John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York
March 5st
12:36 PMWe're inside a recon Stryker locked up like sardines. In it were several nervous soldiers in full equipment. Warriors on their way to battle, And next to them, Tamamo seeing us completely out of place in civilian clothes, a vest with a helmet, and I dressed in the same way. They were all watching us wondering why we were there with them too. What the hell were their superiors thinking by letting two young girls accompany them to such a dangerous place. Even I was more embarrassed by what they must be thinking of my appearance than nervous about the battle.
In about twenty minutes we will arrive near the airport where we will have to take different key points and defend them until the reinforcements of the 82nd airborne to be able to think of at least forming a more ambitious plan. Our mission was not a well-thought-out and calculated mission planned down to the smallest detail with emergency plans in case something went wrong. This was a desperate stifled attempt to try to get a glimmer of hope that he could save something in this city. In case we failed there was nothing else on the table that we could do.
How did we get to that point? Well, just 20 minutes ago we were arriving at the meeting point for all the available military troops.
We arrived around the New York cemetery and we noticed that the army was gathering inside an underground parking lot, so we went there immediately. At first, they confided us how it could not be otherwise with civilians seeking refuge, I tried to explain my situation to them, but who would believe a 10-year-old girl who comes to help in the military effort. Luckily Captain Cedric already knew that something like this was only a matter of time and he was attentive to the slightest sign. He quickly approached and let us pass, gathered the officers, and told them that I was the captain of Adelis's security team and that I had come to provide assistance under direct orders from her. They quickly gave me an army armband with the captain's insignia and the flag to identify me as an ally and an officer. Obviously, this did not happen without many people opposing the nonsense they had just heard, but the situation was too worrying to afford to criticize things.
Due to everything that had happened so far, we had not had time to rest from our trip on foot, so I asked for a couple of minutes for that. Taking advantage of the moment, I asked someone if they had a packet of cookies for my sister, a soldier was kind enough and gave us a couple, I distributed them to everyone but I didn't take any. I take a couple of moments and take a look around. And certainly what I saw was not very encouraging indeed. Most of the soldiers in the place were quite young and were behaving as if this was more of a tourist trip than the true unprecedented emergency situation that we are experiencing. The troops here weren't veterans from the continental war, they were fresh recruits from the academy. Maybe they were wanting they had only passed basic training, others did see themselves as experienced warriors, maybe too much, but at this point, anyone works. This only made me more nervous so looking for a way to change whatever is in our favor, I got up and went immediately to where the officers were preparing the attack plan.
"Ok Cedric tell me you have any good news"
"Well right now I was about to call you to update you on our plan."
"Ok it's fine" Cedric said calling the attention of almost everyone present around
"Listen to me well, we'll go over the plan one last time"
"Any observation or advice say it now that it is time""Let's start with the first, what kind of talents do we have here?" I asked immediately
"We have several from the national guard, from the JTF, four SWAT teams, several policemen, several soldiers who live near here who joined us on their own, and those on the corner there are veterans who just returned from Europe yesterday."
"We have a force of about 400 men, a single battalion, but very different combined forces."
"For it to work we must ..."
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Valkyria Squadron
FantasyCesar is a veteran soldier with a mysterious past, for him supernatural creatures and ghosts are everyday things. He has saved the world from a brutal war against the dragons, a war that no one remembers, only to find himself involved in yet another...