If anyone suspects anything to happen, feel free to write me, but pls don't write it as a reply xD I don't want anyone else to be spoiled if the guess is correct.
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This was so infuriating. With the dry weather that currently plagued the east coast the dust didn't settle. Multiple times we ran into groups of enemies trying to regain their orientation... We didn't let them go, the entire situation had already evolved too far to even consider making prisoners. Heavy tremors shook the ground as other skyscrapers started collapsing throughout the city, though we could not see them we heard and felt it.
Walking through a small side street we tried to get back to the main fight but to be honest, we had no idea where exactly we were. Barely seeing anything beyond three meters we had to rely on our senses and whatever our equipment could pick up. Rose stopped me before we walked onto one of the main roads.
"Multiple people ahead, they're none of ours... We shouldn't fight, there's at least thirteen and we don't know who they're affiliated with."
I agreed, it would be too risky since we could get hurt, or to be more precise damaged in the process. Slowly sneaking behind Rose I peek around the trashcan we had used as cover. Though I couldn't see them we could clearly make out their voices but none of them sounded familiar.
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Raiders. Looking at Rose she seemed to have come to the same conclusion that this was with a high probability the second team under
"What about the military? They're slaughtering everyone, regardless of what camp they're from and we can't get into contact with
The first voice calms them down.
"Don't worry about this, we'll meet up with the team leaders and retreat before we get wiped. We'r-"
Getting interrupted a third voice distorted by some kind of device joins them.
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Me and Rose looked at each other. We had instantly identified the new person as
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She cut him off before he can say anything further.
"Two of them are dead while
"Che! So even more was destroyed, anything else you've noticed? We need to get back to
We couldn't make out any emotions from under the mask as she answered again.
"You do know she caused all of this don't you? She was the only one to openly refuse
"Stop
"Cut her some SLACK?!"
Her voice seemed louder than before and I could feel a pressure rising around us as
"She herself is the cause for this entire disaster and you still defend her?"
So even someone from the Raiders wasn't blinded by her weird ideals and saw behind the entire front. But
"
A trembling voice answered him.
"I don't think so. I've had enough."
then we can feel the pressure around us reaching a new height. The nervous voice of
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"Something I should have done a long time ago. I don't care anymore, you're as bad as the HALO."
"We're no- ARRGH!"
Multiple agonized screams could be heard and we heard multiple bodies drop onto the floor.
"I don't care, be gone."
It didn't take long and the last thing we heard from the second team was their corpses hitting the ground. I nodded towards Rose, now or never and both of use walk out of our cover aiming towards where we expected our enemies to be. Just outside on a road pattered with holes and bodies stood
"You're not better than any of the other fractions here... You simply kill everyone related."
With a gesture she encompasses the entire destruction around her.
"What will you accomplish here? A destroyed City and thousands without homes for the chance of killing a few espers?"
She shakes her head but Rose answers in my stead.
"We evacuated as many as we could but this is war. To bypass this as a small fight would be ridiculous. In war there are casualties, it does not mean we are willingly accepting them, it only means we are following the commands of those undoubtedly smarter than us."
"War huh? So this is how you see it. I have one last question, where is
I slowly aim away from her while answering.
"Why do you think we know?"
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Her voice trailed off into the distance. Shaking my head I point into the direction of the fallen building he was buried under.
"He created his own tomb, a skyscraper fell down on him. I don't know whether he's alive or not."
"Something like that can't kill him. It seems like not all of you military guys shoot first and ask questions later. I'll stop
I nod slightly. Since we had absolutely no idea what she had used on her comrades we didn't want to fight her just yet. With one last tilt of her head
After she had disappeared Rose looked at me with confusion.
"She just wiped out what seemed like the entire second team of the Raiders. Safe
I shake my head.
"It doesn't matter, we have to meet up with the rest now, from what we could make out the site isn't that far away from here. Let's just go."
With that we sprinted down the road climbing over the tremendous chunks of concrete that had fallen from the sky and crushed everything below it. Soon enough we arrived at the original building where it had all happened. Everything had been grinded to the ground but everything that remained was corpses. I even saw the body of
Suddenly a flickering call could be heard over the com. It seemed like Karen though it was hard to make out.
"To all .......... is Captain Ithild, ........... at rally point three the commander has ............ reinforcements from base. ............ wait for them until we ....... buildings and beware, due to the dust flying espers have to ........... Do not lift off without clearance, ........ be shot down."
Rose looked at me surprised.
"Rally point three? Any idea where that is?"
I shake my head, I didn't. Before I can open my mouth Rose stops me and pushes me through the window of a destroyed store. Inside she whispers over the com.
"Someone's com-"
As she's about to finish I can hear two people walking out of some ruins. Surprisingly enough I instantly recognized one of the to be Arthus himself, thought I do not understand his language at all.
"Jesus Christus. Was für ein disaster.
His subordinate quickly answered.
"Paar Minuten h?chstends.