Sector V Under No Flag
Chapter CITY TOUR
BEGIN RECORDING: CINNAMON ROLL
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"Watch out!"
The first yell goes off as the sound of a cannon could be heard from the top of the road illuminating the darkness with it's orange and red flames sending a shell straight into the armoured vehicle that had no way to avoid it. The girls could only watch as the shell punches a hole through the turret ring and into the tank. At first nothing had happened but that was when they began to smell gunpowder from the tank followed by smoke.
It happened so fast that they didn't even get the chance to help as the turret exploded sending the turret into the air and shattering the hull of the vehicle that barley hit the girls. Had they not kept their distance in the first place they would of been caught in a shockwave and the burning heat of the blast. There were no survivors from that as the turret crashes into one of the abandoned buildings roofs breaking through the multiple floors until eventually it had landed back on the ground floor.
It blew the doors to the shop wide open sending a pool of dust and debris out the smashed windows and doors that could not contain the impact. M4 could only look wishing that she could of helped the tankers get out before the tank exploded but there was nothing she could of done all they could do now was focus on completing their mission without armour support leaving them alone in the grips of the Ferri.
They knew that they had to try and get past that cannon and the best way to do that was found by 635 pointing to an alleyway, "In there the map will lead us to it!", "How do we even have that I thought the map did not work?", " It was weird but the map came online just a few hours ago of this area. Whoever done it I thank them but lets stop talking come on". 635 was a bit impatient but it was clear to see why.
The sound of marching from the street getting louder and louder as the barrel of a gun begins to poke out of the street where the tank was destroyed was a clear indication that it was time to make a move or they would end up like the tank crew. They rush to the alley way with 635 covering the rear pulling the pin of one of her grenades and throws her turret down to keep them busy.
She wished she had more turrets and drones but she was incapable of controlling all of them compared to the Tech specialist that they all disliked but they couldn't hate him forever since he had already payed the ultimate price with his life. The girls huff and puff as the sound of the grenade and the turret go off. It was a good way to buy some time for them to bypass them but it wasn't going to be that easy.
"Enemies on the left!" AR called out firing her AR into the first two Ferri dolls that turned the corner not expecting the angry hot pink haired girl to fill them with bullets but the others expected it firing their rifle at her and the rest but the girls were nimble with the help of the casual clothes and body armour and the tactics of M4 and 635. Even though 635 was not guiding M4 anymore, the tactics that M4 employed made her sister happy knowing that she had gotten a lot better.
However it was those tactics were the only ones that were going to keep them alive fighting alley way to alleyway. These days it felt like every mission was a mission that would kill the people involved. There was no support from others like there was back in the day due to dwindling man power and resources to keep a war machine running. However they were resourceful as !R 15 dispatches the rest of the dolls that were holding them up allowing them to advance.
They sprint with their boots slamming onto the ground towards their next target but stop as an explosion sends them straight to the ground with debris hitting them. M4 looks forward to see that the dolls must of knew that they were going to come that way meaning that the cannon had fired early at them. They needed to cover more ground leading to the only option that M4 had in mind.
"635, SOP take the left!, 15 with me we will go right!"
They didn't argue at the captain splitting up and sprinting as fast as they could to surround the Cannon and shoot the gunners that were using it. "M4 what's the plan!?", "I don't know but you have to trust me", "Right!". There was no time to argue anyway as the sound of more Ferri dolls were enough to tell them that their guns will do the talking. The two clasp their backs to one another aiming at different sides of the alleyway as the first lot come in ready to take them out with their laser rifles and normal rifles.
AR 15 was the first to take the first shots taking out the multiple dolls that came her way pulling the trigger as fast as her finger could let her while M4 held her trigger down sending multiple flurries of bullets down the alleyway killing the dolls that blocked their path. It was their moment to keep moving before more arrive. They leap over the bodies making their way to a concrete staircase to the 2nd floor. However the sound of a clicking noise had sent M4 grabbing 15 and shoving her and herself down the staircase.
In the Knick of time the explosion above rings out sending dust through the stairwell with both girls ear muffs protected them from the explosion from blowing out their eardrums. However the debris was something they had no way in protecting themselves besides hoping that the debris stops before it reaches them in the stairwell. The crackle of the radio was enough to make M4 get up along with 15 to keep moving.
"Guys are you alright!? That explosion looked quite big from here!?", M4 raises it to her mouth as the fast paced footsteps and shaking of equipment was a good enough indication on what they were doing as they could see the cannon through the shattered window. It was not looking at them which was a good opportunity for one of the girls to take their shot. The long barrel aims it's deadly look at the unaware cannon crew that could be seen loading a high explosive shell into the cannons worn out breach.
A though goes through AR-15's mind of the time when Wolf was teaching the girls munitions, Oh those times were all adding up to this momentous moment but the sound of the door being kicked on the left had made 15 swing her gun to the other side but M4 was already on it. "15 take the shot I'll handle them!", "Right!" With a few clicks the scope gets into focus as she takes a deep breath with the bullets whizzing down the hallway. She had to make this shot count or they would have to do it the slow way.
The crew lifts the shell carrying it to it's cannon breach but the sound of a gun had made them look up but there was no use. The sound of a ping followed by a hiss made the soldiers look down to see the shell had been hit. Without hesitation they dropped it and ran but they couldn't out run the explosion with 15 ducking back under the window and closing her eyes as the shockwave and a bright blast blew through the already broken glass window sending shards of glass everywhere.
For M4 who valiantly defended 15 watched the orange blast engulf the hallway making her sprint into the room beside it hiding behind the door hoping that she wouldn't be turned to a crisp and to her luck it began to drizzle out two doors down. The same could not be said about the two Ferri dolls who's melted plastic revealed the electronic components and the metal skeleton that made the dolls look like "Humans", but no human would have a heart so cold that was nothing but a motor grinding against metal.
The dolls fall over each after the other crashing into the hardwood floor, with one of them braking through it and tumbling to the floor below. M4 breathed a sigh of relief looking back down the hallway to see AR 15 come out with a smile on her face along with M4. She wanted to hug her sister but the feeling of professionalism was reinforced with the crackle of their radio. "Come on guys we need to keep moving or reinforcements might arrive".
"Damnit 635"
The others could only look outside to see that there was no more cannon that had sat at the end of the street, looking at any foe that might stand in it's way. The only thing it had now was the barrel lying on the ground, ready to rust up like the rest of the burnt out cars and vehicles that had once roam this area. With a helping hand M4 helped 15 down to the ground level while she helped M4 down.
They could see that both SOP and 635 were already next to the broken cannon fixture with SOP looking with a sad face, pouting at the destroyed piece of weaponry. It was a type of kick that made SOP keep going and others as a warning sign that she is slightly unhinged, but she is still a sister to the rest and that would never change no matter how many screws were lose in her mind or the rest cause at this point, everyone had a few screws lose.
"Command this is the AR team we've secured a foot hold, copy!", "This is command, report received, girls you need to push up to the next area, there should be a Ferri Outpost up there, take that out and your duty is done". The command was brief but they had their orders, without a complaint they continue forward to complete the duty that they have been assigned to, hoping that doing this will allow them to at least have a starting edge into the city that they needed to recover.
The base could only house so many people and the amount of refugees they had now were nothing short of astronomical. Even thought they have been trying to build the residential blocks to at least house them, many of them had resorted that the outskirts were better than being crammed in tents that could not keep them warm let alone safe. With an abandoned building at least it could withstand a few hits from artillery shells and bullets.
They need to be the ray of hope that people needed and they certainly didn't want the Ghost of the Sea to prove his point to the others that the forces were weak and not needed. They couldn't defend themselves if people decided to leave and become their own militia, or worse if The Ghost of the Sea went to make their own army then it would mean trouble for the rest. They still didn't know who they were aligned to...
What were they saying? They knew exactly who the Ghost of the Sea was...well only M, she had kept it away from the rest of her sisters in worry that it would heighten other tensions up, even the girls on that day decided that telling anyone else about it was not a good idea and they knew that command was trying to keep a lid on it. However she could still not forget the words that Wolf had told her on that fateful day.
"Just try and stop me"
It was cheesy but it was a threat that she could not get out of her head, he was out for blood to avenge a friend that at least had respect for Wolf and wanted to trust him unlike the two other Ump Sisters. She didn't know the story between those two but to make that oath to kill one sister to avenge another must of indicated that they had a tight relationship. The managed to break through some of Wolfs previous battle records but most of it was still under wraps.
The details that were in some of them in particular stood out a lot to the AR team and some of the others who got to see the inside of it. Operation Puncture was an event that even M4 never heard anyone ever discuss and talk about even though it was such a deadly fight that resulted in 90% of people dying in the western plains. A bitter sweet victory with Wolf living and a few others as well out of the amount of soldiers that fought in the blood thirsty operation.
She couldn't image Wolf as a kid that fought through hell where the dreams and laughter go to die in a blood soaked land that the Ferri held with such a ferocity. The bayonets, the screaming and the shooting were nothing short of horrid in the descriptions but it was enough to tell her that Wolf had fought through hell and back to get to where he was now and after all that service they burned it in a fire and accused him of being a traitor.
M4 knew in her mind that what they had done was not right but it was right in her mind at the time but after seeing the events that have transpired at the base along on the fronts it was enough to tell her that she wanted to take it back, however for others they were happy with how it was going. They were glad the traitor was dead not knowing that he was living and breathing and was not even close to a traitor.
What was it that made someone a leader in a a squad let alone a army of soldiers who were ready to die for you and the rest to preserve the world as it was. She could only dream to be a leader like that who could command her squad to victory in the absence of the leader...the sister she looked up who turned her back on the forces and killed her own squad mate with a wicked smile on her face. In another world she wished that Wolf stopped her or even her.
With big words and a strong conviction but the smile of her older sister was the monster in her nightmares, she could see that the others were not happy with the AR team after what M16 had done, especially not 9 and 45. She took a deep breath and wondered just what she should of done to her sister that day if she decided to take the shot, now she had to worry that M16 would kill another or Wolf would come after her first.
She raises her rifle and continues to push on with the others in her squad hoping that one day she would raise a banner of her own and free the ones who were enslaved by the fear and agony of the Ferri who marched on the dead like it was nothing, they were going to find the person that was responsible for the creation of the Ferri and put an end to this madness once and for all
Not knowing there was still the commander pulling the strings
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POV Wolf
"Wolf why this place out of all places?"
A person yells out next to him with her riggings pushing all it's got along with Wolf as the thunder front comes into view. This was the first time Abi had actually seen it before but it was the first time she had seen what was known as the "Dead sea", a place where nations threw their boats into the fray in hopes that they could combat the alien threat..
It was a massacre
People watched it on the news with announcements from their leaders of the mass casualties and the decimation of most nations navies that stood no chance agaisnt the new foe and now they were entering the graveyard of where the ships had sunk in hopes that they could find some boat that they could use in the fight with Evans. Wolf and Abigail could feel how unnerved their riggings were becoming.
They couldn't blame them for it though knowing that Ohio knew the feeling of being sunk, watching all his brothers and sisters lying in the water with nothing but Water gushing into them was nothing short of painful for him and Montana who weave carefully between the broken Siren and nation wreckages that sit their lost to time. For Wolf he couldn't believe the sight he was seeing.
But why should he be surprised? The whole sea was taken away by the Sirens. Just how was he and Abi and Evans be able to take down a force that could crumble nations navies into a pulp and with the Sakura Empire and the Northern Empire fighting agaisnt Azur Lane. They were going to have to fight tooth and nail to free the place, they couldn't trust Azur Lane to perform their duty, nor could they let the Sardegna Empire or Iron Blood take the Mantle.
They had no idea on what was happening with the Iris Orthodoxy but right now it was the least of their concerns. They didn't have the strength or force to do it without Wolf burning his blood to the bone to do such a thing. For Abi she sticks her hand into the wreckage hopping that she might find some old equipment that they could use to improve their base. However upon pulling out an old dial she could see that the sea water had not given up it's attack on the material.
It was no use to them so with a sigh she throws it back in the water with a plop looking over to the next are to see if that might have something of interest but the sound of Wolf clearing his throat had told her that the parts can wait when they had to find a rigging that could be Evans. Wolf sails silently in the boat graveyard to see two ship bows connected to each other. One of them being Siren and the other being a battleship bow but there was no sight of the other ships.
Ohio keeps tight on the radar along with producing a tightness in Wolf's chest that he could feel all quite well but he wasn't going to complain about it since it must be stirring a lot of memories in Ohio as he could soon hear it. "I'm afraid Wolf...", "Don't worry" He gives a confident smile for his friend. "We are not sinking here like the rest, we can't afford to after all", "I suppose" Wolf looked at one of the massive battleship guns that aim upwards to signify a victory pose even in the heat of sinking was sort of sparking with pride.
The people that fought in this hell hole knew they were never going to survive and Wolf could only admire the noble sacrifice. He kept sailing through the graveyard to see a body floating in the water. It was a bit of a shock to Wolf that it wasn't eaten by the fish or anything but he couldn't leave it there and walk past. Scooping up the soldier gently he places him next to the turret with his eyes closed and cap on his head.
Abi looked in the distance to see Wolf putting the cap on the soldier and closing his eyes with a salute was nothing short of closure that these people deserved. Not to burn away or drown in a place that they knew they would never escape. It was one thing that she always admired about Wolf, that no matter what position, status or service or not service he treated everyone with the same level of respect.
It was also to her the reason why people loved the guy for who he was, a caring person who gave all the care and love he could to others to make them feel like they belonged and even after dying he made sure that they could get the most respect that he could ever honour them. He was different like that and made sure to have people turning their heads to face the direction of Wolf. Watching him jump off and continue to search for a wisdom cube had pumped her up to keep looking as well.
However it wasn't the only thing that she was looking for, Opening her side bag, she could see the water logged items that were sitting inside that she was smiling at like some person looking to see the last chip in the packet. There were an assortment of gears, electronic parts and small pieces of metal that she needed for later. However looking at one of the ships she could see an opening on the side calling to her.
The ship was in a decent condition, It's main guns were pointing in an empty area in the sea, along with the countries flag in toe, however to Abi she could hear the voice of Monty in her mind, he wasn't whimpering but his voice sounded worried and trembling with fear. "Monty did you know this boat" Abi tries to quiz him about it but there was no need to quiz about it at all, since to him he knew exactly whose boat it belonged to.
"This is A- ABI WATCH OUT!" Without warning she leaped back as a red slash appeared out of nowhere in front of her sending Abi sliding across the water with her sword drawn out. It was a long sword that was sharpened only recently, with it's renewed shine it sent some rays of light into the area in front of Abi but there was no person in sight. However a feeling of dread sent her dashing to the left as two red slices cut through the air followed by some fire.
It slices a tiny bit of Abi's clothes burning a part of it.
"Wolf!?" She calls into the darkness in front of her. He had fire imbued into his great sword so it must of been him right? However her heart would sink as the voice of Wolf could be heard in the distance, but it wasn't what was attacking in front of her. Without choice she fires into the darkness in a wide arc in hopes that it will hit but the sound of sparks and clangs told her that while it had hit something... something in her mind was telling her that it did not work.
Before she could finish the thought the sound of whistling could be heard in front of her as she could see something approaching her. With no choice she rolls and darts to the right suddenly with clang noises behind her. She had no idea what exactly had hit her area but looking back she was nothing but dumbfounded. "Kunai!?", Abi didn't grow up in Sakura Empire pop culture but she did take a few Kendo classes in training with Rhea but they never got to throw them around.
The person who was throwing them was not going to reveal themselves in darkness, so the best option for Abi was to back up and get out of the ship side to see if she can get the enemy to come out. The only problem was getting to the entrance of the hole next to the ships mid hull to get out. She knew that the attacker was not going to let her one step into the doorway so the only way out was through fighting the opponent.
However the opponent once again threw even more kunai into the area of Abi who was ready for them but was not expecting that they had some glowing fire behind them, a pink fire that burned like no other but the sound of a click in the darkness made them explode in a red smoke that obscured the vision of the Sector V trooper. With a sudden feeling of danger from the left Abi held her sword in a block stance to her left just in time for another sword to connect and scrape at the metal of her sharpened blade.
It's noise screeches into Abi's ear as her eyes widen with adrenaline and grit pushing the sword downwards followed by a knife strike with her other arm but to her shock it gets deflected by the person that she was fighting, it was when she could finally see two navy blue eyes that look at her with confidence but the enemy kicks Abi back sending her crashing to the wall with a thud. It wasn't painful since her rigging softened the fall.
She could see the slight red pinkish glow of the enemy's sword as the navy blue eyes approach closer and closer.
"Montana you know you have broken the promise we made eons ago"
Promise? What promise was all Abi could think about but Montana did not respond aiming his cannon at the enemy firing a whole salvo at the foe but the eyes vanished in the darkness once again but it followed by a few explosions at the back of the boat causing some massive explosions but the sight of the glowing hot dark pink blade had severed multiple shells that came it's way as it's shells respond back to the volley fire from Montana.
All he could do was dodge out of the way rejecting the move that Abi tried to lift the shield plates up to block the incoming round but a quick grunt and warning from Monty was enough for her to avoid the lifting of the shield. "Abi it will not work! She has a gun capable of ripping through are armour! focus on dodging.", "Just who is she, she won't even reveal herself?", Abi holds her sword up ready to fight the unknown warrior but the warrior kept in the shadows.
Which left Monty no option but to antagonize the enemy but the sound of metal objects clunking on the ground once again were...Frag grenades. The sudden sight of them made Abi lock in in fear that it was over but the sudden blunt force from the right of her had hit her chest at a speed that winded her as a pair of arms grab onto her from the side slamming her and the other person onto the ground.
"ABI GET DOWN!" The explosion rings out behind her as the sound of the two grenades go off hitting the back of a rigging and the sound of gruelling yelling on top of her looking to see it was none other than. "Wolf! Why?", "I thought there was some trouble...I'm here to help". She looks down him to see that his legs were dripping blood telling her that he had took the brunt of the hit, thanks to his heavy armour on his body and rigging protection it had saved him from most of the damage.
However with a wound like that it was sure going to slow him down, "So you too Ohio?, Are both you brothers reformists or something?", "Stop clinging to an old relation Aki!, the alliances we had formed long ago are void, enough of this killing!". It was enough for the two to know that they are fighting someone that they knew but there was no time to ponder. Wolf rolls of Abi as in the corner he could see a metal reflection charging him but he wasn't the only one that saw it.
It happened so fast that he almost missed it watching the sparks grind on the ocean water with Abi holding her blade tightly against the girl that they could finally see. Her navy blue eyes opened wide as her black ninja mask hid behind the smile she gave at Abi with the black metal hat moved along with her dark brown and red hair. Her short shoulder hair waved back as she dashed back, sliding across the water with both Ohio and Monty giving all they got at her with their main guns and secondaries.
However they had not unleased Wolf's secret weapon until they could actually catch her off guard. She had multiple swords on her back with two short ones and one long one that glowed the signature dark hot pink she had. It was like some modern armoured take on a samurai outfit that Monty and Ohio knew all to well with both of them dodging out of the way of Aki's gun shots. She had noticed on her right that the boy was struggling to move thanks to the initial attack.
Even so he was moving quite well for someone who got shrapnel in their legs but to her surprise it had stopped bleeding. "Ohio.. any way we can get her to stop fighting us?", "This is Aki we are talking about, that girl will not go down unless you break every piece of her rigging.", "I know another way". The voice of Monty could be heard going through his mind and Abi's mind to her surprise.
The look on Wolf's face was telling her that he already was used to such an ability as a smile forms on the front of his face behind the ballistic mask. However for Aki she could only look at the two standing there in a pose, waiting for her next move, just what were they planning? First she thought like they were waiting for her next move but the eye movements from the two were telling her that they were planning something.
To stop the train of thought she was going to do the best move that she had in her arsenal as Ohio spoke some last words of consideration. "Aki last chance to stop fighting or we won't hold back". "What Ohio? Afraid you'll lose again?", "No this time Flame tail" The pouting from her followed by a annoyed yell. "Don't call me that you!". She lunges at them with her double short blades drawn, ready to perform consecutive strikes at the two.
She reaches for the sides ready to hit them in one go but to them they just stand their waiting for her move. However she decided that it was going to be better to swing at them with the Katana with the blade fully unsheathed it's pink colour glowed in the darkness while Wolf's blade ignited in it's warm orange flames that make the water steam from underneath it. For Abi she aims the longsword forward as the feeling of a blue flame began to consume the front of it.
She was not sure what it was, she was not sure what it would do but she did know that it meant no harm to her and she was going to use it's full power as both of them prepare for the charge. However to Aki she was getting nervous with the sight of the two just standing there waiting for her, something was wrong...
She could feel it.
The sound of a hiss followed by a whoosh of wind howls through the ships hollowed space as the sight of 40 missiles zoom towards her in all directions. She could not believe the sight of them, there was no way to dodge them and she knew it, however faced with this she could only smile and giggle. "My my what a trick you had up your sleeve Ohio!". Pulling out the two swords both Abi and Wolf could only watch as she sliced through them like some dicing machine at a speed that only Wolf could see with his overdrive.
She was expecting on the outside that they were panicking in amazement at how well her sword skills were slicing through each one like paper. No sword swing was going to waste by her attack but that was the plan after all...
As a sudden blunt bump made all the difference.
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END OF CHAPTER CITY TOUR
END RECORDING: CINNAMON ROLL