Rebellion

[Meiscool-2]

*underground nearby a fire*

Guy: Fires!? Goddamnit, must have been Artemis again!

Random Solider: Gah, I can't see a thing in this smoke!

Guy: Damnit! We'll die if we stay down here!

Anyother Solider: What shall we do?

Guy: * Thinking quickly * You three, get some rags, blankets and water and start beating down any stray flames. Also, try to wave the smoke in that general direction! *Guy points to one of the many spots of large conguration of fire* The rest of you, grab as many blankets and articals of clothes as you can and wrap up in them, we are going to the surface to do something about the storm!

Solider: What can we do?

Guy: *Turns to the questionire* You privates wouldn't know anything about this, but we do have out defences against weather. It's the job of a solider named Spike to put them up, but he wasn't here when warning was issued, so they never got put up. *Turns his face back and goes up a ladder to the surface, still calling back as you climbed* You'll see soon enough men!

[blackskullwarlock]

*Meanwhile, the Crimson's camp was set up*

Carmaine: This sandstorm sure is taking it's time to die down. Bah, it's not like we are in a hurry anymore...

Hager: Commander...we *are* in a hurry. The Emperor didn't dispatch such few troops just for the sight. He knows that a smaller group walks faster.

Carmaine: Thanks for that grasp of the obvious. The Emperor is miles away from here so I'm giving orders around here.

Hager: What's on your mind, sir?

Carmaine: Mind your business. This is none of your concern. Leave my tent and rejoin yours.

Hager: ... *left Carmaine's tent*

Carmaine: *Yawn* This campaign truly is boring. Any general could have done the same job as me but NOOOOO, the Emperor had to send me...ME!. We'll worry about that later. I must plan the second half of our mission.

[ZeroKirbyX]

*Artemis is rushing through the halls, yet another new match hanging on his lips. As he spots a group trying to put out one of the fires, he halts his movement as he sees the soldiers squirteing water on the flames.*

Artemis: Gods man! What do you think your doing!?

Soldier: Putting out the fire! Which is more than youre doing right now! I bet you caused this too!

Artemis: Oh shut up. I outrank you, and secondly... *He sniffs the air, detecting various trace odors around* What the hell is in there?

Soldier: Old fuel tanks!

Artemis: Dumbass! Water won't do anything to a gas fire! *He whips out another tube, this time filling it to the brim with a green powder, topping it off with a small packet with white powder inside. He corks it off and tosses it into the raging flames.*

Soldier: WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! YOU'LL KILL US A- *As the capsule explodes, the powder from the packet forms a cloud around the flames, forcing them to die down*

Artemis: See! You have to coat the fuel with a glaze so the fire can't feed on it! Basic training rookie!

*He runs off to another flame, putting them out as he goes by, and yelling at the other soldiers as near each.*

[Meiscool-2]

All I've got is half a bottle of A1, which wouldn't suffice at all.

*Guy climbs up the ladder and opens the hatch to the surface*

Guy: WOW!

*Hatch gets blown off instantly*

Guy: Screw that.

[Linkforce]

*As the fire was beggining to get under control, so did the sandstorm.  It began to die down and within an hour it was safe to head outside.  Link climbed up a ladder and opened a hatch.  He found it to be difficult as it was covered with a few inches of sand.  The air was silent and there was a light morning breeze*

Link: *Whisltes* Damn, look at this place.

*The city had been reduced to a shroud of what it used to be.  No more buildings stayed standing, and all that was left of them, were chipped cement laying on the surface, providing minimal cover.*

Link: *Steps out of the hole*  Well, I think the first thing we've got to do is re-group, and re-assign our posts.


*Back by the Crimsons*

Van Guard: *Sees that the sandstorm has diesd down.*  It looks liket the storm is over.  I'll go inform Commander Carmaine.

[Meiscool-2]

*Guy begins to walk around the newly ruined ruins, trying to find his old "house" to remove some posessions. Seeing two soliders sitting doing nothing, he walks up to them*

Guy: What are you lazy asses doing?

Soldier: *Crying* My son..... and...

Soldier's Brother: *Dead in the eyes* My sister.....

Guy: *Relaxes his tone, and offers an easy command* I'm... sorry. Tell you what, why don't you guys go for a long walk in the desert to calm down, and while doing it, search for a man named Spike, who is probally dead.

Soldier: *Walks off complaining*

Soldier 2: *Nods and follows his brother*

*Hours later*

Soldier: We've been looking for hours, and we can't find him!

Soldier 2: Maybe we should just pronouce him dead.....

Soldier: NO! We can't just give up! I'll take another look around the land with my telescope.

*Seconds later*

Soldier: Hey.... come and look at this....

Soldier 2: *Picks up telescope from his brother, noting the horrid look on his face*

Soldier: Is that... who I think it is?

Soldier 2: ... Dear God!

[ZeroKirbyX]

*Artemis is standing on the corneer of what used to be an above surface supply shed.  Since it was above ground, the most useful supplies weren't stored here, but in the desert, everything should be saved*

Artemis: Heh, who'da thunkit? Here we are, trying to 'win back our freedoms' and what destroys us? Disease? No. The Crimson Guard? Don't make me laugh. *He pauses for a minute, thinking over the recent events* A sandstorm. A goddamn sandstorm.

*He looks up at the now clear sky. Not a single clue can be seen within it at the terror that just occured. He began to once again fiddle with the powders from the canister on his hip.*

Artemis: GODAMMIT! *He throws his current batch into the sand. Pulling the mach from his lips he strikes it on his ring and tosses it into the spilled powder. As the flame burns,  the desert sands seem to almost move away from the red hot fury. As if to protect itself, the desert crafted a quick breeze to blow over the minute flame, smothering it* Ah yes, thats the way ya' do it. Can't hurt you, can't stop you.

Artemis: *Yelling to a soldier running across the ruined plain* Gather the remaining supplies and tell Link we should begin the destruction of the remining structures.

Soldier: What? Why!?

Artemis: *He hops down from the concrete corner and marches his way over to the soldier.* *Staring him down* When and if someone under the emperor gets here, and they find that someone has been tampering with these structures, I highly doubt their first guess would be the desert mice did it. You heard of the third  platoon? Well you shouldn't have, because they made the same mistake we will if we don't hide the ruins! Now, go tell Link that I'm already starting the process. If he has a problem with it, tell him to come here himself. *He walked back over and beagn analyzing the large concrete mass.*

[Linkforce]

(Just to inform you guys on something that will affect the story.
The Crimson guard is marching towards the other armies encampent.  Currently, they have no name.  the Garudians, have no idea that the Crimson guards are marching there way, and the Crimson guard has no idea that the Garudians are stationed in the ruined city.  So edit your posts accordingly and let's contuinue with the story.)

[blackskullwarlock]

(To clear things up, Barnsalot does NOT have command of my army. His advance was only that of himself and some of his soldiers.)

Soldier: Commander Carmaine! The Van Guards have returned! The sandstorm has died down, it is safe to continue our march. Also, a small band of soldiers led by Cecil advanced without your permission.

Carmaine: Proceed with caution. Mother Nature is unpredictable. I do not want to get caught up in the middle of another sandstorm.

Soldier: Yes sir, immediatly sir! *Left Carmaine's presence*

Carmaine: Hager. Go restore order and let Cecil rush to his death. I've no need for disorder within my army.

Hager: Yes sir. But what if we meet with Cecil as we march?

Carmaine: Tie him up and bring him to me. I'll deal with that situation when it occurs.

Hager:...*left Carmaine's presence*

*A few hours later, order was restored within the ranks and Carmaine had no news of Cecil. The Crimson resume their march at great speed.*

[Spike21]

*Spike gets up in the middle of nowhere.  His right arm is completely amputated exept for some wires and dangling metal.*
Spike: Wha?... Where am I. What happened.*Looks at his arm tries to move the mechanical stub around but not able.* Huh. No, no, no...*Tries one more time*NO!!! Dumb *** load of junk.*looks in all directions. Spots some sort of caravan or group of people walking by at least a quarter mile away.*Hey i better get help from them. *starts to walk twards them then randomly starts crying just noticing the extreme pain in his right leg*

[barnsalot]

(Sorry if I caused any confusion with my previous post. I have now signed up and am ok with posting now I hope.)

*Cecil and his small party of 6 others are quite a ways ahead of the rest of the Crimson army, moving quickly to get to the ruined city.*

Cecil: "Come on, I bet this city's got a well and a bite to eat in it. Yeah, it's torn up, but still, it's gotta have something."

Private: S-sir, don't you think that we should wai...

Cecil: "Shut up kid! If we wait on the rest of them, how much o' that food y'think we're gonna get? That's right, none. It will all go to the commanders and such. You don't want to have a single slice of pork again for supper tonight do you?"

Private: "But s-still sir."

Cecil: "Aw, just shut up."

Private 2: "Hm, what's that over there? Is that somebody.. Staggering towards the army?"

[blackskullwarlock]

*Still within the ranks of the Crimson*

Carmaine: Keep advancing. I want to reach the ruins before nightfall. This last break was more than enough.

Hager: Carmaine, sir, your troops are healthy and in good shape...why do you want to rush to the city?

Carmaine: It's a strategic point. It's halfway to the capital so if we seize it before the enemy, we'll have the advantage.

Hager: How so?

Carmaine: You don't listen during briefing don't you? Ruins are like mountains, they provide a good view when standing atop them and great defense when standing behind. It's simple logic.

Hager:...I'll go spread the message to keep advancing. *Left Carmaine*

Carmaine: I hate to walk for so long. If only the Emperor had agreed to dispatch vehicules, we would have reached the ruins loooong ago. Sometimes I wonder why do I even bother.

*The Crimson were getting very close to the city as time passes by.*

[Linkforce]

(ok guys, now thing get intense.  ^^')

*Back by the ruins*

*Soldiers were busy scrounging up recources, and reporting damage.  Some were lying down on the new ruins and some were still underground, helping to rebuild what was damaged by the fire.*

Link: *Above ground, moving aside some rocks piled together*  "I wonder if there's anything in this pile."

*As Link pushed was pushing aside rocks, in the distance, a zoom scope was adjusted.  Through the scope, was the head of a soldier, unsuspectingly carrying a box of ammunition.  The scope was cleaned once more and was steadyed, following the head.*

Van Guard: (Steady........steady........)

*The Van Guard pulled the trigger.  The bullet escaped through the barrel of the sniper rifle and shot forward at an incredible speed.  

The bulet hit the head of the Garudian soldier, and passed through, leaving a trail of crimson blood in its wake.  The soldier, falling lifelessly onto the ground, dropped the box of ammunition, and hit hard onto the concrete*

Link: *Jerks his head toward the shot* What the hell?!

*Suddenly, as if from the depths of hell, dozens of bullets began to slice the air, just missing the heads of the unsuspecting Garudian soldiers.  Dozens of Soldiers began running for cover, scared and unaware of the horror that was about to occur.*

Link:*Sprints for cover behind a fallen building*  ****!  We're under attack!  Where the ehll did they come from?!

Soldier: *Yelling amongst the noise of the bullets and shouting of both armies* I don't know!  This was supposed to be a secluded area!  Why the hell are they here?!

*Suddenly, a bullet cut through the Soldiers head, and he was pulled backwards from the force of the bullet.*

Link: Godamnit!  *Sprints for the Soldier*

*As Link left the safety of his cover, an exploson could be seen in the distance.  The shear force of the thunderous collision knockedd Link onto his back.  He lay there for a a few seconds, trying to recouperate(sp?) from the shock.  As he began to get up, a bullet slammed into his left arm, pushing him downward again.

Laying there hurt, he cryed out for help, amongst the intense heat and fury of bullets.*

[ZeroKirbyX]

*As hes about to light the fuse on the bomb designed for the first mound. Suddenly he heard the sounds, not of bullet being fired, but of the mens heads hitting the ground. He quickly ducked behind the concrete corner of the ruin. Shortly after the sound of hundreds of bullets whizzing through the air could be heard.*

Artemis: What the hell is going on!? I can't even hear the sounds of the weapons being fired! How far away are they!? *He quickly bolted from his post, running close to the ground as not to get shot, to the nearest truck he could find.* *Ruffling around inside, bullets tearing the cloth on the back and breaking the windows.* Where the hell are they!? There was supposed to be a fresh load of rifles in here! Thank god! *He grabbed one of the rifles from the back of the truck, and bolted to a new post. *

*Bullets slammed into the sand as he ran, narrowly missing him. He reached the new ruin, and peered through his scope over the edge at the numerous dead and wounded, trying to find the bullets point of origin.*

Artemis: ****! Where are they coming from!? *He spots Link laying on the ground* Son of a bitch! Leave him alone for 5 minutes and he gets shot! *He layed the rifle on the groud, pulling out his familiar canisters. He filled an empty capsule with various material. Lighting it, he threw it over his shoulder and counted to 5*

Artemis: 4... 5! *As he yelled the number, the canister burst, creating a milky white cloud as means of a cover. He ran over to where Link was laying* Link! Are you still alive! *Striking a match, he pokes him in the chest with the hot tip*

Link: AGH!! What the hell was that for!?

Artemis: Good, you felt that. I'm going to go try and hit the guys shooting at us.

Link: Help me first.

Artemis: Nuh-uh-uh. Last time I checked..... you were the medic. *He ran off, looking for the culprits, and leaving Link shrouded in the smoke.*

[Spike21]

*Spike runs to the ruined city hearing gun fire. Limping as fast as he can. He then reaches in one of his pouches and pulls out a desert eagle. Aiming with his left hand at the soldiers running towards the the ruins shoting one by one but usualy missing.*
Spike: Ahhhhhhh Damn! no use. *Puts his gun back in and reaches in another pouch for a radio. I was not their he must of lost it in the sand storm. Still stagering towards the ruin city.*
Spike: MEDIC!!!!!*He yelled as he entered threw a doorless building colapsing on the floor.*
Soldier: Some get a medic and an engener! Quick!