Rebellion

[blackskullwarlock]

*Meanwhile, the Crimson arrived at the ruins and Carmaine met with Cecil*

Carmaine: What is this?!

Cecil: When we arrived, we spotted troopers hiding so we opened fire. We ignore who they are so proceed with caution...

Carmaine: I'll deal with you later Cecil. Nobody leaves my ranks without my command. All forces, set off the grenades, sweep this place clean!

The battlefield was showered by a rain of grenades, exploding the nearby ruins and many adversaries were flying high because of the power of the explosions.

Carmaine: Beautiful. Now, troopers, advance! I want some prisoners so don't shoot unless they shoot first! Shoot to kill not to wound!

Hager: At your command sir! Troopers! FORWARD!

At Hager's command, the entire Crimson troopers made their advance further in the city.

[barnsalot]

Private: "Great, now we won't get anything to eat tonight. Thanks a lot Cecil."

Cecil: "Shut yer trap. There's a lot more important things to be done right now."

*Cecil and the few soldiers he was with join back into the ranks of the Crimson army earning scowls and curses from the rest of the troops as they march forward*

[Linkforce]

*After Artemis had poked Link with the match, he suddenly realized what was happeneing.  He got up slowly, and as bullets egan hitting the sand next to him, he leaped forward, falling onto his stomach, and behind a fallen ruin.*

Link: *Pulls out a satchel of supplies*  Where is it?  I know it's in her somewhere.  

*Link begins to patch up his arm with bandages, wrapping, and a needle filled with a speacial numbing fluid that will allow Link to move without pain.

Elsewhere, three soldiers had grouped together, and were slowly moving in on the Crimson uards, unsuspectingly.  They hid behind some ruins, as the the army marched passed them.  When a few Crimson soldiers had passed, the three soldiers jumped out, and began to fire wildly.  They managed to kill a few, but were soon killed by the shear number of Crimson soldiers.*

*Back by Link*

Link: There, all better.  *Link grabbed his pistol from his holster, and stood up.  The second he poked his head above his cover, bullets began whizzing by.  He instantly ducked.*  Goddamnit!  Let me stand up for a sec!  Damn, we're gonna all get killed if we don't do something fast.  

*Having an idea, Link runs towards Artemis' direction, with an explosive plan in his head.*

[ZeroKirbyX]

*Hiding behind another ruin, ducking out only to fire at the incoming army. Link runs over to him, clutching his arm, slowly releasing it.*

Link: Artemis!

Artemis: So, seems you were fine. *He ducks out, firing a short burst, and falling back behind the rock* Why didn't you stay down? You stand less a chance of getting a  lead make over.

Link: Forget it. I have an idea.

Artemis: If it involves me, forget it.

Link: You're the explosives expert right? Do you think you could blow a trech about 50 feet from here?

Artemis: *He stared at Link for a few minutes, trying to understand what he had said* 50 feet? No way, I'll get shot 50 times over!

Link: Dammit! What are we gonna do?

Artemis: Wait.......

*Artemis grabbed one of his discharged shells from the ground, setting his rifle down and pulling out his materials filled it with gun powder. Squirting a bit of a white foam into his gloved left palm, he beagn to mix it in with a reddish powder from his case rolling it into a small pebble shaped ball, and corked the shell with it. In seconds, it hardened to the strength of steel.*

Artemis: *He loaded the fresh round directly into the chamber of his rifle* Hopefully, this'll work. *He bolted up hill, ducking behind another ruin under the hail of fire* C'mon, just a few more steps... BINGO! *The echo of the rifle's discharge rang out in his unprotected ears. The little white ball which he had plugged the shell with struck into the sand right in front of a marching front line guard, exploding on impact and throwing sand up 100 ft high.*

Artemis: *He dashed back down to Link* Now, collect al the shells you can find!

Link: What the hell was that!?

Artemis: Apparently an explosive bullet. Now, gather all these shells up! That'll only stall the front line em a few minutes! *He began refilling, mixing, and corking the shells, not realizing he only had enough red powder for about 5 more rounds such as this*

[Meiscool-2]

Artemis: Damnit, I'm out of powder!

Link: Behind you!

*Bang*

Link: *Hands over his head* ..... I'm..... alive? *Archs up his gun quickly and looks to Artemis, who is sitting still, unmoving*
"Artemis.....?"

*A man falls down right beside them, bullet hole afixed cleanly between the eyes*

Artemis: I just.... about died.....

Link: *Examines the man, then examines the depression from the bullet in the sand.* It's..... sniping caliber.

Artemis: *Jumps up, spilling some of the powder he has left* HA! I knew I had a guardian angel!

Link: Guy.

Artemis: *Sits back down* Or Guy the sharpshooter.....

Link: *Takes a look around, trying to spy the shooter*

*Minute later*

Link: *Pointing obtusly upward* There he is.

Artemis: *Taking aim to make a second trench spot* Well, we best go while he's giving a little bit of cover fire.

Link: *Goes to stand up*

Artemis: *Sighs* make that I had best go, you're in to poor of shape to be running.

Link: *staggers* No! I will fig.....

Artemis: NO! You'll stay here. *Goes to run off, then turns around and comes back* Here, take this.

Link: *Takes the object* A bomb?

Artemis: Yeah.... worse comes to worse you can blow yourself up if I die. I know you couldn't live without me.

*And before Link could reply, Artemis was speeding down to the sand hole he had dug up.*

[blackskullwarlock]

*In the middle of the battle, at Carmaine's position*

Hager: Commander, one of your sniper has been shot down!

Carmaine: I'm not a patient person when it comes to war, shoot them all down! Prepare the rockets, this should be over quickly.

Hager: Yes sir!

*Hager left Carmaine and a few minutes later*

Rocket Trooper: Rockets are ready, Hager. All we need is the command...

Hager: Troops, pull back!

*The Crimson troopers withdrew from the front, leaving the unknown troopers open*

Hager: FIRE!

*Many rockets were launched toward the enemies*

Carmaine: Beautiful. They'll learn not to mess with me!

Soldier: My lord, the rockets are off and are about to blow the enemy position!

Carmaine: It'll rain blood today...I hope some of them will survive. I'd like to know who they're working for...

[barnsalot]

*Pulling back from the battle Cecil recieved a bullet in his back. Slouching to the ground, his blood began to both pool and scatter within the sand.*

Cecil: "WAIT! I'm dying here!"

*No one came back for him and every few moments brought with it a new bullet and a new surge of pain. Cecil lay flat along the desert before the ruined city, dead.*

[Meiscool-2]

*On the roof tops....*

Guy: Hmm.... what could those lights in the distance be?

*Puts on a lesser distance scope*

Guy: *GASP* Rockets......

*Takes aim at a slow moving rocket, clearly lunched wrongly and moving at less of a speed then it should be*

*Fires, and hits the rocket, where no-one would ever know. The rocket begins to spin out, falling down onto the ground right on top of some unsuspecting men....*

Guy: .*Takes aim at another rocket, shoots, and misses*... They're to fast... even I can't hit them.

[Spike21]

*Back at the building*

Soldier1:*Yelling loudly yet calmly*When need a medic in here.

Soldier2:*Calm yet raised voice*All the medics are on the field but we still can get an engener.

Soldier1:I'll get a medic and you can get an engener.*Ceases to shout*Hold in there kid.

*Both run out the door one going into the battle field the other in other buildings*

[Linkforce]

*Back by Link*

Link: *Throws bomb towards the ground* Man, that guy is a jackass.  Screw this...he can die on his own.

*Link runs to a building behind him, where he hears some screams.  When he walks into the building, he sees Spike on the ground.  He patches him up, and helps him onto his feet.  Spike thanks him, and continues to stay in the same area.  Link runs off, looking for more people who are wounded.

As this is happeneing, elsewhere, a gropu of three cloaked men are slowly making their way towards the fighting.  Each has a different colored wand in their hands, and they have an odd aura around them.

By the Imperial Capital, Emporer Grendas jerks upward.*

Eporere Grendas: Huh?  This...this feeling....no...it can't be....they are trying to make them the new ones?  ....why?  They are just a bunch stupid soldiers....damn.....Snamen! *Turns his head to a man leaning back in a chair, with his legs on another chair.*

Snamen: Hmm....if you want me to deal with them, then you gotta be a bit more specific.  I'm not gonna kill the whole army for just a few people.

Emporer Grendas: Hmph...*sits back into his chair*  I'll tell you when the Prophets find them first.

[blackskullwarlock]

*Back to Carmaine's position*

Carmaine: The rockets have cleared the mess, Hager, so it's time for us to move.

Hager: All forces, advance!

The remaining Crimson started their advance with Carmaine and Hager in the lead. Many soldiers were seen running all over the place but one was standing out, Link.

Carmaine*Notice Link running*: There's one over there! SEIZE HIM!

Carmaine and his soldiers ran after Link, chasing him around the ruins. After a brief chase and a well-planned ambush, Link was surrounded.

Carmaine: You're surrounded, fool, so I suggest you drop your weapon if you value your life!

[Spike21]

*Back in the building Spike is sitting on a stool with all his wound badaged and stiched. He starts geting unpationt and looks in a chest to find it full of mechanichal limbs. He searches through the piles and find his size.*
Spike: This is ganna hurt *shivers and starts crys alittle and then rippes of the small stub of metal.*AHHHHHHHHGG!* Leaving only the metal platform in which to insirt the metal limb. He slides it in gnawing his teeth and screws it in with a screw driver in one of his satches and pours som oil on to loosen it. Picks up a rifle, straps his sword back on his back and runs out onto the battle field.*

[Linkforce]

*Crimson guards and Carmaine surround Link*

Link: Damn it....*Slowly raises hands*

Van Guard: Drop your weapon fool!  The Emporer would like a prisoner or two.

*Link slowly raised his hands, when all of a sudden, the thunder of a bullet passed clean through the head of a Van Guard.  At that very instant, Link spun 90degrees and ducked down.  Pulled out his pistol and shot two guards, killing them instantly.  All that remained were Carmaine and Link.*  (The shot came from Guy who was now out of ammo)

Carmaine: Damn...useless soldiers....

*At the same instant, Link and Carmaine pulled out their guns.  They both pulled the trigger, but Carmaines bullet gfot stuck in its chamber, and Link was just plain out of ammo.)

Link: Heh...well....now what...*tosses gun onto the ground.*

Carmaine: A true commander doesn't need useless technology.

*Carmaine leaped at Link, and they both grabbed eachother.  They fell and began to tumble down a hill.  While rolling, Link scratched his back onto a very sharp rock.  He began to bleed and his shirt was torn.  When they reached thee bottom, the both stared down at eachother, with Link making a pool of blood behind him.*

[ZeroKirbyX]

*Artemis, after realizing he was out of ammo, threw his rifle down and ran over to where the feuding pair had stood, pulling his Haskell out along the way from his left hip. He slid right behind Carmaine, placing the nose of the gun right against the back of his neck.*

Artemis: No need for technology you say? Well, I reckon that technology of yours would come in handy right about now, don't you?

Carmaine: *Covertly motioning to something unknown out in the desert with his fingers as he raised them up* It matters not. I'd 'reckon', as you so boorishly put it, that you would wish to help the man creating the lake of red behind him. After all, he is your commander, is he not?

Artemis: *A smirk grew up his face* Maybe to these other fools, he is their commander. But quite honestly, he could be our Lord God and I still wouldn't give a damn. A commander only has as much power as those he commands gives him, and I just don't like this guy.

Carmaine: You filthy wretch, do you know who I am!? I am the-

Artemis: All you are, is a guy I'm really itching to shoot right now, so I'd close my trap. *He glanced down to Link* You still got that bomb?

Link: *Gritting his teeth* No... I threw it down....

Artemis: *His eyes widened with anger when he heard this bit of tragic information* What!? I gave that to you in case this happened! *He pulled off his bomb pack from his right hip with his free right hand. Carefully, he balanced it in his palm as he opened it, pinching a bit of a brown powder. Snapping it shut, he slid it back to the clip in which it was held.* Do you know what this is? The is something that I am unfamiliar with. All's I know is last time i used a quarter as much as I have right now I took out cargo truck. Imagine what this much'll do. Are you afraid to die? I have no fears, so I'd reckon you'll wanna console those fears in the next thrity seconds. This stuff is reactive to water, and that litte pool there looks appealing.

Carmaine: No fears of death you say? Well then, I assume you'll have no problems with this.

*He threw down his arms, crouching down as one of Artemis' bullets grazed the top of his head. At the same instant, a sniper deeps in the sands fired a bullet sqaurely in Artemis back. He fell to the ground, coughing up blood as he hit the sand.*

[Linkforce]

*As Artemis is shot, and with Carmaine's back turned, Link leaps at Carmaine and begins to furiously choke him from behind.  Carmine leans forward, and throws Link infront of him.  Link thuds onto the sand, facing upward at Carmaine.*

Carmaine: *Pulls out a pistol which was kept in his ankle pocket.  He points it at Links head*  You see...I could have killed you whenever I wanted.  I was just hoping for a fight before I let your blood stain the wasted worlds land.

*Carmaine puts pressure on the trigger.*

Carmaine: I guess you were just another plain useless soldier.

*As Carmaine was about to pull the trigger, a bullet slammed into Carmaines right chest.  His blood came out of his back, and he stepped back a few steps.  The force also made him drop his gun.  At this time, Link jumped up, and leaped toward Carmaine yet again.  After some struggling, they both managed to get up.  They were both wounded and stared at Carmaines gun, which was equally distant from both of them.*

*In a far off rooftop, Guy was desperatly looking for another bullet through a mess of empty shells.*

Link: You snake...had another gun did ya?  Well, I respect ya for trying to have an honorable fight, but this is where we play the chicken game.  *Raises eyebrow*  Wonder who's gonna go for it first?

Carmaine: Foolish soldier and his games...that is why we are never opposed by any army...they all take fighting as a game.  It's not a game!  If you are going to fight, fight with dignity!  I now know why we are unstoppable.  It's all clear to me now.

Link: Well, I see it like this...if your fighting a war where your chances of dying are higher than living...why not make the best of it?

Carmaine: .............

*Both stopped talking and stared at eachother, with the gun at the corner of both their eyes*