Axis:Legacy

Chapter 25: Helping Hands

"Do you understand what you need to do?" Desmond asked one of his fellow ALC members that evening before the day he is to be married to Lissa.

"I know," Theresa Fairbrass said in a solemn tone, she and Desmond were part of the Higher ranks of the Axis Liberation Coalition. But unlike their more extremist leaders, she and Desmond knew that the path they were heading was that of blood and both of them feared that Desmond's plan won't succeed with the sudden infiltration of the Ahrys' estate a while back causing both of them to suspect that their fellow ALC members have no faith on their plan and aim to take them out.

This was due to the fact both of them are openly against the next operation the Coalition which was labelled Operation 'Helping Hands' which was proposed by the Son of Former Niltria Industries Scientist Zekiel Erbus, which was to bomb all Major cities with Nerve Gas that him and his former NI Scientists, dubbed Erbus Foundation, developed during his delve into the old Niltria Industries Lab located in the Culthos Mountains (incidentally the same day where he encountered the Princes looking for a way to save Test Subject's 46 and 63). And through the use of delivery trucks that work under a fake charity group named 'Helping Hands,' they will deliver it from their safehouses located at the cities of Zirkov and Aile and head towards various major cities of their choice.

"Whatever happens, thank you for everything," Theresa said with a sad smile as Desmond accompanied her to the Car. It was possible that it may have been the last night the two might see each other which saddened both of them given how long their friendship had gone through as a result their only regret is that they never attempted to further their relationship out of fear of ruining it.

"Thank you for putting up with someone like me," Desmond said with a somber smile as well as Theresa left.

In the Military Police Headquarters, Sun Zhan the Military Police Commander and Father of Jun Zhan looked at the information he had received from an informant that is in critical condition after meeting up with a handful of High Ranking Military Police Officers that got caught in the crossfires from a Squad of Coalition members leaving the Coalition Troops dead while the Military Police Officers and the informant in Critical Condition.

"What should we do sir?" Vice-Captain Riley Straus asked him with a worried look as he finished reading the files that were meant to be given to them.

"Wake up the Academy and notify Justice and Freedom Squads and I'll have them briefed about it," Sun answered with a grim look on his face, it was common for the Academy and the Military Police to have joint operations. And incidentally both said Squads despite being Third Years, have been on the Operation since the Sharan massacre.

Not long after that Hathaway Mills, the Representative in most Academy-Military Police Joint Operations, while both Justice and Freedom Squads have been deployed to head to investigate the Cities of Zirkov and Aile. With Princess Charl Jorouse Noctria as the Squad Leader of Justice while Prince Arthur Exavis Luxir is the leader of Freedom. Both teams have been named and reformed after losing most of the members after the Sharan Massacre, as a result, Sun suspected that they chose to follow on that case to bring justice (no pun intended) to their fallen teammates.

Due to the short time frame, they were simply briefed as they all boarded their SUVs as they left the Academy all equipped with new weapons and armour that is specifically designed for Biological Warfare that should they be exposed from the Nerve Gas they'll be protected, something that common years before the Axis Conflict. Before leaving both Leaders and Deputies have opened up Communications on Hathaway taking up callsign Talon as the main Commander for all the known Academy Operations.

"Talon this is Freedom-1 we're online," Arthur said.

"Talon this is Justice-1 we're online as well," Charl responded at the same time as Arthur did.