War of the Worlds

The Loss

NOTE: Thanks to my old friend DannytheWeeb for proofreading this chapter

Chapter 17: The Loss

FOB Alamo, Trost, Wall Rose

"Mr. Stefan, please calm down, I can understand your anger and we are doing all we can as per the new UN Resolution on the and no interference with the local customs and Governance from the General Assembly, We do not have the right to go and arrest government officials, we cannot do what we please. We have to think of the stability of the region."

"Oberstleutnant Alistar, you saw the footage I provided you and to the UNEC Command at Olympus," Stefan yelled in frustration.

"How blatantly the royal authorities lied about a journalist's death, his nails ripped out as they invent a story out of a fabricated letter, he was tortured to death by the said so-called protectors of the realm, god knows for how much time Paul has to suffer just for trying to bring the truth out to the public, especially to us, so we can do something good for this Gott verlassen giant infested island."

Stefan now pants after his outburst, still keeping his eyes on Alistar's neutral face.

"Mr. Stefan, as you have requested I have already forwarded your evidence to the UNEC Command and will eventually get into the hands of the UNTCORC (United Nations Titan Countermeasures and Offworld Relations Committee), but until then I implore you to be patient, we will deal with this in a proper way."

"Damn your UN bureaucracy, Oberstleutnant."

Stefan sighed and calmed himself down.

"There are innocent lives at stake here.. Paul's family is in grave danger. They might be the next target by the King's death squad. Send someone to get them out." Stepan now pleaded, "Please, we cannot let them suffer the same ill fate as Paul."

Alistar lowered his head for a bit before replying.

"I understand, Mr. Stefan but, what you are proposing is not acceptable at the moment and can be deemed an illegal move as per the new resolution as we will break the treaty signed by us and the Royal government. The location you have marked for us is completely out of our jurisdiction and far away from the sectors we are allowed to operate with no Royal Government oversight."

"So you are going to abandon them." Alistar could see the disappointment he could see in Stefan's eyes.

"No, we have not, I have sent word to a trusted Royal Military Garrison commander to send a security detail to protect them." He replied."

"But they cannot be trusted.. that king will have his spies all around for all we know."

"My hands are tied here with all the restrictions. That is all I can do for now. We are not to break any agreements from our side set by the new treaty signed between the UN Officials and the Royal Government a week ago"

Stefan looked down in defeat

The new revised agreement between the UN and Royal Government has imposed some new restrictions on the movement and the area of free operation inside the human realm on the UNEC, except for agreed upon zones the UN troops are to always have a government military observer with them all the time. The UN in return got the approval of extending their Humanitarian operations to the rest of the Kingdom along with allowing medical teams under UN Troop's protection into the underground. The UNEC Military is now mostly restricted to areas around the Trost District, refugee camps, Medical Camps set up all around Rose Wall Districts, and the Embassy.

Stefan turned around and walked towards the office's door and placed his hand on the doorknob.

"Those innocent blood will be in your hands Alistair, hope you can live with it."