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Chapter 1 - CHAPTER ONE: THE MAP.

 

 

 

MASSIVE

STRIKE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Title Cards.

 

 

 It is unknown

when the Kassinger Empire rose to power.

 

The war has felt like it's

been going on forever

at this point.

 

Generations have come and gone.

 

One multi-generational line of defense has stood in The

Kassinger Empire's way: The

Mittleken Dynasty. 

 

For generations, The Mittleken Family has been a beacon of

hope for freedom and peace for all.

 

But 20 years ago, the Mittleken Dynasty fell to rubble.

 

The last hope in this never-ending

conflict.

 

 The year is 1046 A.T.C. and the Greatest War has been waging for centuries now.

 

 One sliver

of hope still glimmers for the Rebellion: A Prism

Drive.

 

Created by a top scientist in a civilization that has long been

forgotten.

 

The Drive was created to help humanity overcome hardship and be the blueprint

for a better society but,

 

Under the wrong

hands, the knowledge that is contained on the Prism Drive can be used for WORLD DOMINATION.

 

The rumor has floated

throughout the world of its existence for centuries, but a breakthrough has just been made…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter

One: The Map. 1. 

 

 National District, Utopia, 0100, 04/17/1046

A.T.C..

 

 A battle raged on as a Covert

Team navigated through the trenches and rubble of the battlefield.

 "Alright, what were after should be

in that building over there. Luckily for us, it hasn't been struck yet. It's a

matter of time though, so we need to hurry!" A soldier commanded.

 A girl walked in between the

group, not quite paying attention. "Em, no wandering off this time. We can't

wait around this time. I mean look around" The soldier gestured.

 Live fire rained in the skies above.

"Yeah, yeah, Dick. I hear you loud and clear." Em replied sarcastically.

 "Emily, I am not joking, This is

escalating every second-"

 "I heard you….Dickhead." Emily firmly

stated.

 Dickhead grunted as he accepted her

statement. He looked around at his team.

 "So how exactly are we going to get

through that?" another soldier asked and pointed at the roaring battlefield

that is blocking them from their destination.

 "Like this!" Emily yelled out and

disappeared into a concrete pipe.

 Dickhead stood shocked "What did

I just?" he let out. He then watched across the battlefield hoping to see

Emily. A moment passed and he then saw her somehow come out to the other side.

"how in the-?" Dickhead muttered.

 Dickhead could see Emily motioning to

follow her lead. Dickhead then commanded the team to follow, but then a

explosion rang out and flames aired out of the pipe Em disappeared in. 

 Dickhead then looked across the street

again, and saw Emily shocked.

 

 "Well that sucks! I'm

going to go ahead and try and find it! You guys meet me there!" Emily called out, hoping that her team could

hear her.

 Emily then opened the door of tge

compound. The door made a very loud creak as it hasn't been opened in a very

long time. "Whoa, the place is awesome." Emily gasped in awe. She walked around

and took in her surroundings. A statue of a man with a bow and arrow was

stationed in between the two spiral staircases.

 "Well the report said what we are

looking for is in a bunker underground so, the way isnt up there." Emily

muttered to herself as she searched for a entrance to the corridors below.

 Emily shuffled along the walls but

found nothing. "Guess up is the only way down." Emily said as she made her way

up the staircase, to the floor it ked to. What she saw shocked her. A plaza was

tucked in the insides of the maim entrance hall. She treaded along, hoping to

find a lab. She figured once she got to the lab, the entrance to the bunker

couldn't be far off.

 She wandered deeper into the

compound. Weapon raised as she doesn't know what to expect. Then she found what

she was looking for: the labs. She entered the labs, which a lot of the glass

had already been smashed. Plantlife even had begun to really overcome the

compound. The building had long been abandoned, but has remainef untouched for

unknown reasons. Emily looked around and her face lit up when she saw the giant

vault door plastered in the wall. "Well. This is easier than I expected." Emily

said as she pulled explosives out of her backpack.

 

 

 Back across the battlefield Dickhead

was still trying to figure out how to cross the no man's Land. "Sir! Neither

side would know we are coming! We could ambush either side and cross there!" a

soldier suggested.

 "That is a horrible idea! We don't know

how many men would be waiting for us! That is a suicide mission, Taz!" Dickhead

said. A missile the spiraled towards the compound.

 "No! Emily!" Taz yelped out. Instead

the missile bounced off a blue tinted barrier and exploded in the rubble between

the team and the compound.

 "Holy shit! So that's how it's still

standing!" another soldier said. Dickhead evaluated the aftermath.

 "look! The explosion gave us a path!

What luck! But we would have to be fast!" Dickhead commanded and pointed at the

metal, rock, and rubble giving them a more or less clean path across.

 Dickhead took off, choosing to be the test

dummy. He made it to the first covering, bullets flying above his head. He then

motioned for the rest of his team to follow. Dickhead led the team across the street.

Dickhead was waiting guiding his team to safety, when he heard the revving of a

vehicle approaching.

 "oh no" Dickhead sighed to himself as

he saw the Vehicle come over the hill. "Choa!"

he yelled! The last person to cross was mid sprint when he was ripped t o

pieces by the gunner opening fire. The vehicle then turned to approach the rest

of the team.

 "oh, Fuck you!" Dickhead yelled

angrily as he grabbed a weapon That was attached to his back. He fired the

weapon and it let out a massive energy beam that completely incinerated the

truck and it's inhabitants.

 "Sir, I Hope it was worth it. We only

have 3 more uses before its depleted." Taz informed.

 "They killed Choa. Of course it was

worth it." Dickhead said as he turned around to enter the building.

 

 

 What was left of the vault door lay

behind Emily as she walked to the elevator that would take her deeper into the

bunker. She pressed the button in hopes of it being functional. Nothing. "Well

Damn. Guess I'll have to do it the hard way." She said as she tossed a

explosive onto the elevator and ran to take cover.

 

 The bomb exploded and the Elevator cab

crumbled and fell down into the shaft below. Emily walked up to the ledge and

looked into the abyss. "Well, here goes nothing." She said and simply leaped.

 Emily screamed in enjoyment as she fell.

But then she narrowly dodged part of the elevator cab that had stuck itself

into the wall on its descent. "holy cheeseburger on a merry go round. That was

close." Emily said as she positioned to activate her boots.

 The blasters shot out of her boots which

slowed her decent. She simply landed at the bottom. "See. No problem. " Emily

cockily says as she enters the bunker.

 

 Dickhead Jones leads the rest

of the team throughout the compound. 

 "No sign of her, captain." Taz

announced. The team has been searching every room thoroughly. The building

shook as the force field was struck again. The glass awning shattered and fell.

The group ran to get cover. 

 The glass crumbled as it all hit the

ground. The team came out of hiding and looked up. They then began their search. This is when

soldiers repelled down and surrounded

them.

 "Great. What now?" Dickhead said.

"Silence." One of the soldiers firmly said. "I mean we're surrou-" Dickhead

blabbered. "I SAID SILEEEEEEEENCE!" The soldier yelled.

 Dickhead and Taz look at the soldier and

then at each other. "Is he talking to me?" Dickhead asked. "I think he was. People

need to learn some manners."

 The Soldier began walking towards The

team, feet thumping on the ground as the soldier walked. "For the last Ti-" the

Soldier began saying but was interrupted by Dichead's fist colliding into the

soldier's nose.

 The rest of the team took action and

dismantled the opposing team with ease. The Angry soldier shuffled away from

Dickhead. "Okay. So you're going to tell us where the rest of you're team is."

Dickhead said as he grabbed his pistol and insinuated that he would use it.

 The soldier laughed "It doesn't

matter, they're already down there." The soldier retorted. Dickhead angrily

bashed the soldier in the face with the butt of his gun. "We have to go! Hansel

will kill us if we lose Em!" Dickhead ordered.

 

 Emily frantically searched the bunker.

She shuffled through boxes and crates searching for the artifact. She sat on

the ground, at a complete loss. This is when she saw a picture hanging on the

wall. She ran over to try and get it down.

 After some struggling Emily managed

to get the picture down. She took out the documents to compare it with the

symbol that was stamped the frame. Emily then took the picture and shattered it

on the ground. She picked up the contents.

 "I will be taking that." A female's

voice behind Emily. Emily stood up to face the intruder. The woman held out her

hand as she approached. Soldiers were posted, aiming their weapons directly at

Emily. "Come on, kid. Just hand it over." The woman said. Emily stood shocked as she realized who she

was speaking to.

 

 "You're Missy Rahn. Kassinger's

personal assassin." Emily replied.

 "Good. My reputation precedes me. Come

on. Hand it over." Missy demanded.

 Emily slowly stuck something in

her pocket as she raised to hand over the contents of the picture. A missile

struck the barrier and the entire building shook. The impact caused Emily to

drop the papers and that scattered across the floor. Em took her chance and

tried to escape, but Missy hit her in the kidney and held her at gun point. "Oh?

What's this?" Missy asked as she pulled something out of Em's pocket. "Hiding

things from me are we?"

 Emily grunted as she lunged at

Missy. Em was slammed to the ground from one of the soldiers stomping his foot

on Emily's chest. "Quite the place they have here. It's a wonder what it was

used for." Missy rambled. Emily stared at Missy, not saying a word. "Now, what

is this?" Missy said as she began to unfold the paper.

 

 Another missile hit the barrier and Emily

once again tried to lunge at Missy, but was once again slammed into the ground.

"Godammit!" Missy let out. She angrily stood over Emily. "Try that again, and I

will put you down!" she spat pointing her finger in Emily's face with each

word.

 "Try it!" a voice called out.

Dickhead stood with a weapon in hand, the opposing team begin to react but had

no time. The weapon let out a since boom in which sent everyone on to their

backs. Emily quickly got up and sprintef to Missy and snatched the map from her

fingers. Emily was sure to kick her in the face, knocking her clean out, and

she made her escape.

 The two teams opened fire om each

other. Emily ran for her life to reach cover. Dickhead grabbed Emily as she leapt

to get out of range of the firefight. Dickhead positioned her safely against

the pillar. "What did I say about Wandering off?" Dickhead yelled. "I'm sorry, I thought-" Emily pleaded. "I think we will

talk about this later! " Dickhead said as he opened fire.

 One of Dickhead's operatives shot a grenade

that exploded just under the ceiling, which in turn caused it to cave in,

giving Emily and her friends a window to escape.

 The team ran down the hallways in

which Emily came. "So how exactly do you plan to get back up? " Emily asked.

"What do you

mean? The way we came down! The stairs!" Taz replied. "THERE WERE STAIRS?!" Emily

yelped out as the info annoyed her because of what she had to do to get down to

the bunker. "Go! Go! Go!" Dickhead ushered as he held to door to the stairs open.

 Emily followed her friends out of

the compound and waited under the door way. The battle has escalated exponentially.

"Donkey to Shark, we need immediate E-vac. I repeat. Immediate E-Vac." Dickhead

said into a communications device. "Copy, E-Vac is enroute. Stand By for

Pick-up" a voice said over the speaker.

 A moment passed and a aircraft landed

right in front of the compound. Another missile was fired and was headed

directly towards the Aircraft. A soldier pointed this tool and the misskle

simply lost it's path and collided with the force field. This time the entire

roof of the compound caved in. The team ran to board the aircraft. Soldier

motioned as they ushered Emily and her friends onto the aircraft.

 The aircraft lifted from the ground.

Both sides of the battle began to focus on the aircraft but the pilot managed

to escape safely.

 "What did I say about Wandering off?

You could have died! What were you thinking!" Dickhead nagged.

 "I was thinking I could save time! I don't

know how long it would've taken for you to get across! I went to complege the

mission!" Emily pleaded.

 "it is against protocol! If I wasn't there

to save you-" Dickhead began.

 "But I didn't. I got it!" Emily spat.

 "Well you still should've-"

 "Well there wasn't Time! There wasn't

time. We barely made it out! You should be thanking me!" Emily stated.

 "We will just have to leave this

up to Hansel." Dickhead said.

 "Fine." Emily said and sat

silent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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