Operation Red Herring (Countryhumans Alternate History)

Chapter 4

It had been about two and a half weeks since that damn phone call, in which the Empire of Japan had received the news that a substantial number of her aircrafts were 'lost'. She wasn't an imbecile. Forty planes weren't just "lost". Someone obviously took them. Could you imagine? Someone stupid enough to attempt to steal from her? Well she could not stand for that. And so, she immediately sent for a pilot to pick her up, and left Germany the following day, flying back to her home country to find out which of the allied dumb-f*cks were responsible. Oh yes, they would rue the day they decided to disrespect her in such a manner.

She had arrived at the base that had been robbed, relishing the looks of fear on the faces of her subordinates. Fear was good. Fear meant that they respected her. Imperial Japan did not believe fear was the only way to respect someone. Afterall, she had a certain level of respect for Third Reich, and did not fear him in the slightest. However, in a commander and subordinate situation, she believed that fear was the best tactic. Afterall, it wasn't as if they were irrational in their fear. She would sentence any one of them to their death without a second thought. She had no real attachments to them, and therefore their lives were irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

And so, here she sat at her desk, two and a half weeks after that call. Japan knew who had done it at this point. One of the culprit's soldiers had been caught, having been left behind in his company's haste to leave. What she was trying to figure out now was why he would go after her planes of all things. It simply didn't make sense. If he had destroyed the whole of the planes kept at the base, she would see the point. But he had left half of them there, intact, while making off with the other portion. She just didn't see the point to it all. What was the reason?

At that moment, a loud shout could be heard outside her door, followed by shooting. Japan's eyes widened, quickly getting up to go investigate. She heard another crash as she opened the door, only to be met with quite possibly the last country she expected to be there. There stood America, apparently having gone through the window in her haste to get inside. From what Japan could gather, one of the guards had spotted her, and had yelled for back up. A few of Japan's soldiers had ran over upon hearing the shout, and were now unconscious on the floor, blood leaking out of bullet wounds that were less than fatal. The younger nation looked up at Japan, her expression filled with a rage as she practically lunged at the empire.

"YOU MOTHER-F*CKER!" She shouted, swinging at Japan, who barely dodged.

"United, what are you doing?!" She asked, catching one of her hands as it attempted to punch her. The other didn't stop, instead going in for a punch with the other hand, which was promptly grabbed as well. America growled, a dangerous glint in her eye as she struggled to pull her hands away.

"AT LEAST DECLARE WAR BEFORE ATTACKING SOMEONE, YOU DAMN COWARD!" She snarled, slamming her head into Japan's with all of the force she could muster. Japan let go of her fists, vision blurring slightly from the force of the blow to her skull. She quickly recovered, glaring at the American. No one called her a coward. So, when America went in for another blow, Japan promptly kicked her in the stomach, sending her stumbling backwards. The empire didn't waste anymore time, promptly pulling out her gun and aiming it at the country. America's eyes widened slightly, before quickly returning to a glare.

"Son of a b*tch." She mumbled, handgun laying uselessly on the floor a few feet away. She had dropped it after seeing the Empire, her anger causing her to attempt fist fighting.

"Says the bastard herself." Japan responded, noticing how America's hands clenched into fists at the name. Japan grabbed the sleeve of her jacket, practically throwing her into her office before shutting the door behind her. The red and white woman kept her gun aimed at the American as she spoke. "Now, I am going to give you three seconds to explain why you decided to barge into here."