Axis:Legacy

Chapter 26 - Suicide Mission

"And what of the Ambassador?" Sun asked as he discussed with Hathaway and the Leaders and Deputies of Justice and Freedom.

"Dead," Charl said as Sun looked over his tablet which shows the pictures of Freedom Two, Three, and Six were immediately crossed out and was declared Killed In Action and was followed by the pictures of Justice Two, Three and Six all of which are declared Killed In Action as well.

In contrast to the casualties of Freedom, Justice Lost its members as a result from being trapped in the Sewers only for them to be exposed earlier on by the same Chemical Gas that would be released in Thermus. The only difference is that the surviving members, namely Princess Charl Jorouse Noctria, Haruka Fuyumori and Erika Sakamoto who arrived late after having to hold back a large group of Coalition members while the other half of Team Justice which consisted of Calliope Petrikov, Lucas Mcgee and Gilles Curie attempted to run ahead in hopes of securing the Containers faster only to fall into a trap leading them to suffer a slow and agonizing death.

"Any word of the Evacuation?" Hathaway inquired with a hand on his face trying his best to not look at the now increasing list of casualties and deaths from the aftermath of the Chemical Attack.

"The Chemical Attack had occurred within the Third District of the City and had spread across the City. Specifically the first five districts and continued to spread across the City and as we speak we've lost half the number of Districts within the City." Arthur spoke as they were shown a map that marks all of the Districts of the City while each one slowly turns green as a result of the Gas Spreading.

"As such, we were able to evacuate the other five districts, but we are doing our best to search for survivors that can still be rescued within the City." Justice-1 continued as they showed several dots that appeared on the map indicating locations where they were able to rescue survivors.

"The Search and Rescue can be handled by the Military Police and the other Fourth and Fifth Teams while the Evacuation of the City can be handled by the First and Second Years," Hathway spoke as he looked at the Screen earning a stare from Sun. "You have more important tasks at hand. Namely the recovery of the Shards of the Crimson Edge and Azure Blade of Andras Desper and Arios Elpis."

"Why is that?" Haruka asked, as far as anyone knows the two Swords are powerful weapons even if they have been shattered into pieces and each shard itself could potentially hold be a powerful item on its own. But another thing to note is that these words have a mind of its own and had driven the minds of those who attempted to wield it insane.

And yes, one may argue that these items are highly valuable and thus should be sought after for Historical and Political Reasons but they can easily be recovered.

"That's because should these shards can also be used as a weapon," Hathaway spoke in a low voice. "If they were to find a way to harness the energy from the Nephilite Shards then it will mean doom for us all."

The entire call went silent, neither Sun, Hathaway or the members of Justice and Freedom spoke. After all, the mission itself was a suicidal one at best as they are required to venture deep into a highly gassed location and recover to volatile fragments of a weapon used years ago and should they fail then it was the same as essentially handing the Coalition a much stronger bomb.

"Permission to make this a Solo Mission?" Natsuki Spoke, this took everyone by surprise.

"Natsuki, I forbid you to--" Arthur said but as he was immediately cut off by Haruka.

"Permission to accompany Freedom-4 on this Suicide Mission?" Haruka interrupted.

"Haruka no, you are--"