289 Mansion of Madness (1/2)
Captain Joseph, UNMC, ignored the females trying to get his attention at the Ball as he listened to the radio reports and broke out into a smile before he quickly took a sip of his drink to cover it up.
”Sir,” LT Silverstar, OC of Falcon Company, appeared at his side and spoke in a low voice. ”It's done. What's next?”
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”Enjoy the party, of course!” Joseph grinned. ”They must be getting confused and nervous at this point.”
”Should we evacuate the people here?” LT Silverstar gave a quick glance around their surroundings that was filled with party goers. ”If they take action now, it will be... messy...”
”No worries,” Joseph replied. ”We have already catered that into our plans.”
”Yes, Sir,” LT Silverstar nodded. ”When do you think they will act?”
”Oh, pretty soon, I guess,” Joseph replied. ”Watch those two, the rest I am not so worried about.”
Silverstar followed Joseph's gaze to the two Knights lounging at one side. He nodded again, ”I have my men surrounding them already. Should they act, they will be taken down immediately.”
”Dead or alive,” Joseph took a sip of his drink. ”I don't really care about those two, but the young master and the Knight Captain needs to be alive.”
”Yes, Sir!”
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Tidus made his way back to the round table where his sister and Judis sat, slightly drunk.
”What is going on?” He hissed impatiently. ”Where are our men?”
”Quiet!” Judis gave a warning look at Tidus. ”You want everyone to hear us?”
”Why do we need to sneak around like rats?” Tidus cursed but in a lowered voice. ”Just call the men in and kill them all!”
”You want to massacre everyone here?” Titanna shook her head. ”Use your brains please, you want to turn the whole city against us?”
”So?” Tidus sneered as he stood wobbly. ”Everyone here is in bed with the enemy! Traitorous scum!”
”You-!” Titanna half rose in fury but Judis stopped her.
”Sit down, Lady Titanna,” Judis smiled. ”And enjoy the show!”
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Outskirts of the Governor's Estate
Knight Lieutenant Trello paced worriedly before his gathered men and kept glancing towards the Estate grounds. ”Why is there no word yet?”
”Lord Trello!” A runner came up to him and bowed. ”We couldn't find any traces of the advance scouts!”
”It's like... they disappeared!” The knight reported.
”Heaven's Gate!” Trello pounded his gauntleted fists together. ”No time left, we attack now!”
”Squad leaders!” Trello spun around and roared out. ”Attack now! Sir Bruous, attack the main gate! The rest go according to plan! GO!”
With that, the Knights of Silver saluted and broke off into action. Knight Bruous lead his charge of thirty Knights and begun his assault at the main gates as a distraction while the rest, leaped over the fences and made their way towards the Mansion with murder in their eyes.
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Governor's Estate, Main Gate
Lance Corporal Ladin stretched his back as he stood with six other fellow Marines of his section in dress uniforms, manning the Main Gate of the Estate. ”What do you think is happening in there?”
His buddy, Private Terry, gave a shrug as he kept watch on the street. ”Good drinks, good food, pretty girls, what else do you think is happening up there?”
”I mean, if the Blue boys started thei-,” Ladin paused as he suddenly spotted shadowy figures appearing within the glare of the gate lights. ”CONTACT!”
”HALT!” The section leader roared out while his hand flipped open the flap of his side holster. ”HALT! HALT! OR WE WILL SHOOT!”
The figures seemed to be running impossibly fast. They closed the distance towards the barricades of the gate within seconds.
”FIRE!” The Marines quick drew their sidearms and fired upon hearing the order. ”Cherry One, gate crash! Repeat, gate crash! GATE CRASH!”
Ladin cursed as he fired his Single Action service revolver at the armored figure before him. The Knight wore a custom plate mail with some decor carved onto the surface and a half helm that exposed his mouth. ”FARK!”
The Knight's mouth curled in a sneer as he brought the kite shield up to his chest while swinging down with his sword directly at Ladin who emptied his revolver at the Knight.
The Knight's expression turned to disbelief and his mouth into an 'O' shape as five 6.5 mm rounds hammered into his shield. The surface of the shield burst into sparks as the magic protection enchantment overloaded and the remaining mass and kinetic energy dumped themselves against the Knight.
He flopped backward as some invisible force hammered him across his chest and the knight laid on the hard ground groaning with his shield arm broken.
Ladin back peddled and ejected the chamber of his empty cartridges and slipped in a fresh five rounds using a quick loader. He snapped the chamber back and aimed at the rest of the charging knights and cursed as he saw how outnumbered they were.
Suddenly an ear bursting roar of the machine gun hidden on the roof of the gate erupted out. Tracers darted out from over Ladin's head and he cheered with the rest of his section as the charging knights were knocked over by the heavy fire.
Ladin fired at another figure and suddenly he felt himself being lifted off his feet, followed by a loud crack and the smell of burnt meat. When he recovered his senses, he found himself lying against the wall of the gate and his whole body felt numbed.
He tried to raise his hands only to see them blackened and charred. He looked down to his chest to see his body burnt black and the smell of roast meat made him nausea before he fainted from shock.
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Governor's Estate, Ballroom