Prophecies, Puppets and Pandemonium

The Rebel Armies

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"Yes ... I just had a strange feeling ... like something big is going to happen." She wondered what that could be ...

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"Sato, this is insane! We don't have the manpower to free the country from both the central kingdom of Tasso and our western kingdom of Gemini. It's impossible! Hell, we can't even find an entrance to get in Tasso. It's even more impenetrable than Gemini with it being built into a fucking mountain! Unless you can walk up a cliff, of course ... we have to settle for liberating Gemini and then try to take Tasso later." said a muscular man in a green military uniform.

A young blonde man with purple eyes in a blue uniform frowned, "I know what you're saying, Black, but the second we overthrow Gemini the king of Tasso will attack all of the villages and islands. These two kingdoms have been at war for so long. It was never really a war I guess, more like a sick competition, but either way it won't stop unless we can take everything before they even realize the scales of power shifted."

Black sighed and rubbed his temples trying to ease his headache, "You're the leader of the rebels, Sato, so I won't stop you, but please think this through. Everyone will be too tired to do both kingdoms in the same week. It takes three days just to get to Tasso, which is more than enough time for them to get the news and then send an army of planes and ships before we even find a way in ... just think it through."

"Yeah ... thanks for the talk." Sato sighed as Black left the tent, "It's the only way, I know it ... but we can't do it ... we have to do something soon though. The villages in between the kingdoms have been reduced to rubble. If these two greedy bastards of kings aren't stopped soon ... what will happen to us all?"

"General Sato, we received news from Cube! He is waiting for you outside of Night Crawler valley!" announced a soldier from outside Sato's tent.

Sato grinned, "Yes! Finally, some good news!" He jumped onto a horse and raced out of the camp. He stopped after a mile and got off his horse. After walking around found someone and went over to the man in a familiar blue cloak. "Cube! It has been too long, my friend. You made it out of Gemini safely I see ... are things going according to plan?" The cloaked man remained silent. "Cube? " Sato felt a chill rush up his spine. "Cube?" He casually reached for a knife as he touched the man's shoulder ...

That simple touch sent the cloaked man to the ground. The cloaked fell aside revealing the bloodied and beaten corpse. All the color drained from Sato's face. There was no doubt that this mangled body was that of his friend Cube, but he had no time to mourn for the second the body hit the ground several soldiers leapt out of the surrounding long grass. This was a trap ...

Sato spun on his feet to block a strike from a sword and just barely managed to jump away. He stabbed one soldier and kicked another out of the way as he tried to get back to his horse. With a flip he dodged a slash and sidestepped a soldier in front of him. One soldier was crushed by a tree that Sato sliced through with one swipe of his blade.

There was no doubt that he was strong, but after slitting the throat of the twentieth soldier he was starting to slow down. A painful thud of something hitting his back knocked the wind out of him. In that moment the soldiers that remained alive grabbed him ...

"Well, well. It's about time we caught you, Sato, the rebel leader."

The rebel leader looked up ,"Captain Roach." He scowled at the large bald Captain of the Gemini military.

"It's Roache!" The captain roared before letting a smirk graced his face. "I think it's about time you met the king." Sato was dragged off towards the castle of Gemini.