Chapter Thirty:

Operation: Final Judgement

Explosions lit up the night, complimenting the sounds of gunfire, as SMG3 stared at Ugandayeel City halfway across the valley through his binoculars. Terrance sat on his shoulder, looking quite calm for someone who was near a warzone, even with the odd unmistakable clopping sound the Ugandan Knuckles memes made.

SMG3's forces had been at it since sundown, tearing at the Gravediggers of Chaos' fortifications and forces that had been set up to prevent certain factions from attacking the city. By morning, Operation: Final Judgement would begin.

From the moment he'd declared war, SMG3 had been planning out the attack on Ugandayeel City, slowly but surely, in the background of each battle that had been waged. An operation with such a codename was extremely important, given how crucial the attack on Ugandayeel City would be;

It would be where the Gravediggers of Chaos and the rogue government backing them would be brought to their knees beyond all capacity to regroup, solidifying SMG3's total rule over the realm.

"Trust me when I say so, Terrance." SMG3 told him, "We know the way at this moment. And we're burying those Gravediggers in the grave they thought was for me."

"You got that right, Three." Terrance said with a smile, "And we're showing those rogue memes just that, it feels so right to show them the way that all who live in the Internet Graveyard should be following. You know 'da wae' because you are the way. No one knows the way better than you and me when we work as a team."

"Da wae, da wae." A pair of Ugandan Knuckles soldiers grunted.

'Looks like they're saving the bites for later.' SMG3 thought as he observed his hard-fighting echidna meme soldiers. Even in this moment, he dreaded when the Ugandan Knuckles' would bite him again.

The morning light gleamed over Ugandayeel City, the Internet Graveyard's top metropolis next to the other cities in the realm, and an eerie, but warm early daylight breeze swept through the streets.

However, the morning wasn't as relaxing as some hoped it would be, as many lay their eyes upon the sight of uniformed memes, military and law enforcement, taking defensive positions behind arranged barricades while artillery cannons were set up on various avenues, near every district imaginable and along roads leading in and out of Ugandayeel City.

Military-grade tanks rolled into position, their guns ready, and a siren began to wail, akin to that of an air-raid siren or a tank alarm. Unease settled amongst the citizens, even as the police began calling for those in the streets to take shelter in the bunkers.

Explosions rumbled in the distance, accompanied by near-distant gunfire.

A monkey meme whimpered, then an elderly gorilla meme instructed him to join a pair of memes in a nearby bunker. A PSA system whined to life, and the deep voice of an Ugandan Knuckles boomed out;

"A siege is coming! All citizens must scramble to safety at once! This is not a drill! You know da wae!"

Line of barbed wire were set up on almost every street corner, and landmines were planted under the pavement of the street. The alarms continued to wail, and a police unit hollered out instructions as they escorted various memes to the closest of fallout shelters.

On the edge of the city, a platoon of meme lizards stood near an intersection, with their weapons combat ready. And then, a whistling sound cut through the air, blocking out the sound of air raid sirens, and the pavement in the streets erupted in an explosion of dust, fire and shrapnel, causing soldiers and police officers to scatter.

Debris filled the air, and gunshots rang out. Dark-faced soldiers raised their pistols, and fired as the sound of incoming tank engines filled their ears. The ground shook as a cannon fired, and a pair of troops vanished in the ensuing blast, with helmets, limbs, and uniform remnants flying in all directions.

Ugandan Knuckles' and Squidward memes wearing purple uniforms stepped forward, emerging from the mist as they scanned their surroundings, and fired off streams of bullets at anyone who wore a uniform adorned with the symbol of the Gravediggers of Chaos.

Madness swept through the streets of Ugandayeel City as city police and armed guards raced to their town's defense against the forces who supported the rule of SMG3. A wide-eyed skeleton, who proudly bore the symbol of the GOC, held up a grenade, and cried; "FOR ETERNAL DISORDER!"

Handsome Squidward from the Allied Graveyard side fired off a shot at the skeleton meme, hitting it directly in the skull above the eyes. The bullet pierced the brain, and the not-so undead soldier collapsed to the ground in a pile of bones.

The grenade fell from his bony hands, and rolled into a nearby GoC barricade. A stray bullet hit the explosive, and a ball of fire erupted from the spot where the grenade lay, and the ensuing explosion ruptured the streets. On every avenue across Ugandayeel City, sheltered citizens beheld the sight of war and chaos unfolding around every district.

A stray volley of artillery fire smashed into the city radio tower, decimating the foundation in seconds, and the structure toppled over.

It's shadow loomed over a pair of trollface memes in the vicinity, who screamed as the tower came down on top of them, squishing the goofy entities in mere moments, and their lives faded from their wacky faces.

Uneasy citizens helped soldiers roll out rows of buses into heavily fortified areas where barricades were arranged, hoping they would do the trick to impede an advancing force. Wide men, Koridians, Moblins, and dinosaur memes quickly scattered as the sound of whistling shook their eardrums, and the street sook as artillery grenades made impact once more.

Word of fires spread across the besieged city, and firetrucks rolled out, with the fire-fighting team of meme lizards set on dealing with the flames despite the unfolding chaos.

Wailing fire sirens echoed through the nearest of streets, and the trucks swerved whenever an explosion went off, even as dust hit the hoses and the hood of the passing vehicles. Smoke filled the sky, and several citizens put on gas masks, preparing for the chances of chemical warfare being used at any time.

From his command post on the just-captured Dawae Street, SMG3 sat back with a grin as he listened to reports from the front, either by radio or one of his men. Terrance sat on a nearby table, just inches away from the Internet Graveyard's top celebrity, and started to chomp excitedly.

The confident SMG3 picked up a walkie-talkie, and commanded, "Fire cruise missiles!"

Heavily-armored tanks rolled into combat position on 22nd Road, with large rockets sporting Banzai Bill-like faces mounted onto their cannons. A purple-clad Ugandan Knuckles tapped a button, and the missiles fired into the air with a high shriek, all aimed at their specific targets within certain sectors of Ugandayeel City.

On a road leading towards the main plaza, Furple Gurila militants took command of heavy artillery guns, preparing to fight back against the incoming units of SMG3's troops. Seconds later, they looked up to see a massive missile coming their way, accompanied by another one.

Death from above.

"We dead." A Furple Gurila quipped.

"Game over." A second agreed.

The meme missiles slammed into their target, and an intense explosion shook the roads as a fiery mushroom cloud rose into the air while debris flew everywhere.

Followers of the GoC screamed as they were swallowed by flames, and smoldering limbs went flying while the asphalt cracked and burned before a platoon of Ugandan Knuckles took the district, chanting "da wae", while a bandicoot meme waved the purple flag bearing SMG3's insignia, and a foam finger in the ex-villain's likeness.

With all the progress made by the Allied Meme Forces, no one called this campaign "Final Judgement" for nothing. The Gravediggers of Chaos and their allies' fate had been decided, and their final hour of judgement was at hand, with nothing to delay the inevitable...