The Predator of the Depths

Nuclear Threat

Alicorn stretches her arms as she walks towards the Academy. She rolls her shoulders and looks around, seeing everyone for once having a smile on their faces, having finally won a battle. A smile forms on the sub-girls face, but it soon disappears as she notices Belchan sitting on a bench, with a scared look.

Alicorn swiftly walks over to Belchan and calls out to her. "Belchan, what's wrong?"

Belchan looks up, her purple eyes having dark bags under them. "I- Uh... I..." She grips her dress. "I'm worried."

Alicorn raises an eyebrow and sits next to the girl. "Why?"

"I heard some soldiers talk about how we're losing the war... I heard the enemy has nukes. We, don't stand a chance against them if they have nukes."

Alicorn sighs. "Belchan." The girl looks at Alicorn and the sub-girl gives her a smile. "It'll be fine, they have nukes, but we have Kansen." She then flies her arm, showing off a little muscle. "And we have me, am I not strong."

Belchan's eyes shine. "Yeah, you're strong." She smiles. "You'll be able to kick their butts!"

Alicorn chuckles. "Yeah, I'll kick their butts."

Within the Commander's office Sicilia looks over some papers. The other three Commanders sit nearby, looking over papers as well.

"The clean up procedures are nearly complete." David North says over a phone. "We've captured the mountain range and taken back the Iron Blood equipment."

Sicilia sighs. "T-That's good. W-W-We finally have some g-g-good news."

"Hehe." Ardnt smirks. "Now that we've cut off their allies from the rest of Europe, we can finally take them down."

"It'll be hard." Stait says. "Half of Europe is under their control and most of Asia is as well."

Osami sighs. "Well, everything must start out small. We must be glad for this victory."

"I agree with Commander Osami." David says. "With the eight missiles gone, they have lost a great deal along with it."

"Wait... eight missiles?" Ardnt questions. "Did you find any nuclear material there?" She asks in panic.

"Nuclear Materiel?" David questions and goes silent for a few moments. "From the reports they've only found traces of Nuclear material."

Ardnt crumples the paper in her hands. "This is bad!"

"Ardnt, what's wrong?" Osami asks.

"There were 11 missiles, and three of them had nuclear payload."

"WHAT?!" Everyone but David, shouts.

"So you're say they have nuclear weapons again?" David asks.

"Yes, we had three as an emergency in case any of the capitals of the main factions got taken, we'd blow it up."

"THE FUCK!" Stait stands up in anger. "You Iron Blood were preparing to blow up our Capitals!"

"It was only a precaution, but I don't think you should be worry about that. What we should be worried about is the three missing missiles."

"If they didn't use them, they must have a plan." David mutters. "This is very worrying."

"Y-Yes... B-But why wouldn't th-th-they use them."

Ardnt rubs her one eye. "That's what we need to find out. Fuck! Our win has turned out to be more of a loss!"

Osami takes a sip of her tea. "We mustn't let this information get out, it'll only bring down moral."

Stait sits back down. "Fuck me..." She whispers. "What do we do Mr. North?"

David hums. "I'll figure that out, I'll call you all in a couple days. Just keep doing hit and run tactics on the Sirens and the Separatists. We also need to keep an eye on the Arsenal Bird, we lost sight of it recently. We believe the Sirens are planning an attack on the Iron Blood, having just lost all its territory there."

Ardnt grumbles. "I want to do something now, not wait several days."

"I would to, Commander Ardnt, but we need to get various things settled and figured out. So you four get some rest, you'll all most likely be on the field soon."

The call ends and Sicilia wipes some sweat from her head.

"I ha-haven't been in the field since I was a L-Lieutenant." Sicilia states.

Stait glares at Ardnt. "Seems a lot of our problems are because of you, Iron Blood."

Ardnt growls at the British girl. "Shut the fuck up!"

Osami holds her hand out to the two. "Hold on, let's not get feisty now. Let's all calm down."

Ardnt huffs as she stands up. "You're right, I don't need to be around this damn Tea loving, crooked teeth, bitch."

Stait stands up, putting a hand on her Webley revolver. "Shut the fuck up!"

Sicilia slams her hand on her desk. "Will you both stop fucking around in my office!"

Stait and Ardnt both sweat a little as Sicilia glares at them. Ardnt huffs and leaves the room by kicking the door open. Stait sits back down and crosses her arms.

"You need to stop that, Clara." Sicilia orders.

Stait just stares at the ground. "I don't like her."

"I don't care, you need to learn to work with her."

Stait sighs. "I'll work with her, just not like her."

Sicilia rubs her head. "What am I going to do with you."

Osami just glances between the two commanders.

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03-11-2024