Gears (M) IC

[MidKnight]

The battle begins...

Germany shores...

The sound of helicopters and jets filled the air as bombardments struck their targets. Aliens opened fired and aimed wildly in the air, hoping to hit a moving target. GEARs were being transported to the battlefield, by either sea or air. What remained of the fragments of Humanitys' ships have also joined the battle.

Jacinto was in his GEAR when the Commander was making his small announcement.

"Attention all GEARs, This is Commander Blake. We all have suffered from the enemies all before, we have all lost that was beloved to us, we have ripped from our future. But today, today is the day we make a pay back to those who have ripped us from our society. Today is the day, not one more human soul gets slaughtered, tortured or killed. We will push on, and drive the enemy forces off of our planet, because this is our home, and we will not be taken kindly off of this world! Make these Aliens pay for their mistakes GEARs! Show them what Humanity can do!"

There was a cheer on the comms, Jacinto gives a small clap as he watched his hud. He could see they were coming up to shores of the Aliens' defense. He could see Plasma fire coming from the ground. He inhales slowly as he gripped the controls of his GEAR. He could feel the rumble of the wires on his machine was shaken, the helicopter that was escorting him was shot. He quickly pressed the released button and landed on the beach.

Moving his GEAR up and ready for battle, he raised his arms and began to fire his weapons. He looked to his left and his right, more GEARs arrived on the beach, several were already shot down and hit the ground and never moved. He could tell the pilot never made it. Pushing himself across the beach, he could still see the plasma fire hitting in his designated area, but can't see the enemy. He got on his comm link, "The enemy is burrowed behind some trenches, we need support fire!" He shouted over the radio.

[Enigma83]

A darker colored GEAR approached from behind the trench in which the Aliens were hiding and then vanished. One by one strangled cries echoed up from the trenches until the GEAR was noticed and was forced to retreat "I got seven or eight of them" a voice said over the comms

[Heson Shadowbane]

The spider mech lumbered down the beach, sinking slightly into the sand with every heavy step. Next to it were two smaller and regular GEARs, running down the beach with it. Inside the girl Sammy was at the controls, frowning at the lack of position data. Sure she could do a blind barrage fire, but she liked scoring hits upon the enemy. With this she tapped the screen that had one of the GEARs with her on it and seconds later her com rang out. "W1D0W this is Patrol One, awaiting orders."

With her gaze back on the command screen she quickly typed in a message without even looking. She just needed some sort of concentration to bombard, and for that she needed positional data. Damn, what are the scout and recon teams doing. Without data I'm just a damn fortified hunk of metal.

"Roger that W1D0W, Partol One breaking off. I'll relay data once I have it." She watched on her tactical HUD as P1 broke off. Suddenly P2 started to break formation, speeding off to the side. "W1D0W this is Patrol Two, hostiles spotted westward. It's your call to engage or not, but we're not at the link up location yet."

Sammy didn't bother to send a reply. She just stopped her GEAR's forward motion and began to turn to bring more of her arsenal to bear. She switched her tactical HUD to a battle HUD and grinned as she flipped the launchers and guns on. A simple press of a button and the launcher hatches opened, sending a wave of missiles towards the rapidly approaching aliens right over P2's GEAR as he began to fire his weapon.

[Enigma83]

"W1D0W" the dark colored GEAR called over "The enemy is deeply entrenched, I attempted to use stealth but their pack too tightly. We need an organized assault"

[MidKnight]

Jacinto quickly maneuvered around on the battlefield, he fired several rounds as he spotted a few aliens who targeted him. He accidentally bumped into several Aliens who were using a trenched area as cover. He quickly thinks and decided to tackle one of the Aliens to the ground while the other jumps on his back. He was fighting off two Aliens, while he was wrestling with a couple of Aliens, he heard his comm link set off though it was faint.

"--We need an organized assault"

"Yeah you're telling me!" He said as he grabbed the Alien he tackled by the chest plate armor and fired several rounds from his weapon, the bullets pierced straight into his head, causing it to explode. The second Alien tried to rip his GEARs' head off, but Jacinto did a maneuver to avoid his head being ripped off. He flipped the Alien over his shoulder and placed the twin barrels to its' chest and fired several rounds. Jacinto was out of a breath for a second.

"W1DOW, This is STRYKER, concentrate your fire on large groups and force them to spread out, CROSSFREEZE, just as SS....ah screw it I'm just going to call you CORROSION. has said, use your ice cannon to draw out enemy forces, CORROSION, when CROSSFREEZE flushes them out, take them out!"

[Enigma83]

"This is Shadow speaking there's something you should all know, I have an Infra-sound cannon" The Shadow's pilot said "If I can get somewhere, like a valley, I might be able to take down the majority of them"

At this point an Alien had approached behind Shadow, it launched itself at the GEAR and attempted to crush it with it's bare hands. The GEAR spun around and flicked out two wrist mounted blade, sticking one in the Aliens chest and another in it's stomach. The GEAR then pulled it's hands in opposite directions and ripped the Alien clean in half

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy growled. She knew what to do, but without targeting or positional data she'd be firing blind. She started to hit in a message for as such when her battle HUD map started to light up with enemy contacts. "W1D0W this is Patrol 1, you should be-" The gun fire in the back ground and the sudden ceasing of the audio was enough for Sammy to know what had happened. A shake of her head was all she could do as she brought up her tactical map.

Outside the W1D0W seemed to suffle in place a moment, lifting and setting down it's feet, and then hunkered down low. A strange thing to see if one didn't know what was about to happen. Hatches upon the top of the GEAR opened up, artillery launchers rolling out and turning into the direction Sammy told them to. She brushed her finger across the map where she was striking and then hit a button on the console.

Anyone withing the range of the blast radius would get a warning on their screen with a 10 second timer counting down. It would be enough time for most pilots to escape. When the timer hit zero Sammy slammed a fist down onto the firing button. Every artillery placement began to fire, the force from the blasts making W1D0W's stance more understandable as each launch pushed down on the GEAR. Missile launchers opened up and began to fire as well, following the shells towards the targeted area. This is what she was made for, wide spread long range destruction.

[Enigma83]

A counter appeared on the inside of the Shadow's cockpit
"Oh shit" the pilot said, urging his GEAR to run at top speeds to get out of there

The force of the shell sent the GEAR flying forward
When it got up the pilot looked at his status "Yeah remember that Infrasound cannon? Well it's busted" the pilot relayed to the other GEARs

[TheExiledChampion]

After seeing STRYKER jumping into the trench filled with alien troops, Lionel jump down into the fray as he plunge White Reaper's twin blades into one of the alien's back. Then decapitated another one that tries to charge him from his right, once they were down, he took a quick look around before having the two blades sheath in a bit for better mobility with White Reaper's right hand. "Best we get moving before W1DOW blow this place up," Lionel exclaimed as he had White Reaper look at STRYKER with it head.

[Argon Jaden]

Avery sighed, flashing over the battlefield, eyes scanning the war through his console. Maybe he shouldn't have stayed up all night. Yawning, he noticed that the scattered enemy forces was starting to was starting to regroup. He yawned again.


"CrossFreeze, use your ice cannon to draw them out, We'll hold while you load up." He heard Ash command. He circled the air, spiraling away from an alien that nearly managed to grab at him before he shot it at its face.

"This is CrossFreeze." He reported in, blue eyes narrowing when he checked his cool down time. "Canon should be ready in thirty seconds so get ready to fire Ashy!" He chirped, waiting the seconds to run down.

The soft 'ping' sounded inside his cockpit and he grinned. He flew back, the canon on CrossFreeze's back charging. One hundred feet above ground level, the blond pilot slammed his palm down on the button. The canon glowed brightly, dimmed then shot out a bright ball of ice energy at the enemy. His GEAR tilted back at the momentum but he quickly balanced himself, just as a resounding Boooom!! sounded out. He flew down, following his ice canon with a shower of bullets. The enemy began to lose formation and Avery grinned, taking down three aliens as they slowly trued to move away from the attack.

"They chilled now. Should be easier to take down." He scanned his map once before engaging in random fire. "Lio? Jaccy? You guys might want to shoot at eleven o'clock. Something's approaching." He mumbled, trying to warn them about the signal, a rather fast one, approaching them.

[Enigma83]

"This is Shadow calling CrossFreeze, come in CrossFreeze" The Shadow pilot called "Is it possible to shatter the frozen Aliens?"

[Argon Jaden]

"Eh?" He mumbled in confusion. "Possible? Yes. I pretty much think you can." The blond mumbled back before diving into the fray, guns rattling off. He shot at the slowed aliens and attacked a frozen one, smiling when the head cracked off. "This is CrossFreeze; Shadow, it's an affirmative." He circled upward and barraged a small group. "Canon still needs time to cool down. Won't be shooting it for a while." He reported.

[Enigma83]

"Roger that CrossFreeze" Shadow reported
A large shoulder mounted gatling gun started spinning, mowing down Aliens, frozen and unfrozen alike
"Good work CrossFreeze" Shadow responded enthusiastically

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel was showering bullets onto the recently frozen enemies CrossFreeze had left them with his Ice Cannon, then started to climb himself out of the trench to avoid the coming missile from W1DOW. Stopping to check if STRYKER was following behind him, then looked up after CrossFreeze had gave alerted them of an approaching enemy. Finding an giant heading towards them, "great...just great." Lionel exclaimed as he continue going for a safe distant from the coming missile, more worried about being blown up by friendly fire than an alien's giant war machine.

[Enigma83]

Over the comms the Shadow pilot heard Ash say "We have a problem"

Shadow stopped and turned towards the giant Alien war machine, which was charging straight for him
"Oh, holy mother of fuck" Shadow's pilot whispered

It plowed straight into him, carrying him a solid forty meters before attacking him with it's razor sharp tail.
Shadow dodged out of the way and fired it's Gatling gun, only to have each round harmlessly ping off of it's armor.
"It's fucking minigun proof?! Who makes a creature that's minigun proof!?" Shadow asked incredulously

Shadow sent out a broadcast to all other gears "EVERYONE FALL BACK" he shouted "I'LL BE WITH YOU ONCE I TAKE CARE OF THIS UGLY SON OF A BITCH!"

[MidKnight]

Jacinto tossed another Alien on the ground and stomping on its' head with his foot. He looked around and heard the barrage warning on his hud, he quickly reacted after meeting up with Reaper. He seen the Aliens' were frozen from CrossFreezes' weapon, which made him smile a bit, he could see the heads explode from the sniper shots. He was glad he actually found a team that would work together in a invasion.

After keeping up with Reaper, his hud made a sound, he looked to his radar and noticed something big was heading towards them, he quickly looked for his target and spotted something big coming their way. At first, it was charging at them, but he seen a sniper shot hit its' target in the head. Then it changed direction, "What in hells' hole is that?" He asked over the comms. He didn't had the time for questions, he quickly moved towards Reapers position and gives him a budge, "Come on! We got to move!" He shouted over the radio, as the countdown had reached its expiration.

[Heson Shadowbane]

She had all her placements and missile batteries linked to her tactical map. As positional data was sent to her GEAR she'd be touching the map, initiating a countdown to friendlies to let them know it was time to book it before she began to fire. She knew not every pilot would make it out of the zone before the impacts, but it was a sacrifice she was willing to make. If a GEAR was too damaged to move, that GEAR wasn't going to last much longer anyways.

She kept an ear open for the comms, keeping herself updated on the status of the field as she continued to lay down the rain. Her eyes glanced at the two buttons that were there to launch the two Hammers she had on board, wondering if they'd run into a target big enough to warrant using them. That day will be the day W1D0W will meet it's match. Ash came on over the coms about an approaching target and she saw it appear on her tactical map. It was just a single target, big by alien standards but still not enough for Sammy to divert her bombardment. Her GEAR wasn't good with single targets unless they were huge.

[Dire Hoef]

Drop Zone Locked
Five Mikes before Touch Down
Locking GEAR to Extension Clamps
Opening Hatch

“Attention all GEARs, This is Commander Blake. We all have suffered from the enemies all before, we have all lost that was beloved to us, we have ripped from our future. But today, today is the day we make a pay back to those who have ripped us from our society. Today is the day, not one more human soul gets slaughtered, tortured or killed. We will push on, and drive the enemy forces off of our planet, because this is our home, and we will not be taken kindly off of this world! Make these Aliens pay for their mistakes GEARs! Show them what Humanity can do!”

The message he received from Commander Blake was several seconds ago. However several seconds doesn’t count between life and death. The Battlemaster locked in place as the aerial plane came into the immediate warzone; extraterrestrial anti-air fire present. There was rattling upon the plane, but the pilot of the Battlemaster, James A Dultchry [Codename: 15th Legate] was unaffected by the shakes and rattles of the plane. James went over the specs of the GEAR and with this looked towards his overhead display. The pre-fall thrusters were attached to the back of the Battlemaster as James readied himself for the drop.

Dropping GEAR in ETA Twenty Seconds

James waited for the red light to go green; that didn’t take long of course. James reached over to a lever and before he knew it the green light flashed on. James pulled the lever back releasing the clamps on the machine allowing the GEAR to enter freefall. The GEAR fell heavily towards the Earth as the extraterrestrial anti-air fire zipped passed the machine. James was having trouble keeping his body centered as the force of the fall was causing him to lean back in his seat heavily. However once the five hundred meter mark was reached James reached for the button that activated the pre-fall thrusters. James jerked forwards, as would the machine as he slowed down immensely. Before James knew the GEAR had collided with the ground causing most of the extraterrestrial threat to leap for cover. The Battlemaster had arrived upon the battlefield.

James pressed his right foot down upon the peddle causing the right leg to be lifted up into the air before slamming down upon beach’s sand. James activated the speed modifier ordering the machine to travel at a steady ten miles per hour. He used his targeting system to quickly scan the battlefield referring to his Navicomputer for guidance as to whereabouts of the several other GEARs on the battlefield. James was suddenly confronted with extraterrestrial foot-soldiers, but had been quickly dealt with by the Mass Driver Auto Cannon built into the left arm.

“BM 1-1 to all callsigns. Battlemaster has arrived at drop zone point Mike Charlie. What is the situation. Over.”

James said through the communication systems on the Battlemaster. He glanced around wondering if there was anything that was significant other than the battle taking place before him. He kept his eyes on the foot-soldiers of the enemy crushing them and destroying them in the minor weaponry in his disposal.

[Cfavano]

As the beast engaged SHADOW, a Hissing Roar was heard as the air to the left of the beast began to warp and the creature fell to its side, wounded, but still alive. The land near it has been glassed, and was still glowing and bubbling with heat. It lead all the way back to LANCEL0T. "Sorry I'm late, fellas. I was having a wonderful evening with this pair of Russian models. I can see I didn't miss all the fun, though." He says at the creature gets up, roaring. "My, you're an ugly one." Marcus says over the external speakers. "I'll enjoy taking your head." He then cuts the speakers off as the beast gets up. "Full Manual" Marcus commands, standing up as the consoles and command chair slide away, revealing a flat platform for him to stand on.

A Holographic wire fram representing Lancelot forms over him, and the screen widens. He shakes his limbs a little bit to get limber, jabbing several times and bouncing up and down from one foot to the other. LANCEL0T also does this, as the beast roars. "Let's boogie!" he says as they charge each other at the same time. it leading with its fangs. But marcus simply roundhouse kicked it in the side of the head. It then began lashit wit its tail, but Marcus went on the defensive. Bobbing and weaving to the left and the right, even parrying with his sword once or twice. "That's it, big fella. Show me all of your moves."

Then he saw it, the mistake. The beast overextended its tail attack, and that gave time for a counter. With a whirring roar, the teeth of his sword whirled to life as he brought his sword down on the tail, sparks and ichor flying as the teeth shredded their way through it. within a second, it had been cloven through. Ichor spraying out. The beast roared, obviously enraged. "Ooh, that made you mad, didn't it?" Marcus said with a grin.

It charged him once more, to try one last chance at trying to bite him. But instead of dodging, he thrust his cannon as a punch directly into its mouth. This shattered several teeth and caused it to get stuck. The beast tried pulling away or clawing at LANCEL0T to sty and get away. The latter hurt, but failed. "Hasta la vista, baby." Marcus says as he makes a fist with his arm controlling the cannon, which causes it to fire. Less than a fraction of a second later, the creature exploded violently, showing any of the other gears in range with flaming gore and sizzling ichor. It wouldn't damage them, but it would be hell to clean off. LANCEL0T, however remained clean. Using the main radio channel, Marcus broadcasts a single message. "FATALITY!"

[MidKnight]

U.S.S Odyssey

Overseeing the battle.

Commander Blake watched as the GEARs have landed on the beach and begun their attack. He also watched as the planes and helicopters were shot down by anti-air projectile launchers by the enemy. He stood at the observation room, with his officers and watched the battle. "Captain, what is the statues of the field?" He asked over the communication link. Not moving an inch from where he was standing.

"Sir, the forces are advancing slowly, enemies forces are starting to decrease in their numbers, though we are losing more air crafts then GEARS." The Captain replied with what reliable information he had. "Sir, we got reports of a unidentified creature on the field, and closing in fast on of our special operator GEAR, Codename: SS-405. One of our Elite Sniper GEARs. And of course has been intercepted by another GEAR, Codename: Lancelot.

The Commander looked closely, he could see the intense battle between the two, he gives a slight smile as he watched the rest of the invasion force. More GEARs arrived on the beach shores and quickly advanced on enemy forces.

"This battle could be over in a matter of minutes sir." One of the officers said behind his back, "At least we know our GEARs can fight an enemy their level now." Another had said.

The Commander shrugged as he continued to watch, he takes a deep breath and kept his focus. "This is not over, there are more on the main land, if we push them back, they'll regroup and can hold off our forces, picking them off one by one." The Commander said, "Captain, order whats left of our fleet to open fire on the main land, preferably ahead of our forces, I think the extraterrestrial life force, needs a wake up call."

"Yes sir." The Captain replied, "All batteries, prepare to open fire on designated location on my mark....Mark."

Several ships opened fire, the rounds hitting targets that were farther away from their military forces.

Jacinto was on the ground as he watched the bombardment has begun, "Hey W1DOW." He called over the comm link, "Those ships cannons are more powerful than yours." He joked with a slight smile, "Alright, let's clean up! We still got enemy forces on the ground." Then he heard the Battlemaster GEAR call.

"Battlemaster, this is Stryker, about time you got here, we got stragglers running around, forcing us to pin down, I think our boys on the left flank will need your help." He turned his attention to Reaper, "Reaper and I will watch your six." He gives Reaper a nod, "Come on." He said, moving his GEAR to follow up with Battlemaster.

[Dire Hoef]

Stryker: “Battlemaster, this is Stryker, about time you got here, we got stragglers running around, forcing us to pin down, I think our boys on the left flank will need your help. Reaper and I will watch your six.”

Battlemaster: “Roger that Stryker. Moving to left flank now. ETA one mike. Out.”

James moved the machine forty-five degrees to the left before kicking the machine into Speed Status A, in which moved at increased speed of twenty five miles per hour. James prepared one of the Ion Artillery Cannons for a long range bombardment of the left flank knowing the enemy force on that side was rather heavy. He called into the friendly soldiers that were in the area to hunker down and prepare for an incoming bombardment. James turned the magnitude down to a safe five point six before firing twenty separate ion shells that arched through the air and came into contact with the ground; there was to be delay from the firing and the sound of the ion shell hitting its target. Twenty separate areas were the enemy was bunched up, were struck causing the enemy to scatter from the friendly soldiers’ line of fire.

James came to the left flank three seconds after firing those ion shells. The right foot of the GEAR slammed down into an enemy trench before leaping forward several feet sliding to a stop; having reached a max speed of forty point three miles per hour within the time of firing those ion shells and reaching the destined point. James used his targeting system as he scoured the left flank in search for stragglers. James soon came across a few squads of the enemy and with this made quick work of them with the Mass Driver Auto Cannon. He then turned his sights further down the line as he activated the radar visibility on the left side of the overhead display. He typed in a few commands that would have pinned pointed most of the remnants of the enemy force.

James slipped his hand into robotic gloves that came down when he activated a manual override system. He clenched his hands as he gain full access of the arms and with this called upon the heated blade in the right hand. He aimed around with the Mass Driver Auto Cannon and fired at anything that wasn’t human as well as combining swift sword strikes upon the land if there were places were the Mass Driver Auto Cannon couldn’t reach.

[TheExiledChampion]

"Show off!" Lionel exclaimed as he briefly watch the two giants fighting one another till he had to counter attack an charging alien, which Leo had kicked straight into its stomach and fired at it in point-blank range once its was laying on the ground. Causing an bloody mess to pool where it once was, turning the ground in an dark purple-ish color from adsorbing it. Though it wasn't long before another try attacking Lionel as two of them try to tackle him, forcing Lionel to jump back to avoid being pinned by them. Following it up with an shot from the Rail Gun on Reaper's left arm, causing an explosion to form at their feet and small crater.

"Look like things going well, too bad it isn't for them." Leo coldly stated as he started firing at any of the surviving aliens troops with his AM209 MG, having it switched to semi-mode for more accurate shots. "Where that shadow guy go too?" Lionel ask through the comms, not wanting to hit him through the carnage by accident.

[Cfavano]

LANCEL0T parries a strike from an alien, pinning its weapon, before opening fire point-blank with his machine gun, pulping its skull. Once more, on the open channel, "Hey, anyone else here need me to save their asses while I'm here? Be a shame to let all this skill to go to waste, and these footsloggin' pantywaists aren't worth the kiss of my blade. Drinks on me for whoever survives." He fires his thermal cannon at another charging one, reducing it and the ground around it to molten slag.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy frowned as she heard the message from Jacinto about her weapons. She tuned to her com console, tapping on Jacinto's GEAR picture, opening a direct vid link to him. She had a cam set up on her com console and she was now using it in the wisest of ways. Jacinto would now be getting a grainy image of the tomboyish girl holding up her middle finger at the cam.

She turned the cam off and turned back to her tactical HUD. She saw her ammo storage from the bombardment had put her stores down to 80%. I went a little too liberal on the attack. Maybe use fewer placements and launchers... She sighed a bit, fiddling with her controls and setting her weapons to standby. Her GEAR came up from it's hunkered position as Sammy watched the orbital bombardment.

[Enigma83]

"Oh I'm sorry Lancel0t I'll switch to your native tounge" Shadow said, clearing his throat "Yarr I don't know if what ye said thar be actual English. So ye best be talking all normal like, or ye be walkin' the plank!"

Shadow had morphed one of it's hands into a long barreled cannon and used it to fire bolts of arcing electricity

[Argon Jaden]

Avery simply listened to their chatter, grinning wildly as he took down a stray alien. A small blinking behind him notified a small something... flying at him. He groaned.
"This is CrossFire.... It's chasing me!!!" He yelped, keeping a small distance between him and the alien. He twirled around and began barraging the flying thing following him. "I swear!! This guy has it for flying things!!" He complained, finally shooting it down.

"Ice canon needs 10 minutes. Still think we're gonna need this?" He asked.

[Enigma83]

Shadow looked at the almost entirely barren battlefield
"That's how you FUCK. SHIT. UP!" he shouted

[Cfavano]

"Oh you're just jealous of my skill Shadow. You know in a one-on-one I'd win." He says as he crushes the skull of another worthless Alien scrub. "And you're also jealous of how my GEAR is better than yours. Oh, by the way, your mother says hi. So, how many more of these guys do we have to kill? I mean, they have to know they've lost." He opens a channel to command. "Is the mission over yet? Or is there anything worth my attention still in the combat zone?"

[TheExiledChampion]

"Don't get over-confident, stay focus and kill as many as you can." Lionel exclaimed through comms as he stabbed an attacking alien with it twin-blades, using it limp body as an shield as another one tried shooting at him. While he charges his rail gun to fire as he did his best to use the alien's corpse to adsorb the shots, then fired as the rail gun pierce through the corpse and struck the other in its chest. Once he knew it was died, which was likely with Thunder-clap firepower, Leo threw alien's corpse off Reaper's blades and pulled them back as the blades started to cool.

"Just keep your wits and focus on taking out any aliens scum you see...run or not, they're fate is only death." Lionel coldly exclaimed as he had White Reaper ready another shot for Thunder-clap, not wanting to be unprepared for an similar situation like earlier.

[Argon Jaden]

"Whew. Thanks Ashy! I owe ya one." He chirped, activating CrossFreeze's claws. Electricity flowed in as he dashed in and beheaded two aliens that were standing in his way. Peering at his console, he saw that his ice canon still needed five more minutes to reload. Given that he was momentarily distracted, a larger, bulkier alien had jumped on him, taking down his smaller GEAR.

"Get off me you jerk!!!" He yelped sharply before stabbing the thing between its eyes and its stomach with his claws. He saw and heard the thing shudder and scream in pain as electricity flowed in through it before it went limp, blood dripping from its head wound and disgusting green fluid drip out of its mouth and down on CrossFreeze's form. The green gunk mixed in with what looked like half digested tissue and other things he couldn't name splattered on his dashboard. Avery scrunched his nose.

"Jeez... that was disgusting." He complained to his comrades, pushing it off of him when a monstrous sound echoed through the com.

Grrrrrrrrrr....

The blond flushed red as his stomach loudly complained, despite the disgusting and gruesome display. He patted his stomach and flew, deactivating his GEAR's claws and activating his plasma gun.

"…I got hungry. Don't judge me." He mumbled in embarrassment, silently scattering a small group of aliens that had decided to regroup.

[MidKnight]

Jacinto moved his GEAR in a different position, taking out a few more Aliens with his weapons. He received a video message from the W1DOW and seen a tom-boy flipping him off. "Hey I can't help it but point it out." He laughed. Then he heard his radio comm.

"Is the mission over yet? Or is there anything worth my attention still in the combat zone?"

"Your GEAR if you want to stay on the battlefield." Jacinto says, "Kill the remaining Aliens that are left, and then we can refuel and reload our GEARs." He looked around a bit, "Reaper, Battlemaster, we'll continue our sweep on the left flank, Cross freeze will keep to the sky, Shadow and Lancelot, since you two are in a competition, I suggest to sweep the right flank, Corrosion, you got the sights, keep picking off any infantry that try to get close to W1DOW, as for W1DOW, continue your bombardment."

[Enigma83]

"Sure thing Sarge" Shadow replied, he looked over to Lancel0t "Keep up if you can, mister round table" and with that Shadow vanished into thin air. Then inexplicably, Aliens started to fall down and die, stab wounds appearing in their chests and necks
A large ball of purple light appeared, growing in size at an exponential rate. Once it grew to the size of a person it released, hitting the ground in the middle of a cluster of Aliens, disintegrating all Aliens who came in contact with it, then expanding to the size of a parking lot, where it continued to disintegrate every Alien it came in contact with. When it finally dissipated, the area where it had landed was completely intact, but there were no signs of Aliens anywhere near it
"Suck it down mother fuckers!" Shadow shouted "I don't know what shitty swamp planet you're all from, but I'M from AMERICA! LAND OF SHOTGUNS, BEER, TAXES, AND HUGE FUCKING WEAPONS!"

[Dire Hoef]

Stryker: Reaper, Battlemaster, we'll continue our sweep on the left flank, Cross freeze will keep to the sky, Shadow and Lancelot, since you two are in a competition, I suggest to sweep the right flank, Corrosion, you got the sights, keep picking off any infantry that try to get close to W1DOW, as for W1DOW, continue your bombardment.

Battlemaster: Roger that Stryker. Continuing assault on left flank. Out.


James relinquished himself of the manual override system and returned to joysticks and pedals. He used his targeting system to find any sort of resistance and soon enough he came across a few giants trying to flank him from the left. James narrowed his eyes as he slammed down the right pedal and moved the left joystick. The machine took a step forward before turning to the left and with this the machine slid roughly to the right. James then locked in his Mass Driver Auto Cannon and targeted the first two giants that came after him. He fired a volley of heavy shells that would burst through the flesh of these giants knocking them to the ground. He then activated the right Ion Artillery Cannon aiming straight for the small group of giants. James reached over to a handle and pushed it forward increasing the output to maximum. The right barrel lit up with a blue hue as an ion beam was present. The ion beam zipped through the air before obliterating its target seconds later in a massive blue explosion that would have rattled the ground on the left flank. “Hell yeah,” said James as he saw the cool down activation come up on the left of the overhead monitor.

James called Stryker:


Battlemaster: Battlemaster Niner to Stryker Actual. Left Flank cleared of all giants. Stragglers still present over.

[Argon Jaden]

"Kill the remaining Aliens that are left, and then we can refuel and reload our GEARs. Reaper, Battlemaster, we'll continue our sweep on the left flank, Cross freeze will keep to the sky, Shadow and Lancelot, since you two are in a competition, I suggest to sweep the right flank, Corrosion, you got the sights, keep picking off any infantry that try to get close to W1DOW, as for W1DOW, continue your bombardment."

Avery's stomach gave another monstrous growl as he flew up and headed for the sky, shooting down anything hostile and non-human within the airspace. The blond pilot was not only sleep deprived but also hungry, and the notion of reloading their GEARs meant food. The young man sighed over the com and flew closer to the retreating enemy airspace.

"Let's wrap this up. I'm starvin-- oh!! 11'oclock!! They're regrouping." He reported, charging his ice canon as he dive bombed a group of aliens that decided to drag more humans to death with them. He growled (or maybe that was his stomach) and narrowed his eyes. Snow Canon spat out another ball of ice energy a few seconds later.

BOOOOM!!!

Ice coated the small group, freezing more than a third of them and leaving the others dazed. One particular alien seemed to look at him, rearing its head up and letting out a screech-like sound. Avery blinked in surprise before he understood what was happening when some of the still mobile aliens reared back and made the same sound.

"Sammy, Jaccy, Ashy.... Guys!!! They're calling for back-up!!" He reported, shooting down an alien. "This is CROSSFREEZE, enemy forces at eleven o'clock seem to be asking for back-up. We need to shut them up before the signal gets through."

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy took the controls, the heavy steps of the W1D0W turning muffled upon the sands. Data was being fed into her map, placing enemy positions upon the map along with allied forces. As the GEAR hunkered down to prepare to fire everything once again, Sammy was watching the map. Accuracy was an issue with the W1D0W, but it opperated on the principle that with enough fired, you'll hit and kill the enemy. So se was looking for the highest concentration to fire upon.

Finally she saw it. Enemy dots were starting to converge upon a position. Given the travel time of her bombardment she'd get most of them. She ran her finger over her weapon systems, bringing them out of rest mode and then stabbed two fingers upon the map. A target appeared under her fingers and when she spread them it got wider. A message was sent out from her GEAR, warning that a W1D0W bombardment was about to commence. It waited a few seconds and then started to launch it's missiles and artillery at the area the enemy was gathering.

[Enigma83]

"This is CROSSFREEZE, enemy forces at eleven o'clock seem to be asking for back-up. We need to shut them up before the signal gets through."

Shadow looked to where CrossFreeze had said and saw a makeshift comms tower
"CrossFreeze, this is Shadow, come in CrossFreeze" He broadcasted "I see a Alien relay tower, I'm seeking to engage it. I need some backup, would you be willing to assist?"

[MidKnight]

Jacinto quickly moved away from the bombardment and head to a safe distance. He pushed his controls to the full limit for his GEAR.

"Roger that Battle masted continu-" Jacinto was hit by enemy gun fire, he quickly moved as the light in his GEAR turned red. "This is Stryker, I took a nasty hit, Armor plate at seventy" He was hit again. "Damn it! Forty-five percent!" He looked around and he could not see his target. "Possible Sniper in the vicinity!" He shouted and hid his GEAR in a cover spot.

After seeing a couple more sniper shots, most of them were for several regular GEARs as they opened fire. Everyone of them were shot in the middle of the chest, where the pilots were. "We need sniper cover!" Hefelt something move under ground. Whatever it was, it ripped through the ground and roared fierce. It was like a giant snake but much bigger then the alien forces, "What the hell is that?!" He watched in shocked as it devoured GEARs as they were dinner.

[Argon Jaden]

"Sure I guess. Sammy just shot the group... oh I see.. I'll back you from the sky." Avery informed, pulling up a bit. ""Won't do much damage though but let's finish that tower then off to lunch~!" The blonde pilot cheered, causing CrossFreeze to let out a loose barrage of bullets.

[Enigma83]

Shadow arced electricity towards the tower "Concentrate on the base of the tower, we don't need to damage, just knock it over!" Shadow broadcasted

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel took cover after hearing Jacinto through the comms, along with the rumbling going on underneath them. "What the hell is that?" Leo asked as he try to get an clear shot at the tower, taking aim with Thunder-clap as it charges up it shot, "consider it fallen." Lionel exclaimed as he fired, sending an electrical-charged projectile towards the relay tower. Hitting it at the base as it explodes from contact and greatly cripple it, forcing it to crumble and falls down on unfortunate aliens troops under it weight.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy redirected her bombardment across the battlefield from her position. Whenever a concentration of aliens began to show she showered them with shells and missiles. She glanced over at the tactical HUD and frowned a bit. Her ammo reserves were starting to approach 60%. That was the problem with continuous, casual bombardment. It drained heavily upon the stock of ammo her GEAR carried. She pressed a few buttons on her com console, sending a message to the command structure to update them on her ammo supply.

[Argon Jaden]

With the tower gone, Avery went back up to the skies. He could see the ground shaking. There was something there. Just then, Sammy's update made itself known and he snorted in annoyance. CrossFreeze wasn't exactly an a clash type of GEAR like the rest. He could only do well with skill shots and stuns. The blond pilot maneuvered away from an enemy bullet. "I think that's their backup." He grumbled, checking his canon. Few more minutes. He activated his guns and showered the ground with bullets, having his claws ready. Once it comes out, he's going to distract it with electricity while his canon cools down.

"Guys, what's our standing down there? I can't really see in between bullets and bombs." He grumbled.

[Dire Hoef]

Distractions. Chatter over the radio. More distractions. A colossal man-eating worm ravaging the battlefield.

James glanced around the pilot module of the Battlemaster and wondered what to do next. He ordered the machine to move upper body portion towards where Stryker was pinned down and then from there assess the frontal situation before dealing the colossal worm that was wreaking havoc upon the other end of the battlefield. James used his targeting system to locate the suspected sniper and with this relied on his Mass Driver Auto Cannon to do the job nicely. He fired the auto cannon in the direction of the sniper, once he found the sniper. The sniper went down after a few shots and with this he turned his attention to the worm but it would seem that it was going to be a rough one.

[MidKnight]

(Abysswalker had decided to leave the RP. I will take control of her Character. Though her character will have to die off.)


Ash pulled the trigger several times, hitting her targets on the spot. Breathing steadily, and slowly, she reloaded the GEARs' weapon and fire off rounds again. When she heard of the worm breaking through the ground beneath her teams' feet. She looked at the huge creature, she fired several rounds, hoping to do some damage before it does major damage to her team. Nothing happened after the first few rounds. She tempted to find the weak spot, but when she did. Her scanner went off, she looked at her radar and spotted a enemy air craft found its way to her location. She tried to move, but the fighter came in fast and hard. Firing off plasma missiles on her location. "This is Ash I'm hi--" Her GEAR was hit with the plasma missiles, her armor burned quickly and disintegrated quickly. Her GEAR was nothing but scrap metal, and the GEAR pilot soul, never made it out.


Back on the beach.

Jacinto tried to order Ash to fire on the worm, to find a weak spot. He moved his GEAR quickly away from the giant, before it landed on him. But what he heard on his radio was a shock. He looked over to Ash's position, and he could only make out was smoke in the air. "Dammit." He said to himself as he turned his attention back on the worm. "This is Stryker to all GEAR Pilots, our sniper support is gone." He announced as fired off his main weapons on the worm, but nothing penetrated. "We are on our own with the worm."

He looked at his hud to figure where everyone is at. "Stryker to W1DOW, see if you can hurt that thing with your cannons, Battlemaster, use your auto-guns to find a weak spot, I want that thing gone! Reaper, see if you can find another weak spot from the back area, I don't think he'll be moving around. Lancelot, Shadow, Crossfreeze, open fire on the worm, keep him distracted while they look for a weak spot."

He was breathing a little hard, as he heard the beeping on his hud, he was running low on ammo. "I need to reload, and find ammo, supply team, what is your location?" He called out, a certain party was nearby with a few large crates of ammo, "We're west of your location sir, about one mile out, we can see some of your GEARs, do you guys need ammo?" They asked, "What is your ETA getting here?" He asked, "Ten minutes, give or take." they replied. "Roger, get over here, I need ammo."




BOSS: http://www.jonsullivanart.com/2010%20WEBSITE%20ART%EF%80%A8/tech%20not%20sav/tech%20large%20copy.jpg

[Enigma83]

Shadow nodded his head, then he realized something "Sir, I think I might have an idea" he told Jacinto "What if W1D0W were to hit it with one of those big ass nukes it has? That would almost certainly kill it right?"

[Argon Jaden]

"...What?" Avery mumbled numbly. His hands quivered as he heard the news. His comrade was gone. Swallowing his tears, Avery put on a still face as he listened to the commands. At this point, he felt helpless. Sucking in a deep breath, he steeled his voice.

"This is CrossFreeze. STRYKER, W1D0W, I've got three minutes left before ice canon." He reported, activating the electricity of his GEAR's claws. Sparks ran across the steel and a low growl emmited from his throat. "I'll harass it. Think you guys could find its weak spots while it tries to kill me? Shadow's might be possible." With the humor gone from his voice, it was obvious that Avery was up to something downright stupid.

CrossFreeze lurched forward before hurtling at the beast with astounding speed. At its controls, the blond pilot blankly controlled the machine, making its electrifying class scratch at the enemy, fly away, do a few maneuvers, sneak an attack and repeat the deadly process again and again. The blond tried his best to gain the thing's full attention, succeeding every time he landed a hit on the raging thing.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy frowned as she started to use only her artillery upon the giant worm, saving her missile ammo supply for later when someone on the com came up with an idea she found downright stupid. Putting her weapons on auto fire she drew up the specs for The Hammer and started to draw up calculations based on what she knew of the situation. If she fired The Hammer now there was a chance the worm would just burrow again, also figure in the fact that it was meant to be fired at a fixed and fortified position and that would just lower the chance to hit.

Then to figure in the payload where it would hit, even if they killed the worm or not. Firing The Hammer in an open area like this would create a large blast radius, not to mention the radiation from it all, that would mean everyone would have to get very far away. Figure that into the calculations on the fact that if they were going to try to keep it in one place, then those doing it would be on a suicide mission. All in all she believed using one of The Hammers was going to be a horrible idea and she started to send out a message detailing as such.

[Enigma83]

"WAIT!!!" Shadow shouted "I JUST REALIZED THST RADIATION IS BAD!!!"
Shadow looked at the worm "Does anybody see any fleshy parts?" He asked

[Dire Hoef]

Stryker: Stryker to W1DOW, see if you can hurt that thing with your cannons, Battlemaster, use your auto-guns to find a weak spot, I want that thing gone! Reaper, see if you can find another weak spot from the back area, I don't think he'll be moving around. Lancelot, Shadow, Crossfreeze, open fire on the worm, keep him distracted while they look for a weak spot.

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to Stryker. Roger, looking for weak spots now. Out

James activated the Sensory System of the Battlemaster, and with this there was suddenly pulse of energy, undetectable of friendly machinery and enemy machinery, that rippled out of the machine; in which engulf the worm creature. Once James received a full analysis of the creature, James moved to his communication system and spoke to Stryker once more.


Battlemaster: Battlemaster to all Units. Be advised that the sensory system picked up several heat sacks upon the lower and upper belly portion of the creature. Identification material considered that those areas are to be the creature’s weak points. Request all units that are assisting me in battle against the creature to hit those points. Over.

James lifted his right index finger off the microphone and settled it down upon its holder before looking towards the front-left portion of the pilot module’s dashboard. The Ion Artillery Cannons were still on cool –down by another hour. James needed to do something and quick before something bad happens to this group of GEARS. James aimed the auto cannon in the direction of the lower body knowing he would get at least two of the heat sacks that were being flashed at him. James screamed at the top his lungs as he slammed hand down upon a lever and pushing it forward increasing the speed of the machine to at least seventy miles per hour. The machine zipped down the left flank of the battlefield and came around from the left sliding several yards before coming into close and firing off three or four shots towards the two heat sacks destroying them in an instant. However he didn’t anticipate the tail being whipped into the machine’s upper right chest. The machine was sent flying and with this James grunted heavily as the machine itself collided with the ground hard. But James was strong and with this slammed his hand down upon a button that allowed the machine to correct itself and with this the machine slid to a stop upon its feet. Blood was present leaking on the right side of James’ forehead. With two heat sacks down James called into the other units on the field.


Battlemaster: Battlemaster to all units. Two heat sacks down I repeat two heat sacks down. Out.

[TheExiledChampion]

"And I'll need an recharge for Thunder-Clap, got one shot left to use before needing too." Lionel stated as he cautiously step back, firing his AM205 on semi-mode. Aiming his shots at around the monstrous worm's backside, trying to see if he can break off any of the plates before using White Reaper's rail gun. Not wanting to waste it with an blindly aimed shot, though he is finding it hard to break through its exoskeleton.

"They're likely around it's face, because I'm looking at an shell of sort over here...how fortunate for me that I don't have to look at its face." Lionel exclaimed through the comm, adding that last bit as he can only imagine how ugly the worm's face look from looking at it spiny legs.

[MidKnight]

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to all Units. Be advised that the sensory system picked up several heat sacks upon the lower and upper belly portion of the creature. Identification material considered that those areas are to be the creature’s weak points. Request all units that are assisting me in battle against the creature to hit those points. Over.

The creature made a loud howl as it was struck, but managed to get a strike on one of the GEARs. Jacinto found the supply team and waited to get his ammo restocked into his GEAR. He looked up and saw Battlemaster flying in the air and landed. After watching the GEAR positioning itself back up, Jacinto heard his comm link go off.

Battlemaster to all units. Two heat sacks down I repeat two heat sacks down. Out.

"Good job, Battlemaster." When heard about the Nuke use, he quickly responded. "That's a negative, we will set off any nukes on this creature, not while we are still in its' vicinity. We use a nuclear warhead, not only it will kill the beast, but us as well." He quickly opened a channel to W1DOW, "Our armor may have a chance of surviving the blast, but not the radiation, it'll disintegrate, and rip our GEARs open, both the pilot and the GEAR will suffer heavy consequences, possibly death." He looked at the video comm link, "If I were you, using only what you got will be best, but don't use the nukes." He advised as he closed the channel.

He looked at the worm as he looked down and saw a couple of GEARs who fired up its' armor. The bullets deflected off of certain plates of the armor, the worm moved down quickly and devoured the poor souls as though they were just chew toys. Jacinto slowly breathed and held his grip on the controls. He looked at his HUD and saw the points Battlemaster had mentioned. He moved his controls, moving his GEAR quick to find the pressure points. When he got closer, he saw what he was talking about. He shouted a few cursed words and opened fire his main weapons and his Quad grenade launcher, hitting two targets as well. "About time." He said, thinking they just had finished the beast, but he was wrong. He felt his GEAR hit hard on the side, one of the spine legs sweep over and hitting his GEAR, damaging his right arm.

He could feel his body being hit side to side as his GEAR had finally stopped moving. Electricity sparks burst inside his GEAR, red light blinked on and off. His HUD stated 'Critical Damage.' and 'Eject' But he couldn't, his emergency ejection button was damaged badly and the lever would not budge. "Damn." He said to himself, he could feel blood foam in his mouth, more covering over half of his face.

[Enigma83]

Shadow jumped onto the worms back and plunged his blades into it. The worm thrashed around in agony,and flung Shadow off of its back.
Shadow landed with a large bang and started to spark slightly "I'm hurt guys" he broadcasted "Shadow down"
The worm plunged back underground and emerged underneath Shadow, swallowing it whole

[Argon Jaden]

"Oh hell no, you bitch." Avery snapped when he saw the creature attack. Electricity had gone out and he had CrossFreeze flew a few meters in the air before tilting back. A few more minutes was needed before he could escape. GRowling to himself, he aimed, waiting for the beast to open it's mouth. When it did, he reared back, pulling the Ice Canon to it's maximum, before firing it directly to its head. The loud BOOOM was more shattering than the previous ones and the momentum, caused CrossFreeze to topple back, temporarily loosing balance as it crashed.

"Damnnit!!" Aver grumbled when his controls wouldn't work. He had used more than thirty percent of his GEAR's power with that attack and now, he was paying dearly for it. The blond sighed into his palms as he waited for CrossFreeze to power up again.

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel slam his fist on the wall of his GEAR's cockpit, angrily annoyed as he started moving to get an clear shot at the worm's heat sacks. Shooting down a few aliens troops attempting to kill him with his AM205, unfortunately one manage to get a few good shots on White Reaper's left shoulder. Causing severe damage to the rotors that moves its joints, making it difficult for Leo to move White Reaper arm as it hangs limp with sparks. "Great...there goes my arm," Lionel angrily spat as he kept going to get position for an clear shot, while trying to figure out how to still use Reaper's left arm.

[Enigma83]

Shadows pilot slowly opened his eyes and saw pulsing red walls
"This must be the stomach" he muttered to himself
He tried using his headset to inform the others that he was still alive, but it had been badly damaged and would have to be replaced
"Damnit!" he said, slamming his fist down on the Shadows control panel
Unexpectedly, the GEARs arm responded
The pilot started to chuckle "It still works!" he proclaimed

[Dire Hoef]

James gritted his teeth seeing that other GEARS were taking a beating. He saw Shadow get swallowed whole by the worm and with this James snapped. “I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU! TO HELL WITH A COOL DOWN SYSTEM,” screamed James as he pushed a lever increasing the output on the Ion Artillery Cannons. The Battlemaster planted its feet and with this Battlemaster spoke to Shadow:


Battlemaster: Battlemaster to Shadow. If you can hear me then hold onto your asshole because I’m getting ready blow this creature new one. Out.

James aimed for the center point of the worm creature and with this fired the Ion Artillery Cannon in the direction of that center point. There was a massive explosion that followed knowing that should have had a direct hit upon the target. James wasn’t going to let up and with this opened up a volley of auto cannon shells as he unleashed everything he had.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy just continued to bombard the worm, not worrying too much about anything else. There wasn't anything else she could do to help the others. She didn't have anything pinpoint, she just had a huge shotgun with a lot of bird shot in it for aim. Suddenly an alert started to ping on her tactical console. She quickly turned to it and gritted her teeth hard. On the map in areas around her GEAR alien dots started to pop up. With most of the specialized GEARs focused on the worm, W1D0W only had two mass production GEARs running CQC for her.

She stopped her bombardment, turning her GEAR towards the new threat as she sent off a message on her com. 'W1D0W breaking off bombardment. Enemy spotted. Area near W1D0W.' The message was the best she could come up with as she turned her focus towards the aliens starting to run to her position. All missiles and artillery opened up and started to rain down upon them, trying to wipe out as much as she could.

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel shoot down another rushing alien trooper swinging around an form of sword, once it was dead, Leo looked at the weapon and make a mental note of using one the next chance he get. Lionel then look around for anyone nearby to assist him with the limp left arm, finding James in his Battlemaster. "James...mind lending a hand with aiming, can't move my left arm, but can still fire Thunder-Clap." Lionel explained through the comms as he approaches James, while briefly pulling the trigger to his rail gun. Showing that it still charges up for it shot, despite the limpness and sparks.

[Enigma83]

Shadow was looking around for a way to get out when he realized
"Why would I want to get out now?" He asked himself "I'm inside of the worm! Everywhere around me is it's weak point!"
Shadow's wrist blades popped out and he stabbed them into the lining of the worms stomach

Outside, the worm flailed around in agony as Shadow's pilot destroyed it from the inside-out

[MidKnight]

Jacinto tried to move his GEAR, but he felt the machines' leg spurred and whirred as he tried to get up. The GEAR was badly damaged and couldn't move. "Crap." He said to himself, "Somebody assist W1DOW!" He shouted over the comm link. He pushed his controls around, hoping to at least stand on his two feet, but nothing was moving. He growled to himself and kept pushing the controls and kicking the floor panel, "Come on damn you!"

"This is Commander Blake to all GEARs. We're sending in a specialist to assist."

There was howl in the wind, as a GEAR had just left one of the ships, the armor shined as he flew through the sky. "Angel of Hope, ready for battle." The voice was unrecognizable, as the pilot managed to find its' way to the beach. The GEAR landed next to the one called W1DOW, two blades on its' arms swung side to side as it moved in on the enemies position. Slicing through the enemies armor, the GEAR had no problem cutting through its' targets. Protecting the bomber. "Angel of Hope to W1DOW...you're all clear." The pilot moved the GEARs' head, giving a slight nod. The GEAR begun to move on the enemies position and started to eliminate the rest, forcing them to bottle up and retreat.

The GEAR specialize weapons were modified mini-missile sized targeting system. The pilot can lock on multiple enemies, but only up to 30 targets, this weapon could be only used once as well. The GEAR used the specialized weapon system and targeting the 30 opponents, shooting all of its' missiles, the GEAR hits every target.

After wiping out the battalion group, the GEAR turned its' attention to the worm. The worm indeed clamored around when it ate one of the GEARs, and started bashing around like a giant whip. The GEAR moved over to one of the others, "Angel of Hope to Battlemaster, who is your commanding officer?" The GEAR asked.

[Dire Hoef]

Lionel: James... Mind lending a hand with aiming, can't move my left arm, but can still fire Thunder-Clap.

Battlemaster: Fine with me.

He broke voice procedure, but he didn’t care anymore. He looked towards Lionel’s GEAR; quickly rushing over preparing to help Lionel with the GEAR’s hardly functioning arm when more communication chatter wad directed at him.


Angel of Hope: Angel of Hope to Battlemaster, who is your commanding officer?

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to Angel of Hope. I believe I am since I am to be the oldest on the field. Over.

He gripped the arm of Lionel’s GEAR and with this made sure he aimed it towards enemy.


Battlemaster: Waiting on you Lionel!

[Enigma83]

A blade popped out of the worms underbelly and dragged itself all the way down the length of it

The worms innards quickly became its outtards and along with its intestines, Shadow spilled out of it.

Shadow's pilot equipped his spare headset. "I am awesome! Praise me!"" He shouted "Also BattleMaster, I vote for Jacinto as leader"

[Argon Jaden]

It took a long while before CrossFreeze regained power and communication. Avery knew that his location was known despite having his GEAR shut down. Checking his com, he flew up to the sky, taking note of the newcomer in their midst. He saw Shadow slice out of the worm's stomach as it trashed. The blond pilot tsked and charged ice canon. He was out for more than twenty minutes anyway. CrossFreeze aimed for the head, eyes narrowing as the canon went off.

He was strangely quiet while he turned his direction to the scattering alien troops, shooting them down from the sky.

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel voice his thanks too James as he took hold of White Reaper's left arm, while Leo work on getting the computer to get an positive lock. "Alright...it'll take a few seconds for Thunder-Clap to warm up, so when I count down to three fired along with me. Should give that worm an nice wound, maybe even finish it off if we're lucky." Lionel explained as he squeeze the control's trigger, causing Thunder-Clap's barrel to spark up as it charges up to fire. "One...Two...Three!" Lionel shouted as an small flash would be formed by the rail gun firing it charged shot, sending an ball of electricity towards the flailing worm stomach. Likely to just wound it alone, but with Battlemaster special arsenal though could do more damage.

[Dire Hoef]

Shadow: I am awesome! Praise me! Also Battlemaster, I vote for Jacinto as leader!

Battlemaster: No matter the situation Shadow, I don’t care who takes position as leader! We just need to survive this.

Lionel: Alright...it'll take a few seconds for Thunder-Clap to warm up, so when I count down to three fired along with me. Should give that worm an nice wound, maybe even finish it off if we're lucky.

James prepared himself as he made sure to keep the arm steady enough for it to hit its target. James was barely hanging onto his consciousness as the energy of the battle started to take over him. However his will was stronger than said energy and with this he screamed at the top of his lungs as he heard Lionel count up from three.


Lionel: One...Two...Three!

James felt the machine jerk violently as a sudden flash of light was present before a ball of electricity flew through the air and towards its target. James, within his GEAR, suffered some minor injuries, but not enough to put out of commission. He looked off to his right at Lionel; breathing rather hard.


Battlemaster: If you’re thinking what I am thinking then these Ion Artillery Cannons will only survive another shot and if fired again will suffer a melt-down of nuclear proportions.

[Enigma83]

Shadow dove out of the way of the thunder clap "CHECK YOUR FIRE!!" He shouted "The worms already dead, exiting a creature through its intestines usually kills it"

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy stopped her defensive bombardment with the appearance of the the new GEAR. After it helped her and nodded at her right outside her view port, she responded in kind. The massive head of her GEAR nodded at it as it flew away. She turned back to her tactical console, noticing the worm was practically handled. She kept her weapons ready, but for all intents and purposes she was on standby and she sent out a quick message saying as such. She leaned back in the pilot seat, keeping a watch over the map in case a new threat showed up.

[MidKnight]

Jacinto was able to move his GEAR, but soon felt the machine was ready to break down at any moment, or when he moves around. He saw the white GEAR that had saved one of his crew members and wiped out a battalion of Alien Infantry on it's own. "Whoever you are, thank you for saving us." He said over the comm. He turned his attention back to the worm, and noticed the creature was on the verge of death. "Alright, one more initiate strike, the damn bloody beast should be done for." He couldn't move his GEAR, all he could do was observe the situation.

"I need a GEAR who is still operation to provide cover for W1DOW, we have no cover for W1dOW." He announced and checked his HUD. "If we can get the remaining heat sacks, that should put it down." He groaned as he moved in his GEAR, he could feel a couple of his ribs were broken. Feeling the pain, finally coming to him. He stayed focus on the task.

Mean while the new GEAR looked around and heard the comm link, hearing another crew member about heat sacks and ending the beasts reign of terror. The GEAR then moved quickly and noticed more targets appeared. "This is Angel of Hope, engaging targets located at North East of your location, happy hunting with the worm boys."

[Argon Jaden]

The worm didn't exactly need his help with dying, he had frozen its head twice, that should be enough help. Glancing over, he tailed the new GEAR, flying North East as he bombarded the Aliens with bullets. Again, Avery was silent, but he began weaving close to the ground, going underneath Alien limbs, divebombing them and shooting them in the face. All in all, it was a reckless, dangerous dance, but CrossFreeze managed to pull it off. But one wrong move and Avery could get killed.

He snorted, the sound echoing through the com. No other sounds were to be made and it was almost worrying that the youngest pilot was dead quiet. It wasn't like his persona at all.

[Enigma83]

"Wait a minute" Shadow said "They're retreating!.....or regrouping...."

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel step away from James GEAR as he take aim with White Reaper's AM205, setting it into semi-mode as he targeted for the remaining heat sack. Soon taking the shot as Leo fired a few at the dying worm, hitting the remaining sack with the second shot as it burst from the impact. Causing the giant alien worm to let out a high-pitch screech, flailing it half-frozen head around wildly before collapsing with a loud thud. Such a few meters from where White Reaper and Battlemaster stood, giving them a close look at it ugly mug.

[MidKnight]

The battle was soon to be over completely as the Angel of Hope continued it's reign of terror and destroyed any remaining forces that survived the fight. Several remnants of the human fleet approached the beach and arrived in time to fire several rounds into the worm as it laid dead. The GEAR forces pushed onward to cover any grounds that could be possibly a trap or call for reinforcements. Several ships of the fleet have landed away from the beach and on solid even ground. Opening their hangers, and bringing in any damaged GEAR inside for repairs and their pilots to the medical bay.

Jacinto GEAR was in repair while he was in the medical bay area, getting patched up from the cut above his eye, and checking his body for any broke bones. He sat on a chair and looked towards the window and noticed another GEAR was brought in. In was their fallen comrades' GEAR. He asked about the pilot, and was informed the pilot never made it out. He lowered his head in sadness. He got up and went outside to the hanger and examined the GEAR. He stood there, staring at the ripped machine. All it took was one plasma shot to rip through the armor. He could see the blood where the pilot seat was. He found towels nearby and grabbed a few, he climbed up on the GEAR to the pilot seat and begun to clean the blood stains.

The Commander upon the Odyssey examined the field and noticed there was a large amount of destroyed GEARs on the battlefield. He looked to the captain and asked for a statues report. When it was given, and he gives a heavy sigh. He walked to his desk and pressed a button. The red light started blinking green.

"This is Commander Blake." He stated, "Today is major victory for the human kind, today we have showed the Alien forces that we are a force not to be reckon with. Although the casualty cost was high, we all have lost someone dear to us all, but do not be saddened about their deaths, instead remember them of who they were, of what they did for us to gain this achievement, it was no easy task for us today. Honor the dead, Honor their memories, Honor their names. This is the first step into taking back what is ours, and what we love most. Commander Blake out."

Jacinto was still in the GEAR cleaning up blood from the seat, he threw down a towel on the side and used the other, he couldn't believe there was so much blood in one GEAR. When he heard about the Commander giving a speech, he gives a slight scoff, as he wiped away the red stains. "She shouldn't have died." He quietly said, while wiping away a tear.

[Argon Jaden]

Despite not being damaged, CrossFreeze returned to the hangar to get its ammo reloaded. Besides, he probably wasn't that needed in there anymore. Landing his GEAR, Avery nimbly jumped out, his usually bright eyes dull and unseeing. Some attended to his beloved GEAR, and he paid them no mind. Instead, he dragged himself over to a dilapidated GEAR in one of the corners. He recognized his fellow pilot cleaning the bloody cockpit and tears welled in his eyes.

"A-Ashy..." He whined, staring blankly as Jacinto cleaned. More tears streamed down his face as he approached, wiping them away briefly. The evidence was there though. He had a sleepless night last night, and his eyes were red from crying. He felt helpless again. Sniffing, he approached CORROSION, he pulled out a towellete and scrambled up beside his co-pilot.

"Ashy... wouldn't like her seat dirtied." He croaked, once he was beside Jacinto. The youngest GEAR pilot sniffed and handed him another towellete, using the other to clean up the bloody mess. He was silent once again, tears freely spilling down his cheeks as he cleaned up.

"She was an awesome pilot..." Avery remarked with a hiccup. He felt like he lost a sister. They weren't very close, but they do talk quite often. He hiccupped again as another wave of tears spilled from his eyes.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy rode the lift down out of her GEAR, people already moving to reload her ammo stores. She took some minor long range damage, but no alien managed to get close enough to do any real damage to her GEAR. She saw two pilots cleaning the cockpit of the destroyed GEAR that had been their sniper. Sammy didn't see much of a point, the GEAR was way too damaged to be of any use but for scrap for other GEARs at this point. As for the pilot, people died every day in war. If you couldn't get used to the loss of a single person then stay off the battle field. That's what she lived by, and her muteness helped keep things like that for her.

She left the hanger, heading straight to her quarters and grabbing her showering items. She stripped out of her pilot suit, dropping it in a hamper to be collected later, then grabbed a towel as she headed for the showers. In the shower room she looked at herself in the mirror, the horid discoloration on her neck where she had been affected by plasma residue. Recieved in the same attack that took her parents from her. She gritted her teeth, turning from the mirror and flipping a shower out to wash all the sweat off her body.

[Enigma83]

Shadow shakily landed in the hangar, smoking, sparking, and covered in sand work bile
Then Shadow's pilot finally exited the GEAR, coughing and wiping machine oil off of his face "Hi" he said "My name is E, and I'm the Shadows pilot"
Then he saw Ash's blood stained GEAR cockpit "Oh no" he said "not Ash...why Ash...why did Ash have to die?"

Some of the GEAR pilots looked at E in disgust and walked away, pushing E over on the way out
One of them walked past Avery "Don't trust that freak" he said, walking away

[Dire Hoef]

Commander Blake: This is Commander Blake. Today is major victory for the human kind, today we have showed the Alien forces that we are a force not to be reckoned with. Although the casualty cost was high, we all have lost someone dear to us all, but do not be saddened about their deaths, instead remember them of who they were, of what they did for us to gain this achievement, it was no easy task for us today. Honor the dead, Honor their memories, Honor their names. This is the first step into taking back what is ours, and what we love most. Commander Blake out.

Having returned to the hanger, James GEAR only suffered minor damages but it was well kept nonetheless. James wasn’t all that surprised to see a fellow GEAR member die while in battle; he’s seen some things far greater than the death of a simple pilot… A female pilot at that…

Death didn’t really affect him as would others, but something deep inside him ignited. A flame, but not the flame of anger, but the flame of revenge and retribution. He made sure that this burning desire will be satisfied one way or another. Then his group of engineers came up to him wondering what was going on with two other pilots. James shook his head and gestured towards the GEAR, “Pay no heed to those who cry for the dead… Simple enough to squander away the strength of passion… They should carry strength and not sadness…” “But their way younger than you,” said one engineer. “Yes that may be true, but they’re hearts are young and full of life… This is only the beginning of an adventure we have yet to embark,” said James as he walked away from his GEAR leaving his team of engineers to tend to its damages.

James came to his quarters and stripped himself of his pilot clothing tossing them aside. He dawned on his casual wear and made way for his personal study. He sat at his desk silently wondering what to do next. He was given this room, as a means for his age, but aside from that he made sure to do things productively in this room while he still occupied it.

He leaned back in his chair staring at the door on the opposite side of the room. “I need to think of something… And quick,” said James to himself as he wondered what to really do in this situation.

[Argon Jaden]

Avery blinked, hearing the other pilot tell him to stay away from E. He stared at the other person, before returning back to Jacinto, continuing their previous work. Tears were still in his eyes, but he paid it no heed.

"An ally is an ally.. No matter what." He mumbled softly. That's... what ma always told me...

[MidKnight]

Jacinto finished wiping the blood from the pilot seat and looked at his fellow pilot. "War is an inevitable answer to all causes, especially no matter of who you are." He gives a small sigh and grabbed the bloody towels, "Get something to eat, and some rest, I'm sure Command has something special for us." He gives him a fist bump before jumping out and exits out of the GEAR, there he walked by several medical officers, and gives them the towels and grabbed a few fresh ones. He walked by E and handed the white towels to him.

"I wouldn't worry about them." He said as he handed the towels, "They don't know what kind of hell we all been put through." He looked at the other GEAR Pilots, "Besides, they're just grunts who think they're the best of the whole division." Then looked back at E. "But I didn't see them put down the alien worm." He smiled and gives a pat on his shoulder. "Just hang in there kid." Then he walked away.

As he walked, leaving the hanger bay and attended to his own quarters. He walked through the doors and took off his GEAR suit and placed them on a bed. He sighed heavily as sits on a chair, placing his hand on head. He was thinking about the one who died, he didn't know much about her, but he could tell she would have been a great person to know. He sat there a little longer, then looked towards his computer. He opened a chat link and found his teams' names. He pressed on James comm link. Hearing the beeping as he placed the head phone onto his ear. "James..." He said, "I need some advice." He takes a deep breath, "You're the oldest, how do you handle a teams' death situation?" He asked, though feeling nervous to ask a veteran of his work.

[TheExiledChampion]

"I think the fact he was eaten by it and lived to tell it is good enough, since we all had a piece at the monster." Lionel exclaimed as he overheard what Jacinto had said to Shadow's pilot, he walk pass them as he pulled out an metal case thats hold his cigarettes and took one. Lighting it up and took an long inhale of smoke, then blew it out in an puff of smoke as he look at the destroyed GEARs belonging too their deceased sniper. "A sad sight...shame it'll be scraped," Lionel spoke out softly to himself as he exited the hangar. Leaving the care of White Reaper to the engineers as he wouldn't have the know-how in repairing its arm.

With that, Lionel headed towards the cafeteria as he ponders on what he should make for dinner. Which would most likely be someone's last meal, so it always good to be sure its something tasty for said someone.

[Argon Jaden]

Avery nodded at Jacinto and smiled, fist bumping his fellow pilot. He watched him walk towards E., handing him towels before going his way. Lionel also came up to the said deranged pilot, possibly encouraging him before he too went his way. The youngest sighed and rubbed his face. Today was a special day, and he wondered why a comrade had to die on a day like this.

Jumping down from the dilapidated GEAR, Avery pressed a kiss to his palm, then pressed it on the metal husk. It was a charm, his mother had said. It was to tell the deceased that you would never forget them. He turned and walked off after a minute, making his way to dinner. Upon arriving, he simply asked for a slice of strawberry cake, a small doggie bag of cream puffs and a small bottle of iced tea. He ignored the stares aimed at him. He was just that out of character. Packing his "dinner", he walked up to his quarters, showering and quickly changing into a sleeveless turtleneck and baggy jeans. He slipped out quietly, but not incospicously. There were still stares chasing his retreating back.

Exiting the place itself, he trudged off to a nearby cemetery. The blond pilot stopped in front of two large tombstones, settling in front of them. He let out a weary sigh.

"Hi mommy... daddy. Happy anniversary." He greeted the tombs of his parents. A fresh bough of tears welled in his eyes. "Mommy... I couldn't help..."

He started bawling his eyes out, crying about how he was so clueless, how he couldn't help. His cries echoed through the cemetery. For once, he wasn't a perky GEAR pilot, he was just a broken child.

[Enigma83]

E looked at Lionel and Jacinto in shock they accept me? he thought, using the towel to rub some of the oil off of his face they aren't just screwing with me?
Shadow sparked again
"Oh that's right" E said, picking up a torch and getting to work on repairing his GEAR "You did good out there old friend"

[Dire Hoef]

James was busy at work writing down some much needed battle reports for the commander; since he was the oldest and was in charge of keeping an eye on the young ones when battle was commenced. However his work was interrupted by a sudden call by one of the pilots that was with him on the battlefield; Jacinto. He calmly lifted an earphone to his right air and listened to what Jacinto had to say.

“James... I need some advice. You're the oldest, how do you handle a teams' death situation,” questioned Jacinto.

James thought about the question for a moment, but it didn’t take long for the man to come up with an answer, “Handling a man or a woman’s death? It is not easy. In the past, I’ve worked on the battlefield taking care of this nuisance of an extraterrestrial race.” He took a minute to light a cigar and lean back in his chair, “I only remember fragments of my childhood, but my military days were all I could ever remember. Being born to a military legendary, and having to live up to that legend was all I could ever think about. Until that day, when our enemy came before mankind. I’m sure during your training you were told of this event. I was one of the few Starfleet commanders who made it out alive. I never told my story, because none would believe me. I’ve had thousands of my own men die in that incursion; all because our head commander was unable to properly calculate the power that these creatures' possessed. I was dumbfounded and utterly depressed at the fact that I lost so many good men and women, but as my father once told me, ‘Be not yourself, but be there for one’s self,’ if that would make any since to a youngster like you.”

James leaned forward sucking in more of the cigar before letting out a minor puff of smoke, “Understand this boy. Death is going to occur whether it is to be natural or unnatural. Death is what keeps us mortals on our toes, because death does not wait for the sinner. My endeavors led me to see countless amounts of people die for just causes or heroic causes. However I never gave in to sadness because I knew that I would pay the enemy back for that death. I do not cry for the dead, but I repay my debts for the dead by avenging their killer. Avenge the death of our fallen comrade with pride, not sympathy. It may sound harsh, but that is what I learned on the battlefield.”

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy had finished her shower, getting into her military casuals and grabbing a quick snack from her room. She'd grab a real meal later, but for now a small snack would keep her energy up. She always waited for the crowd to thin out in the cafeteria before heading in herself. She hated the crowds. However she saw Avery leave the cafeteria and she decided to follow him. It wasn't that hard, she was a very silent person.

She followed him all the way out to the grave yard. Somewhere amongst all these tombstones were markers for her parents, but she didn't know where exactly they were. She didn't really bother to find out either. She didn't want to get her mind focused on the past like that. Sammy just continued to watch as the boy broke down into tears and with her eyes rolling she started to walk up to him.

She placed a hand on his shoulder and stared down at him silently. This went on for a few moments before she leaned down, wiping his tears away and giving him a light smack to the bottom of his chin to bring it up. She couldn't say anything with her voice, but through her actions she can tell him to man up about it. People died in the war every day, you had to learn to accept it and deal with it like a soldier.

[MidKnight]

"It's been a while since I last seen someones death ever occur in a squad I have been in, especially these GEARs. The first time I saw death was my fathers' who served on a ship called 'Vendetta' as its' Captain. The ship was a Battle Cruiser was meant to defend the flanks of the fleet, but the ship was overwhelmed by plasma cannons and destroyed in a matter of minutes, no survivors ever lived to tell the tale." He clears his throat and looked at his computer screen. "Seeing another death is something I wish to never grieve on, but to remember the lost ones who I have cherished the most before, seeing Ash's death was." He shook his head, "Unfortunate, however though, you are right. We have to remember them and avenge their death by taking the one killed our friends." He heard a beep on his computer. "Hold on, looks like we got a message." He stared at the message.

'To All GEAR Pilots, Please Report To Hanger Bay 2. 20 minutes.'

"I wonder what's going on in the Hanger two area?" He asked himself, he gives a small sigh, "I'll see you in Hanger Bay two Jams." He pulled his head phone away from his ear and set it aside as he got up and walked over to his closest, and opening the door, he found some fresh clothes, but didn't bother taking a shower. He simply found a black shirt with GEAR logo on the front left corner. He gives a bottle of water before leaving and exits out of his quarters, heading to the hanger bay.

[Argon Jaden]

"S-Sammy..." His eyes welled up with tears again and he jumped on the older girl, hugging her tightly. His fellow pilots were the only thing he had as family. The blonde was still pretty young, even for a pilot, and yet, death was already shaking his world. It took a while, but after what seemed like an hour, Avery swallowed and nodded, blinking out the fresh tears in his eyes.

He understood what his co-pilot was trying to say and he feebly nodded, wiping the rest of his tears the same way a child would. His cheeks and nose were red from crying and his eyes were swollen, and yet, he shot his mute co-pilot a small smile. He had to accept it one way or the other. Crying wouldn't help.

"I know... I just... I wish I could've done something. I'm always useless at times like these." He mused, before pulling out the slice of cake. He offered a bit of the cake and the creampuffs to Sammy before quietly partaking in his sugary dinner.

"Mommy and Daddy would often tell me that being a soldier is harder than it feels. I just realized how right they are." His parents were very influencial in the military world, but he sees them as his parents, his loving parents. Their memory made him smile and he gently leaned towards Sammy, resting his head on her shoulder. "I hope you don't mind being a sister figure. I've always wanted an older sister but Mommy said it was impossible."

Just then, Avery's phone beeped, momentarily distracting his train of thought. He frowned and flipped it open. "To All GEAR Pilots, Please Report to Hanger Bay 2. 20 minutes." He read out loud. Sighing softly, he looked over at Sammy. "We're being called in..."

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy blinked as she was hugged and with a silent sigh she hugged back with a single arm. She wasn't much for getting close to people, but she couldn't rely on someone emotionally traumatized out on the battle field. So she hugged back, giving him a slight bit of comfort. All the while she was thinking back to when she lost team mates out in the field. She had always been cold about it, if someone fell in battle they couldn't stop to mourn. They had to complete the mission.

Suddenly there was cake in her face. Avery was offering her some of her sugar filled dinner, but Sammy shook her head. She pulled out her ration bar snack she had taken from her room, not the best tasting but it would keep on on their feet. However she did nick one cream puff as taste did matter sometimes. She quickly ate the puff and then started chewing her bar. Her phone beeped at the same time as Avery's and she was about to check it when he beat her to the punch.

Sammy shoved the rest of the bar in her mouth, chewing for a few seconds before swallowing it. She stretched out and gave Avery a tug and started to make her way back without checking to see if Avery had begun to follow her. As she walked she pondered a thing that Avery had said about her being a sister figure. She wasn't sure about it, she didn't want to get herself too close to people and lose another person. She shook her head, rubbing at her eyes as she continued to walk towards the hanger while switching her thoughts to what they could be meeting for.

[Dire Hoef]

James took another inhale of his cigar, puffing out airy smoke from his mouth, before listening to Jacinto once more.

“It's been a while since I last seen someone’s death ever occur in a squad I have been in, especially these GEARs. The first time I saw death was my fathers' who served on a ship called 'Vendetta' as its Captain. The ship was a Battle Cruiser was meant to defend the flanks of the fleet, but the ship was overwhelmed by plasma cannons and destroyed in a matter of minutes, no survivors ever lived to tell the tale. Seeing another death is something I wish to never grieve on, but to remember the lost ones who I have cherished the most before, seeing Ash's death was. Unfortunate, however though, you are right. We have to remember them and avenge their death by taking the one killed our friends. Hold on, looks like we got a message.”

A message was brought up that had caught James attention;

To All GEAR Pilots, Please Report To Hanger Bay 2. 20 minutes.

“I wonder what's going on in the Hanger two area? I'll see you in Hanger Bay two James,” Jacinto said before ending the transmission.

James was more than prepared to handle whatever was going on in Hanger Two, but his fatherly figure was much needed for these children. So ignorant to the world of the non-living it had almost made James, without impulse, slam his fist upon his desk, but was civil enough not to express such anger. Instead he withered out the cigar in an ashtray before standing to his feet staring towards the door. He corrected his casual wear and with this he came around the desk and made way for the door when a memory flashed before his eyes. The actions that took place that day flashed in his mind and with this he held his head tightly before correcting himself and left his studies. He looked to the right and slowly made his way to Hanger Two occasionally getting nods or salutes from passersby. He wasn’t going to like what he was to expect in Hanger Two.

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel was in the middle of making some soup, along with a few other meals to go with it. He wasn't much in charge of serving it, if he was, Lionel would've told Avery to eat something healthier. At last, Leo was more concern in cooking up some food to be serve. Usually homemade than just pre-made stuff, which aren't as tasty and fresh in Leo's opinion.

It wasn't till Lionel phone started to ring, along with many of the other pilots. With one hand, Lionel turn on his phone and read an message about Pilots needing to head too Hangar 2. Sighing, Lionel stopped his stirring and instructed one of the cooks on how to prepare it. Then headed off after slipping off the apron, hanging it on a rack with the others and started heading for Hangar 2. Pulling out an fresh cigarette and lit it, soon smoking on the freshly lit cigarette.

[MidKnight]

Jacinto walked around the halls of the ship before reporting to the hanger bay, there he met a fellow pilots who were heading to the hanger, some of them were still in shock from the battle, but paid no heed. As he walked around further more, he thought about the other soldiers who had died in the battle, and how others have felt their loss. He remembered wiping a tear earlier for the loss of their own comrade. He doesn't know much about the pilot, but then again, he does know she was a excellent marksman.

Jacinto finally decided to go to the hanger bay after squandering 15 minutes in the hall ways. He found his way to the hanger bay and there, he finds more pilots who were standing around, some were still in suits, others in plain clothing. He looked around and recognized a few of them. He stood where he was at, by the door. He watched as the boardwalk where a few Captain rank officers and Admirals were sitting on chairs. One of them was Commander Blake himself and another who wore a GEAR Suit, but colored in white and red. Though he couldn't see if the person was a woman, or a man, for the person who their GEAR Helmet.

The Commander stood up and walked up to a mic that was set in front of the pilots. "Attention everyone, I know you all want your rest and eat some chow, but right now we have something to discuss." He turned around and pressed a button on his computer to show a display on the wall. The images showed a certain city. A city that looked burned and every piece of block turned to dust, cars to rust.

"The Alien forces have retreated from certain areas already." There was a small cheer and applause, "But..the sky is not safe for our ships to advanced, everything will be a complicated task." He takes a deep breath, "We have discovered reliable intel that states there is a prison camp in Berlin, although the details of this camp is...unexplained. We will mobilize a full scale assault and free the prisoners." He looked at the Pilots, "Berlin is in our grasp GEARs, if we capture Berlin, we can turn the tide of this war in our favor."

Jacinto watched as the Commander informed everyone of what was going to happen next. Now he knows he was to be ready for another full battle. He gives a smirk and gives a small laugh, "I guess W1DOW better watch her six from now on." He touched the back of his ear, and had a shiver like he was being watched. " Crap."

[Argon Jaden]

Avery had quietly followed Sammy inside, the redness of his eyes and nose were obvious, but he didn't act like he just broke down. The young pilot was back to normal. Walking back in, the bloke quietly listened to the Commander, smiling a bit. If this is what would happen, then they could turn the tides. It was the first step to revenge.

He clenched his hands to fists as his eyes dangerously narrowed. "... for you." He growled softly before a playful smile washed his face.

[Dire Hoef]

“Attention everyone, I know you all want your rest and eat some chow, but right now we have something to discuss.”

James witnessed a destroyed city. One whom he could remember as a young man. James was further angered by this, but had kept himself physically calm as he waited for the commander to speak further.

“The Alien forces have retreated from certain areas already. But... The sky is not safe for our ships to advance; everything will be a complicated task. We have discovered reliable intel that states there is a prison camp in Berlin, although the details of this camp are...unexplained. We will mobilize a full scale assault and free the prisoners. Berlin is in our grasp GEARs, if we capture Berlin, we can turn the tide of this war in our favor.”

James crossed his arms and with this stepped forward a few paces and silently looked at the image showing Berlin. He shook his head, “Commander. I assume we’ll need to split up into fire teams and assume positions throughout Berlin. If we divide our forces we can easily take Berlin without fault. I personally think that the battle will be decisive, but rather long as well. Since we drove away the extraterrestrial forces into this small corner we can surely expect to see some heavy resistance in sectors A-D. Specifically if we are to take fire teams, I’ll need someone who’s GEAR is able to for para-drop. From there this fire team will move in for the prison camp while the others capture Berlin. If we do it this way. Victory should be swift.”

[MidKnight]

“Commander. I assume we’ll need to split up into fire teams and assume positions throughout Berlin. If we divide our forces we can easily take Berlin without fault. I personally think that the battle will be decisive, but rather long as well. Since we drove away the extraterrestrial forces into this small corner we can surely expect to see some heavy resistance in sectors A-D. Specifically if we are to take fire teams, I’ll need someone who’s GEAR is able to for para-drop. From there this fire team will move in for the prison camp while the others capture Berlin. If we do it this way. Victory should be swift.”

The Commander looked to James and gives a nod. "Excellent idea GEAR, but unfortunately the enemies anti-air defense is active and at this point, sending in drop troops is inevitable. We can not send in drop troops the moment crap hits the can. Although we are seeing a lot of movement in this city, one...they have heavy hitters that can rip our GEARs apart. Two if we don't hit this city soon, we will be expecting a lot of enemy reinforcements...more than our own."

Before he continued, the Pilot. Angel of Hope stood. "IF I may Commander." He walked up to the mic, keeping the head gear on. "The city is no shape of a fortified defense due to multiple destroyed buildings, but we can send in forces on the East and West side of the city and squeeze them in, we can send in forces from the South to keep them bottled up and pushed North, forcing them to leave the city. But as for the prisoners....it is our duty to keep every single human alive, and those prisoners will come out alive." He looked to the Commander. "I'll take an additional force and hit them hard on the South."

The Commander nodded, "James, as of now, you're promoted to the rank of Captain, Jacinto will be your second in command in case if anything happens to you. You and your forces will strike the city in the East. Pack your GEARs with extra ammo, we are going to be in a very..very long fight."

[Rha'az]

As Fox looked at the other pilot packing up their supplies and fixing the GEARs parts. He went over to the Commander with a mug of coffee in his hand, he puts it aside and asks, "Sir, when is our next battle?"

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy was glaring silently at Jacinto as he spoke about her GEAR. She knew about her GEAR's weaknesses and her strengths, that's why she never went out solo. She closed her eyes and shook her head, continuing to listen to the plan and thinking of her role in whole thing. She wouldn't be able to do wide bombardments for risk of killing prisoners. She'd have to swap out her ordinance for more pinpoint attacks. She'd have to acquire a tactical map of enemy emplacements. If she could take out the AA emplacements then they could bring in drop troops to evac the prisoners.

[Dire Hoef]

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“Excellent idea GEAR, but unfortunately the enemies’ anti-air defense is active and at this point, sending in drop troops is inevitable. We cannot send in drop troops the moment crap hits the can. Although we are seeing a lot of movement in this city, one...they have heavy hitters that can rip our GEARs apart. Two if we don't hit this city soon, we will be expecting a lot of enemy reinforcements...more than our own.”

‘Then we’re at a disadvantage at this point,’ thought James rubbing his small, but stylish, beard upon his chin with his right hand, ‘the enemy knows about the power of our GEARS… This is going to be a rather tough situation to pull through…’

“IF I may Commander. The city is no shape of a fortified defense due to multiple destroyed buildings, but we can send in forces on the East and West side of the city and squeeze them in, we can send in forces from the South to keep them bottled up and pushed North, forcing them to leave the city. But as for the prisoners....it is our duty to keep every single human alive, and those prisoners will come out alive. I'll take an additional force and hit them hard on the South. I'll take an additional force and hit them hard on the South.”

“James, as of now, you're promoted to the rank of Captain, Jacinto will be you’re second in command in case if anything happens to you. You and your forces will strike the city in the East. Pack your GEARs with extra ammo; we are going to be in a very… very long fight.”

James expression hardened as he stared towards the map showing Berlin. Thinking of the plan by this unknown member of the team seemed logical, but it was too straightforward from the looks of things. James nodded, “However since we are expecting heavy resistance in the city we’ll need a secondary plan for if the original were to fail. If we are unable to rescue the prisoners in time and the enemy finds out about this plan I suggest aborting the mission before any additional forces are wasted.” James was serious about their being a secondary plan in case this plan fails to see the light of day. “If I feel that the original initiative of the plan is to fail then I’ll personally order the team to pull out to avoid unnecessary deaths,” said James as he sighed softly.

James turned towards Sammy, “I am aware that your GEAR is to be largest piece of machinery on the field at this current moment. I’ll need you to hang back and ensure that you can find those Anti-Air weapons. Once you’ve secured the position of these Anti-Air weapons I’ll order a small group to branch off from the fire-team and deal with the Anti-Air weapons so that reinforcements can get the prisoners out without a problem.” James looked towards the rest of them, young and full of life, “Jacinto… Since you’re my second in command I’ll need you to form Fire Team 2 while I take command of Fire Team 1… Sammantha will be on Fire Team 2… E and Ash Fire Team 1… Lionel and Avery Fire Team 2… Fire Team 1 will deal with the Prisoners while Fire Team 2 deals with the Anti-Air Weapons… If we are decisive then this shouldn’t be a problem…”

[Rha'az]

Fox turned towards James who is now a captain, unsure where he team he should be in, he walked towards James and asks him "Sir, which is my team sir? I need a team to start my GEAR sir,"

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel nodded his head at James' assigning him too Fire Team 2, "hopefully those gear heads fix Reaper's arm." Leo stated as he snuff out what left of his cigarette with his thumb and index, after licking them to lessen any burns. "Any idea where they're likely are?" Lionel asks before leaning against the wall.

[MidKnight]

“However since we are expecting heavy resistance in the city we’ll need a secondary plan for if the original were to fail. If we are unable to rescue the prisoners in time and the enemy finds out about this plan I suggest aborting the mission before any additional forces are wasted. If I feel that the original initiative of the plan is to fail then I’ll personally order the team to pull out to avoid unnecessary deaths."

"You will fight without any remorse to our enemy, we can not let them see our fear, we will not retreat in any matter. We will push on to our very last GEAR, our very last ship. We will show our enemy, we have the courage, dignity, and the strength to pull every able body to keep them off of our rock. I had enough of seeing alien life form running around on our soil, killing anything that moves. I will not see them become our masters. and I will not live to see us as slaves. As for you Fox, you're commanding officer is James, you will report to him or his second in command." The Commander then turned his attention to the Angel of Hope and they began to discuss their strategy for their fight on the East and South area of the city.

Jacinto looked to Fox and gives him a pat on the shoulder, "You will be with James, He'll need the help, I fear there will be more alien forces protecting those AA Guns, then their heavy hitters." Jacinto looked at the map of the ruined city, "I think the AA Guns will be hidden in certain areas that can be protected by bombardment. Those buildings are high enough to protect anything for a short time. If we search around the high buildings, I'm sure those guns are there too." He looked to Sammy, "If we find them, they will probably send reinforcements to keep their guns from being destroyed. I need you on the ready, just in case." He gives a small pat on her shoulder. "Avery, we're going to need you on the ground for this one, if you fly, most likely you will get shot down."

[Argon Jaden]

"Um..." Avery blushed, feeling embarrassed. He was terrible on battles on the land. Surely, they knew that. The blond pilot, chewed his bottom lip. CrossFreeze was more of a flight GEAR, but if he had to, he'll stay on the ground. He shot a grin at Jacinto.


"Sure thing Jaccy." He chirped before his smirk turned dark and mischievous. "But I can't promise not turning the ground into an ice field." The blond said with a playful wink.

He skipped off, planning to ask for an upgrade for his GEAR. Whatever he lacks in terms of using his Weapon touching the ground, he will have to make up for with speed and power. Suddenly, the blond stopped and grew still.

"No one's dying this time." He promised himself softly, a look of pain washing over his young features.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy just nodded at her assignment as the leader for Fire Team Two. It made sense since she was the siege weapon, but then it also didn't make sense with her communication barrier. Although she had been getting by with her rigged com console so far. She made her way to her GEAR, tapping one of the mechanics on the shoulder. She wanted to go grab some grub real fast, but first she needed to let the GEAR heads know of the changes she wanted done.

She typed out her proposed changes on the nearby computer, making gestures and motions on a map to justify her changes. She'd be trading off her squad killing power in area bombardments for emplacement attacks with pinpoint attacks. She would also have her two Hammer missiles in case there would be a placement too heavily fortified to take out. It would be a last resort option though, if the missile didn't burrow enough to direct the blast or missed entirely it could spell the end for the prisoners.

With her GEAR taken care of Sammy made her way to the cafeteria, pointing to the foods she wanted. A balance of nutrition from what they had avaliable. She grabbed her tray and headed over to her usual corner with dim enough lighting that people didn't glance over too much. It also helped turn people away so she didn't have to deal with listening to a one sided conversation.

[Rha'az]

"Fire Team 1, right,"

Fox heard Jacinto's words of the strategy he was planning and Fox thought of something different, "If we fly, we're going down. On the ground, we'll get spotted and have to battle through hundreds of Aliens.. But, underground? Guys! How 'bout we went to the city underground?" Yup, Fox thinks differently.

[TheExiledChampion]

"Are you new? We had to fight an giant war in the last fight against the aliens, who knows how many they have of those things." Lionel retorted as he look toward Fox, taking a pause to take out another cigarette for himself before continuing. "If we had to face another one in its domain, we'll be that thing's dinner in no time...likely give it a bad stomach ache with too much iron." Lionel stated with an amused smile after adding that last bit, then lightly bit on the brown end of his cigarette and lit the other end with his gold-color zippo lighter. Which appears to have engravings of words and a heart, a closer look would give someone an view of "I Love You" in intricate writing.

After lighting it, Leo breath in a small amount of tobacco smoke. Then slowly blow it out in a stream of smoke, that headed up towards the ceiling. "If we're done here, I got some things to do before we head out." Lionel stated as he depart from the room, leaving behind a mildly invisible trail of smoke.

[Enigma83]

"If you want to send in air troops, but don't want them to get shot down. Send me in first" E said, having seemingly materialized in the doorway "I can cloak for my drop then sneak into the base, take out the air defece controls and cannons, then kill as many Aliens as I can on the way out."
E walked over to the assembled group
"This way we reduce the number of GEAR losses, take out one of the bases main defenses which could leave them open for a bombing run, increase the Alien casualties, and I get to stab some motherfuckers"

[Argon Jaden]

It took a while, but after he had argued with the mechanics about what he wanted his GEAR to have, he managed to return to the room with everyone. Was it that hard to understand that he wanted to trade some of CrossFreeze's armor for more spread? And the ice canon adjustment wasn't much, but if he wanted to buy others time, that's how he works.

Avery stepped in just as he heard He's suggestion. Tilting his head to one side, he thought about it before shaking his head. "It's too risky." Avery decided, glomping the pilot nearest to the entrance, grinning childishly.

"E, if you charge in as a scout, they'll catch you. They probably have sensors or something there. It's pretty much a base of theirs." He said with a smile, not letting go of whoever he had glomped, going as far as wrapping his legs around their waist and chirping.

"We can't let this fail! For Demacia!!" He chirped energetically, trying to act like his eyes weren't still a bit red from all the crying he did earlier.

[Enigma83]

E shook his head "Shadow has a few more tricks up its sleeves besides turning invisible and annihilating giant worms" he said "I'll be right back with said trick"
E left the room and walked back to the hangar, then climbed into Shadow
"Let's show them what we can do old friend" he said

[TheExiledChampion]

"Get. Off. Of. Me!" Lionel angrily shouted as he try to free of Avery's hug, while trying to prevent his cigarette from burning one of them. Holding it out with his stretch out arm, while using his hand to try and pry himself out of the hug. Teeth gritting as Lionel glare at the small girl-ish looking boy, "let go or i'll make certain you'll never get anying for food." Leo threaten, even though he really can't do what he said.

[Dire Hoef]

“You will fight without any remorse to our enemy, we cannot let them see our fear, and we will not retreat in any matter. We will push on to our very last GEAR, our very last ship. We will show our enemy, we have the courage, dignity, and the strength to pull every able body to keep them off of our rock. I had enough of seeing alien life form running around on our soil, killing anything that moves. I will not see them become our masters. And I will not live to see us as slaves. As for you Fox, you're commanding officer is James, you will report to him or his second in command.”

“I think the AA Guns will be hidden in certain areas that can be protected by bombardment. Those buildings are high enough to protect anything for a short time. If we search around the high buildings, I'm sure those guns are there too. If we find them, they will probably send reinforcements to keep their guns from being destroyed. I need you on the ready, just in case. Avery, we're going to need you on the ground for this one, if you fly, most likely you will get shot down.”

“Shadow has a few more tricks up its sleeves besides turning invisible and annihilating giant worms. I'll be right back with said trick.”

“E is foolish,” said James loud enough so that everyone can hear, “All of you are young and filled with life and I appreciate that, but arrogance does not call for your young energy.” James crossed his arms; his expression hardening. “Everyone,” his facial expression hardened to something of an angered man, “Saddle up… Get everything prepared… This mission will be do or die…” James left the room only to head to his own quarters. He then stripped himself of his casual clothing and dawned on his pilot uniform tightening the helmet. James sighed as he left his quarters and made his way to the hanger where his Battlemaster was waiting patiently. Soon he came to E’s GEAR and with this looked up at it, “E… Come down here… I wish to speak to you…”

[Argon Jaden]

"Doesn't and won't work~" Avery giggled in a sing-song voice as he didn't let go. Needless to say, the childish pilot was in one of his moods; to be specific, the mood when hitting him hard won't work and you'd just have to surrender. He stayed like that, hugging Leo tighter if possible as he listened to James, blinking his blue eyes at the word choice. He looked around once and realized that E had gone. A pout crossed his features and he gave Leo's neck a squeeze.

"Can I have a ride back to the quarters?" He asked, pulling out his puppy dog eyes as he asked for the favor. The blond knew that it was hard to resist when he did that and why not?

[MidKnight]

Jacinto walked over and gives as small tug on Averys' ears. "That's enough now, you're old enough to find your own quarters." He looked around and watched as everyone leaves, "You two go and check up on your GEAR and see if your upgrades or modifications are complete." He left the hanger and back to his own quarters. There he managed to take a shower first before doing anything else. He changed into his suit and grabbed his helmet and left for the hanger where his GEAR was in.

There he could see his GEAR was already repaired. He stood there as the engineers finished patching up what was needed to be done. One of them approached Jacinto, "Sir your upgrade for your GEAR is completed." He showed a data pad to him. "What is this?" He asked, "The upgrade to your armor, it can take more damage and withstand enemy fire power, but kick back about it is...it will make you more slower." Jacinto sighs, "So I'm just going to be a heavy walking tank?"

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel leer at Avery as he grit his teeth, then groan as he gave up and nodded his head with a sigh. "How you want to do that?" Lionel ask the little blonde boy, while pinching the tip of his cigarette as he stored it back into the pack. Planning to finish it later when given a chance.

[Argon Jaden]

When Jacinto pulled him off by the ear, he pouted and stuck out his tongue, blowing a raspberry behind his retreating back as he rubbed his ears. He mumbled about killjoys under his breath until he heard Leo give in. A bright grin erupted in his face as he faced the older man.

"Carry me daddy!!" Avery said in a childish voice. He was a lot smaller, and so what if he wanted to be pampered? Even just a bit. Surely his co-pilot won't deny him that. The blonde grinned and bounced on his feet, acting more like an eight year old rather than an eighteen year old. "I want a piggy back ride~" He chirped.

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel sighed in mild annoyance after listening to the the short blond till he nods his head, then crouch low enough for Avery to hop onto Leo's back. While ignoring how childish Avery was being, along with any onlooker passing by them. Who rushes off after noticing Lionel glaring at them, "hurry up before I change my mind." Lionel stated as he waited for the blonde eighteen year-old.

[Argon Jaden]

There was a large grin on the blonde's face as he practically hopped on Leo's back. Carrying him should be no problem, considering his small size. He leaned forward and held on tight as they walked off. Of course, they got strange looks, but most, who once knew the blonde's parents shook their heads and smiled. When the two of them were walking in a rather deserted hall, Avery's soft voice echoed through the bland walls.

"Leo, could you do me another favor? Please?" He asked softly, blue eyes getting that same sad, exhausted look it had when he was crying on Sammy. "Please don't die on us. Be careful." He mumbled, resisting the urge to cry. He felt the need to tell his teammates this after what happened to Ash. She was a sniper; she worked far from the field. What about those working in?

[Enigma83]

E nodded and hopped down from his GEAR "What is it?" He asked "I'm a little busy here, so I wouldn't mind if you hurried"
Shadow let loose another spark and flickered in and out of visibility, then becoming completely invisible
E grumbled and threw his wrench into the empty space where the GEAR once was, which clanged off of it.
Shadow became visible once again
"Fucking worm guts" E muttered

[Rha'az]

Fox walked towards his quarters and stands beside the door. Thinking the best strategy in this war, "AA Guns are probably emergable, able to take out air GEARs in just seconds. Firing rate is high, the mission needs fast and agile GEARS for the job. Also, heavy ones. Hmm," he went into his quarters, taking a cup and make coffer only to make him stay awake.

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel walked on down the hall as he carry Avery along on his back, staring down the hall with an blank face as they pass people. Lionel was fortunate once they reached an hallway with less traffic, hopefully getting closer to where the living quarters are located.

When Lionel heard Avery soft voice speaking to him, Leo nod his head before saying "sure". But when Avery told him not to die and be careful, Lionel briefly stop as he process the words before continuing. "Um...I'll do my best, so don't worry. So uh...how far is it too your room?" Lionel ask as he recognize the doors that run along the walls that the quarters has.

[Argon Jaden]

The blonde smiled in reassurance and pointed at the door three doors down the left. Avery wanted to take a quick shower before checking back on CrossFreeze... well that and he hoped that he could sneak in some gummies into his GEAR. It wasn't really a good idea to eat while fighting, but he was sure that he needed something to keep him reminded to stay away from the sky. Once they reached the door, he dismounted and shot Leo a cheerfully large smile, one that was seldom seen in his usually smiling face.

"Thanks Leo." He chirped. "I'll see ya later in the battle, kay?" He asked, shooting a childishly charming smile, like a kid who had asked for a pat on the head... or another cookie from the cookie jar.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy continued to eat alone and in silence with one hand and with her other she was scribbling with her finger on a touch pad with the map they were provided with. She'd probably need to leave before everyone else with the slow speed of her GEAR. Even if they could do an air drop her GEAR was pretty heavy to transport via air. She shook her head, taking a fork full of green beans in her mouth before going back to tapping on the touch pad, planning where there might be AA guns baised on what she understood.

[Rha'az]

After Fox finished thinking by himself, he went out to a balcony. Looking outside their base, alone while waiting for an alarm to start their operation. He took his dog tag and looked at it, "I'll make you proud, dad,"

[TheExiledChampion]

"Yeah whatever...I got to check on things at the hangar, don't take too long to get ready." Lionel replied as he depart after getting Avery to his room, already midway in leaving as he wave goodbye before taking out his cigarette pack. Taking the half burnt one from earlier and re-lit the tip, resuming in smoking the rest of it as he walk down the hallway. Soon making his way too the hangar bay, where all of the engineers were busy with repairing and upgrading the GEARs.

"Douglas, how the upgrades going with my GEAR?" Leo asked as he deposed his cigarette into a trash bin, then look up at White Reaper as it appear to be having an gun being mounted onto its right shoulder. "It going well, took us awhile to convert SS405's rifle to be fitted onto your ST307." Douglas explained the best he could, who was the leading mechanic for Lionel's GEAR and the other ST307.

"Well it be ready for deployment?" Lionel ask as he give his GEAR a look over, which was quickly answered. "Of course, we also finished repairs on ST307's left arm. Even had the chance to give its rail gun an bigger energy capacitor, now you'll have ability to use two extra shots." Lionel explained as he started getting more technical every second, which Lionel ignored as Douglas ended up talking techie stuff. Clueless to the fact that Leo was leaving, not caring what he was talking about.

[Dire Hoef]

“What is it? I'm a little busy here, so I wouldn't mind if you hurried.”

His patience was riding a little short; this time around. “Leave the arrogance in your quarters,” said James with a harsh tone, “Arrogance will get you killed.” James turned towards the other GEARS that were scattered throughout the hanger before returning to the boy, “Understand that if you walk on the battlefield thinking you can sway us with your swift movements then you are surely mistaken. If you don’t clean up your act and get your head in the game then you’ll die like the other pilot. You’re with Jacinto on Fire Team 2. Disobey his orders and I'll personally shoot you myself... Without hestitation... Understand soldier!? This is not play time!” James voiced raised to loud levels; sounding more like a drill sergeant rather than a captain. James eyes were filled with pity and disgust.

[Enigma83]

E looked at him with a steady gaze "How about this instead. I shoot you, before you shoot me, and I drop your body along with your GEAR in a river. Plus I believe that it was me who killed the work while you were dealing with the other Aliens eardrums" E replied "Because you may be my superior officer, but I don't answer to you. I answer to myself."
With that E jumped back atop his GEAR with a single bound and continued the repairs

[Dire Hoef]

“How about this instead. I shoot you, before you shoot me, and I drop your body along with your GEAR in a river. Plus I believe that it was me who killed the work while you were dealing with the other Aliens eardrums. Because you may be my superior officer, but I don't answer to you. I answer to myself.”

James gritted his teeth, and with this leapt up and pulled the boy away from his work and slammed to the ground, “Like I said… Arrogance will get you killed… Do not assume that you’re going to do as you want…” He pinned the boy down to the ground to ensure that he wouldn’t fight back, “You do as you’re told and you won’t die… But if you even dare step out of line or go off and do your own thing I will personally rip you out that GEAR and shot you were you stand…” His anger was now inflamed, “And don’t you dare threaten me with such petty words… You know full well that you’re in experienced against someone who is much older than you and has experienced combat much longer than you have”

[Enigma83]

E glared at James and forced himself into a standing position, then spun James around and pinned his arm behind his back, pushing it to the brink of its breaking point "I will not deal with your shit" he said, his eyes alight with an inner fire "You have NO idea what I've been through! I can guarantee that it's much worse than the shit you've been through. You won't ever threaten me again or so help me I will hunt you down and pull strips of flesh from your bones and leave your sorry carcass out for the vultures"
E gave James' arm one last painful jerk and then tossed him to the floor, getting inside his GEAR and vanishing

[MidKnight]

The Angel of Hope arrived in time to catch the commanding officer before he could fall on the ground and break his hip or anything that would people would say. The pilot brushed the dirt off of James shoulder and looked at E, still wearing the helmet. The pilot scoffs, and gives a small laugh. "Listen, you're young and stupid at the same time, and yes we all have been through of what you have been put through, but as what your commanding officer had said, 'arrogance' is not the key to winning this war." The pilot then looked at E's GEAR, "Cloaking device huh? Too bad the enemy sensors can pick up your movement now since they saw all our GEARs in action and took notes, identifying our weaknesses." The pilot turns to leave, "And kid...respect your elders, I'm sure this old buzzard can rip your arms off before you can lay a hand on him." The pilot gives a small pat on the back on James and walked away.

Jacinto walked over as he watched the pilot walked away from James and E. "What was all that about?" He asked as he noticed about their little fight. "Kid, if you are going to be with me, you better do as I say and you'll live through this." He looked at James, "Sir can I speak with you?" He asked James as he walked away.

[Argon Jaden]

Avery had finished his refreshingly cold shower and had slipped into a snug sleeveless turtleneck and what looked like cargo pants underneath a black fur coat. He received a few looks since one, it wasn't proper flight attire and two, he had the inside pockets of his coat filled with licorice. The blond pilot hummed as he entered the hangar, receiving more looks and raised eyebrows.

Checking over at CrossFreeze, he covered his ears when one of the mechanics, a crazy woman by the name of Kallen, began chastising him on his clothes. That what if his coat got caught in the controls and why would he need to wear such a flashy attire. It was stupid and blah. He pretty much only listened when she talked about the final adjustments.

"I sped CrossFreeze here up by a lot, so you could expect a lot of speed, and also, I made your ice cannon's radius larger and added a more passive secondary to it. It comes with a paralyzing effect so it packs an even stronger stun effect. However..." She paused to glare at him and he took that as his cue to run while the woman screamed insults at him for being very reckless about lowering his GEAR's defense and durability. In fact, the young pilot had ran all the way towards his co-pilots, nearly crashing into Jacinto and James as the mad woman chased him around, scolding him for his clothing, his unhealthy eating-habits and his defense choice. Some had stopped to stare as the two ran around, the other reprimanding and the other childishly wailing.

Eventually, Avery bumped into something, or someone, that caused him to fall back on his behind with a loud 'oof'. By now, his mechanic, Kallen was sulking beside CrossFreeze, finalizing her adjustments on the GEAR.

[Enigma83]

E flipped them off "I follow my own damn rules, cause I turned this GEAR from a standard issue piece of shit into the best and only stealth based GEAR there is or ever will be" he said, walking off

[Dire Hoef]

“Listen, you're young and stupid at the same time, and yes we all have been through of what you have been put through, but as what your commanding officer had said, 'arrogance' is not the key to winning this war. Cloaking device huh? Too bad the enemy sensors can pick up your movement now since they saw all our GEARs in action and took notes, identifying our weaknesses. And kid...respect your elders, I'm sure this old buzzard can rip your arms off before you can lay a hand on him.”

“What was all that about? Kid, if you are going to be with me, you better do as I say and you'll live through this. Sir Can I speak with you?”

James nodded shaking his arm knowing that the situation was uncalled for, coming from a child. ‘Childish demeanor, selfish attitude, arrogant mind-set,’ thought James, ‘I’ve seen too many soldiers die because they harbored those traits… This boy is going to be one of those soldiers soon enough…’ James followed Jacinto away from the pilot’s GEAR and looked at Jacinto with a soft look, “What is it First Lieutenant? Are you concerned for the strategy and its outcomes?” James was rather intent on wanting to know what was on Jacinto’s mind, since he had to be the “father” [per-say] to all these young persons.

[MidKnight]

Jacinto jingled something in his hand and gives it to James. "I'm not worried about the battle." He said. He revealed his dog tags and placed them in James hands. "I just need you to hold onto to these for a while." He gives a sought smile. "Just in case if something should happen out there." He gives a small reluctant sigh and looked around in the hanger.

"We'll be okay if we can find those AA guns." He gives a pat on James shoulder. Jacinto had this look on his face like he was worried about something. Like what will happen once they are in the city. He would never know.

[Garrus]

Saku was in her quarters finishing up on her meal and drying her hair after a long hot shower. Putting on her GEAR suit, she looked over some of her paper work which stated she was being deployed with a new team and her commanding officer would be a James B. Dultchry. She was smoking a cigarette in her quarters while looking over her new paper work. "Hmm interesting." She said to herself as she zipped up her suit and left her quarters. She noticed somebody was on a balcony and heard himself talking, about making his father proud.

She gives a sigh and walked over and stood out on the balcony with the guy. Flicking her cigarette out of her hand and stared at the guy. "So your dad was in the military too?" She asked, "Same here, my father was in the military, and my mother was a nurse." She looked outside of the area and examined the field, "Long day for us, just to take over a beach." She smiled, "Not the best scenery though." She turned and walked away, "Don't dwell enough with stress, we'll take back our planet soon."

After she had walked away and reported to a hanger area, she noticed something was up with a kid fighting with his commanding officer. "Kids these days." She said to herself, then all of a sudden felt a bump pushing into her. "Hey watch it!" She said aloud and noticed somebody had fell on the ground. "Oh great...another kid." She said with a smile, "You better get off of your tush or the enemy will spank it red." She started to laugh as she lend out a hand. "I'm Saku, and I'm looking for Captain...James?" She looked around.

[Argon Jaden]

Avery rubbed his behind and pouted at her, but took her hand and smiled. She was a new face, he decided with a childish grin. Enthusiastically shaking her hand, he smiled up at her. "Hiya. I'm Avery Maxwell." He chirped, before cringing mentally, feeling like he shouldn't have introduced himself with his family name. Shaking it off, he let go of her hand and beckoned her over.

"Uncle James is thataway." Avery chirped, pointing over at his Captain with the First Lieutenant. "He's over there with Jaccy."

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel went straight too his quarters, missing the event with James and E. He was too occupied thinking about how some of the food he'd prepared would be stored for leftovers, making him annoyed as he prefer it to be served fresh. "Well...I can't cried over it, just have to vent on the aliens." Leo stated coldly as he take an drag of his cigarette, soon finding himself in front of his room door.

Lionel opened it and entered, throwing away the stub of his cigarette and headed to the bathroom. Wanting to take an quick shower before changing into his pilot suit.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy walked back into the hanger, a small duffle bag slung over her shoulder. She was expecting a siege of the city of the most part so she stuffed her bag with a few MREs and a spare suit. While most cockpits for GEARs where small and enclosed, W1D0W was built as a small mobile fort and could carry a few brass inside for strategic planning on the front lines. So she had the room for some extra stuff.

She climbed up her GEAR, tossing her duffle inside and then sat on top of it. She pulled out a pack of smokes and lit one up, taking small drags off it as she watched everyone scurry about the hanger. Everyone going about to make sure everyone's GEAR was tip top and ready for battle. For now she was waiting to see if she'd be deployed out before everyone else to get her GEAR into position.

[Dire Hoef]

“I'm not worried about the battle. I just need you to hold onto to these for a while. Just in case if something should happen out there. We'll be okay if we can find those AA guns.”

James nodded as he took the dog-tags and put around his neck, “I cannot guarantee that all of us will make it out of this endeavor, but should something happen to you and you fall in the line of duty I will ensure that you and your GEAR is given the utmost of proper processions. You’re a First Lieutenant now and you are in charge of your own team…” James rubbed the boy’s head, “Because something will happen to you doesn’t mean that you should fear the future… You have pilots who will gladly give their lives for the sake of humanity; with me included… I may be the oldest member here, but I care for you kids as if you were my own family…” James took the dog-tags and lifted them up to his face before letting them hang.

“Believe in yourself and in others,” he softly punched the boy in the chest, “And I’ll guarantee that those who you believe in will help you in the long run…”

[Enigma83]

E walked his GEAR into an old abandoned hangar, it was in pretty shitty condition, but it would have to do for now.
He got out an opened up a large crate that Shadow had been carrying
"I've got a surprise for you old friend" he said, pulling out a large cylindrical object with bumped edges, it was basically shaped like a giant revolver chamber, capable of holding up to 20 rounds at a time. Now that normally wouldn't be very impressive, considering the enemies that the pair fought on a regular basis, but the impressive thing about it were the rounds that it held. E opened up another case and pulled out a single bullet "This is a standard 9 mm. round" he said, the he reached in and pulled out another bullet "This is a round for a 50 cal. turret" he threw that aside and pulled out on more, which was roughly the length from the tip of his middle finger, and reached down to his wrist "This is a Tyrannosaurus Round" he said in awe "The largest none explosive round in existence, each of these had a hollow tip to ensure maximum destruction. These are what you will be shooting"
Shadow remained still, not moving an inch
E nodded, setting the new weapons aside, before putting on a wielding mask and grabbing a pair of titanium tongs. He reached in and pulled out a humongous lead cylinder. He popped the lid off and reached in with the tongs, and pulled out a long purple blade that was bigger than his torso "These are custom made by myself" E said "After the encounter with that worm, I decided to start up this project again, this blade will pierce every material know to Man or Alien. They release some low level radiation though, not enough to hurt anybody by being near them...unless of course they enter the body, it also gives them a little boost with cutting, due to the fact that radiation is the energy that is released when atoms die"
E set the blade back in "Let's get these on you" he said
|1 and a half hours later
E wiped his brow and looked down at himself to see that he was once again covered in machine grease, but he had done it, Shadow was upgraded

[Garrus]

Saku raised an eyebrow when he said uncle James and Jaccy. A little curious if they were all related in a manner. She smiled and gives the kid a nod. "Thanks Avery." She turned and walked to the Captain and the Lieutenant. She gives a salute when she got closer and shouted aloud to James. "Sir! Saku Takashi reporting for duty sir!" She handed over her paper work while still standing at a attention. "I was transferred from the sniping division to your unit sir!"

She looked at Jacinto. The one Avery called as Jaccy. He looked a uncertain of something that may have crossed his path. She gives a slight smile to him on hopes to cheer him up from whatever was disturbing him. "Sir, I was only informed your unit need a sniper, is there...any way I can help?" She tilted her head, "I mean, the battle for Berlin is going to be tough." She looked at both James and Jacinto, in hopes for an answer.

[MidKnight]

Jacinto nodded and laughs when he heard the word kid run through his ears. "Kid huh?" He gives the Captain a small punch to his chest as well. "Only if you can keep up with us old timer. He joked. Then he felt frightened when he heard someone shouted as though if was their first time on the field. He turned his attention when she made her announcement. He had this look on his face when she mentioned she came from the sniping division. He noticed the smile she gave him. He gives a heavy sigh and looked at James. "I'll let you handle this alone." Then he walked away, making towards his own GEAR. Then noticed Sammy smoking a cigeratte. He walked over and climber on her GEAR, and found her pilot seat. "Got a extra stick?" He asked. "Also we got a new sniper."

[Dire Hoef]

“Sir! Saku Takashi reporting for duty sir! I was transferred from the sniping division to your unit sir! Sir, I was only informed your unit need a sniper, is there...any way I can help? I mean, the battle for Berlin is going to be tough.”

“Kid huh? Only if you can keep up with us old timer. I'll let you handle this alone.”

“Much obliged First Lieutenant,” said James as he saw Jacinto walk off towards one of the other pilots in the hanger and converse amongst them. However there was a more pressing matter at hand and so James directed his energy towards the young woman standing before him. “Glad to have you aboard soldier… No need for the formalities here; you’re part of something greater,” James said as he looked towards Saku’s GEAR; rubbing his bearded chin softly. “I am aware that you were briefed upon the mission? If so then you’ll be assigned to Fire Team Two. They’ll need the sniper support… As for now Fire Team Two’s mission is to find alien anti-air weaponry and destroy them so that air support and para-reinforcements are possible. First Lieutenant Jacinto will fill you in on the details concerning Fire Team Two’s objective. For now do move at your own leisure however stay in the hanger for we are to embark for Berlin at 2400. Understood,” said James with a serious look upon his face.

[Enigma83]

E wiped the grease away with a dirty rag he had been using and then got back inside his GEAR "Wait till they get a look at you" he said proudly, retracting the new Tyrannosaurus Cannon and sheathing the blades "This is going to be fun, for me! Not so much for the Aliens"
He sauntered his GEAR out of the abandoned Hangar, and back to its normal spot

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy blinked as Jacinto climbed up on her GEAR and asked for one of her cigarettes. She pulled out her pack, giving it a careful shake that got one to stick out of the pack a bit. She then held the back towards him, a lighter held down by her thumb on the pack. After her got his light she'd put away the pack, taking a long drag on her own and letting out a trail of smoke. Finally she raised her hand and pretended to write a signature in the air. She didn't care much, but it would be helpful to know the name of the new meat on the crew.

[Argon Jaden]

Avery watched the others go about in their per battle things. It almost soothed him. Trying to keep the pessimistic thoughts at bay, the youngest pilot leaned against the wall, pulling out a strawberry flavored lollipop as he watched. It was pretty good, he decided. He could live and fight this battle until needed.

He thought of his parents and a sad smile crossed his features. If they were with him right now. He missed the earful of 'be careful' from First Lieutenant Layla and the hearty claps on the back from Colonel Phil. He remembered the playful times he spent as a child, the times when he dressed up as a girl, when he first slipped put at night, when he first rode his first jet. The memories made tears gather at the corners of his eyes and he smiled before shaking his head. Avery knew he was fighting for those times again; they all were. He sighed when a steady tear slipped down his cheek.

"Aw damn.... I'm turning into a sentimental old man." He teased himself, before glancing back at the hangar, imprinting it in his memory.

[Rha'az]

Fox went to the hangar and sees most of the pilots are going into their own GEAR. He looked at Avery and walked towards him, "Hey, Avery. Are 'ya ready mate?" Fox talked with a bit cockiness in his words, he pats Avery's GEAR twice, "Get some killin' mate!" He reached out his hand to fistbump Avery.

[Argon Jaden]

"Yup! All set to blow up some aliens." Avery chirped around his lollipop, fistbumping Fox. His blue eyes smirked. "If you lose to me, you've got to great me to ice cream after, Foxy." He challenged playfully.

The blond had a playful air about him as he challenged the older pilot. "What do ya say?" He said, childishly mimicking Fox's cocky drawl. Avery is an all-play pilot and given his childish attitude, this wasn't out of the ordinary.

[Garrus]

Saku face flinched as she stayed at attention, "Sir, I'm trained to handle any terrain on any battlefield in any situation, I can cover both teams when the situations seems dire." She looked at her GEAR, "They said this GEAR can handle that, and so can I." Then stared back at James, "I was only informed to report to your unit, as for finding anti-air weapons..." She gives a blank face, "I'm afraid I can't see through building sir, the only thing I can probably spot is a squirrel crawling up your leg looking for nuts sir." Then stops and almost laughed of what she just said.

"I-I-I mean!....I can shoot a can from a thousand yards." She corrected herself. She takes a deep breath and exhales slowly. "If it's Fire Team Two sir, then I'll report to the LT at once." She looked around trying to find the LT. "Um...he was here...where did he go?"

[Rha'az]

Fox laughed at Avery's words as he was challenged. He was never challenged by anyone, its his first. "Haha, I'll take that challenge. If you lose, you have to buy me a better PC," he smiled at Avery since he was playful even in a war like this. He thinks, "It'll be a bad place for a kid like him,"

[MidKnight]

Jacinto looked at Sammy as she waved her around around like she didn't care who joined their ranks, he gives a slight smile and nodded his head. "Her name Saku Takashi, looks pretty green to me." He takes the cigarette and lights the stick with the lighter and begins to smoke and inhale the fumes. He exhales the smoke out from his lungs and looked towards the other groups. "So I guess we got two long range hitters we can finally use."

He looked at Sammy, "I'll be sure to have our new sniper to keep you covered and keep the enemy forces away from your position since you don't have any close quarter combat weapons." He licked his lips as he took another puff from the cigarette. "If we can find those AA weapons, I'll send the location to your hud and you can bomb the crap out of them, I doubt the enemy will even let us get close to them." He looked down and started to climb down slowly. "We got your back, don't worry." He winked as he started to descends.

[Argon Jaden]

The smirk grew on Avery's face as he jumped with excitement. The battle in the form of a game helps him stop himself from making suicidal decisions. This would be very helpful. The blond enthusiastically nodded. "You're on!! Get your wallet ready for an ice cream eat out!!" He chirped happily before extending his Hans. "Leggo do last minute checks on our GEARs?"

[Dire Hoef]

“Sir, I'm trained to handle any terrain on any battlefield in any situation; I can cover both teams when the situations seems dire. They said this GEAR can handle that, and so can I. I was only informed to report to your unit, as for finding anti-air weapons... I'm afraid I can't see through building sir, the only thing I can probably spot is a squirrel crawling up your leg looking for nuts sir. I-I-I mean!.... I can shoot a can from a thousand yards. If it's Fire Team Two sir, then I'll report to the LT at once.”

James raised a brow at the recruit’s odd behavior before shaking his head with a smile, “Kids…” James turned away from the recruit setting off to find Jacinto and made his way to his GEAR; seeing his engineers working diligently until the eldest one looked over towards him with a smile. “Congratulations upon your promotion to Captain,” said the eldest engineer before looking over the specs of the Battlemaster, “Everything should be prepped and ready to go…” James nodded patting the engineer on the right shoulder, “Yeah. It’s a surprise that I am still alive…” The eldest laughed softly before looking towards the two other engineers, “How goes the specs guys?” One of them looks up and smirks before returning to her work, “Uh… Everything should be fine… Seeing no problems whatsoever and beyond that the weapon systems should be online and ready to go at your call sir!” The eldest engineer nodded before turning to James with a serious look upon his face, “This battle won’t be like last time… You know this right…?” James’s face hardened, “I know… But it’s for them,” he pointed towards the other pilots, “Those kids are fighting a war that is beyond their comprehension. They still have so much to live for while I am in the mid-years trying to survive without a hope in the world. Without a doubt it is for them…” The eldest engineer before smiling brightly, “You always did have a soft spot for the young and the weak…” James smirked slightly before rubbing his face, “I always do… I always do…”

James slipped on his helmet as he stepped into the Battlemaster beginning a pre-startup systems check. “Everything seems to be online for the most part… The last battle do some damage to this old puppy, but surely it’s a tough cookie,” said James as he looked around the hanger hoping everyone was prepared for this battle; he surely was, he wasn’t going to allow another death to ruin these kid’s momentum and spirit.

[Enigma83]

E walked up to Jacinto "We ready to deploy yet?" He asked "My trigger finger is itchy, so is my bomb kneecap, knife nose, and fire thighs.....let's just pretend I never said anything like that"
He exited his GEAR and stood in front of Jacinto, patiently awaiting his response

[MidKnight]

The Commander stared through the windows of the ships deck. Looking towards the extended battlefield of where they fought. Now they're moving troops to Berlin to rescue prisoners from torture, and death. The Captain of the ship approached from behind, slowly with steady steps. "Commander...it is time." He stated quietly, watching the Commander for his next step. The Commander turned his attention towards the microphone and takes a deep breath. "It is time." He said quietly. He cleared his throat and takes the microphone. He gives a small tap on the microphone and takes a deep breath.

"For a time, we have suffered from the enemies wrath, we suffered from loss, we suffered from death. No more will that happen. No more suffering. Today is the day we change that, today is the day we push the aliens back to their own home world, back to their own dead planet. The flames that burn our grass must be put out by force. Our buildings that have been destroyed brick by brick will be rebuild. Pilots...Go forth in your GEARs, and push our enemy back...and bring our people home!"


Jacinto smoked the cigarette quickly and tossed it aside. He noticed the new recruit was looking for him, "You! Saku, what is your GEARs' code name?" He asked, "I need you to provide sniper support to cover both Team Two, and our specialist W1DOW, who will provide support fire as well, Team One will take care of the heavy hitters, while we look for those AA guns and destroy them so our reinforcements can fly in." He walked towards his own GEAR, "E! Those AA guns probably have sensor movements, I don't give a damn if you stayed cloak, they'll pick you up the moment you take step to take a piss." He grabbed him by his suit, "Stay close to us." He quietly hissed, "And don't go Yippy Yo Kay Yay out there." He climbed up on his GEAR, "This is it! Let's move!" He seated himself inside his GEAR.

The hatch of his GEAR closed, and lights flickered on. 'Systems Online...Weapon Systems Online...' The computerized voice stated, Jacinto grabbed his controls, moving them around, testing his arms are working in good condition. He flicked some switches which hummed, and beeped. He activated his comm. link. "This is Stryker, set and ready to go." His GEAR stood at attention and moved its' arms around and started walking, exiting the hanger. "Alright, let's get this party started."

[Rha'az]

Fox listened the announcement carefully and before he went to his own GEAR, he looked at Avery "Hey! Good luck and don't forget to lose!" He said jokingly to a kid. He went into his GEAR, and puts his hand into a tube and gripped something. He pulled out his hand and the GEAR started. He said to himself, "Just like Independence Day, but with huge damn guns,"

He flipped all the switches until a holographic HUD shows up all the details, systems online, weapons stats, shield percentage and pretty much anything about his GEAR. He puts on his gauntlet-like thing and he doesn't sit in the cockpit. He stands so Atlas-V can copy his move. "Oh yeah, I'll be back on the battlefield!"

[Garrus]

"Deadbolt Sir." She was a little surprised to hear the LT approached to her quickly and already made plans for the up coming battle. "Um...Right." She looked around for her GEAR. She hurried over to get herself situated. She understood of what she had to do. Cover Team Two and the W1DOW. She never really got herself introduced to the other team members. She was trying to figure out who the W1DOW was, and realized the over-sized GEAR with heavy artillery cannons. "Oh." She quietly said to herself. "Well ain't that obvious."

She gets inside of her GEAR, by entering from the back. She quickly gets in, and straps herself in. Flicking with switches and buttons, she could feel her GEAR coming to life. She reaches for her controls and tests the movement. "Okay big guy, let's get some kills in." She smiled.

"This is Stryker, set and ready to go."

"DeadBolt! Ready for action!" She cheered. She moved her GEAR and grabbed her weapon on the side. Pulling back the slide, and the rifle was ready. "Can't wait to get more kills in with this bad boy." She smiled and started moving towards the hanger doors.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy slipped into her cockpit, getting the startup sequence going. She took the moment to stuff her duffle into a storage compartment as everything started to warm up. Eyes watching the dials and gauges and the statuses upon her screens. She heard others call out their ready status well before her behemoth of a GEAR was ready to run. Finally her screens were showing green across the board. She grinned and finished off her smoke as she dropped herself into her pilot seat.

The W1D0W lifted and lowered each of it's legs, shook it's body a bit, and opened and closed it's weapon hatches before a black widow with a green checkmark appeared on everyone's screens. That was her signal that she was ready to go now. Her GEAR slowly started to lumber towards the hanger doors. This combat was the area she specialized in: Sieges. To take out large targets at long ranges and to keep a constant pressure on a foe.

[Argon Jaden]

"Get your wallet ready for an ice cream eat out!!" Avery called back before he dashed to CrossFreeze. Kallen, his mechanic gave him a high five as he jumped up and slipped inside the cockpit. He flipped the switch on and his GEAR purred to life. His mechanic had also installed a new feature that he was dying to try out, though he had a feeling this feature would distract him more than help him. Switching on the dashboard lights, he cleared his throat.

"Hey CrossFreeze, we're gonna be up against those aliens." He said, voice cracking a bit. Whatever he was saying right now was also being heard by the other Pilots.

"Sounds dangerous." A masculine voice said, causing the blond to gawk and blush lightly, looking pleasantly surprised. "I'm in!"

Avery let a happy squeal and a loud laugh. "It works!!! Damn it works!!! Yes!!" He cackled. only Avery could be childish and immature enough to ask his mechanic to add a useless voice-over. He revved the engine and popped a lollipop in his mouth.

"Let's do this!!" He chirped before pausing. "This'll get a little getting used to." He mumbled, flying CrossFreeze a ten feet off the ground. Zooming towards the hangar doors, he tried to get used to his low-flying role.

[Dire Hoef]

“For a time, we have suffered from the enemy’s wrath, we suffered from loss, and we suffered from death. No more will that happen. No more suffering. Today is the day we change that, today is the day we push the aliens back to their own home world, back to their own dead planet. The flames that burn our grass must be put out by force. Our buildings that have been destroyed brick by brick will be rebuilt. Pilots...Go forth in your GEARs, and push our enemy back...and bring our people home!”

Stryker: This is Stryker, set and ready to go.

DeadBolt: DeadBolt! Ready for action!

James smirked as he watched his team prepare to leave the hanger, as he soon would as well. James looked over the specs for the GEAR before preparing for departure. The GEAR roared to life as it slowly stood to its feet standing tall and prominent amongst the hanger. James looked at his dashboard and smiled softly behind his helmet.

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to all units, prepare yourselves. The Liberation of Berlin has arrived and thus we must carry humanity’s weight. Stick to your teams and follow the leader of that team. We do that, and then drinks on me when we get back… Aside from that, check your fire and don’t get killed out there. Good luck and god speed kids…

James ordered the mech to slowly walk towards the hanger doors preparing to depart for the battlefield. At this speed it was manageable as James’s face would harden, “This is to be our foothold… We win and we can turn the tide of war… We have to do this,” he said to himself silently.



Meanwhile upon the moon, a certain creature was preparing for takeoff. “You wish to kill those humans,” asked another who was eyeing the one, humanity calls, the, Butterfly Master. The Butterfly Master glanced towards his brethren before settling into the cockpit of an alien aircraft, “If we are to take this world as our own and purge it of its resources then so be it… Death does not bother us…” The Butterfly Master’s brethren sighed softly, “Whatever it may be do not get yourself killed out there… You’re a valuable asset to this cause brother…” The Butterfly Master nodded, “I know,” thus the alien aircraft launched into the vastness of space making headlong, at unimaginable speeds, towards the surface of Earth. Target destination, Berlin.

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel zipped up in his pilot suit before buckling his boots firmly on, not too tight, but just enough to be comfortable. Then exit his room and headed for the hangar, joining every other GEAR pilot getting prep for the mission. Leo look around to see White Reaper was moved with the other GEARs of his teammates, Lionel step up before slipping his helmet on. "He ready to go Leo, just go easy with its new cannon. Didn't have time to give it enough space for ammunition, so..." "That fine, wasn't planning to keep it forever." Lionel stated as he cut Douglas off, before pulling himself up into the pilot seat and flip the switches to close up White Reaper's chest.

Once he did that, Lionel get his GEAR running before heading over to the GEAR-size doors. All the while going through a mental check list with his ST307, checking White Reaper ammo and so forth. While he was doing that, everyone else would get a good look at the compacted cannon attached too White Reaper right shoulder. Parts of it being familiar too those that seen Ash GEAR's rifle, especially the currently shorten barrel. Which would extend too full length when being used.

[MidKnight]

The Human Forces have moved and begun their assault on Berlin. The sounds of plasma fire and metal gun fire echoed and filled the air, including bombardment from artillery strikes, though it was ineffective. GEAR soldiers sprayed bullets almost everywhere, trying to hit their targets who have hid behind walls and keeping themselves covered. The Aliens did the same as well, though hiding behind cover gave them the advantage.

Jacinto moved his GEAR into position and fired several rounds from his current weapon. "Fire Team Two, move into position, W1DOW, if you can any large forces, open fire on their posititon, we need them to spread out. We have to thin their ranks, and we have to find those AA guns." Jacinto got behind cover and fired several rounds from his weapons. shells landed on the ground, and gunfire echoed in the streets. "DeadBolt, pick your targets and blow their heads off!" He shouted over the comm. link.

A Alien ran up to Jacinto and jumped over the wall of his covering spot and tackled his GEAR to the ground, Jacinto moved his controls and pushed them forward, "Come on!" He shouted, pushing the GEAR off the ground and wrestled with the Alien, using his grapple hands to take the advantage. He fired several rounds, but they keep missing and hitting buildings and walls.

[Dire Hoef]

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to all units of Fire Team one. Several hundred bogies three hundred meters to our left and right. Their using the cover of the buildings to lock us in. One suppressing the right flank and one suppressing the left flank; keep them off of us! We need to get to that prison camp at all costs. Once we take that then we are clear for our objective. Move, move, move!

James’s eyes were locked on his screen as he glanced around his cock-put knowing that anything could happen in this dense warzone. James pushed the throttle forward increasing the Battlemaster’s speed to about 66.2 mph. James knew that a few members would be tasked with covering both flanks so that James and the rest of the team is able to enter the deepest part of the warzone, the prison camp. James wasn’t entirely sure if the plan to liberate the prisoners was the brightest of ideas, but certainly the other team would have the same amount of difficulty that was immediately put upon their soldiers when they entered the warzone. James found a few unsuspecting aliens moving to a new position to try and lock them down once more. With this in mind James moved to flip the safety off the Mass Driver Auto Cannon and opened fire upon the unsuspecting aliens mowing them down without really standing a chance against them. James would have to do everything in his power to try and keep this young people safe from harm and get them home safely.

However something lurking in the skies above had just entered the stratosphere causing a massive shockwave that rattled the sky. Something had caused James to look up to the sky for a brief moment before continuing forward trying to reach the prison camp before long. Suddenly from the clouds above appeared a jet-black aircraft (http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/104/5/a/spacecraft_3_by_shraznar-d5y33om.jpg) that slowly kept its distance, undetected by the anti-air fire. This aircraft then came to a slow stop as it watched the GEARs pilots make their way to their given objectives making no move to do anything but watch and record.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy was chewing on a nutrition bar, watching her tactical map as W1D0W lumbered at top speed towards an area where she could be decently defended by the surroundings while still having the ability to target and fire. When she finally reached her destination she finished her snack and started to mobilize herself. W1D0W hunkered down a bit, it's six feet slamming on the ground before a piston shot grounding spikes into the ground for stability. It would take a few minutes at emergency speeds to free herself, but it gave her the stability to accurately fire her artillery cannons.

Instead of the multitude of small cannons she had at the fight on the beach, she had just four large cannons set up across her back that raised up. She would be saving her missiles for approaching aliens and hit long range targets with her cannons. She sent a message across the com channel that alerted others that W1D0W was in position and was commencing siege. She waited a minute after sending the message before finally starting to fire, starting to guess at the locations were AA guns would be.

[Argon Jaden]

Keeping himself on the ground was definitely hard for Avery. CrossFreeze was designed to stick to the skies more and low flying such as this had the blond completely on his nerves. Firing Ice Canon at this range would also endanger his GEAR. Too close and too cramped. This sent Avery maneuvering like crazy, always checking if he was getting too high or too low. Sure that he was low enough to still be considered on the ground, the blond opened fire, all the while remaining on the alert for anything racing towards him. He frowned.

"I'm not used to this..." He grumbled, taking out a small group by surprise. He ducked his GEAR slightly as an alien launched itself at him and Avery activated the electric current on CrossFreeze's claws, hacking away at the individual aliens that thought his GEAR's small size made him an easy kill.

"Know your environment." The voice of his GEAR registered in his ears as he nodded, lifting his GEAR up in the air by a few feet, still low enough to remain undetected. He sped behind James before peering up at the sky.

"I think we better finish this quick. I think I see a storm coming." His signals were pretty jammed right now and he couldn't really see much. The blond increased his speed, using the claws to make way for himself.

[Garrus]

Finding a good spot to hold her own ground and keep an eye on her team, Saku found a nice little cozy spot on a hill, getting a good view of the battlefield, and her targets were hiding in buildings. Putting themselves in cover from her allies firing range. She flipped a few switches and scope on her right side of the seat appeared next to her head. She placed her eye on the scope and she could see farther more then she could have expected. "This should be fun." She said to herself as she slowly squeezed the trigger of her control. The rifle fires a shot, hitting a target that was hiding behind a building wall. The head just splattered in a dozen pieces.

She squeezed again and hits another target, "Damn these guys are not even hiding that good." She said to herself, hitting another target. She smiled with each kill she made. She could feel the vibration of the rifle firing every round inside her GEAR, and the controls giving a warm sensation. "Damn this thing is awesome!" She cheered.

[Enigma83]

E looked around frantically
"Think, think, think" he said to himself, casually excavating an Alien with his Tyrannosaurus Cannon "Okay, Avery is in danger, and that's because he's not in his element. So I have to get him into the air somehow, and the only way to do that is to take out those AA Guns! So all I have to do is get into the heavily guarded control room, somehow disabled the guns, and hope that there aren't anymore anti air guns.....fuck"

[Rha'az]

Fox charges to a building to get a cover for his Atlas. When he is covered, Fox pressed a button to charge up his Apocalypse Cannon. "Charging up my cannon guys, tell me where is the AA batteries. I'll blow 'em up,"

Fox looked at Avery, he went towards the kid and talked to him in radio, "Hey Avery, when on ground. Try to stay low,"

[Argon Jaden]

"Am trying." Avery told Fox, popping a licorice roll into his mouth. It was giving him a headache, the constant leveling of his GEAR was starting to make his arms cramped. He growled, switching off CrossFreeze's voice over. He couldn't afford getting distracted right now. It's those anti-air weapons that put him in this situation.

"...random question." He said cautiously, swallowing the licorice in his mouth and licking his lips. "Would it help more if I acted as bait? CrossFreeze should be fast enough. It's just a question. I need to emphasize." He said, slashing at a group of Aliens who tried to catch him from behind.

"Over here!!"

Avery yelped in surprise and attacked the alien that his sensor managed to pick up before it nearly chopped his GEAR in half from behind. Now he didn't know if it was a good idea to have that voice over installed. Slowly, he added five feet to his elevation level, barely missing the Alien that tried to get him from below.

"Darn... being this low is so hard. You land dwellers now have my respect." He said through a mouthful of licorice as he continued to follow James.

[Enigma83]

E looked over "That's Brilliant!" he proclaimed, putting away the Tyrannosaurus Cannon and waving his arms in the air "Over here you big overgrown shrimp!"
Several Aliens turned their heads towards him, but the rest ignored him
"Your planet sucks!" he shouted again at them "It's probably a shitty swamp planet with no metals! Even if it isn't, it should be!"
More Aliens turned towards him, but the vast majority still took no account of him
"Ummmm.....I rooted for the Predators?" E asked nervously
At this comment, a little over half of the Aliens turned towards E and bared their teeth, then charging straight towards him
"Shit" he said quietly, then turning and heading the opposite direction

[TheExiledChampion]

While E was luring the aliens too him, Lionel was getting in position as he made White Reaper couch a little before priming his newly acquired weapon. Having the modified CORROSION moves up to rest on Reaper's shoulder, the barrel extending after locking in place. "Okay...let keep the idiot breathing just a little longer," Lionel exclaimed as he attempted to get a lock on one of aliens chasing Shadow. Once he has a lock, Lionel fired as the body of CORROSION kick back from the recoil. Thankfully, it was lessen on White Reaper with the suspension taking the blunt of the recoil.

The shot Lionel took went flying towards its intended target, hitting mark as it acidic contains began melting away the struck area as the alien screamed out before dying from lost vital organs. "Hoped you saw that Ash, because that shot was for you." Lionel exclaimed with an smirk as he attemtted to get another lock.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy and her W1D0W continued to fire from her fixed position, her shots getting more accurate with each firing of her cannons. She was getting tactical data routed directly through her map console and she was altering it with each fire of her weapons. Damage done to areas, troop concentrations, etc etc. She was trying to find areas where there might be AA guns placed.

As was going over the data she noticed an area in the city that she had hit a few times to take out troop concentrations. The area damage was less than other areas in the city. It was a bit of a gamble in her ammo resources, but it was enough to bet on for her. She double tapped the area on the map before turning to her com console, typing in the message. In just seconds the other gears would get an update from W1D0W, marking an area on the map with the message that she was commencing heavy bombardment upon that area. She wasted no time once the message was out, all four of her cannons turning and locking upon the same spot before launching salvos of shells upon the area.

[Enigma83]

E was attempting to lead his entourage of hate as far away from the others as possible, when he rounded a corner and was met with a solid wall. "Why me?" he asked quietly, the swarm collided with him, and he went under a sea of Aliens. Soon the assualt on the single GEAR turned into an all out brawl, the Aliens lost all sense of coordination and started to attck anything within reach.
The Gear managed to pop out of the brawl when one of the Aliens spotted him and alerted its comrade who all barreled towards E once again. E pushed his GEAR to its maximum speed, and was able to get a few corners ahead of the crowd.
The Aliens rounded the next corner and saw a lone guard standing watch. They ignored the guard until he gestured down the alleyway with his spear.
The Aliens nodded and ran down the alleyway and after the fleeing GEAR.
The guard smiled slightly and its skin started to dissolve, leaving behind a GEAR holding the spear of an Alien watchman that he had killed
"Checkmate" he said softly

[Garrus]

Saku reloaded her rifle after hearing a click sound which meant she was empty. That and the noise stating out of ammo gave her a clue. When she loaded the next clip. She noticed one of the team members from Fire Team One had trouble. Avery still looked like he had a hard time controlling his surroundings. Saku looked through her scope and takes a deep breath. Slowly squeezing the trigger and fired several rounds behind Averys six. Taking out two of the enemy hostile forces. "What did I say about watching your tush kid?" She said to herself. She turned her attention back to Fire Team Two and begun firing several rounds. She had noticed something sticking out of a building.

She took a closer look and realized it was one of the AA guns. "Deadbolt to W1DOW, target spotted, updating coordinates to your hud." She pressed a few buttons and sent the coordinates to Sammy. "I take it out myself, but it looks heavy fortified and I don't think I can make a dent." She looked around more, observing the area for anymore targets.

[Dire Hoef]

James was silent during most of the advancement upon the prison camp; the battle there had been fierce enough to keep James on his toes. He had to keep a play-by-play in order to fully execute orders to his squad knowing the chances of death were high. James glanced towards the right of the dashboard and noticed the distance from the target. ‘Not too far,’ thought James as he increased his speed hoping others would do the same.

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to all units of Fire Team One. The prison camp is figure two clicks from my position. All units keep at it were almost there!

James left the transmission open for responses from the team members as he ended a few enemies without really trying, since they were a little easier than the first incursion.

[MidKnight]

Jacinto moved side to side, jerking the alien around, forcing it to lose its' footing and land on the ground. When he succeeded, he fired several rounds to the aliens' chest and head. Killing it off with a stomp with his foot. Jacinto was breathing a little hard after killing a few more afterwards. His hud picked up a few more targets coming for him. He raised both his arm gun wielding weapons and fired several rounds, then taking cover. "Crap." He said, focusing on reloading his weapons.

He rolls out of cover and fired several rounds then charged towards the aliens that fired at him. Dodging the alien attacks, he managed to get close enough to grab the enemies, and strike them down. Jacinto was breathing a little harder after the stunt he just pulled. "Fire Team Two, focus on finding those AA Guns, so we can get reinforcements." He ordered over the comm. link.

He walked into a building, which was on the brink of collapsing. He slowly maneuvered inside, watching his corners, and keeping an eye on his sensors. No enemy movement detected. After what felt like a silent walk, he found one of the enemy AA Guns, sitting like a duck, hiding from any barrage. He takes a steady breath and looked around, for some odd reason. He detected no enemy signatures.

He walked up to the AA Gun and straight punched into a weak spot, disabling the weapon system. "That was easy." He said to himself, then he could feel it in his controls, and the weird feeling in his back. He turned his GEAR around and notice something that was cloaked and made a struck towards him. His GEAR wasn't fast enough to dodge the hit, his shoulder was hit pretty hard which knocked him on the ground. Several red lights came on, "Damn! What the hell was that?!" He questioned the situation and looked up, forcing his GEAR to stand on its' feet. "Come on you son of a--" He felt another hit from the back and forced him on the ground. Jacintos' GEAR was laying on it's belly and Jacinto receiving a bloody nose. "Seriously?" He asked himself. Getting back up, and wiping the blood away from his nose. "Alright let's try this one more time."

[Rha'az]

"Roger that Battlemaster, Atlas-V advancing," Fox walked slowly as she shoots a swarm of Aliens coming towards him. Most of them had their heads exploded and still advancing, "Whoo!! This is way fun than Titanfall!!" He looked up his charge meter of his Apocalypse cannon, "Cannon's 20% charged! Inform me if there's an AA cannon caught in your sight!"

[Argon Jaden]

Unlike Fox, Avery was still having a hard time keeping low. He had received Sammy's report and was thankful when Saku shot the few aliens that was starting to realize that he was the group's weakest link. Growling, he veered sharply to the left, activating CrossFreeze's plasma guns. His static had gone out and close ranged fight was his last option.

"CrossFreeze to Battlemaster: I'll need a clear, civilian-less space for my Canon." He responded, fending off a few more as he tried to keep low. "How many minutes do we need to bring them out? I'll cover our exit." The blonde said, narrowly dodging the alien aiming for his head. He flew a tiny bit more higher, using height as an escape to dodge the throng of aliens that decided to go after him. Only when he was in airspace did he realize that he had fallen for their trick. Avery growled and forced his GEAR into a steep dive, hoping that he wasn't detected... he could hope. CrossFreeze was pretty fast... right? He frowned.

"Did they get a lock in?" He asked before adding "Damn that was stupid of me." The blond emphasized his point by shooting down five aliens in rapid succession.

[Enigma83]

E leaned his GEAR against the building he had been standing by "Now, all I need to do is find an AA gun, or better yet, the control room for one. Then I can give Avery some damned breathing room. But where does one find a giant turret meant to knock planes out of the sky?" he asked himself, then looked up and saw that the building in front of him had to enormous gun barrels sticking out of the top "Maybe I can climb up there and try to find one" he said to himself

[Garrus]

Saku laid out more covering fire for both teams as they advanced forward. Though feeling calm and yet nervous at the same time. She could feel her veins pulsing, itching to pull the trigger again. Every round counted for as she fired, hitting her targets, hitting their chest, or the head. She gives a slight smile with each kill. She re-adjusted her scope, to see further and have a little more focus. She gives a steady breath and exhaled slowly and pulled the trigger.

The target was farther then she expected. Her target was hiding behind a building, but it's head was peeking out, it was a good enough shot for her to see, but hitting the target, would be a challenge. When she pulled the trigger, she could see her own bullet go flying in the wind as he traveled at 200 miles per hour. It didn't take long to see the targets' head explode and see the body lay on the ground. She gives herself a cheer and a small laugh. "I did it!" She clapped her hands.

She looked through her scope and turned her attention back to Team Two. She realized, she found everyone and looked around, "Hey guys? Anyone seen the Lieutenant?" She looked around more, "I can't see the Lieutenant, does anyone have eyes on him? I don't." She continued to observe from afar and watched everyone else, but was more concerned about her LT missing in action.

[Dire Hoef]

Atlas-V: Roger that Battlemaster, Atlas-V advancing.

CrossFreeze: CrossFreeze to Battlemaster. I'll need a clear, civilian-less space for my Canon. How many minutes do we need to bring them out? I'll cover our exit. Did they get a lock in? Damn that was stupid of me.

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to CrossFreeze. There is a clearing off to our left about three hundred meters, use that to your advantage. As for the time of which it will take to bring them out approximately thirty minutes since they have a lot of prisoners, approximately a thousand, so it will be awhile to get them out. Make sure you don’t die up there!

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to All Units. Fire Team One has made it to the prison section of Berlin. However judging from the amount of ground Fire Team One needs to cover there will be a slight delay in the time of which the next phase of the plane is to be executed. Second Lieutenant Jacinto respond. I need your team to take out those AA weapons ASAP. Over.

James stopped suddenly behind a building seeing open ground between him and the prison camp. ‘This is going to be a tough situation,’ thought James as he looked around the ring like area knowing the enemy had to of cleared out all the debris separating him from the prison camp. Then from the bowls of his communication system did a certain regiment commander rear his head.

Tank Commander: This Blitz 7-7 to GEAR Captain. We’ll provide the necessary distraction for your team to get in there and save those prisoners. By then that’s all we can do against those colossal creatures! Over.

Battlemaster: Roger that Blitz 7-7. We will await your support. Over

Tank Commander: Copy. Let’s go burn some alien hide boys!

James, staring off to his left, noticed massive spearhead of tanks rushing into the open drawing the enemy fire towards them. Several tanks lit up into flames. James wasn’t particular keen on watching human soldiers give their lives to save a thousand prisoners, but James couldn’t stand around and wait for the last of the spearhead to get themselves killed. James rushed forward; out into the open, increasing his speed so that the volley of plasma fire was only minimal to what the spearhead was taking.

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to Fire Team One. Push forward to the prison and cover the rear while the rest of the team rescues the prisoners. All of those who are not capable of rescue cover those that can’s back. This is the last phase in this mission!

High up in the sky a certain alien was preparing to make his debut, “I do believe it is time to show these humans the power of our technology…” Suddenly the ship did a nose dive causing wind to whistle around it and before long had crashed into a building causing a massive explosion to be present. As the dust and debris settled the machine suddenly transformed into a mech (http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2010/036/c/a/Mecha_Concept_2_by_rubendevela.jpg) standing on two legs before floating softly into the air. James’s alarms went off as the mech, formally known as the Butterfly Master, floated over towards the Prison at a quickened pace. James turned to see the mech and his eyes opened widely before calling in this anomaly.

Battlemaster: Emergency! Emergency! Unidentified GEAR floating towards Fire Team One. All hands prepare for an unexpected battle!

The Butterfly Master smirked as he ordered the machine to lift up its right hand and fire a laser towards the prison; setting a section of it ablaze. James stared the destruction as prisoners came pouring out into the open. James used his GEAR to guide the prisoners to safety.

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to Fire Team Two. What is that situation on the AA guns!? I need a sitrep now!

[Enigma83]

E heard the broadcast from James
"Come in BattleMaster, do you read m3?" He said "I have a chance to take out the whole network of AA Guns, I repeat I have found the main control room. Should I take it?"
One of the Aliens that had been chasing E spotted him and shouted to its friends

[Argon Jaden]

"Not good." Avery growled, watching as chaos exploded around him. His GEAR is the fastest out here and right now, he had to fight. Swallowing, the blond pilot did one of the dumbest things he could ever have done in a mission this crucial.

He guided CrossFreeze, flying up at one hundred feet above ground level and aimed for the unknown GEAR. With a flash, he was zipping through the air at immense speed before locking on the enemy. He made sure the civilians were somewhat a safe distance away.

BOOOOOM!!!

The Ice Canon sounded as the massive ice ball of energy was shot at the enemy. He could see the bright blue static that coated the energy ball as he dove back low, narrowly missing what seemed like a throng of Aliens reaching for him. For now, Ice Canon should be enough a distraction and a set back. He knew it wasn't enough to kill but at least it would buy time. The sound of beeping caught his attention and he cursed, speeding up to lose the homing missile. Ice Canon should've at least given James and Fox an extra fifteen minutes, that is if they were unaffected by the static. Gritting his teeth, the blond pilot weaved in between buildings and claws, trying to lose the missile.

"CrossFreeze to all units:" He growled, making a sharp turn. His GEAR's speed was the only thing keeping him alive right now. "I've got a good thirty minutes before Ice Canon. Tried buying us an extra fifteen- Urk!!!"

The line cut off as he flew behind a few more compounds, the missile right behind him. Avery knew that he couldn't keep running forever. He lured the missile a good distance away, a smirk on his face. From behind one of the buildings, there was a loud explosion, making the surrounding structures crumble.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy kept changing her targeting as she began to recognize areas that were AA emplacements. Knowing what to look for was key in her targeting. Shells rocked the city as she bombarded the sites, explosions throwing destroyed weaponry around. She was in her element, destroying things with just a tap on her tactical map. She pulled out one of her smokes and lit it up as as fired upon another position.

Then the alien GEAR showed up. James asked for a sitrep on the AA gun situation and that's when she realized she hadn't been sending out her updated data. She gave her com console a kick before her map data was sent out showing areas she had taken out AA guns along with a rough estimate of range based on their placement through the city.

Hearing E over the com brought a small nod from her. If he was at a control network, that could take out the automated guns. That would open the way for missile bombardments even if she wasn't packing her bombardment missiles. There would still be the manual operated ones, but it would be a significant enough turn. Sammy sent E a green spider over her com before deciding it was time to put some focus on the new threat.

She couldn't do much on her own about it. Attacking a single mobile target was not a strength of the W1D0W. However, she could still be of use with a little teamwork. One of her four cannons turned towards the Alien GEAR, but that's all it did. She still had to take out the AA guns, but a quick fiddling at her com console gave the Battlemaster James a message from a computerized voice. "Widow cannon one, awaiting targeting sequence." It wasn't much, but it was what she could do besides firing aimlessly and catching other people in the blast.

[MidKnight]

Jacinto got his GEAR back on its feet and started moving again. Although the attacks from a cloaked enemy was enough. "Dammit!" He yelled and activated his special weapon. Firing his quad grenade launcher is several directions, hitting everything in sight including the AA Gun. The explosion radiation pushed everything back, including himself. His GEAR broke through the buildings wall and into the streets. The roof collapsed and destroyed everything in sight.

Jacinto was tossed side to side inside the GEAR. He could feel blood dripping down on his brow, and he was breathing prettty hard. He grabbed his controls and started moving again. When he heard his name over the comm. link. He sighs and takes a deep breath. "Jacinto here, I've taken care of a AA Gun...E, if you found the controls, smash them now instead of asking us." He felt a little weak when he moved the controls around. "Cross Freeze, once E takes care of the controls." He groaned in his sentence, "Take took the sky and fight."

When he heard about the new opponent arriving, he looked around and pressed several buttons to see what is still functioning. "Dead Bolt, if you and WIDOW Have a clear shot at that GEAR, Take it out!" Jacinto touched his head to feel weird the blood was gushing out from, though he could not see it or know how bad it is.

[Dire Hoef]

The Butterfly Master had activated its shield system, covering itself from the ice ball which had caused it to fly off to the left crashing into a destroyed building. The Butterfly Master had recovered shortly after without a scratch on its machinery. James stood there for a moment before gritting his teeth knowing that it was hopeless to try and attack something that was completely invulnerable to damage. However something brewed in James’s mind and thus James had an idea that may or may not work in their favor.

Jacinto: Jacinto here, I've taken care of an AA Gun...E, if you found the controls, smash them now instead of asking us. Cross Freeze, once E takes care of the controls. Take to the sky and fight. Dead Bolt, if you and WIDOW Have a clear shot at that GEAR, Take it out!

Battlemaster: Jacinto wait! Don’t do anything to that GEAR! It’s not even a GEAR! It’s not like ours, it’s on a whole different level and we need to be cautious– URH!!

Suddenly James’s GEAR was blown away against its will and crashed into the side of the prison camp, crushing a few civilians as he rolled through the camp before stopping in the midst of the camp. The Butterfly Master had shot a beam of blue light before the Battlemaster sending it flying into the prison camp, but what happens next James was not ready for. The Butterfly Master activated some sort of gravitational field that allowed it to pick up pieces of earth around the prison camp. Those pieces of Earth rained down from the heavens slamming down upon the area in and around the prison camp. James had used his Mass Driver Auto Cannon to fire a few of those pieces out of the sky before they could land on him, but unfortunately two pieces landed on him causing his engine to heat up. A coolant was activated to cool down the engine in an attempt at keeping the GEAR from imploding.

James ordered the mechanical humanoid to stand to its feet and with this it did, reluctantly. James then looked towards the unknown gear and prepared for Death’s Hammer. The Battlemaster planted its feet down and prepared to fire knowing it had a plasma shield. “COME ON,” James screamed at the top of his voice, “COME AND GET SOME!” James pushed the lever forward, putting both ION Artillery Cannons at full output and with this fired two rays of purplish blue light that zipped through the air and struck the Butterfly Master. It did not do any damage, but it had deactivated the unknown GEAR’s shielding making it vulnerable to ballistic or non-ballistic fire.

Battlemaster: Do it! Destroy it now! While it’s shields are down!

[Garrus]

Saku flinched a little when she noticed James GEAR was knocked on his feet by the new enemy. She attempted to fire at first, but when she heard to hold their fire, all she could have done was watch. Then she remembered, she activated her lockdown statues, her GEARs feet buried themselves in the ground. The rifle changed as well, opening from the sides like it was releasing heat. "Come on boy, let's show them what we got!" She looked through the scope and enemy GEARs shields were down. Then she heard the Captians voice crying out of take out the enemy.

She held her breath as the rounds in her rifle were charged with the electrical projectiles. She peeked through the scope and exhaled slowly. "Take this you son of a b----." She pulled the trigger, sending off a electrical projectile round. The bullet whizzed by, slightly hitting the target on the side of its armor. "The hell? I hit that thing head on!" She squeezed the trigger again, keeping track of the special rounds she had in stock. The bullet whizzed by again, but again, slightly hits the arm. "Oh come on!" She looked at her hud to see if there was some kind of jamming device that prevented her shots, "This is Dead Bolt, my shots are not hitting the target, WIDOW! You got a shot?" She asked looking at her hud for an answer.

[TheExiledChampion]

"I do," Lionel announce through the coms as he locked onto the alien GEAR with CORROSION. "Try altering this shot, alien freak." Leo exclaimed before taking the shot, firing his fifth round of his ten as it whizzed down towards the alien GEAR as the same thing happens too Dead Bolt's shots, the shot being made to hit its arm. Which Lionel figured it wouldn't do much with how the alien flesh-eating acid bullet's fragments holds would've finish it. Only to see the opposite results as almost looks unharmed, having an small warped shoulder before the acid degraded too nothing. "How the fuck did THAT NOT WORK!" Leo complained loudly, slamming his fist on the wall of his cockpit. "Are they making counter-measures against our weapons?" Lionel ask quizzically after witnessing what happened.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy growled and turned all her cannons towards the Alien GEAR. She couldn't say that she had a clear shot. her cannons weren't developed for accuracy, they were developed for pure firepower. She looked at the tactical map, time seeming to slow as she took in the available details. Locations of nearby GEARs, the expected hit radius of her cannons without proper targeting locks, size, area damage, and risk factors.

In the end she just decided to throw it all on chance and sent out the predicted radius of her attack. It was right on top of the Butterfly Master, and with her lack of targeting cordinates and the time to acquire them, the radius of her bombardment was large. She slammed her fist down on the firing button, hoping for the best for anyone within the radius of her bombardment.

[Dire Hoef]

The shields down the Butterfly Master was beginning to feel desperate, “How could I be losing to a bunch of simpletons!?” An electric projectile had penetrated the left side of the Butterfly Master’s armor plates and with this the pilot himself knew that he wouldn’t survive without those shields being up. But then again he did have a magnetic field as means of acting as a secondary deflector shield, but even that wasn’t enough for Earth’s GEARS. Then a second shot came that he caused the projectile to curve off and penetrate the arm. Fire erupted in both places and with this the Butterfly Master knew that Megalith I wouldn’t survive much longer without those shields being up. Another strange projectile curved around the alien machine, but this time had penetrated the other arm causing a splotch to explode upon it. However none of the projectiles had targeted its propulsion system which allowed it to float amongst the air once more. The Butterfly Master was enraged at this retaliation but it wasn’t over yet. Twinkles were present above him before warheads rained down upon him causing the area around him to erupt into a fire blaze. James was blown back slightly as the Battlemaster was thrown against a wall of the prison camp. James grunted, slamming his head against the side of the cockpit. As the dust would settle, minutes later, Megalith I would remain mostly unharmed by the attack. It had only suffered armor degradation, but not a total collapse of its armor.

“I’ve had enough of you humans,” said the Butterfly Master as he began to activate the Sequence, “Pray to your fake God that your survive this!” Suddenly the Butterfly Master lifted up his working hand a shot a beam into the sky. The beam was so bright that the battlefield had become nothing but shade. The beam lasted several seconds before the Butterfly Master laughed maniacally. Seconds passed and before long beams of red light, and meteorites rained down from the heavens. “FACE THE TRUE POWER OF THE MEGALITH,” screamed the Butterfly Master, “YOUR MACHINES ARE NO MATCH FOR OUR TECHNOLOGY!”

James stared up into the heavens seeing beams strike with earth with explosions that did damage to whatever had touched it. Luckily none of those lights came near him, but he had felt the concussive blasts of those lights. On the other hand James had to deal with those meteorites. Several car sizes pieces of rock crashed against the prison camp area causing explosions to erupt. ‘This looks like a scene from a movie,’ thought James as he spoke into his communication system:

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to all Units. Mission is a success. All civilians accounted for. I repeat all civilians accounted for. Evacuate the battlefield immediately. This is an order!

[Argon Jaden]

"Hnnn..." Blue eyes blearily blinked as Avery lifted his head. Shooting the missile wasn't exactly the best tactic as it sent him flying of, smashing his head on the controls. The sound of static filled CrossFreeze's cockpit and emergency lights flashed inside. His head hurt and the blonde winced, putting a hand on his head, ignoring the bright red stream trickling down from his face. He felt dizzy, but he checked his GEAR, glad to know that there was only minor damage. Just then, lights flashed outside, Avery peeked out, only to yelp when a rock landed directly in front of his GEAR. A stream of light hit the rocks under him and he heard the ground below explode.

"What the hell happened?" He growled, starting his GEAR. CrossFreeze flew up in the open air, dodging rocks and lights as they flew around. Ice canon needed ten minutes before it was ready to fire and he steadily aimed at the large GEAR, annoyed to not see a trace of ice on it. Blood began to drip on his left eye and he was forced to shut it.

"CrossFreeze to all units: Do you think the AA weapons would hit the flying rocks?" He asked, dodging another rock that sailed past his GEAR's wing. "I need a clear shot... and the rocks aren't helping." Avery said, dodging another rock. Static answered him and he groaned. If his receiver was jammed, then he wondered if his message was relayed properly, if it even was relayed.

[MidKnight]

Jacinto quickly maneuvered around from the fallen debris and the explosions. He was breathing hard at first when his head was still bleeding from earlier. When he heard the good news from the civilians were rescued, he was relieved. Still curious about the AA Guns, he gives a heavy sigh. "Damn, wonder what happened to that boy?" He looked around, and noticed several AA Guns were still active, the rest were either finally put down or destroyed by the W1DOW. "This is Second Lieutenant Jacinto. There are now less AA Weaponry Systems, you can now send in air support." He was breathing a little hard then usual, he groaned as he tried to move around in his GEAR. He looked at his chest and he could see a metal object had pierced through his suit, and blood was pouring out. "Damn." He said to himself. He looked up to the sky and sees several ships hovering over the city. "About time." He said to himself again, as he relaxed himself, putting pressure on his chest, trying to stop the bleeding without removing the object.

U.S.S Odyssey

"Commander...the GEARs have taken down the enemies defenses, though there are several Anti-Air Weapons active, should we proceed with the drop troops sir?" The Commander gives a low hum as he closed his eyes and pondered. "Just a few active huh?" He cleared his throat and turned his attention at the Captain, "Commence the drop, we can handle a few of those Anti-Air guns, those GEARs below need reinforcements before the enemy receives more of their own." The Captain nodded, "Also sir, Captain James also reported the prisoners from the camps have escaped as well, should we send in shuttles immediately?"

"Yes do it now, before all is lost and this battle would be pointless, Also inform all GEAR officers to continue pushing onward, we want the enemy out of this city." The Commander didn't move after he made his orders. He looked down at the city of Berlin, it was in complete ruins, he could see smoke still rising from it's earlier times. "We will make this right." He said to himself as he stared through the observation window.

On the battlefield, drop pods filled with GEARs landed on the streets of Berlin and begun their attack. Others were transported by helicopters, most of them charged forward and took covering, firing off their only main weapons and continued on. The sounds of gun fire and explosions filled the air, and the streets with both dead bodies of GEARs, and Aliens. The tanks that assisted earlier have also moved into the city, there were several infantry troops on the ground as well, carrying mostly grenade launchers and heavy weapons.

Jacinto watched as the friendly troops moved in, and stayed where he was, trying to patch himself up from his wound, but his vision was blurry. "Crap." He said, He could feel light headed as he started to breath slowly. "I wanted to see the victory of this." He smiled as he closed his eyes and laid his head to rest.

"Captain James, this is the Medical Station S-Twenty Four, we are receiving vital urgent signs from one of your GEARs, ID Number: Zero Two Three Six, Code Name: Stryker, Please Confirm statues. MS-S Twenty Four out."

[Garrus]

Saku fired her remaining rounds from her specialized ammo. The electrical projectiles hit their targets with 100 percent accuracy, not one miss. The rounds hit the rocks that aimed for Cross Freeze that would probably crumbled and destroy his GEAR, she gives a slight smile after firing her specialized rounds. "Don't worry kid, I got you covered." She inhales and exhales slowly after she made her hits. She deactivated her GEARs' lock down and her rifle went to normal mode, though it released a hissing sound and steam vented out of the sides. The countdown for her specialty has begun to cool down. "You should be clear kid." She contacted Avery, assuring him his GEAR was in the clear.

She used what was left in her ammo cases to assist the ground forces to further their advanced. She was glad they had defeated the toughest alien on the field. "This Dead Bolt, I'm moving to a different location." She grabbed her controls and begins to slowly move away from her current position to find a better angle, "That was...fun?" She asked herself, seeing how her specialized shells did not hit their mark, even though she clearly aimed carefully dead on. "Still that was weird."

Her GEARs' movement was a little quiet then most of the other GEARs considering how heavy they are. She quickly reloaded her weapon and found a good spot to begin her sniping. "Here we go." She quietly mumbled. The targets were still hiding behind cover and retreated slowly by the looks of it, though she was not seeing any reinforcements. "Time to kill." She mumbled again, squeezing the trigger with her finger and fired round after round. Hitting her targets, head shot after head shot. She was getting rather excited after hitting her targets. She looked away from her scope that was attached to the side of her seat and looked through the hud screen. She thought to herself. Are there bigger targets?

[Rha'az]

"Yeah!! 90% charged and I think I've found my target.." Fox's Apocalypse Cannon is fully charged and just in time, he saw his first cannon. He shot his fully charged cannon to it and the AAs began to malfunction and its circuits began to explode.

"Atlas-V to Fire Team 1, this is Fox reporting in. I got one AA cannon down and it uses my charge cells quickly. It needs 10-20 minutes to recharge and I don't think we'll survive that long, if anyone copy this please bring an alien heart or plasma batteries, Atlas-V out,"

[TheExiledChampion]

"Okay...that enough sniping, time for some personal slaughtering with the uglies." Leo exclaimed after seeing their reinforcement charging into battle, while storing away CORROSION as it locks up on White Reaper's back. Once he done that, Lionel work his way down onto the streets. His blades ready as he started spraying bullets onto aliens that gotten into Leo's sights, While cutting down those that got too close. Taking a few hits from some of them, fortunately not so bad like last time.

"Alright...where oh where could that other AA Gun is at?" Lionel ask quizzically as he took an pause in surveying his surroundings.

[Dire Hoef]

Medical Station S-Twenty Four: Captain James, this is the Medical Station S-Twenty Four, we are receiving vital urgent signs from one of your GEARs, ID Number: Zero Two Three Six, Code Name: Stryker, Please Confirm statues. MS-S Twenty Four out.

James scoured the destroyed battlefield as he looked for Jacinto. He then found the mech collapsed near some rubble and with this James ordered the machine to rush over to the GEAR’s side and looked down upon said GEAR; James having a serious look upon his face.

Battlemaster: This Captain James to MS-S Twenty Four. Confirming Status on Stryker now. It seems it’s badly damaged. I need immediate EVAC at my location over.

James opened up a communication line to Jacinto’s GEAR.

Battlemaster: Don’t die on me boy. You still got a battle to win.

Meanwhile in the skies above Berlin the Butterfly Master eyes narrowed in disgust as the Earth GEARS continued their advancement upon his allies. He wasn’t sure what to think of these pink monkeys. However that was aside from the fact. The Butterfly Master aimed for two GEARs, Lionel and Saku. The Butterfly Master shot a flurry as well as a volley of plasma rounds and missiles hoping to end the two GEARs who had done damage to him earlier on in the fight.

[Argon Jaden]

"Not on my watch, you overgrown scrap." Every growled rather fiercely. The blood dripping down his face had forced him to shut one eye. He fired ice canon at the enemy GEAR, reeling back slightly from the force. He was glad Saku had somewhat cleared the skies for him. The blind pilot knew that his attack would probably just annoy the enemy, but he was betting on glitching the system with the static on ice canon.

His radio was still jammed so he didn't know if his messages were being sent out. Gritting his teeth, he flew around on random patterns, trying to harass the Butterfly Master with his weak attacks. He was fast enough to not get caught. Dipping his wing, he shot beside a dilapidated structure, light blue metal glinting slightly.

[MidKnight]

Battlemaster: This Captain James to MS-S Twenty Four. Confirming Status on Stryker now. It seems it’s badly damaged. I need immediate EVAC at my location over.

"MS-S Twenty Four, copy that, immediate EVAC Shuttle on route, ETA Fifteen minutes."

Jacinto was slowly breathing inside his GEAR, he could hear the muffle sounds of battle just outside. Keeping his hand over his wound, feeling the gush of blood flowing out through the exit wound. He barely opened his eyes to hear his comm. link. go off. He could hear the captains' voice speaking to him.

Don’t die on me boy. You still got a battle to win.

Jacinto gulps for water and air, he opened his mouth to breath a little more easier. "Captain, this is not the way I wanted to go..." He groans in pain as he tried to move. "...I prefer I went out with a bang, not a toothpick in my gut." He gives a laugh, "This battle is already won from the beginning, it felt too easy." He gives another laugh, "Don't worry about me, worry about the others...That thing is still out there...somewhere...we need to get rid of it." Jacinto, breathing was slowing down, "I got this." He stated as he tried to move his GEAR.

[Dire Hoef]

“Captain, this is not the way I wanted to go...... I prefer I went out with a bang, not a toothpick in my gut. This battle is already won from the beginning, it felt too easy. Don't worry about me, worry about the others...That thing is still out there...somewhere...we need to get rid of it. I got this.”

James ordered his machine to hold Jacinto’s GEAR to the crumbled Earth, “Do not pressure yourself further boy… You still got a life to live, people to meet and people to see… Don’t you dare throw your life away for seeing some that would please yourself…” James looked towards his left as he heard that MS-S Twenty Four was arriving in fifteen minutes. “The medics will be here in fifteen minutes… Just… Hold out until then,” his voice calm and soft, “Just sit there and think about living until the medics arrive…”

Meanwhile the Butterfly Master was having difficulty keeping the battle in his favor. The alien humanoid looked up in the sky to find that an icy projectile was coming his way and would eventually come into contact with the machine’s outer armor. The projectile hit and scrambled his electromagnetic field causing the secondary shields to become inoperable. The Butterfly Master was now fully vulnerable to ballistic and non-ballistic attacks, but the alien humanoid wasn’t going to go down quietly. Aiming for the fast moving GEAR he slightly able to track the GEAR and with this activated his auto cannons and laser cannons aiming straight for the GEAR hoping to land a hit. However as he did this his back was turned allowing those GEARs that weren’t targeted by the Butterfly Master to perhaps end this humanoid creature once and for all.

[Heson Shadowbane]

Sammy had been biding her time. All four of her cannons were trained upon the Alien GEAR. She had to be careful about when she shot. Reveal her position too early or too late and she'd be an easy target well away from most of the other GEARs. W1D0W had cooled down to the cold air of Berlin and some snow, or maybe ash, had started to form a layer upon her as she continued to wait.

Then she saw it. Avery going in with her GEAR's special weapon, firing ice at the large machine. Sammy saw the sparks of the failing shield and watched as it turned towards Avery. This was her chance to take the battle for the human race. Heat vents opened up, expelling the build up of heat that had gathered within the fortress GEAR. The four cannons moved a fraction of an inch before Sammy closed her eyes. She had factored everything she could into the shots. She even had a decent enough lock on it for a targeting sequence. It's now or never. She pressed the fire button and all four cannons fired simultaneously, large explosive shells launching at high speeds through the air towards the Butterfly Master.

[Argon Jaden]

"Oh wow... um... good job me..." He mumbled, feeling a bit scared when the enemy turned to him. His visions was blurring slightly as blood continued to drip from the open wound on his head. With one eye closed and the other out of focus, Avery pulled the GEAR out of the way, dizzily dodging projectiles aimed for him. CrossFreeze was still in able condition, but its pilot was not. Vision doubling from blood loss, he barely dodged the lasers shooting at his way.

Swallowing thickly, he urged himself to keep its attention on him, taking notice of Sammy shooting at it with her cannon. He fired back with his own laser, trying to get a hit on it while keeping its attention. Ducking, the blond shakily tried his com again, hoping it would work. No such luck; static answered him and he forced himself to keep conscious for a little longer. Blood was drilling down his front, turning his shirt red.

[Garrus]

Saku quickly maneuvered around enemy fire, trying not to get hit. She had a hard time trying to dodge each shot. She looked up to spot the Alien GEAR, in hopes she could find a spot and get the target in her sights. She tried to find a spot to lay low from the falling projectiles. "Ugh, this is going to be hard." She pressed for her communications link, "This is Dead Bolt! We need to take that thing out....any time soon will be alright with me!" She controlled her GEAR to aim the rifle up in the sky and fired several rounds, hoping the bullets would hit her target this time.

She looked up closely and spotted Avery flying around, dodging attacks as well. "Hey kid, keep distracting him, we might be able to get a hit off of that son of a b----." She fired another round, interrupting herself. "Seriously?" She asked herself, continuing her fire in the air, trying to hit her mark on the Alien GEAR. She looked around her surrounding before reloading, making sure no other enemy infantry tries to sneak up and attack her.

[Enigma83]

E nodded in confirmation "Will do sir" he said, leapinf down from his vantage point and hitting the ground at a dead sprint towards the AA gun control center.
He crashed through the wall and unleashed fiery hell onto the rooms interior. After a few moments everything in the room was dead.
"Placing charge" he said, putting down an explosive large enough to get the job done.....and blow up a few cities.
He activated it, set the timer, and turned towards the door. Only to find his entourage of hate waiting for him
"You have got to be fucking kidding me" he muttered, them he turned on his mic "This is E Mystere, pilot of the type 50 Lurking Blade GEAR. Codename: Shadow ...I...I've set the charge. But I'm not sure if I'll make it out. If I don't do a few things for me" he said as he was getting buried under a mob of Aliens, doing his best to try and get out from underneath them "Put Shadow in a memorial for me. Don't let the Aliens do anything like they did to me, don't let them fuck with human nature. And....and stop these bastards. Just do it, make it happen. It's been an honor working with all of you.....goodb-"
E's last words were cut off by a brilliant flash of light that erupted from the middle of the facility. When the light cleared, the whole control building, and a few of the close by ones, were gone. One by one, each AA gun crackled and sparked, and then stood still. Never to move again.

[MidKnight]

The human fleet begun to move into the city when they finally got confirmation all the Anti-Air weaponry systems were down, more troops began to drop from pods and helicopters, sending in wave of reinforcements. The Commander had a smile on his face when he saw this, thinking they achieved victory for a city. Even though they lost a lot of lives, and saved more then they could, the Commander would suspect something with the Alien GEAR still active on the field. That's when it happened.

Alien ships appeared from the clouds above, decloaking from invisibility. They've waited for the right time to attack the human army brutes and specialized troops. Plasma cannons fired upon the populated troop areas, destroying more GEARs then they could count their own dead. The Commander did not see this coming, but was frightened to see enemy air craft of both out powering and out numbered his own. He ordered a general retreat, forcing all air craft to turn around and return to base, and the ground troops to fall back, and with any damaged GEARs' were to be abandon and pilots to be carried by their fellow GEARs.

"This is MS-S Twenty Four, all EVAC Shuttles return to base immediately, this is a General Order Retreat, I repeat, all Medical Air Shuttles, return to base immediately!"

Jacinto saw the ships coming about, his allies being ripped to shreds. He tried to breath steadily, but his wound was in no good condition. And hearing the call of all shuttles to turn back to base, disappointed him. He tried to rush his blood flow to get some adrenaline going, but the wound was to painful, he attempted to get out of his GEAR at first, but the locks were jammed and didn't lose, he had no way to escape from his GEAR. He groaned in pain from his wound and the blood pouring down on his face blurred his vision. He looked at his ammo capacity, which he still had two clips left for his left gun. He breathes a little more slowly now, and turned his communication link to James.

"I still got some ammo left, I'll provide you some cover, and enough time to get everyone out of here." He pushed his GEAR up, forcing itself to stand on its' two feet. "You got to let me stay, I'm in no good condition and we'll both be ripped to shreds if we tried to run." He looked at James GEAR, and had a smile on his face, "Look, these pilots need you, they need your guidance, and they need your leadership, I can't give that. I'm not like you. I tried to be once, but I failed more times then I could count, but fighting along side you...it has been a great honor fighting next to you. Please sir, I'm begging you to get out of here." Pushing his GEAR towards the incoming enemy fire, "I got this, and don't forget about my dog tags sir. They're more precious then just metal sir." He wiped away his tears and shook his head, "And no I'm not crying either." He joked as he last conversation with James, ending his communication link.

Jacinto pushed his GEAR forward, forcing it to move around and hide behind cover. His heavy breathing was the only thing his ears could hear now, besides the loud red sires blaring around him, his GEARs' voice mechanism announcing system failure, and other damaged parts. He tried to keep his breathing under control, but the wound was too great. Groaning in pain, he forced the GEAR to aim and fire in the open, getting the attention of the alien forces. The aliens caught his distraction, and fired upon his position. But with his eye vision being blurred, his continued to fire anyway. "Come on!" He would shout as he fired round, after round. "I'm right here!" He shouted again, growling with no fear, but groaning in pain.

He was reloaded his last clip, and fired again, forcing more enemy troops to his location. Still hiding behind cover, and wiping away the blood on his face, he heard the only thing that would worry him more. The click of a empty case of bullets. He looked at his other arm, thinking it would have more ammo, but the ammo capacity stated depleted. He began to think, this was the end, this was his final moment. He pulled a picture out from his pocket, the picture he had was him when he was just a baby, and his mother. He pulled out another picture, and stared at it. The picture was a younger man, though it was faded, and couldn't make out the face or what he was wearing.

"I hope I made you proud father." He says quietly to himself.

He heard the enemy rushing to him, still firing plasma shots, hitting nothing but dirt and concrete. He drops the pictures on the floor and grabbed his controls, flicking a switch, switching to grapple attack stance, and prepared himself for the worse. "I'll go out like a man, and die like a soldier." was whispered quietly in his voice. He moved his GEAR out of cover and attacked head on again'st his enemy. Pushing several down and punching a few in the head and chest. Plasma fire hit his armor, piercing and melting through like it was made of plastic.

A large growl howled in the streets, a fierce monster arrived, it was like the Alien GEAR Monster itself, but was different, more heavily armored, rampaged like an animal, carrying a large hammer, it was the next boss that they had to fight eventually. The monster charged towards Jacinto, and the pilot pushed his GEAR to the maximum limit the GEAR can take, with courage filled in his heart, he gives a warrior cry before finding his death at the edge of the hammer which crushed his GEAR like a empty hallow can. He already convinced himself he was dead the moment he entered in that GEAR, although he found life afterwards, of finally meeting someone who matter to him the most, even if it costed his life.

[Dire Hoef]

Atmosphere (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUJs-gdlpoU)


“I still got some ammo left, I'll provide you some cover, and enough time to get everyone out of here. You got to let me stay, I'm in no good condition and we'll both be ripped to shreds if we tried to run. Look, these pilots need you, they need your guidance, and they need your leadership, I can't give that. I'm not like you. I tried to be once, but I failed more times than I could count, but fighting alongside you...it has been a great honor fighting next to you. Please sir, I'm begging you to get out of here. I got this, and don't forget about my dog tags sir. They're more precious than just metal sir. And no I'm not crying either.”

James was awe-struck; unable to move or really speak for that matter. James could only watch as his second lieutenant gave his life for the cause. “JACINTO,” screamed James as he looked the corpse of a machine that had been Stryker. Tears flowed from his cheeks down to the dashboard below his chin. He heard the order to retreat, but was the point? GEARS were being destroyed left and right and his only means of freedom and serenity was destroyed right before his eyes. James’s metaphorical son had been killed right before him, and James couldn’t really cope with seeing a young man die. James ordered the machine to turn tail and run.

Battlemaster: Battlemaster to all units. R-Retreat! Save yourselves! Out.

James couldn’t bring himself to tell any of the surviving members that Jacinto had gave his life for the cause. James tried his best to get out of the warzone as tears collected on the dashboard. “You will not be forgotten soldier,” said James as he looked over his shoulder looking at the back camera seeing the creature moving after him. He knew that with his speed he could keep ahead of the creature, but at what cost? They had already lost this battle. He needed a new GEAR… Something that screams the master of battles. He’ll have to decide what it shall carry and what it shall look like, but now wasn’t the time for that.

[Argon Jaden]

He was breathing heavily as he dodged left and right. It was getting really hard to see things through his dashboard. A stray shot zipped through his GEAR and the blond pilot blinked up, seeing the blurry images of the enemy ships firing around. Dashing away, he shook his head as his eyes began to close. There was a soft Ding that alerted him of Ice Canon. Down below, he couldn't see much, bit if he could shoot right up, then all would work.

Avery growled, one eye shut as he forced CrossFreeze to engage in close combat, something his GEAR shouldn't be doing. Bullets passed as he ducked in between ships, making the enemy bullets to hot each other. His one-eyed sight darkened for a moment and he swallowed, forcing himself to keep conscious. When the enemy realized what he was doing, they began to collectively fire at him and CrossFreeze's right wing began to smoke. Despite the broken com, his GEAR was sending out wild distress signals. Luckily, Avery had gotten them to place where he wanted.

The enemy troops who had been chasing him were close together and with a surprising steep dive, he twisted his GEAR around and shot at the sky. He couldn't see what was happening because of his blurry eues, but he did see something approach.

Unluckily for both GEAR and Pilot, Avery was completely succumbing to unconsciousness. Despite himself, he tried to retreat, but the adrenalin that had kept him conscious was now fading as he ducked in between buildings. His GEAR was still sending put distress signal while the young pilot tried to talk over on his com.

"H-hey guys..." His voice was breathy and weak, more of a croak. Swallowing, he continued, trying to grin. "F-feel kinda sl-sleepy. I'll l-let you... guys..." Blue eyes were beginning to dull as his body was slowly shutting down. "...repri... mand... me..." his finger slid of the com as he slumped forward, unconscious. Outside, CrossFreeze's light blue hull glinted in the visible light, making it easier to spot against the dark rubble.

[Garrus]

Saku fired more rounds, but her cases were becoming a more of a problem. She was running out of ammo. She turned her attention to see her Captain retreating with a monster chasing his six. She aimed through her sights and fired several rounds at the monsters' leg, hoping it slow down, it looked like it was at first. "I got you in my sights Captain." She said over the comm. But when she heard Avery's voice barely breaking through her radio, she looked around and noticed a crashed GEAR on the ground. "Crap." She said to herself.

She moved from her position and started heading towards Averys' location. "MS-S Twenty Four! This is Dead Bolt! I need a confirmation statues on Cross Freeze!" She pushed the speed of her GEAR to the max, hoping she would make it on time to get to him, and get him out of there. It feels like her radio was jammed as well, because she did not get a response back from them.

As she got closer, and had to fight in close quarter combat, which was not her thing. She had to pass some rubble and get through debris to get to Averys' GEAR. By the time she did, several alien soldiers were ready to smash his GEAR. "Oh hell no you don't!" She yelled as she pulled the trigger, hitting her targets in the chest and fired a few more in the distance to keep the ones at bay. She opened a channel to Avery. "Get up kid! Don't quit on me!" She used the arm of her GEAR to open his hatch, she spotted him laying there, unconscious. She looked frightened and surprised. She opened her GEARs' hatch and gets out of her GEAR quickly. Jumping onto Averys' and shook his body. "Wake up kid!" She demanded.

The kid didn't wake up, she looked around, and spotted more enemy soldiers approaching. She took her knife from her suit and cut the belts that hold Avery's body and managed to pick him up, and out of his GEAR, "Come on kid." She grunted as she managed to get him out, struggling. Pulling him towards her GEAR. There was not much room in her GEAR, and she sits down first, placing Avery on her lap, keeping his head on her chest. "Dead Bolt to Widow! if you're still around, I need covering fire!" She called out on her radio, closing her GEARs' hatch and started to move. "Don't die on me kid." She whispered to Avery as she pushed her limit again, forcing it to retreat.

[Enigma83]

Slowly the blinding light dimmed and E looked around "How?" He asked himself, coughing up blood "So...judging from the *cough* gunfire and smell of blood I'm either *wheeze* still alive, or my life is still flashing before my eyes and I'm at my last family reunion." E smiled weakly at his own joke and then Shadow started to beep rapidly "You're right" he said "I need to......to....to"
E collapsed back into unconciousness. But somehow Shadow's arm raised itself up, and fired a flare into the sky

[TheExiledChampion]

Lionel was patching himself after managing to survive Butterfly Master's sneak attack, sadly White Reaper lost his newly acquired weapon CORROSION. Which is now an piece of junk stuck on the back of Leo's GEAR and to top off, the blast also damaged White Reaper's AM207. Now Lionel is partially unarmed, thankfully he still got Thunderclap and its blades.

"Ugh Okay...that should work, now to...what the?" Lionel question mildly as he looks into the monitors within his cockpit and see an flare sailing across the sky, "whose in trouble now?" Lionel asked rhetorically too no one as he makes his GEAR to stand and picked up an alien weapon, which he was borrowing from an alien trooper he killed not long ago. Once he had White Reaper on his feet, Lionel headed off too that flare came from as he didn't want the wrong kind of help to get there first.

"This is White Reaper...detected an distress flare and heading too it source, will request evac as soon as I reach it." Lionel explained through comms too command, hopefully reaching them as he continue on his trek too the flare's source.

[MidKnight]

Most of the GEARs were off of the battlefield, retreating with tails between their legs. The human fleet returned to the shores, several of them landed as bases for the surviving GEARs, and we're ready for repairs. The GEAR army were mostly far too damaged even from repairs. Though the mechanics did what they can to bring them back to life. Most of the pilots morale was gone, thinking if they were to save man kind, how can they defeat a for that knew they were coming? They do not know.

The Commander ordered all captains and officer ranking officials for a meeting.

During the meeting, mostly high ranking officers bickered at each other for false mistakes or not flanking their enemy at the right time. The Commander himself sat quietly in his seat as he listened to everyone's rambling. Most of their plans and timed plans were just obliterated in minutes when the real threat had shown up.

After what seemed like hours of nothing but yelling, the Commander simply stands up and everyone suddenly went silent, knowing they have nothing but respect for the Commander when he stands to say something. The Commander looked at everyone's faces. Then his attention was given to the table for a couple of seconds and started to talk

"I've made a promised, a promise I had to keep. When the enemy had arrived to our door and when we first made contact. We thought it was the beginning of a brighter future. A new generation that would 've born. When the enemy attacked and started ripping our ships with plasma cannons and boarding parties, tearing our hulls and letting our oxygen get sucked out. We thought it was our end. We thought this would be the reaper that would claim our lives. But it wasn't, instead, we created our own reapers. We created our salvation, our life saviors. These GEAR pilots may have suffered a lost of a battles, but they have not lost the war. And if it takes Every one of our GEARs to see this through and God as my witness I will jump into a suit and into a GEAR and fight them myself. We can not lose hope, we can not lose Earth. Now I know we still got GEARs out there on the battlefield, but if they survive and come back home. We will upgrade these machines and bring he'll along with us and show those aliens what's what. I don't care how gentlemen, I don't care what kind of evil upgrade or machine or devices we have to use, we will have to use it. Now...does anyone...have any ideas....other then being little wimps and pansies of who fault is who, we work together. Now....ideas."

The room stood quiet for a time until someone cleared his throat. "You know those metal materials we used for the Angel of Hope? That was just a prototype we wanted to test and well...the prototype seems to be working full functionality, and it amazed us to see some great work and how effective it will be against the exterrerstials."

"Do the damn upgrade now." The Commander gives a look to everyone. "All Captains and personal officers, you will began looking for potential candidates, and I expect a full report of your MIAs and KIAs on my desk...dismissed."

[Dire Hoef]

Atmosphere (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf2u-08Ka-c)


“I've made a promised, a promise I had to keep. When the enemy had arrived to our door and when we first made contact. We thought it was the beginning of a brighter future. A new generation that would’ve born. When the enemy attacked and started ripping our ships with plasma cannons and boarding parties, tearing our hulls and letting our oxygen get sucked out. We thought it was our end. We thought this would be the reaper that would claim our lives. But it wasn't, instead, we created our own reapers. We created our salvation, our life saviors. These GEAR pilots may have suffered a loss of a battle, but they have not lost the war. And if it takes every one of our GEARs to see this through and God as my witness I will jump into a suit and into a GEAR and fight them myself. We cannot lose hope, we cannot lose Earth. Now I know we still got GEARs out there on the battlefield, but if they survive and come back home. We will upgrade these machines and bring he'll along with us and show those aliens what's what. I don't care how gentlemen, I don't care what kind of evil upgrade or machine or devices we have to use; we will have to use it. Now...does anyone...have any ideas....other than being little wimps and pansies of who fault is who, we work together. Now....ideas.”

“You know those metal materials we used for the Angel of Hope? That was just a prototype we wanted to test and well...the prototype seems to be working full functionality, and it amazed us to see some great work and how effective it will be against the extraterrestrials.”

“Do the damn upgrade now. All Captains and personal officers, you will begin looking for potential candidates, and I expect a full report of your MIAs and KIAs on my desk...dismissed.”

‘Of course I have no say in the matter,’ thought James as he left the meeting and came to his study where he plopped down into his chair. He looked at his dog-tags knowing that he lost the only man that he considered to be his son. However, upon closer inspection, he found a chip; a chip he would have never expected to see. James leaned forward in his seat before moving to insert said chip into a video player. He looked up as Jacinto’s face came on screen; audio present.

“Is this on? I can't really tell, wow! I can't believe there are still old Micro Chips laying around here. Well um,” he clears his throat, “Hello, I'm Jacinto Snow, and I have recently volunteered to join the ranks of becoming a GEAR Pilot. They said this would be no easy task and it would be more likely a death sentence once we get inside these machines, but I wanted to give it a try. Become something I think my father would be proud of. I never really knew my father much, but the fact that he doesn't know I exist, or if he does know, but does not want to be a part of my life. All I know is my mother raised a son, and she is the only best mother I know in my entire life. I don't know what of a man, my father was, or anything about him. All I know is, my mother ranted a few times, saying he was a great man. I would sometimes think he was a General in a army or some military branch or in a special ops, even a king sometimes when I was kid. I did found an old picture of him, but it's faint, and I can't make out the face appearance, or what military uniform he was wearing at the time. But I do know he was in the military and I pretty much joined the army as well. Thinking he would be proud about that. I wanted to become like him, something that I could leave behind in the historic events that would take place in the future. I was given Stryker, as promised, but it was in rough shape when they finished making it, looked like a hammer that seen better days though,” he laughs, “After I joined the GEARs, I made a request of a search of my father, since it was acquired to have on a certain resume. They took my blood and came up with an exact match. Now I know who he is, James B. Dultchry and I will be serving next to him as a Lieutenant, but this would be my first time meeting him, so I won't say anything at first, because maybe the stress or the surprise would be too great for him to take. And we have to keep focus on our enemy, but...I'm still working on that approach, for now I'll see what this man is all about. If he is what my mother had said, I would tell him myself one day. Or if I have a bad feeling of a certain situation, I'll let him hold my dog tags, in hopes he would find this message. If he did....Hello Dad, it was finally nice to meet you. I don't think I can make another recording, because well, this Micro Chips are really hard to come by,” he laughs, then silence, “Either I'm dead, or laying in a hospital bed, either way, I had to tell you this, I wanted to tell you in person, because I want to see the surprise look in your face, or whatever look you give when you get surprised. But if I did die...please don't tell mom, it would break her heart so bad to know her only son had died in combat. I'm sorry if I didn't tell you sooner...but I just wanted to see the man I never got to see as a child...(Memory low)...Looks like my time with this chip is up, I wish I could find another chip....Good bye...dad......” –End Recording

As the recording draws to a close James was silent; awe-struck by this development. James leaned on his desk as he stared at the image of his biological son. He didn’t know he had a son. He didn’t want to know he had a son; he didn’t want to know that his son had died on battlefield because of his selfish actions for protection. Tears fell onto his desk as they collected in small, but present, splotches. “How could he have done this to me,” he said to himself, “How come you didn’t tell me this sooner?” James leaned on his hands as the room around was dark and quiet. He couldn’t understand why Jacinto would wait, even after death, till now to tell him this.

“Stupid boy,” he said with a smile tears still present in his eyes, “How come you waited? How come you didn’t say anything further? A surprise? You sure gave me one hell of a surprise!” James leaned back in his chair and chuckled, but it was to be a sad chuckle, “Boy… You are quite something… You take after me…”

[MidKnight]

The forces have finally arrived back to base camp, and those who survived from the battlefield with wounds turned to the medical bay area. And with the damaged GEARs, either scrap or in repairs. Jacinto's GEAR appeared, some parts still remained intact, but the rest was ready to fall apart. The machine did not stand a chance to what ever the creature was. His body in a black plastic bag, along with some others.

The dead were mourned and their pictures were displayed in the hangers. Each one had their name and ranks and what kind of GEAR and the name of their GEAR was. Even they are gone, but their memories lived on. Lived by the living and continued onward, pushing from fairy tale to legend. Their morale was lost and crippled by their defeat, but seeing their dead being honored and remembered gave them hope.

The human ships stayed on the beach and re-organized their strategic plans, of how to take back Berlin, and then advance onward to retake their planet. Retrofitting their GEARs with advanced war tech, weaponry and suits. Recruiting more pilots then ever. Factories returned alive once again to melt and build GEARs. Evolving themselves into becoming something more greater then they was before.

However, on the human vessel, U.S.S. Odyssey.

The Commander lit a cigar in his hand, the red flames shine up on his face as he heard the doors to his cabin open. "Captain James, please enter." He told the captain as he waved the lit match around, disposing it in a ash trey. "I understand you had been informed you had a son, and you have my deepest condolences." He inhales a large dose of smoke into his lungs with the cigar and exhales slowly. He poured a couple ice cubes in a couple of glasses in front of him, then pours a bottle of whiskey in each one. He walked over to the captain and gives him a glass.

"To humanity!" He raised the glass and drinks the alcohol in one shot. Placing the glass cup on the desk, and sitting on his chair. He had a file on his desk, a file with Jacintos' picture on it, with red letters stating KIA.

"I didn't call you up here to talk about your loss, James." He placed the cigar in his mouth, his face still calm then ever, but looked disturbed at the same time. He looked to the shadows as though someone was standing there. "Your son was...with a certain group before any of this ever began, yes it says he was with the army, but that's when I noticed a few black lines in some of the paper work." He leaned forward, "What if I told you, your son was one of the top best among a certain special operations group?" He looked at the captain, "Someone here can explain it better." He looked at the shadows once more.

Someone wearing a black suit appeared, "Captain James?" The voice called out, "I am with a certain group, also known as black ops." The man in black, simply stared at James, "We want you and your team on a mission that could turn the tide of the war, and destroy the alien forces. You and your team however will be going in the dark, and we will give you access to all weapons, armor, GEARs, and especially, certain modifications for the GEARs. We have a found a way to actually beat them at their own game...what say you?"

James face was silent as he observed the two, then...there was a grin.


-GEARs-

Characters-Players

Jacinto Snow... Jevan

Avery Maxwell... Argon Jaden

Sammantha "Sammy" Jordans... Heson Shadowbane

E "Lunatic" Mystere... Enigma83

Ash Emerson... AbyssWalker

James B. Dultchry... Theorem Of Hoef (Co-GM)

Lionel "Leo" Chambers... chief

Marcus Walbrecht the XVIII... Cfavano

Fox "Foxhound" Hunters... Rahz

Saku Takashi... Garrus