arc of the story. And am happy to say that we got over 3,000 views on the story. Thank you all for reading the story and i hope you all enjoy the 2nd Arc of the story like how i'm going to enjoy writing it! :D