The entire United States of America woke up stunned when the state of Texas declared its independence. Nationalist marches carried the message of political emancipation down the avenues of Austin. Texas At the request of the governor, the Air Force was prevented from landing in Travis County.
The secession between the state and the country had been going on for years. Texas wanted to close its borders to illegal immigrants. The Republican Party, dominant in the state, wanted to stop illegal immigration at all costs.
They claimed various reasons for this. Illegal immigration increased violence, homelessness, real estate speculation, capital flight and they denounced the electoral abuse of immigrant votes co-opted by the Democratic Party. They said it was all just an institutionalized demographic lobby.
Between the rationality of homo economicus and the spectacular conspiracy theories propagated in the press, the separatist sentiment of the Texan militias was awakened. Among them, the Fuck Tha Amerikkka Brigade, or FTA Brigade.
Treated as domestic terrorists by Washington, and as allies by Texas, they won public support after one of their leaders was shot by a US soldier in a conflict on the border with Mexico. The pro-federal government press said the shot was friendly fire. The Texan press called it a cowardly attack.
Things escalated until a conflict between Texas and the United States of America became inevitable. At a press conference at the White House, a New York reporter from the independent media asked the Head of State:
"The government is facing difficult days since the outbreak of armed conflicts on the Texas border, President. What will be the response to the separatists?"
"The only easy day was yesterday!"
It didn't take much intelligence to understand that the government's best articles would be mobilized from the Coronado Naval Amphibious Base in Sam Diego, California. With SEAL Trident on the chest of his armor, Arcenoux Leblanc commanded the direct action operation in the invasion of Texas.
The objective was simple: get in, take out the separatist militias and reintegrate the state into the United States of America. But this wasn't a war in the Middle East, it was Americans killing Americans. The Cajun gunman couldn't help but feel that. The bitter taste of his compatriot's blood remained in his throat forever.
Under his command, the SEALs reached the town of Waco, in McLennan County. The siege of the town was hampered by the collapse of the bridge over the Bosque River. After circumventing the situation with air reinforcement, Arcenoux entered the hostile area. With a fifty caliber anti-material sniper rifle, he climbed the steeple of a Baptist church.
From above, to his surprise, in control of the light artillery guns, there were boys. Teenagers with freckles on their faces and frightened looks. Old enough to date girls behind the bleachers after a baseball game, not ready to take up arms and shed blood. The order came through on his communicator:
"Operation Commander on the ground, order to fire."
"But, sir, ils're droite boys. Je request orders to negotiate a surrender with the boys."
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"Negative, Commander LeBlanc. The territory is hostile and the enemy is unyielding. The order is to reduce the enemy to dust and retake the territory."
"I understand, mai on didn't même try to negotiate. Quitter moi try, ils're american too."
"Not until they declare independence and then war on us. Commander LeBlanc, if you refuse to make the attack, you will be held responsible for insubordination."
A second time he put his eye under the telescopic sight of the rifle. The boys, in their camouflage military uniforms, twice the size of their bodies, maintained their position as disposable soldiers. The cajun made the sign of the cross. He had forgotten how to pray after pulling the trigger so much.
"When the Lamb opened the second seal, je heard the living creature dire, 'come!' then another horse came out; and this on was rouge. Its rider was given power to amener peace from the earth and cause men to tuer on another. And il was given a great sword."
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"I didn't know you were religious, Mr. LeBlanc."
"I'm sorry, ma'am, what did vous dire?"
"He was reciting the Bible. He must fear death and want to secure a one-way ticket to Paradise."
"Have vous jamais regretted anything dans your life, madame Bloody Mary?"
"I've never regretted anything I've done or failed to do. A life of regrets is very tedious."
The pair of Anglo-American agents moved swiftly through the labyrinthine corridors of Ilu Nla's underground. In the penultimate fight, far from the spotlight of the Grand Arena, the bounty hunter and the English witch began their infiltration. That kind of suicide mission. The security systems were being hacked by Eniac II.
The time between the intrusion of the systems and their explosion would elapse when they climbed into the ring. Therefore, both had to be as far away from the detonation radius as possible. After a few minutes, the entire structure of the place shook. A hot wind blew through the corridors, bringing a smell of soot and death.
That was the clearest sign yet that they had to hurry. The systems were no longer being strained by their late companion's hacking. As they neared the main room of the laboratory, just below the Iroko Tree, a large figure appeared. So tall that he had to duck his head to fit down the corridor.
"Who's that petit shadow?"
"Oh, how wonderful! He's a member of the Phalanx, Mr. LeBlanc."
"Madame says il aimer il 's the best thing that could happen to us."
The soldier, blocking the passage, bent his knees and linked his arms at the waist, leaving his forearms raised as if he were holding a very heavy iron bar at chest height. Purplish electric currents began to circulate through the atmosphere.
"Did the gringo insects think they could invade our installations without any consequences? What a pity, if it had been any other general, they would have died quickly. I, General Jitujeusi, will give them a slow and painful death."
Arcenoux drew his revolver and fired several times at his opponent. All the bullets stopped a couple of meters away from the general and fell smashing to the ground.
"Impressive, isn't it? I'm going to give you the honor of knowing the power of a member of the Phalanx. Alteration of Quantity: Absolute Gravity/10% of weight."
Arceonoux and Bloody Mary tried to run away. However, the structure of matter in and around them became heavier. Their bodies fell to the ground. Studs were left there like nails. It was as if a steamroller had run over them. The walls, ceiling and floor distorted with the gravity applied by Jitujeusi.
The pair tried to crawl, but they couldn't even move. The Earth's gravity at sea level is 9 m/s2, which means that any loose body, every second it falls, would increase its speed by almost ten seconds towards the center of the planet. Ten percent more speed already makes the fall faster and heavier.
The spies begged for their lives, their voices coming out pasty, as if they were inside a blender.
"Have mercy, glup. On were forced…"
"Please, I don't want to die here…"
"You should have thought of that before coming here. What an insistent bug to die.
Jitujeusi wanted to have more fun. He then applied the gravity of the planet Jupiter to his enemies and increased the proportion of hypergravity to the point where the weight of their own bodies crushed them to the ground. Finally, only two huge red stains remained on the destroyed floor.
The sound of crumbling bones echoed through the air. The blood pressure from both of them caused them to accumulate at the ends of their bodies and explode. Intense bleeding colored everything red.
The giant turned around. He resumed his work in the laboratory. Over the communicator, he ordered a team to come and clean up. He didn't want Ojwang to return to the underground laboratories and have to step on those two squashed cockroaches in the corridor.